WEBVTT - Drive Time: Week 18 Variety Show with Marcel Louis Jacques

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<v Speaker 3>Now check your pulse if not for.

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<v Speaker 2>What is up? Dolphins And welcome to the Draft Time podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>part of the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network, covering your team,

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<v Speaker 2>your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host,

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<v Speaker 2>Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, the great Marcel Luis

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<v Speaker 2>Jack from ESPN joins us to break down this pivotal

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins and Bill's game. He has been on either sides

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<v Speaker 2>of the beat. He brings a fresh perspective for us

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<v Speaker 2>here on the last variety show of the regular season.

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<v Speaker 2>Plus we'll hear from head coach Mike McDaniel. I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you about legacy games and quarterbacks and playoff success,

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<v Speaker 2>and rattle off some statistics from some of the top

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<v Speaker 2>quarterbacks in the history of the league in big time

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<v Speaker 2>games that might surprise you a little bit. All of

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<v Speaker 2>that and more from the Baptist Health Studios inside the

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<v Speaker 2>Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Draft Time Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Maggie my guest today, Week eighteen variety show, last one

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<v Speaker 2>of the regular season from ESPN Marcel Louis Jack. Joining

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<v Speaker 2>me today for the final variety show of the regular

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<v Speaker 2>season is Marcel Louis Jack from ESPN, author of some

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<v Speaker 2>of my favorite stories around the team this year. Marcel,

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<v Speaker 2>welcome back in to the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Man.

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<v Speaker 1>Always good to be back and always pencil in Buffalo

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<v Speaker 1>week for a couple of appearances every season. So no man,

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<v Speaker 1>happy to talk some ball here. Got a good game

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<v Speaker 1>coming this weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the best games it reminds me of. So

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Marcel, I know you're a little bit younger

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<v Speaker 2>than I am, but I know that you have an

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<v Speaker 2>appreciation for, you know, the history of the NFL and

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<v Speaker 2>the history of sports. I mean I'm looking at a

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Jordan, excellent photo right behind your head on your

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<v Speaker 2>background here on the zoom call. Do you remember the

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<v Speaker 2>nineties Dolphins and Bills rivalry very much? And the Dan

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<v Speaker 2>Marino Jim Kelly era because this game kind of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we had Vic Fangio yesterday talking about how Josh Allen

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<v Speaker 2>kind of reminds him of John Elway, but that's like

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<v Speaker 2>the era of those quarterbacks Elway, Marino, Kelly. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>remember much about those nineties Dolphins and Bills games?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't, man, You know, growing up in I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean, growing up on the West Coast,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't really get exposed to rivalries all the way

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<v Speaker 1>over here. But I mean, and be honest, So I

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<v Speaker 1>was born in ninety two. My first my formative memories

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<v Speaker 1>of NFL football where those Rich Ganning, Jerry Rice him

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<v Speaker 1>Brown Raiders in the early two thousands, So like I

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<v Speaker 1>remember them like that was it. And I knew my

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<v Speaker 1>stepdad at the time. We used to play Madden a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>My stepdad at the time would actually pick the Dolphins

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<v Speaker 1>all the time because Ricky Williams was a cheat code

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<v Speaker 1>in like Matten and oh one, and so I actually

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<v Speaker 1>hated the Dolphins because of that. I had no real

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<v Speaker 1>reason too. All I knew is that Ricky Williams was

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<v Speaker 1>getting me for a butt twenty every time we booted

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<v Speaker 1>that game up, and I couldn't stand it. But no,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't. But I mean, I've heard so much about them, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>living in uh, living in Buffalo, living in Miami. To

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<v Speaker 1>be honest, I think I heard I heard a lot

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<v Speaker 1>more about the Dolphins from Bills fans than I hear

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<v Speaker 1>about the Bills from Dolphins fans. There's genuine hatred up

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<v Speaker 1>there for this team down here. Uh, you know any

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<v Speaker 1>other any other you know, in a vacuum, any other

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<v Speaker 1>time you moved from you know, a cold environment to

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<v Speaker 1>Miami like Miami is is a it's a worldwide destination,

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<v Speaker 1>like this tropical paradise that people all and from every

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<v Speaker 1>country in the world try to visit to. Nobody would

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<v Speaker 1>bad an eye. No one would think twice if I

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<v Speaker 1>moved from Green Bay to Miami. If I moved from

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Minia, not Miapis like Deluth to Miami, nobody

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<v Speaker 1>would baden eye. But I come from But because it's Buffalo,

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<v Speaker 1>and because it's the Dolphins and Bills, I am still

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<v Speaker 1>hearing about it. Almost three years later, It's been almost

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<v Speaker 1>three damn years, man, and they're still mat so, like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's a real rivalry, and I can you know,

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<v Speaker 1>as much as I roll my eyes about it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>anytime I see you know the don't you wish you

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<v Speaker 1>were in Buffalo? Oh you abandoned us. Oh you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>take it, I rolled my eyes, but like I can't

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<v Speaker 1>help but at least appreciate it, because like it means

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<v Speaker 1>that people care, and like Bill's fans are a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of things, you never accuse them of not caring about

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<v Speaker 1>this team.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna stay off the top. I wish the

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<v Speaker 2>listeners could see the visual of you going through this

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<v Speaker 2>right now, because I can tell, like your facial expression

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<v Speaker 2>explained how much you've dealt with that, Like we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about it all the time when you're out here in

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<v Speaker 2>the press room, Like it's I see on your social

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<v Speaker 2>media all the time. It's so funny to me. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's kind of where I wanted to go with the

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<v Speaker 2>opening of the podcast, because you know, the rivalry you

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<v Speaker 2>talk about, the hatred this, I've seen the squish the

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<v Speaker 2>fish things so many times. Guys like dolphins are mammals

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<v Speaker 2>and they ain't fish like that. That's just one thing

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<v Speaker 2>I want to get out of my chest real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>But let's go back to that, Marcel, because you talked

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<v Speaker 2>about the transition from Buffalo to Miami. I love the

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<v Speaker 2>Delop shout out too. By the way, I had Daniel

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<v Speaker 2>oyafusion last week because he covered the Ravens and the

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins and he's from Baltimore. But you've done both. But

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<v Speaker 2>you're also more impartial because Daniel grew up a Ravens fan.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously I grew up a Dolphins fan. I'm just curious to,

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<v Speaker 2>I guess go into more detail about the transition, and

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<v Speaker 2>I guess not to the lifestyle difference, but maybe the

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<v Speaker 2>difference between covering Sean McDermott's Bills versus Mike McDaniel's Miami Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>So the one thing that you have to know about

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<v Speaker 1>the Bills is that, like there is not another team

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<v Speaker 1>in the country. Maybe the power, I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't spent a lot of time around Packers fans, but

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<v Speaker 1>I from my experience, there's not another team in the

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<v Speaker 1>country that is so intertwined into the identity of its city.

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<v Speaker 1>Them the Bills are to Buffalo. And so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the city of Buffalo operates with a chip on its shoulder.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it. They're defensive. They are anything that can be

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<v Speaker 1>taken as a slight will be taken as a slight

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<v Speaker 1>and met with equal or greater force. Like they are.

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<v Speaker 1>They really rally around that like it could be things

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<v Speaker 1>could be going great. But like you say, one bad

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<v Speaker 1>thing about them, and it's nobody believes in us, like

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<v Speaker 1>nobody likes us. Everybody hates it. Buffalo against the like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like that. So that's Sean McDermott, And that's Sean

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<v Speaker 1>McDermott to a t like he he operates with a

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<v Speaker 1>chip on his shoulder. He operates with a insane competitive

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<v Speaker 1>street and he has ingrained that into that team. So

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<v Speaker 1>I remember when I got there. I actually wrote a

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<v Speaker 1>story about, you know, how that locker room was assembled,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just like a gang of misfit toys. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>guys who were cast off from other teams or traded

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<v Speaker 1>or cut or fired or this and that. Like it's

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<v Speaker 1>not a team. It was not a collection of people

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<v Speaker 1>that was used to success, and they use that to

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<v Speaker 1>their advantage. You know, during this the come up from

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<v Speaker 1>probably what twenty nineteen to we'll call it twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen and twenty that chip on their shoulder off. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>thinks we could do this, nobody thinks we were good

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<v Speaker 1>enough to do it. And I think where like they

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<v Speaker 1>hit their plateau usually in like mid season. Every mid

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<v Speaker 1>season is like people think they're good and they don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how to mentally handle that. So like it's always

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<v Speaker 1>like something happens that like wakes people of like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>they said that we fell off, and then they woke up.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think like that Sean McDermott article, it was

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<v Speaker 1>an excellent article by Tye dun but I think that

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<v Speaker 1>ironically has fueled the build, like that's how they operate.

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<v Speaker 1>And I don't know if that's necessarily the same thing

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<v Speaker 1>here in Miami. I don't know if that's necessarily Mike

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<v Speaker 1>mcda annuals rallying cry, like every coach to some extent

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<v Speaker 1>tells their players right like, hey, nobody thinks you can

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<v Speaker 1>do it, Go prove them wrong. Like that's like a fundamental,

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<v Speaker 1>damn motivating chip in coaching. But I don't feel like

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<v Speaker 1>it's the exact same I think I think Mike McDaniel

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<v Speaker 1>is a lot more how do I put this, he's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more willing to accept or at least, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>acknowledge outside narratives. For example, he great, he gave this

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<v Speaker 1>great answer the other day when when you know, talking

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<v Speaker 1>about how to how to spent his off season like

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<v Speaker 1>building himself up, and he was like, I think you

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<v Speaker 1>know he's he was able to get to this point

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<v Speaker 1>because he understands the narrative, Like you understand why people

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<v Speaker 1>are saying this about you. You're not entitled to perfect treatment.

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<v Speaker 1>You are not entitled to positivity and sunshining rainbows every

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<v Speaker 1>time you The fact is you have finished the season.

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<v Speaker 1>You have not been healthy for an entire season. Go

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<v Speaker 1>fix that, Use that and fix it. So like on

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<v Speaker 1>one side, it's like use that energy, and like in

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<v Speaker 1>a negative way, not a negative way, but use that

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<v Speaker 1>energy as in like, uh, oh, we don't. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>believe you, they don't think you could do it. They don't.

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<v Speaker 1>And on McDaniel's side, it's more like they're saying it

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<v Speaker 1>for a reason, like you haven't done it. Like that's true,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's up to you to fix it. So like

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<v Speaker 1>it's kind of like two sides of the same point there.

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<v Speaker 1>And obviously, you know, I think Mike McDaniel is a

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<v Speaker 1>lot funnier than Sean d I think I think I

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<v Speaker 1>heard I have heard more jokes in just a throwaway

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<v Speaker 1>Mike press conference then I did in two years covering Sean.

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<v Speaker 1>Sean is not day. I tried to joke with him

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<v Speaker 1>at one point about the g shock watch he had on.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, oh, man, you can't hide money, can you?

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<v Speaker 1>And man, he just got like so beat red embarrassed

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<v Speaker 1>that I was like, Okay, am my bad man. That's

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<v Speaker 1>Joking's not for everybody. Joking's not for everybody. Like he's

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<v Speaker 1>good codes Like I'm not saying it's like as a

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<v Speaker 1>critic critique against him, but Mike is a different kind

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<v Speaker 1>of humor.

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<v Speaker 2>I love that you you mentioned that. First of all,

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<v Speaker 2>the story about coaches watch at the combine, I think

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<v Speaker 2>last year with I think he was doing Florio and

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<v Speaker 2>Simms's podcast and he talked about that and that was

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<v Speaker 2>a completely different answer that he had there, which kind

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<v Speaker 2>of bookends your point about the differences, but also some

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<v Speaker 2>of the similarities with the two coaches. And you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you talk about the chip on the shoulder and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the two sides of the same quint. I like that

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<v Speaker 2>phrase you use because McDaniel's, you know, kind of rallying

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<v Speaker 2>cry sometimes is a bunch of guys who were told

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<v Speaker 2>they can't right guys that you know, a Raheem Moster

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<v Speaker 2>who has his first Pro Bowl season in his ninth

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<v Speaker 2>year of his career, alec Ingold, who was you know,

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<v Speaker 2>released from a Raiders team where he played pretty well,

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<v Speaker 2>and then winds up down here as a captain ay

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<v Speaker 2>a key piece of this locker room and this football team.

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<v Speaker 2>And that kind of leads me to the next question

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<v Speaker 2>here as we get more to the focus of the game,

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<v Speaker 2>because like this is why you're the perfect guest for this, Marcel,

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<v Speaker 2>because you have this level headed approach of there's no

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<v Speaker 2>emotions with you in this matchup, it's all logic, and

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<v Speaker 2>you just kind of seem to have this even keel

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<v Speaker 2>approach to what this game could look like. Because if

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<v Speaker 2>you listen to my podcast all week, I'm kind of

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<v Speaker 2>a mess man, Like I've been this confident very you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I consider myself pretty knowledgeable with the Dolphins, and I

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<v Speaker 2>see this team all year long. I saw it in

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<v Speaker 2>training camp I saw it back in OTAs. They're a

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<v Speaker 2>really good football team. I've been confident in their ability

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<v Speaker 2>all year long, but right now, because of Josh Allen's success,

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<v Speaker 2>because of that Week four game, because of the nine

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<v Speaker 2>of the last ten, my confidence is completely shook. Like

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know where to go with this game. Like

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like they they should and could win it,

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<v Speaker 2>but my heart's like, but you've been burned on this

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<v Speaker 2>matchup before. So that's all in a prelude to ask

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<v Speaker 2>you what do you think we get out of this

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins team that's facing all these injuries. You know that

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<v Speaker 2>you talk about the rallying cry, Adversity is an opportunity,

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<v Speaker 2>Right this is the most adversity they've probably faced all

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<v Speaker 2>year as they you know, the divisions on the line

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<v Speaker 2>after it looks like it was in hand back in

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<v Speaker 2>the start of December, all these key injuries coming off

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<v Speaker 2>of you know, thirty five point loss, whatever it was.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you expect we get on Sunday Night from

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<v Speaker 2>this Miami Dolphins team?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? I think it's gonna be one of two things

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<v Speaker 1>You're either going to see You're going to see a

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<v Speaker 1>team you see it a lot, and it's more in basketball,

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<v Speaker 1>but you see it in team sports where a star

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<v Speaker 1>goes down and the rest of the team kind of

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<v Speaker 1>rallies together to pick up the slack. Like it's not

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<v Speaker 1>totally unheard of. It's not totally unheard of. But you're

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<v Speaker 1>either going to see a team rally around losing Chubb

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<v Speaker 1>and Jalen and X for the week, or you are

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<v Speaker 1>going to see a dominant Bill's victory. Then that I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really I don't think there's really any in between.

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<v Speaker 1>Like you, either the Dolphins are either going to play

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<v Speaker 1>their best game, maybe their best game under Mike McDaniel period,

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<v Speaker 1>or they're going to get rapid because it is just

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's so they're almost on two opposite sides of

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<v Speaker 1>the spectrum in terms of momentum. At this point of

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<v Speaker 1>the year. You know, the Dolphins have been it's been

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<v Speaker 1>a roller coaster December. It's been better than last year.

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<v Speaker 1>It's better than last year by default because they want

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<v Speaker 1>a game. But like it start, you know, it starts

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<v Speaker 1>with the win, the big win over Washington, and then

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<v Speaker 1>the loss to Tennessee, and then the big wins over

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<v Speaker 1>New York in Dallas, and then the loss of Balter

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<v Speaker 1>it's just been this roller coaster. Meanwhile, the Bills roller

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<v Speaker 1>coaster ride. It's a cart that's only gone up over

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<v Speaker 1>the past month. It's only going up. No matter how

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<v Speaker 1>sloppy they looked against me, New England, no matter how

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<v Speaker 1>many scares they have, they keep winning games. They keep

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<v Speaker 1>winning games. You know, the down a wire gets the

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<v Speaker 1>Chargers doesn't matter you win. A win is a win.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really care how it happened. Win is a win.

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<v Speaker 1>And then you've got, of course seventeen coming in, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was just looking up man his numbers over his

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<v Speaker 1>first eleven games, like I had to refresh the page

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<v Speaker 1>to make sure, like okay, I'm looking at like the

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<v Speaker 1>split right, Like this isn't just his numbers versus the AFC.

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<v Speaker 1>Three thousand yards passing, thirty one touchdowns, five interceptions, five

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and seventy rushing yards against five touchdowns, ninety two record,

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<v Speaker 1>ninety two record. And I believe those two losses came

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<v Speaker 1>down to the final play of the game, like it's

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<v Speaker 1>a it's not a great matchup. It's not a great

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<v Speaker 1>time to lose your best two pass rushers and Phillips

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<v Speaker 1>and Chubb, which like when you have guys with that

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<v Speaker 1>athletic and that physical and that explosive on the end,

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<v Speaker 1>Like that's a great counter to a guy like Josh

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<v Speaker 1>Allen because those guys are just as big as him,

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<v Speaker 1>just as fast as him, Like they can they can

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<v Speaker 1>contain him in theory. They can contain him in theory theory.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a tough time to be down Zavi and Howard

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<v Speaker 1>as well. I think a lot of what this Dolphins

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<v Speaker 1>defense does revolves around having those two lockdown guys, those

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<v Speaker 1>two premiere corners and x and Jalen Ramsey. Uh, And

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<v Speaker 1>we saw a little bit of what a team is

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<v Speaker 1>willing to do if one of those Ramsey or Howard

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<v Speaker 1>is forced to miss time. And so it's on paper,

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<v Speaker 1>this looks like it could be. It could It could

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<v Speaker 1>get ugly on paper. But that's why the game is

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<v Speaker 1>not played on paper right Like again, like it on

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<v Speaker 1>the paper, the pages and the matchups, the analytics, they

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<v Speaker 1>don't take into account the human element of we hate

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<v Speaker 1>this team. We're tired of losing to this team, and

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<v Speaker 1>we want to win a damn division title, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>tired of people thinking that we can't do it despite

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<v Speaker 1>all these injuries. So it is going to be one

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<v Speaker 1>extreme or the other. And I don't know which way

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<v Speaker 1>I leaning, man, I don't know which way I leaning,

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<v Speaker 1>because I feel like any week you could say these

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<v Speaker 1>guys are motivated, these guys are ready to play, like

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<v Speaker 1>I have no doubt that they're ready to play. I

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<v Speaker 1>just you know, I would like to see how they

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<v Speaker 1>respond to when the inevitable punch in the mouth happens.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, they got hit in the mouth after the

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<v Speaker 1>no touchdown, the drop touchdown against Baltimore and the wheels

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<v Speaker 1>kind of fell off and snowball from there. If they

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<v Speaker 1>get hit in the mouth, they go down two scores

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday. Are they going to respond like they did

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<v Speaker 1>against Baltimore? Or are they going to respond like they

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<v Speaker 1>did I think in the playoff game against Buffalo when

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden they route a lot of seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>on as to points like that game in particular gives me,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess. I don't want to say hoax. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to make it sound like like I'm a fan,

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<v Speaker 1>but like for a Dolphins fan, it should give you

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<v Speaker 1>hope that they can overcome the loss of critical players

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<v Speaker 1>because they have almost done it in the past while

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<v Speaker 1>missing the most critical player you could be missing into

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<v Speaker 1>a tumbel by lower.

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<v Speaker 2>So a lot of good stuff there, and you hit

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<v Speaker 2>on a few areas I want to follow up on.

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<v Speaker 2>But first, real quick, let's go ahead and take our

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<v Speaker 2>first break of the episode. My guest today from ESPN

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<v Speaker 2>Marcel Luis Jock on the Draft Time podcast, your host

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<v Speaker 2>Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. We left

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<v Speaker 2>off the previous segment there Marcel talking about the I

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<v Speaker 2>guess the mental side of this game and the ups

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<v Speaker 2>and the downs, and the previous playing experience with Dolphins

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<v Speaker 2>and Bills and Josh Allen's success, and a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>things that you touched on there that I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>follow up with you on was I keep thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>that Jets game, and you know, I get myself into

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<v Speaker 2>these I tell my friends my wife all the time,

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<v Speaker 2>like I'm probably online hashtag online too much because I

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<v Speaker 2>see these takes that just like, man, it gets to me,

0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.800
<v Speaker 2>like these these narratives and these thoughts, and like, remember

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<v Speaker 2>after the Titans game, the amount of comments I saw

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<v Speaker 2>that They're not going to win an game of the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of the year. It's like, what makes you think

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<v Speaker 2>that even the Jets game, they were down critical parts

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<v Speaker 2>they didn't have Tyreek Hill. And then on the final

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<v Speaker 2>drive of the Dallas game, Wattle goes out and to

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<v Speaker 2>a leads the offense down the field. So they've found

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<v Speaker 2>ways to win, you know, shorthanded. Now you did mention

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<v Speaker 2>the pass rushers. Obviously, you know Jaln Phillips had a

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<v Speaker 2>big strip sack in the game last year. That was

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<v Speaker 2>a big part of Miami being really close in that

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<v Speaker 2>fourth quarter. We're gonna miss him and Bradley Chubb like

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<v Speaker 2>you talked about there. But I just think about overcoming

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<v Speaker 2>those those injuries in the Jets game. I think about

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<v Speaker 2>the Week four matchup and how that might be instructive.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess my question is, let's start with the Week

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<v Speaker 2>four matchup, because that was a game where Buffalo got

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<v Speaker 2>whatever they wanted right, and it kind of mirrored the

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<v Speaker 2>Baltimore game where both offenses went up and down the

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<v Speaker 2>field and then the Dolphins offense kind of fell off

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<v Speaker 2>and Buffalo's offense just got better and better. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>think there's anything instructive from that game that Miami can

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<v Speaker 2>look at and build upon, or is it a situation

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<v Speaker 2>where the Bills are saying, this is a team that

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<v Speaker 2>we've had a lot of success against. We beat them

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<v Speaker 2>by twenty eight last time. We're gonna keep that rolling.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's it's tough as that they are. It's cliche,

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<v Speaker 1>but they're both two different teams right now. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>new offensive coordinator for Buffalo, more different personnel for Miami.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Toronto only played like a quarter and a half.

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<v Speaker 1>He's going to be healthy. Connor Williams didn't player. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess that's about the same. No, uh, you know, no

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<v Speaker 1>Isaiah win Now, maybe Rob Hunt maybe not. Like there's

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<v Speaker 1>maybe Raheem Moster maybe not. Maybe Jalen Ronto maybe not

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<v Speaker 1>on the opposite side, well obviously, no Chul, no Phillips.

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<v Speaker 1>Like it's they are different. It's different matchups, Like these

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<v Speaker 1>are different matchups. No Milano for you know, for Buffalo,

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<v Speaker 1>No Tredavious White. I think I know he got hurt

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<v Speaker 1>during that game, but I think it was late, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>third or fourth quarter of that game. So the different matchups.

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<v Speaker 1>So I wouldn't necessarily say like because Week four happened,

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to happen again in Week eighteen. But I

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<v Speaker 1>think like there are lessons to be learned from that game.

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<v Speaker 1>I think like the biggest lesson kind of falls on

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<v Speaker 1>It falls on Vic Tangel, it falls on Big Vangy

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<v Speaker 1>all right now, and that's having somebody travel with Stevon Diggs.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I don't think that. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a mismatch. I think putting Digs on Kohor or Apple

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<v Speaker 1>is respectfully a mismatch, and Digs proved as much in

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<v Speaker 1>Week four one hundred and twenty yards and three touchdowns.

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is why you go out and get

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<v Speaker 1>a guy like James Ramsey. Like, if you have a

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<v Speaker 1>jam And Ramsey but you don't use him to take

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<v Speaker 1>away your opponent's best player, then what is the point.

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<v Speaker 1>You can live with Gabriel Davis and Khalil Sekur beating you.

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<v Speaker 1>You can live with that. It's not gonna be fun,

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<v Speaker 1>but you can look back at the game plan and say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what these guys stepped up. It is what

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<v Speaker 1>it is. It Digs beat you for one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty yards or two touchdowns, you're gonna feel like you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna feel bad, You're gonna pay, like, why didn't we

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<v Speaker 1>do anything different? Unless you have your best m best

0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:48.159
<v Speaker 1>and you're like, Okay, we did what we can do.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think, you know, that's a big that's a

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<v Speaker 1>big lesson right now. I think you you travel, you

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<v Speaker 1>travel Ramsey with with Diggs, you play more Man and

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<v Speaker 1>you know what if Josh Allen turns in to a runner,

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Allen turns into a runner. But I just read

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<v Speaker 1>off the passing stats, his passing stats during the last segment.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been he's been a top tier passer. He's across

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<v Speaker 1>the seventeen game season. He's an MVP if you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he's only playing the Dolphins based on these numbers. He

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<v Speaker 1>got to do something a little different, and that was

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<v Speaker 1>the beauty of I guess the Josh Boyer system, which

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I kind of disagreed with fundamentally because of

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<v Speaker 1>it just felt like a fake Madden defense at times.

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<v Speaker 1>But that constant pressure of those blitzes, like the forcing

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<v Speaker 1>him to either run or make a quick decision before

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<v Speaker 1>he's comfortable, Like every now and then, it would it

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<v Speaker 1>would trip him up. Every now, it would trip him up.

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<v Speaker 1>They were hitting to a point over the past two

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<v Speaker 1>years where you know, it was it was a toss

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<v Speaker 1>up whether he would have a good game or a

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<v Speaker 1>terrible game. You know, I didn't think he was particularly

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<v Speaker 1>good in the win last year. I didn't think he

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<v Speaker 1>was particularly good. I think the home game in two thousand,

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<v Speaker 1>I think my second year.

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<v Speaker 2>Here twenty one, it was like it was like eleven

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<v Speaker 2>to eight at halftime or something like. It was a

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<v Speaker 2>weird score.

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<v Speaker 1>The away game, yeah, the home game was we don't

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<v Speaker 1>got to talk about the home game. The away game, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was like, okay, like they might have been they

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<v Speaker 1>might be figuring something out. They might be figuring something

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<v Speaker 1>out here. So I think, you know, you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to simulate pressure.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Ander van Ginkle is a critical player of

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<v Speaker 1>this game, Like he's gonna have to have a big

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<v Speaker 1>game Ingram and Agba. You know, we heard Vick Can

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<v Speaker 1>just say they're gonna rotate, They're gonna need they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to need to have, you know, two of the best

0:21:27.240 --> 0:21:30.080
<v Speaker 1>games of their lives here, and that's gonna have to

0:21:30.119 --> 0:21:31.879
<v Speaker 1>be every game for them moving forward.

0:21:32.359 --> 0:21:35.159
<v Speaker 2>It's interesting because you know, and I've done this so

0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:37.080
<v Speaker 2>many times with the Bills, Marcell, like I've been I've

0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:39.159
<v Speaker 2>been with the team since twenty twenty I've done a

0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:41.960
<v Speaker 2>daily podcast on the Dolphins since twenty sixteen, so I'm

0:21:42.000 --> 0:21:44.439
<v Speaker 2>well versed in Josh Allen's career as well as his

0:21:44.560 --> 0:21:48.359
<v Speaker 2>exploits against the Miami Dolphins. And you know, I do

0:21:48.400 --> 0:21:50.480
<v Speaker 2>these previews. I talk about the way this team is constructed.

0:21:50.480 --> 0:21:52.960
<v Speaker 2>I feel like I know Buffalo as as well as

0:21:53.000 --> 0:21:54.760
<v Speaker 2>any other team in the National Football Legue besides the

0:21:54.760 --> 0:21:58.600
<v Speaker 2>Miami Dolphins. And every time the Dolphins and Bills get together,

0:21:58.640 --> 0:22:00.600
<v Speaker 2>it's like you talk about Josh, They're like perfect and

0:22:00.640 --> 0:22:04.080
<v Speaker 2>has a perfect game or he has one of those

0:22:04.359 --> 0:22:06.560
<v Speaker 2>you know, valleys of the peaks and valleys game that

0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:09.040
<v Speaker 2>he can have, but Miami doesn't find a way to

0:22:09.080 --> 0:22:12.040
<v Speaker 2>capitalize on catching the interceptions. Like I think back to

0:22:12.040 --> 0:22:14.760
<v Speaker 2>the twenty twenty twenty twenty game. I think it was

0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:17.399
<v Speaker 2>when he took a deep shot and Xavier and Howard

0:22:17.400 --> 0:22:18.800
<v Speaker 2>had to pick in his hands and it fell off

0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:20.879
<v Speaker 2>of his fingertips and the next player is a touchdown

0:22:20.920 --> 0:22:22.720
<v Speaker 2>and Miami falls behind and they can't come back and

0:22:22.760 --> 0:22:24.800
<v Speaker 2>win that game. And then there was one where like

0:22:24.880 --> 0:22:26.680
<v Speaker 2>Kyle van Noy had a screen pass in his hands

0:22:26.680 --> 0:22:28.960
<v Speaker 2>and he couldn't hang on and Javon Holland jumps arout

0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:30.680
<v Speaker 2>last year in the game and couldn't hang on to

0:22:30.760 --> 0:22:33.280
<v Speaker 2>the pick. So there's opportunities there that he'll he'll create

0:22:33.320 --> 0:22:36.119
<v Speaker 2>for you sometimes, but sometimes it's not that way. So

0:22:36.119 --> 0:22:37.879
<v Speaker 2>I think if it's one of those games and Miami

0:22:37.920 --> 0:22:39.760
<v Speaker 2>can capitalize on the takeaways, they can make a big

0:22:39.800 --> 0:22:41.959
<v Speaker 2>push and get a victory in this game. It sounds

0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:43.679
<v Speaker 2>like you kind of know where you're going. But I'm

0:22:43.680 --> 0:22:45.000
<v Speaker 2>gonna go ahead and ask you just to put a

0:22:45.000 --> 0:22:47.639
<v Speaker 2>bowl on the podcast. Marcel, What are you thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, Man, yeah, you can pick buff fine, because I've

0:22:53.880 --> 0:22:56.159
<v Speaker 1>been saying I've been saying this all week. You know that.

0:22:56.680 --> 0:22:59.000
<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm not going to say that the Dolphins

0:22:59.320 --> 0:23:01.800
<v Speaker 1>can't win. I'm not going to say that they won't win.

0:23:02.320 --> 0:23:05.040
<v Speaker 1>I am going to say that it will take their

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<v Speaker 1>A plus effort to win. It's not impossible. It's not

0:23:09.800 --> 0:23:11.480
<v Speaker 1>like and I don't even mean to say this is

0:23:11.680 --> 0:23:14.040
<v Speaker 1>like it's not a likely event, Like I just it's

0:23:14.080 --> 0:23:16.840
<v Speaker 1>a possibility. But that's the level of play it's going

0:23:16.880 --> 0:23:19.680
<v Speaker 1>to take. You're not gonna like, You're not gonna, you know,

0:23:20.200 --> 0:23:23.320
<v Speaker 1>bring your B game, bring your C game into Sunday

0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:25.680
<v Speaker 1>and win against this team right now, it's not going

0:23:25.720 --> 0:23:28.679
<v Speaker 1>to happen. But to beat Buffalo, you are going to

0:23:28.720 --> 0:23:31.320
<v Speaker 1>have to play your best game of the season right now.

0:23:32.400 --> 0:23:35.600
<v Speaker 1>Or maybe if Buffalo plays it's worse than was. You know,

0:23:35.640 --> 0:23:37.959
<v Speaker 1>you'll see that. You can never rely on other teams

0:23:38.000 --> 0:23:41.840
<v Speaker 1>being at their worst. Like this is three time braining

0:23:42.960 --> 0:23:46.280
<v Speaker 1>AFC champion. They've been in games like this before, and

0:23:46.560 --> 0:23:49.320
<v Speaker 1>in my I just I did the math earlier. I've

0:23:49.320 --> 0:23:53.400
<v Speaker 1>covered ten Bills Dolphins games. I've seen the Dolphins win

0:23:53.440 --> 0:23:55.840
<v Speaker 1>one of those, and yet to see the Dolphins winning

0:23:55.840 --> 0:23:59.199
<v Speaker 1>game that matters, especially in this capacity. I am not

0:23:59.240 --> 0:24:02.560
<v Speaker 1>saying you can't. I'm saying that is what it needs to.

0:24:02.720 --> 0:24:04.440
<v Speaker 1>This is what they need to do in order to win.

0:24:04.520 --> 0:24:06.320
<v Speaker 1>It needs to be their best game of the season.

0:24:06.400 --> 0:24:09.520
<v Speaker 1>So you know, you know, my my my head does

0:24:09.560 --> 0:24:12.320
<v Speaker 1>say Buffalo wins this game. My head does say Buffalo

0:24:12.359 --> 0:24:17.800
<v Speaker 1>wins this game. But Miami, it's you know, Miami is

0:24:17.880 --> 0:24:20.399
<v Speaker 1>right there. They just they're gonna have to lock in.

0:24:20.480 --> 0:24:23.280
<v Speaker 1>You can't see those mental mistakes. You know, Mike McDaniel

0:24:23.320 --> 0:24:25.200
<v Speaker 1>is gonna have to call a smart game. They're gonna

0:24:25.240 --> 0:24:27.200
<v Speaker 1>have to establish the run. You're gonna need to see

0:24:27.200 --> 0:24:30.800
<v Speaker 1>something from the rookie from Devon Knight, Devon ah Chain. Uh.

0:24:30.880 --> 0:24:33.560
<v Speaker 1>You know they're gonna have to capitalize on turnovers and

0:24:33.760 --> 0:24:38.000
<v Speaker 1>turnover worthy plays whatever that status called. You know, can't

0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:41.280
<v Speaker 1>drop interceptions, you can't miss you know, if the balls

0:24:41.320 --> 0:24:43.440
<v Speaker 1>on the ground, can't dive pass it and side pass

0:24:43.480 --> 0:24:46.120
<v Speaker 1>it like there, it's gonna take a perfect game. They're

0:24:46.160 --> 0:24:49.320
<v Speaker 1>a plus game. The Dolphins can beat Miami. Anything short

0:24:49.320 --> 0:24:51.080
<v Speaker 1>of that, I think the Bills win. I guess it

0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:53.960
<v Speaker 1>is the short way to answer me, you know my

0:24:54.040 --> 0:24:54.960
<v Speaker 1>long winded answer.

0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:57.680
<v Speaker 2>No, it's it's good. I'm hopeful that they can recreate

0:24:57.720 --> 0:24:59.480
<v Speaker 2>the playoff game. Last, I think if you get that

0:24:59.520 --> 0:25:02.359
<v Speaker 2>performance from the defense, the takeaways and the short fields

0:25:02.359 --> 0:25:03.480
<v Speaker 2>and all that stuff like you talked about with the

0:25:03.560 --> 0:25:05.840
<v Speaker 2>Josh Boyer and any of the Brian Florest defenses before that,

0:25:06.160 --> 0:25:08.040
<v Speaker 2>you can create those chances. And to his ability to

0:25:08.040 --> 0:25:09.320
<v Speaker 2>put the ball on the end zone, I think would

0:25:09.320 --> 0:25:11.640
<v Speaker 2>be would get you into the winner circle. And I think,

0:25:11.720 --> 0:25:13.520
<v Speaker 2>like I almost want to clip this and get up

0:25:13.520 --> 0:25:15.280
<v Speaker 2>to coach McDaniel and just like have him played at

0:25:15.280 --> 0:25:17.320
<v Speaker 2>the team meeting, not to like to sparage you, Marcel,

0:25:17.560 --> 0:25:19.720
<v Speaker 2>but to be like, look, guys, this is like the

0:25:19.760 --> 0:25:22.879
<v Speaker 2>Dolphins mantra. If you play your best game, then you

0:25:22.960 --> 0:25:24.960
<v Speaker 2>beat them. And if you beat them now you've come

0:25:25.000 --> 0:25:27.040
<v Speaker 2>off your best game going into the postseason with home

0:25:27.080 --> 0:25:29.920
<v Speaker 2>playoff games like that would be perfect. Like that would

0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:32.000
<v Speaker 2>be a really good way to go into the playoffs.

0:25:32.040 --> 0:25:33.640
<v Speaker 2>So it's all out there in front of them. It's

0:25:33.680 --> 0:25:35.920
<v Speaker 2>the opportunity they've all wanted all year long to talk about,

0:25:35.960 --> 0:25:37.879
<v Speaker 2>you know, division titles, the first goal of the season.

0:25:37.960 --> 0:25:39.720
<v Speaker 2>So I think it's gonna be a rallying cry. I

0:25:39.720 --> 0:25:41.400
<v Speaker 2>think it's gonna be a fun game on Sunday night

0:25:41.680 --> 0:25:43.680
<v Speaker 2>and can't wait to watch it and hear your takes

0:25:43.720 --> 0:25:45.680
<v Speaker 2>on it after the fact as well. Marcel Louis Jack

0:25:45.840 --> 0:25:49.399
<v Speaker 2>covering your Miami Dolphins for ESPN. His alma mater also

0:25:49.480 --> 0:25:52.000
<v Speaker 2>pulled off their second win over my alma mater, Arizona,

0:25:52.040 --> 0:25:53.440
<v Speaker 2>stay over the Cougs in the last six years. I

0:25:53.480 --> 0:25:55.000
<v Speaker 2>looked it up for you, Marcel, so two and four

0:25:55.000 --> 0:25:56.919
<v Speaker 2>against the Coogs in the last six years. Congrats on that.

0:25:57.280 --> 0:25:58.879
<v Speaker 2>Thank you for your time today, sir, and tell them

0:25:58.880 --> 0:25:59.880
<v Speaker 2>the folks what you're working.

0:25:59.720 --> 0:26:03.960
<v Speaker 1>On, right the devils man working on got a story

0:26:03.960 --> 0:26:06.520
<v Speaker 1>it should be coming out, not this week, but first

0:26:06.520 --> 0:26:11.199
<v Speaker 1>week of playoff, about how Tua was able to stay healthy.

0:26:11.640 --> 0:26:15.040
<v Speaker 1>Obviously it was the big storyline entering the season. You know,

0:26:15.160 --> 0:26:18.399
<v Speaker 1>heard that excellent quote, excellent quote from Mike McDaniel about

0:26:18.440 --> 0:26:21.760
<v Speaker 1>to kind of embracing the narrative and accepting why it

0:26:21.840 --> 0:26:25.320
<v Speaker 1>exists instead of just using it to fuel him, you know,

0:26:25.440 --> 0:26:29.720
<v Speaker 1>using negative energy to fuel you. You know, learning, Hey,

0:26:30.280 --> 0:26:32.119
<v Speaker 1>there's a reason why people are saying this, but you

0:26:32.240 --> 0:26:35.640
<v Speaker 1>still have the power and the opportunity to change their

0:26:35.680 --> 0:26:38.679
<v Speaker 1>minds and to prove them wrong. So that should be

0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:41.000
<v Speaker 1>coming out. I think it's on Tuesday, or I think

0:26:41.000 --> 0:26:43.480
<v Speaker 1>it's on the night. Excited for that to come out,

0:26:43.520 --> 0:26:48.640
<v Speaker 1>and then you know, obviously the normal game day musings

0:26:49.280 --> 0:26:52.359
<v Speaker 1>should be dropping this weekend, and we're excited to get

0:26:52.400 --> 0:26:54.680
<v Speaker 1>to that stadium early. Man, I know, I'm gonna try

0:26:54.680 --> 0:26:56.520
<v Speaker 1>to set a record. I'm usually a just in time

0:26:56.600 --> 0:26:58.120
<v Speaker 1>kind of guy. I'm gonna try to set a record

0:26:58.200 --> 0:27:00.960
<v Speaker 1>here to get there. You get there in don the

0:27:01.040 --> 0:27:03.800
<v Speaker 1>park and at a normal parking spot and not you know,

0:27:03.960 --> 0:27:05.840
<v Speaker 1>driving through Hell.

0:27:06.200 --> 0:27:09.200
<v Speaker 2>To the Yeah, that might be a five hour early

0:27:09.520 --> 0:27:11.280
<v Speaker 2>arrival time. If you're going to make that happen, my friend.

0:27:12.080 --> 0:27:13.520
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, you're not lying man.

0:27:14.080 --> 0:27:16.159
<v Speaker 2>All right, Marshall, I appreciate you, man, Thank you, and

0:27:16.320 --> 0:27:19.159
<v Speaker 2>away he goes. I didn't realize how long that interview was,

0:27:19.200 --> 0:27:21.320
<v Speaker 2>but good stuff there with Marcel as always. Let's go

0:27:21.320 --> 0:27:23.720
<v Speaker 2>ahead and take our last break right there. Come back

0:27:23.760 --> 0:27:26.440
<v Speaker 2>on the other side, we'll hear from head coach Mike McDaniel,

0:27:26.480 --> 0:27:28.479
<v Speaker 2>and also I have a fun segment plan that I'm

0:27:28.480 --> 0:27:33.120
<v Speaker 2>looking forward to, talking about quarterbacks and legacies and big games,

0:27:33.119 --> 0:27:35.120
<v Speaker 2>getting over the hump, all of that and more. That's

0:27:35.160 --> 0:27:38.080
<v Speaker 2>next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to

0:27:38.119 --> 0:27:44.560
<v Speaker 2>you by Auto Nation. Let's actually start here with the

0:27:44.920 --> 0:27:50.199
<v Speaker 2>quarterback monologue that I wrote up here because we'll get

0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:51.720
<v Speaker 2>to McDaniel here in a second. But I want to

0:27:51.720 --> 0:27:54.720
<v Speaker 2>talk about this and it's not far off from what

0:27:54.880 --> 0:27:57.520
<v Speaker 2>I've been doing really the last couple of Thursday and

0:27:57.600 --> 0:28:00.800
<v Speaker 2>Fridays here on these monologues in the the huge games.

0:28:00.800 --> 0:28:03.280
<v Speaker 2>And it's funny because I'm guilty of this too, but

0:28:03.359 --> 0:28:07.040
<v Speaker 2>we sure do, collectively as a fan base and as

0:28:07.080 --> 0:28:10.480
<v Speaker 2>football fans and as humans, I think, become prisoners of

0:28:10.520 --> 0:28:13.240
<v Speaker 2>the moment, don't we. I mean, the Dallas game was

0:28:13.280 --> 0:28:16.280
<v Speaker 2>the biggest in the franchise is last two decade history, right,

0:28:16.560 --> 0:28:19.200
<v Speaker 2>biggest game in McDaniel's career, biggest game in two is career.

0:28:19.640 --> 0:28:22.080
<v Speaker 2>And the funny part about that is they both executed

0:28:22.080 --> 0:28:25.000
<v Speaker 2>in the biggest moments of that entire game. That was

0:28:25.040 --> 0:28:26.760
<v Speaker 2>the biggest game in the franchise history of the last

0:28:26.760 --> 0:28:29.000
<v Speaker 2>two decades. But if we lose to Buffalo, does anybody

0:28:29.000 --> 0:28:31.040
<v Speaker 2>still feel that that was the case? Will you recall

0:28:31.119 --> 0:28:33.760
<v Speaker 2>that game winning drive that two will put together? Probably not?

0:28:34.119 --> 0:28:37.000
<v Speaker 2>The same was said of Baltimore. If you beat Buffalo,

0:28:37.080 --> 0:28:39.560
<v Speaker 2>does anybody still feel that way? I don't think so.

0:28:40.080 --> 0:28:41.840
<v Speaker 2>What if you lose to Buffalo and then you beat

0:28:41.880 --> 0:28:46.160
<v Speaker 2>Casey in Baltimore? Probably unlikely, but not impossible. How would

0:28:46.160 --> 0:28:48.520
<v Speaker 2>you feel about losing this Buffalo game? And I keep

0:28:48.640 --> 0:28:51.120
<v Speaker 2>using the legacy game stuff help. When I was getting

0:28:51.120 --> 0:28:53.520
<v Speaker 2>coffee this morning in the facility, I looked up at

0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:55.360
<v Speaker 2>one of the TVs in there and they were doing

0:28:55.360 --> 0:28:58.440
<v Speaker 2>a segment on one of those horrible morning talk shows

0:28:58.680 --> 0:29:01.480
<v Speaker 2>whose legacy is most on the line for this playoffs,

0:29:01.880 --> 0:29:05.320
<v Speaker 2>Lebron Numbskin, but two was of course up on that board,

0:29:05.880 --> 0:29:08.800
<v Speaker 2>and it's just like the same concept I just explained

0:29:08.800 --> 0:29:13.200
<v Speaker 2>about each individual game, it applies across multiple seasons. I

0:29:13.280 --> 0:29:15.040
<v Speaker 2>know we're gonna be upset if this year does not

0:29:15.080 --> 0:29:17.560
<v Speaker 2>go what we hope it does. But like your perspective is,

0:29:17.640 --> 0:29:19.440
<v Speaker 2>you'll be right back here again next year. Like, do

0:29:19.480 --> 0:29:22.160
<v Speaker 2>you really think that Tua and Mike's offense will get

0:29:22.200 --> 0:29:25.080
<v Speaker 2>worse in year three or year four? What about when

0:29:25.120 --> 0:29:27.320
<v Speaker 2>you have the same continuity on the defensive staff that

0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:29.520
<v Speaker 2>you had on offense this year, and you have Jialen

0:29:29.600 --> 0:29:33.680
<v Speaker 2>Ramsey for a full year where it doesn't take eight

0:29:33.760 --> 0:29:37.080
<v Speaker 2>years eight weeks to gel. Like, look, if this season

0:29:37.240 --> 0:29:40.320
<v Speaker 2>ends in these next two weeks, it'll be devastating. It's

0:29:40.360 --> 0:29:42.600
<v Speaker 2>gonna be hard to want to even get back into football.

0:29:42.720 --> 0:29:44.840
<v Speaker 2>It'll be probably hard to watch the playoff games, which

0:29:44.880 --> 0:29:48.160
<v Speaker 2>is terrible because I love playoff football more than anything

0:29:48.160 --> 0:29:50.080
<v Speaker 2>else besides my wife and kids, Like it's my favorite

0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:52.200
<v Speaker 2>thing in the world, especially when Dolphins are playing. But

0:29:52.920 --> 0:29:55.280
<v Speaker 2>you'll be right back here again next August to watching

0:29:55.280 --> 0:29:57.640
<v Speaker 2>this team in training camp having these exact same discussions

0:29:57.640 --> 0:30:00.320
<v Speaker 2>in December. I guess that's my point. And yah, I

0:30:00.400 --> 0:30:02.600
<v Speaker 2>know free agents on this team are vast, but there

0:30:02.640 --> 0:30:04.760
<v Speaker 2>are always creative routes that you can take to get

0:30:04.760 --> 0:30:06.880
<v Speaker 2>the team back together. You could probably run it back

0:30:06.880 --> 0:30:09.280
<v Speaker 2>with the exact same roster next year, which, by the way,

0:30:09.320 --> 0:30:12.160
<v Speaker 2>if Tua gets paid, that's like a fifteen million dollar

0:30:12.400 --> 0:30:14.880
<v Speaker 2>reduction or relief in year one of that contract. So

0:30:15.120 --> 0:30:17.440
<v Speaker 2>you get that, you might get retirements, you get June

0:30:17.480 --> 0:30:20.480
<v Speaker 2>one cuts, restructures. I'm just saying. What I'm trying to

0:30:20.520 --> 0:30:22.440
<v Speaker 2>say is there's not five teams right now in the

0:30:22.520 --> 0:30:25.440
<v Speaker 2>NFL with better futures than Miami because your head coach

0:30:25.440 --> 0:30:27.920
<v Speaker 2>and your quarterback are aligned. They're both elite. That's all

0:30:27.920 --> 0:30:29.600
<v Speaker 2>it matters. That's not all that matters. But that's the

0:30:29.600 --> 0:30:31.240
<v Speaker 2>biggest part. The biggest part of the equation is that

0:30:31.520 --> 0:30:33.800
<v Speaker 2>as we have learned over the last twenty years, because

0:30:33.800 --> 0:30:35.920
<v Speaker 2>what do we have twenty years ago, an elite coaching

0:30:36.000 --> 0:30:38.840
<v Speaker 2>quarterback right twenty five years ago, and now we have

0:30:38.880 --> 0:30:40.560
<v Speaker 2>it again, and in between we didn't have it and

0:30:40.560 --> 0:30:42.520
<v Speaker 2>we didn't go to the playoffs. Ever, it's the biggest

0:30:42.520 --> 0:30:45.440
<v Speaker 2>part of the game. So with that said, I wanted

0:30:45.480 --> 0:30:47.600
<v Speaker 2>to look at this because the narrative if we lose

0:30:47.600 --> 0:30:51.040
<v Speaker 2>Sunday for some and maybe this is the vast minority,

0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:53.959
<v Speaker 2>and I'm just seeing the vocal minority. But the narrative

0:30:54.000 --> 0:30:56.240
<v Speaker 2>will be that Tua caused it. It's Tua's issue. They

0:30:56.240 --> 0:30:57.720
<v Speaker 2>got to replace to a tongue of Bai low. The

0:30:57.760 --> 0:31:00.840
<v Speaker 2>quarterback can't win, they got to replace them. I saw

0:31:00.880 --> 0:31:03.640
<v Speaker 2>that the pick that Patrick Queen had, I saw the

0:31:04.000 --> 0:31:06.520
<v Speaker 2>take that that was what swung the game. Really, are

0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:08.840
<v Speaker 2>you sure about that? You're sure about that's why it

0:31:08.920 --> 0:31:12.160
<v Speaker 2>wasn't the busted coverage for a seventy five yard touchdown

0:31:12.400 --> 0:31:14.880
<v Speaker 2>on the first play after the offense had just made

0:31:14.880 --> 0:31:18.160
<v Speaker 2>it a fourteen thirteen game. Like, think about it. Baltimore

0:31:18.200 --> 0:31:19.920
<v Speaker 2>got the ball back in the game with three ten

0:31:20.000 --> 0:31:22.160
<v Speaker 2>to play in the second quarter. If you just hold

0:31:22.200 --> 0:31:24.440
<v Speaker 2>him to a field goal, there we go into half

0:31:24.560 --> 0:31:28.320
<v Speaker 2>seventeen thirteen, different game. Or hear me out, hear me out.

0:31:28.360 --> 0:31:31.000
<v Speaker 2>What if you actually got a stop and then we

0:31:31.040 --> 0:31:33.560
<v Speaker 2>aren't pushing the ball against the clock, we don't force

0:31:33.600 --> 0:31:35.600
<v Speaker 2>that throw. Maybe we kick a field goal. I mean

0:31:35.600 --> 0:31:38.240
<v Speaker 2>that would be a halftime lead sixteen fourteen. That's a

0:31:38.280 --> 0:31:41.480
<v Speaker 2>possibility that could have happened on Sunday. But what else

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:44.840
<v Speaker 2>should I expect from a community that has actual oxygen

0:31:44.920 --> 0:31:47.920
<v Speaker 2>breathing human beings, suggesting that Mike McDaniel could be on

0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:50.800
<v Speaker 2>the hot seat if we lose on Sunday, Like, I'm

0:31:50.840 --> 0:31:54.560
<v Speaker 2>not gonna entertain that beyond that point. But get out

0:31:54.560 --> 0:31:57.920
<v Speaker 2>of here, do we? You don't want this stuff? It's terrible.

0:31:58.400 --> 0:32:00.440
<v Speaker 2>I just wanted to look at some of Tua's our parts,

0:32:00.440 --> 0:32:03.240
<v Speaker 2>the people who he's being measured against, which in and

0:32:03.280 --> 0:32:06.440
<v Speaker 2>of itself should be telling, right, But I digress. The

0:32:06.440 --> 0:32:09.240
<v Speaker 2>people who he is comparable with his film in his

0:32:09.280 --> 0:32:12.800
<v Speaker 2>passing numbers, like a Peyton Manning who lost his first

0:32:12.840 --> 0:32:15.560
<v Speaker 2>three playoff games by a combined total of eighty three

0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:18.440
<v Speaker 2>to thirty three. The offense averaged eleven points in his

0:32:18.440 --> 0:32:20.760
<v Speaker 2>first three playoff games, an offense that was breaking records

0:32:20.760 --> 0:32:22.640
<v Speaker 2>from the moment he got on the field well his

0:32:22.720 --> 0:32:25.360
<v Speaker 2>sophomore year. He also lost to the Patriots each of

0:32:25.400 --> 0:32:27.720
<v Speaker 2>the next two postseasons, and then, in his sixth season,

0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:30.720
<v Speaker 2>as a one seed, facing a six seeded Steelers team

0:32:30.760 --> 0:32:33.040
<v Speaker 2>at home coming in with a playoff record of three

0:32:33.040 --> 0:32:35.640
<v Speaker 2>and five in his career, lost to the last team

0:32:35.680 --> 0:32:38.360
<v Speaker 2>to make it into the postseason while taking five sacks

0:32:38.360 --> 0:32:40.520
<v Speaker 2>and came putting less than sixty percent of his passes.

0:32:40.680 --> 0:32:43.320
<v Speaker 2>He got his ring in six year seven, which, by

0:32:43.320 --> 0:32:45.959
<v Speaker 2>the way, he scored fifteen points in one of those games,

0:32:46.120 --> 0:32:49.640
<v Speaker 2>going fifteen for thirty with a bucks seventy, no touchdowns

0:32:49.640 --> 0:32:55.280
<v Speaker 2>and two picks. Awful, but he won Drew Brees. He

0:32:55.400 --> 0:32:57.640
<v Speaker 2>was bounced in his loan playoff game with the Chargers,

0:32:57.880 --> 0:32:59.840
<v Speaker 2>then made a nice run in six getting a first

0:33:00.280 --> 0:33:02.280
<v Speaker 2>by and winning a playoff game, but then an eighty

0:33:02.320 --> 0:33:04.680
<v Speaker 2>three point two pass a rating in the NFC Championship

0:33:04.720 --> 0:33:07.400
<v Speaker 2>game to fall to one and two career in the postseason.

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:09.920
<v Speaker 2>Then they don't get back to the playoffs for the

0:33:09.960 --> 0:33:12.400
<v Speaker 2>next two years. Imagine if Tua did that off of

0:33:12.440 --> 0:33:15.200
<v Speaker 2>this year, if he went no playoffs the next two years,

0:33:15.600 --> 0:33:18.840
<v Speaker 2>he I don't want to think what the Twitter verse

0:33:18.840 --> 0:33:20.720
<v Speaker 2>would do to him. But then they won the Super Bowl,

0:33:20.760 --> 0:33:22.200
<v Speaker 2>so that's a pretty nice feather. But the rest of

0:33:22.240 --> 0:33:24.920
<v Speaker 2>his career five and seven and a career nine to

0:33:25.000 --> 0:33:27.720
<v Speaker 2>nine playoff record. What about the guy who actually did

0:33:27.720 --> 0:33:30.800
<v Speaker 2>replace Drew Brees in San Diego, Philip rivers five and

0:33:30.880 --> 0:33:33.120
<v Speaker 2>seven career playoff record. The only year where he won

0:33:33.200 --> 0:33:36.240
<v Speaker 2>multiple playoff games, his offense posted an average of nineteen

0:33:36.280 --> 0:33:39.000
<v Speaker 2>points per game. In those games. How about Lamar Jackson,

0:33:39.000 --> 0:33:41.240
<v Speaker 2>who's one and three in the playoffs. His first playoff

0:33:41.240 --> 0:33:43.920
<v Speaker 2>loss as a full time starter was in an MVP

0:33:44.200 --> 0:33:47.320
<v Speaker 2>fourteen to two, record breaking season of an offense. He

0:33:47.400 --> 0:33:49.520
<v Speaker 2>posts a sixty three a passer rating and a garbage

0:33:49.560 --> 0:33:52.480
<v Speaker 2>time touchdown in that game, actually rescued that rating from

0:33:52.520 --> 0:33:56.280
<v Speaker 2>the fifties. Of course, the year prior, they scored seventeen

0:33:56.280 --> 0:33:58.280
<v Speaker 2>points in a loss of the Chargers. Then he got

0:33:58.280 --> 0:34:00.360
<v Speaker 2>his revenge on the Titans in the Wild Car Round

0:34:00.440 --> 0:34:03.200
<v Speaker 2>the next year in twenty twenty, only to go fourteen

0:34:03.240 --> 0:34:05.840
<v Speaker 2>of twenty four with one sixty two and a pick

0:34:05.880 --> 0:34:08.279
<v Speaker 2>in the Divisional round in a loss of the Buffalo Bills,

0:34:08.320 --> 0:34:10.600
<v Speaker 2>we scored ten points. And he hasn't played a playoff

0:34:10.640 --> 0:34:13.479
<v Speaker 2>game since that year. And I think we'd all agree

0:34:13.480 --> 0:34:15.200
<v Speaker 2>he's the best quarterback in the league right now, right

0:34:15.280 --> 0:34:18.520
<v Speaker 2>like he is. How about Dak Prescott, He's pretty damn good.

0:34:18.640 --> 0:34:21.000
<v Speaker 2>Hasn't been to a championship game in his eight year career,

0:34:21.120 --> 0:34:22.920
<v Speaker 2>but I bet he does it this year and then

0:34:22.960 --> 0:34:25.680
<v Speaker 2>what's the narrative then? And there's even more. This is

0:34:25.719 --> 0:34:29.040
<v Speaker 2>after they were written off till for this season after

0:34:29.120 --> 0:34:30.879
<v Speaker 2>losing to us when they're gonna win the NFC East

0:34:30.920 --> 0:34:33.240
<v Speaker 2>and probably be the two seed. What about Josh Allen.

0:34:33.280 --> 0:34:35.600
<v Speaker 2>He's actually been awesome in the playoffs, but he's four

0:34:35.600 --> 0:34:37.880
<v Speaker 2>and four and that includes pass the ratings of sixty

0:34:37.960 --> 0:34:40.799
<v Speaker 2>nine point five, eighty point eight, and sixty eight in

0:34:40.840 --> 0:34:44.960
<v Speaker 2>three losses three of those four losses. Now, unicorns do exist.

0:34:44.960 --> 0:34:48.320
<v Speaker 2>Patrick Mahomes is a unicorn. Tom Brady was. Ben Roethlisberger

0:34:48.360 --> 0:34:50.439
<v Speaker 2>won a Super Bowl right away. Would it be nice

0:34:50.440 --> 0:34:53.279
<v Speaker 2>to have some early career success as those guys. Of

0:34:53.280 --> 0:34:55.759
<v Speaker 2>course it would, That's what we want. But the point

0:34:55.800 --> 0:34:57.600
<v Speaker 2>of this is to tell you some of the takes

0:34:57.640 --> 0:34:59.279
<v Speaker 2>you see, maybe the takes that you've had on an

0:34:59.280 --> 0:35:02.320
<v Speaker 2>emotional state. I've been guilty of it privately. I disowned

0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:03.840
<v Speaker 2>the team when they fell down twenty one oh at

0:35:03.920 --> 0:35:06.040
<v Speaker 2>Kansas City in my own head. I didn't say it

0:35:06.040 --> 0:35:08.400
<v Speaker 2>on Twitter because I'm not gonna change my process that quickly.

0:35:09.000 --> 0:35:10.960
<v Speaker 2>But maybe you said that. But the idea is that

0:35:11.120 --> 0:35:15.000
<v Speaker 2>it is hard, hard to win these big games. That's

0:35:15.040 --> 0:35:17.960
<v Speaker 2>why all these great quarterbacks, Legends of the Game, Hall

0:35:18.000 --> 0:35:21.520
<v Speaker 2>of Fame quarterbacks have sub five hundred records in these

0:35:21.520 --> 0:35:24.080
<v Speaker 2>postseason careers. Right just think about that, think about the

0:35:24.080 --> 0:35:25.840
<v Speaker 2>context of that. Let's go ahead and finish up this

0:35:25.840 --> 0:35:28.719
<v Speaker 2>podcast with some Mike McDaniel audio, and we're gonna play

0:35:28.760 --> 0:35:31.440
<v Speaker 2>just one SoundBite because there was several injury questions that

0:35:31.480 --> 0:35:33.920
<v Speaker 2>he answered, and we'll have the injury report for you

0:35:33.960 --> 0:35:36.120
<v Speaker 2>guys up on Twitter probably by the time you hear

0:35:36.160 --> 0:35:39.479
<v Speaker 2>this podcast, quite honestly. And then there was a question

0:35:39.560 --> 0:35:41.120
<v Speaker 2>I asked about the Pro Bowlers and the pride he

0:35:41.120 --> 0:35:43.399
<v Speaker 2>takes and having six players qualify for the Pro Bowl,

0:35:43.400 --> 0:35:45.399
<v Speaker 2>and I thought it was cool he talked about two

0:35:45.680 --> 0:35:47.560
<v Speaker 2>a year ago people saying that this guy couldn't even

0:35:47.560 --> 0:35:50.080
<v Speaker 2>finish a seventeen game season. Now he's just starting quarterback

0:35:50.120 --> 0:35:52.680
<v Speaker 2>for the AFC Pro Bowl team. A couple of undrafted guys,

0:35:52.680 --> 0:35:54.400
<v Speaker 2>first timers making the Pro Bowl. And you guys know

0:35:54.400 --> 0:35:56.600
<v Speaker 2>how I feel about how cool to alec Ingold and

0:35:56.680 --> 0:35:59.560
<v Speaker 2>Raheem moster stories are. And then with Ramsey and Armstead

0:35:59.600 --> 0:36:02.640
<v Speaker 2>and tyreew important they are the football team. Obviously good stuff.

0:36:02.719 --> 0:36:06.400
<v Speaker 2>Find the entire press conference or a media availability on YouTube.

0:36:06.480 --> 0:36:08.439
<v Speaker 2>Let's go ahead and play this one sound bite though,

0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:10.120
<v Speaker 2>because this is all I really care about this week.

0:36:10.160 --> 0:36:13.240
<v Speaker 2>The Buffalo Bill's huge game. Not going to be crying

0:36:13.280 --> 0:36:15.360
<v Speaker 2>about how the season has not gone the way I

0:36:15.400 --> 0:36:17.760
<v Speaker 2>wanted to, the last week of the season, really, injuries,

0:36:17.800 --> 0:36:19.840
<v Speaker 2>all that stuff. I just want to talk about beating Buffalo.

0:36:19.880 --> 0:36:22.520
<v Speaker 2>What this team's mindset is. Here's coach on balancing the

0:36:22.520 --> 0:36:25.160
<v Speaker 2>pressure of these big games, even though it is just

0:36:25.200 --> 0:36:27.440
<v Speaker 2>another game in kind of terms of football, but it's

0:36:27.440 --> 0:36:27.960
<v Speaker 2>more than that.

0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:32.399
<v Speaker 3>It kind of speaks to what we've been doing since

0:36:32.440 --> 0:36:34.360
<v Speaker 3>we got together as a group. The only way to

0:36:34.400 --> 0:36:38.959
<v Speaker 3>handle that is when they say it it's just another game,

0:36:39.040 --> 0:36:44.239
<v Speaker 3>it's because it is a normal football game. But if

0:36:44.280 --> 0:36:50.239
<v Speaker 3>you take enough intentionality and create pressure and expectations for

0:36:50.280 --> 0:36:58.239
<v Speaker 3>yourself from the beginning of training camp and approach each

0:36:58.239 --> 0:37:01.160
<v Speaker 3>and every practice and each and every game with with

0:37:01.480 --> 0:37:08.680
<v Speaker 3>full ambition, focus and uh, you know, treating every every

0:37:08.719 --> 0:37:10.759
<v Speaker 3>game as though you treat a playoff game, then all

0:37:10.840 --> 0:37:17.640
<v Speaker 3>games are the same and you're better burst at big

0:37:17.680 --> 0:37:20.719
<v Speaker 3>game experiences because you treat You've treated so many games

0:37:20.760 --> 0:37:24.920
<v Speaker 3>as big games. So I think this this team based

0:37:25.000 --> 0:37:31.560
<v Speaker 3>upon what they've done, what they've experienced, how much, uh,

0:37:31.640 --> 0:37:36.640
<v Speaker 3>how much attention they've received. It's been an attention filled

0:37:36.719 --> 0:37:40.200
<v Speaker 3>year for for the entire team, with the with the

0:37:41.239 --> 0:37:45.040
<v Speaker 3>you know, the offense, getting a ton of acclaim early

0:37:45.080 --> 0:37:50.040
<v Speaker 3>on in the season. You know too, to having expectations

0:37:50.080 --> 0:37:53.480
<v Speaker 3>that are brought forth when when you're if you win

0:37:53.560 --> 0:37:58.080
<v Speaker 3>a game by fifty, then to have heartbreaking losses throughout

0:37:58.120 --> 0:38:01.480
<v Speaker 3>the season, but continually respond. I think all of those

0:38:01.480 --> 0:38:06.080
<v Speaker 3>things accumulated all give you the best chance to put

0:38:06.120 --> 0:38:11.520
<v Speaker 3>your best foot forward in a week eighteen. So I

0:38:11.560 --> 0:38:17.560
<v Speaker 3>think it's it's focusing on the fact that you've built

0:38:17.560 --> 0:38:19.759
<v Speaker 3>yourself up to be able to play in this game,

0:38:19.840 --> 0:38:24.520
<v Speaker 3>and then once the game starts that it's basic football,

0:38:24.920 --> 0:38:29.000
<v Speaker 3>with playing with your teammates, adhering to a fundamentals and technique,

0:38:29.320 --> 0:38:33.840
<v Speaker 3>and then playing playing inspired. That's what it takes to

0:38:33.880 --> 0:38:37.120
<v Speaker 3>accomplish the goal. And that's what they've been focusing on

0:38:37.160 --> 0:38:41.040
<v Speaker 3>this week, and I've been reiterating to them every time

0:38:41.120 --> 0:38:42.799
<v Speaker 3>they open their eyes and look at me.

0:38:43.280 --> 0:38:46.279
<v Speaker 2>All right, that's it. Next time I talk to you, guys,

0:38:46.320 --> 0:38:48.560
<v Speaker 2>either we're AFCAST champions or we're going on the road

0:38:48.640 --> 0:38:51.520
<v Speaker 2>to nine degree Kansas City in the wild card round.

0:38:51.760 --> 0:38:53.880
<v Speaker 2>I hope it's the former. Man, it's not gonna be

0:38:53.880 --> 0:38:57.160
<v Speaker 2>over if it's not. But man, I hope it's the

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