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If none of them, what is is up? 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:49.280 Dolph fans and welcome to the Drivetime podcast, part of 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:54.760 the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:57.920 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Winfield. 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.880 And on today's show, it's Pivot Day Day, Turn the 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.520 Page Day. We are taking a look at the five 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:06.800 things I think from a big picture team perspective. Plus, 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:12.000 in honor of Jets Week, my own personal favorite Dolphins rivalry, 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.360 I'll tell you about my five favorite Dolphins and Jets moments, 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:18.720 will share a cool story from Mike McDaniels presser. This 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.880 week on Robert Salah and we're moving the pis component 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:24.960 of the show to Wednesdays, so we'll make week five 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:27.760 picks today as well. From the Baptist Health Studios inside 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:32.880 the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:39.120 Glad to be back with you all here kind of 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:43.040 a flow back into the regular schedule. We like to 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.760 peek behind the curtain here on the podcast, and to 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:48.360 be honest with you, primetime games always make for a 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.520 very very long night. The game wraps up around eleven 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:56.040 if you're lucky, myself, Juice and Big Seth go on 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.920 for two hours. And actually this week I remember very 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:03.440 distinctly because I was, you know, the preseason game started 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.160 at seven and seven thirty eight fifteen start. I was 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:07.680 a little bit worried about what time I might be 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:09.920 done that night, so I looked at the clock even 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:12.560 two as the time we started, because I knew that 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.600 in two hours after that I would be done at 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.080 one two. Then it's either to the studio if we're 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.239 at hard Rock Stadium, or back to my home office 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:23.600 slash studio to tape the podcast. And I always say 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.160 I'm not going to plan it out, just talk about it. 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:28.639 Get it done and send it off. But then I 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:30.720 just think the show is way better when I plant 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:32.600 it out, So I wind up doing that, and by 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:35.919 the time I tape it is three o'clock in the morning. 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:37.839 And then here's a question I have for you, guys. 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.440 Are you able to just go to bed right after 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.679 you get done with your work? I personally need to 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.280 wind down. Usually it's over an hour, but at least 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:47.560 an hour to wind down before the night comes to 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.519 an end. So all of that is to say, the 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.880 weekend was an absolute blur, But buddy, it does not 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.800 stop there. I described this as some of my friends 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.200 in the press room, soft A Dean and Marcella, Louis 0:02:58.280 --> 0:02:59.519 Jock and some of the guys that you know I 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:03.240 talked every single day. On Monday after Coach McDaniel had 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:06.400 mentioned it was his daughter's birthday over last weekend, and 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:08.760 many of them, as you well know, know that I 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.639 also have a two year old daughter, with the second 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:14.480 one on the way, and my wife flew home for 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.760 her baby shower with her family this past weekend. So 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:21.359 I was on dad duty from Friday night at five 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:24.320 thirty two that's when the flight left, until Monday night. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.359 At five twenty I knew exactly the times of those 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.959 flights because we were on a Jack Bowery style countdown. 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.000 And parenthood's the craziest thing but also like the biggest 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.600 microcosm and all of life. I've mentioned on the podcast 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.360 so many times before my philosophy on life, the yin 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.680 and yang of life. If something can be that good, 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:45.920 then it can be equally that bad. And positively, nothing 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.800 is more rewarding than being a father, and it makes 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:52.119 other thing things seem so much less important. Now that said, 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:56.640 it's also the most challenging thing you'll ever undertake. Fits right, 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.920 So after exactly seventy one two hours did the math, 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:02.800 I was feeling like Jimmy Butler at the scores table 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:06.680 in the NBA Finals. But we are back. We are 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:10.760 revitalized and ready for a fun Wednesday show, starting with 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:14.000 our in weekly segment five Things. I think was bumped 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:16.000 last week because of the short week, but it's back 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.400 here for week five. Almost said week four. We'll dive 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:21.720 briefly into the five big picture things. And this is 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.599 one of my probably favorite because you know you've hit 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:26.720 one of the checkpoints in the season. I know it's 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:28.960 no longer the exact quarter poll. But if I had 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.240 a nickel for every time I heard an analysis over 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.680 the last twenty five years that teams would break the 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:35.840 schedule down into four quarters, you try to go three 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:37.320 and one and every quarter. If you do that, you're 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:40.400 twelve and four. Well, you know mathematics. Well, I'd have 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.200 a whole bunch of nickels if I did that. So 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:44.560 these are my five things I think from the quarter 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:46.520 pool the first quarter of the season, even though it's 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.720 not exactly a quarter anymore, heading into the second quarter 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.960 of the season, five big picture items. Five things I think. 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:55.360 Number one is this team has potential to win in 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:59.120 any given way on any given Sunday. It rhymes, but 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.120 it's also true, which is awesome because that's how the 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:04.640 good teams in this league are constructed. You know, all 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.000 offseason long, I was so encouraged by the depth of 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:10.280 this roster. We've seen that come into play with shuffling 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.040 guys on the offensive line, getting production from young guys 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:16.600 in the cornerback position. Uh, linebackers kind of had some 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.440 changes here and there. The edge position has been a 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.280 big rotation. The offensive skill guys you're seeing, you know, 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.240 elevation of Jalen Waddle getting more and more work down 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.560 the field, but guys like Craig Craft and Sherefield and 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:28.880 behind him, and you still have more options that really, 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.040 you know, Cedric Wilson, Mike GASICKI, Chased Chase Edmonds and 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.640 Raheem Moster are proven guys in this league that haven't 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:36.960 gotten to that level yet either. So I'm encouraged by 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.040 the fact that they have depth all up and down 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:42.839 the roster. The defense, you know, has been solid and efficient. 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.680 Offense with big plays, you know, week one, and then 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:48.760 in Week two you have the offensive onslaught, then back 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.559 to a masterful defensive showing in Week three against the Bills, 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.600 and then I talked about this in the Friday recap 0:05:53.640 --> 0:05:56.360 pod how it felt like Miami was kind of going 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.920 to take that game back with the ground game. Ult 0:06:00.240 --> 0:06:02.120 ultimately did not, but it felt like that was how 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:03.800 they were going to get back after a big Raheem 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.800 Mostart run on the eventual interception drive. And I think 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:08.719 as we go along, you know, as this team continues 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:10.800 to get better, we'll just see more of that, you know, 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:14.159 potentially getting Byron Jones back here sometime in the near future. 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.320 Potentially we'll see I don't know the timetable on that, 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.680 but hopefully it's it's not too far off, you know, 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:22.760 hopefully the quarterback as well. And then obviously, uh, you know, 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.040 like we mentioned across the offensive line, Austin Jackson, the 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.400 players that are out there and and getting more and 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:30.880 more work. Hopefully it continues to build and we see 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.400 this team get better as the year goes along. Number 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:35.760 two things that I think is that it's a great 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.800 start to the season through a very tough slate, and 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:42.320 how that gives the Dolphins an opportunity to you know, 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.000 continue this strong season. Look at the I know this 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:48.440 doesn't really you know, track, I suppose, but if you 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:51.080 look at last year's records of teams, and Dolphins have 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:53.280 played the Patriots for a playoff team attend win team 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.520 a year ago. I've mentioned this a million times. Ravens 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:57.280 were eight and three and the one seed in the 0:06:57.360 --> 0:06:59.880 a f C before injuries began to mount and kind 0:06:59.880 --> 0:07:03.000 of took their toll on that team. And then Buffalo 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:05.239 we all know what Buffalo can do is in my opinion, 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:07.320 still the best team in the National Football League. I 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.920 really wish Baltimore it held on late in that game. 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.560 But they're rolling right now still. And then the Bengals 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.840 playing the Super Bowl last year. You know, everyone's saying 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.560 they're back after a couple of wins over teams that 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:20.600 had their qb ones injured. Now, so we'll see about that, 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.000 but obviously they were a Super Bowl team a year ago. 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.280 It's a tough road to start off with, especially when 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:26.880 the ladder they're the one that you lost, was a 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:29.760 short week playing on the road. It's never easy to 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:32.440 do that. And you know, if you go off of 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:36.040 the records from last season, it's the second strongest schedule 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:37.920 to start the season in the NFL, and if you 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:41.840 go off PFF's projected win totals right now, which you know, 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:43.600 who knows what that actually is, but I mean, it 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:45.400 holds up because you look at the schedule and it 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.239 makes the most sense. But the Dolphins have the fourth 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:52.120 easiest remaining schedule over the final thirteen games of the season. 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:54.680 But we're not looking back. All of this is to 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:57.880 look at what lies ahead. Starting three and one gives 0:07:57.920 --> 0:07:59.920 you a chance to keep it rolling into that second quarter, 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.520 but nothing further than the Jets this week obviously, and 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.160 four and one. If the Dolphins get this dub would 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.680 be the franchise's best start since two thousand three. Let's 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.160 go get it, baby, come on, should be when we 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:10.800 go get Let's go take care of business on the road. 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:14.600 Number three, how about the last three draft classes here 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:18.680 in Miami, I mean judging and draft class. You know, Uh, 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.000 it's always said to be done three years after it happens. 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.680 And we are there with the twenty nineteen class. We're 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:27.200 getting there with twenty and this third season. Now for 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:29.280 all those guys, then, frankly, I don't think you need 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:32.560 three years one Because Jalen Waddles fIF in the NFL 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.520 and receiving has made big play after big play. He's 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.439 changed the complexion of like three of these games so far, 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.800 three of the four games. Uh, the touchdown against the Patriots, 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.080 you know, from ten nothing to seventeen nothing a halftime 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.960 is obviously massive. The hundred and sixty yards yards versus Baltimore, 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.440 that fifty seven yard reception where he just went how 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:52.000 many yards was it? I don't know, the long, long 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:54.800 one where he ran like a million miles across the field. Obviously, 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.360 the game winning touchdown, how about that, I'll do two 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.040 touchdowns in that game in the forty five yard to 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.160 play against the Buffalo Bills. Want to find jill and 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.839 Waddle was remember all the conversation about the Dolphins what 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:06.680 they should have done that year. I think getting an 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.920 extra first round pick and getting in my none in 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.319 my opinion, the best receiver, the best skill player in 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.000 that draft class, I think that was the right move. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:15.679 Jalen Phillips got his first sack of the season, but 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:17.800 that's that's you know, that stat doesn't do his work 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:21.200 justice so far. He's drawing lots of attention, drawing double teams, 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.559 applying pressure, playing the run, and his possessional flexibility. He 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.079 got his sack from a four technique Like this is 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.040 a guy listen as a linebacker, but he's playing, you know, 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:32.040 off the edge. He's condensing down to a more true 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:35.960 defensive tackle position. Jalen or not Jailan Phillips, Christian Wilkins 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:38.320 and Zach s Heeeler play that position. Do you realize 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:40.120 how how rare that is for a guy to be 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:41.920 able to play that spot but also play off the 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.680 edge like he does. It's not normal. And then Javon Holland, 0:09:45.760 --> 0:09:47.719 I don't think I have to talk much about him. 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.280 We rave about his game in every single film pod 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.199 our film review podcast because he just does so much 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:56.000 and cover so much ground and make plays outside of 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:59.240 his responsibility with them and given a defensive call. Then 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:03.439 back to funny I mean to I mean looking like 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:06.360 the real deal this year. Austin Jackson looked good this 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.360 camp and in his first game before the injury. Obviously, 0:10:09.440 --> 0:10:10.920 Big Rob Hunt looks like one of the best right 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.040 guards in football in my opinion. Ray Kwon Davis is 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:15.760 a very solid defensive tackle, nose tackle type. And then 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:19.000 Brandon Jones. You know how many pairings are better than 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.280 Brandon Jones and Javona Holland right now, there's not many, 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:23.800 if any. Uh, the twenty nineteen you've got Christian Wilkins 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:25.599 and Andrew Van Ginkle in a year where you know, 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.199 draft picks wasn't it was. That was kind of the 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.880 depletion year. It was kind of moving assets into the future. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.240 So even with limited resources in the draft, he still 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.360 come away with a you know, fantastic defensive tackle, a 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.640 good edge presence. You'd have Michael Dieter for deaf on 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:41.240 the offensive line, and then obviously Miles Gaston here as 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.840 well from that draft class. So drafting has been pretty good, 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.160 Man been pretty good. Number four takeaway defense, Defensive continuity 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.400 is paying gividends. The flexibility of this defense. I mean, 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:52.280 we talked about it on the UH. I don't even 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:54.240 know what day it was the last podcast that came out. 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:56.839 How many guys can play so many spots that allows 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:58.880 them to be game plan specific. But just the the 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.319 ability to disguise average where you show one look and 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.520 you bell out the last second. You know, Javon Holland 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:07.319 and Jerome Bakers speed allowing them to basically go from 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.640 line of scrimmage threats to post safety or you know, 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.360 twenty yard deep hook Tampa to drop for Jerome Baker. 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.360 It just helps you have, you know, so many different 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:18.680 game plans. You can roll out so many different ways 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.280 to disguise quarterbacks. And you know, I have this this 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:26.679 big thing, this big take about how essentially the best 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:28.760 defenses in the league right now are the defenses that 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:33.320 have played the lesser offenses. That's why, like Miami's ranks 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.120 are not gonna be good because no one's gonna stop 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.440 Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson and at various points as well. 0:11:38.559 --> 0:11:40.839 Joe Burrow and that Bengals offense. No one's gonna stop them, 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.199 like for a whole game consistently. They might happen a 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:45.480 couple of times, but those teams are gonna put up points, 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:47.520 in stats and yards every single week. And and that's 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.719 how this deep, this you know league is built. That's 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.559 why I was so into the game plan idea against 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:54.160 the Bills of making them dink and dunk and do 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.360 something that makes them uncomfortable and then you just kind 0:11:56.360 --> 0:11:58.280 of hope they make mistakes, and they did in that game. 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.040 So that's why I like, you know, you're gonna see 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:03.199 the defensive rankings are gonna jumble up all the time. 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:04.959 When you get to a run of really good offenses, 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:06.719 your defense takes a big step back in terms of 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.680 their ranking statistically. And so we've seen this Dolphins defense 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.880 played pretty well through you know, the top two m 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.640 v P candidates right now, probably in Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.240 Jalen Hurts probably in that conversation as well, but two 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.600 of the top three m VP candidates, and then last 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:22.920 year's you know, the guy that everyone fell in love with, 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:25.480 Joe Burrow, played a game as well, and then Matt 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.360 mac Jones in the first game for the Patriots. So 0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:30.240 it's been you know, three really really good quarterbacks and 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.040 another pretty solid quarterback, and the Dolphins are hanging in 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.760 there defensively. And then you get a stretch against you know, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.480 a second year quarterback this week Kirk Cousins obviously has 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.400 a bunch of experience. After that, then a rookie in 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.960 week number seven Jared Goff and the lines who are 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.199 on fire right now. Then another second year quarterback in 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.920 Justin Fields, then a second year quarterback in Davis Mills 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:49.880 and Jacobe So you see what I'm saying, Like, I 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.160 think the defense will will really kind of take off 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.520 in the stretch, and that continuity plays a big part 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.800 of that. It helps you have a damn good defensive 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.199 coordinator like Josh Boyer. It helps when your front is 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.200 deep and flexible, like we talked about in the previous 0:13:01.240 --> 0:13:05.920 segment there with Holland and and um jeez, Holland and 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:07.320 Baker and what they can help you do. I guess 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.079 that was the same segment. And I think, you know, 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.200 again Javon Holland and Brandon Jones coming into their own 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.560 together such instinctive players who seem to know what they're 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.199 processing instantly. That's kind of your book end of this 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:21.480 takeaways that those two guys, their maturation is allowing you 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:23.520 to be so creative and flexible on that back end. 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:26.000 And eventually it's gonna start confusing quarterbacks and it's gonna 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.280 lead to a bunch of takeaways any given week. Now, 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.240 I think it's coming. My guess is this week, but 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:32.920 I think it's coming very soon, a pile of takeaways 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.480 in a football game, takeaway or a big picture thing. 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.240 I think number five is they're still room to grow, 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.600 you know, kind of borrowing coach McDaniel's steam here about 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.199 how if you're on the journey you want to be on, 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.679 then each game you play will be the worst one, 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:46.440 the next worst one in line. You should get better 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:49.080 each week and with you know, the nice start, still 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.240 plenty of things you can work on to get better 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.080 than the three and one football team you are right now. 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.439 You know, coaches address that about getting the running game 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.520 going a little bit more one or two blocks away 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.640 on some plays from some big, big plays out the gate. 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.280 Special teams has had you know, a rough couple of weeks, 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.079 I expect them to get back on track offensively, you know, 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.880 maybe a fewer drops or penalties or things that kind 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.280 of bog things down offensively, because they've been pretty good 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.480 for the most part offensively with their their E p 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:14.760 A and there. Maybe it's just getting more cracks at 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.160 the apple because their efficiency numbers are fantastic right now. 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:19.480 But just fully buying in on coaches thought that there 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.400 are are about the improvement and think it's heading in 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.040 that right direction. Was still room to grow despite a 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:27.040 very good three in one star and again Sunday a 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.120 chance to make it four and one for the first 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:34.080 time since two thousand three. I was a sophomore in 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.560 high school. Let's go, man, come on. Speaking of that, 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:38.400 we'll talk some Mariners here a little bit. Last time 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.400 I watched them play a playoff game, I was in 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:43.360 the sixth grade. So sixth grade. I don't know, man, 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:45.680 I forgot, I don't know. I'm like thirty five. We'll 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:47.080 do some of that stuff next. That's all part of 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.880 the podcast coming your way. A second list coming your 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.400 way here next my top five Dolphins Jets memories. That's 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.720 next Drivetime podcast. Your host Travis Wingfield brought to you 0:14:55.840 --> 0:15:06.080 by Auto Nation. It's a day of lists here on 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.240 the Drive Time Podcast, and I want to cover my 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:12.360 five personal favorite Dolphins and Jets memories. But first I 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:15.040 want to play this sound from the story that Coach 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.920 McDaniel said it his Monday press conference telling us about 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:21.280 his former co worker and new division rival head coach 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:24.520 Robert Sala of the New York Jets, and I just 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.080 thought it was really good. He was asked if he 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.600 could share a memory of story or something in general 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:33.000 about coach Sala and their time together. Here's Coach McDaniel. Well, 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:37.320 he was a squatter um when he first got the 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:41.400 job in Houston, which was hilarious. Um So, I came 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:45.760 with Gary kubiak Um and Troy Calhoun really from the Broncos, 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:51.600 and we uh in Houston. What was in Reliance Stadium. 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:56.000 We had like a office that uh you know, there's 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:57.600 one guy in there when I got there. It was 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:01.600 Robert Sala and he hadn't been terminated. He was, um, 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:05.320 I think working with Dom Caper's um before. He hadn't 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:07.760 been terminated. I think he had like two more weeks 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:12.240 of pay or something. Um. So he did an excellent 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:16.160 job of just forcing his hand and getting face time 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:17.800 with the head coach. Sat in there all week. I 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:20.280 think I got there like on a Tuesday, and he 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:24.320 just sat in across from me in this awkward room like, hey, dude, 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.640 you got a job. No, I'm not really trying to 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.000 see Gary Kubiak. And he just waited there until I 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.520 think like Friday barged in and told him, Hey, you know, 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:35.960 I'd really want to work for you. Um. And you know, 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:38.640 there's a lot of those those stop gaps at the 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:44.080 beginning of Robert Seal's career. Um, always a sponge, always 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.880 unbelievably smart. He would he would always blow my mind 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:51.000 because our like we'd have a problem with our printer 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.160 and we're trying to print video or excel or something, 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:57.120 and he wouldn't call it t he would just like 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.680 open up this manual and figure out how to how 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:04.600 to figure this stuff out. Um. So he's always always 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:06.840 super smart, but had some hiccups in his career, which 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:10.640 I really really respect because he just he just really 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.800 stayed true to himself, kept pressing. Finally, UM was a 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:18.199 little more fortunate when he was with Seattle and as 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:22.879 an assistant there. Um and then UM, you know, but 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.280 he's he's never been given anything, just like he wasn't 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.200 given the job UM with Gary Kubiak in two thousand 0:17:28.200 --> 0:17:31.200 and six. UM, I think when he went to San 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:35.200 Francisco in two thousand and seventeen, it was under um 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:41.000 the it was under the impression he would be the 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:45.440 linebackers coach and he asked to interview for the defensive 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:49.120 coordinator spot. Long story short, he hasn't been given anything, 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.000 and every time he's been given anop, he's taking advantage 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:55.520 of it. So UM, very very close with him as 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.760 a human being. UM, really respect him as a as 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:03.720 a man, UM, But from a professional standpoint, he's lived 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:10.399 the whole mantra of of you you don't define me, 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:14.280 I define me. And he's pushed through and really, UM, 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:17.000 you know, one of the better defensive coaches and head 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:20.200 coaches have ever been around it. Sure seems like most 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:23.440 successful people have a story similar to that, like resilience 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:26.119 and that never quit attitude. Uh, that's kind of how 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:27.880 I wind up in this position. And you know, talking 0:18:27.920 --> 0:18:31.040 to my former boss Jason Jenkins, that the great Jason Jenkins, 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:33.320 you know, just knocking on his story every day. So 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:35.320 an emails getting ahold of him saying, hey, I'm here. 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:37.359 I'm still here, so I gotta be that way if 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:38.960 you want to find success, I think, and that's that's 0:18:39.000 --> 0:18:41.440 cool to hear that story from coach McDaniel and obviously 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.280 rising to the top of the coaching ranks. Is you know, 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:46.920 that's one of the most impressive jobs to hold out 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:50.160 there because it's thirty two of those guys and thousands 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.200 and thousands and hundreds of thousands of people doing this 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:54.600 hoping to get to that position at some stage of 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.720 their career. Let's go ahead and get to Jets Week 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:01.919 and my five favorite memories. And I emphasized my favorite 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:05.119 memories because I realized that AJDA is probably number one 0:19:05.200 --> 0:19:07.880 for a massive, massive chunk of the fan base. We'll 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:09.920 see about the listeners on this podcast. I don't know 0:19:10.040 --> 0:19:13.080