In this episode of the Takeoff Podcast, John Clark is joined by Philadelphia Eagles legend and Eagles Hall of Famer Jeremiah “The Axeman” Trotter Sr., along with his son, NFL Draft prospect Josiah Trotter. Josiah discusses his journey through the NFL Combine and preparing for the draft with the help of his father and brother, Jeremiah Jr., who was recently drafted by the Eagles. Jeremiah Sr. opens up about the pride of sending a second son to the NFL, why football is mandatory in the Trotter household, and what he really thinks about the possibility of the Dallas Cowboys drafting his son. Plus, they dive into the linebacker mentality, basement tackling drills, and the unsung hero of the family\u2014Tammy Trotter.<\/p>\n
00:00:00<\/a> \u2013 Josiah Trotter’s NFL Combine Experience
00:01:43<\/a> \u2013 Could the Eagles Draft a Third Trotter?
00:03:20<\/a> \u2013 Coaching the Business Side of the NFL
00:06:14<\/a> \u2013 Mandatory Football in the Trotter Household
00:10:15<\/a> \u2013 Basement Tackling Drills
00:11:48<\/a> \u2013 Comparing Josiah and Jeremiah Jr.’s Play Styles
00:14:09<\/a> \u2013 Watching Dad’s Old Highlights
00:18:30<\/a> \u2013 What if the Dallas Cowboys Draft Josiah?
00:20:20<\/a> \u2013 The Ultimate Team Mom: Tammy Trotter’s Impact
00:23:41<\/a> \u2013 Carrying the Trotter Legacy<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this episode of the Takeoff Podcast, John Clark is joined by Philadelphia Eagles legend and Eagles Hall…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[4955,25,7,6,242,109,2476,54446],"class_list":{"0":"post-848004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-eagles","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","14":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","15":"tag-takeoff-with-john-clark"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}