Richard Sherman Podcast - Champ Bailey on GOAT cornerback, toughest WRs to guard, Broncos & NFL stories | Richard Sherman
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4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Hall of Famer and Denver Broncos legend Champ Bailey joins Richard Sherman for a masterclass on playing cornerback in the NFL, from his “welcome to the league” moment versus Michael Irvin to chasing greatness through 15 elite NFL seasons. They revisit legendary battles with Randy Moss, Terrell Owens, Marvin Harrison, Larry Fitzgerald, Megatron, and more, and break down why Charles Woodson is the most complete DB to ever play the game. Champ explains how practice separated him, what young corners get wrong today, how modern offenses and risk‑averse QBs changed the position, and why stats don’t tell the full story for shutdown corners. They also chop it up on the 2000s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Baltimore Ravens defenses, Peyton Manning’s historic Broncos year, the impact of refs on games, and how to build a “perfect” DB with confidence, athleticism, and true playmaking ability.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:20.9 | I'm Daniel Alarcon, and this is my friend. This is much more famous than I am. I wouldn't go that far, but I'm John Green. Co-hosted the podcast The Away End with my old friend Daniel. On our podcast, The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. |
| 0:26.5 | Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important. |
| 0:34.3 | Listen to the away end with Daniel Auerkone and John Green on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:45.1 | Welcome back to the Richard Sherman podcast, and today we have a legendary guest, |
| 0:51.2 | a 2019 pro football Hall of Fame inductee, one of the most dynamic and dominant football players to ever play in the National Football League. |
| 0:54.2 | 15 seasons of domination at the cornerback position, |
| 0:58.5 | 12 pro bowlers, 12 pro bowls, seven all pros, |
| 1:03.0 | and a member of the 2000s all decade team. |
| 1:06.4 | Champ, appreciate you joining me, brother. |
| 1:08.5 | Hey man, good to be in the presence of greatness, man. |
| 1:11.8 | How you doing? |
| 1:28.3 | I'm great. I'm great. I'm great. I'm great. I got you on the show. I'm feeling good. It's a beautiful day for me. So much great football to talk about. Let's get to it, man. Let's get to it. So we'll start it. We'll start with what was your welcome to the league moment? |
| 1:28.3 | Because I think people forget, you know, as great as you are and as great as players |
| 1:34.4 | are, everybody has that moment that introduced them to the National Football League where you're |
| 1:39.0 | like, oh, okay, they real out here. |
| 1:41.6 | You know, the older I get, the more it becomes a season instead of just one moment. |
| 1:46.3 | It was more like, okay, my whole rookie season, if I look at that body of work and who I had to deal with, I had to deal with some dogs. |
| 1:56.1 | First game in my career, Michael Irvin. |
| 2:00.2 | Now, I haven't done anything in the league at this point. Darryl Green was the man. name in my career, Michael Irvin. |
| 2:03.7 | Now, I haven't done anything in the league at this point. |
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