WEBVTT - Mailbag, Senior Bowl Wide Receivers and Tight Ends Preview 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:06.040 Tour Fires touch stop Waddles knocked into the end zone 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:10.120 of Miami type prowl my window. They had to get 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:16.000 that touchdown on that play, they gave it. What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.639 And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:25.000 Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:28.160 it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Winkfield. And 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:32.600 on today's show, and then there were four conference championship 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:35.960 games are set, will review the Divisional round playoffs, a 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:39.080 great for some of football games, plus a ton of 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.360 your mail bad questions, and we'll continue our Senior Bowl 0:00:42.400 --> 0:00:45.839 preview with the receivers and tight ends from somewhere in 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:53.560 South Florida. This is the Drivetime Podcast Miami Dolphins. How 0:00:53.640 --> 0:00:57.560 fitting is it that in this strange season where seemingly 0:00:57.680 --> 0:01:00.360 every single week there was a massive upset and National 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:04.800 Football League and no teams were really truly dominant from 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:07.560 wire to wire, from bell to bell this season, that 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:10.840 we get three road teams winning on Divisional Round weekend, 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.920 and damn near four with a quarterback who played basically 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:16.399 a perfect game and lost in Josh Allen for the 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:18.720 Buffalo Bills. What a tough way to end your season there, 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:22.600 but I always enjoy seeing, you know, all three phases 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.640 clearly contribute to the outcome and kind of kill the 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.040 discourse about how the only way to compete this time 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:29.960 of year is with you know, one of three or 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.160 four quarterbacks. And do not get me wrong, those guys 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:38.080 certainly help you substantially in your pursuit of a championship. 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:39.840 But once again we learned here as we moved to 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.520 the final four that it's not just one recipe to 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.440 get all the way home. And one other hot topic 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.320 out there is about the value of the running back position. 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:52.000 That came to be about I don't know, four or five, six, 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:54.960 seven years ago, longer than that. Maybe I've always disliked 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.400 that though, because I felt like there was a bit 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:01.480 of a blanket statement feeling to that idea for folks 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.080 to say that it doesn't matter who you put it 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:06.360 running back because running the football no longer matters because 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.320 the impact on the outcome of the game is significantly 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.800 less so than throwing the football. That's the thought process, 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.959 right at least in some circles. Hard disagree obviously with that, 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:20.480 and I understand the conversation about efficiency between the running 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:23.000 game and the passing game and being slanted much more 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:26.240 heavily in favor of the aerial assault. But that's a 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:31.200 much different conversation about about a statement about running backs 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:34.000 not mattering, and what about when you go empty with 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.000 a back who can run routes as a receiver, What 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:40.000 about past protection, what about explosive runs, the factor into 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:42.959 big drives and helping control the clock and games. I 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:45.440 don't know how you can watch that Rams team with 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.840 cam Akers back in the lineup and say that offense 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.200 didn't change pretty drastically for the better with his inclusion 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.200 into it. So that was something else I thought was 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.240 a big takeaway from this weekend and the overarching theme 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.800 I thought here was those were two of the overarching theme. 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.600 With the Niners pulling off a victory, that certainly adds 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:05.600 to the whole value of the run game discussion as 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.799 well as for the games. What a brutal way for 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.520 the Titans to go out, going from thinking you're basically 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:12.600 two first downs way from the n f C Championship 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.280 game for the second time in three years to a turnover. 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.320 Then the Bengals get their twenty yards they need to 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:20.760 eliminate you. And also how about the value of a 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:23.239 rock solid kicking game. I mean, I think the only 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:25.160 miss there was the one with Harrison Butker in the 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.120 Chiefs game this weekend. Maybe there's another one that I'm 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.600 forgetting about. But you've gotta have a kicker, you know, 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.400 kicker capable of going thirty six for thirty nine for 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.519 you in a season and really kick big clutch field 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.360 goals this time of year. It seems like all those 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:38.960 teams had that figured out. Forty Niners and Packers might 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.480 takeaways that we should never apply too much to one 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.560 game because literally anyone in this league. In fact, in 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.400 a season, everyone will have a bad game more than 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.560 one bad game. I'm very happy for Kyle Shanahan and 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:53.080 that Niners team, though, even if it does impact the 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.560 Dolphin's first round pick. I'm a fan of that operation. 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.560 I find it very easy to root for Rams and Bucks. 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:01.160 What a game that was. I had the Rams representing 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:03.040 the NFC in the Super Bowl, so I'm pretty happy 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:06.520 about that. I'm a big Matt Stafford fan also, always 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:08.360 was since that first season of his career back in 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:09.960 Detroit when they were like three and eleven and he 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:12.640 let a come back in a game with a dislocated shoulder, 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.480 in a game that meant nothing in the grand scheme 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.760 of standings, and I can't believe it came down to 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:18.240 the way this game did. At the end of that, 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.479 I mean, Brady remains just unreal. But I'm always for 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:23.880 a new blood the playoffs and with Stafford. Cool to 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:26.400 see him get deep into the playoffs his first year 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.880 here with the Rams and then just finished up watching 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.160 Chiefs Bills before hitting published on this podcast. Look, you're 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:33.760 gonna have to have a quarterback that can go ahead 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:35.680 to head with one of those guys in the postseason. 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:39.039 What a battle that was. I mean, I consider this 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.919 all the time. Should you play the game with the 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.960 idea of drain the clock as just as important as 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:46.720 scoring the touchdown to go ahead late in the game 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.239 against the quarterback like Josh Allen or Pat Mahomes, because 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:50.880 both these teams traded to blow for blow there. I 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:54.280 mean Bill's touchdown, Tyreek touchdown, then thirteen seconds left from 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.080 Mahomes and he gets it done. I said going into that, 0:04:57.120 --> 0:04:59.679 whoever won that game was gonna win the Super Bowl. 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:02.520 I still feel good about that. I had Chiefs Rams 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.080 in the super Bowl back in my September Predictions podcast. 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.040 I still feel really good about that. I think it's 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:08.880 who's gonna be in the super Bowl this year and 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:10.360 I'll take the Chiefs to win it, like I had 0:05:10.400 --> 0:05:12.520 back in that poll as well. What a great weekend 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.520 of football that was. I don't know if we'll get 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.960 a weekend of games of playoff football games that good 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:20.320 again for a long time. So I hope we all 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.160 really enjoyed that. I sure as hell did. And so 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:28.200 just like that, there are three football games left in season, 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.480 and we have the Senior Bowl wedged in there as well, 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.920 so four more games in just a couple of weeks. 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.920 We're gonna be without the National Football League until August 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:41.119 for preseason, September for the regular season. So a long 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.280 stretch here without football in our lives, unless you count 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.760 the USFL, which is kicking off the spring. But I digress. 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:51.080 So with that, the offseason is getting even closer now, 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:52.520 and I want to go ahead and open up some 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:54.720 mail bad questions from y'all, and you guys did not 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.120 disappoint putting, and I think it was fifty five questions 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:01.039 in the user mail bag on Twitter. We're gonna do 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.599 these periodically here, and we did this one every single 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.960 week regular season. We'll do him I don't know, bi weekly, 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.760 once a month here during the offseason, and certainly around 0:06:09.760 --> 0:06:11.440 the tem Bowl events. But let's go ahead and kick 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.200 this thing off with at Sewan underscore three oh five. 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.440 What type of coach do you prefer for the Dolphins 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.680 the most one the hot shot coordinator with no head 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.440 coach experience, to an experienced head coach getting his second 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:25.640 or third or whatever job it might be, third college 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:28.480 head coach or fourth other Well, you know, Sean, I'm 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.120 glad you asked, because I really don't think there's you know, 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:33.840 any one secret sauce. And that goes for team building, 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:37.520 for coaching styles. Look around the league. Sean McDermott and 0:06:37.560 --> 0:06:40.039 Bill Belichick in our own division, two of the very 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.719 best in the game. Both cut their teeth on the 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:47.440 defensive side of the football. Sean McVeigh, Kyle Shanahan, Matt Lafleur. 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:52.520 Those guys satisfied that successful hot coordinator, hot shot who 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:55.560 came in and had success the second time head coach. Well, 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:58.240 that's what Don Shula was, It's what Bill Belichick was. 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:01.120 More recently, Ron River I want to division title in 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:04.280 his first year of stop number two. We've seen John 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.800 Harbaugh go from special teams coordina to one of the 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.360 top five coaches in the National Football League in my opinion, 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:14.080 and conversely, we've seen hirings under all those umbrellas not 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:18.160 work as well. Here's what I believe is important leadership. 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:22.840 Someone capable of collaborating and delegating to a strong staff, 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.200 who is supported in a way that makes their job 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.560 as easy as it possibly can be. None of these 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:30.320 jobs are easy. This is a tough racket coaching. A 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.600 person who can relate to the modern player, connecting to 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.679 them on a professional and personal level, who can find 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.720 that blend of old school toughness and new age explanation 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.840 behind here's why we're doing what we're doing. I think 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.240 it's important to have someone schooled in all areas of 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.800 the games, schematics, understanding when you just got to trust 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.720 your best players and athletes, knowing how to manage the clock, 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:54.840 end of game situations, your challenge flags. All of that 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:58.400 stuff is just so so crucial in a fine margins league. 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:00.280 And as much as I'd love to see here and 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.400 tell you that I don't know which coaches will work 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.240 and which ones won't. I mean, I've mentioned this before. 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.800 The more you learn about this league, the more you 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:10.800 realize how little you actually know. And when it comes 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.400 to identifying a great coaching candidate, how can we possibly 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:16.920 know that without spending time with them face to face, 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.760 seeing how they've worked in the past, talking to references. 0:08:20.000 --> 0:08:21.840 I mean, if you're not involved in the process, how 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:23.960 can you really know. So my hope is that a 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:27.640 new coach can check those boxes that I previously mentioned. 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:32.080 Next question from at Eli jt S In your review 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.600 of the tape, did you see defenses play US differently 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.600 that lead to two us reduced efficiency? And that's in 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:41.839 reference to the post by four games after after the 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:43.320 bye week in the Jets game to kick that off, 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.960 I think the team's down the stretch the Dolphins face 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.880 were more inclined to eliminate the pass off of the 0:08:49.040 --> 0:08:51.160 r P O looks and forced to it to hand 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:53.680 it off more. And the conflict of that package creates 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.680 when you're selling out to stop the run makes defending 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.240 the past very difficult. I think there was more of that, 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:02.000 but in general, I mean not really. I think to 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:04.080 needs to use this offseason to kind of look at 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.320 those pressure packages that teams sent and identify his hot 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:10.360 answers more quickly. That's something that usually comes with time 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.720 at the position, and he can take strides in that 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:17.080 area certainly, and when with the pre snap and the 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.480 mental and the things that I've talked about so many 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:22.480 times that make up the vast majority of your snaps 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.600 as a quarterback of post to the off script stuff, 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:27.560 just be better in those areas that we really projected 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:30.360 him to be better in or be a good prospect 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.480 in those areas. I should say that will take him 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:34.480 a long way towards improvement and kind of getting over 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:36.400 that hurdle. And if he can do that and take 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.800 strides in those areas that the stuff that you know 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:41.760 takes time to develop a master, and I think he'll 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.600 be more than fine. But the differences, you know, fewer 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:47.079 downhill steps on r p O and teams really put 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:51.360 an emphasis on Jalen Waddle, which I'm surprised didn't happen earlier, 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:53.520 to be quite frank. Next question here from j D 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.880 fince Fan with two in mind for one more season. 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.680 How many pieces are we away from a playoff winning 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:02.360 team and what pieces slash positions are they That's the 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:04.560 million dollar question, isn't it. I think the roster right 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:07.120 now is good enough. We saw a lot of teams 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.360 dispatched on wild card weekend a couple of weekends ago 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:14.720 who had the same or similar records to the Miami Dolphins, 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:16.840 and we lost three or five games that are between 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:21.800 Las Vegas, Jacksonville and Atlanta on last second field goals 0:10:21.840 --> 0:10:23.760 and one of those games too didn't play. So to 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:27.640 answer that part, I think this team won nine games 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.760 and the vast, vast majority of the pieces that provided 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:34.960 the most contributions to those nine wins would be coming 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:37.920 back to the football team. Now, every team needs upgrades. 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.640 You mentioned offensive line. Yeah, it's it's got to be better. 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:44.520 There's no ways around that. From every grading metric or 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.760 pressure counts or just using your eyeballs, it's got to 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:50.320 get better on the offensive line. Now, I'm not gonna 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.400 sit here and say redo the whole thing, because that's 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:55.679 to me not realistic. And you, at some point you 0:10:55.679 --> 0:11:00.000 have to have faith in your own scouting developing process 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.000 US and what you believe you You know you had 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:03.960 in certain players that you took early in the draft. 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:06.800 You have to get development and growth from your incumbents, 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:08.480 because if you don't do that, you're gonna be in 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:09.840 a tough spot. And I know I've talked a lot 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:13.440 about flexibility, but you do have to also in addition 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:16.920 to that flexibility. Hit On said, you know, acquisitions and 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.600 develop and get improvement there. But that said, I think 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:21.120 there's a lot of reasons to say that we need 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.760 to upgrade, you know, that offensive line group. And if 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.600 worst case scenario, some of the starters from this year 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.400 are moved into backup roles, well, then I would love 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.679 the possibility of having that depth there because I think 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:34.640 that that would only mean that the entire offensive line 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:37.600 has seen upgrades at not just the top five spots, 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:41.080 but the reserve spots as well. Now from the previous question, 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:44.520 I think you need more consistent reliability really at all 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.440 the skill spots. Outside of Waddle, it was kind of 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:50.440 a shuffle for the second go to receiver in the 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.400 offense go to pass option. I'd love to see another 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.640 separation artist added like Galen Waddle. I mean that's what 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.560 I thought. You know, Will Fuller brought to the table, 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:00.559 and you guys remember how excited I was a about 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.240 the offense with the two vertical and horizontal stretch guys 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.839 of a Will Fuller and Jaylen Waddle. We never really 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:08.240 got a chance to see that. I mean, they played 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.400 together for a couple of games, and neither of those 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:12.079 games had too in the in the lineup. So I 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:15.440 think some of some more explosiveness there and also at 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:17.680 the running back position could certainly help. I thought, I 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.319 thought Duke rant really really well when he got his chance, 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:23.200 but more of that firepower for the whole season. And 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.600 then defensively, depending on what happens with Agba, you might 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:28.840 need to address the defensive and spot. I mean I 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.959 think I think that's it could be Jayan Phillips Andrew 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:33.480 van Ginkl, But you don't want to be just too 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.480 deep there in terms of guys that you know can 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.200 produce at a high level. And then I might look 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:39.560 at the mic linebacker position that can maybe help free 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.960 up a little bit more of Jerome Baker to move 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:43.920 all over the formation, because I thought that he got 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:46.719 he saw a huge leaping production in my opinion, when 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.520 he started playing more off the edge and doing multiple 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:51.840 things like he is wont to do in this defense. 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:53.920 So that and also You've got to be better on 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.600 special teams. I mean, there was you know, a lot 0:12:56.640 --> 0:13:00.160 of a lot of emphasis towards signing players that were 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:04.520 exclusively special teams guys and paid, you know, requisitely in 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.040 favor of you know, potentially day three picks to round 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:10.040 out those spots paid free agent contracts. And the Dolphin 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.200 special teams ranked twenty nine d o A. So that 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.800 also has to get better and more efficient for what 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:16.959 it's being paid to do as well. So that's a 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:18.600 few of the things I think you can look at. 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:20.760 You can always look to upgrade the entire roster, but 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.479 those are the places I think you might start this offseason. 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:25.319 Let's go ahead and take our first break and come 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:27.720 back with some more mail bag questions, and also we'll 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.240 go continue the preview of the Senior Boy taking a 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.720 look at the receivers and tight ends coming up in 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:36.640 next week's Senior Bowl practice and game. Drivetime Podcast. Travis 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:40.800 Wingfield enjoying the mail bag here so far, our first 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.600 offseason mail bag edition of the Drivetime Podcast. Let's go 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:46.320 ahead and jump right back in with some more of 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.560 your questions. Appreciate you guys putting out those questions on 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.240 the Twitter mail bag that I posted last week, and 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.640 you guys really came through with several questions here this 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:58.240 one from at der Away see twelve on Twitter. How 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:00.880 much does the public announcement that who is the guy 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.440 hurt the head coaching search? I feel is this this 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.400 really restricts the candidates as usually the head coach wants 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:09.079 to choose his guy. And does this make day Ball 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:12.320 the front runner? Now to your first question, no, not 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.200 at all. First, the Dolphins haven't made any type of 0:14:15.240 --> 0:14:18.280 declaration themselves, so I want to be clear about that. 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:22.240 But aside from that, almost nobody has more future resources 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.040 to work with than the Miami Dolphins in terms of 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:28.800 cap space and draft capital. Two first round picks next season. 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:31.000 If you determined you need to make a change of 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.920 the quarterback position, you could be one year away from 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:37.280 two picks in a class that has potentially c J. Stroud, 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:41.960 potentially Bryce Young, potentially Grayson McCall and c J. Stroud 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:44.800 is a hell of a player. But there are options 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.920 there which which has been you know, by design every 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.760 offseason for this club under the current regime and makeup, 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:54.480 so flexibility continues to reign supreme. There great question next 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.320 question from at John J. Vogel. Two questions. He says, 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.440 how high do you value Calvin Ridley? And what impact 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.960 with a combination of him and Wattle have with regards 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:06.240 to creating more opportunities for GASICKI slash a tight end? 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:09.280 And number two, what little Dicky verse or song best 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:12.840 applies to to ah? Thanks, Well, we can't talk about 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.320 Calvin Ridley. He's on another club. I think he's a 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:18.800 fantastic players and a fantastic player, I should say, and 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:22.160 it kills me to see people commenting on his situation 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.760 this past season. You know, mentals are very important. I 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:26.800 commend the hell out of him for taking care of 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.160 his Plus the reason he stepped away from the game 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:32.200 was absolutely tragic. So a big fan of Calvin Ridley's. 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.280 But he's on another team, so we don't talk about that. 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.480 But I do agree that more weaponry to the arsenal 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:42.160 is very important. Your second part, oh man, question after 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.680 my own heart here, which little Dicky verse best applies 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:48.440 to toa This is such a tough question that I 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.800 could spend hours thinking about, but I'm gonna go off 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:52.840 top of my head here and go to a very 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.040 recent I think probably the most recent song that he 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:59.320 has he has produced the the joint with with Gata 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.200 when it's called we Good, and at the very end 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:03.920 he says, and what do we say to the haters 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:07.040 and nonbelievers? And Gator shouts thank you. That would be 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.000 the verse that I would go with there for two. 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:10.400 So he can just kind of put his head down, 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:13.000 keep trucking and keep putting the work, all right. Next 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:17.120 question here from at ramfin thirty one? Who are you 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.120 breaking the bank for during free agency? You know, something 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:23.000 about the phrasing of that just makes me, and sorry 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:24.920 to bring back bad memories here, but it makes me 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:28.360 a little bit queasy just breaking the bank on free agency. 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:31.000 It's always a risky proposition. But if you want to 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:34.080 know which potential free agents I like and who the 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.440 hell knows who actually makes it to the market. I 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.080 mentioned Ryan Jensen earlier, he's a free agent. I love 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.400 his game. Davanta Adams is the best receiver in football 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.960 and he's currently scheduled for unrestricted free agency. That's a 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:48.800 no brainer pick and man, just the entire receiving group. 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.200 I think Chris Godwin is an absolute monster. I love, 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:54.080 love love Michael Gallops game. Both of those guys coming 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:55.880 off a c l S though I'm a fan of 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:59.000 Cam Robinson on the offensive line from Jacksonville. But this 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.520 is all just conject during still until we see who 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:04.320 resigns with their club, who gets tags that sort of thing. 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:08.320 First order of business making decisions on our own guys, 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:10.840 you know, Emmanuel Ogba, Mike Gasicky and Nick Needo and 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.280 three players up for contracts who have have have had 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:17.480 big production here the last couple of years at Robi Digital. 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.680 What was your favorite piece of Miami Dolphins apparel growing 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.920 up or ever? Hats, jackets, hoodies, t shirts, jersey is 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:25.800 that kind of thing? And then he posted a great 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:29.280 photo in the Twitter question of the goat himself, coach 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:32.640 Shula in the famed starter jacket from the nineties that 0:17:32.760 --> 0:17:35.040 has that has to be it right there. That's there's 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:38.160 nothing else, but two other things that do come to mind. 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:41.879 I was in my brother's house during Christmas and he 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:45.760 randomly had this Dolphins belt buckle that we had from 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:49.320 like NTE in his garage that I stumbled across when 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:52.240 coming in from getting a water bottle out of his truck. 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:55.639 And my brother and I we always like all we 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.399 got was sports memorabili of growing up. So we always 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:01.480 had every team, every league, and every sport, everything that 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:03.560 you could think of, But the Dolphins were one that 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:05.800 really became more and more prominent as we went along, 0:18:05.840 --> 0:18:07.760 and we both became big fans because of all the 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:12.000 Dolphins memorability we owned. And I've never like warn belt buckles, 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:14.480 but for some reason, I thought that belt buckle was 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:16.959 so cool. And then, finally, do you remember how you 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:19.919 could write in and order things from Sports Illustrated, like 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.119 send in this and whatever you can get this, like 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.280 sports bag or whatever. I got a Dolphins Super Bowl 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.879 ring back in junior high and wore that thing like 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.000 every single day. I'm not even sure if it was 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.200 supposed to be for the seventy two or seventy three 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:35.720 world champion teams or just pretend, like in an alternate 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.440 universe that it was recent, But I loved that ring 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:40.600 and I love that question. Thanks for asking it. Let's 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:43.320 do two quick ones here at Measter Tweets. Now that 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:45.440 you're in Miami, in the Miami area, you probably don't 0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:47.920 have any more use for taco bell. What used to 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:50.200 be your go to taco bell order on a late 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:53.240 Saturday night back home. I did have it once when 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:56.040 I got home when I flew back from from the Northwest. 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:59.840 There was it was like one am, and it was 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:01.280 next to my house, so I got it, and I 0:19:01.320 --> 0:19:03.560 regretted it the minute I got it back to the house. 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:06.119 But aside from the late night visits where you you 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:07.560 know you asked the uber to kind of pull in 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:09.399