He looks like he's birthing a kraken.

 

So understated, modest, and professional. His attitude is just the killer instinct through and through. Hope he kills it again this year out there. I certainly have to believe hes got the mental make up for it.

 

Love Wake!! Also watched Miller. While he is not the most well spoken guy, he says all the right things.

 

Good stuff dj. Thanks. I dig me some Cam Wake. I always refer to him as The Beast. I thought it was more of an appropriate name for him rather than for Marshall. I'm so glad they locked him up for a bit. He was our only serious edge rusher last season.

 

All I could think of was Bubba Gump Shrimp.

 

DJ, question, how many times have you "thought about football" to get the deed done? I feel like the answer is "always".

 

Juiced? Like all those roids he must of been taking to get in to the NFL? :lol:

 

Wake is a BEAST. I've been unto him since Canada, thank you Ireland. :yes:

 

This. Holy **** is he smart though. One of the most intelligent interviews I've ever heard from a football player.

I love his attitude as a leader too when he was talking about keeping the young guys in line and teaching them.

 

Great interview! Glad he's wearing a Dolphins uniform. If they can ever find a consistent pass rusher for the opposite side from wake it will really cut him loose. Just imagine if we had Jason Taylor in his prime on one side and Wake on the other, we can only dream.

 

Agreed...hes one of a relatively few number of athletes I hear interviewed and think "hmm...I could sit down with him and have a beer and just chat".

Most interviews leave me wondering if they could have at least fully memorized the script. Then the CJ2K level of interviewers leave me like this:

 

I love the fact that he's so mellow yet you can see the fire in his eyes. I love around 5:15 he says he's "looking forward to a very, very, VERY productive season" you can just see the passion. I'll be sporting a #91 jersey on game days this year and for many years to come.

 

Love Cam and hope he has a HUGE year! Would be nice to see him become our new "Jason Taylor" for years to come and have a lengthy, prosperous career

 

I wish the NFL would somehow...create a stat that supersedes sacks. Look how much wake effects the game...like how often he gets held.

 

Spoiler

jerking off, spanking it, masturbating, flogging the sherpa, choking the chicken, rubbing one out, shake hands with the baby maker, dry docking the nubmarine

 

I admire the way Wake has turned his life around. He went from a guy that Penn State coaches were always frustrated with from a work ethic standpoint, a guy that busted himself out of Giants rookie camp and didn't even show up for his own CFL tryout (with some convenient excuse about his agent telling him the wrong school or something)...to a guy that is legitimately one of the hardest working players on an NFL football team, which is saying a lot. That kind of change in mental makeup is mind boggling, unusual.

 

The good thing about needing rusher opposite of wake, is you don't need a superstar, wake will take a lot of the attention, we get someone with good athleticism and high motor, they will be succesful.

 

Agreed. You always hear "people can change", but the fact is that they rarely do.

 

Agreed. That's what I kept trying to point out to Omar and I think it finally sank in because at some point he stopped trying to pretend that pass rusher was by far the team's biggest need even over quarterback. Look at 2010, we had a decent defense, but who did we have opposite Cam Wake? Nobody. Rookie Koa Misi. Misi is no worse now than he was then. Look at 2008, who did we have aside from Joey Porter that could rush the passer? Nobody. We had Matt Roth, who was useless on pass rush downs.

Now Omar's switched to an obsession with pulling guards. I had to point out to him that Mike Sherman's ground attack at TAMU used pulling guards maybe 1 time in 5, probably less than that. More important to get zone guys that can get out to the second level to string linebackers out for the cutback, and/or get out to the second level for backside cutoff blocks. Pulling is all but irrelevant.

 

We need a Ogunley (sp?) to our jason taylor (wake)

Or Trace Armstrong.

 

Compensating for something? :tongue2:

 

One of my friends patented trick is to think about something awful and unpleasant. His example is to imagine getting it smashed in a folding chair. Works wonders, if not less pleasantly haha.

Back on topic - I wasn't aware that one of Wakes knocks in college was work ethic. Makes his story that much more awesome. Guess the snap back to reality worked out well in this case.

 

Most held pass rusher in the NFL. Hope the zebras wake up (no pun) and then Wake will hit 20 sacks this season no problem. Now hes tied in im after a Wake jersey.

 

Or just drink 5 beers and approach the situation as you normally would.