Speaker 1: Now, there's obviously plenty of reasons to want to live
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Speaker 1: which of those reasons what's most important to you. You're right,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of reasons, but most importantly to me
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Speaker 1: welcome to the Drivetime podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins
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Speaker 1: I am your host, Travis Wingfield, And on today's show,
Speaker 1: I catch up with new Dolphins defensive coordinator Vic Fangio,
Speaker 1: coach is in the building. Plus will pull quotes from
Speaker 1: the guys who played under coach at his past stops,
Speaker 1: including three prominent coaches who listed Fangio as the toughest
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator play against and a game plan against in
Speaker 1: their pro careers. From the Baptist Health Studios inside the
Speaker 1: Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcasts.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and play my interview with Dolphins defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator Vic Fangio. What's up, Dolphins. I'm Travis Wingfield in
Speaker 1: today I'm joined by a very special guest, new Dolphins
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, Vic Fangio, coach. Welcome to the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Thank you great to be here, very happy to have
Speaker 1: you in. And you've obviously spent you know, much of
Speaker 1: your life and career in the National Football League, but
Speaker 1: never before has your journey brought you down here to Miami. Now,
Speaker 1: there's obviously plenty of reasons to want to live in
Speaker 1: South Florida and coaching this organization, But I'm curious which
Speaker 1: of those reasons what's most important to you. You're right,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of reasons, but most importantly to me
Speaker 1: at this time is that I think there's a quality
Speaker 1: football team here that has great potential and hopefully we
Speaker 1: can untap that potential and have a good season. And
Speaker 1: your experience when moving to a new team looking for
Speaker 1: players for your defense, what stands out most about those
Speaker 1: incumbents that you like? Is it talent? Is it fit?
Speaker 1: Is it coach ability? Well, it's all that, but I
Speaker 1: really like to have the wipe the slate claim and
Speaker 1: I don't really like to watch too much of what
Speaker 1: they've done in the past. I like to get out there,
Speaker 1: work with them, and form my own opinions without being
Speaker 1: influenced by what may have happened in the past. But obviously,
Speaker 1: if we have a free agent that we're thinking about signing,
Speaker 1: that one of our current players that contracts up, you know,
Speaker 1: and the Chris and management want my opinion, I'll look
Speaker 1: at them, but I like to give everybody a clean
Speaker 1: slate and form my own opinion. You mentioned free agency,
Speaker 1: the draft coming up obviously team building season, but before that,
Speaker 1: rounding out your coaching staff and as you build out
Speaker 1: your defensive staff, what are some of the traits that
Speaker 1: are most important to you as you and coach McDaniel
Speaker 1: look to keep your staff together here and build around
Speaker 1: those guys or bringing new coaches. Yeah, we're looking for
Speaker 1: good teachers one you guys that can install the defense,
Speaker 1: teach the players what we're expecting from them, both from
Speaker 1: an assignment and technique standpoint, and then get those techniques
Speaker 1: taught on the field well enough to where they show
Speaker 1: up in the game. So it's teacher first and foremost.
Speaker 1: Obviously you've got to do a good job relating to
Speaker 1: the players to get that taught. But everything that is
Speaker 1: involved with teaching and coaching players is what we're looking for,
Speaker 1: and we've seen the concepts and rules of it's called
Speaker 1: the vic Fangio defense kind of trickled down throughout the
Speaker 1: National Football League over the course of the last several years.
Speaker 1: As you kind of step back and see the footprint
Speaker 1: that you've left on the night on the NFL, do
Speaker 1: you take a sense of pride in that? Oh, I
Speaker 1: don't know, you know, it's I guess imitation is the
Speaker 1: best form of flattery that or something like that, But
Speaker 1: you know, I'd prefer it not being that way, because, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, offenses get used to attacking it, and so
Speaker 1: we always have to adjust and come up with new things.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think it's good that teams have tried
Speaker 1: to copy it to some degree and because they've seen
Speaker 1: it be successful. Often never duplicated rights. How it goes?
Speaker 1: What do you want to that's right of your defense.
Speaker 1: So you were able to take some time away this
Speaker 1: year and not be involved with the team, you know,
Speaker 1: most of the season until the Eagles last a couple
Speaker 1: of weeks ago the Super Bowl. What did you take
Speaker 1: from that time away? That was good time? I it's
Speaker 1: spent it well. I treated it like a college professor
Speaker 1: on a sabbatical. I had a full video setup of
Speaker 1: everything in the league, just as if I was coach
Speaker 1: in somebody's office, and uh studied a lot of different
Speaker 1: situations and facets of the game. And it was very
Speaker 1: very good for me and already come up with a
Speaker 1: new coverage or two that like imant just to try out.
Speaker 1: So that's that's one of those things where you take
Speaker 1: some time off, but you can never really get the
Speaker 1: coach out of the coach. You always look on tape. Right. Oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: it was time off, but I used it well. Sure,
Speaker 1: that makes a lot of sense. So especial up to
Speaker 1: some non Dolphins defensive topics here, the Dolphins had their
Speaker 1: best offensive output last season in twenty five years. When
Speaker 1: you take a look at this Dolphins offense, were some
Speaker 1: things that would maybe keep some defensive coordinators up at night. Well,
Speaker 1: I think it starts with their receivers. You know, a
Speaker 1: Wattle and Tyreek Hill. There two great receivers and who
Speaker 1: have had a nice year going when he was healthy.
Speaker 1: And Mike does a good job mixing things up both
Speaker 1: from a formation and play standpoint, and they're a tough
Speaker 1: offense to handle. So we also got some very exciting
Speaker 1: news here in Dolphins Land the last week, and the
Speaker 1: linebacker Zach Thomas was elected to the Pro Football Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame. Now, you coached against him back when he
Speaker 1: was playing, and I'm curious. As a defensive genius, I'm
Speaker 1: sure you appreciate his talents. What are some of the
Speaker 1: things that you remember about his career in the National
Speaker 1: Football League? Yeah, very instinctive player, very tough, and I
Speaker 1: think those are two of the two most important qualities
Speaker 1: for an inside linebacker, and he excelled in both those areas.
Speaker 1: And when I meet him, I want to see if
Speaker 1: he has any time left, if he's got any plays
Speaker 1: left in him, maybe he does it. He's in great shape.
Speaker 1: I saw a video him at the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1: He looks pretty good these days, so maybe give him
Speaker 1: a coal. Last one for you here, coach, what are
Speaker 1: you most looking forward to about joining the Miami Dolphins?
Speaker 1: You know, just to get this franchise back to the
Speaker 1: heights that had had in years passed? Um. I think
Speaker 1: the NFL is a better league when the Dolphins are contending,
Speaker 1: and we hope to get it back there. I think
Speaker 1: we all agree on that. That's all I have for
Speaker 1: you today, coach, appreciate your time today. Dolphins defensive quarner
Speaker 1: of Vic Fanjio, thank you. So there you go. Fun
Speaker 1: conversation with the Dolphins new defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. It's
Speaker 1: still surreal seeing him in the building and you know,
Speaker 1: knowing what he has accomplished in this lead, what he
Speaker 1: brings with him, and the just the respect that he
Speaker 1: garners in terms of what he's accomplished in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. Really cool to see his presence in the building.
Speaker 1: Cool to get a chance to meet him. Very nice
Speaker 1: guy and I cannot wait to see what he has
Speaker 1: in store for us with his defense through O T
Speaker 1: A S, through training camp and into the regular season.
Speaker 1: You guys know my favorite nugget, And there was him saying,
Speaker 1: cooked up a couple of new coverages. I can't wait
Speaker 1: to see when we roll out here in mini camp
Speaker 1: and training camp from his time away this past season
Speaker 1: away from the National Football League. So great stuff there.
Speaker 1: I hope you all enjoyed that. You can see the
Speaker 1: interview up on YouTube as well, So go check that
Speaker 1: out and just maximize those numbers. Guys, like you know,
Speaker 1: good numbers help me, helps the team, helps the content team.
Speaker 1: Really get our our Boston Press will go check out
Speaker 1: the YouTube video as well as the podcast version here.
Speaker 1: We really appreciate that. In the meantime, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and take our first break and come back on the
Speaker 1: other side and do some testimonials. I went around web
Speaker 1: and found a bunch of quotes from players and coaches
Speaker 1: who have worked with and played for coach Fangio. That's
Speaker 1: next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to
Speaker 1: you by Auto Nation. We heard from the man himself,
Speaker 1: We talked about his defense. We produced plenty of content
Speaker 1: that we can dive into over the course of the
Speaker 1: off season with regards to this big time get a
Speaker 1: big fish officially reeled in for the Miami Dolphins, and man,
Speaker 1: this team just keeps getting their guy McDaniel, Toronto Armstead,
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill, now Vic Fangio. There's more star power here
Speaker 1: than we've had in a long long time. So having
Speaker 1: all this experience and all these accomplishments, coach Fangio has
Speaker 1: left a lasting impact on the National Football League. So
Speaker 1: I wanted to explore some of the comments from his peers,
Speaker 1: his contemporaries, his adversaries, and everything in between all of that.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and start with my favorite one here
Speaker 1: from an ESPN story back in Packers head coach Matt Lafleur,
Speaker 1: forty Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan, and Rams head coach
Speaker 1: Sean McVeigh all were asked the same questions in this piece,
Speaker 1: and one of those questions was which coach's defense is
Speaker 1: the toughest to read an attack. I'm gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: and read these for you guys, word for word. Here
Speaker 1: the Fleur. There are so many guys and every system
Speaker 1: is different, but I look at Vic Fangio. Just the
Speaker 1: fronts and multiple looks you get from him. They're incredibly difficult.
Speaker 1: And he talks about the Colts as well. Shoot Indianapolis
Speaker 1: last ye, knew exactly what we're going to do. We
Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of success against them because they
Speaker 1: were so sound. Kyle Shanahan, My hardest has always been
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio. He does so many things with his personnel
Speaker 1: groupings that he puts you in a bind with protections.
Speaker 1: He ties a lot of stuff together. Playing against him,
Speaker 1: I feel he packages stuff very similar to how I
Speaker 1: would think Bill Belichick is very similar. They do in
Speaker 1: a different style. You know, they don't just run their defenses.
Speaker 1: They figure out what you're doing and then they think
Speaker 1: about how to stop what you're doing. And that's very
Speaker 1: similar to how I am. I don't just run my
Speaker 1: off events. I have no idea what I'm going to
Speaker 1: call until I know what defense I'm visualizing and trying
Speaker 1: to attack. It's fun and that is very similar to
Speaker 1: what we heard from obviously head coach Mike McDaniel throughout
Speaker 1: the course of season, and of course him being with
Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan for almost two decades. It makes a lot
Speaker 1: of sense now Sean McVeigh for US, I think Fangio
Speaker 1: and the Bears did an outstanding job of a sound
Speaker 1: scheme with versatility mixed with great players, and clearly what
Speaker 1: New England did in the stretch was impressive. This is
Speaker 1: about eighteen season. Those are the two defenses that gave
Speaker 1: us the most trouble. I thought the Saints were excellent
Speaker 1: as well. The first paragraph of a story from the
Speaker 1: Athletic from the Great Ted Win alluded to that story
Speaker 1: up on ESPN, and Ted continues spelling out the two
Speaker 1: thousand eighteen Rams Super Bowl team that hit his snag
Speaker 1: in their Week four team game against Fangio's defense in
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, and that game ended fifteen to six
Speaker 1: in favor of the Bears, just as the Rams second
Speaker 1: loss of the season and just six points in a
Speaker 1: game after entering with an average of thirty four point
Speaker 1: nine points per game that year heading into that contest.
Speaker 1: They would then go on to score thirty and twenty
Speaker 1: six points all before their birth to the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: that year. And there, when Writes, is where the Patriots
Speaker 1: defensive game plans centered around similar tactics, namely a tilt
Speaker 1: front on early downs, a six one look that had
Speaker 1: Donte high Tower as the only off ball player in
Speaker 1: the box. They snuck the big nickel down and Patrick
Speaker 1: Chung to account for added gaps from all the tight
Speaker 1: formations they run the twelve personnel condensed sets from that
Speaker 1: McVeigh offense. I won't go too much further into this,
Speaker 1: but the original story on the Athletic is titled Vic
Speaker 1: Fangio the most influential d C in the modern NFL.
Speaker 1: So you have Bill Belichick in the Super Bowl taking
Speaker 1: what he saw on that bear's tape from Vic Fangio
Speaker 1: and applying it to win a championship. I mean, does
Speaker 1: that not get you very excited? Because it does for me.
Speaker 1: Another big name who sung the praises of Coach Fangio
Speaker 1: is Brandon Stateley, the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.
Speaker 1: I think we'd all agree that defensive game plan that
Speaker 1: they gave the Dolphins this year, you know, the healthy
Speaker 1: Dolphins offense, the most fits they saw all season was
Speaker 1: a great plan implemented by Staley and those Chargers. From
Speaker 1: this piece on ESPN, Fangio discussed the occasions where people
Speaker 1: in the NFL will reach out to him looking for
Speaker 1: input on who might be the next coaching Jim and
Speaker 1: Fangio was quoted here saying they'll ask, do you have
Speaker 1: another Brandon Staley for us? The story continues detailing Staley's
Speaker 1: old school approach to physical defense, but with the youthful
Speaker 1: outlook on analytics and player relationships. That sounds familiar, doesn't it.
Speaker 1: The Broncoes traded for linebacker Kenny Young at the deadline
Speaker 1: that season. He came over from the Rams where he
Speaker 1: played under Staley, or this past season, I should say
Speaker 1: he said this about coach Fangio. Well, um, I've gotten
Speaker 1: a chance uh to really you know, get it to
Speaker 1: his head a little bit it spending time with him
Speaker 1: over the past few weeks of seeing his overall philosophy
Speaker 1: of what do you think of a defense? But um man,
Speaker 1: I always know he's a great coach because you know,
Speaker 1: we had Staley last year Brandon and uh, basically he
Speaker 1: was the father of what Staley brought to to the Ramps.
Speaker 1: So it really was a lot of carry over. But
Speaker 1: he's a very brilliant coach, very smart, thanks out the box.
Speaker 1: And I think one of the things I respect most
Speaker 1: of about him is that he put his players where
Speaker 1: they're at best and on matchups, whether it be with
Speaker 1: this scheme. Um, you know, that's one thing you really
Speaker 1: really don't take for granted as a player because a
Speaker 1: lot of situations guys be out of out of place,
Speaker 1: and uh it doesn't jail well. But um, he's uh,
Speaker 1: he's he's he's been helping us a lot, helping me
Speaker 1: a lot tremendously, and UH just just just allow me,
Speaker 1: I honestly go play too. You know, I think he
Speaker 1: has to trust but man, I just just decided that.
Speaker 1: You know, I came here and I was able to
Speaker 1: help the team very very early. Uh, continue to learn
Speaker 1: and learn from him and just continue to build this
Speaker 1: thing with my guys. What do you say we get
Speaker 1: a call from Staley on Fangio. There's not anyone I
Speaker 1: have more respect for in the NFL than Vic. And
Speaker 1: I definitely know we're going to face a team that's
Speaker 1: going to be as well prepared as any team will play,
Speaker 1: because that's a hallmark of a Vic Fangio team. State
Speaker 1: said about the Broncos back in just the consistency he
Speaker 1: brings to the office with his process and the energy
Speaker 1: he puts into the game plan and practice, the level
Speaker 1: of detail and focus he has, every player knows there
Speaker 1: is nobody working harder in that building than Vic Fangio.
Speaker 1: He's a complete coach, and I got to see that
Speaker 1: he's as good as it gets in the NFL. End quote.
Speaker 1: I've got more sound here from Brand's really talking about
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio. Here's the head coach of the Los Angeles
Speaker 1: Charger was talking about the defensive coordinator of your Miami Dolphins. Yeah, Vic,
Speaker 1: I mean, Vic means a lot to me. I mean
Speaker 1: as much as anybody in the NFL that I've been
Speaker 1: able to work with. Um. He's made a huge impact
Speaker 1: on on the way I coach um, the way I
Speaker 1: view the game. And you know, he certainly stood the
Speaker 1: test of time in the NFL, and I just really
Speaker 1: admire his path. You know, he didn't have an easy
Speaker 1: path to coach him, and he just has an incredible
Speaker 1: work ethic, incredible focus. I think he is really global
Speaker 1: with the game, being able to change with the game.
Speaker 1: Wherever he's been, they've had incredible defenses, starting with the
Speaker 1: Dome Patrol. You know that linebacking crew that he had
Speaker 1: with the Dome Patrol. I don't think people remember that
Speaker 1: group of four guys were his guys, you know, and um,
Speaker 1: you know Von Johnson, Sam Mills, Pat Swelling, Ricky Jackson.
Speaker 1: I mean you're talking about you know, Ricky Jackson a
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer and Pat Swelling a defensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year and um, you know, and then he became
Speaker 1: a decordinator with the Carolina Panthers, an expansion team, and
Speaker 1: um they led the NFL and Sacks Kevin Green was
Speaker 1: defensive Player of the Year, Hall of Fame player. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, and you know, he just stood the test
Speaker 1: of time. He's been you know, uh, you know, obviously
Speaker 1: those San Francisco defenses he had in the you know,
Speaker 1: that kind of decade. I mean that those groups were
Speaker 1: as good as any of the last twenty years with
Speaker 1: you know, Navarro and Pat and Alton Smith and Justin
Speaker 1: Smith and uh, that group of players. And what he's
Speaker 1: done is he's been able to evolve and and grow
Speaker 1: as a coach wherever he's been, and he's been able
Speaker 1: to move with the dynamics of the NFL in terms
Speaker 1: of the offensive explosion in the league. And and so
Speaker 1: that's something I've always taken away from him, and I
Speaker 1: was fortunate to be with him in Chicago, and a
Speaker 1: lot of people talk about our group. At the end
Speaker 1: of Chicago we were number one, but when he got there,
Speaker 1: they you know, they were the worst defense in the
Speaker 1: NFL when he got there. And then he got him
Speaker 1: kind of mid midway, you know, halfway UM his first
Speaker 1: two years, and then we were in the top ten
Speaker 1: my first year with him, and then we were the
Speaker 1: best defense the second year. And then we went to Denver,
Speaker 1: we were in the top ten. And he's got another
Speaker 1: top ten group this year. And uh, you know, just
Speaker 1: the consistency and performance. UM. He you know, I was
Speaker 1: a Division three assistant coach and for one of the
Speaker 1: best coaches of the last thirty years. UM to see
Speaker 1: something in you and to take that chance on you
Speaker 1: when so many others wouldn't. UM, you know, in a
Speaker 1: place like Chicago that's known for defense, to be able to, Hey,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna hire this guy that no one's ever heard of,
Speaker 1: UM to coach the position that I coach, and he's
Speaker 1: an outside rusher coach. So I always took that really
Speaker 1: seriously that I'm coaching the position that he coached, and
Speaker 1: I just I had a front row seat to uh,
Speaker 1: an incredible football coach, and Um, he's certainly the reason
Speaker 1: why I was able to become a decordinator with the Rams,
Speaker 1: because the amount of respect that Sean and all the
Speaker 1: offensive coaches in this league half for him. And I
Speaker 1: wouldn't be um where I am today without him, you know,
Speaker 1: because I wouldn't have gotten that opportunity with Sean if
Speaker 1: I weren't for Vic. I want to read this file
Speaker 1: Takeaway from the wind Story, which features analysis and thoughts
Speaker 1: from some of the most prominent XS and o's content
Speaker 1: creators out there in the business. Fangio's system is being
Speaker 1: popularized at a time when we're seeing an influx of
Speaker 1: blue chip quarterbacks in the league. The goal playing against Mahomes,
Speaker 1: Josh Allen and other top quarterbacks has shifted from trying
Speaker 1: to shut them down to slowing them down and testing
Speaker 1: their patients. Fangio's system is built to do just that.
Speaker 1: It has the ability to create confusion that can lead
Speaker 1: to drive killing negative plays. Let's go ahead and read
Speaker 1: some testimonials here, because that's pretty good, But I want
Speaker 1: to go to the players here real quick. Former Broncos
Speaker 1: outside linebacker Von Miller having a guy like Fangio here
Speaker 1: is amazing. We've got answers to anything any offense can do.
Speaker 1: I'm pretty excited for the twenty nineteen season when he
Speaker 1: got when he got hired there by the Denver Broncos.
Speaker 1: Let's hear a little bit more here from former Broncos
Speaker 1: outside linebacker, former Rams outside linebacker right now currently with
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, Von Miller. Here, he is talking more
Speaker 1: about Vic Fangio. Um. Yeah, I was here. I was
Speaker 1: here for the press conference, and the same guy that
Speaker 1: everybody saw in the press conference was the same guy
Speaker 1: that we saw this morning. And I think that's a compliment.
Speaker 1: You know, you don't want this guy to be in
Speaker 1: the press conference and then get in front of the
Speaker 1: team and it's this guy and when you want to
Speaker 1: one with him, he's this guy. And it's not the
Speaker 1: case with coach Vick. And I knew that from all
Speaker 1: the players that that he's coached with that I'm that
Speaker 1: I'm familiar with. I knew he was that type of guy,
Speaker 1: and you know he was. He was definitely that today.
Speaker 1: You know, technique assignment, UM, you really just keep everything simple.
Speaker 1: But it's easier said than done, you know. UM And
Speaker 1: coach fans. He's all about that technique, assignment, um, intensity, effort,
Speaker 1: and um. You know I like that. You know he's
Speaker 1: a he's an outside linebacker guru, and you know he's
Speaker 1: he's up next with me. Former Bears outside linebacker Khalil Mack.
Speaker 1: He challenges you quietly. He has his own little swag
Speaker 1: about him. That Italian Mafia kind of swagged him. I
Speaker 1: love it, I love it, he says former Bears cornerback
Speaker 1: Prince Amukamara. They're going to get a leader talking about
Speaker 1: the Broncos and they're going to get somebody who cares
Speaker 1: for them. They already have a history of a great defense.
Speaker 1: All of that will be enhanced. And again he's talking
Speaker 1: about when Fangio was hired to the Denver Broncos back
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, talking about taking that defense to another level. Obviously,
Speaker 1: the hope is that's what happens here in South Florida
Speaker 1: with the Miami Dolphins, and this defense, which we all
Speaker 1: have talked about, has a lot of talent in terms
Speaker 1: of the personnel on this Miami defense. Former Bears and
Speaker 1: Broncos linebacker Danser Faithan said this the good thing about
Speaker 1: playing for vic Fangio is that there was always something
Speaker 1: you could learn. He's coached some of the great linebacker.
Speaker 1: When a guy like that is talking, a person in
Speaker 1: that position listens, because that's where I want to see myself.
Speaker 1: Former Bears linebacker Samuel Acco. I spent four years playing
Speaker 1: for the Bears, four years playing for vic Fangio, and
Speaker 1: he always was the same guy every single day. He's
Speaker 1: a very still a guy, but I think people realize
Speaker 1: how passionate, how loving, and how caring he is. I
Speaker 1: consider him a friend. He's the first one in the building,
Speaker 1: last one out. He prepares so meticulously that you know,
Speaker 1: as players that you're gonna have a chance to win.
Speaker 1: Every Sunday. You realize you're around greatness. End quote. How
Speaker 1: about former Bears defensive tackle a Keem Hicks and free
Speaker 1: agents this year. I'm sure every defensive coordinator shows the
Speaker 1: players how they want it done and what they're looking for,
Speaker 1: but he has a special way of doing it. One
Speaker 1: of Vick's strengths is he doesn't ask more of you
Speaker 1: than what you have. He doesn't put you in compromising situations.
Speaker 1: He puts you in a spot so you can play
Speaker 1: to your strengths. And quote more from Hicks, this kind
Speaker 1: of reminds me of team when I was in New
Speaker 1: Orleans and being able to adjust and go inside sometimes
Speaker 1: go back outside, so they really can't get a beat
Speaker 1: on you. Vick's defense in general, it just makes guys
Speaker 1: look good and quote former Niner safety Dante Whittner, when
Speaker 1: Fangio was announced as the Broncos head coach, said, congrats
Speaker 1: to the smartest coach I ever played for, the Wizard. Mr.
Speaker 1: Fangio on becoming the head coach of the demo Broncos.
Speaker 1: Former Niners linebacker Navarro Bowman said, he's a great human being.
Speaker 1: What you see is what you get with Vic. End quote.
Speaker 1: Obviously a very very respected coach around the National Football League,
Speaker 1: has a certain level of affinity from the ex players
Speaker 1: that he has coached, and you kind of see it
Speaker 1: coincide with the quality of players that he's been around,
Speaker 1: like Navarro Bowman, like we talked about Khalil Mack. Everyone
Speaker 1: on that list we just talked about was a very
Speaker 1: very good player at one point in their career or
Speaker 1: maybe even still is. And those guys really seem to
Speaker 1: appreciate what Vic Fangio brought to the table. Uh, in
Speaker 1: terms of what he did for their careers, what he
Speaker 1: did for the defense as they were part of, and
Speaker 1: just the way he cared about them as humans. So
Speaker 1: really good stuff there from his exployers, coach Fangio. And
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and take a break here, and I
Speaker 1: want to come back on the other side and take
Speaker 1: a look at how coaches defenses performed against the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: in the divisions that he was a part of, the
Speaker 1: a f C West and the Den for Broncos from
Speaker 1: one and of course the Chicago Bears in the NFC
Speaker 1: North from eighteen. We'll talk about that next to your
Speaker 1: Drift Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you
Speaker 1: by Auto Nation, and earlier I mentioned a quote about
Speaker 1: how tough Fangio can make life on opposing quarterbacks, testing
Speaker 1: their patients and eventually capitalizing on the fact that they
Speaker 1: made it a rock fight with one or two big
Speaker 1: takeaways to keep the score close against these quarterbacks that
Speaker 1: are very, very difficult to beat. So I got to
Speaker 1: thinking about the quarterbacks he saw the most, and I
Speaker 1: found that all but one opposing division rival quarterback posted
Speaker 1: lower numbers to their career averages against Fangio LA defenses,
Speaker 1: both with the Bears from eight team and his three
Speaker 1: years in Denver. What say you we explore that research project.
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes twenty nineteen twenty one with the Kansas Chiefs,
Speaker 1: and Mahomes is one of three quarterbacks right now in
Speaker 1: the NFL with multiple m v P s and multiple
Speaker 1: Super Bowl championships. How about that in six career games
Speaker 1: against Fangio's Broncos, Mahomes had accumulative passer rating of nine
Speaker 1: point one. His career rating is one of five point seven.
Speaker 1: The lowest single game passer rating of Patrick mahomes career
Speaker 1: came on December one, when he had a fifty seven
Speaker 1: point three passer rating against Fangio's Broncos defense. Justin Herbert
Speaker 1: just two years because he was drafted in one against
Speaker 1: Vic Fangio. In four career games against Fangio's Broncos, Justin
Speaker 1: Herbert had accumulative passer rating of ninety three point five.
Speaker 1: His career rating is ninety six point two, so three
Speaker 1: points lower. Derek Carr was the only one who had
Speaker 1: a better passer rating his career average. He was plus
Speaker 1: four point seven versus the Broncos between one compared to
Speaker 1: his career figure, and you know what an early in
Speaker 1: cars career he was. He struggled, So that's to me
Speaker 1: a little bit inflated. Uh. I didn't do this, but
Speaker 1: I think if you look back at cars, like three
Speaker 1: years prior are to that and in the next three years,
Speaker 1: you might get a different stat on that um. But
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the NFC North, same story. Aaron Rodgers from eighteen,
Speaker 1: and this is a guy that has traditionally owned the Bears.
Speaker 1: Right in seven games against Fangio's Bears, Rogers has a
Speaker 1: pass rating of ninety nine point one. His career rating
Speaker 1: is one or three point six and those he has
Speaker 1: actually touched on interception ratio and those six seven games
Speaker 1: was really really good, but his yards per attempt was
Speaker 1: like super lowest. That patient style of forcing him to
Speaker 1: be patient and take the whole field worked in that
Speaker 1: in that sense. Matthew Stafford of the eighteen Lions seven
Speaker 1: career games against Fangio's Bears defense, Stafford posted a rating
Speaker 1: of eighty six point four. His career rating is ninety
Speaker 1: point nine, and again Stafford early on struggled. So again
Speaker 1: that's the same thing with Derek Carr there at this
Speaker 1: even even better number if you asked me. And then
Speaker 1: the Vikings had various quarterbacks, too small a sample size
Speaker 1: for any one of them over that time period. I
Speaker 1: think for now that about covers it. We will have
Speaker 1: the vic Fangio introduction press conference for you guys on Monday.
Speaker 1: That is at eleven a m is the scheduled time
Speaker 1: for that. It will stream on the YouTube channel on
Speaker 1: social media, and we'll have it covered for you guys
Speaker 1: right here on Drivetime breaking it down. After that press conference,
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