Behind Tha Mike Podcast

”Rub some dirt on it!”

Injuries are a part of sports, but, there is a point in an athletes’ professional life that they have to ask themselves “How bad do I want it?” Here are some of the greatest performances with injuries in NFL history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Brown

Speed, agility, and balance. There was no weakness on the field. Actor, civil rights activist and community leader. Had to learn from his flaws. This was Jim Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life Changing Money, League Changing Players

There was a time when pro football didn’t make you a millionaire, but it could make you a rich man. Two men got seriously paid, and helped put the NFL on the professional map in two very different ways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Purdy Effect

The 2023 NFL draft is in the books and there were a record 12 QBs selected in the first five rounds. Mr. Irrelevant 2022 may have had a little something to do with that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Draft class is in session.”

Building a championship team is never easy, and when it comes to the NFL draft, nobody really knows how picks will perform. There were a few teams in the history of the league that actually got it right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Storytime with Uncle Mike: Draft Day Stories

With draft day, approaching, we talk about some of the craziest stories in NFL draft history! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bud

Pro football Hall of Fame head coach Bud Grant led the Minnesota Vikings to four Super Bowl appearances in 18 years, but what did he do before that? Where did he come from? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Longest Yard…for real!

In the words of NBC Sports, a convicted armed robber at 21, Philadelphia Eagle at 26, dead at 31. Alabama Pitts is what they called him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“So, where can we play?”

When I first learned of the NFL’s unofficial 12 year ban on black players, I never asked these questions. Did they play after college? And if so, where? I now have my answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 17: The Ban

Charles Follis was the first of 17 blacks to play pre-and post NFL. Players like Fritz Pollard, and Paul Robeson carried the torch in the 1920s, but by the mid-1930s, those numbers dropped to zero. There was no excuse, but there were reasons.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices