WEBVTT - Drive Time: Recapping Chris Grier, Mike McDaniel End of Season Presser 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:04.440 First, I have to say disappointed. Eight and nine. That's 0:00:04.480 --> 0:00:08.160 not the standard here. It hasn't been been and it 0:00:08.160 --> 0:00:12.879 won't be. We will be better and that includes everyone, 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:18.480 for myself to my coaching staff, players. We had expectations 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:22.119 which were created by the excitement of the last couple 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:25.560 of years, and we had hoped to continue it and 0:00:25.640 --> 0:00:28.600 for various circumstances didn't happen this year, and then it 0:00:28.640 --> 0:00:34.160 was unacceptable. No one's happy and we will get this fixed. 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:38.040 Very confident in our process and looking forward to twenty 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.440 twenty five and not being out of the playoffs watching 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:48.080 other teams play. 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:50.640 What is up? 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:54.480 Dolphans And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:58.400 your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, we have 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:02.120 a lot to get to. Chris Grear and Mike McDaniel 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.240 met with the South Florida media. 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:05.479 As you heard off the top. 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:08.760 That was Chris Grear's opening statement ahead of fielding about 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.200 thirty five minutes worth of questions from local reporters here 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:15.440 in the Miami market. We'll cover all the important things 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.360 they talked about. We'll discuss how I feel about them. 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.520 Play some player sound bites from locker room clean out day, 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:23.520 and we'll see if we have time. I have some 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:25.399 more content plan, but might have to bump that to 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.880 Friday because this might be a pretty long episode covering 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.120 the press conferences from the Baptist Health studios inside the 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:38.520 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime podcast. Let's 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:42.480 go ahead and kick this thing off on the Tyreek 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:46.400 Hill section of everything, which I'm not going to play 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:50.040 the audio because to me, it sounded like a guy 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.720 that they were not planning on moving off of. But also, 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.960 there's no reason to show your cards in that instance, 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:58.720 so I don't want to read too far into that. 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:02.160 Because they both talked about productive conversations they've had with Tyreek, 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:07.280 about emotions spilling over in a emotional situation and fighting 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:09.400 back from two to six to get themselves in position 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.320 in week eighteen, and it just kind of felt like 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.520 they were holding the cards close to their vest on 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:18.560 that which you should because if you tell the league 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:21.520 you're going to trade the player, his value becomes depressed. 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:22.960 So we'll see what happens. 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:26.400 But my overall general takeaway from this, and this is 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:27.920 going to be played out over the next couple of 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:31.960 soundbites here, is that it sounds like the issues that 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:36.880 were presented by that player will no longer be tolerated. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.200 And if that's the case, you can kind of cut 0:02:39.200 --> 0:02:41.640 the source off at the head, right, take the patient 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:45.000 zero's head off, if you will, which then cures all 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.720 the other infected zombies. Right, that's the comparison I'm making here, 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.079 So I'll use the terminology to make it stick. Let's 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.520 go ahead and play this first sound bite here from 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.799 this entire theme that has developed about players being late, 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.600 not being accountable and kind of writing their own ticket 0:02:59.600 --> 0:03:01.560 and their own schedule, and how the head coach and 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.399 the entire program can be more accountable to get players 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:05.400 with the right mindset. 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.760 That was the main topic of the team meeting that 0:03:08.840 --> 0:03:13.840 you talk to them after. So it was not something that. 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:15.680 You know. 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:19.800 It's almost like them bringing that up means that they 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:21.320 understood the message. 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:22.520 You know. 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.400 I think you know, myself, as the head coach, you're 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:29.520 accountable for all things, and you're adjusting as the as 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.560 you see the team needs you to adjust. I think 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.920 you know it starts. It starts with me ultimately, because 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.640 I'm accountable for all all things on the field, you know, 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.840 specifically during the season and I'm not gonna waiver. I 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:46.640 think it was very clear. I also think that, you know, 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:51.640 part of my motives were to make sure that without 0:03:53.240 --> 0:04:00.240 any varying confusion, that guys came to work and the 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:04.720 you know, once we start the phase one of twenty 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:08.400 twenty five fully knowing the expectations and how things were 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.560 going to be addressed. And I think I can find 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.920 people until they're blue in the face, I can take 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:17.920 their money, I can yell at them, but until they 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:21.719 understand that part of the reason that we're in the 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:27.279 position is controllable and we have to with absolute certainty 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:31.080 and zero tolerance for anything else. We have to clean 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:34.760 the controllables up and we can have a chance to 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:39.400 have success together. So you know, I I there's a 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:45.320 reason that that was an overall theme for for the 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:49.880 you know, final team meeting, and the whole key is 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:55.839 that they understand the expectations and that they not only 0:04:56.160 --> 0:05:00.800 understand the expectations but embrace them, which sometimes hard lessons 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:01.000 to do. 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.040 I want to play less of Mike because he tends 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:04.960 to be long winded and it's not good for podcasting, 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:06.760 although I did edit that one down quite a bit, 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:08.479 so we'll try to get him more concise as we 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:10.080 go along here. But I want to play the three 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.400 sound bites from Zach Sealer, Bradley Chubb, and John new 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.560 Smith because that's what coach is referring to. There After 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.000 the team meeting, we spoke to players at their lockers 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.640 on Tuesday. Let's go ahead and start with Zach Sealer, 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:22.880 who has some comments about guys not being on their 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:23.520 p's and cues. 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:26.320 Absolutely, I think, and what McDaniel's a great job of 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.000 is preaching the player locker room, and I he needs 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:32.200 to come from us as players, leaders and captains as 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:35.040 well as the staff and get everyone here and get 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.800 everyone working together from day one and OTAs in camp 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.920 and get things taken care of from day one and 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:43.440 take care of business and start fast next year. Was 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:45.240 that not done to the extent that it should have 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:50.400 been by all the players going on this year? Obviously 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.440 in the background, and they need to get taken care of, 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:56.160 and some things could have been I guess. I just 0:05:57.760 --> 0:05:59.840 we needed to be on our p's and cues earlier 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:03.680 season and earlier in camp. And I think it's a 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:05.080 point of focus this year and we're going to make 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:06.000 sure we'll mess that up again. 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:08.120 The message seems pretty clear to me, and I apologize 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:09.839 for the low audio there. It's as best as I 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:11.680 can get as far as the volume for you guys. 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:14.159 But hey, if you have a contract dispute, why don't 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.280 you help out your teammates and be on the practice field. 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.560 Because let's go ahead and run this audio from Zach 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:21.039 when he was asked back in August about having missed 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:22.360 zero days of training camp. 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:24.359 And one thing my mom and dad always raised me, 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:26.720 work as hard as you can, and there's guys that 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.599 need those days, and I'm blessed enough I haven't needed 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.159 that yet in my career. So the point where I'm at, 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:34.560 I want to make sure I was out there taking 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.240 the reps, taking charge, and make sure everyone was up 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.799 right up front and working with those guys and building 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.920 that camaerie in the D line room. So it's been great. 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:44.320 He's been a blessing this camp to be able to 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:47.520 get through healthy and how big excited for the season 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:48.039 as the store. 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.640 So basically, all I'm asking for is more players with 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:53.280 a mindset like Zach Seeler, like Bradley Chubb, and like 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.599 John Smith. Let's go ahead and go back to Beachubb, 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:56.520 who had similar thoughts. 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:57.960 Mike knows what he needs to do, you know what 0:06:57.960 --> 0:06:58.160 I mean. 0:06:58.200 --> 0:06:59.800 He talked to the team, he addressed us about how 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:01.720 he's gonna be better as a coach and as a 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:02.839 leader of men next year. 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:05.600 So he knows exactly what he has to do. And 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:07.680 we're all right there behind him, gonna move it in 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:08.480 that the same direction. 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:12.680 And Smith's definitely a lot more things, you know, more 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.960 house cleaning rules that we could clean up on. Now, 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.280 it's not going to equate the wins. You know, it's 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:20.520 hard to say, you know what I mean, Uh, but 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:25.000 you know you definitely need structure anytime you were striving 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:28.280 to do something great. So, uh, there's a lot of 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.960 things that we need to clean up, you know, as uh, 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.240 you know as a team, you know, speaking individually for myself, 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.000 you know that I can improve on and get better. 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:38.240 And again I'm just gonna continue to speak for myself. 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.040 But where we as a team, like I alluded to 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:43.280 it yesterday, I think we all know the foundation that 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:45.800 was set, and we got a good foundation. We just 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.280 gotta continue to carry that out and and and the 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:50.320 leaders in his locker room continue to stand on that 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.320 and you know, continue to relay that message throughout, you know, 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.760 those throughout the twenty twenty four season coming up. 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:57.480 I mean, that's a big reason right there, what you 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:01.200 just heard with regards to why there are so many 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:02.680 teams that you think are gonna be good or teams 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:04.200 do you think are gonna be bad? And it goes 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:07.360 the opposite direction because you just cannot peel open the 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.680 proverbial chest and look into a player's heart and see 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.040 what they have in there, Like you can't forecast that 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.160 with x's and o's on paper and how things look 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.360 on film, like you have to have the inner workings 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:19.800 of a team. And the Dolphins team this year wasn't 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:21.720 out there for each other, right, That's kind of what 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:23.400 it came down to. At least a few core players 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.760 that were issued that had issues with this, and guys 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:28.400 that show up to practice late. Guys that you know, 0:08:28.520 --> 0:08:31.080 I heard Tyreek this year at one point say they're 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:32.760 still on special teams. Okay, I'll hang out, and you 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.480 see them come out fifteen minutes later, Jalen Ramsey walking out. 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.600 They to practice, like when your best players are sending 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.560 those kind of examples, and it stems from a culture 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.240 where the whole premise was, you know, we're gonna ball 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.480 out and get paid, and that's exactly what those guys did. 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:46.560 Like you create issues and so now it's time to 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.760 correct those issues. And again I think the coach is 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.520 gonna have a chance to do this here and like 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.240 like I said, if it's if it's not fixed, then 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.760 you know you're very clear about what has to happen 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.680 in the future in twenty twenty six, because if it's tolerated, 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:00.920 you have your answer. If it turns to that exact 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.240 same look, then you have your exact answer. It's like 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.440 getting back with an ex who did some egregious stuff, 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.760 and you know, taking yourself out of the game is 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:12.040 the equivalent to infidelity, right, And the connection in that 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:13.880 comparison has not lost me for what it's worth with 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:14.560 Tyreek Hill. 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:15.400 But if you. 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:17.200 Allow that person to come back and they show the 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.720 same issues, then shame on you, right, And that extends 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:21.880 beyond just Tyreek Hill to the rest of the guys 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.160 that had these issues. And you know, Mike has a 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.720 chance here to grow. So many coaches, I think often 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:29.000 grow in this league between jobs and they become an 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:32.480 absolute stud for their second team. I rather than bemoan 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.040 this and kind of go back on some of the 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:35.760 things I've said that I think need to happen for 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:37.800 as far as changes go to make this team better 0:09:37.840 --> 0:09:39.400 and to compete at a higher level. 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:40.320 This is what we're doing. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:42.719 So accept it and see how it goes, and at 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.280 the very least you'll know exactly what you had and 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.320 what you need for twenty twenty six. 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:49.040 Is that ideal? Probably not. 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:50.880 I wish we were in the playoffs and all this 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.719 stuff had been you know, secondary non starters. But it's 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:56.760 where we are, and it's how you have to proceed 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:58.960 and go forward. And I just think that you take 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.040 this twenty twenty five season to see if those things 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:02.800 can get fixed, and if it's not, then you move 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:07.520 on to twenty twenty six. But I I I it's 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:09.440 it's not a great situation, and I want to I 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:11.040 want to make sure I make that very clear, like 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:14.200 that is a scary culture thing to have to fix. 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:15.160 Can they do it? 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.160 We'll see, but that's where they're gonna go with it. 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.720 And I want to continue on that theme because it's 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:21.520 the reason this team stunk this year. That in the 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.480 quarterback injury, which we'll get to here in a second, 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:25.560 because there was a very clear message sent to QB 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:28.640 one from both from Chris really in this entire situation. 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.320 But coach was asked, why was it a problem with 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:34.320 players not being on time, being where they're supposed to be. 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.360 Why do the players kind of get away from the 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.720 entire operation of the team and write their own ticket. 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:42.840 There's a lot of guys that you know, had certain 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:46.800 finds before that didn't have any there were some people 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:51.040 that had multiple that you know. I think there's different 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:54.240 ways to to kind of counteract that. Bringing up as 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:58.400 a team and continue to find guys wasn't wasn't enough. 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.680 So I'm not gonna continue to just place all blame 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:07.320 on even some of the smallest of individuals that will 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:11.319 multiple offenders. I'm adjusting my process and make sure that 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:16.640 it's team wide knowledge anytime that things are done that 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:19.920 aren't in the best interest of winning football games. Finding 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:23.720 guys didn't particularly move the needle in the way we 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:27.720 need to, so I'll adjust as I should as the 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:28.160 head coach. 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.400 I mean, it seems really dubious, but again, we'll see 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:33.719 a chance to grow and get better. One chance, right, 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.280 One more on this this particular topic. What would be 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.720 the punitive action if it continues, if the the late 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:44.360 issues that proceed with you know, shifts and motions and 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:47.960 pre snap penalties and slow starts and road environments and 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:49.920 me me, me pulling yourself out of games. What if 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:53.280 all that continues, Like, what's the punitive action to nip 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:53.840 it in the bud. 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:58.360 We're at the point in our team where guys that 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:04.040 are firmly aware of expectations and if your actions uh 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:10.280 continually lead to finable offenses that you're telling me without words, 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.000 that you don't want to be here. So it's, uh, 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:16.440 you know, I think it's it's it's very clear. I 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:23.840 think it's not an indictment necessarily of all. But we 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:29.120 are subject to everyone's actions as a football team, so 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:31.320 we'll address those as such. 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:33.520 And that's why I think you can send the ultimate 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.240 message by moving off of number ten, Right, That's that's 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.720 how you start this thing and say, hey, here's how 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:40.080 we're changing. We're not going to put up with that 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:42.600 stuff anymore. The way the Bills did was Stafon Diggs 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:45.120 and so many teams have with devil wide receivers in 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.680 the past. So if that didn't drive me crazy enough. 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.040 Here's one that sent me over the over the absolute moon, 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.160 this answer about the backup quarterback position. 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.920 Obviously, we drafted Skyler here, you know, three years ago, 0:12:56.960 --> 0:13:00.319 and he started the playoff game and and uh almost 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.240 beat Buffalo on the road. We lost thirty four to 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:05.000 thirty one. We beat the Jets to get into the playoffs. 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:09.080 And then and just watching him work through the following year, 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.520 which he never got a chance to a stayed healthy. 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.960 He played the entire season. So we were excited about 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:18.960 him and his growth and the players believed in him. 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.280 He won the backup job through the spring. But that said, 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:28.319 as we always do throughout that entire offseason, and Mike. 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:29.520 And Steve is aware of it. 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.800 Through it, we were in on a number of top 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:36.240 flight backup quarterbacks in the league. We were runner up 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:38.640 for a couple of them that we wanted to get here, 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:43.400 and for you know, some financial restraints and compensatory pick stuff, 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:48.560 we just couldn't go to those to those prices. But 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:53.840 all those guys wanted to come here, and so it's 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:56.960 a position that we did not take lightly. We were 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.120 working through that the entire offseason and the fact that 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.000 some of those guys were willing to come here at 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:05.000 what we could pay them. It shows and how they 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.560 believe in Mike and the staff and the offensive scheme 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.000 and the players that are here. They're all excited about 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:14.200 our skill group. So that's a position we will always 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.920 focus on, and it will be a position that we 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.600 will focus on this offseason, and I will tell you 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:24.560 every stone will be unturned at that position, including the draft. 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.600 Yeah, man, Because if you're using the Jets twenty twenty 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:30.800 two finale and the playoff tape against the Bills the 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.400 week later, if you're using those two tapes as an 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:39.080 indicator of hope, then that's another cause for reevaluation. Because 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:40.840 that was legit some of the worst tape I've ever 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:42.920 seen from any quarterback on this team. I've been watching 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:45.360 every single snap from every single quarterback on this team 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.320 since Ryan Tannehillsbrookie season, really going back to Chad Henny 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.000 if you count broadcast, but that's didn't include all twenty two. 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.960 I digress, and that includes this season with Tyler Hunting. 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.840 With Skylar's Week three game, it was atrocious quarterback play 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:01.200 that I can't imagine inspired any and why the coverage 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:03.720 on Skyler had been what it became on this podcast, 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:07.600 and then the compensatory pick stuff like six games, six 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.480 and a half games your quarterback misses where you if 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:11.560 you had an Andy Dalton or I don't want to 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:13.520 say Joe Flacco, which is who everybody would have signed 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:15.080 if it was up to them in the offseason, that 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:16.920 would have blown open your face because he was terrible 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:22.360 this year. But man to save that and go forward 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.080 with what you had because of compensatory picks in the 0:15:25.160 --> 0:15:27.520 sixth and seventh round, and I get it could have 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:29.960 cracked into your thirds and fourth as well, but that 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:33.080 seems like bad process because I would gladly trade a 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.080 fourth round pick for a playoff appearance right now. 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.160 But it is what it is. Speaking of the. 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:41.000 Quarterback, there were some very very strong messages sent to 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:42.920 a tongue of by Loa, and we'll cover that next 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.520 year after a short break Draft Time podcast, your host 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:51.080 Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation, and here 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.520 are the aforementioned strong messages sent a quarterback to a 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:56.320 tongue of by Lowa about protecting himself. 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:58.640 It was good to see his growth as a player. 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.600 When he was playing I would say that the one 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:03.680 thing that has come out of this even this year 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:06.840 was the leadership part. Is all the players are talking 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:10.160 about he's a leadership and the step he's taken and out. 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:13.600 A couple of our free agents that come in said 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.320 he was one of the best leaders they've ever been 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.440 around for a quarterback, and to see where he's come 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:23.880 from from his early time here was impressive. That being said, 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:28.040 he needs to be available, like he needs to know 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:29.960 how to protect himselves, like you're going to get hit 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:32.880 at times. It's always going to happen, but he needs 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:36.720 to control what he can control. He understands that not 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:41.000 being available for taking chances and risks is unacceptable to us, 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:42.280 and he knows. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:46.280 That taking chances and risk is unacceptable. It seems like 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.800 he has this year to prove that he can't protect himself. 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.600 And again, we have to separate this. And again, I 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.400 know fans are strictly results based, and I get that 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:56.600 your Sunday and how you spend your sundays, how you 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:59.440 spend your money, You're entitled to that. But in terms 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:01.760 of fixing and making them correct, you need to be 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.719 processed driven. And I think it's important to separate the 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:08.240 injuries that he can and cannot prevent, and that is 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:11.080 the ones that he suffered this year running headfirst into guys. Right, 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.120 That's how he got hurt both times on scrambles where 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.520 he ran head first, and why I laugh when everyone 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.000 says it was the offensive line's fault. He never got 0:17:18.040 --> 0:17:20.280 hurt one time behind the offensive line in pass protection. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.000 If you get rolled up or if you get blindsided 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:24.840 like he did back in twenty twenty one against Buffalo 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:26.800 when Jesse Davis shouldn't have been out there and got 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.000 him killed in that game. To me, that's different than 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.880 dropping your head into Demor Hamlin, or trying to make 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:33.560 a tackle after you threw a pick with using your 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.080 head first, or you know, trying to scramble for a 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:39.359 first down diving headfirst into Texans defenders. All of those 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:43.240 injuries this year were preventable by Tua himself, and I'm 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:47.400 glad they made that point to him because someone has 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.440 to find a way to get through to this guy. 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.879 You just do because he has to. If you have him, 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:53.760 you're gonna be a good team. If to A plays 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:55.520 all the games this year, you're probably eleven and six. 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:57.919 You're probably going to Houston on Saturday. You probably win 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.160 that game and you've done everything the fans want want 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.000 you to do by breaking the playoff drought. 0:18:02.000 --> 0:18:03.199 But that's not how it happened. 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:05.239 And so here we are, and it wasn't just at 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:08.560 the quarterback position where they pointed too injuries as a reason. 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.359 I think a lot of people would say excuses, but 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:13.800 I don't like to call them excuses because reasons are reasons. 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.480 I'm not justifying it. I just think there's I think 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.840 that words matter, and those two words mean a lot, 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:22.040 mean something very different. Let's go ahead and hear about 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:27.360 how they approach their change in personnel evaluation based upon 0:18:27.440 --> 0:18:28.159 injury history. 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:29.000 Here's Chris career. 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:31.480 There's one hundred percent injury rate in football. You always 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:33.960 talk about that, you know, Mike said it normal times, 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:38.159 numerous times. We always look at it. We always have 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:40.879 discussions with our medical staff. We look at guys injury 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:43.720 history from when they're in college and high school stuff, 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.800 so when we go back. So there's always risk and 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.199 signing players, but you also don't want to miss the 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.840 opportunity of having or adding a good player to your 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:56.879 roster and being afraid to make a move and missing 0:18:56.960 --> 0:18:59.760 out on someone that may become a really good player 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:02.960 for you because you're scared of something that happened a 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:03.640 couple of years ago. 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.520 Now, I don't imagine they'll change their process there, whether 0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:08.280