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Speaker 1: am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to bring
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Speaker 1: It's a football Friday and a fan Friday. You know
Speaker 1: the drill John con Jemmy is getting loose in the
Speaker 1: bullpen and he's got his A plus stuff. Today we're
Speaker 1: gonna go pick the week eleven games, give you a
Speaker 1: three pack of games for college football this weekend, and
Speaker 1: answer your questions, including a few non football questions. I'm
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Speaker 1: here on Drivetime and welcome in John Kjemmy and joining
Speaker 1: me as he does every Friday here on the Drive
Speaker 1: Time podcast is John Kjemmy. John, we had two wins
Speaker 1: and five days both at hard Rock Stadium. Made for
Speaker 1: a fun couple of days there at the ballpark. How
Speaker 1: are you doing, man? How's it going for you this week?
Speaker 1: I'm doing great, Travis. You know that that last win
Speaker 1: against the Baltimore Ravens put me in a long line
Speaker 1: of people that I've talked to during the weeks saying
Speaker 1: why didn't expect to see that? And you know I
Speaker 1: was happy that we did. You know, it was a
Speaker 1: dominating performance by the defense holding Jackson, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: limiting him on the ground and explosive plays and that
Speaker 1: that defense was just spectacular. So I'm fired up and
Speaker 1: see if we can keep it going here on the
Speaker 1: road against the hated New York Jeds. I love that
Speaker 1: you said that. I don't know if you remember this
Speaker 1: from Thursday night, but the Xavian Howard scoop and score
Speaker 1: was the most kind of emotion I think I've shown
Speaker 1: this season, at least, you know, after the Patriots game,
Speaker 1: because that was a fun victory and the Bills game
Speaker 1: got away so quickly that there wasn't much to celebrate.
Speaker 1: The Raiders game kind of went in that direction. I
Speaker 1: think the Landed Roberts pick six is probably a fun
Speaker 1: one there. But I don't know if you remember, but
Speaker 1: I kind of like nudged you and Seth because they
Speaker 1: put set down there with us, and I was I
Speaker 1: was pretty fired up, man, Like that was that was
Speaker 1: a big moment this season for us. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: there hadn't been a whole lot to get excited about
Speaker 1: because the expectations have been so high for the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins this season, at least going into it. And now
Speaker 1: you've got some players and plays that are starting to
Speaker 1: become a trend. And it's a good trend. It's not
Speaker 1: it's not a negative trend. Uh. Xavien Howard, what can
Speaker 1: you say? Punch out scoop score? I mean, and there
Speaker 1: was a lot of jerseys the same colors as his
Speaker 1: out in front of him. So it's just not great
Speaker 1: individual effort. But I think this team is starting to
Speaker 1: feel like, you know, I can make a play or
Speaker 1: I can contribute to somebody else making a play, and
Speaker 1: just by doing your job and letting Kunnel the superstars
Speaker 1: do their work. That's why they're getting paid the hefty
Speaker 1: salaries to make plays like that. And and x really
Speaker 1: did a great job on that one. That was great
Speaker 1: to see. You can definitely tell Xavian Howard was a
Speaker 1: high school running back on that run back. And I'm
Speaker 1: glad you mentioned the blockers too, because Javon Holland got
Speaker 1: down there made a big block, and it reminds me
Speaker 1: of the Arizona scoop and score last year by Shack Lawson,
Speaker 1: which was punched out by Emmanuel Ogba, and Brandon Jones
Speaker 1: came screaming out of nowhere for a huge block on
Speaker 1: that touchdown run. So anytime you get one of those
Speaker 1: scoop and scores usually have some good blocks down the field.
Speaker 1: You mentioned the hated Jets, and we go up to
Speaker 1: to the meadow lands this time around. We'll be back
Speaker 1: down here about a month but that Jet defense right now, John,
Speaker 1: they're struggling. And when that's the case, I mean, if
Speaker 1: if you look at the coverage numbers for this team,
Speaker 1: whether it's safety, cornerback, or linebacker, it's really across the board,
Speaker 1: they're having a tough time. So my question for you is,
Speaker 1: when you go against a team that is struggling in
Speaker 1: that regard, how do you want to attack them. Is
Speaker 1: it more about trying to find the one area that
Speaker 1: you think they're struggling the most in or is it
Speaker 1: something you try to get your particular guy of the football. Like,
Speaker 1: when you go up against a team that's really having
Speaker 1: a tough time across the board, what's your approach in
Speaker 1: a game like that That that's a tough balancing act
Speaker 1: because your initial reaction is let's attack them where they're
Speaker 1: the weakest. And I think that's a big consideration, But
Speaker 1: when you kind of take a step back, it's all
Speaker 1: about what you do well as an offense matched up
Speaker 1: against the deficiencies of the New York Jets and their defense. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, when you take a look at the numbers,
Speaker 1: which I'm sure you you you're all over. I mean,
Speaker 1: the Jets don't do anything particularly well on defense. I
Speaker 1: mean they're their rank last in total yards and passing
Speaker 1: yards are next to last, and rushing yards there there,
Speaker 1: you know it rivals those two numbers that I talked
Speaker 1: about about twenty nine. Uh, they give up the most
Speaker 1: points in the league. So as an offense, what do
Speaker 1: the Dolphins do well? Okay, they get to a back.
Speaker 1: He's probably gonna be much healthier than he was against
Speaker 1: the Ravens um even though he looked like he was
Speaker 1: once he got into the flow, he could make any
Speaker 1: any throw on the field, which was great to see.
Speaker 1: So what do you do? You go to your playmakers
Speaker 1: because that's been the bread and butter of the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphin offensive. There's anything you can hang your hat on
Speaker 1: besides getting the goose egg last week. Mike Asiki has
Speaker 1: been a playmaker. Okay, Jalen Waddle for all we talk
Speaker 1: about wanting to get him on more explosive plays. He's
Speaker 1: been dependable, he's been durable, he's been run after cat.
Speaker 1: She does all those things. So let's go through those
Speaker 1: two guys again. That's where it starts, right, go through
Speaker 1: those two guys, and if one is taken away, you
Speaker 1: hope that Albert Wilson, you know, took a step forward
Speaker 1: last week. Isaiah Ford took a step forward last week.
Speaker 1: Adam Shaheen took a step forward last week. You have answers, right,
Speaker 1: So I think it all starts what do you do
Speaker 1: well on offense, and then you kind of matchin and
Speaker 1: marry that up to Hey, the Jets are pretty much
Speaker 1: not good across the board on defense, meaning they haven't
Speaker 1: had anything to say, well, at least, this is so
Speaker 1: good that we don't have to worry about it. So
Speaker 1: I think the Dolphins run their offense, go through their playmakers,
Speaker 1: and let their decision maker to a tongue of ioloa,
Speaker 1: dictate what you can do with the offense, pushing it
Speaker 1: through the air, and if you get a little bit
Speaker 1: of run help, that's gonna really bolster the attack. I'm
Speaker 1: really glad you mentioned Albert Wilson because going back and
Speaker 1: watching the tape of that game, the reason they sprung
Speaker 1: that that blown coverage to really put that game pretty
Speaker 1: much on I at the end there was because they
Speaker 1: had to run a bunch of those jet motion looks
Speaker 1: and eventually the Ravens just lost track of him, and
Speaker 1: that can happen when you have a couple of guys
Speaker 1: like a Waddle and a Wilson that have that not
Speaker 1: just vertical speed, but horizontal speed. So I'm with you.
Speaker 1: It was great to see him back in the fold.
Speaker 1: Hopefully he keeps this thing going. You mentioned Waddle and Gisicky.
Speaker 1: Maybe we get Fuller and Parker back here down the
Speaker 1: line eventually and they can finally see this offense at
Speaker 1: its full peak that we expected back in training camp,
Speaker 1: and an offense that really had a lot of good
Speaker 1: practices back in August. But that's for another day. And
Speaker 1: you mentioned, you know, this Jets defense, and if there
Speaker 1: is one thing John, that I think they do do well,
Speaker 1: it's that their pressure comes primarily from their two guys inside,
Speaker 1: and both of them, you know, Quentin Williams and John
Speaker 1: Frank Lamers. They're kind of like Christian Wilkins in the
Speaker 1: sense that they can play across the entire defensive line.
Speaker 1: But I was curious, as you know, a former quarterback,
Speaker 1: how do you account for a team who's the superior
Speaker 1: element of their pass rush comes from the interior opposed
Speaker 1: to the outside, Because obviously, when you have a great
Speaker 1: edge rush, you're like, you know, a Jason Taylor or
Speaker 1: a Cameron Wake. You can chip, and you can double,
Speaker 1: and you can put guys to the side, but when
Speaker 1: it's on the inside, how does that kind of protection
Speaker 1: differ when that's where the primary pressure comes from. Well,
Speaker 1: being a guy that used to like to stay in
Speaker 1: the pocket and maybe utilize the pocket stepping up, that's
Speaker 1: a problem. And no matter if you're six ft six guys,
Speaker 1: six ft five guy or you're six ft six ft
Speaker 1: one um. When you have pressure up the middle, and
Speaker 1: Frank la Myers and Williams do a great job of
Speaker 1: pushing the pocket from the middle. That means the integrity
Speaker 1: of the crown of of the pocket where where you're
Speaker 1: gonna have uh, you know, Austin Jackson and Robert Hunt
Speaker 1: and and writer you know at center kind of really
Speaker 1: setting setting a strong base in there that that's going
Speaker 1: to be important this week. And I think that you know,
Speaker 1: the ball has got to come out on time and
Speaker 1: you can control to a certain state as you mentioned
Speaker 1: those that edge rush and the pressure and those guys
Speaker 1: coming upfield because you can step up, but when there's
Speaker 1: nowhere to step up or it's crowded in there, that's
Speaker 1: where you have problems as a quarterback. So that's why
Speaker 1: I mentioned at the end of that last answer, if
Speaker 1: the Dolphins can maybe run the football a little bit
Speaker 1: more this week, and that means using shaheen and possibly
Speaker 1: using uh smythe in motion behind the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: Let's trap Williams, Let's trap Franklin Myers. Let him come
Speaker 1: upfield and take the bait and and hit him in
Speaker 1: the ear hole a couple of times, and maybe put
Speaker 1: some hesitation on that on that you know, thrust coming
Speaker 1: up the field and that that really penetration they're trying
Speaker 1: and havoc they're trying to create, and then you slow
Speaker 1: that up a little bit because they're they're they're kind
Speaker 1: of looking around saying, where's the next shot coming from.
Speaker 1: So Mikey this week to that question is it has
Speaker 1: to be pocket integrity up front. Those three guys in
Speaker 1: the inside that really have to play their best football.
Speaker 1: And I think that you kind of mix and match
Speaker 1: how you run the football effectively and how you block
Speaker 1: those guys between doubling up, getting some motion behind the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and trying to kind of take away
Speaker 1: that sprinters stance from a three technique or one technique
Speaker 1: defensive tackle. That was kind of how they used to
Speaker 1: defend Dominican Sue down here, right because he was so
Speaker 1: to pen his ears back, especially under Chris Cousarec, the
Speaker 1: now forty nine defensive line coach, who is all about
Speaker 1: that one gap get up field. And when you mentioned
Speaker 1: Durham Smith and a wham block, it takes me back
Speaker 1: to the Miami Miracle game. I don't know if we
Speaker 1: recall that game. Brandon Bolden had like a fifty yard
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown and Durham had a great wham block on
Speaker 1: that rush. That's what that kind of brings me back to.
Speaker 1: So good stuff there, John, And you talk about the offense,
Speaker 1: you know, the kind of turnaround here the last couple
Speaker 1: of weeks has been spearheaded by this Miami Dolphins defense,
Speaker 1: which of course has led to complimentary football, timely offense
Speaker 1: and some good special teams as well. But the defensive
Speaker 1: resurgence is what kind of has fans pumped up right now.
Speaker 1: So my question is can they replicate it? And you know,
Speaker 1: to kind of further that question, it's kind of on
Speaker 1: tape now right like after the last three or four
Speaker 1: games they've been showing this particular look that has adapted,
Speaker 1: of course to each each individual opponent. But at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, it's about pressure and getting that
Speaker 1: pressure andring up with the coverage. So how does Miami
Speaker 1: kind of tinker with the defensive game plan to continue
Speaker 1: doing what they do well but also to keep it fresh. Well,
Speaker 1: I think there they are going to kind of stay
Speaker 1: with that that game plan because it's worked and you
Speaker 1: mentioned you know, yeah, it's out there, it's on film,
Speaker 1: and there's always been a belief if I can go
Speaker 1: on the other side of the football and offense that
Speaker 1: if you can just capitalize on one big play versus
Speaker 1: pressure versus zero coverage meaning nobody in the middle of
Speaker 1: the football field, everybody's playing man coverage, the defense may
Speaker 1: back off. Now you don't have to do it a lot,
Speaker 1: but if Joe Flacco, who's making his first start in
Speaker 1: a long time, can go one for three in a
Speaker 1: big play or a touchdown, it kind of puts some
Speaker 1: hesitation in doubt and maybe Josh Bowyer's mind about, hey,
Speaker 1: do we want to show him that again? But you
Speaker 1: still need to see it first. You have to prove
Speaker 1: it to the defense to get him out of that.
Speaker 1: So if I'm if I'm the Dolphins this week, I'm
Speaker 1: coming after Joe Flacco, daring those guys that say, hey,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and beat me. You know, one of
Speaker 1: the best in football couldn't do it last week. Not
Speaker 1: only could he not beat us through the air, he
Speaker 1: couldn't even escape and use his legs. And that's where
Speaker 1: it probably arguably he's a most dangerous So I would
Speaker 1: I would say a guy that the Jets sound like
Speaker 1: they're banking on to one get rid of the football
Speaker 1: on time, No worry, He's going with the football and
Speaker 1: located so they can make big plays. I'd have to
Speaker 1: see it first, right I have to. I have to
Speaker 1: let Joe Flacco prove it to me. And if he
Speaker 1: does with any type of consistency, that's where you maybe
Speaker 1: see the Dolphins go to Plan B or Plan C.
Speaker 1: But right now, I'm coming after it. I'm and mix
Speaker 1: it up a little bit because I'm I don't want
Speaker 1: to give the Jets free field position or a free touchdown,
Speaker 1: but I do want to play right on the edge again.
Speaker 1: I want to get right on the edge. Show a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff up front. Maybe you get some communication, misscommunication,
Speaker 1: with the offensive line and running backs and you and
Speaker 1: you hit home on a couple of big sacks again.
Speaker 1: And actually, now that you mentioned that, going back over
Speaker 1: the tape last year from I think it was Week six,
Speaker 1: the shutout of performance this Dolphins defense put out there
Speaker 1: against Joe Flacco on a different Jets team and different
Speaker 1: coaching staff. But he he did try that a couple
Speaker 1: of times too. Byron Jones, I red call him trying
Speaker 1: to basically get a lot on one chance and just
Speaker 1: throw that thing up there and hope for the best.
Speaker 1: And it never worked for them in that game. So
Speaker 1: I like the Dolphins chances there with with xaviing Howard
Speaker 1: and Byron Jones doing their thing off the outside. But
Speaker 1: that's a great point, John, And to kind of finish
Speaker 1: this thing up before the mailbag, the Dolphins will win
Speaker 1: this game, John, if well, unfortunately, I think this is
Speaker 1: going to be a game that mirrors the Texans game
Speaker 1: to a certain extent, where it's if you can win
Speaker 1: the turnover margin, if you can handle sudden change, if
Speaker 1: a turnover happens both on offense and on defense, and
Speaker 1: this off fense, the Dolphin offense can score a couple
Speaker 1: of touchdowns so they don't have to settle for red
Speaker 1: zone field goals. Then the spread gets from a seventeen
Speaker 1: nine Texans game to a ten three ten type of game.
Speaker 1: That's where I'm seeing it because even though these teams
Speaker 1: like to give up points defensively, the offenses have struggled
Speaker 1: even with maybe good field position or consistency. So I
Speaker 1: feel like it's gonna be a little bit of back
Speaker 1: and forth where it's field position, turn over here, sudden change,
Speaker 1: who reacts better, and if the Dolphins can win margin
Speaker 1: sudden change touchdowns in the red zone, they come away
Speaker 1: with a fourteen to seventeen point victory. That was kind
Speaker 1: of the script last year in both those games to
Speaker 1: a strong defensive performance from Miami and offense had their
Speaker 1: timely hits when they got them, and so they kind
Speaker 1: of found their way into those exact same wins. Like
Speaker 1: you mentioned there, good stuff, John, That's got a couple
Speaker 1: of male bad questions. You ready for those? Yes, let's go,
Speaker 1: I asked, I told you before, and I had a
Speaker 1: tricky question for you. I didn't want to prime you
Speaker 1: four because I want to to be really authentic here.
Speaker 1: I cheated, though, I went ahead and looked ahead. So
Speaker 1: this question comes from at Brian Minehart. Uh he asked
Speaker 1: what Dolphins players have developed on the practice squad and
Speaker 1: ended up having a productive NFL career, or any team
Speaker 1: for that matter. And again I went back and looked
Speaker 1: from up until the current team, and I have a
Speaker 1: couple of guys that actually we're on the Dolphins practice
Speaker 1: squad and went on to successful NFL careers. Can you
Speaker 1: think of anyone that comes to your mind off the
Speaker 1: top of your head, John Wow, I mean I would
Speaker 1: have to say, maybe Nick need him. I don't know
Speaker 1: if he was ever on the practice squad, but a
Speaker 1: guy that was unknown that that's having a pretty good
Speaker 1: career from coming you know, from from the street or
Speaker 1: from a guy that wasn't highly regarded, to a guy
Speaker 1: that gets a lot of playing time and in any
Speaker 1: given week and can play at a really high level. Um,
Speaker 1: I maybe, uh Guabin, I don't know if he's gonna,
Speaker 1: you know, turn out to be a guy that was, uh,
Speaker 1: you're highly regarded. I think he might have been on
Speaker 1: the practice squad. So there's just a couple of guys that,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't know if Seiler was a guy
Speaker 1: that was on the Ravens practice squad that now is
Speaker 1: with the Dolphins and playing you know, highly impactful plays
Speaker 1: on on that defensive line. But just recently that those
Speaker 1: are the names that kind of come to mind. No,
Speaker 1: you checked all the boxes. That was fantastic and need
Speaker 1: him did start his rookie season on the practice squad,
Speaker 1: got called up, and you might recall he had a
Speaker 1: difficult preseason and the fans were pretty tough on him
Speaker 1: on Twitter, and then he got the call up and
Speaker 1: he started playing well right away. And here he is,
Speaker 1: you know, in his third year in the NFL, and
Speaker 1: he's he's a pretty solid player. I'm glad you mentioned Seiler.
Speaker 1: He was on my list as well, but I went
Speaker 1: a little bit further back than you here. So Chris
Speaker 1: Hogan was on the squad and seven eleven, that's right,
Speaker 1: And although he didn't make it here, he obviously had
Speaker 1: a great career with the Patriots up there in the
Speaker 1: a f C East. The Dolphins also signed Michael Thomas
Speaker 1: off the forty nine practice squad and then he would
Speaker 1: go on to seal the very next game he played
Speaker 1: by picking off Tom Brady in the end zone. What
Speaker 1: a great story that was. He then went on to
Speaker 1: have a great special team's career and had his hand
Speaker 1: in all kinds of social impact committees. A great ambassador
Speaker 1: of the game, great guys, one of the best guys
Speaker 1: that ever was right a captain for this team for
Speaker 1: a couple of years there, and then Jesse Davis was
Speaker 1: on the twenty six team practice squad and he is
Speaker 1: still here starting on the offensive line. So those were
Speaker 1: some of the names I had. That was fantastic. You
Speaker 1: pulled the three names that I didn't go to. I
Speaker 1: went back further for three names. So there you go, Brian,
Speaker 1: You've got six names. They're just on the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: I'd be curious to hear some other guys. I think
Speaker 1: James Harrison of the Steelers was a practice squad guy
Speaker 1: once upon time, and he went on to have basically
Speaker 1: almost a Hall of Fame level career. So they're out there,
Speaker 1: they're out there. Yeah, you know, you never know what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen when you're on the practice squad. And especially
Speaker 1: over the last couple of years with with COVID and
Speaker 1: and guys getting bounced up, up and down the line,
Speaker 1: it seemed like on a weekly basis, You're only a
Speaker 1: play away, no matter if you're on the practice spot,
Speaker 1: if you're a backup guy, or you're first, you know,
Speaker 1: a first or second or third or fourth round draft choice.
Speaker 1: You know, things happen in this league and you always
Speaker 1: have to be ready. And we've seen it happen in
Speaker 1: a number of occasions and multiple positions this year with
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. Absolutely. The Dolphins actually just signed Jamal Perry
Speaker 1: back to off the practice squad after he was down
Speaker 1: on the practice squad most of the season. I think
Speaker 1: Elijah Campbell missed practice, he missed the last game as well,
Speaker 1: so he's been kind of banged up as one of
Speaker 1: those core special teamers who I think had a pretty
Speaker 1: good season in that role. Maybe Perry comes up and
Speaker 1: replaces him in that role if he can't go on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Next question here from Hypocritics, I think is his name.
Speaker 1: Did you notice Miami was spreading Baltimore out more than
Speaker 1: they have this season? I'd love to see some more
Speaker 1: spread going forward. Also, like the way they're getting Albert
Speaker 1: Wilson involved. So John, did you see them kind of
Speaker 1: use more spacing against Baltimore on offense? I thought they
Speaker 1: I thought they had a good plan against Baltimore, and
Speaker 1: I did see a lot of guys in different positions.
Speaker 1: We saw some motion, you know, with Albert, and I'd
Speaker 1: like to see Jalen kind of maybe adapted into that
Speaker 1: role some too, with some fly and jet sweep and
Speaker 1: and I don't know what they're calling it, behind the
Speaker 1: quarterback orbit motion. Maybe that you're going around and and
Speaker 1: and move him around a little bit more too. And
Speaker 1: if we're at the point now where you know, we
Speaker 1: can adapt and move a little bit more, I'd like
Speaker 1: to see Jalen kind of in that role that Albert
Speaker 1: kind of re reconstructed and brought back to the forefront.
Speaker 1: It was nice to see him and get involved. That's
Speaker 1: a great point. The Dolphins coaches this week actually talked
Speaker 1: about how much they have put on their rookies plates,
Speaker 1: and I mean, why would you right now waddle Phillips
Speaker 1: and Holland. You know, the top three picks in this
Speaker 1: year's class are playing a whole bunch of football and
Speaker 1: playing some of the best ball on the team. And
Speaker 1: it's almost like the converse of that rookie wall thing
Speaker 1: like you talk about there. As they get more and
Speaker 1: more comfortable here, maybe they have the best parts of
Speaker 1: their season down the backstretch here for the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: That's a great point right there. One more question for
Speaker 1: you here, John, and we normally have a one per
Speaker 1: customer rule around here, but Brian Minehart again asked another
Speaker 1: question that I couldn't ignore with you on the podcast, John.
Speaker 1: He asks who makes the key line hies that you
Speaker 1: guys torture us with every single week. Now. I don't
Speaker 1: know the answer to that part, John, do you? And
Speaker 1: if no, can you give Brian here a key line
Speaker 1: pie recommendation? Being that you've got way more South Florida
Speaker 1: residency years on on me than I've been down here?
Speaker 1: You know, we I can and I can't think of
Speaker 1: the name, but I've promise to get it, uh for
Speaker 1: a forum next week. Um. There's a place on Orange
Speaker 1: Drive And actually the Dolphins do a great job with
Speaker 1: their employees. They give a list out of different pies
Speaker 1: that you can purchase for Thanksgiving or they will give
Speaker 1: out on Thanksgiving to the employees. And I believe the
Speaker 1: places right on Orange Drive between University and the Turnpike
Speaker 1: UM exit ramps there on the south side of of
Speaker 1: of of Griffin Road Orange and Griffin right there, and
Speaker 1: I'll get the name. I don't have it, uh, right
Speaker 1: right in front of me right now, but that's the play.
Speaker 1: He's key line pie, pumpkin pie, banana cream pie, anything
Speaker 1: you want, They've got the best. I am literally going
Speaker 1: to hold you to that because my brother and his
Speaker 1: kids are coming to town for Thanksgiving and I have
Speaker 1: to go do all the shopping and that sounds perfect,
Speaker 1: so I need I need that name. Whatever you can
Speaker 1: get at John, I appreciate that, man, no problem. I'll
Speaker 1: work on that and and have that for Uce at
Speaker 1: the top of the show. How was that sounds good?
Speaker 1: And then I'll put it out there on Twitter as
Speaker 1: well so Brian can see that. John. That's all I
Speaker 1: got for you today, Man. I appreciate your time. Um,
Speaker 1: we'll be back for a nice little homestand here in
Speaker 1: a few weeks after the trips of the Jets, so
Speaker 1: we'll see you at the at the Stadium, and of
Speaker 1: course every single Friday except next week. No Friday podcast
Speaker 1: with John for the Thanksgiving week, but other than that,
Speaker 1: we'll have you back every single week. John. Thank you
Speaker 1: so much, man, You're the man. Appreciate it. You got it.
Speaker 1: Good to be with you and hopefully we get a
Speaker 1: win up there in New York. That'd be great. Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: enjoy your thanksgiving John, you too, And there he goes.
Speaker 1: He really says it all every time he comes on
Speaker 1: Drive time. Here on the Friday edition of the podcast,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and continue the mailbag here a few
Speaker 1: more questions from you all. We also have a written
Speaker 1: piece up on Miami Dolphins dot com this weekend answering
Speaker 1: a few more of your questions. I really appreciate you
Speaker 1: guys writing into the podcast and letting us know what
Speaker 1: you think. Asking some questions for John and I as
Speaker 1: well as myself. Let's first one to hear from at
Speaker 1: Patty Perk, and this is off football topic. Who was
Speaker 1: the best character from the hit children's cartoon Doug? Right
Speaker 1: up my alley, Pat, I grew up on stick Stickley
Speaker 1: summer programming. You go outside and play whiffleball or football
Speaker 1: or whatever, you come back in and get a popsicle
Speaker 1: watching episode of Doug or Hey Arnold. Those were two
Speaker 1: institutions in my household, and my answer would be the
Speaker 1: same for both shows. It's the best friend of our hero,
Speaker 1: right Arnold and Doug Gerald and Skeeter. Everybody needs a
Speaker 1: Gerald or Skeeter to really both provide a moral compass
Speaker 1: but also be that ride or dive home that you
Speaker 1: need in your life. And you know who else is
Speaker 1: gonna stand up to Roger Class or speak fondly about
Speaker 1: you to Addie Maine. So for me, it's Skeeter all
Speaker 1: the way. Next question from at finn fan from Illinois five.
Speaker 1: When will Jared Oakes get his chance? And actually Brian
Speaker 1: Flores address this on Wednesday, I believe it was, and
Speaker 1: he said that Jared is doing a good job learning
Speaker 1: the game plan every single week that he takes, that
Speaker 1: that he takes the approach that he's gonna be out there,
Speaker 1: and that's what you want from your guys. And when
Speaker 1: the opportunity presents itself, coach said, I think he'll be ready.
Speaker 1: And then this is just me speaking now, and this
Speaker 1: is in no way me saying that I think this
Speaker 1: would be what Jared's obstacle to overcome is. But generally speaking,
Speaker 1: past protection is such a big part of the position.
Speaker 1: In one area, I think folks tend to gloss over
Speaker 1: a little bit. I actually think it's an area that
Speaker 1: Miami needs to be better at across the board in
Speaker 1: the second half of the season, But there's a lot
Speaker 1: more that goes into that position than just running the football.
Speaker 1: So coach Flores talks about there he's working his way
Speaker 1: into trying to find a role when it presents himself
Speaker 1: at Tiller Sports asks why is uh in keeping? Secrets
Speaker 1: of Silent Earth three, the greatest album by Coheed and Cambria.
Speaker 1: If you guys are not familiar, I'm sure most of
Speaker 1: you are not. They are a sort of progressive emo
Speaker 1: rock band from the earlier two thousand's there's still going
Speaker 1: on today and my favorite all time band. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a tremendous record. I think most Coheed fans were
Speaker 1: probably introduced to the band by a favorite house Atlantic.
Speaker 1: They're kind of main song besides Welcome Home, The Crowing
Speaker 1: is an ex sensational ballad of sorts. The title track
Speaker 1: is a song I've played probably a thousand times in
Speaker 1: my life. Al the Killer a nice change of pace.
Speaker 1: There's just so much variety in that record. It's a
Speaker 1: phenomenal record. But what if I told you that I
Speaker 1: was a second stage turbine blade guy and it's a
Speaker 1: perfect track from one through eleven, including the bonus track
Speaker 1: I Robot so always going to talk to a fellow
Speaker 1: child of the fence. But yeah, Coheed Forever Many the
Speaker 1: best band of all time. Let's end with this one
Speaker 1: from the great Jason Sarny. He's at Jason Underscore Sarny.
Speaker 1: Check out his website Finns Maniacs as well. Better dynamic
Speaker 1: duo Pat and Sam. That's Patrick Certain and Sam Madison,
Speaker 1: Zack and j T Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor or
Speaker 1: Dan Marino and O J McDuffie or Larry and Leon
Speaker 1: from Curb Your Enthusiasm be honest. He says, you're killing
Speaker 1: me here, Sarni. And look, you know I tweeted about
Speaker 1: this this week that Curb Your Enthusiasm has the best
Speaker 1: TV relationship of all time Larry and Leon, and it's
Speaker 1: also a top ten all time show because to me,
Speaker 1: Larry is genuinely hilarious. It's just all jokes, and it's authentic,
Speaker 1: and it's inadvertently entirely inclusive, which is what I love
Speaker 1: about it. Like it's not preachier in your face, it's
Speaker 1: just great jokes and it's it's it's the best one
Speaker 1: of the best shows there is. And since one of
Speaker 1: these things is not like the other, and Larry and Leon,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take those guys. If you haven't seen Curb,
Speaker 1: go watch it. And the evolution of Larry and Leon
Speaker 1: throw I think eleven seasons now the absolute best. Our
Speaker 1: college three packed this week takes us across the nation
Speaker 1: of the college football landscape, I should say, and we
Speaker 1: start here with number twelve, Wake Forest at Clemson. Andrew
Speaker 1: Booth is a top cornerback prospect in this year's class. Long,
Speaker 1: great recovery speed, good ball skills. Keep eye on him
Speaker 1: in this high powered wake Forest offense that has posted
Speaker 1: up seventy points this season a couple of times, I think.
Speaker 1: And then on the other side of the football, Justin
Speaker 1: Ross is a really polished receiver prospect who was actually
Speaker 1: one of the kind of top level guys a couple
Speaker 1: of years back when they had te Higgins and I'm
Speaker 1: forgetting someone else off the top of my head, oh
Speaker 1: Maari Rodgers. He was in that mix of those guys,
Speaker 1: but he had a bad, really serious neck injury. But
Speaker 1: he's back and he's kind of working his way back
Speaker 1: to that full speed again, So keep an eye on
Speaker 1: him and then defensive end Xavier Thomas. He's got perhaps
Speaker 1: the best bend in this entire class outside of Cavon Thibodeaux,
Speaker 1: and he can really corner after taking the inside shoulder
Speaker 1: of the tackle and creating that proverbial kind of swinging
Speaker 1: gate of that tackle where he angles that thing inside.
Speaker 1: He's a stand up rusher, very explosive off the edge,
Speaker 1: both against the pass and run like you want to
Speaker 1: see somebody flag down those wide zone runs away from them.
Speaker 1: Thomas is your guy on wake Forest. I'm going back
Speaker 1: to the receiver position here. I've got one guy I
Speaker 1: really like, Jaquari Robertson. Really smooth with a route runner
Speaker 1: and impressive athlete. We talked earlier this week about Jalen
Speaker 1: Waddle kind of creating blind spots in his route running.
Speaker 1: Robertson can do that as well. Number seven Michigan State.
Speaker 1: Number four Ohio State. What a great matchup this is.
Speaker 1: I mean, this Ohio State offense is my favorite thing
Speaker 1: to watch in the country right now. I think we
Speaker 1: all need to see Ohio State versus Georgia at some
Speaker 1: point in the playoffs, that great offense versus what, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, is the greatest defense in college football history,
Speaker 1: and in fact, I think this Ohio State offense is
Speaker 1: on the same level of Obama and LS hues from
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen with Jamaar Chase and Joe Burrow and Justin
Speaker 1: Jefferson versus two a tongue of Byloa and uh Jalen
Speaker 1: Waddle and Davante Smith and Jerry Judy and all those guys.
Speaker 1: My personal favorite in this game. Everyone loves Chris olav
Speaker 1: and he's great, but I like Garrett Wilson. He's a
Speaker 1: really great route or a tough guy with the football
Speaker 1: in his hands, and just one of those alpha type
Speaker 1: of dudes. On the other side, Kenneth Walker has been
Speaker 1: the best running back in the country. Big test for
Speaker 1: him here against Ohio State to try to keep up
Speaker 1: with that offense. Excellent content, act, balance, quickness behind the line,
Speaker 1: changes the angle on tacklers. He does it all and
Speaker 1: by the way, on the other side of the football,
Speaker 1: House States freshman running back absolute stud too, but of
Speaker 1: course he's not eligible for the draft. Another Michigan State
Speaker 1: skill player I like is Jaden Reid. Absolutely electric with
Speaker 1: the football in his hands going out to the pack
Speaker 1: twelve you're number three Organ versus twenty four Utah. My
Speaker 1: coos didn't get the win last week. They would have
Speaker 1: kept them in contention for the Pac twelve North title,
Speaker 1: but that's okay. They weren't up to that test. And
Speaker 1: Organ is hopefully going to crash the college football party
Speaker 1: this year for the first time for the Pack twelve
Speaker 1: since I think it was when you dub went, So
Speaker 1: I'm excited about that. But keep getting these wins against
Speaker 1: these teams that you should be Organ. But Devin Lloyd
Speaker 1: for Utah, the outside linebacker prospect, is an absolute monster.
Speaker 1: He does everything. He's almost like a Jerome Baker type
Speaker 1: in that way that he can play all three phases
Speaker 1: of the game and never come off the football field.
Speaker 1: Anthony Brown and the Organ running game, that's their quarterback.
Speaker 1: And with Travis Die there, or rather Troy Die there
Speaker 1: along with c. J. Verdell, who's hurt right now. But
Speaker 1: I think that those two guys, and also the kind
Speaker 1: of speed mesh concepts they can run in the passing game,
Speaker 1: will be a great test for a guy like Devon Lloyd,
Speaker 1: who is my favorite linebacker the entire class. And we've
Speaker 1: talked about Oregon a bunch came on. Thibodeau. You know
Speaker 1: about him. He's gonna go number one in the draft,
Speaker 1: of my opinion. One guy we haven't mentioned is center
Speaker 1: Alex Forsyth. This is an offensive line factory over the
Speaker 1: last several years, and that's Mario Cristo Bals working in
Speaker 1: at play there. And it's the same principle as you'd
Speaker 1: expect for Mario Crystabal offensive lineman, tough, smart, dependable and
Speaker 1: gets great push in the run game. So I'll take
Speaker 1: uh yeah, just give me the favorites, Give me wake Forest,
Speaker 1: give me a house day, give me Oregan. That works
Speaker 1: out every week, doesn't it? It really doesn't. But whatever,
Speaker 1: who cares? My real picks I care about are the NFL,
Speaker 1: which I've been struggling lately. Last week was better. I
Speaker 1: think it was ten four and one. Let's check that
Speaker 1: out real quick, nine four and one, and that brings
Speaker 1: us to n fifty two and one on the season.
Speaker 1: Still not quite up to that we're shooting for, but
Speaker 1: we're gonna work towards that. And it started on Thursday.
Speaker 1: Don't know the outcomes, record the podcast here, but I
Speaker 1: took the Patriots over the Falcons. Didn't want to do it,
Speaker 1: but without Cordarell Patterson, I think the Falcons are gonna
Speaker 1: have a tough time getting offense going in that game.
Speaker 1: Dolphins over Jets, Bills over the Colts, although I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a closer game than most people might think.
Speaker 1: Give me the Ravens over the Bears as they bounced
Speaker 1: back after the loss to Miami last week. Titans over Texans,
Speaker 1: Cleveland over Detroit. I'm taking the Vikings over the Packers.
Speaker 1: I think the Vikings are are getting very close, and
Speaker 1: they obviously had that big win against the Chargers last week.
Speaker 1: If they're not in prime time, they tend to play
Speaker 1: pretty well, especially Kirk Cousins. I'll take the Vikings over
Speaker 1: the Packers, who were looking really sluggish last week in
Speaker 1: that win, at least offensively. Over the Seahawks. Give me
Speaker 1: the Eagles to win. I wrote down the Patriots. That's
Speaker 1: not right. Who who do the Eagles play this week?
Speaker 1: We'll come back to that game here in just one second. Ah,
Speaker 1: it was n oh, not an e Give me the
Speaker 1: Eagles over the Saints in that game. I'm going to
Speaker 1: take the Washington football team over Carolina. I think Ron
Speaker 1: Rivera gets his revenge against his former employer. San Francisco
Speaker 1: over Jacksonville. The Bengals over the Raiders. I think the
Speaker 1: Bengals kind of get things turned around here. The Raiders
Speaker 1: have had a tough couple of weeks here after that
Speaker 1: night start with the bringing up Posacci as their head coach.
Speaker 1: The Chiefs over the Cowboys. That's a tough one, but
Speaker 1: I think Kansas that you might have found in the rhythm,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna be picking them pretty much every week
Speaker 1: as I do every week, you know, going back for
Speaker 1: a few years now. I'll take the Seahawks over the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: If Kyler murray'sknock back up to full strength and full health.
Speaker 1: I don't like that offense as much. And the Seahawks,
Speaker 1: I think we'll get things going better this week, and
Speaker 1: they did last week. The Chargers over the Steelers, although
Speaker 1: there's a bunch of COVID possible misses in that game.
Speaker 1: In this game with I think Joey Bosa, Mika Fitzpatrick,
Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger still on that list as well, so we'll
Speaker 1: see what happens there. And they give me Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: over the Giants on Monday Night Football, so that's your week.
Speaker 1: Eleven picks, that's the Friday podcast. We'll have the recap
Speaker 1: show for you on Sunday night slash Monday morning, in
Speaker 1: addition to the postgame show on five six w q AM.
Speaker 1: If you're gonna be out there for the game, if
Speaker 1: you're gonna be out in New York City, Slattery's on
Speaker 1: Saturday night. The Miami Dolphins Bar out there in New
Speaker 1: York City. You don't want to miss that. Myself, Seth levitt, O,
Speaker 1: Jim mcduffee, a whole gaggle of Miami Dolphins contingency is
Speaker 1: going to be descending upon that bar on Saturday. Fans
Speaker 1: and employees and us in the podcast network can't wait
Speaker 1: to go out there and see all you guys out there.
Speaker 1: As for next week's podcast program, Thanksgiving week, no Thursday,
Speaker 1: no Friday show, Enjoy your families. I will do the
Speaker 1: exact same, will bump up the preview show to Wednesday,
Speaker 1: and we'll get rid of the Deep Dive and the
Speaker 1: Friday mail Bag podcast will take a bye week next
Speaker 1: week as we can all kind of enjoy our holiday
Speaker 1: and a short little mini by a week in the
Speaker 1: middle of the week, so to speak. My brother and
Speaker 1: his his kids are coming down for the holiday, so
Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see them and have them here
Speaker 1: and watch some football with him and do some South
Speaker 1: Florida stuff. But that's the podcast schedule next week. We'll
Speaker 1: be back to five days the following week again, so
Speaker 1: stay tuned with us here on Drive Time. In the meantime,
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