WEBVTT - Improving the Run Game, Adam Shaheen Exclusive, Salvon Ahmed On Debut 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:15.360 Exact field touchdown, Miami Run. What is up, doll Fans, 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:18.720 and welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:24.160 Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:28.280 each and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Thursday. 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.560 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:34.760 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. Not 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:38.040 today's show. Once again, we have flipped the schedule. The 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:41.800 preview show already out on Wednesday's podcast, the Wednesday edition 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:45.640 of the Drivetime Podcast. Today, we're gonna dive into the feature. 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.839 We're gonna talk to Adam Shaheen about that tight Ends Room. 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:50.720 It's a it's a fun group. I can't wait to 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:53.520 have you guys here. Adam Schaheen talk about his relationship 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.800 with Mike Kasicki, Durham Smith, and George Godzi in that 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:59.600 tight End Room. Plus we'll hear from Coach Flores, some 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:03.040 Dollins players and get you ready for Sunday against the Chargers. 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.360 All of that and more on this Thursday, November the 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:12.840 twelfth edition of the Drive Time Podcast. And support for 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.200 draw Time comes from Auto Nation. Auto Nation, where Dolphins 0:01:16.200 --> 0:01:19.039 fans can sell their vehicle for cash now visit auto 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:21.920 nation dot com today. Let's go ahead and jump into 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.280 the Thursday injury report for Dolphins and Chargers. The second 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.319 injury report after the second day of practice for your 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.120 Miami Dolphins in preparation for the Chargers coming to hard 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:34.679 Rock Stadium on Sunday at four oh five Eastern and 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.679 for the Dolphins on Thursday, only ray Kwon Davis was 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.720 listed as a d NP did not practice. It was 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:44.839 not injury related. Three players were limited. Running back Matt Brita, 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:49.080 cornerback Jamal Perry, and tight end Durham Smith limited in practice. 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:51.600 The Dolphins also made a couple of roster moves on 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:55.640 Thursday afternoon. Kyle Van Nou as well as Christian Wilkins 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:59.000 and Matt Cole the wide receiver on practice god were 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:02.240 added to the Serve slash COVID nineteen list, and Lynn 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.040 Bowden Junior, the receiver was taken off of that list 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.120 for the Chargers their injury report. For the update on 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:10.840 their Thursday practice report, go ahead and check out the 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:14.119 top news story on Miami Dolphins dot com on Wednesday. 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.560 Justin Jackson, the running back, did not practice. Trade Turner, 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.639 the guard and Joey Bosa the defensive end and tackle 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.560 Brian Blaga. All three of those players were limited on 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:27.000 Wednesday's practice. Again, Miami Dolphins dot Com top news story. 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.200 We'll have the latest for you guys on their Thursday 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.680 injury report. Let's go ahead and jump into Coach flores 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:36.000 Thursday morning media availability threat, and he started off with 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:39.520 the question about new Dolphins running back DeAndre Washington, who 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:43.240 of course was acquired on trade deadline day. He comes 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:45.600 over from the Las Vegas Raiders. We broke down his 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:47.760 game a little bit, what he does in the passing game, 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:50.440 some of his wiggle and burst in the open field 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.800 last week on the Drivetime podcast. Let's go ahead, though, 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:56.640 and hear from Coach Flores and get his evaluation of 0:02:56.720 --> 0:03:00.000 DeAndrea Washington and why the Dolphins decided ultimately to trade 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:02.399 for him. You know, we watched him, you know, during 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.079 the free agency process last year. So I think he's 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.720 got good vision, good run skills and catching the bad 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:11.600 back field. You know, just doing some some some background 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.640 on him, and it was a hard worker. It's important 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:19.760 to him. He's competitive, so so an opportunity and you know, 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:24.000 Chris and this the personnel scas after the nice job 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.280 kind of pinpoint the type of that we're looking forward. 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.240 They got it done, So DeAndrea Washington out here in 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.480 the fold. We know Myles Gascon remains on injured reserve. 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:36.000 Last week was the first game that he missed because 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.080 of the injury, and obviously Matt Brito was out last 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.760 week as well. He was back at practice, albeit an 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:45.240 a limited capacity on Wednesday and Thursday. This week, We've 0:03:45.240 --> 0:03:47.960 also got Savon Ahmed back there, who had some good 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:50.240 carries on the game on Sunday as well, So maybe 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.440 some more depth in this running back room getting grounded 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.120 out here a little bit down the second half of 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:56.160 the season, down the stretch here to go along with 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:58.640 Jordan Howard, who of course had his fourth rushing touchdown 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.160 on Sunday. And speaking of that running back position, Coach 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.520 was asked about Matt Brita and what he can do 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:07.000 besides the speed element of his game to help this 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:10.680 football team out. Coach says, he's already helping this team out. Well, 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.520 I think he's. I think he's he's he's definitely helped 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:16.000 team us far. Uh. But it was nice to see 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:21.919 him out there yesterday and just you know, take a 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:25.320 few reps and and see him move around a little bit. 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:29.640 So that was nice. But look like you said, he's fast, 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:33.120 he's explosive, he's tough. I think he's been He's done 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:34.800 a really nice job for us in the kicking game. 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:36.880 You know, he's gotten his opportunities as a runner. You know, 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:42.080 he's he's broken up some some some big playze and 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:43.560 he just needs to do what he's been to him. 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.640 He prepares the right way. It's important to him. And 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.080 if he just continues to do what he's been doing, 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:52.560 I think he'll be just fine. Up next, coach was 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.719 asked about some of the blitz frequency. The Dolphins ranked 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:58.159 five in the NFL in terms of their blitz frequency, 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:01.320 but justin Herbert, the charges were quarterback has had some 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:04.839 success against the blitz. Coach was asked about how the 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:08.040 success of the opposing quarterback affects how the Dolphins want 0:05:08.040 --> 0:05:09.880 to call their game as far as they're blitzing and 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:13.440 aggressiveness on defense. Yeah, I mean, you know, you see 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:15.479 some of the things that you've done in the past 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.719 or in previous games show up in another game and 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:24.559 he's been effective against It makes you think twice about 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.280 going that route, so we'll, um, you know, we've we 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.720 we're kind of going through the defensive game plan extensively, 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:34.720 you know, without getting into you too deep into what 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:39.400 we're gonna do or what we'd like to try to do. Um. Yeah, 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.159 that's that's part of it, part of the equation. You know, 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.240 he's done a good job against you know, pressure, UM, 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:46.160 but it's really done a good job against everything. So 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.960 and they gotta they do a good job offensively, run game, 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:55.000 pass game, UM, screens, draws, they moved the ball efficiently 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:59.400 third down, red zone. So it's a good football team. 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.640 You know, that's one element of it. You know, it's pressure, 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.120 and you know if we call it, when we call it, 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:10.920 we've got to do a good job executing, knowing full 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.239 well that they've been able to execute against those types 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:18.120 of it's called defensive structure. So definitely a tough test. 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:21.280 He's a good player, they had good coaches like a receivers, 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:25.720 tight ends back, so, UM, tough test for us. Might 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.200 have to ask coach to stop hitting that pen on 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.039 the table and he talks because it picks up on 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.919 the microphone here a little bit on the podcast, we 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:35.720 talked about the preview of the Chargers Dolphins game, or 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.440 talked about the Charger's ability to beat the blitz and 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.520 to go over the top with their deep passing game 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.159 in the preview on Wednesday's podcast. If you miss that 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:45.000 addition of drive time, go ahead and go back and 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:46.960 check that out. We go in depth about how the 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:51.400 Chargers attack vertically against pretty much everybody, with multiple forms 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.320 of guys that can make big plays down the field. 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:56.200 Mike Williams a big, tall, fifty fifty ball guy that 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:59.720 really turns him into that Davante Parker ball. They've also 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.560 got Jalen Guiton, who over half of his production in 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:04.839 terms of his receiving yards this year has come on 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.640 passes thrown over twenty yards down the field. Will check 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:09.279 that out. Let's go ahead and get back now to 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.720 coach Flores, and so we talk about the vertical threats 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.800 outside with Mike Williams and Jalen Guiton, and Mike Williams 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:17.360 is more than just a vertical threat, by the way, 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.680 this is one of the better receivers in the NFL. 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:21.960 A top ten draft pick once upon a time, but 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:23.880 a guy that was drafted in the second round once 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:26.320 upon time. Who has become, for my money, a top 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.880 ten receiver and the very best route runner in the 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:31.600 entire National Football League. For a long time, I went 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.760 back and forth on Keenan Allen and Doug Baldwin in Seattle, 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.320 but of course Baldwin retired, So now Keenan kind of 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:40.160 has the the throne all to himself for my money, 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.240 Let's go ahead and here from coach Flora's about Keenan 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.840 Allen the challenges he presents inside slot. Because the Dolphins have, 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.880 of course Byron Jones and Xavien Howard on the outside. 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:50.880 Do they think about bringing one of those guys inside 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:53.360 to cover Keenan Allen. Here's Coach Flora's on that answer. 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:56.720 Keaton's are very very He's one of the top players 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:02.480 in the league, very productive, very good route runner, good hands, 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:06.640 good after the catch. I feel like I've seen him 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:10.200 every year for the last ten years. Yeah, he's a 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:14.280 good He's a very good player. Uh and uh. He 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:16.080 poses a lot of problems, but they got they got 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:20.800 other guys that post problems as well. Um, Guitan, you know, 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:27.040 Mike Williams. It's a hunter Henry m So we're gonna 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.320 have to deal with with guys on a perimeter, obviously 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:31.800 we need to deal with Keenan and the slot. When 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:33.760 he's in the slot, I mean, they move him around 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:38.360 so you can try to pinpoint where he is. But again, 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:40.440 you know, hen does a good job of moving these 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:45.240 guys around. Um. So again that that's that's part of 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.600 the you know, some of our things we have to 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:51.880 deal with defensively. Uh. But yeah, all those conversations have had. 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:54.600 Um you know, do we move a guy that's primarily 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.160 outside inside and you know, do we leave him outside 0:08:57.200 --> 0:09:00.840 and deal with the issues inside. Well, we move and 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.800 they don't move, We're good. If we move and they move, 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:07.480 you know, now you know they got what they want. 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:08.880 We you know what I mean. It's just those are 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:11.839 all the kind of gymnastics you go through as you're 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:15.640 you're trying to game plan. So we'll see, you know, 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.440 you'll find out on Sunday. But what we all know 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.040 is that keen now is a very good player, and 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:25.120 we know Herbert will be looking for him as you should. Yeah, 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.280 I'm really excited to watch this matchup of the Dolphins 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.719 defense versus a rookie quarterback because I think that one 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.800 of the things this Dolphins defense does a good job 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.080 of and I'm sure coach Flores would would tell you 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.520 this as well, is they mix up their looks, they 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:38.440 mix up their blitz looks and their coverages in the 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:41.000 back end, and they find a way to create mismatches 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.880 in the past rush game. We've talked about that for 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.600 this entirety of the Drive Time podcast since it came 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:48.880 to be a thing back in February, but also my 0:09:48.960 --> 0:09:51.880 time previously with Locked on Dolphins. We talked about how 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:54.360 they find ways to scheme pressure on the quarterback through 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:57.840 games and through stunts and twists and different overload blitzes 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.480 and and trying to get the five guy up front 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:02.920 of the offensive line into one protection look and then 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:05.720 you bring something else and it causes confusion. It creates 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:07.679 free rushers. We've seen it two weeks in a row 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.360 now with Emmanuel og Ball, because when you send that 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.319 zero pressure and you mug guys up in the A 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.040 gaps in the B gaps and bring those linebackers down, 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.520 all of a sudden, the running back back there, if 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.079 there is somebody not an empty formation, if there's a 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.800 running back or a tight end in formation, their job 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:24.560 is to work inside out. You want to get the 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.360 most immediate pressure on the quarterback coming right up the middle. 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:30.560 Take care of that first, then work outside. And because 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.280 of that, because of Jerome Baker and Kyle van Noy 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.040 and you land In Roberts and all these guys that 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.720 can put in those a gaps to simulate pressure that way, 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:39.720 you have to worry about those guys. And then all 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.160 of a sudden you get Immanuel og Ball taking a 0:10:42.160 --> 0:10:44.600 free run on your quarterback and two games in a row, 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.360 I mean that's produced fourteen points, not to mention Shack 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.680 Lawson giving you seven more essentially with his strip sack 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.040 and Kyle Van Noy's recovery down to the one yard 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.720 line that Miami punched in one play later on a 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:58.600 Miles gas Can touchdown run against the Rams. So the 0:10:58.640 --> 0:11:01.240 idea is to create confusion on the quarterback. It'll be 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.520 a big test for Justin Herbert, the rookie. He's had 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.120 a hell of a season. Good on good Dolphins defense 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:08.839 and their pressure against the young quarterback. I cannot wait 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.640 to see how he handles it on Sunday. Let's go 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:13.959 ahead and flip this thing over to the offensive side 0:11:13.960 --> 0:11:16.640 of the ball. Coach Floors was asked about the offensive 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:20.319 line combinations. We saw seven guys play on Sunday. Solomon 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.480 Kinley had the fifteen snaps, Austin Jackson had forty three, 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.520 Julian Davenport out there for one snap. The other guys 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.280 played the entire game, Jesse Davis flipping from left tackle 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.440 to right guard. Here's Coach Flores on the Dolphins offensive line, 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.959 the combinations, the rotations, what they might do on Sunday. 0:11:36.320 --> 0:11:40.720 Um as far as Solomon Kinley, you know, I talked 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:42.480 to you all the offensive line. I talked to really, 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:46.600 I try to talk to everyone on the team. But look, 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:50.400 my message is normally the same. Let's improve, Let's get 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:55.520 better every day. What happened last week or six weeks ago, 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:58.720 it doesn't matter. It's about what you do today. HI 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:02.920 perform in practice today, and you know, I'll how you 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:05.480 take advantage of opportunities when they when they present themselves. 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:09.800 So there you go. Coach Flores is Thursday morning media availability. 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:11.720 If you guys want to see that and its entirety, 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:13.920 go ahead and check it out up on Miami Dolphins 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.640 dot com as well as the team's YouTube page. You 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:18.960 also can find Dolphins Today up there, as well as 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.760 all the press conferences for your Dolphins players and coaches 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:24.720 here on the Miami Dolphins YouTube page. Let's go ahead 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.320 and get nowt to my interview with Dolphins tight end 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.199 Adam Shaheen and I had been putting this piece together 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:32.160 up on Miami Dolphins dot com for a little bit 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:34.680 of time here looking at the tight end room because 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:38.040 I'm so fascinated by the number of jobs these guys 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:42.040 have to fulfill in terms of past protection, run game scheme, 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:45.439 getting into the routes and route combinations for the quarterback 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:47.600 when he does throw the football to the tight ends, 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.439 and not just that, but special teams as well. Having 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.720 Chandler Cox of fullback in that room too. There's so 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:56.120 many different has these guys have to wear. You might 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.720 have heard in the past that tight ends one of 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:00.880 the harder positions for rookie to come in and have 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.320 an immediate impact. We saw Mike Asiki kind of have 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.719 a glow up from year one to year two. We've 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:07.840 seen it across the league several times with the young 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:10.480 tight ends making more of an impact in their second year, 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:12.720 and you can understand why they have so many roles. 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.120 They have to fulfill and it's probably a lot early 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.440 on for these guys, but right now Miami has a 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.520 good mix of veterans in that room, but young veterans 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.040 really because both Gasicki and Smite have been the league 0:13:23.080 --> 0:13:26.040 for three years now. Adam Shaheen and his fourth season 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:28.920 just got the contract extension. So we talked to Adam 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:30.760 about the tight end room, had a little bit of 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.400 a buzz round, uh speed round with him rather talking 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.720 about who's the best at what and that tight end 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.360 room and just some fun questions for Adam Sheheen. Let's 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.360 go ahead and turn out to my interview with Dolphins 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.480 tight end Adam Sheheen and joining me now on the 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:47.120 Drive Time podcast is Dolphins tight end Adam Shaheen. Adam, 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:50.120 how you doing, man? What's going on? Not too much? 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:51.880 It's gonna talk to you here. I like to always 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.240 ask the players on the podcast. You know, it's it's 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:57.439 a long season. Football's a war of attrition. How's the 0:13:57.480 --> 0:14:00.760 body feeling right now? Man? You know, not too bad. 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.640 You know, everybody at this point has some some bumps 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.720 and bruises, but you know we're working through it and 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:08.760 you know, we kind of finished strong over the last 0:14:08.880 --> 0:14:11.040 half of the season. And I think one of the 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.760 more intriguing parts about the tight end position in the 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.520 NFL is the fact that it's kind of a small room. 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.520 You don't have, you know, offensive line or wide receiver 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:21.480 where you have ten twelve guys in that room at 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.120 a time. I'm curious to to know kind of how 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.920 you've you've kind of kind of become innundated with the 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:29.960 Dolphin's tight end room here with Mike A. Sicki and 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.760 Durham Smith, and how you've kind of been accepted among 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:36.480 those guys in that tight ends room. Um, you know, 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.680 I feel like, for me, this is the best room 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:42.440 I've been in as far as like what what I 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.720 worked well with. So it's been really uh good. Those 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:47.960 guys are awesome as well as Chris and Chandler and 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:51.480 then you know the other tight end coaches with Mike 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:53.560 and Shahn. So it's been a really good fit. We 0:14:53.600 --> 0:14:55.160 have a lot of fun, and you know, we've been 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.320 able to go out there and actually been playing pretty 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.120 good and be a positive as a whole I think 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.520 for the offense. So yeah, you you mentioned their Chris 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:06.080 Myrick obviously and Chandler Cox. The Dolphins fullback here. And 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:08.280 I want to say it was coach at Godsey who 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.680 mentioned something about the muscle room. Is that what you 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.400 guys call that? Is that a different separate thing? How 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:16.280 did you get into the muscle room? Like, what's the 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.120 requirements to get yourself into the muscle club? I wouldn't 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.280 say we're muscle Well, I think that's just a George 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:25.200 term likes to you know, Chandler's, you know, pretty stocky guys. 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:26.960 So I think he just likes to give Chandler a 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:31.440 little well actual love for that. So so, Adam, I've 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:33.360 got a great picture that's gonna go on the feature, 0:15:33.400 --> 0:15:35.560 the written feature on Mimi Dolphins dot com for you know, 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:37.640 talking about the Dolphins tight end room. And it's a 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.360 great picture of you and Mike and Durham celebrating after 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:44.240 Durham's first career touchdown catch. And I was just curious, 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:46.640 you know, we talked about the brotherhood of that room. 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:49.520 Was there any like unique initiation or type of thing 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:51.040 you had to do to kind of be accepted or 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.120 like a moment where it was like, Okay, he's one 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:54.840 of the boys. And I know that both those guys 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:57.200 are really tight, like best friends was the was you 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.400 coming in was an instant and it takes some time? 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.920 Was there a moment and like how did that happen? Um? 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.680 You know there was an initial like initiation. I think, 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:10.360 like you know most rooms, I think, came in and 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:14.200 it worked hard and you know just kind of you know, 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:17.240 earn their respect and you know, come friends after that. 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:22.280 So one of the yeah, I guess, I guess time 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.680 to change as far as any possible hazing. But you 0:16:24.680 --> 0:16:26.760 wouldn't have that anyway, because you're not a rookie anymore. 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.000 So no, no more of that in the NFL. But 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.480 I do want to go back to Mike Kasiki's rookie year, 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:33.120 and I was curious if you'd seen this. I'm not 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.080 sure that it would come up for you, but they 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.760 did this thing back when players got drafted in that class, 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:41.280 where they had a few guys attempt to draw their 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:45.640 team's logos. Have you seen that? No, I haven't seen that, Okay, 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:47.720 So so you asked Mike about it one of these days. 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:50.160 He tried to draw the Dolphins logo and it I 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.120 won't tell you what it looks like. It's just it's 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.480 not good. I was curious if you hadn't seen that 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.960 if you'd give them a hard time for it. But yeah, 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:00.880 George would appreciate that as well. I'll go ahead and 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.800 shoot over to you after this, after this phone call, 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:04.520 you'll you'll, you'll really appreciate you can give him a 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.920 hard time for it. I want to play a quick 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:09.400 speed round with you right here. Among among those three guys, 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.320 we can go ahead and throw Chandler and Chris and 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:14.000 there as well, just a real quick speed round about 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.879 who is the best at category X? So to speak? 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.480 You go with that? Sure? Okay? Who do you think 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.840 is the best dancer among you guys? Do I go? 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:25.640 Do I have to count myself? Of course? Okay, I'd 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:31.800 save dancers. Chandler, Chandler. What's his best move? Um? Some 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:36.080 kind of circle? Some kind of circle move. I don't 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:37.680 know if you would know this because you've been here 0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:40.160 only since you know, COVID became part of our lifestyle. 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.120 But who do you think might be the best cook 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:46.160 or best chef, best best person in the kitchen? Yeah? 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:49.719 What's your go to specialty? Steak? Awesome? Awesome? I love that. 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:51.919 I can't go wrong with good steak. Who is the 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:58.000 best basketball player? Oh? Um? You know, I think either 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.480 I obviously Mike play, but on the he's got some 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:03.560 length and some athleticism, and then Durham I can see 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:05.800 being described. I don't know. I played college basketball too, 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:09.040 so maybe Mike, we'll give it some Mike, I played 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:11.600 Division two ball my first year in college, and then 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:14.200 I transferred to play football. How about the best joke 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:20.560 slash storyteller? Joke slash storyteller? Um like, who's the class clown? 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:29.520 I guess class clown? Um mm hmm. Maybe Mike it's Mike. Yeah? 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:31.879 Does does he? Does he come in with like the 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.720 you know here, what's the deal with airplane food? Or 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:36.159 is he? Is he a little more just kind of 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:39.119 off the cuff. No, it's more so just laughing. I 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:42.639 guess I'm not not not not a like an initial 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:46.480 like a joke. Yeah it's a good Yeah. Back to 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.240 the back to the muscle club? Who who bench patches 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:55.840 the most? Chris? That was quick? Yeah, yeah, that was easy. 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:59.879 Who's the who's the best dress of the group? Best dress? 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:01.920 I mean it's tough. I don't see these guys much 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:06.119 outside of facility with COVID, right, so maybe, uh, I 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:09.080 don't know, Chandler. Okay, can see him. He got a 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.960 bunch of Lulu stuff. Chandler, there you go. I think 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:13.800 I heard someone talking about Mike's Lulu the other day too. 0:19:13.840 --> 0:19:15.600 It's maybe it's a maybe it's a tight end thing 0:19:15.640 --> 0:19:18.199 for the Lulu um and the last one for you here, 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:20.240 who's got the best taste in music? Like? Who who's 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.240 the guy that gets the Bluetooth connect when you guys 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:27.600 are on if you were to take a road trip, Oh, 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:29.679 we gotta give Durham one here. We gotta give Durham 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:31.880 one here, so we'll give it. I would I would 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.560 have guessed just total assumption that Durham's a country music guy. 0:19:35.560 --> 0:19:38.360 Am I wrong on that? I don't know about that. 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:40.359 I don't know. I could see it for sure, I 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:42.879 don't know for sure. No, it's a it's I mean, 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:44.720 it's the kind of the blue collar mentality that Durham 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:46.560 has and that coach Godzie always talks about when he 0:19:46.560 --> 0:19:48.920 when he tells the media about how much he appreciates 0:19:48.960 --> 0:19:51.480 the way Durham works. And speaking of George Godzi, you know, 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:53.400 we get a chance to talk to the assistant coaches 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:55.800