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The following podcast is a Dear Media production. Welcome back to another episode of Sunday Sports Club. I'm Isaac, not your host, but I am the fill in host. I'm like the substitute teacher that you loved and you, you were like, oh, yes, Mr. Rochelle is coming today. That's me. I'm the sub teacher. And the reason I'm doing this is because my wife is still on maternity leave. Yes, when you're doing, quote unquote social media, you can still have maternity leave. And that's what she's, that's what she's chose to do. Because I think sometimes with social media you have like, no boundaries. You have. Let me rewind. You have like tons of time and no time. You have boundaries, but no boundaries. Like, it kind of just happens. It's the wild, wild west. You don't have like a contract that outlines your maternity leave and how to handle these situations. So my wife just kind of had to carve it out and said, you know what, I want to be left alone. She's been left alone for a couple months now, and because of that, I've had to record her Sunday Sports Club episodes, which have randomly got me in trouble. I did not think that it was going to be my wife's own, like, her podcast that would have gotten me in trouble. I haven't dealt with much online, like, other than people being like, you're trash at football. And I'm like, I don't really care what you have to say. But the golf situation really was challenging and I'm just gonna, I'm gonna lay, lay the bed for you, you know, just so you can, or not lay the bed, make the bed for you so you can understand what was happening. So I had a guy at the gym come up to me and he was like, dude, we got to get you into golfing. Keep in mind I have a six week old now daughter, and then I also have a two and a half year old daughter. When it comes to Saturdays, I am not leaving my family to go golfing. Like, that is a tremendously difficult thing to put on my wife on a Saturday morning by herself, just like, hey, you're just gonna take the kids and I'm gonna go golf with my buddies for four hours and come back drunk. So when he asked me that, I immediately was like, matter of fact, who has time to do this? Like, who is golfing on a Saturday when they could be home with their family? So then on this show, for those of you who are listening, I kind of went into this thing and I was like, if you're doing this, it's like neglecting your family, yada, yada, yada. The clip that was posted was, if you're golfing, you're neglecting your family a little bit more in depth than that. It needs to be more in depth than that. And that's kind of why I came out with an a quote unquote apology video. I don't want to call it an apology video because it's not that intense. But I think that there's two issues at hand. One, a lot of people took it out of context. I think most people would agree that exact same scenario, it's probably not a great scenario to be golfing on a Saturday. The other side is, what about me ism and the bean soup theory and, you know, me applying my life to everybody else's life. Like, some people do have a good agreement. Maybe there are moms who are like, look, you have been grinding all week. Maybe you're a stay at home dad, maybe, whatever. And then Saturday comes around and she goes, whatever you want to do, you can go do. That's fine. I don't want to apply my logic to that person. The reality of it is there were a lot of gentlemen who were feeling some type of way and it was really interesting because some people have valid reasons to feel like, hey, don't apply this to everybody. And other guys are just actually probably watch what I say, they gotta watch what I say. But some gentlemen are not necessarily being most productive dads at home and they are prioritizing things that they shouldn't be just saying. In other news, I signed up for Leadville. It's 100 mile race that happens in August. And I signed up for months ago before Pepper was born. And I'm not doing it for the same reason that I think that dad should not be golfing on Saturdays. If you have, if you're in my exact same situation. I'm not doing Leadville because I don't have time to train for it. It's not realistic for me. You know, there's so many miles to be had. When I say miles, like literal road miles running, when you're training for a race like this and I don't have time to sacrifice to do this. So this is a moment where I'm saying I'm cool. I, you know, I, I'm standing 10 toes down here and I'm putting my money where my mouth is and I'm not doing this race. I wasn't going to do it anyways, but I ended up posting that video purposely around the time that my cancellation was happening. In other news and we're just going to keep doing this until I answer some of these questions that were, oh my God, a vaccine, a dementia vaccine just came out. That's random. In other news. I'm just going to keep going through in other news situations until we get to some of these questions that I ask people to ask me. But a lot of another controversial situation. I have finger shoes or toe shoes that individualize your toes and their shoes. And so the point is it creates a scenario where it's more like you're just walking barefoot. There's a lot of health benefits to that. A lot of people wear shoe like the toe boxes and the shoes are really narrow. This just opens it up. Let's lets the dog goes breathe, lets the toes widen out a little bit. And evidently it's supposed to be a lot healthier for you. I do it at home and around the house. I posted about it. I put it on social media. And not only did I put it on my social media, I linked the product. There's a lot of controversy. A lot of people said that they got the egg from those shoes. Look, since when did we demonize just doing things that make sense functionally? Since when did we demonize getting a pair of shoes that might look like loserish, but they help you and they're healthier for you. Our ancestors used to walk around barefoot. And now in 2026, if you get shoes that make it seem like you're barefoot, barefoot, you're a loser. That's where we're at. But I am embarrassed to wear them around. In fact, we went to my wife's OBGYN appointment yesterday and I accidentally wore them. Long story about how they sit on my feet. And I was really embarrassed. Okay, let's get to some of these Q A things because you guys are over the recap the last week drama recap. It's funny. There's so many things, though, that if, like, this was my show, I'd probably just yap about, like I'm a deep doom scroller. Like, I get into the lore and the drama and everything. And I. There's so many things that I just really want to deep dive that are just going on on the Internet, you know, social media, everything. I want to deep dive on all those, but I'm not going to because this isn't the place and it's probably going to get me canceled. So let me stop. Okay. What's your biggest struggle? Raising kids in this time versus when you were growing up. This is a really good question, and there's so many different ways to answer this question because it really varies based on the age of the kid. So the question is, what is the biggest struggle raising kids now versus when I was younger? So this is gonna be like. I feel like a lot of parents will agree with me. So our daughter. We're not like a intense screen time family, but. Sorry, I'll restart that point. Didn't get a lot of sleep last night. That's on me. You know, newborn. We're not, like, an intense screen time family, but our daughter does get screen time, and it's been really. And I have a point to this, so just rock with me. The screen time has been really nice for us because, honestly, having Disney passes, her being able to watch movies like Ariel and watch Mickey Mouse, and then, you know, we watched the Princess and the Frog last night. Like, it's really nice. And I. That's like a part of a kid's childhood is having that, like, magical movie vibe. But I think the challenge where, like, doing that now versus when I was a kid is everything was like, what's on tv? Like, turn on the TV and what's on? And like, maybe something wasn't good. And then you're like, oh, I don't want to watch that, so I'm not gonna watch tv. Or you had to, like, physically go pull the DVD out and put the DVD in. Now it's just like, I don't think it's bad to give your kids screen time, but, like, if you do now, they just have this endless access. And, like, even my daughter knows, like, I'll pull up the the Disney Channel app and, like, she'll, like, point to certain movies and be like, no, I don't want to watch this. And she knows that you can just immediately go choose another one. So I think that's, like, really challenging. And it's kind of dumb, but it's real. Like, the instant access to whatever movies you want or shows is challenging. Guys, guess what I did this morning? I ran on my Peloton tread, and I love it. It's literally the highlight of my day. I was up at 4 4am running on it and wouldn't have it any other way. Why? Because Peloton helps you unlock all the expansive, joyful feelings that one gets through movement with Peloton Cross Training Tread plus, powered by Peloton iq. It's the best thing in the world. And what's awesome about these treads is they have this swivel screen so like my wife can run, turn the screen around and then guess what? She has a peloton IQ workout. 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So when I say my wife's closet super full, I'm not saying that as in, hey, she doesn't need Poshmark. I'm saying, hey, it's time to rinse and reset. I mean, she has pieces from college. We are. We've been married five years. Why do we have pieces from college? So, you know, it's the perfect thing for us. New deals and styles are listed every day, so don't wait. Download the Poshmark app and use code Sunday when you sign up to get $10 off your first purchase. Or shop now@poshmark.com sundae to get $10 off your first purchase. That's Poshmark. P O S H m a r k.com Sunday I'll tell you what's not challenging, though. I think Ally and I and I just want to give like a second to our life situation and just like, give it some praise. It's really nice for Ally and I that we don't have formal jobs. Like, I'll be the first to admit, not having a quote, unquote, nine to five is really clutch. The NFL acts as a nine to five more than that when you're in season. And I'm happy I didn't have kids during playing. Like, I'm so thankful for it to that extent. Like, I'm glad we are having kids in this phase of life. Whatever. I didn't have that growing up. I feel like it was probably a lot more challenging for my parents having to, like, go to work. My dad drove big trucks. There's a lot more challenges. So now it's kind of like not answering the question. It's something like the opposite. But something that I'm just really thankful for. This era is the fact that my wife and I have the means to be able to spend so much time with our daughter and be at home so much. I think, like most parents listening will in their mind go, God, I wish I had that too. Like, it's so nice and I'm really thankful for it. And it just, I don't know, like, social media, the NFL, it all just feels like it's kind of like I got lucky. Like, I was randomly born 65250 and could run really fast. And then we randomly utilized our platform in the NFL and now my wife has millions of followers. I'm not saying we didn't do anything for it because that's obviously not true. But to blow up on social media, like, it takes a bit of luck also to Go to the NFL. It takes a little bit of luck. When I say luck, where you're born, who you're born into, like how your dad is, how your mom is, like, you know, even, like what education you get and how that plays into how you can speak. Because if you can speak better and communicate better, then you're going to be better on social media. So many factors go into it. And so that's why I say I'm just lucky to be able to spend so much time with my daughter. Well, with my daughters, there's another one. But just with Scotty specifically, as she's gotten older, I've just been so thankful to be able to spend so much time at home. Somebody said, my wife and I are constantly on with no breaks since baby number two. How do you give each other breaks? I'm going to be very honest. We, first off, we have a nanny and to the social media person, we don't need a clip that we have a nanny. I'm not trying to turn this into a moment, but we get some breaks because we have a nanny, like, very thankful for that. We don't have her 24 7. We basically have her. So if we do travel or have last minute social media stuff or I have to go do TV stuff, that she's available, like, we just need somebody. And that's the biggest thing. A lot of times she's not here, get sent home or like, we just like, don't need her. But like right now, to record this podcast and alleys with the newborn, you need a nanny. But the point is when she's not here, which is like more than half the week, nobody's getting breaks. Like, there's just literally no break. I think the interesting part is, like, I was talking to another dad about this. For my wife, I think she feels more overwhelmed with no breaks and feels like it's, it's, it's just more in her face because she's with a newborn. I think the toddler, no breaks is different but very difficult. I, I mean, I think it's just like you're one on one. There's no breaks. And I think it's tough for me. You know, just sit on here and vent. I might break down. But it's so tough for me because I feel like I am like when I'm not with Pepper, it's not like I'm like, oh, I need to help with Pepper, I'm like, oh, my wife needs help. Like, you're really worrying about two people. Whereas when my wife's with Pepper, she's not like, oh, I'm worried about Scotty and Isaac because Isaac's postpartum and, you know, breastfeeding. She's just like, oh, I. I wish I was spending more time with Scotty. That's it. I think the factor of thinking about both people can be really challenging, and there's not really much you can do about it. Like, my toddler is very opinionated. She knows what she wants. She's, you know, she likes certain things. And I can't just be like, hey, Scotty, you're going to sit here and independently play, and I'm going to go take care of mommy and Pepper. Like, it's very, like, hands on, which is great. But I think that's been really challenging for us. And why it's just like, all gas, no breaks. It's been really challenging. So for this gentleman, I don't know. I don't know. We're not. We're not catching breaks. Wow, this is an aggressive question. What do you think you will do when boys start taking interest in your daughter? It's funny because my daughter's two and a half years old. I have, like, the thought of her talking to boys. That's like. I mean, I can't even. I'm like, trying to get her to eat her dinner. I'm not worried about her talking about boys. That's a whole nother world. I will tell you a story, though. We went to the park the other day, and my daughter has, like, started to take, like, this liking, or not the liking of, but like, she's become very interested in older kids. So we go to the park and there's these older kids. They're probably like 6, 7, and she's following him around. And so I'm like, you know, being the dad that I am, I'm like, I'm not just going to let her go rogue. I'm going to kind of like be a shadow here and listen and whatever. Next thing you know, these kids start cursing. I'm like, is this entering the chat or am I now having to concern myself with kids cursing around my daughter? So, yeah, boys, I'm not. Boys is another. That's like, feels like another world. Kids cursing and kids just saying stuff that's just, you know, ridiculous. That's what I'm more concerned about right now. Also. Just. It's funny. Like, I don't really cuss. I mean, I can. I will if you need me to, but I don't. And so, like, hearing that was just kind of like jarring. And I wonder for her if she's like, oh, I've never really heard these words because my parents don't really cuss that much. I don't know, it's kind of interesting. So definitely not worried about boys. I think that's something that I'm more so worried about. Guys, guess what? I ran nine miles this morning. Guess what else? I need some Warby Parker glasses to support me in my runs. Because as somebody who runs a lot, I know that I need a nice athletic glass or glasses. I don't know what the version of that is, but I need a nice athletic pair of glasses that just enhances my run. I need something that's not going to slide down my nose the minute I start sweating. And then I'm having to constantly adjust. I need the top tier fog resistant, something that's going to actually enhance my vision type of glasses. And that's Warby Parker. And that's why I started wearing them. Because you can finally wear performance sunglasses that don't make you look like you're trying to compete in the Olympics. Look, I know I played in the NFL, but it's not time for me to be an Olympic athlete. I'm out for a casual run and I'm getting passed by the people around me. And that's why Warby Parker glasses are literally perfect. Let me just read you some of these. Because it's so crucial and it's game changing. No slip nose pad that helps you keep these things on your face. Wraparound design for an expanded field of vision. That's huge. You don't think about that till you start running and it changes everything. You're not trying to be tripping on your runs and oh my God, I can't see that because of glares in my face. Lock in. You want the Warby Parker glasses. You want the contrast enhancing lenses for sharper vision. Do you know how intense that is to have sharper vision? And guess What? It blocks 100% of UVA and UVB rays. I don't even know what those are, but I don't want them in my eyes. It's eyewear that's made to move with you right now. Buy one pair of glasses and get 20% off an additional pair at warbyparker.com sundae that's 20% off any additional pairs when you purchase one pair at warby parker.com/Sunday. Oh, somebody asked what's next on my agenda with working out and whatnot. This is so, I mean, such a Like, interesting time period in my life because I've become more obsessed with working out than I ever have been. More than when I was in the NFL, obviously more than when I before I was in the NFL. And it's just come at, like, this awful time because Ali's postpartum. Ally's in a phase of life where even if she tries, she's. It's like swimming against this dream, right? Because she's breastfeeding. She just had a baby, and it's just been, like, really challenging in our household. Not in, like, this intense way. I just think there's this, like, underlying, like, oh, great, you get to work out and I don't. Ally's super chill about it. Like, I work out every single day. She's always chill about it, but just like, oh, okay, you get to work out. That must be nice. I'm gonna go breastfeed. Oh, wait, I'm starving because I breastfed. So what's next on my athletic journey? I will admit I just accepted a marathon invite, and it's gonna be at the end of September, so I have plenty of time to train for it. I talked to Ally about it yesterday, and it's just like, for this marathon, I'm not gonna, like, make it my whole personality. I'm not gonna, you know, go out of my way to inconvenience my family. I. I ran nine miles this morning before Scotty woke up all on the treadmill. Which sucks, by the way, if you're getting into running. Just throw the treadmill away. It sucks. I hate running on the treadmill. But we do it because it's literally all I have. So that's what's coming up for me. As I mentioned earlier, I've had to give up a lot. I mean, when Scotty was. When it was just Scotty and Ally was probably, like, two months pregnant, we were in such a flow where, like, I could go on a. I could go do a 10 to 15 mile run every single day if I wanted to. There was no stress about it because we only have one kid and, like, we're so deep into parenthood. There's no, like, pressure. It's kind of like, oh, you take her, hang out with her. Or, like, I'll take her now. The pressure is different. Like, if I told my wife right now, hey, I'm gonna go on a little five mile run. Hey, I'm leaving her with a toddler and a newborn. That's, like, way more difficult. So that's where we're at. I think I'M gonna have to really, like, you know, find a way to train and it not be my personality. And for all the moms or wives or whatever out there, you know, there's like, a fine line. And I toe this line with my wife where, like, it's chill, it's chill, it's chill. He's training, he's training. It's all good. And then it becomes like, it's giving me the ick. He's taking it too far. It's becoming his personality. He's got finger shoes on. Like, that's where. That's where it, like, goes too far. And that's what I'm just trying to avoid. So, like, I did the nine miles this morning. I'm not even going to talk to it about my wife. Not even going to talk about it to my wife, because it's like I'm just trying to keep it as chill and, like, you know, whatever is possible while I secretly just train for a sub three. Sub three marathon time. That is my goal, by the way. I've ran a 319 marathon. I cut off 45 minutes from one time to the next. Now I'm trying to cut off 19 minutes and run sub three. Let's move on from this combo because I'm already talking about it too much. Okay? I have till the end of September. I'm gonna get it done. Somebody asked, what's the biggest relationship issue that we're having right now? Or I'll kind of rephrase it for you. Like, just what's been the biggest relationship shift since having baby number two? I think it's like, like, people go, oh, you just don't have time for your significant other. Look, we're not even at that point. Like, we have a newborn. We're in survival mode. Newborn trenches. Getting to personal time, like, that will come. Okay, My wife and I are together 24 7. We'll set aside date nighttime when it comes. I think right now it's feeling isolated and isolated in a way that I would think she doesn't think that I understand, and then vice versa. So let me explain. Talked about a little bit earlier, but right now, like, I am so in toddler duty, and right now, she is so in newborn duty. And I feel like when she hangs out with Scotty, she's like, dang, I feel like I haven't even, like, hung out with Scottie, and, like, I just want to hang out with her. And when I'm holding our newborn, I'm like, oh, I hold you all the Time, but, like, feel like I don't even know you. Like, you're just brand new and, you know, you've been with mom so much. So I think that's been the biggest challenge is, like, living in these parallel worlds that just aren't intersecting. Shout out my Notre Dame education. That's the definition of parallel. They just don't intersect. They just keep going. So I think that's. That's where we're at now. And I think that's been the biggest challenge. And then obviously, like, middle of the nights, because of this, if Pepper's up crying, it's like, well, who's the best candidate to soothe her? Me, who's been with the toddler all day, or Ally? So then it just, you know, it snowballs, and it puts a lot more on Ally and puts a lot of pressure on her. And it's just, by far, been the hardest part. More than, like, more than not being able to sleep itself, you know, more than anything, it's been the hardest part. Just feeling so isolated and like you're in your own bubble and it can't even be explained to your partner. Last question. Biggest advice to dads, which I think is a great question. I think it's awesome. And this came from a woman, so it's like, very much. Can you give some advice to my husband? My advice to husbands is this. Accept the fact that you're not going to be right. Like, just accept it. You're not going to be right about a lot of things. You're not going to be right about supporting your partner in a perfect way. Like, you're just not going to be right. And that's where you have to grow. I know that sounds so cliche and dumb, but it's like, I don't know. Like last night, for instance, Ally and I, we were both up in the middle of the night, and I could tell, like, I felt like I was in this lose, lose situation where I was like, if I just stay up, I'm probably gonna annoy her because I'm just sitting there. And then if I go to sleep and throw on my sleep mask, I'm gonna annoy her because then obviously I'm sleeping. Okay. A situation where I'm not gonna be right. And that's okay. That's where you have to, like, go the extra mile and really figure out, okay, what can I do right now? Like, really deep down, dig and, like, figure out what you need to do. I think sometimes it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils like in that situation, it just is what it is. There's not much you can do in the middle of the night. Participate, however, you can try to change a diaper when you can. Hey, do you need a snack? Do you need anything in the middle of the night? Like be just an active participant and yeah, like, that's just kind of the advice that I would give. I also think sometimes there's a lot of things that could overstimulate or frustrate a woman who is breastfeeding and who is freshly postpartum. I just mentioned all the things with how my wife feels in her body. Like those types of things can affect somebody's mood and there's times where there might be frustration towards you and it's not actually towards you, it's just like, you know, something else. Maybe she got up and the house was felt dirty and, you know, she's, as my wife would say, like leaking and like needs to pump or breastfeed and like, you know, and that can make somebody feel like uncomfortable in their body. And then something small happens and it's like, okay, well here's my husband right here. Unfortunately, you might, I might have to beat you up a little bit right now. And that's, that's just like the name of the game. And that's how it's gonna go. And that's where it's like, okay, it's okay. Take a deep breath. It's okay that you're gonna be wrong. It's okay that a situation's not gonna go how you want it to go. Like, just take a deep breath. Super difficult to do. I've made a video on this, on TikTok and like I always end it kind of with that. Like, it's super challenging. It's one of the hardest things that I've struggled with because I'm so hard headed. But, you know, if you can find a way, then do it. If there's a will, there's a way. So if he could, he would. I'm gonna be brutally honest with you. This is the end of the episode and your boy is struggling. I say that humbly because I, I love being here and I love doing this, but I also have a child that's an incredibly unpredictable when it comes to sleep. Like, I don't know what I'm gonna get. Last night. Let me tell you guys, my sleep score. I got five hours of sleep, 63 sleep score, actually not bad. 18 minutes of REM, that's awful. 18 minutes of REM is so bad. So that's the point that I'm trying to make. Like, for this podcast. Like, I just gave my absolute best effort. Probably spoken more words in this podcast than I've spoke in the last week. So, yeah, bear with me, guys. Bear with me. Appreciate you guys coming. Appreciate you guys tuning in. Yeah, just DM me and be like, dude, I listen to your episode. You sounded like a loser. Just let me know. And golf dads are great. All right, see you guys later.
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