WEBVTT - Drive Time: Bradley Chubb and NFC West Preview 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:10.000 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield Again. You're damn Ryot's 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:12.760 Draft Time with Travis Wingfield. What is up? And Welcome 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:15.800 into the Draft Time Podcast. I am your aforementioned host, 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:20.560 Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, we are two episodes 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:23.440 into the summer content series. Your boy is officially on 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:26.560 paternity leave. If it sounds different, I am recording from 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:29.720 my home studio, so no more from the Baptist Health 0:00:29.760 --> 0:00:32.480 Studios on the podcast, but I'm gonna say it anyways, 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:34.400 just to give you guys a heads up, we have 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:38.400 Bradley Chubb on the podcast today, probably the best interview 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.440 I had of the sixteen you're gonna hear over the 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:45.920 course of the summer. Plus we're previewing more NFL divisions today. 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.120 The NFC West goes under the clock under the microscope. 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:51.440 I don't know why I said clock. From the Travis 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:55.520 Wingfield Studios inside the Travis Wingfield Homestead. This is the 0:00:55.640 --> 0:01:00.240 Draft Time Podcast. Let's go ahead and jumps to art 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.520 this thing. Kick it off with some juice. Bradley Chubb, 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:04.880 he is the man. He is back. He's gonna wreak 0:01:04.920 --> 0:01:08.559 havoc on opposing quarterbacks this season. But first he talked 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.039 to me. Joining us today on the Draft Time podcast 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:14.160 is Dolphins outside linebacker Bradley Chubb. Be Chubb. What's up, man, 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:15.679 It's really good to see you and talk to you. 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:17.640 Yes, they're good to see as well. Man, feel good, 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:18.960 glad to be here. 0:01:19.160 --> 0:01:22.640 You talked you had your first media availability and sometime 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:24.399 a little bit ago. But I kind of want to 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:26.280 just you know, repeat that here. Just talk to us 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:28.120 a little bit about the process and where you are 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:29.520 mentally physically today. 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:31.920 Yeah. Man, it's a long process. When you know, when 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.920 people tell you, oh, trust the process and everything's greatness 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:36.479 comes on the other side of the work and all that, 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:38.920 it's easy to be like, okay, yeah, I hear you. 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:40.319 But when you actually got to live in and go 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.320 through it, you see it full full face, you know 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:45.720 what I mean. And having to go through those hard times. 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:48.280 You know you have your support system, but you know 0:01:48.320 --> 0:01:50.280 nobody's going to do the hard work for you. Nobody's 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.680 gonna hold your hand while you do things. So going 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.920 through it and making the mistakes and you know, coming 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:58.800 back on the other side and seeing the games and 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:01.160 all that, it's a it's a beautiful thing. And when 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.000 you sit back and look at it. I'm grateful to 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:05.240 be where I am now. I'm a really good headspace 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:07.800 now compared to where I was when I first started. 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.959 So it's a it's a beautiful journey, but I'm glad 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:11.840 I am where I am now. 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.240 Stuff like that makes you appreciate even even the lows 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:17.600 right of that entire process because it shapes you into 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:18.400 who you are really. 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:20.639 One hundred percent. It's about how you respond. Everything is 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:24.240 about how you respond. In life and college, we had 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:27.600 a E plus our equals our was our mantra, event 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:31.480 plus reaction egals outcome. So each everything is something's gonna 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:32.839 happen each and every day is about how you react 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:33.840 to it and how you respond to it. 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:35.640 How's it failed to get it back on the field. 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:37.679 I know you had the practices last December, but how's 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.120 it felt to be out there for OTAs? 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.320 It feels amazing because like you said, the practice is 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:43.280 kind of I'll still put my foot in the water 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.320 trying to figure out, Oh, how's it feeling, how's this? 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.720 What's the call? But like you know, having a year 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:50.040 and a defense, sitting back and understanding the defense and 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:52.600 understanding the guys getting to know him on the personal 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.280 level instead of just the football level. So when I 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.240 am on the field, it's more of that brotherhood that 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.320 we've been you know, chasing and looking for. So it's 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:01.560 been fun, man's and amazing just to kind of like 0:03:01.840 --> 0:03:03.760 just be around the guys go through those hard times, 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:07.239 like those tough workouts and those hot, hot practices, because 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:09.360 on the sideline saying oh yeah, it's hot out here, 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.120 VERSU actually going through it. You know, with the guys, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:14.000 it's a whole other level of respect and the level 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:15.760 of a love. So it's been great. 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.040 Man. You just feel like you don't have the proper 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:19.919 voice when you're not in it right. 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.240 Right, because no matter what your accolades are, no matter 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:24.520 who you are, people gonna be like, okay, you do it, 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.040 like I'm not here doing it, You're not doing it 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:28.120 with us. So just being able to do it with 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:29.080 the guys, it's been amazing. 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:30.919 When you take that much time down, and I mean 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:32.880 every football player has gone through an injury, and it's 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.400 a serious injury. For the most part, you always learn 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:38.080 a lot about yourself. But I'm curious because you know, 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:40.080 and I'll relay football back to golf. Like I always 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:41.440 do on the show. The fans are probably stick of 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.040 hearing it by now. But if I take a week 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.920 off or a month off, especially like I almost have 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.480 to kind of retrain the swing. Is it similar in 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:50.840 terms of football technique? Like what was it like to 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.360 get back on the field, because obviously you're you're you're 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.880 repairing like the muscle and the tendon and everything, and 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:57.440 then you're trying to get back into football shape and 0:03:57.520 --> 0:03:59.840 it's time to actually go play football. Like how long 0:03:59.920 --> 0:04:01.600 is take to ramp up to get back to where 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:03.280 you were from the technique and fundamental stuff. 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:05.960 Yeah, Man, I feel like that just comes with reps, 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:07.920 and I'm still going through those reps. I'm still trying 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.760 to find how I stepped in this certain situation and 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:12.520 stuff like that. I find my foot and so I 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.720 feel like that's one of those things. It's not gonna 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:18.559 be a finished, polished product until after training camp, after 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.240 you know, getting those lives of tackling guys and going 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:24.880 to the ground and finishing on the quarterback. So I'm 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:26.960 still got a little ways to go, and I'm excited 0:04:27.000 --> 0:04:29.200 to go through that journey and find out the new 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:30.800 player I'm gonna become you know what I mean. But 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:32.919 like you said, man, if you take a week, a 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:36.279 year or whatever, however long off. Like another thing my 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:37.880 college coach us to always say the skills, use them 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:39.840 or lose them, Like you're either gonna use them every 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:41.040 day or you're not gonna use them at all, and 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.760 you're gonna lose everything that you work for. So being 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:45.839 down trying to stay on top of the little things. 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:47.640 But you know, it's hard when you limit it. But 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:51.720 this whole off season and as I've been like towards 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:53.400 the end of the season, getting back into the groove 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:55.440 of things, and this all seasons been been great for 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:55.800 doing that. 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:58.240 Yeah, I'm so excited to watch you and the entire 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.159 Edge group play and I kind of feel like, you know, 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:02.040 it's it's funny you guys are the Edge group because 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:04.520 I feel like there's an edge to you guys based 0:05:04.560 --> 0:05:07.000 upon recent experiences. How excited you for this group to 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:09.159 come out, because it seems, you know, last year JP 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:10.800 was coming back, you were coming back. We didn't know 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.080 what it's gonna look like. And Jalen goes down again 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.000 and that that just sucks so bad. How do you 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.159 think that kind of the way the last few years 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:18.760 have gone for you, guys can kind of shape the 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:20.120 group this year, if that makes sense. 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.360 Man, shape it. I mean, like you said, we got 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.279 an edge to us. Everybody in there has, you know, 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:26.880 been through adversity, been told they can't do something, been 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:30.120 through an injury. So everybody's just hungry to go in 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:33.120 there and prove not only people wrong. It's not about that, 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.640 but proving ourselves right, knowing what we can do. And 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:37.479 you know, we talked all the time about how we 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:38.960 want to be the engine for the team and how 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:41.640 it starts and ends with us. But you know you 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:43.560 can't just talk that. You got to practice it each 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.279 and every day. And that's what the guys in that 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:46.920 room do. Man. We push each other to be great, 0:05:46.960 --> 0:05:49.160 and we put each other to be better than we 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.239 were yesterday, you know. And that's one thing that's specially 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:53.880 about that room and that I love so much, is 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:57.840 just everybody's hungry. Everybody's loving of each other and wanting 0:05:57.880 --> 0:05:58.720 to see the other one win. 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:00.880 And Coach Crow kind of facilitates all that, right, He's 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:02.400 the guy that brings you all together for. 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:05.080 Sure, brings us together. Man, finds ways to make learning 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.280 fun finds ways to make competition fun, you know what 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:09.800 I mean. And he's been a great ad to the 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:10.360 room for sure. 0:06:10.680 --> 0:06:12.520 So one of the guys that I mean, Chop, I'll 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:13.839 just go ahead and say him off the top, Chop. 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:15.680 Robinson has talked about you and JP a lot in 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.080 terms of the tute legit mentorship. What have you seen 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:20.440 from him in terms of not just the physical skills 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.160 which are obvious to all of us, but the way 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.040 he approaches the game and leans on you guys. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.920 Yeah, he approaches it like he's a season vet man. 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.520 And to see a young guy have so much love 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:31.279 and so much care for the game, and like so 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.599 much care for the technique and the little things about 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:35.640 the game, it's dope to see because you know, you 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:37.880 see him getting better each and every week as well, 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.400 like throughout the season where he was in training camp 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:43.040 versus where he was week eighteen, was a whole different player. 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:45.760 And to see him during these OTAs now moving around, 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.640 it's like, bro, I told him, you're gonna have a 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:50.160 long career in this league. Gonn make a lot of money. 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:51.600 It's gonna be a lot of good things. To continue 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:53.560 to do what you're doing and never let up, you 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:55.440 know what I mean. And he's been doing that and 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:56.640 it's been great to see. 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.120 That's good news for him and Dolphins fans. Bradley. I 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:00.560 want to go back to something that you and I 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:02.920 have discussed off the record a few times, and it's 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.239 my favorite highlight. I think of like the draft process 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.040 of all time. I showed it to you one time, 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.520 to flop right, the famous flop and the three rollover 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.440 and you get the flag and the end zone. You 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:14.560 pulled the flag out of the raft that day. Take 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:16.720 me through that? Is that like something that you like, 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.560 You just kind of like you're serious about your game obviously, 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:21.040 but you can joke in the moment as well. 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.320 No, for sure, and especially in college man I was. 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.800 I was a loose cannon man, be mad and be happy. 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:28.560 I was all over the place. And that was one 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:30.560 of those things. We were playing Syracuse. I was having 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.680 a decent game, so I wasn't like so like, oh 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:35.000 I got to do this and do that, you know, 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.680 And we got down to the end zone and I 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.320 forgot what the play was, but I was doing something 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.360 extra in the office. A lineman pushed me. I said, oh, 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:44.320 this is my chance. I don't know what I'm gonna do, 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.200 but I could try to get a flag or something. 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.360 And so I flopped the first time in a flag, 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:50.040 and so I rolled over and I saw like my 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.080 teammates playing into us. I just kept rolling over, you 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:53.840 know what I mean, and ended up getting a flag, 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:55.679 which was crazy. I don't know how I got the flag, 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.200 but a shame on that office of the line and 0:07:58.280 --> 0:07:58.760 for pushing me. 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:01.720 Hey, he picked the wrong one correct. So that that 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:03.400 just kind of takes me to my last question here 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.080 about like personality and sports, because you know, I grew 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.120 up in an era where it was like serious and 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:09.680 you're you're dialed in and you need to be locked 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.160 in all times obviously, but I do have gotten to 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.000 a place where personalities and the people can kind of 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.920 show more in modern sports than they used to. How 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:19.480 do you feel about that? And like how does that 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:20.760 kind of match who you are? 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:24.560 Yeah? For sure, I don't. I don't know if it's 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.840 ever been a time where I've been so serious and 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.560 locked in on sports, Like I've always approached it as 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:32.200 a game and you know, and having fun doing it, 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.760 and I feel like that's when I'm my best, So, uh, 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.720 you know, in the past, you know, people like get serious, 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:38.959 were trying to do this, like it's a level of 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.200 seriousness that you have to have. But at the end 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.600 of the day, you know, it's it's a it's a 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:45.880 child's game that we get to. You can't be too 0:08:45.880 --> 0:08:47.240 serious about your life, you know what I mean, can't 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.319 take stuff too serious. It's a child's game that we 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:51.920 get to do at a high level. Yes, but it's 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:53.800 a child's game, you know what I mean. And if 0:08:53.840 --> 0:08:55.880 you go about it with a frowny face and trying 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.520 to be locked in and all this, it's I feel 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.280 like it takes away from that, from the joy and 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:01.760 stuff like that. But like I said, there's a level 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:03.640 of here that you do have to have for sure, 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.720 to approach each and every day. And it's just finding 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:07.160 the balance. 0:09:07.200 --> 0:09:07.400 You know. 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:09.839 It can't be too silly and can't be too serious. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:10.800 Just about finding the balance. 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:12.320 Yeah, that makes perfect sense. It seems like we have 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.480 the coaching staff in place that understands how that all 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.960 that kind of goes together. What excites you last question 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:18.680 for you here, Bradley, what excites you most about this 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:19.440 upcoming season? 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.199 Man? Just the doubt that we're getting from the outside. 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.480 That's what excites me most because it's not even like 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:30.360 we harp on it in here, but like it's a 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.240 known thing, like we feel it, we feel the doubt, 0:09:32.280 --> 0:09:35.600 we feel the oh this team hasn't the Dolphins organization 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:37.240 hasn't won a playoff game, and yet we feel that, 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.439 you know what I mean. And it's not like we're 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:41.280 making a big deal out of it, but everybody's working 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:43.559 towards to changing that. And that's what I love about it. Man. 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.720 Nobody's front running, nobody's doing anything. Everybody's just putting their 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:49.520 head down, getting to work, and we're sticking together early. 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:51.840 This is the earliest I've seen a group come together, 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:53.960 and it's been dope to see. So I have real 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.120 high hopes for the team, man, and I hope that 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:57.800 we could do what we know we. 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.319 Can do if I could just fall up on that 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:01.240 real quick. Us. The value of that of all the 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.800 guys being in here compared to where it's maybe not 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:05.160 as well attended. 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.720 Yeah, it's huge value to it, especially when you're a 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:11.120 team like us man trying to find trying to find 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.720 that last little piece. Because we've been to the playoffs, 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:15.200 we've been on the edge of winning the game. But 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:19.280 we haven't done that yet, so it's easy to we'll 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:21.800 figure it out when camp comes out. It's hard to 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.120 lean into it, figure out what the problem is and 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:25.960 how we can how we can fix it, and to 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.520 do it this early is amazing too. So it's been 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.199 great to have everybody here. Man. You know, guys missed 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:32.559 a day or two, but for the most part, it's 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:34.640 been perfect attendance. So it's been it's been amazing. 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:37.000 Dolphins alsodlinebacker Belly Chub. Appreciate you, man, thank you. 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:37.800 I appreciate you. 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.480 Kyle Crabs is a great film. Watch on him on 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:42.560 his Patreon CHANNELF you haven't checked it out, go ahead 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:44.760 and do it. Because he talked about how Beachub can 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:46.960 really give this defense some juice and something they didn't 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.320 have last year in more depth at that edge position 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:52.240 and give the Dolphins waves of pass rush. We saw 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:56.240 Chop kind of be the four front guy in that group. 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:59.440 Obviously Zach and Kalay has big, big pieces inside, but 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.000 to build a get JP and Beachubb back out there 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.040 with Zach and now KG, I'm looking forward to it. 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:06.960 All right, We're gonna take a break right here. Come back, 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:08.760 and then we have As you guys know, the division 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.680 previews are long, so we'll do that over the course 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.640 of two segments. That's Next Draft Time podcast, brought to 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:19.160 you by Auto Nation. I love this time of year 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.720 for multiple reasons. One, the golf swing kind of getting 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.120 back on track here a little bit gonna be going 0:11:24.160 --> 0:11:26.040 away for a while. Those I'll probably lose that as 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.880 I say hello to my third child. We still are 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:30.920 undecided on the name as of today, and she is 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.040 coming next week, so we will see what it comes 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.560 out to be. I have my pick, wife has her pick. 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:37.600 We have to find out who wins that power struggle. 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:39.480 But this time of year gives me a chance to 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:42.439 go look at all thirty two teams, well thirty one 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:45.240 because I look at the Dolphins pretty much every single day, 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.480 and I love it because it teaches me things like this. 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.319 We're gonna kick this off in the NFC West here 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.400 with the San Francisco forty nine ers, and I think 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.800 the Niners are going to be as we review their 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:58.240 changes here off the top a sort of litmus test 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.160 for something that has sort of slid for me as 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.000 a football analyst over the last couple of seasons. We 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:07.480 get all excited about these potential upstart teams, and who 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.400 knows that better than Dolphins fans over the last you know, 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.120 twenty years. I guess the twenty and six team you 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:16.000 thought was gonna be that team, right with Dante Colepepper. 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.520 I think twenty was it twenty fifteen after the Kenny 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:21.760 Stills trade with Ryan Tannehill coming off a great year 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.360 under Bill Laser, the kind of felt the same way 0:12:24.679 --> 0:12:28.440 the twenty seventeen team, maybe not justified in that, but 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:30.600 coming off a playoff year with Tannehill in the first 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:34.320 year of Adam Gase. You get these you know, contingencies 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:38.000 of the football cognacenti. Who pushes their chips at the 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.480 center of the table on those teams, and then what 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.760 happens You have an unproven head coaching quarterback combination that 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:47.239 doesn't unseat the ones that we've seen with proof of concept. 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.079 The Bears last year are a great example of that. 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:51.800 The Jets each of the last two years are a 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.920 great example of that because who could have possibly seen 0:12:55.280 --> 0:13:00.000 Nathaniel Hackett's offense not clicking and vibing and making Aaron Rodger, 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.480 who's been an MVP quarterback for as recently as three 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:05.280 or four years ago, not play that great a football. 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:08.760 And so where everyone fades the Niners this year, and 0:13:08.800 --> 0:13:12.199 where everyone's kind of fading the forty nine ers, your 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:14.439 boy's gonna double down this year, if you will on 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:17.960 Kyle Shanahan and Brock Purty. I almost said Kyle Perty. 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:19.520 I went to high school with Kyle Purty. That kind 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:21.320 of threw me off there. Let's go ahead and get 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:22.840 to the changes here for this team, though they are 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:27.240 vast Robert sala is back. I like that fit for 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:28.640 him a lot. I think he's one of the best 0:13:28.679 --> 0:13:32.840 moves any team made this offseason. Clay Kubiak, not Clint Kubiak, 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:36.040 but Clay gets a promotion to the offensive cordator position, 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.439 the first time Shanahan has had an OC since twenty 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.640 twenty one. Go ahead and raise your hands. Anybody out 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:46.079 there in the class know who that was. Mike McDaniel. 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.400 Kubiak was a past game specialist last after coaching the 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:52.720 quarterbacks there in San Francisco. Now the personnel changes. Brace 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.680 yourself because there are so many names in here. Gone 0:13:55.960 --> 0:14:00.240 are Traverius Ward, He's out the door. Dre Greenlaw's out 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:04.360 the door, Javon Hargrave, Malite Collins, Isaac Yadam Rakya, Sin 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:09.400 Talanoah Hufonga, Elijah Mitchell, Deebo Samuel Aaron Banks, Jordan Mason, 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.160 Jalen Moore, Charlie Heck. These are the guys that have 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:14.480 all started games for the Niners. Some of those guys 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:17.360 are star players you know about, and free agency wasn't 0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:19.680 about the brand names for them. Akin to how your 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:23.200 Miami Dolphins approached this offseason. They did snag Richie Grant, 0:14:23.200 --> 0:14:26.480 the former Falcon safety Mac Jones to back up Brock Purty. 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:31.360 DeMarcus Robinson's a nice little sneaky deep receiver room addition 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.480 there for them. Andre Dillard go Koog's has not worked 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:36.840 out into the NFL career, and former Dolphins Sir Ran 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:40.200 Neil the film for the Niners. They're calling cards. So, Travis, 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:43.760 why are you so bullish on this football team that's 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.840 lost so much star talent? Because I believe in the 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.560 system and the quarterback and guess what, they still have 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.960 some absolute friggin studs there. This reminds me of the 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.640 Patriots will lose talent. Well, that's a bad comparison, but 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.480 the Patriots were a team that used to always lose 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:59.200 talent every year. And you boy at like eighteen years 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.960 old going on message boards saying this is the Dolphins overtake. 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.960 You like I was wrong, and that's how it usually goes. 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.360 But it's essentially a copy paste of the Dolphins, right. 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:11.920 Getting Christian McCaffrey back for them, I would say, is 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:15.920 akin to us landing Jonas savit Naya and James Daniels 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:17.720 in terms of the boost of the running game. And 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:21.000 then you get the matchup coverage declaration with horizontal stress 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.000 and creates windows in which Brock can play point and 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.880 shoot quarterback and just keep that thing rolling. He's only 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:28.440 going to get better as he goes along. It's how 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:32.120 these quarterbacks that play on anticipation and processing operate. I 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.600 think you'll see them back in more favorable down in 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:38.320 distances and get their efficiency back rolling. Sound familiar, and 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:41.880 I know he kind of worked us, But Deebo Samuels 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:46.280 to Samuel is not Samuels. Samuel is to me additioned 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.440 by subtraction for that offense because he's gotten slow and 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.480 he requires a high volume of targets to be productive. 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:55.720 And that's just not how this offense works. Just getting 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.760 Trent Williams and McCaffrey back on the field were the 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:02.040 biggest additions this team could possibly make. But they also 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.640 hit last year on Dominic Puney, a guy that when 0:16:04.640 --> 0:16:08.080 I asked Daniel Jeremiah at his annual draft press conference, 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.720 who's a good interior offensive line fit for the Dolphins, 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:13.280 he said, Dominic Puney. The Niners snatch him up and 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:14.920 he goes on to be a really good player for them. 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.400 I think Spencer Berferd, Jake Brendle, Colton mckivitz. It's not 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.560 an eye popping offensive line, but they've gone to the 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.240 Super Bowl with pretty much the same offensive line, and 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:27.360 that's when they're healthy. There's value in that continuity there 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:31.200 as well. Brandon Ayuk is healthy, George Kittle, if he's healthy, 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.200 is George Kittle. Ricky Piersol is not going to have 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:36.200 to recover from a freaking gunshot wound this year. Juwan 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:37.880 Jennings is a guy that we talked about as a 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:42.360 possible restricted free agent addition should he shake free from 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:44.720 San Francisco a couple of years ago. That with the 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:47.720 addition of Robinson Russell, Gage there's some good route runners 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:49.360 and guys that can get open and find those soft 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.400 spots for pretty to point and shoot, and they're going 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.400 to score points. I think if all those guys are healthy, 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:55.920 and then defensively, we have proof of concept here with 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:58.920 Ta Tada, and I think the way he balanced the 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.560 Shanahan as akin to how we even McDaniel co exists 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.439 so well done here in em and he's so and 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:06.560 he's still got Fred Warner. So I think their first 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:09.639 two picks, Mikel Williams and Alfred Collins are going to 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:12.280 be studds in that defense. To me, Mikel's a dark 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:14.320 horse for defensive Rookie of the Year. I just think 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.160 that he's was slept on heavily in the draft process. 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.240 I love the Bryce Huff trade. I was a big 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.360 fan of CJ. West out of Indiana in the draft process. 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:24.600 And now Nick Bosa's back, and I think there's some 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.640 unknown in the secondary, but I trust this coaching staff 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.280 on defense as well as the offense to put up 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:33.000 twenty eight plus points per game. The question is the 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:36.480 secondary and is it healthy? You know? Is really it's 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:38.520 really what comes down to this team is the entire 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.240 roster healthy, and how does the secondary kind of acclimate 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:44.879 here this season. I think they have the parts to 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:48.360 play that Sola aggressive scheme and really ease some stress 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.159 on that back end. But there would could be some 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.159 deep teams that stress their matchups, like, for instance, the 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:55.600 team that we just talked to, or we're going to 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:57.560 talk about here in a second, the La Rams. But 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.919 really it's keeping McCaffrey, Kittle, Williams, Yuke on the field. 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:03.720 If they have those four and their quarterback. There's not 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:05.240 a lot of teams I would pick to beat the 0:18:05.320 --> 0:18:08.199 Niners on any given Sunday. The miscellaneous factors here this 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:10.560 gets repetitive, but the health of the football team, right, 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.640 But also Shanahan discussed the deep runs and quick turnarounds 0:18:13.800 --> 0:18:17.320 and the overall fatigue of this team, which you can say, hey, 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:19.760 look at the Chiefs the last eight years. They don't 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:21.960 get fatigue. They go to the super Bowl every single year, 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:24.600 but the Niners don't have to. You know, they were 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:26.760 able to rest and recover all of January because they 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.040 make the playoffs last year. And we've seen this movie 0:18:29.080 --> 0:18:32.720 several times. The Niners have down years solely because of injuries, 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:35.040 and the next year, they're back to twelve plus wins. 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:37.359 I also think they're going to start four to zero 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:40.200 at Seattle and then the Saints, then home for Arizona 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:43.880 and Jacksonville before a big TNF showdown against the Rams. 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.400 At worst, that's three and one going into a massive 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.040 divisional game there. And they pivot this year to the 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:51.639 NFC South, which is, you know, to me, four teams 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.960 that are all gettable coming off of a schedule last 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:56.840 year that was much tougher the trapdoor scenario this year, 0:18:56.960 --> 0:19:00.000 now there's this pretty significant the names I just gave you. Williams, mccare, 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:03.359 Affrey Kittle, and Ayuk Mistate combined thirty one games last year. 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.000 That's the trap door. The conclusion, I mean, I feel 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.000 like we kind of talked about it already, but very 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.280 very bullish on the Niners on this team, privy to 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.520 the pitfalls that they could face. All in all, I 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.320 think the West is the most likely division to produce 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:19.159 three playoff teams, because again we'll talk about it with 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:21.560 every single one of them. Just look at their schedules, 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:23.680 and the Niners get to play the fourth place schedule, 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:26.000 which is the Bears compared to the Lions and the 0:19:26.080 --> 0:19:29.000 Giants compared to the Eagles in the East. That alone 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.159 could be a two game swing, and that helps me 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:34.320 push them over the goal line as a potential division winner. 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.560 Their biggest competition to me is the Los Angeles Rams. 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:40.600 Let's go ahead and review their changes from a personnel standpoint, 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:42.919 Those two games against these teams from California are going 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:45.360 to be pivotal this year in not just the NFC West, 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:48.240 but the NFC playoff pecking order and who might challenge 0:19:48.240 --> 0:19:50.840 the Eagles and Commanders and the Lions this year. And 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:54.040 that fourth versus first place schedule I mentioned applies here 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:57.040 because the Rams are every bit as good as the Niners, 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:58.879 but they do have to play the Eagles and the 0:19:58.920 --> 0:20:02.359 Lions compared to the Giants and the Bears. And the 0:20:02.880 --> 0:20:05.840 Rams are also in a position I think the Niners 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:07.440 would like to get to in a year or two 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:11.320 with the trajectory of their team cycle. Right, They've entered 0:20:11.320 --> 0:20:14.040 this new cycle, and the Niners are sort of beginning 0:20:14.080 --> 0:20:17.240 that process of like soft reset, kind of you know, 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:20.440 unload some big name value talent and try to go 0:20:20.520 --> 0:20:23.840 back to the draft and re establish our core with younger, 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:27.600 foundational pieces. But the Rams are already there and they're 0:20:27.600 --> 0:20:30.960 loading up now with guys like Davante Adams. Coaching continuity. 0:20:31.040 --> 0:20:34.040 Chris Shula was awesome last year. Mike Laflora is back 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.760 for a third season after a two year stint running 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:38.560 his system with the Jets and kind of you know, 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:41.280 trial and erring it there before coming back to McVeigh 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:43.880 and running it successfully here. He was also in San 0:20:43.920 --> 0:20:46.800 Francisco four years prior to that. He also worked with 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:49.080 these guys in Atlanta and Cleveland. He's honestly kind of 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:50.960 the same track that McDaniels on a couple of years 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:53.600 ago SAMs. McDaniel never got fired from a job the 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:56.560 way Lafleur did leaving the Jets, leaving the tree right, 0:20:56.600 --> 0:20:59.320 he left the trust Tree, got out of the Trust Tree, 0:20:59.640 --> 0:21:02.280 the all of Garden, and he got fired for that. 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:04.439 I think DeVante Adams will be one of the biggest 0:21:04.440 --> 0:21:07.639 additions anybody made this offseason, much like Salah for the 0:21:07.640 --> 0:21:10.240 forty nine ers, him and Puka Nakua with a healthy 0:21:10.280 --> 0:21:12.960 Matthew Stafford. I laugh because that and that run game. 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:16.560 Who buddy, I like this squad a lot they've spent 0:21:16.920 --> 0:21:19.680 I like this guy. I really like this guy. They've 0:21:19.720 --> 0:21:23.080 spent some time really fortifying the offensive line. Back to 0:21:23.119 --> 0:21:25.320 the changes. They brought back two to at well to 0:21:25.359 --> 0:21:29.240 give them three studs at wide receiver. They loved Terrence Ferguson. 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:32.080 I wasn't as crazy on him as they were, but 0:21:32.240 --> 0:21:34.320 I trust them more than I trust me. And as 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:37.080 I was writing this, it was reported that Alaric Jackson 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:39.160 is dealing with blood clots once again, and I hope 0:21:39.200 --> 0:21:41.879 he's okay, but that could be a big blow. They did, however, 0:21:41.920 --> 0:21:44.680 bring in DJ Humphries, and that's a good fallback plan. 0:21:44.760 --> 0:21:46.840 But you have to have three tackles, and if you're 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:49.680 already down one here in June, like, at some point, 0:21:49.680 --> 0:21:51.159 you're gonna have to play like a rookie in that 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:53.760 spot because they don't have anything else besides that for 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:55.720 left tackle, right tackle, or for the swing tackle. I 0:21:55.720 --> 0:21:59.800 should say, honestly, there's not a ton outside of Adams 0:22:00.119 --> 0:22:02.239 the changes. They're such a young team. They can kind 0:22:02.240 --> 0:22:04.679 of press forward with the progression of the incumbents and 0:22:04.720 --> 0:22:07.359 some rookie contract players that are absolute studs. It's what 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:10.120 allows them to go get DeVante Adams and his big contract. 0:22:10.359 --> 0:22:12.359 They did swop out Bobby Brown, a guy that we 0:22:12.400 --> 0:22:15.359 highlight as a possible Dolphins fit for poona Ford who's 0:22:15.359 --> 0:22:17.920 even better in my opinion. They lost Michael Hoyt, who 0:22:17.960 --> 0:22:19.880 was really good for them, a guy that popped off 0:22:19.880 --> 0:22:21.960 the tape last year watching the Rams in preparation for 0:22:22.000 --> 0:22:25.280 that Monday night football game. Same deal with Christian rose Boom. 0:22:25.440 --> 0:22:27.240 They also lost Cooper Cup, but I think that he's 0:22:27.280 --> 0:22:29.720 kind of taken a step back. Jona Jackson was available 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:32.560 for trade. He goes to the Bears. Hunter Long is gone, 0:22:32.640 --> 0:22:34.840 and DeMarcus Robinson, as we talked about, has gone up 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:38.760 north to sand in front of Soisco the film, you 0:22:38.840 --> 0:22:41.240 know the drill for the calling card here, horizontal stretch, 0:22:41.320 --> 0:22:45.920 displace the passing windows and attack aggressively. However, they made 0:22:45.920 --> 0:22:48.800 a pivot a couple of years ago with more stature 0:22:48.880 --> 0:22:52.280 inside and the incorporation of more inside zone and duo 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:55.919 with a back who excels at what at that but 0:22:56.040 --> 0:22:58.520 doesn't lose anything when they go to their bread and butter, 0:22:58.560 --> 0:23:02.920 which is outside zone. Kyron Williams is just another one 0:23:02.960 --> 0:23:05.639 of the embarrassments of riches they have with the skill 0:23:05.680 --> 0:23:08.879 spots here and then Matthew Stafford. People sleep for some reason, 0:23:08.880 --> 0:23:11.480 and he's had some years like maybe hasn't been as 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:14.359 consistent year to year as the Lamars and Josh's and 0:23:14.640 --> 0:23:17.600 Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrows of the world, although Burrows 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:20.240 had some inconsistent years too, But he's still a top 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:23.720 what seven quarterback at worst, Like I would say two 0:23:23.840 --> 0:23:25.960 was like right behind Stafford my pecking order, and I'd 0:23:26.000 --> 0:23:28.560 say Stafford's in that seven to eight range. And that's 0:23:28.560 --> 0:23:31.040 why I'm still so geeked over the tape that we 0:23:31.119 --> 0:23:33.920 had defensively last November. We stomped out a pretty good 0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:37.040 offense that day, and a good quarterback Adams gives them 0:23:37.080 --> 0:23:39.520 just a field flipper they didn't have in the past. Though. 0:23:39.760 --> 0:23:43.320 I don't know how you contend with their power run game, 0:23:43.359 --> 0:23:46.040 their wide run game covering two guys that require double 0:23:46.040 --> 0:23:48.600 teams and Adams and the Kua with the fastest player 0:23:48.640 --> 0:23:50.520 on the field not getting any help because you're not 0:23:50.520 --> 0:23:53.160 gonna help on at Well, then you've got Tyler Higbee. 0:23:53.240 --> 0:23:55.879 Then you've got this guy. They apparently were like, you know, 0:23:55.920 --> 0:23:58.760 they thought he was the key to unlocking the offense. 0:23:58.800 --> 0:24:02.000 Further in terres Ferguson, it's just too much. This might 0:24:02.000 --> 0:24:04.119 be my Super Bowl pick if I don't pick them 0:24:04.119 --> 0:24:05.600 to lose to the Niers in the division. I'm having 0:24:05.640 --> 0:24:07.800 a tough time with that right now. Today, I think 0:24:07.840 --> 0:24:10.440 the most impressive thing about Chris Shula is the way 0:24:10.480 --> 0:24:12.639 his scheme was able to grow and adapt with the 0:24:12.760 --> 0:24:15.240 roster that was similar. Now they'll be able to bank 0:24:15.240 --> 0:24:17.879 on experience of last season and having those highs and 0:24:17.880 --> 0:24:19.880 lows because they had some games where it just wasn't 0:24:20.000 --> 0:24:22.560 very good, and having that further along starting point to 0:24:22.640 --> 0:24:24.720 kick things off. Like we talked about for coach Weaver 0:24:24.800 --> 0:24:27.560 here and the Dolphins defense, they'll play out of a 0:24:27.600 --> 0:24:30.600 lot of odd fronts, which inherently helps shore up inside 0:24:30.640 --> 0:24:32.840 gaps because of the presence of the nose tackle, but 0:24:32.960 --> 0:24:35.680 because of their athletic ability, they can really do more 0:24:35.720 --> 0:24:38.399 true one gapping off a traditional two gap look. They 0:24:38.440 --> 0:24:40.480 play that three three five look with gap and a 0:24:40.480 --> 0:24:43.520 half philosophy, which has some aggression to it, but you 0:24:43.560 --> 0:24:46.000 also have to play discipline. But one of the questions 0:24:46.000 --> 0:24:47.960 will be how they replace Hoyt and rose Boom in 0:24:48.000 --> 0:24:51.000 that second level. Jared Verse, I remember talking to toront 0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:54.760 Armstad about him after that game last year, and he 0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:57.800 was like, dude, they might have another Aaron donald Enuff 0:24:57.880 --> 0:25:00.320 said there, Braden Fisk had a great first year and 0:25:00.359 --> 0:25:02.920 Kobe Turner's probably the better of the three players since 0:25:02.920 --> 0:25:05.600 he got in the league. They mixed their coverages pretty evenly, 0:25:05.600 --> 0:25:08.360 including a ton of hybrid coverages, which is why you've 0:25:08.359 --> 0:25:10.600 heard them attached to Ramsey again, because that's kind of 0:25:10.600 --> 0:25:12.560 what Ramsey's bread and butter in is when he's not, 0:25:13.400 --> 0:25:16.239 you know, being displeased where he is. After a year 0:25:16.280 --> 0:25:19.399 and a half, Omar Spates and Srey Troy Reider figured 0:25:19.400 --> 0:25:21.359 to step in an inside linebacker. And that's kind of 0:25:21.359 --> 0:25:24.080 a question mark there because those were rotational pieces last year. 0:25:24.359 --> 0:25:27.200 Now they might be starting or playing more significant roles there. 0:25:27.400 --> 0:25:29.680 They stole a Kello Witherspoon from the Niners. They brought 0:25:29.720 --> 0:25:32.800 Darius Williams back, and Cameron Curls a pretty versatile, nice 0:25:32.840 --> 0:25:34.800 piece in the safe in the safety room there. The 0:25:34.840 --> 0:25:37.520 other positions are up for competition come camp, and the 0:25:37.600 --> 0:25:40.119 question here is I kind of keep spoiling them ahead 0:25:40.119 --> 0:25:42.520 of the time. But the secondary right, this is not 0:25:42.600 --> 0:25:45.800 just a Dolphins thing. Across the league man like defensive backs. 0:25:46.000 --> 0:25:48.439 As we get this receiver boom and run. You're going 0:25:48.480 --> 0:25:50.840 to see less defensive backs because those are the same 0:25:50.920 --> 0:25:54.439 body types and archityps archetypes, and all these college players 0:25:54.440 --> 0:25:57.320 and high schoolers are going after receiver jobs and leaving 0:25:57.440 --> 0:26:00.399 corners and safeties out there that there's one enough of them. 0:26:00.480 --> 0:26:03.240 The supply and demand is not enough. How they continue 0:26:03.240 --> 0:26:06.320 their momentum though with a young defense after an impressive 0:26:06.359 --> 0:26:09.480 showing in the first year under Chrishula. That's kind of 0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:11.680 the key here the question, right, But man, that offense, 0:26:11.760 --> 0:26:13.679 you guys know, I subscribe to the idea that a 0:26:13.680 --> 0:26:16.560 great offense that scores twenty eight points a game is 0:26:16.560 --> 0:26:18.000 going to win you at least ten games. But I 0:26:18.040 --> 0:26:20.600 think the odds are this defense will be pretty good too, 0:26:21.000 --> 0:26:22.879 And I think how good they are will tell us 0:26:22.920 --> 0:26:26.200 how far they will go. The miscellaneous factors, the continuity, 0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:28.480 the weapons. This probably has a chance to be the 0:26:28.520 --> 0:26:31.080 best team in the NFC, even with some questions at 0:26:31.080 --> 0:26:33.560 a few spots in that defense. That schedule I think 0:26:33.640 --> 0:26:36.240 is going to help them cruise to eleven plus wins. 0:26:36.440 --> 0:26:38.520 They have a stretch beginning in week seven where it 0:26:38.560 --> 0:26:43.880 goes Jags, buy Saints, Niners, Seahawks, Bucks, Panthers, Cardinals. Only 0:26:44.000 --> 0:26:46.000 one of those teams won more than seven games a 0:26:46.040 --> 0:26:48.959 year ago. The trapdoor scenario. We saw what happened when 0:26:49.000 --> 0:26:51.920 Stafford got hurt in twenty two. McVeigh had that burnout 0:26:51.960 --> 0:26:55.680 around that time, but has proven his reinvigoration of the game. Honestly, 0:26:55.800 --> 0:26:59.679 I think there aren't many here for them. The continuity, 0:26:59.680 --> 0:27:03.360 improved veteran talent with adaptable schemes to withstand attrition makes 0:27:03.400 --> 0:27:05.280 the Rams one of the safest bets for the playoffs 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:08.040 in twenty twenty five. Sands the quarterback getting hurt. That's 0:27:08.040 --> 0:27:10.520 the case for every team across the league. The conclusion 0:27:10.680 --> 0:27:14.679 great coaching, great quarterback, very good roster, adaptable approach, softer 0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:17.760 schedule than last year. Outside of Philly in the NFC, 0:27:17.840 --> 0:27:19.560 I don't think there's a more sure thing to go 0:27:19.560 --> 0:27:22.679 to the playoffs than the Rams. Saquon did run for 0:27:22.720 --> 0:27:25.399 two fifty five and two to oh five in the 0:27:25.440 --> 0:27:27.720 two games against them last year. They have to shore 0:27:27.720 --> 0:27:29.760 that up. Okay, last break, Right there, We're deep into 0:27:29.760 --> 0:27:33.840 the show already, Seahawks and Cardinals. That's next Draft Time podcast, 0:27:33.880 --> 0:27:38.840 brought to you by Auto Nation. Back to the two 0:27:38.880 --> 0:27:40.960 oh six, the four two five, the two five three. 0:27:40.960 --> 0:27:46.280 That's the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle area for my hometown Seahawks, 0:27:46.320 --> 0:27:48.840 not anymore three oh five b B actually nine to 0:27:48.840 --> 0:27:51.000 five to four. I'm whn talking about the changes for 0:27:51.000 --> 0:27:54.400 the Seahawks here. The biggest one occurs at offensive coordinator. 0:27:54.640 --> 0:27:57.840 As they went I guess somewhat experimental last year calling 0:27:57.880 --> 0:28:00.720 up Ryan Grubb from the college game that you go Kooks, 0:28:01.000 --> 0:28:03.680 but that's not the same college. Just fyi. I get 0:28:03.680 --> 0:28:05.800 people tell me, I'm like, oh, you a Husky. It 0:28:05.840 --> 0:28:07.760 got drafted by the team. You're excited about that. No, 0:28:08.000 --> 0:28:10.720 I'm a Washington State couper, not a University of Washington husky. 0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:14.160 Just fyi. But they've pivoted since that to Clint Kubiak, 0:28:14.160 --> 0:28:16.480 which I talked about Klay Kubiak for the Niners, and 0:28:16.520 --> 0:28:18.840 the same structure that we have here in Miami that 0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:22.920 Shanahan Tree offense, McDonald Tree defense. Right, Kubiak had all 0:28:22.960 --> 0:28:25.040 the magic working in the first two games last year 0:28:25.040 --> 0:28:28.600 with the Saints. We have a Louisiana native in our 0:28:29.000 --> 0:28:31.320 staff who was very excited about the Saints two and 0:28:31.320 --> 0:28:35.600 oh start last year. I said, just just temper your expectations. 0:28:36.520 --> 0:28:38.920 Dimper them a little bit. But prior to the car injury, 0:28:39.000 --> 0:28:41.320 you know, they were, they were rolling offensively, and then 0:28:41.400 --> 0:28:43.680 things began to get sideways pretty quick. But that comes 0:28:43.880 --> 0:28:46.320 with a new system and plenty of personnel changes to 0:28:46.360 --> 0:28:48.440 go along with it, and not too often do we 0:28:48.480 --> 0:28:50.760 get this type of veteran movement at the position. Not 0:28:50.800 --> 0:28:53.440 anymore anyway. I'm old enough to remember when the teams 0:28:53.440 --> 0:28:56.840 traded guys like Donald McNabb to an Indivision rival, or 0:28:56.920 --> 0:28:59.240 Jay Cutler got traded like it doesn't really happen that 0:28:59.240 --> 0:29:02.120 way anymore. But Gino Smith got traded here and Sam 0:29:02.240 --> 0:29:05.640 Darnold signed to the Seahawks, and they drafted Jalen Milroe, 0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:08.560 and the Seahawks have already communicated they have a plan 0:29:08.680 --> 0:29:11.680 to use certain packages for Jaln Milrow to get playing 0:29:11.720 --> 0:29:14.200 time as a rookie. I don't think it's that crazy 0:29:15.120 --> 0:29:17.200 that there's a scenario where Millo starts games for them, 0:29:17.200 --> 0:29:18.760 but we'll talk about that more as we go along here. 0:29:18.920 --> 0:29:21.920 They also moved dk Metcalf to the Steelers in a trade, 0:29:21.920 --> 0:29:24.680 and they signed Cooper cup Davis High School in Yakam, 0:29:24.800 --> 0:29:27.760 Washington shout out. They add Elijah Arroyo from the three 0:29:27.840 --> 0:29:31.000 zho five in the draft to solidify their tight end position, 0:29:31.080 --> 0:29:34.080 but also the interior offensive line, which they desperately needed. 0:29:34.080 --> 0:29:36.160 To remember that game last year, Week three, the Dolphins 0:29:36.160 --> 0:29:38.160 beat the crap out of the Seahawks offensive line. That 0:29:38.240 --> 0:29:40.040 was the case for them all year long. They go 0:29:40.080 --> 0:29:43.000 get grays Able to drink rainier beers. That's our Pacific 0:29:43.080 --> 0:29:46.520 Northwest like bush light basically. And to me, in this draft, 0:29:46.560 --> 0:29:48.560 there were two guards that were going to be Coggs 0:29:48.600 --> 0:29:51.200 from day one. They were grays Able and this one 0:29:51.240 --> 0:29:54.120 certain guy named jonas of I Naya. On defense, they 0:29:54.120 --> 0:29:56.880 add to Marcus Lawrence, They extended Ernest Jones after a 0:29:56.920 --> 0:29:59.880 mid season trade from Tennessee. They draft Nicky man Worri, 0:30:00.080 --> 0:30:01.880 which you guys heard me talk about him as a 0:30:01.880 --> 0:30:04.680 Dolphins fit, so of course he goes there. For Mike McDonald, 0:30:04.840 --> 0:30:08.240 they brought back Jonathan Hankins, Jeron Reed, Donald, cup Lawrence. 0:30:08.240 --> 0:30:11.120 With the big additions, they also added Josh Jones. That's 0:30:11.160 --> 0:30:13.640 got to ease Seahawks fans minds a little bit. Last 0:30:13.680 --> 0:30:19.120 year after losing Charles Cross and Abe Lucas, go Koog's 0:30:19.360 --> 0:30:21.320 for big chunks of the season to have an actual 0:30:21.360 --> 0:30:23.720 third tackle there. Remember, Josh Jones is a guy that 0:30:23.760 --> 0:30:25.440 I thought was a fit for us, so that makes 0:30:25.440 --> 0:30:26.880 a lot of sense that he goes to a Koubiak 0:30:26.960 --> 0:30:30.840 system up there in Seattle. They lost Draymont Jones already, Burns, 0:30:30.840 --> 0:30:34.920 Pharaoh Brown, Roy Robertson, Harris and Lake, and Tomlinson addition 0:30:35.040 --> 0:30:38.560 to Gino and DK, so not crazy losses on the 0:30:38.560 --> 0:30:41.240 film they're calling card. I am kind of curious to 0:30:41.240 --> 0:30:43.680 see what it looks like on the surface. You had 0:30:43.720 --> 0:30:46.840 Sam Donald last year go scorched earth on the entire league, 0:30:46.880 --> 0:30:50.320 running a similar system with Kevin O'Connell, but the end 0:30:50.400 --> 0:30:53.680 of their season and dealing with O line attrition. Actually, 0:30:53.720 --> 0:30:55.080 let's go ahead and put a pin in that until 0:30:55.080 --> 0:30:59.280 the questions portion. The strength is the way Sam played 0:30:59.320 --> 0:31:02.400 in rhythm and was able to quickly decipher and distribute 0:31:02.440 --> 0:31:05.480 the football right, and the Vikings run game inherently offers 0:31:05.480 --> 0:31:07.080 some of those strengths. But I think he's got better 0:31:07.080 --> 0:31:11.400 personnel here in Seattle with Kenneth Walker, Zach Sharbona, Damien 0:31:11.480 --> 0:31:16.280 McIntosh and now Damien Martinez all polished outside zone runners. 0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:19.160 And this is where Metcalf and cup the swap makes 0:31:19.200 --> 0:31:22.520 sense because Metcalf, good as he is, has a limited 0:31:22.600 --> 0:31:25.080 route tree, and I remember Dolphins fans talking about him 0:31:25.080 --> 0:31:28.640 as a fit like, No, he never was, because he 0:31:27.960 --> 0:31:31.560 doesn't run the routes we run effectively, doesn't transition out 0:31:31.560 --> 0:31:34.560 of breaks effectively, doesn't settle himself into saft spots, doesn't 0:31:34.600 --> 0:31:37.360 releverage properly. But Cooper cup is one of the greatest 0:31:37.400 --> 0:31:39.320 route runers of all time who can do all those things, 0:31:39.320 --> 0:31:41.600 and maybe the best run blocking receiver in the game 0:31:41.640 --> 0:31:43.800 not named Hines Ward like in the history of the game, 0:31:44.000 --> 0:31:46.200 which you know how valuable that is in this offense. 0:31:46.400 --> 0:31:48.480 And then I think Jackson Smith and Jigba is poised 0:31:48.520 --> 0:31:50.520 for stardom, but they have to be better on the 0:31:50.560 --> 0:31:53.040 offensive line, like way better they played most of the 0:31:53.080 --> 0:31:55.440 year without Lucas and Cross. They'll get those guys back. 0:31:55.680 --> 0:31:58.240 Zabel's a great start inside, but there's still some questions 0:31:58.280 --> 0:32:00.640 about the other two spots, and in fact, Anthony Bradford's in 0:32:00.720 --> 0:32:03.360 line right now as a starter, and Seahawks fans are 0:32:03.360 --> 0:32:05.560 not going to want to hear that. Defensively, I think 0:32:05.600 --> 0:32:08.280 this could be sneaky one of the best defenses in football. 0:32:08.520 --> 0:32:11.400 Their corner play with Devon Witherspoon, Reek Wollen and Kobe 0:32:11.400 --> 0:32:13.960 Bryant is really good. You drop e Man worry in. 0:32:14.040 --> 0:32:16.160 There is a scheme fit that can kind of line 0:32:16.200 --> 0:32:17.920 up all over the place, and how quickly he gets 0:32:17.960 --> 0:32:19.920 acclimated could be a big part of how that defense 0:32:19.960 --> 0:32:22.640 goes this year. And you pair that with Byron Murphy, 0:32:22.840 --> 0:32:28.520 Leonard Williams, DeMarcus Lawrence Hankins, Jaron Reid up front like 0:32:28.680 --> 0:32:32.520 have Mercy. It's a multifaceted sim pressure, aggressive, physical in 0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:36.080 the secondary defense. Talking myself from the Seahawks here as well, 0:32:36.280 --> 0:32:41.240 the question I genuinely am worried about replicating success for Donold. 0:32:41.440 --> 0:32:42.960 That's the big question for this team this year. I 0:32:42.960 --> 0:32:45.680 think that that book from those final two games and 0:32:45.760 --> 0:32:48.160 how to shift and reroute and really disrupt his site 0:32:48.200 --> 0:32:51.760 lines and lanes with pressure and well disguised zones is 0:32:51.800 --> 0:32:54.440 something teams can hone in on him. And they're in 0:32:54.480 --> 0:32:57.720 line to return two interior offensive line stars who quite frankly, 0:32:57.840 --> 0:32:59.800 just did not play well last year, and I think 0:32:59.840 --> 0:33:03.360 that has trapdoor potential there. Defensively, I would say depth 0:33:03.440 --> 0:33:05.640 is the big question. But gosh, I love their scheme 0:33:05.960 --> 0:33:08.320 and the first eleven to thirteen players or so on 0:33:08.360 --> 0:33:11.080 that side of the football. The miscellaneous factors here, same 0:33:11.120 --> 0:33:12.840 schedule deal as the rest of the division, and I 0:33:12.840 --> 0:33:15.960 found this interesting, a tough building to play in. Right, 0:33:16.160 --> 0:33:18.760 they're getting polished veterans in just about every home game 0:33:18.840 --> 0:33:22.160 until like December. It's pretty than the Saints. But so 0:33:22.240 --> 0:33:24.000 that doesn't count because it's probably going to be Rattler 0:33:24.040 --> 0:33:26.440 or Jake Hayner and then Baker or wait, who else 0:33:26.480 --> 0:33:30.240 did they draft sh I should probably look into that. 0:33:30.520 --> 0:33:33.880 Who do they draft? Oh, Tyler Shook? That's right, that's right, 0:33:33.920 --> 0:33:36.160 that's it's right, right, Yeah, it's a rookie, twenty five 0:33:36.240 --> 0:33:39.200 year old rookie, Baker Stroud and then Kyler. Like, it's 0:33:39.200 --> 0:33:41.600 all going to be polish quarterbacks. I think this team 0:33:41.640 --> 0:33:43.880 could start slow and finish strong as they find their 0:33:43.920 --> 0:33:47.600 footing offensively, and with that schedule, the trap doors narrow. 0:33:47.640 --> 0:33:49.719 The offensive line has some of the same hatches as 0:33:49.800 --> 0:33:51.760 last year. If they lose a piece or two, and look, 0:33:51.800 --> 0:33:54.120 I think Sam was awesome last year, but a one 0:33:54.200 --> 0:33:57.880 year outlier, changing cities. It's a similar scheme, but no 0:33:57.960 --> 0:33:59.680 two schemes are the same. I think you have to 0:33:59.680 --> 0:34:02.320 consider that potential for that not working, but I'd be 0:34:02.720 --> 0:34:05.280 very intrigued at the idea of mil Row makes for 0:34:05.320 --> 0:34:07.600 a fun team. The conclusion here, I do think all 0:34:07.640 --> 0:34:09.560 four teams in this division are going to be in 0:34:09.560 --> 0:34:12.600 the playoff hunt come like mid December. But I think 0:34:12.640 --> 0:34:15.480 there's a decent gap between LA and San Francisco and 0:34:15.480 --> 0:34:18.279 then Seattle and Arizona. It's a well rounded division. A 0:34:18.360 --> 0:34:19.880 year ago and I think at least three of the 0:34:19.920 --> 0:34:23.600 teams got better. But also I think Gino was vastly underrated, 0:34:23.840 --> 0:34:25.840 and sometimes you have to wear a little egg on 0:34:25.880 --> 0:34:27.719 your face to realize what you had, not saying it 0:34:27.760 --> 0:34:29.799 will happen, but I do think we could look back 0:34:29.840 --> 0:34:31.840 and say, hey, we had a pretty good quarterback previously. 0:34:32.040 --> 0:34:34.279 Should have hung on to that guy. Let's close it 0:34:34.320 --> 0:34:36.320 up here in the desert with the Cardinals. The change 0:34:36.320 --> 0:34:39.160 is big year for Jonathan again and that staff. Third 0:34:39.200 --> 0:34:41.359 year of the build, it looked like they were starting 0:34:41.400 --> 0:34:43.959 to turn the corner after a surprisingly good first year. 0:34:44.200 --> 0:34:45.640 They were picked to be a last team and they 0:34:45.640 --> 0:34:47.880 only won four games, but they were competitive in a 0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:50.080 lot of games down the stretch, including a game where 0:34:50.080 --> 0:34:52.120 they almost beat the Eagles. When they did beat the 0:34:52.120 --> 0:34:55.240 Eagles in twenty twenty three, I forget and that upturn 0:34:55.320 --> 0:34:57.440 start with back to back wins last year over the 0:34:57.520 --> 0:35:00.279 Chargers and then against US with Tua coming back. Hey, 0:35:00.360 --> 0:35:02.360 Jordan Poyer, just catch the freaking pick and run it 0:35:02.400 --> 0:35:04.520 back for six. They went on to beat the Bears 0:35:04.520 --> 0:35:06.399 and Jets to get to six and three, and then 0:35:06.400 --> 0:35:08.879 proceeded to lose five of their next six and they 0:35:08.920 --> 0:35:11.640 finished eight to nine. Two losses of the Seahawks and 0:35:11.680 --> 0:35:14.400 then the Panthers at on the road. That has to 0:35:14.440 --> 0:35:18.120 haunt those fans still to this day. So Gannon, Drew Petzing, 0:35:18.120 --> 0:35:20.839 and Nick Rayless are all back. They lost a key 0:35:20.920 --> 0:35:23.520 part to an injury this spring and Sean Murphy bunting, 0:35:23.760 --> 0:35:25.839 but the losses in a free agency weren't that many. 0:35:25.920 --> 0:35:29.080 Julian o'quara, Roy Lopez, and Chris Tonga. They brought in 0:35:29.160 --> 0:35:33.360 Josh Sweat, Mike helt Walker, Jalen Jones, Barren Browning, Dalvin Thomlinson, 0:35:33.400 --> 0:35:36.040 a Keem Davis Gathier, and Kalais Campbell. That's a lot 0:35:36.080 --> 0:35:39.680 of lot of names to add to that defense, so 0:35:39.800 --> 0:35:42.440 a lot of help in the pass rush department. They 0:35:42.480 --> 0:35:45.360 also add Jacoby Brissett to back up Kyler. Jake Briskett 0:35:45.360 --> 0:35:48.560 back in Arizona. Their first five picks were on defense, 0:35:48.640 --> 0:35:52.439 Walter Nolan, Will Johnson, Jordan Burch, Cody Simon, and Denzel Burke. 0:35:52.880 --> 0:35:54.480 They told you what they had to get better at 0:35:54.480 --> 0:35:56.759 this year, right it was the defense. The film the 0:35:56.800 --> 0:35:59.360 calling card. Trey McBride talked about the third year in 0:35:59.400 --> 0:36:02.040 the system coming with more window dressing and the same 0:36:02.080 --> 0:36:05.000 concepts they've run in the past, just dressed up differently, 0:36:05.280 --> 0:36:07.239 and that looks like they're gonna get a lot of 0:36:07.280 --> 0:36:09.759 heavy looks to run the ball and then utilize those 0:36:09.760 --> 0:36:12.000 players in the passing game. They had two hundred pass 0:36:12.000 --> 0:36:14.719 targets last year, go to McBride and Connor. They're tight 0:36:14.760 --> 0:36:18.040 end and running back. After Marvin's Marvin Junior's one hundred 0:36:18.040 --> 0:36:20.920 and sixteen of Michael Wilson's seventy one targets. That was 0:36:20.960 --> 0:36:23.799 pretty much it. It's a four player passing game, but they 0:36:23.800 --> 0:36:26.279 want to play the game from those twelve groupings one 0:36:26.320 --> 0:36:28.960 tight end or one running back, two tight ends and 0:36:29.040 --> 0:36:32.160 let Kyler's escapability get him on the edge and try 0:36:32.200 --> 0:36:34.520 to find the big plays. Hunting the passing game or 0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:36.719 with his legs. That way, they don't allow a ton 0:36:36.760 --> 0:36:39.200 of sacks. As a result, They've got a nice rpo 0:36:39.320 --> 0:36:41.680 game with design quarterback runs that kind of holds that 0:36:41.719 --> 0:36:43.960 pass rush at bay, which is a good wrinkle off 0:36:43.960 --> 0:36:46.080 of what they do from their bread and butter. But yeah, 0:36:46.160 --> 0:36:48.440 it's a pretty good skill group. They brought back Kelvin 0:36:48.440 --> 0:36:51.240 Beacham for what feels like his ninety eighth season. Evan 0:36:51.280 --> 0:36:53.680 Brown's back, Jonah Williams is supposed to be healthy for 0:36:53.719 --> 0:36:56.000 the first time in a while. Halty Froholdt is the 0:36:56.040 --> 0:36:58.279 best center you have not heard of, and I'm really 0:36:58.280 --> 0:37:00.640 curious to see what we get from Paris Johnson this season. 0:37:00.920 --> 0:37:02.920 I love that they get Josh Sweat because he was 0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:05.360 the guy that kind of helped Gannon and Realis accomplish 0:37:05.440 --> 0:37:07.719 what they did with the Eagles. Ideally, they want to 0:37:07.760 --> 0:37:10.759 play coverage. They'll incorporate some fire zones. They want to 0:37:10.840 --> 0:37:13.600 rush for and play seven and coverage with a variety 0:37:13.600 --> 0:37:15.959 of zones. On the back end. They keep the roof 0:37:16.000 --> 0:37:18.160 on the defense and play from two deep almost all 0:37:18.200 --> 0:37:21.239 the time. And yes, they'll obviously move Buddha Baker about 0:37:21.280 --> 0:37:23.360 the formation, but they want to defend the run with 0:37:23.400 --> 0:37:26.160 their defensive line and linebackers, and I think I'm getting 0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:28.680 Raylists right. I could be pronouncing that wrong. I am 0:37:28.719 --> 0:37:32.400 aware of that. They add Kalayis Campbell, Walter Nolan, Dallan Thomason, 0:37:32.400 --> 0:37:34.720 and LJ. Collier to go along with Justin Jones, Blala 0:37:34.800 --> 0:37:37.640 Nichols and Darius Robinson. So that tells me they want 0:37:37.680 --> 0:37:40.200 to get big and physical and have two gappers and 0:37:40.239 --> 0:37:42.600 then let a guy like Walter Nolan use his rare, 0:37:42.719 --> 0:37:45.239 rare twitch to get upfield as a one tech and 0:37:45.239 --> 0:37:47.920 a three tech on that defense. They signed Cody Simon 0:37:47.960 --> 0:37:50.160 and MIKEL. Walker, and with Baron Browning they have a 0:37:50.239 --> 0:37:52.920 nice edge group there. I love Baron Browning's game on 0:37:52.960 --> 0:37:55.840 the back end. Baker and Geleen Thompson are in elite 0:37:55.840 --> 0:37:59.600 safety combo. Go Koug's not go Huskies. The UWWSHU backfield 0:37:59.640 --> 0:38:02.440 back there. If they can get Will Johnson up to speed, 0:38:02.480 --> 0:38:05.160 who is just a great zone corner in college but 0:38:05.280 --> 0:38:07.920 already has injuries he's dealing with again, which sounds like 0:38:08.000 --> 0:38:10.120 kind of a thing for him. With Max Melton and 0:38:10.160 --> 0:38:12.719 Garrett Williams. Probably some cornerbacks you aren't familiar with their names, 0:38:12.719 --> 0:38:15.000 but they have some pretty good game there with Jalen Jones. 0:38:15.040 --> 0:38:17.840 They can have a nice group back there. The questions here, Honestly, 0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:20.560 I think this is a pretty good team. They need 0:38:20.560 --> 0:38:23.440 that offensive structure and that quarterback to take a big step. 0:38:23.680 --> 0:38:25.960 They have the pieces and the scheme to I think 0:38:26.080 --> 0:38:28.080 mask what would be construed as a weak spot on 0:38:28.120 --> 0:38:30.640 the offensive line, and they have the parts there too. 0:38:30.680 --> 0:38:33.520 I think you're relying on a lot of first year 0:38:33.520 --> 0:38:36.520 players to be studs on that defense, and that can work, 0:38:36.760 --> 0:38:39.359 but it could go belly up as well. The miscellaneous 0:38:39.360 --> 0:38:42.800 factors here, the de facto schedule comment. Losing Murphy Bunting 0:38:42.920 --> 0:38:45.200 already is a killer for that defense. And man, this 0:38:45.400 --> 0:38:49.320 is six tough division games. If they were in the South, 0:38:49.400 --> 0:38:51.640 I'd call him a lock for the playoffs, but it's 0:38:51.680 --> 0:38:54.360 tough sledding out here in the West. The trapdoor scenario. 0:38:54.480 --> 0:38:56.439 Kyler has some injuries in the past, but he's also 0:38:56.480 --> 0:38:58.920 a sort of plateaued down the stretch. They used think 0:38:58.960 --> 0:39:01.400 it was Cliff Kingsbury's FAO, but Kingsbury got over it 0:39:01.480 --> 0:39:04.080 last year in Washington, Kyler did not had the same face, 0:39:04.160 --> 0:39:06.239 so curious to see how that goes this year, they 0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:08.080 have to find a way to fight through that wall. 0:39:08.239 --> 0:39:10.840 And then the injuries on the offensive line cost some concern, 0:39:11.120 --> 0:39:12.960 and then the melding of a bunch of new parts 0:39:13.160 --> 0:39:15.640 that can be risky on defense. Maybe it's maybe it's 0:39:15.640 --> 0:39:17.440 something that Gannon if it doesn't go well this year, 0:39:17.440 --> 0:39:19.080 doesn't get a chance to see through. When we see 0:39:19.080 --> 0:39:20.880 this team kind of explode into a new coach like 0:39:21.200 --> 0:39:23.399 that could possibly happen. It happens all the time. Right 0:39:23.640 --> 0:39:26.840 the conclusion improved good team, tough division, with an easier 0:39:26.840 --> 0:39:29.040 schedule than last year. But it's all going to come 0:39:29.080 --> 0:39:31.120 down to those six divisional games. You won't make the 0:39:31.120 --> 0:39:35.080 playoffs doing anything worse than three and three division superlatives. 0:39:35.200 --> 0:39:37.839 I have the Niners right now. That could change. Right now, 0:39:37.880 --> 0:39:40.400 I'm going Niners as the winner. The best quarterback is 0:39:40.440 --> 0:39:44.200 Matthew Stafford. The best non quarterback is still Christian McCaffrey, 0:39:44.239 --> 0:39:46.719 even off the injury, although Pooka Nakula says, what's up 0:39:47.000 --> 0:39:49.879 a best defensive player? I'm gonna go Boodh Baker after 0:39:50.000 --> 0:39:52.960 last year over Fred Warner, but I could easily switch 0:39:53.000 --> 0:39:55.719 those two. The best coach that's to me is Shanahan, 0:39:55.960 --> 0:39:58.400 the best rookie. I'm gonna go graz Abel for the Seahawks, 0:39:58.480 --> 0:40:00.839 and the best under the radar stuff from Washington State 0:40:00.960 --> 0:40:03.799 Jalen Thompson. I almost put fro Holt there, but yeah, 0:40:03.880 --> 0:40:06.600 close enough. We'll go with the Cardinals safety from WSU. 0:40:06.719 --> 0:40:09.279 Go Kooks. All right, there you go. Podcast done, two 0:40:09.320 --> 0:40:11.600 divisions done, a couple player interviews done. We're gonna come 0:40:11.600 --> 0:40:15.000 back next Tuesday and do the AFC South. 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