WEBVTT - Drive Time: 2024 Dolphins Breakout Candidates

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<v Speaker 1>To on the move, going deep, speedless, peace, Peace from

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<v Speaker 1>the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.

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<v Speaker 2>This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield.

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<v Speaker 1>He's gon my avnds in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drift Time Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show

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<v Speaker 2>we take a look at my five picks for breakout

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<v Speaker 2>candidates in twenty twenty four. We'll also here's some additional

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<v Speaker 2>audio from media following Tuesday's practice here in Miami Guards

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<v Speaker 2>at the Baptist Health Training Complex from the Baptist Health

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<v Speaker 2>Studios inside the BHTC. This is the Drift Time Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Ye Daffeir, I tease this idea last week, something I've

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<v Speaker 2>been thinking about here for a while. And the genesis

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<v Speaker 2>of this idea for this content is Austin Jackson, a

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<v Speaker 2>player with immense talent and upside who enters the league

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<v Speaker 2>younger than literally anybody else besides one of his teammates,

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<v Speaker 2>Noah Igbinoghany and one other person in the league whose

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<v Speaker 2>name escapes me at the moment, but I do recall

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<v Speaker 2>him being the third youngest player in the NFL when

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<v Speaker 2>he was drafted, but a fourth year player who began

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<v Speaker 2>his career strong in the first three games. I'll never

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<v Speaker 2>forget the TNF game at Jacksonville. We're zero and two

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<v Speaker 2>after losing to New England and Seattle No New England

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<v Speaker 2>and Buffalo in back to back games to open the season.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Ryan Fitzpatrick went Nanners against the Jacksonville Jaguars

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<v Speaker 2>and Austin Jackson had a great game in that one,

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<v Speaker 2>and he gets injured, and then we never really saw

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<v Speaker 2>that again from him until this past season, because his

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<v Speaker 2>second year was incredibly difficult, even in coming off of

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<v Speaker 2>the injury. His rookie year struggled coming back into lineup

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<v Speaker 2>off of that injury, and then in twenty twenty three

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<v Speaker 2>he or twenty twenty one, rather he gets more moved

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<v Speaker 2>around seemingly every single week to a different position, that

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<v Speaker 2>he changes systems. In year three, gets a vote of confidence,

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<v Speaker 2>gets the entire wire to wire run as the right

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<v Speaker 2>tackle in the offense, gets injured in the first quarter

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<v Speaker 2>of the first game, and this is basically the entire

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<v Speaker 2>year from there, and then last year the breakout year.

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<v Speaker 2>But I want to absolutely obliterate any thought here that

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<v Speaker 2>this might be a slight at Austin because I always

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<v Speaker 2>knew there was potential there. Obviously, he was the eighteenth

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<v Speaker 2>pick in the draft and had elite, elite level athletic

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<v Speaker 2>ability imagine not trying to harness that, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>And I knew how hard he worked at it too,

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<v Speaker 2>And he was a guy that I thought could articulate

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<v Speaker 2>technique and fundamentals and the whole idea of offensive line play.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've always pointed out this on Twitter and on

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<v Speaker 2>the show, that the timeline of offensive line development and

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<v Speaker 2>the trend the last half decade or so of guys

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<v Speaker 2>in that position group taking a couple of years on

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<v Speaker 2>average to realize their full potential. I have no doubt

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<v Speaker 2>that Austin Jackson would have gotten to the success sheet

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty three had those injuries not prevented him

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<v Speaker 2>from getting there in twenty twenty two. But instead he

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<v Speaker 2>was dubbed with the worst label a player can obtain,

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<v Speaker 2>the collective Twitter whipping boy.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well really it's not the worst, But go back

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<v Speaker 2>and look, and nobody among the fan base, probably myself included,

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<v Speaker 2>in some ways, you know, was giving this guy much

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<v Speaker 2>of a chance. And you would you'd be right to

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<v Speaker 2>think that because the production wasn't there. And then he

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<v Speaker 2>lines up on day one of camp at right tackle

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<v Speaker 2>and carries that all the way through to a playoff

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<v Speaker 2>game in January and the freezing ah cold in Kansas City,

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<v Speaker 2>with a contract extension coming midway through that year, by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, a really really good season. My point to

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<v Speaker 2>all this is he completely reversed the expectation that fans

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<v Speaker 2>had of him, and now you're counting on him as

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<v Speaker 2>a pillar at a key position to make this offense

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<v Speaker 2>what we want it to be. Back to back number

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<v Speaker 2>one ranked in the NFL, and I'm sure there will

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<v Speaker 2>be detractors out there who say we want more because

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<v Speaker 2>we want the end of the season to reflect the

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<v Speaker 2>beginning of the season. Hey, I'm with you, but number

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<v Speaker 2>one ranked offense is a pretty cool distinction to own.

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<v Speaker 2>So look at the roster who can carry the water

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<v Speaker 2>from a similar mantle that aj embraced a season ago

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<v Speaker 2>and exceeded a season ago. Last week, we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>some of the proven stars and how their development can

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<v Speaker 2>take them to a stratosphere beyond superstar production. But that's

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<v Speaker 2>not the only thing that makes a football team competitive

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<v Speaker 2>or even great for that matter. It's finding contributors in

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<v Speaker 2>unexpected places. Maybe you miss on a high draft pick,

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<v Speaker 2>but in the same class a player at the same

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<v Speaker 2>position excels as an undrafted free agent. It happens all

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<v Speaker 2>the time for every single team. In fact, look at

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<v Speaker 2>the Buffalo Bills. Kyer Elam was their first round pick.

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<v Speaker 2>He has not been a good player for them at

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<v Speaker 2>all at all. Is it the right name, Kayer Elam.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's look that up real quick. I think I might

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<v Speaker 2>have that wrong Buffalo Bills twenty twenty three Wikipedia. But

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<v Speaker 2>they also took Christian ben Ford in the sixth round

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<v Speaker 2>that year, and he's now a starting quarterback for them.

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<v Speaker 2>So sometimes it just kind of goes that way, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Sometimes you miss, yeah it was Kyrie Elm. Sometimes you

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<v Speaker 2>miss early and you recoup fort later on. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>Kirk Cousins had a better career than RG three. Who

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<v Speaker 2>would have known that? So you know, hell, I can't

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<v Speaker 2>even I can't even recall or try to forget Training

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<v Speaker 2>Camp twenty twenty because that draft class produced three offensive

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<v Speaker 2>lineman right Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt and Solomon Kinley. And

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<v Speaker 2>first of all, for the they can't draft o Lineman

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<v Speaker 2>crowd like. Two of those guys are studs with massive

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<v Speaker 2>contract extensions. One guy didn't work out. But you know

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<v Speaker 2>which of the three of Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, and

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<v Speaker 2>Solomon Kinley went wire to wire from camp to the

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<v Speaker 2>season as a starter. It wasn't the first round pick,

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<v Speaker 2>it wasn't the second round pick. It was the fourth

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<v Speaker 2>round guy from Georgia, the overweight Solomon Kinley, who played

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<v Speaker 2>for a little bit, had a good rookie year and

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<v Speaker 2>then disappeared into the doghouse for the rest of his career,

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<v Speaker 2>and now he's not been with a club for the

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<v Speaker 2>last two seas seasons. Mauston Jackson has a twelve million

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<v Speaker 2>dollars per year contract, Robert Hunt got twenty million per

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<v Speaker 2>year and over one hundred million a nine figure contract

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<v Speaker 2>for the Carolina Panthers. And again, not to disparage anybody,

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<v Speaker 2>but Kinley was released by the Giants in May of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty three and has not been on a roster

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<v Speaker 2>since then. So the whole point is to tell you

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<v Speaker 2>that it's fine to have expectations, but you're probably wrong,

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<v Speaker 2>and thus you should not be so steadfast in what

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<v Speaker 2>you think might happen. I remember last year, like I'll

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<v Speaker 2>never forget this. I got home from the Houston trip,

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<v Speaker 2>I was waiting for my wife to pick me up

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<v Speaker 2>at the airport and I was texting with the buddy

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<v Speaker 2>of mine that I tuxed about the Dolphins with every

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<v Speaker 2>single day, and we were like showing these tweets from

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<v Speaker 2>fans after the Toronto Arms had injury, and there was

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<v Speaker 2>someone who was saying, like, my friends are making fun

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<v Speaker 2>of me because of how bad the offensive line's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be and how our season's over before it even begins.

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<v Speaker 2>And so because of Kendall Lambt left tackle, you thought

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<v Speaker 2>this offense couldn't function, and they go off and they

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<v Speaker 2>score thirty six, twenty four to seventy points in the

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<v Speaker 2>first three games of the season and NFL records. My

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<v Speaker 2>whole point is just like, chill, Chill. I get you

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<v Speaker 2>think your points are the end all be all, but

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<v Speaker 2>they're not. No ones are not even the guys that

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<v Speaker 2>do this for a living. So just enjoy it. I

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<v Speaker 2>guess That's what I'm trying to get to here. And

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<v Speaker 2>with that, I want to go ahead and lay out

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<v Speaker 2>some candidates who could follow suit with Austin Jackson. That

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<v Speaker 2>was kind of a sidebar that I didn't mean to

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<v Speaker 2>get into there, but I just it helps trust me

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<v Speaker 2>as a lifelong fan, and some of it does as professionally.

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<v Speaker 2>Just chill, just chill out, man, it'll be good. It'll

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<v Speaker 2>all be good. So as I eviscerate the idea of expectations, now,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to tell you about my expectations. Isn't that

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<v Speaker 2>funny how it works because I have the microphone and

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<v Speaker 2>I will say whatever I prease. My expectation is that

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<v Speaker 2>we will get another Austin Jackson this year, maybe multiple

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<v Speaker 2>of them. And in this segment, I'm going to make

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<v Speaker 2>the case for who that could be. And there are

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<v Speaker 2>some obvious ones, right spoiler alert, Eric Azuokama fits this

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<v Speaker 2>entire thing I just spelled out to a t. He'll

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<v Speaker 2>be in there. But let's go ahead and start with

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<v Speaker 2>a guy who only carries low expectations because of how

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<v Speaker 2>he entered the league, much like cater Coho who made

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<v Speaker 2>some plays in training camp and you're like, well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>but just training camp, And then you get to Week

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<v Speaker 2>one and it's like, oh, he's making plays all over

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<v Speaker 2>the field against the New England Patriots and it's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>the Dolphins have discovered something here with cater Coho. I'm talking,

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<v Speaker 2>of course, about Ethan Bonner, like co Who, Bonner was

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<v Speaker 2>a UDFA, And it starts where it always starts, with

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<v Speaker 2>the tape. I saw a player who showcased the traits

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<v Speaker 2>that I think are most important to excel at the position,

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<v Speaker 2>albeit in a miniscule sample size, but if you go

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<v Speaker 2>back to his Stanford tape, it was on display there too,

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<v Speaker 2>and those are long speed and recovery speed kind of

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<v Speaker 2>the same category, change of direction, feel and recognition, and

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<v Speaker 2>overall physicality and working backwards up that list. In the

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<v Speaker 2>playoff game, he broke down in space and put a

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<v Speaker 2>hat on the football on Clyde Edwards Laire and the

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<v Speaker 2>physicality and technique pair for a nice splash play to

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<v Speaker 2>jar that football, free kansasity to recover the fumble. It

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<v Speaker 2>was late in the game, didn't matter, but it was

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<v Speaker 2>a good rep And I'm basing this more off of

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<v Speaker 2>watching him in camp last year, but you can see

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<v Speaker 2>it practice. How he understands his coverage responsibilities, how the

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<v Speaker 2>route concepts can exploit where the defense is vulnerable, and

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<v Speaker 2>best of all, knowing where your help is so that

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<v Speaker 2>you can take chances. It's all over his Stanford tape

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<v Speaker 2>Smart Football Player. In fact, there's a clip of him

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<v Speaker 2>versus Utah and twenty twenty two where he's running out

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<v Speaker 2>of the huddle to play the boundary receiver, but Utah

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<v Speaker 2>does not send the receiver out that way, so he

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<v Speaker 2>sinks inside and fulfills a quasi will linebacker role weak

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<v Speaker 2>side linebacker, and they run the football and he steps

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<v Speaker 2>into the hole and fits the gap and drives the

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<v Speaker 2>backwards onto the ground Like that's the definition to me

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<v Speaker 2>of an Anthony Weaver defensive back. Hey sink inside here

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<v Speaker 2>and go fit a gap in the running game, the

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<v Speaker 2>change of direction on pattern matching where he can squat, accelerate,

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<v Speaker 2>flip the hips, and get vertical. You better be able

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<v Speaker 2>to do all that in this league because you got

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<v Speaker 2>to defend guys like Tyreek Hill and Jaileen Waddle. And

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<v Speaker 2>that bleeds into our first bullet point here. Back to

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<v Speaker 2>the Kansas City game. They run this mesh concept where

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<v Speaker 2>Ethan is in off coverage to the boundary the short

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<v Speaker 2>side of the field. He's playing about seven yards off

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<v Speaker 2>the line of scrimmage and his man runs a shallow

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<v Speaker 2>cross a little drag route and by playing off he's

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<v Speaker 2>able to get over the top of the pick. But

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<v Speaker 2>you're inherently at a disadvantage because of your pre snap

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<v Speaker 2>alignment to get to that position. Right, he's basically starting

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<v Speaker 2>like in the fifth position on an F one grid

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<v Speaker 2>and trying to flag down the guy in first and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe it's even Max Verstappen. I forgot his name. There

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<v Speaker 2>forer point five seconds you're out numbered from the start,

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<v Speaker 2>but he shows off the long speed, takes a perfect

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<v Speaker 2>angle and whoop dumps the ballcarrier short of the six

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<v Speaker 2>super impressive rep. It's always so jarring to me to

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<v Speaker 2>pull up PFF's cornerback grades from twenty twenty three and

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<v Speaker 2>who is number one on that list? Jalen Johnson's up there,

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<v Speaker 2>the great cornerback for the Bears. Deron Bland, who had

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<v Speaker 2>five pick six's last year for the Cowboys is up there.

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<v Speaker 2>Sauce Gardner who holds his way all the way to

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<v Speaker 2>that top spot as well. That's two, three and four.

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<v Speaker 2>You know who number one is White Lightning Ethan Bonner.

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<v Speaker 2>Like I know, it's the smallest of sample sizes because

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<v Speaker 2>it's twenty three snaps versus eighth nine, one thousand and

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<v Speaker 2>then one thousand and fifty. But it just shows you

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<v Speaker 2>how productive he was with that extremely limited workload. Next

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<v Speaker 2>is to get more right. But teams were you know,

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<v Speaker 2>one for three, trying him for seven yards and twelve

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<v Speaker 2>covered snaps. He had a stop and a force fumble.

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<v Speaker 2>We played the audio from him from camp just talking

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<v Speaker 2>to him. This is closer to a trust me bro

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<v Speaker 2>than using taper numbers. But I just think he gets it.

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<v Speaker 2>It feels like he just kind of gets it. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how tangible that is, but I am trusting

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<v Speaker 2>my gut on that one and asking you to do

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<v Speaker 2>the same there. Now, Bonner is sort of the anomaly

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<v Speaker 2>on the list, a second year player. Nobody in the

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<v Speaker 2>world has a negative connotation with him because he, even

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<v Speaker 2>though a very brief playing time, did show well last year.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think that Ramsey Fuller, Needham Coohu, Cam Smith.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think the fan expectation is that he'll play

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<v Speaker 2>a ton, but you know you're gonna get into six

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<v Speaker 2>and seven cornerbacks that have to be used this year,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think there's a ballplayer there, and I'm pretty

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<v Speaker 2>excited about having him let's go ahead and take our

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<v Speaker 2>first break right there. Come back on the other side

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<v Speaker 2>and do the next four players on my list. Ethan

0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:27.000
<v Speaker 2>Bonner's down. We have an offensive lineman, a defensive lineman,

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<v Speaker 2>a tight end, and a wide receiver. Here. We'll go

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<v Speaker 2>ahead and cover those guys next. On the Draft Time podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>your host Travis Winfield, brought to you by Auto Nation.

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<v Speaker 2>One player down on my breakout candidates for twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not talking about breakout like this guy's going to

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<v Speaker 2>go in the MVP. We're talking about guys that you

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<v Speaker 2>probably haven't thought much about, who I think could play

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<v Speaker 2>quality contributing roles in a championship contending football team. Ethan

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<v Speaker 2>Bonner was first on the list and second is going

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<v Speaker 2>back to the trenches, much like Austin last year. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going with Jack Driscoll, who is also different from Austin

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<v Speaker 2>in the sense that this is his first year here

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<v Speaker 2>at the Miami Dolphins, so you probably have You know,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever a player changes teams, no matter how good or

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<v Speaker 2>bad their tape was, that new team thinks, oh, we

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<v Speaker 2>can be the ones that get the best performance out

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<v Speaker 2>of him. So he probably already comes in with like

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<v Speaker 2>expectations in a positive light. But I also think you

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<v Speaker 2>can go back to watch the tape and say, like,

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<v Speaker 2>there's a reason that he was, you know, on the

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<v Speaker 2>market for what he was available for. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>you can also look at his college projection scheme, fit age,

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<v Speaker 2>and developmental timeline and you can say, all right, I

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<v Speaker 2>can see them getting the best version of this player

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<v Speaker 2>that we've ever seen from this player. So here's the

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<v Speaker 2>scoutgyport for NFL dot Com when he was at Auburn.

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<v Speaker 2>Teams who covet athleticism over brawn will take a look

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<v Speaker 2>at Driscoll. He will need to add mass and muscle

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<v Speaker 2>to have a shot, but he has range as a

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<v Speaker 2>run blocker and in past protection, athletic on counterpolls from

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<v Speaker 2>the backside, and good recognition of where to turn it up.

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<v Speaker 2>Composed and controlled to the second level with the ability

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<v Speaker 2>to adjust to moving targets. He's quick out of a

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<v Speaker 2>stance with ladder agility to handle zone blocking duties. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>did I just read the one oh one manifesto from

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins Offensive line Play Like I feel like I did,

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<v Speaker 2>and it drives with the two practices I just saw

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<v Speaker 2>that Jack had here in the aqua and orange, firing

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<v Speaker 2>off the football, fantastic pad level, wide base to establish

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<v Speaker 2>a wall off block and execute it. And of course

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<v Speaker 2>the versatility is always key, especially on the offensive line.

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<v Speaker 2>But when you just watch his tape, I think his

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<v Speaker 2>play translates more inside and I look at the six

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<v Speaker 2>five frame that he features, like the way he was

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<v Speaker 2>able to kind of use length on the interior because

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<v Speaker 2>he's he's a short arm tackle, but when you kick

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<v Speaker 2>him inside he has like he's more considered long in

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<v Speaker 2>that position because of just how the positions, the measurables

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<v Speaker 2>for each position differ in terms of what's long versus

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<v Speaker 2>what's not long on tackle versus garter center. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>watching his tape in the way his play translates, and

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<v Speaker 2>given you know the fact that we have Tron Armstead,

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<v Speaker 2>Austin Jackson, who that's your left tackle right tackle opening

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<v Speaker 2>day provided are good, and then Kendall Lamb as we

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<v Speaker 2>saw last year, can play a very good left tackle

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<v Speaker 2>for you, and then Patrick Paul who quite frankly, guys,

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<v Speaker 2>I think there's something there. I really do. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>so sure that we need Jack Driscoll to play tackle

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<v Speaker 2>like he might be tackle five but when I watch

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<v Speaker 2>him play, his ability to stay compact and play in

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<v Speaker 2>a phone booth sounds like a guard. I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>the bad tape came out when he got extended, had

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<v Speaker 2>the entire corner to contend with, and that naturally gives

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<v Speaker 2>you a little bit more inside post to open up

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<v Speaker 2>because you're worried about the edge, because I see really

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<v Speaker 2>good technique inside. You know, six foot five, three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>and fifteen pounds benefits him in a way that he

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<v Speaker 2>can get wide of blocks that other guys have to

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<v Speaker 2>really reach for and get out over their skis. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. I see a guy that I think can

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<v Speaker 2>have some of his best work in this system and

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<v Speaker 2>playing inside, and we'll see where he winds up. But

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<v Speaker 2>what the tape tells me is I'm watching him at

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<v Speaker 2>both guard and tackle with the Eagles, and they're not

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<v Speaker 2>the same. In fact, in twenty twenty three, he had

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<v Speaker 2>a nine point eight percent pressure rate at tackle and

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<v Speaker 2>a four percent pressure rate at guard. Again, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>small sample size, but it jives with what the tape

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<v Speaker 2>and this live practice bullets have shown me. And when

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<v Speaker 2>I think about the advantages that size and speed combo

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<v Speaker 2>lends him inside this system. That is where the projection

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<v Speaker 2>comes from. We're gonna stay in the NFC East with

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<v Speaker 2>another import from the Dallas Cowboys as Neville Gallimore is

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<v Speaker 2>next on my list, and I like driscoll Or like

0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.000
<v Speaker 2>driscoll I should say, I think there's more meat on

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<v Speaker 2>the bone than what he gave in his previous stop.

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<v Speaker 2>He's quick off the line of scrimmage, has a crazy

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<v Speaker 2>motor that leads to clean up production. Like when you

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<v Speaker 2>have a four man rush and coverage is very good,

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<v Speaker 2>he can kind of find his way to get off

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<v Speaker 2>blocks and go wrap up a scrambling quarterback. And these

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<v Speaker 2>traits that I think he has, I think you can

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<v Speaker 2>harness as a rotational defensive tackle alongside somebody who is

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<v Speaker 2>as good as Zach Seeler, especially when I think about

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<v Speaker 2>how good I think we'll be able to play. Contain coverage,

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<v Speaker 2>good coverage, don't blitz, and then just try to hem

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<v Speaker 2>a quarterback like a Josh Allen, like a Lamar Jackson,

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<v Speaker 2>like a Kyler Murray, Hem them inside the pocket, enforce

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<v Speaker 2>them to play from ento the pocket. Strong. You need

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<v Speaker 2>guys who can find wins after initial rush fizzles and

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<v Speaker 2>heavy hands. Those are the things that I think about

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<v Speaker 2>when I think about Neville Gallimore and the ability to

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<v Speaker 2>eddentially dent the last scrimmage off the snap. He can

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<v Speaker 2>do all those things. I thought he was played out

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<v Speaker 2>of position entirely in Dallas. The majority of his snaps

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<v Speaker 2>were on the nose at three hundred and five pounds.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it's just like not it's not his game. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think that's you know, I don't know. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>sure the thinking there. But like driscoll, it's always nice

0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.399
<v Speaker 2>to have that added versatility so you can play him

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<v Speaker 2>in there. But I like him best's three tech, four

0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:43.600
<v Speaker 2>tech four I technique. That's all basically like between the

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<v Speaker 2>garden tackle that those are the positions you're playing there

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<v Speaker 2>where he can penetrate gaps, ride the wave on the

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<v Speaker 2>outside zone runs and give you, you know, ballpark fifteen to

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<v Speaker 2>twenty snaps per game of just pure gas, especially in

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<v Speaker 2>this Miami weather. You know, last year he has most

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<v Speaker 2>productive year in pressures, mistackle, rate, penalties, PFF great pretty

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<v Speaker 2>much across the board. And that's with three hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>four snaps. Give us three hundred and four snaps, you're

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<v Speaker 2>basically taking a third of what Christian Wilkins gave. Maybe

0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:10.320
<v Speaker 2>tr Tart takes another third of those, Maybe your subpackaging

0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:11.960
<v Speaker 2>takes the other third out and you're good to go there.

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<v Speaker 2>So Chef's kiss find a way to get production from

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<v Speaker 2>these guys a heavy rotation. I think I like Gallimore

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<v Speaker 2>the best to earn substantial work alongside Sealer and tier Tart.

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<v Speaker 2>I try to not let training camp or mini camp

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<v Speaker 2>or OTA's whatever you want to call him sway my

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<v Speaker 2>opinion too much. But getting eyes on Jody Fordson live

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<v Speaker 2>and watching his tape this offseason, I am proper intrigued size,

0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:41.600
<v Speaker 2>long speed to run away from safeties and linebackers in

0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:44.000
<v Speaker 2>an offense that's going to put him in those positions

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<v Speaker 2>all the time. You're not going to put a cornerback

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<v Speaker 2>on Jody Fords. And when you have Tyreek Hill and

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<v Speaker 2>Jalen Wattle and Odell Beckham out there, he's just naturally

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<v Speaker 2>tough to contend with when you consider re routing and

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<v Speaker 2>impacting the catchpoint because he kind of has like Victor

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<v Speaker 2>Webbin Yama skills in terms of he's so long that,

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<v Speaker 2>like this man, you just can't get into his frame.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't see guys get into his chest, not even

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<v Speaker 2>the football he catches away from his body and he

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<v Speaker 2>can kind of pluck it and hold up and make

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<v Speaker 2>those contested catches like we saw him high point one

0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:15.080
<v Speaker 2>football at practice last week. Ah, that's the real skill

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<v Speaker 2>that he offers.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, that's where I realized, Okay, this guy, like I

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<v Speaker 2>think he offers so much in terms of size down

0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:22.960
<v Speaker 2>in the red zone opens up that back line throw

0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.600
<v Speaker 2>he saw from Tua to Kasiki and Baltimore back in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty two. But I think he can be a

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<v Speaker 2>great option to be the point man and stacks and

0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:35.000
<v Speaker 2>bunches and clear out space for smaller wide receivers who

0:19:35.080 --> 0:19:37.399
<v Speaker 2>run their routes off of him. He can set picks.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he's good enough as a blocker to offer

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<v Speaker 2>you flexibility and how your run pass and play pass

0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:45.879
<v Speaker 2>game kind of marries up together. And he also plays

0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:48.800
<v Speaker 2>special teams. What's the rub here, Travis, Because why hasn't

0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:52.080
<v Speaker 2>he been productive? Well, this is where the expectation thing

0:19:52.119 --> 0:19:54.840
<v Speaker 2>comes into play injuries and ask any Chiefs fan and

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<v Speaker 2>they'll tell you that he was celebrated when he first

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<v Speaker 2>made when he made his first fifty three man roster

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<v Speaker 2>out of camp. Fans fell in love with this guy

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<v Speaker 2>at training camp, and I'm sure it has to do

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<v Speaker 2>with the fact that he practices a certain way. Tons

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<v Speaker 2>of potential here that just hasn't been afforded the chance

0:20:09.920 --> 0:20:11.800
<v Speaker 2>to bubble up to the surface. On top of the

0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:13.639
<v Speaker 2>fact he's played behind some pretty damn good tight ends

0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:15.720
<v Speaker 2>there in Kansas City as well. So those are my

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<v Speaker 2>top four guys, and I mentioned him off the top.

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<v Speaker 2>My fifth player here is Eric Azokama, And if you'll

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<v Speaker 2>allow for it, erase the first two years in the

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<v Speaker 2>NFL and just go back to his Texas Tech tape.

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<v Speaker 2>He was so damn difficult to get to the ground,

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<v Speaker 2>incredible contact balance, and we're lotting Malik Washington or I

0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:38.520
<v Speaker 2>Am for his fit with the separation skill set and

0:20:38.600 --> 0:20:41.719
<v Speaker 2>run after the catch. That's who Eric Azukama was in

0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:44.280
<v Speaker 2>twenty twenty two for the Red Raiders. And where I

0:20:44.320 --> 0:20:47.399
<v Speaker 2>think you get most excited is we saw the proof

0:20:47.440 --> 0:20:49.919
<v Speaker 2>of concept in two games last year and then we

0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:51.480
<v Speaker 2>lost him for the rest of the season and you're

0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:54.240
<v Speaker 2>forced to put any expectations for this player on hold.

0:20:54.280 --> 0:20:56.960
<v Speaker 2>But the ability to take the ball as a runner

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<v Speaker 2>from the backfield to catch swings and screed to lead

0:21:00.840 --> 0:21:02.919
<v Speaker 2>block as the point man on those screens. To go

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<v Speaker 2>back to Maleak, he was kind of that same profile,

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<v Speaker 2>but rather than being five foot eight, he's in a

0:21:07.640 --> 0:21:10.160
<v Speaker 2>six foot two frame that kind of has some up sense,

0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:11.760
<v Speaker 2>some ability to go get the football and pluck it.

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<v Speaker 2>And we saw him use that frame in camp and

0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:16.920
<v Speaker 2>in preseason games and make these highlight level plays. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>so pumped for him to have a chance this year.

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<v Speaker 2>He's in his third year in the offense, which is

0:21:21.280 --> 0:21:23.480
<v Speaker 2>always a big factor of me because again, like I

0:21:23.520 --> 0:21:26.520
<v Speaker 2>talked about on the podcast last week with Jaalen Waddle,

0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:30.520
<v Speaker 2>this offense demands so much of its receivers and his

0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:32.320
<v Speaker 2>first year was kind of red shirt because he didn't

0:21:32.320 --> 0:21:34.280
<v Speaker 2>know all the positions. His second year he gets injured

0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:35.960
<v Speaker 2>and doesn't It is kind of it kind of reminds

0:21:36.040 --> 0:21:37.879
<v Speaker 2>me Austin Jackson Man. That's why I said he was

0:21:37.920 --> 0:21:40.280
<v Speaker 2>the obvious pick here. But in year three with Wes

0:21:40.359 --> 0:21:43.760
<v Speaker 2>Welker and Mike McDaniel and Frank Smith, he should have

0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:46.119
<v Speaker 2>the mental side down. If he doesn't, then okay, wash

0:21:46.160 --> 0:21:48.520
<v Speaker 2>your hands of it. I will not bring it up again.

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<v Speaker 2>But if he has the mental side of it, down

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna have. I think he will. I think he

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<v Speaker 2>has a real opportunity to carve out a role for himself.

0:21:55.600 --> 0:21:57.600
<v Speaker 2>We saw a lot of wide receivers get run at

0:21:57.640 --> 0:22:00.119
<v Speaker 2>various points last year. There's no reason to think he

0:22:00.160 --> 0:22:02.600
<v Speaker 2>will not get his Just imagine him ran that route

0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:05.960
<v Speaker 2>instead of Chase, Claypool and Buffalo on the final drive

0:22:06.080 --> 0:22:09.400
<v Speaker 2>of the regular season. So there you go. Jody Fortson,

0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:14.080
<v Speaker 2>Ethan Bonner, Jack Driscoll, Neville Gallimore, and Eric Azukama. My

0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:18.000
<v Speaker 2>three picks for guys that could drastically sway your expectations

0:22:18.000 --> 0:22:20.879
<v Speaker 2>of how you feel about them today. In May and

0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:22.679
<v Speaker 2>on September, we'll see a different player than I think

0:22:22.720 --> 0:22:25.080
<v Speaker 2>you expect. Those are my five picks. Get two of

0:22:25.080 --> 0:22:27.040
<v Speaker 2>them right, We'll feel pretty good about that. Let's go

0:22:27.080 --> 0:22:29.000
<v Speaker 2>ahead and take our last break. Right there. Come back

0:22:29.040 --> 0:22:33.080
<v Speaker 2>and conclude with additional audio from media availabilities at yesterday's

0:22:33.080 --> 0:22:36.760
<v Speaker 2>Ota practice. That's Next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,

0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:41.360
<v Speaker 2>brought to you by Auto Nation. One of the really

0:22:41.400 --> 0:22:44.320
<v Speaker 2>cool experiences about working for the Miami Dolphins is the

0:22:44.400 --> 0:22:48.640
<v Speaker 2>access we get to a little bit of everything. And

0:22:48.960 --> 0:22:52.480
<v Speaker 2>since I work so closely with the video department. I

0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:56.679
<v Speaker 2>have access to these really great shots at practice that

0:22:56.800 --> 0:22:59.879
<v Speaker 2>kind of exhibit some of the things I can see

0:23:00.080 --> 0:23:02.960
<v Speaker 2>from a live action shot at practice from up in

0:23:03.000 --> 0:23:05.720
<v Speaker 2>the stands. And the reason I always talk about the

0:23:05.760 --> 0:23:09.560
<v Speaker 2>ability to evaluate a football practice live and how difficult

0:23:09.600 --> 0:23:12.080
<v Speaker 2>it is and how challenging it is for someone that

0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:13.840
<v Speaker 2>doesn't have a lot of experience in it, or someone

0:23:13.880 --> 0:23:16.840
<v Speaker 2>that doesn't have the requisite football knowledge to be able

0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:19.360
<v Speaker 2>to process what a play might look like before it happens,

0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:21.639
<v Speaker 2>so you know where to look, what key triggers to

0:23:21.880 --> 0:23:24.720
<v Speaker 2>focus on. There's just a lot, you know. I think

0:23:24.920 --> 0:23:27.480
<v Speaker 2>we get a lot of people that tweet videos from

0:23:27.520 --> 0:23:31.240
<v Speaker 2>practice or come here and have takeaways, and there's value

0:23:31.280 --> 0:23:34.119
<v Speaker 2>to being here no matter what. But to watch something

0:23:34.160 --> 0:23:36.520
<v Speaker 2>and just be able to say, oh, a failed quarterback

0:23:36.560 --> 0:23:39.399
<v Speaker 2>center exchange, Oh he threw that ball sixty five yards,

0:23:39.400 --> 0:23:42.240
<v Speaker 2>like that's cool. But there are little nuances that I

0:23:42.280 --> 0:23:45.280
<v Speaker 2>think that are valuable to search for, and I can't

0:23:45.359 --> 0:23:47.560
<v Speaker 2>see them all. I certainly can't. I'm definitely, you know,

0:23:47.600 --> 0:23:51.080
<v Speaker 2>not a coach or anyone that has a McVeigh level recall,

0:23:51.560 --> 0:23:54.480
<v Speaker 2>But in seeing some of these videos, I can piece

0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:56.919
<v Speaker 2>things together like there was a play in practice on

0:23:57.960 --> 0:24:01.040
<v Speaker 2>Tuesday where to I talked about podcast where he held

0:24:01.040 --> 0:24:04.160
<v Speaker 2>the backside safety and gathered information from his front side read,

0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:06.720
<v Speaker 2>came back to the backside and ripped this little bender

0:24:06.800 --> 0:24:08.679
<v Speaker 2>to Durham Smith and the end zone for a touchdown

0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:11.320
<v Speaker 2>where he's able to hold Javon Holland on the backside

0:24:11.359 --> 0:24:14.440
<v Speaker 2>hash and give the inside access to Durham Smith because

0:24:14.440 --> 0:24:16.760
<v Speaker 2>of his positioning and in the video that I saw,

0:24:17.040 --> 0:24:20.120
<v Speaker 2>I was able to glean more from this really good

0:24:20.160 --> 0:24:22.680
<v Speaker 2>play and even make a bigger claim that was even

0:24:22.760 --> 0:24:25.600
<v Speaker 2>better play than I originally had thought because in the play,

0:24:26.280 --> 0:24:28.280
<v Speaker 2>you see to start working the front side of the

0:24:28.280 --> 0:24:31.600
<v Speaker 2>formation and his helmet, his shoulders, his hips are all

0:24:31.640 --> 0:24:34.200
<v Speaker 2>aligned in that direction and that's going to have someone

0:24:34.280 --> 0:24:37.240
<v Speaker 2>thinking the balls going in that direction. But you see

0:24:37.240 --> 0:24:39.520
<v Speaker 2>his eyes roll back and the side of his helmet,

0:24:39.560 --> 0:24:43.080
<v Speaker 2>and then as he begins to start his throwing motion,

0:24:43.240 --> 0:24:45.960
<v Speaker 2>that's when the helmet comes over. So he's gleaning information

0:24:46.760 --> 0:24:50.280
<v Speaker 2>on the backside of the throw without indicating to the

0:24:50.320 --> 0:24:53.160
<v Speaker 2>defense that he's looking at the backside of the throw,

0:24:53.200 --> 0:24:54.880
<v Speaker 2>because all they can go off if they can't see

0:24:54.920 --> 0:24:58.400
<v Speaker 2>eyes from twenty five yards away inside of a quarterback's helmet.

0:24:58.400 --> 0:24:59.919
<v Speaker 2>They can see the stripe on the middle of his

0:25:00.000 --> 0:25:03.120
<v Speaker 2>helmet move and that is how they read quarterbacks eyes.

0:25:03.160 --> 0:25:06.159
<v Speaker 2>It's not the actual eyes itself, right, But Tua is

0:25:06.200 --> 0:25:08.960
<v Speaker 2>so advanced. And again this is I was having a

0:25:09.000 --> 0:25:11.760
<v Speaker 2>great time showing this to the videographers. Tua such a

0:25:11.840 --> 0:25:15.959
<v Speaker 2>damn good quarterback that he can find out information on

0:25:16.000 --> 0:25:20.000
<v Speaker 2>the backside, and before he indicates that he knows the information,

0:25:20.160 --> 0:25:21.960
<v Speaker 2>his throwing motion has begun. He's got one of the

0:25:22.000 --> 0:25:23.920
<v Speaker 2>quickest suggers in the National Football League. He's one of the

0:25:23.960 --> 0:25:26.359
<v Speaker 2>most accurate quarterbacks in the National Football League. And the

0:25:26.359 --> 0:25:29.520
<v Speaker 2>more and more comfortable he gets, the more those tight

0:25:29.560 --> 0:25:33.040
<v Speaker 2>window throws and those on point pinpoint type of shots

0:25:33.040 --> 0:25:35.080
<v Speaker 2>are going to be even more frequent because he's going

0:25:35.160 --> 0:25:38.320
<v Speaker 2>to have better knowledge of the system and how to

0:25:38.359 --> 0:25:41.119
<v Speaker 2>exploit certain things. So I'm just telling you, I'm just

0:25:41.240 --> 0:25:43.760
<v Speaker 2>telling you, and we're going to talk more about this

0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:46.800
<v Speaker 2>here with coach McDaniel's media availability additional sound bites. I

0:25:46.800 --> 0:25:48.359
<v Speaker 2>want to play for you guys here in just one second.

0:25:48.400 --> 0:25:52.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm just telling you, get ready, get ready for the season. Okay,

0:25:53.000 --> 0:25:56.359
<v Speaker 2>you're probably got some expectations about how they fizzled the

0:25:56.400 --> 0:25:59.000
<v Speaker 2>last two years, and that's fair. I'm I'm a little

0:25:59.000 --> 0:26:00.840
<v Speaker 2>bit scared about it myself, to be honest with you,

0:26:01.359 --> 0:26:04.520
<v Speaker 2>just because it's happened and you've got battered Dolphins syndrome

0:26:04.880 --> 0:26:08.520
<v Speaker 2>Dolphins fan syndrome. But I'm just telling you just get

0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:10.080
<v Speaker 2>ready for it, because it's going to happen this year

0:26:10.280 --> 0:26:12.000
<v Speaker 2>and it's going to be freaking glorious. I want to

0:26:12.000 --> 0:26:13.720
<v Speaker 2>go ahead and play some soundbites here from head coach

0:26:13.800 --> 0:26:18.120
<v Speaker 2>Mike McDaniel who touched on the benefit of having key

0:26:18.119 --> 0:26:22.240
<v Speaker 2>players miss practices and kind of the balance of guys

0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:24.920
<v Speaker 2>being here for voluntary workouts versus not, And I want

0:26:24.960 --> 0:26:27.120
<v Speaker 2>to go ahead and play this very long SoundBite where

0:26:27.160 --> 0:26:30.320
<v Speaker 2>he talks about the benefit of being in year three

0:26:30.320 --> 0:26:32.320
<v Speaker 2>of the program, how it can benefit guys who can

0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:34.520
<v Speaker 2>take some time off the grass, but also the opportunity

0:26:34.560 --> 0:26:37.160
<v Speaker 2>that it affords younger players looking to make their mark

0:26:37.200 --> 0:26:39.320
<v Speaker 2>here on the twenty twenty four Miami Dolphins.

0:26:39.359 --> 0:26:46.399
<v Speaker 4>There's probably two things existing simultaneously in that, you know,

0:26:46.800 --> 0:26:52.240
<v Speaker 4>this is all voluntary, but there's ways to get better

0:26:52.880 --> 0:26:54.640
<v Speaker 4>in a team environment each and every day.

0:26:54.720 --> 0:26:59.320
<v Speaker 3>So for me individually, you.

0:26:59.280 --> 0:27:03.520
<v Speaker 5>Know, kind of a asking each circumstance. You know, the

0:27:03.640 --> 0:27:05.879
<v Speaker 5>good good news is with this team and with the

0:27:05.920 --> 0:27:10.160
<v Speaker 5>players on it there they communicate with me very well,

0:27:10.200 --> 0:27:11.800
<v Speaker 5>so I kind of know what's coming. As long as

0:27:11.800 --> 0:27:14.800
<v Speaker 5>they know what's coming, you can plan for the opportunity.

0:27:15.080 --> 0:27:20.119
<v Speaker 5>And we've we've i mean shooting the two seasons that

0:27:20.119 --> 0:27:21.360
<v Speaker 5>that have been the head coach here.

0:27:21.840 --> 0:27:23.640
<v Speaker 3>You you see how much.

0:27:25.720 --> 0:27:29.240
<v Speaker 5>Your your roster's depth comes into question as the course

0:27:29.280 --> 0:27:34.600
<v Speaker 5>of the season goes. When there aren't guys you know

0:27:35.000 --> 0:27:39.600
<v Speaker 5>on a certain day attending practice, there are guys that

0:27:40.240 --> 0:27:43.800
<v Speaker 5>supremely benefit from that. And you know, the the the

0:27:43.800 --> 0:27:48.320
<v Speaker 5>biggest thing is as a team, I think the connectivity

0:27:49.640 --> 0:27:54.120
<v Speaker 5>where where people's expectations on how we how how our

0:27:54.160 --> 0:27:59.280
<v Speaker 5>standard of practice is, uh we we haven't Anybody that

0:27:59.359 --> 0:28:00.040
<v Speaker 5>hasn't been.

0:28:01.640 --> 0:28:02.960
<v Speaker 3>Hasn't been at practice.

0:28:04.320 --> 0:28:08.320
<v Speaker 5>People getting more reps because of it, have taken advantage

0:28:08.359 --> 0:28:10.760
<v Speaker 5>of it in that they've known their assignment and we're

0:28:10.800 --> 0:28:14.080
<v Speaker 5>actually coaching them on technique and fundamentals within the play

0:28:14.119 --> 0:28:17.600
<v Speaker 5>and not what they should be doing. So because the

0:28:17.680 --> 0:28:20.680
<v Speaker 5>team and their mindset in the way they've really gone

0:28:20.680 --> 0:28:24.639
<v Speaker 5>about it. This offseason, we've had a tremendous offseason of

0:28:25.240 --> 0:28:29.919
<v Speaker 5>growth really in our schematics and our fundamentals because people

0:28:29.960 --> 0:28:36.240
<v Speaker 5>have taken advantage of opportunities, So that doesn't necessarily.

0:28:37.480 --> 0:28:38.600
<v Speaker 3>That's not always the case.

0:28:39.160 --> 0:28:43.960
<v Speaker 5>So in situations where people don't rise and rise to

0:28:44.000 --> 0:28:47.800
<v Speaker 5>the challenge or really understand the opportunity presented when they

0:28:47.840 --> 0:28:50.360
<v Speaker 5>may be getting reps with the ones instead of the twos,

0:28:50.480 --> 0:28:52.160
<v Speaker 5>or they may be getting reps with the twos instead

0:28:52.160 --> 0:28:58.000
<v Speaker 5>of the threes. When people don't rise to those occasions,

0:28:57.680 --> 0:29:02.560
<v Speaker 5>it substantially affects your team. Uh, I'm happy to say

0:29:02.600 --> 0:29:05.400
<v Speaker 5>that we've had really a lot of growth in what

0:29:05.440 --> 0:29:07.960
<v Speaker 5>we're trying to do in our practices.

0:29:08.480 --> 0:29:12.440
<v Speaker 3>And uh, the the guys that the.

0:29:12.400 --> 0:29:17.000
<v Speaker 5>Guys that haven't been here in an in a voluntary situation,

0:29:18.440 --> 0:29:20.800
<v Speaker 5>I don't see it hurting our team right now.

0:29:20.880 --> 0:29:22.880
<v Speaker 2>And the follow up question or I guess the next

0:29:22.920 --> 0:29:26.480
<v Speaker 2>question in this line of questioning was about the presence

0:29:26.560 --> 0:29:30.520
<v Speaker 2>of one Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle and Odell Beckham on

0:29:30.600 --> 0:29:33.560
<v Speaker 2>the field together. And have you seen those guys working

0:29:33.600 --> 0:29:35.560
<v Speaker 2>out together just yet. Let's go ahead and hear from

0:29:35.600 --> 0:29:38.160
<v Speaker 2>coach on that and why maybe it's not that big

0:29:38.200 --> 0:29:39.600
<v Speaker 2>of a deal that they haven't been on the field

0:29:39.600 --> 0:29:41.360
<v Speaker 2>together in the month of May.

0:29:41.480 --> 0:29:46.680
<v Speaker 5>Their individual processes through the off season where they're at.

0:29:47.880 --> 0:29:49.200
<v Speaker 3>We we haven't had.

0:29:49.000 --> 0:29:54.600
<v Speaker 5>That opportunity yet, but that that's uh, that's you know,

0:29:54.720 --> 0:29:57.520
<v Speaker 5>and I'm not in any hurry to to see that

0:29:57.560 --> 0:30:00.200
<v Speaker 5>there's a you know, each individual has to ear earn

0:30:00.280 --> 0:30:05.800
<v Speaker 5>their keep and earn their targets, and so having all

0:30:05.880 --> 0:30:08.360
<v Speaker 5>three at the same time isn't necessarily a big deal

0:30:08.400 --> 0:30:11.800
<v Speaker 5>to me. It's each and every one of them understanding

0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:14.080
<v Speaker 5>our offense, how to separate in the time of the play,

0:30:14.200 --> 0:30:17.080
<v Speaker 5>understanding where where, how.

0:30:16.960 --> 0:30:19.560
<v Speaker 3>To align, and who and what to block.

0:30:19.760 --> 0:30:22.920
<v Speaker 5>All of those things are more the most important to me,

0:30:23.080 --> 0:30:27.520
<v Speaker 5>especially as you are right live in the offseason.

0:30:27.720 --> 0:30:29.600
<v Speaker 2>This last one here was the follow up to the

0:30:29.680 --> 0:30:33.360
<v Speaker 2>question about those three, and it was more about Tyreek Hill.

0:30:33.400 --> 0:30:35.680
<v Speaker 2>And I remember really kind of raving about this back

0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:39.080
<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty two how Tyreek kind of taught the

0:30:39.120 --> 0:30:41.719
<v Speaker 2>Dolphins how to practice, and not that there was nobody

0:30:41.760 --> 0:30:44.160
<v Speaker 2>that knew how to practice, but he set a certain

0:30:44.200 --> 0:30:46.440
<v Speaker 2>standard that was kind of like, oh, that's the guy

0:30:46.520 --> 0:30:49.920
<v Speaker 2>that is an ap All Pro every year and eclipse

0:30:49.960 --> 0:30:52.719
<v Speaker 2>his fifteen hundred yards every year and leads the NFL

0:30:52.760 --> 0:30:56.080
<v Speaker 2>in long touchdowns every year and is literally the bane

0:30:56.120 --> 0:30:58.880
<v Speaker 2>of the existence of most defensive coordinators who have to

0:30:58.880 --> 0:31:01.960
<v Speaker 2>call defense to handle what he offers from a just

0:31:02.240 --> 0:31:04.080
<v Speaker 2>dynamic can flip the game on its head in a

0:31:04.160 --> 0:31:08.000
<v Speaker 2>moment's notice type of way. So the question about him

0:31:08.520 --> 0:31:10.640
<v Speaker 2>taking less practice reps, and I talked about it last year.

0:31:10.640 --> 0:31:12.520
<v Speaker 2>I remember being like, I don't see Tyreek out here

0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:15.120
<v Speaker 2>as much as we did, even last training camp for instance,

0:31:15.440 --> 0:31:17.040
<v Speaker 2>And all he did was go off and have a

0:31:17.280 --> 0:31:19.600
<v Speaker 2>year where he threatened for two thousand yards before he

0:31:19.640 --> 0:31:22.840
<v Speaker 2>had an injury. That kind of basically took that entire

0:31:23.720 --> 0:31:26.040
<v Speaker 2>idea off the table. But I want to go ahead

0:31:26.080 --> 0:31:28.440
<v Speaker 2>and play this SoundBite as he talks as Coach McDaniel

0:31:28.480 --> 0:31:32.040
<v Speaker 2>talks about Tyreek's ability to take some time down because

0:31:32.080 --> 0:31:33.640
<v Speaker 2>of the knowledge in the system. Let's go ahead and

0:31:33.640 --> 0:31:35.440
<v Speaker 2>throw it one more time here to Coach.

0:31:35.240 --> 0:31:40.320
<v Speaker 5>McDaniel, another great benefit of year three, especially with the

0:31:40.360 --> 0:31:44.800
<v Speaker 5>guys that this is their third year. You know in

0:31:45.200 --> 0:31:48.240
<v Speaker 5>this program, you know, with me as the head coach,

0:31:48.400 --> 0:31:53.920
<v Speaker 5>understanding who they are and how to you know best

0:31:53.960 --> 0:32:00.920
<v Speaker 5>serve those individuals is huge. So knowing Tyreek's all or

0:32:01.000 --> 0:32:03.200
<v Speaker 5>nothing type of mindset on the grass. Yes, we do

0:32:03.840 --> 0:32:10.160
<v Speaker 5>take that into account. There's uh, there's multiple times that

0:32:10.480 --> 0:32:13.480
<v Speaker 5>he's you know, usually trying to talk us into it,

0:32:13.520 --> 0:32:16.240
<v Speaker 5>but we're talking him out of participation on.

0:32:16.480 --> 0:32:19.040
<v Speaker 3>On the field. Knowing where his.

0:32:20.720 --> 0:32:27.240
<v Speaker 5>Uh ferrari horsepower is at and uh and making sure

0:32:27.320 --> 0:32:30.480
<v Speaker 5>that stays that way. So uh, it is very helpful

0:32:30.560 --> 0:32:33.440
<v Speaker 5>with some of some of the types of practice players

0:32:33.480 --> 0:32:35.760
<v Speaker 5>we have, knowing them and being able to keep them

0:32:35.800 --> 0:32:37.720
<v Speaker 5>out of harm's way as best we can.

0:32:38.040 --> 0:32:40.640
<v Speaker 2>And I know we're talking about receivers in this instance,

0:32:40.680 --> 0:32:44.760
<v Speaker 2>but it applies to most players. And you know, McDaniel

0:32:44.800 --> 0:32:46.520
<v Speaker 2>mentioned this in a press conference I think it was last

0:32:46.520 --> 0:32:49.160
<v Speaker 2>week before the first open OTA session to the media

0:32:49.440 --> 0:32:52.400
<v Speaker 2>about to traveling from you know, South Florida to California

0:32:52.480 --> 0:32:55.160
<v Speaker 2>to meet with John Beck, and I just I kept

0:32:55.200 --> 0:32:57.040
<v Speaker 2>thinking about this because and this is why I gave

0:32:57.080 --> 0:32:59.240
<v Speaker 2>you that preamble about just wait for the season and

0:32:59.240 --> 0:33:01.240
<v Speaker 2>wait to see what this's off looks like, because it's

0:33:01.280 --> 0:33:03.240
<v Speaker 2>going to be, in my opinion, the best in the

0:33:03.320 --> 0:33:08.160
<v Speaker 2>league by a good gap. But to not have to

0:33:08.200 --> 0:33:11.640
<v Speaker 2>come in here and drill an offense and try to

0:33:11.680 --> 0:33:14.560
<v Speaker 2>get the terminology down and try to get your favorites

0:33:14.560 --> 0:33:17.120
<v Speaker 2>and your least favorites, and finding out which calls are

0:33:17.280 --> 0:33:19.440
<v Speaker 2>preferable to your skill set and all the stuff that

0:33:19.480 --> 0:33:21.520
<v Speaker 2>goes into learning a new offense. I refer to this

0:33:21.800 --> 0:33:24.040
<v Speaker 2>all the day time in the podcast I'll Never Forget.

0:33:24.080 --> 0:33:27.160
<v Speaker 2>There was a Packers and Lions Monday Night game and

0:33:27.320 --> 0:33:30.440
<v Speaker 2>they had the Manning Cast where they were talking about

0:33:30.520 --> 0:33:33.240
<v Speaker 2>Jared Goff in his second year of the Ben Johnson

0:33:33.280 --> 0:33:35.560
<v Speaker 2>offense and Peyton Manning. We had always heard that the

0:33:35.560 --> 0:33:37.600
<v Speaker 2>first year was kind of the learning filling out process,

0:33:37.640 --> 0:33:40.000
<v Speaker 2>and Bruce arians had made the comment about eight games

0:33:40.120 --> 0:33:41.680
<v Speaker 2>how long it takes to kind of get things down,

0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:45.280
<v Speaker 2>and Peyton's like, by year three is when I felt

0:33:45.320 --> 0:33:47.680
<v Speaker 2>the most comfortable. And damn it, who is the quarterback

0:33:47.680 --> 0:33:50.840
<v Speaker 2>you're trying to kind of emulate the most. If you're

0:33:50.920 --> 0:33:53.280
<v Speaker 2>to a tongue by loa, it's Peyton Manning because the

0:33:53.280 --> 0:33:56.239
<v Speaker 2>skill sets are similar in terms of Peyton didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest arm. He had a good enough arm like

0:33:58.560 --> 0:34:02.200
<v Speaker 2>Tua does. He beats you between the ears by being

0:34:02.280 --> 0:34:05.160
<v Speaker 2>so maniacal in his approach to the game and being

0:34:05.200 --> 0:34:07.920
<v Speaker 2>so studious and just downright smarter than everybody else in

0:34:07.920 --> 0:34:09.759
<v Speaker 2>the field that he was able to do the things

0:34:09.760 --> 0:34:12.440
<v Speaker 2>we just talked about with Tua moving defenses with his

0:34:12.480 --> 0:34:16.200
<v Speaker 2>body position and beginning the throwing emotion before he's even

0:34:16.520 --> 0:34:19.000
<v Speaker 2>delivered or conveyed to the defense, that he knows where

0:34:19.040 --> 0:34:21.400
<v Speaker 2>he's going with the ball. Like these high level nuances

0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:24.799
<v Speaker 2>are what truly makes great quarterback play. And so for

0:34:24.840 --> 0:34:27.480
<v Speaker 2>Tua to have not only this is what I like

0:34:27.520 --> 0:34:29.279
<v Speaker 2>in the offense, this is what I don't like. I

0:34:29.320 --> 0:34:30.920
<v Speaker 2>know how to work on the things I don't like.

0:34:31.520 --> 0:34:34.919
<v Speaker 2>Now he can take all of that. And I knew

0:34:34.960 --> 0:34:36.439
<v Speaker 2>he was going to get better because of year three.

0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:38.000
<v Speaker 2>Where I didn't know I was going to see a

0:34:38.000 --> 0:34:45.240
<v Speaker 2>better Tua was just improving the overall quarterback mechanic function

0:34:45.360 --> 0:34:48.799
<v Speaker 2>of his entire game. Because it was one practice. But

0:34:48.840 --> 0:34:50.879
<v Speaker 2>I came away watching this guy saying, he's got more

0:34:50.960 --> 0:34:53.680
<v Speaker 2>yardage on each club, He's got more shots in the back,

0:34:53.719 --> 0:34:54.960
<v Speaker 2>if he has hit to draw, if he has hit

0:34:55.000 --> 0:34:57.200
<v Speaker 2>to cut, he can do all of that, and just

0:34:57.239 --> 0:34:59.800
<v Speaker 2>the overall easy efficiency is going to make it for

0:34:59.840 --> 0:35:03.160
<v Speaker 2>a more repeatable swing or in this instance, a throwing

0:35:03.200 --> 0:35:06.840
<v Speaker 2>motion for a quarterback because he's gone out west to

0:35:07.120 --> 0:35:10.360
<v Speaker 2>work with a quote unquote swing coach, And so you

0:35:10.480 --> 0:35:12.760
<v Speaker 2>have the benefit of the third year in the offense

0:35:12.840 --> 0:35:15.360
<v Speaker 2>and the increased knowledge and the increased familiarity with your

0:35:15.400 --> 0:35:17.640
<v Speaker 2>teammates and your coaches and the system and the terminology

0:35:17.680 --> 0:35:20.480
<v Speaker 2>and everything that goes into the evolving offense that McDaniel

0:35:20.560 --> 0:35:24.040
<v Speaker 2>runs here. But now you've added a better swing, a

0:35:24.040 --> 0:35:27.040
<v Speaker 2>better stroke right on top of that. I just I

0:35:27.080 --> 0:35:31.040
<v Speaker 2>think the sky's limitman, because as a amateur golfer trying

0:35:31.080 --> 0:35:35.200
<v Speaker 2>to make these references applicable to the fan base out there,

0:35:35.480 --> 0:35:37.960
<v Speaker 2>as someone who has worked very hard on the driving

0:35:38.000 --> 0:35:39.360
<v Speaker 2>range the last two years to try to get a

0:35:39.360 --> 0:35:41.560
<v Speaker 2>golf swing figured out, Man, when you can kind of

0:35:41.600 --> 0:35:44.239
<v Speaker 2>step aside and really drill on the swing and get

0:35:44.239 --> 0:35:46.360
<v Speaker 2>that thing more efficient and make it a more repeatable

0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:49.040
<v Speaker 2>stroke that you can count on and give yourself a

0:35:49.040 --> 0:35:52.200
<v Speaker 2>better shot dispersion on each and every swing, it's the

0:35:52.200 --> 0:35:55.960
<v Speaker 2>same exact thing for a quarterback. And Man, again, one practice,

0:35:56.120 --> 0:35:59.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm telling you the quarterback is better. Physically, he's better,

0:35:59.400 --> 0:36:01.680
<v Speaker 2>and we are knew that in year three the mental

0:36:01.719 --> 0:36:03.520
<v Speaker 2>aspect of the game was going to be better too.

0:36:03.600 --> 0:36:07.040
<v Speaker 2>So I'm beyond fired up here. On May the twenty

0:36:07.120 --> 0:36:08.880
<v Speaker 2>nine thinking about how this Dolphins team is going to

0:36:08.960 --> 0:36:11.239
<v Speaker 2>run rough shot on the rest of the National Football League,

0:36:11.360 --> 0:36:13.640
<v Speaker 2>and let's go ahead and call it a podcast right there.

0:36:13.719 --> 0:36:16.280
<v Speaker 2>Friday's episode, We're gonna come back and talk a lot

0:36:16.400 --> 0:36:19.160
<v Speaker 2>about the questions you guys post to me on the mailbag,

0:36:19.280 --> 0:36:21.360
<v Speaker 2>some inappropriate questions out there that we're very funny, but

0:36:21.360 --> 0:36:23.680
<v Speaker 2>I cannot talk about them on the professional podcast, but

0:36:23.760 --> 0:36:25.720
<v Speaker 2>I see you out there. We'll go ahead and address

0:36:25.800 --> 0:36:28.040
<v Speaker 2>everything you guys asked that it is appropriate though, on

0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:31.080
<v Speaker 2>the podcast, and the next week we have three OTA practices,

0:36:31.320 --> 0:36:33.279
<v Speaker 2>and then after that it is back to two times

0:36:33.320 --> 0:36:35.279
<v Speaker 2>a week. We're gonna have the NFL preview of the

0:36:35.360 --> 0:36:37.560
<v Speaker 2>divisional guests. We'll do that again this year. We'll have

0:36:37.600 --> 0:36:39.480
<v Speaker 2>some walking talks or some chats I should say, with

0:36:39.480 --> 0:36:41.839
<v Speaker 2>players at the media day session this year that we'll

0:36:41.840 --> 0:36:43.759
<v Speaker 2>play throughout the summer, so lots to come your way

0:36:43.800 --> 0:36:46.160
<v Speaker 2>here on the Draft Time podcast, even though football goes

0:36:46.200 --> 0:36:48.880
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0:36:48.920 --> 0:36:51.560
<v Speaker 2>corner training camp in the month of July and football

0:36:51.880 --> 0:36:54.400
<v Speaker 2>we'll be back in no time. But in the meantime

0:36:54.480 --> 0:36:56.279
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0:37:16.160 --> 0:37:18.200
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0:37:18.200 --> 0:37:20.239
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0:37:20.280 --> 0:37:22.560
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