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Once on the field, I take a quick look around the stadium then I walk around the field while playing catch with the fans.

After I complete one lap of the stadium while playing catch, I hand the ball off to one of the equipment people then I look for my family in the stands.

Jessie, Emma, our 8 kids, Emma's Service Dog Maui, My Mom, My Dad, My brother Zaire, Mama C, J Dad, Jeffery and his family, Katie and her family, Perry and her family, Kimora, Jackie, Kimora and Jackie's Kids, Kyra, Jordyn, Kyra and Jordyn's Kids, Kyra and Kimora's service dogs, Alex, Christen, Tobin, Charlie, Sam, Abby, Talia, Leah, Talia and Leah's Kids, Cairo, Megan, Cairo and Megan's kids, Ash, Ali, Ash and Ali's kids, Audrey, Daan, Audrey and Daan's kids, Audrey's service dog, Kristie, Stella, Kristie and Stella's Kids, Jessie's family, Emma's family, and Kristie and Sam's parents are all here to watch me play in the final game of my career.

Once I find my friends and family I wave at them then I head back into the locker room.

When I get back in the locker room I head to my locker then I take off my shorts and put on my football pants first, with my right leg going in before my left leg.

After my pants are on, I sit down in the chair in front of my locker then I put on my right sock, my left sock, my right cleat, and my left cleat in that order.

Once the bottom half of me is ready, I put my right arm sleeve on, then my left arm sleeve on, then I put on my headband.

When that's done I put my shoulder pads and Aqua jersey on with my right arm going in before my left, then I put on my helmet and follow my team out onto the field.

Once on the field, my teammates and I run through our stretches, our warmups, and our pre-game play running then we head back into the locker room for a quick chat from the coaches while we get a some fluids in us.

When told to, I follow my team out of our locker, down the tunnel, and onto the field.

After everyone is on the field, the national anthem begins so I drop down to a knee then I stay there for the duration of the anthem

When the anthem ends, I let out a deep breath then Colt wraps an arm around me.

"Ready?" Colt asks.

"Yeah." I say. "Yeah I am."

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"Can I take this?" I ask one of my teammates as I point to the Lombardi Trophy.

We beat the Cowboys 49-7 and I won my 9th super bowl MVP.

"Course." The rookie says then I grab the Lombardi and leave the locker room.

After I leave the locker room, I walk through the tunnels then I head out onto the field where I started my career.

Once on the field, I notice the stadium is empty so I head to the middle of the field, sit down, and think about my career.

With our win tonight, I have won 12 Super Bowls, the Dolphins will have 10 Super Bowls all time, 8 thanks to me, and the Cowboys have 9 Super Bowls, 4 of those thanks to me.

CeeDee, Micah, Colt, Coach Charles, and I may or may not have stayed one more year than planned to try and make it so that the Dolphins have one more Super Bowl Win than the team who drafted me and treated me and my black teammates like shit the last two years we were there.

Another fun Factoid is that until this year, the Cowboys hadn't had a winning record since I left.

As I'm thinking about my career, my phone buzzes so I look at it and see I've been tagged in a particularly Interesting Post.