Training Camp Preview 2021 Quarterbacks

We're gonna take an in depth look under center at the quarterback position, stats, facts, film, and much more onto a tongue of by Loa, Jacoby Brissette and Read Senet Plus will continue our NFL season preview, taking a look at the very intriguing a f C South Busy Busy episode. All of that and more on this edition of the Drive Time Podcast My Time, So what's going on? Are your buddy? We are back after being gone for a couple of weeks and back on the daily schedule with

you all here. And this was my first really extended break and podcasting since I began all of this back in ten with the Analysis Podcast and my co host Kevin Dern. Well that's not quite true, because we were a twice a week podcast there with me and Kevin. But before locked on Dolphins became my daily gig in twenty seventeen, and I don't think I ever missed a

day with Locked On Dolphins. I even remember asking the boss man, Mr. David Lock himself about pushing a show one week and he asked me why, and I said, well, because it's Thanksgiving and we have plans today, and he had totally forgotten about the holiday. And we had a great laugh about that because we were both so entrenched with the work and building up Locked On Sports. And again, it's so cool see what they've continued to build over

there with Locked On Sports. But this time of the calendar, the middle of the summer, it's kind of like summer vacation for kids right in school. We have the perfect time to kind of disconnect and kind of re center your che as it were, and come back rejunated. And guess what, it worked. I do feel recharged. You know. One thing we got to do was we got to go camping with my wife's family, something we do every Fourth of July weekend. They go up to the mountains.

It's a nice break from the eastern Washington heat as you get up into the mountains and around seven year eighty degrees or so, and let's just go ahead and set the scene at camping here, because normally when I would go camping, and it's not my favorite thing to do, actually, I really don't like it at all. But we go up and just hang out and enjoy it one day in the outdoors. We don't sleep outdoors, we go back home.

That's that's how I prefer it. But when I would go camping as a child, it was, you know, you get the RV, you get the van, you go to a cabin something like that where you have your domestic level of of bliss, but you also can enjoy the outdoors that way. But that's not how this camping is. Because they love the outdoors. They go horseback, right, and they get the four wheelers out there. They're setting up traps, capturing animals, cook in them and keeping the skins. And

one of the things that was hilarious to me. You've all have seen Happy Gilmore right when Happy first goes to the tea block at his first tournament, and the golf pro says, look where he's standing. While I'm sitting

there minding my own business. I've got a cour slide open up and joined the sunshine and the nice weather, and all of a sudden, the skin of the chipmunk that they had caught and cooked comes flying at me and it lands on my lap and I grab it by the ear, pinched the very ear of it so I'm not touching any of it, and I throw it back to my wife's stepfather, who again, this guy is the outdoor manliest man you can never think of. And as I do that to him, he says, to everybody else,

look at where he grabbed. He grabbed it by the ear, just like the guy and happy gilmore So that was a fun moment. We're gonna get into the positional previews. The training camp previews up on Miami Dolphins dot com right now. The schedule is as follows. For now. We couldn't move some things around depending on when those deadlines hit. But quarterbacks on Tuesday July, Wednesday, running backs on Thursday,

tight ends day. Receivers will come back next Monday on the nineties with the offensive line on Tuesday, July interior defensive line. Wednesday, will do edge slash on ball linebackers. You're Jalen Phillips types. Thursday, I'll do off ball linebackers Friday, Cornerbacks, Monday, Safeties, Tuesday Specialists, and then Wednesday we have practice Miami Dolphins practice the first edition of the new one Miami Dolphins post O t S, which I don't really count as

the actual season itself. So at the position in is Jacoby Brissette, formerly of the Colts and the Patriots. Out is Ryan Fitzpatrick. He is now in Washington. Best of luck to fits out there in the nation's capitol. Read senet and to a tongue by low of the incumbents, and Charlie Fry is the new quarterbacks coach. Charlie Fright enters his first season as QB's coach here in Miami.

After a five year playing career, Fry entered the coaching ranks at the high school level before climbing into his most recent role as O C with the Central Mission

again chippaw Was, he worked with quarterbacks receivers. He also served as a director of player Personnel with the Florida Gators between twenty team and seventeen, so he kind of fits that mold we've talked about here on the podcast where a lot of these coaches under Brian flores umbrella under his staff as he was himself, have worked multiple different positions on personnel with coaching both sides of the football,

special teams. You get the best all a cart type of coaching staff when you bring in guys like that. So talking about what's most important at this position, this year, it's the year to jump, right, That's what we all

look for. That's what we all talk about. And the last time we really anticipated a possible year to jump was that season the year after Ryan Tannehill's rookie year where he did receive a nice little bump in his statistics in his play and that was an awfully pedestrian offense in twelve that just did not have the firepower and then they kind of revamped the offense to try

to get him more weapons. But back to the modern day, this is what Brian Flores had to say about two was offseason and what this time this spring and summer has meant for the old quarterback from the Joe Row Show on five six w q A m back in may To is more comfortable with just his surroundings, more comfortable being in the huddle, giving a cadence, going through his communication. Those little things that no one really talks about. He said this, he feels much more comfortable about doing

those things. I think having a year under his belt will really help him. And there's this is outside of the quote. Now there's this perception that the rookie season wasn't good or went off the rails a little bit, and to himself said that it wasn't up to his standard. And I can believe that because his standard has never

been the norm really in his entire football life. I mean, the number one dual threat quarterback in the nation as a prep, a record breaking offense and quarterback in college football. There Alabama National champion his first season on campus, where he comes off the bench and rescues the game after trailing by thirteen at half, throwing these perfectly placed long balls, timing and quick rhythm hitters to create yards after the catch and those opportunities for the most loaded receiver's corps

in college football. I mean, it takes a special quarterback to keep four first round receivers fed and happy. Right

like you, you would think that's the case. And you've heard me discuss all of this podcast this offseason, and for that matter, all of the pre draft and post draft into tongue by Lowa's rookie sees him his control of the football to spin it and place it despite his platform, whether his feet are set, whether he's not set, whether it's in the middle of his drop that he has to interrupt coming off the top of the drop, driving up into the pocket, fleeing to the left or

to the right, the way he can kind of move those hips and clear those hips and fire the football. And that's the physical set of it, the knowledge with the mental side of it to displace defenders not just with his eyes, but body position, influencing players based upon his hips and his feet and the direction of his shoulders where he's square too, and to attack based upon the structure of the defense, knowing the route concept he has on offense and what the defense might be keying

on in that particular concept. I mean, we saw in O t S this year. I tweeted about it, the deep shot to Jachim Grant that we had a great video of from our fantastic video team. The middle of the field safety starts to cheat that way a little bit, and the cameras show an up close shot of Twa on that throw to Jachim where he starts, Jachim to the right, flips his hips back to the post and you can watch this on Twitter. It's all right there

for you. Flips his hips back to the post and then right back over to the right side of the formation to square up to his target and flow a perfectly placed ball that intersects with Jachim in full stride, just out of reach of the underneath corner and the display safety over the top. These are the details, the

fine ones that really separate quarterbacks for my money. Nick Saban, of course, the great head coach at Alabama, talked about it on his ESPN Details show, showing where to was getting to his third or fourth read on some throws and down the field vertical throws on a full field read and saying that he's never coached a kid in college who can do that stuff. He's also very light on his feet, the ability to spring from one step into another, which changes the angle and sees rushers fly by.

More on that here in just one second. Chris Kaufman c K Parrott on Twitter had a great tweet earlier where he showed a video of to A getting to his drop and pressure arriving and getting the football out as he interrupted that drop. You watch his feet on that clip, and it doesn't really make sense how he's able to almost mid stride, pick his foot back up and replace it so that he can get to a different platform and change the angle for the pass rusher.

It's a real special ability I noticed early on to his career that I think is very, very overlooked as far as the footwork goes so quick release, quick twitch, pocket mobility, enough speed to present a threat as a runner on design runs, keeper zone reads, that sort of thing, some of the most decorated ball places when we've ever seen in college football, the ability to get off his

spot and the light feet to allude rushers. And even in a year where it wasn't up to his own standards, those traits were still on display in nine starts as a rookie, six and three as a starter, like this chart from Hayden Winks at Underdog Fantasy Sport. He does some great work. You can follow him at Hayden Winks

on Twitter. This on target clean pocket chart that he posted got a lot of feedback, push back, and just overall generalized discussion based upon that chart and basically what this chart was doing was looking at the depth of target as well as the on target throw percentage, which is defined by I think it was Next Gen or

Pro Football Focus. I'll have to forgive me there if for not knowing exactly the site that he was referencing her, but it references throws that are in stride that the receiver doesn't have to break stride or off the body, off the frame type of throw. So it measures every quarterback in the NFL and their accuracy on clean pocket throw so no pressure. The depth of the target was right around eight point five yards down the field and

the on target rate was just a smidge below. There's no hash marks here, but to me like on the chart, only ten quarterbacks were higher on the accuracy chart, and one of those ten, only one, Dak Prescott of the Cowboys, had a higher depth of target on clean pocket throws in terms of quarterbacks that completed or better of their throws, and the company immediately around two on that chart, Ryan Tannehill, who's been the highest rated passer in NFL the last

two years. Matt Stafford, who we all know and love as far as what he can do with the football, and the Rams have huge expectations with him this year, Deshaun Watson, Russell Wilson, and Joe Burrow not bad at all. And I keep posting these things because to me, all stats have a place in football. It's an unquantifiable game, so we use an infinite amount of data to try our best to well quantify it. And a common reply that I saw that this was a pointless chart, a

pointless stat, and I could not disagree more. I've mentioned my quarterback charting website on here a million times now and a good example of that would be seen for Carson Wentzle's actually go ahead and come back to that real quick, because I mean, what do you want from stuff like this? It's a measurement for accuracy when the play structure is sound and the surrounding cast executes their job. Why does it have to be a b S stat because the guy that you think is best didn't finish

the top of it. A few things irk me more than when you see a list of quarterbacks or players in this league that doesn't go down the you know, Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady like. Just because those guys are not at the top of the list does not mean it's not a valid list, and when you watch the tape, you can predict who is structurally sound in this area and who will rank a top in this area. Because I will never, ever, ever ever forget again that third and ten dot Com study I did

where I created my own evaluation for quarterback passing. It was Carson Wentz's rookie season, and I was so impressed by his ability to make plays when things broke down

around him. But the reason his grade was not very good wold and he finished twenty three in the charging that year and the Eagles went six and ten was because there was way too many layups that missed and hamstrung the offense put them in a second down and ten opposed to second and four, and kept that offense off schedule, kept them low and scoring, and of course

they finished six and ten that season. Now, the following year in seventeen, he would continue to do the magic stuff as far as making guys miss and and create plays, but he also corrected the rookie season misses on those layups those in structure throws. The Eagles go thirteen and three. Of course he gets injured that year would have an m v P if he did not most likely, and they go on to win the Super Bowl again with

Nick Foles. But you get the idea. Once he fixed the structural stuff, the stuff that makes up I don't know se of the position, the Eagles offense took that next step and his highlight level plays became even more highlight level because they were in position to make more of them because the offense was on the field and executing at a higher rate. Does that all make sense?

I hope it does. I tweeted this the other day in regards to Greg Costell's comment about playing in structure and how playing instructure and in rhythm is about he's had of playing the position and the highlight reel stuff isn't enough to make you a consistent good starter, And that's kind of what I think gets lost in the shuffle here. The highlight reel is the good and bad.

That stuff really sticks out in people's minds. But it's the tight windows shots against a zone look that creates this triangle of underneath, over the top and robber coverage that requires an anticipatory throw and perfect location away from a defender and the leverage of that defender, for instance, like a third and twelve conversion from TWA to Gisicki in the Kansas City game last year that Tony Romo raved over in real time, and then later in his

breakdowns on NFL Live, Dan Orlovsky went in on that and shows you how special that throw was. So two ranks in the top ten and clean pocket on target throws. But even just the misconception of it all isn't enough, because he was also second in eluding pressure rate per Pro Football Focus. So what are we talking about here?

How about the company that he keeps in regards to evading pressure Number one in the NFL last season Josh Allen twenty six point one percent of the time evaded initial pressure to a number two at twenty four point two percent. How about this company next, Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray nineteen point four percent, then Derek carrd nineteen point

one percent. And Derek Carr has just been much better than I personally gave him credit for, again going back to third and ten dot Com early on in his career, He's been the real key consistent cog for that Raiders offense in the Gruden era in my opinion. But back to our guy here, I want to take a look at a couple more splits here before I move on.

The first six games for two as a starter per NFL media research, nine touchdowns, one interception, point one passer rating, And yeah, the y p A wasn't great at six point six, but it was respectable enough, especially for a rookie quarterback in his first few starts. Then in weeks fifteen through seventeen, five point seven y p A two to four touchdown to interception ratio and a seventy two point eight passer rating. Well, what happened in week fifteen?

You guys remember that that was when the injuries became almost to the point of comical. At one point in the game, after Joachim DeVante and Mike Gaziki were all out injured the Dolphins top seven players, and mind you, they were without Miles Gascon in that game as well. Preston Williams was also down in that game. They were without their top seven players in terms of yards from scrimmage. They had all been injured and we're not available, so

top seven guys are out. Who can possibly survive that? Well Miami did and they won that game. So it was an uphill climb for the offense and to a winds up with the second highest tight window throw percentage in the NFL last year, he threw into tight windows more than all quarterbacks but one. And what does he do in that stat He finished his first and tight window thrill completion rate with forty seven point five per And significant credit here to the receivers because this group

really excels at catching contested football's. He was second and passer rating behind just Aaron Rodgers at a three point four ascerating and ahead of Derek Carr, Tom Brady and Drew Brees. And he was third in touchdown to interception ratio on these tight window throws, which are defined as one yard of separation. And mind you, this is GPS tracked.

There's no gray area. It's black and white. So I look at that the accuracy from the clean pocket, the accuracy when lanes are contested, and the ability to create when the pocket is compromised, and you look to create more easy throws in the future. Now with the addition of Jalen Waddle will fuller yards after the catch guys, and more on them here later this week. I just don't see what we're missing here. Let's get to the

rest of the room. Jacoby Brissette is here now. He has replaced Ryan Fitzpatrick, has kind of the old hat in the room. He wears number fourteen, five years experienced North Carolina State. He'll be twenty eight years old on opening day. And what I found most interesting about Brissette was twice in his career he really rose to the

challenge of a late promotion into the lineup. First, as a rookie, he comes off the bench, and you might remember this in in that Week two game against the pay Atriots, Garoppolo gets hurt, Brissette comes into the game, and then the following week he starts again and leads the Patriots on a short week on Thursday night to

a zero win over the Houston Texans. Then in Brissette was unexpectedly named the starter following the shocking retirement of Andrew Luck, and Brissette brings the Colts out of the box to a five and to start, while posting a ninety nine point three passer rating in the process. So, Jacoby Brissette, when things kind of are chaotic and he has to get in the game, grab the helmet, get

yourself go, and get yourself ready. He can jump in there and hold the fort And the best part about Jacoby Brissette he has a career interception rate of one point three percent. That's the best in the history of the National Football League minimum nine attempts. I think he does a great job getting the offense into the right looks, getting his box count, getting him into the right run or pass play. Coming off the bench in a pinch, manage a game and execute a game plan and get

the football to an open man. The other quarterback on the roster, read Sennette, number four, has one year of NFL experience. He went to San Diego. He'll be twenty four years old on opening Day. He was a U d f A with a Tampa Bay Buccaneers last year before signing with Miami on the practice squad on September.

He has yet to take an NFL snap, but he did explode in his one season as the starter at San Diego, when he threw for three thousand, five hundred and twenty eight yards thirty two touchdowns and he added a hundred and seventy four yards on the ground with six touchdowns, where he was also a finalist for the Walter Payton Award. Which is awarded annually to the most outstanding offensive player in Division one Football Championship sub Division.

So there's your quarterback preview tomorrow running backs coming up. Let's go ahead and finish out this podcast by continuing our NFL preview series and take a look at the a f C South. And this division is one of the more intriguing ones to me because you know, it might not have the Juggernaut team, and maybe they do. I'm not really sure yet. None of us are really sure. But I find the divisions that have three possibly good teams, three or four possibly good teams to be the most intriguing.

And we start here with the team in a bit of transition with the Houston Texans and their coaching staff that went after David Coley, and good for David Coley forgetting the bag here towards the end of his career into his sixties. Uh. He also brought in love E. Smith, and I'll be curious to see what Lovely Smith does with that defense because he's kind of been a by the book's principal type of defensive coordinator for his entire

career and head coach for his entire career. And we'll see if he can adapt to this new role and to the modern league. As far as coming back to the NFL after being at Illinois there with the fighting

a line for so many years. Just one of the weirdest offseasons I've ever seen in terms of signing so many veteran players for a team that has the one of the older rosters in the National Football League, and given the state of the quarterback position right now for that team, expectations are you know, it's hard to forecast where this team might be without that quarterback if he does not play. But what does happen there? Is it

gonna be Tyrod Taylor, Davis Mills. They drafted him there with their first draft pick, but twenty six free agent signed, and most of those guys were signed to one year deals. It's one of the crazy easiest building processes I've ever seen in the National Football They getting guys like Philip Lindsay and Desmond King, maybe hoping to maximize their play and their earning potential in two when they go back

on the market. Let's go ahead and just go over their off season here real quick, because that's the real story for this Texans football team. Tyrod Taylor, Davis Mills, mark Ingram Rex, Burkhead, Philip Lindsay like has three name running backs who maybe in another year where more name, but those are still big names you put to the roster. There. Chris Connley and Dante Moncrief joined Nico Collins a draft pick at receiver. They signed Darren Fells and Pharaoh Brown.

They drafted Brevin Jordan out of Miami, big fan of his game. They bring in Justin Britt and Lane Taylor. They get Jordan Jenkins into Marcus Walker and Jalil Johnson, Malie Collins, Vince Taylor. Along the defensive line, they bring in Neville Hewitt, Kevin Pierre Lewis and Christian Kirksey and Comu grug Hill. How many former Dolphins have you heard in this list? And the defensive backfield Desmond King and

Terrence Brooks. The Houston Texans. We will see this team, the doll Offins, will in a one pm kickoff in week number nine, November seven, here at hard Rock Stadium. Another team we're gonna see, actually all four of these teams will see is the Jacksonville Jaguars Week six up in over in London. I should say a nine thirty a m kickoff. That's way too early for us out here on the East Coast. Can't imagine being back on

the West coast again for a six thirty kickoff. But this Jacksonville team again, this is where the entry really starts from me in the division Urban Meyer, how quickly does he acclimate to the NFL. He's been very open in his press conferences about kind of the learning process for him and trying to get to where he wants to go. What type of offense are they going to run? Because this is a guy that has had dominant college

offenses everywhere. He has gone all the way back to Alex Smith at Utah to Justin Fields, most recently here with Ohio State, even though that was Ryan Day's program. Urban Meyer kind of helped USh in that era with the good quarterbacks. They had their Ohio State for so many years. And what are the dividends of Trevor Lawrence immediately? And I think pairing him with Travis E. T M was such a great option and a great idea. Travis E. T is a hell of a player. Where does Jamen

Robinson factor into all this? To me, Travis E. T N is the most dangerous when you play him of the time. And now maybe that means a lot of two back sets, which works for this team because they are deeper at running back than receiver and especially at tight end. And I love DJ Shark, I love Lavisca Channel, Marvin Jones is a good VET. But those three guys with E. T. N. Robinson, to me, that's your best five as far as skill players go. So are we

gonna be a twenty personnel based offense? That could be a possibly fun thing to watch on to keep an eye on. On defense, how about Josh Allen the defensive event, not the other Josh Allen, this guy that was drafted highly by the Jacksonville Jaguars one year before getting Caleb on Chason. I think Josh Allen from Kentucky could finally have that big breakthrough here we've been waiting for for him, and they're slowly building some depth on that defensive line,

but it's just not quite there yet. One of the reasons why Tavan Brian no fifth year option extended for him, the former first round pick out of Florida. On the offensive line, it's a good one. You know, Brandon Linder has been there for seemingly seventy five years he anchors at all. Cam Robinson's a good tackle. I think Juwan Taylor could be even better. And we'll see what happens at left guard. That big Andrew Norwelle contract a few years back just to not pan out, but he is

still there. I'll be curious see what he had looks like with a clean bill of health at linebacker. I loved Miles Jack his draft season and I still love him. He and Joe Schober are the quintessential modern day linebackers. Scholberg gets all kinds of picks and plays coverage and Joe Colan comes over to coordinate this defense from Baltimore.

Be curious to see how these guys operate in a system that typically and I don't know if he'll run that system, but where he comes from had run a system where it was linebacker heavy, and you mug guys up and have your multiple gap players that can do different things, and where they aren't quite there yet with the depth on the defensive line, they have gone to work rounding out this defensive backfield and that's a smart move I think in today's NFL going after the defensive

backfield Shaquille Griffin, a big signing from Seattle. They get C. J. Henderson last year in the top ten out of floor to and then Tyson Campbell this year, who has already been announced as their slot cornerback from Urban Meyer despite never playing there in college. Interesting tactic there, but they obviously saw something on tape that made them think that he could do that job. And he's a hell of a player, so be curious to keep an eye on that.

One personal note here, can you guys free my boy Gardner Minshew from Washington State University? Go cougs. I mean you got Trevor Lawrence. He's probably gonna be your starter. Probably even a funny word there. They signed c. J. Bethard and also Jake Luton is there who played late in the season for them and had some success as well. So free Minshew, free the stash, free the Gene Shorts, Baby, Trevor Lawrence, c J. Bethard, Travis E. T N. Carlos

Hide all additions in the backfield. They go out and get Marvin Jones, Josh I Motor Baby, Philip dor Set also comes in Derwin Gray on the offensive line. I love the Malcolm Brown trade. They pick up Jihad Ward from the Raiders, Dakota Alan, and Dylan Moses, a U d f A signing from Alabama who was a you know, floated as a possible first round pick before a serious knee injury. We talked about Shaquille Griffin and Tyson Campbell. They also add in Rashawn Jenkins to the defensive backfield

the Tennessee Titans. Moving on here to our third a f C South team, and this Dolphins team will travel to Tennessee in week seventeen, the penultimate game of the season, for a one o'clock kickoff on January two up in Nashville. The big story here for the Titans replacing Arthur Smith who is now the head coach in Atlanta, and he constructed an offense that was just perfectly catered to the

strength of Ryan Tannehill. Again charting Ryan Tannehill. You allow him to play from the pocket and drive balls to the intermediate portion of the field with that huge arm, and use his athleticism off waggle boot zone red to help kind of control the box count and give Derrick Henry more options. Those guys work so well together, and then you incorporate Julio Jones. That's the big one, a perfect compliment to what they did last season with A J.

Brown running all those crossing routes and deep patterns. Julio Jones can do the exact same thing. So you have two guys that can kind of mirror those concepts on either side of the formation. My favorite offseason addition was Julio Jones this year. But how do they get back to that twelve personnel package that was so deadly with Anthony Ferkster without John U. Smith because he was kind of a guy that drove that package at the tight end position and who goes to the slot and eleven

personnel with three receivers. Josh Reynolds probably one of their bigger offseason additions there at receiver as well. The offensive line has stepped back a bit since losing Jack Conklin and free agency to Cleveland, and he's been great there, but they have still proven really really good players and Taylor Lawan, Ben Jones, and Roger Saffold on the defensive side. I'm excited about this because this team has caughten a lot of flak for their past rush over the years.

But Jeffrey Simmons is one of the more physically imposing players on the interior defensive line, and Harold Landry when he's healthy, is about as good as there is in terms of the get off, the explosion, the ability to

bend the arc kind of cam Waken that way. I think those guys could both erupt because they've supplemented both those guys in terms of surrounding talent, with Nico Autry a great addition there, and then also budd Uprix, who gives him a gap hunter and a really really good pass rusher, and good run defender, a good block defeater. He does it all. He's coming off a torn a c L, so he probably won't be back right away, but he should be back in time for the week

sevent team game. You would think there's been so much change on this team. No more Adam Humphries, no more Malcolm Butler, Kenny of Akaro, John Smith, Corey Davis. We talked about losing Jack Conklin last year. Their additions, Julio Jones, Josh Reynolds, Denico Autry, Bud Dupree, Jayon Brown, Monty Rice, a rookie linebacker out of Georgia. Love his game. He is a seek and destroyed linebacker. They also get Norris Jenkins and draft a pair of rookies in that secondary

as well. Caleb Farley really rooting for that guy because drafting him after the kind of neck or back scare that he had coming out of the draft. I hope it works out for him. And then Elijah Molden from You Dub has a great chance to be a good slot in this league. Finally, our final team here on the a f C South Preview is a Week four contest in Miami at hard Rock Stadium, one o'clock kick off in that hot, hot Miami Heat against the Colts

on October three. And this might be the most staying team in the entire division because of Carson Wentz and talked about him earlier in the podcast. A good time to come back to this. It's it's weird to watch a player's mechanics of a position change, and you watch the way Wentz was kind of throwing the football last year. The base had widened, his feet got wider, his toys were, his toes were pointed inward, and it causes the arms slot to drop, It causes balls to sail on him.

It was just a really really weird season for the Eagles at that position, and it was almost kind of training muscle memory that was built in over time that you kind of have to find a way to correct that. So can he do that is the big question. And we'll talk about this here in a minute, but all the injuries that Eagles offense had a receiver, offensive line, I wonder how much of that played into Wentz feeling like he has to kind of speed up his play

and get things out quicker. And that kind of caused the mechanics to to alter. And then you do it enough to where becomes a habit that can become a big problem. So that's why he's available for a trade. That's why the Colts get him with Frank Reich, his former coach there in Philly. I at what you can

see what this team looks like this year. It could be very, very fascinating because you know, I talked about the miss layups he had as a rookie, and that's such a thing in the past, doesn't really qualify anymore. But his third down grade. I graded every quarterback on third down two. He was far and away in seen the best third down quarterback in the NFL because he just had a perpetual Houdini act that was so much

fun to watch. As far as the Colts go at the position, I've really never seen a team that approaches the quarterback position like this one the last couple of years, where you have this loaded roster and you just plug in the quarterback and try to make that work that way. It's usually the opposite way around, And I guess that's what happens when you, you know, don't have that high draft pick to go after a top quarterback in the draft class, because this team has drafted to Sam Ellinger

and Jacob Easton in the last two seasons. But one thing Wentz had in ten that m VP level year was a dominant offensive line and a strong backfield. But again, the Eagles just started to really endure an insane amount of injuries and that line caught the worst of it all. Quentin Nelson is the best guard in the National Football League, Brandon Smith a great right tackle, Ryan Kelly and awesome center. And now they get Eric Fisher who tore his achilles

in January. So he maybe you'll be back for this game. We'll find out about that in the future. But he might be a later addition for this team that helps

them more post Halloween. Plus, this offense also functions with heavy tight end packages and how Frank Reich can get to four vertes from thirteen personal I've never seen an offensive cording or do it like that, but he plays off those heavy personnel packages so well with mo Alei Cox, with Jack Doyle, and then the guy that kind of brings it all together is Jonathan Taylor, who just knows as well as anybody how to maximize good blocking and make teams make plays in the second level and you're

not going to because he's too good to slip those tackles. He just produces. You've also got Niheim Hines and Marlon Mack. What an offensive backfield. I also am a fan of t Y Hilton's game. His stats last year were not indicative of his play. I did not think he's much better than his status shows you. And Michael Pittman really came on a specially in that playoff game. So this offense has some pieces. We'll see if Carson Wentz can

get a going. But defensively, this team has always been one of a speed and finesse, oversize and strength and that goes back to Tony Dungee with the Gary Brackett days. Darius Leonard a two pounds and elite linebacker, a three down player. I'll never forget watching him and coverage at the Senior Bowl. Just erase running backs in a drill that has made to make running backs make the linebackers

look silly, and he did the opposite. They also get Bobby oka Riki out of Stanford a couple of years ago, and he turned into a great not just sub package linebacker, but a chess piece on that defense. Upfront to Forest Buckner is such a load. He's so long and strong. What a trade that was for them. He has the length to occupy blockers and produce to help guys around him. Speaking of that, Grover Stewart reminds me so much of the way and Dominican Sue plays with the aggressiveness and

the tenacity. He's a fantastic player. And then I'm excited to see how Quitti pay fits in year one. I didn't think that his usage really matched up to what his rank was there in college. Camiko Terray, Ben Bonogu, Alquedin Mohammed and Antoine Woods are all intriguing players up front as well in the defense of secondary. Julian Blackman is one of my favorite players in that class. His combine session when I talked to him was one of my favorites the entire draft week there and Kenny Moore

is so underrated and a great tackler outside. The secondary is the part where you look and say they need guys to either develop quickly or return to form like a rock your Sin and Xavier Road so their offseason was Carson Wentz against Sam Ellinger one year after drafting Jacob Easton. Interesting area to go after quarterbacks in that mid round of the draft a couple of years in a row. Eric Fisher comes in to kind of replace

Anthony Costanzo who retired. Chris Reid remember him, Julian Davenport member him, Joey Hunt, Quitty pay, Antoine Woods, Isaac Rochelle, Malik Jefferson, and Xavier Roads are there big additions to me. Three teams could win this division. I think it's it's it goes as far as Jacksonville, I'd be I think they could have a possible surprise run this year. The m v P of the division. The best player is Derrick Henry. The best quarterback and this is excellently Deshaun

Watson is Ryan Tannehill. The best defensive player is DeForest Buckner. The best rookie, for my money, is gonna be Trevor Lawrence. I think Frank Wright is the best coach in the division. The most intriguing team is the Jags or the Titans or the Colts. Again, three teams I don't know, and that goes into our championship prediction. I need to go over the schedule and make a decision for it. But I'm not gonna get crazy, since all right I am. I am gonna get crazy. Actually, since this isn't my

official prediction. Give me the Jaguars, give me the surprise upstart. I think Trevor Lawrence can be that good. All right? I want to cover some TV shows here on a podcast. We'll come back and do that later in the week. I think you should leave is out on Netflix? How good is that show? And Dave on f X continues

to pop before we get out of here. I want to go ahead and haven't been on the airwaves since this tragedy happened, but just send out our thoughts with the victims of the Surf Side conn collapse over there right next to Miami Beach. What a sad, sad moment. That wasn't a sad event, And and visiting the wall down there on Surfside and kind of seeing the first responders and just the chaos of it all. Really really apologize for those folks that had to go through that

and are still going through that. And we'll try to, you know, continue to do our firts here with the Miami Dolphins to to make things easier and try to help to alleviate some of the pressure of the post tragedy events there. And sirs, our thoughts are with you families over there in Surfside. All right, let's go ahead

and close up this podcast here again. Tomorrow we come back with a running back position and we'll continue doing this every day up to training camp, and then we're gonna have training camp reports for you also every single day preseason games, and then finally kick off in September.

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