Penei Sewell & Talanoa Hufanga on Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The NFL celebrates AAPI Month with the new generation of Polynesian players, San Francisco 49ers safety Talanoa Hufanga, and Detroit Lions offensive tackle Penei Sewell. NFL Network Host Steve Wyche sits down with Talanoa and Penei to discuss the importance of family, respect, the different layers of Polynesian culture, and what it means to carry on the legacy of Polynesian players that came before them.
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[@mizrahimjew9351]

Polynesians are an amazing people. I've always been fascinated with them and became good friends with many living in Hawai'i.

[@mynamebashbarti]

I come from South Asian Indian descent and I root for you guys like you guys are my people.

[@saigawesnovember]

Junior Seau. My favorite player. My favorite team. Miss him,got to meet him at his restaurant. Jesse Sapolu is the uncle of my best friends wife.

[@gene.digger]

Junior Seau and Troy Polamalu both HOF. Penei will join them the way he's going

[@SamoanMustang]

E o’o aku ai ma Tua li kams.

[@masiTzz]

Haloti Ngata was a beast too man never forget him breaking big bens nose😂😂

[@dreambiggmedia]

How could they he was a beast

[@Mrunknownsounds]

Ngata was different, by far the scariest Defensive Lineman his whole career. In American Samoa back then you either have a Polamalu jersey or a Haloti Nagata jersey. And for the Madden Lovers lol it’ll be just Pittsburgh vs Ravens all day😂😂

[@94FADE]

just to let you know ngata is of tongan decent @@Mrunknownsounds

[@Lagituaiva]

@@94FADEI’m Samoan and I Have a Haloti Ngata jersey as well so what’s the problem? 😅

[@94FADE]

@@Lagituaiva I’m Samoan and I have a tj watt jersey. No problem lol

[@brookside109]

No matter which island you''re from our ancestors are from, we are all one Polynesian family in the States. I support each and everyone of you as I'm sure all the Poly people do too. Play hard, continue to be humble and make us all proud.

[@kenetipese8445]

Polynesian Pride in Full Affect...........CHEEEEEE-HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

[@Apaulo_801]

we need a documentary on dat nguyen already.

[@Bigload992G]

He was a MOFO BEAST at Texas A/M and PB LB with Dallas!

[@brucebobbill]

Who Dat? J/k

[@franchisefred4066]

@@brucebobbill Vietnamese pho is da Bomb 😂

[@Bigload992G]

No Love for the OG Dan Salimeua from Chiefs😳😳

[@Bigload992G]

Jesse Sapulo who won SB blocking for Montana. Halote Ngnata(HOF) NT from Ravens. Youngbloods gotta look back on the History of Gr8 Polynesian players from back in the day and not bring up The Rock who is a Never Was!!

[@Hawaii-xr1pn]

Malo my Tongan and Samoan brothers. You guys said it perfectly how tight knit and family oriented we Polynesians are. Chee hoo! Fa

[@franchisefred4066]

Aloha

[@bradholmesnumber1fan]

I didn’t know Troy played linebacker.

[@spencertirado3937]

Safety but mostly box safety so definitely could be considered linebacker in a lot of ways

[@Bigload992G]

He played LB at SC

[@Bigload992G]

Did same thing with Sammy Knight back in the day and he was a PB FS with Saints

[@toko34]

Safety

[@remy18able]

T!!!!!!!❤

[@jayteo9751]

Idk If San Francisco is the biggest Tongan community in the state Utah I would say Is the biggest

[@K1DFR3SH77]

I think he meant for a pro football team/market. Utah got a lot of poly’s but no team.

[@palei1207]

SanFran is much bigger than SLC, so is LA too. There might seems to be a bigger Tongan community in Utah, but Tongans settled in SanFran and LA way longer than they have been in Utah due primarily to it's closeproximityto the west coast where our parents chose to settle upon arriving in the mainland US, plus the bigger geographical areas of SF and LA make it seem a smaller community than in Utah. But that doesn't do justice to the actual number of Tongans and Samoans in those two geographical areas.

[@franchisefred4066]

@@palei1207 Sacramento have a ton of Samoans n Tongans

[@horsekfobster7823]

He means San Mateo county, San Francisco isn’t San Mateo county but it’s close enough where the whole county is niner fans

[@ninjaundermyskin]

Pretty much if you are any kind of Asian or Pacific Islander, California is going to be the biggest community you're going to find outside of your birth place

[@ingalani500]

🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴🇹🇴

[@franchisefred4066]

Bay Area and Sacramento is full of Samoans and Tongans. I used to live in north sac and i knew few of them. Very nice and some very disrespectful

[@Oneklickmedia]

Yes same, knew a few funny solid humble Samoans in highschool in south sacramento. They got each other backs like fam and can lay you out with one punch lol😂 Big family and family is everything they say.

[@sillau9]

Ayye Sacramento 🙌🏻lol

[@Knockout_KINGZ]

2:43 Penei trying not to laugh after hearing Troy’s voice🤣

[@jeffmaepu857]

CHEEEHOOO

[@elamarley3928]

Tapu Ilifia. no fear

[@schemeteam2954]

The Pacific Islanders ancestors all came from the mainland different parts of Asia. Whether u wanna believe it or not.

[@sillau9]

Yeah, no..Polynesians are far from Asian..🙄

[@bobbyrobob]

Who cares where they are from.

[@sillau9]

Shut up..who cares about your dumb ahh comment 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@mrmessy9514]

bruh ain't none of these polys gonna break The Hall of fame yet alone have RS all pro numbers. Y'all need to chill. Pass me one of your sisters though🤣🤣🤣

[@bbyjungles2011]

Pass me yo mama

[@scar8656]

There sisters are all either D1 volleyball players or probably stronger than the average man without ever working out 🤣🤣🤣

[@hs4a085]

Lol sister? Why so she can break you?

[@ppoumele]

Junior Seau HOF

[@kesileapaga3136]

You living under a rock mr polo 😂😂😂😂 we in the HOF. You probably been abused by them poly sisters 😂😂😂🇼🇸🇼🇸🇼🇸

[@toko34]

Malo Talanoa!

[@lesblase3667]

Why do America mix Pasifika with Asian? 🤔

[@6eight5ns92]

Because we are closer with Asians than any other .

[@JoeHeatSteel95]

​@@6eight5ns92We're Closer with Hispanics too. So why Not just Mash Asians, Pacific Islanders and Hispanics together if we're all Closer.

[@oiaue3917]

were not clow to hispanic😂 Look at a map buddy@@JoeHeatSteel95

[@sillau9]

​@6eight5ns92 nah, they are not close..Polynesians are Not Asian..Asian are just distant cousins far removed😂

[@horsekfobster7823]

@@JoeHeatSteel95We’re not close to Hispanics either 🤡 Polynesians are genetically isolated from everyone else due to being geographically isolated. Tiny dots in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

[@sillau9]

Love this..thank you for showcasing our Polynesian athletes for this aapi month..🙌🏼👏🏻🌺💪🏼