WEBVTT - Drive Time: Jonah Savaiinaea, Kader Kohou, AFC East Preview 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:15.080 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. What is up, Dolphins 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:17.960 and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am your host, 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:21.520 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, our final of the 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:24.520 off season divisional Previews brings us home to the AFC 0:00:24.640 --> 0:00:28.400 East Dolphins, Bills, Jets, and Patriots go under the microscope today. 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:29.840 Plus I have two interviews. 0:00:30.120 --> 0:00:34.560 The soft spoken, humble yet physically imposing Jonah Savit Naya 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.599 joins me. Cater Kohu joins me. I'm pumped for this one. 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:39.199 Let's go ahead and get right to it. From the 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:42.880 Baptist Hell Studios inside of my house. This is the 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:43.839 Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:46.760 Maybe Jaffe Sir really. 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.159 Enjoying doing these kind of sporadically throughout the month of 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.520 June and July because it's kind of like a time 0:00:51.560 --> 0:00:53.680 capsule of where I am tomorrow. 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:55.280 As I record this podcast. 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:57.960 In the first week of July, I head out to 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:01.360 the Pacific Northwest to pick up my who spent ten 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:03.880 days at her grandma's house. And it's the longest time 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:06.720 I've been away from her and I miss her very 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:10.160 very deeply, and like, let's just put the cards on 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.240 table here. My in laws are all rednecks for lack 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:17.040 of a better term, and my daughter had pictures of 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:20.600 her holding up like dead mice and salamanders and snakes, 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:22.800 and I just ain't about that life, so she could 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:24.840 I come back home here and get used to some 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:26.720 city cooking because I ain't trying to have all that 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:30.520 stuff around my proximity. So looking forward to going and 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:33.120 seeing her. My last recording here. The next time I 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:36.280 talk to you guys will be the camp preview episodes 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:39.520 Offense on Monday, Defense on Tuesday, before we get into 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:41.160 camp practices on Wednesday. 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:43.919 So Football's back, baby, and I'm pumped. 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.600 I keep telling my wife like it kind of feels 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:48.559 like twenty twenty four didn't have a lot of fun, 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.360 and so therefore I am ready for twenty five to 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:53.320 get here and to really dive into having a fun 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.240 football season again, hopefully where twenty three was so much 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.360 fun that I enjoyed the summer maybe a little bit more, 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.400 But this year, I just want to get back to 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:03.720 the Baptist Hell Trading Complex and watch some Dolphins practices 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.040 before that, Let's go ahead and kick this thing off 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:10.080 with my chat with Dolphins rookie offensive lineman Jonaht Naya 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.360 joining us day on the Draft Time podcast is Dolphins 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.040 rookie offensive lineman Jonah. 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:16.000 Now Jonah. 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:18.600 This is my fans on the show laugh me all 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:20.200 the time because I have to double take your name 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:23.520 a lot. I'm working on it. Should I try it 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:25.919 first and then go correct me? Sovite Naya? 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:28.400 Hey, you got it first, first try. 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.120 That was a lot of pressure because you're the podcast 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.120 every time you can hear the cuts, the edits because 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:34.560 I'm always I'm always. 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:38.200 Tripping up on thank you. You gave us like. 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.440 A tutorial media and that was super helpful because I 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:44.160 had like the phonetic spelling of it, and even that 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:44.880 I couldn't get it. 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:46.120 But here we are, man. 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.200 Yeah, I think that's the easiest way to put it 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:50.920 how I explained it in the media, So. 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:52.880 You can you repeat that again so that the fans 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:53.280 can hear it. 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.800 He of course, so usually how I put it, you know, 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:01.480 so saying Hawaii just take away to h and put 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:03.320 the S replaced the S. 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.519 At the end and a nine. 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:07.920 I love it. 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.040 I'm so proud of myself again to the first tribe. 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.239 But we're not here talking about me and my stupid pronunciation. 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:14.440 I want to talk to you here about your game 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.800 a little bit, because you were a guy that full transparency. 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:21.760 I fancy myself an amateur football scout, and you were 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:23.720 a guy that I was. I was very, very excited 0:03:23.720 --> 0:03:26.960 about before you even got here. Just tell me about 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:28.720 coming to the Dolphins, the fit you think you have 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:30.560 here with Miami, and how excited you were to hear 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:32.360 your name called on Draft night for the Dolphins. 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.560 Yeah, I mean it was, you know, the biggest blessing 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.680 I've ever got, you know, this year, you know, just 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.320 being able to hear my name being called on that 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.640 TV and getting that phone call from Chris Greer and 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.880 coach McDaniels and and mister Ross. You know, it meant 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.560 the world to me because, uh, you know, I told 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:52.040 my parents first day, you know, we might not get 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:55.240 called today, but whoever gets whoever you know, calls me. 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.040 You know, that's that's God right there, who wants me. 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.680 So ever since then, man, you know, it's been a 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:02.480 blessed being here. I'm so grateful for every opportunity that 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:04.840 I've been given, you know, just being out there and 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.800 being with the guys, the veterans, you know, they've been 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.920 taking me under their wing and just making me feel 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.120 welcome here. You know, all the coaching staff. You know, 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.640 it feels family oriented around here. You know, everything's so welcoming. 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:19.680 You know, every time I go in their office, which 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:22.320 was this past weekend, you know, everybody's so welcoming, and 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.880 you know, we love to have that around here. So 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:26.960 it's been an amazing experience here so far. 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:28.480 That's been a theme from the guys that have sat 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.400 in that chair so far as talking about just the 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.320 people in the building and the coaching staff and how 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.279 they make you feel that family and you know, I 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.840 know in Polynesian culture, family's a very very big deal. 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:40.760 And you talked a little bit about your your family 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.360 and your parents when the draft call came. But there 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.400 was an article I read about you. I think it 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.480 was a game against like USC. You were playing tackle 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:49.680 and then you moved inside the guard because like there 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:51.599 was a guy that you were having issues blocking. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:52.440 Or some something to that effect. 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.240 And that's such a selfless thing to do for an 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.040 offensive lineman, especially going from from tackle to guard like that. 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:00.000 I'm curious, like where does that mindset come into play. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:01.320 I have to imagine it comes from you, from your 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:02.160 upbringing a little bit. 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.040 Yeah, I mean you mentioned that. You know, it's my upbringing, 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:07.960 you know, my my parents, Mom and dad, you know, 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:10.240 always telling me to just be humble, you know, and 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:12.159 just be great for every opportunity that you have. So 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:15.120 just bringing that into the you know, into college, and 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:17.359 I feel like coach Fish and coach Brendan Carroll have 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:19.240 done a great job, you know, just instilling that in 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:19.920 our mindset. 0:05:20.640 --> 0:05:20.719 Uh. 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:23.200 You know, just when you wake up every day, you know, 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:25.200 you just tell yourself, how can I be a better 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:29.799 teammate today? So I've I've approached the facility having that mentality, 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:31.960 you know, ever since I got there. So when when 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.280 that happened, see game, you know, coach wanted me to 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:37.000 move back inside. You know, it wasn't you know, no 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:39.240 second guessing. And I didn't tell them no, you know, 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.000 I just wanted to do it just for the team. 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:43.599 So yeah, that's where it kind of comes from. 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.400 Play multiple positions there at Arizona, both tame and spots 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:49.039 either either side of guard. That's got to kind of 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.520 give you a better feel for the entire offensive operation, right, Like, 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:53.760 how does how does playing so many spots help you? 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:55.880 You know, I guess accelerate your learning curve as a pro. 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:01.120 Yeah, it improves it kind of boosts IQ as far 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:02.800 as you know, being on the right side on the 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:05.400 left side, I'm doing a good job at that now. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:08.080 So but it helps me, you know, as far as 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:12.840 you know, just being versatile, playing both sides and just 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.760 seeing the whole field, you know, making sure that if 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:17.320 I'm on the left side, I know what the right 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:19.440 side is doing, and vice versa side and on the 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:21.479 right side, I know what the left side is doing. 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:24.280 So it's been it's been amazing for me to play 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:24.880 both sides. 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:27.240 And with James Daniels, you know, we got a chance 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:29.240 to see him towards the end of OTA is a 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:31.920 great sign going forward. But he talked to me back 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.359 when we signed him on the podcast about how he 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.599 sends like clips and film and stuff to guys. Have 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:38.520 you gotten that experience yet from James Daniels. Has he 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:40.320 been sending you film and things to work on? 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:42.960 No, not yet, but I have been asking him about 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.240 like advice as far as you know, just taking notes 0:06:45.600 --> 0:06:48.760 because you know, I know, I'm aware that James has 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:50.560 been in the league for a while and you know, 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:52.719 just me being that rookie coming in. You know, I 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.240 make sure you got to take every take advantage of 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.599 every opportunity I can get. So I texted James one 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:00.960 night and how do you get the plays down quick? 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:02.840 Or like how do you take notes and stuff like that. 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.960 So just that type of conversation that I have between them, 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:07.760 just I just want to be able to better my 0:07:07.839 --> 0:07:09.080 game in every aspect. 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:10.520 Yeah, that's why. 0:07:10.560 --> 0:07:12.240 That's why I was so excited about getting you here, 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:14.040 because I was excited that you guy drafted here. I 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:15.920 was excited we signed James because I think you guys 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.360 have a lot of similarities in your games. And you know, 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.120 and it's the idea of because this offense run off 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:22.880 the football, right, you got to play with speed and 0:07:22.880 --> 0:07:23.559 get out in space. 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:24.840 But also you can have a lot of power in 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:26.200 your game. Same as James. 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:28.920 H you must be thrilled to be joining an offense 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.040 that to me, really accentuates your skill set. 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.640 Yes, and you know, just ever since I got here, 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:37.320 you know, they they said this type of offense is the 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.040 fast type of offense. You know, we run off the ball, 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:42.400 attacked the line of scrimmage, and it's it's amazing for 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:45.360 me because you know, I love running off the ball. 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.720 I love running fast, I love moving quick. So that's 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:49.880 just you know, it tells me that, you know, this 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.160 is the type of offense that you know, I kind 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:55.160 of fit in for. And I'm grateful for the opportunity 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.040 to be here, you know, just being under a Butch 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.440 and shout out of coach Butch man. 0:07:59.640 --> 0:07:59.920 I love. 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:02.720 He's always out there pushing me to become the best 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:05.120 version of myself. And you know, I'm just out there 0:08:05.120 --> 0:08:06.560 and just just working my tail off. 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.000 This is why I wish we had a video on 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:09.680 you right now because the smile across your face and 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.240 you mentioned Butch's name, that's we get that from the 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.960 offensive line, the people in the building. We love Butch 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.480 because he's such a just down to earth personal. 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:19.920 Gay right now, the energy he brings in the online room, 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.400 on the field, you know, it's you can't match that man. 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:26.040 You know, he's excited to be out there and coach football. 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:26.880 That's why we love but. 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:28.760 I have this idea for like, remember that this is 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.280 sports and our commercials, like the little like ads for 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.320 sports CBRE, like the anchors would like act and do 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.280 these little funny things like there was one with like 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.520 Arnold Palmer, like filming up iced tea and lemonade, like 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:40.880 making Arnold Palmer. I have this idea for Butch to 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.520 like in the building, like he's like he's coaching you guys, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:47.480 but he's like getting his salad at the at the cafeteria. 0:08:46.880 --> 0:08:49.200 Like God, cucommerce good. I don't know. 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:50.800 I think it's a great idea, but he's He's just 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.760 so much fun to watch coach and be very animated. 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.560 So Chris Greer mentioned a good couple more things here 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:57.160 for you, Jonah. 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:58.640 Chris Breer mentioned. 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.120 Your ability as a pocket setter at that guard position. 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.640 And you know what the fans here are, this is 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:05.320 a smart audience. But I want to just have if 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:07.600 you don't mind, can you explain what that means, like 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:09.760 as far as pockets heading from the guard position. 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:13.160 Yeah, I guess it means, you know, just anchoring down 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.400 the pocket. You know, the easiest way the quarterback can 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.960 get touched is through the interior. So just being able 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:21.560 to anchor that middle and then just let the let 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:23.199 the tackles, you know, set the width of the pocket 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.240 and then we just anchored between there. You know, we 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:28.040 want to make sure to give the quarterback much time 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.400 as far as you know, uh in the past came 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.760 and play passes. So just being able to be firm 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.920 inside and letting the quarterback, you know, give him any 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.000 stress at all. Days you gonna get touched in the interior. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:41.080 So I think that's that's what it means, just seeing 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:42.080 firm inside. 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.720 Speaking of protecting the quarterback, you mentioned at one point 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.600 in your various you know, post draft media obligations you 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.440 had to fulfill there the concept of blocking for polities 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:51.040 and quarterbacks. 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.880 Yes, and I believe you you blocked for Jayden delor right. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:56.480 I went to Washington State, so Goku because he was 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.880 a former Washington State Crew quarterback there. But you talked 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.400 about how important it was to you know, protect your people, 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:03.480 and so I'm curious just to kind of hear you 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.760 talk about that with Tua and what you've seen from Tua, 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.600 because like you know, we had Quinn here earlier. Quinn 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:10.760 you were, he was talking about how Tua's footwork mastery 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.000 is like something he's triving to get to when you 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:14.920 see to a play, Like what do you think about 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:16.440 his game? What have you met, what have you seen 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.760 about him as a person, and how excited you to 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:20.040 like block for him obviously. 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.080 Yeah, as a person, man, he's a great human being. 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:23.560 You know, where when I got here, I get to 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.439 I got to meet him first day of team meetings, 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:28.920 just seeing a smile on his face, you know, just 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.560 introducing himself. You know, I know of him, but I 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:33.560 never really got to meet him in person. So just 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:35.880 being able to have that opportunity to meet him in person, 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:39.440 you know, it was great. We connected right away. But 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.559 him as a player, you know, he's super sharp as 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:45.240 far as you know, him being a player and being 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:47.800 a leader as well, I think he's he's done a 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:51.480 really really fantastic job just leading offense, not on the offense, 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.800 but the whole team as well. Just seeing him out 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:55.760 there being you know, being that kind of an older 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:59.160 brother to me, you know, it means a lot to 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:00.880 me because I want to come in here, I want 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:03.440 to and put, you know, as much as I can 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:06.800 to to this offense. And him being a leader in 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:09.199 my game, you know, it really stands out for me. So, 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:13.440 like again, I'm super grateful every opportunity I get to 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:14.600 be out there on the field with him. 0:11:14.800 --> 0:11:16.439 I asked him this five years ago. I lost the 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.840 same question to you. How similar do you find Hawaii 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:21.280 climate to South Florida? 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:22.640 Is it similar? Different? 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:23.199 What do you think? 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:26.200 No, this is not the same way different as far 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:29.800 as you know. Humidity is what makes makes a difference. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:32.800 I was I was home before I flew here, so 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:37.320 I did conditioning outside thinking that, oh, this is something 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.120 like this, and I came here first recomedic camp. 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:40.880 It was nothing. 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:45.880 So I mean, it's great for us being been talking 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:48.720 to the guys, but man, y'all running this was like yeah, man, 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:50.679 I was like, I guess it's you know, a good 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.520 opportunity for us to take advantage of it, you know 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:54.560 when teams come out here. 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:57.559 So yeah, it's great you do. I don't want to 0:11:57.559 --> 0:11:59.199 get used to it, but you kind of get used 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:00.719 to dealing with that. I think it's the best way 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:01.080 to put it. 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:01.880 So there you go. 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.000 I think you're ready for it. Jonah Jonah Sevigi Naya 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:06.360 new Dolphins offensive line. I appreciate time today, man, thank you. 0:12:07.040 --> 0:12:11.360 Jonah has big, big, like ten year stalwart fan, favorite 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:13.959 type of guy for your organization, and I can't wait 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:15.520 to watch him do it. I think he's gonna fulfill 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.280 that and become a this is like not fair to 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.560 put this on Jonah, but just based upon his tape 0:12:20.559 --> 0:12:24.040 and his temperament and his humble approach, I have such 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:25.839 such high expectations. 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:28.440 For what he can be for this Dolphins interior offensive line. 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.040 Okay, first break right there, come back and get through 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:34.240 the AFC East Bills, Dolphins, Jets, Patriots will close up 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.160 with cater coo who all of that ahead. Draft Time 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:55.240 podcast brought to you by Autnation. Gosh, bring back the 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:56.880 old NFL Prime time man. I know they do it 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:58.920 still on ESPN, but it just is not the same. 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:02.080 These songs, I mean, the music to set this stuff 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:05.840 up just reminds me so much of the golden years 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:09.480 childhood NFL football back. Then, let's go ahead and finish 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:13.559 our final divisional preview here on the Summer School Content series, 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.880 taking a look at the dolphins own division, the AFC East. 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:18.120 We're going to get to the Dolphins here in a 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.160 second and probably breeze through the team a little bit, 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.520 because if you don't know by now, then you're not 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.200 listening to this podcast, obviously, But the Buffalo Bills come 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.400 up first here, and they have put a stranglehold on 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.840 the division ever since Tom Brady left. 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:31.160 Brady leaves in twenty nineteen. 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.520 The Bills take the division in twenty twenty and have 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.440 not let go of but since, despite a near miss 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.040 in twenty twenty three, kind of thanks to your boys 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:40.240 here that didn't finish the job. 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:42.839 To close out the division. The changes for the Buffalo Bills. 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:47.040 They went defensive line heavy, adding Joey Bosa, Larry Ogen Joby, 0:13:47.080 --> 0:13:49.800 and Michael Hoyt. But Ogin, Joby, and Hoyt were suspended 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.320 shortly after signing, so they're going to miss the first 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.520 six games of the season, and that's a pretty big deal, 0:13:54.760 --> 0:13:57.000 especially for Miami on a short week playing the Bills 0:13:57.360 --> 0:14:00.000 up there in Buffalo. And also, Joey Bosa has an 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.640 injury already, so all three of their marquee signings on 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.680 defense are dealing with potentially missing time off the bat. 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:07.800 That was a clear point of emphasis for them this 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.559 offseason though, and two of those hole pluggers you banked 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:12.360 on now set to miss one third of the season. 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:14.680 Who knows with Joey Bosa, and if you take on 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:17.680 further attrition there that would be less than ideal, right, 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:21.240 especially again in a game against Miami where I think 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:24.000 the Dolphins entire offseason, and let's go ahead and address 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.760 this right off the top here because I heard this 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:28.920 is a little more closer to when the move happened, 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.160 that Darren Waller trade, and the concept that I saw 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:35.360 from not just like run of the mill content creators, 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:38.960 but Mina comes and ESPN saying that Darren Waller signifies 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:42.560 the Dolphins desire to play like finesse football, And I'm 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:46.520 just like, what about the fourteen other moves that don't 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:51.160 say that? Jonas Avit, Naya, James Daniels, Farah Brown, Alex Madison, 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:54.840 Ollie Gordon, Nick Westbrook, Akine. I just don't know where 0:14:54.840 --> 0:14:55.840 that comes from. 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:57.040 I digress. 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:59.800 So I think that plays big for the Dolphins approach 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.760 the Buffalo Bills and watching Darren Waller's tape against the Bills, 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.520 his best assignment was blocking Taron Johnson, which is how 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:08.680 you get this Bills team on their back foot and 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:10.400 run the ball down their throat. We're gonna do that 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.120 throughout the course of this podcast, talk about how it 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:14.800 affects the Dolphins. They did address the wide receiver spot, 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:16.640 and teams will tell you where they have to get 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:20.280 better right defensive line, wide receiver Josh Palmer the biggest get. 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.720 They also go get Elijah Moore, which is kind of 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.560 the guy that Bill's fans are saying, like, Oh, this 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.240 is gonna be the gem we find who was a 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:29.080 former second round draft pick of the New York Jets 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.200 and hasn't quite worked out. He's had some spurts here 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.200 and there, but hasn't quite been the player you would 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:34.840 hope he would have been out of Old miss and 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.200 then Lavisko Chanault there as well. They bring back Dane 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.080 Jackson and Tredavius White after a couple of years gone, 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.480 and that's the Rasull Douglas replacement, alongside Christian Benford and 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:46.680 Tarn Johnson. Russell Douglas might be signed by the time 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.760 we get to this podcast, but he is currently as 0:15:48.760 --> 0:15:52.680 of this taping free agent. They did lose Douglas, Amari Cooper, 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:56.160 mac Hollins, Von Miller, Dwayne Smoot, Casey two Hill, Quentin 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.360 Jefferson up front. Jordan Phillips might come back, but he's retired, 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.080 going to retire right now as it stands. Micah Hyde 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:05.320 also gone. They turn this thing over pretty much every 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.000 year with the role guys. It's a kin to the 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.800 Philadelphia Eagles, and they have some mainstays there, but they 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:12.360 keep their core together. Of Josh Allen, they're gonna pay 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:14.960 James Cook and it's whether he misses some time into camp. 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:16.760 I don't think it's going to be a problem for them, 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:20.400 Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown. Really the entire offensive line 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:24.280 is awesome at Oliver, Greg Russeau, Matt Mlano, Terren Johnson, 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:25.920 and then they go to work something in the key 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:29.560 cogs around those guys. Their draft was dubious to me 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.240 off the top, especially with Maxwell Harrison dealing with off 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.440 the field issues that I don't care to discuss any further, 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:36.720 but that could be a thorn in their side time 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.480 for a long time coming. It sounds like a pretty 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:42.200 pretty rough story. He's involved with TJ. Sanders. I liked 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:43.880 his tape a lot, and then Land and Jackson and 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:45.960 Daon Walker. I just didn't see it for those two 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:47.480 guys on tape. I know there were some fans of 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:49.400 Land and Jackson like C. K. Perrett was a big 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:52.120 fan of his, but I didn't see much explosiveness, especially 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:54.120 from Walker, who they're going to have to have play 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:56.800 snaps right away. Both these guys with those suspensions and 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.680 injuries up front, the front office and coach continuity is 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.440 copy pace from really the last decade, not that they've 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:05.320 had they've had some coordinator changes, but no one does 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:08.080 a bad job in the league of replacing from within 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.679 and maintain that familiarity in continuity within the scheme and 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:14.639 the language of the scheme, which is so paramount in 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:18.879 today's league. They really underwent a philosophical shift offensively when 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.520 they were six and six and twenty twenty three, and 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:27.960 my friend Tyler Dunn wrote that great forty person testimonial 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.199 piece about how the Bills were coming up short in 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:32.520 certain areas, and all Buffalo did was when their next 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:34.560 six games all the way to the AFC Championship game, 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:35.879 and I was just like, dude, we had them on 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:37.240 the ropes and then you got them all fired up 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:40.040 with that hit piece. And since that move from Ken 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:42.960 Dorsey to Joe Brady, they're eighteen and four in the 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.119 regular season and three and two in the postseason. So 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:47.719 thanks a lot, Tyler. I'm just kidding, but kind of 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:50.480 not the film the calling card. I feel like this 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:52.959 stat continuation of what we just talked about is the 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.000 most instructive piece of information currently in the NFL. To me, 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.199 Josh Allen is the best player, most important player in 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.800 the league. And I would not offer a single rebuttal 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.280 if you told me it was Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson. 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:06.800 To me, it's those three and then everybody else, with 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.200 Joe Burrow right in reach and then a massive line 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:12.040 of demarcation. Quit trying to put Justin Herbert in that group. 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:14.040 I think Herbert's a very good quarterback, but he is 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:16.240 nowhere near the caliber of these four players. But that 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:19.920 shift coincided with a massive, massive reduction to his drop 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:23.040 back percentage. And this is a tangent that breaches far 0:18:23.119 --> 0:18:25.919 beyond the Bills and pertains to the Dolphins as well, 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.880 which again we'll get to in our capsule. But it's 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:33.480 this idea that's no longer theory. It's reality. Defenses have 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.520 caught up, perhaps past the offensive boom we saw in 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.400 the NFL over the course of two decades, and more 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.560 specifically down the back half of the twenty tens. And 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:45.919 it's more complex than this, right, but it relates to coverage. 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.880 Shells impact second level players that can defend the run 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:51.320 just as well as they cover a big body defensive 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:53.440 line who can two gap and play the run against 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:56.080 light boxes. And if you can't, well, then the offense 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:58.240 better be willing to take what's there, both in the 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.160 quick game and in the running game. And that's where 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.080 Miami came up short in twenty twenty four. The quick 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:05.560 game was great, the running game was completely non existent, 0:19:05.560 --> 0:19:07.440 and you had to replace the running game with screens. 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:09.800 And that's why the passing offense had the numbers it 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.760 did because instead of running the football, they would throw 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:15.080 screens and those plays would go for negative one or 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:17.439 two yards or three yards, like not a lot to 0:19:17.440 --> 0:19:20.360 gain there. We talked about it with Steelers and Rogers 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:22.400 and Rogers' willingness to lean into the running game back 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.320 in Green Bay under Matt Lafleur, which produced back to 0:19:25.359 --> 0:19:28.120 back MVP years and the Packers were awesome those years. 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:29.880 It didn't happen that way with the Jets. They got 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:31.520 away from it a little bit in his last year 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:33.720 in twenty twenty two in Green Bay. And if you 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:36.159 look at his last three seasons, one loss to injury, 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:38.960 his metrics, like QBR and EPA, they all fall in 0:19:39.000 --> 0:19:42.360 the bottom third of the league. So yeah, quarterbacks are important, 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.159 but it's also important the way you support them and 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:46.119 build things around them. And to bring it back to 0:19:46.119 --> 0:19:48.840 the Bills, Josh Allen is even more effective when the 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:51.480 offense leans into that run game with James Cook. It 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:53.880 gives a defense two thoughts at all times. He gets 0:19:53.920 --> 0:19:55.960 to play out of favorable down distances. And then the 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:59.040 part that I think is vastly, vastly misunderstood by a 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:01.960 casual football fan, and that's not calling names and just 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:05.639 trying to educate, is the reduction of complex processing. And 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:07.720 don't get me wrong, a rundown is not an off 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:10.199 down for a quarterback, but it is a reduction of 0:20:10.560 --> 0:20:13.400 high stress processing of going through a pre and post 0:20:13.440 --> 0:20:17.360 snap checklist that can cognitively wear you down. Like it's 0:20:17.359 --> 0:20:20.040 not just about physical fatigue. You can get mentally fatigued. 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:22.280 We talk about it in baseball like it's the same 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:24.800 as a pitcher working through runners and scoring position every 0:20:24.840 --> 0:20:28.640 single inning. Eighty pitches of high stress you know pitching 0:20:28.920 --> 0:20:32.440 is a kin to one hundred and five pitches of 0:20:32.480 --> 0:20:35.679 like stress free Felix Ernani type of pitching, where you 0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:38.040 know each pitch is a meticulous thought opposed to being 0:20:38.040 --> 0:20:39.960 more aggressive with maybe like two outs to nobody on 0:20:40.000 --> 0:20:42.199 base like or like a golfer, and you hackers out 0:20:42.240 --> 0:20:44.520 there will get this. The hardest part of playing eighteen 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:47.160 holes is staying locked in for each and every shot. 0:20:47.200 --> 0:20:50.320 Because we're human. The mind wanders. You can lose your focus. 0:20:50.480 --> 0:20:52.800 And for a quarterback, if we can supplement his skill 0:20:52.840 --> 0:20:55.320 set with that running game, then we can maximize his 0:20:55.400 --> 0:20:57.800 talents and keep him sharp for the big third and 0:20:57.800 --> 0:20:59.720 seven we have to have in the fourth quarter. And 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:03.000 I feel like this is just advanced Josh Allen strengths. 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:05.119 He's playing better in the quick game than he ever has. 0:21:05.359 --> 0:21:07.280 He's still an e f and load to deal with 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:09.399 as a runner, and when he goes off script, he 0:21:09.440 --> 0:21:11.480 can burn you with his arm as well as anybody 0:21:11.480 --> 0:21:13.119 in the league. He does it to us every single 0:21:13.160 --> 0:21:15.439 year with one of those red zone scrambles, like on 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:17.280 fourth down, up against the clock at the end of 0:21:17.320 --> 0:21:18.720 the half and you're like, oh. 0:21:18.600 --> 0:21:19.280 We got him pinned in. 0:21:19.320 --> 0:21:21.399 He's gonna lose the field goal opportunity, and then he 0:21:21.400 --> 0:21:22.960 throws a touchdown and you're like, damn it, that's a 0:21:23.000 --> 0:21:25.439 four point swing in the wrong direction for us. The 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:29.159 Bills leaned into this, so they are further along in 0:21:29.200 --> 0:21:32.159 the run game of RPO quick game stuff and still 0:21:32.200 --> 0:21:36.159 have the intermediate deep game through Allen's playmaking. Separately, we 0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:39.439 have this conversation every year about the Bills amazing injury 0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:42.399 offensive line or injury luck on the offensive line. I 0:21:42.400 --> 0:21:44.119 don't think it's full proof, but they do a good 0:21:44.200 --> 0:21:46.640 job of coaching guys to protect each other with regards 0:21:46.640 --> 0:21:50.080 to finishing reps and not causing roll ups like they 0:21:50.119 --> 0:21:52.080 finish their blocks. Don't get me wrong, but they might 0:21:52.200 --> 0:21:54.560 not like put a guy to the ground because you 0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:56.280 could get rolled up if you do that. And these 0:21:56.359 --> 0:21:58.760 kind of things, you know, I think come with continuity. 0:21:58.800 --> 0:22:01.920 It's like a rich getting richer analogy of sorts. As 0:22:01.920 --> 0:22:04.239 for the personnel, remember when everybody wrote the Bills off 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:06.480 as contenders last year because they lost digs and not 0:22:06.600 --> 0:22:09.800 having name power at the eligibles. I still subscribe to 0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:11.919 the fact that you need that to be where you 0:22:11.920 --> 0:22:13.640 want to be, and the Bills prove that every year 0:22:13.680 --> 0:22:16.080 by not, you know, making those deep playoff pushes for 0:22:16.200 --> 0:22:17.879 them they want to go. But I don't think the 0:22:17.920 --> 0:22:20.960 receiver and tight end group for this Bills team necessarily 0:22:21.000 --> 0:22:22.879 moved the needle, but they prove that they had a 0:22:22.920 --> 0:22:25.399 winning formula without digs and going to more of a 0:22:25.440 --> 0:22:29.080 ball distribution attack. This elevated the role of Khalil Shakur, 0:22:29.160 --> 0:22:32.080 who's target number one. And then I think Josh Palmer 0:22:32.119 --> 0:22:34.560 and the tight ends Knox and King Kid King Kaide 0:22:34.560 --> 0:22:37.359 has been a massive, massive disappointment for them. And the 0:22:37.400 --> 0:22:40.040 key on Coleman that you guys know, that's Kelvin Benjamin 0:22:40.080 --> 0:22:42.400 two point zero. I think Curtis Samuel and Elijah Moore 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:44.919 are ancillary fits, but you know more role players that 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:47.359 are subpackaged types of guys. And the biggest thing for 0:22:47.440 --> 0:22:50.040 them is the James Cook situation right which he's already 0:22:50.040 --> 0:22:52.080 said he won't skip games or even training camp, but 0:22:52.119 --> 0:22:55.040 there's a negotiation happening there and he's the best player 0:22:55.040 --> 0:22:58.240 in the skill group. Their hallmark is two stud Bookends 0:22:58.240 --> 0:23:00.960 and Dawkins and Brown, and they'll be term the same 0:23:01.000 --> 0:23:04.600 three guys inside with David Edwards, Connor McGovern McGovern and 0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:08.040 Osirius Torrance. Defensively, we're not gonna belabor this, but it's 0:23:08.040 --> 0:23:10.399 the same it's been since twenty seventeen. They don't leave Nickel, 0:23:10.600 --> 0:23:12.600 they coach up the dB to play above board in 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:15.440 terms of the personnel. They even lost Tarn Johnson last 0:23:15.480 --> 0:23:17.760 year for a stretch of games and still pretty much 0:23:17.800 --> 0:23:20.320 put it to us, and they really flood their resources 0:23:20.359 --> 0:23:23.359 into that front. Their entire safety room was a development 0:23:23.440 --> 0:23:26.000 step into a starter process for them last year when 0:23:26.000 --> 0:23:28.359 they eventually lost hide employer who they had for the 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:30.600 better part of a decade. Taylor Rapp has come a 0:23:30.640 --> 0:23:33.159 long way, so has Damar Hamlin, and he'll try to 0:23:33.160 --> 0:23:35.359 hold off last year's second round pick Cole Bishop, who 0:23:35.400 --> 0:23:37.439 I would actually pick to win that job over Hamlin. 0:23:37.760 --> 0:23:40.760 Rookie Maxwell Harriston's gonna compete with Dane Jackson, who's back 0:23:40.800 --> 0:23:43.800 after a year in Carolina, and then Johnson Christian Benford 0:23:43.800 --> 0:23:46.480 to the hallmarks of that secondary their beasts, But that 0:23:46.600 --> 0:23:49.520 Harriston and Jackson role, that's one to keep an eye 0:23:49.520 --> 0:23:51.720 on where you might attack if you're the Dolphins in 0:23:51.760 --> 0:23:54.560 the passing game. Matt Mlano and Terrell Bernard are excellent 0:23:54.600 --> 0:23:57.480 linebackers and they are deep with waves upfront. We talked 0:23:57.480 --> 0:24:00.639 about at Oliver greg Rousseau, de Quon Jones, aj Epanessa. 0:24:00.920 --> 0:24:03.280 They draft TJ standers, they're gonna get Michael Hoyt and 0:24:03.359 --> 0:24:06.000 Larry Ogan, Jobie Back and Joey Bosa, who's going to 0:24:06.040 --> 0:24:08.400 miss most of camp with an injury. I really didn't 0:24:08.400 --> 0:24:11.200 get to the Jackson and Walker moves, you know, beyond 0:24:11.240 --> 0:24:14.200 the first part, but they just weren't my favorite tapes. 0:24:14.200 --> 0:24:15.600 But they are buried on that depth chot right now. 0:24:15.640 --> 0:24:17.240 They're gonna have to play early on because of those 0:24:17.240 --> 0:24:20.640 suspensions and injuries, but I think they missed the boat 0:24:20.680 --> 0:24:24.159 on that one. The question can teams get hip to 0:24:24.240 --> 0:24:27.280 their run scheme and emphasize stopping that forcing Alan back 0:24:27.280 --> 0:24:29.399 into hero ball, it's the best time to kind of, 0:24:29.480 --> 0:24:31.760 you know, force him into turn over worthy plays. Then 0:24:31.800 --> 0:24:34.359 you have to convert those. Don't get me wrong, He'll 0:24:34.359 --> 0:24:35.959 make you pay for that from now and then more 0:24:35.960 --> 0:24:38.000 than anybody else in the league. And when they limited 0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:41.080 his mistakes, he was pretty much unstoppable last year. And 0:24:41.080 --> 0:24:43.840 I think if the run game slows, with their resources 0:24:43.880 --> 0:24:46.280 going elsewhere and then the rest of the eligibles, you 0:24:46.400 --> 0:24:48.760 might see Josh do a little more hero stuff with 0:24:48.840 --> 0:24:52.879 less separation of downfield threats. Defensively, it's the secondary, but 0:24:52.880 --> 0:24:54.920 they play so well to their rules that I've learned 0:24:54.960 --> 0:24:57.600 not to worry about personnel maybe not looking great in July. 0:24:57.720 --> 0:24:59.840 For the Buffalo Bills, the miscellaneous factors. 0:24:59.840 --> 0:25:02.520 They the number one easiest schedule based upon twenty twenty 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:05.360 four records, which is never a great tell, right every year, 0:25:05.440 --> 0:25:08.159 every team is new and strength of schedule is essentially 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:10.520 the same within the divisions. This supplies to the Jets, Patriots, 0:25:10.520 --> 0:25:13.359 and Dolphins too their trapped door scenario. There is no 0:25:13.520 --> 0:25:15.800 shade on the operation. But I think if they lost Josh, 0:25:15.840 --> 0:25:18.359 we'd see like the biggest swing and win loss record 0:25:18.359 --> 0:25:20.399 in the NFL. Like, I think it's a four or 0:25:20.480 --> 0:25:23.240 five win team without Josh Allen. Outside of that, I mean, 0:25:23.560 --> 0:25:25.920 everything that could go wrong did go wrong in twenty 0:25:25.960 --> 0:25:28.639 twenty three, and they still pulled in eleven six record 0:25:28.640 --> 0:25:30.480 out of their butts and out of the records that 0:25:30.600 --> 0:25:32.120 was six and six, it's seventeen. 0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:33.280 Nothing else matters. 0:25:33.520 --> 0:25:36.119 Conclusion, favorite in the division, favorite to make it to 0:25:36.160 --> 0:25:38.960 the final eight or four. Same questions for them. Will 0:25:39.000 --> 0:25:40.879 they ever get over the Kansas City Chiefs hump or 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:43.639 the Ravens hump? We saw find out the New York Jets. 0:25:43.800 --> 0:25:46.200 The changes in personnel, A big change at quarterback going 0:25:46.200 --> 0:25:49.480 from Rogers to justin fields. Tyrod Taylor remains the backup 0:25:49.760 --> 0:25:52.560 that's the biggest free agent on offense, and then Josh 0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:55.240 Reynolds and Josh Myers, who I imagine are in line 0:25:55.280 --> 0:25:58.000 as the top reserves at both receivers and interior offensive 0:25:58.000 --> 0:25:58.600 line spots. 0:25:58.840 --> 0:26:00.560 The old line is low v though. 0:26:00.680 --> 0:26:03.439 They signed Derek Noddy up front and Andre Cisco on 0:26:03.480 --> 0:26:05.800 the back end, along with Brandon Stevens at corner, so 0:26:05.920 --> 0:26:09.080 some kind of you know, bargain type of free agents there. 0:26:09.200 --> 0:26:11.879 Those are basically one for one swaps. With their losses. 0:26:11.920 --> 0:26:13.720 They lost DJ Reid, who I think was the best 0:26:13.720 --> 0:26:15.840 player of the group we just talked about, and Brandon 0:26:15.840 --> 0:26:17.479 Eckles you guys now as a big fan of his. 0:26:17.520 --> 0:26:20.000 In the freegency process running up to the Dolphins, you 0:26:20.040 --> 0:26:23.959 know signings Ashton Davis, the safety. They also released c J. Mosley, 0:26:24.000 --> 0:26:26.200 but re signed Jamie and Sherwood, who filled in great 0:26:26.200 --> 0:26:27.600 for Mosley last year when he was hurt. 0:26:27.880 --> 0:26:28.120 Naught. 0:26:28.080 --> 0:26:31.639 He replaces Kim Law, Reynolds replaces DeVante Adams. To me, 0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:34.959 it's downgrades across the board there. They weren't super active 0:26:35.080 --> 0:26:37.920 in free agency, but they had another nice draft. I 0:26:37.960 --> 0:26:41.080 think that Armand Membo and Mason Taylor are instant starters, 0:26:41.119 --> 0:26:44.360 and the third round pick, Azia I can never get 0:26:44.359 --> 0:26:46.520 his name right. Aziah Thomas has a chance to earn 0:26:46.560 --> 0:26:49.600 a starting cornerback job. Steven's probably the top competition, but 0:26:49.640 --> 0:26:52.200 Stevens is a guy that really struggled last year. It's 0:26:52.240 --> 0:26:55.040 a whole new staff in front office. Aaron Glenn takes over. 0:26:55.359 --> 0:26:57.840 He brings in Steve Wilkes as his DC and Tanner 0:26:57.840 --> 0:27:01.480 Egstrand as his offensive cord. He came from the lines 0:27:01.520 --> 0:27:05.280 with Glenn. Darren Mogi takes over for Joe Douglas's GM. 0:27:05.440 --> 0:27:07.840 The Jets are interesting. I guess I wouldn't say it 0:27:07.880 --> 0:27:10.000 was an all in type of shot the last couple 0:27:10.040 --> 0:27:11.720 of years because they weren't able to get out from 0:27:11.960 --> 0:27:13.200 or they were able to get out from Rogers. I 0:27:13.200 --> 0:27:15.960 should say Adams, Mike Williams, Tyron Smith. It's not like 0:27:15.960 --> 0:27:18.640 those are suddenly big holes. I think there's questions about 0:27:18.680 --> 0:27:21.560 the number two receiver who that will be, and obviously 0:27:21.680 --> 0:27:23.960 Rodgers is a more accomplished quarterback. But I don't think 0:27:24.000 --> 0:27:27.119 any of those outside of the quarterback were these major shifts. 0:27:27.119 --> 0:27:29.480 I think the other losses were actually probably more impactful 0:27:29.760 --> 0:27:31.639 the film besides DeVante Adams. 0:27:31.680 --> 0:27:32.960 Let's go ahead and make that perfectly clear. 0:27:33.200 --> 0:27:35.000 The calling card a little bit of a projection here, 0:27:35.000 --> 0:27:36.960 because we've got a first time play caller who spent 0:27:37.000 --> 0:27:39.679 the last few years under Ben Johnson in Detroit, So 0:27:39.760 --> 0:27:43.800 I imagine there's some semblance of crossover. Wait wait, wait, 0:27:44.320 --> 0:27:47.520 going back, he coached under Jim Harbot multiple spots, So 0:27:47.920 --> 0:27:51.080 I don't know, but I know right, power, run game, 0:27:51.160 --> 0:27:54.320 extra offensive line, multiple tight ends, big backs, wide receivers 0:27:54.320 --> 0:27:56.600 who block. And perhaps that's the thought with bringing in 0:27:56.720 --> 0:27:59.840 Justin Fields, be more Ohio State Justin Fields than shoul 0:27:59.840 --> 0:28:02.560 Cut Bears Justin Fields. I think it's a good fit 0:28:02.600 --> 0:28:04.520 if they can make that happen. The knock on Justin 0:28:04.560 --> 0:28:07.320 and as someone that thought he was comfortably number two 0:28:07.320 --> 0:28:09.800 behind Trevor Lawrence in that draft class, a class that 0:28:09.920 --> 0:28:12.240 was billed as the next one and hasn't seen anybody 0:28:12.320 --> 0:28:13.840 hit outside of the last pick on the draft and 0:28:13.880 --> 0:28:17.240 brought pretty the knock on Justin Fields is the way 0:28:17.280 --> 0:28:19.520 he sees the field. He doesn't do it, He's not 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:20.960 gonna do it, And I felt that was true of 0:28:21.000 --> 0:28:23.400 his Pittsburgh tape. But go back to twenty twenty two 0:28:23.960 --> 0:28:26.040 and remember how many issues he gave us in the 0:28:26.040 --> 0:28:27.760 Bears game with his leg. So if you can take 0:28:27.800 --> 0:28:30.400 that out of his equation, you will have a very 0:28:30.440 --> 0:28:32.280 limited offense here for the New York Jets. So I 0:28:32.320 --> 0:28:34.400 have to imagine it'll be a lot of core concepts, 0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:37.560 you know, mesh mesh, rail, smash dagger, where it's half 0:28:37.560 --> 0:28:39.720 field read. If you don't like it, just get out 0:28:39.720 --> 0:28:42.520 and create, and we'll support that with a strong running game. 0:28:42.520 --> 0:28:45.240 And for years it was the Jets offensive line that 0:28:45.360 --> 0:28:47.360 was a big problem for them, right, I think it's 0:28:47.360 --> 0:28:48.760 got a chance to be one of the best in 0:28:48.800 --> 0:28:52.320 football now. I love Fashanu and Membu. They killed it there. 0:28:52.480 --> 0:28:54.680 I think Vera Tucker is nice when he's healthy, Joel 0:28:54.680 --> 0:28:57.200 Tipman's a really good player, and John Simpson is probably 0:28:57.240 --> 0:28:59.560 their best free agent signing of all of last year. 0:28:59.720 --> 0:29:02.320 They also added Josh Meyer, so there's depth on the interior. 0:29:02.520 --> 0:29:04.520 I think there's a massive drop off though, from what 0:29:04.600 --> 0:29:08.000 Instrand had in running back in Detroit to what brys 0:29:08.120 --> 0:29:10.920 Hall and Brilin Allen are at replacement level running backs. 0:29:10.920 --> 0:29:13.760 For my money, Garrett Wilson bona fide number one receiver, 0:29:13.840 --> 0:29:16.800 But the question is who's next. Alan Lazzard had a 0:29:16.800 --> 0:29:18.880 bounce back a year last year, but Rogers is gone 0:29:18.880 --> 0:29:20.600 and he's followed him around like a golden retriever for 0:29:20.640 --> 0:29:23.880 his entire career. His calling card was his familiarity with 0:29:23.960 --> 0:29:27.360 a very cerebral quarterback. Honestly, i'd pencil and Mason Taylor 0:29:27.360 --> 0:29:30.000 for the second leading receiver on this team. I still 0:29:30.160 --> 0:29:33.000 freaking low that he went there in JT chanting Jets 0:29:33.040 --> 0:29:35.560 on Draft night, but hey, I get it, I get it, 0:29:35.760 --> 0:29:38.320 but I don't have to like it. Defensively, we talked 0:29:38.320 --> 0:29:41.280 so much on this show about the aggressiveness of Robert Sala, 0:29:41.600 --> 0:29:44.120 Well they might have found the only defensive minded coach 0:29:44.200 --> 0:29:49.000 in the league who believes in aggression more in Aaron Glenn. 0:29:49.120 --> 0:29:51.960 The Lions played the most man coverage in football, even 0:29:52.000 --> 0:29:54.360 as they were losing a pass rusher or cover guy 0:29:54.400 --> 0:29:57.760 every damn week. And with the Jets, well, Glenn's got 0:29:57.760 --> 0:29:59.840 the secondary he's always dreamed of, at least a corner 0:29:59.840 --> 0:30:02.800 by Sauce and Michael Carter will help dictate the terms 0:30:02.800 --> 0:30:05.400 there and that I'd expect Isaiah Thomas to beat out 0:30:05.400 --> 0:30:07.960 Brandon Stevens for the other starting job. Quite frankly, I 0:30:07.960 --> 0:30:10.200 think it's a big hole that will doom their entire style. 0:30:10.880 --> 0:30:13.360 When you're short on personnel, you just can't call it 0:30:13.400 --> 0:30:15.000 that way. You have to play soft zone, and we 0:30:15.040 --> 0:30:17.640 saw that with the Lions last year. Cisco and Adams 0:30:17.760 --> 0:30:20.680 is pretty much one for one trade off in the 0:30:20.680 --> 0:30:22.680 safety group. I was out on Cisco and the Free 0:30:22.680 --> 0:30:25.600 Agent film reviews back in February for our vacancy there. 0:30:25.800 --> 0:30:27.800 I like the starting lineup in the front seven. Quinn 0:30:27.840 --> 0:30:29.960 Williams is a straw that stirs that drink and allows 0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:32.920 them to play flexible fronts. The backers behind him Quincy 0:30:32.960 --> 0:30:35.800 Williams and Jamie and Sherwood this is a Sherwood stand 0:30:35.800 --> 0:30:39.200 account can make some plays Behind Quinn and the newcomer 0:30:39.240 --> 0:30:41.960 Derek Noddy. They need their first two picks off the 0:30:42.040 --> 0:30:44.280 edge to take to take a big step. The Reddick 0:30:44.280 --> 0:30:46.280 thing was a disaster last year, and Will Campbell and 0:30:46.320 --> 0:30:49.280 Jermaine Johnson need an extra gear this year to make 0:30:49.320 --> 0:30:51.959 this thing go. The question I make this comment all 0:30:52.000 --> 0:30:55.200 the time. It is so much harder to maintain elite 0:30:55.200 --> 0:30:57.400 defense than it is to maintain elite offense. In this 0:30:57.480 --> 0:30:59.240 league because you can keep a quarterback around and that 0:30:59.320 --> 0:31:01.479 kind of doesn't for you offensively, And the Jets are 0:31:01.480 --> 0:31:03.800 a team that could learn that firsthand. They built up 0:31:03.800 --> 0:31:06.480 this personnel for a particular scheme for a half decade 0:31:07.120 --> 0:31:09.760 now to pivot to a pretty different approach with different 0:31:09.840 --> 0:31:13.120 levels of aggressiveness. I wonder if they don't get the 0:31:13.160 --> 0:31:15.920 desire pass rush, if they'll back off how they play 0:31:15.920 --> 0:31:17.240 on the back end, and that's a change of who 0:31:17.240 --> 0:31:19.160 they want to be from identity standpoints. Now you get 0:31:19.160 --> 0:31:21.280 this crisis of who the hell are we because if 0:31:21.320 --> 0:31:24.080 you're asking brand Stevens to cover a Jalen Waddle and 0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:26.560 press Man for forty snaps a game, you're going to 0:31:26.600 --> 0:31:28.600 give up a long touchdown maybe two. And I don't 0:31:28.640 --> 0:31:31.080 think Johnson or McDonald are good enough to give Jackson 0:31:31.080 --> 0:31:33.800 and Paul problems off the edge, especially with how Miami 0:31:33.880 --> 0:31:35.960 can run the ball against this Jets front that still 0:31:35.960 --> 0:31:38.520 wants to play one gap aggressive upfield, and you can 0:31:38.600 --> 0:31:40.240 just pin them in and get the ball out on 0:31:40.280 --> 0:31:42.200 the edge and run the ball for one hundred and 0:31:42.240 --> 0:31:45.280 forty yards against this team. Then offensively, it's the third 0:31:45.320 --> 0:31:47.920 team for in three years for Justin Fields a new 0:31:47.920 --> 0:31:49.960 play caller, and I went on that big Die I 0:31:50.080 --> 0:31:53.040 trib in the Bills portion about changes in football landscape 0:31:53.400 --> 0:31:56.040 now more than ever. You need quarterbacks that can excel 0:31:56.080 --> 0:31:57.760 in the quick and short game, and I think that's 0:31:57.760 --> 0:32:01.480 where Fields has struggled the most. Onest factors, the schedule 0:32:01.520 --> 0:32:04.800 starts off harder and gets quote easier down the stretch. 0:32:05.040 --> 0:32:07.320 I think when you have so many new elements and factors, 0:32:07.360 --> 0:32:09.840 you kind of prefer the opposite of that. But hosting 0:32:09.920 --> 0:32:12.680 Rogers and the Steelers that feels like a class classic 0:32:12.760 --> 0:32:15.480 knife twist for a downtrodden Jets fan type of game, 0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:17.760 then the Bills, then the Bucks than us. I think 0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:20.120 they're going to start zero to four. The trapdoor scenario, 0:32:20.240 --> 0:32:21.959 I don't think it applies to teams that are this 0:32:22.080 --> 0:32:24.920 level of in their cycle. The conclusion, this is an 0:32:24.960 --> 0:32:28.160 information accumulation year for the Jets. They have to find 0:32:28.160 --> 0:32:30.320 out what they're going to be on defense, if Field 0:32:30.440 --> 0:32:32.480 is going to be the next Geno Mayfield or Darnold 0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:34.920 reclamation project. I think they'll probably win around the same 0:32:35.000 --> 0:32:37.640 number of games, maybe one or two less, but be 0:32:37.640 --> 0:32:39.800 better set up for the future than they were. If 0:32:39.840 --> 0:32:41.920 they get enough things right, let's go ahead and go 0:32:41.960 --> 0:32:45.040 to Foxborough and talk about the Patriots. The changes in 0:32:45.040 --> 0:32:47.240 personnel reminds me a bit of twenty twenty when the 0:32:47.240 --> 0:32:50.920 Patriots just went absolutely ham and free agency and everybody's like, hey, 0:32:50.920 --> 0:32:53.480 that's not a Patriots type of move. I think this haul, though, 0:32:53.600 --> 0:32:56.840 was far more impressive. With Milton Williams. I love his game. 0:32:57.600 --> 0:33:00.360 In Carlton Davis, I love his game. I like Marcus 0:33:00.520 --> 0:33:02.960 Harold Landry was the confusing one to me because he 0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:04.800 has not been productive but been injured. He got a 0:33:04.800 --> 0:33:07.560 big contract from them. But Robert Splane's been a nice 0:33:07.560 --> 0:33:09.600 middle linebacker for the Raiders for a couple of years. 0:33:09.800 --> 0:33:12.840 That's a total defensive facelift that had sort of regressed 0:33:12.840 --> 0:33:15.600 the last couple of seasons. On offense, they adds Toe 0:33:15.680 --> 0:33:18.960 Von Diggs and matc Collins, Morgan Moses, and Garrett brad Berry. 0:33:19.200 --> 0:33:22.880 They also lose Jacoby Brissett, Jonathan Jones, Dietrich Wise and 0:33:22.960 --> 0:33:25.920 Daniel Yuki Leiley did get that right, There was the 0:33:25.960 --> 0:33:28.760 most notable losses on that for the Patriots. 0:33:28.760 --> 0:33:29.160 This year. 0:33:29.400 --> 0:33:32.680 The Jets went full overhaul. The Patriots kept the front 0:33:32.720 --> 0:33:35.040 office and changed the staff. The Mike Rabel is the 0:33:35.080 --> 0:33:37.960 man in charge now. Josh McDaniel's back for his third 0:33:38.000 --> 0:33:40.840 stint for the Patriots. Zach Kerr is the acting d C, 0:33:41.080 --> 0:33:44.320 which is a funny title. He's got Mike Smith, Ben McAdoo, 0:33:44.360 --> 0:33:47.200 Doug Rowan, Thomas Brown, Todd Downing on the staff as 0:33:47.240 --> 0:33:50.120 names you've probably heard before. That's three ex head coaches 0:33:50.160 --> 0:33:52.760 in there. It's year two of Elliott Wolf and the 0:33:52.800 --> 0:33:55.560 post draft grades love the job he did this year 0:33:55.800 --> 0:33:57.400 now as high to see what the product looks like 0:33:57.440 --> 0:34:00.800 on the field. Those draft picks were Will Campbell from LSU, 0:34:01.120 --> 0:34:04.160 Traveon Henderson, Kyle Williams, Gokoogs and I think all three 0:34:04.160 --> 0:34:05.680 of those guys are going to start for them week one, 0:34:05.960 --> 0:34:08.280 and they got some good value on guys like Craig Woodson, 0:34:08.280 --> 0:34:10.080 who's going to be a special team's ace for years 0:34:10.080 --> 0:34:13.319 for them, Josh Farmer and Braden Swinson. The film they're 0:34:13.360 --> 0:34:15.520 calling card now. This is one of the more curious 0:34:15.560 --> 0:34:18.040 operations in the league to meet because Josh McDaniels is 0:34:18.080 --> 0:34:19.800 back for what feels like the twelfth freaking time in 0:34:19.840 --> 0:34:22.759 New England. He ran an offense along with Brady that 0:34:22.960 --> 0:34:26.560 was predicated on side adjustments, indicators of leverage to predetermine 0:34:26.600 --> 0:34:28.799 where the football is going to go. But most of all, 0:34:29.000 --> 0:34:32.080 McDaniels knew he had an extension of a football mind 0:34:32.080 --> 0:34:34.560 that was probably even better than his own running the 0:34:34.560 --> 0:34:37.000 show at quarterback. And that includes getting into good looks 0:34:37.360 --> 0:34:40.520 against whatever defense you'd see, and that includes the running games. 0:34:40.520 --> 0:34:42.680 So the big challenge for the Patriots this year is 0:34:42.719 --> 0:34:45.640 to pair all these freaking physical traits that Drake May has, 0:34:46.040 --> 0:34:47.880 and they are a plenty, we saw it in the 0:34:47.920 --> 0:34:50.640 game down here, but reduce some of the mistakes that 0:34:50.680 --> 0:34:53.759 plagued him both at NC and as a rookie last year. 0:34:53.800 --> 0:34:56.200 I suspect he'll grow and get better, but the question 0:34:56.360 --> 0:34:59.600 is how quickly he's still relatively green and for a 0:34:59.640 --> 0:35:03.440 good like you know, check, you know, touch, touch, some 0:35:03.520 --> 0:35:07.279 grass type of content here, Like we obsessed over what 0:35:07.320 --> 0:35:09.400 happens in OTAs in camp, right Drake, Go look at 0:35:09.440 --> 0:35:12.160 Drake May's reports and OTAs. He was throwing picks every 0:35:12.160 --> 0:35:15.120 single day, multiple day, But you don't care because it 0:35:15.160 --> 0:35:16.839 doesn't matter to you what other teams do in those 0:35:16.840 --> 0:35:18.840 time that time of year. I just think it's important 0:35:18.880 --> 0:35:21.000 to maintain that perspective and a big part of all 0:35:21.040 --> 0:35:23.919 that is a total remaking of the offensive weapons, which 0:35:23.960 --> 0:35:26.320 was necessary for them. And when you run an offense 0:35:26.360 --> 0:35:28.520 with those checks and adjustments, I mean, there was a 0:35:28.560 --> 0:35:30.400 reason why it was so tough for the Patriots to 0:35:30.440 --> 0:35:33.920 find receivers and the Brady years outside of their I 0:35:34.040 --> 0:35:35.880 use the term earlier, the golden retrievers. They would go 0:35:35.880 --> 0:35:37.880 out and found like a Chris Hogan or Wes Welker 0:35:37.920 --> 0:35:41.320 or Julian Edelman to link up with Brady. Kyle Williams 0:35:41.600 --> 0:35:45.040 is that dude wickuld release great route runner? Has the 0:35:45.120 --> 0:35:47.400 vertical speed going to be a problem. Go Koog's on 0:35:47.480 --> 0:35:49.680 pause for now, though Stefan Diggs needs to be the 0:35:49.719 --> 0:35:51.719 table center for the young room. They also brought in 0:35:51.800 --> 0:35:54.320 Matt Hollins, who's been a nice situational receiver and always 0:35:54.360 --> 0:35:56.680 a great special teamer. We'll see what happens by the 0:35:56.680 --> 0:35:59.160 time this comes out, but there was some rumors about 0:35:59.200 --> 0:36:01.360 a possible Terry Glorin trade. I'll just say, as a 0:36:01.360 --> 0:36:03.840 Dolphins fan, please don't do that. I love Terry and 0:36:03.840 --> 0:36:05.560 I don't want to hate him. I love scary Terry. 0:36:05.560 --> 0:36:07.399 Don't keep my out of New England. They made big 0:36:07.480 --> 0:36:09.520 changes to the offensive line, and they needed it there too, 0:36:09.920 --> 0:36:12.080 like probably more than the skilled group Will Campbell and 0:36:12.120 --> 0:36:15.320 Morgan Moses. The tackles a juxtaposition of young, ready to 0:36:15.360 --> 0:36:17.560 go guy versus old vet who's been there forever. It 0:36:17.560 --> 0:36:19.399 seems like they're been in league forever. I should say. 0:36:19.640 --> 0:36:22.200 Garrett Bradbury was cut in Minnesota, and he allows them 0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:24.760 to get Cole Strange back to exclusively the guard position, 0:36:25.080 --> 0:36:27.480 and then the tackle additions also allow Michael and one 0:36:27.480 --> 0:36:29.719 who to play guard where he's been best. It's a 0:36:29.719 --> 0:36:32.480 good five starting offensive lineman, but we've also seen this 0:36:32.520 --> 0:36:34.040 team have to go seven to eight to nine deep 0:36:34.040 --> 0:36:36.800 in the past. Their ultimate calling card is a really 0:36:36.840 --> 0:36:39.720 really good defensive coach, especially with how he's game planned 0:36:39.840 --> 0:36:42.320 us over the years. With the Titans. They can shrink 0:36:42.360 --> 0:36:44.920 the field, they can span the area as you like 0:36:44.960 --> 0:36:47.799 to attack, and it's incumbent upon you to find those 0:36:47.880 --> 0:36:50.760 vulnerabilities because he'll disguise them in a way that confuses 0:36:50.760 --> 0:36:54.600 the quarterback into crossing those areas off their checklist pre snap, 0:36:54.840 --> 0:36:56.840 and they can just then vacate that space like they 0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:59.759 can take a week side zone corner and kick him 0:36:59.760 --> 0:37:02.319 into the fit as a quasi will linebacker and you 0:37:02.400 --> 0:37:05.240 have a route over there on air and your quarterback 0:37:05.280 --> 0:37:08.040 doesn't see it because of how they've presented the well 0:37:08.080 --> 0:37:10.080 the presentation, it's kind of fun to watch unless you're 0:37:10.080 --> 0:37:12.880 playing against it. And they went to work restoring that 0:37:12.920 --> 0:37:16.080 side of the football too. Milton Williams got the freaking bag, 0:37:16.120 --> 0:37:17.759 and he's gonna have to go from a forty eight 0:37:17.760 --> 0:37:20.279 percent player closer to seventy five percent because you can't 0:37:20.280 --> 0:37:22.960 make that much money and be at every other snap player. 0:37:23.440 --> 0:37:25.160 That has to be the plan when you pay someone 0:37:25.280 --> 0:37:28.680 basically quarterback money. I love the Carlton Davis edition. Him 0:37:28.680 --> 0:37:31.080 and Christian Gonzalez, who is an absolute beast, is a 0:37:31.120 --> 0:37:33.359 really good combination there. You guys know how I feel 0:37:33.360 --> 0:37:35.640 about Kyle Dugger. The dude makes a play every damn 0:37:35.680 --> 0:37:38.360 time he sees us. They face the same dilemma teams 0:37:38.360 --> 0:37:40.719 in this stage of their cycle, typically due it's not 0:37:40.800 --> 0:37:43.399 incredibly deep. They've also got to find a pass rush 0:37:43.480 --> 0:37:45.080 because a lot of that hinges on a player who 0:37:45.120 --> 0:37:47.600 has struggled with this pass rush win rate and missed 0:37:47.680 --> 0:37:48.440 time with injuries. 0:37:48.440 --> 0:37:49.280 And Harold Landry. 0:37:49.440 --> 0:37:51.560 They also added Splaine to be the quarterback of the 0:37:51.560 --> 0:37:54.439 defense They'll have Christian Barmore from Jump this year after 0:37:54.480 --> 0:37:56.240 missing some time last year with blood clots. 0:37:56.640 --> 0:37:57.279 A lot to like. 0:37:57.360 --> 0:38:00.040 There maybe still some room to grow the question, I 0:38:00.080 --> 0:38:02.080 guess I covered it, but it's May's growth in a 0:38:02.080 --> 0:38:04.480 complex scheme. I think it could start slow for them, 0:38:04.520 --> 0:38:06.000 which good for us. We play on Week two, our 0:38:06.000 --> 0:38:08.160 home opener, getting on the same page with his weapons, 0:38:08.200 --> 0:38:10.600 defensive depth and expanded roles for guys that were role 0:38:10.600 --> 0:38:15.279 players in previous stops, miscellaneous factors. Teams that have this 0:38:15.360 --> 0:38:17.360 much change, I always look at the start of the schedule, 0:38:17.400 --> 0:38:19.640 like with the Jets, and the Patriots have a much 0:38:19.760 --> 0:38:22.399 softer landing. Three of the first four games are home 0:38:22.480 --> 0:38:25.399 dates with Vegas, Pittsburgh, and Carolina. I think they could 0:38:25.440 --> 0:38:27.439 win all three of those games. They could lose two 0:38:27.440 --> 0:38:29.520 of them. It's going to be, you know, coin flip 0:38:29.520 --> 0:38:31.160 games to me. And then they have the game down 0:38:31.200 --> 0:38:33.080 here against US, which I think is pretty much a 0:38:33.120 --> 0:38:35.080 scheduled loss with the Patriots. Hopefully want have to clip 0:38:35.120 --> 0:38:36.719 that off in September when I'm wrong about that, But 0:38:37.120 --> 0:38:39.920 I like Miami at home in September against pretty much anybody. 0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:41.719 They have to feel like they have to get two 0:38:41.800 --> 0:38:43.759 of those three, especially you know, coming down here to 0:38:43.760 --> 0:38:47.080 play against TUA, who they haven't beaten ever. The trapdoor scenario, 0:38:47.160 --> 0:38:49.640 I don't think it applies here. My conclusion, I think 0:38:49.640 --> 0:38:51.920 they're a step ahead of the Jets and could contend 0:38:51.920 --> 0:38:54.200 for a wild card spot, But I think there's a 0:38:54.239 --> 0:38:56.200 little bit too much new for me to go that far. 0:38:56.239 --> 0:38:58.239 I think this division is a lot like the others. 0:38:58.239 --> 0:39:01.040 We've previewed some severe lines of marcation, and to me, 0:39:01.480 --> 0:39:04.080 that line comes after our final team and our thirty 0:39:04.120 --> 0:39:06.640 two team round up the Miami Dolphins. Let's go ahead 0:39:06.640 --> 0:39:08.840 and breeze through this this exercise. Like, if you're listening 0:39:08.840 --> 0:39:10.520 to this and you've listened to the entire show, you 0:39:10.520 --> 0:39:13.760 should know this stuff in Zach Wilson, Quinn Yours, Alex Madison, 0:39:14.040 --> 0:39:18.239 Nick Westbrook, Aakine Farroh Brown, James Daniels, Jonah Sevit Naya, 0:39:18.400 --> 0:39:23.040 Larry Boram, Kenneth Grant, Jordan Phillips, Malcolm Butler, kJ Sorry, 0:39:23.040 --> 0:39:27.200 Matthew Butler, kJ Britt, Willie Gay, Ashton, Davis, iffimlafon Wu 0:39:27.480 --> 0:39:30.520 On the Way Out, Skyler Thompson, Tyler Huntley, Brahem Moster, 0:39:30.680 --> 0:39:33.879 Jeff Wilson Odell Beckham junior at Durham smythe tbron Arms said. 0:39:33.880 --> 0:39:37.279 The biggest one there probably Rob Jones, Kaleis Campbell not 0:39:37.320 --> 0:39:40.360 to dunk on Kalais, but and you guys pulled the 0:39:40.360 --> 0:39:42.320 tape up on Kalais the last month of the season. 0:39:42.680 --> 0:39:45.680 It's a pretty big fall off there. Anthony Walker ad 0:39:45.760 --> 0:39:48.520 Jalen Ramsey as well because he got traded as after 0:39:48.600 --> 0:39:52.120 I wrote this out Javon Holland and Jordan Poyer also 0:39:52.200 --> 0:39:54.839 in as Minka Fitzpatrick don't forget about him. Also out 0:39:54.920 --> 0:39:57.200 John Smith got to add that in the film the 0:39:57.239 --> 0:40:00.000 calling card outside zone running game with a lightning, quick 0:40:00.080 --> 0:40:03.640 processing release quarterback that can fit tight windows, exaggerate the 0:40:03.719 --> 0:40:07.080 overplay we get and incorporate vertical and horizontal stretch with 0:40:07.200 --> 0:40:09.600 speed and smart players. I love the change of pace 0:40:09.640 --> 0:40:11.919 we've built to the offseason. I think we have more 0:40:12.040 --> 0:40:15.080 of an adaptable offense thanks to Daniels and Savit Naya 0:40:15.200 --> 0:40:16.760 and the moves that tied end and wide receiver. 0:40:17.400 --> 0:40:18.719 We don't have to go into it too far. You 0:40:18.760 --> 0:40:19.759 guys know how I feel about this. 0:40:19.800 --> 0:40:21.480 I think the Dolphins have given themselves a chance to 0:40:22.560 --> 0:40:25.200 right the wrongs of the last three years. They didn't 0:40:25.960 --> 0:40:27.520 run it back much in the way they did in 0:40:27.560 --> 0:40:29.920 twenty twenty four. It's going to look different how they 0:40:29.960 --> 0:40:31.400 incorporate all of that. It's going to tell you how 0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:33.680 far this team goes. And I think they can. They 0:40:33.680 --> 0:40:35.960 can do a lot. I think you can really really 0:40:36.000 --> 0:40:37.879 get the best version of Tua. And it all comes 0:40:37.920 --> 0:40:39.839 down if he stays healthy. Right, That's that's the that's 0:40:39.840 --> 0:40:42.359 the question, right, Can Toua stay healthy. That's pretty much 0:40:42.480 --> 0:40:44.759 on offense. If he does, I think he's in it 0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:46.799 for a career year because of how they can support him. 0:40:47.080 --> 0:40:49.360 And you know, I think Tyreek, as much as I 0:40:49.600 --> 0:40:51.439 don't want to, you know, go down this road again, 0:40:51.719 --> 0:40:54.120 I think that he'll be motivated again. He kind of got, 0:40:54.120 --> 0:40:58.440 you know, his his personal pride was took a hit 0:40:58.520 --> 0:41:00.480 last year in terms of his production and the way 0:41:00.480 --> 0:41:02.359 people talked about him. I think the fact that he's 0:41:02.400 --> 0:41:07.120 running freaking ten one hundred meter dashes at thirty one 0:41:07.200 --> 0:41:09.719 years old and gaining a step is really impressive. So 0:41:10.080 --> 0:41:12.279 I do think that Twua was set for a career year, 0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:14.080 and if he has that, we're gonna be an eleven 0:41:14.120 --> 0:41:16.440 to twelve win team. I think that year two of 0:41:16.440 --> 0:41:18.200 the Weaver defense will be even better than what we 0:41:18.200 --> 0:41:21.000 saw last year when things clicked about mid season, and 0:41:21.000 --> 0:41:23.040 I think the piece is fit even better now, especially 0:41:23.120 --> 0:41:25.880 upfront those pass rushers stay healthy. It's gonna set the 0:41:25.880 --> 0:41:27.480 table for us to play to our rules on the 0:41:27.480 --> 0:41:30.240 back end and play good defense. On defense, the question 0:41:30.360 --> 0:41:32.520 can they coach up a secondary that's young and saw 0:41:32.600 --> 0:41:35.400 plenty of change. I think Minka dropping in there is 0:41:35.400 --> 0:41:37.399 going to make a huge difference, especially when you factor 0:41:37.440 --> 0:41:39.920 in the fact that Ramsey was gone like you were 0:41:39.960 --> 0:41:42.440 without him. To get Minca back in the fold, to 0:41:42.480 --> 0:41:44.359 pair him with Ifi Mela Fon, that's a really good 0:41:44.360 --> 0:41:46.880 safety group and can take some pressure off those corners. 0:41:46.920 --> 0:41:48.560 Plus he can play on the slot and move cater 0:41:48.680 --> 0:41:51.799 outside and give you some more of that flexible versatility. Really, 0:41:51.800 --> 0:41:54.319 the top four snap takers are gone from that side 0:41:54.320 --> 0:41:57.040 of the football. Right, Even if the two safeties were 0:41:57.040 --> 0:41:58.719 two of the worst players in the league last year, 0:41:58.760 --> 0:42:01.560 it has changed from a year ago. The miscellaneous factors. 0:42:01.360 --> 0:42:06.360 It's Ramsey, fuller ployer in Holland right, the miscellaneous factors. 0:42:06.360 --> 0:42:09.000 I think the ability to effectively shift the culture is 0:42:09.040 --> 0:42:11.319 the biggest one here, and the early returns have been good. 0:42:11.320 --> 0:42:13.320 But let's see how it goes after a loss or 0:42:13.360 --> 0:42:15.640 after Tua has to miss a game and Tyler doesn't 0:42:15.640 --> 0:42:17.080 get the targets he wants. Like, there's a lot of 0:42:17.200 --> 0:42:19.839 questions that go into this that are kind of intangible, 0:42:20.040 --> 0:42:22.600 and that's the biggest miscellaneous factor or the trapdoor scenario. 0:42:22.880 --> 0:42:24.880 It's to if he plays, we win. If he doesn't, 0:42:24.880 --> 0:42:27.319 we don't. It's that simple conclusion. I think we're very 0:42:27.400 --> 0:42:30.040 much a playoff team. With our quarterback playing seventeen games. 0:42:30.160 --> 0:42:30.920 I kind of like. 0:42:30.920 --> 0:42:32.880 Us being more under the radar this year, and I 0:42:32.880 --> 0:42:35.680 think that will fuel the guys. My divisions a perlatives. 0:42:36.520 --> 0:42:39.240 The winners the Bills obviously, the quarterback is Josh Allen. 0:42:39.480 --> 0:42:42.440 The best non offensive player is still Tyreek Hill. Well 0:42:42.800 --> 0:42:44.600 if he can. If he doesn't do it this year, 0:42:44.600 --> 0:42:46.040 I'll take him off there, but I'm gonna give him 0:42:46.040 --> 0:42:48.200 a one year grace period. I think Zach Sealer is 0:42:48.200 --> 0:42:50.239 the best defensive player. There's a couple guys in line 0:42:50.239 --> 0:42:51.480 for that, but I'm going to go with the home guy. 0:42:51.719 --> 0:42:53.920 The best coach is Shan McDermott. The best rookie is 0:42:54.000 --> 0:42:57.000 Kenny Kenneth Grant and Kyle Williams to me, and the 0:42:57.000 --> 0:42:59.960 best under the radar studs are Kyle Dugger and Jamian 0:43:00.040 --> 0:43:00.359 sure Word. 0:43:00.400 --> 0:43:00.839 So there you go. 0:43:01.000 --> 0:43:04.080 Thirty two teams previewed on the Draft Time podcast Last 0:43:04.080 --> 0:43:06.880 break right here, come back and finish up with my chat. 0:43:06.719 --> 0:43:07.440 With cater co Who. 0:43:07.520 --> 0:43:10.400 That's next Draft Time podcast, brought to you by automation. 0:43:13.480 --> 0:43:16.279 Joining us today is Dolphins cornerback cater Coo. Who cater 0:43:16.360 --> 0:43:16.680 what's up? 0:43:16.680 --> 0:43:16.799 Man? 0:43:16.840 --> 0:43:17.239 How you been? 0:43:17.640 --> 0:43:17.680 No? 0:43:17.880 --> 0:43:19.000 Man, I'm chilling. How you doing? 0:43:19.160 --> 0:43:20.400 Not too bad? It's good to talk to you an 0:43:20.440 --> 0:43:21.160 official capacity. 0:43:21.200 --> 0:43:22.719 I see you around the building all the time we talk, 0:43:22.800 --> 0:43:24.240 but here we are on the podcast. 0:43:24.280 --> 0:43:25.680 I think for the first time. 0:43:25.760 --> 0:43:27.080 Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the first time. 0:43:27.160 --> 0:43:29.719 I think it is, too man. So an your nerves coming, 0:43:30.239 --> 0:43:32.440 I don't think. I didn't think so. 0:43:32.440 --> 0:43:32.520 So. 0:43:33.120 --> 0:43:36.120 You're a pretty unique story in terms of your pat 0:43:36.200 --> 0:43:39.080 here and to this point of your NFL career. I 0:43:39.120 --> 0:43:40.960 think the question I want to ask you, cater is, 0:43:40.960 --> 0:43:42.879 if you know, going into your fourth year right now, 0:43:43.400 --> 0:43:46.600 what would you tell rookie caterko who about all the 0:43:46.680 --> 0:43:48.319 experience you've taken in the last three years, Like, what 0:43:48.360 --> 0:43:50.000 would you tell him is the most important thing that 0:43:50.000 --> 0:43:51.680 he asked to know going into his rookie season. 0:43:52.280 --> 0:43:54.279 Uh, just stay consistent. 0:43:54.440 --> 0:43:57.439 It's easy at the beginning to like kind of because 0:43:57.440 --> 0:43:58.759 you're more hungry and stuff like that. 0:43:59.120 --> 0:44:00.000 Was just stay concission. 0:44:01.480 --> 0:44:04.160 Find you something that you can do every day to 0:44:04.280 --> 0:44:07.600 kind of keep your mind like in a good space. 0:44:08.040 --> 0:44:10.440 But yeah, I think consistency is like the most important thing. 0:44:10.680 --> 0:44:12.160 Is that your message to the other young guys we 0:44:12.239 --> 0:44:13.080 have in the room now. 0:44:13.160 --> 0:44:14.719 Yeah, absolutely, consistency. 0:44:14.800 --> 0:44:18.000 Whatever you find something, you just got to stay consistent 0:44:18.040 --> 0:44:20.160 because if you're doing the same thing every day, it's 0:44:20.200 --> 0:44:22.279 gonna kind of keep you on the same path, so 0:44:22.320 --> 0:44:24.560 you know what to expect and stuff like that. 0:44:24.480 --> 0:44:25.439 Kind of like a grower dive. 0:44:25.680 --> 0:44:26.240 Yeah, exactly. 0:44:26.280 --> 0:44:26.440 Deal. 0:44:26.560 --> 0:44:29.160 Yeah, so you're taking on a bigger leadership role this year, 0:44:29.680 --> 0:44:31.640 is what you know You've you've talked about a little bit, 0:44:31.680 --> 0:44:33.680 coaches have talked about it. What does that look like 0:44:33.719 --> 0:44:35.640 for you kind of portraying that message and then some 0:44:35.680 --> 0:44:36.800 more probably. 0:44:36.960 --> 0:44:40.080 I think more so just doing the right thing. 0:44:40.360 --> 0:44:42.680 I don't always think that the leader has to be 0:44:42.719 --> 0:44:45.239 somebody that's overly vocal. You know, you're gonna have to 0:44:45.239 --> 0:44:46.600 talk a little bit here and there, but I think 0:44:46.600 --> 0:44:48.880 it's more about just showing them the right things to do, 0:44:48.920 --> 0:44:51.720 how to practice, and the standard every want around a building. 0:44:51.760 --> 0:44:54.120 Because you've seen some leaders, Yeah, exactly, super vocal in 0:44:54.160 --> 0:44:56.960 the past, especially in that cornerback room. So you probably 0:44:56.960 --> 0:44:59.360 took from those guys and over your time with you know, 0:44:59.400 --> 0:45:01.440 playing with X, playing with Jalen, playing with all these 0:45:01.440 --> 0:45:03.799 really good cornerbacks, Like, what's the what have you noticed 0:45:03.800 --> 0:45:05.680 about like the really good players and how they approach 0:45:05.719 --> 0:45:08.120 their business? Like is there a common theme across those guys? 0:45:08.719 --> 0:45:10.520 Yeah, most definitely. Uh. 0:45:11.480 --> 0:45:15.200 I think first the first thing that probably sticks out 0:45:15.239 --> 0:45:17.719 is like just the passion that they had for football. 0:45:18.680 --> 0:45:20.919 It's not just something that come in. They really enjoyed 0:45:20.960 --> 0:45:23.319 playing football. They love making plays and stuff like that. 0:45:23.880 --> 0:45:27.600 And just the confidence. You I feel like, playing defensive back, 0:45:27.640 --> 0:45:29.480 you have to be confidence because as soon as you 0:45:29.520 --> 0:45:31.680 lose that, you kind of lose your edge and stuff 0:45:31.680 --> 0:45:33.839 like that. So I feel like that's one thing they 0:45:33.880 --> 0:45:34.600 all had in common. 0:45:34.840 --> 0:45:36.719 Do you know when you first fell in love with football? Like, 0:45:37.239 --> 0:45:39.080 was there a time or like a certain period. 0:45:40.000 --> 0:45:42.560 Yeah, I started playing football and I was in eighth grade. 0:45:42.560 --> 0:45:44.080 But I think I really fell in love with it 0:45:44.120 --> 0:45:47.160 when I moved from running back to corner my junior 0:45:47.239 --> 0:45:48.520 year and high school. 0:45:48.600 --> 0:45:51.520 Yeah, what was the why the change? Because were you 0:45:51.640 --> 0:45:52.400 just better at corner? 0:45:52.480 --> 0:45:55.319 Like, what was the Well, we had a running back. 0:45:55.360 --> 0:45:56.880 We had like two running backs in my grade that 0:45:56.960 --> 0:45:58.719 were actually real good, So I don't think I was 0:45:58.719 --> 0:46:00.960 ever going to play there, So I just to figure 0:46:00.960 --> 0:46:03.040 out another position to play in the corner. It was 0:46:03.840 --> 0:46:05.480 just from the size and stuff like that that you 0:46:05.560 --> 0:46:07.200 moved me to the corner, and I'm glad they did. 0:46:07.360 --> 0:46:10.360 I listened to the Movelessticks podcast lot with Dante Jeremiah 0:46:10.480 --> 0:46:12.440 NFL Network, and he always talks about how, like when 0:46:12.440 --> 0:46:13.720 you're young, go play corner. 0:46:13.760 --> 0:46:15.160 Right now, there's too many receivers. 0:46:15.360 --> 0:46:17.600 Yeah, definitely, everybody wants to score touch. 0:46:17.719 --> 0:46:20.719 Yeah, I'm pretty sure like every draft class there's more 0:46:20.800 --> 0:46:22.120 DBS draft than in receivers. 0:46:22.200 --> 0:46:22.640 That's something. 0:46:22.960 --> 0:46:25.680 It's crazy, but maybe it's maybe it's the fact that 0:46:25.680 --> 0:46:28.560 there seems like receivers the position where rookies kind of 0:46:28.600 --> 0:46:29.120 hit early. 0:46:29.280 --> 0:46:29.480 Yeah. 0:46:29.600 --> 0:46:31.719 Way, I mean your first game you balled out here, 0:46:32.160 --> 0:46:34.080 I'm talking to the wrong guy, but it seems like 0:46:34.120 --> 0:46:36.160 it's easier to to kind of get a feel for 0:46:36.239 --> 0:46:36.680 receiver early. 0:46:36.800 --> 0:46:38.560 Yeah, yeah, most definitely I feel like that too. 0:46:38.719 --> 0:46:40.400 What do you what was the biggest challenge you had 0:46:40.400 --> 0:46:43.319 to kind of like learn because obviously you played right away, 0:46:43.480 --> 0:46:45.279 he played as you know, a kind of some some 0:46:45.320 --> 0:46:47.440 sub packages. Right. I'll never forget that first game against 0:46:47.440 --> 0:46:50.160 the Patriots. I remember like, cooh, all right, all right, 0:46:50.200 --> 0:46:52.040 we got we got something here. But what was like 0:46:52.400 --> 0:46:55.080 something maybe like a hardship early on or something that 0:46:55.080 --> 0:46:56.960 you struggle with where it was like, Okay, this is 0:46:57.440 --> 0:46:59.279 something I'm gonna have to focus on, kind of have 0:46:59.360 --> 0:47:01.200 to like, you know, really attacked to make sure I'm 0:47:01.200 --> 0:47:02.240 the best version of myself. 0:47:03.160 --> 0:47:06.000 Really just having like a broader understanding of the game. 0:47:07.120 --> 0:47:09.960 Coming from college, especially Division two, I feel like the 0:47:10.000 --> 0:47:14.600 football knowledge is not, like I thought, as hard as 0:47:14.840 --> 0:47:16.480 like somebody that went to I want to say, like 0:47:16.480 --> 0:47:18.319 Alabama and stuff like that. So it was more so 0:47:18.480 --> 0:47:20.920 just learning like the little tricks and like in the 0:47:21.000 --> 0:47:23.040 NASA the game to help me play faster and stuff 0:47:23.040 --> 0:47:23.279 like that. 0:47:23.400 --> 0:47:25.399 Yeah, that makes perfect sense. And you wind up going 0:47:25.440 --> 0:47:28.600 from you know, inside to outside. And I'll never forget 0:47:28.680 --> 0:47:31.560 last year Coach we Ever mentioned several times how valuable 0:47:31.800 --> 0:47:34.680 you were to the team because you helped you know, 0:47:34.920 --> 0:47:37.720 Kendall and Jalen be able to be flexible. What are 0:47:37.760 --> 0:47:39.719 doing all that over the course of three years teach 0:47:39.760 --> 0:47:42.040 you about the game or maybe the position in general. 0:47:43.200 --> 0:47:48.680 That nickelin outside corner two different positions, completely different positions. 0:47:49.760 --> 0:47:54.160 Like outside corner you're more on an island. There's more 0:47:54.239 --> 0:47:57.560 like vertical routes and stuff like that. I feel like 0:47:57.560 --> 0:48:00.640 a Nickel, you're kind of like a boy safety. You 0:48:00.640 --> 0:48:03.239 have to play the run and when you're in man 0:48:03.320 --> 0:48:05.640 that's not really like the sideline help is not right there, 0:48:05.680 --> 0:48:09.480 Like they have equal space on whichever way. That is 0:48:09.560 --> 0:48:12.480 hard to release. So you just got to understand that. 0:48:12.560 --> 0:48:14.759 But like at the nigga position, you always gonna have 0:48:14.760 --> 0:48:17.200 a safety over the top. So it's it's just like 0:48:17.320 --> 0:48:18.520 learning just the low tricks. 0:48:18.600 --> 0:48:19.919 Yeah, but all two way goes. 0:48:20.120 --> 0:48:20.760 Yeah exactly. 0:48:20.960 --> 0:48:22.480 Yeah. 0:48:22.760 --> 0:48:24.880 One thing I always love watching about your game, and 0:48:24.920 --> 0:48:26.960 I think the numbers prove us out too, is like 0:48:27.000 --> 0:48:30.040 the screen game. Yeah, whether you're making the tackle or 0:48:30.120 --> 0:48:32.080 you know, taking the point man down. I just feel 0:48:32.080 --> 0:48:34.720 like if twenty eight is out there, no four now, 0:48:34.120 --> 0:48:36.680 so my bad, my bad. I was thinking of that 0:48:36.719 --> 0:48:40.200 first game across, but there's four he's either taking the receiver, 0:48:40.320 --> 0:48:42.600 the point man off, or he's making the tackle. Don't 0:48:42.600 --> 0:48:45.160 don't tell everyone you're your secrets, but like, why are 0:48:45.200 --> 0:48:47.120 you so damn good at stopping the screen? 0:48:48.280 --> 0:48:50.000 Uh, crack on yourself for a little bit off a 0:48:50.000 --> 0:48:51.359 can man. 0:48:51.360 --> 0:48:52.880 I'm not gonna lie, you know. I think it's just 0:48:52.880 --> 0:48:54.560 one of them things. You just kind of have a 0:48:54.600 --> 0:48:58.160 feel for it. Uh, you know, going throughout the game, 0:48:58.200 --> 0:49:00.279 you kind of have to, like I said, get a 0:49:00.280 --> 0:49:02.719 feel for it. And then just certain situations just seem 0:49:02.840 --> 0:49:04.920 like theres are screen down, so you might want to 0:49:04.960 --> 0:49:07.319 tighten up a little bit, and then if you're telling 0:49:07.440 --> 0:49:09.160 me at a certain depth, maybe cheated up a little 0:49:09.160 --> 0:49:10.560 bit so you can react a little faster. 0:49:10.600 --> 0:49:12.120 But I think it's just like a field. 0:49:11.800 --> 0:49:13.920 Thing, like tendencies of the offense. 0:49:13.960 --> 0:49:14.840 You can exactly. 0:49:14.880 --> 0:49:18.200 Then certain receivers they do screens to certain receivers they 0:49:18.200 --> 0:49:19.920 don't do it too so if they move a receiver 0:49:20.320 --> 0:49:23.040 to a certain position, you kind of intended have to kind. 0:49:22.880 --> 0:49:23.319 Of go up. 0:49:23.480 --> 0:49:25.600 That's that's probably part of the maturation process you had 0:49:25.600 --> 0:49:27.480 in terms of like how to watch film. Yeah, exactly, 0:49:28.920 --> 0:49:30.839 what's what's been your favorite thing about playing for coach 0:49:30.880 --> 0:49:31.640 Weaver here in this. 0:49:31.600 --> 0:49:36.080 Defense we've he gives you the opportunity to kind of 0:49:36.120 --> 0:49:39.120 just be yourself. He doesn't put limitations on too much. 0:49:39.440 --> 0:49:41.640 And he's like a great listener. If we have something 0:49:41.680 --> 0:49:43.279 that we feel like is not working, or if you 0:49:43.880 --> 0:49:45.640 feel like we have something that might work and we're 0:49:45.680 --> 0:49:47.560 not doing it, He's always willing to listen. He's not 0:49:48.560 --> 0:49:50.880 like stuck in his ways, and he's he's like a 0:49:50.880 --> 0:49:51.680 great motivator. 0:49:52.239 --> 0:49:52.439 Yeah. 0:49:53.000 --> 0:49:55.520 I really have enjoyed getting to know coach YEA. Yeah, 0:49:55.600 --> 0:49:57.080 let's let's finish up with this. What do you got 0:49:57.120 --> 0:49:57.680 going on the summer? 0:49:57.680 --> 0:49:57.799 Man? 0:49:57.840 --> 0:49:59.920 You know, we got a few weeks after this after 0:50:00.360 --> 0:50:02.640 mandatory MIDI caamp raps up here and then we get 0:50:02.640 --> 0:50:04.000 back to training camp. But what are you looking forward 0:50:04.000 --> 0:50:05.040 to getting to this offseason? 0:50:05.520 --> 0:50:07.960 Uh, just getting ready for the season. 0:50:08.000 --> 0:50:10.200 I know usually have six weeks, but we have five 0:50:10.320 --> 0:50:13.040 this year, so it's a week shorter. 0:50:13.200 --> 0:50:14.799 So just really just getting ready for the season. 0:50:14.800 --> 0:50:16.719 I don't have anything playing right now, just working out 0:50:16.760 --> 0:50:18.280 and getting ready for training count. 0:50:18.040 --> 0:50:20.000 Just resting up, getting ready, good stuff. That's kind of 0:50:20.000 --> 0:50:21.440 been the answer I've gotten from all the guys. So 0:50:21.480 --> 0:50:24.439 it sounds like no one's a too interesting thing besides football. Yeah, 0:50:24.600 --> 0:50:26.359 cater Coo, who appreciate your time today, man, Thank you 0:50:26.360 --> 0:50:28.960 so much. Love that dude, cater Coo who the last 0:50:29.000 --> 0:50:31.799 interview here, the last podcast before we get into five 0:50:31.880 --> 0:50:33.719 days a week. It's been a nice vacation, a nice 0:50:33.760 --> 0:50:36.399 little bit of time off. Family's doing great, by the way, 0:50:36.440 --> 0:50:38.320 you guys keep asking me about that, so I appreciate 0:50:38.320 --> 0:50:39.960 all the love and the messages you guys have sent. 0:50:40.520 --> 0:50:42.600 Family of five now, Caroline Cameron Willow. 0:50:42.680 --> 0:50:44.480 We are a very very happy family. 0:50:44.560 --> 0:50:46.719 So appreciate you guys hanging with me here and kind 0:50:46.719 --> 0:50:48.640 of you know, keeping up on the content in a 0:50:48.760 --> 0:50:50.960 strange portion of the calendar. But that's the last kid 0:50:50.960 --> 0:50:52.960 we're going to have. It's impossible to have anymore if 0:50:52.960 --> 0:50:55.319 you get my drift. So we're going to be locked 0:50:55.320 --> 0:50:56.799 in from here for and I can't wait to show 0:50:56.840 --> 0:50:59.120 my kids Dolphins football and bring them out to hard 0:50:59.160 --> 0:51:01.479 Rock Stadium and be the add that hopefully the kids 0:51:01.520 --> 0:51:03.399 brag about to their friends because of my cool job. 0:51:03.520 --> 0:51:06.400 So really fun summer. Let's go ahead and put a 0:51:06.440 --> 0:51:08.279 pennant right there. Come back on Monday, we're gonna break 0:51:08.280 --> 0:51:10.360 down the offense and preview every single player on this 0:51:10.480 --> 0:51:14.120 roster defense on Tuesday, and then Wednesday we have practice. 0:51:14.160 --> 0:51:16.560 So and speaking of training camp, and it is the 0:51:16.560 --> 0:51:20.000 most wonderful time of year. That's right, Miami Dolphins training 0:51:20.040 --> 0:51:22.960 camp right around the corner, and you can reserve your 0:51:22.960 --> 0:51:25.760 tickets right now. 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