WEBVTT - Drive Time - Year 2 Impressions 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:07.960 Factors growing part touchdown. What a win for this Miami 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:13.320 Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphans? And welcome to 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:17.480 the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:22.279 podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:25.960 How's it going everybody? It is Tuesday. I am your host, 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:28.560 Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring you your 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:32.040 daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.600 can you Smell It? Football season is here? I have 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:38.880 the tape fired up. I'm ready for some All twenty 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:41.600 two getting a look at this new England Patriots team 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.760 for the next seventeen weeks at least. We're talking football 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:48.320 every day, all week long on this show. The Dolphins 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:51.000 are back on the field in preparation for the new 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.800 England Patriots on Sunday, and we are here to get 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.920 you ready. We're gonna hear from Coach Flores, Bill Belichick, 0:00:56.960 --> 0:00:59.680 a trio of Dolphins players, and break down this roster 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:03.520 four week one. All of that and more on this Tuesday, 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:10.720 September the eight edition of the Drive Time Podcast. And 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:13.200 let's go ahead and start this podcast out with a 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:16.600 listen in to Coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots. 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.000 He spoke to the South Florida media on a conference 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.080 call on Tuesday. Let's play some of the hits here. 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.959 Starting with a question for coach about the season opener 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.120 going up against the Miami Dolphins, who they've had some 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.679 great battles with over the years. He says, here's coach 0:01:28.760 --> 0:01:32.360 on the season opener. Yeah, I don't know. We'll just 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.040 have to wait and see. I mean, I think that 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:37.000 the players and on the coach, we'll be excited to 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:40.000 play the game and um, you know, get out there 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:43.000 and compete. Um, sure to be a very competitive game. 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.959 You know, Miami is a good team and we've certainly 0:01:46.959 --> 0:01:48.920 had a lot of great battles with them through the years, 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:52.800 and you know the last year und last minute. So 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:55.880 I want to see all that played out. And you know, 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.680 there's gonna be several questions and hear about former Patriots 0:01:58.680 --> 0:02:01.160 now on this Dolphins roster. We start with a question 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:04.280 for Belichick about Kyle van Noy. Kyle is a good 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.160 football player. He's versa all you can do a lot 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:10.280 of things. Um, you know, he's smart, he's he's got 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:14.760 as good size, good playing strength, he's very athletic, and cover. Um, 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:19.280 you know as good football instant's football player. On the 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:22.160 topic of good football players, Bill Belichick was then asked 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:27.160 about Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones, Byron any player? You know, 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.400 he's had a great career with the with the Cowboys, Um, 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.840 how they're going to use them and what his role 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.040 being all that. I mean, we haven't seen any film 0:02:35.080 --> 0:02:37.640 on so we'll let wait and see you on Sunday. 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:41.120 Just everybody else, Let's keep the player evaluation of train 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.400 rolling here and talk about the running backs in Jordan 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.680 Howard and Matt Brita, and also Dolphins defensive ends Shack 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:50.440 Lawson and Emanuel Oddba. But both facts have had a 0:02:50.480 --> 0:02:53.440 lot of production. Um, both the defensive players have had 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:57.640 a lot of production. Again, how exactly coach floor as 0:02:57.680 --> 0:03:00.440 they used them in his system and what what their 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:03.600 role be and what it will be against us. You know, again, 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:07.600 we've never seen those guys play with the Dolphins. We've 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.200 seen him on film. Um. You know, Howard's you know, 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:12.600 an impressive back. I mean, he's a strong guy. It's 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:16.360 hard to tackle. Brita's a very explosive player, you know, 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.960 maybe the fastest player in the league. Um, you know, 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:22.280 they've had a two good pass rushers, um, you know 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.200 on the edge to go with you know, a strong 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:28.200 inside group with you know, Wilkinson got talking those guys, 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.600 so you know, I'm sure that you know that they'll 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:32.760 all help them. And there is a bit of a 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:36.320 theme on these answers with regards to coach Belichick doesn't 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:38.560 necessarily know how they're going to use these players in 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.080 this system here in Miami, just like everybody else across 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.720 the NFL. And he was asked about the offensive line 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.080 and how the Dolphins might unveil the offensive line, and 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:48.040 it's a kind of a mystery to coach Belichick here 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:50.839 he is talking about Miami's offensive line for this game 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.960 Week one, Right, Yeah, well we'll see, you know who 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:56.080 actually is out there. I mean I don't know, you know, 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:57.600 I don't know who they're gonna play and who they're 0:03:57.600 --> 0:03:59.640 not gonna play, or how long they're gonna play or 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:03.200 anything else. So, um, so that's that's up to the 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.440 offense to the side. But he's got to be ready 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:09.080 for everybody. Um, they have a lot of new players, 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:12.480 um on the offensive line, and you know, guys that 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:16.200 we've seen played well before. Whether it's in the NFL 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:19.839 or whether it's you know, from college football. You know, 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:22.560 we respect what they can do, and you know, we'll 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:26.039 have to be ready for however they put them out there. Um, 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:28.640 that's that's really all we can do. We just have 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:31.880 to see how that goes. And you know, I still 0:04:31.880 --> 0:04:35.000 about to make some adjustments during the game as that unfold. 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:38.120 Another new part of this Dolphins team of this Dolphins 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.720 coaching staff is Josh Boyer, who of course was here 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.280 coaching defensive backs last season and now he is the 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.760 defensive coordinator in Miami. Belichick talks about his word coaching 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.640 with the defensive backs and cornerbacks in particular up in 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:52.520 New England for so many years. Josh here for a 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:55.120 long time did a good job for us working with 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:58.200 the secondary and in the corners. You know, work his 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.240 way up through our system. And it's a good football 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:04.840 coach on a metal coach and you don't So you 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.120 might have heard some chatter in the background on that 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.000 call right there. Belichick and Flora's were on their media's 0:05:10.040 --> 0:05:12.320 at the same time, So we had some guys on 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.640 both calls at the same time and didn't mute themselves. 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.320 My apologies for that. Hopefully the audio was good enough. 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:18.720 I think I could make it out clear enough from 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:20.880 my end, wouldn't have played it for you guys. Otherwise. 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:23.760 Let's go ahead. Transition now over to Coach Flora's is 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:27.200 Tuesday morning media availability. And you knew we were going 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:30.200 to get depth chart questions for Flow on Tuesday morning 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:33.239 as the Dolphin's depth chart dropped late Monday night. Here's 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.400 Brian Flores on the decision to list Solomon Kindley as 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:40.239 the starting right guard. Um, look like I said yesterday, 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.279 I mean I wouldn't put too much into the depth charts. 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.280 I mean we got a really tough opponent. It's gonna 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:49.719 be a competitive environment. Um, everyone's gonna be ready to play. 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.640 That's been my message to the team. That was my 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:55.560 message this morning. I will continue to be my message. 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.600 So and I'll continue to harp on this point for 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:02.320 Coach Flora's that you do have to have all fifty 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:05.159 three guys. It's not like on the flashback podcast we 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.400 had with A. J. Dewey a few months back where 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.440 he said if you started, you were in the game 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:11.080 and you did not come out unless you were hurt. 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:13.760 Eleven guys went in eleven guys came out, and that's 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.520 how it was. That's the way the cookie crumbles. That's 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.200 not how it is anymore. Everyone plays, everyone has a role. 0:06:19.360 --> 0:06:21.680 It's important for all fifty three guys to be ready, 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.880 like coach Flores says. Next, coach was asked about the 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.560 value of playing the best player compared to playing a 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:30.400 player who might have more experience than perhaps a player 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.320 with more talent or I guess that's how the question 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.920 was phrased. Here's coach talking about utilizing a combination of 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:41.039 both experience and overall talent. That's always a combination of both, uh, 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:45.480 you know, talent, experience, ability to communicate, and I think 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:47.760 all those things play a factor. And who who whoo 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.719 who's in in those uh at the nickel position or 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.440 the you know, any of those sub kind of packages. 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:57.720 So um, you know, we've had a lot of conversations about, uh, 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.920 who's going to be the nickel, who's going to play 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:04.000 the dime, who's gonna play you know, defensive line in 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.719 those situations. So but like you said, you know, Julian 0:07:06.800 --> 0:07:10.360 Edelman is a great player. He's in the slot, you know, primarily, 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.280 but he also plays outside. I mean they've seen him 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.120 in the backfield also, so they moved him around quite 0:07:15.120 --> 0:07:17.760 a bit. We've got to be prepared for really all 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.040 of it. That's what that's what this week of preparation 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:22.880 is all about. Um. So hopefully we go out there 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:24.640 and have a good week of practice and look, they're 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:26.600 gonna show us things that we haven't seen. There's been 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:29.440 no preseason games. If we can can can communicate, we 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.960 can uh you know, play with good fundamentals and technique. Uh, 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.120 you know, I think we'll be okay. So there was 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:36.840 one comment and there I want to point out from 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.360 Coach Flores that I've harped on again that's the word 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:40.880 of the week. It feels like on the podcast, I 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:43.080 keep harping on these things that I harp on on 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.440 the podcast. But I've talked about the depth of this 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:48.520 defense and how there was an intentional desire to go 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.240 out and acquire guys that can really fulfill the role, 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.760 not just on the starting lineup and the backup lineup, 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:57.480 but guys that can do multiple things at each position, 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.400 and that just keeps your flexibility completely open. So you 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.240 hear Coach Flora's talked there about how they're gonna throw 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:05.480 things at us. We don't we haven't seen because there's 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.160 no preseason, there's no film to go off from previous weeks. 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:09.880 And it's gonna be the same case with the Dolphins 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:11.680 going to the Patriots. We're gonna throw things with them 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:15.960 they have not seen. And that little bit of tidbit there, 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.520 to me is encouraging because of the depths we do 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:20.840 have on this defense and the different plans he talks 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:22.880 about with the nickel and dime defense and who might 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:26.040 be on the defensive line in those situations, whether it's 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.320 you know, you can have different types of fronts two 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.640 three to four three three, whatever it might be. The 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.800 coach Flora's calls, you have different options, different body types, 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.040 different guys that can rush and cover and just do 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.640 multiple things. To me, that uncertainty has to benefit a 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.160 team that has a lot of depth on that defense. 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.480 Up next, coach was asked about electing eight captains this 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.440 year compared to four captains on last year's team. Here's 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:51.079 Coach's response about the level of leadership that tells you 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:54.640 this Dolphins team has. I would say there's there's quite 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.760 a bit of good leadership team. It could have been 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.040 there was four or five other guys who have votes 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.280 as well. So that's a good thing. There's a good 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.800 amount of leadership here. We need that. You know, you 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:06.800 need fifty three leaders on your on your team, UM, 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.000 and you know that's what we're looking for. And that's 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:11.920 that's always something I try to talk about. You need 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.000 as much leadership on a football team as you can get. 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:18.199 And you know, just because you're a captain doesn't mean, um, 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:19.880 or you're not a captain, I should say, it doesn't 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.720 mean that you don't have a leadership role in the team. 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:25.040 And that's I've talked to the players about that. UM, 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.400 if something's wrong or we got to make a call 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.280 on the field, and it doesn't have to just be 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.559 the captain who makes that. Com was voted by the 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:33.839 by the by their teammates. So you need fifty leaders 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:35.679 on the team. Happy to have. You know, the eight 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:37.120 guys we have, there were some you know, I would 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.840 say there four or five other guys honestly who also 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:41.880 that vote. So there were some other guys. There's some 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:44.079 other guys who didn't get votes to I see a 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:47.560 leadership in as well. So I'm happy with the eight 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:50.120 guys that were chosen and uh, you know, we'll move 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:52.800 forward with those guys. Next, Coach was asked a kind 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:55.760 of interesting question about the preparation of going on the road. 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.440 A previous question he had mentioned how everything is different 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.480 this year, even from the tra avel they'll see on 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.600 the weekend before the game on Sunday, Coach was asked 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.199 about the difference and not having fans in the stands 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.080 and not having a loud atmosphere on the road and 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.040 if it changes the way they approached the week the 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:15.440 way they prepare for Sunday. Here's Coach talking about that 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.240 instance here in the first road game of in a 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:22.960 strange season. Well, there will be some uh, some noise. 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:25.440 I'm not exactly sure. I mean, we know what the 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:28.240 decible levels supposed to do. Does it affect our preparation. 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.560 I mean, we'll go about it as if you know, well, 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:32.360 there's a situation where we may need to go to 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:35.120 silent counter hand sickles signals. If we need it, we'll 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:36.800 go to it. If we don't we don't need it, 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:40.640 we won't. Um. But yeah, well, I mean the preparation 0:10:41.480 --> 0:10:43.520 it's a little different in that in some cases, you 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.280 know what there's gonna be crowd noise. You know, it's 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:49.520 gonna be loud, uh in this situation. Um, I think 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.560 we're going into it with the assumption that it will 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:55.000 be you know, whatever whatever decibel levels this can get 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.360 up to, it will be loud enough that we have 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:01.240 to make hand signals or or silent counter of things 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:05.080 of that nature. So, UM, that's how we'll prepare for it. Uh. 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:07.040 It will be different, it will be unique. I mean, 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.400 I don't think any of us have been uh in 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.000 a situation like this in an NFL game. It's gonna 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:13.480 be There's a little bit of a learning curve here 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:15.880 as well. And we finish up here with coach floor 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.800 is about a question about the nickel receiver. I think 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.440 it was meant for slot receiver. Here's Coach talking about 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:24.360 the receiving crew he has going into Sunday up in Foxborough. 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.360 I think I think we've got a lot of good, good, 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:29.800 good players in the receiver room, in the tight end 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.960 room and running back room. Um. You know, who aligns 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:37.840 in the slot is really depending on what formation we 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:39.360 give them. So you can see a running back in 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:40.559 the slot, you can see it tight end in the 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:43.520 slot because he a receiver in the slot depends on 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:47.640 what formation we're giving them, what what matchup we're trying. 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:52.920 We're looking for, uh, so specifics to you know, one player, Um, 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:56.760 you know, if it's Isaiah or a King or uh 0:11:56.800 --> 0:12:00.199 you know Breed, I mean Davante. You know, they've all 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.080 been in the slot, so specific to that area of 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.760 the field. Could be a number of people. UM, I 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:07.679 think your questions about you know, maybe a couple of 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:11.600 couple of players. Isaiah Joachim. I think you know Isaiah 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.200 has had a good camp. Um, you know, he's he's 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:18.000 He's been dependable and productive and practice. Has made a 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:21.520 few plays in in games, particularly at the end of 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:26.839 last year. UM. Jachim obviously is explosive. Is explosive of 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:30.679 players there is in the league. So UM, I think 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.240 we have few options and once we get to Sunday, 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.920 we'll see who's out there and who can who can 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.920 help us, uh try to win the football game. You 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:41.640 heard coach mentioned Jachim there and also Isaiah Ford. I 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:43.600 want to take a quick note on Isaiah Ford before 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:46.240 we get into the Sandwich portion of the podcast before 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.920 player media availability on this Tuesday, September eight, here on 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:53.280 the Drive Time Podcast. You're number four Frisaiah Ford. This 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.520 is his first opening day. Remember he got injured back 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.880 his rookie season. And Isaiah and I, I guess you 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:00.560 could say we're kind of tight little bit. We have 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.280 a bit of a friendship and I know that he 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.240 is very excited for opening day, for his first opening 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.320 day up in New England. I'm really excited to watch 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.040 him play on Sunday, and obviously the entire team as well. 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.320 I mean football just it's it's here, and it couldn't 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:14.360 get here soon enough and it is here finally. So 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.640 excited to watch these guys play on Sunday, but a 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.400 little extra special for Isaiah his first opening day in 0:13:19.400 --> 0:13:22.520 his fourth year in the NFL. And as we head 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:25.439 into this week one battle with the New England Patriots 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:28.679 on Sunday at one o'clock Eastern at Gillette Stadium, just 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.520 like old times, our annual trip to Fox Burrow out 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:34.240 of the way week number one, and we have a 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.559 line up a roster, a Dolphins fifty three man roster. 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.160 We talked about it a little bit on the podcast yesterday, 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.679 but the depth chart dropped on Monday night and again 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:44.840 to go back to what coach Flora says, and to 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:48.319 really reiterate the relevance of the depth chart, even going 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.440 back to what Belichick said in his news conference this morning, 0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:53.600 he doesn't know what the Dolphins are gonna do. No 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:55.560 one knows what any team is going to do, because 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:57.480 all of it is a mystery right now. And the 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.040 validity of these depth charts is really more for public 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.480 facing and for the fans out there, because, like coach 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.280 has mentioned, all the different personnel groupings are going to 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:09.000 call for different players. So if you have twelve personnel, 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.040 you have to have two tight ends. That means you 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.200 can only have two receivers. So if you start the 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:16.439 game in eleven personnel with three receivers, you might have 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.800 three guys or you will have rather three guys start 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.000 the game receiver, but then you go two more tight 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:23.040 ends the rest of the game. Then the two tight 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:25.480 ends play more than the third receiver did. So it's 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.000 all matchup based, it's all game based, and we know 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.520 this team is going to be a week by week 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:34.840 operation as they evolve their look, their makeup their plans 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.560 every single week heading into every single game. Let's go 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:39.960 ahead and start here at quarterback, not much mystery or 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.920 intrigue to this, but Ryan Fitzpatrick is your starter on 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:44.880 Sunday with two A tongue of Volo of the rookie 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.680 serving as his backup. We've talked about this quarterback room 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:51.560 on this podcast at length throughout the course of the 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:54.640 off season. We know Ryan Fitzpatrick, thirty seven years old, 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.080 going into your number sixteen, what he can do, some 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.400 of the improvisational skills that he has, that he offers 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:04.280 many many plays last season off script, making things happen 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:07.520 when pressure arrived, when the pocket broke down, throwing the 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.080 football up to his playmakers for an opportunity to make 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:12.800 plays on the football. And we saw Davonte Parker and 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.440 Mike get Sicky and Preston Williams and these guys come 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:18.160 down with plays time and time again. That late relationship 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:20.800 he developed in the season with Isaiah Ford, we saw 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.400 all that on display, all those guys coming back here 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.440 to join Fitzpatrick and this passing game for Tongue by Loa. 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:29.040 The backups primary job always is to get the starting 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.360 quarterback ready, whether it's helping him find tendencies on film, 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:34.880 helping out with the third downrail, what the defense likes 0:15:34.880 --> 0:15:37.800 to do in certain situations, but also he does have 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:40.160 to prepare himself as if he is the starter, to 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.000 get ready for game day in case he does have 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.680 to get put into the lineup. Because this is football, 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.440 things happen, Guys get hurt, Guys leave the game. Stuff 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.720 does happen. So the quarterbacks they have their work cut 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:51.920 out for them this week at running back, Jordan Howard, 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:55.640 Matt Breedam, Miles Gaskin, and Patrick Laird with Chandler Cox 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.200 at fullback and again to go back to the starting 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:00.480 question here with fullback Chandler Cox. If they opened in 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.160 twenty one personnel, then Chandler Cox could start at fullback. 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.680 If not, he might not start, So again every week 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:07.800 this thing could change. But at the running back possession, 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:10.360 you heard Belichick say that Howard is a big, physical 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.200 strong back who is tough to tackle. That could provide 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.360 an early season challenge for teams. As kind of the 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.080 theme of some of these media questions has been will 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:20.840 there will there be miss tackles since you haven't had 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:24.320 the chance to really simulate live full scrimmage against another team, 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:26.920 live tackling in that instance, trying to keep your own 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:28.720 guys healthy, it could come with and pay off there. 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:31.280 We will find out on Sunday. And then Matt Brita 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:33.800 also has the speed to burn. As you heard Belichick say, 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.440 he can definitely change a game on one play. I 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:39.240 thought Myles Gascon was tremendous in camp. Patrick Laire was 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:41.000 off to a good start. He missed a few days 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.000 and was in the red no contact jersey for a 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:46.120 few days as well. So that's your Dolphins backfield. At receiver, 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.160 we've got Preston Williams and DeVante Parker, the two guys 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:52.120 you know all too well. When Preston got hurt last year, 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:54.840 he led the team in receptions and yards. And we 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.520 know what Devanta Parker did down the stretch, finishing top 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:01.400 five in both receiving yards and touchdowns in NFL. Jachem Grant, 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:04.280 Isaiah Ford. Look, both these guys have roles they can 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:08.000 fulfill within certain play calls, certain packages. Grant certainly has 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.560 the speed to burn to take the top off the defense, 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:12.720 and that makes you really have to respect the vertical 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.760 aspect of the game coming from quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. There, 0:17:15.960 --> 0:17:18.439 Isaiah Ford, We're gonna talk more about this on the 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:21.399 Thursday preview podcast, But he had a big day against 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:23.960 the Patriots last time around, and he did very well 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:26.919 in that short area space going up against J. C. Jackson, 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.439 one of the best cover corners in the entire National 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.000 Football League, not just in the slot but in general, 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:34.280 and Ford had some good wins on that battle. The 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:37.439 rest of the receiving crew is Mac Hollins, Malcolm Perry, 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:39.719 and Lynn Bowden Junior, who we talked about on the 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:43.320 podcast yesterday a little bit talking about his acquisition coming 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.000 over from the Raiders. At the tight end spot, Durham 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:48.840 Smith might get Sicky and Adam Shaheen are your three 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.400 tight ends. Look all these guys six six and six 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.840 seven is the size. They're all physical, big, big, strong guys. 0:17:55.040 --> 0:17:57.760 And we heard on the podcast yesterday as chan Gailey 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.280 talked about trying to get all these guys versatile until 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.760 they can do things like getting Smithe more involved as 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.480 a pass catcher and like getting get Sicky more involved 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.120 as a blocker, because in the grand scheme of things, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.360 that's going to help you disguise what you do offensively 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:13.199 when your packages is out there. If you have two 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:14.960 tight ends in the field, they both can do both 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:17.800 things That really frees you up for your versatility and 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.560 your play calling that way out of that twelve personnel package. 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:23.960 On the offensive line, Austin Jackson, Eric Flowers, Ted Carress, 0:18:24.000 --> 0:18:28.800 Solomon Kinley, Jesse Davis, with Julian Davenport, Michael Dieter, Adam Pinky, 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.320 and Robert Hunt in the mix as well. We heard 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:33.600 coach Flora said, you could rotate some guys, we could 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.879 do different combinations up there. We'll see what that actually 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.879 looks like on Sunday. Again, like Belichick and Flora said, 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:40.840 you just don't know what you're gonna get. It's gonna 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:43.840 be a surprise comes Sunday. As for offensive line, plenty 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:46.520 of youth, but also plenty of leadership and experience. We 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:48.680 know what Eric Flowers and Ted Carress have meant to 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:52.280 previous teams and what previous coaches like Bill Callahan in Washington, 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.360 what Belichick up in New England have said about Flowers 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:59.160 and Carress respectively. Austin Jackson just uber athletic out there 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.240