Miami Dolphins Make Multiple Roster Moves… Are More On The Way?

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Are defensive players really turning on Jeff Hafley in the scheme?
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Or is this a report that's not worth everyone's time?
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We're going to dive into the report from Tony Pauline today.
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The Miami Dolphins worked out multiple running backs this week.
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Could help be on the way.
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And is Malik Willis in the Miami Dolphins offense in for a long day against Brian Flores and the Vikings defense?
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Marcel, how's it going, brother?
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Uh, I know it's been a rough three weeks watching the quality of football.
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A bit better in week three, but how's it how you doing, brother?
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How's practice going?
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How you feeling after three weeks?
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I was about to say, man, week three was about the the easiest watch of the three games so far.
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Like that was the smoothest watch.
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It was uh it was much improved play.
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It was nice to be at home, you know what I mean?
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Like uh, I haven't watched Sunday night football from my couch yet, so that was that was always nice.
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Hadn't watched Monday night football even from my like from home.
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So this was this was welcome, dude.
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I love being back, and now we are right back on the road, man.
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Going up to Minnesota, high 66.
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You know, I already looked, I got the jackets lined up, the thermals lined up.
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Nice, but uh Chelsea, I'm good.
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Chelsea thermals or what you got the Chelsea thermals lined up?
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Yeah, I had this.
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I wish I it was easy to reach for me.
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I got this like CFC crew neck when I went to Stanford Bridge.
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Um, when are the dolphins playing Frankfurt?
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Three years ago, yeah, yeah.
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I get to Germany.
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I guess uh KC, sorry, and so like Bob obviously bought a kit and bought the crew neck.
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Love that thing, had to wear it for two straight days because our flight home from Germany was canceled on back-to-back days.
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So like I'm sure that thing was was fuming.
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You know, I feel bad for whoever was sitting next to me because I I put in two full days worth of airport shifts in that thing, but uh washed it one time and I think it got mixed up and put in the dryer, and now it is skin tight.
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And uh, I would say my wife's put my wife would never wear a Chelsea crew neck, so she's not collecting dust.
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Yeah, yeah, she's not touching that.
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Gunners, that would be the gunners, huh?
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Yeah, yeah, hey, hey, it is what it is.
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Um, okay, listen, let's talk a bit about week three.
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Um, Achan.
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Achan goes down, it's a big loss.
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Um, what first of all, what are your take?
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What's your take on the play?
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Like, just from people you've been talking to, do you think it happened right when he planted, or do you think the face smash that wasn't called zebras is the do you think that played a part because you kind of got like immovable force, meaning like immovable object?
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You know what I mean?
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What's your take on that and how it all went back?
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I think because like when you're if you're running, you know, full speed and your head is going back, like your body's natural adjustment is to try to regain your balance.
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And I think that he tried to regain his balance a bit, and you saw that you know that that tension uh hurt his knee.
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It was uh it was weird because you know he got up, man.
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Like he it wasn't like he's down on the ground like writhing in pain.
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He got up, he just like clearly in his head, like something wasn't right, and obviously we're not gonna get his perspective on that until you know some point in June or July, probably.
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But uh yeah, he's just not gonna be he's I unless he's at open locker room clean out, which I doubt.
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But uh it's it's unfortunate there.
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Uh obviously, worst case scenario for a Dolphins team, uh you know, for any chances of really truly competing on offense.
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Uh you lose your best player, that's that's absolutely brutal.
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Um you know, the silver lining maybe is like if you were going to lose Devon Han in any season, this is probably the season to do it.
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That doesn't make it a good thing, that doesn't make it a positive thing, or something somet anybody should be celebrating or happy about, but like it's not the absolute worst it could be, I guess.
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You know, and I say that as sensitively as possible.
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I don't like to, you know, these are guys' careers and livelihoods, but uh he'll be he'll be back, you know, he'll be back.
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It's the coaching staff's got full faith in him.
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Uh ideally, it's a better team around him by the time he's ready to take the field again as well.
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And for now, it's it's time for Jalen Wright and Ollie Gordon.
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Do you have any concern that he could lose some of his explosion?
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Um, I I don't necessarily think so.
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ACL it's pretty it's a fairly common, you know, I would say it's probably the most common major injury you see in sports.
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And you know, sometimes you might maybe you lose a step or two, but uh I I I don't know that it's not as concerning as like in Achilles, you know, in terms of your your explosiveness and your ability to make quick decisions or quick movements.
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Uh I I think that he should be okay, just there's a precedent in place of guys returning and being fun.
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Isn't it crazy how like five, six years ago it took like a year and a half for guys to get right?
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And now you got guys like Chris Bell out here 44-yard catch and runs 10 months after they tear an ACL.
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And like just that's how much it's changed.
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Isn't that crazy?
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Yeah, science, man.
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Like, this was uh this was when I was in at Clemson, they had this receiver, his name was Amari Rogers, number three, you know, slot receiver.
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I remember him.
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He tore his ACL in spring camp, so like March or April, and I believe he played in the team season opener that season.
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That's crazy, like crazy stuff, man.
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But it's you know, 2026.
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That's uh it's it's it's nuts, man.
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Um, all right.
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So what were your thoughts on Chris Bell?
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Feels like he's getting closer and closer back into that football shape.
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And I personally think a breakout game might be on the horizon for this guy, like especially with everyone going down around him.
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He's like our last dynamic weapon left standing right now.
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It could have been he could have had an even bigger day.
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Uh I think Malik Wisp missed him in the end zone once.
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He didn't throw to him again.
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I want to say it was on that little that little flea flicker, but uh, I could be I could be mistaken.
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But there were a couple plays there where it's like you could try to drop that in the bucket.
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I'm not saying it's the smartest play, but like it's a big time throw.
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You know, if you got that in your bag, go for it.
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Yeah, I think he's he's close.
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The catch and run, the exposure, like it looked familiar.
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It was like, oh man, I've this is not the first time he's done this at this stadium.
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Uh you know, he's just wearing the dolphins uniform this time.
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Uh, I liked trusting him in the quick route situations and in you know that quick slant.
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I believe it was like the first play of the game or first one of the first completions of the second quarter.
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They were coming toward me.
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But uh, you know, especially after that drop last week in uh in San Francisco, yeah, I think that Malik Willis trusting him in tight window scenarios, uh it's does a lot for his confidence.
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So the kid's only gonna go, you know, yeah, up to the right.
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I guess let me do camera up and to the right.
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Uh he's only gonna get get better, he's only gonna get more in shape.
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And the fact that you know he popped up on the injury report at some point last week, but uh he's the fact that he's feeling good, it's important physically, but it's also critical mentally.
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Yeah, yeah, man.
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I mean, man, he was gone in the blitz, and the other thing, too, was also just his uh speed, like you saw his mental, you saw the IQ at work with the angles he was taking in space just to make it harder for defenders to get him.
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So that was really good, too.
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Um, did you think that was probably in terms of the full unit?
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That was probably the most complete game from our offensive line.
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Yeah, I mean, not even just the offensive line, I thought it was their most complete game, period, like uh as an offense, period.
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Uh I liked the game plan from Bobby Slowick, uh Jeff Halfley comment or complimenting him after the game.
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I loved the the layups that we've been talking about for two weeks, three weeks now.
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It's you know, the the quick completions, and I know part of that is is because of Spagnolo's you know defensive aggression, but it it it looked like Malik was in more of a rhythm as the game went on.
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Obviously, he missed on the big shots, and that's something that he's gonna have to clean up.
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But uh I I really like the quick hits, the quick outs, the slants, uh just get guys ball get the ball in guys' hands and let them go.
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Uh Kaden Proctor and Aaron Brewer were phenomenal.
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Uh I really liked Caden.
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I I like his strength, man, because like you can see it.
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If he if he engages you, you're not getting past him.
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Like you're not going, you can't fuck, you can't bull rush him.
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Yeah you know what I mean?
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Like, as long as he he channels his aggression into, as we've heard from Dolphin from Bobby Slow, channeling that aggression into the right assignment.
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Uh, I think that we see the vision from John Eric Sullivan, dude.
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You gotta remember that guy was adamant, almost defensive after that first round, uh that back in May, about why he took Caden Proctor over Ruben Bain, over Caleb Downs, over whatever player uh people thought the Dolphins should go with.
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Yeah, like he was adamant.
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He's like, You don't they don't make guys like this?
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This is not normal.
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This size, the strength, this the athleticism is not normal.
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I want you to understand at one point he was like, I'll I'll sit in the fill room and I'll watch it with you and I'll show you why he is.
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We're like, Oh yeah, actually, please do.
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Man, I was one of the people that wanted Caleb Downs, but even though I wanted Caleb Downs, I thought they were gonna take Monroe Freeling because I didn't know they're gonna kick the guy inside.
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I was laughing at the Spencer Fano speculation.
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I'm like, there ain't no way they're taking the guy who's eventually center, and they took Caden Proctor, and like Caden Proctor was like 21 or 22 on my big board.
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And as soon as they took the pick, you understood what it was.
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Like you understood the guy had clearly the highest upside of any offensive lineman in this at the top of the draft class, like it was clearly evident, and you know, and then you find out through the weeds and talking to people that man, there were a lot of NFL teams that were high on him in the top 20.
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You know, I know a team that was in the top 10 that wanted to take him, but they went a different route.
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Um, in terms of they didn't take an offensive lineman, right?
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So, like, I know there are a ton of teams that were super, super high on him.
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Man, he's so good.
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And hey, he's helped us get more touchdowns than Ruben Bain or Caleb Downs has helped their teams right now, you know what I mean?
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Like, yeah, I mean the question with the question with him wasn't the physical ability, it was like the the work ethic and the ability to lock in.
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It was, you know, yeah, the admission, the crispy cream thing at Alabama and getting the 400 pounds, and like like that's that's makes you can that makes you worried because that's in a structured program, right?
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Like that's college football.
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Your your days are laid out for you in the NFL.
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You just like in any professional business, like you have to be a self-starter, you have to be a self-motivator away from the field.
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But uh, you know, he came into he came into training camp looking good.
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He he has kept the weight off, he still looks good, it doesn't look overweight, uh, looks appropriately sized for for his body, for his body type.
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Like, and he's played well these past three weeks.
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You know, I I think that uh Sullivan can feel just a little bit of vindication there.
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Not that he owed anybody any kind of proof for explanation, but whatever.
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But like I think he can go ahead and be proud of himself because this looks like a good uh I mean him and Jacob Rodriguez obviously look like a hell of a first two of their first three picks.
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Listen, I know he's rookie and he's going through rookie mistakes, and when you take that into account, and this is I got I don't know, I don't even think this is a hot take.
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Him and Jonah to me have been the most consistent guys on the offensive line through three weeks, you know.
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I I know people are gonna fall out of their chair hearing that about Jonah, but just watch the film.
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The guy's been fantastic, like you know.
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I mean, who would have thought moving keeping him on the right side is because, like, I mean, imagine, dude, like you do things, you do things a certain way all college, all throughout college, your steps are the same, and now it's like, okay, not only do you need to flip that, but you're gonna do that against the most athletic humans on the planet.
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Have fun, yeah, yeah, have fun.
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Yeah, no learning curve against guys that are gonna be stock in Walmart after the college career.
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You gotta go against the best of the best, man.
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And it was rough.
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I don't know, man.
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Jonah, shout out to him for putting in the work, like you know, shutting out the outside noise and putting in the work.
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I mean, awesome stuff, bro.
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Uh, you know, one less thing we gotta search for, you know.
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So, um, what were your thoughts of Malik Willis in week three?
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Yeah, so again, the the quick completions I I really liked, and that is part of that is him, part of that is Bobby Slowick.
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Um, I thought he was more willing to hit check downs, uh, you know, at least for most of the game on Sunday.
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Uh, he was more willing to use his legs and take off and run on Sunday.
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That was great.
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Uh there were a few issues where you know he was off platform and the accuracy fell by the wayside.
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And I know that that is something that he has worked on a lot since he's gotten to the league is throwing from his base, throwing from his legs and hips.
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So you saw some of these.
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Uh, I think it was the there was a fourth down where look, it's easy for me to say from the stands and from the film room, but the Chiefs blitzed and he would have got hit, but he could have stood his ground and threw.
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He had time to stand his ground and throw, you know, you know what I mean.
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And instead he kind of backed up, you know, back leg, kind of flipped it to Malik Washington incomplete.
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Uh, he had a really bad one, you know, across his body on the move, but that was I forget who it was to, but it was nowhere close.
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Yeah, nowhere close to being on target.
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We needed one yard.
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He we needed one yard on that, and he had someone at the sticks, and he decided to go across body to the left.
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I know which one you're talking about.
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Yeah, you know, the deep ball, it does need to improve, uh, because the talent, the arm talent is there.
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Yeah, but it's his feet again.
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It's what you're talking about.
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Like, even you remember that they had you saw it, they had designed plays where they pull the line to the left and boot him to the right to give him a clean pocket, and he'd reset his feet, but then he'd still he'd just see, wouldn't even feel he'd see a little pressure coming, and again, like you said, throwing off his back foot.
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You know, there's another time where he reset down deep to the left, he totally took the time to reset his feet, but resets his feet, and then he throws off his back foot, and it's like and then he's under throwing, like that under throw to Dolchich.
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That was all footwork, like that was all footwork.
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You gotta clean that up, man.
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You know, Malik is it's a situation where you do have to remember this week's gonna be his 10th career start, you know what I mean?
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Like this is not a guy with a lot of experience, yeah.
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And it's sucks.
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It's against you know the most aggressive defense in the NFL right now, yeah.
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But uh like he signs with the Dolphins, and because he's the only one to for only Free Agent to sign a big money deal, and because he's the quarterback and expected to be the leader, like you do forget that this is still a player who needs to develop.
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He is not even close to a final product yet.
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Like, this is not, you know what I mean.
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He he still is growing even as the rookies grow, even as the second-year players grow.
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So I'm not expecting you know perfection at every step of the way from him.
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Uh, there are areas where clearly he can stand to improve.
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Uh, he said something uh the other week about a play clock not existing or internal clock not existing, and uh, you know, I think that's because of his athletic ability to keep plays alive and take off running, but like you there there does need to be a point where you say guys, like yeah, yeah, like call it whatever the hell you want.
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It doesn't have to be an internal clock.
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There does need to be a point where you say, like, okay, I'm taking off and running, or okay, this isn't open.
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My check down is let me hit that.
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You know what I mean?
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Like, it's waiting for these shots to open up.
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You don't really have those dudes right now.
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You don't have if Tyreek and Jalen Waddle were still on the team, hold on to it for as long as you want, bro.
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Tyreek's gonna get open eventually.
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Yeah, it's not that same, it's not that same caliber, man.
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Like, you you gotta take your your you gotta take your singles, man.
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You hit a few singles, somebody's gonna score.
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Do you remember the spot throwing narrative that was around Tua?
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People think, oh, he's throwing spots, not actually knowing that that's what you're supposed to do as a quarterback is throw to where guys are supposed to be.
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You're supposed to throw to spots.
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I mean, you heard Purdy talk about this a couple weeks ago.
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Half the time you don't even see the guy because of what's going on in front of you, right?
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Anyways, when I had JTO Sullivan on the channel, right?
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Um, from quarterback school, and he we were talking about Herbert and stuff like that, and you know, I mean this is where I'm at with Malik.
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This isn't college, this isn't high school.
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Right now, I think besides the footwork, which you're 110 on base with, not only is he chasing explosives, Marcell's.
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Oh, sorry, not only is he chasing explosives Marcel, he's he's trying to see it and rip it too much instead of anticipating it coming open.
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You know, you see it a cut uh at least a couple times a game where there's throws, but they're anticipatory throws, and he doesn't even want anything to do with them.
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Like, I've now, in fairness, have I seen him make a few anticipatory throws?
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Yes, but I've seen him pass off a lot more than take them, and that's where he and I don't know whether it's he's afraid to make a mistake or whatever the case is, because you know what it is 90% of that position is all up here, right?
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So I don't know who or what is in his head, but uh, you gotta start, you know, listen, you gotta start hitting those anticipatory windows.
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And the other thing for me is, you know, I know you watched him in Green Bay, one of his main selling points was that deep accuracy and that touch.
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And brother, I get it.
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You know, I see people out here, oh, it's a chemistry issue.
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Well, okay, why is he overshooting Malik, who he probably has the most chemistry with, and he's been working with since the uh, you know, like there's certain points where we got to be like, okay, these are just throws you need to make now.
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I do think he makes the Chris Bell throw if the sun doesn't get in Chris Bell's eyes.
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I think that's actually a throw he probably had to make.
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And that ball was that was a beautiful ball.
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You know, I gave him props on the film.
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That was a beautiful ball, perfect.
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But you know, you saw the Malik one where Malik got over top of his guy on the fade and he threw it too far towards the piline, and it was like four or five yards ahead.
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You know, you saw he had Coleman open.
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Coleman got open a few times.
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Hey, I mean, that's another thing we can talk about.
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He's getting over here.
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He did have one, he did have one where he completely took the ball off the top.
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Like, there's a world in which we we've seen guys score, yeah.
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I know he had a step like 45 yards downfield, but like he has the arm, but again, those the base and footwork on that.
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So I I it's just things he needs to clean up.
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Um, now I I get it.
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Hey, it's his 10th start, that's cool.
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But a few caveats for that to me, you've been in the league for five years, so I know you've been working with NFL pro coaches, you've seen NFL pro uh defenses, you know, you've had starts in those couple years.
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That's cool.
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My other thing, too, is like you're already 27, bruh.
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We can't wait for you for you to be 29 or 30 to figure it out because what tells you history just tells you quarterbacks with his skill set start to decline in their 30s.
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They don't, it's the mechanical in the pocket guys that can remain or grow a little bit in their 30s, i.e., Brady and Breeze, right?
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So that's I think the other thing, too.
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We're not dealing with like a 22, 23-year-old guy right now, you know what I mean?
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So, but hey, I want him to be the answer because I don't want the dolphins wasting more picks or uh more time searching for a quarterback.
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I just, you know, I agree with you.
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He's not there right now, but we've got 14 games for him to flash that he is the guy, for him to show more and for him to develop, and for him to give us more reason to want to continue to invest in him.
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So yeah, and like you know, again, critical to remember Green Bay's receiving receivers, pass catchers are a lot better than the ones he has right now, at the very least, a lot more developed than the ones he has right now.
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I think is the fairest way that I can put that.
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Deep balls, like it it I know it's we as we attribute it to the quarterback, but like who you're throwing to really matters.
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You know what I'm saying?
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Like you're throwing deep balls to guys like Randy Moss is of the world or the Tyree Kills of the world and Jalen Waddles of the world.
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Like Tua's deep ball didn't look great, right, until he got players who can actually take the top off the defense.
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So like it it it's it's a multiple multiple parties are responsible for success down the field.
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And Malik Washington is not a deep threat.
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He's not a slot.
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Yeah I agree.
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Chris Johnson or Chris Johnson Chris Bell you know could be a deep ball threat, but that's not where his strengths are.
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His strengths are in that intermediate part of the field and he can make things happen after the catch.
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Caleb Douglas is more of your field stretcher, sure.
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We just we haven't seen that materialize too much.
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And the one time they tried it obviously ended up in a really ugly really ugly interception.
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So like as these receivers get better at tracking deep balls and understanding coverages and leverages and being able to get past their assignment their men like I I think maybe we see that that that deep all percentage completion percentage start to hike up a little bit.
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But like everything man it's just this year is going to be is going to be a process and I feel like I only so almost feel like this is like the easiest team I have I have covered in the sense of expectations because like I don't come in here thinking oh this should be a playoff team and then they you know piss the bed like the last two years.
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And then it becomes like okay we need to figure out what the hell is going wrong.
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Like that's not really the the focus here the focus is you know is looking for marginal improvement week over week.
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And uh you know it's just it's a different reason it's a different perspective on watching these games when did when did you came on the beat in what 2022 2023 uh 21 last year okay okay okay yeah 21 so um i will say this though game third start right physically broken spent all offseason trying to get back on the field not building chemistry i saw a much less physically gifted quarterback elevate the talent around him which was low level right Preston Williams you know Salvallan Ahmed was our number one running back you know contrary to some people who thought he was Devon H and was salvin Ahmed 2.0 that's not the fact um and I saw a shootout where we beat the Arizona Cardinals we put up over 30 we put up 34 points and you know my whole point is at some point this season Malik's gonna have to elevate the talent now it does have to be game three game four but at some point he's gonna have to elevate the talent around him right because we've seen and let's not even just use the last guy we've seen rookie quarterbacks around the league do this before with that not get not having five years of growth and development already in the league under them so I think that's one of the key things I'll be looking for this season right if I get two or three games where it's clear Malik is elevating the talent around him win or loss that's franchise quarterback type stuff you know what I mean and uh you can check that off the box I think that's a big thing I want to see I want to see and I don't need 14 straight games I don't need 10 straight games I understand the talent around him just give me two or three games where you I notice that you are elevating the talent around you even if it's in a losing cause and I think that's a big step in the right I think that's a massive step in the right direction in my opinion.
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And I I'll give them till probably week let's say eight ish six seven eight before I'm starting to really look at that because by then like your rookies aren't you're not really rookies anymore man like you guys are two months into the season like I'm expecting you're not gonna be perfect but like I expect it to you to be a replacement level NFL player at worst yeah yeah yeah you know what I'm saying so like I can't ask Malik to elevate a team that's starting you know two rookie receivers a third is your wide receiver another rookie is your wide receiver four another rookie at at left guard another rookie at at full back who's getting plenty of snaps another rookie as your your H back your tight end like yeah I can't ask him to do that right now that's just simply not that's not fair but in week eight week nine yeah no I think second half of the season's a fair call on that for sure everybody's got to be grown ups by now yeah now it's time to now let's see let's see what you can do here.
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Yeah agreed um all right quickly before we start getting into some other stuff here and before we get into like the main topic of today your thoughts on the defense on Sunday halfly got them up to play they kept us in it they gave that offense multiple chances to tie it and take a lead your thoughts after a rough start and they really settled in man hey man this is quietly quietly a a top 10 run defense in the league so far I know that I know that ashton gentee game is kind of skewing might skew their numbers even more and and he did go crazy in that in that contest but like Christian McCaffrey and and Kenneth Walker were for the most part kept under control in terms as runners didn't that talk you as Walker how they stopped him like that brother third and one two plays from you know one yard to go and they they stuffed it and that is that is Jacob Rodriguez who I believe let me let me read the stat and make sure I've got it right uh league leading 15 tackles in which he forces unsuccessful runs and is the most by rookie linebacker through three weeks since at least 2016.
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Like he is a his ability to control to sniff runs out and make stops in the backfield like the guy is is special and again we said we've said this for weeks yeah you don't cut a 120 tackle linebacker who's not you know physically deteriorated unless you believe in the kid you know I mean you don't cut Tyrell Dotson if you don't think Jacob Rodriguez is ready to hoop right now.
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So uh and he is he's hooping the the national recognition is starting to grow uh you know as a pass uh defense uh you know from a coverage perspective still not great yeah it's not great and yeah it's not great but it's it's hard to do that when you're not it's hard to do that when you're not pressing quarterback man like simply put uh yeah Mahomes was pressured five times yeah like I that guy of all guys you gotta get to him a little more you have to make him feel it that's what I think made the the Chop Robinson play so disappointing from uh Miami standpoint was like they thought finally we we get to him we we lay hat on him uh he got the ball off somehow but at the very least you hit him and you got there and so for that yeah like it you know obviously Chiefs fan who might be seeing this like obviously there was a defensive holding call on the play and it would have resulted in for whatever that doesn't matter that's the moot point talking about getting doing your job accomplishing your job and being flagged for it I think is it it takes a toll mentally you see that tweet where they put him down on the pillow yeah like I mean that's I don't know he still got he was still dropped a little hard on that pillow that might yeah yeah it might get called I I I have a Chiefs fan uh one of my friends is a Chiefs fan guy I went to school with we're in a 14 team fantasy league and I was talking about that play on Sunday and he was like uh honestly like I don't care I want all the calls in the world from Mahomes I was like I I would respect fans more if you said honest yeah that's yeah y'all just said that stop trying to rationalize it oh you learn the rules oh read the rule whatever brother it's a subjective rule man I don't know what to tell you but like just admit like I don't care we got the call I'm like that's at least you're honest so on Rodriguez right and I want to talk about Chop in a sec but Rodriguez that's second and seven from the KC39 with like 901 left in the third and they give it to Walker up the gut and the literally they parked the A gap and there's Jacob Rodriguez standing there like Michael Myers at the end of a hallway waiting for his next victim just waiting for him to come through and he just triggers and lights him up and then that other big play listen after that chop that BS chop call chop became a beast on that drive he was not happy I mean foreseen completion right he got to my homes again tackled him in four scene completion and then him and Jacob Rodriguez on that screen to the right side there a walker that they stopped for negative six yards right where he's trying to cut it back and he had nowhere to go man they locked in a they were like you know and uh you know chop just needs to play with that fire more and look at what we got out of him on that drive just because he was pissed off right because of the injustice man that guy plays with that fire and we're gonna get the 12 sack guy we want you know like uh so um listen 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defense for the talent they have he actually says that they're suggesting they run man what are your thoughts brother uh I I just I don't believe it and and I I I don't believe it for a few reasons one I just can't imagine this locker room this defense that is full to the brim of players in their first two years of this of the season I I can't imagine uh one of them uh running off to Tony Pauline and complaining about this you know what I mean like I I it doesn't it doesn't make sense to me it doesn't make sense to me it's one of those like where do you get off moments like who do you think you are moments also like against the pass I I ran the numbers on true media like yeah they do they run zone 51% of the time they run man you know 49 which is one of the higher rates in the NFL already like it it's uh and it but neither of that neither of it matters if you can't rus the quarterback like that's their the problem it's not scheme dependent it's like you not getting pressure it's personnel depending like this is a personnel issue I don't think it's as much of a scheme issue it is guys who maybe that it's because like the personnel doesn't know how to run the scheme yet because they're all rookies or second year players but that that doesn't make sense to me because like if you're if you play more man like you are more liable to be beat by an explosive if you're cool you give that quarterback too much time.
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So I I I just think that's dumb and especially if they're playing Kyler this week and he's just gonna scamper forever if you're in man with no pressure.
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So like it's just a it's a dumb article all the way around in my opinion I I don't I'm not really one to question people's sources or say they're not real I don't know who told him where he's getting it from maybe it's second or third hand I I don't I don't know but it just it doesn't pass somebody said doesn't pass the smell test it's I green I don't I don't understand that especially like you are not on the Miami Dolphins in 2026 and unaware of what the season is yeah like they're you're not on the dolphins expecting like we're gonna come out here we're gonna be 12 and 5 we're gonna make the play you know what the hell this is this year so to run out and complain about it like it just it doesn't it doesn't track to me and I'm again I'm not saying that he didn't talk to somebody I'm I'm more saying that yes if he did talk to somebody I I don't think they really know what they're talking about.
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Yeah I know he says at one point like yet talk to players on the defense and they'll tell you the team is shooting itself in the foot with the zone scheme they run every Sunday and you know if you know who Tony Pauline is and you know what his background is he's a draft guy Marcel you know if you said hey reason you got to put a paycheck on this where's it coming from reason's gonna tell you probably an agent right and and then you look at the players that are starting on defense come on you think Michael Taft is pulling something like like we're talking about the young rookie you think Michael Taft is doing something like that Trey Multon's doing that yeah Zayn Anderson ain't doing that Chris Johnson ain't doing that like there's not character Jacob no no i just Steeler no like Steeler no absolutely not like I just don't I don't get it and so again it it maybe it's like second or third hand information that's coming from an agent and it's like a game of telephone where something there was a discon there was a disconnect it just it doesn't make sense to me I I again I I can't I'm insisting because I don't want a war with anybody and I don't like to challenge people's sources unless they are like horrifically egregious but like it does not make sense to me yeah anything in that article anything in that article no I I I agree a hundred and ten percent and also the other thing too is brother you're three games in and you've lost to three teams that are three and oh you think this team is really sitting back there and brother you think the defense is coming away from Sunday saying zone was our problem not the offense not converting when we kept giving them chances like it just it it doesn't even line up with common sense and I've had Tony Pauline on the show right and you know me and him have had disagreements on prospects and stuff like that live up here I got no problem saying this directly to him if I have to I can bring him up here and do it I got no problem it just doesn't line up it just doesn't make sense you know and usually I'm one where hey if I hear report or if I get a report person myself and I think there's validity to it usually I'll throw a little weight behind it you know throw this over the Grand Canyon and let whatever happens happen I don't even think it's I don't even I don't think it's even something that's gonna rise to a point where I feel like I gotta ask Jeff about it.
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It just doesn't what kind of position would that put him in too I mean like you know what I mean like I don't I just it I doesn't track it doesn't be happy with that question either brother I'm telling you that so I wouldn't even go down that route but yeah but what the it was so it's like so it I I can't wrap my brain around it still just the idea that there is somebody actively complaining about scheme in a year like this like actively complaining if if you're a rookie then that's again who the who do you think you are where do you think you where do you get off at complaining about something like that and if you're a vet then dude did you not pay attention to the team you signed with you know what the other problem is too Marcel if you are a rookie and you're talking about this you're you're pretty much going to narrow down the field for the coaches of who you are like so is that really a smart idea too like you know but I agree with you this sounds like it's some second or third telephone tag I I just don't believe some I think some wires got crossed here.
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Marcel the effort I saw on Sunday was a defense that believes in their head coach I came away saying halfly got these boys up to play against a team where we should have you know I'm all the way in Toronto.
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I should have here heard their knees banging together all the way up here going up against KC in that rushing attack what they had done the past two weeks they had over what they had like 396 yards or something like that over two weeks something crazy rushing like we should have heard knees clattering these guys went out there no fear a little shaky at the beginning but locked in stuck to the game plan stuck to the script and they kept the offense in it man if I'm a defensive player on that unit coming away from Sunday I'm looking at halfly being like yo this guy gave us a shot to beat Mahomes with nothing I think that's the kind of game that was the kind of game that fans want to see over the course of the season where like okay probably not gonna win a whole lot probably not gonna win many at all yeah like you want to look competitive you know what I'm saying like nobody wants to watch 17 games of blowouts yeah nobody ever 17 games where yeah you you you know you get your bell rung a few times but you you act you look like you belong at the very least I think that's that's probably stomachable and this team looked like it was ready to I wrote about it right after the game like they looked like a team that was turning a page that was turning a corner and like the light bulb it might not be on but it's it's starting to flickering it's starting to flicker it's starting to buzz a little bit tightened up some wires I wanted that win so bad brother because you know what that felt like that felt like if they came out with that that's the signature win you needed in this season if you're only going to win like three or four games that's the one you hang your hat on.
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That's the signature win and it felt like we were that close to it.
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I know it got away at the end a little bit there but we that defense gave us legitimate chances to tie that game and take that lead and we just didn't do enough with it and man that's why I wanted it that's why I was a little hot after that game because I was like man no one expected us to win that game and here we are the defense gives us a chance and that's your chance at your signature win to hang your hat on and just like I want Malik to be the guy in the end I want halfway to be the guy in the end right I don't want to keep looking and doing this coaching carousel you know I hope he's a perfect blend we've been looking for between Flores and McDaniel in terms of personality being a player's coach and also expecting results when it's time to lock down and get into business right um Brian Flores this week bro um and the Vikings what are your is this this is going to be a rough one for the I mean we thought last week would be rough but this one's gonna be a rough one for that off and that's two great coordinators back to back spagnolo last week Flores this week two of the best DCs in football right now uh what are your expectations for the offense you know Jefferson might be out too right I don't think he practiced today so but he's one of those guys as long as he's limited by Friday yeah it doesn't matter um flow is gonna attack and you know this flow is going to attack he's going to confuse rookies he's gonna get physical rookie like it you kind of you know where you're in for a dog fight you're in for a dog fight there uh and I bet you I bet you ABG makes a play yeah oh yeah he makes a play at the store at some point that guy is uh just an absolute monster like that is the of all the guy all the homegrown guys to leave over the past few years man like that's the one that got away that's the one that got away but I think he he maybe wanted to be up north doesn't matter I'm getting off topic uh you gotta be able to run the ball right uh the rushing totals looked better last week and I think it was on the strength of Malik's scrambles but like Ali we were talking about it today Ollie had that 11 yard it was like an 11 yard run right on third and nine to set up his touchdown yeah so without that it was like sixteen carries for thirty yards or something you know what I mean yeah sixteen carries for thirty yards yeah
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It wasn't super efficient.
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So I'm curious if him and Jalen Wright are both healthy, you've got two backs that can do different things.
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Uh you know, I'm not expecting HN level production here, but you you have to at least keep that defense.
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You gotta keep that defense on it.
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So uh it it's and you gotta be you just you gotta be efficient with your with your drives here.
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You can't miss open throws, you can't not sit your feet and miss a slant miss on a slant route on fourth down.
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Yeah, you can't drop the ball.
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Like they this is this this is the kind of team this is right now.
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This is the kind of season this is right now where if you're not playing your A game, you are not going to win.
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Like winning is going to require perfect efforts from this team, unfortunately.
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So uh yeah, that's uh it's oversimplification to an extent, but like you can't have the mental lapses and expect to beat the Minnesota Vikings.
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This is a good team, and even more scary, like they've got their starting quarterback back, and they've got maybe the best three receivers, like you know, top three receiver set in in the NFL right now.
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Right, Jennings Addison and Jefferson is fantastic.
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Oh yeah, so like I think there's a you know it last week was was a learning experience, week before that was a learning experience, and that's I think what this is going to be.
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You know, how do you respond when you face here's an aggressive defense, you're playing on the road this time, so you know, I don't care how many Chiefs fans we're in hard rock, it ain't gonna be the same number of Vikings fans at the bank.
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So, how do you respond to an aggressive team playing at home, right?
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Yeah, without your best player.
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Like I to borrow a phrase from Mike McDaniel, adversity's opportunity here.
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You know, you make a great point about how they gotta take advantage.
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You know, you can't make mistakes, you gotta take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves, especially against a team like the Vikings.
00:45:55.840 --> 00:46:01.519
Hopefully, they learned that lesson last week against the Kansas City Chiefs because it was the same type of team.
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You got to take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself.
00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:10.559
They didn't, and that's why we're sitting here saying they they missed out on a signature win, right?
00:46:10.960 --> 00:46:14.880
So, you know, um, another thing, too, I wanted to ask you actually.
00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:16.719
Well, first of all, I want to make a comment.
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You named three receivers, you know, you're you're 110% right, arguably best wide receiver, top three wide receiver core in the NFL, no doubt about it.
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Brother, they better have learned from the last couple weeks, too, because TJ Hawkinson can put them up on you up the scene too if you if you ain't locking that guy down.
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So you better keep Hawkinson in.
00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:40.320
But you were at practice today, brother.
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Was there a was there a storm?
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Was there a storm front today at practice that had ducks falling from the sky?
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Like Storm Duck returning to practice.
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Uh, and what's your take?
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Do you think this is another week where we don't see Beal and Douglas?
00:46:59.199 --> 00:47:06.079
Um, I think getting Storm Duck back would be would be a big would be a boon.
00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:07.840
He and uh he and what's his name?
00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:10.079
Daryl Baker have been working off to the side together.
00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:11.840
They actually traveled to California.
00:47:12.000 --> 00:47:20.960
I don't know that that's a normal thing for guys who have who are on PUP to do, but uh they've been like uh you know in lockstep every step of the way.
00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:29.440
Uh Douglas not getting any time in today is obviously a worse sign than if he was at least limited.
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Yeah.
00:47:30.079 --> 00:47:35.440
Uh you know, this is really just confirming the fact that he was not taken out of the game.
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He he was not allowed to, you know, it wasn't a case where the game was over.
00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:42.239
So they're like, all right, put him on ice, whatever.
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Like this was an it, this is an issue.
00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:48.239
Um and they've had quite a few guys on IR this year.
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I'm sure they gotta be careful careful with their designated to return slots.
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So even if they knew it was gonna be a multiple week injury, like I don't know if that's necessarily in the cards for him.
00:47:57.920 --> 00:48:03.679
But um, you know, there's still two more days of practice, and you'll see.
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We'll see as a whole.
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I think it'd be it'd be big for him to get in there though, because like again, as Bell is getting reps and getting better with reps, Caleb Douglas needs to do the same thing as well.
00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:19.039
He had a pretty, I mean, it was polar opposites, his performances in week one and week two.
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So you'd love to see him be able to respond to that.
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Uh, knowing him as little as I know him, but uh, you know, the fact that he's just he's been out past week, past several practices, I'm sure he's he's stewing a little bit and ready to to get back out there and apply something.
00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:39.440
But you you need reps, so anything you miss is a big deal.
00:48:39.760 --> 00:48:50.320
Uh, just last on the injury report, I know Jalen Wright was limited today, but he said after practice that his foot feels fine and he's ready to seize this opportunity.
00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.840
Me and you have talked about this.
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He's been our, you know, no doubt about it, he's been our best special teams player.
00:48:55.440 --> 00:49:01.920
He's looked like he's had just more burst and more confidence, like because he's out of the doghouse that McDaniel had him in.
00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:06.639
Um, it it'll be a big positive to get him back this week if they can get him back, eh?
00:49:07.119 --> 00:49:07.920
They need that.
00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:20.880
Uh otherwise you're rocking with you're giving Ollie Gordon another massive workload, which I'm not saying he can't handle it, but like you're you're relying heavily on one guy because that's your one guy in the room.
00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:26.559
You're gonna have to bump up Jarco S Hunter or uh uh yeah, Carlos Washington.
00:49:27.679 --> 00:49:31.039
Maybe Carlos Washington, I could not remember his name, so I was like, all right, whatever.
00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:32.880
That probably says something.
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But uh you're gonna have to bunch a couple guys from the practice squad up, and like that's yeah, this is a tough assignment.
00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:42.159
So they need that and that speed out of the backfield.
00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:48.559
I'm not neither of these players are Devon H and But Jalen Wright is about as fast.
00:49:48.639 --> 00:49:52.079
I think he was he was in the four threes, you know, coming out of Tennessee.
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Like the guy can the guy can fly, just doesn't have an opportunity, a lot of opportunities over the past few years.
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So I think they need him just to get that just to get that dimension out of the backfield.
00:50:03.119 --> 00:50:04.880
I wanted to ask you this finally here.
00:50:05.039 --> 00:50:11.920
Um, the Dolphins, they worked out uh four running backs yesterday, right?
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Hassan Haskins, Damian Martinez, Kenny McIntosh, Elijah Toe, Tolliver.
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Um, and then today Hafley told you guys, if I remember correctly, at the media section that they're basically going to evaluate Jarquez Hunter and Carlos Washington with the goal to add one of them to the active roster this game for this game.
00:50:32.079 --> 00:50:37.519
Do you see them going out and adding another running back to the frame?
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And you know, I know there's some names out there, like you know, Antonio Gibson's out there.
00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:48.000
Um what can I think Cam Akers is still out there too, right?
00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:51.920
What about if you're looking to add just a goal line option, Marcel?
00:50:52.320 --> 00:51:00.079
Listen, I know he's a decline from like speed explosiveness, but Kareem Hunt can still cross the goal line, bro.
00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:04.320
He had eight touchdowns last year, you know, and he's a savvy veteran, right?
00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:07.599
Like, you know, Ollie and Jalen are still young guys.
00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:08.800
Now they're veterans, right?
00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:12.239
Two-year, three-year guys, but that's a guy who's been around the league.
00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:17.760
And when you get in the red zone, can maybe finish it off without Proctor having to bear hug him and throw him into the end zone.
00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:20.559
Um, what what what do you what do you think?
00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:25.519
Do you see them adding another running back, or do you think it's going to be Jarquez Hunter or Carlos Washington?
00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:28.320
They worked out four of them last week.
00:51:28.639 --> 00:51:30.159
Uh or not last week.
00:51:30.400 --> 00:51:30.800
Yesterday.
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Yesterday.
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Yeah.
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Uh you thought one of them was Damian Martinez.
00:51:34.320 --> 00:51:41.280
So if you're you're talking about, you know, guys who can who can slam the ball in from the goal line, sure, but I think they like Ollie.
00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:42.880
I think they like Ollie to do that.
00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:45.360
I think they would like Carlos Washington to do that too.
00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:45.920
Okay.
00:51:46.079 --> 00:51:53.519
Um like this is obviously their they're kind of assuming Jalen Wright is is healthy and ready to return.
00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:57.280
Otherwise, I think we definitely would have seen an addition by now.
00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:04.880
Uh just you know, it's a numbers game, and it's hard to go into a game with with Ollie Hunter in Washington.
00:52:05.199 --> 00:52:07.920
Um, but I do believe I I do believe them.
00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:15.840
If in unless Jalen Wright can't go, I wouldn't expect to see an addition, like an outside external addition coming in.
00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:22.880
I think you know, halfway meant what he said when he said he likes the guys in the room, and uh he they believe that they can run the ball.
00:52:22.960 --> 00:52:27.119
They're not talking about changing the game plan up and changing their philosophy and this and that.
00:52:27.199 --> 00:52:29.760
Like he said, we're roll the ball out.
00:52:29.840 --> 00:52:34.960
We just went toe-to-toe with the Chiefs, and we didn't really change much uh gameplay going into it.
00:52:35.280 --> 00:52:39.280
So onward, yeah, yeah, onward and upward.
00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:41.360
Um, a final question.
00:52:41.440 --> 00:52:42.639
Do you think this team?
00:52:43.199 --> 00:52:49.679
I mean, I know people keep suggesting it and blah blah blah blah blah, but he keeps coming up with a magical back injury.
00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:54.559
This team's not in a position to trade capital for and extend Joey Porter, are they?
00:52:55.199 --> 00:53:09.679
No, and I also think, and I I don't know Joey Porter personally at all, anything about him, but Sullivan's said you're going to be very selective about the guys that they bring in and guys that they add.
00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:25.920
So if you're adding Joey Porter, all of a sudden, honestly, like you're getting back into the same uh issues that plagued the previous regime, where you are trading for your you're trading for your foundational talent instead of growing and developing it.
00:53:26.079 --> 00:53:27.360
I think that's a tough call.
00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:44.559
And I'm not saying like uh he does or doesn't deserve whatever the hell money he's asking for, but I I don't think that teams look at it, you know, uh lovingly that a guy is willing to miss games in the regular season over a contract dispute.
00:53:44.719 --> 00:53:48.880
Like I don't think that is something that I don't think that's admirable from a front office standpoint.
00:53:48.960 --> 00:53:51.039
And I'm not saying anything about his character here.
00:53:51.119 --> 00:54:01.039
Yeah, it's just the fact is like he wants a new contract, he's been vocal about that, and he has not played in three games this season for a the a back injury that may you know maybe true, maybe not.
00:54:01.119 --> 00:54:01.519
I don't know.
00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:07.360
Yeah, I just I don't think that that's I don't think this is something that you trade for if you're the dolphins.
00:54:07.599 --> 00:54:19.599
Maybe if you were supposed to be good or you're expecting to win games and you need something to take you over the edge, then by all means I understand it, but it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense for them at this stage.
00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:20.719
Yeah, I agree with that.
00:54:20.800 --> 00:54:23.599
I just wanted to cover that because I know a lot of people have been suggesting it.
00:54:23.760 --> 00:54:26.480
So um, all right, Marcel, plug it.
00:54:26.559 --> 00:54:28.639
What do you got coming up article-wise?
00:54:28.719 --> 00:54:29.920
What do you got out there?
00:54:30.159 --> 00:54:32.000
Where can people find you?
00:54:32.320 --> 00:54:34.320
And let them know.
00:54:34.639 --> 00:54:39.599
Yeah, you know, working on something uh about actually Malik Willis that should be dropping next week.
00:54:39.679 --> 00:54:44.320
I think it might be out by the time we we're on our uh we're on our next show, so that'd be fun.
00:54:44.480 --> 00:54:44.800
Beautiful.
00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:46.719
I excited to get that finalized.
00:54:46.880 --> 00:54:50.079
Uh I've got a Super Bowl-related story coming up.
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Top 10 Super Bowl upsets in game history.
00:54:53.760 --> 00:54:59.679
Uh, that was a lot of fun to look into and research, and I'm sure so many people are gonna tell me I am wrong about this.
00:54:59.760 --> 00:55:00.719
This should be six.
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This should be one.
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This is the like, sure.
00:55:03.679 --> 00:55:05.440
I I can't wait for that discourse.
00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:09.679
Uh, other than that, man, you know, it's uh same old same old here.
00:55:09.760 --> 00:55:14.559
Daily coverage headed in Minnesota on Saturday, and uh looking forward to getting in the stadium.
00:55:14.639 --> 00:55:20.159
Actually, this is I've only got like three or four more on the list that I need to get the full 32.
00:55:20.239 --> 00:55:32.480
And this is we get two of them this year in Minnesota and uh in Denver, and then I have to ironically, I've never been to Jacksonville Stadium and I've never been to uh the Cardinals Stadium.
00:55:32.719 --> 00:55:34.079
Oh, okay, cool.
00:55:34.639 --> 00:55:39.679
Well, if we were putting if we were putting the right division we should have been in, you would have already been there, right?
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This should have been an AFC Cell team, anyways.
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