WEBVTT - Training Camp Preview 2021 Safeties 0:00:01.960 --> 0:00:17.079 Down, Miami drawn. What is up, Dolph Fans, and welcome 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.400 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:25.720 podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:29.880 going everybody? It is training camp week. I am your host, 0:00:30.000 --> 0:00:33.320 Travis Wingfield, and as always I am here to bring 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:37.199 you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:40.360 today's show, we are onto the final part of the 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:44.400 eleven part preview series, finishing up here with the back 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:47.840 end of the defense, the safeties, the importance of instincts 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:52.199 and range, the newcomers, how Miami works to limit big plays, 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:55.600 and a recap of the coaches and players in this group. 0:00:55.720 --> 0:01:00.120 Plus we finish up another series of ours with an 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:03.600 NFL preview, wrapping up with the eighth and final division, 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:07.760 your division of your Miami Dolphins, the a f C East. 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.640 All of that and more on this edition of the 0:01:10.760 --> 0:01:17.560 Drive Time Podcast Drive Thome's brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.440 And later this week we have Dolphins practice. We're gonna 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:22.679 cover that for you guys every single day here on 0:01:22.760 --> 0:01:26.479 the podcast, so subscribe, rate, review, and get us onto 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.600 your feed. We're gonna have coach Flora's and some players 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:32.160 on Tuesday, I believe, speaking to the media, and then 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:35.360 Wednesday it's full go coach in the morning, practice in 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.559 the morning as well players in the afternoon. I can't 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:40.319 wait for all that. But before we get to that, 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.760 we have one more offseason podcast here to get to 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:47.200 and we're talking about the safety position. If you guys 0:01:47.200 --> 0:01:50.360 have not been following along so far on Miami Dolphins 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.120 dot com as well as here on the Drivetime podcast, 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.200 go ahead and check out the previous episodes every day 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:59.920 Monday through Friday, covering quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, tight ends, 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:04.120 offensive line, d line, linebackers, and the defensive secondary, as 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.560 well as the specialist plus up on Miami Dolphins dot Com. 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:09.920 You can find those written pieces as well. And we 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:13.600 conclude here today with the safeties. And you know a 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:15.919 lot of the stuff we covered on the Cornerback podcast 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:19.359 in terms of the philosophy of the defense, the strong 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:21.280 play on the perimeter to go ahead and press and 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:24.680 disrupt timing for a defense that generates pressure and under 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:26.720 three seconds a lot of the time, how all that 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.119 kind of marries up together. And I think you look 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:33.200 at this position as kind of the signal caller or 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:36.239 the what's the word I'm looking for here. The last 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:40.440 line of defense definitely kind of stirs the drink, I 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.760 think in terms of what this defense brings and the 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:47.640 importance of vision and instincts and seeing the football in 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:51.840 front of these players and the ability to counter the 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:55.239 spacing the opposition tries to create based upon how these 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.480 safeties not just move themselves, but the way they move 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.600 their teammates, because they are kind of the proverbial eye 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.080 in the sky, you know, when the coaching staff can't 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.280 be on the field to communicate that stuff, the safety 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:07.799 who can kind of see all that in front of 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.160 him and get a feel for what the offense is 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.640 doing in their priest napp alignment how to combat that. 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.480 On defense, the safety is responsible for a lot of that, 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:17.600 and we heard coach Flores' talk about that in the 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.160 addition of Javon Holland with his communication and his leadership 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:23.280 ability and how he might be able to kind of 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:25.720 take on some of that role as a rookie. But 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.920 once again, of course, the role that Javon Holland and 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:32.880 all these players inevitably find themselves in will be what 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:34.880 they make of it and how they put themselves in 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.240 position to take on those roles and one of the 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.800 players that you know, to kind of toot my own 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:42.640 horn here a little bit, the safety position has been 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.560 one of my better ones in terms of evaluating I mean, 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.600 big Buddha Baker fan, big Chauncey Gardner, Johnson fan. I 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.320 was a huge, huge proponent of Derwin James. Of course, 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:54.760 the injuries kind of, you know, have lessened his career 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:56.560 at this point, but when he's on the field, he's 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.480 been a very productive player. Just something about this position 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:01.320 that I enjoy watching, especially when you get the All 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:03.560 twenty two angle and you can actually see them on 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.320 the field. One of the guys I was huge on 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:08.880 was Jesse Bates out of Wake Force now with the 0:04:08.880 --> 0:04:13.200 Cincinnati Bengals, and what I loved about him was you 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:16.000 could see the fact that he was a baseball player, 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.279 a center fielder in college as well, because of the 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.559 way he kind of could flip the hips and clothe 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:23.760 and click and clothes and drive out of his back 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.440 pedal and anticipate things in the way a center fielder 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.279 has to off the bat. You know, you see a 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.560 slider on the outside corner to a right handed hitter, 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.000 you kind of have to cheat over to the right 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.360 in our field gap, because if a player pulls that ball, 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:36.120 they're probably gonna roll over it and hit a ground 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.800 ball to the shortstops. So you anticipate if they drive 0:04:38.839 --> 0:04:41.040 the ball, it'll be into that right center field gap. 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.160 And it's kind of the same thing as playing safety. 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.559 I think there's lots of comparisons to safety and playing 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.960 outfield in baseball. And the instincts to know the same 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.960 thing as the slider on the outside corner, to know, Okay, 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.360 these these two guys on this side of the formation, 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.560 they look like, based upon my film study, they're gonna 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:01.760 run a scissors concept or a switch concept or a 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.800 slant flat or a slugo or not slog I'm sorry, 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:06.720 a smash concept with a corner route and the and 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.840 the hitch route like whatever it is. You anticipate what 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.960 routes you might see, and that allows you to shorten windows, 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.200 not just with your range, but with those instincts. And 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:19.120 when you shorten windows and you bait quarterbacks into throws 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.840 into those short windows, which he did in college, that's 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:23.719 why I loved him so much. And he's brought that 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:25.960 right over to the NFL. I thought he had an 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.600 all pro level season last year with the Bengals, because 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:30.960 he's doing the exact same things. When you do that, 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:34.200 it can generate big plays in terms of interceptions, tip balls, 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:36.320 and all that stuff we focus on here in camp 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:40.279 with Gerald Alexander in this offensive backfield. And so you 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.040 might be asking yourself, Travis, why in the hell are 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:46.400 you talking about the Cincinnati Bengals and their safety because 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:49.640 when I watched Javon Holland on tape, I noted a 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.960 lot of the same things that made me attracted to 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:54.440 Jesse Bates is game. And I go to the great 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.080 Brett Coleman of the NFL Film Room, who we referenced 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.360 here on the podcast. He's been on the podcast, really 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.479 good friend of line, and he had a great video 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:04.160 clip of Javon Holland in the PAC twelveth Championship game 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.919 a couple of years ago. And Brett pulls this clip 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:10.640 against the Stanford Cardinal where Holland comes down and plays 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:13.400 about eight or nine yards off the slot receiver and 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.120 he's playing the low shoulder, which means the shoulder closest 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.560 to the offensive line of scrimmage, knowing he has the 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.160 safety help up over the top in the post and 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:24.560 so on this play, he basically engages contact with the 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.960 receiver at the five yard mark, peeks at the quarterback, 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.839 and because they're running a mesh concept where two receivers 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:32.560 are going to cross in the middle of the field, 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.720 Javan peels off of his man and gets a pass 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:37.640 break up on the other side of the field. The 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.119 other side of the formation, a player who had created 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.600 a ton of separation on his man, and Javan not 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:45.839 only locks up his guy, comes off of him and 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.320 breaks up a pass to somebody else from the X 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:50.880 receiver coming from the opposite side of the formation. Javan 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.160 playing the field the wide side of the field, he 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.760 goes over to the short side of the field, the boundary, 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.200 and makes a play on the football. Brett writes in 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:00.320 his tweet, I'm no dB coach, but I bet they 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.920 don't teach that. Some guys just do it. And that's 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:04.719 the kind of instincts that I came to know and 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.760 love when watching Javon Holland on tape. I don't want 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:09.360 to put words in coach his mouth, but he did 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:10.960 say this is one of his fair players to watch 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:14.320 on tape, and I have to imagine those instincts and like, okay, 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.640 this is why I know ball and ball takes me 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:18.840 to this particular spot on the field. I have to 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.120 imagine that was an influence for coach and this Dolphin 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.800 staff in the front office when they watch this kid play, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:27.160 because he can do that stuff and it's very innate 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.560 and it's very rare to have those level of instincts. 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:31.679 So the first safety off the board comes to Miami 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.400 at the top of the second round. There then you've 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:38.600 got Eric Rowe who just has so many roles that 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:41.640 he fulfills. Run fitting, you know, the assignment to get 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:43.480 an extra gap in the run game with your safety, 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:45.440 to come down and really get in the muck and 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.800 get in the box and really show the physical side 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.800 of the game. I think we look personally at rushing 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.560 statistics in the National Football League and football in general 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.240 all wrong. Average yards per carry is one thing, and 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.240 it's it's great for fantasy and for the stats and 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.720 all that stuff, But I want to know how many 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:04.360 run wins and run down losses you had, because if 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.280 a team rushes the ball for let's say, fifteen yards 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:09.320 on first down from their own twenty five yard line, 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:11.480 gets it out to the minus forty. Yeah, it's field 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:13.880 possesion you want back. But that's a fifteen yard run. 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:16.520 Let's say their next two runs go for two yards each. 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:19.960 That's three runs for nineteen yards. So you're talking about 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.679 I don't know a mathematician, but over six yards per carry. 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:24.920 But you got yourself into a third and six, so 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:27.200 you get that stop. That means you had to run 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:29.920 wins and one run loss in the fifteen yard run. 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.720 I want that. I'll take the defensive side of the 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:36.000 equation when it comes to those three running plays. And 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.319 so I thought the Dolphins last year and Eric Rose, 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.440 a big part of this, did so well to get 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:44.040 run wins on those rundowns, to put themselves in position 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:47.240 to queue up second down and long or even better, 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.240 a third and long that creates a passing situation, a 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:53.200 must pass spot. And I thought Eric rose work in 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:56.040 the run game not just got better from twenty nineteen 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.320 when he made that transition from playing on the outside 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.839 and corner to safety and then event into the box 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.319 and really getting up in the face of tight ends 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.000 who are attached to the line of scrimmage. I thought 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:09.079 that the improvement there was a big, big, deal from Miami, 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.079 and I thought it only got better as the year 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.600 went along. So kind of the projection there from Eric 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:16.880 rose trajectory at this position that's somewhat new to him. 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.880 It really points up to me in terms of a 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:21.559 guy that can just continue to get better because of 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:23.680 the way he works and because of the willingness to 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.680 do That's a tough ask for safeties down that area 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.600 to play, and Eric rohad does it without any questions asked. 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.080 We talked about the communication as a whole on this 0:09:32.200 --> 0:09:35.360 defense and how Gerald Alexander really harped on the big 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.960 place coming from the back end and how mistakes in 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.439 that area of the field lead to the big explosive 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.680 plays that essentially can decide football games most of the time. 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:45.640 And you know, we talked about this off the top, 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.880 but coach Flora has also mentioned that signal callers are 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:50.560 the ones kind of down the middle of the field, 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.000 the linebackers, the safety is your center and your quarterback. 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:55.480 How they help align the defense, how they are a 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.000 big part of defending the deep portion of the field, 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:01.880 and how again as much as that is range and 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:03.960 like you'll see the you know ed Reid's of the 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.400 world they don't grow on trees. Obviously, the greatest safety 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.679 of all time. For my money, the range was great, 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.439 but the instincts is what took him to another level. 0:10:11.640 --> 0:10:14.360 And you pair the athletic ability that Javon Holland and 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:16.560 Brandon Jones and Eric Row and the guys that can 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.800 play this position have with the knowledge and the instincts 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.360 to go over the top of routes to cap routes, 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:24.480 and maybe you come down and you double a certain 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.319 portion on the inside of the field, like if you 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:29.200 got Tyreek Hill or Travis Kelsey inside and you want 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.559 to double that guy while your two cornerbacks play sticky 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.400 man coverage on the outside. You have that flexibility, You 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.559 have those options. You have guys that can come down 0:10:36.559 --> 0:10:39.440 and match up in the slot outside man coverage against 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:41.360 bacts and tight ends because a lot of these guys 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:45.280 have cornerback experience or slot experience in addition to their 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:48.800 prowess and their exploits aft the safety position. So I 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:51.400 am very excited about the veterans and Eric Row and 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.720 Jason mccordy, but also the young guys with Javon and Brandon, 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.439 plus the two special teams missiles in Nate Holly, and 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.200 Clayton Fedulin. And speaking of these six guys, let's go 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.400 ahead and get to the piece up on Miami Dolphins 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.480 dot com. The personnel changes. You got. Jason McQuary and 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.439 Javon Holland are the income or newcomers, I should say, 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:13.400 incoming talent, and Bobby McCain and Cavon Frazier are off 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:17.280 to Washington and Cincinnati, respectively. As for the coaching staff, 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:19.880 we covered g A a little bit on the Cornerbacks podcast, 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:22.760 talking more about Charles Burke's who is the cornerbacks coach? 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.640 But g A is the defensive backs coach, And he 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.600 interned at Dolphins camp in twenty nineteen where and he 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:31.160 was coaching at Cal and one year later, sure enough, 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.880 he takes over as the DBS coach here in Miami 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:37.720 once Josh Boyer was promoted to the defensive coordinator position, 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.480 and he just produced immediate dividends. G A did in 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.880 terms of getting this secondary communicating I thought so much 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.480 better last year and and playing at a such a 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.160 higher level, and getting all the talent that defensive secondary 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.920 had with all the substitutions you see on that back 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.200 end of the defense. He got it all coordinated in 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.839 a way that got Miami to really help lead the 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:00.360 league in takeaways with twenty nine last year. Do in 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.480 large part to his emphasis on the football and training camp, 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:06.120 but also, of course, the talent on the field and 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:10.840 the big plays allowed were significantly decreased upon Alexander's arrival 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.960 in I mean, this is a team that it seemed 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.520 like some of the backbone of this team for the 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:18.960 past couple of decades was always the big play. Like 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:23.760 you go back to the twenty eighteen Thursday night football 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.040 game against the Houston Texans where that game was close, 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.920 and then Deshaun Watson would find Will Fuller or DeAndre 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.560 Hopkins or one of the big play receivers they had 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.959 there in Houston for a long touchdown and that's how 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.240 that game kind of got away from Miami. It seemed 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:38.880 like there was always one or two plays a game 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.400 back in those days that just got away and it forced, 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:43.520 you know, a one or two score game to to 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:45.240 get away from Miami. But last year that was not 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.520 the case, and the Dolphins stayed in football games and 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.160 they won those close football games. So you decrease those 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.600 big plays that really puts you in position to compete 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.000 late in the fourth quarter. And here's what coach g 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:57.880 A has to say about how you limit big plays 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:00.920 and how communication is the key quote. Communication is a 0:13:01.040 --> 0:13:03.800 must in our defense. All guys have to be on 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:07.120 the same page, especially at that safety position. We have 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:09.560 the depth of the defense and we're responsible to really 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.199 get everybody in line. So it's very important that whether 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:15.400 you're young or an older vet, that the communication is 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.840 on point. We know that big plays always run through 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:19.960 the secondary, whether it be in the past game or 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.040 the run game. The easiest way to give up an 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:25.319 explosive play in the back end is lack of communication. 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.360 What I tell those guys is lack of communication leads 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.160 to disaster. And quote, what a great way to kind 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.360 of put a bow on that great quote there from 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:35.040 g A. And you listen to any of his media. 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:37.719 He's always a great quote machine, is g A? When 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.199 talking to the media. This group at a glance again, 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:43.360 I mean versatility. What do you want to know about that? 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.120 That ad here that term here in Miami, it's the 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:48.920 adage the more you can do, and the safety position 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.200 in Miami typically comes with what I call a side hustle, 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.600 so to speak. Because Eric Rowe. You know, he made 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.240 that switch from cornerback mid season in twenty nineteen and 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.400 really enjoyed the success in that new role. But he 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:01.920 also comes down and covers tight ends and defends the 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.160 run and just plays multiple roles. And he can even 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:06.320 flex out wide and play cornerback in a pinch because 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.960 well he's done it before. But since he made that 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:12.040 switch to safety, he's allowed just sixty nine point eight 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.200 passer rating against in his coverage area. We talked about 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:17.960 rookie Javon Holland and the fact that he and second 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:21.600 year pro Brandon Jones, who earned considerable playing time as 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:25.480 a rookie. Both these guys had a kind of combination 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.160 role of slot and safety in college, with snaps coming 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:31.080 basically in every pre snap alignment you could want, man coverage, 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:34.360 zone coverage off the football, second level, up on the line, 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.800 special teams, returning kicks. They did it all and both 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:41.000 are just instinctive sponges who soak up all the knowledge 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.880 this Dolphin secondary has to offer. I told you guys 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:45.440 back in O. T A S there was two guys 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:50.520 that ran extra laps or extra sprints at the end 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.160 of practice. It was Javon Holland and Brandon Jones out 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.600 there in that downpour getting the extra work in and 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:57.640 again just soaking up all the knowledge of the players 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.400 and coaches in this particular portion of the team have 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:03.680 to offer. And a significant portion of that knowledge comes 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.440 from new arrival Jason mccordy. If you have not seen 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:08.280 it or heard it or read it, check out the 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:11.920 YouTube the Miami Dolphins YouTube channel the media availability of 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.280 Jason mccordy. Uh in the second to last O t A. 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:18.080 I think it was early in June man the way 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.920 he spoke and the way he communicated about service and leadership. 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:23.880 I mean, even as a football fan or a non 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:27.520 football fan, it grabbed me. It was gravitating. And he's 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.320 the most experienced player on this roster. Again, He's played 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:32.960 perimeter corner, played in the slot, played some safety over 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.280 the course of a twelve year career. And then Clayton 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.680 Fedgerland was a special teams captain his first year here 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:40.280 in Miami and including some spot duty on defense, just 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:43.040 a handful of snaps on defense. And then Nate Holly 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.920 from the Canadian Football League who came to Miami for 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.080 training camp, was released. And then signed back to the 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.840 practice squad and got his call up late in the season, 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.600 playing largely on special team. So, just to kind of 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.240 go over this cast again real quick, six seasons as 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.160 a pro. Number twenty one, Eric Rowe coming out of 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.360 Utah didn't change Jersey numbers. You know who he is 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.360 now twenty eight years old opening day and expanding from 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.520 the numbers we talked about. His coverage numbers really rival 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.000 any safety in the NFL over his last twenty eight 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:11.760 games play. That goes back to when he made the 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:15.880 switch in nineteen to safety, the first four games at cornerback, 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.640 the final twelve at safety, and then sixteen games played 0:16:18.680 --> 0:16:20.640 last year, which, by the way, he's played thirty two 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.000 games with the Miambi Dolphins. That was kind of the 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:24.720 reason that he bounced around a little bit was because 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:27.720 he had trouble staying healthy. He's found that, uh, that 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.800 proper plan and nutrition and diet and regimen that's gotten 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.240 him healthy thirty two games played. I'm very happy for 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:34.960 him that happened, because it couldn't have happened to a 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:38.880 better guy. But since that midseason switched twenty nineteen to safety, 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:41.880 he's allowed fifty nine point seven percent of passes and 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.320 tended for his man to be completed for an average 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:47.240 of six point one eight yards per target. At seventy 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:51.000 one completions on one nineteen passes for seven hundred and 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:54.040 thirty five yards. He was charged with one touchdown, allowed, 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.200 three interceptions, and a passer rating again of sixty nine 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.800 point eight. The completion percentage, yards per argut, and passer 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:04.240 rating are all top ten among NFL safeties according to 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:06.800 Pro Football Focus. And this is a guy and he 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:08.520 talked about it last year in training camp because it 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.399 was a big, big topic for him to cover, the 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.800 switch of positions. How he did play safety in college 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:16.320 at Utah, but it was mostly the deep middle of 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:18.199 the field guy, the free safety way away from the 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:20.440 line of scrimmage. And he emphasized his work in the 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:22.760 running game the last two seasons, and I thought that 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:26.320 helped him get better and improven. Again, that trajectory pointing upwards, 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:29.560 as you see forty eight combined run stops tackles within 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.080 two yards of the line to the line of scrimmage. 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:34.639 He comes up there and makes plays around the l os. 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.520 He also set career highs with seven quarterback pressures as well. 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.160 As nine pass breakups last season. What a great year 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:44.320 for Eric Rowe. Javon Holland number twenty two, the rookie 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:46.320 out of Oregon. He'll be twenty one years old opening 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.720 day and one of these young Dolphins players. And again 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:51.880 you watch his tape and you wonder, there's like he 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:54.960 is he living in a dimension where he's three seconds 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.280 ahead of everybody else because he seems to see things 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:00.399 before they happen with his instincts, and man, he hacksa 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:02.560 when the lights go on. He's a gamer. He hit 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.240 a pick six against W s U a couple of 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:05.960 years ago and that was a difference in the ball game. 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.320 And I still think about that late at nights sometimes. 0:18:08.640 --> 0:18:12.159 But his instincts, ball skills and leadership and communication skills 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.679 are what attracted Coach Flora's and Chris Career to this 0:18:15.000 --> 0:18:17.800 very smart, instinctual good player out of the University of Oregon. 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.320 Chris Greer said, he's a very smart, instinctive player that 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.920 has been a very productive player. It was his football 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:25.120 intelligence and getting to know the kid that stood out 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:27.880 as well. And then Coach said, this Javon was one 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:31.760 of honestly my favorite players to watch, very versatile, played inside, 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.560 played safety, punt return a lot of ball production, so 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:36.879 we're excited to get him and work with him. And 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:39.400 you hear coach talking about those ball skills that produced 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:44.119 nine interceptions over the nineteen seasons combined, that was tied 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:46.840 for the fourth most in all of college football. He 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:49.919 registered twenty four run stops in that final college season 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:53.000 and also posted a career passer rating allowed of just 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:55.919 sixty one point one. The production is all over the 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.280 place there in terms of good, good, all over the 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:02.240 place for Javon Holland. Brandon Jones number twenty nine last 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:04.400 year was his first as a pro out of Texas, 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:06.800 twenty three years old. We did a great deep dive 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:09.920 on Brandon Jones last summer where I interviewed his mother 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:12.479 and some coaches of Texas there, Tom Herman, as well 0:19:12.520 --> 0:19:14.880 as Brandon, and they had some fun stories to tell 0:19:14.920 --> 0:19:17.439 about Brandon growing up with his brothers and the competition 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:20.479 of playing football in the backyard and basketball and everything 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:23.800 in between. I highly highly recommend that podcast from I 0:19:23.800 --> 0:19:25.960 think it was the middle of last summer during the 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:28.240 dead period. But back to Brandon Jones, I mean, he 0:19:28.280 --> 0:19:31.439 made the headlines at the combine and when he revealed 0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:34.720 that he asked every team for their defensive film and 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:37.440 their defensive playbook, and he made his way through four 0:19:37.520 --> 0:19:40.480 games of each of the thirty two defenses. And I 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:42.720 thought that preparation showed up as a rookie to the 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:45.320 tune of sixty two tackles three for a loss, of sack, 0:19:45.400 --> 0:19:47.919 of pass breakup, as well as a forced fumble. And 0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:49.719 there was a play against the Jaguars where he kind 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:52.880 of played almost a Rashad Jones type of role where 0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:54.440 he was buzz in the middle of the field or 0:19:54.600 --> 0:19:56.800 robbing the middle of the field on that call and 0:19:56.920 --> 0:19:59.600 lavisca channel comes free over the middle in the curl 0:19:59.680 --> 0:20:02.040 zone and he jumps it and almost gets a pick, 0:20:02.160 --> 0:20:04.720 just kind of misses it. It went to a Donald's reception. 0:20:04.760 --> 0:20:07.520 But I thought that instinct and that understanding of where 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:09.960 to find the landmarks in terms of your coverage, but 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:12.080 also the man you're looking for. I thought we saw 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.240 that at times from Brandon Jones. I expected to get 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:17.359 even better here in your number two, Pro Football Focus 0:20:17.440 --> 0:20:19.760 chartered Jones with three hundred and sixty one snapped in 0:20:19.760 --> 0:20:23.159 the box, four in the slot, eight out wide, and 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.520 nine two is a deep safety. In addition to two 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:28.080 d and thirty eight snaps on special teams, he made 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:30.840 fifteen run stops and recorded six quarterback pressure. So he 0:20:30.880 --> 0:20:33.199 really did everything for this team last year, and I 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:36.800 expect that role to continue to expand and to kind 0:20:36.800 --> 0:20:39.199 of follow up on, you know, the makeup of the 0:20:39.240 --> 0:20:42.199 safety position, like I think they're even more suited this 0:20:42.280 --> 0:20:45.280 year to be able to rotate between two high and 0:20:45.359 --> 0:20:47.920 single high. Safety. Last year was a lot of single high, 0:20:47.960 --> 0:20:50.639 but I think you can get a multitude of combinations 0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:52.600 of these guys to play too high if you want 0:20:52.600 --> 0:20:54.240 to pull back and go three high as well. Plenty 0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:56.520 of options there, and especially when you think about the 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:59.560 possible big nickel packages where you have a third safety 0:20:59.560 --> 0:21:01.360 on the field side of your third cornerback, there are 0:21:01.400 --> 0:21:04.520 just options galore, and players like Brandon Jones and their 0:21:04.600 --> 0:21:08.359 versatility really make that a possibility. Jason mccordy number thirty 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.600 twelve years NFL experience, thirty four years old, opening day 0:21:11.600 --> 0:21:13.840 out of Rutgers, and I think he's really here to 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:16.760 not only give the Dolphins a solid option in the 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:19.679 secondary when it comes to playing, but also help accelerate 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:21.480 the growth of the youth in the room, and he 0:21:21.520 --> 0:21:25.240 talked about the the wealth of experience that he has 0:21:25.520 --> 0:21:27.639 developed in all the football minds he's been around to 0:21:27.680 --> 0:21:31.480 develop this leadership and the mindset of service to his 0:21:31.520 --> 0:21:33.840 teammates and his coaches in the defensive backfield. He said 0:21:33.880 --> 0:21:36.240 this back in that media availability. I think a part 0:21:36.280 --> 0:21:38.679 of leadership is listening and serving, and you can't know 0:21:38.720 --> 0:21:40.159 how to do that until you get to know the 0:21:40.160 --> 0:21:42.439 guys around you. This is a really good time for 0:21:42.520 --> 0:21:44.600 myself to be down here, this is back in the summer, 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:46.240 to get to know the guys in the locker room 0:21:46.400 --> 0:21:48.840 and get to know not only them, but the support staff, 0:21:49.000 --> 0:21:52.120 the people in the cafeteria, just everybody in the building 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:54.879 and quote and like that. That's like one of my 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:57.680 how I live my life, like my pillars of life. 0:21:58.040 --> 0:22:00.920 How do you treat people that? And I hate this term, 0:22:00.920 --> 0:22:04.040 but are perceived as less important than you, like the 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:06.600 French of the support staff. I hate they put it 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:09.359 that way, but the perception is that they are you know, 0:22:09.400 --> 0:22:12.879 you can you're you're more important to anybody is BS 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:15.040 But I can see where that perception comes from. How 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:17.600 do you treat those folks? And that's really where your 0:22:17.680 --> 0:22:19.880 character shines through the most, I think, and I really 0:22:19.880 --> 0:22:22.120 pride myself on that. And Jason mccordy knocks it out 0:22:22.119 --> 0:22:24.639 of the ballpark with that quote. But in his twelve 0:22:24.720 --> 0:22:27.600 year career, he posted a passer rating allowed of under 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:30.360 ninety in a single season six times. He's pulled down 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:33.680 eighteen career picks and made one run stops. So again, 0:22:33.680 --> 0:22:35.679 a little bit of everything from the guys in this 0:22:35.720 --> 0:22:38.639 position group. Jason McCory listed as a safety on the 0:22:38.640 --> 0:22:42.120 Dolphins roster. Nate Holly thirty six one year experience out 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:44.520 of Kent State, twenty six years old. He comes over 0:22:44.520 --> 0:22:47.240 from the CFL. He actually was released from his contract 0:22:47.760 --> 0:22:50.640 from the CFL to pursue NFL options and the Dolphins 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:52.640 came calling. He got the call up from the ACT 0:22:52.680 --> 0:22:55.040 from the practice squad to the active roster in December 0:22:55.240 --> 0:22:58.120 and contribute with forty four reps on and three special 0:22:58.119 --> 0:23:01.320 teams tackles, all on special team. He was the CFL's 0:23:01.400 --> 0:23:04.520 most Outstanding rookie in twenty nineteen. He made a hundred tackles, 0:23:04.520 --> 0:23:06.800 twenty two of those on special teams. And that feels 0:23:06.800 --> 0:23:08.719 like a square, so it's even harder to make tackles 0:23:08.720 --> 0:23:10.720 on special teams. He also had a sack and a 0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:13.720 pick on defense that one year in the CFL. And 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:17.120 we finish up our roster review here with Clayton Fedgerlove, 0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:20.399 number forty two in the defensive backfield. Five years of 0:23:20.480 --> 0:23:24.000 professional experience out of Illinois. He'll be twenty eight years 0:23:24.040 --> 0:23:27.680 old come opening day. He signed with Miami last March 0:23:27.760 --> 0:23:29.919 and earned the honor of the Captain patch on the 0:23:29.960 --> 0:23:33.160 Dolphins number six overall ranked special teams unit. That's according 0:23:33.160 --> 0:23:36.879 to Football Outsiders. He played three nineteen total snaps, but 0:23:36.960 --> 0:23:39.000 three oh five of those were on special teams. In 0:23:39.080 --> 0:23:41.439 addition to the six tackles he made, he played a 0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:44.399 crucial role as the PP, the personal protector on the 0:23:44.440 --> 0:23:46.760 punt team, and you saw him carry the football twice 0:23:46.760 --> 0:23:49.200 for a pair of first downs and twenty three total yards, 0:23:49.200 --> 0:23:51.760 including a big run in that Las Vegas game to 0:23:51.800 --> 0:23:54.679 helps up a scoring drive for your Miami Dolphins. And 0:23:54.720 --> 0:23:57.200 as we finish up one series here on the podcast, 0:23:57.440 --> 0:23:59.760 check out all the written work up on Miami Dolphins 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:02.080 dot com. If you're going to camp, bring it along 0:24:02.080 --> 0:24:03.720 with you. Get your phone out. You can go ahead 0:24:03.720 --> 0:24:05.560 and scroll through and find these stats and facts and 0:24:05.600 --> 0:24:07.720 which number of guys are wearing. Plenty of stuff for 0:24:07.800 --> 0:24:10.040 you in these pieces. Let's go ahead and finish up 0:24:10.240 --> 0:24:13.280 another series we started a couple of months ago here 0:24:13.280 --> 0:24:17.280 on the podcast NFL Preview, and we finish up with 0:24:17.320 --> 0:24:19.879 the best for last, our own division, the a f 0:24:19.960 --> 0:24:22.199 C East. Will make some predictions later on on the 0:24:22.200 --> 0:24:24.160 podcast closer to the season, but I want to finish 0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:27.280 up the comprehensive review just talking about every team, giving 0:24:27.280 --> 0:24:29.720 you an idea of what teams did this offseason, a 0:24:29.840 --> 0:24:32.800 reminder for you about how the off season played out 0:24:33.000 --> 0:24:37.280 across the national football landscape. Should we do Miami? I 0:24:37.280 --> 0:24:39.040 mean you've you know the Dolphins by now if you 0:24:39.119 --> 0:24:41.000 listen to this podcast. Let's go ahead and do Miami. 0:24:41.000 --> 0:24:43.080 Because I am a completist. Let's get to the Dolphins. 0:24:43.160 --> 0:24:46.159 Jacoby Brissette and Malcolm Brown and Jared Oakes with the 0:24:46.160 --> 0:24:49.600 additions in the backfield this offseason will Fuller, Jalen Waddle, 0:24:49.840 --> 0:24:53.359 Hunter Long, Liam Eichenberg, Matt Scura, d J. Fluker, and 0:24:53.440 --> 0:24:57.720 Jermaine Illuminois round out your notable offensive acquisitions. Adam Butler 0:24:57.760 --> 0:25:01.679 and Jalen Phillips with Bernardrick McKinney, Brandan Scarlett, Justin Coleman, 0:25:01.800 --> 0:25:05.000 Jason mccordy, and Javon halland some of your offseason Hall 0:25:05.080 --> 0:25:08.840 there for your Miami Dolphins and the storylines for this team, 0:25:08.840 --> 0:25:11.440 as we have done on the podcast for every other team. 0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:13.399 You know, year two for two a tongue of voloa. 0:25:13.480 --> 0:25:16.080 You you always anticipated nice jump there from your second 0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:19.120 year quarterback. Two years we moved from the hip surgery 0:25:19.400 --> 0:25:22.040 and the flashes we saw last year with the ability 0:25:22.040 --> 0:25:25.000 to move the defense with body positioning in his eyes 0:25:25.119 --> 0:25:27.560 and and some of the ball fakes and the ability 0:25:27.600 --> 0:25:29.320 to get off the spot with the quick twitch we 0:25:29.359 --> 0:25:31.639 saw those flashes. Can he put it all together and 0:25:31.680 --> 0:25:34.000 be more consistent and play at a higher level for 0:25:34.119 --> 0:25:36.960 longer this season? He talked about kind of being hard 0:25:37.000 --> 0:25:38.879 on himself last year at some point. I'm sure there 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:41.000 are certain games he'd like to go back and and 0:25:41.119 --> 0:25:43.119 correct some things in. But for the most part, I 0:25:43.119 --> 0:25:45.760 thought most of his games you saw the flashes that 0:25:45.800 --> 0:25:47.800 made him look like the number five overall picking the 0:25:47.880 --> 0:25:50.560 draft and one of the top college quarterbacks. Really to 0:25:50.680 --> 0:25:54.439 ever spin it, and the other kind of sub story 0:25:54.560 --> 0:25:56.919 of of TWA is the pieces the Dolphins went out 0:25:56.920 --> 0:25:59.560 and acquired to really help complement his skill set. We've 0:25:59.560 --> 0:26:01.800 talked about on the podcast at length. Will Fuller and 0:26:01.880 --> 0:26:05.320 Jalen Waddle, I think are both just really quintessential to 0:26:05.440 --> 0:26:07.640 a tongue of by lower level players to help further 0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:10.840 strengthen that receiver corps with Vante Parker, Preston Williams, Albert Wilson, 0:26:10.880 --> 0:26:13.119 Lynn Bowe, and Jachem Grant, Robert Foster, on and on 0:26:13.160 --> 0:26:16.320 and on and on with that loaded group of receivers. Also, 0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:18.480 how does the offensive line shakeout? I mean, the veteran 0:26:18.480 --> 0:26:21.320 acquisitions are a bit of a uh, not a departure, 0:26:21.359 --> 0:26:23.919 but a pivot from last season where it was mostly 0:26:23.960 --> 0:26:26.520 youth upfront. But you go out and you add some 0:26:26.680 --> 0:26:29.960 reliable either depth or starters, and guys like Matt Skura, 0:26:30.080 --> 0:26:33.200 DJ Fluker, Jermaine Iluminoire. You go out and you find 0:26:33.240 --> 0:26:36.680 a very polished, technically sound Liam Eichenberg, and he cracked 0:26:36.840 --> 0:26:38.879 the starting lineup. Much of the young guys takes the 0:26:38.880 --> 0:26:42.520 next step between Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, Solomon Kinley and 0:26:42.760 --> 0:26:45.199 Leam Eichenberg for instance, how do those guys develop and 0:26:45.200 --> 0:26:47.520 continue to grow here in years one and two. And 0:26:47.560 --> 0:26:50.479 then on defense, how much more pressure can you generate 0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:53.679 with Adam Butler, with Bernardick McKinney, with Jalen Phillips to 0:26:53.680 --> 0:26:55.639 go along with the pieces you have in Emmanuel Ogba, 0:26:55.760 --> 0:26:58.399 Jerome Baker and Zach Seeler and Christian Wilkins and ray 0:26:58.480 --> 0:27:00.639 Kwon Davis and Andrew Van Gink, going on and on 0:27:00.680 --> 0:27:02.600 and on. I'm curious see how that works out and 0:27:02.600 --> 0:27:05.080 how those new pieces are incorporated. And then can Miami 0:27:05.119 --> 0:27:07.320 repeat two things that are tough to repeat in this league? 0:27:07.440 --> 0:27:10.400 Number one, the kicking performance thirty six of thirty nine 0:27:10.400 --> 0:27:13.320 field goals last year is sensational by Jason Sanders, one 0:27:13.320 --> 0:27:15.240 of the best kickers in the game. And then twenty 0:27:15.280 --> 0:27:17.480 nine takeaways? Can they repeat that again? Going back to 0:27:17.880 --> 0:27:20.440 nine team with twenty two straight games with a takeaway? 0:27:20.640 --> 0:27:22.720 Those are big elements of what this Dolphins team can 0:27:22.800 --> 0:27:25.240 do on defense and to make big plays to set 0:27:25.240 --> 0:27:28.600 the offense up for points. The Buffalo Bills are up next. 0:27:28.680 --> 0:27:31.240 We go to the reigning division champions. Here it's finally 0:27:31.280 --> 0:27:34.440 someone new. It's not New England, it is Buffalo. Their 0:27:34.480 --> 0:27:37.520 off season was Mitch Drabinsky at quarterback at backup to 0:27:37.600 --> 0:27:40.160 kind of help with Jake from there. Behind Josh Allen, 0:27:40.440 --> 0:27:43.720 Matt Brida goes from Miami to Buffalo. Emmanuel Sanders one 0:27:43.760 --> 0:27:46.040 of my favorite players in the NFL over the last decade. 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:48.280 I think one of the most underrated receivers in all 0:27:48.320 --> 0:27:51.320 the National Football League. Spencer Brown was a guy I 0:27:51.440 --> 0:27:53.760 had my eye on at the Senior Bowl out of 0:27:53.800 --> 0:27:55.840 Northern Iowa and this year's draft run up, he comes 0:27:55.840 --> 0:27:58.760 to Buffalo. Gregory Risso was their first round draft pick, 0:27:58.800 --> 0:28:01.760 Carlos Basham in the second around f a Obada formerly 0:28:01.840 --> 0:28:04.760 the Carolina Panthers there signs a free agent contract and 0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:06.720 they wind up with the mar Hamlin, the safety from 0:28:06.760 --> 0:28:08.520 pit in the back end of the draft as well. 0:28:08.520 --> 0:28:11.760 So some storylines here for Buffalo that when a quarterback 0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:13.960 has that breakthrough season, how do they follow up the 0:28:14.000 --> 0:28:17.600 following year? Because Josh Allen was damn near perfect, can 0:28:17.640 --> 0:28:19.879 he do it again? And does the mix or the 0:28:19.920 --> 0:28:23.239 swap out from John Brown to Emmanuel Sanders doesn't make 0:28:23.480 --> 0:28:26.080 doesn't make a difference because John Brown was pure speed 0:28:26.119 --> 0:28:28.320 and can just fly. Also was a good route runner, 0:28:28.320 --> 0:28:30.120 but his speed was the main element of his game. 0:28:30.240 --> 0:28:33.840 Emmanuel Sanders is not. He's way more technically sound and 0:28:33.840 --> 0:28:35.919 crafty and a great route runner, and he can't take 0:28:35.920 --> 0:28:37.560 the top off the defense, but not the way John 0:28:37.560 --> 0:28:39.800 Brown did. Does that make a difference. I'll be curious 0:28:39.800 --> 0:28:42.160 to see that how that plays out. Can they defend 0:28:42.160 --> 0:28:43.600 the run a little bit better, because that was one 0:28:43.680 --> 0:28:46.440 area of their defense or their team that just wasn't 0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:49.440 on par with the other really explosive elements of the team. 0:28:49.640 --> 0:28:51.719 And can they get more pass rush upfront. I think 0:28:51.760 --> 0:28:54.160 that's where you start to think about Carlos basham and 0:28:54.160 --> 0:28:58.040 and Greg Russo and f a Obada. I loved Boogie 0:28:58.040 --> 0:29:00.000 Bashum at Wake four, so I'm not thrilled about him 0:29:00.080 --> 0:29:02.600 going there, one of my favorite players in those draft classes. 0:29:02.640 --> 0:29:04.760 But getting these final pieces to go along with a 0:29:04.840 --> 0:29:07.760 secondary that is absolutely loaded and was essentially built in 0:29:07.800 --> 0:29:11.360 one offseason there with Jordan Poyter, Micah Hyde, Trey White 0:29:11.400 --> 0:29:14.680 all coming over in the same offseason. The second second 0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:18.240 cornerback position is where you start to wonder if that's 0:29:18.240 --> 0:29:20.680 where you go to attack, because there's a competition there 0:29:20.680 --> 0:29:22.960 between Levi Wallace and Anthony Aver and some guys they 0:29:23.080 --> 0:29:25.520 joined or they added to the position there to compete 0:29:25.520 --> 0:29:28.240 alongside Trey White with te Ron Johnson and that slot. 0:29:28.400 --> 0:29:30.240 That's gonna be a key area of focus for this 0:29:30.280 --> 0:29:32.680 Bill's team. Who is that number two quarterback on the outside. 0:29:32.800 --> 0:29:35.040 But you've also got Tremaine Edmunds, one of the best 0:29:35.080 --> 0:29:37.400 young linebackers in the NFL, Matt Mlana one of the 0:29:37.440 --> 0:29:40.360 most underrated linebackers in the NFL. There just really aren't 0:29:40.360 --> 0:29:42.280 any holes on this team, so you have to just 0:29:42.320 --> 0:29:44.240 try to beat them at their own game, like you 0:29:44.280 --> 0:29:46.720 have to compete with this team. They're very, very, very 0:29:46.720 --> 0:29:49.080 good football team. I think the big storyline here with 0:29:49.080 --> 0:29:51.600 regards to the Dolphins is A, how do they stop 0:29:51.680 --> 0:29:54.680 Josh Allen and b how do they replicate the success 0:29:54.760 --> 0:29:58.920 they had against them last year outside of quarters to 0:29:59.120 --> 0:30:01.160 through four and weeks sevent team because those were bad. 0:30:01.320 --> 0:30:03.560 But the first quarter of that game and then in 0:30:03.440 --> 0:30:05.800 the Week two game, there were a lot of moments 0:30:05.800 --> 0:30:07.840 in favor of the Dolphins defense. We talked about it 0:30:07.840 --> 0:30:10.640 on the podcast. I think at the linebacker spot, Miami 0:30:10.680 --> 0:30:12.680 had two or three drops picks in that game that 0:30:12.680 --> 0:30:14.840 could have swung that contest in the other direction and 0:30:14.840 --> 0:30:16.680 made a big difference in the standings in the playoff 0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:18.720 race ultimately, But how do they find a way to 0:30:18.760 --> 0:30:21.920 do that? Can they replicate those moments of success and 0:30:22.000 --> 0:30:24.280 build upon what they didn't do in the moments where 0:30:24.280 --> 0:30:26.280 Buffalo got up and down the field on this defense, 0:30:26.600 --> 0:30:29.120 Buffalo is one of the most talented teams in the NFL, 0:30:29.400 --> 0:30:31.680 one of the best coach teams in the league. This 0:30:31.760 --> 0:30:34.240 is a tough tough out to have in your division. 0:30:34.520 --> 0:30:37.400 Speaking of tough outs, the Patriots are back, in my opinion, 0:30:37.440 --> 0:30:39.480 after a bit of a down year for them. You know, 0:30:39.520 --> 0:30:41.520 they still won seven games, but they were not the 0:30:41.560 --> 0:30:44.000 same Patriots we have known the last twenty years in 0:30:44.120 --> 0:30:47.160 terms of the win lost total. But Bill Belichick went 0:30:47.160 --> 0:30:50.120 out and made made a bunch of changes this offseason 0:30:50.120 --> 0:30:52.400 to make sure that wouldn't happen again. Mac Jones is 0:30:52.480 --> 0:30:54.920 drafted in the first round, Ramandre Stevens in the backfield 0:30:54.920 --> 0:30:57.280 as well a fourth round draft pick out of Oklahoma. 0:30:57.440 --> 0:30:59.719 They go out and they get Nelson Aguilar and Kendrick 0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:02.280 Born in free agency as school as Hunter Henry and 0:31:02.320 --> 0:31:05.400 John who Smith talk about remaking your skill possessions. My goodness, 0:31:05.600 --> 0:31:07.920 the options Cam Newton and mac Jones now have They're 0:31:08.120 --> 0:31:11.560 compared to last year. Ted Carriss comes back. Love Ted's game, 0:31:11.600 --> 0:31:13.880 loved Ted as a person. Best of luck to him there. 0:31:14.120 --> 0:31:16.920 And then Devon godshat another guy formerly the Miami Dolphins. Again, 0:31:16.960 --> 0:31:18.920 best of luck to Devon up in New England. Just 0:31:18.960 --> 0:31:21.680 on the two times here you play us. Christian Barmore 0:31:21.760 --> 0:31:24.680 the draft pick from Alabama. They add Henry Anderson and 0:31:24.760 --> 0:31:27.400 free agency and Ronnie Perkins out of Oklahoma. Love that 0:31:27.480 --> 0:31:30.640 draft pick to Matt Judon is a great, great fit there. 0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:33.800 They get Kyle van noyback, Dante high Towers back after 0:31:33.840 --> 0:31:36.840 opting out Cameron Mcgroner's are late roun draft pick Jalen 0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:39.920 Mills and Adrian Colbert are new auditions in the secondary 0:31:39.960 --> 0:31:42.600 as well. And I gotta be honest, just going over 0:31:42.640 --> 0:31:45.640 this list, they got so much better at way better 0:31:45.640 --> 0:31:47.840 than I even remembered, you know, back in the draft 0:31:47.880 --> 0:31:50.160 and back in March when free agency was going crazy, 0:31:50.400 --> 0:31:52.320 I had kind of forgotten about bar Moore and Perkins 0:31:52.440 --> 0:31:54.800 up front. That's a great couple of additions there. On 0:31:54.840 --> 0:31:56.960 your defensive line, you get the two tight ends that 0:31:57.000 --> 0:31:59.120 really help you go against the grain of the modern 0:31:59.240 --> 0:32:03.040 day league potential deadly twelve personnel packages to run the 0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:05.480 football with Cam Newton in that deep backfield they have, 0:32:05.800 --> 0:32:08.320 maybe that package never leaves the field and becomes their base. 0:32:08.360 --> 0:32:10.720 We'll see if they can get Johnny Smith and Hunter 0:32:10.760 --> 0:32:13.440 Henry acclimated that quickly. But to me, there are two 0:32:13.560 --> 0:32:17.200 real storylines with this club. The quarterback. It just wasn't 0:32:17.240 --> 0:32:19.360 good enough last year. I still I'm a big believer 0:32:19.400 --> 0:32:21.480 in what Cam Newton can do, but his game was 0:32:21.480 --> 0:32:23.040 just a little bit off last year. You saw that. 0:32:23.080 --> 0:32:26.040 I think in the statistics more interceptions than touchdowns throwing. 0:32:26.080 --> 0:32:28.000 That's kind of rare and stays NFL. But I just 0:32:28.040 --> 0:32:30.120 don't think it all kind of came together and click 0:32:30.160 --> 0:32:31.880 for that Patriots team the way it could after a 0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:35.120 full offseason for Cam Newton. There this guy has been 0:32:35.120 --> 0:32:36.520 one of the best quarterbacks in the league for a 0:32:36.520 --> 0:32:40.440 long time, like in my opinion of top all time quarterback, 0:32:40.880 --> 0:32:43.280 and frankly, I think that those people that are hard 0:32:43.320 --> 0:32:45.680 on Cam Newton are akin to those that are hard 0:32:45.680 --> 0:32:48.400 on Lamar Jackson, and that they kind of discount the 0:32:48.480 --> 0:32:51.840 running ability like it all counts the same yards or yards, 0:32:52.000 --> 0:32:53.800 and both those guys are two of the very best 0:32:53.840 --> 0:32:55.400 to do it of all time, and it was the 0:32:55.400 --> 0:32:57.560 reason the Dolphins and Patriots split last year. I mean, 0:32:57.600 --> 0:33:00.240 they just leaned on us in that Week one game game, 0:33:00.400 --> 0:33:03.440 and the levy eventually broken the fourth quarter. Now, Jerome 0:33:03.480 --> 0:33:05.720 Baker's force fumble on the goal line kept that game 0:33:05.760 --> 0:33:07.440 a lot closer than it was because it was fourteen 0:33:07.480 --> 0:33:10.480 to three. The Patriots are going in about one three, 0:33:10.680 --> 0:33:12.400 We get the strips stack and get a touchback. The 0:33:12.440 --> 0:33:14.000 Dolphins go down to score the next drive and make 0:33:14.040 --> 0:33:16.360 it fourteen to eleven. But then New England came right 0:33:16.360 --> 0:33:18.400 back down and ran the ball again down their throats, 0:33:18.600 --> 0:33:20.480 and we're able to get a touchdown on that drive 0:33:20.480 --> 0:33:22.760 and put that game again back out of reach. So, 0:33:23.080 --> 0:33:27.280 I mean it's Cam Newton's running threat is definitely something 0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:29.720 you have to account for. As far as the other quarterback, 0:33:29.760 --> 0:33:31.520 you know, I wasn't a huge Mac Jones fan coming 0:33:31.520 --> 0:33:33.600 out of college. So the competition, I think Bear is 0:33:33.640 --> 0:33:35.600 watching because the Patriots said they're going to have an 0:33:35.600 --> 0:33:38.880 open competition in training camp. We'll see how it shakes out. 0:33:38.880 --> 0:33:41.160 I wonder if maybe we see Cam Week one Mac 0:33:41.200 --> 0:33:43.320 Jones Week eight team. That's typically how it goes with 0:33:43.360 --> 0:33:45.920 the first round quarterbacks. Usually takes them about four or 0:33:45.960 --> 0:33:48.120 five games to get onto the field. But that said, 0:33:48.440 --> 0:33:50.880 that's usually teams that are picking at the top of 0:33:50.880 --> 0:33:52.600 the draft, And are you know, starting off oh and 0:33:52.680 --> 0:33:54.400 three or one and four and they go to the 0:33:54.480 --> 0:33:56.800 rookie quarterback. This is a good teams they might not 0:33:56.920 --> 0:33:59.000 have to go to the rookie early on. Then you 0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:02.440 ask how how all these new acquisitions fit in. How 0:34:02.520 --> 0:34:05.080 quickly does it click, and how quickly do they acclimate 0:34:05.160 --> 0:34:08.719 because even during the height of the Patriots two decade run, 0:34:09.120 --> 0:34:11.359 if there was ever a time to catch them, it 0:34:11.440 --> 0:34:14.040 was typically early in the season before they became their 0:34:14.120 --> 0:34:18.080 unstoppable force that they became every year, right around Halloween 0:34:18.160 --> 0:34:20.800 or so. And so I wonder if maybe this is 0:34:20.840 --> 0:34:22.600 a good time to catch them, the best time to 0:34:22.640 --> 0:34:25.480 catch them before they get accoliated with all those new pieces. 0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:27.400 But then, of course you see him in Week eight 0:34:27.400 --> 0:34:29.560 team where you're gonna get that well oiled version of 0:34:29.600 --> 0:34:32.719 the Patriots. Last year they were well oiled machine out 0:34:32.719 --> 0:34:34.719 of the gates in Week one, So maybe this is irrelevant. 0:34:34.840 --> 0:34:36.960 I'm just kind of thinking out loud here. With the Patriots, 0:34:37.120 --> 0:34:38.840 I think are gonna be an even tougher out this 0:34:38.880 --> 0:34:41.160 season than they were last year. And then the New 0:34:41.280 --> 0:34:43.560 York Jets, the final team here in the division, another 0:34:43.600 --> 0:34:46.360 team that went after the offseason with a lot of moves, 0:34:46.400 --> 0:34:49.319 and it starts with the really peak of the off 0:34:49.360 --> 0:34:51.359 season and they rebuild here for the Jets with Zach 0:34:51.400 --> 0:34:53.799 Wilson out of b y U. They add Corey Davis 0:34:53.840 --> 0:34:56.800 and Elijah Moore and Keelan Cole love Corey Davis and 0:34:56.840 --> 0:34:59.200 I love Elijah more. Pretty bummed out about more going 0:34:59.200 --> 0:35:00.600 there because I liked his aim and now I don't 0:35:00.600 --> 0:35:03.040 get roof form because the New York Jet Tyler Croft. 0:35:03.040 --> 0:35:05.160 The tight end signs there are Morgan Moses and Elijah 0:35:05.200 --> 0:35:08.560 Vera Tucker. With Dan Feeney on the offensive line, Sheldon 0:35:08.680 --> 0:35:11.080 Rankins on the interior d line. That's a great combination 0:35:11.080 --> 0:35:14.800 there with Quinn Quinnin Williams, the former number two overall 0:35:14.840 --> 0:35:17.680 pick out Alabama. Karl Lawson is a great pass rusher. 0:35:17.719 --> 0:35:19.360 They got a good deal getting him over there to 0:35:19.480 --> 0:35:22.840 the Jets. Vinny Curry, Jared Davis from the Lions, and 0:35:22.920 --> 0:35:26.480 LaMarcus Joiner. A couple more free agent acquisitions, and the 0:35:26.520 --> 0:35:28.160 big thing I look at here is the investment in 0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:32.000 the offensive line, because yeah, I think you know, Beckton 0:35:32.160 --> 0:35:34.920 looks like possibly one of the best tackles in the 0:35:34.960 --> 0:35:37.440 league already when he's healthy and playing. He was dominant 0:35:37.520 --> 0:35:39.200 when he was on the field. Last year. You got 0:35:39.200 --> 0:35:41.200 out and get Eli Ja, Vera Tucker and Morgan Moses. 0:35:41.239 --> 0:35:42.719 All of a sudden, you are starting to have a 0:35:42.719 --> 0:35:45.680 good piece of the offensive line. But the knock I 0:35:45.760 --> 0:35:48.879 saw during the draft process was he traded a couple 0:35:48.920 --> 0:35:50.800 of third round picks to go up and get Vera Tucker, 0:35:50.800 --> 0:35:52.640 who could be the best guard in the class. But 0:35:52.719 --> 0:35:54.319 you had more a lot more holes to fill on 0:35:54.360 --> 0:35:57.640 the offensive line. So with still having some kind of 0:35:57.719 --> 0:36:00.000 uncertainty at certain spots on the offensive line that could 0:36:00.040 --> 0:36:02.960 you have six of a great offensive line. Those two 0:36:02.960 --> 0:36:06.400 week spots can still denigrate your performance overall, because if 0:36:06.440 --> 0:36:08.480 those guys are getting beat, the other stuff doesn't matter. Now, 0:36:08.480 --> 0:36:10.640 I'm not saying that's gonna happen, but can they get 0:36:10.680 --> 0:36:13.759 players to fulfill those roles. That's my question mark here 0:36:13.960 --> 0:36:15.920 with the storyline for the Jets heading into the season, 0:36:16.120 --> 0:36:18.680 and then of course Zach Wilson, this is a tough 0:36:18.760 --> 0:36:21.520 division for rookies to come into. With Flores and Belichick 0:36:21.600 --> 0:36:24.719 and and McDermott. And for Wilson last year, the one 0:36:24.840 --> 0:36:27.719 ranked team they played in that Coastal Carolina game was 0:36:27.880 --> 0:36:30.279 his was his worst tape of the season. And he 0:36:30.320 --> 0:36:33.919 really came onto the scene in after not really being 0:36:33.960 --> 0:36:36.359 in the draft discussion before that. And if I had 0:36:36.360 --> 0:36:37.799 a concern, it would be that he had the one 0:36:37.840 --> 0:36:39.560 big year in a year where there were no fans 0:36:39.560 --> 0:36:42.919 and a strange, strange season. He's got all the armed 0:36:42.920 --> 0:36:44.520 talent in the world. The kid can spin it from 0:36:44.520 --> 0:36:46.799 anywhere on the field is impressive. But is he going 0:36:46.840 --> 0:36:49.040 to be wired right? That's something you're gonna find out 0:36:49.120 --> 0:36:51.359 quickly in New York and that's gonna make or break him. 0:36:51.400 --> 0:36:54.200 Will keep a close eye on that here as Dolphins fans. 0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:56.799 Also Robert Sala and the schemes they bring over from 0:36:56.800 --> 0:37:00.160 the fort because he's obviously from that defensive system with 0:37:00.200 --> 0:37:02.840 the one gap, quick penetration, get upfield and put pressure 0:37:02.880 --> 0:37:05.840 on the quarterback. Coach Chris Kusaick, formerly the Miami Dolphins, 0:37:05.880 --> 0:37:08.160 was there coaching the defensive line there and he believes 0:37:08.160 --> 0:37:10.279 in playing with your hair on fire. And then also 0:37:10.320 --> 0:37:12.840 on the offensive side of the football with Mike Lafleur 0:37:12.880 --> 0:37:14.640 and that kind of run heavy offense. Who are the 0:37:14.719 --> 0:37:16.920 backs and the offensive line is going to create that 0:37:16.960 --> 0:37:20.160 same system that the Niners have that made them so successful. 0:37:20.360 --> 0:37:22.400 On the defensive side. We talked about the d line. 0:37:22.800 --> 0:37:26.080 They had plenty of waves of pass rushers there with 0:37:26.320 --> 0:37:29.480 Nick Bosa and Deforce Buckner previously, and they go out 0:37:29.520 --> 0:37:32.080 and get Javon Kin, lot of replace Buckner in the middle. 0:37:32.239 --> 0:37:34.839 They had so many weapons on that front. Can they 0:37:34.880 --> 0:37:38.000 replicate that with Quentin Williams, Carl Lawson and Sheldon Rankins. 0:37:38.120 --> 0:37:40.000 Do they need more? I'll be keep an eye on that. 0:37:40.080 --> 0:37:42.480 And then the defensive backfield was an area that probably 0:37:42.520 --> 0:37:45.120 gonna have to be heavily invested in next offseason. They 0:37:45.200 --> 0:37:47.560 got some nice pieces there, but the depth will We'll 0:37:47.560 --> 0:37:48.960 see how it shakes off for them of the course 0:37:48.960 --> 0:37:50.080 of the season. But I think if they have one 0:37:50.120 --> 0:37:53.239 big question mark, it might be in that defensive backfield. 0:37:53.400 --> 0:37:55.600 I think they're probably a year away from that vision 0:37:55.680 --> 0:37:58.120 kind of coming together for them with the Jets and 0:37:58.200 --> 0:38:00.640 Joe Douglas. But speaking of Joe Douglas, he has made 0:38:00.640 --> 0:38:03.319 some absolute banger moves for the New York Jets. The 0:38:03.360 --> 0:38:05.560 best player in the division right now. It's got to 0:38:05.560 --> 0:38:07.719 go to Josh Allen because of what he did last year. 0:38:07.880 --> 0:38:10.880 I think offensively, the best non quarterback would be Stefon Diggs, 0:38:11.160 --> 0:38:14.040 defender Xavien Howard and the running for the deepoyt last year, 0:38:14.040 --> 0:38:16.839 so he gets that nod. My favorite rookie, well, it's 0:38:16.840 --> 0:38:19.319 gonna be a Jalen Waddle. While the best coach I'm 0:38:19.360 --> 0:38:21.440 gonna give a I'm gonna give it to Bill Belichick 0:38:21.480 --> 0:38:23.719 here because of the hardware he has. I think Florzim 0:38:23.800 --> 0:38:26.400 McDermott are coming. And then intriguing team, it's gonna be 0:38:26.520 --> 0:38:28.279 us the Dolphins. What do we look like this year too? 0:38:28.400 --> 0:38:30.200 And year two? I'm very excited for all that, but 0:38:30.239 --> 0:38:32.440 also the Paths and Jets are very intriguing. I kind 0:38:32.480 --> 0:38:33.799 of feel like I know who the Bills are. There 0:38:33.800 --> 0:38:37.359 just a damn good football team and the champion. We're 0:38:37.360 --> 0:38:39.839 gonna go with Buffalo because you gotta beat them before 0:38:39.840 --> 0:38:41.680 we can start saying we will do it. Miami has 0:38:41.719 --> 0:38:43.399 to beat Buffalo and has to get to that part 0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:45.640 before we can predict that. And that's going to conclude 0:38:45.920 --> 0:38:50.759 our preview are training camp preview series and the next 0:38:50.760 --> 0:38:53.719 time we talk to you, it'll be recapping a Miami 0:38:53.800 --> 0:38:58.880 Dolphins one practice at training camp. I cannot wait for that. 0:38:58.960 --> 0:39:01.640 In the meantime, it's gonna be my time. You all. 0:39:01.680 --> 0:39:05.120 Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast. 0:39:05.360 --> 0:39:07.480 Leave us a rating, leave us a review. 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