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The Adam Schefter Podcast

Wild Week 1 in the NFL

The Adam Schefter Podcast

ESPN

Sports

4.4753 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of The Adam Schefter podcast, Daniel Dopp and Adam dive into the wild first week of the NFL, including Ja’Marr Chase playing without a deal getting done and Dak Prescott's record-breaking contract. Then, Jeff Darlington joins to break down the Tyreek Hill situation and the approach to covering stories of this nature.  3:10 Weekly Six Pack 18:07 Jeff Darlington on Tyreek Hill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome back to the Adam Schaefter podcast.

0:47.0

We are fresh off the red eye from San Francisco and on to week two after an incredibly eventful week one.

0:48.9

And to help recap it today, we are going to be joined by my friend, my colleague, the great Jeff Darlington, who was in Miami.

0:57.5

Now, ordinarily, ESPN assignment editors like the great Seth Markman, send reporters to certain games.

1:05.3

And Jeff Darlington was sent to Miami, where he lives, to cover the dolphins and jaguars.

1:11.0

And I thought to myself, boy, in all my years covering the NFL, being on Sunday

1:17.9

countdown, and this is my 16th year, I can seldom remember them not having a certain game

1:26.6

staffed or covered that I would have sent a reporter to.

1:30.5

And on Saturday, I called Jeff Darlington, and I said, where are you this weekend?

1:35.2

And he said, Miami.

1:37.2

And I said, we don't have a reporter in Cincinnati where we're waiting for resolution on the Jamar Chase situation and Jeff Darlington's in Miami

1:47.0

for the dolphins and jaguars. I thought to myself, okay, that was a decision that in my mind

1:53.1

at that time, if I'm being honest, I was questioning. But then, lo and behold, fast forward to Sunday Sunday morning and I no longer was questioning that

2:04.0

we get word that the Dolphins standout wide receiver Tyree Kill has been detained, cited

2:12.1

and then released and allowed to go play in the Dolphins regular season opener.

2:19.7

His story from that morning went viral, rightfully so.

2:25.4

And in the days that followed, it became an even larger story when people got to see

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