WEBVTT - Drive Time: The Jonnu Smith Episode 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.360 To remove Golan deep speedways peas do. 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:10.400 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:18.640 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. He's my avands in 0:00:18.680 --> 0:00:29.720 the playoffs. What is up Dolphins? And welcome to the 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:33.080 Drive Time Podcast. I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:36.559 on today's show, we began the interviews with your Miami 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:39.239 Dolphins free agentc We kick it off with tight end 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.680 John Newsmith. We'll talk to John who we'll talk about 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:43.880 his game on the field. We'll also talk to Justin 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.880 Felder who covered him in Atlanta to get to know 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.199 the person a little bit more. From the Baptist Health 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.680 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:57.520 Drive Time Podcast us new Dolphins tight end John new 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:01.000 Smith joining us now new Dolphins tight end John new Smith, Johnny, 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.400 welcome in. How is Miami treating you so far? 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:04.160 Man? Awesome? 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.800 This is uh, this is home and I'm getting that 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.880 that home field kind of love you know everywhere. 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:10.120 Man. 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:12.560 So I'm excited to be here, excited to be a Dolphin. 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:14.120 Can't wait to get the work. 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.200 You're back right. You grew up in Okala, went to 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:19.200 FIU I'm always curious because, like I'm kind of new 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:20.520 to the area as well. People always say, like you 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.440 live in Florida. It's like, I live in South Florida. 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:24.760 So can you help us describe the difference between Central 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:25.880 Florida and South Florida. 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:28.120 Big difference those two different states, and need to split 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:33.240 those states, man, Like from the culture to the food, 0:01:33.440 --> 0:01:35.680 to the you know, the way it looks everything. It 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.400 is literally two different states, man. You know Central Florida 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:41.120 and South Florida. Central Florida, it could you know, it 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:44.080 could look like the middle of Alabama, you know what 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:47.040 I mean, or you know, Texas or something like that. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:50.160 You know, South Florida you kind of getting more city fields, 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:52.520 you know what I mean with Miami and you know 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:54.520 Boca and you know you kind of get you know, 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:57.440 more of that vibe man. And uh, you know, so, 0:01:57.800 --> 0:01:59.840 guy's gotta you know, God, when gods get here, man, 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:01.040 they got to learn quick that. 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:02.360 You know, those are those are two. 0:02:02.160 --> 0:02:04.320 Different places, a little more glitting glamor down here. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:06.160 Yeah, man, it's like a who's who? 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:08.040 That's right, go to a heat game and see all 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:10.360 the stars in the sidelines down there. Let's go ahead 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.000 and get some football here and talk about the offense 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.360 you're joining here. Because this offense, this coach has had 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.239 a lot of success with tight ends in the past. 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.000 Everyone knows about Kittle and san Franz Derm Smith had 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.160 career highs across the board last year. How do you 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:23.480 think your skills fit into this Dolphins offense? 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.120 I think it's a match made man. It's uh. 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:29.200 You know, first off, let me beyond excited to be 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:35.080 an offense. You know that was number one leave through 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:39.000 the entire season, that shuit. So to be able to 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:42.079 bring a little bit more versatility to that side of 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:45.840 the ball, a little bit more explosiveness, and just being 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:48.840 the dynamic player that I am. You know, I'm excited 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:52.040 about the light and the limits that we could reach, man, 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.480 because honestly, I think the sky's the limit, you know 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.600 what I mean. So to be able to come in 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:01.359 here and be another explosive addition to this offense, you know, 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:04.320 I think we're going to reach you know a lot 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:05.760 of a lot of great places. 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.840 You mentioned versatility, So I've I've heard people compare like 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:12.400 receiver lineups or eligibles to basketball teams. You got your 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.880 speedy guard, your shooters. You're big man in the middle, right, 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.680 do you view receivers in that same vein and kind 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.280 of a fall up to that? Do you think that 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.840 your play style really compliments what Tyreek and will do 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:22.440 on the outside. 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:22.960 Yeah? 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.760 Man, you know, I consider myself a speed guy. I mean, 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:27.960 I mean, you got to, man, you know, putting up 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.120 twenty one miles an hour, you know at two hundred 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.000 you know, forty five fifty pounds, you know what I mean. 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:35.520 You know, that's that's that's no easy, no easy tax 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:38.400 for a big god that is considered a big guy. 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:38.680 Man. 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.640 But you know, obviously, you know, with speed all over 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:43.680 the field, not even not only those guys, but guys 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.400 coming out of the backfield, you know what I mean. 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:49.480 And you know that's that's going to give defenses problems. 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:49.720 Man. 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:52.080 So we got to continue to put all our heads together, 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.520 be selfless, you know what I mean, you know, going 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.280 out there playing for one another, and we'll get to 0:03:58.320 --> 0:03:59.000 where we want to go. 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:00.760 Good six guys, last, you're in the top ten of 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:03.360 next Gen's fastest ball carriers the NFL. You can get 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:04.680 on that list to sure, you think, I mean. 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:06.600 I got to the pressure on you know, I'm in 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:06.960 a room. 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:10.160 You know, you you run fast with fast guys, man, 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:12.200 so you know that's uh, you know, those guys will 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.920 be pushing me out there in practice every day, and uh, 0:04:15.120 --> 0:04:17.680 you know, I'm it's funny now because I'll be considered 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:20.919 one of the slow ones out of those out of 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:21.359 this group. 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:24.840 Man. So I'm gonna be uh working my butt off 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:25.520 every day. Man. 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:27.440 You know, make sure that we're in the best position 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:30.200 go win ourselves, you know, championship. 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:31.880 I think you'll be all right with the size difference 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:33.159 kind of helps you out in that regard. A little 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:35.240 bit to the size speed combinations is pretty good, so 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.000 you'll be all right right there. So one of the 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:38.680 things that stands out speaking of size and speed is 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.800 you run after the catch ability. Your stats jump off 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.080 the page, jumps off the film. What makes that part 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.080 of your game so successful in this offense that really 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:46.480 prides itself on run after the catch. 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:48.560 Yeah, it's just something that you know, I've kind of 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:51.120 hung I had on my whole career in football. A 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:52.880 lot of guys, you know, coming out of high school, 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.279 you know, I was considered undersize and kind of smaller 0:04:56.320 --> 0:05:00.960 than you know, what typical you know, college scouts were 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:04.000 looking forward, you know what I mean. So you know 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.039 I always said, okay, well I'm gonna give you an 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.360 element of the game that you know, you can't turn down. 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.400 And obviously everybody didn't take a chance on me coming 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:12.119 out of high school. 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.840 But it was only one fyu and. 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:16.680 Uh, you know, I got so much love and respect 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:19.880 for that, for that uh, for that school man, that 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.279 that that university, because of just what it did for me, 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.039 not only as a football player but as a man, 0:05:24.720 --> 0:05:27.039 you know, taking a chance on me and allow me 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:31.360 to realize, like, yo, it doesn't matter, you know, where 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.280 the opportunity is you as long as you get that opportunity, 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.000 take advantage of it. And I kind of always just 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:38.720 had a trip on my shoulder, man, So my run 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:40.760 after the catch ability is a lot of it's a 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:42.800 lot of things few behind that, you know what I mean. 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.240 And you know. 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:46.240 That's just kind of what I hung my head on, 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:49.039 like I said, my whole career and being able to 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:52.400 make guys missing space, being able to you know, bring 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.640 some momentum, you know, you know when you make plays man, 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.040 and you catch a ball, you know, two three yards 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.400 in the flat and able to make two three guys 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:00.719 miss and go get a first down. 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:00.840 Man. 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:02.160 That brings a lot of energy in juice to the 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.200 sideline and I guess the other guys rolling. 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:06.120 You know this This game is the game of momentum. 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:07.360 I'm a big believer in that. 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.800 You know, I've been around for going on eight years now, 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:11.760 so I've seen a lot of football, man, and to 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:15.080 be able to bring that momentum to this offense, it's exciting. 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:16.599 Think you might get some of those chances off the 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.400 wide zone play action they run here and south for 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:20.880 it kind of fits you pretty well right there. Speaking 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:22.880 of that, head coach Mike McDaniel designs this offense and 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.279 Moe ranked offense in the NFL with his coaching staff. Obviously, 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:27.080 you mentioned hard Knocks kind of being a bit of 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.279 a selling point to you on your media availability. But 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.560 I'm curious about actually meeting coach because that's you know, 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:33.800 TV and you see the edited version of it. I 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.200 love hearing first impression stories of head coach Mike McDaniel. 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:37.480 What was your first impression when you. 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:39.400 Met coach Listen Man? 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.760 When I when I first saw him, you know, I 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:45.840 didn't know if he was a professor a college professor, 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.760 you know what I mean, something alone that sort. But 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:50.760 when I heard him speak, I was like, yo, just 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:52.840 do those stuff, you know what I mean. I heard 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.760 him talk and I saw him coach and seeing him, 0:06:56.440 --> 0:06:58.320 you know, get along with his players, and I'm like. 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:00.480 I'm special about this dude. Man, you know what I mean. 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.400 You know, you may you know, catch you at first, 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:04.560 go out of his appearance, man, But he loves the game. 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:08.719 He knows the game, and you know, he's a guy 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.120 that takes care of his players. And I got so 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.240 much respect for coaches that understand, like, you know, at 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:19.200 the end of the day, you know, your your career, 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:21.600 so to say, in some way, shape or form, is 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:23.320 in the palms of their hands, you know what I mean. 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.440 And for him to understand that and recognize that and 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.160 want the best for the players, man, you can't. It's 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:30.640 ready to find that. So I'm happy to be here, man, 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:34.800 and it's extremely excited the coach, Mike McDaniel, wouldn't want 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:38.600 to be anywhere else and just ready to get to it. 0:07:38.760 --> 0:07:40.840 New head coach, new quarterback. You've talked about a little 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:42.280 bit already your media availability, but I want to hear 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.600 your perspective on what you've seen from watching two a 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:46.120 tongue of level from Afar. I know you haven't had 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:47.680 a chance to meet with him yet, but just watching 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:49.120 him on tape, watching him play, what have you seen 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:50.040 from the Dolphins quarterback? 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:51.640 I alluded to this earlier. 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.520 Man, I've been watching tour a benefit of his game 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.880 since his Alabama days. I'm seeing him, you know, make 0:07:57.920 --> 0:07:59.960 plays in big time games, you know what I mean, 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.600 And you know, coming in and stepping in, you know 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.640 when you know things wasn't going right for his team, 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:07.320 and you know, just you know, just having that poison 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.280 since a young kid, man so had a lot of 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:11.880 respect for his game. I think he's one of the 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.560 most accurate, if not the most accurate quarterback in the NFL. 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:16.560 You know, I've saw it on film. I think this 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:19.280 guy can make any throw in the field. You know, 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.040 I think, uh, you know, obviously me coming into this 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.560 offense will you know, even make things easier for him. 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:26.800 And you know, I'm excited to play with them. Man, 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:28.160 a guy like that catching. 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:31.160 Passes from him, you know, it's you know, it's also 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:32.520 gonna make my job a lot easier. 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.720 So in doing some research on your background, Johnny saw 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.200 that you have four children, three boys, one girl, and 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.240 you know, father of two myself, and so I always 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:40.960 say that, you know, being a father has made me 0:08:41.000 --> 0:08:43.400 a vastly better human being. So I'm curious to ask 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:45.480 you that question. What have your children done to make 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.000 you a better father and a better person? 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:49.920 Just told me patience, man, I think that's the number 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:53.200 one thing that h You know, my my, my babies, man, 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.640 have provided me with life. You know, God has blessed 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:58.880 me with four amazing babies. Thankful each and every one 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.520 of them, you know. And I would say that, you know, 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:05.000 just patience and appreciation, you know what I mean, the 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.400 things that you know we may get stressed out about 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.080 at times. You look at them and you know, you 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:11.200 walk through those doors and his daddy, Daddy, daddy, and 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:11.600 you're like. 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:13.959 You know, my problems, ain't that big man? You know 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:14.439 what I mean? 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:16.440 Like I get to come home and enjoy this and 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.120 you know they're just grateful with you know, seeing it, Dad, 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:19.840 you know what I mean. 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:23.679 So you know those kids many, man, you. 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:27.920 Know, so special beyond you know, special for me in 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:30.720 a place where you know it's a lot going on 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:32.720 in my NFL career and a lot going on, and 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:34.680 you know the career that I have, but you know, 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:36.560 to be able to come home with those kids and 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:36.920 you know. 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:38.719 They don't even care about that. Man, you know what 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:39.960 I mean, it means the world to me. 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:41.880 When you're losing the field, you win every time you 0:09:41.920 --> 0:09:43.440 get home. It's always a win when you walk through 0:09:43.440 --> 0:09:46.200 those doors. Johnny Smith brand New Dolphins tied to appreciate 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:47.520 your time today. Man, can't wait to watch you spike 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:48.800 the ball means on across the street. 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.160 Over there and maybe do a backflip. You know what 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:54.679 I mean. We'll see you think. Yeah, we gotta put it. 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.240 To the test, put it to the Thanks. I appreciate it. 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:58.120 I appreciate you. 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.600 One down, several more to go on the player interviews. 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:04.720 One thing to those about these guys really across the 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:07.880 board so far and meeting them is like soft spoken 0:10:07.920 --> 0:10:10.960 but a certain level of confidence and football intelligence that 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.679 comes across when you talk to these guys. I think 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:15.200 that's going to be a theme you kind of pick 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.600 up throughout the course of this free agent class. So 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.280 great stuff there. Let's go ahead and take our first break, 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:22.400 come back on the other side and talk a little 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:24.439 bit about John news Smith's game, what he can bring 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:26.920 to the Dolphins that and we'll also talk to Justin 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.000 Felder to get to know John new Smith even more. 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:32.120 That's all next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:36.040 brought to you by Auto Nation. We talked about John 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:39.160 Newsmith's game on the podcast last week a little bit, 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:40.679 but I want to go a little more in depth here, 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:42.960 having a chance to go back and watch through some 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.560 of his tape with not just the Falcons, but also 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:49.920 the Titans and even the Patriots. I got that backwards 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.840 the Falcons, the Patriots, and even a little bit of 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.880 the Titans where his game really materialized to begin his 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:58.520 career as he was kind of paired there with Delaney Walker, 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:00.800 if you guys might remember that name the Tantasey Titans. 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:02.480 He was kind of the second tight end and their 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:05.319 two tight end packages and they ran lots of that, 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:06.880 and I think that John who was one of those 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.080 guys when you watch that tape, when you watch the 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.480 Patriots tape as well, because they signed Hunter Henry that 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.080 year and almost kind of wanted to recreate their you know, 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:20.000 their Gronkowski and Hernandez package pre everything that happened with 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:24.120 Aaron Hernandez, but they were electric through a personnel package 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:27.559 that wasn't all that common or at all common in 0:11:27.600 --> 0:11:30.160 the National Football League back in those days, and they 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:32.440 brought in both of those players. And I think that 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:36.040 when you look at how the Titans used him and 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.480 how the Patriots maybe envisioned using him, but it didn't 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.240 work out that way because the Patriots offense since Brady 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:45.160 left has been absolutely atrocious, right, But I think the 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:49.400 vision for that was one one like souped up receiver 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:51.760 type of tight end, and then a guy that is 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.080 also that but gives you a little bit in terms 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.160 of his inline game. And I don't think John Who's 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.880 gonna line up at the why frequently and go knock 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.760 you know, defensive ends off the football. That's not his game. 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:04.760 But he does give you the flexibility in the sense 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.160 that he can hit those split flow blocks. He can 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.560 you know, set an edge and hold the edge and 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:11.840 wall that thing off or your sea gap runs in 0:12:11.920 --> 0:12:15.040 this outside zone system. He can help and chip in 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:18.320 pass protection. But typically in the passing game, you're gonna 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.400 want him out in your routes because of his ability 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:23.760 to exploit matchups because of his ability to just understand 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:27.160 and have feel for soft spots, Like I don't think 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:29.800 you envision John Who as a tight end per se. 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:32.960 I think he's kind of just an eligible and that's 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.880 a seamless transition between receiver tight end and multiple things 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.040 that he can do. I think something else that he 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.480 does is you can put him out in the screen game. 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.080 You know your trips, package, your stacks, and your bunches, 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.760 and you can either throw him the ball from those looks. 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:50.160 But also now, because we know the Dolphins receivers as 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.400 try hard and as much effort and will as they 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:56.360 have as blockers, they're small guys, right, And so if 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.040 I have a one hundred and ninety pound receiver at 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:01.839 the point of my stay compared to a two hundred 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:04.640 and fifty pound tight end at the point in my stack, 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:07.040 who do you think has a better chance to execute 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:09.600 a block on a two hundred pound cornerback, someone who's 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:11.719 giving up weight to that guy, or somebody that has 0:13:11.880 --> 0:13:14.440 fifty pounds on that guy. And it works because you 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:17.040 can stand up and throw him the football and he 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:18.839 can be the one that makes guys miss, whether it's 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.640 with power or speed, A stiff arm or a cutback. 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.559 Like he's elusive and strong, and that's really the genesis 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.320 of his entire game is the combination of speed and 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:31.400 strength with physicality, and it shows up in short yardage 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:34.280 situations whether you're throwing him the football or asking him 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:38.600 to do some blocking. Again, it's not it's not gonna 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:42.040 be who can I think of here? It was Anthony 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:44.839 Fossano a good example. I mean, Julian Hill is a 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:46.880 guy that pretty much just blocked last year. Right, It's 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.320 not that it's not gonna be that, But I think 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:51.160 that he gives you enough to where you can show 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:55.280 those looks and create certain looks as a counter because 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:57.800 of what he offers in that realm, if that makes sense. 0:13:58.080 --> 0:13:59.880 But man, when I watch him run his routes, that 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:03.880 that's really where I get the most I guess glee 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.400 out of this signing because he really has a knack 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.280 for attacking leverage. And you'll see all the time, like 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:12.440 teams will cover players like this with different types of 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.600 looks and structures, and you know principles for their defense. 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.640 Like sometimes you'll see an Eric Rowe type come down 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:23.360 and try to stab him with his arm right the 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:27.359 jab stam and get that stab in there to reroute 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.840 and try to force the timing of the route to 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.880 get impacted. But he doesn't let that happen. Man, He's 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:34.960 got the strong armswipe. He has the quick feet to 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.840 kind of make that target a moving target, so to speak, 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:40.480 and to get off those presses and reroutes and then 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:44.840 from there, Like this team almost never ran mesh last year, 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:46.320 and like Kyle Krabs and I are like, hey, run 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:48.920 more mesh. Mesh is simply when you have two crossing 0:14:49.000 --> 0:14:50.520 routes from either side of the field to go over 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:52.760 the middle of the football field and it naturally rubs 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:55.600 and picks linebackers, and you can do that against man 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.400 coverage and spring some leaks. I think that John hu 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.720 Smith gives you a really good option for a guy 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.480 that can do that because you can sell run game action. 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.360 But also, no, I'm not going to the second level 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:09.200 to pick off a linebacker in a run block. I'm 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.720 going up there to run a route and probably rub 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.080 him with you know, waddle or Tyreek coming back the 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.760 other direction on that mesh. Look, we'll go ahead and 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:18.200 throw a spot throw in there and try to get 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.000 a big run after the catch. Because of what Johnny 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:23.400 Smith offered from his pre snap alignment, his pre snap look, 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:27.440 his physicality at the release, his physicality and ability to understand, 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.920 you know, how to attack the certain zones and looks 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.400 of defenses because he understands, Oh, they're in zone, there's 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.640 my you know, there's my hook defender. I know his 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:38.600 landmark drop. I'm gonna run my route to that spot 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:40.760 to set that pick. Oh that's a man coverage. 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:41.000 Look. 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.880 I know how to you know, basically rub this run 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.800 this rub that doesn't trip up my receiver, doesn't get 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:51.280 me flag, it's a legal play. He just has those veteran, nuanced, 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:54.960 savvy types of things about him to his game. And again, 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.680 the functional strength that you see in the rerouting, the 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:59.880 ability to run this the you know, those different types 0:15:59.920 --> 0:16:03.320 of spot routes and get off press. It shows up very, 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:08.240 very frequently in his ability to run with the football 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:10.880 after the catch. He's so strong and so thick around 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:12.960 the ways that he's tough to bring down and you 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:14.840 see guys just bounce off of him. So I think 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.000 that he can show the quarterback his numbers. I think 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:20.080 he gives you a he makes your checkdown options more 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.120 attractive for a quarterback that maybe last year didn't throw 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:26.640 a checkdown enough, because now you can say, hey to like, 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:28.320 it's not going to be a four yard gain. It 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.200 might be a couple times, but a few times he'll 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:32.120 break it for a big gainer. So I think that 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:37.880 that kind of security blanket almost the versatility of his game. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.440 I believe that you kind of have, you know, John 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:42.880 who's kind of the receiving guy of the two tight ends. 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.040 When you think about him and Durham smyth, it opens 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.960 up some twelve personnel packages for more flexibility. But I 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.560 just love, I love, love, love what it does for 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.640 the screen game, not just for the blocking aspect, but 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:54.680 for what he can do catching the football and making 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:56.960 plays with it in his hands. So I think that 0:16:57.040 --> 0:16:59.320 this is a really good fit. I think that John 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:01.320 Embry kind of as his man here. I think that 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:03.600