Glue Guys
Episode 44 Inside the Elite Quarterback Mind
Glue Guys

Episode 44: Inside the Elite Quarterback Mind

Glue Guys

Episode 44

Inside the Elite Quarterback Mind

Seth Wickersham is a senior writer for ESPN and a best-selling author. We cover why the fathers of quarterbacks get villainized for publicly speaking up for their sons, the psychological tools needed to survive the brutal winnowing process, and the secret algorithm for evaluating college quarterbacks.

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Show Notes:

(00:00:00) Welcome to Glue Guys

(00:02:17) The Duality of Quarterback Parenting

(00:03:16) Caleb Williams and the Draft Process

(00:04:45) The Role of the Quarterback Dad

(00:10:17) Tom Brady's Competitive Spirit

(00:15:39) The Journey of a Quarterback

(00:31:24) Navigating Doubt and Religion in Sports

(00:32:07) The Loneliness of Retirement

(00:33:06) Empathy for Retired Legends

(00:35:05) The Unique Pressure on Quarterbacks

(00:36:34) The Evolution of the Quarterback Role

(00:37:37) The Intensity of Professional Sports

(00:39:18) The Obsession with Young Talent

(00:40:50) The Manning Family's Approach to Football

(00:47:44) The Changing Nature of Quarterbacking

(00:49:15) The Complexity of Evaluating Quarterbacks

(00:52:04) The Importance of Simplicity in Greatness

(00:54:40) The Role of Failure in Success

(00:58:31) The Value of Support Systems

(01:00:11) Dedication to Those Who Try

Inside the Elite Quarterback Mind

Introduction

Alex
All right fellas, I'm pumped for this week's guest. A friend of mine who I've known quite a while, he covered me when I played. Now I get to work with him at ESPN. He's been a senior writer since 2000, New York Times best-selling author.

He has his brand new book coming out this fall which we were lucky enough to get an advance copy of and discuss with him. That's called American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback. Comes out on September 9th. Can't wait to chat with him, and it's Seth Wickersham.

The Villainization of Quarterback Dads

Alex
First off, Seth, man, I can't thank you enough for coming on with us. I feel like honestly you were kind enough to share your new book with us before its release, and reading the whole thing, I don't know, I feel like these are all things that crazy enough that we talk about all the time that are wrapped up in this, right? We often do talk about QBs, obviously with me being on the show, but we do talk a lot about parenting and there's a lot of parenting in this book.

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