WEBVTT - Drive Time: Mike McDaniel and Daniel Jeremiah Join the Show From Indianapolis 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:11.200 What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:14.120 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:17.319 I am pretty damn fired up, pretty fired up to 0:00:17.360 --> 0:00:20.439 be here where I am today in Indianapolis for the 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:23.400 twenty twenty five NFL Scouting Combine, and it is a 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:28.400 veritable who's who of heavy hitter, draft content creators, and 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:32.360 NFL media landscape. I even saw Greg Rosenthal from the 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:36.120 NFL Daily Podcast, who does his comedy podcast with Anthony 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:38.720 jessel Nick, got a shout out a JARVP to him. 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:42.000 That felt very good. But on today's show, we're gonna 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:46.160 have head coach Mike McDaniel twenty ish minutes of coach 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:46.519 with me. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:48.400 Can't miss that. 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:51.239 We're also gonna have Daniel Jeremiah on the program, and 0:00:51.280 --> 0:00:53.720 we're gonna hear from Mike McDaniel's press conference where he 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:55.880 answered a lot of big time questions for this Dolphins 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:58.280 roster heading into the off season. We'll go ahead and 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:01.560 play that give some thought to you on his answers 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:05.360 from the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:06.119 This is. 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:10.920 The Draft Time Podcast. 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.360 Up first, my chat with Miami Dolphins head coach Mike 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:17.440 McDaniel joining us today on a special episode of Dolphins 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:20.040 HQ and the Draft Time Podcast. A man who needs 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.600 no introduction the head coach of the Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel, coach. 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:23.920 What's up, man? 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:25.440 But didn't you just introduce me? 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.360 You know, like I gotta say your name. At least 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:29.000 people know who we're talking to you. Even though we're 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:29.200 in a. 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:29.920 Two shot, they can see. 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:30.840 Yeah, I feel that. 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:31.520 Got to bring you on. 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:34.200 I'm doing all right, man, We're just starting. We had 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:40.920 our first evening of formal interviews with with with some players. 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:44.000 It'll be nine two of that. Just got a press 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:45.319 or done. Ready to roll? 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.120 Man, Do the players get like your jokes and your 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:48.880 quick whips that you typically have for people? 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:54.080 I don't necessarily intend sometimes that my favorite jokes are 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.160 ones that a low percentage. 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:57.240 It hits with Yeah, I know what you mean. 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.320 So I'm more motivated. 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:03.720 By hitting an intentional small sect. 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:06.360 I kind of think it's funny when people don't get 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:06.800 my humor. 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:08.440 I'm the guy in the theater that laughs at the 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:09.960 scene of the movie that no one else laughs at, 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:12.200 laughs at like the big part, and I'm like not 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:15.760 laughing like. 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:18.679 Like when did you laugh when Bambi when Bambi's mom died. 0:02:19.040 --> 0:02:21.440 Not We're not going that direction. More so like the 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.720 like the deep cut humor. Not not so much like 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.280 the dark humor. Yeah, so I want to get into 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:28.520 the story that are are a great beat writer. On 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.000 our Beat, Marcel Luis Jock from ESPN wrote about your 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.560 days at Yale and working with coach Henley and just 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:36.919 reading the story, you know, you talked about some of 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.880 the drills and stuff that you put Chandler through and 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.040 some of the unique it measures you guys would go 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.160 to to get him better at football, and I just 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.440 can kind of replicate almost my own passion for football 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:50.240 and sports and media, because like, I'm so obsessed with this, 0:02:50.320 --> 0:02:52.440 but it doesn't really translate to other walks of life 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:53.120 that same way. 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:54.160 I'm curious for you. 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:57.080 Are you obsessed about things like that also or is 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.119 it just a football thing that you're wired that way with. 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.600 It's good, It's a really good question. 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:10.880 I think I'm pretty passionate about, Like, uh, that's gonna selling. 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:11.680 Learning. 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:19.040 Sociology and the science of of people is something that 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:20.000 I've always been into. 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:25.880 I think, Uh, you know, i I'm into. 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:29.480 Really all sports, but you know, particularly I would say 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:33.760 I couldn't get around the like the the experiments that 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:37.160 you had to do within the sociology major, but just 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:41.120 the the natural or the the history of of the 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:46.040 movement of people and and and and uh uh. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:48.320 I don't know by de facto psychology. 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.800 That's a strong interest of mine that I do utilize 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:57.680 within within my job, but it's uh, sometimes I'm checking 0:03:57.680 --> 0:03:58.960 it out outside of my job as well. 0:03:59.040 --> 0:03:59.160 Well. 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:01.840 It seems like that like scheming plays as the perfect 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:03.280 like make up for a football coach. 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.800 To me, yeah, I get that a lot more often 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.560 than not. People are like, you look like the perfect football. 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:11.520 That real imposing figure. 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:13.240 Right now, I've made you to coach football. 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.080 People trust my tak a football because like one hundred 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:17.120 and fifty pounds says, like, this guy was football. He's 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.560 been on the field a few times, right, speaking of 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.800 those drills, man, like the one handed catch story about him, 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:24.480 like laying on the ground and you trying to pepper 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:26.280 him with football, so get him to make one hand 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.320 and catches. And then the story they write about marsl 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:29.960 wrote about how he made a big one handed catch 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.800 to win a game. Just take me through kind of 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:36.200 the creation of finding new ways, like new inventive ways 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.120 to make football players better at football. 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:43.640 Well, I think it's kind of like pattern recognition, and 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:48.599 you know, I always thought that there's like you know, 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:55.240 I always thought there was a way to get players 0:04:55.320 --> 0:05:00.000 to see the game like the coach and if you 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:05.400 work on how you communicate what you're looking at, you 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:10.440 look at how you frame stuff. I think, to me, 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.880 that's the biggest thing is you're trying to get players 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.719 in any way, shape or form to be able to 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:18.000 see the game the way you are. 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.239 And that is an ever evolving process. 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.400 That I have to add that that to me, you're 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:28.560 always working on because you're you're trying to be the 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:32.000 best for the players and for the organization, and to 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.839 do that you have to improve otherwise you'll get passed 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:36.320 it by those you might be in front of. 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.200 And a big part of that obviously is the coaching 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:40.440 staff and develop the delegation. Rather, I should say to 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:42.960 those coaches and on your staff. We saw a coach 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:46.200 BEV coach Weave Frank Smith all interview for jobs over 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:49.280 the last you know, twelve eighteen month period. Eventually you're 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.160 going to lose a good coach at some point as 0:05:51.160 --> 0:05:53.880 how this this business works. But I'm wondering about, you know, 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.240 the long tenured staffers that you have in place. You 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:58.080 talked about this in your press conference, the pipeline of 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:01.760 developmental coaches. Just curious what that looks like from your perspective, 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.440 to create a pipeline not for just player development, but 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:07.360 getting your coaches that same type of developmental pop Well. 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:08.440 I think it's the ultimate. 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.600 Like one of the things that was so beneficial in 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.599 my career was when I was given the opportunity to 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.560 do a job, I was ready for it. 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.200 And all that that encompasses. 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.479 So being able to be in house and see the 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:28.160 pros and cons from a removed perspective of how everything's 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:33.320 handled gives you an added cheat code as well as 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:41.560 I think uniformity from coaches within your whole staff in 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:46.440 how they are articulating an objective or a responsibility or 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:50.880 a technique that to me is the only way to 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:54.440 ensure the clearest mode. 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:55.480 Of coaching communication. 0:06:56.080 --> 0:07:02.960 So to me, I don't I think think the both. 0:07:03.160 --> 0:07:06.000 Both parties are served, players and coaches are served. 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:10.960 When you have enough coaches to treat some of the 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:14.640 guys in the uh some of the three, four, fifth, whatever, 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:19.040 as though there're the one in two, all the while 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:22.240 getting reps to actually for those guys to actually coach 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:22.840 the one and two. 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:26.120 That probably comes from your your perspective as grinding. 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:29.880 From the absolutely in that and what what ends up 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:37.720 happening is the strength of the nucleus of your your 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:45.440 your youngest or your position assistant coaches that what happens 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.840 is all right, so you move. So a guy gets 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:52.520 an opportunity and leaves, and there's upward mobility. But then 0:07:53.160 --> 0:07:59.600 who's in charge of being the the the scribe of 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:03.160 how what we are as an offense, Well, that comes 0:08:03.240 --> 0:08:06.280 to comes down on Frank. FRANKTT is the one that's gone. 0:08:06.280 --> 0:08:08.520 It's on me. Whereas in a. 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:14.400 Situation like this, those guys are experts at what has 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:16.200 happened during the course of the year because they've. 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.520 Lived in and as your coaching staff develops and changes 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.360 over the years, because again turnover in this league is 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.240 very common. Bobby slowk rejoins up with you here to 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:24.520 get back to work with you. What what does he 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:25.960 bring to the coaching staff man? 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:30.840 What a what a fortunate opportunity we had in this 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:35.000 situation because realistically, Bobby Sloke is coming here to only 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:40.720 add value, not taking any responsibility away from from the 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:41.480 other coaches. 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.679 But you want to talk his. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:49.320 His working relationship with Frank Smith and their ability to 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:53.720 present to me their opinions on you know, when we 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:58.440 get together and finalize the game plan. You know, Bobby 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.719 Sloke's ability to to be in and out of the 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:06.320 quarterback room and his you know, my first hand knowledge 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:10.960 of his ability to work with people in a constructive 0:09:11.000 --> 0:09:14.600 manner that is very comfortable for all parties. I already 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:18.520 know how well he'll continue to work with coach Bevell 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:25.280 and TUIs play as well. So really really unexpected opportunity 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:27.960 that I feel very fortunate because there's. 0:09:29.440 --> 0:09:31.040 Two guys that I. 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:37.079 Directly trained to be a coordinator type role in the 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:40.480 National Football League or michae Lefloor and Bobby Slogan. To 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:44.880 have one of those guys is monumental when the game 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.800 is about how many people are a collection of people 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:48.920 seeing things the same way. 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:50.520 Yeah, So that's kind of my fall up to that 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.320 as it goes back to the idea of you know, 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:55.320 the cooks in the kitchen concept and you know, for 0:09:55.400 --> 0:09:57.040 folks that don't know like the way a game plan 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.319 builds out, like you do certain parts on Tuesday, Wednesday 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.120 through like yeah, right, zone, throw down, all that stuff. 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.680 So it's this big puzzle you're putting together every single week, 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:05.840 and you've talked a lot about how your approach is 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.080 to like overplay and then how do we adjust what 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.760 they're overplaying to take advantage of that space, Like all 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:13.120 those eyes, all those different thoughts in that room. 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:14.880 I have to imagine that kind of helps you. 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:16.760 Like if you get stuck on a situation, like maybe 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.040 Bobby or Frank or Coach Bev, someone can be like, hey, 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.240 I see it differently, So what if we don't go 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:21.800 with this idea. 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.040 That kind of how it works in that collaboration, absolutely, 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:31.480 and the power is in those people having the ability 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.640 to see it through my vision and so when they 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:38.839 disagree inherent they are acknowledging. 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:39.880 What might be my resistance. 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:46.199 And so then you have powerful You come to powerful agreements, 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:53.600 epiphanies and nuanced details when you can have differing opinions 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:59.080 coming from the same lens. So we're not talking astrophysics 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.040 versus biology, you know what I mean? 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:03.240 Yeah, both over my completely By the way, that's the 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.920 way over my pre pay grade. Here, Let's let's go 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:07.520 with continuity first, and we'll go to the new coming 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.000 coach and Craig Ackerman, but back to Coach Weaver here 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.040 for a second. Continuity on the defensive side of the 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:13.720 football is going to be new for you here the 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.240 first time we'll have the same DC and back to 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.720 back seasons. How excited you about the stability of that provider. 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:22.160 I'm super excited because I felt a tangible shift last 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:27.679 year during the season on when collectively the whole group 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:32.920 got it, and I had felt that the year previous, 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.360 and to be able to start in the off season 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:42.880 program closer to you know what I think it's all about, 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:47.680 which is, you know, focusing on technique and fundamentals. More 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:51.319 so than anything, it just takes your whole pie of 0:11:51.720 --> 0:12:00.559 time allotment and significantly emphasizes and creates a much large 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:04.400 larger piece of the pie that is technique and fundamental development, 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:06.959 which is ultimately what you want to do. 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.199 Be that continuity. 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:14.720 I'm very excited because I think it's the perfect storm 0:12:15.280 --> 0:12:18.920 of really really liking schematically where we're at, and then 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:23.080 guys being able to build upon something which which is 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:24.760 a huge. 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.199 That's what the off season is about. 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:28.240 It sounds like it's more of like second nature, So 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.760 you're not it's more reactive than thinking on the field. 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:32.040 Is that kind of what that brings? 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:32.640 Absolutely? 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:37.400 Absolutely, and and realistically you're just trying to get guys 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:45.120 to be in concert in multiple problem solving situations with tonality. 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:47.560 Uh, you know, we want to. 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.600 Be fast physical with elite technique. Want to be fast 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:56.520 and physical and have elite technique. You generally have to 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:59.720 think about your technique more than fast and physical, So 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:03.640 you have to train that. The faster that you can 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.160 be in the mode of thinking about your technique and 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.560 not your what your responsibility is, the better off we are. 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.720 And I see us being able to get to that 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:15.520 spot in May as opposed to September or October. 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.079 Gosh, my golf swing could do some continuity in itself, ma'am. Yeah, 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:19.719 it's so tough to replicate over and over again. But 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:21.959 well for a different days, yeah different Yeah, Yes, let's 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:23.960 let's go to special teams sh real quick. So coach 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:27.040 Craig Ackerman's here, what what made you attracted to the 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:27.959 idea of bringing him in? 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:33.520 Well, first off, I had multiple people within my own 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:39.160 staff guys who don't typically recommend people aggressively speak on 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:44.000 his behalf then, you know, for me getting you know, 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.520 seeing what he was able to do in Tennessee and 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:51.760 then how that ended, and then the time he spent 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.280 in LA and being so close with so many guys there. 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.280 I already felt like I had an idea who the 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.560 guy was before I met him, But the nuts and 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:05.000 bolts of why he's our special teams coordinator was because 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:11.880 of how our working relationship was was going, in my opinion, 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:17.079 to excel it. I think his his interest in football, 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.480 there's a lot of overlap and how I see it 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:24.120 and the connectivity of really really you know, it's like. 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.280 Writing a perfect essay in English. 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:28.920 You get it back from your English teacher and you 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:32.120 have these lots these words scratched out because they're unnecessary, 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:36.640 right to the point that that's kind of how he 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:43.400 sees instruction, constantly attacking. How are we telling these guys 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:48.000 what we want them to do, what's the common commonality 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:51.160 with how they're taking the coaching, and how do we 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:55.200 best get players to work in concert and be their 0:14:55.200 --> 0:15:00.720 best self? So really really excited about that working relationship. 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:04.800 I think We're gonna benefit from that because he's He's 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:05.400 a guy. 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.040 That will. 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:13.880 Well, with absolute certainty, develop and maintained relationships with the 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:19.560 players and then develop players, which is the whole point 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:20.080 of coaches. 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:22.800 Absolutely, So I tend to fixate on things here and 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:25.000 there with my podcast especially, and one of the things 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.000 I'm really into this year is the cyclical nature of 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.480 the NFL and how we went through you know, the 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:32.200 old prime running back of the Ricky Williams, Priest Holmes, 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.000 you know, Clinton Portis types of days, to the five 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.320 thousand yard passers being like four or five guys in league. 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:38.760 Now it seems like we're kind of pivoting back more 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.280 towards the running game, as the world champions just ran 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.320 the ball six hundred and twenty one times this season 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.040 and all the way to that championship. I'm curious where 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.760 you view the league that lens of the cyclical nature 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:50.880 and where it is today with you know, the running 0:15:50.920 --> 0:15:52.920 game being so prevalent or maybe making a comeback a 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:53.320 little bit. 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.840 Well, yeah, there's a confluence of issues. I think. 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:05.880 Reactionary the past game, defensive coaches experiencing more pass game 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:07.720 productivity than they're used to. 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:09.280 Led to. 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.200 You know, there's a lot of there's a confluence of 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:19.480 higher execution from a pass game standpoint, as well as 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:25.200 more multiplicity and how teams approach every play pre snap. 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:26.720 People are motioning more and all that. 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:34.080 So the league's uniformity and problems solving how people are 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:37.720 seeing what works and take. We kind of got a 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:44.200 more consistent approach from defenses really really this season. So 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:51.720 that cyclical nature I think is an unnatural derivative of emphasis. 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.400 What statistically, every. 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:57.480 Stat that you can look up will will show not 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.400 just the Miami Dolphins, but the whole league is facing 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.880 more two high safety defenses. 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:04.480 What does that mean? 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:08.200 Well, simple math, there's four players outside of the core 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:13.080 seven run players as opposed to single safety which there's eight, 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:15.400 So you have more space. 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.120 To run, bigger gains. 0:17:19.800 --> 0:17:26.640 When guys are and eventually, if offenses start scoring three 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:29.800 or four touchdowns a game while running the ball, then 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:33.480 you'll see another change. You know, But I too find 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:37.600 interest in that that you know, this this trend I 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:44.080 see it from I see it or I felt it 0:17:44.240 --> 0:17:48.120 starting in twenty eighteen kind of with the Chicago Bears success, 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:53.720 and yeah, it's something that you should be interested in 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:55.240 because it's league wide and it's real. 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:58.320 How does that adjust the way you view two going 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.000 into a new season and how you construct your off 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.760 around your quarterback? Fieltimate point guard right, because we saw 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.239 him your first first two years pitch the ball all 0:18:05.240 --> 0:18:07.119 over the lot. The air yard stat was you know 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.280 up there, which people seem to love. And this year 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:11.240 it came back down to more like quick game and 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:13.800 more quick execution of finding those quick checkpoints. 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:15.560 And you know the quick progression that you talked. 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.760 About in your press conference is how do you put 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.359 that whole pie together and see what the best you 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:22.720 know approaches for Tua and how to construct it around 0:18:22.760 --> 0:18:24.080 him in twenty twenty five. 0:18:23.960 --> 0:18:26.280 Well, I think each and every one of those like 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:36.200 philosophical decisions, you know, the broad ones are based upon 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:43.119 all of the variables. And when you're talking about, you 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.960 know the success that we had throwing long yardage football, 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:52.399 teams were going to force us in this past season. 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:57.399 I want to say the first nine games they played 0:18:57.480 --> 0:18:59.879 us very conservatively and it wasn't until we played the 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:04.919 where our execution and taking advantage of what because what 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:08.159 are they doing? They're just standing people further back pre snap, 0:19:08.560 --> 0:19:13.080 giving you pre snap yardage instead of throwing footballs at defenders. 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:16.199 We choose to throw whether they or not, but you 0:19:16.320 --> 0:19:19.359 have to execute it at a way that they feel 0:19:19.400 --> 0:19:22.840 threatened so they stop giving you so much pre snap depth. 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:28.760 So to me, the evaluating all the circumstances where our 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:32.920 strengths and weaknesses are. You know, maybe you tack down 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.320 the field more when your matchups are favorable from pass rush, 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:38.080 so you can protect a little bit longer. 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:39.439 All of those things. 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:46.159 My biggest thing for him is the execution of short 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:51.080 intermediate allows for long If you don't want those deep 0:19:51.160 --> 0:19:54.199 pre snap looks, make them pay for it, which is 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:57.840 what our focus is all off season. That I just 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:01.720 talked to him about. I think this past Saturday when 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:03.080 we were at the DCC. 0:20:03.320 --> 0:20:04.760 Yeah, saw you guys rolling through there. That was a 0:20:04.800 --> 0:20:05.920 how was the event by the way? 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:06.520 For it was awesome. 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:09.000 I love that event that you're going to talk about. 0:20:10.760 --> 0:20:12.679 A cool comment. 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:17.440 A cool way to handle trauma that is ever pervasive 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:23.280 is to come together as a collective and the best 0:20:23.280 --> 0:20:24.399 manifestation possible. 0:20:24.440 --> 0:20:25.679 That's what I see that event as I. 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:26.920 Love that very good stuff. 0:20:26.920 --> 0:20:27.080 Coach. 0:20:27.080 --> 0:20:28.960 I'm gonna have to do one quick personal thing right quick, 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:30.520 because I wanted to show my kids a little bit 0:20:30.520 --> 0:20:31.359 of love on the trip right here. 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:33.400 I told them I would hold these up for Caroline 0:20:33.400 --> 0:20:33.720 and camera. 0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:35.720 My two kids drew me these pictures to take with 0:20:35.760 --> 0:20:38.119 me to Indian Outoise missed me so very much. I 0:20:38.119 --> 0:20:40.919 wanted to close with that by them on YouTube. They 0:20:40.920 --> 0:20:42.200 are gonna be fired up to see me and you 0:20:42.480 --> 0:20:44.040 and they're drawing. So coach, appreciate your times. 0:20:44.280 --> 0:20:44.800 Well, it's awesome. 0:20:44.840 --> 0:20:47.800 And I will just FaceTime my daughter because you didn't 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:49.520 give me a heads up on that and I should. 0:20:49.240 --> 0:20:52.960 Have brought her artwork. Dan it. Travis, you're a great dad. 0:20:53.040 --> 0:20:57.000 That's a cool shoutout and great job staying within the lines. 0:20:57.280 --> 0:20:58.479 Yeah, can you tell which one is a two year 0:20:58.480 --> 0:20:59.160 old and the four year old? 0:20:59.680 --> 0:20:59.960 Is that? 0:21:02.240 --> 0:21:03.840 They grow quick man. Coach, appreciate you. 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:05.200 Man, Thank you awesome. It was great. 0:21:05.400 --> 0:21:07.680 Away he goes quick break in the action rate there 0:21:07.720 --> 0:21:10.000 come back on the other side with another heavy hitter, 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.840 Daniel Jeremiah. That's next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:21:13.960 --> 0:21:19.439 brought to you by Auto Nation. What's Up Dolphins, Welcome 0:21:19.440 --> 0:21:22.359