Luke Kanellis

Huh.

Layla, I am so ready right now.

Yeah, we are – it's really cool.

I've been really close with Mario through this whole process this year and just staying in touch with him, talking with him.

Probably a little bit more confident in Miami winning, but I still think the Bears at the crib, man.

Yeah, I'm not sure, Layla.

Thank you, guys, man.

I'll talk to you later.

Bear down.

He's like, you know, it's another season, so you guys better have more energy, better energy than we had last season.

And like he said, he said, if you're not after the game, he said, if you're not prepared to play the next five weeks, if you're thinking about anything else, thinking about booking a flight, vacations or anything, don't come in.

So he made it very clear about what's at stake and what this team is looking for.

I remember it being weird.

You know, as a rookie, you just kind of didn't really know this from that.

And, you know, you're 8-8, and there felt like a lot of negative sentiment around the team at the time, even though we were going to the playoffs.

It almost felt like, oh, man, you go at 8-8 and it feels like this.

Surely getting in is not an issue.

Sure enough, five years later, you're going back for the second time.

I think I just look back on it and you realize, first of all, you never take a playoff for granted.

Maybe I did a little bit at the time just based on the atmosphere of that.