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All The Smoke

NFL Kickoff Special: Shannon Sharpe, Charles Woodson, Deion Sanders & More | ALL THE SMOKE

All The Smoke

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Sports, Society & Culture, Basketball

4.77.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The NFL season is 1 week away. Get ready for the return of football with our NFL Kickoff Special.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to All the Smoke, a production of the Black Effect and our hard radio in partnership with Showtime.

0:21.4

So, seventh round pick at a savannah to a Hall of Fame three time Super Bowl champ.

0:27.6

Talk to me about L.A. McCaffrey, Tarell Davis. Talk to me about those Super Bowl winning Bronco teams.

0:33.6

I remember going to what I got drafted going to the Broncos. I remember I was like man I was

0:38.8

thinking myself saying man John ill-wee my quarterback. First thing my sister said Shanna,

0:43.6

don't go out there bull job with no John ill-wee. You don't know that man like that. What I do. Talk

0:48.6

to bull job. That's just you. That's it. And for some reason guys he took a liking to me.

0:55.5

That's man. Maybe because you know I Joe and I kept the locker room. I mean I'm a seventh round

1:00.9

draft pick. They gave me the number one. So basically I'm just a camp body. That's what that's

1:05.6

what I'm supposed to be. And I just remember my brother saying look just know what you're supposed to do

1:11.3

when you get your opportunity. He said now John ill-wee gonna be looking for you.

1:15.0

Oh because he knows big bro. Yeah. He was like John ill-wee gonna be looking for you just be ready.

1:19.1

So I'm trying to cram and so they got me learned I'm supposed to learn Z. I'm supposed to learn the

1:24.6

slot. I got to learn all these positions and I'm struggling. And I remember asking a guy I say

1:29.6

man what I got on this play right here. He say run this. I run it. Wrong route. It's the wrong route.

1:37.8

Now set up survival defense. Yes. Yes. He and I fighting for the same job. I knew it. So if I can

1:45.9

he could get me out the way. But I swore to myself I said I would never ever do that to somebody.

1:51.3

I say I'm secure in who I am and what I am. I don't need to be little you for me to shine.

1:58.0

And so I always went out of my way. But when I got to Denver I was self-driving drag pick. I was

2:03.6

a tight end. And it just so happens every tight end on the roster got hurt. Now I'm the biggest

2:09.1

receiver. So I go in I'm like 221. And so by the time they move me to the tight end halfway through

2:14.7

the season I'm 205. So I'm playing tight in the 205. Man they rang dollar me. They threw me

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