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the NFL Draft to start.

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And specifically the Dolphins as

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things currently stand heavy. round pick and a

2:00

second round pick. And those two selections

2:02

for the Dolphins, the

2:05

aspirations should be

2:07

to find players that are able to

2:09

come into your program and be contributors

2:11

quickly, not Cam

2:13

Smith type players, not Channing

2:16

Tindall type players that

2:18

had developmental learning

2:21

curves and some of those positions. It's just a

2:23

natural part of the game. And that is going

2:25

to come up again as we talk about some

2:27

of these positions. But there's so much focus on

2:29

what do the Dolphins draft. And

2:32

you have a whole bevy of team

2:34

needs, you have a whole roster with

2:36

various contract commitments. And

2:39

I think sometimes the discussion of what

2:41

you should do becomes easier when you

2:43

narrow the scope first. That's how the

2:45

NFL teams approach this draft process. They

2:48

look at disqualifiers. What are the

2:50

disqualifiers that would take you off

2:52

of our consideration to invest premium

2:56

asset into you and bring you into our program? And

2:59

I think the first

3:01

portion of identifying what

3:05

positions need to be avoided.

3:09

It's, you know, the analogy

3:11

is it's a three dimensional

3:13

conversation, just like we talked about yesterday

3:16

when we were talking about paying Odell

3:18

Beckham. There's

3:21

the player itself,

3:23

there's the cost of the player. But

3:26

then the third dimension is the chain

3:29

reaction and how it affects the rest of the

3:31

team. And some

3:33

of the third dimension conversations for

3:36

certain players at certain positions is

3:38

where you kind of lose me because like you could

3:40

draft a good player. But if that

3:43

player is coming in and it overlaps too much with

3:45

a role that currently exists, then

3:47

it gets redundant, which brings us to addressing

3:50

versus investing. And

3:53

I think what this Dolphins regime has done is

3:55

they have shown us to this

3:57

stage where they want to invest.

4:00

And investing means it's very

4:02

difficult to over invest in

4:05

the things that you have identified as These

4:08

are going to be the defining qualities of

4:11

our team You address

4:13

your needs and I

4:15

think for a lot of Dolphins fans some

4:17

of the frustrations for Weak points along the

4:19

roster have been we want you to invest

4:21

in this group offensive line We don't want

4:24

you to address this group. We want an

4:27

investment and In

4:29

some cases the Dolphins have shown a willingness to

4:32

do that It seems like center between

4:34

the Connor Williams contract at two years fourteen

4:36

million dollars total and the

4:38

Aaron Brewer contract at three years Twenty-one million dollars

4:40

total they have an investment range that they're comfortable

4:42

with itself and it's not top of market

4:45

and top of market dollars They're investing

4:47

in offensive tackle They

4:50

are addressing the other spots

4:52

and the depth of the unit You

4:55

go through the draft history of Chris

4:57

Greer you get a lot of pass

4:59

rushers corners offensive tackles wide receivers That's

5:02

where they like to invest Into

5:05

this roster is the identity of

5:07

this roster Now

5:10

there's areas that you could change

5:12

how you want to invest I think

5:14

tight end is a very pertinent Position

5:17

to bring up here the team

5:19

brought in Jody fortson and the team brought in

5:22

John Smith to the tight end room versus what it

5:24

was last year and they've kind of been looking

5:27

for acorns at tight end with Tanner Connor

5:30

and then Julian Hill and Just

5:32

seeing if they can find a guy who's gonna pop.

5:34

Well, they they they brought in a few other names And

5:38

I'll spoil it for when we get

5:40

into positions. I would avoid I'd have

5:43

a really hard time drafting the tight end

5:45

That's not Brock Bowers in

5:47

the first two rounds of the first two days of

5:49

this NFL draft You

5:52

think of it from a third dimension

5:54

three-dimensional conversation You've

5:56

brought in players that address what

5:59

you don't have you didn't have a guy who

6:01

could detach from the set and

6:03

run routes. Well that could be

6:05

Jody Fortson if he's healthy and

6:07

Johnny Smith is a movable piece who can hit

6:09

21 miles per hour with the ball in his

6:11

hand. Run after

6:14

catch, angular blocker, not

6:17

necessarily a high-end inline blocking type, but

6:21

that's okay because the Dolphins

6:23

blocking scheme, so

6:26

much for tight ends is rooted in angles

6:28

and getting up onto

6:31

the second level and cutting across the formation where

6:33

we bake the angles in for you. If

6:37

you were to bring in another tight end that

6:39

would make it an... you would be investing in

6:41

the tight end room. And

6:45

unless you're gonna change your ideology versus what

6:47

the tight end room has been to a

6:49

significant degree, not just hey we need to

6:51

be more balanced, unless you're

6:53

gonna come out and say hey we're gonna

6:55

be predominantly a 12-person L team. That

7:00

would be a disqualifier for me from drafting

7:02

a tight end, especially when you

7:04

consider the tight end position in general is

7:07

a position where many guys come into the league

7:10

and they have to relearn how to do everything,

7:12

whether they are pass catchers or whether they

7:14

are blockers. Durham Smythe talked about as much

7:16

this past training camp, talking about how I

7:18

came in the league, I thought my blocking

7:20

was my strength. It took me like four

7:22

years to relearn how to block at the

7:25

NFL level. I

7:27

like Jatavian Sanders. I just did a story on

7:29

this over on my substat, which is Touchdown

7:31

Miami. You can check it out if you're interested

7:33

and you can subscribe, but

7:37

I do long-form written content there. And

7:39

Jatavian Sanders is a name who is

7:43

linked to the Dolphins often. I know the

7:45

Dolphins, it seems like they

7:47

really liked Jatavian Sanders. But

7:51

the overlap between what he would do well

7:54

versus what Johnny Smith has proven in

7:56

an NFL level to do is Too

7:59

dramatic. And Sanders is

8:01

a blocker has too much of a

8:04

developmental curve for the opportunity cost of

8:06

you're not really invested in the tide

8:08

and a historically. So unless you

8:10

go to dramatically change. What's. You

8:12

are. Investing

8:15

in that room with a player with a developmental

8:17

curve who is a lot of overlap in a

8:19

flurry of you've already brought in and has proven

8:21

to have taken to the developmental current. Learn how

8:23

to be an angular in space block in the

8:26

Nfl? It's just it's not ready for me. I

8:28

would draft Titan not a broad powers. In

8:31

the first two rounds. Are. The first two. For.

8:34

Segment around the dogs terminal have a third round pick.

8:36

I'd love to see them change. But.

8:39

That setting the table of. Were.

8:42

Has were have the dolphins proven to

8:44

you. Time and time again with

8:46

this brain. Trust this football regime. They're.

8:48

Invested in having. The.

8:51

Identities of their offense and defense. That

8:55

is gonna tell you. A.

8:57

Lot of ways where I think the appropriate

8:59

place is or. Ought to continue

9:01

to be strong, have a long term plan,

9:03

On. Have long term stability. Which.

9:08

Means. There's gonna be position groups that

9:10

we can counted. Cross off the listen,

9:13

say look, whether it's the strength of

9:15

the class with it's the dolphins tendencies

9:17

themselves, whether it's a scheme that they

9:19

run, whether it's the opportunity cost, it's

9:21

too great vs only a marginal improvement.

9:24

It they're not going to be positions

9:27

that that I would consider annual with.

9:29

We talk about drafting for need. Being.

9:32

A dangerous game to play, but if you

9:34

can eliminate. A luck if there's

9:36

a player who's on the boards and they're

9:38

obviously head and shoulders the best available town.

9:41

Yeah. You could have hard time not to have to

9:43

now player. But.

9:45

I think with with how this draft class stalking

9:48

of I find it very difficult to envision there's

9:50

you to be head and shoulders player A: One

9:52

of those positions that the Dolphins choose to address

9:54

vs invest in. That. Would be so

9:56

much better than every other option. That.

9:59

the conversation would be open and shut yeah we

10:01

need to break all of our tendencies and draft as players.

10:05

So we'll talk about the other position groups that I'm a

10:07

little leery on and would be on my shortlist to

10:09

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as you go through the depth chart, there's

12:07

been a lot of buzzy,

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I guess, mock draft

12:13

conversation around the Dolphins and drafting a quarterback in

12:15

the first round of the NFL Draft. Michael

12:18

Penix is a name that's frequently brought up,

12:20

whether it's from Joel Klatt or from

12:24

anyone else in the Fox News programming. What

12:26

I would say is this, with where the Dolphins are

12:29

aligned as a football team, drafting

12:33

a quarterback with one of your premium picks

12:36

flies completely in the face. Now

12:38

if Caleb Williams is somehow on the board for

12:40

you, yeah, I think that would change the conversation

12:42

quite a bit, particularly if a quarterback

12:45

contract extension with two is not done. But

12:49

that's not going to happen. So

12:51

now you're talking about QB4, QB5 in this draft

12:53

class. Michael Penix in

12:55

particular is one that's particularly confusing

12:57

to me. Michael Penix's strength

12:59

as a player is

13:01

throwing to the perimeter and

13:04

throwing down the field. And I'm sure

13:07

the assumption with Michael Penix

13:09

is the 20 plus yard balls are

13:12

a really good strength of his. He

13:14

likes to throw vertical passing. The Dolphins

13:16

have vertical passing speed. It's a match

13:18

made in heaven. Well, no, not really,

13:20

because the vast majority of Miami's offense

13:22

is the timing stuff. In

13:25

rhythm and the quick passing

13:27

game and setting up yards

13:29

after catch, which is not Michael Penix.

13:33

And I think his delivery is long. I

13:35

think it's accuracy, particularly in the

13:37

shorter areas of the field versus the longer bucket

13:40

throws. And this is

13:42

the market. He's not particularly strong

13:44

throwing middle of the field versus throwing outside the

13:46

numbers. It's

13:49

the Justin Field thing all over again. It's a

13:51

player that has his strengths are

13:55

in conflict with where the

13:57

Dolphins have invested in their offense. No, thank you.

14:00

Drafting a quarterback early for Miami at this

14:02

stage for me makes zero sense. Drafting

14:05

a running back makes

14:07

zero sense and a lot of that has to do more so with the draft class

14:10

in general. This is a

14:12

very weak draft class for the running back position. I

14:15

think that's another spot that I would X

14:17

out on the first two days.

14:19

Now, if you get into day three and there's a

14:21

really intriguing guy at any position, you're going to have

14:23

a hard time getting me to not like

14:25

the pick. Because day

14:27

three is all about tools and

14:29

upside and developmental players that have

14:31

the things that you can't coach.

14:37

And that's where you know, you hope your coaches

14:39

can get your hands on guys. You have stability

14:41

within your organization, some consistency with your scheme and

14:43

the messaging to the players and guys can develop.

14:48

Draft and develop requires stability for that to be

14:50

the case. Dolphins are kind of

14:53

lingering on the edge of having

14:55

enough stability as an organization to

14:57

have a realistic expectation that they

15:00

can start to do that with some consistency, which

15:02

I'm a fan of. Wide

15:06

receiver, obviously

15:09

your jail model and Tyree kill. The

15:11

dolphins are telling you that based on their

15:14

crack record of investing, not

15:16

addressing, investing the wide receiver position, that,

15:20

you know, even go back to 2022, right? When

15:24

it was Channing Tyndall and Eric Azucama and Eric Azucama was

15:26

a bit of a surprise pick, they're like, really? We picked

15:28

a wide receiver. Well,

15:30

now they're kicking on Odell Beckham's door. They've

15:33

traded for Tyree kill. They used a first round pick

15:35

on a top 10 pick on Jalen Wattle and used

15:37

an extra first round pick to get in position and

15:39

draft in the first place. They

15:42

invest in this position. This is a position that in

15:44

my mind should absolutely be on the table for

15:47

the first two days of the NFL draft. Tight

15:50

end. We've already gone into length with. Brock

15:53

Bowers, I think is a player

15:55

that would be the exception to the

15:57

conversation because of all of the multi.

16:00

faster ways that he can contribute into your offense

16:02

and be a little bit of a wide receiver and be a

16:04

little bit of a tight end and be a little bit of

16:07

a move piece and Have

16:09

angular blocking at his disposal and

16:11

he's a really good run-after-catch athlete

16:13

really rare athlete for a player

16:15

of his stature Brock

16:17

Bowers, I think should be on the table But if you get past Brock

16:19

Bowers and I look at the rest of the players in this class Be

16:22

it Jatavian Sanders or anybody else?

16:24

I Just

16:27

think there's there's too much overlap with what

16:29

you've already brought in to try

16:31

to address Now

16:33

you get into day three and Theo Johnson's

16:35

on the board like okay from Penn State

16:38

Draft them. This is a

16:40

day one and day two conversation for me Offensive

16:44

tackle the Dolphins have proven that

16:46

they like to invest in

16:48

offensive tackles Toronto armstead

16:51

contract Justin Jackson investment you

16:53

go back to 2016 with Larry McDonald when they

16:55

drafted him and they had other needs at the

16:57

time You

16:59

have you have to have a Toronto

17:01

armstead succession plan, I think

17:03

the bonus for Miami would be a guy who could

17:05

play guard in year one Versus

17:09

a guy

17:11

who is just a tackle player I think

17:14

there's right and wrong answers for those kinds of players

17:16

that we will obviously get into but I Think

17:20

offensive tackles should totally be on the board for my

17:22

particularly if the guy is capable of shuffling around and

17:24

playing inside Case in

17:26

point, you know armstead got the investment that he

17:29

got Austin Jackson got a contract extension Lester

17:32

Cotton's on the on the roster for One

17:35

million dollars this year Robert Jones signed a one

17:37

year one year 1.8 million

17:39

dollar contract extension I say wins back

17:41

for 1.5. I think they really don't

17:43

have investment in the other rooms or

17:46

in in the guardroom Which is

17:48

why for me guard is a position that I

17:50

don't think that they would draft So

17:52

if you're looking for an interior offensive lineman, that's

17:54

where it gets weird is you've given

17:57

Aaron Brewer a contract at three years 21

17:59

million That seems to be you're

18:01

invested in him as a player and Aaron Brewer Aaron

18:04

Brewer, excuse me. I want to make sure I get his name, right?

18:07

Did not disclose that he is definitely locked in

18:09

as the center when he did his introductory press

18:11

conference But

18:14

I look at Brewer strengths and weaknesses as

18:16

a player and I think if you were

18:18

to draft another center With

18:21

the intent of moving Brewer to

18:23

guard I think Brewer strengths

18:25

and weaknesses are Significantly hurt and even

18:28

if you use a first-round pick on the

18:30

other player The three-year

18:32

twenty one million dollar contract a Brewer feels

18:34

like a bigger investment It's a bigger financial

18:36

investment for almost the same amount of time

18:38

as a first-year rookie contract So

18:44

I would not move Brewer off

18:46

of center in favor of another

18:48

guard to put Brewer at guard

18:52

that I think your ability to pass protect

18:54

against better pass rushers in three techniques and

18:57

Your anchor is more amplified at guard

18:59

versus center and I think

19:01

his strengths are best amplified at center So he'd be

19:03

a player. I would leave it center Now

19:07

if you want to draft an interior offensive lineman

19:10

Ideally, he plays tackles so you can

19:12

solve the other riddle long-term riddle You

19:14

have at left tackle for when the

19:16

position group that you're invested in tackle

19:19

Has a player that's outgoing in Toronto

19:22

instead which this will probably be

19:24

the last ride for Toronto So

19:28

that for me is where like Jackson

19:30

Powers Johnson is an excellent center prospect

19:33

and I wouldn't be mad at

19:35

the pick whatsoever. I would be surprised if it's the

19:37

pick at

19:39

21 just based on the contract

19:42

that they gave Brewer and the

19:44

team's lack of interest in Investing

19:47

in the interior offensive line

19:49

outside of middle of the road center

19:52

investments Throughout the course of

19:54

this regime now, you could say whether the that

19:57

ideology is right or wrong

19:59

and you could certainly We have a long-winded debate

20:01

about it But

20:03

just ultimately at the end of the day That's

20:05

what the Dolphins have kind of shown themselves to

20:07

be and how they choose to attack their roster

20:10

composition Which

20:12

would make it a surprise to me to draft

20:14

Jackson power shots because he could play guard at 330 pounds

20:17

But he couldn't play tackle so

20:19

it doesn't resolve that long-term issue you have in that

20:21

position room and Drafting him

20:23

would then brewer to guard which I think makes

20:26

him a worse player and you have financially more

20:28

invested in him in the first place Now

20:31

we Was hoping to get through

20:34

the whole roster here And

20:36

that didn't happen So we're gonna get into

20:38

the rest of the roster here in just a minute Minute

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Dolphins defensive death chart. The

22:33

good news is the Dolphins have invested a

22:36

ton in free agency here.

22:40

Between Jordan Brooks and Jordan Poyer

22:42

and Kendall Fuller and Shaq Barrett

22:44

and Neville Galomor and Jonathan Harris,

22:47

Anthony Walker, Saron Neal, a little bit more

22:50

of a special teams type investment. They've

22:52

brought in a lot. It seems

22:54

like they have kind of hand picked. Look,

22:57

we're going to make this this defensive coaching

22:59

staff change. And we were just going

23:01

to come in and be the DC. We kind of know what

23:03

we want. We got to we're going to have to kind of

23:05

shotgun shell the interior defensive line position

23:07

to get enough bodies in here to

23:10

have some competition to replace Christian Wilkins. I

23:13

look at you look at defensive interior and between Christian

23:15

Wilkins and Zach Sealer. It

23:17

has been an identifying component of who the team

23:19

has been. So I would not be

23:21

surprised if they came back and they

23:23

drafted this position early, especially if

23:25

either Byron Murphy the second or

23:28

Johnny Newton is there in the first round

23:30

of the draft. There feels like

23:32

some overlap there. They also had Rayquan

23:34

Davis who they invested a second round picking as well,

23:37

who's been an outgoing free agent. He landed

23:39

in Indianapolis. So there's

23:42

enough investment

23:44

in this group. They gave Zach Sealer

23:46

a contract extension for me

23:48

to feel like this should be on the table,

23:51

not just because it's a need, but because the

23:53

Dolphins have been willing to invest in this room,

23:55

particularly at an appropriate price point during

23:58

the course of this brain trust. as groups

24:01

a no-brainer You

24:03

go all the way back to Charles

24:05

Harris, unfortunately There's

24:08

been a lot of investment into this room whether

24:10

it's the trade for Bradley Chubb whether

24:13

it's the drafting of Jalen Phillips the

24:17

Edge group has been an area

24:20

for Miami that they have not

24:22

been afraid to spend capital and

24:24

dollars at and They

24:27

fit the Shaq Barrett contract in here on a

24:29

one-year seven million dollar Contract with

24:31

incentives for an additional two million dollars

24:33

and they played some funny money to get in on

24:36

the books We went over that yesterday. I Think

24:41

the the recovery of both players could be a

24:43

contributing factor there But if you told me a

24:45

pick 21 the best available player was an edge

24:48

player I think it should be on the

24:50

table for the Dolphins to draft especially

24:52

as they continue to assess long-term and

24:54

big contracts and Transitioning from

24:56

certain big contracts into other big contracts and

24:58

getting ready to pay out new big contracts

25:00

Jalen Phillips What

25:03

would that mean for Bradley Chubb long-term beyond

25:05

this season as he recovers from an ACL

25:08

injury There's a

25:10

whole bunch of really interesting

25:12

Dominoes that could fall with an edge player that

25:14

that's added, but I think the entire defensive line

25:17

should be on the tape I

25:21

Know this team has never invested in linebacker and

25:23

they've invested more in linebacker already this offseason Then

25:26

they have in recent memory now. David Long

25:28

was a good freeze in signing,

25:30

but it was a high-value contract at the

25:32

time Jerome

25:35

Baker was a third-round pick in 2018

25:38

who they let walk and added Jordan Brooks and

25:40

they added Anthony Walker. I think they're done at

25:43

linebacker I think they've already in the

25:45

same light of tight end where they've already

25:47

added some significant pieces and Then

25:49

tight end or the linebacker doesn't have a

25:51

Brock Bowers in this year's class So

25:54

I would just cross linebacker off in the first two

25:56

days of draft. I wouldn't add Corner

26:01

is an area that this team is

26:03

constantly swinging the battle in. They love

26:05

to invest in corners. Jalen

26:08

Ramsey, Zavin Howard, Cam

26:10

Smith, now adding

26:12

Kendall Fuller to the mix. I

26:16

would be surprised if they added a

26:18

corner just because I think they have

26:20

a lot of healthy competition between Ramsey,

26:23

Fuller, Cam Smith, Kohu, Nick Needham. I

26:26

think they have a lot of bodies, and it seems like they like Ethan

26:28

Bonner. I wouldn't

26:30

completely dismiss it, but I would be surprised if

26:33

it was a pick. I think

26:35

if they picked a corner, it

26:37

would be more of a broad product of

26:39

their tendencies to feel you

26:41

can't overinvest in corners. We didn't even

26:43

mention Byron Jones and that free

26:45

agent addition, feeling like you can't. There's no such thing

26:47

as overinvesting in that position room. They love to invest in corner.

26:53

But I do think the way in which they

26:55

have addressed it probably

26:58

checks the box, and

27:02

I would not expect it. I think the

27:04

back seven is relatively done. I'll put corner

27:06

on safety in that room, that conversation as well.

27:09

I think they need a fourth body. Maybe

27:13

you could get away with a young player because

27:15

you have Holland now in year four and Jordan

27:17

Poyer as a big-time veteran safety who's

27:19

kind of seen it all. Maybe

27:21

you want a young player in that third safety spot.

27:24

I don't think that's a round one conversation for

27:27

Miami, and frankly, I don't know that the value

27:29

is going to be lined up for safety in

27:31

the second round either for the

27:33

Dolphins. So

27:36

there's a lot more on the offensive side of the

27:38

ball between wide receiver, offensive

27:42

tackle specifically, potentially

27:45

center but not really center. And then

27:48

the defensive line is

27:50

where I really think you're looking for

27:52

early contributors. You're looking for positions that

27:55

the Dolphins have not addressed but

27:57

Invested in historically with this brain

27:59

trust. That is

28:01

where my eyes go. And

28:04

that is where I did you. You can. Expect

28:09

to see. The

28:11

biggest. Of.

28:15

Overlap. Between what the

28:17

dolphins need, what the dolphins

28:19

have historically wanted, And.

28:21

Then where you go from there

28:23

in the draft. Is.

28:26

Ideally. Finding out the those

28:28

overlaps in appropriate L. Now

28:31

courtesy of the A. Summary

28:34

that was put off. By.

28:38

The And of Owners meetings. We have approved

28:41

Twenty Twenty Four this courtesy of Tom Palace.

28:43

Her. Approved. Twenty Twenty

28:45

Four Playing Rules by laws and

28:47

resolutions. There's

28:50

some interesting ones in here. We're we're gonna

28:52

just kind of read through all of them.

28:54

As far as. What

28:56

changes have been made for made and voted

28:59

for in the Nfl Owners Meetings of. A

29:01

proof Playing Rules century. By

29:05

Detroit. Protect. The club's

29:07

ability to challenge the third ruling

29:09

following one successful challenge. By.

29:12

Competition committee to allow enforcement of the

29:14

major fell by the authors prior to

29:16

a change of possession in the situation

29:18

where there are fouls by both teams.

29:21

By. Competition committee to include a ruling of

29:24

passer down by contact her out of

29:26

bounds before throwing a pass. As.

29:28

A reviewable play. By

29:31

competition committee to ally replay review when

29:33

there's clear and obvious visual evidence that

29:36

the game clock expired. Before.

29:38

Any snap, By.

29:41

Competition committee to eliminate a potentially dangerous

29:43

tackling technique that is the hip drop

29:45

tackle. What's with Terry Kill got hurt

29:47

against the Titans with that is now

29:49

an illegal play. By.

29:52

competition committee for one year only to

29:54

create a new form of a free

29:56

kick played that is designed to resemble

29:58

a typical scrimmage play by aligning players

30:00

on both teams closer together and restricting

30:02

movement to reduce space and speed and

30:05

promote more returns. This is the kickoff

30:07

change where it's kind of a hybrid

30:10

installation of the XFL

30:13

kickoff. And they're gonna see how

30:15

that goes. Approved

30:17

bylaws by Detroit

30:20

to provide clubs within, this one's

30:22

important, provide clubs with

30:25

an unlimited number of designated for

30:27

return transactions in the postseason.

30:29

So Miami was doing the thing all year long where they're

30:32

looking at guys that are on IR. I

30:34

was like, well, you gotta do the math. Is this

30:36

guy gonna be able to come back or not? You

30:38

only have so many that you can use South regular

30:40

season. When you hit the postseason, you

30:42

are not limited in the number of

30:44

IR return designations that you can implement.

30:47

It's good to know. The

30:50

trade deadline has moved to the Tuesday after

30:52

week nine. This

30:55

was proposed by the Pittsburgh

30:57

Steelers. That is

30:59

another meaningful shift

31:01

versus the standard because the later in the

31:04

season, the trade deadline gets. Presumably

31:07

the less compensation

31:10

for one year rentals

31:13

is gonna be moved for players, but also the

31:15

better idea of whether or not you should be

31:17

trading or buying or selling the trade deadline is

31:20

more defined for you. By

31:22

the competition committee, permit each club

31:25

to place a maximum of two players who

31:27

are placed on applicable reserve lists on the

31:29

business day of the final roster reduction to

31:31

be designated for return. Such

31:34

players will immediately count as two of the

31:36

clubs total designations. So you can

31:38

put two players on a, this

31:42

is on 53 man roster cut down day. You

31:45

can immediately designate two

31:47

players to return. They will count against

31:49

your eight IR return players for the

31:51

season. Once you get in the

31:53

postseason, then you can go above eight. By

31:58

Competition committee, this is the final one. Bylaws

32:00

expand the standard elevation rules to permit

32:02

close to elevate a bonafide quarterback an

32:04

unlimited number of times from it's practice

32:06

squad to active was to be the

32:08

emergency their quarterback. There's

32:12

no reason any team had ever

32:14

carry three quarterbacks of the active

32:16

roster, but mess, that's would he.

32:18

There's no limitations. On.

32:21

Quarterback elevations from the practice squad to

32:23

serve as an emergency court. Any

32:26

fifty three man roster projection for any team

32:28

that now has three quarterbacks on the fifties

32:30

remain cut down is full. A nonsense. Because.

32:33

That rule gives you a ton of

32:35

flexibility. There.

32:38

Were two. Additional.

32:41

Rules are resolutions one by Buffalo to make

32:43

injury report rules for players who do not

32:45

travel with the club's two games away from

32:47

their home city. A competitively fair. I.

32:50

Guess more transparency on the news? Report

32:52

them by Jacksonville expense. Twenty Twenty three

32:54

Preseason trial of providing specific hot I

32:56

feed and the coaches booths. For.

32:59

The Twenty Twenty Four Preseason Full implementation for

33:01

the Twenty Twenty Fatties. don't ask me without

33:03

them, He said on the. Vita.

33:07

Hip drop tackles. The

33:09

that the most notable ones is. A

33:12

passer down by contact or out about before

33:14

throwing pass is now available. Or

33:16

you can challenge a third time if you successfully

33:18

towns one out of the the first to challenges.

33:22

Ah, the kick off change.

33:25

The hip drop tackle is eliminated.

33:27

the trade deadline been moved. On.

33:30

Limited number of Ira returns in the

33:32

postseason. An emergency

33:34

quarterback has unlimited elevations to the active

33:36

roster on game day off the practice

33:38

squad. Some. Significant

33:40

changes here for the Nfl courtesy

33:43

of the Nfl Owners meetings. And.

33:46

We'll. see what other news comes out of the

33:49

end of these owners meetings i'm taking place this

33:51

week in orlando i'll be back again tomorrow is

33:53

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