WEBVTT - Chris Chambers Fins Flashback: Thanksgiving 2003 at Dallas 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:07.400 Factors were Alfords Factors drawing hide. What a win for 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:12.680 this Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:16.520 welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:21.639 official podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:25.040 How's it going, everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:27.240 and I am here to bring you your daily dose 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:30.840 of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we are 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:34.160 flashing it back to two thousand three. The Dolphins win 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:38.479 big in Big d on Thanksgiving with a forty one 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:41.400 victory over the Cowboys. We're gonna talk to the galloping 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:44.000 gobbler of the game himself, the co m v P 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.879 of the game, Chris Chambers, who breaks down all of 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:49.800 his touchdowns and that two thousand three Miami Dolphins team. 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.239 All of that and more on this Friday May, the 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:58.760 first edition of the Drivetime Podcast Dophins. Let's go ahead 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.240 and set the stage for this cast interview here real quick. 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.560 We'll get to Chris in just one second. But if 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.560 you don't recall the game Thanksgiving Day, the Cowboys came 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.440 in one win better than the Miami Dolphins heading into 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.039 that week twelve game, and the story around the game 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.840 was about how Dallas, with Quincy Carter a quarterback and 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.240 a couple of wins in their back pocket heading into 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:19.640 that game, were a team that could compete for a 0:01:19.680 --> 0:01:22.679 Super Bowl, while your Miami Dolphins, with a victory on 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:25.240 that day, which of course they got, would tie the 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.640 Cowboys record, but they were an afterthought coming into the game, 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.319 and soon the country would realize that was a mistake. 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:34.080 This Miami Dolphins team was just as good and way 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:37.200 better on that day than the Dallas Cowboys. So Miami 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.319 gets the party started early with the Chris Chambers touchdown, 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:42.640 and they keep going back to that. Well, he scores 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:46.039 three times, Jason Taylor scoops and scores, and adda wally 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:48.920 a gun ley, a strip, sack of Quincy Carter. Zack 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:50.680 Thomas gets a pick at the end of the game. 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:54.720 Five sacks on the day, five turnovers for the Dolphins defense, 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:58.520 and Jay Fieeddler three touchdowns all to Chris Chambers. And 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:01.919 for me personally, this is and my Dolphins fandom started 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.560 to begin a riff between me and my family members 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.000 because the Dolphins were playing out here on the West 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.720 Coast at one thirty and that's right around when all 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.320 the family stuff is supposed to happen on Thanksgiving, and 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.840 I'm saying, look, Rick and Chris and my boys are 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:18.000 playing on National TV Day. I gotta watch them, And 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.240 so I did. I actually got out of going to 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:22.680 my grandparents house. I was. I think I was sixteen 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:24.799 years old and I didn't have to go over there. 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.600 What a saint my mother was for allowing that to happen. 0:02:27.680 --> 0:02:29.920 But I stayed home watched the Dolphins, and I was 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:31.960 so glad that I did, because they put the beat 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.799 down on Dallas that day. And let's go ahead now 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.959 and get to my interview with Dolphins receiver two thousand 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.960 five Pro bowler and score of three touchdowns on this 0:02:41.080 --> 0:03:05.200 day on Thanksgiving, Chris Chambers. Chris Chambers water route by 0:03:05.280 --> 0:03:10.760 Chris Chambers, It's just him. The Mario Edwards down the field, 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.000 it's gonna go up, does a good job, staves inside, 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:17.520 nice fake to the outside, and Maria Edwards knows he's 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:21.639 in trouble. And Jay Fiedler, that is a perfect roll 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.920 by him. And joining me now on the Drive Time podcast. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.720 As former Dolphins receiver, he spent six and a half 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:30.919 seasons of his tenure career in Miami a pro bowler 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:35.440 in two thousand five, Chris Chambers, Chris, what's going on? Man? Going? Wow? Man? 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.120 How you doing? I'm doing pretty good. I can't complain. 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.080 Just trying to stay home as much as I can. 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:43.360 And that reminds me about your work as a trainer 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:45.240 and getting these kids ready for the next level and 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:48.320 working with wide receivers. I'm curious to ask how has 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:51.440 how has COVID and the quarantine impacted the way you've 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.839 gone about your work the last couple of months. Yeah, 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:58.360 for our industry is tough because this is a tough 0:03:58.400 --> 0:04:00.280 time for a lot of athletes, you know how see 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:02.840 um lots of doing combined training, and then you have 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.280 all the other guys who did get actually the chance 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.440 to go to the combine now have their opportunity to 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.720 have their pro days and not able to have that. 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.119 So usually a guy had a pro day, he does well, 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:13.720 his pro day did and scouts go back and look 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:16.040 at his film during the season kind of puts it together. 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:18.719 So the guys lost that. Then you had the XFAIL 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:20.760 that kind of failed there, So you gotta hold you 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:24.360 gotta tremendous pool of great football players is not going 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.640 to get an opportunity to show what they have. Uh 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.119 and acts football, but down from the high school ranks 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.160 to to the college ranks. Uh, it's tough on the 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.800 athlete for sure. Everybody's trying to do things so like 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.000 you know, staying shape and you know, I see a 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:38.240 lot more online stuff out there. But you know, it's 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.800 different when you have like that one on one type 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:42.560 of relationship with a player and you're not able to 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.719 actually see him or work with them. So the whole 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:46.560 industry has shook, you know. I hope it comes back 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.880 in great fashion. But I can't see a lot of 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:52.279 the bigger group training situations happening to be more more 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:56.640 private training, more more small group training, more isolated stuff 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:58.320 I can see coming, you know, and with that that 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.000 comes with money, you know. So uh, there's gonna be 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:02.279 a lot going on. But I do know the kids 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:04.359 are all excited about the parts opening up and stuff 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:06.240 like that. I told them, listen, I'm not going to 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.600 the parks, so you guys, make sure y'all safe, y'all 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:11.359 having fun. You know. You know, they seem like this 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:13.600 is nothing for them because they just want to kind 0:05:13.600 --> 0:05:15.440 of get back out there with their friends and play 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.920 some football or play some other sports. So we'll see 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:19.640 how I go, but I'm definitely gonna say I saved 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:23.080 as possible. Well, forgive me for the very cheesy segue 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:26.480 transition here, Chris, but talking about social distancing, you were 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:28.719 doing some social distancing back in two thousand three on 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:32.600 Thanksgiving Day and coming into that game against the Dallas Cowboys. Now, 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:34.640 you've made some big plays in your career, you'd won 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.200 some big primetime games, but it was your first Thanksgiving 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.800 Day experience. And throughout the entire broadcast, Phil Simms kept 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.040 talking about how excited you specifically were for that game. 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:46.480 How special was that big stage and that game in 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:48.960 Dallas that day? Yeah, that was huge. I mean it 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.000 was just like playing in the Super Bowl, as you know, 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.080 to have that opportunity to play with it. We had 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.760 a really good team too, you know, Ricky, like you said, 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:57.760 you know, Jason Taylor, I mean, we were stacked up. 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.600 Um North Turner was our coordinator that time. And then 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:02.800 going into that week, we had such a really great 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:04.960 week of practice. It was one of those weeks that 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.440 we were like we're gonna play loose. I think Dallas 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:09.320 they were really good during that time, you know, had 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.640 a really good record. Uh, they're they're looking at their 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:13.720 playoff hopes and stuff like that, and so for us 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:15.359 to get an opportunity in the stage that we were 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.520 in going there and look there. But it was great 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:19.720 not only for the players, but then the coaches. They 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.840 had a lot of you know, relationship with North Turner. 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.560 They want said, um, you know, you had the guys 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.600 on the other side of Dallas, you know, and everything. 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.159 So it was a good camaraderie. Man. It was a 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:31.600 great game and I'm glad we was able to come 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:33.120 out on top. And it was my coming out party 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.640 for sure. It definitely was your coming out party. Three 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.120 touchdowns and coming into that game, I was curious to 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.320 get your opinion for why you were so pumped up 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.560 and amped up, not just for the national stage, but 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.240 for maybe an opportunity because in the game, on the 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.320 touchdown passage you did catch, it looked like they were 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.320 playing a lot of one on one coverage and that's 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:52.040 like a personal challenge to a receiver. So did you 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:53.640 see that on tape? And no, this is a chance 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.320 for me to really get out there and feast quote unquote, 0:06:56.839 --> 0:06:59.880 no doubt you know, the shackles was off North Turner. 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.360 I like to say, uh, you know, want gave my 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.160 opportunity to just let loose, and that's what we did. 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.240 And we knew our game plan was gonna throw the 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:09.440 ball over the top, take some chances. And actually early 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:10.880 in the game we took a chance. I think on 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:14.200 the first drive we got a big penalty pass interference, 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.440 and then after that we knew we had opportunities within 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:19.000 the game and just to see how everything unfolded was 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:22.080 just an unbelievable momentum. You know, I actually scored four 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.160 times in that game. It was one one pass before 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.360 my first touchdown in the back of the end zone. 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.960 It was the same exact route. Um I called it. 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.240 I forget what happened was a penalty or something in 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:33.320 north around he called the same play on the other 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.200 side of the field and it was a similar ball, 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:38.480 similar catch, And that was my first touchdown, man, And 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.960 from there, you know, I've always been streaky, so to 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.560 be able to get a touchdown early in the game 0:07:43.720 --> 0:07:45.520 and then come back with another one, then top it 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.679 off with my third one, Man, was an unbelievable experience 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.360 in the NFL. Was my first time ever. Dunking the 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.520 ball over the goal post of a celebration one of 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.200 the things that just gotta happen. So I was happy 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.239 about that turton out for sure, But then you started 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.760 to go on to the finger roll after that, right, Yeah? 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:03.480 Whould you move under that? Yeah? Because I'm a former 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.720 basketball player, so you know, I like to do those things, 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.280 and I get the opportunity. But you know, sometimes depending 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.240 on where you catch the ball, where you land at 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.720 how it goes, you can pull that stuff out, you know. 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.120 So I've been able to pull it out a couple 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.200 of times, or some easy catches where it's just like 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:19.200 a little past live up the court, a nice little 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:22.200 finger roll to finish. I was laughing, Chris, because I 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.600 just watched the game before you came on here, and 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:26.720 I know what you're talking about. You you did have 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:30.360 a touchdown that didn't go because your quarterback actually missed you, 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:32.000 is what happened. You were wide open and the ball 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.120 was thrown behind you. I did want to ask you 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.800 because going into the game you mentioned the Cowboys they 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.560 had all this can they get to the super Bowl? 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:40.839 Their playoff hopes and they're gonna continue to push on. 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:43.320 But no one really talked about the Dolphins, and of 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:46.680 course Dion Sanders, the former Cowboy himself on the pregame show, 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.320 I'll never forget it, Chris, the Dolphins might not even 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:53.480 score today and Q Narrator they scored forty points. Did 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:55.160 you guys hear some of that stuff coming into the 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:58.319 week and didn't motivate you? You know, it was such 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.199 a short week. Yeah. You know, when you come off 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:01.760 a game on Sunday and then you're coming back with 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:03.640 a game right there on Thursday. You know, if you're 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.640 if you're healthy, it's outstanding. But if you're an injured 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.400 guy going to a game like that, it's like you 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.760 don't even practice, you just go out there and play. So, 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:12.360 you know, if we able to play two games in 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:15.040 one week has always been fun for NFL player especially 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:16.720 it depending on what type of game you had before. 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:18.400 Either you had a great game, you come back with 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.520 another one, or you didn't have such a good game, 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.800 you can come back with a great game. So that's 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:24.520 what I think we're looking forward the most, you know, 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.679 and then just playing on Thanksgiving. Uh. You know, with 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:29.440 especially in any pro athletes career, to be able to 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.240 do that, you know just meant a lot, you know, 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:32.920 so we didn't hear a lot of the chatter. You know, 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.079 we knew it was the rivalry just back in the 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.520 day with the Dolphins and the Cowboys playing. You know, 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:39.320 you see some of the cut up from your years 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:41.480 pass and some of the stuff that happened during that 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:43.080 whole time, and then we had to go out there 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:46.360 and actually play a Dallas cowboyd Stadium. Unbelievable. Just that 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:49.560 alone was a great experience for us all. And you 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:52.000 mentioned that first player of the game, the past interference call. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.120 You got by him in a hurry. He tried to 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.320 throw the inside hand on your outside shoulder and you 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.400 just s wattered that thing down, went right past him. 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:00.360 Then you get your first catch of the game, a 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:02.560 ten yard game on the next series with that drive 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.560 leaves to a punt, and then your next catch is 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.960 the big one, the thirty nine yard touchdown strike for 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.720 a quick answer to the Cowboys or like the Cowboys 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:12.240 quick answer after that makes it a ten seven lead, 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.200 and then you get back to a ten point lead. 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:16.199 You get this one on one play where it looks 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.400 like the guys playing some outside leverage on you. You 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:21.640 release inside and then just explode back across his face 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.040 for a big touchdown. Did you know that you had 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:25.520 a chance to score on that play when you broke 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.600 the huddle the last play, Yeah, we're going out there. 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:30.319 It was a big play action and we were kind 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.720 of we had a real balance attack that game. You know, 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:34.640 so many times you got Ricky in the backfield, you 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:36.560 know we're gonna have those safeties come up, you know. 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.120 And I think we had a post on one side 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:39.520 and I had a deep what we call a deep 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.040 over route, so you know, Jay actually threw me a 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.400 little flat, you know, so I came back to the ball, 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:47.040 but you know, momentum took me back to the ball 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:49.080 and then I was like, I think I lost like 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.360 two yards, but then I cut up under the next guy, 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:52.800 so I was able to come out the back door 0:10:52.800 --> 0:10:54.560 of that. And after that, you know, it's just like 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:56.839 green grass from there. Man. So I just kinda I 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.280 kinda dion standards myself. And then if you looked at 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:02.040 that when I had a little I said, yeah you did. 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.360 And the one before that was a diving catch into 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.400 the kind of back corner of the end zone and 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.240 you you popped up and you struck a little pose? 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:11.120 Was that play? Yeah? You know, like I said, my 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.600 stuff is never playing. You know, I I don't prep 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.920 myself on touchdowns. It just depends on I've never been 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:17.800 a dancer, all right. But you know, obviously the routs 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:19.640 are a lot different. I probably have made from up 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:21.960 if I playing in these days. But uh, you know 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.000 that one was just a great ball. I believe it 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.520 was a double move. Uh you know, on the outside. 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:28.800 J threw it up, beautiful ball. I had to do it, 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:30.439 just kind of land on it, and you know, I 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:32.000 kind of I kind of like once again I fell 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:33.400 on the end zone and I just kind of popped 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:35.000 up and had a little posed there for a second, 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.240 which was really cool. And you know, from me, I 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.480 was just hot because then you you talk about the 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:42.360 next one you come back with a touchdown where you 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.120 did break the tackle, and I know it's on that 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.280 play that gave you free access. When a guy when 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:48.480 they give you free access like that, is that just 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:51.719 like your eyes light up in that situation. Yeah, I mean, 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:53.600 depending on what the defense is playing, if you see 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.520 the front and the backers kind of moving up and 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.240 you see a you know, three or four guys in 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.400 the second day depending on the route, but in single 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.840 safety with a play like that, um, you know, you 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.000 know it's green grass and the protection holds up, which 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.040 is then it was a good play. Action Faith got 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.680 across the across the field, you know, wide opened, no 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:11.719 one was there, and like I said, he was there 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:13.760 to run like twenty and thirty yards after that, man, 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:15.560 and just getting the end zone and pretty much cap 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.080 off the game. How important is it to have a 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:20.240 back like Ricky Williams back. I know the game is 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.600 a little bit different now, but back then two thousand three, 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.040 he was coming off that big season again, was coming 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.480 right back. I think he actually broke a thousand yards 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.680 in that game. How big was his presence to the 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:33.000 vertical passing game? It was great, man, I absolutely love it. 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.480 You know, from my background, come from the University of Wisconsin, 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:39.200 having Ryan Danes and Michael been in the backfield, you know, 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.240 I knew the blocking was first and foremost. That was 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:42.960 the first thing to come when I got there. So 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:44.880 I always carry that with me, you know, being able 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:46.640 to playing a big team, a tough conference, and then 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.160 when we had Ricky and being Ronnie, you know, just 0:12:49.200 --> 0:12:50.800 like I was back doing the same thing. So I 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:52.679 had no problem going up there block for the guy 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.439 because we're the ones is going to bring them for 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:56.760 some of those de passages. Yet the line do their job, 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:58.760 Ricky does his job. But at the end you see 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.440 the receiver's running with their the backs giving him the 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:03.199 opportunity to kind of score. And then just playing with 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:07.160 Ricky Williams, man, he's an unbelievable athlete. He's super intelligent, 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.000 which a lot of people are just not finding out. Now. 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.040 I would tell this guy's way ahead of it was 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:13.920 way ahead of the game. Uh, you know, his practice 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:17.000 habits was unbelievable. Um, you know, so just as a teammate, 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.040 you know, he was phenomenal man and uh you know, 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:21.800 the best best wishes to his post career. I'm glad 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.319 he's doing great things out there. So you that final 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:26.559 touchdown that you scored, Chris put you guys up thirty 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:28.640 seven to fourteen. You would add a field goal the 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:31.640 Cowboys a score garbage time touchdown and make it forty one. 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.120 That's where the score was. That's where the final ended. 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.520 The defense had five sacks and five takeaways in that 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.880 game as well. Was that the most complete team win 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:42.280 you've ever been a part of. Yes, it was. There 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.560 was a throughout the career where we we you know, 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.240 we had a stud team. Man, we had a hell 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:50.160 of a squad. You know, whatever reason, we'll lose here 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.840 and there. But at the same time, you were able 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.800 to play with a great defense. You noticed, can get turnovers, 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:58.200 can get sacks laid in the game, you know, So 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.800 we put this together on offense, we're now the defense 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.320 can let loose. Usually we played the game so tight, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.520 we're in the fourth quarter, you know, somebody had to 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.160 do something. But that was the game where we just 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.320 all let loose and played well as a team and 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.760 came away with a victory on the biggest show, you know, 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:14.160 beside the Super Bowl. And you do end the day 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.480 with five grabs, nineties six yards and three touchdowns. How 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.600 does that turkey leg taste post game? Oh? Man, I 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.040 don't know if I tasted it. I don't know if 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.240 they had it out there. Um. But the funny thing 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.640 is that me and Ja won the award. So since 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:28.400 me and j won the award, you know, they only 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:32.240 had one award to give, so I actually gave it 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:35.880 to him, you know, Uh, hindsight, I probably would have said, hey, 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.880 make two or something like that. And I see him 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:40.840 not too long ago one of his foundation events, and 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:42.320 I was like, man, you still have that trophy and 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:44.520 let me borrow it for a little while, you know so, 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.640 But you know, it was just fun playing with ja. Man, 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:49.800 he's a Sulf quarterback. You know. Anybody who got a 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.160 chance to watch him play, you know, we played hard 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:55.080 for him. The dude was was you know, run through 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.560 a brick wall. Uh. You know, he had that type 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.080 of intangible that all the guys love playing would And 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:01.720 you know, I wish your career would have lasted longer, 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:02.960 but you know I thought we you know, I had 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:04.840 some of my best years with him. I felt like 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:06.200 if we had a chance to, you know, play a 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.160 little bit more, we all probably have got better together. 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:09.920 All right, Chris, I'll let you go here in just 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:11.880 one second, but I want to ask you one more question, 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.280 because Zach kind of pick in that game towards the end, 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:16.800 Jason scored a touchdown on the scoop and score. I'm 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:18.840 curious if you have any interesting stories you can give 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:20.560 us about either of those two guys from your time 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:26.160 playing with them. Oh my gosh, Man, you threw. It's 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:28.720 so hard because they were they were such great you 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:32.320 know leaders, like on the field, and it was great 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:34.520 like off the field too, you know. And as a 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:36.520 young guy coming in, you know, they don't want to 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:40.440 do all the interviews. Uh you know, win, lose or draw. Um. 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:43.480 They always talked about themselves. They never pointed the finger, 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.240 you know. So I mainly like learn more from no 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.840 guys than anything because I was so young, you know. 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:50.520 But you know, once you get older in years, you 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.720 start to understand like, Okay, why person to do this? 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:54.560 For why person to do that? You know, because they 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.040 just kind of understand the system of how everything. So 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:59.080 I really don't have nothing bad to say about those guys, 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.920 and I love them so much or really nothing pretty 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.520 funny right now, but I promise you I dig them 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:06.640 up for you and we'll have some fun with it. Man. 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:08.520 But those guys have been so great to me. Man 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:10.960 and rats in their Hall of Fan careers that could 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.240 get in there in a second. Uh yeah, this year 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:14.920 should have been the year I thought for him. He 0:16:14.960 --> 0:16:18.000 definitely belongs in the Hall of Fame there with Jason Chris. 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:20.360 We appreciate your time today, man, Best of luck, in 0:16:20.400 --> 0:16:23.040 the future going forward with the training getting these guys 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.600 coached up. Chris Chambers, we appreciate it, man, thank you 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:29.960 appreciate it. And there he goes Chris Chambers, former Dolphins 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.520 wide receiver. That was one of my favorite guys to 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:35.359 watch as a kid because he was so freaky athletic. 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.040 The work he did around the sidelines the back end 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.360 line of the end zone with the toe taps. Had 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.000 one of those catches in this game, just a lot 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:45.200 of fun to watch. Made the big plays down the 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:47.920 football field for our team in an era where Dolphins 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.600 football was more smash mouth and defense. You heard him 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.200 talk about it. Those games were typically pretty tight, but 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.720 on the rare occasion that North Turner cranked things up 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.080 and let things loose, they would make some big plays 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:00.680 down the field, like they did in that game as 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.400