WEBVTT - Top Combine Performers, Dolphins Cancer Challenge 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:07.680 Practice, traffic growing Tuxtown. What a win for this Miami 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:14.240 Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to 0:00:14.320 --> 0:00:18.520 the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:23.160 network covering your Miami Dolphins. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:25.960 and I'm here to bring you your daily dose of 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:31.680 Miami Dolphins football and the scouting combine addition is a rap. First, 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:33.920 we'll go back to the weekend that was with the 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:37.760 defensive backs media availabilities from Friday, as well as the 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.800 Dolphins Cancer Challenge and the smashing success of that event 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:45.239 on Saturday, and finish up with a comprehensive recap of 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.800 the top performers on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:52.080 throughout the weekend. All of that and much much more 0:00:52.200 --> 0:00:56.440 on this the March second edition of the Drivetime Podcast. 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.320 And we start today's episode of the Drivetime pod cast 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:03.840 by talking about the latter portion of the Dolphins mission 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:07.080 statement to be successful both on and off the field 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:09.720 with the off the field stuff and of course, the 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.200 Dolphins Cancer Challenge, which ran for the tenth time this Saturday, 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:16.320 a biking and running and walking event that takes place 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:19.600 in South Florida. And finishes at hard Rock Stadium, the 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:23.160 home of your Miami Dolphins. That were over six thousand 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:27.320 participants this year, and that includes Dolphins players, employees, team 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:31.399 executives Steven Ross and Tom Garfinkel and Jason Jenkins all 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.600 participating in that event, and of course the two hundred 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.760 and fifty cancer survivors, which is the ethos of the 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:42.080 entire event, supporting everybody affected by cancer, whether it's survivors 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:44.680 or people currently fighting the good fight, and all those 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.240 trying to bring awareness to this great cause. The Miami 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:50.720 Dolphins run down there annually with the Dolphins Cancer Challenge. 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:53.760 Now and it's ten years of operation, this event has 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:57.120 already generated thirty two and a half million dollars over 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:00.240 the ten years for research at Sylvester Comprey It's of 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.160 Cancer Center, a part of You Health the University of 0:02:03.160 --> 0:02:06.400 Miami Health System, and that figure doesn't even include this 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:10.440 year's total as donations are still being tabulated. In addition 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:14.040 to numerous alumni participants, the Dolphins had ten current players 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:17.720 out there. Ray Kua, McMillan, Christian Wilkins, Miles Gaskin, and 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:20.840 John Jenkins all traversed the twenty five mile course. Which 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:24.040 was actually expanded to thirty miles because of detours throughout 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:27.600 the city. Jesse Davis, Alan Hearns, Jonathan Ledbetter, and Nick 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:31.519 Needham each completed the fourteen mile course, with Vince Beagle 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.760 and Matt Hawk participating in the five k portion, and 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:37.080 we heard from two of those members, both guys that 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.360 completed the twenty five mile course. Ray Kwa McMillan, first, 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:43.360 a d c C board member, shared some thoughts on 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.800 the event as well as the upcoming season from the 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:49.600 Miami Dolphins after he wrote the thirty mile course on Saturday. 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:53.680 You've always been Rack one. You've always been one of 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.519 the you know, legas and dolphin supporters of disne Man here. 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:58.720 You know, what does it mean to you to participate 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.800 it into that. I mean ride with some of the 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.160 survivors and uh seeing some of the faces out there 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.000 are just smiling and riding to that, and I see 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:08.880 some of the living proof search you know what I'm saying. 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.720 It's living proof that they like battle cancer, they came 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:14.280 through it, and uh the fight still goes on. So 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.280 any any way possible I can use my name and 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:19.560 my my platform to help like build awareness about cancer. 0:03:19.720 --> 0:03:21.680 I'll do it. What can you say about the Dolphin 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.639 just being so consistent and helping the community and especially 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:26.720 for this cause. Yeah, it can't. Kind of remind me 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:28.240 of a hier state. I don't want to keep bring 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:30.239 Ohio state here. You know, how they stay out in 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:32.440 the community and how their a national prayer, how they 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:35.720 try to bring themselves. Uh, our ourselves is Uh, it's 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:38.520 just very good man. Anyway we can help our community, 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.720 we try to do. It's just kind of like this 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:42.960 past week. Yeah, this this week. What does it mean 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:49.480 that the organization has so much into the home field portion? Yeah, 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.160 I feel like everybody in our organization they invest in 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.520 us as players and it's men, you know what I'm saying. 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:56.400 On the field, they investor in that and good in 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:59.400 the facilities. Make sure we're good physically and all the 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:00.880 field to make you sel like like you said, with 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.120 the business combined, make sure we're good mentally, and uh 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.280 keep going through throughout the summer. What kind of differences 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.200 that you know just between this year in the past 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.760 year to the DC see, Uh, there's a lot more 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:13.880 people like I know that much. Last year rode fourteen, 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:18.120 this year rode thirty. My back heard a little, but yeah, 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:21.760 I mean, just uh more more buzz about it throughout 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:22.960 the city. You know, I'm saying a lot of people 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.000 are talking about it. Actually, am not gonna be out 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:28.360 on the ride still, so just the buzz around it. 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:31.440 It's pretty cool. We're you're in the same group as Christian. Yeah, 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:33.000 I was in the same group as Chrission, but christ 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.520 And finishes a little bit before me. He finished first. Yeah, 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:37.960 he finished first. Man, he was out there ride. Uh, 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:39.760 I guess he's a little bit better safe than me 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:41.320 right now, So I got I gotta catch up. So 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:43.279 he didn't listen to it. It's not a great tool. 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.640 Oh no, as soon as he heard it go, he 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.040 was out of there. Yeah, I knew it's all season, 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:50.840 you getting the way. But what do you look when 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:53.400 you look ahead to this upcoming season? What the sights 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:56.320 you about, what y'all can do on the field? Man? 0:04:57.400 --> 0:04:59.640 How we finished last year? I mean, I'm not the 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.479 type look ahead to you know, I'm saying, the future 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:05.000 is the future. I'm worried about right now. How we finished. 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:06.640 I want to do on the past either, But how 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.039 we finished, we keep the same momentum throughout the whole 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:10.919 summer and keep it rolling until next year. Why do 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:12.440 you do that with a bunch of new players and 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:14.360 a bunch of new coaches joining these and you doing good. 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:16.000 Our coaches do a good job and make sure well 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.160 together they build stuff like the not a coaching but 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:21.120 the organization, the business combined the d c C. You 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:22.960 know what I'm saying, duke stuff around is that we 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:24.720 can come to and all come together. And so I 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.160 faced it, and then I'd love to play you the 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.640 audio for John Jenkins, but the wind is pretty bad 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:32.120 so it gets picked up on the microphones there, So 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.040 we're not gonna play on the podcast because I don't 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:35.720 want to blow you guys ear drums out. So I 0:05:35.720 --> 0:05:37.480 want us go ahead and read you quotes here because 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.040 Jenkins had some great things to say about the event, 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:42.880 raising money, raising awareness for cancer. That's a big deal. 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.200 The fact that people are out here enjoying it. You 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.279 just don't know what's going on in their lives behind 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.080 closed doors, but they're here enjoying themselves and trying to 0:05:50.120 --> 0:05:52.680 bring awareness and attention to cancer. It means a lot 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:54.640 for me to be a part of that. He also 0:05:54.680 --> 0:05:57.159 spoke about his tree trunks for legs and how they 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.000 allowed him to push down on the bike pedals, but 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:03.240 also how his big frame provided a drafting mechanism for 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.440 those folks behind him. So John Jenkins a great Ricky 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.479 Bobby esque type of drafting system. Maybe slingshot some of 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:11.960 those writers into first place with a little shake and 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.840 bake at the Dolphins Cancer Challenge. And it should come 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.120 as no surprise of the Dolphins were at the forefront 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:20.039 of this event and of all charitable contributions throughout the 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.680 course of the season. Of course, they won the huddle 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.479 for one hundred across all thirty two franchises this year, 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.240 and the d c C is the largest event fundraiser 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:32.640 in the NFL and one of the participant race proceeds 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:36.560 are donated to innovative cancer research at Sylvester. For more 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.960 information on this, visit ww dot com Dolphins Cancer Challenge 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.159 dot com. Let's go ahead and transition now back to 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.640 Indianapolis and the scouting combine, which is officially complete for 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:50.120 the season. Now we have pro Days and the thirty 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.960 visits and all the informal and formal meetings teams will 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.120 do from now up until the draft, which is just 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.359 seven weeks away. In Las Vegas. Your Miami Dolphins pretty 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.320 much hold the golden ticket to the draft with the 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:03.720 four teen picks and an expected to compensatory picks coming 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:06.279 down the pipeline. And I was all over the floor 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:09.000 on Friday talking to as many of these offensive backs 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:12.400 as I could at the final media availability on Friday 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.560 at the combine, it was a busy one. Let's go 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.160 ahead and start here with the Draft Networks number one 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:20.840 ranked safety, Alabama's Xavier McKinney. And one of the questions 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:23.680 I wanted to ask Xavier was about his versatility, but 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:28.200 luckily the reporter before me asked him about his versatility. Yeah, um, 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:31.560 I think just bouncing it all, um. I think being 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.880 able to focus when you're at two different positions because sometimes, 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:38.360 uh maybe if you're you know, at one spot, um, 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:40.280 then the other one you might try to do it 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.240 better than you do it gathering. But I'm trying to 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:44.240 make sure that I do both, you know, at the 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.240 same tempo, at the same pace. Um. And I'm trying 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.760 not to get to focused on one. And if you 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:53.160 read McKinney's player profile card on the Draft Network, they 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.960 laud him for his instincts and his preparation skill set. 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:57.920 So I wanted to ask him about that and going 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.600 up against the quarterback every day in pre actice the 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:04.000 caliber of two a tongue of Valoa, Xavier. What does 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:05.840 practicing against the guy like two a tongue of valoha 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:09.960 every day do to help your game? Oh? Man, Um, 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.600 He's helped me a lot. Man. Uh, you know, I've 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:16.160 we've had talks after practice, um, and he's told me, 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:19.240 you know, what he sees and how, because he's looked 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:23.320 me off several times, several times and uh, you know, 0:08:23.480 --> 0:08:24.800 I got to a point where I started to be 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.120 kind of frustrated because I'm like, I don't know how 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.720 you're doing it. So, Um, you know, We've talked and 0:08:29.760 --> 0:08:32.000 I've asked him, you know, what does he see that 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:33.840 I'm not seeing? Or what is he doing that you 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.120 know that I need to do so And he's also 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:39.120 you know, told me the same thing. He's like, uh, 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:41.760 if I'm doing something, let me know after practice, like 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:43.840 if if if if you don't see something, let me know. 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:45.760 So that's what that's how we community. You ever pick 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:47.760 him off from practice, I have people to know about it. 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.600 I have, Um, you know, it's not a lot, though 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:52.319 I'm not gonna sit op here and try to act 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.160 like it's a lot. It's probably been about three times. 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:57.600 But when I do get a pig, I'm happy. Dark 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.240 Up next was Minnesota's and On Winfield, who was asked 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:04.959 about the praise the head coach Brian Flores has given 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:09.000 his father, Antoine Winfield Senior has his favorite all time cornerback. 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.319 This question came in from Joe Shadow of the Palm 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.080 Beach Post, and then I follow up with a question 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:19.199 about Antoine's Versatility's trying to Miami golfans Frian Fores. He 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:21.520 told us that your dad was his favorite and all 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:27.200 time defensive back. I don't know that where your reaction is, No, 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.560 I have not, but that's that's great to hear. Um, Yeah, 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:32.720 that's just great to He said that he appreciated that 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:35.720 even though he was the biggest guy, he played tough 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:39.640 and physical and attack. How did how did your skill 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:42.720 set and heard of what you saw him watching down film? Yeah? 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:44.880 Very similar. You know, we're almost about the same in 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.120 size and um, you know, my dad had a lot 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:48.760 of heart and that's kind of what I looked up 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:50.880 to in him. Uh, just seeing him go out there 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:53.800 against Like I said, professionals like great guys that you 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:55.839 see on TV all the time, and um, that's just 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:57.640 something I kind of mondified my game after. You know, 0:09:58.000 --> 0:09:59.800 it's something about how big you are, how tall you are, 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.080 It's about how much fight you had. Antoine, you had 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.040 seven pecks last year down in the box supporting the 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.199 run game books in the quarterback. What's the one thing 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:10.960 you do best? Um, I think versatility is my best attribute. Um. 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:14.000 I can pretty much play anywhere and also create takeaways. 0:10:14.080 --> 0:10:16.560 You know, that's my goal to create takeaways for my 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:18.960 team that gives us the best opportunity to win, and 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:20.679 I'm going to do everything in my power to do that. 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.400 I then caught up with Utah safety Julian Blackman to 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.920 ask him what makes him stand out from the rest 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:28.680 of the class there in Indianapolis. Among all the things 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:30.319 you do, whether it's covering a back or a tie 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.199 that you're playing off the ball to be coming down 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:33.920 on blitzing, I think you had a forced fumble, I 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.760 forget the game. What is the number one thing that 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:39.480 you do best? I would just say my instincts is 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:41.320 the best thing that I do. UM, just being able 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:43.959 to adapt like I said, understanding football. I have a 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:45.680 really high football like you, so I think that that 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.760 helps a lot. What was that conversation like with Kyle 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.920 Winningham when he asked you to move to safety quarterback? 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:51.880 I was the one who brought it to him, so, 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:53.719 you know, I just thought that it would be a 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:55.360 good idea for me to move to stage, just because 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:57.760 my play style is more, you know, playmaking rather than 0:10:57.840 --> 0:10:59.360 just guarding a guy. But I mean I can do 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:01.480 that too. It it was just I really wanted to 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.000 make plays and be able to see the whole field. 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:05.560 And on that topic with Kyle Whittingham, what is some 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:07.319 of the stuff that he did that in that program 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.600 Utah that prepares you guys to get to the next level. 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.280 You've got nine teammates here, I would say, just making 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:14.560 sure that we're all pros. It's a pro style defense 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.480 and it's a pro style offense. UM. Just making sure 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.680 that we all understand more than just what our job is. 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.719 But once we perfect our job, you make sure that 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.760 we understand things like gaps um, you know, um, and 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:25.920 positioning and understanding where our guys will be so that 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:27.520 we can make plays. So it really helps when we 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:30.360 have interviews here, Ohio State has a pair of cornerbacks 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:32.599 that should get drafted relatively high. I caught up with 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:36.080 Damon Arnett, the other cornerback opposite Jeffrey Ocuta there at 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:39.079 Ohio State. Damon, you mentioned the chip on your shoulder, 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:41.240 and when I watch your table, you're an ultimate fully 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:42.959 out there. Where did that chip form your should on 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:48.240 your shoulder come from originally? Um? Always always being overlooked, 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:52.960 always being uh the underdog literally and everything I do, 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.079 like coming out of high school, three star, you know 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:56.560 what I'm saying. It took me a while to get 0:11:56.559 --> 0:12:01.120 my stuff together out of Ohio State. UM. And and 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:03.320 and just naturally I'll just always be in the shadows, 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:06.679 just blinding, like I'll go through my my own personal issues. 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.080 But at the end of the day, I always always 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.000 rise up on top. And Ohio State has been no 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.800 stranger to the College Football Playoff. Another team that has 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.679 crashed the college Football Playoff party just about every single 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:21.679 year since its inception, the Clemson Tigers and quarterback A. J. Terrell, 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.360 who I talked to about his last two appearances in 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:27.240 the National Championship Game, one with the pick six against 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.719 Alabama in twenty nineteen and then two against Jamar Chase, 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:35.160 the Blittnicoff winner of the National Championship Game. I want 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.160 to go back to the National Championship game two years 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:39.160 ago against two A ton of my lower that pick six. 0:12:39.360 --> 0:12:40.719 Can you walk me through that play and kind of 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:42.360 what you saw it broughably to the football in there 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:46.319 preparation and you know, just uh we we've had great 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:51.319 preparation and um that play. Uh we a great covering 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:54.360 team called just sat on the tickets to the help. 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:57.240 And this year the National Championship Game, Jamar Chase had 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.120 a big day. But you were in tight coverage all day. 0:12:59.160 --> 0:13:00.640 What's it like for a defense to back to kind 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:02.480 of be in the right position but still have the 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:05.719 receiver produced like that? Right? That's just great competition. You 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.360 know started out strong. Uh you know, he got the 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.360 best of me some plays and you know, just going 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:13.600 counter back and forth. That was that was a great competition. 0:13:14.080 --> 0:13:17.160 Uh And you know we just every every time we 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:20.439 lined up, just couldn't take a playoffs and l s 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.320 U receiver Jamaar Chase pretty much got every cornerback he 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:27.360 faced this past season except Mississippi States Cameron Danceler, who 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:31.440 talked about that matchup this year against Jamar Chase. Cam 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:34.600 nobody handled blitting the cough winner Jamar Chase anywhere near 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:36.320 like you did. What was it about that matchup that 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:40.240 was allowed you to have success against him? Um? Just 0:13:40.480 --> 0:13:42.800 on watching film want them, you know, and it would 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:44.360 be a big match up for me in the big 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.760 game for me. Um let's watching him just made it 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.920 easier for me. Like his um his technique all that. 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:51.520 What do you like to do? Garagi like to ran 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.920 its leverage and someone sometimes liverage gave up throughout. So 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.480 I just you know, study that and just brought to 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.000 the game with me and just did the bestie of 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:07.600 dud what covered you comfortable? Ended and those defensive backs 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.560 were the last ones to work out in Indianapolis on Sunday. 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:14.000 As the workouts and the combine has concluded and the 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:17.000 NFL calendar is about to heat up with free agency 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:19.080 just a couple of weeks away and the Draft now 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:22.080 seven weeks away, we turn our attention to the combine 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.640 here and the article up on Miami Dolphins dot com 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.720 taking a look at the top performers on the field 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.880 in Indianapolis throughout the weekend and I start with the 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.440 disclaimer that we were given by Jim Naggi in the 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.520 interview on the Friday podcast, the Friday edition of the 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.720 Drivetime Podcast, to make a note that the combine is 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.360 all about just giving scouts a chance to kind of 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:44.960 double check their work and go back and see where 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.160 maybe they might have made a mistake or maybe they 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:49.560 need more time in the film room on a particular player. 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:52.960 Nagy said, quote, whether it's something testing wise or the 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.400 other day when everyone made a big deal about Joe 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.360 Burrow's hand size. With Joe's hand size, you go back 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:00.320 and pull up l s U tape of a bad 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:02.920 weather game or two bad weather games, and see how 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.120 he controlled the ball. If a guy runs a slower 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.800 forty time than maybe you thought he played on the field, 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.200 then you go back and you check your eyes again. 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.920 So with that mind, these athletic measurements they have a 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:17.000 place in the process. But again the tape always rules all. 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.240 But I want to go over the best performers at 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:21.720 each position group and check off who did the best 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.560 in each event under those position groups. And we start 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.120 here with the quarterbacks and the forty yard dash and 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:30.240 vertical jump on the quarterbacks went to Cole McDonald of 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.360 Hawaii with a four point five eight forty yard dash 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.000 and a thirty six in vertical jump, and you saw 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:39.040 that athletic ability on display in his tape. In college, 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.800 he piled up eighty two total touchdowns and twelve of 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.200 those were on the ground. He also threw for eight 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.160 thousand thirty two yards and Nick Rolovitch's running shoot offense 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.520 there at Hawaii, we had a tie for the broad 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:53.040 jump at a hundred inches between Kelly Bryant of Missouri 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.640 and Jalen Hurts of Oklahoma. And I love that they're 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:58.000 on that spot because these two guys played against each 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:01.080 other in the playoff game the Sugar Bowl in seventeen 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:05.400 or eighteen, rather after the seventeen season against one another. 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:08.440 Of course, Alabama and Jalen Hurts won that year, and 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.200 then Hurts with Bama one more year in Oklahoma the 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:14.560 following year goes back to the playoffs in three consecutive seasons, 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:17.040 and then this past year, Kelly Bryant had his career 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.240 high in touchdown passes at Miszoo the top three cone 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.400 time among quarterbacks seven point oh six seconds for Justin 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.440 Herbert from Oregon, fresh off that Rose Bowl winning season, 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.360 he acquits himself well in the athletic measure of the 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:32.120 three cone time. He had three rushing touchdowns in that 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.160 victory over Wisconsin and the Rose Bowl with a career 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.400 high there and brought his four year total up to 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.640 thirteen touchdown runs via the ground. He has the number 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.560 three ranked player on the Draft Networks quarterback rankings and 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:47.600 number fifteen overall among all positions. Also working out on 0:16:47.720 --> 0:16:50.560 Thursday night, the opening night of the scouting Combine as 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.160 far as on field drills go, were the wide receivers 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:56.000 and the pace center for the forty yard dash. Henry 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.760 Ruggs at Alabama sets the pace with a four point 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:02.000 to seven blaze forty yard dash time and that time 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.520 was just five one hundreds of a second from matching 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.760 John Ross's record of four point to two seconds, and 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:10.640 that speed definitely shows up on tape and it produced 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.680 an average of seventeen point five yards per reception and 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:19.280 Rugs scored touchdowns on one career touches. A touchdown maker 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:22.800 there at Alabama, Quentin sea Fest set them pace with 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:25.840 twenty three bench press reps from Wisconsin. This quote from 0:17:25.840 --> 0:17:28.400 the Draft Network as a blocker at the catch point, 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:31.320 at the line of scrimmage or in run after catch scenarios. 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.680 He's a good blend of quickness, strength, balance, and intensity. 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.800 That blend for a fun mix. That's Kyle Crabs's note. 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:40.879 The strength and tenacity of c faces game translates to 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.840 his position pacing performance there on the bench press, the 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:47.160 vertical and broad jumps both go to Donovan People's Jones 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.200 of Michigan forty four and a half inches vertical, one 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:53.680 hundred inches on the broad jump, and that forty four 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:56.560 and a half inch vertical jump is third all time 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.200 at the combine and was just a half inch shy 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:02.280 of tieing the all time record of forty five inches. 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:05.840 People's Jones scored fourteen touchdowns and had one thousand, three 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:09.040 hundred and twenty seven yards there at Michigan and finally 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.800 the three cone time of Denzel Mims. He scores twelve 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:14.960 touchdowns one thousand, twenty yards this past season to help 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:18.520 Baylor get to a school tying record eleven victories. He 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:20.840 also ran a four three eight in the forty, which 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:24.840 was third among wide receivers this combine. Also on Thursday Night, 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:27.160 the tight ends we start with the forty yard dash. 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:30.600 Albert Oakaway Boum, I think I got that right from Missouri. 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:33.320 Four point four nine seconds on the forty yard dash 0:18:33.359 --> 0:18:35.920 there and at six ft five to fifty five, What 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:38.680 an impressive time that was for the Missouri product. He 0:18:38.800 --> 0:18:42.000 caught twenty three touchdowns there his three years in college. 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:45.640 On the bench press, Josiah Deguara from Cincinnati twenty five 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:47.679 reps there and he's regarded as one of the more 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:50.720 versatile tight ends in this class according to the Draft 0:18:50.800 --> 0:18:53.840 Network and Joe Marino, and he showcased that functional strength 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:57.240 on his tape. Quote Deguara is a versa little blocker 0:18:57.320 --> 0:19:00.600 and receiver who can win both inline and next as 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.879