- 7/23/2025
ESPN Senior NFL Insider - Adam Schefter - joins the show for the latest on today's injury to Artie Burns at Dolphins camp. Plus, more notes from around the Dolphins and training camps around the NFL. Schefter also promotes awareness surround Type 1 Diabetes. For more info, check out: https://www.screenfortype1.com/
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00:00And you know when Schefter tweets something, it is true.
00:05He's the most successful NFL insider in the world.
00:08And we're not only going to talk football,
00:10he's here to advocate for type 1 diabetes screening awareness.
00:15And I'm not certain if you know this, Crowder.
00:17I can't remember if we've ever talked about it on the air.
00:19Adam Schefter is the hero who rescued our friend Alan Brown.
00:25He was paralyzed.
00:26Do you remember that story?
00:27Yes, years ago, Schefter came on with us.
00:30And I do a lot with Alan down here, charity-wise.
00:32And I do remember the story.
00:34Yeah, Alan's a very good friend of ours.
00:36And Adam, you, like, he, he, Alan Brown dove into the ocean,
00:42broke his neck, and was going to drown.
00:45And Adam Schefter, who I don't even think was an NFL insider at the time,
00:48you were just a beachgoer, right?
00:51And you saved him.
00:52Well, I was, I don't know that I said, but I was there.
00:54And I, you know, we all pulled him out of the water.
00:57And it was a day that you'll never forget.
01:00You'll always remember.
01:01It was scary.
01:03It's eerie.
01:04And as much as I remember it, obviously, you know, Alan remembers,
01:08I'm sure, even more about it.
01:10And it was an incredible day.
01:11And he's an incredible person.
01:13And he's an inspiration with his attitude and the way he handles himself
01:16on a daily basis.
01:17Have great respect and love for him.
01:19And, you know, we really didn't even know each other at that time.
01:23And we were on a bus ride to this little area, like a little island together.
01:27They were probably, in fact, my memory serves me correct, 10, 12 people on the bus.
01:31We got out of the bus, went right into the water.
01:34And within five minutes, his body washed ashore.
01:38Like, it was in the water.
01:40Like, we pulled him out.
01:41And, yeah, it was a tough day.
01:45But he's an incredible person.
01:47And, you know, nothing but the best for him always.
01:50He does incredible advocacy for paralysis research and with the Reeve Foundation.
01:56And you're with us today.
01:58And we're going to talk some NFL.
02:00But you're advocating for type 1 diabetes screening awareness.
02:04Why are you involved with this?
02:06And what should people know?
02:08Well, I appreciate it.
02:09We're going to go from Alan Brown to my wife.
02:11My wife, Shari, has type 1 diabetes.
02:14And I've seen what it's like for her to manage the disease just last night.
02:18Her sugars crash.
02:19She's in bed all night.
02:20You know, you're taking care of her.
02:22And those kinds of instances where the sugars go low or go way high, they're not uncommon.
02:29It happens fairly regularly.
02:31And it's why I've partnered with Santa Fe to raise awareness around the importance of screening for type 1 diabetes.
02:39Type 1 diabetes can't be prevented, but it can be detected early.
02:43Screening can give people the time that they need to prepare.
02:46And that's why, to me, it's important to make a plan.
02:49People can go to the website, ScreenForType1.com.
02:52That's ScreenForType1.com to learn more about type 1 diabetes.
02:57They can talk to their doctor about type 1 diabetes and just tell your doctor you want to be screened for type 1 diabetes because then you're getting information.
03:06And information is how I make my living.
03:09And I want everyone to have all the information they can have because early knowledge is crucial when it comes to your health.
03:18And, Chef, is it hard?
03:19Because a lot of people, you know, they get scared about that, like what they're going to do, how does this work, like what is the screening like so people can just go and say, you know, is it just a blood test?
03:29What is it like?
03:30Well, you go to the doctor and let the doctor handle it, right?
03:33You just tell the doctor that you want to be screened.
03:36And he knows the steps and the proper protocols to follow from that point on.
03:41But, again, it's just getting that information early.
03:45You know, people want to know about the risk factors and, you know, families.
03:49One, if anyone in your family has type 1, it means that you're 15 times more likely to get it.
03:53Your risk could be higher if other family members have certain autoimmune diseases.
03:58But it's important to take those first steps to make a plan, to advocate for yourself, for your family, and to talk to your doctor most of all about screening.
04:06I mean, you thought you were going to get info from Schefter with us this segment, and look at the info we've already given you.
04:13All right, let me ask about Artie Burns, because Artie Burns, he goes down today, first day of camp for the Dolphins, where they're actually doing something physical.
04:21And I think I saw you tweet, fear is a torn ACL.
04:24Yeah, that's what they think it is.
04:26Now, again, he'll go get a second opinion, he'll get an MRI, and that'll determine it.
04:30You hope it brings good news, but it certainly didn't sound that way early on.
04:34You saw his reaction in practice, lifted his helmet, threw it to the ground, saw some of the pictures from that incident.
04:41And, you know, listen, I hate to hear about any player getting hurt, and I hate it early in camp, like first day out on the field.
04:49Terrible.
04:50So hopefully the MRI and the second opinion come back, and it's not torn, but I don't think there was a lot of optimism going into those tests.
05:00And, Shefter, what about the Dolphins?
05:03Because that was the secondary.
05:04My biggest concern for the Dolphins is the secondary.
05:07Like, as a quarterback, I'm not going to see Storm Duck and Kato Kohu on the edges and say, we better run the ball.
05:13Like, is that one of the biggest concerns for the Dolphins this year?
05:16Well, I think they weren't real deep in the secondary to begin with.
05:19And now, you know, I don't know how much of a factor in difference Artie Burns would or wouldn't have made.
05:24Certainly, it's beyond more than one person, but they're thin back there.
05:28And they've got some questions on defense.
05:30Channing, any chance you're coming back here to play?
05:32Like, is that possible?
05:33Like, could they allow you out of retirement or no?
05:35Shefter, I got a call from a 305 number that said, scam likely, but it might have been the Dolphins calling.
05:41I don't know.
05:42Listen, you know, that defense, to me, you're going to improve any defense that you play on, Channing.
05:47Like, if you're out there, better defense.
05:50So, you know, if they're smart, they will be calling.
05:52I don't know that they could pay you enough money to pull you away from all your media ventures to make it worth your while.
05:58If he did sign a contract with the Dolphins, it is scam likely.
06:02You should answer that call.
06:06There you go.
06:07Shefty, I don't know if you heard Tua's comments today regarding Tyreek Hill.
06:11He said that the relationship with the team is still a work in progress following Tyreek's comments at the very last game of the season.
06:19If you did hear them, what do you make of that?
06:22And how do you feel that relationship will be going throughout the rest of the season, considering, you know, Tyreek Hill's antics in the past?
06:31I didn't hear the comments.
06:32So, help me interpret them, being that I didn't hear the full thing.
06:35Was he kind of saying that Tyreek damaged his standing within the team by what he said and that everybody's still trying to get past it now?
06:43Is that the implication?
06:45He used the words, this isn't one of those things where you say my bad and it's forgotten.
06:53So, what do you guys make of that?
06:55I loved it.
06:56I thought it was, I came out of the box today on the show saying that Tua, like that's a stand-up thing to do because I extrapolate that he has also said that in private to Tyreek, but that to me is leader stuff.
07:07Hey, if you want to be an active leading member of this team and a superstar, you can't quit on us in the final game and then say, eh, I didn't really mean it.
07:18Like, you got to work for that.
07:19You got to work to get back from that.
07:21I like that.
07:22Yeah, listen, I think Tua, that is the way a strong leader would handle it.
07:28Like, I always think a player, one of us, you never say something publicly that you wouldn't say to a person's face.
07:37And I think that's where people and players sometimes get in trouble.
07:40They, I don't know how and why they do it, but they'll say something and, oh, taken out of context, didn't mean it that way.
07:47Say whatever you would say directly to a person.
07:50So, you said, you know, you would think that Tua would have said something to Tyreek.
07:54He probably did, probably did, right?
07:56Because if he didn't say it to Tyreek first and he said it to the media first, then I wouldn't feel as good about his comments if he had done it that way.
08:07And, Shefty, doesn't that start with the head coach, though?
08:10Like, we talk about this leadership thing and you bring up the Dan Campbells, the Andy Reids.
08:15Like, just go through the Nick Sirianni.
08:16You go through the winning coaches.
08:18The guys are in them divisional championships and conference championships every year.
08:22And Mike McDaniel doesn't come off like that.
08:25And I've asked the question to a number of people, like, can you give me, people bring up Tony Dungy, like, being a nicer guy.
08:31But I don't think that nice guy that, you know, oh, we're all friends in this.
08:36I don't know if that works.
08:38You know what works, Jenny?
08:40Winning.
08:41So, when Mike McDaniel was winning early on, nobody cared about how much of a leader he was or wasn't.
08:48Nobody cared how quirky he was or wasn't.
08:50When you win, everything gets brushed aside or put with a pretty polish on it.
08:57As long as you're winning, you can act, do, and say whatever you want.
09:03When you don't win, then questions come up about your leadership, about the attitude.
09:09Like, that's just how it is, okay?
09:11If they win this year, you're going to laud the head coach for being an out-of-the-box thinker, for being quirky, for being different than all the other head coaches.
09:21And if they lose, you're going to say that this is a big problem, that he's not the leader that other coaches are, that he's quick.
09:29It's all off winning and losing.
09:31Like, you could spin it any way you want, but it's really that simple.
09:36Like, when these coaches are winning, everything takes a different perspective.
09:42Part of winning could come down to the backup quarterback situation in Miami.
09:47They signed Zach Wilson.
09:49It seems to us like it's a bit of a reclamation project for Zach and even for the Miami Dolphins.
09:55What would you make of the Dolphins signing Zach Wilson, and if he were to play, do you think, you know, he could still be somebody that could keep the Dolphins in playoff contention, contrary to how we saw last year, where it just didn't seem to work with Skylar Thompson and Tim Boyle?
10:12Well, the way that I view it is this, that he, in New York, struggled to make it with the Jets, and the Broncos saw somebody that had talent and wanted to go out and acquire him on the cheap, and they did just that.
10:25But about a week after they traded for him, they drafted Bo Nix, and Bo Nix seized that job, and so Zach Wilson got a year in Denver, developing on the bench, learning at the feet of Sean Payton.
10:36It reminds me of what Sam Darnold did a little bit.
10:39He leaves New York with the Jets, goes to Carolina 2nd, goes out to San Francisco, learns under Kyle Shanahan, goes to Minnesota, gets a chance, shines, and turns that into a starting job.
10:54Now, I'm not telling you that Zach Wilson will do the same thing, but he's got that type of talent.
11:00So, if they needed him to step in under the tutelage of Mike McDaniel, I think he would have the opportunity to play well.
11:09I'm not telling you he would, but he would have the opportunity with his talent and that coaching to really play well.
11:15Like, I think that they didn't feel great about that position after the season last year, and they felt like they had to upgrade there.
11:23And you don't know exactly what you have right now, but I think that the talent is there that they might be able to get something out of it.
11:30I see you looking down at your phone.
11:32Do you have another station to do, or do you have other – do you have breaking news coming in?
11:36Because I got another question or two.
11:37Look, 26 of the 32 teams reported today.
11:41I got texts coming in all day long.
11:43That's the way it –
11:43Don't disrespect, now you guys know how my wife feels, okay?
11:47If you get anything good, let us know.
11:49Mike McDaniel, is he on the hot seat?
11:51Going into year four, there is no playoff win to show for it.
11:55Is he on the proverbial – is he on the hottest of hot seats?
11:59I said, not only are you putting him on the hot seat, but you're putting him on the hottest of hot seats.
12:04You know, look, again, I think that these answers to me, you know, July 23rd,
12:10I'm not putting anyone on the hot seat because there have been plenty of summers where you're getting ready for the season.
12:15You go in, and a team plays better than you thought.
12:17You thought that coach would be on the hot seat.
12:19If you make a list, and you can do this every July, of five coaches you think are on the hot seat
12:23and five coaches you think are safe, and then take a look at that list at the end of the season,
12:29more often than not, that list will be inverted, okay?
12:32The guys that you thought were on the hot seat will be safe, and the guys that you thought would be safe will be on the hot seat.
12:38And all it comes down – it's a fun question in July, I get it –
12:41but all it comes down to this year is winning and losing again.
12:45If they win, he's not going to be on the hot seat.
12:48If they lose, he is.
12:50It is very similar to just about every coach in the National Football League.
12:54Short of maybe Andy Reid, Mike Tomlin, and the guy that wins the Super Bowl,
13:00which just this year happened to be Nick Sirianni,
13:03everybody is coaching for their job on an almost annual basis.
13:07It's just the way the league operates.
13:11I'm talking about around the league, Shepty.
13:13Did the Browns box this whole quarterback thing?
13:16It just seems dumb to me.
13:18You have Flacco, you bring in Kenny Pickett, then you draft Gabriel,
13:22then you draft Shadour Sanders,
13:23and now Shadour Sanders is the number one story on a lot of stations.
13:27He's a fifth-round pick.
13:28Like, what were they doing?
13:29Was it a bad decision?
13:31And who's really going to be the quarterback there?
13:34Well, I don't think it's a bad decision,
13:36but I don't think it went the way that anybody would have predicted, right?
13:39I think that they're operating right now in strength in numbers.
13:43And they went out and signed Flacco.
13:45They went out and traded for Pickett.
13:47Okay, you're not investing a lot in either veteran quarterback.
13:51And then the draft rolls around,
13:52and obviously they really liked Dylan Gabriel so much so that they went out
13:56and used, was it a third or fourth-round draft pick on him?
13:59Yeah, it was third and Shadour fifth.
14:01Yeah, third.
14:02And then in the fifth round, Shadour's still there.
14:05Okay, you know what?
14:07We'll take him.
14:08Like, I remember the year that the Washington franchise took Robert Griffin
14:13with the second overall pick,
14:14and then they had a high grade on Kirk Cousins.
14:18So they took him in that particular round, in the fourth round.
14:21I can give you other examples of teams that went double quarterback.
14:25I don't think the Cleveland Browns went into the draft ever thinking,
14:29okay, we're going to take two quarterbacks here.
14:31We're going to take this guy we really like in the third round,
14:33and we come back in the fifth and take Shadour Sanders.
14:35Like, you know what was amazing about the Shadour Sanders slide was,
14:39I remember on the second night of the draft, I'm getting texts and emails
14:43from well-known actors, athletes, musicians, entertainers,
14:51saying what the hell is going on with Shadour Sanders.
14:53Like, I'm like, I got this guy texting me in the middle of the draft.
14:57Like, holy cow.
14:59Like, that's wild.
15:00Everybody was curious.
15:01So nobody ever had any idea that Shadour Sanders would wind up going
15:06in the fifth round.
15:06Although I did have a team tell me on the Monday after the draft,
15:08they're like, you know where we had Shadour Sanders on our board?
15:11Exactly where he went, 155th.
15:14So some people had him high, some people had him low.
15:17He wound up going where he did, and now he's got an opportunity
15:20to play up to it or outperform that draft selection, and we'll see.
15:25He was the fascinating draft night story.
15:27Is there a fascinating story leading into the season that you're most anxious
15:31to find out the answer to?
15:33I was telling the guys earlier this week, for me, it's the Pittsburgh Steelers.
15:36I am fascinated by what they've done and watch Aaron Rodgers go in there
15:41to see what he has left.
15:42I'm fascinated to see how the story of the Steelers ends this season.
15:47Is there something that fascinates you?
15:50What fascinates me is what happens on a day-to-day basis,
15:53because the league is the greatest reality show.
15:55I can't give you an answer right now that's going to change tomorrow.
15:58There could be a different storyline that comes out that all of a sudden
16:00we're talking about something we never would have imagined,
16:03and that will happen.
16:04That will happen, because that's how this league operates.
16:08It goes on like, wait, wait, what just happened?
16:11This really – like, I don't know what that's going to be yet,
16:15but it's going to happen.
16:16And when it does, that'll be the storyline that fascinates me that day
16:19until the next one comes along, and then that one will fascinate me.
16:24And then they'll play games on Sunday, and then there'll be a storyline
16:27that comes out, and then that will fascinate me.
16:30Shefty, you said you had actors, celebrities, athletes, entertainers
16:35texting you during the draft.
16:37Is there somebody who's ever reached out to you?
16:39I mean, you're as plugged in as anybody.
16:41You've probably met every massive celebrity there is,
16:43but is there anybody who's ever reached out to you via text
16:46or called you or tracked you down that you're like, whoa, like, this X person,
16:52and you were almost like starstruck in a way?
16:58I would say that, you know, one of the great perks of the job
17:03is some of the contacts that you are fortunate enough to make.
17:08Like, yeah, there's some pretty cool people that reach out every now and then.
17:13There was one – I mean, I don't like – you name the names,
17:16all of a sudden it shows up in headlines.
17:18Right, you're going to be on TMZ.
17:20But not even football-related.
17:21Adam Schefter constantly tweeted by Beyonce.
17:25Not even football-related.
17:26I'm just saying, like, somebody thinks you're –
17:28We've got to get Beyonce to stop badgering me for fancy things, okay?
17:34That's the TMZ headline you don't want.
17:36Adam Schefter, we appreciate your time because we know how busy you are.
17:40And, again, if you can give the website,
17:42he is advocating for type 1 diabetes screening awareness,
17:46which really is important, and we're glad to do our part.
17:49What's the website that people can go to again?
17:52Yeah, I appreciate you asking.
17:53Thank you very much.
17:54It's Screen4Type1.com.
17:57To learn more about T1D, talk to your doctor about T1D,
18:00tell them you want to be screened, Screen4Type1.com.
18:03And I appreciate you asking that back, guys.
18:05Thank you very, very much.
18:06Well, listen, I know you don't like to hear it, but you are a hero
18:11because we love Alan Brown.
18:12Alan Brown's been a friend of mine for a long time.
18:14You're a South Florida hero.
18:16A lot of people don't realize it, but Alan Brown knows,
18:19and those who know Alan Brown know as well.
18:21So we always appreciate talking to you, Adam.
18:23Love that guy.
18:23Thank you very much, guys.
18:24Appreciate you having me today.
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