WEBVTT - The Audible Ep. 86 | Mark Walton

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<v Speaker 1>Audible is back, John con Jemmy Kimbo camper with you.

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<v Speaker 1>big with your Microsoft Surface. You don't have your surface.

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<v Speaker 1>You ain't got ship. No, I'm out to do. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a lost puppy. Yeah. Hey, uh, let's let's get let's

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<v Speaker 1>get down to it here for a couple couple of

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<v Speaker 1>things going on. First, Jet Weick coming in New York.

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<v Speaker 1>Jets come back. That means Adam Gayes coming back. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>Sam Donald uh. And and they're a team that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>not so many weeks ago they beat the Dallas Cowboys,

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<v Speaker 1>and I remember reading the New York Post and boy

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<v Speaker 1>then it was okay, here come the Jets. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>still got a chance to make the playoffs. This and

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<v Speaker 1>that and this and that, and boy, what a what

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<v Speaker 1>a difference a few weeks. Maybe Sam Donald has just

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<v Speaker 1>been harassed, blitzed, sacked, interceptions galore, and uh. And next thing,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm sure that that the Adam gaze, the

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<v Speaker 1>former Dolphin coaches, boy just pulling out his hair up

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<v Speaker 1>there with what the is going on. And a good

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<v Speaker 1>opportunity for the Dolphins with the team coming in here,

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<v Speaker 1>really in disarrayed. John, Yeah, one in six football team

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<v Speaker 1>that you would have thought in the preseason that this

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<v Speaker 1>is one of the teams that are gonna show the

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<v Speaker 1>most improvement. You had a new head coach that's offensive minded,

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<v Speaker 1>that can bring along a second year quarterback in Sam Donald.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like ever since you know, Sam was sidelined

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<v Speaker 1>with the mono sickness and and came back. He played

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<v Speaker 1>really well against the Dallas Cowboys. You saw him get

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<v Speaker 1>the football to parts of the field that the Jets

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<v Speaker 1>haven't been able to exploit against opposing defenses. And then

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, for back to back weeks, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just been a case of the turnovers, sacks, pressures that

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<v Speaker 1>they look like they don't know. Uh, they aren't a

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<v Speaker 1>semblance of what the team played against the Dallas Cowboys.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's just not close. And it feels like the Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 1>as they have over the last three weeks, haven't been improving.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been an approving football team. You could see where

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<v Speaker 1>the separation is getting closer, and and the Dolphins had

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<v Speaker 1>chance in each of those three games to win. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's a tale of two teams for sure. Yeah, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll talk about talking about the last game against Pittsburgh

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<v Speaker 1>here quickly, but you look at Sam Donald fifteen sacks, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>eight interceptions, five touchdowns and fifteen sacks. He missed what

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<v Speaker 1>three games? Three games, So that's uh, that's all and

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<v Speaker 1>and and for the Dolphins, that's been kind of one

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<v Speaker 1>of their one of their issues on games getting to

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<v Speaker 1>the quarterback. And I think we saw it last week

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<v Speaker 1>in the Pittsburgh game where early on they were able

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<v Speaker 1>to do some things up front and get and and pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>pressure him, make him put the ball up for grabs.

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<v Speaker 1>And there were john there, there were you know, talking

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<v Speaker 1>talking to some people that I think they counted six

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<v Speaker 1>balls that could have been uh they were, yeah, exactly

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<v Speaker 1>where we're really would have made a difference. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>certainly the big one, uh, you know, coming off of Oleary,

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<v Speaker 1>bounce off O'Leary turns out it turns into interception and

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<v Speaker 1>that that turns into touchdown, field goal, whatever it was.

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<v Speaker 1>But points off stalls your drive, points on the board

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<v Speaker 1>for them, and everything turned around kind of at that point. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this was a Pittsburgh Steeler team that the

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<v Speaker 1>fans were actually booming. You know, in the second quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>they were booing, and they had every right to. They

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<v Speaker 1>didn't look like a team that was gonna win. And

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<v Speaker 1>that interception turned into points right before halftime, and you

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<v Speaker 1>could just feel the oxygen getting into the lungs of

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<v Speaker 1>the Steeler fans and more importantly, the the football team

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<v Speaker 1>because it ignited the defense. Uh, it was a different

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<v Speaker 1>defense that came out in the second half. Quite frankly,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a different offense that came out in the

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<v Speaker 1>second half and kind of slowly took over the football game,

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<v Speaker 1>and you could feel it sliding away from the Miami Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>But up until that point, you know, it's fourteen nothing

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<v Speaker 1>and the Dolphins were rolling. You know, the Steelers get

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<v Speaker 1>a field goal, but you didn't feel like they were

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<v Speaker 1>gonna score before halftime. A matter of factly, you felt

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<v Speaker 1>like the Dolphins might take it down and get the

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen and possibly twenty one. So, um, it was a

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<v Speaker 1>huge play in the football game in terms of being

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<v Speaker 1>able to capitalize on instant field position. But I still,

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<v Speaker 1>in my mind, I thought it was a backbreaking play.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when you send eight and you're in you've

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<v Speaker 1>got zero coverage, you're in man to man coverage and

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<v Speaker 1>you've got the front that really didn't match the type

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<v Speaker 1>of coverage that was played on the play. You get

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<v Speaker 1>a one yard slant, you get miscommunication, you get a

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<v Speaker 1>guy with nothing but green grass, and it turns into

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<v Speaker 1>a forty five yard touchdown. And in my opinion, that

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<v Speaker 1>was the ultimate game changer for the Miami Dolins. And

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<v Speaker 1>I think John, that comes from from what we just

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<v Speaker 1>talked about with facing the Jets. Even though they've given

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<v Speaker 1>a fifteen sacks, you know, the Dolphins don't. I don't,

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<v Speaker 1>I would, I would guess pretty closely, John, the Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins have maybe had one or two sacks coming from

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<v Speaker 1>just a traditional four man rush. Everything else comes off

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<v Speaker 1>of you know that they've kind of been forcing that

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<v Speaker 1>situation where we gotta show a different look. We gotta

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<v Speaker 1>get that little where the guys are wandering around, they

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<v Speaker 1>look confusion thing then have guys come, guys coming off

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<v Speaker 1>the corner, and and you know, I understand that playing

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<v Speaker 1>in third and twenty, I believe it was and you

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<v Speaker 1>and you and you get beat on that, And I

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<v Speaker 1>know there's been a lot of conversation, well, how how

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<v Speaker 1>can you go how can you rush eight and go

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<v Speaker 1>through where they're running there are three three a man

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<v Speaker 1>and man and three receivers. One guy breaks free. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's the only way the Dolphins have gotten pressure. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's tough to fault to me to fault Patrick Graham,

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<v Speaker 1>defensive coordinator, for that under those circumstances, because that's the

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<v Speaker 1>only way you've been able to get pressure on a quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>You're almost hamstrung with you know, if you if you don't,

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<v Speaker 1>then that quarterback sits back there and and looks and

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<v Speaker 1>looks and gets to the first second, third choice, throws

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<v Speaker 1>a ball down the field or you you put it

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<v Speaker 1>in his face and and see if we can get

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<v Speaker 1>to him in time. Well, we've seen plenty of opposing

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<v Speaker 1>offenses when the Dolphins play a traditional defense on third

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<v Speaker 1>and twelve, third and sixteen get thirteen or seventeen. So

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<v Speaker 1>I don't disagree about going after him. I just don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that the pressure matched the coverage from the back end.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're gonna send eight, well you better be in

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<v Speaker 1>that catch position. It maybe five yards off the ball

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<v Speaker 1>instead of twelve or fourteen, where you've you've given so

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<v Speaker 1>much room to special athletes. You know, Johnson, even though

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<v Speaker 1>he's a rookie he didn't play like a rookie, and

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<v Speaker 1>you got Juju on the other side, could have easily

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<v Speaker 1>been him in that situation. So I don't agree with

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<v Speaker 1>the scheme of being aggressive, and I know head coach

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Flores talked about, Hey, I'm going to be aggressive,

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<v Speaker 1>that's my mentality. Don't disagree with that one on board.

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<v Speaker 1>What I do have question with is the front didn't

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<v Speaker 1>match the coverage. If you're gonna go after somebody like that,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very difficult to cover a one yard slant from

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<v Speaker 1>four twelve yards off the ball or four teens yards

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<v Speaker 1>off the ball when you have so much room in

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<v Speaker 1>between where the catch is made and where you're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to make the tackle. The hole in the middle of

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<v Speaker 1>the field, it was enormous. It was, I mean, you're

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<v Speaker 1>really off that. Say you'd take one step and and

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<v Speaker 1>and then run a slant, you had no chance against that,

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<v Speaker 1>and and and then then the field was so there

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<v Speaker 1>was such a void in the middle of the field

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<v Speaker 1>that it was twenty yards before someone even got anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>nearing and and really yeah, and that to me was

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<v Speaker 1>the question mark that I had, or the issue I

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<v Speaker 1>had with it. No doubt, Hey, it's a but the

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<v Speaker 1>start you'd like to start, you know. And it's funny

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<v Speaker 1>since since Ryan Fitzpatricks, Fitzpatrick has come in to start,

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<v Speaker 1>going going back to the fourth quarter of the Washington

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<v Speaker 1>game last week in Buffalo, this game, he's shown the

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<v Speaker 1>ability far far more effectively than than than Josh Rosen. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the one thing that Rosen was given you, he was

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<v Speaker 1>giving you the long ball. He's giving you that that

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<v Speaker 1>big chunk play. Whereas the one of the one of

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<v Speaker 1>the issues with this football team, and you see it,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the touchdown they had, they got four first

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<v Speaker 1>downs and then they got their touchdown. You know, this

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<v Speaker 1>is not a team that's getting big chunk plays. So

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<v Speaker 1>they've got to take what we had the drive last week.

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<v Speaker 1>Six team plays in that in that drive where you

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<v Speaker 1>know you can't you can't do that on a consistent basis,

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<v Speaker 1>especially a young football team like this that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the the old theory. If you're a defensive you know

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<v Speaker 1>there's certain defensive coordinators with here is ben don't break

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<v Speaker 1>where Let's let the more snaps they have to take

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<v Speaker 1>to get to the end zone, the better chance we

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<v Speaker 1>have because they'll make a mistake. We'll be there to

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<v Speaker 1>take advantage of it. And I think that's exactly what

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<v Speaker 1>we see out of this football team, although sometimes it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't take very long for that that mistake to happen. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that that explosive play where you saw Albert

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<v Speaker 1>Wilson or Jachem Grant make last year on regularity, and

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't that the ball had to travel forty five

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<v Speaker 1>yards down the field. These guys were catching screens and

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<v Speaker 1>slamms a little little now passes, you know where he's uncovered,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're making two guys miss, and all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>the team's getting blocks down the field and they're just

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<v Speaker 1>following those blocks, and they're great in space. When they

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<v Speaker 1>have their hands on the football, they turn into really

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<v Speaker 1>running backs and they're able to avoid and make people miss,

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<v Speaker 1>and they turn into big, explosive touchdowns. And and that's

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<v Speaker 1>really what the Dolphins are missing, and you're hoping that

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<v Speaker 1>you get a little bit more of that. I think

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<v Speaker 1>Albert Wilson's getting closer to a hund percent. He's been

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<v Speaker 1>playing but hasn't really had that twitch that you've seen

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<v Speaker 1>last year. Joachim Grant has been in the same kind

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<v Speaker 1>of position. For me, anyway, you don't you see him

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<v Speaker 1>explode on a comeback route and you say, maybe he's there,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, maybe he's that guy that is gonna, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>round into form where he's making those types of plays

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<v Speaker 1>on a consistent basis. Because it's not that Ryan Fitzpatrick

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<v Speaker 1>can't throw the football downfield. It's just that the time

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<v Speaker 1>in the pocket and availability downfield have been more of

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<v Speaker 1>back shoulder types of things to Kasicky in the seam,

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<v Speaker 1>or or you you get a guy like Devonte going

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<v Speaker 1>up and getting the football or Williams going up and

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<v Speaker 1>getting the football, you don't have u those quick plays

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<v Speaker 1>around the line of scrimmage. They are making people miss.

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<v Speaker 1>And now you've got a twenty eight yard game that

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<v Speaker 1>hasn't been in the offense. It's it's been tough, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you you you talk about Albert Wilson and

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<v Speaker 1>Jachim Grant and I'm with you. You know, you watch them.

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<v Speaker 1>They look good, but they that that that burst that

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<v Speaker 1>we saw early last year on those little plays, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just it's just not there, and they're they're getting caught

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<v Speaker 1>by that that last guy or getting caught by someone

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<v Speaker 1>where last year they're able to move and that's something

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<v Speaker 1>I think they will continue. Is the more they play

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<v Speaker 1>in the in, the healthier they get. You'll see that,

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<v Speaker 1>but but it makes it tough. The other thing Johnny

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<v Speaker 1>is is a is the overwhelming disparity in giveaways to

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<v Speaker 1>take aways for this football team. Four four giveaways this week,

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<v Speaker 1>one one takeaway in the in the game and as

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<v Speaker 1>I said earlier, probably should have had, clearly should have

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<v Speaker 1>had three where the ball was another one that X

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<v Speaker 1>could have got, probably two more than X could have got.

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<v Speaker 1>Mama has had one. There was one by the defensive

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<v Speaker 1>front that Taco could have had that that that dropped

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<v Speaker 1>down by him. So you know, if you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be the type of foot ball if you're gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>the type of football team that the Dolphins are right now, boy,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't afford to let those opportunities land on the ground. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. Anytime you can get takeaways and more, and

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<v Speaker 1>it really bodes into what the offense is lacking. You

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<v Speaker 1>need to get instant field position because you can't start

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<v Speaker 1>on your own fifteen or eighteen yard line thinking you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna take a twelve plays and get points. It happens,

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<v Speaker 1>but it doesn't happen with regularity, and it it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>happen a whole lot to you know, probably the NFL.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you're taking advantage of takeaways because it's giving

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<v Speaker 1>you instant field position. It's it's it's really cutting the

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<v Speaker 1>field in half. And if you're giving it away at

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<v Speaker 1>the same at the same rate, it's not gonna it's

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<v Speaker 1>putting too much pressure on the defense. So I agree

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<v Speaker 1>with fits on the one. The one was like a punt, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna give you. I'm gonna give you a shot.

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<v Speaker 1>You came to go downfield, make a play. If we

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<v Speaker 1>don't get it, it's okay, they're gonna get the ball

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<v Speaker 1>inside the five yard line. That one I kind of

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<v Speaker 1>washed away. But but it's the other it's the other takeaways.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the other sacks that put your punting team in

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<v Speaker 1>a bad spot that gives the football to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the Steelers maybe at the opposing forty yard line that

0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:12.559
<v Speaker 1>they're licking their chops, going, hey we go six yards.

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<v Speaker 1>We can do this, and you know, you you wonder

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<v Speaker 1>why things change. But you know, X doesn't play in

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<v Speaker 1>the second half, he comes out, the new issue flares up.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't play Ken Webster. It's funny because Ken Webster

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<v Speaker 1>went down. That hurts. You know, two months ago we

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<v Speaker 1>know who Ken Webster was. You know, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean. It's but but here's how you're depending on

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<v Speaker 1>you depending on him. He goes down with the ankle,

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<v Speaker 1>and then all of a sudden that Ryan lewis playing

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<v Speaker 1>positions he's not really accustomed to. You've got will it's

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<v Speaker 1>playing positions. You know, you've got need Um playing out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are your starters. Now, that's it, and it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be that way playing safety. You know, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of Uh, there's a lot of guys playing different

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<v Speaker 1>positions that you didn't plan on going into the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you have a plan for it, but you're not

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<v Speaker 1>depending on it for half of the football game. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's funny, John, because we've seen it now throughout the

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<v Speaker 1>courses year earlier, early on, for the first really five weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>was that offensive line. It was just you know, who's

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<v Speaker 1>coming in there, who's playing here? Now who's playing And

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<v Speaker 1>they're starting to settle in. And they're starting to settle

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<v Speaker 1>in because they're getting know, they're getting they're getting to

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<v Speaker 1>work together with each other. Uh, and then last week

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<v Speaker 1>up in Buffalo, Uh, you lose Wilkins and you and

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<v Speaker 1>you went into the game with all the defensive tackle

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<v Speaker 1>pre defensive tackles to begin with. So you gotta make

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<v Speaker 1>changes on the fly there and then here we are.

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<v Speaker 1>When you go in, you gotta x back. You know,

0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.520
<v Speaker 1>he's coming back from the injury. He picks up the

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<v Speaker 1>first row, first throw that uh that they put up,

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<v Speaker 1>he picks it off. Rudolph throws up and he picks

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<v Speaker 1>it off, and you thinking, oh, we've got something going here,

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<v Speaker 1>and then all of a sudden, he goes down, Webster

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<v Speaker 1>goes down. And then those guys, those guys that are

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<v Speaker 1>coming in, look, they're doing the best they can, but

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<v Speaker 1>you know they're they're not your they're not your your

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<v Speaker 1>front line guys. And it's it's tough too. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>as a coach, you're in there and and and coaching

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<v Speaker 1>them too. Technique, you know, responsibilit no mellors this and that.

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<v Speaker 1>But there, as you said, not playing the same position

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<v Speaker 1>all the time, different guys, Your communication kind of goes

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<v Speaker 1>by the wayside when you lose a Rashaw Jones and

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<v Speaker 1>guys like that, and so it's it's it's it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be it's it's gonna be difficult for those guys. Now

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<v Speaker 1>X has gone for the year. Webster not sure what

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<v Speaker 1>he is the thing they made the move with with

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<v Speaker 1>a key to lead. He'll never he'll never take the field. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think see that. Um So, so it's going

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<v Speaker 1>to be like you said, that group of the group

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<v Speaker 1>of guys in the secondary, they don't have to find

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<v Speaker 1>some way to elevate their game, uh, if they want

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<v Speaker 1>to compete and compete through it and find that win.

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<v Speaker 1>So somewhere throughout the course of the season, Well, they're

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<v Speaker 1>playing the right team this week in terms of wins

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<v Speaker 1>and losses and success. Because I don't know if anybody

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<v Speaker 1>scares you other than Levan Bell in the backfield. In

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<v Speaker 1>terms of wide receiver Robby Anderson, it seems like he's

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<v Speaker 1>he's always been like yet he has and and that

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<v Speaker 1>that might be the one guy you circle. But other

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<v Speaker 1>than that, I mean, this is an offensive line that's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like who's on it? You know? And maybe

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<v Speaker 1>maybe this is the week that they can force and

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<v Speaker 1>Williams he loves on and Quinn and Williams is playing

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<v Speaker 1>well for him, But uh, you know, yeah, they and

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<v Speaker 1>they you know they they have their own issues. They

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<v Speaker 1>have their issues. This is this is there's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of issues on that football field come Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>at hard Rock Stadium on both sides of a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of questions. But but this is a chance for the

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<v Speaker 1>Dolphins to you know, to to to take advantage of

0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.800
<v Speaker 1>a team that's that's in a like situation as as

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<v Speaker 1>they're in. You know, a team that a team that's

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<v Speaker 1>you know, got got personnel problems, whether it's injuries, whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's guys that don't want to play. Moving on they

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<v Speaker 1>move loft to the the guard that didn't want to play

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<v Speaker 1>all year long, and and so they've got away defensive

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<v Speaker 1>got the same type of issues that this football team has.

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<v Speaker 1>The good thing is you're playing at home. Well that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's you're you're trying to get your first win. You'd

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<v Speaker 1>love to have it come at hard Rock Stadium in

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<v Speaker 1>front of your fans who have been you know, kind

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<v Speaker 1>of pulling pulling their weight, you know, and wanting to

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<v Speaker 1>see that win. And they've seen improvement, we've seen improvement

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<v Speaker 1>over the last three weeks. They beat you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>have a chance to win in the fourth quarter against

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<v Speaker 1>Washington at home, that doesn't get done. You go on

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<v Speaker 1>the road against Buffalo, who has a really nice record,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't know if they're all that great. You

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<v Speaker 1>know that there's only probably one or two teams in

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<v Speaker 1>the a f C that you feel like those are

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<v Speaker 1>really good football teams. Then there's a cluster of teams

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle that they can be beat on any week.

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<v Speaker 1>So I would think the Miami Dolphins have a chance

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<v Speaker 1>this week at home against the Jets that are floundering

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<v Speaker 1>at this point, especially offensively. And you're look at with

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<v Speaker 1>like you talking about Levan Bell and what he thinks.

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<v Speaker 1>I would I would assume, although we don't coach Gay,

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<v Speaker 1>he he wants to throw that ball up in the air.

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<v Speaker 1>But but you would you would think that this would

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<v Speaker 1>be the perfect time for them to say we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>ride you for We're gonna give you twenty five plus carries,

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<v Speaker 1>throw it to and all that stuff for this. So

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<v Speaker 1>this team to be ready for for that type of

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<v Speaker 1>game this week. I think, you know, we saw what

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<v Speaker 1>Adam Gaze wanted to do against the Denver Broncos in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of a head coach, you know, leaving an organization,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe not on the best terms. I think that he's

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<v Speaker 1>going to have this team ready to play and he'll

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<v Speaker 1>definitely have every every gadget play, every everything in his

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<v Speaker 1>at his disposal to try to win this game on

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<v Speaker 1>the road, to try to stick it to the Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure that, Hey, John, one of the things I

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<v Speaker 1>want to touch on in fourth and two, fourth and one,

0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:28.520
<v Speaker 1>the Ryan Fitzpatrick uh runs with the football get stopped.

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<v Speaker 1>Looked like he had it. They marked the ball, they

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<v Speaker 1>can't figure it out. Then they and they move the chains.

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<v Speaker 1>Then then to move the chains back after looking at

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<v Speaker 1>the inst replay, then they take the chaine out for

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<v Speaker 1>the measurement. Talk that over ten minutes to me, John,

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<v Speaker 1>once you pick up those chains, it's over. You can't

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<v Speaker 1>you can't replicate exact exactly the spot the football was

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<v Speaker 1>in number one or nor can you put the chains

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<v Speaker 1>back in the exact samee. Well, you might get the

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<v Speaker 1>yard line, but it might be six inches. It was

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<v Speaker 1>about a two inch difference between the first down when

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<v Speaker 1>they brought the chain out. My memory, serge and credit

0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:09.800
<v Speaker 1>wasn't two to four inches about all it was that

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<v Speaker 1>that gave him the There's no way and once they

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<v Speaker 1>moved the chains, they should that there should be a

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<v Speaker 1>rule in the National football you cannot go back and

0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:22.720
<v Speaker 1>do that. There's it's been decided. I'm sorry. One way

0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:24.480
<v Speaker 1>you could be on the right side of that or

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<v Speaker 1>the wrong side of that. But it's so hard to

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<v Speaker 1>now set the chains again, set the football in the

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<v Speaker 1>right spot, and then bring the chains out like that. John,

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<v Speaker 1>I watched I sit there and watch these guys officials

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<v Speaker 1>in the sideline. It's not easy to try to be

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere with the ball in there. And and you watch

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<v Speaker 1>the haphazard way that they make those marks. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>they the places and the guy's way on the sideline,

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<v Speaker 1>and there's a bunch of bodies fix his foot down somewhere,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and have a hot dog and one and

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<v Speaker 1>the chain on the chain gang it comes. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you ever seen these guys he slippers in are the chains.

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<v Speaker 1>There's somebody usually the guys are in the chain gangs.

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<v Speaker 1>Someone in that organization owes him something. I got tickets coming, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you got. You got guys out there that can barely

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<v Speaker 1>run up and down the field and they're taking pictures

0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.520
<v Speaker 1>and doing Coming from the Witness Protection Program, ahold of change.

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<v Speaker 1>So you're gonna use that, You're gonna use that on

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<v Speaker 1>an intu replay to try to re re replicate that

0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:26.440
<v Speaker 1>way way too many variables. But that that being said, John,

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<v Speaker 1>that's what you get when you're the Miami Dolf. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what you get when you're a team that's struggling. That

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<v Speaker 1>that's just a bad, horrible break on that. Yeah, because

0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:39.880
<v Speaker 1>you know that that, you know you're struggling to fight

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<v Speaker 1>back and get it back, get back into the game.

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<v Speaker 1>Fits makes a great play there. He's covered in and

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<v Speaker 1>you know he wants to get it out in the

0:19:45.160 --> 0:19:48.240
<v Speaker 1>flat it's covered. The choices a quarterback is to tuck it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you've got a short distance to go. You

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<v Speaker 1>go ahead first, you don't slide because you want to

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<v Speaker 1>have the market me as close to the line to

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<v Speaker 1>gain as possible. And it looks clear like it's right there.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it's a decision, a bang bang play officials

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<v Speaker 1>is first down, they moved the chains, everybody's okay, and

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, fifteen minutes later it's Steelers. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen things like that happen in college football. When

0:20:10.320 --> 0:20:12.560
<v Speaker 1>you gotta when you got a crew from the other

0:20:12.600 --> 0:20:14.879
<v Speaker 1>team that the other the other team you're playing, that

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<v Speaker 1>let a little bit and and the referee servant time

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<v Speaker 1>and then they get to the spot the football. Yeah

0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:24.919
<v Speaker 1>you've seen that happen, no doubt. But in the NFL

0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:26.359
<v Speaker 1>know that. But and that that you know, that was

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity to kind of recapture a little momentum and

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<v Speaker 1>move on. But uh, look, it's a it was a

0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:34.440
<v Speaker 1>tough game up there, and it looks a tough place

0:20:34.480 --> 0:20:37.080
<v Speaker 1>to play in. John, I I never thought, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've been a Pittsburgh a handful of times, both playing

0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:43.439
<v Speaker 1>and covering this football team, and I don't know that

0:20:43.480 --> 0:20:46.320
<v Speaker 1>I ever ever saw that team that those fat fan

0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:50.320
<v Speaker 1>base turn on. That team is vocally and as quickly

0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:53.120
<v Speaker 1>as they did down fourteen nothing because they're struggling, they're

0:20:53.119 --> 0:20:55.920
<v Speaker 1>doing nothing, They're not getting much on the ground. Mason

0:20:56.000 --> 0:20:57.879
<v Speaker 1>Rudolph is throwing the ball all over the place. You

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<v Speaker 1>got no accuracy. That offense is three and out there.

0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:03.480
<v Speaker 1>You know, they throw the interception, then they got a

0:21:03.520 --> 0:21:06.600
<v Speaker 1>punt twice, you know, before they finally get the field goal.

0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:11.600
<v Speaker 1>And but but up to that time, the chorus of

0:21:12.160 --> 0:21:15.200
<v Speaker 1>it was cleaning down on heindfield was something I never

0:21:15.200 --> 0:21:17.240
<v Speaker 1>thought i'd see. You could hear watch it on TV.

0:21:17.680 --> 0:21:19.919
<v Speaker 1>I mean you're there and you can actually you know,

0:21:19.920 --> 0:21:22.440
<v Speaker 1>you're going, wow, I bet this is we got a shot.

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<v Speaker 1>What I'm thinking, yeah, you know, if you one more turns,

0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:28.240
<v Speaker 1>one more score stick, one more nail in the coffin,

0:21:28.320 --> 0:21:31.800
<v Speaker 1>this thing is over. Yeah, And it's it's amazing how

0:21:32.000 --> 0:21:34.439
<v Speaker 1>a couple of plays. That's why coaches always used to

0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:36.920
<v Speaker 1>tell you know, it's it's it's you don't know which

0:21:36.960 --> 0:21:40.240
<v Speaker 1>plays are going to be able to be game changers.

0:21:40.280 --> 0:21:42.760
<v Speaker 1>And there's probably five, six seven plays you can go back.

0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:46.480
<v Speaker 1>Sometimes it's only two or three. But that interception and

0:21:46.480 --> 0:21:50.199
<v Speaker 1>then that conversion on third down completely, I'm sure you

0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:53.000
<v Speaker 1>felt it in the stadium. It was like no one

0:21:53.040 --> 0:21:56.359
<v Speaker 1>ever bowed before in Pittsburgh. You know, they started cheering

0:21:56.400 --> 0:21:59.000
<v Speaker 1>that that. You can see the players get excited about it.

0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:02.359
<v Speaker 1>They're getting at the ball back in the third quarter. Well,

0:22:02.520 --> 0:22:05.200
<v Speaker 1>because I'm thinking the same thing. You know, you kicked

0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:06.760
<v Speaker 1>the field that you you hold a new field goes,

0:22:08.400 --> 0:22:09.840
<v Speaker 1>you're in good ship. Well I'm not talking about the

0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:13.639
<v Speaker 1>first one, all right. And then I and I believe

0:22:13.720 --> 0:22:18.960
<v Speaker 1>that interception I think the pick six or the the

0:22:19.960 --> 0:22:22.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry that yeah, the deflection, no, no, the past,

0:22:23.080 --> 0:22:26.680
<v Speaker 1>the h the one to Johnson after after the interception

0:22:27.600 --> 0:22:30.840
<v Speaker 1>before the half makes it a fourteen tenant half exactly

0:22:30.960 --> 0:22:32.280
<v Speaker 1>you got about a but I think it's about a

0:22:32.280 --> 0:22:35.360
<v Speaker 1>buck twenty. I think six maybe on the clock when

0:22:35.359 --> 0:22:38.919
<v Speaker 1>they started, and I'm going, man, just hold on for

0:22:39.040 --> 0:22:41.399
<v Speaker 1>hold on your life, and just if you can just

0:22:41.480 --> 0:22:43.480
<v Speaker 1>keep them from a touchdown. You're going to half to

0:22:43.760 --> 0:22:47.280
<v Speaker 1>halftime with at worse fourteen six lead. You you're feeling

0:22:47.280 --> 0:22:49.640
<v Speaker 1>pretty damn good about correct me if I'm wrong, But

0:22:49.920 --> 0:22:52.000
<v Speaker 1>I think the wind was coming off the lake that way,

0:22:52.040 --> 0:22:55.840
<v Speaker 1>so it was no guarantee anything over yards. It was

0:22:55.880 --> 0:22:58.440
<v Speaker 1>gonna be a little dicey, right, no, no doubt about it.

0:22:58.840 --> 0:23:01.119
<v Speaker 1>And then to see him running and you just just

0:23:01.240 --> 0:23:04.240
<v Speaker 1>kind of thought, you know that that was I know

0:23:04.280 --> 0:23:06.600
<v Speaker 1>it was before halftime, still had a lot of football

0:23:06.600 --> 0:23:08.240
<v Speaker 1>to play, but well, you just felt like that was

0:23:08.240 --> 0:23:11.280
<v Speaker 1>a backbreaker. And it's sure, I'm sure you know, halftimes

0:23:11.280 --> 0:23:13.120
<v Speaker 1>only ten or twelve minutes as it is, it felt

0:23:13.119 --> 0:23:15.399
<v Speaker 1>probably felt like two minutes, and the Steelers had the

0:23:15.440 --> 0:23:17.960
<v Speaker 1>ball back again starting in the third course. No doubt

0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:20.600
<v Speaker 1>about it. But uh, you know, another tough one. And

0:23:21.080 --> 0:23:24.160
<v Speaker 1>but but you know, you keep you know, I keep

0:23:24.200 --> 0:23:25.960
<v Speaker 1>saying it. I keep trying to tell people, and they

0:23:25.960 --> 0:23:27.200
<v Speaker 1>talk to me, and you know, you know, I talked

0:23:27.200 --> 0:23:29.240
<v Speaker 1>to all this guys. These I don't know, they don't

0:23:29.240 --> 0:23:31.760
<v Speaker 1>even look like they don't even I am surprised how

0:23:31.760 --> 0:23:33.359
<v Speaker 1>many people come to go. This team looks like they

0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:36.040
<v Speaker 1>don't even want to play. I think, looking at what

0:23:36.840 --> 0:23:39.399
<v Speaker 1>what team? You are even watching the games or you

0:23:39.440 --> 0:23:41.560
<v Speaker 1>just you know that's here. That's the somebody told me,

0:23:41.640 --> 0:23:44.720
<v Speaker 1>and then somebody told him and because and and look

0:23:44.800 --> 0:23:48.280
<v Speaker 1>if if this team was a bunch of guys that

0:23:48.720 --> 0:23:53.560
<v Speaker 1>weren't working hard, didn't care, um, you know it didn't

0:23:54.040 --> 0:23:56.600
<v Speaker 1>you didn't bother them if they lose. You know, I've

0:23:56.600 --> 0:23:59.199
<v Speaker 1>seen guys like that, But this team is anything but that.

0:23:59.320 --> 0:24:02.159
<v Speaker 1>And and just see him play that hard, work that

0:24:02.320 --> 0:24:07.080
<v Speaker 1>hard um and and just have that slipped through their

0:24:07.119 --> 0:24:09.600
<v Speaker 1>fingers in the first half, because you knew in the

0:24:09.600 --> 0:24:12.200
<v Speaker 1>second half after that it was gonna be tough, especially

0:24:12.200 --> 0:24:16.199
<v Speaker 1>when you see all the injuries and all exactly. You know,

0:24:16.280 --> 0:24:19.640
<v Speaker 1>so you're depleted, you have a depleted secondary, and that's

0:24:19.680 --> 0:24:23.399
<v Speaker 1>really where the game changed because Smith, Smith, Schuster and

0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:27.119
<v Speaker 1>Deante Johnson, you know, combined were close to two hundred

0:24:27.200 --> 0:24:30.720
<v Speaker 1>yards in terms of receiving yards, two touchdowns and ten catches,

0:24:30.720 --> 0:24:34.720
<v Speaker 1>and and you you, you you lacked any pressure in

0:24:34.720 --> 0:24:37.560
<v Speaker 1>the second half. That allowed Mason Rudolph to kind of

0:24:37.600 --> 0:24:40.720
<v Speaker 1>stand back and you're back in the game and get

0:24:40.720 --> 0:24:44.560
<v Speaker 1>back into the game in there, and and his focus

0:24:44.600 --> 0:24:48.040
<v Speaker 1>became better and his accuracy became better because he wasn't

0:24:48.040 --> 0:24:50.600
<v Speaker 1>being harassed, he wasn't having to move around the pocket

0:24:50.640 --> 0:24:51.840
<v Speaker 1>to try to get the ball out of out of

0:24:51.880 --> 0:24:54.080
<v Speaker 1>the backfield. And on the flip side, the defense for

0:24:54.119 --> 0:24:56.600
<v Speaker 1>the Steelers turned it on and they started getting you know,

0:24:56.680 --> 0:24:59.440
<v Speaker 1>more action in the backfield, shutting down the running games

0:24:59.440 --> 0:25:02.600
<v Speaker 1>the Dolphins had and really forcing their hand on fits.

0:25:02.600 --> 0:25:05.200
<v Speaker 1>And it was tough when you have what coming from

0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:07.400
<v Speaker 1>one side, Bud Dupree on the other side, you've got

0:25:07.560 --> 0:25:10.200
<v Speaker 1>Bush in the middle, You've got a really good secondary

0:25:10.440 --> 0:25:12.639
<v Speaker 1>on the outside. And then make it comes away with

0:25:12.680 --> 0:25:14.960
<v Speaker 1>two picks, you know what you know, then you kind

0:25:14.960 --> 0:25:17.080
<v Speaker 1>of you kind of you kind of knew going in

0:25:17.160 --> 0:25:19.680
<v Speaker 1>that you know, making keep trying to keep Maka out

0:25:19.720 --> 0:25:21.840
<v Speaker 1>of this game, and he comes up with two picks.

0:25:21.880 --> 0:25:25.040
<v Speaker 1>One was you know that, but one was a game change, no,

0:25:25.040 --> 0:25:27.680
<v Speaker 1>no doubt about it. But just a tough, tough, tough,

0:25:27.720 --> 0:25:29.880
<v Speaker 1>tough loss for this football team. But they've they've all

0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:32.160
<v Speaker 1>been tough. But like you said, now you start looking

0:25:32.160 --> 0:25:34.600
<v Speaker 1>forward to the Jets and and what's happened with this guy?

0:25:34.640 --> 0:25:36.240
<v Speaker 1>And you know, it was funny because I stand on

0:25:36.240 --> 0:25:38.680
<v Speaker 1>the sideline and or before the game and I see

0:25:38.720 --> 0:25:41.119
<v Speaker 1>some guy working out. I'm going, man, you know you

0:25:41.160 --> 0:25:42.959
<v Speaker 1>know what I was. He was that guy, you know,

0:25:43.600 --> 0:25:46.920
<v Speaker 1>And I look at guy's legs must be as big

0:25:46.960 --> 0:25:49.119
<v Speaker 1>as tree trunks. And then all of a sudden during

0:25:49.119 --> 0:25:51.000
<v Speaker 1>the game, I see him rock BiDi was Arberton Dici

0:25:51.440 --> 0:25:54.439
<v Speaker 1>goes in and gets a handful of snap and well,

0:25:54.480 --> 0:25:56.040
<v Speaker 1>I'll tell you what, I don't think he's in I

0:25:56.040 --> 0:25:59.639
<v Speaker 1>don't think he's in game condition yet. Um, but I

0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:06.800
<v Speaker 1>tell he's a stout, big, thick lower body, prototypical defensive

0:26:06.800 --> 0:26:10.520
<v Speaker 1>tackle guy that as you look forward to next year

0:26:10.600 --> 0:26:12.960
<v Speaker 1>and look, he's had his issues. That's the reason he's

0:26:12.960 --> 0:26:15.439
<v Speaker 1>here with this football team right now. But boy, if

0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:18.640
<v Speaker 1>you could get his head on straight with physical talent

0:26:18.760 --> 0:26:22.320
<v Speaker 1>that he's got to to to to be part of

0:26:22.359 --> 0:26:26.200
<v Speaker 1>that core that you move on with next year. Because

0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:29.560
<v Speaker 1>to me, every every guy like that that that you've

0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:31.680
<v Speaker 1>got that that turns out that hey, this guy could

0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:33.119
<v Speaker 1>be a player that's one of less guy you've got

0:26:33.200 --> 0:26:36.359
<v Speaker 1>a draft or or finding the free agent market to

0:26:36.480 --> 0:26:39.239
<v Speaker 1>fill in there, because that's what this that's what this

0:26:39.320 --> 0:26:41.720
<v Speaker 1>offseason gonna be about, is gonna be about the draft

0:26:41.720 --> 0:26:44.480
<v Speaker 1>and free agency and fill in the holes. And and

0:26:44.920 --> 0:26:46.480
<v Speaker 1>as I sit down and talk to you know, talk

0:26:46.520 --> 0:26:48.199
<v Speaker 1>to We're gonna talk to Mark Walton a little bit.

0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:52.360
<v Speaker 1>Talk to Mark, we'll talk about his opportunity. But here

0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:56.480
<v Speaker 1>again is another young guy that's got potential that that

0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:58.720
<v Speaker 1>you can see being part of the future of this

0:26:58.800 --> 0:27:07.080
<v Speaker 1>franchise moving forward. And so there there's you know, Taco Charlton, Taco. Yeah,

0:27:07.920 --> 0:27:10.800
<v Speaker 1>those guys right, No, got nothing for that guy. You know,

0:27:10.800 --> 0:27:12.439
<v Speaker 1>Shaq Calhoun. I don't know what Shack is gonna end

0:27:12.480 --> 0:27:14.920
<v Speaker 1>up be in. Here's another food undrafted free agent. There's

0:27:14.960 --> 0:27:18.399
<v Speaker 1>a guy. So there's there, There's there are guys there

0:27:18.440 --> 0:27:23.159
<v Speaker 1>that can can really be the core of this unit. Um.

0:27:23.200 --> 0:27:26.879
<v Speaker 1>But you know, the real competition for this football team

0:27:27.280 --> 0:27:30.199
<v Speaker 1>is going to start in April. Or in in in

0:27:31.000 --> 0:27:33.800
<v Speaker 1>in March, when the when the NFL season opens, in

0:27:33.880 --> 0:27:36.960
<v Speaker 1>free agency, and then the draft in April, and then

0:27:37.040 --> 0:27:41.080
<v Speaker 1>that's that's you know, that's that's where this football team has.

0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:43.720
<v Speaker 1>They can't afford, they can't afford to have a ball

0:27:43.720 --> 0:27:46.200
<v Speaker 1>bounce off their shoulder pads and going for a pick.

0:27:46.560 --> 0:27:48.359
<v Speaker 1>They've got to make the right decisions and they've gotta

0:27:48.720 --> 0:27:50.240
<v Speaker 1>they've got to be smart about what they do. Know

0:27:50.280 --> 0:27:52.320
<v Speaker 1>if they've if they've got nine picks in the in

0:27:52.359 --> 0:27:55.160
<v Speaker 1>the first, you know, three or four rounds, and they've

0:27:55.200 --> 0:28:00.320
<v Speaker 1>got to hit on a better part of with no questions.

0:28:01.080 --> 0:28:03.080
<v Speaker 1>Got to be starters on this. By the way, Mark

0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:05.560
<v Speaker 1>Mark Walton got him coming in. So let's let's have

0:28:05.560 --> 0:28:14.200
<v Speaker 1>a talk with Mark here. With Mark Wallton, Mark, Uh,

0:28:14.400 --> 0:28:17.000
<v Speaker 1>you're one of those rare guys. You're you're a Miami guy.

0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:19.640
<v Speaker 1>You you went to Cork at Washington High School. Um,

0:28:19.920 --> 0:28:22.000
<v Speaker 1>you go to the University of Miami, be a little

0:28:22.000 --> 0:28:24.199
<v Speaker 1>stop in Cincinnati, then you come back to Miami, but

0:28:24.240 --> 0:28:26.560
<v Speaker 1>be able to play you know, grow up as a

0:28:26.560 --> 0:28:29.320
<v Speaker 1>as a kid youth football, high school of football, college football,

0:28:29.720 --> 0:28:31.439
<v Speaker 1>and then come back and play in the NFL. It's

0:28:31.520 --> 0:28:33.919
<v Speaker 1>it's it's a rare guy that gets the opportunity to

0:28:33.920 --> 0:28:36.440
<v Speaker 1>do that. Oh yeah, and this is something I look

0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:38.520
<v Speaker 1>forward to doing. I've been doing. Um, I'm I'm growing

0:28:38.560 --> 0:28:41.000
<v Speaker 1>up being a Hurricane fan of Miami Dolphin fan and

0:28:41.040 --> 0:28:43.560
<v Speaker 1>an opportunity to presenters off this all season, I ran

0:28:43.640 --> 0:28:46.080
<v Speaker 1>with it and I knew directly what I want to do,

0:28:46.120 --> 0:28:47.880
<v Speaker 1>and I know I want to be a Dolphin. I know,

0:28:48.200 --> 0:28:50.640
<v Speaker 1>um my energy was gonna bring to this organization and

0:28:50.920 --> 0:28:52.440
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad it worked out for me and I'm glad

0:28:52.480 --> 0:28:54.280
<v Speaker 1>to coach. You see what I'm what I'm about. You know,

0:28:54.320 --> 0:28:56.960
<v Speaker 1>South Florida and Dade Dade County certainly one of the

0:28:57.000 --> 0:28:59.920
<v Speaker 1>hot bets for UH for high school football, quality of hype.

0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:01.880
<v Speaker 1>I school football down here gets a lot of guys ready,

0:29:02.240 --> 0:29:04.280
<v Speaker 1>uh to to move on to the second career and

0:29:04.280 --> 0:29:07.320
<v Speaker 1>then onto the NFL. What was about Booker T. Washington

0:29:07.360 --> 0:29:10.080
<v Speaker 1>that gave you the foundation to to be the type

0:29:10.080 --> 0:29:12.400
<v Speaker 1>of player that you've become. When I first walked in

0:29:12.440 --> 0:29:14.520
<v Speaker 1>that building, Coach Ice Harris to Mice Harris joint, I

0:29:14.520 --> 0:29:16.800
<v Speaker 1>mean senior and junior, both of them was my head

0:29:16.800 --> 0:29:19.640
<v Speaker 1>coaches thought my time there. Uh, they basically told me

0:29:19.680 --> 0:29:21.080
<v Speaker 1>just come in and work hall and you're gonna you're

0:29:21.080 --> 0:29:23.440
<v Speaker 1>gonna get what you want deserve. And it since that day,

0:29:23.440 --> 0:29:26.360
<v Speaker 1>I just wor work hall. And we still disciplining into

0:29:26.400 --> 0:29:28.520
<v Speaker 1>the guys, you know, just working hall, just doing it,

0:29:28.640 --> 0:29:30.560
<v Speaker 1>doing the little thing is the right way. Uh, just

0:29:30.600 --> 0:29:32.520
<v Speaker 1>carrying outself the right way to whatever we do, just

0:29:32.800 --> 0:29:35.200
<v Speaker 1>do it on a ten percent uh it because I

0:29:35.240 --> 0:29:37.080
<v Speaker 1>always save you're wrong if if if you're not sure

0:29:37.080 --> 0:29:38.880
<v Speaker 1>what you're doing, just I'd rather be wrong you do

0:29:38.880 --> 0:29:40.840
<v Speaker 1>it a hundred ten percent and doing it I'm not sure.

0:29:40.840 --> 0:29:42.880
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I just want I just come out there

0:29:42.880 --> 0:29:44.240
<v Speaker 1>and do what I could do best to have the

0:29:44.280 --> 0:29:46.400
<v Speaker 1>team win. And and and that's playing football. En I've talked

0:29:46.400 --> 0:29:48.680
<v Speaker 1>to a number of times, and it's tough. It's a

0:29:48.680 --> 0:29:51.600
<v Speaker 1>tough area around there growing up. And and I think

0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:54.520
<v Speaker 1>they've done a good job. They're bringing in good athletes,

0:29:54.560 --> 0:29:57.520
<v Speaker 1>but also making sure that they they're aware that they

0:29:57.520 --> 0:29:59.000
<v Speaker 1>don't do the work in the school room. They don't

0:29:59.000 --> 0:30:00.400
<v Speaker 1>work in the classroom, they don't know if they're not

0:30:00.400 --> 0:30:02.280
<v Speaker 1>gonna play football. And I think it's a lot, a

0:30:02.320 --> 0:30:03.800
<v Speaker 1>lot a lot of guys to be eligible to go

0:30:03.800 --> 0:30:06.800
<v Speaker 1>to college in different places, whether there's Division one, Division two, whatever,

0:30:07.160 --> 0:30:09.240
<v Speaker 1>just places where they can continue their career and continue

0:30:09.240 --> 0:30:13.080
<v Speaker 1>your education. Because he big on that UM about you know,

0:30:13.200 --> 0:30:16.320
<v Speaker 1>getting good grades, getting the right right g p A

0:30:16.360 --> 0:30:18.640
<v Speaker 1>to and play UM football to be eligible. But the

0:30:18.720 --> 0:30:20.320
<v Speaker 1>end of the day, you know, and we when we

0:30:20.360 --> 0:30:22.000
<v Speaker 1>was there, I don't know if they still do it

0:30:22.080 --> 0:30:24.680
<v Speaker 1>now because it's a tough schedule with you chet. Yeah,

0:30:24.920 --> 0:30:27.600
<v Speaker 1>we used all have a study hall right at the school.

0:30:27.600 --> 0:30:29.840
<v Speaker 1>We come in and do our work. He mandatory that

0:30:30.320 --> 0:30:33.160
<v Speaker 1>UM make sure we do that before practicing at the practice.

0:30:33.160 --> 0:30:35.720
<v Speaker 1>And if guy's not doing it, doing their own homework,

0:30:36.320 --> 0:30:38.280
<v Speaker 1>doing class work, you know you're not practicing. You ain't

0:30:38.320 --> 0:30:39.920
<v Speaker 1>playing coming on that field till you get your class

0:30:39.960 --> 0:30:42.360
<v Speaker 1>work right. Parents are upset about it. You gotta go

0:30:42.400 --> 0:30:44.560
<v Speaker 1>see the principal see whatever. You gotta have to school

0:30:44.600 --> 0:30:47.080
<v Speaker 1>or first before you being on football players. So because

0:30:47.120 --> 0:30:48.920
<v Speaker 1>I see big on that and it got us ready

0:30:48.960 --> 0:30:51.400
<v Speaker 1>for own college, you know it serves you well. Yeah,

0:30:51.680 --> 0:30:53.240
<v Speaker 1>and so here you are with the Dolphins and then

0:30:53.240 --> 0:30:55.920
<v Speaker 1>you're you're get an opportunity to start and get carries.

0:30:56.520 --> 0:30:58.400
<v Speaker 1>I know you're happy with that opportunity. And I mean

0:30:58.560 --> 0:31:00.720
<v Speaker 1>this league is all about opportunities and and once you

0:31:00.720 --> 0:31:02.680
<v Speaker 1>get the opportunity, making the most of it? Are you?

0:31:03.400 --> 0:31:05.760
<v Speaker 1>I I know, I don't never know one's every satisfied

0:31:05.800 --> 0:31:08.240
<v Speaker 1>with where they're at. But do you like the trajectory

0:31:08.240 --> 0:31:10.160
<v Speaker 1>that you're taking with this football team and and the

0:31:10.200 --> 0:31:12.160
<v Speaker 1>carries that you're getting right now? I mean, I'm in

0:31:12.200 --> 0:31:15.400
<v Speaker 1>love with everything that's going to run this building, UM, coaches, players,

0:31:15.760 --> 0:31:17.959
<v Speaker 1>I mean my role and then the day I just

0:31:18.200 --> 0:31:19.880
<v Speaker 1>mean it was given I almost say if it was

0:31:19.880 --> 0:31:21.800
<v Speaker 1>given to me was I mean I've worked at it,

0:31:21.800 --> 0:31:24.040
<v Speaker 1>and I mean this opportunity and presented something, I just

0:31:24.040 --> 0:31:26.160
<v Speaker 1>gotta put my best foot forward. And how do things

0:31:26.160 --> 0:31:28.000
<v Speaker 1>that I I I can handle in UM, and that's

0:31:28.000 --> 0:31:30.200
<v Speaker 1>going in and playing football. And if I'm the lead back,

0:31:30.240 --> 0:31:31.960
<v Speaker 1>I just gotta go out there and control control I

0:31:32.000 --> 0:31:35.000
<v Speaker 1>can control and help this team, UH prosperting when winning games,

0:31:35.000 --> 0:31:37.280
<v Speaker 1>and we just try to hold hold each other accountable.

0:31:37.520 --> 0:31:39.160
<v Speaker 1>If you if you do a little self scouting, what

0:31:39.240 --> 0:31:42.480
<v Speaker 1>do you think, UM, is your best asset is running back?

0:31:42.520 --> 0:31:45.120
<v Speaker 1>What what makes you what you are? I think I

0:31:45.200 --> 0:31:46.800
<v Speaker 1>love to go out that compee. I'm I mean, I'm

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:48.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm a football player. I like the pass block. I

0:31:48.560 --> 0:31:51.000
<v Speaker 1>can run. I like to run the ball, tough, physical,

0:31:51.280 --> 0:31:52.959
<v Speaker 1>IM I could catch the ball to backfield. I mean,

0:31:53.280 --> 0:31:55.720
<v Speaker 1>I mean, like I said, it all start with pass block,

0:31:55.760 --> 0:31:57.920
<v Speaker 1>and first I like to protect the quarterback. Um, I

0:31:57.920 --> 0:31:59.640
<v Speaker 1>mean I think that's what helped me get on this

0:31:59.720 --> 0:32:01.680
<v Speaker 1>get this the stage right here where I'm at right now.

0:32:02.240 --> 0:32:04.920
<v Speaker 1>You're looking at the team, no doubt it's struggling right now,

0:32:04.960 --> 0:32:07.080
<v Speaker 1>and then we're looking for that that first win, and

0:32:07.080 --> 0:32:09.120
<v Speaker 1>I believe that win is gonna come. But but you

0:32:09.200 --> 0:32:11.200
<v Speaker 1>look around in that locker room and and there's a

0:32:11.200 --> 0:32:14.640
<v Speaker 1>lot of young, good talent on this football team, and

0:32:14.680 --> 0:32:16.959
<v Speaker 1>maybe not enough to get to where you want to be.

0:32:17.040 --> 0:32:19.840
<v Speaker 1>But do you like what you think the future holds

0:32:20.400 --> 0:32:23.040
<v Speaker 1>for this team with with that that core of young

0:32:23.080 --> 0:32:24.880
<v Speaker 1>players that you see in that locker room. I mean,

0:32:24.920 --> 0:32:26.440
<v Speaker 1>I think got feature bright. You know, we were a

0:32:26.480 --> 0:32:28.479
<v Speaker 1>young team and then the day we we we we're

0:32:28.480 --> 0:32:31.000
<v Speaker 1>still trying to learn to win. Um we've been we've

0:32:31.040 --> 0:32:32.760
<v Speaker 1>been doing a good job. A week by week we've

0:32:32.760 --> 0:32:35.000
<v Speaker 1>been improving. And UM, I think that win will come

0:32:35.000 --> 0:32:36.680
<v Speaker 1>pretty soon. So once it, once it come, a thin

0:32:37.400 --> 0:32:39.840
<v Speaker 1>get the rust off back and we get we get

0:32:39.840 --> 0:32:41.360
<v Speaker 1>that that bit of taste out of our mouth and

0:32:41.440 --> 0:32:43.080
<v Speaker 1>we will know that winn and fielding this belt. So

0:32:43.120 --> 0:32:45.560
<v Speaker 1>we think once we get that first win at lead

0:32:45.560 --> 0:32:48.080
<v Speaker 1>a multiple win so the other team. But we talented.

0:32:48.240 --> 0:32:50.160
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I love to win this fruture. Our fruture

0:32:50.200 --> 0:32:52.240
<v Speaker 1>looks for us. I mean it's right now. We'll be

0:32:52.240 --> 0:32:54.000
<v Speaker 1>struggling about that in the day next year. I think

0:32:54.000 --> 0:32:56.400
<v Speaker 1>it's future bright, you know you. Brian Flores came in.

0:32:56.480 --> 0:33:00.280
<v Speaker 1>He talked about discipline, He talked about doing the little things,

0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:03.760
<v Speaker 1>doing your job, small details, and and early on it

0:33:03.800 --> 0:33:05.680
<v Speaker 1>looked like that, you know that the message maybe wasn't

0:33:05.720 --> 0:33:07.440
<v Speaker 1>getting through. But now you look at it. You know,

0:33:07.480 --> 0:33:11.120
<v Speaker 1>the pre snap penalties are down, mistakes are down. You know,

0:33:11.280 --> 0:33:15.120
<v Speaker 1>guys are guys are doing the right things on the field. Uh,

0:33:15.200 --> 0:33:18.080
<v Speaker 1>And it looks like his fingerprint is all over this team.

0:33:18.120 --> 0:33:21.040
<v Speaker 1>Now do you like the message that he delivers to you,

0:33:21.160 --> 0:33:23.520
<v Speaker 1>and the and the and the demands that he has

0:33:23.600 --> 0:33:26.040
<v Speaker 1>for you, guys? I mean he, I mean, his his

0:33:26.080 --> 0:33:27.800
<v Speaker 1>own philosophy is pretty simple. You know, you go out

0:33:27.800 --> 0:33:29.800
<v Speaker 1>there and just follow his rules and men, it ain't

0:33:29.840 --> 0:33:31.680
<v Speaker 1>too hard. You know, he wants to be a disciminate

0:33:31.760 --> 0:33:33.560
<v Speaker 1>team and that's something I think that's we were gaining,

0:33:33.600 --> 0:33:36.640
<v Speaker 1>were gaining that his trust and that we we allowed

0:33:36.720 --> 0:33:39.120
<v Speaker 1>him to control this team, and we followed his lead

0:33:39.200 --> 0:33:42.400
<v Speaker 1>and be able to own control the penalties pre snap

0:33:42.400 --> 0:33:45.800
<v Speaker 1>penalties and not get false stars, and we just we

0:33:45.920 --> 0:33:48.040
<v Speaker 1>just learned how to build that winning culture. We're just

0:33:48.120 --> 0:33:50.960
<v Speaker 1>trying to get over that little hump. So even though

0:33:50.960 --> 0:33:53.080
<v Speaker 1>the small details about the penalties Preestnalis, I think that

0:33:53.160 --> 0:33:55.680
<v Speaker 1>went very much down. And it was the first few

0:33:55.680 --> 0:33:58.720
<v Speaker 1>weeks you talked about, you know, going through these struggles

0:33:58.720 --> 0:34:00.320
<v Speaker 1>and knowing that there's there's a wind come around the

0:34:00.360 --> 0:34:04.680
<v Speaker 1>corner somewhere. Does that that weight in that expectation from

0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:07.880
<v Speaker 1>outside sources? Does that does that we're on you a

0:34:07.880 --> 0:34:11.680
<v Speaker 1>little bit, even family friends. Forget about newspapers and radio

0:34:11.719 --> 0:34:14.200
<v Speaker 1>and all that type of thing, but just just from

0:34:14.200 --> 0:34:17.200
<v Speaker 1>the from from the people you're closely associated with. I mean,

0:34:17.280 --> 0:34:20.000
<v Speaker 1>I try to not let that botherment nothing, because I

0:34:20.040 --> 0:34:21.879
<v Speaker 1>know what's in this building. I mean, what we got

0:34:21.880 --> 0:34:24.359
<v Speaker 1>in this building. And and and then then they whatever

0:34:24.400 --> 0:34:26.600
<v Speaker 1>the outside they can say, whatever the family can say,

0:34:26.600 --> 0:34:28.640
<v Speaker 1>whatever what we need to do to better, Uh, I

0:34:28.640 --> 0:34:30.400
<v Speaker 1>mean I can know only control. We can control and

0:34:30.400 --> 0:34:32.520
<v Speaker 1>that's what that's what we we got these fifty three

0:34:32.520 --> 0:34:34.800
<v Speaker 1>man's in this room, man in that meeting room, and

0:34:34.800 --> 0:34:36.680
<v Speaker 1>and that in that locker room. I mean I trust them,

0:34:36.680 --> 0:34:38.640
<v Speaker 1>guys in them, and I know they trust me. We

0:34:38.680 --> 0:34:41.000
<v Speaker 1>trust each other, and sooner or later we're gonna put

0:34:41.000 --> 0:34:42.279
<v Speaker 1>it off. I can't really about what the outside to

0:34:42.320 --> 0:34:44.399
<v Speaker 1>think about this team. Typically on a on a home game,

0:34:45.120 --> 0:34:47.680
<v Speaker 1>extra tickets coming your way on home games. Now I

0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:50.000
<v Speaker 1>try to stay I sorry to keep it less out

0:34:50.000 --> 0:34:52.600
<v Speaker 1>of it, less than five. You know, if if everybody

0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:54.560
<v Speaker 1>can't everybody can't come to every game, you don't understand.

0:34:54.600 --> 0:34:56.200
<v Speaker 1>You know, if people don't understand the tickets aren't free,

0:34:56.200 --> 0:34:58.319
<v Speaker 1>you gotta pay some tickets, and they think it's called

0:35:00.000 --> 0:35:02.200
<v Speaker 1>people want tickets from and go. You know, I gotta get,

0:35:02.280 --> 0:35:03.719
<v Speaker 1>I gotta, I gotta, I gotta have a game check

0:35:03.800 --> 0:35:07.239
<v Speaker 1>left game check. I mean my family, I mean, they

0:35:07.280 --> 0:35:09.880
<v Speaker 1>pretty understand about it. You know, they try to um

0:35:10.040 --> 0:35:11.440
<v Speaker 1>come to the games when they get when they can

0:35:11.840 --> 0:35:14.040
<v Speaker 1>come on their own town. But sometimes I'll try to

0:35:14.040 --> 0:35:16.800
<v Speaker 1>get I try to switch it around. Gets free tickets

0:35:16.800 --> 0:35:19.080
<v Speaker 1>to certain people, then the next week, get a free

0:35:19.120 --> 0:35:21.160
<v Speaker 1>tickets to the next group of guy. But man, my

0:35:21.160 --> 0:35:23.600
<v Speaker 1>family're pretty pretty straightful. They they don't bother me too

0:35:23.680 --> 0:35:25.640
<v Speaker 1>much about tickets. Yeah, since you've been if you had

0:35:25.640 --> 0:35:28.080
<v Speaker 1>a chance to go see a football game, book or

0:35:28.080 --> 0:35:30.840
<v Speaker 1>tea football game. I've been in through football games and

0:35:31.160 --> 0:35:33.279
<v Speaker 1>it's glad to see them guys on winning. But you know,

0:35:33.320 --> 0:35:35.680
<v Speaker 1>we we started off very slow, but I think we

0:35:35.760 --> 0:35:37.680
<v Speaker 1>didn't playoffs, so we're gonna we're gonna get it going well.

0:35:37.760 --> 0:35:39.960
<v Speaker 1>Dad County, I mean that's a there's you look at

0:35:40.000 --> 0:35:41.759
<v Speaker 1>Dade County and those teams that are down there, it's

0:35:41.760 --> 0:35:44.360
<v Speaker 1>a it's a it's a dog fighting every week. Definitely.

0:35:44.719 --> 0:35:47.680
<v Speaker 1>Pal keeps them going, keep keeps singing there in central

0:35:47.719 --> 0:35:51.920
<v Speaker 1>Northwest City. Yeah, it's always been been like that all

0:35:51.920 --> 0:35:54.600
<v Speaker 1>the time since you were there. Oh yeah, it's been

0:35:54.600 --> 0:35:57.480
<v Speaker 1>a brutal been in brutal city in interaction with each other,

0:35:57.480 --> 0:35:59.520
<v Speaker 1>with them teams, but it's all it's all fun and

0:35:59.560 --> 0:36:02.080
<v Speaker 1>love again, love of the game. But then I think

0:36:02.080 --> 0:36:05.640
<v Speaker 1>we still running Day County book. Yeah, well, I'm sure

0:36:05.640 --> 0:36:07.600
<v Speaker 1>there's I'm sure there'd be some arguments there, but you

0:36:07.600 --> 0:36:09.719
<v Speaker 1>certainly have a pretty good argument for for what you've

0:36:09.760 --> 0:36:12.120
<v Speaker 1>done over there for the years and what that program

0:36:12.120 --> 0:36:15.040
<v Speaker 1>has been all about. Appreciate you spending some time with us.

0:36:15.160 --> 0:36:17.520
<v Speaker 1>Wish you the best, stay healthy and keep pounding the

0:36:17.640 --> 0:36:18.759
<v Speaker 1>rock man, that's and know what you like to do.

0:36:18.800 --> 0:36:28.120
<v Speaker 1>Appreciate you all, Thank you, appreciate it, Thank you all right,

0:36:28.160 --> 0:36:30.680
<v Speaker 1>Mark Walton, And uh, well, I tell you, you know,

0:36:30.760 --> 0:36:34.040
<v Speaker 1>I envy the handful of guys who had been able

0:36:34.040 --> 0:36:37.320
<v Speaker 1>to do this John to play high school football, college

0:36:37.320 --> 0:36:40.920
<v Speaker 1>football and play in the NFL in the town you

0:36:40.960 --> 0:36:42.719
<v Speaker 1>grow up in. It's pretty cool and that that to

0:36:42.760 --> 0:36:46.920
<v Speaker 1>me is a really really cool experience. Yes, it feels

0:36:46.960 --> 0:36:51.600
<v Speaker 1>so fortunate because, uh, you know, the rough path that

0:36:51.680 --> 0:36:53.920
<v Speaker 1>Mark Walton has taken to be able to become the

0:36:54.400 --> 0:36:56.920
<v Speaker 1>number one running back in the National Football League for

0:36:56.920 --> 0:36:59.799
<v Speaker 1>for a team in two thousand nineteen, he probably didn't

0:36:59.800 --> 0:37:03.720
<v Speaker 1>see himself, uh having that opportunity, and he's really taken

0:37:03.719 --> 0:37:06.560
<v Speaker 1>advantage of it all. All I see him do is

0:37:06.600 --> 0:37:11.600
<v Speaker 1>work extremely hard at his craft, take really good coaching, um,

0:37:11.880 --> 0:37:15.400
<v Speaker 1>and also be productive with that opportunity. You know, the

0:37:15.440 --> 0:37:18.799
<v Speaker 1>guy looks fresh, and the guy makes yards when it

0:37:18.840 --> 0:37:20.799
<v Speaker 1>doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of yards to

0:37:20.800 --> 0:37:23.279
<v Speaker 1>be made, and he looks explosive once he gets to

0:37:23.320 --> 0:37:26.680
<v Speaker 1>that second level. So I'm so happy that Mark Waldon

0:37:26.800 --> 0:37:29.040
<v Speaker 1>is a part of this football team, and hopefully he's

0:37:29.080 --> 0:37:31.800
<v Speaker 1>part of this team for uh, you know, the near future.

0:37:32.200 --> 0:37:34.760
<v Speaker 1>The guys we talked about being core young core guys,

0:37:34.800 --> 0:37:37.040
<v Speaker 1>and Mark Walton looks like he could be one of

0:37:37.080 --> 0:37:39.440
<v Speaker 1>those guys. And funny, I, you know, when I haven't

0:37:39.440 --> 0:37:41.120
<v Speaker 1>told this story much, but I came when I when

0:37:41.120 --> 0:37:43.200
<v Speaker 1>I came out in the draft, I I you know,

0:37:43.320 --> 0:37:44.680
<v Speaker 1>I grew up in the Bay Area. You know, I

0:37:44.680 --> 0:37:46.120
<v Speaker 1>was on the bottom of the Bay Area in San

0:37:46.239 --> 0:37:49.040
<v Speaker 1>Jose and Oakland's on one side, in San Francisco's on

0:37:49.080 --> 0:37:50.640
<v Speaker 1>the other side. And you know, you grew up in

0:37:50.600 --> 0:37:52.400
<v Speaker 1>an area like that, you're the forty Niner fan, you're

0:37:52.400 --> 0:37:55.120
<v Speaker 1>a Raider fan, right one or the other. And uh,

0:37:55.400 --> 0:37:56.920
<v Speaker 1>I was kind of more of a forty Niner fan,

0:37:56.960 --> 0:37:58.680
<v Speaker 1>but always watched the Raiders because the Raiders were the

0:37:58.719 --> 0:38:00.880
<v Speaker 1>Raiders at that time, you know, and and they were

0:38:00.920 --> 0:38:04.080
<v Speaker 1>fun to watch. And so my my draft here, the

0:38:04.160 --> 0:38:07.080
<v Speaker 1>Raiders didn't have a a first round pick, they had

0:38:07.080 --> 0:38:10.160
<v Speaker 1>a second round pick, was their highest pick, and so

0:38:10.520 --> 0:38:12.879
<v Speaker 1>I get drafted by the Dolphins. I was nineteenth player

0:38:12.920 --> 0:38:15.560
<v Speaker 1>and nineteenth pick in the first round by the Dolphins.

0:38:16.000 --> 0:38:18.040
<v Speaker 1>And and and I'm just a thrilled about come in

0:38:18.080 --> 0:38:21.839
<v Speaker 1>Miami because kids from northern California the places I didn't

0:38:21.880 --> 0:38:28.759
<v Speaker 1>want to go, Buffalo, Green Bay, you know, Baltimore is

0:38:28.760 --> 0:38:32.520
<v Speaker 1>a pretty good team at the time. And so uh so,

0:38:32.640 --> 0:38:35.759
<v Speaker 1>so I get drafted. Two days after the draft, I

0:38:35.760 --> 0:38:39.640
<v Speaker 1>get a call from from my agent and he says, hey, says, uh,

0:38:39.920 --> 0:38:42.040
<v Speaker 1>you know, All Davis called because he he had done

0:38:42.040 --> 0:38:44.600
<v Speaker 1>a deal with the Raiders moving Ted Kaual like a

0:38:44.680 --> 0:38:47.400
<v Speaker 1>tight end over from the forty niners to the Raiders

0:38:47.400 --> 0:38:49.799
<v Speaker 1>in a trade, so he hadn't be built a relationship

0:38:49.800 --> 0:38:52.000
<v Speaker 1>with that with Al Davis. So he calls me and

0:38:52.000 --> 0:38:53.640
<v Speaker 1>he said, hey, I got some news raiser when he

0:38:53.680 --> 0:38:56.160
<v Speaker 1>was Al Davis wants you to play for the Raiders,

0:38:57.000 --> 0:38:59.080
<v Speaker 1>he I said, And I said, I said, man, that

0:38:59.080 --> 0:39:01.360
<v Speaker 1>that'd be pretty nice. I said, you know, so I

0:39:01.400 --> 0:39:04.160
<v Speaker 1>could do the same thing, you know, high school college football,

0:39:04.840 --> 0:39:06.680
<v Speaker 1>all in the same town. I said, yeah, that'd be great.

0:39:07.080 --> 0:39:09.440
<v Speaker 1>I go, I go, yeah, I'm I'm for that. And

0:39:09.480 --> 0:39:11.879
<v Speaker 1>he goes, he goes, Okay, here's what you gotta do.

0:39:12.640 --> 0:39:14.520
<v Speaker 1>I go, what said? He goes, you gotta call coach

0:39:14.560 --> 0:39:17.040
<v Speaker 1>Shula and tell him I don't want to play for

0:39:17.080 --> 0:39:21.680
<v Speaker 1>you in the Miami Dolphins. And I said, what what

0:39:21.840 --> 0:39:23.839
<v Speaker 1>he says, Yeah, just call him and say, hey, look,

0:39:24.280 --> 0:39:28.239
<v Speaker 1>I appreciate I appreciate you drafting me. I thought about it.

0:39:28.719 --> 0:39:30.920
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to play for the Dolphins, you know,

0:39:31.000 --> 0:39:33.200
<v Speaker 1>I I just don't want to play. And tell me

0:39:33.239 --> 0:39:37.960
<v Speaker 1>when you hang up the phone, and I said, I said, I.

0:39:38.600 --> 0:39:42.080
<v Speaker 1>I said, are you freaking crazy? You think I'm a

0:39:42.200 --> 0:39:45.319
<v Speaker 1>coming to the league, into this league? And and you

0:39:45.320 --> 0:39:46.919
<v Speaker 1>know at the time, I'm coming from San Jose State.

0:39:46.920 --> 0:39:49.560
<v Speaker 1>I've been to cook two different colleges. I'm just happy

0:39:49.560 --> 0:39:51.400
<v Speaker 1>to be Hey, I'm just happy to have an invitation.

0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:53.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm happy to have a plane ticket. That problem is,

0:39:53.640 --> 0:39:58.560
<v Speaker 1>it was like thirty years behind. And I said, there

0:39:58.640 --> 0:40:01.120
<v Speaker 1>is no way in hell I'm gonna be that guy

0:40:01.680 --> 0:40:04.040
<v Speaker 1>coming out of college. No one knew me anyway. You know,

0:40:04.200 --> 0:40:06.279
<v Speaker 1>it's not like you know Leroy seven was the first

0:40:06.280 --> 0:40:08.279
<v Speaker 1>pick of not like Leroy Selmon saying I don't want

0:40:08.280 --> 0:40:10.680
<v Speaker 1>to go to I'm gonna go somewhere else. But that's

0:40:10.719 --> 0:40:12.480
<v Speaker 1>final le Roight, where do you want to go? Me?

0:40:12.640 --> 0:40:14.560
<v Speaker 1>Going out? No, I said no, no, no, no, that's

0:40:14.600 --> 0:40:17.279
<v Speaker 1>what that That ended that conversation, and really quick he

0:40:17.320 --> 0:40:21.399
<v Speaker 1>said you sure, I said, I'm it was a really

0:40:21.400 --> 0:40:24.440
<v Speaker 1>good thought. I appreciate the thought, but thanks, but no thanks.

0:40:25.840 --> 0:40:28.480
<v Speaker 1>Can you imagine that happens, right, and you you make

0:40:28.560 --> 0:40:31.920
<v Speaker 1>the call to coach and then and then it doesn't happen, right,

0:40:32.080 --> 0:40:35.359
<v Speaker 1>you gotta come back to Miami after making that. Well,

0:40:35.360 --> 0:40:37.400
<v Speaker 1>first of all, you know, and I didn't know Coachula

0:40:37.480 --> 0:40:39.759
<v Speaker 1>at the time. The only time I've spoken to him

0:40:39.800 --> 0:40:42.160
<v Speaker 1>as went on draft drafted and he say, you know,

0:40:42.840 --> 0:40:46.200
<v Speaker 1>be here Thursday. We got the twelve minute run about

0:40:46.200 --> 0:40:49.880
<v Speaker 1>the most he said to me. But having having played

0:40:49.920 --> 0:40:53.360
<v Speaker 1>for for Coach Schuler for ten years afterwards, I couldn't

0:40:53.400 --> 0:40:57.680
<v Speaker 1>imagine what what he would have said. And and I

0:40:57.760 --> 0:41:00.440
<v Speaker 1>might have shipped my pants on the phone. You're right

0:41:00.440 --> 0:41:04.040
<v Speaker 1>at that moment, if if actually actually you probably could

0:41:04.120 --> 0:41:06.960
<v Speaker 1>imagine what he would have said. I could imagine. I

0:41:07.000 --> 0:41:10.239
<v Speaker 1>can imagine very well, because I heard he said some

0:41:10.280 --> 0:41:12.800
<v Speaker 1>stuff to me with with with a lot of less

0:41:12.800 --> 0:41:14.560
<v Speaker 1>things that could have been worse than that. And you

0:41:14.600 --> 0:41:18.959
<v Speaker 1>were playing for him at a high level. Oh my god,

0:41:19.360 --> 0:41:22.879
<v Speaker 1>I think I think about that sometimes and saying, man, what, oh,

0:41:22.920 --> 0:41:24.520
<v Speaker 1>I couldn't imagine what that have been like. But it

0:41:24.600 --> 0:41:27.520
<v Speaker 1>was an opportunity and it was and Mark's fortunate. I mean, really,

0:41:27.680 --> 0:41:30.440
<v Speaker 1>you look at guys like that that are uh, you know,

0:41:30.600 --> 0:41:32.440
<v Speaker 1>so fortunate to be able to do that, and you

0:41:32.440 --> 0:41:35.160
<v Speaker 1>think about same probably the same situation with Dan Reno

0:41:35.239 --> 0:41:38.560
<v Speaker 1>growing up in in Oakland, p A. Playing high school

0:41:38.560 --> 0:41:41.520
<v Speaker 1>at Central Catholic and then the Steelers and going to

0:41:41.600 --> 0:41:44.759
<v Speaker 1>pit and then the Steelers had an opportunity, you know,

0:41:44.880 --> 0:41:47.360
<v Speaker 1>to take him. You have thought that would have been perfect,

0:41:47.600 --> 0:41:49.759
<v Speaker 1>you know, but glad it didn't work out. Didn't work out.

0:41:50.440 --> 0:41:51.880
<v Speaker 1>Glad it didn't work out for them, and it was

0:41:52.120 --> 0:41:53.439
<v Speaker 1>good to have him. But but but you know, it's funny

0:41:53.440 --> 0:41:55.839
<v Speaker 1>because Danny was up in in Pittsburgh. I know your

0:41:55.880 --> 0:41:57.640
<v Speaker 1>daughter Cash was up for the game too, you're a

0:41:57.640 --> 0:42:00.960
<v Speaker 1>pitt guy, and and uh so he's you know, I

0:42:01.000 --> 0:42:02.920
<v Speaker 1>know Danny went up early, and you know, he's always

0:42:03.000 --> 0:42:04.799
<v Speaker 1>always fun for him to go back up there. I'm

0:42:04.840 --> 0:42:07.200
<v Speaker 1>sure that he saw so many people and family and

0:42:07.280 --> 0:42:10.279
<v Speaker 1>friends and and it's great, you know, it's it's such

0:42:10.320 --> 0:42:13.120
<v Speaker 1>a it's such a cool town, especially when you get

0:42:13.160 --> 0:42:16.000
<v Speaker 1>a day at like you know, Monday, and it wasn't

0:42:16.080 --> 0:42:19.120
<v Speaker 1>real cold, it wasn't windy and nasty and raining. And

0:42:19.120 --> 0:42:21.640
<v Speaker 1>then maybe on Saturday it was, but Monday was perfect.

0:42:21.640 --> 0:42:23.200
<v Speaker 1>You know. It's funny, John, you spent a lot of

0:42:23.200 --> 0:42:26.239
<v Speaker 1>time in Pittsburgh. Um, you know me, I didn't the

0:42:26.280 --> 0:42:28.439
<v Speaker 1>first time I went to Pittsburgh's the first time when

0:42:28.440 --> 0:42:31.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm played. Um. But but you know, Pittsburgh one of

0:42:31.760 --> 0:42:34.319
<v Speaker 1>those teams, you know, still Mills steel mill team. And

0:42:34.520 --> 0:42:37.400
<v Speaker 1>that's whether steelers in in a in an industrial town

0:42:38.160 --> 0:42:40.920
<v Speaker 1>when when industry hit took a big hit, uh, in

0:42:40.960 --> 0:42:44.080
<v Speaker 1>the you know, in the in the sixties, seventies and eighties,

0:42:44.160 --> 0:42:46.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, going out of business and then you look

0:42:46.120 --> 0:42:48.120
<v Speaker 1>at you go to downtown Buffalo and you can see

0:42:48.120 --> 0:42:52.040
<v Speaker 1>the remnants of what that city was. You know, Buffalo is.

0:42:52.080 --> 0:42:54.000
<v Speaker 1>It's still a great place and it's still there. They've

0:42:54.160 --> 0:42:56.600
<v Speaker 1>they've survived and and you know, but but those those

0:42:56.640 --> 0:42:59.919
<v Speaker 1>industrial cities that lost that that heart of what they were,

0:43:00.120 --> 0:43:02.439
<v Speaker 1>the jobs and all that stuff. And then and then

0:43:02.440 --> 0:43:04.520
<v Speaker 1>he just kind of crumbled. But you know, we we

0:43:04.560 --> 0:43:07.640
<v Speaker 1>went to a restaurant on on Saturday night, was up

0:43:07.719 --> 0:43:11.680
<v Speaker 1>up that up there Washington Mount Washington, and the first

0:43:11.719 --> 0:43:14.040
<v Speaker 1>time I've been up there big and you look down

0:43:14.040 --> 0:43:16.960
<v Speaker 1>over that city and it is it's an absolutely beautiful,

0:43:16.960 --> 0:43:20.239
<v Speaker 1>beautiful city. And what they've done and how they've been

0:43:20.280 --> 0:43:25.560
<v Speaker 1>able to um reinvent themselves as a as a city, banks,

0:43:25.960 --> 0:43:29.560
<v Speaker 1>all those types of things, a lot of business in there,

0:43:30.120 --> 0:43:33.839
<v Speaker 1>and you know, I can see why people that come

0:43:33.880 --> 0:43:36.799
<v Speaker 1>from Pittsburgh, that grew up in Pittsburgh, well just just

0:43:37.239 --> 0:43:40.160
<v Speaker 1>their their roots run deep there and and no matter

0:43:40.160 --> 0:43:43.160
<v Speaker 1>where they're at, they're still Pittsburgh people. Yeah, you see them,

0:43:43.160 --> 0:43:44.520
<v Speaker 1>and all you have to do is listen for the

0:43:44.560 --> 0:43:50.400
<v Speaker 1>accent and a couple of words. It's funny that that

0:43:50.480 --> 0:43:52.960
<v Speaker 1>you say that, but you know, it really reinvented itself

0:43:53.040 --> 0:43:55.040
<v Speaker 1>in the health care industry too with u p MC

0:43:55.640 --> 0:43:58.879
<v Speaker 1>and and you know, uh, it's just unbelievable the job

0:43:58.920 --> 0:44:03.000
<v Speaker 1>opportunities with the university and and with business, and it

0:44:03.040 --> 0:44:05.279
<v Speaker 1>seems like it's branched out. It's just not the city now.

0:44:05.320 --> 0:44:08.799
<v Speaker 1>They have so many different you know, Ducaine's there, they

0:44:08.880 --> 0:44:12.240
<v Speaker 1>got they've got a number of numbers, a number of colleges, versities.

0:44:13.000 --> 0:44:17.640
<v Speaker 1>Really really downtown, really impressed by, uh by Pittsburgh. And

0:44:17.680 --> 0:44:18.960
<v Speaker 1>and all was about and then and then the game

0:44:19.040 --> 0:44:22.239
<v Speaker 1>started well, then then the second quarter started and then

0:44:22.320 --> 0:44:25.840
<v Speaker 1>the kind of went downhill. It was, you know, it

0:44:25.920 --> 0:44:28.279
<v Speaker 1>was encouraging to see the team go on the road

0:44:28.320 --> 0:44:30.239
<v Speaker 1>Monday night, big stage, all the eyes are on you

0:44:30.719 --> 0:44:32.719
<v Speaker 1>and and play a half that you felt like, wow,

0:44:32.760 --> 0:44:35.600
<v Speaker 1>that was you know, just replicate that you're in for

0:44:35.640 --> 0:44:37.919
<v Speaker 1>a four quarter games and John those those things too,

0:44:38.160 --> 0:44:40.439
<v Speaker 1>even even that and then you know, talking to coach

0:44:40.440 --> 0:44:42.360
<v Speaker 1>Floras after the game and uh, you know, and he

0:44:42.440 --> 0:44:45.480
<v Speaker 1>talked about, you know, the stage wasn't too big for

0:44:45.520 --> 0:44:47.560
<v Speaker 1>these guys, and they came out it was it was

0:44:47.640 --> 0:44:49.919
<v Speaker 1>a tough crowd to begin with. They shut the crowd down.

0:44:50.320 --> 0:44:52.959
<v Speaker 1>Things didn't work out the way they wanted the second half,

0:44:52.960 --> 0:44:56.120
<v Speaker 1>but you know, it wasn't too big for him. And

0:44:56.160 --> 0:44:58.440
<v Speaker 1>that's all steps and in growth for a young football

0:44:58.440 --> 0:45:00.520
<v Speaker 1>team to play in those you know, they fortunately think

0:45:00.840 --> 0:45:03.560
<v Speaker 1>one prime time game Monday night, you know, you get

0:45:03.560 --> 0:45:05.080
<v Speaker 1>a little a little taste of it. So the next

0:45:05.120 --> 0:45:07.120
<v Speaker 1>time you get in it, uh, you know, you know

0:45:07.160 --> 0:45:10.319
<v Speaker 1>what it's all about. And and this football team, you know,

0:45:10.480 --> 0:45:11.840
<v Speaker 1>down the road, they're gonna play in a lot of

0:45:11.840 --> 0:45:14.520
<v Speaker 1>money night football games. If things work out the way

0:45:14.800 --> 0:45:16.719
<v Speaker 1>the way it's expecting the way I think it's gonna

0:45:16.760 --> 0:45:19.080
<v Speaker 1>work out for this team. They're gonna find themselves in

0:45:19.120 --> 0:45:20.680
<v Speaker 1>all those prime time games, and a lot of these

0:45:20.680 --> 0:45:22.680
<v Speaker 1>guys that are here right now, we're gonna play in

0:45:22.719 --> 0:45:25.239
<v Speaker 1>some of those games. So the more optics exposure, the

0:45:25.280 --> 0:45:27.720
<v Speaker 1>more reps you get in those situations, Like anything else,

0:45:28.080 --> 0:45:29.760
<v Speaker 1>no matter what you do have, the more reps you get,

0:45:30.000 --> 0:45:31.480
<v Speaker 1>the better you get at it. And I think that's

0:45:31.480 --> 0:45:33.480
<v Speaker 1>gonna gonna pay dividends for some of these young guys

0:45:33.520 --> 0:45:35.160
<v Speaker 1>long the way. I sure hope. So you know, you

0:45:35.239 --> 0:45:37.040
<v Speaker 1>we talked about a few of the names that were,

0:45:37.400 --> 0:45:39.319
<v Speaker 1>you know, on this roster now that you hope that

0:45:39.360 --> 0:45:42.000
<v Speaker 1>are gonna stay on this roster. You know, a guy

0:45:42.040 --> 0:45:45.080
<v Speaker 1>like Christian Wilkins that gets his first exposure, you know,

0:45:45.160 --> 0:45:47.480
<v Speaker 1>at a Monday night football game, a number one draft

0:45:47.600 --> 0:45:50.440
<v Speaker 1>choice to the Miami Dolphins, and you're hoping that he's

0:45:50.440 --> 0:45:53.040
<v Speaker 1>he's playing on a defense that has Jerome Baker and

0:45:53.320 --> 0:45:56.640
<v Speaker 1>Vince Beagle and and and ray Kwon McMillan and and

0:45:56.680 --> 0:45:59.400
<v Speaker 1>guys like that that are in von Gottcha that that

0:45:59.440 --> 0:46:02.719
<v Speaker 1>are gonna be around this this team, in this franchise

0:46:02.760 --> 0:46:04.800
<v Speaker 1>for a long time, no doubt. All Right, that's gonna

0:46:04.800 --> 0:46:07.400
<v Speaker 1>do it. So it's uh, it's the Miami Dolphins and

0:46:07.480 --> 0:46:09.800
<v Speaker 1>the New York Jets come to Town hard Rock Stadium

0:46:09.840 --> 0:46:13.480
<v Speaker 1>on Sunday one o'clock, and uh, John's gonna be a

0:46:13.560 --> 0:46:16.240
<v Speaker 1>really good opportunity for his football team. And it's gonna

0:46:16.239 --> 0:46:19.080
<v Speaker 1>be Uh, it's gonna be a little surreal, it is,

0:46:19.120 --> 0:46:21.040
<v Speaker 1>you know, with with with everything that's gone on in

0:46:21.040 --> 0:46:23.520
<v Speaker 1>the last couple of years and what's going on now

0:46:23.600 --> 0:46:26.040
<v Speaker 1>and and and seeing you know, coach Gaye coming back

0:46:26.040 --> 0:46:28.399
<v Speaker 1>on the staff line and the staff. Yeah, a bunch

0:46:28.440 --> 0:46:34.000
<v Speaker 1>of that staff, Jefferson, a bunch of those guys were here,

0:46:34.000 --> 0:46:36.600
<v Speaker 1>and uh, it'll be a little bit like old handshake,

0:46:36.680 --> 0:46:38.759
<v Speaker 1>got a handshake, but uh but it's gonna be a

0:46:38.760 --> 0:46:40.879
<v Speaker 1>good It's gonna be a good game. And uh, well

0:46:40.920 --> 0:46:43.279
<v Speaker 1>I just I just you know, it's for some reason,

0:46:43.360 --> 0:46:45.200
<v Speaker 1>I got a feeling this this may be this may

0:46:45.239 --> 0:46:47.360
<v Speaker 1>be the Sunday that, uh, that these guys get to

0:46:47.400 --> 0:46:49.360
<v Speaker 1>hoop it up a little hope. So they deserve it.

0:46:49.400 --> 0:46:51.760
<v Speaker 1>They've been working hard and they're they're getting close. Hopefully

0:46:51.760 --> 0:46:53.400
<v Speaker 1>this is the one they kick in. And we'd like

0:46:53.440 --> 0:46:56.440
<v Speaker 1>to thank Microsoft Surface for sponsoring the audible. Here with

0:46:56.520 --> 0:46:59.080
<v Speaker 1>us and uh we'll catch you guys next week. Look

0:46:59.160 --> 0:47:02.480
<v Speaker 1>us up. We'll be out on Thursday. Take easy, m