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Travis is back with the latest installment of the Drive Time Podcast. Today, we welcome linebacker David Long Jr. to Miami by breaking down his film, his fit in the defense, the numbers he produced in four years in Tennessee and much more! Plus, we welcome in Titans Game Day Radio Co-Host Rhett Bryan to tell us the great player and person Miami acquired in David Long Jr.

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But do they know, David Long is this is the first play the game. This is how you play football, this Tennessee Titan football righter. You just come in and you just blast the guard. You just come in. You just give him right foot, right shoulder, right foot, right shoulder, Just blast them all right, and then get out the block, make the tackle. You know, Aaron Jones ends the Cowboys. They couldn't get sixty yards last night against this defense.

You watch this, David Long Junior. He leads the team in tackles like negative plays all these plays last night behind the line of scrimmage, one after another. Because all he does attack like he attacks, and he just finds the opening, full speed, full speed player. Like just put your put your periscope on, David Long Junior. You'll have a good time. You'll get your money's worth. Drive Time

with Travis Winfield begins. Now let me check 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, it is the David Long episode. Miami makes another splash this one at linebacker, and your

boy is fired up. A master block deconstructor, one of the smartest, most instinctive linebackers I watched on tape during the free agent process, A productive blitzer with plus coverage skills. The Dolphins got themselves a good one in the middle of defense, and we're gonna talk about him in depth on this episode of the Drivetime Podcast from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast. Maya Gaffe fash So another big addition

to this Miami Dolphins defense. It is official. David Long is a Miami Dolphin in a two year contract, and I am fired up. The Dolphins had the fourth ranked run defense in the National Football League last year, and it looks like that will get even better now with the addition of this really talented linebacker. And I'm not sure there was a better player I would have targeted who could have made that part of the team even better than mister David Long Junior. But it's not just that.

For David Long. He is a productive rusher, a tremendous coverman to boot He's a three down player and that's why we start with his stats right here. He played seven hundred and forty snaps in twelve games last year for the Tennessee Titans. The former six round draft choice out of West Virginia became the traffic cop in the middle of that defense, earning his way into that role

with increased workloads each year of his pro career. That rookie campaign was mostly on special teams and Dan damn good tape in that regard, by the way, then something of a two down role in twenty twenty, but the last two years that defense was different with David Long on the field compared to not having him out there. So he did miss five games last year, but seven hundred and forty snaps in twelve games. That's sixty two snaps per game, which is pro raded to about one

thousand and fifty snaps for seventeen games. So if he's up on game day, he's on the field when the Titans defense was and it's not hard to see why he is a rare player in the sense that he's not just capable in all three phases, he excels in all three phases. Let's go ahead before you look at the advanced metrics on rush defense, coverage, and pass rushing. Let's look at the counting stats. Eighty six tackles last year, seven of those for a lost, three QB hits. He

had two of his four career picks. All of those four came within the last two years when he did get elevated into that full time starter role. And again, that's not a linebacker starting in your base look and then coming off in sub packages. It's starting, finishing, and playing everything in between. He also had five passes defense.

That's eleven in the last two years. So for his career fifty games, twenty six starts, four hicks, fourteen pass defense, two forced fumbles, two hundred and thirty tackles, fifteen of those for a loss, and five QB hits. So I told you about the pass rush production, right, and I just told you no sacks. But we know that pass

rush isn't just about what the sack production is. Eighteen pressures last year with those three hits, and that was on only forty seven pass rush attempts, So he's applying pressure on more than one third of those wits calls thirty eight percent to be exact. We talk about run stops on this podcast a lot. He had forty of those on just two hundred and sixteen rundown snaps last year. Think about that, on just under one fifth, it's about eighteen point five percent of the place that he's on

the field against the run. He's not just making the tackle, he's making a tackle that is considered a win on that play for the defense. Run stops are a measure of making a tackle within a certain percentage of the yards to gain on a given play. It changes for first down, second down, third down. Think of it in terms of improving your win ability based on the outcome of that play. David Long making all kinds of positive plays for the Titans run defense the last couple of years.

Thirty nine of Pro football focuses off ball linebackers had forty run stops. Nobody did it on fewer rundown snaps than Long's two sixteen. That's actually the same number A Landon Roberts had forty, but he was on the field for three hundred and fifty three rundowns snaps, so nearly one hundred and forty more. That eighteen point five percent mark for Long was the second best run stop rate among all off ball linebackers in the NFL last year

minimum two hundred snaps. Fred Warner was second in total run stops. He had seventy two. His rate was sixteen point three percent. Just to give you a comparison of how the most productive run stopping linebackers do in that category. And we'll get to the tape. Oh buddy, we'll get to that tape. But let's look at the coverage numbers first before we do all that. And by the way, the eight team pressures was tenth most from a volume

standpoint among all off ball linebackers. So if he played the whole year, probably could have been top two or three among those top ten. Kara to guests who had the best pass rush rate or pressure rate, I should say, check this out. So Long had eighteen pressures on forty seven snaps. Bobby Wagner nineteen on one hundred and thirteen reps. Jawan Bentley had two more, twenty pressures one hundred and seventeen reps. Caden Ellis just signed a big contract. He

had twenty pressures. That's two more than Long, but he did it on sixty or sorry, fifty six more snaps, one hundred and three of them Alex Anzeloni also just got paid. He's actually the second best rate on this list. Twenty one pressures ninety pass rush reps. Frankie Luvu Gokoog's twenty three on one forty six. Matt Milano we all know about him and the really pro bowl level player. He is twenty four pressures on seventy three pass rush reps.

Patrick Queen twenty five on one thirteen. And Devin White for the Buccaneers led the NFL of thirty three pressures, but he did that on one hundred and fifty three reps. Once again, I have done the math, and the math is good. Thirty eight point three percent for David Long is absurd. Devin White the number one quarterback pressure leader among all off ball linebackers in terms of volume. His was twenty one point five percent, so a seventeen percent

departure there. The next best rate in the top ten again, Alex Anzeloni twenty three point three percent. And I just told you did the math. Let me go ahead and pull us back up, because I'm looking at Bolano's number and that looks pretty good. Two twenty four divided by seventy three. He was thirty two point eight percent, So I was wrong about Anzeloni. He's third Milano was second, but he was still six percent points away from David Long.

Back to the coverage aspect of it, targeting Long last year yielded an eighty seven point o passer writing for opposing quarterbacks. He's never been flagged more than twice in one season. He has six career penalties, and man, that's so impressive, giving twelve hundred and thirty six career coverage snaps and just six penalties. Twelve hundred and thirty without six wi and a lot of times, these guys can be, you know, matched up in a way that isn't always

a favorable matchup for them. Think about offensive coordinators who spend all week trying to figure out a way to get a bed back against a linebacker one on one, or a Travis Kelsey matched up against a linebacker one on one. Pretty easy for those wins to be substantial enough that the defenders only move is to grab on and get that five yard holding call. But he doesn't have to do that. He hasn't done that. It speaks for his change of direction skill set, his route concept recognition,

and his instincts to anticipate things. He was in coverage on those four hundred and seventy seven snaps last year and allowed just four hundred and sixty eight yards. That's less than one yards per coverage snap. And in his career he's just over one yard per coverage snap thirteen hundred and seventeen yards. Again, twelve hundred and thirty six

career snaps. Those are really good numbers. That eighty seven passer rating allowed was seventh among all off ball linebackers last year, and again using Fred Warner, his was eighty eight point eight, So in that same ballpark. I don't think that stat is the end all be all, because ultimately you don't want to be targeted as a linebacker. But Long wasn't targeted that often because he's often in great shape. But it does give you a feel for what some of the really well known players produced in

that department. Warner was at point seven five yards per coverage nap for posterity, he's an absolute freak. Another thing I really like about David Long, and this stat bears out, is he only or rather he allows you to not get caught in a matchup issue when teams get down tight in the red zone and really in general, but down there specifically, you can often have heavier personnel, which

brings up base defenses. Right your three linebackers, four linebackers on the field, and that can create matchup issues because offenses love to throw to the running back who gets matched up on a linebacker whose primary strength it is probably run defense. But for Long, he's a force against the run, but can also a matchup on coverage. Essentially, it limits the offenses options in a critical area. Think about the Bills opening drive touchdown in that Week three

game last year, running back on linebacker. Was it Singletary or was it moss I? Forget which running back it was, but it was against Landon Roberts fourth down and it was no contest. It was wide open, easy touchdown. Now imagine that's David Long and you can save seven points they're going to take away very very important aspect of this acquisition. Let's do some more stats and next gen data before we move on to the tape and fit

portion of the podcast. ESPN has their own version of tracking pass rush wins pass rush win rate, aptly named right Well. He was also second in that as well as their pressure rate tracking Pro Football Focus grades. I don't I can take him or leave him. But he was eighty nine point zero against the run, which was fourth among qualifying players. So seventh best passer rating against, second best pass rush ring rate, and fourth best run defense grade. It sounds like a top five linebacker to me.

More data next Gen tracks run stuff rate. He tied for first with Jeremiah A. Wusu Coromoa. And I've always said that stats are confirming of the tape right Well, when looking at what most of these stats say, I also like to look at who's on that list. Well, Jeremiah Wusu Corromo is one of the premier players in the NFL. Matt Malana was third both Jok and Long.

We're six point six percent five point eight percent at third than you had Bobby Wagner and Frankie Luvu at four point nine at four point eight percent good company, and he topped all of them except for matching Jok. And this stat measures tackles for no gainer for a loss, so it's different than the run stops, but you just get the idea. This is one of the most consistent playmakers from that position against the run, and as a rusher and in coverage. In fact, Next Gen tagged Long

with minus five point one receptions over expected. That means that there's a baseline for what's expected to be completed based upon the play call, where people are when the ball is thrown situations like that, he was minus five point one receptions overexpected. That was sixth best among off ball linebackers. And to our earlier point, the Dolphins allowed the most touchdowns of any linebacker group in the NFL eleven last year and the fourth highest completion percentage against

linebackers and coverage just a hair under eighty percent. So Ramsey was literally as good as you could have asked for in terms of an upgrade at corner but Long, honestly it might be even more so of that at the linebacker position. There you go, that's the numbers. Let's go ahead and take our first break and come back and do my favorite part, the film breakdown on David Long. That's next Drivetime podcast, your host, Travis Wingfield, brought to

you by AutoNation. The film has been grinded, the notes have been written. We are ready to rock and roll here talking about what has me fired up. If you couldn't tell from the tone of that first segment, I am just over the moon about this acquisition. There is so much good tape that illustrates all the things that we just mentioned. First, I want to talk about his instincts.

There's a play against the Raiders where Vegas runs duo and what that means you you get two double teams inside and you create a two way go for the running back to choose I want this gap or do I want that gap? Before the snap, you see along realign the three technique. It comes down and says, hey, big guy, move your butt over this way. Two gaps where he becomes now a one technique from the three tech, which is the outside shoulder of the guard slide over

to the outside shoulder of the center. And why don't you go ahead and eat up this double team for me? And watch this, Watch this, watch I'm gonna do. It's hard to come away with any conclusion other than the fact that he knows exactly what the play is, because that's what the best do, right. They prepare in a way that gives them the answers to the test before

they ever take the field. And he bumps the DT over and you get this ISO block on the end with a left tackle, and it creates these two huge gaps, one on the inside of that double team, one on the outside, and they're both look like huge lanes. It also gives Josh Jacobs, who by the way led the NFL and rushing both gaps, to choose from. That's his read. Find out where you see color flash and take the opposite,

opposite gap. So Jacobs takes the handoff, and you see Long squeeze in tight, get in tight to that block and make yourself tough to see. But also the closer you can scrape, the more chance you have of playing in that gap at the right time. So he's right behind that double team on the defensive tackle. Then he kind of shifts inside, takes one step towards the inside gap, and flashes that blue jersey, which gives Jacobs his read,

Hey blue inside, I'm gonna go outside. If the blue went outside, I was going to bang it up inside. So you see Long take that step inside, and Jacobs immediately bounces, which is the right read. Right looks like a wide open b gap for potential long gain and a safety coming down from depth is my only potential obstacle for a long run, so he takes that B gap, but that's what Long wanted. He baited him into that move.

He darts right back out there and beat Jacobs to the spot and wrestles him to the ground for no gain. I guarantee you Jacobs is thinking in that moment, this is a twenty yard run for me and then potentially running over a safety for a touchdown. It's a no yard gain. That's how impressive it was. So you see the preparation and instincts on his tape all the time. There's a lot of that in his coverage game as well.

He anticipates where the brakes come off the stem and he puts him in position to drive on the football. You know, two picks five passes defense last year prove that he has a nose for the football and coverage, but it also puts him in position where per Fick passes tend to be completed. But he gets himself in a spot where he can make any immediate tackle and limit any yard after catch. The number one thing that jumps off the tape to me is a product of

that preparation and those instincts. He just goes like he sees it and he goes, did you guys watch hard Knocks last summer with that rookie linebacker Rodrigo, Malcolm Rodriguez with the Lions linebacker coach Kelvin Shepard just kept saying in the meeting rooms to the veterans, y'all better be careful because Rodrigo is doing things the right way. He's doing it how I coach him, and if he stays

that way, we're going to play him on Sundays. And he, of course is alluding to the fact that a sixth round rookie shouldn't be the one who's consistently correctly reading his keys and playing faster than the rest of the room, because that typically comes with time and experience. Right, That's what Long does all the time. He plays off of his keys, and he plays that fast. By the way, Rodrigo, it's just good football's. You can tell it's a good

football player when they play that way. He played all year and was great for the Lions. Same story with David Long, and it speaks to the point I've been trying to make about the quarterback position for I don't know ever, that there is not just one way to put the ball where it needs to be when it needs to be there. There are multiple contributing factors like velocity, like footwork, like timing, but nothing above anticipation. Right, that's number one. I look at David Long that way because

he's just frequently seeing it before everybody else. He did test in the ninety third percentile on the three cone back in his combined workout, which tracks, and the way he breaks off the stem and coverage and the way he deconstructs blocks without engaging them. He's just a super anticipatory player who makes a lot of plays with the work that he puts in on Wednesday through Friday, not just on Sundays. Now, He's not just an anticipatory block beater.

He's a violent player. He plays with tenacity and he hits people in the mouth. First play in the Green Bay game last year TNF Amazon Prime, you probably watched it. They pull a guard and it's Long versus Elton Jenkins in the a gap. That's one of the best offensive lineman regardless of position in the National Football League. And this is where the film nerd in me gets pumped because it's basic football techniques. They're not always as common

and fundamental as you might think. Power generates in the bass, right, it's all in the hips. All hitters have that power come through their lower half and it funnels through the shoulder for most football hits. Right on this clip, you see Long come to balance to get his knees over his feet, hips over his knees, shoulders over his hips, and that allows him to generate all the force playing through that lower half body explosion into the force of the hit, and it gets the knock back. It lays

the boom. It's aligned in a way that allows him to make the initial contact to create that knockback. Because he's playing through the player, that player's momentum is stonewalled. He no longer becomes a part of a factor in the play. It allows Long to shed and make the tackle. His tape is littered with plays like this quickness speed beaten with with you know, undergoing underneath blocks but also playing through blockers. This guy's a great football player. Guards centers,

tight ends, fullbacks. It doesn't matter he beats those blocks. He also wins in coverage. I loved watching him spot drop to a relative landmark, but then immediately search for a body for a number to cover for an eligible because sometimes you see guys get to their spot and they just cover grass. That's where I'm supposed to be. I'll stand here, not no skin off my back. Long

don't do that. He finds eligible players to track. There's a clip against the Bengals where he sees motion a justice pre snap alignment, gets depth of the curl flat which is, you know, the five yards and into the side of the field, and as Burrow comes off his initial read, Long knows, okay, the pass rush is gonna get home because it's married up with our coverage you're

playing right now. So now that he's held the ball, I can drive before the ball comes out, and it puts him in a position to make a big play on the football, just giving him a headstart because he understands the concepts of what's going on around him. There's a play against the Colts this year in the game in Indianapolis where you see him call out something before

the snap. The defensive tackle he's working off shoots inside and that creates a lane for Long to scrape right off his back and then beat mo Alei Cox, who's one of the best blocking tight ends in the game, to the spot and get Jonathan Taylor down for a loss. I just consistently see him beat blocks in whichever way they call plays for. He's tough to climb and attached to For offensive lineman on the second level, Gosh, he's good. The smooth transitions and quickness help him win as a

rusher and especially in coverage. And I think when you look at some of the principles of the coach Fangio defense and what he's called upon in the past, it has been that linebacker that allows you to play with those lighter boxes because of his ability to both come up and play downhill, but also a matchup in the

passing game. It's a defense that has a lot of variety and disguise, and you can only get to that stuff if you have super smart, instinctive players in those signal caller roles, linebacker in safety, and with David Long and Javon Holland, gosh, I think we stand a great chance to get that communication ruling quickly in this new defense to maximize all the personnel we now have on this Dolphins defense. Some testimonials here about the David Long signing.

Josh Norris a great football mine from Underdog Fantasy Outstanding played at a really high level before the injury last year. Dolphins have already added Vic Fangio, Jalen Ramsey and Dave Long this offseason. Who he says, Damian Woody, a former Jet who doesn't like the Dolphins, ESPN that David Long deal is fantastic for the Dolphins. Last year in camp,

Titans defensive coordinator Shane Bowen had this to say. Long has taken that position, that role in the middle of the defense, taken the role by the horns, and he's running with it. He's really the solidifying force in that room right now. Finally, I think you could really see

a drop off when Long wasn't in the lineup. Twelve games for the Titans last year where he was in there, they allowed just twenty points per game, and they went seven and five without him, didn't win a game and five and allowed nearly four more points per game twenty three point nine. Getting Long and Ramsey four this defense was just such a big two part win. Again. I'm fired up. Let's go ahead and do our last segment here on mister Long. We're going to hear from the

executive producer and game day host of Titans Radio. He's been there for their entire time in Nashville. Rehet Brian, he'll tell us about David Long Junior. That's next Drivetime podcast. Your host, Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation and joining me now, is the executive producer and game day host of Titans Radio. He's Rhett Brian. Rhet, thank you so much for your time today. We really appreciate it, Travis,

glad to do it. Free agency is a wild and wooly time and you guys have invested interest in this like everybody else. Absolutely we do. It's always fun. The NFL is King Matt takes over this time of year, as it does throughout much of the calendar, and players trading teams always seems to be one of the more

fun times for fans. We wanted to get you on here to pump up one of our new guys here with the news that David Long Junior will be the next man in the middle of this Miami Dolphins defense for Coach Fangio, and I wanted to start here and just kind of ask you if you could surmise David Long's time with the Titans. I know he was a key part of the defense. How would you kind of

encapsulate his career there with the Titans. Well, first of all, I'm excited for him for the opportunity to work with a guy like Vic Fangio, and he cut his teeth with another great defensive mind and Dean Pets. And when he came into the league in twenty nineteen with the Titans, you know, he was he was more of a C ball hit ball, tackling machine. You know, he's a Big

twelve Player of the Year out of West Virginia. And the more he got an opportunity to play, the more he had a chance to be able to work better into coverages and uh, you know, hone that part of his craft. He's always been a solid tackler. In fact, he's been second to tackles on the team in the last two seasons, so he's gotten better every year. He's been a tendency Titan. And you know, the only thing that I would say is one of the reasons why he is now Miami Dolphin is the durability part of it.

He's had some soft injury to tissue. Excuse me, he's had some soft injury. Soft tissue injury. Don't get it out of me. I've been up for a long time that I've been feeling it on our morning show, on our flatculivation, So I excuse me that we get it. But he gave his twelve games in the last two seasons, and that you know, and look, everybody deals with injuries. Everybody has that. You know, it's one hundred percent success rate,

and that's part of the deal. Is I think they probably would have liked to have had him back, but I think availability was a part of this. But let me say this, and that's the only thing I'll say that even sounds disparaging about the guy because he's great dude, easy to work with, hungry, quick, learner, all the things

that that somebody like Vic Fangio would love. And if you want a sample size and one play of the kind of ball player you're getting at David Law I urged Dolphins fans to go and look at a highlight from the twenty twenty two season and Week five against

the Washington Commanders at their place next field. It is I mean, the Titans are holding on for dear life because Washington has a pretty dog one good defense and Carson Wentz did very Carson Wentz like things and the last play of the game, he steps in front of a pass and picks off Carson Wentz at about the half yard line to seal the ball game. That's the kind of dude you're getting, you know, A good leader in the locker room, a good person, and a dog

one good ball player. That's actually one of the tapes I haven't watched yet, but I just wrote it down here my notepad to go back and check it out, because you know, watching his tapes, this is a guy that plays with incredible anticipation time and time again. And I wonder what his preparation must be like because you often see him, you know, calling out plays and getting to the spot before his opponent most of the time. What can you tell us about the way he prepares

and works well. He certainly puts time in in the film room, because again, that was not necessarily his four tape when he came into the league as a Titan from West Virginia, and it's something that he learned along the way. Now here's the other thing for Dolphins fans. In the twenty nineteen playoff run that the Titans made to the AFC Championship Game, they had some injury concerns, and he got to play in some pretty big spots. He played some in the playoff win over the New

England Patriots at Foxborough that basically ended the dynasty. That was Tom Brady's last play, the pick six he threw to then Logan Ryan, and then the next week he got playing time in Baltimore as the Titans kind of cracked the code and showed all the other defenses how you can beat Lamar Jackson in the divisional route. You'll look at those tapes and you'll see again what I'm talking about. But he certainly has developed that part of

his craft and anticipating routes. That's a great way to put it, because that is exactly what he did in the play I'm talking about in week five that Carson Wentz put right his way, and I'm telling you they were they were going to go down and win this thing because it was a twenty one to seventeen final, I believe, so, I mean, it very easily could have gone the other way, and he made a perfect read

on that. It's good company because there was a game that Jalen Ramsey also had a game ceiling pick this past year in the end zone as well, So a couple of guys saving games for their respective teams now Miami Dolphins. And speaking of Vic Fangio, and you know you mentioned that preparation and the way that he kind of anticipates it's it's what coach wants the middle of

the defense. And speaking of DCS, I went back and did some digging and found some quotes from Titans DC Shane Bowen regarding David stepping into more of a leadership role kind of like you mentioned there over the last couple of years where his playing time increased when he was available to play, I'm curious if you can give us a perspective on how his teammates and coaches and people around the building responded to his example both on

the field but also vocally as a leader. Well, and that's the thing that he had to work on because he's kind of a soft spoken, keeps to himself guy. He's not like a weirdo or anything. He's just that's just kind of his makeup. But clearly he the more opportunities he got and when he stepped into that room.

Because here's the thing. We had Jayon Brown from UCLA who played for the Titans and had an injury, came back on a one year deal, and during all of that and during Jayon Brown's time where he lost some time off the field, that's where he really started cutting his teeth in this thing. And the one thing that he told us to begin the twenty twenty one season is that if he had not necessarily any regrets, but things he wants to approve on, it was to be

more of a leader. He certainly did that calling out defenses, and hey, he learned from some good ones now because Wesley Woodyard finished his career with the Titans, and that's a good one who spent time you know, at Denver and certainly with the Titans and a long career. But you know, he has a respect not only of his now former teams, he has a respect from alumni and

veterans in the Titans organization. When it was announced that, you know, he was going to be going on a two year deal with the Dolphins, Keith Bullock, one of our great you know, all time linebackers, in fact that these are the all time leading tackler Titans history, said that's my guy. Congratulations, keep doing the good work. And if Keith Bulleck, here's your seal of approval. That's pretty

good stuff. Yeah. Absolutely, you keep going. All these linebackers you guys have had, It's been a pretty good position for the Titans over over the course of a couple of decades here, and you mentioned the example on the field, but also, you know, not just that, but also in the community. I found this great clip of him on Twitter going to a local elementary school this past season and the kids just ate it up. They were loving

having him there. I was curious if you could tell us about the kind of impact he made on the community there in Nashville. Yeah, he certainly is happy to do that, and that probably I was somewhere in that clip because our team mascots, like a lot of other teams, has had a Fuel Up to Play sixty program and show for elementary and middle school kids, and he participated in that multiple times and always had a great message

and a great place of advice. You know, he's one of those guys that he recognizes where he's come from, and you know, is able to because of that, see where he's going because he's seen where he's been and had some poignet words every time he stepped to the microphone and It was great because it was an interactive, you know program with the mascot and getting kids active

for sixty minutes a day. So we had students and teachers that were involved, and he was great in that, just like he's cheers on his teammates when you know he was in the locker room here in Nashville. But yeah, he's good in the community. He's good on the football field, Like you're getting not only a good player, but you're getting a good guy. That's what we want to hear. That's all I need from you today, sir. He's the

EPN game Day host of Titans Radio. You can find him on Twitter at Rhet b ten of see Rent. Thank you so much for your time today. Very insightful and very helpful for us. Turevius. Appreciate the time and take care of our guy. He's a good one. You got it. Thanks a lot. So there he goes Rehet Brian. Very good stuff there. I love that insight we get from people that know these guys to give us a little more than we can get from you know, if

someone on the outside. Really good stuff there. That concludes our David Long episode. We have the Mike White and Jalen Ramsey episodes up for y'all as well, and we'll continue to track everything the Miami Dolphins are doing here on the Drivetime Podcast. In the meantime, that's gonna be my time. You all. Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts. Leave us a rating, leave us a review. You can follow me on Twitter at Wingfield NFL. Follow the team at Miami Dolphins. Check out

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