WEBVTT - Drive Time: Jimbo Fisher Breaks Down De'Von Achane Addition 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:04.720 You are listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.600 This is Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.120 Back to throw to a looking clips. 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:17.000 A dot a wide Dolphen touchdown, Tyrickquel uncrelievable, It's just blue. 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:18.240 Fire for a second time. 0:00:18.480 --> 0:00:20.840 Don knew where he was going right away. I want 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:23.360 to hit that man. I want to help you. Someone 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:27.120 will stup on his man away wattle to a shotgun, 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:30.120 back to throw, looking at them. It's up Myers touchdown, 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.080 It's waddle, It's six touchdown, paradown. 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:34.839 How's the King? 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:39.000 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.519 Now, let me check your pulse if you're not for. 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:45.800 What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.760 And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:53.720 Miami Dolphins Podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.880 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:57.080 --> 0:00:59.520 And on today's show, we are knocking it out of 0:00:59.520 --> 0:01:01.520 the park with these big time guests, and. 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:03.400 We have two more for you today. 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.400 The head football coach at Texas A and M Jimbo 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:09.479 Fisher joins us to talk about new Dolphins running back 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.600 and his former back there in Aggie Land Devon Achan. 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:15.160 You guys are gonna love that interview. You're also gonna 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:17.800 love talking about some Miami Heat basketball on the trip 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:20.679 back to the NBA Finals for the second time in 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.280 four years. Let's go, Baby, Let's go Heat. Jeremy Tashe 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:26.840 from Bally Sports, Miami, Mic d Up and The Dan 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.720 Levittard Show joins us to talk about this year's fun 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:31.440 run for the Miami Heat. All of that in the 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:33.640 heck of a lot more from the Baptist Health Studios 0:01:33.920 --> 0:01:36.000 inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:38.440 This is the draft time, Parks. 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:43.080 Hey, let's jump right in today with my first guest, 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:47.480 Texas A and M head football coach, the legendary Jimbo Fisher. 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:51.360 And we have a very special guest today from college Station, 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.840 the head football coach at Texas A and M Jimbo Fisher. 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:55.160 Coach. 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:57.360 Welcome in, great to glad to be with you, guys. 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:58.320 Hope you're having a good day. 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:00.520 We're having a great day. It's always a day done 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:02.800 here in South Florida. And I want to start here, coach, 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.880 because I imagine that over the years we're talking about of 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:08.680 course new Dolphins running back to von a Chain, you know, 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:12.079 coaching so many future NFL players at this moment. I'm 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.040 sure it never gets old for you, But I want 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.680 to know about when you heard Devaughn's name called on 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:19.000 draft day and what that moment was like for you. 0:02:19.480 --> 0:02:21.960 Well again again, you go back to the when you 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.280 recruited a guy and you remember his mom, his family 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.200 and all their dreams. You know there was a chance 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.280 for all those dreams to come true. You've you've all 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:32.239 your hard work, all the things you dreamed about, and 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:34.560 it's a great It's one of the great feelings you 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:36.120 get as a coach to know those guys have that 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:37.799 opportunity to go to pro football, just like the one. 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:39.440 And then he got in a great organization with a 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:41.920 great team who has a great future right now. I 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:43.760 think he's a great fit for where he's going, And 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.600 that's the other part. They get that opportunity, but you 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:47.840 always worry about the fit. 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:49.800 You know what I mean? And I think again I 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:51.200 was excited for him to go to Miamis. 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.240 We love to hear that for sure. How quickly after 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.960 his draft selection, did you talk to Devony. 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.679 Right after his congratulating him and traded lating before and 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:01.400 a half, Because afterwards it's hard to get to him 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.280 because everybody in the world jumps on him. But now 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:04.799 you just you just wish him the best and tell 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:06.040 him that you can ever help him. 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:08.560 Let us know, was he pretty fired up to come 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:08.959 down here? 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:13.960 He is, But he's such a his emotions are kept 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.639 will in check. He's such an easy going when he's excited, 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:19.640 you wouldn't know if he was if he was down, 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.919 he was high, I mean, if he was neutral, or 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:23.079 if he was happy. 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:27.080 I mean, he's so it's not unemotional, but he keeps 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:28.120 his feelings really. 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.800 In chick, same guy every day. That's that's an easy 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:32.560 guy to coach, right because you know you get every 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.880 single day from him. Yeah, that's really cool to hear. 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.000 So so our goal here coach today is kind of 0:03:37.000 --> 0:03:39.760 twofold to both get to know the player and the person. 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:41.680 You've talked a little bit about the person already, but 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.320 I want to start with that part talking about the person. 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.480 Devon a chain and because in preparing for this podcast, 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:50.160 I found some really cool quotes about Devon coming back 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.800 for that LSU victory Yalla High late last season. Had 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.720 a chance to ask Devon about that in the media 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.560 availability and he talked about getting the opportunity to strap 0:03:57.600 --> 0:03:59.680 it on one last time with his guys. Right, I'm 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:01.400 wondering what that meant to you as a coach and 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:02.160 your program. 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.600 Well, he's a throwback in that. You know, it's about 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:08.000 the team for him. He's a very unassuming guy. He's 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:11.400 all team. He's easy to coach, he comes to work 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:13.680 every day, and it is about team. I mean, he 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:16.720 wants to play well so his team can do well. 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:18.680 And it's you know, it's not the vice versa where 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.400 I want to do well so I can do well. 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.120 He really truly believes in that and that's the way 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.320 he approaches each and every day. And that did It 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.240 made me happy, but it did not surprise me what 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:28.600 happened in the LSU games. 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.239 Does that kind of leave an impact on your program? 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.480 Because not really, that's not really the typical decision these 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:37.039 days in modern college football. How rare was that for 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:38.320 you guys to get him back for that game? 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.960 No, it's not in the modern day athlete, because it's 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:42.920 always about it. It seems to be more about them than 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.680 as it goes on. But it's very refreshating when your 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.919 best players exhibit those habits and then they have success 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:51.679 and they get their dreams come true. It's an easy 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:53.719 thing to point to and teach too to other guys 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:57.359 because I still am a believer in the reasons for 0:04:57.400 --> 0:04:59.479 guys having success in his business, whether it was fifty 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.360 years ago or now, are really not any different. I mean, 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:04.880 I truly believe they're the same, and to take away 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.440 some of the selfishness. And it's a great guy to 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.320 teach from and to point too that say, look this 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:12.200 guy here did it and it look what he got. 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:15.240 Yeah, it sounds it all tracks because I read this 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:17.560 quote from your coach in one of the draft guides 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:19.479 I was looking at and you said this, he's a 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:22.880 tremendous human being, player, leader, competitor, and he has nothing 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.640 but heart and toughness about him and everything he does. Now, 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.559 that's not a quote that you drop because of one 0:05:28.720 --> 0:05:31.919 isolated incident. I'm thinking you only issue that kind of 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:35.120 praise when a guy demonstrates those traits daily. Right, I'm 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.599 curious to know about how DeVaughn went about his business 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:38.320 day in and day out. 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.360 Those are his habits. I always say, we are what 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:42.560 our habits say we are. And you can want to 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.799 be something or think you're something, but when pressure comes 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:47.560 and what you do on a daily basis is who 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:49.800 you really are, and that's who he really is. I mean, 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:51.680 he just he comes to work and those things. He 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.279 loves it. And that's the thing about him. People aways say, well, 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:55.320 you know, he's such a track guy. 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:56.200 He can really run. 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.360 No, he's a football player who ran track. He wasn't 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.240 a track guy who played football. And I think there's 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.240 a difference. I don't mean it's not an insult to 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.000 track guys, but football was his first love. And if 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:09.080 you watch and when you watch him play, there's times 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.640 you say, man, is he really that fast? Because he 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:14.560 doesn't play out of control. He's so under control and 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.440 too he doesn't have to be and use his speed. 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:19.440 It's natural for him to do the things on the 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:21.440 football field when it comes out. 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:23.720 We've had a chance to watch him for a couple 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:25.960 of practices here so far and it shows up right 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.160 away that track speeds evident, But so is the football acumen. 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.480 That's something you really praised, you know, and a lot 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:33.520 of the media I looked at that you did talking 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:36.159 about this player and how quick things come to him. 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:38.800 I'm curious when did you first notice that with devon 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:40.120 that quick learner trait. 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.240 You know what's funny early in camp when he was 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.039 a freshman. I mean, because you know, when you're installing offense, 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:46.680 I mean in those young guys, you know you and 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:48.800 you give lard and you throw the whole I called 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:51.159 whole part hole. You throw everything in and you go 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.880 back and reteach it. Then you really perfect it. But 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:58.479 his retention level, and I mean you telling something one time, 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:01.400 it was very it was evident from the day he 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:05.400 ever did it, and I mean extremely intelligent and extremely instinctive, 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.200 and usually those don't always go together. 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:10.880 I go back to a question I asked earlier about 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.720 how it benefits your program. I'm curious how that benefits 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:15.560 your program on you you know, you want to put 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:18.400 something new on a Monday to install it for Saturday, 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.440 and he's got it down by Tuesday. That's got to 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:22.080 be a big benefit to a coaching staff. 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.640 It's huge, and I think it's what really separates average 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.640 players from you know, really good players and really good players, 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:30.480 some really great players. If you go back and watch 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.760 all the great ones, most of them they learn at 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.880 a high level and they take pride in learning and 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:39.360 their retention levels because the vast volume of information you 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.280 have to learn in a college program or a program 0:07:41.440 --> 0:07:44.840 and a pro offense is people don't have any idea 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:46.880 how much it is. And then you know, if a 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.320 guy gets it early in the week, he can perfect 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.000 it during the week because now he truly understands the 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.400 concepts of what you're running. When guys take a long 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.040 time to comprehend things, not that they're at the end 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:58.920 of the week and by time they really understand it, 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:01.280 there's not time to prefer. So I think the learning 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:05.600 curve to me is a huge part of guys being 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.440 successful and also staying in the league for a long time. 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:11.600 That's fascinating insight, not just for Devon a Chang, but 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:13.680 for the idea of you know how those intangibles kind 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.960 of benefit a football player. Really good insight from you 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:19.040 their coach. But back to a chain and the physical traits, 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.160 they're obvious, right, pretty rare player in terms of the 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.080 speed you talked about, he's a football player who also 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.120 happens to run track and not to mention at an 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:28.960 Olympic qualifying level speed and the explosiveness is there too. 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:30.800 I want to go back to when you first caught 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:33.240 wind of his high school tape. I have to imagine 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.360 that was like a first snap, like, whoa, this is 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:36.439 something special here. 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.280 It was, and then you know some of the first 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:40.599 things you question. You go, all right, how good is 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:42.480 this ball? Who's he playing against? 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:43.120 You know what I'm saying. 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.079 And listen, he played at Fort Ben Marshall, which was 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.319 an extremely high level of football and had great players 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:49.760 and the people they played, and they went to state championships. 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:51.040 You know, I think back to back. 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:54.040 Years, his junior and senior year and you're going, I mean, 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.640 it's like amazing, and I never forget we got to 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:58.320 I got to evaluate again. He played one of his 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.480 playoff games in our stadium, so I was able to 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.280 watch the game, and I'll never forget. 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:05.480 It was just like it's like a video game. 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:07.680 He actually hit a bunch of big runs, was in 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:09.760 the scoring that and then he hit an eighty yard 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:13.160 run and he gets called back. Okay, so it's first 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.480 in fifteen on the fifteen Well guess what, he hit 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:16.400 an eighty five yard run. 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:17.160 On the play. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:18.959 He had one hundred and sixty five yards to two 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:21.600 only got credit for one. But I mean it was 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.960 just every time he touched it, you didn't take your 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:25.760 eyes off of it because you know what could happen. 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:27.960 He didn't have to go to the sideline for a 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:28.400 blow for. 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:31.560 That, he didn't. He didn't come out and he hit 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.040 another one. He went all the way first score. 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.240 That's amazing. So how would you say, if you could 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.160 describe it for us, how that speed and the home 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.880 run hitting ability, How did that kind of benefit your offense? 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:42.800 Maybe change the way you guys did things knowing you 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:43.920 have that in your back pocket. 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:46.000 No, and the other unique thing about him if you watch, 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:48.440 if you watched him practice, he doesn't have good hands. 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:49.400 He has excellent hands. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.520 He catches the football and he judged, which I didn't 0:09:52.520 --> 0:09:54.120 know until we had him here for just a little 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.360 bit because you were teaching the offense and you start 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:59.240 flexing him out, putting him in positions to catch the ball, 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:00.600 and then a lot of backs and catch the ball 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:04.200 ten fifteen yards down. But he has great ability to 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:06.080 judge the ball in a deep part of the field, 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:08.560 and he can catch the go balls and the post. 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:10.120 And we had a lot of things that we tried 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.000 to get him the ball at now people of course, 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:13.560 now every time he got out there everybody in the 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.520 world got they backed up for twenty five yards, but 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:17.560 which I would have too. 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:21.040 But he can run routes. Likely he can run a retrieve. 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.319 I receive retree route progression and which is and it's 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.040 very easy for him, and he naturally he adjusts on 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:29.120 the ball and contorts his body very well to catch it. 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:32.320 So he creates a lot of abilities or coming out 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.240 of the backs on his little option in scat routes. 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:35.800 You know, you get the verticals rent off and you 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:39.240 get him isolated on a linebacker. His ability, his instincts 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:42.520 to read leverages and pressures those teaching things. Again, I 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.760 go back to he picked up on very easily. 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.240 It's funny you mentioned how a team's kind of back 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:48.679 off when you have a player like that out there. 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.959 And the fit here with the Dolphins, like you mentioned earlier, 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.280 I mean, Tyreek and Jalen do that pretty well on 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:54.880 their own on the outside. Now you put de von 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:56.960 h in the backfield, it's a lot of speed to 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:58.200 contend with their coach three. 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:00.680 I actually know those guys very well. We almost got 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:02.319 water when I was recruiting very hard when I was 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.480 at Florida State. Then I transferred over here and he 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.000 was from Houston, and I knew Jalen really well. We'd 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:08.840 had a big guy named Marvin Wilson who came from 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:10.760 his high school year before we'd signed at Florida State. 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:12.560 You know, we recruiting very hard. 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:14.960 Here at A and M and Tyreek, believe it or not, 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:16.720 was on an official visit at Florida State. 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:17.000 For me. 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.880 He came on official visits, so I got to research 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.600 his film in college and all that too, So I'm 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:25.360 very familiar with those guys. And I said, now you're 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:28.440 putting this guy in with them, And they said, you know, 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:30.599 you usually got one guy that caliber, you know what 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:32.360 I mean to get and then to have to read 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.120 of that caliber. I said, That's why I saw it 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.680 was a really good fit. Because of the style and 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.880 the speed people have, and those guys pushing people vertical 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.440 down the field, isolating him underneath on the things he 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:45.880 can do with his skill set. I think is a 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.240 really good combination for them, and I think it's. 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:48.600 A great fit. 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:51.480 It sounds like you and coach McDaniel have similar tastes 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:53.160 in terms of the speed you like on the outside 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.280 and in the backfield as well. Because plenty of speed 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:57.480 here to burn. You know you mentioned the route tree 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.440 in the past game Prowess, I'm curious to hear your 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.360 take on his ability and pass protection because often for 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:04.600 rookies we see it's difficult to get on the field 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:07.360 early on because of the pass po responsibilities. How does 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:08.679 he handle that part of the game. 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.079 He understands and learns that because we run a pro 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:11.840 style offense. 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:12.720 I mean he's used to. 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:15.439 He understands where the mic calls are and I got 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.600 first or second, or if I'm scanning to the backside, 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.680 and how to read the safeties and the pressure safeties. 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:21.800 We taught that in our system. So he did that 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.000 very well. And here's the other thing. The thing about 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.520 him he ran track, so his ability to lift, and 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.240 I'm really looking forward to watching them as a pro because. 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:31.679 He's starting to put on size now. 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.640 In strength, he's all right, he's a shorter guy, but 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.880 he's a stocky, well built strong player. I mean he 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.240 really is. And I think now with a continual off 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.760 season of heavyweights because he was in track so much, 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.360 he never got that as much in college. I think 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.640 it's even going to excel to him because he understands 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:49.680 how to play low to high. He can use his 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.199 that size. I mean, it's power you can over guy's 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:54.960 gonna try to overpower. But he's much stronger, and he 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.000 understands leverage, he can create twitch, and he understands pass 0:12:58.040 --> 0:12:58.959 protection very well. 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:01.360 That's going to be is it's a Dolphins fan's ears. 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:03.120 I have one more question for you here, coach, if 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:05.319 you don't mind just summarizing the person, the player the 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.679 Dolphins are getting ultimately the package of Devon A. 0:13:07.840 --> 0:13:08.000 Chang. 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:09.720 What are we getting down here in South Florida. 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:11.760 I'm first of all again I say you're getting a 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:15.760 really good The guy doesn't He's very unassuming. He's going 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:17.720 to do his business. He's not going to be in trouble. 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.360 I mean, he's very close with his mother. He has 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.360 a young child. I mean he's very close with He's 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:24.280 a family orientey guy. He's not a go out guy. 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:27.640 He's not a run around guy. Never was in college, 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:32.439 very family oriented, works very hard, extremely talented, as we said, 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.280 but cares and takes pride in the learning concepts of 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.920 things and not making mistakes and mental mistakes on the field. 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:39.680 And you've got a guy with that kind of ability. 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:41.040 If he knows what to do, which he's going to 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:42.920 pick it up very quickly. I think you're gonna get 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:46.000 a high character quality guy who's going to be extremely productive. 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.800 And I think whether it's running the ball and that's 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:51.079 where you're gonna be subscribed. He's much stronger in between 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:54.200 the tackles than people really giving credit for my opinion 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.360 because you think of the speed, catches it very well. 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.040 And of course there's another aspect. He is a great 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:02.000 kick return guy. He's taking moldible kickoffs back for touchdowns. 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:03.559 We beat Alabama here a couple of years ago. He 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.199 took one back for one hundred dad a year ago. 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:07.000 He's done it two or three times in his career. 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:09.319 So I think in all those different aspects he can 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.559 affect your team. But you're gonna get a very high 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.480 character quality guy I don't believe will ever be in trouble, 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:16.120 who's going to learn at a high level, be a 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.240 team mooring a guy and play his hard out. 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:20.960 I just saw him the other day Coach Rip a 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.160 big run going right between the guard and the center 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:25.480 on the offensive line. So you talk about runington tackles, 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:27.880 it's definitely in his skill set. That's great to hear. 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.800 Legendary coach Jimbo Fisher, coach, we appreciate your time so 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:32.760 much today. Best of luck this season and. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.480 Gig them best of lucky y'all too, Thank you, thank you. 0:14:35.840 --> 0:14:37.720 And there he goes. I mean, how much fun was that? 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:39.280 If you're not going to get fired up about that, 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:41.400 I guess we'll keep trying. We're gonna go ahead and 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.120 have the next guest here on our nineteen twenty seven 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.200 New York Yankees lineup of guests. We've had the last 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.360 couple of weeks, our murderers bro if you will. Jeremy Tash, 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.640 Miami micd Up, Bally Sports, and The Dan Levittard Show. 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.120 He's my guest next here on the Draft Time podcast. 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.720 Your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.880 and making his Drive Time debut, is the man behind 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.480 the Miami micd Up podcast. He's a digital host and 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.280 reporter for Bally Sports. You can find him on the 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:13.040 sidelines at the Heat Games alongside coach McDaniel. There and 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:16.440 my personal favorite role of his of this renaissance man 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:20.240 as he were, jere Bear on The LeBatard Show. Jeremy 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:25.040 Tasha Jeremy, how we doing on this glorious South Florida 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:26.160 rainy day. 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:31.560 I am absolutely wonderful and even better after that introduction. 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:35.080 Thanks man, This is an honor. I've wanted to be 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.160 on here for a while with you, so I'm I'm 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.920 super excited to have a chance to chat and think 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.240 you're amazing at this, So excited to be here. 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.240 You're too kind, and what better time to have you 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:48.040 on than right now? And South Florida sports are just 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:50.520 kind of going off right now with the Panthers in 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:52.960 the finals and the heat depending on when this podcast 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.320 drops and what happens with the games that happened. We 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.200 tried our best to time this up. It's just not 0:15:57.280 --> 0:16:00.280 possible to do a podcast on an afternoon and then 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.160 have a game that night and find out who's going 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:03.600 on in the next round, or if we have to 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:05.480 come back to Miami for another game, We'll find out 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.040 about that and we'll make the podcast work accordingly. But 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.520 I brought you with that intro and purposefully saved the 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:15.320 Levatard liner there for the end because I just want 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.720