Let’s Have the MVP Discussion, Plus Greg Olsen on Calling a Super Bowl and the Tom Brady Situation

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Russillo shares his thoughts on the recently un-fun NBA MVP discussion (0:35), before he is joined by Fox Sports' Greg Olsen to discuss his journey from NFL player to broadcasting the Super Bowl in a span of three years, his reaction to the news of Tom Brady's Fox deal, the unique former player perspective in the broadcast booth, draft day stories, and more (15:11). Finally Ryen answers some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (48:43). Host: Ryen Russillo Guest: Greg Olsen Producers: Kyle Crichton and Steve Ceruti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, on today's pod, I'm going to finally talk about this MVP discussion, which has just
0:15.4	become a real bummer this year.
0:16.8	I'm not sure how we got there.
0:18.7	Greg Olson, who called the Super Bowl.
0:21.0	We're going to talk about that and the peculiar situation that he's in with Brady getting
0:25.6	ready to take his job at some point.
0:28.1	The story time and some life advice, especially if you live in Utah and you're thinking
0:32.2	of changing jobs, we went deep.
0:34.0	I'm going to talk about the MVP race today.
0:36.9	I didn't really want to.
0:38.1	I've been avoiding it for probably a week and a half, but now it's just impossible to
0:41.0	avoid.
0:42.0	Not only is somebody who cares about the award, has a vote now.
0:44.3	It's my second year as an MVP voter.
0:46.8	Seeing what's happened with this, I don't understand when it ever became this unfun, because
0:51.4	it's unfun right now.
0:53.7	Whether it's TV, radio, podcasts, certainly social media.
0:57.6	It's just a mess.
1:00.4	It's a big, nasty fire.
1:02.7	Then Kendrick Perkins came over and pissed Jet Fuel all over that fire.
1:05.7	We've got a lot of stuff that we have to talk about here.
1:08.2	To suggest that you think Yoke Hitches in the conversation with MBE or that Janus might
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