WEBVTT - Quarterbacks and NFC West, 2022 NFL Season Preview Series 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.560 To us fires touch style waddle stuck into the end 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:09.639 zone of Miami board tight all tight window. They had 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:11.760 to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:19.680 What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.760 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:28.080 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.400 Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, it's one of my 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:35.400 favorite times of the year, a time where there's nothing 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:38.680 to really cover specifically and we can focus on our 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:42.120 own football knowledge and education, and we'll do exactly that. 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.760 We kick off the training camp preview looking at the 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:48.920 quarterback position, so we'll talk to Oh, we'll talk Teddy 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:52.479 Skylar Thompson, coach Darryl Bevil and everything there is no 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:57.960 about the quarterback spot in Miami. Will also preview NFC 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.600 West Division as we kick off our twenty two season 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.920 preview here on the Drivetime Podcast from somewhere in South Florida. 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:13.479 This is the Drivetime Podcast, so it is part one 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:16.600 of our ten part training camp preview series, getting you 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.280 ready for the end of July and the return of 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:23.199 Dolphins football. And once we get there, it's full steam ahead. 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.520 Right into the opener against the Patriots. So why don't 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.600 we go ahead and just kick this thing off off 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:32.320 the top here with the quarterback position, and it starts 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.679 with the coaching staff, actually before the coaching staff, why 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.000 don't we go ahead and visit the departures and arrivals 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.320 for the job here in Miami. So Teddy Bridgewater has 0:01:42.440 --> 0:01:46.120 arrived via the Denver Broncos, Jacoby Brissette departs for the 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:50.600 Cleveland Browns, Skylar Thompson arrives via the draft from Kansas State, 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:53.960 and Jake Luton goes to the Jacksonville Jaguars last year's 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:57.280 practice squad quarterback at the end of the season. And 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:00.720 on this coaching staff, quarterbacks coach Darryl Bevil enters his 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.400 first year in that position as the QBS coach and 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:07.080 passing game coordinator for your Miami Dolphins. He's been an 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:10.000 offensive cordin to the last sixteen years and he brings 0:02:10.080 --> 0:02:13.000 twenty five years of coaching experience, twenty one of that 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:16.160 in the National Football League, and he's been attached to 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:18.600 some of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game, 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.560 between Brett Farve, Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, he's been around 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.800 some of the greats, and he's also helped produce six 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:29.560 top ten offenses during his career as an OC. He's 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.720 also had integral development unique players like Percy Harvin, Jermaine Wiggins, 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:37.920 Chester Taylor, Kenny Golladay, and countless countless others. And you 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.320 can really go down the list of those quarterbacks, whether 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.840 it was Aaron Rodgers talking about the early impact he 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:46.320 had in his career, or Russell Wilson who gave tons 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.440 of credit for his development under Daryl Bevel as the 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:51.640 o C there in Seattle, or you can even go 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:55.480 back to what Doug Baldwin, former Seahawks receiver, said about 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:58.959 his ability to create space, to create chances, to understand 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:02.000 the skill sets of his players and to maximize those 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.880 skill sets and do their best to sort of put 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.880 the weaknesses in the rear view and minimize those types 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:10.359 of things and really focus on what players do well. 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.079 So coach Daryl Bevil here, with all the experience, all 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.639 the accolades and the quarterback room, you have to think 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.799 that boat's pretty well for this dolphinse quarterback's room, which 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.280 at a glance, you have three really different types of 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.079 players here at different stages of their careers and talking 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.760 of course about third year starter to a tongue of 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.280 la and Bevil set of to a there's not a 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.520 throw he can't make. I love the person I love 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.119 his personality. I just really like him as a guy. 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:38.000 End quote there with Daryl Bevil talking about to Ah 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.840 And we'll get to the superlatives and the stats on 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:43.839 two here in just a second of things that we've 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.800 seen him accomplished so far through two years as a pro. 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:48.680 But I want to go back to something coach Mike 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:52.240 McDaniel said about his quarterback recently after an o t 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:56.160 a practice about a question that was geared towards red 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:58.960 zone passing and tighter windows, and that's kind of where 0:03:59.000 --> 0:04:02.240 the conversation evolved into. Some of the strengths of two 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.680 is game one of those fitting the ball in tight windows, 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:06.800 which will circle back on here in just one second. 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:10.920 But here's the Dolphins head coach on his quarterback. Like, 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.000 as far as his game, I think his skill set, 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:21.279 um it it tighter areas only enhances his ability. You know, 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:26.159 he's he's an accurate quarterback that um that really knows 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:29.080 how to place the ball where he wants it to 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:32.240 be placed and all all the red zone is to 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:36.520 me is the defense is defending less amount of the field, 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.960 so you're compressed UM, and we're still trying to move 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.400 the ball forward and get in the end zone. So 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:46.120 those windows become tighter. The decisions have to be quicker UM. 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:49.640 So the work we have done, I've been very pleased 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:53.960 UM with it, But it I see it unless you 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:58.200 are a I would say the one outlat liar for 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:02.719 red zone quarterback play is UM. One of the extremes 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:06.479 and mobility. You have a super ex extream ability to 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:10.719 um UH extend the play and win with your feet. 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.760 The Typically those guys are ranked pretty high, or you 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:17.479 have decisive quarterbacks that UM nowhere to go with the 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:20.640 ball UM and and both of those situations you just 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.559 take advantage of space and UM. You can either create 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.279 it with your quarterback and buy time, or you can 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:31.440 create that space with UM timing and execution of concepts UM, 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:33.560 which is something that two has been very good at 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.320 UM his whole career. So that's head coach Mike McDaniel. 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.919 Let's go ahead, and here next from quarterbacks coach Darryl Bebel, 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.440 who was asked about what areas of Towa's game he 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.400 believes stands out most in this particular system and how 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.040 he can excel, and then also the things in general 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.160 that has it out about to UH so far with 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.520 Coach Bebel meeting him for the first time and going 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:55.520 through this off season together, Here's Coach Daryl Bebel. I 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.680 think really a sense of timing and accuracy would be 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:00.240 the first two things that I would say, and too 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.200 has got really a great feel for both of those. 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:04.520 I've learned a lot, you know, I've learned a lot, 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.560 but I really really like the you know, the person um, 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.800 the personality. You know, the longer we're here, the more 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:12.800 you kind of get to see the real guy. You know, 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.400 the first when you first meet somebody, it's you know, 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:17.479 you're not quite sure what it is. So um, the 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:20.000 more time we spend together, just really like him as 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:23.360 a guy. UM, his his preparation, how important it is 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:25.680 to him those kind of things. And then UM, what 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.200 I see on the field is a guy that that 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:30.520 really um is a tireless worker at it. It's important 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:33.960 to him. UH. Got a good report with the guys again. 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:36.719 We'll come back to those players in the cast portion 0:06:36.920 --> 0:06:39.480 of the Quarterback Room preview, but continue here at the 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.840 group at a glance. Up next is Miami native of 0:06:41.839 --> 0:06:44.440 Teddy Bridgewater, who comes back home from the Sunshine or 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:46.719 to the Sunshine State, I should say, for the first 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.160 time since his record breaking high school career, and I 0:06:49.200 --> 0:06:50.800 want to go ahead and play some audio here from 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.400 coach Mike McDaniel, who was asked about Bridgewater's role and 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:58.839 why he was so vital to the Dolphins offseason this 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.279 this year and talking of out how at the scouting 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:03.520 combine he kind of referenced some traits he was looking 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.320 for in that backup quarterback role. And then once Teddy 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.440 had signed at the owners meetings, talking about how well 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.280 in a lot of ways, I was describing the strengths 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.680 of Teddy Bridgewater's game when I talked about what I 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.560 look for in that backup quarterback position. So here he 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.320 is after the fact talking about Teddy Bridgewater. Do you 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:24.760 guys remember around the combine, um, I was describing you 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:29.320 know what, uh specifically what what I thought to a 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:35.040 really needed in supportive with a backup quarterback. Unbeknownst to 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:38.440 you guys, I was quite literally describing Teddy Bridgewater at 0:07:38.440 --> 0:07:42.120 the time just not using his name, So UM, both 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:48.040 both players have been UM explicitly explained their roles and 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:52.400 expectations UM and that and for that room to be 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:56.440 their best, UM, they need to know that. And UM 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.760 moving forward, were very excited to have Teddy a part 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:04.080 of the process and UM and I hope to win 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:08.120 some games with both those guys, UM working together and 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.200 empowering to it to be the best player he can 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:14.760 be UM. And that's something that that Teddy takes serious 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:17.520 and is excited to do that. So you have the 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:21.120 third year player, the longtime veteran drafted also in the 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:24.720 first roundback in in Teddy Bridgewater. And then you have 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:26.880 a rookie draft pick this year by way of the 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:30.640 seventh round via Kansas State. And let's go ahead and 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.400 go back to draft night when coach McDaniel and Chris 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.079 Career were asked about Skylar Thompson and what stood out 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.800 in his game. Yeah, I think going through the process here, 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.600 we've all kind of seen him over the years, you 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:45.360 know there because it seemed like every year Kangs State 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.040 pulls a big upset over someone and he has a 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.640 game that people end up talking about. So he's a 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:54.840 competitive kid that smart, tough, you know, he's got athletic ability. 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:57.600 So um, I always appreciate how he played, and then 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.079 how their coaches and people around him talked about the 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.800 character and the person was always intriguing. And we got 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:05.600 to the point here at the end where you know, 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.960 there's a guy that has some potential to develop, you 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:12.680 know with a quarterback, and has some upside. So we're 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:14.959 excited and the coaching staff and Mike, you know, I 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.320 let him speak on them, but they, you know, followed 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.800 suit with their work. So that is the group at 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.480 a glance. Let's go ahead and move onto some of 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.760 the numbers and statistics and things that stand out about 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:27.160 each of these players. The Dolphins three quarterbacks heading into 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:29.559 training camp, and we start with number one quarterback to 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.520 a tongue by Loa. And you know, I've talked about 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.520 this for really three years now, going back to the 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:39.800 draft preview series about three critical elements of the quarterback 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.240 position that I personally believe that to a tongue of 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.920 by low A stands out in and the numbers I 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.160 think back up this claim. Those are throwing the football 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:51.760 with great accuracy and placement and timing, eluding the opposing 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:55.280 pass rush and winning football games. Per Next Gen Stats, 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:58.880 only thirteen point eight percent of the QB pressures on 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:02.280 tongue by Lowa lash year resulted in a sack under 0:10:02.320 --> 0:10:05.640 fourteen percent That was good for six in the National 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:10.120 Football League. His twenty four point one percent pressures evaded rate, 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:12.160 so you get a pressure, you get away from it 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:16.240 and don't take the sack was second best in the NFL. 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:19.880 Via Pro Football Focus, the four point eight percent sack 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.640 rate that he took last year was fifth best among 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:26.679 all NFL quarterbacks and also speaking of fifth best, he 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.320 was in that same category when it came to third 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:32.760 down conversion rate, only four quarterbacks were better than two 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.679 was forty five point four percent conversion rate. He was 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:40.240 forty four on third down a season ago. He's thirteen 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.640 and eight as a starter here in Miami. He also 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.440 finished seventh in the NFL last year with a sixty 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:48.720 seven point eight percent completion rate while throwing into tight 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:52.200 windows on nineteen point eight percent of his throws that 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:54.520 was second most in the NFL. In fact, he was 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.400 second in twenty as a rookie in that same category, 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.080 so he is no stranger to making what we call 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.680 NFL throws right NFL windows a receiver or a defender 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.760 rather within one yard of the receiver. That's a tight window. 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.040 That's an NFL throw to make them with great regularity 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:14.160 and still has that accuracy. Talking about seventh in the 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:16.920 NFL last year in completion percentage to fall back on, 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:21.719 and this stat also backs that up. The completion percentage 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:25.000 over expected, the next gen stat that you have your 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:28.920 years and years and years of data to tell you 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.800 what type of pass given the proximity of the receiver 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.360 in the defensive back, the air yards that whether everything 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:36.840 that goes into it is factored into it, and you 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:41.479 have a completion percentage or a completion expectation or not expected. 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:45.160 He is plus two point nine percent over expected, which 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.080 is six in the National Football League a season ago. 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:49.920 And I think we get a chance to kind of 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.360 observe those things that stand out about his game at 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.439 practice when you just watch him navigate muddy pockets, when 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:57.560 you watch him throw on time and on target, like 0:11:57.600 --> 0:12:00.120 even against air, the way the ball is kind on 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:02.760 the upfield shore, taking that receiver upfield to put them 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.440 in position for ultimate yak. It's been a theme of 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.240 the off season. We talked about the Niners ability under 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.960 Mike McDaniel and Kyle Shanahan to get the most YAK 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.960 opportunities possible. You hope that's the case here with two 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:18.520 of Mike McDaniel, Frank Smith, Darryl Bevil, John Embrey, West Welker, 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.800 Eric Stunsfield, the entire Dolphins offensive coaching staff, Tyreek Hill, 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:27.960 Jalen Waddle, Cedric Wilson Jr. Trent Sherfield, um Eric Zukama, 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.480 the entire group of players to try to maximize that 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.960 stat and too, I think is one of the premier 0:12:32.960 --> 0:12:35.080 type of guys when it comes to the accuracy to 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:39.400 help maximize that run after the catch. Number five quarterback 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.480 Teddy Bridgewater had a ninety point seven passer rating and 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.360 sixty three career starts. He won thirty three of those 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:48.400 sixty three career starts in his career so far, and 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:50.720 you'd be hard pressed to find a more experience, more 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:54.440 accomplished backup quarterback than Teddy Bridgewater. He started fourteen games 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:56.960 last year for the Broncos, throwing for over three thousand 0:12:57.040 --> 0:13:00.559 yards and eighteen touchdowns with just seven and er set options. 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.880 But he was best last year when under heat, under 0:13:02.960 --> 0:13:07.040 duress against the Blitz five or more rushers ad two 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:11.600 for one, eleven for eight yards, nine touchdowns, two picks. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.680 That is a one twenty point three passer rating against 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:18.840 five or more pass rushers. Teddy is a very knowledgeable, 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:21.679 smart player who, like you heard coach mentioned, can come 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.760 in here, help empower to and get the best out 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.520 of the quarterback position regardless of who's on the field. 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.640 Teddy helps you accomplish that with his presence, with his 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:34.320 veteran established resume in that room, to go along with 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.560 tah to go along with Darryll Bevil and the entire 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:40.320 offensive staff there. Number nineteen, Skyler Thompson is the winningest 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.720 quarterback in Kansas State football history. The Dolphins seventh round 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.520 draft pick has a penchant for playing his best ball 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.000 in the biggest moments, like you heard Chris Career talk 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.600 about right there. Forty career starts and twenty four wins 0:13:52.640 --> 0:13:55.800 are the most in school history. That also includes a 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:59.360 twenty one point comeback over number three ranked Oklahoma back 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.840 in any again, back to Chris Freer's comment, the tide 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:06.280 of the largest comeback in Kansas State football history and 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.040 also was the program's first road win over a top 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:11.160 five team in the eight people. He was off to 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:14.600 a redheart, red hot start that season with six hundred 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:18.240 forty six total yards rushing and passing, nine touchdowns and 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:21.200 no turnovers. He was also the only player in Kansas 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:24.200 state history with six thousand passing yards and one thousand 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:27.800 rushing yards. So that is your quarterback room preview. Let's 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:29.680 go ahead and take our first break and come back 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:31.840 on the other side and kick off. The first part 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:36.400 of our next series are NFL Preview starting out west 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:39.640 in the NFC with the Rams, Seahawks, forty Niners, and 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:42.960 Arizona Cardinals. That's next Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:48.800 brought to you by Auto Nation. Back here on this 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:52.000 edition of the Drive Time Podcast, picking it right back 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.960 up with one of my favorite series of the season. 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:56.600 It's my chance to get a look at the rest 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.720 of the NFL. As we really work on everything Miami 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.160 doll fins around here, but this time of year, taking 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.680 a look at the entire league kind of balances out 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:06.440 your opinions and your takes, I think a little bit. 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:09.240 To have better knowledge of the entire league, and who 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.680 doesn't want to hear about football all year round? Also, 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.080 let's go ahead and start here in the NFC West 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.680 in order of their one finish, and of course we 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:20.520 start with the defending Super Bowl champions, the Los Angeles Rams, 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:23.400 who you know, the great saying f all then picks 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:26.200 go all in and the aggressive style of less need 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:30.000 Sean McVeigh and the entire operation. There is the big 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.320 storyline with that team. But I think what gets lost 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.520 in the sauce a little bit is their ability to 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:36.920 hit on draft picks in the mid to late rounds, 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:40.640 where you know, we talk about cornerstone style players, right 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:44.080 the Blue Chippers, your quality starters, guys that really helped 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:47.000 round out the entirety of your roster and help supplement 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:50.200 that star quality on your roster. And they also have 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.360 adequate stars, guys that you know you can pluck into 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.840 there and give you above replacement level play and again 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.120 supplements their star approach with something that you can kind 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.640 of take more control all over, like rather than playing 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.160 the draft odds, which for the Rams has actually been 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:06.680 pretty good to them with those mid round picks. But 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:09.120 you know, over the course of a long period of time, 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.040 your draft odds fifty fifties a great batting average, So 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:15.840 that's a coin. But they decided to push their premium 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.560 resources towards the proven star talent, and they done not 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.160 for years and years now, even Brandon Cooks Marcus Peters 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.520 going back a few years, and you have to pay 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.760 a premium for that, right, But I think rounding out 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.240 the rest of their you know, quote unquote twenty two 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:31.560 starters and then key role players, like your top twenty 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:32.760 two is what it used to be back in the 0:16:32.840 --> 0:16:34.680 nineties in terms of guys that played the most, but 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.600 now it's more like thirty fifty guys that you need 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.800 to depend on the play on offense and defense. That 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.520 of course trickles into your depth and special teams, and 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.400 you can round that out with draft picks and new 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.040 d f A classes, then you're gonna be cooking with gas. 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.080 And the Rams have done that. And that's where I 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.520 think this front office and coaching staff doesn't quite get 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:53.960 enough credit for the l A Rams. We talked about 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:57.320 the blue chip players, right Stafford cup Donald Ramsey. I mean, 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.520 that's as good as any any team's top four and NFL, 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.600 but you don't hear as much about the Van Jefferson's, 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:07.480 the Tyler Higbees, the Brian Allen's Rob Havenstein, Havenstein's Joseph 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.840 note Booms, Greg Gains, Ernest Jones, Leonard Floyd's Taylor Raps 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.119 Nick Scott Do I need to go on and on 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.920 and on, and it's all orchestrated after the job that 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:18.280 less Snead does by one of the best coaching staffs 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:21.200 in the NFL, Sean McVeigh, one of the you know gurus, 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:25.040 the pioneers of the stretch boot action condensing formations to 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:28.560 help find a maximize space. Liam Cohen's the new offensive 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:31.400 coordinator up there are over there, I should say, he's 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.520 up from Kentucky or down from Kentucky in that same 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.600 role where he brought the Wildcats offense with Kentucky to 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:40.920 a new level after coming from the Rams previously as 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:42.879 the quarterbacks coach there. So I think that's gonna be 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:44.640 a perfect fit as it has been in the past 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.080 with him. Then you go on defense to Raheem Morris, 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.560 who came from that Tampa to kind of old school 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.080 thought but has done what all great coaches do and 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:55.160 adapts with both the times and his personality or personnel. 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.880 I should say, when you've got Jalen Ramsey, you want 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.200 to play a lot more man. But it also helps 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.600 you get creative with your zones and disguises because Ramsey 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.760 can do all that too. So Raheem Morris has the 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.440 full complement of his playbook to play with. And let's 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:08.520 go ahead and take a look what they did in 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:11.800 the off season. It's a typical Rams offseason, a couple 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:15.480 of big moves, a lot of departures. Alan Robinson Bobby 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:17.480 Wagner both come to l A. I mean, that's some 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:21.359 big time firepower. They're gone our Sony Michelle von Miller, 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:23.640 who was a splash last year, and really, I mean 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:26.120 without him, do they win a Super Bowl? Probably not. 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:29.640 Austin Corbette's gone to the Panthers. Sebastian Joseph Dave, very 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:32.359 underrated player, one of those mid round trafficks we talked about, 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:35.359 has gone across town to the Chargers. Darius Williams went 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:38.280 to the Jaguars, and they traded Robert Woods to the 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:41.000 Tennessee Titans. Odell Beckham still out there. We'll see what 0:18:41.080 --> 0:18:42.960 happens with him. But in the draft, these are the 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:45.120 guys they've hit on now. Number in the third round 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:48.920 Logan Brusts, the offensive guard from Wisconsin number four, number 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:51.639 four the fourth round to Kobe Durant, the cornerbacks from 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.359 South Carolina State that's the same college as Darius Leonard 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.520 and hbc u uh number in the fifth round Kirra 0:18:57.560 --> 0:19:00.199 and Williams running back from Notre Dame. Just a a 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:02.240 bruiser of a back and a guy that can kind of, 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.439 you know, get the tough yards and short yardage. And 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:06.080 they had two picks in the six and three in 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.560 the seventh round. So can those guys hit again? That's 0:19:08.600 --> 0:19:10.359 kind of the first storyline look at. Just keep hitting 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.399 on those mid round draft picks and you can continue 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:15.320 to go out and get Bobby Wagner's and Alan Robinson's 0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:18.760 and more storylines for this team. Repeating is so tough. 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.440 It hasn't happened in almost twenty years since the oh three, 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:23.440 oh four Patriots did it back to back years. The 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:26.080 Broncos before that in the nineties, very tough to do. 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:30.800 Replacing production. We talked about Miller, Corbett, Joseph Dave Woods, 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:33.680 Beckham is Acres coming in for Sonya Michelle kind of 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:36.280 coming off that injury type of replacement there is that 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:38.960 going to be a positive move for that other storylines. 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:42.120 Can they be even better because year two of Matt Stafford, 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:44.720 wouldn't that just mean they're better and more acclimated? How 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:47.680 did they replace Andrew Whitworth, one of the Goats offensive 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:50.000 tackles of all time? Having steen a note boom or 0:19:50.040 --> 0:19:52.120 their note boom filled in last year when he was down? 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.080 But can they do it for a whole season? Those 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:55.399 are some of the things for keeping an eye on 0:19:55.480 --> 0:19:58.440 here with the Los Angeles Rams, a team that took 0:19:58.480 --> 0:20:01.240 them to the NFC Championship. Game Wire is the San 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:04.240 Francisco forty Niners who have a consistent running game to 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:06.639 talk about who this team is consistently finds way to 0:20:06.720 --> 0:20:09.000 get big chunk games in the running game off the 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:11.360 edge or inside. They're creative and the way they do 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:14.119 that they're creative and the way they create chances for 0:20:14.119 --> 0:20:17.000 their players and the usage of said players. They are 0:20:17.040 --> 0:20:20.760 absolute Yak dynamos. Whether it's George Kittle at tight end, 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:22.760 who kind of is the straw that stirs the drink 0:20:22.920 --> 0:20:25.919 that helps them be flexible across personnel packages, then you've 0:20:25.960 --> 0:20:28.520 obviously got Deebo Samuel and Brandon Yuke, two of the 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:31.239