their defense taysom Hill will indeed start tonight there are
multiple reports and I've heard also that he is starting it out
on Peyton is going to usually keep that stuff under wraps as
long as you can but
the day before the game I mean everybody knows the hay is in
the barn at this point he partially tore his plantar
fasciitis foot haven't played since we had concussion issues
as well start since December 13th of 2020 because he had
five games last year and
Drew Brees was in Judy want four and one and this is his
opportunity along the way he's got that contract that has
the huge gap between not playing quarterback and playing
quarterback a lot and at a high level and even though there's
only so much he
can do to enhance his earnings this year this is about laying
the foundation so he's the guy next year so Sean Payton
doesn't go try to get Russell Wilson or Aaron Rodgers or
someone else did Peyton secretly believes in and nobody
really knows until he grow
is the guy and put him on his team will it be taysom Hill or
will there be some other guy that the chart Peyton wants to
go find in order to upgrade the quarterback position this is
Hills opportunity to make his case to Peyton that he
should be the guy who gets to be the guy next to you
a hundred percent and it is it's it's an audition for verb for
the quarterback position for him Drew Brees said something
to me when we are in Tampa in week one and I just
won't forget it we're talking about taysom Hill in a car ride
to the stadium and this is not inside information or anything
so I'm not burning Drew Brees he just he just kind of what we
were talking about it and I asked him about taysom Hill
and he goes you know he was I thinking Kasem's heart of
hearts you know he wants to be a quarterback like he likes
doing all the different stuff and he'll do it needs a great
team guy but he really wants to give that it Go and
and try to see if he can be something at the quarterback
position so this does mean something to him it's a tough
spot to be in because you haven't really played all year
and now it's okay go in and you don't play
a good playoff team and we expect you to move the ball and
it's a desperation game that's not an easy spot now you did
have a week of practice and I understand he's probably been
getting reps all year long thrown the ball during
quarterback individual drills
and stuff but you know as we talked about all the time you
know practice and quarterbacks one thing getting out there in
the you know the frenzied pocket of the NFL is a whole
different thing with the crowd yelling and a bunch of mad guys
wanted
to rip your head off so I'm going to be in a pump to watch
that tonight. Sammy is my favorite thing about the night
watching taysom Hill and you're the biggest thing Mike we we
got a hit on and I think last week a little bit
they need them offensively challenged right now it'll
taysom Hill I think he can provide a little spark to their
offense just because one you know if you're doubtless you
know you don't know exactly what to expect there's nothing
they've seen on film
show all gear to know like okay you're going to have to go back
to last year they'll have a field but Sean Payton might
have a few you know tricks that he's got up his sleeve a little
bit and then taysom Hill's just a different player
hit all the play-action he's got a very strong arm he can
launch it seventy yards and then you're worried about
defending the 70 are post well why that's going on he's 10
yards in the back of the play-action pass and he might
be scrambling and then
run for 30 yd so he's very hard to defend that way and they
need them because without Alvin Kamara there's not any Blue
Chip player on their offense right now that you have to
worry about her can create offense by making plays
there's that group that we first and I didn't come up with
this but we've been using it repeatedly to and on
the collection of dolphins fans who who are irrationally and
unreasonably supportive of Dolphins quarterback Tua
tagovailoa I guess the other group would be taken on
this group of folks who have an irrational hatred of taysom
Hill and always point out what he hasn't done this he hasn't
done this and look at this and look at this is not very good
why does anybody think he's good he stinks and have you
not seen him play when he gets opportunities the problem is he
doesn't get the opportunities like he should I constantly
think back to that 2019 Wild Card loss to the Vikings USA it
he was the proverbial
is not literal bull in the china shop when he had the ball
and I know from talking to Paul Allen who calls the Viking
games he was done. nearest on they didn't use them or if they
win that game so I don't know why or how
we're at this point where he's used so sparingly and maybe
injuries have been more of an issue this year than we
realized but the reason why the numbers aren't there is this
guy that Sean Payton has so carefully cultivated over
the years doesn't get used as
much as we thought he was going to be used based upon
the performance we saw in that playoff game two seasons ago
100% baba baba baba four-in-one you know a ton of explosive
plays very hard to defend and stressful on a defense
I mean we saw that in 2019 even when he came in for all spells
for Drew Brees and a taysom Hill Package where he was
dangerous and of course last year when Drew was out I mean
it was it was good while he's a high-level thrower
the football he is you know what it's
it just tells you about the X ruin right now you know it too
low he was a number one recruit he went to Alabama so we're
just I like that story and I'm just there's no way he's not
good there's no way because the rivals.com High
School beat writer said he was the best quarterback in
the country and then you know some other recruiting college guys
who who knows what they know they said he was good to feel
like I understand he's talented but it's like the story that
everybody wants to
be hi taysom Hill's not sexy enough he's a little old he
came out of nowhere I didn't see it in college I didn't see
this so he can't be it you know because I'm a plumber and
an NFL scout and Coach cuz that's what I am
and that's what I shut up you don't know anything listen to
Sean Payton okay he's the greatest one of the greatest
offensive coaches in the history of football if he see
something you should just go there must be something there
so shut up everybody out there the guys got a lot of
high-quality abilities I mean his arms better than Tooele
he's a better athlete he's bigger and he's every bit as
accurate I mean every bit I haven't so I don't know what
anybody can be saying
but it's just a story that people don't like and that's
ridiculous so let's see what he's got you know I'm not
expecting to hit the ground running and be like surgical
tonight like I said it's tough and he doesn't have a ton of
receivers but I
think you will see enough to go man look at that ball fly
through the air man look at him turn the corner right there on
that DB man look at him run over that DB and that's what he
can bring to a football field in the
modern-day NFL you can make it work with a quarterback like
that for sure