WEBVTT - Drive Time: Jets Perspective with Caroline Hendershot 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:06.000 To our Removedlin Deep Speedways, Peace do Hell. From the 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:10.400 Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:18.000 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. He's got my ad 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:19.400 hands in the playoffs? 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:32.640 What is up Dolphins? And welcome to the Drift Time Podcast. 0:00:32.960 --> 0:00:35.800 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:38.600 we are going to hear from Caroline Hendershot from the 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.200 Jets as she helps us get a first look at 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:44.720 the opponent this coming Sunday. But before that, we did 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:48.519 the Jekyl was Jeckell the good guy? I forget? We 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:52.080 did the Jeckyl Podcast yesterday taking a look at how 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.040 the Dolphins can make it a December to remember. But 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:57.000 today is going to be the Hide episode where we 0:00:57.040 --> 0:01:00.360 take some look at some ugly truths about where the 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:02.240 Dolphins are today and how we got to this point. 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:04.600 We'll talk about where the fixes are and we'll just 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:06.640 kind of give you guys a bridge into what to 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:10.560 look forward to when this season eventually does go belly up. 0:01:10.600 --> 0:01:13.880 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.240 This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:21.000 Ye, So I think the best way to do this 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:24.920 is to first assess what happened this off season, and 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:27.399 I want to start with the hits and talk about 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.600 who has a future as part of the core of 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.720 this roster before we get into philosophical changes in how 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:36.520 to make things better in twenty twenty five. So, first off, 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:40.319 I think the offense has two surefire offseason hits. They 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:43.480 are John Newsmith and Aaron Brewer. Aaron Brewer is the 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:48.640 perfect quintessential outside zone heavy Mike McDaniel offense center, and 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:50.840 they got him for three years. They got him for 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:54.240 relatively cheap. He was an upgrade on Connor Williams. The 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.960 snapping issue has been resolved, his ability to get out 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:59.400 in space has been phenomenal. He's been good in pass pro. 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:01.880 He's a good unicator and leader. That is a five 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:05.760 star home run acquisition in Aaron Brewer. I would put 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.160 John Smith in the exact same category because of the 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:11.400 way he has maximized what this team wants to create 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.919 with all the space with Waddle and Tyreek, and his 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:16.520 ability to catch the ball, get upfield and be a 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:21.200 difficult tackle is exactly what Miami needed at that F position. 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:23.919 Now the tight end the Y position, they need something 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.800 more there we'll get to that one second. Kalaias Campbell, 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:29.560 especially when you factor in the savings at the position 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:31.799 and who they had to replace there, I don't think 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.680 there's been much of a drop off. There's a definite 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:39.040 snapcount drop off going from Christian Wilkins to Kalaias Campbell, 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.400 but in terms of the production, at one twentieth of 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:44.000 the cost has been a home run signing. He's still 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:47.280 a great player even at fifty sixty percent of the 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.200 snaps in a given game. I think Jordan Brooks is 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:51.799 going to fit the mold of we're going to talk 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.200 about later on the show in Temperature Changers. 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:55.040 He's a tough dude. 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.960 He brings a certain mentality, and he is the type 0:02:57.960 --> 0:02:59.920 of guy that can lead your defense and be a 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:04.079 cornerstone for a long time. Good cover backer, good rangebacker, 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:06.440 all the things you need. In twenty twenty four, Kendall 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.840 Fuller has been fantastic the way he maximizes the flexibility 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.480 in the secondary, his cover skills, his instincts to play 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.320 not just his man, but the entire route concept. I 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:18.320 think he's a very good defensive back who can do 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.560 it for a long time. Because of his position flexibility, 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.000 and then Chop Robinson's the one draft pick right now 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.720 that looks like a surefire home run in that first round. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.200 I know the sack production hasn't been great, but he's 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.640 been building, he's getting better, he has the right makeup, 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:32.800 he's leaning on veterans and coaches. I think you're gonna 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:35.400 see a big, a big second year from Chop Robinson, 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:37.119 even if he doesn't finish up strong this year, which 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:38.720 I think he'll do that as well. And then we'll 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:41.480 see on Jalen Wright and Lake Washington. But I do 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.480 feel very good about those guys, especially the former In 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.880 Jalen Wright. You had two massive misses, and they were 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.120 two spots where you kind of had to get better at. 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.720 And it's Jordan Poyer and Odell Beckham Junior who I 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.120 think it's safe to take the L there. I think 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:56.640 I'm gonna have to be the one that eats that 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:58.320 L because I was telling you guys how great of 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:00.200 a pickup he was going to be and turn out 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:01.640 to be. John Smith was the guy that kind of 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.040 gave us what I was looking for from Odell Beckham 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.760 in terms of that next option. Beckham was supposed to 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:08.960 be the other guy that could stretch the field. He 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.320 has not been that for the Dolphins this year. And 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:15.080 the effort, the complaining, the body language, lack of celebrations 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:17.120 after big plays from his teammates, all of that just 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:18.800 don't love it. And I don't have to tell you 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:20.799 guys about Jordan Poyer because you've seen it on film 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:22.960 every single week. I think you have a bunch of 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:26.919 future core pieces here at primary positions. Your quarterback is 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:30.120 locked in. In my opinion, I think Waddle is going 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:32.080 to be a Dolphin for life. I hope Devon a 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.039 Chan's in that group. He has shown you some bell 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:38.000 calibility despite some I think lapses in vision this year 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:40.280 that has cost him some potential big runs and even 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.120 some grinded out yards. I would like to see him 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.279 be more of a quasi receiver and running back with 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:48.679 a lesser role in the core concept of your running 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.360 game and get more from that from Jalen Wright next year. 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:53.640 But we'll see how that plays out. And then I 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:55.640 put Johnny in the category. Even at his age, I 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:57.279 think he can play for two or three more years 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.040 as a core piece here. Brewers obviously in there. I 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.400 think Austin Jackson has shown you what his absence has 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:04.799 meant at the right tackle position. I put one player 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:06.200 in here that doesn't match the rest of the players 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:08.440 because he's only played like fifty snaps in his career, 0:05:08.600 --> 0:05:11.200 and as Patrick Paul, simply because he has to be. 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.440 You can ask to Ron Armstead back next year, but 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.120 you know what you're signing up for with that, so 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:17.640 we'll see what happens. But I think Patrick Paul has 0:05:17.680 --> 0:05:19.960 to be part of that Zach Steeler, even at his age, 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:21.599 I consider him to be a guy that can do 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.599 this for a long long time. I mean guys like 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:26.520 Brett Keesol and Cameron Hayward. Why not only talking about 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.080 Steelers here, but those guys played deep into their thirties 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:31.320 and at that position and played a really, really good 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.799 football for that long. Jordan Brooks talked about him Jalen 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.440 Phillips despite the injuries, which I understand you can't count 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.360 on that going forward because of two major season ending 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.480 surgeries the last two years, but I still think he's 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.400 a guy that can come back and be what he 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.200 was before. I have Chopp in this category as well. 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.040 At defensive back, I have Jalen Ramsey, and I think 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.520 that he can be at Charles Woodson down the stretch 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:53.800 of his career. Now will he want to endure what 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.000 I'm going to propose here in one second? We will see. 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:57.880 But I do think he's part of that core. And 0:05:57.960 --> 0:05:59.600 then I have cater Co who is part of that, 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.480 and I Kendall Fuller, I don't. I think the cliff 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:04.320 is closer for him than it is for Jalen Ramsey. 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:06.120 So I did not include him in that position there. 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:07.920 But I think that cater if you can get him 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:10.000 on a cheap contract, is really good as number three 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.840 four cornerback on your roster to be part of that core. 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:14.120 So there's a lot there to work with. I mean 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.920 I talked about quarterback, receiver, tackle. I mean there's two 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:20.120 tackles in that list. I talked about two edge rushers 0:06:20.120 --> 0:06:22.600 to two corners in that group. So we're talking about 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.160 some of the premier positions in the league that cost 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:26.280 the most, and you're well set up in those spots 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:27.800 despite the fact that you kind of have to pay 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:29.080 for a lot of those because you're already paying for 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.880 Tua and waddle John who's got his contract, and you 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:33.600 know Phillip is going to have to get a contract 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.440 chopped down the road in four years. Ramsey has his money, 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:38.960 but you're pretty well set in terms of the players 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:40.839 you have at those core positions. 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:41.080 Now. 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:45.599 I think it's enough that I think that you can execute, 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:47.400 And this is the plan I'm kind of teasing out here. 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:50.360 You could execute a soft rebuild this offseason and put 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.119 yourself right back in the playoffs, while you also mount 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.280 a deeper core that can do what the Lions are 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.880 doing right now and what I thought we could accomplish 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:00.800 even just two or three years ago. Go and be 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.440 a team that is so deep at every position that 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:05.400 you can withstand the highs and lows of the game. 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.960 You can withstand a poor performance from your quarterback or 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.320 from your defense, and you can win football games when 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:12.840 not all of your core pieces are working because you're 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:14.280 so deep and so well built. 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.440 I thought we were going to get towards that. We 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:17.200 are not that. 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.880 But I think you have enough core pieces right here, 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.040 with enough draft picks and capital down the road to 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.760 put yourself in position on a soft rebuild to get 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:27.960 back into that position to be one of those teams 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:30.520 that you were in last year in terms of preseason. 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:32.800 Is this team with the Ravens and the Bills and 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:34.800 the Chiefs in terms of their ability to contend late 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:36.480 in the year. I think you can get back to 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.000 that with a soft rebuild, and let's go ahead and 0:07:39.080 --> 0:07:40.480 put a pin in that and come right back to that, 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:43.680 because look, you know, time for like a Meya Kolpa 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:45.680 kind of fall on my sword here a little bit. 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.880 I've been the biggest proponent of this is a good roster. 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:53.440 They built it properly. Then I thought things kind of 0:07:53.480 --> 0:07:56.200 took a turn in basically twenty twenty two. And it 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:59.160 coincides with getting aggressive when they were on the cusp. 0:07:59.840 --> 0:08:01.520 You look at a team that last year was nine 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:04.120 to three with a two touchdown lead with three and 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.880 a half minutes to go against the Titans and games 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.480 coming up against the Jets and Cowboys at home with 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:11.880 one more win or two more wins from that position 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.400 from being yea, one more win from being division champions, 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.720 and you could say, like it was perfect. You were 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:19.560 in the position that you wanted to be in to 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:22.680 be a deep, you know, contender down the stretch into 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.560 late January. But then we blow that game, we lose waddle. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:28.679 A couple of weeks later with an already banged up Tyreek, 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.280 we lose Connor Williams, Rob Hunt's not been right the 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.200 entire year. Then Bradley Chubb goes down, then Andrew van 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.720 Ginkel on top of losing Jalen Phillips a few weeks earlier. 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.360 This is where the thread was lost, and it goes 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.880 back to the twenty twenty two to twenty twenty three 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:45.800 offseasons where you didn't re you know, you basically did 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:51.600 not refill the hopper with quality, perspective talent. And while yes, 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.400 I agree that getting proven talent is great, especially for 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.600 a team that has some of the best drafts in 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.160 the league in twenty twenty two and twenty twenty one 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.360 and had a quarterback rookie contract, I think that was 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:05.040 a good approach. But then you stopped refilling the cupboard 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.000 and you missed basically on the entire draft in twenty 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:09.640 twenty two. At this point, I don't I'm not so 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.800 sure that we obviously Tendall and Azukama where big misses 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:14.800 and you know, haven't been part of this team for 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.000 three years now, and then it's getting that way with 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.439 Cam Smith, where in twenty twenty three you didn't get 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.440 much outside devon a chance. So where it was good 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:24.480 to be aggressive, it was probably too aggressive. And it's 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.160 only too aggressive if you also miss on your picks. 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.280 Like that's where things kind of get wonky, and where 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.400 it worked for the Rams in the f M picks 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.200 model because they kept getting contributors on day two and 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:37.559 three of the draft, and that just hasn't happened enough 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.839 here to refill that hopper with prospective talent like the 0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:42.800 great Kyle Krabs made a really good point to me 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.199 in one of our private text messages about how the 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.240 Vikings had that fugaisey of a thirteen and four year 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.240 right that was not a true thirteen win team, and 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.520 we learned that by them getting beat by freaking Daniel 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.080 Jones on the wildcard round and rather than pushing it 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:57.880 with a roster that was kind of lucky to get 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.160 there and try to go the Mike tannenbaumb route and 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.360 just fill holes with names on a free agent list. 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:04.079 I think that's where we got off the rails a 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:07.240 little bit, because the push of the accelerator was the 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:09.320 move when it was probably time to kind of pull 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.559 it back a little bit and go status quo and 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.160 refill the depth and youth of the roster. And I'll 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.079 tell you this, losing a first round and third round 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.160 draft pick sure as hell didn't help in that pursuit. 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:21.760 So the question is, now, what do you do? Travis. 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:23.440 It's back to what I think they can do to 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:25.400 make this all work. And I think about the options, 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.080 and the other one that makes the most sense to 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:30.120 me is a soft rebuild, and it pairs with the 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:33.160 philosophy shift and it's centered around the quarterback. And you 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.480 might say, well, Travis, he's four and three this year, 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:36.920 and so what good is that going to do us. 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:38.800 He still hasn't had the signature win in his career, 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.160 and that's where I'd start to push back, because I mean, 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:43.679 I've been on this crusade for a while now, but 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:47.800 you know, to his maturity into the position where even 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.520 two years ago I didn't know he was capable of this, 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.000 the way he's taken ownership and the way he is 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.480 the one that gets everybody wrong in the right direction. 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:56.640 He is the type of quarterback that I think you 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.679 can oversee bringing in younger parts of the roster, the 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.280 two can get in line. He can be kind of 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:05.160 the de facto principle of the group there with obviously 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:07.680 the head coach being the superintendent, but you have to 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:10.120 have that at the quarterback position. And I think it's 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:13.199 what can allow teams to go soft rebuild opposed to 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.920 full rebuild. But you can also back to the four 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.320 and three record point. You can point to three losses 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:20.440 and just say like, well, yeah, the quarterback was gone. 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.800 Then you get him back, and there's two more losses 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:25.600 you know we took because of the defense. And like 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.400 in the Cardinals and Bills losses, if we have you know, 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.560 Jalen Phillips and Bradley Chubb and Zach Seeler, those games 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:33.960 are different dynamics and you know, oh weird they get 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.000 up on teams and can't close them out late. I wonder, 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:39.160 I wonder how losing three of your best pass rushers 0:11:39.480 --> 0:11:41.800 will do that. And I think that was my biggest 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:45.440 personal heir in assessing the roster this offseason was I 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:47.760 thought the edge group would be okay, but they haven't been. 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:51.040 They've they've been depleted by injury, right, But that also 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:54.719 doesn't take into account you know, Jordan Poyer hacking away 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.200 at JP's knees. Even just having him would be a 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:58.960 game changer. You know, I thought we'd have Chubb by 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.040 the bye week. That obviously did not happen. I was 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:02.880 counting on Shaq Barrett, who had really good tap with 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:04.920 the Bucks last year. But all of that's gone, and 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:06.760 then you add a poke in the eye of your 0:12:06.800 --> 0:12:10.160 best interior defensive linemen in practice to miss the two 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:11.840 most important games of the year at that point, Like, 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.720 I'm convinced we win those games with just Zack Seeler. 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.120 Imagine having JP and Chubb and Shaq Barrett like that 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:19.880 would have helped you close those games out. 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:21.280 And you know, there's that. 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.199 There's the Chris Kaufman, the three Arts per Carry podcaster 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.400 had the great tweet about Fangio and the points that 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.320 he made and how in hindsight, Fangio was kind of 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:31.840 spot on, even though he was a grumpy old screwge 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.480 around the building. And luckily I trust Anthony Weaver. But 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.079 I think that we need to see more personal upheaval 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.160 on that side of the ball and the guys that 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:42.640 we've prioritized in Jordan Brooks in Anthony Walker to a 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.080 much less degree, but he's been productive in his his role. 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.320 Kalaeis Campbell, like these guys have been hits. Chop Robinson's 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.720 been a hit, so I think that his input's quality 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.199 and valuable. But here's what I really want to talk 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:57.160 about is the offensive shift that I'm kind of pining for, 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:59.520 and about how the Chiefs a couple of years ago, 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.400 after winning championship, right, they moved on from Tyreek And 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:04.240 you always look back at that and say, well, of 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.520 course he had two seventeen hune yard seasons. He's been 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:08.160 a big part of what this team has accomplished the 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.360 last couple of years. But an organization like the Chiefs, 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:14.240 you know, Brian Winhors, why would they do that? Why 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:16.640 would they move off Tyreek Hill? And this is where 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:18.920 it goes back to the quarterback position, because I think 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:22.280 what the Chiefs noticed in twenty twenty two was this 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.880 new trend of defenses refusing to give up the vertical 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.600 passing game, defenses inviting more of the run game ie 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:32.240 Isaiah Pacheco, and of course the investment in the Clyde 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:36.040 Edwards lair that did not work out, and rounding out 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:39.880 that receiving corps with more ancillary short options and using 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.360 the resources you got from your game breaking receiver to 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:44.959 fill out the defense and the offensive line with draft 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.480 picks and the money you saved from that position, because 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:49.600 teams are going to stay in those two high coverages 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.280 regardless of who you have these days. So I would 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.400 follow that mold, and I would move off the superstar 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.720 receiver and replace him with the rookie contract and spend 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:00.280 your new resources on a couple of things. I would 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:03.720 categorize it this way. Athletes guys that move different than 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:05.600 other people, especially on the defense side of the football, 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.840 where I feel like the Dolphins lack big time explosive athletes, 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:12.000 and then temperature changers on defense. Your Derwin James types, 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.040 your Brian Branches, you'r Roquan Smith, you're Max Crosby's. You're 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.560 guys that don't take no ish off of nobody, like 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:22.080 the Jamaican Bob sled team on Cool Runnings. Right the 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:23.880 bathroom scene, like when he wants to punk the guy 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:27.080 in the bar. I see a bad mother effort who 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.120 don't take nothing off nobody. Let's adjust the offense though, 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:33.040 to more suit the style. Play off the quarterback, because 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.840 what I look at here is a league trending in 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.200 the direction with all these two high shelves and all 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.840 these different coverage looks that can you know, force teams. 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:42.160 I would throw in the deep ball and it's all 0:14:42.240 --> 0:14:43.960 gonna be played within ten yards of line of scrimmage 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:47.480 these days. Well, to me, like Tua's game translates to 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:49.520 the future of the league in that way more than 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.680 just about anybody, because he's so sharp at hitting those small, 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.480 fine windows in the short passing game. So if I 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:57.320 can have a rookie, you know, I think like a 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.280 Tae Kwon Thornton from a couple of years ago, who's 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.360 been nothing in paige in New England, but a player 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.800 that has straight line speed, it can get vertical. Maybe 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.480 Xavier Worthy is a better choice for that. But if 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:09.360 I can replace the thirty million dollars a year guy 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.000 with that for three million bucks a year, that can 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:13.800 get the same impact, and I can round out the 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:16.360 rest of the roster as a result and really lean 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:19.000 into my quarterback strengths where maybe it is time to 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:22.800 go run game, short passing game, offensive line protection, because 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.400 Tua does mitigate offensive line play in a lot of ways. 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.680 But you can also maybe say that like his ability 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:30.880 to play this way and get through progressions, you can 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.160 add to that by getting more upfront. I still think 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.520 that I would take the resource that you get from 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.040 that and put it on defense and still continue the 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.000 way you do with the offensive line. In some sense, 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.480 I wouldn't neglect it entirely, but I think that you 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.720 don't go Chiefs level investment or our bucks level investment 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.560 on the offensive line because of what tua strengths are, 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:50.160 and you should lean into the fact that he can 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:51.880 help you mitigate some of that, not all of it, 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:55.280 but some of that. So adjust the offense to this 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.240 current model. And people always ask him why is they're 0:15:58.240 --> 0:15:59.960 not more short routes for wreaking Wadle. It's because they 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.520 want those guys running the intermediate and vertical stuff and 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.360 not put them in those shorter routes. And I think 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:07.080 you can get that from other guys as well, and 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:08.640 maybe you do have an adjustment where it's like, hey, 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:10.400 we are going to run stick with tyreek er or 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.960 waddle here and get more completions to those guys in 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.080 short areas. Build them into the game plan and get 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:16.840 them more confidence and get their stats going and all 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.760 that stuff that breeds more production from those guys. So 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.120 adjust the offense to suit the modern style of football, 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.760 especially with how it coincides with the strength of your quarterback. 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:29.080 And invest in the running game, because when this offense 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.320 is really cranking, it's the running game. And the tackle 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:33.160 position has been a big fall off at right tackle 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:36.160 and the tight end position. We have to find our 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.920 Darnell Washington. Gosh, he was on the board for US 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:41.000 back in twenty twenty two. I wanted that or twenty 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:43.400 twenty three. I wanted that guy so freaking bad. So 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.800 invest in the running game with an actual, y, classic 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:48.080 tight end, with maybe a little bit better investment in 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.920 the offensive line, maybe one more bigger type of back 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.000 that can run those cold weather days. And I think 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:55.560 Jalen Wright probably is that guy. In exchange a week 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.720 for a deeper, younger, cheaper slew of wide receivers. Does 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:00.440 that work for you, guys, Let's go ahead and take 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:01.880 a break right there, come back and I have more 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:03.440 to get to on the other side, including my chat 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:06.960 with Caroline Hendershoot Hendershot rather from the Jets. That's next 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.639 Drive time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:15.480 by Auto Nation. So that's the plan laid out, and 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:17.520 I want to just continue the same exact topic a 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.560 full two segment segment here in one segment and or 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:21.760 one segment in two segments. 0:17:21.960 --> 0:17:23.320 And you know what all this w. 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:26.040 Affords you the opportunity to do when your quarterback is 0:17:26.040 --> 0:17:27.919 your best player. And first, you know, and I know 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.760