Texans WR Kenny Stills; plus international football with NFL exec Chris Halpin

The Peter King Podcast

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4.4 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

(1:05) Vontaze Burfict is suspended for the season after yet another cheap shot. But Peter explains why there's a difference in opinion among people about how to hand out discipline regarding big hits. (8:30) Texans WR Kenny Stills discusses the challenges of playing with 9 (!) different QBs in 7 seasons, what it's like to be traded, and his why social activism goes far beyond kneeling for the anthem. (31:30) Peter is joined by the NFL's Chief Strategy & Growth Officer to discuss the International Series beginning in London this week with the Bears & Raiders. They discuss the new Tottenham Stadium, which is designed for football; the possibility of expanding the NFL beyond London & Mexico City; Mahomes Mania in Mexico City; and how gambling will impact the NFL's future business plan.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Peter King Podcast, a busy week covering week four, entering week five of the National Football League season.
0:17.0	We're going to have two interesting guests this week. Number one, we're going to have Kenny Stills, the wide receiver of the Houston Texans, not only a wide receiver, but very, very active in the community, and we'll talk with him about football and activism.
0:33.4	Number two, Chris Halpin, the NFL's chief strategy
0:37.3	and growth officer, which in year 100
0:41.9	of professional football in the United States,
0:44.6	that's a big job.
0:46.5	And we're going to talk to Chris Halpin quite a bit
0:49.0	about the future of international football
0:52.0	and about the future of football in general.
0:56.0	But first, the news item of this week in the midweek is the suspension for the rest of the season by the National Football League of
1:05.9	Oakland Raiders linebacker Von Tez Berfik, a repeat offender in the cheap shot category.
1:14.0	And the NFL thought that a hit of a defenseless and kneeling Indianapolis tight end Jack Doyle.
1:25.0	Obviously you've seen the hit.
1:27.8	It's a hit of Vantes Berfect flying into Jack Doyle when he could not protect himself and hitting him, you know, obviously with a gratuitous and very violent hit.
1:42.0	And it just brings to mind what I believe is I don't want to say it's a struggle
1:49.2	but I do think there are differing opinions inside the high levels of the National Football
1:56.7	League on what should be done about these hits, about these very big hits by some very big
2:05.0	hits by some very big
2:08.3	defensive players against particularly
2:11.1	defenseless receivers,
2:13.2	returners, and people with the ball.
2:16.9	And I bring to you a couple of hits
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