Ep 103 - Fighting Through Failure with Jay Feely

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Jay Feely played 14 years in the NFL as a kicker for various teams, most notably with the Atlanta Falcons (2001-04) and Arizona Cardinals (2010-13). Jay now serves as a game analyst for NFL on CBS games for the 2021 NFL season.

Throughout his career, Jay had an 82.7 field goal percentage and was the NFL field goals made leader in 2002. Following a record-breaking season with the Giants, Feely was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2005.

Today on the show, Jay and Eric relive their playing days and swap notes when it comes to broadcasting. Topics include:

(1:31-5:20) - Being the Dad of a college kicker

(5:20-9:30) - Special teams knowledge, who’s the toughest kicker in the NFL

(9:30-12:40) - Growing up in Tampa, Florida, playing golf

(12:40-19:05) - Being teammates with Tom Brady at Michigan

(19:05-29:00) - Dealing with failure

(29:00-34:00) - Mental training it takes to be a kicker

(34:00-39:00) - Jay’s transition out of the NFL, his start in broadcasting

(39:00-49:30) - Broadcast schedule for 2021, Ryan Fitzpatrick stories

(49:30-54:00) - Prediction for the 2021 Buffalo Bills, takeaways from Sean McDermott

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Transcript

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0:00.0	It was funny.
0:01.0	It's funny, my wife would always tell me, like, don't go down in there.
0:14.0	Like, you don't get paid to tackle.
0:16.0	You know, we want you to stay around a couple years longer, but that's just part of who you are.
0:20.0	And if you're a competitor, if you want to help your team, then you're doing everything you can to help your team.
0:34.6	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your what's next in life your best yet by learning from high performers in a variety of industries.
0:43.9	Our next guest is Jay Feeley. Jay played 14 years in the NFL as a pro bowl kicker and now is an analyst for CBS in the booth calling NFL games on Sundays.
0:55.5	Jay is an incredible man that you will learn a lot from, and that's evident from the fact
0:59.6	that he won the Man of the Year award from four different NFL organizations.
1:04.9	After this episode, you will understand what it takes to be successful on and off the field
1:09.9	in sports and the game in life.
1:13.0	There are over 100,000 new podcasts being released each week, so it means a lot to me that you
1:18.4	spent your time tuning into this episode. Please rate, review, and subscribe to this podcast,
1:24.6	and please share it on social media as well so we can continue to make an impact.
1:29.6	Enjoy.
1:31.7	Jay, welcome to the show, brother.
1:34.1	It's so good to be on here with you.
1:36.0	Hey, and for me, it's an honor.
1:38.4	This is the day, we're recording the day of Arizona State's first game this year.
1:43.7	Jason Jade has his first
1:45.4	collegiate game tonight, so I get to pick his brain where he has all of his nerves going
1:50.0	in a bunch of different directions getting ready to watch his son kick tonight.
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