What do you think of the Dolphins?
I like it. I think they added some weapons, especially at wideout, and adding Suh was a great thing. It should be a pretty good year, could be a playoff year. But playing in Brady's division, it's so hard.
A lot of times it just feels like you're gunning for that wild card, and at that point it's kinda bleak.
Yeah, exactly. You have to play that first weekend and it's hit-or-miss. But I'll take a wild card, man. It's been, what, since 2008? I think 10-6; if we get lucky, 11-5.
We gotta start off strong, maybe win a couple games we shouldn't win. I'm looking forward to this season. I haven't been this excited for a Dolphins season in a while. Since maybe the Jay Fiedler years, when Ricky [Williams] was there. I thought we had a chance!
And you were there for the glory days of Dolphin football.
The first year I started liking the Dolphins was Super Bowl VI, which they lost to the Cowboys. I was 5. My whole family was pulling for the Cowboys, so I rooted for the Dolphins. They lost and I cried. Ever since then I've been a fan, and the next year we went undefeated. Going to back-to-back Super Bowls as a 6- and 7-year-old kid, man…
Was it crying after the Super Bowl that inspired the lyrics from "Only Wanna Be With You" ("I'm such a baby 'cause the Dolphins make me cry")?
It was more the fact that I used to get upset when they lost. I'd be in tears, angry when the Dolphins lost. You couldn't even talk to me. I went through the 1-15 season.
Do you think Ryan Tannehill is the real thing?
I like him and I've always thought he was the real thing. This year's big for him. Everybody's talking about how much he's improved… I want to see Tannehill win some games in the fourth quarter that we shouldn't win. When he starts doing that, I'll know we're doing something right.
What do you think of Ndamukong Suh?
I keep saying to people, "Defensive Player of the Year," and it's hard for a defensive tackle to win that, but I just think he's going to have a monster year.
