WEBVTT - Drive Time: Kevin Harlan and Kyle Crabbs 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:06.680 To on the move. Darlan deep speedways Beasts. 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:10.400 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:17.720 This is Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. He's got my. 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:19.440 Advans in the playoffs. 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:29.360 What is up Dolphins and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:32.480 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:35.160 you heard him right there in the open. He's gonna 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.559 join me on the show today. Kevin Harlan jumps in 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:42.159 the shotgun side saddle seat to talk all things Dolphins 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.599 and Seahawks. Plus my good buddy Kyle Krabs joins me 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:48.360 to break down some stuff with this rookie class coming up. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.839 We'll talk some quarterback play, We'll talk to the receiver position, 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.880 as well as the big games on the college slate 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:57.240 college schlate this weekend. All of that and more here 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.120 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:08.920 This is the Draft Time Podcast. Let's get right now 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:11.000 to Kevin Harlan. We were thrilled to be joined today 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:14.120 here on Dolphins HQ and the Draft Time Podcast by 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:17.000 a friend of the podcast, now, the great Kevin Harlan. 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:19.240 He'll be on the call on Sunday at four h 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:23.000 five from Lomenfield and Seattle Dolphins and Seahawks. Kevin, it's 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.160 great to see you again. How you doing, my friend, 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:26.160 I'm doing great. 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:28.000 Tramis great to be on with you as well. I 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:31.160 wish our circumstances were a little different, but we're certainly 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.399 good to see you, and I'm looking forward to seeing 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:37.080 the Dolphins this weekend after a long flight. But that's 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:38.840 got to be like a six hour flight for them 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:43.399 to get from South Florida up there. But it should 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:45.440 be a very competitive game because the Seahawks a feeling 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.160 pretty good about themselves and I think the Dolphins field 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:51.320 there's a lot of football left to be played, regardless 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:54.160 who's under center or who's at the different positions. This 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.559 is a quality team still and it's a full steam ahead, 0:01:57.680 --> 0:01:58.480 I'm sure for both. 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.200 Yeah, to your point, it's a five month season, right. 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.520 It takes a lot and change in short order, and 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.040 it can go bad, it can go good. It can 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.160 flip in the matter of a couple of minutes in 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:09.320 a football game. So looking forward to seeing how the 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.000 Dolphins respond to this latest bit of adversity, which seems 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.240 to be a bit of a theme unfortunately the last 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.600 couple of years with injuries and Kevin. Before we get 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:19.160 into the actual matchup itself here, you know, I wanted 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:20.640 to ask you about this. I'm sure you've been talking 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.720 about it all week in various spots and platforms, but 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:26.799 you went viral back in twenty nineteen when you were 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:29.440 simultaneously calling two games at once. I don't have to 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.440 tell you about it, the Dolphins up to the Patriots, 0:02:31.520 --> 0:02:34.320 your arrowhead doing the Chiefs game. But this past week 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:38.200 you handled the studio toss and the studio update. I 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.080 would love to have you take us inside that moment 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:40.720 for us. 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:45.040 Well, we uh as people that watch CBS broadcasts know 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.679 that we occasionally go to New York and our studios 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.560 updates and other important games, big plays and whatnot. And 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:55.800 normally when that happens, we throw it to New York. 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.440 And what I do during that time, which is about 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:03.040 a the fifteen second window, is I'm looking on our 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.040 if I'm staying in our games, so I'm looking out 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:08.840 on the field. I'm watching new substitutions, new players coming on, 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:12.120 sub packages being put on the field and things, and 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.760 making sure I've got my game situation correct. I'm immersed 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:19.360 in the game that I'm doing, and I rarely, except 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:22.520 for the last sentence, listen to what is being done 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.839 in New York, and certainly not watching it. Now we 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:28.960 have we have our desk up in the broadcast booth, 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.320 and we've decided, as our crew does, we put the 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.960 monitor that we call it network return, and we've got 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.760 our network return monitor on the floor. So if there 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.840 is a play, or in the case of what happened 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:46.720 with Fitzpatrick and Gasiki in New England on that last 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:48.960 day of the season a couple of years ago, when 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:53.080 they beat Brady and the Patriots, we can lean back 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:57.320 in our chairs or step back if we're standing, take 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:01.640 a look at the monitors, see what's going on. In 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.200 particular case, I was still glued out of the game 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.080 we were doing. We're doing the San Francisco forty nine 0:04:06.160 --> 0:04:11.720 ers in the Minnesota Vikings, and so I blocked them out. 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:13.800 I'm worried about here, and I hear Nate my head 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.279 set saying I can't hear them. I can't hear them. 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:18.839 I said again, I look at you, go, I hear you. 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:21.159 I hear you. So now I lean back. I don't 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:23.240 know what game they're talking about. I don't know what 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:26.920 highlight they're going to show. I really can't even focus 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:32.360 on the monitor. It's a small little monitor. And I 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:34.839 was just trying to put two and two together as 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:38.159 we're going through this fifteen seconds, figuring out what color 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:40.359 the uniform was for the Jets, which I didn't know. 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:42.760 There were the Titans, which I didn't know, and what 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.640 was going on, and it was a Will Levis who 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:48.160 wears number eight, the same number as Aaron Rodgers. And 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:51.000 the Jets, by the way, have dark helmets and white jersey, 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:54.440 white pants sometimes when they play. This was the reverse 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.760 the Titans had it. So I'm trying to I'm trying 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.839 to literally feel my way through the dark as this 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:03.719 report is going on. And at the very end I 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.680 catch you. It's Calvin Ridley's got a levels and that's 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.320 why that's what's happening. So and then I said, all right, 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:11.479 all right, Nate, thank you very much. And then we 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.680 just took it from there and ran in with it. 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.360 But it happens sometimes rarely at CBS. I've been there 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:21.440 twenty six years, doing CBS games on Sunday, every Sunday 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.760 for twenty six years. I never recall we've ever had 0:05:24.760 --> 0:05:27.560 a technical glitch like that, and it was and other 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:31.080 games I think had it too, But the other announcers 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:34.080 wisely didn't try to say anything. There was only one 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.240 guy that was stupid enough to try to do it, 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:37.440 and that was me. 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:38.840 I don't know that. 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:40.880 I don't know that I'd do it again. Anyway. It's 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:44.800 a long, long explanation about what happened, but it turned 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:46.520 out okay, and it was fun and I think everyone 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:48.960 got that got what was going on, that we're having 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.880 some problems. 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:53.840 I was going to say, you could tell by by 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:55.840 the way you you got to really the very end, 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:57.799 because like you said, you're going off of this dark 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.880 and you saw the numbers, you'll catch the pass and 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:02.279 if you're not on the call, like, how can you 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:04.840 know who exactly that is? And sure enough you got 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:06.320 the name on the back of the jersey plate there 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:07.640 and you made that call. So I thought that was 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:08.120 really good. 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:11.200 I was able to get the only thing I said 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:13.800 that made me sin. But anyway we got we got 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.680 it in. It worked and often running, and. 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.280 We were for the rest of that the devon h 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.880 of broadcasters. If you will quick on your feet fast 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:22.279 and versatile kids. 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:23.560 I love that kid too. 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.240 Man. We'll get to him here in short order. But 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:28.120 before we do that, we'll go back to the first 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.160 game of the season. Because you've already done Dolphins game 0:06:30.200 --> 0:06:32.960 this year. You're doing the Monday game for Westwood one 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:34.960 against the Titans and Dolphins. Is that correct? 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.680 No, I'm actually doing the other game, okay, and I'm 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:41.240 doing it, which I don't even know what it is now. 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:44.320 It's the uh what game is? It's it's there are 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:48.240 two games at night on Monday Night football. We're waiting Cincinnati. 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:50.360 I forget, you know what. I I'm only good for 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:51.800 about three or four days. The only thing I know 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:53.680 is I got to see Hawks and Dolphins this week, 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.560 and then after that, I got Washington and Cincinnati on 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.400 Monday Night. But I'm not doing I'm not doing that 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.160 Miami Tennessee game. No, I'm not doing that one. I'm 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:04.480 doing the other Monday night game, which I think is 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:11.320 not in champ anyway. Yeah, no more scheduled questions, Okay, 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.320 no problem. At The NBA starts for US on TNT 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:17.320 in about a month, and that's going to add a 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.040 whole other layer. So if you thought I sounded confused 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.080 on that on that screw up with the CBS studio. Wait, 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.400 will you ask me about these schedules which you're getting 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.600 feel for right now? I'm not sure what it is. 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.200 I was not sing much much of the chagrin of 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.240 Dolphins fans love hearing you on our calls, and we 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:34.400 had the pleasure of hearing you back in Week one. 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:36.760 Because again, you've alread on a Dolphins game this year. 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:38.840 You did plenty of games last year. You've kind of, 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:40.800 you know, gone into Dolphins fandom lore for some of 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.640 your calls. He's got Hill is actually the intro to 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:47.680 the Draft Time podcast, So you you're well our show. Yeah, 0:07:47.720 --> 0:07:50.120 we we love that sound dropping is using the content 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:52.960 all over the building here. But before we go forward here, 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:54.520 I just want to hear your thoughts on that first 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:56.680 Dolphins game. You had a chance to watch this team live. 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:58.480 You've had a chance to get ready for a second 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.239 game watching them now. Obviously the change the quarterback position, 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:03.440 but just your thoughts on the Dolphins from that first 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.240 game heading into game number three here. 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:09.280 Well, I would say this thrilling first game, right, a 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:13.160 team which is playoff caliber and Jacksonville and they didn't 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.160 look too bad. They had the early lead. Of course, 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.160 the Jaguars did look like they were kind of hitting 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.120 on all cylinders. They're a loaded team this year. They 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.760 had lost last week. I'm a little confused as to 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.240 why they're not getting more traction because the team's talented. 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:30.160 They've done upgrades on both lines, and they've they've they've 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:33.719 really done a nice job. The game in Miami. We 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.360 knew that was going to be tough for him, but 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:38.800 the early lead and they couldn't hold on, And I 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.160 thought it was a credit to the Dolphins. They showed resiliency, 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.160 came back all in the wake of what happened before 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:48.679 the game to Tyreek, So come back with that mental 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.240 gymnastic that they had to perform and kind of get 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:54.280 refocused recent to get their compass in the right direction 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:58.200 to win that game against the quality opponent was incredibly 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:02.680 powerful and impactful. And then last week against Buffalo, clearly 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:04.880 it was not their night, and then they lose to 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.040 of them. I guess I feel like overall, if I'll 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:11.800 lighten the lens here is I don't know if you 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:16.040 know what kind of team you've got until you hit crisis, 0:09:17.360 --> 0:09:20.840 and clearly The Dolphins are in that mode right now. 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:25.120 They've they've hit crisis. Their centerpiece is injured and for 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:29.559 the foreseeable future will not play. I don't think the 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:32.880 coach knows what he has until. You don't know what 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:37.000 kind of team you've got until you hit crisis. And 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.520 that's the mode that the Dolphins are in right now. 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.040 But we know they've got a talented roster. They're a 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:49.480 good playoff caliber team. So anticipation is is that we'll 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:54.000 get a very clear, definitive view of off season work, 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:58.040 rookies on the team, guys having to step up and 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:00.880 see where they are and kind of team they have. 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:03.800 My personal feeling is they'll handle it well. Now they're 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.320 going up against the two and oh Seattle team, which 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.960 is really feeling good about themselves, winning in New England 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:13.400 last week, beating and their home opener Bonix in Denver 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:18.200 week one. Their quarterback is playing terrific right now, Geno Smith. 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.120 So this is this is And now the Fins have 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:24.160 got to travel, you know, fly six hours across the 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:27.280 country and one of the longest flights in North America, 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:31.280 right so like this is this is really this is 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:36.480 They're in crisis mode. Right now. He is a He's 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:39.000 the guy that grabs the steering wheel with both hands, 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:46.120 and I'm anticipating they will react well to this and 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:47.959 show a lot of the character and metal that is 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.800 on that team coming off a tough division loss, losing 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:56.440 to a now navigating those waters. It'll be difficult, because 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.439 all crisis is difficult, But you really don't know what 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:01.199 kind of team we have until you go through it, 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:03.360 and that's where they are right now. So it makes 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.560 this game, I think, extra interesting in terms if you're 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:10.040 a fan, what do we have? How can we bridge 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:13.800 this time? Hopefully if two it comes back this year 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:16.600 in the foreseeable future, how do we bridge this time 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.200 with Skyler Thompson or the newly signed Huntley or whatever 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:21.480 we decide to do at quarterback. 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.120 Yeah, and to your point, the last time the Dolphins 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.000 did have to go to a backup quarterback it was 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:29.040 that twenty twenty two season and that was Skyler Thompson's 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:32.079 rookie season coming from you know, a Kansas State offense 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.720 that I make this joke all the time. He's reading 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.760 a you know, four picture poster board off the sideline 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.640 that has like a popsicle SpongeBob SquarePants and like Nick 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:43.040 Saban has like the play call, and now he has 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:46.000 an actual NFL offense that has you know, real NFL 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:48.040 terms and verbiage that he has to rattle off. And 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:50.520 I would imagine that the third year compared to the 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:52.600 rookie year for him makes them more comfortable in that sense. 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.079 So that adds a layer of intrigue to this game 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.320 for sure. I think another storyline that folks are looking 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:59.080 at here for this one. I'm sure you are as well. 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:00.640 I want to get your take on it is the 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.720 balance of the defensive systems of both of these teams 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.319 because they both come from the same tree back in 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:09.360 Baltimore last year, Mike McDonald the defensive corner for the Ravens. 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.000 Anthony we were the defensive line coach for the Ravens. 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.040 Now we have a head coach in Seattle for McDonald 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.680 and Weavers the DC here. What do you think about 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:18.520 those two guys going up against each other on the 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:20.679 defensive side of the football and how do you think 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:22.320 that adds to the intrigue of us matchup? 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:27.120 Oh a great point, Travis, excellent point. I think again 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:29.200 that this is a layered game of What I mean 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:33.400 is you've got so many storylines going in and here 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.640 we are in week three, but this is intriguing with 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:42.400 or without Tua, just the battle of these defensive minds. Listen, 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:47.600 the new coach of the Seahawks comes from a defense 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:51.640 in Baltimore that was devastatingly good last year. But Anthony 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:55.520 Weaver was a part of that. So your setup is perfect, 0:12:55.679 --> 0:13:00.319 and that a lot of intrigued. I don't know thats 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.400 defense hands the parts of the Dolphin defense. I mean, 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.560 there's some really attractive parts. It's clearly with what Miami 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.839 does on that side of the football, but they're still 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:11.679 kind of in that feeling out process, right. He's a 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:15.080 first time defensive coordinator, he's trying to get a field 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.520 for things. They're coming off a pretty significant loss to 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:21.480 a division foe, so there's a lot here to unpack. 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:25.920 But clearly that becomes one of the major storylines of 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:29.120 this game. And you can't win a game with just 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.280 offense or defense. It's got to be balanced. One thing 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.839 Seattle has done is they've been pretty balanced so far. 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:38.720 Mike has put his fingerprints on that Seahawks defense. Anthony 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:42.000 is beginning that process and having really to change things 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:44.839 from Vic Fangio in what Vic did, because they're doing 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:47.200 different things right, there's a different feel, a different message 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:51.320 and different voice, you know, trying to use players differently 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.000 with then that trying to absorb the loss. By the way, 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:59.520 I just saw Andrew van Ginko up in Minnesota. I 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.480 love that kid. I love him as a Dolphin. He 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.440 is having as big an impact and I dare say 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:09.560 maybe more with the Vikings he starts, and he has 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:14.040 been incredibly impactful for the Vikings. So if you're an 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.319 Andrew Van Gingele fan like I am, you see that 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:19.520 he's continuing. But I think he's even added to it 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.440 now with Minnesota. They're using him very well up there, 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:26.400 and that is something the Dolphins are trying to adjust 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:30.360 to not having guys like him Christian Wilkins, who they 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:34.280 lost us well on the line. So it's still we're 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:38.320 dealing with some change here. You really don't know, I feel, Gravis. 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.920 You really don't know what team you have until one 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.760 you go through crisis, and then if everything is static 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.840 status quo two, you don't know what kind of team 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.560 you have until about week five or six. And so 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:52.960 even though the analysts two and oh, and the Finns 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.000 are one and one. I still think coaches are trying 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:59.000 to feel out what they've got, what they can do, 0:14:59.160 --> 0:15:01.760 what is most of and so we're still right in 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:03.520 the smack gab in the middle of that kind of 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.920 process right now for both teams, especially the coordinators on 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:07.840 the defensive side. 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:10.760 And you'll recall it was an adjustment period last year 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:12.760 for the Dolphins defense early on. You called that Week 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.160 one game against the Chargers when they couldn't stop it 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:16.960 run and couldn't get off the field, and you know, 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.280 in the offense kept coming back and paying it off 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:21.080 on the other side until the very end of the game. 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:22.440 They did get off the field with that big deal 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.200 in Phillips sacked to close things out. But you alluded to, 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:27.240 you know, the Vikings and Niners game that you called 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:29.480 a minute ago. And I wanted to ask you this 0:15:29.640 --> 0:15:31.520 because one of my favorite parts about talking to a 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:35.640 broadcaster is you kind of have in some sense unparalleled 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.480 access with the production meetings and talking to these coaches 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:40.280 and these players, and you get a chance to feel 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:44.400 different systems and schemes and different programs and philosophies. It's 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:46.400 just a really cool like it kind of makes you 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:49.280 a football encyclopedia in some sense. And so you've done 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.600 Dolphins and Jags, then Vikings and Niners, and now Dolphins 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:55.520 and Seahawks. That is four of the six coaches off 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.400 of that Shanahan tree. As we pivot now from the 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:00.960 defense back to offense, do you request these games? Because 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:02.880 for me they're My favorite offense is to watch those. 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:05.400 The Shanah Entry offense is by far the most innovative, 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.720 cutting edge offense. How you keep getting these top notch games, Kevin? 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:13.200 Uh well, I don't know. But a great point that 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:16.320 there is that we can thread some some commonality with 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.320 all the games we've had so far, and I don't 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.640 know we have we have no say in these games. 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:24.240 Believe me. Next week, next week we're in Green Bay. 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:28.840 We have Vikings and the Packers, so they give us 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:32.480 our games. Yeah, another one right with Matt Lafleur in 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:36.920 Green Bay. Uh No, I I don't know how they 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:40.760 go about it. Usually is you know, Nan SYNROMEI always 0:16:40.800 --> 0:16:44.560 get the top game in terms of percentage, and then 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:47.960 after that it kind of just the next two teams 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:52.040 probably are pretty much close together in terms of what 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:55.600 kind of audience quality of game. So those top three 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:59.200 games for the network, you know, usually have the same 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:03.880 feel and app Every week we at CBS go six 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.760 seven teams deep. All of our teams could do the 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.320 one one game, or the two game, of the three game, 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.879 of the four game. So sometimes I think they just 0:17:11.880 --> 0:17:13.119 put them in a hat and shake it and throw 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.360 it out there and say this, screw do this, crew 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.080 of do this. But but we never, we never complain. Listen, 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.399 you know this being in the NFL, you cheer. It's 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.720 the number one league in this country. There's no even 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:28.840 close second to it. So every game you get, every 0:17:28.880 --> 0:17:32.320 time that headset goes on, every time you do one 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:34.480 of your podcasts for the team you're with, which is 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:36.360 one of the glamour teams in the league, and the Dolphins, 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.600 I'm sure you do. Like me, I say thank you 0:17:41.720 --> 0:17:45.040 Lord that I have a chance to broadcast this great game, 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:49.040 this terrific league, and for me, working for CBS is 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.920 a dream come true. That is to me, the broadcast 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:56.200 network in this country, and so they could give me 0:17:56.400 --> 0:17:58.800 any game and I'd be happy to get it. It 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.240 just so happens that we we've we've gotten some nice 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:04.879 assignments here to begin the year. But to your point 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:10.120 that Shanahan Tree is a fascinating tree, Mike is gonna 0:18:10.200 --> 0:18:12.000 I think, I think I think they're gonna lean on 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.240 the run this week, and I think probably everyone thinks 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:17.000 that as well. You got is most of playing. I 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:19.399 know they didn't play it last week? Is is rahem? 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:21.480 Is he is he playing? Do we know yet? 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:24.119 As of the taping, we we do not have an 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:26.240 injury report updates, so it's up at this point. 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:29.480 Yeah, yeah, yeah, so yeah, we're middle of the week, 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:32.760 so we we don't know much about what It's all 0:18:32.840 --> 0:18:35.159 hands on deck right with with two out and with 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:37.680 a change in the offense and a lot of it 0:18:37.720 --> 0:18:40.359 will stay the same. Skyler is a talented kid. He 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:43.520 was a drafted quarterback. He comes from a wonderful program. 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:46.359 They kept him for a reason over Mike White. They 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:48.480 felt that he could do this. And you know, Mike 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.920 uh said something earlier in the week press. He said 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:56.040 this again, just reinforces when you put your roster together, 0:18:56.800 --> 0:19:00.119 when you're deciding the starter is it's as important to 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:02.639 figure out who that backup is. You're finding that on 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:05.200 the offensive line, we're finding it out at quarterback, finding 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.560 it out maybe a little bit running back, like you 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.800 need to have you need to have your guys in place, 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:15.560 and it's not just a and automatic I will put 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.320 him at backup. I mean, there is incredible thought and 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:23.320 process to who these backups are and I listen, when 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.320 guys have to step in, they've got to play as 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:30.200 a starter. So that is another storyline. Do they stay 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:33.240 with the same script that they had for Tua? Do 0:19:33.359 --> 0:19:37.240 they change things a little bit for Skyler? We'll find 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:40.359 out on Sunday, But he's been taking the same kind 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:42.560 of reps, taking first team reps this week in practice. 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:46.760 It began early last week because they played on Thursday, 0:19:47.359 --> 0:19:49.879 so he's had a little bit extra time to sit 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.639 in that saddle and grab those reins and ride that horse. 0:19:53.800 --> 0:19:57.360 So that'll be interesting to see how he certainly performs 0:19:57.800 --> 0:20:01.679 in the wake of Tongue Vilos unfortunate injury. 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:04.200 Let's pause right there, come back on the other side 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:07.080 and continue my conversation with the great Kevin Harlan. That's 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:10.000 the next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought 0:20:10.040 --> 0:20:16.239