WEBVTT - Miami Dolphins Draft Night 1 Recap, Day 2 Preview 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:08.039 Practice Rolphins, Patrick Drawle. What a win for this Miami 0:00:08.119 --> 0:00:13.880 Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to 0:00:13.920 --> 0:00:18.239 the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast 0:00:18.280 --> 0:00:22.680 network covering your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:25.479 am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here to 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:29.080 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:33.840 on today's show Draft Night one Recap, we're breaking down 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:38.120 the key details of your newest Miami Dolphins quotes, coaches 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:43.120 and teammate perspectives, statistical studies, film evaluations. Your one stop 0:00:43.120 --> 0:00:47.239 shop for the most comprehensive coverage on your twenty Miami 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.960 Dolphins rookie class. All of that coverage and more on 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:57.720 this Thursday, April edition of the Drivetime Podcast Miami Dolphins. 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:14.759 Down that, of course, the National Championship game winning throw 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:18.440 in overtime from your new Miami Dolphins quarterback to a 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.360 tongue of viola and I want to start with that 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:25.360 play in the National Championship, the game winner over Georgia 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:30.040 in overtime, second down and and two delivers a forty 0:01:30.160 --> 0:01:32.800 one yard strike to DeVonta Smith where he looks off 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:34.840 the safety and comes back to the boundary and just 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.760 puts an absolute dime on his speeds to receiver to 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.560 win the game, to win the national championship and rescue 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.440 a thirteen point deficit. And going back to what Brian 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.440 Flores has spoken about in terms of what traits he 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:49.080 wants in a quarterback, going back to his first scout 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.760 in combine and twenty nine team and also this past year, 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:55.160 he talked about four traits among other things. But fourth 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.680 and I really want to highlight here on this podcast, 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.920 and this play right here alone, I in checks off 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:04.600 the first box, the it factor, rising all tides, making 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.120 plays when the chips are down, getting the best out 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:09.760 of your teammates and your players, and not being afraid 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.200 of the big moment. What bigger moment for a true 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:15.360 freshman to come off the bench at halftime and rescue 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:18.720 a third team point deficit and punctuating it with a 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:22.200 forty one yard touchdown passing overtime after he had taken 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:25.360 a sack the previous play that lost sixteen yards and 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.120 not only put Alabama out of field goal range to 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:31.040 potentially tie the game in the first overtime, but gets 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.080 it all back on the next play with the big 0:02:33.120 --> 0:02:37.200 touchdown strike that to me defines having that it factor 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.120 that you're gonna beat me over my dead body on 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:43.359 this football field. Number two, the leadership aspects, and we're 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:45.240 gonna get into more quotes on this here in just 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:48.200 a second, but this one from Ken wizzen Hunt quote. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.240 He just has a personality people gravitate to because you 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.960 can feel that he cares about you. You notice that quickly. 0:02:54.160 --> 0:02:57.360 He's genuine. He cares about you, his teammates, his coaches. 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:00.480 He makes them feel import him. And a again going 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:03.280 back to Brian floress comments, whether it was training camp, 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:06.280 in season, the scouting combine, he's been consistent in his 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.240 message that he prefers a quarterback that can command the 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:12.880 locker room, has great huddle etiquette, communicate the play calls, 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.320 and be a guy that guys rally around, a guy 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:18.200 that galvinizes a locker room. And we'll talk more about 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.120 that as well here in just one second, because we 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:23.480 have several accounts of Tah doing just that. The third 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.400 trade the accuracy. We've heard Mike Leach talk about it 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.480 in the past. Pretty much any quarterback coach says quarterbacks 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.560 are born with natural accuracy or at least developed at 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.280 a young age with repetition, and we know how hard 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:37.880 to have worked in that area, growing up as a youth, 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.800 as a high school player, as a college prospect, and 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:44.120 now into the pros. His career completion percentage sixty nine 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:48.320 at Alabama and going off of the Ian Wharton at 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.880 NFL film study on Twitter, off of his catchable passes 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.160 charting project two or through one percent of his passes 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.520 last year on target according to that pretty accurate. And 0:03:58.560 --> 0:04:00.480 then fourth and I can't really just play this to 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.760 you guys via a video outlet because we're on an 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:07.680 audio platform. But the escapability, the mobility, the ability to 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:10.360 manage the pocket and escape pressure when it arrives quickly, 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.760 erasing free rushers. There are multiple examples of that pretty 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.680 much anywhere you look onto us tape, including several of 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:18.640 my tweets I've putting out there in the universe. So 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:23.080 to up mobility, accuracy, leadership, and the IT factor, checking 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:26.000 all four of those boxes. And so, with the fifth 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:28.520 pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night, the Dolphins 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.760 land their quarterback of the future, and college football's all 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:35.640 time passing efficiency leader is now a Miami Dolphin. He 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.960 also had the highest qb R in two thousand eighteen 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:42.440 since ESPN began charting that stat back in two thousand 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.480 four in the history of college football, So the efficiency 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.240 metrics are there. Six ft tall, two seventeen pound quarterback 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:53.120 National champion played in another national championship game. He went 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.320 twenty two and two as a starter for the Crimson Tide, 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.640 seven touchdown passes to just eleven interceptions as a collegiate 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:04.000 seven thousand, four hundred forty two yards. That's ten point 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:07.200 nine yards per pass in his career with the aforementioned 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:10.840 sixty nine point three percent completion percentage, and those totals 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:15.279 one point four career passer rating, second to nobody in 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:19.000 the history of college football. And all those statistics and 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:23.119 accolades and individual accomplishments are all fantastic, don't get me wrong. 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:27.080 That and the winning pedigree, But it's Tugue by Lois, character, work, ethic, 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.480 and spirit that adored the quarterback. To Alabama head coach 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.680 Nick Saban, who said this quote, He's a fantastic human 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.400 and forget just too on the field. It's who he 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.400 is off the field that I think is probably more impressive. 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:42.760 End quote. A very great example of that. After an 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.960 injury cut Tunguo by Lois junior season short, Nick Saban 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.880 said he called his quarterback in the hospital and hopes 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.239 of lifting the perpetually smiling twenty two year old spirits. 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.240 And this is how that phone call went, according to 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.800 Nick Saban, quote, I called him to cheer him up. 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.000 He cheers me up. This is a guy that has 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:02.480 great spirit. He's very positive about everything he does and 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:04.960 the effect he has on other people. I think he's 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.640 a great ambassador for college football in terms of the 0:06:07.680 --> 0:06:10.120 class that he shows and the way he goes about 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:13.240 what he does and quote, and that was evident even 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.280 from a young age with the way that Ta was 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:18.800 able to impress coaches and authority figures alike and to it. 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.119 Will always attribute that to the way he was raised 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.320 back in Hawaii by his parents and the loving discipline 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.080 that they instilled into a from a young age, and 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.920 that was really shown pretty much throughout his entire football career, 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.479 going back even to his high school days. As the 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.200 co host of the Move the Sticks podcast, Bucky Brooks, 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:38.440 who also serves as a camp counselor at Nike's Elite 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:41.120 eleven passing camp, here's his thoughts on two a tongue 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:44.560 of Valoa quote. His humility is genuine. His ability to 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.400 connect with people from all different backgrounds is impressive. Like 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:50.240 an NFL locker room. When you think about franchise quarterbacks 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.560 and all the things that are thrust upon a franchise 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.480 QB to be the ultimate leader, to be the spokesperson, 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.800 I don't know if I've ever seen a kid that's 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:01.360 more prepared to handle those responsibilities. End quote. And so 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:05.239 you hear Brooks talk about Towah's ability to galvanize different 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.880 walks of life and different types of people and connect 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:09.840 to all of them on a personal level. Well, that 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:12.960 also applies to his football acumen, because he played in 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:17.800 three different offensive systems at Alabama under three different offensive coordinators. 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:21.160 Last season was under Steve Sarkisian, who spent the previous 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.000 two years in the NFL, ushering in the NFL based 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:27.480 passing offense to the college ranks at Alabama, and sark 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:30.240 had this to say about his quarterback quote, it doesn't 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:32.400 matter if it's the training room, the locker room, the 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.800 practice field, the equipment room, the coach's office. That guy 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:39.320 is a true leader. Everybody knows the work ethic, the desire, 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:43.200 and the competitiveness Tongua Voloa has end quote. And another 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.840 counselor or I guess head coach that Tongue by Loah 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.600 had at the Nike Elite eleven camp was Trent Dilfer, 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:51.200 who also was working with two and his preparations for 0:07:51.240 --> 0:07:53.880 the draft, had this to say about his time with 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.360 two of back at the Elite eleven camp quote, this 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:58.360 is maybe the best thing that I can say about Two. 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:01.520 He's a one rep guy. He can change in one rep. 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:03.720 You can ask him to do anything you want and 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.520 he can change it in that one rep. That coach ability, 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:09.480 that trainability is what made me know at the time 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.000 that he wasn't just going to have a good college career, 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:14.600 he was going to have a great college career end quote. 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:16.880 We talked about him working with Tongue of Voloa in 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.160 the lead up to the draft, but the two relationship 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.520 really spanned back to the high school days for the 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:24.400 Dolphins new quarterback quote. I have never seen a kid 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.160 since I've been doing this change more in two weeks, 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:30.160 he said of his lefty protege. Quote. I told him, hey, 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.319 to a the way you play the position, even though 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.040 it looks great, doesn't translate to the next level. It 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.840 lacks discipline, It doesn't benefit you the way that you 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.400 move in the pocket. You can't throw in tight spaces. 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:42.600 You have to work on this end quote and a 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.679 nineteen year old tongue of Voloa accepted the coaching and 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:49.199 made sure those improvements were readily tangible for his Elite 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.960 eleven coach to see. Dilford had this quote after the 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.600 fact quote he shared with us in our interview that 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.880 he would go to a football practice and then him 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:58.800 and his pops would go to the park and set 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.360 up cones that we talked about in Oakland to retrain 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.520 his instincts and play from under center. Noticed he played 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.319 more under center and seven on seven this past weekend 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.760 than he played in the gun, and obviously that's why 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.240 we were also impressed and why he has a legitimate 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.520 chance to be the m v P of the Elite 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:17.560 eleven camp and quote, and that chance became a reality 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.239 as Tannguo Valoa took home the m v P Trophy 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:22.920 of Elite eleven that year. A five star recruit out 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.520 of high school going to Alabama obviously, and then just 0:09:25.600 --> 0:09:28.640 a short eight months later, tongue Valoa captures an even 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:31.880 more prestigious piece of hardware, down thirteen zip at halftime. 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:34.880 You know, the story leads the comeback, leads the charge, 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:37.760 taking over for Jalen Hurts at quarterback at halftime and 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:41.800 coming back from downt zero. Brian day Ball, Alabama's offensive 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.920 coordinator in that game, featured a pretty run heavy offense 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.040 that really catered to Jalen Hurts and Bama's loaded stable 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.720 of running backs and the running game. That's evident by 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:53.240 the fact that tongue Valoa in just that one half 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.800 alone carried the football twelve times, mostly out of zone 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.679 read and that was the highest single game total of 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:03.480 ru shows and Tunguavaloah's entire career that rookie season that 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.960 freshman year, his first game off the bench in considerable time, 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.760 because he was working mostly spot duty in other games 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:12.480 that year. But it was tongue Bo's passing prowess, however, 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.640 that really resurrected the Crimson Tides hopes of winning that 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.839 second national championship in three years. He tossed a pair 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.840 of touchdowns and regulation to get the Crimson Tide tied 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:24.960 with Georgia and then the game winner and overtime obviously 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:28.560 to Devonte Smith. A takeoff route from the boundary Georgia 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.040 has two split safety's fifteen yards off the line of 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.800 scrimmage at the snap, really trying to play safe because 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:35.920 they had twenty six yards between the line of scrimmage 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.480 and the first down chains, but that didn't matter for 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.319 tongue Voloa. He takes the snap, holds the safety on 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.439 the hash mark and you can see that safety staying 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.400 on that hash mark near DeVonta Smith and looking in 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.320 his direction. That creates just a sliver of a window 0:10:49.559 --> 0:10:53.160 and two launches a perfectly placed, arcing fifty yard ball 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.480 through the air for the win and for the championship trophy. 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:58.640 And when they flash to the end zone angle on 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.800 that play, it shows that boundary side safety flip his 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:04.560 hips and run towards Smith, but then he follows tongue 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:06.880 by Lowa's eyes back to the post and that gives 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:08.920 him just that sliver of a window to drive the 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:12.240 dagger through the heart of his sec rival. And despite 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:15.200 not starting a single game as a freshman, tongue Bylowa 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.840 finished the college football season with one of the more 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.800 memorable throws in the storied history of the sport. He 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:23.679 finished that year with six thirty six passing yards on 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:27.000 seventy seven throws. That's sixty three point six percent completion, 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:31.000 eleven touchdowns, and just two picks. From that championship winning 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:35.040 moment onward, Alabama fans knew something special was in their possession. 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.920 But even with the championship winning medal tongue by Loah 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.640 had to compete against the incumbent starter his sophomore year 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:44.760 and close friend Jalen Hurts the following fall camp at Tuscaloosa. 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.199 This quote from an anonymous Alabama graduate assistant that was 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:51.319 on staff with Tunga Byla and Jalen Hurts quote, to 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.280 has an ability to get guys to rally around him 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:57.200 differently than anyone I've ever seen. One thing that stood 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.959 out to me was how he handled playing behind Jalen Hurt. 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.200 He didn't complain or sulk, He just worked. Even after 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.320 the three touchdowns in the National Championship, he was asked 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:08.400 to compete for the job the next season, and he 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.640 never wavered end quote, and To of course won the 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:16.160 camp competition and started opener against Louisville playing under a 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.960 new offensive coordinator in Mike Locksley and tongue Voloa transformed 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:23.240 the Crimson Tide offense from a traditional smash mouth style 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:27.040 into a record breaking vertical aerial display. And here was 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:29.760 a quote from Old Miss head coach Matt Luke ahead 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:33.000 of the team's meeting in ten with Alabama and tongue 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:36.199 Vola quote, they can stretch you really vertically with the 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.520 R P O game, which adds a dimension. It puts 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:40.199 a lot of pressure on you because you know you 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:42.640 have to stop the run, but with that added dimension, 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.400 it makes it very, very tough when it does break 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.000 down to Ah is able to extend the play, keep 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:51.320 his eyes downfield, and keep his composure. For a young quarterback, 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:54.439 I think that's pretty special. End quote. Tongue Voloa started 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:57.600 all fifteen games that year, setting a single season school 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.839 record in passing yardage and touchdowns. The sublemish to his 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:04.040 win loss record in college came in the National Championship 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:07.040 game against Dabo Swinney and the Clemson Tigers. The sophomore 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:10.679 quarterback finished that year with a sixty completion percentage. He 0:13:10.760 --> 0:13:13.680 threw for three thousand, nine hundred sixties six yards. That's 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:16.960 eleven point two yards per attempt forty three touchdown passes 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.400 and six interceptions, and was the runner up in the 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:23.559 Heisman Trophy voting and heading into that twenty nineteen title game, Swinney, 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.559 now a two time national champion head coach, was blown 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:29.640 away by the oppositions quarterback. Quote. He's got a little 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:31.360 bit of Brett Farve to him, a little bit of 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:33.959 Michael Vick and him. He's got that stuff that you 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:35.800 think you've got him, and he's got eyes in the 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:37.880 back of his head. He spins out and the next 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.400 thing you know, it's a big play. He's so accurate 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:43.160 in the pocket and he's incredibly accurate on the move. 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:45.839 End quote. It's been fifteen months since when he made 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.320 those comments, but he shared his feelings on Miami's new 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:51.520 quarterback earlier this month on ESPN's First Take, and that 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:55.000 tune hasn't changed. Quote. I love too. I'm on record 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.400 with that. I wouldn't pass up on to I think 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.720 he is a big time winner. He's a great person 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.880 and a great teammate. End quote. Finally, this past year 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.640 in twenty nineteen, at Alabama, they took on a new 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:09.520 offensive approach, more pro style under Steve Sarkisian the closest 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.559 replica to an NFL scheme the Tongue of Valoa has directed, 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.040 and boy did he make it go. Operating in that 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:18.240 run first system as a freshman, then transitioning into a 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:22.040 vertical game that produced teens most accurate downfield thrower, Tongue 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:25.200 Valoa completed fifty seven percent of his throws twenty plus 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:28.320 yards down the field, according to Sports Info Solutions. The 0:14:28.360 --> 0:14:31.960 twenty nineteen system evolved under the former Atlanta Falcons play 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:35.000 caller and sark and Bamma receiver Jerry Judy had this 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:37.560 to say about the new offense. Quote, I feel like 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.000 we're more play by play. You know. Last year we 0:14:40.120 --> 0:14:43.200 were more like score fast, score fast, big play score fast. 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.560 This year we're taking it slow, play by play end quote. 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:49.520 And Sarkisian is well known for his offense steep and 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.560 West Coast principles, but the presence of Tongue Valoa kept 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:56.239 the scheme open for multiple approaches to attacking opposing defenses 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.200 on any given day. Quote. When you can run the football, 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:01.960 you can play action pass. The play action pass games 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.560 the quarterback's best friend. To where defenses are trying to 0:15:04.640 --> 0:15:07.040 stop the run, and now you can create throwing lanes 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:10.080 down the field for explosive plays. And then the quarterback 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.840 prefers and efficient passing game high percentage completion type passing 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:15.920 game where you can get the ball and your playmaker's 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:19.120 hands in space to go out and create plays and quote. 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.880 And after the record breaking ten season, Tonga Blois somehow 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.720 manages to post even better numbers and twenty nine team 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.480 all the way across the board. He completes seventy one 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.960 percent of his passes. He threw for two thousand, eight 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:35.280 hundred forty yards. That's eleven point three yards per attempt, 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:38.080 so every pass attempt is a first down on average 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:40.880 and thirty three touchdowns with only three picks throughout the 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:44.960 course of the entire season. Three seasons, three schemes. Diligence 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.200 excellence in the same core components of Towa's game allowed 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:50.880 him to be effective in each of those three systems. 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.600 And that starts with the feet, which are the foundation 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:57.080 of all athletic movements, especially for a quarterback. To his 0:15:57.160 --> 0:16:00.160 feet are smooth, they're urgent, they're twitchy. He expedit. It's 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.960 the entire process of taking a snap by getting quickly 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.120 into the top of his drop, staying the line with 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:07.600 his feet under his hips, hips under his shoulders. He 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.400 can fire off that spot quickly and remain in a 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:13.320 position to threaten the defense, either with a throw or 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:16.280 taking off as a runner. Then you pair that with 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:19.640 the ability to process the defensive rotation at the same 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.920 rate that his feet move, making for a danger dangerous, 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.000 deadly combination. Tongue of Vola is able to get through 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.800 progressions on full field reads and get the ball out 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.960 on time and on target. And that ladder part throwing 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:34.840 on target is where Ta has been blessed, both naturally 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:38.400 but also by repetitive work habits. His throwing motion is natural, 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.640 he can manipulate spin and touch with an easy flick 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:43.400 of the wrist, and he can drive the ball with 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:46.560 extra velocity when asked to. Tongue of Voloa is a 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:50.120 master of deception at the position. He can manipulate coverages 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:53.280 and passing lanes accordingly, whether it's going downfield or short 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.440 in the slant r P O game. His feel for 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:59.080 leverage and placement often keeps his receivers out of harm's way, 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:01.920 as he'll throw a has to intentionally settle a receiver 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:04.280 down in a soft spot of the zone with that 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:07.080 intentional location, and he can put the ball on his 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:10.600 man and stride for big run after catch opportunities plug 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:14.119 on any Alabama highlight tape. It is just deep strike 0:17:14.240 --> 0:17:17.560 after deep strike after deep strike, and finally you have 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:20.480 the sense of coverage rotation, which is compounded by tongue 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:24.200 Vola's inherent ability to sense and get away from pressure. 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:27.680 His preparation makes him privy to a variety of defensive 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:31.359 calls and blitzes. He often knows where protection could be vulnerable, 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:33.960 and not only that, but how to work around those 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:37.720 obstacles and make the offense work with those vulnerabilities, whether 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:41.720 it's attacking vertically with anticipation or moving an unblocked defensive 0:17:41.760 --> 0:17:44.679 linemen with ball fakes and foot positioning. Tongue of Vola 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:48.359 can displace defenders in multiple ways, and playing quarterback is 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:51.879 an imperfect science. Plays are drawn up for the ideal situation, 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.679 but with twenty two moving bodies on the field, clutter 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:57.080 and chaos often turns a game of xs and oh's 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.600 into a game of Jimmy's and Joe's. And tongue of 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.680 voy low U is adept at processing the chaos, whether 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:05.320 it's a free rusher or a unique defensive call, and 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.840 getting himself into a position where he can make a 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.920 play all the while the platform and arm angle must 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:14.240 be recalibrated in a fraction of a second, and Tanga 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:18.240 Vla routinely makes chicken salad out of those situations. This 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:21.719 from NFL dot COM's lancerline. Quote. He has the release, 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.120 accuracy and touch needed to work all three levels successfully 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.800 and can become more disciplined full field reader to appease 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.520 the puzzle together against NFL coverages. His escapability not only 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:35.040 moves the chains, it creates chunk plays in the air 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:39.200 and on the ground. Talented dual threat quarterback with winning background, 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:43.280 explosive production, and loads of experience and high leverage games 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.159 and quote, and Tanga Bola's teammates, just like the scouts, 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.480 provide glowing reports on Miami's new signal caller. I got 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:53.360 this quote from Xavier McKinney, Alabama safety at the scouting combine, 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:56.679 who talked about practicing against two every single day. Quote. 0:18:56.840 --> 0:18:59.000 He's helped me a lot. We've had talks after a 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:01.720 practice where he tells what he sees because he's looked 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:04.359 me off several times. So many times I got to 0:19:04.480 --> 0:19:06.680 a point where I started to get frustrated because I'm like, 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:09.119 I don't know how you're doing this. End quote. And 0:19:09.440 --> 0:19:13.119 ESPN's lead college football color commentator, Kirk Herbstreet referenced a 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.160 particular moment where he saw the way Crimson Tide receivers 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.800 lit up when they saw to enter the huddle at 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:22.520 an Alabama practice during his freshman season before that National 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:25.879 Championship game. Quote. The night before the National Championship, I 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:28.520 was allowed into practice with my access, and when to 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:31.080 A came in, you could almost just feel the receivers 0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:33.119 like here we go. And I was standing next to 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:36.399 Josh Jacobs, who wasn't practicing, and after watching to A 0:19:36.480 --> 0:19:38.520 go down the field boom, boom, boom in a two 0:19:38.560 --> 0:19:41.040 minute drill, Jacob said to me, he's been doing that 0:19:41.200 --> 0:19:44.520 all year. End quote. And Tongue Byla's success that night 0:19:44.760 --> 0:19:47.320 on college football's biggest stage was the start of a 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:50.520 trend of elite production. In his two years as a starter, 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:53.400 Tongue of Valoa earned Pro Football Focus grades of better 0:19:53.480 --> 0:19:56.680 than ninety that's the publications cut off for the territory 0:19:56.800 --> 0:20:00.280 of elite elite players quote, one of the most interesting 0:20:00.320 --> 0:20:02.600 things about Tongue Byloa, when compared to some of the 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:06.160 other top quarterback prospects in recent memory, is that we've 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:09.200 never really seen him play bad football and quote that's 0:20:09.240 --> 0:20:12.760 PFFS lead draft analyst Mike Renner. In twenty nineteen, Tunga 0:20:12.800 --> 0:20:15.760 Byloa was efficient throwing the ball to all three levels 0:20:15.800 --> 0:20:18.840 of the field. Per Pro Football Focus, his passer rating 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:22.000 was third in college football on throws twenty plus yards 0:20:22.040 --> 0:20:24.920 down the field, fourth on intermediate throws in the ten 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:28.160 to nineteen yard range, and second on passes nine yards 0:20:28.240 --> 0:20:31.760 and in He took the fewest sacks among quarterbacks, had 0:20:31.840 --> 0:20:35.439 the seventh best adjusted completion percentage with the third fewest 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:38.960 turnover worthy plays in college football, and Tungua Byloa the 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:41.480 Dolphins are getting a good football player and a better 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:44.879