WEBVTT - Flexible Fronts on Defense and Your Questions Via the Twitter Mailbag 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:16.640 Fail touchdown, Miami drawn. What is up, Dolph Fans? And 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:20.480 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:25.880 Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.960 it going? Everybody? It is Friday. I am your host, 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:32.400 Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, we're gonna take a 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:36.080 closer look at the flexibility and the multiple fronts in 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:40.480 Miami's defensive arsenal after free agency is basically a rap 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.400 and we're heading to Gainesville and Baton Rouge to cover 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.040 the l s U and Florida Pro days as Kyle 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.680 Pitts and Jamaar Chase both put on an absolute show. 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:52.720 All of that and more on this Friday, April, the 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:59.600 second edition of the Drive Time Podcast. And so, so 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:02.640 we came across the wire earlier this week. The NFL 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:07.960 has approved the seventeen game schedule for the season and beyond, 0:01:08.240 --> 0:01:10.560 and so your Miami Dolphins are going to be hosting 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:14.039 the New York Giants for their seventeenth game this season. 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:16.240 The a f C East will play the NFC East, 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.280 so we're gonna get the Buffalo Bills. All of the 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:20.120 a f C teams are gonna host the NFC team, 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:23.720 So Buffalo Bills will get Washington, the Patriots get the Cowboys, 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.720 and the Jets get the Eagles in those matchups. Taking 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:30.280 a look at what all this means three preseason games 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.200 now the NFL will reduce that, I'm curious to see 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:36.040 what this does to NFL records as far as yardage 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:39.399 and completions and touchdowns and all that fun stuff. I 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:41.959 think it probably won't start to take a major impact 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.880 on career numbers for a long time, but single season 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:48.559 marks are certainly in jeopardy now, especially with the expansion 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.840 of the offensive just overall firepower and the way the 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.480 rules are geared towards more offensive football in today's National 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:58.320 Football League. But taking a look at this, I like 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.080 it because I like more football, you know, less preseason 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:04.080 football and more actual in season football. I like it 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:07.240 because we get more unique matchups. I've always kind of 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:09.440 not like the idea that you can only come to 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:11.760 an NFC town if you're an a f C team 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:14.560 every eight years, especially being a Dolphins fan in the 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.840 Northwest my entire life, so I like that element. For instance, 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.160 Packers and Chiefs this year. Are you kidding me? Who 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.320 doesn't want to watch that? On a Monday night primetime 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:25.280 slot Seahawks and Steelers. That's a cool looking matchup, so 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.040 plenty of fun stuff to look at here. With the 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:31.480 new seventeen game NFL scheduled the expansion became official earlier 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:35.160 this week, Dolphins will host the Giants. With that seventeen game, 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:38.200 I want to cover the L s U and Florida 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.720 Pro days from earlier in the week. We'll go ahead 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.640 and circle back on that, but I want to get 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.160 to something that sparked my interest as I was rewatching 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.880 another Dolphins game as I want to do it was 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:51.520 the San Francisco game, And first off, just how much 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:53.960 fun was that game in general as a fan? Forty 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:58.000 three to seventeen, an instant three now on the opening possession, 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.800 a touchdown to respond to that, then a quick touchdown 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.840 again after that as Miami built up the fourteen nothing 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:07.440 lead and cruised to victory after seven and never became 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:10.360 less than a two score game again in that first half. 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:13.000 And some of the individual matchups in that game, I 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.800 mean Eric row on George Kittle. We talked about the 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.640 Travis Kelsey and Darren Waller performances this year, Well how 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:20.640 about Eric row on George Kittle in this game. He 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:24.080 was spectacular. Robert Hunt on Eric Armstead had a great 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:26.520 game in his first start at right tackle. That was 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:28.320 the start of what I thought was a very good 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:32.560 rookie season for Robert Hunt. The offense relentlessly going after 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:36.320 that Brian Allen matchup with either Preston Williams Davante Parker 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:40.160 over and over again. Andrew Van Geinkle showing his ability 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.840 to dip and bend the corner as a pass rush. 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.120 That was the first game shack lost and missed. Van 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:47.400 Giggle got an elevation and snap counts a man. He 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.320 played a heck of a game, had a big strip 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.840 sack in that game. And Emmanuel Ogba, he kind of 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.520 took off a couple of weeks before this, but he 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.440 continued his pace where he just became a wrecking ball, 0:03:57.680 --> 0:03:59.480 a force to be reckoned with off the edge over 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.480 their baton down passes, walking guards, and tackles into the 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:06.080 quarterbacks lap among all those fun highlights, though, it was 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:08.160 a five yard gain on the first play of the 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:10.760 game that really sparked a thought for me, And that's 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.200 kind of how I generate ideas for different segments in 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.480 the podcast. Sometimes I just immersed myself in Dolphins football 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:18.279 and see what my brain comes up with. And it 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:22.080 was this innocuous looking outside run where where he most 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.520 started as tackled by Jerome Baker for five yards, like 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:26.880 first and ten, first play of the game, five yard game. 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:29.920 Usually fans are still finding their seats. The broadcast crew 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:33.000 is gonna roll through the offensive and defensive lineup graphics 0:04:33.000 --> 0:04:35.240 on the screen, talk about both teams. No one really 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:36.880 cares about that first play, it seems like most of 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.680 the time, especially when it's just a regular three, four 0:04:39.720 --> 0:04:42.159 or five yard run. But it was the role that 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:45.320 Jerome Baker was fulfilling on that play that's it's got 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.960 me thinking. Because he was the overhang linebacker down off 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.520 the weak side of the formation and the Niners motion 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:54.920 over their tight end, who throws a dummy block at 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.960 Jerome Baker before he climbs up to the second level 0:04:58.360 --> 0:05:01.280 and the fullback Kyle you Check comes in and tries 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.680 to seal Baker off the edge. What does Baker do? 0:05:03.760 --> 0:05:06.960 He smacks him, stacks him, sheds him, and gets to 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.520 the ball carrier before he gets through that c gap 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:12.520 off the outside. And that was something that wasn't you know, 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.440 that wasn't in Jerome Baker's makeup back in like, for instance, 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.920 his rookie season back in But every year this guy 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.520 adds something to the tool belt, and it's not all 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:25.039 that surprising at age, right because he's continuing his development. 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:28.040 Crazy how that happens in this league with this team, 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.880 But I think the ability to stand up off the edge, 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:35.160 absorb those big poolers, lead blocks, kickout blocks is an 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:38.120 element that would be such a boon for this defense 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:41.279 and their personnel, especially when you factor in the improvement 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.080 we saw from gink in similar regards on the other 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:48.039 side last season. His ability to beat blocks with physicality 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.880 opposed to just working around them has become night and 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.000 day compared to what it was back at Wisconsin just 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:55.600 a couple of seasons ago. Speaking of Wisconsin, we know 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.800 Vince Beagle conserve in that roll off the edge, Duke 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:02.479 Riley and Sam egg on our picture perfect subpackage linebackers 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:04.280 that can play in that role in addition to their 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:07.400 roles on special teams, and Brennan Scarlett did plenty of 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.960 that on early downs in Houston. And speaking of Houston, 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.599 then there's Bernardrick McKinney who can do some sam work 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:17.120 as well, but he also operates highly efficiently between the 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:19.719 hash marks that B gap to B gap defender in 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:23.000 a classic stack position. A stack linebackers when your linebacker 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.560 lines up behind one of the defensive lineman, so he's 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:27.520 not so he is covered up by one of your 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.159 defensive lineman. So what did I just give you? Seven 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.320 players that can all operate in different capacities, most of 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:37.160 them capable of doing at least two different roles, if 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.000 not three or four. It just continues this theme of 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:43.160 being able to adapt week to week based upon your opponent. 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.599 You want to run this wide zone offense like the 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.760 one this defense completely shut down back in week five, 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:52.360 back in October and turned over four times. Great. We 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.480 have the speed off the edge and no problem sacrificing 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.920 size because the origin of that outside zone of that 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:02.440 stretch run game is athletic lineman. So we match the 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:05.880 athleticism there with our own athleticism and we can sustain 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.520 the loss and density at that position because of the 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.560 big defensive lineman on the roster who can kick outside 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:13.520 and play the five technique like a three hundred pound 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:17.080 Zack seeler or three pound Christian Wilkins. You want to 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.320 go twenty one personnel and bang on early downs. Perfect, 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:23.800 We'll drop Bnardrick McKinney, any Land and Roberts in the 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.040 line up. Both those guys are guns for hire who 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.800 shoot gaps for a living. I've talked about this until 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:30.480 I was blue in the face, but we have so 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.960 many different looks in fronts we can call upon. I 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.120 joked about with Ben Finel on the On the Wednesday 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:39.160 podcast about how misguideds talk about three four and four 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.600 three defenses. Those are sub packages. Every package is a 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:44.400 sub package because you're gonna be in your two two 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:46.880 R two three or two four, your three three front, 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.800 whatever it might be. This Dolphins defense and structure has 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:54.000 so many nuanced packages that allow Flores and Bowyer to 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.680 call upon their frequent usage of extra defensive backs. That's 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.440 that's the real crux to it. All. The seven highest 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.239 rate of six or more defensive backs on the field 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:05.640 in the National Football League last season, and I think 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:10.440 they got even more flexible upfront to further reinforce that philosophy. 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:12.920 So that's my take right there. On Jerome Baker making 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:15.280 a five yard stop on a tackle on the first 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.760 play back in week five. Let's go ahead and fast 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:20.440 forward back to the now and get to your questions 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:22.840 via the Twitter mail bag. We used to do this 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:25.000 on Lockdown Dolphins every single week. I want to do 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:27.400 it more here on the Drive Time Podcast. Get your 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.240 guys just takes and opinions and thoughts on the podcast. 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:32.679 I put out the call on Twitter for the questions 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.400 for the mail bag. You guys respond with your questions, 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.480 You get a shout out here on the podcast and 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.280 your question answered if I select it. We had about 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.360 sixty questions, could not get to them all, but continue 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.040 to ask me questions and eventually we'll get to them 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.240 here on the Drive Time Podcast. And the best way 0:08:48.240 --> 0:08:50.800 to ensure that you do get your question answered, go 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:53.960 ahead and put a question in the reviews on Apple podcast. 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.560 I'll read all of those questions and answer them here 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:58.880 on the podcast. While you're there, go ahead and leave 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:00.920 us a rating and subscrip ride of the podcast and 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.040 all that fun stuff. So let's go ahead and kick 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.760 this thing off here, and the first question comes in 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:09.000 from at dole Kane on Twitter. The defense was the 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:12.360 finn strong point last season, with some turnover this year. 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:16.560 Do you think they can replicate that success? In a word, yes, 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.160 I look at the elements that made this defense as 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.760 stingy and as dangerous as it was in and they're 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:26.160 all still here. Lockdown cover corners who posted they combined 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:30.520 fourteen interceptions and forced fumbles, veteran versatile safeties who can 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:34.080 come down and cover, they communicate well and limit big plays. 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.000 Emmanuel Ogba and the impact he's had off the edge 0:09:37.000 --> 0:09:39.559 of the defense, and then just the parts to execute 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.600 the many fronts and different rush schemes of this defense. 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:46.480 You consider Jerome Baker's versatility, the development and strides of 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.720 Andrew Van Geinkle last year, those three defensive lineman who 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:52.640 all play all over the formation and gave you quality 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.240 reps against both the run and the past. And then 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:58.000 the new addition sprinkled in with Adam Butler and the 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:01.319 interior pass rush he brings, the hard nosed run defending 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:05.360 of Bernardrick McKinney, the sticky slot cover skills from Justin Coleman, 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.200 Brendan Scarlett who plays just about every position in the 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.960 front seven, and Duke Riley and the cover skills he 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:15.280 showed in Philadelphia. It's always tough to replicate dominant defense 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.000 year in and year out. But I like Miami's chances 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.840 to get that done. And there are plenty of draft 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:23.240 questions in this mail bag obviously, So if you hear 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.280 a question that sounds like yours, we're not going to 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.920 replicate that answer here on the podcast, or if we 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:29.960 talked about it earlier in the podcast, we'll go ahead 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:31.880 and skip over it as well. But here's a question 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.360 from Kevin Garrard at Kevin Garrard thirteen on Twitter. He 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:38.360 asks edge or running back at pick eighteen, who is 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.760 your pick at both positions if they go there at eighteen? Well, 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:45.320 I think that trio of running backs between nase Harris, 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.679 Travis E. T and Javonte Williams, I think all three 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.880 of those guys are first round talents. I think they're 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.679 all bell cows that can give you three downs, you know, 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.040 can be three down backs and play the entire game 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:59.000 basically for you. I think that they all feature elements 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:00.960 of the reason why you take a running back in 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.800 that first round. Now, I'm kind of hard pressed between 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.040 Nasey and Javante because I think Javonta at two twenty 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.320 pounds at twenty years old, with you know, so much 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:13.200 less wear and tear on the tires. I think the 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.160 upside might be higher. But getting Najy harris Man, you 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:19.880 know exactly what you're gonna get production inside running, physical 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:22.080 short yardage guy that can also break the big runs, 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.120 has the athletic ability, also the familiarity there with your quarterback. 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:27.240 So I have a tough time between those two. They're 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:30.520 really one A one B. I'll go ahead and go 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.520 with Nagy with the one A distinction and Javanta the 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.640 one B. Now, as far as edges go to me, 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.000 Jalen Phillips is the best edge in this class and 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:39.959 he fits what you might do here at two d 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.120 sixty pounds with the ability to get around the edge. 0:11:42.240 --> 0:11:44.360 But I think he's long gone by that point. I 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:46.880 think Quitty pay makes some sense there as well, and 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.240 I'm also a very very big fan of Boogie bash 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:52.480 them out of wake Forest. I see him ranked routinely 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.199 in the low like outside the top fifty of this draft, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.319 but I couldn't disagree with that more kind of my 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.480 antoine wind filled from last year. I had him the 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:01.160 top twenty pick and he winds up going in the 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.360 second round. That's kind of Boogie bashing. To me, I 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.080 think he belongs in that first round, so I would 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.400 put him in that conversation, even though the rest of 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:09.800 the draft world probably doesn't see it that way. With 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.360 Boogie Basham and a quick follow up here from Chris 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:17.240 Lrondo at extortion on Twitter, He's asked me basically, where's 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:19.240 the sweet spot for drafting and running back in that 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.240 first round? He says eight teams a little bit rich. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:24.080 He'd feel more comfortable in five range. Of course, if 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.319 you can trade down and get your guy, certainly do it. 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.400 But I think the Jets at pick twenty three and 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:31.040 then the Jets again at thirty three or thirty four 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.960 rather are probably very likely to get running back in 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:35.720 one of those two spots if they can get one 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.079 of these three guys. So you play with fire when 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.120 you do that a little bit. I think Miami's calculated 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:43.760 risk to do that from three to six was had 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.200 some backing behind it, right that you know those quarterbacks 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:48.360 are gonna go early, and then the Bengals with Sewell 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:50.240 and Chase seems pretty obvious there as well. So you 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:52.600 put yourself in a position where you can still get 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:54.640 one of the top players at that skill spot, but 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:56.520 doing it this late in the draft, it's kind of 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.960 a gamble. So if you want that player there at 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.000 that pick, you think he's w you know, if you 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.360 think he's worth twenty three, just take him a eight teen. 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.079 Because I think that the term reach is so overused 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.679 and so overrated that if you pick a good football player, 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.840 nobody cares where he went in the draft. This next 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.120 question here from Kyle the Commission. Which linebacker in the 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.679 first two rounds do you feel best fits our team? 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:21.240 I like Baron Browning out of Ohio State as much 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:23.880 almost as jam And Davis out of Kentucky. Now, Davis 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:26.000 is the kind of more off ball linebacker, and so 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.000 that's why I think maybe I'll go more towards Baron 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:31.040 Browning because he can come down play that edge position 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:34.520 and give you give you strength and size off the edge, 0:13:34.720 --> 0:13:36.400 set the edge in the running game, but also the 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:39.559 jumping metrics he showed at Ohio States Pro Day. I 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:41.600 think that he can really give you some more explosion 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.360 by way of blitzing, pass rushing and coverage and all 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.760 that fun stuff too. So give me Baron Browning out 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.720 of Ohio State, who also worked with coach Campanelli and 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.400 this Dolphins coaching staff of the Senior Bowl down in Mobile. 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:56.320 Next question here from Gabe Genovic at Gabe Geno thirteen 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.920 on Twitter. You probably have several, but do you have 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.720 a specific I made it moment, a time where it 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:03.480 hits you that you're employed by the team we're all 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:06.360 obsessed with. Yeah, like you mentioned, there are several. The 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.160 first one would be the damn Marino photo that I 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:10.480 put back on Twitter a while back, getting a chance 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:14.079 to meet Dan. I mean, that's self explanatory. I don't 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.319 gotta tell you guys how crazy that was. But also 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.760 just being in the building around the players, even with 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:22.000 social distancing and the contact tracing and staying away from everybody, 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.200 you still could see him across the hallway, see him 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:27.000 on the other side of the kitchen, that sort of thing. So, 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.000 for instance, my favorite story to tell is when I 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.000 would go into the kitchen right around two or three 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.840 o'clock most days and get my bang because I usually 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.680 did podcasting in the morning and I wrote in the afternoon, 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:40.480 and the Bank Energy drink is my you know, stay 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:44.480 awake post launch writing material drink that I require. And 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.720 so I'm also very weird about drinks. I like my 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.240 drinks as cold as they can be. Like I'll put 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.800 soda or energy drink or anything in the freezer until 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:54.840 it gets like almost slushy. But you don't want to 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:57.240 get slushy. Right before it gets slushy, that's when you 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.000 pull it out and then you have yourself an ice 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.880 cold beverage. I did that with the diet pepsi they 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.080 provide there at the facility, but I had to bring 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:06.760 my own bangs, obviously, So I popped both those things 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:09.040 in the freezer, and every once in a while I'd 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:10.800 go in there and I would see Two and Fits 0:15:10.800 --> 0:15:13.560 were together. They were always together, and Two was always 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:15.360 making coffee and Fits is always just kind of hanging 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:17.920 back and commenting on different things going on in the room, 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:20.600 which this time was me. So I entered the room 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:23.360 with a diet Pepsi and a bang in either hand, 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:25.600 and Fits looks at me, and I I he gets 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.000 that look in his eye like I'm gonna I'm gonna 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:29.960 ask him about this, and he's like, what do you 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:31.600 got there? Is that a Is that an energy drink 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:33.920 or in a pepsi? What are you? What's going on 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.320 with that? And I just thought to myself, like, better 0:15:36.360 --> 0:15:37.920 come up with something good here. So I told him, 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:39.920 you know, if it's you don't get this physique you're 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:42.600 looking at before you today without pounding bang energy drink, 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:44.560 and he thought that was hilarious, and I just said, 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.520 you know, I've been Travis wing flub. That's my time. 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.840 You all have a good night, tip your bartenders and waitresses, 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:50.200 and got the hell out of there. So that was 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.200 kind of a cool, surreal moment. Walking by the practice 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.880 field on Tuesdays when the players were off, I would 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.080 have to walk from my office over to the studio 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:01.360 to record, so I frequently made this walk basically across 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.600 the entire campus and every Tuesday, right around ten o'clock 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.240 there would be guys day off right players day off. 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.480 There was always guys out there working. I remember seeing 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:11.280 Miles Gaston out there all the time. I thought that 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.000 was cool to see. But after we beat the Rams, 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.600 you know, to us first start, I saw two of 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:18.880 going out there with somebody. I didn't recognize who it was, 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:21.120 but he was going out his first day off after 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.480 starting and getting the first w He was out there 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.680 working on that Tuesday, and I thought that was just 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:27.600 cool to see, you know, young men out there taking 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.120 taking control of their careers and taking control of their 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.160 futures here in the NFL by putting as much work 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.760 as they can, especially your young quarterback who just got 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.240 his first career wins. So those are a few cool moments. 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:41.520 Next question here from at quarter Seric seven. I probably 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:43.480 butchered that. I'm sorry. What if you grew up in 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:46.040 South Florida, die hard Dolphin fan, but you're raising kids 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:49.520 in the DC area, so they are w f T fans. 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:51.640 He has to convert his own children, he says, or 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.440 disso in their lack of aqua and orange blood. Well, 0:16:54.640 --> 0:16:57.040 I think that when you're young, you get your your 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.400 free agent. Until you're let's say thirteen years old, maybe 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.280 maybe even a little bit older. Sixteen years old, you're 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.920 a free agent. Because I had jerseys of every single 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:06.840 player I liked in my closet that was always on 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:09.840 my on my Christmas wish list. I had Ricky Williams 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.120 for the Saints. I had Sean Alexander for the Seahawks, 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:14.960 Sean Springs for the Seahawks. I had Charles Woodson for 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:17.520 the Raiders. Like I was, I was a connoisseur of 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:19.800 all things football, and the Dolphins just kind of where 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:21.399 the team that I was into at that time. And 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:23.400 then you know, you get more obsessed with the game 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.239 itself and you become more research and nuance, and then 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.200 you just all right, that's my team. So I think 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:30.959 it has to happen naturally. I've tried to force myself 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.280 into fandom, like the NBA is a great example. I 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:35.280 haven't been a fan of the NBA since two thousand 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.560 and eight when the Songs left, Like, I'm done as 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:40.159 a fan, But I find my I've tried to insert 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:42.359 myself as a Heat fan, and I've always liked the 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.719 Heat because of Dwayne Wade. But I tried to insert 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:48.560 myself and you just cannot manufacture to me the emotion 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:51.480 and the level of care as you do from a 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.600 team you truly care about. But I find myself maybe 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:57.080 it's maybe repetitions make taking a hold, because I find 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.880 myself being more and more intrigued by the Miami Heat 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.160 and watching more of their games. So maybe it does work, 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:04.320 But I think it has to happen naturally. Give them 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:06.840 time to explore and be free agents, and uh yeah, 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:08.600 Caroline's gonna be a Dolphins fan. They'll go ahead and 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:11.360 put that note there at the very end. Next question here, 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:15.000 what has been or sorry from at Cobo Nation? What 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.719 has been your favorite thing about working for the Miami Dolphins, 0:18:17.720 --> 0:18:20.040 And a bonus question, what has been the most shocking 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:23.400 slash unexpected? Well, the most shocking unexpected was my whole 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:27.399 rookie year basically being a trial COVID based season, where 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.280 I mean everything was not what I thought was gonna be. 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:32.360 I went to the Combine, was my first assignment here 0:18:32.359 --> 0:18:34.639 with the team, and I was over the moon excited 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:37.399 about how cool that was. And then basically life changed 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:39.919 for the past year with COVID. So the fact that 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:43.840