The Rundown Take
Bennie Blades, Sean Taylor, Ed Reed: U Talk Closes the Countdown With Miami's Greatest Safeties
Devin capped off the position-by-position memory-lane series with safeties and coaches, working through this year's NFL Draft class of Miami alumni first before diving into an all-timer of a debate — the 1992 Dream Team versus the 2008 Redeem Team — that pulled callers in for over an hour. The night closed on a heavier note: a tribute to a childhood friend, Eddie Witherspoon.
Key Takeaways
- Devin runs down Miami's 2020 NFL Draft class, including Shaquille Quarterman to the Jaguars, KJ Osborn to the Vikings and Jonathan Garvin to the Packers, plus undrafted signings for Trajan Bandy and Romeo Finley.
- Favorite Miami safeties, capping the position countdown: Bennie Blades, Sean Taylor and Ed Reed.
- Favorite Miami coaches: Dennis Erickson, Butch Davis and Jimmie Johnson.
- The 1992 Dream Team versus 2008 Redeem Team debate takes over the second half of the show, with the room landing overwhelmingly on '92.
- The show closes with condolences for Eddie Witherspoon, a childhood friend of Devin's who passed away that week.
The Draft Class Comes Home
Before the memory-lane countdown, Devin ran through where Miami's outgoing class landed: linebacker Shaquille Quarterman to Jacksonville, KJ Osborn to Minnesota in the fifth round, Jonathan Garvin to Green Bay in the seventh, plus undrafted deals for cornerback Trajan Bandy with Pittsburgh and safety Romeo Finley with the Chargers. He closed the position countdown he'd been building for weeks with safeties — Bennie Blades' 19 career interceptions, the late Sean Taylor's game-changing physicality, and Ed Reed's Miami-record 21 career picks — and coaches, giving the nod to Dennis Erickson's two titles, Butch Davis for rebuilding the program from nothing, and Jimmie Johnson's undefeated-caliber '87 squad.
Dream Team or Redeem Team
The bonus topic — 1992 Dream Team versus 2008 Redeem Team — turned into the night's marathon segment, with callers Toria Cook and Dan Frazier pushing the '92 roster's positional dominance against a lone holdout, Jamal Davis, insisting the 2008 squad's improved international competition would keep it close.
"The 92 dream team can run up and down the court, they could play in a half-court game, they can play isolation one-on-one basketball — I mean they just didn't have any deficiencies through their whole roster. There was none."
Devin ended the broadcast on a personal note, dedicating the show to Eddie Witherspoon, a friend he'd grown up with on the same street, and asking the whole U Talk family to keep the Witherspoon family in their prayers.