Mike Florio explains why Peyton Manning took pay cut

Profootballtalk.com’s Mike Florio joined the show to break down the latest NFL news. Florio explained that Peyton probably landed right at his market value in Denver at $15 million per year. He also commented on the chances Adrian Peterson returns to Minnesota, where receiver Andre Johnson will land and Vince Wilfork’s future. He also dove…

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Bo Kimble talks about 25th anniversary of Hank Gather’s death

Bo Kimble joined the show to talk about the 25th anniversary of Hank Gather’s death. Kimble talked about that night. He said everyone there, including the professionals, failed to go get the defibrillator on campus. That’s one of the reasons he formed 44forlife.org. Kimble said that after Gathers died the team played for the memory…

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Matt Birk explains why NFL may change Combine drills

NFL director of football development Matt Birk joined the show to talk about possible revisions to the Draft Scouting Combine. Birk said that they’re not going to rush into anything, but he argued some of the drills are ineffective. He noted technology has given teams so much data, they can do completely different things. “This…

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Vince Vaughn on balancing comedy and dramatic roles during his career

Actor Vince Vaughn joined the show to talk about his new movie Unfinished Business, being a father and more. Here are some of his takes: — Vaughn said that he wasn’t always considered a comedic actor. But now he’s excited to be shooting “True Detective”: “It’s pretty awesome. I haven’t done anything dramatic in a…

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Frank Kaminsky would stay at Wisconsin even longer if he could

Wisconsin big man Frank Kaminsky joined the show to talk about his season and more. Kaminsky weighed in on different nicknames — Dan suggested “The Spork” because he can do a lot of different things. Kaminsky also said that he has no regrets about staying at Wisconsin for his senior year and he’d stay another…

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Drew Magary on why athletes use Twitter

Deadspin and GQ columnist Drew Magary joined the show to talk about why athletes are on Twitter. He said that there’s really no reason for athlets to be on Twitter. “Tom Brady isn’t on Twitter and his life doesn’t seem to be poorer for it,” Magary said. But he said either business interests come into…

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Curt Schilling explains why he went after Twitter users

Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) joined the show to talk about why he went after people on Twitter who went after his daughter. Schilling explained that he methodically decided to out the people who said disgusting things about his daughter on Twitter and he’s doing whatever he can to make sure they’re punished. He said it was…

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Jay Glazer on Ronday Rousey; training NFL players, including Sam

FOX’s Jay Glazer joined the show to talk about Ronda Rousey and training NFL players in MMA. Glazer told us he trains several football players on several aspects of MMA, including Michael Sam today. Glazer says that all the stuff she’s doing outside the sport obviously not affecting her. He says she’s one of the…

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