Ron Rivera, Head Coach Carolina Panthers, Brian Rolapp, NFL Executive VP of Media, and Tony Romo Reflection

The Peter King Podcast

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4.4 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2016

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode, Peter King talks to Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera and the NFL's VP of Media Brian Rolapp. Rivera discusses the woes of preparing for a short-week game, and talks about whether the Panthers regret not re-signing Josh Norman. He shares how he motivates his team with the help of John Madden, and explains how helpful it is to have a wife, who is an ex-coach herself, to vent with after a bad loss. Rolapp discusses the decline in television ratings this season and if the NFL Red Zone program has anything to do with it. He talks about how commercials may change in the future to be less intrusive in the telecasts. He also tells a story of what he and Roger Goodell found out on a trip to see executives of Airbnb. Lastly, Peter reflects on the emotional Tony Romo press conference where he essentially passed the torch to Dak Prescott.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody this is Seth Davis I'm officially announcing the launch of you
0:04.6	guessed it the Seth Davis podcast on the SI podcast network it's going to be a
0:08.8	series of long-form interviews smart conversations with interesting people.
0:13.0	Yes, my Ballywick is college hoops, but I plan to interview people from all across the sporting spectrum.
0:18.0	So we're going to learn a lot, but mostly we're going to have some fun.
0:22.0	On the Seth Davis Podcast.
0:23.6	Talk to you soon everybody.
0:25.1	Look for new episodes every Tuesday and remember to subscribe to the show wherever you listen to your
0:30.9	podcasts.
0:36.0	Hello, I'm Peter King, and welcome to the MMQB
0:38.0	podcast with Peter King,
0:40.0	where I take you inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL.
0:46.2	This week, Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera, an NFL executive vice president of
0:51.7	media Brian Rolap to talk about the ratings decline.
0:56.0	I asked Rivera what keeps him sane after losses like the 20 to 17 killer against Kansas City in week 10.
1:04.3	I'm very fortunate my wife coached collegiantly and professionally
1:07.3	women's basketball and she'll drag certain things out of me.
1:10.7	She gets it and that's one of the really beautiful things about you
1:13.0	know our relationship is that she's been there, she understands and she can get in
1:17.8	these conversations with me and really help me to get past certain things.
1:21.2	Those conversations and some emotion about Tony Romo's abdication of his throne in Dallas
1:28.0	after this.
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