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Super Bowl 59 Highlights and Insights with Sean Clifford
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2/7/2025
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Live from Radio Rose, Sports Grid's coverage of Super Bowl 59. Joe Lisi joined by former
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Penn State and NFL quarterback Sean Clifford. Sean, talk to me just about the atmosphere
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here in New Orleans and what it means in terms of the Super Bowl.
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Yeah, I think that it's electric, to say the least. I think, you know, obviously New Orleans
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being such a vibrant city in the first place, but now add the Super Bowl into the equation,
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I think it's been a lot of fun. I'm here with my fiancee this week, so staying all
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the way until Friday and taking in all the festivities, and obviously Radio Rose, a great
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time as well.
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When you look at the quarterback perspective, two great quarterbacks, we have Pat Mahomes
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looking for history right now, trying to win three straight Super Bowls. Just the best
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quarterback you can make the argument in terms of modern day, up with Tom Brady and then
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Jalen Hurts, right? One in Alabama, one in Oklahoma. Went toe-to-toe with Pat Mahomes
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a couple of years ago, lost that Super Bowl. From the quarterback perspective, how do you
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see this game playing out between Mahomes and Hurts?
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It's going to come down to who plays the better game. I mean, it really is as simple as that.
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I think that both teams have star-studded rosters. Everybody is loaded from the quarterback
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position all the way, O-line, wide receivers, defense. They have every piece, so I think
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it's really going to come down to just probably a last-second drive here, two-minute drive
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as it usually comes down to.
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Do you have a pick in the game? Are you liking Kansas City or Philadelphia?
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I got buddies on both teams, so I'm not necessarily rooting for one or the other. I'm more rooting
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for players, obviously Saquon, Jahan, Hunter Norzud, who is a roommate of mine, so a bunch
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of guys, yeah.
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Now, biggest thing that you had to learn moving on from college to the NFL as a quarterback,
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you were on Green Bay, right? Drafted by them, backed up, Jordan Love. Just talk to me about
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that experience moving from Happy Valley to Lambeau.
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Yeah, it was very exciting. Obviously, a dream come true for me to be going into year three
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with Green Bay now, and it's just a pinch-me moment, obviously. But I think there's no
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better place to be a quarterback. It truly is a great spot to land, especially your first
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spot because it really builds the foundation for everything else you want to do in the
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NFL. And Matt LaFleur does a really good job with coaching the quarterbacks and really
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just diving in.
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You had a great running back in terms of Aaron Jones, right? A couple of years ago, Jordan
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Love progressed, one of the hottest quarterbacks down the stretch. They beat Dallas in terms
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of the playoff game, went toe-to-toe with San Francisco, and then you get Josh Jacobs
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from Las Vegas. What has that meant to your offense? More balance, and Josh Jacobs is
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just a dominant runner.
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It allows us to spread the ball out, for sure. I think between our wideouts are across the
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board, just fantastic players, great hands, different at every level. You have a Christian
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Watson guy who can take the top off. You have Romeo Dobbs, who's a possession guy who's
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going to catch everything. Dontayvion Wicks, Jaden Reed, the list kind of goes on and on.
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Then when you add in a factor like Josh, who can do everything, he's got the speed, he's
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got the power, he can run in between the tackles, and then he can also break one. It definitely
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allows us to do more, and it allows Jordan to really play loose.
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I feel like Matt LaFleur is not given enough credit. Dealing with Aaron Rodgers and now
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seeing what he's done with Jordan Love and the younger guys, just that offense has evolved.
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What are your feelings about Matt LaFleur as a head coach? I think he's very underrated.
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I think that Matt's done a really, really good job being able to take the practice field
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to the game. It's one thing for the guys to do that, but it's another thing for Matt to
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do that. I think that the way he calls the game, the flow of the game, it's really like
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an orchestra. It's really impressive. I'm proud to be a player underneath.
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I have to ask you about college. Your former alma mater, Penn State, was right there knocking
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on the door. They knock off Boise State and SMU in regards to the college football playoff.
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They go toe-to-toe with Notre Dame. They were right there. What are your thoughts about
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James Franklin and the program moving forward, and more importantly, Drew Eller coming back
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to college? My brother, Liam, is still playing. He's going
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into his third year starting here. I'm super proud of him and the whole team. A lot of
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those guys, obviously, were my young guys. Now watching them progress and really have
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a lot of success has been fantastic. I think when it comes to James, he's done a great
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job with the program. I don't think at this point, especially going to the semifinal,
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now he's been to the playoffs, won games in the playoffs, and it's proven that Penn
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State is one of the best programs in the country. I'm really proud of what Franklin has done
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there. On top of that, I think Drew is primed and
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ready for a great season. I can't wait to see what this year specifically leads to.
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I know, at least for me, going into the last year is always the most confident, the best
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feeling you're going to have. I think Drew's got a real shot here.
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Best moment in Penn State for you? The White Outs, for sure, but I'd have to
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go for the best moment is the Rose Bowl. Winning the Rose Bowl was something that will always
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resonate with me. It was special to me and my family. Nothing really beats the granddaddy
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of them all. Absolutely. Great insight from Shawn Clifford.
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