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Patas, I'm this kay. 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:39.080 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:41.040 Now do you check your pulse? 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:41.559 If enough for. 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:44.840 What is up? 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:48.720 Dolphins? And welcome to the Draft Time podcast, part of 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:53.840 the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:57.000 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:57.200 --> 0:00:59.319 And on today's show, we're gonna take a look at 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:01.960 week number four, fourteen that kicks off tonight. Can you 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:05.280 believe that we're already just five weeks left in the 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:08.679 NFL season? Well for some teams, not for us. My goodness. 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:11.800 We'll pick all the games. But first, the Austin Jackson 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.399 extension is official. We'll go in depth on his breakout season. 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.640 Here from the head coach on what makes Austin the 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.520 perfect right tackle for this football team. Plus I'll give 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.600 you a little bit of an off season primer and 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.400 looking at some of the potential contracts coming up for 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.399 this Miami Dolphins team. We'll also hear from ESPN's to 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.479 Ron Davenport. It talks some Titans, and of course more 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:35.560 commentary from Mike McDaniel from the Baptist Health Studios inside 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:40.039 the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:41.480 Maye gaff. 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:48.240 News to start the show, Austin jackson brand new contract. 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:51.480 The reported figures are three for thirty six. Of course, 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:54.360 that can always be give or take on either side 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:57.000 of the deal, which, if you're keeping track at home, 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:01.600 is less than the twenty two twenty four cost of 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.600 what Austin Jackson's fifth year option would have been at 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:08.360 fourteen point two million, So your apy is lower on 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.160 the extension. Chris Greene, you've done it once again. You 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.840 lock down one of the most critical positions, and you 0:02:13.880 --> 0:02:17.040 did it for way lower than what market value dictates, 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.040 because if you take all tackles into account, and I 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.639 was looking at this thinking like, well, yeah, but right 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.960 tackle money is less than left tackle, and it is, 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.560 but both tackles are pretty. 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:28.919 Much the same in today's NFL. 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.400 Especially especially when you have a left handed quarterback, that 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:35.760 right tackle pretty important. Right, So he is actually the 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:40.440 thirtieth highest paid apy tackle in the NFL. What he's 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.799 eleventh among right tackles. You know, I mentioned this as 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:47.000 a possibility somewhere back along the line that you might 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:51.320 get in Austin Jackson DeVante Parker level hometown discount after 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.520 what was a tough start to the career and then 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:54.960 a promising breakout season. 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:57.400 Only it happened. 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.320 But I can tell you from a sustainability standpoint, I 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.040 think Austin's is sustainable because of the way he studies, 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:03.880 the way he. 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:04.760 Understands the game. 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.560 I had a podcast with him this summer where he 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.120 talked about how he woke up every single day this 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.760 offseason and plugged on tape, and he said the mental, 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:15.679 the mind was the most important, and next is the physical. 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:17.799 He said he would stretch and do cardio and try 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.440 and improve his flexibility and that shows up and of 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.200 course his mindset pops off the tape every single week 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:26.160 with some bullyball man night and day difference there between 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:29.640 the guy I mentioned with the hometown discount contract extension, 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.440 I think this guy's a lot more sustainable in that regard, 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:34.359 and if he hit the open market, I think it 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:36.600 would have been a lot more expensive for somebody else 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:38.360 to bring this guy in the eighteenth pick in the 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.080 draft in twenty twenty, the fifth offensive tackle off the 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.680 board that year. Gives Chris Career and this front office 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.040 yet another feather in the cap. From the exercise we 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.640 did back during the bye a week or was it 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.640 in the offseason, I can't remember, but I went through 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.640 every team and determined draft hits and misses based on 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:59.600 second contracts, Pro Bowls, various accolades the determined hits and misses, 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:02.480 and Miami since Chris Greer took over in twenty sixteen, 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.760 was third in that exercise. And of course, you know 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.760 the ultimate rebuild that went underwent in twenty nineteen post 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.600 that the Dolphins have the third most wins in the 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:15.840 National Football League. So you know, like every way you 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:17.640 slice this, this GM is one of the top five 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:19.720 executives in the NFL, him and his staff putting together 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:21.920 a roster and they've shown you that with right now 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:24.200 what me looks like the best roster in the AFC 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:28.240 and the prohibitive favorite in the conference to advance to 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:33.359 the big game in February. So fun stuff, you know 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.479 what it was coming into the year because I remember 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:40.040 Austin being in my we don't know yet category TBD category, 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:41.960 and there's no way I would have had him there 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.240 at the bye week because he's been shut down all 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:46.200 year long. In fact, let's go ahead and look at 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:47.880 some of the guys he's faced this year. Week one, 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:50.760 Khalil Mackenjoey Bosta both took shots at him off the 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.200 right side of the offensive line. Combined thirty four pass 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.240 blocks naps against those two guys. Two pressures allowed. By 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:58.200 the way, Khalil Mack has fifteen and a half sacks 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.599 this year. Week two, Matt Judon for f team pass 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:02.320 blocking snaps. I think he got hurt in that game. 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.599 Zero pressures allowed. Week three, no pressures against Randy Gregor 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.680 or Nick Potonio. Week four, Leonard Floyd did get him 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:11.599 for two pressures on twenty eight pass rush snaps. Week five, 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.600 Cavon Tibodeau blanked. Week six, Brian Burns got one pressure 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.800 on him on twenty one pass rush snaps Hassan Reddick 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:20.680 in week seven. These are like the top of the 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:22.960 top of the food chain of pass rushers besides Parsons 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.680 and Garrett. Burn Reddit got two on him on twenty 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:29.160 seven pass rush attempts. Week eight, no pressures from the Patriots, 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.440 but no Matt judon clean sheet week nine. George Karloftis 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.560 got him for two pressures on twenty seven dropbacks. 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:35.280 Week eleven. 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.680 Max Crosby he's probably the next guy between Parsons and 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:43.080 Miles Garrett. He had two on thirty seven pass rush attempts, 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.160 and then Bryce Huffe thought had the best game against him. 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:46.960 He got two on nineteen, but there was a sack 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.039 in there as well, and then week thirteen, last week 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:54.400 clean sheet against the Commandos. He's always been he's always 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:57.680 had this talent inside and he's also the exact type 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.200 of person that you want to build around. I love, love, 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:04.000 love an Austin Jackson press conference because we get something 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:07.400 informative about offensive line play every time he's measured. He 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.359 approaches the game like a ten year pro and he 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.440 just gets it. He's smart as hell, he's tough, he's physical, 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.680 he's violent, downright nasty. There are clips of him playing 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.680 through the echo of the whistle and just burying people 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:22.360 six feet from the edge, no, six feet under the turf. 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:24.880 Pull up the commander's tape. You think the defense wanted 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.919 any part of that Mike White led offensive drive for 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:31.080 nine straight runs into the end zone. No, the Dolphins 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.640 broke their will, and it's because of people like Austin 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.200 Jackson who play every single snap like it's the most 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.240 important snap of their life, pushing you around and physically 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:42.400 beating you up for fifty snaps. That's why he's getting 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.840 second and third level pancakes in the fourth quarter of 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.000 a game that winning by thirty points. He's passing off 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.600 games where he shoves the looper and knocks him to 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:54.760 his butt like Robin Connor are like, all right, I 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:56.320 guess I'm just chilling this rat because the guy that 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:59.280 was supposed to peel back across is on the floor chilling. 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:02.400 Then he heils back wide and picks up the exterior looper. 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.279 I think that's where you see how his fundamentals have 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:08.839 really clicked in this offense. The way he transfers his weight, which, 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.120 by the way, I've seen this guy every August for 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:13.360 the last four years, he never looked better than he did. 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:16.000 This August looks slimmer in the face, just slimmer all around, 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.760 a better physical composition. He can work inside to the 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.720 right guard and initiate that type of force that sends 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.200 somebody to the turf and then get back wide on 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.960 those heels and slide the feet and get vertical depth. 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:31.200 That is tough, tough to do for a three hundred 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.480 and ten three hundred and twenty pounds man. You see 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.720 so many offensive linemen out over their skis. He used 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.400 to be one of them, losing momentum to make those 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:41.960 types of sudden movements. He used to be one of them. 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:45.320 But Austin has captured the balance he needs to throw 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.880 around his weight and capitalize on the very rare athletic 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.280 traits that he features, which if you go back to 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.640 the combine, eighty ninth percent tile in the forty yard dash, 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.280 ninety second percent tile in the twenty split, ninety fourth 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:01.440 percent tile in the tense, and you see that across 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.360 the entire roster ten split very important. It's a good 0:08:04.400 --> 0:08:08.520 measure of speed. Also, ninety seventh percent tile in broad jump, 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:10.840 which is in the same category as the ten split. 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.560 The two best testing metrics that you can get in 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:15.440 terms of how you come out of your stance and 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.320 how you fire off the football. Eighty eighth percent TILE 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.080 in the vertical jump eighty second percent TILE in the 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:24.640 composite size heightened weight combination, which is as impressive as hell. 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:28.120 When you factor in all these ninetieth percent testing metrics 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.200 at that size and also eighty third bench press, you 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.720 know he's strong. He's playing the smartest football of his career. 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.560 You see it on games with how he IED's blitzes, 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.840 squeezes that B gap first before getting back wide, because 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.000 inside out is the way you want to protect things. 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:46.880 His ability to attach, engage, detach, and climb on doubles 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:47.720 has been. 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:49.560 Chef's kiss choice. 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:51.839 There were like five reps against Bryce Huff where I 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:54.480 thought he didn't look super comfortable, but other than that, 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:57.720 it's been set and forget at right tackle. I don't 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.160 even think about the position during games now because as 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.400 I know we're straight there, we're good to go. Let's 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.960 go ahead and hear from head coach Mike McDaniel on 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:08.040 what Austin Jackson's development and sticking at the right tackle 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:09.840 position has meant for him in this offense. 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.840 All I took from my interaction with him is a 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:19.040 very ambitious, goal oriented, driven professional athlete. 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.880 It's great to be picked in the first round as 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:22.680 a twenty year old. 0:09:23.040 --> 0:09:25.760 There's also a lot of burden with that, and so 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.000 then you know, you look at the film, you match 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.880 it with the person that you're meeting. And I think 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:38.280 it's important to treat every individual with full trust because 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:41.440 I'm tough enough. If they break trust, you treat them 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:44.160 with full trust and see, you. 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:45.280 Know, give them the opportunity. 0:09:45.360 --> 0:09:51.440 Don't harbor past things against people that have nothing to 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:52.880 do with those things. 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:58.080 And to me, there's like this, this guy. 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:03.080 Is playing multiple positions and he started doing it before 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:08.040 he legally could drink alcohol. It's a ton of weight. 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:10.000 And then you have a lot of people talking. You know, 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:13.800 it's you know, heavy as the crown, as they say, 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.559 and you just have a lot of people interjecting on 0:10:16.600 --> 0:10:20.200 what you are. And I don't know about you, guys, 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.440 but or you a finished product at twenty years old, 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:28.120 meeting him, understanding where his motivation was. 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:35.440 And the yearning to have just to be coached. 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.040 You know, who am I to put a ceiling on 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.720 that or to say he is this, that or the other. 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:47.080 So you keep an open mind and let people, you know, 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:53.040 take it upon themselves to to dictate what the narrative 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.600 is or what what they can be. And you know, 0:10:56.760 --> 0:11:01.720 I think I think this year in particular, like he had, 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:05.320 he had a strong off season, We felt good about him. 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:06.720 In twenty twenty two. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:10.760 You have an injury right when you're feeling like, hey, 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.120 I can prove a lot of these people wrong. Then 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:18.280 you just got to sit and listen more. And what 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:22.280 you're seeing now is I mean, it is the reason 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.200 why you do it, to see those type of journeys. 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.560 It's much much much like you know, the ones we 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:31.839 talk about with two all the time. There's there's plenty 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:37.720 of the journeys like that, and it's really awesome to 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:44.200 see someone someone take the reins of deciding who they 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:48.240 are and not listening to other people along the way. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.840 You know, that's and I think it's very very hard 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.839 to do. It's awesome for me to say I believe 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:59.520 in you, Austin, But when when he you know, this 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.240 is just my opinion, when he really believed it was 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:06.160 probably after the second week of Phase two. In twenty 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:10.920 twenty two, Tron Armstead, a guy that has done it 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:12.600 at the highest level for. 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:15.520 Literally half of his life. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:21.640 Saying, no, dude, you can be different. That's what you're 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:25.000 feeling amongst the team is there's a bunch of shared journeys. 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:27.520 A lot of people feel a part of that, a 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:31.480 lot of people are proud of that. He's probably got 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:36.480 the least exuberance of everybody today about it, because that's 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:42.920 not how he got it. He's thinking about Wednesday, technique, fundamentals, assignments, 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:45.520 Tennessee Titans. 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:47.720 And by the way, you can send Austin Jackson and 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:49.880 the rest of your Miami Dolphins of the Pro Bowl 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:54.200 right now. Online balloting is available now on Miami Dolphins 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:57.280 and NFL dot Com, and then starting Monday, December eleventh, 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.200 you can cast votes via social media. Just tweet the 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.320 first and last name of the player, use the player's handle, 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.760 or create a hashtag with the players first and last name, 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:12.280 and the post must include hashtag Pro Bowl Vote. 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.960 Congrats Austin. I'm super proud of that guy. 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.400 Have a pretty good relationship with him, and I really 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:19.920 like talking football in life with him. He also has 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:22.760 told me several times that Martin Stadium was the toughest 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:26.480 to play in the former Pac twelve for a road team. 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.439 It's gone now though, Before we get to my guest today, 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.240 I was kicking this idea around for a Thursday topic, 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.040 and I think now is the time to do it 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:37.080 as we get into extension season, right with Austin Jackson 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:40.440 getting the contract extension. Because you've been told a million 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:43.160 times by the same folks that told you this was 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.040 the same team from last year. Ten wins, ceiling, maybe 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:48.640 maybe one and done in the playoffs. They also told 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.120 you the Dolphins have to get it done this year 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:52.680 because it's Super Bowl or bust. 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:53.839 The window is now. 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:57.920 They can't possibly be a competitive team next year. Right, wrong, wrong, 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:04.240 It never made sense. Never Mind the June one options 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:07.320 you have at like left tackle, defensive end, cornerback, you know, 0:14:07.480 --> 0:14:10.000 seventy two, ninety one, twenty five. Never Mind that you 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.560 can save upwards of fifteen million dollars at the quarterback 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:15.360 position for next season when you give to his extension. 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.640 That is inevitable at this point to me. Never Mind 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.440 that you can structure things, move money around that allows 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.160 you to take on what looks like a lot of 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:24.880 cash commitments next year, which is a good problem to have, 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:28.120 right too many mouths to feed to hopefully reset your 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.280 draft success to kind of push those numbers into the 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:34.920 future when you're paying more young, productive rookies as you 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:36.800 have draft success. So that's going to be a critical 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.760 part of this next stage of this build. So going 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:42.280 into the season, I would have told you you're crazy 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.960 to let Christian Wilkins leave because he's the top priority. 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:47.760 And I still kind of feel that way. And it 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:50.320 sucks that the original deal couldn't get done because of 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.800 a few million apart negotiations, right reportedly that's what we heard. 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:55.240 But back to but to. 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:58.040 Christian's credit, like he's played to that level, so he's 0:14:58.080 --> 0:15:00.400 earned it. He's the only one that I look gap 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:03.200 as a potential fly in the ointment in terms of 0:15:03.240 --> 0:15:05.800 getting the band back together because you've now locked down 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.400 your right tackle at well below market value. 0:15:08.480 --> 0:15:09.800 His tape is top five. 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:12.680 Right tackle, no question, and your he's and your fifth 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:15.080 highest paid right tackle in the NFL is Braden Smith 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:18.640 from Indianapolis, who's getting seventeen point five apy. It's literally 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:20.800 five and a half million less per year. That's a 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.680 that's a starter that's a starting guard. To be fair, 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.280 when you drop down to ten, it goes to eleven 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:28.240 point five, So he's right in that range, like eleven 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.800 was the overall APY. But I promise you had this 0:15:30.800 --> 0:15:33.040 guy hit the market with this tape playing out for 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:34.520 the rest of the year, you're looking at a lot 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.160 closer to seventeen, eighteen, nineteen million per year. But gun 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.600 Austin's representation to recognize what this system does for his 0:15:40.640 --> 0:15:42.840 game and his skill set, because it's better to play 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:45.120 you know where you're going to be productive, and you're 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:47.000 gonna be a free agent again at age twenty eight. 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:48.800 If his tape is just played for the next three years, 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:51.680 go ahead and double that APY in twenty twenty six. 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.800 So to me, the next priority is right next to him, 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:57.360 both Connor Williams and Robert Hunt. As much as I 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:01.560 love Austin, the truth is we actually have four offensive 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.960 tackles in the top thirty of the pass block Efficiency score, 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:09.200 which I think is really really translates to effective pass blocking. 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:11.920 Keon Smith and Tron Armstead are both just as smidge 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.240 below one hundred, which is impressive as hell for Tron 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.840 because he's one hundred and seventy nine pass block snaps 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.120 doesn't qualify for the rankings. That's a lot of snaps 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:21.360 to be almost perfect in pass pro, and that's been 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:22.760 the last couple of weeks where he's been a little 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:25.200 bit shaky, right, and then Keon at one hundred with 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:28.760 less than thirty snaps Lamb is thirty second among all tackles. 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:31.040 But again we've seen what difference it can be made 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.680 when you don't have Connor Williams compared to not having 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.560 those tackles, right, So he is my top priority. This 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:38.880 is just me, not the team talking me. Then Robert 0:16:38.960 --> 0:16:42.320 Hunt and I have this approach because I'd rather pay 0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:45.200 for offense in twenty twenty three, especially in this offense 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.000 with this quarterback and this team, like the Chiefs, scaled 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.680 back their cost at wide receiver and built up the 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:52.880 offensive line and look at their offense right now. 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:54.840 It's been good, but it's not great anymore. 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.440 For us. We know this quarterback can mitigate some of 0:16:57.480 --> 0:16:59.840 the offensive line stuff, and we have the stud receivers already, 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:03.040 so I think you can go cheaper there, which is 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:04.720 why I think you could make a case that Keon 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.520 Smith and Liam Eichenberg are your left tackle left guard 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.000 combination for next season. But I have to have Connor 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:12.199 Williams and Rob Hunt is just such a damn good 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:14.160 fit for what we do. And when you pair him 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.600 in Austin together and actually a factor in Connor from 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.240 a center to right tackle, there's not a more devastating 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.359 run blocking right side of the offensive line in the 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:24.359 National Football League. I love Isaiah Win, but he's ended 0:17:24.359 --> 0:17:26.760 two fourths of his season two out of four seasons 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:28.680 in his career on IR could be three out of 0:17:28.720 --> 0:17:30.600 five if he goes this year, so that's got to 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:30.920 be cheap. 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:31.120 Two. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.399 There are some other names where a cray Crafts have 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:35.480 on Ahmed, but that's not going to break the bank, 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:37.920 right And then on defense again, Christian the big one. 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.000 I'm just not quite sure yet. There the way I 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.040 look at it, letting him walk or a tag in 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:45.040 trade to get you a first all all the Niners 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:47.840 via you know, DeForest Buckner. You could take care of 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.400 pretty much everyone else if you just do this. Of course, 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.280 it's a big piece of lop off, but it is 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:53.360 kind of the solution that. 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:54.760 Would make the most sense, I think. 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:57.560 But he's also everything you want in a player, so 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.560 it's so difficult. I don't want to lose him at all, 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:02.920 but just understand the business side of what it could 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:04.520 mean for the rest of the football team if you 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:06.640 have to, and then to further break your guys' heart, 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:08.720 because I'm already doing that right now with Christian Wilkins. 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:12.639 I think there's one very obvious he's gonna walk that 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:15.040 could keep you flexible in your cap and that's mister Wang. 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:16.200 Look. 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:18.200 I only say this because I think someone is going 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:22.480 to make Hugh Hwang very very well compensated next year, 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:25.040 and since you're paying Chubb, and since I think Jalen 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:28.040 Phillips is going to become the highest paid defender in 0:18:28.119 --> 0:18:30.560 NFL history when he comes up for a contract, because 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:32.520 that's where the top edge will do on the market. Right, 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:36.200 it's probably not good asset allocation to have three players 0:18:36.240 --> 0:18:39.400 paid that well at that position. We'll see, but those 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:40.639 are the two that I kind of look at and 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:42.320 say they might be able to go get their bag 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:44.639 somewhere else. And that's how it works, like sometimes you 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:46.880 have say goodbye to superstar talent like that. And Van 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:49.320 Ginkle's playing himself into a big contract, so we'll see. 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:50.399 That's not a given. 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.119 That's a given, but not so much on Wilkins in 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:54.479 terms of him and Van Ginkle. 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:56.120 I'd also get to Sean Elliott back. 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:57.760 He's a big priority to me because it's a little 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:00.240 bit cheaper for a safety, and he's been so critical 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:02.919 in terms of how he pairs with Javon Holland. And 0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:04.960 then you're kind of done, like there's some cheaper targets 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.639 Kendall Lamb. I'd look at Braxon, Barrios, Nick Needum. I 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:10.160 think you can certainly make market value offers and get 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:12.639 those guys back. But to conclude this, I think in 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:15.240 terms of generalities is that word. 0:19:15.880 --> 0:19:16.640