Jarrett Payton talks Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, Bears at NFL Honors
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Jared Payton.
My name is Jared Payton, and I am here to motivate you today.
Former NFL running back. Jared Payton wearing his father's number, number 34, and looking like the old man. Look at this run. A gorgeous job by Jared Payton.
The son of sweetness. There's Walter with his Cubs jacket on. And here he comes up. His son, Jarrett, is with him. Sweetness. What an ovation.
Sports anchor for WGN.
You know me. I'm the resident running back.
Jarrett Payton with Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score.
Uncle Luke got me hooked on Hennessy, so thank you to Uncle Luke.
You know what that means? When you hear the 305, when you hear Uncle Luke, that means it's time to call Jared Payton. Jared Payton is the WGN-TV sports anchor. You can catch him on the sports office on the free WGN Plus streaming app on your smart TV weeknights live at 730. And he joins us via the Circus Sports Illinois hotline. Download the Circus Sports app today. Jarrett, just wonderful moments that we got to see involving you, your sister Brittany, Roger Goodell, and all of the people nominated for the honor that bears your dad's name, the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award. What was that experience last night like for you?
Well, Layla, I'm going to tell you, I just got chills just saying that because we're at... the Boys and Girls Club here in San Francisco. My sister is actually standing right next to me. She wanted me to let everybody in Chicago know and at the score know. She said, what's up? That's what she just said. They say, hey, Britt.
We miss Brittany.
They miss you. Yeah, last night was like a movie, you guys. Every single time that we get a chance to do this, We go by Super Bowls, not by Jan 1 is like the new year. Super Bowls is our new year. So we're here and we get the chance to add another Man of the Year award winner to the family. And Bobby Wagner, just an unbelievable guy and just a football player, going to be a Hall of Famer. But then also just what he's doing in the community and honoring his late mother. He's just an amazing dude. So you just can't. can ask more to add another person to the family like him who was just top-notch and know that my dad would not so he'd be super super proud of Bobby and all these all the other 31 other guys that were nominated but definitely for Bobby and the work that he's put in to get to this point my favorite part about the the Walter Payton man of the year award JP is how genuine it is it's not just something that when the players it's not just Bobby Wagner but we're talking about Bobby Wagner and
It's not just something, okay, that's cool, you've been appointed to. They take it seriously. It means something to them to win it. Bobby Wagner even said when he got up there, he's like, I wasn't even going to come here because I didn't think I was going to win, which is like, I mean, you've got to support it one way or the other, but just the fact that he was so genuine when he came up there, and I was feeling it, man. I mean, I really was. I'm starting to tear up listening to him. I teared up when I saw you. thinking about you and thinking about your dad, Walter Payton, man, was it, was that a, just a lot of emotions last night.
It really was gross. It was, it was crazy. I mean, I'm, you know, we were in this business and I do this every single night, reading off a prompter and speaking to thousands of people every single night, just on GM sports. And it's totally different. You guys, when you get up on that state, when you walk out onto the stage, like last night in the, where we were, it, I got up and looked up because it was Roger Goodell's like, yo, Brittany walks out first. I'm going to walk out second. You walk behind me. And right before about to walk out in on the stage, my sister is having this side conversation with Travis Kelsey. And I'm like. trying to like get into the conversation too. Just the, I don't think he ever knew that I was the one that took the video of him and Taylor that blew up the internet.
So I was trying to do it. So when I, I'm showing him the video and I'm like him giving me that, like the stank eye, like looking at me when they, when I had the video with my camera.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–4:23
2
What is the significance of the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award?
4:23–5:19
3
How did Jarrett Payton feel about the NFL Honors experience?
5:19–8:25
4
What impact does the Walter Payton award have on the community?
8:25–11:19
5
How do NFL players express their emotions during awards ceremonies?
11:19–16:10
Speakers
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