How did a dude with your ability and talent end up at Lackawanna College in Scranton, PA?

Oh, because I came from a small town in New Jersey called Woodbury, New Jersey, where we didn't have, like, a lot of people going pro.

Somebody sent a VHS of the running back who was a junior, and they seen me.

Frank Verducci was at Iowa at the time.

They seen me, and they was like, well, who is this? And that's the national sign today.

They came to visit the running back.

His name is Lamar.

All right, so in 2011, when your time ended with the Vikings, what role did your former teammate in Miami, Ed Reed, play in your signing with the Ravens as a free agent?

What are your thoughts on, uh, what it is is being said there?

I agree with part of what he's saying.

I do agree with the, um...

I know a lot of players don't like to be in-house and discuss what they have going on 'cause they feel like the head coach and everybody will find out.

So I know that's, like, a stigma with everybody.

But I can say based on each organization, because ever since I started my mental health awareness event, the Vikings have been a big sponsor, and the Vikings also hired me the past three years to come up and talk to the team on mental health, myself, a therapist, and I bring, like, a player like Ray Rice and, um, Tommy Harris.

I come there again this year in October to speak to the players, and this year they added the staff as well.

Without, uh, in- invading the privacy of the player that you're talking about, what was the experience that you were going through, uh, the specifics of it, the details, that enlightened you to, "Wait a minute, this is something that I need to be involved in advocating for, going forward"?

"Oh, really? Miami's gonna try and reinvent the game by just having, uh, the toughest team in the trenches." It makes sense with their coach, but that's not how a lot of people are doing it.

Right, but I feel like, um...

I've always said this, that the, the trenches, so far as the offensive line, they are like the motor.

You can't go anywhere without the motor.

The quarterback is the, the driver.

Receiver, tight end, and running back are the wheels.

So everything starts out with the motor.

Low man wins.

So when you look at Fletcher running with that offensive line, what are you seeing?

I'm seeing, one, a patient running back, 'cause I feel like he allows things to develop.

But, um, two, uh, he gives a lot of effort, second effort, too.

Like, he breaks the first tackle, and he's able to get to the secondary, so I, I like seeing it.

And the O-line is downfield, still just knocking people out the way.

Low man wins

... your lever- yeah, so you have to know your points, and you have to have knee bend.

You have to know hand position, things like that.

When you watch football games, are you watching them like a fan, or are you watching to see what the right guard is doing?

I kinda watch it-...

I watch the line first, and, um, I see who is getting off the ball, see if there's a misassignment, 'cause I can tell, um, there's a lack of communication somewhere.

So I'm watching it kind of more as a player first, and then once we get into the secondary with the running back or something, I'm watching as a fan.

"Oh, really? Miami's gonna try and reinvent the game by just having, uh, the toughest team in the trenches." It makes sense with their coach, but that's not how a lot of people are doing it.

Right, but I feel like, um...

I've always said this, that the, the trenches, so far as the offensive line, they are like the motor.

You can't go anywhere without the motor.