Selected by the Dolphins in the first round of the 1977 NFL Draft, Kim Bokamper played his entire career in Miami, first as an outside linebacker from 1977-1980, and then as a defensive end from 1981-1985. Bokamper would become a fixture in South Florida as a television broadcaster on WFOR-TV CBS Miami, as a sideline reporter for Dolphins games for 560 WQAM Radio, and as a restaurateur with his “Bokamper’s Sports Bar & Grill” restaurants.

Bo, who is also one of the all-time great story tellers in Dolphins’ history, dives in with OJ and Seth for the first time since 2019, and does not disappoint. Fresh of the Dolphins historic come-from-behind victory over the Baltimore Ravens, we relive the thrilling experience from his sideline vantage point (3:03), which of course sparks memories of Bob Griese becoming the first Fins passer to throw six TDs in a 1977 game that Bo also had a front row seat to (7:47). Kim tells us the craziest thing he ever witnessed as a sideline reporter (10:16), recalls weathering the storm of both Defensive Coordinator Bill Arnsparger and legendary Head Coach Don Shula after a missed sack opportunity (14:56), and explains why even the equipment truck was held to Shula’s strict schedule (17:58). Bo then gifts us two of the most hilarious stories ever told in The Tank as he details Ed Newman’s 12-Minute Run attempt (22:08), and an outrageous blackmail scheme for Dan Marino’s missing high school shoulder pads (39:03). Finishing strong, Bo delivers a walk-off-sack in our Two-Minute Drill (48:46).

Contributors to this episode include Sean Todd aka DJ Prēc, Alex Bitchatchi, and Miami Dolphins Productions. Theme song created and performed by The Honorable SoLo D.​

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To say that Rick Spielman has football flowing through his veins would be an understatement. The Canton, Ohio native has spent the past three decades evaluating players and helping to construct NFL teams, including his tenure as the Miami Dolphins top personnel man from 2000-2004, holding the position of General Manager that final season. Following his run with the Dolphins, Spielman spent 16 seasons (2006-2021) in Minnesota, including 10 years as the Vikings’ GM.

In The Tank, Rick and OJ reminisce about their Ohio roots, with Rick sharing what life was like for him and his brother, Detroit Lions legend Chris Spielman, as they grew up in Canton and ultimately played for Massillon High School, one of the most storied programs in the country (3:04) while OJ comes clean on a memento he took from Chris’ Ohio State locker at a high school state championship game (10:56). Rick goes on to detail his journey from a college career at Southern Illinois, to NFL free agent tryouts, to being cut by the Lions while going to camp with his brother in 1988 (12:31). He discusses joining Dave Wannstedt in Miami in 2000 (21:06) and fondly reflects upon the Dolphins victory over the Colts in the Wild Card round of the playoffs that season, while providing unique perspective from the mind of a football executive who has no control of the outcome on gameday (28:05). Rick looks back at his short-lived experience with Nick Saban in Miami (23:05), discusses the decision to pass on Drew Brees in the 2001 NFL Draft (35:49), and reveals his unlikely location when making the trade for Ricky Williams (46:12). Rick finishes strong by expressing extreme displeasure after OJ blames Seth for Ricky’s 2004 retirement (50:22), and delivers one of the most hilarious Two-Minute Drills to date (52:40).

Contributors to this episode include Sean Todd aka DJ Prēc, Alex Bitchatchi, and Miami Dolphins Productions. Theme song created and performed by The Honorable SoLo D.​

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Terry Kirby was one of the most prolific high school athletes the state of Virginia has ever seen, leaving his mark on both football and basketball record books and earning his place in the Virginia High School League Hall of Fame. A standout career at the University of Virginia followed with the running back finishing as the school’s all-time leader in rushing before Don Shula selected him in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft. Kirby continued to set records in his rookie season with the Miami Dolphins and was hugely popular with his teammates and fans alike but was traded by Jimmy Johnson prior to the 1996 season.

Making his second Fish Tank appearance, “TK” claps back at his former college and pro teammate, Mark Dixon, who took shots at Terry’s hoop game (3:03) and continues the basketball theme by taking us to a heated card game with Michael Jordan (5:52). TK marvels at the rookie performance by current Dolphins wideout Jaylen Waddle while reflecting upon his own first-year success and how he was able to make an immediate impact on the team’s offense (10:17). Terry opens up about the trade that would turn his life upside down, the hurt he felt, and the resentment he held towards Johnson as a result (17:39), before becoming a dangerous kick returner late in his career (26:59). Wrapping up the episode, TK discusses his new passion for the sport of competitive cornhole (30:40), shares his pride in seeing son, TeKai, follow in his footsteps at the University of Virginia, and shows us all why he was such an offensive threat with a spectacular Fish Tank Two-Minute Drill (39:58).

Contributors to this episode include Sean Todd aka DJ Prēc, Alex Bitchatchi, and Miami Dolphins Productions. Theme song created and performed by The Honorable SoLo D.​

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Stanley Pritchett took his talents to an unexpected SEC school upon signing with the University of South Carolina. His decision paid off as he proved to be a dual-threat from the fullback position and ultimately became a member of Jimmy Johnson’s first Dolphins draft class when Miami selected him in the fourth round of the 1996 NFL Draft. Pritchett would go on to play four seasons in aqua and orange, many of them leading the way for Karim Abdul-Jabbar.

In The Tank, “Pritch” explains why he chose the Gamecocks over his home-town Georgia Bulldogs (2:12) and surprises Juice and Seth by revealing he is a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity (4:01). Stanley goes on to reflect upon his ’96 draft class that featured the likes of Abdul-Jabbar, Zach Thomas, Daryl Gardener, Shawn Wooden, and others and recalls how challenging his first training camp was (6:03). He discusses his relationship with former ‘Fins fullback Keith Byars (13:24) as well as his nerves entering a Dan Marino huddle for the first time (17:12). To Seth’s surprise, Pritch reveals he was unaware of several records he set in early games against two AFC East rivals (20:14), but vividly recalls his “welcome to the NFL” moment given to him by former Dolphins’ enforcer turned Chicago Bear, Bryan Cox (28:56). This all-purpose fullback stays on the field to wrap up the episode with The Fish Tank Two-Minute Drill (32:27).

Contributors to this episode include Sean Todd aka DJ Prēc, Alex Bitchatchi, and Miami Dolphins Productions. Theme song created and performed by The Honorable SoLo D.​

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We still can’t believe he’s gone. It’s been nearly a week since South Florida lost a super hero in Jason Jenkins, and since this podcast lost its champion. 
 
We’ve read one beautiful tribute after the next, from Dave Hyde to Greg Cote to Armando Salguero – each proving incredibly moving and sparking great memories for those who knew him best – and hopefully, for those who have never met him, or even for those who have never heard his name, these stories will help them to understand the legacy Jason Jenkins has left on our community, and why he was beloved by so many.
 
Along with our Dolphins podcast network brother, Travis Wingfield, we did our best to express our feelings during the postgame show just hours after hearing the horrific news, and we can tell you it was beyond difficult. As we struggled to come to grips with the reality that the same man who had put us on the radio that day had passed away earlier that morning, we had to find some degree of composure and, while fighting back tears and overwhelming waves of emotion, share with all of you on live radio what we felt he meant to us personally, to the Miami Dolphins organization, and to the community at large. 
 
We’d like to think we did an admirable job – did our best under the circumstances. We hope we made our boss proud. But we also realize now that in attempting to paint the whole picture and give the macro view, while also trying somehow to analyze a preseason football game, we had no time to truly reflect, gather our thoughts, and express what this uniquely special man meant to each of us personally, and to this podcast you have graciously supported over the years. 
 
And so today we will attempt to do so, in this space. You now know what Jason Jenkins’ title was with the Miami Dolphins, how many years he has spent with the organization, and you are starting to understand the transformational work he did across South Florida and beyond. We hope that you did not miss what was most important to Jason, which is that he was a loving husband to Elizabeth, and a proud and caring father to three beautiful children. 
 
Professionally, Jason was a changemaker and was most visible when he was out in the community, in a mosque or church or temple – a community center, a city park, a non-profit fundraiser, always representing the Miami Dolphins – always bringing people together.
 
Behind the scenes, Jason was a master of public relations. A man with a big picture view of what best represented the football team we all love. He was a confidant to the most powerful people in the organization, as well as those whose names you will never hear. He was a strategic planner, and as you will hear me say often, a visionary.
 
One of those visions was to offer content to Miami Dolphins fans in the way they wanted it most.
 
Clearly, that vision included The Fish Tank, but to understand how that came to fruition, here is an anecdote from Seth:
 
I’ll never forget the call.
 
January 17, 2020 - I was just waking up in a tent at Disney’s Fort Wilderness as part of a big campout weekend for my son’s Cub Scout Pack and the phone rings.
 
Now this may come as a shock to some of you, but I’m not much of an outdoorsman, so the sound of my cellphone was music to my ears – even if it was 7 in the morning on a Sunday.
 
And when I looked at my phone, I immediately had a sinking feeling in my stomach. 
 
It was Jason Jenkins.
 
Now a little background here as to why I may have been a bit anxious.
 
I’d known Jason for quite some time. I was still in the Dolphins Media Relations Department when he started with the 49ers back in the early 2000s. We had crossed paths at a league PR meeting or two and had professional respect for each other in the way that PR folks do, and then when he joined the Dolphins in 2009, JT was of course still playing and so we became even more familiar with one another. 
 
And as Jason’s profile grew within the organization, and especially when he became more and more of a presence throughout the South Florida community, my work as the Executive Director of JT’s Foundation made our relationship even more relevant. 
 
But my anxiety was built around this podcast.  Because early in our first season of 2018, we didn’t see eye to eye on a particular story told by one of our guests. I won’t get into who the guest was or what the story was about, because it’s not the point. The point was that after this 2018 incident, I was worried that I had burned a bridge with the team that I loved, the organization that I had built my entire professional career around. Truth be told, we never had another issue with the team, and Jason and I never spoke about the podcast again…until that phone call.
 
So I answer the call and immediately, without even saying hello, I lead with, “What I do now?”
 
Jason didn’t even answer my question, and simply replied with “I bet you’re saying ‘why the heck is this guy calling me at 7 in the morning on a Sunday in the offseason?’”
 
I said, “A little bit, yeah!”
 
And he replies, “I want to talk to you about the Fish Tank.”
 
Now I’m really losing it! I was like, “exactly! What I do?”
 
We both got a good laugh, and then he proceeded to ask me about the vision for the podcast, where we were with sponsorship, and our goals for the future…and then he said it. “I think the show should be part of the organization. The show’s good. It’s the kind of content fans want, and it’s the kind of content I want on our channels.”
 
I was stunned.
 
I actually said, “Wait…have you listened to it?” 
 
He laughed and explained that he had heard every episode. Here I was scared of ruining a relationship I spent a lifetime building, and it turns out that Jason Jenkins was one of The Fish Tank’s biggest fans!
 
Five weeks later the team is announcing its new podcast network featuring Drive Time with Travis Wingfield, and The Fish Tank…with legendary Dolphins wide receiver OJ McDuffie and this washed-up old PR guy!
 
And yes, that moment was the beginning of our podcast taking flight in ways we couldn’t have imagined, but it was also the next step in a relationship with a guy that I developed a supreme admiration for, appreciation of, and honestly, someone I was just inspired by. Consistently.
 
Truly no one believed in The Fish Tank the way Jason did. He once said to me, “think of our podcast network as a streaming service like Disney+.  I see Drive Time like a Marvel show and you guys are The Mandalorian!”
 
You know he had me at hello!
 
As we continue to say, Jason was a visionary in that sense and we are just honored that we were a part of that vision.
 
And that was just the beginning. He previewed each and every episode, we believe to enjoy getting a “sneak peek” as much as he listened to evaluate them. Heck, Seth would answer his phone calls and Jason would greet him by rapping our theme song! 
 
Jason was just incredibly proud of our show, which in turn made us even more proud of it. We remember one night back in October, Elizabeth surprised him with a little early birthday getaway in Miami, and here he was, 7:30 at night on a Saturday in some fancy hotel, and he’s texting us photos of The Fish Tank on the television in his hotel room. His message said, “I can’t get away from you guys…and I love it!”
 
And there’s something else here that is important. Jason would always challenge us to be our best, but he insisted that we never lose touch with our own brand. He got US. And we think that was one of his many super powers. He seemed to get everyone. He would see you for who you are; he would empower you to embrace that, and maximize it, and understand the importance of it. This was a major part of what he did with football unites, and we think it is what made him a fantastic leader. We KNOW for a fact it’s what has allowed us to be our best on this podcast.
 
And the most amazing part of all of this is that EVERY person who had any dealings with Jason has their own version of this story. He made us ALL feel this way! It is a remarkable gift to make everyone you come into contact with feel like they’re the star quarterback – and to do so authentically. 
 
Now don’t get it twisted…if he felt you needed to hear something, you would hear it! He didn’t mince words…but then he would lift you right back up and challenge you to be the best version of yourself.
 
Look…as we said, we have known Jason a very long time. Seth and Jason would talk about JT and the Foundation work for years – long before ever dreaming of doing a podcast. He made sure that the Foundation was always supported and again, it wasn’t just pushing checks around the table. It was authentic, intentional support. If Seth invited him to shop during a Cool Gear for the School Year event – he was there. If a judge was needed for a poetry slam. He was there! “Hey Jason, can I pick your brain on something?” The phone would ring. 
 
But our relationship reached new heights through the Fish Tank. We all talked far more than we ever had. Seth and Jason emailed and texted constantly (perhaps far more than he liked or had time for!). We strategized, ideated, created. Jason pushed us, and then celebrated each new step that he helped us reach. And the best part of it all was that he was every bit as excited for us as we were for ourselves…if not more. 
 
One of the last texts that we received from Jason came midway through the second quarter of the last Miami Dolphins game he would ever attend – the preseason game vs. the Raiders. He sent us a photo of the jumbo-tron, because right next to the replay of the game action was a giant logo of The Fish Tank showing everyone at the game where they could download the show. Understand that this wasn’t a boss telling his employees, “look what I’ve done for you!” This was Jason Jenkins saying, “hey guys, we made it!”
 
Well, we don’t know what we’ve made or didn’t make but what we do know is that we’ve been blessed to have this experience. We were blessed to have worked with someone who believed in us as much if not more than we believed in ourselves. Someone who modeled strong leadership. Modeled excellence. Modeled consistency. A loving husband and amazing father. A kind soul and seeker of justice and equality. A strategic planner and brilliant PR mind. Jason Jenkins was the kind of person who challenges you to be your absolute best simply by being himself. And we are better for it. 
 
This past Tuesday, we published a new episode of The Fish Tank, just as we do every Tuesday. And just like we do every Tuesday, we tweeted about the show…but for the first time since 2020, there was no Jason Jenkins retweet. And that simple act was another reminder that things will never be the same. Not for our podcast. Not for the Miami Dolphins…Not for South Florida. But the work that Jason has done, the lives he has transformed, the impact he has made will never be forgotten.
 
- OJ & Seth