WEBVTT - Shaq Lawson's Journey from Adversity to Perpetual Laughs 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:16.400 Field cutsdown Miami Blood Run. What is up Dolphins? And 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:19.960 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:20.000 --> 0:00:25.079 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:28.960 each and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Thursday. 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.320 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:35.640 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:39.080 on today's show, we're gonna hear from Dolphins defensive and 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:43.240 Shack Lawson, Mr Giggles himself. Great interview with the Dolphins 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.199 defensive and new free agents signing this offseason. We got 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:48.440 plenty to talk to you with Shack. We're gonna take 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:50.520 a look back at the off season, speaking of Shack 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:52.600 and some of the moves and the contributions that have 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:56.040 been made from new players on your Miami Dolphins football team. 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:59.160 Possible here from Coach Flores, a few players, and get 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.520 the injury layers for Dolphins and Broncos on Sunday in Denver. 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:06.080 All of that and more on this Thursday, November nineteenth 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:13.240 edition of the Drivetime Podcast, and Drivetime is brought to 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:16.720 you by Auto Nation. Hey Dolphins fans, the new year 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.800 starts now at Auto Nation. Let's skip the rest of 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.400 and get to big New Year's savings on your favorite 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:28.200 Auto Nation Chevys, fors, Toyotas, Hondas and more shops safely 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:30.960 at the Auto Nation store near you or Auto Nation 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.720 dot com and save. Now, let's go ahead and kick 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.920 off this Thursday edition of the Drivetime Podcast with Brian Flores. 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:40.600 Thursday morning media availability. The hot topic right now you're 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:45.400 seeing all over social media and different sports avenues is 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:49.240 the Dolphins defense and the Amiba package and the unique 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:53.400 versatility and flexibility of this defense. Coach Flores was asked 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.200 about the Amiba defense and it led into an answer 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.960 that really just sparked the idea of creativity and how 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:03.320 creativity is encouraged on this coaching staff with Josh Boyer, 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:05.760 Chan Gailey, Danny Crossman and of course all of the 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:09.160 position assistance. Here's Coach Flores on the defensive looks from 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:12.919 Josh Boyer and creativity on his staff. I think Josh 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.399 Boyer and our defensive staff they do a really nice 0:02:16.480 --> 0:02:23.920 job of trying to come up with different schemes ideas that, 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.120 you know, to answer your question, we can handle, but 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.919 we also feel like will be an issue for um, 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:35.400 you know, for the offense. And again, we try to 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.760 pre promote creativity here really on all three sides of 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:43.720 the ball. An outlandish idea to some. You know, Um, 0:02:43.720 --> 0:02:46.040 I think we're we're we try to be open. I 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:48.840 try to be open to any any idea from a 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.640 football standpoint. If we can, if we can get it 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:57.200 and we can execute it, we'll give it a shot. 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:01.280 And that may be different from week to week, and 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:05.960 it should be because when everyone gets to film and 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.880 I'm sure people have seen what we did last week, 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:10.520 and they've seen what we've done in previous weeks, and 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:14.160 they prepare for him, you try to give him something different. 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:18.120 I think every team tries to do that. But you know, 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:22.240 I think our staff on all three sides. Chan obviously offensively, 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.480 Danny and the kicking game, and Josh defensively, we try 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.320 to I try to let them be as creative as 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.440 they can be, not try to hold him back from anything. 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.840 But obviously we gotta be able to execute. And how 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.680 about some hockey talk from a guy that hasn't watched 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:39.600 a game of hockey and a decade. I don't I 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:41.680 don't know, it's been a long time, but the Florida 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.760 Panthers and I am all about South Florida sports these days. 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.120 Made some big time news when they hired assistant general 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:52.000 manager Brett Peterson to that position, the NHL's first assistant 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.480 black general manager. He went to Boston College coach Brian Flores, 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.640 his alma mater, and coach talked about that move and 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.600 his support for South Florida sports. Apparently, he could not 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.640 find his Florida Panthers hat this morning. I was looking 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:10.680 for my Florida Panthers hat this morning. I couldn't find it. So, yeah, 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:15.280 I'm excited for Brett and we went to school together. Uh, 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:21.200 I mean, this is a smart, talented Uh, you know, 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:24.080 I think they got a great higher there. And there 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:30.719 matc Allwell, someone I've I've been in contact with. Also, Look, 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:32.920 you know I support you know, the teams down here 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:37.920 in South Florida. And yeah, been a couple of Panthers games, 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:42.160 looking forward to going a few more. And yeah, I 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:46.239 have all my support and I'm excited about the direction 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:49.359 that a couple more here for coach, and we'll do 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:52.080 this one with Kyle Van Noy. Coach was asked about 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:54.720 his availability for the game on Sunday and his overall 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.599 health and he did talk about Preston Williams and Miles 0:04:57.600 --> 0:04:59.960 Gascon as well. He just mentioned both those guys are working. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:01.400 It's hard to get as hard as they can to 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:03.560 get back. The same as true for Kyle Van Noy. 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:05.599 But I wanted to play this audio because he talked 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.800 about the role of Van Noel on his defense a 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:11.719 little bit. You know, Kyle, Kyle's like like all the 0:05:11.720 --> 0:05:13.640 other guys, He's doing everything he can to get back 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:17.520 as soon as he can. Um. But we've got guys. 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:22.679 He plays a number of roles linebacker, defensive, Van he's inside, 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:30.719 he's outside, Russia and coverage. So it's almost you gotta 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:32.400 get a couple of guys to say you're a Kyle 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.440 on this play, You'll play this coles On role on 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:39.200 his play. So it's by committee, and we've got we've 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:42.520 got a few guys, number of guys, whether it's Commo, 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:47.960 whether it's Skinkal, whether it's Ago Vaughan. Um. You know, 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:49.760 we've got a few different guys who can who can 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:54.039 feel those roles U you know, in practice and you know, 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.480 hopefully not, but you know, if if we had to 0:05:57.520 --> 0:06:01.440 go that route in the game, and I think our 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:07.479 guys are ready to step up if that's the situation's 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.200 gonna do everything you candidate to be ready to play. 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:14.839 It's important to him and hopefully we're getting back National 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:19.440 Football League. It's nix and boozes happening everywhere, but we're 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.480 not going to put up again. Nothing is more important 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.200 in health and safety, more players and want gonna put 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:29.240 anyone in a situation where they get doing further harm. 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:31.720 And speaking of that defense, if you guys read the 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.919 Blitz this morning, we talked on the stat of the 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:37.920 Day about Miami's tackling at that safety position between Bobby 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.520 McCay and Eric Rowe, and I was able to confirm 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:42.680 this both on Pro Football Focus as well as Pro 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:46.040 Football Reference, and actually asked Bobby yesterday on the podcast 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:49.360 how much pride they take in their tackling and if 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:51.400 it's something they have to continue to work on or 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.080 just just where some of the pillars and some of 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:55.560 the staples of teams that are good tackling teams. And 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:58.279 he talked on the podcast about how that's a staple 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.279 of this defense, that's something we work on not just 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.400 in training camp, but every single day, each and every day. 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.080 Some might say and so Bobby answered that question on 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.760 the Wednesday edition of Drive Time, But coach was asked 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:12.440 about the growth and maturation and communication between Eric Row 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:16.440 and Bobby McCain in this defense at their new ish positions. 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:19.080 I mean it was last season, but still for guys 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:20.760 that have been pros for as long as those guys 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.400 have to make a position change one year after the fact, 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:26.040 give or take, you want to check that progress. Coach 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.040 Flora has talked about both of those guys kind of 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:32.200 coming together, growing together, but also the entire secondary as 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.600 a whole and their communication skill set and how it's 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:37.600 proved or paid dividends. I should say for that veteran 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.480 group on the back end, they've grown together over the 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:43.320 course of the season. The communication has gotten better week 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.400 to week, not just between those two but everyone in 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:51.240 the secondary, um second level, the linebacker position, the line, 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.880 really across the board from communication standpoint, But you know, 0:07:55.920 --> 0:08:00.280 obviously it starts with those two. You know, at the 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:04.280 satan position, you know you're really talking to, you know, 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:09.400 obviously each other, with the corners, the linebackers, when you 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.080 get down on the front, you know, I know, Bobby's 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.360 been down there quite a bit, so as row, you 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:17.320 end up talking to some defensive ends, so they're communications 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.880 vital and I think they've both done a good job 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:24.680 from that staning point, and just as far as their play, 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.840 I think it's been solid also. And you heard him 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.480 talk about communicating to defensive vents. I thought that was 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:33.800 a pretty cool note there, because you do sometimes see 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:37.640 Eric Rowe come down and sneak inside the outside linebacker 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.559 even and what I've I've seen called a marble point front. 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:42.320 Not that that matters to anybody out there, but I've 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.440 seen it called that on different schemes. I don't know 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:46.199 what coach Floras calls it, but where you sneak the 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.200 safety down inside the outside linebacker, the stand up linebacker 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.600 to kind of take that sea gap on in the 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.040 running game. We've seen Bobby McCain come down there and 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:56.280 blitz off the edge and and go up on the line, 0:08:56.280 --> 0:08:59.000 screamage and fall back into the deep single high safety look. 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:01.760 So plenty of can fusion, plenty of different looks they 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:03.760 try to throw out the posing quarterbacks, and I think 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.080 it's working pretty well so far with Rowe and McCann 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.560 on that back end. And so that you have Brian 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:12.880 flores Is Thursday morning, November nineteen. Media availability here on 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.000 the Drivetime podcast part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network. 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.120 I referenced the Blitz article from Thursday morning. I want 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.640 to go back to the top news article on Wednesday 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.080 afternoon and kind of one of the things I wanted 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:27.079 to look at in that particular article was the import 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:31.120 of contributions the Dolphins had this offseason, right, because we 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:33.840 all knew Dolphins entered the draft of four team picks. 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.760 They wind up making eleven after signing ten free agents. 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:38.880 They made a draft day trade for Matt Breeder, they 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.120 signed Cavon Fraser. So all things told, you wind up 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:45.360 with twenty three player editions just in that off season 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:49.240 player acquisition period. And that doesn't include undrafted free agents, 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.520 doesn't include like a Savan Akhmed, for instance, who was 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:55.199 picked up mid season, or a Lynn Bowden who was 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.319 acquired in September. So just looking at those players in 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:00.840 their production, here's what the Dolphin scott out of those 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.280 guys five thousand, five hundred two snaps played. We're just 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:08.160 nine games in five thousand, five hundred snaps, seven touchdowns, 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:12.800 fourteen sacks, six takeaways, two hundred forty tackles, and here's 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.920 the big kicker. Here's why you only have seven touchdowns 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.160 because a lot of those resources were put into the 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:21.560 offensive line, right Austin Jackson, Eric Flowers, Ted Carress, Robert Hunt, 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.880 Solomon Kinley. Five new players on the offensive line. That's 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.160 where a lot of your offensive resources went. Outside of 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.440 two a Tonga Byloa and a couple of running backs 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.720 as well with Matt Brita Jordan Howard, the offensive line 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.600 was the point of emphasis for the offense. This's offseason. 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:39.000 So those guys, those five newcomers, not including Jesse Davis, 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:40.920 who's kind of the old guard around here, the old hat. 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.480 Those five new guys one thousand, one hundred seven snaps 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.600 and passed. And that's in past protection, I should say, 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:49.600 not run blocking, just in pass blocking. They've allowed pressure 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:53.240 on four point five percent of those collective pass rush snaps, 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:57.040 fifty one quarterback pressures on one thousand, one hundred and 0:10:57.120 --> 0:11:00.520 seven pass blocking snaps. You talk about snap to release 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:02.720 time for both Ryan Fitzpatrick and to a tongue by 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.360 lower the ball comes out. That's how this offensive system 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.640 is designed. So what kind of guys do you want 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.400 to put up front guys that can hold the point 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:11.920 and get that clean pocket for two, and for fits 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.679 in the quarterback in the offense in general, to get 0:11:14.720 --> 0:11:17.240 the football out of their hand quickly. That big size, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.679 that big girth upfront certainly makes things harder on defenses 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:22.520 to to be able to slip past. And whether it's 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.319 one gap penetration or running games up front and trying 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.280 to get by that big, thick offensive line, especially on 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.520 the interior, that makes it difficult, especially in that RPO game, 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.720 the inside zone games. Some of the stuff we see 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:35.440 what the Dolphins getting the football out of their hands 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:37.439 quickly and trying to kind of press the holes of 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.360 running back and cut backside. We've seen Miles Gascon savan 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:44.120 Akma do just that. So these offensive line fitting the system, 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:46.640 fitting the style of the offense, especially now I think 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.720 with quarterback to a tongue about lower back there with 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:53.080 the the kind of introduction sort of speak. I mean, 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:54.800 it's been it was, it was there before, but a 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:57.480 little more looks with the RPO game fits up well. 0:11:57.520 --> 0:12:00.160 So this offseason the vision of Brian flu Is and 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.360 Chris Career coming together to produce those stats. But it's 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.559 not just the players that were added in that portion 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.800 of the draft or in free agency. It's players from 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:13.320 all sorts of different acquisition walks of life, so to speak. 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.760 Adam Shaheim, a July trade acquisition, has a couple of touchdowns, 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:18.960 is doing great work in the run blocking game. We 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.600 talked about Lynn Bowden, acquired for a draft pick in 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:24.400 September with Las Vegas Raiders. He's had some looks in 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.079 the wildcat and some receiver options and some screen passes 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.959 that type of thing. Talked about Savanahman eighty six rushing 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.520 yards on Sunday. Benito Jones has a big stop in 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.160 the game. We go back to last season. Zach Seeler 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:38.840 mac Hollins picked up off waivers in December. Mac Hollins, 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:40.800 for my money, is one of the best gunners in 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.040 the entire national football that He has been a monster 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.720 on special teams and not to mention when Preston Williams 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.079 comes out of lineup. We talked about adapting to your 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:52.000 personnel last week on the podcast. Mac Hollins goes into 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.960 the game and fulfills kind of a quasi pseudo tight 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.400 end role where he comes in tight to the formation, 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:01.240 works across the formation, and picks up the backside, the 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:04.160 backside force defender in the running game. So he's doing 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.480 all kinds of different roles on this team for a 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.400 guy that you picked up off the street. In last December, 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.559 Zach Seeler gets the contract extension after beating the crab 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.319 out of offensive lines basically for the past twelve or 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.240 thirteen games he's been in Miami Dolphin. It's been it's 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:20.400 been fun to watch this team come together and this 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.280 the singular vision, doesn't matter how you get here. First 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:27.559 round draft pick, seventh round draft pick, undrafted, acquired, otherwise, 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.640 these guys are are paying big dividends. Whether it's Emmanuel 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.040 Ogba with the eight sacks or two a toungle by 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:35.200 low of the fifth pick in the draft throwing five 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:38.120 touchdown passes, no turnovers and his three starts, or a 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.600 guy like I mentioned, like Adam Sheheen brought over for 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.640 a seventh round draft pick in July, catching touchdowns, doing 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:45.800 work in the pass blocking game and run blocking game. 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.600 It's been fun to watch the collective of this team 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.440 come together. And you know, I was thinking about this 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:54.200 on my walk into the to the podcast studio this morning. 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.920 It's not always about who stacks up the most stats. 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:00.719 Do you make a big a did you help the 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:02.640 team win the football game? Like I was thinking about 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:06.160 Patrick Laird in in particular his seventeen yard rush on 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.800 third and seven. It's one play. You might forget it 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.240 in the grand scheme of things, but that put the 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.199 game away. That was what gave the Dolphins offense another series, 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.760 another set of downs to continue running clock off in 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.280 that Chargers game, and it essentially put the game away 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:21.880 for the Dolphins. So it's not about the collection of stats. 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.640 It's about fifty three guys making enough plays and when 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:27.360 you can get Patrick Lair the guy that was I 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:29.680 mean he came into the game behind with Savona Ackman 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.840 DeAndre Washington on the running back depth chart. Achmed played 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:35.600 the majority of the snaps, but Patrick Laird finds a 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:37.480 way to make an impact of there. He was on 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:39.400 the punt block team and they got the punt blocked. 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.960 So I just it's fun to me to watch all 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.160 fifty three guys find contributions on this team. And that's 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:47.920 been the case this year so far. Speaking of offseason 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.880 acquisitions and guys the Dolphins brought in, Shack Lawson was 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:52.960 one of the premier signings of the off season for 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.880 the Miami Dolphins, coming down from the Buffalo Bill's former 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.160 first round draft pick. I had a chance to chat 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.000 with Shack on Wednesday for of this Thursday edition of 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:03.920 the Drift Time podcast, and it was fantastic. I'm just 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:05.720 gonna go ahead and play this for you guys, because 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:09.120 he is a riot character. We all knew that, but 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:13.120 he also divulged to me kind of where that personality 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:14.640 came from. He said, at first he was a bit 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.320 of a quiet kid, but we all in you know. 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:19.400 Brian Flores had a mention in his press conference this 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.840 morning we didn't cover here in the podcast where he 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:24.440 was asked about some early influences on his life, and 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.040 Flow basically said, we've all had to overcome some type 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:29.680 of adversity in our life. No one's is more important 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:31.840 than someone else's, which I thought was a great quote. 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.600 But Shack had some significant adversity. He lost his father 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.800 at fifteen years old, and he he talked about on 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.200 the podcast how that was kind of the moment where 0:15:41.200 --> 0:15:43.840 he decided, I'm gonna have a good example for my 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:45.960 siblings and try to show them there's no bad days 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:47.640 and I thought that was a really cool portion of 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:49.760 this interview. So let's go ahead and get to Shack 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:52.320 last him talk about the highs and the lows, the laughs, 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.640 the sad times, and the ability to overcome adversity, how 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:57.840 he gets himself ready on game day. We talked about 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:01.160 bubble gum, meditation, all kinds of stuff. Here is Shack Lawson, 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.480 a man of many words, and I am so excited 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.760 now to be joined by my guest today Dolphins Defensive 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:11.840 and Shack Lawson. Shack, how you doing, man? How are 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.480 you doing? I'm doing fantastic. You know, five game winning 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:16.720 Street can't complain. It makes my job easier when you 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:18.280 guys are out there getting the job done, and it 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:19.800 makes it a lot of fun to watch you guys 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.680 so much appreciated my friend. Yes, sir, the fun is 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:27.000 always and winning. So you know what else is fun? 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:30.440 I gotta know. So Travis Kelsey had his dating show, 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:34.680 How do we get love? Shack off the ground? See, man, 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:37.200 I've been I've been thinking about that. I'm bad you 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.080 asked me that. Man, I've been trying to look like 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.480 anybody because like I got a great personality, I've got 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.920 a great heart, you know. So I feel like I'm 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.640 a communication major too, So I feel like I'm ready 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.880 for the being on TV and I want my own 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:54.480 I want my own show, just like Travis Kelsey. Man, 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.400 I want to work on that. So if anybody out 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.480 there hear me today, man, I really would love to 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.080 get my Oh show man, it would be a great show. 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:04.600 Well let's let's let's start. Let's start developing it right now. 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:06.960 What's the premise, like, what's what's the general theme of 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.920 the show. What are we what are we going for? Yeah, 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.760 I'm thinking I had a little theme like Travis Kelsey. Look, 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.320 look look look dating show man. You know, hey, ever 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:17.600 got me? I haven't found me a girlfriend or anything 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:21.040 like that. Yeah, so me going out there, you know, 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:26.040 trying to experience and day and and you know, just 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:28.960 it have fun with it doing it too. But it's 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:32.200 serious time. It's a serious thing because busically I got 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:34.119 to be in a relationship, get married, get old and 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.760 things like that. But uh, I've been thinking about that. 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.240 I really want to do it so bad, and I 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:42.440 feel like I would be a great host because I'm 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:46.320 a character. I'm very funny and and it would just 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:50.199 be great. Man. I could just see myself going so correct. 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:52.960 So how many understand the show here? So Travis Kelsey show, 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.520 he's trying to find himself a girlfriend or a day. 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:58.600 Is that how it works? Yeah? Yeah, that's what I'm 0:17:58.600 --> 0:17:59.920 trying to. You know what I'm saying. I'm trying to 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:01.879 That was with me, It was I think I was 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.480 counting something similar that. But yeah, me, I'm trying to 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.040 find you know what I'm saying, a girlfriend somebody gate 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:08.520 that's going on my show. I want to be about. 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.160 It's it's kind of like, you know, I'm gonna get 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:17.119 your example or flavor flav back. Yeah, I'm similar liked, 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:19.600 but not too not too bad, you know, I still 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:21.640 gotta keep it p G. You know what I'm saying, 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:25.359 But uh, keep it like that. But something something like that, 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.080 you know from you know, they always say you find 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.600 your your wife and stuff in college, like, but I 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:32.399 wouldn't have climpsing three and a half years. I did 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:36.679 not find my wife or girlfriend. So hopefully this if 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.080 I can get this show off the ground great and 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:42.399 get this going, this would be a great opportunity. You 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:44.720 gotta find you gotta avoid the I love you know, 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:47.960 I love New York, you know, contesting on the show, 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:50.680 because they might be after their own nefarious purposes there, 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:52.720 so you gotta keep an eye out for that. Yeah, 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:55.199 you're right. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, you're right. I definitely yea, 0:18:55.240 --> 0:18:57.480 I'm not to change that. Yeah, it ain't gonna Yeah, 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:00.600 make sure I get that right. Hey, let let me 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:02.360 let me give you some Let me give you some 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:04.679 some hope here. I actually met my wife, and no 0:19:04.720 --> 0:19:06.399 one can ever believe this. I met my wife on 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:10.760 tender Man. Can you believe that? Yeah? Yeah, we were 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:12.520 both we were we were both in it for the 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:14.520 right reasons. We weren't trying to do the whole you know, 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:16.360 we were trying to meet somebody and it worked out 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:19.400 for us. Well that's great. That's great, man, that's great. 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:24.679 That's great. How long this will go? Shoot? Shoot, we 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.000 we've been together for about five years now. But I 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:28.920 met her and we we talked for a couple of weeks, 0:19:28.920 --> 0:19:31.119 and then we finally decided to meet up. And we 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:33.439 had to like exchange Facebook information so we can make 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:35.159 sure we both were real and all that stuff. It 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:39.080 was kind of weird, but hey, it worked, man, that's 0:19:39.119 --> 0:19:44.760 the first there you go, perfect perfect. So you mentioned 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.080 your time back in college at Clemson, and I want 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:48.359 to go back to that here in a second, but 0:19:48.400 --> 0:19:51.080 I want to go further back beyond that. First, I 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.080 read again. I did some research on your shack, trying 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.240 to find out some stuff about your your life and personality. 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:57.399 And man, you're you're a fascinating dude. And and obviously 0:19:57.480 --> 0:20:00.199 the Dating show certainly speaks to that as well. But 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:03.000 you spent some time at Hart Growth Military School, and 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:07.200 you didn't qualify originally academically at Clemson, and Dabbo Sweeney 0:20:07.200 --> 0:20:08.760 had a quote and now this had you were literally 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.399 in tears. What did that moment and that kind of 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:13.719 learning experience do for us for you as far as 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:18.280 like motivation for your career Shack? Oh yeah, Man. When 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:22.000 I got the call, man, it was weird. I had 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:26.120