Speaker 1: Two fires touch stop waddle stocked into the end zone
Speaker 1: of Miami type brown tide window. They had to get
Speaker 1: that touchdown on that play. They give it. What is up?
Speaker 1: Dolphans And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: How's it going? Everybody? I am your host, Travis Winkfield.
Speaker 1: And on today's show, the Dolphins two thousand twenty two
Speaker 1: coaching staff is now official and we're gonna cover it
Speaker 1: from top to bottom with an introduction to the newcomers,
Speaker 1: the players they've coached, the accomplishments, the years of experience,
Speaker 1: the all pros they have produced, and a heck of
Speaker 1: a lot more from Mike McDaniel's first staff here in
Speaker 1: Miami from somewhere in South Florida. This is the Drivetime
Speaker 1: Podcast Miami Dolphins. Quick before we jump into the US
Speaker 1: here a roster move to announce the Dolphins have signed
Speaker 1: former Washington state wide receiver River Craycraft, formerly of the
Speaker 1: Denver Broncos in San Francisco forty Niners as well. But
Speaker 1: I know him as a really, really good slot receiver
Speaker 1: in college. A guy that's caught seven balls as a
Speaker 1: pro also has some returnability as well, so River Craycraft
Speaker 1: from the Polos to South Florida, just like yours. Truly,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and jump right into this coaching staff,
Speaker 1: as Mike McDaniel did not waste a lot of time
Speaker 1: rounding out his staff and making all those Dolphins fans
Speaker 1: in that to maybe thirty five forty a gemmographic where
Speaker 1: I grew up very happy with a few of these
Speaker 1: hires and really the entire coaching staff. But in terms
Speaker 1: of the nostalgia factor, hit that one out of the
Speaker 1: park as well. Sam Madison, Patrick Surtan, and West Welker
Speaker 1: all joined the Dolphins staff. I think it's a very
Speaker 1: very cool nod to the past to get those guys
Speaker 1: back in the building and back on staff. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and start here. We already covered Mike McDaniel extensively
Speaker 1: and you can check out all of his content. There
Speaker 1: is a Mike McDaniel tab on Miami Dolphins dot com.
Speaker 1: We had a whole week's worth of podcast on coach
Speaker 1: McDaniel as well, so Miami Dolphins dot Com. Across social
Speaker 1: platforms myself at Winkfield, NFL. On YouTube, you can find
Speaker 1: the interview with myself and Joanna Torres, as well as
Speaker 1: his introduction press conference. We have covered coach McDaniel. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and cover his coaching staff here, starting with
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Frank Smith, who began his career in college
Speaker 1: with Miami Ohio where he actually coached on a staff
Speaker 1: with Ben Roethlisberger or the year Ben Roethlisberger was there
Speaker 1: with the RedHawks and then also at the University of
Speaker 1: Butler as an offensive line coach and later as an
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator. Then he got his call to the National
Speaker 1: Football League with the New Orleans Saints. Between on the
Speaker 1: offensive line and listen to these accolage. Jarry Evans was
Speaker 1: a Pro bowler all five years he went to the
Speaker 1: He was an All Pro four of those times as well.
Speaker 1: His two thousand eleventh season came with an approximate value
Speaker 1: This is a Pro Football Reference stat to kind of
Speaker 1: measure a players impact that year at twenty that was
Speaker 1: the highest ever for an offensive guard. Evans also made
Speaker 1: five All Pro teams and Carl Knicks made two All
Speaker 1: Pro teams. They're the only two of his career with
Speaker 1: the New Orleans Saints and in fact, Nix's a v
Speaker 1: in two thousand eight and oh nine were nine and
Speaker 1: then ten. Then once Frank Smith got there, arrived and arrived,
Speaker 1: it goes to thirteen and then up to nineteen, both
Speaker 1: of those obviously the all pro seasons. Then he leaves
Speaker 1: to Tampa Bay in free agency and never exceeds in
Speaker 1: a V of four. Again, that's gonna be a theme
Speaker 1: in this podcast. Just remember that that line also had
Speaker 1: Zach Street, who was never a starter until eleven. Entering
Speaker 1: that year, his career best a V was three, then
Speaker 1: upon Smith's arrival seven, six, eight, nine nine, with Smith
Speaker 1: as his coach. It also had Damon bush Rod, who
Speaker 1: didn't start his first two years. He got the Saints
Speaker 1: left tackle job that two thousand nine Super Bowl year,
Speaker 1: and he was good with an a V of nine
Speaker 1: then the next eight seasons Smith's first, but then in
Speaker 1: two thousand eleven thirteen a V and a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: improvement right away at once again from coach Smith, which
Speaker 1: he with then repeating twenty twelve for busch Rod before
Speaker 1: leaving to the Bears in where his a V never
Speaker 1: hit double digits again. That line also had Charles Brown,
Speaker 1: whose career spanned the same years that Smith was in
Speaker 1: New Orleans, didn't play in twenty ten as a rookie,
Speaker 1: then got eight games and an a V of eight
Speaker 1: in eleven, and then ten games with an a v
Speaker 1: of three and twelve. But then he started all sixteen
Speaker 1: games with an a v of eight before leaving to
Speaker 1: the Giants and free agency, and never had an a
Speaker 1: V over one again. Again, this is a theme. Players
Speaker 1: have their career years under these coaches on the staff.
Speaker 1: That line would add Brian de la Poente in twenty eleven,
Speaker 1: a center who's a view of eight, nine and nine
Speaker 1: at center his first three years all under Smith of
Speaker 1: above average play, goes to the Bears and never surpasses
Speaker 1: an a V of three again. Added Ben Grubs and twelve,
Speaker 1: and he was. He was always good, but he made
Speaker 1: as many Pro Bowls and three seasons with the Saints
Speaker 1: as he did the other six years of his career,
Speaker 1: one in each of those, and his a that year
Speaker 1: was a career best eleven. Add to Ron Armstead, who's
Speaker 1: still cranking right now. That's one of the best left
Speaker 1: tackles in football over the last decade. He spent his
Speaker 1: first three years under Smith, going from an a V
Speaker 1: of two in his rookie season to eight in both
Speaker 1: fifteen growth and development. He then moved on to coach
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears tight ends between twenty and seventeen and
Speaker 1: before Zach Miller's career high was two hundred and sixteen yards.
Speaker 1: Then Smith arrives four hundred thirty nine yards four d
Speaker 1: eighty six yards, then to thirty six and an injury
Speaker 1: short and twenty sixteen season where he played half the year,
Speaker 1: so right back on track for those five hundred or
Speaker 1: so yards. So he essentially with Smith produced double his
Speaker 1: passing game output that he had collected pre Smith's arrival.
Speaker 1: That season was also in the Bears were a primary
Speaker 1: twelve personnel team that had also Martellis Bennett. Now he
Speaker 1: didn't have a career year that year, playing just eleven games,
Speaker 1: but that offense ran through the two tight ends in
Speaker 1: the running game. They're headed up by Frank Smith. That's
Speaker 1: also where Michael Michael Pruett's career began, the seven year
Speaker 1: blocking tight end now with the Titans, Logan Pauls and
Speaker 1: Dion Sims also played there and Adam Shaheen. Plenty of
Speaker 1: guys that have had impacts and NFL teams under these coaches.
Speaker 1: Smith then changed cities but stayed in the same position
Speaker 1: with the tight ends for the Raiders between eighteen and
Speaker 1: twenty and fancy, I guess who else arrived in there
Speaker 1: with the Raiders. That's right, Darren Waller. And by twenty nineteen,
Speaker 1: Waller cott ninety for one thousand, one hundred forty five yards,
Speaker 1: then follows that up with a bucko seven catches for
Speaker 1: one thousand, one hundred ninety six yards twelve touchdowns total
Speaker 1: across those two seasons. And for what it's worth, Waller's
Speaker 1: yards per target went to seven point two one after
Speaker 1: Smith left, compared to eight point to and nine point
Speaker 1: eight the two years prior. And oh, by the way,
Speaker 1: while Waller was taking that eighteen season to develop and
Speaker 1: become an All Pro tight end that he was, Jared
Speaker 1: Cook made the Pro Bowl just because why not? Because
Speaker 1: that's what this coach does. He creates these not creates,
Speaker 1: but he helps guys realize their Pro Bowl and All
Speaker 1: Pro potential with a career best sixty eight catches and
Speaker 1: a career best eight hundred ninety six receiving yards and
Speaker 1: his second highest touchdown total six of them. Again, these
Speaker 1: coaches have found a way to get career production from
Speaker 1: almost every guy theif coach, it's crazy, It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a fun podcast. And to finish that, that was Gruden's
Speaker 1: first year. Remember how perplexed some folks were when the
Speaker 1: Raiders just kept loading up that tight end room. I
Speaker 1: even remember saying myself on Twitter, like they're gonna run
Speaker 1: thirteen personnels their primary package. That would be fun because
Speaker 1: even while Waller only got six targets that season, you
Speaker 1: had cook Lee Smith who had been one of the
Speaker 1: best blocking tight ends in football for the better part
Speaker 1: of a decade than also Derek Carrier, who has been
Speaker 1: around the league as well and blocking tight end, so
Speaker 1: really accomplished players across the board. And then he goes
Speaker 1: back to the offensive line for the Chargers now and
Speaker 1: also the run game coordinator, and the Chargers go from
Speaker 1: thirty to seventeenth and rushing per attempt from twenty to one.
Speaker 1: That's without and with Frank Smith and Rashaan Slater. Had
Speaker 1: a lot of folks talking Rookie of the Year last year,
Speaker 1: and as we see it play out every time, that's
Speaker 1: extremely rare for Alignment to even getting mentioned for that award.
Speaker 1: But he did it in an All Pro season, which also,
Speaker 1: by the way, Corey Linsley makes an All Pro team.
Speaker 1: So add two more All pros in addition to Darren Waller,
Speaker 1: Jerry Evans and Carl Nicks to his his pelt on
Speaker 1: the wall. And how about these improvements? Number or side
Speaker 1: by side numbers from one for the Chargers offense pre
Speaker 1: Frank Smith and the one year with Frank Smith two
Speaker 1: D one pressures down to one sixty one pressures, pressure
Speaker 1: reduction forty two, quarterback hits to thirty one, quarterback hits
Speaker 1: in past blocking efficiency by PFF down to fifth fifth
Speaker 1: best there, rushing touchdowns up to tenth, most yards per
Speaker 1: rush three point eight up to four point three, a
Speaker 1: full half yard better. They're rushing d v o A
Speaker 1: thirty one up to fourteen. Every number across the board
Speaker 1: got better. As far as coach Smith's experience, he has
Speaker 1: twelve in the National Football League and eight teen total
Speaker 1: as a coach. Our quarterbacks in passing game coordinator is
Speaker 1: Darryl Bevil. He has twenty two years of NFL experience
Speaker 1: and twenty five total coaching years of experience. Four team
Speaker 1: players have made All Pros under his watch. Let's go
Speaker 1: over he had three jobs in college between ninety six
Speaker 1: and ninety nine. He was a passing game coordinator and
Speaker 1: quarterbacks coach at westmar a g A at Iowa State,
Speaker 1: and a receiver's coach at Yukon plenty well traveled there.
Speaker 1: He then made the jump to the National Football League,
Speaker 1: where he coached Brett Farve as an assistant quarterbacks coach
Speaker 1: between two thousand and two thousand two. Then he got
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks job between O three and O five. Now,
Speaker 1: Farve had three m v P s when Bevill arrived,
Speaker 1: but Bebel's first year as full time quarterbacks coach was
Speaker 1: Farve's best season since the last m v P thirty
Speaker 1: two touchdowns at a six point eight percent touchdown Cliff.
Speaker 1: That's the second best of Farve's career and five finished
Speaker 1: third and second and m VP votings over those years
Speaker 1: with Darryl Bevil, he also made three Pro Bowls and
Speaker 1: passed for a hundred and sixty one touchdowns over that span.
Speaker 1: And that was the last time Bevil was a asition
Speaker 1: coach until now. Obviously, but I think you look at
Speaker 1: what the Packers staff did with some of the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: they developed under Farv. Hasselbeck's second and final season in
Speaker 1: Green Bay was Bevil's first. Then after four years, with
Speaker 1: a combination of Doug Peterson, Craignall and J. T. O. Sullivan,
Speaker 1: the Packers gave Bevil now the full time quarterbacks coach,
Speaker 1: a rookie by the name of Aaron Rodgers, and from
Speaker 1: this story on ESPN, Rogers said that Bevil was to
Speaker 1: credit for undergoing a major fundamental change going from cal
Speaker 1: to the National Football League, where he held the football
Speaker 1: in his drop back up by his ear hole, and
Speaker 1: Beville coached him to be more natural and lower the football,
Speaker 1: which would then tie in the feet with the routes.
Speaker 1: And this is me talking now such a critical element
Speaker 1: of the position, to have the feat matched the drop,
Speaker 1: to match the concept and progression. Rogers said that was
Speaker 1: his first important lesson in the league, and it came
Speaker 1: from Darryl Bevil. Interesting in that article he also mentions
Speaker 1: coaching someone who was older than him and Brett Farve
Speaker 1: and now here he is ready to teach someone half
Speaker 1: his age and two a tongue of yloa and with
Speaker 1: plenty of wisdom going into it. And this is something
Speaker 1: we'll talk about with offensive line coach Matt Applebaum. Who
Speaker 1: had a great clip that made the rounds on Social
Speaker 1: I'm sure you've seen it by now, where he discussed
Speaker 1: teaching and understanding that you can't just go up to
Speaker 1: a player and yell at them and try to get
Speaker 1: them to basically insert assert your will on them, to
Speaker 1: force them into a certain player or regiment wherever the
Speaker 1: case may be, that you have to communicate, and Darryl
Speaker 1: Bevil said something familiar or similar I should say to that,
Speaker 1: talking about how he had to coach Brett Farve, a
Speaker 1: guy who was older than him when he got that
Speaker 1: first job. So Bevill also played quarterback at Wisconsin under
Speaker 1: Brad Childress, who hired Bevil as his offensive coordinator when
Speaker 1: he got the Vikings job. That was from two thousand
Speaker 1: and six to two thousand ten. And guess what the
Speaker 1: Vikings did a No. Six just like the Packers and No. Five.
Speaker 1: They drafted a quarterback highly in the second round with
Speaker 1: Tavars Jackson. Now, Jackson was kind of a project type
Speaker 1: coming out of Alabama State, a physically gifted quarterback who
Speaker 1: would make two starts that rookie year. After coming out
Speaker 1: of a lower level school that needed some seasoning. Most
Speaker 1: people thought before taking over for twelve games in two
Speaker 1: thousand seven and an eight and four record that year.
Speaker 1: Jackson steaden in a story about Bevil, He's detailed, he's prepared,
Speaker 1: he gets guys in the same page, and he plays
Speaker 1: to their strengths. Sound familiar there with coach Mike McDaniel.
Speaker 1: Jackson also said, Darryl is very selective. He wasn't going
Speaker 1: to work in a program that's not a good organization
Speaker 1: and not on their way up. That's what he wants
Speaker 1: to go to at the stage of his career. And
Speaker 1: the Vikings were a top offense, a top ten offense,
Speaker 1: I should say twice in Bevil's five years there. Bevill
Speaker 1: had some stud Steve Hutchinson, Matt Burke, Bryant McKinney, Artist
Speaker 1: Hicks on that offensive line and really originally carved pass
Speaker 1: for Mulde, Moore and Chester Taylor behind Tony Richardson and
Speaker 1: all pro fullback that he coached. But by far Chester
Speaker 1: Taylor's two best years came when Bevill arrived a twelve
Speaker 1: hundred sixteen yard six touchdown season and OH six and
Speaker 1: an eight hundred forty four seven our yard seven touchdown
Speaker 1: season in OH seven, and in fact those two seasons
Speaker 1: accounted for nearly half of his career yardage and exactly
Speaker 1: half of his career touchdown production. He played ten years.
Speaker 1: Those two years with Bevill about half of his production. Now,
Speaker 1: in two thousand seven, they got another back and he
Speaker 1: ran for one thousand, three hundred forty one yards in
Speaker 1: addition to Taylor's forty four that year. That's over yards
Speaker 1: in the ground. That guy was Adrian Peterson, who would
Speaker 1: then run for seventeen six under Bevil. But it's a
Speaker 1: p man. I think the best part in terms of
Speaker 1: just designing an offense was how much they were able
Speaker 1: to get Peterson involved in the screen and passing game,
Speaker 1: making him a factor on third down that way, because
Speaker 1: that wasn't really his game in college. But he caught
Speaker 1: the ball for nearly twelve hundred yards in those four years.
Speaker 1: Keep your best players in the field and give him
Speaker 1: the football, right, That's what coach McDaniel says. The best
Speaker 1: way to get yak is to put the football and
Speaker 1: your best runners hands. He also got another playmaker and
Speaker 1: that OH seven season in Sydney Rice, who would have
Speaker 1: his one monster season as a pro with the Vikings
Speaker 1: and OH nine his loan Pro Bowl see him and
Speaker 1: twelve yards and eight touchdowns, and they always had a
Speaker 1: burner to Troy Williamson and Bernard Burying and then finally
Speaker 1: Percy Harvin on that dominant O nine team where Brett
Speaker 1: Farve came back and tight ends were certainly a type
Speaker 1: Jim Jim Klein sauce remember him. He was one of
Speaker 1: those kind of Swiss army knife type of tight end
Speaker 1: fullback guys. Jermaine Wiggins a nice tidbit here Children's called
Speaker 1: the O six offense and they had a fifty seven
Speaker 1: to forty three pass to run balance. When Beville took over,
Speaker 1: the Vikings ran the ball with Adrian Peterson percent forty percent.
Speaker 1: That was the first year of five and then down
Speaker 1: to forty five percent, but always more than what Children's called.
Speaker 1: You have to imagine his expertise in the run game
Speaker 1: and how to see that for the quarterback will go
Speaker 1: a long way as a quarterbacks coach here from Miami.
Speaker 1: Remember we talked about checking out of bad plays and
Speaker 1: running into favorable counts. Bebel's O C experience and coaching
Speaker 1: across the entire offensive landscape should only help in that regard.
Speaker 1: Onto the next top and it was a long one
Speaker 1: to Seattle for two thousand and eleven to two thousand
Speaker 1: and seventeen. Is the offensive coordinator we ment and Jackson Earlier.
Speaker 1: Beville coached him in Seattle, including a career year in
Speaker 1: two thousand one with over three thousand passing yards and
Speaker 1: fourteen touchdowns. In that same story from the Mania of
Speaker 1: the Minnesota section, Jackson discussed the play that so many
Speaker 1: people talk about in the Super Bowl. He said, we
Speaker 1: worked on that play. This is the Malcolm Butler play.
Speaker 1: We worked on that play every day in practice. We
Speaker 1: just didn't execute it right. It was more of a
Speaker 1: player thing. We also mentioned Harvin earlier. Now here's where
Speaker 1: I get really excited, because remember Harvin followed Bevill to
Speaker 1: Seattle after Minnesota, and there was a lot of buzz
Speaker 1: about how the Seahawks offense was beginning to revolutionize a
Speaker 1: bit under Russell Wilson with Harvin and and Beville. And
Speaker 1: I found a USA Today article from that talks about
Speaker 1: the Seahawks game plan with lots of his own read
Speaker 1: built around misdirection capability. Whether he was lining up in
Speaker 1: the backfielder motioning across the formation, the defense had to
Speaker 1: account for where he was in the field. That article states,
Speaker 1: and they also state that Bevill knew that Harvin's presence
Speaker 1: had to be accounted for and it created opportunities for others.
Speaker 1: Was that's a familiar like and also who does that
Speaker 1: sound familiar? Four? Like a Jalen Waddle. Marshawn Lynch was
Speaker 1: traded to see Alan thenleven That's when he became Marshawn
Speaker 1: Lynch yards fifty seven six four straight Pro bowls upon
Speaker 1: Bebel's arrival. He also ran for no lower than eleven
Speaker 1: touchdowns those seasons, for a total of forty eight touchdowns
Speaker 1: in those four seasons. One thing you'll see across the
Speaker 1: staff McDaniel Smith Apple Bomb. Their teams run the ball
Speaker 1: into the end zone with consistency. All of these guys
Speaker 1: love the running game, especially in the red zone. Doug
Speaker 1: Baldwin developed there. His first year as a U d
Speaker 1: f A was Bebel's first. By Baldwin had fifty for
Speaker 1: seven seventy eight and five touchdowns, and by sixteen he
Speaker 1: was a Pro bowler with back to back one thousand
Speaker 1: yards seasons as a slot receiver who went undrafted with
Speaker 1: twenty one touchdowns to boot. By the way, when Doug retired,
Speaker 1: he sent a huge thread of tweets. In them a
Speaker 1: photo of he and Bevel with the caption and don't
Speaker 1: forget the coaches. There will be good ones. There will
Speaker 1: be better ones. You'll come. You'll come to appreciate the
Speaker 1: great ones, even if others don't. End quote. Golden Tate
Speaker 1: also saw his career takeoff under Bevil, with increasing guards
Speaker 1: from two thousand eleven rookie season all the way through
Speaker 1: and his divorce with Seattle, finishing with eight in year
Speaker 1: number four. We saw Robert Gallery have a nice second
Speaker 1: Stanza here. We saw them develop Justin Bridge, James Carpenter,
Speaker 1: Max Unger, made an All Pro team Russell Okum into
Speaker 1: a quality offensive line. We also saw them transition from
Speaker 1: that power running team to leaning more on Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: in the later years, especially that season, and it should
Speaker 1: be noted that Bevil was there to work hand in
Speaker 1: hand with Wilson, a third round post grad transfer from
Speaker 1: North Carolina State who was too short to play the
Speaker 1: position right well. No Under Bevill, Wilson through for a
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty one touchdowns in fifty six picks, an
Speaker 1: average eight point one yards per dropped back and a
Speaker 1: point eight passer rating. Wilson would later recommend Bevil for
Speaker 1: his job with the Jaguars, signing Bevil's ability to get
Speaker 1: him ready to perform at a high level very quickly.
Speaker 1: His rookie season helpful for young quarterbacks. What was Miami
Speaker 1: have young quarterback and total The Seahawks finished top tenants
Speaker 1: scoring offense four or fitt seven years there and as
Speaker 1: high as fourth in total yards in and also ninth.
Speaker 1: After Seattle, Bello went on to Detroit to work with
Speaker 1: the latest Super Bowl champion, Matt Stafford between nineteen and
Speaker 1: twenty as the offensive coordinator and Integram head coach. In
Speaker 1: does anybody remember how Gangbuster Stafford came out of the
Speaker 1: gates in twenty nineteen. He got hurt after eight games,
Speaker 1: but he had his best passer rating that year one
Speaker 1: oh six, nineteen touchdowns, five picks, and nine point one
Speaker 1: yards per dropped back, not per pass per drop back.
Speaker 1: They were cooking. They had the vertical game. That's where
Speaker 1: they had. Kenny Golladay arrived onto the scene, made his
Speaker 1: loan Pro Bowl that year with eleven ninety yards and
Speaker 1: eleven touchdowns. He played just five games his second year
Speaker 1: there with Bevill. Those eleven touchdowns are more than any
Speaker 1: other four years of his career combined, and the yardage
Speaker 1: is more than a third of his career production. DeAndre
Speaker 1: Swift was their four point six yards per carries a
Speaker 1: rookie and eight touchdowns, eight hundred and seventy eight yards
Speaker 1: from scrimmage and ten total touchdowns, as well as forty
Speaker 1: six catches for three fifty seven. And that brings us
Speaker 1: to one where he coached Trevor Lawrence as the O
Speaker 1: C for the Jacksonville Jaguars before taking over as the
Speaker 1: interim head coach there in place of Urban Meyer. So
Speaker 1: in conclusion, he coached Brett Farve, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Hasselbeck,
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, saw Chester Taylor, Sidney, Rice, Percy Harvard, Marshawn
Speaker 1: Lynch all have their best years in his system, and
Speaker 1: he winds up with fourteen players who played at an
Speaker 1: all pro level under his staff. Two Super Bowl wins
Speaker 1: and and or two Super Bowl appearances, i should say,
Speaker 1: and one victory in his career. What a great career,
Speaker 1: What a great placement here for the Miami Dolphins in
Speaker 1: their quarterback room. We're gonna come back here next and
Speaker 1: talk about more of these coaches here on this two
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Speaker 1: Time Podcast the two Coaching Staff Announcement Podcast. Here we're
Speaker 1: picking it back up with the receiver's position and welcome
Speaker 1: home Wes Welker, who made the second stop of his
Speaker 1: career and really got most of his production going in
Speaker 1: his career here with the Miami Dolphins. Between seventy eighteen,
Speaker 1: he was with the Houston Texans as an offensive and
Speaker 1: special team's assistant coming off of his playing career. Then
Speaker 1: between nineteen and twenty one he makes the jump over
Speaker 1: to the Niners to be the receiver's coach and obviously
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen was their Super Bowl season there with the Niners,
Speaker 1: he had the one appearance, hasn't won a game, hasn't
Speaker 1: won a Super Bowl as a coach there, five years
Speaker 1: NFL experience, all of all of his coaching experience in
Speaker 1: the National Football League, and one All Pro in Deebo
Speaker 1: Samuel and that receiver room with Kendrick Boorn, Emmanuel Sanders,
Speaker 1: Dante Pettis, Ritchie James, Jordan Matthews and at rookie by
Speaker 1: the name of Samuel Borne saw his breakout year in
Speaker 1: with six hundred and sixty seven yards and nine yards
Speaker 1: per target. It was eight point one the year prior,
Speaker 1: a big junk from pre Welker years with seven point
Speaker 1: six and seven point four. He had his career highs
Speaker 1: this year with the Patriots, but signed as a primary
Speaker 1: target in their passing game after being developed by Welker
Speaker 1: and the forty niners. He also got Sanders on board
Speaker 1: mid season that twenty nineteen Super Bowl year, and he
Speaker 1: winds up with five oh two for three touchdowns in
Speaker 1: ten games of the team. Then, of course there's Debot,
Speaker 1: who gained nine hundred and sixty one yards from scrimmage
Speaker 1: and six total touchdowns that season. He missed nine games,
Speaker 1: then came back with an m v P type of
Speaker 1: season this last year, which we covered extensively on the
Speaker 1: mc daniel podcast. Samuel was aske during radio road in
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl week who was the next Mike McDaniel,
Speaker 1: and his answer was Wes Welker. Finally, the addition of
Speaker 1: Brandon Iuk, who had seven hundred forty eight yards and
Speaker 1: eight hundred twenty six yards season. He also had one thousand,
Speaker 1: six hundred sixty eight yards from scrimmage and twelve touchdowns
Speaker 1: his two seasons under West Welker, and I can probably
Speaker 1: say that I think his most impressive accomplishment during his
Speaker 1: three years of the Niners getting my guy River Craigcraft
Speaker 1: from Washington State University six catches or seven catches I
Speaker 1: should say six and one season. And now here he
Speaker 1: is with the Miami Dolphins, scooting along here to the
Speaker 1: tight end coach position and assistant head coach. And John Embree,
Speaker 1: who began his career at Colorado in n went to
Speaker 1: the high school ranks in nine two. Then he came
Speaker 1: back to Colorado on a coach tight ends. He then
Speaker 1: coached d end back to tight end, then receiver and
Speaker 1: kicking by the time it was all done in O two.
Speaker 1: Then he moved to u c L as an assistant
Speaker 1: head coach and receivers coach. Then he moved to the
Speaker 1: receivers and went back to the tight ends. Been all
Speaker 1: over the place. Then he made his jump into the
Speaker 1: NFL in two thousand and six, where he coached Tony Gonzalez,
Speaker 1: the tight end who caught two sixty eight for three thousand,
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty yards and twenty touchdowns in those
Speaker 1: three seasons, and that includes his only ever back to
Speaker 1: back one thousand yards seasons of his career and his
Speaker 1: highest three year total of his entire Hall of Fame career.
Speaker 1: Then onto Washington in ten where he coached check out
Speaker 1: this room, Chris Cooley, Fred Davis, Logan, Paulson, three guys
Speaker 1: who played for a combined twenty seven years. That season,
Speaker 1: Cooley matched a career high with eight hundred forty nine yards.
Speaker 1: And you might remember Cooley as kind of the pioneer
Speaker 1: of that h back position of the modern game. He
Speaker 1: was used offset in the backfield line, flexed all over
Speaker 1: the place. Then it was back to Colorado as the
Speaker 1: head coach. That was a two year stint that did
Speaker 1: not work out. He then goes back to the National
Speaker 1: Football League and to the Cleveland Browns and where Jordan
Speaker 1: Cameron goes from twenty six career catches and two d
Speaker 1: and fifty nine career yards in a touchdown to his
Speaker 1: next two years to have eighty nine, seventeen, and seven
Speaker 1: all those career best not just career best, but his
Speaker 1: next highest total in each category was thirty five. That's
Speaker 1: less than half catches four and twenty four yards also
Speaker 1: less than half, and three also less than half in
Speaker 1: terms of touchdowns. That team also had Gary Barnett who
Speaker 1: could line up in line and get work in the
Speaker 1: round game against tight ends and backers. Also Marque's Gray,
Speaker 1: remember him speaking of his h back rollback in that
Speaker 1: two thousand sixteen season. Well rounded tight end rooms under
Speaker 1: John embreyeen Tampa Bay. He was there from twenty sixteen,
Speaker 1: coached Cameron Bright to a career year Austin Safari and Jenkins,
Speaker 1: Luke Stocker, and that sixteen career year for Great fifty
Speaker 1: seven catches, six sixty and eight touchdowns. All of those
Speaker 1: were the best in his career and he's still there
Speaker 1: with the Buccaneers today. Safarie and Jenkins didn't work out, though,
Speaker 1: if you look at his numbers in Tampa Bay. Leaving
Speaker 1: there was basically the beginning of the end for him.
Speaker 1: Stands that pop up seventeen season with the New York Jets,
Speaker 1: then finally spent the last five years with the Niners.
Speaker 1: This from George Kittle on Instagram. After learning the Embry
Speaker 1: with Loot would be moving on. Being able to start
Speaker 1: my career with you was the best thing possible for me.
Speaker 1: You showed me the standard at which you have to
Speaker 1: play to have a chance to succeed in this league.
Speaker 1: Always reminding me to have fun and to give great effort.
Speaker 1: You convinced me to never give up on a run
Speaker 1: or run out of bounds. I should say and set
Speaker 1: the tone with each play with or without the football.
Speaker 1: So we know what he did with Kittle there too,
Speaker 1: over that time, all time receiving production and the best
Speaker 1: blocking tight end of the National Football League to boot.
Speaker 1: John Embry brings sixteen years NFL experience, thirty one years
Speaker 1: coaching experience, five All pros in his room, Tony Gonzols
Speaker 1: three times, George Kittle twice. He's been to one Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: How about a coach that stays on staff here with
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of experience and pelts on the wall
Speaker 1: on his own right. Eric Studis the running backs coach,
Speaker 1: twenty five years NFL experience, thirty one total, two Super
Speaker 1: Bowl appearances, one victory. We know he's run multiple schemes
Speaker 1: from the early Buffalo days, a gap in power to
Speaker 1: Denver and some wide zone action. That unique Frank Gore
Speaker 1: teen season with all the different looks the Dolphins gave
Speaker 1: that season were to the backfield full of day three
Speaker 1: picks and U D F A s. And every time
Speaker 1: he asks me, how's that little girl doing, Travis, it
Speaker 1: makes me like him a whole bunch more so. Eric
Speaker 1: Smusville stays on as a running backs and associate head coach.
Speaker 1: Valuable valuable experience, well regarded in that building as one
Speaker 1: of the most knowledgeable, respected coaches in the entire building.
Speaker 1: Back to the newcomers along the offensive line and Matt
Speaker 1: apple Bomb, who we mentioned a little bit earlier, four
Speaker 1: years national footballing experience fourteen total as a coach. He
Speaker 1: began his career at Central Connecticut State coaching tight ends,
Speaker 1: made a jump to Washington between O eight and two
Speaker 1: as a player personnel and offensive assistant there, then went
Speaker 1: to the University of Miami's A G A and then
Speaker 1: got his first offs of line room at Bucknell and
Speaker 1: ten before taking a year back to the NFL as
Speaker 1: a Jaguars offensive assistant. Then he goes back to coaching
Speaker 1: offensive lines across national across college football Southeast Louisiana. Davidson
Speaker 1: then got a hire a promotion to offensive coordinator at
Speaker 1: Davidson in seventeen before going to Towson nineteen and then
Speaker 1: making that jump to Boston College these last two seasons.
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus had them as the number two granted
Speaker 1: offensive line in college football all season, So there's that.
Speaker 1: What about the individuals? He'll produce three pros, probably all
Speaker 1: draft picks this year in Zion Johnson, a first round
Speaker 1: pick all day, also Tyler Rabel, a six ft five tackle,
Speaker 1: and Alec Lyndstrom, the brother of Chris who was a
Speaker 1: first rounder back in twenty nineteen. So his recent success
Speaker 1: in coaching has come from developing younger players to make
Speaker 1: that jump to the professional rinks. Assisting on the offensive
Speaker 1: side of the football will be Chandler Henley and assistant
Speaker 1: quarterbacks coach Lemille, John Pierre as an assistant offensive line coach,
Speaker 1: Kolby Smith, Mike Pearson, and Aldrick Robinson is offensive assistance,
Speaker 1: and Josh Grizzard as quality control. So some retention there
Speaker 1: with Grizzard and John Pierre coming back on staff here
Speaker 1: and some others as well. We'll finish up this podcast
Speaker 1: on the other side here and get to the defensive
Speaker 1: side of the staff next. From the Draft Time podcast
Speaker 1: brought to you by Auto Nation. We have covered the
Speaker 1: offensive assistance here on this edition of the Drivetime Podcast,
Speaker 1: introducing you to the Miami Dolphins coaching staff, and we
Speaker 1: pick it up here on the defense with some guys
Speaker 1: that are coming back, including defensive coordinator Josh Boyer, who
Speaker 1: has two years of DC experience here in Miami and
Speaker 1: akin to Mike McDaniel, a lot of this staff where
Speaker 1: he's got this fifteen plus years of experience in this league,
Speaker 1: coaching multiple different positions, all kinds of success in terms
Speaker 1: of guys that have gone to All pros, and just
Speaker 1: really developed different guys across his entire career. Look at
Speaker 1: his experience here, sixteen years of the National Football League,
Speaker 1: twenty one total as a head or as a coach,
Speaker 1: I should say, six different All pros here, Devin mccordy
Speaker 1: in under Josh Boyer, a key to leave in, Derell Revus,
Speaker 1: Malcolm Butler and seen a former undrafted free agent to
Speaker 1: fond Gilmore in and then Xavian Howard in Super Bowl
Speaker 1: appearances to victories in the Big Game. Josh Boyer, tons
Speaker 1: of experience, tons of aggressive, aggressive style of defense as
Speaker 1: well as experience and what you want to do here,
Speaker 1: to kind of help this defensive personnel match what you
Speaker 1: have in terms of the system. Josh Bowyer is a
Speaker 1: great conduit to accomplish just that. Also a super friendly
Speaker 1: guy who always asked me what's going on Travis whenever
Speaker 1: I see him, Friendly to talk to, and an absolute
Speaker 1: team historian who can go back and tell you everything
Speaker 1: about the Shoola Dolphins. Great to have him back on staff.
Speaker 1: Also back on staff defensive line coach Austin Clark, whose
Speaker 1: defensive line lead the National Football League last year and
Speaker 1: batted passes. That was a point of emphasis he and
Speaker 1: I would talk about all the time in terms of
Speaker 1: just coaching guys to create that space and get up
Speaker 1: and get their hands in the football and how much
Speaker 1: that can impact the passing game. He also talked all
Speaker 1: the time about the selfless room that he he's so
Speaker 1: proud to be a part of. How he reflects that too,
Speaker 1: because every time I asked him about giving himself credit,
Speaker 1: help put it onto the players and talk about how
Speaker 1: lucky he is to get to coach those guys. They
Speaker 1: were also one sack shy of the team record this year.
Speaker 1: And you go to a man like whether it was
Speaker 1: Andrew Van Ginkle's an outside linebacker Clark's first year here
Speaker 1: as an OLB coach, or Emmanuel Ogba on the defensive line,
Speaker 1: or Christian Wilkins, who had the most tackles by a
Speaker 1: defensive tackle this season that anybody's in the NFL has
Speaker 1: had since. All of those guys will credit Austin Clark
Speaker 1: when you ask him about their pass rush prowess, how
Speaker 1: to use their hands. He has very well thought of
Speaker 1: among the players and the production speaks for itself. Also,
Speaker 1: coming back linebackers coach Anthony Campanelli, We've seen Jerome Baker's
Speaker 1: role really evolve essentially on a weekly basis, and Anthony
Speaker 1: Campanelli has been instrumental to that. We've also seen him
Speaker 1: get guys like Duke Riley and Sam eg Von and
Speaker 1: Commu gruge Hill to make some impact plays as rushers
Speaker 1: and sub package guys and finding different ways to get
Speaker 1: those guys involved in the run game, pass game, rush game.
Speaker 1: He came from Michigan coach guys like josh U j
Speaker 1: and Chase Winovich over there also a very very nice dude,
Speaker 1: very friendly and I love talking about food with coach. Again,
Speaker 1: these guys, they care about the people in the building.
Speaker 1: The relationships are so crucial to them and that's going
Speaker 1: to be consistent across the staff. And nobody feels that
Speaker 1: more than me, the podcast guy walking around, you know,
Speaker 1: having coaches say hey, Travis, how are you doing? Like
Speaker 1: it goes so far and that's what all these guys
Speaker 1: are to their core. How about a newcomer here outside
Speaker 1: linebackers coach Tyrone mackenzie after a five year playing career,
Speaker 1: actually hang out. I didn't get you guys experience in
Speaker 1: the last two guys, Clark two years in the NFL
Speaker 1: thirteen total, Campanelli two years in the National Football League
Speaker 1: sixteen total, and then Tyrone mackenzie five years in the
Speaker 1: National Football League nine total. After a five year playing career,
Speaker 1: McKenzie's first coaching job was here in his high school
Speaker 1: football hometown in Florida. Then he made a jump to
Speaker 1: college at Colorado and Stanford six team respectively, before getting
Speaker 1: his first NFL job under the Great Bones John Fossil
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles as an assistant special teams coach, and
Speaker 1: that year they put Farrell Cooper as a return man,
Speaker 1: Greg's airline and as a kicker, and Johnny Hecker as
Speaker 1: a punter. All three of those guys were all Pro
Speaker 1: that year. Then, when Mike Frabel got his job in
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, the first inside linebacker coach he appointed was
Speaker 1: mackenzie and he worked there for two years as the
Speaker 1: i LB coach. And some of the players that he
Speaker 1: coached Jayon Brown. Now this is the comp that I
Speaker 1: gave Jerome Baker back in that eighteen draft. Super speedy,
Speaker 1: instinctive linebacker with coverage and blitzkills for days. By far,
Speaker 1: his most production came in his two years with Mackenzie
Speaker 1: a hundred five tackles. His next best was seventy six.
Speaker 1: He also made eight of his seventeen career TFLs in
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen and ten of his eighteen QB hits that
Speaker 1: year under Mackenzie. Rashawn Evans the best years of his
Speaker 1: career was the one full season he spent with McKenzie
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen with Elendon eleven tackles, a career best, also
Speaker 1: top in sacks, QB hits and approximate value. Wesley Woodard,
Speaker 1: his last year in the NFL as a starter of
Speaker 1: a twelve year career, had his third highest tackle total
Speaker 1: with one teen and his third best QB pressure season
Speaker 1: with seven hits and a career best a v of
Speaker 1: nine in that final season. Then his loan season in Detroit,
Speaker 1: he coached Julynni Tavai to a career high and tackles
Speaker 1: and forced fumbles before going to the Colts in one
Speaker 1: on their staff as a coaching fellow. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: what that means, but that's what his title was there
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis. Another newcomer, cornerbacks coach and passing game specialist,
Speaker 1: Sam Madison ten on ten to nine returns to South Florida.
Speaker 1: We all obviously know about the playing career Sam Madison
Speaker 1: four Pro Bowls for All Pros. He won a Super
Speaker 1: Bowl with the Giants. All of those past Pro Bowls
Speaker 1: were back to back to back to back to back again.
Speaker 1: I'm back again and the All Pros War two, including
Speaker 1: the best game I've ever seen from a cornerback, three picks,
Speaker 1: an additional pass breakup and a pick six and a
Speaker 1: seventeen nothing win over the Tennessee Titans. Yeah, Tennessee Titans.
Speaker 1: And as we heard in the past, Sir ten episode
Speaker 1: of The Fish Tank, Sam was all about that ten
Speaker 1: on ten life. I'm gonna lock this guy down. The
Speaker 1: rest of you are playing ten on ten a true
Speaker 1: number one corner mind set, thirty eight career picks, ten
Speaker 1: force fumbles, three defensive touchdowns. That guy coaching X and
Speaker 1: Byron A little bit excited about that. Then he went
Speaker 1: onto coaching and all he's done there is win, win, win,
Speaker 1: two Super Bowl appearances. He's never coached a season without
Speaker 1: going to the a f C Championship Game twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1: He was the Chiefs cornerbacks coachwy one, I should say
Speaker 1: he was the cornerbacks and secondary coach there. He's coached
Speaker 1: one player to two All Pro seasons. Tyrone Matthew, who
Speaker 1: took to Twitter to express his gratitude for ten on
Speaker 1: ten himself, He said, Dolphins are getting a real one
Speaker 1: player perspective and technique guru. He's gonna be the same
Speaker 1: guy every day. Of course, it's great to hear that
Speaker 1: from one of the great defensive backs in the history
Speaker 1: of the game. Talk about Madison's approach as a coach
Speaker 1: very valuable, but also, man, we know how that dude operates.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited for this. Also, how about that clip
Speaker 1: of coach walking through the halls at Baptist Health Training
Speaker 1: Complex listing off the legends on the wall, Sam Madison, Sonka,
Speaker 1: Ricky Williams. Let's go just to perfect also from Madison.
Speaker 1: Are you guys familiar with the nameble Jerius Sneed? Well, first,
Speaker 1: remember cornerback class that was arguably the most impressive cornerback
Speaker 1: class in like a decade, with Jeff A. Kuda up top.
Speaker 1: C J. Henderson goes number nine, then four more first
Speaker 1: round corners in that draft, and I think there are
Speaker 1: two real lessons here at number one. Cornerback is tough.
Speaker 1: It's tough position to contribute out from an early age.
Speaker 1: Though there's elite college receivers on the field every time
Speaker 1: you see every time you line up on an NFL
Speaker 1: football field, and you're gonna get targeted as a rookie.
Speaker 1: We saw a Kuda struggle with it. We saw Henderson
Speaker 1: traded within his first two years. A J. Terrill drafted
Speaker 1: number sixteen, had a tough rookie season, but then he
Speaker 1: bounced back and had an all pro caliber second year.
Speaker 1: My point is it's tough to contribute as a rookie
Speaker 1: for even those taken on Night one of the draft. Well,
Speaker 1: Jerius Sneed didn't hear his name called until Saturday in
Speaker 1: the fourth round, the sixteenth cornerback off the board, and
Speaker 1: technically he was listed as a safety. So even more
Speaker 1: of a feather in Madison's cap here And what did
Speaker 1: Sneed do besides make the All Rookie team top all
Speaker 1: sixteen heals rookies ahead of him. And when you look
Speaker 1: at the team, it's Antoine Winfill, Jeremy chin as a
Speaker 1: sid Men's Patrick Queen, Chase Young, Javon Kinlaw, our own
Speaker 1: ray Kwon Davis. It's a list of first and second
Speaker 1: round picks, but Sneed was a fourth round pick who
Speaker 1: had five picks and fifteen pass breakups in two years
Speaker 1: under in college I should say at Louisiana Tech, and
Speaker 1: then in four years and forty two games as a
Speaker 1: pro under Madison, nineteen picks are eight picks, I should say,
Speaker 1: and nineteen passes. Defense playmaking is in his blood. That
Speaker 1: secondary also saw Juan Thornhill become an instant hit a
Speaker 1: second round rookie safety. We saw your various Ward have
Speaker 1: his career blossom under Madison. Same with Mike Hughes, a
Speaker 1: former first rounder who washed out in Minnesota and became
Speaker 1: a fixture for the Chiefs this year and even won
Speaker 1: an a s C Defensive Player of the Week UH
Speaker 1: in a forty eight to nine win over the Raiders
Speaker 1: with two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: Our safety's coach is gonna be Steve Gregory. Not only
Speaker 1: did he play in the past version of this defensive system,
Speaker 1: he's coached in it, playing with the Chargers, Patriots, and Chiefs.
Speaker 1: Then he coached with Syracuse for a year as a
Speaker 1: quality control guy before making the jump to the Lions
Speaker 1: under Matt Patricia. And of course, he now joins the
Speaker 1: staff of a coach he played in under Josh Boyer
Speaker 1: in New England, who was the cornerbacks coach during Gregory's
Speaker 1: time there in New England as a safety and core
Speaker 1: special teamer. Speaking of special teams, that was his area
Speaker 1: of focus at Syracuse in sixteen before holding the defensive
Speaker 1: assistant job with the Lions from eighteen to nineteen. Then
Speaker 1: he was promoted to DBS coach in he spent one
Speaker 1: as a defensive assistant here in Miami, and now he
Speaker 1: gets the call to coach safety's with the Dolphins alongside
Speaker 1: Madison and Sir Tam He coached current Dolphins cornerback Justin
Speaker 1: Coleman in Detroit. Also, twenty nineteen fifth round rookie amani
Speaker 1: Oarrier went from two game starter as a rookie and
Speaker 1: nineteen to a fifteen game starter in twenty same year
Speaker 1: that Gregory was promoted, and he helped him blossom into
Speaker 1: a guy that had seven picks in twenty one passes
Speaker 1: defense over the next two seasons. Also assisting the defense
Speaker 1: will be Derek LeBlanc assistant DL coach, Matthew Arajo assistant
Speaker 1: defensive backs, Steve f Renz assistant linebackers, Ryan Slowick senior
Speaker 1: defensive assistant, and Patrick Curtana defensive assistant. Six years of
Speaker 1: the high school coach, three state championships, National Coach of
Speaker 1: the Year. The ten on ten story in the Fish
Speaker 1: Tank podcast. I'll talk about it all the time now.
Speaker 1: I'm sure technical proficiency. I remember when he arrived, everybody
Speaker 1: knew about Sam Madison, But by the end of their
Speaker 1: time together, I think you'd have felt comfortable with either
Speaker 1: guy going an entire game on the opposing offense number
Speaker 1: one receiver. They pressed, they challenged you, they were competitive
Speaker 1: as hell, They had ball skills. That's been such a
Speaker 1: key area of this team the last two years, and
Speaker 1: I'm so glad they'll be taking the reins to try
Speaker 1: to keep that train rolling. How about some special teams.
Speaker 1: Danny Crossman's back, an absolute stickler for details, be where
Speaker 1: you're supposed to be, when you're supposed to be there.
Speaker 1: A few special teams coaches across the last few years
Speaker 1: can match cross as engineer with the the trick plays
Speaker 1: and the different looks and the different types of ways
Speaker 1: to create block He's had a blocked punt both of
Speaker 1: his years here, successful fakes producing gems like Mac Hollins,
Speaker 1: and I think Sanders will get right back to the old,
Speaker 1: reliable under coach Crossman, no doubt about that. And tell
Speaker 1: me if this is surprise, surprise or not. One of
Speaker 1: my favorite people in the building every time I see him.
Speaker 1: What's up, baby, how you doing? Love? Coach cross He's back.
Speaker 1: And then rounding it out here assistant special teams will
Speaker 1: be Brendan Ferrell to round our our Dolphins coaching staff.
Speaker 1: And so you heard plenty of coaches that will be
Speaker 1: retained here offensively, defense and special teams. You know, Mike
Speaker 1: McDaniel places so much importance on relationships within the building,
Speaker 1: and I talked about how I already felt that coming
Speaker 1: in with the incumbents. You see those guys coming back,
Speaker 1: and especially with the players who just you know, talked
Speaker 1: to Christian Wilkins about business and when it's time to
Speaker 1: have fun, when it's time to be about the ball.
Speaker 1: He said, it's always about ball. We always find a
Speaker 1: way to have fun too. And it's clear that he
Speaker 1: values the existing relationships between those players with each other
Speaker 1: as well as their relationships with their coaches, and they
Speaker 1: have within that locker room moves so insistent all the
Speaker 1: time to talk about the guys in the team and
Speaker 1: how much they love playing for each other because that
Speaker 1: shared common interest of wanting to be great and wanting
Speaker 1: to be a great team. It's great to have that continuity,
Speaker 1: even if they're not in the same role, even if
Speaker 1: the responsibility is, you know, seemingly less on paper. It
Speaker 1: speaks to both those coaches for the relationships they have,
Speaker 1: and it speaks to Mike for the value he places
Speaker 1: on that and the ability to recognize the importance of that.
Speaker 1: And then here's my final tally on some fun facts
Speaker 1: from the assistant coaches who will head up rooms i e.
Speaker 1: Safeties or corners, offensive coordinator, et cetera. Not your assistant
Speaker 1: offensive line coach or your assistant special teams coach. Guys
Speaker 1: at the head of their room. Here's the stats. Hundred
Speaker 1: forty nine years NFL experience, two hundred thirty seven total
Speaker 1: years of coaching experience, five Super Bowl wins, sixteen appearances,
Speaker 1: and they have coached forty six players within their room
Speaker 1: who went on to have an All Pro season, forty
Speaker 1: six of them not too bad. All right, that's your
Speaker 1: Dolphins two coaching staff. That's my time on this edition
Speaker 1: of the Drivetime podcast. You all please be sure to
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