“He’ll tell you he is not the fastest guy in the world but he is very smart,” he said. “He knows how to play the game and if you make a mistake he is going to take advantage of it. He is very good at that, just being patient, waiting for his time to come.

In the last month, Runyan was with Strahan going over old clips with NFL Films. Runyan said it was just like spending time with an old friend.

“You have to have the ability to turn it on and turn it off on and off the field because you can’t live like that,” he said. “You can’t live like a crazy man running around the field hitting people all the time. That’s what makes it fun because you can sit down and talk to a guy like that because you respect each other professionally and you just go about your business.”