THIS IS FOOTBALL: Talking Modern quarterback play with Troy Aikman. It's *amazing*. Troy started his career on an 11 game losing streak and left the game with rings so I asked him: How does a quarterback learn how to win? A tremendous answer with praise for Mahomes and Burrow.

Troy Aikman with a *great* breakdown on how QB protection rules changed the position. "I should put together a highlight reel of the worst hits I took and you'd think these players would be banned from the NFL and there was not even a penalty on the play. It's changed a lot."

Troy Aikman on Brock Purdy, who faces off against the Jets in the first MNF game of the season: "I'm a big fan of Brock Purdy's and if he had been a first round pick we'd all be talking about what an amazing player he is." Excellent This Is Football episode today.

He got absolutely annihilated

Well well well.

So appreciated the mention of Coach Homer Smith by Troy Aikman - He was truly light years ahead of his time in coaching the QB position. I’m very fortunate to have had him as my #1 football mentor as a grad asst Alabama Football and UCLA Football at the beginning of my career.

Troy Aikman tells Kevin Clark QBs will regularly play to their 40s because of today's rules protecting them: "The worst hits I took, you would think these players would probably be banned from the NFL, and there wasn't even a penalty." nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…

The fastest player in the history of the NFL combine is a scheme fit for Andy Reid. I'll be damned.

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"Huge fourth down here, let's get the bad plays ready." -every NFL coach for the past five years.

Francis literally played Bishop Sycamore and had more or less the same stat line.

"I am so bad at singing that I don't even do karaoke and I'm Asian. I'm Korean, it is literally in my DNA and yet." -Mina Kimes. A conversation about the MANNINGCAST MUSICAL turns into --Mina doing a Bears breakdown as cookie monster. --Me singing Pearl Jam. This Is Football.

In my defense here Baby Beluga is very hard to sing in tune

No. That's why you have friends. If you don't have a friend who can crush a karaoke duet with you, you don't have any real friends.

Kevin Clark Mina Kimes When Mina goes for that high note