WEBVTT - Free Safety Discussion, AFC East Round Up and 2022 Draft Preview with Antwan Staley 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:16.479 Miami u N. What is up, Dolphins and welcome to 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:20.760 the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:26.120 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:29.880 It is Friday. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:32.560 as always, I am here to bring you your daily 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:36.279 dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:40.320 welcome in an old friend to the podcast and Twine Staley, 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:43.239 the first ever Dolphins beat writer that I met and 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.080 hung out with back when I was covering games for 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.560 Lockdown Dolphins. He's gonna help us go over this draft class, 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.519 break down the Dolphins off season, take a look around 0:00:52.520 --> 0:00:55.240 the a f C East, and a quick sneak peek 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:59.600 at the draft class. That's right, you heard that right. 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:03.040 The outing season never ends here on Drive Time. Plus 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:05.920 a quick tribute to one of my favorite Dolphins over 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:08.920 the last half decade. All of that more on this 0:01:09.200 --> 0:01:15.600 edition of the Drive Time Podcast before we get to 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:19.880 anything real quick. May seven, a very very special day 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:24.360 in the Wingfield household A very happy birthday to Kayalin Wingfield, 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:27.520 my beautiful wife, the beautiful mother of my child. I 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:29.520 hope you have a great day and I love you, 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.039 and I'll see you here very very shortly, in time 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:35.959 for Caroline's first birthday coming up later this month, her birthday, 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:39.240 Caroline's Birthday, and Mother's Day all in this month. It's 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.800 a busy one for me, but one of business and 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.920 sheer happiness. So very happy birthday, Boo. And that's right. 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.000 We call each other boo because it started off as 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:49.840 a joke. We first thought about pet names for each other, 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.000 and that joke stuck. Six years later, here we are. 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:55.880 So the big news this week was that Adam Schefter 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.320 reported on Twitter on Thursday, the Dolphins will say well 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:02.960 part ways with safety. Bobby McCain reports where that Malik 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.600 Hooker was in for a visit earlier this week and 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:08.080 he was having some fun with Dolphins fans on Twitter. 0:02:08.360 --> 0:02:11.040 So you can possibly if that move were to come 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:14.520 to fruition see the swap for swap idea at that 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:17.320 spot and looking at the current roster, there just isn't 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:20.880 a proven deep safety in terms of NFL experience playing 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.959 that role on the current roster. I've seen the idea 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.400 that Javon Holland slides right into that role, and maybe 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.880 he does. We'll have plenty to talk about as we 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.440 go through the summer and training camp. But Holland only 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.080 played three hundred of his career twelve hundred snaps in 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:37.399 college at the free safety position. And we know Eric 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:39.480 Rowe is more of a tight endy racer who can 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:42.120 match up in coverage. And Brandon Jones last year, as 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.400 well as at college, spent most of his time down 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.880 around the line of scrimmage and covering in the slot. 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.560 So considered that Bobby was a cornerback before he was 0:02:50.600 --> 0:02:52.800 a safety, and the same is true of Eric Rowe. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.880 And we know Brandon Jones played slot of Texas. Byron 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.399 Jones played safety in Dallas his first few years there. 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:01.200 And Noah Igbanogny has the range you might like at 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:04.079 that position as well. And again this is me speculating. 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:07.000 I'm just throwing ideas against the wall. But we know 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:11.120 that last year Igbo was focused on developing clearly on 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:13.760 the perimeter all season. Last year, they didn't even consider 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:16.400 the idea of kicking him inside to play slot cornerback. 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.200 Maybe it's one of them, maybe it's a committee, maybe 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:22.440 it includes Milique Cooker. Whatever it is, it adds another 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:26.200 layer of intrigue again to the summer program and training camp. 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.080 It'll be interesting to see how this group comes together now, 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:32.440 but I think it's apt for some appreciation here for 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.640 Bobby McCain, who was the longest tenured defensive player on 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.600 the roster, and now DeVante Parker is the last man 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:43.000 standing from that squad as the longest tenured Miami Dolphin 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:47.080 on the roster. Xaviing Howard now becomes the longest tenure 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.440 defensive player. But Bobby was a captain, an ambassador of 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.080 all things South Florida, a good ball player here for 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.640 a long time. Really wish him the best in his 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.680 next stop. I don't suspect it'll take him long to 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:02.280 find work. As far as the salary cap considerations, according 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.200 to spot rack dot com, the release as a pre 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.480 June one designation would free up five point six million 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.080 dollars in cap space with a dead money hit of 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:14.320 one point for eight million. He was owed roughly around 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:17.160 fourteen million dollars in cash over the next two years. 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.280 And again, cash is keen when it comes to the stuff, 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:22.000 and that's where the real savings from this move come 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:24.400 into play. I was kicking around the idea of doing 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:28.159 my annual ideal lineups segment where we talk about each 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.600 offensive package and defensive package from eleven personnel all the 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:35.520 way down to oh personnel to Nickel dime dollar half 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:38.120 dollar defense and all that fun stuff. But I gotta 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.359 get back to the drawing board and regroup after this 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.760 Bobby move. So we'll get to that either next week 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.440 or the following week into the summer here on the podcast. 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:47.839 And before we turn to our guest today, one of 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:50.960 the very rare occurrences where I'm recording a podcast and 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:54.640 some breaking news happens. Ian Rappaport, Adam Schefter, all the 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:57.320 big heavy hitters have it. The Dolphins have agreed to 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:01.240 a one year deal with Jason mccordy, the form Patriots cornerback, 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:04.120 And there's a story back in to start a training 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.000 camp when the Patriots auditioned him a little bit of 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:10.560 free safety and he played about fifty sixty reps over 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.520 his three seasons at that position, but has primarily been 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:17.080 a wide cornerback on the perimeter in his career. Twelve 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:20.000 year veteran, he clocked a four three forty back in 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:23.680 his scouting combine year that of course was twelve years ago, 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:28.839 but a very reliable dependable, outstanding locker room presents there 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:32.000 for Miami. A versatile player with plenty of experience, great 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.159 communication skills, all the stuff that Flores and Career talk about. 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.960 He checks those boxes. So an accomplished player, another good 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:42.599 defensive back joins this Dolphins defensive back room, and we'll 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.520 see if it's cornerback, if it's inside outside, if he's 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:49.120 the very next Brian Flores and Josh Boyer conversion to 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.719 the safety position. I'm sure he can play wherever you 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.920 ask him to. But Jason mccordy gives us deep deep 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:59.159 Dolphins secondary another name, another accomplished NFL resume there in 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.320 Jason mccordy. All right, now, let's go ahead and turn 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.720 this thing over to my guest today, and with that, 0:06:04.800 --> 0:06:07.640 let's give a warm welcome to my next guest. Dolphins 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.320 fans know him well. He's a former beat writer for 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.040 the Dolphins Wire on USA Today and he's covered a 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.280 bunch of college football over the years and currently works 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:21.160 on the Florida state beat for Tallahassee dot Com. Antoine Staley, Antoine, 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:23.640 you're just a few hours northman, Like, when are we 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.640 gonna get you back down here to South Florida hopefully 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:30.680 soon though hopefully it's some good news for Dolts will arising, 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.040 So hopefully I get down there soon for some regular 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:35.400 season games, teasing the fans of that one. I know 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:38.560 that you kind of earned this badge of honor on 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:40.960 Dolphins Twitter or maybe among the Dolphins writers. Is the 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:44.120 nicest guy. I mean, that's that's how I know you. Man, 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:45.880 So I think you got a big fan based that I 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.520 I would love to see you back down this way. Yeah, 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.000 I mean it's it's been way too old, so yeah, 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.080 I think that's this is definitely the time to do it, 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:56.760 especially with so much optimist him month Dolphin fans this year, 0:06:56.839 --> 0:07:00.200 especially coming up the tendency season. Exactly exactly right, it's 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:01.960 a fun time to be down here. And you and 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:04.760 I were joking off air a little bit about you know, 0:07:04.880 --> 0:07:07.799 I convinced myself and was trying to convince my wife 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:09.920 for about a year that doesn't get that hot, Like, yeah, 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.880 it's hot, and there's a reputation of the humidity like 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:15.280 I was full of it, man, Like I'm wrong. It's 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:18.120 it's hot. It's already hot, it's early made, it's already 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.440 very very hot out there. So that kind of leads 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:22.280 me into this question. I wanted to ask you give 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.600 me one thing you miss about South Florida, and maybe 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:27.920 the summers is the one thing you don't but one 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:29.800 thing you miss and one thing you don't miss about 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:33.160 South Florida. For me, it definitely missed being close to 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:34.880 the water and they having the ability to go to 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.240 the beach whenever I could. But yeah, I you think 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.000 it for granted to once you get down there. I 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.160 remember when I first moved down there, it was like, Yeah, 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.200 I'm gonna go to the beach every day or every 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.800 week and then just uh just kind of lounge there 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:48.880 or whatever the case may be. And then all of 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.560 a sudden you just started taking it for grantedy, like, yeah, 0:07:51.640 --> 0:07:53.560 it's the beach whatever, you know, I can go any 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.240 time that I want to. That's one thing that I 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:58.320 definitely miss. What I don't miss is kind of what 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:01.640 we touched. All the weather, ammidity, especially in the summertime 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.480 when it just gets unbearable. And then you're going to 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.000 training camp. You're sweating up there in the box and 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.680 training camp there's no air conditioning, there's no there's no fans, 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.160 like you're you're trying to write down your notes on 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.000 the computer, and then you have to go down on 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.400 the field and then it's hot on the field. Then 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.160 as you know, it's hot on the field and it 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:22.000 is actually in that boss, and it's just by the 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:24.080 time you get back to the press room, it's just 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.160 like you completely soaked, and when the yeah, you just 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.000 want to go home and take a shower, and we're lax. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:32.240 My first year at training camp was twenty nineteen with 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:34.079 Locked On Dolphins, and I footed my own bill to 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:35.680 come down here. I always say that was kind of 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:37.839 the moment that launched my career. And then I was 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:41.320 here last year with COVID protocols and everything was different, 0:08:41.320 --> 0:08:44.120 so things were different. But I remember going onto the 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:45.960 field and then I would drive back to my hotel 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.880 room and I would shower because, like you said, like 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.280 you're miserable until you get that shower, and then I 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:52.560 would finish my work after the fact, while the rest 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:54.200 of the beat guys and you included, had to go 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:56.680 back there and usually had one of those hot sandwiches 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:57.960 they would serve up to you, and then you had 0:08:58.000 --> 0:08:59.560 to sit in that little crowd of room and and 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:01.720 write your story for the day. But um, you know, 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.800 I look back at that and think like how terrible 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:06.199 it was the time. And now I'm thinking like I 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.840 want nothing more than one of those late July early 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.640 August scrumbs on the practice field because we just haven't 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.040 had that and it's like the old time, the old 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.600 way of doing things right. So my question for you, Antoine, 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:21.439 do you have your best scrum story or maybe postgame 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.079 story or something memorable that happened to you while you 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:27.040 were covering the team within talking to a player or 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.080 a coach and the other beat guys. Is there one 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:32.680 thing that stands out to you? A few things actually, 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.640 just remember like really, the training camp scrubs are kind 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.280 of the best because people, the players get so tired 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.120 of hitting each other at a certain point that like 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.400 they just want to play against somebody, know, they don't 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.280 care who it is. It could be a high school team, 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:51.240 college whoever. And then I remember just kind of uh 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:56.280 uh yeah. I remember just Jarvis Landry also talking about 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.800 that and just players getting upset and pushing each other. U. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.720 I remember probably one thing that I do remember my 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.720 last year covering the office was Mike Palsy was still 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:07.440 on the team there as well, and he was coming 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:10.079 up on the last year of his contract, and he 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:12.959 thought he in his mind, he thought that none of 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.440 us thought he was gonna play all sixteen games, and 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.320 he just had that in his mind mentally, which I 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.000 never said that. I just always wrote that he had 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.400 not played all sixteen games in such a long time. 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:26.200 So he took it as a slight and then he 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.920 pointed at every single reporter said like, you didn't think 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:30.600 I was doing You didn't think I would do it. 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:33.360 He pointed at all the reporters. I guess somebody told 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:35.560 him that we had wrote something about him, and then 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:37.920 you just got you can't do nothing but laugh. But 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.400 you know, it's you know a lot of players take 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.680 things personally. They say they don't read anything, they don't 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:45.920 read a lot of stuff, but they did. They always do, 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.680 whether they do or also other play other their family 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.320 members or people around them read it. They they're aware 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:54.439 of what you're writing and what you're saying about them 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:56.920 on Twitter and social media. So that's that's always kind 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.200 of what sticks out to be to me, that relationship 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.400 between players and coaches and the local media market is 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.520 is one of the most underrated parts about sports and 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:07.720 sports media and coverage and all that stuff, because you 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:11.280 just can't replicate that otherwise, like Flow jumping into a 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:15.440 press conference and acknowledging cam or Omar or Softed by name. 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.800 I remember last year at training camp, Softed had Soften 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:22.400 Dean of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, had quoted Flores 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:26.520 previously about something he said, I forget the material. Flow 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:28.840 disagree with the fact that he had said that. And 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.040 as Flow was coming onto the practice field around that 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:32.959 corner where the bathrooms are, like by the bubble, you 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.320 know I'm talking about, he came around from that corner 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:37.040 and he looked up at press row and all of 0:11:37.120 --> 0:11:39.280 us are sitting there, of course nobody else in the facility, 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.560 because it's just media and the players, and he looks 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.400 up and said, soft As you find that quote, and 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.760 he's like, I'm working on it. So like that, that 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:48.120 back and forth, you can't top that. It's my favorite 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:50.520 thing when it comes to sports and sports media. So, 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:53.920 speaking of talking to coach and his interaction with media, 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.000 I know you were you cover the team his first 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:59.760 year here, correct, Yeah, I was. I was coming out 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:01.839 when his first year. Yeah, so I covered him a 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:03.800 little bit before I end up leaving, so you got 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:06.240 to know him a little bit. Yeah, you know his temperament, 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.200 you know the way he answers questions. You know, he's 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:11.840 he's transparent when the question I think is is adequate 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.720 or or it's is legitimate and maybe not so much otherwise. 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.280 If you could put one question to coach right now, 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:21.400 whether it's about the draft, the off season, this upcoming season, 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:23.840 whatever it might be, do you have one question that 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.760 you would love to ask coach right now? Absolutely. I 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:29.600 think it goes back to the quarterback position. And you know, 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.920 I'm very confident and too. I know some people have 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.120 kind of you know, we're a little negative the way 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.520 the yearly ended last year, and you know the high 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:42.679 expectations playing going into Buffalo and potentially getting the playoffs. 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.600 But I would just ask him just kind of where 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.319 he sees two at this stage and also what made 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.480 him so confident into it heading into his second year 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.559 in the league too. I think late for me, they're 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:54.720 just seeing the growth that too, even though in the 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.240 off season you kind of see just physically too, it 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.720 looks a lot different than what he did last year. 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:02.480 And also getting that work in that he wasn't able 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.920 to get in last year, especially when he was he 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:08.200 he was recovering from that hip injury. There, you definitely 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.400 can see a little bit more of the confidence, and 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.160 I think that's gonna show once he comes this off 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.079 season work comes about. But yeah, that would be the 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.200 question I would ask him just that's kind of where 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:19.560 he was says, where two is at his confidence level 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:21.720 in him? Would you can kind of see it already 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:25.000 because they're showing how confident they are in him right 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.000 now just the course of the moves that they made 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.880 throughout the off season. I mean, they basically structured the 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:32.280 offense around his strengths, in my opinion, which is a 0:13:32.280 --> 0:13:34.880 phenomenal approach to take for your second year quarterback. Right, 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.360 novel concept, Let's give this kind of things that makes 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.080 him take the best you mentioned, you know, two of 0:13:40.120 --> 0:13:43.839 their his his first. I don't think there's ever been 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.720 a throne football in Dolphins practice that will be more 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.720 anticipated in the first ball he throws whenever on field 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.240 work is available to the media. We all want to 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:54.440 see that drive in that rip because, like you talked about, 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:56.719 he's jack now right, like he's looked in weights he's 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:58.280 definitely put the time in and he's ready to come 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:00.079 out and compete. I want to see the type but 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.400 drive he has in that football now, you know, a 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.079 year and a half, two years removed from that serious 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.920 hip injury. So you touched on, you know, covering flow 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:10.600 your first year here and one of my favorite exercises. 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.360 We talked about this in the Twitter Spaces conversation, which, 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:16.439 by the way, if you guys aren't familiar yet, Antoine, 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:20.520 Jason Sarney, and Waldo, I don't know Waddle's last name. 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:23.000 I know it's after he does the regular podcast. Right, 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.920 these guys do a phenomenal Twitter Spaces, which is like 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:30.160 an hour long show where it doesn't record permanently, right, 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.200 it's just a segment that's live and then it goes away. 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.680 We uh, we actually started recording it on a podcast, 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:37.840 so we've been doing it once a week two as well, 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.400 so we'll put it on a podcast. Uh, it's some 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:42.400 people don't but yeah, we thought would be a good 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:44.520 idea that so people can listen to it if they 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:47.320 don't get a chance to be on the live Spaces. Well, 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.320 it's a really cool format and I'm glad you're doing 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:50.760 that so people can go back and hear it because 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:52.320 I actually was on there and made some points that 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.440 I was pointing to some friends about how I was 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:56.520 talking about certain subjects of like you guys, gotta go here, 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.920 this and that's a great conversation, but we couldn't find it. 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:00.760 So that's good to hear. But check them out on 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.080 the Twitter spaces as well as the podcast. But as 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.080 you get ready for your number three and one of 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.240 the conversations I brought to you guys was put the 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:12.119 nineteen roster up to one roster night and day difference. Antoine, 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.640 what do you think of this Dolphins operation heading into 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:17.280 year three of this regime of Flores and Chris career. 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.160 I love the direction that they've gone in the know 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.560 now you've gotten two with some weapons and the and offensively, 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.800 I feel like they're ready to take that next step. 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.400 I feel like last year I thought this is a 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:30.400 team that could finish eight and eight, nine and seven, 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.840 But just looking at the team what they have defensively 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.960 and also offensively, I think I think they are in 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.040 playoff team. I really do. I think you look at 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.040 on the first round pick and I know we'll start 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:41.520 to get it we'll get into some of the draft 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.440 picks too as well. Uh Wattle. I definitely think having 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.040 him back with two and they already have some chemistry 0:15:47.080 --> 0:15:49.840 down anyway, even though they have not played played with 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:52.080 each other for a year, but they still You still 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:54.160 when you have that type of chemistry, it's something that 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.120 you're gonna always remember and it's always kind of it'll 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.200 come back to you, kind of like riding the bike. 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:02.120 So imagine that would be something good there too as well. 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:06.080 I like the upgrades that they made getting Holland there 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.880 from Oregon. I loved him at the safety position. Actually 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.440 before the draft started, I thought he was the number 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.600 one safety for me heading into the draft, while somebody 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:16.560 had asked me that, and I was surprised actually the 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.120 Dolphins had a chance to get him when they did. Um. 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:20.840 I know a lot of people were disappointed at the 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:22.880 running back because they didn't wann't they didn't address the 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:25.200 running back position there. But getting the guy like that 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:28.040 who can not only play the safety position but also 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.720 play also some cornerbacks position in the slot and also 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.160 all of being versatile as he is also a special 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.600 teams I definitely think that's big too as well. And 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.200 the way they addressed the offensive line too is um 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.480 and also defensively as well. Um getting a guy like 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.040 Jalen Phillips too as well, and what they did in 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:47.640 the draft. So I I love the direction this team 0:16:47.760 --> 0:16:51.320 is gone. I definitely think it. Obviously Buffalo is the 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.440 team you're trying to get now to in the a 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.000 f C East there, but I definitely think you've gone. 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.360 You've gotten a lot closer than what you were and 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.760 the expectations will be a lot high hire and then 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.720 to to this year as opposed to last year, where 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.360 you're still trying to find your way and not necessarily 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.399 sure where this team is gonna finish. I think the 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:13.680 talent level has just been significantly upgraded for the last 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.200 couple of years. I was gonna say leaps and bounds. 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:18.560 I'm glad you mentioned the offensive line because you know 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.440 I've I've always really admired Jesse Davis. What he brings 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:26.320 this football team for his flexibility is versatility, his leadership, 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.000 the way he communicates. He's a great guy, and you 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.119 know he went into the twenty nineteen season, I believe 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:35.480 after the Larrymie Tunzil trade really as the like we 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:37.359 know this is like a starter, and he was maybe 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:39.600 the only one that you could say that about. And 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:43.240 now you look, I think if the situation bears out ideally, 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:46.360 you know, and I hate saying this, ideally he's your 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.280 seventh or eighth offensive lineman because of the upgrades you 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:51.880 made or the moves you made pan out the way 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:53.679 you hope and that kind of slots him down. So 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:55.879 that kind of right there, speaks to the difference in 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.080 terms of where this roster has grown over the last 0:17:58.119 --> 0:17:59.800 three years. And that's what's supposed to happen, right you 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:01.879 add talent, they tore it down to the studs, and 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:04.399 now they're building it back up through flows vision. And 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:06.320 I think that you get that head coach right man, 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:08.440 you get that vision executed and you can really start 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:11.399 flying from there. But you touched on Jalen Waddle and 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.960 Javon Holland, which brings me into my next question, which 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:16.920 was your favorite pick of this draft? It almost sounds 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:18.520 like maybe it's Holland. You have a favorite pick in 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:22.240 the Dolphins in this draft. I think it would be Holland. 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.119 This is because I just love the thing I've noticed 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.200 about Brian Florest. And then you would know better than 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:30.560 I would. I think he likes players at a versatile 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:32.800 that can do a lot of different things and play 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.320 a lot of differencespations when you talk about offensive line, 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.040 where you can plug guys in and obviously injuries are 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:40.760 gonna happen doout the course of the year, and with Holland, 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:43.440 I definitely think that, Yeah, you can, like you say, 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:45.920 you'll have him as your traditional safety, but you can 0:18:46.040 --> 0:18:48.440