Matthew Bergeron on growing up in Quebec, language barriers & more | Falcons in Focus Podcast

Falcons rookie left guard Matthew Bergeron joins Scott Bair and Tori McElhaney to discuss life growing up in Quebec, Canada, and how he was introduced to football, got a scholarship to Syracuse as a complete unknown and overcame a language barrier as a native French speaker after coming to the United States.

00:00 – Intro
00:25 – Falcons French 101
02:46 – Journey from Canada to play in NFL
12:22 – Learning English & language of Football
15:46 – Getting First Start
19:20 – COVID & Importance of Family
21:30 – Draft night & representing Canada

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