WEBVTT - Drive Time - Fins Flashback 2009 MNF vs. the Jets with Ronnie Brown 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:07.400 Fractors, Alphis Pafford throwing touchdown. What a win for this 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:13.600 Miami Dolphin team. What is up, Dolph fans? And welcome 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:17.200 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:21.599 official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, each 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:25.200 and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Friday. 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:28.360 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:31.600 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:34.320 on today's show, it is Friday, and you know that 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:37.280 means we're flashing it back, this time to two thousand 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:40.400 nine with former Dolphins running back Ronnie Brown. We're gonna 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:43.040 talk about the two thousand nine Monday Night football win 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:47.000 in the Orange Jersey's Ronnie Brown's touchdown win touchdown run 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:49.559 rather for the win with about eight seconds to go 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:52.760 in the game, Ronnie Brown on this Friday edition of 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:55.600 Finn's Flashback on the Drivetime Podcast. We're also going to 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.640 get the injury latest here John Conjemmie's Three Keys to 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:01.279 the Game. All of that and much much more on 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:09.240 this Friday, October sixteenth edition of the Drivetime Podcast. Time 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:11.720 is brought to you by Auto Nation. There are so 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:14.679 many reasons to drive Pink, but for Auto Nation, there's 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:17.759 only one to finish the fight against cancer. 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It will be imperative for 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:54.680 Miami to get off to that fast start quickly. Here 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:57.280 again against the New York Jets. And he makes an 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.040 interesting note here that says it's not just about the 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:03.360 explosive plays on offense or a turnover on defense, but 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.080 he can find a way, Brian Flores cam to get 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.080 a fast start through discipline, getting off to a clean start. 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.000 The Dolphins have been very good this year in this 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.600 area and that trend needs to continue. He says they're 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:15.640 one of the least penalized teams in the NFL, committing 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.160 just twenty three penalties through five games for a total 0:02:18.440 --> 0:02:22.720 of one yards. Number two, Stay aggressive, keeping the pressure 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:25.040 on the Jets Sunday is where this team wants to live. 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.639 A pass first mentality on offense that opens up the 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:30.359 run game and screen game seems to create more room 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.919 for the Dolphins offense to operate now, he said, he 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:35.760 realizes you can't start every game with Fitzpatrick dialing up 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.919 Preston Williams for forty seven yards, but with the running 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:41.639 game averaging three point seven yards per carry, John writes, 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:43.679 the Dolphins seemed to get the most success in the 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.360 running game after the passing game has put the defense 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.640 on their heels a little bit. So starting fast and 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.520 staying aggressive, and the third key for John in this 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:56.200 game is to make the Jets one dimensional. Stopping the run, 0:02:56.360 --> 0:02:58.480 or at least slowing it down, should be a priority 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:01.200 every week for a defense, and that's no difference this 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:03.959 week facing the Jets playing without Arguably they're two best 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.919 players on the roster, John Rights and quarterback Sam Donald 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:09.520 and running back Levy on Bell. Those two vacancies will 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.080 be hard to overcome for an offense that has scored 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.639 twenty points just one time this season and as O 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.320 and seven since Sam Donald was drafted when he is 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:19.520 not in the lineup. So those are your three keys. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.120 You can find those up on Miami Dolphins dot com. 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:24.880 And before we get into my interview with former Dolphins 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.200 running back Ronnie Brown, before we get to Juice and 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:30.160 Seth from the Fish Tank Podcast. On this edition of 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.840 Drive Time, brought to you by Auto Nation, let's go 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.560 ahead and get the Dolphins and Jets Friday injury report, 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.000 the last report before game day on Sunday for your 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:42.960 Miami Dolphins. Three players listed as questionable. That's it. We 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:44.760 have other players on the list, but they do not 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.360 have a game's tatus designation as they were all full 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:51.280 participants on Friday's practice. We have defensive and Shack Lawson, 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:54.680 tight end Durham Smith, and linebacker Kyle van Ney all 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:58.680 questionable after being limited on Friday for the visiting New 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:02.800 York Jets. To players listed as doubtful for the game McKay, Beckton, 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:06.240 and Sam Donald, and then five players listed as questionable 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.880 for the New York Jets, cornerback Blessed Austin, defensive lineman 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:14.840 John Franklin Myers, offensive lineman Alex Lewis, wide receiver Brashad Perriman, 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:18.600 and defensive lineman Quinnin Williams. So that's it for the 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:21.320 latest on the Miami Dolphins. Check out all the recent 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:24.280 content up on Drive Time, the Fish Tank Podcast, the 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:27.760 Audible Podcast. Plenty of content for Sunday's game at home 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:30.200 against the New York Jets. But for now, let's go 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.480 ahead and flash this thing back to two thousand nine, 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.719 when the Miami Dolphins took down the New York Jets 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:37.760 on Monday Night Football behind two touchdowns from Ronnie Brown. 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.440 Let's go ahead and welcome in now. Ronnie Brown and 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:43.320 writing Shotgun Now on the Drive Time Podcast, is the 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:47.040 former number two overall pick number twenty three. He spent 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:50.880 six years in Miami, the focal point of the Wildcat himself. 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:54.480 He is Ronnie Brown. Ronnie, Welcome in man. I appreciate 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.159 having it's good to be here. I appreciate it. Yeah, 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:58.600 it's it's cool, A good a chance to talk to you. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.440 I've been doing a few of these lately with guys 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.200 like Chris Chambers and Channing Crowder, all the guys that 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.279 I had jerseys of growing up. So it's always fun 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:08.080 to talk to you guys, man, Yeah, it's always good. 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.120 And I obviously got good companies, so um. You know, 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:14.080 those guys were two of the teammates that I really 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.479 enjoyed hanging around, and you know, really good players as well. Yeah. 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:19.960 I really enjoyed the stories you had with Channing Crowder 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:22.240 on the fish Tank about you know, going from the 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.320 swamp to the club and just changing the shirt out 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:26.919 the old backyard or the back of the car closet. Man, 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:31.000 that story kills me every time. Yeah, Man was probably 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.520 one of the most most low maintenance guys that I've 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.719 been around with, really most genuine guys that I've probably 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.360 been around, and really good friends. And you know, we 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.720 had some really good times, you know, from from that 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:45.279 time from going to practice to the club to you know, 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:48.760 other various activities that we got involved with. But yeah, 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.440 we definitely had a good time. It's too funny. Yeah, 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.760 I feel that genuine that love from him to like 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:55.480 I'll see him in the press box like last year, 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:57.360 for instance, and he's like, Hey, what's up, man, how 0:05:57.440 --> 0:05:59.719 you doing? So he treats everybody the same, That's what 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:02.320 you love about him. But Ronnie, these days, what are 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.080 you up to? Man? I know you're you're playing career 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:05.520 ended a few years back. What are you doing in 0:06:05.560 --> 0:06:09.240 the post NFL career? Yeah? Man, so I am transitioned 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:12.360 into life. Um, you don't have a family, Um, trying 0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:14.240 to be dad, trying to be husband and do the 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.000 best at that. But um, outside of that work related, 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:19.880 you know, I work in UH as a professional management 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:24.320 and professional management as a financial advisor. UM. Really enjoyed that, 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.680 you know, and that really came about just through my 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:29.160 experiences as a player and seeing some of the guys 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:32.120 around me. So I'm really excited about that part as well. 0:06:32.560 --> 0:06:34.839 I've got a five month old Ronnie. Any advice for 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:38.880 a new dad? Um? You know, there's really no template 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:42.080 for for it. Um, it's really just you know, taking 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.720 it as it comes. And I think has been UH 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.919 A life lesson for that is you know, being able 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.760 to adjust and you know, having a plan, but having 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:52.800 a backup plan for the plan. I think that's really 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.360 just the key of it. And you know, really being 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:59.559 one of those versatile people that really get um too many? Mercy? 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.880 Do that really? The uh? I guess where are you 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.400 out too much? Yeah, and then they'll certainly test your 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:07.320 your patients and your university. That's that's for sure. I 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.200 had a kid and moved across the country all this year, 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.040 so been a crazy But we're gonna go back now 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:16.000 to two thousand nine, the Monday night victory over the 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.640 New York Jets. I'll never forget that game, Ronnie. It was. 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.400 It was intense from start to finish. You know, Rex 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:23.600 Ryan and those Jets teams were very brash, They were 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:25.800 very abrasive. They told you how they felt, and they 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.320 usually didn't feel very good about your opponent. Was that 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:30.880 rivalry do you think? Because like for me as as 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.679 a fan growing up, that was like peak Dolphins Jets. 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:35.640 And obviously some fans are gonna say, well, you weren't 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.640 around for the eighties, but man, did you guys just 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.800 get cranked up for that game? An extra gear or what? Well? Yeah, 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.000 it was an exciting game. And obviously when you talk 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.960 about Rix Ryan and his mentality, um, the attitude of 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:48.880 his football team, um, you can see from the leadership 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:50.520 they were gonna be a It's gonna be a hard 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.120 fall game. But they were you know, I I think 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.400 an aggressive bunch, but then they were confident minded bunch 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.000 as well. UM. And so for us, you know, I 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:01.240 share that same to to men, you know, and so 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:03.720 I'm up for a challenge, UM, and I like those 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:07.040 type of environments and so, UM, you know, I think 0:08:07.080 --> 0:08:09.480 during that time our football team we were up for 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:13.080 that challenge. UM. And you know, I think as our mentality, 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.480 we had some older guys, but just from you know, 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:18.520 we're here to fight, and so I think we shared that. 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.600 That Monday night game was a reflection of that, um, 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:24.080 because it was gonna be a hardball game. But at 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:25.720 the end of the day, you know, we were gonna 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.680 welcome that and we were gonna you know, match that 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.360 same type of intensity. And you guys obviously had a 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.560 pretty old school coach in your own right there, and 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.720 Coach Tony Sperranto rest in peace to coach Tony. Uh 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:37.960 did he kind of help match that mentality and kind 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:39.680 of set that you know, we're gonna be kind of 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.200 quiet in our conference and go about it that way. 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.440 Oh absolutely, you know, Um, Coach Bernto was probably one 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.079 of my favorite coaches. It's not my favorite coach UM 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.880 going throughout my career in football, UM, not just in 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:54.240 professional level. UM, because he's a big time boxing fan, 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:58.640 he's a big time competitor. But he's a person who 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:02.560 really embrace his relationship. And so I think we all, 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.720 you know, responded to that because we all had a 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:07.640 deep relationship. When you have a coach, a leader, someone 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:10.800 who really exemplifies, you know and trying to express it 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:12.440 that they want to see you do well, not just 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:14.440 in sports, but in life. He was that type of 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.480 person and that makes you want to run through a 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.440 wall for a guy like that. But you know, there 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.840 were nights, Saturday nights we watched before the game, we 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:24.480 watched boxing clips of guys that were just really willing 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.599 to go the distance and whatever it was took or 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.720 whatever it took, UM, And I think that was his mentality. 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.440 And so you know, sharing that with him, UM it 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:34.640 really meant a lot. Yeah, that's a really cool note. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.800 You just don't get without doing these types of podcasts. 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.120 That's why we love to have this this inside information 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:41.280 on on stories like that, kind of behind the scenes. 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:43.880 You talk about running through a wall. I'll never forget 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:46.000 Two thousand eight after that game against the Jets, the 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.160 week seventeen victory. That's your gray hat. I will never 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:52.640 forget that, Ronnie. That was the best. Yeah, man, it was. 0:09:52.720 --> 0:09:54.880 It was exciting, man. And you know, for me, a 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:59.680 country kid um out of Northwest Georgia, cartis Ville, Georgia. UM, 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.960 you know, we believe in work and even just through 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:04.520 all over Uh. You know, we had an old school 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:08.840 uh strength and conditioning coach and Kevin YAsO who you know, 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:10.679 his thing was, I believe in work. I believe in 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:12.920 hard work and so you're only going to get out 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:14.560 of life what you put into it. And so that 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:17.800 was just my mentality and the way I approached football, um, 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:19.920 you know. And it's so weird because as I see 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.400 people after my career, they're like you, so, you know, 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.600 kind of maud mannered and you know, that's just not 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.160 the same mentality. But between those lines, it's a total 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.680 different approach, um, you know, and so you just got 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:32.440 to approach it that way, you know that. You know, 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:33.920 for me, when I was carrying the ball, I was 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.440 a bigger guy. So my whole thing was I need 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.520 to get them before they get me. And you know, 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.080 I think that carried over. Yeah, you had to play 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:43.319 in two thousand seven against the Raiders and that was 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.400 a tough year for the team, and obviously you would 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:47.240 would end up injuring your knee that year and missed 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:48.600 the rest of the season, But you had to play 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:50.400 where you dropped a shoulder on a guy at the 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.559 goal line and ran him over and buried him six 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.880 ft deep there on the playing surface at Dolphin Stadium 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.560 of the time. That was my computer desktop background for 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.360 a long time was that someone got a great shot 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.800 of you just burying that dude. So we loved that 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.000 approach you had. It really it really meshed well with 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:07.920 the Dolphins and the kind of heating humidity down here 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.079 to kind of grind teams out. But the game we're 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:12.560 gonna talk about on this podcast is the year after 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:16.079 the Wildcat the division championship season, I should say, the 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.560 two thousand nine Monday Night against the New York Jets, 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.679 and we talked about the gray hat. You guys were 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:24.080 also wearing orange uniforms in that game. Did you guys care, 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:26.960 like was it different for you to have an alternate uniform? 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.040 Like did that stuff matter to you guys at all? Um? 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:33.760 You know, it's funny enough that it does. UM, I enjoyed. 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:37.760 I think most guys, you know, football related, Uh, there're 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.040 a few guys that don't really care. Chen is probably 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.079 one of those guys that he just wanta goes down. 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:43.560 He want to go out and play the game. It 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:46.360 doesn't matter what uniform. He's just a hard nosed guy. 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.360 And you know that's the way it approaches you. But 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.520 you know, I try to approach it the same way. 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.600 But I I like the uniform thing. And you know, 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.040 the orange jury was probably my favorite. UM. I wish 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:58.560 we would had it gotten, would have gotten a chance 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.480 to wear more UM. And so you know, I really 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:04.720 enjoyed that. I tried to match the orange jersey with 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:08.240 the orange cleats. Those were actually soccer cleats. Did I 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.280 wore that game, and so that was one of the 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.080 reasons I had to stat up up because they were 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:15.160 a little bit lower. Um. You know, so I had 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.400 to get a little bit more ankle support. But I 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.960 really enjoyed those jerseys. Well, I think it worked for 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:21.880 you just scored a pair of touchdowns in the game, 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.400 and we start the game off with a touchdown drive 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.839 capped off by yours truly or by you, I should say, 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.439 not yours truly, but you start that drive. I think 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.080 there was thirteen and a half minutes to go, so 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:33.640 very early in the game in that first quarter, and 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:35.920 you had to touchdown past to Anthony Fazzano back in 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.360 two thousand eight on a Wildcat little roll out there, 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:40.720 but you hit another one in this game to get 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.040 that game going. What were your thoughts coming out of 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.040 the huddle when you knew the play call was for 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.000 number twenty three to put the ball up in the air. 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.640 You know, I was excited, um, anytime we went into 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:53.800 that formason. It was an opportunity, uh, to really kind 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:57.480 of showcase talent. I never played quarterback before. Actually grew 0:12:57.559 --> 0:12:59.760 up a really big baseball fan. I'm a huge brave 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:03.120 and um, and so you know, for me, getting to 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:06.200 throw the ball play quarterback on that level was really exciting, 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.800 and so you know, I didn't want to mess it up. 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:10.880 That was the initial thought when we first got in 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.760 the Wildcat, you know, in two thousand and eight, but 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.120 you know, just giving that opportunity, Um, obviously the coaching 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.680 staff believed in me, and so I really just want 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:21.400 to go out and put my best foot forward, and 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.840 it was an opportunity and I had a chance to 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.880 make a play and fortunately for me, you know, I 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.320 was able to do that. Did did throwing the ball 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:31.160 left handed always catch somebody off guards. I feel like 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.400 when someone sees a receiver or a running back or 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:36.240 any non quarterback when they throw a left handed everyone's like, oh, 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.640 I don't know that guy was left handed. I think 0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:40.600 it did. And I think that was a big surprise 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.679 because I am left handed naturally, um you know, from 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.520 growing up, and so being able to roll out to 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.520 my left and throw a pass, I think we kind 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:50.920 of got a chance to catch a lot of guys 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:54.199 off guard. There aren't too many, um, left handed quarterbacks, 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.160 and so for me being a running back and then 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:58.160 you know, being able to roll out to the left side, 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:00.560 I think that was really unexpected. And a lot of 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:02.360 big plays in this game did come out of that 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:05.520 wildcat package, some from you and some from Ricky Williams. 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.720 And we talked about the fish tank appearance a while back. 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:09.760 You know, you got You've talked a lot about what 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.320 you and Ricky meant to each other in that backfield 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:14.400 and how you guys kind of work together. But in 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.440 this game. He had some big plays, You had some 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:19.040 big plays. What was it about Ricky that really helped 0:14:19.080 --> 0:14:21.320 make that package really excel and take it to the 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:24.560 next level. Man, I think that the big thing. Like 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:29.120 anything else, it's it's relationship. When you talk about success 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:33.080 and any team scored, any team at activity, any business, 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:37.800 it all comes down to relationship and respect for one another. 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:39.920 And so outside of the game, Ricky was one of 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:41.360 you know, the guy that I was close to. I 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.240 had a lot of respect for his game, the way 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.120 he approached the game, the way he went through practice, um, 0:14:46.160 --> 0:14:48.840 and so our relationship was pretty close. And so you know, 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.440 for us, we as a room, a running back room, 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.640 we took pride in the opportunity to get three sometimes 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.680 four running backs on the field at the same time. 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:00.000 And so um in doing that, we wanted to really 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:03.600 be successful. Um and so um you know the relationship 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.720 that we say between Ricky and myself and then we 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.560 had a loose soccer polite. We had Patrick Cobbs. You know, 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:14.280 we also had kind of uh Lex Hilliard. You know, 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:15.920 so for us to be able to get in the 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.440 game at the same time, it meant a lot um. 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:20.720 And you know, in our coach, coach James Saxon, he 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.760 took pride in that as well. And so somebody having 0:15:23.760 --> 0:15:26.160 someone to believe in you, I think that makes you 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:29.480 want to do better a little bit more. And so um, 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.320 when we hit the field anytime to go through that formation, 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:34.120 we wanted to make shire it was the best that 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:36.840 we could do. And unfortunately, I think in two thousand 0:15:36.880 --> 0:15:39.280 eight we actually set the bar kind of high, um 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.880 because everyone expected a touchdown or a big play out 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.080 of that formation. But you know, we really just took 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.360 pride and then it was all relationship and respect that 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:49.440 we had in our room. I love the mention of 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.280 Patrick Cobbs and Alex Hillier to loosccer Polite. I recall 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.320 Patrick Cobb got loose for a touchdown against the Texans, 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.200 not two thousand and eight season. He was wide open 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.600 all by himself. You mentioned Loos Soccer Polite. He had 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:02.840 a great that that year, eight year where he converted 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:05.360 every single third down except for one, and the one 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.280 that he didn't he picked it up on fourth down, 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:09.480 so he you know, third and one, fourth one he 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.600 was automatic. And you know, talking about scoring touchdowns again, 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.520 you opened the game with a touchdown and you had 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.640 a little celebration that was the same one you did 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:18.360 at the end of the game as well, a little 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.600 hop up and down. Can you tell us about that? Yeah, man, 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:23.840 I just that was like, you know, when you think 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:25.800 of a dolphin out of water, that was kind of 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:29.320 like what came to mind, and so, um, you know, 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:32.400 that was the celebration, and it just kind of happened. 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.239 I never really was one of those guys who celebrated 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:38.640 a lot, but I mean just in that moment um, 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:41.240 it just kind of came to me. And you know, 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:42.960 I was thinking about a dolphin out of water and 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:47.200 Funday night game an opportunity. We're in the Orange Jersey, 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.080 had a lot of attention on us, and so uh, 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:53.240 you know, I just wanted to do something. And it 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.440 was really just looking at the linement and I'm like, yeah, 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.400 like we scored, and you know, trying to get those 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.240 guys excited because at the end of the day, they 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.240 don't get a lot of you know, they don't receive 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:03.440 a lot of awards and accolades for what they do, 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:05.159 but you know, they put a lot of time and 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.240 commitment in and so I just wanted to celebrate with 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:10.560 those guys. That's that's awesome. My brother is gonna love 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.600 to hear that because he's speculated that's what you were 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:14.880 doing way back then, and here we are eleven years 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.120 later we found out that is in fact the truth. Awesome, 0:17:17.359 --> 0:17:19.919 awesome little nugget there. And so you know that was 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:21.879 your celebration you talked about you weren't much of a 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:25.120 guy for celebrating. Was there a specific player or maybe 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:27.119 a specific celebration you saw that you thought was the 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:30.440 best you'd ever seen? Man? You know what I as 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:34.480 I watched like Chad Johnson and someone like Reflection on 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.160 you know, him being on the thing with Brandon mars 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:41.560 So and you know, I think there their players podcast. Uh, 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:45.760 you know, I think he had some really good celebrations. Um. 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:49.440 They were really thoughtful and but it brought a lot 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:50.959 of fun to the game when you look at how 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:53.560 he approached the game. You know, we all start playing 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:56.040 this game and because of the love of the game, uh, 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.159 the energy that we shared, the opportunity to escape some 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.600 of our reality easy. Um. And so you get a 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:03.639 chance to be a kid, even when I was an 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:05.920 older guy in the league. You know, you still get 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.720 a chance to be like a kid. And so seeing 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:13.040 the celebrations t o U, Chad Johnson. Guys like that, Um, 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.200 you really got excited, even if you weren't a guy 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:19.200