WEBVTT - Welcome to Miami Trent Sherfield 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us byres touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:19.639 What is up, Dolphins? And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:23.759 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:27.680 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:30.760 Travis Wingfield, And on today show, we have more free 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:34.519 agency to get to my guest today, receiver Trent Shirtfield. 0:00:34.520 --> 0:00:36.920 We're gonna break down his game and talk to Trent 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:39.640 about his decision to join the Miami Dolphins, talk some 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:41.840 ball with him, and a heck of a lot more 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:45.199 here from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:53.000 Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcasts. We've been talking 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:56.639 about speed on this podcast really every episode you've heard 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:00.640 so far. Here in the free agency edition of Drivetime two. 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:03.120 And they got some more by way of Trent Sherfield, 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.440 the receiver formerly of the San Francisco forty Niners and 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:09.600 the Arizona Cardinals. So this guy was undrafted, Trent Scherfield 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:12.960 out of Vanderbilt, and he had a great protey that 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:15.600 caught the attention of NFL scouts when he clocked a 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:17.800 four or four or five forty yard dash and left 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:20.600 a hundred inches on the broad jump and put up 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:23.320 nineteen reps on the bench press of two hundred and 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:25.760 twenty five pounds. That strength will come into play here. 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:28.480 In just one second, his workout produced an eight point 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:32.360 eight nine relative athletics scorecard that finishes in the eighty 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:36.720 seven percentile among pre draft wide receiver workouts since my 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.800 birth year nine seven. How about the stats going from 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:41.840 U d f A to a career four years in 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.240 and counting. Sherfield entered the league with the Arizona Cardinals 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.320 before that one year stint with the forty Niners. In total, 0:01:48.360 --> 0:01:51.160 he's played nine hundred and seventy five snaps on offense 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.760 sixty one games and five starts, with thirty seven catches, 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:57.880 four hundred twenty seven yards and a pair of touchdowns. 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.400 He also pairs that speed with a real knack for 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:03.200 pulling down contested catches. There's a great highlight clip of 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.160 him in a game a couple of years back going 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.320 up up the ladder and pulling a football down. Nineteen 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:12.040 career contested catch opportunities. Pro Football focus has him with 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:15.240 nine catches on those nineteen. That's an impressive forty seven 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:18.640 point four percent catch rate on contested balls. How about 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:21.359 the way he earned the trust of his coaches and 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:24.360 his quarterback with the forty nine his last year in 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.720 San Francisco. One of those touchdowns we talked about came 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.040 on opening day for the Liners last year against the 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:34.160 Detroit Lions, a product of a very well well earned opportunity. 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.240 I should say his production and work habits really turned 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.799 some head for the Niners in training camp that year, 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.720 as he continued to show up early and stay late 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.840 and just put in the work that was required of 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:46.760 him to make the roster and have an impact on 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.080 that roster. Now you know, the forty nine Ers drafted 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.320 Brandon I you the year prior to that, a big 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.400 playmaker from Arizona State who came in and has had 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.840 a good career for the Niners so far. Obviously, a 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.080 first round pick is supposed to be pencilan to get 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.360 the work ahead of a guy who is an drafted 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.320 free agent. But Surefield kept finding himself on the field 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.160 and practice last summer. And here's what Mike McDaniel had 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.560 to say about that. An article. I found Shurefield hasn't 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.639 an outstanding job and he deserves to have the opportunities 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:13.720 that he has. Kyle Shanahan agree with that. He said, 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:15.959 We've been practicing for the last month, and Shurefield is 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:17.519 a guy that has been there every day, and I 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.680 think the quarterback has a lot of confidence in him. Well, 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.440 how about Jimmy Garoppolo confirming that for us. Quote, he's 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:24.760 been out there sharp every day. He's on his stuff, 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.560 Garoppolo said, And as a quarterback, that's the main thing 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:29.440 you could ask for from a receiver. You've got to 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.440 be on his stuff and in the spot you expect 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:33.919 him to be in end quote. And that's just kind 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:36.760 of a microcosm of the player that Trent Shutfield does. 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:39.560 The dirty work that he does and downfield blocking. We 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:41.840 mentioned the bench press reps and his strength earlier, and 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.960 the special team's element, two very critical elements of the 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.800 sport that rarely absorbed the spotlight. But for Surefield, he's 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:51.720 found that spotlight in those two facets throughout his four 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:55.520 year career. Pro Football Focus assigned Surefield run blocking grades 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.640 of eighty point one, seventy one point one, and eighty 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.560 one point oh the last three seasons. If you look 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.480 at their grade metrics, everything above seventy is above league 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.080 average and above eighty is in the very very good 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.920 variety in terms of how they grade out there and 0:04:09.960 --> 0:04:13.240 on special teams. Shuffield has seven forty one snaps over 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:16.479 four years and has produced twenty eight tackles. He finished 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:20.080 inside the top fifty and special teams tackles each of 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.719 the last three seasons. And I also mentioned being in 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:26.479 early out late. That's how undrafted free agents make the roster, right. 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:29.279 They have to accumulate good impressions on a daily basis 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.200 and get the hard work in there and show the 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.719 coaches they can rely and depend upon them. And that's 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:37.040 just what he did. Shannah had said, Shuffield has such 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.480 a good reputation for how he plays on special teams, 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.240 and then within that same story, a quote from the 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.760 Niners special team coordinator Richard high Tower quote And really, 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.080 what's crazy about that is you always respect the player 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:50.960 from afar, But he's a guy that's in here at 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:53.720 five thirty every morning, that's in the steam room, that's 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:55.919 taking care of his body. He's an the sauna, he 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:59.119 does extra he's a pros pro. He's bringing guys along. 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:01.400 There was no secret it now being around the guy, 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.960 he fits right into our culture and we're really happy 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.440 to have him there. So, Trent Sherfield, your newest Miami 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.280 Dolphins free agent, Why don't we go ahead and here 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:11.279 from Trent here on the Drivetime Podcast with Travis Wingfield, 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:16.200 brought to you by Automnation. What's Up, Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here, 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.680 the host of the Drivetime Podcast on the Miami Dolphins 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:20.920 podcast network, and I'm thrilled to be joined today by 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:23.440 Trent Sherfield, new Dolphins receiver. What's up, Trent? What's going on? 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:25.320 How we're doing? We're doing good man. How are you feeling? 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:27.040 How's it feel to be here and be a Miami Dolphins. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:29.559 I'm excited. I'm really blessed. Um, you know, I really 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:32.720 just uh, first just get credit to God. I'm really so, 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.479 really so blessed. He just had this opportunity, um to 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.799 be here with you know, obviously Mike McDaniel, UM, obviously 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.479 West Walker, and I'm just ready. This is just putting 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:44.200 my best feel forward and um, you know, just make 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:47.000 make my mark in his lead. So you mentioned McDaniel 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:49.480 and Welker and John Embrey here as well. I want 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:50.680 to I want to talk about that here in just 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:52.479 one second. But is that kind of what attracted you 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:54.839 here to the Miami Dolphins. Yeah, I would say so. Um, 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:57.000 you know, just coming from you know, coming from sand 0:05:57.000 --> 0:05:59.920 friend and uh, seeing how Mike you know operated, seeing 0:05:59.920 --> 0:06:03.520 how our West operations and our coach in Bo operated. Um, 0:06:03.560 --> 0:06:07.000 you know, it's just it's just what It's just how 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.040 I play, It's just how I work. Um, It's it's 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.000 everything that I stand for in life. How has he 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.719 helped you become a better football player? He's pushing me, 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.440 He's uh, last year he pushed me, and he he 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:19.520 made me very very uncomfortable. Um, but with things that 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:21.680 I didn't you know, just learning different things as far 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.400 as releases and um, you know, yards after the catch. 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:27.520 That's that's one of the biggest things that um, he emphasized. 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:30.320 And uh, you know, just being a not being that 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.760 primadonna wide receiver, being being a guy who's willing to 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.320 go into block, do dirty work and also you know, 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.880 make the tough grabs and you know, change the game. 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:41.599 And um, you know he's he really he's really opened 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:44.160 my eyes. You know to to to what it takes 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.279 to really be um, you know, a really really good 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:48.880 receiver in his league. We don't want the ball out 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:50.280 bound zoo. We we we we we go for the ends. 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:53.279 One we're going, We're going, we're trying to go score. 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:56.279 So with coach McDaniel here now and you're back with 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.240 him after being with him last year in San Francisco, 0:06:58.279 --> 0:06:59.640 what what was it about him that kind of made 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:02.000 you want to reunite with coach McDaniel. Man, I would 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:04.560 saying McDaniel, he's a he's a he's a genius. Like 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:06.839 he's he's literally a mastermind. Um, you know when it 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.039 comes to the run game, um, when he comes to 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.560 the past game, whatever it is, he's he's a genius. 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:14.280 And I remember talking to Mike before I before I 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:16.880 actually got to San Friend. You know, he just you know, 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:18.680 we were talking on the phone and he just talked 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:20.840 about how he you know, went through my tape and 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:23.760 everything like that, and it just was crazy how he 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:24.960 was just talking about how, you know, how I can 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.120 attack edges and just the way he was talking about 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:29.480 the game, and you know, being able to sit in 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.360 meetings in San friand and just you know, uh, watch 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.400 how he goes through the run installed and you know, 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.160 all those different things, and just how he's able to 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.080 pick apart that the game and put guys in position 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.040 to make plays. And you know that's that That to 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:46.080 me was a no brainer. Um, you know, and the 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.480 whole staff, you know, shouting hand all those I give 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.080 kudos to all those guys over there. But um, you 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:55.000 know Mike Daniel, you know Mike, Mike was he He's 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.160 like I said, he said, he's a genius. He's a genius. 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:58.960 You mentioned the video on the tape he showed you. 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:00.880 I heard a cool number that he had like eight 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:03.360 hundred ninety thousand cut ups that he had prepared over 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:05.560 the course of his career for examples of how to 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:07.320 do certain things. Do you have a story you can 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:08.720 tell us about a time that he had a certain 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.640 cut up or maybe some way that he used the 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:12.600 video to help you get better? Oh ye, pent, I 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:17.320 remember one time West I think I think West was out, Um, 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.400 I think during like O T S or something like that, 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.720 and Mike came in and uh kind of took over 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:25.360 the wide receiver meeting and I mean we just literally 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:28.640 sat there just you know, talking about releases, talking about 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.119 you know, snapping down at the top of the route 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.040 and everything like that, and like I said, it just 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.920 it opened my eyes. You know, I've I've I've been 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.640 fortunate and blessed enough to have um, some really great 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:41.120 coaches and you know coach Jerry Sullivan who's a long 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:44.800 time great coach, UM in Arizona and um, you know, 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.480 talking about footworking all those type of things, but you know, 0:08:47.559 --> 0:08:51.280 being with Mike and being with West like it's it's 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.200 about foot working those type of things, but it's also 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.600 just about just being that dog, just being you know, 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.720 catching the ball and just having that mentality you know, 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.280 um and just and competing on a day in the 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.199 day out basis. That sounds good. We're looking forward to 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.120 seeing now on the football field. So it's not just 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:07.280 your coaches. You have a kind of reunion here with 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:09.640 two thirds of the three amigos. I read a story 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.559 about you Traton kirk over and in in Arizona or 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:16.680 yeah no, sorry, Chase Chasing and but so how excited 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.480 you be back with here with Chase Advants here in Miami. Man, 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:20.760 I'm so excited. I actually just got off the phone 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.040 with him a couple of hours ago and we was 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.480 just talking and UM, we're just talking about just how 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:28.400 you know, God just brought it all full circle. And 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.680 you know, me, me, Chasing Kirk, we came in together, 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:34.920 um in eighteen UM as rookies, Uh, not having any 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.200 idea what to do. Um. The only thing we knew 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:38.880 how to do was just worked, and we worked. We 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.360 worked hard, and UM, I wanted to say congratulations to Kurt, 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.640 you know, on his new deal, because there's like a 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.480 lot of people don't a lot of people don't see 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:52.120 the the talks and the lonely nights and everything that 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:53.839 you know that guys had to put in to get 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.360 to that get to that point. And me and Kirk 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.480 and Chase, we've had those talks where it's like, man, like, 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.280 we gotta keep believing, got to keep working and you know, 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.360 all the ups and downs and everything like that. And 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.520 so so proud of my brother's UM obviously so excited 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.200 to be back with Chase UM. And I just think, 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.360 you know, it's just it's just come back full circle. 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:12.760 I'm just ready to get out there and bar with 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:14.320 my brother. It was fun to me in the state. 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:18.680 He's quite a care you talk about the way you're working, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.840 I mean, undrafted free agents. That's that's how you have 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:22.480 to make a name for yourself. And that's right. You 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:24.880 gotta work your way really up the ladder. So what 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:26.600 do you think is about your makeup that allows you 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:28.400 to defy those odds and become a guy that went 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.680 from U d F A tow now in your fifth season. Yeah, 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:33.600 I mean I would honestly say, um, and I really 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.360 say this whole hardly. Um, Like without God, I wouldn't 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:38.960 be here. Um. Um, that's that's who. That's who I 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:40.760 put my faith in. That's why I put my trust in. 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:44.560 And um, you know, just just just being able to 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:48.920 to work. Um, it's it's it's it gets hard at times, 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.439 you know, having to you know, continue to scratch and 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.640 claw for every single thing that you that you earned. 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.200 But at the end of the day, I know where, 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:58.000 I know where I can be, and I know where 0:10:58.000 --> 0:10:59.839 I want to be. Um, there's goals that I want 0:10:59.880 --> 0:11:01.600 to meet. Um. You know, I want to take care 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:03.839 of my family obviously, you know, you know, build a 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.040 legacy for my family and all those different things, and 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:09.040 so um that's that's that requires work and I know 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.680 that and Um. You know, I remember a story of 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:15.840 my my stepdad before I went to UH, before I 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.040 was going to college. You know, he kind of told me, like, 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.080 you're not working hard enough. And I remember my mom 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:22.959 telling me, you know, I can't I can't afford for 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.080 you to go to school. And so that woke something 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.280 up in me. And ever since then, I've just been 0:11:27.320 --> 0:11:29.200 working and just trying to just grow, you know, and 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:32.160 just get one percent better, um, every single day, and 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:35.040 so it doesn't really matter, you know, not not competing 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:38.480 with anybody else. I just compete with myself, UM, and 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:40.640 just every every single day, just try to get to 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:42.319 get trying to get better, and just try to achieve 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.240 those goals that I want to achieve. And I read 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.440 a story and it seems like you're you're working. The 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.440 way you do things has kind of copied attention of 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:49.959 your coaches and your teammates. And I read the story 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.360 about how last year in training camp, Kyle Shannon, had 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:55.240 Mike McDaniel, Jimmy Garoppolo were talking about how reliable you were, 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:56.640 how they can always trust that you were gonna be 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.160 in the right spot when needed to be there. Why 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:00.720 is it so important to be a guy that earns 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:02.960 that trust in the offense, that they can count on 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:04.679 you in that way. Oh, I think that's I think 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.640 that's very vital. Um, you know, being a guy that 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.200 you know, the quarterback can trust and because you gotta 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.719 you got you gotta remember there's you got monsters running that, 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.120 you got monsters running that you know, the quarterback, and 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.160 you know, there's there's guys that have to do their job. 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:21.000 The lineman has to do his job, the running back 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:22.520 has to do his job, the quarterback has to do 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.160 his job. So to me, it's just you know, just 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.800 simply executed and whatever my job, whatever my job is, 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.040 that's what my job is supposed to be, and I'm 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:32.880 gonna get it done to the best of my ability. 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.080 And so, um, I always take pride in that. I 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:37.360 always take pride and making sure that I know the offense, 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:39.880 you know, in and out, you know, know, every position. 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:43.040 Be a guy that can be you know, just um, 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:45.720 you know, indispensable, you know, because the more you can do, 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:47.400 you know, that's what they always say, right, the more 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.719 you can do, the longer you'll be around. And so 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:51.720 that's one thing that I always try to pride my 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:55.040 cell phone and uh, you know, like you know, uh, 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:57.080 you know, trying to just be that guy that's always 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.160 in that right position just to you know, make that 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.960 play for the team. You know, are just you know, uh, 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.200 just always making sure that I'm that I'm locked in 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.680 and focused and you know, ready to ready to execute. 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:08.080 That must be a theme here. I've heard that the 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:09.200 more you can do with a lot of the guys 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.040 that I sat down and talking. So you guys kind 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.000 of the same same mold. So you mentioned your being 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:15.360 there for your quarterback. Have you had a chance to 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:16.960 kind of see two us game and what stands out 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.120 about his game that you like? Yeah, I've actually been 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:21.640 able to watch Two a lot. Um thing the thing 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:23.640 I like about Two he's a competitor and he's a 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.280 dog and he's a winner, and um that's that's something 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:29.240 that you can easily get behind. Um. I remember watching 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.920 the Saints game. I want to say, yeah, I'm watching 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.319 the Saints game that they played because we had sant 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.480 Fran we had I forget what the scenario was. I 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:40.480 think Miami had to win for us to in order 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:42.080 to you know, get a chance to get to the playoffs. 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.400 And just remember, you know, I remember I remember him 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.120 making a mistake and he came back and I think 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.360 he threw a touchdown, and it's just like you can 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:53.240 see that, you know, he puts things behind him, put 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.560 put puts things behind him really quick, and he just 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:57.280 wants to win. He's just a competitor. And you can 0:13:57.320 --> 0:13:59.040 see that. You know, even at the end, even at 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.880 the Bama days, like you know, you you you you 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:03.960 have no choice but to get behind a guy like that. 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:07.319 Who's a winner? Um, and uh, who's who's somebody who's 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:09.400 at the you know, in his case, he's at the fight, 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.560 you know, for for work he's been at too, you know. So, Um, 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:14.440 that's something that you can easily get behind. We love 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:16.120 to hear that. It was it was a third long ball. 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:18.079 He had like a fort yard pass, exactly what you're 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:19.920 talking about. The stance came back on a Monday, that 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:22.360 football too. So you know you're talking about playing receiver, 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:23.960 but you've also had a lot of success on special 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:26.640 teams in your career. What do you enjoy about the 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:28.640 what what what part of playing in that third phase 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:30.640 of the game do you enjoy the most? I would 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.520 say that to me, Um, I take it as a 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.520 challenge because I feel like a lot of people they 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:39.280 don't really understand how important, um the kicking game is. Um, 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:42.680 it's very very important. It's very vital um to the game. Um. 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:45.920 You can't win games without all three phases. And I've 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:49.320 learned that throughout my career how important it is that Hey, 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.600 if you're if it's if the if the office is 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.560 backed up, and you know, we have to get the 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:56.640 we have to punt the ball and we might not 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.280 get enough hang time because the partner's getting rushed, like 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:01.080 it's on the gun to get down there and go 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:04.520 make a play, and you know, if you don't, then 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.800 it might be a touchdown, you know, or it's it's 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:10.360 a big play. And so any any any any pivotal 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:12.720 moment on the kicking game can change the entire game. 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:15.240 And so um, for me, UM, I just kind of 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:17.280 take it as a challenge. And obviously it's something that 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.080 I've had to do, um, you know, to to keep 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.720 a jersey, you know, and I take prior to that 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:25.200 and that's how you know, I keep the lights on, 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.480 you know, That's how you know, uh, you know, I 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:29.360 keep I keep I keep food in my mouth. And 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:31.520 so for me, I take I take it. I take 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:34.320 it very very personally. UM. You know when I when 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:37.160 I have that, when I have the opportunity to you know, uh, 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:39.080 to go out there on a kicking game on third 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:41.560 phase and obviously you know I want to break through 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:43.960 as a receiver and everything like that. But in due time. 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:45.800 I love that you mentioned that because I used to 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:48.400 watch the NFL Network highlights and Dion standards always say 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.440 we only show punt highlights when it's a big player 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:52.240 of mistakes. So that's kind of how it goes. Back. 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:55.040 Let's go ahead and finish up here. We talked about 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:56.840 of football. We appreciate that the fans are gonna love it. 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:58.680 But you're down here in South Florida. Have you been 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.800 here much in the past, and if if yes or 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:02.760 if no, what's one thing you can't wait to go 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.360 do outside of football and really enjoy the South Florida culture. 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:06.960 I haven't. I haven't been here. I haven't been here 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.560 that much. I've I've come down here with a couple 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.440 of my teammates, UM in college. Um, we came down 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:14.880 here from spring break. But my wife is actually from Orlando, 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.040 and so I've been I've been to Orlando a lot 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.520 of the times. But I love Florida. And so I 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.560 remember writing down to my journal. Uh, I mean you 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:25.440 wanted right down in my journal a couple of years 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.040 ago that I always I wanted to live in Florida. 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:29.120 I want to build my family in Florida. So as 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.120 soon as I got off the plane I felt that humidity. 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.240 I was like, yes, really, I feel like I felt 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:37.640 the whole Yeah. So it's just like I felt that stickiness. 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.080 And I know that's a weird answer, but I just 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.080 felt that home. And uh, because I wasn't. I was 0:16:42.120 --> 0:16:44.280 in Arizona to where you get that dry heat, and 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:46.800 I didn't necessarily like that, you know, I'm much rather 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.800 like the humidity. But um, I think the one thing 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:52.800 that I really, uh really would like to do is 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.600 you know, it's just you know, kind of just taking 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:57.800 to soak in the weather and just you know, spend 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:59.360 a lot of time with my wife. You know, got 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.520 two pups, and um just uh, you know, you know, 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:04.880 getting ready to you know, build a family and everything 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.840 like that, and just um, you know, just be at peace, 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:09.280 you know with my wife. You know, whether that be 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:12.200 walking to beach or you know whatever. It maybe just 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.080 just just half on you got you got here, and 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.040 just enough time to enjoy the part where before it 0:17:16.040 --> 0:17:21.280 gets way too hot and enjoy it. Man Dolphins wide receiver, 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.480