John Congemi Dolphins Colts and Don Shula, Mailbag, NFL Picks and College Scouting Guide

And on today's show, it's Fan Friday. On a football Friday, We're gonna hear from John con Jemmy, answer your questions, pick the NFL slate, and give you a weekend prospect guide, as we do every Friday here on the podcast from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcasts come so holidrate the life of On Shula this Saturday at four thirty at hard

Rock Stadium. The free event is open to the public and will feature remarks from the Shula family with panel discussions from several Dolphins alumni. Attending fans will also receive a commemorative Don Shula three forty seven patch. Registration is now open at Dolphins dot com slash Don Shula and let's go ahead and start this podcast as we do every Friday, but welcoming in my friend and my guest,

John Conjemmy. Well, John, We're back here for the fourth Friday edition of the Drive Time Podcast this one season. And I'm not normally one for superstitions, but what was it that we did ahead of Game one? Let's let's try to go back to that and help our guys get back to five higher this weekend. I know I was trying to figure out what I was wearing where I was sitting. Yeah, let's get back to Week one.

I like winning, that's for sure. We'll get a chance to get back in the win column this Sunday against the Colts. And let's actually before we get to Sunday, start with the Saturday celebration of life of Don Shula here at hard Rock Stadium at four thirty. I just want to go ahead and give you the floor. John is a you know, South Florida, a main stay here in South Florida, spent plenty of time down here covering

this football team and otherwise. I just want to give you a chance to kind of talk about Don Shula, both the football coach, but I think even more importantly the man Don Shula. Well, I think growing up in South Florida. Uh, you know, my parents moved from Youngstown, Ohio, and I was seven years old. So my dad was a teacher and a coach, and that's what Coach Shula was. You know, He's a guy from Ohio that really put South Florida in the city of Miami on the map,

utilizing the Miami Dolphins as that vehicle. Uh, coming from Baltimore and being the head coach of the Dolphins and going through that heyday in the early seventies, I mean, it was easy to be a fan of the Miami Dolphins and it was a direct correlation because of the way Coach Sula really rejuvenated h this franchise and rejuvenated a city and had people pulling together for for one common cause, and that was rooting for the Miami Dolphins.

And you know, as a kid, Travis, it's pretty cool to go to what was the Orange Bowl and very rarely, uh ever seeing your your team lose. Uh. There was a long time where the Bills would come into town, you know, the New England Patriots would come into town. I'm not so sure they lost to him in the seventies.

You know, it was hard, it was very rare, and for a kid growing up, that just made you appreciate not only the players, but the way they were coached as you grew up, and you know, and I matured the value of what he instilled in his football teams.

I remember when I was a high school player at St. Thomas Aquinas playing against seanmand one of Coachula's sons, Mike was the quarterback on the opposing team, and we had the better of it, you know, one evening on Friday night, and Coachula waited around to shake my hand and introduced himself and say, I played a great game. You know, I thought that was the top of the world for me. Man.

You know, then getting to know him and getting to be around players that he had coached and hearing all the stories, uh great, funny, bad and different they were. They were all over the board, but one thing for certain. Everyone respected coach La and the way his team's performed, the way they prepared, the way they were disciplined, and and just his charitable work, you know, raising a family,

doing things for the city of Miami. It just just so many things that you could say that Coachula touched so many lives of people young, old, in the middle, and it was through the vehicle of football and and things he did off the field that really made you appreciate him. That's perfect, John. I can't even I can't expand upon that anymore other than just to say come out on Saturday to hard Rock Stadium to hear more

kind of discussions like that about the legendary coach. There's gonna be penty of Miami Dolphins alumni at that event. I'm sure it's gonna be all all great for all things Dolphins. And you might even show a Tier two at that celebration of life of Don Shula on Saturday. And then after that we've got a game on Sunday.

And you know, John, I'm not really a spirit spiritual person, but sometimes things just kind of find a way to work out with having the Colts in Miami this season for a game at hard Rock Stadium, because it works out with Shula's legacy being predominantly with Miami and of course a little bit back with the then Baltimore Colts. But I want to talk about the Indianapolis Colts and stay at that quarterback position with Carson Wentz, who has

not one, but two ankle injuries. Kind of a bizarre thing that he played through last week against the Titans. And you know, John, my goodness, they make these guys tough in this league, don't they. It's it's crazy they can get through a game with two bum ankles. I mean I sprained ankle one time and I was useless for weeks. I couldn't even get off the couch that day. And that was just the one ankle after a basketball roll up. But I touched on this on the Thursday

preview show. I want to go ahead and just hear from someone who's played the position, how difficult do you think it would be to go out there with a bad ankle and try to still get drive on the footballer, you know, get through your drops, to get through your reads and all the footworks required in the pocket. What's Carson, what's gonna be dealing with out there on Sunday with those two wobbly ankles. Anytime you're not a hundred percent, You're you're thinking about, you know, how can you get

through what? What do you have to do to make this throw? What do you have to do to get this handoff deep enough so that you know you're running back is able to see the whole and give him time to hit the hole with authority. Um, you're constantly is on your mind. Now. The good thing for Carson is he's gone through a week kind of going through those scenarios at practice and then performing in a game and being able to get through although they you know,

you lose, uh to Tennessee. You play fairly well, you keep it within almost a one score game. I think it was sixteen. But you know, Carson Wentz is a big guy, He's a strong guy, and he's usually relies on that mobility, uh, not only within the pocket, but to extend play. So that's something that is definitely going to have to be on the mind of the Miami Dolphins and how they go after Carson Wentz and and for for him personally, the good thing is that he's

gone through it one week. He's probably a little bit better for it. Uh. There's always things you can take to help you get through those issues. But I would think that it's probably his advantage going through it one week, being injured and facing the Dolphins and this being his first week and not knowing how his body is going to react. That's probably the biggest thing. You want to be able to know how your body is going to react, and not only in practice, but when in game time

when you have to make those sudden adjustments. Was split second accuracy. That's a really good point. You did get through the entire game last week, and you know, good on him. I think he definitely gives the Colts the best chance to win as they actually brought up a a quarterback from someone else's practice squad and Brett Hunley and activated him to the to the main roster. And they've also got Jacob Easton waiting in the wings that are the former you dub quarterback second round draft pick.

And you know once is not the only guy battling injuries. They have a long list of players on the injury report. They're in Indianapolis. And so from your experience as a player, John, when you're going into a game knowing you might be down some key guys, how does that kind of impact the rest of the locker room throughout the course of the week in practice and the meetings, Like what's a player's mindset when you know we might be down five

or six important guys this weekend? Well, it hurts you know, you're right. Half the Colts team seemed like they were on the injury port, you know, the middle of the week, and I'm sure it's going to get a little bit better as they get closer to game time on Sunday, But it does play into your mind a little bit. I think as a player, you want to know who's available, but it only plays into your mind early in the week.

Once you get Wednesday, Thursday's practice and Friday's kind of dress rehearsal, You've got guys that you're counting on, and that's why they're on the roster. You have to be able to, you know, step up, accept the responsibility and really don't have any um lag and performance. And that's

the mindset you have to have. If you don't have that mindset and you do struggle, you know, Wednesday to Friday at practice because you're missing to lineman or a key receiver or a key nickelback or a corner, those things creep into Sunday, and for the Colts, that mindset you don't want to have that, you know. For the Dolphins, I think they're health wise, are way ahead of where the Colts are right now, So I I think that

is a huge advantage. But I would say if I was putting on that, you know that horseshoe helmet of the cults right now, and I'm thinking about it, you want to block that out. Guys are on the roster for a reason. They have to step up, they have to perform, and you have to be able to get them in, doctoring them into the playbook the way you want that that program to run on Sunday, the way you want that game plan to flow on Sunday, on

both sides, really all three phases of the game. You have to completely be on board with the guys that are available and go forward with those guys believing that you can win. I'm glad you mentioned that because I I've heard this, you know, from various whether it's on social media or fans or practice, whatever the case, maybe I've heard before. Like you know, I'm focused on the top. You know, ten or fifteen players in the roster. I'm

thinking to myself, you gotta have fifty three guys. Have you never seen a football season before, because a seventeen now eighteen week season, you're gonna have to call upon, if not all of those guys, most of those guys for some key role at some point that the course of the season. We've seen a year and year you know, year in and year out across the National Football League, team in and team out. So I'm with you on that fifty three man roster. Everyone's important, everyone has a job,

everyone has a role that they have to fulfill. And with that in mind, just kind of looking at this Colts roster and what they bring. You know, their O and three, but I think I think most would agree they're a better team than O one three record. They've had a pretty tough start to the season with their schedule and of course the injuries that we talked about,

but they're well coached, they're a deep roster. If you can just kind of talk about some keys to those Colts game and then also our final question here before the mail bag, John, the Dolphins win this game if fill in the blank. Well, I think you know, to start with that, the Dolphins win if they can stop

the run. I think that's number one because with the injuries and with Carson Wentz not being maybe as mobile as he would have been three weeks ago, Jonathan Taylor is the guy that has to have a big game. If if the culture gonna win, he has to be able to control the football, you know, on first down, on second down, and if he does, that allows Carson Wentz to get the play action that allows him to make it easier down the field. Now, I would say,

Michael Pittman, Paris Campbell, guys like Pascal and Doyle. So if you can shut down the running attack, if you can win that battle up front with the front seven for the Dolphins, boy, you put a whole lot of pressure. Now on Carson Wentz scoring points, put a whole lot of pressure on that offense staying on the field, and it makes it a lot easier for the Miami Dolphins to win this game at home. So that's the first thing.

You have to stop the run and what happens after that if you do or slow it down, at least you get after wins. You show them a couple of blitzes, you put pressure, You sent an extra guy because of the point I made with what the players you're going against. You know, last week was a tough challenge for the Dolphins, and they were up to the challenge. They gave up some big plays, but they were up to the challenge. They moved guys around that that defensive backfield. I mean,

you saw X on the inside. You know, you saw Byron Jones on waller, you saw, you saw guys in positions that you hadn't seen them in the past. I don't think the Dolphins are gonna have to do that on defense. If they can stop the run, play solid in the back end, and get after that line in scrimmage, you get after wins. I think those that's the way

the dominoes have to fall. And lastly, I would say, well, you know, we've been talking about explosive plays or I don't know, at least at least three weeks, right, but the Dolphins, the Dolphins must create some explosive plays. Now. We've been stretching the field. We been stretching it sideline to sideline. You need to stretch it a little bit

more goal line to goal line. Now. It doesn't have to be the fifty yard down the field shot every time, but it might be nice for the Dolphins to get a break on a flag now and then that would get you that thirty three yard game or forty five yard game where maybe it's not successful, you know, throwing it and catching it, but you get a p I down the field and that helps you get you out of you know, bad field position, or it gets you into the red zone, or it gets you down to

the one yard line. Let's take a couple of more shots down the field and see if we can't connect on a few and if not, get a good break and and maybe let those penalties work in your favor this week. And that actually it was a big reason for the game tying touchdown last week. The passenger feris down to the one yard line, you score a touchdown, then you punch in the two point conversion, tie game,

go to overtime. And John, I always love having you on after I've done my kind of study for the week on the team because it kind of helps me confirm or or go back and look at the tape some more, and you confirm two of my each there with regards of the Colts running game and just looking at the splits out of eleven personnel, they've been very successful running football this year with Jonathan Taylor, so that's

a key for me in this game as well. And then you mentioned the past catching options there number two, three, and four leading target receivers, the guys that have the most targets are tight ends and running backs, so they definitely throw the ball to the guys, you know, not on the perimeter as much regarding Michael Pittman, and then the tight ends and running backs they go too heavy there. So we've got a little bit more here with John Conjemi.

You want to stick around for the mailbag, John, Yeah, that sounds rurific. Okay, We've got three here for you this week, and there's some good ones. I like these questions a lot. This first one comes in from me stir tweet a great handle there. Now that the coaching staff has addressed the lack of explosive plays kind of like you mentioned, John, are we going to see some explosive play calls this week? Do fifty fifty balls come into play and possible d p I or catch down

the field? What do you think about that? I mean you just kind of touched on it. Is there anything else you want to add to that? Well? I think that you know they have addressed it. They've talked about it, uh, you know with their media availabilities this week, and they've talk about trying to get the football down the field. Now talking about it's one thing actually scripting it and getting it into the offense and being in a position

to do it is another. Sometimes you just have to take a series of downs and say, listen, I wouldn't be surprised if Dalton's come out first, intend first possession, throw one down the field. You know, if you don't get it, the crowd's gonna go crazy, right, the crowd's gonna clap mockingly a little bit. But at least you you're kind of saying, you know what, we're gonna be more aggressive today. We're gonna take some shots down the field. And I think you are going to see that. Now.

Are they going to completely just drop what they believe in philosophy wise and just you know, bombs away. No, they have to be who they are. But I think you can script or add some of that stuff in there and make sure you have it on your call list, you know, in bright red letters or green letters or whatever. It gets your attention. Let's take a shot, you know, take a shot here, take a shot there. Maybe it's sudden change. Uh, you know, they've got a great, you know,

dialed up play that they've wrapped during the week. Let's call it then. But I do think you will see the ball go down the field this weekend. No, that's a great answer, and I love you. You kind of gave us a segue into the second question here, And this is something I've been interested in myself as well. So great to have a former player on the podcast to talk about this. It comes in from at j C. C. Dixon thirty three on Twitter. Are the first twenty plays

scripted in a game? If so? How hard is it to call it twenty first play? Any idea how a play call is generated slash talked about. I know that's very inside baseball, but I'm curious, So John, just the the general script I've always heard fifteen plays? Is that the case? And then what happens after that script? Like, can you just tell us a little bit about scripting your first few plays on offense? Sure? I don't know

if I've ever gone to twenty. Uh. There are some teams college, high school, pro that go fifteen summer twelve, summer ten. It's just the personal preference that coordinator. But it gives you a chance at practice that kind of reped what you're gonna see the first time you have football and you work on positives you don't really script for negatives you're working. You know, if if the first plays are running play, hey, now it's second in five,

or it's second and six. This is the second play, and you kind of have building blocks on how you're going to script the plays. And the good thing about it is you repetit practice, you feel good about it. You see what's working, what's not working, what you like, what you don't like, and by Friday, you've got that script kind of honed in. Whether it's ten, twelve, fifteen plays on how you want the game to start, whether you score on the first opportunity, you get eight plays

into it, you continue on the next series. Um, I'm not so sure if the Dolphins do or or do not script plays, but that's kind of what goes into it. And the way you do it is where you get the football on the field first intent on the twenty five they've picked it in the end zone. This is where we want to start. Maybe it's a sudden change play that you you know, put into your script. Uh, dolphins are on defense, all of a sudden, you get

a turnover. Bang. You either want to go to number one on the plays that you've scripted, or you go right to your sudden change play depending on where you get the football on the field. So there's a lot of ideas on how you script plays, but basically, when you go through your game plan and every call sheet on the sideline is going to have a first intent backed up first intent plus you know minus first in ten, midfield first intent, you know plus thirty your plus thirty five.

Then you have your red zone. So everything's kind of bracketed. So everybody's gone through that. We always talked about it's a collaborative effort when you get to that script where you get to that call sheet by going through what the quarterback likes, what the coordinators like, what the head coach kind of says, hey, I want this in this week. So that's how you get to either a script your play calls, or your play calls in certain segments of

the field. No, that's a great answer, and I appreciate the question as well there from j C. Dixon on Twitter, you know, and just kind of what it sounds like to me is that there's always adjustments to be made even within your script, because, like you talk about, things don't go the way you plan them to you have

to adjust to that. So you know, those in game coaching adjustments I think can maybe be a little bit lost to the casual observer because it's it's such a battle of you know, chess matching, a battle of attrition and trying to I want to react to what they're gonna do where I think they're gonna do, and then how do we react to that as well? Like if there's so much that goes into it's what makes football

so much fun to me. And then I want to go ahead and end on this third question here from at Lord to another great name right and in for the podcast here Um talking about the offensive line, he refers to it as a regression, but maybe you have a different word for He just says, what are your thoughts on the regression of the offensive line? Do you think it has anything to do with a first year

offensive line coach? What do you think about the offensive lines progression so far now with a bunch of young guys, John, and then also the one of the challenges of our first year offensive line coach in that room, Well, I don't know if it has to do with the first

year offensive line coach. I think you're only as good as what you're putting on tape and it doesn't look like UM guys are making the same mistake, you know, whether it's identification or footwork or hand placement, or just getting physically beat or there's a speed rush the beach on the outside. UM, I wouldn't say regression. I would say stagnation. I would say that they have to find a way to get out of where they were in in week one and two, and maybe a little bit

in week three. I thought they improved against the Raiders. I liked the the adjustment of Davis going inside and letting the rookie Igenberg kind of live on the right side. You know, if it were me, I would let him live there for the rest of the season. Health you know, taking that out of the equation. If he's healthy, he should start let him play because he's your future on the outside. UM, I think this week the Colts present a challenge. It's gonna be a challenge every week in

the National Football League. UH, your will against somebody else's will when it comes to controlling the offensive and defensive line of scrimmage. UH, this week is no different it. I think the Colts do give you some challenges up front, but I do believe the Dolphins with the lineup that they have now crossing your fingers, that deater is going

to be able to be okay and and play. I'd like to see this group the way they were against the Raiders go against the Colts and see if we can see uh an improvement from week three to week four, and the proof will be in the pudding. Can you run the football, can you get to play action? Can you pass for tech? Can you give Kobi an opportunity to create from the pocket instead of him escaping and extending plays? And those be your most explosive plays of

the week. If they can do those things, then we're on on the on the right path in terms of offensive line. Yeah, it would be nice to see some continuity built in there because from day one back in training camp of twenty nineteen, like Flora's first ever training camp practice, he talked about continuity and find the best guys, the best five guys and having them all play together and developed that continuity. We saw that line up on Sunday I thought showed some real growth compared to the

previous game, and especially with Austin Jackson left tackle. You know, two weeks off the COVID list. He even said himself he felt stronger in that second game. So, John, you're a very busy man on Sundays, I'll see it. I'll see you at hard Rock Stadium. But where can the folks find you? Pregame? Post game? What are you up to? We'll be doing the Dolphins Weekly live on Channel four w f O R, CBS four Miami, So we'll do that right after the Brian Flores Show on on CBS.

That will be at eleven thirty and then we'll have the fifth quarter post game show wrapping up. I think it's gonna be on channel four or Channel thirty three, but you can catch us on one of those two. Probably, I would say around the four o'clock our four fift we'll be on there for about an hour and a half. So that's what I'll be doing. I know you'll be busy on radio, So we'll probably catch up midweek again and and talk about the next opponent, which is Tampa Bay.

But hopefully we have a victory to talk about. I can't wait to get there and hopefully we have some key line pie in that press box to looking forward to this week. Look, we see that we got we got a good thing going. Maybe that's the superstition right there, A key line, Pope. You heard it here first on Drivetime Podcast, John con Jemmy, thank you so much for your time today, my friend. We'll talk to you on Sunday. Sounds great, thanks Jervis, And so we roll off that

interview there with John con Jemmy. Great as always here on the Friday edition of the Drivetime Podcast. If you have not done so already, go ahead and obliterate that subscribe button. Leave us a rating, leave us five stars, and we'll answer your questions on those reviews here on the Friday edition of the Drivetime Podcast, brought to you by Auto Nation. And we got one here from the Apple podcast reviews. And I recognized this name writing in once Again Cool Kids Table and the E is a three.

At the end of that, he writes, would you compare Brian Flores to Rex Ryan? A defensive coach who has yet to land an offensive identity yet? I understand the question, but I don't think that's the case coach. I wouldn't call him a defensive minded coach. He's just a football coach. Like he's been involved on off is on defenses, on special teams and personnel scouting, the whole gamut he's done at all. And I think the offense does need to

find and develop an identity. And I think losing your starting quarterback and the first quarter of game number two will certainly create some obstacles and doing that in the early portions of a season where you're trying to introduce a new offensive system. I mean, watch watch a single broadcast of Peyton Eli on Monday Night, which should be every week, by the way, that's the best thing on

football broadcasting has ever done. Excuse me, and Peyton will talk about how much he despises the thought of learning a new system. It's not easy to do. And I can pull up old quotes from even Tom Brady last year talking about how it took him some time to get the Bucks system down there with Bruce Arians, even though Bruce Arians said this week that they use a lot of, if not all, of the Patriots concepts with Tom Brady and mind. So something to think about that.

With regards to the offensive system, I would say more than three games required before you can really start to

judge what you see as the product. It's a work in produc Griss and I think the one thing that I would hope to see it's an offense that can do the things that we try to prevent on the defensive side, right like the invitation to you know, be more run centric and prevent the big plays and the long pass plays over the top to force those long drives and put the onus on the offense to limit their mistakes to almost nothing because you have to have that on long drives and then also play really good

Renzo defense and make the offense beat you without those mistakes, converting in the red zone and then not having turnovers throughout the course of the game. I hope we can become that offense that can strike quick and not have to rely on being perfect and limiting mistakes and playing perfect in the red zone. I hope that answers your question, and I appreciate you writing in. Let's get to a few of these on the Twitter mail bag. I put

the call out on Thursday morning. You reply with your questions, we answer them here on the Friday edition of the Drive Time podcast. And Mike Morby at Mike more By seven, this guy actually used to paint the corners ac when we were coming up in the Eastern Washington baseball landscape. Pitched at my rival high school, and I had a hard time getting my ops going against this guy. So

what's up, Morps? He asks, better Logan Gilbert comparison, Josh Beckett or a J. Burnett, And that's a lot of Mariners and Marlin's cross over there, because you guys know about Josh Beckett and Logan Gilbert is a current starter in the Seattle Marras rotation. I'm going to a J. Burnett because I just love the fact that the other night in the game, Gilbert was popping nine middle middle like middle of the plate, middle of the strikes own

and getting away with it. That's the big league heat saw with a J. Burnett for years Josh Beckett I thought was he had the heat for sure, but definitely more of a well rounded picture in that regard. At Gabe Geno thirteen asks number one, if you had to pick the most positive thing from weeks one through three,

what would that be? I would say the secondary in this defense is as advertised with regards to Xavien Howard Byron Jones, and that safety rotation with all the cornerback depth you have there as well, I think those guys have all played very very well, and at moments during these defensive sturges we've seen in Week one as well as last week, and then some moments during week to

the secondary has been a driving force behind that. His second question, my over dramatic self is thinking Sunday is a must win game, not trying to be that guy who says Game four is do or die. But with Week five in Tampa Bay, a one in four start dooms the season. Your thoughts, well, yeah, you don't want to be one in four. I will say in team they were one in four and they went ten and

six that year and went to the playoffs. I just cannot call like you mentioned a Week four game of must win game, like it doesn't matter the situation, the dire straits, like you never know what's gonna happen and what kind of run you can go on late in the year. Hell, last year was what a five game winning shrieking, So that can erase a one in four start if you do win five games in a row. And so I do think this is the most important game that there is right now because it is the

next game. But getting back in the win Callum before a tough opponent is certainly going to be you know, something you want to do. It's a big spot for this team. You don't want to follow one in three and you for sure don't want to fall to oh and two at home. So it's definitely a big game, must wins too far, But I do want to get this w for sure. At Narrator Underscore thirty two, I felt like one of the reasons the Dolphins lost last

week was the difference and yards after contact. How do we improve our ability to limit that for the Colts and and get some more explosive for ourselves or get some more for ourselves going forward. With regards of the Colts, it's just tackling an execution, that's all that is. And this defense typically under Brian Flores, has been that, and you heard Jerome Baker talk about it, You've heard Brian Flores talk about it. The execution just hasn't been what

you would expect it so far this season. So that's the number one key there, just to execute that and

then offensively it's it's the same thing. But I would also point to the the segment we had on a Sunday night postgame show with O. J. McDuffie talking about maybe incorporating some more routes they get the football to guys on the move or just execute those when they are there, because there's too many instances I think right now where guys are catching the football flat footed, and that does not bode well, does not conduce, it is not conducive to yards after the catch. They have the talent,

they just gotta make it happen. Next question from at D quick zero four and nine eight. Why haven't we seen the Amba defense yet? Well, I'll go ahead and put it to you this way. I can't give you an exact reason, but I know that every single week requires a different game plan, and if the coaches think that their game plan is doesn't require that, they're not gonna put it in. That's the reason for it. There. I'm sure you'll see it at some point this season.

Let's finish up with this one here from Jason Sarney, because this is one of the craziest questions I've ever seen. But it's not the only time I've seen it. It's popular He's at Jason underscore Sarny milk before Cereal or Cereal before milk. Look, this should not be a question. I mean, do what you want. Like I don't care for the hot dog sandwich arguments. I don't care about any of that. I don't care if you like pineapple

on your pizza or not. Eat what you like, Eat what makes you happy, Do what makes you happy in this life. As long as you're not hurting others, I don't give a crap what you do, as long as you're not hurting others. But pouring milk in the cereal bowl before the cereal is serial killer mentality stuff like are you doing number one? The splash factor? You're gonna get milk coming out of that bowl if you put the cereal into a bowl of milk, which is like cats.

Who what kind of a human puts milk in the bowl first? I don't understand this. Plus your distribution of sogginess, like the way the milk cascades over the cereal, gives you that balance of you know, the milk soaked cereal with the crunchiness, it's perfect. You do the other way around, you're gonna have a different, completely off balance ratio. And the ratio of how much milk to put into the bowl is also easier when you have the cereal in

their first. So if you go milk first in your cereal, it's my opinion that it's time to reevaluate what your entire life. It's crazy to me, like, do you guys do that? Does anybody out there do that? Let me know if you do, and we can maybe have that discussion on Twitter. But no, it's milk cereal first and then milk. And there were a ton of questions in the mail bag this week. I wish we had time to get to them all. We do not. We'll get to some more on the written mail bag up on

Miami Dolphins dot com. Thank you guys so much of the questions. We have two more segments here. We'll do him quick. The college three pack was gonna do a college six pack. I'm washed up. So we do half

the six pack and get to three games here. And I want to go ahead and include here that last week I should have put Liberty Syracuse in the slate because even though we had our second straight three and a week on the podcast here to get to six and three on the season, Malik Willis to me is so far in a way QB one in the draft class right now, And that was probably the only chance we had to get him in here because of competition's sake, and probably not gonna watch many Liberty games this year,

but Malik willis QB one on my board heading into the month of October. Now, as for the games, let's go ahead and start here with number fourteen Michigan at unranked Wisconsin. I'm taking the upset here. Give me the fighting van Ginkles, that Badgers at Camp Randall. We gave you the Badger's players last week, and that lops had had lost to the Irish. Let's go ahead and punt

on their prospects. Just go back to last Friday's Drivetime episode and run that back if you want that prospect list, because I want to talk about the Michigan Wolverines here and primarily two players I like a lot. Aiden Hutchinson is one of the best defensive end prospects in the country.

In fact, Pro Football Focus tweeted out their top four defensive prospects currently are Cavon Thibodeaux from Oregon the defensive end, Kyle Hamilton's the safety from Notre Dame, Derek Stingley Junior, the cornerback at l s U, and Aiden Hutchinson edge defender for the Michigan Wolverines. Pass rush, run defense, dent in the edge, recognizing screens, retracing, hustle effort, he does all of it. I love his pad level so much, like he rarely surrenders knocked back because he plays with

such good pad level. He can win with bull rush, the relentless motor, and he continues his pursuit after quarterbacks when they get off their spot, and he can change directions and redirect through contact which helps him get clean up sex. He's just a special player in my opinion, number nine seven in the Maze and Blue on that game on Saturday. I believe it's a noon kickoff. He'll stand up, He'll get in the four point stance. He's

everything you want at the position. Six ft six, two seventy pounds, A great makeup at that position in this defense if that's where you go in the future. Certified stud now in the secondary. Another guy that I like a lot is Daxton Hill, another one of these post safety slash slot corner cover guys. He flies to the football, quick trigger, tremendous tackler. There's a little bit of Antoine Winfield Jr. In his game, and you guys know how much I loved a dub junior in that draft class.

Then they have a pair of tackles I want to get a look at for myself. Haven't had a chance to see them yet, but I've read about them. Offensive tackle Ryan Hayes was a converted tight end who could make a jump with another improved season of play towards the top prospect. And then Andrew stubor is six ft seven pounds. Uh Leo DiCaprio, Jeff from Django unchained. You have my attention, So now I want to see if you can get my cur You have my curiosity, my bad.

I want to see if you can get my attention and see if you can play game number two, number eight Arkansas, Number two, Georgia. Oh nelly, it's a good one. We've covered both these teams so far on previous podcast. I want to just go ahead and say this. Georgia has by her the best d line in college football, and they're going up against one of the top offensive lines. Good on good always makes for fun. I just want to see that battle and really get a look at

some good trench players. So give me the dogs in this one. Baby. This is how the dogs. George telling you that Visor is coming off. Game number three twelve franked Old Miss at number one. Obama Crimson tied Matt Corral for Old Miss potential QB one of this class has a chance to do it. Crazy arm talent, multiple arms, slots, off script ability, kind of has that modern day quarterback makeup.

I want to get a look at how he can attack this Bama defense within the structure of the offense, because I know he can make plays outside the structure and off script. I want to see how he does against a very good defense, a very well coached defense there at Alabama. And I also love their linebacker like Kiah Henry. One of these versatile prospects with track speed and elite level movement skills will keep it on him. And also running back Jerry on Elie, super electric guy,

can make guys with even within a phone booth. Good pass catcher. Looks like a nice change of pace prospect right now, Let's see how he fairs against this Bama defense. And once again, we covered Bama on a previous podcast, so it's basically everybody on that team is a good prospect. Everyone that's draft ellible eligible is on the watch list. Give me the Crimson Tide at home. Now, let's go ahead and get to Sunday and our professional football players

and football teams twelve and four. Last week thirty three and fifteen on the season, we are cooking now. We took Jacksonville over Cincinnati on Thursday Night football. No idea how that turned out. Recording this podcast before that game went final. Give me the Titans over the Jets. I just think even without a j Brown, Julio Jones, they are further along. I expect a big game from Derrick

Henry Chicago over Detroit. I think I hope there's a game plan for the Bears that better suits what Justin Fields does well, the fighting Dan Campbell suffered a brutal loss last week at home against Baltimore. This is kind of one of those cornered animal games, like both these teams needed victory very very badly. Give me the Bears Miami over the Colts. Give me the Dolphins. Seth Levitt on the postgame show or I think maybe it's the

fish Tank I forget said that. He says he expects the Dolphins best performance coming this season in this game. I agree with Seth and then Minnesota over Cleveland the Stefanski reunion game. Kirk Cousins has quietly been damn good this year, and I think that it's a huge Justin Jefferson game this week. Give me the Upset, Give me the Vikings. Give me the football team over the Falcons. The Falcons pulled out one last week, but I think w F T S D line is way too much

for the Falcons to handle. Buffalo and the Texans. Give me the Bills and that one. Saints over the Giants, Chiefs over the Eagles. Give me the Dallas Cowboys over the Carolina Panthers. I think Doc has entered the echelon of top three or four quarterbacks. Carolina gets their first big test here. Give me the Cowboys and that one. Seahawks over Niners. I like Russell Wilson off a loss. I like Shannahan off a loss two, but this is

a big game that tough NFC West. Give me the Seahawks Rams over Cardinals, staying out in that tough division. The Cardinals have had the Rams number in the last couple of years, but they haven't seen the Stafford Rams yet. Give me the ram Packers over Steelers. I think the Packers offense is way too much for pets to keep up with. Baltimore over Denver, just like Carolina. This is the first real test for the Broncos in terms of their schedules or strength of schedule. I don't want to

see Lamar Jackson on that test. Give me the Ravens Bucks over Patriots one of my favorite games of the season. Give me the Bucks on that one, and then Chargers over Raiders. This one will first sure come down to some madness at the end because both these teams like to play games like that. I kind of like the Raiders in this game, but I think the NFL has a way of balancing records and I just don't see them going on to four no over Justin Herbert and

the Chargers. So that is gonna do it for us. Here, enjoy the week for Slate and the first weekend of October football. Here. You guys can find the post game show on the Odyssey app and on local radio w q AM here in South Florida immediately following the game on Sunday, and of course we'll have the takeaways and game recap podcast late Sunday night slash early Monday morning, as well as the takeaways, written piece and top News

without the course of the week. On Saturday, we've got the Shoelace celebration of Live Rock Stadium Saturday, October two. Plus we'll have the top news story up sometime today, I believe, and the written mailback piece, all leading up to game day this weekend. As for now, Caroline, Daddy is coming home. And oh hey, one last note, go Mariners three meaningful October baseball games. I have not been able to say that since like two thousand one, so

I'm pretty excited for my Seattle Mariners. In the meantime, 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 Winfold NFL. You can follow the Dolphins at Miami Dolphins. Check out the fish Tank podcast with Seth and o J. The YouTube channel for all the media availabilities. Go ahead and bang that YouTube dot com channel. Subscribe to that as well, and of course Miami Dolphins dot com. Until next time,