London, Santana, and Shawn are LIVE from Madrid on this week’s Player’s Club! The crew talks this Week 11 matchup against the Miami Dolphins. Then, the crew looks back at some of their favorite memories from playing in international games and facing the Dolphins. And, Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota joins the show!
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome back into the Players Club. We are your hosts
London Flatcher, here West, sat Tanna Moss and Sean Springs.
I'm gonna do this right, Sat Tanna Moss, ain't car
how Boy Killer, Hey Kay Hey, John Slayer, slam ay
Ka till the Now and we got Sewan Springs aka
Blue Boy and we are exciting.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
We have an exciting show for you out at.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
In Madrid at the James Joyce in front of a
live crowd. Shout out to the commanders fans in the building.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah, hell yeah. Tell us how are you feeling about
being out here?
Speaker 3 (00:41):
I'm feeling good, man. I thank you.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Know that's one of the things I've been looking forward
to because I'm one of those guys that don't travel
a lot. Yeah, but when I do, I like to
take full advantage of it. So first day here having
nothing much yet killing its but but holler let me tomorrow.
I'm gonna tell you how I fit man.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I love it man.
Speaker 5 (01:00):
The weather it's nice and seeing him is good. The
food is excellent. I'm enjoying myself.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
Y'all want to do?
Speaker 1 (01:05):
Can y'all tell us what the people what they can
expect from today's episode.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
We're checking.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Man.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
You know, it's week eleven and we got the Dolphins
up here. They the home team, Yeah, but we got
the home crowd that followed us. So we're gonna talk
big noise about what we're gonna do this week.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Man.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
We get living up here and Spain against the Dolphins.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
And you know what, like we do always, we got
to talk about our favorite memories because I'm quite sure
we all have made plays against these Dolphins.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
So we're gonna look back at some of our favorite memories. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
And guess what, man, we got a special guests on
the show, man, none other than our qb our fearless
leader right now, none other than Mariota marioda man gonna
be on the show exigning man.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All right, man, fellas, it's time to get this show started.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Let's get it all right.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Man.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
It's the first ever game day in Madrid, comand it's
a Dolphins playing that game.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
First NFL game in Madrid. Yep.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I never had an opportunity playing in an international game. Yeah,
I know, Santana you playing one in the preseason Blue
you played in one as well. What what does it
mean to be able to be here and playing this
uh be here for this game. For me, I think
it's just unbelievable.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
But we could be part of the organization, and us
who came with the organization can be part of us.
The expansion of the NFL, obviously coming to Madrid, being
in Spain, a new fan base. I think it's exciting
for our organization and the league. I mean, because they
know about soccer, what they call football football, and I'm
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glad to really be.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Able to show these fans what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
You know, it's big for I think for the league
as a whole.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
One of the things we've been doing all season Loan
is building up that I guess you could say when
it comes to just what we're trying to do internationally,
you know, you know, we've been growing the game. We've
been everywhere, we've been brought in, you know, letting, let
letting Europe know what we're about. And I'm pretty sure
to say the first time, you know, they had this experience.
(03:02):
But I think this year has been the first time
you've seen week after week after has been so well somewhere.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And they've been some good games over here, great good games.
I'll say this slow finished.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
You know, not to cut you off flesh, It just
it just makes me wonder. You know, how far can
they go with this?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Do we see a team out here one day? You know,
I think it could be done because.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I can see, I can see London, Berlin was not
even but dread.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I think the only thing is you have to you
have to be careful on how far from a travel standpoint,
you know, but.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
From that's what I'm saying. You see the l A
or something right.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
London, I mean they played more games in London than
anywhere else.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I say this.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I've been looking forward to this game ever since it
was announced that we're going to have an international game,
knowing that I've never had that in the international experience.
I know it was an opportunity for us as a
former players to really we can't do anything on the field, right,
but we can help grow the game being out here
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amongst the public, you know, making sure we're connecting they're
connecting with us. We had opportunity to get interviewed by
some some local media here and I was impressed by
how those guys, how much they knew about our careers.
So it's gonna be out standing man, I'm excited Blue,
you played in the international game in London?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Yeah, what was what was that? Like? Man?
Speaker 5 (04:36):
It was actually was it was London And it was
crazy because the funny thing about it when they first
showed up to the game, everybody had all like all
different type of jerseys at that time, right, and it
was like, obviously I was there with New England, so
they had a whole It was okay, I was with
New England versus our Tampa Bay so there was a
lot of TV twelve jerseys, but.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
They had like Lonch Tailors, Walter Payton's. They were just
fans of the sports.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Game was going back and one thing I noticed, Man,
they didn't sit down. They were cheering the whole time.
So it was like, man, these people are really into it.
They loved the game. And it was just like and
you could tell afterwards at the buses and everything, people
wait for autographs and different things.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
It was a great experience all week.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
Now we knew it was all about business when we
went there, but it was just like it was a
brush of fresh air to go away from at that
time Boston over to London and just see how the
world appreciates the NFL.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Yeah, I mean we played in Tokyo and the long
trip a long flight.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
That was a long flight, but also it was in
the preseason and it was I think it was it
was perfect for us at that particular time in the
in our sport. It was in two thousand and three.
So this thing about how far that was, you know,
and that goes that's just goes to show you how
long we've been doing this, you understand, Like so this
game we've been throwing darts at you know.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
The europe Yeah, like everyone all over the world like.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Hey man, this is this I mean, and it's crazy
because I was just I was in Germany with the
NFL in twenty twenty two on a tour to different
army bases doing the Super Bowl, bringing cheer to them,
bringing joy of them supporting the Super Bowl, and we
end up watching the game with one of.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
The bases, and I didn't understand.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I didn't.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
I didn't know at the time that the game is.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
The latest you know what right over there, And I'm like, wow,
people are really up watching this game and this time
of morning, right And what I found out is a
lot of them they have to go.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
To work that day next day.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
A lot of them was off.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
They didn't have to worry about coming on today, so
they got a free day to watch the game and
be able to sleep in.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
So they give them the day all got the next day.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
So that's big.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
What we going to adopt that in America? Yeah? Man,
when do we adopt that in the States? I'm saying
a lot unspoken rule that nobody goes work. Actually, we
got to think about it.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
They're watching in that game at three four o'clock in
the morning.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
It was just it was just it was a difference, man,
like to actually be over there and experience it. But
I can say this, man, I'm I'm I'm very intrigued
with just knowing that I'm over here now at a
different capacity, you know, being able to come over here now,
following this team, covering this team now and not having
to worry about the playing side of it. You know,
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it gives me something to look forward to, you know,
just to go out there and you know, enjoy the experience,
enjoy some good football played by my hometown team, you know,
my Miami guy, and then watching we don't.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Want to play too good.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
That's just my hometown team.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
He's saying my favorite team.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
I said my hometown exactly. So y'all know who I am.
I'm you know, burging in gold.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Baby.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Hey, that's a perfect transition to what we're about to
do now. Memories against the Dolphins. Tanner, you and I
both was in the NFC East, and if you were drafted,
I mean AFC East, you were drafted by the New
York JE spent three years over there. I played in
Buffalo for five seasons. The Dolphins was considered our our rival.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Blue.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I know you you started out. I played it a
couple of times. You started your brea. You started your
career in AFC. Memories against the Dolphins.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I know you.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
You got memories.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Memories.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Man, It's crazy because my first year as a rookie,
I didn't play my first game until Week twelve. I
got hurt right out the gate. I got hurt in
training camp. I told my latteral moniscus on my left
left knee. And my first game that season was week
twelve back at home in Miami.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Yeah, like, how could you kind of like, you know,
scripping stripping any better?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
But unfortunately I wasn't sent to them, right, I was
somebody else out there. I was out there trying to
get I was the one leg at most you know
what I mean, I don't know who I was, but it.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
Didn't pan out the way I wanted to be.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
That was my first game, so I actually got a
chance to play my first game against the Dolphins. My
first every NFL game was against the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
I did nothing. I did did the squad.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
But at the end of the day, uh, most of
my my years of playing them, man, I had to success.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
And I remember just going to some dB.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
Talk about against Sam Madison past certain I mean Thomas
and uh Jason Taylor.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Them guys.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Was man, look talk about one of the best of
the I mean defenses every level, A key guy that
you can like call out and say that was phenomenal
at at what they did at they position.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
I have some big days.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
I had a couple of games where I had one
hundred yards, some touchdowns.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
But you got to show off against your home Yeah,
team got so for me.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
My uh, my second year in the league. I know
it was my rookie in the league or second in
the league. We played I was in Seattle. We played
Miami in the playoffs and it had a guy. That
was that when they came to y'all, they came to us.
They came to us, and they had Damn Marino and
I was running my damn mouth talking crazy.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Now one of my.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
Favorite receivers that I ever had a set, one of
the most underrated guys with God named Tony Martin Santantam.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
I remember that name.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
He was unbelievable, right, And I'm out there talking crazy
to Damn Marino and not know him better.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Man, Damn Marino lit me up in the thirty fourth court.
I set my mom welcome. Did they wint that good?
They won that game.
Speaker 5 (10:39):
It was a close game, but I just remember Damn Marino.
He was just throwing dots out there. If you ain't
putting no pressure on him, he was out there, still
had it arm, He's still doing it.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
But that was my That was my moment of like, Wow,
it's getting real. N Marino. Bab Yeah, man, I have.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
I have a lot of memories against the Dolphins, just
having spent time in the NFC.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
I mean a f C East. I'm gonna start with
a with a great memory.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
So you know, I'm gonna start with a you had
a wildcat win, so I'm first time I played the Dolphins,
not the first time, first time I played him as
a starter.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
It since Saint Louis and they had this.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
They were talking junk going into the coming into that game, right,
and this was old one. We're the greatest show on turf.
I forgot what our record was. But one of the
defensive linemen, I think it was Keith Trail or somebody
like they're gonna lock the they gonna lock the dome
up and do whatever they want to do with us
and whatever, talking jump, yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
The best offense. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
And they had this full back. I didn't like his
body language on film. He used to just think he
was like this dog had the curriculum type of stuff.
Was one of them guys talking about they full back. Okay,
so I'm like, man, I can't wait to get my
hands on him. Oh you want to show him with
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the big dog Listen early in the game because he
used to try to do all that kind of extra
stuff in flex.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
He tried to lead up on me.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Man, don't I don't hit him with a couple of
right left hooks, slam my body, slam him to the ground.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I didn't got to digging his eyes out.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Dirty.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
I got a fifteen yard penalty, But what that was about.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
That was a message like y'all not gonna come into
our building to do anything against something.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
And I still put it work. Had a pick in
the end zone.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Also had a force fumble in the red zone. But
my my, the game that's most memorable to me against
the Dolphins. I'm playing with the bells now my late wife.
At this point in time, we were off and on,
off and on in the relationship. At this point in time,
she had moved from Cleveland to Miami. We're doing an
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off stage, but we go down there to play Miami.
But we go out to dinner, right, go out to
the Olive Guard, spending had had I had a routine, Okay,
go to the Olive Guard. I have a hell of
a game. I think I had like two sacks. I
think a sack safety right, I don't know how many tackles,
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I promise you, Man, during that game, after that balled,
I'll say, man, I'm about to marry her.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
I'm not married this lady. That so, man, that's that's
my memory against offense.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
That's what's up, man.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
You know, you can talk about our memories all day
against those guys.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
But right now we're not playing.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
Yeah, right now, we're covering this team and we're talking
about this team. So we're here now in Madrid Wik
eleven and that's who's our matchup?
Speaker 3 (13:57):
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Speaker 4 (14:01):
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Speaker 3 (14:07):
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Speaker 2 (14:10):
Feel us.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
We got the Miami Dolphins in this week. You love
and match up. What are some of the things we
have to do collectively?
Speaker 4 (14:17):
I mean when I say collectively, I'm talking about offense,
defense and special teams to be successful.
Speaker 5 (14:24):
Can I say something as we started about the preview
for Miami got the same records, but it don't feel
like the two same teams.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Don't feel like we should be in the same motives.
What do you come here? That's one of us coming
there like we're a much better team. So you know what.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
I like these moments though. I like when one team
is coming on a high note. Yeah, because they just
got a high They just.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Want to to beat the Bills rightfully, South, you shouldn't
come in like like.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
You're a world beata.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
But that's what I want a Dolphins team at because
what I've what I've seen from a Dolphins all year long,
they don't play like that. They don't play like that consistently.
And if we can go out there play the kind
of game that we've been yearning and yearning for these
guys to play, we can really get these guys. Man,
we really have a big chance of getting these guys.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
So so my my my points to going into the
game Tanner is one, they don't have a good rush defense.
I think they're ranked twenty six in the league, and
that's where our strong point. I think we can run
the ball on them, and I impose our will. We've
we got Logan talking about we have the tight ends
coming on, so I think that, you know, we'll be
able to run twelve and thirteen personnel and be able
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to run the ball. So I think that's a key,
being able to establish that first or second down run on. Defensively,
it's gonna be interesting because we got some guys banged up,
you know, so we're gonna have some We're gonna have Hamilton,
we have Igman. I mean, we're gonna have Mikey in
the slot. So it's gonna be interesting to see what
happens in the back end now that we got all
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these new faces, new players got step up. All we're
gonna play man all we're gonna plays on and special teams.
You know, Miami is a hard fought team. The team
we're gonna have to it's gonna it may come down
who wins the field position. Because their defense against Buffalo
was great and they jumped out on Buffalo early. So
you can't not have a good special teams player.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
When I look at at this game against the Dolphins,
youre talking about what are the keys to have a
success against them. Two things we gotta we gotta x
out A Shane. That's hern A Shane. They're they're they're
running back. He's an explosive, dynamic football player. And I
say football player because he's gonna get the ball. He's
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gonna get a bunch of touches in the running game,
but he also is gonna get touches in the receiving game.
So you have to limit him, can't allow him to
have a bunch of explosive plays against you. He's the
He's the guy that I feel like we take away
that now that really kind of limits their play action
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past the game or maybe it's not as effective.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
So we do that.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Then from a from an officer standpoint, Blue, you just
touched on him. We got to be able to run
the ball. We have to be able to run the ball,
because for one, if we're able to run the football,
it's gonna keep us ahead of the change and it
will keep us out of those third long situations. You
live in the world of third and longs. Against this
Dubtas defense, they dial up a lot of blitz it's
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a lot of pressures. They're one of the top teams
and bringing blitzes against you. So those two things, I
think those are the keys to us.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
One of this guys, I.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Love the fact that you bring up slowing down a chain.
I think another guy that we have to slow down
is you know, to attom to head ahead of the stake.
So so how he goes, the team goes offensively. But
leaning to this game, we got dq taking over the defense.
What do you see, how can he be effective or
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how can he just shift some of the things that
we're doing right now defensive because I think defensively we
show signs earlier this year being dominant, but we we
we kind of lost our way a little bit. Yeah,
do you think d Q could come in there and
bring that back for us?
Speaker 2 (18:09):
I think so. Obviously.
Speaker 5 (18:11):
You know, Joe Whitt was the change from the booze
coming to the sideline that wasn't effective, And it ultimately
comes down to DQ. You heard him say that it
all falls back on me. So I think with the
head coach and Lennon you touched on it earlier. DQ
is a proven play caller, defensive play caller. He's been
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in every situation and nothing. And I don't want to
disrespect jo w and take anything from Joe Whip, but
DQ has done that and maybe that spark of being
a head coach and you know, just his history of
play calling in.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
A time when we need something different.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
Sometimes it's like people be like whatever it takes the change.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
So I'm hoping that that that happens.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Here's here's a thing though, Joe where he was, he was,
he was handcuffed by the personnelity do the injuries and
all that stuff. Now when you when you make a
change like this, it puts more of a spotlight on
the players. You can say, hey, maybe we wanted doing
it the way we needed to do. Dan Quinn, who's
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been a proven defensive coordinator at multiple places, we know
his pedigreement. So if we're still not getting it dumb,
there will be a light shined brighter on the players. Yeah,
so there's a sense of urgency that has to take place,
not saying that it wasn't there before, but I think
it's even brighter, it's even magnified because all right, we'd
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have made this change at the coordinator. Eventually, it's gonna
have to come down to the players going out of
executing their job and doing it at a high level,
regardless of whatever the call is. If I go out
and execute at a high level, each one of them,
each one of us do our one eleven to give
us our best opportunity to win that down, That's what
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it's gonna take.
Speaker 4 (20:05):
I've been that kind of guy from day one when
it comes to this game. I think we've all played
in those games where we can all point the finger
at coaches, but at the end of the day, were
the one that's out there playing.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
So brother, they put us in a situation to be
successful or not. We had the right to go out
there and still make a play. That's called overcoming coaching.
You know, we have a guy in Mariota. That man,
he was still the sets of time. I mean he's
in what tenth year, still excelling at the position as
a quarterback.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Now is more of a backup.
Speaker 4 (20:36):
But we've seen so much from this guy this year
being able to lead to him for our offense that
it makes you catch your head, like, what do we
need to see from him in this Dolphense matchup for
us to be successful offensively and lead us to victory.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
I've said a lot of what we've already seen from him.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
Yeah, when you look at Marcus in the four games
that he's already started, when he's had the full week
of prep, full week of working with the receivers all
week long, he's played good football. He's done enough to
give us opportunities and chances to win the football game
or win win the game like he did against the Raiders,
gave us a great opportunity against the Falcons on the road.
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He came out hot against the Kansas City Chiefs. But
it comes down to can we do enough around him?
Can he can we play comblinary football? Can the defense
make it not having to be a shootout. Can the
run game excel to where we're not having to go
to a drop back game. You want to be at
a steal, have to run, fist to run, have the
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run game at your disposed disposal, the play action passes,
the r p os the zone reason where he's really
good at.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
That's where that's what we he excels.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
And I think if we're able to get that from him,
he doesn't have to go out and be Superman or
do anything more than he already has done.
Speaker 4 (21:58):
Yeah, last week against Buffalo Bills, they gave up a
lot in the passing game. They gave up a ball
I think almost over three hundred some yards in the
passing game, and Buffalo wasn't successful in the run game.
One of the things that I've been wanting to see
all this year from US is a balance attack. Yep,
you know it don't necessarily have to be lopsided on
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any side. I just want to see something balanced as
b But also with being balanced, you have to have
a rhythm, you understand, So what do we have to
do offensively to establish that rhythm, establish that flow offensively,
or either be effective in the run or the pass game.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
Well, I think for the most part, like we said,
it starts with the guys up front and being able
to run the ball, because if you know, if you
get behind the change, it can get bad against any
defense you get thirty seven players got to you gotta
stay ahead of the change. And to be fair, sometimes
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we get out of rhythm when you don't have guys
who can win the one on one battles. We talked
about Seattle, we talked about Detroit. They knocked our rhythm
off because they got after and they was able to
cover us when we decide that we're gonna run the
ball and we can establish a run. That then we
started to dictate the people versus people dictating to us.
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So I think I think it all starts with that mentality.
Let's let's do what other personality, let's dictate to them.
Second of all, I like the fact that Marcus when
he's been in there, he has the improvise. Like there's
one play I can remember all year that was one
of the most amazing players I seen is when he
scrambled out against Seattle and threw it to turf back
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over there.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
I was like, sometimes you need something like that.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
Is at the play when he fumbled the ball and
when he scrambled and ran with it from the r
field and.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
He jumped over. He thought he was young and the ball. Look,
I can live with that.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
We turned over the ball, but I saw something in
our backup quarterback is back.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Up at this point inn On, we called him like
he's a starter. He started started off with he'll.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Be starting half the games on definitely starts elsewhere, but
I'm just saying, like for us, being that he was
our backup at the time and made a play that
significant to the game, even with him fumbling the ball,
I was I was like, Man, I was in it
all because I'm like, look this this We need that
from a quarterback.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
We need that from somebody that's walked the team.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
And we turned on.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
He came back and won that game.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
So it didn't affect us in a bad way, but
it just showed the team man, that we have that
in our backup quarterback.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
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Speaker 2 (25:01):
All right, what is the ticket to get it a
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Speaker 5 (25:10):
I think our offense is going to be productive because
Marcus has shown that he can take the game plan
that Cliffs have given him. I think the ticket is
no explosive place.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Man. I don't care who's in there.
Speaker 5 (25:21):
And if you and I starts with Tanning, you mentioned
getting off the tour. They got Waddle, another young boy
on our side. I think it's Watt's a receiver that
they got some guys that can really run that A
lot of might not be a household.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Name, but they both didn't fly. You can't give up
explosive plays.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
Keep everything in front of keep, don't get, don't get
out of your gap with a Chankers. He's explosive. Let's
not give up explosive plays. I think our offense will
score points, but that don't beat ourselves by.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
Giving up easy.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
It's all about making a one dimension and that's tour
tour runs that train.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
I don't care about a chain. I don't care about waddle.
I don't care about.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
Anything they do defensively, even if they've been effectively defensively.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
If you kill the head of the snake, the defense
will go numb too. So we have to get the tour.
We have to rattle Tour.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
If I see Tour standing up that white jersey ain't
on his back, It's gonna be.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
A long day for us.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
I'm gonna say this. I think it's two things.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
First of all, we gotta we gotta knock out the
run game against them. We gotta we gotta stop their
run game, which is keeping.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
A chain in check.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
And then secondly, whatever it takes, we have to get
pressure on Tour, which is, as you mentioned, the head
of this uh of this snake.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
Hey, you know what I want to ask you. Do
you see us doing something different than what we did
in the past with our these quarterback because we donna
face Sam Donald, Sam Donald who had last week.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Uh he was upright to uh Jared Jared Golf.
Speaker 4 (26:57):
Those two guys we knew that couldn't really they what
mobile quarterbacks. Now you have another guy that's not quite
mobile to a run. If you have to do you
see us doing something defensive?
Speaker 1 (27:08):
I would love to see us do something differently and
from a let's show some blitzes that we haven't shown.
We have some simulated pressures that we haven't shown, because
what we've done so far to this point has not
worked consistently enough. So let's look at it. And I
know these coaches do this, this is what they do.
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Let's look at what what pressures have given the Dolphins problems.
Maybe it's an overload blitz. Maybe it's a simulated pressure.
Maybe it's what gives them problems. Maybe it's showing like
we're gonna blitz and they're dropping out the covernor so
doing just mixing up those different types of things. We
got to figure something out to do differently, because what
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they say insanity is doing something over and over again
expecting a different result.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
I would love.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
I would love to see us do something differently, and
quite frankly, I expect us to do something different.
Speaker 5 (27:58):
Yeah, we got you well in order in order for
the win we got, ever, we gotta do something. So
we know we come here for one thing and that
should win. But also while you're in Madrid, Spain, there's
little fun that has to happen, right, So this segment
it's called Madrid, this or that, right, fellas, since we Madrid,
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now it's time to have some fun.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
Let's go. Let's get it first. One, this is about
the dessert. A cheero con chocolate or testado, chierro or testada.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
I've never had either one of them. You never, man,
I'm from Cleveland, Chiros Cleveland. Man, I'm seeing as though
we're gonna do it. Cheer rolls taste tests tomorrow is good.
I'm gonna say, depending them, how you have them? They
got like so the ones I taste in Miami have
a little cinnamon tape.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
All right, all right, that's good. So Chiros wins out
on that one. Second.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
One sports, because that's the the said the two most
popular sports in Spain.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Soccer or basketball. I already know what you're gonna him on.
Speaker 4 (29:06):
So if I'm in Spain, if I'm in Spain, I'm
root for soccer because you.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Know, but you gotta picked one soccer. So I'm just
saying that if I'm here, it's soccer.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Gonna trump's basketball.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Some going with soccer, Okay, I'm a basketball guy. Yeah,
you know, I was.
Speaker 6 (29:23):
I thought I was.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
I thought I was going to the league or big
flat even go to the G League.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
He's gonna be a five to two point.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
I had hopstar. I'll say this sput fletch. But if
we're in Madrid, and.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
I wish they were, they had a football game, soccer
game while we're here, because those that atmosphere looks amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
I gotta go with soccer out here, soccer, basketball in
the states.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Geography because y'all know Spain has a beautiful geography. If
you haven't seen much of it yet, they got they
got the mountains or the beach. You've been talking about
Barcelona all day, so we're not in Barcelona.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
That's swet deferfaction, solib I want to go back to Barcelona.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
So we can't talk about the beach because we're not
in Barcelona. So I'm gonna go with the mountains. You go, okay,
you got to go to the mountains, man.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
I'm a beach guy. Yeah, I just I just remember
I'm from.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Miami, see to be let'sten tell you, I've seen the
beach all my life. But when we're somewhere where they
don't have much of that, you gotta enjoy the mountains.
Speaker 5 (30:30):
Man.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
It's been fun.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
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Speaker 2 (30:44):
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Speaker 1 (31:50):
Fandom happens here as promised, we got quarterback Marcus Mariota. Marcus,
this is your second time playing the international game. First
of all, what's it like playing in the international game? Man?
The experience of being here at Real Madrid's practice fallity,
what's that like as well?
Speaker 7 (32:04):
And unbelievable? Like this facility is incredible. And I love
these international games because like throughout the entire gamers cheering. Yeah,
you know, like how an offensive defense in the States,
like you kind of getting some different some different cheers,
but like these fans just like absolutely love the game
and they just kind of cheer all day.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
So it's fun.
Speaker 4 (32:21):
One of the things about having an experience of coming
over here is you know, being able to see different
things and explore something new. You probably don't get the
luxury to doing that because you gotta worry about a
football game. But how about just connecting with your guys,
with the fellas, you know what I mean. I heard
DQ talk about, you know, the experience of y'all going
to Arizona last year early being able to share that
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same week, the whole week you know, away from the families.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
How has this week been so far?
Speaker 4 (32:48):
No, you've only been over here two days, well one
day now, Really, how has that connection been with you
guys so far?
Speaker 7 (32:53):
Yeah, it's been great and it's a great opportunity to
organically have just dinner, you know, play cards, like just
hanging out the town together, no doubt, and I think
that's important, especially in this point of the season and
where we're at.
Speaker 6 (33:07):
It just allows that to happen naturally. And it's been
fun to be on the guests.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Is that like a welcome break to get a little
breaking Absolutely? Does that help?
Speaker 6 (33:15):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (33:15):
Yes, And you know, you know how the seasons are,
like you get to like week ten, week eleven, like
it starts to be a grind and just to kind
of get out of that same routine, same maraud, like,
you get an opportunity to experience.
Speaker 6 (33:26):
A great city. It's been good for us.
Speaker 5 (33:29):
What other question I have for you is routine? Obviously
traveling is time difference. What type of things did you
do to get back into your routine?
Speaker 6 (33:37):
Man, Yeah, it's different.
Speaker 7 (33:38):
It's different, and you know, it is nice to get
a little more sleep, the kids are you know, my
kids stay down.
Speaker 6 (33:43):
On the stat a little more rest.
Speaker 7 (33:46):
But no, it is different. You know, you don't get
to go down and lift in the gym when you
do or you know your film watching. It's all just
a little bit different. But sometimes that's good. It's good
to be able to adjust and change those things up
and at the same time are through. Our resource staff
here does an unbelievable job of setting things up so
that we can kind of find our routine.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
Again.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
Speaking of routine, how has your routine changed throughout this season?
You know, being that you've been a backup, but you
pretty much almost what you started half of the games
almost you know, this year? How has that switched from
saying that, Okay, one week I may be starting the
other week, I maybe sitting behind you know, Jayden, what
has that been like for you?
Speaker 7 (34:24):
Well, for me, I just try to take it like
I'm starting every week and that way, if this happens,
then I'm not changing really anything at all. And our
guys here, our staff, the coaching staff does a great
job of allowing those things to happen, like, Hey, I
might be I need another walk through or I need
to watch some more tape, like can you help me
with that? And they, Tavita, David and all those guys
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in the Cortborck room, they do an awesome job of
allowing me to do that, and that way, the transition
is pretty seamless this year.
Speaker 1 (34:55):
This is your tenth end of the league. You've come out,
you know, Heisman Trophy, won a number two overall draft pick.
You've had some trials and tribulations that you're going through
through your your career. As you look at this season,
there's been some rough spots for the team. How have
you been able to kind of talk to the team
about these experiences and try to get you guys back
on the winning way.
Speaker 7 (35:16):
Well, I think I can relate with like everybody in
the team. I've been a starter, I've been a backup,
I've been hurt, I've won a playoff game, you know.
So I feel like everybody in that locker room I
can sit down and have a conversation with and there's
a lot of value in that. And at the same time,
when guys have questions that they feel maybe they can't
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talk to a coach about or hey, I don't know
if I can ask that, like, they come to me,
and I feel like that's one it's a great responsibility,
but one that I'm very thankful for, and I just
do my best to be transparent and honest and give
those guys whatever kind of support they need.
Speaker 4 (35:53):
How much has this game slowed down for you, man.
I mean I'm looking at you out there playing this game.
As you know, some of us came into the league
playing with just so much fire behind everything that you're
doing out there running the football. Your RPO game is
sick throwing the.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
Football, Like.
Speaker 4 (36:13):
We all quietly tell ourselves, Man, it's a blessing to
have this guy on our team, you know, to be
able to be a back up.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
You know, how is it?
Speaker 3 (36:21):
Man?
Speaker 4 (36:22):
Because I just know I've seen so many other I
guess you could say vets at that position just look
phenomenal just late in that game and used to to me.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
I feel like you got about.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
First of all, I appreciate all those words. Man. No,
I think what it comes down to it is like
I just feel a lot. I feel comfortable. I feel
confident in this system.
Speaker 7 (36:44):
DQ breinges that into everybody, and for me, I come
to a point of my career where I just want
to enjoy it. You know, you don't really know how
long you got in this game. And I think early
on in my career I was so worried about trying
to be perfect and like, hey, I got to be this.
Speaker 6 (37:00):
I gotta you know, I got to help this.
Speaker 7 (37:02):
Franchise out and like some of that stuff has been
not necessarily stripped away, but it's just like you know,
at the end of the day, like I can't control
those things and I can just go out there and play.
Speaker 6 (37:10):
And it's been a lot of fun and I really
enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yeah, think about fun. We had the real Madrid facility.
How fun is that? Like, what's your what's your experience
with like soccer? Man, Like, this is pretty cool.
Speaker 6 (37:22):
This is sick and I grew up playing soccer.
Speaker 7 (37:25):
My brother is actually he's here with us in Madrid
and he's like the biggest soccer fan.
Speaker 6 (37:29):
He's like, yo, you're going to real.
Speaker 7 (37:35):
So no, this is this is cool And and then
we talked about it too, like football provides an unbelievable
experience and it's it's really becoming like a global thing.
And to be a part of that, to be the
inaugural game here is a special opportunity.
Speaker 5 (37:48):
That is true is a global game and you guys
aren't representing the NFL over here in Spain.
Speaker 2 (37:53):
That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (37:54):
Man. One of the one of the things with the
Players Club is we try to learn about the player
being off the field to man as a quarterback. I
tell people playing quarterback in the NFL that's the hardest
position in sports. Like, there's not a position this person's
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going to inter he gotta he gotta make it by
him some kind of for you, how are you able
to like decompress and what do you like to do
off the field just to kind of have fun or whatever?
Speaker 6 (38:27):
No doubt.
Speaker 7 (38:27):
I think now that I'm a dad, I think that
has been my way is just kind of relaxing.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
That the hardest job, no doubt.
Speaker 7 (38:34):
I tell people all the time that's actually my real
job is going home. But no, my kids, like they
could care less if you throw three touchdowns or three picks,
Like they just want to see that, so you ready,
no doubt. So that that perspective has kind of always
been good for me. And then second, I love golf.
So I love to play golf. That's kind of my
little getaway. And I wouldn't say I'm very good, but
(38:54):
I just like being outside and competing.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
Yeah, play with be mitch Man, you know Ben scratch golf.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
No, come on, we gotta we got a couple of
guys that that we all play with London. They can
play too.
Speaker 4 (39:05):
Oh, what are some of the things man, going into
this game and up here, you know, we got the
Dolphins coming in off of win, and you know, like
I said, we're still searching, We're still clawn, we're still
fighting trying to get one, just to get into this
bye week with something good, with a good taste. I
guess you can say, what are some of the things
you're gonna tell those guys in a huddle, you know,
come Sunday.
Speaker 6 (39:22):
Man, it's about us.
Speaker 7 (39:24):
It's about us, and when it comes down to it,
like when we function and when we excel and we
are our best, nothing nothing can stop us. But when
we're out there and we're hurting ourselves, whether it's negative players,
whether it's sacks or turnovers, like now, we're really putting
ourselves behind the eight ball. So that's kind of been
the message all week. It's just kind of it's about us,
and at the end of the day, I think if
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we can do that and focus on that, we'll take
care of business.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
Last question, We've had guys talk about what's it like
playing for d Q. When I first met him, when
he got hired, he talked to me like I had
played for all Like man, I would have loved to
have a coach like, what's it like playing.
Speaker 7 (40:01):
For DQ oh Special Special, And throughout my career I
played for a few different head coaches. So but I
think just an unbelievable person. But he's going to get
the best out of you, and he knows kind of
what buttons to push. And I think that's what's been
most impressive for me being around him for these last
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couple of seasons, is he's going to get the best
out of you, and sometimes he believes in you more
than even believe in yourself.
Speaker 6 (40:29):
And I appreciate that about him.
Speaker 1 (40:31):
Marcus, We appreciate you coming on the Players Club that
a dude coming to you from Madrid.
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Speaker 2 (41:03):
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Speaker 2 (00:26):
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Speaker 1 (00:28):
In Madrid at the James Joyce in front of a
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Speaker 2 (00:34):
Yeah, hell yeah. Tell us how are you feeling about
being out here?
Speaker 3 (00:41):
I'm feeling good, man. I thank you.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
Know that's one of the things I've been looking forward
to because I'm one of those guys that don't travel
a lot. Yeah, but when I do, I like to
take full advantage of it. So first day here having
nothing much yet killing its but but holler let me tomorrow.
I'm gonna tell you how I fit man.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
I love it man.
Speaker 5 (01:00):
The weather it's nice and seeing him is good. The
food is excellent. I'm enjoying myself.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
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Speaker 1 (01:05):
Can y'all tell us what the people what they can
expect from today's episode.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
We're checking.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
Man.
Speaker 4 (01:10):
You know, it's week eleven and we got the Dolphins
up here. They the home team, Yeah, but we got
the home crowd that followed us. So we're gonna talk
big noise about what we're gonna do this week.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Man.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
We get living up here and Spain against the Dolphins.
Speaker 5 (01:21):
And you know what, like we do always, we got
to talk about our favorite memories because I'm quite sure
we all have made plays against these Dolphins.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
So we're gonna look back at some of our favorite memories. Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
And guess what, man, we got a special guests on
the show, man, none other than our qb our fearless
leader right now, none other than Mariota marioda man gonna
be on the show exigning man.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
All right, man, fellas, it's time to get this show started.
Speaker 3 (01:45):
Let's get it all right.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
Man.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
It's the first ever game day in Madrid, comand it's
a Dolphins playing that game.
Speaker 2 (01:52):
First NFL game in Madrid. Yep.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I never had an opportunity playing in an international game. Yeah,
I know, Santana you playing one in the preseason Blue
you played in one as well. What what does it
mean to be able to be here and playing this
uh be here for this game. For me, I think
it's just unbelievable.
Speaker 5 (02:11):
But we could be part of the organization, and us
who came with the organization can be part of us.
The expansion of the NFL, obviously coming to Madrid, being
in Spain, a new fan base. I think it's exciting
for our organization and the league. I mean, because they
know about soccer, what they call football football, and I'm
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glad to really be.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Able to show these fans what it's all about.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
You know, it's big for I think for the league
as a whole.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
One of the things we've been doing all season Loan
is building up that I guess you could say when
it comes to just what we're trying to do internationally,
you know, you know, we've been growing the game. We've
been everywhere, we've been brought in, you know, letting, let
letting Europe know what we're about. And I'm pretty sure
to say the first time, you know, they had this experience.
(03:02):
But I think this year has been the first time
you've seen week after week after has been so well somewhere.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
And they've been some good games over here, great good games.
I'll say this slow finished.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
You know, not to cut you off flesh, It just
it just makes me wonder. You know, how far can
they go with this?
Speaker 2 (03:22):
You know what I mean?
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Do we see a team out here one day? You know,
I think it could be done because.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
I can see, I can see London, Berlin was not
even but dread.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I think the only thing is you have to you
have to be careful on how far from a travel standpoint,
you know, but.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
From that's what I'm saying. You see the l A
or something right.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
London, I mean they played more games in London than
anywhere else.
Speaker 2 (03:51):
I say this.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
I've been looking forward to this game ever since it
was announced that we're going to have an international game,
knowing that I've never had that in the international experience.
I know it was an opportunity for us as a
former players to really we can't do anything on the field, right,
but we can help grow the game being out here
(04:13):
amongst the public, you know, making sure we're connecting they're
connecting with us. We had opportunity to get interviewed by
some some local media here and I was impressed by
how those guys, how much they knew about our careers.
So it's gonna be out standing man, I'm excited Blue,
you played in the international game in London?
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Yeah, what was what was that? Like? Man?
Speaker 5 (04:36):
It was actually was it was London And it was
crazy because the funny thing about it when they first
showed up to the game, everybody had all like all
different type of jerseys at that time, right, and it
was like, obviously I was there with New England, so
they had a whole It was okay, I was with
New England versus our Tampa Bay so there was a
lot of TV twelve jerseys, but.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
They had like Lonch Tailors, Walter Payton's. They were just
fans of the sports.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
Game was going back and one thing I noticed, Man,
they didn't sit down. They were cheering the whole time.
So it was like, man, these people are really into it.
They loved the game. And it was just like and
you could tell afterwards at the buses and everything, people
wait for autographs and different things.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
It was a great experience all week.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
Now we knew it was all about business when we
went there, but it was just like it was a
brush of fresh air to go away from at that
time Boston over to London and just see how the
world appreciates the NFL.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
Yeah, I mean we played in Tokyo and the long
trip a long flight.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
That was a long flight, but also it was in
the preseason and it was I think it was it
was perfect for us at that particular time in the
in our sport. It was in two thousand and three.
So this thing about how far that was, you know,
and that goes that's just goes to show you how
long we've been doing this, you understand, Like so this
game we've been throwing darts at you know.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
The europe Yeah, like everyone all over the world like.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Hey man, this is this I mean, and it's crazy
because I was just I was in Germany with the
NFL in twenty twenty two on a tour to different
army bases doing the Super Bowl, bringing cheer to them,
bringing joy of them supporting the Super Bowl, and we
end up watching the game with one of.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
The bases, and I didn't understand.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
I didn't.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
I didn't know at the time that the game is.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
The latest you know what right over there, And I'm like, wow,
people are really up watching this game and this time
of morning, right And what I found out is a
lot of them they have to go.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
To work that day next day.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
A lot of them was off.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
They didn't have to worry about coming on today, so
they got a free day to watch the game and
be able to sleep in.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
So they give them the day all got the next day.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
So that's big.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
What we going to adopt that in America? Yeah? Man,
when do we adopt that in the States? I'm saying
a lot unspoken rule that nobody goes work. Actually, we
got to think about it.
Speaker 3 (06:59):
They're watching in that game at three four o'clock in
the morning.
Speaker 4 (07:03):
It was just it was just it was a difference, man,
like to actually be over there and experience it. But
I can say this, man, I'm I'm I'm very intrigued
with just knowing that I'm over here now at a
different capacity, you know, being able to come over here now,
following this team, covering this team now and not having
to worry about the playing side of it. You know,
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it gives me something to look forward to, you know,
just to go out there and you know, enjoy the experience,
enjoy some good football played by my hometown team, you know,
my Miami guy, and then watching we don't.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Want to play too good.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
That's just my hometown team.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
He's saying my favorite team.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
I said my hometown exactly. So y'all know who I am.
I'm you know, burging in gold.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Baby.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Hey, that's a perfect transition to what we're about to
do now. Memories against the Dolphins. Tanner, you and I
both was in the NFC East, and if you were drafted,
I mean AFC East, you were drafted by the New
York JE spent three years over there. I played in
Buffalo for five seasons. The Dolphins was considered our our rival.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Blue.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I know you you started out. I played it a
couple of times. You started your brea. You started your
career in AFC. Memories against the Dolphins.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
I know you.
Speaker 2 (08:26):
You got memories.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Memories.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Man, It's crazy because my first year as a rookie,
I didn't play my first game until Week twelve. I
got hurt right out the gate. I got hurt in
training camp. I told my latteral moniscus on my left
left knee. And my first game that season was week
twelve back at home in Miami.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
Yeah, like, how could you kind of like, you know,
scripping stripping any better?
Speaker 4 (08:53):
But unfortunately I wasn't sent to them, right, I was
somebody else out there. I was out there trying to
get I was the one leg at most you know
what I mean, I don't know who I was, but it.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
Didn't pan out the way I wanted to be.
Speaker 4 (09:05):
That was my first game, so I actually got a
chance to play my first game against the Dolphins. My
first every NFL game was against the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
I did nothing. I did did the squad.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
But at the end of the day, uh, most of
my my years of playing them, man, I had to success.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
And I remember just going to some dB.
Speaker 4 (09:25):
Talk about against Sam Madison past certain I mean Thomas
and uh Jason Taylor.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Them guys.
Speaker 4 (09:34):
Was man, look talk about one of the best of
the I mean defenses every level, A key guy that
you can like call out and say that was phenomenal
at at what they did at they position.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
I have some big days.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
I had a couple of games where I had one
hundred yards, some touchdowns.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
But you got to show off against your home Yeah,
team got so for me.
Speaker 5 (09:56):
My uh, my second year in the league. I know
it was my rookie in the league or second in
the league. We played I was in Seattle. We played
Miami in the playoffs and it had a guy. That
was that when they came to y'all, they came to us.
They came to us, and they had Damn Marino and
I was running my damn mouth talking crazy.
Speaker 2 (10:16):
Now one of my.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
Favorite receivers that I ever had a set, one of
the most underrated guys with God named Tony Martin Santantam.
Speaker 2 (10:24):
I remember that name.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
He was unbelievable, right, And I'm out there talking crazy
to Damn Marino and not know him better.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Man, Damn Marino lit me up in the thirty fourth court.
I set my mom welcome. Did they wint that good?
They won that game.
Speaker 5 (10:39):
It was a close game, but I just remember Damn Marino.
He was just throwing dots out there. If you ain't
putting no pressure on him, he was out there, still
had it arm, He's still doing it.
Speaker 2 (10:48):
But that was my That was my moment of like, Wow,
it's getting real. N Marino. Bab Yeah, man, I have.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
I have a lot of memories against the Dolphins, just
having spent time in the NFC.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
I mean a f C East. I'm gonna start with
a with a great memory.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
So you know, I'm gonna start with a you had
a wildcat win, so I'm first time I played the Dolphins,
not the first time, first time I played him as
a starter.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
It since Saint Louis and they had this.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
They were talking junk going into the coming into that game, right,
and this was old one. We're the greatest show on turf.
I forgot what our record was. But one of the
defensive linemen, I think it was Keith Trail or somebody
like they're gonna lock the they gonna lock the dome
up and do whatever they want to do with us
and whatever, talking jump, yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
The best offense. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:44):
And they had this full back. I didn't like his
body language on film. He used to just think he
was like this dog had the curriculum type of stuff.
Was one of them guys talking about they full back. Okay,
so I'm like, man, I can't wait to get my
hands on him. Oh you want to show him with
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the big dog Listen early in the game because he
used to try to do all that kind of extra
stuff in flex.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
He tried to lead up on me.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Man, don't I don't hit him with a couple of
right left hooks, slam my body, slam him to the ground.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
I didn't got to digging his eyes out.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
Dirty.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
I got a fifteen yard penalty, But what that was about.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
That was a message like y'all not gonna come into
our building to do anything against something.
Speaker 2 (12:38):
And I still put it work. Had a pick in
the end zone.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
Also had a force fumble in the red zone. But
my my, the game that's most memorable to me against
the Dolphins. I'm playing with the bells now my late wife.
At this point in time, we were off and on,
off and on in the relationship. At this point in time,
she had moved from Cleveland to Miami. We're doing an
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off stage, but we go down there to play Miami.
But we go out to dinner, right, go out to
the Olive Guard, spending had had I had a routine, Okay,
go to the Olive Guard. I have a hell of
a game. I think I had like two sacks. I
think a sack safety right, I don't know how many tackles,
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I promise you, Man, during that game, after that balled,
I'll say, man, I'm about to marry her.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
I'm not married this lady. That so, man, that's that's
my memory against offense.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
That's what's up, man.
Speaker 4 (13:42):
You know, you can talk about our memories all day
against those guys.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
But right now we're not playing.
Speaker 4 (13:48):
Yeah, right now, we're covering this team and we're talking
about this team. So we're here now in Madrid Wik
eleven and that's who's our matchup?
Speaker 3 (13:57):
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Speaker 4 (14:01):
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Speaker 3 (14:07):
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Speaker 2 (14:10):
Feel us.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
We got the Miami Dolphins in this week. You love
and match up. What are some of the things we
have to do collectively?
Speaker 4 (14:17):
I mean when I say collectively, I'm talking about offense,
defense and special teams to be successful.
Speaker 5 (14:24):
Can I say something as we started about the preview
for Miami got the same records, but it don't feel
like the two same teams.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
Don't feel like we should be in the same motives.
What do you come here? That's one of us coming
there like we're a much better team. So you know what.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
I like these moments though. I like when one team
is coming on a high note. Yeah, because they just
got a high They just.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
Want to to beat the Bills rightfully, South, you shouldn't
come in like like.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
You're a world beata.
Speaker 4 (14:48):
But that's what I want a Dolphins team at because
what I've what I've seen from a Dolphins all year long,
they don't play like that. They don't play like that consistently.
And if we can go out there play the kind
of game that we've been yearning and yearning for these
guys to play, we can really get these guys. Man,
we really have a big chance of getting these guys.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
So so my my my points to going into the
game Tanner is one, they don't have a good rush defense.
I think they're ranked twenty six in the league, and
that's where our strong point. I think we can run
the ball on them, and I impose our will. We've
we got Logan talking about we have the tight ends
coming on, so I think that, you know, we'll be
able to run twelve and thirteen personnel and be able
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to run the ball. So I think that's a key,
being able to establish that first or second down run on. Defensively,
it's gonna be interesting because we got some guys banged up,
you know, so we're gonna have some We're gonna have Hamilton,
we have Igman. I mean, we're gonna have Mikey in
the slot. So it's gonna be interesting to see what
happens in the back end now that we got all
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these new faces, new players got step up. All we're
gonna play man all we're gonna plays on and special teams.
You know, Miami is a hard fought team. The team
we're gonna have to it's gonna it may come down
who wins the field position. Because their defense against Buffalo
was great and they jumped out on Buffalo early. So
you can't not have a good special teams player.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
When I look at at this game against the Dolphins,
youre talking about what are the keys to have a
success against them. Two things we gotta we gotta x
out A Shane. That's hern A Shane. They're they're they're
running back. He's an explosive, dynamic football player. And I
say football player because he's gonna get the ball. He's
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gonna get a bunch of touches in the running game,
but he also is gonna get touches in the receiving game.
So you have to limit him, can't allow him to
have a bunch of explosive plays against you. He's the
He's the guy that I feel like we take away
that now that really kind of limits their play action
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past the game or maybe it's not as effective.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
So we do that.
Speaker 1 (17:00):
Then from a from an officer standpoint, Blue, you just
touched on him. We got to be able to run
the ball. We have to be able to run the ball,
because for one, if we're able to run the football,
it's gonna keep us ahead of the change and it
will keep us out of those third long situations. You
live in the world of third and longs. Against this
Dubtas defense, they dial up a lot of blitz it's
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a lot of pressures. They're one of the top teams
and bringing blitzes against you. So those two things, I
think those are the keys to us.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
One of this guys, I.
Speaker 4 (17:31):
Love the fact that you bring up slowing down a chain.
I think another guy that we have to slow down
is you know, to attom to head ahead of the stake.
So so how he goes, the team goes offensively. But
leaning to this game, we got dq taking over the defense.
What do you see, how can he be effective or
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how can he just shift some of the things that
we're doing right now defensive because I think defensively we
show signs earlier this year being dominant, but we we
we kind of lost our way a little bit. Yeah,
do you think d Q could come in there and
bring that back for us?
Speaker 2 (18:09):
I think so. Obviously.
Speaker 5 (18:11):
You know, Joe Whitt was the change from the booze
coming to the sideline that wasn't effective, And it ultimately
comes down to DQ. You heard him say that it
all falls back on me. So I think with the
head coach and Lennon you touched on it earlier. DQ
is a proven play caller, defensive play caller. He's been
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in every situation and nothing. And I don't want to
disrespect jo w and take anything from Joe Whip, but
DQ has done that and maybe that spark of being
a head coach and you know, just his history of
play calling in.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
A time when we need something different.
Speaker 5 (18:48):
Sometimes it's like people be like whatever it takes the change.
Speaker 2 (18:55):
So I'm hoping that that that happens.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Here's here's a thing though, Joe where he was, he was,
he was handcuffed by the personnelity do the injuries and
all that stuff. Now when you when you make a
change like this, it puts more of a spotlight on
the players. You can say, hey, maybe we wanted doing
it the way we needed to do. Dan Quinn, who's
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been a proven defensive coordinator at multiple places, we know
his pedigreement. So if we're still not getting it dumb,
there will be a light shined brighter on the players. Yeah,
so there's a sense of urgency that has to take place,
not saying that it wasn't there before, but I think
it's even brighter, it's even magnified because all right, we'd
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have made this change at the coordinator. Eventually, it's gonna
have to come down to the players going out of
executing their job and doing it at a high level,
regardless of whatever the call is. If I go out
and execute at a high level, each one of them,
each one of us do our one eleven to give
us our best opportunity to win that down, That's what
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it's gonna take.
Speaker 4 (20:05):
I've been that kind of guy from day one when
it comes to this game. I think we've all played
in those games where we can all point the finger
at coaches, but at the end of the day, were
the one that's out there playing.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Yep.
Speaker 4 (20:16):
So brother, they put us in a situation to be
successful or not. We had the right to go out
there and still make a play. That's called overcoming coaching.
You know, we have a guy in Mariota. That man,
he was still the sets of time. I mean he's
in what tenth year, still excelling at the position as
a quarterback.
Speaker 3 (20:35):
Now is more of a backup.
Speaker 4 (20:36):
But we've seen so much from this guy this year
being able to lead to him for our offense that
it makes you catch your head, like, what do we
need to see from him in this Dolphense matchup for
us to be successful offensively and lead us to victory.
Speaker 2 (20:51):
I've said a lot of what we've already seen from him.
Speaker 1 (20:54):
Yeah, when you look at Marcus in the four games
that he's already started, when he's had the full week
of prep, full week of working with the receivers all
week long, he's played good football. He's done enough to
give us opportunities and chances to win the football game
or win win the game like he did against the Raiders,
gave us a great opportunity against the Falcons on the road.
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He came out hot against the Kansas City Chiefs. But
it comes down to can we do enough around him?
Can he can we play comblinary football? Can the defense
make it not having to be a shootout. Can the
run game excel to where we're not having to go
to a drop back game. You want to be at
a steal, have to run, fist to run, have the
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run game at your disposed disposal, the play action passes,
the r p os the zone reason where he's really
good at.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
That's where that's what we he excels.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
And I think if we're able to get that from him,
he doesn't have to go out and be Superman or
do anything more than he already has done.
Speaker 4 (21:58):
Yeah, last week against Buffalo Bills, they gave up a
lot in the passing game. They gave up a ball
I think almost over three hundred some yards in the
passing game, and Buffalo wasn't successful in the run game.
One of the things that I've been wanting to see
all this year from US is a balance attack. Yep,
you know it don't necessarily have to be lopsided on
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any side. I just want to see something balanced as
b But also with being balanced, you have to have
a rhythm, you understand, So what do we have to
do offensively to establish that rhythm, establish that flow offensively,
or either be effective in the run or the pass game.
Speaker 5 (22:34):
Well, I think for the most part, like we said,
it starts with the guys up front and being able
to run the ball, because if you know, if you
get behind the change, it can get bad against any
defense you get thirty seven players got to you gotta
stay ahead of the change. And to be fair, sometimes
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we get out of rhythm when you don't have guys
who can win the one on one battles. We talked
about Seattle, we talked about Detroit. They knocked our rhythm
off because they got after and they was able to
cover us when we decide that we're gonna run the
ball and we can establish a run. That then we
started to dictate the people versus people dictating to us.
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So I think I think it all starts with that mentality.
Let's let's do what other personality, let's dictate to them.
Second of all, I like the fact that Marcus when
he's been in there, he has the improvise. Like there's
one play I can remember all year that was one
of the most amazing players I seen is when he
scrambled out against Seattle and threw it to turf back
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over there.
Speaker 2 (23:39):
I was like, sometimes you need something like that.
Speaker 4 (23:43):
Is at the play when he fumbled the ball and
when he scrambled and ran with it from the r
field and.
Speaker 3 (23:49):
He jumped over. He thought he was young and the ball. Look,
I can live with that.
Speaker 4 (23:54):
We turned over the ball, but I saw something in
our backup quarterback is back.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Up at this point inn On, we called him like
he's a starter. He started started off with he'll.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
Be starting half the games on definitely starts elsewhere, but
I'm just saying, like for us, being that he was
our backup at the time and made a play that
significant to the game, even with him fumbling the ball,
I was I was like, Man, I was in it
all because I'm like, look this this We need that
from a quarterback.
Speaker 3 (24:23):
We need that from somebody that's walked the team.
Speaker 2 (24:26):
And we turned on.
Speaker 3 (24:27):
He came back and won that game.
Speaker 4 (24:29):
So it didn't affect us in a bad way, but
it just showed the team man, that we have that
in our backup quarterback.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
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Speaker 2 (25:01):
All right, what is the ticket to get it a
win versus Miami? I think on it.
Speaker 5 (25:10):
I think our offense is going to be productive because
Marcus has shown that he can take the game plan
that Cliffs have given him. I think the ticket is
no explosive place.
Speaker 2 (25:20):
Man. I don't care who's in there.
Speaker 5 (25:21):
And if you and I starts with Tanning, you mentioned
getting off the tour. They got Waddle, another young boy
on our side. I think it's Watt's a receiver that
they got some guys that can really run that A
lot of might not be a household.
Speaker 2 (25:33):
Name, but they both didn't fly. You can't give up
explosive plays.
Speaker 5 (25:36):
Keep everything in front of keep, don't get, don't get
out of your gap with a Chankers. He's explosive. Let's
not give up explosive plays. I think our offense will
score points, but that don't beat ourselves by.
Speaker 3 (25:49):
Giving up easy.
Speaker 4 (25:50):
It's all about making a one dimension and that's tour
tour runs that train.
Speaker 3 (25:55):
I don't care about a chain. I don't care about waddle.
I don't care about.
Speaker 4 (25:58):
Anything they do defensively, even if they've been effectively defensively.
Speaker 3 (26:02):
If you kill the head of the snake, the defense
will go numb too. So we have to get the tour.
We have to rattle Tour.
Speaker 4 (26:10):
If I see Tour standing up that white jersey ain't
on his back, It's gonna be.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
A long day for us.
Speaker 2 (26:20):
I'm gonna say this. I think it's two things.
Speaker 1 (26:23):
First of all, we gotta we gotta knock out the
run game against them. We gotta we gotta stop their
run game, which is keeping.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
A chain in check.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
And then secondly, whatever it takes, we have to get
pressure on Tour, which is, as you mentioned, the head
of this uh of this snake.
Speaker 4 (26:41):
Hey, you know what I want to ask you. Do
you see us doing something different than what we did
in the past with our these quarterback because we donna
face Sam Donald, Sam Donald who had last week.
Speaker 2 (26:53):
Uh he was upright to uh Jared Jared Golf.
Speaker 4 (26:57):
Those two guys we knew that couldn't really they what
mobile quarterbacks. Now you have another guy that's not quite
mobile to a run. If you have to do you
see us doing something defensive?
Speaker 1 (27:08):
I would love to see us do something differently and
from a let's show some blitzes that we haven't shown.
We have some simulated pressures that we haven't shown, because
what we've done so far to this point has not
worked consistently enough. So let's look at it. And I
know these coaches do this, this is what they do.
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Let's look at what what pressures have given the Dolphins problems.
Maybe it's an overload blitz. Maybe it's a simulated pressure.
Maybe it's what gives them problems. Maybe it's showing like
we're gonna blitz and they're dropping out the covernor so
doing just mixing up those different types of things. We
got to figure something out to do differently, because what
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they say insanity is doing something over and over again
expecting a different result.
Speaker 2 (27:53):
I would love.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
I would love to see us do something differently, and
quite frankly, I expect us to do something different.
Speaker 5 (27:58):
Yeah, we got you well in order in order for
the win we got, ever, we gotta do something. So
we know we come here for one thing and that
should win. But also while you're in Madrid, Spain, there's
little fun that has to happen, right, So this segment
it's called Madrid, this or that, right, fellas, since we Madrid,
(28:20):
now it's time to have some fun.
Speaker 2 (28:21):
Let's go. Let's get it first. One, this is about
the dessert. A cheero con chocolate or testado, chierro or testada.
Speaker 1 (28:32):
I've never had either one of them. You never, man,
I'm from Cleveland, Chiros Cleveland. Man, I'm seeing as though
we're gonna do it. Cheer rolls taste tests tomorrow is good.
I'm gonna say, depending them, how you have them? They
got like so the ones I taste in Miami have
a little cinnamon tape.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
All right, all right, that's good. So Chiros wins out
on that one. Second.
Speaker 5 (28:57):
One sports, because that's the the said the two most
popular sports in Spain.
Speaker 2 (29:03):
Soccer or basketball. I already know what you're gonna him on.
Speaker 4 (29:06):
So if I'm in Spain, if I'm in Spain, I'm
root for soccer because you.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
Know, but you gotta picked one soccer. So I'm just
saying that if I'm here, it's soccer.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Gonna trump's basketball.
Speaker 2 (29:16):
Some going with soccer, Okay, I'm a basketball guy. Yeah,
you know, I was.
Speaker 6 (29:23):
I thought I was.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
I thought I was going to the league or big
flat even go to the G League.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
He's gonna be a five to two point.
Speaker 2 (29:34):
I had hopstar. I'll say this sput fletch. But if
we're in Madrid, and.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
I wish they were, they had a football game, soccer
game while we're here, because those that atmosphere looks amazing.
Speaker 2 (29:49):
I gotta go with soccer out here, soccer, basketball in
the states.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Geography because y'all know Spain has a beautiful geography. If
you haven't seen much of it yet, they got they
got the mountains or the beach. You've been talking about
Barcelona all day, so we're not in Barcelona.
Speaker 1 (30:08):
That's swet deferfaction, solib I want to go back to Barcelona.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
So we can't talk about the beach because we're not
in Barcelona. So I'm gonna go with the mountains. You go, okay,
you got to go to the mountains, man.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
I'm a beach guy. Yeah, I just I just remember
I'm from.
Speaker 3 (30:23):
Miami, see to be let'sten tell you, I've seen the
beach all my life. But when we're somewhere where they
don't have much of that, you gotta enjoy the mountains.
Speaker 5 (30:30):
Man.
Speaker 2 (30:31):
It's been fun.
Speaker 1 (30:32):
We had we had James George pub live commanding fans
in the building. Yes, this has been amazing, amazing time places, the.
Speaker 2 (30:44):
Atmosphere is great.
Speaker 4 (30:56):
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Speaker 2 (31:48):
In the nation's capital.
Speaker 1 (31:50):
Fandom happens here as promised, we got quarterback Marcus Mariota. Marcus,
this is your second time playing the international game. First
of all, what's it like playing in the international game? Man?
The experience of being here at Real Madrid's practice fallity,
what's that like as well?
Speaker 7 (32:04):
And unbelievable? Like this facility is incredible. And I love
these international games because like throughout the entire gamers cheering. Yeah,
you know, like how an offensive defense in the States,
like you kind of getting some different some different cheers,
but like these fans just like absolutely love the game
and they just kind of cheer all day.
Speaker 6 (32:20):
So it's fun.
Speaker 4 (32:21):
One of the things about having an experience of coming
over here is you know, being able to see different
things and explore something new. You probably don't get the
luxury to doing that because you gotta worry about a
football game. But how about just connecting with your guys,
with the fellas, you know what I mean. I heard
DQ talk about, you know, the experience of y'all going
to Arizona last year early being able to share that
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same week, the whole week you know, away from the families.
Speaker 3 (32:46):
How has this week been so far?
Speaker 4 (32:48):
No, you've only been over here two days, well one
day now, Really, how has that connection been with you
guys so far?
Speaker 7 (32:53):
Yeah, it's been great and it's a great opportunity to
organically have just dinner, you know, play cards, like just
hanging out the town together, no doubt, and I think
that's important, especially in this point of the season and
where we're at.
Speaker 6 (33:07):
It just allows that to happen naturally. And it's been
fun to be on the guests.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Is that like a welcome break to get a little
breaking Absolutely? Does that help?
Speaker 6 (33:15):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (33:15):
Yes, And you know, you know how the seasons are,
like you get to like week ten, week eleven, like
it starts to be a grind and just to kind
of get out of that same routine, same maraud, like,
you get an opportunity to experience.
Speaker 6 (33:26):
A great city. It's been good for us.
Speaker 5 (33:29):
What other question I have for you is routine? Obviously
traveling is time difference. What type of things did you
do to get back into your routine?
Speaker 6 (33:37):
Man, Yeah, it's different.
Speaker 7 (33:38):
It's different, and you know, it is nice to get
a little more sleep, the kids are you know, my
kids stay down.
Speaker 6 (33:43):
On the stat a little more rest.
Speaker 7 (33:46):
But no, it is different. You know, you don't get
to go down and lift in the gym when you
do or you know your film watching. It's all just
a little bit different. But sometimes that's good. It's good
to be able to adjust and change those things up
and at the same time are through. Our resource staff
here does an unbelievable job of setting things up so
that we can kind of find our routine.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
Again.
Speaker 4 (34:05):
Speaking of routine, how has your routine changed throughout this season?
You know, being that you've been a backup, but you
pretty much almost what you started half of the games
almost you know, this year? How has that switched from
saying that, Okay, one week I may be starting the
other week, I maybe sitting behind you know, Jayden, what
has that been like for you?
Speaker 7 (34:24):
Well, for me, I just try to take it like
I'm starting every week and that way, if this happens,
then I'm not changing really anything at all. And our
guys here, our staff, the coaching staff does a great
job of allowing those things to happen, like, Hey, I
might be I need another walk through or I need
to watch some more tape, like can you help me
with that? And they, Tavita, David and all those guys
(34:45):
in the Cortborck room, they do an awesome job of
allowing me to do that, and that way, the transition
is pretty seamless this year.
Speaker 1 (34:55):
This is your tenth end of the league. You've come out,
you know, Heisman Trophy, won a number two overall draft pick.
You've had some trials and tribulations that you're going through
through your your career. As you look at this season,
there's been some rough spots for the team. How have
you been able to kind of talk to the team
about these experiences and try to get you guys back
on the winning way.
Speaker 7 (35:16):
Well, I think I can relate with like everybody in
the team. I've been a starter, I've been a backup,
I've been hurt, I've won a playoff game, you know.
So I feel like everybody in that locker room I
can sit down and have a conversation with and there's
a lot of value in that. And at the same time,
when guys have questions that they feel maybe they can't
(35:37):
talk to a coach about or hey, I don't know
if I can ask that, like, they come to me,
and I feel like that's one it's a great responsibility,
but one that I'm very thankful for, and I just
do my best to be transparent and honest and give
those guys whatever kind of support they need.
Speaker 4 (35:53):
How much has this game slowed down for you, man.
I mean I'm looking at you out there playing this game.
As you know, some of us came into the league
playing with just so much fire behind everything that you're
doing out there running the football. Your RPO game is
sick throwing the.
Speaker 3 (36:09):
Football, Like.
Speaker 4 (36:13):
We all quietly tell ourselves, Man, it's a blessing to
have this guy on our team, you know, to be
able to be a back up.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
You know, how is it?
Speaker 3 (36:21):
Man?
Speaker 4 (36:22):
Because I just know I've seen so many other I
guess you could say vets at that position just look
phenomenal just late in that game and used to to me.
Speaker 3 (36:31):
I feel like you got about.
Speaker 6 (36:34):
First of all, I appreciate all those words. Man. No,
I think what it comes down to it is like
I just feel a lot. I feel comfortable. I feel
confident in this system.
Speaker 7 (36:44):
DQ breinges that into everybody, and for me, I come
to a point of my career where I just want
to enjoy it. You know, you don't really know how
long you got in this game. And I think early
on in my career I was so worried about trying
to be perfect and like, hey, I got to be this.
Speaker 6 (37:00):
I gotta you know, I got to help this.
Speaker 7 (37:02):
Franchise out and like some of that stuff has been
not necessarily stripped away, but it's just like you know,
at the end of the day, like I can't control
those things and I can just go out there and play.
Speaker 6 (37:10):
And it's been a lot of fun and I really
enjoyed it.
Speaker 2 (37:12):
Yeah, think about fun. We had the real Madrid facility.
How fun is that? Like, what's your what's your experience
with like soccer? Man, Like, this is pretty cool.
Speaker 6 (37:22):
This is sick and I grew up playing soccer.
Speaker 7 (37:25):
My brother is actually he's here with us in Madrid
and he's like the biggest soccer fan.
Speaker 6 (37:29):
He's like, yo, you're going to real.
Speaker 7 (37:35):
So no, this is this is cool And and then
we talked about it too, like football provides an unbelievable
experience and it's it's really becoming like a global thing.
And to be a part of that, to be the
inaugural game here is a special opportunity.
Speaker 5 (37:48):
That is true is a global game and you guys
aren't representing the NFL over here in Spain.
Speaker 2 (37:53):
That's awesome.
Speaker 1 (37:54):
Man. One of the one of the things with the
Players Club is we try to learn about the player
being off the field to man as a quarterback. I
tell people playing quarterback in the NFL that's the hardest
position in sports. Like, there's not a position this person's
(38:16):
going to inter he gotta he gotta make it by
him some kind of for you, how are you able
to like decompress and what do you like to do
off the field just to kind of have fun or whatever?
Speaker 6 (38:27):
No doubt.
Speaker 7 (38:27):
I think now that I'm a dad, I think that
has been my way is just kind of relaxing.
Speaker 2 (38:32):
That the hardest job, no doubt.
Speaker 7 (38:34):
I tell people all the time that's actually my real
job is going home. But no, my kids, like they
could care less if you throw three touchdowns or three picks,
Like they just want to see that, so you ready,
no doubt. So that that perspective has kind of always
been good for me. And then second, I love golf.
So I love to play golf. That's kind of my
little getaway. And I wouldn't say I'm very good, but
(38:54):
I just like being outside and competing.
Speaker 2 (38:56):
Yeah, play with be mitch Man, you know Ben scratch golf.
Speaker 3 (38:58):
No, come on, we gotta we got a couple of
guys that that we all play with London. They can
play too.
Speaker 4 (39:05):
Oh, what are some of the things man, going into
this game and up here, you know, we got the
Dolphins coming in off of win, and you know, like
I said, we're still searching, We're still clawn, we're still
fighting trying to get one, just to get into this
bye week with something good, with a good taste. I
guess you can say, what are some of the things
you're gonna tell those guys in a huddle, you know,
come Sunday.
Speaker 6 (39:22):
Man, it's about us.
Speaker 7 (39:24):
It's about us, and when it comes down to it,
like when we function and when we excel and we
are our best, nothing nothing can stop us. But when
we're out there and we're hurting ourselves, whether it's negative players,
whether it's sacks or turnovers, like now, we're really putting
ourselves behind the eight ball. So that's kind of been
the message all week. It's just kind of it's about us,
and at the end of the day, I think if
(39:44):
we can do that and focus on that, we'll take
care of business.
Speaker 1 (39:47):
Last question, We've had guys talk about what's it like
playing for d Q. When I first met him, when
he got hired, he talked to me like I had
played for all Like man, I would have loved to
have a coach like, what's it like playing.
Speaker 7 (40:01):
For DQ oh Special Special, And throughout my career I
played for a few different head coaches. So but I
think just an unbelievable person. But he's going to get
the best out of you, and he knows kind of
what buttons to push. And I think that's what's been
most impressive for me being around him for these last
(40:23):
couple of seasons, is he's going to get the best
out of you, and sometimes he believes in you more
than even believe in yourself.
Speaker 6 (40:29):
And I appreciate that about him.
Speaker 1 (40:31):
Marcus, We appreciate you coming on the Players Club that
a dude coming to you from Madrid.
Speaker 4 (40:35):
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