Episode 14 - Merril Hoge
What's Next with Eric Wood
Eric Wood
5 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
The former American Football player and analyst for ESPN, Merril Hoge joins Eric for a insightful conversation about growing up in Idaho, how he got into football, his cancer diagnoses, some of the bad science behind CTE, how he's handled adversity in his life and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | Here comes Merrill Hodge breaking into the open and has some blockers. |
| 0:07.0 | Still on his feet with one man to beat. |
| 0:12.0 | That damn Hodge is kicking our ass, y'all. |
| 0:16.0 | They're whooping our ass right now. |
| 0:18.0 | Oh, whatever they're named now. Welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood, presented by Green Remedy. |
| 0:34.4 | Our next guest is Merrill Hodge. |
| 0:36.9 | Merrill played eight seasons in the NFL before his career was |
| 0:40.0 | ended due to the poor handling of concussions in Chicago. Merrill went on to work for many years at |
| 0:46.4 | ESPN as a broadcaster and is also a motivational speaker and has written two books. Through this |
| 0:52.6 | episode, we will talk about his journey to the NFL, all of the stigma around |
| 0:57.3 | concussions right now, recovering from them, and his battle against cancer. |
| 1:03.1 | Enjoy this episode. |
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