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Mike McDaniel addresses how poor blocking has resulted in a non existent run game
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12/18/2024
Mike McDaniel addresses poor blocking and run game... Tobin proposes an idea which exhausts Leroy... this leads to a quibble about Liam Eichenberg.
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The mixed bag is brought to you by hurt feelings
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What do you got for us today froggy
00:08
That because of the fracas or is there other hurt feelings?
00:12
No, I mean my feelings are hurt that he lost my McDaniels feelings are hurt. All right, that's fair
00:19
That is fair indeed. And you know what? Why don't we start there in our mixed bag today? Okay
00:26
Michael
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McDaniel
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I'll buy the full name from now on you don't get Mike you get Mike when you know, we're cool. We're buddies
00:39
Everything's cute and funny you lose games when we need the most you're Michael now
00:46
Unfortunately, one of the reasons why the Dolphins weren't able to get it done was the poor
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Run game and the poor blocking
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This is Mike McDaniel addressing how poor the blocking was and how it led to a poor run game
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You know, I think this particular game
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you know, I don't think was up to the standard and the regardless of
01:13
Who whoever's in there? I think guy I think everyone's very very aware after
01:21
Today's meetings that that that is not
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Anything that we want Miami Dolphins football to look like I I think
01:31
You know
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Our competitors in the running back room
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You know want to want to do better with the looks that are given but last night. I didn't I didn't think I
01:43
didn't think that they're really giving a
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Their yards per carry doesn't do them justice, I thought I thought our blocking wasn't good enough and
01:54
so then the focus is
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Specifically on you know this week and how to improve that
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and
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Anything beyond that?
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You know as conversation
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Hyperbole or whatever
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But we we need to get it better fast because we we the same problem will present itself
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if we allow it to
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This week against the 49ers. I
02:23
Got an idea
02:26
Just a thought
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Do we not play Eichenberg anymore watch Isaiah
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Let's just try it on for size
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Let's wear the shoe around the store for a little bit put Isaiah win in a right guard
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Just try it out
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See if this bum doesn't give up sack after sack and pressure after pressure see if he can actually get some push up front
02:48
Why don't we try somebody else there instead of this guy who's got one move, which is to aggravate defenders?
02:57
Here comes another one of these conversations that I just hate
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Every offensive lineman
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Does not have the ability to play multiple positions because you have injuries
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It hinders what you can and can't do some offensive lineman can only play one position
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I know one who can't play any of them
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Okay, and what are your options? But Isaiah winning? He's off. I are put him in
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Try something different see if you find a little mixy-mix stop putting that guy out there. He sucks. I have a question. Sure
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Sometimes your best isn't good enough
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So if they put an offensive lineman in there
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Just to be a little different, but you know damn well, he ain't as good as what you have in there
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Is he not as good or do they keep or they keep trying to find a place for a pick that sucks
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They've tried every position with this guy he's not good at any of them
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Gives no effort
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He's he's on the floor at all times
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The only thing that he does is badger people and poke people in the eyes
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You took Zack sealer away from us for two weeks. Don't think I don't know that was you Liam
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Everybody's covered for you
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What if
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Just call me crazy. Why don't we try the guy who was good last year? He was hurt this year
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Why don't we put him out there? See if it just works better. What do you got to lose dude?
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What are you gonna do average two yards of carry?
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again
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Seriously, what are the ramifications you're making it sound? What are the ramifications of it? They can't run the ball
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Okay, I understand that so
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When was the right guard he was the left guard last year before you left guard last year, right?
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Yeah, you want him to move him to right guard?
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You don't think that that's no big deal. No, he's a vet
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They did it with I can burn out I'm not arguing with you about this because you have no idea what you're talking about just
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Have a guy
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It's probably a better guard. Mm-hmm a left guard
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They put Robbie Jones over the right flip on over. That's a whole nother conversation
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Explaining you how every offensive lineman can't play every position get I can
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Guys that you have on your team that you can move around like that
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Get off and all the injuries and stuff like that you have what you have get them off the field
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What if they know that the person they replace I can burn with his word?
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They've been talking up this
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It's the same thing our exposure does with Kevin love he did they get they get caught they think it's gonna work out
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They think it's he's not gonna be a dolphin after this year move on
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I
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Okay, been averaging been averaging off fart every carry, okay
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It's a move point, you know, he stinks right Leroy
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Like yes, I was the first one that say well hugs across America. That's this
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Defending this why can't you get up? Listen, how come nobody here's what I hate when people watch football and say hey
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Let's get somebody else in there. You don't know if the other guys better they do
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a resume
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Why you pick on I can so does Kevin love you want to know I think I like it
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Kevin loves got a
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Kevin loves got a resume Kevin loves old and I said the exact stuff that you're making my point for me
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No, I'm not coaches get stubborn
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Coaches get stubborn and thinking that they know a system way better than they can actually provide production
06:57
If that's exactly my point if that's the case, they would they would move I can Berg. It's not the case
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I'm telling you the exact point is coaches get stubborn and thinking that a move is gonna work out or they're too afraid of
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The failure of another move when it could actually end up being more productive you think they'd rather be safe
07:16
Can I ask you a question sure
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So what you're telling me right now is that a coach
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Would rather
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Be right and lose
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Then be wrong and win. I'm telling you a coach a coach would rather lessen the risk of known
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Than the risk of the unknown
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But it potentially working out for him. You're assuming that they that it's the unknown. That's what I'm saying
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Like you think if they had any other option other than Liam Eikenberg, he would be in there
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Then why is he still on the team dude?
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He sucked at three other positions you've made the same argument for me every piss every every year
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He moves to a new position and sucks at that position. You made the same argument about this guy. You know what?
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He is
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You have one or two of these guys on your team
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He is a guy that can play multiple positions on the offensive line and didn't well didn't say he was good
08:18
Okay, but nobody else can
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So you have to play him
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because you don't have any other options because
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Everybody's banged up and also Marcos. It's not comparable to Drew Smith at all
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It's not
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One guy is one guy has been a starter you and a top high pick his entire career
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The other guy is literally an end of the roster guy who is now flourishing with his chance
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It couldn't be any more the opposite of Liam Eikenberg your horse's ass
08:56
42nd overall is a bad high of it's pretty high dude. It's pretty high over seven rounds
09:02
Hey, so wow, he was big before me
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But again you like it's hard like
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Just sick of them it's hard is hard
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explain
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That and I try to explain this to you a lot
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That there are certain guys that make the team because they have the flexibility of playing multiple position
09:29
It might not it might not necessarily be his best position
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But one of the reasons why you see I can burn all over the line of scrims with all of the injuries that they've had
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In the last couple years I can Berg is the one guy they can move around
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His best position is gonna be when he's coach I can Berg
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All right
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When he's coach I can Berg for Notre Dame and he's coaching their own line goes don't worry guys
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I played every position none of them. Well, but I'll teach you I
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Don't know why I made him sound like that. I think he's like from Indiana or something like that, but you guys
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so my suggestion is
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Who would you like to have been there instead? I just told you who?
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Isaiah put Isaiah went on team either put Robert Jones over it right or put Isaiah went right flip the guards
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You can't just I'm out of there. You can't just switch sides with offensive linemen. Why not, dude?
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Never mind, let's move on
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Like it's it's it's he says I have a Rolodex of empty excuse dude every offensive
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Every offensive lineman can't play every position
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Okay, that's when you say often. No, it's not a problem. It's a fact. No, it's a twist you want on it
10:46
So I put you got you guys say we have 10 offensive linemen. You want to just move them around?
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Everybody can't play especially on the opposite side
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Just one that's not as easy as you're making it sound
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I just want to take that bum and get him off the field
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He stinks
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I'm tired of it. I'm tired of us fitting a round peg into a square hole and you're willing to risk at
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Coming in might be worse. You're right. Can I ask you a real a genuine question? Cuz I love you
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How could it be worse is he gonna give up
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Leave me when I tell you he was literally worse. He was worse than a guy off the street last week
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Okay
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Carmen San Diego was better than him last
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Who the hell was that guy playing right tackle I trust him more than I can
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Conversation from experience and you're having a conversation from wherever the hell you're having
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It's not as easy as you think to be moving offensive linemen all over the place
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You only have maybe two or three guys that can do that, right?
12:05
They moved him around it really worked out. I'm not saying it worked out
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I'm saying but that's what their options are
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Like just because okay. Guess what? Mm-hmm here. I'll give you a perfect example. I'll give you a perfect example of this
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Okay, when?
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Who's the?
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left tackle for Baltimore the Hall of Famer
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Jonathan Ogden when he first got into the league, he was a guard. Mm-hmm, right Denny was uh, so it was tonsil, right?
12:39
They were really good. Mm-hmm, really really good. So you had to get him on the field
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But they still played on the same side of the ball
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Okay, you understand what I'm saying?
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He played left guard then moved to left tackle when you take somebody like Patrick Paul
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I always said, oh if he's good as everybody says then he could probably play guard until
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Until um
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So Armstead's knees fall off until Armstead's out right and then you could just move him to tackle
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Clearly he must not be that versatile
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Because they've never tried him at any other position like it happens
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Every got no matter how good the offensive lineman is
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It doesn't automatically mean that you can play a different position on the field
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So now you got Patrick Paul plays left tackle. He might be one of your top five best
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Lineman, he really might be his problem is he's backing up one of the best if not the best
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So that's a perfect example of why listen if I take my five best five best lineman and
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Two of them play the same position
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Ideally, you would like to try to move them over so you can get them all on the field
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But if it doesn't work
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It doesn't work so just because
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Liam Eikenberg might not be one of your top five guys
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And
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Patrick Paul might be
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Patrick Paul can't play any of the positions that Liam Eikenberg plays
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So Patrick Paul's on the bench Liam Eikenberg's playing
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It's not as easy you say oh just move to the right move him to the left
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But I'm not saying that like I'm talking about a veteran guard who's been in the league
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Like I'm not talking about a rookie dude still doesn't mean that you can move. Okay. Well, let's continue to average two yards of carry
14:37
But why you trivializing this and say oh just switch sides it is not that easy I keep telling you that okay, I
14:46
Don't know why you think but you made the same
14:49
But you've made the same argument with this player
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You've made the same argument with me about obviously they know something because they keep putting him out there
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They keep trying about new positions and sometimes reversal and it's not worked out not at one of them
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I'm telling you what it is. He is
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One of maybe one or two guys that can play multiple positions on the offensive line
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So guess what when somebody gets hurt Liam Eikenberg, that's what they go to
15:15
Okay. Well, when does he get when does he get to suffer consequences of sucking at his job when they have another option? Okay
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