Our Weekend with the Most “Extra” Player in the NFL
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What makes Cam Bynum the most extra player in the NFL?
Welcome to Pablo Torre Finds Out. I am Pablo Torre. And today, you're going to find out what this sound is.
My wife, she's in the Philippines working on her visa. It's been getting denied. So if anybody out there can help with the visa process, I greatly appreciate it. Right after this ad. You're listening to DraftKings Network.
For people who are not watching us and just listening, you should know that something very important is happening.
You tell me what that is.
We have taken our shoes off, left them at the door, because this is about to be the most Filipino-American interview in sports history.
Because in my house growing up, I would get yelled at? Absolutely, because it's filthy. It's disgusting. I don't know why it's not a worldwide thing. It's a Filipino thing. You better take your shoes off before you come in the house and leave them at the door.
We're going to discuss many things of global importance. I don't know if there'll be a more important one than it's gross that you Americans don't take your shoes off when you get home.
Yes, and we are clean.
I do want to establish for people who are not in the room with us that you've invited me into your home, and this is a special occasion. So sincerely, thanks for letting us, you know, set all this junk up.
Yeah, thank you for being here. This is big time, just being able to meet you in New York and then come here now. And we talked about it for a while, but finally we're able to make it happen. What better way to do it than in my place? Yeah.
It's not easy to meet with an NFL player like this in the middle of their season, but Cam Bynum, as you'll see, isn't most NFL players. I had first met Cam back in New York City in May, and I had no idea at the time that the 5-2 Vikings would turn out to be this good. But what I did know as of a year ago, almost exactly actually, is that I wanted to tell Cam's story. And I wanted to tell the story of his wife, Lane. And that was even outside of the fact that we all happen to be members of the same karaoke loving, pork roasting, Southeast Asian diaspora. And so when I caught wind of a party being planned for the Pivotal Lions-Vikings game, which took place nine days ago in the middle of October, which you should also know happens to be Filipino American History Month, I wanted to visit with the 26-year-old starting safety for the Vikings in person.
I wanted to find out what that specific Sunday in Minneapolis looked and smelled and sounded like myself. I just need you to understand how surreal it was for me to be in a section of like roughly a hundred Filipinos. That's crazy. Watching a Filipino American NFL player during Filipino American History Month. Right. In Minnesota. Right. And just basically being surrounded by like cousins and titos and titas that I did not know, all of whom are like, yo, I say that Filipinos are like first team all wedding reception.
For sure. 100%. And everybody was extra. Everybody was extra. Then come to realize after, some of them are related to us, like... My wife, she found one of her aunts there and it's like, and they're actually related, not just saying it, like they knew like common family members. And it's like, what a small world, but really just having like the energy there of the people, like seeing how supportive they are.
It's dancing, it's singing, it's celebrating, it's pointing at things with your mouth. It's, you know, like just trying to call. But just like all of these people together. The title that I think you deserve, having experienced that, is that you are not just one of the best young defensive backs in the NFL. You are the most extra player in the league. I take that.
That actually means a lot to me. That's probably the best title I've had over anything, because that's literally my goal, to be extra.
Yeah, so I was talking pregame on the field to Josh McCown, who's an old friend of mine, quarterbacks coach for your Minnesota Vikings. And he's like, he's the greatest celebrator I've ever seen. That's a title. And he's played, Josh has played for, I believe, 16 different teams. So he's seen lots of people attempt to do what you've been doing.
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