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Taylor Heinicke

Taylor Heinicke

American former American football player

Oct 9, 2026

20:56
Now that you look back at that, what do you remember most from starting in that game, going against the GOAT, and it's a playoff setting? [laughs]
21:05
Yeah.
21:06
Uh, I mean, you said it very well.
21:08
The, the thing about being an athlete is it's, it's always like there's something to be done and there's something else to accomplish, right? So you never can get the time to sit back, reminisce, reflect.
21:18
There's always something to accomplish, so you're always looking forward.
21:21
Whereas now, you know, I have a lot of time to sit back, think about it.
21:25
You know, I'll sit back on a Sunday, watch the games, and see these quarterbacks get crushed, and I'm like, "I don't miss that.

17 MINS LATER

38:57
I can hang it up." Was it tough?
20:56
Now that you look back at that, what do you remember most from starting in that game, going against the goal, and it's a playoff setting?
21:05
Yeah.
21:06
I mean, you said it very well.
21:09
The thing about being an athlete is it's always like there's something to be done and there's something else to accomplish, right? So you never can get the time to sit back, reminisce, reflect.
21:18
There's always something to accomplish.
21:20
So you're always looking forward.
21:21
Whereas now, I have a lot of time to sit back, think about it.

17 MINS LATER

38:45
After everything you had been through to be in the league, after everything you had been through to be a starting quarterback in the NFL, was it tough to say, okay, this part of my life is done, this NFL journey is over, I can hang it up? Was it tough?

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