Torrey Smith, Philadelphia Eagles and Bill O'Brien, Houston Texans

The Peter King Podcast

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4.4 • 872 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Philadelphia wide receiver Torrey Smith--who played with Colin Kaepernick last year--on whether Kaepernick is a distraction, on the social responsibilities of football players, and on trying to be an impact player again after two poor years with the Niners. Houston coach Bill O'Brien on the return of J.J. Watt after back surgery, on the influence of mentor Bill Belichick on his career, and, particularly enlightening here, on the challenges as an NFL coach of having a special-needs teenager.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Peter King. Welcome to the MMQB podcast with Peter King, where I take you inside the minds of the biggest influencers in the NFL.
0:12.0	This week... in the NFL.
0:13.4	This week more from the training camp trail from Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver and
0:20.0	social activist Tori Smith and from the Texans training camp in West Virginia
0:26.6	Houston coach Bill O'Brien on all things Texans. And now my conversation with Philadelphia wide receiver, Torrey Smith.
0:37.0	Back on the MMQB podcast with Peter King, joined by Tori Smith wide receiver the Philadelphia Eagles now
0:44.4	Tori we're interviewing you today at Eagles training camp in Philadelphia and I
0:51.8	wonder what it's been like for you to grow up in Virginia, to go to
0:57.1	college in Maryland, to play for the Ravens, and then to have a two-year West Coast detour and now come back east and you're back in sort of the East Coast nuttiness of the NFL and of football.
1:14.6	So what's it been like for you so far to be back on the East Coast?
1:20.3	Yeah, it's been awesome to be back. I'm definitely still thankful for the opportunity that I had to go out west. I mean, that didn't work for me football wise, but I met some great people there.
1:33.0	I was able to kind of step out of my comfort zone a little bit.
1:36.0	And like I said, some of the relationships there.
1:38.0	You know, I was able to develop.
1:40.0	It's pretty special.
1:41.0	But I'm glad to be here in Philadelphia. Great city.
1:44.0	Great football city. My wife's from outside of here, 20 minutes from here in Kontag.
1:49.0	Yeah, football kind of matters here. Have you noticed that?
1:51.0	Oh man, it's just crazy.
1:53.0	It's a different world, you know, for me playing, being a part of two, you know, of some of the most, two of the most respected
1:59.1	fan bases in football, to be here.
2:02.0	I mean, there's nothing like this.
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