Episode 64 - NFL Center Roundtable with Joe Hawley & Nick Hardwick

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

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5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Former podcast guests Joe Hawley and Nick Hardwick join Eric Wood today to talk some ball. The three have a combined 25 years played in the NFL and are here to give you a glimpse into an NFL locker room.

On the show, the guys discuss:

Which era of the NFL was the most physical/violent (2:42-10:29)

NFL stories, mistakes and mistakes made and by NFL coaches (10:29-20:40)

Hardest play to block, offensive strategy and the roles of a center (20:40-32:50)

The importance of work ethic (32:50-40:46)

Advice about creating your own space after sports (41:50-52:30)

Lessons to teach your kids as former professional athletes (52:30-1:02:20)

The value of recovery (1:02:20-1:07:20)

What you wish you knew when playing (1:07:20-1:17:20)

The future in coaching/broadcasting (1:20:00-End)

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0:00.0	I mean, that mental process happens almost instantly without even having to think about it because of all the, I mean, it just takes a special kind of mental capacity to be able to handle all of that information input like so quickly.
0:18.2	Yeah, and the processing, how fast you can process it, I think, is a big differentiator between
0:23.1	guys who can play center and guys who can't play center or guys who are serviceable there,
0:28.0	but they're not ideal there.
0:30.0	It's how fast, how quickly they can communicate those last second changes, get the snap
0:35.2	puffs, and we're rolling.
0:40.2	Welcome to the snap buff. Set it. It's like, and we're rolling. Welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood.
0:44.0	Our next guests are Joe Holly and Nick Hardwick.
0:48.1	Both of these former NFL centers have been guests on the podcast in the past, but I'll
0:53.1	intro them both quickly. After an impressive
0:55.5	eight-year NFL career, Joe sold most of his possessions, bought a van, and started traveling
1:01.3	the country for almost two years, learning, growing, and connecting with like-minded people. Nick
1:07.5	played 11 years and was a Pro Bowl center for the Chargers his entire career. Now Nick has a
1:14.5	podcast, coaches youth football owns a supplement company called Hardwick Life and more. I've always said
1:20.8	NFL locker rooms and especially O-line rooms are the most fun places to spend time and you will
1:26.7	get a glimpse into what that is like
1:28.7	in this episode.
1:30.2	Some of the topics we will hit on are which era of the NFL was the most physical and most
1:36.2	violent.
1:37.6	The importance of work ethic and how many players are looked past in the draft because they
1:43.2	don't look at work ethic, dealing with injuries
1:46.1	outside the league as we get older, and the value of recovery and what we wish we knew
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