Robert Griffin III on staying ready for an NFL team, Angel Reese Backlash and his Dream of Calling a Super Bowl
NFL: Good Morning Football
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4.3 • 655 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the NFL Players: Second Acts podcast, former Pro Bowl QB Robert Griffin III - a.k.a. “RG3” - joins Peanut Tillman and Roman Harper. Robert explains how he got his nickname, what it was like setting records his rookie year, and how he fits into the era of Black quarterbacks who continued to evolve the position in the NFL. RG3 also talks about why he decided to retire in 2020, but how he’s stayed in playing shape in case he gets a Philip Rivers-type call from a team. We hear Robert’s “welcome to the media moment,” his seamless transition from football to broadcasting, and what he’s learned about managing media controversies.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | The Indianapolis Colts called Philip Rivers. |
| 0:10.1 | Toward the end of the season. |
| 0:12.5 | Yes, sir. |
| 0:13.0 | Philip Aim played in... |
| 0:14.1 | What a laugh. |
| 0:15.5 | Philip Aphi played in a minute. |
| 0:18.6 | It's been a minute. |
| 0:20.2 | I know where this is going. Well, first of all, let me ask you, were you offended that you didn't get the call? I was not offended because I understood the relationship. Now, did I go outside and, you know, throw the football around a little bit? Wait, just in just in case? Yes, sir, I did. Now, if they really would have called you, yes. Hey, you ready? We need you to come play week 16. Correct. Do you think you could have been ready to go? 100%. You know, I'm 35, so I'm not as old as Philip is. He's, what, 44? Yeah. Yeah. So it gives me hope. I'm not going to lie to it. when I saw him, I'm like, man, I might have to just like lightly. His whole body changed, bro. He came in overweight. Like, let's just call it what it was. Hey, yeah. Hey, my man was big, big. The reporter asked him, I much he weighed. He said, well, I'm not. I'm not, I'm not going to wait what I did when I left. |
| 1:12.8 | Clearly. |
| 1:13.4 | So it gave me hope. |
| 1:14.6 | I got a, man, I got a good eight more years. |
| 1:17.0 | They might call me up. |
| 1:23.8 | What's up everybody? |
| 1:24.9 | I'm Peanut Tillman. |
| 1:25.9 | And this is the NFL players second acts podcast. with me as always my trusty co-hosts Roman Harper. |
| 1:34.2 | I'm just glad we're wearing blue together today. This is the first time I think we've ever matched. |
| 1:38.0 | And there's no better time to do it than who our next guest is because I think he's got a little blue on too today. |
| 1:43.0 | A little blue, little blue. I'm just glad I'm not seeing you guys on the football field anymore. This next guest is because I think he's got a little blue on too, too, that. A little blue, little blue. |
| 2:01.8 | I'm just glad I'm not seeing you guys on the football field anymore. This next guest, we go way back from the same hometown, Coppers Cove, Texas. I didn't know that. Yeah, that's my whole world. Okay, go ahead. Covers Cove, Texas on the map. Bulldogs. He's a He's a Heisman trophy winner at a Baylor, |
| 2:02.4 | second overall pick in the 2012 |
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