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Drive Time - OL Part 2 Preview, Howard, Breida and Wilkins Media Availability

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Travis is back for a Wednesday show getting you caught up on everything around Dolphins HQ. We'll continue the training camp roster preview series with the second of the two-part look at the offensive line. Plus, Matt Breida, Jordan Howard and Christian Wilkins all spoke to the media today -- we'll recap the highlights from those pressers.

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Factors are Dolphins Pafford growing part touchdown. What a win for this Miami Dolphin team? Wow, dude, What is up? Dolphins? And Welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. How's it going, everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield and for the first time, I am here to bring you your daily dose live from Dolphins HQ and Davey Florida and your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football.

And on today's show, we continue our roster preview series with the offensive Line Part two. We'll take a look at some new additions like Eric Flowers and Austin Jackson upfront and the most tenured member of this group in Jesse Davis. Plus, we're gonna hear from another trio of Dolphins veterans on their Wednesday media availabilities. New running backs Matt Brita and Jordan Howard will speak to the media, and second year defensive lineman Christian Wilkins all slated to

talk to South Florida met on Wednesday. All of that and more on this Wednesday, August the fifth edition of the Drive Time Podcast just a couple of quick roster notes before we get into the offensive line preview, before we get into the media availabilities. Alan Hearns has opted out of the NFL season. He is the first Dolphins player to make that decision, and Brian Flores had this to say via the team social media accounts. I understand

it completely support Allen's decision. It wasn't an easy choice, and I know he put a lot of thought into it. He had conversations with the people closest to him and did what he felt was best for him and his family. I respect the process he went through and how he came to this decision. I wish him all the best and look forward to working with him next year. And of course, Hearns did sign an extension in season last year after being added to the roster at the start

of training camp. He was coming off of an injury in Dallas, so it was good to see him get back onto the field and get healthy. But he will opt out in and be back in one and as this podcast is getting put together, another opt out coming in on Wednesday, Another receiver, Albert Wilson, will opt out

for the season as well. Wilson had restructured his contract in the off season for one more season here with the Miami Dolphins after signing a contract in but he will now opt out and miss season here for the Dolphins. Other Rosha news, the Dolphins activated Quadrea tankers Lee off the reserve COVID nineteen list, but then waved him along

with long snapper Rex Sunahara. Those are your roster moose for the day, and let's go ahead and dive back in now to part two of the offensive line portion of the Miami Dolphins training camp roster Preview had to split this thing up because we got fifteen guys and camp took a look at eight of them yesterday, seven today, or maybe those two numbers are flipped. I can't recall, but go back to the Miami Dolphins dot com website check out the articles taking a look at the offensive line,

tight ends, receivers, running backs, and quarterbacks. We'll get back into this tomorrow and kick off the defensive side of the ball and get to Brian Flores and Josh Bowyer's unit on that side. But the convenient thing about the offensive line jersey numbers and going in order of the jersey numbers, is that it kind of gave us a good mix of every type of player on both parts of this preview series here the two part offensive line preview.

Some rookies, some undrafted guys, some veterans signings, some veteran holdovers, incumbents from last year. So we kicked this one off here in part two with number seventy one and undrafted rookie Jonathan Hubbard. He comes out of Northwestern State. It's in northwest Louisiana. The mascot of the school called the Demons, thought that was a pretty cool nickname there in a town in Louisiana called and I'm gonna butcher this. We're gonna try anyways not cheat to chees. I believe I

got that right, but anyway. Hubbard's a six ft five product that comes from Northwestern State. Signs the U d f A, and according to their website, the Northwestern State Athletic Website, he played on a line that allowed only one sack every three point nine percent of the five hundred and seventeen pass blocking snaps that he was in the game for, so much more effective with him in

the game down there in college. Hubbard's are in twenty seven games in college per the Demons team site, his best performance came in a victory over Southeast Louisiana, where he had ten knockdowns and earned an eighty two percent grade from the coaching staff. They list a bunch of their players grades on like actual coaching grades from the film session on that website. So they talked about several of his grades on the website, and his best game

was against Southeast Louisiana. Up next, number seventy two, and taking a look at the photos of training camp man Donn L. Stanley looks really good, looks really rounded out, filled out, thick guy, and you can see that on his tape with the anchor. He can drop and pass protection. But this guy coming out of South Carolina, spent six years in college, twenty five years old. Opening day, we

talked about the girth the Dolphins added up front. You just can't ignore the overall sheer size the Dolphins brought in this offseason along that offensive line, and Stanley, the undrafted interior offensive lineman, fits that bill as well. He is big, thick and sturdy, six ft four three pounds, has ten and three quarter inch hands, thirty four and five eight inch arms, and eighty one and one eight inch wingspan, So he just has all the build the

measurements you look for from that standpoint. He was a captain along the game clock's offensive line last year, and he really filled out his own individual trophy case with the awards that South Carolina gives out every year. In addition to being a team captain, he also won the team's Nutrition Award, the Unselfish Teammate Award, and the Leadership Award, as well as the Joe Morrison Offensive Player of the Spring Award. He also, to boot was an academic honorable

member down there at South Carolina. And this guy's battle test. If you play in the SEC, you're gonna face good competition just about every single Saturday, and he scored some big time wins against some of the top draft picks this last year. In the SEC. He played fifty games in his career, started thirty eight of those games, and that spread across left guard, center, and right guard respectively.

And you go back last year to the game against Alabama, he and Dolphins second round draft pick ray Kwon Davis really went after a good battle there. Both those guys got some wins, but they both looked like they were capable of handling one another. On that particular day, he uses that big frame and that big wingspan to really drop that rock solid anchor, and it also helps him roll out defensive lineman there in the running game as well.

Up next on our list, another rookie jersey number seventy three out of USC, Austin Jackson, the eighteenth pick in the draft. Now Stanley is gonna be twenty five on opening day. Jackson's gonna be twenty one years old, and he earned praise from scouts for his athletic ability, the incremental growth last year at USC, but also his unflappable character.

By now, you're all pretty much privy to the story about his bone marrow transfusion that he went to help save his sister's life and the impact it had on his summer and offseason program last year. How he couldn't do weights in conditioning up until the season began in nineteen but as the year went along and as his career progressed at USC, he really began to show the makeup of a top twenty pick last year in college.

Despite being immobilized after that surgery, he did go on to play nine hundred and twenty six snaps for the Trojans, all at left tackle, and in a three year career, he played one thousand, nine hundred and twenty three snaps in the pack twelve, so he's battle tested. One thousand, one hundred and fifty two of those came in pass protection. He allowed thirty three quarterback pressures over the three seasons and a quarterback hit rate allowed of just point o

o nine. He kept his quarterbacks clean in college, and the scouting combine this past February showed the athletic ability of the Dolphin's newest offensive tackle at six ft four three twenty two pounds. He also measured in the eightie percentile or better in the ten yards split, forty yard dash, broad jump, as well as the bench press, and those twenty seven bench press reps really become much more impressive when you consider the thirty four and one eight inch arms.

If you go look at the average size of an offensive lineman at the combine, the arm length is thirty three, give or take inches for the offensive lineman, so he has an extra inch and one eighth there on the arm length, and he uses those to really latch out against those speed rushers. Guys that want to bend that edge and get up field and get to the quarterback that way. It helps him recover faster, helps him redirect back inside. That length and athletic ability is going to

help him develop at the next level. And NFL Networks Daniel Jeremiah details those traits that made Jeremiah say that this guy has the best football ahead of him. He wrote in one of his top fifty pieces last year, quote Jackson brings an intriguing blend of size, athleticism, and upside. In the passing game, he has the quickness to easily cut off speed rushers, and he plays with good knee

bend and balance. In the run game, he has the quickness to reach and cut off on blocks on the backside, and he does a good job of staying attached on the front side. You might hear that term knee bend a lot. It's really a good way to speak about a player's balance and how they're able to really absorb power and absorb those bull rushes and bend at the knees opposed to bending at the waist, where you get out over the front of your skis, so to speak.

Then you get off balance. You can get thrown away, thrown around that way, so good. Knee bend is very valuable along the offensive line. Up next, jersey number seventy four. We're going right in line here. Keaton Sutherland. He played one season in the NFL. This is a second with the Miami Dolphins out of Texas A and M. He will be twenty three years old on opening Day. He was a waiver acclaim last September. He made one start in the Week fifteen game that left guard against the Giants.

He played ninety four snaps in total on the season, and overall, he earned a seventy point one run blocking grade from Pro Football Focus on those snaps and did not surrender a sack in sixty two pass blocking snaps. Brian Flores spoke about the addition of Keaton Sutherland last fall when they picked him up off the waiver wire and what he saw on tape that made the Dolphins pull the trigger on that waiver claim. Flora says, quote, Keaton is a young player in the league. He's got

some athletic ability. He's a smart kid. He kind of understands things almost like a veteran in a lot of ways. That's been good. And then He would go on to talk about how they haven't gotten much playing time for either he or Aaron Donald last offseason, but he thinks that they're developing and that's what they're looking for here at every position group getting better or every day and developing every day at the facility. Up next a veteran

of the group here, Eric Flowers. People in South Florida should be very familiar with Flowers, who signed a free agent contract this offseason on the opening day of free agency. He has five seasons in the NFL, gonna be his first here in Miami. He wears number seventy five, twenty six years old on opening day, continuing that theme of a young building team, a bunch of guys in their mid to early twenties on this football team. And so

flowers career comes full circle. The Miami Gardens native will come back to where his career began after stops with the New York Giants and in Washington, and he played guard last year for the first time in his professional career after playing tackle with the Giants, and that's where his career really started to take off for Washington. Per Pro Football Focus, Washington ran the ball inside the tackles last year seventy eight times split evenly at thirty nine

attempts to either side of the formation. When running right, which was away from Flowers, they average three point eight seven yards per carry. Running behind Flowers on the left side nead a difference of plus six or point six eight yards rather per carry, averaging four and a half yards per carry last year for Washington running off the left side of the formation, and nine of those seventy eight carries behind the left guard went for ten plus yards.

Adrian Peterson average point seven yards per carry better running behind left guard than he did off right guard. So Eric Flowers was a big part of the Washington running game last season. He played five hundred and eighty eight snaps in pass protection, with just four plays resulting in a hit on the quarterback from that left guard position. Flowers is in rarefied air. Just one other guard who had more than five hundred pass blocking snaps allowed fewer

quarterback hits than Flowers. That was Dallas Is four time All Pro Zack Martin, so rare company there as well. Had a ninety seven point six pass blocking efficiency grade on Pro Football Focus and pass blocking win rate on ESPNS. Next gen stats there, Flowers was one of thirteen guards to play more than five hundred pass blocking snaps and allowed two or fewer sacks in nineteen And you continue this theme of big bodies up front. He goes six

ft six three and thirty pounds. He logged four thousand, six hundred eleven snaps through his first five seasons, so we averages nine hundred and twenty two snaps per year. A very reliable, durable guy. And Eric Flowers speaking of durability. Up next, Jesse Davis. Three accrued seasons in the NFL, entering number four here with the Miami Dolphins. He wears number seventy seven, Idaho product, nine years old on opening day, which makes him the longest tenured veteran of this group.

And he's taken that leadership role seriously. We heard him talk about that last weekend on the media availability where he talks about how he has this position now where it's time for him to step up and be the leader,

and he said he wants to be that leader. He took that upon himself to really kind of expand his leadership knowledge this offseason by reading books and just being more vocal and more involved with the young guys, and his play down the stretch last year in nineteen really helped the Dolphins offense take a step to the next level twenty eight point six points per game in those five games into seven b and over those five games, Davis did not allow a sack, he committed just one

penalty and surrender a total of nine quarterback pressures over that stretch of five games. He hasn't missed a start the last two years. He's played one thousand, eight hundred ninety six snaps between three positions, and since becoming a Dolphin, Davis has played every position along the line except in the middle at center. And Brian Flores had this to say about Jesse Davis in a media availability last season, quote, I think his versatility is very important to this team,

his ability to play guard and tackle. We like that. He's got to have some experiences out there as well, which he has, and I think overall he's done a good job. And quote. Up next on our list, Adam Panky. Three accrued seasons in the NFL, entering number two with the Miami Dolphins. He wears number seventy eight out there. West Virginia product twenty six years old on opening day, and another guy on here. There was an in season

waiver claim last year for the Dolphins. He only played twelve snaps of action in game time last year, but according to Pro Football Focus, each of those twelve of reps came as an extra lineman attached to the end of the line of scrimmage in that heavy personnel package, and in that very limited sample size, he scored a respectable seventy two point nine pass blocking grade with no pressures allowed. And his career has two stops in green Bay.

It started there, went to Tennessee for a stint, came back to Green Bay, and found his way to Miami last December. He's six ft five ways, three hundred and thirteen pounds and was second team All Big Twelve his final year in college back in ten. Rounding out this year's group, another U d f A along the offensive line. Plenty of investments and resources added up front to the offensive line for the Miami Dolphins, Brian Flores and Chris career.

He wears number seventy nine. Nick Cultmyer out of Kansas State going to be twenty three years old on opening Day, and he has tied for the honor of the tallest player on the Miami Dolphins roster all he Ray Kwon Davis and Julian Davenport each go six ft seven. He's three hundred and thirteen pounds. Also has one of the longest wingspans on the team eighty two and a half inches.

He started all thirteen game for the Kansas State Wildcats last season and all at right tackle, earning honorable mention from the Big Twelve coaches. And as far as his measurements go, from his pro day back in March, he clocked to five six five forty right at eight point to one three Cohen time a five oh six and the twenty yard shuttle and at eighteen bench press reps of two d and twenty five pounds, jump twenty inches on the vert and eight ft one on the broad jumps.

So those are Miami Dolphins offensive lineman. Go ahead and check out Miami Dolphins dot com for the written piece for more detail, more breakdown more video components of every single player on this Dolphins offensive line. As that concludes our offensive preview again tomorrow, we'll get in to the defensive players for your twenty Miami Dolphins roster preview. But to finish out this show, we have media availability from Wednesday.

We're gonna hear from running backs Matt Brita and Jordan Howard, as well as second year defensive lineman Christian Wilkins. Let's go ahead and roll some of the audio and talk about the highlights from their media availabilities on Wednesday, August five.

And at first we did have running back Jordan Howard, and I was like stided for both these interviews with these running backs because they both add so much to the offense, both from the elements they add and also explosion and power and speed all that fun stuff they can bring. That was the first question that Jordan Howard was asked about was how he and other new running back Matt Brita might pair it together in the backfield and if they've had conversations about how that pairing might go,

the roles they might play. Here was Jordan's answer on that question. Um, No, we haven't talked about that. All the running backs in the road. We're religious trying to have all this making team and play whatever role they want us to play, So we've really discussed roles and stuff like that, but just trying to do our part for the team, so taking the team approach mentality as this Dolphins team is going to do. And we speak a lot about the consistency of the message of Brian

Flores and this coaching staff and this organization. Well, one of the consistent messages of this team is to be well consistent, and that's what Jordan said about his goals for the season, just to be consistent each and every game, be the best player I can play my abilities and this aptein win and what the being And speaking of themes, one of the themes on these media availabilities on Wednesday was the chip on the shoulder these players carry, and

you might find that to be another theme on this Dolphins team. Guys that maybe felt like they were overlooked at some point in their career, whether it was the draft, whether it was an NFL production. And that's what Jordan Howard talked about here. With his production over the last four years in the NFL being among the top five or six backs with yards and touchdowns and the key

stats there at the top of those categories. Jordan Howard was asked about how he might view that as being overlooked and how he uses that as fuel for himself going forward. I mean, I'm not really worried about proving people wrong, uh, trying to be now overlooking the more. I mean, I kind of use that to my advantage, you know, being on a dog and stuff like that.

But I'm not really trying to change that narrative. Up next, a question from yours truly, Hey, Jordans, my questions about chan Gailey's run scheme and his offenses have traditionally ran the ball very well. I was curious to know what is it about his system that will benefit your skill set most? Oh. I guess he just knows his personality just puts us in the best positions to be successful. So I feel like, no matter who the running back is,

is gonna take this game to their abilities. And that might sound cliche or kind of a novel concept, like, yeah, why wouldn't everyone put their players in the best position to make plays? But we've heard that across several interviews and several coaches and players talking about Chan Gailey, even like Jay Feeler in the past talking about Gayley's offense or with fits or Joachim Grant talking about the freedom

of the routes in the passing game. How He's going to put guys in the best position to succeed based upon their skill sets. Up next, Jordan was asked to give a bit of a scouting report on new running back Matt Breta. I remember watching Matt like in college. He was abusting the whole lot of rhymes, a long runs and stuff like that. Just know, he's like very dynamic. He can take to the house and he and he played, so I know he's very supposive player. I can't wait

to see how he helped the team out. And then he was asked to talk about the quarterbacks he's been working with last week here at Dolphins camp, talking about Ryan Fitzpatrick and to a tongue of Valoa. Starting first with Ryan Fitzpatrick, he's been great. Uh see, everybody loves him. Uh it's just a he's just the players, he's just the people person. Everybody gravitates toward him. You can tell he's very selfless. Um as a team first and everything, but um, I just feel like he's a great leader

so far. And then next he talked about takabloa to He's definitely person as well, just a chill guy. I guess being from y he's just like hang loose, but he's definitely. Um, people are gonna gravitate them gravitated to him like fits said, Um, he's just he said, he's hungary. Uh, he's being patient right now, but he's definitely, he's definitely hargard.

Jordan was then asked about the health he has coming back off of last he's an injury, his off season workout program, and how he feels today down here at Dolphins camp. I feel like I've been a good place. Uh. We're in an acclimation period right now, so we're just getting back into the group of things, uh, the way that Shrimp coaches want us to live and stuff like that. But I feel like I put in a lot of good work this offseason, So I feel like I've been

a pretty good place right now. And up next on the dock, it was other new Dolphins running back acquired on draft Day in a trade for a fifth round pick, Matt Brita. Let's go ahead and roll some questions here from the other new Dolphins running back, Brita the Cheetah, and we start with the question on that very topic. A great quote here about how he, too, like Jachim Grant, likes to go fast and as new Lamborghini he purchased in the off season. Yeah, yeah, I gotta Lamborghini not

too long ago. And um, you know I like going fast. You know, I run fast. I just like every doing everything fast. So, um, you know I always wanted one, and uh, you know, God bless me to be able to get one. And Matt Brida, being from the state of Florida, is returning back home to play for the

Miami Dolphins. He was asked about the trade process, how that all went down, and how the Dolphins approached him, the first thing they said to him on that trade call, and how excited the Dolphins were to bring him into Miami. Here's a Brita's answer about the draft day trade. Uh, you know, they were just very happy to be able

to get me. You know, they have been watching me in the past couple of years and they were excited what I'd be able to do, uh in these offense and the fifth the scheme, well, you know my running and my rent running ability, and they said, you know, you know they're gonna get me in here. And I told him, I said, hey, whatever, really you guys want me to do, I don't care I'm gonna do it to the best of my movie. And we heard Jordan

Howard talk about this chip on his shoulder. The same question was posed to Matt Brita about how he motivates himself and the chip he carries talking about being an undrafted player coming into the NFL, having success and carrying that chip on his shoulder throughout the course of his NFL career. I'm always gonna that chip on my shoulder. I mean I came in the league undrafted. Um, that's always gonna be with me no matter where I go,

over what I do. That's just my mentality. I mean he was as a little kid, I always a chipping my shoulder, So uh, that's never gonna change. Um. How are people view me? I tell I view me. Um, I just controlled. I can control, and that's how good I plan in the field. We're gonna hear a really good answer here later in this episode from Christian Wilkins about the meshing of the personalities and the energy and

the Dolphins locker room. Here's a question post in the same vein towards Matt Brida and how he compares it to his first year in San Francisco with new guys coming together building that chemistry. Uh. It kind of reminds me of uh my sand friend Lick Room a little bit. The way the guys are mingling around. Um, guys, are you know, just happy back in the pudding with energy? Um, you know, everyone's communicating with each other and we're trying

to get to know each other. And it kind of reminds me of Sad Frame when I was at my first year. So we're on the right track, you know, as far as chemistry going. And you know, he couldn't get out of this availability without talking about the fastest times in the NFL. He has the two fastest times each of the last two years in the NFL. He was asked who might be able to challenge him for the honor of fastest player in the National Football League. Oh, man,

you guys know the answer this question. You guys see the next dance stats. You know what I mean? For the for the past two years, you guys, you know, I always you know, uh get to this question and uh, you know, until someone you know beats my time beat me out on the in that same year, then you know I'm still the fastest guy. Now to talk about his own teammates in that running backs room with Jordan Howard,

Miles Gaskin, Patrick Laird. Here's a little bit of a breakdown, a snapshot from Matt Brita on what this backfield can offer this Dolphins team. Uh. Yeah, you know, I've been watching Jordan's you know, since the rookie He actually came in here before I did. Uh. You know, he runs the ball very well at what he does. He also you know, get out of the back field too, so you know, I think he's gonna do a great job

offense year. But now that we have you know, Miles Gaston, Patrick, we got Kaalen uh and they're all great running back so, um, you know, I don't want anyone to overlook those guys too, because you know, we've got a great group of backs and they're gonna shock for a a lot of people this year.

So there you have the Dolphins, two new running backs and Jordan Howard and Matt brit To talking about the depth of this running back room, some of the stuff they can do in Chan Gailey's offense, and how they're gonna spark this Dolphins running game. Up next, we heard from Christian Wilkins, Dolphins second year defensive lineman. And this first question. You always love talking to this guy because

he will break it down. We'll talk about personality off the field, but even more so the on field product and how he can improve his game and get better. Here's what Christian Wilkins is working on this season to improve in your number two. Um, Well, you know things. You know, I'm never a complete player. I've never done working on her game, so there's always things you can improve on. So the biggest thing for me is just working on hands pas leverage and and have a good technique. Really,

you know that starts with your hands as your feet. I'm, like I said, playing with good path leverage. Um. And you know, like for one of what I noticed from college to the NFL, you know, it's a lot harder to make those big plays, you know what I mean. But you know that's just stems from your technique. Can play with good technique, You'll make a lot of plays, and you'll make those big plays, get those typics for last two. So that's really my my big focus going

into the season. It feels like anytime you put on a Merrin Hobby media availability, you'll hear him talk about violent hands and how guys are active with those hands and how they work to keep themselves clean. You hear Christian talk about there. Of course, that relationship dates back to their time together at Clemson. So Wilkins work on that aspect of his game had a big surge in the second half of the season last year as he

builds upon that and grows into your number two. And he also knows the exact same thing with his leadership growing in that area as well. Yeah, well, um, you know, no one has higher expectations, you know for for me to need you know what I'm saying, And so I'm always working daily, daily, day in and day out on my craft, you know, just just to be the best player I can be and the best leader. I feel like I could definitely take a step from a leadership

stamp this year. Uh you know, just lead by example, vocal when I can, um, you know, so that's big as well. But you know they all starts with, you know, preparation and doing doing what I need to do on the field, um, you know, and just I'm you know, I'm ready to you know, help those guys out those three new personound picks, you know, as much as I

can because I know what it's like. I know what the pressions are like, the expectation to you know, succeed on the field, and just everything off the field, dealing with life, and you know, I just manage it and all the distractions and things like that. Um. You know, I'm just definitely here for those guys as much as I can be. And now my question for Christian Wilkins on Wednesday, Hey, Christian, man's good to see you again. Uh. I wanted to talk to you about when the Dolphins

drafted you. Both Flow and Chris referred to the energy you bring to all the practices and workouts and that type of thing. With a lot of the new faces you guys have on defense this year, I'm curious to know how those personalities are meshing and if anyone's matching your level of energy this season. Well, I don't think if anyone can match my energy. You know, I'm always happy, always ready to work, always ready to go. Um. But no,

it really feels like you know, it's it's crazy. I feel like the connection we've already built and already in and are going to continue to build, it's just so natural because new guys that came in you know, from the rookies to the free agents, you know, just the you know, the guys we picked up and the guys that have been here, you know, and I just feel like it's so natural, like they feel like we've been around each other already for a while. Um. And that

stime is just from good leadership. On the defensive side too, we got good guys. You know, we're bringing those guys in opening with open arms, Um, and everybody else is getting where they fit him too. So it's just that's that's part of it's great. Um. You know, I'm really connecting with a lot of the newer guys. You absolutely love to hear that about how quickly things have meshed for the Dolphins in that locker room, these guys coming together.

Brian Flores talks about it all the time. They want guys that prioritized football, They want guys that it's important to them. And I think Christians answer they're really kind of signifies that idea, that idea and that mentality of really prioritizing the game, prioritizing your craft and your profession and taking the stuff seriously. Up next, he was asked about how the additions up front on the Dolphins defensive line can help both he and Yvon Gatchow on that

defensive line. I think it'll go hand to hand and Noe. You know, they'll help us. Aline, we'll help. Um, you know, we just gotta be on the same on the same accord. You don't have the same mindset, um, and just all just you know, the biggest thing is just do your job.

And I think you know, we brought up some good guys, like you said, um, you know, so we'll help them make plays, to help us make plays, uh, you know, And I'm excited to get to work with those guys, even just after a few days getting out there, walking through, jogging through and just being with those guys and meetings and stuff you're hanging around them. Um, you know, I think we gotta you know, we got a chance to

be pretty good. But we'll just taking one day at a time, all right, and that is going to do it. From our Wednesday media availabilities Jordan Howard, Matt Brita, and Christian Wilkins. If you guys want to see those clips in their entirety, go ahead and check out the Miami Dolphins dot com page, on YouTube, social media, wherever, we are. You can find those videos and get the entire interviews for yourself. That's gonna be my time on today's Drive

Time podcast. We're gonna be pumping out tons of content every day from here basically until the end of the season, so keep it locked on Miami Dolphins dot com. Go ahead and subscribe to the podcast on Apple, podcast, Spotify, wherever you download your podcast. You can find us there. Follow me on Twitter at Wingfield NFL, follow the Dolphins at Miami Dolphins, The fish Tank and the Audible Podcast. Check both of those out, as well as the website. Until next time, fins Up

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