Ep 115 - Win Before the Play Starts with Jeff Saturday

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Super Bowl champion and six-time Pro Bowl center Jeff Saturday joins the show today. Jeff is currently a sports analysis for ESPN after his NFL career spanned 13 years with the Indianapolis Colts (1999-2011) and one year with the Green Bay Packers (2012).

Over a decade-long period with the Colts, Saturday anchored an offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the league (242), and his 132 career wins as a Colt are second only to Peyton Manning (141) in franchise history. Together, Saturday and Manning started an NFL record 172 games as a center-quarterback duo.

Today on the show, Eric and Jeff discuss the unique way his football career started. Other topics include:

(2:35-6:00) - Growing up in Georgia, how baseball helped his football career

(6:00-13:00) - Center preferences, how Jeff got his shot with the Colts

(13:00-16:00) - Advice to rookies and their transition into the NFL

(16:00-22:05) - What gave Jeff his edge on Sundays, is guard harder to play than center?

(22:05-28:50) - Jeff's relationship with Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers

(28:50-32:00) - Jeff's transition out of the NFL

(32:00-41:10) - Working at ESPN

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Transcript

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0:00.0	So many people think it's a game of strength and it is.
0:07.0	I'm strong.
0:09.0	Like I'm not trying to diminish that because I lifted heavy and I was naturally like strong upper body.
0:14.0	I had wrestled so I had good leverage, those kinds of things.
0:17.0	But I think so much of it went to me winning before the play ever started that even guys
0:22.3	who were more talented me, you know, physically on the other side, I could beat them to the spot.
0:27.8	And so I think that part really contributed to a ton of the success that I had.
0:34.9	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.
0:44.6	Our next guest is Jeff Saturday.
0:47.9	Jeff played center in the NFL for 14 years, 13 with the Colts, and one season with the Packers.
0:53.1	He is a Super Bowl champion,
0:55.4	six-time Pro bowler, four-time All-Pro, but an even better man. And that's why I'm so
1:01.5	excited to introduce him to the listeners that may not know him well. You will be impacted by his
1:07.0	story of how he got into the NFL and the countless nuggets you'll get from this podcast.
1:12.9	If you enjoy this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe to help spread the impact we hope to have.
1:18.2	Also, if you share it on social media and tag me, I'll share as well, and we can double the impact.
1:24.1	Enjoy.
1:26.2	Jeff, I know how busy you are through this time through football season, so I can't thank
1:29.9	you enough for your time here tonight.
1:32.5	You're back and forth between home and ESPN and all that, so I just want to start off by
1:38.6	saying thank you for that.
1:40.2	Oh, man, glad to be a part of it, bro.
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