Miami Dolphins prepare for Colts. When will Tua Tagovailoa return?

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The guys discuss the Dolphins draft picks and how they have filled voids in the team. We move on to the lack of contributions made by Fins Rookie Class.

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00:00The Dolphins, meanwhile, one o'clock on Sunday against Indianapolis,

00:05who's a three point favorite.

00:06They are starting Anthony Richardson,

00:09who is not very experienced. I mean, it's kind of crazy.

00:11I was like, oh, yeah, he only played four games last year.

00:13He's only got as he played a full season yet.

00:15No, he's only played. This is his ninth game.

00:18Right. In nine years, not even two years, two years, two years.

00:23Yeah. I mean, I gave him two years.

00:25They'd be already ready to retire.

00:27I mean, that is the interesting thing about it, though, right?

00:29Like because you were mentioning about Joe Flacco's efficiencies was seven

00:33touchdowns, one pick.

00:34This guy's six and six already this season. Right.

00:37You know, so he is he's also going to give you some ideas.

00:41The Dolphins haven't been very good at turning over the football.

00:45This is a guy who's going to think maybe give him some chances.

00:48Except all I have etched in my head.

00:52Is that 60 yard flick into the air?

00:56Oh, yeah. Effortless hitting the guy on the fly.

01:00And I'm like, holy smokes.

01:04Oh, yeah. He's losing.

01:06There's there's there's talent in there, but it does feel raw, you know?

01:10And they said that when he came out.

01:12So the problem is, is that he's got to get reps under his belt.

01:17So let's hope that he's still not ready.

01:20It's also one of these things, too, where unfortunately for the Dolphins,

01:24they're in this spot right now where.

01:28They're kind of the slump buster, and if you look at the cold schedule

01:31coming up, it's really rough, so they're going to bring him back

01:35like they're probably thinking themselves.

01:37So this is better this than Houston and Minnesota.

01:40You want to you want to bring it back against the Brian?

01:42That was a two and three.

01:44Yeah. The Jets are two or four. Yes.

01:49The Browns are one and five.

01:51Yep. The Saints are two and five.

01:55How the hell are the Dolphins a slump buster?

01:57I'm explaining to you, if you look at the cold schedule coming up,

02:00you're going to bring back the easiest of their schedule.

02:05Yeah, the easiest. OK.

02:07No, I'm saying if the Dolphins are like the Dolphins are being looked at

02:11as the soft open for bringing back the young kid instead of

02:16do we do it against Houston, D'Amico Ryan?

02:18Do we do it against Brian Flores in a couple of weeks?

02:20Like, that's probably a disaster.

02:22Because, look, I love Joe Flacco.

02:24It's a great story.

02:25Eventually, he's going to Flacco and he's going to have a three interception game.

02:28Oh, he's going to he's going to do it.

02:30And then you're going to say, you're not right.

02:33So they got basically what they did was they said, look,

02:37Joe, we appreciate what you've done.

02:41You've been awesome.

02:43But, you know, you know, you know, that's that's it, dude.

02:48Like, like, yeah.

02:49And the thing is, is that if he has a whole season.

02:54Then it all washes out, right?

02:57But he's he's coming in as he's coming in as a reliever.

03:01You know what I'm saying?

03:01He coming in as a reliever.

03:03You got to be good right away for stretches of time.

03:06We don't we can't afford for you to go flack on us.

03:09Look, if you we're going to see if the Dolphins can get to where they're at.

03:13But like the odds of like they prepared for this.

03:15We know we had a quarterback who got banged up last year.

03:18We're paying Joe Flacco to come in there after what he did last year.

03:21Dolphins, they thought Skylar Thompson was the answer.

03:23He was not.

03:24Well, and think about this.

03:26The Browns, they were like the Browns fans are like, why didn't we keep Flacco?

03:31Yeah.

03:32Seriously, why didn't they keep Flacco?

03:36Why didn't they keep Flacco?

03:38Because right now he'd be

03:40because right now he'd be the starter.

03:42That's why.

03:44Such an odd thing.

03:46Very like we watch sports.

03:50And sometimes we see situations and you look at those situations and go,

03:55this has nothing to do with winning.

03:57Yeah. And it sucks if you're a fan.

04:00It sucks if you're watching it, because you like

04:03there's nothing they can tell me that says this is about winning like.

04:09Even if you're confused about what the Steelers are doing.

04:13As far as fields and and Mr.

04:16Unlimited, Russell, even if you're confused about that.

04:23If they were to make the decision to go back to Russell Wilson.

04:27Right. You would at least say, OK, well, they see something.

04:32And and I mean.

04:35My man said, geez, you know what he said?

04:38Fields. Yeah. Yeah.

04:40Yeah. Yeah.

04:41It goes. If they're considering it, I haven't been good enough.

04:45I thought it was a very mature quote.

04:48It was. But damn right.

04:52Like, come on.

04:54Could you imagine?

04:55Russ, Russ isn't going to have that that awareness.

04:57He'd be like, got this.

04:59They're like, you know, crazy.

05:01That is that you take your team.

05:03He started all year, right? Four and two. Yeah.

05:07But also understand Pittsburgh.

05:10They've had winning records.

05:13With some bums, of course.

05:15So they would be in the best position to identify

05:20if he's maximizing what that offense can do.

05:24Right. He says Tobin doesn't know what a mature quote sounds like.

05:28It was mature.

05:32It was as you and Tommy yell at the TV.

05:35White ice.

05:40Yeah, you'll be there with baby tadpole frog boy.

05:44Don't judge me.

05:45I honestly can't wait.

05:47But your level of maturity to me was perfectly defined.

05:52What would you say, Anthony Weaver, his description of Anthony

05:56Richardson's arm was a real chooch and piss whistle.

06:00Yeah, I knew who I was dealing with.

06:05Oh, my God.

06:07Like, it is not a secret.

06:09He did not say that, like, we know.

06:15Oh, man. So I just need like, it would be nice, though,

06:19that Alvin's like, you know, like Chopra Robinson, get this guy down,

06:22like first try to get away hard off.

06:24And I look, I'm not saying it can't happen.

06:29But let me ask you a question.

06:33We know who he is and has been not saying he can't get better.

06:37OK, just like when Ted Ginn got here, we knew who Ted Ginn was.

06:42Why do we all of a sudden get upset

06:47when they don't become what we want them to become?

06:52Well, the thing that's upsetting for him is not, you know, it's not his fault.

06:57Is this that everybody around him, all the passwords are dropping like flies.

07:00So then it feels like, hey, we need something.

07:03He's going to pick what you're going to do.

07:05Well, and again.

07:09His level of growth.

07:12Is his level of growth

07:15because of the situation of the Dolphins,

07:18we're looking at him and say, no, no, no, you're on our clock.

07:23Pretty much, I'm just saying, why, why, why is that we do that in sports

07:28all the time, so if a quarterback, if they say, hey, this quarterback

07:32is going to come in, we're going to develop him for a year.

07:35And then he'll be ready, like maybe

07:38like the way they did with Jordan and.

07:41And Green Bay, Jordan Love, and

07:44they were able to wait this thing out, and then he was able to step in.

07:48If Aaron Rodgers would have got hurt.

07:51You would throw him in and expect him, oh, he's a first rounder

07:54to be the quarterback he is now.

07:56Well, I think the thing that was interesting is just like.

08:00I think the philosophy was strange because it did feel like the Dolphins,

08:04you know, went at this with their first two picks and was like, all right.

08:10We take a pass rusher.

08:11None of our passers are really healthy.

08:13And we're going to take a left.

08:16And we're going to take a left tackle.

08:18He's not going to stay healthy.

08:19And I don't know if it did if you don't think they're ready to go

08:23because they're both their measurables are off the charts.

08:26They're all really talented guys.

08:27They both said raw like they need some development.

08:30And you're not going to get that time with durable starters.

08:33That's not the position with when you need assistance right away.

08:37Right. So this would have been great.

08:40And this would have been a perfect move.

08:43If I do one other move.

08:45Keep Van Ginkx.

08:46Oh, you understand what I'm saying?

08:49Yes. Yes. Keep him and then draft chop.

08:53Right now, you at least have a nice rotation or what have you.

08:59As far as the offensive line, I told you

09:03I thought.

09:05That they would put Paul

09:07somewhere on the offensive line if he's one of the best, they didn't.

09:11They just have him ready to play left tackle.

09:13Yep. And so from that standpoint, you have a lot of right tackles

09:17who played left tackle in college.

09:19A lot of them because they don't maybe they can block,

09:23but they don't have the feet or the reach that a left tackle has.

09:27So I always thought he would.

09:30So I was OK with that.

09:32The fact that he's on the side.

09:38I don't know how to, you know,

09:40I don't know how he in preseason, he seemed like one of the top five.

09:44It's like I thought, like, dude, I thought this rookie class was

09:47and I guess don't buy too much in the preseason, but I came off this preseason

09:51was like, I am fired up about this rookie class.

09:54And Jalen Wright had a nice performance last week, which was encouraging.

09:58But that was like the first time you're like, oh, man,

10:01finally, something from the rookie class like Storm

10:03Duck was the number one contributor.

10:05Well, is it supposed to?

10:06But my question is, are you supposed to get it right away?

10:10Well, I think with the Dolphins,

10:11here's the thing is when you start getting into the spot

10:14where you got to spend a lot of money on guys, you need to hit on.

10:18You need to hit on somebody.

10:20Yeah, but it is.

10:22You know, you're basing this off of five games.

10:24I understand. Right.

10:26That's that's not over.

10:28I know. That's my point.

10:30That's my entire point is that.

10:33After week one or week two.

10:36Or the first month of the season, we're going, oh, terrible draft.

10:42I'm like, really?

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