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on to get Started

2:03

the dolphins have gotten started

2:07

with reshaping this roster a little bit

2:09

obviously the first day

2:11

of the legal tampering period saw some

2:13

dolphins players in high demand leave and

2:16

some spending come with players at

2:18

different positions and Now

2:20

you're starting to see the full breadth

2:22

of the Dolphins free agency plan and

2:25

strategy take place Kendall

2:27

Fuller yesterday was the big domino that

2:29

dropped He's agreed

2:31

to terms on a deal that

2:34

will keep him in Miami for the next

2:36

two seasons and That

2:39

that is a shift From

2:42

what Miami had obviously with Xavier Howard we're

2:44

gonna talk about Kendall Fuller his

2:46

contract Which is worth up to 16 and

2:48

a half million dollars in reported value His

2:52

resume is a player his background

2:54

We're gonna contrast him to Xavier

2:56

Howard and then at the end of the

2:58

show We finally got the details

3:00

of the Tehran Armstead contract that restructure

3:03

is determined We're

3:06

gonna look at that at the end of today's show, but

3:08

but Kendall Fuller I think

3:10

the thing that's most notable for Kendall

3:12

Fuller is his evolution as a player

3:15

when Fuller first came into the league

3:17

Kendall Fuller was much more prominent as

3:20

a slot

3:24

Defender but the last two

3:26

seasons in Washington he has

3:29

been an outside corner I won't

3:31

say exclusively but at a

3:33

much higher rate than what

3:35

he previously was and Fuller came

3:38

to Kansas City in the 2000

3:41

and or came to Washington, excuse me that went

3:43

to Kansas City in 2018

3:46

spent two years in Hen City comes back

3:48

to Washington and he's been One

3:51

of the more consistent performing corners

3:55

Throughout the second tenure in Washington

3:57

through the prime of his career

4:00

in his mid-20s. So

4:02

Fuller, he's not

4:04

the biggest, he's 5'11",

4:06

he's not the heaviest

4:09

of hitting, he's about 200 pounds. He's

4:12

entering into his age 29 season in 2024, which is

4:14

important to

4:18

note for Miami when we contrast the

4:20

profile of him versus Xavier Howard.

4:23

But Fuller's somebody who next

4:26

gen stats charted him as providing

4:28

tight windows on almost 50% of his targets,

4:31

which is a significantly higher number

4:33

than what Miami posted last year.

4:36

It felt like Miami struggled at

4:38

times, whether it was instincts or

4:40

foot speed or whatever else it

4:42

may be, penalties. When

4:44

they tried to trigger

4:47

from space to

4:49

close and attack the catch point, it

4:52

either didn't happen or it happened with a penalty.

4:55

And for Kendall Fuller, two of his biggest

4:59

strengths are his instincts

5:01

and his transitional quickness. That's kind

5:03

of been where his slot background

5:05

comes into play. For Kendall

5:07

Fuller with his strengths and weaknesses as a

5:09

player is the foot speed and the transitional

5:11

quickness. He's used to not playing

5:14

on the body of receivers. Now

5:16

in main coverage, he's pretty sticky.

5:18

He could still move at a pretty high

5:21

level, even though he is

5:23

entering into his age 29 season. So to

5:26

make this financial commitment of

5:29

two years, potentially eight and

5:31

a quarter million dollars per season is the

5:34

max value of the contract. It's

5:37

an economically friendly offer.

5:40

There's no question, but

5:43

it's still a meaningful investment. When

5:45

you consider it's in the ballpark on

5:47

an average per year basis of

5:49

what Shaq Baricot on the one year deal worth up

5:51

to $9 million. It's

5:54

worth about what the

5:56

investment in Jordan Brooks is on an annual

5:58

basis. This is one

6:00

of the marquee free agents that Miami's free

6:02

agent class is going to be able to

6:04

afford. And

6:07

say what you will about Miami's positioning

6:09

this off season coming into

6:11

it. They've spent more

6:14

this off season and free agency than they did last

6:16

off season and free agency. Where I

6:18

think the highest dollar amount total value

6:20

of contract for a free agent contract

6:22

that they gave out was Mike

6:24

White. Well,

6:27

they've been fairly active. So again, it's not

6:29

that they were in a position to not

6:31

be able to afford to allocate

6:34

talent for the roster. But

6:36

it's what kinds of contracts are you giving out

6:39

for the overall health and outlook of the team.

6:41

And I think Kendall Fuller is an

6:43

extension of that, particularly when you say,

6:45

here's what the financial commitment is and

6:47

the level of play expectation for Kendall

6:50

Fuller. And you contrast that

6:52

against what was the financial commitment

6:54

to Xavier Howard and the performance

6:56

expectation because of the pay versus

6:59

the performance expectation because of his age. And

7:01

I think that's one of the really interesting

7:04

dynamics that Miami has done in

7:06

several spots, whether it's linebacker

7:08

with Jordan Brooks to Jerome Baker, or whether

7:10

now it's corner with Xavier Howard to Kendall

7:12

Fuller. You can kind of look

7:14

at several spots and you could say,

7:16

well, they found a more

7:20

economically friendly option for

7:22

a comparable player. And

7:25

that's what I would describe as because it's not a

7:27

one for one. You're not swapping in Xavier Howard and

7:29

getting Xavier Howard. You're not swapping in

7:31

Jordan Brooks and getting or swapping out Jerome Baker

7:33

and getting Jerome Baker. But

7:36

I would say when I did

7:39

the free agency assessment, I

7:41

watched over 200 free agents and I put them on a

7:43

board just like it would draft board. And

7:45

I put the Dolphins players, their incumbents and

7:47

their expiring contracts up there with

7:50

the intent being I want to illustrate where

7:54

the Dolphins talent is that's under contract,

7:56

where the Dolphins outgoing talent is and

7:58

what the talent available around the league

8:00

looks like. Jordan Brooks

8:02

was in the same tier as

8:04

Jerome Baker. Kendall Fuller was

8:06

in the same tier as

8:09

Xavier Howard. So that's the

8:11

strategy that you're seeing unfold for Miami

8:13

is these transitions into

8:16

comparable talent, more

8:19

economic friendly talent. And

8:22

we'll get into just how the talent

8:24

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I pulled the numbers so that you don't have

10:12

to. And I've obviously watched plenty of Xavier and

10:14

Howard on tape. And

10:16

in doing preparations for free agency, I...

10:19

Well, also watched free agency tape and

10:21

all 22 tape on Kendall

10:24

Fuller. I

10:26

don't think there's any question Xavier and Howard's

10:28

ball-hocking skills are the

10:30

biggest discrepancy between the two talents. Howard's

10:34

ability to get his hands on the football.

10:38

Is one of the rare qualities for all

10:41

DBs across the league. He's one of the best

10:43

ball. And that's a testament that's evident

10:46

by the amount of ball production that Xavier

10:49

Howard leaves the dolphins with in being top

10:51

five in career interceptions as a

10:53

member of the franchise and twenty nine interceptions since

10:55

2016. Right.

10:58

It's 13 more than than Kendall Full, almost twice

11:00

as many as Kendall Fuller. And they came in

11:02

the league in the same year, 2016. So

11:06

that stands out a little bit. But when

11:08

you hold them up side by side, Steven

11:11

Howard's coming into his age 31 season in 2024. Kendall

11:14

Fuller is coming into his age 29 season in 2024. Howard

11:19

was on the books for a twenty five point nine

11:21

million dollar cap hit. Could they have restructured it? Yes.

11:24

Seemed a little messy. They opted to post

11:26

June 1st. Wave him. That is official. They

11:28

designated that cut as post June 1st. They

11:31

will carry after June 1st a seven

11:33

point four million dollar dead cap hit

11:36

for Xavier Howard. Fuller's

11:40

contract on the new deal worth up to

11:42

16 and a half million dollars is at

11:44

most eight point two

11:47

five million dollars. So

11:49

it's a third of

11:51

the financial commitment to what Xavier Howard would

11:53

have been for age twenty nine season

11:55

versus age thirty one season and thirties kind of

11:57

that mystery bump in the road.

12:00

a lot of corners and obviously with the Xavier Howard

12:02

having the foot sprain and missing the end of the

12:04

year it's just a little bit

12:06

more of a red mark on his resume in

12:08

that regard. From a total

12:10

snaps perspective I thought this was impressive Kendall

12:13

Fuller has played in over 1,000 snaps defensively

12:16

in each of the last three seasons. 1,020

12:19

this past year, 1,030 the year before that, 1,004

12:23

in 2021. 2020 saw him play 893 snaps and then an injury in 2019 led

12:26

him to play 498 snaps. Xavier

12:35

Howard over that same stretch of time has

12:37

played 743 snaps this past year so

12:39

about 260 less, 973

12:43

in 2022 so about 70 less, 60 less. He actually played 22 more snaps in 2020, 2021

12:54

excuse me. He played 936 snaps

12:57

which is about 40 more than Kendall Fuller in

12:59

2020 which is Xavier Howard's

13:02

would-be defensive player of the year performance

13:04

season and then he also suffered an injury in

13:06

2019 and played 170 less snaps than Kendall Fuller, 322. So over the last

13:08

five-year sample

13:13

size Fuller has consistently been

13:16

on the field more than

13:18

Xavier Howard. I

13:21

try not to look at raw yardage

13:24

because that's

13:26

a lot that goes into raw yardage and it's

13:28

you know after catch did you miss a tackle

13:31

did the safety miss the tackle and kind of

13:33

hanging out to dry. So

13:36

I look at yards per target and

13:39

so it's an efficiency of what how many

13:41

yards are you conceding per time

13:44

you are targeted on average across the course of

13:46

a season. So I'll go year by year compare

13:49

in 2023 Kendall

13:51

Fuller conceded 10 yards per target in

13:54

2023 Xavier Howard in that same

13:56

2023 season conceded 11.4 yards per target. That

14:00

is 1.4 yards more per

14:02

target and Kendall Fuller in

14:04

2022 Kendall Fuller Saw

14:07

50% boost in his yardage

14:09

conceded. He allowed 15.1 yards per target in 2022

14:14

David Howard in 2022 however conceded

14:17

15.3 so

14:19

0.2 higher than Kendall Fuller in 2021

14:22

Kendall Fuller conceded 9.4 yards

14:25

per target Xavier Howard 14.9

14:27

Kendall Fuller in 2020 conceded 12 yards per target Xavier

14:32

Howard conceded 14.8

14:36

and Kendall Fuller in 2019 conceded

14:38

11.4 yards per target versus 13.7 for Xavier Howard so

14:40

Kendall Fuller Has

14:46

conceded less yards per target on each of

14:48

the last five seasons worth of

14:50

play between the two players ball production is where

14:52

Xavier Howard gets his advantage He

14:55

had nine total passes defense in

14:57

2023 versus seven for Kendall

14:59

Fuller though Fuller did have two interceptions versus one

15:02

for Xavier Howard Xavier Howard

15:04

had 12 passes defense with one

15:06

interception among those 12 in 2022 Kendall

15:10

Fuller had 10 so two less But

15:12

he also had three interceptions versus one

15:14

for Xavier Howard in 2021 Xavier

15:17

Howard had 12 passes defense with five

15:19

interceptions Kendall Fuller had more passes

15:21

defense 15 But

15:24

had four less interceptions just one on that season

15:26

in 2021 2020

15:29

of course Xavier Howard's ball production that

15:31

season was legendary. He had 10 interceptions

15:33

20 passes defense total Kendall

15:36

Fuller had Four interceptions

15:38

in that season so six less

15:41

and he had eight total passes defense less

15:43

with 12 and then in 2019

15:46

the year that both players suffered injuries missed

15:48

more than half the season Fuller had one

15:50

pass defense Howard had four passes defense with

15:52

one interception Total

15:55

touchdowns this is another one of those

15:57

ones where coverage is

16:00

assignments for different resources

16:02

give you different numbers. I

16:05

use pro football focuses, I did not

16:07

include player grades here. However, I

16:09

did include their raw data for some

16:14

of these other efficiency numbers and

16:16

ball production for passes defense and touchdowns conceded

16:18

and missed tackle rate, we'll get in all

16:20

that. Vaven

16:22

Howard undoubtedly had a better season this

16:24

past season as far as the touchdowns

16:26

conceded against him two versus six for

16:29

Kendall Fuller, according to pro football focus. But

16:33

the next two seasons prior to that in 2020, two in 2021, Howard

16:38

conceded six and seven touchdowns and

16:40

Fuller conceded four and three respective

16:42

touchdowns. In 2020,

16:44

Howard in his legendary season, conceded

16:47

four touchdowns that year, Fuller conceded

16:49

five and both conceded three touchdowns

16:51

in 2019. Across

16:53

the last five seasons, Xavier Howard has

16:55

conceded 22 touchdowns, Kendall Fuller

16:57

has conceded 21 touchdowns. Tackling,

17:00

I think this is

17:03

an important one, particularly for Xavier Howard

17:05

and the way his season went

17:07

last year. Teams

17:09

found some ways to get Xavier Howard involved

17:12

in the run fit with closed formations and

17:14

motions and I thought that was where he

17:16

really struggled. The most, especially

17:19

in contrast to like Eli Apple was a better

17:21

performer in that regard, obviously, Jalen Ramsey was better

17:23

performing that regard. Kendall

17:26

Fuller over the last five years has

17:28

never had a missed tackle rate of 9% or higher.

17:32

He's had three of those five seasons where he was under 8%

17:34

missed tackle. Last year was 5.1. For

17:38

context, is that good or not? Here's

17:41

even Howard's missed tackle rate over the last five seasons, 14.3,

17:45

15.7, 12.7, 10 and 15.8. So

17:49

Howard's averaging about 14% missed tackle

17:51

rate over the last five seasons.

17:54

Fuller's about half of that, 5.1, 7.3, 8.1, 8.8 and 5.9. But

18:00

a pathway. Penalties.

18:03

Was another area that really stood out to

18:05

me. It felt like over the last two

18:07

years specifically examine Howard had some painful penalties

18:09

that came at inopportune times that extended possessions

18:11

for opposing teams. Are just

18:14

read you the last five years worth of

18:16

powers for both players Howard Seven. Seven.

18:18

Six, eight, five, Seven.

18:21

And eat last two seasons and that does not

18:23

include two penalties this year that were declined against

18:25

examine our and one penalty and twenty twenty two

18:27

that was the guard against even our. Candle.

18:31

For the last five seasons to penalty

18:33

so five less than exhibit How are

18:35

three penalties for lessening? Saving howard at

18:37

one time only five lessening Semen hard

18:39

for. Which. Is for lessening saving Howard

18:41

and three which is to less than examine our.

18:46

Better. Tackler less penalties. Fewer

18:49

yard for tar and allowed but less

18:51

ball production. So there's like the give.

18:54

And the take the boom of the bus As

18:56

far as what examine Howard brings. The

19:00

last one that I have is the versatility. the player.

19:04

If you had to guess how many slots

19:06

snaps did examine how are taken the slot

19:08

season we know they can play match us.

19:13

Three. Out

19:15

of seven hundred and forty three overall

19:17

snaps receiving howard last season, he played

19:20

three in the slot. And some

19:22

of that is. The

19:24

scheme. And I get it. But.

19:27

You also look at Sixty Three And Twenty

19:29

Twenty Two. Ninety Eight And Twenty

19:31

Twenty One. One Hundred and Four And Twenty Twenty.

19:33

And And Thirty One Out of Three hundred, Twenty

19:36

Two Snaps about Ten percent of his snaps. And

19:38

twenty nineteen. Never.

19:42

Played more than one hundred and four. Can

19:45

afford. Last two seasons we mentioned almost

19:47

exclusively in outside Corner twenty Eight and

19:50

Seventeen Slot snaps and Eat a last

19:52

two seasons. Been.

19:55

Twenty twenty one, He had two hundred twelve

19:57

snaps. Which. Is more than twice

19:59

as many is howard. Previous high last five

20:01

seasons. He. Played forty nine snaps in the

20:03

slot. In. Twenty Twenty. But then,

20:05

in two thousand and nineteen. He

20:08

played about seventy percent of his total stamps

20:10

three hundred Thirteen and a four hundred ninety

20:12

eight. Were. In the slot that season

20:14

as well. So. When you

20:16

apply what we anticipate the dolphins

20:19

wanna be. Which is.

20:21

Moving. A player like Jalen ramsey

20:24

around because that's where anti we were came

20:26

out said in his introductory press conference: Santa

20:28

paints a certain kind of picture. You need

20:30

some interchangeability. And.

20:33

The dolphins to refuse to do that last year. The

20:36

only interchangeable player that they have was Cater

20:38

Cobu and he was an outside corner into

20:40

a ticking has they went to Nicole because

20:42

he laugh okay man because he only played

20:44

on the outside a saving our an airplane

20:46

as I so very different ideology and to

20:48

have. A player who's

20:50

more comfortable playing inside. Who.

20:52

Tackles better in his penalised less and gets

20:54

a few or yards. Per

20:57

of for for target. Whose.

21:00

Two years younger and a third of the

21:02

cost. I like the move a lot

21:04

guys on. Would be honest, I really do. Not.

21:07

Everybody will and there's some memories that are

21:09

attached to his even Howard that I get

21:11

the people in all it. As. Hard

21:14

to forget. What? It's even hard was for

21:16

that off. But. If you remove

21:18

the emotional attachment and you just objective

21:20

li look at. This. Is where these

21:22

two players are at. I think

21:24

that's where the needle really moves for me.

21:26

Is this being? Maybe. A parallel

21:28

move from Miami from a raw

21:31

talent perspective. But. When you look

21:33

at all the ancillary elements that are applied to

21:35

it. You're in a healthier position

21:37

because of a parallel move. And.

21:39

They've done that several times in several places this

21:41

off season which. I. Applaud them

21:44

for it's some. This.

21:46

Is certainly not materializing the way the I would

21:48

have had the off season bag that I tried

21:51

to be aggressive. For costs of players, they sounds

21:53

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21:55

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Your team every day. So

23:12

I made a public plea yesterday,

23:14

and it seems the football gods heard my cry

23:18

because we got the

23:20

Tehran Armstead contract and the

23:22

details of the Tehran Armstead contract. And

23:25

there's an element here that I appreciate, and

23:27

there's an element here that I don't appreciate for what

23:30

they ended up doing for Tehran Armstead contract. The

23:34

first piece that I wrote for

23:38

Touchdown Miami, which is

23:40

the sub-stack that I am writing for

23:42

long form Miami Dolphins analysis. It

23:45

was a story entitled, The Dolphin

23:47

Salary Cat Move We Haven't Considered

23:49

But Need To. It was written

23:51

on February 17. And

23:54

I'll read you just a brief snippet of this. It's

24:02

important to outline because. In

24:05

this story. It.

24:09

Suggests that there was

24:11

a pathway for Miami.

24:14

To. Restructure: Toronto Armstead

24:16

Contract. They.

24:18

Ultimately did end up doing that. Now.

24:21

There was a concession that they made

24:23

and there was a concession that Run

24:25

Armstead made that was not involved in

24:27

this. Ah, story. But.

24:31

The story, the statistic. the snippet if

24:33

Tehran are said does not up for

24:35

retirement and twenty twenty four, the Dolphins

24:37

would benefit greatly I might add from

24:39

restructuring his contract once again this upcoming

24:41

season. And adding a void year

24:43

to the end of the contract. They.

24:46

Added two more years in reality to the end

24:48

of the contract. So it kind of

24:51

prescient a little bit said the right word. I'm

24:53

sharing the get yelled at for that. For

24:56

the ramifications, Of.

25:00

Extended, extending and restructuring

25:02

Tron Armstead. They. Took.

25:06

Ten million dollars and guaranteed salary. They.

25:10

Left him with a minimum salary. Of

25:12

one point two million dollars the season as we can be

25:14

game text they took the rest of it. And.

25:17

They put into a signing bonus. And.

25:20

They. Pro. Rated the

25:22

signing bonus out across

25:24

five seasons. Worth. Of.

25:27

Salary. Caps. The

25:30

challenge with that astronomers has only under contract

25:32

the play with the team for three more

25:35

seasons. Twenty Twenty four Twenty Five Hour to

25:37

enjoy Sex. They

25:40

put two more years on the back end of

25:42

it to save an additional effectively two point nine

25:44

million dollars in cap space. Is

25:46

what they. Were.

25:49

Able to additionally kick out beyond what.

25:52

The. Three years would have allowed. His.

25:55

Calf charge goes from twenty

25:57

point seven or twenty point.

26:00

The to ten point five. They.

26:02

Did not. I just is twenty twenty five or

26:04

twenty twenty six hours. which I think is important

26:06

to note here. Tron

26:09

are said took a four point two

26:11

for them to five million dollar pay

26:14

cut in exchange for this restructure contract

26:16

which included. A. Higher percentage of

26:18

guaranteed sour. Although.

26:21

His full salary was going to guarantee the

26:23

season. Toronto

26:27

gets a five hundred thousand

26:29

dollar boosie. In per

26:31

game bonus. He

26:34

was under contract for one million

26:36

dollars. Annually that he would

26:38

get a prorated amount of whatever he

26:40

was in line to receive. Was

26:44

the percentage of games that he played. So.

26:46

We played and sixty percent of the games he gets

26:48

sixty percent of one million dollars. That.

26:51

Has gone up by five hundred thousand

26:53

dollars this year, so they put an

26:55

extra five hundred k into just at

26:57

this year's bonuses. And.

26:59

They did not a justice pay for Twenty twenty five

27:01

And Twenty twenty six. This.

27:04

Tells me this is the last

27:06

ride for to run armstead. Or

27:08

whether it's in Miami or otherwise. is there's

27:10

no guaranteed money on his contract? Be on

27:12

the seat. But.

27:15

Because you put void years on the back end

27:18

of the deal if you bought yourself a few

27:20

million more in cap space for twenty twenty four.

27:26

Which. I suppose is six and one hand and half

27:28

dozen in the other. As as I'm sitting here and

27:30

I'm processing this in real time, Whether.

27:32

They restructured the contractor not

27:35

for void years. If.

27:37

They move on from Tehran armstead. The only

27:39

thing that would be different the Raul Cap.

27:41

it would be the same. It. Would

27:43

just be how much of it you taken.

27:45

Twenty twenty five if you potion first transacted

27:48

him as either a cut or retirements. That's.

27:52

Interesting. This.

27:56

Is on. There were the ramifications for my

27:58

me this is he's gonna play to see

28:00

than he's you me on the books. For

28:02

ten and a half million dollars in salary

28:04

cap they became an extra five hundred thousand

28:06

dollars in ah stipulated money for available. Games.

28:10

Played. Ah, In.

28:12

Exchange for the fourth quarter million dollar

28:14

pay cut. But.

28:16

Then and twenty twenty five you can

28:18

cut to run armstead. Post.

28:21

June First. And. If he retires, he

28:23

counts as a cut all the same. There's no guaranteed

28:25

salary. And. He would

28:28

take a seven point eight. Million.

28:30

Dollar dead cap hit in. For.

28:32

A total savings of fourteen point, three

28:35

million dollars in salary cap, in the

28:37

same way that examine Howard is being

28:39

conducted. To just like

28:41

Howard, you carry almost eight million dollars and

28:43

dead cap. And. Get fourteen point three

28:45

million dollars in extra space. You.

28:47

Would then in turn take that extra

28:49

fourteen point three million dollars. And.

28:52

You would have that as he twenty twenty six.

28:55

Dead cap hit. And.

28:57

That fourteen point three vs the currently

28:59

she hasn't Twenty two million. Season Twenty

29:01

Two means in Twenty Twenty Six you

29:04

save seven point eight million dollars against

29:06

are currently scheduled Capita. See.

29:09

Save Ten million this year. Many

29:12

posts june first cut or transact him

29:14

as retirement, and then you'd say fourteen

29:16

Point Three for what you're currently committed

29:18

to in twenty to twenty five. And

29:20

you'd save seven Point Eight in twenty

29:22

Twenty six. A

29:25

lot of numbers. I'm a geek for this stuff.

29:28

Lot. Of he bore. So. My condolence

29:30

his if your eyes of glazed over

29:32

here as you process this but at

29:34

I'm sitting down here I was ready

29:36

Go to record the podcast the news

29:38

get that the the details came out.

29:40

The. Said this has to be segment three so

29:42

I'm I'm really just processing this in real time.

29:46

But. I can't help but chuckle. The.

29:48

Very first article on Touchdown Miami.

29:52

Restructure. To on armstead with avoid urology

29:55

under the deal that opens actually did it.

29:58

Actually did. it That

30:01

is going to do it for us here on this

30:03

episode of Lockdown Dolphins. It's your team every day. I

30:06

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