Speaker 1: This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. What is up, Dolphins
Speaker 1: and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, our final of the
Speaker 1: off season divisional Previews brings us home to the AFC
Speaker 1: East Dolphins, Bills, Jets, and Patriots go under the microscope today.
Speaker 2: Plus I have two interviews.
Speaker 1: The soft spoken, humble yet physically imposing Jonah Savit Naya
Speaker 1: joins me. Cater Kohu joins me. I'm pumped for this one.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and get right to it. From the
Speaker 1: Baptist Hell Studios inside of my house. This is the
Speaker 1: Draft Time Podcast.
Speaker 2: Maybe Jaffe Sir really.
Speaker 1: Enjoying doing these kind of sporadically throughout the month of
Speaker 1: June and July because it's kind of like a time
Speaker 1: capsule of where I am tomorrow.
Speaker 2: As I record this podcast.
Speaker 1: In the first week of July, I head out to
Speaker 1: the Pacific Northwest to pick up my who spent ten
Speaker 1: days at her grandma's house. And it's the longest time
Speaker 1: I've been away from her and I miss her very
Speaker 1: very deeply, and like, let's just put the cards on
Speaker 1: table here. My in laws are all rednecks for lack
Speaker 1: of a better term, and my daughter had pictures of
Speaker 1: her holding up like dead mice and salamanders and snakes,
Speaker 1: and I just ain't about that life, so she could
Speaker 1: I come back home here and get used to some
Speaker 1: city cooking because I ain't trying to have all that
Speaker 1: stuff around my proximity. So looking forward to going and
Speaker 1: seeing her. My last recording here. The next time I
Speaker 1: talk to you guys will be the camp preview episodes
Speaker 1: Offense on Monday, Defense on Tuesday, before we get into
Speaker 1: camp practices on Wednesday.
Speaker 2: So Football's back, baby, and I'm pumped.
Speaker 1: I keep telling my wife like it kind of feels
Speaker 1: like twenty twenty four didn't have a lot of fun,
Speaker 1: and so therefore I am ready for twenty five to
Speaker 1: get here and to really dive into having a fun
Speaker 1: football season again, hopefully where twenty three was so much
Speaker 1: fun that I enjoyed the summer maybe a little bit more,
Speaker 1: But this year, I just want to get back to
Speaker 1: the Baptist Hell Trading Complex and watch some Dolphins practices
Speaker 1: before that, Let's go ahead and kick this thing off
Speaker 1: with my chat with Dolphins rookie offensive lineman Jonaht Naya
Speaker 1: joining us day on the Draft Time podcast is Dolphins
Speaker 1: rookie offensive lineman Jonah.
Speaker 2: Now Jonah.
Speaker 1: This is my fans on the show laugh me all
Speaker 1: the time because I have to double take your name
Speaker 1: a lot. I'm working on it. Should I try it
Speaker 1: first and then go correct me? Sovite Naya?
Speaker 3: Hey, you got it first, first try.
Speaker 1: That was a lot of pressure because you're the podcast
Speaker 1: every time you can hear the cuts, the edits because
Speaker 1: I'm always I'm always.
Speaker 2: Tripping up on thank you. You gave us like.
Speaker 1: A tutorial media and that was super helpful because I
Speaker 1: had like the phonetic spelling of it, and even that
Speaker 1: I couldn't get it.
Speaker 2: But here we are, man.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's the easiest way to put it
Speaker 4: how I explained it in the media, So.
Speaker 2: You can you repeat that again so that the fans
Speaker 2: can hear it.
Speaker 4: He of course, so usually how I put it, you know,
Speaker 4: so saying Hawaii just take away to h and put
Speaker 4: the S replaced the S.
Speaker 3: At the end and a nine.
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 1: I'm so proud of myself again to the first tribe.
Speaker 1: But we're not here talking about me and my stupid pronunciation.
Speaker 1: I want to talk to you here about your game
Speaker 1: a little bit, because you were a guy that full transparency.
Speaker 1: I fancy myself an amateur football scout, and you were
Speaker 1: a guy that I was. I was very, very excited
Speaker 1: about before you even got here. Just tell me about
Speaker 1: coming to the Dolphins, the fit you think you have
Speaker 1: here with Miami, and how excited you were to hear
Speaker 1: your name called on Draft night for the Dolphins.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it was, you know, the biggest blessing
Speaker 4: I've ever got, you know, this year, you know, just
Speaker 4: being able to hear my name being called on that
Speaker 4: TV and getting that phone call from Chris Greer and
Speaker 4: coach McDaniels and and mister Ross. You know, it meant
Speaker 4: the world to me because, uh, you know, I told
Speaker 4: my parents first day, you know, we might not get
Speaker 4: called today, but whoever gets whoever you know, calls me.
Speaker 4: You know, that's that's God right there, who wants me.
Speaker 4: So ever since then, man, you know, it's been a
Speaker 4: blessed being here. I'm so grateful for every opportunity that
Speaker 4: I've been given, you know, just being out there and
Speaker 4: being with the guys, the veterans, you know, they've been
Speaker 4: taking me under their wing and just making me feel
Speaker 4: welcome here. You know, all the coaching staff. You know,
Speaker 4: it feels family oriented around here. You know, everything's so welcoming.
Speaker 4: You know, every time I go in their office, which
Speaker 4: was this past weekend, you know, everybody's so welcoming, and
Speaker 4: you know, we love to have that around here. So
Speaker 4: it's been an amazing experience here so far.
Speaker 1: That's been a theme from the guys that have sat
Speaker 1: in that chair so far as talking about just the
Speaker 1: people in the building and the coaching staff and how
Speaker 1: they make you feel that family and you know, I
Speaker 1: know in Polynesian culture, family's a very very big deal.
Speaker 1: And you talked a little bit about your your family
Speaker 1: and your parents when the draft call came. But there
Speaker 1: was an article I read about you. I think it
Speaker 1: was a game against like USC. You were playing tackle
Speaker 1: and then you moved inside the guard because like there
Speaker 1: was a guy that you were having issues blocking.
Speaker 2: Or some something to that effect.
Speaker 1: And that's such a selfless thing to do for an
Speaker 1: offensive lineman, especially going from from tackle to guard like that.
Speaker 1: I'm curious, like where does that mindset come into play.
Speaker 1: I have to imagine it comes from you, from your
Speaker 1: upbringing a little bit.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean you mentioned that. You know, it's my upbringing,
Speaker 4: you know, my my parents, Mom and dad, you know,
Speaker 4: always telling me to just be humble, you know, and
Speaker 4: just be great for every opportunity that you have. So
Speaker 4: just bringing that into the you know, into college, and
Speaker 4: I feel like coach Fish and coach Brendan Carroll have
Speaker 4: done a great job, you know, just instilling that in
Speaker 4: our mindset.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 4: You know, just when you wake up every day, you know,
Speaker 4: you just tell yourself, how can I be a better
Speaker 4: teammate today? So I've I've approached the facility having that mentality,
Speaker 4: you know, ever since I got there. So when when
Speaker 4: that happened, see game, you know, coach wanted me to
Speaker 4: move back inside. You know, it wasn't you know, no
Speaker 4: second guessing. And I didn't tell them no, you know,
Speaker 4: I just wanted to do it just for the team.
Speaker 4: So yeah, that's where it kind of comes from.
Speaker 1: Play multiple positions there at Arizona, both tame and spots
Speaker 1: either either side of guard. That's got to kind of
Speaker 1: give you a better feel for the entire offensive operation, right, Like,
Speaker 1: how does how does playing so many spots help you?
Speaker 1: You know, I guess accelerate your learning curve as a pro.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it improves it kind of boosts IQ as far
Speaker 4: as you know, being on the right side on the
Speaker 4: left side, I'm doing a good job at that now.
Speaker 4: So but it helps me, you know, as far as
Speaker 4: you know, just being versatile, playing both sides and just
Speaker 4: seeing the whole field, you know, making sure that if
Speaker 4: I'm on the left side, I know what the right
Speaker 4: side is doing, and vice versa side and on the
Speaker 4: right side, I know what the left side is doing.
Speaker 4: So it's been it's been amazing for me to play
Speaker 4: both sides.
Speaker 1: And with James Daniels, you know, we got a chance
Speaker 1: to see him towards the end of OTA is a
Speaker 1: great sign going forward. But he talked to me back
Speaker 1: when we signed him on the podcast about how he
Speaker 1: sends like clips and film and stuff to guys. Have
Speaker 1: you gotten that experience yet from James Daniels. Has he
Speaker 1: been sending you film and things to work on?
Speaker 4: No, not yet, but I have been asking him about
Speaker 4: like advice as far as you know, just taking notes
Speaker 4: because you know, I know, I'm aware that James has
Speaker 4: been in the league for a while and you know,
Speaker 4: just me being that rookie coming in. You know, I
Speaker 4: make sure you got to take every take advantage of
Speaker 4: every opportunity I can get. So I texted James one
Speaker 4: night and how do you get the plays down quick?
Speaker 4: Or like how do you take notes and stuff like that.
Speaker 4: So just that type of conversation that I have between them,
Speaker 4: just I just want to be able to better my
Speaker 4: game in every aspect.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why.
Speaker 1: That's why I was so excited about getting you here,
Speaker 1: because I was excited that you guy drafted here. I
Speaker 1: was excited we signed James because I think you guys
Speaker 1: have a lot of similarities in your games. And you know,
Speaker 1: and it's the idea of because this offense run off
Speaker 1: the football, right, you got to play with speed and
Speaker 1: get out in space.
Speaker 2: But also you can have a lot of power in
Speaker 2: your game. Same as James.
Speaker 1: H you must be thrilled to be joining an offense
Speaker 1: that to me, really accentuates your skill set.
Speaker 4: Yes, and you know, just ever since I got here,
Speaker 4: you know, they they said this type of offense is the
Speaker 4: fast type of offense. You know, we run off the ball,
Speaker 4: attacked the line of scrimmage, and it's it's amazing for
Speaker 4: me because you know, I love running off the ball.
Speaker 4: I love running fast, I love moving quick. So that's
Speaker 4: just you know, it tells me that, you know, this
Speaker 4: is the type of offense that you know, I kind
Speaker 4: of fit in for. And I'm grateful for the opportunity
Speaker 4: to be here, you know, just being under a Butch
Speaker 4: and shout out of coach Butch man.
Speaker 2: I love.
Speaker 4: He's always out there pushing me to become the best
Speaker 4: version of myself. And you know, I'm just out there
Speaker 4: and just just working my tail off.
Speaker 1: This is why I wish we had a video on
Speaker 1: you right now because the smile across your face and
Speaker 1: you mentioned Butch's name, that's we get that from the
Speaker 1: offensive line, the people in the building. We love Butch
Speaker 1: because he's such a just down to earth personal.
Speaker 4: Gay right now, the energy he brings in the online room,
Speaker 4: on the field, you know, it's you can't match that man.
Speaker 4: You know, he's excited to be out there and coach football.
Speaker 4: That's why we love but.
Speaker 1: I have this idea for like, remember that this is
Speaker 1: sports and our commercials, like the little like ads for
Speaker 1: sports CBRE, like the anchors would like act and do
Speaker 1: these little funny things like there was one with like
Speaker 1: Arnold Palmer, like filming up iced tea and lemonade, like
Speaker 1: making Arnold Palmer. I have this idea for Butch to
Speaker 1: like in the building, like he's like he's coaching you guys,
Speaker 1: but he's like getting his salad at the at the cafeteria.
Speaker 2: Like God, cucommerce good. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think it's a great idea, but he's He's just
Speaker 1: so much fun to watch coach and be very animated.
Speaker 1: So Chris Greer mentioned a good couple more things here
Speaker 1: for you, Jonah.
Speaker 2: Chris Breer mentioned.
Speaker 1: Your ability as a pocket setter at that guard position.
Speaker 1: And you know what the fans here are, this is
Speaker 1: a smart audience. But I want to just have if
Speaker 1: you don't mind, can you explain what that means, like
Speaker 1: as far as pockets heading from the guard position.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess it means, you know, just anchoring down
Speaker 4: the pocket. You know, the easiest way the quarterback can
Speaker 4: get touched is through the interior. So just being able
Speaker 4: to anchor that middle and then just let the let
Speaker 4: the tackles, you know, set the width of the pocket
Speaker 4: and then we just anchored between there. You know, we
Speaker 4: want to make sure to give the quarterback much time
Speaker 4: as far as you know, uh in the past came
Speaker 4: and play passes. So just being able to be firm
Speaker 4: inside and letting the quarterback, you know, give him any
Speaker 4: stress at all. Days you gonna get touched in the interior.
Speaker 4: So I think that's that's what it means, just seeing
Speaker 4: firm inside.
Speaker 1: Speaking of protecting the quarterback, you mentioned at one point
Speaker 1: in your various you know, post draft media obligations you
Speaker 1: had to fulfill there the concept of blocking for polities
Speaker 1: and quarterbacks.
Speaker 2: Yes, and I believe you you blocked for Jayden delor right.
Speaker 1: I went to Washington State, so Goku because he was
Speaker 1: a former Washington State Crew quarterback there. But you talked
Speaker 1: about how important it was to you know, protect your people,
Speaker 1: and so I'm curious just to kind of hear you
Speaker 1: talk about that with Tua and what you've seen from Tua,
Speaker 1: because like you know, we had Quinn here earlier. Quinn
Speaker 1: you were, he was talking about how Tua's footwork mastery
Speaker 1: is like something he's triving to get to when you
Speaker 1: see to a play, Like what do you think about
Speaker 1: his game? What have you met, what have you seen
Speaker 1: about him as a person, and how excited you to
Speaker 1: like block for him obviously.
Speaker 4: Yeah, as a person, man, he's a great human being.
Speaker 4: You know, where when I got here, I get to
Speaker 4: I got to meet him first day of team meetings,
Speaker 4: just seeing a smile on his face, you know, just
Speaker 4: introducing himself. You know, I know of him, but I
Speaker 4: never really got to meet him in person. So just
Speaker 4: being able to have that opportunity to meet him in person,
Speaker 4: you know, it was great. We connected right away. But
Speaker 4: him as a player, you know, he's super sharp as
Speaker 4: far as you know, him being a player and being
Speaker 4: a leader as well, I think he's he's done a
Speaker 4: really really fantastic job just leading offense, not on the offense,
Speaker 4: but the whole team as well. Just seeing him out
Speaker 4: there being you know, being that kind of an older
Speaker 4: brother to me, you know, it means a lot to
Speaker 4: me because I want to come in here, I want
Speaker 4: to and put, you know, as much as I can
Speaker 4: to to this offense. And him being a leader in
Speaker 4: my game, you know, it really stands out for me. So,
Speaker 4: like again, I'm super grateful every opportunity I get to
Speaker 4: be out there on the field with him.
Speaker 1: I asked him this five years ago. I lost the
Speaker 1: same question to you. How similar do you find Hawaii
Speaker 1: climate to South Florida?
Speaker 2: Is it similar? Different?
Speaker 3: What do you think?
Speaker 4: No, this is not the same way different as far
Speaker 4: as you know. Humidity is what makes makes a difference.
Speaker 4: I was I was home before I flew here, so
Speaker 4: I did conditioning outside thinking that, oh, this is something
Speaker 4: like this, and I came here first recomedic camp.
Speaker 3: It was nothing.
Speaker 4: So I mean, it's great for us being been talking
Speaker 4: to the guys, but man, y'all running this was like yeah, man,
Speaker 4: I was like, I guess it's you know, a good
Speaker 4: opportunity for us to take advantage of it, you know
Speaker 4: when teams come out here.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's great you do. I don't want to
Speaker 1: get used to it, but you kind of get used
Speaker 1: to dealing with that. I think it's the best way
Speaker 1: to put it.
Speaker 2: So there you go.
Speaker 1: I think you're ready for it. Jonah Jonah Sevigi Naya
Speaker 1: new Dolphins offensive line. I appreciate time today, man, thank you.
Speaker 1: Jonah has big, big, like ten year stalwart fan, favorite
Speaker 1: type of guy for your organization, and I can't wait
Speaker 1: to watch him do it. I think he's gonna fulfill
Speaker 1: that and become a this is like not fair to
Speaker 1: put this on Jonah, but just based upon his tape
Speaker 1: and his temperament and his humble approach, I have such
Speaker 1: such high expectations.
Speaker 2: For what he can be for this Dolphins interior offensive line.
Speaker 1: Okay, first break right there, come back and get through
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Speaker 1: our final divisional preview here on the Summer School Content series,
Speaker 1: taking a look at the dolphins own division, the AFC East.
Speaker 1: We're going to get to the Dolphins here in a
Speaker 1: second and probably breeze through the team a little bit,
Speaker 1: because if you don't know by now, then you're not
Speaker 1: listening to this podcast, obviously, But the Buffalo Bills come
Speaker 1: up first here, and they have put a stranglehold on
Speaker 1: the division ever since Tom Brady left.
Speaker 2: Brady leaves in twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1: The Bills take the division in twenty twenty and have
Speaker 1: not let go of but since, despite a near miss
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three, kind of thanks to your boys
Speaker 1: here that didn't finish the job.
Speaker 2: To close out the division. The changes for the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: They went defensive line heavy, adding Joey Bosa, Larry Ogen Joby,
Speaker 1: and Michael Hoyt. But Ogin, Joby, and Hoyt were suspended
Speaker 1: shortly after signing, so they're going to miss the first
Speaker 1: six games of the season, and that's a pretty big deal,
Speaker 1: especially for Miami on a short week playing the Bills
Speaker 1: up there in Buffalo. And also, Joey Bosa has an
Speaker 1: injury already, so all three of their marquee signings on
Speaker 1: defense are dealing with potentially missing time off the bat.
Speaker 1: That was a clear point of emphasis for them this
Speaker 1: offseason though, and two of those hole pluggers you banked
Speaker 1: on now set to miss one third of the season.
Speaker 1: Who knows with Joey Bosa, and if you take on
Speaker 1: further attrition there that would be less than ideal, right,
Speaker 1: especially again in a game against Miami where I think
Speaker 1: the Dolphins entire offseason, and let's go ahead and address
Speaker 1: this right off the top here because I heard this
Speaker 1: is a little more closer to when the move happened,
Speaker 1: that Darren Waller trade, and the concept that I saw
Speaker 1: from not just like run of the mill content creators,
Speaker 1: but Mina comes and ESPN saying that Darren Waller signifies
Speaker 1: the Dolphins desire to play like finesse football, And I'm
Speaker 1: just like, what about the fourteen other moves that don't
Speaker 1: say that? Jonas Avit, Naya, James Daniels, Farah Brown, Alex Madison,
Speaker 1: Ollie Gordon, Nick Westbrook, Akine. I just don't know where
Speaker 1: that comes from.
Speaker 2: I digress.
Speaker 1: So I think that plays big for the Dolphins approach
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills and watching Darren Waller's tape against the Bills,
Speaker 1: his best assignment was blocking Taron Johnson, which is how
Speaker 1: you get this Bills team on their back foot and
Speaker 1: run the ball down their throat. We're gonna do that
Speaker 1: throughout the course of this podcast, talk about how it
Speaker 1: affects the Dolphins. They did address the wide receiver spot,
Speaker 1: and teams will tell you where they have to get
Speaker 1: better right defensive line, wide receiver Josh Palmer the biggest get.
Speaker 1: They also go get Elijah Moore, which is kind of
Speaker 1: the guy that Bill's fans are saying, like, Oh, this
Speaker 1: is gonna be the gem we find who was a
Speaker 1: former second round draft pick of the New York Jets
Speaker 1: and hasn't quite worked out. He's had some spurts here
Speaker 1: and there, but hasn't quite been the player you would
Speaker 1: hope he would have been out of Old miss and
Speaker 1: then Lavisko Chanault there as well. They bring back Dane
Speaker 1: Jackson and Tredavius White after a couple of years gone,
Speaker 1: and that's the Rasull Douglas replacement, alongside Christian Benford and
Speaker 1: Tarn Johnson. Russell Douglas might be signed by the time
Speaker 1: we get to this podcast, but he is currently as
Speaker 1: of this taping free agent. They did lose Douglas, Amari Cooper,
Speaker 1: mac Hollins, Von Miller, Dwayne Smoot, Casey two Hill, Quentin
Speaker 1: Jefferson up front. Jordan Phillips might come back, but he's retired,
Speaker 1: going to retire right now as it stands. Micah Hyde
Speaker 1: also gone. They turn this thing over pretty much every
Speaker 1: year with the role guys. It's a kin to the
Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles, and they have some mainstays there, but they
Speaker 1: keep their core together. Of Josh Allen, they're gonna pay
Speaker 1: James Cook and it's whether he misses some time into camp.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be a problem for them,
Speaker 1: Dion Dawkins and Spencer Brown. Really the entire offensive line
Speaker 1: is awesome at Oliver, Greg Russeau, Matt Mlano, Terren Johnson,
Speaker 1: and then they go to work something in the key
Speaker 1: cogs around those guys. Their draft was dubious to me
Speaker 1: off the top, especially with Maxwell Harrison dealing with off
Speaker 1: the field issues that I don't care to discuss any further,
Speaker 1: but that could be a thorn in their side time
Speaker 1: for a long time coming. It sounds like a pretty
Speaker 1: pretty rough story. He's involved with TJ. Sanders. I liked
Speaker 1: his tape a lot, and then Land and Jackson and
Speaker 1: Daon Walker. I just didn't see it for those two
Speaker 1: guys on tape. I know there were some fans of
Speaker 1: Land and Jackson like C. K. Perrett was a big
Speaker 1: fan of his, but I didn't see much explosiveness, especially
Speaker 1: from Walker, who they're going to have to have play
Speaker 1: snaps right away. Both these guys with those suspensions and
Speaker 1: injuries up front, the front office and coach continuity is
Speaker 1: copy pace from really the last decade, not that they've
Speaker 1: had they've had some coordinator changes, but no one does
Speaker 1: a bad job in the league of replacing from within
Speaker 1: and maintain that familiarity in continuity within the scheme and
Speaker 1: the language of the scheme, which is so paramount in
Speaker 1: today's league. They really underwent a philosophical shift offensively when
Speaker 1: they were six and six and twenty twenty three, and
Speaker 1: my friend Tyler Dunn wrote that great forty person testimonial
Speaker 1: piece about how the Bills were coming up short in
Speaker 1: certain areas, and all Buffalo did was when their next
Speaker 1: six games all the way to the AFC Championship game,
Speaker 1: and I was just like, dude, we had them on
Speaker 1: the ropes and then you got them all fired up
Speaker 1: with that hit piece. And since that move from Ken
Speaker 1: Dorsey to Joe Brady, they're eighteen and four in the
Speaker 1: regular season and three and two in the postseason. So
Speaker 1: thanks a lot, Tyler. I'm just kidding, but kind of
Speaker 1: not the film the calling card. I feel like this
Speaker 1: stat continuation of what we just talked about is the
Speaker 1: most instructive piece of information currently in the NFL. To me,
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is the best player, most important player in
Speaker 1: the league. And I would not offer a single rebuttal
Speaker 1: if you told me it was Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 1: To me, it's those three and then everybody else, with
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow right in reach and then a massive line
Speaker 1: of demarcation. Quit trying to put Justin Herbert in that group.
Speaker 1: I think Herbert's a very good quarterback, but he is
Speaker 1: nowhere near the caliber of these four players. But that
Speaker 1: shift coincided with a massive, massive reduction to his drop
Speaker 1: back percentage. And this is a tangent that breaches far
Speaker 1: beyond the Bills and pertains to the Dolphins as well,
Speaker 1: which again we'll get to in our capsule. But it's
Speaker 1: this idea that's no longer theory. It's reality. Defenses have
Speaker 1: caught up, perhaps past the offensive boom we saw in
Speaker 1: the NFL over the course of two decades, and more
Speaker 1: specifically down the back half of the twenty tens. And
Speaker 1: it's more complex than this, right, but it relates to coverage.
Speaker 1: Shells impact second level players that can defend the run
Speaker 1: just as well as they cover a big body defensive
Speaker 1: line who can two gap and play the run against
Speaker 1: light boxes. And if you can't, well, then the offense
Speaker 1: better be willing to take what's there, both in the
Speaker 1: quick game and in the running game. And that's where
Speaker 1: Miami came up short in twenty twenty four. The quick
Speaker 1: game was great, the running game was completely non existent,
Speaker 1: and you had to replace the running game with screens.
Speaker 1: And that's why the passing offense had the numbers it
Speaker 1: did because instead of running the football, they would throw
Speaker 1: screens and those plays would go for negative one or
Speaker 1: two yards or three yards, like not a lot to
Speaker 1: gain there. We talked about it with Steelers and Rogers
Speaker 1: and Rogers' willingness to lean into the running game back
Speaker 1: in Green Bay under Matt Lafleur, which produced back to
Speaker 1: back MVP years and the Packers were awesome those years.
Speaker 1: It didn't happen that way with the Jets. They got
Speaker 1: away from it a little bit in his last year
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two in Green Bay. And if you
Speaker 1: look at his last three seasons, one loss to injury,
Speaker 1: his metrics, like QBR and EPA, they all fall in
Speaker 1: the bottom third of the league. So yeah, quarterbacks are important,
Speaker 1: but it's also important the way you support them and
Speaker 1: build things around them. And to bring it back to
Speaker 1: the Bills, Josh Allen is even more effective when the
Speaker 1: offense leans into that run game with James Cook. It
Speaker 1: gives a defense two thoughts at all times. He gets
Speaker 1: to play out of favorable down distances. And then the
Speaker 1: part that I think is vastly, vastly misunderstood by a
Speaker 1: casual football fan, and that's not calling names and just
Speaker 1: trying to educate, is the reduction of complex processing. And
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, a rundown is not an off
Speaker 1: down for a quarterback, but it is a reduction of
Speaker 1: high stress processing of going through a pre and post
Speaker 1: snap checklist that can cognitively wear you down. Like it's
Speaker 1: not just about physical fatigue. You can get mentally fatigued.
Speaker 1: We talk about it in baseball like it's the same
Speaker 1: as a pitcher working through runners and scoring position every
Speaker 1: single inning. Eighty pitches of high stress you know pitching
Speaker 1: is a kin to one hundred and five pitches of
Speaker 1: like stress free Felix Ernani type of pitching, where you
Speaker 1: know each pitch is a meticulous thought opposed to being
Speaker 1: more aggressive with maybe like two outs to nobody on
Speaker 1: base like or like a golfer, and you hackers out
Speaker 1: there will get this. The hardest part of playing eighteen
Speaker 1: holes is staying locked in for each and every shot.
Speaker 2: Because we're human. The mind wanders. You can lose your focus.
Speaker 1: And for a quarterback, if we can supplement his skill
Speaker 1: set with that running game, then we can maximize his
Speaker 1: talents and keep him sharp for the big third and
Speaker 1: seven we have to have in the fourth quarter. And
Speaker 1: I feel like this is just advanced Josh Allen strengths.
Speaker 1: He's playing better in the quick game than he ever has.
Speaker 1: He's still an e f and load to deal with
Speaker 1: as a runner, and when he goes off script, he
Speaker 1: can burn you with his arm as well as anybody
Speaker 1: in the league. He does it to us every single
Speaker 1: year with one of those red zone scrambles, like on
Speaker 1: fourth down, up against the clock at the end of
Speaker 1: the half and you're like, oh.
Speaker 2: We got him pinned in.
Speaker 1: He's gonna lose the field goal opportunity, and then he
Speaker 1: throws a touchdown and you're like, damn it, that's a
Speaker 1: four point swing in the wrong direction for us. The
Speaker 1: Bills leaned into this, so they are further along in
Speaker 1: the run game of RPO quick game stuff and still
Speaker 1: have the intermediate deep game through Allen's playmaking. Separately, we
Speaker 1: have this conversation every year about the Bills amazing injury
Speaker 1: offensive line or injury luck on the offensive line. I
Speaker 1: don't think it's full proof, but they do a good
Speaker 1: job of coaching guys to protect each other with regards
Speaker 1: to finishing reps and not causing roll ups like they
Speaker 1: finish their blocks. Don't get me wrong, but they might
Speaker 1: not like put a guy to the ground because you
Speaker 1: could get rolled up if you do that. And these
Speaker 1: kind of things, you know, I think come with continuity.
Speaker 1: It's like a rich getting richer analogy of sorts. As
Speaker 1: for the personnel, remember when everybody wrote the Bills off
Speaker 1: as contenders last year because they lost digs and not
Speaker 1: having name power at the eligibles. I still subscribe to
Speaker 1: the fact that you need that to be where you
Speaker 1: want to be, and the Bills prove that every year
Speaker 1: by not, you know, making those deep playoff pushes for
Speaker 1: them they want to go. But I don't think the
Speaker 1: receiver and tight end group for this Bills team necessarily
Speaker 1: moved the needle, but they prove that they had a
Speaker 1: winning formula without digs and going to more of a
Speaker 1: ball distribution attack. This elevated the role of Khalil Shakur,
Speaker 1: who's target number one. And then I think Josh Palmer
Speaker 1: and the tight ends Knox and King Kid King Kaide
Speaker 1: has been a massive, massive disappointment for them. And the
Speaker 1: key on Coleman that you guys know, that's Kelvin Benjamin
Speaker 1: two point zero. I think Curtis Samuel and Elijah Moore
Speaker 1: are ancillary fits, but you know more role players that
Speaker 1: are subpackaged types of guys. And the biggest thing for
Speaker 1: them is the James Cook situation right which he's already
Speaker 1: said he won't skip games or even training camp, but
Speaker 1: there's a negotiation happening there and he's the best player
Speaker 1: in the skill group. Their hallmark is two stud Bookends
Speaker 1: and Dawkins and Brown, and they'll be term the same
Speaker 1: three guys inside with David Edwards, Connor McGovern McGovern and
Speaker 1: Osirius Torrance. Defensively, we're not gonna belabor this, but it's
Speaker 1: the same it's been since twenty seventeen. They don't leave Nickel,
Speaker 1: they coach up the dB to play above board in
Speaker 1: terms of the personnel. They even lost Tarn Johnson last
Speaker 1: year for a stretch of games and still pretty much
Speaker 1: put it to us, and they really flood their resources
Speaker 1: into that front. Their entire safety room was a development
Speaker 1: step into a starter process for them last year when
Speaker 1: they eventually lost hide employer who they had for the
Speaker 1: better part of a decade. Taylor Rapp has come a
Speaker 1: long way, so has Damar Hamlin, and he'll try to
Speaker 1: hold off last year's second round pick Cole Bishop, who
Speaker 1: I would actually pick to win that job over Hamlin.
Speaker 1: Rookie Maxwell Harriston's gonna compete with Dane Jackson, who's back
Speaker 1: after a year in Carolina, and then Johnson Christian Benford
Speaker 1: to the hallmarks of that secondary their beasts, But that
Speaker 1: Harriston and Jackson role, that's one to keep an eye
Speaker 1: on where you might attack if you're the Dolphins in
Speaker 1: the passing game. Matt Mlano and Terrell Bernard are excellent
Speaker 1: linebackers and they are deep with waves upfront. We talked
Speaker 1: about at Oliver greg Rousseau, de Quon Jones, aj Epanessa.
Speaker 1: They draft TJ standers, they're gonna get Michael Hoyt and
Speaker 1: Larry Ogan, Jobie Back and Joey Bosa, who's going to
Speaker 1: miss most of camp with an injury. I really didn't
Speaker 1: get to the Jackson and Walker moves, you know, beyond
Speaker 1: the first part, but they just weren't my favorite tapes.
Speaker 1: But they are buried on that depth chot right now.
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to play early on because of those
Speaker 1: suspensions and injuries, but I think they missed the boat
Speaker 1: on that one. The question can teams get hip to
Speaker 1: their run scheme and emphasize stopping that forcing Alan back
Speaker 1: into hero ball, it's the best time to kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, force him into turn over worthy plays. Then
Speaker 1: you have to convert those. Don't get me wrong, He'll
Speaker 1: make you pay for that from now and then more
Speaker 1: than anybody else in the league. And when they limited
Speaker 1: his mistakes, he was pretty much unstoppable last year. And
Speaker 1: I think if the run game slows, with their resources
Speaker 1: going elsewhere and then the rest of the eligibles, you
Speaker 1: might see Josh do a little more hero stuff with
Speaker 1: less separation of downfield threats. Defensively, it's the secondary, but
Speaker 1: they play so well to their rules that I've learned
Speaker 1: not to worry about personnel maybe not looking great in July.
Speaker 2: For the Buffalo Bills, the miscellaneous factors.
Speaker 1: They the number one easiest schedule based upon twenty twenty
Speaker 1: four records, which is never a great tell, right every year,
Speaker 1: every team is new and strength of schedule is essentially
Speaker 1: the same within the divisions. This supplies to the Jets, Patriots,
Speaker 1: and Dolphins too their trapped door scenario. There is no
Speaker 1: shade on the operation. But I think if they lost Josh,
Speaker 1: we'd see like the biggest swing and win loss record
Speaker 1: in the NFL. Like, I think it's a four or
Speaker 1: five win team without Josh Allen. Outside of that, I mean,
Speaker 1: everything that could go wrong did go wrong in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty three, and they still pulled in eleven six record
Speaker 1: out of their butts and out of the records that
Speaker 1: was six and six, it's seventeen.
Speaker 2: Nothing else matters.
Speaker 1: Conclusion, favorite in the division, favorite to make it to
Speaker 1: the final eight or four. Same questions for them. Will
Speaker 1: they ever get over the Kansas City Chiefs hump or
Speaker 1: the Ravens hump? We saw find out the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: The changes in personnel, A big change at quarterback going
Speaker 1: from Rogers to justin fields. Tyrod Taylor remains the backup
Speaker 1: that's the biggest free agent on offense, and then Josh
Speaker 1: Reynolds and Josh Myers, who I imagine are in line
Speaker 1: as the top reserves at both receivers and interior offensive
Speaker 1: line spots.
Speaker 2: The old line is low v though.
Speaker 1: They signed Derek Noddy up front and Andre Cisco on
Speaker 1: the back end, along with Brandon Stevens at corner, so
Speaker 1: some kind of you know, bargain type of free agents there.
Speaker 1: Those are basically one for one swaps. With their losses.
Speaker 1: They lost DJ Reid, who I think was the best
Speaker 1: player of the group we just talked about, and Brandon
Speaker 1: Eckles you guys now as a big fan of his.
Speaker 1: In the freegency process running up to the Dolphins, you
Speaker 1: know signings Ashton Davis, the safety. They also released c J. Mosley,
Speaker 1: but re signed Jamie and Sherwood, who filled in great
Speaker 1: for Mosley last year when he was hurt.
Speaker 2: Naught.
Speaker 1: He replaces Kim Law, Reynolds replaces DeVante Adams. To me,
Speaker 1: it's downgrades across the board there. They weren't super active
Speaker 1: in free agency, but they had another nice draft. I
Speaker 1: think that Armand Membo and Mason Taylor are instant starters,
Speaker 1: and the third round pick, Azia I can never get
Speaker 1: his name right. Aziah Thomas has a chance to earn
Speaker 1: a starting cornerback job. Steven's probably the top competition, but
Speaker 1: Stevens is a guy that really struggled last year. It's
Speaker 1: a whole new staff in front office. Aaron Glenn takes over.
Speaker 1: He brings in Steve Wilkes as his DC and Tanner
Speaker 1: Egstrand as his offensive cord. He came from the lines
Speaker 1: with Glenn. Darren Mogi takes over for Joe Douglas's GM.
Speaker 1: The Jets are interesting. I guess I wouldn't say it
Speaker 1: was an all in type of shot the last couple
Speaker 1: of years because they weren't able to get out from
Speaker 1: or they were able to get out from Rogers. I
Speaker 1: should say Adams, Mike Williams, Tyron Smith. It's not like
Speaker 1: those are suddenly big holes. I think there's questions about
Speaker 1: the number two receiver who that will be, and obviously
Speaker 1: Rodgers is a more accomplished quarterback. But I don't think
Speaker 1: any of those outside of the quarterback were these major shifts.
Speaker 1: I think the other losses were actually probably more impactful
Speaker 1: the film besides DeVante Adams.
Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and make that perfectly clear.
Speaker 1: The calling card a little bit of a projection here,
Speaker 1: because we've got a first time play caller who spent
Speaker 1: the last few years under Ben Johnson in Detroit, So
Speaker 1: I imagine there's some semblance of crossover. Wait wait, wait,
Speaker 1: going back, he coached under Jim Harbot multiple spots, So
Speaker 1: I don't know, but I know right, power, run game,
Speaker 1: extra offensive line, multiple tight ends, big backs, wide receivers
Speaker 1: who block. And perhaps that's the thought with bringing in
Speaker 1: Justin Fields, be more Ohio State Justin Fields than shoul
Speaker 1: Cut Bears Justin Fields. I think it's a good fit
Speaker 1: if they can make that happen. The knock on Justin
Speaker 1: and as someone that thought he was comfortably number two
Speaker 1: behind Trevor Lawrence in that draft class, a class that
Speaker 1: was billed as the next one and hasn't seen anybody
Speaker 1: hit outside of the last pick on the draft and
Speaker 1: brought pretty the knock on Justin Fields is the way
Speaker 1: he sees the field. He doesn't do it, He's not
Speaker 1: gonna do it, And I felt that was true of
Speaker 1: his Pittsburgh tape. But go back to twenty twenty two
Speaker 1: and remember how many issues he gave us in the
Speaker 1: Bears game with his leg. So if you can take
Speaker 1: that out of his equation, you will have a very
Speaker 1: limited offense here for the New York Jets. So I
Speaker 1: have to imagine it'll be a lot of core concepts,
Speaker 1: you know, mesh mesh, rail, smash dagger, where it's half
Speaker 1: field read. If you don't like it, just get out
Speaker 1: and create, and we'll support that with a strong running game.
Speaker 1: And for years it was the Jets offensive line that
Speaker 1: was a big problem for them, right, I think it's
Speaker 1: got a chance to be one of the best in
Speaker 1: football now. I love Fashanu and Membu. They killed it there.
Speaker 1: I think Vera Tucker is nice when he's healthy, Joel
Speaker 1: Tipman's a really good player, and John Simpson is probably
Speaker 1: their best free agent signing of all of last year.
Speaker 1: They also added Josh Meyer, so there's depth on the interior.
Speaker 1: I think there's a massive drop off though, from what
Speaker 1: Instrand had in running back in Detroit to what brys
Speaker 1: Hall and Brilin Allen are at replacement level running backs.
Speaker 1: For my money, Garrett Wilson bona fide number one receiver,
Speaker 1: But the question is who's next. Alan Lazzard had a
Speaker 1: bounce back a year last year, but Rogers is gone
Speaker 1: and he's followed him around like a golden retriever for
Speaker 1: his entire career. His calling card was his familiarity with
Speaker 1: a very cerebral quarterback. Honestly, i'd pencil and Mason Taylor
Speaker 1: for the second leading receiver on this team. I still
Speaker 1: freaking low that he went there in JT chanting Jets
Speaker 1: on Draft night, but hey, I get it, I get it,
Speaker 1: but I don't have to like it. Defensively, we talked
Speaker 1: so much on this show about the aggressiveness of Robert Sala,
Speaker 1: Well they might have found the only defensive minded coach
Speaker 1: in the league who believes in aggression more in Aaron Glenn.
Speaker 1: The Lions played the most man coverage in football, even
Speaker 1: as they were losing a pass rusher or cover guy
Speaker 1: every damn week. And with the Jets, well, Glenn's got
Speaker 1: the secondary he's always dreamed of, at least a corner
Speaker 1: by Sauce and Michael Carter will help dictate the terms
Speaker 1: there and that I'd expect Isaiah Thomas to beat out
Speaker 1: Brandon Stevens for the other starting job. Quite frankly, I
Speaker 1: think it's a big hole that will doom their entire style.
Speaker 1: When you're short on personnel, you just can't call it
Speaker 1: that way. You have to play soft zone, and we
Speaker 1: saw that with the Lions last year. Cisco and Adams
Speaker 1: is pretty much one for one trade off in the
Speaker 1: safety group. I was out on Cisco and the Free
Speaker 1: Agent film reviews back in February for our vacancy there.
Speaker 1: I like the starting lineup in the front seven. Quinn
Speaker 1: Williams is a straw that stirs that drink and allows
Speaker 1: them to play flexible fronts. The backers behind him Quincy
Speaker 1: Williams and Jamie and Sherwood this is a Sherwood stand
Speaker 1: account can make some plays Behind Quinn and the newcomer
Speaker 1: Derek Noddy. They need their first two picks off the
Speaker 1: edge to take to take a big step. The Reddick
Speaker 1: thing was a disaster last year, and Will Campbell and
Speaker 1: Jermaine Johnson need an extra gear this year to make
Speaker 1: this thing go. The question I make this comment all
Speaker 1: the time. It is so much harder to maintain elite
Speaker 1: defense than it is to maintain elite offense. In this
Speaker 1: league because you can keep a quarterback around and that
Speaker 1: kind of doesn't for you offensively, And the Jets are
Speaker 1: a team that could learn that firsthand. They built up
Speaker 1: this personnel for a particular scheme for a half decade
Speaker 1: now to pivot to a pretty different approach with different
Speaker 1: levels of aggressiveness. I wonder if they don't get the
Speaker 1: desire pass rush, if they'll back off how they play
Speaker 1: on the back end, and that's a change of who
Speaker 1: they want to be from identity standpoints. Now you get
Speaker 1: this crisis of who the hell are we because if
Speaker 1: you're asking brand Stevens to cover a Jalen Waddle and
Speaker 1: press Man for forty snaps a game, you're going to
Speaker 1: give up a long touchdown maybe two. And I don't
Speaker 1: think Johnson or McDonald are good enough to give Jackson
Speaker 1: and Paul problems off the edge, especially with how Miami
Speaker 1: can run the ball against this Jets front that still
Speaker 1: wants to play one gap aggressive upfield, and you can
Speaker 1: just pin them in and get the ball out on
Speaker 1: the edge and run the ball for one hundred and
Speaker 1: forty yards against this team. Then offensively, it's the third
Speaker 1: team for in three years for Justin Fields a new
Speaker 1: play caller, and I went on that big Die I
Speaker 1: trib in the Bills portion about changes in football landscape
Speaker 1: now more than ever. You need quarterbacks that can excel
Speaker 1: in the quick and short game, and I think that's
Speaker 1: where Fields has struggled the most. Onest factors, the schedule
Speaker 1: starts off harder and gets quote easier down the stretch.
Speaker 1: I think when you have so many new elements and factors,
Speaker 1: you kind of prefer the opposite of that. But hosting
Speaker 1: Rogers and the Steelers that feels like a class classic
Speaker 1: knife twist for a downtrodden Jets fan type of game,
Speaker 1: then the Bills, then the Bucks than us. I think
Speaker 1: they're going to start zero to four. The trapdoor scenario,
Speaker 1: I don't think it applies to teams that are this
Speaker 1: level of in their cycle. The conclusion, this is an
Speaker 1: information accumulation year for the Jets. They have to find
Speaker 1: out what they're going to be on defense, if Field
Speaker 1: is going to be the next Geno Mayfield or Darnold
Speaker 1: reclamation project. I think they'll probably win around the same
Speaker 1: number of games, maybe one or two less, but be
Speaker 1: better set up for the future than they were. If
Speaker 1: they get enough things right, let's go ahead and go
Speaker 1: to Foxborough and talk about the Patriots. The changes in
Speaker 1: personnel reminds me a bit of twenty twenty when the
Speaker 1: Patriots just went absolutely ham and free agency and everybody's like, hey,
Speaker 1: that's not a Patriots type of move. I think this haul, though,
Speaker 1: was far more impressive. With Milton Williams. I love his game.
Speaker 1: In Carlton Davis, I love his game. I like Marcus
Speaker 1: Harold Landry was the confusing one to me because he
Speaker 1: has not been productive but been injured. He got a
Speaker 1: big contract from them. But Robert Splane's been a nice
Speaker 1: middle linebacker for the Raiders for a couple of years.
Speaker 1: That's a total defensive facelift that had sort of regressed
Speaker 1: the last couple of seasons. On offense, they adds Toe
Speaker 1: Von Diggs and matc Collins, Morgan Moses, and Garrett brad Berry.
Speaker 1: They also lose Jacoby Brissett, Jonathan Jones, Dietrich Wise and
Speaker 1: Daniel Yuki Leiley did get that right, There was the
Speaker 1: most notable losses on that for the Patriots.
Speaker 2: This year.
Speaker 1: The Jets went full overhaul. The Patriots kept the front
Speaker 1: office and changed the staff. The Mike Rabel is the
Speaker 1: man in charge now. Josh McDaniel's back for his third
Speaker 1: stint for the Patriots. Zach Kerr is the acting d C,
Speaker 1: which is a funny title. He's got Mike Smith, Ben McAdoo,
Speaker 1: Doug Rowan, Thomas Brown, Todd Downing on the staff as
Speaker 1: names you've probably heard before. That's three ex head coaches
Speaker 1: in there. It's year two of Elliott Wolf and the
Speaker 1: post draft grades love the job he did this year
Speaker 1: now as high to see what the product looks like
Speaker 1: on the field. Those draft picks were Will Campbell from LSU,
Speaker 1: Traveon Henderson, Kyle Williams, Gokoogs and I think all three
Speaker 1: of those guys are going to start for them week one,
Speaker 1: and they got some good value on guys like Craig Woodson,
Speaker 1: who's going to be a special team's ace for years
Speaker 1: for them, Josh Farmer and Braden Swinson. The film they're
Speaker 1: calling card now. This is one of the more curious
Speaker 1: operations in the league to meet because Josh McDaniels is
Speaker 1: back for what feels like the twelfth freaking time in
Speaker 1: New England. He ran an offense along with Brady that
Speaker 1: was predicated on side adjustments, indicators of leverage to predetermine
Speaker 1: where the football is going to go. But most of all,
Speaker 1: McDaniels knew he had an extension of a football mind
Speaker 1: that was probably even better than his own running the
Speaker 1: show at quarterback. And that includes getting into good looks
Speaker 1: against whatever defense you'd see, and that includes the running games.
Speaker 1: So the big challenge for the Patriots this year is
Speaker 1: to pair all these freaking physical traits that Drake May has,
Speaker 1: and they are a plenty, we saw it in the
Speaker 1: game down here, but reduce some of the mistakes that
Speaker 1: plagued him both at NC and as a rookie last year.
Speaker 1: I suspect he'll grow and get better, but the question
Speaker 1: is how quickly he's still relatively green and for a
Speaker 1: good like you know, check, you know, touch, touch, some
Speaker 1: grass type of content here, Like we obsessed over what
Speaker 1: happens in OTAs in camp, right Drake, Go look at
Speaker 1: Drake May's reports and OTAs. He was throwing picks every
Speaker 1: single day, multiple day, But you don't care because it
Speaker 1: doesn't matter to you what other teams do in those
Speaker 1: time that time of year. I just think it's important
Speaker 1: to maintain that perspective and a big part of all
Speaker 1: that is a total remaking of the offensive weapons, which
Speaker 1: was necessary for them. And when you run an offense
Speaker 1: with those checks and adjustments, I mean, there was a
Speaker 1: reason why it was so tough for the Patriots to
Speaker 1: find receivers and the Brady years outside of their I
Speaker 1: use the term earlier, the golden retrievers. They would go
Speaker 1: out and found like a Chris Hogan or Wes Welker
Speaker 1: or Julian Edelman to link up with Brady. Kyle Williams
Speaker 1: is that dude wickuld release great route runner? Has the
Speaker 1: vertical speed going to be a problem. Go Koog's on
Speaker 1: pause for now, though Stefan Diggs needs to be the
Speaker 1: table center for the young room. They also brought in
Speaker 1: Matt Hollins, who's been a nice situational receiver and always
Speaker 1: a great special teamer. We'll see what happens by the
Speaker 1: time this comes out, but there was some rumors about
Speaker 1: a possible Terry Glorin trade. I'll just say, as a
Speaker 1: Dolphins fan, please don't do that. I love Terry and
Speaker 1: I don't want to hate him. I love scary Terry.
Speaker 1: Don't keep my out of New England. They made big
Speaker 1: changes to the offensive line, and they needed it there too,
Speaker 1: like probably more than the skilled group Will Campbell and
Speaker 1: Morgan Moses. The tackles a juxtaposition of young, ready to
Speaker 1: go guy versus old vet who's been there forever. It
Speaker 1: seems like they're been in league forever. I should say.
Speaker 1: Garrett Bradbury was cut in Minnesota, and he allows them
Speaker 1: to get Cole Strange back to exclusively the guard position,
Speaker 1: and then the tackle additions also allow Michael and one
Speaker 1: who to play guard where he's been best. It's a
Speaker 1: good five starting offensive lineman, but we've also seen this
Speaker 1: team have to go seven to eight to nine deep
Speaker 1: in the past. Their ultimate calling card is a really
Speaker 1: really good defensive coach, especially with how he's game planned
Speaker 1: us over the years. With the Titans. They can shrink
Speaker 1: the field, they can span the area as you like
Speaker 1: to attack, and it's incumbent upon you to find those
Speaker 1: vulnerabilities because he'll disguise them in a way that confuses
Speaker 1: the quarterback into crossing those areas off their checklist pre snap,
Speaker 1: and they can just then vacate that space like they
Speaker 1: can take a week side zone corner and kick him
Speaker 1: into the fit as a quasi will linebacker and you
Speaker 1: have a route over there on air and your quarterback
Speaker 1: doesn't see it because of how they've presented the well
Speaker 1: the presentation, it's kind of fun to watch unless you're
Speaker 1: playing against it. And they went to work restoring that
Speaker 1: side of the football too. Milton Williams got the freaking bag,
Speaker 1: and he's gonna have to go from a forty eight
Speaker 1: percent player closer to seventy five percent because you can't
Speaker 1: make that much money and be at every other snap player.
Speaker 1: That has to be the plan when you pay someone
Speaker 1: basically quarterback money. I love the Carlton Davis edition. Him
Speaker 1: and Christian Gonzalez, who is an absolute beast, is a
Speaker 1: really good combination there. You guys know how I feel
Speaker 1: about Kyle Dugger. The dude makes a play every damn
Speaker 1: time he sees us. They face the same dilemma teams
Speaker 1: in this stage of their cycle, typically due it's not
Speaker 1: incredibly deep. They've also got to find a pass rush
Speaker 1: because a lot of that hinges on a player who
Speaker 1: has struggled with this pass rush win rate and missed
Speaker 1: time with injuries.
Speaker 2: And Harold Landry.
Speaker 1: They also added Splaine to be the quarterback of the
Speaker 1: defense They'll have Christian Barmore from Jump this year after
Speaker 1: missing some time last year with blood clots.
Speaker 2: A lot to like.
Speaker 1: There maybe still some room to grow the question, I
Speaker 1: guess I covered it, but it's May's growth in a
Speaker 1: complex scheme. I think it could start slow for them,
Speaker 1: which good for us. We play on Week two, our
Speaker 1: home opener, getting on the same page with his weapons,
Speaker 1: defensive depth and expanded roles for guys that were role
Speaker 1: players in previous stops, miscellaneous factors. Teams that have this
Speaker 1: much change, I always look at the start of the schedule,
Speaker 1: like with the Jets, and the Patriots have a much
Speaker 1: softer landing. Three of the first four games are home
Speaker 1: dates with Vegas, Pittsburgh, and Carolina. I think they could
Speaker 1: win all three of those games. They could lose two
Speaker 1: of them. It's going to be, you know, coin flip
Speaker 1: games to me. And then they have the game down
Speaker 1: here against US, which I think is pretty much a
Speaker 1: scheduled loss with the Patriots. Hopefully want have to clip
Speaker 1: that off in September when I'm wrong about that, But
Speaker 1: I like Miami at home in September against pretty much anybody.
Speaker 1: They have to feel like they have to get two
Speaker 1: of those three, especially you know, coming down here to
Speaker 1: play against TUA, who they haven't beaten ever. The trapdoor scenario,
Speaker 1: I don't think it applies here. My conclusion, I think
Speaker 1: they're a step ahead of the Jets and could contend
Speaker 1: for a wild card spot, But I think there's a
Speaker 1: little bit too much new for me to go that far.
Speaker 1: I think this division is a lot like the others.
Speaker 1: We've previewed some severe lines of marcation, and to me,
Speaker 1: that line comes after our final team and our thirty
Speaker 1: two team round up the Miami Dolphins. Let's go ahead
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Speaker 1: Larry Boram, Kenneth Grant, Jordan Phillips, Malcolm Butler, kJ Sorry,
Speaker 1: Matthew Butler, kJ Britt, Willie Gay, Ashton, Davis, iffimlafon Wu
Speaker 1: On the Way Out, Skyler Thompson, Tyler Huntley, Brahem Moster,
Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson Odell Beckham junior at Durham smythe tbron Arms said.
Speaker 1: The biggest one there probably Rob Jones, Kaleis Campbell not
Speaker 1: to dunk on Kalais, but and you guys pulled the
Speaker 1: tape up on Kalais the last month of the season.
Speaker 1: It's a pretty big fall off there. Anthony Walker ad
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey as well because he got traded as after
Speaker 1: I wrote this out Javon Holland and Jordan Poyer also
Speaker 1: in as Minka Fitzpatrick don't forget about him. Also out
Speaker 1: John Smith got to add that in the film the
Speaker 1: calling card outside zone running game with a lightning, quick
Speaker 1: processing release quarterback that can fit tight windows, exaggerate the
Speaker 1: overplay we get and incorporate vertical and horizontal stretch with
Speaker 1: speed and smart players. I love the change of pace
Speaker 1: we've built to the offseason. I think we have more
Speaker 1: of an adaptable offense thanks to Daniels and Savit Naya
Speaker 1: and the moves that tied end and wide receiver.
Speaker 2: We don't have to go into it too far. You
Speaker 2: guys know how I feel about this.
Speaker 1: I think the Dolphins have given themselves a chance to
Speaker 1: right the wrongs of the last three years. They didn't
Speaker 1: run it back much in the way they did in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. It's going to look different how they
Speaker 1: incorporate all of that. It's going to tell you how
Speaker 1: far this team goes. And I think they can. They
Speaker 1: can do a lot. I think you can really really
Speaker 1: get the best version of Tua. And it all comes
Speaker 1: down if he stays healthy. Right, That's that's the that's
Speaker 1: the question, right, Can Toua stay healthy. That's pretty much
Speaker 1: on offense. If he does, I think he's in it
Speaker 1: for a career year because of how they can support him.
Speaker 1: And you know, I think Tyreek, as much as I
Speaker 1: don't want to, you know, go down this road again,
Speaker 1: I think that he'll be motivated again. He kind of got,
Speaker 1: you know, his his personal pride was took a hit
Speaker 1: last year in terms of his production and the way
Speaker 1: people talked about him. I think the fact that he's
Speaker 1: running freaking ten one hundred meter dashes at thirty one
Speaker 1: years old and gaining a step is really impressive. So
Speaker 1: I do think that Twua was set for a career year,
Speaker 1: and if he has that, we're gonna be an eleven
Speaker 1: to twelve win team. I think that year two of
Speaker 1: the Weaver defense will be even better than what we
Speaker 1: saw last year when things clicked about mid season, and
Speaker 1: I think the piece is fit even better now, especially
Speaker 1: upfront those pass rushers stay healthy. It's gonna set the
Speaker 1: table for us to play to our rules on the
Speaker 1: back end and play good defense. On defense, the question
Speaker 1: can they coach up a secondary that's young and saw
Speaker 1: plenty of change. I think Minka dropping in there is
Speaker 1: going to make a huge difference, especially when you factor
Speaker 1: in the fact that Ramsey was gone like you were
Speaker 1: without him. To get Minca back in the fold, to
Speaker 1: pair him with Ifi Mela Fon, that's a really good
Speaker 1: safety group and can take some pressure off those corners.
Speaker 1: Plus he can play on the slot and move cater
Speaker 1: outside and give you some more of that flexible versatility. Really,
Speaker 1: the top four snap takers are gone from that side
Speaker 1: of the football. Right, Even if the two safeties were
Speaker 1: two of the worst players in the league last year,
Speaker 1: it has changed from a year ago. The miscellaneous factors.
Speaker 1: It's Ramsey, fuller ployer in Holland right, the miscellaneous factors.
Speaker 1: I think the ability to effectively shift the culture is
Speaker 1: the biggest one here, and the early returns have been good.
Speaker 1: But let's see how it goes after a loss or
Speaker 1: after Tua has to miss a game and Tyler doesn't
Speaker 1: get the targets he wants. Like, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: questions that go into this that are kind of intangible,
Speaker 1: and that's the biggest miscellaneous factor or the trapdoor scenario.
Speaker 1: It's to if he plays, we win. If he doesn't,
Speaker 1: we don't. It's that simple conclusion. I think we're very
Speaker 1: much a playoff team. With our quarterback playing seventeen games.
Speaker 2: I kind of like.
Speaker 1: Us being more under the radar this year, and I
Speaker 1: think that will fuel the guys. My divisions a perlatives.
Speaker 1: The winners the Bills obviously, the quarterback is Josh Allen.
Speaker 1: The best non offensive player is still Tyreek Hill. Well
Speaker 1: if he can. If he doesn't do it this year,
Speaker 1: I'll take him off there, but I'm gonna give him
Speaker 1: a one year grace period. I think Zach Sealer is
Speaker 1: the best defensive player. There's a couple guys in line
Speaker 1: for that, but I'm going to go with the home guy.
Speaker 1: The best coach is Shan McDermott. The best rookie is
Speaker 1: Kenny Kenneth Grant and Kyle Williams to me, and the
Speaker 1: best under the radar studs are Kyle Dugger and Jamian
Speaker 1: sure Word.
Speaker 2: So there you go.
Speaker 1: Thirty two teams previewed on the Draft Time podcast Last
Speaker 1: break right here, come back and finish up with my chat.
Speaker 2: With cater co Who.
Speaker 1: That's next Draft Time podcast, brought to you by automation.
Speaker 2: Joining us today is Dolphins cornerback cater Coo. Who cater
Speaker 2: what's up?
Speaker 1: Man?
Speaker 2: How you been?
Speaker 5: No?
Speaker 3: Man, I'm chilling. How you doing?
Speaker 2: Not too bad? It's good to talk to you an
Speaker 2: official capacity.
Speaker 1: I see you around the building all the time we talk,
Speaker 1: but here we are on the podcast.
Speaker 2: I think for the first time.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the first time.
Speaker 1: I think it is, too man. So an your nerves coming,
Speaker 1: I don't think. I didn't think so.
Speaker 5: So.
Speaker 1: You're a pretty unique story in terms of your pat
Speaker 1: here and to this point of your NFL career. I
Speaker 1: think the question I want to ask you, cater is,
Speaker 1: if you know, going into your fourth year right now,
Speaker 1: what would you tell rookie caterko who about all the
Speaker 1: experience you've taken in the last three years, Like, what
Speaker 1: would you tell him is the most important thing that
Speaker 1: he asked to know going into his rookie season.
Speaker 3: Uh, just stay consistent.
Speaker 5: It's easy at the beginning to like kind of because
Speaker 5: you're more hungry and stuff like that.
Speaker 3: Was just stay concission.
Speaker 5: Find you something that you can do every day to
Speaker 5: kind of keep your mind like in a good space.
Speaker 5: But yeah, I think consistency is like the most important thing.
Speaker 2: Is that your message to the other young guys we
Speaker 2: have in the room now.
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, consistency.
Speaker 5: Whatever you find something, you just got to stay consistent
Speaker 5: because if you're doing the same thing every day, it's
Speaker 5: gonna kind of keep you on the same path, so
Speaker 5: you know what to expect and stuff like that.
Speaker 2: Kind of like a grower dive.
Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 4: Deal.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so you're taking on a bigger leadership role this year,
Speaker 1: is what you know You've you've talked about a little bit,
Speaker 1: coaches have talked about it. What does that look like
Speaker 1: for you kind of portraying that message and then some
Speaker 1: more probably.
Speaker 3: I think more so just doing the right thing.
Speaker 5: I don't always think that the leader has to be
Speaker 5: somebody that's overly vocal. You know, you're gonna have to
Speaker 5: talk a little bit here and there, but I think
Speaker 5: it's more about just showing them the right things to do,
Speaker 5: how to practice, and the standard every want around a building.
Speaker 1: Because you've seen some leaders, Yeah, exactly, super vocal in
Speaker 1: the past, especially in that cornerback room. So you probably
Speaker 1: took from those guys and over your time with you know,
Speaker 1: playing with X, playing with Jalen, playing with all these
Speaker 1: really good cornerbacks, Like, what's the what have you noticed
Speaker 1: about like the really good players and how they approach
Speaker 1: their business? Like is there a common theme across those guys?
Speaker 3: Yeah, most definitely. Uh.
Speaker 5: I think first the first thing that probably sticks out
Speaker 5: is like just the passion that they had for football.
Speaker 5: It's not just something that come in. They really enjoyed
Speaker 5: playing football. They love making plays and stuff like that.
Speaker 5: And just the confidence. You I feel like, playing defensive back,
Speaker 5: you have to be confidence because as soon as you
Speaker 5: lose that, you kind of lose your edge and stuff
Speaker 5: like that. So I feel like that's one thing they
Speaker 5: all had in common.
Speaker 1: Do you know when you first fell in love with football? Like,
Speaker 1: was there a time or like a certain period.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I started playing football and I was in eighth grade.
Speaker 5: But I think I really fell in love with it
Speaker 5: when I moved from running back to corner my junior
Speaker 5: year and high school.
Speaker 1: Yeah, what was the why the change? Because were you
Speaker 1: just better at corner?
Speaker 3: Like, what was the Well, we had a running back.
Speaker 5: We had like two running backs in my grade that
Speaker 5: were actually real good, So I don't think I was
Speaker 5: ever going to play there, So I just to figure
Speaker 5: out another position to play in the corner. It was
Speaker 5: just from the size and stuff like that that you
Speaker 5: moved me to the corner, and I'm glad they did.
Speaker 1: I listened to the Movelessticks podcast lot with Dante Jeremiah
Speaker 1: NFL Network, and he always talks about how, like when
Speaker 1: you're young, go play corner.
Speaker 2: Right now, there's too many receivers.
Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, everybody wants to score touch.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm pretty sure like every draft class there's more
Speaker 5: DBS draft than in receivers.
Speaker 2: That's something.
Speaker 1: It's crazy, but maybe it's maybe it's the fact that
Speaker 1: there seems like receivers the position where rookies kind of
Speaker 1: hit early.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Way, I mean your first game you balled out here,
Speaker 1: I'm talking to the wrong guy, but it seems like
Speaker 1: it's easier to to kind of get a feel for
Speaker 1: receiver early.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, most definitely I feel like that too.
Speaker 1: What do you what was the biggest challenge you had
Speaker 1: to kind of like learn because obviously you played right away,
Speaker 1: he played as you know, a kind of some some
Speaker 1: sub packages. Right. I'll never forget that first game against
Speaker 1: the Patriots. I remember like, cooh, all right, all right,
Speaker 1: we got we got something here. But what was like
Speaker 1: something maybe like a hardship early on or something that
Speaker 1: you struggle with where it was like, Okay, this is
Speaker 1: something I'm gonna have to focus on, kind of have
Speaker 1: to like, you know, really attacked to make sure I'm
Speaker 1: the best version of myself.
Speaker 3: Really just having like a broader understanding of the game.
Speaker 5: Coming from college, especially Division two, I feel like the
Speaker 5: football knowledge is not, like I thought, as hard as
Speaker 5: like somebody that went to I want to say, like
Speaker 5: Alabama and stuff like that. So it was more so
Speaker 5: just learning like the little tricks and like in the
Speaker 5: NASA the game to help me play faster and stuff
Speaker 5: like that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that makes perfect sense. And you wind up going
Speaker 1: from you know, inside to outside. And I'll never forget
Speaker 1: last year Coach we Ever mentioned several times how valuable
Speaker 1: you were to the team because you helped you know,
Speaker 1: Kendall and Jalen be able to be flexible. What are
Speaker 1: doing all that over the course of three years teach
Speaker 1: you about the game or maybe the position in general.
Speaker 5: That nickelin outside corner two different positions, completely different positions.
Speaker 5: Like outside corner you're more on an island. There's more
Speaker 5: like vertical routes and stuff like that. I feel like
Speaker 5: a Nickel, you're kind of like a boy safety. You
Speaker 5: have to play the run and when you're in man
Speaker 5: that's not really like the sideline help is not right there,
Speaker 5: Like they have equal space on whichever way. That is
Speaker 5: hard to release. So you just got to understand that.
Speaker 5: But like at the nigga position, you always gonna have
Speaker 5: a safety over the top. So it's it's just like
Speaker 5: learning just the low tricks.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but all two way goes.
Speaker 3: Yeah exactly.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: One thing I always love watching about your game, and
Speaker 1: I think the numbers prove us out too, is like
Speaker 1: the screen game. Yeah, whether you're making the tackle or
Speaker 1: you know, taking the point man down. I just feel
Speaker 1: like if twenty eight is out there, no four now,
Speaker 1: so my bad, my bad. I was thinking of that
Speaker 1: first game across, but there's four he's either taking the receiver,
Speaker 1: the point man off, or he's making the tackle. Don't
Speaker 1: don't tell everyone you're your secrets, but like, why are
Speaker 1: you so damn good at stopping the screen?
Speaker 2: Uh, crack on yourself for a little bit off a
Speaker 2: can man.
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna lie, you know. I think it's just
Speaker 5: one of them things. You just kind of have a
Speaker 5: feel for it. Uh, you know, going throughout the game,
Speaker 5: you kind of have to, like I said, get a
Speaker 5: feel for it. And then just certain situations just seem
Speaker 5: like theres are screen down, so you might want to
Speaker 5: tighten up a little bit, and then if you're telling
Speaker 5: me at a certain depth, maybe cheated up a little
Speaker 5: bit so you can react a little faster.
Speaker 3: But I think it's just like a field.
Speaker 2: Thing, like tendencies of the offense.
Speaker 3: You can exactly.
Speaker 5: Then certain receivers they do screens to certain receivers they
Speaker 5: don't do it too so if they move a receiver
Speaker 5: to a certain position, you kind of intended have to kind.
Speaker 3: Of go up.
Speaker 1: That's that's probably part of the maturation process you had
Speaker 1: in terms of like how to watch film. Yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: what's what's been your favorite thing about playing for coach
Speaker 1: Weaver here in this.
Speaker 5: Defense we've he gives you the opportunity to kind of
Speaker 5: just be yourself. He doesn't put limitations on too much.
Speaker 5: And he's like a great listener. If we have something
Speaker 5: that we feel like is not working, or if you
Speaker 5: feel like we have something that might work and we're
Speaker 5: not doing it, He's always willing to listen. He's not
Speaker 5: like stuck in his ways, and he's he's like a
Speaker 5: great motivator.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I really have enjoyed getting to know coach YEA. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's let's finish up with this. What do you got
Speaker 1: going on the summer?
Speaker 4: Man?
Speaker 1: You know, we got a few weeks after this after
Speaker 1: mandatory MIDI caamp raps up here and then we get
Speaker 1: back to training camp. But what are you looking forward
Speaker 1: to getting to this offseason?
Speaker 3: Uh, just getting ready for the season.
Speaker 5: I know usually have six weeks, but we have five
Speaker 5: this year, so it's a week shorter.
Speaker 3: So just really just getting ready for the season.
Speaker 5: I don't have anything playing right now, just working out
Speaker 5: and getting ready for training count.
Speaker 1: Just resting up, getting ready, good stuff. That's kind of
Speaker 1: been the answer I've gotten from all the guys. So
Speaker 1: it sounds like no one's a too interesting thing besides football. Yeah,
Speaker 1: cater Coo, who appreciate your time today, man, Thank you
Speaker 1: so much. Love that dude, cater Coo who the last
Speaker 1: interview here, the last podcast before we get into five
Speaker 1: days a week. It's been a nice vacation, a nice
Speaker 1: little bit of time off. Family's doing great, by the way,
Speaker 1: you guys keep asking me about that, so I appreciate
Speaker 1: all the love and the messages you guys have sent.
Speaker 1: Family of five now, Caroline Cameron Willow.
Speaker 2: We are a very very happy family.
Speaker 1: So appreciate you guys hanging with me here and kind
Speaker 1: of you know, keeping up on the content in a
Speaker 1: strange portion of the calendar. But that's the last kid
Speaker 1: we're going to have. It's impossible to have anymore if
Speaker 1: you get my drift. So we're going to be locked
Speaker 1: in from here for and I can't wait to show
Speaker 1: my kids Dolphins football and bring them out to hard
Speaker 1: Rock Stadium and be the add that hopefully the kids
Speaker 1: brag about to their friends because of my cool job.
Speaker 1: So really fun summer. Let's go ahead and put a
Speaker 1: pennant right there. Come back on Monday, we're gonna break
Speaker 1: down the offense and preview every single player on this
Speaker 1: roster defense on Tuesday, and then Wednesday we have practice.
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