Eric Weddle: From Retirement to Super Bowl in Six Weeks
All In
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🗓️ 19 October 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
It was a call Eric Weddle never would've anticipated when he hung up his jersey for what he thought was the last time two years earlier. But the Los Angeles Rams were in desperate need of a safety and asked if Weddle would don the jersey for one last run. Weddle certainly didn't feel he was NFL Playoff ready, but he was in good physical shape and has never been one to pass up an opportunity. So with the encouragement of his wife and kids, Weddle left his carpool duties as a father for a time and set out on an unlikely quest to win a Super Bowl. When the Super Bowl was over, he happily returned to the carpool.Â
1:51- An Ending Made For A Movie
7:02- Being Ready And Taking Opportunities
10:52- The Culmination of Work
14:36- Sharing The Experience With Kids
17:43- Mental Toughness
20:46- Becoming Part of a Team Fast
24:16- CoachingÂ
26:01- Seeing God's Hand
30:55- Finding the GospelÂ
39:11- Putting God First
44:44- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?Â
"The world and everything outside doesn't want us to be close to the Savior, doesn't want us to have stability and doesn't want us to have families and a core unit at home that we rely on each other…they don't want that. And it can bring us down but if you just try your best, your best is all that is needed."Â
Eric Weddle biography by Trent Toone
CBS San Diego interview after Super Bowl
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| 0:00.0 | Eric Wettel's retirement was going great. |
| 0:03.4 | As sports illustrated put it, he went to church, slut din, made breakfast for the family. |
| 0:08.7 | Packed school lunches spent time he could hardly find before with his wife and four children, |
| 0:13.9 | ages 8 to 14. |
| 0:15.8 | When the kids went to school, he hit the gym, not as hard as he used to, but still lifting |
| 0:20.6 | every day and running twice a week. |
| 0:23.3 | But then a call came that changed everything and gave Wettel the fairy tale ending everyone |
| 0:28.5 | hopes for. |
| 0:29.9 | Five weeks after that call, Eric Wettel was a super bowl champion. |
| 0:34.9 | Eric Wettel is a former NFL safety. |
| 0:37.7 | He played college football for the University of Utah where he was a consensus all American. |
| 0:43.4 | In 2020, he announced his retirement after 13 seasons in the NFL, only to come out of |
| 0:49.6 | retirement two years later when the Los Angeles Rams needed him during their NFL playoff run. |
| 0:56.4 | He is a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and you can read his |
| 1:00.8 | conversion story as well as the beginnings of his career in his biography, no excuses, |
| 1:06.9 | no regrets. |
| 1:11.7 | This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really mean |
| 1:16.5 | to be All-In, the Gospel of Jesus Christ? |
| 1:18.9 | I'm Morgan Pearson and I am honored to have Eric Wettel on the line with me today, Eric |
| 1:23.5 | Welcome. |
| 1:24.5 | I'm Morgan, how are you? |
| 1:26.5 | I'm doing so well, how are you? |
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