Listen "Torry Holt on 'Greatest Show on Turf' Rams, Super Bowls & HOF Chances | Half-Forgotten History"
Episode Synopsis
Former Rams WR Torry Holt joins Trey and reflects on his terrific football career. Holt shares about his unusual finger injuries, how he started to blossom into a star at NC State, when he was drafted by the Rams No. 6 overall in 1999 and the party his family held in Gibsonville, NC, how the Rams dealt with losing Trent Green in 1999, how Kurt Warner and the Greatest Show on Turf started off hot in 1999, the NFC Championship Game vs the Bucs in 1999, Super Bowl 34 against the Tennessee Titan, Mike Jones' legendary tackle of Kevin Dyson to secure a championship for St. Louis, Dick Vermeil's departure and Mike Martz's ascension to be the head coach (29:00), his memory play escorting Az-Zahir Ali Hakim on a long TD to open the 2000 season, Super Bowl 36 loss to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, and why Holt has earned the recognition of being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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