Troy Vincent talks why the game is safer, how he'd change the NFL rulebook, planning for post-football in high school, being a servant leader
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🗓️ 28 October 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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In Episode #2 of the NFL Players Second Acts podcast, NFL Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent joins Peanut and Roman for a candid conversation about his journey from 15-year NFL veteran, to one of the top executives in the league office. Troy expounds on when he knew it was time for him to retire (2:17), and how he planned for his post-football life in high school (8:24). Troy also discusses why, during his playing days, he never defined himself as an NFL player (12:33). As a man of faith, Troy explains why he operates on the principle of being a servant leader (18:07). He also talks about whether he has his eyes on one day being NFL Commissioner (20:08). The guys get into nitty-gritty talk of NFL rules, with Troy dishing on how he manages criticism of the league’s on-field rules (23:19) and why he believes the rulebook should be trimmed (23:41). Of course, the talked roughing the passer (26:52) as a jump off to why Troy says the NFL game today is different, safer, and better. And Troy gushes over what he calls the future of the game: flag football (37:23).
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:20.8 | Guaranteed Human. Check. All right, Thomas. How are we looking? Are y'all good? I like this. You like this? It's a good combination. This is a good combination. I like it. Thank you, man. Appreciate it. All right. Rome, you ready? Yeah. |
| 0:21.8 | You're going to bring us back? |
| 0:22.9 | Yeah, yeah, yeah. |
| 0:23.6 | All right, bro. |
| 0:24.3 | Let's do it. |
| 0:31.7 | Thank you all for tuning in. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm Peanut Tillman, and this is the NFL player second acts podcast. |
| 0:42.1 | And today, my co-hosts, Roman Barbara Walters Harper. |
| 0:43.1 | What's up? |
| 0:43.8 | What's up, Ron? |
| 0:46.1 | What's up, Peter? |
| 0:47.4 | Thank you. |
| 0:50.0 | I don't know why I'm Barbara Walters today. |
| 0:51.5 | Because you look older than me. |
| 0:52.0 | That's why. |
| 1:29.0 | I mean, if you're going to call me somebody, I'd much rather be the one lady that got locked up. Oh, she'd be with Snoop all the time. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Martha Stewart. That's it. Yeah, let me be Martha Stewart. You're going to be who you going to be. I'm Oprah. But Martha Stewart's not a journalist, though. Barbara Waters is a journalist. Mark the store doesn't do that This is my podcast, too. So I'm going to be Martha and you're going to be Oprah today. Let's go. Let's do it. Let's do it. Right now, we got a special guest. This guy played 15 years in the NFL, five-time pro bowler. He was an all-pro. 2002 Walter Pade Man of the Year winner. |
| 1:35.3 | Right now, he is the executive vice president of football operations, Mr. Troy Vincent. |
| 1:37.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:38.5 | What's up, all right? |
| 1:39.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:40.3 | Throw up. |
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