WEBVTT - The Audible Ep. 70 |Training Camp Preview - Offense 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:07.520 All right, here we go. The audible's back on the 0:00:07.560 --> 0:00:09.600 air little after the holiday break a little bit. And 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:11.039 I know, if you didn't notice and you're listening to 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:13.480 the auto, we kind of did the best of last week. 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:15.520 Did pitched in a few guys so we could take 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:17.960 a little time off. And John, how are your golf 0:00:18.000 --> 0:00:20.240 scores up there? I know you want to picture South Carolina. 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:23.680 Went to South Carolina, keywa Island. Uh, it was awesome. 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:26.920 It was hotter than South Florida. Number one, the golf 0:00:27.000 --> 0:00:32.000 was okay. Gained about ten pounds, ten pounds over Fourth 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:36.600 of July. You had everything. I was just nodding my 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:40.519 head yet bringing on it. So I hope everyone had 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.840 a happy and a safe Fourth of July out there. 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:44.560 And you know, to me, all it tells us is 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:46.479 we're a little bit closer to training camp now. And 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:49.080 you know Miami Dolphins unveiled there Back to Football Power 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:52.159 by South Florida. Ford training camp schedules. Funny, Johns, I'm 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:55.240 looking around you see, boy, teams are getting pretty stingy 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.279 with these practices that fans can come watch. I think 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:00.560 there's a couple of teams. I think the Raiders aren't 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:04.000 showing aren't aren't allowing any fans, and I think they're 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:06.119 I think they've got a couple of practices where they're letting, 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.039 you know, some season to the holders or something come in. 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:13.399 But from a general population standpoint, no, no, no, no 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:15.920 viewing and some you know four or five and Dolphins 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.920 have a pretty good list of of of of a 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:21.720 practice that are available to fans, since you can check 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:23.560 that out on Miami Dolphins dot com. But you know, 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.640 the rookies come in one or a little over a 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:30.679 week away. Vets will report on the four. They'll begin 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:35.120 practice on thet I think they get started for practice 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:36.560 if you're if you're gonna get a chance to come 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:39.160 out and see. Then they'll have a scrimmage later on 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:43.320 August three at UH at hard Rock Stadium. That's one o'clock. Uh. 0:01:43.400 --> 0:01:45.240 Are we gonna get those scenes that we had last 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:50.200 year underneath the I think so yeah, we're going to drink. 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.200 You know those are comfortable a little drink, but they 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:57.120 can bring me a little umbrella. Logan can upgrade us. 0:01:57.560 --> 0:02:02.040 He has that you go to know. City Furniture is 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:03.640 a big sponsor to Dolphins. Maybe didn't get us a 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:06.360 couple of a couple of recliners were comfortable right on 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.680 the sideline, you know, just kind of talking. I remember, 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.600 is that more? And Tom Garfi go walking up, just 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:16.000 shaking their head, going, are you guys serious? I said, 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:17.560 you know what, my legs that might get up to 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:19.880 shake your hand. Yeah, yeah, you lean over because I'm 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:22.239 not gonna get up to shake your hand. That's and 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.840 so anyway, we're we're getting close, John, We're getting close. 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:26.799 And you know, it's funny to me, I was thinking 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.840 about this the other day. You know, did the whole offseason? 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.080 You know, you get done with the season and you go, geez, 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.040 I got six months and you know, and and that 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:36.800 kind of flew by did But I think in the 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.480 last last the last month to me has been like 0:02:39.520 --> 0:02:42.040 a snail crawling, you know, just so I go, Jesus, 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.400 I thought we're only three weeks away, you know, two 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.480 weeks ago. You know how you cross them off on 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:49.640 the calendar, you put the line through through the number. Well, 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:51.600 you know, when you get to March and April, you're 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.880 kind of flying through there. And now you're going, man, 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:57.080 I thought I crossed out eight yesterday. I'm back on eighties. 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.520 Especially you know, you got the NBA Finals or roll over, 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:04.200 Hockey's over championship. Golf is just coming around. Now, we've 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:07.440 got the Open Championship next, and you know baseball and 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.280 you know a baseball you know that's a you know 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.120 now now, no one wants to watch baseball now it's 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:14.320 too hot. And the first time right now you mentioned baseball, 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.480 the first time, I thoroughly enjoyed the home run derby 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:20.079 some of it the other night. Yeah, it was actually 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:22.040 a lot of fun. Yeah, I enjoyed that. Well, the 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:30.880 the Guerrero kid talk about ball and didn't win. But yeah, 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:33.160 so so anywhere we're there. So then then you really 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.120 the only thing to look forward to now is uh 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:37.400 is training camp coming and getting this thing going so 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:39.760 we can take a look at our football team, see 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.680 what we're see what we got, and I think John, 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:44.080 we're gonna do is let's let's go ahead kind of 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:45.880 look at it's that kind of breakdown. We have a 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:47.640 couple of weeks, well to do a couple of shows 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.680 until until training camp. Let's kind of take a look 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.720 at both sides of the Footballfense, what you like, what 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.280 you don't like? Defense, which like what you don't like 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:57.640 and before they do we do that, though, we gotta 0:03:57.680 --> 0:03:59.760 kind of send a send a shout out to Kendrick 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:03.160 nor Man. What a what a tough tough situation and 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:06.720 automobile accident. Uh, you know, had to have his amiar 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.880 arm amputated, which well, I tell I, I you know, 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.800 you know, we we've all had injuries in football. And 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:15.080 I don't know about you, jump, but I've you know, 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.560 been in a hospital bed waiting to go to surgery, 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:19.560 you know, the next morning or whatever, and you have 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.839 all these thoughts that go through your mind of you know, 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:24.000 is my career over? Is that in? Is it sad? 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:26.640 What's gonna happen? Am I gonna come out of annesthesia 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.479 or not? All these things, And then you have a 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.080 guy like this, it gets an accident like that and 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.080 and lose his arm and and you know, and ends 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:37.039 his career. And and I know he sent out some 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:40.760 tweets and some some photos on Instagram that he's doing okay, 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.200 and he's thanking people for the support. But but what 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.960 what a tough tough thing to go through for a 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:50.479 for a young kid. That's it's really kind of attraction 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.160 just getting his career exactly attraction is is the best 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.760 way to describe that. Because he's picked up, you know, 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:59.080 I think it was last maybe November December by the 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:02.000 Miami Dolphins. He's on the roster. He has a chance 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:05.119 to compete this year in terms of it's a wide 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:09.080 open position when you look at the depth at defensive tackle. 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:13.240 And to go through something so horrific in that accident 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:17.800 and losing his arm and ending his career, uh, you 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:21.480 just feel so horrible for him. Uh, you know, freak 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.800 accident that that changes his life. You know, thank goodness, 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.760 it didn't end his life, but it changes and alters 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:30.440 his life forever. So you know, you our thoughts and 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:34.080 prayers go out to Kendrick Norton and and just hopefully 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.000 he you know, it seems like he's he's doing okay. 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:39.760 You know, the signs on Instagram and Twitter and the 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:43.400 pictures and you know, former teammates and current teammates supporting him. 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.600 And I'm sure the National Football League is going to 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:47.559 support him in the Miami Dolphins are going to suppor 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:50.400 him anyway they can. But just our our thoughts and 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.080 prayers and our best, you know, in in his recovery. Yeah, 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.920 I'm looking forward to seeing him around Tony hopefully comes 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:58.839 by and uh, you know, I know that would probably 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:03.200 be tough for him, but it also would be good guys. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:05.360 And and you know guys are you know they you 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:06.880 know they're one of your it's one of your own. 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:09.040 You're gonna gonna put your arms around the guy and 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.320 you're gonna embrace him and make sure that that everything 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:13.240 goes well for him. And I know this organization. I've 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:16.039 been with this organization a long long time, and I 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:19.080 know they're gonna do everything they can, um to help 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:21.640 him move on to the next phase in his career. 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.480 And and like I said, we just wish him the 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.320 best in our thoughts. Look at my thoughts, been with 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.440 him really since um you heard about it. Yeah, And 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.719 it's tough, tough things. So um anyway, we we really hope, 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.880 hope the best for Kendrick. And I know he's he's 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:35.360 moving along. But let's go ahead and look at that. 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:37.280 Le's gonna look at the offensive side of the football 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:38.920 a little bit, Johnny and what this team is gonna 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:40.719 be in. But it's tough because you know what, you 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.080 we've seen him in mini camps and O T A 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:45.520 s and this and that. But really until training camp 0:06:45.560 --> 0:06:48.040 comes and in they're competing in a at a higher level, 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.080 it's as you're not not not sure what's gonna look like. 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.159 But I think, to me, when you look at this, 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.600 this this offensive football team, you say, hey, what's gonna 0:06:55.600 --> 0:07:00.320 be the driving force between success and failure whatever or 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:03.560 whatever number you put on success and failure for this 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:07.160 football team this year? To me, it all starts at 0:07:07.200 --> 0:07:09.520 the line of screams with this offensive line. Offensive line 0:07:09.520 --> 0:07:12.160 has been you know, moved around a little bit. Jesse 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.280 Davis kind of a guy that's you know, you know, 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.600 kind of uh, you know, you can find have to 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.160 find him a spot in there. You go out and 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.520 get Michael Dieter, who's really seems like the guy's gonna 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:25.160 fit right in there, and and and being a good spot. Um, 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:27.680 you get Daniel Kilgore back from injury last year, a 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:31.120 guy that you know, I think his his his injury 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:36.720 Week one really began. It kind of was a setback 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:38.240 for the whole tim and then you and then you 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:41.800 and then Josh Sitting the next week goes down and 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.240 and all of a sudden that you know, they just 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:46.640 the domino start falling at that point, but nice to 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.840 have him back. Isaiah Prince, a rookie coming in, you know, 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.400 can he step in and be a tackle? So I 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:56.400 think that offensive line for this football team, offensively is 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:00.960 probably from day one until the last whistle blows to 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:06.320 end the season, is going to be as influential on 0:08:06.360 --> 0:08:09.080 whether this team's or wins or not as well as 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.200 any other position on the field, both offensively in defense. 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:15.320 You know, everybody always wants to talk about the quarterback 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.760 or who your high price wide receiver is, or who 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.080 you've got it running back and how you can move 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:24.360 the football, but it really does the offensive line really does. 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:27.200 It comes down to being able to stay on the 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:30.040 field and sustain drives and being able to be dominant 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:32.280 at the line of scrimmage. And I think you know 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:34.520 that pretty good core there. I think with the addition 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:37.400 in the off season Jordan Mills comes in and you know, 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:39.839 at that right tackle because you have a vacancy with 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:43.560 Jowan James leaving in free agency. I think that you know, 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:45.600 that is a question mark that has to be answered 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:47.760 at training camp. Is it gonna be a young guy 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.120 in Isaiah Prince, Is it gonna be somebody else? That 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:53.320 steps up at that position to be able to say, hey, 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.520 I'm the guy you can count on as a Zach Syrup. 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:57.480 A lot of a lot of questions there. But you 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:00.920 mentioned the center in Daniel Kilgore. I think that's the 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.679 most vital piece because he's the communicator. He's the guy 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:07.240 who gets everything started. And you know that that center 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.640 piece in that center position can be dominant. He can 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:12.760 still be a dominant player as a veteran guy. He's 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.320 played in a numerous games. He's a good guy, he's 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:18.200 a smart guy's tough player. So I think that's gonna 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:20.880 help Chris Reid, you know, came over from Jacksonville. I 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.559 think that's gonna be another interesting piece of the puzzle. 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.400 Uh in free agency he comes over when the pads 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.240 come on is Mills and read the guy you can 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.280 count on those guys. Can you count on those guys 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.880 to start and not put you know, Michael Dieter in 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:35.920 a position where he's got to start as a rookie. 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.440 So I think there's a lot of interesting parts there. 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:40.719 And and the big thing for me, I want to 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:44.559 see Laramie Tuns will be the dominant offensive left tackle 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.440 that I know he can be. Now, he's had good seasons. 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:49.679 He you know, he started at the guard, kicked him 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.160 back outside, took him a while to adjust to that 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.560 left tackle spot. But I really believe that he's got 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.800 to be a guy just a I want to see 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:00.800 that nasty streak in him come out this and that's 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:02.360 you know, that's the thought that was going through my 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:07.120 mind both with with Daniel Kilgore and with Laramie Tunsil. 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.920 You know, both those guys, I know kill Gore, you know, 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.720 you like that guy on your offensive line. That's a 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.160 that's a tough guy, that's a nasty guy. That that 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.160 you know that the you know, don't pick a guy 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.640 up off the ground, you know, you know, you nudge 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:24.480 him down, back down, exactly, play right on the border 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:28.600 of it and be that guy. That's just such a 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.920 because that because to me, if you have that guy 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:35.960 in there, it permeates that offensive line because the other 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:37.679 guys are gonna want to follow suit the other guy 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:39.200 who want to be in that in that type of 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:40.960 in that type of line. And I think with the 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.960 kid with Michael Dieter, you get that type of guy. 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.480 I think, you know he's gonna be that type of 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.240 an offensive lineman coming from Wisconsin, and in the history 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.600 they've had, in the success they've had on the offensive 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.240 line with guys coming from Wisconsin, I think he'll fit 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.760 that mode. But I think you're right, Laramie Tousible to 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:58.640 me is that guy that you know, he's a good guy. 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:00.880 He's a nice guy, but he's got to be that 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:05.600 malling tough in your face, you know. I know he's 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.600 I know he's upset. He's upset that he didn't make 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:09.480 the Pro Bowl last year. And he was right on 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.599 the verge of being a pro bowler. And if he 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:13.200 wants to be a Pro bowler, he's got to go 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.080 out and be a pro bowler. He's got to go 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.800 out and be a guy that can dominate the offensive line, 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.760 you know, running in the running game, and dominate the 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.520 offensive line in the past protection side of it. And 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.280 and he can do it, and he can be that guy. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:30.920 And you know John James Leaving to me, I like 0:11:31.360 --> 0:11:34.520 to want John. You know, you're they're talking about him 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:40.440 in Denver, TI. We've seen come here, but you know 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:44.559 he he's more of a passive guy, you know. And 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.240 and I and and Laramie and him were close, and 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:49.959 I'm kind of nice to kind of see see Juwan 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.320 move where. I would love to have him here. Believe me, 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.800 if I had my druthers, I'd rather have you Jawans 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.680 line up in that right tackle meantime he's there. But 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:01.760 I think that allows Laramie to be his his own self, 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.920 his own personality a bit, and kind of bring some 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.880 of that toughness in that mean streak out that that. 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:09.600 I think this offensive line, they may not be the 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:12.280 best offensive line in National Football League, but they think 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:17.840 if they can be tough, physical and hardcore, then I 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.640 think that's gonna make them a unit that you gotta 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:23.760 that you gotta contend with on a week week basis. 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.640 You know what's funny, bo, You always talk about offensive 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.760 lineman and you say, well, if we don't hear from them, 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.000 or if we don't mention their names, if if if 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:35.680 they're kind of you know, hidden, that means they're doing 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:38.600 their job. I want to see Laramie Touncil this year. 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.960 I want to see him because I want to see 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:44.480 him come and raise his game to the level that 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.040 he hasn't reached yet. Now he's played very well, but 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:48.920 I still think there's a lot more in the tank. 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:52.800 I watched him in college. I think he does. I 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.959 think he wants to raise his game and be noticed 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.400 and be one of those guys that, you know, I 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:01.240 want to see him at the end of play, uh, 0:13:01.320 --> 0:13:03.240 you know, gotta be smart, but I want to see 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:06.000 him finish. I want to see him dragging somebody down, 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.880 you know, six seven yards past the line of scrimmage. 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.280 I want to see a guy be a wall at 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:14.080 that left side of the offensive line and past protection. 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:17.600 So I think that I'm excited, but I've got my 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:20.880 fingers crossed because I just hope that the changes, you know, 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:23.520 the subtle changes at right guard and whoever is gonna 0:13:23.520 --> 0:13:26.719 emerge at left tackle, those guys gotta be players, and 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.319 they've gotta be players for sixteen games or else. We're 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:31.840 gonna see the depth of the offensive line be tested. 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:33.680 They have no doubt about it. So that's that's gonna 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.760 be a an interesting battle here during training camp because 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:40.480 there are positions that rough for grabs, and we'll get going. Uh. 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:45.120 And and certainly the the the biggest beneficiary of a 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:48.400 good offensive line or the biggest victim of a poor 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.559 offensive line is going to be the guy standing behind him. 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.559 It's it's at the quarterback spot and right and look 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.440 right now, after after all we've seen so far during 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:00.360 the offseason, I think everyone's pretty everyone's kind of in 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.560 the in the camp that Hey, Ryan Fitzpatrick going into 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:06.960 training camp, Ryan Fitzpatrick had the better off season of 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.640 the three quarterbacks that are going to go into the season. 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.600 Um as they begin to compete for that starting job, 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:18.480 you got you got, uh Josh Rosen coming in, Jake Rudock, 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:22.240 and Ryan Fitzpatrick. And I think the Patrick pecking morton 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:26.920 right now is Fitzpatrick Rosen and going in there. The 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:31.320 question I've got for that John is what's the right 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:35.600 pick for the quarterback spot? And and I've been pretty 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:39.760 vocal about my opinion of that. In my opinion, very 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.480 very simple, is that if you don't have a top 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:45.360 ten quarterback in this league, your chances of going to 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:49.960 the playoffs and sustaining a playoff run or slim to none. 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:51.760 Make it up there for a year, you may get 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:53.160 a you may get a run up there for a year, 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:57.640 a wild card spot. Sustainability, you've got to have one 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:02.320 of those guys. And if you're looking for that guy, 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.400 Ryan Fitzpatrick has been in the league for fifteen years 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:09.120 and hasn't proven yet to be that guy. He's bounced 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:13.000 around and I got nothing against Ryan Fitzpatrick. He's been 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.440 very you know. To me, Ryan Fitzpatrick is a guy 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:18.880 that could give you three fifty yards and three touchdowns 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.240 one interception in the game. The next week give you 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:25.000 four twenty yards and two inter set or two touchdowns 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.040 in a game, and then game three he can give 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.520 you a hundred and thirty yards and three interceptions. Right 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:31.640 and he've seen he's a little bit of that up 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:33.680 up and he can be real hot or canna be 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:38.760 real cold. Um doesn't matter, It doesn't matter. I mean, 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.280 he could take a bad team and give them two 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.560 wins that they wouldn't have gotten from somebody else. But 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.560 he's also gonna throw some stinkers in there on you. 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:50.720 To me, the guy, the the the wild card to 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.920 me is Josh Rosen And and somehow at the end 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:57.160 of the season, John, I've got to feel that yes 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.800 he's the guy, or no he's not the guy. But 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.840 there's a treasure trove of guys in the draft early 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:05.160 on the next season, and we can go over those 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:09.640 guys later on. But to me, I'm thinking to myself, Okay, 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:14.600 if we if you start Ryan Fitzpatrick, um, every snap 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.600 that Josh Rosen doesn't get is one less snap you 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.440 can see if he's the guy. And how many wins 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:22.760 are you gonna get from Ryan Fitzpatrick? Are you gonna 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:25.240 get five or six? Are you gonna get ten or twelve? 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.040 You're gonna be a playoff team or not? If you're 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:28.400 not gonna be a playoff team, if you're not gonna 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:30.960 get more than four or five or six wins, then 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.680 why not just try and see if this guy he's 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.280 already played fifteen games in the league, fourteen or fifteen 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.040 games at least, so he's not a rookie. And it 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.680 was a bad football team. But somehow you gotta come 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:43.000 come out of the end of this tunnel and know 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:46.280 that he is the guy or he's not the guy. 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.080 To me, the worst case, John is if you come 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:49.560 out at the end of the season, you go, well, 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:52.440 maybe he is, maybe he isn't. We didn't see enough 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:55.600 of him. That's the concern I've got. Well, that is 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.640 a concern, and I think it's legitimate because you feel 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.560 like if you've gone out in the draft and you 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:03.520 go out and trade and you get the tenth pick 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:07.680 overall from last year's draft class, and he's played fifteen 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:10.240 games on a bad team in Arizona. You want to 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.879 find out if he's the guy. The problem I have 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.960 with it is my eyes are in my gut. Have 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:18.840 watched O t a s now Now it doesn't matter, 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.160 you know, offseason, but it does to a certain extent 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.400 because you're learning the offense and you're learning how good 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.040 a guy can adapt to what is given to him. 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:29.600 And maybe the experience factor plays a role in that. 0:17:29.680 --> 0:17:32.159 But I didn't see one practice where I felt like 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:35.440 Josh Rosen was the best quarterback on the field. Now 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:39.200 is that a concern Maybe a little bit at this point. Yes. Now, 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.639 I did see some flashes of his arm strength. I 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.200 did see some flashes of his awareness getting the ball 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:48.160 to certain places where quarterbacks naturally get the football where 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:50.080 I didn't hadn't seen that in seven years in an 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:54.359 off season in terms of the starter. But what I 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:57.919 do like about the situation is if I'm the Miami 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:01.639 Dolphins and I'm Brian Flores or you know, I'm Chris Greer, 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:04.000 I feel like I've got a bargain, and I don't 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:06.320 want to waste I don't want to I don't want 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:09.480 to rush this kid. He's played fifteen games and he's 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:11.359 been on a bad football team. Now, I'm not saying 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.199 the Miami Dolphins are the Arizona Cardinals of two thousand eighteen, 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:16.840 but I'm I am saying they're not far from the 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.360 national perception. They're not far from it. I think they're 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.479 better personally, but I'm just going off of what we're 0:18:22.520 --> 0:18:25.320 constantly hearing. I don't want to put this kid in 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:29.520 a new system again for from one year bad offense, 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:33.080 bad system to a better system, because I know that 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.840 the new England system works. I've seen it work with 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:37.919 a with a really you know, one of the best 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:40.400 quarterbacks of all time running it. I want to let 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:43.560 this kid learn the offense at his pace because I'm 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.040 not paying him anything. It's not costing us anything. It 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:49.240 may cost us time, it may cost us aggravation next 0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:51.760 year when it gets to the point of what do 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:53.159 we do? What do what do we know we have 0:18:53.200 --> 0:18:57.240 a quarterback or not? But I do feel that Ryan Fitzpatrick, 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:00.000 if I'm Brian Flores and I go out every practice 0:19:00.200 --> 0:19:02.960 in now in training camp, and I have the same 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:05.080 feeling that I had during O t S that he's 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:07.040 the best guy. I think we're gonna see a lot 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.600 of Fitzpatrick in terms of unless Rosen takes that step 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.520 in training camp that light bulb goes off suddenly because 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:17.280 I haven't seen it yet. Like to my satisfaction, I'm thinking, 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:18.919