MIAMI – As linebacker Kyle Van Noy visited with reporters for the first time since joining the Miami Dolphins, he wore headphones — not for noise canceling, but to hear the questions.
Because of the new coronavirus, the Dolphins arranged media interviews via Zoom for eight newly acquired free agents. Van Noy sat at home in Los Angeles, an image of Dolphins helmets behind him, black Razer headphones covering his ears.
He gave the virtual get-together a thumbs-up. “It’s the way of the future,” Van Noy said. “I have my headphones on because I play video games.
I’m on my desktop, so this is my gaming station. I didn’t want to switch up and take my headset out. Then I would have to reconfigure all my stuff I took hours to do.” He laughed. “The