Read in Browser April 7, 2025 Every Monday, I sit down to reflect on the events of the week, extract their lessons, and gameplan how to apply those lessons toward greatness and growth. It’s a system that has always worked for me, it can work for you too. Welcome to The 199! Sign up here if this email was forwarded to you. Do you know your unique ability? I am a 47 year old father of 3. I’ve won seven Super Bowls and five Super Bowl MVPs. I’ve been fortunate to make enough in my career that my...
9 days ago • 4 min read
Read in Browser March 31, 2025 Every Monday, I sit down to reflect on the events of the week, extract their lessons, and gameplan how to apply those lessons toward greatness and growth. It’s a system that has always worked for me, it can work for you too. Welcome to The 199! For the second year in a row, after a handful of years with massive early round upsets, we’ve had another very chalky men’s NCAA basketball tournament. All but four of the sixteen 1-4 seeds made it to the Sweet Sixteen....
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Read in Browser March 24, 2025 Every Monday, I sit down to reflect on the events of the week, extract their lessons, and gameplan how to apply those lessons toward greatness and growth. It’s a system that has always worked for me, it can work for you too. Welcome to The 199! Where are your priorities? NFL free agency has taught me, once again, that you never stop learning. This past week I learned that part of my job each off-season for FOX is going to be keeping track of all the players who...
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Read in Browser March 13, 2025 The Breakdown “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” - Mike Tyson Adversity is inevitable. Your life will be defined by how you respond to it. Conquering adversity is not a matter of motivation, it’s a product of mindset. Your refusal to lose has to exceed your desire to win Eight years ago, we refused to lose in record-breaking style. Recently, this video of Rick Pitino yelling at his St. John’s team during halftime of an early-season road...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Read in Browser March 7, 2025 The Breakdown “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t—you’re right.” — Henry Ford People can push you to be better, but you are your only true competition. Mindset matters more than anything. Numbers are valuable, but never as valuable as your intangible qualities.¹ 329 players were invited to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis last week. Each player took meetings and tests, and participated in a series of drills designed to distill their athletic ability...
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Read in Browser February 27, 2025 I’ve always loved the sport of hockey, and as you may have seen I’ve even gotten back on the ice again recently. The energy, physicality, and competitiveness is hard to match, and the Four Nations Face-Off featured all of it at the highest level. Huge congratulations to the boys on Team Canada and Team USA for amazing performances in the championship game. Staged by the NHL in place of a traditional all-star game to promote the league returning to Olympic...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Read in Browser February 17, 2025 Hello from the mountains! I’m out west for a few days this week skiing with my kids. This is going to sound weird, but I have never been this excited about the end of a season, though probably not for the reasons you think. For the first time since I came into the league, I didn’t wake up the morning after the Super Bowl with aches and pains or surgery appointments. I wasn’t hungover from a win or in denial about a loss. And unlike the last handful of years,...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Read in Browser February 7, 2025 Hello from New Orleans! 👋 It’s great to be back in the Crescent City. This place brings up a lot of feelings for me. There’s something about broadcasting my first Super Bowl in the same building where I played my first Super Bowl that is hard to ignore. When you turn the page on a major chapter in your life and you start writing a whole new one, I think there’s a natural inclination to look for little, familiar signs along the way that you’re on the right...
2 months ago • 7 min read
January 31, 2025 This has been a year full of firsts. For the first time since 2000, I am a rookie again. I am the new guy in the booth for FOX. My job is to call America’s Game of the Week next to my broadcast partner Kevin Burkhardt, and break down the game I love for twenty million people every Sunday. I remember thinking before stepping into the booth to call my first regular season game, how much has changed in the world, and in the world of football, since I stepped onto the field to...
2 months ago • 8 min read