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Assistant GM Marvin Allen Breaks Down Scouting Process on Tua, Waddle, Raekwon and Robert Hunt; Brett Kollmann on 2022 Defensive Back Draft Class

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Travis is back for another loaded edition of the Drive Time Podcast with a pair of big-time guests. First, Assistant GM Marvin Allen joins us to talk about the scouting process behind Tua Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle, Raekwon Davis and Robert Hunt. Plus, Brett Kollmann (NFL Film Room) joins to break down the Dolphins loaded defensive back room and a peak ahead at the 2022 draft class in the defensive secondary.

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To us byers touch style by Waddle snucked into the end zone of Miami Boy tight froll Tike window. They had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. What is up, Dolph fans and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield And on today's show, we've got a great

one for YouTube. Fantastic guest. First in house Assistant general manager Marvin Allen joins me to talk about the scouting processes behind to a tongue of Byloa, Jalen Waddle, Ray Kwon Davis, and Big Rob Hunt. You won't want to

miss that. Plus Brett Coleman from the Film Room on YouTube and the Bootleg Football podcast stops by to continue our draft preview series taking a look at the defensive backs in this year's class, whilst talk about Javon Holland and xaviing Howard and he'll rave about the depth of this Dolphins group in the secondary from somewhere in South Florida. This is the Drivetime Podcast. I don't want to waste any time on this podcast is a two great guests.

Let's go ahead and get first to assistant Dolphin general manager Marvin Allen. What's up, Dolphins. I'm Travis Wingfield. I'm joining here today by Marvin Allen. Marvin, welcome in to our little set here, and thanks for joining us. Pleasure to be. We're happy to have you on and I want to basically have a little sit down with you and just kind of introduced the fans to to who you are, what you do, and and kind of the process behind all the stuff we're doing here Indianapolis this

week and all of the draft process. Why don't we go ahead and start with what is your title and roll with Miami Dolphins. I am the assistant general manager for the Dolphins. I kind of help in a lot of areas with college and pro. Scouting is dividing in into two different sections. College, which is why we're here, you know, looking at college guys coming out and pro guys, which are guys who are going to be free agents

that we will you know, pursue. So let's talk about a couple of players you guys have brought into the program over the last several years. And while we go ahead and go to Alabama and start with quarterback to a tongue of byloa just off the top, were some things that really stood out about Toah's personality, his makeup that made you think that he was a fit for the Miami Dolphins when you first kind of started the

process there. Well, if you remember the way to have first came into the game in Alabama, he came and came in and rescued him, you know, in the championship game and just showed all the poise and you know, instincts and anticipation that you would want to see it and to do it as such a high level at the spirit of moment was just I mean, that was phenomenal.

And then we were able to start tracking him as you know, as he pursued his career and then you know, to get to know him, you know, through the years, and just his leadership is he's more of a leader by example, but he is a cool, calm, collected customer and he's really kind of like a lion, you know, you kind of like, you know, it's a lot of stuff rumbling on inside, and you just he just kind of takes care of his business. What do you think some of the areas that he's showing the most growth

in his believing in himself and his teammates. I think, like some of the throws that he's been able to make with I can say with his anticipation and accuracy. I think the guys you know when they I feel like they're gonna be open, they know he can get him the ball. Where have you seen him really grow in terms of on the football field over his two years here? Well, I think learning the command of the offense. I mean obviously coming from college where the offenses are

not as complex as they are in the NFL. I think him learning progressing and like reads and you know what guys are going to be in a specific area, and knowing who he can go to. I think he's learning those things. One of the guys that he went to a lot last year was rookie receiver Jaland Waddle, also Alabama former teammate. There. When you got a chance to go through this process with Jalan Waddle, what what made him stand out among all the other receivers in

that class? Oh, it's energy, I mean his I remember Chris Grey and I both were this Pro day and and I was able to meet him and he was just he was just a boll of fire, just energy and to see the explosiveness that he had on the field that he carried that personality to match and just you know, you just like, this guy is going to be something. The personality plays it's it's it's uncanny that way.

So you first noticed the energy with him and in the speed on the football football field, I guess that's kind of personality character trade too. But there's something else that you guys kind of uncovered about him because we know the high energy and the fun loving kid, but what about from a work standpoint or just something about

him that stood out general toughness. I I don't know if people remember, you know, he got hurt his senior year and in this and he worked to come back to play in the championship game and he was limping, but that's how much a competitor that he was, and he showed the toughness he wanted to be out there with his teammates and you know, for you know, he's not the biggest guy in the world, but you know, for him to be out there mixing it up with those guys after you know, having that kind of injury

just showed the kind of competitor he is. So when you were discussing the factors that weighed into whether or not to go to Waddle or somebody else in that draft, what ultimately was the ultimate deciding factor for you guys to make that selection their number six. Well, I think this his explosiveness. You want as many playmakers as you can get on the field. And I think when you can put the ball in the guy's hand like that, that it's really good hands that you know it's going

to catch the ball. A and B can make things happen once he catches it. You know, those are special qualities in the receiver, and I think we we all saw it. We were like hey, and then having a relationship with Too, you know that really helped because you know the samilararity with those guys, it's really special. Let's let's stay Alabama and go on to ra Kwon Davis here, another player in the same draft class. There was too

a tongue of by lower back in. I think there's a probably obvious answer going to be different, But what about Ray Kwan stands out most when you guys met him in the draft process from a physical statue, well, from a physical statue. He's huge, and you think this guy supposed to be like in the w W. I mean, he is huge, and he is really athletic. For a guy that size, you really don't get a chance to see that combination of that kind of power and explosiveness

and athleticism with a guy that big. What do you guys learned about him from the way he works? His passion is kind of second and uneasy. I mean, he's gotta infectious personality. If you ever get a chance to meet, I mean, he's you can hear him before you see it, and he is just a wonderful person. I mean he just he loves to play football. And that's the kind of guys you want on your team and build around us.

So when you've got guys that are that athletic and that big, that love to play, you know, it's only good things can happen. So he's big, he loves the game. What about from a technical standpoint on the football field, what really stood out to him him? Well, what we wanted him to be able to do with anchor inside and when that big and that strong, it was just naturally but it was a natural progression. And what do you think from a character standpoint, made him really a

good fit for the Miami Dolphins. He's selfless. I mean, this guy will go in and just eat up blocks and not try to, you know, play outside of the defensive scheme. And that's really things that in our defense. You know, the front line needs to be able to hold blocks at the line of scrimmage. And he's selfless. He could probably go and make some plays, but he's you know, holding blocks for other guys to make plays.

What about some age you think he needed to grow in that he has shown that growth in coming into our sys him. He had to learn to play our scheme, like with this pad level play because he's so tall. You know, he's six six, so you you know, you're naturally towering over people. So we had to get him to learn to play with a better pad level, you know, and kind of anchor things and and and he's and he's taking everything. Well, go ahead and get off off Alabama here and go to the raging cages. Is a

big Rob Hunt. You talked a little bit about, you know, the journey that ray Kuon made to the National Football League. I know, Rob had a pretty unique path to the NFL as well. Can you speak about that process for him? Rob is a little different, uh, I was. He was special to me because I was able to meet him when I went to the University of Louisiana to scout him.

I just kind of fell in love with the person, you know, and the evening a guy this big and that athletic, you know, and you know, we were He was scheduled to play at the Senior Bowls and I think he was injured and we were kind of glad he didn't because nobody else got a chance to see him, and like it was like our secret. Now everybody sees it. So I'm curious because this is, you know, kind of

off off the radar here. But when I watched him at Louisiana, I laughed a lot watching him because he was doing things that just did not look like he belonged on that field. Like did you kind of get a bit of a chuckle watching his college taple? Yes, because he was so dominant. He was so dominant, and he was that athletic, and people got a chance to see a glimpse of athleticism on the the touchdown that

wasn't you know. But I mean that showed his athleticson's power and he's just a great person and he's like, Okay, well we can be able with guys like this. There were some areas that you believe that he needed to grow and kind of how his he progressed in those areas.

I think just learning to play offensive line in the NFL, I mean, because it's you know, they're not as technical, you know sometimes in college and having to learn the techniques in the in the in the verbiage of the plays and steal work with your footwork and your techniques and stuff. It was it was kind of it was a you know, it was a growing process for Marvin All,

assistant gim for the Miami Dolphins. Marvin, appreciate your time today. Well, thank you for having me appreciate it and joining me now on the Draft Time podcast. Is longtime friend of the pod, a friend in general, the creator of the Film Room on YouTube, and one half of the Bootleg podcast. He is Brett Coleman and Brett your your co hosts, come on, come on the podcast later this week. I don't want to spark like any kind of competition among you guys, but I have to imagine you're gonna want

to bring it and compete with e J a little bit. Yeah, well, I I think I did a bad job because I think I chose the one position group that the Dolphins don't need, well well need or not. I mean best player available, right, That's that's the that's the theme for every draft. Well, luckily the rosters in a spot where they can afford to do that. You know, it's not like a team is ever gonna complain with having seven good dbs instead of six, so you know, it's it's

it's a locked and loaded roster. Just I I fully anticipate that if they're going to do any strategy in the draft, it's just who's the best player, Let's figure it out from there. That's kind of my thought too, especially when you don't pick until one oh two, and it's crazy this year, Brett, are our four draft picks we have are all non organic. There are other teams picks.

I'm not sure if it's ever happened before where a team got out of the entire business of their own draft picks and relied solely on the draft picks of someone else through trades. It just kind of speaks to the modern day game of there's gonna be lots of trades, right, That's how the NFL operates nowadays. And I think, you know, it's interesting when you look at just kind of looking at a macro perspective, you look at how a lot of teams have had success over the last decade. There's

two ways of doing it. Either you get a rookie quarterback that's really good and cheap, and you go out and acquire a whole lot of talent around them, which is literally what Miami just did. You know, they basically just handed over the credit card and said, Okay, let's go get a bunch of stars surround to uh, let's

make a run at this thing. Or you build the roster first and then you go get a veteran quarterback that just wants to win and comes at probably less money than they should, like what happened with Tampa and the Rams the last two years. And those are kind of the two ways of building this thing. You know, it's funny you mentioned that because you look at the

Super Bowl last year. The Bengals pretty much did one of those things and the Rams did the other thing with the veteran you know, the build the roster dropped the veteran quarterback in the Bengals pretty much bought a defense via free agency and built around their young quarterback there with the offensive young weapons as well. So I love That's like part of the thing about football I love the most is the different ways to kind of skin a cat, as it were, and how different teams

find ways to get there ultimately. But Brett, we have you here to talk about defensive backs today, and you mentioned picking a position that maybe isn't so much of a need, and with that in mind, I want to look at what we have in house because you have Xavian Howard here, very happy and thrilled to get the extension. Javon Holland drafted a year ago one of the best safeties in the league. Last year, Nick Needham signed his second round tender. He's really blossom as a nice slot cornerback.

Byron Jones stays balling, Brandon Jones a blitzing missile. Sheen Eric Ross had a great Dolphins career so far. I just want to get your thoughts on the position as a whole and what ultimately makes it so tough. You know, it's the Dolphins secondary to me is like the perfect embodiment of how a defense should be reacting to how wide receiver corps are built. Because these days, when you look at like the best wide receiver cords around the league,

you know they build a basketball team. You know, you've got a small, quick guy, You've got a big post up guy. You know, if you're lucky, you have one of these like outfit receivers that can do anything. You know, you've got the speed merchant that can open things up deep and punish certain coverages where you know you're gonna get man across the board and there's gonna be no

post help, go punish that with the speed guy. UM And I think the Dolphins secondary is a natural reaction to that because they have a bunch of matchup weapons too. You know X is the alpha, he can you can put him wherever you want. Byron is a really good boundary corner, super physical UM need Hum and Noah I feel you can both operate in the slot. Need him obviously is like the main guy there, but if he goes down, you've got Noah that can come in immediately.

And he's a really physical slot player that plays to run really well too. And then you've got you know, matchup chess pieces. Uh In the safety corps as well, Eric Row is the tight end eracer. Javon Holland can be a free safety or a nickel or if you want to blitz the Ravens thirty five times in one game, you can bring him off the edge and set the NFL record for most blitzes in one game by a safety. So I think the Dolphins secondary is the natural reaction

to how wide receiver corps are built. And I still think that even though they're set, we could still see a Day three pick somewhere invested in there just to keep that going, because it's not like all of these a f C wide receiver corps are going away either, Like they still have to continuously add to it so that you can deal with Buffalo, so that you can deal with the entire a f C West, so that you can deal with the guys over in Pittsburgh, and you know, well, I don't want to say Baltimore yet,

but I do think that they've got potential there too. So it's like you got to compete with all these wide receiver cords, you might as well just keep drafting dbs so that you're never behind I'm gonna clip off that that comment you had about the reaction to the how receiver corps are built, because that's that's pretty damn good, right. I like that a lot. And you talk about the draft and potential Day three pick, that's kind of what we have you on here talk about the draft today.

But again, the draft picks don't come until one oh two for the Dolphins to kick things off this year. And we're happy with, very happy with Tyreek Hills. So I'm not complaining about it one bit. But it is what it is. I mean, it's it's you've gotta get better some way. That's what the Dolphins did and they

certainly got a lot better with that trade. And before we get into the draft picks here, and you mentioned, you know no Ignogamy real quick, Brett, are you just saying Noah because the last name is is impossible to pronounce. I don't want to say it's impossible to pronounce, but I do know that I don't nail it every single time. So even since he was at Auburn, I just knew him as Noah and everybody knew who I was talking about. Big bow works too. The way I learned it was

Draft Knight. I my one of the guys in PR sent me like the breakdown, like the big Ben noginy, and like I just had to say it over and over and over again cause I was talking to him in like fifteen minutes on the podcast, so I just like repeated it like a thousand times, like the show Severance, like the apologies, just cranking it out over and over again.

So I finally got down. But you talk about the luxury of having, you know, if if something happens to to Buyron or X or two Nick or whatever the case may be, to have that guy that's a first round talent, a super athlete kind of waiting in the wings just to kind of get his opportunity, that's certainly nice luxury to have. And so hopefully that's what what the Dolphins have, not just in the secondary, but across

the entire roster. So as we pivot over here to the draft conversation, this is a question I've been asking all my interviews so far, and I really enjoyed the unique nous of each answer. I'm curious, Brett, because I think everybody does it differently. How do you watch film, like when you go to your computer to dial up some mall twenty two? What are you eating? What are you listen to? What's what's h Is there a cat

in your lap? Like, what's going on when you're watching film? Well, there's never not a cat in my lap because the laptop turns on a keyboard as a cat's best friend, So there's always a cat in my lap. Um. In terms of what I look for when I watch film, I tend to have to watch a play over and over and over again because I want to get context. It's not just about you know, looking at movement skills, which is a big thing, but I want to look at where their eyes are, and I want to understand, okay,

why are there eyes there? I want to understand what coverage they're in so that I know what his his assignment in that coverage is. Because even if there's something impressive movements wise, if if he's doing the wrong thing for his assignment, and you know, we just some people just write it down. It's like, oh, there was a bust and we don't know whose fault it was. Well, if you can look at the coverage and understand the coverage,

maybe it was that player's fault. You know, maybe be they did bust and then if there's a whole bunch of bus on tape, even if they're not punished for it, you want to understand, Okay, why why was there so many bus? Was it a communication problem? Um? You know, was it somebody not giving him a check? Like? What was the issue? So I want to get context for both the good and the bad, you know, flip it

the other way around. I want to understand, Okay, if he did something out of structure of the defense, something that he's not necessarily supposed to do, but he still made that play happen anyway, I want to give that like an extra little a little plus, because that means like, not only can he just do his assignment, but he can kind of rise above the structure of the defense and make his coaches right, which is what we saw on Holland when he was coming out of school. Mind blowing.

It was like coaches are gonna love him because he gives them leeway. Um. I want to understand, Okay, what what formation personnels the offense and what are they calling, what are they trying to the defense, and how's the defense react to it. So the more context I can

get by watching a play thirty times. If I can understand what all twenty two players want to do, are trying to do, and whether or not they succeed in doing those things, it helps me to understand the one player I'm actually supposed to be watching and how he fits together on the field with everybody else. That makes me feel better because I spend so much time doing the exact same thing where it's like one player. I'm like, jeez, I just spent twenty minutes on one play, Like I

got a whole game to watch here. This is ridiculous. And you know to that point, you mentioned Javon Holland. There was a clip that you posted last year, and I think it was a pact full of championship games from like twenty nineteen because he had the opt out year where he like came off of his coverage and peeled to the backside and jumped and over out. It was just the backside bender after coming off of his own was like, you're not supposed to be able to

do exactly, Yes, you can do. That's exactly what you said. I loved that clip. I use it so many times, so I appreciate you putting that out there. For us, So let's go ahead and get into this year's draft class. And you know, Brett I boosted this question from the Bootleg Football podcast the other Guys. It's a segment you guys do where you talk about if you wanted player X early in the draft, but you missed out, you can come back and maybe rounds three or four and

and scoop up this guy. So for fans that you know, when we had that twenty nine picked or maybe hoping for a possible Derek's not Derek Stingley that you know, a cornerback in that possession or a safety in that possession. You know, the Hamilton's, the Stanley's, the Gardeners are gonna

all be gone. But if there's a player that you maybe wanted it twenty nine that was possibly gonna be there in the defensive backfield that you didn't get, who's a guy in like day two, day three that you also like in a similar skill set in terms of Day three. And I need to preface this because it's it's a little bit of a little bit of a hot take. I'm not necessarily as high on Kyle Hamilton's as a lot of people are. I still think he's

a good football player. I do not think he is in the realm of Derwin James when he was coming out of school, Like people have said, I actually had a higher grade on Javan Holland when he was coming out than I have on Kyle Hamilton's, which Javan Holland is amazing. So that ended up working out my favor. But I'm I think there's a lot of things that

Kyle Hamilton's does well. But when I was texting with some people in the league, I basically said, he's going to play the same role that Eric Road does, which is all right, go cover tight ends. You know, if if they start using tight ends, this big slot, you can put this big dB on them in the slot that moves well, and you know has the range and and and length to compete with those tight ends, and Road does that phenomenally well. And he can do like

a couple other things that I think. You know, it's six four two twenty in the frame that that that help it with that kind of role. You know, if you want him to play like hook the curl starting out in too high, come down and just kind of get into a passing line with his wid Yeah, you can do that, But I'm not necessarily a huge Kyle Hamilton's guy. You're not gonna get Kyle Hamilton's with the

current offense pick. But if you if you want somebody else that brings special teams value that has virtually the same frame and almost the same testing numbers and plays almost the same role as Kyle Hamilton's, you're gonna want Sterling Weatherford, who you're going to get way down the board also twenty you know four six flat in the forty, really good jumps, huge size, matchup weapon, that kind of guy, So that if Eric Row goes down, you have this

other guy who's a special teams contributor that can come right in and play that same matchup role that Eric Row does. That I don't think they have anybody else on the roster that can do right now, at least not as well as Eric does it. So again we're talking about using Day three picks to make sure that you guys are stable and can get through attrition that

every NFL team has to during the season. Like a lot of the times, the best teams in the income down to whose healthy history, who has the best depth that particular player, Sterling Weatherford keep an eye on him because he is perfect depth for what you guys already have. And God willing Eric doesn't go down, but if he does, you can slide him in and your defense can do the same things that it already wants to do. That's the exact detail we want you on the podcast for here, Brett,

great stuff there. Let's go ahead and take our last break on this edition of the Drivetime Podcast with Travis Wingfield joined by Brett Coleman, brought to you by Auto Nation. We'll come back and put a bow on this edition of the Drivetime Podcast. All right, back here for our final segment on this edition of the Drivetime Podcast, brought

to you by Auto Nation and Brett. You talked about Stilling Weatherford at the end of that last segment, and I'm curious if he fits this mold or other guys that also fit this mold that you've looked at on tape. I know you're watching gunners out there and guys covering kicks and all that stuff too. So among this crop of defensive backs, a position that breeds a lot of special teams production typically, who do you like the best in the third phase of the game. This in this

year's draft class. Oh, that's a really good one. I'm gonna go o Zion McCollum State specifically because I think even if he's not getting on the field early as a starter as a gunner, when you look at it, I mean six pounds four three and the forty like forty invert, he is extraordinarily athletic. If you if you look at a relative athletics core from Kenley Platt, he is a ten out of ten RS, meaning he is

literally a one of one athlete at corner. He might go day too just for his potential alone, but I think he is a natural backup to these big, physical boundary corners that you guys already have, while in addition being a handful for typically smaller guys on special teams that are they're gonna have to deal with him because they're not big enough and they're not fast enough to handle him kind of screaming boundary and going to get

the returner. So I think Zion McCollum, every single specialty coordinator in the league just want somebody with that toolbox to work with. And then eventually, I'm sure the defensive coordinators is gonna want him on the field too, because how could you not want that kind of athlete on the field. I know they have a million corners already, but who cares. Let's get a fifth in there, just because well, it's never never a bad thing to have, you know, guys on the bench that can come in

and contribute like that. And that's the same. That's that's how the NFL works, right. You get teams that go down players all the time, like the Titans last year. They had so many guys on I R and makes to wind up as the one seed in the a f C because of their depth and coaching and all that fun stuff. So great stuff, Brett. One more question for you here, and this is kind of the payoff because you know, I know that most draft nicks like

to talk about the top one hundred. We don't really have that in this that that luxury this time around. You've done the podcast the last couple of years and we talked about a billion guys, but now it's down

to just one. So this is a question I asked Joe and e J and all the guys that done the podcast so far, regardless of team, if you're sitting around pick one hundred, who's a guy that if he begins to slide a little bit, or just a guy that's there at pick like fifties sixty seventy in that range.

Who's the guy in the defensive backfield that you're pounding the table four to go up and future and mortgage some future draft capital, packaging some picks to go up and get the defensive back Who is that guy you want? So I don't necessarily think he will slide this far, but let's just say, in our wildest dreams, it happens, happens.

I would want Jalen Petray from Baylor in this system because the only thing better than having Javon Holland is having to Javon Holland's and I think he would basically be another Javon Holland. He's got phenomenal feat phenomenal hips, plays the nickel position really well. But it's also a really good safety. In that Dave Randas system, you have to do everything is a safe. You've got to come down um and fit the run. You know, you gotta play in the slide, you gotta play in the deep post.

He does everything showed up the Senior Bowl. You know it's not the biggest guy. He's like five ten. Um, you know, it's still very competitive against bigger receivers and just kind of you know, even when a catch who was maybe he was able to kind of fight through and break it up late, which is what you want. You don't want any quit in a dB because the catches and the catch until it's on the ground and the whistles blown. So he plays with the whistle, tough, aggressive,

great leader. UM. I have a friend in the personal personal department down in Baylor who also spent time at l s U when Jamal Adams was there, and he says that Jillian Petre is the best leader and the most passionate ball player that he's ever been around, and that included Jamal Adams. So he is a phenomenal ad for any team. But I think, again hoping praying here, you pair up Petre which Evan Island. That's the best safety do in the league right now. That's pretty high praise.

I mean that's I saw him with the Senior Bowl and he was certainly playing at a high level in that game as well, which I mean that's the best, the best of the best in the country. There, So great stuff at Brett Coleman two else two ends the Film Room on you to the Bootleg Football Podcast. Brett, it's a pleasure as always, my friend. You're coming down here for a game this year, right, Yeah, I'm just

waiting for the schedule release. I want to I want to figure out exactly, uh when and where I want to go see. I want to avoid hurricane season if I can. But we'll see. Yeah, I was gonna recommend any time around Thanksgiving or after it's usually the best because before that pretty toasting. Yeah, a little bit, a little bit, all right, man, thanks a lot, Brett, thank you, and there he goes. Brett Coleman, longtime friend of the podcast. Check out his stuff on the YouTube channel, the Film

Room and also the Bootleg Football Podcast. We'll come back on the other side of this and put a bow on this edition of the Drivetime Podcast, brought to you by Auto Nation. Al Right back here on the Drivetime Podcast a Monday, great content for you here with both Brett Coleman and Marvin Allen providing plenty of insight into the current Dolphins roster as well as this upcoming draft class with the defensive backs. So that's that's a good spot to go ahead and put a bow on this,

but I want to first go ahead and make a mention. Man, what a great time a year it is right now for not just sports, but also like television. I was thinking about this another day. We had the Masters, we have the NBA Playoffs coming up, the ends Double A

tournaments just wrapped up. Baseball is back going again. And for me as a Mariners fan, who this Mariners team has the best young talent they've had since like the nineties, so I'm pretty fired up about that kind of the love of the game coming back a little bit there. I just feel really fortunate this time of the year, even without Dolphins football in our lives, because there's so

much entertainment out there for us to behold. Not to mention living in South Florida and all the amenities that has to offer, like the luau with Tuah, which by the way, I want to touch on that here just real quick, because the first thing I want to mention about the luau with ta was at the end of the night, people lined up and took pictures with him, and he just kind of went through, you know, the process of meeting everybody that came to his event, which

is expected. I think you know you, you you invite people out, you do this whole great charity thing for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Florida. But the genuine personality and the just politeness with which he met people and spoke to people. You saw it from a mile away. We've heard about it for years and years and years now. Just a special person man like that guy. I don't know how you wouldn't be rooting for that quarterback because he's such a special guy and what a great human

being he is. Raised a whole bunch of money for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of South Florida. So go check out the video. I think Michael Kuno from CBS four down here in South Florida posted a clip of the what was on the news on Sunday night. He was the master of ceremonies at the event as well, So checked out that out if you have not seen it. That was a great part of me and Mrs Wingfield's weekend.

And then again the sports and the television I keep looking about back at this we had the return of South Park serialized episodes this year that was gone for a couple of years and for the die hard, die hard South Park fans. That's a big, big deal, Like you don't that was very very missed for a couple of years there during the pandemic severance. The show on Apple TV is legitimately one of the best season ones I've ever seen in my entire life. That just wrapped

this past weekend. Better Call Saul returns next week. The Ozark finale is coming up this month. Did you know the show Barry on HBO is back as well. We have the Jordan Peel movie this summer. I forget what it's called, but it looks like his best movie to date for my money, I mean, Jordan Peel and Aliens signed me up. So I just feel very blessed by the level of entertainment and things that we have to look forward to here as pop culture fans, Dolphins fans,

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