Speaker 1: Looking Field, touchdown Miami. What is up? Dolphins? And welcome
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Speaker 1: and every day. How's it going, everybody? It is Thursday.
Speaker 1: I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here
Speaker 1: to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football.
Speaker 1: On today's show, my interview with the Dolphins Walter Peyton,
Speaker 1: Man of the Year nominee Byron Jones, very powerful conversation
Speaker 1: with the Dolphins cornerback. Plus we'll hear from Brian Flores
Speaker 1: and some Dolphins players and Thursday selected media availability. All
Speaker 1: of that and more on this Thursday, December, the tenth
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Speaker 1: kick this podcast off with the news of Thursday that
Speaker 1: Byron Jones was selected as one of the thirty two
Speaker 1: Walter Payton Man of the Year nominees. He is the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins representative in that category. He will wear a
Speaker 1: decal on his helmet the rest of the season, and
Speaker 1: he also will receive a forty dollar donation to the
Speaker 1: charity of his choice in his name from the NFL.
Speaker 1: We have the feature piece up on Miami Dolphins dot com.
Speaker 1: Go ahead and take a look at that. But now
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and roll my interview with Dolphins Cornerback
Speaker 1: Byron Jones and writing Shotgun now on the Drive Time
Speaker 1: podcast is Dolphins Cornerback Byron Jones. Byron, thank you for
Speaker 1: joining me today. Thanks for having me. It's my pleasure.
Speaker 1: Let's not let's not mess around here and bury the
Speaker 1: lead at all. Byron, uh, you have been announced as
Speaker 1: the Dolphins nominee for the NFL's Walter Payton Man of
Speaker 1: the Year Award. I just want to get your reaction
Speaker 1: first to that news, like, how did you feel when
Speaker 1: you first heard that news? It was an honor um,
Speaker 1: you know, because the community service is something that truthfully
Speaker 1: I haven't done a good enough job at, especially early
Speaker 1: on in my career. I think a lot of football
Speaker 1: players are still focused on their career and they kind
Speaker 1: of overlook how important their platform is, but also um
Speaker 1: how how an influenier they are in their own community.
Speaker 1: And that's one thing that really shook me to my core.
Speaker 1: I look back and look at myself in a Marya
Speaker 1: was like, Okay, I really doing enough of my community
Speaker 1: and the answer was no. So I really changed things
Speaker 1: around until twenty with the help of the Dolphins. They
Speaker 1: you know, they really kind of let the way for
Speaker 1: me and gave me the avenue to really help out
Speaker 1: and be a steward in my community. I'm curious Byron
Speaker 1: because that's a really commendable trait for someone to have
Speaker 1: the ability to look back and say, I can do
Speaker 1: more in this particular avenue. Have you always been that way?
Speaker 1: Is that something you've also learned along the way? Like,
Speaker 1: where does that come from? Uh? You know, truthfully, I
Speaker 1: think it just comes from It really comes from football,
Speaker 1: you know, and football you really have to check yourself,
Speaker 1: you know, frequently and ask yourself for and I lifting
Speaker 1: enough weight? Am I watching enough film? Dragging enough water?
Speaker 1: And get enough sleep. It starts with simple things, and
Speaker 1: then you can expand it. Um you know, and I
Speaker 1: am I focusing enough on football, but also my focus
Speaker 1: enough for my community, my family and my relationships. Um.
Speaker 1: I think it's a really good trait just to have,
Speaker 1: just in general, no matter what career you're in, it's
Speaker 1: just check yourself really really after are you doing enough?
Speaker 1: Are you doing enough in the avigues that are areas
Speaker 1: in your life that are most important? And oftentimes you
Speaker 1: know that and the answers no, and it's up to
Speaker 1: you to really change that course. That's that's awesome. I
Speaker 1: always said that, you know, the way I raised my
Speaker 1: kids is going to be based off my own experience
Speaker 1: and that you know, I grew up playing sports as well,
Speaker 1: and all the life lessons I really learned came from
Speaker 1: sports and and you know the requirements of a team
Speaker 1: goal and the hard work required to be able to
Speaker 1: perform on the field. So it's cool to hear you
Speaker 1: say that to kind of have that common you know,
Speaker 1: like minded mindset. And you know, I think I think
Speaker 1: Byron that most players can can point to a moment,
Speaker 1: you know, where they they knew maybe they thought that
Speaker 1: they might have a chance to make the league, as
Speaker 1: a player. But I'm wondering with you given the description
Speaker 1: of the ward excellence on and off the field, and
Speaker 1: you certainly checked the merits box of the on the
Speaker 1: field excellence, But there was a was there a moment
Speaker 1: where you can look back and say that was when
Speaker 1: I made the decision that I was going to be
Speaker 1: more than a football player. It was definitely. You know,
Speaker 1: I've always had entered I've already had interest in other
Speaker 1: things off the field, UM. But my interest in in
Speaker 1: community really started in the George Floor situation. UM. And truthfully,
Speaker 1: it really should have started a lot long before that.
Speaker 1: It shouldn't have gotten to that point to really waked
Speaker 1: me up. UM. And when you start looking back and
Speaker 1: helping out, but definitely in the march of um that
Speaker 1: that was a time where it was a lot of frustration,
Speaker 1: especially in the black community and and really just across
Speaker 1: America just where things were at the moment, and you
Speaker 1: really have to ask yourself, Okay, is this the best
Speaker 1: that we can do? Is this the best that I
Speaker 1: could do? And and often times I said earlier that's
Speaker 1: not that's no, we can do better. Uh. And for me,
Speaker 1: that's where I really uh, you know, I made a
Speaker 1: really personal promise to myself and really changed and changed
Speaker 1: me fundamentally. I don't, um, you know, life for me
Speaker 1: is no longer just about me and me and being selfish.
Speaker 1: You know that was for me early my early twenties.
Speaker 1: Now it's you know, I've been blessed with there with
Speaker 1: so many incredible opportunities and beautiful family that has supported
Speaker 1: me along the way, and now it's my turn to
Speaker 1: give back to the community. UM. And it's given me
Speaker 1: so much, so it's just I took it on as
Speaker 1: my responsibility. I'm gonna hold myself accountable to it. You
Speaker 1: mentioned George Floyd there Byron, and you know, I think
Speaker 1: back to training camp, and I can't remember what day
Speaker 1: it was or exactly when it occurred, but the entire
Speaker 1: team kind of gathered around coach and you guys had
Speaker 1: several players stuff up and speaking. One of those people
Speaker 1: was you that stepped up and spoke. I'm not asking
Speaker 1: for specifics about that conversation, because I'm sure that's something
Speaker 1: that you guys want to keep among the team, But
Speaker 1: what was that moment like for you to kind of
Speaker 1: see the unifying effect of of football and all these
Speaker 1: young men that you know, can can have this platform, Mike,
Speaker 1: you guys do have to step forward and kind of
Speaker 1: make their voices heard. Like was that unique for you
Speaker 1: in a football environment and what did that moment mean
Speaker 1: to you? Um? You know, I think this overall everyone
Speaker 1: is very active or very eager to do something. Um,
Speaker 1: everyone's you know, obviously we have a voice, we have
Speaker 1: a platform, but a lot of us wanted to create
Speaker 1: action to create change. And that was really the impetus
Speaker 1: for our Social Impact committee. UM. We started at the
Speaker 1: Dolphins and we've done some incredible work in the civil
Speaker 1: civic engagement and economic empowerment and education aspects. And that
Speaker 1: that was really uh something that that you know, the
Speaker 1: support staff at the Dolphins really spearheaded along with the players,
Speaker 1: and they gave us a form. They gave us a
Speaker 1: form to to really reach out to community leaders and superintendence, senators, um,
Speaker 1: to really get get the get the ball moving and
Speaker 1: really create some change in our community, in the soft
Speaker 1: aware the community. So UM, you know, if anything, the
Speaker 1: conversation was like Okay, yes we all want to speak,
Speaker 1: we all want to speak out and support, but uh,
Speaker 1: what can we do on on an action side on
Speaker 1: the natural, real change side to to really change the
Speaker 1: tides in this country. And and so fittingly so you know,
Speaker 1: in the same week that you are nominated for this
Speaker 1: this really tremendous honor. You also participated in the Dolphins
Speaker 1: five thousand role Models program just a couple of days ago.
Speaker 1: Can you tell us about that and how that experience went.
Speaker 1: You know, it was awesome. So it was a program
Speaker 1: of young young adults in the South Huota area that
Speaker 1: are you know, in a program, um just really really
Speaker 1: they're they're they're reaching out for advice and some mentorship
Speaker 1: and and you know, it's it's an honor to be
Speaker 1: able to speak to those kids. For for many reasons,
Speaker 1: but just it reminds me when I was young, and
Speaker 1: you know, when you kind of think you kind of
Speaker 1: know it all, you think you're this type of person
Speaker 1: and um that you kind of have to figure it out.
Speaker 1: And I told you the kids essentially this um you know,
Speaker 1: expand your mind, expand your world view. You know, read
Speaker 1: books that you probably wouldn't otherwise, and watch movies that
Speaker 1: make your uncomfortable. UM, just really just continue to grow
Speaker 1: and learn. Really embraced the stuck because a lot of
Speaker 1: kids were asking ab how do you stay discipline and
Speaker 1: you know, how do you focus during a class that
Speaker 1: you may not like. UM, just pretty much great perseverance
Speaker 1: and determination. That's no matter what you want to do
Speaker 1: in life, those three four traits will really take you
Speaker 1: far in life. So just just talking to the kids,
Speaker 1: I think, uh, the words coming from an athlete. I'm
Speaker 1: sure their parents have said it many times, the mentors
Speaker 1: that they haven't a group, I said it many times,
Speaker 1: but I think coming from an athlete, so when they
Speaker 1: look up to UM, you can really resonate with those kids. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I remember back when I was like a kid, I had,
Speaker 1: you know, some athletes come to my school and I'll
Speaker 1: never forget. It's one of those moments that you know,
Speaker 1: you always remember for the rest of your life. And
Speaker 1: I want to kind of go there's a bit of
Speaker 1: a carry over here from what you just said to
Speaker 1: a previous interview you did with Kimmy Chicks of NFL
Speaker 1: Network is part of the Inspired Change initiative, and you
Speaker 1: kind of, I guess, pulled back the curtain on on
Speaker 1: the way your brain works, the way you kind of
Speaker 1: are here and saying that you should never go to
Speaker 1: bed with the question in your head, and that really
Speaker 1: resident with me personally, Byron. But I was just hopeful
Speaker 1: that maybe you could expand on that and talk about
Speaker 1: that interview and the Inspired Change initiative. Yeah, the UM,
Speaker 1: you know really uh, and I'm naturally very curious. I
Speaker 1: like to learn as much as I can and UM,
Speaker 1: but that didn't start out of nowhere for me. It
Speaker 1: really started looking up one thing at a time or
Speaker 1: two things at a time. You know, you have to
Speaker 1: really spark your interest in something, and before you giving
Speaker 1: instance to something, you really have to just go and
Speaker 1: pursue it. Whether it's for me, it was cars, and
Speaker 1: I got into cars when I was younger, So I
Speaker 1: started to reach the cars and then expanse the airplanes
Speaker 1: or expanses something else, whatever your road map. Maybe the
Speaker 1: first step is really just finding interest in something and
Speaker 1: researching it and and getting those answers that you have answered.
Speaker 1: We're getting those questions that you have answered. Um, there's
Speaker 1: videos on YouTube, financial education, whatever the subject matter is. UM.
Speaker 1: You know the materials out there. You know, we live
Speaker 1: in such a information age. It's unfortunately a lot of
Speaker 1: people don't go and actually read the information that's out there.
Speaker 1: For you. So that's that was my big encouragement to
Speaker 1: the young kids and any one who was watching that
Speaker 1: podcast at that time. So not to put you on
Speaker 1: the spot here by, and but I gotta ask you
Speaker 1: because I'm kind of the same way and I find
Speaker 1: myself in these rabbit holes sometimes, you know, eleven o'clock
Speaker 1: and midnight, where I'm on my couch just looking at
Speaker 1: stupid stuff. What's what's the most like weird thing or
Speaker 1: the most interesting thing you've looked at recently that you
Speaker 1: wanted to get some more research on. Oh, it's interesting.
Speaker 1: So I'm a cargo, I'm a classic Porsche, of guys,
Speaker 1: I'm looking at trying to understand the difference between a
Speaker 1: long up regulator and continuing injections. That was really like
Speaker 1: the pretty much the it's like the feel. I guess
Speaker 1: it's there's something involving the fuel of it's a little
Speaker 1: it's a little wonky nowadays, but that was forty years ago.
Speaker 1: Forty years ago, I guess it was. It's engendering marvel,
Speaker 1: But nowadays it's kind of a kind of want to
Speaker 1: replace it with an electric fuel injection just them, So, yeah,
Speaker 1: I'd like to learn I mean it is little stuff
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Um, but whatever, Like I said,
Speaker 1: I tried to find find my answers to my question.
Speaker 1: I don't wait around with nobody. Yeah, you're speaking another
Speaker 1: language there to me on the on the car stuff,
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't go and hear that stuff. Guys
Speaker 1: who knows, just hit me up, man, teach me. There
Speaker 1: you go, there's there's the car therapy car guys. The
Speaker 1: portion guys especially get at byron On on social media.
Speaker 1: Now you mentioned you know this is kind of more
Speaker 1: of a thing for the youth and talking to children
Speaker 1: and trying to give back that way. But I am
Speaker 1: curious because there are so many young guys on this
Speaker 1: team in your defensive back room, Like, is there a
Speaker 1: guy that has really risen to that level of inquisitive
Speaker 1: nature that you have? Like, which are the young bucks
Speaker 1: out there kind of following that same you know, trying
Speaker 1: to find out about Porsche's and and other different research
Speaker 1: projects he can go for. Well it's not a dB,
Speaker 1: but it's definitely I think Christian Wilkinson is Uh Wilkins.
Speaker 1: He's he's a guy who's he's on every call and
Speaker 1: I'm all, he's always listening in the background. I think
Speaker 1: he's waiting for us, trying to really rise up. But
Speaker 1: he has a great spirit, great attitude. He's he's one
Speaker 1: of those bright minds and I think will definitely take
Speaker 1: this stuff. And I think he was, you know, nfl
Speaker 1: p a rep last year's rookie year, which is really impressive.
Speaker 1: So I think Christian is definitely the next one and nine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he always he always has something interesting to say when
Speaker 1: does press and and all that fun stuff as well.
Speaker 1: But you know, Byron, it's it's an honor to have
Speaker 1: you on this podcast. Man, it's an honor to to
Speaker 1: be here talking with you. And I want to go
Speaker 1: back to something that you and I spoke about on
Speaker 1: this exact podcast back in March. You were one of
Speaker 1: my first interviews Byron with the Dolphins, and that was
Speaker 1: when you signed with Miami because you said that you
Speaker 1: had saw what this team was building, you saw what
Speaker 1: Coach Flores was putting together for me culture standpoint, and
Speaker 1: you said that you wanted to be a catalyst for
Speaker 1: culture change. How would you say that's going and what
Speaker 1: is the culture like? How would you define the culture
Speaker 1: of the Miami Dolphins all right now? I mean it's
Speaker 1: you know, everything's easy and uh in terms of when
Speaker 1: you're winning, things were each and no question. But you
Speaker 1: find out, you find you find out a lot about
Speaker 1: your team when you when you lose. And that's what
Speaker 1: we found out early on in the season. I think
Speaker 1: at one point we were one in three. Um, No,
Speaker 1: I wasn't playing. I had an injury at the time,
Speaker 1: so you know, you got to I had to check
Speaker 1: myself as well, make sure my body was right. But
Speaker 1: we really rose to the occasion. We understood the challenge
Speaker 1: that we had ahead of us, and we understood that, um,
Speaker 1: in order to have a chance in December, that we
Speaker 1: needed to win a lot of games and a lot
Speaker 1: of games soon and I think in the five game
Speaker 1: winn the street after that. So, UM, we have a
Speaker 1: culture of young guys who understand how to play football,
Speaker 1: guys who the learning grow and all best ftball players
Speaker 1: that as young men. UM, and that's the exciting party.
Speaker 1: And I'm a part of this up and coming group.
Speaker 1: Still a lot lots of go, a long way to go,
Speaker 1: but it's exciting to see to see some success early on.
Speaker 1: But um, the most important football happens in December and
Speaker 1: we're writing to think of it. So we're trying to
Speaker 1: keep our head down and trying to continue the culture
Speaker 1: that we have so far. I'm hurt. I'm sure you've
Speaker 1: heard from g A several times. They remember December. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: every December is just incredible time where teams, you know,
Speaker 1: teams who have a fighting chance either high as you fall.
Speaker 1: So this is our chance. And I'm sure you're enjoying
Speaker 1: the weather down here as well. I'm a Pacific Northwest guy,
Speaker 1: so this weather in December has been beautiful. Man. Hey,
Speaker 1: that reminds me. I wanted to ask you. You said
Speaker 1: something before the Niners trip, or maybe it was after
Speaker 1: you guys landed. You were like, I didn't expect this
Speaker 1: long flight going from Miami to say in France. That
Speaker 1: a bit of a shock for it. Just I think
Speaker 1: I was talking to somebody about it. You mentioned like
Speaker 1: you played in Dallas with Dallas was always in the
Speaker 1: middle of everything, you know, whenever the West coast or
Speaker 1: East coast. You know, that makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: But no, Miami to San Francisco. I was on that
Speaker 1: plane for two days, like I watched a movie. I
Speaker 1: took a nap aid, you know, some push ups in
Speaker 1: the back. I thought that should be done, but two
Speaker 1: hours later then we're finally landing. So uh yeah, I
Speaker 1: know it was a little wake up called sometimes the
Speaker 1: trips a little far into the West coast, But as
Speaker 1: long as you get to win, I'm happy. That's right.
Speaker 1: I actually quote tweeted you on that and said something
Speaker 1: to the effect of, like, I watched Tuesday, I know specials,
Speaker 1: I watched a movie, I watched an entire Netflix series,
Speaker 1: and I still have half the damn flight to go.
Speaker 1: Let's get back on track here, and um you know
Speaker 1: one of the guys that coach Flora has always talks
Speaker 1: about not getting enough due, and he certainly gets his
Speaker 1: due on this podcast. And every time I interact with
Speaker 1: Josh Boyer, he is the nicest guy imaginable. He always
Speaker 1: has a smile on his face says what's up. So
Speaker 1: that's how I know him. But I'm wondering if you
Speaker 1: can give us something on Josh Boyer. What has Josh
Speaker 1: Boyer been like for you and your guys A short
Speaker 1: relation and ship so far? Um Man, he he love
Speaker 1: about it. He's just straightforward. He's gonna tell you it
Speaker 1: like it is. If you're doing well, doing bad what
Speaker 1: you need to be better at. UM, And he's not.
Speaker 1: He's not a guy who's gonna yell and scream too
Speaker 1: too often. He'll come up to me during the games.
Speaker 1: You're gonna be better on this, okay, but you gotta
Speaker 1: be you gotta be better than that. UM. And I
Speaker 1: appreciate that. UM. Like I said, he doesn't shy. Were
Speaker 1: from with the superstar on the defense with the young
Speaker 1: guys and come over with coach and get you right.
Speaker 1: UM kind of see. Yeah, he still has his hand
Speaker 1: and each position group. Although he is a decordinator U.
Speaker 1: He loves a game and he's just teaching it to
Speaker 1: us as best as you can. So now he's been
Speaker 1: a hell of a DC so far and a hell
Speaker 1: of the coach. So we're all excited to have from
Speaker 1: coach Boyer. We talked about Coach g a a little bit,
Speaker 1: and you've also talked this season periodically about working on
Speaker 1: your ball skills and I want to I want to
Speaker 1: say you referenced Charles Burke's in particular on that. How
Speaker 1: would you say you've progressed in that area trying to
Speaker 1: attack the football and learning from X and and just
Speaker 1: being more cognizant of locating the football. I can tell
Speaker 1: you I'm doing a damn find you and practice is
Speaker 1: just not translated to the game yet, so we're still
Speaker 1: working on that. But no, it's you know, just watching
Speaker 1: It's like I was just out there after practice on
Speaker 1: the jokes. But that's that's something I never I never
Speaker 1: usedul to do. But watching him on the jacks, I'm like,
Speaker 1: you know, then I'm gonna go ahead and try to
Speaker 1: try that with him. Um, but now it's also to
Speaker 1: be on the defense where turnovers are just coming in bunches.
Speaker 1: You see guys across the board just making plays from
Speaker 1: the line to linebackers, dbs, nickels and safety. So um,
Speaker 1: hopefully it'll roll off soon. But you know, as long
Speaker 1: as I do my job, it will come to me.
Speaker 1: And I gotta make a play that comes that that
Speaker 1: comes to me. Is that is that all? It's gonna be,
Speaker 1: just more opportunity for you to get a chance to
Speaker 1: take that practice reps over to the game the game
Speaker 1: they field, Yeah, exactly at something. It will happen. It's
Speaker 1: just you know, being focused and not you know, getting
Speaker 1: too focus just on on one aspect of the game.
Speaker 1: The game focus so much bigger than just turn over
Speaker 1: all that they are the best. Um, it's much bigger
Speaker 1: than just turnovers. So I continue to do my job
Speaker 1: at a high level. And when I get the ball
Speaker 1: to my side and Gon'll make a play on it,
Speaker 1: there it is a yeah. I got two more questions
Speaker 1: for you here buying a quick Another cool stat I mentioned.
Speaker 1: I'm big into the stats and and if if they
Speaker 1: have proper context, like to apply proper context to the stats. Um. So,
Speaker 1: since your return in the Week five win over San Francisco,
Speaker 1: the leading receiver of your eight opponents is averaging six
Speaker 1: point oh four yards per target, whereas in there are
Speaker 1: other games they average eight yards per target. How have
Speaker 1: you guys been able to take away the offense is
Speaker 1: most productive player and make the offense play I guess
Speaker 1: left handed as it were. Uh, just play better defense
Speaker 1: at our coverage that are tackling better pressure. UM. I
Speaker 1: think it's a combination of a lot of things. It's
Speaker 1: hard to say which which is which. But the matches
Speaker 1: that that coaches have put us in, you know, so
Speaker 1: pretty much enjority of the season has been really good.
Speaker 1: You know, they're they're putting on a match up they
Speaker 1: think you can win and that that's very importantly defense
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator understands, um, every every player is strong suited
Speaker 1: but also their weaknesses. We play our defense towards there. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's fun to watch me. It's been a lot
Speaker 1: of fun for me to just sit back and watch
Speaker 1: this defense. Second rank scoring defense. It is the number
Speaker 1: one third down defense in the NFL, so plenty of production. There. Finally,
Speaker 1: one last question for you, Byron. You're not old by
Speaker 1: any means, but you're not. You're twenty one year old self. Again,
Speaker 1: I'm curious, would you still break that that world record
Speaker 1: long jump right now? Well, I'll tell you this. I've
Speaker 1: only jumped jumped as far one time in my life
Speaker 1: and it was only combined, So okay, I can't give
Speaker 1: you any promises on that. But now the leg's still
Speaker 1: feel good. You know, I feel a little bit old
Speaker 1: this great here and there, but now they still feel
Speaker 1: good and they still got some juice left, so now
Speaker 1: you can get damn close. I love it, man, I
Speaker 1: had to ask you that question. Byron Jones, Dolphins cornerback
Speaker 1: and a big, big reason for all those defensive stats.
Speaker 1: I just threw your guys a way, Byron. I appreciate
Speaker 1: your time, man, best of luck to rest the way,
Speaker 1: stay healthy and we'll talk to you soon. Man. Appreciate
Speaker 1: a man, Take care and there he goes. If you
Speaker 1: go to the Miami Dolphins social media pages a Twitter account,
Speaker 1: you can retweet a Dolphins tweet they sent out early
Speaker 1: on Thursday morning, and a retweet equals one vote for
Speaker 1: Byron Jones to win the award as the Dolphins nominee
Speaker 1: for the Walter Payton Man of the Year. What's I go?
Speaker 1: Check out out check out the article on Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: dot com. Let's go ahead and spend this thing forward
Speaker 1: to Brian Flores is Thursday morning media availability, and we
Speaker 1: start with this news that the Dolphins also tweeted out
Speaker 1: on Thursday morning. In partnership with Coach Flora's and Consul
Speaker 1: Ladu Florida, we purchased items from Publix and Cisco to
Speaker 1: send to Honduras for Hurricane Eta relief efforts. A big
Speaker 1: thank you to Spirit Airlines for flying the items to
Speaker 1: Central America. Coach Flores was asked about that program and
Speaker 1: his partnership to to get these hurricane relief efforts out
Speaker 1: to Honduras. Here's coach Flora's on that program. Uh. You know,
Speaker 1: I think we talked about this a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: ago as far as you know, some hurricane relief for
Speaker 1: the people who are down there on Durash. So just
Speaker 1: worked with Jason Jenkins in our community relations and in
Speaker 1: touch with the Consulate from unders and uh, you know,
Speaker 1: put some uh you know, with help from publics, put
Speaker 1: some packages together and do with Spirit airlines. Um. We
Speaker 1: flew full playing down there and just gave them some
Speaker 1: supports and things that they needed a variety of things.
Speaker 1: So uh, but they needed some support, and you know,
Speaker 1: we're happy to help. And I just think about my
Speaker 1: family to have down there, Uh aunts, uncles, Uh them
Speaker 1: might deal a bortual alito. Ah, you know all my
Speaker 1: family down there. Um, So I just think about them
Speaker 1: and to them, you know, just tell them I love them,
Speaker 1: and I'm praying for him to get a mortual and
Speaker 1: and uh and we're just uh just try to keep supporting.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and pick it back help Earth. Coach
Speaker 1: who was asked about Dolphins rookie receiver Lynn Bowden Jr.
Speaker 1: Who had his most productive day of the season on
Speaker 1: Sunday with four catches for forty one yards, also had
Speaker 1: that rush for eleven yards and going back and watching
Speaker 1: that game over man, he was looking elusive and and
Speaker 1: shifty in space on that Kerry. Here's coach Flora's talking
Speaker 1: about the growth of the Dolphins rookie receiver who was
Speaker 1: acquired back in September. And you might recall that chan
Speaker 1: Gailey had spoke about getting him more and more comfortable
Speaker 1: in the offense, getting him more opportunities, and finding ways
Speaker 1: to get him touches, because it's difficult given how in
Speaker 1: August this team was installing basic stuff, and and from
Speaker 1: there you build upon the basic you know, day one installs,
Speaker 1: and you try to go and and encapsulate more of
Speaker 1: what each player does specifically well and create packages and
Speaker 1: create ideas and concepts for those players. For Bodeen, Gailey
Speaker 1: had said previously he was just trying to get caught
Speaker 1: up on the basic install the stuff that he missed
Speaker 1: in August since he wasn't here until September. Here's Coach
Speaker 1: Florence about the growth of Boden, who again had his
Speaker 1: best game of his career on Sunday against the Bengals.
Speaker 1: But you know, I think he contributed, you know, quite
Speaker 1: a bit last week. I think you know, he had
Speaker 1: a run for for for a good chunk and a
Speaker 1: few passes. So um. But he played well last week.
Speaker 1: You want to say, had four or five catches. Last
Speaker 1: week he had a run. Um, I made some blockchain
Speaker 1: and run the game. So I think he's really improving
Speaker 1: getting better. I really, you know, there's a progress. I
Speaker 1: would say over the last couple of couple three or
Speaker 1: four weeks has been very good and hopefully he continues
Speaker 1: to uh to be productive and helpless. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and finish up here with Coach who was asked about
Speaker 1: the Kansas City defense, which we covered pretty extensively on
Speaker 1: the preview podcast. All the all the parts they have
Speaker 1: to send pressure on the quarterback and really really turn
Speaker 1: turn the screws up once they get that lead in
Speaker 1: the second half of football games and let that defense
Speaker 1: kind of kind of hunt the quarterback and played turnover
Speaker 1: bass football. Here's Coach Floors on the Chiefs defense and
Speaker 1: the challenges they present to a young Dolphins offense. A
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback with three rookies on the offensive line to
Speaker 1: play last week. Yeah, I mean a lot. I know
Speaker 1: people talk, you know, extensively about the offense, but this
Speaker 1: defense and special teams is is uh there for real? Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think they get enough credit. Uh, this is
Speaker 1: a this is a you know, I would say top
Speaker 1: level defense. You know, from my from my standpoint, I
Speaker 1: thinks bags is a great job. I think these two
Speaker 1: safeties are very good. Really three safeties include Thornhill corners
Speaker 1: are very good. Um, impressing man coverage obviously we know
Speaker 1: about you know Frank Frank Clark and Chris Jones and
Speaker 1: you know Hitchens makes a lot of tackles. And this
Speaker 1: is a good team. So this would be a tough
Speaker 1: and they bring pressure, and they bring pressure from a
Speaker 1: lot of areas like you mentioned Camin, I mean the
Speaker 1: kind of go off on a tangent there. But um uh,
Speaker 1: I mean the corners blitz, the backers, blitz, ends, drop
Speaker 1: you know, I mean the guys coming from all over
Speaker 1: the place. They do a good job with disguising. Uh. Yeah,
Speaker 1: this is a good group. So you hear coach talk
Speaker 1: about Spags Steve Spagnola, who we should remember from years
Speaker 1: ago winning Super Bowls as a defensive coordinator, of the
Speaker 1: New York Giants. The guy has coach defense for a
Speaker 1: long time and very very well. It just goes in
Speaker 1: line with this chiefs, this Chief's operation. The roster is good,
Speaker 1: the quarterback is transcendent. Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelsey are
Speaker 1: the best one to punch in terms of production at
Speaker 1: the skill positions. Frank Clark and Chris Jones will put
Speaker 1: pressure on every quarterback they face. Tyron Matthew creates turnovers.
Speaker 1: They've got so many good players and so many good
Speaker 1: coaches like Spagnola, like Andy Reid, like Eric b Enemy.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a tough test, like coach Floores mentioned.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and finish up this podcast with player
Speaker 1: media availability from this Thursday, and let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: start with Dolphins safety Bobby McCain, who I asked about
Speaker 1: Byron Jones is impact on the team from the perspective
Speaker 1: of the community work and the head of the social
Speaker 1: impact committee. Here's be talking about Byron, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: putting forth his best effort, just trying to you know,
Speaker 1: even take the even if it's not get the get
Speaker 1: the entire things done, and just take small steps and
Speaker 1: uh we we we appreciate that as a team mains
Speaker 1: a great teammate, great, he's smart, he's good player. We
Speaker 1: all appreciate it, and he knows that. McCain also discussed
Speaker 1: the challenges of being the quarterback of the defense and
Speaker 1: communicating calls to the rest of the defense against the
Speaker 1: Chief's offense that has so many weapons, so many shifts,
Speaker 1: and so much window dressing they can do pre snap
Speaker 1: depending upon game plan. Um, just that that's just being
Speaker 1: being being, uh my role in the defense. Having to
Speaker 1: get guys in the right place and understand what we're
Speaker 1: at and understand the things that beat us is something
Speaker 1: that comes with it. So you know, I'd love to
Speaker 1: tell you how many checks I have to make, but
Speaker 1: I'm not. But you definitely do a great job as
Speaker 1: a defense, as a secondary understanding that when things move,
Speaker 1: things can change. And we'll make it nice and short
Speaker 1: and sweet today and go ahead and finish up with
Speaker 1: the offends. Rookie receiver Lynn Bowden Jr. Who I asked
Speaker 1: Lynn about the benefits of going from playing receiver initially
Speaker 1: to one year at quarterback and now back to receiver
Speaker 1: and how much that can benefit him from my perspective
Speaker 1: to see the game through different lenses. You know. It's
Speaker 1: like moving from quarterback and receiver and receiver quarterback. You
Speaker 1: get the best of both worlds because now now as
Speaker 1: a receiver, you're seeing how the quarterback look at it.
Speaker 1: As a quarterback, you see how the receiver scene. And
Speaker 1: so I gotta have the best about world of being
Speaker 1: able to read coverages and seeing the different disguises and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. All right, that's gonna wrap up our
Speaker 1: player media availability nice and short and sweet on this
Speaker 1: Thursday again. Go ahead and check out the written story
Speaker 1: on Byron Jones up on Miami Dolphins dot com. And
Speaker 1: go ahead and make your vote for two a tong
Speaker 1: of by Low for PEPSI Rookie of the Week for
Speaker 1: Week thirteen to win over the Bengals. He is leading
Speaker 1: the poll right now as I record this podcast. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and make sure and bring it home for
Speaker 1: our rookie quarterback. In the meantime, that's gonna be my time.
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