The Audible Ep. 77 | Michael Deiter

been a funny and strange and interesting training camp. You know, starts out with the quarterback situation, and then you you're kind of watching that offensive line and and now here you you roll in and and all of a sudden, you know you've got cut down day coming. I think if they gotta be at I believe they gotta be a fifty three by four o'clock on Saturday. I believe that's the timing of it. And this team has already

jumped a gun. I think cutdown days already started. I think I'll tell you if i'm if I'm in that locker room right now, I've got my head on the swivel. How many reps did get today? You know, Turk told Bet any moment because you look at the you know, in surprising to me that you know t J McDonald earlier in the week. You know, a bit of a surprise, but it doesn't doesn't shock me. Hasn't been playing that much. And and and I think he was. I think I think when I look at t J in this defense,

I don't know that he had a spot. I don't know. It wasn't a linebacker, you know. And I don't think that, you know, I think his coverage skills weren't quite what what you know, what what this team is looking for right now. So I think he was kind of a man without a position. Uh And the fact that he's hasn't been practicing a little bit, so he becomes a casualty early on will hold in the the offensive tackle.

Not a surprise there whatsoever. Jordan's Mills. They let go Clive Walford, they let go Chase Allimett, they let go No surprises there because I think they put a flyer on. Walford comes in really really didn't do anything to set himself apart in that room. And you got the young guys Gasecki uh and you got uh Durham Smart Uh. You know those guys in there. And and so there's a lot of a lot of youth in there working

and working through the way and everything. Who's really has been the most He's been the most perfecsistent and most productive guy that you've got in that room. So that doesn't surprise me. The one that kind of surprised me was a Keem Spence. You know, a Keem is a guy that you know, not a not a not an

old guy. I say that because when you start looking at start looking at the roster and the guys that are leaving the roster, you know, you look at a Chems Spence and I ken, I think he was you know, six years in seven years and maybe something like that. They let him go. And here was a guy that you know, he wasn't gonna be your starter, but he was a good rotation guy. And I always thought when he played, he played hard and he made plays. And then so they decided to let him go. And you

look in that defensive tackle position. Now you talk about a youth movement. The oldest vet in there is going into his fourth year in the lead. So you've got guys going in their third year, second year and rookies going in there. That that is a young, young I'm gonna say young, but certainly talented. When you got got Shaw and you have Vincent Taylor and you've got Christian Wilkins, those three, you know, any one of those three could be a Pro Bowl guy for you down the road.

And Wilkins you would expect to be a Pro Bowler multiple times during his career. But but you but you take numbers out of there, John, I just thought it was strange, you know, uh with a Keem Spence in terms of we saw a lot of them, and he was productive and he was been He was able to move around that defensive line and and be able to give you what you expect out of a guy. You know, he's seen a lot of football, He's been around a lot of football, and I just thought it was shocking.

I thought he was gonna be a guy that you could count on in that rotation for the Miami Dolphins. Now there is a youth movement on this team, not only a defensive tackle, it's it's all across the board in terms of where you're looking at and that takes me back to t J McDonald. Here's the guy that's seen a lot of football. He's played free safety's played strong safeties, played close to the line of scrimmage, he's he's played man coverage against tight ends. He's done a

little bit of everything. But when you look at the way that Patrick Graham, the defensive coordinator, wants to play on defense, and you look at the way the head coach and Brian Flores, what his what he accentuates its speed, it's trigger, it's tenacity, it's it's things that are moving at a rapid pace. And I think that the way that they are using those guys in the defensive secondary, especially Minka Fitzpatrick, I think that was probably the key.

Jamal Wilts those types of guys, when they're moving him in and out of position. What I mean by that is back off the line of scrimmage and then towards the line of scrimmage. You've got quicker, more agile bodies that they're using in multiple defensive sets. I think t J was kind of caught in between of a scheme change because there's no doubt this guy can play football.

There's no doubt in my mind that he's going to contribute somewhere in the national but he's got a lay in a more traditional defense where you've got a strong safety of free safety, and you're not. It's like a merry go round in there. You I mean guy, And

I'm not saying that in a derogatory fashion. It's just guys are gonna be in different spots depending And I think a lot of this John reflects on the way the game is being played right now, the emphasis, the emphasis on offense, and John, I've been watching, whether it's high school football, college football now that started in NFL

preseason games. Well, I'll tell you what. I'm throwing the ball around because you know there's every time you put the ball up in the air, now, there's a fifty fifty chance you're gonna get a past interference call, right, So why not keep the ball near and But but if that's gonna be the case, then you better have a lot of a lot of coverage guys, speed guys, guys that can get to place, guys that can cover ergo.

You look at you look at the linebacker Ray Kwon McMillan and Kiko both of those guys, you know, good, good overall players. But their strength, their strength isn't in coverage. Now. I think maybe at one point you could probably said about Kiko. I'm not sure if that's the case now, But you look at Jerome Baker, you look at Sam maguaffin. You know, those are two guys that can play the run with their speed and and they're big enough and strong enough to do it. But they've got skills to cover.

They can cover it tight end, they can cover back out of the backfield, they can play in the slot. They can do a lot of different things. So you know, I'm watching this team and and and I see you know, Keiko's not there, and and Ray Kwan's not But from just from a linebacker standpoint, you know this nine times, well, I would say eight out of ten snaps, this team's only running a two linebackers. You know, you're not seeing three linebackers. What's seeing four lineback And you have the

emergence of a guy like Nick de Luca. You can play a couple of different spots. That is maybe you know, the good coachings have saying, hey, we we got a

guy that's a one year linebacker. We can mold him into what we want to be and we project him three years or two years, or eight games or twelve games whatever they're that mindset is how their evaluation is going on a player like that that if somebody went down, he could play three different spots for me and and and not have the trepidation of going, well, he can't do this, and he can't do that. He can do a little bit of everything, which makes him fit into

this scheme a little bit. And you know, when I look at a guy like Nick DeLuca, it and it's kind of in a reverse situation. You know, we had Rob Nickovic here. Rob was a good player, but he was just you know, he just didn't fit the scheme here. And and so the Dolphins released him in the last cut of his first year. New England picks him up and he probably has another has an eight or nine really productive years up in New England doing just what

you're talking about. Guy can do a number of different things. They used him to rush, he was good against the run, he was good on special teams, special teams. But and and so you know that maybe the Nick DeLuca role to be that third lineback that comes in and does some different things for it. Because a little bit bigger, a little more stout and stuff like that. But this is going to be it's gonna be Jerome Baker and

it's gonna be Samaguavins defense. That's their linebackers. Those guys are gonna play almost every play and then they may pepper in the line another linebacker here and then. But but if you're starting to see this defense and and and kind of scheme wise, where it's going, we've seen it so far, and it's, uh, it's gonna be a defense that I think it's gonna it's gonna morph as the season goes on and they get to know more about what the guys that remain on the roster come

come after Saturday, Uh, more that they can do. You know, you you may have some guys on defense that are gonna play twenty or thirties specially. I don't know how many special teams players there are a game, but twenty five special teams plays and maybe five or six plays on defense, right especially the way the fourth preseason games and notoriously go it's three plays and out or you're punning. You know, it's three players and now back to you.

You're back on the on the field if you're a special teams guy, so you may get equal snaps early in the game if there's not a team that gets on a ten play, you know, a d R drive or whatever whatever the case may be. So you're gonna see a lot of different bodies. Even though there was a lot of exit early exits off of this roster, you're still gonna see guys like a Trey Watson, you know,

come in and play a lot of snaps. You're gonna see a Darrell Hanks play a lot at linebacker, and a lot of special teams So you'll and those defensive backs that are the nickel guys or the dime guys, they're all gonna be in there playing a lot of snaps. The other thing to John is you look at it. I'm thinking here with this team undrafted free agents, you're gonna have three start. Sam's gonna start, uh cal who uh is gonna start? And then you may have Preston Williams.

You know, if he if he if you can catch the ball this week, if he can show gets back and he needs to get the confidence from the coaches back to day, I'm that guy that can go up and catch balls, you know, he if he's not a starter, he's gonna play down. Yes, So those those are three guys, three undrafted free agents that could affect your starting lineup and or give you a lot of plays. There may be another five undrafted free agents that may not be

every down players, maybe special teams guys. But but I don't know that I've been around or seen a team John where there have been that many undrafted He's usually one or two guys that kind of they sprinkle in, sprinkle can become like you know, Chase Allen, Mike Hall, those guys they came at his free agents, well look at look at you know, Monterrey Hartage and Nick need Hum. Those guys are gonna play a lot of snaps in the secondary for the Miami Dolphins in this game. They

played a lot of snaps in the preseason. They like something about that quick twitch. And you add a you know a couple of guys that might have been drafted in a corner Armstrong. You know, those are the types of guys that have really flashed on special teams, that have played fairly solidly after the first preseason game maybe and got their feet underneath them and got used to the accustomed to the speed of the game. But you're gonna see a lot of those guys this week, you know.

And then uh, you know, and you had that we talked about the undrafted free agents, and then you got a rookie like Michael Dieter. You know, he's gonna be a line up playing there. Christians gonna be lining up there playing a lot of snaps for you. So it's gonna be. It's gonna this this, this is gonna be

an interesting roster when all is said and done. And let's not forget they can go out and pick up some guys and I'm not I wouldn't be I would be shocked if they didn't pick up three to four, maybe five guys off of the off the scrapp heat. And you come come to draft and you got to remember too, on that defensive front, we we still have in the background Robert Kim d Jay who who's having seen rounding himself into shape so he can contribute somewhere

down the line. Because I think when you look at a former first round draft choice and a guy that is kind of burnt, burned his opportunity one spot he might fit in down the road where he's a guy that all of a sudden, he's another young guy that you had to this roster that can contribute at a high level. And you know, you roll the dice and a guy like that because he's got such immense downside and you can get if you can get him to be the guy he should be both as a player

and both as a guy a person. Um, then you've got you hit a home run, you know, And look, you know, Randy Moss was a tough guy to deal with. He went to New England and flourish that everybody flourished everywhere. He was got pretty much talent, a lot of time stretching stretch. But anyway, messing Michael Dieter because I think we're gonna get to get a chance to sit down with with Michael, and uh, it'll be interesting to talk

to him just because what he's gone through. I mean, walking in while you're in and you're gonna get You're you're gonna swim, but you're gonna you're gonna get a lot of you're gonna be swimming. You're gonna be swimming all season long. So the faster you learned. So him and and the guy we didn't expect show Calhoun pops up and and and and kind of lands that job. Opposite him on the other side, he has been doing

the same thing. And so he got another two young guys on that offensive line that are gonna gonna play. You know, those guys are those guys are gonna play every every snap. You know when you watch, you watch him plays a tannem and you've got Daniel Kilgour in the middle, uh, you know when we haven't seen him with tonsil that much, which helps, right, And that's gonna help out a lot too with Michael on that side.

But you watch him play, and the mistakes were numerous in preseason game number one, but then they fought back a little bit and and they got they trimm those you know, they corrected to some of those. Now, not saying that they played perfect, but they trimmed their mistakes and physics, they're getting better at both at both the mental side of the game and the physical side of the game each and every day. And but for an

offensive linement, you need to gotta play. I mean, I remember walking, you know, early on you see him kind of leaning one way or another duck and there you know, their heads, dropping their heads, and you know, defensive line would take advantage of yes of those things. And and and now you see them a little more, a little more squared up, keeping their heads up, and you know, and they're look there. They played as many they played

more downs. Those two guys have played more downs I would guess than anybody on this team since since since the starting and you can throw in the inter squad scrimmage or whatever else, and the practices against Tampa Bay, they've taken as much snaps as anybody on this football team. And they're going to continue to tell I wouldn't be surprised if the game in New Orleans that they're they're not there. They're they're not playing at least half of

that football game. And who knows, maybe more, you don't know. And and and I think that's the great unknown about going into a preseason game number four, because it isn't the last opportunity, not particularly for those two guys, but for other guys on the roster to have a chance. I mean, you lose a guy like Jordan Mills, who was a seven year veteran, you release him, who's the next guy up? You know, you have to kind of look through and see who's gonna get that playing time?

Is it Jones Smith? You know, is it Isaiah Prince who has drafted? You know, are they going to get the majority of those snaps at tackle to prove if they can sink or swim or be counted on if something were to happen in the regular season. Heck, those guys might have to play and start a number of games. You're typically you go into this this fourth preseason game, and usually I could probably pick out and say, you know what, there's maybe two jobs available going into this game.

I don't know and that, but this one numbers, I mean that that number, that number could be you could you have number could be as high as four or five guys that that right now maybe have one foot in, one foot out. All they gonna do is make enough players to get that other foot in the door or not make plays and get that other foot out the door. But I think there'll be more more of these guys. There's more opportunity I think to find a roster spot in this fourth game, John, than than I've seen in

a long long time. You know, It's funny, Bow because with the early releases of some of the guys that the Dolphins have let go. You know, those guys are out on the streets, so there's a vacancy hanging, you know, when you look at the Miami Dolphins roster, it'll be interesting to see who gets released around the league and who the Miami Dolphins feel like they can take a shot at too to add either depth or continue that that young uh player that they see an upside to

that they kind of stick on the practice roster. That that's at offensive tackle or defensive tackle, or at linebacker or at you know, or at wide receiver, depending on

how the chips fall. To continue to stockpile this because with the releases, you know, there's a lot of money, and there's a lot of dead money, but there's a lot of money that the Miami Dolphins are kind of stockpiling as they look forward to the future of this plan of trying to get this roster where it needs to be not only this year, but in year two and year three. For Brian Flores, well, if you're if

you're in this roster, rent don't buy that. If you're thirty eight to forty, you know, a few can we can we just stay in at the hotel and you're putting the bill force we just rate stay there for long because you know, and and and watching you know, watching Chris Greer over the years and watching these you know,

they they're gonna cheern those last. If there's if there's a guy that's one step better than someone else that's thirty five to fifty three, then that guy's gone and you're gonna pick up that guy that you think is a little a little more juice and tank a little more, a little more something, a little more potential, or a little younger or you know, I think all become factors now in the body. And man, I'll tell you what

I want to I gotta get up to thirty. Man, I get up to the thirty because any even below that, it's boy, it's a slippery slope. It's gonna be a slippery slope all year long. I believe it'll it'll be a work in progress. You know, this is a team that obviously is looking for talent, and they're gonna find it, you know, within the National Football League. When cut day comes, I think they may be there may be a few

additions you know that would surprises. This is the surprise has left the roster and kind of go wow, t J McDonald or Keem Spencer, Chase Allen. Now you're gonna find some guys that you may not be so familiar with their names, but they could play a role on this team. Well, and you know, we've seen enough of this defense to understand that it's gonna be a multi look defense. I mean, well, you've you've seen just about

everything out of him. Three man line, four man lines, shift to the strong side, shift to the weeks, standing up one, one or two guys with their hand in the dirt. You know this, you know, so you're gonna see a lot of a lot of different things. And so as guys get cut from other teams, Oh that guy, like, that guy fits our scheme better than this guy does. Let's plug him in and do that. But uh, yeah, it's gonna be uh, this is gonna be an ongoing

um an ongoing process throughout the entire season. Always is, but maybe a little more volatile with with this group this year. But it's clear to see they want to

get younger. They want younger is cheaper one thing, and and I think they want to get guys that are younger that they feel are gonna be here for a while that they can mold and fit into this particular scheme and and where they've seen some skills that they have that they know, I can use this guy, whether it's for whether it's two or three situations a game or ten or twelve situations a game where they can plug that guy in and he's gonna do specifically the

one thing that they feel that he can take advantage of of his skills in the course of that game. Not only is this organization building this team or building this roster to try to be competitive in two thousand nineteen, but when you take a look back at the draft choices the Miami Dolphins have had over the past two or three seasons, a lot of these guys are playing significant roles on this roster. They want to continue to

stockpile that. They want to continue to do that, and not only in free agency, which will be probably very active in and select to ven, but with that next year's draft, whether it be at quarterback, whether it be at linebacker, or whether it be a playmaking wide receiver, whether it's a shutdown corner opposite X. If that doesn't emerge this year and they have to do it by committee.

I think those are the types of things that this organization is trying to put themselves in a in a position of strength, not only with dollars, not only with money to go out and get resources, but with the draft to continue to build on the Xavian Howard Laramie Tounsil's, you know, the Christian Wilkins. Uh those types of players that are that are stars, that are guys that are going to be good in this team, good for the Miami Dolphins for not only this year, but years to come,

no doubt about it. It's funny we're talking about Nick de Luca number fifty eight. It always reminds me of someone because I used to wear fifty eight when I was here, and I remember, I remember after my after my uh after my after I got after I got released. You know, I the equipment managers a friend of mine, and so the first year out he wouldn't give anyone my name, no one war fifty eight. The next year my my first year out football. And then the next

year they gave fifty eight. I think they gave it to Barry krauss Side, Barry krouss Old Alabama. Remember after and uh so I remember going to the game. I went to the game with my wife and then and she she sees a guy running over the fifty eight. Oh oh, the guys were in your your number. I thought they were. I thought they were going to retire your number. I said, well, if he has ten good years, maybe they will. So now my hope for getting my

number retired. Luca, come on and they can give me, give me ten years years retired, then I can claim I can claim they retired numbers up in the rafters. Come on, Nick, Yeah, Hey, if pedigree means anything, he had a hell of a college career at North Dakota. I mean North Dakota is funny because I went to school with a guy named Nick de Luca, and uh but and he was as dumb as a fence post. And uh but he was one those guys saying, Nick, I bet you can't run your head through that wall

right now. But I can't. I've got two left. That kind of because if not fifty is gonna be, it's still gonna be in play for for a long time. Number sixty three is an in the the fact that Nick, Yeah, here he comes, Michael del Michael Dieter coming in and Uh, I'll tell here's a guy that, uh, you know, was was thrown into the fire giving a challenge. And you know, I remember him talking about and I'm sure we'll talk about the first time he lined up and saw ninety

three in Dominican sue over. They're going, oh, that's the Dominican sux. And I remember after practice someone asked me, said, that guy's pretty good. Yeah he's big, he's pretty good. But uh, but he's been in there and getting, like you said, like we talked about earlier, getting better understanding the game. And uh, and so here comes let's have a little talk with Michael. Were here with Michael Dean, and Michael has been not kind of a whirlwind for you.

You get drafted, you come in here and you go to O T A S Mini camps and all that, and you can write in the season and you kind of got thrown into the fire here, didn't you a little bit? Yeah, m but it's been fun. Um. The best way to learn is by being thrown into the fire. You're either gonna adapt or or your fall. So it's been really cool to just get out there and and and play it. It seems like nothing new to you

went to college. You went to Wisconsin, just got thrown in right there and played verst Way every year, every down, every snap while you were there. Right, yeah, pretty much. Um I did red shirt my freshman year, but after that it was it was all going. So yeah, same thing. Just get in there and get playing. I mean that's the easiest way to learn. Get out there and start doing it. Hey, you're you're an Ohio kid. What got you to the University of Wisconsin was at the tradition

of their their offensive line and what they've done. I mean you kind of look at Wisconsin and everyone, you know, you talk about the running game and you talk about the offensive line. When when you when when I think about Wisconsin, Yeah, it was it was definitely the offense of line tradition. I mean it was definitely my best offer as well. But then when looking at the other schools and what do they do offense wise, what do they have for an offensive line coach? All that stuff,

Wisconsin was kind of a no brainer. If you want to play on line, go there. You've been an All American, you're a second team All American. You started all a bunch of games at Wisconsin. UM so you obviously had a lot of success in college. What's different about the game you're in right now than the than the college game.

You know, we talked to receivers and running backs and different things about it, but the offensive line a lot more technical in a lot of ways, and even more so I think when you step up to this level from the college game. Definitely, I would say the biggest difference has been mental stuff like the verbiage of the offense, and then mentally how smart defensive linemen are in the NFL, how smart linebackers are. They know what you're trying to do and they know how they need to beat you.

And in college you don't see that. You see guys just playing with effort pretty much and and using their athleticism stuff to he plays here smart, well coached, I mean, just well rounded players. So there's never a time where it seems sort of easy. I mean, guys are too smart, they play too hard. It's it's faster, definitely, But I think the biggest thing is just how smart the guys are that you're playing against. They know how they need to beat you, and what you're good at and what

you're bad at. You come out of college you know, you're a big guy, You're you're grown. But these are grown men, grown men with families and grown men that you know that that that are trying to earn a living and uh and it's reflected in the way that the game's played, I believe. Yeah, definitely, you can definitely feel that there's people with kids. I mean cars they have to pay off. I mean, it's a lot of different It's not just you're going to school and playing

football at the same time. It's football, and that's it. That's your job, that's your life, and that's your livelihood, and it's it's cool. It's really fun to just it's just kind of a different feeling. It's cool. It's just straight football all the time. When you when you got drafted, you and your family, I don't know where you were, but what what was the what was the experience when when you you finally you got to call all that the Dolphins were drafting you, and you knew you're gonna

go int the Enna. You knew you're gonna go in the NFL anyway, but you know where are you gonna go? Where you're gonna end up? And coming from Wisconsin is probably tough you know, giving up that that that freezing cold weather and coming down to tropical South Floria super tough, no snow anymore. That was the biggest thing right away, as everyone was like, Oh, we can't wait to come just have vacations at your house. Hey, why not. I'm gonna be in Miami, so come on down. But I'll

miss the snow a little bit. Honestly. I like the snow meal stuff like that. So in the off seasons I'll definitely go back to ride snow bills and and do all that. But then once I get cold, I'll be able to come right back from a from a from a on field. Um. I don't know what it was like in Wisconsin during the summertime, but the humidity here, the heat, the environment's got to be different. For how difficult has it been for you to uh, to get

yourself acclimated to the while we stay down here. It's it's you know that you go up to the cold and you don't get tired, used to get cold. You come down here and you get tired, and it's you maybe you'll take your legs right out from under if you're not prepared for definitely, And it was it's been a work in progress. I'm still on there. I'm getting there. It's just it's just getting used to being and he

it's kind of getting used to just being tired. Like you gotta dig deep and and know that the elements are kind of working against you, and digging deep and just finding a way to still play with a good technique, still play smart, even though you just feel the sun beating on you. It's human. You can't really catch your breath. It feels like you're just breathing in water some days. But a lot different than being up in Wisconsin and never got near it does here. Hey, So so here

you are. You were two weeks away from opening day. Um and and if if all everything stays the same, you're gonna be the guy who's lining up there on on opening day to to start things off. Um. And you've already been through another You've already had two offensive line coaches. Pat Flaherty was your your first guy, and then you know he, you know he he moved out and and now you've got Googles and uh, two different

kind of guys. But you know, I always say I every offensive you you've had off fensive line coaches your whole life. They're all the same guy, aren't they. They may look different one maybe tall, short, fat, skinny, whatever, but they all seem to be the same guy. Are you seeing the same thing with death? They all have their little quirks and different ways to motivate you. Some of them are more soft spoken and try to be

more encouraged to other guys are just intense. They tell you what you're doing wrong, and they're blunt about it, and it's easy and both of them work and it's it's nice. But at the end of the day, they're in a line coach, they're gonna be pretty intense. They're gonna be stern. They're gonna make sure your techniques flawless, and they're gonna make sure they're gonna hold you accountable. They're not gonna let anything slip. So you talked about terminology,

is it? And I've always been kind of it seems like in the last I don't know, decade, maybe not a decade, but you know, it used to me when I was playing, it was the terminology. You know, it was pretty quick. Short terminology gets you in and out of the huddle. The verbiage a lot longer now, it's now it seems like, you know, it's like a paragraph when when when these guys are calling plays, is that different than than what you had throughout your college career. Yeah,

the play calls are definitely longer. And then I would say the biggest thing is when we get to the line, there's so many different things like versus like I want this, this, this, and this, just like I want that, that, this and this, Whereas in college it was this play, you're gonna run this verse any look, just make it work. Now it's we have this for that and then we have this for that, and that's good because we need that. It's the NFL. You need to be able to make adjustments.

And if you can't think and and dissect all that, then you don't have to go to school. All you have to do is play football so you can learn it. But I think the funny thing too, is is as a playing a defensive linement in this league and you play an offensive line, you know some of those changes come like almost almost as the ball is being snapped right, someone moves the last last second. Someone moves all of a sudden all the time, and you can't say anything.

You've got to go. You've got to learn to adapt. And I think for a young offensive linement where that happens a lot, that's got to be one of the difficult things for it is you kind of locked in, like you said in college. You can look like, this guy's my guy. I gotta hook him. He's on my outside shoulder. Okay, maybe I gotta get a little deeper

and get it. You gotta figure it out where. But now it's this guy is here, and now someone moved here, and then a linebacker came up in here, and all this is happening within two seconds of the time they're snapping the football. And you gotta make those decisions some a lot of times on the move without even being able to communicate it. So you gotta make sure. You gotta trust that the guys around you see it. No it can think of it and boom and it's it's

beautiful and it all comes in like that. But it's a mess when it doesn't feel like you. You you know, it's pretty unique here, Uh, they got you and Shaq Calhoun looks like you guys are both gonna be two rookie starting uh and and it's pretty unusual in the NFL. But I think the thing that help has helped you out, I would assume has been the fact that they made this decision early on. And you guys, between the two of you, man, you guys have gotten a lot of

snaps at practice. You've got a lot of snaps up in Tampa during the UH, during the practices with with the Bucks, and then in the preseason games, you've been getting plenty of snaps. So you you've put probably uh, compared to your college you you probably put half of a college season in already in in in snaps since you've been here. Ye, And it's it's been good. I mean, being a rookie and me and Shock like we need the reps. Just every rep is more confidence. Even if

you lose. It's why I lose, what I do wrong, fix it. So it's nice that, like you said, made a decision early, get a lot of reps. So just every rep confidence, getting smarter mentally, thinking faster, And for both of us it's been huge and we're getting better. But say a long way Togo, you've got some veterans in the offensive line, but I would assume that after almost every play you and Shot kind of get together and and talk Hey what do you say? Hey? What

this guy? Gee? You wouldn't believe with this guy? Did you gotta you know, I mean, you gotta compare notes because you're both at that same same spot in your career and things that other offensive linemen that have been playing for a three, four or five ten years for them that may not seem unusual. But you guys like did you see this? You know? I mean, so I'm assuming you're having a lot of those conversations post play

when you're on the sideline and all those those those areas. Definitely, I'll just lean over Shack and big what do you have? Blah blah blah. And then what's nice is since I'm doing that, I can get Jesse will hear it and go oh that? And then Dan right, oh, no, you guys are both wrong because Dan just runs the show back. No, we're gonna do this this and it's nice. So any concerns that we bounce off on another, if it's not right,

the guys around us, they're gonna get us right. And you know, it's it's this, This offensive line is it's it's gonna be it's it's it's important to every football team. It's very as important as this team as it is any other team in the league. And yet you guys have gotten reps, but you really haven't had that many, that many opportunities to be with You're starting five with Laramie in there, with whether it's gonna be Jesse Davis on the outside or or whoever, whoever's gonna be that guy.

You kind of know that you got from from from that right guard over to the left. You know what your situation. Then where they put it that right tackle, I'm assume it's gonna be Jesse Davis. Um, you haven't had that much time to work with those guys in game days, in game situations as you will once the season starts. Is that is that hurt you guys a little bit? Um? I don't think so, just because we've gotten a ton of work and practice, and we got a lot of work and practice at Tampa, which they

were practices, but it's very different, different intensity. Name it. That was my that was my next thing. You know, you know you're in the NFL and you're getting here and then all of a sudden, you you know, the first that first practice, at first play, you put your hand in the dirt and there's there's ninety three sitting acrossing and Dominican sue. That was weird. It was it was like being a little bit star struck. Yeah, she's just growing up watching the guys dominating. Then you're like, no,

I gotta not get dominated by. So it was it was cool. It was a little scary, but it was super cool. Are you a guy that looks at look at what when I came out? When I came out of college, you know, I I I remember playing I remember playing my first Monday night game. We're playing the Buffalo Bills and one of the first players they had a full back. I figured it was named John Brockington or whatever, big full back that and and I was gonna cover. I have to cover him, and um saying, no,

I got this guy. Guys like two sixty pounds, I can run with him. And then they started calling plays and all of a sudden they switched the backs. Now I got O. J. Simpson and he runs at Larro takeoff down the field and I'm trying to chase him down the field and I'm trying to chase them, going, damn, this is O Jason. You know, there were other piece of people have chased O. J. Simpsons since then, but

I mean in that circumstance. But but I always a guy that kind of remembered those guys and was always not starstruck, but going wow, this is you know, I'm playing as Wow, this is just a cool moment. Yeah, yeah, it is amazing. I walked into stadiums. I mean, you know, walking into a new stadium, you know, you're like, wow, this is just pretty cool. You know, it's super cool different stadiums, getting a field for how different fan bases

that it's just to experiences. Hey, googse we talked about offensive line coaches, and Googs is a guy that he's one of those. He's a little bit of everything. He's a screamer, he's a yeller, he's a he's a he's a demanding coach. But he also has that that that little little nap to too that you know that he's doing it, he's doing the best for you, he's invested in you and and knowing that that's a betterment for

the team. So no matter, he's kind of like your dad sometimes where your dad has to discipline you, but you know, when when push comes to shove, you know he loves you, you know exactly. Yep, you never want to coach. This just gonna kind of be mean and not really coach. I've had experiences a long time ago where it was just yell, yell, yell, not a lot of coaching. It was just like they thought the way to make an offensive linement was just be mean, whereas

the Googs, it's both. You know, obviously, if you're wrong, it's didn't get your right. He's gonna let you know you're wrong. But he's also gonna tell you what he wants from you, you know, watching on film, you talk about it, and if you still can't get it right, it's only gonna get worse for you because he's taken time to fix it for you. So if you don't, he's gonna just keep getting a little more angry angry, and or later you'll get it right. So September eight,

Baltimore Ravens come to town Opening Day. You folks gonna be in the in the stands. They will, Yeah, they'll be here. They've got to be pretty excited about that. I would imagine. YEA. They came down for the first Pieceason game against Atlanta, which was cool, but to get him for a regular cheas and yeah, they'll they'll love that. So I yeah that that's gonna be good night, and I'm looking for I'm sure you're gonna you're looking forward to and that'll be a great day for you. And

I gotta do this. You know, you're a first. We've had a lot of people come in here and and do the audible for us, but you hold the honor. Is the first guy ever to come in in full pads. So you know, so you got that, you got no one can take no one could take that away from I thought I was gonna have to go have someone on one pass rushing quick home. Ye quick here you got gonna be like, oh you can be like oh

Ricky Williams. But Ricky Williams get interviews with the Sounding Off and Michael wish you the best luck, Mats to stay healthy out here. And I know you've been working your ass off and you can see the improvement day to day, and uh, you know, there's there's gonna be, there's gonna be. It's gonna be a good trip for you here in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, and uh, enjoy the ride, but go out and and kick some asks. Well do I appreciate it? Thank you? Alright, So Michael Dieter,

guys working hard. You got a great attitude, great attitude, I like, I said, first first guy to come and walk in here in full pads, he said, He said, if I don't knowing that, I brought my help and warned that too. I got a mental picture now never get out just seeing him. You know, you're a big man, right, he's sitting he's sitting in his chair with his shoulder pads, and he looked like he was seven. Was fine, He was fine when he sat down, but trying to get

up with his legs under here. And I thought we were gonna have to move the whole table to get him out, get him out because he had the cleats, were bringing in the carpet to the carpet here. But you know, hey, he's one of those guys. It's uh, you know, and this is gonna take me to the next The next thought is which is always next thought, but I always the first thought around here and out is that quarterback and and whether it's you know, whether it's it's it's gonna be Jake, whether it's going to

be Josh, whether it's gonna be Ryan. Um, they're gonna depend on Michael Dieter and Shot Calhoun and all those guys up front to carry the load and and and they've got to grow up fast. Um, the quarterback competition is still on, don't. I have no idea, John, no idea. What's gonna go on Thursday night? As far as started, If I was to guess it, I would guess it

Josh starts. Rosen starts and gets maybe maybe maybe the equivalent of first preseason game series maybe two gets out and then uh, unless Jake Ruddock to Ruddock take the take the reins the rest of the way. That's what I would probably be along the exact same lines. But I think we're gonna see a lot of Jake rudoc and and that's a good thing. He needs to play and needs to play. He's played well, he's done a

good job. But I do think that, you know, with the uncertainty with Ryan Fitzpatrick and him not feeling so good, you know, throughout the week, I would think that Josh Rosen would play, might start, uh, maybe play a couple series and depending on how many the play count, uh, how it's going up front because they're still you know, the most important game is September eighth, and how they're going to decide to roll with the starting quarterback or

maybe it's a maybe it's a blended situation to start the season. I'm not quite sure that I think everything's on the table right now because there hasn't been one guy that, you know, early on, I thought Ryan Fitzpatrick position. I thought Ryan Fitzpatrick with his experience, the way he's through the football, the way he's played at practice and in and in the you know, the scrimmages against Tampa Bay, I thought he had a little bit of an upper hand.

But then Josh Rosen comes along, and he plays better. Every time you see more of him, plays a little bit better. Uh, you love the arms strang Do you love the escapability that he showed out on the football field. You like the demeanor. The more more you know, the more confidence, the more success he's had, the more confident he's looked like, not only in the huddle, but out on the field, eluding pressure, making plays on the run,

making plays from the pocket. So I think I think the decision is still a question mark for this coaching staff, and I don't think Thursday night is going to determine whether he's gonna start or not. I think that coach flora is I think they have an idea. Yeah, I think unless he comes out and just lights it up. But I think that decision. I think that decision is made right now, UM, and we'll we'll see what it is.

But you know, Josh, the one thing about Josh that that really impressed me in Game three, UM, was just that willingness to throw the ball downfield. Willing to drive the ball down the field. You know, we we you know, we we watched Fitzpatrick. You know those little kind of side you know, dump offs here and there, through the one down the field to sect and we need to see that. And Mike needed to get that for his own had a couple that that that really helped out there.

But I just feel like Josh is a little more of that downfield guy guys willing to throw the ball deep down field. You know, there's a couple of times and out. I think there was one out pattern that that fits. Ball didn't get there. And so your question his age, your question his arms is, you know, how did you give you that age? And and oh jeez, that ball fellows short. You're thinking, oh, does he still

have the strength and get that ball? Can you still throw that out when you need to throw that out and get it there in a hurry? Uh, those questions arise. I don't think you see those questions with Josh Rosan. Now you may see questions about decision making, decision making of why did you throw that ball there? Why didn't you go somewhere else? But I don't think it's the I don't think that his issue at this point is I need he's got the strength and ability make every

throw that you need to throw during it. We see him do it on the run, We've seen it, throw it back across himself. We've seen a number of things from him that legion believe he can get the ball where he needs to get it. It's whether he makes the right choice, whether he eludes or makes them moves in the pocket enough, because you know, you know, certainly with this offensive line's gonna important for that guy to be able to maneuver his way in and out of

that pocket in order to get the ball down. If it were me, if if I had the ultimate decision on who I would play, I don't know this. This goes against the grain of the National Football League and what you've seen franchise guys, because we're not sure right now what we have with Josh rose And I don't think I mean, we have an idea, we have an inkling. We've seen enough to know he's a good quarterback. He's a quality guy. He's had a good head on his shoulders.

He he looks like he can get the job done. But I think i'd have both of those guys like up and ready to go. I might name a starter, but I would say, don't take it as a slight if if we start Brian Fitzpatrick this week and Josh Rosen the next week, because I just think that whatever is going to be the best scenario for Brian Flores to make a decision to win that particular killer game on that week, I think he's gonna roll the dice and I don't think you gotta get your emotion out.

So so let's talk about that a little bit, John, and will you be in a quarterback Let's talk about the situation where Okay, let's let's assume that Ryan Fitzpatrick is your starter against the Baltimore Ravens. When you open up the season September eight, he comes out four series, three and out, no product, product productivity. Are we in a situation where it might be, hey, Josh, get in there. It may be a game by game may be I don't.

Josh starts and it's the same and he puts two gets two balls picked off right by throwing him in the wrong place. It maybe I think you got a clean slate every week if it were me, Because one going back to you gotta give yourself, You gotta give this team. They've you know, every team in the NFL works so hard to get to that first game and to try to win and get on a roll, try

to get that positive vibe going for your season. That's why I think that you have to kind of throw all the old kind of you know, things that you believe were true about the quarterback position on this particular team out the window. How can I win this game? Is it? Is it by sticking with this guy that maybe went three series of three plays and out or didn't get any points in the first half. Does that give me the best chance to win in the second half?

If it does, your role with him, But if if your gut tells you it doesn't you can't stick to Well, I gave this guy the job, he won the job, Let's stick with him no matter who that guy is. I think that. I think all options are on the table for the Miami Dolphins this year. And I wouldn't be surprised to see both of you guys play in one game. So would you being a quarterback, John, how

do you manage that? Internally? For you? Ignoring that? And look, if you're the if you're the guys started the starter and you kind of know that, well, you're you're going in with some extra out of pressure. You got the pressure of lining up against the Baltimore Ravens, playing against these guys doing this and that, and also in the back of your mind as well, Ship, if I don't if I'm not productive, I'm gonna be sitting over the sidelines. You know what They've done that or the same thing

on the other side. If you're the kid in the sidelines, you're going, jeez, I thought I did enough to be out. You know, it's a you gotta have to two guys that are very strong willed and confident, I think to be able to go through that. I think that the one thing that gets you around that is that Ryan Fitzpatrick hasn't been the guy for X amount of seasons in the National Football League to say like, this is my team. I played eight years in Buffalo. I was

a starter, we had two playoff runs. You know, I played X amount of games with this franchise and we had you know, great, great teams. And you know, he's been a guy that's kind of been that filler, that gap stop. You know, you got to come in and give you a spark. So I think that allows you your mindset and say, hey, I'm open for anything. I played every role you can imagine in the National Football League.

I just want to win. Well, I along that line, just just looking at these guys and being around him and and looking at age and looking at circumstance. I think Fitzpatrick would manage that better than Josh Rosen, because Josh Rosen, to me, is still a little fragile from the standpoint. I was a top ten draft choice. Then boom, I get traded after one season. Never happened before he gets moved, and then he's here in a battle for his life. And so in the back of his mind

there's got to be a little bit of that. You know, I can't you know where if fits is having a bad game, gets taken out, he's done that, not happy with it, Piste off of himself, but he but he has mad at himself. I thought about it, not about the coaches, not me not getting the job done for the team. Let me fight back and get it, whereas Rosen maybe a little more ship. You know here, here's another step of you know, the reality sin and you know what, I think that's the way that Brian Flores

runs this team. If Josh Rosen throws a pick at practice or or fumbles a quarterback center exchange, he's out to the wall. Touch the wall. You're out now for you lost your opportunity. Next guy's up. So I think they've been kind of getting those guys used to that scenario. No matter what position you're at, make a mistake, next guy's up, You're you're in and you're gonna get another chance.

But at quarterback, I just think that the mentality this year is is going to be different than anything you know that that you've seen in the National Football League, because not a lot of teams are in a position where you know, You're not gonna do that to Ben Roethlisberg. You're not gonna do that to you know, Philip Rivers. You're not gonna do that to guys that have established, guys that are potential Hall of Famers, guys that have

won in this league for years. But when you look around the league, gosh, maybe some of the teams should have taken that approach because you're trying to do everything in your power to win this game today. And I think that's why the practices have gone the way they've gone. I think that's the way that the coaches have coached them hard. This This team has to have some some tough love at certain points, and I think you're gonna

see that throughout the year. Ultimately, though, the the the answer that you need to find is is with Josh Rosen and and and and and there's it's there's one question. Is he the guy or isn't he the guy? Both of them are important. This is this is important to know if he is the guy that we're gonna bank the franchise on, because all of a sudden, he he's playing like the guy who was the top ten draft pick. He's playing like a guy that you know, like Sam Donald.

I'll give you a good look at Sam Donald. Last year, Sam Donald, you know, had a miserable year from a statistics standpoint, but we watched him played two times and no doubt in my mind that this guy is gonna be the guy. He's a franchise guy. And look what he's doing this year. He's coming out and he's he's playing that way, you know, and so you know, you need to know at the end of this season, clearly if Josh Rosen is the guy, that's his important is

knowing is he not the guy? You know? The one thing that the one thing that that concerns me is it is to have a situation where you come to the end of the season and you've won I don't care two, three, six, eight, whatever many games you've won, and you're going, well, geez, we got this guy Rosen. We think he's a guy born on a sure and you've got you know, Herbert, you got the kid from You've got to George. You've got the kid from George.

You've got five or five guys lined up there. I think there are four or five guys that any one of them could be franchise guys. That you're gonna have a choice. You're gonna especially if you on the lower end of the wind call him, You're gonna have an opportunity to grab one of those guys. And you've got to know do we need to do it or can we go elsewhere because we got our quarterback? That question, to me is the biggest question of any on this

in this franchise right now. I think I've seen enough of Josh Rosen to to know that he's a quality quarterback that has plenty of arm strength, has plenty of elusiveness within the pocket, has plenty of smarts at the position that he can be on a roster for a long time. Now, can he be the guy that leads you to the Super Bowl? Can he be a guy

that consistently wins? Okay? Right, okay right? And the hard part about the evaluation is going to be playing on a team that doesn't isn't quite ready to challenge for X, y Z whatever that whatever your goals are, ultimately it's a super Bowl's to win a Super Bowl? Is this team gonna be ready with him in two years to do that? Is he is he good enough to to play on a team where he can make guys elevate.

He can bring everybody's game up, and that team that's a three or four win team now wins six seven, eight games, and you go, wow, it was because of his play. You've got to have the feeling that the Jets have with Donald right now then, you know, than with what we got right now. Yeah, at the end, you guts to say that guy with a lot enough not for him to know that that he can get the job done. We just need to put the pieces around him now right. I just hope that the life

it comes on a little bit sooner. Uh. That gives you a clear indication that a lot of heads are nodding up and down instead of ear to ear going. I don't know. One of the things that I've said it a couple of times since since last week's game. You know, you're looking for that aha moment. You're looking at wow that wow did you see that? And if you don't know that, I don't know that I saw

the wow did you see that? But I did see those moments go oh wow, that's a nice that's a nice little you know, deep ball, that's a nice You're getting out of pocket running a little bit buying some time. All those things. You saw some really good things from him. Some oh that was nice out of him. You just need to see that. Man, that's a throw that not very many guys can make. That's a that's a guy that that's a guy's confident that he squeezed the ball somewhere.

We probably shouldn't have thrown it in there, but had enough confidence in getting it there. I saw one throw in that game against Jacksonville where he was rolling to his left, he turned his hips and shoulders, and he threw a rocket down, you know, close in front of in front of the offense bench. For me, I go, I I didn't. I wasn't talking to anybody at the time, but if I was, I would have said, oh man, that was that. That was an elite throw. That was

an elite throw. Not many guys can do that or have the have the body control, in the arm strength and the accuracy to make that throw. Yeah, And so it's just for him, it's just you gotta see more of those. But that look, that's gonna be an ongoing thing, and I think that's in every week. I just I just don't know why I feel that way, because for me, going into this week, I'm linking, I'm thinking about the

regular season. I'm going, Man, I don't even know if it really matters who starts, who starts the game and who the one thing we're the one thing we're not talking about John because we're not talking about coach Flores. And he's still he still wants to win football game. Absolutely, Look you, he's gonna look at you. You can't be a head coach in this league and look at this roster and say, hey, we got a chance to get to the super Bowl. Because let's be frank, it's it's

not it's too young, it's not mature enough. You don't that you know enough playmakers to say that. Um, but he still wants to win games. And so there in kind of goes more to what you're talking about. Well, you know you can if if you throw Josh Rosen to the Wolves and he just is struggling all year long and you never take him out, he never gets better. You know what's this? What's this bullshit about you wanted

to win games? But if you put if you put fits in there, I don't like we've seen you put Rosen in and then maybe next week you pull him out because he's not. Now, you see a coach that is trying to win within what he's got, So he's he's he's telling his team that, hey, we're in it to win it, and and I'm doing every move that I can to make it to this particular game right now.

Whatever it takes to me for me to do that, and if that means pulling my quarterback and putting another guy in the third quarter because he hasn't been productive, That's what I'm gonna do if it gives us a chance to win. Exactly. I think everything is on the table with this roster. I think especially at the position of quarterback. I just think that it's it's gonna go against the grain of of of the normal thinking. And

he has so far with the moves he's made. That's why I think it lends to even though that position is a little bit different. With the psyche, I think you gotta have a frank conversation, say, guys, get over yourself right now, because you know, Fitsy, you're going into your fifteenth year, Josh, you're going into your second year. I want to win games. I want to be here for a long long time, Okay, And I hope that the light bulb goes off for one of you guys

and you start all sixteen games. We're in the playoffs and and things are going great. But I'm gonna do I'm not thinking that far ahead. I'm thinking about the Baltimore Ravens. I'm thinking about how we're gonna win this game. Both guys. You guys, be ready, because I don't know how it's gonna go. But you're both up, and you're

gonna start, and I hope you finish. You know, it's funny because the conversations I've had with people as well, if he starts that guy who means he doesn't care about winning games something, which I I you know, this whole this whole concept of tanking. Um, yeah, basketball, but I just don't, Uh, I just don't. I don't know how.

I don't know how you do it. Because quite frankly, you're not gonna be safe in this league if you're not going out and and playing at your maximum effort, because you're doing you're doing a disservice to you know that, and you're probably doing a disservice to you. But be blown up by somebody and you'll be sitting the outside looking at you know, so they're doing everything they can uh to get this team ready because it is I mean, when you take a look at the schedule, you better

be good early. You better not beat yourself early to have a chance to win. And you know, those first four games. So as we as we as we wrap up this preseason, it's been, it's been you know a lot of some good things, some bad things. It's it's for me, it's been as much watching coaches as watching players, because you want to see how these coaches are gonna coach. And and I like to discipline. I've said it if I like I like the way they coach the team.

I like the fact that any coach on that field doesn't like something, you can stop practice and and and and have that conversation with the guy and hey, let's run it again until we get it right. You know, we've seen that enough. I like the fact that the there there's an emphasis on doing the things that you can control, not no pre snap penalties, all these types of things, mental errors, you know, showing up on time, doing all those things that are easy. I like that.

I like the fact that the coaches are tough on their players, I like, they're pulling guys out. And look, I've seen guys in time out. I've seen guys in you know, and go stand over there and I'll tell you when you can come back, and no move until I tell you to come in. I've seen all that stuff out here, and and all that is going back to old school and and and toughening up a young football team so they're ready for six team major battles.

Is the season rolls are he set an expectation for this football team that you know, from being on time for meetings, being accountable for what you're wearing at practice, being accountable for your assignments. You know, from from A to Z, and it's every day it is. It is on that meter is pinned because the urgency to do it right and to get out of your own way to so this organization has a chance to win on a consistent basis. Boy, this staff has has done it

from day one. And they're not put keeping their you know, they're keeping their foot on the look they're they're they're certainly not adverse to pointing a finger at some guy and saying you gotta get better. I mean, look at you, Look at there, you look no further than last week with Kenny Stills. You know, you talk about the jay Z songs and I couldn't tell you what they gotta play twenty jay Z song and I wouldn't have known,

you know, what they were. But but Anyway pulls him out and says, hey, you know, this is about this is about you, you focusing on what's important, not that other noise, including these songs and what people are saying, and what you've got going on with your own and this and that. It's about wrapping your head around what's important,

and that's doing your best job. Because if you don't wrap your head around it, and you don't, you don't show that you you you belong to be here, and then then you know, we'll move on and we'll find somebody else that wants to bring that attitude with them. I don't care how many touchdowns you've scored. I don't care how long you've been in the league. I don't

care what you've done. If you're not willing to commit acent then and you gotta you're you're gonna you're gonna give to football and you're gonna spend doing that other stuff that's not good enough for us. And you know what coach Flores said this week and one of the pressers that he had with the with the local media, he said, you know what, I've had guys that we've had a release that have done everything I've asked. They've they've studied film, they were accountable, being on time, they

were giving maximum effort. It just didn't work out, and I had to have hard conversations, you know, with each and every one of those guys that thank you for your effort, thank you for your passion, thank you for everything. But it just it's just not gonna happen this year on this roster. And and sometimes it works out that way.

So you hope that the guys that are hanging around, you know, give you that every day that gives you a chance to have a team that's that's worth going out on a Sunday saying, hey, I got a chance to win today. Yeah. It's it's the easiest job for a coach to when you where he comes to letting go our guys that are out there bullshitting around and not not giving you the effort. Those guys you don't even you cut without even barely even a thought to him in my mind, hey, thanks, thanks for the effort.

But but it's those guys like you said that in especially when you get down to you know, the guys that's fifty three, those guys that have gone in and just done everything, and you've gone out and bled for you and you busted ass and you know, volunteered to do whatever they could do. Though, those are the tough cuts for for any coach, because you admire those guys, you respect them, and you know they gave you everything they could give you. They just don't just don't fit,

you know. And so you know he'll make those calls and he'll make those decisions and and and we're gonna have a football team that I think you did. You're gonna see how every week that this season goes on, it's gonna go out and bust their ass and play hard. I don't know how many games are gonna win. Don't if they're gonn win two or twelve. I don't know if they're gonna win six or ten. I I don't know what those numbers are, but I do feel this.

It's gonna be a team that's made up of guys that want to be there, Guys want to bust their ass and guys that want to win games. No matter

what the makeup of this roster is going to be. Yeah, and the and the last test is is Thursday in New Orleans where some of these guys, as you said, if you're not thirty or above, boy, you better play hard and make sure you're on your on your assignments and and try to limit the mental mistakes and and find a way to flash uh to hang on and be a member of the Miami Dolphins that get ready for September eight to play the Balton all right, if their minds are on that right now, because I know

my mind on going to New Orleans is where we go eat. Well, you're focused. I mean a lot for that based on that, you know, Molly problems. I got a place stay away from the hurricane drinks. I've got a place that have been going since the first time I went where there's a place called Mr Bees be Stro. The Brennan's have a bunch of restaurants in New Orleans.

They have one called Mr Bes Bistro. Then I ran a somehow well the first time I went to New Orleans with the team, and I've gone there every every every time, since we may have to drag me along. Well, barbecue, they have a little barbecue, shrimp and grits, and it's like, I was, man, just my arm, I'm man. You think Jeff and Logan those guys want to tag along with us? Yeah, they come, they come, all right? Chance, you know, look, we won't well, we'll we'll, we'll, we'll pay everything. We'll

we'll give them. We'll pay one percent of every one of their checks. All right, how about that? That's up from a half. They've been pretty good this during this priest. Maybe we'll go to two percent. We'll stretch it to two percent. We'll pick up two percent of the check. I'm in unlet's they screw up between now and then, we're on their own. They may be on their own. I know that track record? All right, that's gonna do

for the audible. For this week, it's the uh New Orleans Saints to wrap up the preseason, and then UH and then we strap it up and uh next a week from ten days later, eleven days later, how many days later, it's the Baltimore Ravens come to town. You do it for real and uh and then this season really really gets interesting. John has been a it's been a good time being around here for the preseason. Uh been a lot of stuff going on. It's been interesting,

it's been it's been surprising. Uh we It's been a very very different training camp. But I've enjoyed everything, and I've enjoyed being around the coaches. I like the staff, I like the head coach, Um, I like the way they're going. And like I said, I don't know what the don't know how many wins are gonna have, but I'm confident this is gonna be a football team that Uh then if if you look at the effort that

they give, you can be pretty proud of it. It's a season, yeah, and these guys have worked hard, and it's I just can't wait to see, you know, who's on the roster, who's starting at quarterback, who's playing at wide receiver, who's starting at running back, who's the guy at linebacker, who's the you know the nickels. Maybe every week you're looking at that, but it's okay, that's okay as long as it gives us the best opportunity to win.

I'm all in man, all right for John Kim, Jimmy, I'm Kim bocabra that's gonna do it for the audible this week. We'll catch it next week. This regular season rolls around