Shannon Sharpe

Some said possibly day three, but mostly it was day two.

My biggest knock was my age, so I was like an older guy.

But they liked how mature I was with my age.

So it really was always day two, but possibly day three because of that.

You found a home now, rushing to pass her.

This is your third year, right?

Yes, sir.

So you got one year with A.D.

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Got one year with AD.

Oh, yeah.

Man, do you sit back and think, say, man, can I imagine me versus AD right now, knowing what I know now versus knowing what he knows now?

And you're talking about arguably the greatest defensive tackle to ever play, one of the five greatest defensive players.

And the way our offense can score and we ahead, and now I just get to hunt the quarterback.

They got the double 99.

They got to.

Well, I think about that every day.

I just feel like I took it for granted a little bit my rookie year, but I just said I was learning, you know, I was growing.

But like now I just look back in my 30s, I'm like, man, if we could have him too, you know what I'm saying?

But, you know, I'm just thankful that I had one year, you know, with him and him, you know, teaching me things and, you know, just being my mentor and stuff.