WEBVTT - Drive Time: Alec Ingold, Comfortable with the Uncomfortable 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:03.440 That vulnerability, that real, that authentic like that's that's what 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.880 allows everyone to play for one another. And it's those 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:09.240 little things, it's the details, the little things become the 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:11.000 big thing. All of a sudden, you see the vulnerability, 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:13.440 You see the real emotion. Now I can relate to that. 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:15.840 Now I can buy and I have a similar problem. 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:19.079 I have, you know, different family, different situation, but I 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:21.560 have that same emotion. So when people get vulnerable like 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:24.040 that and lead that way, man, that's where that's where 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.040 people can relate. And that's that's empathy. That's not just sympathy. 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:28.720 I don't feel bad for you, No, I feel that 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:30.760 with you. And it's like, now we're gonna go, We're 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:35.199 gonna grow together. You are listening to the Miami Dolphins 0:00:35.240 --> 0:00:39.440 podcast Network. This is Drive time with Travis Wingfield. Back 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:48.880 the throne too all looking man, unlivable by it for 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:53.800 a second time doing no worry, was going right away. 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:58.680 I want to help you soon. Watt Wattle to a shotgun, 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:03.320 back to the throll looking up fires, touchdop, It's waddle, 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:11.000 It's six touchdown PA. Drive done with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:19.760 Now what is up Dolphins and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.080 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:27.680 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going, everybody? I am your host, 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:31.840 Travis Wingfield, fresh back from the scouting combine in Indianapolis, 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.800 and today on the pod with a very special guest 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:40.160 for you. Alec Ingle joins me to talk everything leadership, character, 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:44.000 overcoming adversity, his new book, The Seven Crucibles, and we 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.600 wound that, or I should say weaved that in to 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.520 football and this Miami Dolphins team and what he sees 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:53.240 with Mike McDaniel, Tatunga Valoa and so much more. Probably 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:56.240 the best interview I've done, and I don't say that lightly. 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:58.720 Let's move the chains and get to my interview with 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:06.360 Miami Dolphins fullback Aleck what's up, Dolphans. We are here 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:10.079 inside the Baptist Hell Studios, inside the Baptist Hell Training Complex. 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.800 I am Travis Wingfield, the host of the Drivetime Podcast, 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.120 and I'm joined today by a very special guest today, 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:18.480 Miami Dolphins fullback Alec Ingold. Aleck. What's up man? He 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:22.200 feels good to be back. We're rolling, man. Super cool 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:23.960 to sit down here. Anytime I get to be able 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:25.560 to be up here, so appreciate you having me. You 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:28.040 might be the first fish tank and drivetime guest in 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:29.840 the history of a Dolphins, So you're kind of breaking 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.280 some barriers here a little bit. Well hopefully you know 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.240 that just leads for like other people to you know, 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:38.079 file footsteps. We're going drivetime. Yeah, fish tank was fun, 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:41.000 same studio, a little different look, though a little bit 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:42.840 different look. I love it. Seth always calls it the 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:44.760 wingfield living room. Makes me a little bit uncomfortable, but 0:02:44.800 --> 0:02:46.680 we'll go ahead and call it that here once again today. 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:48.600 But it is the off season. How's your off season 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:50.600 been so far? What are you been up to? Man? 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:54.079 Offseason has been good, being able to get refreshed, spent 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.480 some family time together, being back in Wisconsin, doing some 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.639 stuff with this book, which is really fun. Um, just 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.320 getting away, get refreshed, you kind of get aligned with 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:05.639 with goals and purpose for this upcoming season. We're kind 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.919 of getting I'm getting Nancy. I can't wait to get 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.919 this cast off and get ready to throw it down 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:12.919 again for this next year. You mentioned the cast. I 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.160 hadn't my notes here that. I'm sure you're pumped to 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.400 get back out to training. Camp without the red jersey 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.120 this year. I remember you talked about it a little 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.160 bit last year. How excited are you for that? It's 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.240 gonna be great. I think a full offseason being healthy 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:26.000 is always gonna like like the football answer is like, 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:27.840 you're going to develop and it's gonna be great. You're 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:29.200 gonna be with the guys. I'm gonna be on the 0:03:29.240 --> 0:03:31.800 field this time because last year and no one knew, 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:35.320 you know, anything that I was doing on the field. 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.080 Off the field, you're just focused on rehabbing, get back 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:40.280 to one hundred percent. Now you're with the guys one 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.440 hundred percent of the time, working out this whole time, 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:46.120 progressing with everyone else. It's gonna be really exciting and 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:49.320 I'm fun. I'm excited to have a full South Florida 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.280 training camp, no red jersey. It's gonna be hot. I 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:54.720 know it is, but I'm looking forward to all of it. 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:56.400 I just loved how fresh read you would get. Sometimes 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.080 last year it's like, how about I play full back 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:00.520 with the red jersey. Just those two things don't end up. 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:02.520 They make no sense together. Film was tough to watch 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.360 because it's like, Okay, I'm not We're going half speed 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:07.400 three quarter speed and it's like, how are we supposed 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.480 to do this? So eventually we just started going full 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:11.600 speed and everyone just figured it out. Yeah, we're watching like, 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.640 I'm pretty sure Alex pretty good, but we're not really 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:15.560 sure exactly what the end results of these plays are. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.520 Just yet. I do want to talk more football for you, 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:18.840 but I want to go back to your offseason here 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:20.560 real quick. I saw you went back to your former 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.120 elementary school. How much fun was that? Man? Yeah, it 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:25.080 was fun. It was a crazy day. So the school 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.520 district reached out and we put up like you know, 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.800 we have elementary school, middle school, high school. We made 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:34.000 like a little tour so hit all the schools. Obviously 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:37.400 got to go back to Swamico Elementary where everything started, 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.320 and no, man, it was really cool to see teachers, 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:43.640 to see faculty, to see these kids and be able 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.240 to speak some inspiration in their lives. It's it's one 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.359 of those full circle moments that you'll never forget. And 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:50.440 it was definitely a lot of fun. So Swamico, I'm 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:51.840 glad you said it because I hadn't written down it 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:53.720 wasn't for the pronunciation. Yeah, but I don't want to 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:55.320 take this the wrong way because I'm a huge fan 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.160 of your spike after touchdowns. But I did see those 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.719 dance moves you broke out any possibility that's a touchdown celebration. 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:03.880 I was oping, I was hoping those dance moves stayed 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:07.640 in Swama oh Man. But no, it was It was fun. 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:09.360 It was great to see those teachers that we did 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.480 the little TITSI role um and no, it's I mean, 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.640 that's what that's what football is all about and roots 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.720 you and it remembers that it's a game. At the 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.280 same time, it gives you purpose anytime you strap up. 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:22.720 We have that dolphin logo on the side your head, 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.640 and that unifies everybody, right, Like that's the sacrifice to 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.560 get to Sundays. That's what is the same of everybody. 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.520 The name on the front of the shirt and then 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:31.960 the name on the back of the shirt. You know, 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.200 a lot of people will think, um, oh, you're being 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:36.440 selfish whatever, that's that's where you come from, all those 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:41.880 all those people from Swamiko to Bayport to Wisconsin all 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:44.360 the way through. Like that's who you're representing when you're 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.000 on the field. So it's really cool to kind of 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.240 play for something bigger than yourself and then go back 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.480 home and give back. Um, you know it's it's a 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.120 two fold deal. Yeah, we love hearing then, and this 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:53.800 kind of fall up to the fish tank question. They 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:55.440 talked to you about a little bit. I think you 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:56.960 came in on the bye week and you were heading 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.839 up to to DCD and accepted award right the Adoption 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.400 Excellence Award by adopt Us Kids. Tell us a little 0:06:02.400 --> 0:06:04.800 bit about that, give us an update on that. Yeah, 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:07.440 So the foundation that we found last about last year 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.320 at this time, we did a number of events. Man, 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:13.680 we're running all over the country probably you know, ten, fifteen, 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:17.200 twenty events where we're helping bring awareness to adoption and 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.400 foster care, but also being able to reach out to 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:23.640 those kids, relate to them, give them some hope, some inspiration, 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.240 some some lessons from my family, from my parents, how 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.560 we related to be able to communicate well, so to 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:31.360 be able to go through all that for a full year. 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.719 Now we're up for year two, improving all the events 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.360 that we have planned for this next year. And it's fun. 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.960 It's cool to see those kids smile, be able to 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.440 just be a kid. That little light bulb goes off 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.440 when you're talking about writing down goals or whatever that is. 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:49.600 So yeah, it's it's it's really inspiring for sure. Well, man, 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:51.839 you have a future and in public speaking and in 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:53.800 some type of inspirational speaking, because man, watching the way 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:55.720 you interact those kids. I went through and watched a 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.840 lot of the credit or the videos and whatnot. By 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.320 the way, in twenty twenty three, anything you was going 0:07:00.400 --> 0:07:01.840 to be put online just so you know, so any 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:03.560 dancing is going to be out there. But so I 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:04.840 had a chance to go through and watch a lot 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:06.200 of that. It was really cool. And I saw you 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:08.120 had an interview talking about the book and in the 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:11.960 book the Seven Crucibles by alec Ingold, inspirational game plan 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:15.000 for overcoming adversity in your life, you describe the injury 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:16.640 and the kickoff chapter in the book and kind of 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:18.320 you know that was that was sort of what kicked 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.119 off the idea of the book, right was was coming 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.600 getting back from the acl and essentially temporarily losing your 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.440 ability to earn a livelihood. I can't imagine what that's like. 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.120 And you talked about the emotional pain outweighing the physical 0:07:29.200 --> 0:07:30.480 pain in the book. Can you take us through what 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:34.240 that means yeah. I think in that moment, you can't 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:35.960 control what happens to you, but you can control how 0:07:36.000 --> 0:07:40.360 you respond. And that's something that I had to go 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.000 through and that's that was what was put on my plate, 0:07:43.080 --> 0:07:44.880 and it was my choice on how I was going 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:46.520 to deal with it, how I was going to respond 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:50.280 to that situation. So when you're covering a punt, your 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:52.600 special team's captain, you're out there giving you're all you're 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:54.680 you're ready for this big statement win that you're going 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.720 to make, and you get off, you get pulled off 0:07:57.720 --> 0:07:59.840 on a stretcher. You know, that's that's not how it 0:07:59.880 --> 0:08:02.960 was planned, but that's how it went. And that's where 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:07.360 you find a lot of grit determination. That adversity is opportunity. 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.480 I know Coach McDaniel talks about that all the time. 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:13.600 That was the opportunity for myself to prove to other 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:15.880 people how much they mean to me, what I was 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:17.960 willing to go through, what I was willing to sacrifice 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:21.120 to get back out on the field. And in that moment, 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.640 I think a lot of people relate to that pain 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:26.840 of not knowing what's on the other side, or being 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:32.040 told you're not getting that promotion and whether that's life, business, athletics, academics, 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.840 like we all are afraid of those situations. And what 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:36.960 I wanted to write down that book is like I 0:08:37.080 --> 0:08:39.559 was at the highest of highs you talk about NFL football, 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.720 like I was at one of the peaks of my 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.600 career that I was thinking it was going to happen. 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:45.560 And in a stamp of a fingers, you're in a 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.800 valley and to be able to say, Okay, I know 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.520 how to climb a mountain, I've been there, Let's not 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.520 worry about let's improve. Let's have this growth mindset, and 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:59.320 let's use this as an opportunity to get better. That 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:01.040 was everything. To be able to land on your feet 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:05.720 here with an organization that supports you, and coaching staff 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.640 that believes in you and coach you to your potential, 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:09.320 and a bunch of guys in the locker room that 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.240 are willing to fight for one another every single sunday, 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:15.000 Like that gives you the courage to keep stepping and 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.920 keep climbing and keep going. And that's what a lot 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.559 of this book is about, is that journey of the 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.560 top of the mountain to the bottom real quick, and 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.280 then let's find a way to get back up there. 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.600 Let's let's find a way to love this process, love 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.920 this journey, appreciate every opportunity to then pay it forward 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.000 to the next person. You mentioned mindset. I have to 0:09:32.040 --> 0:09:33.920 imagine that's one of the most important things, because like 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.319 the minute you're on that cart, your mindset has to 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.400 be completely different than it was prior to that play. 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.560 Or you talk about going into you know, week ten 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:43.880 of rehab, whatever it might be, when you guys are 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:45.480 out there playing and you're sitting there, you know, do 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:46.880 whatever you have to do to get back to playing. 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:48.640 I just can't imagine what that's like as an athlete. 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.520 I think that your message in here will really go 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.560 a long way towards, you know, future athletes that have 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:54.880 to endure that or in any walk of life, because 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.800 in the book you talk about embracing you know, change, 0:09:57.800 --> 0:09:59.920 which for a lot of us is difficult. My wife 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:01.760 would tell you that I'm the most resistant person to 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.439 change on the planet. So maybe some personal mantrasn't here 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:06.679 for me. But that's life in the NFL, right, That's 0:10:06.679 --> 0:10:08.920 that's what it's all about. The ability to be able 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:10.880 to adapt and change on the flying. Yeah, I mean, 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:14.000 it's your choice. It's your choice to accept reality for 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:15.600 what it is. You know, you don't have to make 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:17.480 things more than what they are or less than what 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.960 they are. It can just be what it is. And 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:22.760 for that mindset to go through, it's hard. It's hard 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:25.440 on a daily basis to find silver linings. That is 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.840 hard for everyone. And when you have a helmet on, 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:30.880 when you're out in the NFL and you're on this 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:34.920 playing field, sometimes it might you might think that, man, 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.400 it's just these are superheroes out there. They're just untouchable, 0:10:37.440 --> 0:10:40.120 and it's like, no, these mindsets, these this is the blueprint. 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:42.560 This is how we got there. And it's by that 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.440 positive self talk. It's by having people that believe in 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.360 you and having two way communication. It's by finding those 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.120 silver linings over and over and over again. And it's 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:52.800 just like a muscle. It's just like a skill. You 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:54.800 have to work it out, you have to improve on it, 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:58.120 you have to want to do it. And that mindset, yeah, 0:10:58.160 --> 0:10:59.679 it was. It was one of the worst mindsets I 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.600 probably ever been in. But I have a million people 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.319 around you that have the answers, whether it's a coach, 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:08.680 a teacher, a parent, sister, a brother, All of these 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.000 people are so inspirational. It's just you just have to 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:12.920 go look for it. You have to find the spots 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.800 to go look for it. So having a mindset is 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:18.440 it's not one in a million. There's there's people with 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.560 amazing mindsets on all walks of life. It's just about 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:25.080 willing to go through that hard of finding those silver 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:26.960 linings over and over again. That's the hardest part of 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.360 it all. The grindsets one of the seven crucibles one 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.400 of them. Also your support system. You've talked a lot 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.840 about that already here in this interview Coach McDaniel. You know, 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.360 the coaching staff, the support staff, all the things that 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.480 go into your rehab and getting back on the field. 0:11:38.640 --> 0:11:40.880 And you know you also reference to McDaniel in the 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.280 locker room this year. He spoke a lot about how 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:45.240 special he thought this group was a chance to religi 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.520 something special this year. I just love with the majority 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:50.960 of that core coming back to get a firsthand account 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:52.920 from you, someone that's been in that locker room, to 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:54.760 kind of give us more about what coaches talking about. 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.120 What makes that Dolphins locker room so special. I think 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.080 it's the standard that we were willing to hold each 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.880 other accountable too. So the standard is the standard, right. 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:05.160 So standard is it's a little bit more than a 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.760 commitment to one another. Right. A standard is something you're 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.280 not going to waiver from. Standard has been set and 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.280 everyone is going to meet that standard. And that was 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.760 set in training camp. That's after a few months with 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:17.679 coach McDaniel. That's that's after a few months of just 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.840 working hard and being with one another. So that standard 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.240 is set, right, and it's easy to do that in 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:25.160 training camp when you're developing, it's easy to do that. 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.680 No tas when the pads aren't on. How is that 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:31.079 standard going through when you're five and three all of 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.760 a sudden you're five five like you're you're sliding, You're slipping, Like, 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.920 does that standard waiver? No, we didn't. We worked hard, 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.600 We had the formula and we worked through it together 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:41.720 and we were able to win a million different ways, 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.120 whether it's a defensive win, an offensive win, a lot 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.880 of points, no points. You know, someone had to show 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.560 up and close a game multiple times in different ways. 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:53.160 And that standard that was set months before to be 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:56.760 able to maintain that, to be consistent, to be sustainably 0:12:56.840 --> 0:13:01.520 motivated like that was all really specialized, Like that's where 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:03.400 we're going on this roller coaster. It might look like 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.560 that on the outside, but in here there's a bunch 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:07.920 of guys trying to grow, develop, work from one another, 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.120 serve one another on that field. And that's what I 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:11.960 think was special about it. Is that something that came 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.640 up when you visited here originally for free agency, talking 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:16.440 about getting the right kind of people in here because 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.040 this free agent class super productive on the field. But 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:20.679 also we heard a lot about that from the way 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:24.199 Tyree practices, from obviously Ron's leadership, yourself included. Do you 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:25.440 take a lot of pride in being a part of 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:27.760 this free agent class that was the first under Mike McDaniel. 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:29.640 That kind of sets that tone for the right kind 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:31.520 of guys to get in here. Yeah. And I don't 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:33.200 think you have to wear it as like a badge 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:38.160 vonn or anything, but there is responsibility to work hard first. 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.880 And when you talk about a red jersey and training 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.280 camp or whatever, like a lot of those guys were 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.880 able to show up in different ways. Tyree can show 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.560 up and immediately it's like, man, this guy is going 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.600 to change something. But the way he sustainably worked right. 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:53.640 It wasn't just I'm gonna show up when I want to. 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:55.600 It was I'm gonna raise Jalen off the ball every 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.720 single day in practice, and Tron battling through every single 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.800 injury like it was. It was the sustained, It was 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:03.960 the consistency about it, which I think was really cool. 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.480 So there's a lot of responsibility, a lot of accountability 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:10.320 with that. But those character traits, those little you know 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.520 I talk about like living in the margins a little bit, 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:14.880 bringing those things to life, Those coaches ums, those coaching 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.760 points to life. Those guys did it, and I wanted 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:19.280 to follow suit. I want to be one of those 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.680 leaders too. And you see it all across the locker room, 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.760 whether it's a free agent class, whether it's a draftee, 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:26.800 whether they've been in the league eight years or two. 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:28.760 It's all over the place in this locker room, which 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:30.440 I think is really cool. Are you talking about two 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:31.960 a little bit? During super Bowl Week? I got to 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.280 ask about the quarterback talking about Confess, the way he 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.080 carries off the locker room. You touch on that a 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:37.640 little bit during super Bowl Week as well. Can you 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:39.520 tell our Dolphins fans about him a little bit. My 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.400 favorite part about two is he's himself and he's not 0:14:42.440 --> 0:14:45.480 trying to be anybody else, and that like number one. 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:47.880 When he's on the field is number one. It's awesome, 0:14:47.920 --> 0:14:51.200 and off the field is a better human being than 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:54.200 a quarterback throwing the ball. And it's like, it's really 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:55.760 cool to be around a guy who's comfortable in his 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:59.280 own skin, who's developing into whatever he's going to become, 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.000 which is gonna be fun to watch, Like I'm excited, 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:02.800 I got a front, see, I got my popcorn ready, 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.160 Like it's gonna be fun. But at the same time, 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.680 it's cool to just man, sit back and watch a 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.120 guy just just be himself. There's a lot of people 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:14.520 in the industry moving around they have to put on 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:16.280 a front or have to do the right things all 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:18.680 the time. And for to have the confidence the conviction 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:22.200 in himself to be who he is around the guys, 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.680 that's one of the coolest things. I love that about 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:28.400 people when they're just comfortable being themselves. And whether it's 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.680 on a golf course, in the weight room, on the 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.760 football field, practice field at hard Rock, man that dude 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.960 is he's too ah and it's just that's really cool. 0:15:35.960 --> 0:15:37.640 It's only in February. You got me a fight up 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:38.880 for August. On all this, We're going to have to 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:40.360 slow the role on a little bit because I can't 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.360 wait for training camp. Man. I'm excited for this year's team, 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:43.760 and a big part of that is, you know, you 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.920 talk about continuity in the offense that we talked about 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.160 there with Tyreek and torn yourself to a lot of 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:51.240 those guys coming back for year two and coach McDaniel's offense. 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:52.600 And I've been on a big kick about this on 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.600 my podcast and otherwise about how you can grow and 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:57.840 learning your number two. I'm curious to get someone that's 0:15:57.840 --> 0:15:59.680 been a part of it from year one on this offense. 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:01.960 How can a second year where thinks maybe you're a 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.800 little more second nature really help improve this Dolphin's offense. Well, 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.360 I think everything that we learned last year had a 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:11.400 little like a little pinch of a different location. Right 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:14.120 We're watching tape from different teams, whether it was our 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:17.359 own teams back in the day, whether it was San Francisco, 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:20.040 whether it was Miami. So you're watching all this different 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:21.920 it's like a pot it's like a stew of all 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.720 of this film all offseason and that's how we're learning. 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.080 And this offseason we get to watch our own stuff 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.440 and then I get I get to remember, Oh, that's 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:31.840 how I was getting coached. This is what the coaching 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:33.880 point was. Now we're going to develop and add this 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.120 little wrinkle, right, and you get to see yourself do it. 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.000 You get to see yourself succeed, you get to see 0:16:38.000 --> 0:16:40.720 yourself fail, you get to improve from that. Like, that's 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:43.600 where the continuity and that consistency. It's a lot easier 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.480 visually for me to put myself in these coaching points 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:48.480 in these meeting rooms and say, Okay, I'm going to 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.680 take this out to the field at practice and then 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.080 it's going to transition into the game. So being able 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:54.880 to be with your boots on the ground and be 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:56.720 able to see that, I think that's going to be 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.040 massive for a lot of development early on in training 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.240 camp and this offseason. And then it's just being around guy. 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.520 It's being comfortable being a human being, being able to 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:06.879 have you know, habits, routines, being able to go on 0:17:06.920 --> 0:17:08.480 a golf course with guys, to be able to do 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.560 things off the field, to be able that continuity, to 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.000 know somebody a little bit more than just their their 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:16.399 jersey number. So those two things, you know, that's where 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.560 I think a lot of growth and development happens. You 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:20.040 mentioned golf a few times. You pretty go on the 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:24.080 golf course. I will be eventually, no, but it's some 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.479