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<v Speaker 1>To on Remove Golin, Deep Speedways past Peas From the

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<v Speaker 1>Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield.

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<v Speaker 1>He's God, my have hands in the playoffs?

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<v Speaker 2>What is up Dolphins? And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to cover the draft just a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more one more time before we pivot to free agency

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<v Speaker 2>for a while here on the show. Plus, we'll pay

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<v Speaker 2>homage to Jerome Baker, remember an era of Dolphins football,

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<v Speaker 2>and take a look at some of the news around

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<v Speaker 2>the team, including a potential signing that I am very

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<v Speaker 2>excited about that could have a big impact on your

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty four Miami Dolphins offense. From the Baptist Health

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<v Speaker 2>Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the

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<v Speaker 2>Draft Time Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe Daffe.

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<v Speaker 2>It is always every time I come on the show,

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<v Speaker 2>I have segment ideas I've been working on for days,

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes weeks, and I kind of put together how those

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<v Speaker 2>segments might make up a grand show. But you never

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<v Speaker 2>can quite match the excitement and just the overall supplement

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<v Speaker 2>to the show when you get news because it's so

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<v Speaker 2>fresh for the podcast, right, And what's what we have

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<v Speaker 2>on this edition of the Draft Time podcast. First? Thanks, First,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dolphins have moved on from twenty eighteen second round

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<v Speaker 2>draft pick extended linebacker who spent eighteen nineteen twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>two three six years with the Miami Dolphins, Jerome Baker.

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<v Speaker 2>And regardless of results, production, whatever, you want to quantify,

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<v Speaker 2>what makes being a sports fan fun for you? Like,

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<v Speaker 2>it's always tough, maybe not maybe not tough, but at

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<v Speaker 2>least sentimental when you see an era come to a close, right, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>we didn't win a ton since Jerome Bay got here. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>we did do a lot of winning the last four

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<v Speaker 2>years of his career, so I guess we did win

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<v Speaker 2>quite a lot over two thirds of his Dolphins career,

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<v Speaker 2>but without postseason's success. Right. But I think about Baker,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, getting drafted in twenty eighteen, having that rotational

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<v Speaker 2>role as an you know, an edge backer slash rusher

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<v Speaker 2>type who would blitz very effectively. Then he morphs into

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<v Speaker 2>that green dot role in twenty nineteen in the middle

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<v Speaker 2>of the defense and never miss his games, right until

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<v Speaker 2>he had a brutal injury this year where he took

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<v Speaker 2>friendly fire from Brandon Jones on a shot across the

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<v Speaker 2>knee that was like guaranteed, right, that was guaranteed to

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<v Speaker 2>knock Bake out for the entire season, but it didn't

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<v Speaker 2>because he's so durable and dependable. Then he plays through

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<v Speaker 2>a broken wrist for like half of the game against

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<v Speaker 2>Buffalo and what was his best performance of the year

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<v Speaker 2>for my money, And I thought the Hard Knocks episode

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<v Speaker 2>that showed you the kind of what he had to

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<v Speaker 2>go through to play in that game, to come out

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<v Speaker 2>of that game, and talking to his mom after the fact.

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<v Speaker 2>Just his toughness, drive, his love for the city, his

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<v Speaker 2>love for the organization. Man, Bake, you were a good one, dude,

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<v Speaker 2>Always cordial, always available, always respectful, played a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>good football here despite you know, sometimes I think fans

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<v Speaker 2>and myself could get on certain players for performances. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's you know, off to the side right now. Jerome

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<v Speaker 2>Baker was always a classack from Miami, and especially the

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<v Speaker 2>year he was nominated for Walter Payton Man of the

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<v Speaker 2>Year of pillar in the community. And I get sentimental

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<v Speaker 2>talking about this and eras like I think about the Mariners,

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<v Speaker 2>my Manors fandom. Felix Fernandez never pitched in a playoff game,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's beloved by Mariners fans because, well, he was

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<v Speaker 2>the one guy we had during that era that was

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<v Speaker 2>worth the price of admission. I think back to those

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<v Speaker 2>Felix days, even though those years sucked as a Mariners fan,

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<v Speaker 2>like I think fondly on them because of watching Felix

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<v Speaker 2>dominate every fifth day. And so with Jerome Baker, we

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<v Speaker 2>know the Emmanuel Ogball has been released and Ogball is

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<v Speaker 2>here for four years, not quite six, but it's a

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<v Speaker 2>long time. That's a big chunk of a player's career.

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<v Speaker 2>That's longer than the average football life, right. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>also been reported that xaviing Howard's going to be released,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's a chance that Christian Wilkins is not back

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<v Speaker 2>like three years ago. That was like year four pillars

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<v Speaker 2>of the defense, right, And you've seen those four guys

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<v Speaker 2>play a lot of games and a lot of snaps

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<v Speaker 2>as members of the Miami Dolphins, And that, to me

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<v Speaker 2>is the beauty of sports fandom. Winning is always your

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<v Speaker 2>top priority, the thing you want to do the most

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<v Speaker 2>as a fan or as an organization that's trying to

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<v Speaker 2>get those victories stacked up. But I always have an appreciation.

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<v Speaker 2>Like when I got into soccer, I rooted for Liverpool

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<v Speaker 2>and I don't really follow it as much as I

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<v Speaker 2>used to. But Jordan Henderson was a guy in the

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<v Speaker 2>middle that Red's defense, so that Red's midfield who was

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<v Speaker 2>always there, and like they never replaced him. He wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>their best player. He was a captain, so that makes

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<v Speaker 2>a bit of difference. But like, like, okay, Jordan Henderson's

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<v Speaker 2>in year number eight, maybe it'll be his best year

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<v Speaker 2>of his career. I've always kind of been drawn to

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<v Speaker 2>rooting for that style of sport, right, Like, I want

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<v Speaker 2>to be here for fifteen years and if it's one championship,

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<v Speaker 2>that'll be worth it. But I want to root for him.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to look elsewhere and get a new

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<v Speaker 2>guy every year. Like I like the idea of longevity

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<v Speaker 2>and keeping guys you know here and doing it that way.

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<v Speaker 2>So for Baker, you know, that was a good six

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<v Speaker 2>years to watch him play, And I just really love

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<v Speaker 2>rooting for guys that I considered it to be Dolphins

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<v Speaker 2>for life, and I think Jerome Baker is one of

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<v Speaker 2>those guys. Now that's all the you know up in

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<v Speaker 2>the clouds exciting stuff. How about some of the nitty

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<v Speaker 2>gritty here, because with a new system and a new

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<v Speaker 2>defensive coordinator, and how with the NFL works, you get

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<v Speaker 2>these changing of the guards really every couple of years.

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<v Speaker 2>Right now, those guys were longtime stalwarts. Twenty sixteen for X,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eighteen for Bake, twenty twenty for Agba, twenty nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>for Wilkins, four or five, six and eight years a

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<v Speaker 2>Miami Dolphin for those guys. But I thought it was

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<v Speaker 2>pretty telling that when Anthony Weaver opened up his press

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<v Speaker 2>conference the first time he addressed media in South Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>you know who he mentioned. He mentioned Phillips and Chubb,

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<v Speaker 2>He mentioned Seeler, He mentioned Holland and Ramsey and David Long, who,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, it sounds like he might be here

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<v Speaker 2>for a while. You know who he didn't mention Jerome

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<v Speaker 2>Baker and Xavien Howard. He also might have given us

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<v Speaker 2>some context clues there with Christian Wilkins, because if he

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<v Speaker 2>was being honest, and I have no reason to believe

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<v Speaker 2>he was not, that it sounds like he knows we

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<v Speaker 2>want Christian back, but it's Christian's prerogative to go get

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what he's worth. So we'll see with that. But man,

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<v Speaker 2>what did those guys struggle with these changing of the

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<v Speaker 2>guard parts? We're talking about Xavion Howard. He wasn't a

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<v Speaker 2>matchup piece anymore, you know, he was he like, at best,

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<v Speaker 2>you were hoping that he could lock down somebody's number two,

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<v Speaker 2>and that wasn't always the case last year. I think

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<v Speaker 2>you can look at the cornerback position like this. Now

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<v Speaker 2>Ramsey can play inside, damn it. He can play anywhere.

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<v Speaker 2>He can match up, and so can Javon Holland, who

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<v Speaker 2>came down and played in the slot last year. That

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<v Speaker 2>will those two guys will drive the coverage under Anthony Weaver.

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<v Speaker 2>But that also gives you flexibility because now you can

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<v Speaker 2>explore perimeter and slot cornerbacks because of Ramsey's flexibility. And

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<v Speaker 2>we'll do this on the Friday podcast. The idea of

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<v Speaker 2>playing the compensatory formula and how you can kind of

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<v Speaker 2>gain the system and get more players out of the

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<v Speaker 2>contracts that you might have signed elsewhere, in addition to

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<v Speaker 2>draft capital, which is always a good idea. But from

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<v Speaker 2>the Rams. If Darius Williams know not the Rams, the Jaguars, Sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>he started with the Rams. If Darius Williams who was

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<v Speaker 2>cut by the Jaguars where he and Ramsey were fantastic

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<v Speaker 2>together with the Los Angeles Rams, Now, all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 2>and if that's an eight million dollar player compared to

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the twenty four, the Christian gets somewhere whatever

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<v Speaker 2>one third of that player, and I can now use

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<v Speaker 2>those other sixteen million dollars on two more players of

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<v Speaker 2>this caliber and at a premium spotlight cornerback. Now, all

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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, there's less pressure on Cam Smith and

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<v Speaker 2>he can be your seventy five percent guy when he

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<v Speaker 2>comes onto the field. He comes on for your nickel package.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's not the nickel defender right because Ramsey can

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<v Speaker 2>kick inside and he can slot outside and play where

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<v Speaker 2>he's best on the perimeter. So there's flexibility there, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think it'll look a lot different. And the things

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<v Speaker 2>that have frustrated you the fan the last two years

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<v Speaker 2>with the last two defensive coordinators, who I think are

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<v Speaker 2>good football coaches. I think Josh Boyer and Vic fangu

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<v Speaker 2>are very good football coaches. Everybody has their flaws. Those

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<v Speaker 2>flaws that drove you crazy, I think will be gone

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<v Speaker 2>this year and that's again results aside, because twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>two I thought was okay, not good, not it wasn't good.

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<v Speaker 2>Twenty twenty three really good results there, but matchup wise,

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<v Speaker 2>you didn't always get maybe what you wanted there, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think it'll be different that way. It wasn't X

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<v Speaker 2>game x's game. It wasn't Baker's game playing that deep

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<v Speaker 2>hook drop. You know that, that wasn't his game either.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think there's lots of changing the guard here

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<v Speaker 2>and it could be for the better as you kind

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<v Speaker 2>of shift towards you know what the skill sets you

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<v Speaker 2>do have on your defense and how that aligns with

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<v Speaker 2>you know what you don't have in terms of personnel.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's Jerume Baker. That's the changing of the guard idea.

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<v Speaker 2>We also have some official signing and one more roster

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<v Speaker 2>move here. First, Keyon Crossen was released. He had that

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<v Speaker 2>freak injury last training camp and actually it was on

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<v Speaker 2>cutdown day and he was out there during like there

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<v Speaker 2>was like fifty five guys practicing and we weren't decided

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<v Speaker 2>on who was gonna get cut who was gonna make

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<v Speaker 2>the team at that point, and he was one of

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<v Speaker 2>the guys and he suffers a freak injury that day

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<v Speaker 2>and makes the choice for people, right, probably one of

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<v Speaker 2>the weirder signings to like a three million dollar per

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<v Speaker 2>year special teamer. I thought that was just a Brian

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<v Speaker 2>Flores thing, and it was, you know, with Clayton Fedglam

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<v Speaker 2>and then Keon Crossen was the next guy after Fedulam,

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<v Speaker 2>and he actually stuck it out for a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>years here under Mike McDaniel. But I imagine, imagine will

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<v Speaker 2>be at the end of that idea and that approach

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<v Speaker 2>of putting valuable resources into you know, special teams, exclusive players,

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<v Speaker 2>because Keyon goll Is to run at corner back in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty two and it wasn't good. Right, We do

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<v Speaker 2>have a newcomer, Isaiah mack a UDFA defensive tackle from

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nineteen. Appeared in games with the Titans, Patriots, and Ravens.

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<v Speaker 2>He played Underweaver there in twenty twenty one and twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two, also spent time He's been around the league

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<v Speaker 2>man Denver, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Washington and with the Jets beIN

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<v Speaker 2>on those rosters. I'm gonna be real with you, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know much about his game. Actually at all.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's here, he'll probably be, you know, competing for

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<v Speaker 2>role a role on the back end of the defensive

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<v Speaker 2>tackle rotation. I have to imagine he's a guy that

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<v Speaker 2>knows coach Weaver, so that's a good connection there. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the one I really want to talk about here on

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<v Speaker 2>the show is a Tuesday night tweet from Chefty that

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<v Speaker 2>said that John new Smith was visiting the Miami Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 2>The two sides are in contract negotiations, and we'll cover

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<v Speaker 2>the signing you know, when it happens a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more officially. But I've ground the tape. Guys, you want

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about the tape, Let's go ahead and take

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<v Speaker 2>our first break right there. Come back on the other

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<v Speaker 2>side and talk about that tape. That's next Draft Time podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation,

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<v Speaker 2>teased it on the first segment of the show. Here,

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<v Speaker 2>John news Smith, tight End and the Miami Dolphins appear

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<v Speaker 2>to be in negotiations about joining up and giving the

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins offense yet another weapon to attack with and again

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<v Speaker 2>report of for Madam Scheffer will find out what happens here.

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<v Speaker 2>But I dug into the tape here a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>and this one has me fired up. Guys, if you

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<v Speaker 2>heard the podcast at all the last two months, you've

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<v Speaker 2>heard me discussing all these past catching options, be a

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<v Speaker 2>wide receiver or a tight end. And I thought that

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<v Speaker 2>the offensive regression was really tethered to the injuries of

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<v Speaker 2>Reek and Waddle last year and the challenge of finding

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<v Speaker 2>consistent one on one coverage beaters elsewhere in the offense

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<v Speaker 2>that just never materialized. That way, John new Smith can

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<v Speaker 2>do that, man. First off, like, okay, so I had this,

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<v Speaker 2>I had this plan for the end of the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go ahead and do it right here, because it

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<v Speaker 2>fits another instance of take in all the opinions you want.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone can tweet what they want and have their opinions

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<v Speaker 2>and have their podcasts and their articles and make them

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<v Speaker 2>right whatever they want, because every take exists, right, every

0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:47.360
<v Speaker 2>take on Twitter exists. And this you know, the world

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<v Speaker 2>of media and football and sports coverage that we're in now,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody is an expert. All of a sudden, there's no

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<v Speaker 2>more questions. It's I know all these things, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna go ahead and lay them out there, even though

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<v Speaker 2>the fact that again you know, if fans or even

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<v Speaker 2>you know beat Riders for GMS, we would have Brian

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<v Speaker 2>Flores and Deshaun Watson here and they be handing the

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<v Speaker 2>ball to Najie Harris without Jalen Phillips. I'm just saying.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying, so again, read what you want, tweet

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<v Speaker 2>what you want, but I'm gonna tell you right now,

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<v Speaker 2>be aware of the source because and I've been coming

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<v Speaker 2>at a certain podcast here on my show a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>and I saw a dude from said podcast was asked,

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<v Speaker 2>who do you want as the Dolphins number three wide

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<v Speaker 2>receiver this year? And I keep telling you, guys, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't want that advice. Maybe you do, but you shouldn't.

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<v Speaker 2>In case in point, the answer was Jarvis Landry. Jarvis Landry,

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<v Speaker 2>the same Landry who at his best was a four

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<v Speaker 2>to six guy with zero ability to play on the perimeter,

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that required ten targets a game to even

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<v Speaker 2>make an impact on the game. Jarvis Landry, who was

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<v Speaker 2>a glorified running back that defenses could erase any vertical

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<v Speaker 2>option when he's on the field, so squat and go

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<v Speaker 2>ahead and keep eyes on the quarterback. The same Jarvis

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<v Speaker 2>Landry who played nine games the last two years. I

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<v Speaker 2>guarantee you. We can find tweets from Homie about guys

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't play enough games, you know, for the Miami

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins and against what's available in the draft, no less

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<v Speaker 2>a wide receiver like these are the kind of evaluations

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna get. It shouldn't be a surprise with the

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<v Speaker 2>idea that Brent freaking Grimes could come back, Right, What

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<v Speaker 2>the hell are we doing? Truth purveyors? Though?

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<v Speaker 1>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>We tell it like it is so not that same guy.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody else gave their synopsis on John news Smith. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead and read that tweet right here, because it

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<v Speaker 2>says Smith is a great in line blocker, had his

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<v Speaker 2>best season last year since he left for the Titan

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<v Speaker 2>the Titans for New England, and he did. This is

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<v Speaker 2>a good point. Who hasn't sucked in New England lately?

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<v Speaker 2>Offers you something after the catch and would be a

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<v Speaker 2>nice red zone target. So again, some of that is right,

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<v Speaker 2>Like the reason that he wasn't a good player in

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<v Speaker 2>New England was because the Patriots don't know what they're

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<v Speaker 2>doing offensively and haven't for a long time. Right, Like

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<v Speaker 2>he played seventy five percent of his snaps in line

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<v Speaker 2>with the Patriots, and it's been forty percent for the

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<v Speaker 2>Titans and Falcons the last you know, last year with

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<v Speaker 2>the Falcons, in the previous four years with the Titans.

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<v Speaker 2>But doesn't that go again? Inline blocking, that's where his

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<v Speaker 2>production goes down. Like you contradicted yourself in that own

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<v Speaker 2>tweet and like man like, inline blocking ain't his game, Bubba,

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<v Speaker 2>it ain't it? Now? The nice part about John whu

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<v Speaker 2>what is his game? Is some of the stuff I

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<v Speaker 2>think we needed last year. And look, you think big

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<v Speaker 2>tight end, you think improved run game in better short

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<v Speaker 2>yarge conversions, right, well, that can be true, but now

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<v Speaker 2>you can get mad at Mike a little less for

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<v Speaker 2>throwing the football in those spots because John who can

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<v Speaker 2>win in those spots, and he can win when he's

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<v Speaker 2>not uncovered, which is kind of how this offense has

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<v Speaker 2>operated in the past. And in those tricky third down

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<v Speaker 2>situations when we don't get the system, you know, down

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<v Speaker 2>of way we wanted to. You need some confidence and

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<v Speaker 2>some guys to pull down catches where they're kind of

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<v Speaker 2>you know, plastered, and that's what this guy can do.

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<v Speaker 2>He's one of the best contested tight end catchers in

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<v Speaker 2>the National Football League. One of the best ball traysers

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<v Speaker 2>vertically as well. You want to sneak him out on

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<v Speaker 2>a wheel route. You want to throw him that damn

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<v Speaker 2>fade that you love so much. You want him to

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<v Speaker 2>box somebody out in the end zone. He's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a mismatch against most of the guys that he sees

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<v Speaker 2>down there. He's stronger than anybody who will cover him.

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<v Speaker 2>It allows him to stay on the stem and build

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<v Speaker 2>that trust with his quarterback, like if Ta Tua knows

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes how to fit these little windows, like his ability

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<v Speaker 2>John hu Smiths to stay on balance and have functional

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<v Speaker 2>strength down the stem of the route against those reroutes,

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<v Speaker 2>gives the quarterback an easier window where he can fit

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<v Speaker 2>that thing in there. Like that wasn't the case last year,

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<v Speaker 2>even that touchdown in Baltimore to Cedric Wilson, like that

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<v Speaker 2>was not open, said got punked in the entire route.

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<v Speaker 2>We're just lucky to have the most accurate quarterback in

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<v Speaker 2>the league. Put that ball on the keyhole where only

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<v Speaker 2>he could get it, and it kind of stuck to

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<v Speaker 2>him as a result. Right, good catch. I won't take

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<v Speaker 2>any credit away from that, But Homie was not open,

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<v Speaker 2>and so Tua can make those throws. Now he's got

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<v Speaker 2>a guy I think if the signing happens, that can

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<v Speaker 2>help you in that regard. So you think about tough,

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<v Speaker 2>contested catches and condensed areas, red zone short yardage. That's

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<v Speaker 2>where John who makes you better, but he also gives

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<v Speaker 2>you some of that vertical stretch from that number three

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<v Speaker 2>position to run off that you know, too high structure

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<v Speaker 2>to run you out of that single high middle field

0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.440
<v Speaker 2>safety that wants to maybe played that robber role and

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<v Speaker 2>kind of come down and chop down some of those

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<v Speaker 2>crossing routes and all of a sudden you hit a

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<v Speaker 2>vertical stretch on the three. You can't cover both of those,

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<v Speaker 2>But where he's best and what this offense opens up like. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>the reason Durham Smith had a career high last year

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<v Speaker 2>and catches and yards and the reason he saw the

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<v Speaker 2>most targets he's seen in his career last year, The

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<v Speaker 2>reason he had the second highest catch rate at eighty

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<v Speaker 2>one percent last year is because how many of those

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<v Speaker 2>damn catches and targets where naked boot action was split flow?

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<v Speaker 2>What is that it's play action to one side to

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<v Speaker 2>the strong side to the tight end side, but he

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<v Speaker 2>comes back across your outside zone action and leaks out

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<v Speaker 2>into the flat. Usually in the running game he picks

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<v Speaker 2>up the backside edge, but in the passing game, on

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<v Speaker 2>play action passes, he'll leak out there and go catch

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<v Speaker 2>the football in the flat. I mean that was like

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<v Speaker 2>at least half of his catches, right. It's it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>what you do when they overplay that play action or

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<v Speaker 2>they owe replay the crossing route to Wattle or Tyreek

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<v Speaker 2>against that play action, They're gonna go ahead and leave

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<v Speaker 2>the least suspecting eligible in the pattern all alone in

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<v Speaker 2>the flat because we can come up and rally and

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<v Speaker 2>tackle and maybe it's maybe it's a three yard game

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<v Speaker 2>and we win to play on defense. Now, you watch

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<v Speaker 2>him with Arthur Smith in Atlanta, another place that has

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<v Speaker 2>weapons all over the field, right in Drake London, in

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<v Speaker 2>b John Robinson, in Kyle Pitts, and they throw him

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<v Speaker 2>these screens which would come down to something as simple

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<v Speaker 2>as a box count, like, Okay, they're three to two

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<v Speaker 2>over there, three defenders over two receivers on Wattle and Reeke,

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<v Speaker 2>but I've got John who backside one to one. Let's

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<v Speaker 2>just go ahead and throw it over there. If he

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<v Speaker 2>makes that first man miss it said, not just a

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<v Speaker 2>first down, it's ten plus yards, and then we're still

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<v Speaker 2>trucking with a full steam ahead. It helps balance the

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<v Speaker 2>field more, it helps open up more of the field.

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<v Speaker 2>Not to mention, teams can be a little more inclined

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<v Speaker 2>to turn this free if there's urgency to make sure

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<v Speaker 2>you find wattle and reek. So these little dump offs

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<v Speaker 2>where Durham runs to daylight and gets chopped down by

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<v Speaker 2>the first defender that arrives. Smith's game is running through

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<v Speaker 2>and around those guys. In fact, let's go ahead and

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<v Speaker 2>compare it. John new Smith last year seven point six

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<v Speaker 2>yards after catch on average with an average depth of

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<v Speaker 2>target of six point one yards, and his plus minus

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<v Speaker 2>for YAK over expected was two point three. So that

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<v Speaker 2>means that what he's supposed to get, given years of

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<v Speaker 2>data and GPS tracking with the nearest tackler and his

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<v Speaker 2>ability to break tackles, he gets you two point three

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<v Speaker 2>yards more per catch than what you're supposed to get.

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<v Speaker 2>So seven six six ' one two three Dirham Smith

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<v Speaker 2>in those numbers six point two a dot, so the

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<v Speaker 2>same exact a dot, but three point seven yak. That's

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not good at math, but that is less than

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<v Speaker 2>half of what John Wu had last year, and the

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<v Speaker 2>yak over expected was in the negative. In fact, he's

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<v Speaker 2>one of twelve players who were in negative yak over expected.

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<v Speaker 2>Mike Kasicki was one of those guys as well, point

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<v Speaker 2>minus point three. Here's a comp that will drive the

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<v Speaker 2>fact home for you all. Mike Kasiki was minus point five.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean that guy hasn't broken a tackle in

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<v Speaker 2>the league in like three years. Like, look it up.

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<v Speaker 2>He doesn't break tackles. Now, none of this, none of

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<v Speaker 2>this is a slight to Durham Smith because I thought

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<v Speaker 2>Durham Smith had the best year of his career last

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<v Speaker 2>year and was a critical aspect of our offense. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a strength to know what your weaknesses are, right, And

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<v Speaker 2>Durham is not here to catch a bunch of passes.

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<v Speaker 2>He's an in line blocker, right. I get a kick

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<v Speaker 2>out of that still, because you can just tell who

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<v Speaker 2>just knows football buzzwords and uses them willy nilly like

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<v Speaker 2>inline blocker you tied it in. Yeah, he's a big guy. Nah,

0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:31.399
<v Speaker 2>that's not his game. So I think this is a

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<v Speaker 2>perfect marriage in the tight end room and damn it

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<v Speaker 2>if Julian Hill isn't also a perfect tight end three.

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<v Speaker 2>When you want to go heavy slash thirteen personnel, it

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<v Speaker 2>all always just took one player for me to go

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<v Speaker 2>from e on the tight end room to like, oh okay,

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<v Speaker 2>now I like this room, and John new Smith is

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<v Speaker 2>that guy. Let's go ahead and take the break right there,

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<v Speaker 2>come back on the other side and talk about some

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<v Speaker 2>draft history, nuggets and what we can glean from the past.

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<v Speaker 2>That is next Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,

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<v Speaker 2>brought to you by Auto Nation. Hearn's burn a while,

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<v Speaker 2>hurns her, It's been a while since our first pick

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<v Speaker 2>in the first round for the Dolphins, right, Jalen Phillips

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<v Speaker 2>back car on the Draft Time podcast was your last

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<v Speaker 2>first round pick for the Miami Dolphins, and it got

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<v Speaker 2>me thinking about something. Chris Greer was promoted to GM

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty sixteen. He worked with an EVP of Football

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<v Speaker 2>Ops and mister Mike Tinebaum. So if you extend it

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<v Speaker 2>that far back, there are eight drafts with Chris Greer's

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<v Speaker 2>name directly attached, right, and he was here as a

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<v Speaker 2>scout and director for a long time too. But for

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<v Speaker 2>all intents and purposes. You can attach classes back to

0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:44.040
<v Speaker 2>twenty sixteen to Chris Grear. Then, of course, the EVP

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<v Speaker 2>was removed in twenty nineteen, and you get five years

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<v Speaker 2>worth of drafts that were really just Chris Greer's watch.

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<v Speaker 2>So going back to twenty sixteen, there's a quite a

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<v Speaker 2>popular trend for the Miami GM in the first round

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<v Speaker 2>of drafts. And though there are exceptions to that rule

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<v Speaker 2>and every rule, right, you can sort of glean his

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<v Speaker 2>thinking here in the first round and how the Dolphins

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<v Speaker 2>have been able to create a roster that has premium

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<v Speaker 2>players at premium spots for at affordable costs, right, And

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<v Speaker 2>it's because they draft him. And I won't ever say

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<v Speaker 2>it's all Chris, because I think that one of the

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<v Speaker 2>things that makes him so good at his job is

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<v Speaker 2>how Chris Greer listens to others and empowers his people

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<v Speaker 2>to be impactful. I've long said that he's always been

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<v Speaker 2>a great grocery shopper. You know, he changes with the

0:21:25.480 --> 0:21:28.840
<v Speaker 2>coaching staff and gets their types of players, Like a

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<v Speaker 2>Landon Roberts was a Patriots front type of guy, right,

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<v Speaker 2>a stackbacker, a Brian Flores guy. Whereas Tyreek Hill that's

0:21:35.240 --> 0:21:38.119
<v Speaker 2>a Mike McDaniel guy. Because Brian Flores didn't want superstars.

0:21:39.880 --> 0:21:42.240
<v Speaker 2>You know, Chris Greer finds out what his coaches want,

0:21:42.320 --> 0:21:44.800
<v Speaker 2>he makes it happen. Now, in the first round, there's

0:21:44.840 --> 0:21:47.679
<v Speaker 2>a pretty good trend of taking premium positions. If you

0:21:47.720 --> 0:21:52.280
<v Speaker 2>pull over the caps position allocation, there's a clear line

0:21:52.280 --> 0:21:55.639
<v Speaker 2>of delineation after five positions. Actually there's a couple of

0:21:55.640 --> 0:21:59.639
<v Speaker 2>lines delineation, but for the purpose of this segment, quarterback

0:21:59.720 --> 0:22:03.800
<v Speaker 2>is in a own stratosphere. Then edge corner, offensive tackle,

0:22:03.840 --> 0:22:06.760
<v Speaker 2>and wide receiver are pretty similar when you factor in

0:22:06.840 --> 0:22:09.480
<v Speaker 2>how much each team pays that group, divided by the

0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:11.440
<v Speaker 2>number of players in that group and how many snaps

0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:16.200
<v Speaker 2>each player in that group takes. Interior defensive line is next,

0:22:16.240 --> 0:22:18.159
<v Speaker 2>and it's to drop off from those other five and

0:22:18.200 --> 0:22:20.640
<v Speaker 2>it's pretty stark. But there's another really good drop off

0:22:20.680 --> 0:22:23.880
<v Speaker 2>right after that. So it's quarterback has created its own tier.

0:22:24.040 --> 0:22:27.919
<v Speaker 2>There's four groups in the next tier. Defensive tackle or

0:22:28.080 --> 0:22:31.280
<v Speaker 2>the IDL is in its own tier at the sixth position,

0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:33.600
<v Speaker 2>and then it's the next tier. At the bottom tier

0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:35.880
<v Speaker 2>is the remaining positions. You know, running back, I guess

0:22:35.880 --> 0:22:40.080
<v Speaker 2>off ball, linebacker, safety, and guard, right intir offensive line. Now,

0:22:40.480 --> 0:22:42.320
<v Speaker 2>there's always exceptions to the rule, and I think in

0:22:42.359 --> 0:22:44.840
<v Speaker 2>the case of Mika Fitzpatrick and Christian Wilkins, who are

0:22:44.880 --> 0:22:47.960
<v Speaker 2>the exceptions to that rule a safety and defensive tackle

0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:50.560
<v Speaker 2>for the last nine draft classes. You know, Wilkins's ability

0:22:50.600 --> 0:22:53.119
<v Speaker 2>to play inside and outside, to rarely leave the field,

0:22:53.160 --> 0:22:55.600
<v Speaker 2>to rush and play the run. I think he transcends

0:22:55.680 --> 0:22:58.600
<v Speaker 2>the idea of that positional value just because of all

0:22:58.640 --> 0:23:01.680
<v Speaker 2>those traits that he offers, you know, availability not absent

0:23:01.720 --> 0:23:05.320
<v Speaker 2>among them. With Minka Fitzpatrick, I mean, simply look at

0:23:05.359 --> 0:23:08.000
<v Speaker 2>the extension that he garnered the bones of that deal

0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:10.679
<v Speaker 2>four for seventy five thirty six million guaranteed. That's a

0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:15.240
<v Speaker 2>notch below your average premium position player, right eighteen million

0:23:15.280 --> 0:23:18.200
<v Speaker 2>dollars per year in that ballpark. It's in that defensive

0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:22.200
<v Speaker 2>tackle tier. And quite frankly, Minka played more corner here

0:23:22.240 --> 0:23:24.159
<v Speaker 2>than safety. He was a nickel that first year and

0:23:24.240 --> 0:23:27.280
<v Speaker 2>also played on the perimeter with some safety mixed in.

0:23:27.680 --> 0:23:30.879
<v Speaker 2>So those two guys were outside of the five position groups.

0:23:30.880 --> 0:23:34.879
<v Speaker 2>But they provide unique exceptions, and I think those were forecastable.

0:23:34.920 --> 0:23:37.840
<v Speaker 2>I mean, Minka Fitzpatrick played the star position all lut

0:23:37.920 --> 0:23:40.600
<v Speaker 2>Jalen Ramsey at Alabama, right, and we saw what Derwin

0:23:40.680 --> 0:23:43.479
<v Speaker 2>James can do from a multiplicity standpoint and how he

0:23:43.600 --> 0:23:46.680
<v Speaker 2>was paid, you know, commeserate with that role. You knew

0:23:46.720 --> 0:23:48.840
<v Speaker 2>these things going into those drafts. It was the same

0:23:48.840 --> 0:23:51.399
<v Speaker 2>with Christian Wilkins. You know, he was old by draft standards,

0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:53.879
<v Speaker 2>right twenty three shoot, one year later, we took two

0:23:53.920 --> 0:23:56.080
<v Speaker 2>guys who were barely twenty years old. One wasn't even

0:23:56.119 --> 0:24:00.080
<v Speaker 2>that no monogamy. So those are two exceptions to a

0:24:00.160 --> 0:24:02.560
<v Speaker 2>unique in the sense that A they sort of dabble

0:24:02.640 --> 0:24:06.080
<v Speaker 2>in the premium five and b they became so good

0:24:06.160 --> 0:24:10.040
<v Speaker 2>at those quote unquote ancillary spots that they became premium

0:24:10.119 --> 0:24:13.199
<v Speaker 2>players outside of the premium five, as it were. So

0:24:13.640 --> 0:24:16.159
<v Speaker 2>with all of that in mind, who are the guys

0:24:16.359 --> 0:24:18.040
<v Speaker 2>that you should keep an eye on in the draft

0:24:18.840 --> 0:24:22.920
<v Speaker 2>that hit those criteria? As always anything as possible. Saying

0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:26.439
<v Speaker 2>no chance in the draft is terrible, terrible practice. But

0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:29.840
<v Speaker 2>we can go in and formed with an anticipation of

0:24:29.880 --> 0:24:32.040
<v Speaker 2>what it might look like, and teams will do that

0:24:32.160 --> 0:24:36.280
<v Speaker 2>too as they work through the many many scenarios that

0:24:36.359 --> 0:24:39.000
<v Speaker 2>could come up on draft night in the offseason, how

0:24:39.000 --> 0:24:41.560
<v Speaker 2>to forecast how the board shakes off the value that

0:24:41.640 --> 0:24:44.040
<v Speaker 2>exists by sticking and picking moving back, or is there

0:24:44.040 --> 0:24:46.119
<v Speaker 2>a player that if he slides, we are willing to

0:24:46.160 --> 0:24:47.920
<v Speaker 2>go up and get. So I want to use Daniel

0:24:47.960 --> 0:24:51.040
<v Speaker 2>Jeremiah's top fifty here to see who fits this criteria.

0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:53.560
<v Speaker 2>And first again, remove some names. Right, all the quarterbacks

0:24:54.359 --> 0:24:57.080
<v Speaker 2>Caleb Williams, Drake may j A and Daniel STREEA McCarthy, Bodennicks,

0:24:57.080 --> 0:25:00.080
<v Speaker 2>Michael Pennix could all conceivably be top twenty picks. I

0:25:00.119 --> 0:25:03.000
<v Speaker 2>doubt they are. Four of them, will be most likely five,

0:25:03.040 --> 0:25:05.439
<v Speaker 2>probably with an outside shot at six. And I've been

0:25:05.480 --> 0:25:06.800
<v Speaker 2>leaning this way for a long time, and I have

0:25:06.800 --> 0:25:09.480
<v Speaker 2>a feeling the six quarterback taken Michael Penix is gonna

0:25:09.480 --> 0:25:11.320
<v Speaker 2>be the best one that comes out of that class.

0:25:11.320 --> 0:25:14.640
<v Speaker 2>We'll see, But let's remove the big three receivers marv Odoonsay, Neighbors,

0:25:14.640 --> 0:25:17.360
<v Speaker 2>They're all going way before us. Let's check off these

0:25:17.359 --> 0:25:21.439
<v Speaker 2>insanely polished tackles as well. Joe alt Alu I can

0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:24.639
<v Speaker 2>never get his name right for Shano, the penn State guy, Tealisi, Fulagrapher,

0:25:24.640 --> 0:25:27.320
<v Speaker 2>Oregon State JC Latham, and then on defense, Dallas Turner

0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:30.120
<v Speaker 2>and Jared verse, there's two corners I'm inclined to put here,

0:25:30.119 --> 0:25:32.359
<v Speaker 2>but like we're already at fifteen, let's go ahead and

0:25:32.359 --> 0:25:34.720
<v Speaker 2>just keep those guys on the table. So I remove

0:25:34.800 --> 0:25:39.359
<v Speaker 2>players one through five off DJ's fifty top players, player seven,

0:25:39.400 --> 0:25:42.200
<v Speaker 2>player nine through fourteen, Player twenty three, player twenty seven,

0:25:42.280 --> 0:25:45.000
<v Speaker 2>player forty. Those were McCarthy, Nicks, and Pennix. By the way,

0:25:45.000 --> 0:25:50.520
<v Speaker 2>the quarterbacks. This means I've left players six, eight, and

0:25:50.560 --> 0:25:54.040
<v Speaker 2>fifteen through twenty two, which is cornerback Terrying Arnold number

0:25:54.040 --> 0:25:56.960
<v Speaker 2>six from Alabama. Tight End brock Bauers from Georgia is

0:25:57.040 --> 0:26:01.080
<v Speaker 2>number eight, and then fifteen through the twenty five on here.

0:26:01.320 --> 0:26:04.480
<v Speaker 2>Brian Thomas, Troy Fittanu, Tyler Geitton, Amarius Mims, Quinya, and

0:26:04.480 --> 0:26:08.840
<v Speaker 2>Mitchell Edgrin Cooper, Leotu Latu, Byron Murphy, Enis Rakestraw Junior

0:26:09.040 --> 0:26:11.760
<v Speaker 2>and Chop Robinson are the names that fall into that

0:26:11.800 --> 0:26:14.399
<v Speaker 2>top twenty five of DJ's big board, and from that

0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:19.600
<v Speaker 2>group you have eight premium positions and three non premium. However,

0:26:20.000 --> 0:26:22.320
<v Speaker 2>I think brock Bauer's ability is a pass catcher who

0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:25.600
<v Speaker 2>could never leave the field. In eleven personnel offense, I

0:26:25.600 --> 0:26:27.760
<v Speaker 2>think Edrin Cooper's ability to some of the Fred Warner

0:26:27.800 --> 0:26:30.199
<v Speaker 2>stuff and Byron Murphy kind of fits the bill of

0:26:30.200 --> 0:26:32.200
<v Speaker 2>what we share with Christian Wilkins and his ability to

0:26:32.240 --> 0:26:35.399
<v Speaker 2>make himself into something of a premium position player. And

0:26:35.440 --> 0:26:38.280
<v Speaker 2>the reason you draft at those premium spots is because, man,

0:26:38.320 --> 0:26:41.760
<v Speaker 2>when you get hits, now you have created wait for it,

0:26:41.880 --> 0:26:46.080
<v Speaker 2>our favorite term, maximum flexibility. Because if I get a

0:26:46.200 --> 0:26:49.520
<v Speaker 2>top ten wide receiver production you know Waddle in twenty

0:26:49.520 --> 0:26:52.879
<v Speaker 2>twenty two, if I get top ten edge production Phillips

0:26:52.920 --> 0:26:55.720
<v Speaker 2>and went healthy last year, I'm doing this on a

0:26:55.800 --> 0:27:01.280
<v Speaker 2>rookie contract that's well below, well below the threshold for

0:27:01.400 --> 0:27:04.720
<v Speaker 2>premium production at a premium position. You sick with that

0:27:04.760 --> 0:27:07.400
<v Speaker 2>word yet, so the question becomes from that list, who

0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:10.919
<v Speaker 2>can satisfy that criteria. I'm not all the way done

0:27:11.000 --> 0:27:14.480
<v Speaker 2>with my draft study and tape study, but I'm getting there.

0:27:14.600 --> 0:27:17.520
<v Speaker 2>And from that list, this is what I like and think.

0:27:17.560 --> 0:27:20.440
<v Speaker 2>To reiterate my own take on the crop of players.

0:27:20.720 --> 0:27:23.960
<v Speaker 2>Lea la to Chop Robinson and Darius Robinson are the

0:27:24.000 --> 0:27:26.000
<v Speaker 2>three edges I like in that spot. We've talked about

0:27:26.359 --> 0:27:27.880
<v Speaker 2>lot to a Lot, I just think he's the best

0:27:27.880 --> 0:27:30.360
<v Speaker 2>pass prushure in this class quite Frankly, who's only down

0:27:30.359 --> 0:27:33.240
<v Speaker 2>on the spot because of medical concerns. Chops great forty

0:27:33.280 --> 0:27:34.879
<v Speaker 2>time and the ability to bend and the way he

0:27:34.880 --> 0:27:36.960
<v Speaker 2>can kind of see and react quickly in that position

0:27:37.080 --> 0:27:39.359
<v Speaker 2>really makes me intrigued about his game. And then Darius

0:27:39.440 --> 0:27:41.920
<v Speaker 2>Robinson just pure power and strength and can bull you

0:27:42.000 --> 0:27:44.560
<v Speaker 2>from multiple spots across the defensive line. All of those

0:27:44.600 --> 0:27:47.399
<v Speaker 2>guys could be potential, you know, seventy plus percent snap

0:27:47.400 --> 0:27:50.399
<v Speaker 2>takers right away at premium spots that give you a

0:27:50.440 --> 0:27:51.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, if you get them in the first round.

0:27:51.960 --> 0:27:53.479
<v Speaker 2>Like you are not at all upset about that, even

0:27:53.520 --> 0:27:55.879
<v Speaker 2>though you have Chubb and Phillips and probably Van ginkle

0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:59.600
<v Speaker 2>back as well. At tackle, I got Fuaga on here,

0:27:59.640 --> 0:28:01.720
<v Speaker 2>but I I think he's long gone. The two that

0:28:01.760 --> 0:28:03.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm looking at the most are Amerius Mims from Georgia

0:28:04.000 --> 0:28:06.920
<v Speaker 2>and Tchroy Fatanu from you Dub. I think Fatano's like

0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:09.359
<v Speaker 2>maybe tackle two in the class. I love his game.

0:28:09.520 --> 0:28:11.560
<v Speaker 2>We'll see where he goes. And then the cornerbacks Mitchell

0:28:11.600 --> 0:28:14.119
<v Speaker 2>and Arnold are also on there. Those are the guys

0:28:14.119 --> 0:28:16.719
<v Speaker 2>that fit that bill. They're in that range for the Dolphins.

0:28:16.800 --> 0:28:19.800
<v Speaker 2>According to DJ's draft board, they play premium spots, and

0:28:19.800 --> 0:28:21.920
<v Speaker 2>that's what we've done seven of the last nine draft classes.

0:28:21.960 --> 0:28:23.960
<v Speaker 2>If you go back to sixteen first round Lenardy Tons

0:28:24.000 --> 0:28:27.640
<v Speaker 2>will tackle right seventeen, Charles Harris edge twenty eighteen, that's

0:28:27.640 --> 0:28:30.040
<v Speaker 2>the off year, Minkah Fitzpatrick, but we are explained his

0:28:30.080 --> 0:28:33.120
<v Speaker 2>exception twenty nineteen. Christian Wilkins another exception there. But since

0:28:33.160 --> 0:28:36.320
<v Speaker 2>then twenty twenty quarterback tackle corner two of those three

0:28:36.359 --> 0:28:40.000
<v Speaker 2>were hits. In twenty twenty one receiver and edge two

0:28:40.160 --> 0:28:43.040
<v Speaker 2>massive hits there. So if there's one exception, actually I

0:28:43.040 --> 0:28:45.479
<v Speaker 2>have two exceptions for you. Number ones, Jackson Powers Johnson,

0:28:45.520 --> 0:28:46.880
<v Speaker 2>You guys know that the reason I think he's the

0:28:46.920 --> 0:28:49.600
<v Speaker 2>exception you for me to talk about it all all

0:28:49.720 --> 0:28:52.280
<v Speaker 2>draft season. That added weight that he has at three

0:28:52.320 --> 0:28:54.720
<v Speaker 2>point thirty in the interior, the extra fifteen twenty pounds

0:28:54.760 --> 0:28:57.360
<v Speaker 2>in other centers. It's going to help you with interior

0:28:57.440 --> 0:28:59.760
<v Speaker 2>rush to get movement and goal line in short yardage.

0:29:00.080 --> 0:29:02.200
<v Speaker 2>That should not be lost on anybody because if my

0:29:02.240 --> 0:29:06.800
<v Speaker 2>short yards improves without sacrificing any athletic ability, and I

0:29:06.840 --> 0:29:09.280
<v Speaker 2>also have a field general who is gonna be in

0:29:09.360 --> 0:29:12.000
<v Speaker 2>sync with my quarterback to get protections and calls, you know,

0:29:12.080 --> 0:29:15.320
<v Speaker 2>called out that entire makeup of that player fits my

0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:17.880
<v Speaker 2>exception list, and that's probably about it. At twenty one,

0:29:18.360 --> 0:29:20.760
<v Speaker 2>maybe Byron Murphy from Texas, because I think that he's

0:29:20.840 --> 0:29:22.960
<v Speaker 2>again kind of in that same mold as Christian Wilkins,

0:29:23.040 --> 0:29:25.160
<v Speaker 2>but he's a bit smaller, so I'm not sure if

0:29:25.160 --> 0:29:27.560
<v Speaker 2>he can play that zero one shade technique that sometimes

0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:29.440
<v Speaker 2>Christian would do. Maybe we come back to this in

0:29:29.480 --> 0:29:32.280
<v Speaker 2>a month, we'll find out. But also in the second round,

0:29:32.320 --> 0:29:34.120
<v Speaker 2>like kind of thinking about this as well, and this

0:29:34.160 --> 0:29:37.400
<v Speaker 2>is you know, because the receiver position was so kind

0:29:37.400 --> 0:29:39.320
<v Speaker 2>of you know, Brian Thomas is in that spot, but

0:29:39.520 --> 0:29:41.480
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, we'll see. I don't think that he's

0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:45.600
<v Speaker 2>the best fit, but it makes me think about receivers

0:29:45.600 --> 0:29:48.120
<v Speaker 2>in the second round because there's, like I just from

0:29:48.120 --> 0:29:53.000
<v Speaker 2>the sheer volume of very good receivers in this year's class,

0:29:53.080 --> 0:29:55.520
<v Speaker 2>somebody's gonna draft a receiver in the second round who

0:29:55.560 --> 0:29:57.760
<v Speaker 2>becomes a multi time pro bowler. Like the odds are

0:29:57.840 --> 0:29:59.960
<v Speaker 2>just so in your favor that's gonna happen. So it's

0:30:00.120 --> 0:30:04.000
<v Speaker 2>huge opportunity, right like premium times three with the investment

0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:06.680
<v Speaker 2>of pick fifty five and the contract commesurate with that.

0:30:06.920 --> 0:30:09.280
<v Speaker 2>I mean that, like pick twenty one last year was

0:30:09.360 --> 0:30:13.080
<v Speaker 2>Quinton Johnston, which Kyle Krabs tells me that Quentin Johnson's

0:30:13.200 --> 0:30:16.120
<v Speaker 2>Brian Thomas, So I don't know, that's kind of funny

0:30:16.160 --> 0:30:18.320
<v Speaker 2>that worked out that way. But he signed for fifteen

0:30:18.360 --> 0:30:21.480
<v Speaker 2>point three million dollars total over the life of his

0:30:21.520 --> 0:30:24.920
<v Speaker 2>four year contract. Pick fifty five, well, look at what

0:30:25.000 --> 0:30:27.000
<v Speaker 2>we have here. The receiver that I would wager winds

0:30:27.080 --> 0:30:29.440
<v Speaker 2>up making Pro Bowls very soon, Rashi Rice for the

0:30:29.520 --> 0:30:31.720
<v Speaker 2>Kansas City Chiefs. The four year total of his deal

0:30:32.320 --> 0:30:35.080
<v Speaker 2>six point eight million. That's less than two million per year.

0:30:35.240 --> 0:30:37.800
<v Speaker 2>And if that player turns into Waddle or Almond Ross,

0:30:37.800 --> 0:30:40.760
<v Speaker 2>Saint Brown, even Rice, it's a jet pack of value. Right.

0:30:41.000 --> 0:30:43.840
<v Speaker 2>So with that in mind, there's guys at pick fifty

0:30:43.840 --> 0:30:46.080
<v Speaker 2>five that I think make a ton of sense for you.

0:30:46.080 --> 0:30:48.680
<v Speaker 2>You've heard the names by now, Roman Wilson, Malachai Corley,

0:30:48.880 --> 0:30:52.800
<v Speaker 2>Xavier Worthy. I have done extensive discussions on those players

0:30:53.040 --> 0:30:55.160
<v Speaker 2>on this podcast. I won't get back into that, but

0:30:55.200 --> 0:30:56.640
<v Speaker 2>I think that's a really good place to look in

0:30:56.720 --> 0:30:58.760
<v Speaker 2>terms of how you might attack this year's draft class

0:30:58.920 --> 0:31:02.240
<v Speaker 2>with positional value, where the value of the draft itself

0:31:02.280 --> 0:31:06.080
<v Speaker 2>lies and the Dolphins history of drafting premium positions. The

0:31:06.120 --> 0:31:08.920
<v Speaker 2>tackle group, the edge group, the receivers, they're all super

0:31:08.920 --> 0:31:11.720
<v Speaker 2>deep in this draft. It looks like the tackle, edge

0:31:11.720 --> 0:31:14.640
<v Speaker 2>group and maybe corner at twenty one would make the

0:31:14.640 --> 0:31:16.640
<v Speaker 2>most sense, or maybe you could even trade back and

0:31:16.640 --> 0:31:18.640
<v Speaker 2>do that, and then in the second round it feels

0:31:18.680 --> 0:31:21.320
<v Speaker 2>like receiver could be this area you go to. That's

0:31:21.440 --> 0:31:24.240
<v Speaker 2>just a one scenario though, right Like, never put yourself

0:31:24.240 --> 0:31:26.080
<v Speaker 2>in a box, don't pigeonhole yourself, because's how you wind

0:31:26.160 --> 0:31:30.120
<v Speaker 2>up taking bad players in bad drafts. So okay, sound good.

0:31:30.160 --> 0:31:31.600
<v Speaker 2>I think it's a good place to stop right there.

0:31:31.720 --> 0:31:33.000
<v Speaker 2>I know a lot of you are still getting caught

0:31:33.040 --> 0:31:34.720
<v Speaker 2>up on the five shows from last week, so really

0:31:34.720 --> 0:31:36.840
<v Speaker 2>appreciate you guys going back and doing that. We're about

0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:39.560
<v Speaker 2>to ratchet the work up way big time next week

0:31:39.560 --> 0:31:42.080
<v Speaker 2>as a new league year starts. Also, Happy Full Swing

0:31:42.160 --> 0:31:44.240
<v Speaker 2>Day to those who celebrate. Been looking forward to that

0:31:44.240 --> 0:31:46.680
<v Speaker 2>show for a while now. Just knocked out Drive to Survive.

0:31:46.720 --> 0:31:48.880
<v Speaker 2>It's a great season in my opinion, maybe I enjoyed

0:31:48.920 --> 0:31:51.120
<v Speaker 2>it more because I didn't actually watch F one this year,

0:31:51.160 --> 0:31:53.880
<v Speaker 2>because hey, F one's boring as hell. It's not for me.

0:31:54.160 --> 0:31:55.840
<v Speaker 2>I try to get into it, it just is not

0:31:55.920 --> 0:31:58.440
<v Speaker 2>for me. But the drama of DTS is still great,

0:31:58.480 --> 0:32:00.560
<v Speaker 2>so you don't know what's going to happen, so show better.

0:32:00.600 --> 0:32:02.400
<v Speaker 2>In my opinion, it's that time of year. Man. I

0:32:02.480 --> 0:32:04.400
<v Speaker 2>also just watched Interstellar for the first time. I know

0:32:04.600 --> 0:32:08.200
<v Speaker 2>I was missing out on that one great great film Friday.

0:32:08.320 --> 0:32:09.640
<v Speaker 2>I want to look back into Free to see a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit here, so I'll be the next couple of

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<v Speaker 2>podcasts before next Wednesday, when we are hopefully talking about

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<v Speaker 2>all the new players the Mimy Dolphins are bringing in

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<v Speaker 2>here in studio, talking to him on the podcast and

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<v Speaker 2>breaking their game down. And I want to actually end

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<v Speaker 2>with this last thought note because I got a great

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<v Speaker 2>kick out of this last night when I was doing

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<v Speaker 2>my unwinding on the old back porch of the house,

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<v Speaker 2>or I guess it's my front porch. But uh, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, a one year old going through a sleep

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<v Speaker 2>aggression freaking kill me. It's the worst. But Kyle, good

0:32:33.560 --> 0:32:35.440
<v Speaker 2>friend Kyle Crabs, and I got a good chuckle out

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<v Speaker 2>of this. Like I just saw the other one on

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<v Speaker 2>his page and the YouTube comments that he tweeted out,

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<v Speaker 2>you're not going to compete for a Super Bowl with

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<v Speaker 2>that with team with players that were cut from other teams.

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<v Speaker 2>Bro First off, like, yeah, you can. Zach Seeler was

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<v Speaker 2>a cut player. You don't want him. The guy that

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<v Speaker 2>caught the game winning touchdown and the Super Bowl was

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<v Speaker 2>a player the Jets felt was worth lopping off for

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<v Speaker 2>scraps mid season. What are we talking about, dude? And also,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Kyle hid the user name, but I can

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<v Speaker 2>guarantee you that user has probably commented on the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that Exaving Howard and Jerome Baker are gone and irreplaceable. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>cut players, Right? But that one got me word for word?

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<v Speaker 2>This one really word for word is I was I

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<v Speaker 2>meant to say? Really sent me over the edge. So

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<v Speaker 2>here's the tweet. So Miami has let x go, letting

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<v Speaker 2>Wilkins hit the market, and letting Baker walk. We can't

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<v Speaker 2>draft guys to replace them and make an impact. So

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<v Speaker 2>what's the plan. What all those guys you just named

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<v Speaker 2>were drafted by Miami? Yadangus? Like what are we doing? Dude?

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<v Speaker 2>I will never understand the desire to be miserable over

0:33:41.680 --> 0:33:44.000
<v Speaker 2>your favorite football team every single day. Hey, maybe we

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<v Speaker 2>do regress. Maybe we are our worst team next year.

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<v Speaker 2>That's on the table for every team every year. And

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<v Speaker 2>maybe you know we're down certain players, but we won

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of football games last year where we were

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<v Speaker 2>banged up to having massive vacancies at key positions with

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<v Speaker 2>guys that were injured not available a lot of those games, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and we still have Tua and Tyreek and Waddle and

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<v Speaker 2>feel like you still have a lot of damn good

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<v Speaker 2>football players. So bemoaning all you want, that's your prerogative,

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<v Speaker 2>if you want to dwell on the possibility, the possibility

0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:14.960
<v Speaker 2>that they regress over the next six months. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>already like bemoaning the GM because Wilkins was reported to

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<v Speaker 2>test the market, you don't know what's gonna happen. You

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<v Speaker 2>can get mad about it. I remember you guys getting

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<v Speaker 2>mad about Lyo Collin's not being signed and the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that we were never gonna address the offensive line, and

0:34:26.719 --> 0:34:29.200
<v Speaker 2>two days later to Ron Armstead signed. So maybe we

0:34:29.320 --> 0:34:30.960
<v Speaker 2>learn from it this year, maybe not. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>But if your prerogative is to dwell on negative what

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<v Speaker 2>ifs for the next six months, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>to tell you, Bud. But like man that tweet, that

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