Speaker 1: Practice, as Paprick throwing into the textow, what a win
Speaker 1: for this Miami Dolphin team. What is up? Dolphins? And
Speaker 1: welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: official podcast network covering your Miami Dolphins. I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to bring you your daily
Speaker 1: dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we
Speaker 1: are joined by an eight year NFL VET along the
Speaker 1: offensive line to break down Miami's to free agent additions
Speaker 1: to that group and this deep draft class, both at
Speaker 1: the tackle position and along the interior offensive line. We'll
Speaker 1: do that here on this Monday, April the sixth edition
Speaker 1: of the Drivetime Podcastami Dolphins. And we are less than
Speaker 1: three weeks away from the draft kicking off on April Thursday,
Speaker 1: eight o'clock in the East, five o'clock out in the west.
Speaker 1: And as we are now just seventeen days away from
Speaker 1: the draft kicking off, I figured, why don't we go
Speaker 1: ahead and talk to a bunch of experts on the
Speaker 1: podcast and break this thing down position by position and
Speaker 1: get a bunch of experts on these particular positions, whether
Speaker 1: it's guys that have played in the league, guys that
Speaker 1: have extensive knowledge of these particular positions and have done
Speaker 1: their work and their homework on this draft class. And
Speaker 1: so today's podcast, we're talking all things offensive line with
Speaker 1: former offensive lineman both at the University of Miami and
Speaker 1: in the NFL, Rashad Butler. Let's go ahead and get
Speaker 1: to that interview, and joining the Drivetime podcast now is
Speaker 1: former Miami Hurricanes offensive tackle. He played eight years in
Speaker 1: the league with Carolina, Houston, and Cleveland, most recently a
Speaker 1: radio personality on seven ninety the Ticket in South Florida
Speaker 1: and a good friend of mine as well. He is
Speaker 1: Rashad Butler. Rashad, what's up, Big Doug, what's going on?
Speaker 1: My man? Thank you for having me on the Drive
Speaker 1: Time podcasts. I feel like I've made it now there. Wow, Well,
Speaker 1: it's funny. It's funny for you to say that because
Speaker 1: we've done this semple times before where you're the one
Speaker 1: asking me questions. So I'm excited to get into the
Speaker 1: weeds here on a position that to me, Rashad, this
Speaker 1: is the least understood position in all of football. And
Speaker 1: I say this with full disclosure for myself because it's
Speaker 1: true for me, because I think there's a lot of
Speaker 1: guesswork that goes into it when you don't know the assignments.
Speaker 1: But that's where an eight year NFL VET comes in
Speaker 1: to handle that type of conversation, right. Oh. Absolutely. Uh.
Speaker 1: I love breaking down offensive lineman. Uh. It's something that,
Speaker 1: like you said, I've been accustomed to doing because I
Speaker 1: played the position all my life. I mean, going back
Speaker 1: to little league, the very first position I played was
Speaker 1: along the offensive line. I mean I didn't have the
Speaker 1: choice of playing like defensive line or a linebacker, you know,
Speaker 1: cornerback or hell even quarterback. He would like, listen, you
Speaker 1: are bigger than the rest of the kids, so you're
Speaker 1: gonna be down here, uh, in the trenches. But sometimes
Speaker 1: don't they want to give that kid the ball making
Speaker 1: the running backs so that he can just run fools over. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I think a lot of the other kids
Speaker 1: were a lot faster than me back then. So uh,
Speaker 1: I think it was a no brainer that I think
Speaker 1: I was probably best suited along the offensive line. Well,
Speaker 1: I think it worked out at the end for your
Speaker 1: roshot eight years in the league. We're gonna talk about
Speaker 1: some football here, but first I gotta ask you man,
Speaker 1: this is the topic we always get into first here.
Speaker 1: How are you doing with all this coronavirus stuff and
Speaker 1: beings quarantined? You're staying healthy, You're staying safe, I am.
Speaker 1: I think the toughest part is just sticking to your
Speaker 1: normal routine throughout the day. I'm very routine, because you know,
Speaker 1: I played football my entire life, dating back to high school,
Speaker 1: then through college and in the NFL, and I'm very routine.
Speaker 1: But now, man, I mean, I think ever since I retired,
Speaker 1: I got myself on a routine and I was able
Speaker 1: to do things throughout the day or I had things
Speaker 1: to do throughout the day. But with this quarantine, I'm
Speaker 1: finding myself finishing my daily routine a lot quicker or
Speaker 1: a lot earlier. And man, it's just really hard to
Speaker 1: I guess, you know, make up the time or try
Speaker 1: to find something to do to pass that time when
Speaker 1: you have just so much time in your hands. Yeah,
Speaker 1: staying active is the number one thing you have to do.
Speaker 1: And for someone that's worked for home for basically three
Speaker 1: or four years now, that's a challenge that I've been
Speaker 1: accustomed to for a few years. But this is a
Speaker 1: whole another level. I mean, getting out to the gym
Speaker 1: was like my my favorite thing to do because it,
Speaker 1: just like you said, it breaks up the day. But
Speaker 1: now I'm out in my backyard looking like Moren with
Speaker 1: my little hand with my dumbbells out there running around
Speaker 1: doing my own drills and stuff. So it's it's something, man.
Speaker 1: We gotta stay busy. That's gonna how we're gonna get
Speaker 1: through this, I think. But I think we're on the
Speaker 1: right track. I hope we're on the right track. Let's
Speaker 1: talk some football rashot and get people hear what they
Speaker 1: want to hear on this podcast. First, before we do,
Speaker 1: I want to hear about your draft day experience, third
Speaker 1: round draft pick of the Carolina Panthers, number eighty six overall.
Speaker 1: What was that experience like for you? Uh, it was
Speaker 1: a great experience, just because I was under the impression
Speaker 1: from uh my agents that I was going to be
Speaker 1: a early fourth round pick, so somewhere in the fourth round.
Speaker 1: And back then the draft was two days, Saturday and Sunday,
Speaker 1: where Saturday was the first three rounds and Sunday was
Speaker 1: rounds four through seven. So I was anticipating not hearing
Speaker 1: my name called it at all on that first day
Speaker 1: so you know, I watched the draft the first day
Speaker 1: because you know, a lot of those guys that went early.
Speaker 1: I knew about where I played up against UH throughout
Speaker 1: that season. And I remember I was actually it was
Speaker 1: at night and I was heading to get something to
Speaker 1: eat with my my dad two Wendy's and my phone
Speaker 1: starts to ring and I see a seven or four
Speaker 1: number and I had no idea what the hell is
Speaker 1: seven or four number was? And it was the Carolina
Speaker 1: Panthers and they got on the phone. I think he
Speaker 1: may have been a scout or something, and he asked me.
Speaker 1: He was like, uh, you want to be a Carolina
Speaker 1: Panther And I'm like, hell yeah, Like let's get this
Speaker 1: party started. And I just remember, you know, briefly talking
Speaker 1: to Marty Herny, who was the GM at the time,
Speaker 1: UH and then Coach Fox who was the head coach
Speaker 1: at the time. And again I was just in utter
Speaker 1: belief because I had my mind set along with my agents,
Speaker 1: that I was gonna go early on Sunday. So I
Speaker 1: remember I was just anticipating getting something to eat from
Speaker 1: Wendy's and then going back and just you know, getting
Speaker 1: some sleep and then waking up early and getting ready
Speaker 1: for uh, I guess getting ready to hear my name
Speaker 1: called on Sunday. But man, I mean that was a
Speaker 1: very huge surprise, man, And I remember I was just
Speaker 1: extatic the rest of the night. I mean, honestly, I
Speaker 1: don't think I got any sleep that night at all,
Speaker 1: because again, it was just an utter surprise to me,
Speaker 1: A big surprise that had to be the best tasting
Speaker 1: junior bake and cheeseburg you ever ate. I'm sure you know.
Speaker 1: The funny thing about it, I cannot remember what I
Speaker 1: got from Wendies either to this day. You were too excited.
Speaker 1: Something else came up that was a little bit more
Speaker 1: important that day for you. So we understand that. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead now and talk about the real reason you
Speaker 1: hear on this podcast for shot talk about some offensive
Speaker 1: line play, and coming into the off season, we knew
Speaker 1: the Dolphins had to add some guys to that front line,
Speaker 1: and they have. They added quality starters and Eric Flowers
Speaker 1: and Ted Carriss. Let's go ahead and start there first.
Speaker 1: What with what we currently have. You always teach me
Speaker 1: things about offensive line play, Rashod, whether it's on Twitter,
Speaker 1: through our text change, on these podcasts, whatever it is,
Speaker 1: I think it's the toughest to evaluate. Like I mentioned,
Speaker 1: So now I ask you to do the same here
Speaker 1: with our audience on this drivetime podcast. Give me your
Speaker 1: film notes on both Eric Flowers and Ted Carress if
Speaker 1: you can. So. With both players, I treated both players
Speaker 1: a little bit differently. I wanted to watch three games,
Speaker 1: uh in entirety of both players, but I wanted to
Speaker 1: watch Eric Flowers first because I know Eric Flowers was
Speaker 1: new to the guarden position. This was the first year
Speaker 1: where he was moved from outside uh two inside. So
Speaker 1: with him, what I wanted to do was I wanted
Speaker 1: to see his progression and throughout the season. So the
Speaker 1: very first game I watched was the Week sixth game
Speaker 1: against the Miami Dolphins, and the second game I watched
Speaker 1: was the Week thirteen game against the Carolina Panthers. In
Speaker 1: the final game I watched the piss was the week's
Speaker 1: seven team game with the Dallas Cowboys. And one thing
Speaker 1: that jumps down on film to me when you look
Speaker 1: at him, that's just is just the sheer power at
Speaker 1: the point of attack. I mean, this guy, I mean,
Speaker 1: we all that knew how big he was, but just
Speaker 1: how powerfully is it's just you see it on film.
Speaker 1: And one thing about him, I mean, once he really
Speaker 1: gets his hands on you, nine times out of ten
Speaker 1: he has the block one. And I think the best
Speaker 1: thing that has ever happened to him was moving from
Speaker 1: uh cackle it to guard and man, listen. Guard fits
Speaker 1: him perfectly because he is just so powerful at the
Speaker 1: point of attack. And I just loved watching those three
Speaker 1: games because you saw him get better as the eason progressed.
Speaker 1: And I think that's one thing that is so important
Speaker 1: with any player in the NFL is you want to
Speaker 1: see progression from gaining the game, especially in a young
Speaker 1: player and especially in a player that he is playing
Speaker 1: the position for the very first time in the NFL.
Speaker 1: And that's one thing I saw with Eric Flowers. Man
Speaker 1: was just again he got better from UH from week
Speaker 1: to week. And he's just so powerful at the point
Speaker 1: of attack. And also I think he does a really
Speaker 1: good job of moving his feet really well in a
Speaker 1: shorter area of space, like I think he excels the
Speaker 1: best to me when it comes to past protection when
Speaker 1: a guy is either head up UH a two alignment
Speaker 1: or slightly outside a three alignment and listen out of
Speaker 1: all those three games I watched, I rarely rarely saw
Speaker 1: him get beat. And if he did get beat, he
Speaker 1: was able when he was able to recover so quick
Speaker 1: to where his uh, his his foot speed made up
Speaker 1: for it. Yeah, his production down the end of the
Speaker 1: back half of the season was up there with the
Speaker 1: best guards in all the football. And then you mentioned
Speaker 1: a couple of those games that Panther tape that was
Speaker 1: a ridiculous tape. I watched that one too, and he
Speaker 1: was just blowing guys off the ball. There was a
Speaker 1: rapp where he had Gerald McCoy and he chipped him
Speaker 1: and he got McCoy turned around, and that made it
Speaker 1: a very easy block for the left tackle on a
Speaker 1: combination block. Then he climbs up to the linebackers and
Speaker 1: completely wipes out Luke Keekley. So we're not talking about
Speaker 1: just run of the mill guys here. We're talking about
Speaker 1: multi time pro bowler, as an All pros that he's
Speaker 1: wiping out pretty easily. He had a very good game
Speaker 1: in that Cowboys game, like you mentioned as well late
Speaker 1: in the season there too. Let's go ahead and talk
Speaker 1: about Ted Carress a little bit here. He can play
Speaker 1: some center, he can play some guard. Kind of the
Speaker 1: theme here of the Dolphins offensive line really the roster
Speaker 1: in general versatility. What did you see from Ted Carross
Speaker 1: on tape? So the way I treated Ted Carres was
Speaker 1: I wanted to see his versatility, meaning the type of
Speaker 1: players he went up again. So the first game I
Speaker 1: chose to watch was the Week nine matchup against the Ravens,
Speaker 1: because I know the Ravens. They're always very stout and
Speaker 1: they have very very big guys that their only job
Speaker 1: is the close of the middle. So I wanted to
Speaker 1: see how he fared against those guys. And boy, he
Speaker 1: did very very well. And the thing that jumped out
Speaker 1: to me on film, you know, and watching the three
Speaker 1: games was how exact his butt, his his his footwork
Speaker 1: was excuse me? And his technique, I mean he I
Speaker 1: want to say, for the most part, he always took
Speaker 1: perfect steps in the running game and even in the
Speaker 1: passing game. I very rarely ever saw him get over extended,
Speaker 1: you know, rum blocking or path blocking, because he was
Speaker 1: so exact with his steps and he actually, you know,
Speaker 1: he played with a nice space and he just never
Speaker 1: got over his heels. I know. The one thing you
Speaker 1: may hear offensive line coaches always harp on offensive linement
Speaker 1: about is bending at the knees rather than the ways.
Speaker 1: Because you've been at the ways, you kind of get
Speaker 1: over your heelers and you happen to you, you happen
Speaker 1: to be on the ground a lot. When you see
Speaker 1: a lot of guys on the ground is because they're
Speaker 1: not playing with enough niving. But Ted Carress, I mean
Speaker 1: in that game to go up against the monsters that
Speaker 1: he went up against, I did not see him get
Speaker 1: pushed back off the ball at all. He was either
Speaker 1: stalemating guys, which is hey to me, that's a win
Speaker 1: against you know, that type of defense, especially in the middle,
Speaker 1: or he was moving guys off the ball. And then
Speaker 1: the third sorry, the second game I watched was the
Speaker 1: game against the Eagles, and that was we could levet
Speaker 1: because I wanted to see him go up against a
Speaker 1: guy and Fletcher Cocks that is big and that's quick.
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna say this, you know Fletcher Cox. I
Speaker 1: mean he is the second highest paid interior defensive linement
Speaker 1: for a reason, behind Aaron Donald and Ted Carress. I
Speaker 1: mean there were plays where he got beat, but I'm
Speaker 1: gonna say this, he held his own against Fletcher Cox.
Speaker 1: I mean there was some plays where he was just
Speaker 1: standing Fletcher cocks up and he was actually driving him
Speaker 1: off the ball. So I was very pleased to see that.
Speaker 1: And in the last game I saw was the game
Speaker 1: against the Dolphins, because it's one thing I know about
Speaker 1: Brian Flora's defense is you know, he's gonna have guys
Speaker 1: that are gonna play big and strong and stout at
Speaker 1: the point of attack, and I want to see him
Speaker 1: go up against the guy and Devon Gotcha who have
Speaker 1: a lot of respect for And again Ted Carris held
Speaker 1: his own against Devon catch out and did very well
Speaker 1: against Christian Wilkins. So to me, when looking at Ted Carris,
Speaker 1: it's just the feat work and just the ability to
Speaker 1: bend his knees and just play with your technique like
Speaker 1: very rarely have I seen a center that just plays
Speaker 1: we get technique and just plays so stout at the
Speaker 1: point of attack. There's a great mic up session with
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox and that Dolphins game. I know it's not
Speaker 1: the same player we're talking about here where he told
Speaker 1: he tells Michael Dieter after he wins a player wins
Speaker 1: a rep and Dieter says how do you know where
Speaker 1: were running that play? And Fletcher Cox says, there's a
Speaker 1: reason they're paying me twenty million bucks, young pup. So basically, yeah,
Speaker 1: So you can get a sense of how Ted Carres
Speaker 1: can handle some of the game's best on the interior
Speaker 1: offensive line. And while the Dolphins made plenty of strives
Speaker 1: and free agency, they got four teen draft picks to
Speaker 1: work with Rashade and a really good offensive line class
Speaker 1: coming in. And I want to go ahead and get
Speaker 1: your take here. First. Let's go ahead and start with
Speaker 1: the tackle class. And according to most draft sites, there
Speaker 1: are four guys that are basically in the top tier
Speaker 1: on their own Alabama's Jedrick Wills, Iowa's Tristan Worth's, Louisville's
Speaker 1: McKay Beckton, and Georgia's Andrew Thomas. That's not any specific order,
Speaker 1: but I want to get your take on those guys, like,
Speaker 1: what is something that each of those guys does that
Speaker 1: you like Rashade? So I'm gonna start off with the
Speaker 1: number one guy on my board, and that is Jeddrick Wheels.
Speaker 1: The reason I have to number one because he just
Speaker 1: does everything consistently well, you know, and I think when
Speaker 1: you're playing offensive line with you're playing center guard tackle.
Speaker 1: The reason why you have guys like u Zack Martin
Speaker 1: or guys like Andrew Whitworth that had been doing it
Speaker 1: at a high level for so long, or Alex Mac
Speaker 1: at center at their position is because they do things
Speaker 1: consistently well. And when I look at Judged Wills, it's
Speaker 1: hard to find him every game beat on on feeling,
Speaker 1: and it's hard it's hardly to find him ever taking
Speaker 1: just the wrong steps to the wrong angles at guys.
Speaker 1: So that's why I had to number one, and then
Speaker 1: I would say number two. I know a lot of
Speaker 1: people are gonna go with Tristan Worth's, but to me,
Speaker 1: I gotta go with mckaybeca just because I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't think I've seen a guy that big and that strong,
Speaker 1: that is so athletic and so light on his feet
Speaker 1: and the and the scary part about it is that
Speaker 1: kid is only scratching the surfing. I watched that Florida
Speaker 1: State game, and I mean what he was doing to
Speaker 1: those edge Russias from Florida State was not even funny.
Speaker 1: Like me watching film, I felt bad for those guys
Speaker 1: because I'm thinking, like man that must suck to kind
Speaker 1: of put those types of reps on film. I mean,
Speaker 1: to get abused the way they we're getting abused. I mean,
Speaker 1: the sky is just the limit for him. And with
Speaker 1: Tristan Worth's, I mean, I think the school itself, you know,
Speaker 1: says enough. I mean, Iowa has produced so many great
Speaker 1: guys over the years, man, where you know, if you're
Speaker 1: drafting a office alignement from Iowa, there's about to get
Speaker 1: seventy chance that guy is gonna hit at the next level.
Speaker 1: And when I look at Trista Worf's, I mean, the
Speaker 1: one thing that just jumps out to me, it's just
Speaker 1: his athleticism. And I mean, and again he showed it
Speaker 1: off at the combine. I mean, to put up the
Speaker 1: numbers he put up and to be you know, that big,
Speaker 1: I mean that was impressive. I mean he was close
Speaker 1: to putting up tight end numbers. Man. And we're talking
Speaker 1: about a guy that wighs what thirty thirty forty forty
Speaker 1: more pounds more than the average tight end that was
Speaker 1: at the combine. It's crazy, it is, man, it really is.
Speaker 1: And then Andrew Thomas to me, uh, he's a guy
Speaker 1: that is a big, physical guy. I think a guy
Speaker 1: that is still a little raw as far as in
Speaker 1: his technique, uh in specific pastor detected, because I think
Speaker 1: he needs to play with like a little bit more
Speaker 1: me been. But I mean, one thing that I like
Speaker 1: about him is he's a milder man. I mean, he
Speaker 1: is out there to try to embarrass guys, and he
Speaker 1: has no problem with the contact and the constant contact
Speaker 1: play after play after play. Me he's a guy I
Speaker 1: feel like he's a perfect uh run block tackle. I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I love all four. It's fun to watch
Speaker 1: all those guys on tape for the reasons you mentioned,
Speaker 1: And I think the reason that all four of those
Speaker 1: guys really kind of separate themselves from the rest of
Speaker 1: the pack is because, like you said, they all kind
Speaker 1: of offer that same combination of athletic ability and just
Speaker 1: pure power, and some of them maybe more than others.
Speaker 1: But you can watch any of those four guys tape
Speaker 1: and watch them blow guys off the ball or get
Speaker 1: into good pass sex quickly and win that way. So
Speaker 1: it's it's a lot of fun to watch. I imagine
Speaker 1: those four guys go off the board pretty quickly, and
Speaker 1: not in any specific order. Here again, Raschal, But I
Speaker 1: want to get your perception here of the quote unquote
Speaker 1: next tier of guys, and I hate grouping it that
Speaker 1: way because I think that there's a good chance a
Speaker 1: lot of these guys could be good starters at the
Speaker 1: next level two and you never know how that stacks
Speaker 1: up in the draft. Let's go ahead and just go off.
Speaker 1: For instance, the Draft Networks big board, those top four
Speaker 1: guys are all in the top eighteen on their overall
Speaker 1: big board. Then they've got Lucas Nyon from TCU at
Speaker 1: thirty nine, Josh Jones from Houston at forty eight, Prince
Speaker 1: Tega one ago from Auburn, and then Austin Jackson from
Speaker 1: USC at sixty eight. So a good clump of guys
Speaker 1: there again, another tier of players. Can you tell us
Speaker 1: which of those guys you might like who caught your
Speaker 1: eye on film? I know you've been grinding that tape. Uh, well,
Speaker 1: the three guys I like, and just I'll say this
Speaker 1: because I don't want to get off as far as
Speaker 1: grouping these guys as far as where they could the best.
Speaker 1: Lucas Lucas Nyon, I think he's another guy that like.
Speaker 1: Let's just say Ickay Beck has gone early, which I
Speaker 1: think a lot of a lot of people expect, and
Speaker 1: if and you Thomas has gone up early as well too.
Speaker 1: I think that's the guy that the Dolphins should consider
Speaker 1: because when you look at his tape, you know, compared
Speaker 1: to the secondary guys as far as Austin Jackson, Josh Jones,
Speaker 1: he's another model. I mean, I think the only reason
Speaker 1: he's not mentioned, you know, in that first tears because
Speaker 1: I think he's he's had some red flags as far
Speaker 1: as like that hip injury and things of that nature.
Speaker 1: But he's another guy that he loves to be physical
Speaker 1: and he loves to actually play smash mouth football. Austin
Speaker 1: Jackson and Josh Jones I like them too. I think
Speaker 1: their biggest attribute to trait is athleticism. I mean with
Speaker 1: Josh Jones and Austin Jackson, you see, uh, those two
Speaker 1: guys can really get out and move well in space
Speaker 1: and a lot of and and both of them were
Speaker 1: very long arm guys too. I'm glad you mentioned Lucas
Speaker 1: n On in that group there, because he really stands
Speaker 1: out for me for a variety of reasons. He did
Speaker 1: miss the back half of the season with an injury
Speaker 1: and he was really fighting and toughing that thing out
Speaker 1: and playing through pain throughout the season, and you watch
Speaker 1: his pass sets and he talked about this he he came,
Speaker 1: he was very transparent about this fact that he wasn't
Speaker 1: really able to open those hips like he normally can.
Speaker 1: And you know this for Shad, the explosive nature of
Speaker 1: playing that position, you have to really be able to
Speaker 1: pop and unlock those hips in order to get depth
Speaker 1: and to get vertical, and he really couldn't get with
Speaker 1: because he couldn't open up the way he normally would,
Speaker 1: and he had to take these like drop steps going
Speaker 1: straight backwards just to get himself to his landmark to
Speaker 1: make his initial block. And even though it might have
Speaker 1: looked unconventional at times, but he made it work. And
Speaker 1: that's what was beautiful about his tape was he was
Speaker 1: still productive with that kind of unnatural pass set that
Speaker 1: he had to work with. So that was fun to watch.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead now, Roshat and move inside, because we
Speaker 1: know that the take on the Dolphins entire roster is
Speaker 1: playing multiple positions. But first, before we talk about the individuals,
Speaker 1: We've talked on this podcast a lot about versatility and
Speaker 1: some of the guys that have position to flexibility on
Speaker 1: this offensive line. Ted Carris was a Garden college. He
Speaker 1: has played guard and center in the NFL. Eric Flowers
Speaker 1: played a lot of tackle and most recently guard. Like
Speaker 1: you mentioned, Jesse Davis has played four of the five
Speaker 1: possessions in his career along the offensive line. How tough
Speaker 1: is it for guys to learn how to play multiple spots,
Speaker 1: whether it's a center playing guard, or whether it's a
Speaker 1: tackle that kicks inside the guard. How tough is that?
Speaker 1: I think when guys are introduced h to that early
Speaker 1: in their career. I know I was as far as
Speaker 1: flit flopping from right and left tackle. Uh. I think
Speaker 1: it's hard at first, but it suits players better if
Speaker 1: they're able to learn that within the first you know,
Speaker 1: year two, I think the longer you play, like once
Speaker 1: you get up into year three or year four and
Speaker 1: year five, I think it becomes harder. But again, if
Speaker 1: guys are taught that early, and I think a lot
Speaker 1: of office on line coaches and a lot of teams
Speaker 1: are doing a great job of making their guys interchangeable
Speaker 1: because claim I mean, to be honest with you, I
Speaker 1: think they have to because I mean, most teams typically
Speaker 1: dressed anywhere from seven to eight offensive alignment a game.
Speaker 1: I mean, I know when I played for the Texans,
Speaker 1: we usually dressed seven. So we had the five starters,
Speaker 1: and we had two guys that were backups, and we
Speaker 1: and we had a guy that would uh was a
Speaker 1: guy that can play both guards in the center, and
Speaker 1: we had to swing tackle. And I just think it
Speaker 1: makes a lot of sense to really cross train guys
Speaker 1: like that because the NFL now is just I mean,
Speaker 1: we're actually going to expand to another game and what
Speaker 1: two thousand and twenty one. I mean, hey, I mean
Speaker 1: sixteen games is brutal as it is, and now you're
Speaker 1: asking guys to play another game on top of that.
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, listen. I'm happy they expanded the roster,
Speaker 1: so hopefully, I mean we'll see uh more positions dressed
Speaker 1: uh dressed guys throughout uh the week. But again, I
Speaker 1: mean listen, I think it's smart for teams to really
Speaker 1: protect their backside by how mean guys that are uh,
Speaker 1: I mean, that are interchangeable. Yeah, You've got flowers who
Speaker 1: can play tackle on a pinch, Carras can play multiple spots,
Speaker 1: and a top rated center in this class from the
Speaker 1: Draft Network is Michigan Caesar Louise and he's rated number
Speaker 1: thirty eight overall. But he started off in college playing
Speaker 1: guard out of necessity as a true freshman. Then he
Speaker 1: kicks back to his original position at center. And I
Speaker 1: heard him on the Draft Dudes podcast with Jordan Reid,
Speaker 1: a great source for all things draft and all things football.
Speaker 1: He was talking to Caesar about kind of the responsibility
Speaker 1: of playing the center position and how you take a
Speaker 1: lot of pride in that because you're the one kind
Speaker 1: of calling the shots. You're kind of an extension of
Speaker 1: the quarterback in terms of what he sees from the
Speaker 1: protection and a lot of times when there's a young
Speaker 1: quarterback back there, that center can be the one set
Speaker 1: in those protections. So he has a lot on his plate.
Speaker 1: Is he your top interior offensive line and just kind
Speaker 1: of walk us through that class the way you see
Speaker 1: it at guard and center in this year's draft class,
Speaker 1: Caesar Ruis. I mean, one thing I like about his
Speaker 1: film is it's much like Ted Carress. I mean, he
Speaker 1: takes real league good steps both in the run game
Speaker 1: and in the passing game, and quite frankly, I enjoy
Speaker 1: watching Michigan Football just for their offensive line, because I
Speaker 1: think their officer line coach does a good job year
Speaker 1: in the year out as far as really getting them
Speaker 1: to play first and foremost as a unit. It really,
Speaker 1: I mean you see a lot of guys along their
Speaker 1: officer line. They always come into the NFL understanding the
Speaker 1: proper technique of you know, their positions. And with Caesar Reeves,
Speaker 1: I mean I just think, to me, his technique and
Speaker 1: his footwork really jumps out along with you know, his
Speaker 1: strength as well too, because I mean he gets after
Speaker 1: guys on film. So I love that. Lloyd Cushionberry is
Speaker 1: another guy I love too, just because with him you
Speaker 1: see the athleticism and again, I mean I think anytime
Speaker 1: you have a guy like Joe Burrow who has given
Speaker 1: him a lot of praise, I mean, hey, I mean
Speaker 1: that has to speak for himself. Because Joe Burrow, I mean,
Speaker 1: have arguably arguably probably the best college football season we've
Speaker 1: ever seen. In god, those wins, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So I think his tape again, to me, it's just
Speaker 1: his athleticism and super leads he would be getting. Again,
Speaker 1: I give Caesar the bump over him because I think
Speaker 1: Caesar plays with better technique on a consistent basis than
Speaker 1: Lloyd pischett Berry does. But at the same time, I mean,
Speaker 1: it's not a it's not a huge gap between those two.
Speaker 1: And every time I hear you know, these conversations, Rashad,
Speaker 1: what I always hearken back to is just how many
Speaker 1: options and how flexible the Dolphins can be. You know,
Speaker 1: getting guys on the offensive line are really across the
Speaker 1: entire roster because they have all these premium draft picks
Speaker 1: and they have so many guys and now, especially after
Speaker 1: free agency, the way they've kind of plugged up a
Speaker 1: lot of those holes. They can pretty much go in
Speaker 1: any direction they want, and that flexibility can really allow
Speaker 1: them to control this draft. So looking forward to that
Speaker 1: great stuff, Rashade. We appreciate your time breaking down the
Speaker 1: offensive line. He is Rashad Butler. You can find him
Speaker 1: on Twitter at rashaw Jamal b h. Thank you so
Speaker 1: much for doing this, man, and let's go catch another
Speaker 1: heat game when this is all over, and then listen, man.
Speaker 1: One thing to congratulations on the new gig man. Listen,
Speaker 1: it is well deserved. Uh my, my radio mate, over
Speaker 1: that step of ninety a year ago put me onto
Speaker 1: you Locked On Dolphins, Zach Doro said. He was like, listen, uh,
Speaker 1: there's this guy that really breaks down the Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: in and out, and give him a listen. And I
Speaker 1: remember I gave you a listen for the first time
Speaker 1: and I've been hooked man, So listen well deserved on
Speaker 1: the new gig. I'm happy that you have a chance
Speaker 1: to actually live out your lifelong dream. And also to
Speaker 1: let you know Locked On Dolphins is in good hands
Speaker 1: because you guy, Cal Crabs is actually feeling the void
Speaker 1: quite well. Man, So Locked On Dolphins listen. You set
Speaker 1: the bar high, and you know Cal is doing a
Speaker 1: good job. Are replacing you man. I said he was
Speaker 1: the only guy that I wanted to replace my spot
Speaker 1: there because I thought he would the torch perfectly. And
Speaker 1: I'm glad you're that he has done just that. And again, Rashad,
Speaker 1: thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate that.
Speaker 1: We'll get to meet up here soon man, as soon
Speaker 1: as I can get down to South Florida. I can't wait, Man,
Speaker 1: so appreciate your time. We'll look forward to getting a
Speaker 1: drink with you one of these days and catching a
Speaker 1: heat game or even going to a Hurricanes game hopefully
Speaker 1: with you. Man. I bet you you and man you
Speaker 1: and really do that the right way. I'm sure we do. Man.
Speaker 1: All right, brother, have a good night now, thank you again,
Speaker 1: you too, man, Thank you, And there he goes. Rashan
Speaker 1: Butler always a pleasure to talk offensive line play with him.
Speaker 1: You'll see him chime in on my Twitter, my tweets,
Speaker 1: I guess and my mentions, and he always has something
Speaker 1: great to talk about, something great you can teach the
Speaker 1: casual football fan about offensive line play. A great mind,
Speaker 1: a great scout, so to speak. Here on the airway.
Speaker 1: So we appreciate Rashad's time. We're gonna get to plenty
Speaker 1: more of these position breakdowns here on the podcast, up
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