Asante Samuel Sr & Others Talk Miami Dolphins Culture!

Asante Samuel Sr & Others Talk Miami Dolphins Culture!

Some people have some things to say about the Dolphins. We’re going to react to it and see if what they’re saying is true or not. [Music] What is up, Finn fans? Happy Tuesday morning to y’all, whoever’s up at 7. And if you’re watching this at 7. If not, hi. How are you? how are you doing today? Um, there’s been a a few talkings about the Miami Dolphins. NFL Live had a few things to say. Asante Samuel Senior had something to say. And then I’m even going to go back to kind of what Raheem Moster and John Smith had to say uh uh on their partings, which is weird. And I’m going to talk about we’re going to talk about everything and all the little things that are said. And if it’s true and if I agree, I’m going to be like, I got nothing to push back there. But if there’s some things that I’m like, you know, blah blah blah, we’re gonna push back. And you know, obviously, if you have been following me for what, I’ve been doing this seven years now. If you’ve been following me for seven years, you know that I am not a rahrah cheerleader of the organization and the team, right? They do something wrong I don’t like, I’m going to tell you straight like it is. Like when they brought back McDaniel and Greer, go back and watch the video. I was not happy about that. I’ve talked about moves when they fired Flores. I thought they should have fired Greer. When we were looking at a new head coach, I didn’t like that they were force-feeding Tua and Ber in that situation. There’s a lot of things the organization doesn’t do right and I will voice my opinion. But on the other hand, if there are things that people are overcritical of, I will push back on it. That’s just how I am. I give you a very well, I’m trying my best. Obviously, I’m a Dolphin fan, but I give you my my best at being unbiased. So, we’re going to start with Asante Samuel Senior because this is something that is recent. This was both of these things. So, NFL Live was yesterday and Asante Samuel Senior was yesterday as well coming out and this is what he had to say. Dolphins had no reason to trade Jaylen Ramsey other than they’re sensitive. There’s no leadership in the Dol Dolphins organization. Mike McDaniels is a pushover. Uh uh uh uh uh Chris Greer, the the general manager, he has no backbone. These guys over here at the Miami Dolphins, they are they are running this team like a little league team. No one can stand up to the players. They’re terrified of their own players and they have no control over their players. So, from what I’m getting, from what he’s saying, Asante Samuel Jr. is not going to be a dolphin. Um, so the trading of Jaylen Ramsay, you in all honesty, any everything he said, there’s nothing really in there that is wrong, right? Like I’m not going to sit here and say if Santi Samuel Senior like, “Oh, what do you you don’t even want know what you’re talking about and you’re talking trash and you haven’t even been in the organization and this this and that and you’re just mad that the Dolphins probably didn’t even give your son a contract.” I’m not going to say any of that. I’m gonna say any of that at all because they’ve put themselves in this situation, right? The trading of Jaylen Ramsay came after giving Jaylen Ramsay a contract extension, right? Because if you remember, Jaylen Ramsey was dealing with like a groin injury or hammy and then all a sudden he got a contract extension and he’s I’m good to go. I’m good to play week two or whatever. They don’t know how to deal with those type of players. Now, as a fan, you could say those are tight toxic players. We don’t want them in the locker room or this, this, and that, which you you’re right. Right. You’re there certain players in that that style of play that could be toxic. That could bring a a different style to that locker room or a different atmosphere of the locker room that’s not good for a winning team. But you look at the winning teams, you look at the Super Bowl winning teams, they have alpha dogs, right? They have guys who will keep that locker room in check. They will have guys who will keep people who are giving up in check and the Dolphins seem to not be able to hold on to those style of players and Asante and Jaylen Ramsey seems to be one of those. Now, do they have any in the locker room now? Um maybe, you know, there there’s some good tough players, but then again, are they vocal leaders and all that stuff? And so him saying that McDaniel is a pushover and Greer has no backbone. Again, he he is going off of what he’s hearing. Obviously, he hasn’t worked with Greer or or, you know, been coached by McDaniel, but perceptive perception is is a big part of these things. And you look at the Miami Dolphins and their organization, it it doesn’t look too great, right? Because you know, Jaylen Ramsey is a guy like we’re sitting here now after trading Jaylen Ramsey to the Pittsburgh Steelers, hoping and praying that like Razul Douglas signs with us and hoping and praying that like Stefan Gilmore signs with us. These guys who are still on the street whereas everyone else has their number one corner. S Garner’s out there, Gonzalez and our own division like and we’re here like who’s our number one corner? Is it Storm Duck? Is it Ethan Bonn? Is Kater going to play on the outside? Oh, is Cam Smith filing? Word. The secondary is a mess in the cornerback situation. Side note, has anyone heard from Mika Fitzpatrick? Maybe he’s waiting for the 22nd to make like, “Hey, I’m happy to be here. I’m glad to be back. Things have changed. I’ve grown and you know, uh, you know, I always kept a good relationship with the team.” Blah, blah, blah. It’s a mess, right? and and you keep hearing culture, culture, culture, culture, culture from certain players and obviously the head coach and all that stuff, but right now looking on the outside in, it’s kind of a mess, right? So, you know, Santi Samuel Sr comes out and says those things. He says, you know, they’re running this team like a little league team. You know, he’s not wrong in that aspect. And then you go back to what Raheem Mostard had to say when um John who was traded hot take being a Pro Bowl on the Dolphins get treated like blank. Happy for my guy though. Gold ball out. Now I’ll say this. This is where like semantics, right? Love Janu. Wish we could have kept Janu. He was an alternate pro bowler. That’s me being petty, but like also Raheem, when you had a great year and you were a Pro Bowler, didn’t we give him a contract extension? And wasn’t he just on the do uh the fish tank saying great things about the like Raheem coming out and saying this was very like wait what because he was just on the fish tank saying good things about the Dolphins and his time with the team. Then he tweets this out and then again they took care of him as much as they did especially after the year he had so many all-purpose touchdowns and it’s just like the timing is weird on this one. And then Janu was on um Tron Armstead’s podcast that was I think Saturday. It was over the weekend and this is what he had to say about the whole trade situation. He said, “I didn’t foresee this happening with how the season went for me individually. Obviously, I had aspirations of ending my career in Miami with it basically being home for me, my children, my family, but I understand the business side of it and I and it didn’t work out. I’m grateful. I’ve got no ill feelings towards Miami and nobody in the organization. Um, he also says, I can’t sit here and lie and say it didn’t sting when the process was playing itself out. And that is a very diplomatic PC answer, which, you know, cool, right? You know, he said he didn’t foresee this happening. You know, he had a a a great year for the Dolphins. He had a a franchise record setting year. Fourth best tight end in the NFL when it came to all these receiving and touchdowns and yada yada. Great great great great year, but he was never going to get 12 million from the Miami Dolphins. For one, they can’t afford to give him 12 million because there’s bigger needs like corner because Jaylen Ramsay has two feet out the door. He’s literally closing it. uh different aspects of the team we need, you know, god forbid in like we were sitting at 13 million before anyone got traded, then we still needed to make moves. So the thought of, hey, Jonnu, you want 12? Well, we can’t do 12, right? and and obviously there was discussions, you know, it’s been reported there’s discussions with him and with his uh manager uh his agent and they tried to get something done, but obviously the Steelers were willing to pay him 12. The Dolphins were not willing to pay him 12. And like he said, I understand the business side of it because again, you had one fantastic year with us, record setting, you know, Johnny, it’s it’s like Durham Smi, right? I love not Durham Smite, uh Anthony Fano. love Anthony Fisano will always love Anthony Fano. Even Randy Mcichael, some, you know, great tight ends that we’ve had. Obviously, there’s other ones, but Johnny will always have that blip in 2024 where everyone’s like, you remember Johnny Smith on the Dolphins in 20, but in the end of the thing, before you were a Dolphin, you were kind of, you know, and we’ll see how you do after. It’s the offense. And I talked about that. And again, I’m not here to crap on Janu, but that 12 million is where the disconnect was. And the Steelers are willing to give it to you. And the Dolphins weren’t. So, the Dolphins did you a favor. And that’s probably why he says, “I have no ill feelings towards Miami.” And nobody in the organization because the Dolphins were like, “Look, we have the rights to your contract, and we could just say, look, we need you on this team. We need your skills as a tight end on this team. So, you’re going to stay here and play or you’re just going to get fined. Or they say, “Hey, look, Steelers are going to give you 12. We’re never going to get to 12. We’re just going to let you go get your money and you know, good luck.” You know, they did him a favor. And that’s why he pro he came out and said, “I got no ill feelings and yada yada.” So, you know, that’s the people don’t think about that aspect of trades and that aspect of releasing players and stuff because there’s a lot of times where you can hold on to a player and try to get something for them and screw them over where at the time where they’re like, “All right, we’re not getting anything for them. It’s postdraft. Um, whatever. We’re just going to release you.” It’s like now they have to hurry up and catch up with their new team. Whereas there’s teams that will cut them before free agency starts. Go do you’re it’s not going to work here. We’re going to cut you. Go do what you need to do. Go find a place. Go kick butt. Blah blah blah. So, you know, there’s different aspects of all that stuff that kind of go under the radar when it comes to teams and stuff. So, so there’s that, right? To quick recap, I agree with what Asante Samuel Senior said. nothing in what he had to say really I could push back on. Uh Raheem Oster kind of iffy about when he released that and then Johnny said some great things as well. So, you know, it was good understanding. Now, let’s listen to what NFL Live has to say about the Miami Dolphins on that trade aspect. Yeah, we’ve talked a lot about the Steelers side of this so far, but Kimberly, I’m curious, did the Dolphins get better with this trade last week? because there’s been some people who have wondered about the dolphin side of things. Uh Laura, yeah, I’m one of them. Uh you know, I I think I’m this is a little bit of a headscratcher. Um because as we talked about with the Jaylen Ramsey of it all, talked about the physicality talk about and that’s the type of player that they’re moving on from. When I look at the Dolphins, one of the things that we’ve said year after year is this team just doesn’t seem to be physically tough. Not my words. opponents have said that the same. Um and and so when I look at the Dolphins, I just wonder what the direction is for this team. Even the Darren Waller move um you know that’s a guy who’s who hasn’t played in a minute. So I’m not sure what the Dolphins are perhaps field Mina perhaps you guys have a so she’s confused about the whole physicality of it and you know we’re talking about being a physical football team but then we trade Jaylen Ramsey. Obviously, the Dolphins would have liked to keep. See, this is where I feel like there’s some type of disconnect or some people just don’t understand Jaylen Ramsay. Like, when you look at the trade where we sent Jaylen Ramsay and Janu Ma in a fifth 2027 fifth, people need to understand Jaylen Ramsay was gone, right? So, the Jaylen Ramsay aspect of that trade was a given, right? The whole surprise was getting Ma, right? Because there was talks of Jaylen Ramsey being traded to somebody and there was talks of Jonnu being traded the Steelers on off on off on off. Getting Ma back was a huge win because I thought we were just getting traded. I didn’t think any I didn’t think they were going to trade Ma, you know, multiple time Pro Bowler, uh, all pro. Um, so the whole, you know, I don’t understand why they traded Jay. you need to and maybe that’s because this is national media so they’re not as tapped into each team and knowing all the stories and the behind the scenes of what happened with Ramsay and Mike McDaniel and Greer and how he’s just like I’m going to go he was gone. So the whole thought process of well they want to get tougher. Why are you trading Ramsay? Because he was gone. He didn’t want to be here. He wanted to go win a Super Bowl and this team is not in position right now to win a Super Bowl. a better better read on them because I to me this is a total wait and see because I’m not sure what what Miami is thinking. Well, Darren Waller did nearly make my Spotify wrapped list this past year because I’m a big fan of his music, but I too was confused by the addition. Um, you know, let me here’s the thing about this move from the Miami side. I think in a vacuum if a team trades uh two players that weren’t likely long for the franchise for a player in Mika Fitzpatrick who has been a three-time allpro who has not been at the peak of his powers the past couple of years but is younger and is under decent contract. That’s the other thing that I keep hearing about Mika Fitzpatrick. Oh, he fell off. He’s not the same guy. He’s slower. This is like one guy on Twitter like make a whole video talking about how he’s out of position. Blah blah blah. He’s going into a defense that is going to suit him very well. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mika take uh yeah, Mika takes a a step forward control for the next years. I’m okay with it. The issue I have with Miami kind of gets to what Kimberly was referring to, which is that they’ve made a handful of big bets over the past few years, whether it’s trades or extensions or trades that led to extensions. Allah Bradley Child, a deal that has not worked out. the Tyreek Hill extension which you know one season into it looked like perhaps you know a mistake on Miami’s part we’ll see if he bounces back this season Jaylen Ramsay as well extended in September now traded in July Mina just feels like this is a team whose football business is often mediocre and that’s why one of the reasons why I think this team might be kind of heading towards the middle in the AFC as opposed to competing in the playoffs he like I have nothing to push back on what Felates said he nailed that on the said, “That’s Chris Greer. That’s Chris Greer. And that is the huge mistakes that this team has made by giving contracts, by making moves that weren’t the right.” Like, this is why I was so adamant that I didn’t understand why Chris Greer came back and the whole status quo and the on the field’s not good enough. this man. Yes, he’s made good moves in bringing players here or making certain moves, but also he has made other drastic moves that have, if you think about it, set the franchise back a little bit, whether it’s cap space, whether it’s draft picks by making these certain like Phil Yates, he nailed it on the head, giving, you know, Bradley Chub making that move instead of going after um Rocoan Smith, the linebacker. for the Chicago Bears, who is now killing it with the Baltimore Ravens. You know, there was so many different moves that we made that if in hindsight we did the the thing that a lot of us fans wanted to do, the team would probably look completely different than they do. So, you know, that again is where I’m sitting where you have Chris, you have Chris Greer who survived Adam Gase, he survived Brian Flores, and now he’s getting another year with Mike Mcree head coaches, nine years, and he’s still here. It just like you would think that this man was in the AFC Championship six out of the past nine years he was here. And that’s the reason like you would think that we have Howie Gman makes no sense. Yeah, finances clearly played a role in this. And if you want to say one nice thing about Miami, getting the contract off the books, not having to eat it was honestly I was a little bit surprised they managed to do that. So that that’s a bit of a win. But you know, Kimberly, you’re right. The secondary has major problems. I have to think they’re going to add another corner because as it stands, it’s probably the weakest quarterback group in the NFL right now. There’s still a few free agents out there. Sante Samuel Jr., Stefan Gilmore, names that come to mind as potential guys that could sign. Russell Douglas from Buffalo. Uh, and then Mike Hilton in the slot. But, you know, this would be just like a one-year fire type deal. And you’re really counting on that front seven, that pass rush. Yeah. I think all of this, you know, leads to the points that we’re making that the Dolphins have missed the playoffs in six of the last eight seasons. They haven’t won a playoff game since 2000. Alan, when you look at a team like this that at times we’ve been like, “Oh, the Dolphins are exciting and their offense has been super exciting.” What do you think about them now going into next season? You know, it’s tough. You know, for them, they’ve they’ve lost a lot on defense, but as well as if you do want to start with a building block, you know, bringing somebody in like Minka who’s a very good locker room and culture guy. I think may start to shape things and move it in a direction a little bit. You know, you know, he’s going to come to work each and every day. You know, he’s a hard-nosed player. He’s a physical player. So, I think he can maybe help establish a little bit of identity on the defensive side of the ball and kind of rally the guys around him. That’s a great point. I mean, Mike McDaniel would tell you their goal has been to avoid those December slumps. That’s when they’ve fallen off even whatever they’ve done during the season not mattering as much. All right, we’re just So, you can tell, and again, I’m not knocking Mina Kims or Field Yates or I don’t I don’t catch the first lady’s name. Uh, but you can tell who the reporters are and who the player is. Cuz the last guy talking about bringing in Mika Fitzpatrick and and the locker room and this this and that. Is it going to happen? Am I going to sit here and tell you all this is going to happen and I don’t know. Again, I will give you my record prediction before the season starts. I will tell you what I see in training camp and all that stuff. Like, you’re going to get the honest opinion out of me. And again, you know, I’ve been pretty close to my predictions on the seasons. I will tell you that. And you know, I tend to go into seasons with a I’d rather be, you guys know my motto. Again, you’ve been following me for seven years. You know my motto. I’d rather be surprised than let down. I always underell the team. uh even after 2023 I was like uh and now I’m really underelling it because and I’m going to talk about I think maybe tomorrow or Thursday I’m going to talk about team needs heading into um training camp but there’s still are you know the depth on this team is not great and it still worries the crap out of me. So there’s still a lot that this team needs to do to be successful, right? And I’m not sitting here and saying it’s a guarantee they’re going to suck. It’s a guarantee top 10 pick. because anything could happen in the NFL. No one thought Washington was going to get to the NFC Championship. No one thought, you know, a lot of people thought that Jaden Daniels was going to be good. No one thought he was going to be that good that quickly his rookie year. So, things could happen that no one expects. But, you know, I I’ll reserve my thoughts and opinions on how the season’s going to be after I see training camp. But, comment below. Let me know what you guys think of what everyone had to say. Do you agree? Do you disagree? Do you have push back on some of the things that have been said? Do you um not comment below, let me know. I’ll see you tomorrow.

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