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And welcome to the 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:52.320 Drivetime podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast Network covering 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:56.720 your team, your Miami Dolphins. How the heck is it going? Everybody? 0:00:56.760 --> 0:00:59.560 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:02.240 we're talking about a quarterback. Is the Mike White episode. 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:05.560 We're gonna break down Miami's new backup quarterback. The signal 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.680 caller from South Florida returns back to his hometown. We'll 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.600 also tell you about Miami's resignings and tell you what's 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.679 important about this backfield coming back for a second year together. 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:16.080 All of that and a heck of a lot more 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.280 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:25.440 This is the Drivetime Podcast. Caroline kicks us off with 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.640 a fresh set of downs here and we're gonna go 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:30.559 ahead and talk about some resignings here to the Miami 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:34.240 Dolphins roster. We'd mentioned it on the Jalen Ramsey episode, 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:37.120 but now we've got some official signings here we can 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:38.839 talk about a little more in depth. And you guys 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.680 know about these three players that we're brought back into 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:43.720 the fold. Three guys, I'm a big fan of their game. 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:47.760 We started to linebacker position with Duke Riley, who came 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.559 over a couple of years ago and factored in mostly 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:53.280 as a special teams type of player, but continues to 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.560 earn more and more work in Miami's sub packages, but 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:59.400 also based defense in a variety of roles. In that 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.200 mic role, Sam Will he can play all three positions 0:02:02.200 --> 0:02:06.000 at linebacker, has speed for days, has excellent cover skills. 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:08.120 He had one of the best pass breakups if any 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.919 linebacker I saw on the Dolphins last year, maybe in 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:13.040 the League where he ran the pipe in a Tampa 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.880 two look and got his I think the ball him 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:18.680 in the butt. But he was right there in phase 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.880 on the tight end for was the Patriots. Man, I'm 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:22.560 butchering this right now, but you guys, and I'm talking 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.320 about great speed to turn it, run down the football field, 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.480 to close downhill. Sure tackler really good on special teams 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:29.919 as well, so he can give you a variety of 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:33.079 options at that position. And you look at the linebacker 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.840 room with you know, we'll talk about David Long here 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:38.960 in a future episode. Who who, Buddy, I'm fired up 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:42.160 about that player. But with David Long's coverage ability and 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:45.720 three phase you know prospects Jerome Baker in that same 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:49.160 vein with depth provided by Duke Riley and potentially Channing 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:51.600 Tindall in the athletic ability he brings to the forefront. 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:55.320 I think that one move of David Long entering and 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.200 then also retaining Duke and his versatility for the depth, 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.680 and then potentially the second your jumped from Channing tindal 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:04.840 which you heard Coach McDaniel talk about the you know, 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:06.720 the expectation both of the player of the team for 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:08.760 a bigger role for Channing Tindal in the second year, 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.360 which is music to my years. Those four guys, to 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.480 me make up a really really good potential linebacker room. 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.920 And that's kind of how this whole defense and quite frankly, 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.920 the entire roster right now looks to me. And you 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:22.400 also add some depth at the offensive tackle position with 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.359 Kendall Lamb, who's agreed to resign with the Miami Dolphins. 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:28.040 He was an in season acquisition last year, and I 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.400 thought his tape, the loan tape he had before getting 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.000 injured and having to exit for the rest of the 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:35.680 season against the Patriots, I thought it was really really good. 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:37.840 He had thirty two reps in that game, fifteen and 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.520 pass pro, no pressures. He was pretty locked down in 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.160 that entire game. He is an intriguing player who's played 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.160 a lot of games for the tennis Hee Titans as well. 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:46.920 He is one of the official ones. He and Raheem 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:50.000 Moster are official right now, the other guys reported to 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:53.080 be signing right now to the Miami Dolphins. But with 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.320 a depth linebacker the offensive line edition here, like at 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:59.080 the running back position, where both Raheem Moster and Jeff 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.800 Wilson were resigned to team back up for a one 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.880 two punch once again here in the twenty twenty three season. 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:07.840 It doesn't prevent Miami from making more moves of the position, 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.680 but with those three guys and Savan Akhmed, there's really 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:12.880 only one more spot left for a running back at 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:15.600 least on the ninety or the fifty three man roster. 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:17.760 You can always add more to the ninety man roster 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.000 and see if someone sticks. In training camp. We were 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:22.719 big fans as the Quandree White last year. Somebody of that, 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.359 of that ilk that can potentially, you know, crack the roster. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.560 But you have to feel pretty good if you go 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.960 into the season as is with Raheem Mostert and Jeff Wilson, 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:35.080 because most I think he was the ideal fit for 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:38.120 this offense, for this system, for this head coach, and 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.680 I'm excited to see both these guys have another year 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.200 under their belts of running behind this offensive line. We 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:46.440 talked to Chase Edmonds last training camp about kind of 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:48.920 getting the field for how guys play gaps, how they 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.039 play certain leverage angles, and how he has to read 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:52.960 off of that. It's only going to help the offense 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.320 having a you know, a year of experience with the 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.280 same people. You know, Mosterton Wilson knows the scheme, but 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:01.440 the offensive didn't. So now having that marriage in a 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:03.760 second year together, I think it is only going to 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.000 benefit them. And I've been telling you guys, I've been 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:09.880 going back and rewatching the Dolphins games from last season 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.400 and Raheem Mostert's feet, Man, he's got the sweet feet. 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:14.840 It kind of reminds me of David Long in the 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.640 way that he's always got his feet under his entire 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:21.159 composition of his body, feet under knees, knees under shoulder, 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.240 shoulders under or hips under shoulders and all that good 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:25.920 stuff that puts you a line to allow you to 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:29.320 accelerate off of those quick cuts. Raheem stretches things out 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.400 and he when he on those wide runs and finds 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.880 gaps and just hits them at full speed and it 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.159 gives you lots of explosive runs. We saw all the 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.400 damage he did after contact, and most of those big 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:41.000 runs he had was slipping a tackle the second level. 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.240 I've been talking about this for six years now doing podcasts. 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:46.880 To me, in the modern NFL, running backs have to 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.480 be able to hit the explosive plays when they're blocked 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.760 for him and then also create their own explosive plays, 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.599 and I think Raheem Moster does that nearly eleven hundred 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:56.760 yards from scrimmage last year, despite having some knicks and 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.080 bruises here and there, and the first year in the system, 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.680 I think Miami probably could stand to run the football 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:03.919 a little more. And the average was good, it was 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:05.920 the best average we've had in a while, but there 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.360 was too many negative runs that kind of ultimately take 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.400 you away from the idea of running the football, and 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:12.560 I think having these guys back, having another year in 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.760 the system could potentially erase some of those negative runs 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.359 where you get beat right away and you have a 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.520 two yard loss or even no gain. You know, second 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:21.800 and ten is a position no play caller wants to 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:24.080 be in. So I think that it all looks like 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:25.800 it could be even better, even though it's the same 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.400 cast of running backs coming back, so most are big 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.320 fan of his game, the speed. Then you get the 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:32.680 change up with Jeff Wilson, who is an absolute hammer 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:36.080 and just runs mean and physical and aggressive, and he 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.760 has that relationship with head coach Mike McDaniel, who obviously 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:40.719 was the one that went out and scouted him way 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:42.479 back in the day when he was first trying to 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.760 get his foot into the NFL door, and so there's 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.440 a relationship there. There's an understanding of how kind of 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:50.000 he operates, the type of person he is, and that's 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.080 kind of one of the things I look at holistically 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.799 here with this group of not just newcomers, but guys 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.120 that we brought back they were already part of the 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.320 locker room. Is the certain type of guy, right, the 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.360 certain type of player the Dolphins go after. It's a 0:07:02.440 --> 0:07:05.760 high character, lovable guy to be around, good in the 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.160 locker room. You know about Raheem working out with two 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:09.920 in the off season. They are very very close. So 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:12.440 is Duke Riley, and I'm sure Jeff Wilson's joining him 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:14.560 now too as well. So I think we have three 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.160 good players we brought back here. Pretty much your entire 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.280 backfield is back. Besides, we'll see what happens with Miles Gaskin. 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:23.320 The value from the reported contracts on those is very 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.080 very good. I think that's a place where you can, 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.240 especially with these two guys and what you have on 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.240 them and they're fit in the system, you can kind 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:30.840 of skimp a little bit in terms of the pay 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.240 at that position, to give yourself more money to go 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.320 get a David Long, to go pursue a Jalen Ramsey, 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:38.520 to go get your backup quarterback. And Mike White so 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.280 very happy with how that's gone so far. Those guys 0:07:41.320 --> 0:07:43.080 coming back are all a big piece of this puzzle 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.160 and I'm pumped up, man. And in addition here to 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:49.280 the Mike White episode of the Drivetime podcast, a couple 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.400 of signings came across the wire. Reportedly, I should say 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:56.480 on Wednesday afternoon, the addition of tight end Eric Sobert, 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.840 which is I'm really excited to dive into his tape. 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:01.000 I think there's a potential there for a guy that 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:02.880 can be both a playmaker in the passing game as 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.120 well as some inline blocking that he excelled with in Denver. 0:08:06.400 --> 0:08:09.040 And then also Deshaun Elliott, the safety formerly of the 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:12.120 Lions for last season and also of the Ravens the 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:14.920 previous three years prior to that, and he was a 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.160 guy that I kind of pinpointed on the Lions tape 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.040 as a difference maker in that Detroit secondary and he 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.000 wound up not being able to go in that game, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:23.720 and I was like, that's a big loss for the Lions, 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.040 so excited about his potential. I think he gives you 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.520 a lot in terms of the sub package. You know, 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:30.480 six defensive backs in the field. When you go that 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:32.959 many guys, kind of your third safety, your big nickel, 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.240 if you will. Deshaun Elliott has some skills and then 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:39.160 a handful of other moves. The Dolphins also claimed wide 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:42.079 receiver Freddie Swain off Waivers. He was here last year 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:44.240 for a brief period of time, and we have some 0:08:44.320 --> 0:08:46.920 re signings to announce as well. Miami bringing back running 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.640 back Miles Gaskins. So that earlier comment about the four 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.760 running backs there you go, but still doesn't preclude Miami from, 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:55.360 you know, continuing to their pursuit in that area. Adding 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:57.720 death is always a quality idea, and that's what Miami 0:08:57.800 --> 0:08:59.600 did back in the secondary here as well. We talked 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.400 about Sean Elliott giving you depth in that safety room. Well, 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.720 now Nick Needham is also back and we've seen him 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:08.360 play inside outside special teams, a valuable piece of this 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:10.800 defense over the last several years, and he will be 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:14.360 back coming off that Achilles injury. Great great depth him 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:16.680 and Trill Williams coming back. You have to really like 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.079 the idea that Miami could withstand, you know, the potential 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.079 attrician they faced at that position last year. You hope 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.240 you get luckier than that, but it's nice to prepare 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:26.920 for it as well. And you kind of see some 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:30.040 of that developing here in other areas as well. Offensive line, 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.800 the Dolphins will resign Geron Christian, the player that will 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:34.920 signed late in the year and played in that playoff game. 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.600 We forget about the attrition upfront on the offensive line 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.520 to Miami adding depth there with Lamb and Christian, and 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:42.920 also Dan Feeney of the New York Jets reported to 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:46.200 be signing with the Miami Dolphins as well, and Braxton 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.600 Barrio so a couple of former New York Jets reportedly 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.720 joining their AFC East rival US, the Miami Dolphins. And 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:56.719 one of the staples of this podcast is transparency. Right. 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:00.520 I am very much a work ahead type of person. 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:02.640 It makes me anxious to think about leaving work on 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.480 the table when I'm not doing anything or really doing 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:08.280 anything else. So a lot of these podcasts have been 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.040 you know, I spend plenty of time working on them 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:14.720 before you guys hear them. Thus, these drop ins with 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.200 the new information, So the edits I apologize for that. 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.360 But Dan foene and Braxton Barrios just the next ones 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.000 to join here in terms of the reports out there 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.400 about new Miami Dolphins, so the receiver's room and the 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:28.640 return department where Miami didn't get much production last year. 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.559 Now with Braxton Barrios, that is a bona fide returnment. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:33.720 I know Oj McDuffie has fired up about this one. 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:35.800 And then Dan Foenie was a guy I was super 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:38.120 high on coming out of the draft a few years back, 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.440 before he was taken in the second round, there was 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.839 a bunch of Forrest Lamp and Dan Feenie content when 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:45.600 I went back and checked it this out, and they 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:47.440 both wind up going to the Chargers and it didn't 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.080 really work out for either of those guys there. But 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.600 now Dan Feenie a couple of years with the Jets. 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:55.280 Obviously again going back to that Mike Lafloor system, there's 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:56.959 a lot of carry over there, which we'll talk about 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.400 here on this Mike White podcast. So three former New 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.560 York Jets join, get that death on the offensive line, 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.680 plenty of activity, plus the guys we cover, which includes 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.280 also getting Nick need Um back in the entire running 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:10.720 back room as well as Duke Riley. Plenty of activity 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:12.880 going on with Miami Dolphins. I think I got them 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.600 all there. I'm pretty sure I covered everything, but if 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.600 I missed one here or there, I will make up 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:19.800 for on the next episode. Let's go ahead and pick 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:22.760 it back up here and get to the Mike White 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:27.439 episode here as we look ahead to new league year 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.680 brings new players, and we are breaking down the dolphins 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:34.959 newest backup quarterback, the former Jet and South Florida native, 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:38.840 Mike White is coming home. Originally a fifth round pick 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.000 of the Dallas Cowboys by way of Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.280 Would you believe me if I told you that I 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.800 grinded quite a bit of WKU tape that year, because 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.480 I recall the Senior Bowl was loaded with names that 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:53.120 went off the board in the top of the draft, 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.520 Baker Mayfield and Josh Allen. But then there was a 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:58.920 group of very intriguing Day two, day three type of prospects, 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.600 and I recall Mike White and Brandon Silver's. I think 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.160 Silver's was the Richmond kid with the spider on the 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.520 side of the helmet watching him and Mike White in 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.839 the Great WKU Helmets, there was a session where they 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.760 exchanged big throw after big throw, and that was where 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:16.800 I really kind of had the name Mike White stick 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:18.559 in the back of my mind, and it made me think, 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:19.960 let's go back to the tape and get a better 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:21.800 look at these guys. And I thought you saw a 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.680 lot of confidence in poise in Mike White's game, which 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:28.160 kind of translates to the NFL level. He did wind 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:30.400 up with the Jets in twenty nineteen, and he played 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:35.000 himself into obviously now a future in the National Football League. 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:37.559 And that's not always the case for these late round picks, right, 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:41.120 especially when it doesn't work out with the original team 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.640 that drafted these guys. You kind of have to demonstrate 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:46.160 either some production when you get your chance, which can 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:48.120 be few and far between for a fifth round pick, 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:52.480 or progression on the practice field and impressing coaches behind 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:56.720 the scenes. It can be difficult. So that's exactly what 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:58.680 he did, and he had some really good games in 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:01.640 relief of an injured Zach Wilson back in twenty twenty one. 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:04.440 Then he replaced Wilson in twenty twenty two, and he 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.360 sparked the Jets offense because prior to his first start 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.320 against the Bears, which produced a one forty nine point 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:13.400 three passer rating, three touchdowns, three hundred and fifteen yards 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.320 and no turnovers, the Jets for averaging just nineteen point 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:18.880 nine points per game, but when White came in for 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.680 the next three games, that number jumped up to twenty 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.040 three points per game. But then he suffers the rib 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:26.200 injury against the Buffalo Bills, and he did miss a 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.280 lot of that game, which they only scored twelve points, 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:30.960 so holding the point average against him seems a little 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.320 bit unfair. But he had to miss the next two 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.079 games seventeen and three point output. So the offense for 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:37.960 the Jets was just not that good last year. He 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:40.680 did his part to make it. So he goes back 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.839 in for that Seahawks game and it just wasn't their 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:45.520 day twenty three to six. He wasn't protected, he didn't 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.840 look comfortable throwing the football, and then of course it 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.680 was Flacco again in the finale for the Dolphins eleven 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:54.680 to six, riveting Week eighteen victory, but on tape clearly 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:58.040 a different offense with Mike White in the lineup compared 0:13:58.080 --> 0:14:00.280 to any other quarterback. Last year for the New York Jets, 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.319 he completed fifty nine percent of his passes. That's a 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.120 low number, but you could still see on tape it 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.880 was just different. Eleven hundred and ninety two yards, six 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.640 point eight yards per attempt, three touchdowns, four picks, a 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.720 seventy five point four passer rating. Obviously, you know, if 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.319 these are numbers up in the two ranks, then he's 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:19.560 starting quarterbacks somewhere, So you have to understand context there. 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:22.960 For his career, sixty two point two percent completion, seven 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:26.160 yards per pass, eight touchdowns, twelve picks, and a seventy 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.440 five point four rating. Funny how that works out. Now 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.000 he comes to an offense that has some firepower. It's 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:33.400 a lot better than the Jets offensive firepower was last year. 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:35.600 And I tend to look more at just the function 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:37.560 of the games he played for the Jets. He was 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:41.000 essentially the backup off the bench, right He replaced the starter, 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.200 and then he put them in position to win games 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:47.400 in a playoff race, you know, no less, and that's 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:50.680 what you want. The game in Minnesota, he delivers on 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.160 target ball on fourth down that would have put the 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.520 Jets in front in the fourth quarter on the road 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:57.960 against a team that won twelve games last year. That's 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.800 pretty dang good. Last year, he was really good in 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:04.640 the intermediate level. On passes ten to nineteen yards, He 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.800 had a one sixteen passer rating twelve point four yards 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:10.560 per pass on those throws. His average depth of target 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.920 was eight yards per pass, so he wasn't afraid to 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.480 push the football. Tua was tops in the league in 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:18.000 that category at nine point six for comparison, and he 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:20.000 got the ball out in two point six one seconds 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.800 on average, and that's where I think the fit really exists. 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:26.040 Michael Lafleur was his head coach last year. Similar concepts, 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.720 stretch zone, quick passing game use the middle of the 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.240 football field, and Lafleur is pretty close with our Mike 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:34.760 McDaniel and they come from that same coaching tree, so 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.600 there's likely some carry over there in the offensive system. 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:40.160 I think he executes his ball fakes really well, which 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.000 is very important in this play action heavy offense. I 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.360 think he has a tremendous level of poise and in 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.440 the pocket and is willing to take the big hit 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:50.280 to maximize the time for his receivers to uncover. They'll 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:53.000 appreciate that he delivers an accurate ball and throws with 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:55.880 confidence between the numbers in the intermediate portion of the 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.480 field six foot five, two hundred and eighteen pounds, and 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.680 the hope is he provide some stability beyond QB one 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:05.320 after a year where the Dolphins got as unlucky as 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:07.880 they could at that position. But now with Tua White 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:11.240 and Skyler Thompson, three quarterbacks, who have you know, two 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.640 of those guys in the same system, one with milliarity 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:16.280 with the system, and just really good depth in the 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:19.280 quarterback room. Let's go ahead and finish up this podcast 0:16:19.320 --> 0:16:22.120 with my interview with the great Antoine Daily. That's next 0:16:22.280 --> 0:16:25.160 drivetime podcast. Your host, Travis Wingfield, brought to you by 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:30.480 Auto Nation and joining us now, is a longtime friend 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.160 of the podcast. He covers the Jets beat for the 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:35.480 New York Daily News and as an alum of our 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:39.960 beat down here in South Florida Antoine's Daily. Antoine, have 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:41.880 you had a chance to come up for air yet 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.200 during this crazy week? I know the Jets got a 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:46.480 lot going on right now. Yeah, I mean it's been 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:49.600 hard with everything, all the rumors surround and everything that's 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:51.840 going on. But Yeah. It definitely keeps you busy and 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:54.160 keeps you on your toes, So that's good. Yeah, yeah, 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.040 never a dull woman like you mentioned. That's the National 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.720 Football League, and I guess in a nutshell, there is 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:00.800 twelve months out of the year you're much into it, 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:04.680 although I suppose July maybe is the one month before 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.560 camp working on it cools off. Yeah, j July. It's 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:09.880 kind of like when you take vacation. Yeah, once those 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.480 OTA's rap, we get the heck out of there and 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:13.320 we come back a month and a half later and 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.400 we go all in on the whole season. But anyway, 0:17:16.000 --> 0:17:19.320 you know, seeing a big shift at the quarterback position 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:23.000 as that involves a departing quarterback from the Jets landing 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.520 here with the Miami Dolphins. I'm talking, of course, about 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:28.000 quarterback Mike White, who you covered all year last year, 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:30.200 and he came off the bench last year and really 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.200 sparked a Jets offense that had been struggling to that point. 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.400 I'm curious, from your perspective, being around the team every day, 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:38.600 why you think he was able to give the Jets 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.200 offense the jolt that he did. Well, it's just this 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:44.360 attitude everybody loves Mike White, just the fact that he's 0:17:44.359 --> 0:17:46.439 such a hard worker. He was working like he was 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:50.239 the starter even when he was not. He remember, like 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:52.760 he started out as the third string quarterback for the 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.320 Jet last year and then he worked his way up 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.520 to becoming the starter. Basially, Joe Flaccos was the starter, 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.639 Zach Wilson was heard, and then Mike White was his backup. 0:18:01.640 --> 0:18:03.920 And then when Zack Wilson came back into the fold 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:06.240 that Joe Flacco was to back up for a little better, 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.560 then you know, they elevated Mike White to the backup 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:11.520 role and then eventually he became the starter of what's 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:14.560 you know, Zach Wilson you know, didn't play very well 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:16.639 in the game against the Patriots, but it just this 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.520 work ethic. I think teammates really love that they were 0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:22.879 they saw what he was bringing to the table. And 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:26.040 then just the leadership as well, like he a lot 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.240