SCHOOLED with "The Professor" John Clayton
191 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsNo one knew more about football than Seattle Sports' human database for everything NFL: “The Professor” John Clayton. His lifelong obsession with the game elevated Clayton from high school sports reporter to the writers’ wing of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. John sadly passed away on March 18, 2022, yet his legacy lives on through his intimate knowledge about the game of football.
Schooled with "The Professor" John Clayton was a great example of his impact on the National Football League. Take a look back at Clayton's stories from his Hall of Fame career.
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Matt Maiocco on his book- Letters to 87: Fans Remember Dwight Clark
August 28, 2019 23:00 - 22 minutes - 9.99 MBI was near the Dallas Cowboys bench for the 1981 NFC Championship game and had a chance to witness ``The Catch.’’ Joe Montana drove a 49ers team that had been bad for years the length of the field and hit a leaping Dwight Clark in the end zone for the game-winning touchdown that sent the 49ers to the Super Bowl and changed the face of football. The 49ers started a dynasty and head coach Bill Walsh changed the game with the West Coast offense. For Schooled with the Profe...
Ryan Gustafson-Seattle Dragons President : Joins Us to Discuss the Naming of Seattle's XFL Team
August 21, 2019 23:56 - 15 minutes - 6.91 MBWednesday was a big day for the Seattle Dragons of the XFL. The 8 XFL teams announced their team names and opened the doors with the news tickets are soon for sale. You can place deposits on season tickets right now. On Schooled with the Professor, we talked to Ryan Gustafson to get the full story on the progress of Seattle’s XFL franchise. Ryan took us behind the scenes to update everyone on how the league is progressing and where everything is heading. The first season opens after the Sup...
Chris Berman on 40 years at ESPN and how the NFL has changed over those years
August 14, 2019 23:00 - 14 minutes - 6.67 MBOne of the highlights of training camp was seeing Chris Berman of ESPN. I had the pleasure of working with Chris for more than 20 years and he’s the absolute best. He joined us on Schooled with the Professor to talk about our love for pro football and some of the history of the game. We talked a lot about the Seahawks, a team that he respects and likes from what he saw of practice. Chris has been a big fan of the San Francisco 49ers in the 1980s and 1990s and the Buffalo Bills team that wen...
Steve Raible previews the Seahawks ahead of the pre-season opener
August 07, 2019 23:00 - 23 minutes - 11 MBWith the start of the Seattle Seahawks season Thursday, we needed to get a great breakdown of the team. Who better to do that with than Steve Raible, the voice of the Seahawks? Much of the theme of this week’s Schooled with the Professor is discussing the off-season. As a former Seahawks receiver who has been around this franchise from the beginning, Steve discusses how good this offense can be. Even though it’s too early for him to make a prediction, he does see signs this could be one of t...
Brian Billick on NFL offensive trends in the NFL
July 31, 2019 23:00 - 20 minutes - 9.31 MBWe have quite the education on this week’s Schooled with the Professor. Brian Billick from the NFL Network joins us and as he does so well, he breaks down the current state of offenses in the NFL. Billick, as a former NFL coach, has one of the best offensive minds in the game. He’s been on some of the best offenses in NFL history. Having just been to the Baltimore Ravens camp, Billick talks about the potential running offense of the Ravens with Lamar Jackson at quarterback. He asked John Har...
David Shields on his Documentary- Lynch: A History
July 24, 2019 23:00 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBWe have a fun class on Schooled with the Professor this week. David Shields, a professor at the University of Washington, just did a documentary on Marshawn Lynch. Lynch: A History is available Sunday on Amazon and Vimeo. Shields tells us he got into this project because he felt Lynch’s silence made a statement. He put together the documentary using more than 700 video clips. Shields discusses how Lynch's youth in Oakland shaped his personality and gets into how his experiences in Buffalo tu...
Pat Kirwan on how teams are preparing to combat new offensive trends this season
July 17, 2019 23:00 - 21 minutes - 9.77 MBWith training camps opening this week, we thought this was the perfect time to preview what to expect around the NFL. Our go-to guy for Schooled with the Professor is Pat Kirwan. I work with Pat and Jim Miller as a fill-in on Sirius radio. Kirwan is the best in the business at studying the league. We start out getting into the increasing trend of teams using three-receiver offenses and how defenses have had to adjust. Defenses are in nickel 65 percent of the time and that number increases ea...
Draft expert Tony Pauline on the supplemental draft and a review of the Seahawks picks
July 10, 2019 23:00 - 15 minutes - 7.06 MBAfter a quiet June in the National Football League and a slow start in July, things are in the beginning stages of heating up. On Wednesday, the NFL held its supplemental draft and Washington State safety Jalen Thompson went to the Arizona Cardinals for a fifth-round pick in 2020. Tony Pauline at draftanalyst.com joined us on Schooled with the Professor to talk about Thompson’s prospects in the NFL. Pauline also gives a detailed evaluation of the Seahawks. We discuss draft trends from the ...
Tony Dungy - a Powerful Message
June 26, 2019 23:27 - 21 minutes - 9.84 MBOne of the highlights of my career covering the NFL was watching the development of Tony Dungy. I covered him when he was an undrafted rookie with the Pittsburgh Steelers. I was at training camp the first day he came to the Steelers to interview for a coaching position. I kept in touch with him and watched him grow into a Super Bowl caliber coach. He joins us on Schooled with the Professor. Dungy is a class act. He was a great coach who learned from Chuck Noll and the Steelers. We talk about ...
Phil Steele's College Football Preview
June 19, 2019 23:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBOne of the highlights of the sports year comes in June. That’s when Phil Steele publishes his College Football Preview. As we do every year, we catch up with Phil and preview the college football season. He joins us on Schooled with the Professor. Steele is the absolute best at previewing the season. He discusses the many statistical formulas he’s perfected throughout the years. He believes teams that lose an abundance of close games make major position jumps the next year. If teams win a h...
Evaluating the Off-season with NFL Network's Steve Wyche
June 12, 2019 23:00 - 20 minutes - 9.55 MBThe off-season programs of the 32 NFL teams are concluding this week. With the closing of work on the field for players, it was time to wrap up what’s been going on this off-season. Steve Wyche of the NFL Network joins us on Schooled with the Professor to take a look at the league and where teams stand as mini-camps conclude. Wyche gives us an update on Todd Gurley and his knee problems and how he might be used this year. Steve spent time with the Arizona Cardinals and has raves reviews of K...
Kevin Mawae on his career and being voted into the HOF
June 05, 2019 23:00 - 20 minutes - 9.2 MBKevin Mawae was a unique center in the National Football League. When the Seahawks drafted him, he struggled to maintain weight. His weight would slip to around 275 pounds, which is tough for a center trying to block in a division loaded with big defensive tackles. He got a little too heavy in year three. By the fourth year, he was able to resolve everything and have a Hall of Fame career. He joins us on Schooled with the Professor. His story is a great one. Very few centers are able to pul...
Dean Blandino on the expansion of replay and the state of officiating in the NFL
May 29, 2019 21:00 - 20 minutes - 9.21 MBThis week we are joined by Dean Blandino, Fox analyst and former supervisor of officials for the NFL. Last week, NFL owners decided to alter the pass interference challenge rule that they approved in March. Blandino gets into the nuances of how difficult a task the Competition Committee has in getting things fixed. He also talks about the history of replay and how the intention was never to expand the number of plays that can be reviewed. We also get into the difficulty officials have in a t...
Pete Fierle takes us inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame
May 15, 2019 23:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBThis is the time of year to plan for vacations and get ready for another NFL season. With former Seahawk center Kevin Mawae going into the Hall of Fame, Canton, Ohio, should be a great vacation destination in August. On Schooled with the Professor, we talked to Pete Fierle, the Chief of Staff and VP of Communications for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Pete went into great detail of what is available for the fans. There are plenty of things to do, from the first pre-season game, to the parade...
'Everyone Can Be A Ninja' with Akbar Gbaja-Biamila
May 07, 2019 23:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBThis is a big week for Akbar Gbaja-Biamila. He he celebrates his 40th birthday, heads Tacoma to shoot American Ninja Warrior, and launches his book `Everyone Can Be A Ninja'. The book describes growing up in South Central Los Angeles as one of seven children. It also covers his NFL career and how he made the transition into broadcasting. He applied the focus he learned growing up in South Central to his broadcasting career and now he’s a superstar. On Friday and Saturday, NBC is shootin...
Evaluating the 2019 NFL Draft with Bucky Brooks
May 01, 2019 23:00 - 20 minutes - 9.63 MBEveryone knew last weekend's NFL draft was going to be defensive, but it didn't play out as anticipated. This week, On Schooled with the Professor we turned to Bucky Brooks of the NFL Network and NFL.com. The biggest surprise was the pass rushing defensive ends. It was considered a great draft for pass rushers but as it turned out, 12 defensive front seven players were taken in the first 19 picks and the list of quality pass-rushers ended quickly. Bucky goes into what happened to the drop-of...
Final look at the NFL draft with Greg Gabriel
April 24, 2019 23:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBOn the eve of the NFL draft, we caught up with Greg Gabriel, the former head of college scouting for the Chicago Bears. For Schooled with the Professor, we hit the draft pretty hard. Greg educated us on the usual inside workings of the draft. As he said, normally teams are going to have first-round grades on 12 to 15 players and the next group may include 40 to 60 players who have second-round grades that are pretty close. Gabriel explains how teams think. He discusses the flexibility of dr...
Bill Barnwell on NFL QB contracts
April 17, 2019 23:00 - 21 minutes - 9.93 MBThe Russell Wilson contract extension was not only one of the biggest stories in Seattle this year, it was one of the biggest stories in the league. This week on Schooled with the Professor, we talked to Bill Barnwell of ESPN.com. The two of us went in depth discussing the impact of having to pay quarterbacks and how it works in this cap era. Bill recently wrote a story for ESPN.com about the next 11 quarterbacks who will get mega-deals. He accurately predicted that Wilson would get a four-...
Seahawks & The Draft with Ourlads' Dan Shonka
April 12, 2019 04:16 - 20 minutes - 9.53 MBThe NFL draft is two weeks away, so it’s time to start figuring out what’s going to happen. For the Seahawks. John Schneider is likely to trade down from the 21st pick to get more draft picks, since they have only four. So, on Schooled with the Professor, we check in with Dan Shonka from Ourlads to study how far the Seahawks can move down and still get a quality defensive player. Dan talks about how deep the draft is for edge pass-rushers, which is one of the team’s primary needs. Shonka br...
David Tepper and Shawn Springs
April 04, 2019 21:41 - 14 minutes - 6.56 MBIt’s double-header time on Schooled with the Professor! First, we had a chance to talk to new Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper. David grew up in Pittsburgh. In fact, he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh two years after I graduated from Duquesne University. Both of us grew up in tough towns on the outskirts of Pittsburgh. Both of us were fortunate to learn and have great instincts growing up in that environment. Tepper became a billionaire. He bought a minority share of the Pitt...
New Rules with Al Riveron
March 27, 2019 23:24 - 17 minutes - 7.88 MBThe NFL's head of officiating Al Riveron sits down with The Professor at the owners' meetings in Phoenix, AZ in this week's SCHOOLED. In a surprising move, NFL owners voted yesterday to approve a rule proposal that allows for offensive and defensive pass interference, including non-calls, to be subject to review. Saints coach Sean Payton led the charge to expand the replay system following a highly publicized missed call in the NFC championship game that many believe cost his team a trip to ...
Peter King: Earl Thomas, Free Agency Deals, and More
March 20, 2019 23:00 - 21 minutes - 10.1 MBPeter King from NBC sports joins us on Schooled with the Professor and we could have talked for an hour. Our first topic was Earl Thomas. Peter talked to him after he signed with the Baltimore Ravens and has some great insight into Earl's state of mind. King tells us the Kansas City Chiefs wanted to sign him to a one-year, $12 million contract after reaching a $14 million a year deal with Tyrann Mathieu. The Ravens came in at the end and scooped him up for $13.75 million. King also gives his...
Free Agency with Mike Lombardi
March 13, 2019 21:59 - 20 minutes - 9.5 MBThis year marks the 25th anniversary of NFL free agency. Things are moving fast and furious, and this week on Schooled with the Professor, we talk to the perfect person to go through the history of NFL free agency. Mike Lombardi has worked with and for some of the best football minds throughout the years. He’s been a general manager. He recently wrote a great book about football, "Gridiron Genius," and he's a writer for The Athletic. Lombardi talks about how free agency has changed over the ...
Back from the Combine with Mark Schlereth
March 06, 2019 22:30 - 20 minutes - 9.56 MBJust getting back from the Indianapolis Scouting Combine. On this episode of Schooled with the Professor, we have Mark Schlereth to discuss the evolution of the combine and the start of free agency. One of the main topics we get into was offensive linemen, both from the college standpoint and free agency, and how difficult it is for offensive line coaches to get the most out of their blockers. Since 2011, it takes three years to equal the practice, meeting, and hitting time coaches enjoyed f...
Draft Preview with NFL Network's Charles Davis
February 27, 2019 22:06 - 10 minutes - 4.99 MBThis is one of my favorite times of the year! We are here at the Indianapolis combine where you have everything going on: the draft, the prospects, free agency, franchise tags, you name it. But this week on Schooled with The Professor, we're talking all about the draft with Charles Davis, analyst for NFL Network. We’re going to get into all the particulars of what goes into the draft. Charles talks about all the changes you see and how colleges have changed what is available to NFL teams. C...
Don Yee, Founder of Pacific Pro Football League
February 21, 2019 21:44 - 21 minutes - 10.1 MBFootball player development is the topic in this edition of Schooled with the Professor. The Alliance of American Football (AAF) is heading into its third week of action. The XFL is preparing for a launch in 2020. But a third league is in the works that should be very interesting. The Pacific Pro Football League is preparing to develop young football players and get them ready for the NFL. It’s founder, Don Yee, joins us to explain. This isn’t a league that is competing against the NFL. It’s...
XFL Commissioner Oliver Luck
February 06, 2019 23:31 - 20 minutes - 9.41 MBThe XFL starts in 2020, and the league is getting ready for action with coaches and front office arrangements being announced in the next few weeks. Who better to give us a feel for the new XFL than its Commissioner Oliver Luck. Before talking to Oliver last week in Atlanta, I didn’t think the XFL had much of a chance; the first version went so poorly. The only thing I remember about it was a player named "He Hate Me." And that was about it. But now I have a different opinion. I go back wit...
Live from Radio Row at Super Bowl LIII with Ryan Leaf
January 31, 2019 22:33 - 18 minutes - 8.28 MBFormer Washington State & NFL QB and current radio/TV analyst Ryan Leaf sits down with The Professor in Atlanta just days before Super Bowl LIII. They talk a little PAC 12 (including Cougars vs. Huskies), how the NFL - and Patriots in particular - seems to be incorporating more air-raid offense, a look ahead to this Sunday's big game, and the guys give their predictions for who is going to walk away with a Super Bowl victory this weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Andrew Brandt: Are Rule Changes Ahead?
January 23, 2019 21:46 - 20 minutes - 9.27 MBThe controversies from this past weekend’s NFL conference championship games remain as strong as ever. Could the non-call of an interference penalty in the Rams/Saints game could lead to rule changes and the chance for coaches to challenge interference calls? In this week’s Schooled with the Professor, we chat with Andrew Brandt. Brandt was an agent and a contract negotiator for the Green Bay Packers. Normally, Andrew and I talk salary cap and contract negotiations, but Andrew has a great re...
Playoff Preview with The Ringer's Danny Kelly
January 16, 2019 22:03 - 21 minutes - 10.1 MBAfter a disappointing Divisional Round of the playoffs, the NFL is braced for what could be an exceptional Championship Round. New Orleans is hosting the Los Angeles Rams. The New England Patriots are traveling to Kansas City where there will be an artic blast and possible minus temperatures. To preview these games on Schooled with the Professor, we checked in with Danny Kelly (@DannyBKelly) of The Ringer. We start off by discussing the current trend toward offense. The top four offenses and...
Isaac Bruce on His Career and The Rams - Then vs. Now
January 09, 2019 22:02 - 21 minutes - 9.73 MBSchooled with the Professor had a great catch this week! John Clayton chats with one of the greatest receivers of all time: former St. Louis Rams WR Isaac Bruce. Once again, Bruce made the list of the final 15 candidates for the Pro Bowl Hall of Fame. On Schooled, Bruce does a great job of discussing history and the present. Bruce goes into great detail talking about how far ahead the St. Louis Rams offense was when they were the Greatest Show on Turf. He breaks down which routes were so suc...
Tim Cowlishaw on The Cowboys ahead of NFC Wild-Card Game vs. The Seahawks
January 02, 2019 21:01 - 21 minutes - 9.71 MBThe Seahawks face the Dallas Cowboys Saturday night in a key NFC Wild-Card game. This week on Schooled with the Professor, Tim Cowlishaw from the Dallas Morning News joins us as we take a close examination of the Dallas Cowboys, one of the most interesting teams in the league. There were plenty of things to study: The Seahawks have faced the Cowboys in four of the past five years, and the Seahawks have won the past three games. What's amazing is the Cowboys are "America’s Team" but they have...
"The Bad Science Behind CTE and the Plot to Destroy Football" with Merril Hoge
December 26, 2018 22:21 - 25 minutes - 11.5 MBConcussions are a huge topic in the NFL. The league is constantly trying to improve its ability to make the game safer for players, largely due to the worry about concussions leading to CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) and how it will affect the future of the game. Many mothers are no longer allowing their kids to play football for fear of concussions. Merril Hoge played football for the Pittsburgh Steelers and had to retire early because of concussions. But he has written a controversi...
Next-Gen Stats with John Pollard, VP of Zebra Technologies
December 19, 2018 22:56 - 21 minutes - 9.9 MBThis is a great education week on Schooled with the Professor. This is the first full season Zebra Technologies has put their expertise into closely studying and analyzing the data it tracks in NFL games and NFL practices. Zebra is a Seattle-based company and more teams are jumping aboard and getting their information. John Pollard, Vice President of Zebra, joins us to give us a detailed look at this season. Many of the results are found in Next Gen Stats, which is put out by the NFL. Pollar...
Judging the Officials with Kevin Seifert
December 05, 2018 22:46 - 20 minutes - 9.36 MBIt’s been a tough year for NFL officials. The league made some of the most significant rule changes and changes in what they wanted called. Four referees retired, so this is the youngest group of referees in league history. Kevin Seifert from ESPN.com joins us on Schooled with the Professor to judge how officials have done this year. The main debate this offseason was how officials were going to call personal fouls with helmet hits, particularly on quarterbacks. As it turned out, the number ...
Current NFL Scouting with Scot McCloughan
November 28, 2018 22:00 - 20 minutes - 9.56 MBThe game has changed. The NFL is going through the best offensive year in the history of the league. On Schooled with the Professor, we get a Master’s Degree on current NFL scouting from long-time general manager and scout Scot McCloughan. Scot goes position by position regarding how the scouting game has changed. He discusses the new ways to find a quarterback, the difficulty of finding good offensive linemen, how different it is for defensive players. Interior defensive tackles are getting...
From the 90s to Now with Herman Moore
November 14, 2018 23:59 - 16 minutes - 7.74 MBHerman Moore would have been a perfect receiver in this age of high-scoring offenses. He is 6'4" and 218 pounds. Bigger receivers are coming out of college nowadays and they are doing so well in this quarterback driven league. He played 12 seasons but he played in the 1990s when receivers were smaller. Moore joins us on Schooled with the Professor this week to discuss how the game has changed since he was in the league. Believe it or not, he said he prefers the days when defenses were domina...
D'Marco Farr: Sideline with The Rams
November 08, 2018 03:18 - 20 minutes - 9.35 MBThis is an incredible stretch for the Los Angeles Rams. Last week, they lost to the New Orleans Saints, 45-35, in the battle for the NFC’s No. 1 seed. This week they host the Seahawks and they have a game coming up in Mexico against the Kansas Chiefs. On Schooled with the Professor, we go straight to the sidelines of the Rams and get a scouting report on the Rams from D’Marco Farr. The former Rams defensive lineman who was on the Rams Super Bowl team known as the Greatest Show on Turf does s...
John Powers: Fridays with Bill
November 01, 2018 17:19 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MBBill Belichick is difficult for reporters to get information from. He’ll shy away from giving detailed injury reports. He makes it tough to get into his thinking and his planning about his team. But, John Powers of The Boston Globe found out Belichick tells reporters more than you can imagine! In his book Fridays with Bill: Inside the Football Mind of Bill Belichick, Powers did a remarkable job of digging through 10 years of Belichick press conference transcripts. From those transcripts, he ...
The AAF with Hines Ward
October 25, 2018 19:00 - 20 minutes - 9.39 MBThe Alliance of American Football, a developmental league that has been much needed, is set to start the week after the Super Bowl. Former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward is working as a Players Relation Executive with the AAF. He joins us on Schooled with the Professor. Hines goes in depth on how the league is being set up and some of the unique rules that will be tried. The mission of the league is to keep players developed for the chance to get into the NFL. Ward talks about ...
Bill Williamson on The Oakland Raiders
October 10, 2018 22:00 - 21 minutes - 9.7 MBThe Seahawks fly to London to play the Oakland Raiders this weekend, and The Raiders remain one the most interesting stories in sports. Jon Gruden returned to the NFL after a decade on Monday Night Football to sign a 10-year deal to be the coach. He’s also making the personnel decisions. With that in mind Schooled with the Professor went to Bill Williamson of Raiders Snake Pit to breakdown what is going on with the Raiders. Gruden traded Khalil Mack, who is having an MVP season and has gotte...
Gary Myers: How 'Bout Them Cowboys
October 03, 2018 21:00 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBTwo weeks ago, the Seahawks beat the Dallas Cowboys, 24-13. The Cowboys couldn’t get much going on offense. But they have a lot going on as a franchise: They're "America’s Team", generate the most revenue, have one of sports' most interesting owners, and are one of the most fascinating teams in the NFL. Joining us on Schooled with the Professor is Gary Myers, who covered the Cowboys for the Dallas Morning News before moving to the New York Daily News. Gary's on HBO and is known as one of the...
Mike Sando: 2018's Wild Start
September 26, 2018 21:39 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MBLe’Veon Bell’s holdout...Earl Thomas’ hold-in, where he refuses to practice if he doesn’t feel right. The new helmet penalty rule. Controversial roughing the quarterback penalties. Upsets. Upsets. Upsets. It’s been a wild start to the 2018 season! To break it down on Schooled with the Professor, we get together with Mike Sando of ESPN.com to review the first crazy three weeks of the season. Mike gives perspective on the Bell and Thomas stories sharing with us what some of the front office ex...
Doug Farrar on Modern Schematic Innovation
September 19, 2018 22:00 - 21 minutes - 9.74 MBIt's a creative time in the NFL. Scoring is up. Offensive innovation is at the max. And timing is everything. Doug Farrar just published a book that hits on the current trends and the history of schematic changes in the National Football League -- Genius of Desperation: The Schematic Innovation That Made the Modern NFL. On this week's Schooled with the Professor, Doug educates us on the current run, pass option trends and how it plays into the game. He goes into great detail on how tough it ...
Samoans in the NFL with Rob Ruck
September 12, 2018 20:00 - 20 minutes - 9.24 MBRob Ruck, author of "Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL," joins The Professor to give a complete history lesson on Samoans in the National Football League. It’s a fascinating subject because it involves some of the NFL greats: Junior Seau, Jesse Sapolu, Troy Polamolu and so many others. (For those who follow Washington Huskies football, they know the impact of great Samoan players.) Ruck digs back in the history of how football started on the islands and...
2018 Seahawks Football Begins, with Steve Raible
September 07, 2018 03:35 - 21 minutes - 10 MBThe football season has started. For Schooled with the Professor, we thought it would be great to catch up with the voice the Seahawks and discuss one of the more interesting seasons in franchise history. Steve Raible talks about the re-set of the roster and the expectations for 2018 seasons. Steve’s long history with the team as a player and broadcaster captures what you need to know about the team. He puts the offense in perspective by discussing the impact of Russell Wilson and how much th...
Sal Paolantonio, "Philly Special"
August 29, 2018 23:28 - 18 minutes - 8.66 MBThe Philadelphia Eagles defied the odds last season, coming out of nowhere to win 13 games in the regular season. Doug Pederson became one of the most aggressive play-callers in the NFL. Carson Wentz went down with a knee injury and then Nick Foles shocked the world, beating Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. Capturing the stories and excitement of the Eagles ride is ESPN’s Sal Paolantonio, who just published the #1 sports book in the country, "Philly Special." Sal Pas had great access behind the s...
Special 100th Episode Edition with Chris Mortensen
August 22, 2018 21:03 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBIt's hard to believe, but we made it to 100 episodes! In recognition of a special moment, I link up with the most influential person in my career, my ESPN partner Chris Mortensen. Together, we take a look back a life and career in sports and all the stories that connected us as friends and co-workers. Chris shares cherished memories from our history and the differences between covering football in the 80's, when there was no internet or cell phones. He also goes in-depth on the helmet rule an...
Guts and Genius: The NFL in the 80s with Bob Glauber
August 15, 2018 19:55 - 21 minutes - 9.84 MBIt’s always great to look back at the history of the game of pro football. Having had the fortune to cover the NFL for more than four decades, I can say the 1980s were special. Thanks to great coaching and great players, pro football went from a physical game that featured running and defense into a smart, situational type of game in the 1980s. So much of that had to do with coaching, and Bob Glauber, who’s been covering the NFL since the 1980s, has written the definitive book on the 1980s. ...
Contract Negotiations with Leigh Steinberg
August 08, 2018 22:38 - 21 minutes - 10 MBIn his 44 years as an NFL agent, Leigh Steinberg has seen it all. He helped build up the salaries of quarterbacks in what has become a quarterback-driven league. Leigh joins us on Schooled with the Professor to assess where the NFL and players are in contract negotiations. We get into plenty of big current topics: Are the holdouts and lack of progress in talks with Aaron Donald and Khalil Mack a tipoff that teams may be shying away from paying quarterback-like money to defensive players? We ...