‘“My first lengthy interaction was when I went to Miami. One practice, Dave Wannstedt was the head coach and Don Shula came out and he called me over,” Thomas said. “Wannstedt was like, ‘What are you doing, we’re in the middle of our offensive drill?’ That’s Don Shula. I went over and shook his hand and I ended up missing the entire passing game practice because I was over having a conversation.”‘