Steelers Pro Bowl RB James Conner, Big Ben's Prior Demons, and What the Jets should do with Jamal Adams

Going Deep

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🗓️ 25 June 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Willie Colon and Steven Cheah discuss Ben Roethlisberger's prior addictions that came to light this week (00:22 - 18:14). They debate what Jets GM Joe Douglas should do with Jamal Adams trade request (18:15 - 25:32). The guys then welcome in Steelers Pro Bowl RB James Conner to talk about being diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma at Pitt and overcoming that to have a successful NFL career, going from playing at Pitt to being a Steeler, coming into the league being teammates with AB and LeVeon Bell, Dalvin Cook's holdout and what James' plans are when he is a free agent this off-season, Big Ben's trap door in his locker second locker, his new book 'Fear is a Choice' and more (25:33 - 1:01:03). Willie and Steven Cheah then recap the interview (1:01:08 - 1:08:31)! You can buy James Conner's new book "Fear is a Choice" on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fear-Choice-Tackling-Challenges-Determination/dp/0062938436

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0:00.0	Hey Barstool listeners, you can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcast, Spotify or YouTube.
0:05.2	Prime members can listen ad free on Amazon music.
0:08.1	Going Deep Podcast, we got Super Bowl Champion Willie Cologne.
0:10.7	What's going on everybody? I am Stephen Chey.
0:14.0	Fun show today we've got Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Connor on the show, excellent
0:20.5	player, really fun having a current guy on the show for Willie Steelers, obviously big in fantasy leagues as well.
0:27.0	But first, a lot going on, Willie, your former teammate, Big Ben Rattlesberger,
0:35.2	has admitted to being a big porn guy,
0:39.2	as well as being an alcoholic or addicted to alcohol is what he said.
0:43.4	This all came out because over the weekend I guess he did a Christian
0:48.7	retreat and was speaking.
0:50.4	So I mean this is great for him to you know show an example of how he kind of changed his life and he seems to be on a much better path than he was kind of as a youngster but really having personal experience I mean that's a good friend of yours.
1:03.4	Yeah.
1:04.4	Did you notice any of this type of stuff,
1:06.3	you know, when you played with him or when you're around him
1:08.1	much more than you are, you know, currently?
1:11.0	You know, it's tough, Shay, because, you know for instance I just want to get to people what he said because I think it's what he said and what wasn't highlighted for instance you know he came out as mentioned, he was talking during a virtual
1:25.0	commission men's conference, and he spoke about, you know, his new path
1:30.1	and to being a better Christian.
1:32.2	He pretty much has said this.
1:33.0	People don't realize all the time us athletes, we're human.
1:37.0	We sit like everybody else, I'm no different, we make mistakes, we get addicted to things, we send, we're human.
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