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The Adam Schefter Podcast

Happy Father's Day Greg Olsen!

The Adam Schefter Podcast

ESPN

Sports

4.4753 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Adam starts off this week's episode with some news around the league; including Le'Veon Bell's recent comments directed towards Andy Reid. Then, he is joined by former NFL TE Greg Olsen who details the journey of his son, TJ, receiving a heart transplant earlier this month. Lastly, Adam closes the show with a few notes ahead of Father's Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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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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