WEBVTT - Drive Time: 10 Free Agent Fits for the Dolphins 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:04.800 Two on the move, going deep speed ways past Peas 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:07.280 from the Baptist Health Studio. 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:12.640 This inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is Drivetime 0:00:13.119 --> 0:00:19.360 with Travis Wingfield. He's got my have hands in the playoffs. 0:00:23.360 --> 0:00:26.720 What is up, dollph fans And welcome to the Drive 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:29.440 Time Podcast. I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:32.200 And on today's show, I went over the entire crop 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:34.800 of free agents courtesy of spot rack and just went 0:00:34.920 --> 0:00:38.599 positioned by position and listed ten of my favorite players 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:41.400 who are scheduled to hit free agency next month. And 0:00:41.479 --> 0:00:44.040 that exclude our own guys. We're going to talk about 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:46.560 that list content wars. Here a little bit and a 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.800 fun mock twenty twenty four lineup I put together for 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.880 you guys from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:53.920 Health Training Complex. 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:59.080 This is the Drive Time Podcast. Ye daf off the 0:00:59.120 --> 0:00:59.800 top real quick. 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:03.440 So the cap is estimated to make it up around 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:06.760 two hundred and fifty million dollars this year per a 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:09.520 report from NBC Sports. And the original projection was in 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:13.559 the two forty two ballpark. So while yes, every team 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.399 would get that eight million dollar bump if that report 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:20.800 became reality, but for us that eight million could go 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:24.160 a long way towards keeping our own guys. It could 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:28.160 be potentially three different players, three different starters that you 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:32.119 could sign or retain if you space out the contracts, 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.200 because all the eight million dollars per player is not 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:35.640 going to be all on that first year, right, You 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:38.920 could definitely stretch your budget with that extra eight a 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:42.039 little bit more. And when you have as much success 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:46.880 as we have had acquiring premier talent, every little bit helps, right, 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:48.920 and you eventually have to pay the piper on that 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.160 premiere talent, because remember this is the year for big 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:55.920 Rob for Christian, for Andrew Van Ginkel, a former first second, 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.920 fifth round draft pick that had been drafted and developed 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:02.320 into absolute studs in this program. But also other guys 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.280 we've acquired along the way, like Deshaun Elliott, a very 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.520 solid first year here in Miami. Isaiah Win same story 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:12.040 prior to his season ending injury. Connor Williams, a bigger 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.880 free agent acquisition who played up to that deal and 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.840 I would say exceeded his value in that deal, is 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:20.239 now set to hit free agency once again. Speaking of 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.000 the draft, going back that way, Austin Jackson already done 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:27.600 a two extension actually would free up money this year, 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.200 most likely because those big quarterback deals tend to get 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.840 money pushed down the back end of that contract before 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.560 you rework it or re extend it once again. Brandon 0:02:35.639 --> 0:02:37.959 Jones and ray Kwon Davis both going to probably sign 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.639 decent veteran deals at least, you know, for a few 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.960 million bucks on the open market, i'd imagine. I mean, 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:46.280 how about that twenty twenty draft class. Six players from 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:48.200 the first three rounds. I think it's safe to say 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.640 five of them will be starters on second contracts, either 0:02:51.720 --> 0:02:53.600 here in Miami or somewhere else. 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.880 But then the next year, like Waddle, Phillips and Holland. 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.000 My point is when you draft that well, you eventually 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.160 have to pay, and that extra eight million is literally 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:05.919 a year worth of a quality player or a couple 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:07.760 of players. You can kick the money down the road 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.480 on and bring in two or three quality players. That 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:12.560 could be extra money for Christian Wilkins. That could be 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:16.320 year one entirely of Tua's new extension. That could be 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:19.280 a full year of Javon Holland, that could be one 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.320 of Robert Hunt's years. You get what I'm saying here, 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:25.359 It's a big deal, so hopefully that does become a reality. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.200 And there's a little bit of other news in here 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.040 before we get to the actual free agent primer, so 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.639 to speak. Here it's that Ronnie Bradford, per reports, will 0:03:33.680 --> 0:03:36.840 be a senior special teams assistant. He played dB in 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:40.480 the NFL, was the coordinator last year on defense at Montana. 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:42.160 And let me tell you guys that don't know about 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:46.480 the Northwest football world, the Montana Grizz are an FCS 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:49.880 powerhouse and their fans take football very, very seriously, so 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:52.120 he got some football education up there. He's been an 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:54.120 assistant in the NFL for quite a while. He was 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:56.440 on the Broncos staff during McDaniel's first year in the 0:03:56.520 --> 0:04:00.200 NFL back in five. So we have some changes there 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:02.400 to special teams and the defensive side of the football 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.440 heading into the new year. We also added one in 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.960 Parks Frasier, who was the Panther's pass game coordinator last 0:04:08.040 --> 0:04:10.840 year after working with the Colts prior to that. And 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:12.920 I saw a pretty cool story on him about his 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.240 time out of college working with the Colts, and it 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:16.800 kind of reminds me of me a little bit. Football 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:18.480 is the only thing he cared about, woke up at 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.680 five point thirty to get to the office, left at midnight, 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:24.360 just grinded, indicated himself with the game of football. 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:25.840 To achieve his dreams. Pretty cool. 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.000 The article is called what It's Like to be Frank 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.920 Reich's right hand man on the Indie Star. Just type 0:04:31.920 --> 0:04:33.560 it into Google and you'll find it. All right, So, 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:40.160 before we get into free agency here content wars. I 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:41.760 talked about it on the show on Monday, but I 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:43.560 wanted to go more into it like this, and the 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.600 more I think about it, like, look, so first off, 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:52.880 you shouldn't treat all of these podcasts or you know, 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:56.640 air quote content creators as like professionals because most of 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:59.320 them aren't. And I'm not throwing shade here, I'm just 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.960 being real about ninety nine percent of the people that 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:04.600 do this don't make real money off it. 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:05.119 It's a hobby. 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:07.040 I mean, they might be making enough to have a 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:09.440 nice red robin date night with the misses once a year, 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:12.440 you know, like fifty bucks. So when you raise this whole, 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.360 I can't believe we're giving him a platform idea. I'm 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:19.240 with you on that, but that's not really a platform. 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.040 We understand that do we get that? And bragging about 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:26.279 your YouTube subscribers, Guys, it doesn't mean anything. Podcast downloads 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:30.360 don't mean anything. Subscribers are not watchers. Listen through rate 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:34.320 return rate. There are several metrics that advertisers look at, 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.640 and I promise you subscribers is not one they hand 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:39.960 over checks based upon. It might help them, but they 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:41.880 have to find out that you're actually getting your ads 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:43.520 to the people they want to sell you. And the 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.000 guy that was bragging about his following, I'm not gonna 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:48.279 name names here. He's a freaking aggregator. 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.040 Man. Watch his channel one time. He aggregates what other 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:54.280 people do. That's not a creator. That's a freaking thief man. 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.880 It's what the people on Twitter that all of a 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.880 sudden do per shifter, like yeah, just hit the retweet button. 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.200 I don't know, like Twitter blue, like the Twitter model. 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:05.720 Fuck freaking sucks, man. I hate it so much and 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.640 look something for everybody, right, I don't get a lot 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:11.520 of the content. I haven't watched daytime debate shows since 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:13.600 the pandemic, and that just spoke to how bored I was. 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.400 I wasn't into him then I had nothing to do 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.880 all day. I don't take in every Dolphins podcast. I 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.000 don't take in any Dolphins podcasts, but listen to one. 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:20.960 It's gonna be Kyle Crabs. 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:23.520 I think there's another one you can learn from two 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:25.560 that The Three Arts per Carry is a good educational 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:26.680 Dolphins podcast as well. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.800 I think there's a couple more that are fun shows. 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.760 A great shows, perfect Phil for examples, a great podcast. 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:34.720 Jake and Josh have a fun podcast. And I apologize 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:37.040 to I'm out there. I haven't heard them all, Like Showtime, 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:38.719 for instance, has a fun Twitter spaces. 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.000 I've heard you guys. Tell me about a couple of podcasts. 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:42.360 Oh, I can't think of the name of it right now, 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:45.120 But there are plenty of Dolphins podcasts out there for everybody. 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.920 But again, if your whole shtick, and this is going 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:49.800 back to you know, the content warriors idea and the 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:53.159 YouTube subscriber guy, if your whole stick was that Skyler 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.640 Thompson was the best quarterback on the roster his entire 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:58.559 rookie year, behind a guy who finished first and passer 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:00.400 rating and then led the league in passing this year. 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:02.680 Like the jig is up, You've taken a path and 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:04.640 you have to stay in that lane. It's a grift, right, 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.960 we all understand that. Don't talk about like, you know, 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:08.880 freaking what is it? 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:09.360 Candy man? 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:11.520 Don't say the candy man's name and you won't find 0:07:11.560 --> 0:07:13.720 the candy man. Plus, you know, and I go back 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:16.080 to the Twitter platform for this. I blame Elon's lumpy 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:18.240 ass for this. Twitter just seems to have made it 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:21.559 so much worse with how it's evolved, promoting this stuff 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:26.200 over real actual content, Like you're feeding into these this 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:28.760 negative world that we don't want to live in, incentivizing 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:31.720 people to be morons online like cool model, bro, I'm 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:35.120 sure eighty percent of the Twitter world that's basically bots 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.040 just spamming every tweet you have with their check out 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.680 this and my bio check out. Oh a perfect way 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:44.320 to pick games, Like Oh it sucks man, I miss 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:45.320 what Twitter used to be. 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:48.800 Yeah, it wasn't like it used to be. But also 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:52.320 just ignore it. That's really all there is to it. 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.520 There's so much good Dolphins content out there, why bother 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.080 with that nonsense? And then to address the stuff that 0:07:58.160 --> 0:07:59.840 ties back to me personally here and this was what 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.360 you can't tell It makes me a little bit mad, 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:04.800 makes me a little bit annoyed is that I'm a 0:08:04.840 --> 0:08:07.920 propaganda machine, right, I mean, you don't listen to the 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.880 show if you think that. I don't say this to 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:12.640 like try to prove myself. But it's a slap in 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:14.720 the face man when you just say, oh, look at 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.680 his title. He can't provide honest analysis. And it goes 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:21.400 back to you know, I don't want to name names, 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:24.400 but someone that is I'm talking about here mentioned me 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.680 as a non reliable source because of my job, and 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:27.520 he used to work for the team. 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:28.120 You know who it is. 0:08:28.200 --> 0:08:30.880 Now, Like, come on, man, And first off, all of 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.320 you listening to this notes bs because well, you listen 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:35.040 to the podcast this year, you listen to where I 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:37.280 think the shortcomings were all year long. 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:39.080 But also, this is my job. 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.520 I'm paid to watch coaching clinics. I'm paid to learn 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:44.400 how to study film and then to study that film 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.360 and then provide content off of it. I started doing 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:47.800 this for the love of the game, man, and then 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:49.560 I started to get paid for it. And I promise 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:53.000 you ninety nine percent of these content creators don't care 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.360 to study the game at that level because it's boring 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:59.400 unless you love doing it. So when that person discredits me, 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:04.080 or someone that watches that content discredits me because. 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:04.920 They tell the truth. 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:07.600 Look, you can't tell the truth if you don't understand 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:09.920 what the hell you're talking about. Like how many times 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.360 are we gonna let that man I'm changing gears now 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.920 spout off some wildly incorrect nonsense and just be like, oh, yeah, 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.719 he's the truth teller. He tells you how it is, 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:20.439 the things that you don't want to hear, he'll tell 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.720 you that, cool man, that's a separate deal. And again, 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:28.199 like I mean to that point, back to you know, 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.199 platforming grifters, Like can we stop talking out both sides 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.520 of our mouth? Because that's exactly what happens here. Like 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.400 I thought we were rid of this in twenty twenty two, 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:40.240 but it lasted for just one season. This particular individual 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:43.120 warned us for months about cap opelypse or whatever the 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:45.079 hell you say it is, how however you say it, 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.120 And then today that same person said the Dolphins owner 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.560 can't help him sell from making the big free agent splash, 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:51.880 so it's going to happen again. 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:53.280 Like dude, what what. 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.760 You just say things to say them, because that's not 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:01.200 there's not a plane of existence in this world where 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.480 both of those two things can be true to just 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:07.120 nonchalantly throw out there that idea out there, and that 0:10:07.240 --> 0:10:09.079 people that I have no idea why they haven't caught 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.240 onto it yet, they lap it up and they eat 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.400 it up and they spread it like wildfire, and it 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.000 becomes this narrative that I have to now spend time 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.880 on my show addressing because I'm gonna get these questions 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.000 about why with the Dolphins spend big and freege, like, 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:27.280 just please stop spreading the opinions of people who clearly 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:30.400 don't put the work in or have any idea what 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:31.560 they're talking about. 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.480 Golly, you know. And back to the idea of doing 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:37.520 this for the love of the game. These guys don't 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.280 do that. Man, It's boring to do unless you love it. 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:43.839 And so when that person discredits me, or someone that 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.280 watches the content discredits me because they want to tell 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:50.720 the truth, it just drives me nuts because you're hiding 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.040 your ignorance in this whole I tell the truth idea. 0:10:53.280 --> 0:10:55.240 And I used to write and delete tweets that I 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.559 cannot send because of my job and send them my 0:10:57.640 --> 0:10:59.480 friends like, hey, look at my funny I made. And 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.320 I'll never ever ever forget a ben Volan tweet? Who 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:04.920 is a study t D. Cunningham right like he's he 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:07.160 actually paved his way of the journalism degree and worked 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.079 in the field before he realized outrage and grifting was 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:11.959 the selling point. He had a tweet once, and in 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.240 fact it was right after we'd just beaten Buffalo to 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:17.040 get to three and zero in twenty twenty two, you know, 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.959 one week after four seventy and six, and the tweet 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:22.760 was this the irony of Jalen Hurts being a better 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.719 pro quarterback than mac Jones and Tua. And my response was, 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:28.559 if I ever become so irrelevant in this space that 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:31.680 the only way to generate engagement is to tweet shit 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:35.120 talk about one player every day, You guys have to 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:38.280 promise me you'll put me out to pasture. Don't believe 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:40.240 me if I tell you I wasn't bitten. I was. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:43.679 I will never do that, man. That's the point of this, 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:44.520 all the stuff. 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:47.560 But really, to me, it's talking out both sides your mouth, 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.839 making stuff up that you clearly demonstrate you don't have 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.200 an idea what you're talking about. And then it comes 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:55.000 down to people like myself or Kyle or ck to 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.960 disprove the nonsense that you just threw out there because 0:11:57.960 --> 0:11:59.839 you didn't want to study up on the actual job itself. 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:01.800 Oh it's tiring, boss. 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:03.679 Let's go ahead and take our first break right there, 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.560 come back and do my top ten free agents going 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:10.240 into late February. That's next Draft Time podcast, your host 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:15.600 Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Autoation. Let's go ahead 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:17.959 and jump into the meat of this episode here. And 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.400 it's been this way for decades. But is it sort 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:22.360 of weird to anybody else that we have this kind 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:26.280 of mix of draft free agent events intertwined throughout this 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:29.240 portion of the calendar. I suppose maybe there's no other 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:30.839 way to do it given the structure of the NFL 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:34.000 off season, But like, I will be all in on 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.319 draft content next week at the Combine, but then we 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:37.960 turn right back into free agency and. 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:39.520 It kind of goes back and forth like that for 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:40.640 quite a while. 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:43.720 I suppose I only noticed it as a content creator 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.400 and someone whose work follows that calendar. And the reason 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:49.520 for that prelude is that we will be flipping back 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.400 to combine draft content by the very next episode. But 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.200 I've taken some time last week or so firing up 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:56.960 game pass getting a look at some of the Vets 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:59.880 who caught my eye on the upcoming free agency list, 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.880 players I think could help us in twenty twenty four 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:07.439 and beyond. Now. I did use potential compensation and the 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.559 financial implications of these players when selecting them. I will, not, however, 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.720 discuss that in the rundown of these players, simply because 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.520 that's just like the fourth branch of the if this, 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.120 then that tree, and that to me seems like a 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.959 poor use of time. So instead, I just found the 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.640 players that I think are hashtag good football players and 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.679 that I think you could find a specific role for 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:30.120 them on the team, and those that coincide with some 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:31.520 of the things I thought we came up short on 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:33.559 last year. Does that make sense trying to fix some 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.200 of the holes here. First, there's a panic across twitterbo 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:38.480 the cap situation, right, And I remind you that Chris 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:42.240 Greer said this back in January. I mean, at the 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:44.000 end of the day, we have good players here, everyone 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:46.600 will have a market. We're not really right now concerned 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.120 about where we'll be in March salary cap wise. 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:50.600 And then he would go on and talk about how. 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:54.199 Brandon Shore and Max and Politano have made creativity and 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:57.560 flexibility in their contracts, which creates that flexibility for how 0:13:57.600 --> 0:13:59.760 you get in and out of deals after they happen. 0:13:59.840 --> 0:14:03.839 So that's contract structure, baby, that's the flexibility of Chris 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:06.120 Greer is speaking to. And if it's not a one off, 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:09.240 it's every off season. And quite frankly, the entire NFL 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.400 has sort of adopted more of a short term thinking 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.000 philosophy that kind of goes along with this, Like, I 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:15.800 know a lot of you guys are my age and 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.400 probably remember how it was even five years ago where 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:22.600 it'd be upteen billion dollars in a long term commitment altogether, 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.400 and that's where you're gonna finish your career. We don't 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.360 really get those deals anymore, like you'll get three year 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.680 deals at most, it seems like for the most part 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:31.520 when it comes to the free agent market. And then 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:34.800 to couple that, frequently you see this idea of cost 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.640 of certain needs versus available funds. And the best part 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:41.000 of the Dolphins roster is that tuas the quarterback, Tyreek 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.880 and Waddle or receivers Armstead and Austin Earth, tackles JP 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.720 and Chubb or Edges and Jalen Ramsey's a cornerback. That's 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:51.480 eight of our give or take, top fifteen players right 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:54.680 in that range. Some are excluded, like Javon Holland. I 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.920 say the combo of Zach and Christian if ninety four 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:58.400 is back, because that's getting there. 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:00.760 Do you guys know where I'm going? And do you 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:02.160 know what those positions are? 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.600 That's right, they're the most expensive as far as what 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:09.160 costs the most average salary per player per position goes 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.800 like this, quarterback, edge, receiver, literally three spots we have 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:16.440 like a very good quarterback, dominant edges and dominant receivers. 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.960 Right cornerback we have probably the best in the game 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:21.480 in Jaylen Ramsey. Offensive tackle, we have two of those 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:23.880 guys if one doesn't retire, I mean, depending on what 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.400 happens with some vets there, you could argue we don't 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:28.280 have any true needs at those spots. 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:29.800 And interior defensive line is. 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.120 Next, by the way, And where do we rank in 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:34.800 these positions in terms of our cost commitments? So right now, 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.640 quarterback seventeenth, I tell you what two is better than seventeenth? 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:40.120 Quarterback in the NFL? Receiver eighth. What if I told 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:43.600 you the Chargers, Seahawks, Bucks, Raiders, Broncos all pay more 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:47.040 for the receivers than the Miami Dolphins do. Tackles were sixth, 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:50.120 but O line on balance is twenty sixth. We're also 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.920 due to repay three interior starts. That kind of tracks 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:56.360 there at the edge eighth most money committed there and 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:59.400 at corner first, but that's some Byron Jones left over 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:01.920 X will have from left over there and Ramsey obviously 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.280 paid very highly. But the other half of the position 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.920 positional premium running backs the twelfth most money tight ends 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:11.640 twenty first, Interior d line eleventh see look guy his extension. 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:13.480 Wilkins on the fifth year option was a big money 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:17.360 maker this year. Off ball linebacker just fifteenth and safety 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.280 thirty first. And that's where your needs are right Well, 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:22.920 we maybe need a corner when X is gone and 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.520 you reduce that figure big time. But then that's why 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:27.640 you draft Campsmith and have him step into that spot 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:30.360 and take over. We really need Campsmith this year. You 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:32.560 might have a need a safety I like DeShawn for 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.320 that role. You can wipe away a lot of those 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:37.120 interior line issues with re signing your own guys. You 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:39.280 probably need an off ball linebacker, provided you move on 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:40.040 from fifty five. 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:41.720 Is that tendall? Is it a draft pick? 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:45.040 Is it a bargain free agent? Probably interior defensive line. 0:16:45.080 --> 0:16:46.960 If you move off Christian that will go another direction, 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.320 but hopefully we do not. And then tight end you 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:49.960 probably need it. 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:50.560 You don't need a. 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.040 Running back, Maybe you need additional edge. I'd run it 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:55.880 back even with the injuries, and I'm talking about forty three. 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:57.360 He give you a Van Ginkle back in the building, 0:16:57.520 --> 0:16:59.760 provided he agrees to another one year deal here coming 0:16:59.800 --> 0:17:02.560 off injury. So with all that in mind, with all 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.359 those needs and potential money moving around and everything that 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.320 could go into this, I put together a list of 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.320 ten guys I love their tape and potential fit from 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.960 their perspective of a current list of available free agents 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:18.119 as of February twenty first, and that list starts with 0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:21.800 Kenny Moore, a cornerback in Indianapolis, a five foot nine, 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.680 one hundred and ninety pounds slot with a Pro Bowl 0:17:24.760 --> 0:17:26.840 to his name. It should be more than that. Over 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:29.480 seven years. He's twenty nine in August. He has seventeen 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:31.560 career picks in one hundred and three games. He has 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:33.800 eighty nine starts and he has two picks sixes just 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.400 this last year. Why is Kenny Moore a top the list? 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.440 Travis Well, I've always been a huge fan of his game, 0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.560 and sometimes you might worry about age getting close to 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.600 thirty for a corner, but twenty twenty three was the 0:17:45.640 --> 0:17:48.280 best year of Kenny Moore's career. It's pretty rare that 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:50.400 he missed his time. He missed one game last year 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.840 in five and twenty twenty two, but didn't miss a 0:17:52.920 --> 0:17:55.159 game in the two years prior. He's just shy of 0:17:55.280 --> 0:17:58.080 four thousand snaps played those last two years. And while 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:00.399 he is a primary slot, he's also play laid on 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:02.760 the perimeter for a Colts team that really had some 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:05.480 cornerback depth issues the last couple of years. He's in 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:07.359 the slot better than seventy percent of the time. He 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.800 averages right around two pass rush attempts per game, which 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:13.120