WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.700 Welcome back, Bills Mafia, to the Buffalo Bread 00:00:02.700 --> 00:00:05.639 Podcast. I am your host, Dan Roberts, and it 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:08.599 is an annual tradition unlike any other. Friends 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:11.539 of the pod, not friends of the Bills. Our annual 00:00:11.539 --> 00:00:14.960 off -season riffs with some of our closest friends, 00:00:15.179 --> 00:00:18.719 some of our biggest rivals when it comes to the 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:21.780 AFC East, and just some of our favorite hosts 00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:24.320 to pod with as well. Today we are diving into 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:27.320 the Miami Dolphins. Recap of their 2025 season. 00:00:28.059 --> 00:00:30.440 and a little bit of Hopium, a little bit of a 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:33.259 preview for their 2026 season as well. We're 00:00:33.259 --> 00:00:36.060 joined by resident Dolphins expert, Steve Nepp. 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.859 Steve, how are you doing today, sir? You know, 00:00:39.020 --> 00:00:42.060 the bills for the therapy session are adding 00:00:42.060 --> 00:00:45.320 up pretty good, but for sure, I have some good 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:48.859 insurance to help offset that cost. Health care 00:00:48.859 --> 00:00:51.539 is so important when you're a football fan. Absolutely. 00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:55.560 I don't think people understand, right? After 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:58.140 the bills lost to the Broncos, my wife was like, 00:00:58.299 --> 00:01:01.820 how long is this going to be? it's gonna take 00:01:01.820 --> 00:01:04.560 some time and a lot of therapy sessions, right? 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:08.719 So yes, it's a well -known fact that our mental 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:11.959 health is dictated by millionaire 24 and 25 -year 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.340 -olds for a good eight months out of the year, 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:17.659 right? But here we are. We are reclaiming the 00:01:17.659 --> 00:01:20.620 cycle here. We are into off -season mode. And 00:01:20.620 --> 00:01:22.719 usually, Steve, with off -season mode, there 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:24.540 comes a little bit of hope, right? Given some 00:01:24.540 --> 00:01:25.939 of the recent news that we've seen around the 00:01:25.939 --> 00:01:28.040 Dolphins, some of the roster moves that they've 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:29.859 made, some of the dead -cap situation they're 00:01:29.859 --> 00:01:32.549 dealing with, with. It feels like they are intentionally 00:01:32.549 --> 00:01:35.930 building something. It just may not be something 00:01:35.930 --> 00:01:37.930 that is realized in the short term. But we're 00:01:37.930 --> 00:01:39.569 going to dig into all that here as we talk about 00:01:39.569 --> 00:01:42.590 2026. Before we get there, let's go on our time 00:01:42.590 --> 00:01:44.890 machine, sir. Let's talk a little bit about 2025. 00:01:45.150 --> 00:01:47.010 I said at the beginning of the season, and you 00:01:47.010 --> 00:01:49.569 said in your preview for last year, this was 00:01:49.569 --> 00:01:52.200 like... the highest variance team in the entire 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:54.420 AFC East. It could go either way. This is a team 00:01:54.420 --> 00:01:56.280 that could win 11 games. This is a team that 00:01:56.280 --> 00:01:59.099 could lose 11 games. And they finished more towards 00:01:59.099 --> 00:02:01.439 the latter than anything else last season, right? 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.799 A career -gone midseason, your longtime GM. Daniel 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.500 fired after the season, after some trials and 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:09.460 tribulations about whether or not he would be. 00:02:09.580 --> 00:02:12.520 And then a whole roster makeover, now that you've 00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:15.580 got John Eric Sullivan in as your new GM, and 00:02:15.580 --> 00:02:17.439 Jeff Halfley as your new head coach. A lot of 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:21.370 Green Bay DNA here. uh, coming over the organization 00:02:21.370 --> 00:02:23.650 and this roster build. So Tua, who we're going 00:02:23.650 --> 00:02:25.870 to get into in a little bit, gone, released, 00:02:25.870 --> 00:02:28.849 uh, designated as post one, uh, post June one 00:02:28.849 --> 00:02:31.650 release, which means his dead cap hit of $99 00:02:31.650 --> 00:02:35.509 million will be spread over two years. Hill gone, 00:02:35.830 --> 00:02:37.569 Waddle traded, I don't want to think it was a 00:02:37.569 --> 00:02:40.090 little bit of a surprise. And then Minka Fitzpatrick 00:02:40.090 --> 00:02:43.409 also gone. Um, Bradley Chubb out the door to 00:02:43.409 --> 00:02:44.889 the Buffalo Bills, which we'll talk about in 00:02:44.889 --> 00:02:47.870 a little bit too. This feels like, even though 00:02:47.870 --> 00:02:50.180 this has been a lot of pain, And I'm sure the 00:02:50.180 --> 00:02:52.379 fan base is kind of reeling right now because. 00:02:53.009 --> 00:02:55.389 every player that they have built a relationship 00:02:55.389 --> 00:02:57.990 with over the past few years, it feels like they're 00:02:57.990 --> 00:03:01.270 probably gone, right? And this is legitimately, 00:03:01.509 --> 00:03:04.889 other than Devon Achan, this seems like a pretty 00:03:04.889 --> 00:03:08.310 solid roster restart here. But it also seems 00:03:08.310 --> 00:03:10.490 like your front office is clear -eyed here. So 00:03:10.490 --> 00:03:13.289 Steve, before we get to everything that's happened 00:03:13.289 --> 00:03:16.409 here in the recent past, let's go through 2025. 00:03:16.669 --> 00:03:18.629 Let's kick this thing off on a positive note. 00:03:18.750 --> 00:03:21.810 And then we can do the couch sessions for later 00:03:21.810 --> 00:03:24.520 on. Talk to us, Steve, a little bit about 2025, 00:03:24.860 --> 00:03:27.300 right? It was a rough season as we have recap 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:30.099 for the fans, but not every football season is 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:31.780 lost. This is something that Bill's fans know 00:03:31.780 --> 00:03:33.699 very much so through the drought. You got to 00:03:33.699 --> 00:03:35.719 take the positive where you can get it, right? 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:39.219 2025, what were some of your key highlights from 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:41.939 that season? You know, perhaps a little tongue 00:03:41.939 --> 00:03:46.219 in cheek, but when Steve and Ross finally decided 00:03:46.219 --> 00:03:49.479 that it was time to let Chris Geert... Chris... 00:03:49.479 --> 00:03:53.319 Greer go. That was that was a highlight. Something 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:57.020 that was just based off of the season. It was 00:03:57.020 --> 00:04:02.939 a long time coming. The signings giving out, 00:04:02.939 --> 00:04:07.039 you know, the new contracts and typically, you 00:04:07.039 --> 00:04:10.770 know, he wasn't the best drafter. either. He 00:04:10.770 --> 00:04:14.949 had that reputation amongst the Dolphins fans. 00:04:15.289 --> 00:04:17.269 I'm getting into baseball mode here already. 00:04:17.709 --> 00:04:21.449 Dude, I feel you. Yankee season is upon us. I 00:04:21.449 --> 00:04:26.889 mean, honestly, the highlight was probably weak 00:04:26.889 --> 00:04:30.449 and how fitting right at home against Buffalo. 00:04:30.750 --> 00:04:35.129 I knew this was coming. You know, sure, a little 00:04:35.129 --> 00:04:38.519 moral win right there. It is, you know, it kind 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:41.339 of is what it is when you look at the season 00:04:41.339 --> 00:04:45.060 as a whole. You know, it started out rough week 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:48.199 one. That loss to Indianapolis just, we looked 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:51.079 flat. We didn't look motivated. Hua looked like 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:54.040 he was still in Miami, you know, on Miami Beach 00:04:54.040 --> 00:04:58.699 somewhere. You know, and it didn't get any better, 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:02.500 you know, against the England Buffalo. Barely 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:04.800 beat out a win against the Jets. So, like, it 00:05:04.800 --> 00:05:08.829 was just this... It was just a very bad start 00:05:08.829 --> 00:05:12.370 to the season. The end of the season, I mean, 00:05:12.529 --> 00:05:16.970 you know, typical whenever a key coach or executive 00:05:16.970 --> 00:05:21.550 is let go of the position, magically, you know, 00:05:21.670 --> 00:05:23.490 things are starting to turn around a little bit. 00:05:23.850 --> 00:05:26.449 After Greer was let go, they rattled off, I think 00:05:26.449 --> 00:05:30.410 it was four wins in a row. That kind of salvaged 00:05:30.410 --> 00:05:33.750 a little bit of the season. Yeah, that was kind 00:05:33.750 --> 00:05:38.040 of it. You know, in a nutshell, A -chan, I mean, 00:05:38.699 --> 00:05:42.579 you know, he's the guy now, you know, whenever 00:05:42.579 --> 00:05:46.579 it comes to our offense. And so we'll see what 00:05:46.579 --> 00:05:54.949 goes coming into 2026. eight -man boxes on 98 00:05:54.949 --> 00:05:57.810 % of his runs over or under. I'm going to take 00:05:57.810 --> 00:06:01.930 the over. 100%. 100%. You guys are going to see 00:06:01.930 --> 00:06:04.129 so much man coverage this year. It's going to 00:06:04.129 --> 00:06:06.910 be wild. Yes. It's going to be wild. Oh my God. 00:06:08.089 --> 00:06:10.769 It's interesting. Well, first off, week 10. Let 00:06:10.769 --> 00:06:13.069 me tell you, that was so painful. I had such 00:06:13.069 --> 00:06:16.389 a hard time with that. We had our first viral 00:06:16.389 --> 00:06:18.370 social media moment on the pod, too. I don't 00:06:18.370 --> 00:06:21.209 know if you're aware of this or not. So I run 00:06:21.209 --> 00:06:25.050 our social media accounts and I had posted on 00:06:25.050 --> 00:06:27.189 Instagram. Do you remember the last time the 00:06:27.189 --> 00:06:31.990 bills beat? The Dolphins beat the Bills. It was 00:06:31.990 --> 00:06:34.689 when Ken Dorsey was still OC. It was that big 00:06:34.689 --> 00:06:37.449 heat game, right? Like all the injuries because 00:06:37.449 --> 00:06:39.649 of heat exhaustion. And there was that viral 00:06:39.649 --> 00:06:42.290 clip from a few years ago of when Dorsey was 00:06:42.290 --> 00:06:44.870 slamming his laptop down and throwing it, right? 00:06:45.050 --> 00:06:49.269 So I uploaded that as a meme and I gave it the 00:06:49.269 --> 00:06:52.370 header the last time the Dolphins beat the Bills, 00:06:52.370 --> 00:06:55.910 right? And I put what I would call a soliloquy 00:06:55.910 --> 00:06:58.069 defending Josh Allen and his performance. in 00:06:58.069 --> 00:07:00.269 that Miami game, because I'm like, listen, dude 00:07:00.269 --> 00:07:02.790 was the only one doing anything. And it literally 00:07:02.790 --> 00:07:05.750 went viral. We got over a million views. We got 00:07:05.750 --> 00:07:08.670 thousands of likes, hundreds of comments on that 00:07:08.670 --> 00:07:12.209 post. That's amazing. Dude, like two dads from 00:07:12.209 --> 00:07:14.829 upstate New York, right? And we own the internet 00:07:14.829 --> 00:07:18.269 for oh, what a glorious short few moments, you 00:07:18.269 --> 00:07:21.029 know? So a little bittersweet that week 10 game, 00:07:21.110 --> 00:07:25.329 because yes, your team got the win. And JJ and 00:07:25.329 --> 00:07:29.459 I were mired in grief and despair, but we got 00:07:29.459 --> 00:07:31.100 a fun little social media moment out of it for 00:07:31.100 --> 00:07:33.660 the pot. So it all equalized. It was all good. 00:07:33.740 --> 00:07:37.680 It was all good. And credit to, you mentioned 00:07:37.680 --> 00:07:40.500 the four -week win streak, or four -game win 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:45.459 streak, credit to McDaniel for letting this team 00:07:45.459 --> 00:07:48.920 not quit on him. But I think Sneaky and Baltimore 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:51.019 fans, this is a little hope for you guys too, 00:07:51.019 --> 00:07:52.879 as you go through your own off -season or transition. 00:07:53.300 --> 00:07:56.980 Anthony Weaver, like, Scotch taping, MacGyvering 00:07:56.980 --> 00:07:59.600 that defense together week after week and getting 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:02.839 the absolute best out of relative nobodies. You 00:08:02.839 --> 00:08:04.339 know what I mean? Especially after the Phillips 00:08:04.339 --> 00:08:07.319 trade. Anthony Weaver, man, hell of a coaching 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.819 job. Definitely deserve more recognition for 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:11.920 even though it was in many losing efforts for 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:13.819 what he was able to piece together with that 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:15.779 defense. Baltimore's got a real one, man. They 00:08:15.779 --> 00:08:18.060 got a real one coming in as I see here. Yeah. 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.060 Yep. Absolutely. Cool. All right. That's 2025. 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:23.980 You guys have already made some moves here in 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:26.939 the new league year 27. Lots of activity for 00:08:26.939 --> 00:08:29.740 you guys. You've got a new GM has wasted no time 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:31.939 putting his stamp on this roster. We've already 00:08:31.939 --> 00:08:36.179 mentioned the big three, Hill, Waddle, and, and 00:08:36.179 --> 00:08:39.440 Tua, gone. Chubb gone, Fitzpatrick gone. And 00:08:39.440 --> 00:08:42.539 it looks like other than some depth ads, they're 00:08:42.539 --> 00:08:44.840 really standing pat right now. And they're waiting 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.500 for the draft, which we'll talk about in a little 00:08:46.500 --> 00:08:49.820 bit. So. Talk to me a little bit. I want to approach 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:51.779 this as a two -parter. First, what do you think 00:08:51.779 --> 00:08:54.159 about these moves? Like, what does it read the 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:57.000 tea leaves for us as Bills fans that are not 00:08:57.000 --> 00:08:59.460 well -versed in the ways of Miami? Like, what 00:08:59.460 --> 00:09:01.960 do these moves tell you about what leadership 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:04.580 wants to build in Miami? But then also, what 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:05.899 does it tell you a little bit about the timeline? 00:09:05.980 --> 00:09:07.379 Like, how long is this thing going to take, do 00:09:07.379 --> 00:09:10.120 you think? Yeah. So let's go back to probably 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:14.179 a month or so ago, the introductions of Sully 00:09:14.179 --> 00:09:21.110 and... Jeff Haffley. And kind of, you know, the 00:09:21.110 --> 00:09:24.190 tone was very different than when Miami Mike 00:09:24.190 --> 00:09:33.169 arrived. And just Stephen Ross owned the mistakes 00:09:33.169 --> 00:09:39.669 of the past. The GM search where he, you know, 00:09:39.929 --> 00:09:44.690 brought in, you know, recognized people. I mean, 00:09:44.850 --> 00:09:47.960 Troy Aikman kind of led the charge with that. 00:09:48.059 --> 00:09:50.740 Dan Marino was a part of that process as well. 00:09:52.700 --> 00:09:57.759 And they got two guys from an organization that 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:01.000 year over year, year after year, they just seemed 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:04.179 to always make the right moves at the right time. 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:08.080 They draft the right guys, they develop the right 00:10:08.080 --> 00:10:11.940 guys, and they make smart trades and smart contracts, 00:10:12.100 --> 00:10:16.870 right? So I think Hopefully, you know, that page 00:10:16.870 --> 00:10:19.230 has turned with Stephen Ross where like, you 00:10:19.230 --> 00:10:23.190 know, the party at South Beach is over. You know, 00:10:23.190 --> 00:10:26.190 it's time to get to work now. It only took, you 00:10:26.190 --> 00:10:29.009 know, 15 years for that to happen or a little 00:10:29.009 --> 00:10:33.769 bit longer. So looking into 2026, yeah, it's 00:10:33.769 --> 00:10:35.909 going to be rough. You know, there's no denying 00:10:35.909 --> 00:10:41.070 it. We knew that the moment 2O was benched, you 00:10:41.070 --> 00:10:45.200 know, at the end of the year. And what I've appreciated 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:47.480 is that, you know, it's kind of like, we're not 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:49.899 going to, we're going to just do it, you know, 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:51.840 in for a penny, in for a pound, right? We're 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:53.419 just going to rip the bandaid off. We're going 00:10:53.419 --> 00:10:56.799 to do it. Uh, 2026 is going to stink, but you 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:00.460 know what? Seven, uh, we're going to, you know, 00:11:00.539 --> 00:11:03.100 hopefully start to compete again. The Packers 00:11:03.100 --> 00:11:05.120 do it through the draft. We brought in Packers 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:06.559 guys, you know, guess what? We're going to do 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:08.580 it through the draft. We have, what was it? 11 00:11:08.580 --> 00:11:10.980 picks this year. It wasn't that. Well, isn't 00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:13.399 that long ago with after the tampering fines 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:16.279 hit, I think we had like three brutal. Yeah. 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:18.000 You guys went through a brutal stretch with the 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:20.980 McDaniel. And so like that just tells you the 00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:25.139 vision of the new GM new head coach. We're going 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:27.360 to build from the ground up. We're not going 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:29.740 to bring in the flashy free agents. And as I 00:11:29.740 --> 00:11:32.039 thought more about all of these guys coming in 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:35.740 on one -year, two -year deals is a lot of these 00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:38.340 guys, they're on perfect contracts. They've been 00:11:38.340 --> 00:11:41.679 the guys that have kind of been wide receiver 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:45.440 three or on the depth chart. They weren't necessarily 00:11:45.440 --> 00:11:47.980 all the number one guys. And so a lot of these 00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:50.509 guys are hungry. And when you're hungry or dangerous, 00:11:50.509 --> 00:11:52.230 you know, we're seeing that, you know, March 00:11:52.230 --> 00:11:54.470 Madness just started, right? You get these hungry 00:11:54.470 --> 00:11:58.009 teams. And so I'm kind of excited for that. You 00:11:58.009 --> 00:12:00.110 know, you have a bunch of hungry guys on private 00:12:00.110 --> 00:12:02.710 contracts might surprise some people. I love 00:12:02.710 --> 00:12:05.350 that take, dude. And you're very apt to bring 00:12:05.350 --> 00:12:08.129 up the draft because Green Bay is a drafting 00:12:08.129 --> 00:12:10.570 organization. They've never relied a ton on free 00:12:10.570 --> 00:12:14.549 agency, right? This feels like a lunch pail crew, 00:12:14.570 --> 00:12:16.830 which is interesting for the setting and the 00:12:16.830 --> 00:12:20.230 scene in Miami where Where I'll depart with you 00:12:20.230 --> 00:12:22.470 a little bit. I don't think the party ever stops 00:12:22.470 --> 00:12:25.929 in South Beach So it's interesting to bring in 00:12:25.929 --> 00:12:28.570 some cold weather Green Bay guys, right? That 00:12:28.570 --> 00:12:30.990 like and then half Lee with a stint before up 00:12:30.990 --> 00:12:33.309 in the Northeast at Boston College You know what 00:12:33.309 --> 00:12:36.149 I mean? Like it's is interesting that this is 00:12:36.149 --> 00:12:38.509 the crew that you bring in it really does feel 00:12:38.509 --> 00:12:42.070 like the desire for a tonal shift and I mean 00:12:41.870 --> 00:12:43.889 I mean, listen to like Finns fans, you guys are 00:12:43.889 --> 00:12:46.070 hamstrung right now. Like you're taking a lot 00:12:46.070 --> 00:12:48.129 of dead cap medicine, I think to the tune of 00:12:48.129 --> 00:12:52.350 what, $175 million or something like that. It's 00:12:52.350 --> 00:12:54.629 something massive. You're paying a lot of guys 00:12:54.629 --> 00:12:58.580 to not play for you. But watch those guarantees 00:12:58.580 --> 00:13:01.879 from the books, partly in 27, but then by 28. 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.779 And then when you look at the draft capital you've 00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:07.480 accumulated for 26 and 27, by the time you guys 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.899 get to 28, the idea is going to be you're going 00:13:09.899 --> 00:13:12.440 to have some seasoned two and three year players 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:14.240 still on rookie deals and you'll be able to make 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:18.039 some splashes. Exactly. It's a longer term vision, 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.860 I think, than NFL fans are used to. But to your 00:13:20.860 --> 00:13:23.000 point too, like, you catch lightning in a bottle, 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.519 you get some of the right mix of, like, guys 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.559 on Prove It deals, you hit on some of these seven 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.080 draft picks in the top 100 picks you have this 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:34.220 year. You guys could mix it up and make it interesting. 00:13:34.580 --> 00:13:37.279 Weirder things have happened. Before we get to 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:38.899 the draft, because I'm dying to know your take 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:42.190 on that, were there any surprises to you? something 00:13:42.190 --> 00:13:44.309 that kind of caught you off guard about maybe 00:13:44.309 --> 00:13:47.029 one of the free agent moves, guys that got moved, 00:13:47.350 --> 00:13:49.269 maybe guys that are still on the roster, right? 00:13:49.509 --> 00:13:52.159 Like HN, I think. People have inquired about 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.519 him, but that's where the dolphins apparently 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.559 are drawing the red line in the sand. Like you 00:13:56.559 --> 00:13:59.120 cannot have this kid, right? So anything that 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:01.340 surprised you about guys they moved, brought 00:14:01.340 --> 00:14:03.639 in, or maybe didn't move. So then I said to my 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.379 friends, I said the waddle trade hurt. I felt 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:10.559 that for you guys. Of all the guys that were 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:15.059 released or traded. So far that waddle trade 00:14:15.059 --> 00:14:20.879 was pretty rough. It's kind of like whatever 00:14:20.879 --> 00:14:23.240 the new vision is for the system for offense, 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:28.559 but not having Alec Ingold, you know, he's kind 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:32.419 of the tough guy in the trenches, you know, willing 00:14:32.419 --> 00:14:36.240 to like just block a guy if you need to for the 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.240 quarterback. He was a leader on and off the field. 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:42.919 I think those two, those two guys kind of hurt 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:47.850 me the most to see them go. Surprises for signing 00:14:47.850 --> 00:14:52.250 so far, I mean, certainly surprising, but not 00:14:52.250 --> 00:14:56.669 surprising. The Malik Willis signing, you know, 00:14:57.090 --> 00:14:59.909 not surprising. He came from Green Bay, you know? 00:15:01.350 --> 00:15:04.230 And so there's that, there's a, for me, there's 00:15:04.230 --> 00:15:08.590 a level of calm that comes with that. An assurance, 00:15:08.950 --> 00:15:12.639 like, all right. We have guys who came from Green 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:14.500 Bay. They're bringing a Green Bay quarterback 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:17.019 with them. And let's look at the past history 00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:19.100 of Green Bay quarterback so far. Now granted, 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.620 he wasn't a homegrown guy. You know, they got 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:24.820 him from Tennessee. But like when Favre developed 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:27.440 Aaron Rodgers, Aaron Rodgers to develop Jordan 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:29.960 Love. You know, Jordan Love to develop Malik 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:32.360 Willis, perhaps. You know, and so with him coming 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:36.529 down, let's see what we got. So I'm hopeful for 00:15:36.529 --> 00:15:39.649 him as well. Nice. Can I tell you, I appreciate 00:15:39.649 --> 00:15:42.090 all those takes. The one I appreciate the most 00:15:42.090 --> 00:15:45.629 is you calling out Engold, because we just lost 00:15:45.629 --> 00:15:49.129 Reggie Gilliam. How fun is it to be football 00:15:49.129 --> 00:15:52.230 sickos like we are, where we lament the loss 00:15:52.230 --> 00:15:54.889 of a fullback in this day and age? You know what 00:15:54.889 --> 00:15:58.330 I mean? It's so cool to be us, man. It's so good. 00:16:00.609 --> 00:16:05.070 is for sure a real one. And you guys, HN in particular 00:16:05.070 --> 00:16:07.149 is going to feel that loss, definitely, without 00:16:07.149 --> 00:16:09.309 a doubt. But no, man, all the way across the 00:16:09.309 --> 00:16:10.950 board, I think you've balanced all this with 00:16:10.950 --> 00:16:13.610 the right amount of, like, pain and sorrow at 00:16:13.610 --> 00:16:16.509 the Ingold and Waddle losses. The Willis signing 00:16:16.509 --> 00:16:18.870 is interesting, like, because when he signed, 00:16:19.009 --> 00:16:20.850 you still had Jill and Waddle, right? And I'm 00:16:20.850 --> 00:16:23.149 like, okay, I could see this working because 00:16:23.149 --> 00:16:26.110 of the weapons, like, this offensive system they're 00:16:26.110 --> 00:16:29.049 likely going to install in Miami. Waddle with 00:16:29.049 --> 00:16:31.169 Malik Washington, who's a little bit of a gadgety 00:16:31.169 --> 00:16:34.049 guy, but you use one of your draft picks in a 00:16:34.049 --> 00:16:36.409 very deep wide receiver class. And I could see 00:16:36.409 --> 00:16:38.429 that wide receiver core being serviceable with 00:16:38.429 --> 00:16:42.289 a decent top two, top three, right? Figure out 00:16:42.289 --> 00:16:44.549 tight end, you know, at some other way. But now 00:16:44.549 --> 00:16:47.590 with Waddle gone, you're really asking Malik 00:16:47.590 --> 00:16:50.730 Willis to, like, just steady the ship and play 00:16:50.730 --> 00:16:53.110 competent football until they can really build 00:16:53.110 --> 00:16:55.110 out this roster around him a little bit, yes. 00:16:55.230 --> 00:17:00.929 Yeah. But I'll tell you what. I'm kind of excited 00:17:00.929 --> 00:17:06.529 about the Jalen Tolbert signing. I think, you 00:17:06.529 --> 00:17:08.509 know, he's again one of those wide receiver guys 00:17:08.509 --> 00:17:11.309 came from the Cowboys. He filled in whenever 00:17:11.309 --> 00:17:13.890 his CD got hurt. And I'll tell you what, I liked 00:17:13.890 --> 00:17:16.109 what I saw in those couple of games he was playing 00:17:16.109 --> 00:17:18.029 for him. And so I'm kind of excited for that 00:17:18.029 --> 00:17:21.250 one. I think you got like, it's so, you never 00:17:21.250 --> 00:17:24.509 write anybody off before. game start, you know 00:17:24.509 --> 00:17:26.609 what I mean? I mean, going back to the Flores 00:17:26.609 --> 00:17:29.650 days and the whole tank for two a thing, Flores 00:17:29.650 --> 00:17:32.430 had his issues as a head coach, but he really 00:17:32.430 --> 00:17:34.950 was able to extract the absolute best out of 00:17:34.950 --> 00:17:37.390 that roster and overachieved in a lot of ways. 00:17:37.809 --> 00:17:40.029 Listen, weirder things have happened. We just 00:17:40.029 --> 00:17:42.670 watched, sorry, Brandon, we just watched maybe 00:17:42.670 --> 00:17:46.430 the most flawed team in recent memory, easily 00:17:46.430 --> 00:17:48.750 in the last 25 years in the New England Patriots, 00:17:49.130 --> 00:17:52.579 make a Super Bowl run. Yes. Drake may as good, 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:55.259 Patriots fans, please don't come at me and my 00:17:55.259 --> 00:17:58.299 mentions. He is the chosen one, whatever. He's 00:17:58.299 --> 00:18:01.799 good, right? But he wasn't as good as maybe some 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:03.740 of the regular season play indicated. I think 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:05.539 we saw that in the postseason where the competition 00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:08.480 got stiffer. But they just had a mix of good 00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:10.700 play, not great play a lot of times, but good 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:13.599 play, the right schedule, but then also a lot 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:16.900 of things kind of go their way, right? We've 00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:19.359 seen weirder things happen, man. So never write 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:20.660 off a team until they start playing the games. 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:23.660 Yes, absolutely. Perhaps that was kind of like 00:18:23.660 --> 00:18:27.170 their Cinderella run. I don't know. The Patriots 00:18:27.170 --> 00:18:31.009 of Cinderella. Oh, my God. What a horrible, ugly 00:18:31.009 --> 00:18:34.630 Cinderella. Yes, absolutely. Terrible. The clock 00:18:34.630 --> 00:18:37.849 cannot turn midnight fast enough on those T's. 00:18:38.329 --> 00:18:40.069 This is incredible. We've got the fairy tale 00:18:40.069 --> 00:18:42.609 references going. Listen, this is the first part 00:18:42.609 --> 00:18:44.970 of season six. We are cranking on all cylinders, 00:18:45.250 --> 00:18:47.130 folks. We're here for it. All right, man. Let's 00:18:47.130 --> 00:18:48.789 talk about the draft, right? Because as you said, 00:18:48.930 --> 00:18:50.349 this is where this team is going to get built 00:18:50.349 --> 00:18:52.670 this year and in the future. A mind blowing. 00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:55.119 Seven picks in the top hundred. I'm going to 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:56.880 rattle them off because I'm jealous of this draft 00:18:56.880 --> 00:19:02.819 capital. 11, 30, 43, 75, 87, 90, and then 94. 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:06.539 This is an embarrassment of riches, right? And 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:09.539 this is a deep draft at a lot of positions. Like 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:12.140 I've heard a lot of draft folks say like, hey, 00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:14.339 there's no like blue chippers. There's no Micah 00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:16.740 Parsons. There's no generational guys. And I 00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:20.210 will concede that point, but man. It is just 00:19:20.210 --> 00:19:22.430 deep with a lot of guys that are going to be 00:19:22.430 --> 00:19:25.490 starters, maybe stars. Yeah, they may not be 00:19:25.490 --> 00:19:29.650 that Justin Jefferson, Jamar Chase, Michael Parsons, 00:19:30.150 --> 00:19:31.910 like Dexter Lawrence type. But man, you got some 00:19:31.910 --> 00:19:33.890 guys that are going to be very reliable, that 00:19:33.890 --> 00:19:35.710 are going to be building blocks for rosters. 00:19:36.049 --> 00:19:38.970 You guys also have a lot of needs, right? So 00:19:38.970 --> 00:19:41.789 break it down for us. What are the top positions 00:19:41.789 --> 00:19:43.750 that you think the Dolphins should be targeting 00:19:43.750 --> 00:19:45.829 in this year's draft with this bevy of capital? 00:19:46.069 --> 00:19:50.170 Yeah, all of the above. All the positions. All 00:19:50.170 --> 00:19:52.950 the positions, yeah. You know, I said it last 00:19:52.950 --> 00:19:56.910 year, this time, this time, this time last year, 00:19:57.210 --> 00:20:01.470 the trenches, you know, again, you know, we lost 00:20:01.470 --> 00:20:06.390 Bradley Chubb, Chop Robinson has kind of, I won't 00:20:06.390 --> 00:20:10.329 say regressed, but he didn't develop like I thought 00:20:10.329 --> 00:20:15.549 he might year two. And so, yeah, gotta... Got 00:20:15.549 --> 00:20:21.089 to win the trenches. And again, Green Bay has 00:20:21.089 --> 00:20:25.210 that talent of having a good line on both sides. 00:20:26.170 --> 00:20:27.990 They're not necessarily always going to be all 00:20:27.990 --> 00:20:30.589 pro bowlers, but you know what? If you get one 00:20:30.589 --> 00:20:34.430 or two, you're doing pretty good. And so that's 00:20:34.430 --> 00:20:38.470 kind of where I would focus. At least a couple 00:20:38.470 --> 00:20:40.289 of those picks is you got to figure out your 00:20:40.289 --> 00:20:45.920 line. Wide receiver. You know, if the right guy's 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:48.339 at the right spot at the right time, draft a 00:20:48.339 --> 00:20:52.579 wide receiver, you know. And then our secondary 00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:55.940 as well, you know, just a couple right guys. 00:20:56.180 --> 00:21:00.400 I mean, we just traded Minka Fitzpatrick, you 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:04.180 know, to the Jets. And so, again, if the right 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:06.740 guy's at the right spot, draft them. And that's 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:08.339 really what it's going to come down to. I don't 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:10.599 know that there's any, you know, like we have 00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:13.470 to absolutely at the 11th pick take. this type 00:21:13.470 --> 00:21:17.289 of guy at this position. It's who's the best 00:21:17.289 --> 00:21:19.849 available with what we need, you know, kind of 00:21:19.849 --> 00:21:23.230 what's in front of you. It's BPA straight down 00:21:23.230 --> 00:21:25.289 the board for you guys, right? Yeah. Because 00:21:25.289 --> 00:21:27.289 chances are that best player available is going 00:21:27.289 --> 00:21:29.309 to fit a positional need that you guys have, 00:21:29.450 --> 00:21:32.109 right? Right. Do you think, do you think you 00:21:32.109 --> 00:21:35.640 guys take a flyer on a QB here? Like I've seen 00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:38.359 the Ty Simpson kid, if he makes it all the way 00:21:38.359 --> 00:21:40.240 to 30, which I don't think he will. I think some 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:42.119 full team is going to talk themselves into drafting 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:44.740 him earlier. But like if Ty Simpson from Alabama 00:21:44.740 --> 00:21:47.779 makes it all the way down to 30, right? Do you 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:50.039 guys take a flyer on the kid or like, are you 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:52.339 waiting for 27 when that QB class is going to 00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:54.779 be deeper? You know, I mean, you just signed 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:57.500 Malik Willis. You have Quinn Ewers there who, 00:21:57.859 --> 00:22:00.000 for all intents and purposes, was serviceable, 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.200 right? As a rookie. Yes. Couldn't really ask 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:06.400 for a whole lot from him, just given the circumstances. 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:10.799 You know, and so, again, kind of if he's there, 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:13.220 he's the best available out of all your other 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:16.779 needs, then all right, why not? But if you feel 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:19.200 good about Malik Willis... You like what you're 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:21.900 seeing so far. You have faith in Quinn Ewers 00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:24.559 as a number two option. You know, I say that 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:26.640 as if Malik Willis has already got the starting 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:28.960 job. He probably does. They paid him starter 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:32.180 money, right? Right. Then maybe you wait until 00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:35.220 a little bit later in the draft. Maybe that 87, 00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:40.079 90, see what's out there type of timing wise. 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:43.480 Very nice, very nice. Are there any players at 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:45.220 other positions that you've kind of had your 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:47.039 eye on yet? I've just started getting into my 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:49.359 draft prep, so like I'm digging through like 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:52.160 film and stat packages and combine data and all 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:55.000 that stuff. Is there anybody you've seen early 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:57.900 on here in this process that you really want 00:22:57.900 --> 00:23:00.799 to see where the, what is it, turquoise, orange 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:05.799 and white? And white and a shade of blue at one 00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:10.440 point, I think. Yeah, who do you want to see 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:12.519 where the fish on their helmet? Right? Who's 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:15.039 the guy or two guys? You're really like covet 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:17.460 in this year's draft. Yeah, you know, I think 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:22.279 a lot of people have been talking about Probably 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.559 gonna mispronounce his name Francis Malgoa the 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:29.819 offensive tackle out of Miami. Yeah, a lot of 00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:35.140 people have been talking about him To try to 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:40.839 get him at 11 So, I mean, again, that fills the 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:43.619 need, you know, number two ranked offensive tackle 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:46.740 coming into the draft. You know, again, if he's 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:49.180 there at 11, you feel good about it, take him 00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:52.220 at 11. You know, like, that's just kind of where 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:55.559 I'm at now with the draft, you know, is who's 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:58.980 going to be, you know, best available, get it 00:23:58.980 --> 00:24:03.180 done. Yeah, in Sully we trust. We have to. I 00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:05.720 like how you guys are like so close to this GM 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:09.420 now you're calling him Sully. All right, man. 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.099 Let's land this plane. I got a couple of fun 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:13.000 ones for you. First off, we got to bring it back 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.980 to the Bills for a second. We've noted that Bradley 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:17.759 Chubb, switching teams within the division, giving 00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:20.619 up the warm, sunny beaches of Miami for whatever 00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:22.220 hell this winter is right now in upstate New 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.680 York. I couldn't even begin to tell you what 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:25.099 we're dealing with right now. It's just nutty 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:28.259 right now. What are Bill, real quick, what are 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:31.140 Bill's fans getting in Bradley Chubb here as 00:24:31.140 --> 00:24:33.019 our newest addition to the Ed Trash Room? Yeah, 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:35.079 so I mean, for me, you know, right off the bat, 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:37.940 I wouldn't have any worries. I mean, he was out 00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:42.660 all year in 2024 with an injury but he came back 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:45.980 pretty strong you know last this past season 00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:50.119 I think you're gonna get someone who an offense 00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:53.599 always has to account for him you know he's someone 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:57.069 that's gonna get you eight to 10, maybe 11, 12 00:24:57.069 --> 00:25:00.289 sacks a year, depending on, um, you know, where 00:25:00.289 --> 00:25:02.470 you're at, you gotta force a couple of fumbles. 00:25:02.690 --> 00:25:06.869 You're just getting a solid, solid guy. Um, that's, 00:25:06.869 --> 00:25:09.509 that's my quick take on him is, you know, like 00:25:09.509 --> 00:25:12.710 I said, average 10 sacks, uh, to me, you know, 00:25:12.809 --> 00:25:17.269 what you saw in 25 is, um, is who to expect. 00:25:18.750 --> 00:25:20.569 Yep, you guys are getting, you're getting a good 00:25:20.569 --> 00:25:22.769 one. Thank you. We hope so. We hope so. We've 00:25:22.769 --> 00:25:24.490 been trying to figure out that position opposite 00:25:24.490 --> 00:25:27.349 of Rousseau for what feels like forever. So hopefully, 00:25:27.509 --> 00:25:29.930 hopefully Bean finally sticks this one. All right. 00:25:30.009 --> 00:25:32.329 So you have a new coach, we have a new coach. 00:25:32.529 --> 00:25:35.269 And I was taking stock of the AFC East with, 00:25:35.269 --> 00:25:37.410 you know, the home of Belichick, you know what 00:25:37.410 --> 00:25:39.349 I mean? The home of like a lot of these long 00:25:39.349 --> 00:25:41.250 -term coaches we're so used to seeing hang around 00:25:41.250 --> 00:25:44.319 for years. In the last 18 months, Every single 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:46.539 head coach position in the AFC East has now turned 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.859 over. So we've got a lot of new and slightly 00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:50.759 new faces here in the division. You have a new 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:53.839 head coach as well. Rank for me all four head 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:56.920 coaches from first to worst in the division. 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:59.900 With or without bias? Oh, you can put whatever 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:01.920 bias in you want. Please, this is a fan podcast. 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:05.680 There's no objectivity to this. Yep. I'm going 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:08.240 to give it to Haffley right away. He's my number 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:12.759 one. Absolutely. Incredible. Yeah. Next, I think 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:17.180 Mike Blable. How generous of you to put Super 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:22.400 Mike. It pains me, but I'll give a little bit 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:25.180 right there. And then Brady and then Glenn. I 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:27.440 think that's probably... And no shade to Glenn, 00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:30.539 I mean, but it's the Jets. It's the Jets. It's 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:32.779 the Jets and, you know, we'll talk about this 00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:35.759 with Jared when we get to his pod, but they've 00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:37.759 already turned over that entire coaching staff. 00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:40.200 That's normally the move you make just before 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:42.700 you get fired. I think they were right to bring 00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:45.279 him back this year even because they just, they 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:48.000 were dismantling... They were dismantling the 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:50.180 plane in New York as they were flying it. No 00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:52.579 pun intended on the chess team. But the roster 00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:55.839 decisions they made, like they were building 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:58.920 and then deconstructing this thing as the year 00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:01.400 went on. I don't think Glenn, I don't think he 00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:02.960 can hold Glenn fully accountable for that. I 00:27:02.960 --> 00:27:04.740 think it's reasonable to give him another season. 00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:08.859 But he also didn't acquit himself in the opportunities 00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:12.559 that he had very well either. I go variable and 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:15.289 then... I'm a little tempted to say Halfley, 00:27:15.410 --> 00:27:18.009 just because I like his chops as a DC. As a Bills 00:27:18.009 --> 00:27:21.849 fan, I guess I got to go Brady. And then Halfley, 00:27:22.150 --> 00:27:24.230 and then I would kind of, I would put Glenn at 00:27:24.230 --> 00:27:25.890 the bottom as well, just because we've seen a 00:27:25.890 --> 00:27:28.029 year of Glenn. And then with Brady and with Halfley, 00:27:28.130 --> 00:27:30.369 we're totally projecting. Frable for me is like 00:27:30.369 --> 00:27:33.349 the best. The best culture builder in the league. 00:27:33.349 --> 00:27:35.890 He is the best situational game manager in the 00:27:35.890 --> 00:27:38.069 league Like it sucks that he's gonna be sitting 00:27:38.069 --> 00:27:40.390 our revision for the next year. So yeah, that 00:27:40.390 --> 00:27:43.289 one was and I'll say, you know with half Lee 00:27:43.289 --> 00:27:48.170 I Rewatched the press conference not that long 00:27:48.170 --> 00:27:54.970 ago and just the passion and the care Is such 00:27:54.970 --> 00:27:57.230 a polar opposite than what we had with Miami 00:27:57.230 --> 00:28:02.420 Mike And I'm so excited for that, you know, and 00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:04.279 that's kind of maybe again just a little bit 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:07.660 of bias like he's coming in with purpose with 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:12.680 a vision And he's serious. So yeah, he's got 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:15.660 this like really good energy about him, too Like 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:17.599 he's one of these dudes who you could see like 00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:19.960 maybe not Ben Johnson level of ripping his shirt 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:22.259 off after a win in the locker room post game 00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:25.180 But you know, it's interesting. You've got half 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:27.779 Lee who I like his energy. We've got Glenn, who 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:30.220 we like dancing on the sidelines in the few moments 00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.980 they had. You've got Vrabel with his warrior 00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:35.519 stuff and everything. And you've got Brady, who's 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:38.440 also a really high energy dude. It just feels 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:42.000 like everyone has the vibes right in their respective 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:44.140 locker rooms with these head coaches. And it's 00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:47.160 so interesting to look at the not so distant 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:49.559 past where we had McDermott, who listen, we as 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:51.799 Bills fans love McDermott, but like those post 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:54.140 games, they were a sermon. You had Belichick, 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:57.490 which you couldn't get anything out of him. And 00:28:57.490 --> 00:28:59.470 then the rotation of all of these Jets head coaches 00:28:59.470 --> 00:29:01.150 that you can't even keep track of, you know what 00:29:01.150 --> 00:29:04.329 I mean? Like there is some fun, and with the 00:29:04.329 --> 00:29:07.009 exception of Rable, I think some youthful energy 00:29:07.009 --> 00:29:09.849 coming for these head coaches. And I'm excited 00:29:09.849 --> 00:29:12.150 just to see how the division vibes this year. 00:29:12.410 --> 00:29:14.589 I think it's going to be fun, no matter what, 00:29:14.609 --> 00:29:17.609 right? All right, man. Let's get to it. Let's 00:29:17.609 --> 00:29:20.490 wrap up here. Give us real quick lightning. Relating 00:29:20.490 --> 00:29:23.230 round your final preseason prediction or preseason 00:29:23.230 --> 00:29:26.369 predictions for 2026 win -loss record Chances 00:29:26.369 --> 00:29:28.089 your team makes the playoffs and then give us 00:29:28.089 --> 00:29:30.049 one player you think is gonna surprise fans this 00:29:30.049 --> 00:29:33.890 year six wins We're gonna go we're gonna go way 00:29:33.890 --> 00:29:36.569 above. I know people are thinking all right. 00:29:36.630 --> 00:29:39.789 Well here comes, you know People are joking, 00:29:39.990 --> 00:29:42.819 you know Tank for Arch Manning, right, in 27. 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.079 That's what everybody's talking about. That's 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:45.980 what everyone's saying, right? The Bills might 00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:48.240 decide to do that. Again, you know, as I said 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:51.279 earlier, you know, we got a lot of one -year, 00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:53.619 two -year contract guys who are on Proof -It, 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:55.880 you know, who are on Proof -It. Not just whether 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:58.119 or not they're going to be on the Dolphins for 00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:59.700 next year, but whether or not, for some of them, 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:01.579 if they're going to be in the league, you know, 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:06.829 and so what better time than to... to push it 00:30:06.829 --> 00:30:09.009 and surprise some people. So I'm going to say 00:30:09.009 --> 00:30:13.910 six wins. Any hope for the playoff? No. I'll 00:30:13.910 --> 00:30:18.809 be real there. Who was a player you think surprised 00:30:18.809 --> 00:30:22.930 his fans this season? I said it earlier, Jalen 00:30:22.930 --> 00:30:25.190 Toewert. I think he's going to surprise some 00:30:25.190 --> 00:30:28.140 people. Sneaky, I like this. I like this. I'm 00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:30.200 very interested to see what you guys are building 00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:32.819 in Miami. Like obviously our teams are rivals, 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:35.980 but I love the competition. You know what I mean? 00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:40.200 And I love as a football fan watching the organizational 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:43.569 and team building process happen. And like I 00:30:43.569 --> 00:30:45.430 know it's been rough and Miami has not been getting 00:30:45.430 --> 00:30:46.930 a lot of great press right now and there's a 00:30:46.930 --> 00:30:50.349 lot of pissed off fans, but I'm so curious to 00:30:50.349 --> 00:30:53.450 see like how this experiment ultimately gets 00:30:53.450 --> 00:30:55.490 you guys to 27. You know what I mean? If you 00:30:55.490 --> 00:30:57.990 can just persevere this year, I do think there's 00:30:57.990 --> 00:30:59.630 good things on the horizon for you guys in the 00:30:59.630 --> 00:31:02.329 not so distant future. All right, Steve. Hey, 00:31:02.430 --> 00:31:04.569 man. Listen, we love having you on as always. 00:31:04.789 --> 00:31:06.089 We're going to invite you back one more time 00:31:06.089 --> 00:31:08.849 here preseason to our annual Friends of the Pod 00:31:08.849 --> 00:31:12.450 AFC East mock draft. But until then, all right, 00:31:12.809 --> 00:31:15.029 enjoy your enjoy the rest of your offseason. 00:31:15.109 --> 00:31:17.630 Hopefully the the Dolphins are not getting rid 00:31:17.630 --> 00:31:20.849 of any more beloved players for you. All right. 00:31:20.849 --> 00:31:22.849 And then for all of you listening at home, welcome 00:31:22.849 --> 00:31:25.430 back to the pod friends. Like, share and subscribe 00:31:25.430 --> 00:31:27.990 wherever you get your podcasts. 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