Jahri Evans talks being a Hall of Fame finalist, Sean Payton play calls, NFL coaching path
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🗓️ 26 March 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
On the latest NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, Pro Bowl lineman Jahri Evans joins hosts Peanut and Roman. Jahri discusses his Saints career and shares how he feels to be a three-time finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Jahri shares his path from a Division II college to the NFL, reveals the toughest defensive linemen he faced, and talks winning Super Bowl XLIII with Roman. Jahri also explains what makes him a good leader and why he decided to join the Saints coaching staff.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | Jari Evans, New Orleans Saints, Saints Hall of Famer, Saints Ring of Honor, Philly's Finis, |
| 0:10.9 | and this is the NFL Players Second Axe podcast. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Peanut Tuman, and this is the NFL player's second axe podcast and with me as always is my guy. |
| 0:29.1 | Roman Harper, what's up? |
| 0:29.7 | What's up? |
| 0:30.8 | Tell us who I guess this. |
| 0:31.5 | I love this guest. |
| 0:33.1 | This is my brother right here. If it's your brother, y'all got a lot more than common than what I was going to say. |
| 0:36.7 | So I want you to intro this brother. All right. Number one, he is my frat brother, Omega Side 5, Fraternity Incorporated. But outside of that, he's also a guard, played 12 years in the NFL with the Saints and for the Packers for a year. He is a six-time pro bowler, five-time all-pro. |
| 0:57.5 | Super Bowl champion, Super Bowl 44, to be exact, with the New Orleans Saints. |
| 1:01.6 | He is a member of the 2010 NFL All-Decade team. |
| 1:05.3 | He's also one of only eight members in the Saints' Ring of Honor that he was just inducted into this past year. |
| 1:12.3 | Okay. |
| 1:12.5 | He's now an offensive assistant with the New Orleans Saints and constantly your favorite businessman. |
| 1:19.5 | Man. |
| 1:20.6 | This is number 73, Jari Evans. |
| 1:25.0 | Yes, sir. |
| 1:26.5 | Welcome to the pod. Hey, finally. Pennsylvania's finest. I'm here. He is P.A's finest. P. Welcome to the pod. |
| 1:28.1 | Hey, finally. |
| 1:28.7 | This is the finest. I'm here. |
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