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NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks

Troy Vincent on the hip-drop tackle ban, how NIL has changed the current NFL, the league’s worst-case scenarios

NFL: Move the Sticks with Daniel Jeremiah & Bucky Brooks

NFL

Sports, Football

4.73.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On the latest Off the Edge with Cam Jordan podcast, Cam is joined by Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent. Cam doesn’t hold back with his thoughts on the recent rule change to ban the hip-drop tackle, as Troy provides the details on what led to the decision. Troy then shares why he told the 2024 Draft class that being picked is just the start of their NFL journey. Cam and Troy deep dive on the topic of NIL and its impact on the current NFL player. Troy later expounds on the NFL’s venture into flag football, and how it’s helping grow the game. And Troy shares how the potential for death keeps him up at night.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:08.7

Welcome on in to Off the Edge with Cam Jordan.

0:11.8

I have the privilege to sit with, I'm learning the hierarchy of things, right?

0:16.1

There's always levels to life.

0:17.7

With the executive vice president of football operations at the NFL, but I've known

0:22.6

him as Troy, Mr. Senior Troy Vincent, a man who's played in the league for 15 years. I know him

0:30.3

from Philadelphia time, been with a few different teams, a man who's been an all pro, man who's

0:36.4

been a pro bowler, man who has, you know, his accolades speak for himself. And on the opposite side, which now he's the enemy of where he started because he started off of the NFLPA. But I'm not an enemy. For me, it was always a partnership. There we go. It was always a partnership and just making sure that we kept the game on the table. Treat the players right. You can make money, but you got to do right by the players.

0:58.0

That was always my position as an elected official. You're familiar with that.

1:04.0

So my 13 of my 15 years, I served as an elected officer.

1:08.6

Yeah. To serve the player in the locker room, making sure the players understood his rights,

1:12.7

his hours, wages, working conditions.

1:15.5

And then, you know, I had the opportunity also to, I think I did four CBA extensions.

1:21.8

But anytime, we're going to have some things that we disagree on,

1:24.7

but the one thing we can't disagree on is the player.

1:27.1

It's the game and the

1:27.9

players, right. Best coaches in the world, best players in the world. We can make money, but you got to do

1:33.8

right by the people. I see you left the refs out, but okay, I appreciate that. We're not going to talk

1:38.3

about it because, you know, like, they affect, you know, while you're in it, they affect the game

1:43.0

and sometimes what you'd say, non, non-biased ways.

1:49.3

It's seemingly non-biased ways.

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