00:00Well, Chris Perkins is a columnist for the Sun Sentinel. He is on the Toyota of Hollywood
00:06hotline. And like a superhero, Perk is here to talk a little football with us. Crowder is
00:15in San Francisco. He is boots on the ground when it comes to our Super Bowl coverage. He just
00:22hasn't returned to his microphone at this very moment. So I was trying to wait until he got
00:28there, but I'll just start without Crowder being at his microphone. Hello, Perk.
00:32Hey, I'm excited, Hawk. It is a Super Bowl Monday and I was in Mobile for the Senior Bowl last
00:40week. So we got draft, we got Super Bowl, we got the Dolphins rounding out their coaching
00:45staff. It's on. Well, Dolphins, tell me what you think of it. They're going to be Green
00:50Bay South, it seems like, right? Starting in the front office and then trickling down
00:55to the head coach and assistant coaches. They are Green Bay South, correct?
01:00Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shaping up to be that way, right? With Sean Duggan as the defensive coordinator,
01:07Jeff Hathaway as the head coach, John Eric Sullivan as the GM, got a couple of position
01:13coaches. You know, the big question is what happens with Malik Willis, the quarterback.
01:18Do they invite Malik Willis down to take a shot at being the starter? But look, Hawk, there's
01:25worse organizations that you could copy from, right? Copying from Green Bay is a good thing.
01:32They know how to get things done. They plan from the top on down, meaning from the GM on
01:38down. And so I like the plan so far. I like the hires of Sullivan and Halfley, and I like
01:45how they're filling out the coaching staff. Of course, it's wait and see ultimately, but
01:49I, but I like the way that they're progressing and I like what I've heard from both of them.
01:53Well, do you think, cause you mentioned Malik Willis Crowder has said before, Hey, just keep
01:58to a next season ride with them. Uh, that was met by the way, with much pushback on our social
02:04media comments page, but it should have been, but should it be to a next season or Quinn
02:11viewers or will it be, do you think Malik Willis? Um, I think it's still, it still remains
02:18to be seen. I'm not a Malik Willis believer because of what he's going to demand salary
02:24wise compared to his body of work. This is a guy who has, I believe four years in the
02:29league, right? Two with Tennessee and two with Green Bay, if I'm not mistaken. Um, I haven't
02:33seen enough and, and he's probably going to get, I don't know, $20 million, 15, 20 million.
02:40If he doesn't win that starting job, that's the same as dead money. And there's no guarantee
02:46he's going to win the starting job. I'm not just going to gift Malik Willis, the starting
02:50job. Um, I don't know what they do at quarterback, quite honestly. Um, I don't think it's that
02:56far of a stretch for Ty Simpson, the Alabama quarterback to move up to number 11. He's right
03:02now between 16 and 20 in mock drafts, maybe the Jets, maybe, uh, Pittsburgh. Um, I, you
03:09know, quarterbacks always move up. I'm not a Ty Simpson fan either. I'm not a Quinn Ewers
03:14fan at the starter. Quite honestly, I don't know right now what the Dolphins should do at
03:20starting quarterback, but I don't think any of those three that I named Simpson, Willis
03:24or Ewers is ultimately the answer. And Perk, this is my thing with the tour. We already
03:30owe him $50 million. Like the Ty Simpson. I like that more than Malik Willis or, uh,
03:35Solana brought up Kirk cousins. Who's, you know, not gonna be in Atlanta. Like what, not
03:39who is it? Not a name. What's the goal at quarterback? Are we trying to find the, the
03:44franchise guy? Are we trying to have a gap year? Cause my whole thing with two is we
03:49own 50 million. Let him do the gap year. And I know that's going to not, not going to excite
03:53a lot of people, but you could paint it as he has a new offensive coordinator. He has a
03:57new head coach. Let's see what to it can do. And if he plays well early, then his trade
04:03value goes up. That was my thought on tour. No, I'm getting rid of all of them. Um, uh,
04:10you know, every, everybody who had something to do with last season or that to a contract extension,
04:17um, Weaver would have been the only exception, but Greer is gone. McDaniel is gone. Tua is gone.
04:24Marvin Allen is gone. Um, you know, I, uh, Channing, I got to sweep this whole organization
04:30of that poor thinking of, of, of them thinking 2023 was a success, successful season of them
04:38thinking Tua deserved a contract extension of them thinking having the number one offense is a great
04:44accomplishment. That's that's no way that that way of thinking no longer exists in this organization.
04:51You're all getting the hell out. And I don't mean that as a derogatory way. I mean that as a clean
04:58sweep way, a new way of thinking, we're thinking about winning and moving forward, not taking these
05:04participation trophies. Tua was part of that. He's got to go.
05:08So why keep slow it as the offensive coordinator or elevate him for that matter? If, if you're
05:16half Lee or if you're Sully, um, do you like that decision? Because based on what you're saying,
05:22Perg, it kind of sounded like, Hey, it's time to literally remove any remaining members of,
05:28of, of any personnel or players that were really tied to Mike McDaniel. And I mean,
05:33slow it was brought in by McDaniel and essentially was working alongside him.
05:38Yeah. Yeah. We'll see how it works out. We'll see how that works out, Solana. But yeah,
05:43I, I, I, I, I would have, I would have gone outside. I don't know, um, you know, exactly what
05:48they have, um, what they, why that decision was, was, was really made. Uh, I know that they,
05:56they like slow it and he sees well-versed in that, in that Shanahan system. And, and, you know,
06:02the, what happened with CJ Stroud in, in, uh, Houston, there was a lot tied to offensive line
06:07as opposed to being tied to the offensive coordinator, but yeah, uh, overall. And in
06:13general, yeah, I would have cut ties with everybody with that organization, with the,
06:16with the, uh, Greer McDaniel, uh, regime. So we'll see how Bobby Smollett works out at,
06:21at offensive coordinator.
06:23And, and another thing we talked about when, um, when Halfley had his press conference and,
06:27you know, Sully and all the new guys that you're talking about, Perg, they said the keywords that I
06:32love, I had to look back in my notes to find the list of keywords, tough, violent,
06:36and physical. And those are words I love in football. Is our roster prepared for tough,
06:42violent, or physical? Is there going to have to be a big turnover to be tough, violent,
06:45and physical? Because as we're looking at teams, like we're looking at the Superbowl this week,
06:49those are the teams that make it a tough, physical, and violent.
06:54Yeah. You know what? It's interesting you say that, Shannon. So, you know, we got two defensive
06:58coaches in the Superbowl, right? Mike McDonald, uh, from Seattle and Mike Brable for, for,
07:03uh, New England and, and the Dolphins just hired a, a, a defensive coach in, in Jeff Halfley.
07:09I, I, I like those words too, Channing. And, and look, I, I would take this all the way to the
07:15draft. Um, you know, that I wrote about a few of these types of players this week. Uh, Lee Hunter,
07:22the defensive tackle from Texas tech, who would probably be a second round option. Uh, this
07:26Keon Rutledge, uh, Keelan Rutledge from Georgia tech, who's a guard, uh, the Dolphins don't
07:32necessarily need a guard, but this dude was driving guys into the ground. Um, very physical,
07:38very aggressive. Uh, Caleb Downs, the safety from Ohio state could be a first round option,
07:44but he's an aggressive guy. Um, I have them taking, uh, Munster Delaney, uh, the, the cornerback
07:50from, from, uh, LSU. He's a, he's a good cover corner, but yes, Channing, I want to see aggression.
07:57So if you're a cover corner or if you're an aggressive trench player, or if you're an aggressive
08:02safety, I think setting that attitude, following Patrick Paul and following Aaron Brewer and Jordan
08:10Brooks and some of these guys, that's the type of team that I want to see. And I'm with you.
08:15I liked hearing those buzzwords, uh, in, in the opening press conference. I want to see them
08:20follow through with that in the draft and free agency and style of play and everything. No more
08:26finesse football. All right, well, let's get to the important stuff here because this is our faux
08:31radio row, even though Crowder's boots on the ground in, uh, in San Fran. Uh, how will Chris Perkins
08:38be watching the Superbowl on Sunday? Paint the picture for us. Oh man, you know what?
08:45I haven't really decided yet. I'm going to watch the Superbowl, but I always like to, uh, always
08:51like to have something representative food wise of, of both cities. So, um, I, yeah, yeah,
08:59yeah. So I don't know, you know, I, I might try and get like some, uh, Dungeness crab for
09:04Seattle, although that would be very, very expensive. I was thinking a cup of coffee because
09:08they love their coffee up in Seattle.
09:10A little Starbies.
09:11That's what I was going to say. I might just have to wuss out and get myself a cup of coffee
09:16and, uh, but I got to do something big. So I don't know if a lobster roll could work for
09:20Boston. I could do a lobster roll. If it's still cold, some, uh, some, some clam chowder
09:25would do, but, uh, yeah, I'm, I'm going to, uh, I don't know if I'm going to have some
09:29people over or if I'm going to go over to somebody's house yet. I haven't figured that out.
09:32You know, I was saying to, I was saying at the beginning of the show, I got a text from
09:37my friend, Dr. Chuck, and I love him. And I love the fact that he acknowledges who I am.
09:41It's a group chat with a bunch of people. And he texted, Hey, my twins, his daughters
09:47are hosting a Superbowl party. You all and your wives are invited. I realized that hock
09:53will not come, but wanted to invite you all nonetheless. And I love someone who is a friend
09:58enough to acknowledge that I don't need to concoct some phony baloney reason why
10:02I'm not coming. He knows. I don't want to go anywhere. I enjoy watching on my couch
10:07devoid of any other people other than my wife.
10:11Yeah, I'm with you. You know what? And here's the thing, hock for most big games.
10:17If I care about the game, I want to watch it alone or yeah, maybe with one, maybe two
10:23other people, because I don't want all the distractions. I don't want all the talk and
10:28all the chatter. Like the final four, I can watch with, with other people, but
10:32depending on who's in the NBA finals, if it's a game seven or world series game
10:37seven or, or something like that, I'm with you Superbowl. Um, I usually want a very small
10:43control crowd because I really want to focus on the game and I don't want to be the jerk
10:48who tells people to be quiet. You know, I don't want to, I don't want to be that guy.
10:53And brother perk. And I'm not saying that because I'm talking about church, my brother,
10:59it's been kind of cold in South Florida. Something that we have on this show. I'm not turning my
11:05damn heater on in South Florida. I don't give a damn what temperature it is in my house.
11:11Solana turns his heat on Hawks, a heater guy. Perk, have you turned your heater on in the last week?
11:16Not yet. Not yet. Crowder. I'm with you. I'm with you. Look, I'm sitting up here in sweats right now.
11:28And I'm, cause I remember how, how, look, mama Perkins, we used to, she used to open up the oven
11:32Crowder and we used to have the heat coming in like, like that, man. We didn't, you know,
11:38we didn't want to turn up that gas bill, run up that gas bill. So, uh, yeah, we will, we have the
11:44oven open and we would heat the house like that. So yeah, no, I haven't turned it on yet. I haven't
11:49turned it on yet. Well, let me ask you this. And I think we're past the worst. Let me ask you this
11:53brother perk. Yep. Did you smoke any heaters this weekend? Are we on the record or off the record?
12:04I do have a license. That's all I'm going to say. We appreciate the time and let us, let us know
12:16what you end up doing for your, uh, for your super bowl Sunday menu. All right. We'll see. We'll see
12:24you perk. That's Chris Perkins from the sun Sentinel. It is super bowl week. We're going to take a break
12:28and we'll come back with more Hockman Crowder and Solana.
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