WEBVTT - Welcome to Miami | Shaq Lawson 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:07.240 Practice, Patrick throwing Parker touchdown. What a win for this 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:14.640 Miami Dolphin team. Wow ah right, Miami Indeed, and free 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:18.600 agency is off to a rocking start as your Miami 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:22.640 Dolphins have been busy bolstering the roster with quality signings, 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:27.040 freak athletes, intelligent, instinctive scheme fits, and we've been doing 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:30.240 it with clever cat management that keeps this roster in 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:34.879 terrific financial shape going forward. What's up, Dolphins? Travis Wingfield 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:37.720 with you here for a special series of the Drive 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:41.520 Time Podcast, part of the official podcast network of your 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.560 Miami Dolphins. We aren't making these shows with specific dates, 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:49.120 but we are rolling out a new episode per player signing, 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:52.080 and we'll start with the details of the player's career, 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:56.240 taking a look at their counting stats, advanced metrics, film study, 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:00.200 character testimonies, and a whole lot more. All of that 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:03.520 before we hear from the newest Miami Dolphins and exclusive 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:08.000 interviews with the Drivetime Podcast. So, without any further ado, 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.480 let's get in to the free agency series here on 0:01:11.520 --> 0:01:19.200 the Drivetime Podcasts, and we are going to cover the 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.959 cumulative impact of all Miami's free agent activity. Where they 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.440 are for the draft and financially with the structure of 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.319 these contracts and the cap position going forward. But for 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:31.800 now we focus on the individual player, and today's podcast 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.440 is all about Shack Laws and the dolphins newest pass 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:38.000 rusher on the defensive line. The former Buffalo Bill stays 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:40.480 in the a f C East and reunites with his 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.760 former college position coach in Marion Hobby, who coaches the 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:47.920 Dolphins defensive line here. Lawson is very physically imposing and 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.400 satisfies both requirements of a three down edge. At six 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:54.600 ft three two sixty seven, Laws and condented the line 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:57.080 in the run game with relative ease. His thirty four 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.600 and a quarter inch arms allow him to reset his 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:02.840 opponent it key the play and disengage in either gap 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.440 to close down on the ball carrier or to pursue 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.079 the quarterback, the key to two gapping as a read 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:11.120 and react player. Once his run defense forces the offense 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:14.200 into obvious passing downs, Lawson can impact the game as 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:17.320 a rusher from a variety of positions and even fronts. 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:20.320 Lawson can play anywhere from the wide nine technique all 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:24.320 the way inside as a three technique. Lawson's versatility satisfies 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:28.320 Miami's multiple defense, even or odd fronts upfront. His primary 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.920 position in college was as a five technique, but he 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:34.239 also played some outside linebacker in odd fronts. In Buffalo, 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:37.360 he played all over that Bill's front, but primarily in 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.760 three similar positions as your five, six, and seven technique. 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:44.680 He features a rare blend of size and athleticism, and 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:48.160 that was on display at the scouting combine, where he 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.760 set the pace for defensive ends with a four point 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.520 seven forty yard dash and with a four point two 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:56.079 one twenty yard shuttle. He ran a seven one six 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:58.760 three cone drill and jumped a hundred and twenty inches 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.239 in the broad and thirty three inches in the vert. 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:05.000 Those measurements brought back a relative athletics scorecard of eight 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:07.760 point three nine that's out of ten and measured well 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:11.600 above average among his contemporaries in nearly every category. As 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:14.760 a pro, Lawson has played sixteen hundred and thirty three 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:17.240 snaps over a four year career. That's an average of 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:19.760 four hundred and eight point three snaps per game. The 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:23.360 twenty nineteen season was Lawson's best to date. He had 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.440 forty pressures on two hundred and ninety eight pass rush reps. 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.480 That's a pressure rate of thirteen point four percent. His 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.680 seven sacks equate to a two point three percent sack rate, 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.320 and the twenty one total quarterback hits makes for an 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:38.200 impressive seven percent hit rate, so seven percent of his 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.840 pass brush reps he's hitting the quarterback. Lawson consistently gave 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.800 the Bills production. Last season. He recorded a pressure in 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:48.440 sixteen of buffalo seventeen games, that of course includes the playoffs. 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:52.000 From weeks eleven through seventeen, Lawson had twenty two total 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.119 pressures in average of three point six seven pressures per game, 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.520 coming on strong for Buffalo's playoff push. He committed just 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.040 three fouls on the season and has drawn the yellow 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.960 flag just eight times in his four year career. He's 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.640 been solid as a run defender ever since he entered 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:09.160 the league twenty four run stops last year. Those are 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.000 tackles within two yards of the line of scrimmage and 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.760 an eight point four run stop percentage, which ranks seventh 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.160 in the NFL. Last year, he was second among all 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.520 defensive ends in the National Football League with ten tackles 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:23.800 for loss. Nfl dot COM's Lancer Line had a glowing 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:27.560 scotting report of Lawson coming out of Clemson back in quote, 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.200 built like a tank with thickly muscled legs and a 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.720 broadcast played as a five technique at Clemson and standing 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.800 up on the outside scheme, versatility will likely appeal to 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.840 both three four and four three teams. Very powerful at 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.880 the point, able to punch, extend arms and control the 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.200 line of scrimmage two gapping or set a hard edge, 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.880 able to shock and shed blockers, and has the hand 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:52.360 quickness to stagger block attempts. Power allows him to play 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:55.359 the other side of the line. Was second and in 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.559 college football and run stuffs for all defensive ends. Comes 0:04:58.560 --> 0:05:01.479 off the ball low and with forward lean into his rush, 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:04.799 has frame to handle a double team, has plus instincts 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:08.080 and feel for the game. Toughness on full display. Built 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.440 like a grown man, and he combines his instincts, toughness 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:13.680 and power to fill up the stat sheet and set 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:17.680 an early tone. Lawson's frame and game are easily translatable 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.599 to the National Football League. He turns just twenty six 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.080 years old in the month of June and enters the 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.960 prime of his career with the correct mindset. This according 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.880 to his former Buffalo teammate Jerry Hughes quote. You see 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.640 him taking the necessary steps coming in throughout the week, 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.000 getting in the hot tub and the cold tub, and 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.479 just to kind of contrast, to take care of his body. 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.640 He's coming in on Tuesday's watching film with us again. 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.640 Tuesday's are the NFL's off day, trying to really understand 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.000 how teams plan on attacking us, so he can go 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.279 out there and play fast and just be ahead of 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.440 the curve. End quote. And nobody is happier about lawsons 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.880 migration south from Buffalo to the Dolphins defense than defensive 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.479 line coach Mary and Hobby. This back from his time 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.960 that Clemson quote. Shack loves the game. He loves football. 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.800 I think those older guys know their biggest job is 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:05.480 you better be keeping Shack laws And off the football field. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.640 I'm not keeping him off the field. You're gonna have 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:09.680 to keep him off the field yourself with your play 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.200 and your work. He's been working again this summer. He 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:14.840 did a great job in the classroom as a freshman. 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.960 End quote. And finding an impact player at a premium 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.279 position serves as a major boon for the Dolphins, especially 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:24.279 one that fits Miami's multiple system. Lost in six and 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:27.360 a half sacks seven total plays in twenty nineteen came 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:30.680 from every which way imaginable, starting here with sack number one, 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:33.520 week number one at the New York Jets loss in 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:36.160 lines up as the six technique, the Jets keep max 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:38.960 protection seven blockers in with a tight end to the 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.400 same side as Lass, and he stays in contained for 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.520 a potential play side run, then works over the tight end, 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:48.000 forcing the quarterback to vacatee Once outside the pocket lost 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.040 and chases the play down and gets his sack. Sack 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:54.479 number two week eight against the Philadelphia Eagles lost in 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.039 lines up in a wide nine technique, he uses the 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.440 spacing with the tight end to the strong side to 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:01.680 throw a book ole rush at the Eagles left tackle 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.520 Laws and converts his speed to power with the rush 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:07.200 that knocks the tackle five yards back into the Eagle 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.520 quarterback for loss. In second sack sack number three week 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.720 eleven at Miami Laws in lines up as the five technique, 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:16.280 he slants inside and wins across the face of the 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.880 tackle for a solo sack. Sack number four week twelve 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.440 against the Denver Broncos Laws in lines up as the 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.440 nine tech, the Broncos quarterback rolls right as lost in 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.080 his left unblocked, he chases the play down and makes 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.880 the sack from behind. Sack number five is that same game, 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:34.360 week twelve against Denver. He lines up as the four technique, 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.880 slants inside, splitting the guard and center combination, getting to 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.920 the Denver quarterback in short order. The guard is overwhelmed 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:43.480 by Lawson's length and get off as he easily sheds 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:46.160 a one armed attempt to keep the pass rush at bay. 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:49.480 Sack number six Week thirteen in Dallas, laws In lines 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.240 up in a wide five technique. Initially he sets the 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.640 edge against play action off tackle. Lawson swipes the tackles 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.960 initial punch, keeping his frame clean, then pushes up field. 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.680 The tackle over sets to react to the speed, so 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.760 Lawson dips underneath and then discards the tackle with an 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.679 inside hand ripped, getting to the quarterback for a half 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.600 of a sack. Finally sacked number seven week fifth team 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:13.760 against Pittsburgh, Lawson lines up in a wide nine technique. 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:16.360 He works upfield around a chip from the tight end, 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:19.200 keeps his eyes in the quarterback, and crosses the tackles face. 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:21.960 When the quarterback tries to step up, Lawson arrives and 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.880 strips the ball from the Steeler quarterback. He plays with 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:27.560 so much power, so much ferocity, and he's a tough 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.120 guy to handle from multiple positions, and his tape is 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.360 really just a lot of fun to watch. And with that, 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:34.560 let's go ahead and get now to the interview with 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:38.040 Dolphins new defensive end Shack Lawson. And I'm joined now 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:41.360 by the new defensive end, new pass rusher and run defender. 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:45.160 He really does it all for your Miami Dolphins, Shack Lawson. Check. 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:49.720 How's it going, man? Hey, I'm doing I'm doing really good, 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:51.800 you know, looking forward to getting down there and uh 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:53.960 and meeting you guys and getting practices going. Hopefully that 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.280 happens here real soon. But you've got a new deal, 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.120 new team, new contract. How is all of that kind 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:02.320 of hitting you at this moment? And he didn't really 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:04.880 hit me yet, you know, uh, because I guess with 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.360 all the stuff going on in the world and we 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.840 haven't been able to travel and things like that, but 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:13.320 it ain't really hit me, uh, you know right now. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:15.559 So but I'm gonna site it, man. I'm excited to 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.720 start my new journey down there in Miami and get 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:21.880 this stay going man breaking a championship down in the 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:25.880 Miami and clearly you had options this offseason. Shack, Why Miami? 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:30.600 What brought you to the Dolphins? Um? Um, I got 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.559 a great relationship with the defense line coach Mary Hobby. 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.880 You know, he's the guy that got me the player 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.880 I am. Um got me the first round player to 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:43.520 come out of college. Uh. I learned a lot from him. Um. 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:45.760 So that was a big reason why I end up 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:48.680 coming down there. And it was an opportunity for my family. 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.960 You know, new scenery. I can get away from the 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:55.880 colde you know, and play played back in coastal coast 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:57.839 to the the home. You know, it's probably an eight hour 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:00.960 drive from where I'm from. So that's it had a 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.760 lot to do it why I wanted to come to Miami. Yeah, 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.199 the weather certainly is nice, and you mentioned Mary and Hobby. 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:08.240 I want to talk about another connection you have here 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:10.240 with the Dolphins and a teammate you played with the 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.640 Clemson and Christian Wilkins. What can you tell us about 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:14.960 your relationship with Christian Wilkins and how the two of 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.160 you are going to pair together on that defensive line. 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.720 Oh Man, Christian Lucas got a great relationship. I think 0:10:21.760 --> 0:10:24.199 I was a junior when he played a freshman year. 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:26.800 He came on as a true freshman playing that Clemson. 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:30.320 So our bound connected from there, and you know, and 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.000 we fed off each other when we played with each other. 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.400 You know, we you know, we brother bringing that mindset 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.520 dog mentally to the field. You know, we want to 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.400 win every play and things like that. So we used 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.760 to feed off each other. And I knew the opportunity 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:45.640 to go down there and play with him again. And 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:49.200 also thanklessly, you know, man, tanklessly end up going a 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:53.000 hard grade together with roommates are hard grade military end 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.760 up going to Clemson. And we had a relationship too, 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.719 So I mean I got a well relationship down there 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.760 in Miami. So that that out a lot with me 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.319 to come down there. Hey, there are worse places to 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.800 take from the Clemson in the championship pedigree you guys 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.240 have there. You did win a championship at Clemson. Shack, 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.720 What does that kind of do for a player coming 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:13.080 into the league to know what it happens, know what 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.760 it takes to win and to have experienced success like that. 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:19.960 Oh man, it's it's it's it takes a lot, man, 0:11:20.120 --> 0:11:22.599 It starts with the coaching. You know, you keeople, you 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:26.040 built around you know, and things like that. So coach, 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:28.680 I know, I know, the new coach down in Miami 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.680 got a great program going. He bought these guys in 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.800 and run into the white right way. So being a 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.559 part of that and know you know that's the right 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.960 way and watching and watching the guys last year towards 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.720 Miami towards the end of the season last year winning 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:47.920 big time games, and I see and I've seen this 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.120 team gona be special, you know, and they just had 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:53.200 a missing pieces to the team. So for me to 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.360 be a part of that and and his team young, 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:59.880 it's something that's it. It's great. So it's safe to 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.120 a then that the Dolphins finishing the season as strong 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.160 as they did. You kind of you kind of saw 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.120 that from afar and kept a close eye on how 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.280 Brian Flores was getting these guys playing towards the end 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.680 of the year. Oh yeah, I see how this playing us. 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:13.640 You know, we got man, when they when I was 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:16.640 playing Buffalo last year, they played us hard both games, 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:18.800 you know, played us hard. You know, they were trying 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:22.319 to win and things like that. So I've seen that 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:26.680 was going in the right direction, and man, I always 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:30.520 I always wanted to be back with my my college coach, 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.800 man Mary how because I mean Peter, he the guy 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.920 that developed me as a player. I am so and 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:39.720 get back on his wing to learn. I've got Shack 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:41.959 Lawson here, your newest Dolphins defensive and on the Drive 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.640 Time podcast, Shack, you talk about your connections here with 0:12:44.679 --> 0:12:47.440 the Dolphins and you are going to now join a 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:50.360 player you played against twice last year? And Ryan Fitzpatrick, 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:53.040 what are some of the challenges of defending a quarterback 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:59.040 like fits magic Man. The whole game playing was crazy. Man. 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.760 We couldn't You couldn't rest crazy because you know, he 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:06.080 a takeoff and run. You know, he a guy got 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.439 that dog. You know, he's trying to win every play. 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.160 So we're playing game playing for him last year. That's 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.720 all we kept talking about throughout the week. Chris Patrick, 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:19.640 we cannot let him Ryan Ruyan wild and things like that. 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.920 You know, you gotta come. You gotta come in a 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:27.040 great capital and uh pom to tackle him because he 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:29.480 don't make you mention with things like this. So man, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.079 go down and play with him. Play with a dog 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:35.360 a competitive you know, it's it's great, man, it's great. 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.320 It's great. Does he ever I'm curious about fits. Does 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.280 he ever say any thing on the field as an 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.839 opponent that just makes you laugh? Because we see him 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:44.800 on our social media's and when he gets miked up, 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.199 he always has something a smile on his face and 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.440 he's always saying something, goofy. Has he ever said anything 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:53.800 that made you kind of chuckle? Uh? He's saying so 0:13:54.040 --> 0:13:56.800 One time, I remember, it came up the Buffalo and 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:59.959 I actually got a rough pass on him and after 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.040 of like he flopped. He's like, yeah, man, I flop. 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:03.960 You know, they had to give me that one. So 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.760 he was just cracking jokes out there. So I'm like, 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.760 man and things like that. But every time I'm playing 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.640 against him, man, I mean, he's gonna he gonna get 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.599 You're gonna get his best. You know, he gonna he 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.960 gonna And that's that's what you need in the league 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:20.360 like this, and you need Joe quarterback, you go put 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.640 the put the game on the line, things like that. 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.440 That's just a quarterback being a quarterback. And he's got 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.000 a red shirt on now for you, so you can't 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:30.160 touch that guy anymore. Shack gotta keep that guy up here. Yeah, 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.480 that's what I'm saying. I'm glad I finally got him. 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:35.520 I got him last year and I know I can't 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:39.920 touch him no more. So that sounds good. And speaking 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.200 of playing against Fitzpatrick, that keeps you in the same 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.160 division in the a f C East. What kind of 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:46.800 advantages do you think you get staying in the same 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.280 division and kind of having a familiarity with your opponents 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:54.000 next season. Man, I've been in there for the last 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.240 four years, so I mean, I know what you're gonna 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.440 get from every team. No, let's go ahead and talk 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:01.040 about how you're going to do that shock and get 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:03.440 into the weeds. Here on the football side, how about 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:05.640 this defense, Like, what is it about this defense that 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.800 really attracted you to signing here? And what do you 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.160 think that this defense offers you in terms of how 0:15:11.160 --> 0:15:13.720 it can unlock all the skills and the potential you 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:20.080 have shack and the defense is it's crazy, man. I 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:23.800 remember the defense so good? Crazy man. I remember one 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.760 place still got me last year was playing and I 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.240 feel like everybody was standing up and the way in 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.880 until they snapped the ball and some blix and some don't. 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.080 I say, I've seen that play and I was like, man, 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:38.240 that's a credible defense. That's you can open your players up. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.320 You can let your guys make plays and put them 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.440 in the right position to make plays. And you got 0:15:42.440 --> 0:15:47.120 from young Tyler. Ray called me Millon like Ray Cord 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.840 I hosted Ray Corpan Millon and his clips and visit 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:52.480 at the time. He was coming out of college. So, man, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.480 y'all guys like you know Baker, you know, playing with 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.640 those guys and the d line they got there. Now 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:00.360 you know in the new free a to see we 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:03.240 got man this, I mean, it's got a chance to 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.240 be special, and it's gonna be a special group, you know, 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.080 and Dolphins fans certainly love to hear that. I want 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.160 to kind of follow up on that. Ray Kuan McMillan 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.960 uh mentioned there. I didn't know he was your your 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.200 host or your your guest at Clemson. There, what can 0:16:15.200 --> 0:16:16.920 you tell us about ray Kuan from a young age, 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:18.520 Because this is a guy that comes in here and 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.160 has a great leadership mentality and great locker room guy. 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:25.480 Did you recognize that pretty early on with ray Kawa McMillan, Oh, yeah, 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.440 when he first stepped in the lead you know he's leader. 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.760 You know, it shows by how he played so on 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.040 and off the field. You know, Ray Klon ain't never 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:36.240 been a guy that's you heard about it paper news 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:39.000 and stuff like that. He always been a great guy man, 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:42.240 So it always told by how he played, how you 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:45.320 playing on the field, you know, being be able to 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:47.760 play with him, you know, y'all got it. You know 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.400 I'm a hold it down for him. Make sure you 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:53.840 know that. Go get past my age and things like that. 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:55.920 You know, be able to work with those guys. Man, 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:59.120 it's gonna be great, man, you know, because it's it's 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.280 Tyler all over you. Man. But a lot of first rounds, 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:04.480 I feel, for real, for real. There is a lot 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:06.440 of talent in that on the defense, on this team 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:07.920 and on that front seven now, and a big part 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:09.920 of that is you and some of the additions they've 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.560 made to this defense. When you line up, you put 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:14.640 your hand in the dirt shack. What's the number one 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:16.919 thing that you love doing most, whether it's rushing the 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.200 past or defending the run. Is there a specific part 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.720 of the game that you love the best? Man, the 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:24.680 most part of the doing is man who the man 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.720 ran in front of you know, just take advantage of 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.959 my one on more opportunities. You know, make sure, like 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:34.000 like on the run game, make sure nothing get past 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:36.640 my edge. You know, I take big pot in there 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:40.320 and pass rest man. It's it's it's it's up man, 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.720 it's coming. It's gonna be great. You know, being able, 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:47.359 They're gonna use me a lot. You know, um a 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.960 lot on their pass wrests. Uh, not the opportunity that 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:54.320 I got last year. So I mean it's gonna be special, man. 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:56.280 I mean I feel like I could bring a lot 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.879 to the table. Man. Just the energy to Jews. I'm 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:00.800 gonna bring the energy to the jew Man. We need 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:05.600 every everything in the stadium loud because you know, feed 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:08.200 off the crowd and stuff like that. So man, I'm 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:10.200 just gonna be the guy to just bring it every 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.920 day and just drop my head down and go to work. 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:16.720 You mentioned that radar package with defenders standing up and 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.200 kind of picking their gaps to rush from. Kyle van 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:20.760 Noy is one of the better players in the league 0:18:20.760 --> 0:18:23.240 of doing that. Emmanuel Ogba does it as well. And 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:25.720 now we've got you here the trifecta to go ahead 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:29.080 and execute that package. What is it about your your 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.560 defensive skills. That that makes you so versatible because I 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:33.720 watch you line up and so many gaps and so 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:36.199 many techniques with different you know, as a looper, as 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:38.879 a twister, just bait straight up one on one speed 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:42.240 rush bull rush, convert speed to power. Is that versatility 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:44.200 in your game you think the best part of your game? 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:49.240 Oh yeah, yeah, to play inside out complaining uh three 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:53.399 chechnique left hand right in like loops stay. I can 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:58.000 play anywhere on the deepens the line, and then that's 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:01.520 been the best part of my game. They gave me 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.240 the opportunity to be where I met right now, to 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.320 be able to play a different spots on the field. 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:09.000 You know, I even played a lot back coming in 0:19:09.040 --> 0:19:12.520 the league. So I mean I've been everywhere around him 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.280 feel uh and being able to make it work, man. 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:20.280 So I mean, whenever they put me at and free 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:22.080 me up to it made me made play. Man. I'm 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:25.240 gonna be loving that. So, Shack, I was looking at 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:26.720 some of your numbers to the end of the season 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:29.520 last year, and you average nearly four pressures per game 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:32.119 from the Dallas game onward. Was there kind of something 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:33.800 that clicked for you at that point of the season 0:19:33.880 --> 0:19:35.639 or that kind of got you charged up for the 0:19:35.720 --> 0:19:39.400 end of the year for that playoff push. Oh man, 0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:43.760 I know, uh, you know, towards the end of the the season, 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:47.280 I started getting more opportunity. You know, I think following 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:51.320 that game, I had two sets against denverd So my 0:19:51.359 --> 0:19:55.119 opportunity start coming more. I think at the time you 0:19:55.200 --> 0:19:59.120