WEBVTT - 2022 Review: Tight Ends 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:05.160 You were listening to the Miami Dolphins podcast Network. This 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:08.399 is Drive Time with Travis Whingefield. Back to throw to 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:15.840 a looking what alta wind it open touchtop cleric call unbelievable. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.120 Just flew by for a second time to know where 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:21.880 he was going right away. A hit of that man. 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.160 I want to help you soon up on his wattle 0:00:25.400 --> 0:00:28.960 waddle to a shotgun, back to throw looking us up 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:36.200 fires too, It's waddle. It's six touchdowns para day. Drive 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:40.640 Time with Travis Winfield begins. Now let me check your 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:46.839 pulse and far What is up? Dolphans And welcome to 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.239 the Drift Time podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:55.400 network covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:58.360 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:01.360 Senior Bowl practices going to the week in general is 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:03.800 a rap. I've been pouring over some of the practice 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.960 tape identifying some of the best performances. We'll talk about 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:11.160 that and continue our two season review series with the 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:14.200 tight End Room from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:22.240 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime. We're putting 0:01:22.280 --> 0:01:27.200 together a content proposal peace Um for scouting combine this year, 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:28.280 and I went back and looked at some of the 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:30.840 old content we did for the scouting combine, and I 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.160 listened to one of the first episodes of Drive Time, 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:35.840 at least the first like twenty seconds of it. Boy, 0:01:36.040 --> 0:01:39.720 your boy had some energy and some enthusiasm. It's funny 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.800 how jobs can change that over time. But rolling along 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:46.640 here with the two season getting deeper and deeper into 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:51.040 the rear view mirror, we continue assessing an evaluating, the 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:54.920 critical first step before devising your off season plan. What 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:57.760 we had in two. We'll go back to the offensive 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:00.040 side of the ball today and break down the IT 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.840 end room, which had it struggles this past season. We 0:02:03.880 --> 0:02:06.480 first start here with the accomplishments of the group. Forty 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:10.480 seven grabs for four nine yards or fifty seven grabs 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:14.120 other and six touchdowns and fifty four snaps played, and 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:18.119 they were in twelve personnel excuse me, nine point four 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.320 percent of the time. Of course, that's one back too. 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.880 Tight ends. It's a big fixture, a big piece of 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.399 this offense and the way they want to establish not 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:29.120 just a certain style of running game, but the play 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:31.400 action game off of that and the ability to be 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:35.400 explosive or run the football from that twelve personnel package. 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:37.680 I mean, you get Tyreek and Jalen on the field 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:41.040 with two good blocking tight ends and equality running back 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.800 and a good offensive line. I mean, who's gonna stop 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.200 that offense? So you have some work to do to 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.959 make that possibility, and within your capacity of your calls, 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:52.160 I think we see that number increase if you can 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:55.240 get to that level in the future, because if you 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.760 have to defend both wide areas of the field and 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:02.480 the running game, you have contend with two four three receivers, 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.600 you have a good quarterback and a good offensive line 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:07.560 that can protect, and an explosive running back. Man, you're 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.320 cooking with gas. And it kind of brings me back 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:13.160 to this idea or philosophy or theory that I share 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.240 oftentimes with friends or people that are close to this 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.440 team as well in terms of you know, fans and friends, 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:21.440 And I pose this question that day to a group 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:25.240 chat of mine, like, would you rather kind of if 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.359 you only had X amount of premium resources, would you 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:30.680 rather patch up a couple of spots you have on 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:34.639 offense and make that like one of the best offenses 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:38.680 in the NFL? Or would you leave it as is 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.440 and shift those resources in the defense and try to 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.480 see if you can't make your defense go from like 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:48.160 then you have like a you know, seventh or eighth 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:53.120 offense and fifteen defense. That's not like an either or situation. 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:55.600 But if you were posed in or you know, if 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:58.560 you were putting that hypothetical situation, what would you choose? 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.200 And I tend to lean towards like, make your strength 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.920 your strength, man, make your team identity your team identity. 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.440 So I'm curious to see how it works out this offseason. 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.840 And again I'm not saying they have to choose either or, 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.640 but I'll be curious to see where the priority lies. 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.280 Do they want to fix, you know, the offense and 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.800 that includes this position, like right tackle. You gotta get 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:20.120 better production from that spot, probably a better production from 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.640 the left guard. You need better health from the quarterback position, 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:24.320 and you probably need a little bit more running back. 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:28.719 So like there are you know, areas there to filter 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.680 your resources towards that I think you could accomplish in 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:35.120 one off season. But one thing I do know is 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:39.719 this group needs needs some resources, needs some some reinforcements, 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.960 you know, the group as a whole, there was some 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:46.359 timely playmaking in terms of catching touchdowns and explosive plays, 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.560 but outside of that, there just wasn't much we saw. 0:04:49.680 --> 0:04:51.840 You know, Durham Smith kind of took on that role 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.960 of split flow action try to head up some players 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.680 in the running game that your your six text and 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.800 beyond the you know, edge defender outside linebackers and help 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:04.440 out with chipping and past protection and off of that 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:07.520 split flow action kind of be the flat receiver option 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.599 which holds you know, certain parts of the defenders for 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:13.280 that vertical horizontal stretch. You know, your cloud corner kind 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:17.239 of pays attention to that flat tight end coming across 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.440 the formation there. And if you can do multiple things, 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.400 that helps your offense stay flexible, helps keep the defense guessing, 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.039 and it just allows your quick decision making quarterback to 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.920 get even more windows and even more advantage based upon 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:29.680 the way you move things. But you have to be 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.400 sharp in these areas, and Miami wasn't this year. Let's 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:36.320 just be completely honest about that. It wasn't good at 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:38.880 the position, and you gotta get better. How that happens, 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:40.800 we'll have to find out. Let's go ahead and review 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.119 what happened this season. Here for the Miami Dolphins. Number 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.880 eighty Tanner Connor didn't have any passing game production, had 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:48.799 three targets, and I think two of those were drops. 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:51.719 The season kind of just got away from him at 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.680 that point in terms of like, well, you can't you 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:55.440 can't throw the ball to the guy that keeps dropping it. 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:57.080 But I do think there's a lot of talent in there. 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:59.279 I know the team loves what they have in Tanner Connor. 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:02.240 He played just twenty five snaps. Durham Smith number eighty one, 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.800 caught fifteen balls for a buck twenty nine and touchdown 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:07.560 five hundred and fifty seven snaps. He got the extension 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.479 last year, but there's flexibility there and we'll see what 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.520 happens going forward to the position. But I you know, 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.000 Smith was playing five hundred and fifty seven snaps, was 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.040 the tight end one this past year, and you just 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:21.960 like I said, We'll put it this way, you just 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.120 need better production at the spot. Number eight four Hunter 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.440 long no passing game production. He played ninety three snaps, 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:32.400 and the number eighty eight Mike gets Sicky played how 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.039 many snaps did he give us? Sorry? I just clicked 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:36.719 on an email. Four hundred and seventy eight snaps, caught 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.120 thirty two for three sixty two and five touchdowns. So 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.919 the touchdown production from Gisicky to me was the only 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:44.120 positive you got here. I'll take five touchdowns from my 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.600 tight end, but everything else it's gotta go up. Those 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:49.560 are bricking numbers. You got pumples numbers up. Reserved injured 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:52.040 list was Adam Shaheen and Sethan carter Um. As far 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:53.800 as the individuals, going back to his kind of talking 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.680 about them, Connor, you know, the explosive nature of his 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:00.200 of his game, I suppose is what intrigued you. He's 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.960 a former receiver and track champion that can kind of, 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.560 you know, give you the explosive element of the game 0:07:05.560 --> 0:07:08.800 and we'll see what he can do going forward. Smythe 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:11.920 again kind of limited in what he brings the table 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:13.800 in terms of that inline blocking, but I think that 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.200 that's the really aspect of his game that needed to 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.200 get better, and it hasn't over the like four or 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:19.760 five years. I mean, it's gotten better, but not to 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.640 where it needs to be, especially in this system. Hunter 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:25.440 long has been a slow burn obviously, and then Mike 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.880 get Sicky just kind of a you know, square pad 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.000 round hole, trying to make it work, and it didn't 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:32.880 work this year. What happens next year, we'll see. But uh, 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.320 just a tough year for this room in general. And 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:38.160 that brings us to what might be out there this 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.600 offseason among free agents. I mean, there are so many 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.920 guys on the list that you you know, are kind 0:07:42.920 --> 0:07:44.840 of what you just had. You know, Mike get Sicky 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.559 one of them a free agent. Obviously, Evan Ingram a 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:49.840 much better version of that. He was awesome for the 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.120 Jaguars this year, but he's not gonna line up and 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.960 you know, go be a slobber knocker on a Sam linebacker, 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.760 Austin Hooper, same role, but lesser of a player. But man, 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.800 there are some names I sure do love as more 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.080 of a fit in terms of what tight ends are 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.800 asked to do in this system, right, and and coaches 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.080 talked about kind of retraining guys to do the opposite 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.520 what they learned in their football careers in the system, 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.680 and yeah, let's go get guys that can do that. Now. 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:15.440 I think you gotta do what it tied in one 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.440 and tied into That's my thought, and I think you 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:20.760 try to make them as similar and interchangeable like you 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:24.320 would the safety position, and I think it's a significantly 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:27.920 priced free agent and relatively high draft pick because this 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:29.880 is a big priority for me this offseason. I think 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.880 this is the biggest key, along with right tackle towards 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.600 making the offense one of the best to the best 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.880 in the NFL. Hayden Hurst is my number one guy 0:08:39.000 --> 0:08:42.240 all day long. I think he's perfect for I just 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.560 talked about. IRB. Smith is also up there. Not quite 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.600 the end line blocker as Hayden Hurst, but he's really 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:51.000 good and he's a much better receiver, so there's like 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.720 some options there. I am slightly intrigued by the idea 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.000 of a Robert Tonyan who has played in a similar 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.520 system before and been a good like fourth or fifth 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.160 option in the passing game, which is what we need 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:03.320 in my opinion at this position. Uh. My top of 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:06.600 the market guys are IRV. Smith and Dalton Schultz, although 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:08.560 I'm really only interested in one of those guys. IRB. 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:12.600 Smith again, first round talent, h back, fullback, tight end, 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.520 flex him out playing wherever you want. I think that 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:16.680 his market value they have here at ten point two 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:21.520 million uh per year a p y is pretty pretty 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.480 on brand, pretty tard on target, and I would pay 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:26.280 that or what we did last year the position for 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.200 the production we got now Dalton Schultz fifteen millions. The 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:33.600 spot rack market value for him, no way, no, I 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:35.720 am all the way out on that. But the mid 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:38.120 level two guys here, I'm really intrigued by Hayden Hurst again. 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:40.120 Six point eight is his market value on spot Rack. 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.079 Love his game. I think he's just he just brings 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.600 everything you want at this position at in this offense 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.640 and playing for Zach Taylor. The offense is somewhat similar 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:50.880 kind of an offshooter Sean McVeigh, which of course stems 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.440 off the Shanahan trees, so somewhat similar concepts. And then 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:56.719 Robert Tonyan again back in that Green Bay offense. He's 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.839 a five million employer per spot Rack. The bargain guys. 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:02.679 I took four here, which I know is against my 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.000 own rules, but I put Ross Dwelly and Tyler Croft 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.200 because they played in San Francisco like and I know 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.360 Ross Welly is a tight end three tight and four 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.000 type special team or guy that can come in there 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.160 and line up in your in your heavy package, your 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:15.240 elephant package on the goal line and try to knock 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.320 some guys back because that kind of extra tackle role. 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.560 And then Drew Sample and Jesse James are my other 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.600 two guys. They just missed the entire year last year. 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.760 I think it kind of depresses their value a little bit. 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:26.240 So if you can get a steal that way, that 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:29.679 would be nice. So to me, ideally you'll wind up 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:32.360 with Herb Smith or Hayden Hurst or Robert Touny in 0:10:32.640 --> 0:10:35.839 and then you pair that in the draft with one 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:38.000 of the deepest draft classes we've had at this position 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.520 in a long time. You should have a potential plug 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.080 and play Day one starter there at pick fifty two 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.960 if you if you want so Dolphin's first pick this year. 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.640 I would have loved to have Darnell Washington from Georgia 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.920 with pick twenty one, but that ain't happening obviously. He's 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:55.320 my top guy, complete freak. He's like seven ft four 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:58.240 seven four pounds, just kidding. He's like he is like 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.120 six eight to seventy though or to eighty, and he 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.560 freaking can move. He looks like a basketball player out there. 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:05.880 He is. He's a phenomenal player, going to be a 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:09.120 great pro. And he has tape wiping dudes out, catching passes, 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:13.440 and running away from people. He is impressive, impressive, impressive specimen. 0:11:13.679 --> 0:11:15.800 Notre Dame's Michael Mayer is the one that gets the 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.680 on the radar for everybody I've talked to, and it's 0:11:18.720 --> 0:11:21.040 not hard to see why he's gonna be long gone 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.320 by the time we pick probably the best Jason Witten 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:27.320 coomp we've gotten since Witten came out of Tennessee, and 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.200 that includes like a lack of separation and explosion at 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:31.880 the top of routes. But Whitten didn't have that, and 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.079 he still found ways to get open. Mayor is kind 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:36.120 of in that same in that same world. He also 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:39.280 the name Dalton Kinkaide from Utah. He's a great player, 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:41.720 but he's more Gasicky than Kittle, which you know what 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.760 I mean by that. Uh. Sam Laporter from Iowa has 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:47.319 similar skills in terms of run after the catch and 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:49.640 making big plays as the tight end you might want here, 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.520 but gosh, if there's an inline weapon working off stretch 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.080 zone offense tied into this class, it's LAPORTA man like 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.560 he gives you the benefit of that kind of horizontal 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.600 stretch type of offense. And here's this four team broken 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.040 tackles on fifty three grabs last year, lad all tight 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.400 ends in the country. That's a crazy number for a 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:07.280 tight end. And he comes from tight end you at 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:10.199 Iowa or one of them. I mentioned Musgrave, the Oregan 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.680 State player at the Senior Bowl. He might be a 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:15.440 guy you look at with pick fifty two. Insane athletic 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:19.080 ability in a sixty pound frame. He might be my 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.280 preferred pick at fifty two. In general, I'm not far 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.440 enough in yet, but I really really like what he 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.640 brings the table. He can he can kind of be 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:27.920 like an alec ingold, but at the tight end position 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:29.640 in terms of how he opens up your offense and 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.960 the things you can do. Cage still Over from Ohio 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:34.760 State is your run block, first tight end, make plays 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.680 after the fact type of guy. That's why I like 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.960 him and like, you know, probably the day three, if 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:42.360 you know, late day three, maybe perhaps that number two 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:45.600 tight end roll there. I think Miami's Will Mallory doesn't 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:47.679 have the in line pelts to be considered. I think 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:50.240 Davis Allen is not enough enough of a mover for me, 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:53.199 and Minnesota's Brevn span Ford intrigues me in the way 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:56.319 A third offensive tackle would kind of talking about, like, um, 0:12:56.400 --> 0:13:00.360 some of those Ross Dwelly type of roles line up 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.600 in line and go knock somebody off the football. Fascinating class. 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.880 Could definitely see Miami comingway with one on Day two 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:08.839 in addition to that big free agent we'll see. But 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:10.880 I think this is a big area of focus in 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:12.960 a good year to have a deep class at the 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:14.840 tight end position. Let's go ahead and take our first 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:16.560 break right there and come back on the other side, 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:18.440 and I'm gonna tell you about the Senior Bowl and 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:20.120 when I thought about some of the practice I've seen 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.000 so far, not all the way down, but I have 0:13:22.040 --> 0:13:24.240 a couple of those in the bank right now. That's 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:27.280 next Drivetime Podcast, your host, Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:40.120 by Aunt Nation. Friday. Here on the Drivetime Podcast, we 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.320 had the schefter tweet on Thursday that found Gio is 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.360 once again official or I guess not official, but will 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:50.640 become official, and we'll have um some podcast content for 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:54.200 you guys on him when he is officially official, which 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.120 I cannot wait to do that. We've been working on 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:57.880 that for a while now, so I'm excited to bring 0:13:57.920 --> 0:13:59.880 it to you. Let's go back to the Senior Bowl 0:13:59.880 --> 0:14:02.200 here and off the top, this game has just been 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:04.880 such draft mecca over the years. Man, I talked about 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.079 it seemingly every year, But it wasn't that long ago 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.680 that you just didn't get first rounders at this game, 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.920 maybe one or two when I first started watching it 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.679 back in just like five, I think it was the 0:14:16.679 --> 0:14:18.400 first year I watched the Senior Bowl and was really 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:23.320 into it. But now they get five, six, seven, like 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.040 maybe ten and in a great year, the best year. 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.040 The second and third rounds are loaded every year with 0:14:29.080 --> 0:14:32.280 Senior Bowl alumni, Senior Bowl alumni, and the best part, 0:14:32.320 --> 0:14:34.880 it really feels like there are some predictive things you 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:39.280 see annually with these practices. Personally, the way a player moves, 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:43.200 I locked away, you move Donnut, Donnut? First time I 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:44.680 ever a second the podcast. How you guys like that? 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:48.640 Uh yeah, cast Um. The way a player moves among 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:50.800 their peers at the Senior Bowl goes such a long 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:54.360 way with me, because like that's the easiest, most tangible 0:14:54.360 --> 0:14:56.800 thing to spot in terms of Scotty, that guy moves 0:14:56.840 --> 0:15:01.600 different than everybody else. We're gonna talk about a back 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.760 and a backer in this pod where it's just evident 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:06.840 they move at different speeds and their peers do. I 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.040 also think you get a chance to see a player's polish, 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.560 how pro ready is he. We're gonna talk about a 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:15.120 receiver who runs just really good, consistent routes with purpose 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:18.200 and understands all of that. This is a good chance 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:22.600 to see who is really taking their game already to 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:25.040 not the peak, but close enough to the peak where 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.600 you can say I can probably count on that guy 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:29.280 to produce in year one, which is such a big 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:31.920 deal for a draft prospect. It's not like the biggest thing, obviously, 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:35.280 but it's a bonus. And then you get the past rush, 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.000 past pro drills, which to me tells a story every 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.680 single year. That remains my favorite thing to watch at 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:44.520 any football practice in any capacity. And some guys really 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.640 showed you what they've got in that department this week. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:50.720 Let's go ahead and get to it. Darnielle Right, the 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:54.280 tackle from Tennessee, is an easy strider to his landmark 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.400 with good redirect and change of direction back inside. I 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:00.360 thought he and Will McDonald were really the man chup 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.360 of the week with their one on once. He has 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.000 the length and range to get around the outside but 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:08.160 the balance and strength to thwart moves back inside, and 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:14.280 there was a great freak f um. There was a 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:20.440 image stat image graphic somebody posted from I don't know, 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:22.720 I don't know where it came from. This is turning 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:26.560 into Mark Wahlberg and in the Departed Maybe maybe not, 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:31.080 maybe yourself. Um, but it was a stat that basically 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.760 told you how often teams are putting their tackles on 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:38.120 an island. And despite having to Ron Armstead arguably one 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.600 of the best left tackles in the NFL, the Dolphins 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.080 were the lowest in terms of leaving their tackles isolated, 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:43.960 and a lot of that has to do with the 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:46.280 right tackle position. Right is a guy that you can 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:48.880 do that with, is what I'm getting at here. Speaking 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:52.280 of Will McDonald from Iowa State, Holy Molly, he's gonna 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:55.240 be gone way before we pick. But man, he was 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.200 so impressive you have to mention him incredibly. Bendy has 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.239 a wicked spin move back inside, and he just understands 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:03.280 his pass rush plan, like when to give more space, 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.280 when to reduce space, when a counter could work. After 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.000 showing a specific move all day long, Like I said, 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:13.200 he's very likely gone, long gone, by the time Miami picks. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:15.560 But you just can't do this segment and not mention him. 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.119 Three more names I have here that we've covered a 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:21.400 little bit. I think Cody Mock, the interior offensive lineman 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:23.159 from North Dakota State, Like I said on the on 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.920 the Wednesday podcast, put him into your starting lineup when 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:27.880 you draft him. He's gonna be that type of player, 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:32.040 the Alex Cappa, the the Quinn Miners for the Broncos 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:34.880 last year. He just he's just gonna fit, He's gonna play, 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.560 He's gonna be awesome. He's a really good player. Has 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.480 that temperament you like as well. Uh, A guy that 0:17:40.520 --> 0:17:43.320 plays sleeveless with no teeth in North Dakota like this 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:44.960 sounds like a great player to go up to the 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:47.000 Northeast in December and try to win a football game 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:51.120 with Keanu Brenton from Wisconsin has just been kicking butt 0:17:51.200 --> 0:17:53.760 all week and I didn't I wasn't familiar with this game, 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:57.280 you know, shack style before before this week. But that's 0:17:57.280 --> 0:17:58.879 why I like about Senior bowl Man. You gotta look 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:00.879 at these guys you're not familiar with, and they really 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:02.840 just kind of turn your head and He's done that 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:04.600 with his pad level and leverage. He has just been 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:07.679 whooping dudes all week long on the interior. Are the 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.600 dolphins in that market, We'll see. I mean they they're 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:11.919 pretty good in that position, but it might be more 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:16.800 move And then Julius Brent's the cornerback from Kansas State, who, buddy, 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:20.840 you want to talk about length and just keeping guys, 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:24.000 you know, in their original starting booth, their station at 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:25.800 the last creamage, not letting them get out until the 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:29.440 release into the route. Julius Brent's will mess up your 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:32.960 timing and disrupt your passing game in a big way. 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:35.560 That dude looks the part, and I'm curiously where he 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:37.320 goes on draft day and how he runs and how 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:40.240 he works out. But he has really gotten my attention. 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:45.080 Leonardo DiCaprio and Django style and Jingo Chain style. I 0:18:45.080 --> 0:18:46.600 know I talked about him in the pod already, but 0:18:46.640 --> 0:18:51.880 I need day on Henley just unreal speed strike ability. 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:54.480 I mentioned his performance in the preview podcast, but go 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:56.800 watch his one on one coverage drills on the running 0:18:56.800 --> 0:18:58.800 backs and you'll see what I'm talking about, Like if 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.280 receivers are supposed to in one on one's verse corners. 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:04.719 Then this is tenfold for running backs to beat linebackers. 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:07.439 But Henley was all over it. I'll never forget my 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:10.760 first look at Shack Leonard from South Carolina State, not 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:13.639 South Carolina, South Carolina State in these drills back in 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:18.080 then Darius Leonard obviously and being like, Yeah, that dude 0:19:18.280 --> 0:19:21.000 moves like an elite linebacker. That's why I see with 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:22.919 dayon Henley, and it's not has anything to do with 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:28.120 Washington State. Go coog Tyreek Stevenson the Miami Corner. Sure 0:19:28.119 --> 0:19:29.480