WEBVTT - Vic Fangio Joins Drive Time 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:01.840 Now, there's obviously plenty of reasons to want to live 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:04.560 in South Florida and coaching this organization, but I'm curious 0:00:04.559 --> 0:00:07.920 which of those reasons what's most important to you. You're right, 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:10.560 there's a lot of reasons, but most importantly to me 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.280 at this time is I think there's a quality football 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:17.239 team here that has great potential, and hopefully we can 0:00:17.320 --> 0:00:21.680 untap that potential and have a good season. You were 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:25.560 listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. This is Drive 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.840 Time with Travis Wheatfield. Back to throw to a looking 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:36.760 the wide open touchtop clinic Hill unbelievable, just flew by 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:39.159 it for a second time doing to where he was 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:42.680 going right away. That the man I want to help 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:46.840 you soon up on his way. Wattle waddle to a shotgun, 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:51.479 back to throw looking steps up, fires again, It's Waddle, 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:58.720 It's six touchdown PA. Drive Time with Travis Winfield begins. 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:05.680 Now can check your pulse? What is up? Dolphans And 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:09.280 welcome to the Drivetime podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:15.119 Podcast Network covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.479 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:22.080 I catch up with new Dolphins defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.400 coach is in the building. Plus will pull quotes from 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.760 the guys who played under coach at his past stops, 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:32.039 including three prominent coaches who listed Fangio as the toughest 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:35.160 defensive coordinator play against and a game plan against in 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.280 their pro careers. From the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:01:38.280 --> 0:01:44.840 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcasts. 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:49.200 Let's go ahead and play my interview with Dolphins defensive 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:52.880 coordinator Vic Fangio. What's up, Dolphins. I'm Travis Wingfield in 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.440 today I'm joined by a very special guest, new Dolphins 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:58.800 defensive coordinator, Vic Fangio, coach. Welcome to the Miami Dolphins. 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:00.640 Thank you great to be here, very happy to have 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.200 you in. And you've obviously spent you know, much of 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.520 your life and career in the National Football League, but 0:02:05.600 --> 0:02:08.639 never before has your journey brought you down here to Miami. Now, 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:10.320 there's obviously plenty of reasons to want to live in 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.160 South Florida and coaching this organization, But I'm curious which 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.320 of those reasons what's most important to you. You're right, 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:18.959 there's a lot of reasons, but most importantly to me 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.200 at this time is that I think there's a quality 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:25.440 football team here that has great potential and hopefully we 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:28.480 can untap that potential and have a good season. And 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.280 your experience when moving to a new team looking for 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.720 players for your defense, what stands out most about those 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.280 incumbents that you like? Is it talent? Is it fit? 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:39.360 Is it coach ability? Well, it's all that, but I 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.600 really like to have the wipe the slate claim and 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:45.280 I don't really like to watch too much of what 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:48.480 they've done in the past. I like to get out there, 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.360 work with them, and form my own opinions without being 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.840 influenced by what may have happened in the past. But obviously, 0:02:54.880 --> 0:03:00.600 if we have a free agent that we're thinking about signing, 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:04.120 that one of our current players that contracts up, you know, 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.000 and the Chris and management want my opinion, I'll look 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.400 at them, but I like to give everybody a clean 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:12.079 slate and form my own opinion. You mentioned free agency, 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:14.760 the draft coming up obviously team building season, but before that, 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.080 rounding out your coaching staff and as you build out 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.320 your defensive staff, what are some of the traits that 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.720 are most important to you as you and coach McDaniel 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:23.919 look to keep your staff together here and build around 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.720 those guys or bringing new coaches. Yeah, we're looking for 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:31.120 good teachers one you guys that can install the defense, 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.480 teach the players what we're expecting from them, both from 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.280 an assignment and technique standpoint, and then get those techniques 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.080 taught on the field well enough to where they show 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:44.560 up in the game. So it's teacher first and foremost. 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.080 Obviously you've got to do a good job relating to 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:50.760 the players to get that taught. But everything that is 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.840 involved with teaching and coaching players is what we're looking for, 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:56.720 and we've seen the concepts and rules of it's called 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:58.960 the vic Fangio defense kind of trickled down throughout the 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:01.920 National Football League over the course of the last several years. 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.400 As you kind of step back and see the footprint 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:06.440 that you've left on the night on the NFL, do 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.280 you take a sense of pride in that? Oh, I 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:13.320 don't know, you know, it's I guess imitation is the 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:16.159 best form of flattery that or something like that, But 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.560 you know, I'd prefer it not being that way, because, uh, 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:22.320 you know, offenses get used to attacking it, and so 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:24.800 we always have to adjust and come up with new things. 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:30.000 But yeah, I think it's good that teams have tried 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:34.279 to copy it to some degree and because they've seen 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.400 it be successful. Often never duplicated rights. How it goes? 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:39.680 What do you want to that's right of your defense. 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:41.440 So you were able to take some time away this 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.360 year and not be involved with the team, you know, 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:45.960 most of the season until the Eagles last a couple 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:47.760 of weeks ago the Super Bowl. What did you take 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.599 from that time away? That was good time? I it's 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:54.240 spent it well. I treated it like a college professor 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.680 on a sabbatical. I had a full video setup of 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.360 everything in the league, just as if I was coach 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:04.040 in somebody's office, and uh studied a lot of different 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:09.000 situations and facets of the game. And it was very 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.719 very good for me and already come up with a 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.920 new coverage or two that like imant just to try out. 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:16.920 So that's that's one of those things where you take 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:18.520 some time off, but you can never really get the 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:21.120 coach out of the coach. You always look on tape. Right. Oh, yeah, 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:25.240 it was time off, but I used it well. Sure, 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:27.000 that makes a lot of sense. So especial up to 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.920 some non Dolphins defensive topics here, the Dolphins had their 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.160 best offensive output last season in twenty five years. When 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:34.919 you take a look at this Dolphins offense, were some 0:05:34.960 --> 0:05:38.840 things that would maybe keep some defensive coordinators up at night. Well, 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.440 I think it starts with their receivers. You know, a 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:46.120 Wattle and Tyreek Hill. There two great receivers and who 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.839 have had a nice year going when he was healthy. 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.839 And Mike does a good job mixing things up both 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.800 from a formation and play standpoint, and they're a tough 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.360 offense to handle. So we also got some very exciting 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.240 news here in Dolphins Land the last week, and the 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.240 linebacker Zach Thomas was elected to the Pro Football Hall 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.400 of Fame. Now, you coached against him back when he 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.000 was playing, and I'm curious. As a defensive genius, I'm 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:09.920 sure you appreciate his talents. What are some of the 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:11.679 things that you remember about his career in the National 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:16.560 Football League? Yeah, very instinctive player, very tough, and I 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.640 think those are two of the two most important qualities 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:23.480 for an inside linebacker, and he excelled in both those areas. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:25.800 And when I meet him, I want to see if 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.320 he has any time left, if he's got any plays 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.880 left in him, maybe he does it. He's in great shape. 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:32.120 I saw a video him at the Hall of Fame. 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.080 He looks pretty good these days, so maybe give him 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:35.880 a coal. Last one for you here, coach, what are 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.760 you most looking forward to about joining the Miami Dolphins? 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:42.960 You know, just to get this franchise back to the 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:46.480 heights that had had in years passed? Um. I think 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:49.960 the NFL is a better league when the Dolphins are contending, 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:52.400 and we hope to get it back there. I think 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:53.640 we all agree on that. That's all I have for 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:56.000 you today, coach, appreciate your time today. Dolphins defensive quarner 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.760 of Vic Fanjio, thank you. So there you go. Fun 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:02.560 conversation with the Dolphins new defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. It's 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.120 still surreal seeing him in the building and you know, 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:07.839 knowing what he has accomplished in this lead, what he 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.040 brings with him, and the just the respect that he 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.560 garners in terms of what he's accomplished in the National 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:15.240 Football League. Really cool to see his presence in the building. 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.200 Cool to get a chance to meet him. Very nice 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:19.440 guy and I cannot wait to see what he has 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.720 in store for us with his defense through O T 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:24.840 A S, through training camp and into the regular season. 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:27.520 You guys know my favorite nugget, And there was him saying, 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:29.560 cooked up a couple of new coverages. I can't wait 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:32.200 to see when we roll out here in mini camp 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:35.320 and training camp from his time away this past season 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.840 away from the National Football League. So great stuff there. 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:39.320 I hope you all enjoyed that. You can see the 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:41.960 interview up on YouTube as well, So go check that 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.360 out and just maximize those numbers. Guys, like you know, 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.240 good numbers help me, helps the team, helps the content team. 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:50.160 Really get our our Boston Press will go check out 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:52.960 the YouTube video as well as the podcast version here. 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.720 We really appreciate that. In the meantime, let's go ahead 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:57.360 and take our first break and come back on the 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:00.320 other side and do some testimonials. I went around web 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.920 and found a bunch of quotes from players and coaches 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.520 who have worked with and played for coach Fangio. That's 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:08.640 next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:18.720 you by Auto Nation. We heard from the man himself, 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:22.560 We talked about his defense. We produced plenty of content 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:24.600 that we can dive into over the course of the 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:27.520 off season with regards to this big time get a 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:31.080 big fish officially reeled in for the Miami Dolphins, and man, 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.560 this team just keeps getting their guy McDaniel, Toronto Armstead, 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.880 Tyreek Hill, now Vic Fangio. There's more star power here 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.720 than we've had in a long long time. So having 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:44.200 all this experience and all these accomplishments, coach Fangio has 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.559 left a lasting impact on the National Football League. So 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.040 I wanted to explore some of the comments from his peers, 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:54.680 his contemporaries, his adversaries, and everything in between all of that. 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:56.560 Let's go ahead and start with my favorite one here 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:00.640 from an ESPN story back in Packers head coach Matt Lafleur, 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:04.199 forty Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan, and Rams head coach 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:08.200 Sean McVeigh all were asked the same questions in this piece, 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.200 and one of those questions was which coach's defense is 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.839 the toughest to read an attack. I'm gonna go ahead 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.600 and read these for you guys, word for word. Here 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.199 the Fleur. There are so many guys and every system 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.800 is different, but I look at Vic Fangio. Just the 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:26.520 fronts and multiple looks you get from him. They're incredibly difficult. 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.040 And he talks about the Colts as well. Shoot Indianapolis 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:30.920 last ye, knew exactly what we're going to do. We 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:32.560 didn't have a lot of success against them because they 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.960 were so sound. Kyle Shanahan, My hardest has always been 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.880 Vic Fangio. He does so many things with his personnel 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:41.360 groupings that he puts you in a bind with protections. 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:44.520 He ties a lot of stuff together. Playing against him, 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.000 I feel he packages stuff very similar to how I 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.440 would think Bill Belichick is very similar. They do in 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.719 a different style. You know, they don't just run their defenses. 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.439 They figure out what you're doing and then they think 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.760 about how to stop what you're doing. And that's very 0:09:57.800 --> 0:09:59.760 similar to how I am. I don't just run my 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:01.560 off events. I have no idea what I'm going to 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:05.000 call until I know what defense I'm visualizing and trying 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:08.480 to attack. It's fun and that is very similar to 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.839 what we heard from obviously head coach Mike McDaniel throughout 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.440 the course of season, and of course him being with 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:17.240 Kyle Shanahan for almost two decades. It makes a lot 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:20.199 of sense now Sean McVeigh for US, I think Fangio 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.160 and the Bears did an outstanding job of a sound 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:26.400 scheme with versatility mixed with great players, and clearly what 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.199 New England did in the stretch was impressive. This is 0:10:28.200 --> 0:10:30.920 about eighteen season. Those are the two defenses that gave 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:32.880 us the most trouble. I thought the Saints were excellent 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.520 as well. The first paragraph of a story from the 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:38.400 Athletic from the Great Ted Win alluded to that story 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.400 up on ESPN, and Ted continues spelling out the two 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.120 thousand eighteen Rams Super Bowl team that hit his snag 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:47.360 in their Week four team game against Fangio's defense in 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:51.000 the Chicago Bears, and that game ended fifteen to six 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.439 in favor of the Bears, just as the Rams second 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:56.840 loss of the season and just six points in a 0:10:56.880 --> 0:11:00.600 game after entering with an average of thirty four point 0:11:00.679 --> 0:11:03.240 nine points per game that year heading into that contest. 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:07.400 They would then go on to score thirty and twenty 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:11.640 six points all before their birth to the Super Bowl 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.719 that year. And there, when Writes, is where the Patriots 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:18.160 defensive game plans centered around similar tactics, namely a tilt 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.120 front on early downs, a six one look that had 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.680 Donte high Tower as the only off ball player in 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.120 the box. They snuck the big nickel down and Patrick 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.440 Chung to account for added gaps from all the tight 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.800 formations they run the twelve personnel condensed sets from that 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.400 McVeigh offense. I won't go too much further into this, 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.200 but the original story on the Athletic is titled Vic 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:41.040 Fangio the most influential d C in the modern NFL. 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:45.920 So you have Bill Belichick in the Super Bowl taking 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.400 what he saw on that bear's tape from Vic Fangio 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.240 and applying it to win a championship. I mean, does 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.280 that not get you very excited? Because it does for me. 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:55.440 Another big name who sung the praises of Coach Fangio 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.480 is Brandon Stateley, the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.560 I think we'd all agree that defensive game plan that 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:02.640 they gave the Dolphins this year, you know, the healthy 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.520 Dolphins offense, the most fits they saw all season was 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.800 a great plan implemented by Staley and those Chargers. From 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.920 this piece on ESPN, Fangio discussed the occasions where people 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:14.240 in the NFL will reach out to him looking for 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.240 input on who might be the next coaching Jim and 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.559 Fangio was quoted here saying they'll ask, do you have 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:23.400 another Brandon Staley for us? The story continues detailing Staley's 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:26.360 old school approach to physical defense, but with the youthful 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:30.320 outlook on analytics and player relationships. That sounds familiar, doesn't it. 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.600 The Broncoes traded for linebacker Kenny Young at the deadline 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:36.319 that season. He came over from the Rams where he 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.400 played under Staley, or this past season, I should say 0:12:39.559 --> 0:12:43.360 he said this about coach Fangio. Well, um, I've gotten 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.040 a chance uh to really you know, get it to 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.679 his head a little bit it spending time with him 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:52.760 over the past few weeks of seeing his overall philosophy 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.320 of what do you think of a defense? But um man, 0:12:55.600 --> 0:12:57.120 I always know he's a great coach because you know, 0:12:57.160 --> 0:13:01.680 we had Staley last year Brandon and uh, basically he 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.360 was the father of what Staley brought to to the Ramps. 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.680 So it really was a lot of carry over. But 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:10.360 he's a very brilliant coach, very smart, thanks out the box. 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:12.400 And I think one of the things I respect most 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.280 of about him is that he put his players where 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.120 they're at best and on matchups, whether it be with 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.640 this scheme. Um, you know, that's one thing you really 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.400 really don't take for granted as a player because a 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:24.600 lot of situations guys be out of out of place, 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:28.079 and uh it doesn't jail well. But um, he's uh, 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:30.120 he's he's he's been helping us a lot, helping me 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:34.079 a lot tremendously, and UH just just just allow me, 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:35.880 I honestly go play too. You know, I think he 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:38.960 has to trust but man, I just just decided that. 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:40.959 You know, I came here and I was able to 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:45.200 help the team very very early. Uh, continue to learn 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.880 and learn from him and just continue to build this 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:50.439 thing with my guys. What do you say we get 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.280 a call from Staley on Fangio. There's not anyone I 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.360 have more respect for in the NFL than Vic. And 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.960 I definitely know we're going to face a team that's 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.880 going to be as well prepared as any team will play, 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.400 because that's a hallmark of a Vic Fangio team. State 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.200 said about the Broncos back in just the consistency he 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:09.720 brings to the office with his process and the energy 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.920 he puts into the game plan and practice, the level 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:15.360 of detail and focus he has, every player knows there 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.240 is nobody working harder in that building than Vic Fangio. 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.520 He's a complete coach, and I got to see that 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:23.960 he's as good as it gets in the NFL. End quote. 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.960 I've got more sound here from Brand's really talking about 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.200 Vic Fangio. Here's the head coach of the Los Angeles 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:33.840 Charger was talking about the defensive coordinator of your Miami Dolphins. Yeah, Vic, 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:36.360 I mean, Vic means a lot to me. I mean 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.440 as much as anybody in the NFL that I've been 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.760 able to work with. Um. He's made a huge impact 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.160 on on the way I coach um, the way I 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.000 view the game. And you know, he certainly stood the 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:49.760 test of time in the NFL, and I just really 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:53.680 admire his path. You know, he didn't have an easy 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:57.480 path to coach him, and he just has an incredible 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.680 work ethic, incredible focus. I think he is really global 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:02.840 with the game, being able to change with the game. 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.920 Wherever he's been, they've had incredible defenses, starting with the 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.000 Dome Patrol. You know that linebacking crew that he had 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:11.640 with the Dome Patrol. I don't think people remember that 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:15.160 group of four guys were his guys, you know, and um, 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:18.440 you know Von Johnson, Sam Mills, Pat Swelling, Ricky Jackson. 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.440 I mean you're talking about you know, Ricky Jackson a 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.920 Hall of Famer and Pat Swelling a defensive Player of 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:25.000 the Year and um, you know, and then he became 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:28.040 a decordinator with the Carolina Panthers, an expansion team, and 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.560 um they led the NFL and Sacks Kevin Green was 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:33.560 defensive Player of the Year, Hall of Fame player. Uh, 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:35.680 you know, and you know, he just stood the test 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.400 of time. He's been you know, uh, you know, obviously 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:40.360 those San Francisco defenses he had in the you know, 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.720 that kind of decade. I mean that those groups were 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:45.520 as good as any of the last twenty years with 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.360 you know, Navarro and Pat and Alton Smith and Justin 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:51.240 Smith and uh, that group of players. And what he's 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.520 done is he's been able to evolve and and grow 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.480 as a coach wherever he's been, and he's been able 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.520 to move with the dynamics of the NFL in terms 0:15:58.560 --> 0:16:01.680 of the offensive explosion in the league. And and so 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:03.560 that's something I've always taken away from him, and I 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:05.880 was fortunate to be with him in Chicago, and a 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:07.880 lot of people talk about our group. At the end 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.400 of Chicago we were number one, but when he got there, 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.200 they you know, they were the worst defense in the 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:13.840 NFL when he got there. And then he got him 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:18.000 kind of mid midway, you know, halfway UM his first 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:19.560 two years, and then we were in the top ten 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:21.400 my first year with him, and then we were the 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.280 best defense the second year. And then we went to Denver, 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:24.960 we were in the top ten. And he's got another 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.440 top ten group this year. And uh, you know, just 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:32.240 the consistency and performance. UM. He you know, I was 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.640 a Division three assistant coach and for one of the 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:37.480 best coaches of the last thirty years. UM to see 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:39.600 something in you and to take that chance on you 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:42.200 when so many others wouldn't. UM, you know, in a 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.760 place like Chicago that's known for defense, to be able to, Hey, 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:46.640 I'm gonna hire this guy that no one's ever heard of, 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.400 UM to coach the position that I coach, and he's 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.920 an outside rusher coach. So I always took that really 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:54.880 seriously that I'm coaching the position that he coached, and 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:56.960 I just I had a front row seat to uh, 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:59.680 an incredible football coach, and Um, he's certainly the reason 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:01.520 why I was able to become a decordinator with the Rams, 0:17:01.520 --> 0:17:03.800 because the amount of respect that Sean and all the 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.240 offensive coaches in this league half for him. And I 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:09.600 wouldn't be um where I am today without him, you know, 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:11.600 because I wouldn't have gotten that opportunity with Sean if 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.680 I weren't for Vic. I want to read this file 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:16.679 Takeaway from the wind Story, which features analysis and thoughts 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.679 from some of the most prominent XS and o's content 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.520 creators out there in the business. Fangio's system is being 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.320 popularized at a time when we're seeing an influx of 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:27.960 blue chip quarterbacks in the league. The goal playing against Mahomes, 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.119 Josh Allen and other top quarterbacks has shifted from trying 0:17:31.119 --> 0:17:33.879 to shut them down to slowing them down and testing 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.760 their patients. Fangio's system is built to do just that. 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.240 It has the ability to create confusion that can lead 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:42.480 to drive killing negative plays. Let's go ahead and read 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:44.840 some testimonials here, because that's pretty good, But I want 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.160 to go to the players here real quick. Former Broncos 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:50.360 outside linebacker Von Miller having a guy like Fangio here 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:53.679 is amazing. We've got answers to anything any offense can do. 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.119 I'm pretty excited for the twenty nineteen season when he 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.640 got when he got hired there by the Denver Broncos. 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.600 Let's hear a little bit more here from former Broncos 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:04.840 outside linebacker, former Rams outside linebacker right now currently with 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.360 the Buffalo Bills, Von Miller. Here, he is talking more 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:10.240 about Vic Fangio. Um. Yeah, I was here. I was 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.359 here for the press conference, and the same guy that 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.440 everybody saw in the press conference was the same guy 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:19.240 that we saw this morning. And I think that's a compliment. 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:21.200 You know, you don't want this guy to be in 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.280 the press conference and then get in front of the 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:25.399 team and it's this guy and when you want to 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:27.639 one with him, he's this guy. And it's not the 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:29.720 case with coach Vick. And I knew that from all 0:18:29.720 --> 0:18:32.240 the players that that he's coached with that I'm that 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.280 I'm familiar with. I knew he was that type of guy, 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:36.439 and you know he was. He was definitely that today. 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:40.879 You know, technique assignment, UM, you really just keep everything simple. 0:18:40.920 --> 0:18:43.800 But it's easier said than done, you know. UM And 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:49.040 coach fans. He's all about that technique, assignment, um, intensity, effort, 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:51.200 and um. You know I like that. You know he's 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:54.120 a he's an outside linebacker guru, and you know he's 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:58.320 he's up next with me. Former Bears outside linebacker Khalil Mack. 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:01.359 He challenges you quietly. He has his own little swag 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:04.040 about him. That Italian Mafia kind of swagged him. I 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:07.040 love it, I love it, he says former Bears cornerback 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.040 Prince Amukamara. They're going to get a leader talking about 0:19:10.080 --> 0:19:12.280 the Broncos and they're going to get somebody who cares 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.600 for them. They already have a history of a great defense. 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:17.280 All of that will be enhanced. And again he's talking 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:19.720 about when Fangio was hired to the Denver Broncos back 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:23.920 in twenty nineteen, talking about taking that defense to another level. Obviously, 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:26.439 the hope is that's what happens here in South Florida 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:28.680 with the Miami Dolphins, and this defense, which we all 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:31.120