playing, I don't see
a scenario, I don't see him
being active and I'm not gonna, I do not plan to have him
play at all. Teddy's whole week is going to be, he's just
getting back
and able to do any work with the trainers today.
Tomorrow he will be able to do a little bit of football in
a limited capacity.
And
as a result will be
moving forward with
planning on starting Skylar Thompson this week.
There it is straight from Dolphins, head coach. Mike
McDaniel is Kyle Thompson? A guy who was a preseason Phenom
for the dolphins, getting his first career, start most likely
this weekend.
I remember a time when coaches weren't supposed to say
anything at all about guys, in the concussion protocol, maybe
the rules changed. And, and I didn't notice or
They're not enforced, but
bottom line is guys are ready when the doctors say they're
ready. And especially with to Icarus, I feel like
the standard that's going to apply to him before he ever gets back
on the field. Again,
is going to be much higher than it's ever been
for any player in the history of the league. And I don't say
that with hyperbole. I mean, it it's going to be higher for him
than it's ever been for anyone to get back on a football
field. Yeah,
you're right. I mean, the Optics of the
Chelation call for that. Let alone I think the reality
the situation calls for it. Those are two
significant head injuries, AKA back and foot injuries. What
the hell right? I mean come on. I mean I really am still
sitting here going that first game against the bills, his
back and Ankle hurt because
his body almost collapsed because his head couldn't
control the rest of his body. So I'm sure he did have
an injury in the back and then leg when your body crumbles because
your brains just been crushed for a second,
they got to be careful. That's too big concussions and a
Or, you know, period of time
to where you want to make sure that heels and like you said,
the Optics of it and all that the Teddy, Bridgewater one's,
the one that I guess, I was surprised to learn about
yesterday.
Again, they're still, there still seems to
be that, you know, Daddy doesn't think he had
a concussion. There's a lot of challenging of the spotter who
thinks they saw a stumble. And nobody seems to think that
there really was, but
they're not going to push back on it right now and this
environment, I was surprised that they called him out this
quickly and that he's still and some sort of protocol here, you
know, going into the Thursday practice
and remember, Teddy had a pretty bad concussion last year
in missed several games. And I think the diagnosis
from the spotter that there was at Axia, that's the new buzz
word that replaces gross motor instability. That that may have
been an over reaction. And as I said, same time,
but I'd rather be an over reaction than under reaction.
But as to, to here's my concern, right? And and and
look,
I felt bad saying this a Weeks ago. And I've said it a few
times and I've refined, but the bottom line is this,
if you're not big enough to play in the NFL, you better be
Adept at protecting yourself. And if you're either
normal-sized, like me,
if you're that, and you can't get rid of the football quickly,
come up with some way to avoid taking big hits. You're not
going to last and it's all, I'm going to be no different than
not being fast enough, not being strong enough, not being
big enough, not being good enough. If you can't protect
Correct yourself and
you're gonna go out there at 6:00 1190. And I would debate,
both of those measurements for to otago by law. After meeting
him in person, he ain't 190, and I don't think he's 61.
If you're that size
and, you know, unlike you Chris or any of the other various
quarterbacks who have come down the closest Beanstalk you grab
a guy like that and you throw him to the ground,
he's going to be more likely to get rag-dolled hit his head,
right? So we never saw Drew Brees get hit like that. Guy
because he knew, right, I got to get rid of the football,
they're going to throw me around like a rag doll, right?
Or just go down and he's a bigger man than, to Le to, to
that point. But, yeah, and if you, if you can't do it, it's
no different than not being fast enough, not being strong
enough, not being big enough, not being good enough. There's
a point where
you just can't play in the NFL.
If you're, if you're that size and you can't protect yourself
and I know it's there's no Birthright to be in the NFL and
just because you've been in the NFL doesn't mean you get to
stay in the
NFL if you can't protect yourself. And you can't avoid
these head injuries.
You're not going to
last in the NFL because at some point, they're just not going
to clear you to play. Yeah, listen, I'm Mike. I Echo those
same sentiments. I think that's one of the things I texted,
right. Then the night. It happened right away. Like this
is, this is the dangers of having a small quarterback
in our little PFT group, text change.
I mean, it is, it is again,
we saw Mahomes and Brady get rag-dolled the same way their
heads in, hit the ground. And in fact, Brady Grady Jared had
more of a, hold on, Brady
And Bradys the light and stressed out and looks like
he's Skin and Bones right now. But again, you know, I think
that's something that you and I have tried to tell people and
I've even had, you know,
some people at the gym come up to me and be like, hey I heard
what you said. I never thought about that. Yeah, you're not
going to rag doll. Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady
to the extent of a guy like you're saying that 6-foot, you
know, maybe 200 pounds and the let alone we've seen a lot of
other hits in his short NFL career.
We're where we just go. Holy cow. Did he get crushed there?
So he's got to get a little bit better at that to your point.
It's a brutal Sport and you're right. It's not fair is not in
the contract. So you got to earn it and stay healthy and do
all that. And
I'm a card-carrying member of protect yourself in the pocket.
Or are you can get your body effed up in a big way, okay?
And that's certainly a for a smaller guy, even in holds more
water than that.
I remember a former Dolphins quarterback who played college
football up Road from me here in Morgantown, Pat White. Yeah,
he took one big hit for Mike Taylor and that was it was yeah
it
right done over.
And and and that that's the and look, I admire the courage
almost Brazen and reckless from to it to put himself in those
spots and get himself potentially injured, but you're
going to get to the point where they're not gonna let you play
anymore.
If you can't keep yourself from suffering,
these head injuries and I think it's going to
be a while before he's back on the field now. And maybe part
of letting him back on the field is making sure he
understands the importance of avoiding similar outcomes. And
having his head, hit the ground or otherwise, putting himself
unnecessarily In Harm's Way and not taking a sack
bailing out, throwing the ball away
and and that's what he's going to have to learn
another injury note for the Miami Dolphins, Tyree kill. We
mentioned this on Sunday Night Football night in America. He's
in a walking boot but I was told it wasn't anything
serious. Other than the fact that he's in a walking boot?
They do expect. They're optimistic that we'll play,
they don't expect me to play. They're optimistic glass
half-full.
The walking boot comes off and Tyree kill plays against
the Vikings on Sunday. And and
regardless who the quarterback is you need that guy who's
going to strike fear in the defense especially when you can
give him a quick pass and he can
cut right through
the the defense we saw do the Keystone Cops routine earlier,
when we watch the Justin Fields highlight, if they can't track
down Justin Fields, they got no chance against Tyreke. He'll
know you're Right? And when you have a guy like Skylar Thompson
or, you know,
it's you need a guy like that because of like what you're
saying, the stress he puts on the defense, you know,
him and waddle together coupled with how McDaniels cause
the game, he puts defenses in a bind and they have to play
a certain way that maybe they don't want to play because they
got to protect like what you're talking about.
They might throw a screen of this guy and he goes 70 of
the sideline. They might throw a slant. Whoa, this guy went this
guy. This way, I went this way, you know, and that that would
chop a big leg out.
What Skyler, Skyler Thompson and his first start as an NFL
quarterback could maybe do he looked pretty good in the first
game? He certainly wasn't deer in the headlights or anything
like that,
and that was a tough situation
and they made some nice throws.
And I'd like to read, you know, remind people, the game was
1917 with ten minutes left in the fourth quarter,
the Dolphins, missed the field goal, the long field goal,
the Jets, got a short field
and few plays touchdown.
The next Drive was a strip sack.
Fumble short field touchdown in the game, was kind of over and
then the Dolphins had to go for it on fourth down, backed up.
And that the so the 4217 is very misleading
that game was very even even with Skylar Thompson in
the football game. And I don't put it past the Dolphins and them
to be able to win this football game against Minnesota who,
you know, like you said a few times in the show
not therefore in one respect. I like what you know Kevin
O'Connell is doing. I'm not sure it's a real foreign one
yet I think I think
V agreement. Sorry.
Right, it's not. Yeah.
Chris, I'm on with Paul Allen The Voice, the Vikings every
Wednesday, morning 9:00, his time and right out of the gates
to start his show. And,
and I say it almost every week.
This is a team that seems destined
to get to the playoffs,
maybe win in the Wild Card round and then come up against
a great team in the divisional round and get destroyed.
Whether it's the 49ers,
the Eagles, the Cowboys, the Bucks. There's a ceiling on
what the Vikings and do this year and I don't care.
What their record is and I don't care if they get lucky
and keep drawing these
inside Straits and
parlay it all the way to the one seed in the NFC
that division around is when they're going to have somebody
that they come up against, it is clearly better than them.
Now, I guess there's a chance that they get better before our
eyes and develop more confidence. And
but I just feel like I've seen this movie end for the Vikings.
This way. Pretty much every year, since they made it to
the Super Bowl. When they've been good,
they run up against Buddy. That's better at some point
before they can get back to the Super Bowl. Yeah, I hear you.
I know I mean I have that same feel for them
as we sit here right now but we'll see. Maybe they grow was
a football team and continue to get better here, you know? And
like we talked about sometimes. Yeah, they're still working out
the Kinks. A new offense, new defense on both sides of
the ball, at least it's positive energy, you know?
That's for sure.
They seem to believe in themselves a little that way.
And you know fortunate, yeah, you're fortunate the way
the schedule. Shaked out there. Just fortunate that you're
Gonna get to play the Dolphins to the third-string quarterback
to where maybe you could be sitting here five-in-one. And,
oh, wow. Now we go to the bye week. And
okay, we we re gather and continue to play better
football to where they can maybe be a force but I'm with
you. I don't think they're in the class of, you know, like
you're saying
the Eagles Tampa, the 49ers Dallas, not yet, I'm not ready
to put them in that class, that's for sure.
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