WEBVTT - Drive Time: Free Agency Update and Malaki Starks Deep Dive 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:12.559 What is up, Dolphins, And welcome to the Drift Time Podcast. 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.880 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:18.959 we are looking at the remaining free agency list. We 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:21.520 are parsing through some mock drafts. We are doing a 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:24.120 deep dive. I'm one of the most commonly mocked players 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:26.840 to the Miami Dolphins, and though I saw plenty of 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:29.040 questions in the mail bag, I'm going to answer just 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:30.880 three of those. I will get to more of them 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:34.280 later on on future episodes. Here of the podcast from 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:37.479 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:44.080 This is the Drive Time Podcast. Free agency has sloan 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:46.800 to a crawl, but there are still plenty of names 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.600 out there that I think can help impact football teams. 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:51.600 We're gonna go ahead and kick this off as we 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.520 are kind of pivoting in towards draft content season for 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:56.600 the next few weeks. Here on the show, I want 0:00:56.600 --> 0:01:01.040 to maintain the idea of potential veterans improvements and what's 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.360 on the market out there as the Dolphins look to 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:06.039 round out a few more holes on the roster that exist. 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:08.600 Right because it is April or I guess it's still 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:11.120 late March when you hear this podcast. But it's about 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:13.440 to be April, and we don't play a football game 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.440 for five months, so there's plenty of time to round 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.600 out the roster and get your ninety guys that you 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:21.160 can carve down to fifty three eventually, and I imagine 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:23.720 that will include some of the guys not just off 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.959 this list, but off the general free agent list in general. 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.319 So let's go ahead and talk about a few of 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:30.959 the guys that make sense. I put a couple of 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:34.240 positions on here that I don't think will be priorities 0:01:34.360 --> 0:01:37.040 in terms of the kind of bargain shopping you're doing here, 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.440 but I just put them on there because, like, you 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:41.640 can never have enough good football players, and especially the 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:42.480 two spots. 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:43.679 That I have outside of team needs. 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:47.040 I took away tight end, took away quarterback, took away 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.320 running back. I just don't think that's gonna be a 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:51.720 spot that Dolphins are kicking around. We'll see if that's 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:53.280 the case or not. But I put the team needs 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:55.800 and a couple of positions just because the guys I 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.640 think would be good cheap options maybe as like summertime signing. 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.120 Go ahead and start with the spot that everybody wants 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:05.040 to know about the offensive line. There's still four guys 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:07.880 out there that I think could either start at one 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.200 of the guard positions, you know, depending on where James 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:15.400 Daniels lands, or could be valuable backups within you know, 0:02:15.560 --> 0:02:18.880 those roles and tackle capacities as well. And it starts 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.040 with the guy that we have discussed in the podcast 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:24.920 plenty and Will Hernandez, who is a bigger body, stouter 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.359 player who has a little bit more power and would 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:31.040 signal more of that kind of adaptable scheme shift that 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.440 I think we are getting and have seen the beginning 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.720 groundwork being laid for that with some of the additions 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:40.800 you've seen between Pharaoh Brown, Nick Westbrook Akine. Not that 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.480 they aren't outside zone players, but I think that they 0:02:43.639 --> 0:02:47.040 feature something that can give you a one B punch 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:49.600 to your knockout punch, and that is true for James 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.919 Daniels and for Larry Boram as well, and so Will Hernandez. 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.600 I think his ability to win in short spaces, to 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:58.560 connect on duo blocks, to be a good pass protector, 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.720 I think that he would be a very valuable starting 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.160 guard for you from day one, for probably pretty cheap 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:05.800 as well. We just saw Tevin Jenkins go for like 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:07.720 three million bucks a year, so the market was kind 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:09.880 of off on his idea or on his contract. I 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:12.960 think Will Hernandez, with a bunch of experience and snaps 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:15.080 in this league is kind of in that same frame 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:18.880 of mind. Speaking of experience, Brandon Sheriff is like, I mean, 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:21.560 he's played a billion snaps, He's played both guard positions, 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:23.680 He's been around the block for quite a while. I 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.720 don't think he's the mover he used to be, but 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:27.760 I think you would feel really good about slotting him 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:29.959 into one of the starting guard jobs, even if he's 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:33.239 not the most athletic player at this stage of his career. 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.040 For this offense, I think he's an upgrade over what 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:37.720 you have. I also think Daniel Brunskill is an upgrade 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:39.800 over what you have. I also like his game a lot, 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:41.680 for the fact that he can play literally all five 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:45.400 positions and he has experience in the scheme. Now, what 0:03:45.440 --> 0:03:48.360 that also could lend itself to is if they've gone 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:50.160 over the tape and decided we've seen him in this 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:52.200 offense and we don't like the way it looks like 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.840 where Larry Boram didn't really run this offense, but we 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.920 can project that maybe it's better with the system. Maybe 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:59.800 you saw brun Skill in the offense and said, like, 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:02.080 not for me, pass. I don't know, but I think 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:03.840 that he's an option out there for you among these 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.520 four guys. And last, but certainly not least, this is 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:08.200 a guy I talked about early on in the process, 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:11.400 and Joe Noteboom again guard and tackle experience, played for 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.280 the Rams. I think his tape was pretty good. So 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:15.960 I think there's four guys out there that can really 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.240 help you. I think all four of those guys would 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.560 be favorites to start should you land one of them. 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:22.120 And I think all five of them are going to 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:23.719 be less than five million bucks a year, So not 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:25.880 a bad crop that ILL still choose from for your 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.880 Miami Dolphins ahead of the draft. I have one wide 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:31.279 receiver on here, and Kyle Kraft is gonna hate this. 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:32.880 I think most of you probably won't like it very 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.799 much either. It kind of harkens back to my love 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:38.640 of Brandon Cooks for so long and seeing him go 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:40.479 off to the back to the Saints I was. I 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.000 sent it to Kyle and said, like, hey, he still 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:43.680 can play. Look at look at the contract that he got, 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:46.960 and he thought that was, you know, a good attempt 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.360 at trying to validate my take on Brandon Cooks. Tyler 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.880 Lockett is that guy, and it's mostly because of his 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.359 ability to get vertical, to get down the field, to 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.080 be a real veteran route runner, a guy that can 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.080 you know, separate in the intermedia and deep part of 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:02.840 the field. I just think that he would be a 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.240 good option to have for like depth and almost like 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:07.600 an ancillary role in the event that you lose a 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:09.320 riek or a waddle for a game or two, or 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.800 for multiple games. And that's why I think that he 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:13.800 would be more of like an August signing, like hey, 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.560 come in here, learn the system. Maybe even a veteran 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.840 practice squad guy that kind of like learns the ropes 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:20.840 for a little bit, just kind of thinking outside the box. 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:22.160 I don't know if that's what he's gonna. 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:23.359 Want to do at the stage of his career, but 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.360 if he's open to it, I wouldn't mind seeing him 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.080 as a depth piece behind all those guys, even behind 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:31.760 Westbrook a Kine for the third spot on the receiving 0:05:31.800 --> 0:05:32.880 depth chart at. 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:34.440 A position of bigger need. 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.479 A defensive tackle I think Kalais Campbell is still like 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:39.880 option one, two and three. If you can get him back, 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.120 everything else kind of seems to fall into place, especially 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:45.880 with the draft class that I think afford you a 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:51.680 potential significant role playing snap eater with both pick thirteen 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:53.840 and pick forty eight, depending on where you go there. 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:55.800 I think Kenneth Grant from Michigan makes a lot of 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:59.520 sense at thirteen. I think that Alfred Collins at forty 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.480 eight makes a bunch of cents and guys that would 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.800 both to me play more than half your snaps as rookies. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.320 So if you can get Kalais and one of those guys, 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:08.080 all of a sudden, it goes from this group that 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.840 you feel like is kind of lacking to a position 0:06:10.880 --> 0:06:14.240 of strength, or you round it out in the aggregate 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:17.120 with a Rakwon Davis who signed last year for seven 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:19.679 million bucks. I think it would be a significant reduction 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.880 to that cost if you were to return Marlon Davidson, 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:24.760 another rotation guy that was on that list from the 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:27.120 Titans that I quite like his game in a you know, 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.520 thirty percent snap taking role. And then again, I'm just 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:31.480 going to emphasize Kalais Campbell kind of is the guy 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.640 that can reset this entire position group for the Miami Dolphins. 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:37.279 Now off the edge is that second position group I 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:38.920 was telling you about that I don't think is one 0:06:38.920 --> 0:06:41.160 of need right now. And I saw a mock draft 0:06:41.200 --> 0:06:43.520 that had us taking an edge at thirteen. I just 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:47.360 can't imagine that happens with what's gone down this free agency, 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:50.000 with all of the edges they have, the retention of 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:53.000 Bradley Chubb, with the growth of Chop Robinson, with what 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.120 I expect JP to be this year, on top of 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:57.359 guys that can play edge as kind of a secondary 0:06:57.440 --> 0:07:00.159 role to their their you know, their day job. And 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.400 Willie Gay is an off ball linebacker compared to an edgebrusher. Like, 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:05.120 we have so many guys in that spot that I 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:07.920 don't think you'll see a high draft pick spent there, 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:10.120 But if you want to like continue to round out depth, 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.640 Travis Gibson was a once upon a time, a Day 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:14.280 three draft pick that has been around the block a 0:07:14.320 --> 0:07:16.800 little bit, played in the system, has some good pass 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.920 rushing chops. And then John Kaminski from the Lions has 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.080 had some injury issues, which you know, it's kind of 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:24.440 up our alley, but he's had some good pass rush 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:26.080 production too from the Lions. So a couple of guys 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:27.280 to keep an eye out there off the edge if 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.040 you're trying to find like a fourth or fifth guy 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:31.320 that maybe you feel I can compete with Quintin Bell 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:34.760 and Mohammed Kamara for depth this season at the cornerback 0:07:34.800 --> 0:07:36.960 in safety spots. There's some names I still like there, 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.480 and you're getting more into the veteran aspect here, and 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.120 I think you can maybe talk yourself out of some 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:43.520 of these guys that are on the wrong side of 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:47.040 age thirty, like a Mike Hilton, but he's been a 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.240 kind of a mercenary of a slot cornerback for a 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.760 long time now. I think that he could continue that 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.640 role and bounce around the league or maybe find a 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.280 home for a couple of years. But I wouldn't be 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.280 opposed to signing a veteran presence, a leader in the 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:01.600 defensive back field that can play multiple spots in Mike 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.160 Hilton Asante. Samuel Junior is the one that I'm most 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.640 intrigued by, but he has a potentially very serious injury 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:09.680 that he's kind of contending with, and he's been open 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.560 about what happened with that shoulder and how it might 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.400 impact his career. But if that causes a reduction and cost, 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.720 I would be very curious about that. And then Myles 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:19.720 Bryant formerly of the Patriots, is kind of a depth 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.000 piece there. To just give you another body in the room. 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.360 I think you're gonna have to draft this spot probably 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:27.560 pretty early if unless the plan is to go in 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:32.000 and say, between Cam Smith, Storm Duck Ethan Bonner, you know, 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.960 Jason Matrie, Isaiah Johnson, maybe the best man win the job. 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.720 I think that that might be a little bit short 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:38.440 sighted of an idea, but I could see it being 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.200 the thought because you've invested in that position with those 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:44.240 players and their developmental tracks. But I think you're probably 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.360 best served to think about, you know, Jday Baron, to 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:51.200 think about, you know, uh, Jacob Parrish. To think about 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:53.319 Kobe Bryant in the third round or fourth round. To 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:56.040 think about Savon Revel in the second round, someone that 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.480 can be a starting cornerback for you right away. At safety, 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.600 there's two players I think are just awesome on this list. 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.439 I'm surprised they're still out there. Quite frankly. Marcus Williams 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.280 is the obvious one because he was on the defense 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:08.000 that Anthony Weaver coached for a couple of years there 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:11.400 in Baltimore. He was a signal caller, a post safety 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:14.120 that had really good ball skills, but he also had 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.480 injury issues that kept him off the field throughout the 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:18.200 course of the last couple of years for the Ravens, 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:20.040 you know in and out of the lineup previously with 0:09:20.080 --> 0:09:21.760 the Saints. Is a great player for them too. And 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.880 then Julian Blackman, who again has injury issues too, but 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:26.920 a great player from depth in terms of playing the run. 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.800 He has good coverage skills, good anticipation, good ball skills. 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:31.640 I think both those two guys will start in the 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:33.640 NFL next year. If they are here, I would have 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.600 them both as safety one should they make that trip. 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:38.400 So a couple of names think about that are still 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.760 remaining on the free agent list. It's not gonna, you know, 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.000 happen overnight. It's far from over, but I think it's 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.400 worth talking about some of those names. Quick pivot here, 0:09:45.559 --> 0:09:50.120 let's go ahead and get into our mock draft roundup. 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:51.480 We'll go ahead and do that here in segment one, 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.560 and I took a look at a few mock drafts 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.800 out there I think it's good to check by here 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:57.400 every once in a while. We'll probably do one more 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.520 of these before the draft, just to kind of give 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.560 you a sense of what the experts are talking about 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.079 out there. And I started off with Daniel Jeremiah March 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:08.160 eighteenth mock Draft when he went cam Ward Abdul, Carter 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:13.600 Shador Sanders, Travis Hunter, Jalen Walker, Ashton Genty armand Membu 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:19.120 Mason Graham, Jahad Campbell, Will Campbell, Sorry, both those guys 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.640 go back to back, and then Jaday Baron and Matthew 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.679 Golden the receiver going up top there to the Cowboys 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:27.200 right ahead of us, which means the big board basically 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:32.320 gives you Tyler Warren, Malachi Starks, Will Johnson in that range, 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.800 and Kenneth Grant too for that matter. There's a pretty 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.160 big gap on his own fifty rankings, which tells me 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.000 you're kind of choosing from that list of players. And 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.680 he went with Malachi Starks, the safety from Georgia. He wrote, 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:45.959 the further we get into the evaluation process, the more 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.959 teams I find are in love with Starks' game. He 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:51.440 would be a plug and player replacement for Javon Holland 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.199 with the versatility to play as a high safety or nickelback. 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:56.240 And he spelled Javon Holland's name wrong. That's kind of funny. 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.079 I think this makes a lot of sense. You think 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.360 about this Bill Belichick quote that you can't have a 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.840 good defense with dumb safeties. Well, Starks is that dude. 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:06.040 He is a traffic cop, a certain type of character. 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:08.360 I mean the references you see from Georgia that he 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:10.720 was the leader of that unit. You look at Daniel 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:12.920 Jeremiah's blurp. He sounds the kind of player that you 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:15.760 set and forget. You don't have to worry about distractions 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.080 in South Florida because he's a football first type of guy. 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:20.480 And we've talked about how a lot of these free agents, 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.400 you know, were guys that are all ball. They take 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:24.120 it very seriously, and we heard coaching Chris at the 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:26.560 end of the season press conference emphasized, you know, a 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:32.280 tighter leash, tighter parameters, less player, you know, freedom in 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:34.280 terms of what you're allowed to do with you know, 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.000 kind of writing your own ticket, and how do you 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.680 do that besides bringing in guys that emphasize that for you, 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:41.440 Guys that you don't have to self police like they 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:43.880 can do it for themselves. Starks fits that mold on 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.720 top of being a fantastic football player, and in fact, 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.080 I went to start looking in depth at these guys 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:51.559 that I believe are Round one options day by day here. 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:52.760 So why don't we go ahead and do that with 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:55.240 Starks in just a second, But first some more mock 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:58.959 draft round up stuff. CBS Sports is Ryan Wilson has 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:01.040 Walter Nolan. I think it's way too high for him. 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:03.120 I think he's going to be a really good pass brusher, 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:05.800 but he's a two down player, and I think this pick, 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:07.680 taking a two down player at pick thirteen is really 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:11.160 bad business. Yahoo's Nate Tye and Charles McDonald have Starks 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.880 there as well, and then PFF has Calvin Banks, which 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:15.959 to me is just a total lack of team awareness 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:17.720 and what they're going to do. But we shall see. 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:19.120 Maybe I'm the wrong one there, but I don't see 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:22.360 that happening. ESPN Mike Tannebaum wrote one, and Chris Coffin 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:23.760 had a great point on Twitter. 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:24.480 About how. 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:29.319 He is friends with someone who represents Josh Simmons. I'm 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:31.560 getting that terribly wrong, but it just doesn't make a 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:33.920 lot of sense that you're going to, you know, take 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:36.080 a tackle on the second round that needed a year 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:38.320 of development. He got that, he got some reps, he 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.400 got a full year of practice in the system, and 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:41.839 then you're just going to bail on that before you 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:44.559 even let it come to fruition. I don't see that happening. 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:46.760 And then Chad Ruder had a four round mock draft 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.319 NFL dot Com where he killed it until the fourth 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.400 round when he butchered it or the rather the third round, 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.640 but he had us trading down with the Cardinals who 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.160 came up for Kelvin Banks at thirteen, and we wind 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.080 up taking a player that I have rated way higher 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.760 than Calvin Banks and Jade Baron the dB from Texas. 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:04.760 And then he came back with Xavier Wats from nore 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:07.000 Dame at picked forty eight. I I mean, you've you've 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:08.800 nailed down your secondary with those two picks. I love 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:10.360 that start to the draft. And then he comes back 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:12.520 and gets Elijah Royo in the third round, the pick 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:16.320 we get from the Cardinals in that trade down with 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.160 the Cardinals for you know, to run. 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:18.920 Out your tight end room. 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.360 But then he comes back with Daon Walker from Kentucky, 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.760 the you know, three hundred and forty fifty pound defensive 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:25.160 tackle who say he's gonna run a four to six 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.640 and ran a five to five and has like no 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:29.880 pop in his legs. Skinny legs doesn't really drive eybody 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:31.560 off the ball. Got sit up at the Senior Bowl 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:33.439 by two hundred and eighty pound Willie Lampkin a bunch 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.640 of times. Not intrigued by that quarterback. Dylan Gabriel rounds 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.199 it out, which I think. I don't think they'll be 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:42.319 quarterback that high. I think Zach Wilson is your young 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:43.400 quarterback investment. 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:43.920 We'll see. 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.720 It could be wrong, but that's kind of my take 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.000 on that. The second fourth rounder was part of the 0:13:48.040 --> 0:13:50.400 trade with the Cardinals, so they gave us. They gave 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:52.959 us pick sixteen and seventy eight, and we gave them 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:55.000 pick thirteen and one to thirty five. So for three 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.959 spots in round one, you moved up fifty seven spots 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:00.560 from rounds four to three. I think it's very interesting 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:02.600 and I'm really curious to see what trades look like 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.680 in this traffic, because I think that fewer quarterbacks up 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:06.720 at the top of the draft tend to lead to 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:10.480 fewer trades, and then where we are I just don't know. 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:13.280 I mean, there are a million and one permutations here, 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:16.280 but just generally speaking, I'm not sure there's going to 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.400 be a ton of trade down value there. But again, 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:20.880 never say never, right If a team falls in love 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:22.520 with the guy and they think that his name is 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:24.320 about to be called, then all bets are off. But 0:14:24.400 --> 0:14:27.240 then you have to balance is losing a few spots 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.640 in the middle rounds worth a day three trade up. 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:33.000 It's all very fascinating to me with what could happen. 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:34.840 Let's go ahead and take a break right there, come 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:39.400 back and begin our deep dive project here on potential 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:42.000 picks at number thirteen overall. We'll kick it off with 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:45.480 Malachi Starks, the Safety from Georgia. That's Next Draft Time podcast, 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.240 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by a donation. 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:01.400 If you thought the People's Court was going anywhere, you 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:02.880 were sorely mistaken. 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.840 We're talking about some prospects right now, and we'll do 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:07.760 this through the course of the next month. I want 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.280 to get into the possible options at pick thirteen. I 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.280 want to talk about Day two guys. I want to 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.480 get into Day three. I even want to talk about 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.560 you dfa potential guys that might fit the system and 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.280 be your home for all things Miami Dolphins Draft. I 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.920 know that Kyle krabsfella has a great hairline and some 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.440 pretty good draft takes as well, but we are also 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.560 going to provide you with a different opinion. And Kyle 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:32.080 and I have a pretty shared aesthetic. I think it's 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.120 a y kbs if you know what I'm talking about. 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.440 We know some football, but there's always differences. I've given 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.320 him crap for a long time about his take on 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:41.360 xavierst Repro. I told him he was too slow. When 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:42.760 he said, no, he's a great player, and I said, well, 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:43.880 he ran a four to seven. So I don't know 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:46.840 about all that, but I digress. So we're gonna do 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:49.040 a bunch of that here over the course of the 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:51.360 next month leading into the draft. In fact, as I 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:53.960 tape this on a Wednesday, we are one month away 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:55.600 from the NFL Draft, right? No? 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.080 Was that two days ago? Is it twenty fourth? I'm wrong? 0:15:58.160 --> 0:15:59.600 Four weeks away? Whatever? Who cares? 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.720 La Kai Starks is up today and he's the safety 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:04.480 from Georgia and I had a chance to watch him 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:05.040 on tape. 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:06.880 What a football player he is. 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.000 Man, I start with the play intelligence, and you're going 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:11.160 to hear me refer to this a lot in the 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.480 next month or so. I talked about it, I think 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.120 already on the show the Belichick quote you'll never see 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.680 a good defense with a dumb safety. And when you 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:22.160 watch Malachai Starks play, he's kind of the makes it 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.040 right guy, you know, not that Georgia is sitting back 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.640 there banking on blown coverages and missed assignments because of 0:16:27.680 --> 0:16:31.120 their NFL talent defense they have. But he's not really 0:16:31.200 --> 0:16:35.400 a like one snap I have one job type of player, 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:38.600 and he can be that because he sees concepts before 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:41.480 they unfold. And you'll hear me talk about this. This 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:43.800 will be the first thing I talk about with safety play. 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:46.880 With quarterbacks, it's how well can you see the route 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:50.080 concepts unfold and play fast? To me, it's the exact 0:16:50.080 --> 0:16:52.920 same thing for safeties. For receivers, it's how well can 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.680 you release half line of scrimmage. For cornerbacks, it's how 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:58.320 well can you disrupt and feel and get a change 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:01.720 of direction, how quick change of direction. For pass rushers, 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.000 it's how explosive all your hands and your first step quick. 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:07.600 There's things I look at initially, and for safeties, it's 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:10.080 how do you process the routes in front of you 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.840 because you can play from depth position and kind of 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:17.440