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Speaker 1: of injury report updates here on this Thursday edition of
Speaker 1: the Drive Time podcast. But first, as we talked about
Speaker 1: on the show yesterday, the forty Niners and all West
Speaker 1: Coast teams don't put their injury reports out until later
Speaker 1: in the evening, and so with the podcast publishing before
Speaker 1: Drive Time Karon the Mimmi Dolphins podcast Network, we want
Speaker 1: to go back to previous day and update you on
Speaker 1: what the forty listed on Wednesday. They have eleven players
Speaker 1: on their injury report for Wednesday. Limited participants are Jimmy Garoppolo,
Speaker 1: Dre Greenlaw, Raheem Moster, a Killer Weatherspoon, and wide receivers
Speaker 1: Trent Taylor and Dante Pettis. Players who did not practice
Speaker 1: are ezekiel A Saw, Jimmy Ward, Jwan Williams, Dante Johnson,
Speaker 1: and Emmanuel Moseley. And Shanahan did start off his Wednesday
Speaker 1: presser by saying that both ezekiel A Saw and Kawan Williams,
Speaker 1: one of the niners top corners, and their defense event
Speaker 1: who replaced both Nick Bosa and d Ford outside, who
Speaker 1: are both on injury reserve. He added that both on
Speaker 1: Saw and Williams will go to the injured reserve along
Speaker 1: with Solomon Thomas and Nick Bosa and d Ford. This
Speaker 1: this team, it's amazing they're still two and two because
Speaker 1: they've been so banged up and they're playing so well
Speaker 1: despite the fact that they're going deep into the lineup.
Speaker 1: Will cover more of that later on the podcast. Also
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins Thursday injury report, we had one new addition.
Speaker 1: Malcolm Perry has an illness and he did not practice
Speaker 1: on Thursday after not being listed on Wednesday. Both Durham
Speaker 1: Smith and Austin Jackson did not practice again for the
Speaker 1: second straight day. The three players that practice in full
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, we're out there again full on Thursday, Clayton Federalum,
Speaker 1: Cavan Fraser, and Xavien Howard. And then we have some
Speaker 1: upgrades Byron Jones and Solomonckinley went from limited practice participants
Speaker 1: as well as DeVante Parker. They were all full on Thursday,
Speaker 1: and then Shack Lawson, who did not practice on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: was out there for a limited capacity on Thursday. So
Speaker 1: some good trending there on the Dolphins injury front. Great
Speaker 1: to see Shack Lawson back out there, and really good
Speaker 1: to see Byron Jones practicing in a full capacity after
Speaker 1: missing two games for the Dolphins. And so now that
Speaker 1: we are all caught up there on the injuries, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and spend this thing forward to Brian Flores
Speaker 1: is Thursday morning media availability, and we start here with
Speaker 1: a reference to a player who made a few big
Speaker 1: plays in the game on Sunday and has been one
Speaker 1: of the more durable, reliable, dependable receivers on this offense,
Speaker 1: as coach Floors will say here in Isaiah Ford. He
Speaker 1: also goes on to talk about tight end Durham Smith
Speaker 1: in this sound bite. Well, Isaiah, he's like you said,
Speaker 1: he's smart. Um, he knows multiple positions, UM, where where
Speaker 1: he's where he's supposed to be. Really, you know, the
Speaker 1: majority of the time, he's dependable, he's accountable. UM. And
Speaker 1: he's gotten open and made some plays and some critical situations. UM.
Speaker 1: So I mean I think he's earned earned playing time
Speaker 1: for sure, And I think that would be the kind
Speaker 1: of the key term he's earned the playing time. Um,
Speaker 1: We're not giving it to anybody. UM. As far as
Speaker 1: Durham again, you saw him on the injury report yesterday. Um, look,
Speaker 1: he's working hard to get back. He's already made you know,
Speaker 1: significant amount of improvement over these last three day, three
Speaker 1: four days. So we'll just you know, take a day
Speaker 1: by day. I don't want to put a timetable on it,
Speaker 1: but um, you know, he's he's definitely working to get back.
Speaker 1: I mean this could be, um, you know, hopefully as
Speaker 1: soon as possible. Up next, we'll go to the other
Speaker 1: side of the football and talk about Dolphins defender Eric Rowe,
Speaker 1: who plays multiple positions. He was coach was asked to
Speaker 1: defend the role or the possession that he plays. But again,
Speaker 1: he's just a player on defense that has multiple roles.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think it depends on the call or
Speaker 1: if I call this the linebackers got him, I called
Speaker 1: this the strong safety has got him. I called this
Speaker 1: us um, you know, maybe a corner's gut. And that
Speaker 1: portion was in reference to who might cover the tight
Speaker 1: end on a given play. Here he is back again
Speaker 1: to Eric Eric Row. As far as clarifying you know
Speaker 1: what Eric Row or he plays multiple positions, he's very versatile.
Speaker 1: So on one snapp you can play linebacker, and on
Speaker 1: another snap you can play from safety. On another snap
Speaker 1: you can play corner. So uh no, I don't call
Speaker 1: it a rover. But maybe in someone else's defense they
Speaker 1: do call it a rover. But I don't, you know.
Speaker 1: I think on one snap it's you know, even a
Speaker 1: strong safety and you're a backer, and another snap, I
Speaker 1: mean you can call it rover. Feel free And Coach
Speaker 1: finishes that right there with a big smile and a laugh.
Speaker 1: Not gonna call Eric Roe rover on his defense. He
Speaker 1: has his own terms and his own terminology for what
Speaker 1: he calls on that side of the football and in
Speaker 1: his program. So moving on here. On yesterday's podcast, I
Speaker 1: teased about the release of the Eric Flowers piece coming
Speaker 1: out on Miami Dolphins dot com. We'll have that for
Speaker 1: you guys. If it's up already, it will be up
Speaker 1: at sometime soon tonight. On this Thursday here, I asked
Speaker 1: Coach Flores about his performance so far, Eric Flowers's performance
Speaker 1: through the first four games, and his leadership for that
Speaker 1: young offensive line up front. They Coach, we ask you
Speaker 1: a lot about the rookie offensive lineman and there's been
Speaker 1: some big strides made, you know from this point last
Speaker 1: year as far as sacks allowed in past protection. I
Speaker 1: wanted to ask you because back in training camp we
Speaker 1: would see Eric Flowers come out with his bands and
Speaker 1: his harnesses and work with the young guys after practice.
Speaker 1: Just want to ask you, in your estimation, what is
Speaker 1: Eric Flowers meant both from a production standpoint and a
Speaker 1: leadership standpoint getting those young guys brought along. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think he's played well. Um, you know through the
Speaker 1: first four games of the season. Um, he's brought leadership
Speaker 1: since really uh he's been here. Um, he loves to play. Um.
Speaker 1: I noticed his energy on the field really every week. UM,
Speaker 1: you guys probably don't see that, but you know there's
Speaker 1: a big catcher, a big run. Uh. He's really the
Speaker 1: first guy down there celebrating where his teammates and I
Speaker 1: think you know that that energy is infectious and that's
Speaker 1: something I've highlighted um in team meetings already. So UM,
Speaker 1: you know, I expect him to continue playing the way
Speaker 1: he's playing, giving us the leadership that he's given given us,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, helping those those those young offensive
Speaker 1: alignement get acclimated. To playing in the National Football League
Speaker 1: and you know, just kind of bringing overall leadership and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, good play to our team, oh coach. I have,
Speaker 1: in fact seen the Eric Flower celebration rundown, pick guys up,
Speaker 1: clap his hands. I referred to on the All twenty
Speaker 1: two podcast earlier in the week on a run where
Speaker 1: he got hit with a holding call, and I talked
Speaker 1: about the the way that play kind of developed. It
Speaker 1: looked like Ted Carriss kind of blocked the man that
Speaker 1: was already engaged there with Eric Flowers, and it almost
Speaker 1: shifted Flowers his hands to the outside of the chess
Speaker 1: plate there of the player and got the hands in
Speaker 1: a position where the official might see that and say
Speaker 1: that looks like a hold to me, I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: ahead and throw a flag on that particular play. Flowers
Speaker 1: he didn't think he had a holding because he ran
Speaker 1: downfield and scooped up Miles Gaskin and get a bunch
Speaker 1: of applause and an excited celebration about the big run
Speaker 1: they just issued because the run kind of came off
Speaker 1: his back on that gap on that place. So I
Speaker 1: love seeing that from Eric Flowers. I've seen that from
Speaker 1: Solomon Kinley. You heard, coach, that are confirmed that for
Speaker 1: us regarding flowers and showing it to the players and
Speaker 1: meetings as teaching tape. This is how you want to be.
Speaker 1: This is how you want to act on the field.
Speaker 1: This is how important should be to you out there
Speaker 1: on the football field. Up next, coach was asked about
Speaker 1: his team's run defense and where there might be an
Speaker 1: area that he thinks is most improved so far through
Speaker 1: the first four weeks of the season. I mean, look,
Speaker 1: it can always be better, but I think it may've
Speaker 1: I think there's better communication. I think there's better overall technique. UM.
Speaker 1: So again it's it's been better, but I think it
Speaker 1: could it could be better than it it has been. UM.
Speaker 1: But I mean that the improvement is because the players
Speaker 1: to put more, uh put time into it and worked
Speaker 1: at it, and there's been some improvement that We've got
Speaker 1: a great, great, great challenge in our own game this
Speaker 1: week against UM Kyle's you know run offense, good backs,
Speaker 1: good you know, good offensive line, UH tight ends with
Speaker 1: block and then just schematically, these guys do a good
Speaker 1: job creating angles and um putting themselves in good position
Speaker 1: to so to rattle off big runs. This will be
Speaker 1: a big, big challenge for us, and that's something that
Speaker 1: I have done plenty of in the past under Shannahan.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about that here coming up in the
Speaker 1: game game preview rather up next here for Coach Flores,
Speaker 1: Miles Gaskin went from a player who was largely inactive
Speaker 1: for most of the year last year, got an increase
Speaker 1: in workload at the end of the season, but also
Speaker 1: got injured in that Bengals game and could not finish
Speaker 1: the season up in New England. But now here he
Speaker 1: is getting upwards oft snaps per games so far through
Speaker 1: the first four of this season. Here's coach Floors on
Speaker 1: how ask And earned that role and earned the right
Speaker 1: to get so many carries and so many reps as
Speaker 1: the Dolphin's running back. Well, I think you saw a
Speaker 1: lot of improvement a year ago from you know, training
Speaker 1: camp too, you know, being inactive and you know it's
Speaker 1: called the first half of last season. He um. You know,
Speaker 1: you could just see me when he was inactive. He
Speaker 1: was in the hero on his off days and training,
Speaker 1: you know, he and Patrick lab you know, kind of
Speaker 1: training on their own. I'd walk into the bubble and
Speaker 1: they'd be in the coffer in the corner with bands
Speaker 1: and just kind of just just trying to get better. So, UM,
Speaker 1: he spent a lot of time with Eric. I think
Speaker 1: Eric has done a great job with him as far
Speaker 1: as UM, you know, getting the mental mental side of
Speaker 1: the game down. And then UM, you know, he took
Speaker 1: this pass off season and really really trained, UM and
Speaker 1: got his body fit for or um you know, and
Speaker 1: uh an NFL season after having been through one. You know,
Speaker 1: he felt like he had made some change and he
Speaker 1: made him UM. Then he goes come to training camp
Speaker 1: and he was, you know, very consistent throughout training camp.
Speaker 1: So I would say that's kind of been the and
Speaker 1: that's the history behind it. Um, all those things happened.
Speaker 1: I think that that was happening with a lot of
Speaker 1: different players. And UM, Ultimately, you get in the game
Speaker 1: if you're productive and getting more opportunities, which which has
Speaker 1: been the case for him. And we'll go ahead and
Speaker 1: finish up here with coach on the final question for
Speaker 1: the Thursday morning press conference about Kyle Shanahan seeing his
Speaker 1: offense in the past and if he's dusting off his
Speaker 1: old notes and old defensive playbooks here this week against
Speaker 1: Shanahan and the four Niners offense, you always kind of
Speaker 1: you know, go back, you know, back in the time
Speaker 1: and look at some things that you've done in the past. Um.
Speaker 1: But you know, Kyle is very innovative. He's always looking for, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, something new to gain an edge offensively. UM.
Speaker 1: So again, you know, because it's you know, it's a
Speaker 1: new it's it's every years a new team. We've got
Speaker 1: different players, So you can't just grab what you did,
Speaker 1: you know a few years ago and try to you know,
Speaker 1: recreate that. You know, you may not have. Um, you
Speaker 1: have different players, So what happened, what worked against or
Speaker 1: didn't work you know with you know in years past,
Speaker 1: you may want to do something totally different because the
Speaker 1: skill sets different. UM. And Coyle is the exact same way.
Speaker 1: He's got different players, so he's going to play to
Speaker 1: the strength of of his players defensively. You know, we've
Speaker 1: got to do the exact same thing. So I think,
Speaker 1: you know, overall, you know, there's some things that are um,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't calm standard, but there's some things
Speaker 1: that are the core of his offense that he's probably
Speaker 1: gonna run some form or fashion. How he gets to
Speaker 1: it mean, there's guesses, there's mine because it's you know,
Speaker 1: it's a lot of uh, don't want to call it.
Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of shifts, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of emotions, there's a lot of missiles, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of let's call a gadget tree to get to a formation.
Speaker 1: You really don't know that he's getting to the old
Speaker 1: formation until you really look at it, um you know,
Speaker 1: hopefully on on the tablet, you know, within the game.
Speaker 1: So look, this is gonna be a tough challenge from
Speaker 1: that standpoint. He's a very good coordinator. We're gonna have
Speaker 1: to do a good job defensively with our technique or fundamentals,
Speaker 1: our communication. Very excited to see that matchup on Sunday,
Speaker 1: a battle of two very smart minds, one offensively, one defensively.
Speaker 1: There with Kyle Shanahan and Brian Flores. And with that,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and jump into the week five Dolphins
Speaker 1: at fort preview up on Miami Dolphins dot com. Our
Speaker 1: first late kickoff of the season on his Sunday. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be a four or five kickoff on Sunday, October
Speaker 1: the eleventh, one of three Dolphins two and to at
Speaker 1: Levice ad M temperature calls for seventy four degrees partly
Speaker 1: cloudy sixteen mile and our wins there on the Thursday
Speaker 1: weather report in Santa Clara, and in these introduction parts
Speaker 1: of the pieces up on Miami Dolphins dot com. I
Speaker 1: always like to take a look at some of the
Speaker 1: similarities of the two teams and the programs in the past,
Speaker 1: and kind of where they are in their particular I
Speaker 1: guess portion of the way they build their program we
Speaker 1: know by now Brian Flores in year two. Kyle Shanahan
Speaker 1: is coming into This is his fourth season here with
Speaker 1: the Niners. The first two they won six games, and
Speaker 1: they won five games, and then they won thirteen games
Speaker 1: and went to the Super Bowl. And I talked about
Speaker 1: in the article about how success ultimately, of course is
Speaker 1: judged on the scoreboard and in the wind column. But
Speaker 1: I always love the phrase process over results, because process
Speaker 1: is usually the best way to determine future outcomes. And
Speaker 1: I always thought that for Shanahan and John Lynch there
Speaker 1: in San Francisco, they had a pretty clear vision for
Speaker 1: what they wanted to build with the innovation and patients
Speaker 1: you heard there of Brian Flora's talking about him being
Speaker 1: one of the most innovative play callers and always trying
Speaker 1: to find end a way to get into those old
Speaker 1: formations about dressing up in a way that you don't
Speaker 1: know about it until either the play is going or
Speaker 1: after the fact on the tablet on the sidelines one
Speaker 1: of the best elements of his offense. And I remember
Speaker 1: watching the Divisional round playoff game last year. One of
Speaker 1: my best friends is a Vikings fan. He was really
Speaker 1: jazzed up for that Niners and Vikings game last year,
Speaker 1: which wound up being a pretty a pretty not great
Speaker 1: event for the two of us watching that game on
Speaker 1: Saturday because the Vikings got Grand Rough shot over and
Speaker 1: he was not thrilled. But in that game, Chris Collinsworth
Speaker 1: and Al Michaels, they kept talking over and over again
Speaker 1: about how much I cand either is for the defense
Speaker 1: to look at with all that motion and shifting so
Speaker 1: many jet sweet motions across the formation, which of course
Speaker 1: can get a linebacker to take one false step, and
Speaker 1: then if you displace that linebacker by a half step,
Speaker 1: that can then create a passing lane in the middle.
Speaker 1: You can hand the ball off from misdirection and get
Speaker 1: them out leveraged and out angled, as coach Flores talked
Speaker 1: about in the Running Game two. So you have to
Speaker 1: really be like you said, as your rules, your fundamentals,
Speaker 1: and on your keys defensively to not take a false
Speaker 1: step and get yourself in a position where you get
Speaker 1: walled off by an offensive lineman or you create a
Speaker 1: passing window that way. But back to the topic at
Speaker 1: hand here. The fourty Niners did start off that first
Speaker 1: season under Shanahan and Lynch oh and nine, but since
Speaker 1: then they acquired Jimmy Garoppolo and they are twenty four
Speaker 1: and seven in his starts, They've wanted to Vision title.
Speaker 1: They've had a third teen win season, and they went
Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl with a double digit lead on
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes and that explosive Chief's offense obviously didn't end
Speaker 1: the way they wanted it to, but it tells you
Speaker 1: about where they are in terms of that program. And
Speaker 1: you're number four here with Kyle Shanahan to go into
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl and have a commanding lead in that
Speaker 1: game and a chance to possibly put a Lombardi in
Speaker 1: your trophy case. But the patients, the belief in the plan.
Speaker 1: I love the way They built that team because they
Speaker 1: knew what Shanahan wants to do, wants to be a
Speaker 1: heavy run team that works off that run action. They
Speaker 1: went out and signed a full back to a big contract,
Speaker 1: the biggest full back contracts in the NFL, and he
Speaker 1: plays plenty. They loaded up the running back position and
Speaker 1: got themselves plenty of guys that can filter through that
Speaker 1: outside zone scheme and really not miss a beat when
Speaker 1: you go to the next guy and just continuously have
Speaker 1: fresh legs. Whether it was Raheem Moster, whether it's our
Speaker 1: own Matt Brita, whether it was Tevin Coleman. They just
Speaker 1: had bodies and guys that can get the job done
Speaker 1: in that running game. So replaceable that way, and we're
Speaker 1: kind of seeing that this year so far with the
Speaker 1: injuries and the way they've been able to replace those
Speaker 1: players and get production and win two games and blowout
Speaker 1: fashion when they're down. I mean, they were down games
Speaker 1: without Nick Bosa, without d four, without George Kittle, without
Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo, you know, some of their biggest names on
Speaker 1: that roster, and they're out there winning games thirty six
Speaker 1: to nine. I guess it's it's wild that they were
Speaker 1: able to accomplish that. On Sunday, they'll welcome end us.
Speaker 1: The Miami Dolphins, obviously a young team who's on a
Speaker 1: mission of our own to make these daily strides. And
Speaker 1: you're number two first and second year players. The rosters
Speaker 1: made up of of plenty of those guys. Trying to
Speaker 1: get that daily improvement and getting these guys brought along
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the season and developing players throughout
Speaker 1: the course of the season. We know by now the
Speaker 1: early season schedule here for your Miami Dolphins has been difficult.
Speaker 1: No one's gonna batten eye at that eleven and five
Speaker 1: record for the opponents so far. For the Dolphins through
Speaker 1: the first three games, through the first four games rather
Speaker 1: of the season with a point differential of just minus three.
Speaker 1: And again going back to the Niners in their year
Speaker 1: two under Kyle Shanahan, they started off that season one
Speaker 1: and three with a negative eight team point differential and
Speaker 1: they played three playoff teams in that stretch as well,
Speaker 1: so kind of some similarities there. And for the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: it's all about closing games in the fourth quarter. This
Speaker 1: team has been close. They've had a lead or been
Speaker 1: within one score of the opponent in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: in all four contests so far, and again the Niners
Speaker 1: are five hundred despite a mounting injured reserve list and
Speaker 1: a handful of players on this week's report. Again, you
Speaker 1: can refer to that injury report up on Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: dot Com on Top News on our morning Blitz article
Speaker 1: will have that update for you guys as soon as
Speaker 1: it becomes available. We've also talked about which quarterback might
Speaker 1: play in the game. Shanahan's kept that to himself obviously
Speaker 1: as they try to evaluate. He did say on Wednesday
Speaker 1: that it will be Garoppolo if he's healthy. If it's not,
Speaker 1: then he's not going to tell us who it is.
Speaker 1: Between Mullins and C. J. Bethord, but all these guys
Speaker 1: have experience. Between Mullins and Bethard, both guys have ten
Speaker 1: career starts under them. We saw both them play on
Speaker 1: Sunday night a little bit. Muland struggled in that game
Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Eagles. Bethard came in with you know,
Speaker 1: to score deficit late in the fourth quarter and was
Speaker 1: able to move the football down the field. So you
Speaker 1: can see both those guys have had production in this
Speaker 1: league in the past and the took Dolphins coaches and
Speaker 1: players have talked about preparing for all three of those
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to be ready in case someone does get on
Speaker 1: the field that maybe you wouldn't prepare for. Otherwise you
Speaker 1: have be prepared for all three quarterbacks. And really the
Speaker 1: basis of this team you heard coach Florence talk about,
Speaker 1: it is built upon bowling teams up front, Robert Salas defense.
Speaker 1: We talked about Chris Kusareck on yesterday's podcast, the one
Speaker 1: gap penetrating upfield style of defense. They like to play
Speaker 1: on the offensive side, that outside zone scheme, that stretch
Speaker 1: zone scheme that gets the running backs out on the edge.
Speaker 1: Last year they had the second ranked rushing offense, and
Speaker 1: they returned three of the five top snap takers and
Speaker 1: replaced one future Hall of Famer in my opinion, and
Speaker 1: Joe Staley with another guy who probably goes to Canton
Speaker 1: and Trent Williams, and that front pairs with a list
Speaker 1: of speedy and shift backs that are and arguably the
Speaker 1: best tight end in the NFL. And and for me,
Speaker 1: he is the best tight in the NFL because he
Speaker 1: can I think I tweeted out earlier this summer that
Speaker 1: George Kittle is perhaps the most influential player in the
Speaker 1: league because the way he can shift the offensive formation
Speaker 1: or the way the offense wants to approach things with
Speaker 1: being a dynamic passing threat or being a guy who
Speaker 1: can line up in line and wipe out the edge
Speaker 1: in the running game and keep your your personnel versatile
Speaker 1: because he can play tight end in line, he can
Speaker 1: flex out and move that f tight end position. He
Speaker 1: can play in the backfields and h back or a fullback.
Speaker 1: He just does so much for your offense and both
Speaker 1: phases of offense. He is very difficult to defend that way,
Speaker 1: and that just pairs well with an offensive line that
Speaker 1: can really get out there and bully teams up front.
Speaker 1: On the other side of the football, it's the same again,
Speaker 1: despite the fact that they're gonna be down Nick bosad Ford,
Speaker 1: Zeke Ansaw, but Rik Eric Armstead is out there and
Speaker 1: he leaves the defense with eighteen quarterback pressures this year,
Speaker 1: has one and a half sacks on the season, and
Speaker 1: Dolphins veteran offensive lineman Jesse Davis talked about him, saying
Speaker 1: he's got long movement's long arms, looks like a strong player,
Speaker 1: something he has seen before, but he's never gone against
Speaker 1: this guy. He just had. Their whole front looks pretty solid.
Speaker 1: And on that topic, the matchup highlights again we talked
Speaker 1: about the outside running. Tackling on the edge is the
Speaker 1: first one I put on here because the forty Niners not.
Speaker 1: They don't just have running backs and get on the
Speaker 1: edge a tight end who can block and seal the edge.
Speaker 1: They went after two receivers these past two drafts of
Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk, two guys that are very,
Speaker 1: very good with the football in their hands running after
Speaker 1: the catch. We all saw Brandon i yuke touchdown run
Speaker 1: on Sunday night against the Eagles where he went high
Speaker 1: over a defender and made a bunch of people miss
Speaker 1: on en route to a touchdown scoring play. Both are
Speaker 1: explosive and they will find ways to get the ball
Speaker 1: in their hands, whether it's on jet sweep rushing attempts, handoffs, reverses,
Speaker 1: ends around screen passes, slip screens, bubble screens. They're gonna
Speaker 1: find a way to get the ball out in the
Speaker 1: edge and test the way you tackle on the outside.
Speaker 1: And it's again not just the way the receivers or
Speaker 1: backs to it. It's the whole picture put together. No
Speaker 1: team last year was better than running the football on
Speaker 1: the edges. They had sixty runs off either end, left
Speaker 1: or right for three hundred and sixty three yards, three
Speaker 1: touchdowns and seventeen first downs on those particular runs. And
Speaker 1: they also picked up two hundred and fifty five yards
Speaker 1: after contact on such runs. So it's important to get
Speaker 1: that tackling on the outside done. And all those stats
Speaker 1: were tops for San Francisco among potential gaps, whether it
Speaker 1: was ends, tackles, guards over the center, outside runs where
Speaker 1: they're most effective through the course of last season, and
Speaker 1: the same as true this year as well. And the
Speaker 1: Dolphins perimeter cornerbacks are equipped to handle that challenge. Xaviing Howard,
Speaker 1: Byron Jones and Noah Iguanogeny are strong, sure tacklers. They
Speaker 1: have a combined twenty two tackles compared to just four
Speaker 1: missed attempts on the season that per Pro Football Focus.
Speaker 1: So that matchup really bears watching. Who can get the
Speaker 1: wrestling match on the outside one, so to speak, the
Speaker 1: Dolphins defensive backs or the forty nine ball carriers on
Speaker 1: the outside. The other matchup to watch here for me
Speaker 1: was Dolphins pass rush versus the forty nine front, and
Speaker 1: that's mostly because we just don't know who the quarterback
Speaker 1: is going to be. But no matter who it is,
Speaker 1: that's always a good rest topee, heat up the quarterback
Speaker 1: with pressure. Garoppolo with a limited participation on Wednesday's practice
Speaker 1: with the ankle injury. Obviously you want to test that
Speaker 1: ankle and see if he can move off of his spot. Accordingly,
Speaker 1: Nick Bollins on Sunday night had a passer rating of
Speaker 1: forty one point five when there was pressure against the Eagles,
Speaker 1: and C. J. Bethard in the same game had a
Speaker 1: passer rating of seventy one point nine with rushers closing in.
Speaker 1: So obviously that's the key to most games in the
Speaker 1: NFL put pressure on the quarterback, but I think it's
Speaker 1: especially true in this game. And you look at the
Speaker 1: edge pressure here from the Miami Dolphins. We saw both
Speaker 1: Shack Lawson and Emmanuel Ogba gets sacks of Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: on Sunday and the forty Niners have surrendered thirteen sacks
Speaker 1: so far through four games. That's sixth most in the NFL.
Speaker 1: And Trent Williams is at left tackle this year. He
Speaker 1: started all four games at left tackle despite missing all
Speaker 1: of last season, but he's played well been credited with
Speaker 1: only six pressures allowed so far for through Pro Football Focus,
Speaker 1: whereas Mike McGlinchey, the former Notre Dame product on the
Speaker 1: right side, we'll see more of Emmanuel Ogba. He has
Speaker 1: ten pressures allowed so far through the first four games.
Speaker 1: And the last point here is Commune came in that motion.
Speaker 1: We talked about it throughout the course of the week,
Speaker 1: throughout the course of this podcast that no team utilizes
Speaker 1: motion more than the San Francisco for pre snap shifting
Speaker 1: or motion on seventy five point seven percent of their snaps,
Speaker 1: almost a full yard per play better when they do
Speaker 1: motion compared to when they don't motion. And the ability
Speaker 1: to create leverage in the running game and passing lanes
Speaker 1: with that window dressing. You heard Flores talk about it,
Speaker 1: you're gonna get back to maybe a standard formation, and
Speaker 1: he was hesitant to use that term standard, but at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, they're gonna find ways to
Speaker 1: dress things up and keep it, keep the look fresh,
Speaker 1: and keep it innovative and keep you off balance up
Speaker 1: until you can make adjustments in the game, so that
Speaker 1: chess match between Flores and Kyle Shanahan and be fun
Speaker 1: to watch. And they have the two capable receivers and
Speaker 1: that jet motion with the heavy use of two back sets,
Speaker 1: it just gives the defense so much to look at.
Speaker 1: Do you key the pulling guard, do you keep the
Speaker 1: pulling fullback, do you keep the tight end coming across
Speaker 1: the formation trying to get that kickout block off the edge.
Speaker 1: We talked to Jerome Baker about how you handled out
Speaker 1: on the podcast yesterday, and to reiterate what he said,
Speaker 1: it just depends on where you're at in the call.
Speaker 1: It's trusting your defense. It might be your job to
Speaker 1: leverage the motion. The motion might not affect you at all.
Speaker 1: Just understanding what your role is and then throughout the
Speaker 1: week you really want to go through film and make
Speaker 1: the calls and adjustments and just get used to constantly
Speaker 1: seeing it. So on Sundays it's a lot easier. And
Speaker 1: Eric Row also talked about it, saying that we just
Speaker 1: all have to be on the same page on motion
Speaker 1: shift kind of whatever they do. So when I talk
Speaker 1: about breakdowns and communication, if the offense they did some
Speaker 1: sort of motion and then whatever call that we have
Speaker 1: to get out, we have to get it out clean, faster,
Speaker 1: and crisp so we can execute our plays. Some of
Speaker 1: the forty Niner scheme. On offense, we keep talking about
Speaker 1: this two back sets. No team in the NFL uses
Speaker 1: more twenty one personnel, two running backs, one tight end,
Speaker 1: two receivers than Shanahan's forty nine. The offense also uses
Speaker 1: twenty two and twenty three personnel and those three different
Speaker 1: two back packages. They have one hundred and twenty two
Speaker 1: snaps out of those packages out of two hundred and
Speaker 1: sixty three offensive snaps, so forty six point four percent
Speaker 1: of the time the Niners are in two back sets.
Speaker 1: And that's because no full back in the NFL has
Speaker 1: blogged more snaps this year than Kyle use checks one
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty five snaps on offense, and again back
Speaker 1: to the injuries on both side of the ball, no
Speaker 1: forty nine receiver has played more snaps than Kendrick Bourne's
Speaker 1: seventy nine point one percent workload, and All Pro George
Speaker 1: Kittle has been limited to just forty eight point seven
Speaker 1: percent of the offensive snaps due to his injury. But
Speaker 1: again he was back out there on Sunday Night against
Speaker 1: the Eagles, and emphatic fashion, fifteen targets caught every single
Speaker 1: one of them for one hundred and eighty three yards
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. And last year nineteen, he was pfs
Speaker 1: number one ranked receiving tight end and the number five
Speaker 1: ranked run blocking tight end in all of the National
Speaker 1: Football League. And frankly, I think that last number could
Speaker 1: be higher up to number one because this guy, again,
Speaker 1: to me, is the best tight end in the National
Speaker 1: Football League. And the Niners also ranked eleventh in total
Speaker 1: offense as well as scoring offense three hundred ninety yards
Speaker 1: per game twenty six point eight points per game. Their
Speaker 1: third in both total and scoring defense as well two
Speaker 1: hundred ninety four yards against them per game and seventeen
Speaker 1: point eight points allowed by the Niners defense. They have
Speaker 1: the twelfth ranked passing offense and the eleventh ranked rushing offense.
Speaker 1: The defense is allowing just one hundred and fifty nine
Speaker 1: point three yards per game through the air, that second
Speaker 1: best in the National Football League, while the rush defense
Speaker 1: is fifteen at one ten point eight yards per game allowed.
Speaker 1: They dial up extra rushers at the ninth highest rate
Speaker 1: in the NFL, so they will blitch you thirty five
Speaker 1: point two percent blitz rate. That's one point eight percent
Speaker 1: higher than your Miami Dolphins, who are the tenth most
Speaker 1: frequent blitzing team in the National Football League. And the
Speaker 1: result is the Niners have the third highest pressure rate
Speaker 1: at thirty point three percent, but they ranked eighteenth in
Speaker 1: the league with sat in sacks with eight So again
Speaker 1: kind of this philosophy about putting pressure on the quarterback,
Speaker 1: infecting the passing game more so than just trying to
Speaker 1: rack up the sack total, which they were very high
Speaker 1: in that category as well last year. So this Niners
Speaker 1: defense can get pressure on your quarterback. And only four
Speaker 1: teams called more four defensive backpackages than the San Francisco
Speaker 1: forty Niners. They run that thirty six point three percent
Speaker 1: of the time, but the rest of the calls come
Speaker 1: primarily from Nickel, where the Niners play their most frequent
Speaker 1: defense at sixty two point nine percent, that's seventeenth most
Speaker 1: in the NFL. So they run a lot of four
Speaker 1: dB packages, which means you will have a true front
Speaker 1: seven four defensive back, seven guys up front. That's you know,
Speaker 1: thirty six point three percents. Not your base package. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Nickel is at sixty two point nine percent, but they
Speaker 1: do run that four defensive backpackage more than most teams,
Speaker 1: more than all but twenty eight teams, to be truthful.
Speaker 1: Some final notes here. The Niners have that rash of injuries,
Speaker 1: but two and two record with a pair of runaway
Speaker 1: victories just a testament to Shanahan's next man up mentality. There.
Speaker 1: They will be without Nick Bosa, last year's rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year, and also potentially without Raheem Moster will see
Speaker 1: about him this week in practice. He was limited on
Speaker 1: Wednesday's practice. He was a leading rusher for them last season.
Speaker 1: And the two sides are very comparable and the turnover
Speaker 1: takeaway department both have five takeaways that's tied for fourteenth
Speaker 1: best in the NFL. The Dolphins have five giveaways to
Speaker 1: the Niners four giveaways, both ranking the top half of
Speaker 1: the league, and that stat and the comparison is similar.
Speaker 1: On third down, the dolphins forty six point nine percent
Speaker 1: conversion rate ranks ninth, while San Francisco's forty six point
Speaker 1: eight conversion rate on third down ranks tent So both
Speaker 1: these teams do a good job sustaining drives on third
Speaker 1: down and moving the chains that way. Davante Parker's next
Speaker 1: one hundred yard game will be the tenth of his career.
Speaker 1: He would become the eighth receiver in Dolphins history with
Speaker 1: double digit one hundred yard days. He's also coming off
Speaker 1: a career high in receptions with ten in three lost
Speaker 1: to the Seattle Seahawks, and the Dolphins lead the all
Speaker 1: time series seven to five over San Francisco. And the
Speaker 1: loan playoff meeting was that Super Bowl Dan Marino, Joe
Speaker 1: Montana and the Niners, of course took that game. We
Speaker 1: won't talk anymore about that. This is the Dolphins first
Speaker 1: trip to Levi Stadium, which opened back in all six
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins trips of San Francisco previously. We're played
Speaker 1: at Candlestick Park, and we'll talk to Randy McMichael on
Speaker 1: tomorrow's podcast, who is not a fan. He was not
Speaker 1: a fan of Candlestick Park. The Dolphins were three and
Speaker 1: three at Candlestick and their history. We're gonna have this
Speaker 1: game recapped and coverage for you guys late on Sunday night.
Speaker 1: Not sure exactly what ti that will be. I had
Speaker 1: the routine down for the one o'clock games, but being
Speaker 1: a four oh five game, I'll get that out as
Speaker 1: soon as I possibly can up on Miami Dolphins dot com,
Speaker 1: as well as the Drivetime podcast here with yours truly
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield. Speaking of Drivetime Podcast, where you're supported here
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Speaker 1: for cash. Now visit auto nation dot com. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and wrap up this podcast with player media availability,
Speaker 1: starting first with Dolphins rookie offensive lineman Robert Hunt, and
Speaker 1: first he answers a question about the bond between he
Speaker 1: and the other rookies in this class, Austin Jackson Solomon Kinley,
Speaker 1: and how they've kind of communicated and kept their relationship
Speaker 1: going so far in this first season their rookie year
Speaker 1: in the NFL. UM it's been exciting, man. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm very happy for those guys, you know. And I'm like,
Speaker 1: I'm very happy all the guys. I think the line
Speaker 1: is playing well. We have been playing well, um, you know,
Speaker 1: so I'm excited for all those guys. We do have
Speaker 1: a really close relationship, you know, so we tanks. We
Speaker 1: talked a kind of stuff. You know, we're here together
Speaker 1: all day and you know things like that, but to
Speaker 1: see them play and go out and they secute and
Speaker 1: they playing really was I'm really excited. And every time
Speaker 1: the report number sixty eight is eligible on the offensive line,
Speaker 1: you can't help but think, well, he is eligible to
Speaker 1: go out for a pass pattern if he did go
Speaker 1: out for a pass, how good are Robert Hunt's hands?
Speaker 1: Here it is in his own words, if there was
Speaker 1: a call up the video called player, I think I'll
Speaker 1: do well with it. I think I got really really
Speaker 1: good hands. You know. I used to calm myself for
Speaker 1: a little Randy Moss back in the day. But you know,
Speaker 1: I don't want to. I don't want to put that
Speaker 1: out there and then if I end up getting that
Speaker 1: chance and I drop it in everybody, oh man. So
Speaker 1: I won't say too much about that. Hey, Robert wanted
Speaker 1: to stay on that topic of that heavy package of
Speaker 1: the six offensive lineman there. Um, is that something you've
Speaker 1: done before in the past in college? And if not,
Speaker 1: what can you learn from that package and kind of
Speaker 1: playing that extra on the offensive line that maybe you
Speaker 1: previously didn't know before the season? Um No, this is
Speaker 1: my first time I actually playing a heavy tight end position. Um,
Speaker 1: I mean it's it's pretty much the same as like
Speaker 1: a tackle. You know our gars, It's the same deal, um,
Speaker 1: same schemes. I mean, you know, everything that's pretty much
Speaker 1: ties in together. So it's not it wasn't Harvard was
Speaker 1: gonna learn just like playing a line pretty much. Up next,
Speaker 1: Robert was asked about kind of his story and what
Speaker 1: it means to play in the National Football League for him.
Speaker 1: If you don't know about it, I highly recommend going
Speaker 1: and checking it out wherever you can find. Robert Hunt's
Speaker 1: story is background. Basically, this is a kid that showed
Speaker 1: up to a football camp and didn't really have any
Speaker 1: of their proper equipment and got offered a scholarship there
Speaker 1: and wound up at louisian A la Fagh Yet and
Speaker 1: the rest is kind of history. Is he made haste
Speaker 1: with his professional career. Even more impressive when you consider
Speaker 1: the fact that as a kid, his family lost not
Speaker 1: one but two homes due to natural disasters of fire
Speaker 1: a hurricane involved with that. So Robert Hunt has come
Speaker 1: overcome a lot of adversity in his career. Here's what
Speaker 1: he says it means to him be able to play
Speaker 1: in the National Football League and uh, I mean a
Speaker 1: lot of you. Man may not see my story, may
Speaker 1: have ms A blessing may come from from you. I
Speaker 1: don't take it lightly. Um, this is something that you know,
Speaker 1: kid's dream of coming from come coming from where I
Speaker 1: come from, you know, and to see and to him me.
Speaker 1: For me to be in this position, for them to
Speaker 1: see me, um and give them hope, it does mean
Speaker 1: a lot to me. It means a lot to me.
Speaker 1: Two more here for Robert Hunt. One very much football oriented,
Speaker 1: one not football at all. We'll start with the football
Speaker 1: question about some of the main things that coach Steve
Speaker 1: Marshall along the offensive line drills and his young players
Speaker 1: and the entire offensive line room. Oh, um, you know
Speaker 1: this the basis man, you know, pad level, hands inside
Speaker 1: star like that. But the old line ritual, I would say, Um,
Speaker 1: so we all, I'm pretty much doing the same thing,
Speaker 1: you know, passing and mean hands inside pad level. You know,
Speaker 1: played fast play to school, you know when we tried
Speaker 1: to preach um play style. You know, so you wanted
Speaker 1: to play fast, physical, you know, and straight out to
Speaker 1: play a little bit. Hey, Robert, you talked a little
Speaker 1: bit about where you came from. But I do recall
Speaker 1: when you first got here, you tweeted out about the
Speaker 1: wildlife here in South Florida. I'm curious if you've gotten
Speaker 1: any more acclaimed to seeing the lizards and iguanas out there,
Speaker 1: and have you seen any alligators or anything like that? Um?
Speaker 1: I got them used to, you know, because I was
Speaker 1: in Louisiana for five years and plus then that is
Speaker 1: something burke too it around the area. But um, you know,
Speaker 1: they kind of calmed down with the big old um.
Speaker 1: He going to think, he's like it was kind of cool.
Speaker 1: I haven't seen any. I'm used to the little lizards now.
Speaker 1: I hate little like hey, that's like my biggest spirit,
Speaker 1: the little lizards. I'm really afraid of those. Um but
Speaker 1: I'm kind of used to not see him. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't really run from others look at them. But
Speaker 1: I did see for the first time, maybe like a
Speaker 1: month or two, maybe a month and a half, I
Speaker 1: saw a huge going on, the biggest one I've seen yet.
Speaker 1: You know. I was in the car, so I wasn't afraid,
Speaker 1: but it was huge. So we've now got both Robert
Speaker 1: Hunt and Solomon Kindley on record talking about how they're
Speaker 1: afraid of these little lizards. It's I mean, I find
Speaker 1: it hilarious because every time you walk by like a
Speaker 1: bush or a shrub down here, you'll see lizards hanging
Speaker 1: out on the sidewalk or on the curb, and they
Speaker 1: see you coming and they sprint back into the bushes.
Speaker 1: I always like, I always really enjoyed that aspect of
Speaker 1: seeing the lizards out here in South Florida. But let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and get back to football here and here
Speaker 1: from Julian Davenport, who first was asked to evaluate the
Speaker 1: player we just talked to and Robert Hunt. Uh, he's
Speaker 1: definitely progressed a lot. You know. Uh, I've taken you know,
Speaker 1: we all have as offensive line, you know, uh, holding
Speaker 1: each other accountable and making sure everybody is maximizing their
Speaker 1: efforts to improve their game. You know. So I've always
Speaker 1: been talking to Rob and all the young guys, Austin Solomon,
Speaker 1: we all have, you know, making sure you know, they
Speaker 1: do the little things to make sure the technique is
Speaker 1: as good as it can be, and you know their
Speaker 1: game is as good as can be. But you know,
Speaker 1: he's been on a steady progress going up and up,
Speaker 1: and I like the way he's next. Here's Julian on
Speaker 1: his own progress from where he was this time a
Speaker 1: year ago compared to where he is now in week five. Uh,
Speaker 1: definitely a lot better. I feel a lot more confident
Speaker 1: and you know my technique, uh my sets my pad low,
Speaker 1: you know, as a big emphasis for me. Uh. I
Speaker 1: worked real hard on you know, the things like that
Speaker 1: in the off season, and you know, I'm know I'm
Speaker 1: still not perfect. So I'm just still working and continue
Speaker 1: to improve on all those little aspects. And then something
Speaker 1: and a year ago, Matt Brita was on the San
Speaker 1: Francisco forty Niners. Here's the Dolphins running back on playing
Speaker 1: his former team on Sunday. Uh, it's cool going back,
Speaker 1: you know, playing against my former team. I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: treat a gain different though, still like another week. I'm talking.
Speaker 1: I talked to them guys almost every week a weekly
Speaker 1: basis because we still close. But now not about the game,
Speaker 1: not like that. Like I said, I'm thinking he's gonna
Speaker 1: treat any different. It's still a normal week. So that's
Speaker 1: the relationship with the former forty players. He has talking
Speaker 1: about texting with those guys every week, and in the past,
Speaker 1: Matt Brita has mentioned the commonality between this Dolphins locker
Speaker 1: room in early years there in San Francisco with a
Speaker 1: competitive mindset. I wanted to ask Matt about an update
Speaker 1: on that status with the Dolphins locker room and how
Speaker 1: it comparison what he knew in San Francisco. Definitely, I
Speaker 1: would say very similar in the fact that you know,
Speaker 1: guys whould love to compete. Um, the same thing goes
Speaker 1: back as far as talking about how close the team is.
Speaker 1: We don't got like Eagles on this team. Um, it's
Speaker 1: my of be able going in, like I said, going
Speaker 1: going into my rookie or my second and we have
Speaker 1: a lot of young guys that are playing right now,
Speaker 1: and you know, it's a process. I understand everyone wants
Speaker 1: us to be winning right now, and we're right there.
Speaker 1: We've been in every single game that we played in
Speaker 1: the factors that we're winning three So we've gotta learn
Speaker 1: how to finish as a team. And you know, I
Speaker 1: think we're on the right track and we're very close
Speaker 1: to putting together pret soon. And on the topic of
Speaker 1: familiarity with past teams, Dolphins linebacker Commu grug Hill played
Speaker 1: his college ball at the same place as quarterback Jimmy
Speaker 1: Garoppolo here he is talking about that conversation relationship today, No,
Speaker 1: a bunch of h We got a little group chat
Speaker 1: back home or back with our boys, kind of messing
Speaker 1: with each other. So we'll see, hopefully play'll be fun.
Speaker 1: Back to a football topic here, Comma was asked to
Speaker 1: evaluate the improvements he's seen in the running game the
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks and his evaluation of how the
Speaker 1: team is defending the run. Here's the Dolphins linebacker on
Speaker 1: run defense. I think we, uh, we're just feeling more
Speaker 1: comfortable with um, with you know, just a scheme and
Speaker 1: the game plan and uh and just we other. More importantly,
Speaker 1: we're we're learning how to play off each other and
Speaker 1: you know, the line linebackers are playing more in sync. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, there's always room to get better, so we're
Speaker 1: trying to do that. But I definitely think every week
Speaker 1: we're progressing. And so we covered run defense. How about
Speaker 1: commus work in the passing game and how he prides
Speaker 1: himself as a coverage linebacker. UM, I think for me,
Speaker 1: I just really uh, that's a part of the game
Speaker 1: that I really pride myself on, and you know, especially
Speaker 1: my role right now it's kind of you know, the
Speaker 1: coverage guy and and you know coverage down so um
Speaker 1: for me, it's just trying to be out there and
Speaker 1: and whoever I'm on, would it be a tight end
Speaker 1: or back or just its own coverage that um, I
Speaker 1: dominate that phase. This Niners offense you're gonna see on
Speaker 1: Sunday is uses more motion priests now than any offense
Speaker 1: in the NFL. I'm curious how as a linebacker you
Speaker 1: kind of evaluate what you see and you react to
Speaker 1: it in real time and not take the cheese as
Speaker 1: it were. I think for us it's it's just kind
Speaker 1: of just making the game a little simple. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm knowing that whatever emotion too is like see what
Speaker 1: the actual in formation is? After that, you know, they're
Speaker 1: just the lining up and one and getting to another formation.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, the snap is
Speaker 1: gonna be similar formations, and you know, just kind of
Speaker 1: the game down a little bit. And so there you
Speaker 1: have it. The Thursday media availability, we will not have
Speaker 1: it on the podcast tomorrow because we're gonna talk to
Speaker 1: Randy McMichael as well as Seth and Juice from the
Speaker 1: Fish Tank podcast. Flashing this thing back to two thousand four,
Speaker 1: the win over the Niners in O four, as well
Speaker 1: as some of the other events around that season. The
Speaker 1: Dave wants to resigning, Ricky Williams retiring, the A. J.
Speaker 1: Feeley trade, the Lamar Gordon trade, plenty of good stuff
Speaker 1: coming up with Randy McMichael. You will not want to
Speaker 1: miss that podcast tomorrow. We've got Canes and Clemson coming
Speaker 1: up over the weekend. I know it's a big game
Speaker 1: here for the folks in South Florida. Trying to get
Speaker 1: my Miami Hurricanes allegiance going a little bit stronger. It's
Speaker 1: just it's not naturally taking. But I will say this,
Speaker 1: I think you might be in for a long night
Speaker 1: on Saturday night, Hurricanes fans. But I'll be rooting for
Speaker 1: you guys. Go Hurricanes on Saturday Night. And you know,
Speaker 1: one more thing I wanted to bring up here because
Speaker 1: I watched a bunch of the office on Wednesday night
Speaker 1: because there wasn't any sports on. There was some baseball games,
Speaker 1: but the Rays and Yankees game wasn't close, and I
Speaker 1: wanted to make a comment. Does anybody else do this?
Speaker 1: Do you fast forward through Jim and Pam scenes after
Speaker 1: they get together because I can't even watch it. Man,
Speaker 1: it makes me queasy. That's that's hard to watch, Like,
Speaker 1: I don't know, I can't do. I wanted to put
Speaker 1: that down. I also wanted to say that Ed Helms
Speaker 1: is super underrated. He's the perfect simp and every movie
Speaker 1: or show I've ever seen. Also, I'm contemplating watching Parks
Speaker 1: and Rex because I've as much as I talked about
Speaker 1: The Office, I you know, that's not my favorite show card,
Speaker 1: not even my top ten. I'm more of a South Park,
Speaker 1: Silicon Valley, it's always sunny in Philadelphia type of guy.
Speaker 1: Those are my shows. But I'm curious about starting Parks
Speaker 1: and Wreck because The Office is kind of I've been
Speaker 1: through a few times now. It's a good like fall
Speaker 1: asleep to that show type of show is Parks and
Speaker 1: Wreck in that vein. I watched some of the clips
Speaker 1: on YouTube or Twitter or social media whatever it was
Speaker 1: with Chris Pratt, and I find myself laughing most of
Speaker 1: the time. But I'm just curious. Let me know if
Speaker 1: Parks and Wreck is better than The Office, if it's
Speaker 1: equal where it falls in that category, if it's good
Speaker 1: to fall asleep to Parks and recognite you let me
Speaker 1: know anyway we've gotten off topic on this podcast. As
Speaker 1: for this podcast, that is going to be my time
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