Marcus Cannon - New England Patriots 3x Super Bowl champion on his football future, his growing faith and overcoming cancer
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Marcus Cannon played for 11 years in the NFL with the New England Patriots and the Houston Texans. He was selected in the 5th round of the 2011 NFL Draft after playing college football at Texas Christian University.
During his 10 seasons with New England, Cannon was a member of three Super Bowl championship teams in 2014, 2016 and 2018. In 2016, he was named second-team All-Pro.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Marcus Cannon about overcoming a non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis, playing in the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history, the importance to fully trust God and if he's done playing football.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up on the show today. |
| 0:01.8 | Marcus Cannon here on Sports Spectrum, three-time Super Bowl champion, |
| 0:06.7 | and a chance for him and I to sit down in person and talk through his really awesome NFL career. |
| 0:12.8 | He played for more than a decade, 11 seasons playing in the NFL. |
| 0:16.9 | He was actually in the league for 12 years, but he kind of redshirted that 2020 COVID year. |
| 0:22.8 | Played 10 seasons with New England, played in five Super Bowls, won three Super Bowls. |
| 0:27.9 | That's a lot of success. |
| 0:29.4 | He was an all pro in 2016, 124 career games, had a lot of fun talking to Marcus about the |
| 0:36.6 | greatest comeback in Super Bowl history. |
| 0:39.6 | Marcus was on the field on that final play when James White scored the game-winning touchdown |
| 0:43.4 | and New England came back from 28 to 3 down to beat Atlanta and win the Super Bowl. |
| 0:49.8 | I believe that was Super Bowl 51. |
| 0:52.1 | And so he takes us through that game and that play, which was a lot of fun if you're just a |
| 0:56.2 | football fan. |
| 0:57.3 | But then we get a little serious about Marcus's journey because he overcame non-Hodgkin's |
| 1:01.5 | lymphoma and a diagnosis back in 2011 when he was just 22 years old as he was getting ready |
| 1:07.7 | to enter into the NFL. |
| 1:09.6 | Marcus walks us through what that time was like, how his faith was impacted by that, and how right now at this moment, as Marcus and I talk through his journey, he's never been in a better place with the Lord than he is right now. Love talking to Marcus Cannon. It's coming up in just a moment. First, I want to remind you about our Sports Spectrum magazine. It's the best thing that we do here at Sports Spectrum. You can go to |
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| 1:42.3 | perfect for the kids especially right now right |
| 1:45.6 | kids are focused on getting back to school they're focused on sports and how about football we're |
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