WEBVTT - Travis' Offseason Plan with John Congemi 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:17.400 Field cutsdown Miami Run. What is up? Dolphans And welcome 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:21.320 to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:27.200 podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:30.800 It is Tuesday. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:33.000 on today's show, we're gonna do something a little bit 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:36.480 different here on Drive Time. I'm gonna welcome in my colleague, 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:40.600 my friend, my Sunday Night recap co host on Drivetime, 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:43.240 John can Jemmy here on the podcast. So we're gonna 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.600 take a look comprehensively in depth at the off season. 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:51.240 I'm gonna pitch a kind of position by position offseason 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:54.680 plan idea to John. He's gonna critique it at his thoughts, 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:57.000 at his ideas. Gonna be a lot of fun here. 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:00.200 All of that and more on this Tuesday mark the 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:07.440 ninth edition of the Drive Time Podcast. And one want 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.679 to start the podcast here with the news of the 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:12.520 day or the most relevant Dolphins topics, but we're gonna 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:14.760 go ahead and push that towards the end of the podcast. 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:16.399 I do want to get this out there that my 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:19.280 wife and I found a potential house we might look 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:22.320 into purchasing in the South Florida area. Very exciting news 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:24.480 for us as a family as we kind of get 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.240 ready to make that pilgrimage, make that move down to 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:30.280 South Florida from the Northwest. I'm itching to get down 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:32.160 there and get back to the to the nicer weather, 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:34.399 the South Florida weather, and and be there with you 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:36.640 guys this winter and spring and come to you from 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.720 South Florida opposed to the Northwest where I'm recording these 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.560 podcasts right now during the off season. But I don't 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:44.520 want to waste any more time on the podcast here. 0:01:44.640 --> 0:01:46.680 I want to jump right into my guest. You guys 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:49.240 know him. You did the podcast every Sunday night with 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:51.760 me here recapping the Dolphins game that we had just 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.320 watched together, you know, two or three hours prior to that. 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.280 Let's go ahead and welcome in from Miami Dolphins dot 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:01.120 Com the Audible Podcast, John con Jemmy and joining me 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.520 once again, I think for the first time since we 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:07.360 spoke in December after the Buffalo game or the Las 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.480 Vegas game. What are the games towards end of the season. 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:11.600 Is John con gem you the co host of the 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:16.079 Audible podcast, John, How you been man? I'm doing Okay, Travis, 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:18.720 I'm braving it down here in South Florida with this 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.040 tough weather that we've been having. It's about eighty two 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:25.800 degrees and um, it's been nice. But everything is going well. Um, 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.760 kind of getting excited for free agency in the draft 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:30.880 and seeing where the Dolphins are gonna end up. I mean, 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:33.840 after a ten win season, it was kind of exciting 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.920 going into the office season thinking that this team, you know, 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.680 the next step is the playoffs, and we were we 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:44.200 were very close last season. But that's where this mindset 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:47.280 needs to be going into the off season, in terms 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.880 of who you select, how wisely you spend your money, 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:54.040 and how how can you make this team a better team? 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.280 How can you make it eleven or twelve or third 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:58.760 team win football team. So that's kind of what I've 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.280 been kicking around down and that's what we're gonna do 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:04.280 on this edition of the Drive Time Podcast. And you 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:07.720 know you mentioned ten wins close to the postseason. I 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:10.160 mean there's games the Patriots game to start the season, 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.560 the Buffalo game in Week two, maybe that Seahawks game 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:15.160 in Week four where you know, two or three plays 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.160 go a different direction all of a sudden. This is 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:20.880 an eleven win football team and we're playing that January football. Now. 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.280 I know we played a game in January, but January 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:25.639 to mean playoff football, and that's what we're gonna try 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:27.880 to do here, try to find that eleven twelve win 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.760 for this team and get him into the postseason. And 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:32.959 you know, you talk about the exercise of going through 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:35.200 free agency. Like one of my favorite stories I tell 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:38.280 about myself, John is a lifelong Dolphins fan. In two 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:40.880 thousand three, I went to a Dolphins Eagles game Monday 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.440 night football. It was Week fifteen. They needed to win 0:03:43.480 --> 0:03:46.160 to keep themselves alive, and they lost. And on the 0:03:46.200 --> 0:03:48.480 plane ride home, I had a little notebook and spent 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.080 the entire plane ride riding up how I thought they 0:03:51.080 --> 0:03:53.360 could get better and were these free agency could sign 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:54.920 and make a team better. So this is something I've 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.839 been doing for like seventeen years now from my own, 0:03:57.920 --> 0:03:59.920 like just for fun. So it's it's cool to do 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.480 here on a podcast and talk to an expert like yourself. 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.440 Before we get into that, you mentioned a two degrees. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.440 I have to imagine the handicaps getting better, right, Well, 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:13.600 the handicap, it's all depends on what better is Um, 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.120 there's been one too many balls going in the water 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.360 or a sandtrap. But I have been from trying hard, 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.160 that's for sure. Try hards all you can do. I'm 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:22.880 looking forward to getting down there to get a chance 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:24.640 to get back on the golf course and and get 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.320 things going year round. But again, that's not what you 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:29.440 guys are here. We're talking football on this edition of 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:31.680 the Drive Time Podcast, and we wanted to kind of 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:34.839 start here speaking of improving your golf game with areas 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.960 the Dolphins excelled at. What are some things this Dolphins 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.680 team can build upon and really feel good about, like 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:42.839 this is what we do well and we can trust 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.200 this going forward. I'll go ahead and start with you, John. 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:48.200 What's an area you thought the Dolphins just absolutely nailed 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:51.640 down this year and you feel confident going into one 0:04:51.760 --> 0:04:53.800 that that's gonna be a staple of this of this 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:57.480 franchise going forward. Well, I'm gonna start on the defensive 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.880 side of the football, because that's where the Dolphins started 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:02.640 in free agency last year. They wanted to improve this 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:05.440 football team. They needed to get better on defense, and 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:09.200 they did. I thought creating a pass rush and creating 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:14.800 turnovers was probably if you looked at UH statistics and 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.000 you just watched the Dolphins play defense. That's where they 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.320 improved the most. For me, I thought they created an 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:25.640 edge presence. They were able to make quarterbacks feel uncomfortable, 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.599 and on top of that, they were able to generate turnovers. 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.760 They were able to generate sacks and strip sacks and 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:35.920 forced fumbles and scoop and score opportunities, and all those 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:38.719 things out up to victories for the Miami Dolphins last season. 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.240 I think the biggest thing they got their hands on 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:45.400 the football obviously the eighteen interceptions as a team. I 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.719 think they were north of thirty on sacks as a team. 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.240 But the forced fumbles they had. I think they had 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:55.520 seventeen forced fumbles. This is a team that generated excitement 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:59.080 and generated points on defense. So for me, Travis, I thought, 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:02.520 you know, Emmanuel Ogba was close to ten sacks. I 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.279 thought Ben Ginkl in his second year was tremendous. I 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:09.000 thought Jerome Bigger roam the football field terrifically. I thought 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:13.080 guys like Zach Seiler, ray Kwon Davis that you didn't 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.960 think maybe would have a big role, had a big 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:20.919 role on this football team and it just helped it 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:24.479 helped the depth in the secondary. That pass rush and 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.839 that constant front seven pressure really allowed the defensive back 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:32.080 to roam free and make place. So for me on defense, 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:36.560 that was probably the biggest place where the Dolphins excelled. 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.719 Uh that I noticed, Yeah, you touched on the two 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.719 areas that I really wanted to focus on in this segment. 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.640 And I was kind of shaping this defense to what 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:48.560 Brian Flores and Josh Bowyer's ideal vision is, right because 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:50.480 you go back to, you know, his time in New 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:53.400 England and they always had really strong secondaries and they 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.680 were more willing to part ways with players that maybe 0:06:56.680 --> 0:06:59.279 priced themselves out of their market in the front seven 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.279 and put the resources into the secondary. And we saw 0:07:02.360 --> 0:07:04.719 that this year. We saw Bobby McCain's on on a 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.800 veteran contract, Eric Roe got a new contract extension. Xavien 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:10.480 Howard when he got paid, was the highest paid quarterback 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:12.920 in the National Football League, and then when Byron Jones 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.200 comes back and gets his contract, he is now that 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:18.240 So you put those resources into the secondary, and like 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.640 you mentioned, I mean that was the crux of why 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:24.680 this defense was able to cause that hesitation by opposing 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.920 quarterbacks able to create situations where the ball was put 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.400 into harm's way and they found a way to really 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.240 really capitalize on it. And then you mentioned like Zach 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.680 Seeler for instance, and Andrew van Ginkle. These guys that 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.320 are waiver wire claims the year before, a guy that's 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.360 a fifth round draft pick the previous year. These guys 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:45.640 grew and developed into not just like quality contributors, but 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:47.520 guys that you put on the football field and you're like, 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:49.920 I feel great about him being in that role. And 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:52.880 so it makes me wonder what happens in year two 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:57.600 to Brandon Jones, Ray Kwon Davis to Austin Jackson, Rob 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:01.560 Hunt and um shoot Solomon Kinley on the offensive side 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:03.760 of the football. So those are the two areas. I'm 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:06.080 really excited about the way they shape the defense around 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.760 Flora's vision and the way they were able to grow 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:11.360 and develop young players and what that what that means 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.280 you know, going forward for this team. But that also means, 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:16.440 you know, we talked about the ten wins, six losses, 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.760 that there are some areas they can get better, and 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.920 Chris Career and Brian Floors addressed that in their postseason 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:24.720 press conferences. If you had to pick one area, you 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.160 think that they can really have an opportunity to get 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.840 over the hump to get the eleven, twelve, thirteen wins. 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:32.280 What do you think that might be. That's on the 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:34.360 other side of the football for Meat Travis, and it's 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.640 creating explosive plays in the running game and in the 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:40.200 passing game. They need to be able to stretch the 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:43.400 football field and have dynamic players. When they catch a 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:46.719 twelve yard curl or a twelve yard crossing route, they're 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.599 gonna be able to go forty five yards down the sidelines. 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.160 And that takes eleven players. It doesn't just take that 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:56.640 player catching the football. But I think finding those explosive 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.520 runs to take some pressure off of the passing game 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.560 and finding some consistency up front. I think that you know, 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.280 when you take a look at Andrew Van Ginkle on defense, 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:08.559 that jump he made from year one to year two, 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:12.079 Christian Wilkins, the jump he made as a rookie going 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.720 into his second year, I think that needs to happen 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.079 on the offensive line. You mentioned the guys up front, 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.319 and we all know, you know, rookies playing offensive line 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:24.720 doesn't always bode well, doesn't always equal ten wins. Uh. 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:26.600 But those guys did their part, and I think that 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:29.640 they're going to get better As they get better. I 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:33.120 think this offense is going to improve dramatically because I 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:36.120 think that's where you get the extra half second or 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.959 second to throw the football, that extra crease that the 0:09:39.040 --> 0:09:41.560 running back needs to get to the back end of 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.040 that hole and get into the secondary where you can 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:46.280 make one guy miss and you get that tweet five 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.160 thirty five yard play that cuts that field and app 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.319 So for me, on offense, that's where this team needs 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:54.960 to go. They need to focus on getting players, getting 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:59.320 more players that can get the explosive play on a 0:09:59.640 --> 0:10:03.080 just a harmless curl route or harmless now pattern on 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.440 the outside where you get the ball in space, you 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.240 make a guy miss, and now you're you're feeling like 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.320 you don't need those extra three first downs to get 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.360 into the red zone or get into scoring position. You 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:16.880 gotta play perfect offense, right, and that's so challenging to 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:18.400 do in a day and age like today where we 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.360 talk about the Dolphins defense that's so that's so hyper 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.880 focused on getting takeaways and putting pressure on the quarterback 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:25.839 that if you're gonna have a twelve play drive. The 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.319 chances are you're gonna make a mistake at some point, 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.000 So create those big explosive plays to get your offense 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.079 into the end zone before the defense has a chance 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.720 to make They're big play. And I agree completely with 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:38.960 your thought there about you know, adding explosive elements to 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:40.599 the offense. But I want to kind of put you 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:42.320 on the spot here for a second, John, because you 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:44.520 mentioned something that I think is a very you know, 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.199 very important aspect of this team and those those rookie 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:50.520 offensive linemen going into their second year. So when it 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:53.240 comes to playing offensive line, I mean, there's a lot 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:55.199 of these guys gotta pick up and handle, whether it's 0:10:55.200 --> 0:10:57.400 the protection calls, dealing with the fact that you have 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.959 to face pass rushers like you know, the Miles Garret 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.120 to the nick Boss of the world, opposed to being 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.360 in college and the pact well where you're facing guys 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.640 that are not those guys. What's the what's the big 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.040 thing that can occur for a second year offensive lineman 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.240 that can allow him to make that jump is it? 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:12.679 Is it more of the mental part of the game, 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:16.040 the physical part of the game. What aspects of Solomon Kinley, 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.439 Robert Hunting, Austin Jackson, can we expect to see growth 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:23.520 in here in your number two leverage. I think that's 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:26.760 the biggest thing for an offensive lineman in his growth, 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.920 knowing how to use his power, knowing how to use 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.920 his feet, and knowing how to use his leverage. Sometimes 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:35.880 I think Solomon Kinley on the inside would get so 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:39.600 excited that you know he's he's missing his opportunity to 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.920 use that big body because he's so excited to try 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.640 to get off the line of scrimmage where all he 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:47.440 has to do is position that that wall of a 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.280 man in a certain way and then use that leverage 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:52.520 and be able to give the running back of crease 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:54.760 and not kind of do it all with brute string. 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:58.440 So I think that you know, a guy like Jackson 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:00.600 on the edge or Robert hunt why I thought, did 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:03.040 a pretty good job at right tackle. He was thrown 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:06.480 into a very difficult situation when Jesse Davis was dinged 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:09.200 up there and went in and played really well. So 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.200 I think having that year under their belt in terms 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:14.160 of knowing how to use their feet, knowing how to 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:16.640 use their hand placement, and knowing how to use their 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.680 leverage is gonna take a little bit more pressure off 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:23.920 or the question mark that unknown an offensive lineman goes 0:12:23.960 --> 0:12:25.760 into a game as a rookie, not knowing if that 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.199 his strength is gonna be good enough. Well, if he's 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.800 got good leverage and good feed in and applying that 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:34.959 weight and and pressure in the right way, he's gonna 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:38.160 probably bypass the first three question marks he had going 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:40.840 into that game. So for me, I'd like to see 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.680 those young guys play with confidence, but play with better 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:46.040 leverage to give the other guys, the running back to 0:12:46.120 --> 0:12:48.719 the quarterback a little bit clearer picture of what they 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:50.800 need to do with their job. To me, the most 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.120 important word in football is leverage. I love that. And 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.680 Austin Jackson talked about that all the time and has 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.840 press availabilities this year too, So smart kid, young kid. 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:00.640 We can see him apply that stuff can get better 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:02.600 as he goes along, as well as the other rookies 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.040 there along that offensive line. I'm gonna go ahead and 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:08.200 add one more We'll call an area of opportunity and 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.680 we talk about that defense like how can this you know, 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.400 top of the league and takeaways, third down defense, and 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.120 you know, enter week seventeen the number one scoring defense. 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.520 How can they get even better? My first thought was 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.200 finding a way to get more pressure with your front four, 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:24.160 because some of the elite level quarterbacks like a Patrick 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:26.880 Mahomes or Russell Wilson, when you you know, you send 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:29.080 those blitz is, they can find ways to beat that. 0:13:29.120 --> 0:13:31.320 So to be able to be more multiple and more 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.800 flexible with how you create pressure with maybe just your 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:36.840 front four is my other area of opportunity to kind 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:38.720 of get away from the idea that you talked about 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.600 the explosive element of the offense. So just some ideas 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.439 there from John and myself, and what we want to 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.800 do now is play a game where I had kind 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.440 of went through some positions that I think the Dolphins 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:50.440 could stand to add some bodies at. And you know, 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:52.840 it's most of the positions across the football because you're 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.000 always looking to improve the entire roster. And then John's 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:57.960 gonna tell us where we think we can get, you know, 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:00.680 whether he agrees disagrees, and some areas of opportunity in 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:02.920 those spots. So John, are you ready to kick this 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:07.439 thing off? Yeah, let's go. Let's do it. Drives all right, perfect, 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:08.840 So I just want to go ahead and put this 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:11.680 disclaimer out here. A couple of disclaimers. Actually, first, this 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.000 is our opinion. This does not reflect the opinion of 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:16.720 the football team. Just me and John talking some ball here. 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.400 And number two, this is not a list of the 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:22.480 best players at each position in terms of their free 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:25.840 agent grade or draft grade. This is accounting for what 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:29.720 the possible resource might be required to acquire that player. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.560 You know, you talk about premium resource. Let's say let's 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:36.120 say the Dolphins do sign to top tier free agents, 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:39.680 like top contract Byron Jones level free agents, and they 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:41.960 have four picks in the top fifty, that would be 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:45.120 six premium resources. Then you have your tier two and 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.600 your mid round pick. Guys, you're kind of secondary resources 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:51.400 and so forth and so on. So keep that in mind, 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.640 and we'll start at the quarterback position, where we know 0:14:53.680 --> 0:14:55.440 who the starting quarterback is too a tongue of by 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.400 loa signed seal delivered twenty three years old, heading into 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:01.080 a second season, and gives the Dolphins the benefit of 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.080 that quarterback on the rookie contract. So I was kind 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.520 of trying to figure out, do we need to find 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:08.560 a veteran that can kind of come in and play 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:11.200 that Ryan Fitzpatrick role or do you draft and develop 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:14.200 a guy? So I put my two names, one free agent, 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:17.280 one draft. The quarterback I chose was Kyle Allen, who 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.560 was an unrestricted free agent. And the reason I have 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:21.400 him in there, John is because he played in the 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.720 air Raid in college and to me, some of those 0:15:23.720 --> 0:15:27.240 principles are transferable to the quick game that we want 0:15:27.280 --> 0:15:29.160 to run under two a tongue of voloa, see it, 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.480 let it rip, and get the ball into the explosive 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.520 playmaker's hands like you mentioned. So that's my free agent 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.240 option and then my draft options on day three, and 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.440 maybe he'll go Day two. I don't know, but as 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.760 Texas A and m as Kellen Mond, just because I 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.040 think the physical traits are so unique and he can 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:46.440 be an added element to your running game as well 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:49.640 at that quarterback position. So, Kyle Allen Kellen Mond, what 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:54.480 are your thoughts? Well, obviously with with mind, I like 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.840 what he brings his skill set. You know, he played 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:59.480 in a in an SEC school and and you're always 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.800 a tough defensive pressure. I would think, you know, no 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.960 matter what level you're playing at, what team you're playing at. 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.440 So I like the way he plays the position. I 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:11.040 like his arm strength, I like his elusiveness, I like 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.800 his decisiveness. Um, I'm not so sure how we're gonna 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:17.120 go free agency, And I'm gonna throw this out there 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.880 because I was thinking about, you know, coming up with 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:23.320 a name, and I kept coming back to Ryan Fitzpatrick. 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:27.440 And the only reason I say that is because if 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:31.920 you're if you're Brian Flores, and you your main job 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:34.720 in the off season is to try to make how 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.240 can I how can I make a situation? How can 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:39.880 I create an environment that I can get the best 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.640 football out of two a tongue of violoa? How do 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.640 I make him improve so that we're not looking for 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:48.600 he's not looking over his shoulder Number one. He's got 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:50.480 to be the guy and he's got to go play. 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.600 But you need to have somebody. You still need to 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:54.920 win football games, and you still need to turn to 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.960 someone that you have confidence in. If I'm if I'm 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.200 Ryan Fitzpatrick, I don't know if the gry this is 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.680 always greener going out and trying to be the starter 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:06.080 somewhere else. Now, granted the dollars would be great, and 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:09.680 I'm sure he's looking for that opportunity, but his the way, 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:13.719 he's the way he's progressed through his long veteran career. 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.520 Is not the way Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers or 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:21.239 any of the elite quarterbacks have. This guy's gotten beaten up. 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:23.919 This guy's run a lot more than maybe some of 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.360 those elite quarterbacks. So I think there's a little bit 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:28.880 more tread on the tires. If you're looking at another 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.439 team taking a peek at Fitzpatrick as a starter, I 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:36.920 think the ideal situation is his coming in as a backup, 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:38.959 as a guy that can go in and play. So 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.240 if I'm Brian Flores, I need to find a guy 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:44.040 that I have extreme confidence in that if I need 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:46.200 to turn to him, he's gonna come in and win 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:48.520 a football game or two. At least I believe he's 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:51.720 going to. And I'm not going to uh put two 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:54.440 a tongue of violoa in a shell uh for two 0:17:54.520 --> 0:17:57.760 or three weeks until he gets his next opportunity. So 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.480 I'm still not I'm still not a seller when it 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:05.240 comes to Ryan Fitzpatrick, only because this team needs to 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:09.000 have somebody that can win and win in multiple weeks, 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:12.040 and he's the guy for me that I just wouldn't 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:15.080 he raced right away Yeah. To me, he was the 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:17.280 the best luxury this team had this season. When I 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:19.560 say a luxury, I mean most teams don't have a 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:22.080 quarterback that if your starter goes down, you feel like 0:18:22.119 --> 0:18:24.560 you like exactly like you mentioned, you feel confident he 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:26.639 can come off the bench and win that game, and 0:18:26.680 --> 0:18:28.720 maybe even start the next week and win that game 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.199 as well, just as Fits did against the Jets this 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.480 year at the Jets. But the thing that I point 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:35.720 back to John is and Fits has talked about this 0:18:35.840 --> 0:18:38.080 so much, and I agree with you because he's such 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.440 a great guy. If he's not back, I'm gonna miss 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:42.520 running into him in the kitchen and having to him, 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:44.439 you know, rip on me, you know, kind of have 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:46.479 some fun with me at my expense. It was a 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:48.359 great time. He's such a great guy to be around. 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:50.320 But the thing that I always point to is he 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:52.560 talks so much about how much he loves to play 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:54.720 the game. He's not He's not here to be that 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:56.960 mentor to be that coach. Like I see the assumption 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:58.639 on Twitter all the time, like just have him come 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:00.640 in and be the quarterbacks coach. Are you sure that's 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:02.440 what he wants to do. I think he loves to 0:19:02.480 --> 0:19:04.560 play the game. So it makes me wonder if he, 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:08.720