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Dolphans and welcome to the Drivetime podcast, part 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.960 of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.680 Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:59.520 Travis Winfield, and on today's show, three podcast and three 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:01.720 days plus. I think we did three at the end 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:05.080 of last week as well. We are cooking right along here. 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:07.840 We have media availabilities. We met with seven of the 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:10.680 newest members of the Miami Dolphins. You're gonna hear from 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:14.479 Braxon Barrios, Eric Sobert, Dan Feeney, Mike White, Malik Read, 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:18.040 David Long Junior, and Jake Bailey lots to get to 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:22.360 their plus we'll answer your questions via the Twitter mailbag. 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:23.880 All of that in a heck of a lot more 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.600 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:34.280 This is the Drivetime podt Magic Fish Caroline gets us 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.720 to reset the chains and pick it up here on 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:40.119 first down, let's go ahead and start with our media availabilities. 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.280 And let's go ahead and do that with Dolphins linebacker 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.920 David Long. He was great to talk to. We talked 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:48.520 to him about the fit and Vic Fangio's system. Also 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.680 talk to him a little bit about how anticipation leads 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:55.600 to place for him in his past career so far 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.160 as a linebacker. But let's go ahead and start here 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:01.240 first with what he liked about the opportunity of coming 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:04.960 to Miami. Miami was just the best fit I felt, 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:07.240 you know, for me, um, you know, in my future. 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:11.079 And then as far as like the players, UM, I 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:12.919 know a lot of them, you know, we all we 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:15.919 a lot of us have the same agent. UM. So 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:17.799 I know a lot of those guys for a few 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:21.519 years now, UM. And then just the history, UM, of 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.680 the you know the DC. Um. You know, he he's 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:29.040 had one of the top defenses for a while. Um. 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:31.280 So UM, it just felt like a great fit. Um. 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:33.280 And then when I got down there, you know, it 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:35.840 felt like even better for it. UM. Well as far 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:38.040 as bro you know, I really having this clause, I'm 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:39.359 just ready to get to work, you know, and just 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:43.160 fit in how every way I can. Um. But um, 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:45.000 as far as the defenses, you know, I feel like 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.600 he played that same style. UM that I like, you 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.000 know that that fast and aggressive um. You know, as 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.079 far as having a linebacker on the field, you know, 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.600 all three downs, um. You know, so it felt like 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.799 a good fit. I like you as as the time go, 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:03.120 we would learn more about his way and you know, 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.960 the way he see fits. So we talked about David 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.639 Long a lot on the podcast, introducing his game to 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:11.280 to all you out there Dolphins fans, and I wanted 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:13.560 to ask him, how do you put yourself in position 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:16.440 to play the way you do? Fast, aggressive, with such 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.840 anticipation and kind of keying plays before they happen. Here's 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.560 the new Miami linebacker on how he plays with anticipatory 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:25.760 football and speed. Well, a lot a lot comes from 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.840 I've been playing football for so long man, so it's 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:32.079 really like this that natural field. Um. And then you know, 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:36.400 also you know as far as pre stnot reads, you know, 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:38.280 I spent a lot of time in the film room. 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.440 I like to study my players a lot, so you know, 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:44.240 any indication and know that I can find to help 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.640 me be way faster, you know than an opponent. Um. 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.640 You know, I look forward, you know, um, whether it's 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.440 no the hand in the dirt, lighting the dirt, or 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.320 just the tidy and peeking or going back, just the 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:57.360 little things that you know help you help you be 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:59.480 just one step faster. You know. That's that's the thing 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.400 I'm the ain't know just the mentality as well, know 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.440 just that that dog mentality, just you know, just that 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:08.520 that that played major roles as well. And of course 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.800 playing in Tennessee Jeffrey Simmons, Deco Autry, so many good 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.600 defensive lineman he's played behind there over the years. How 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:17.960 about coming to Miami and playing behind Seeler and Wilkins, Um, 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:21.400 I mean any linebacker would be lying that they said, 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.080 you know that that that front forward doesn't play a 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:28.039 major role. And the success we have spire holding well 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.560 you know in Tennessee. Um, a lot of two gaps 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.160 that will hold up up there, you know, the double 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.640 teams you know, and our job as linebackers just to 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.600 get down Who is fast to get those double teams out? 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.320 You know? So they helped me. I helped them me. Um, 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.200 you know, we all work as you know, the team. 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.479 The better we work together, you know, the better defenses. 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:47.200 Let's go ahead and keep this moving here. You're gonna 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:48.800 hear this question from me a lot with the three 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.800 Jets players coming over from Mike Laflora's offense and in 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.160 New York, how does that translate to help you pick 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.279 up the scheme faster in Miami. We go to quarterback 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.880 Mike White for his answer on that question. Yeah, that 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:02.080 was one of the uses of coming to Miami was 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:05.080 it's the same system. Now, I'm sure there's different burbage 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:08.080 and things like that, but down to its courts, it's 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:13.360 from the same same system. So it'll be definitely easier 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.560 than learning a brand new offense. When we had Antoine's 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.760 Daley on from the New York Daily News talking about 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.560 Mike White, he alluded to several times how good of 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.760 a teammate Mike White was and how the players in 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:27.960 that locker room responded to him, and I guess just 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:33.800 galvanized around his entrance into the lineup over Zach Wilson, 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:36.160 and so Joe Chadd asked him about the Mike F 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.760 and White T shirts they made and about how great 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:40.560 of a teammate he is. And you're gonna hear Mike 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:42.560 White talk about being the right type of player, right 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:44.800 type of person for a locker room, and that's a 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.240 theme you're going to hear a lot throughout these media availabilities. 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.200 Let's go to the new Dolphins back of quarter. Yeah. 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.520 I think I've said it in countless interviews before in 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:56.240 New York, and it's just that's my favorite. My favorite 0:05:56.279 --> 0:06:00.960 part about playing football is the locker room team aspect, 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.720 the camaraderie, whatever you want to call it. It's it's 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:05.840 we're very blessed to do what we do and the 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:09.239 fact that we get to go in and play football 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:11.560 for a living every day and we get to show 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:12.920 up to work and if you want to get in 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.080 the sauna before work starts, you get the sauna. If 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:16.840 you want to get in the hot tub, Like it's 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:18.960 just we're really lucky, and I think if you go 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:22.760 in with the right mindset of enjoying everybody there and 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.320 getting to know different people from different walks of life, 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:28.520 and just enjoying your teammates and enjoying the time you 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.559 spend together, because we do spend a lot of time together, 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:35.440 whether it's practice, training, camp, meetings, travel away, gaining all 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:36.920 that all that good stuff. You get to know a 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:39.480 lot of guys and you enjoy it. So that's that's 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:43.000 been my approach about it is whatever my role is, 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.600 take take on that role and then help whoever you can, 0:06:45.720 --> 0:06:50.240 and whether it's in the quarterback room, whether it's off 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:52.880 on the field or what if you're running with the threes, 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:55.480 you help your guys, you're running with the twos, you 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.360 help your guys, And whenever it's your time to run 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.440 with the ones, you hope that you have built a 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:05.080 bond and that you can kind of build on that 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.200 to develop trust with them. So that that's kind of 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.000 how I approach it, and I think it's it's had 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:14.040 success for him. Finishing up here with Mike White wanted 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:17.160 to ask him about playing under coach Darryl Bevill, who 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:20.080 obviously too mentioned the impact he had on his career. 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.600 What does Mike White thinking about joining a quarterback room 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.760 with someone like Darryl Bevill who's coached so many great players, 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:28.080 so many good teams, and just seeing this league for 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.600 the last twenty twenty five years. Yeah, I got a 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.640 chance to meet coach Bebble when I signed on a Thursday, 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.400 and and and I can see why too would say 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:39.840 that he's just off of just initial meeting him, and 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.840 he seems like a very intelligent guy. So you're you know, 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:44.920 you're going to learn a lot about the quarterback position. 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.160 And he's he's also been around a lot of talented 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.280 players and good offenses, so he has a tons of 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:53.680 ton of experience that that I'm sure he draws upon 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:58.320 and when he's when he's coaching the guys and listened 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:00.480 to it to it had an unbelievable season year, and 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:05.000 I'm sure there's there's no coincidence that coach coach Bebble 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:09.200 was involved and the entire the entire offensive staff in general. 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:13.200 So I'm really excited and just learning from someone new 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:16.000 that has so many, so many different stops and so 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.960 much experience, So I'm really excited to get to work 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:21.840 with him. Let's go next here to new Dolphins wide 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.680 receiver Braxton Barrios, who was asked about his role as 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:26.960 a return man and how much pride you take in 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.320 being a true return man in an era of football 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.280 where maybe it's kind of gone by the boards a 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:34.400 little bit. I guess it's take a lot of pride 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:37.480 in it. Um, you're you're right, it's it's absolutely not 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.920 for everybody, and if you do do it, you have 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.599 to be fully committed to doing it. And you know, 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.480 I think that you know, I've been one of the 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.320 best in the league at it, and you know, obviously 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:49.240 want to get back to that, to that top spot 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.800 across the board at it. Um, But you know, I 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.959 think you might have to have uh, maybe a screw 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:59.160 loose or two to do it and to really enjoy 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:02.319 it anything like it. And uh, like I said, I 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.280 take a lot of pride in it because it truly 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.120 is a third of the game and it they can 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:09.679 swing a game just like any other you know, interception, touchdown, 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:13.280 what have you. So, yeah, there's a there's a huge 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.920 sense of pride in it, and I think, um, you 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.120 know I have after talking to the coaching staff as well, 0:09:18.280 --> 0:09:20.880 especial team's coordinator. There's there's gonna be a lot of 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:22.760 pride in it this year, and I'm really excited to 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:26.120 help that. Next, he was asked about how he compliments 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.880 Tyreek Hill and Jillen Waddle thought thus the answer was 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.680 too good to leave on the cutting room floor. Here's 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.520 Braxton Barrios. Yeah. I mean, they they they're incredible across 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:37.760 the board. Obviously, there's there's no uh, there's no pigeonhole 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:39.720 for either one of those guys. I mean, they're truly, 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:41.679 you know, one of the best wide receiver duo in 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:43.120 the league. And I can't wait to get in that 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:45.520 room and you know, just just watch them and learn 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.839 from them, UM and hear how they see the game 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:50.439 or how they see the route against this coverage and 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.960 you know all the variations. So you know, obviously I'm 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.920 down to do whatever whenever, and I've always been that way. 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.280 And you know, maybe you know, if they take the 0:09:59.360 --> 0:10:02.559 top off, I'll work across the middle and um or 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.000 I'll work outside. I'll really do whatever it takes to 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:08.679 uh to win. Anytime you get a new receiver, you 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.360 have to ask him about his new quarterback. Here's Braxton 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:14.000 Berry was talking about what he observed from Afar from 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:18.200 Dolphins QB to a tongue of VLOA. Honestly, I've been 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.880 very impressed. Um. You know, obviously he's he's dealt with 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:23.880 a lot of adversity and he uh seems that he 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.240 steps up to the plate every single time. Um, and 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:31.160 you know, he seems like an absolute warrior. Um. You know, 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:33.400 kind of just like we got my guy Mike White 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:37.319 here recently. So I'm I'm really excited to get with 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:40.520 him and you know, start learning how he sees the game, 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.120 you know, from his mouth and not just from from film, 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.719 and just get on the same page as him. But 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.319 I really I'm excited to play for him. Let's go 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.720 ahead and finish up here with Dan Feeney. Before our 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.680 first break, I asked Dan about playing in that same system, 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.520 or at least a similar scheme with Mike Laflour. Here's 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.920 a new Dolphins interior offensive line guard center can play 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:03.720 tackle to Dan Foenie on easy transition from one system 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:06.319 to the next. Yeah, I think it's huge. Honestly, one 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.480 of the first times Mike and I talked on the phone, 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.880 it was pretty much exces and oh so just having 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:17.679 a very similar language is definitely huge. It's easy to 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:20.800 kind of just get into the system and kind of 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:22.760 fit in right away. So I think that'll be good 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:26.760 for me just that will always be different languages about 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:30.360 some sort of things, but kind of having that same 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:34.160 offensive mindset and scheme, I think it'll be an easier 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:37.160 transition for me. If you do go back and watch these, 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.320 you'll recognize that Poenie is pretty quickly becoming a favorite 0:11:40.320 --> 0:11:43.520 among the media just for kind of his lightheartedness and easygoingness. 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.360 Obviously you've seen the videos I'm sure on Twitter of 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.920 him chugging beers at hockey games. He's a really fun, 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:50.640 love and type of guy. So he was asked, how 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:53.280 does that translate to football. I love this answer, and 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:54.960 it goes back to the theme of adding the right 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.080 kind of people into your locker room. Here in Miami, 0:11:57.320 --> 0:12:01.079 here's Dan Foenie. Yeah. I think it's contagious just being 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:04.240 around guys that love having a good time making work fun. 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.199 It just makes the locker room better. It makes the 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.920 vibe around the whole entire team better in my eyes, 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:13.360 because it's it's like if guys love hanging out with 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:16.959 the guys outside of the facility. We're gonna bring that 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.559 same natural energy and camaraderie into the locker room, and 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.640 I think that will translate onto the field, because once 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:25.760 you know your teammates, you want to hang out with 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:29.680 them outside of the locker room. It's just becomes contagious, 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.679 and it's more and more guys get on board with it, 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:35.640 and it just becomes a nice, nice atmosphere. Let's go 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:37.839 ahead and pause for our first break right there. We'll 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:41.120 come back on the other side and we'll do your questions. 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.920 Almost forgot what to say. They're on the Twitter mail bag. 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:47.319 That's next Drivetime podcast. Your host, Travis Wingfield, brought to 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:55.400 you by Auto Nation, segment number two here on a Wednesday, 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.560 potentially Thursday, depending on when you get to this podcast. 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:01.160 Wanted to go ahead and break up the media availabilities 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.839 with some of your questions and just put my voice 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:06.160 in the middle of my podcast. I suppose I do 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:09.120 appreciate getting other voices on here. Let's go ahead and 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.079 break this up though, and hear from you guys with 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:14.160 a Twitter mailbag. We have more of these to come 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.480 on the other side. But I just wanted to go 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.600 ahead and break it up. Like I mentioned so first 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:22.360 here from at Mason Prince TV. I know they're not 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.440 the same player, but do you see Braxton Barrios as 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:29.319 Trent Sherfield's replacement for that wide receiver three spot? Or 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.679 perhaps somebody who was previously on the roster steps up 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.599 as Zukama Wilson Craycraft maybe? And then we had a 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:37.400 pretty similar question here, so I'm gonna read this one 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.800 as well. Then we'll answer the entire gamut together. At 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:41.600 Russell Grace, I want to give you guys your shout 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:43.760 out because I appreciate you all taking the time to 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:46.439 put these questions in there. But Russell Grace asks, I 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:49.200 hated to see Trent Sherfield leave to the Bills, especially, 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.160 but this is a sign we can expect or is 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:53.160 this a sign rather that we can expect to see 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.800 as Zukama getting a bigger role and the chance to 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:59.920 be wide receiver three first. Isn't that just in itself 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.000 a great question to have to ask, because I've been 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.079 watching this team for long enough to know there was 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:08.120 plenty of years over the last couple of decades and 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:14.280 as recently as twenty twenty one. No. Twenty twenty where 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.599 the question was, hey, who is wide receiver one on 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.200 this team? And when there was a couple of instances 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:23.720 when you had Chris Chambers or Brandon Marshall or Jarvis Landry, 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.080 I guess, to a lesser extent, who the heck is 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.160 receiver two. We know we're in good hands there at 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:32.480 a position that has become one of the premium positions 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.600 in the NFL, and it's my personal second most important 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:37.680 position in the NFL because I think that the quarterback 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.960 play is dependent upon how good your receivers are, and 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.160 that's the most important things the passing game, so to me, 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:46.280 quarterback and pass catchers. So it's pretty nice to know 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:48.960 that you've got somewhere in the ballpark of three hundred 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:53.000 targets accounted for by two of the most electrifying playmakers 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.320 in the NFL. And you heard Mike White talk about 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.240 how the offense is often predetermined for the quarterback, like 0:14:58.320 --> 0:14:59.880 we know the ball is going to Tyreek or Jalen 0:14:59.920 --> 0:15:01.880 on let's play. It's nice to know that of your 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.360 five hundred or six hundred pass attempts, you've got three 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:07.880 hundred accounted for with two top five receivers in the 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.280 NFL now the way it sets up today, and this 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:15.440 is March twenty fourth, it's not September. First, just remember 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:18.080 that with all your questions about the current roster, it's 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:22.040 March twenty fourth. I think you go into camp with 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.440 a really good competition coming to the pike here at 0:15:24.520 --> 0:15:26.920 the receiver position. Like I've talked about the value of 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:28.880 coming back in the second year of the offense, right, 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:30.920 we heard Mike White talk about it earlier, even to 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.280 the point that I asked people much smarter than I 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:35.920 at the combine and they all had different answers, but 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:39.000 the same points, like it's a big deal. So now 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.040 that you have Cedric Wilson and Eric Azukama and their 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.120 second year of the offense, I think their ability to 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:49.760 be seamlessly plugged in any position increases with that knowledge 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:53.120 and experience, especially knowing how those guys work. Remember last summer, 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:56.400 Wes Welker praised the way that Eric Azukama worked through 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.680 the flash cards with other with fellow rookie Brylan Standers, 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.280 as they do together as rookies under Wes Welker. But 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.440 Wes also mentioned the complexity of this system and the 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:09.040 ability to be you know receiver four or five. On 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.400 game day, you need to be able to step in 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:15.720 to any of the three positions at receiver because you 0:16:15.880 --> 0:16:18.800 only have depth for you know to do so, like 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:21.120 you better know all the spots, otherwise you cannot be 0:16:21.280 --> 0:16:23.720 active on game day. And so it's better to have 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:27.640 someone more steeped in the knowledge or its second nature 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:30.000 for them in the offense in that role than it 0:16:30.160 --> 0:16:32.240 is to be like a great playmaker, because you're probably 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.400 only gonna get a couple opportunities. But just go out 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.280 there and run the routes in the way that keeps 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.640 the concept on track, keeps the offense on time and 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:42.560 on rhythm. And I think with Eric Azukama in year two, 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:46.280 that will get better. Just the way the kid is wired, 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.440 the way he works. I just think that's a natural progression. 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.480 And then I think you can see the talent shine through, 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.000 because this is a guy who you know speaking of 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.080 of Azukama. The run after the catch, the way he 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.480 tacklers bounce off this guy, way he high points the football. 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.840 We saw this in college, we saw this in the preseason, 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:05.920 we saw it in training camp down here. I was 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:09.680 as surprised as anyone to see how limited his role 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.080 was a year ago, but I would be very surprised 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:15.359 if it's noted exponentially this season. Now you talk about 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:18.240 Braxton Barrios and he was in that MICHAELA Flour offense 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:20.639 the last two years, and we referenced that on the 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.359 was it the Tuesday Podcast? I don't know. So I 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:26.359 think every single person coming back with knowledge in the offense, 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.679 their own tape to study, and quite frankly, the talent 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.080 that we have in that room. I think it all 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.080 sorts itself out and it's really one of the top 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.920 battles I'm curious to watch in training camp. I'm also 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.320 curious to see who else they might add. Could it 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.159 be a free agent, a draft pick, a UDFA. We 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:46.280 have coaches here that are well, they're all experts at 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:49.840 the receiver position, but coach McDaniel, like, just go back 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.000 and listen to Andrew Hawkins from the Browns talk about 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:55.120 coach McDaniel, like he's one of the best receivers coaches 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.199 of the last of this century, I think, and then 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:02.639 Wes Welker isn't that same category pretty knowledgeable strength in 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.080 this organization that receiver position. They were smart enough to 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.760 know how dangerous Tyreek and Jalen could be. I trust 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:10.400 them to run out the rest of the receiving corps 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:13.000 as they see fit. And I'm just again really curious 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:16.159 to see Zukama so good last summer, and I think 0:18:16.200 --> 0:18:19.240 that his talent fits exactly not just the strengths of 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:22.800 this offense, but a really good compliment to ten and seventeen. 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:25.320 Our next one here, we have two questions that were 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.320 similar and actually, if a lot of you guys ask 0:18:27.359 --> 0:18:29.560 these questions like these are the obvious pressing questions around 0:18:29.560 --> 0:18:31.919 the Miami Dolphins right now, so I understand why there 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.080 are so many regarding you know, this topic. At the 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:37.600 Finn's realtor asks, I need to know the best tight 0:18:37.680 --> 0:18:39.480 end fit for the Dolphins in the draft. Do we 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.480 go Laporta Craft Musgrave? Do we wait it out for 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:45.520 a Shoonmaker I don't know, I'm not sure who that 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.560 is or Durham. Do we restructure and get Foster Moreau, 0:18:48.560 --> 0:18:51.320 Austin Hooper? And free agency? Is tight end a priority? 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:53.119 And again we had a similar question here. Let's go 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:55.159 ahead and read that to get Kyle his shout out. Here, 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:59.200 Curran at Jeep Vader, Travis are what are the plans 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:01.399 at tight end? We have Smith and Sober, but are 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:03.119 they going to bring in a playmaker from the draft. 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.400 Is there anyone you know they're targeting? Well, I don't. 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.800 I'm not privy to that kind of information. I know 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:11.520 it might seem like I am, but I'm definitely not. 0:19:12.480 --> 0:19:14.880 But right now we're at three tight ends on the roster. 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:16.960 We're down too and I've added one. So the math 0:19:17.040 --> 0:19:19.200 says there would be another one coming. And if you 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:21.600 just look at the roster, to me, it's pretty obvious 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:23.679 that one would be coming. I think you look at 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:26.119 how this offense can get better, and to me, that 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:29.680 would come through improved run game, because the passing game 0:19:29.760 --> 0:19:32.120 was already really really good. How do you make that happen? 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:35.560 I do think there's natural progression that can occur from 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:37.200 that year or two growth. You guys know that because 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:38.840