WEBVTT - Drive Time - Roster Changes, Captains, Starting Quarterback Announced 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:07.200 Practice are alphics Patrick part touchdown? What a win for 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:12.559 this Miami Dolphin team? Wow? What is up? Dolphans And 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:16.479 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:21.560 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:24.759 every day. How's it going everybody? It is Monday, it 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:28.120 is Labor Day. I am Travis Wingfield, and I am 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.560 here to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:33.880 And just because we are on a long weekend doesn't 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:35.800 mean we don't have a show plenty of action to 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:39.640 cover here. On today's show, it's game week, six days 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:42.360 away from New England. We're gonna hear from coach and 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.919 each of the coordinators, and Josh Bowyer, Danny Croftsman and 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:48.400 Chan Gailey. Plus we'll get you caught up on the 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:53.200 Dolphins roster, the death chart, the practice squad, Captain's, all 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.000 of that and more on this Monday, September the seventh 0:00:56.120 --> 0:01:02.720 edition of the Drive Time Podcast. My ever, so did 0:01:02.720 --> 0:01:06.640 anybody else watch drag racing for two hours han Sunday? 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.440 Luckily I was watching the heat and game for a 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.639 tough loss in overtime to Littlewaukee Bucks. But the twa 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.319 tongue of Bloa documentary that was supposed to err on 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:18.399 Fox on Sunday. I had that recording on the dvr, 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:22.399 so I didn't subject myself to alternative programming because of 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.039 the weather delay. I think it was at drag Racing. 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:28.000 But the documentary is set to air officially on Tuesday 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:31.000 night on FS one, the same time as Hard Knocks 0:01:31.040 --> 0:01:33.720 at ten pm Eastern, So get the dvr fired up 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.240 once again if you intend to watch that. And on 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.720 that note, how is everybody's weekend? We had a busy 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:40.800 one out here in Davy. I want to talk about 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.840 a new trade acquisition in Lynn Bowden Jr. I want 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:46.160 to talk about the roster in general, the practice squad, 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.040 the depth chart, all the stuff we talked about in 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.480 the lead. But since coach touched on a lot of 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:53.120 those in his Monday morning presser, let's go ahead and 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.800 let him t s up here and we'll intervene for 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:58.640 some further analysis as we do on the media portion 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.880 of the Drivetime podcast. And first we start with coach 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.640 Flora's announcing his starting quarterback for Sunday in New England. Yeah, 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.280 I mean this is a good groundbreaking news. I think 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.000 fits is gonna be the starter. You know, a year 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:15.000 like this with limited uh no t is no mini camp, 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:19.120 limited training camp were modified training camp, and just felt 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.839 like that was the best decision for the team. Um, 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:24.880 he's done a good job through the course of training 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:28.320 camp and you'll be out there so that you have 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:30.920 it the announcement we all kind of expected here coming 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.400 in with Ryan Fitzpatrick as the starting quarterback. I'm not 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:35.880 sure if as much of an announcement. Fits finished the 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.480 season last year after re entering the lineup from weeks 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.440 six through seventeen with three thousand, two hundred and twenty 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:43.720 six passing yards that was third best in the NFL, 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:47.280 had the second most passing first downs in the NFL 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.400 over that time as well, and was the tenth highest 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:53.080 graded quarterback on Pro Football Focus over that course of time. 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.399 To a tuggle by lower, the rookie will serve as 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.080 his backup quarterbacks, so that your quarterback depth chart for 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.240 now and up next. Coach was asked about the practice 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:04.440 squad and how this year on that sixteen man practice squad, 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:07.000 and of course the Dolphins do have seven team members 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.760 on the practice squad because of the roster exemption for 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.639 derv All. The now offensive lineman, as he's listed on 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:15.560 the Miami Dolphins roster, making the switch from defensive line 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:19.160 part of that International Pathway program. He has roster exemption, 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:22.519 so he is the seventeenth man on the practice squad alphabetically. 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.280 The first one is a recent acquisition and solve An 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.320 Akhmed out of Washington the running back and up. Second 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:32.359 on the practice squad list alphabetically is wide receiver Antonio Kallaway, 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:34.840 and you might remember him from the NFL draft from 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.880 the Cleveland Browns. He was selected in the fourth round, 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.880 number one oh five overall by the Cleveland Browns back 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.560 in eighteen, and in that rookie season, he played in 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.880 sixteen games, started eleven for the Browns, caught forty three 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:49.320 passes for five hundred and eighty six yards, and scored 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.080 five touchdowns with twenty seven first downs to boot on 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:54.200 that I red call a long touchdown catch he had 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:57.280 against the Saints from Tyrod Taylor in that game where 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:58.920 he got on top of the coverage and pulled a 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.600 really nice reception in in the end zone for a touchdown. 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:05.840 So Antonio Callaway, after a spring in the XFL, is 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.920 now back in the NFL. On the Miami Dolphins practice squad. 0:04:09.080 --> 0:04:11.120 On the rest of the Dolphins practice squad, we're gonna 0:04:11.160 --> 0:04:14.360 have Nick co who also was not here for training camp. 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:16.680 He was one of the Auburn defensive lineman you might 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:20.640 recall that beastly Auburn defensive line with Derek Brown and 0:04:20.720 --> 0:04:24.000 Marlon Davidson and Nick co always getting constant pressure down 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:28.719 there at Auburn pound defensive and joins the Dolphins now. 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:32.000 Another newcomer on the practice squad is Brian Cole. He 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.159 signs here by way of Mississippi State. Last year, entering 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.719 his rookie season on the Dolphins practice squad. Here and 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:39.640 the rest of the group were guys that were previously 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.560 with the Miami Dolphins. Matt Cole, the receiver out of McKendry, 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.120 was here through training camp. Javarus Davis was here for 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.560 a minute, was released and brought back now on the 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.240 Dolphins practice squad. He too out of Auburn, so he 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:53.640 teams back up with Noah Igbnogeny in that Dolphins secondary. 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:56.440 Tay Hayes, the cornerback out of Appalachian State who played 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.479 a little bit last year at the end of the season, 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.159 is back on the practice squad. So is Nate Holly, 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:05.320 the CFL signing. Last year's CFL Outstanding Rookie of the Year. 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.400 Jonathan Hubbard is back on the Dolphins practice squad after 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:11.360 spending his training camp here in Miami. Was waived on 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.760 Saturday and brought back on the practice squad. Kylan Johnson, 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.600 the linebacker out of Pittsburgh. He was a transfer from Florida. 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:20.640 He had all of his pass rushing productivity up in 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.359 Pittsburgh his final season there in college. He's back on 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:26.680 the practice squad. So too is Benito Jones out of 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:30.039 Old miss the big, beefy defensive tackle up in the front. 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:32.680 He'll be back on the Dolphins practice squad. Wide receiver 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:35.280 Kirk Merritt out of Arkansas State, he too was back. 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:37.800 Chris Myrick was in the practice squad last year. He 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:40.679 returns back to the Miami practice squad. We mentioned Dervall, 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:43.719 the six ft four, three thirty pound guard, a massive, 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.080 massive dude out of Brazil. He is back with that 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:49.640 roster exemption status. Tyshan Render, the defensive end is here 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.680 as well from Middle Tennessee State. He was competing in 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:54.960 camp off the edge on the Dolphins defense, and some 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.960 special teams as well. He returns to the Dolphins practice squad. 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.840 Jake Rudoc, the quarterback we know him very well here 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.400 in Miami. He returns back to the Dolphins practice squad 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:06.880 to give Miami three quarterbacks in the building and cornerback 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.160 Ken Webster, who had a couple of coffee here last 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:11.760 season with the Dolphins playing some regular season games. He 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:14.960 is back and on the Dolphins practice squad. So seventeen 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:16.800 guys there, we've got a death charge to get too 0:06:16.839 --> 0:06:19.200 here real quick. Let's first go back to Brian Flores 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:22.080 is Monday morning media availability when he talked about the 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.360 two players that you can call up on game day 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.000 to dress on game day off this practice squad list. 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.599 Here's Coach Flores on the team's approach when it comes 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.679 to practice squad call ups once that rule is putting place, 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:34.200 you know, within the c b A. It's something we 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:38.159 talked about, you know, as a as a as a staff, myself, 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:43.160 Chris Brandon, Marvin Um and the coaching staff. And man's 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:47.599 an interesting uh you know that flex being able to 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.440 flex up a practice squad player. It's something that you know, 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:52.880 I think you know a number of teams are gonna use. 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:54.640 We talked about it. We may use it as well, 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:58.000 so we've we've had discussions. Uh, it was true the 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.280 case by case, a week by week and a lot 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.719 of it depends on the game plan. So we'll try 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.680 to Uh, you know, i'll give it too much away here. Uh, 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:07.680 We'll use it when we need it. Uh and if 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.200 we don't, we won't use it. So again, that's two 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:12.200 players that can be called up on game day to 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.400 dress for game day. To take your roster from fifty 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.520 three up to fifty guys. You still have to make 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:19.760 inactives though, so the roster in the end doesn't allow 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.280 you to activate every single player on the active roster 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:24.880 for game day. Up next, Coach was asked about the 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.680 usage and the decision to bring Lynn Bowden in. The 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.760 Dolphins traded a fourth round pick and brought back a 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:33.320 sixth round pick as well as the Raiders third round 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.520 pick in this year's draft. In Lynn Bowden, junior out 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.680 of Kentucky, played some receiver, played some quarterback there for 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:40.960 the Wildcats. We'll talk more about Lynn Bowden here in 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:43.280 just one second, but here's coach on the decision to 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.600 get Bote in. Here he was also asked about the 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.440 pairing of he and Malcolm Perry. Here's coach talking about 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:52.960 all of that collectively with regards to the Lynn Bowden trade. Well, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:57.960 I mean it's two young players have a lot to learn. Um, 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.040 haven't played in the National Football League, don't know the 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.840 speed of the game. They've got a long way to go. Um. 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:09.360 I'm excited about both Lenning and Malcolm from the town standpoint. Uh. 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.760 You know, they're tougher, competitive guys. It's important to him 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.480 as far as Lynn. You know, obviously we did a 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:18.360 lot of work on him pre draft. When the trade 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:22.400 was an option here, we did a lot more work. Uh. 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:25.120 So we're we're excited about, you know, having him join 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.560 our team. And once he gets here, I mean there's 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:29.400 a lot that that that he's gonna happen. He's not 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:33.240 gonna jump out there and start playing. Uh, he's gonna 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:35.920 learn to know how we do things around here. Obviously 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.719 a new environment. Uh, you know, he doesn't know where 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:40.640 our facility is. He's not gonna know where to meeting 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.560 meeting rooms are, the training room, the weight room. So 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:45.440 he's got a lot to learn in a little bit 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.960 of time. Uh. He's excited we're excited to have him. Um, 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.240 we're excited to have Malcolo also, and you know a 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.559 lot of guys in this really class look forward to 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.800 to working with all the young guys and really everyone 0:08:57.800 --> 0:08:59.839 in his on his team. But this week obviously we're 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:02.640 a lot then on the Patriots. UM, that's trying to 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:05.200 have a laser focus on that, but at the same time, 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:09.040 getting guys acclimated and trying to develop him is always 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.040 at the forefront. I love that note. They're at the 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.240 end about developing players and that always being at the 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.800 forefront of their mind on this football team. You saw 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:20.280 the activity on the roster throughout training camp bringing different guys, 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.360 in bringing in these young players to get a look 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:24.079 at and to see how they work out on the field, 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.120 how they might fit into your program. And we saw 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.320 that worked out for Javars Davis for instance, who comes 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:31.480 back on the Dolphins practice squad. So we started that conversation. 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.800 They're talking about Lynn Bowden, who was again acquired over 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:37.680 the weekend for a fourth round draft pick, and in 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.720 addition to the player coming over in the trade, the 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.120 Dolphins also get a sixth round draft pick in return, 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:46.040 so a swap of four and sixes to get Lynn Bowden, 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.640 who was the Raiders third round draft pick this year 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:52.400 out of Kentucky. Now, Lynn Bowden is a very interesting player. 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:55.600 He spent three years as a receiver in Kentucky but 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.320 wound up playing quarterback for the second half of the 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:01.640 season last year for the Wildcats, and as a receiver 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.720 he did catch a hundred and fourteen passes for hundred 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.760 and three yards and six touchdowns. He entered the season 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.319 on the bullet Na cough Watch List, which is the 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.000 watch list for the best receiver in the country. Last 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.880 year l S. Hughes Jamaar Chase captures that crown, but 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:17.920 he entered the season on that watch list, so you 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:19.640 get a feel for what he was thought of as 0:10:19.679 --> 0:10:22.080 a receiver in that regard. And how about his rushing 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.960 statistics that were there when he was a receiver but 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.439 definitely took off as a quarterback last season alone, carried 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.959 the ball a hundred and eighty five times for fourteen 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.600 hundred and sixty eight yards. That's an average of seven 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:36.440 point nine yards per carry. He had thirteen touchdowns on 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.560 the ground as well, So this guy can do a 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.600 lot of things. They manufactured tons of touches for him 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.480 in that Kentucky offense, even as a receiver, which he 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:46.960 will be listed here in Miami as a receiver on 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.640 the depth chart on the roster. But in college they 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:52.640 found a way to manufacture touches for him because he 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.559 did have an average of seven point seven yards after 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:57.640 the catch as a receiver. So they got him the 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.760 ball in space on slip screen, smoke screens, bubbles. They 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.520 threw it to him short in the backfield on pop passes, 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:06.120 little jet sweep actions, so he gets his hands on 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.320 the football and makes plays in a variety of ways. 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:13.120 He created seventeen miss tackles in eighteen, his last season 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:16.240 as a full time receiver, seventeen miss tackles on sixty 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:19.360 seven receptions, with again that seven point seven yards after 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.440 the catch. Last season as a quarterback, he had a 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:25.560 PFF rushing grade of eighty seven point two that was 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:28.480 the highest in college football for non running backs. He 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.440 also forced to point three missed tackles per rush, that 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.240 was higher than most running backs in all of college football. 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:37.120 He also won the Paul Horning Award, which is awarded 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.360 the most versatile player in the country and all of 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:42.199 college football. He was a consensus All American for the 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.120 versatile spot, the kind of X factor spot they have 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.080 on that list. He also won the Herald Leader Kentucky 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:51.760 Sports Figure of the Year Award, which recognizes the I 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.080 guess top name in the state of Kentucky, and last 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.920 year he beat out John Morant and Lamar Jackson, the 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.480 NFL m v P and the NBA Rookie of the 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.600 Year for that award, So no joke there. He also 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.920 set the single game SEC rushing record for a quarterback 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.040 when he went for two eighty four on the ground 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:11.000 against Louisville and again entered the season on the Blittna 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.920 Cough Watch List. So Lynn Bowden Jr. Your newest Miami 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.600 Dolphins traded here, will play a receiver for the Dolphins 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:19.960 coming out of Kentucky. Up next, coach was asked about 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:21.960 some of the new guys on those defense that he 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.079 has past relationships with, like Kyle van Neu for instance, 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.040 and how he approaches coaching different players at this age 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.600 of his career. Interesting answer here from coach talking about 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.680 how much he loves coaching, the passion he asked for coaching. 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.840 Here's coach, We're We're excited about Kyle. We're excited about 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.440 a lot of guys on the team, offense, defense and 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:44.960 special teams. Uh. You know, I think Kyle's history with 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.959 me and history with the you know, the defense has 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:49.880 been helpful, I would say in a lot of ways, 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:53.200 because you know, he and I have been been together 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.920 so long. Uh, it's good for for other other guys 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.520 to hear you know, I haven't changed, you know, coach guys, 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:03.160 hard demanding. I'm still that way. Uh and I'm gonna 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:05.840 be that way. So UM, I think for for a 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.840 lot of guys, it's you know macosa is yep, you 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:13.719 know he's losing it, but you know he he'll get 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.920 back here and give him five minutes. So I think 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.920 that's that part of it's been been good. Um. And 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.400 whether that's you know, Kyle or Landon. And I would 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:23.199 say some of these the guys that were here a 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:26.520 year ago, UM, they understand that too. Not that I 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:28.880 lose it all the time, but um, you know I 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:33.080 am I am you know, passionate about coaching, passionate about 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.440 getting guys better. And it's it's it's something that you 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:39.320 know I love coaching, so uh, it's it's it's great 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:41.880 to have Kyle. Great to have you know Kyle, and 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:44.880 really a lot of the other guys defensively, Bobby McCain 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:49.199 got you out, you know, Bike, So all I'm excited about, 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.880 you know, that group, and we gotta put put together 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.079 a good week to play against a you know, a 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:58.120 really good football team, and you know, I think we'll 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.360 do that. I think there's a lot to pack in 0:14:00.440 --> 0:14:03.679 that answer. First, the the mention about the passion he 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.600 has for coaching, and kind of laughing about the mentality 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:09.560 he has within talking about when he loses it for 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:11.400 five minutes and then kind of comes back. To have 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.760 that balance on the roster and have a guy that 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.319 knows the coach's personality and can help communicate to the 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.400 rest of the roster along with guys that were here 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:20.280 last year that know him as well. That just kind 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:23.040 of helps everybody get on the same page. And I 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.520 love coaches mentioned there about I don't lose it all 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.800 the time, but you know, sometimes I'm passionate, and anybody 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:30.920 that's passionate about anything can tell you this. I can 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.400 tell you this that it can control you for maybe 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:35.560 a few minutes. And I'm I'm the same way. If 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:37.920 I get upset about something. Maybe it takes me five 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:40.040 or six minutes. I tell my wife all time, let 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:42.280 me just kind of separate for a second, give me 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.320 five ten minutes. I'll come back and I'll get the 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:46.200 emotion out of it, and then we're back at it 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.200 with much more of a logical approach than an emotional approach. 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.360 So it's it's cool to hear coach talk about his 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.120 personality that way, how the guys receive it, how it's 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.600 communicated across the rest of the roster. They're from players 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.000 like Kyle van Noy, Like he mentioned, so good insight 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:01.320 there into coaches person Nowady, how he loves to coach 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:04.640 players hard. We've heard the demanding aspect of his personality, 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.080 of his coaching style since he got here, and I 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.600 think that really helps bring out the best in his players. 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.360 And before we get to the Dolphins depth chart and 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:16.680 coach talking about the I guess not so heavy importance 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.360 of the depth chart because of all the different personnel groupings. 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:21.240 We'll hear from coach on that here in just one second, 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:26.040 But first, before that, your Miami Dolphins captains on offense, defense, 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:30.640 and special teams. Players voted too on special teams Clayton 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:36.440 Federal and Cabon Frasier. Three on offense fits r Fitzpatricks, 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.840 Ted Terrris and Jesse Davis, and three on defense, Rob McCain, 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:43.920 Calvin or any landon Robberts. So there you have eight 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:47.320 captains on this Dolphins football team. Both the special teamers 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:49.880 are newcomers and both are guys that have four years 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.320 of experience. Both are guys that have made plenty of 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.160 plays and tackles on special teams and guys that can 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:58.560 play defense as well. In safety's Clayton federalum and Cavon 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:02.120 Frazier On the defense of side one familiar face gets 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:05.000 the captain nod once again, and Bobby McCain as he 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.520 is entering your number six here in Miami, which of 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:11.880 course makes him the longest tenured defender on this Dolphins defense. Also, 0:16:12.000 --> 0:16:15.040 Kyle van Noy, Andy Land and Roberts, the two linebackers 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:18.320 here in Miami, will be captains on this defense formerly 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.720 with Brian Flores in New England. And on offense, three 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:25.880 more captains. Ryan Fitzpatrick your quarterback, Jesse Davis the offensive 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:29.240 tackle slash guard, and Ted Carrish your center slash guard. 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:31.600 On the interior offensive line. Those three will be your 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:34.440 captains this year on the Dolphins offense, So eight captains 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.520 and total. Let's get back to coaches response about the 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:39.920 depth chart, the importance of that depth chart, and how 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.240 it's pretty much like we've talked about on this podcast 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.840 so many times, kind of a flexible, fluid thing because 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:48.640 you have different personnel groupings. There's no such thing as 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.680 based defense anymore. There's all kinds of different subpackages on 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:55.680 defense and on offense in this day's NFL, tons of substitutions. 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:58.000 And with that coach, as he says here, you need 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.040 more than just eleven guys on offense and defense. Of 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:02.440 the depth chart, Yeah, we could take it or leave it. 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.680 You know, the guys who are let's call it starters 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:09.520 or guys who you know obviously had good training camps 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:12.280 and show that, you know, from a consistency standpoint, from 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:16.080 a technique fundamental standpoint, from a communication standpoint, ahead of 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:18.960 some other guys. Again, that initial depth chart, you know, 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:23.440 I wouldn't take put too much too much into that. Uh, 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:26.520 there's there's so many there's so many groupings. You know, 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:28.600 what grouping are we talking about? What we're talking about 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:33.399 to all personnel eleven personnel, twenty personnel, ten personnel, big nickel, 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:37.400 a little nickel dime like got mean, So um, I'm 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:40.960 not into the whole starters, you know, backups. I think 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:43.359 you know, in football, you got eleven guys on the field, 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:47.160 a lot of different groupings. I would say this year specifically, 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:49.440 you know, with no preseason games, we're gonna see a 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:52.040 lot of guys who are playing. You know, every rep counts, 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:54.160 every snap count so I don't really put too much 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:57.879 into hey, this guy's the starting this or the starting 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.760 you know, right guard or left guard or defensive tackle. 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:04.080 So I'm sure you guys will take a hard long, 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.479 hard looking uh you know right about who's starting who's not. 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:09.680 But I think it will see a lot of guys 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:12.120 playing in a lot of different groups. Yep, you heard 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.960 him rattle off some different packages there that include different players. 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:17.439 That's why depth in this league is so important, in 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:20.600 as this Dolphins team has demonstrated they will go out 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:22.719 and try to improve the one through fifty three as 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.639 much as they possibly can. Just a quick note on that, 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:28.840 real quick You'll notice sometimes that a player might start 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.520 a game like coach mentioned there with twelve personnel. For instance, 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:33.680 if you open a game and twelve personnel, that means 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:35.800 you're gonna have your first and second tight end on 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:39.520 the field. But your second tight end might only play 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:41.560 snaps in the game, but he still gets credit for 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.280 the start over the receiver who might come on. For 0:18:44.320 --> 0:18:46.600 eleven personnel, where you have three receivers on the field, 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.240 who plays forty five snaps, the tight end gets the 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.879 start because he was on the field for the first place. 0:18:51.920 --> 0:18:55.439 So again, starters not that important of a distinction. Snap 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:56.960 counts at the end of the day are what you're 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:59.719 looking for. And on the topic of the depth chart, 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:01.919 will circle back to that later in this podcast and 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:04.720 at the latest on tomorrow's Drive Time podcast. Still not 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:07.600 available at the time of recording right now, but what 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.439 we do have is audio from the three coordinators and 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:14.080 Chan Gailey, Josh Bowyer and Danny Croftsman. Let's first go 0:19:14.160 --> 0:19:18.399 ahead and here here here here from Chan Gailey on 0:19:18.440 --> 0:19:21.920 the decision to start Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback. I think 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:26.840 last year's play and this year's preparation and play uh 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:30.040 played a lot into the decease very brief There no 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:32.240 doubt we are going to hear back or circle back, 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:34.320 and here from coach on Ryan Fitzpatrick here in just 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:37.000 one moment. Next, he was asked about the difficulties of 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:40.280