WEBVTT - Drive Time: The Jordyn Brooks and Anthony Walker Jr Episode 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:04.800 To on the move, Glan Deep Speed Wins Peas Dolls. 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:10.400 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.640 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.400 He's got my advands in the playoffs. 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.400 What is up, Dolph fans and welcome to the Draft 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:32.800 Time Podcast. I am your host, Travis Winfield. And on 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:36.559 today's show, another edition of free agent Interviews. A pair 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:40.880 of linebackers joined the show today, Anthony Walker Junior Jordan Brooks. 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:43.320 They are both here, they are both glorious. They are 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:46.120 both here to knock some heads on the football field. 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:48.000 Talk to both of those guys. We're also going to 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:50.240 talk to members of the beat that covered those guys, 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:53.960 Nathan Zigera in Cleveland and Michael Sean Dugger and Seattle 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:57.200 plus analysis on their games. A heavy, heavy episode here 0:00:57.560 --> 0:00:59.960 of the Draft Time Podcast from the Baptist Health Studio 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:02.320 inside the Baptist Hill Trading Complex. 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:02.800 This is. 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:06.320 The Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.040 New Dolphins linebacker kicking it off for us right here, 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.560 Jordan Brooks joining us. Stay on in the podcast. New 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:16.800 Dolphins linebacker Jordan Brooks. Jordan, welcome in man. 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:19.560 How you doing I'm doing great, man, I'm excited to 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.800 be here. I haven't been here that long, but you know, 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:24.920 it's been a good time for as long as I 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:25.560 being already. 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:27.720 I heard you kill the Dolphins trivia and the previous 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:29.600 content thing we do with you. Well, how do you 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:30.720 know so much Dolphins trivia? 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:32.560 I just know a lot about football, man. 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:36.000 I grew up just like watching the NFL Network and 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:38.400 they would play all the like the old Super Bowl games, 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.000 all the old throwback games. So I kind of learned 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.679 the history of there. And I'll go on YouTube's kids 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:45.840 just looking up everything. So I think that's where it 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:46.240 comes from. 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:48.360 Maybe a fan of our other podcasts or the Fish Tank. 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:50.280 They do stories from the old players from the old 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:52.560 Dolphins teams. Sometimes I can up your alley. So you 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.360 make the jump from Seattle to South Florida. You're from Texas, 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:56.920 You're used to the heat, but I'm also from the 0:01:56.960 --> 0:02:00.200 Northwest and coming down here the climate difference, man, it 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:01.760 really hit me in the face. But you're getting off 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:03.360 the plane in March that it was pretty nice this 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:04.360 time you're downe here, isn't it. 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:05.360 Oh yeah, it's perfect. 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:07.280 You know, Like you said, I from Houston, So I'm 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.799 gonna use to this kind of you know, humidity in 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.880 the heat, and so it's familiar to me, but it's 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:14.600 a lot different than how I was at Seattle. 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:14.960 Yeah. 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:15.400 Absolutely. 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:17.400 So you did something pretty remarkable last year coming off 0:02:17.440 --> 0:02:19.600 of a torn ACL in twenty twenty two and then 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.280 played every game just nine months removed from that injury. 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.840 I'm curious how did you do that and what did 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:25.880 you learn from that process? 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:27.760 A lot of people asked me that question. I can 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.800 give you the same answer. It wasn't me, honestly. 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.400 It was got to come back from that injury in 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:38.079 less than seven months and play a full season with 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:38.960 no problems at all. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.160 I have to give credit to God for that one. 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:42.679 That's my answer to it. 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:44.639 Honestly, it's really impressive because it used to that injury 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:47.679 was a lot more significant than just as you said, 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:48.760 seven months turnaround that it. 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:50.720 Took you there seven months, that's pretty impressive. 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:52.720 I remember last year we had alec Ingold here for 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:54.520 his second year, his first year he was coming off 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:56.800 in ACL and he had to go through the whole 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.160 off season program, training camp in the Red Penny, and 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:01.239 then last year chance to ditch the Red Penny of 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:03.720 the medical Jersey and he was just so thrilled to 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:04.600 be out there for a full camp. 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:05.560 Is that kind of the same for. 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:06.120 You this year? 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:09.280 Yeah, because I didn't have a full camp. 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:12.160 I came back like they ended training camp last year, 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.360 and so to have a full camp, you know, getting 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.000 ready for the season, it's definitely gonna be big for me. 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:18.519 So I know you mentioned you're a big fan of 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.480 football in the league in general. New running may at 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:22.720 the linebacker position. David Long came in here last year, 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:23.880 had a great year for us. What do you know 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:25.560 about his game and how excited you to play with 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:26.119 David Long. 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:28.000 I've got a chance to see a couple of games 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:30.919 and watch him play. I think he's a great linebacker. 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:33.760 I actually used to think he was in West Virginia, 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.120 so we came from the same conference in the Big Twelve. 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.080 I would see some of his games he was there. 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.040 I think he's always been a fantastic player. So I'm 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:43.480 excited to get to play with at lead this team. 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.880 Him and Anthony Walker from new linebackers here, We've got 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:48.080 three new linebackers. The last two years, all you guys 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.640 been playing under a new defensive coordent er coach Anthony Weaver. 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:52.840 His first year is DC here. Have you had a 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:55.120 chance to meet coach yet? First impressions? How do you 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:56.520 think you'll mesh with Anthony Weaver? 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:59.120 Yeah, I got a chance to talk to him on 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.200 the phone. He surprised me because he had a Houston 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.400 area code, so I was like, all right, I might 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.960 like this, you know. And so you know, I know 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:10.200 he comes from a great organization with the Ravens. They 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.200 had a lot of success last year. So I'm excited 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.760 to work with him and see what he brings scheme 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:17.400 wise and coaching wise. 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:19.400 So I read an article about how you kind of 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.800 took we're taking under the wing of Bobby Wagner up 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:23.920 in Seattle, the great linebacker there for a long time, 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:25.520 and when he left to go to the Rams a 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.559 couple of years ago, you took over the defensive signal 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.680 calling right, yes, in Seattle. So I'm curious what you 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:32.520 learned from that experience and how that kind of helps 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.480 a linebacker when you see the see the field that 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:36.560 way you call the defense, how that just helps you 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:38.000 be even more instinctive and play faster. 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:44.119 I think with the biggest area helped me surprisingly probably 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.800 be endurance. I didn't realize how much in shape you 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.120 had to be called a place and go out there 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.560 and play full speed at the same time. It's a 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.800 lot harder than it looks. But besides that, I think 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.560 it helped the IQ of the game for me personally, 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.240 just knowing what's going on. Because it's a mic linebacker, 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.400 you got to know. You got to know everybody's job. 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:05.920 You got to know what a piece is fit, if 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:08.560 we need to make adjustments during the play, you got 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:09.440 to know those things. 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:12.080 And I think it forced me to grow as a 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:13.760 player in my knowledge of the game. 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.320 What does your preparation like to take on that, especially 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.120 for like a new Dolphins defense here, If that's something 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:20.240 you're asked to do in Miami, I'm curious, what's your 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.520 approach to getting yourself in that position with the defense 0:05:22.680 --> 0:05:24.800 is second nature? Not just for your role, but all 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:26.040 the guys like you mentioned in front of you and 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:26.919 behind you, just. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:30.719 Really dialing, locking it in, paying attention to meetings, studying, 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:35.320 creating a good routine of getting ready for that challenge. 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:36.840 I think all that goes into it. 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.240 So one thing that I've talked about on my podcast 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.280 a lot this offseason is that all the teams that 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:43.680 were in the conference championships this year seem to have 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:46.440 those rangy linebackers that can drop into that hook though 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.800 and take away those deep passing wines and play the 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.400 run as well. I see that a lot in your game. 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.440 I'm curious why you think it's so important to have 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.800 so much range, like you have a linebacker position and 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:55.400 a defense. 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.960 I mean, it's just a league that we're in. Got 0:05:58.040 --> 0:06:01.279 to be able to descend the past, you know, safe 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.000 for instance, we're in some type of company. We we 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:06.400 got to take over routes and you know the special routes. 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:08.800 You know, linebacker's got to be able to carry those 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:12.160 guys come across the ash and then also the next 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:13.480 play line up and play the run. 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:15.880 And so I think you have to be versatile. 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:17.480 And like you said, you know a lot of those 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:21.080 linebackers that made it deep into the playoffs, that's what 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:22.320 they were capable of doing it. 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:23.760 So I think it's important. 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:25.760 You're looking forward to when Tyreek motions into the three 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:27.400 and runs that vertical seam on you and you get 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:28.640 that matchup in training camp. 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:30.400 Yeah, I'm looking forward looking now. 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.560 Look, I would say this, he is fast without a doubt, 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:35.560 but I don't think I think people are us made. 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.880 How fast I am? I really really, I really think 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:40.920 I might be one of the fast guys in the league. 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:42.400 So hopefully I get to show you guys. 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.560 That's why I asked you stands on tape. Man, it 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:46.160 really jumps off with tape and you watched the Seahawks 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:46.840 last couple of years. 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:48.760 Absolutely kind of funny ending there. 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:50.800 But let's go ahead and pivot now to our next 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:54.719 guest on the show, New Dolphins linebacker Anthony Walker Junior 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:58.120 joining us now. New Dolphins linebacker Anthony Walker Junior, Anthony, 0:06:58.200 --> 0:06:58.600 welcome in. 0:06:58.839 --> 0:06:59.800 How excited you to be here? 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:02.600 I'm excited, man, I'm thankful for the opportunity, you know, 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:04.480 happy to be here with you guys, Happy to be 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:08.320 in Miami, back at home, great opportunity to play, you know, 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.920 for a historic franchise, and you know, obviously in my 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:11.920 backyard where I grew up. 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:14.160 So yeah, you mentioned your backyard growing up here. I'm 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:15.880 just curious that has to be I'm sure one of 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:17.880 the main reasons you wanted to come play with Miami Dolphins, 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:19.280 But is there anything else that was kind of behind 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:20.760 that decision besides the homecoming. 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:21.840 I think the weather. 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.120 Yeah, since I was seventeen, I've been in the midwest 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:30.480 Chicago for school and then Indianapolis and then Cleveland. So 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:32.840 at the chance to get it playing some warm weather 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:35.640 again and be a be close to home obviously, you know, 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:38.160 family can't travel all the time, so to be able 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.280 to be closer to them and they can come see 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:42.920 me play as my career is you know, you know, 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:44.960 at the end of the day, it's I'm getting up 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:46.720 there in age and getting up there in years, and 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.840 you know, obviously want to you know, have this opportunity 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:50.400 with my family. 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.080 Was a little bit of a culture shot going from 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.000 South Florida to northwestern. 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:55.920 Oh yeah, definitely, you know, definitely got out of my 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.440 comfort zone really quickly. You know, I had some great 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:00.080 teammates s though, some great friends that I met that 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:04.200 that really helped that transition. You know, was not ready 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.040 for the snow for the first time when I got there, 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.360 but got used to it. But yeah, it was it 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:09.280 was a great experience for me. 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.040 That's how you brought Pops into the building. He's pretty 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:11.760 fired up, imagine. 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:14.560 Yeah, no doubt obviously, like I said, just being close 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.240 to home, literally growing up five minutes down the road. 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.680 My dad still lives there. He doesn't know, but I'm 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:21.800 going to move back in with him. 0:08:22.680 --> 0:08:26.120 But laundry done, you got home cook, That's right. 0:08:26.400 --> 0:08:29.560 So but yeah, to have that opportunity, and obviously to 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:31.560 have him share this moment with me, you know, the 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:33.280 guy who really put the football in my hand when 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.560 I was you know, two years old, and has been 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.480 with me every stepping away, you know, on his on 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:41.120 his journey playing football, you know, from every level, every 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:43.800 you know, grade, everything, just you know, when you have 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:47.679 that that that influence that your father can bring, you know, 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:49.839 and I know how rare that is. So for me 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.000 to you know, share this moment with him is really special. 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:53.559 Very cool, Souff. I'm sure he's very very proud of you. 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:55.600 Let's go ahead and put me down talk some football here, 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:57.440 because watching your tape, you're a great run defender. 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.880 You go downhill and smash them guys in the face. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:01.520 And I was I was curious because you know, this 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.319 league has kind of gone a little bit more towards 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.560 the passing game in the last you know, decade plus, 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.120 but it seems like maybe transitioning back a little bit 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:09.920 more the pendulum swings a little bit more towards some 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.319 run game these days. I'm curious from your perspective of 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:14.679 someone that does, you know, banging those big gaps. How 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:16.160 important is to be able to stop the run for 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:16.720 a defense. 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:19.439 Yeah, when you make a team one dimensional, we always 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.839 talk about that as a defense everywhere I've been. You 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.200 make a team one dimensional and you get the pass 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.920 rush going and you have dbs that can cover it 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.160 makes it it makes it hard on an opposing team, 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.839 you know. So that's always been something that I prided 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:33.800 myself on, especially being a Mike linebacker. You have to 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.720 be able to really control that and you know, really 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:38.640 you set the tone for the defense of stopping to 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:40.640 run and making the team one dimensional. 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.480 So obviously that's what I look for. So, like you said, 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:44.880 the game is transitioning all over. 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:47.400 You know, before it was the spread and it was 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:51.000 you know, option to read option to all the Turrek 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:54.480 Hill motions, you know. So you know, it's it's great 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.439 to see the game evolve, but as defense, you have 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.040 to evolve with it, and you have to be able 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:00.599 to be versatile. Like as a linebacker, you know, you 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:01.840 gotta be able to stop the run. But you also 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:03.440 got to be able to cover drop zones, cover man 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.880 and man. You know, you got to put yourself in, 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.600 you know, some really uncomfortable positions to be an elite 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:11.120 linebacker in the NFL. And uh, you know that's a 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:13.200 challenge that you know, a lot of guys are willing 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:15.640 to take. That's why the linebacker position is so special. 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.440 It's the only one that you have to go forward, background, sideway. Yeah, 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:20.559 it's all over the field. I'm sure you'll hear this 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.400 at some point from coach McDaniel. He talks frequently about 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:25.600 his first year in Washington with RG three and they've 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.040 built this run game around RG three, a zone read 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:31.200 concept they had never really instituted before previously, and they 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.679 learned that and so off of that, this Dolphins run 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:35.719 game is so diverse and so complex. And I'm sure 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:37.440 as a student of the game you've seen that from Afar. 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.000 I'm curious what you think about Miami's run game and 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:41.880 how that might kind of challenge you come training camp. 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:43.520 Yeah, a lot of versatility. 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.000 You know, you can line up in two one personnel, 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:49.599 eleven personnel, ten personnel, but just change the picture for 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:50.199 the defense. 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:54.439 You know, they do that really really well. And it's 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:56.720 not more so just how they run the. 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:58.920 Ball, is the ways that they attack, the angles that 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:02.400 they attack, the wy zone, the split zone, the tight zone, 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:06.280 toss reverse. You know, we have playmakers like the Dolphins half, 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:08.600 you know, and I'm happy to be on the team 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:09.719 now because covering it. 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.400 I know when we were preparing for them, it was 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:13.800 really really tough for the guys. 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.120 So you know, I think they do a good job 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.040 marrying the run in the past, you know, making the 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.920 same run action looks like you know, play action pass 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:22.559 and then you hit you know, Tyreek Hill over the 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:25.880 middle it's an adr touchdown. So just how you know, 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:28.640 again the versatility of the of the offense, but also 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:30.440 like how it just looks at all looks the same. 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:34.480 Got to have your eyes right right where guys are going. Yeah, 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.120 So my next question for you was about your linebackers coach. 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:38.520 And I was going to say, have you met him yet? 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:40.000 But I just saw you meet him if that was 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.080 just what just happened. But what's your first impressions here 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:42.640 of coach Parry? 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.120 Just you know, you know, straight nose, you know, hard nose, 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:48.120 you know, want to set the tempo for the team, 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:49.920 and I think that's what all linebacker groups, you know, 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:50.920 try to get accomplished. 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:52.880 But you know, he could tell he's a tempo setter. 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:54.839 You know, he's going to give it to you, you know, 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:56.480 the right way and tell you how to, you know, 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:58.560 help you become a better player. And that's the first 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.000 impression that I have meet him in person for the 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.640 first time obviously, but you know, he has a really 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:04.319 nice handshake. 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:05.360 It's important. 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:08.959 Uh So, speaking of coaches, back to McDaniel a getting 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:10.719 here real quick. So he's been very adamant in his 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:12.760 time here about building the right type of locker room, 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:14.760 getting the right type of players. I'm curious, from a 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:16.959 two time captain yourself, why is it so important to 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:18.120 have a great locker room. 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:21.079 Yeah, you know, that's the extension on the off the field, 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.360 on the field, that's the extension of the football field 0:12:23.400 --> 0:12:26.880 the locker room. You know, how guys interact with one another, 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.240 the little details of you know, sometimes it's going to dinner, 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:33.439 you know, just the camaraderie, all that, all that plays 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:36.520 a huge factor. And these are brothers. You go to 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.439 war with these guys every day training camp, during the season. 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:41.920 It's a long season. You know, you spend more time 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:43.719 with those guys you do your own family, so this 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:47.839 becomes your family, and the closer those relationships are, the 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:48.400 better it is. 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:48.959 On the field. 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.760 You know, you have you feel that you know that 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.559 brotherhood that you know, I got my brother's back. And also, 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:56.520 you know, we you start to you know, I know 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.240 what he's going to do. You know I can cover 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:00.120 up for him or whatever it is. You know, you 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:01.240 build that in the locker room. 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.079 Yea, it proves that communication on the field, right, And 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:04.400 that's kind of a big part of what you've been 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.960 in the past with Cleveland and Indianapolis as a signal caller. 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.520 And Jordan Brooks we hadn't here earlier this week, did 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:11.280 the same thing in Seattle, and I asked him this 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.880 question and he talked about how that helped him understand 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.040 concepts and defense more. I'm curious same question to you. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.319 How did being a signal caller help you see the 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:19.480 game better and play faster? 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:21.400 Yeah, well, you got to know what everybody's doing if 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:24.720 you're going a signal call, So I had to pride 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.880 myself on that. Been doing that pretty much is high 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.760 school for real. But obviously when you get to the NFL. 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.640 You know, you're you're a leader of men, So learning 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.760 different techniques, different you know, leadership tactics, you know, for 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:37.600 different guys. 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:37.800 You know. 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.440 But like I said, you have to know your job 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:42.240 inside and out, but you have to know everybody else 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.200 job inside and out as a signal caller. 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.080 And like you said, it helps concepts. 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:49.480 It helps you know understanding how the office can attack you, 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.400 what you should be on the look out for, communication, 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:54.920 all that stuff, you know, second and long, their tendency 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:56.439 to do this. You know, let's all be on the 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:58.720 same page as be ready to play the same thing. 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.200 And you know, get eleven guys flying to the ball. 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:02.880 I mean, that's a special site to see. 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:04.200 It sounds like you're gonna fit in pretty well here. 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:05.600 These guys love ball, so it's like you love ball. 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:07.640 One more here for you here. So you're a Pace grad. 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:10.839 Did you know that there's one other Pace grad to 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:11.840 play for Miami Dolphins. 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:13.080 You just antribute to the room. 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.600 I'm gonna do to you here. It's it's you probably 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.959 don't know it. It's it's cave On Webster. He was 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:19.400 here a couple of years ago. He went to Pace 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:19.720 as well. 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.920 So yeah, okay, well, okay, okay, the tough question. I 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:24.120 didn't know you played with Dolphins. 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:25.400 I know you had a couple of stints with the 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:28.640 Rams and you know Denver for a while, So yeah, 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:29.680 I didn't know the Dolphins. 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:31.800 Yeah, good company. A lot of homecomings down here because 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.040 so many, so much talent in South Florida. Anthony Walker, 0:14:34.120 --> 0:14:36.280 new Dolphins linebacker, appreciate your time today and thank you guys, 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:39.440 Thank you so much anytime. Really really good stuff there 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.160 from those two guys. Gosh, talk about smarts and intelligence 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.560 and it shows up in the football and stinks as well. Right, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:46.680 let's go ahead and take our first break right there. 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:48.960 Come back on the other side due to analysis and 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:50.920 welcome in a couple of guests talk about these guys 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:53.080 in their careers and covering them. That's all next to 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.480 Draftime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by AutoNation. 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:01.560 We've done some deep dives on the. 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.880 Tape here a little bit as these signings occurred earlier 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:05.440 last week. 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:07.160 The days have kind of run together, guys. 0:15:07.200 --> 0:15:09.600 We did for these interviews on Friday with the players, 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.880 have four more today on Monday. When you heard this show, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.200 so plenty coming your way here with Dolphins free agent content, 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:17.600 but I want to just go ahead, and after watching 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:19.360