Speaker 1: Field touchdown, Miami Run. What is up? Dolphins? And welcome
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Speaker 1: and every day. How's it going, everybody? It is Monday,
Speaker 1: a special edition here of the Drivetime Podcast. I am
Speaker 1: your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to bring you
Speaker 1: your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show,
Speaker 1: we're gonna welcome and Jay Fiedler on this podcast to
Speaker 1: talk about the two thousand one victory over the Oakland Raiders.
Speaker 1: As the Dolphins head to Las Vegas and take on
Speaker 1: the Raiders on Saturday for a special primetime game. We'll
Speaker 1: hear from Jay on that very unique and special game
Speaker 1: and big time Dolphins win, coming back after nine eleven
Speaker 1: his touchdown run to win that game late against the Raiders.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and jump right into that here on
Speaker 1: this Monday, December the twenty one edition of the Drive
Speaker 1: Time Podcast. We already had the earlier podcast for you
Speaker 1: guys today talking to Kyle van Noy. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and jump right into this interview with Jay Fiedler talking
Speaker 1: about two thousand one, the victory over the Oakland Raiders,
Speaker 1: and I'm thrilled to be joined now by former Dolphins
Speaker 1: quarterback a man that needs no introduction thirty six and
Speaker 1: twenty three as the Dolphins starting quarterback from two thousand
Speaker 1: to two thousand and four, The last Dolphins QB to
Speaker 1: win a playoff game, Jay Fiedler. Jay, what's up man?
Speaker 1: Welcome back in Dravis. Thanks man. How you doing. I'm
Speaker 1: doing good, better than you, apparently, because I heard you're
Speaker 1: stuck in some snow up there in the northeast. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I just I just finished shoveling the driveway and had
Speaker 1: a little hot Coco get ready for you. Hey, the
Speaker 1: hot coco part, I will envy a little bit. I
Speaker 1: don't miss the cold weather, but you know, those those
Speaker 1: techniques to get back to being warm, those are certainly missed. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: we we needed them when we had a all up
Speaker 1: the Buffalo and New England in December every year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: there you go. I was actually watching a YouTube clip
Speaker 1: the other day. I think it was like one of
Speaker 1: those Twitter vintage accounts where they showed you on the
Speaker 1: field pregame up in Buffalo, and I want to say
Speaker 1: it was maybe two thousand and you were saying beautiful
Speaker 1: day out here, and it was like probably twenty degrees. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I played college up at Dartmouth in New Hampshire,
Speaker 1: so I was used to the cold, you know, going
Speaker 1: up there. I think the old line loved it when
Speaker 1: I went out there in shorts and just a lightweight
Speaker 1: long sleep T shirt for warm up. So uh yeah,
Speaker 1: I definitely got the guys fired up, and uh we
Speaker 1: had a great game that day. Yeah, you're a little
Speaker 1: bit ahead of your time. I recall seeing some some
Speaker 1: of the college kids these days, they'll they'll make it
Speaker 1: a point to go out their shirt lists and get
Speaker 1: like some push ups and stuff like that to try
Speaker 1: to I guess set the tone. But you did it
Speaker 1: on your own, in your own way back in those days.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, the last we talked, j And
Speaker 1: we were on the same season, or not the same season.
Speaker 1: Rather we were in the two thousand season talking about
Speaker 1: the finale against the Patriots and cold weather game. But
Speaker 1: today we're gonna go to the beginning of the two
Speaker 1: thousand one season. And as I can see in your
Speaker 1: background there, you still have the poster up. Now, last
Speaker 1: time we talked, it was your your sun shade from
Speaker 1: the window. But now it's a little more prominently displayed there. J. Well, yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, I used to do the zooms up my
Speaker 1: office where my computer was, and uh, I just decided
Speaker 1: that that shade in the background kept giving a glare,
Speaker 1: kept giving a glare, and uh, you know, rather than
Speaker 1: taking taking the poster to block the shade, rock block
Speaker 1: the sun, I think I'll just take my computer and
Speaker 1: come downstairs, you know, to the basement. Well, I'm glad
Speaker 1: to see that it still looks great because there's obviously
Speaker 1: no sun spots on it. It looks fantastic. I think
Speaker 1: most Dolphins fans remember that game and that Sports Illustrated
Speaker 1: cover with J and the end zone kind of pumping
Speaker 1: the fist after a game winning touchdown run. But you know,
Speaker 1: I'm sure Dolphins fans remember this game for that reason,
Speaker 1: A big reason why, but also a major, major, you know,
Speaker 1: life changing period in our country here. And I think
Speaker 1: to start off here, Jay, and you know, if this
Speaker 1: is a tough transition to make, I'd like to kind
Speaker 1: of just give you the floor. Maybe we can go
Speaker 1: back and forth, but I want to know, like, what
Speaker 1: was that week like leading up to this game? Because
Speaker 1: you know, the nine eleven tragedy had just happened. You guys,
Speaker 1: I want to know, like, how did you find out?
Speaker 1: What was the scheduling, like the communication as far as
Speaker 1: what you're gonna do? What was it like when you
Speaker 1: guys first found out about you know, nine eleven and
Speaker 1: the schedule afterwards? Yeah, well, you know, I remember it
Speaker 1: was you know, we had two weeks because they actually
Speaker 1: canceled the week of the season. Uh. You know when
Speaker 1: after nine eleven happened, and and we didn't know what
Speaker 1: was you know, what was going on, what was going
Speaker 1: to happen. Uh. Uh you know nine eleven ended up
Speaker 1: that year coming on an off day on a Tuesday.
Speaker 1: So you know, I remember being at home and uh
Speaker 1: uh you know, waking up to to to get up
Speaker 1: to go into the facility to to watch some film
Speaker 1: and get prepared for uh for the next week, and
Speaker 1: uh you know, turn the TV on and see what's
Speaker 1: going on, and uh, you know it took me a
Speaker 1: while to get in that. Uh. You know I had
Speaker 1: uh you know, being from New York and uh growing
Speaker 1: up in the area. You know, I knew one of
Speaker 1: my best friends from college actually worked in the world
Speaker 1: trade Center at CANi fis Gerald, Uh, you know, up
Speaker 1: on the hundred something floor and uh, you know, if
Speaker 1: you if you remember anything about you know, nine eleven
Speaker 1: Candor you know, was one of those companies that that
Speaker 1: lost you know, probably of the company there and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, luckily he was still working some overnight hours
Speaker 1: and uh got out of there in the morning. But
Speaker 1: I didn't know that, you know, so you know, I
Speaker 1: spent a good part of the day trying to connect
Speaker 1: with him or or you know other people friends and
Speaker 1: family that uh uh you know, can can find out
Speaker 1: what was happening. And you know, the phones were all
Speaker 1: messed up that day, uh, with everyone trying to communicate
Speaker 1: with with with their family and with their friends. Uh.
Speaker 1: So it took a while to to finally get the
Speaker 1: good news that that he wasn't there and uh and survived.
Speaker 1: But you know, over the next day or two, you
Speaker 1: find out stories of other people and other friends who
Speaker 1: you know, friends of friends or or you know, people
Speaker 1: that are connected with with with with close friends and
Speaker 1: family that uh, you know, it was just such a
Speaker 1: tragic day and uh and aftermath beyond that, so you know,
Speaker 1: after after it happened, you know, we Actually we had
Speaker 1: to go in you know, the following day for practice
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, and you know, there was a somber mood.
Speaker 1: No one really felt like practicing. Uh. I don't recall.
Speaker 1: I think we just did just cancel that practice that day,
Speaker 1: and we were kind of waiting for the NFL and
Speaker 1: make a decision on uh, you know, on what they
Speaker 1: were going to do uh with the week. I think
Speaker 1: every sports organization during that time period was was trying
Speaker 1: to figure it out. Um. You know, I know Baseball,
Speaker 1: you know, it was getting towards the end of their season,
Speaker 1: and you know, they didn't know what was going on.
Speaker 1: Football didn't know what was going on. And took a
Speaker 1: day or two to the NFL to finally say, you know,
Speaker 1: let's cancel this week and you know, we'll we'll let
Speaker 1: you know, and and uh ended up coming back the
Speaker 1: following week, uh to play the game. So uh, you know,
Speaker 1: it's definitely a surreal time and you know, and then
Speaker 1: the preparation getting back uh, you know, even a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks later after after it happened. Uh, Um, you know,
Speaker 1: you still had you know a lot of things going on.
Speaker 1: You know, air travel was was different. Uh. Um, you
Speaker 1: know everything. You know, it was a bit different that
Speaker 1: at that point. You know, I know my dad used
Speaker 1: to make it down to every single game and mine
Speaker 1: uh uh you know, he traveled whether it was home
Speaker 1: or away. Uh, you know, and he he hopped on
Speaker 1: a Jet Blue flight to come down, uh for the
Speaker 1: Radar game, and he said there were about four people
Speaker 1: on the flight, you know, and it was you know,
Speaker 1: the people were that scared of of getting on planes
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, I didn't want to resume you know,
Speaker 1: the travel, so uh, you know, it was it was
Speaker 1: just a crazy time. But you know, as as an athlete,
Speaker 1: you always you know, use uh you know, use your
Speaker 1: sport and use your your profession as a way too,
Speaker 1: you know, for for a few hours a day, and
Speaker 1: you know, to to kind of get away from, you know,
Speaker 1: the distractions of life. And and it allows, you know,
Speaker 1: it allowed us as as athletes to you know, be
Speaker 1: able to to you know, get our focus away from
Speaker 1: what was going on in the tragedy that was happening
Speaker 1: and uh, you know realize that life does move on
Speaker 1: and and you know you have to keep pushing forward.
Speaker 1: And you know, we translated that into you know, coming
Speaker 1: back on the field and and really allowing America to
Speaker 1: heal and uh uh you know, give them, you know,
Speaker 1: a bit of normalcy again after a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: of grieving. I'm glad you mentioned that because you know,
Speaker 1: I wasn't. I mean, I was in sixth grade, Jay,
Speaker 1: so I didn't really you know, have the full grasp
Speaker 1: of the concept of what was happening as far as
Speaker 1: the gravity of the situation. But you know, I do
Speaker 1: remember watching sports as a kid that only really cared
Speaker 1: about sports at that time in my life. And remember
Speaker 1: like the Andrewsie brothers for the Patriots coming onto the
Speaker 1: field with the American flags and uh, you know, Rudy
Speaker 1: Giuliana throwing out the first pitch of the Yankees game
Speaker 1: in the playoffs and they came back to play, or
Speaker 1: even even this game they showed John Gruden on the
Speaker 1: sideline and he was, you know, he was tearful as
Speaker 1: an emotional moment for him and I'm sure everybody else involved.
Speaker 1: I was wondering you mentioned, because you had that connection
Speaker 1: back to New York. Did the coaches ask you or
Speaker 1: maybe anybody else to kind of get up and address
Speaker 1: the team, like what was there some some type of
Speaker 1: therapy session coming back in because you know, like you mentioned,
Speaker 1: this is so unprecedented, maybe you have to find a
Speaker 1: new way to approach it. Yeah, you know, we we
Speaker 1: we did talk about, you know, as a team. Uh
Speaker 1: uh you know, I mean we were talking about whether
Speaker 1: you know, we even you know, before the NFL made
Speaker 1: their decision, you know, whether we even you know I
Speaker 1: wanted to go back and play. And you know that
Speaker 1: was a team discussion on you know, what we would
Speaker 1: recommend to the NFL and uh you know, even uh
Speaker 1: you know, even getting back out the practice was a
Speaker 1: discussion that that we had when was the right time
Speaker 1: to you know, to to return and uh, you know
Speaker 1: it was you know, I mean for me, I remember,
Speaker 1: you know, because of my New York connection and and
Speaker 1: uh you know connection there. Uh you know, and also
Speaker 1: just being a team captain. You know, it was an
Speaker 1: honor for me when the team came out, when we
Speaker 1: were announced in the pregame, you know, to to be
Speaker 1: out front with the American flag and uh you know
Speaker 1: lead the team out from from the locker room, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, right before the national anthem. And you know
Speaker 1: there was a time that again, like I said, you know,
Speaker 1: the country was really coming together and everyone you know
Speaker 1: was was patriot out of at that time, you know,
Speaker 1: feeling for you know, whether it was New York or
Speaker 1: or d C that got hit or you know, the
Speaker 1: Pennsylvania crash. Uh, you know, it really affected everyone across
Speaker 1: the country. Uh uh you know it was a time
Speaker 1: that you know, the the US came together to unite
Speaker 1: and uh uh you know, united around uh you know,
Speaker 1: sports and uh, you know that was kind of the
Speaker 1: big catalyst for you know, returning like I said, returning
Speaker 1: to a normal activity. Yeah, I was gonna say that
Speaker 1: had to have been a motivation for you guys, right,
Speaker 1: like kind of not taking the honest to be the
Speaker 1: ones that you know, turned things back to normal. But
Speaker 1: you had to take some pride in that, right. Oh yeah, absolutely,
Speaker 1: you know it was it was, like I said, an
Speaker 1: honor to to to be in that situation, to be
Speaker 1: in that in that moment, uh uh, to to show
Speaker 1: the country that, uh, you know, we're we're going up
Speaker 1: against the raiders and you know we we can't stand them,
Speaker 1: but you know we're all together and uh, you know
Speaker 1: and bringing America back together, you know, back to normal.
Speaker 1: So we do want to talk about this game at
Speaker 1: some point, I'll kind of I guess trying to make
Speaker 1: this relation in the transition. Was there like kind of
Speaker 1: a sluggish feel to it at the beginning, or did
Speaker 1: you have a moment where you kind of got back
Speaker 1: into the game or was it once the ball kicked
Speaker 1: off you're ready to go? Like was how had you
Speaker 1: been different to start that game off? Uh? Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: the the emotions of the of the national anthem definitely
Speaker 1: hit a chord with a lot of people. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: just uh, you know, being back out on the field.
Speaker 1: I think they had a big flyover for for that game,
Speaker 1: uh you know, which was you know, energetic and emotional
Speaker 1: at the same time that the huge you know, American
Speaker 1: play got them out there and uh you know, I
Speaker 1: think they invited some some first responders you know, down
Speaker 1: to the game and military to be out there. So
Speaker 1: you know, there was definitely a lot of pageantry around
Speaker 1: uh you know, the Patriots is of coming back and playing.
Speaker 1: But you know, like you said, I think you know,
Speaker 1: you get that fly over in the national anthem and
Speaker 1: uh and uh you know the energy that's that's built
Speaker 1: from all the emotion you know that that went through
Speaker 1: getting to that point. You know, once the game starts,
Speaker 1: you know, there was a lot of built up emotion
Speaker 1: to to to get into the game. And so you know,
Speaker 1: that was the first thing I learned in podcasting j
Speaker 1: was to play the hits, talk about the most pressing
Speaker 1: issues first. I think that was obviously first and second
Speaker 1: would take us all the way to the very end
Speaker 1: of the game. So I think most people remember this
Speaker 1: game for obviously at the nine eleven return, but also
Speaker 1: the game winning touchdown. This post right behind you here
Speaker 1: where you're lying in the end zone celebrating game winning touchdown.
Speaker 1: Rush I had, I had one question I'd love to
Speaker 1: get an answer on here, but I think that's kind
Speaker 1: of part of the larger equations. So it's it's third down,
Speaker 1: which means you've got to plays to get across the
Speaker 1: goal line. And you know what, let's let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and do this chronologically. So you're in the huddle, it's
Speaker 1: third and goal from the two yard line, no time outs.
Speaker 1: You've got no time out in your back pocket, so
Speaker 1: Chan the offensive arditor has to be in your ear
Speaker 1: telling you, hey, if it's not there, throw that thing
Speaker 1: away right Well, yeah, you know, I mean I knew
Speaker 1: the situation. Uh you know I knew I knew what
Speaker 1: was involved. Uh and what I did make that decision
Speaker 1: to to run for it. You know, I knew the
Speaker 1: consequences if if I wasn't able to get there. Uh
Speaker 1: So you know in the back of my head, you know,
Speaker 1: going into that play coming out of the huddle. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know that was really like our two point play. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know that that that we worked on, you know
Speaker 1: for a two point situation. Obviously we're down in that
Speaker 1: uh in that part of the field, uh to to
Speaker 1: do it, and you know when you when you think
Speaker 1: about it, you know your two point play is you know,
Speaker 1: really going to be your best play for that situation. Uh.
Speaker 1: So you know we dialed it up at at that point,
Speaker 1: and uh, it really gave me a lot of options
Speaker 1: on that play. You know, it was a full bootleg,
Speaker 1: but you know there were three four receivers. Uh you
Speaker 1: know that that we're in my line of sight for
Speaker 1: that play in addition to the run and uh and
Speaker 1: a throwaway option. So uh, you know all all were
Speaker 1: available to me. Uh. You know I came out, I
Speaker 1: think I saw a Hunter Goodwin kind of flashed in
Speaker 1: front of me. Uh, you knows as a first option,
Speaker 1: he was covered. Uh. You know, I kind of continued
Speaker 1: out out towards the sideline and Trace Armstrong kind of
Speaker 1: you know, mirrored me out there, started rushing to me.
Speaker 1: I looked in the end zone, no one was open. Uh.
Speaker 1: And as I ducked inside of Trace, I just saw,
Speaker 1: you know, plenty of green grass, uh and enough room
Speaker 1: for me to to to beat whatever defender was gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, come off of their man to get there.
Speaker 1: So you know, made that decision to uh to take
Speaker 1: off and run and uh and uh you know, thankfully
Speaker 1: it was the right decision. And uh, I was able
Speaker 1: to dive and get that ball over the end zone
Speaker 1: before anyone came to hit me. Yeah. I took a
Speaker 1: bunch of notes here, and I know a lot of
Speaker 1: the things that you just talked about their twenty one
Speaker 1: personnel offset. I play action. You'd fake the toss, sweep
Speaker 1: to the to the strong or to the field side,
Speaker 1: and you rolled naked to the to the boundary and
Speaker 1: the clamped I think it was. Was it Rob Conrad
Speaker 1: in the flat? I have to it was a fullback
Speaker 1: and so that was that. The first reader was a
Speaker 1: Hunter good one. Uh, you're you're actually right. It was
Speaker 1: Rob Conrad in the in the flat was the first read,
Speaker 1: you know, it was him coming back to Hunter, and
Speaker 1: then uh, I think it was a Rhanda in the
Speaker 1: back of the end zone. Uh, you know it was
Speaker 1: was probably third read. But you know, I remember, I
Speaker 1: know I came off a robb real quick and Hunter
Speaker 1: was kind of the guy that was, you know, iffy
Speaker 1: whether I could get it to him and uh uh
Speaker 1: you know, and then coming off of him to make
Speaker 1: the decision to run. So I'd love to just go
Speaker 1: further intode the mind of the quarterback for someone that's
Speaker 1: never gonna experience, you know, I think the closest experience
Speaker 1: fans have to the NFL experience is that old Michael
Speaker 1: Vick commercial the roller coaster that takes the kid around
Speaker 1: for the Michael Vick experience. But I'm curious because you
Speaker 1: mentioned Trace Armstrong and I had to go back and
Speaker 1: look up. I was like the neck roll that looks
Speaker 1: like it might be Trace. I had to go look
Speaker 1: at ninety three on the roster card and sure enough
Speaker 1: it was him. And like you mentioned, you you made
Speaker 1: a split decision where you're kind of angling towards the
Speaker 1: pylon and then he's gonna try to get the outside
Speaker 1: pursuit angle on you. And you made a decision like snap,
Speaker 1: once you cut back inside you that was it, like
Speaker 1: you had to commit at that point. How how fast
Speaker 1: does that happen? Like you actually have a chance to
Speaker 1: sit there and be like, okay, I'll if I cut
Speaker 1: inside hearing me that can throw it away, maybe I
Speaker 1: can find a target somewhere else. Or does it just
Speaker 1: kind of happen instinctually for you? Uh? You know, I
Speaker 1: think it happens instinctually. I think you know what, like
Speaker 1: I said, in the back of my mind, I knew
Speaker 1: all the decisions that that that I had to make,
Speaker 1: uh and those of flashed decisions, and as an athlete,
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta take all that process it and
Speaker 1: uh and it happens just you know, just like that,
Speaker 1: the snap of the snap of a finger. And uh.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, when like I said, you know, when
Speaker 1: I did cut inside, you know that split this second
Speaker 1: decision was you either throw it away or you see
Speaker 1: green grass, you can get it, get it, get into
Speaker 1: the end zone and you go uh you know, and
Speaker 1: and and hesitation is what really causes, you know, mistakes
Speaker 1: out on the football field. So you know, you gotta
Speaker 1: make that decision. You gotta commit to it, and you
Speaker 1: gotta go with it. And you know, you learn as
Speaker 1: a quarterback, you know when it's time to pull the trigger,
Speaker 1: you gotta pull it. Uh, you know, whether it's throwing
Speaker 1: the ball into a window, or whether it's you know,
Speaker 1: making that decision to to to to to run for
Speaker 1: it and and and go for a touchdown or a
Speaker 1: first down or whatever this situation might pay. When you
Speaker 1: made the decision, was there ever a point in your
Speaker 1: mind we were like ship, I might not get in.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think so. I mean I I
Speaker 1: saw the goal line as as clear as day. I
Speaker 1: saw a clear path to it. Uh. You know, it
Speaker 1: probably looked a lot closer on the film, but uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I knew in the back of my mind
Speaker 1: that that that that I was gonna be able to
Speaker 1: get there. So you do you do? Dive in get
Speaker 1: across us the goal line. We have again the image
Speaker 1: behind your right shoulder there is is you lying in
Speaker 1: the end zone. Can you take us through your thoughts
Speaker 1: in that moment? I don't know if I had anythings
Speaker 1: you four. Yeah, I guess, uh, you know you dive.
Speaker 1: You know, I was, you know, just looking up, you know,
Speaker 1: to make sure that the referee gave the touchdown signal.
Speaker 1: And as I'm looking up, you know, everyone's jumping all
Speaker 1: over me, and I think when my hand goes up,
Speaker 1: it's when I see the referee you know, actually make
Speaker 1: you know, come in and give the touchdown signal. You know,
Speaker 1: my hand goes up. I know it's you know, uh
Speaker 1: uh you know it's a game winning touchdown. And then
Speaker 1: you know, I'm getting attacked by everyone on the offensive side,
Speaker 1: you know, jumping all over me. And you know, it
Speaker 1: was just the energy and the building and and uh
Speaker 1: in the stadium, the energy from from the teammates and
Speaker 1: from the sideline. You know, that was That was one
Speaker 1: of the loudest I heard. The Pro Player Dolten you know,
Speaker 1: the Pro Player Stadium, Joe Robbie Stadium, whatever you want
Speaker 1: call it. Uh went through about six different names while
Speaker 1: I was there. I think, yeah, that was before the
Speaker 1: camp he got added on for what it is now
Speaker 1: hard Rock Stadium, so the noise didn't get trapped in
Speaker 1: the same way. But when when the seventies seven thousand
Speaker 1: whatever it has got got going. It was you could
Speaker 1: definitely hear them. So that the next part I want
Speaker 1: to ask is the kind of the aftermath, because you
Speaker 1: know we talked about third the third down situation. Obviously
Speaker 1: you have your your checklist, you have in your mind
Speaker 1: that you talked about. But you know, it reminds me
Speaker 1: when I played basketball back in my day. J Like,
Speaker 1: if I if I jacked up a shot that was
Speaker 1: maybe off balance, or the coach wasn't a big fan
Speaker 1: of the low presentag shot I was taking, it was no, no, no, no,
Speaker 1: and then it goes and yes, yes, good shot, good choice.
Speaker 1: Did you have that moment in the film room with
Speaker 1: Chan at all or like, was it just all all celebration? No,
Speaker 1: you know, I think it would be the end. Z
Speaker 1: always justify the means, right, uh uh you know, but
Speaker 1: but you know that's that was a choice on that play,
Speaker 1: So you know, it's not it was a choice that
Speaker 1: was available to me. It was an option that was
Speaker 1: that was there to take, and uh uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I think I made the right choice. Yeah, you definitely
Speaker 1: did Dolphins get the second victory of the season. It
Speaker 1: was a big, big game with the Raiders, who were obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, in that era, uh pretty much perpetually a
Speaker 1: Super Bowl contender. So you guys were right there with
Speaker 1: him too and playing playing a tight game with those guys.
Speaker 1: And you know it was your second rushing touchdown of
Speaker 1: the game. You took a draw in earlier in the game.
Speaker 1: And I want to finish with this, Jay, you had
Speaker 1: the two rushing touchdowns. You had a huge conversion before
Speaker 1: the touchdown, also with your legs, and earlier on the
Speaker 1: drive you got absolutely walluped on a hit that wasn't flagged.
Speaker 1: And I mean, I cannot believe that hit was not flagged.
Speaker 1: Today they would have there would have been thirty flags
Speaker 1: pouring in on that guy. But you just bounced right up.
Speaker 1: And I'm going somewhere with this, so just stay with
Speaker 1: me for a second. You just kept getting up and
Speaker 1: all of this came after a pick six you threw
Speaker 1: with a one point lead at the start of the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter, And to me, man Like, it just speaks
Speaker 1: to your resilient character and toughness. I guess what I
Speaker 1: want to know is where did that kind of develop
Speaker 1: for you? Where you become this in this guy who
Speaker 1: was known for always getting up off the mat and
Speaker 1: always being competitive in those big moments Like that's kind
Speaker 1: of what defines you for Dolphins fans in that era.
Speaker 1: Where does that come from? Uh well, look, it comes
Speaker 1: initially as an athlete, you know, with a desire and
Speaker 1: and uh uh you know I hate to lose mentality.
Speaker 1: Uh you know it's uh we had a lot of
Speaker 1: guys on on that team. You know you think about
Speaker 1: a Jason Taylor, Zach Thomas, uh you know the uh
Speaker 1: you know, the defensive guys, I mean, Lamar Smith. I
Speaker 1: mean these are hate hate to lose tech guys. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know that that would do anything to to go
Speaker 1: out there and and uh you know, do whatever it
Speaker 1: takes to get a win. And uh you know I
Speaker 1: was also you know playing you know at that point
Speaker 1: with a little chip on my shoulder. Was undrafted, you know,
Speaker 1: free agent quarterback guy who was uh you know, passed
Speaker 1: around for for a few different teams, and you know,
Speaker 1: finally got my opportunity with Miami and I wasn't gonna
Speaker 1: let it up. Uh you know, I was gonna do
Speaker 1: whatever it took. And uh, you know they knocked me down,
Speaker 1: I'm getting right back up. And you know it's funny.
Speaker 1: I mean you talk about the one hit. Uh you
Speaker 1: know that you know it should have been a flag
Speaker 1: and uh you know, these days would be a fine ejection.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, uh whatever it is. Uh you know,
Speaker 1: but but these days I'd probably also be taken out
Speaker 1: of the out of that game because the concussion protocol.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, because I mean you mentioned it that
Speaker 1: I popped right back up. But I don't know if
Speaker 1: you saw on the on the replay, you know when
Speaker 1: I popped back up, I took a little stumble. Uh.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, I was a little I think I
Speaker 1: was still a little bit dizzy at the time. And
Speaker 1: uh you know this was before any of the concussion
Speaker 1: uh uh you know, uh talk you know ever came up,
Speaker 1: and uh you know, for me, it was you know,
Speaker 1: shake my head, shake it off, get back out there
Speaker 1: and continue to drive, and let's go. And I remember,
Speaker 1: uh you know, James McKnight came up from from behind
Speaker 1: me and kind of steadied me as I got up,
Speaker 1: and and he called to the uh you know, to
Speaker 1: the trainers to come out, and that kind of just
Speaker 1: righted me, you know, right up. You know. When I
Speaker 1: heard him calling for the train I turned back around.
Speaker 1: I told him, you know, and I don't know if
Speaker 1: there's a PG show or not, but uh, you know
Speaker 1: I I thought I told him to get his ask
Speaker 1: back and then back in the huddle and let's go
Speaker 1: down and uh and when this, you know, win this
Speaker 1: game because you know the no one's, no one's taking
Speaker 1: me out of the game right now. Uh you know,
Speaker 1: I'm ready to go and uh you know, I feel good.
Speaker 1: Let's let's let's get after it. So uh, um you know,
Speaker 1: was that and then you know, I remember the you know,
Speaker 1: we had a fourth down play, uh hit TD reward
Speaker 1: on that drive a couple of plays before the touchdown.
Speaker 1: Uh you know, so we came back and uh you know,
Speaker 1: obviously whatever hit to the head I got and I
Speaker 1: was was back and ready to go, and you know
Speaker 1: I had my full capabilities, uh you know, to be
Speaker 1: back out play. That's a great spot to end the
Speaker 1: podcast right there. You guys go on to convert the
Speaker 1: two point conversion, go up eighteen fifteen, and win by
Speaker 1: that final big big win back in the second game
Speaker 1: of the season that year. Jay Fiedler Dolphins quarterback from
Speaker 1: two thousand to two thousand four. Jay, It's always a
Speaker 1: pleasure man, be will and thank you so much for
Speaker 1: your time today. Same at Travis, thank you you as well.
Speaker 1: And there he goes Jay Feeler, Man, how cool was
Speaker 1: that that was? I remember that game to this day.
Speaker 1: I'll never forget it. I'm sure that's how it is
Speaker 1: for most of you Dolphins fans out there as well.
Speaker 1: The two thousand one victory over the Raiders, A very
Speaker 1: very emotional day, a big time performance there from Jay Fiedler.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and wrap this podcast up again. If
Speaker 1: you haven't heard the flashback podcast from today, go ahead
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