The Audible Ep. 72 | Jakeem Grant

to go. And you know, I know, I know there's a lot of question marks about this team. There's a lot of different opinions, whether it's a local or whether it's national, but uh, you know, I just I just feel like I'm watching a football team that's, uh, that's destined for some good things. I'm not sure if it's gonna be early this year, later this year, or maybe not this year at all, but maybe next year. But boy, there's something different about this team right now that I

feel that I see that makes me feel optimistic. I'm usually optimistic anyway, but it makes me feel more optimistic, and I'm I'm pretty happy about it. John kN Jemmy Kimbo camp with a year on the audible and uh, it's just fun to be back jar it is, you know, and you hit it perfectly because fans are in the stands, guys are on the field, coaches are coaching, guys are making plays and and it seemed to me, at least in the first day of training camp, that it was

a continuation. It was a ramped up continuation of what we saw during O T A s. You know, guys executing at a high level, Guys moving around at a good pace, Coaches correcting when they need to, kind of patent guys on the back, a lot of good plays out there. You know, really it's about skill guys when you're out there with helmets and and and maybe you know, just shells on. But it was good to see guys

flying around and training camps here. And it tricks you every year, you know, around July four, you kind of think, well, I've got three more weeks, I got plenty of time, And all of a sudden, you snap your fingers and you're you're sweating like crazy, and it's humid and it's hot, and it's guys playing football, and it's what you expect to see on the first day, I saw a lot of really good things that a lot of things to build on, a lot of things to correct, But it's

good to see the Miami Dolphins back out on the foot. You know what I saw John The first thing that jumped out to me. Um And again, I'm still kind of in that in that mode where I'm watching players, but I'm also watching the staff and seeing how they manage these players and how they're gonna get these players into the frame of mind that they expect them and are gonna demand that they're in come opening day for this football team. And to me, it was small things.

The first thing I saw just watching them stretch, you know, the simple going through your stretches and your calisthenics to get started with practice. Usually it's kind of going through the motions. There was no going through the motions. Everybody was in tune. Everybody was going through it like it

meant something. And then they broke calisenates and went right to right to drills where we're conditioning drills where you're you're running, you're not stopping, you're going you're going over you're going over dummies, you're going around dummies, you're doing things and it's it's it's a loosening up, but it's also conditioning and it's one of the things that we talked about, John, I think looking at this football team coming off of the off season, come off of O

T A S, coming off of Mini camp. Uh, I think this team knew that they better be in shape coming in here because he's gonna bring them. I think there's gonna be a pretty grueling camp from them. From a conditioning standpoint, I think we've seen some of that already. And and the good thing John is I think he cranked it up a little bit out there for the beginning of training camp. And I didn't see anybody out there huffing and puffing. Well, you wouldn't have thought this

was the first day of training camp. There was no getting into shape and gradually doing that. These guys are in peak performance and it's about sharpening their skills. As you said, the very first drills ball a ball, uh, you know, control drill guys, are you know, snapping at the football, you fumble, you're running, you know. Just it's just a mental approach that Brian Flores is bringing, not only him but throughout his staff of being and able to be accountable. He wants to you know, he said

it today in his press conference. He wants a smart, tough, physical, disciplined football team. I saw all of those things today and it's just day one. You're gonna build off a day one. And the one thing he really did say today and he focused on and I think this is true of any team, but this team, especially a young football team that's trying to prove people wrong. You know, doubters from not only South Florida but around the country, is about I'm only concerned, and this is Brian Flores.

I'm only concerned about today. I want to worry about today. I want to get through today, and I wanted to be sharp. I wanted to be the way we wanted to look when we go in in the meeting room and watch it on film, and then I want to worry about tomorrow. I'm not worried about yesterday. I want to worry about today and staying in the moment and staying focused about how this team is gonna get better

on a daily basis. Yeah, I think that's it, and it's it's you know it is it's it's it's kind of baby steps at this point because look, everyone's still getting to know each other. You got to know each other during the offseason when it was shorts and T shirts. Now it's gonna get a little more intense, and you're gonna see different things coming out of different people, both

from coaches and from players. The guy that looked really good during O T A s you know, I mean, I look so good when when you when you crank it us and in these things. And we've seen that before. And there are other guys that look pretty good, no t you go, man, they transitioned over to once they put the pads on, and I think they're gonna practice some pads a fair amount during this. They're gonna get

him in. You know, there's gonna be some of those guys who are gonna get into those pads and shrink a little bit. They're gonna be other guys are gonna gett those pads and there and they're gonna grow a little bit. And you do you look for that, and I think you could see that. And they didn't really shy away from anything. They went a little goal line, they went you know, red zone, they went you know, seven on seven. In terms of being able to go

individually and build up to certain things. But it was it was good to see, you know, red zone passing, red zone running. Uh, you know, having one team out on the field and everybody else on the sidelines, and you go through five or six plays, then you flip to the twos and you kind of go that way

and and and mix into threes. It was really I thought the coaching staff on day one touched every facet of this football team with special teams, with individual drills, and it looked like a really good continuation of what they built in the spring. Yeah, that's right back in Football Power by South Florida. For the training camp schedule, as we said, we started on Thursday, got at it. They're gonna have a scrimmage on Saturday, August three that

will be at the hard Rock Stadium. Always a good chance to kind of get a good feel after first week of Pres'll have our umbrellas ready, we're gonna go up in the air and we're gonna we're gonna do it from there we go. We're got a little more demanding after that setup we had last year. You know, we could use a little you could use a little lemonade, this little something like that out there, bigger umbrella maybe would be would be nice and and maybe get loans cover.

Maybe maybe we get tray and logan with a fan and they can just call oscillating out there and do that. So we'll all be out there. But look, there's gonna be a lot of practice, a lot of opportunities for fans to come out and Day one pretty good, pretty good fans out there, I thought so too. A lot of energy, a lot of owen and eying when you know touchdowns were caught or a defender makes a good play, or you know, you see a quarterback make a nice throw.

A lot of excitement and energy, and that's what you need for this football team. They want to build on things and it might be the smallest thing on day one, but they want that to, you know, to have a foundation of where they're going. John, I'm sitting there trying to kind of put things down and and see who's coming out with the ones and where everyone is and a lot of changes going on, but you kind of

keep an eye on it. And obviously the one one position that's gonna be, uh, you know, really in the spotlight throughout this training camp is gonna be the quarterback spot. And I think you can still see that Ryan Fitzpatrick has got a little a little more, a little better command in this offense, a little better. He's a little

more comfortable back there. Uh, Josh Rosen, you know, I I think it's only to me, it would it would only be him in nature for Josh to be a little bit nervous, Uh, be a little bit eager and wanted to show some things and trying to push a little bit. But he's got to find his level. Uh. And and and that's gonna be you know, ultimately, you know you got uh you know you got Josh in there too. Uh, I mean Jake Rudok in there too. I'm sorry. Who's who is certainly bad. I don't want

to leave him out of the mix. But but it's a two horse it's a two horse race to start going into going into this right now, unless Jake comes out and just lights him up and says, hey, you know it's got guys. Time is here. But let's see what we got there. But for the most parts, and I think what we saw day one is kind of what you expected. The more polished guy in Fitzpatrick and Rosen still trying to feel his way out out there.

I think so. And it really it's not shocking to me to see that because you've got a guy with that amount of experience. You know, this going into his fifteenth year in the National Football League, He's probably seen every offense conceivably that you could run in the National

Football League. And you know, command of his throws, timing of his throws, location of the of the football, all those things that you would expect from a veteran, a guy that's been around guys had really good success in the National Football League, and guy that is trying to win a job. I mean when he was signed. You go back to the off season, when he was signed, it was one of thirty two jobs. And that's why

he came to the Miami Dolphins. He said, you know, there's not that many people that can do this at this level, and I want to be that guy. And you see the confidence and more importantly, you see the execution when he's out on the field. You know, you start looking around at and other guys that jump out out there. And I know it was early, it's earlier in training camp, but boy, calin Balage, I mean I looked at him and he's you know, you can tell he's he's figured out what it takes to be a

professional player. Uh came in last year, got limited exposure. When he got the chance, certainly showed what he can do. And I think you I think he's a different guy out there now. I think you can just look at the way he carries himself, the way he goes about his business. I think he's ready to go out there and and and say, hey, Kenyan, you know the jobs. If you think this job is yours, you know you better you better pack a lunch because it's gonna be

a long haul. I'm going after it. Well you could see, I mean it's only one day of training camp, but you know, no pads naturally, But he broke a run today that reminded you of the run he broke against Minnesota, the seventy five yard. I mean, he was through the line of scrimmage, off to the races. Once he got to the secondary, nobody was gonna catch him. And it was just one of those things that he gives you that second and third gear once he gets to that

second level. And he's a big, physical running back and I only hope that he pushes, you know, Kenyan that far because it's gonna make both of those guys better. It's gonna make that position better at running back, no doubt about that. Jachem Grant, who will we I think we're gonna try to catch up with a little bit

in the program. Jachim boy I was up there and you know, and then up there with like the other media guys and and they're talking to a couple of guys and go man, Jachem Grant coming back from injury. That guys, he's the first guy in line in every drill, first guy to do every thing, and he's doing everything with a major purpose. When when he's out there, when he was the other guy that that you know, it

just jumps out at you and goes, wow. That guy's he's kind of working on a different level out there, and and he's bringing other guys along. You can not only his individual play at practice in training camp on day one, but other guys that are making good plays or a guy that misses the past, or a guy that runs the wrong route, he's the first guy kind of picking him up and bringing him back in line and kind of talking with him. If it's a young guy,

you see a lot of things. You see a lot of growth, you see a lot of maturity, and you see a lot of production. You know, this is a guy that really didn't know where he fit in three or four years ago, and now he's going into his fourth season. He's an outside receiver. He's a guy with blazing speed. He has great quickness coming in and out of routes, and he's becoming more dependable and on a team that needs playmakers that are looking for guys to

take the next step. Boy, if you get that guy and building on his season last year, if he stays healthy and on the field and he's productive, that just gives you another weapon on the outside for this off That being said, I look at Albert Wilson and and I'll tell you one thing about Albert Wilson. I didn't realize how big he thought. That guy's got some That guy got some legs. Yeah, he's strong, down down, waist down that that that guy is a strong, strong dude.

He's coming back from injury. I don't think he's too I don't think he's not. And you can see him like you know, they're running somebody. He went through every

drill out there, doing everything that he could do. But sometimes coming out of the break, just a little little little tentative coming out of the break, and you come out and you come back from a knee injury, you're you're gonna you gotta convince yourself you you can go and you can go through all the measurables, you can go on all these different UH machines that they have to test your strength or get you where you want

to be. UM. But until you go out there and you believe it in your between those between your ears, until you start believing in there, it's a tough, tough grind to get through and get yourself into that frame of mind where you believe you can do everything that you used to do well. I think he's, you know, going to work his way back as training camp moves along, as the preseason moves along. I think you're gonna see his his UH energy level because of what you said, Hey,

I just you know it's gonna be hurdles for him. Hey, I was able to do this today. I feel a lot better about doing this. Now I'm gonna crank it up. Maybe you know he was at seventy percent today, Maybe I'm cranking five tested a little bit and I think he's gonna go through practices, and I think the Dolphins have to be smart in terms of even if he's at a hundred percent, you're clear to go, you've got

the green light. I think they still want to temper back what they give him and kind of spoon feed his reps as he gets into individual and then he graduates to maybe seven on seven, he gets in some team drills, he does some stuff on the side. You know, after individual, he was on the side working on his conditioning, working on his ball skills, working on the things he can do at a hundred percent. That's gonna get him to the level a B in two weeks where it's

not an issue anymore. The good thing, though, is that he was he participating in drills with everyone else. I mean, you know, usually you see a guy and they've got him over the side all the time. But you know, just going through the drills, just going through the individual, you know, he's out there with the guys and he's ready. You know, he's he's gonna be. I think it's smart for the Miami Dolphins not to just throw him out

on day one, say hey have at it. I think they're going about it in the right right frame of mind, Kenny Stills looking like you expect Kenny Stills to look out there looking good. The one thing that I'm I'm I'm looking at again, and we talked about this before, is that offensive line kind of I think the way I saw it today was you had Tonsil out there, Um sixty four, got Read read is out there, uh d k in the middle, Kill Gore at the middle. Then you got Jesse Jesse, and then you've got the

Jordan Hills the other tackle out there. So that's the offensive line the way it's the way it stands right now. And John I would expect that to be a little bit of a a position. That's a little bit of a revolving door. Early in training camp, uh to to look at some of the other guys out there. You certainly want to to to see the young guys out there.

Michael Dieter. You want to see Michael Dieter. And you know he spent a lot of time with that first year, during the off season, the dots and in mini camps. How long does it take him to see if he can get in get some reps with number one and established himself. Is Jesse Davis gonna be able to man that position and own that position. Uh and and and

Read is that is? Is that the off season acquisition that fits in where you give you buy some time for a guy like Michael Dieter to kind of catch up to the speed and the pace and his strength and all that stuff. I think you're right, But I think that position alone, along with the running backs, and I think you'll see some mixing and matching to see how guys play with each other and how much can Michael Dieter prove that he played three positions in college?

Can he kick inside the center if something happens to Kilgore? Can he you know, can he play both guard positions? Can can guys do those things? Can Read not only play left card but kick in the center. So you've got some position flexibility up there. And I think that will be up to this staff and coach flattery to kind of see who plays best where and with who. But I think you're, you know, your fixtures on the outside,

those guys you're depending on, you know. I I think we always talk about Laramie Tunsel making that next step and and and he played had a heck of a year last year, But can he be a consistent pro bowler that you don't even worry about left tackle. Your soul focus is who's gonna win the right tackle spot, and you're hoping it's Mills because he has experienced. Guy's been seven years, he's played a lot of football, knows

what he's doing. Give the young guys like Prince, the kid they draft out Ohio State, give him a chance to see if he can mature, stir up and be

a place. Stir up these young guys, and and really, you know, if you can get those five guys set, I think there's enough talented guys there that can provide you with depth and and the ability to play multiple positions out there that that you you probably don't end Hopefully you don't end up in the same situation last year where that offensive line after three two weeks that that it was it was patchwork. From from week three

on it seemed like, well, it made it tough. It made it tough for the offense to have that cohesion and consistency, especially at offensive line. Those guys need to

play without any inhibition. It's really you know, you're communicating, but you're also doing it by repetition and guys, you know, getting to the second level and leverage and how much you know when you're on a double team, how you're coming off, what angle you're taking to get to that linebacker to you know, to be able to make the running game more successful on first down, as as it did later in the season when those guys got a little bit of uh cohesive, you know together as an

offensive line. You know. I was talking to talking to Joe Rose over there and and and we're talking, said, you know, where, where's your concern on which side of the football, Which side of the football do you think is ahead of the game right now? And then we're talking with a couple other guys and they're going, oh, do you I think the offense? I said, I don't know. I think Joe and I both agreed. I think the

defense is. I have less concerned for the defense than I do for the offense, only because I think that the backside of the defense is loaded with with talented players. I think that linebacking corps is is gonna be better than they were last year. And the question is up front, where's the pass rush gonna come from? But I think that can be answered and we talked about it a couple of weeks ago. John, you can a lot of

that can come from scheme. You know, if you're not getting the pass rush on a four man run, go to the three man line. Linebackers, bring safeties, do all those different things that you can do in that three

man scheme. Because the three man scheme you got, you got two outside linebackers gonna blitch, you canna plit, you two inside linebackers, and then you add the corners and the safeties in there, and it gives you a lot more flexibility, more so than if you just line up with a four man scheme, and and you gotta way to go at it. Those defensive ends have to win each and every each and every down I think is up on on both sides of the line of scrimmage.

I think if you look at this football team, you know, the quarterback situation is gonna shake itself out. Somebody's gonna win that spot, and they may win it for four or five, six weeks and or maybe you know, a lightbulb go off and the other guys it's his time. But I do believe that on offensive line, we talked about the names, and we talked about the different guys

maybe manning those positions. Boy it really I think it doubles down on the defensive side because even though you've got some talent up front, you don't know how that talent is gonna work out when you mix in a three or four or four three, how those guys are gonna fit in. Who's gonna be your run stopper, who's gonna be your edge guys, who's gonna help out in terms of being able to add linebacker phil and and make plays at and around the line of scrimmage is

that of six yards five yards down the field. I think that line of scrimmage is gonna be critical for the Miami Dolphins and the progression on both sides of the football. You have no, no doubt about it. So I think it's gonna be you know, think things are

gonna be interesting around here. And you know it's funny be because I you know, I'm I'm a probably I'm pretty much of an eternal optimist when it comes to the Dolphins, and I tend to get aggravated when I hear people that that talk about this football team when they're not around this football team, you know, and and I understand the national guys you take cand be here every day. But to have a writer from you know, from l A writing about how bad this football team is,

I I don't give. I don't put a lot of stock into that. And and it's funny because I got the feeling I think this team as a whole, as you look through the players and as we're starting to really get a feel now for the organizational side of of where this team has gone gone. You know, it's

you know, my Tan tannem bombs not here anymore. Uh, You've you've got some of the some of the people that were here that we're in in different positions from like uh, metrics and and and and nutrition and this and that where to Quite frankly, it's a lot of bullshit. You know, it's just it's you know, I got this is gonna well. You know, you've been doing this now for four or five years, ending a damn thing to

your football team. You have one more football game. I never saw it again with g You know, we won that game because because the milkshakes we game after at halftime. You know, I think this team is kind of cut back the fat off of that and I'm not saying that that has no meaning to me, but kind of cut that fat in. They're back to the basics. Now everything has its importance, but the level of importance in

the credence. We were leaning on some of the metrics and some of that stuff comes back down to being smart, tough, physical, and disciplined. I mean you don't get that in the training room. I mean, if you hurt, you go in there, you get treatment, you come back out. Can you play or not? Can you play at a high level? And I don't know if the injuries in terms of a C l s and turn of sprains, you know, a C joints. I don't know if they went up or down or where that was. All I know is people

are concerned are you six and ten? Are you ten and six? And how you get there? You can get there in a lot of different ways, but it comes down to making plays at critical times. And it comes down to a mentality that I think this staff is really honed in on is that we're here to coach you. You're there to play football to execute. How well can we get that done? How how can we come together and make that a marriage In terms of being success in wins and losses, staying away from the losses and

stacking up more wins. And I think that goes back to what Brian Flores says, we're taking today is the most important thing we can do. I'm focused on today. Do we have some bumps and bruises after day two or three of training camp? Sure going to get treatment? Are you available or not? Next guy has to be up.

So I think that this staff, from top to bottom, whether you're talking about management, training room, weightlifting, training, all that stuff, they are focused in on getting guys available and if you're available, coaches to have is is honed in on mistakes, just sibling, being smart, doing all the things it takes to add up to victories for the Miami don't and and it's and and look at it takes some toughness to you talk about injuries. You know,

you're every everybody you know. I was talking to somebody when I was driving to training camp. They're He's like, you know, I hope people don't see people gonna get hurt. Guys are gonna get hurt. But I think this staff is a staff that's kind of more on the side of a little bit more of an old school staff. It says, look, I know you're hurt. I want to see if you can play hurt. I'm not asking you to go in and do something you can't physically do. But along the lines of Albert Wilson, he's not he's

not gonna do team drills. He's not gonna do certain things. You're not gonna do seven on seven right now, but you're gonna dress, You're gonna go through individual drills. Then you're gonna go do the stuff that you need to do. But you're gonna do certain things here where in the past. You know, I've looked over and you see five guys sitting there on a on a stationary for a week, for a week, just doing nothing. And you're going, I'm going with, what what the hell good does that do

these guys? And because you you, you know, I think it's a coach you you want to know, is this a guy that in week thirteen when he sprained his ankle last week on the road against the road against somebody we need to win. Is he gonna be able to line up and give me his best even though

he's heard he's gonna be able to give me? Or is he gonna be standing on the sideline next to me, you know, yeah, unavailable, and and you know, and I think I think really in the past, I think there's been a little too much of that, too much of that, Oh, you're hurt, go ahead and get healthy and when you're healthy, or you're gonna be hit to your percent healthy in this league, you're never gonna play off season, you know, not even during the off season. You're you know, you know,

I always said, you know it. It took me three years out of football to realize what it is not to hurt, you know, because that's part but but I think it's also part of it with this staff to find out who were the tough guys. Who are the guys that can fight through pain? Were the fights guys that we can count on If a guy's got a guy's got an injury and we need to have him play, Look, we're gonna We're not gonna put him in a situation

where he's gonna hurt himself more. But got injury, you know, can you function You're not gonna function at a percent, but can you function at eighty? Can you give me eighty because you can give me eight. You're gonna better than that guy that's behind you. That probably be the equivalent of getting sixty from That's why you're starting, that's

why you're playing. You're getting so many reps, and I think that there there is a lot of credence to that in terms of being able to be available number one.

And I think there's a lot of things that this coaching staff is still learning about this football team, about individual players, and I think that they like what they see just listening to coach Flores talk about his team, just listening, you know, and and spending time with the coaching staff, spending time with the scouts, spending time, you know, just watching them work. They're working. I mean, this is

a team that is gone. They know they have to go out and earn everything they get because this is a team that has it's in a prove it mode even though it's year one for Brian Flores, and this coaching is to happen. The schemes and all three phases. They are going to go and try to outwork you, They're gonna try to out execute you, and they're not going to beat themselves. That's if this team can do

those three things, they're gonna be in every ball game. Well, hey there, and we've talked about this a lot during this offseason, and I agree with every this. You know, the the whole takes no talent, you know, and to me, those are that that that just means be a smart football team. Takes no talent to show up on time for a meeting, takes no talent to to to to

hold the water and stay out sides. If you're an offensive tackle and you've got Von Miller breathing down your meck and you gotta hold, you gotta you gotta stand in there and be a man and not not jump off sides. All those things you know that that that this team can do that I think we're gonna make this team a team that can overcome whatever lack of

talent that they have. And I'm not saying this team is an untalented football team, but they've gotten had a lot of good players, a lot of talented players that have done a lot of good things in this football team. And now they're relying on younger, less, less less experienced,

less known guys. But if you can get those guys to be tough, if you can get those guys to be in condition, if you can get those guys to be smart, and if you can get them to pay attention to detail, you can you can take a team that's not as talented as some other teams. And granted, when I say not as talented, i'm talking slim. I'm not talking about this team, just so overpenning the talent. Look, the talent on the best team in the league, in the in the worst team in the league is very similar.

It's what do you get out of the talent on that team? And I think that's what this coaching staff is more about, is let's let's let's get let's get what we can get out of this team that doesn't take talent, that just takes smarts and discipline and doing the right thing. Saw a great example of that today, Boa And it was really it was a defensive drill and it was a goal line situation where the tight ends, running backs, Uh, we're going up against linebackers, safeties, corners,

and the defense totally bust. It was a big bust. It was an easy touchdown front pylon, six points, an easy pitch and catch, and coach Floores happened to be on the drill. He walked, he used to hold up. Hold up, let's rerack that. I want to see that again. And it didn't matter if the guy was the first time with the Dolphins and as a rookie, or it could have been a twelve year vet that he was talking to. Goes back out and says, what did you see? This is where? This is why we called this defense.

This is why we want you in an outside leverage position. Why are your eyes looking there? You have one job on this play and he ran right in front of you, but your eyes took you to a different spot. I

want you here. Ran it again? Easy. I mean, just going over the simplistic things about who your responsibility is gonna pay dividends, not only for the guy that maybe screwed it up, but the two guys are behind him that are watching that drill, you know, And it's not wasn't like, hey, we'll get it in the film room.

We're gonna get it right now, We're gonna get it corrected. Yeah, and look that that's you know again again that that goes back to attention to detail, you know, I you know it's it's it was ingrained in me growing up, and it was grained in me certainly when I was with the Miami offense playing and and and really for the last a long time, there is has been missing I think from this team that that just that demand

demanding you to do just that. I remember when, you know, when I first came in as a linebacker, I've never really covered anybody. And so you know, when when it's my job to cover somebody, I wanted to know two things, what technique do I have? Where do I have help? I have help on the inside. I'm gonna take my outside technique and I'm not gonna look at anybody else. I'm just gonna look at that guy because that's the

guy I've got to cover. And I'm gonna just and I'm not gonna pay attention to anything and and and and that's kind of how I learned to your job. And we've seen too much of you know, yeah, I know that's my guy, but you know I I thought I could do this, or I thought I could help that guy out. Let that guy help himself, right and then so you know, and I think that's kind of what's going through what they're going through right now, is that lesson those lessons that just and look, it goes

back to Bill Belichick. Just do your job. Just do your job. Sounds like the most simple thing to to to say, but it's it's a hard thing to do for people who like I can remember being a situation where I got a guy in a situation I go, you know what if I jump inside to get that guy and and you know, and make up and get a little a little yass, a little loss on the plate. But I know if I do and this guy turns me and that guy bounces outside, that guy's gonna go

for about thirty or forty yards on me. And I don't want to be that guy. So sometimes you gotta give up that that hero role to be the guy that's been in your place, playing team football and not letting the other guy that's next to you letting him down. Yeah, those ten have that same mentality. Then you know you're gonna at least be in the right spot. It's not gonna turn into one of those explosive plays as you mentioned. You know. So I think that that's a big, big

focus for this football team. And it doesn't matter if you're a defensive tackle, your wide receiver, you're a tight end. Uh, guys have to just do what's on their plate, you know, on that specific play. Then you react and you and you go about your business. And I think that will pay dividends. And I think we'll see how this team grows in terms of maturity as training camp moves along, and then you get to see another color jersey when the Atlanta Falcons come into hard Rock Stadium for the

first preseason game. Then you go on the road to Tampa and see how this team grows in terms of responsibility and attention to detail and discipline and all those things that add up to having a football team. You feel like, hey, I can I can take the field any Sunday with a chance to win. You know, one of the guys I was looking at out there today was Charles Harris. Charles is a big He's a big

lynch pin on this team right now. You know, first round raft pick uh really hasn't done you know, what he expected, I'm sure and certainly what the team has expected from him. And and the thing I noticed with it, you know, they they had him running through drills with the dbs and the linebackers um doing a little work

with the d line. But but it kind of leads me to believe they're they're getting ready for him and that stand up guy that in that three four scheme outstand up outside linebacker, maybe give him a little opportunity to cover a little bit, but more so be a stand up guy outside in a three man front to where he can put some pressure on and doesn't have his hand in the dirt and can do multiple things

out there. So so I think he's one of the guys that I think, to me, I'm looking at which which which could really be a could really take this defensive team and move him to a different level if he could get to the level of play where everyone would like him to be, including himself, at that spot where he can either put his hand in the dirt in the four man line or stand up on a three man line and either rush or come out and give you a little help in a coverage stampede, you

know both. I was looking at the same thing in terms of, hey, who's lining up where right? So you look at you look at him, and you're kind of saying, well, what is he gonna be? What is what is Charles Harris gonna turn out to be? In the two thousand nineteen version of the Miami Dolphins, and had led me to look at Jonathan Woodard. You know, I looked at one side of the football and kind of seeing the

same things you're seeing. And I'm going, well, who's gonna be the guy that's gonna put his hand down when they're asked to go to a four or three? And I'm thinking, boy, if this guy can make a leap or or just show you some confidence that he can hold down you know, that edge of the defense, that he can be a guy that can be sturdy against the run and be able to force, you know, set the edge and let somebody else make a play. It doesn't have to be him, you know, guys like that

are gonna have to emerge on this defense. If if Charles Harris is gonna be asked to do multiple things, then somebody else is gonna have to kind of step up and and do the things that we're we're given, we're taken for granted, like Innate Orchard or or a guy like you know, somebody like that, or DALs Washington with a big guy that has some highs and lows. You know, how are those guys gonna emerge and be able to be playmakers on a defense that are looking

for stars. I'm with you on you know what. Jonathan Wodard to me has been a guy that I've liked when he's had the opportunity to play. He's a big, tall guy, but he's he's thick enough. He can stand in there. He can he can to gap somebody if he needs to. He can give you some pass rush um, you know. And I think he's one of those guys.

The more he plays, the more you see how good he is, and so you know he's one of those guys, and he's gonna have to be one of those guys that it really becomes a bit of a stalwart for you on that defensive front, especially if, like you said, you know, I don't I don't see I don't see Charles Harris lining up in a in a in a in a eye to eye with an offensive tackle and try to to gap him in the course of a game in running situations. Jonathan Woodard, I could see him

doing him. I mean, he's got the size, he's got the strength, he's got the ability to do that. So he could be that guy and he his hands on the tackles and kind of get some leverage and help the guy beside him. You know, it opens that picture up a little bit easier for that defensive tackle or that weak side linebacker or the middle linebacker to be able to see lane and be able to kind of go through that progression of Yeah, that fits. That fits

for me perfectly now because he did his job. Yeah, it's it's gonna be interesting on that defensive front, just where where they're gonna get that that that pass rush from and and and again. And you know, the the guy I think, I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm kind of dying to see Christian Wilkins in in pads a little bit and and see what he does when he gets in there, because there's an active guy, a big guy, and you know, it's it's always gonn. I remember my first practice as a rookie, and you almost want to

jump out of your skin. You were so anxious to do something and and show somebody what you can do and everything. And I can imagine when he puts on pads, we're gonna see, Uh, we're gonna we're gonna see a little bit of a lightning bolt, uh come through there with with Christian Wilkins, He'll be exciting. I mean This is a guy. He was picked thirteenth overall for a reason. You know, he he was so explosive as a as

a Clemson player and won every award team captain. Makes plays around the line of scrimmage, behind the line of scrimmage. I think if you get a consistent pass rush from him, that's gonna just add to what he can do as a football player in his rookie year. But I think

his main focus is being able to be sturdy. I think at the line of scrimmage, being able to hold his ground and be able to get penetration and be able to use that quickness and speed he has with his feet, matching his hands and being able to do things that we haven't seen done in a while. You know, up front, to be a guy that is gonna probably you know, we have expectations for him, but he almost exceeded.

It's kind of unfair in in a rookie year, but that's why he was drafted, That's why he was, you know, a member, That's why he is a member of the Minami Dolphins. And up front, he has to be a difference maker. John. When you you look at the roster and you look at starting lineup? Who you who you projected these starting lineups? What what what's the one position on each side of the ball that did you feel needs to be bolstered with somebody better than it was

there before last year? Well, on defense, I'll start. I think the given is upfront at the defensive end. You know, you lose a guy like Cam Wake, you lose Andre Branch, you know, you lose uh, Robert Quinn, you know guy William Hayes. You had, you took for granted that those guys were just gonna get the job done, and now you kind of go down the list and they're unknown names with with maybe some question marks around there. So I would say, you know, guys that we mentioned in

Charles Harris, I think that's a big question mark. What is he going to be able to do? You know, is Tank guaranty and gonna be a guy that that can you know, raise his level of expectation? Or do you have a new guy you know is it is it Dwayne Hendrix or Jonathan Woodard you mentioned you know, you've seen a lot of good things out of him. So I think that position right there, and if I added one on defense, if this team is going to be six defensive backs in certain times, who's gonna be

that stalwart at nickel or dime? The guys on the inside, you know, are are they kicking guys from the secondary that we're maybe playing corner now they're playing safety. Who's gonna be the guy on the inside, Because you know, you mentioned a team that is strong in the back end, and for me, you know, makea Fitzpatrick and Rashaan Jones and t J McDonald once he gets back off on the field and a member of the Miami Dolphins. You

have some guys that you feel very confident in. But who's gonna be the extra guys that Jamal Wilts that that's gonna be on the inside. Is it gonna be a younger guy like Cornell Armstrong, it's gonna come from nowhere and guys, hey, we can depend on him. I think on defense those are the two positions. I'm not so much worried about linebacker because I think the guys we have they're gonna be you know, you're gonna do the job. They've got experience, they've got confidence, they can

do multiple things and play multiple positions. I think it's gonna be the edge to the defense, and it's gonna be that extra guy. Because if I'm the opposing quarterback and I see Mincan, I see X, and I see Rashad, and I see t J, Who's the next guy I want to go at. Maybe maybe it's the next guy I want to kind of earn my salary. And and that takes me to the guy that I'm looking at. Who's gonna be that corner opposite X. Who's that Who's gonna be that guy who's gonna man that corner and

lock it down. I don't know Tank is uh is on the unable to perform right now. But I got a lot of good guys out there, David Rivers, Cornell Armstrong, Tory mctire, Eric Roe. You know which guy is gonna be that guy is gonna step up and and take that other cornerback spot. Because I I, you know, I think there's there's been enough guys who have played multiple positions inside, from Bobby McCain and all those guys to Minca and and you know and Rashad and all those

guys t J that that have played inside. I'm more concerned with that cornerback opposite X. Also concerned with the wide receiver spot because I don't think there's no we don't have enough speed. And saw one guy that they had plenty of speed. Yeah, I saw one guy out there had plenty of speed. Jachim, you were going pretty good out there today, man, Sir Keem Grant joining us here, and uh, Jachima looked like it looked like a practice, looked like you were anxious to be out there, and

it looked like you were having fun. A long time coming. Yeah, man, s that's October. Man, I couldn't wait to get back out there and just be full go and so and

now it's just maximizing the opportunity. And then that time I missed how much you know, how much how tough was it and how much did you have to go through from October to the day you last played the game to right now where you're you're back at it, and and I know it takes getting in there now to know that you're you're ready to go and you've got all that other ship is behind me. Yeah, man,

it's it took a long time. Man. Just Um Kyle used to tell me all the time, He's like, uh, don't focus on that one three focused on force and because I thought that it's my win, my first injury, I was like, man, I'm never gonna be back at this point, I'm never. I don't know if I'm gonna be back to what I was, man, because like, I've never been injured, so this injury thing is just something new to me. And so I just kept pushing and

pushing and then a little about little. The coaches kept throwing me out there and throwing me out there, and I kept and my achilles and it just kept getting stronger and stronger. And so now it's like now we're ready to roll now. And so man, it's just been a long time coming and I'm just excited to be back out there. You know, it's I look at you, and you know, the one thing that sticks out to me, Jack,

when I watch out of practice. Always the first guy in the front of the line, the front of the line, always the first guy in the drill, always the first guy to do it. And that that to me is you know, those are the guys I look for and I think special things about, Yes, sir, yes, sir um. I just try to leave by example. Uh I'm not. I'm not a little motel of those like a very

vocal guy. But um, I just try to leave by my actions and try to go up there and show them just you know, uh, go full speed because it's just like a game and you're not gonna go have speed whenever you're in the game. So I try to maximize and go full speed and just teach those young guys that's watching me and sign uh man, if you came going full speed and I have to go full speed too, and so and that's exactly the type of

message I want to put out. Well, the one thing about your team that I always see bod he's always gotta smile on his face. He's always going and what what today? First day out training camp. I know it had to be kind of gratifying for you, just all this stuff you went through to kind of go through and say, you know what, my mind's right, my body's right, and I can I cannot worry about anything, just go play football. Had to be kind of liberating, I would

think for you today. Yeah, it's it's actually very satisfying just to be back out there with my boys and

and just to have fun. You know. Um, I'll tell you it was just a big mentally, just like I said, Um, just getting over just the whole injury thing and just being able to trust my achilles and and and that that took a big part because it was some things that I knew that I could do inside of my head, but like getting out there on the field, it's like I'm still like second guessing and saying and thinking about, oh, it's just strong enough to hold up on this cut

or this and that. And so it just took a lot of trust and and a lot of you know, support from teammates, you know, coach of staff and trying to just to say you came, the strength is there. You just gotta go out there and just build that confidence back in it and and trusted and so um with that with with my teammates, you know, Kenny, Albert Navante and them just saying you came, You're right there, so you have all of the strength and speed, just

trusted like you got it. And so with them doing that, I'll just go out there and each and every day and just trusted a little bit more. And so now we're back in the training camp and I'm not even thinking about it right. And you know the other thing I noticed today too about Ji Kim and I know you're not like allowed guy and you're not a guy that's gonna be you know, always talking and everything, but you lead by example. And one of the things that struck me today about you, you know, you ran a

great fade route. You catch the ball on the end zone, and there's another play where DeVante is running across in the back of the end zone, kind of got tangled up. He's down on the ground, you're in the route. You kind of go pick him up, bringing back talk with him on the way back to the huddle. Those are the types of things I think that bond and bring

people together and bring teams together. And I wanted to commend you on that because a lot of times, you know, you're always looking for the sound bite, you're not looking for the quiet leader, the guy doing things you know when guys aren't looking. Those are the types of things I think that you bring to this football team. And I think that can get contagious on this team, just with the mentality the guys you have in that receiving room.

And I'm with that. Man said, um, I'll take like a military approach, which is like the guys in the military, like I'll die for you out there. And so that's my whole thing, is like I go out there and get my altar for Kenny Devantey fits, you know, any one of my teammates, and and that's just been my mindset and and a lot of coaches and a lot of every body know that. Like I was playing last year, it just hurt. You know, I didn't care, And so

I'm gonna give my all. It doesn't matter, like I die out there for you, like y'all mean to y'all, y'all mean a lot to me, your family and so and when I see Davante got tangled up and stuff like that, I quickly ran over there with no hesitation. It's just to check on him and see if you're all right, because that's my brother out there, and you know, if you know, it's it's like we need him out there, We need him as every Yeah, and then I just

look at us like a chain link. You know, if one if one part of the chain is damaged, then we're all damaged as a as a unit. And so um, if he's healthy, we're gonna be great. And so that's why I ran over there and checked on him and make sure he was all right, it's a training camp is always a new start to a new year. You got a new coach and Brian Flores, Well, what what message did he delivered to you guys on the eve

of uh of training camp opening it up? Um? You know, he always pushing that message of being the most conditioned

team in the NFL. UM, but he also want us to be go out there and be smart and and discipline and we have to do um, you know, the basic things extraordinary and and that's the message he's trying to push because everybody in this lead has talent and if we can do the fundamentals and get those things right, and that's what's gonna separate us in the fourth quarters where everybody's getting tired and and we're sticking to the fundamentals and where and and it's it's like second nature

to us. And it's it's there's no no deads on, no dead spot and we're just you know, hitting every fundamentals and doing everything whenever, even when we're tired and so um, and that's what he said. That's what I think the message he's pushing is just being able to you know, be smart and operate whenever you're tired, and and what the conditioning the part is. And that's a big part of the game because you know this the

football is not hard. You know, you're taking blows, you getting hit, um, running deep routes after deep routes, and you know, even playing down here it's hot. You know it's hot. So um, you know, just spend He he wants the he has that T and T. While the thing is that said takes it takes no talent and so and I think that's that's a great message to push because if we can do things that that extraordinary that takes no talent, I mean, we'll be a great team.

I'll tell you the one thing that that was evidently clear, clearly clear to me as soon as practice began. It's an up tempo, it's a high energy practice. I mean just just going through your your calisthenics, just stretching what I saw more, there was more activity, there, there was

more emphasis on it. So I just say, you stretch out and we'll go do this, and and you go right from that into igh speed drills, you know fast you know, conditioning, hard work, and and so right off the bat, this was not like we'll ease into this practice. You guys came out of the shooting you were you

were at full speed from the get go exactly. And and that's just like, um, the first start of the game, you know, just uh, jumping out and getting on fire at the first beginning and just keeping keeping your foot on their neck and just being able to just have that killer mentalent and just not letting up on anybody. And I think that's what he's He's pushing without without

even have to say say that. And I feel like, uh, that's that's a great message to push because everybody's going out there, we're all locked in, we're all focused, and we're no, as soon as he blow that hard, now it's time to go. There's no we're gonna ease into it. And it was like, no, we ain't trying to count

for us here, um and we're creeping up on week one. Hey, lastly, I know you gotta go, you got meetings and stuff, But I just wanted to say what was it like or ask you what was like to have Albert back out there and and have him close to a hundred. I know he might you know, be easing into stuff, but it's great to have him out there and be part of the individuals and just see both you guys, because you know you're both absent last year for some of the season. Now you're kind of both back. What

does it feel like to have him back out there? Man, it was great to have the the part of my high five back and so man, it was just it was just very satisfying to see him out there, and it was just satisfying for him. You know. I was just when he came over there to watch us a team, you know, I was just asking him how he was feeling today. He was like, Man, I feel good, you know. Um, just you know, taking baby steps. And I was like, man,

just you take your time, don't rush into it. Um. You know, we love to have y'all here, but don't don't rush it because if you're not, then I don't want you to have a setback. But also, man, it was just, you know, I'm more think about like how he feels, because you know, I know it's it's mentally, it's like it's hard to watch, especially like when you're a competitor and you want to go out there and compete and so um, but man, he felt great, you know,

just and my man got some big thighs. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, you know I saw the only the only guy that ever impressed me with thives was Earl Campbell. Yeah, I was just looking at girls that human can't have fights that then. Man, yeah, as a receiver, I told me

running back thighs. But man, it's like I said, Man, it was great to have him out there and just have him, you know, take he's had else and have him to be a part of the offense and let him know that he's a part of this team and he's still a part of him and we can't we can't wait to have him back. But look, it was great to have you out of practice and then back to dent and great stuff. Forward the good stuff and

uh it's training camp. Football's back. It couldn't be, couldn't be better time a year than news right now and look forward to big things out he thanks for something by pleasure. Have a good one man, Stay healthy out there, buddy. Um you have good stuff, good stuff there and and and you know it's it's you know what's funny is you you watch a guy and I talked to talk about watching to Kim and watching him go to the front of line and everything and you know that that

that's not something that just happens. It's you. You get a mindset, you say, look, I'm gonna be this, this is who I'm gonna be this year. I'm gonna be the guy in the front of the line every single drill. And if there's someone in front of me, well, he said it perfectly. He's gonna lead by example, and he does it. And you know, this is a guy that has come leaps and bounds from three or four years ago from where he was to where he is now.

It's just incredible. And now he's he's a dependable, speedy wide receiver that gives you that explosiveness on special teams and that can turn of four yard catch into a forty yard touchdown and a flash and we've seen it happen for the Miami Dolphins. And and he's a guy that that needs to keep raising that bar and he's doing it at practice and he's he like you said, he's starting the drills out every individual drill, every's he's the first guy in and he's showing it, showing the

other guys how it should be done. And I'll tell he's, uh, he's a different guy out there and you know it's it's funny guys talking to him. And I don't know if we may have been on this show or man someone else. I was talking to him and I was asking him about about coach Flores and his impact, uh and what how coach Flores is helping him? And he said, you know, he said, I was catching punts and he said, and I punt came down. He said, I caught it,

bobbled a little bit, tuck it away. And when he says, coach Flores comes over and says that that wasn't catch and and Jachine goes, what do you mean I caught the ball? Because no, no, you babbled it. He says, I don't consider a babble ball a catch. He's because someone could get their hand in there, someone could knock it out, you could drop it, and and and and jachinoes, but coach I caught He goes, no, you didn't. You bobbled. But but but it tells you, tells you about the

the we talk about detail. You know, we don't even we don't we don't only see it, but you know what a guy like this, but colde, I catch the ball. No you didn't I don't consider a babble a catch, and and so Jachinebo's I said, what what did you say? After he goes, well, I gotta learn to catch catch. But that's you know, but you know that that's you know, hey, those are the little things that I think coach flooras in this coaching staff every day are gonna harp on them.

It's it's the littlest things that if you add them all up, that end up beating you in a football game. You know, it's it's the bobble that is not a catch on third down. Now the defense has to go back out and you you don't blows out a game, or it's you know, it's a it's the catch that could have been a touchdown that was bobbled. Now you're kicking a field going you miss it and you lose points. It's it's all those little things. I think that that's why the focus of this team is the littlest thing

is discipline. It's physical, it's tough, it's smart, it's it's the intangibles that other guys take for granted. This team cannot take for granted. And they got a couple of a couple of things coming up Uh, in the next two weeks that are really gonna be uh important to watching this football team. Uh. Next week Saturday, they'll have an inter squad scrimmage at hard Rock Stadium and that's open to the public. Uh what time I should know it, But I'll see if I can find it right here.

I think it's one pm BO Saturday, Sunday Saturday, that's the Yeah, one pm. I should have just gone to you the Book of Knowledge to August first. So so they have their scrimmage, which which is always you know, it kind of gives you a chance to To me, the scrimmage, John is always a chance to maybe kind of look at line up a little bit, see who's getting he was getting the reps with the first team, See who's maybe moving in and out with the first team, both on both sides of the ball. So I look

at that. And then probably more important to me is going to be a couple of weeks later when they go up to Tampa practice second preseason game and and get a chance to practice against the Bucks. I think they go up on a Monday, play on a Thursday, so get two practices in against that football team, And to me, that's always telling because you can watch your

guys intensity level goes up. You're going against another team, they're running different things that maybe you haven't seen, different guys that you haven't seen over the last couple of weeks. And I think that's gonna go a long way into really getting a feel too if all this stuff is helping make this football team a more competitive or the type of competitive football team they want to be when opening day rolls around. Yeah, I think it's gonna be stages.

You know, you're gonna have this opening stage of training camp to kind of get the feel about who fits in, where you know some of the new guys that you really don't know their names, who your favorites at certain positions, and where you think it's trending to who's gonna start, And all of a sudden, you get a clean slate.

You build that up, and then you get Atlanta at home, and then you go on the road to Tampa and you have those two days and and now you're into your third preseason game against Jacksonville where the starters are gonna get three quarters so so, and then you're winding down and who's gonna make the team. So all these stages of training camp in preseason, get you ready for September eighth and the Baltimore Ravens coming to town, and and where you are as a football team. So I

think you're right. You know, those stages will be interesting as we go through the audible to kind of critique that and kind of see where our opinion on everything is as we as we get better as a football team, hopefully especially with this team. This is a unique situation, John, for you and I both because there have been so many wholesale changes coaching, staff wise, players move player movements.

So you know, we've gotta get We gotta sit here and watch these guys and and and watch how they're coaching them, and watching how guys are taking coaching and watching you know some guys that you know, is Devin got You're gonna take that next step up? Is he gonna be that guy? Uh? Can Jesse Davis, you know, really solidify the fact that he's an NFL offensive alignment

from from week one all the way through. Somebody else, which one of these quarterbacks is gonna emerge and be a guy that's you know, there's gonna be somebody that says, hey, you know we can win nine or ten games with this guy, you know. And so there there's a lot

of questions that are gonna be answered. We've just seen day one of it today, and and you know, like I said, I'm pretty optimistic always about this football team, but I'm really optimistic about this franchise right now and the hands that it's in with Chris Greer and with Brian Floores, a lot of other people have been stripped off in that in that level, and I think it's cleared the path for less, less voices in there, but more focus on what they feel is a key to

winning football games and bringing this franchise back to where they wanted to be. And speaking of the franchise, you know, I had some conversations out there. They've already started working on the new training facility down by the stadium. They're starting to level grade things out there and do stuff.

So you know that that's gonna all be going. And and if you're paid any attention when they put that tennis tournament together, it's I saw Tom Garfield and I said, Tom wasn't gonna take about three months to get that training. That seems like that's why what you did with the tennis tournament and turned out to be one of the great world class tennis tournaments, uh, you know in the world. So um, I expect that to be nothing but a world class facility. So it's nice to see that that's

getting getting underway. And uh so yeah, it's it's just uh, John, was a good day, good way to start training camp. You know, I was watching TV the other day and all of a sudden, team, no, no, well you know what, I saw an ad for Sunday Night Football and go, oh man, it's it's here. It's here. We're right in the middle. Love it. And I know baseball is going on, and I know basketball is trying to sell their summer league and this and that. But I can tell you this.

You turn on Sports Center, you're turning anything. You're gonna get a hell of a lot of football between now and in next February. And I couldn't be more I couldn't be more happy about it. It's exciting a great time for us because we finally you know, you wait all off season, you get teased by you know, July fourth. I got plenty of time and now we're back in training camp. So it's a it's a great time for the organization. I just can't wait to see this team

grow and and and be a competitive football team. And it's been a number of opportunities to come out and watch practice. I think there's ten practices or whatever it is that are open to the public, and so if you're out there and you want to catch the Dolphins, you can look at the newspaper, you go on to the Dolphins website Dolphins dot com, and you can find the schedule. Most practices are at nine forty in the

morning when they're available. There's a ten thirty on Tuesday, and talked about the one of Scott one o'clock scrimmage in a couple of weeks, so you know there's different times, but there's there's plenty of portunity. It was nice to see a lot of fans out day one, and they bring them back to high school football teams, which I think is one of the really great outreach things that

this team doesn't in our in our community. Bring the high school football teams in here and they come in their jerseys and they're feeling pretty good about themselves and and these these players come over and talk to them. Fifteen years old, come out and stand on the pretty cool and have and have the guy that plays your position come over. And yeah, so it's a it's a it's a it's a pretty good time of year and

uh and yeah, you're just happy to be back. John has gonna do it for the audible today, John, Kijemmy, Kimbo Camper, we'll be with you next week and uh, look we'll have a lot more about training camp, a lot more what's going on. And uh is as John, I continue to kind of stay out there and try to get some insight for for you guys and and get this season going. And and again, hey let's let's be optimistic and uh and see what happens with this group.

I'm feeling good about him, feeling good about this coaching staff. And uh and I think this. I think we're in a surprise of people this year. I hope so Bo. I mean, if day one's any in ducation, these guys are working hard and and they're only going to get better. And and you know the other good thing that training camps back and training is I know, if you guys, free lunch is back. Oh yeah, freeluce A lot of freeloaders around, a lot of freeloaders around today that no

doubt about it. All right, that's gonna famo. We'll catch you next week. Until then, stay safe and uh hey, enjoy watching some football.