April 29, 2025 • 28 mins
Jeffrey Gorman sits down with Super Bowl winning Colts left tackle Tarik Glenn to reflect on his Ring of Honor career, playing with Peyton Manning (and diffusing a scrap between Manning and Jeff Saturday), and what he's up to now in his post-playing career.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
They should be played at im Aga.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Welcome to High Volume.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
I appreciate you guys being here today because we're talking
about greatness.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
That's what we like to do week in and week out.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
And we've got somebody here today that exemplifies some greatness,
a foundational member of this franchise. When it talks about
the success that they've had, super Bowl winning champion, three
time Pro bowler. I mean, the list goes on and
on and we'll cover a lot of that. Welcome into
the show, the great Tarrek Glenn.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Thank you, Jeffrey Boarman. I appreciate you having me.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Well, I love having you. I love to talk this.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
We've talked a few times through the years, but I
want to dive in kind of deep to your career.
First question, do your kids know how great of a
player that you were in the NFL?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
You know, I used to always say, you know that
there's a little TikTok real that keep circulating around me
jeff Saturday and Peyton's altercation in the early two thousands,
and that was the only piece of evidence, you know,
social media events, so like really justify and said that
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I played, but you know the fact that you know
I've got inducted into the Ring of Honor. Gave you know,
all of my family an opportunity to come to Indianapolis
and really receive, you know, just the full experience of
what it meant to be a cult and Yeah, to
be able to have that moment for myself, but more
importantly my family was super fulfilling and it gave them
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a taste of what I had, what I experienced when
I was in Indianapolis.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Well, I'll tell you what You've exemplified a great career
and obviously you're loved in the community when you played here.
After you retired, I want to start at I want
to start up in Berkeley.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
I want to start at U Cal. With your career.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
And you're a two way player in high school and
you were being recruited from everywhere across the state of
California especially, and you decided to go to Cal and
play football up there. Were you undecided when you went
in or were going to stay in the offensive or
defensive side of the ball or did they recruit you
specifically to stay on the old line?
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, they recruited me. Well, they told me that I
was going to play D line. But I think that
you know, the story is is that there's a ton
of old linemen that they recruited that they started out
on D line and then after a.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Year they just switched over.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
And so myself, Todd Stucey, Jeredy Newberry, you know a
lot of great NFL players, you know, came to cow
started off at D lineman and then switched over to
off this line.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
That's great, obviously, we're glad you stuck with that.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
When did you know, Hey, I'm probably gonna get paid
to play this game in the next couple of years.
Sophomore junior year, you were a four year starter up there,
So when did you know my junior.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Year, you know, when I switched over to the on line,
we had two first round draft picks, or you know,
soon to be first round draft picks, of Reagan Upshaw
and Dwayne Clemens, and you know, I went against them
in practice every day, and I felt, you know, that
I was holding my own competing. I was able to,
you know, really pass protect against some of the best
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in the nation. They both were all Americans after their
junior year, and so after you know that experience, I
was able to really gain the confidence necessary to just
kind of see myself in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Well, you were the nineteenth overall pick. Help me out
on this one, because i'm interviewing you here, I'm drawing
a blank. Was it Bill Tobin that picked you? Or
was it Bill polly In that picked you? Who was
the GM when you were coming out of Cal?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Names from names from a long time ago. So Bill Togan,
he was famous for putting together that eighty five Bears team.
He was the GM at the time, and he's the
one that picked me that ninety seven pollion came in
ninety eighth, and you know, I think, yeah, the fact
that Bill Tobin was here, you know, he picked me
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at nineteen. We had some holdout issues initially put me
at right guard, and then Upoleon came in, brought Howard
Budd and the rest was history.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yeah, it is, so stay there for me that first year.
You're known as that left tackle, that outside guy that's
not going to touch a quarterback, but you played guard
here your first year coming out of Cal. Was that
switch big for you or was that was it pretty comfortable?
Because obviously when you made the switch, you got a
new quarterback behind you named Peyton Manning.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Well, yeah, so like when I played guard, Jim Harball
was on quarterback right, and uh, and there's no, it
wasn't a whole lot of bragging, you know. During during
that season, I mean, I think we gave up like
fifty six sacks and it was it was a it
was a horrible situation. But I think it was a
blessing in disguise because myself and that in Meadows both
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were rookie draft picks, got thrown in the fire, had
an opportunity to compete and get an idea of what
the NFL was like. And then and then I think
when we got a new coaching staff, it really like solidified,
putting us in positions to set us up for success.
And then we drafted paid Manning that that can't hurt
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it either, right, bringing in you know, you know, just
a generational quarterback, you know, it really helped out the situation.
But yeah, that first year it was my eyes wide open.
I mean there was a lot of right spots though.
I mean we had Marvin Harrison, sure, he was a
draft picker year before me. Yeah, it was the running back,
and man, it was easy to you know, block for
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a guy who just kind of set you up you know, always,
you know, you know, put me in the perfect position,
you know, the block, and so yeah, definitely had some
right spots. But it was a tough year. We went
three and thirteen.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
How about you personally, though, you're coming out of you know,
you're coming out of Oakland, You're coming out of cal
your nineteenth overall pick. You spent two years playing on
the offensive side of the ball. I mean that's tough
to throw a young man into a situation. Not only that,
had you even been to Indianapolis or know about the
Midwest before that? Talk about hey this is a place
where I'm going to make my home.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yeah, I mean the only time I've been Indianapolis was
the Combine, And so I always tell the story. I
was on the bus, you know, with you know, just
a bunch of the you know, the guys start flying
in from the Combine and so we were on the
bus driving from airport to uh, you know, the RCA
Dome at the time and basically seeing all the snow
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on the ground and that track on you know, Highway
sixty five on the way to the RCA Dome. In
my mind, I'm thinking, man, I hope I don't get
drafted to this place. So you know, the day of
you know, you know, get getting picked in the first round,
you're just excited. Yeah, you know at that point you're
not you don't care about, you know, anything other than
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having an opportunity to showcase your skills and live out
your dreams.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
That's Tarak Glenn and one of the foundational members of
Responsible as some have said, to make this from a
basketball state into a football state. And you were imperative
on that thing, Tark, because you were here in the
years of greatness leading the way.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
When you talk about the difference between Jim Mora as
a head coach and and Tony Dungee, I mean you went,
you went, you went right into those two. What was
the biggest difference between those two head coaches in your eyes?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Well, I mean I think when Jim Moore came, it
was at a perfect time because the locker room was
just a complete mess. I mean, we just didn't have
any culture. We needed a coach that came in that
really you know, taught us how work ethic and really
taught us, you know, how to be tough, how to
play the game, you know, to be respected in the
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NFL and so there was elements of just you know,
Jim Moore's style that I bought that was appropriate for,
you know, just the culture that he was coming into.
But then I feel like what took us over the
top was, you know, a guy like Dungeee who had
a little bit more of an innovation to his coach
and style. You know, he really learned how to meet
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the players where they're at, was really good on just
like making sure that there was like work life balance,
you know, that guys were more than just what they
put on the football field, and what we did off
the field mattered just as much. And then you know,
just really learning how to play winning football. You know,
I think that we won with Jim Moore, you know,
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but I just think that the experience along the way
wasn't as enjoyable. And I just think Dungee did a
really good job of creating moments where we just really
enjoyed each other's company and the journey was enjoyable.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
And absolutely you're surrounded by greatness there with the arrival
of Peyton Manning, the arrival of Veger and James Reggie
Wayne as well. We can throw Marvin Harrison into that.
Dallas Clark, but you were that foundational guy. That's what
I'm saying. I think that many people overlook how important
you were to the core of that, because you know,
it takes a locker room that has to be non divided.
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You've got to be all in and obviously Peyton set
the way for that. You led by example though, Tark.
That's what I'm getting at is I watched it.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I covered you for years. You weren't a big talker.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
When we wanted to talk to you, you would talk,
but you were a leader by example, much like that
Tony Jungee had that same way. Didn't say a lot,
but if you watch what they do, you're going to
be in a good position.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Yeah, I mean I think that, you know, whenever you
look back at, you know, really good football teams, it
requires to have just a core group of guys that
just embody like the culture that you want to create,
the winning culture that you want to have on a
football team. And I think that being a part of that,
I was an honor to be able to be a
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part of that, you know, And I think my role
the fact that I had an opportunity, Me and Peyton
in particular, had an opportunity in Marvin to kind of
see what bad culture look like. Yeah, we really had
an opportunit unity as a young core to like really
build you know, something special, something different, something that we
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would have appreciated to have when we came into you know,
to a football team. And I think that that's like
really what we try to create. I mean, I'll never forget.
You know, me and Adam Meadows were Brookies, you know,
the same year, and we used to always say, man,
if we're ever veterans in the room, we would do
it different, you know. And so when we brought in
guys like Jeff Saturday, Ryan Dean, you know, it was
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it was really about you know, making them feel a
part of something special.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
You know. It wasn't about the Hazen.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
The you know, the just the old school way of
doing things, and so yeah, it was. It was definitely,
you know, great to be a part of building something.
Obviously when you're doing it, you don't know how special
it's going to be. But you know, looking back at it,
you know, just I feel a lot of gratitude being
able to be a part of something.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
And you knew greatness was around you, Tark. I mean
like I said, you knew these players there with Bill
Pollyan put in position Tony Dungee over from Tampa.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
You know, you knew what you guys had.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
I just want to touch on that Tampa Bay Monday night,
when Tony Dungee's birthday, he goes back in there. I mean,
the back and forth of that game. I always talked
to players that played in that game. I was exhausted
sitting up in the upper deck up there. Just if
you could just glance over that game and the way
that you I mean, we showed or it showed the
greatness of the Colts, mainly the great Paid Manning.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Yeah, I mean I can tell you this much.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
You know that game obviously showed the grint and the
determination and I and it basically was the catalyst that
kind of took us in a new direction. But I
would have to say personally that was probably like one
of the you know games that that I didn't like particularly.
I mean, that was the game I got hurt in,
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and it's like it ended my streak. I had started,
like I think, over a hundred games in a row,
and I got hurt that game just on the flute,
you know, somebody felling into my knee and then then
I missed like six games after that. You know, but
you know, but but to playing a game like that,
I think was you know, just you know, very climatic,
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obviously because you came from Tampa and yeah, everybody I
think in the league was thinking, like, they're crazy, you know,
to get rid of you know, such a talent.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Yeah, and you know, to.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Be able to you know, see us be able to
pull a game out for him on his birthday, you know,
back at Tampa at a place that shouldn't.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
Have got rid of him, you know. Yeah, and the
way that it happened, you know, it was crazy. I
mean I don't know, it was like what one in
the morning when the game was over.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Yeah, it was a late one. Man. That's incredible. I
like bringing back those old memories with you.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Uh, there's a couple more on there I want to
talk to you about, like like when you saw Peyton,
when you guys went into the following year after that, uh,
two years after that, you guys are humming like this.
You you you're getting better with Howard Mutt, which is
a name that I don't bring up a lot to people,
but Howard mud and I hope you can explain to
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the people that are listening, like the importance of it.
Dungee's important, Peyton's important, Tarret Glenn's important. But the responsibility
of that man, Howard Mud to make you guys better
and to get that trust of those stars that were
all around you making plays on the outside.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Two coaches, you know, for at least for me personally,
that had probably the most impact on my career was
Howard Mud and Tom Moore. Those two individuals, their philosophy.
You know, I drunk the kool aid, you know, and
I think our team did, you know, from when they
got there in ninety eight and on the Jim Moore's staff,
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and then you know, obviously Tony kept them on. They
they really built like a philosophy around you know, playing
the best players and doing what we do the best,
not necessarily having a system to force people to play with.
And I just thought that, you know, that always kind
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of really resonated with me, and I think it resonated
with a lot of the guys that we brought in,
you know, like you know, you have a guy like
Edwin James, and you know he's a special talent, but
you know, and he could run any run, but he
ran you know, the slant and you know the zone
play the best. But that was one of his better plays.
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And so you know, Tom Moore, you know, his philosophy
was like, hey, you know why you know, have third
going to a game of thirty runs and we run
these five runs the best. I mean, he was kind
of like the pioneer of analytics before analytics, you know,
and it was just like, hey, we don't run run
these five runs because we run them the best and
we won't make you stop it.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
And so then and so and.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Then Howard Mudd his his philosophy was basically like, you know,
the quarterback is going to thrive when he's most comfortable,
and so everything from day one that when he arrived
was like, we need to make him feel comfortable. So
we're going to focus on protection, you know, whether it's
like our past technique, past block techniques to us understanding
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the past protection. We walked through every scenario, like every
I mean literally every single practice there was some element
of how we're going to protect eighteam, how we're going
to make him feel comfortable. And I think that that also,
you know, was a great you know, just philosophy for
a young quarterback because you know, a lot again, a
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lot of times you see, you know why I'm a
fan of the game. You watch these young guys come
in and there's just a you know, obviously an expectation
for these guys to step up and produce, and there's
there's not a lot of focus around you know, what
is the team doing to make that put that player
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in the best position to thrive. And I think that
they did that for Peyton, they did that for all
of us, and so I just feel as if it
was great.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
It was a great you.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Know, obviously an office of philosophy, you know, Howard Mudd
and Tom Moore tandem that they put together to really
like evaluate the talent that they had, you know, make
sure that they put us all in the best position
to be our best selves and then gave us the
confidence to you know, to feel as if like, hey,
you know, you know, Tom Moore used to always tell me, like, hey,
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you got boot Smith this week, I'm not coming to
help you.
Speaker 4 (16:31):
You can do it. You know.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Howard Mudd, you know, when I had a bad play,
he was always about you know, hey, you know, it's
all about how you respond not necessarily about it for
perfect you know, and so it was. But they both
both coached really, really hard.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
You know.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
You know, if anybody was around practices, they know that.
You know, me and Howard, you know, both heads quite
a bit. But you know, our love hate relationship, you know,
like was you know, one in which I would never
take away. He's probably one of the most important people
in my life.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
You know.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
I really felt like he really taught me how to
you know, really be a you know, really good professional.
And I'm going to be able to show up every week,
being able to take constructive criticism, not lose my self control,
stay composed and really you know, put out the best product.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
And you did and he did just that. Let's fast
forward to the super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
There's a story out there that Saturday was talking to
me about, and I think you were a part of it.
Before that game, you guys are set up to zone
block against those Bears, and like the night the night
before the game, something clicked in your your players, not
your coach's eyes, but you players that said, we can
take these guys man up one on one.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Let's get rid of this, Let's get rid of his zone.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Can you walk me through that because it was monumental
and obviously you're a super Bowl champion afterwards.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
That probably the simplest way to describe it. But I
just think that, you know, we were like a play
action team where we were trying to like, you know,
obviously we would zone block, and then off the zone
we would play action and it would suck the safeties
in and get the receivers opened down the field.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
And so you know that that was our secret sauce.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
But you know, the Bears used to like Lance Bridge
uh and Brigs in er Lacer they would get them
in that A gap and they would show them and
so you know, the strategy going into the game was that, hey,
you know, let's just the band Well initially was like,
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let's play action them, but the reality was it was like,
what's the point of play action that they're already in
the A gap. You know, Let's just you know, abandon
the play action block them straight up, you know, and
and and and then and then you know, let you know,
let it all kind of play out. And I just
think that it's those type of like and I think
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that that's what allowed us to grow and step to
the next level. It obviously won us a Super Bowl.
But I think, you know, even though I didn't play
on the team, moving forward from that point forward, I
just think that we had finally, like you know, graduated
from a coach layer team to you know, a team
that had just like a group of lead leaders on
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the team that were players that could kind of see
experience things on the field, and if the game plan
needed to be adjusted, coaches were open and willing to
make those adjustments. And so yeah, we had to fight
for it that day because like the year before, you know,
Pittsburgh had did something very similar and we didn't make
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adjustments based on that, and so we were like, no,
let's not fall into that trap again, because teams are
game planning against us, trying to you know, suck us
into doing one thing. And I felt like that was
the first game we were able to, from a game
plan perspective, make an adjustment meant last minute to put
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us in a position to be successful.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
Absolutely, And like we said, a super Bowl champion. I
love stories like that. Did you know walking off that
field that you were done playing professional football?
Speaker 1 (20:12):
I didn't, you know, I really didn't you know. I mean,
I you know, obviously you know, on a on a
mountaintop at the at that point, you know, walking off. Yeah,
when I think back of that moment, you know, I
never would have imagined that, you know, we, at least myself,
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you know, being a part of a super Bowl team.
I mean I never forget being in Peyton's room with
Saturday and a couple of the guys and we were
watching like, you know, like every time before the Super
Bowl played, Like you know, on ESPN, they'll show all
the past Super Bowl teams and you grow up and
you watch like the Cowboys or the Niners or you know,
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Pittsburgh Still and all these like famous dynasties, right, and
then you know at the end of it, they're like, who's.
Speaker 4 (21:01):
The next dynasty? Right? And you never can, you know,
put your team or yourself in that position.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
And to know that, you know, you had an opportunity
to do that, and then us actually accomplishing that was
just surreal. So yeah, man, I you know, at the moment,
I did not know, but yeah, that ended up being.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
My last game, absolutely, and you went out in style
a super Bowl champion. I love the fact that I
want to let people know you got your master's degree
at Purdue university, you know. I mean that's like the
accomplishments that you've done in your professional career and then
this at that point of your life.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
You're you're retired as a professional and a great player,
and got some money in the bank and a great family.
Why go back for your masters?
Speaker 4 (21:46):
Well, I mean two things.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
One, I mean, I want, you know, my kids to
you know, thrive for you know, being the best their
best selves, you know, And I think that one of
the ways that you can do that is by just.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Being a lifelong learner.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
And you know, the NFL does a great job of
providing that resource for former players. You know, we get
to go and continued education for free. And I had
started it and wanted to finish it, and I wanted
my kids to know that, you know that, yeah, anything
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is possible. So, like, you know, I was the only
person between my wife and I who hadn't had a
second degree, so I wanted to get it. I think
the second reason is that I was applying for a
job that I needed a second degree as well, and
so it was just like, you know, I want to
be able to continue to like, you know, accomplish my
goals sometimes those require you to, you know, do take
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steps in order to accomplish that goal. And wanted the
steps was to get a second degree, and so I
felt that that would be the great, you know, the best,
next best step and go to objective to accomplish in
order to get that, And so that's why I did it.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
You're a leader, You've always have been that alpha alpha leader.
And for as long as I know and i'm you,
we can't stop this interview without talking about what you
talked about earlier, the TikTok thing, the craze that went
all over Saint Louis rams in town Monday night. Uh,
the offensive line is wondering why we're not running a
football and you know, the quarterbacks saying just block and
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then you see number seventy eight come out, Tarak Glenn
who grabs by the shoulder, the great Peyton Manning the
sheriff at that time, and you weren't having it, Tarak,
and you said, go sit down, Go sit down. Like
the reason I'm bringing that up is because that's Peyton
Manning to us fans and everything like that. But you're
his left tackle, so I know you have a relationship
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with him. Where you can put him in his place.
But it was great watching that and you had to
get the waters calm. This game was close at the time.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
Well, we were teammates, you know.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
So I feel like the one thing about teammates is
that you know, we all have like we're all in
a position where you know, we know that we compete
with each other every single day, whether it's in practice,
whether it's in games, and we know what it takes
in order for us to be successful. When you see
two teammates, you know, you know, competing at a high level,
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you know, yeah, of course, you know, Jeff is like, hey, man,
let's let's run the ball, and Peyton is like, no,
let me continue to call the players like I may
call them the plays. And so I don't think one
person was right or one person was in a better
situation than the other. But I think the bigger point
of the matter is just making sure that we're just
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respecting one another, right, and you know, and I think
that that was, you know, in a situation where we
we've always like learned how to establish you know, like hey,
we'll take care of ourselves. You take care of yourself,
you know, like, well we'll get it together. You know,
it's all good to exchange words, but you know, you know,
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for them to be on the sidelines, you know, like
beefing with each other, man, it wasn't necessary, know, and
so it's like I think it kind of got embellished
a little bit. Yeah, as if I was like jumping
in Peyton's grill, you know, defending you know, Jeff Saturday.
But it was really about you know, hey, man, let's
let's go fight the Rams, not each other, you know
what I'm saying. And also to just we were young leaders,
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you know what I'm saying. Like, you know, Peyton at
that time wasn't like we know Peyton right now. It's like,
you know, he's like generational guy, you know what I'm saying,
But like you know, a year five, year six or seven,
you know, like he was emerging into becoming who he was,
you know what I'm saying. And so I feel like
you know that Peyton, manny, you know, required all of us,
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you know, to really come alongside of him and help,
you know, really like you know, get us focused on
what we were trying to get done.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
You know.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
By the time, like you know, like the Dallas Parks
got there and all you know, Anthony Gonzalez is hostin Colley.
Speaker 4 (26:01):
You know, he was different. You know, he was like
he was like.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Already you know there you know. But but but during
that time, you know, it was like really like we
were like a collective unit, like really trying to figure
out how to win, you know what I'm saying. And
I think that that's also just kind of what you've
seen in clips like that as well. It's just that,
you know, you know, we were all just really trying
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to support each other, you know, and trying to figure
out ways that we can, you know, just like you know,
keep our head on straight, you know, try to win games,
you know, not you know, you know, don't not let
the pressure caused us to be internally you know, destructive,
but you know, to take out all that energy and
frustration on the opponent.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
Well, I'll tell you what you you showed your greatness.
One thing I loved about is you're you are who
you are. You know what you get in Tarak Glenn
if I see out in public, I get a big
old bear hug and how's everything going? And I just
didn't understand how you did that because you're this gentle
kind beautiful man and friendly and then you go to
a bar fight for sixty minutes every Sunday against the
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greats in the game. And I'm just another tip of
the half to you guys, because it's a bunch of
rare men that can do what you guys did and
walking off the field as a super Bowl champion and
waving goodbye to the game like you did, Tark. You
went out on top, man, and I just want to
again much respect, and I'm glad we had a chance
to catch up today and keep people caught up about
your greatness. And while we're at it, ho's things up
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at Berkeley right now for you and your family.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
Yeah, man, thanks you great. You know, you know, my
wife and I are empty nestors now. You know, we
send our youngest to college at the beginning, you know,
a last ball, and so now yeah, we're like trying
to figure out life, you know, having kids in the house,
you know, working at UC Berkeley. Still, yeah, you know,
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college football is in a frenzy, you know what I'm saying.
Just with the.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Nil you do a great job, and please give our
best de Maya and your family as well. I thank
you so much for sitting down, and like I said,
you're really a great guy to watch. I came into
this league, you know you had already had a couple
of seasons under your belt, and then just being able
to watch you and befriend you and your family. Man,
I'm telling you, I'm a lucky man, and Colts fans
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are lucky that they have you as a foundational piece
because this place will always be known as greatness Lucas
Oil Stadium and Tarret Glenn, your name will never not
be up in the rafters at Lucas Oil Stadium. I'm saying,
wherever they play their games, one hundred years from now,
you will still be up there.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
So again, tip of the cap in much respect.
Speaker 4 (28:31):
Sir, Thank you, Jeffrey, appreciate you, brother the.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Great Tarrek Glenn right there, Glad you guys watched high volume.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
I appreciate you watching on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Don't forget to like and give us five stars and
subscribe and everything else that you do. We're trying to
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Speaker 2 (28:45):
Week in and week out, and we need your help.
Speaker 3 (28:47):
You can listen on Colts Audio Network as well as
Colts dot Com. A big thanks to Tarrek Glenn we
will talk to you next week.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
Should be played at high volumes.
They should be played at im Aga.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Welcome to High Volume.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
I appreciate you guys being here today because we're talking
about greatness.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
That's what we like to do week in and week out.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
And we've got somebody here today that exemplifies some greatness,
a foundational member of this franchise. When it talks about
the success that they've had, super Bowl winning champion, three
time Pro bowler. I mean, the list goes on and
on and we'll cover a lot of that. Welcome into
the show, the great Tarrek Glenn.
Speaker 4 (00:32):
Thank you, Jeffrey Boarman. I appreciate you having me.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Well, I love having you. I love to talk this.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
We've talked a few times through the years, but I
want to dive in kind of deep to your career.
First question, do your kids know how great of a
player that you were in the NFL?
Speaker 1 (00:46):
You know, I used to always say, you know that
there's a little TikTok real that keep circulating around me
jeff Saturday and Peyton's altercation in the early two thousands,
and that was the only piece of evidence, you know,
social media events, so like really justify and said that
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I played, but you know the fact that you know
I've got inducted into the Ring of Honor. Gave you know,
all of my family an opportunity to come to Indianapolis
and really receive, you know, just the full experience of
what it meant to be a cult and Yeah, to
be able to have that moment for myself, but more
importantly my family was super fulfilling and it gave them
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a taste of what I had, what I experienced when
I was in Indianapolis.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Well, I'll tell you what You've exemplified a great career
and obviously you're loved in the community when you played here.
After you retired, I want to start at I want
to start up in Berkeley.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
I want to start at U Cal. With your career.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
And you're a two way player in high school and
you were being recruited from everywhere across the state of
California especially, and you decided to go to Cal and
play football up there. Were you undecided when you went
in or were going to stay in the offensive or
defensive side of the ball or did they recruit you
specifically to stay on the old line?
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Yeah, they recruited me. Well, they told me that I
was going to play D line. But I think that
you know, the story is is that there's a ton
of old linemen that they recruited that they started out
on D line and then after a.
Speaker 4 (02:15):
Year they just switched over.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
And so myself, Todd Stucey, Jeredy Newberry, you know a
lot of great NFL players, you know, came to cow
started off at D lineman and then switched over to
off this line.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
That's great, obviously, we're glad you stuck with that.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
When did you know, Hey, I'm probably gonna get paid
to play this game in the next couple of years.
Sophomore junior year, you were a four year starter up there,
So when did you know my junior.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
Year, you know, when I switched over to the on line,
we had two first round draft picks, or you know,
soon to be first round draft picks, of Reagan Upshaw
and Dwayne Clemens, and you know, I went against them
in practice every day, and I felt, you know, that
I was holding my own competing. I was able to,
you know, really pass protect against some of the best
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in the nation. They both were all Americans after their
junior year, and so after you know that experience, I
was able to really gain the confidence necessary to just
kind of see myself in the NFL.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
Well, you were the nineteenth overall pick. Help me out
on this one, because i'm interviewing you here, I'm drawing
a blank. Was it Bill Tobin that picked you? Or
was it Bill polly In that picked you? Who was
the GM when you were coming out of Cal?
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Names from names from a long time ago. So Bill Togan,
he was famous for putting together that eighty five Bears team.
He was the GM at the time, and he's the
one that picked me that ninety seven pollion came in
ninety eighth, and you know, I think, yeah, the fact
that Bill Tobin was here, you know, he picked me
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at nineteen. We had some holdout issues initially put me
at right guard, and then Upoleon came in, brought Howard
Budd and the rest was history.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Yeah, it is, so stay there for me that first year.
You're known as that left tackle, that outside guy that's
not going to touch a quarterback, but you played guard
here your first year coming out of Cal. Was that
switch big for you or was that was it pretty comfortable?
Because obviously when you made the switch, you got a
new quarterback behind you named Peyton Manning.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Well, yeah, so like when I played guard, Jim Harball
was on quarterback right, and uh, and there's no, it
wasn't a whole lot of bragging, you know. During during
that season, I mean, I think we gave up like
fifty six sacks and it was it was a it
was a horrible situation. But I think it was a
blessing in disguise because myself and that in Meadows both
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were rookie draft picks, got thrown in the fire, had
an opportunity to compete and get an idea of what
the NFL was like. And then and then I think
when we got a new coaching staff, it really like solidified,
putting us in positions to set us up for success.
And then we drafted paid Manning that that can't hurt
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it either, right, bringing in you know, you know, just
a generational quarterback, you know, it really helped out the situation.
But yeah, that first year it was my eyes wide open.
I mean there was a lot of right spots though.
I mean we had Marvin Harrison, sure, he was a
draft picker year before me. Yeah, it was the running back,
and man, it was easy to you know, block for
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a guy who just kind of set you up you know, always,
you know, you know, put me in the perfect position,
you know, the block, and so yeah, definitely had some
right spots. But it was a tough year. We went
three and thirteen.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
How about you personally, though, you're coming out of you know,
you're coming out of Oakland, You're coming out of cal
your nineteenth overall pick. You spent two years playing on
the offensive side of the ball. I mean that's tough
to throw a young man into a situation. Not only that,
had you even been to Indianapolis or know about the
Midwest before that? Talk about hey this is a place
where I'm going to make my home.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Yeah, I mean the only time I've been Indianapolis was
the Combine, And so I always tell the story. I
was on the bus, you know, with you know, just
a bunch of the you know, the guys start flying
in from the Combine and so we were on the
bus driving from airport to uh, you know, the RCA
Dome at the time and basically seeing all the snow
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on the ground and that track on you know, Highway
sixty five on the way to the RCA Dome. In
my mind, I'm thinking, man, I hope I don't get
drafted to this place. So you know, the day of
you know, you know, get getting picked in the first round,
you're just excited. Yeah, you know at that point you're
not you don't care about, you know, anything other than
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having an opportunity to showcase your skills and live out
your dreams.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
That's Tarak Glenn and one of the foundational members of
Responsible as some have said, to make this from a
basketball state into a football state. And you were imperative
on that thing, Tark, because you were here in the
years of greatness leading the way.
Speaker 4 (07:08):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
When you talk about the difference between Jim Mora as
a head coach and and Tony Dungee, I mean you went,
you went, you went right into those two. What was
the biggest difference between those two head coaches in your eyes?
Speaker 1 (07:21):
Well, I mean I think when Jim Moore came, it
was at a perfect time because the locker room was
just a complete mess. I mean, we just didn't have
any culture. We needed a coach that came in that
really you know, taught us how work ethic and really
taught us, you know, how to be tough, how to
play the game, you know, to be respected in the
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NFL and so there was elements of just you know,
Jim Moore's style that I bought that was appropriate for,
you know, just the culture that he was coming into.
But then I feel like what took us over the
top was, you know, a guy like Dungeee who had
a little bit more of an innovation to his coach
and style. You know, he really learned how to meet
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the players where they're at, was really good on just
like making sure that there was like work life balance,
you know, that guys were more than just what they
put on the football field, and what we did off
the field mattered just as much. And then you know,
just really learning how to play winning football. You know,
I think that we won with Jim Moore, you know,
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but I just think that the experience along the way
wasn't as enjoyable. And I just think Dungee did a
really good job of creating moments where we just really
enjoyed each other's company and the journey was enjoyable.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
And absolutely you're surrounded by greatness there with the arrival
of Peyton Manning, the arrival of Veger and James Reggie
Wayne as well. We can throw Marvin Harrison into that.
Dallas Clark, but you were that foundational guy. That's what
I'm saying. I think that many people overlook how important
you were to the core of that, because you know,
it takes a locker room that has to be non divided.
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You've got to be all in and obviously Peyton set
the way for that. You led by example though, Tark.
That's what I'm getting at is I watched it.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I covered you for years. You weren't a big talker.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
When we wanted to talk to you, you would talk,
but you were a leader by example, much like that
Tony Jungee had that same way. Didn't say a lot,
but if you watch what they do, you're going to
be in a good position.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Yeah, I mean I think that, you know, whenever you
look back at, you know, really good football teams, it
requires to have just a core group of guys that
just embody like the culture that you want to create,
the winning culture that you want to have on a
football team. And I think that being a part of that,
I was an honor to be able to be a
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part of that, you know, And I think my role
the fact that I had an opportunity, Me and Peyton
in particular, had an opportunity in Marvin to kind of
see what bad culture look like. Yeah, we really had
an opportunit unity as a young core to like really
build you know, something special, something different, something that we
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would have appreciated to have when we came into you know,
to a football team. And I think that that's like
really what we try to create. I mean, I'll never forget.
You know, me and Adam Meadows were Brookies, you know,
the same year, and we used to always say, man,
if we're ever veterans in the room, we would do
it different, you know. And so when we brought in
guys like Jeff Saturday, Ryan Dean, you know, it was
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it was really about you know, making them feel a
part of something special.
Speaker 4 (10:35):
You know. It wasn't about the Hazen.
Speaker 1 (10:37):
The you know, the just the old school way of
doing things, and so yeah, it was. It was definitely,
you know, great to be a part of building something.
Obviously when you're doing it, you don't know how special
it's going to be. But you know, looking back at it,
you know, just I feel a lot of gratitude being
able to be a part of something.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
And you knew greatness was around you, Tark. I mean
like I said, you knew these players there with Bill
Pollyan put in position Tony Dungee over from Tampa.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
You know, you knew what you guys had.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
I just want to touch on that Tampa Bay Monday night,
when Tony Dungee's birthday, he goes back in there. I mean,
the back and forth of that game. I always talked
to players that played in that game. I was exhausted
sitting up in the upper deck up there. Just if
you could just glance over that game and the way
that you I mean, we showed or it showed the
greatness of the Colts, mainly the great Paid Manning.
Speaker 4 (11:25):
Yeah, I mean I can tell you this much.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
You know that game obviously showed the grint and the
determination and I and it basically was the catalyst that
kind of took us in a new direction. But I
would have to say personally that was probably like one
of the you know games that that I didn't like particularly.
I mean, that was the game I got hurt in,
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and it's like it ended my streak. I had started,
like I think, over a hundred games in a row,
and I got hurt that game just on the flute,
you know, somebody felling into my knee and then then
I missed like six games after that. You know, but
you know, but but to playing a game like that,
I think was you know, just you know, very climatic,
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obviously because you came from Tampa and yeah, everybody I
think in the league was thinking, like, they're crazy, you know,
to get rid of you know, such a talent.
Speaker 4 (12:20):
Yeah, and you know, to.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Be able to you know, see us be able to
pull a game out for him on his birthday, you know,
back at Tampa at a place that shouldn't.
Speaker 4 (12:33):
Have got rid of him, you know. Yeah, and the
way that it happened, you know, it was crazy. I
mean I don't know, it was like what one in
the morning when the game was over.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
Yeah, it was a late one. Man. That's incredible. I
like bringing back those old memories with you.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Uh, there's a couple more on there I want to
talk to you about, like like when you saw Peyton,
when you guys went into the following year after that, uh,
two years after that, you guys are humming like this.
You you you're getting better with Howard Mutt, which is
a name that I don't bring up a lot to people,
but Howard mud and I hope you can explain to
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the people that are listening, like the importance of it.
Dungee's important, Peyton's important, Tarret Glenn's important. But the responsibility
of that man, Howard Mud to make you guys better
and to get that trust of those stars that were
all around you making plays on the outside.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Two coaches, you know, for at least for me personally,
that had probably the most impact on my career was
Howard Mud and Tom Moore. Those two individuals, their philosophy.
You know, I drunk the kool aid, you know, and
I think our team did, you know, from when they
got there in ninety eight and on the Jim Moore's staff,
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and then you know, obviously Tony kept them on. They
they really built like a philosophy around you know, playing
the best players and doing what we do the best,
not necessarily having a system to force people to play with.
And I just thought that, you know, that always kind
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of really resonated with me, and I think it resonated
with a lot of the guys that we brought in,
you know, like you know, you have a guy like
Edwin James, and you know he's a special talent, but
you know, and he could run any run, but he
ran you know, the slant and you know the zone
play the best. But that was one of his better plays.
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And so you know, Tom Moore, you know, his philosophy
was like, hey, you know why you know, have third
going to a game of thirty runs and we run
these five runs the best. I mean, he was kind
of like the pioneer of analytics before analytics, you know,
and it was just like, hey, we don't run run
these five runs because we run them the best and
we won't make you stop it.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
And so then and so and.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
Then Howard Mudd his his philosophy was basically like, you know,
the quarterback is going to thrive when he's most comfortable,
and so everything from day one that when he arrived
was like, we need to make him feel comfortable. So
we're going to focus on protection, you know, whether it's
like our past technique, past block techniques to us understanding
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the past protection. We walked through every scenario, like every
I mean literally every single practice there was some element
of how we're going to protect eighteam, how we're going
to make him feel comfortable. And I think that that also,
you know, was a great you know, just philosophy for
a young quarterback because you know, a lot again, a
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lot of times you see, you know why I'm a
fan of the game. You watch these young guys come
in and there's just a you know, obviously an expectation
for these guys to step up and produce, and there's
there's not a lot of focus around you know, what
is the team doing to make that put that player
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in the best position to thrive. And I think that
they did that for Peyton, they did that for all
of us, and so I just feel as if it
was great.
Speaker 4 (16:03):
It was a great you.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Know, obviously an office of philosophy, you know, Howard Mudd
and Tom Moore tandem that they put together to really
like evaluate the talent that they had, you know, make
sure that they put us all in the best position
to be our best selves and then gave us the
confidence to you know, to feel as if like, hey,
you know, you know, Tom Moore used to always tell me, like, hey,
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you got boot Smith this week, I'm not coming to
help you.
Speaker 4 (16:31):
You can do it. You know.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
Howard Mudd, you know, when I had a bad play,
he was always about you know, hey, you know, it's
all about how you respond not necessarily about it for
perfect you know, and so it was. But they both
both coached really, really hard.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
You know.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
You know, if anybody was around practices, they know that.
You know, me and Howard, you know, both heads quite
a bit. But you know, our love hate relationship, you know,
like was you know, one in which I would never
take away. He's probably one of the most important people
in my life.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
You know.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
I really felt like he really taught me how to
you know, really be a you know, really good professional.
And I'm going to be able to show up every week,
being able to take constructive criticism, not lose my self control,
stay composed and really you know, put out the best product.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
And you did and he did just that. Let's fast
forward to the super Bowl.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
There's a story out there that Saturday was talking to
me about, and I think you were a part of it.
Before that game, you guys are set up to zone
block against those Bears, and like the night the night
before the game, something clicked in your your players, not
your coach's eyes, but you players that said, we can
take these guys man up one on one.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
Let's get rid of this, Let's get rid of his zone.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Can you walk me through that because it was monumental
and obviously you're a super Bowl champion afterwards.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
That probably the simplest way to describe it. But I
just think that, you know, we were like a play
action team where we were trying to like, you know,
obviously we would zone block, and then off the zone
we would play action and it would suck the safeties
in and get the receivers opened down the field.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
And so you know that that was our secret sauce.
Speaker 1 (18:14):
But you know, the Bears used to like Lance Bridge
uh and Brigs in er Lacer they would get them
in that A gap and they would show them and
so you know, the strategy going into the game was that, hey,
you know, let's just the band Well initially was like,
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let's play action them, but the reality was it was like,
what's the point of play action that they're already in
the A gap. You know, Let's just you know, abandon
the play action block them straight up, you know, and
and and and then and then you know, let you know,
let it all kind of play out. And I just
think that it's those type of like and I think
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that that's what allowed us to grow and step to
the next level. It obviously won us a Super Bowl.
But I think, you know, even though I didn't play
on the team, moving forward from that point forward, I
just think that we had finally, like you know, graduated
from a coach layer team to you know, a team
that had just like a group of lead leaders on
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the team that were players that could kind of see
experience things on the field, and if the game plan
needed to be adjusted, coaches were open and willing to
make those adjustments. And so yeah, we had to fight
for it that day because like the year before, you know,
Pittsburgh had did something very similar and we didn't make
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adjustments based on that, and so we were like, no,
let's not fall into that trap again, because teams are
game planning against us, trying to you know, suck us
into doing one thing. And I felt like that was
the first game we were able to, from a game
plan perspective, make an adjustment meant last minute to put
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us in a position to be successful.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
Absolutely, And like we said, a super Bowl champion. I
love stories like that. Did you know walking off that
field that you were done playing professional football?
Speaker 1 (20:12):
I didn't, you know, I really didn't you know. I mean,
I you know, obviously you know, on a on a
mountaintop at the at that point, you know, walking off. Yeah,
when I think back of that moment, you know, I
never would have imagined that, you know, we, at least myself,
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you know, being a part of a super Bowl team.
I mean I never forget being in Peyton's room with
Saturday and a couple of the guys and we were
watching like, you know, like every time before the Super
Bowl played, Like you know, on ESPN, they'll show all
the past Super Bowl teams and you grow up and
you watch like the Cowboys or the Niners or you know,
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Pittsburgh Still and all these like famous dynasties, right, and
then you know at the end of it, they're like, who's.
Speaker 4 (21:01):
The next dynasty? Right? And you never can, you know,
put your team or yourself in that position.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
And to know that, you know, you had an opportunity
to do that, and then us actually accomplishing that was
just surreal. So yeah, man, I you know, at the moment,
I did not know, but yeah, that ended up being.
Speaker 3 (21:21):
My last game, absolutely, and you went out in style
a super Bowl champion. I love the fact that I
want to let people know you got your master's degree
at Purdue university, you know. I mean that's like the
accomplishments that you've done in your professional career and then
this at that point of your life.
Speaker 2 (21:38):
You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
You're you're retired as a professional and a great player,
and got some money in the bank and a great family.
Why go back for your masters?
Speaker 4 (21:46):
Well, I mean two things.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
One, I mean, I want, you know, my kids to
you know, thrive for you know, being the best their
best selves, you know, And I think that one of
the ways that you can do that is by just.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Being a lifelong learner.
Speaker 1 (22:02):
And you know, the NFL does a great job of
providing that resource for former players. You know, we get
to go and continued education for free. And I had
started it and wanted to finish it, and I wanted
my kids to know that, you know that, yeah, anything
(22:22):
is possible. So, like, you know, I was the only
person between my wife and I who hadn't had a
second degree, so I wanted to get it. I think
the second reason is that I was applying for a
job that I needed a second degree as well, and
so it was just like, you know, I want to
be able to continue to like, you know, accomplish my
goals sometimes those require you to, you know, do take
(22:45):
steps in order to accomplish that goal. And wanted the
steps was to get a second degree, and so I
felt that that would be the great, you know, the best,
next best step and go to objective to accomplish in
order to get that, And so that's why I did it.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
You're a leader, You've always have been that alpha alpha leader.
And for as long as I know and i'm you,
we can't stop this interview without talking about what you
talked about earlier, the TikTok thing, the craze that went
all over Saint Louis rams in town Monday night. Uh,
the offensive line is wondering why we're not running a
football and you know, the quarterbacks saying just block and
(23:22):
then you see number seventy eight come out, Tarak Glenn
who grabs by the shoulder, the great Peyton Manning the
sheriff at that time, and you weren't having it, Tarak,
and you said, go sit down, Go sit down. Like
the reason I'm bringing that up is because that's Peyton
Manning to us fans and everything like that. But you're
his left tackle, so I know you have a relationship
(23:42):
with him. Where you can put him in his place.
But it was great watching that and you had to
get the waters calm. This game was close at the time.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
Well, we were teammates, you know.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
So I feel like the one thing about teammates is
that you know, we all have like we're all in
a position where you know, we know that we compete
with each other every single day, whether it's in practice,
whether it's in games, and we know what it takes
in order for us to be successful. When you see
two teammates, you know, you know, competing at a high level,
(24:13):
you know, yeah, of course, you know, Jeff is like, hey, man,
let's let's run the ball, and Peyton is like, no,
let me continue to call the players like I may
call them the plays. And so I don't think one
person was right or one person was in a better
situation than the other. But I think the bigger point
of the matter is just making sure that we're just
(24:35):
respecting one another, right, and you know, and I think
that that was, you know, in a situation where we
we've always like learned how to establish you know, like hey,
we'll take care of ourselves. You take care of yourself,
you know, like, well we'll get it together. You know,
it's all good to exchange words, but you know, you know,
(24:55):
for them to be on the sidelines, you know, like
beefing with each other, man, it wasn't necessary, know, and
so it's like I think it kind of got embellished
a little bit. Yeah, as if I was like jumping
in Peyton's grill, you know, defending you know, Jeff Saturday.
But it was really about you know, hey, man, let's
let's go fight the Rams, not each other, you know
what I'm saying. And also to just we were young leaders,
(25:21):
you know what I'm saying. Like, you know, Peyton at
that time wasn't like we know Peyton right now. It's like,
you know, he's like generational guy, you know what I'm saying,
But like you know, a year five, year six or seven,
you know, like he was emerging into becoming who he was,
you know what I'm saying. And so I feel like
you know that Peyton, manny, you know, required all of us,
(25:45):
you know, to really come alongside of him and help,
you know, really like you know, get us focused on
what we were trying to get done.
Speaker 4 (25:52):
You know.
Speaker 1 (25:52):
By the time, like you know, like the Dallas Parks
got there and all you know, Anthony Gonzalez is hostin Colley.
Speaker 4 (26:01):
You know, he was different. You know, he was like
he was like.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Already you know there you know. But but but during
that time, you know, it was like really like we
were like a collective unit, like really trying to figure
out how to win, you know what I'm saying. And
I think that that's also just kind of what you've
seen in clips like that as well. It's just that,
you know, you know, we were all just really trying
(26:25):
to support each other, you know, and trying to figure
out ways that we can, you know, just like you know,
keep our head on straight, you know, try to win games,
you know, not you know, you know, don't not let
the pressure caused us to be internally you know, destructive,
but you know, to take out all that energy and
frustration on the opponent.
Speaker 3 (26:45):
Well, I'll tell you what you you showed your greatness.
One thing I loved about is you're you are who
you are. You know what you get in Tarak Glenn
if I see out in public, I get a big
old bear hug and how's everything going? And I just
didn't understand how you did that because you're this gentle
kind beautiful man and friendly and then you go to
a bar fight for sixty minutes every Sunday against the
(27:07):
greats in the game. And I'm just another tip of
the half to you guys, because it's a bunch of
rare men that can do what you guys did and
walking off the field as a super Bowl champion and
waving goodbye to the game like you did, Tark. You
went out on top, man, and I just want to
again much respect, and I'm glad we had a chance
to catch up today and keep people caught up about
your greatness. And while we're at it, ho's things up
(27:28):
at Berkeley right now for you and your family.
Speaker 4 (27:30):
Yeah, man, thanks you great. You know, you know, my
wife and I are empty nestors now. You know, we
send our youngest to college at the beginning, you know,
a last ball, and so now yeah, we're like trying
to figure out life, you know, having kids in the house,
you know, working at UC Berkeley. Still, yeah, you know,
(27:50):
college football is in a frenzy, you know what I'm saying.
Just with the.
Speaker 3 (27:54):
Nil you do a great job, and please give our
best de Maya and your family as well. I thank
you so much for sitting down, and like I said,
you're really a great guy to watch. I came into
this league, you know you had already had a couple
of seasons under your belt, and then just being able
to watch you and befriend you and your family. Man,
I'm telling you, I'm a lucky man, and Colts fans
(28:14):
are lucky that they have you as a foundational piece
because this place will always be known as greatness Lucas
Oil Stadium and Tarret Glenn, your name will never not
be up in the rafters at Lucas Oil Stadium. I'm saying,
wherever they play their games, one hundred years from now,
you will still be up there.
Speaker 2 (28:29):
So again, tip of the cap in much respect.
Speaker 4 (28:31):
Sir, Thank you, Jeffrey, appreciate you, brother the.
Speaker 3 (28:33):
Great Tarrek Glenn right there, Glad you guys watched high volume.
Speaker 2 (28:37):
I appreciate you watching on YouTube.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
Don't forget to like and give us five stars and
subscribe and everything else that you do. We're trying to
bring you some Colts greatness.
Speaker 2 (28:45):
Week in and week out, and we need your help.
Speaker 3 (28:47):
You can listen on Colts Audio Network as well as
Colts dot Com. A big thanks to Tarrek Glenn we
will talk to you next week.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
Should be played at high volumes.
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