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Speaker 1: And welcome back to the Drive Time Podcast, part of
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield
Speaker 1: And on today's show, we are kicking off the training
Speaker 1: camp preview series. That's right, football is right around the corner.
Speaker 1: We're gonna take an in depth look under center at
Speaker 1: the quarterback position, stats, facts, film, and much more onto
Speaker 1: a tongue of by Loa, Jacoby Brissette and Read Senet
Speaker 1: Plus will continue our NFL season preview, taking a look
Speaker 1: at the very intriguing a f C South Busy Busy episode.
Speaker 1: All of that and more on this edition of the
Speaker 1: Drive Time Podcast My Time, So what's going on? Are
Speaker 1: your buddy? We are back after being gone for a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks and back on the daily schedule with
Speaker 1: you all here. And this was my first really extended
Speaker 1: break and podcasting since I began all of this back
Speaker 1: in ten with the Analysis Podcast and my co host
Speaker 1: Kevin Dern. Well that's not quite true, because we were
Speaker 1: a twice a week podcast there with me and Kevin.
Speaker 1: But before locked on Dolphins became my daily gig in
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen, and I don't think I ever missed a
Speaker 1: day with Locked On Dolphins. I even remember asking the
Speaker 1: boss man, Mr. David Lock himself about pushing a show
Speaker 1: one week and he asked me why, and I said, well,
Speaker 1: because it's Thanksgiving and we have plans today, and he
Speaker 1: had totally forgotten about the holiday. And we had a
Speaker 1: great laugh about that because we were both so entrenched
Speaker 1: with the work and building up Locked On Sports. And again,
Speaker 1: it's so cool see what they've continued to build over
Speaker 1: there with Locked On Sports. But this time of the calendar,
Speaker 1: the middle of the summer, it's kind of like summer
Speaker 1: vacation for kids right in school. We have the perfect
Speaker 1: time to kind of disconnect and kind of re center
Speaker 1: your che as it were, and come back rejunated. And
Speaker 1: guess what, it worked. I do feel recharged. You know.
Speaker 1: One thing we got to do was we got to
Speaker 1: go camping with my wife's family, something we do every
Speaker 1: Fourth of July weekend. They go up to the mountains.
Speaker 1: It's a nice break from the eastern Washington heat as
Speaker 1: you get up into the mountains and around seven year
Speaker 1: eighty degrees or so, and let's just go ahead and
Speaker 1: set the scene at camping here, because normally when I
Speaker 1: would go camping, and it's not my favorite thing to do, actually,
Speaker 1: I really don't like it at all. But we go
Speaker 1: up and just hang out and enjoy it one day
Speaker 1: in the outdoors. We don't sleep outdoors, we go back home.
Speaker 1: That's that's how I prefer it. But when I would
Speaker 1: go camping as a child, it was, you know, you
Speaker 1: get the RV, you get the van, you go to
Speaker 1: a cabin something like that where you have your domestic
Speaker 1: level of of bliss, but you also can enjoy the
Speaker 1: outdoors that way. But that's not how this camping is.
Speaker 1: Because they love the outdoors. They go horseback, right, and
Speaker 1: they get the four wheelers out there. They're setting up traps,
Speaker 1: capturing animals, cook in them and keeping the skins. And
Speaker 1: one of the things that was hilarious to me. You've
Speaker 1: all have seen Happy Gilmore right when Happy first goes
Speaker 1: to the tea block at his first tournament, and the
Speaker 1: golf pro says, look where he's standing. While I'm sitting
Speaker 1: there minding my own business. I've got a cour slide
Speaker 1: open up and joined the sunshine and the nice weather,
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, the skin of the chipmunk
Speaker 1: that they had caught and cooked comes flying at me
Speaker 1: and it lands on my lap and I grab it
Speaker 1: by the ear, pinched the very ear of it so
Speaker 1: I'm not touching any of it, and I throw it
Speaker 1: back to my wife's stepfather, who again, this guy is
Speaker 1: the outdoor manliest man you can never think of. And
Speaker 1: as I do that to him, he says, to everybody else,
Speaker 1: look at where he grabbed. He grabbed it by the ear,
Speaker 1: just like the guy and happy gilmore So that was
Speaker 1: a fun moment. We're gonna get into the positional previews.
Speaker 1: The training camp previews up on Miami Dolphins dot com
Speaker 1: right now. The schedule is as follows. For now. We
Speaker 1: couldn't move some things around depending on when those deadlines hit.
Speaker 1: But quarterbacks on Tuesday July, Wednesday, running backs on Thursday,
Speaker 1: tight ends day. Receivers will come back next Monday on
Speaker 1: the nineties with the offensive line on Tuesday, July interior
Speaker 1: defensive line. Wednesday, will do edge slash on ball linebackers.
Speaker 1: You're Jalen Phillips types. Thursday, I'll do off ball linebackers Friday, Cornerbacks, Monday, Safeties,
Speaker 1: Tuesday Specialists, and then Wednesday we have practice Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: practice the first edition of the new one Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: post O t S, which I don't really count as
Speaker 1: the actual season itself. So at the position in is
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissette, formerly of the Colts and the Patriots. Out
Speaker 1: is Ryan Fitzpatrick. He is now in Washington. Best of
Speaker 1: luck to fits out there in the nation's capitol. Read
Speaker 1: senet and to a tongue by low of the incumbents,
Speaker 1: and Charlie Fry is the new quarterbacks coach. Charlie Fright
Speaker 1: enters his first season as QB's coach here in Miami.
Speaker 1: After a five year playing career, Fry entered the coaching
Speaker 1: ranks at the high school level before climbing into his
Speaker 1: most recent role as O C with the Central Mission
Speaker 1: again chippaw Was, he worked with quarterbacks receivers. He also
Speaker 1: served as a director of player Personnel with the Florida
Speaker 1: Gators between twenty team and seventeen, so he kind of
Speaker 1: fits that mold we've talked about here on the podcast
Speaker 1: where a lot of these coaches under Brian flores umbrella
Speaker 1: under his staff as he was himself, have worked multiple
Speaker 1: different positions on personnel with coaching both sides of the football,
Speaker 1: special teams. You get the best all a cart type
Speaker 1: of coaching staff when you bring in guys like that.
Speaker 1: So talking about what's most important at this position, this year,
Speaker 1: it's the year to jump, right, That's what we all
Speaker 1: look for. That's what we all talk about. And the
Speaker 1: last time we really anticipated a possible year to jump
Speaker 1: was that season the year after Ryan Tannehill's rookie year
Speaker 1: where he did receive a nice little bump in his
Speaker 1: statistics in his play and that was an awfully pedestrian
Speaker 1: offense in twelve that just did not have the firepower
Speaker 1: and then they kind of revamped the offense to try
Speaker 1: to get him more weapons. But back to the modern day,
Speaker 1: this is what Brian Flores had to say about two
Speaker 1: was offseason and what this time this spring and summer
Speaker 1: has meant for the old quarterback from the Joe Row
Speaker 1: Show on five six w q A m back in
Speaker 1: may To is more comfortable with just his surroundings, more
Speaker 1: comfortable being in the huddle, giving a cadence, going through
Speaker 1: his communication. Those little things that no one really talks about.
Speaker 1: He said this, he feels much more comfortable about doing
Speaker 1: those things. I think having a year under his belt
Speaker 1: will really help him. And there's this is outside of
Speaker 1: the quote. Now there's this perception that the rookie season
Speaker 1: wasn't good or went off the rails a little bit,
Speaker 1: and to himself said that it wasn't up to his standard.
Speaker 1: And I can believe that because his standard has never
Speaker 1: been the norm really in his entire football life. I mean,
Speaker 1: the number one dual threat quarterback in the nation as
Speaker 1: a prep, a record breaking offense and quarterback in college football.
Speaker 1: There Alabama National champion his first season on campus, where
Speaker 1: he comes off the bench and rescues the game after
Speaker 1: trailing by thirteen at half, throwing these perfectly placed long balls,
Speaker 1: timing and quick rhythm hitters to create yards after the
Speaker 1: catch and those opportunities for the most loaded receiver's corps
Speaker 1: in college football. I mean, it takes a special quarterback
Speaker 1: to keep four first round receivers fed and happy. Right
Speaker 1: like you, you would think that's the case. And you've
Speaker 1: heard me discuss all of this podcast this offseason, and
Speaker 1: for that matter, all of the pre draft and post
Speaker 1: draft into tongue by Lowa's rookie sees him his control
Speaker 1: of the football to spin it and place it despite
Speaker 1: his platform, whether his feet are set, whether he's not set,
Speaker 1: whether it's in the middle of his drop that he
Speaker 1: has to interrupt coming off the top of the drop,
Speaker 1: driving up into the pocket, fleeing to the left or
Speaker 1: to the right, the way he can kind of move
Speaker 1: those hips and clear those hips and fire the football.
Speaker 1: And that's the physical set of it, the knowledge with
Speaker 1: the mental side of it to displace defenders not just
Speaker 1: with his eyes, but body position, influencing players based upon
Speaker 1: his hips and his feet and the direction of his
Speaker 1: shoulders where he's square too, and to attack based upon
Speaker 1: the structure of the defense, knowing the route concept he
Speaker 1: has on offense and what the defense might be keying
Speaker 1: on in that particular concept. I mean, we saw in
Speaker 1: O t S this year. I tweeted about it, the
Speaker 1: deep shot to Jachim Grant that we had a great
Speaker 1: video of from our fantastic video team. The middle of
Speaker 1: the field safety starts to cheat that way a little bit,
Speaker 1: and the cameras show an up close shot of Twa
Speaker 1: on that throw to Jachim where he starts, Jachim to
Speaker 1: the right, flips his hips back to the post and
Speaker 1: you can watch this on Twitter. It's all right there
Speaker 1: for you. Flips his hips back to the post and
Speaker 1: then right back over to the right side of the
Speaker 1: formation to square up to his target and flow a
Speaker 1: perfectly placed ball that intersects with Jachim in full stride,
Speaker 1: just out of reach of the underneath corner and the
Speaker 1: display safety over the top. These are the details, the
Speaker 1: fine ones that really separate quarterbacks for my money. Nick Saban,
Speaker 1: of course, the great head coach at Alabama, talked about
Speaker 1: it on his ESPN Details show, showing where to was
Speaker 1: getting to his third or fourth read on some throws
Speaker 1: and down the field vertical throws on a full field
Speaker 1: read and saying that he's never coached a kid in
Speaker 1: college who can do that stuff. He's also very light
Speaker 1: on his feet, the ability to spring from one step
Speaker 1: into another, which changes the angle and sees rushers fly by.
Speaker 1: More on that here in just one second. Chris Kaufman
Speaker 1: c K Parrott on Twitter had a great tweet earlier
Speaker 1: where he showed a video of to A getting to
Speaker 1: his drop and pressure arriving and getting the football out
Speaker 1: as he interrupted that drop. You watch his feet on
Speaker 1: that clip, and it doesn't really make sense how he's
Speaker 1: able to almost mid stride, pick his foot back up
Speaker 1: and replace it so that he can get to a
Speaker 1: different platform and change the angle for the pass rusher.
Speaker 1: It's a real special ability I noticed early on to
Speaker 1: his career that I think is very, very overlooked as
Speaker 1: far as the footwork goes so quick release, quick twitch,
Speaker 1: pocket mobility, enough speed to present a threat as a
Speaker 1: runner on design runs, keeper zone reads, that sort of thing,
Speaker 1: some of the most decorated ball places when we've ever
Speaker 1: seen in college football, the ability to get off his
Speaker 1: spot and the light feet to allude rushers. And even
Speaker 1: in a year where it wasn't up to his own standards,
Speaker 1: those traits were still on display in nine starts as
Speaker 1: a rookie, six and three as a starter, like this
Speaker 1: chart from Hayden Winks at Underdog Fantasy Sport. He does
Speaker 1: some great work. You can follow him at Hayden Winks
Speaker 1: on Twitter. This on target clean pocket chart that he
Speaker 1: posted got a lot of feedback, push back, and just
Speaker 1: overall generalized discussion based upon that chart and basically what
Speaker 1: this chart was doing was looking at the depth of
Speaker 1: target as well as the on target throw percentage, which
Speaker 1: is defined by I think it was Next Gen or
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. I'll have to forgive me there if
Speaker 1: for not knowing exactly the site that he was referencing her,
Speaker 1: but it references throws that are in stride that the
Speaker 1: receiver doesn't have to break stride or off the body,
Speaker 1: off the frame type of throw. So it measures every
Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL and their accuracy on clean pocket
Speaker 1: throw so no pressure. The depth of the target was
Speaker 1: right around eight point five yards down the field and
Speaker 1: the on target rate was just a smidge below. There's
Speaker 1: no hash marks here, but to me like on the chart,
Speaker 1: only ten quarterbacks were higher on the accuracy chart, and
Speaker 1: one of those ten, only one, Dak Prescott of the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: had a higher depth of target on clean pocket throws
Speaker 1: in terms of quarterbacks that completed or better of their throws,
Speaker 1: and the company immediately around two on that chart, Ryan Tannehill,
Speaker 1: who's been the highest rated passer in NFL the last
Speaker 1: two years. Matt Stafford, who we all know and love
Speaker 1: as far as what he can do with the football,
Speaker 1: and the Rams have huge expectations with him this year,
Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, and Joe Burrow not bad at all.
Speaker 1: And I keep posting these things because to me, all
Speaker 1: stats have a place in football. It's an unquantifiable game,
Speaker 1: so we use an infinite amount of data to try
Speaker 1: our best to well quantify it. And a common reply
Speaker 1: that I saw that this was a pointless chart, a
Speaker 1: pointless stat, and I could not disagree more. I've mentioned
Speaker 1: my quarterback charting website on here a million times now
Speaker 1: and a good example of that would be seen for
Speaker 1: Carson Wentzle's actually go ahead and come back to that
Speaker 1: real quick, because I mean, what do you want from
Speaker 1: stuff like this? It's a measurement for accuracy when the
Speaker 1: play structure is sound and the surrounding cast executes their job.
Speaker 1: Why does it have to be a b S stat
Speaker 1: because the guy that you think is best didn't finish
Speaker 1: the top of it. A few things irk me more
Speaker 1: than when you see a list of quarterbacks or players
Speaker 1: in this league that doesn't go down the you know,
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady like. Just because those
Speaker 1: guys are not at the top of the list does
Speaker 1: not mean it's not a valid list, and when you
Speaker 1: watch the tape, you can predict who is structurally sound
Speaker 1: in this area and who will rank a top in
Speaker 1: this area. Because I will never, ever, ever ever forget
Speaker 1: again that third and ten dot Com study I did
Speaker 1: where I created my own evaluation for quarterback passing. It
Speaker 1: was Carson Wentz's rookie season, and I was so impressed
Speaker 1: by his ability to make plays when things broke down
Speaker 1: around him. But the reason his grade was not very
Speaker 1: good wold and he finished twenty three in the charging
Speaker 1: that year and the Eagles went six and ten was
Speaker 1: because there was way too many layups that missed and
Speaker 1: hamstrung the offense put them in a second down and
Speaker 1: ten opposed to second and four, and kept that offense
Speaker 1: off schedule, kept them low and scoring, and of course
Speaker 1: they finished six and ten that season. Now, the following
Speaker 1: year in seventeen, he would continue to do the magic
Speaker 1: stuff as far as making guys miss and and create plays,
Speaker 1: but he also corrected the rookie season misses on those
Speaker 1: layups those in structure throws. The Eagles go thirteen and three.
Speaker 1: Of course he gets injured that year would have an
Speaker 1: m v P if he did not most likely, and
Speaker 1: they go on to win the Super Bowl again with
Speaker 1: Nick Foles. But you get the idea. Once he fixed
Speaker 1: the structural stuff, the stuff that makes up I don't
Speaker 1: know se of the position, the Eagles offense took that
Speaker 1: next step and his highlight level plays became even more
Speaker 1: highlight level because they were in position to make more
Speaker 1: of them because the offense was on the field and
Speaker 1: executing at a higher rate. Does that all make sense?
Speaker 1: I hope it does. I tweeted this the other day
Speaker 1: in regards to Greg Costell's comment about playing in structure
Speaker 1: and how playing instructure and in rhythm is about he's
Speaker 1: had of playing the position and the highlight reel stuff
Speaker 1: isn't enough to make you a consistent good starter, And
Speaker 1: that's kind of what I think gets lost in the
Speaker 1: shuffle here. The highlight reel is the good and bad.
Speaker 1: That stuff really sticks out in people's minds. But it's
Speaker 1: the tight windows shots against a zone look that creates
Speaker 1: this triangle of underneath, over the top and robber coverage
Speaker 1: that requires an anticipatory throw and perfect location away from
Speaker 1: a defender and the leverage of that defender, for instance,
Speaker 1: like a third and twelve conversion from TWA to Gisicki
Speaker 1: in the Kansas City game last year that Tony Romo
Speaker 1: raved over in real time, and then later in his
Speaker 1: breakdowns on NFL Live, Dan Orlovsky went in on that
Speaker 1: and shows you how special that throw was. So two
Speaker 1: ranks in the top ten and clean pocket on target throws.
Speaker 1: But even just the misconception of it all isn't enough,
Speaker 1: because he was also second in eluding pressure rate per
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus. So what are we talking about here?
Speaker 1: How about the company that he keeps in regards to
Speaker 1: evading pressure Number one in the NFL last season Josh
Speaker 1: Allen twenty six point one percent of the time evaded
Speaker 1: initial pressure to a number two at twenty four point
Speaker 1: two percent. How about this company next, Lamar Jackson, Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray nineteen point four percent, then Derek carrd nineteen point
Speaker 1: one percent. And Derek Carr has just been much better
Speaker 1: than I personally gave him credit for, again going back
Speaker 1: to third and ten dot Com early on in his career,
Speaker 1: He's been the real key consistent cog for that Raiders
Speaker 1: offense in the Gruden era in my opinion. But back
Speaker 1: to our guy here, I want to take a look
Speaker 1: at a couple more splits here before I move on.
Speaker 1: The first six games for two as a starter per
Speaker 1: NFL media research, nine touchdowns, one interception, point one passer rating,
Speaker 1: And yeah, the y p A wasn't great at six
Speaker 1: point six, but it was respectable enough, especially for a
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback in his first few starts. Then in weeks
Speaker 1: fifteen through seventeen, five point seven y p A two
Speaker 1: to four touchdown to interception ratio and a seventy two
Speaker 1: point eight passer rating. Well, what happened in week fifteen?
Speaker 1: You guys remember that that was when the injuries became
Speaker 1: almost to the point of comical. At one point in
Speaker 1: the game, after Joachim DeVante and Mike Gaziki were all
Speaker 1: out injured the Dolphins top seven players, and mind you,
Speaker 1: they were without Miles Gascon in that game as well.
Speaker 1: Preston Williams was also down in that game. They were
Speaker 1: without their top seven players in terms of yards from scrimmage.
Speaker 1: They had all been injured and we're not available, so
Speaker 1: top seven guys are out. Who can possibly survive that?
Speaker 1: Well Miami did and they won that game. So it
Speaker 1: was an uphill climb for the offense and to a
Speaker 1: winds up with the second highest tight window throw percentage
Speaker 1: in the NFL last year, he threw into tight windows
Speaker 1: more than all quarterbacks but one. And what does he
Speaker 1: do in that stat He finished his first and tight
Speaker 1: window thrill completion rate with forty seven point five per
Speaker 1: And significant credit here to the receivers because this group
Speaker 1: really excels at catching contested football's. He was second and
Speaker 1: passer rating behind just Aaron Rodgers at a three point
Speaker 1: four ascerating and ahead of Derek Carr, Tom Brady and
Speaker 1: Drew Brees. And he was third in touchdown to interception
Speaker 1: ratio on these tight window throws, which are defined as
Speaker 1: one yard of separation. And mind you, this is GPS tracked.
Speaker 1: There's no gray area. It's black and white. So I
Speaker 1: look at that the accuracy from the clean pocket, the
Speaker 1: accuracy when lanes are contested, and the ability to create
Speaker 1: when the pocket is compromised, and you look to create
Speaker 1: more easy throws in the future. Now with the addition
Speaker 1: of Jalen Waddle will fuller yards after the catch guys,
Speaker 1: and more on them here later this week. I just
Speaker 1: don't see what we're missing here. Let's get to the
Speaker 1: rest of the room. Jacoby Brissette is here now. He
Speaker 1: has replaced Ryan Fitzpatrick, has kind of the old hat
Speaker 1: in the room. He wears number fourteen, five years experienced
Speaker 1: North Carolina State. He'll be twenty eight years old on
Speaker 1: opening day. And what I found most interesting about Brissette
Speaker 1: was twice in his career he really rose to the
Speaker 1: challenge of a late promotion into the lineup. First, as
Speaker 1: a rookie, he comes off the bench, and you might
Speaker 1: remember this in in that Week two game against the
Speaker 1: pay Atriots, Garoppolo gets hurt, Brissette comes into the game,
Speaker 1: and then the following week he starts again and leads
Speaker 1: the Patriots on a short week on Thursday night to
Speaker 1: a zero win over the Houston Texans. Then in Brissette
Speaker 1: was unexpectedly named the starter following the shocking retirement of
Speaker 1: Andrew Luck, and Brissette brings the Colts out of the
Speaker 1: box to a five and to start, while posting a
Speaker 1: ninety nine point three passer rating in the process. So,
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissette, when things kind of are chaotic and he
Speaker 1: has to get in the game, grab the helmet, get
Speaker 1: yourself go, and get yourself ready. He can jump in
Speaker 1: there and hold the fort And the best part about
Speaker 1: Jacoby Brissette he has a career interception rate of one
Speaker 1: point three percent. That's the best in the history of
Speaker 1: the National Football League minimum nine attempts. I think he
Speaker 1: does a great job getting the offense into the right looks,
Speaker 1: getting his box count, getting him into the right run
Speaker 1: or pass play. Coming off the bench in a pinch,
Speaker 1: manage a game and execute a game plan and get
Speaker 1: the football to an open man. The other quarterback on
Speaker 1: the roster, read Sennette, number four, has one year of
Speaker 1: NFL experience. He went to San Diego. He'll be twenty
Speaker 1: four years old on opening Day. He was a U
Speaker 1: d f A with a Tampa Bay Buccaneers last year
Speaker 1: before signing with Miami on the practice squad on September.
Speaker 1: He has yet to take an NFL snap, but he
Speaker 1: did explode in his one season as the starter at
Speaker 1: San Diego, when he threw for three thousand, five hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty eight yards thirty two touchdowns and he added
Speaker 1: a hundred and seventy four yards on the ground with
Speaker 1: six touchdowns, where he was also a finalist for the
Speaker 1: Walter Payton Award. Which is awarded annually to the most
Speaker 1: outstanding offensive player in Division one Football Championship sub Division.
Speaker 1: So there's your quarterback preview tomorrow running backs coming up.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and finish out this podcast by continuing
Speaker 1: our NFL preview series and take a look at the
Speaker 1: a f C South. And this division is one of
Speaker 1: the more intriguing ones to me because you know, it
Speaker 1: might not have the Juggernaut team, and maybe they do.
Speaker 1: I'm not really sure yet. None of us are really sure.
Speaker 1: But I find the divisions that have three possibly good teams,
Speaker 1: three or four possibly good teams to be the most intriguing.
Speaker 1: And we start here with the team in a bit
Speaker 1: of transition with the Houston Texans and their coaching staff
Speaker 1: that went after David Coley, and good for David Coley
Speaker 1: forgetting the bag here towards the end of his career
Speaker 1: into his sixties. Uh. He also brought in love E. Smith,
Speaker 1: and I'll be curious to see what Lovely Smith does
Speaker 1: with that defense because he's kind of been a by
Speaker 1: the book's principal type of defensive coordinator for his entire
Speaker 1: career and head coach for his entire career. And we'll
Speaker 1: see if he can adapt to this new role and
Speaker 1: to the modern league. As far as coming back to
Speaker 1: the NFL after being at Illinois there with the fighting
Speaker 1: a line for so many years. Just one of the
Speaker 1: weirdest offseasons I've ever seen in terms of signing so
Speaker 1: many veteran players for a team that has the one
Speaker 1: of the older rosters in the National Football League, and
Speaker 1: given the state of the quarterback position right now for
Speaker 1: that team, expectations are you know, it's hard to forecast
Speaker 1: where this team might be without that quarterback if he
Speaker 1: does not play. But what does happen there? Is it
Speaker 1: gonna be Tyrod Taylor, Davis Mills. They drafted him there
Speaker 1: with their first draft pick, but twenty six free agent signed,
Speaker 1: and most of those guys were signed to one year deals.
Speaker 1: It's one of the crazy easiest building processes I've ever
Speaker 1: seen in the National Football They getting guys like Philip
Speaker 1: Lindsay and Desmond King, maybe hoping to maximize their play
Speaker 1: and their earning potential in two when they go back
Speaker 1: on the market. Let's go ahead and just go over
Speaker 1: their off season here real quick, because that's the real
Speaker 1: story for this Texans football team. Tyrod Taylor, Davis Mills,
Speaker 1: mark Ingram Rex, Burkhead, Philip Lindsay like has three name
Speaker 1: running backs who maybe in another year where more name,
Speaker 1: but those are still big names you put to the roster. There.
Speaker 1: Chris Connley and Dante Moncrief joined Nico Collins a draft
Speaker 1: pick at receiver. They signed Darren Fells and Pharaoh Brown.
Speaker 1: They drafted Brevin Jordan out of Miami, big fan of
Speaker 1: his game. They bring in Justin Britt and Lane Taylor.
Speaker 1: They get Jordan Jenkins into Marcus Walker and Jalil Johnson,
Speaker 1: Malie Collins, Vince Taylor. Along the defensive line, they bring
Speaker 1: in Neville Hewitt, Kevin Pierre Lewis and Christian Kirksey and
Speaker 1: Comu grug Hill. How many former Dolphins have you heard
Speaker 1: in this list? And the defensive backfield Desmond King and
Speaker 1: Terrence Brooks. The Houston Texans. We will see this team,
Speaker 1: the doll Offins, will in a one pm kickoff in
Speaker 1: week number nine, November seven, here at hard Rock Stadium.
Speaker 1: Another team we're gonna see, actually all four of these
Speaker 1: teams will see is the Jacksonville Jaguars Week six up
Speaker 1: in over in London. I should say a nine thirty
Speaker 1: a m kickoff. That's way too early for us out
Speaker 1: here on the East Coast. Can't imagine being back on
Speaker 1: the West coast again for a six thirty kickoff. But
Speaker 1: this Jacksonville team again, this is where the entry really
Speaker 1: starts from me in the division Urban Meyer, how quickly
Speaker 1: does he acclimate to the NFL. He's been very open
Speaker 1: in his press conferences about kind of the learning process
Speaker 1: for him and trying to get to where he wants
Speaker 1: to go. What type of offense are they going to run?
Speaker 1: Because this is a guy that has had dominant college
Speaker 1: offenses everywhere. He has gone all the way back to
Speaker 1: Alex Smith at Utah to Justin Fields, most recently here
Speaker 1: with Ohio State, even though that was Ryan Day's program.
Speaker 1: Urban Meyer kind of helped USh in that era with
Speaker 1: the good quarterbacks. They had their Ohio State for so
Speaker 1: many years. And what are the dividends of Trevor Lawrence immediately?
Speaker 1: And I think pairing him with Travis E. T M
Speaker 1: was such a great option and a great idea. Travis E.
Speaker 1: T is a hell of a player. Where does Jamen
Speaker 1: Robinson factor into all this? To me, Travis E. T
Speaker 1: N is the most dangerous when you play him of
Speaker 1: the time. And now maybe that means a lot of
Speaker 1: two back sets, which works for this team because they
Speaker 1: are deeper at running back than receiver and especially at
Speaker 1: tight end. And I love DJ Shark, I love Lavisca Channel,
Speaker 1: Marvin Jones is a good VET. But those three guys
Speaker 1: with E. T. N. Robinson, to me, that's your best
Speaker 1: five as far as skill players go. So are we
Speaker 1: gonna be a twenty personnel based offense? That could be
Speaker 1: a possibly fun thing to watch on to keep an
Speaker 1: eye on. On defense, how about Josh Allen the defensive event,
Speaker 1: not the other Josh Allen, this guy that was drafted
Speaker 1: highly by the Jacksonville Jaguars one year before getting Caleb
Speaker 1: on Chason. I think Josh Allen from Kentucky could finally
Speaker 1: have that big breakthrough here we've been waiting for for him,
Speaker 1: and they're slowly building some depth on that defensive line,
Speaker 1: but it's just not quite there yet. One of the
Speaker 1: reasons why Tavan Brian no fifth year option extended for him,
Speaker 1: the former first round pick out of Florida. On the
Speaker 1: offensive line, it's a good one. You know, Brandon Linder
Speaker 1: has been there for seemingly seventy five years he anchors
Speaker 1: at all. Cam Robinson's a good tackle. I think Juwan
Speaker 1: Taylor could be even better. And we'll see what happens
Speaker 1: at left guard. That big Andrew Norwelle contract a few
Speaker 1: years back just to not pan out, but he is
Speaker 1: still there. I'll be curious see what he had looks
Speaker 1: like with a clean bill of health at linebacker. I
Speaker 1: loved Miles Jack his draft season and I still love him.
Speaker 1: He and Joe Schober are the quintessential modern day linebackers.
Speaker 1: Scholberg gets all kinds of picks and plays coverage and
Speaker 1: Joe Colan comes over to coordinate this defense from Baltimore.
Speaker 1: Be curious to see how these guys operate in a
Speaker 1: system that typically and I don't know if he'll run
Speaker 1: that system, but where he comes from had run a
Speaker 1: system where it was linebacker heavy, and you mug guys
Speaker 1: up and have your multiple gap players that can do
Speaker 1: different things, and where they aren't quite there yet with
Speaker 1: the depth on the defensive line, they have gone to
Speaker 1: work rounding out this defensive backfield and that's a smart
Speaker 1: move I think in today's NFL going after the defensive
Speaker 1: backfield Shaquille Griffin, a big signing from Seattle. They get C. J.
Speaker 1: Henderson last year in the top ten out of floor
Speaker 1: to and then Tyson Campbell this year, who has already
Speaker 1: been announced as their slot cornerback from Urban Meyer despite
Speaker 1: never playing there in college. Interesting tactic there, but they
Speaker 1: obviously saw something on tape that made them think that
Speaker 1: he could do that job. And he's a hell of
Speaker 1: a player, so be curious to keep an eye on that.
Speaker 1: One personal note here, can you guys free my boy
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew from Washington State University? Go cougs. I mean
Speaker 1: you got Trevor Lawrence. He's probably gonna be your starter.
Speaker 1: Probably even a funny word there. They signed c. J.
Speaker 1: Bethard and also Jake Luton is there who played late
Speaker 1: in the season for them and had some success as well.
Speaker 1: So free Minshew, free the stash, free the Gene Shorts, Baby,
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence, c J. Bethard, Travis E. T N. Carlos
Speaker 1: Hide all additions in the backfield. They go out and
Speaker 1: get Marvin Jones, Josh I Motor Baby, Philip dor Set
Speaker 1: also comes in Derwin Gray on the offensive line. I
Speaker 1: love the Malcolm Brown trade. They pick up Jihad Ward
Speaker 1: from the Raiders, Dakota Alan, and Dylan Moses, a U
Speaker 1: d f A signing from Alabama who was a you know,
Speaker 1: floated as a possible first round pick before a serious
Speaker 1: knee injury. We talked about Shaquille Griffin and Tyson Campbell.
Speaker 1: They also add in Rashawn Jenkins to the defensive backfield
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. Moving on here to our third a
Speaker 1: f C South team, and this Dolphins team will travel
Speaker 1: to Tennessee in week seventeen, the penultimate game of the season,
Speaker 1: for a one o'clock kickoff on January two up in Nashville.
Speaker 1: The big story here for the Titans replacing Arthur Smith
Speaker 1: who is now the head coach in Atlanta, and he
Speaker 1: constructed an offense that was just perfectly catered to the
Speaker 1: strength of Ryan Tannehill. Again charting Ryan Tannehill. You allow
Speaker 1: him to play from the pocket and drive balls to
Speaker 1: the intermediate portion of the field with that huge arm,
Speaker 1: and use his athleticism off waggle boot zone red to
Speaker 1: help kind of control the box count and give Derrick
Speaker 1: Henry more options. Those guys work so well together, and
Speaker 1: then you incorporate Julio Jones. That's the big one, a
Speaker 1: perfect compliment to what they did last season with A J.
Speaker 1: Brown running all those crossing routes and deep patterns. Julio
Speaker 1: Jones can do the exact same thing. So you have
Speaker 1: two guys that can kind of mirror those concepts on
Speaker 1: either side of the formation. My favorite offseason addition was
Speaker 1: Julio Jones this year. But how do they get back
Speaker 1: to that twelve personnel package that was so deadly with
Speaker 1: Anthony Ferkster without John U. Smith because he was kind
Speaker 1: of a guy that drove that package at the tight
Speaker 1: end position and who goes to the slot and eleven
Speaker 1: personnel with three receivers. Josh Reynolds probably one of their
Speaker 1: bigger offseason additions there at receiver as well. The offensive
Speaker 1: line has stepped back a bit since losing Jack Conklin
Speaker 1: and free agency to Cleveland, and he's been great there,
Speaker 1: but they have still proven really really good players and
Speaker 1: Taylor Lawan, Ben Jones, and Roger Saffold on the defensive side.
Speaker 1: I'm excited about this because this team has caughten a
Speaker 1: lot of flak for their past rush over the years.
Speaker 1: But Jeffrey Simmons is one of the more physically imposing
Speaker 1: players on the interior defensive line, and Harold Landry when
Speaker 1: he's healthy, is about as good as there is in
Speaker 1: terms of the get off, the explosion, the ability to
Speaker 1: bend the arc kind of cam Waken that way. I
Speaker 1: think those guys could both erupt because they've supplemented both
Speaker 1: those guys in terms of surrounding talent, with Nico Autry
Speaker 1: a great addition there, and then also budd Uprix, who
Speaker 1: gives him a gap hunter and a really really good
Speaker 1: pass rusher, and good run defender, a good block defeater.
Speaker 1: He does it all. He's coming off a torn a
Speaker 1: c L, so he probably won't be back right away,
Speaker 1: but he should be back in time for the week
Speaker 1: sevent team game. You would think there's been so much
Speaker 1: change on this team. No more Adam Humphries, no more
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler, Kenny of Akaro, John Smith, Corey Davis. We
Speaker 1: talked about losing Jack Conklin last year. Their additions, Julio Jones,
Speaker 1: Josh Reynolds, Denico Autry, Bud Dupree, Jayon Brown, Monty Rice,
Speaker 1: a rookie linebacker out of Georgia. Love his game. He
Speaker 1: is a seek and destroyed linebacker. They also get Norris
Speaker 1: Jenkins and draft a pair of rookies in that secondary
Speaker 1: as well. Caleb Farley really rooting for that guy because
Speaker 1: drafting him after the kind of neck or back scare
Speaker 1: that he had coming out of the draft. I hope
Speaker 1: it works out for him. And then Elijah Molden from
Speaker 1: You Dub has a great chance to be a good
Speaker 1: slot in this league. Finally, our final team here on
Speaker 1: the a f C South Preview is a Week four
Speaker 1: contest in Miami at hard Rock Stadium, one o'clock kick
Speaker 1: off in that hot, hot Miami Heat against the Colts
Speaker 1: on October three. And this might be the most staying
Speaker 1: team in the entire division because of Carson Wentz and
Speaker 1: talked about him earlier in the podcast. A good time
Speaker 1: to come back to this. It's it's weird to watch
Speaker 1: a player's mechanics of a position change, and you watch
Speaker 1: the way Wentz was kind of throwing the football last year.
Speaker 1: The base had widened, his feet got wider, his toys were,
Speaker 1: his toes were pointed inward, and it causes the arms
Speaker 1: slot to drop, It causes balls to sail on him.
Speaker 1: It was just a really really weird season for the
Speaker 1: Eagles at that position, and it was almost kind of
Speaker 1: training muscle memory that was built in over time that
Speaker 1: you kind of have to find a way to correct that.
Speaker 1: So can he do that is the big question. And
Speaker 1: we'll talk about this here in a minute, but all
Speaker 1: the injuries that Eagles offense had a receiver, offensive line,
Speaker 1: I wonder how much of that played into Wentz feeling
Speaker 1: like he has to kind of speed up his play
Speaker 1: and get things out quicker. And that kind of caused
Speaker 1: the mechanics to to alter. And then you do it
Speaker 1: enough to where becomes a habit that can become a
Speaker 1: big problem. So that's why he's available for a trade.
Speaker 1: That's why the Colts get him with Frank Reich, his
Speaker 1: former coach there in Philly. I at what you can
Speaker 1: see what this team looks like this year. It could
Speaker 1: be very, very fascinating because you know, I talked about
Speaker 1: the miss layups he had as a rookie, and that's
Speaker 1: such a thing in the past, doesn't really qualify anymore.
Speaker 1: But his third down grade. I graded every quarterback on
Speaker 1: third down two. He was far and away in seen
Speaker 1: the best third down quarterback in the NFL because he
Speaker 1: just had a perpetual Houdini act that was so much
Speaker 1: fun to watch. As far as the Colts go at
Speaker 1: the position, I've really never seen a team that approaches
Speaker 1: the quarterback position like this one the last couple of years,
Speaker 1: where you have this loaded roster and you just plug
Speaker 1: in the quarterback and try to make that work that way.
Speaker 1: It's usually the opposite way around, And I guess that's
Speaker 1: what happens when you, you know, don't have that high
Speaker 1: draft pick to go after a top quarterback in the
Speaker 1: draft class, because this team has drafted to Sam Ellinger
Speaker 1: and Jacob Easton in the last two seasons. But one
Speaker 1: thing Wentz had in ten that m VP level year
Speaker 1: was a dominant offensive line and a strong backfield. But again,
Speaker 1: the Eagles just started to really endure an insane amount
Speaker 1: of injuries and that line caught the worst of it all.
Speaker 1: Quentin Nelson is the best guard in the National Football League,
Speaker 1: Brandon Smith a great right tackle, Ryan Kelly and awesome center.
Speaker 1: And now they get Eric Fisher who tore his achilles
Speaker 1: in January. So he maybe you'll be back for this game.
Speaker 1: We'll find out about that in the future. But he
Speaker 1: might be a later addition for this team that helps
Speaker 1: them more post Halloween. Plus, this offense also functions with
Speaker 1: heavy tight end packages and how Frank Reich can get
Speaker 1: to four vertes from thirteen personal I've never seen an
Speaker 1: offensive cording or do it like that, but he plays
Speaker 1: off those heavy personnel packages so well with mo Alei Cox,
Speaker 1: with Jack Doyle, and then the guy that kind of
Speaker 1: brings it all together is Jonathan Taylor, who just knows
Speaker 1: as well as anybody how to maximize good blocking and
Speaker 1: make teams make plays in the second level and you're
Speaker 1: not going to because he's too good to slip those tackles.
Speaker 1: He just produces. You've also got Niheim Hines and Marlon Mack.
Speaker 1: What an offensive backfield. I also am a fan of
Speaker 1: t Y Hilton's game. His stats last year were not
Speaker 1: indicative of his play. I did not think he's much
Speaker 1: better than his status shows you. And Michael Pittman really
Speaker 1: came on a specially in that playoff game. So this
Speaker 1: offense has some pieces. We'll see if Carson Wentz can
Speaker 1: get a going. But defensively, this team has always been
Speaker 1: one of a speed and finesse, oversize and strength and
Speaker 1: that goes back to Tony Dungee with the Gary Brackett days.
Speaker 1: Darius Leonard a two pounds and elite linebacker, a three
Speaker 1: down player. I'll never forget watching him and coverage at
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl. Just erase running backs in a drill
Speaker 1: that has made to make running backs make the linebackers
Speaker 1: look silly, and he did the opposite. They also get
Speaker 1: Bobby oka Riki out of Stanford a couple of years ago,
Speaker 1: and he turned into a great not just sub package linebacker,
Speaker 1: but a chess piece on that defense. Upfront to Forest
Speaker 1: Buckner is such a load. He's so long and strong.
Speaker 1: What a trade that was for them. He has the
Speaker 1: length to occupy blockers and produce to help guys around him.
Speaker 1: Speaking of that, Grover Stewart reminds me so much of
Speaker 1: the way and Dominican Sue plays with the aggressiveness and
Speaker 1: the tenacity. He's a fantastic player. And then I'm excited
Speaker 1: to see how Quitti pay fits in year one. I
Speaker 1: didn't think that his usage really matched up to what
Speaker 1: his rank was there in college. Camiko Terray, Ben Bonogu,
Speaker 1: Alquedin Mohammed and Antoine Woods are all intriguing players up
Speaker 1: front as well in the defense of secondary. Julian Blackman
Speaker 1: is one of my favorite players in that class. His
Speaker 1: combine session when I talked to him was one of
Speaker 1: my favorites the entire draft week there and Kenny Moore
Speaker 1: is so underrated and a great tackler outside. The secondary
Speaker 1: is the part where you look and say they need
Speaker 1: guys to either develop quickly or return to form like
Speaker 1: a rock your Sin and Xavier Road so their offseason
Speaker 1: was Carson Wentz against Sam Ellinger one year after drafting
Speaker 1: Jacob Easton. Interesting area to go after quarterbacks in that
Speaker 1: mid round of the draft a couple of years in
Speaker 1: a row. Eric Fisher comes in to kind of replace
Speaker 1: Anthony Costanzo who retired. Chris Reid remember him, Julian Davenport
Speaker 1: member him, Joey Hunt, Quitty pay, Antoine Woods, Isaac Rochelle,
Speaker 1: Malik Jefferson, and Xavier Roads are there big additions to me.
Speaker 1: Three teams could win this division. I think it's it's
Speaker 1: it goes as far as Jacksonville, I'd be I think
Speaker 1: they could have a possible surprise run this year. The
Speaker 1: m v P of the division. The best player is
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. The best quarterback and this is excellently Deshaun
Speaker 1: Watson is Ryan Tannehill. The best defensive player is DeForest Buckner.
Speaker 1: The best rookie, for my money, is gonna be Trevor Lawrence.
Speaker 1: I think Frank Wright is the best coach in the division.
Speaker 1: The most intriguing team is the Jags or the Titans
Speaker 1: or the Colts. Again, three teams I don't know, and
Speaker 1: that goes into our championship prediction. I need to go
Speaker 1: over the schedule and make a decision for it. But
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get crazy, since all right I am.
Speaker 1: I am gonna get crazy. Actually, since this isn't my
Speaker 1: official prediction. Give me the Jaguars, give me the surprise upstart.
Speaker 1: I think Trevor Lawrence can be that good. All right?
Speaker 1: I want to cover some TV shows here on a podcast.
Speaker 1: We'll come back and do that later in the week.
Speaker 1: I think you should leave is out on Netflix? How
Speaker 1: good is that show? And Dave on f X continues
Speaker 1: to pop before we get out of here. I want
Speaker 1: to go ahead and haven't been on the airwaves since
Speaker 1: this tragedy happened, but just send out our thoughts with
Speaker 1: the victims of the Surf Side conn collapse over there
Speaker 1: right next to Miami Beach. What a sad, sad moment.
Speaker 1: That wasn't a sad event, And and visiting the wall
Speaker 1: down there on Surfside and kind of seeing the first
Speaker 1: responders and just the chaos of it all. Really really
Speaker 1: apologize for those folks that had to go through that
Speaker 1: and are still going through that. And we'll try to,
Speaker 1: you know, continue to do our firts here with the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins to to make things easier and try to
Speaker 1: help to alleviate some of the pressure of the post
Speaker 1: tragedy events there. And sirs, our thoughts are with you
Speaker 1: families over there in Surfside. All right, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and close up this podcast here again. Tomorrow we come
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Speaker 1: gonna have training camp reports for you also every single
Speaker 1: day preseason games, and then finally kick off in September.
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