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On the 35-minute podcast, CBS/ESPN/Netflix’s Jason McCourty is the guest on “The Main Event with Andrew Marchand,” McCourty, 37, had an excellent 13-year NFL career, but was not a Hall of Famer, nor a quarterback. Nonetheless, he has risen very quickly in media — how has he done it? That’s the main topic of the pod.

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* Topics include: Insight into how Bill Belichick was behind-the-scenes as a coach and how it was displayed as a media personality

* How during McCourty’s 13-year career he started to look at a media career

* How he and his twin brother, NBC's Devin, started a podcast that launched their careers, including his funny ribbing of his brother

* The difference between Nashville and Boston as media markets

* If what players say to the media has any impact on a team's success

* What did McCourty think of his former coach, Mike Mularkey admitting to purposely giving NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, false information

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* After a player retires, how does he transition into media

* When Marchand broke the story on McCourty going to NFL Network

* What did McCourty learn at NFL Broadcast Boot Camp and how he and his brother had a little cheat code

* Why he chose to get up early every morning for Good Morning Football

* How GMFB and radio games were the best thing that he could do to start

* What he thinks of Tom Brady's broadcasting career

* How he compares calling games to studio shows

* What does he want to accomplish in his media career

* Related pods: Eli Manning … Booger McFarland … Cam Heyward

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