The Thicc Six Episode: The Making of Big Man TDs (Encore)

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4.6 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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“Thicc Six.” It’s a phrase that exploded across Twitter last season in the NFL, usually when a quarterback throws a touchdown to an open…and eligible…offensive lineman. But, why are we seeing so many Big Man touchdowns all of sudden? And what makes them so awesome? Mike Golic Jr. takes us into the trenches and into the psychology of the NFL’s largest men, and explains why their moment in the spotlight brings so much joy to so many. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've won its replay this episode for you for a very long time and I'm so glad on the last
0:06.0	day of our summer break we finally get to do that.
0:08.5	It's an episode that we did with our old dear friend, Mike Goldock Jr. and I think it's
0:15.6	perfect for us to give you on this Friday before we return to work on Monday before the
0:20.6	NFL regular season comes back right around the corner and it's about what I would consider
0:27.9	the biggest play in American sports, figuratively and also quite literally.
0:34.7	So it is Friday, August 26th and yeah this is ESPN Daily.
0:41.2	So Mike Goldock Jr. look, not a lot of good things happen for the New York Jets this season
0:55.9	but the day after Christmas against the Jaguars something happened that I need you to describe
1:03.1	for me because it might be their play of the year.
1:06.1	Yeah, let's take this walk back Pablo.
1:12.5	It's fourth and goal.
1:14.0	The Jets are up by one in the fourth quarter.
1:17.0	They start off with a play fake Wilson takes the snap, fits the handle of looking in zone
1:21.3	being flush now scrambles to the right.
1:24.0	Back Wilson, their rookie quarterback goes through every possible read.
1:29.5	He looks right, he looks left.
1:32.2	Nobody's open.
1:33.3	He's got a scramble and then he sees his beacon in the night.
1:38.0	Six foot eight, 310 pound Conor McDermott standing in the end zone.
1:44.0	It throws in the back of the end zone.
1:45.8	He's got Conor McDermott.
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