2x Super Bowl Champion Cooper Kupp Talks Family, His Super Bowl Win and Saving a Seahawks TD

What this episode is about

Two-time Super Bowl champion Cooper Kupp discusses the realities of post-game life, sharing insights about balancing family responsibilities with the excitement of winning the Super Bowl, including humorous anecdotes about his children and the adjustments he's made since becoming a father. He reflects on the contrast between celebrating his first Super Bowl win without kids and the current challenges of parenting after a championship victory.

Key takeaways

• Winning a Super Bowl is great, but parenting hits differently—diapers over trophies any day!
• Celebrating wins with family beats wild parties; Cup's best moments happen after the game.
• From teammate to MVP, Cup proves that being a stud off the field matters just as much.
• Hall of Fame status? It's not just about rings; great teammates deserve a seat at the table.
• Running on little sleep? Cup's Super Bowl hangover includes a side of parenting chaos!

Who speaks in this episode?

• Cooper Kupp (Guest) · 11 min speaking
• Jason Kelce (Host) · 5 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 3:00: Cooper Kupp, Super Bowl
2. 3:00 – 6:00: Mike McDonald, Cooper Kupp, Super Bowl
3. 6:00 – 9:00: Super Bowl, NFL, Mike McDonald
4. 9:00 – 12:00: Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl, NFL

Notable quotes from "2x Super Bowl Champion Cooper Kupp Talks Family, His Super Bowl Win and Saving a Seahawks TD"

• Someone who actually PLAYED IN IT. 92ERS PLEASE. WELCOME BACK TO THE TWOTIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION AND THE FIRST EVER IN NFL history to lead two different franchises of receiving yards and a Super BOWL WIN, MR. COOPER CUP.

  about Super Bowl · at 0:03

• Yeah. Mike McDonald, your coach, after the game even say Cooper is an absolute force multiplier, an absolute stud of a person, stud of a teammate. Have you been called a stud this many times in.

  about Mike McDonald · at 3:08

• But yeah, this group was so much fun. It was so much fun to be a part of this team. And I've I've appreciated working with Mike. He's been unbelievable. and I mean all those…

  about Cooper Kupp · at 4:22

• But then it's then it's going to be look forward and you love to I love to be a part of this organization and what these guys are doing and what's been being built here. And then the goal is.

  about Seattle Seahawks · at 10:17

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Cooper Kupp — Person · Main guest · 3 mentions · first at 0:06
  Interview subject reflecting on winning the Super Bowl, team culture, and working with head coach Mike McDonald; also recounts an on-field communication/formation mix-up that nearly caused a route collision.
• Mike McDonald — Person · Referenced coach · 3 mentions · first at 3:08
  Discussed as Cooper Cup’s head coach; credited for leadership style (humility, accountability, collaboration) and for praising Cup postgame as a "force multiplier" and elite teammate.

Companies & orgs

• Seattle Seahawks — Company · Business focus · 2 mentions · first at 10:11
  The team discussed in the podcast, with insights into their performance and team dynamics.

Concepts & topics

• NFL — Concept · Core topic · 3 mentions · first at 8:05
  The National Football League is the overarching organization where the Super Bowl takes place.
  Someone who actually PLAYED IN IT. 92ERS PLEASE. WELCOME BACK TO THE TWOTIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION AND THE FIRST EVER IN NFL history to lead two different franchises of receiving yards and a Super BOWL WIN, MR. COOPER CUP.

Places & events

• Super Bowl — Event · Core topic · 6 mentions · first at 0:08
  The main event discussed in the podcast, with detailed reflections on the game and its aftermath.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 All righty, you've heard enough of our thoughts on the game. Let's get to someone who actually PLAYED IN IT. 92ERS PLEASE. WELCOME BACK TO THE TWOTIME SUPER BOWL CHAMPION AND THE FIRST EVER IN NFL history to lead two different franchises of receiving yards and a Super BOWL WIN, MR. COOPER CUP.

0:20 Thank you guys. Cooprats big guy. Thank you. That was a hell of a game. How are you feeling? Yeah, you know, uh, net positive. We're in a net positive state right now.

0:34 Let's go. Yeah, it's been incredible. Torell still still hanging on right now or what?

0:40 Yeah, we're doing great. We're doing great over here. There we go. Yeah. You know, my my left eye is not working great. It's been, you know, not a whole lot of sleep the last couple days.

0:50 Um, but it's been fantastic. Been fantastic. As it should be. Is the left eye not working a result of the game or not sleeping?

1:00 It's just not sleeping. It's just not his commitment to party. Way to go. This is the thing, guys. I'm not even

1:07 [ __ ] I'm partying with my boys. I wish I had a great story for you guys, but this is what happened.

1:13 All right. Our boys, you know, I got three little boys and I'm with the family after the game.

1:18 You know, they they had a long day. They were pumped. They were out there screaming their their lungs out. They started crashing around 12:00, you know, it started. So So it was really what what the issue was getting them ready for bed, you know. I was I'm we're changing diapers. We're getting pajamas on.

1:36 Pajamas have holes in them, which obviously aren't going to work. They're not going to work for bedtime. You got to get those got to get pajamas.

1:42 It was It was It's the family stuff, man. It's the family stuff. Life goes on. You win a championship, you win a Super Bowl, all stuff, but man, life goes on. It is funny because I was fortunate to win one in 17 before I had kids and it was a non-stop party for like f four or five days and then the Super Bowl. We lost the Super Bowl so that was part of it too. I didn't I mean I was with my family the moment the game was over and you're just like basking in that. So I'm sure

2:06 you've you've experienced it a couple different ways at this point, right? Like

2:11 pretty awesome. Yeah, it is. It's amazing and that's what I mean you have your moment in the locker room with the guys and that's such a special thing but then it's like

2:19 how quick can I find my family be with be with my boys be with my wife and that was I mean sharing this it was like

2:26 when we're not we're not jumping around the room screaming it was just like the silence of just being able to

2:31 hold my boys have my wife right next to me like that was that was all I wanted that's awesome brother congratulations

2:38 yeah thank you congrats again brother the uh two times time. Cooper Cup, the the first time is always the sweetest, man. The the second time has to be [ __ ] epic for you right now. Especially cuz it's

2:51 it's with a team that that it seemed like you guys just had the [ __ ] like you guys just had the juice, man. And it's and it's such a unique thing when you see the team loving each other like it was like you told us the stories uh last week and it was just you could tell how close you guys were.

3:08 Yeah. Mike McDonald, your coach, after the game even say Cooper is an absolute force multiplier, an absolute stud of a person, stud of a teammate. Have you been called a stud this many times in your life?

3:21 It's a lot of It's a lot of stud. It's a lot of stud. Um, there we go. It's a net positive guy.

3:26 Yeah, yeah, exactly. Can't look past this, though. This This should cement him in the Hall of Fame in my opinion. Super Bowl MVP, two-time champion, all-time great teammate. The guy was just loving you up at at the end of it, man. It just shows how close you guys are, man.

3:42 Yeah, man. We got we got a great group. Real quick, you gota plunge that plunge that French press for me. Um yeah, plunge the press for me. Yep. There we go. Pull yourself. You just

3:55 Okay. In the future, you just a nice slow nice slow press. Nice slow. Was that too much? Was that too fast?

4:00 It was It was a little fast, but it's okay. In the future. Yeah. There we go. Yeah. Look at that. Look at that. It's like, "Ooh, that's a good color."

4:11 Yeah, that's a good looking cup of coffee. Smell this was this this group this group, it was so much fun to be a part of. I can't I can't stop. This is unbelievable. It's still going out.

4:22 But yeah, this group was so much fun. It was so much fun to be a part of this this team. And um you know, I've I've appreciated working with Mike. He's been unbelievable. and and I mean all those things he said you don't get you don't go to the Hall of Fame for being a great teammate but you don't go to the Hall of Fame for winning six Super Bowls either we just learned right so I mean

4:45 that's a tough bit to the Hall of Fame what is what exactly are the credentials to get me in the hall

4:51 yeah it's up for debate right now apparently but you'll be in he'll be in that sorry just that one just popped in my head as Bro, you I feel like you've only had coaches under the age of 40,

5:04 which is insane. Like, what is the everyday like? Because I've literally only been in a building where it feels like my football dad or like my [ __ ] like uncle is like looking at me like, "You need to pick this [ __ ] up." And it's like there's like an authority figure that's like there that's like has like the years of wisdom through like the like Brett Favre and like the the legends that we grew up playing. Like

5:30 I only have that understanding through through that. Like what is it like playing for a guy that's like young, high energy, like not to say that Andy's not, but go ahead.

5:40 Oh yeah. No, I I mean it is it's that that's all I know. So, um, you know, I've had young coaches, yeah, basically my entire life. I mean, same thing in college. So, um, I don't know any different. Energy and all that stuff is is fantastic. And there's no there there's never been an issue in terms of the like wisdom piece or the authority piece. I say lack of lack of wisdom.

6:03 Yeah. But I I think what I've appreciated is there's a there's there's like from Mike, there's been a humility that I think is is really special. And um you know I think the like accountability is a big part of that. Being able to admit that you don't know everything. And that's a that's a huge part of being a leader that is, you know, undervalued. And, you know, if you if you think you know it all, it's tough to it's tough to collaborate. And and collaboration is where football lives, you know, and um you know, he's been he's been awesome about that. And uh yeah, so I've really enjoyed being with Mike.

6:40 Dude, I can't agree more. Like I' I've had young coaches, I've had old coaches, and don't get wrong, Andy Reed's a 101, Trav but

6:46 yeah, I find a lot of the times these young coaches that are hungry and really trying to make it do have this growth mindset just inherently like they're they want knowledge. They're trying to grow as much as possible

6:58 and they don't think they have everything figured out. And that's certainly one of their advantages.

7:02 Yeah. Uh, and as far as like leading anybody, like don't get me wrong, if you've done something before, it's you get that initial buy in easier, but at the end of the day, players just if you as a coach or a leader, as a player on the team, if I feel like you genuinely want me to be a better football player, not for any ulterior motive of like career furtherman or like whatever other bull crap gets in the way, like if you genuinely I can tell that you just want what's like me to be the best version of myself I can Dude, I will follow that guy like wherever. Like he's honest or like authentic, all that stuff. And it feels like Mike has that in spades.

7:41 Obviously, you guys had that like incredibly all year round. You could feel the tightness to this team.

7:46 Yeah. Let me let me get this back to the game, though. Yeah. Did it is this what how the game was expected to go? Like what what did you guys think as the game was going around?

7:55 Yeah. I mean, we expected to go out there and win the thing, you know. Come on. We expected to go out there. But there's

8:03 but you know you're playing against a good really really good football team. You're not in this you don't get to the Super Bowl regardless of all the storylines around like they had to navigate the story lines about you know whether they deserve to be there all this stuff and that's just

8:13 it's all it's all bologoney, right? It's all nonsense. They are in the Super Bowl

8:18 for a reason. They're a good football team. They're well coached. There's good players over there. Um so you know you're playing against the best in the world. It's the best in the world. Like you're in the NFL. You're playing against the best in the world. But the expectation was to go out there and win. and and I thought they had a they had a really good plan early on. I thought offensively, you know, we were uphill on a lot of plays early on where it's like, man, they've they've got a good feel for stuff. They're they're putting their players in really good positions and um and we were making some mistakes that didn't allow us to finish drives and luckily, you know, JMI was unbelievable finishing drives and field goals for us.

8:50 But then what what I mean end of the day the the defense just played lights out and and that's that gives you so much confidence offensively when those guys are just like stop after stop after stop and you just know that hey guys some some of these drives like like an eight played drive

9:08 that that eats up clock and flips the field is a win offensively at this point in the game. Right. Like

9:13 right it's crazy man. We play this game. We just do the things right. like we don't need to play outside of our own stuff that they've got a good plan for us. Let's make some plays. Let's finish these drives. The defense is going to get us into a short field and we're going to go finish it, get score a touchdown u and put the game away. And I thought um as the game went on and that became clear, this is a game that we can be in that space up. We did a good job adjusting and being able to be in a place where it's like, hey, we can just we can grind this game out where it's not even a chance. We don't give him a chance to to do anything.

9:42 Amen, brother. And you guys did just that. Yep. Do you have any idea what's what's in store for the future? Have you thought about that? Are you still in reflection mode at least for the next foreseeable few days?

9:54 I mean, yeah, I think you take take a couple days and enjoy this. Um, it's it's the NFL, you know, like this this team that we had this year is not going to be the same. And so, I'm enjoying, you know, we got today, tomorrow is the parade, and we get, you know, our last two days to be with this team. and what this 2025 26 CL Seahawks team was about. Um, but then it's then it's going to be look forward and um, you know, you love to I love to be a part of this organization and what these guys are doing and and what what's been being built here. And then the the goal is then like, hey, you you've got you got six weeks until you know, six weeks until I guess eight weeks until OKA start. So,

10:36 right, you know, how are you going to start building for what this organization is going to do for the next year? And um it doesn't be it doesn't stop. Time keeps going on and we got we got like Seattle Seahawks of 2026 27.

10:49 It technically starts now, you know, and so we're already we're behind. I love it. I love it. Isn't it crazy? You win the freaking Super Bowl and then immediately you're already thinking about what are we going to do to get back there? But it doesn't stop.

11:03 That's why you have to enjoy I have to say you have to enjoy the journey. The journey is everything. Because if you're if you're living for this, if you're living for this week, like this is one this is one week you get to enjoy the game, be with your family, reflect on it, the parade happens, and it's like you got to move forward. And this is you're not going to find everyone's everyone here is going to be like, man, it hasn't hit me yet.

11:21 It's not going to hit you. It's not it's not like a moment that's like, oh, suddenly it's going to happen. And it's like, no, what you're going to remember is, you know, some of this some of this week, but what you're what you're going to remember is, you know, the training camp, like the grind of things and being like, man, I I remember the when we were exhausted, so the conversation we had in the locker room where guys are are so tired that they're laughing. They're like giggling because they're just so delusional, you know, but it's like, man, those are so those moments is all this all those things that are going to be so valuable. All the adversity that you deal with, all those things. How how low did we go? how all these moments that were like, man, you're at the bottom that make the top feel so much better. And you're going to remember that journey and and that's that's what's most valuable piece of this whole

12:01 thing. Dude, you're going to be [ __ ] fired up right now. Seriously, I'm getting goosebumps.

12:05 That shit's epic, man. We do got to wrap. I got one more question. Parade tomorrow.

12:09 What What are we rolling with for the parade? You got an outfit selected? You I'm talking to the costume. I'm actually talking to the outfit here.

12:19 Wait, I don't I I want to do something. I want to do something cool. You know, I want to do I've had thoughts like do get do you get an Ichiro jersey? Do you do like a King Griffy? Do you do something like that? You know, there's I don't know.

12:32 Listen, Jason, if you've got an idea, you you send it over to me and we can maybe make if it aligns, you make something happen. You know what I mean?

12:39 All right. Okay. You let me know. Let me I'm going to get this coffee in me and then these ideas just start flowing. That's how it works.

12:46 Gonna brew up some ideas. We got our guy AJ Burner pulling up after this. Let's go. So pumped for Barnyard, man. Hey, that play this touchdown

12:55 was almost a disaster. It was almost a disaster. How? Oh, we were we were all there. Look, there was a there was a problem. I think it was on the wristband, but we called the play. Jackson is out at the time. He's going through his protocol to get back out. The call ended up being like the formation was backwards to what the play call was.

13:14 And so we end up like me and Rasheed end up on the same side. I'm like, "Dude, we're like, "No, you're on the other side." But then formations backwards. I see AJ running towards me. I'm like, "Oh my gosh, I'm about to run the wrong route." So I changed it on the fly. We almost HAD A

13:30 We got it done. We got it done. Ball player. Unbelievable teammate DECISION MAKING AT WHAT IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. I love it, man. Way to go.

13:42 That's so epic, man. We got him up next. That's a [ __ ] banger. I was about to ask you what should we ask him, but you just told us everything, so I can't wait to tell. I don't know if you'll I don't know if he'll even be aware of it, but

13:54 he'll even know. He might not even know. He might not even know that I was that I almost ran right into him because I was about to run the wrong route. And at literally at the snap, I'm like,

14:04 "Oh, I have to fix it." That was a great play, too. Whoever Whoever [ __ ] put that together, that was an awesome [ __ ] play.

14:12 Oh, no. Oh, no. We lost him. Cool. Just come back. Come back. What an electric story though.

14:22 That's epic. The Ethernet cord has been found. We are in business. Coupe. I believe you were talking about the the play AJ Barer play. And you're saying he might not know, might not even have a clue.

14:35 Yeah. No, he might not. He might not be aware of what was happening on the outside and the consternation that was happening between me and Rasheed knowing that we were told the play was being run the opposite direction, you know.

14:48 Yes. Yeah. But who knows? Maybe maybe he's so dialed in out there that he was aware and was going to make it happen, you know.

14:55 So, did you go from like running like a backside dagger to like a like a hitch?

15:00 Uh, no. I went from running a a backside basic to a take two post. Take two. You cleared it out for him.

15:09 Yeah, but I don't know that the coverage really did my job on that job. At the end of the day, my I just need to get out of the way. Like the coverage we got the coverage we got was perfect. I just had to get out of there.

15:20 But it would have been bad if I was running a if I was running a basic, there's a chance I'm just collisioning AJ coming out of the out of that wing spot. Who knows?

15:28 Just a ball player, man. Just a ball player. Either way, that's why it pays to have smart players, man. That's where it pays to have guys that work with the QBs at 6 a.m. and are in the [ __ ] blitz media.

15:42 Exactly. We had said if this ever gets called backwards, remember you guys got All right, Coupe, we're not going to keep you any longer, man. We appreciate you coming back on.

15:54 Of course. Congrats again, brother. Thank you, guys. So happy for you, man. Enjoy the parade. Enjoy being a champion.

16:02 King of the castle. The king of the castle. This is the favorite saying of the day. Saying of the day. Hey. Hey.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "2x Super Bowl Champion Cooper Kupp Talks Family, His Super Bowl Win and Saving a Seahawks TD"?

Cooper Kupp (Guest), Jason Kelce (Host).

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Two-time Super Bowl champion Cooper Kupp discusses the realities of post-game life, sharing insights about balancing family responsibilities with the excitement of winning the Super Bowl, including humorous anecdotes about his children and the adjustments he's made since becoming a father. He reflects on the contrast between celebrating his first Super Bowl win without kids and the current…

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The episode runs 16 min; the transcript is about 3,553 words in 76 timestamped sections.

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