WEBVTT - Drive Time: Interior Offensive Line Offseason Capsule 2025 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:10.320 What is up, Dolphins and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:13.480 I am your host, Travis Wingfield and on today's show, 0:00:13.600 --> 0:00:17.400 Torrents week rolls on. As we move inside in one 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:20.799 of my favorite positions in this class, both draft and 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:21.560 free agency. 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:23.320 Will break down those spots. 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:25.400 We'll take a look at the Dolphins incumbents across the 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.160 interior offensive line, the philosophy, the scheme, a whole bunch 0:00:29.200 --> 0:00:32.040 of talk about the guard and center positions. We'll also 0:00:32.200 --> 0:00:36.200 get into the first edition of the Wavish Trinkfield mock 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:40.480 Draft Machine Simulator four thousand. Here on this long edition 0:00:40.600 --> 0:00:43.120 of the Draft Time Podcast from the Baptist Health Studios 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:47.080 inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the afforementioned 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:53.199 Draft Time Podcast Mae Jaffe Before we start here on 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.480 the interior offensive line. This is gonna be like almost 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:57.480 an hour long episode, so just strap in with me 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.360 real quick. Maybe a two day podcast for you. The 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:05.440 bane of the existence of Dolphin's Twitter right, Dolphins social media. 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:07.000 I just want to make a few things clear off 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.320 the top. The number one thing is the approach last year. 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:12.120 You're not gonna like this, but it made perfect sense. 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.520 I know that my explanation of why fell on deaf 0:01:15.560 --> 0:01:18.160 ears and gets passed along by the let's call it 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:21.000 the frat community of Dolphins twitter of They ignored the 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:23.800 offensive line for the last x amount of years despite 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:25.920 the fact that they invested top of the market money 0:01:25.920 --> 0:01:28.920 at left tackle, two times at center. They have a 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.320 first rounder at right tackle, had a top forty pick 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.080 at right guard that went on to sign a one 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.440 hundred million dollar contract, and then a bust of a 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:37.759 second round draft pick as a big part of all 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:39.880 of that, whatever, there was a big investment on the 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:42.880 offensive line over the last five six years. You can't 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:46.440 understand what you don't understand, right, Dunning Krueger effect. The 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.760 biggest issue facing the country and the world right now, 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:51.960 with the second biggest thing behind our current political landscape 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:56.720 is the Dolphins offensive line. Apparently so the continuity approach, well, 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.160 it blew up, and it began in the summer when 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:01.440 Isaiah Winn had a set back in his injury rehab 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.960 that put them behind the eight ball from jump. Liam 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.800 never took the jump, Rob Jones's up and down play continued, 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.920 and Jack driscoll couldn't stick a signing that quite frankly, 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:14.120 I never quite understood on tape in Philadelphia. But here's 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:17.640 where I think the plot got lost. The continuity. I 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:21.640 would get it more if we're talking about Austin Jackson 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:25.400 types plus athletes that are born to thrive in the scheme. 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:31.440 But Liam and especially Rob Jones were always always round 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.919 pegs and square holes. Like the Austin jump happened because 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.120 he has the goods to play in this offense. Liam 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:39.680 and Rob did not have those physical skill sets, and 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.720 I was too bullish, as was the team, on their 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:46.120 ability to do that. But here's where I always disagreed 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.160 to agree with you guys. I should say that they 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:52.959 should have had more run game diversity. There was way 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:56.040 too much reliance on outside zone. There wasn't enough cound 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:57.840 to take advantage of some of the overplay they got 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.920 in those positions, and the more power and strength at 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:05.160 those guard positions would have really coincided with more cutback 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.560 runs that we just didn't get very many of those 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:08.560 this year. And I put some of that on the 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:10.760 running back. I put some of that on the idea 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:12.360 of who to play at running back. I put some 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:15.000 of that on the coaching, the scheme of the run game. 0:03:15.120 --> 0:03:17.280 I put some of that across the offensive line their 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.920 share to go around. But the bottom line is your 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:21.760 right guard and your left guard, we're not good enough 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:23.440 last year. That's what we're trying to get out here, right. 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:27.639 And I look back at this qrisc wheel quote from 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:30.120 when he talked about this as in a season press conference, 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:32.760 like he basically spelled out what I just spelled out 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:34.440 for you. Now, he did excuse a lot of these 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.360 shortcomings on the injuries that happened across the offensive line, 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.160 which kind of happens every single year, as you'll learn 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:43.080 here in the free agent portion of this podcast, because 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:45.320 guess what, all the guys in the market for the 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.360 most part, have something of a checkered injury history because 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:51.960 guards get hurt more than any other position in the NFL. 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.120 But he talked about the investment into you know, Isaiah 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:58.160 Winn coming back, Rob Hunt and Solomon Kinley and Austin 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.000 Jackson a few years ago Toronto, Armstead's investment in his 0:04:01.080 --> 0:04:03.360 return to the lineup like all the guys they looked at, 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.360 and he blamed the injuries quite heavy handedly in that comment. 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:08.880 But the bottom line was he said that it's time 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.360 to kind of reinvest in the offensive line, and we'll 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.720 see if that's draft picks, we'll see if that's free agents. 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:16.960 I'm not really sure, but you're gonna get an investment 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:20.640 there because I think there's important context in his answer, 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.479 because that was, you know, in many ways, the foundation 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.360 of the rebuild was back in twenty twenty with those 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:28.839 guys I just mentioned with Eric Flowers, with Ted Carriss. 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:31.119 You know, in eighteenth and thirty eighth pick on Austin 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.919 Jackson and Rob Hunt, and you know, they hit on 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.400 Rob so much so that his price tag ballooned out 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.040 of what really any contending team usually plays for a guard, right, 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:43.680 I mean, players go to places like Carolina or Las 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:47.320 Vegas because they don't have players worth signing what they're 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.520 afforded on the salary cap. They don't have two hundred 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:52.120 and fifty million dollars worth of personnel on that roster, 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.479 So why not give Rob Jones the biggest right guard 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:57.960 contract in the history of the national football You basically 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.720 have endless money to spend, and and that's the one 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.000 way you can get good football players on your team 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.039 outside of the draft is you're going to have to 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:07.240 overpay because nobody wants to go play for a five 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.279 win team unless you say, hey, big fella, here's one 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:13.080 hundred million dollars ten percent of your cap on a 0:05:13.120 --> 0:05:15.839 guard is not good business. It is when you don't 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:17.760 have good players and you don't have to worry about 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:19.520 that money. But when you have good players like the 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:22.400 Miami Dolphins have, you can't do that. Okay, we all 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:24.800 understand that. And then I think back to when coach 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:27.520 was hired and he talked about the seven hundred play 0:05:27.560 --> 0:05:29.719 reel where you know, with tool where the ball was 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:32.800 coming out super quick, playing with confidence and conviction in 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:36.000 what he saw in process and making very accurate throws. 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:39.440 And the decision was made that the emphasis should be 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:41.359 on the difference makers on the perimeter. 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:41.680 Right. 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.880 But even still with that, you still got tron Connor Williams, 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.880 Aaron Brewer, a second round pick on Patrick Paul. And 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.359 I got back to this comment about the depth and 0:05:51.400 --> 0:05:53.600 the toll the injuries took, and I just think that 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:55.920 has to be an emphasis to get yourself a solid 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.960 pipeline of players to develop behind a seven or eight 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.320 man crew of guys ready to roll. 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:02.600 Right now, we. 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.640 Will see, but that press conference, I think the context 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:08.200 clues everything to me points to this being an area 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.760 of focus. And you go into the month of February 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.719 sitting here on the fifth of the month knowing, you know, 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:15.880 barring what happens with Tarn and Kendall Lamb, but I 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:17.600 think we know what's going to happen there. But if 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.159 those guys both called a career, you know what you 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.960 have your starters in terms of the left tackle, the center, 0:06:24.000 --> 0:06:26.479 and the right tackle, and all of the guards that 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:29.359 started games last year are unrestricted free agents. You have 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:32.480 Andrew Meyer in the program as a potential swing guy inside, 0:06:32.760 --> 0:06:35.400 like you need more there, so I have to imagine 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.360 it'll be a mix of both veteran signings, maybe one 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:40.479 incumbent like in Isaiah when would be my pick for 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.120 that group. I just felt that was more important to 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:46.760 lead into the show with here than anything else, rather 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:48.719 than just jumping right in, because there has to be 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:51.120 some explanation as to what happened, what went wrong, and 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:53.039 what needs to be done to fix it. Let's go 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:57.240 ahead now and pivot into next portion, Part two of 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.960 part of three parts of Trenches Week. 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:13.080 It's two wrenches, weak tackles, guards, centers, Offensive line play Touchweek. 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:25.880 Te Gurtch week, True tweekweek and we kick it off 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:26.920 with the incumbents. 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.960 By and large, it was bad, but I still contend 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.440 that it wasn't the disaster that everybody will make you 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.400 believe that it was if you're chronically online, and I'm 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.960 sure there are even a few daily drive timers out 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.000 there that will disagree with me, and that's okay. I 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:41.840 will be the first to admit again that Rob and 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.280 Liam were never fits in the system and where round 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.800 pegs were a whole type of guys. But the Niners 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.280 have done this for years, and it's why I harp 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.920 so much on not taking guys just in the first 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:54.840 round to fix your issues, but keeping the pipeline fresh 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:58.360 with later round picks, especially at that guard position. Tackles 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:01.120 are typically round one players in this offense and in 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.040 most offenses, because you can't usually get them in the 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:05.080 second and third round. We'll see you about Patrick Paul, But 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:06.960 for the most part, you get six or seven guys 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:08.840 in the first round and then you don't really get 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.080 many hits beyond that after that. But on the interior 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:14.000 you can find more guys that fit in those positions, 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:18.800 and you know all this historical precedents at this position. Here, 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.840 I'm talking about the system right from Mike Shanahan to 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:25.280 Gary Kubiak. Like Kyle Shanahan took it even further that 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.239 the league was not this, you know, split safety, soft 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.400 front type of game. And that's why I think you've 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:34.040 seen lafleur and McVeigh adjust effectively to go more to 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.400 a power running game. And not just with the system, 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:38.320 but look at the top three teams in the league 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.560 and their investments at the running back spot, with the 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.440 value of a three down guy that doesn't tip your 0:08:43.440 --> 0:08:45.720 hand to the offense like a Derreck Henry, like a 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:49.600 Sakuon Barkley, like a Josh Jacobs, or even Kyron Williams 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.559 with a Blake corm investment in Los Angeles, or Nick 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.400 Chubb's effectiveness falling off when they adjusted their offense to 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:58.200 fit to Sean Watson. My point is, you have these 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.360 power backs that can contribute the passing game and take 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:04.480 advantage of the space of NFL defenses are giving, and 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:08.160 I think Miami needs something similar there and it starts 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.320 with a type of player they'll go after here on 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.800 the interior offensive line, Aaron Brewer was the best free 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.600 agent signing of the organization over the last what decade 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:17.800 or so. It's hard to say, because they did sign 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.280 both Tron and Connor Williams, and we signed John new 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.079 Smith and Jordan Brooks. Is pretty damn good. Klay Is Campbell. 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:26.160 My point is that Brewer is perfectly cash for this offense. 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.760 He never missed a snap. The quarterback loves him. He 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.800 is a critical piece at a position that's asked to 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.559 do more in this offense than just about any other 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:35.960 across the league. The way he helps the guards with 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.280 the combo blocks and the ability to shed blocks, and 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.200 he's the focal point of this interior offensive line. And 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:43.640 we'll see the approach. They can go the continuity route 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.280 or they can go totally fresh at the guard position. Again, 0:09:46.320 --> 0:09:49.480 given the expiring contracts, it's a pretty cool blank canvas 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.080 because you've essentially got your tackles and center with you know, 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.440 second rounder at left tackle, first rounder at right tackle, 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.360 seve a million dollars per year, free agent at center, 0:09:58.600 --> 0:10:00.920 and then you know, we'll see what happens at guard. 0:10:01.000 --> 0:10:03.800 So do they bring in a more amenable guard to 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.520 excel with outside zone game but also have plenty of 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:10.240 scheme variation ability. Do they continue the continuity route. I 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.080 think this position will give you the context clues for 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:15.560 how the offense wants to adjust and adapt in twenty 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.959 twenty five to hopefully come over overcome some of the 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:20.360 woes they had this past season. Because what does coach 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:24.120 McDaniel always say, The offense is a living, breathing thing. 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:27.000 It's not something you just set and forget. So Brewer, 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:29.200 I've made my feelings known on him. The way he 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.520 can catch a block off the line of scrimmage and 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:34.120 then go help the guard get attached, then detach and 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.720 climb the second level and go beat a linebacker to 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.480 a spot that he's giving a head start to. In 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.600 terms of the leverage and the way he finishes those plays, 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:44.640 I think that this is a cornerstone player, one of 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.240 the best players in the conference at his position. His 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:50.080 communication was great and will only get better. I mean, 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.440 he missed more than half of camp with that hand 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.880 injury actually was August seventh, so like basically a week 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.040 of camp, and then he went into the season cold 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.439 and was a sixteen or seventeen game player who was 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.200 awesome cornerstone player. And when you look at the free 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:05.080 agent additions of last offseason. Literally all the signings that 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:08.240 were multi year players. They hit Aaron Brewer three year 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.280 contract at center. We are set right there. Number seventy four. 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:16.439 Liam Eichenberg. He's he's a good option if he's your 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.400 eighth tryout player, eighth or ninth guy. 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:20.560 He's tough as hell. 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.200 He can play really all five positions, not well, but 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.840 he can't play him he plays through the Nixon bruises. 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:27.960 I'm trying to find enough nice thing to say, but 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.600 quite frankly, the tape has been like really bad, right. 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.040 I can't comprehend all the chances he got as a 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:37.280 starter in this system that prioritize foot speed, quickness technique, which, 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:39.880 of course that last part was his game at Notre Dame, 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.679 but it's rarely been good here. Most one on one 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:45.000 matchups were too much for him. But I do still 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:46.880 give him credit for the toughness he displayed at the 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:49.360 end of twenty twenty three with that foot injury. He 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.480 was dragging that thing around, playing through games. Now, if 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.120 he's back, it's got to be minimum expectation that you're 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:58.199 fighting for the eighth job. Under no circumstances should he 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.160 be retained as an actual like playing option right off 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.240 the top. Rob Jones consistently was not good enough right 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:08.600 never quite understood jamming that square peg into the round hole. 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:11.520 Same with Leam Eichenberg there. He was always a power 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:14.480 player back to college. He just got beat too often 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:16.720 when we needed to win an ISO block. He fell 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.600 off way too many combo blocks. Doesn't have plus foot speed. 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:21.840 I think that's a pretty easy one to move off of. 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.520 Isaiah win number seventy seven. I thought his play down 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:26.800 the stretch was the best guard performance we got this 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.640 year when he was plat tuning with Leam Eikenberg, had 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.079 the big block on that eight chan clinching touchdown against 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.120 the Niners. I thought the setback that cost him all 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:36.760 of camp and most of the season was kind of 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:40.080 the first domino that spelled depth issues across this offensive line. 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:43.320 I thought he was really really good in the seven 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.560 games he played back in twenty twenty three, and you 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.679 could look at twenty twenty five, with a full offseason healthy, 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.600 as potentially his best year as a pro, given the 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.439 familiarity and clean bill of health. Really curious to see 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.480 where they go with this one. His availability has been 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:59.400 a bugaboo his entire career. He's missed eight six one 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:02.360 eight eleven games in a six year career. If you 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:04.439 bring him back, I think it's like a little bit 0:13:04.800 --> 0:13:06.720 above what I talked about with Liam, where you probably 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:08.400 sign him and say like you're gonna be our seventh 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.600 guy and when injuries happen, you can step in and 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.880 hopefully be a good starter for us. Andrew Meyer number sixty, 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:15.599 I thought in camp he earned the right to be 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.280 the top option off the bench at center because well, 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.200 it wasn't very good otherwise, and he played pretty good 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.960 in that position in the preseason, just in terms of 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:25.760 getting to all the difficult blocks that he got to 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.000 that are asked of a center in this offense. He 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.280 has the requisite ability to get to the second level 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.360 and out in space. He's kind of one of my 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.240 key guys to watch this camp for the point that 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:36.360 I keep coming back to, every young player that you 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:39.480 can develop and contribute, they can contribute to your way 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:42.160 to your game is such a win to your program. 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:43.520 And this guy has a chance to be one of 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:47.040 those gems. What does this room need two new starters 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.120 and I think win as competition to one of those spots. Possibly, 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.319 I think you can go mid level free agent here 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.360 and we'll see. I won't believe it until we see it, 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.600 but I doubt they're going to go, you know, anything 0:13:56.640 --> 0:14:00.079 beyond the Aaron Brewer contract range, regardless of system. I 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.280 think spending twenty million dollars in a guard is a 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:06.360 horrendous resource allocation. So Tray Smith, whoever signs him, yes, 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.000 you'll be better at that guard spot. But there's no 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.160 chance he can play at a level that justify ten 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:14.360 percent of your cap It just cannot happen. So I 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.120 think they need versatile options that can do both outside 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.680 zone but give you more power. We have to figure 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:21.840 out our short yard situation, and you're not going to 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:24.240 you know, if you're not going to deploy a quarterback 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.960 option like a Tush push option or a Tyler Warren 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:29.800 sneak and wildcat option, which of the twelve options you have, 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:31.800 then we better get some guys that can push the 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:35.160 point of attack. I think you sign one surefire starter. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.880 I think you draft a player in the middle round somewhere. 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.840 You re sign Isaiah Winn, bring back some developmental guys 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.520 deep on day three in the UDFA class. This gives 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.320 you a decent crop and maintains keeping the position under 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:48.760 like ten million for a whole season. Last year was 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.040 under five, so it's not that big of a stretch. 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.360 But I think there's options there to round this thing out, 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:55.040 and we're going to get into this group here on 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:56.600 the other side of the break of the guards that 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.320 are going to be available or possibly available, and I 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:01.160 might have under we sold some of their values and 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:03.680 some discussions on social and across the podcast over the 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:06.200 last few weeks, but there are a ton of guys 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:08.560 at this position that are about to hit the market 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.320 in a month, and I am very excited about it. 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.600 Let's go ahead and take a break. Didn't mention Chas 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:14.760 and Hines' futures contract additional asset. 0:15:14.800 --> 0:15:16.120 We can keep him in mind there as well. 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:17.480 But on the other side of the break, we're gonna 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.280 talk about who can go after, who we can go after, 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.280 who we can afford, how many guys who might be 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.040 able to get. Plenty of content coming your way here 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:27.479 on the other side. Drive Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:33.800 brought to you by AutoNation Trench's week rolling on into 0:15:33.880 --> 0:15:35.720 the free agent class that you're going to take a 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:39.080 look at this coming March across the interior offensive line 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:43.040 position and it is positively loaded. Aaron Banks is where 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.800 we start alphabetically, and your projection on this player is 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.440 what he could be if you sign him. And I 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.160 don't think the familiarity makes him an obvious fit. We 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.720 saw the exact same thing with Lake and Tomlinson when 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.440 he was available a couple of years back. I'm just 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.880 not sure I see it. He is six foot five three, 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.320 one hundred and thirty pounds, and he does have plus 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.240 movement skills. I mean, he's one of the very few 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:08.560 second round guards to ever get drafted into the Shanahan 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:12.200 offensive tree. But there's so many like what the f 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.360 was that type of reps. He comes out of his 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:16.720 stance high, his punch is not always delivered with an 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.400 actual strike. It's like it's not purposeful all the time. 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:22.120 I see his heels clicking and too close together in 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:25.520 pass sets, and yet other times he gets spread out wide. 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:26.960 And winds up losing his balance that way. 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:30.600 He reminds me of a golfer who can't execute multiple 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.120 swing thoughts at once, and you just get a lot 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.120 of blow up holes because of that, it all breaks down. 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.600 Not a big fan of his game. My conclusion is 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:40.240 maybe he hits that development we've been talking about for 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:43.520 these guys that show stuff out of college struggle right away, 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:45.520 but I'm not seeing it from him. I think he'll 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:47.200 get paid a lot more than what he's shown on 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:49.640 tape through four years, and given this class, I would 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:50.440 go in different direction. 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:51.800 Makai Becton is next. 0:16:51.840 --> 0:16:54.880 Alphabetically, everything I thought about this player coming out of 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:58.440 college came true this season. He's super light on his feet. 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:00.920 He can get with in just a step or two 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.360 because he is so long and cover so much ground 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:07.000 to attack a second level SAM linebacker, stay in control, 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:11.120 stay composed, and just go engulf them. Those feet benefit 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:13.040 him in pass pro too, where he can just shut 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:15.679 things down in a phone booth. That is the guard position. 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:17.600 I think he was a little bit more exposed to tackle. 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.040 I think he's a guard, which obviously was drafted too 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:21.800 high to be a guard. But maybe you can sign 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.560 him for a requisite contract because of that. When I 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:27.440 watch his feet in the run game, his technique has 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:30.040 really been sorted out. He doesn't fall step, he stays 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:33.640 under his shoulder pads. He can struggle with his pad 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:37.160 level because he's a freaking monster. Any guy that size will. 0:17:37.400 --> 0:17:40.200 But he's so powerful and athletic, and now he's had 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.200 the coaching and maturation, I think he's gonna stand and 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.600 be a lot more active in terms of pass pro 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:49.480 finding work, keeping the feet going. Now, Jared Verse did 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.720 send him to the shadow realm on a slant when 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:54.040 he got himself stuck or too high out of a stance, 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:57.040 and that can happen sometimes. My conclusion, I have to 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.679 imagine the Eagles plan to bring him back. He was 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:01.760 so good and he got a year of schooling from 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.760 Jeff Stoutlin and he talked about him as a you know, 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:09.240 the defining pivot point of his career. So maybe Beckton 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.959 takes less to stay there. But they're also a wagon 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.520 of a roster, So can they afford to go to 0:18:14.560 --> 0:18:17.280 his asking price? Will he ask for less than what 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:19.280 he's gonna get on the market. If you want a 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:22.040 right guard that can get to the second level on 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:24.320 the perimeter of the running game, but also move the 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:27.320 one shade on third and one off the football, there's 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.560 no one better on the crop than Makai six foot seven, 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:30.720 three hundred and sixty pounds. 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:32.040