WEBVTT - John Congemi Dolphins Colts and Don Shula, Mailbag, NFL Picks and College Scouting Guide 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:12.920 Actually your booking, deep down field, touchdown, Miami Run. What 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:17.840 is up? Dolphans And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:21.680 of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:25.959 Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? It is Friday. I 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:29.320 am your host, Travis Wingfield, and as always I am 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:33.080 here to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:37.440 And on today's show, it's Fan Friday. On a football Friday, 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:40.720 We're gonna hear from John con Jemmy, answer your questions, 0:00:40.800 --> 0:00:44.559 pick the NFL slate, and give you a weekend prospect guide, 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.680 as we do every Friday here on the podcast from 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:52.279 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:59.720 This is the Drivetime Podcasts come so holidrate the life 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:03.120 of On Shula this Saturday at four thirty at hard 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.880 Rock Stadium. The free event is open to the public 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.959 and will feature remarks from the Shula family with panel 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:13.320 discussions from several Dolphins alumni. Attending fans will also receive 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:17.560 a commemorative Don Shula three forty seven patch. Registration is 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:21.120 now open at Dolphins dot com slash Don Shula and 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.400 let's go ahead and start this podcast as we do 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:26.440 every Friday, but welcoming in my friend and my guest, 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:30.600 John Conjemmy. Well, John, We're back here for the fourth 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:34.640 Friday edition of the Drive Time Podcast this one season. 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:38.039 And I'm not normally one for superstitions, but what was 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.400 it that we did ahead of Game one? Let's let's 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:41.880 try to go back to that and help our guys 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.399 get back to five higher this weekend. I know I 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.360 was trying to figure out what I was wearing where 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.040 I was sitting. Yeah, let's get back to Week one. 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.400 I like winning, that's for sure. We'll get a chance 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:53.400 to get back in the win column this Sunday against 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:55.760 the Colts. And let's actually before we get to Sunday, 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:59.400 start with the Saturday celebration of life of Don Shula 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:01.720 here at hard Rock Stadium at four thirty. I just 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:03.320 want to go ahead and give you the floor. John 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:06.240 is a you know, South Florida, a main stay here 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.359 in South Florida, spent plenty of time down here covering 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:10.520 this football team and otherwise. I just want to give 0:02:10.560 --> 0:02:12.600 you a chance to kind of talk about Don Shula, 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.519 both the football coach, but I think even more importantly 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:19.200 the man Don Shula. Well, I think growing up in 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:23.040 South Florida. Uh, you know, my parents moved from Youngstown, Ohio, 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.760 and I was seven years old. So my dad was 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:29.360 a teacher and a coach, and that's what Coach Shula was. 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.440 You know, He's a guy from Ohio that really put 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.320 South Florida in the city of Miami on the map, 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:40.440 utilizing the Miami Dolphins as that vehicle. Uh, coming from 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:43.200 Baltimore and being the head coach of the Dolphins and 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:47.200 going through that heyday in the early seventies, I mean, 0:02:47.200 --> 0:02:50.240 it was easy to be a fan of the Miami 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:53.480 Dolphins and it was a direct correlation because of the 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:59.639 way Coach Sula really rejuvenated h this franchise and rejuvenated 0:02:59.639 --> 0:03:02.919 a city and had people pulling together for for one 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.800 common cause, and that was rooting for the Miami Dolphins. 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.359 And you know, as a kid, Travis, it's pretty cool 0:03:08.400 --> 0:03:12.800 to go to what was the Orange Bowl and very rarely, 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:17.800 uh ever seeing your your team lose. Uh. There was 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:20.840 a long time where the Bills would come into town, 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.480 you know, the New England Patriots would come into town. 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.919 I'm not so sure they lost to him in the seventies. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.120 You know, it was hard, it was very rare, and 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:31.639 for a kid growing up, that just made you appreciate 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.480 not only the players, but the way they were coached 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.280 as you grew up, and you know, and I matured 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:41.680 the value of what he instilled in his football teams. 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:45.360 I remember when I was a high school player at St. 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:50.360 Thomas Aquinas playing against seanmand one of Coachula's sons, Mike 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.680 was the quarterback on the opposing team, and we had 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:56.800 the better of it, you know, one evening on Friday night, 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:00.000 and Coachula waited around to shake my hand and introduced 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.240 himself and say, I played a great game. You know, 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.560 I thought that was the top of the world for me. Man. 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:08.320 You know, then getting to know him and getting to 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:11.080 be around players that he had coached and hearing all 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:15.240 the stories, uh great, funny, bad and different they were. 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:18.400 They were all over the board, but one thing for certain. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:22.600 Everyone respected coach La and the way his team's performed, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.440 the way they prepared, the way they were disciplined, and 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.599 and just his charitable work, you know, raising a family, 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:31.240 doing things for the city of Miami. It just just 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:35.240 so many things that you could say that Coachula touched 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:38.880 so many lives of people young, old, in the middle, 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.160 and it was through the vehicle of football and and 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.400 things he did off the field that really made you 0:04:44.440 --> 0:04:47.279 appreciate him. That's perfect, John. I can't even I can't 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.000 expand upon that anymore other than just to say come 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.640 out on Saturday to hard Rock Stadium to hear more 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.839 kind of discussions like that about the legendary coach. There's 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.559 gonna be penty of Miami Dolphins alumni at that event. 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:01.160 I'm sure it's gonna be all all great for all 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.279 things Dolphins. And you might even show a Tier two 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:06.400 at that celebration of life of Don Shula on Saturday. 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.360 And then after that we've got a game on Sunday. 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.839 And you know, John, I'm not really a spirit spiritual person, 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.359 but sometimes things just kind of find a way to 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.920 work out with having the Colts in Miami this season 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.360 for a game at hard Rock Stadium, because it works 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.839 out with Shula's legacy being predominantly with Miami and of 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.280 course a little bit back with the then Baltimore Colts. 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:26.680 But I want to talk about the Indianapolis Colts and 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.880 stay at that quarterback position with Carson Wentz, who has 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.799 not one, but two ankle injuries. Kind of a bizarre 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:35.200 thing that he played through last week against the Titans. 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.680 And you know, John, my goodness, they make these guys 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.240 tough in this league, don't they. It's it's crazy they 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.200 can get through a game with two bum ankles. I 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.520 mean I sprained ankle one time and I was useless 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:46.560 for weeks. I couldn't even get off the couch that day. 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.040 And that was just the one ankle after a basketball 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.200 roll up. But I touched on this on the Thursday 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:52.760 preview show. I want to go ahead and just hear 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.880 from someone who's played the position, how difficult do you 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:56.960 think it would be to go out there with a 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.400 bad ankle and try to still get drive on the footballer, 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.280 you know, get through your drops, to get through your 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:04.080 reads and all the footworks required in the pocket. What's Carson, 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.120 what's gonna be dealing with out there on Sunday with 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:10.600 those two wobbly ankles. Anytime you're not a hundred percent, 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.640 You're you're thinking about, you know, how can you get 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:15.320 through what? What do you have to do to make 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:16.719 this throw? What do you have to do to get 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:20.400 this handoff deep enough so that you know you're running 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.480 back is able to see the whole and give him 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:26.599 time to hit the hole with authority. Um, you're constantly 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.400 is on your mind. Now. The good thing for Carson 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:32.200 is he's gone through a week kind of going through 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.279 those scenarios at practice and then performing in a game 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.599 and being able to get through although they you know, 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.440 you lose, uh to Tennessee. You play fairly well, you 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:44.920 keep it within almost a one score game. I think 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:48.719 it was sixteen. But you know, Carson Wentz is a 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:51.720 big guy, He's a strong guy, and he's usually relies 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:55.680 on that mobility, uh, not only within the pocket, but 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:59.880 to extend play. So that's something that is definitely going 0:06:59.920 --> 0:07:02.080 to have to be on the mind of the Miami 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:06.599 Dolphins and how they go after Carson Wentz and and 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:09.680 for for him personally, the good thing is that he's 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.960 gone through it one week. He's probably a little bit 0:07:12.000 --> 0:07:15.360 better for it. Uh. There's always things you can take 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:19.160 to help you get through those issues. But I would 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:23.600 think that it's probably his advantage going through it one week, 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:27.040 being injured and facing the Dolphins and this being his 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.760 first week and not knowing how his body is going 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.040 to react. That's probably the biggest thing. You want to 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.080 be able to know how your body is going to react, 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:37.560 and not only in practice, but when in game time 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.160 when you have to make those sudden adjustments. Was split 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:42.600 second accuracy. That's a really good point. You did get 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:44.880 through the entire game last week, and you know, good 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:46.480 on him. I think he definitely gives the Colts the 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:49.560 best chance to win as they actually brought up a 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.200 a quarterback from someone else's practice squad and Brett Hunley 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:54.400 and activated him to the to the main roster. And 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:56.480 they've also got Jacob Easton waiting in the wings that 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:58.920 are the former you dub quarterback second round draft pick. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.640 And you know once is not the only guy battling injuries. 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.760 They have a long list of players on the injury report. 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.920 They're in Indianapolis. And so from your experience as a player, John, 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:09.640 when you're going into a game knowing you might be 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.320 down some key guys, how does that kind of impact 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:14.080 the rest of the locker room throughout the course of 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:16.240 the week in practice and the meetings, Like what's a 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:18.320 player's mindset when you know we might be down five 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:22.040 or six important guys this weekend? Well, it hurts you know, 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.640 you're right. Half the Colts team seemed like they were 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:26.800 on the injury port, you know, the middle of the week, 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.800 and I'm sure it's going to get a little bit 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:32.920 better as they get closer to game time on Sunday, 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:34.640 But it does play into your mind a little bit. 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:36.599 I think as a player, you want to know who's available, 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:39.880 but it only plays into your mind early in the week. 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:43.719 Once you get Wednesday, Thursday's practice and Friday's kind of 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:47.120 dress rehearsal, You've got guys that you're counting on, and 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.480 that's why they're on the roster. You have to be 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:53.240 able to, you know, step up, accept the responsibility and 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:57.199 really don't have any um lag and performance. And that's 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:59.800 the mindset you have to have. If you don't have 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.520 that mindset and you do struggle, you know, Wednesday to 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:07.319 Friday at practice because you're missing to lineman or a 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:11.520 key receiver or a key nickelback or a corner, those 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:15.480 things creep into Sunday, and for the Colts, that mindset 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.760 you don't want to have that, you know. For the Dolphins, 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:21.040 I think they're health wise, are way ahead of where 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:23.920 the Colts are right now, So I I think that 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.760 is a huge advantage. But I would say if I 0:09:26.800 --> 0:09:29.720 was putting on that, you know that horseshoe helmet of 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.360 the cults right now, and I'm thinking about it, you 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.720 want to block that out. Guys are on the roster 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:36.440 for a reason. They have to step up, they have 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:38.720 to perform, and you have to be able to get 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:42.480 them in, doctoring them into the playbook the way you 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:45.520 want that that program to run on Sunday, the way 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:48.360 you want that game plan to flow on Sunday, on 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.600 both sides, really all three phases of the game. You 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.040 have to completely be on board with the guys that 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.559 are available and go forward with those guys believing that 0:09:57.600 --> 0:09:59.960 you can win. I'm glad you mentioned that because I 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.880 I've heard this, you know, from various whether it's on 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:05.560 social media or fans or practice, whatever the case, maybe 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:08.000 I've heard before. Like you know, I'm focused on the top. 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.160 You know, ten or fifteen players in the roster. I'm 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.720 thinking to myself, you gotta have fifty three guys. Have 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.439 you never seen a football season before, because a seventeen 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.840 now eighteen week season, you're gonna have to call upon, 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:20.520 if not all of those guys, most of those guys 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.600 for some key role at some point that the course 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:24.880 of the season. We've seen a year and year you know, 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.040 year in and year out across the National Football League, 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:28.840 team in and team out. So I'm with you on 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.679 that fifty three man roster. Everyone's important, everyone has a job, 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:34.240 everyone has a role that they have to fulfill. And 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:36.240 with that in mind, just kind of looking at this 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.280 Colts roster and what they bring. You know, their O 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.560 and three, but I think I think most would agree 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:42.440 they're a better team than O one three record. They've 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:44.240 had a pretty tough start to the season with their 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.240 schedule and of course the injuries that we talked about, 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:49.040 but they're well coached, they're a deep roster. If you 0:10:49.040 --> 0:10:51.320 can just kind of talk about some keys to those 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.880 Colts game and then also our final question here before 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.480 the mail bag, John, the Dolphins win this game if 0:10:56.840 --> 0:11:00.040 fill in the blank. Well, I think you know, to 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.960 start with that, the Dolphins win if they can stop 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:06.800 the run. I think that's number one because with the 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.920 injuries and with Carson Wentz not being maybe as mobile 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.920 as he would have been three weeks ago, Jonathan Taylor 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:15.760 is the guy that has to have a big game. 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.000 If if the culture gonna win, he has to be 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:21.400 able to control the football, you know, on first down, 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.880 on second down, and if he does, that allows Carson 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:27.320 Wentz to get the play action that allows him to 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:30.280 make it easier down the field. Now, I would say, 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:36.120 Michael Pittman, Paris Campbell, guys like Pascal and Doyle. So 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:39.480 if you can shut down the running attack, if you 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:41.960 can win that battle up front with the front seven 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:45.000 for the Dolphins, boy, you put a whole lot of pressure. 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:48.319 Now on Carson Wentz scoring points, put a whole lot 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.880 of pressure on that offense staying on the field, and 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.160 it makes it a lot easier for the Miami Dolphins 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.880 to win this game at home. So that's the first thing. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.600 You have to stop the run and what happens after 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:01.800 that if you do or slow it down, at least 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.640 you get after wins. You show them a couple of blitzes, 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.680 you put pressure, You sent an extra guy because of 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.720 the point I made with what the players you're going against. 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.080 You know, last week was a tough challenge for the Dolphins, 0:12:14.080 --> 0:12:16.080 and they were up to the challenge. They gave up 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:17.960 some big plays, but they were up to the challenge. 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:22.880 They moved guys around that that defensive backfield. I mean, 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.960 you saw X on the inside. You know, you saw 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.160 Byron Jones on waller, you saw, you saw guys in 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:32.440 positions that you hadn't seen them in the past. I 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.360 don't think the Dolphins are gonna have to do that 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.880 on defense. If they can stop the run, play solid 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:40.960 in the back end, and get after that line in scrimmage, 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:43.520 you get after wins. I think those that's the way 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.960 the dominoes have to fall. And lastly, I would say, well, 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.600 you know, we've been talking about explosive plays or I 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:53.840 don't know, at least at least three weeks, right, but 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:57.840 the Dolphins, the Dolphins must create some explosive plays. Now. 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:01.280 We've been stretching the field. We been stretching it sideline 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:03.439 to sideline. You need to stretch it a little bit 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:05.920 more goal line to goal line. Now. It doesn't have 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:09.440 to be the fifty yard down the field shot every time, 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:11.640 but it might be nice for the Dolphins to get 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.920 a break on a flag now and then that would 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.600 get you that thirty three yard game or forty five 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:20.280 yard game where maybe it's not successful, you know, throwing 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:22.040 it and catching it, but you get a p I 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.800 down the field and that helps you get you out 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.840 of you know, bad field position, or it gets you 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.240 into the red zone, or it gets you down to 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.600 the one yard line. Let's take a couple of more 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.439 shots down the field and see if we can't connect 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.400 on a few and if not, get a good break 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.959 and and maybe let those penalties work in your favor 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:43.040 this week. And that actually it was a big reason 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:46.120 for the game tying touchdown last week. The passenger feris 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:47.800 down to the one yard line, you score a touchdown, 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:50.120 then you punch in the two point conversion, tie game, 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.560 go to overtime. And John, I always love having you 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:54.400 on after I've done my kind of study for the 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.079 week on the team because it kind of helps me 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.160 confirm or or go back and look at the tape 0:13:58.200 --> 0:14:00.240 some more, and you confirm two of my each there 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.280 with regards of the Colts running game and just looking 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:04.560 at the splits out of eleven personnel, they've been very 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.480 successful running football this year with Jonathan Taylor, so that's 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:09.199 a key for me in this game as well. And 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:12.600 then you mentioned the past catching options there number two, three, 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:15.880 and four leading target receivers, the guys that have the 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:17.800 most targets are tight ends and running backs, so they 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:19.920 definitely throw the ball to the guys, you know, not 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:23.040 on the perimeter as much regarding Michael Pittman, and then 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.000 the tight ends and running backs they go too heavy there. 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.000 So we've got a little bit more here with John Conjemi. 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.560 You want to stick around for the mailbag, John, Yeah, 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:31.760 that sounds rurific. Okay, We've got three here for you 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:33.320 this week, and there's some good ones. I like these 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.560 questions a lot. This first one comes in from me 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:38.440 stir tweet a great handle there. Now that the coaching 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.000 staff has addressed the lack of explosive plays kind of 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:42.720 like you mentioned, John, are we going to see some 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.520 explosive play calls this week? Do fifty fifty balls come 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.200 into play and possible d p I or catch down 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:49.600 the field? What do you think about that? I mean 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:50.920 you just kind of touched on it. Is there anything 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:53.320 else you want to add to that? Well? I think 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:57.240 that you know they have addressed it. They've talked about it, uh, 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.920 you know with their media availabilities this week, and they've 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.520 talk about trying to get the football down the field. 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.960 Now talking about it's one thing actually scripting it and 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.320 getting it into the offense and being in a position 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.760 to do it is another. Sometimes you just have to 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:15.160 take a series of downs and say, listen, I wouldn't 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:18.280 be surprised if Dalton's come out first, intend first possession, 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:20.720 throw one down the field. You know, if you don't 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:23.200 get it, the crowd's gonna go crazy, right, the crowd's 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:26.680 gonna clap mockingly a little bit. But at least you 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:28.240 you're kind of saying, you know what, we're gonna be 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:31.320 more aggressive today. We're gonna take some shots down the field. 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:34.120 And I think you are going to see that. Now. 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.000 Are they going to completely just drop what they believe 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.320 in philosophy wise and just you know, bombs away. No, 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.320 they have to be who they are. But I think 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:45.640 you can script or add some of that stuff in 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:48.200 there and make sure you have it on your call list, 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:51.760 you know, in bright red letters or green letters or whatever. 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.920 It gets your attention. Let's take a shot, you know, 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.560 take a shot here, take a shot there. Maybe it's 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:00.680 sudden change. Uh, you know, they've got a great, you know, 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.360 dialed up play that they've wrapped during the week. Let's 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:05.520 call it then. But I do think you will see 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:07.760 the ball go down the field this weekend. No, that's 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:09.520 a great answer, and I love you. You kind of 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.480 gave us a segue into the second question here, And 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:13.800 this is something I've been interested in myself as well. 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:15.600 So great to have a former player on the podcast 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.360 to talk about this. It comes in from at j C. C. 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:22.160 Dixon thirty three on Twitter. Are the first twenty plays 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.520 scripted in a game? If so? How hard is it 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:26.920 to call it twenty first play? Any idea how a 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.680 play call is generated slash talked about. I know that's 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.480 very inside baseball, but I'm curious, So John, just the 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.440 the general script I've always heard fifteen plays? Is that 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.560 the case? And then what happens after that script? Like, 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:39.280 can you just tell us a little bit about scripting 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:42.680 your first few plays on offense? Sure? I don't know 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:45.560 if I've ever gone to twenty. Uh. There are some 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:50.280 teams college, high school, pro that go fifteen summer twelve, 0:16:50.360 --> 0:16:54.920 summer ten. It's just the personal preference that coordinator. But 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.240 it gives you a chance at practice that kind of 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.880 reped what you're gonna see the first time you have 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.560 football and you work on positives you don't really script 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.000 for negatives you're working. You know, if if the first 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.639 plays are running play, hey, now it's second in five, 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:11.560 or it's second and six. This is the second play, 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.520 and you kind of have building blocks on how you're 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:16.760 going to script the plays. And the good thing about 0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:19.399 it is you repetit practice, you feel good about it. 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:22.159 You see what's working, what's not working, what you like, 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:24.600 what you don't like, and by Friday, you've got that 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:27.920 script kind of honed in. Whether it's ten, twelve, fifteen 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:31.359 plays on how you want the game to start, whether 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.359 you score on the first opportunity, you get eight plays 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.760 into it, you continue on the next series. Um, I'm 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.199 not so sure if the Dolphins do or or do 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.199 not script plays, but that's kind of what goes into it. 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:44.600 And the way you do it is where you get 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.280 the football on the field first intent on the twenty 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.320 five they've picked it in the end zone. This is 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:51.919 where we want to start. Maybe it's a sudden change 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:54.720 play that you you know, put into your script. Uh, 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:56.840 dolphins are on defense, all of a sudden, you get 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:58.919 a turnover. Bang. You either want to go to number 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.320 one on the plays that you've scripted, or you go 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:04.159 right to your sudden change play depending on where you 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.680 get the football on the field. So there's a lot 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:11.160 of ideas on how you script plays, but basically, when 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:13.280 you go through your game plan and every call sheet 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:15.600 on the sideline is going to have a first intent 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:19.400 backed up first intent plus you know minus first in ten, 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:23.760 midfield first intent, you know plus thirty your plus thirty five. 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:27.080 Then you have your red zone. So everything's kind of bracketed. 0:18:27.160 --> 0:18:30.280 So everybody's gone through that. We always talked about it's 0:18:30.320 --> 0:18:32.960 a collaborative effort when you get to that script where 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:35.399 you get to that call sheet by going through what 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:39.680 the quarterback likes, what the coordinators like, what the head 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.200 coach kind of says, hey, I want this in this week. 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.360 So that's how you get to either a script your 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:48.560 play calls, or your play calls in certain segments of 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:50.760 the field. No, that's a great answer, and I appreciate 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.040 the question as well there from j C. Dixon on Twitter, 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.840 you know, and just kind of what it sounds like 0:18:55.880 --> 0:18:58.200 to me is that there's always adjustments to be made 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:00.240 even within your script, because, like you talk about, things 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:02.159 don't go the way you plan them to you have 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:04.600 to adjust to that. So you know, those in game 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:06.879 coaching adjustments I think can maybe be a little bit 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:09.679 lost to the casual observer because it's it's such a 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:11.920 battle of you know, chess matching, a battle of attrition 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:14.120