Going Deep

Surf & Turf: Former Lions & Seahawks Pro Bowl Defensive End Cliff Avril

02.13.2020 - By Barstool SportsPlay

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Barstool's NFL Podcast, Surf & Turf, hosted by Super Bowl Champion, Willie Colon and Barstool Sr. NFL Analyst, Steven Cheah, has Super Bowl Champion, Pro Bowl Defensive End, Cliff Avril in studio. Steven Cheah addresses the future name change of the pod (00:00 - 00:30), he & Willie discuss the Chargers decision to part ways with Philip Rivers (01:05 - 08:04) and what the market could be for Saints jack of all trades, Taysom Hill (08:05 - 14:45).

Pro Bowl Defensive End Cliff Avril came into the office to talk about being drafted to the Lions, going 0-16 his rookie season, what being a young guy in a losing culture is like, the Jim Schwartz vs. Jim Harbaugh post-game skirmish, why he didn't re-sign with the Lions, playing under the franchise tag, joining the Seahawks and the Legion of Boom, winning the Super Bowl in his first year in Seattle, why that defense in Seattle was so close, what it was like playing with Richard Sherman, losing Super Bowl XLIX to the Patriots on the 1-yard line, what he thinks should have been the playcall, how his teammates reacted to it and the fallout, what it was like finally making the Pro Bowl and being named to the NFL Top 100, suffering a career ending injury, and if he would let his sons play football (17:15 - 56:23), Willie & Steven then recap the interview and talk about the Seahawks final play call in Super Bowl XLIX and if they'd let their kids play football (56:31 - 1:12:18)!

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