WEBVTT - Drive Time: Jaguars Perspective, Week 1 Picks, College Preview with Kyle Crabbs 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.920 To on the move, Darlan Jeeve Speedways past Peas d 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:10.400 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.680 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:21.320 He's got my advans in the playoffs. 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:31.120 What is up Dolphans and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:31.440 --> 0:00:34.080 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, 0:00:34.360 --> 0:00:37.760 our first football Friday of twenty twenty four, I have 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:40.040 a couple of guests lined up for you guys from 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:42.760 the Jags Beat, Demitrius Harvey joins me to break down 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:47.519 the Jacksonville Jaguars where they are currently with their systems operations, 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:49.880 with their injury report, and so much more. And we'll 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:53.000 welcome in Kyle Krabs for his weekly spot in season 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:56.760 to go around college football and talk about some prospects. 0:00:56.800 --> 0:01:00.280 I'll also make my Week one NFL picks after winning 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.200 one hundred and ninety one games a year ago, my 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:05.240 all time greatest season picking games. All of that and 0:01:05.319 --> 0:01:07.400 a heck of a lot more from the Baptist Hell 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:11.720 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:17.720 Drivetime Podcast and I am thrilled today to have the 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:21.680 opposing beat back on the show. My guest is Demetrius Harvey, 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.920 reporter for Jacks dot Com. Demetrius, how are we living? 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:25.240 Brother? 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:29.080 We're doing all right. We're excited for the for the 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:32.760 seasons finally here. It almost seems like every year we're 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.880 going through training camp. It feels like it's long and ruling, 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:38.080 and then all of a sudden, boom, it's week one, 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.560 and yeah, I'm really looking forward to it. 0:01:40.920 --> 0:01:42.600 I feel like as you get older, that's kind of 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.240 how it goes, because when you're younger, maybe you have 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:49.720 fewer responsibilities, less obligations, and the time off seems longer. 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:51.760 But you know, life kind of gets in the way 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.920 and you get through, you know, those offeas of months 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:56.400 because you have other things going on in your life. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:57.640 Maybe that's maybe that's just me. 0:01:57.760 --> 0:01:59.280 I don't know, but let's go ahead and kick it 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.320 off here with just I just kind of want to 0:02:01.360 --> 0:02:03.240 get a rundown because I was kind of going through 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:05.440 this in the podcast earlier in the week, taking a 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:08.680 look at every team on the Dolphins schedule and how they, 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.000 you know, kind of fared in training camp through the 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:11.919 injury situation. 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:13.240 So I was hoping to get. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.240 A rundown from you on the Jags and their health 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:20.400 and injury situation. Also, you know camp battle winners, just 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.280 if you wanted to give us, you know, the nuts 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:23.360 and bolt from training camp. 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:25.400 What all of that looked like the last month here 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:26.399 for the Jaguars. 0:02:27.000 --> 0:02:30.040 Yeah, you know, injury wise, I guess i'll start there. 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:30.720 You know. 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:35.000 Obviously, Eric Armstead signed here and I think March around 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.200 then during free agency, and he sort of had that 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:43.240 off season knee surgery. He had a meniscus injury with 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:45.840 the forty nine ers during that Super Bowl run. So 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.480 he had been rehabbying pretty much throughout the entire offseason, 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.680 and he hadn't even stepped foot on the practice field 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:56.360 really until I think it was the week after or 0:02:56.400 --> 0:03:00.919 maybe you know a few days before the Bucks joint practices, 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:03.200 and then he'd even participate in the Bucks joint practices. 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.760 So so he's sort of been delayed, or probably the 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.079 most delayed out of the guys that are expected to 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:13.079 start on the defense. And then as far as Darnell Savage, 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.600 he's another one who he hadn't been off the practice field. 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:18.000 You know, he's been on the practice field, but he 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.120 had been wearing a red no contact jersey throughout the 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:24.240 entire offseason program, in most of training camp. You know, 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.760 he didn't even step foot on on the field as 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:30.000 far as tackling or or or making contact until the 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.200 final week of the preseason. You know, those are two 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.320 of the major injuries. Obviously, Andrew Wingard who went on IR. 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:39.840 He's their backup safety and special teams ACE. He's gonna 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:41.560 miss a lot of time. He missed pretty much all 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:43.839 of training camp with a knee injury. He's gonna miss 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:47.040 at least the first four games of the season because 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:51.440 he's he's now on IR. Other than that, I don't 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:55.520 think that there's been any other major injuries. You know, 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.160 a couple of Nixon bruises. You know, Tyson Cambell had 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.080 an ankle for a couple of weeks, but he's fine. 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.680 Daniel Thomas, the backup safety, is another guy who might 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:07.800 miss a little bit of time, but but they expect 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.720 him back this week too. So as far as injuries 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:13.040 are concerned, it seems like it's it's all golden. But 0:04:13.480 --> 0:04:15.680 in terms of the actual training camp, and and and 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:17.640 and and what went down, Just to give you a 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:20.760 little bit of a perspective, you know, everything's new, so 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:22.800 we're all trying to play catch up in terms of 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:24.880 of of what we're seeing. At least on the defensive 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.440 side of the football, there's been a lot of battles. 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:31.440 You know, at cornerback, you had Ronald Darby versus third 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.280 round pick Jari and Jones. We all thought going in 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:37.240 that that was gonna be a pretty intense battle, but 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:39.680 it seemed like Darby sort of took took off with 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:42.080 that pretty early on, and so he he's gonna be 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:46.719 their starting cornerback opposite Tyson Campbell. The same goes with 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:49.720 the nickel and safety position. They're they're they're being a 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:52.920 little koy with it in terms of Darnell Savage's real position, 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.640 but but he's gonna be playing nickel and and and 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.119 you know that that that sort of solidified itself throughout 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:02.040 the offseason, throughout training camp as well. On the offensive 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:05.200 side of the football, there weren't very many battles, I 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.279 guess if you want to point to one the backup 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:11.480 quarterback position, you know with Mac Jones and Trevor Lawrence 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.880 or Mac Jones in a C. J. Bethard, sorry, you 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:16.760 know that those two sort of went at it and 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.920 then you know, Unfortunately for Bethard, he suffered a hip 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:24.040 injury or actually it was a groin injury, and and 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:27.719 so he's gonna miss or you know, he's gonna miss 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:29.880 at least seven weeks because they release him with an 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.440 injury settlement, missing four four weeks, and then there's three 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:36.320 weeks that he can't sign with the Jaguars. So those 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.520 are pretty much all the camp the camp battles I 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:40.600 can think of, and and sort of what went down 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:44.039 during training camp as far as that's concerned. But yeah, 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:48.440 pretty clean training camp. No real tough injuries. Not really 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:51.000 much in terms of players coming back from injury from 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.520 last year other than Lawrence and and and and guys 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:55.760 like that. But but yeah, it was a it was 0:05:55.760 --> 0:05:56.320 pretty clean. 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.760 I feel like that's the only win you can really 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:01.520 get in training camp is just coming out of the 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:04.400 other side clean and being injury free. And for Jags fans, 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:06.520 another big win is getting your quarterback locked up for 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:08.400 the long term. The Dolphins fans know about that as 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.760 well as both Tua and Lawrence get their contracts this summer, 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:13.680 and I want us to go back to that position 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:15.760 there with Trevor Lawrence obviously the biggest part of any 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.840 team is the quarterback, and especially when you pay that 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.200 quarterback upwards of two hundred million dollars over the life 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.880 of the contract. I'm curious, Demetrius, in what ways have 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.839 you seen him, I guess, take ownership of the offense, 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:30.440 ownership of the team in this new era where once 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:32.839 you get that contract and you're like, obviously the first 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:33.080 pick of. 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:34.600 The draft is the franchise quarterback. 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:37.200 But now at this stage it's like, all right, this 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:40.120 is entirely your team. How have you seen him kind 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.080 of take ownership of the offense and of the team 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:43.400 since that contract? 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.719 Yeah, you know, it's actually been pretty cool. 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.640 And now that I'm thinking about it, it's interesting just 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.680 seeing Lawrence's growth from twenty twenty one when he was 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:56.520 first drafted here in Jacksonville to now, it's been tremendous. 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.160 I think that in terms of his demeanor and how 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:03.039 he talks and how he addresses people, it's always been consistent. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.799 He's he's from the Dabos Sweeney era during in Clemson. 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:07.960 He's been a star his entire life. You know, he 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.400 knows how to handle the media. But when when you 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:13.640 think about how he interacts with players, you can see 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:17.560 more and maybe I'm overstating it a bit, but but 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.720 I don't think I am. You know, you you see 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:23.480 him more talking to guys after plays, you know, working 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:25.960 with a guy like Gabe Davis, who might be a 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:29.280 veteran and might be a little older than Trevor, but 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.200 but you know, he's a he's a new player to 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.960 this team, you know, making sure that Brian Thomas is 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:39.080 up to speed on what he's doing, interacting with Evan Ingram, 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.360 him and him and Evan are our team captains this 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:43.360 year for a reason, because you know, those are the 0:07:43.400 --> 0:07:46.240 two guys that are the pillars of the Jaguars offense. 0:07:46.280 --> 0:07:48.720 And then you can't forget about Christian Kirk. And you know, 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.960 the the interactions that I've seen Trevor have with those 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.800 players in particular has been has been great. And you know, 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:59.600 during this offseason, before he even signed the contract, quarterbacks 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.960 coach My McCoy sort of talked about he wants Trevor 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:06.320 to not only master the offense in what they have 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:09.160 in front of him, but also just in terms of 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:12.560 that understanding and and and taking advantage of of what 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.840 he's been able to to sort of build on over 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:17.840 the last few years, he has to really own it. 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:20.680 He has to he has to be the guy and 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:22.640 and and I think that that's what we're seeing. We're 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:25.520 seeing more of a leadership role from Lawrence, not that 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:29.520 he didn't have it before, but before you're actually, you know, 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.840 really ingrained in the offense, you know that he started 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.679 in twenty twenty two with with the Peterson. Before you're 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:39.960 really ingrained, you you you can't necessarily tell people what 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:41.839 to do because you're telling yourself what to do. And 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.720 I think that right now we can really see what 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.080 what what this these last couple of years have done 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:51.400 for Trevor. And then really once he signs the contract, 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.319 you know, he remains the same steady, calm, cool, collected 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.400 and so I really think that he's he's reaching the 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.560 point of his career where he can be the guy 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.920 the faith of the franchise, and I think he's owning it. 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.160 Yeah, these two quarterbacks, you know, Tua and Trevor Lawrence 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:08.559 both come from an era where there's so much change 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.120 in the college football landscape. 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:11.840 And you know, we talked with two about this all 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:12.920 the time, about how. 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:14.960 Last year was the first time he had back to 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:16.959 back seasons with the same play caller since his high 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.760 school days and now going into his third season, which 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:21.959 is the exact same situation for Trevor Lawrence going into 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:23.520 his third year with Doug Peterson. 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.400 So the similarities continue to stack up with these two guys. 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.120 They faced off in college, they played, I believe, once 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:30.480 again each other in the pro so far, and we'll 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:33.160 get that rematch here in the opener, you mentioned a 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:34.880 player that I wanted to talk about here in the 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:37.280 offensive portion before we take our first break, and it 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.200 was Brian Thomas, the first round draft pick of the Jaguars, 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.840 who you know, we heard coach McDaniel to press conference 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:44.640 earlier this week talk about how they did plenty of 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:46.640 work on Brian Thomas. As you know, they went and 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.760 got Odell Beckham, so obviously receiver was a big priority 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:52.120 for them this offseason. With that late first round pick 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.080 the Jags wind up to get the Jags do wind 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:57.200 up getting Brian Thomas Junior. How does his inclusion, do 0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.679 you think into this offense kind of change things for 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.880 a team that maybe last year didn't really have that 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:04.439 you know, vertical stretch element. Is he provided that right 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.000 away as a rookie. 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.319 He is, and and it's actually interesting. 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.960 You know, when he first started out in training camp, 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.960 it it wasn't exciting. It was like, you know, you 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:18.880 you draft this this incredibly fast, four three three speed 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:23.080 wide receiver out of LSU who dominated, you know, seventeen touchdowns, 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.640 just just a crazy last season of his college football career. 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.160 And then comes into camp and and they're running short 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.439 routes with them, they're they're not really giving them the 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.560 ball downfield, and so there was not really much to say. 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:35.439 It was interesting. 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:39.600 Usually everyone hypes up the the the wide receiver. I mean, 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:43.080 we saw what Malik neighbors and in New York, all 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.000 of all the attention he got. But I think what 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:47.959 they did was, you know, there was a plan and 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.520 and so we we saw that sort of unfold where 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.199 they're trying to teach him the little things, the short 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:57.320 intermediate routes, the screens, the whatever they they want to 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:00.760 throw at him. And then later they least i mean 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.240 against the Buccaneers and joint practices, we saw him go 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.560 deep plenty of times and he and he burned those 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:07.880 those defenders. And then we saw it in the game 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:11.720 again against the Buccaneers where you know, it looked like 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:14.400 he was going deep. The corner, who probably covered him 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:17.160 a lot during the joint practices, sort of stood stood 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:19.520 back and he was afraid of getting beat deep. And 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:21.600 then all of a sudden, Brian breaks off his route 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.000 and it was a perfect pass from I think CJ. 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.520 Beth or mac Jones one of the two, and completed 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:29.520 it to Brian. And that's just sort of the element 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:31.720 that I think the Jaguars are hoping to get out 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.120 of Brian Thomas. Not only will he be able to, 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.680 you know, catch balls downfield, but he's also going to 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:40.400 be that threat. And so you're gonna see the safeties 0:11:40.400 --> 0:11:42.440 back off, You're gonna see the corners back off, and 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:44.920 then that opens up everything underneath. And and that's sort 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:47.360 of the direction I think the Jaguars offense is headed in. 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:50.760 They they have always been a sort of I don't 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:52.960 want to say dunk and dunk offense, but you know, 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.880 more of a West Coast style offense, more horizontal, you know, 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.240 things like that, quick passes, get it out, get it 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.559 out of Trevor Lawrence's hands, and if he has time 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:03.960 this year, I really do think that that's a perfect 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:06.599 fit for Brian a perfect fit for a guy like 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:09.160 Gabe Davis, who also is known for getting downfield. And 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.440 I think that that's sort of what they want and 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:13.880 that's what they expect out of these out of these 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:14.560 guys this year. 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:15.360 That's funny. 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:17.120 It's kind of the conversive what the Dolphins did this 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.040 offseason because they clearly have two of the best field 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:22.520 twitches the entire game, and Tyreek and Waddle, but they 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.920 go after John hu Smith and even Odell Beckham as well, 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.160 who does have the vertical element of his game. But 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:29.080 on top of the Lake Washington and Jalen, Right, what 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:31.680 those guys can do almost like opposite types of needs 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.080 these offenses had, and they went after it accordingly. Let's 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:35.839 go ahead and finish up here in our first segment 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.480 before our first break, right here, Demetrius. And when I 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.080 look at the Jags reports, you know on on Twitter 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.760 or you know wherever you get your training camp reports across, 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:47.160 you know the landscape, I tend to only really trust 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:50.079 my own eye because training camp is a whirlwine. 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:51.240 So it's tough to get those. 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.760 But what I did see was some concerns about the 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:56.240 offensive line, and when I watched the games, you know, 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:58.760 despite a few pressures, they still move the ball well 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.640 when Lawrence was out there. My question is, are those 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:04.360 concerns valid from the fan base of the Beat writers 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.160 and why or why not? Do you think the offensive 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.839 line had a good or a bad preseason? 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:11.960 Yeah, I mean I think they're valid. You can probably 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.280 lump me into the concerned bubble. 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:15.079 You know. 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:19.440 It's the issue that that that I've seen. It sort 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:21.400 of goes back to last season. I mean this this 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:24.000 offensive line struggled mightily. I mean they were one of 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:27.400 the worst rushing teams in the league. I believe they 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:30.360 were twenty ninth, if not worse than that or just 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:34.000 around there. And so when you look at at at 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.640 the turnover, you know, they they didn't have a left 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.679 guard until the trade deadline basically, and when they brought 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.280 in Ezra Cleveland and then he came in there hurt 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:45.200 and and so you know, there was just a lot 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.520 of moving parts. There was a lot of injuries, There 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.240 was a lot of poor play. They sort of went 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.080 out and tried to remedy some of that. You know, 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.800 they replaced Luke Fortner with a veteran in Mitch Morse. 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.680 They retained Cam Robinson because there was some question or 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.000 whether or not he would still be the team starting 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.600 left tackle. Obviously, Anton Harrison is entering his second year. 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:08.760 And so what I've seen throughout training camp is is, 0:14:09.000 --> 0:14:11.760 you know, you is not enough. You know, you don't 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:15.920 really have a good idea of what this offensive line 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.480 is going to look like because first of all, they're 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.880 only in pads so much. Secondly, no one can touch 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.560 the quarterback, so there's a question on whether or not 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.080 it would have been a sack or whatever the case 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.360 may be. Is the defensive line going as fast as 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:33.440 they as they should be, And I think the concerns 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:36.760 really got elevated for me, at least against the Tampa 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:40.000 Bay Buccaneers. Didn't seem like they did a good job 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.120 in joint practices in terms of getting off the ball. 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.360 The Buccaneers pretty much stopped all the runs. You know, 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.200 there was some pressures. Even when I talked about that 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.200 Brian Thomas, you know, deep touchdown catch he had against 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:54.200 the Bucks and joint practices, Trevor probably would have been 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:57.040 sacked on that play. And so when you look at 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.600 what we've seen last year and then you look at 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.800 this year, pretty much every every player on that offensive 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:05.880 line aside from Mitch Morris is returning, and so you 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:09.760 have an older Brandon Sheriff who definitely didn't look like 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.400 in All Pro, you know, as he was with Washington 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.960 in years past. You have a Cam Robinson who has 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:17.840 been hurt a lot of a lot of time in 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.760 his career, and then you have Ezra Cleveland who's still, 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.480 to me is unproven. So the concerns sort of match 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.240 up with what we saw last season, and they really 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:27.880 just have to go out there and prove it. You know, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:31.160 I did see some good things against the Falcons, but 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.760 then we have to remember, you know, the Falcons were 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.680 playing third and four string players. Rahee Morris just doesn't 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:38.840 want to play his his starting line guys in the 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:42.120 preseason really that much. And so when when you factor 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:44.240 all that in that the concerns I think are valid. 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:46.680 Do I think that they're going to be a bad 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:47.760 offensive line this year? 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:48.200 For sure? 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.520 Not necessarily, It just the the concern is there, and 0:15:51.520 --> 0:15:53.200 I don't think it's gonna be a race until we 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:54.360 actually get the games played. 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:56.680 Really good stuff there on the Daguars offense. 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.360 From Demetrius Harvey at Jacks dot Com, you can find 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.440 him there as well. I was at Demetrius a two 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.240 on Twitter or X. Let's go ahead and take our 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.520 first break right there. Come back on the other side 0:16:06.520 --> 0:16:09.480 and talk about this defense under new coordinator Ryan Nielsen 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.480 all that next year on the Draft Time podcast, my 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:14.840 guest Demitrius Harvey, Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:19.000 We did the offense. 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:20.680 Let's go ahead and flip this thing over to the 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:23.600 defense with my guest today, Demitrius Harvey, and talk about 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:26.400 Ryan Nielsen, who came in here last year as the 0:16:26.520 --> 0:16:30.000 DC of the Falcons in joint practices, and I really 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:32.360 wasn't impressed by the way those guys played for him 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:35.320 in two days of practice and the game, as you mentioned, 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:37.760 against backups and with their own backups as well as 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:39.760 the Falcons kind of ran that operation the same way 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:42.920 last year in the preseason. Just from a structure standpoint 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.400 in your study of his defense in Atlanta, what you 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.640 expect me to bring to Jacksonville? What do you think 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.280 the Dolphins can expect to see from their defensive structure 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:51.880 comes Sunday under Ryan Nielsen. 0:16:52.520 --> 0:16:53.640 Yeah, it's gonna be interesting. 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.480 I think we'll all kind of get a good glimpse 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:59.480 of that for the first time in riek one. And 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:01.640 I say that sort of jokingly, but but but it's 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.200 it's kind of serious because you know, during training camp, 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:09.159 Nielsen he has a great, it may be a great 0:17:09.200 --> 0:17:12.159 method of going about things. The Jaguars rotated guys in 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.800 like no other you know, I I saw backups and 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:19.239 third string players playing with starters. I saw, you know, 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:23.679 for for instance, Miles Cole, their seventh round rookie, playing 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:26.360 on the same line as Treyvon and Walker. And then 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.800 we see we see Darnell Savage playing nickel, but he's 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.080 listed as a safety, and and and and we have 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:36.440 competition between Chad Mooma and Devin Lloyd as the as 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:38.399 as one of the starting linebackers. And then we have 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.600 foye A luik And potentially being a weak side linebacker 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:44.240 rather than the middle linebacker. But that's not all cleared 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:48.040 up necessarily either. So you know, to me, I think 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.120 that this Jaguars defense is going to be a surprise. 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:52.520 But at the same time, when when you look at 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.200 how they play, and you can still see what they 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:58.560 like to do, even when they're rotating guys in and out, 0:17:58.600 --> 0:18:01.920 they're changing the the defense around a lot. 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:04.199 They're they're gonna be a really fast defense. 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:07.000 I I just know that I think that what they've 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:10.720 done is sort of simplified what these defenders sort of done, 0:18:11.080 --> 0:18:13.960 sort of did the last couple of years under Mike Caldwell, 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:16.040 where there was a lot of thinking, there was a 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.480 lot of gray area, there was a lot of open 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:23.160 for interpretation changes on the fly. This year's defense doesn't 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.960 seem to have that. They they attack, their aggressive. That's 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:29.119 sort of the mantra that Ryan Nielsen has has given 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.439 to the Jaguars, and he's taken from you know, his 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:33.359 time with the Falcons and probably his time with the 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:35.760 Saints as well. But but you know, he's he's continued 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:39.119 to sort of go into that. What I what I 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.920 can say about the Jaguars defense is the defensive line 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:46.400 is going to be the featured unit among the group. 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:49.520 You know, they are they are rotating in and out, 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:52.280 they are they are fast, they are they are playing 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:56.040 a different style of defense than we've seen before. You know, 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:57.800 in your past they were a three four defense. Now 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:01.080 there are four to three defense. And so I really 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:03.399 think that this this year's defense is going to be 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:06.440 interesting to see just because of not only the personnel 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:09.720 that they have, you know, Chine's Allen, Eric Armstead, Trey 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:13.240 Von Walker, you know, Devon Hamilton, guys like that, but 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.760 also because of what Neilsen sort of brings to the table. 0:19:16.800 --> 0:19:19.440 You know, he's obviously had a background as a defensive 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:23.840 line coach. We saw him routinely with that unit throughout 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:27.040 throughout the day during practice. It's gonna be interesting. I 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:29.080 think that it's gonna be a new look. It's gonna 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:31.120 be it's gonna be fast, it's gonna be aggressive. 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:34.199 You kind of answered my final questions there and that rundown, 0:19:34.200 --> 0:19:37.040 which was very thorough, and I appreciate that, and it's 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.320 I guess I got to thinking when you were going, 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:42.439 you know, over everything there. It seems like early in 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.320 the season. You know, I look at the Dolphins schedule 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:46.880 the last couple of years and I was kind of 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:50.480 tracking when they face teams that are working in new 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:52.880 d c's or maybe you know DC's that haven't really 0:19:52.920 --> 0:19:55.720 proven themselves, that's when they hang the big points, like 0:19:55.840 --> 0:19:57.919 vance Joseph last year was his first year in Denver 0:19:58.119 --> 0:20:00.760 seventy Burger, which I know that's kind of anno for 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:03.639 anybody across the NFL. But even two years ago, you know, 0:20:03.800 --> 0:20:06.879 Mike McDonald after the Dolphins and Ravens game when the 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:09.240 Dolphins scored forty two points and came back from down 0:20:09.280 --> 0:20:11.120 twenty one in the fourth quarter to win that game. 0:20:11.640 --> 0:20:14.600 After that, he basically was perfect for a year and 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:17.119 three quarters to get himself a head coaching job. So 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:19.560 it kind of seems like when a team works in 0:20:19.560 --> 0:20:21.960 a new DC, maybe he doesn't have the connectivity right away. 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:24.359 That's when Miami can get their you know, their gaudy 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:26.200 point holes up there. But I think that for the 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:29.680 Jacks perspective, it sounds like the kind of reduced terminology, 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:32.480 maybe just the ability to play faster because there's left 0:20:32.800 --> 0:20:36.040 less interpretation, to your point, seems like maybe that shouldn't 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:37.080 be the case for the Jackson this game. 0:20:37.080 --> 0:20:37.880 Would you agree with that? 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:39.720 Yeah? I think so. 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:43.200 And it's funny you mentioned it because yesterday Josh hens 0:20:43.200 --> 0:20:46.360 Allen met with us and everyone was sort of peppering 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:48.359 him with with questions about the defense, like when is 0:20:48.400 --> 0:20:49.879 it going to look like what is this? 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:50.440 What is that? 0:20:50.840 --> 0:20:53.520 And he was just like, is that what everyone's talking about? 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:56.800 Like calm down, like we all understand this defense very well, 0:20:56.840 --> 0:20:59.680 like it's it's not a big deal, this isn't this 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:02.600 isn't something where they're going to be entering week one confused. 0:21:02.680 --> 0:21:05.000 And I think that that probably just speaks to what 0:21:05.080 --> 0:21:07.600 the defensive coaching staff has been able to do as 0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:11.879 far as teaching, allowing these guys to learn understanding what 0:21:12.480 --> 0:21:15.160 is going on. And then also you factor in less 0:21:15.160 --> 0:21:19.800 gray area, more understanding your assignment, not really making not 0:21:19.840 --> 0:21:23.719 really leaving too much room for mistakes. I think I 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:25.600 agree with you. I think that it's it might be 0:21:25.640 --> 0:21:29.280 a little bit less of a confusion and and sort 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:31.359 of have to work through it over the next couple 0:21:31.400 --> 0:21:34.200 of weeks before they really gel and it's it's more 0:21:34.280 --> 0:21:36.639 going to be Okay, this is our assignment, this is 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:37.600 what we're supposed to do. 0:21:37.680 --> 0:21:37.840 Now. 0:21:37.960 --> 0:21:38.800 Will it be perfect? 0:21:39.040 --> 0:21:41.159 I don't think so, just because you know, that's just 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:43.840 not the nature of the NFL. But but but I 0:21:43.880 --> 0:21:45.560 do think it's going to be a little bit better 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:46.680 than people might expect. 0:21:47.119 --> 0:21:49.040 Yeah, I mean I keep thinking about how this game 0:21:49.119 --> 0:21:52.280 might shake out, and you know, given the offensive continuity 0:21:52.320 --> 0:21:54.720 on either side and then the new DC on either side, 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:56.880 I kind of feel like we could be in store 0:21:56.920 --> 0:22:00.119 for some points come Sunday afternoon. I'll go ahead and 0:22:00.240 --> 0:22:02.119 end with this for you here, Demetrius. I end the 0:22:02.600 --> 0:22:05.600 segment with the opposing beat writer the same way every 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:08.399 single week here in season. And it's as simple as this. 0:22:08.520 --> 0:22:11.040 The Jaguars win the game if and then you get 0:22:11.040 --> 0:22:11.760 to fill in the blank. 0:22:12.680 --> 0:22:16.560 Yeah, the the Jaguars win the game if the Jaguars 0:22:16.560 --> 0:22:20.320 and and offense are and the Trevor Lawrence can can 0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:23.760 actually get the ball downfield, they can they can utilize 0:22:23.840 --> 0:22:26.240 the rushing attack. I think that that's what it's gonna 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:28.760 boil down to. You know, if Travis Etn is able 0:22:28.760 --> 0:22:31.679 to get going and the Jaguars can sort of control 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:35.159 the tempo rather than let Miami dictate it, then I 0:22:35.160 --> 0:22:37.480 think they win the game. If if they can't run 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:39.239 the ball, they have to pun a lot and they 0:22:39.280 --> 0:22:42.080 give you know, Miami, Tyreek Hill, Jaywen wadd or all 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:45.000 those guys more opportunities than I don't think they're gonna 0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:45.520 win the game. 0:22:46.080 --> 0:22:48.679 Sounds good. He's at Demetrius eighty two on Twitter. You 0:22:48.680 --> 0:22:50.879 can find him at Jacks dot com and an f 0:22:50.920 --> 0:22:51.960 a U alum as well. 0:22:52.560 --> 0:22:53.560 Don't forget that local. 0:22:53.760 --> 0:22:56.360 I guess someone local, right do you consart Boca part 0:22:56.400 --> 0:22:58.200 of not not really South Florida? 0:22:58.280 --> 0:23:02.200 Right, No, it's out for it's local to you guys. 0:23:01.800 --> 0:23:03.399 It's not local to us. 0:23:03.480 --> 0:23:06.080 It's But at the same time, I always I'll always say, 0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:07.040 go owls up here. 0:23:07.560 --> 0:23:09.159 Hey man, that was a fun Final four run a 0:23:09.160 --> 0:23:11.800 couple of years ago. Demitrius Harvey, appreciate your time today, man, 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:14.280 we got a lot smarter about the Jacksonville Jaguars. Best 0:23:14.280 --> 0:23:16.080 of luck this season, but not on Sunday. And thank 0:23:16.080 --> 0:23:16.960 you again for your time. 0:23:16.840 --> 0:23:17.440 My friend. 0:23:17.720 --> 0:23:18.359 I appreciate it. 0:23:18.400 --> 0:23:22.600 Good luck and away he goes and in comes the music. 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:25.600 You know what time that means? It is time to 0:23:25.760 --> 0:23:29.320 pick the Week one games across the National Football League. 0:23:29.320 --> 0:23:31.680 We did the Week one game already and I'm actually 0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:34.600 recording this segment before it gets played. So did we 0:23:34.640 --> 0:23:37.400 win the game? On Thursday? We picked the Chiefs over 0:23:37.440 --> 0:23:40.399 the Baltimore Ravens and the opener. I don't know what 0:23:40.440 --> 0:23:42.240 happened yet in that game. Tonight we have a game 0:23:42.240 --> 0:23:44.240 as well, which, by the way, do this all the time. 0:23:44.280 --> 0:23:46.960 Give me more NFL football on Friday nights. Give me 0:23:47.000 --> 0:23:49.680 the Packers over the Eagles. I'm a big Packer believer 0:23:49.760 --> 0:23:51.399 this year, not so much on the Eagles with new 0:23:51.440 --> 0:23:54.320 coordinators and a team that really fell off the rails 0:23:54.359 --> 0:23:57.520 last year. Give me your Dolphins over the Jacksonville Jaguars. 0:23:57.640 --> 0:24:00.520 I'll take the Falcons over the Pittsburgh Steelers. I do 0:24:00.600 --> 0:24:02.240 not have a lot of high hopes for the Steelers 0:24:02.240 --> 0:24:04.720 this year. I think that Kirk Cousins gets his first 0:24:04.720 --> 0:24:07.600 win with the Falcons as they go after their NFC 0:24:07.680 --> 0:24:10.240 South Division championship that I think they cruise to this year. 0:24:10.440 --> 0:24:12.399 I'll take the Bills over the Cardinals, but come on, 0:24:12.480 --> 0:24:13.960 Kyle Murray, go Cardinals. 0:24:14.080 --> 0:24:16.720 Give me the Bengals over the Patriots. I think it's 0:24:16.720 --> 0:24:17.679 going to be a rough, rough. 0:24:17.600 --> 0:24:20.520 Year for New England, and even if Jamar Chase is 0:24:20.520 --> 0:24:22.320 not playing that game or for a long time for 0:24:22.359 --> 0:24:24.560 the Bengals, I'll still take them in this one. I'm 0:24:24.560 --> 0:24:26.760 gonna take the Titans to upset the Bears on the 0:24:26.880 --> 0:24:29.760 road in Chicago and spoil the Bears fun for the 0:24:29.800 --> 0:24:31.879 opening game that they all think they're gonna win and 0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:33.400 get off to a playoff season start. 0:24:33.400 --> 0:24:34.880 I don't see it that way for them this year. 0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:37.040 I'll take the Vikings over a Giants team that I 0:24:37.080 --> 0:24:39.680 have picking first in the draft next year. The Raiders 0:24:39.680 --> 0:24:41.960 get an upset win over the Chargers. As you guys 0:24:42.000 --> 0:24:44.720 know by now, I am bearish on the Chargers, not. 0:24:44.680 --> 0:24:45.560 A big believer there. 0:24:45.680 --> 0:24:47.640 I'll take the Colts over the Texans in a big 0:24:47.720 --> 0:24:50.439 upset and Opening Day as Anthony Richardson goes off in 0:24:50.480 --> 0:24:53.399 that one. Take the Saints over the Panthers kind of 0:24:53.400 --> 0:24:55.800 a ho hum game there. I'll take the Seahawks over 0:24:55.800 --> 0:24:58.560 the Broncos. Give me the Cowboys over the Browns. I 0:24:58.600 --> 0:25:00.960 went back and forth on that one, but I feel 0:25:01.000 --> 0:25:02.800 like Dak and CD kind of have something to prove 0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:05.080 in their first game back this season. I'll take the 0:25:05.200 --> 0:25:07.880 Washington Commanders to go on the road in Tampa Bay 0:25:08.119 --> 0:25:10.879 and win a game in a hot, hostile environment. 0:25:10.520 --> 0:25:11.960 Over Baker Mayfield and the Bucks. 0:25:12.160 --> 0:25:14.680 And then on Sunday Night Football, I'll take the Lions 0:25:14.720 --> 0:25:17.080 over the Rams, mostly because of the location of that 0:25:17.119 --> 0:25:20.520 game back in Detroit, and the Niners over the Jets, which, 0:25:20.560 --> 0:25:23.520 by the way, how funny is it that the Niners 0:25:24.040 --> 0:25:27.320 that the Jets fans had all summer thinking we might 0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:29.240 not have to play Brandon Ayuk. We might not have 0:25:29.280 --> 0:25:31.200 to play Trent Williams, we might not have to play 0:25:31.280 --> 0:25:32.160 Christian McCaffrey. 0:25:32.200 --> 0:25:32.480 Wrong. 0:25:32.800 --> 0:25:34.600 All of them back in the lineup and you will 0:25:34.600 --> 0:25:37.600 see them for a beatdown on Monday Night Football. Those 0:25:37.600 --> 0:25:39.960 are the picks, last break right there. Come back on 0:25:40.000 --> 0:25:42.240 the other side and talk to my good buddy Kyle 0:25:42.280 --> 0:25:45.160 Krabs about his mock draft, the weekend in college football 0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:48.120 and Dolphins and Jags opener all that next Draft Time podcast, 0:25:48.200 --> 0:25:50.879 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by a donation. 0:25:52.600 --> 0:25:56.760 It is a football Friday, and that means I'm bringing 0:25:56.800 --> 0:25:59.679 in my buddy Kyle, Kyle Sthman. 0:26:00.560 --> 0:26:02.440 It sound like you're gonna go to a pickle Rick there? 0:26:03.640 --> 0:26:05.720 Should we should we started off with pickle Rick? 0:26:07.320 --> 0:26:10.080 Then I'm doing good, buddy, scale of one to ten, 0:26:10.119 --> 0:26:12.159 give me way way this for me here. First week 0:26:12.200 --> 0:26:14.800 of the NFL season is underway right now. The Dolphins 0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:16.480 are less than forty eight hours away. 0:26:16.960 --> 0:26:20.560 Where you're at right now on that scale, uh. 0:26:20.280 --> 0:26:22.120 Probably about a seven and a half. 0:26:22.480 --> 0:26:24.679 And then I'm gonna wake up on Saturday and it's 0:26:24.720 --> 0:26:25.480 gonna be an eight and a half. 0:26:25.480 --> 0:26:27.120 And then you're gonna wake up on Sunday and give. 0:26:27.040 --> 0:26:29.440 Me a ten at a full ten, full stop ten. Yeah, 0:26:29.520 --> 0:26:31.040 that's good to hear. I think so too. 0:26:32.000 --> 0:26:34.639 I feel like maybe with you know, kids involved in 0:26:34.680 --> 0:26:37.640 family life, like maybe you don't get as geeked during 0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:39.840 the week because there are so many. 0:26:39.680 --> 0:26:42.800 Boxes to check to get through the Sunday. But I 0:26:42.800 --> 0:26:45.040 feel the same way, man, because we are here, we 0:26:45.080 --> 0:26:45.600 are back. 0:26:45.920 --> 0:26:48.320 There is football across the street, like I said, less 0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:51.320 than forty eight hours away from right now, and let's 0:26:51.320 --> 0:26:54.240 go ahead and actually start here first, because I'm so 0:26:54.359 --> 0:26:57.280 glad Kyle that you are back riding full time draft 0:26:57.320 --> 0:27:00.680 content again, separate from your Dolphins content, and you can 0:27:00.680 --> 0:27:02.879 find Kyle's work at the thirty third team, where he 0:27:02.920 --> 0:27:05.160 has recently been named their NFL Draft lead. 0:27:05.240 --> 0:27:07.560 So Kyle, congrats, thank you TOFF. 0:27:07.840 --> 0:27:10.600 You're welcome, and as we sit here today and get 0:27:10.640 --> 0:27:14.040 ready for Opening Day, we just may Your column had 0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:16.919 me excited about the possibility of a love landing a 0:27:16.960 --> 0:27:19.800 stud in this draft, because I think you kind of 0:27:19.880 --> 0:27:22.439 nailed it for the Dolphins pick. But tell the folks 0:27:22.440 --> 0:27:25.280 where you went with pick twenty six, which, if my 0:27:25.480 --> 0:27:28.479 math is right, would mean a divisional round exit. Does 0:27:28.520 --> 0:27:30.480 that mean a playoff victory for the Miami Dolphins. 0:27:30.720 --> 0:27:32.239 That's what I did do. 0:27:32.720 --> 0:27:35.439 I did avoid the low hanging fruit of taking just 0:27:35.560 --> 0:27:38.960 the odds for the season as determining the draft order, 0:27:39.000 --> 0:27:42.199 and I instead did go pick all the games for 0:27:42.720 --> 0:27:45.159 of course your predictions and then do playoffs over that. 0:27:45.240 --> 0:27:49.720 So yeah, yes, correct. The Dolphins making a Divisional round 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:54.760 appearance and drafting safety Malachi Starks from the University Georgia 0:27:54.800 --> 0:27:58.680 with my mock draft, and Starks, if you caught the highlight, 0:27:59.000 --> 0:28:04.840 made a Odell Beckham esque leaping interception defending a fade 0:28:04.840 --> 0:28:08.560 from the slot up the far sideline in the Georgia 0:28:08.640 --> 0:28:12.600 opener against Clemson, kind of eerily reminiscent of his first 0:28:12.640 --> 0:28:14.959 game as a freshman in twenty twenty two when they 0:28:14.960 --> 0:28:15.639 played Oregon. 0:28:16.160 --> 0:28:17.000 He made a very. 0:28:16.840 --> 0:28:20.320 Similar type of play, just on the other sideline down 0:28:20.359 --> 0:28:24.320 the field. So the ball skills here for Malachi Starks 0:28:24.600 --> 0:28:26.600 are outstanding. As far as why it was a choice 0:28:26.600 --> 0:28:30.439 for the Dolphins, we know Javon Holland is in the 0:28:30.520 --> 0:28:32.720 last year of his rookie contract right now. You have 0:28:32.840 --> 0:28:35.360 Jordan Poyer and Marcus may Is kind of the next 0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:37.760 two guys with experience in that room. They're both on 0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:40.880 one year deals, so you just don't know who's gonna 0:28:40.920 --> 0:28:45.000 be back. You try to make picks with logic of okay, 0:28:45.640 --> 0:28:48.360 where is there not long term stability with the nucleus 0:28:48.400 --> 0:28:50.640 players of the room, and as of right now, with 0:28:50.680 --> 0:28:53.560 the information that we have, safety was one of those spots. 0:28:53.600 --> 0:28:58.240 It was kind of an intersection of value. And by 0:28:58.280 --> 0:29:01.840 the time everybody's listening to this, my top fifty rankings 0:29:01.840 --> 0:29:04.040 will have come out at thirty thirteen as well, starts 0:29:04.040 --> 0:29:06.400 at top ten player in the class. But you have 0:29:06.480 --> 0:29:11.560 guys at this position for whatever reason. Kyle Hamilton I 0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:13.240 thought was a top three player in the class and 0:29:13.240 --> 0:29:16.560 he went barely in the top fifteen. You have Brian Branch, 0:29:16.600 --> 0:29:18.200 who I thought was a first round player who slid 0:29:18.200 --> 0:29:20.520 out the first round altogether intoin Winfield junior head first 0:29:20.560 --> 0:29:23.480 round tape of Minnesota didn't go. Javon Holland falls out 0:29:23.480 --> 0:29:25.720 of the first round as one of the more dynamic 0:29:25.840 --> 0:29:28.880 all around safeties in the game. It's it's just an 0:29:29.040 --> 0:29:32.080 unfortunate reality of that position. For whatever reason. The way 0:29:32.120 --> 0:29:36.120 that it's being treated is it's not prioritized in the 0:29:36.200 --> 0:29:40.880 draft process because of positional value, whether fair or foul. 0:29:41.200 --> 0:29:44.120 So That's where I think the big struggle is with 0:29:44.200 --> 0:29:46.120 Malachi Starksys is like, there's no doubt this is an 0:29:46.160 --> 0:29:49.480 elite player, but how does that get valued if he 0:29:49.680 --> 0:29:51.680 is indeed a safety who can come down and play 0:29:51.680 --> 0:29:52.160 in the nickel. 0:29:52.560 --> 0:29:55.200 I would add my maybe all time favorite draft hit 0:29:55.280 --> 0:29:57.920 personally and Jesse Bates as Amit Brown draft pick who 0:29:57.920 --> 0:29:58.960 went on to be an All Pro. 0:29:58.920 --> 0:30:00.400 At that position. Man, it's those. 0:30:00.480 --> 0:30:03.160 All those players you mentioned there are what I think 0:30:03.240 --> 0:30:05.840 in the building they call force multipliers, guys that do 0:30:05.920 --> 0:30:08.760 multiple things that really kind of you know, extend their 0:30:08.760 --> 0:30:11.680 impact beyond just their own role on the defense. And 0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:14.560 first here, I just I love the exercise of doing 0:30:14.640 --> 0:30:17.400 a mock you know, every step of the way. I 0:30:17.400 --> 0:30:18.800 know some fans will tell you why you're doing a 0:30:18.800 --> 0:30:20.720 mock draft when the games haven't even begun yet. It's 0:30:20.760 --> 0:30:23.160 like because of that reason, you get this exercise of 0:30:23.480 --> 0:30:26.560 where the roster stands today and how that could impact 0:30:26.560 --> 0:30:27.880 potential draft implications. 0:30:27.920 --> 0:30:29.640 So I think it's a great exercise. 0:30:29.800 --> 0:30:31.280 And then to put a bow on that point, man, 0:30:31.360 --> 0:30:34.240 like you know, you mentioned the safeties with Kyle Hamilton 0:30:34.800 --> 0:30:37.200 Anthony Weavers here now, and so this is a defense 0:30:37.200 --> 0:30:39.600 that I think really utilizes their safeties in multiple ways, 0:30:39.840 --> 0:30:42.200 especially in those big nickel packages and finding ways to 0:30:42.280 --> 0:30:44.680 kind of create those you know, almost roverlooks for guys 0:30:44.680 --> 0:30:46.960 like Kyle Hamilton, for a guy like Javon holland for 0:30:47.000 --> 0:30:49.200 a guy like the Georgia safety you've talked about here. 0:30:49.240 --> 0:30:52.360 So great stuff all around. Let's go ahead and get 0:30:52.400 --> 0:30:55.440 into the weekend of college football. And maybe we had 0:30:55.440 --> 0:30:56.800 a good one last weekend. We didn't have you on 0:30:56.840 --> 0:30:58.760 the show for that, but it's a great weekend of 0:30:58.760 --> 0:31:02.320 college football. And right back up, I believe noon kickoff 0:31:02.400 --> 0:31:03.960 for our first game, correct. 0:31:04.720 --> 0:31:10.560 Yeah, Number ten Michigan hosting number three Texas. There's a 0:31:10.600 --> 0:31:13.360 lot of talent on the field for these two teams, 0:31:13.400 --> 0:31:15.920 needless to say, on both sides of the ball. So 0:31:15.960 --> 0:31:17.600 regardless of who has it, it's not like one of 0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:20.800 those matchups where you look at it and you're concerned about, oh, 0:31:20.880 --> 0:31:23.280 do I have to go get my snacks out of 0:31:23.280 --> 0:31:26.640 the kitchen because Texas has It's doesn't work like that. 0:31:27.400 --> 0:31:30.240 So ballers all up and down the field for these 0:31:30.240 --> 0:31:34.120 two teams, and players that are probably gonna be well 0:31:34.160 --> 0:31:36.760 represented in the first thirty two picks. 0:31:38.480 --> 0:31:40.160 What do you like, I mean, let's go over here, 0:31:40.320 --> 0:31:42.479 because you know this is a big game for well, 0:31:42.520 --> 0:31:43.920 I don't know. I mean you could probably lose this 0:31:44.000 --> 0:31:46.440 game and be okay from a playoff standpoint, right because 0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:48.760 of the expansion. Now you can't go full Florida State 0:31:48.800 --> 0:31:51.600 and lose your first two Sorry Brett are Brett Brett? 0:31:51.600 --> 0:31:53.200 Guys in here at for State of Love is not 0:31:53.240 --> 0:31:54.080 gonna love hearing that. 0:31:54.640 --> 0:31:56.000 But I think they're the first team knocked out of 0:31:56.000 --> 0:31:58.040 the college football playoff, but they can either team can 0:31:58.080 --> 0:32:00.280 afford to lose this game, so it's fun for us 0:32:00.480 --> 0:32:01.760 to get a pigmare matchup. 0:32:01.760 --> 0:32:04.040 But it's more about the prospects, right, Yeah. 0:32:04.080 --> 0:32:07.600 So I think you look at Michigan defensively and they 0:32:07.640 --> 0:32:11.280 have a chance to have legit three guys maybe in 0:32:11.320 --> 0:32:14.880 the top half of the first round. Will Johnson at corner, 0:32:15.360 --> 0:32:18.280 who right now is my top overall player in the class. 0:32:18.960 --> 0:32:21.080 Six foot two corner with a lot of length and physicality, 0:32:21.640 --> 0:32:23.960 good ball skills, but like silky smooth for a player 0:32:23.960 --> 0:32:27.000 of his stature is what makes him pretty rare. You 0:32:27.040 --> 0:32:31.600 have Mason grahamt at defensive tackle, who has some shades 0:32:32.080 --> 0:32:36.479 of Christian Wilkins to his game. I think the motor 0:32:36.680 --> 0:32:39.800 is there, the point of attack play. If you watch 0:32:39.840 --> 0:32:41.680 Mason Graham, I guarantee you as a Dolphins fan, you 0:32:41.720 --> 0:32:44.000 will see a lot of what ninety four look like 0:32:44.080 --> 0:32:45.960 for his time here with the team. And then the 0:32:45.960 --> 0:32:48.560 other defensive tackle that they have, Kenneth Grant, is three 0:32:48.600 --> 0:32:53.920 hundred and thirty pounds, freak athlete, very dynamic, pretty good 0:32:53.920 --> 0:32:56.120 pass rush profile as well. That's kind of always the 0:32:56.160 --> 0:32:59.040 thing about those guys that are up in that that 0:32:59.120 --> 0:33:01.800 weight class is what are they bringing on passing downs? 0:33:01.840 --> 0:33:05.080 And you see Grant good first step, being able to 0:33:05.120 --> 0:33:07.800 convert the power and collapse and push the pocket and 0:33:07.840 --> 0:33:10.360 get back in the lap of the quarterback. So from 0:33:10.400 --> 0:33:14.240 Michigan standpoint, those are the players on their defense that 0:33:14.400 --> 0:33:16.480 I think make them a hallmark matchup. And then from 0:33:16.520 --> 0:33:20.720 Texas's standpoint, they have an offensive tackle Calvin Banks, who 0:33:20.800 --> 0:33:22.360 I think has a chance to be a top twenty 0:33:22.440 --> 0:33:26.000 draft selection as well, super athletic, freakishly long. And then 0:33:26.040 --> 0:33:29.960 they've got a quarterback in Quinn Owers who has a 0:33:29.960 --> 0:33:32.040 lot of fans. I think he showed a little bit 0:33:32.040 --> 0:33:34.720 more comfort in doing some of the things that we're 0:33:34.760 --> 0:33:37.760 so used to seeing a quarterback do with manipulating defenders 0:33:37.760 --> 0:33:43.160 with his eyes and the ball handling skills that kind 0:33:43.200 --> 0:33:45.640 of allow you to create space to throw the ball. 0:33:45.880 --> 0:33:47.600 This was kind of the first time I saw quinn 0:33:47.600 --> 0:33:50.600 Ouwers really do that for a sixty minute contest in 0:33:50.640 --> 0:33:52.560 their first game of the season against Colorado State. 0:33:53.400 --> 0:33:56.200 That is a noon kickoff on Fox Texas at the 0:33:56.200 --> 0:33:59.040 Big House against Michigan. Great stuff there, Kyle, And usually 0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:00.920 we have a full slate, we go down like three 0:34:01.000 --> 0:34:03.720 or four games, but I'm not really you know, seeing 0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:05.800 one that jumps off the page outside of that game. 0:34:05.840 --> 0:34:07.280 So I want to go ahead and just play Dealer's 0:34:07.360 --> 0:34:09.480 choice here for our guest, the great Kyle Krast and 0:34:09.520 --> 0:34:12.560 the Lockdown Dolphins podcast in thirty third team, What game 0:34:12.600 --> 0:34:14.800 you're looking at me as far as a fun prospect 0:34:14.880 --> 0:34:16.960 matchup you can think that could take place across the 0:34:17.000 --> 0:34:18.799 rest of the college football landscape. 0:34:18.880 --> 0:34:20.719 Well, I'm selflessly going to take another one in the 0:34:20.800 --> 0:34:22.760 nun block, so you might need to have two screens 0:34:22.800 --> 0:34:24.960 going on. But what you should always. 0:34:24.840 --> 0:34:28.879 We have pitt at Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh has a tight 0:34:28.960 --> 0:34:30.880 end Gavin bar following you, who I think is a 0:34:31.080 --> 0:34:36.000 nice prospect. He's been a multifaceted player to position. And 0:34:36.040 --> 0:34:41.000 then Cincinnati has a potential day to interior defensive lineman 0:34:41.000 --> 0:34:43.600 who I think we mentioned last year, Dante Corleone. 0:34:44.280 --> 0:34:47.560 His nickname is the God Godfather, and he he. 0:34:47.680 --> 0:34:50.759 Had some medical issues that kind of put his availability 0:34:50.760 --> 0:34:52.520 in question. He's been cleared, so he's going to make 0:34:52.560 --> 0:34:55.920 his return to the field this weekend. So I'm selflessly 0:34:55.920 --> 0:34:58.400 going to pick this game for Corleone. But at the 0:34:58.520 --> 0:35:01.160 very least, you do have players both sides between Pitt 0:35:01.160 --> 0:35:04.360 and Cincinnati that are going to have your interest. 0:35:04.440 --> 0:35:06.120 So that's kind of the other one. 0:35:06.160 --> 0:35:08.040 When you're kind of early in the schedule, you have 0:35:08.200 --> 0:35:11.080 a lot of the big schools playing smaller programs kind 0:35:11.080 --> 0:35:13.000 of their tune ups before they get into the conference play. 0:35:13.040 --> 0:35:15.640 But that Pit Cincinnati game is one that I do 0:35:15.719 --> 0:35:17.239 have circle that have my eyes on. 0:35:17.480 --> 0:35:19.719 Looking forward to that one in the game that's gonna 0:35:19.719 --> 0:35:24.120 happen about oh Man doing live math nineteen hours prior 0:35:24.280 --> 0:35:26.799 to Dolphins and Jags kickoff across the street here at 0:35:26.840 --> 0:35:29.480 hard Rock Stadium as the Hurricanes are back in action. 0:35:30.040 --> 0:35:31.279 But I don't want to talk about that game. I 0:35:31.320 --> 0:35:32.160 want to talk about the one. 0:35:32.040 --> 0:35:34.680 He played on Saturday, And I just want you to 0:35:34.719 --> 0:35:37.920 tell the folks what I already know about one Caam Ward. 0:35:39.400 --> 0:35:40.360 He is a baller. 0:35:40.680 --> 0:35:43.640 He has all of the arm talent in the world, 0:35:44.040 --> 0:35:46.680 and I think you saw it against Florida with the armslots. 0:35:47.440 --> 0:35:49.600 I mentioned the ball handling with Quinn Uhs, but I 0:35:49.680 --> 0:35:53.800 think Kim Ward's ball handling skills as far as playfakes, 0:35:54.400 --> 0:35:58.800 being able to kind of sell different kinds of plays, 0:35:59.320 --> 0:36:01.839 being able to quickly get the ball and catch and 0:36:01.880 --> 0:36:04.080 release if you want to go with quick client timing 0:36:04.120 --> 0:36:06.000 type stuff. Some guys they kind of sit there and 0:36:06.000 --> 0:36:08.200 fumble around, trying at the laces before they throw the ball. 0:36:08.760 --> 0:36:11.879 Not Cam. Cam has all the elasticity in the upper 0:36:11.880 --> 0:36:12.760 body in the world. 0:36:13.680 --> 0:36:17.040 And what he's able to do as a result of that, 0:36:18.000 --> 0:36:20.600 and being probably a little bit of an underrated athlete. 0:36:20.600 --> 0:36:22.560 He's not like a true dual threat type player, but 0:36:22.600 --> 0:36:24.360 he can get outside the pocket. You saw that with 0:36:24.360 --> 0:36:28.640 some of the scrambles against Florida and just the it's 0:36:28.680 --> 0:36:30.960 never too fast for him. Now, that doesn't mean he 0:36:31.000 --> 0:36:33.960 doesn't always make great decisions with the ball. And that's 0:36:33.960 --> 0:36:35.440 the big thing with Cam that he has to cut 0:36:35.480 --> 0:36:38.080 down this year on a platform like he has in Miami. 0:36:38.120 --> 0:36:41.040 But I knew about Kim Ward going back to when 0:36:41.040 --> 0:36:48.359 he first transferred to Washington State Goku and but there 0:36:48.360 --> 0:36:50.560 were times last year like I wanted to watch Kim 0:36:50.600 --> 0:36:52.359 wore play and I couldn't even get the game on TV. 0:36:52.920 --> 0:36:53.200 I know. 0:36:53.600 --> 0:36:56.120 So it's a totally different ballgame from him, and I 0:36:56.120 --> 0:36:59.239 think he's going to totally change his perception. I had 0:36:59.280 --> 0:37:00.959 him going to the first out of my mindcraft because 0:37:00.960 --> 0:37:05.520 I think if he plays anywhere near the calibery of 0:37:05.560 --> 0:37:07.359 game that he played against Florida, and he does it 0:37:07.360 --> 0:37:11.760 with any level of modest consistency from start to finish, 0:37:12.160 --> 0:37:13.400 you can't tell me he's not gonna go in the 0:37:13.440 --> 0:37:17.520 first round. And I know for Miami quarterbacks at the 0:37:17.520 --> 0:37:20.360 college level, it's been a minute. The last one was 0:37:20.360 --> 0:37:23.920 Brad Kaya, and before that, it's a long list of 0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:25.719 guys that came through before he got a guy that 0:37:25.719 --> 0:37:26.320 got drafted. 0:37:26.320 --> 0:37:27.200 So I think it's a. 0:37:27.120 --> 0:37:29.399 Great thing for the Gains program and it's a great 0:37:29.400 --> 0:37:30.879 thing for Kim Ward. I think it's a great fit. 0:37:31.520 --> 0:37:34.520 I'm laughing because you know how like there's certain accounts 0:37:34.520 --> 0:37:36.719 on Twitter that will tell you that player xes better 0:37:36.800 --> 0:37:39.279 than Tua, that that's always been the case, Like going 0:37:39.280 --> 0:37:41.520 back to the Tannehill days, this player is better than Tannehill. 0:37:42.120 --> 0:37:43.799 And Brad Kaya was one of the ones that I 0:37:43.800 --> 0:37:47.000 often saw in that argument. And I just laugh because no, 0:37:47.239 --> 0:37:49.480 he never was. He never once was, never was gonna be, 0:37:49.520 --> 0:37:52.319 it never will be. I digress, But yeah, man, that's 0:37:52.320 --> 0:37:55.040 good stuff. It's he's he's so fun to watch. And 0:37:55.080 --> 0:37:56.880 I'm curious, just kind of a quick follow up for you, 0:37:57.160 --> 0:37:58.920 because the pick that he threw is like, oh, you 0:37:59.000 --> 0:38:01.160 can't do that. He did a couple of plays where 0:38:01.200 --> 0:38:04.000 he would make those throws across the body and almost 0:38:04.040 --> 0:38:06.360 like effortlessly nonchalant making those plays. 0:38:06.480 --> 0:38:07.040 I'm curious. 0:38:07.080 --> 0:38:08.600 Is that something that when he gets to the league 0:38:08.640 --> 0:38:10.360 you want to coach that out of him or do 0:38:10.440 --> 0:38:13.480 you say that's part of the package that comes with 0:38:13.520 --> 0:38:15.680 all the you know, glitz and glamour of camp Ward. 0:38:18.160 --> 0:38:22.920 I think there's a line that can be walked there. 0:38:23.120 --> 0:38:25.840 I don't think you want to fully take that element 0:38:25.960 --> 0:38:28.319 out of his game, just because it's part of what 0:38:28.719 --> 0:38:33.080 makes him so dynamic. But there's a time and a 0:38:33.120 --> 0:38:35.960 place to do it, and there's a time and a 0:38:36.000 --> 0:38:40.080 place to understand we need to concede the down. Don't 0:38:40.120 --> 0:38:42.560 do something crazy on first and ten at midfield because 0:38:42.640 --> 0:38:45.840 you got two more downs, right. I think I go 0:38:45.880 --> 0:38:49.400 back to when Ryan Fitzpatrick was here in twenty nineteen 0:38:49.719 --> 0:38:52.759 and kind of him talking about when you throw interceptions 0:38:52.800 --> 0:38:57.799 and when you're aggressive, and I think that's very applicable 0:38:57.840 --> 0:39:00.319 to the game. So I think for Cam it's more 0:39:00.320 --> 0:39:04.360 of a management of the decision making, not necessarily I 0:39:04.400 --> 0:39:05.839 don't want to do this and I want to put 0:39:05.880 --> 0:39:06.480 you in a box. 0:39:07.719 --> 0:39:08.640 It makes perfect sense. 0:39:08.680 --> 0:39:11.120 I mean, I think that you know he's grown in 0:39:11.120 --> 0:39:14.280 that regard from his time at Incarnate Word to Washington 0:39:14.280 --> 0:39:16.520 State Gokoog's and here with the Hurricanes as well. So 0:39:16.520 --> 0:39:18.680 the Hurricanes play Florida A and M across the street 0:39:18.680 --> 0:39:21.279 at six o'clock on Saturday. You can check that one out, 0:39:21.280 --> 0:39:23.640 as well as the Michigan Texas game and the Pitt 0:39:23.680 --> 0:39:25.680 in Cincinnati game that Kyle talked about. But the big 0:39:25.719 --> 0:39:28.640 one on Sunday, Dolphins and Jacks. Kyle, just real quick, 0:39:28.880 --> 0:39:30.480 tell us a couple of things. You're looking forward to 0:39:30.480 --> 0:39:33.040 that game, and who do you think takes the openers? 0:39:33.040 --> 0:39:36.280 If the Dolphins for there would be their fourth consecutive 0:39:36.360 --> 0:39:37.000 opening day win. 0:39:37.520 --> 0:39:38.040 Is that what you have? 0:39:38.800 --> 0:39:41.120 Yeah, you can put me down for Dolphins win. I 0:39:41.200 --> 0:39:43.719 think this is gonna be a close game. I think 0:39:43.800 --> 0:39:46.680 Jacksonville has done a lot of nice things between the 0:39:46.680 --> 0:39:50.360 addition of defensive coordinator Ryan Nielsen, with all their physical 0:39:50.400 --> 0:39:53.120 talent that they have on the defensive side of the ball. 0:39:53.160 --> 0:39:55.800 The reinvestment in wide receivers kind of changed the dynamics 0:39:55.800 --> 0:40:02.200 for Trevor Lawrence. I think for my Miami's perspective, their 0:40:02.280 --> 0:40:04.720 skill players, I think are going to create some space 0:40:04.719 --> 0:40:07.799 against the back seven. Though I look at the safety room, 0:40:07.880 --> 0:40:09.440 I look at the linebacker room, I look at the 0:40:09.440 --> 0:40:13.640 corners outside of Tyson Campbell for Jacksonville, I think Mike 0:40:13.719 --> 0:40:16.080 McDaniel can do a lot of really good things to 0:40:16.239 --> 0:40:20.400 create space with that group. And I kind of trust 0:40:20.440 --> 0:40:23.920 Miami to have more pressure answers when they're on offense 0:40:23.920 --> 0:40:28.359 against Jacksonville's defense. Because Trevor's throwing two gave Davis wasn't 0:40:28.360 --> 0:40:30.919 here last year, Brian Thomas wasn't here last year. There's 0:40:30.960 --> 0:40:32.920 a lot of new in that wide receiver room. So 0:40:33.640 --> 0:40:36.480 I think those are some of the storylines that will 0:40:36.520 --> 0:40:39.360 play into what I think will be a hard earned 0:40:39.400 --> 0:40:41.239 Dolphins victory at hard Rock State. 0:40:41.640 --> 0:40:43.359 I think it's one of the best matchups of Week one, 0:40:43.440 --> 0:40:46.080 quite frankly, looking up and down the schedule outside of 0:40:46.080 --> 0:40:48.279 the primetime games, which are loaded, by the way, and 0:40:48.320 --> 0:40:50.720 I can't wait to well, we're recording this before Thursday. 0:40:50.760 --> 0:40:52.960 But the Chiefs and Ravens and Packers and Eagles is good. 0:40:52.960 --> 0:40:55.680 And Jets and Niners and Lions and Rams. Those are 0:40:55.760 --> 0:40:57.600 my I love when the primetime slants like that because 0:40:57.600 --> 0:40:59.480 I don't get to watch any other games on Sundays 0:40:59.480 --> 0:41:01.880 because I'm watching it and covering the Dolphins game. So 0:41:02.239 --> 0:41:04.920 a great Week one slate, a great Week three, no 0:41:05.080 --> 0:41:07.560 Week two slate in college football. You can find him 0:41:07.560 --> 0:41:11.160 on Twitter at grind the Tape, Lockdown Dolphins Podcast, Draft 0:41:11.239 --> 0:41:13.520 lead for the thirty third team All Star Dad, a 0:41:13.560 --> 0:41:17.280 decent deadlifter, great Robert Downey junior impressionist. 0:41:16.719 --> 0:41:19.280 Pumpy breaks Key, that man's national treasure. 0:41:19.600 --> 0:41:20.480 He is Kyle Crabs. 0:41:20.520 --> 0:41:22.279 Kyle, thank you so much for your time today, my friend. 0:41:22.480 --> 0:41:24.080 It's always fun having you on the show. 0:41:24.440 --> 0:41:25.320 Thanks Travis. 0:41:25.560 --> 0:41:27.120 And he's off and so are we. 0:41:27.400 --> 0:41:31.799 With the last podcast before we have a football game 0:41:31.840 --> 0:41:35.520 in twenty twenty four for your Miami Dolphins. 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