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I'm genuinely enthused about this one.

I do not say that just the way everyone says, hey, I'm excited about this guest.

Darren Waller, I've admired obviously his

physical skills for a while, but what I've admired the most is that he is unusually

comfortable being vulnerable in public because of whatever it is he's learned through what

seems like from over here, a fascinating journey. So he's a pro bowler. He was obviously great

with the Raiders, went to the

Giants, and I thought he was going to be great there too, and it seemed like a thousand things

happened that made that very hard. Comes to Miami after a year off and reinvents himself

here. It was a pleasure to watch you work with the dolphins. But like I said, the most interesting

part of you to me is like, man,

this guy's really comfortable talking about tender things, about growth, about being lonely

in a way that I'm simply not used to hearing come out of the huddle. And so I'm like,

no wonder that guy feels alone. My guess is he's walking in a locker room with a whole bunch

of people who are looking at him and being like, what's he up in his feelings about? We're here to play

football. Why does he care so much about getting his feelings heard about things? So anyways, I admire

the way that you are and the parts of your story you've shared. And so thank you for being on with us.

Yeah, no, it's a honor to be here.

So take me through just chronologically what you would describe as sort of the landmark posts in your upbringing where if you were explaining to a stranger that you wanted to know you a little

bit, what your upbringing was like and how you were beginning to be formed, what were your first,

you know, 14, 15 years of life like?

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