WEBVTT - Drive Time: Bayron Matos Interview and NFC East Preview 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:05.960 To on the move, going Deep, Speedless past Hell. From 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:10.400 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.720 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:27.600 He's got my hands in the playoffs? What is up Dolphins? 0:00:27.680 --> 0:00:31.160 And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am your host, 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:35.960 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, the penultimate divisional preview episode, 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.879 the last one before we get to our own division, 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:41.160 and we go to the East on the other side 0:00:41.200 --> 0:00:44.320 of the league in the NFC Crazy Division with a 0:00:44.440 --> 0:00:47.559 very clear line of demarcation, although that might have been 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:51.120 moved up one team this offseason. We'll break down all 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.400 of that, what the Dolphins can learn from the Cowboys 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:55.400 and Eagles, and what's next for. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.640 Washington and the dream Man. Plus one of. 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:01.480 My favorite player chats from media Day from the International 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:05.440 Pathway Player program. Bayon Matos is here and what a 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:08.760 character he is. From the Baptist Hell Studios inside the 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:10.240 Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:11.759 This is. 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:17.800 The Draft Time Podcast. May you kick it off with 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.720 the division champion from a season to go? Although the 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:23.920 more you go over the Dallas Cowboys off season, it 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:28.479 sure feels like they shouldn't be in this perch. Atop 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.679 the NFC East. They were twelve and five last year, 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.440 one and done after winning the division. After a nice 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:36.960 comeback in the NFC East, and this, I mean, quite 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:40.040 frankly is the NFC Dolphins, and everyone listening to this 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:43.200 show kind of gets that right. Elite offense directed by 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:46.679 a stellar quarterback and arguably the game's top wide receiver, 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:48.760 although we know our guy probably is the top one 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.560 depth across the skill groups, a damn good defense that 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:56.360 complements the offense, but just cannot get over that January hump. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:02:01.160 Now they did get over the divisional hump, leading most 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:04.480 to believe they'd finally capture that elusive playoff win and 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.280 progress through the NFC and perhaps to their first conference 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:10.160 title game since the Super Bowl runs of those mid 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:14.359 nineties teams that I grew up on. Five regular season losses, 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.280 all on the road at the Cardinals, one of the 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:19.720 biggest upsets in the NFL last year, at the Niners 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:23.040 forty two to ten, at the Eagles at Buffalo thirty 0:02:23.040 --> 0:02:25.480 one to ten, and then of course a Jason Sanders 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:28.600 buzzer beater down here, and then a home loss to 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:31.040 the Packers forty eight to thirty two. With that game 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.960 was actually forty eight to sixteen with like five minutes 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.600 to play in the fourth quarter, a total thrashing at 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.280 the hands of the Dallas Cowboys. Brian Schottenheimer is back, 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:43.280 but there is massive turnover elsewhere, including at the defensive 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:45.640 coordinator position. In fact, I believe it's an upgrade with 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.760 Mike Zimmer and the personnel. 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.720 Upheaval has been fast. 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:52.840 Plus they've not been their usual busy self bringing in 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:56.120 prize gems and free agency or trades. So there's some 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:59.079 consternation in Big d around one of the best rosters 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:02.240 they've had since the des Caught It days or maybe 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:06.239 even I don't know that Romo's first days in Dallas. 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.600 It's been a long time, and so into a new 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.959 season we go, and speaking of not making any prized moves, 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.720 I mean, this is the list of significant additions for 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.720 the Dallas Cowboys. Zeke Elliott, they just said goodbye to 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.400 him last year. Eric Kendricks, he's on his third team 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:25.119 in three years. And Tyler Geiton was probably a developmental 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.680 tackle taken in the first round out of Oklahoma on 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:31.240 the way out. Oh Buddy, Tony Pollard's gone. Michael Gallup 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.080 has gone, Tyron Smith after a Hall of Fame career 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.200 in Dallas has gone, Tyler Baddish has gone, Dorence Armstrong, 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:42.040 Dante Fowler, Jonathan Hankins, Neville Gallamore, Stefan Gilmour, jy Ron Curse, 0:03:42.080 --> 0:03:46.320 and Layton vander esh retired. That is a significant group 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.960 of names. So what does this team do well, Well, 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.160 it's tough to know when they have that much turnover, 0:03:51.200 --> 0:03:53.600 but we do know the offensive corps is largely together 0:03:53.920 --> 0:03:57.480 and they anticipate and throw on time footballs out of breaks. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:00.800 That marries up with their run action and action game 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.600 as well as anybody in the NFL, and Tua and 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.560 Tyreek are probably the only ones on the same level 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.680 or better I'd say better then Dak and CD on 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:12.720 these particular types of plays. They also have a diversity 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.720 of offensive weapons. Despite the losses, they still have Brandon Cooks, 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.719 who I think he got drafted in twenty fourteen. I 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:21.479 think he might be the most underrated player or under 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:24.120 talked about player, and his being traded all over the 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.119 NFL doesn't help this case that we don't talk about 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.400 that much over the last decade in the NFL. I 0:04:29.400 --> 0:04:32.440 think Jalen Tobert can play, Jake Ferguson's a total baller, 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.320 and Luke scoon Maker is coming along at tight end 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:38.040 as well. They do take away the football quite well, 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:39.839 and I don't think that will change with Mike zimmer 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:41.920 into In fact, I think he could take them to 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:45.360 a different level with his ability to create pressures and 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.680 simulated pressures from fire zones and different games they want 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.719 to run up front. But it's tough to pinpoint what 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:54.440 this team does well with all this turnover outside of 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:56.920 that offensive core in that passing game. Because the running game, 0:04:57.600 --> 0:04:59.559 I mean, that's where I start with the fatal flaw 0:04:59.560 --> 0:05:02.520 of this run. Can the offense survive what to me 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.240 looks like a completely lifeless running game, because I don't 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.600 think going back to Zeke, who is slow as hell 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:11.159 in this stage of his career and relying on a 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.800 scat back. Induce Vaughan, who I like for that role, 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:16.360 but he's more of like basically what Devon h Chan 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:18.920 was last year, like one hundred carries, right, I can't 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:21.000 give him more than that. I'm just not sure it 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:23.480 works the same, especially when you consider what's next in 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:25.919 the fatal flawless no More. Tyron Smith no more, Tyler 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.960 Biadish and Beatis was okay, and Smith was often out 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:31.719 of the lineup, but again I thought Geiton was a 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.839 developmental tackle in the first round. Zach Martin's another year older, 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.080 but he's still a great player. But this team had 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.640 like the O line in the NFL for so long, right, 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:43.400 but it's kind of deteriorated now to where there's actual 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.800 question marks up and down that group. What else do 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.520 they not do very well? And this was as much 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:52.440 schematically and like philosophically an issue as it was personnel 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:55.560 stuff last year. But they couldn't stop the run all 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:59.120 year long. I mentioned this in the Gallimore coverage this offseason. 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.640 They just seemed to put square pegs in round holes. 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.200 And again that the DC has changed, and in fact 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:06.359 that DC is now a head coach. But they so 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.200 frequently played undersized in the box, and that's gonna have 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:11.479 to change. And Mike Zimmer's more of kind of that 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.080 old school big body like football is a physical game 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.040 type of coach, so I think that will change. But 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.600 they built this thing around that style with Demone Clark 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:20.960 is one of the top linebackers who was a safety. 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:22.600 I can't was at Marquise Bell, the guy they kept 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.839 bringing down from safety to play like a quasi linebacker role. 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:28.480 They're running like two hundred pound linebackers out there behind 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.800 three hundred pound nose tackles. They're just giving up weight voluntarily. 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:33.560 In a game, it's all about size and mass and 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:35.960 moving people off the spot. So some interesting things about 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:38.360 this team are biggest story lines. It seems like every 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.760 year the head coach of the Cowboys is on the 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.400 hot seat, no matter what accomplishment or who it is. 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.880 But Mike McCarthy, pretty much since he was hired, it 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:47.880 was like, you need to go win playoff games or 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.160 else we're going to figure out something else. And last 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.320 year's end of the season was not acceptable. You can't 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:55.200 lose at home in the playoffs. You can't lose at 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.359 home in the playoffs by essentially like four or five scores. 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.279 I know it got closer in the end with garbage time, 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.080 but what does he do, Like, what does Mike McCarthy 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:04.760 do well that sets him apart from the rest of 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.279 You know, they had the offensive change, and sure enough, 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:09.480 the Cowboys offense was good, but it was also good 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.280 under Kellen Moore of the year prior so I don't know. 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:14.960 I feel like it's probably the last the last rodeo 0:07:15.680 --> 0:07:18.800 unless they surprise people and make a deep run this year. Otherwise, 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.160 how the hell do they replace all the roster upheaval? 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.760 Like this is not a usual Dallas Cowboys offseason. Maybe 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.000 it's for the best in terms of not spending you know, 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.560 above board on free agents, but I think that's basically 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:31.800 a result of having to pay their own guys, which 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.280 that's the third storyline here. They haven't done that yet 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:36.440 with Dak Prescott or Cdee Lamb, who they have to 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:36.840 bring back. 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:38.160 They absolutely have to. 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:40.560 I'm sure it gets resolved before you play a game, 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.119 but it's on the list for now. My final roster 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.280 thoughts for the Dallas Cowboys in twenty twenty four. They're 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:47.840 still plenty of like here. The quarterback and the weapons 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.880 are very good, even if receiver is much thinner than 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:52.600 it has been in the past. But losing a couple 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.520 guys this offseason and the running back positions they total 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.400 wild card and saying wild card is probably just being 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:01.360 nice because quite frankly, I think it's the worst room 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:04.320 in the National Football League. The line has legit questions 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:06.040 for the first time in a while, and nobody lost 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.560 more pass rushers than the Dallas Cowboys did. They do 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.680 still have Michael Parsons, who is the best football player 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:15.040 I've ever studied for a Dolphins game, Aaron Donald notwithstanding 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.600 back when we watched them in twenty twenty ahead of 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.920 Twoa's first career start, and DeMarcus Lawrence is still doing it. 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:23.760 I don't think they really resolve their defensive tackle issue. 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.280 Is Mazzie Smith gonna kick back out to a three 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.240 technique where he's best ors he playing the nose tackle 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:31.080 again where he's kind of undersized. They get Trayvon Digs 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.439 back from the injury, but there's no way Deron Bland 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.640 can repeat a five pick six season again, right, So 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:40.000 it's like you kind of have to expect a regression 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:42.040 to the mean there with his individual performance and what 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:44.960 else they have in that secondary actually is pretty damn good. 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:46.600 I like Molik Hooker a heck of a lot. 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:48.280 Excuse me. 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:50.600 They brought back Jordan Lewis, which I thought was just 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:52.439 a massive move, one of the better slots in the 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:56.120 entire NFL. Donovan Wilson, Marquispell, gary On Conley, some players 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:57.920 that can factor in some playing time there and some 0:08:57.960 --> 0:08:59.679 guys I like their game quite a lot. What can 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.560 they tell with the Miami Dolphins, Well, up until this offseason, 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:04.640 I thought you could basically hold up a mirror to 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:07.680 this team and see your own reflection on the other side. 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.960 I think this is one of the biggest regression candidates 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:14.280 in the league. But despite all of that, it's funny 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:16.760 because regression typically comes when the quarterback gets hurt, or 0:09:16.760 --> 0:09:18.640 they move on from the quarterback, or he falls off 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:20.719 into the abyss, and I don't think that's going to 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:21.800 happen with Dak Prescott. 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:23.520 But this team was. 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.319 Good last year, but you could see flaws, and I 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.120 think a lot of those flaws were picked apart even 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:31.160 further previously. You could chalk up, you know, how a 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.200 couple of bad bounces could drastically alter the narrative around 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:36.319 your football team, which I think happens all the time 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.560 in this league, and teams get misrepresented as a result 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.400 of that. And they were this close to knocking off 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:44.000 the Niners in the playoffs two years ago, after which 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.079 I think people forget. They did quell the narrative with 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:48.599 a blowout win over the Tom Brady Bucks albeit a 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.240 very bad football team in that wild card round on 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:53.200 the road too, by the way, and the year before 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:57.040 that almost beat the Niners team at home, albeit that 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:00.640 the Shanahan and McDaniel Niners that they all beat but 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:02.920 lost because they couldn't get the ball clocked at the 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:04.720 end of the game. A team that has been a 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:07.720 consistent NF contender, and that's who they lost to two 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:09.959 years ago as well, so or three years ago as well. 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:13.679 So they just they never did it, and now they 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:16.160 have to carry that baggage into a tough offseason. I 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.480 don't think it matters at all, but gosh, I would 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:20.560 love for us to get a couple of wins under 0:10:20.559 --> 0:10:22.959 our belt to avoid this exact fate in terms of 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.920 how we're perceived across the National Football League. Second team 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.120 up today is a team that I'm gonna go ahead 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:29.719 and spoil the ending for you all right now, that 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:31.800 I'm gonna pick to win the division. Not much of 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:33.600 a surprise here. I think it's the one really good 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.160 team the division, the Philadelphia Eagles, who finished eleven and 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:38.360 six last year, second in the division. They lost in 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:41.520 the wild card round thirty two to nine to the Buccaneers, 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:43.760 I remember texting my buddy JT, who worked here in 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.520 the video department, who has since left to Baltimore, best 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.520 of luck in the Queen City there, JT. But he's 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:51.840 a diehard Eagles fan that I was texting him like, 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.000 I think you guys are gonna get a great break 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.560 here by the Rams pulling off the upset over the 0:10:57.600 --> 0:10:59.640 Lions in Detroit, and then the Eagles beat the Bucks 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:00.960 on the road, and all of a sudden you have 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:03.480 a second round home playoff game against the Rams. And 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:05.559 of course neither of those worked out because I did 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:08.520 not foresee the Eagles collapse coming at all. 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:09.520 I don't think anybody did. 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:11.320 First of all, from ten to one, from ten to 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:15.520 one to six losses in seven games, including games at 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.760 Seattle without Geno Smith and Drew Locke starting that football 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:22.200 game home for the five win Cardinals at the Tommy 0:11:22.240 --> 0:11:24.320 DeVito Giants, and of course that was a rest game, 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.440 so I don't really put too much stock into it. 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.320 But then also three blowouts Dallas, San Francisco and a 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:32.440 playoff game against the Buccaneers, Like really remember when they 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:34.480 beat the Chiefs on Monday night football and that was 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:35.920 a big win for US. Because we were trying to 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:37.520 kind of pace with the Chiefs for a top seeding 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.320 at the time. Then that overtime thriller over Buffalo that 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.920 I felt was like what gave us the AFC East. 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.439 Of course, the Titans lost change that, but they get 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:47.640 back to back wins over the Chiefs and Bills to 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.560 climb the ten and one and back to back weeks 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.560 the Super Bowl seemed like the only outcome that was 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.120 there for this team. Instead, it's one of the biggest 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.440 collapses in the history of the National Football League, and 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:01.160 nobody seemed to have any answers for it. Offense was broken, 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.560 they lost their surge in the running game, they lost 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:07.920 their edge on defense. Just a super, super strange departure 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.640 from what we knew about this team through Thanksgiving. I mean, 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:12.000 talk about December collapses. 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:13.040 My god. They didn't win a game. 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.719 After that except for the season finale against the or 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.720 No who they beat they beat, like I think they 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.120 beat the Giants in like Week fifteen is what it was. 0:12:20.520 --> 0:12:23.400 Big moves coming in. Saquon Barkley is the biggest of 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:25.480 all of them, I think in terms of his ability, 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:27.920 but Bryce Huff is the one that I'm most excited 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.760 about they bring back Chauncey Gardner Johnson after a one 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.760 year hiatus in Detroit. Matt Hennessy was a former high 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:35.600 pick of the Falcons. He's now in the middle there, 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:39.360 trying to replace Jason Kelsey forgot his name forero point 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:42.000 three seconds. Zach Bond another first round I used to 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:44.520 like a lot from the Saints. Devin White trying to 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.200 resurrect his career. So was Makai Becton, and then their 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:49.960 first two picks Quinn and Mitchell and Cooper dejen Man. 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:52.920 That's a nice haul of defensive backs on the way 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:54.960 out of Vante Max is a nice slot player for them. 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.400 Kevin byered a trade deadline acquisition that did not work out. 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:01.600 Jack driscoll is here. Suwa Opetta went to the Bucks 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.280 the offensive lineman. They lost two running backs, DeAndre Swift 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.960 in Boston Scott and they also saw Marcus Mariota leave 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.040 in division like Donathan McNabb once upon time to the 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.600 team in Washington. What they do well they add hats 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.520 in the running game. And they can do that because 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:16.160 the quarterback can run the football. They can do that 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:18.520 because they can add tight ends to the formation and 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.440 run the ball from heavy alignments, but also incorporate a 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.960 vertical game in the passing game. Off of that, the 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.200 mix of power run game and ability to get vertical 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.480 from any position from whether it's a nasty split in 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:31.480 close to the formation or a plus split out wide, 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:36.240 really defines the idea of forcing the defense into uncomfortable 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:39.320 personnel groupings from which they have to defend the entire field, 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:43.000 which is really challenging, especially in today's NFL. They also 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.360 are a short yardage guarantee right that didn't go away. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.720 The brotherly shove is still there. They have a quarterback 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:49.679 that can power a lift like six hundred pounds or 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:51.600 squad or whatever the hell you call it, and that 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.880 helps them in a big way. But can they do 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.040 it without Jason Kelsey being there. I'm curious to see 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.760 that they rush the quarterback. That never seems to change. 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:00.880 They always have multiple Bowls's in the chamber there to 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:02.920 go after quarterbacks. I think they got even better with 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:06.160 Bryce Huff replacing Hassan Reddick, who is kind of like 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:08.200 on hiatus for the New York Jets. I think they 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:11.600 got way better down the middle with n Kobe Dean 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.040 coming back trying to kind of resurrect the career of 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.600 Devin White, which we'll see how that works out. Drafting 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:20.000 Jeremiah Trotter's boy junior as it were, and also bringing 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.640 back CJGJ and by the way, corner was a big 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.480 issue for them, but I think now it's a strength 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:26.720 because they got my favorite corner the entire drafting, Quinian 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:30.560 Mitchell and rookies playing cornerback can be a dicey prospect, 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:32.240 but I think he has the best ability to do that. 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:34.360 And then Cooper Dejen who I think is a total 0:14:34.440 --> 0:14:37.040 playmaker in the defense who can kind of help them 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.880 mix and match. Their defensive backfield is so dynamic now 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.960 with both he and Chauncey Gardner Johnson, who can really 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.200 take that thing to the next level. What's the concern 0:14:46.320 --> 0:14:49.080 or a fatal flaw on this football team? Their ability 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:51.400 to be on time and rhythm and short intermediate passing 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:53.880 games so weird because that was such a part of 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.840 what made me personally not love Galen Hurts his game 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.240 out of college, but he developed it and got better 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:01.160 at it because he's a I go hard worker who 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:03.760 just gets better. But we kind of saw revert back 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:05.520 last year and he had this pinch it to kind of, 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:08.720 you know, bail on clean pockets. And if you don't 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:10.760 have the ability to stay on schedule with the short 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:13.240 intermediate passing game, then you can't build your vertical passing 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.240 game off that. You can't run the football off of that, 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.400 and the offense as a result became a shell of 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:18.120 its former self. 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:19.560 Can they bounce back from that? 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:23.600 We'll find out also what is the offensive identity because 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:26.480 they kind of became Wanstead's Dolphins last year. Run run, 0:15:26.520 --> 0:15:28.360 and then pass when you have to on third down, 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.520 which is why passing numbers were what they were back 0:15:31.560 --> 0:15:34.440 in the you know, before the shift of NFL football 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:38.200 because every passing, every throw was basically third and eight 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:42.760 plus and quarterbacks it's tough to complete footballs into seven 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.680 man coverages when they're playing, you know, off off the 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:46.760 line like that. You'll just never make a living in 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.040 the NFL playing run, run, pass. And then do they 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.040 have the fortitude to get over the ending of the 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.080 season or getting back to what made them great because 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.360 they became a shell of themselves. And I think that's 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.560 reflection of the head coach and the rest of the 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.360 entire program there, and it's all still in tact. Curious 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:03.560 to see about that. Now, interesting things about them. Our 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:07.720 biggest storylines is Nick sirianni As is as accomplished as 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.400 they come from a head coaching standpoint, like he's basically 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.720 got that team into surprise playoff berth their first year. 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:13.880 They ran rough. 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:15.680 Shot over the league and route to a Super Bowl 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:17.960 loss two years ago, and then last year we're ten 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.200 to one and now they finally face their first bit 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:23.360 of adversity under him. And yet they have new coordinators 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:25.440 on either side, which I said that was more of 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.400 the same. I'm talking about the you know, the GM 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:29.640 head coach. They brought a new coordinator, so he kind 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:31.560 of has to deliver this year because even if if 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:35.000 it goes wrong, like do do you scapegoat the cornetors 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:37.280 once again? And even though I disagree with that, that market's 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:38.880 going to roast him alive if they don't make the 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.800 postseason and a run on top of that. So Kellen 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:43.840 Moore is the new OC, and he went from head 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:46.000 coaching candidate to his third team in three years and 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.400 it hasn't really worked out for him. I am super 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:50.760 curious to see how he constructs his third new offense 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.560 with entirely different style of quarterback, like going from Dak 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:57.240 to Herbert, totally different. Right, One is a polished professional quarterback, 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.080 one is a lively arm who's got talent but not 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.840 much else. And then the third is now this guy 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.119 that's you know, more running than he is passing at 0:17:05.119 --> 0:17:07.320 this stage of his career, but an ultimate character and 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:09.840 leader as well. So just a really interesting dynamic there 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:12.000 with Kellen Moore coming over. And of course the final 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:13.679 thing I look at here is what does Vic Fangio 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.479 do to the defense. I hope he, you know, is 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.240 as conceded and kind of on his own, you know, 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.920 personal mission as he was here with Philadelphia, but we'll 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:23.880 find out he has lots of talent to work with there. 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:27.320 With the Eagles final roster thoughts, look, I talked about 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:28.680 Jalen Hurts that are a little bit, but I'm still 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:30.439 a big fan of his. I think he needs for 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.119 the development from how he plays from the pocket. I 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.359 think that AJ Brown and DeVante Smith is the only 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:39.000 twosome I'd put close to Reek and Waddle, and then 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.879 adding Saquon Barkley is so special. Their special explosion to 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:43.399 an offense that needs a weapon back there in the 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:45.720 worst way. They were always kind of like by committee. 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:47.399 I just I like the idea of having, you know, 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:49.840 a true talent back there next to a true talent 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.560 quarterback because it's kind like Lamar Jackson, where you get 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:54.840 the most of Lamar's running ability when you have a 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.720