The Fire-Fighting, Tackle-Missing, Rose-Stealing Colorado Phenomenon

This week the Bill Bradley Collective presents another installment of our in-season Dollop-inspired features, as Zak documents the life and times of Ryan Sutter. Coming to you from the intersection of sports and pop culture, Sutter’s NFL career is here and gone in a mere five second kick return, but it is his second life five years later as the winner of The Bachelorette’s very first season (and the heart of one, Trista Rehn) that people most remember(?) the safety turned firefighter for. Zak’s yarn sets the table for a conversation that includes some of Ed’s memories and anecdotes on other famous Bachelor/Bachelorette moments and personalities, Andrew’s odd fascination with Sutter’s lone NFL foil, the 1998 New York Jets, and special guest Laura proves that her fantasy sports expertise is perhaps only matched by her command of the Bachelor-universe. Join us for the inspiring and heart-warming tale of how one man parlayed a broken piece of special teams coverage into being one half of reality television’s longest-enduring marriage.