Michael and Pele Bennett: Life of an NFL Family

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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NFL defensive end Michael Bennett has been to three pro bowls and he's a Super Bowl champion. But after the wear and tear of 11 seasons in the league, the free agent is undecided on whether he wants to play again. Bennett and his wife, Pele, host the new podcast, "Mouthpeace." They join us to talk about how the physical realities of Michael's career have affected them, and how they and their daughters have navigated life in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	How'd you guys get together in the first place?
0:03.4	It was in high school.
0:04.4	She was one of my teammates' cousins.
0:07.6	Shout out to Mike.
0:08.8	You remember?
0:09.6	I'm laughing.
0:11.0	You said shout up to Mike.
0:12.0	Shout out to Mike.
0:17.2	What'd you think of him?
0:20.6	Michael?
0:21.6	All right, well, he was very annoying.
0:26.6	It was like a class clown kind of guy, but he did.
0:29.6	He played football with my cousin and I was new to the school.
0:33.6	You tried to talk to me one year and I would just you know turn him down really easy I was like okay
0:39.8	then the next year I was like hey Michael how you doing you know he he grew he blossomed into a beautiful
0:45.8	flower the next year and that's when I was like got attracted and you were on the football team back
0:53.7	yeah I was in football team.
0:55.2	Watching him play in high school, what was that like?
0:57.8	I think it was a lot of fun because you're dressing up and I don't know, I think it's like much more innocent and it's just like for fun.
1:03.8	Sunset Park, what time?
1:05.2	That was the best high school football is like the fun.
1:08.6	What about the pain aspect of it? Was that present at all back then i don't think so i don't
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