“This could change everything”

This episode’s different: David isn’t on the mic. He’s preoccupied with something heavy, something consuming. So Marshall does the show to him instead of with him.

It starts with joy: Marshall’s enduring memory from the Lions’ mauling of the Chicago Bears will not be trick plays, or even the many skill-player highlights. It will be the willpower moment: the third- and fourth-down stands that, to Marshall, define real football.

Then (03:45) it shifts into something deeper: a message for David (and maybe for all of us) about stepping up when no one else will, holding the line on civility, and letting reason, not rage, be the guiding light.

It’s football. It’s friendship. It’s leadership. And it’s proof that sometimes the most important plays happen off the field.

Theme music: Mr. Jukes and Barney Artist, "Blowin Steam (Open Up Your Mind)"