BPR80 Josh Bidwell

Podcasting the National Football League, Podcasting the NFL

At 23 years old, Josh Bidwell felt on the top of the world as a 4th–round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers. But everything seemed to fall apart at training camp when he received a diagnosis of aggressive testicular cancer. Eight years later and now a Pro Bowler with the Tampa Bay Bucs, Josh shares his story of overcoming adversity and eventually becoming one of the NFL’s best punters, as detailed in his inspirational new book, When It’s Fourth and Long.

Shownotes: David Kindervater (host), Josh Bidwell (NFL player guest)

• 0:30 – What it’s like to see your own book in stores nationwide
• 1:05 – The writing process and how the idea for the book happened
• 2:18 – Reliving some of the past was difficult, therapeutic
• 4:00 – Josh’s death sentence, finding strength and beating the odds
• 5:57 – Sharing the bad news, then relying on faith in God during hard times
• 8:39 – Surgery scars are a constant reminder of the cancer he beat
• 10:15 – Sharing his story with others and giving people hope
• 13:12 – Leading the NFC South at the halfway point of the ‘07 season
• 14:30 – The best punters in the NFL are very close statistically
• 15:45 – Maintaining, improving consistency, looking at new techniques
• 17:14 – Ten more years of punting if the opportunity is there
• 17:52 – A typical week in the life of an NFL player
• 20:02 – Recovering from a loss is difficult after so much preparation

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Links: JoshBidwell.com, Buccaneers.com, NFL.com

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