Speaker 1: What is Up, Dolphins, And welcome to the Drivetime podcast,
Speaker 1: part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network covering your
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and as always,
Speaker 1: I am here to bring you your daily dose of
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we're gonna talk
Speaker 1: about some of your favorite Dolphins memorabilia, will answer your
Speaker 1: questions via the Twitter mail bag, and we'll talk about versatility,
Speaker 1: both on the field and on the sidelines. All of
Speaker 1: that and more on this Thursday, March the fifth edition
Speaker 1: of the Drive Time Podcasts. And I wrote an article
Speaker 1: that's currently up on Miami Dolphins dot com and in it,
Speaker 1: I discussed the versatility of the Dolphins coaching staff, and
Speaker 1: we'll come back to that here in just a moment,
Speaker 1: but I want to start with the aspect of the
Speaker 1: versatility that Brian Flores and the coaches really throughout the
Speaker 1: league are talking about right now. The more a player
Speaker 1: can do, versatility the buzzword of the entire week of
Speaker 1: the combine. We talked about this on yesterday's podcast with
Speaker 1: Jordan Reid, Christian Wilkins, Divon gard Shaw, John Jenkins, a
Speaker 1: lot of those big defensive lineman who have the makeup
Speaker 1: and look of a classic defensive tackle playing out wide
Speaker 1: at the defensive end position, and I don't have any
Speaker 1: data on those specific lineups and snap counts at those spots.
Speaker 1: Will get to the defensive backs and linebackers here from
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus in just one second, but you essentially
Speaker 1: have these three guys playing in the Dolphins odd front
Speaker 1: packages across the d line, and that will often require
Speaker 1: one of them to kick all the way out to
Speaker 1: a base five technique or a four eye technique, and
Speaker 1: that's not something trackable through PFF or any other outlet
Speaker 1: that I'm privy to. But you can track the defensive backs.
Speaker 1: So I went to Pro Football Focus and took a
Speaker 1: look at where these guys lined up on a snap
Speaker 1: by snap basis throughout the course of the season, and
Speaker 1: they track defensive line snaps, box snaps, slot, cornerback, perimeter corner,
Speaker 1: and deep safety, the free safety position. And you've got
Speaker 1: several guys in here that played all over the defense
Speaker 1: in that regard. For the Dolphins. Rashad Jones up first
Speaker 1: played forty nine snaps up on the defensive line. That
Speaker 1: essentially means he's on the ball the box count for
Speaker 1: him was seventy eight, and that means more of an
Speaker 1: off ball linebacker position, playing where you might see Jerome Baker,
Speaker 1: Ray Kawab McMillan those types of guys. Thirty three snaps
Speaker 1: in the slot, twelve out wide as a corner, and
Speaker 1: seventeen as the deep safety. Monterrey Hardage played limited snaps
Speaker 1: last year. Came up off the practice squad, but he
Speaker 1: played five snaps on the defensive line, twenty two in
Speaker 1: the box, nine in the slot, three out wide, and
Speaker 1: fifty nine as your Dolphins deep safety. Nick need Um
Speaker 1: had a lot of range and versatility as well, playing
Speaker 1: five on the line, forty six in the box, one
Speaker 1: fifty seven in the slot, and then of course his
Speaker 1: most prominent position the wide corner five hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: one snaps last season. He also played four as a
Speaker 1: deep safety. Eric row is the primary example of this,
Speaker 1: and we heard Chris Greer bring it up on the
Speaker 1: Move the Sticks pod cast talking about the versatility and
Speaker 1: how it gives you more roster flexibility if you have
Speaker 1: a guy like Eric Rowe who can play in multiple spots,
Speaker 1: because then you don't have to activate X number of
Speaker 1: defensive backs and maybe you can put an extra body
Speaker 1: in the lineup for game day on the offensive line
Speaker 1: or wherever you see fit. So Eric Row played sixty
Speaker 1: snaps on the defensive line, played four hundred and forty
Speaker 1: six in the box as that quasi linebacker see gap
Speaker 1: run defender type, two hundred and twenty six snaps in
Speaker 1: the slot as a corner. He also played to fifty
Speaker 1: four as the perimeter corner and then eighty six way
Speaker 1: back off the ball as a deep safety. Some other
Speaker 1: guys that played a little more to find roles. Bobby
Speaker 1: McCain had four snaps on the line, fifty in the box,
Speaker 1: twenty in the slot, ten out wide, and four forty
Speaker 1: six as the free safety. Up until his injury, he
Speaker 1: was the team's free safety in the single high press
Speaker 1: man looks they run. Stephen Parker got some run at
Speaker 1: that same position, three snaps on the line, fifty six
Speaker 1: in the box, fifteen on the slot, six out wide,
Speaker 1: and two fifty nine as the deep free safety. And
Speaker 1: then Adrian Colbert factored in in the second half of
Speaker 1: the season as well, one seventeen, seven one and then
Speaker 1: three thirty five as your deep safety. And these stats
Speaker 1: are also trackable at linebacker, and I was already planning
Speaker 1: on talking about this before I went to Pro Football
Speaker 1: Focus and looked up the numbers. But I think ray
Speaker 1: Kawan McMillan, third year Dolphins linebacker last year heading into
Speaker 1: his fourth season this year, is a great example of that.
Speaker 1: Ray Kuon was really good that first year coming off
Speaker 1: the A c L from seventeen, especially as the season
Speaker 1: went along in team, but he was always a stack
Speaker 1: linebacker and what that means you're playing off the ball,
Speaker 1: probably behind somebody on the defensive line and kind of
Speaker 1: picking and choosing your gaps that way. At Ohio State
Speaker 1: into his first year in eighteen, he was off the
Speaker 1: ball every snap. Seemingly he played just two snaps up
Speaker 1: on the ball, which is fine. That's who he was,
Speaker 1: That's what he did well. But you know what complacency breeds.
Speaker 1: It breeds stagnant trajectory and keeps the player on a
Speaker 1: plateau and doesn't give them the opportunity to grow their
Speaker 1: game and just get even better. And that's not to
Speaker 1: say that ray Kuon wasn't great in that role. He was.
Speaker 1: He was one of Pro Football focus Is top run
Speaker 1: defending linebackers all year in. But you know what a
Speaker 1: great role for a good run defending linebacker is and
Speaker 1: one that can get him on the field for even
Speaker 1: more work playing on the ball as a sam backer
Speaker 1: in the even fronts four down lineman and ray Kuan
Speaker 1: got some seasoning in that regard his total jumps from
Speaker 1: two snaps on the ball all the way up to
Speaker 1: ninety three last year, and that was out of six
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty seven total snaps played. An increase from
Speaker 1: point oh two percent on ball all the way up
Speaker 1: to thirteen point five percent, so basically from nothing all
Speaker 1: the way to thirteen point five percent. It's about recognizing
Speaker 1: a player's strengths and creating roles for that player. We
Speaker 1: played you that sound clip from Ashton Davis the other day,
Speaker 1: the Cal safety talking about Gerald Alexander, who now of
Speaker 1: course takes over the defensive back room this year on
Speaker 1: flows staff and Ashton Davis talked about a coach not
Speaker 1: being stuck in his ways or stuck in his schemes
Speaker 1: and always trying to find a way to get better.
Speaker 1: Every single day is an opportunity for the player, for
Speaker 1: the coach, for everybody in football to get better. And
Speaker 1: that's the approach here. It might sound obvious, but there
Speaker 1: can still be some pretty rigid thinking out there. But
Speaker 1: Gerald Alexander fits that mode, fits that role. And again
Speaker 1: we'll talk more here in just one second about the
Speaker 1: versatility of this Dolphins coaching staff, but I want to
Speaker 1: go ahead and get to the rest of the housekeeping
Speaker 1: here as far as the on ball and off ball
Speaker 1: snap counts of the Dolphins linebackers. Again, this data available
Speaker 1: through Pro Football Focus. Jerome Baker played one hundred and
Speaker 1: forty eight snaps on the ball, eight hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: off the ball, and there's even some slots some perimeter,
Speaker 1: corner and safety distinctions in their thirty three, eleven, and eighteen.
Speaker 1: The guy just plays everywhere, wearing that green dot call
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins defense on the back of his helmet.
Speaker 1: Very important player in the Dolphins defense. Vince Bagel who
Speaker 1: arrived with the team on September one and just hit
Speaker 1: the ground running produce using immediately for Miami five hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy six snaps on the ball compared to forty
Speaker 1: five snaps off the ball, So he's one of your
Speaker 1: more true edge players on the defense. Last year, Sam
Speaker 1: Aguavin two hundred and seventy eight snaps on three four
Speaker 1: off and Andrew van Ginkl was almost primarily on the
Speaker 1: ball to three snaps off the ball. And so if
Speaker 1: you ask your players to be multiple, why not ask
Speaker 1: your coaches the exact same thing. And just real quick
Speaker 1: before I dive into the article up on Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: dot com, there was a quote on the Move the
Speaker 1: Sticks podcast with Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks back where they talked about that being one
Speaker 1: of these new age adaptations of the NFL, but not
Speaker 1: every team has caught on. But the Dolphins have four
Speaker 1: of the nine new coaching hires have experienced on both
Speaker 1: sides of the ball, or whether it's coordinating the offense
Speaker 1: and having analytics in your background or scouting background. They're
Speaker 1: finding these guys that have been all over the football
Speaker 1: operations in the National Football League, in college football, and frankly,
Speaker 1: the guys that don't have that bowl type side of
Speaker 1: the ball experience are guys that are new in their
Speaker 1: coaching career, like, for instance, Lemieux Jean Pierre, who's been
Speaker 1: coaching now in his third season heading down to Miami
Speaker 1: as the assistant offensive line coach. So we start here
Speaker 1: in the article up on Miami Dolphins dot com with
Speaker 1: Brian Flores himself the ultimate jack of all trades. You
Speaker 1: go over his resume with the Patriots and now with
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, scouting assistant, pro scout, special teams assistant, offensive assistant,
Speaker 1: defensive assistant, safety's coach, linebackers coach, and then defensive play
Speaker 1: caller in the Super Bowl, limiting the Los Angeles Rams
Speaker 1: to three points the number one, number one offense rather
Speaker 1: that season in the Super Bowl to just one field goal.
Speaker 1: Those eight positions served as a prelude to Flora's taking
Speaker 1: over the big chair here in Miami and his staff
Speaker 1: welcomes plenty of new faces here in your number two.
Speaker 1: Of the seven coaches departed from Flora's rookie season, four
Speaker 1: of those guys received promotions throughout professional and college football.
Speaker 1: You know about Carl Durrell, the former receiver's coach and
Speaker 1: assistant head coach, accepting a head coaching job at the
Speaker 1: University of Colorado. Jerry Shoplinsky goes from assistant quarterbacks coach
Speaker 1: to full time quarterbacks coach with the Giants. Former offensive
Speaker 1: quality control coach Tae Kwon Underwood, who used to play
Speaker 1: in the league is now the wide receivers coach at Rutgers.
Speaker 1: So already and you're number one. Brian Flores, his coaching
Speaker 1: trees beginning to root itself and provide some fruit off
Speaker 1: the other end for some college programs and some other
Speaker 1: organizations across the NFL. But to get back into the
Speaker 1: first coach on this entire import of new coaches that
Speaker 1: have versatility, we start with the O G of versatility
Speaker 1: and Chan Gailey. This was a quote from Brian Flores
Speaker 1: at the combine. Quote. Having coached against him gaily in
Speaker 1: the past, he was always tough to deal with schematically
Speaker 1: end quote. And Gailor's versatility really has that diverse nature
Speaker 1: about it, both in the titles he held and the
Speaker 1: systems he implemented as a coach, both in college and
Speaker 1: the NFL. He of course, was the first coach to
Speaker 1: really transport a true spread offense from college to the
Speaker 1: pros with Kansas City Chiefs and Tyler Thigpen way back
Speaker 1: in two thousand eight. He also coached on offense. On defense,
Speaker 1: he's been a head coach five different times. Defensive coordinator
Speaker 1: Josh Bowyer was here last year, but his promotion will
Speaker 1: elevate him to a level of constant collaboration with Flores
Speaker 1: in the defensive backfield and on the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the football in general. His specialty, of course, was working
Speaker 1: that position group safeties and corners and dbs with Brian Flores.
Speaker 1: Up in New England, his titles have ranged from defensive assistant,
Speaker 1: defensive backs coach, cornerbacks coach, passing game coordinator, and now
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator. Shows his pensant to climb up the ranks
Speaker 1: in the NFL as a coach. New linebackers coach Anthony
Speaker 1: Campanelli chose this position to come here and coach in
Speaker 1: Miami despite being rumored and being connected to several defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator jobs at multiple Power five schools. That was a
Speaker 1: report that came from Yahoo's Pete Famil, and that could
Speaker 1: have been Campanelli's first ever solo coordinator job. Beyond the
Speaker 1: high school ranks, where he was an offensive and defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator at on Bosco Prep in New Jersey, He's also
Speaker 1: been a defensive assistant, coached wide receivers and tight ends,
Speaker 1: defensive backs, linebackers, and he was a co defensive coordinator
Speaker 1: at Boston College. In new quarterbacks coach Robbie Brown returns
Speaker 1: to the NFL after a brief stint at West Virginia. There,
Speaker 1: Brown worked closely with the head coach on analysis and
Speaker 1: had direct oversight of the Mountaineers offensive game plans, whereas
Speaker 1: prior to that he was with the Jets and Chan Gailey.
Speaker 1: On the offensive side of the ball, his title was
Speaker 1: offensive quality Control, but he spent two seasons there as
Speaker 1: a defensive assistant. He worked with wide receivers, outside linebackers,
Speaker 1: and was involved in in game management responsibilities on game day.
Speaker 1: He also coached quarterbacks and running backs at the collegiate level,
Speaker 1: some more versatility for him there. New assistant defensive backs
Speaker 1: coach coach Kirk Kuntz made the jump from Struthers High
Speaker 1: School in Ohio to the NFL. It will be his
Speaker 1: first job in the NFL. And here's what Brian Flora
Speaker 1: said in reference to Koons making the jump to the NFL. Quote,
Speaker 1: there are good coaches and pop owner high school college
Speaker 1: NFL level. I think there's this idea that because it's
Speaker 1: a high school coach, he's not ready to coach in
Speaker 1: the NFL. I just don't agree with that. I think
Speaker 1: good teachers are good teachers are good teachers. And quote
Speaker 1: and rounding out the new coaching hires Gerald Alexander, Austin Clark,
Speaker 1: and Lemil John Pierre, guys we talked about earlier in
Speaker 1: the podcast. They don't have that diverse background, but again
Speaker 1: they're very early in their coaching careers, and the reputations
Speaker 1: these guys have already earned early on in their coaching
Speaker 1: careers really speak positively about their ability to grow and
Speaker 1: take the next steps in their coaching careers. Again from
Speaker 1: Ashton Davis, who called Gerald Alexander the best coach he's
Speaker 1: ever had, very driven to be the best that he
Speaker 1: can be. He was taking trips in the off season
Speaker 1: to visit NFL teams and get nuggets from anybody he can,
Speaker 1: So he speaks very highly of coach Gerald Alexander. Austin Clark,
Speaker 1: who worked at Illinois last season, took a five star
Speaker 1: transfer from USC in olah Wali Bettakou Jr. Who was
Speaker 1: struggling at USC early in his career and then goes
Speaker 1: to Illinois and really turned it on, became a sack master,
Speaker 1: and he really praised Clark's ability to teach and explain
Speaker 1: his expectations for his players. Betteku says that Clark would
Speaker 1: pause the film reviews and explain why a play was
Speaker 1: designed a specific way and how betteck Who's contributions fit
Speaker 1: within the scheme. And finally, new offensive line assistant Lemile
Speaker 1: Jean Pierre trades in his cleats for a whistle. A
Speaker 1: couple of years back, he was a player with the
Speaker 1: Seahawks and Lions. Most recently coached the Raiders and the
Speaker 1: Seahawks before that, and in that stop in Oakland, he
Speaker 1: was praised by undrafted rookie free agent Andre James, who
Speaker 1: was thrust into the lineup for All Pro center Rodney Hudson,
Speaker 1: who suffered an injury in a game in Tighten, and
Speaker 1: James played well in that game, earning the praise of
Speaker 1: both John Gruden and Lemile Jean Pierre, and James credited
Speaker 1: John Pierre with quote thousands and thousands of practice reps
Speaker 1: working on the footwork and body weight to block interior
Speaker 1: rushers and quote, so this coaching staff, versatility and teaching,
Speaker 1: that's the idea, that's the thought, and that's what Brian
Speaker 1: floors out and got this offseason Okay, I want to
Speaker 1: go ahead and pivot now to some more fan interaction
Speaker 1: on Twitter. Of course, you guys can find me there
Speaker 1: at Wingfield, NFL, the Miami Dolphins at Miami Dolphins, and
Speaker 1: I put out a mail bag segment on the timeline
Speaker 1: today and we'll get to that here in just one second.
Speaker 1: But I also put up a request for your best
Speaker 1: or most treasured Dolphins memorabilia, and I said I was
Speaker 1: gonna call out one person that got the most likes
Speaker 1: on Twitter for their memorabilia, but there really are two
Speaker 1: that stand out above the rest in terms of how
Speaker 1: many people clicked the heart and favorited those particular tweets.
Speaker 1: And we start here with what looks like a arcade
Speaker 1: gaming console that has the Dolphin logo across it. It
Speaker 1: looks absolutely gorgeous. It's from Reboric at Referic on Twitter.
Speaker 1: Go check it out. It looks awesome. I'm sure a
Speaker 1: lot of us old school gamer fans out there would
Speaker 1: love to get our hands on something like that. And
Speaker 1: then the other one that got a lot of love
Speaker 1: is from Big Mike at m I a fins one.
Speaker 1: It's a nineteen seventy two helmets signed by eighteen of
Speaker 1: the players on that perfect team. It's pretty cool. In fact,
Speaker 1: I would almost go as far to say, yeah, the
Speaker 1: mad Dog definitely has to weigh in on that one.
Speaker 1: And let's go ahead and stay in that same lane
Speaker 1: here and continue to interact with the fans on Twitter
Speaker 1: and fans here of the Drivetime podcast, part of the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins podcast network. Also go ahead and check out
Speaker 1: the Audible and the Fish Tank podcast, rounding out our
Speaker 1: three shows here on the new updated Miami Dolphins podcast Network.
Speaker 1: So excited to jump in this season, get more access
Speaker 1: and get even more content for you guys than before.
Speaker 1: And we start here with this question from a Rod
Speaker 1: the Finn fan at the Great finsby Travis. First Off,
Speaker 1: congrats on joining the Dolphins. I'm proud of you. Well,
Speaker 1: thank you very much. Second, now that you're much closer
Speaker 1: in the news buzz about the Fins, what's your best
Speaker 1: assumption about these smoke screens to Herbert or anyone else. Well,
Speaker 1: I can't speak to the players specifically, but I'll tell
Speaker 1: you this, the Dolphins are gonna tell you what's going on.
Speaker 1: Chris Career and Brian Flores, they talk pretty openly in
Speaker 1: their press conferences and they're gonna tell you what they're thinking,
Speaker 1: what they're doing, and they're very transparent in that way.
Speaker 1: So when Brian Flores and Chris Greer bull say we
Speaker 1: haven't met with quarterback X or quarterback why yet, they're
Speaker 1: being honest about it. It does nobody any good to
Speaker 1: go out and tell your plans and your information and
Speaker 1: to play your hand on the process early. So that's
Speaker 1: what they're gonna do. Everything stays in the house and
Speaker 1: that's the way it should be. So my best advice there,
Speaker 1: if you want to get the truth, listen to what
Speaker 1: Flow says and listen to what Chris Greer says. Next
Speaker 1: one here from Will at Underscore. Will Reeves Underscore, what
Speaker 1: linebackers outside of Simmons do you think are a good
Speaker 1: fit for Miami in the draft? What we talked about versatility, right,
Speaker 1: so players that can do multiple things. We talked to
Speaker 1: Jim Naggie down at the Combine, the executive director of
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl, and he talked about Josh CH's ability
Speaker 1: to play off the ball, to come down and rush
Speaker 1: the quarterback play in coverage. Jordan reads to the same
Speaker 1: thing on yesterday's podcast as well, that he offers that versatility.
Speaker 1: Zack Bond from Wisconsin another one of those guys, a
Speaker 1: really refined pass Russia with heavy hands. They can get
Speaker 1: his hand placement initially and then swipe and double arm,
Speaker 1: rip and club and chop and do all the things
Speaker 1: you have to do to get off contact in the NFL.
Speaker 1: But I think both those guys have been mentioned by
Speaker 1: some of our draft experts here on this podcast, like
Speaker 1: Jordan Reed for instance. So we'll go with those two.
Speaker 1: Next one to hear from Stephen f at sp F Underscore. Rip.
Speaker 1: Greer has a history of going best player available. Do
Speaker 1: you think there's a chance he keeps that approach. Yeah? Absolutely,
Speaker 1: I think they want to get the best player. Brian
Speaker 1: Flores and Chris Greer both talked about doing whatever they
Speaker 1: can to add the best players to make the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins a better football team. Whether it's trades, whether it's
Speaker 1: free agency, whether it's the draft. They want to make
Speaker 1: the best selection, the best choice for this team to
Speaker 1: get better in that instance on that day, and that's
Speaker 1: how they'll approach this thing going forward. Next one here
Speaker 1: from Roggie Roj at Rogie Roj on Twitter. How many
Speaker 1: retakes have you had to do while recording due to
Speaker 1: mentioning the wrong podcast name. Well, for the sake of
Speaker 1: full transparency, I haven't messed up the podcast name yet,
Speaker 1: but where I do kind of stumbles after the introduction
Speaker 1: where to talk about subscribe rate and review and where
Speaker 1: I'm from and who I am and how you should
Speaker 1: listen to me, and so after that intro I would say,
Speaker 1: but first before any of that. There have been several
Speaker 1: instances where I said that on this podcast and had
Speaker 1: to go back and correct it. So not too bad
Speaker 1: so far. It's been a good transition. Next one here
Speaker 1: from Ryan Hving at Dolphin Underscore Spartan. If we agree
Speaker 1: the Fins will take either to a Herbert or Love
Speaker 1: with the fifth pick, would you trade the eighteenth and
Speaker 1: twenty six picks to get back into the top ten
Speaker 1: and take someone like Simmons or Beckton? And I hate
Speaker 1: to sound like a broken record here, but the truth is,
Speaker 1: any presumptive measures we make probably will take us down
Speaker 1: a path that just is peer speculation. If we don't
Speaker 1: have any concrete evidence or concrete proof that comes from
Speaker 1: the mouth of Chris Career and Brian Flora's, then we
Speaker 1: just don't know. But as far as being flexible, that's
Speaker 1: part of the idea of gathering as many picks as
Speaker 1: you can. It allows you to control the draft and
Speaker 1: put yourself in a position where if you decide that
Speaker 1: player provides us a way bigger value by at that
Speaker 1: spot compared to this player who is available later on,
Speaker 1: then you can pull the trigger and go up there
Speaker 1: and trade the draft picks accordingly, or you can go
Speaker 1: back and restock draft picks next year by trading back
Speaker 1: down the board. So to answer your question about Simmons
Speaker 1: and Beckton, both those guys are really really good players.
Speaker 1: Isaiah Simmons is really unlike any player I think that's
Speaker 1: in this year's draft class or plenty of draft classes
Speaker 1: before this. McKay Beckton just that rare size and athletic
Speaker 1: combination you just don't see on an offensive lineman. So
Speaker 1: both those guys are really really good football players. This
Speaker 1: one from Mike Conso at Conso five. What is the
Speaker 1: biggest transition you've had to make going from Locked on
Speaker 1: Dolphins to drive Time? I'd probably say just being more
Speaker 1: receptive to having people help me, because with Locked on
Speaker 1: Dolphins that was a one man band operation. Every single
Speaker 1: thing that went into that outside of the network and
Speaker 1: the platform was all me. But now I have this
Speaker 1: world class audio team, when world class video team and
Speaker 1: graphics team, and all the folks at Miami Dolphins dot
Speaker 1: com that put the articles together there and tweet it
Speaker 1: out and run the social accounts. It's it's really really
Speaker 1: awesome to see how far we can grow this thing
Speaker 1: and how much better it can be with all those
Speaker 1: people working with me. But I have to kind of
Speaker 1: take my hands off a little bit and say here,
Speaker 1: go ahead, and you guys do the excellent job that
Speaker 1: you do, oppose to in the past, where it was
Speaker 1: just me putting the entire thing together on my own.
Speaker 1: Next question from Dolphins Argentina at fins up a RG
Speaker 1: for Argentina building the offense front to back or back
Speaker 1: to front. I know it's fluid, but I was wondering
Speaker 1: where the emphasis will be this offseason for Miami. By
Speaker 1: the way, congrats on the new project. We'll thank you
Speaker 1: again for that. Really appreciate it. As far as the
Speaker 1: Dolphins mode of building this thing, I don't think they're
Speaker 1: gonna pigeonhole themselves into any one particular direction or mode
Speaker 1: of thinking. The entire thought process behind it is going
Speaker 1: to be capitalizing on market opportunities and just really seizing
Speaker 1: those opportunities when the market presents itself as advantageous for you,
Speaker 1: like it did with the Laramie tons of Minka Fitzpatrick trades.
Speaker 1: Those costs for those trades for the Steelers and for
Speaker 1: the Texans were very, very ostily. And now you go
Speaker 1: back to the Larry Matunsel trade. The Dolphins get an
Speaker 1: extra two first round picks and a second round pick
Speaker 1: in a year where there are projected six, seven, maybe
Speaker 1: even eight offensive tackles that can come off the board
Speaker 1: in the top forty. So that's the approach, every single
Speaker 1: step of the way, every single day, every single facet
Speaker 1: of the organization does the move provides you with more
Speaker 1: value in your pocket than what goes out of your pocket.
Speaker 1: And if you stack up enough of those types of
Speaker 1: moves over and over again over the course of a
Speaker 1: long period of time, then eventually you're gonna get yourself
Speaker 1: in a position where the system just never bogs down
Speaker 1: and you get that sustained success that Steven Ross wants
Speaker 1: and has preached here in South Florida going forward into
Speaker 1: the future. Next question here from Adrian Bellow at a
Speaker 1: Bellow twelve fifty seven on Twitter. You put four questions up,
Speaker 1: I'll get to one of them for you. We'll go
Speaker 1: ahead and take this one. How does it feel to
Speaker 1: have earned a position with the Miami Dolphins. Well, I'll
Speaker 1: be honest with you, a dream. It was my absolute
Speaker 1: dream job from the time I was sixteen years old.
Speaker 1: This is what I wanted to do. It wasn't really
Speaker 1: into the podcasting realm back and because when I was sixteen,
Speaker 1: podcasts were not a thing. But I always listened to
Speaker 1: the local radio shows or national syndicated shows, and so
Speaker 1: being on radio was always something I found very very intriguing.
Speaker 1: And then also writing, that's my kind of my My
Speaker 1: background initially began with writing and my bread and butter.
Speaker 1: So to see my name up on Miami Dolphins dot
Speaker 1: com or on the Facebook socials, with the Twitter socials,
Speaker 1: it really just does a dream come true. And I'll
Speaker 1: never have to work a day in this job because
Speaker 1: I love what I do so very much, So it
Speaker 1: just it's incredible. It really really is. Next one to
Speaker 1: hear from Layton staffer at Stoffer Underscore Layton on Twitter.
Speaker 1: First of all, congrats on the gig. Thank you, And
Speaker 1: what was the best part of your experience at the Combine?
Speaker 1: I would just say being around so many football people,
Speaker 1: because that always has been and always will be the
Speaker 1: number one thing that I care to talk about in
Speaker 1: social settings is football and this Miami Dolphins team. So
Speaker 1: just being around guys like Jim Naggie and Bucky Brooks
Speaker 1: and just being at the event that basically is the
Speaker 1: mecca of the NFL universe for the entire week. It's
Speaker 1: it's like a kid in a candy store. That's the
Speaker 1: best way that I can describe. The next one here
Speaker 1: from Burrito at Burrito NFL. What are a couple of
Speaker 1: your new found favorite parts of covering the Fins, going
Speaker 1: from being outside the team verse being inside the team. Well,
Speaker 1: the best part about being at the Combine was getting
Speaker 1: to talk to coach and Chris Guer up close and
Speaker 1: ask them questions and kind of develop that relationship off
Speaker 1: the top, but also I think in the future, being
Speaker 1: there for practice every day and having a better understanding
Speaker 1: of the day to day operation and being more plugged
Speaker 1: in having players come on the podcast, having people around
Speaker 1: the building that work here for the Miami Dolphins, on
Speaker 1: the podcast. Just being fully inundated with the team in
Speaker 1: the organization, you can't ask for much more than that. Okay,
Speaker 1: next one here, and we'll make this the last one
Speaker 1: from Pat at Patty Perk, who have some standout traits
Speaker 1: that will be available on day three that the staff
Speaker 1: can coach into regular contributors. Well, first, far be it
Speaker 1: from me to project who's going to be available on
Speaker 1: day three, because every single year the draft does not
Speaker 1: go as people will expect it to. So I'm just
Speaker 1: gonna go ahead and go to the Draft network dot
Speaker 1: com and look at their ratings as far as players
Speaker 1: outside their top one hundred, so we'll use that as
Speaker 1: a baseline, and their number one oh three rated player
Speaker 1: on the Draft Network is Fresno States and attained Moody,
Speaker 1: who really has some fun tape when you plug him on,
Speaker 1: he can blow people up and has the functional awareness
Speaker 1: to really be in the right positions and past protection.
Speaker 1: The only reason he's down this low is because he
Speaker 1: had injuries throughout his career. But I think that his
Speaker 1: upside value definitely presents itself there on Day three if
Speaker 1: that's where he goes, And there are of course plenty more,
Speaker 1: but I don't want to get too speculative about who
Speaker 1: it could be because these guys could go anywhere in
Speaker 1: the draft. We won't know until the end of April
Speaker 1: when the draft kicks off April Lie from Las Vegas. Okay,
Speaker 1: I think that's a great spot to go ahead and
Speaker 1: call it an episode. You all please be sure to subscribe, rate,
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