Ep 69 - Manifesting Greatness with Shawne Merriman
What's Next with Eric Wood
Eric Wood
5 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Former Buffalo Bills' teammate and 3x All-Pro Linebacker Shawne Merriman joins the show. Shawne was a 1st round pick out of Maryland, played 8 seasons in the NFL and gained a reputation for being one of the hardest hitters in the league.
Today on the show, Eric and Shawne relive some old locker room stories, and discuss:
What kind of sports Shawne played as a kid (2:20-3:50)
How he got the nickname "Light's Out" (3:50-8:20)
Manifesting things in your life (10:15-12:30)
Shawne's time in Buffalo (12:45-17:50)
The toughest players Shawne has played against (18:50-23:40)
Advice to transitioning athletes (24:00-29:00)
Staying in shape after retirement (29:25-31:30)
And much more.
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| 0:00.0 | So anyway, after the game, 20 students come kind of running up to me and they were like, man, |
| 0:08.0 | you knock those guys lights out. So I kind of just played it off and went into it. It just |
| 0:13.7 | naturally happened. I said, yeah, you know, call me lights out. The next day, so we played on a Saturday. |
| 0:18.4 | The Monday when we got to school, everybody was like, you know, I'm holding my book bag, and I got some books to my hand. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm walking class, everybody, like, kind of hit me on my back and, yo, what's up, Lights Out? |
| 0:29.1 | And I was like, damn, this thing, like, caught on. |
| 0:31.8 | Right. |
| 0:32.1 | So from that point on, you know, Lights House stuck with me through high school and stuff will be through |
| 0:38.6 | college and then through the pros. |
| 0:43.0 | Welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood. Our next guest is a former teammate |
| 0:47.6 | of mine in Buffalo and one of the baddest dudes to ever play in the NFL, and that's Sean |
| 0:52.4 | Merriman. After being a first round draft pick out of the University of Maryland, Sean would win the NFL, and that's Sean Merriman. After being a first-round draft pick out of the |
| 0:55.1 | University of Maryland, Sean would win the NFL defensive rookie of the year award, become a three-time |
| 1:00.8 | pro bowler and three-time all-pro, would lead the league in Sachs in 2006, and create a reputation |
| 1:07.1 | as one of the hardest hitters in the NFL. In this episode, you will hear about how |
| 1:11.9 | Sean got the nickname Lights Out. We will tell some stories about our time playing together in |
| 1:17.2 | Buffalo and also hear about his transition out of the NFL and the business he has created |
| 1:22.1 | in the Lights Out brand. Please take time to rate, review, and especially subscribe to this podcast so that every new |
| 1:29.2 | episode will get pushed to your phone automatically each week and you will help spread the |
| 1:34.0 | impact that I hope to make through this podcast. Enjoy. Likes, welcome to the show, brother. |
| 1:41.6 | Thanks, man. Appreciate it. It's been a while. It has been, and I was trying to think about it. |
| 1:46.0 | In 2018, we were both at the NFL draft together because it was former first-round picks, |
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