WEBVTT - Drive Time: Week 4 Variety Show with Tracy Wolfson 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:04.760 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:08.280 This is Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. Back to throw 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:10.760 to a looking whips about. 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:16.400 A wide Dolphin touchdown, Tyriquel, uncolievable, just. 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:18.280 Blue fire for a second time. 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:20.360 Don't know where he was going right away. 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:21.640 I want to hit that though. 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:21.919 Man. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:23.079 I'm wanna help you. 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:24.560 Someone will step on your bandwagon. 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:28.840 Wattle Wattle to a shotguns, back to throw, looking at them. 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:33.559 Up fires touchdown. It's Waddle his sixth touchdown. 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:34.920 Parasoun of this day. 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:39.080 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:44.600 Now check your pulse for what is up Dolphins and 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.839 welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:52.800 Dolphins Podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.880 it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield And 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:57.960 on today's show, we're gonna hear from you. Great to 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:01.480 Tracy Wolfson from the CBS broadcast crew you'll see on 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:05.280 Sunday with Jim, Tony and Tracy. Plus my friend Kyle 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.000 Krabs drops by to give us Fins Draft in five 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:12.000 from Week five in college football, Plus the Friday Detour 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.640 takes us into the offensive line room to learn about 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.280 technique and coach Barry's unit and how they're playing so 0:01:17.400 --> 0:01:19.760 far this year, that much more from the Baptist Hell 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:24.240 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:29.440 Draft Time Podcast, May Gaff. Let's go ahead and kick 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:32.520 this off with my interview with the great Tracy Wolfson, 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:35.200 and I'm very happy today to welcome into the podcast 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.600 from CBS Tracy Wolfson. Tracy, thank you so much for your. 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:40.120 Time today, Thanks for having me. 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:42.400 Very happy to have you on. And I know you'll 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.360 probably be back in Buffalo again at some point this season. 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.920 But for us, for us as Dolphins employees in the 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.120 building here, we've played a lot of our games up 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:54.920 there in December recently. Are you as excited as we 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:56.320 are to get a go up through while the leaves 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:57.400 are still changing colors? 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:01.280 Yes, I think right now it says about eight degrees 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.559 and sunny. First of all, I'm coming off rain games 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.560 two of the first three games of the season, so 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:10.760 I'm looking as forward as you are to get into 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:14.080 that environment, and certainly earlier in the season is better 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:15.440 when it comes to Buffalo. 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:17.920 It's a nice break for us too, because as you know, 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.000 it's still super hot and humid down here in that 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.800 game on Sunday was no walk in the park for 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:24.640 anybody that was out there. So looking forward to a 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.040 little bit less humidity up there. And then I guess 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:28.880 the next thing I want to ask you, Tracy, is 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.040 and you're on the sideline, so like you're there when 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.440 you know, when it's snowing out and the snowballs are 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:37.280 coming down, or just the complete debauchery. I guess if 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.040 you want to call it of Bill's mafia, describe that 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.440 atmosphere for us when you're on the sideline for not 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:45.359 just Bills or let's just say it first at Orchard 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:45.959 Park out there. 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.040 Yeah, I mean, I love being in Buffalo. The fans 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:52.400 are so into it. They're intense, they've got their traditions 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:56.200 driving up to the stadium, they're tailgating, you know, starting 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:59.800 so early in the morning, the breaking of the table, 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.160 you know, it's awesome. But they're also like, it's a 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:06.240 great city, it's a great you know environment, and the 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.280 people are so nice and welcoming, and that's what's what 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:12.880 I love about being in Buffalo. And certainly on the sideline, 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:17.160 you hear it. The fans are rabid, more certain stadiums 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.040 more than others. You get that, and Buffalo is certainly 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:20.600 one of those. 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:22.920 How about for Dolphins and Bills because you covered the 0:03:22.919 --> 0:03:24.919 playoff game last year? Dolphins took it right down to 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:27.040 the wire there late in the game. But I know 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.400 that Dolphins fans not too fond of Buffalo fans, and 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:33.120 I know the whole squish the fish mantra lives on 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.280 pretty well up there. How do you describe Dolphins and 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:36.240 Bills when you're out there? 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:38.760 Well, why would they like? Yeah? 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:42.360 Other right, it is a rivalry in the making, I 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.920 would say, And certainly you're you're fighting for a chance 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:47.720 to continue on in the playoffs and get to the 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.640 super Bowl. So I get it. There's a lot of 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.600 tension there and there's a lot of you know, there's 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:56.600 opportunity on the line that you're playing for. So I 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.200 can understand the two fan bases not liking each other. 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:02.960 But these are two really passionate fan bases we're talking about, 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:05.600 so it can get a little heated. But I'm sure 0:04:05.720 --> 0:04:08.640 you know outside the stadium, everyone gets a lock. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.120 Tracy Wolfson's CBS my guest day on the Draft Time podcast, 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:13.680 and I know that we're recording this a little bit 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:15.640 earlier in the week, you know, on a Wednesday. The 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:17.599 podcast will come out on Friday. So I know you've 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:19.880 just begun your kind of game prep here, but you 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:21.800 still have an idea of what you're looking at when 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.279 you go to Miami and Buffalo, especially the Dolphins offense 0:04:24.320 --> 0:04:26.520 that's coming out of the gates as hot as anybody 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.600 ever has, really three and zero coming in number one 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:32.800 and virtually everything offensively. What's something you're looking forward to 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:36.000 most about learning about the Dolphins this week or watching 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:36.719 them on Sunday. 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.320 Yeah, I just actually watched that game from last weekend, 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.200 and I couldn't believe it because I was on the air, 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:44.760 so of course we heard about it. Jim and Tony 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.080 talked about it while it was happening, but for me, 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:48.640 I didn't get a chance to see any of it. 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:51.359 So I just watched the game yesterday. I'm excited to 0:04:51.360 --> 0:04:54.960 see the speed in person. That's what I'm looking forward to, 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:57.600 and I think it's going to be an interesting matchup 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:01.120 between the Bills and the Dolphins. When you have that speed, 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:04.000 that's not how the Bills play, and Josh Allen's trying 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.600 to play a little bit more tight to the vest, 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.240 not maybe be as aggressive because of the turnovers. He's 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.880 gonna have to be aggressive in this one. They're gonna 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.719 have to score thirty plus points to keep up with 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.640 the Dolphins. So I'm excited to see all the weapons 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:21.440 that Miami has out there in full strength. Hopefully you 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:23.640 get Waddle back as well. I mean crazy to think 0:05:23.680 --> 0:05:26.680 you didn't even have him last week and seeing all 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.640 of them and how Mike McDaniels just puts them in 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:33.080 these positions, the formations and what they can do against 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:36.159 the Buffalo defense that certainly has started out strong in 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:37.960 the first three games of the season. 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.560 It looks like a callback to the nineties rivalries between 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.440 Dan Marino and Jim Kelly. With all the points those 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:44.479 guys score, I think you can expect something similar to 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.479 that this week. I think we'll see You never know 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:48.479 with this league, because it always throws you a curveball 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.400 when you least expect it. But kind of on that 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.440 same vein you know, this is the first time you 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:54.800 guys will be out there with McDaniel and Tua as 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.520 the quarterback head coach combination because you covered the playoff 0:05:57.520 --> 0:05:59.800 game when it was Skyler Thompson, just curious to hear 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.080 what you're most excited about learning about those two in 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:03.160 their relationship together. 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.480 Yeah, I mean, we certainly will talk about that, you know, 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:09.200 behind closed doors when we have our meetings leading up 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:12.320 to the game. Their relationship, how it is, you know, 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:15.640 stepped up, and also just you know, it's been documented 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:17.840 over the first few weeks about what Tua has done 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.280 in the off season with the helmet, with his body, 0:06:20.320 --> 0:06:23.359 with his diet, with a jiu jitsu juju jitsu. But 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:26.320 I'm looking forward to, you know, hearing it from him 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.839 and really diving into that side of it and how 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:31.400 McDaniel maybe helped him along the way and what that 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:36.000 relationship has has grown to be. And so it's always 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:39.240 fun to sit down, you know, off the field and 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:42.520 really get to have a conversation. I remember meeting Mike 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:45.159 McDaniel for the first time. We were blown away by 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:48.320 just the way he talks and the stories he tells, 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.920 and you know how locked in he is and how 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.799 smart he is as a play caller, And so sitting 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.400 down with them certainly will be, you know, something we 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.640 didn't get a chance to do last year. We both 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:03.000 to and Mike, but I think. I think they'll share 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.440 a lot of information that'll help us in the broadcast, no. 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.880 Doubt when you put together your your notes for a game, 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.000 because like obviously for the broadcast booth, it's probably a 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:11.600 little bit different in terms of what you're going for 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:13.640 because they get a little more into the x's and 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:16.080 nose where I'm sure you look more for compelling stories 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:18.120 to tell. And every time I turn on the you know, 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:19.960 the CBS number one game, I'm looking forward to what 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:22.560 Tracy got for us this week. Is there something outside 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:24.440 of maybe the norm that you're looking forward to kind 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:26.280 of peeling back the onion on and giving us a 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:27.600 great story behind the scenes. 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.240 You know, I'm still digging in and I'm not sure, 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.560 and I do. That's the whole key is really finding 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.200 new fresh stuff. You don't want to go back, And 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.000 it's why you watch some of those games, see what 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.400 the stories have been told, what you can find out, 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.440 what you could talk about where he most or his 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.640 story has been documented. But what an incredible story it is. 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:46.440 And I'll get a chance to talk to him, not 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:49.760 only on Saturday when we meet with Miami, but he's 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:51.720 going to be on our We need to talk show, 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:55.480 which will be airing Saturday as well. We tape on Thursday, 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:57.320 so I look forward to kind of diving in a 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:59.840 little bit more on him. And of course, of course 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.840 a Khan. A Khan is that what we're calling him now, 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:06.520 not a Chane. I want to hear his story, right, 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.520 I want to get a chance to sit down and 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:10.960 have a conversation with him and really hear you know, 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.960 his root, his path, and so I think you just 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:16.400 try and find something fresh. The other thing I do 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.400 is I like to feed off of what Jim and 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:20.760 Tony talk about, and a lot of it really comes 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:23.440 from the field. You have these stories, but you only 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.920 can work them in if it makes sense. And certainly, 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:28.600 if Wattle has a good game, you want to have 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.040 some Wattle stories in your back pocket. And if Bradley 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:32.760 Chubb has a good game, you want to have some 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:34.640 Chub stories in your pocket so that. 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:35.160 You can add on. 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.840 And then I really go by whatever is happening on 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.680 the field, whatever I'm watching, whatever I'm seeing. If there's 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:42.800 an online issue, I'm going to follow up and see 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:46.080 what's happening down there on the offensive line. So it's 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:48.599 kind of a combination of coming up with stories that 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:52.240 those haven't heard yet, but also reacting to what's taking 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:53.080 place on the field. 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:55.240 You know, it's funny. I'm kind of listening along with 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.480 you and kind of checking off my boxes here because 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:59.960 each guy you just mentioned, they're all gems of here, 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:01.880 human beings. Like gaining a chance to get to know 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:03.880 these guys has been so fun to see them flourish 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:05.440 in the field. So you have a lot of different 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:08.120 avenues you can chase with good storytelling there and really 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.760 likable guys and tell their stories, and you also allude 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.840 there to you know, kind of following Jim and Tony's league, 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:16.480 which again Number one CBS crew, Like, I love watching 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:18.360 your guys' games because I learned so much and become 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.040 such a smarter football fan and a person that covers 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.360 the game myself as well. But I've always been so 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.920 curious because, like Tony lives and dies with every single play, 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:28.719 it seems like up in the booth, and then Jim 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.560 is so stoic. He brings that PGA level presence that 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:34.160 just kind of balances the booth out. I'm dying to know. 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.640 Are they the exact same way in real life too? 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:41.920 Well, that's interesting I mean, I do think that's why 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:45.520 it works so well, is you know, Jim just he's 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:51.120 been there, done that, professionalism just is so prepared, photographic 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:55.560 memory knows everything. What he can recall is incredible to me. 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.640 You can say, you remember that game, you know, Miami 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.319 Buffalo and the nine, and he can, you know, tell 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.520 you every stat and what the final score was and 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.480 where he was at that time. So you know, he 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:08.719 it's you get that, and then you get Tony. It's 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:10.360 like you're you're hanging out with him in a bar, 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.240 drinking a beer and watching a game. And I think 0:10:13.280 --> 0:10:16.960 they really do compliment each other and off the off 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.720 the field or outside of the booth they do so 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:21.960 as well. But we get to kind of like sit 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.960 back and relax on Fridays before a game, we go 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.920 out to dinner all together and we get that chance 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:30.640 to really just you know, and then then he gets 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.679 into some good heated conversations, right, You get that back 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.240 and forth that maybe you don't necessarily get on the air. 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:39.880 And they have a great relationship between the two of them, 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:43.400 So uh, I think it's a It's a perfect partnership, 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.600 no doubt. And I'm just lucky to be a part 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:45.800 of that. 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.480 That's awesome. But it's always I love knowing more about 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:50.480 what goes on behind the scenes with the people that 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:52.120 cover the game as well, because to me, it's just 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.800 as compelling as the game itself. A couple more here 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:55.040 for you. 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.480 I will tell you Tony gets up, he gets going. 0:10:57.920 --> 0:10:59.679 We'll be sitting at a dinner table and he will 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.760 start walking around the dinner table and go off and 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:05.600 pontificate on something we just talked about. 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:06.559 So that's fun. 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:10.800 And Jim could also you know, entertain a room like 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:14.240 like you know, you know, like just so professional. He 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.120 just gets up there and he knows exactly how to 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:18.760 entertain a crowd, and it boggles my mind how he 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:22.560 can just you know, do it so easily. So the 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.040 two of them, they really actually have a lot of 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:26.679 similarities in that regard as well. 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:28.320 Well. I think you said it best at it works 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:30.520 so well because of that balance they bring. And then also, 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:32.720 you know you mentioned yourself falling up their stories. It 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.040 just it all clicks together so well. We're so excited 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:36.720 to have you guys on this game and hopefully in 0:11:36.720 --> 0:11:39.480 a big Dolphins win. A couple more questions here for you, Tracy. 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:42.440 Number one is I'm curious because I know that part 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:45.000 of reporting and doing this job is kind of, you know, 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:47.520 using your resources and finding out what other folks say 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.959 about these teams and these players. You know, you're in 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:53.040 a different NFL city every week, people talk around the league. 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.240 Have you caught any wind of what folks saying about 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.520 this Dolphins team so far in this three and zero start. 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:01.880 Only positive and only be care and how they could 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:05.280 be unstoppable. But we've seen a lot of strange things 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:08.160 happening these first three weeks. I watched the Dallas game 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:11.120 in person against the Jets, and I said, Wow, this 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:13.360 is the best team in football right now. And I 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:16.959 had the Eagles week one, so you know, all of 0:12:17.000 --> 0:12:18.960 a sudden they go out and movese to Arizona. So 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.520 I think we have to temper our expectations a little bit. 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:23.920 It is certainly early on in the season. But what 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:28.480 I saw from Miami in that game, you can't help, 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.880 but you know, reacting like, oh wow, this is right 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:35.040 now the class of the AFC. And we've seen Kansas 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:37.400 City maybe not look up to the standard that they are. 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:41.199 But again it is week four. I read everything part 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:44.439 of my research is following every beat reporter on Twitter, 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:46.560 and I'm telling you, I get the best information you 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:49.080 have to follow everything up. But they're with the teams 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:51.280 twenty four hours a day, Unlike me. He was just 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:54.240 switching each week to different teams in different games. And 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.760 so I hear it from all different sides, and I 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.560 can tell you what the Bills fans and what they 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.320 were poor and what Sean mcdermotter is saying is, you know, 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:05.760 this team is legit. They're really good, and they have 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:07.680 a lot of talent on both sides of the ball, 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:09.920 and they're going to be extremely difficult to stop. 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:12.440 Yeah. I think both sides of the ball's going to 0:13:12.480 --> 0:13:14.800 be so much fun to watch, like the Marino and Kelly, 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:17.360 like Arab Bills and Dolphins. Just keeps coming to mind 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.319 when I think about these two teams and how much 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:21.880 fun this could be and hopefully, you know, McDaniel mentioned 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:23.720 this in a press conference that the last couple of 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.400 Super Bowl appearances have come from teams that came out 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.160 of divisions with multiple playoff teams. I think this is 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:30.760 a good chance for both these teams to kind of 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.040 test their metal against one another and find out what 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:34.880 they're made of and prepare them for you know, more 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.800 important games down the line. Speaking of those big and 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:39.640 important games, the last question I have for you, Tracy, 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.520 Like NFL numbers right now are going crazy. Why do 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.120 you think that the interesting NFL right now? Like when 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:46.840 every year it seems like I can't get any higher, 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:49.280 why does it keep getting higher and higher every single 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:50.200 year in this league. 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.880 I think a lot of it is the personalities on 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.640 the field. I think it's the competition out there. I 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.800 think it's social media. I think it's streaming. I think 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.559 it's the access to game, it's fantasy football, it's gambling. 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.800 It's all of that that we haven't seen, you know, 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.640 maybe ten years ago. So you're seeing, you know, so 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.520 many new innovations when it comes to football as well. 0:14:12.559 --> 0:14:15.040 And I think that's why the interest is so high. 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.480 Gambling makes a huge difference when you can just get 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.160 the average fan. So I have three boys, and my 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:24.280 youngest is a fan, and my oldest is a fan, 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.400 and my middle one only cares about fantasy football. He's 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:29.720 not sitting on the couch and watching a full game 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.720 from start to finish. But that's what you're getting out there, 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:34.880 and so I think that's where the interest comes. And 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.520 then all of a sudden, just take a look at 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:41.360 the tailor swift effect that happened the Tavis Kelsey. I mean, 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:44.120 now you know how many people are just going to 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.720 tune in because they're Taylor Swift fans. They're Swifties and 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:50.600 they want to watch her at a football game. And 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:54.440 so it's it's amazing what social media does these days 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:59.160 and celebrities and the commercials. You're seeing all of these players, 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.280 you know, in these commercials now and so the NFL 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:03.640 is in a really good place. 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:05.880 I think there was a tweet from a I think 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.080 it was a diehard Swifty who kind of explained the 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.000 basis of football, and it was like, each team gets 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.880 four downs, try to get a first down, touchdown, six points, 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.240 field goals, three points, the cyclor piece, over and over again. 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:16.800 They're like, all right, that's all you have to know. Now, 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.240 Swifties can be football fans, and we can grow audience 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:22.000 by millions because of how many Swifties are out there. 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:23.000 You can find her. 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.680 I say that to a lot of my friends. I'm like, 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.880 just learn football, just the basics, because you can just 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.240 sit down and watch it and understand if you just 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.680 know the basics. I'm glad someone put that out there. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:34.320 It's perfect. 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:35.640 I mean, it's such a great community to be a 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:37.640 part of. I mean football, it's something you can it's 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.400 a different language that you can kind of connect with 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:42.840 anybody over anywhere you are, anytime. Great stuff, Tracy. You 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.040 can find her on the sidelines this week in Orchard 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:47.880 Park Dolphins and Bills, one o'clock on CBS. Tracy, thank 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:49.240 you so much for your time today. It was great 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:49.600 to meet you. 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:51.160 Appreciate it so much. 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.680 See you out there, and off she goes. Let's go 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:56.000 ahead and take our first break right there and come 0:15:56.040 --> 0:15:58.280 back on the other side and hear from head coach 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:01.640 Mike McDaniel his Friday conference. We'll also get to the 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:04.720 Friday Detour, which is the new name of the Friday 0:16:04.800 --> 0:16:07.960 narrative here on the Draft Time podcast that's next brought 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:13.760 to you by AutoNation. I have three soundbites for you 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.320 guys from coach McDaniel on this Friday. Two are not 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:22.000 really game related, one specifically about Josh Allen and Stefan Diggs, 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.800 the Digs. Let's go ahead and start here with a 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:28.400 question that I found interesting about something I've long wanted 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.840 to myself is how do you balance the thought of 0:16:30.920 --> 0:16:34.080 putting certain things on tape versus preserving things and games 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.040 against an opponent you might see later on or for 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:39.600 a bigger game or a playoff game, whatever it might be. 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.840 Here's coach on whether or not you reserve ideas you have. 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:44.600 I love this answer. 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:45.040 Yeah. 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:47.800 I can't speak for anybody else I know in my career. 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:52.800 Literally it is so hard to win a game in general. 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:57.360 But have never held anything back your kind of expectation 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:01.520 the way I look at it, you know, I look 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:05.560 at for instance, the Buffalo Bills are one of the 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:11.120 best teams of football, and if instead of having an 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:16.040 idea that you would put in your back pocket, why 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:17.600 don't you just come up with a new idea? 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:19.080 You know? 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:24.760 So that I think, for as far as I've always 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.960 looked at it, and the way that our coaching staff 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:33.359 does is everything that we can and Cannon are able 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:36.639 to use. We give it our best shot because we 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:40.040 know that if we don't give it our best shot, 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:42.480 we will learn the hard way of how difficult the 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:43.080 NFL is. 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:45.439 And not to mention against the Broncos last week, the 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:47.639 Dolphins put so much on tape that Buffalo is going 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:49.760 to have to account for every single little movement the 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:51.879 Dolphins did, and I think it could put them in 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:54.040 a position where maybe they prepare for things they don't 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:55.880