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🗓️ 14 June 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of the Adam Schaefter podcast. |
0:12.5 | And on this week's episode, we will be joined by the former standout NFL tight end, |
0:18.5 | who now will be a part of Fox's NFL coverage this fall, Greg |
0:24.5 | Olson. And on June 4th, Greg's 8-year-old son, TJ, received a heart transplant. |
0:32.7 | TJ was born in 2012 with a congenital heart defect that required four surgeries, including three |
0:39.9 | open heart procedures and the installation of a pacemaker. Greg has talked about this on |
0:46.7 | social media. He's posted updates, but he has not gone as in-depth as he has publicly in this particular space this week detailing everything |
0:58.1 | that TJ has gone through and what he would hope happens in this week of Father's Day. |
1:04.9 | He was exceptional to listen to. You'll see why he's going to be an incredible success on Fox. He knows just what to say. |
1:15.6 | He knows the pulse of a situation. And he's got everybody across the NFL and this country |
1:23.9 | pulling for TJ and the entire Olson family. Just an incredible story here that we think |
1:30.5 | you'll get to hear today from the former standout tight end Greg Olson. And as we mentioned, |
1:35.9 | he says all the right things. There are also examples of men who don't always say the right |
1:40.4 | things. And we saw a couple of those examples this past week. We saw Levyon |
1:45.7 | Bell come out and say that he would never play for Andy Reid again, that quote unquote, |
1:52.9 | I'd retire first. Now, Leveon Bill came out and apologized for his comment about Andy Reid, |
1:59.2 | but did say he doesn't regret at all what he said. |
2:04.9 | Now, if you're Levi-on-Bell and you insult Andy Reid, who, by the way, has spawned a whole |
2:13.4 | entire coaching tree that coaches across the NFL, And you're trying to get another job. |
2:19.5 | What is the upside in saying that you would never play for Andy Reid, who is very well |
2:26.2 | respected and very loved across the league? |
2:29.5 | And basically make yourself come across that way to prospective employers. You just eliminated half |
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