Ep 91 - Don't Lose Before You Start with Joe Staley

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Joe Staley played 13 seasons in the NFL as an offensive tackle with the San Francisco 49ers. He was drafted in the first round of the 2007 NFL Draft and went on to earn 6x Pro Bowl and 3x All-Pro honors.

Joe was forced to retire after the Super Bowl in the 2019 season because of a neck injury. Since then, he's been working with offensive lineman to prepare them for the NFL Draft. One of them, is Buffalo Bills' rookie Spencer Brown.

Today on the show, Joe and Eric get into some locker room talk, including:

(2:06-4:36) - Growing up in Michigan playing multiple sports

(4:36:10:56) - Gaining and losing weight in the NFL

(10:56-17:55) - Playing through a neck injury in the Super Bowl

(17:55-23:20) - Toughest DE's that Joe played against

(23:20-30:00) - Daily routine that led to Joe's success

(30:00-37:30) - Advice to rookies in the NFL

(37:30-38:35) - Generational difference in lineman today....back in my day

(38:35-43:05) - Spencer Brown and the 2021 Buffalo Bills

(43:05-47:15) - Joe's up-close opinion of the Collin Kaepernick saga

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0:00.0	It was just like one of those games that was like,
0:04.0	holy shit, like I'm going against Michael Straitan.
0:07.0	Um, ended up giving up two and a half sacks in the first half to him.
0:11.0	And learn a lesson like, don't lose the game before you start, you know?
0:15.0	Right.
0:16.0	You're in the NFL too.
0:17.0	Like, these guys, like prepare them.
0:19.0	They're just nameless, faceless objects.
0:21.8	Like, just do your job and take care of yourself and don't worry about what you're blocking.
0:31.7	Welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make your
0:38.9	what's next in life your best yet by learning from high performers in a variety of industries.
0:44.6	Our next guest is Joe Staley. Joe was a six-time pro bowler, three-time all-pro, and named to the NFL's
0:53.4	2010's all-Decade team.
0:56.5	Joe was forced to retire after the Super Bowl in the 2019 season because of a neck injury.
1:01.9	Since then, he's been working with offensive linemen preparing for the draft,
1:05.7	and one of them is Bill's current rookie Spencer Brown.
1:10.2	You will appreciate Joe's approach to the game.
1:13.0	You'll get some behind the scenes NFL talk, and you will learn a ton through this episode.
1:19.0	There are over 100,000 new podcast being released each week, so it means the world to me that you spent your time tuning into this episode.
1:26.9	Please rate, review, and subscribe
1:28.6	to this podcast and share it on your social media, please, so that we can make an impact. Enjoy.
1:36.8	Joe, welcome to the show, brother. Thank you. Yeah, man. Absolutely. I was always a huge fan of
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