Jordan Richards, Raiders Safety and wife Mary
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Episode 339
Jordan and Mary Richards are our guests on this edition of the podcast. Jordan is a safety with the Oakland Raiders. He was selected in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots. He's been a part of two Super Bowl teams and won a ring with the Patriots Super Bowl LI win over the Falcons in 2017.
On August 31, 2018, Richards was traded to the Atlanta Falcons for a conditional 2020 seventh-round draft pick and then signed a 1-year deal in March of 2019 with the Raiders.
Jordan and Mary married in 2018 and on this episode of the podcast, share their journey of marriage, faith and football, preparing for a new season in Oakland, appearing on HBO's Hard Knocks, and at the end of the interview, make a big announcement.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.4 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Jordan and Mary Richards is brought to you by Compassion International. |
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| 1:00.2 | Food, education, medical care, vocational training, |
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| 1:09.1 | through your sponsorship with Compassion International. |
| 1:13.6 | Go to compassion.com slash sports spectrum and consider sponsoring a child today. |
| 1:21.2 | Today on the podcast, we welcome Jordan and Mary Richards. |
| 1:24.9 | I love these guys. |
| 1:26.0 | Jordan Richards is a strong safety in the NFL with the Oakland Raiders, signed with Oakland on April 5th, 2019. |
| 1:35.3 | Last year he played with the Atlanta Falcons, played 15 games, had 12 starts, and had a pretty good year, probably his best year from a statistical standpoint in his |
| 1:45.7 | short four-year NFL career. But he had an interesting journey because it was a year ago, |
| 1:51.6 | August 31st, 2018, just a couple days before the season was to start, Jordan was traded from |
| 1:58.8 | the New England Patriots to the Atlanta Falcons. |
| 2:02.4 | So Jordan, all he had known his first three seasons was playing with the New England Patriots. |
| 2:08.8 | He was a member of two Super Bowl teams, including a championship team, Super Bowl 51, when the Patriots beat the Falcons. |
| 2:20.0 | And then the Super Bowl the following, when the Patriots beat the Falcons, and then the Super Bowl the following year, |
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