Eli Manning's Hall of Fame case; plus Rams WR Brandin Cooks, and former NFL OL Ryan O'Callaghan

The Peter King Podcast

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4.4 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

(1:30) The Giants have benched Eli Manning in favor of Daniel Jones. But despite 2 Super Bowl MVPs, Peter explains why Eli isn't necessarily a lock for the Hall of Fame (7:40) Peter chats with former NFL offensive lineman Ryan O'Callaghan about his book, My Life On The Line, in which he details the struggles he faced living as a closeted gay football player, dealing with homophobia, why he no longer has much of a relationship with Aaron Rodgers, and why he considered football his "beard" (57:00) Rams WR Brandin Cooks discusses having the good fortune of already being coached by Sean Payton, Bill Belichick, and Sean McVay in a young 5-year career. Plus, who are the other WRs that he studies to better his game

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Peter King Podcast, where I take into the lives of people all around pro football.
0:17.0	This week, I'll take you into the life of Ryan O'Callaghan,
0:22.1	the former offensive tackle for the Patriots and the Chiefs.
0:26.3	2017, Ryan O'Callahan came out without sports as gay, and he's written a book it's called my life on the line how the
0:36.8	NFL damn near killed me and ended up saving my life he wrote that book with
0:42.2	Sid Ziegler of Out Sports and it's a pretty
0:46.4	dramatic book and I believe our conversation was fairly dramatic. I talked to
0:52.1	him during my training camp trip in August in
0:55.4	California. You'll definitely want to hear that. We'll also talk to Brandon Cook's
1:02.2	the wide receiver for the Rams who's had a great career. He's
1:07.8	still only 25 years old and he'll reflect a bit on his career so far with the Saints Patriots and now with the
1:18.6	Los Angeles Rams.
1:20.6	But first, news is just broken that Eli Manning is going to be replaced as the starting
1:28.5	quarterback of the New York Giants by rookie Daniel Jones, the sixth pick in the 2019 NFL draft.
1:37.6	And I think I've read so much
1:41.6	in the last few hours as I'm taping this a little after 6 p.m.
1:45.8	Eastern time on Tuesday. I've read so much of people talking about Eli Manning and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
1:55.0	And I just want to talk for a moment
2:00.0	about where I see that right now.
2:05.0	I'm currently one of 48 voters for the Pro Football Hall of Fame
2:09.0	and it's always a difficult job and it's a job that I think the people who do it take very seriously having done it now for almost three decades.
2:22.0	Sitting in that room room it's a at times a gut
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