South Beach Sessions - Darren Waller

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Meadowlark Media

Sports

4.7 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

After retiring from the NFL, Darren Waller returned this season a better man. The Miami Dolphins' tight end shies away from nothing with Dan Le Batard on how he's grown from his early identity struggles, the ups and downs in his battle with addiction, and losing his passion for the game. Now, he finds himself back on the field in the NFL, using the tools he's assembled through therapy and hard work to have a better life, with a rekindled passion for football. Waller also gets into the power of music to heal.... and how he processed the public reaction to his rap music video. With hard times behind him, he looks to the future and explains where he's at in his decision to continue playing in the NFL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.6	I'm genuinely enthused about this one.
1:01.7	I do not say that just the way everyone says, hey, I'm excited about this guest.
1:06.3	Darren Waller, I've admired, obviously, his physical skills for a while, but what I've admired the most is that he is
1:12.0	unusually comfortable being vulnerable in public because of whatever it is he's learned through what seems like from over here, a fascinating journey.
1:21.2	So he's a pro bowler.
1:23.0	He was obviously great with the Raiders, went to the Giants, and I thought he was going to be great there, too,
1:28.0	and it seemed like a thousand things happened that made that very hard.
1:31.2	Comes to Miami after a year off and reinvents himself here.
1:35.0	It was a pleasure to watch you work with the Dolphins.
1:37.7	But like I said, the most interesting part of you to me is like, man, this guy's really
1:42.6	comfortable talking about tender things, about
1:45.5	growth, about being lonely in a way that I'm simply not used to hearing come out of the
1:51.2	huddle. And so I'm like, no wonder that guy feels alone. My guess is he's walking in a locker
1:55.9	room with a whole bunch of people who are looking at him and being like, what's he up in his
2:00.1	feelings about? We're here
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