Beyond The X's And O's With Trent Dilfer

Kurt Warner, the only player in NFL history to go from undrafted to Super Bowl MVP, joins Trent to offer his wisdom to the next generation. Warner was never highly recruited, but he knew his preparation would give him a chance at the next level. Warner tells Trent how his preparation led to success when he got his chance as a starter for the Rams, how his goal of educating the next crop of young gunslingers through QB Confidential, and ends with a powerful message: don't allow your circumstances stop you from being the best person you can be.

Warren Moon Moon won five championships in five years in the CFL before being named to nine Pro Bowls in Houston, Minnesota, and Seattle, but he faced a tremendous number of challenges along the way. Moon opens up on the racism he faced at every stage of his journey, and how he dealt with it to find success as an athlete and a man. He also shares how his JuCo coaches tried to stop colleges from recruiting him, his CFL coaches tried to stop him from signing with the NFL, and how coaches at every level tried to change his position.

Three-time MVP Brett Favre joins Trent and shares what it was like to play for his dad in high school and wishing he had more options when he was recruited. He explains how he chose the number 4 when he got Southern Mississippi, developing his skills on the scout team, learning to ask for help, and making the most of his chances when they came.

Favre explains how a friendship with Deion Sanders helped him get through being hazed as a rookie, and how that experience shaped how he treated people for the rest of his career. He talks about the present and future of the QB position, compares himself to Josh Allen, and why he feels compelled to run half marathons and bike hundreds of miles to stay active.

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew joins Trent to walk him through Minshew's path from dominating high school in Mississippi, to playing JuCo at Northwest Mississippi, to struggling to Eastern Carolina University, to nearly playing for Alabama before ending up as a Heisman candidate at Washington State.

Minshew shares how he stayed positive in the face of obstacles at every stop along the way, how that mentality kept him motivated and focused once he got the NFL, his memories of being drafted, and how he's acheived peace by focusing on controlling what he can control.

Hall of Famer Troy Aikman joins Trent to share his journey from high school to Super Bowl champion, beginning with the nerves he dealt with before his first varsity start, his recruiting experience and his issues with how it's done now, and the obstacles he overcame at Oklahoma that led to his transfer to UCLA.

Aikman delves into the highs and lows of being drafted first overall and then going 0-11 as a rookie, his definition of leadership, and what it means to be a #girldad.

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