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Nick Emmanwori Super Bowl Champion reveals the secret MOB behind Seattle's Dark side defense, opens up on his pregame injury, Sam Darnold swag, Mike Macdonald's insane X&O's schemes, his mother going viral and why he trusts Seahawks will run it back.

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Sports, Football, Society & Culture

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

“They would have had to cut my foot off before I didn’t play in Super Bowl.” Nick Emmanwori  They say Defense wins championships, and the Seattle Seahawks backed that statement up with one of the fiercest units! Keeping up Pivot tradition, we travled to the home of the world champions post Super Bowl to sit down with Nick Emmanwori, the Seattle Seahawks’ rookie safety who defied the odds and finished his first NFL season on top of the league. Nick takes us inside an unforgettable year — from his Nigerian roots to being selected as the 35th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, to becoming an anchor of Seattle’s defense and a key contributor to their championship run.  We get into the biggest question looming Super Bowl week when a video of Nick surfaced not being able to walk as he opens up on the ankle injury scare heard round the football world as he shares missing the biggest game of his life was never an option and what he did to push through the unknown to stay locked in mentally and physically to help his team win the Lombardi. He takes Ryan, Channing and Fred into the locker room mentality to paint a picture of what Seattle truly built the past year and why he trusts a repeat is not off the table, recognizing all the pieces that need too fall in place to go back to back. Beyond the big game, we dive deep into the ups and downs of his rookie campaign, falling to the second round of draft and rebounding with the early-season growth that earned him Defensive Rookie of the Year buzz and how he battled adversity to find his confidence on the biggest stages. Relying on veteran leadership, Seattle's locker room bonded together on a mission to never let outside noise affect the team goal which created the NFL's No. 1 ranked defense, known as the "Dark side". He opens up about his bond with head coach Mike Macdonald and what he had to do to soak in all of the football knowledge to adapt to X & O schemes that elevated his play. Nick also opens up about the bond with Sam Darnold, whose own redemption arc culminated in a sturdy Super Bowl performance — proving that heart and leadership can outweigh the critics. The guys reflect on resilience, leadership, and the lessons learned in a season that none of his team will ever forget. And we couldn't not ask about the women in his life, from his mom's viral interview Super Bowl week to Dawn Stalely wearing his jersey to his girlfriend, Raven Johnson's unconditional support...this conversation covers it all. From draft dreams to the Lombardi Trophy, this is the inside story of a rookie who refused to be ordinary and a team that rewrote the championship narrative. Pivot Family, please like, comment and subscribe- we love hearing and interacting with you all to see what resonates with you most! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The champ is here.

0:02.0

Congratulations, though. Yeah, what is this? You play? I play defense, man. He said he just played defense. I told you, he's huge, duh. We met this summer, first off, I'm glad you didn't get hurt diving for that ball. We was training. We met this summer, you was like, hey, man, like, I go crazy this year. I'm going gonna be on the show. And when we text before the Super Bowl, you was like, I told you. You know what I mean? Some happy you hear. Hold out. Limitless, niggas some of guy pinning it. I fought to hear to witness it. When I'm feeling, got me up. On the mission got me up, knowing me I got the key,

0:38.3

on the fidgetting I can trust, trust, limit this, they're still in

0:42.3

it, I find out there to witness it, got my people feeling militant.

0:46.3

Nick Eamon Worry, Super Bowl champion, Seattle Seahawks, plays everything on damn defense.

0:51.3

Channing Crowder, this is Fred Teller, Ryan Clark, Pipp Pivot FAM. Thank y'all for pivoting with us. I do want to get to you, but I need to get to the

0:58.6

real star in your family, man. Your mom. I know you were dealing with the ankle. When your mom goes

1:04.9

viral during Super Bowl week being like, hey, I know people say this is important, but I'm just happy to be. It is what it is. How cool was it, man, for everybody to get to know a little bit about what your mom was like? Yeah, it was super cool. I weren't really expecting her to go viral. Like, the interview she did, I had no win of it, so it was just, like, out the whim. But super amazing, like, just that the whole world really sees who she is.

1:28.5

Like, that's how she's been in all my life, really, like, just super energetic,

1:32.0

just a loving person and just super confidence, though.

1:34.6

So whenever she was doing them interviews, it just, it was awesome.

1:37.5

She did also say that they were going to win because you were on the team.

1:42.8

Yeah.

1:43.8

You know what I mean like

1:44.7

and she just always had that much belief yeah always like she always just had that much

1:50.3

belief like even like kind of like just as a young child like I just remember her like speaking

1:53.8

things into like into existence and like manifesting so hard like you know she don't never really

1:58.7

say if she always just says when so like that's how I know her so like the fact that the world's seeing her now, it's just, that's just who she is. So one thing she said that, uh, my son can walk three grown men. This is that any time you had to tell her mama, take it easy. You know, you're biting off more than I might be able to chew. Nah, not, not ever, man.

2:19.3

Like, you know, whatever she says, I always believe because, like, you know, Mama knows best.

2:22.3

So, like, when she says that, like, she used to tell me stories, like, she reminds me of her father and stuff. Like, you know, her father was, like, a very strong man. and like, you know, he's the strongest man and no one can, like, take him down.

2:31.2

So whenever I heard, like, talk about him and stuff, she says, she, she, I remind him of him,

2:34.9

whatever she say, you know, that's what it is.

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