The Confidence to Call Your Shot with Evan McPherson—Placekicker, Cincinnati Bengals

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

“Looks like we’re going to the AFC Championship game, boys.” Those are the words Evan McPherson said to his teammates, BEFORE heading out onto the field for a 52 yard game winning field goal. That kick sent the Bengals to their first AFC championship game in 30 years, but it was aggressive moves well before that moment that set the trajectory for McPherson’s life and career. “Money Mac” McPherson shares the secret to his confidence, why he never roots against other kickers, and what it’s like inside the Bengals locker room.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the aggressive life.
0:19.6	Dirt, I'm really excited about today.
0:21.2	I'm so excited about it.
0:22.1	I am so excited about today.
0:24.3	Like, when are I not excited?
0:26.0	You're usually excited.
0:27.0	Sometimes I even say I'm excited and then we eliminate the episode because it's so bad.
0:31.5	Except not being good.
0:32.2	Yeah, right, at all.
0:33.6	So anyway, this is going to be really, really fun.
0:38.0	The backyard of a home in the little town of Fort Wayne, Alabama, middle school kid,
0:44.4	used PVC pipe and bungee cords to create field goal posts on top of his soccer goal.
0:51.9	That kid, just a few years later, would be the first ever graduate of Fort Payne High School
0:56.7	to play in the National Football League.
0:59.5	It was such a massive moment for him that his friends, everyone made the six-hour drive to Cincinnati
1:05.2	to be there for his first game.
1:07.5	This man is known as Shooter McPherson, at least those of us in Cincinnati, know him
1:12.6	that way because he shoots that ball unbelievably. Two scenes with the Cincinnati Bengals,
1:18.7	he's gone from Fort Payne, which is amazing, amazing. Fort Payne, bringing the pain, Fort
1:24.4	Payne, to become an indispensable member of the Cincinnati Bengals,
1:29.2	known for his poise under pressure, his pinpoint accuracy.
1:33.5	He has become not just shooter, but also Money Mac.
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