WEBVTT - 2022 NFL Draft Preview - Wide Receivers with EJ Snyder 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us buyers touch style by Waddle snucked into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy tight froll type window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:18.840 What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:23.000 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your team, 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:26.640 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:30.320 host Travis Wingfield And on today's show, part two of 0:00:30.360 --> 0:00:34.800 our two NFL Draft preview series starts today or continues today. 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:37.479 I should say with e J. Snyder of the Bootleg 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:41.440 Football Podcast, He's gonna talk all things wide receivers, including 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:45.400 the Tyreek Hill Edition, Cedric Wilson Jr. Edition, Trent Sherfield, 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:47.839 and how Jaln Waddle kind of benefits from the additions 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:51.440 and the receiver's room Davante Parker trade, as well as 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:54.480 the in depth look from the receiver position at the 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:56.960 NFL Draft. All of that in the heck of a 0:00:57.000 --> 0:01:00.640 lot more from somewhere in South Florida. This is the 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:06.600 Drive Time Podcast. Let's go ahead and welcome and our 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:09.920 guest today, e J. Snyder and joining me now on 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.920 the Drivetime Podcast from the Bootleg Football Podcast, Wendy City 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:17.880 Gridiron and uh Bears over beers. E J stumble over 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:20.360 that every single time. He is. E J Snyder, my 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:23.600 Pacific Northwest brother, and e J, you're staying safe out 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.640 there in stormy Seattle. We're okay. We got a break 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:28.360 in the weather today. We had a pretty good wind 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.920 storm yesterday, but no damage luckily. And now you know, 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:33.760 we get to talk about football, so it's all good. 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:36.160 You know. It's you were sending those pictures of of 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.680 the trees down your neighborhood, and like I I kind 0:01:38.680 --> 0:01:40.440 of missed that, but I kind of don't miss that 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:42.880 at the same time. But I wanted to start here 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:46.440 because you know, like you, I am a Pacific Northwest 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:50.000 native and a non Seahawks fan that that's not very 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:52.040 common in those parts. And I was curious. I had 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:53.720 to ask you before we get into anything else here. 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:57.360 What took you away from the Seahawks at a young age. Yeah, well, 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.200 I actually wasn't born on the West coast. I was 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.960 born on the East Coast. But equally so, people ask 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:05.200 me why I'm not a Bills fan or Jets fan 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:08.680 or Giants fan. Um. I was one of those kids 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:12.760 that didn't really get football loyalty handed to me from 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.799 my parents, So I got to choose when you sort 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:19.359 of get to that age in middle school, and um, 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:21.160 I was a bit of a free agent as a fan, 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:27.000 and basically, short story long, I saw Walter Payton, fell 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.400 in love, became a Bears fan, and that's that's been 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.720 it since then. I always I like, I like to 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.120 hear you and Brett kind of commiserate about your your 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.000 Bears fandom because I know he's kind of jumping in 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:40.000 that realm as well, uh, leaving the Texans bandwagon as 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.720 it were. So I always appreciate the fan element you 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:46.079 guys present on the podcast and on on the video show, 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:48.440 on YouTube and everything you guys do. So it's it 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:50.359 connects you in a way I think to a lot 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:52.600 of fan bases around the National Football League. That's that's 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.280 pretty cool. But um yeah, man, I wanted to talk 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:56.800 some wide receivers with you here and kind of kick 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.400 things off. But before we do that and talk about 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:02.400 the draft, I want to revisit the Dolphins offseason so far, 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.360 what they've done to really overhaul the receiver room the 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:08.120 last two years really and in total, and you know, 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:11.800 Jalen Waddle had a franchise record setting red rookie season, 0:03:12.120 --> 0:03:13.720 and I'm a massive fan of his. And we go 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:15.720 out and get Cedric Wilson Jr. Who I think is 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.960 just beginning to start to scratch the surface on his skills. 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:20.880 And then of course you get the big cannonball on 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.679 the deep end to the move Tyreek Hill, the cheetah. Here, 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.160 let's go ahead and start with the individuals. What does 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.359 Tyreek Hill bring to the Miami Dolphins offense? E J. 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.920 I think what he brings is really well known because 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:36.080 the Chiefs have had a lot of primetime games over 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.800 the last couple of years, and it's game breaking speed. 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.440 But there's a lot more than that. And I'm sure 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.240 you've dug into two Tyreek since he's become a Dolphin 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.880 in in a bit more. Probably come away impressed, if 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.200 you're anything like me, with how his game has developed, 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:55.880 because he was certainly drafted as speed threat, uh, but 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:59.760 he's bulked up, He's worked on his short to medium 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:03.240 out running. He can still run one cross and burn 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:07.280 any defensive back in the National Football League. But if 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:10.120 you really look at him, people that sort of made 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:12.720 that impression of him and just stopped and said, well, 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.440 that's what he is. Are really sewing him short. So 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.600 he brings a lot to the Dolphins wide receiver room, 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.800 and I think probably even a lot more because of 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:23.919 the change you've had in head coach. You now have 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.400 a head coach that understands a sort of multiplicity of 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:31.680 roles that are can be accessed underneath that sort of 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:36.160 wide receiver banner. And Tyreek is gonna serve you know, role, 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.600 role and a half two roles depending on how you 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:42.720 look at it, because he's very strong, he's incredibly fast, 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:45.760 and he's continued to develop. He's a good contested catch receiver. 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:48.280 He's going to be able to be used in so 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.719 many ways in the Dolphins offerings. Oh man, I cannot 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:52.479 wait to see it come come to fruition on the 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:54.560 field on Sundays and before that, O t A is like, 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:56.719 I can't wait take it out to practice at the 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:59.080 stage and watch shows guys go up against xaviing Howard 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.440 and Byron Jones and all the dudes in that Dolphins 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:02.920 defense as well. We'll go ahead and stay in the 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.640 receiver room here and talk about Cedric Wilson junior little 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.839 because I have a feeling that you were. I just 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:09.760 get the feeling you were a fan of him watching 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:12.240 some of those Mountain West games after dark as we 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.520 call it, you know, packed all after after dark as 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:16.919 it were. What was your kind of report on Cedric 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:19.960 Wilson as a college or I should say, a prospect 0:05:20.120 --> 0:05:22.800 and then now four years into his career. Yeah, as 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.000 a prospect coming out of Boise State, I liked him 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:27.520 as a mid round receiver who I thought could do 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.760 kind of exactly what I see him doing in Miami, 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.800 which is rounding out a wide receiver room. He wasn't 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.159 a sort of one alpha type that you're gonna line 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.400 up over on the left and run your offense through. 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.680 I thought he had the potential if he continued to improve, 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.400 to really become a solid, you know, Z receiver, a 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:47.760 number two in a pro offense. Uh. You know, he 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:51.400 went to Dallas first, got to be part of what 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:54.559 was an exceptional wide receiver room there, and now gets 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.560 added to the Dolphins. Kind Of at the time he 0:05:56.640 --> 0:05:58.640 was added, you thought, all right, like this could be 0:05:58.680 --> 0:06:01.680 the solid number two he could he could alternate. They 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.680 bring in Tyree Hill and now you're like, okay, that's 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.679 one of the most solid number three's in the league. 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:10.400 If you're looking at it that way. I still think 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:12.800 he'll play outside. I still think he'll play Z's got 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:16.760 really good size. Um, he's fast, but he's a good 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.760 possession receiver across the middle as well. And one of 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:21.760 the guys that I was actually hoping my team, the 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.839 Bears would look at. They have a let's just say 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:29.039 the polar opposite of a wide receiver room. It's pretty threadbare. Uh. 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.080 And Curdric Wilson was out there as a free agent. 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:32.839 I thought, now there's a guy that's going to present 0:06:32.960 --> 0:06:35.680 value if he last the sort of second or third wave, 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.800 I hope they make an offer. Dolphins pounce early. He 0:06:38.880 --> 0:06:42.200 ends up going to work with Mike McDaniel, And now, look, 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:46.960 you've got three incredible weapons in Hill, Waddle and Cedric 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:50.599 Wilson doesn't have to again be that um. You know, 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:53.440 Daniel Jeremiah talks about he and Bucky Brooks talk about 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.640 tractors and trailers. Right, is this the guy that's gonna 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:57.919 pull the offense along or a guy that's going to support. 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:00.760 Cedric Wilson is a great trailer. He is a really 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:03.880 good supporting cast member in a wide receiver room. So 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.280 the Dolphins are you know, talking about the draft is 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:09.040 a little bit of a luxury for the Dolphins because 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:12.760 the wide receiver room is real solid at the Well. 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:14.360 I do want to get there eventually, but I want 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.000 to stay here because I want to keep talking about 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.200 these guys because it's one of my favorite position groups 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.560 on the entire team. And speaking of favorites, I mean 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:22.800 I've I've made no no bones about it here that 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.800 I really really have an affinity for what Jalen Waddle 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:27.520 is as a player because you mentioned this with Tyreek 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.440 Hill about the contested catch nature of his game, and man, 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.640 Waddle competes his butt off, dude, like every day in 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:36.320 practice on Sundays as well. He competes for every single 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.000 football and just has that that ball's mind type of mentality. 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:40.680 And I think all three of those guys we just 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:42.760 talked about have that that same mentality. But I was 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.920 curious about, again, the same idea you're scouting report on 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:48.680 Wattle more recently just last year, compared to what he 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.040 is now after one full year in the pros setting 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:53.880 records for Dolphins rookies for for catches and yards in 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:57.680 a rookie season. Yeah, speed was the thing at the 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.120 top of everybody's menu when they were looking at other 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:04.080 than a waddle. He had a different level of speed 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:06.080 and and playing in the conference he did, the top 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.160 conference in the country, he gets to compete against all 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.680 the guys. He's gonna compete against the pros, all all 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:14.680 the cornerbacks, all the safeties, and he was running past them. 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.640 Then uh, he's still running past them. And it's that 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:21.200 ability to take pretty much literally any ball on the 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:24.800 field and go eight year ninety yards because of instant 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:28.240 acceleration and a great top end. Not the biggest guy, 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:32.000 but a really quick, really fast and when you add 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:34.960 in that competitive element of that ball's mind, I'm gonna 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:38.000 win contested catches, I'm gonna go up in situations where 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:39.760 it might not be a clear catch, and I'm gonna 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.960 bail my quarterback out um. And then you just add 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.360 all that, you know, really top tier I would say, 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:51.680 like top five to maybe in the NFL sort of 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:55.240 yards after the catch ability and the familiarity had with 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:57.920 to coming out of the Alabama program certainly didn't hurt 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:01.680 at all. I I don't think he could have done 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.280 anything more in his rookie year. To say, Hey, that 0:09:04.360 --> 0:09:06.600 was a really solid choice and he's gonna be a 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.360 cornerstone in our wide receiver room going forward. I'm glad 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:11.880 you mentioned the the the yard after catch, but also 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:14.320 a separation skill set of those guys, because all three 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:15.800 of the guys we just talked about ranked in the 0:09:15.800 --> 0:09:18.600 top twenty five last year on next Gen Stats. And 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:21.680 that's something that Mike McDaniel has talked about really repeatedly, 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.480 about the ability to create yards after catching. I love 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:26.840 the humility he shows when people ask me about his 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.120 offense and he says, all I really do is put 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:30.920 the ball in the hands of my really good players 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:32.600 and they take care of it from there. And so 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.520 with that in mind and the the the thought about 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.080 what this offense might be, I mean, we obviously have 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:40.240 elements and and things that we can take from his 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:43.120 previous stops and you know, the Kyle Shanahan offense and 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.199 then Sean mcvain the wide zone. We talked about that 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:46.839 a little bit before it came on the air here 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:48.760 and what that might look like. But I'm still sure 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:51.120 there's gonna be plenty of you know, Mike McDaniel Miami 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:55.320 Dolphins specific influx in terms of what exactly it is, 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:58.000 because you know, every offense has their core principles and 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:00.400 then you can tailor it to your certain else setting 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.480 all that stuff. So with all of that kind of 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.040 you know, in the back of your mind, how do 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:07.200 you think the speed and the skills of these guys 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:10.080 in the receiver room match up with an offensive system? 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:14.000 What that could look like here under Mike McDaniel, it's 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:16.320 gonna be really interesting, like you said, to see what 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:19.800 he keeps and to see what he introduces as his 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:24.000 own his own wrinkles. Um. He's been with Kyle shanahan 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:28.040 for a long time, like their relationship goes way back. 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:31.640 They've been at multiple stops together and and anything you 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:34.680 would say about Kyle Shanahan over the last decade really 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.080 you kind of have to include Mike McDaniel in the 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:40.080 same breath because they have been sort of tied at 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.200 the hips. So a lot of it's going to be 0:10:42.280 --> 0:10:45.360 similar and look familiar. But you've got to think a 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.840 guy takes a grab at the brass ring at the 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:51.120 top spot with the notion of I can do that 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:53.600 and be better. There's some things I want to do 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:55.960 that are mine that I've kept in my bag for 0:10:56.000 --> 0:11:01.040 this time, and he's got every tool he needs to 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.640 unleash all of those. If I was going to play 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:06.760 the Dolphins this year and I'm a defensive coordinator, I'm 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.080 not gonna sleep real well the night before the game 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:14.720 because you've got somebody that understands offense and how really 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:19.559 to use an offense to stretch a defense. And he's 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:24.679 got the biggest stretchers there are in the NFL at 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:27.640 his disposal now. Jalen Waddle was one, Tyreek Hill was 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:29.680 another who probably was thought to be out of reach 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:33.200 by just about everybody, including me. And now you've got 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.400 them sort of under the tutelage of Mike McDaniel. And 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:40.440 when they start working together, they're gonna be some defenders 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:43.120 who are put in impossible spots. And that's exactly what 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:44.920 you want as an offensive coach. And it's going to 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:50.000 cause you to score points. It's really gonna be. It's 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.960 gonna be so difficult for Dolphins opponents this year. Oh Man, 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.800 I talked about conflicts in the podcast all the time. 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.000 You talked about conflict, You talked about the move the 0:11:58.000 --> 0:12:00.840 sticks podcast, two very very frequent themes to talk about 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.600 here on the Drive Time Podcast. Man, I'm I'm so 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:05.079 excited for We get a long way to go till 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:06.640 we get there. And you know one thing that I 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:08.400 find myself doing right now, e J. We talked a 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.200 little bit about, you know, the process of watching tape 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.880 and getting ready for the draft, and usually April is 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.000 my sprint to the finish line, you after covering free 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:19.000 agency and this year coaching change, and April is all 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.319 about getting in all the film I possibly can. I 0:12:21.440 --> 0:12:24.760 keep finding myself going back to watching old Niners games, 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:26.840 you know, the Chiefs games, that the Cowboys games from 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:29.440 last year, watching to Ah operate when he was really 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.480 playing well last year, and finding out where those pieces 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:33.800 kind of fit in. And I find myself getting distracted. 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:35.760 So I want to go ahead on our next segment 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.400 here and talk about the draft class at the serio 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:41.040 position here with EJ. Styer from the Bootleg Football Podcast. 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.840 Here on Drivetime with Travis Wingfield, brought to you by 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:52.320 Auto Nation. Alright, Drivetime Podcast with Travis Wingfield. My guest 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:56.000 today e J. Snyder from the Bootleg Football Podcast. Easy 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:58.240 enough for me to say, e J. I'm all congested, man, 0:12:58.240 --> 0:12:59.880 I'm having a hard time getting my words out right, 0:12:59.880 --> 0:13:02.160 and I appreciate you hang in there with me on 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.480 the podcast. It's it's been a long week so far, 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:05.880 but I want to I want to turn this thing 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:07.680 over here real quick and and kind of follow a 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.280 theme that I did at least on the first edition 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:13.600 of our draft preview series Joe Marino offensive line came 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.679 out on Wednesday. You're here on Drivetime talking receivers with E. J. 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:20.000 Sneyder on a Friday, and I asked this question to Joe, 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.719 and I have a feeling your answer is the polar opposite. 0:13:22.880 --> 0:13:25.600 But I'm just curious. How do you watch film? What 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.600 is your process like? Is there a certain type of music? 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:30.160 Do you get a certain food going? Do you have 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:33.880 a drink? Like? What is your film process like? Your 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:38.680 film watching process look like? Oh wow, that's a great question. Um. 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:40.920 The answer is, with as much film as I watch, 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.920 it has to vary. If I do the same thing, 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.400 that's like four and a half months of whatever it is, 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:53.120 So um, I'll change the music. Uh, definitely needs some music. 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.240 One of the things that I learned it was only 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.920 a few years back. For the first seven or eight 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:00.840 years I did this, I didn't have any access to 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.160 ALL twenty two at all. Um, A lot of people 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.720 are surprised by that, but I watched all TV tape 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.719 and you can learn a lot about TV, a lot 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:13.200 about players on TV tape. But um, uh you know 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.920 it has commentary, right, you have commentators, and sometimes the 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:19.640 commentators are good, sometimes they're not. On ALL twenty two, 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:21.360 A lot of people don't know. This is dead silent. 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.760 There's no audio whatsoever. And the tapes are longer because 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:28.040 there's two views of every play. So I got there 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:29.920 and I was like, now what do I do? And 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.560 so I had to develop some some musical taste and whatever. 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:35.720 But largely from me, my tape watching is late at night. 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.320 Still have a regular job, so it's after the family 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.920 goes to bed, turn on the tape, come down, fire 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.720 up the monitors, uh, put a little music on low 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.840 and um. You know, it really depends on the position. 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.640 I've got checklist for each position. I've got a big database. 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.840 I go through UM and I feel like I get 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:55.280 better at that every year. But I feel like wherever 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.600 my process is, the most important thing is that it 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.400 evolves and changes with what I learned every year. So 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:03.320 I'd say I'm at a decent point on the road, 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:06.040 but I'm still staring at that point down towards her. 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:08.040 I loved to hear. And the reason I thought it 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.200 would be opposite because Joe told me he's up at 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:12.720 five thirty in the morning, and I told him, I'm like, 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:14.520 e J, I'm I'm in here late at night and 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:16.320 I'm not a morning person at all. We both have 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.360 Joe and I both have two year old kids, and 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.480 that then definitely throws a monkey wrench into the whole 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.600 thing too. So try to try to come down here 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:24.920 when she goes to bed at night and get as 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:26.880 much time as I possibly can. And it's, you know, 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:28.360 I'm more of a night al anyway, So I I 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:30.680 do better in that in that vein. Also have the 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.280 Miami heat on in the background when I do that 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:34.480 stuff as well. So it's, you know, multitasking, that's how 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:36.480 you do get a lot done in this business, e J. 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:39.080 And speaking of multitasking, I told you I was gonna 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.000 boost this from you guys, the question from the Bootleg 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:43.280 Football pod, And what did you guys call it? It 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:45.960 was the other guys, right, it was the other guys. Yeah, 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.680 we we we uh we teased the idea of calling 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:51.920 it draft doubles, but we ended up with the other guys. 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.040 I was wondering if that was an offshoot of the 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:59.040 Will Ferrell Mark Walbert vehicle. We thought about that afterwards 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:01.960 because we're like, oh, I actually made the joke and 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.520 sent the gift to to Brett about the other Guys movie. 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:07.840 But um, the whole the whole point was if you 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.800 miss out on your guy at the top, who can 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.040 you get later on in the draft that has a 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.440 similar skill set or offers you a lot of the 0:16:15.520 --> 0:16:18.120 same things for a much better draft value. Well that's 0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:21.080 a perfect segue into the question. So for a fan 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.000 that pre Tyreek Hill trade. And again, who knows what 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.960 happens with the Dolphins draft if they go after receiver, 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.840 if they don't. But let's let's just put all positions 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:31.600 on the board, and since we're talking receivers with you 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:33.840 will go in that direction. So if you were a 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.920 Dolphins fan that was clamoring for, I don't know, it 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.800 can be anybody you want, Jamison Williams, John Dotson, maybe 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.400 Chris o. Lave With that twenty nine pick, maybe that's 0:16:42.520 --> 0:16:44.840 fortuitous to assume any of those guys to be available. 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.800 But let's say that was your guy early on, who 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.280 were some guys that kind of fit those molds at 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:51.680 pick one oh two or possibly even later on down 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:55.880 in the draft. Yeah, it's a great question because this 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.960 is always the argument that occurs in NFL draft rooms. Right, 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.440 you either receive first coach or like, nope, we need 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:04.840 that number one receiver, and the offensive line coach is like, yeah, 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:07.440 we need that number one guard, and down in the twenties, 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:09.720 you know, basically you're gonna have to sort of pound 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:11.720 it out on the table and then it's either the 0:17:11.720 --> 0:17:13.679 GMS call or the head coach is called, depending on 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:15.600 the team, to say, well, this is what we need more. 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.000 And if you're the wide receiver's coach and then and 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.440 the offensive line coach wins, you don't get your guys. 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:21.960 So you gotta go to the next guy in line 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:25.160 and say, hey, I still need a bunch of those skills. Um, 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.840 what can I find. Let's just say that Tyreek Kill 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:31.080 wasn't a dolphin because he is now and you can 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:34.359 just revel in that. Uh, and it was it was 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:36.879 more speed, right, Jalen's on one side, you got a 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:38.720 lot of speed and you're like, no, I just I 0:17:38.760 --> 0:17:41.000 want more speed. I want to tear open defenses. So 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:44.520 you're like, maybe Jamison Williams with his injuries, gonna fall 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.359 to the late twenties. I want Jamison Williams. And you 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.160 go and you pound the table and you you lose 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:51.280 to the offensive line coach. They pick up a guard, 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:53.440 and now you're like, all right, I need a guy 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.280 that's got speed later on down in the draft because 0:17:56.280 --> 0:18:00.000 I really want to prize some defenses open, and there 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.280 are guys in this draft that would do that. Uh. 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:08.720 Probably the closest allegory to you know, Jamison Williams is 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:12.240 a guy like Alec Pierce out of Cincinnati. Um, he's 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.040 a Chicago guy from high school. I went to College 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:18.080 of Cincinnati's part of that great Cincinnati offense. A lot 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:20.120 of players from that going to get drafted this year. 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:24.520 And Alec Pierce is many things that Jamison Williams is 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:28.080 not quite as fast, but he's very fast. He's quite tall, 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:33.040 really good boundary sideline contest catch wide receiver, can get 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:37.159 behind defensive backs, poses a bunch of different problems. You 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:38.720 can't put a small guy on him, you can't put 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.400 a slow guy on him. So if you're a wide 0:18:41.400 --> 0:18:44.000 receiver's coach and you missed out on Jamison Williams, I'd 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.000 be sort of biden my time to about the oh 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:50.479 somewhere between eighty five and one fifteen and saying, all right, 0:18:50.520 --> 0:18:52.439 go get me Alec Pierce and I'll be I'll be 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.000 pretty darn happy with that. I've seen his name pop 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:57.000 up a lot for for what he did at the combine, 0:18:57.119 --> 0:18:58.639 and I guess that matches the tape as well to 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:01.080 according to what you and and many others have said 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:03.359