Ep 165 - What's Your Why with Taylor Lewan

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Taylor Lewan is entering his 9th season in the NFL as the starting Left Tackle for the Tennessee Titans. Taylor was drafted in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft and made three consecutives Pro Bowls from 2016 to 2018. He is also the co-host of the 'Bussin With the Boys' podcast alongside former teammate Will Compton.

Today on the show, Taylor and Eric discuss the outlook of the 2022 Titans, why they love the game of football and the future of the popular Barstool Sports podcast. Other topics include:

(5:00-8:35) - Taylor's mindset heading into year nine

(8:35-12:30) - Recovery from ACL injury last year

(12:30-17:00) - O-line talk. Creating the right habits

(17:00-24:00) - Pressure as a 1st round pick. What's your why?

(24:00-28:45) - Why Taylor's why has changed. Advice to rookies at training camp

(28:45-32:15) - Give it all you got. Is retirement in sight?

(32:15-40:00) - 2022 Titans/Bills talk

(40:00-48:45) - Bussin with the Boys podcast. Where it goes from here

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Transcript

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0:00.0	For whatever reason, we all have a why.
0:03.0	We all have a reason why we play the game and why we love it.
0:06.0	What motivates us when the things get really hard, when it's extra hot out,
0:10.0	and you feel like this day doesn't count for much in camp.
0:12.0	And some of those guys, it's getting paid.
0:15.0	And to an extent, we all have that feeling of like, I need to take care of my future family my family now buddy and um when you get it
0:22.9	i didn't understand the time because i didn't have my new contract but when you do get a new big
0:26.6	contract it's like there is a feeling of like like there's a pressure off you it's like okay i did
0:32.8	it i did what i set out to do from a financial standpoint. I'm going to be okay there now.
0:38.3	And so if you don't have a good foundation of what your why is,
0:42.3	then you might crumble, that right then there.
0:45.3	You might not have a good foundation that's going to allow you to
0:48.3	keep scratching, keep moving towards a legacy type of build or something like that.
0:52.3	Welcome to What's Next with Airtland. keep moving towards a legacy type of build or something like that.
0:58.7	Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood.
1:01.0	Our next guest is Taylor Luan.
1:07.1	Taylor is a three-time Pro Bowl left tackle for the Tennessee Titans heading into his ninth year in the NFL.
1:11.2	He is the co-host of the Bustin with the Boys podcast, which is one of the top podcasts in the country. Get ready to enjoy some linemen to lime and talk, which you all let me know
1:16.5	in the past are some of your favorite conversations. If you haven't already, please do me a favor.
1:21.5	Go rate, review, and subscribe to the podcast wherever you tune in weekly. And also, if you haven't
1:26.4	already, please go to amazon and
1:28.3	pre-order my book tackle what's next and the link to that is in the show notes thanks and enjoy
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