WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dante Trader Jr., AFC South Preview 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:13.840 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. What is up Dolphins 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:17.000 and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am your host, 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.040 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, we are right back 0:00:20.079 --> 0:00:23.200 at it part three of our summer preview series. We're 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:25.520 going to take a look at the Jags, Colts, Titans, 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.440 and Texans in the AFC South. But first my chat 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:32.000 with impressive Dolphins rookie Dante Trader Junior. All of that 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:35.319 ahead from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:39.760 Training Complex. Er writ from the Wingfield household here in Miramar, Florida. 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:43.720 This is the Draft Time Podcast, Daffy. 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:47.680 Joining us today on the Draft Time Podcast is new 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:49.760 Dolphins safety rookie Dante Trader Junior. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:50.519 Dante, what's up man? 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:51.400 How you doing doing? 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:53.479 I'm good, I'm not doing too bad. It's been a 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:54.200 fun morning so far. 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.040 Getting to tell you guys a little bit, and you 0:00:56.080 --> 0:00:58.120 know I mentioned to you you listen to the Coach 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.920 Loxley podcast. He had some some high praise for you there. 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:02.959 Can you just start the show off here by kind 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:04.840 of telling us about what your time at Maryland with 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.360 Coach Locksley did to prepare you for the NFL. 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.120 Yeah, so even before when he you know, talked to 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:12.759 me and my coaches at mcdone school about the plan, 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:14.920 the four year plan about you know, changing a young 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.640 puck into it. Man, it's just more you know, and 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:21.320 dive down over the years. When I came in freshman year, 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:23.600 you got to restart and improve yourself. So he gave 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:28.000 me the tools and necessarily the small divits of encouragement 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.640 and motivation and hard coaching throughout my years and just 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:31.440 let me know, you're. 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:32.119 Gonna be a young leader. 0:01:32.120 --> 0:01:34.479 You've got to be ready to go when you know 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:38.240 it's your time. So by my second year, which was 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.520 my first year starting, I was thrown into a leadership 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.280 role and having the ability to be in the leadership 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.360 meets with old veteran guys, four year, five year guys. 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.560 And I've been there for two years. But it was 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:53.160 a great journey, especially as me and coach actually built 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.280 a relationship over the years and most of us built 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.720 on you know, my mental the mental side of the 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.160 game as a safety and just being out there and 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:03.480 you know, not over analyze and just playing freely and 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:04.360 just being distinctual. 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.200 What would you attribute that to, like the leadership qualities 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:08.760 that you drew from that put you in that position 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:12.200 because to your point, like that's an honor usually held 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:13.840 for you know, seniors, right, and you're in there your 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:16.960 second year, what would you say contribute to your ability 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:17.880 to be in that position. 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:19.480 I think it started when I was young. 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.200 I always had a like deep down care for my 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:26.840 teammates and wanted to give share what I knew, my 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.560 experience and what I went through with all my teammates 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:31.280 and help them out because I was always one of 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:34.080 the top players or better players. So you know, to 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:36.080 get to those spots, you got to have some skill 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:37.560 at one and then too, you have to have some 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.080 experience behind you. So every level I went, I just 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:43.119 naturally felt myself pulling a young guy, pulling older guy, 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:45.360 getting some things off of them that I didn't know 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.680 or know, and just sharing and just being that light. 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.120 And it was just natural to me. I didn't, you know, 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:51.720 wake up and say I would be a leader. It 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.520 just naturally came to me and just how I go 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.040 about things from school and everyone, you know, how you 0:02:57.040 --> 0:02:59.160 do anything, so I do everything. So when I came 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:01.880 into college, they've seen it in me from you know, 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.440 the workouts and with the freshman guy. 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:06.080 So when I came in, I was the one. 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.760 Lead and bringing the energy, being consistent and everything I 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.919 did so and then people naturally gravitated towards me, so 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:12.960 I had the ability. 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:14.919 He was like, hey, this leadership thing is good. 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.919 So yeah, it works pretty good. It probably across multiple 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:20.079 sports too, obviously lacrosse. But did you play other sports 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:21.120 as well as a kid. 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.480 Yeah, I played basketball. Basketball was my first sport. 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:26.600 Same thing there, but I kind of dropped that sport 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:29.239 once I got off into high school. 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.720 Did you be Were you one of those football players 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:34.040 who kind of played football in the basketball court or 0:03:34.040 --> 0:03:35.920 were you Were you pretty skilled basketball player? 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:38.720 I mean, as you see, I don't play anymore, so 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:40.680 I can't say I was a pretty skilled basketball player, 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:43.000 but I was pretty good when I was younger. Picked 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:44.680 it back up later and I was like, it's not 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:46.720 the same, So I just, you know, continued to just 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:47.600 play two sports. 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.040 We had the skid in our team football player and 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.160 basketball player. But he wasn't very good at hoop and 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.160 he would like, if you stole the ball from me, 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.240 would like full on tackle. You'm like, dude, you're not 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:57.120 playing safety right now? 0:03:57.160 --> 0:03:58.760 Brother? Like you're trying to like put the ball in 0:03:58.800 --> 0:03:59.120 the hole. 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:00.080 Yeah, I can't say that. 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.600 I wouldn't grab you, but especially if we're on a 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.560 fast break I had lost position, I might pull jersey. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.240 You can always tell the football players man in the 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:10.320 high school basketball courts. Hilarious to me. So something else 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:12.840 coach Locksley really praised was was your ability to prepare 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.080 and get yourself ready for a game and be kind 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:16.960 of that signal call on the back end. What does 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:18.920 a week of preparation look like for you? And I 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:20.279 don't want you to, like, you know, tell me your 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.000 breakfast routine and like you know, but like when you 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:24.359 try to get ready for a game, like, what's that 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:25.080 look like for you? 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:27.560 Yeah, I mean it's going to be different now that 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:29.520 I'm in the league, it's different. I have to figure 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:31.280 that process out. Everywhere you go, you got to figure 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.640 out the process. But work for me was I would 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.080 come in Sundays and watch raw tape of the teams 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.280 put two or three games. You can tell a lot 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:43.640 about offensive coordinators, players quarterbacks by watching the raw tape. 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:45.719 So I would come in, I would get my most 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:49.440 like that Sunday would be the most instinctial part of 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:53.040 my like, you know, week everything else is more robotic 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:55.640 because you get a feeling of okay, just running back 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.440 a jump cut guy is who my run pass? 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.320 Key? Of the left tackle? Has he been like? Who's 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:00.640 my guy? 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.160 It's quarterback, a half field readers, it's crunch time. Who's 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:08.719 the quarterback going to after interception, after a turnover, after 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:11.320 a big player? What's the offensive coordinator doing? So you 0:05:11.360 --> 0:05:14.400 can kind of fill out that get candacens. But Monday 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:18.000 through Thursday really is just you know, every what everybody does. 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.200 The short yard is first and second down runs and passes. 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:25.200 You got third downs on Wednesday and Thursday situational things. 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.160 But where I get different is on Fridays. I usually 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:31.120 take that day is make a cutup of the one hitters, 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.719 the one hitters that coaches are like, don't worry about that, 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.400 they're not gonna run them, just so I can be 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:37.520 prepared when that formation comes out, so I can be 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.760 you know, not panicking to be out there. But you 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:43.440 know this, the preparation, it starts early in the morning 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.960 and then with the coaches, that's that's you know, that's mandatory. 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:49.960 If you're not doing hours after so I would be 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.040 in there, especially with me and Jordan, will be there 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.400 till eleven, sometimes at night and just getting the film out, 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.480 writing notes, and then I would send it to my teammates. 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:59.640 So that's part of the leadership role as well. You 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:01.520 mentioned I have two fall ups, though the one hitters. 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:03.560 Is that like the one hitch like ball out type 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:03.960 of stuff. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.800 No, it's more of like the trick plays, the formations 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.599 that are specifically for a certain team. It's like, hey, 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.200 this defense plays a lot of this, We're gonna make 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:14.919 a trick play or this one off formation that you 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.640 never see against them. So I go right down, down, 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:19.440 put them in the put them in the thing, because 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.360 it's like, Okay, if our defense is similar, they're can 0:06:21.360 --> 0:06:23.400 tact us the same way. And it paid off in 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:25.480 college because I was a bit had the ability to 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.400 get us in some checks and where my teammates are 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.120 looking at me like what the heck is that formation 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.200 or what is this We can get off the down 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.200 and not give up explosives because that's the name of 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:34.480 the game. 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.400 Yeah, super valuable from that spot obviously. Another question was 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:38.960 you mentioned the raw tape. I was just watching the 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:39.839 game front to back. 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.040 Right, Yeah, it's just like the TV copies where you 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.360 can hear, you hear the reps, you can hear, you 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:44.960 can hear all that. 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:45.840 Like I want to hear. 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.800 I want the raw game, no cutups, nothing, I just 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:50.320 want to hear to see the flow the game, because 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.680 you can get a filling of the flow when you're 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.480 watching cutups, Like you can't get a feeling of the 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.880 flow the game and how it goes. So you can 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.320 pick up tennessees very well, like I said, instinctial. So 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.440 like when I'm out there on now Sundays or Thursdays 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:06.800 or month different days, you say, okay, when they get 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.400 backed up, I know this coordinator is more aggressive, okay, 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:12.000 because you can see that by the raw tape games. 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:14.680 You can't see that when in the cutups. So that's 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:15.960 why you got to go hand in hand with the 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.120 cutups and raw tape like the TV copies. 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:19.680 That makes a lot of sense. Really good stuff to 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.640 talk about there, And how how would you say? Obviously 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:24.640 that stuff was great for college ball, But now you 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:26.400 mentioned having to re kind of prove yourself here in 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:28.280 the league. What have you learned so far? I mean, 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:30.680 obviously all of that preparation and film setting. A lot 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:32.320 of stuff can take you so far, and I know 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:34.160 you'll bring that with you to the NFL. But it's 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.080 been two months here since you got drafted. Now to 0:07:36.200 --> 0:07:38.480 you know, mandatory mini camp. What have you learned and 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:40.560 how has that stuff kind of helped you maybe ease 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:41.600 learning curve a little bit? 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:47.160 I would say, I mean there was a slight learning 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:47.640 curve for me. 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.080 I feel like my superpower was ability to learn playbook 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.440 and the exits and those of the game, because that's 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:53.680 kind of what I came into college. 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.240 I had the same thing, you know, playing to shoot sports. 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:59.400 Learning different systems and schemes is my my superpower, so 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:01.560 I kind of played to it. It took me like 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:04.480 a week or two to really get majority of the playbook. 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:06.000 Obviously you got the things that you need to go 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:08.880 out there and do and mess up. I feel pretty comfortable, 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.480 but just going over we have a lot of resources 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:14.440 here with the virtual reality, the mad and wall Like, 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:16.360 I just go out there and do my checks and 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.840 calls from virtual reality. So that's a big aspect I 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:22.040 never had the ability to do, but it worked wonders 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:23.320 for me. So now I can go out there a 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:25.720 lot of bullets. I've seen that over one hundred times 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:26.440 and I'm making. 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:26.880 Checks to it. 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:28.760 So it has my ability to go out there and 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.160 slow the game down because I remember when I came 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.520 out there the first week we were here, I was like, 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.680 the speed of the game is different, and I was 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:39.760 one hundred percent right. Just listen to the vets. This 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.560 game is about lowest margin of air. So if I 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.199 take one wrong step, that's the difference from a catch, 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:48.280 a explosive or interception, you know what I'm saying. So 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.160 and I had to learn not even learning curves, like 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:55.199 more pains of going through that myself. It's like, oh, man, 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.480 if I didn't we an extra inch off this, I 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:58.920 could have made this pick or this thing. 0:08:59.000 --> 0:08:59.880 But it's been fun. 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.240 That's how you can shave those down, right, those VR reps, 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.200 those ten thousand hours worth of reps, you're kind of 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.960 stack them up there and make yourself a true professional 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.080 in that way. I'll end with this. So you mentioned 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:10.959 Jordan Phillips. He kind of talked about the way you 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:12.880 guys worked at Marlin really cool stuff, and I think 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.080 that's probably a big reason when the Dolphins were attracted 0:09:15.120 --> 0:09:17.080 to both you guys. But you mentioned, you know, getting 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:20.120 those reps and this defense and Anthony Weavers, a guy 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:22.920 that you know, Dolphins fans are crazy about because he's 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:24.719 been so awesome for the first year. Here, What is 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:26.760 it about this scheme with coach Weaver that you think 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:28.960 really fits your game or makes you the most excited 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:30.040 about playing in this defense? 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:31.640 Because we do it all. 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.320 They asked the safeties to do a lot communication wise 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.319 and different schemes and play a lot. You got to 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:39.000 be a versatile switch army knife in the system. But 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:40.599 I would say more people want to look at the 0:09:40.679 --> 0:09:43.200 X and those I look at the mentality being on 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:46.200 this team, being with the defense, the leaders like Chubb 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.200 and Brooks and t DoD and you know you Cater. 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.000 You got a lot of guys up front, even Steelers. 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:55.319 So it's like, yo, it's a mindset thing. More than 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.680 Weaver can make the call, but it's about the players executing, 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:00.800 Like we can wind up in anything and go get 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.200 a play master you and go get it done. But 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.120 it's more mindset like are you gonna come off the 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:08.319 ball hard, You're gonna spend your knees, You're gonna do 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:09.960 the small things that allow you to be a great 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.800 football player and run to the ball. Bring the standard 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:16.040 of getting a punch at the ball. Everybody collectively leven 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.440 hands the ball, and that's more of the mindset that 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:19.959 helps him be a great defense. 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:21.559 Allow defense is a great defense. 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:24.360 So they all, especially Coach Duke and Coach we were 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:28.720 like Trader, we need demonstrative communication everywhere we go. Your safety, 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.440 we're gonna line up. Same thing with the backers. But 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.840 I would say it's more mindset than the scheme and 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.680 anything like that. With Coach Weaver, like he go out 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.480 there and play. There ain't no hesitation, there's no shoot 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.199 shoot the gun, shoot the bullets. You know what I'm saying, 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.240 Ain't we ain't leaving this field with a full clip. 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:46.520 Man. I think fans are gonna love this podcast and 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:48.599 love hearing you talk just real quick, just kind of 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.160 shift gears because you're seems like you're all bust all time, 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:52.880 and I really appreciate that about you. But is there 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.040 something in South Flord that you've you've done or want 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.280 to do this offseason that you're looking forward to and 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.160 maybe just kind of enjoy put your feet in the 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:00.240 sand for a minute. Yeah. 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:03.200 Man, A lot of people, well people that know me. 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:05.640 I like to fish and hunt. From being a small 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.839 town Delaware kid, I like to be outdoors. So if 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:10.800 anybody you don't want to, let me on a boat 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:14.080 or we can go, you know, somewhere Everglaze Orerever on 0:11:14.120 --> 0:11:14.520 the water. 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.520 But I like to do a lot of things. 0:11:17.559 --> 0:11:20.079 I bowl a bowl and then I got into golf 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:21.240 and so people can help me with a. 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:22.000 Little golf swing. 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:22.640 That's my game. 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:22.920 Yeah. 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:24.360 I like to be out I like to connect with 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:26.400 the community. So anybody want to, you. 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:28.640 Know, maybe let's go. Let's go and have some fun 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:30.920 on the water. Do anything. 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:31.440 Good stuff. 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.280 Dante Trader Junior, New Dolphin Safety. Love it good stuff 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:36.920 and welcome to South for appreciate you the way he goes. 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:39.040 And away we go for our first break right there. 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.840 Come back on the other side, we'll do the Texans 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:44.000 and Colts, take another break, and then finish up with 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:47.640 the Jags and the Titans. That's all next Draft Time 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:53.160 podcast brought to you by AutoNation. It is time to 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.880 crank up the NFL because in preview content once again, 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.520 as we're going to be rolling through the AFC South, 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:02.559 NFC South, both North divisions and both East divisions here 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:03.959 over the next couple of weeks before we get you 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:07.240 guys ready for training camp with a full fledged roster 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:10.000 and camp preview. But let's go ahead and jump into 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:13.200 today's topic, the AFC South. The Dolphins will see one 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.480 team from this division on their schedule this year, the 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:18.480 Indianapolis Colts, but we kick it off with the Houston 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:22.240 Texans and the changes in personnel. Continuity on the defensive 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:25.520 staff is intact there, but there's some significant changes to 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.240 the offensive side of the football. Bobby Slowik is now 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:31.079 with the Miami Dolphins and in his place at OC 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:34.400 is Nick Kayley. Tamiko rans is telling you the type 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.880 of system that he wants to run though going from 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:40.960 one Shanahan Shree coach to another. Kaylee was with the Rams, 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:44.120 but only for two years. His eight previous years prior 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:46.720 to that were in New England, and they retained a 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:50.240 decent chunk of the offensive staff actually, and had similar 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.880 turnover on the defensive staff under Matt Burk. So they're 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.839 kind of retooling things to find the perfect combination, or 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.880 at least in search of the perfect combination. And surely 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.680 you guys remember Matt Burrs bag will cover more of 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:06.560 him in the film section. Larry My Tunzel, Stefon Digg, Shaq, Mason, Kenyan, Green, 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:09.000 Eric Murray all out. But that's about where it ends. 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.320 It presents an interesting debate because the offensive line was 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:15.199 their biggest issue in twenty twenty four, but they lost 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.680 three of the four best players. Is that a good 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:19.559 thing or is it a bad thing? We're gonna find 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:23.679 out this season. But also I mean offloading Tunzel's contract 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:26.360 with the quarterback on a rookie contract who's produced at 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.000 a high level, it allowed them to ink some key 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.640 parts to their team for the long term future. Daniel Hunter, 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.680 Derek Stingley, Nico Collins, I'm sure Stroud and Tank Dell 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.760 and Jalen Petray all going to be on that list 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:41.199 here soon. In the meantime, just like last offseason, they 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:44.439 continued to import big parts to their roster. They signed 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:48.120 Trent Brown, Cam Robinson, Lake and Tomlinson. They trade for 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:52.280 Ed Ingram and look that's what they're doing. They swapped 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:56.119 out basically a line change for their offensive line. Tomlinson 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.240 was not good with the Jets after a good career 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:00.640 at the Niners. Trent Brown has a bit, but I 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.960 thought not really a scheme fit there. Robinson I don't 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.080 think is a perfect match for the scheme, but he's 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.840 also missed a lot of games and not been like 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:11.760 a star level talent, so I don't think it's an 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.480 upgrade over Larmie Tunzel by any stretch of the imagination. 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:21.080 So the line is different, But is it better? We'll 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.480 find out. I mean, ask a Vikings fan about ed Ingram, 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.760 go look up his name on Twitter, and they were 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:27.280 not very kind to him. But I guess that's how 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:29.520 fans are on Twitter. So I just think it's worth 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:33.000 examining that just because you make changes doesn't mean necessarily better. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:35.560 They trade for Christian Kirk, they add Jayden Higgins in 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:39.160 the second round. I'm sure that's kind of a reaction 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.080 to possibly not having Tank Dell this season, who had 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.800 a serious leg injury last January in the playoffs, because 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.560 they weren't done there, because two rounds later they take 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.000 Jalen Knowle, who I thought was the better Iowa State 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:54.640 Hawkey than Jayden Higgins was. So they're deep, especially when 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.320 Dell returns. And they also just added Nick Chubb to 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.840 Joe Mixon in the backfield. The only projected starter added 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:04.680 this offseason on the defense was Chauncey Gardner Johnson. Now, 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:06.400 he's a great mercenary, a guy that you get for 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:08.880 one year, plays good football, and then by year two 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:11.480 he's kind of a problem. And that's why he's been 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.080 on six teams now. But the next big signings for 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.640 them were Sheldon Rankins and Daryl Taylor, both figured to 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:19.600 be number three on the interior and edge groups there. 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.240 As far as the film the calling card, I admire 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.600 the changes they made to attempt to jump start things. 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.040 It's like we talked about the Dolphins all offseason. You 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:31.160 have certain issues, make moves to attack those issues, and 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.760 I think both those teams did that this offseason. But 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.000 just in general, I like how they had, you know, 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.240 things that didn't work, and they went hard after those 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:41.680 things in the offseason. I think that quote unquote whatever 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:44.160 it takes approach is a good one and will work 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.440 for Damiko Ryan's long term. As for this year, it's 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:49.880 all going to be projection. Stroud was saying that he 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:52.440 watched a lot of Tom Brady this offseason when in 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:55.320 a different which is a different variation of the quick 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.000 game principles you see here so that kind of tells 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.440 me with the side adjustments in the passing offense and 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.520 what makes Stroud special his ability to do that, and 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.040 I think with Christian Kirk there like to me that 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:08.960 all adds up to intentionality about how to get this 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:12.320 offense fixed and have more quick answers of post to 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:16.160 just the you know, deep developing downfield routes, attack the 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.720 intermedia and deep portions of the field, and with those 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:22.480 offensive line moves they don't necessarily follow the same track. 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.320 So the concept of borrowing from the old Patriots offense, 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:29.120 which in those days was gap and power, it's changed 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:32.400 now with the rams influence from Kaylee they got the 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.720 past couple of years. I imagine it's a strong outside 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:39.120 zone game with some pivoting to more inside zone and duo. 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:41.320 But I think this is all great in theory, but 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.280 sometimes it doesn't gel right away, right like it's not 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.880 a sure thing or even ever. So this feels like 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:50.680 a team I'd project for maybe a slow start offensively, 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.040