WEBVTT - Solomon Kindley, Jason Strowbridge, Curtis Weaver, Blake Ferguson and Malcolm Perry Interviews 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:10.120 Factors drawing. What a win for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow, 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:14.880 What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:19.119 part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:23.079 Miami Dolphins each and every day. What's going on everybody? 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:25.720 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:29.040 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:31.800 on today's show, we're talking about Day three of the 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:36.040 NFL Draft. The Dolphins plenty of picks, trading up to 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:39.080 go get an offensive lineman early in round number four 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:41.600 and staying active throughout the day with a trade for 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.960 running back San Francisco's Matt Brita joins the roster. We're 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:48.040 talking all things draft today. All six Miami Dolphins brookies 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:51.800 added to the roster on Day three of the NFL Draft, 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:53.800 and we're gonna talk to all of them here on 0:00:53.840 --> 0:01:03.000 this Saturday, April edition of the Drive Time Podcast. Up. First, 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:04.520 you heard me talk about it in the open the 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:06.880 Dolphins trade up to pick one eleven to go select 0:01:06.880 --> 0:01:10.600 Georgia offensive lineman Solomon Kinley. And here is my interview 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:13.440 with the new Dolphins offensive lineman Solomon Kinley and joining 0:01:13.520 --> 0:01:15.920 us now on the Drive Time podcast. Is the Dolphins 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:19.240 fourth round choice number one eleven overall out of Georgia 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:25.000 offensive lineman Solomon Kinley. Solomon, congratulations and welcome to Miami. Yes, sir, 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.479 thank you. I gotta ask you. We got the phone 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.920 call from Chris Greer Brian Flores. How did that feel? 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:33.400 How did that phone call go? Oh? Man, it was crazy. Man, 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:35.160 I've seen the moment I was gonna cost my Pall 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:38.240 was like, Hey, that's crazy. My whole dad, size of 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.280 the family live down there. I was like, Okay, it's 0:01:41.280 --> 0:01:43.600 really real. Now, well now you're a Duvall guy. But 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.399 you said part of your family lives in Miami, So 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:47.280 what's the battle like there is there gonna be a 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:51.920 rivalry in state? Nah, my family, the fan come with me. 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.640 The fan will be a Dolphin fan. Perfect a family 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:57.600 coming to South Florida. But so are you Where are 0:01:57.600 --> 0:02:00.880 the Dolphins getting in Solomon Kinley? Are They're getting the 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.800 hard work, getting the person. They're gonna do whatever it 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:05.360 takes to get on the field, do whatever it takes 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:07.400 in the locker room to become one of the best, 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.000 one of the best players that who come through Miami. 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:11.480 And I only that they're gonna get a great leader. 0:02:11.520 --> 0:02:13.440 You're gonna get a person off the field that that 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:17.200 keeps keep everything in control, and a good character to 0:02:17.240 --> 0:02:18.920 help and try to help the commute as much as 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.799 you can. Solomon, you go three thirty six. We drafted 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:25.840 Robert hunt earlier. Goes signed Eric Flower's this offseason at 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:28.320 three and thirty pounds. What is it like to have 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:31.880 that much size on the offensive line. I mean, it 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.360 just it just shows what the top of tier we have, 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.400 the big the big bodies that we have, and what 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:38.800 we can do and what the do I mean, the 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:41.760 Miami's office and line is about just big and really 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.400 to move people and do things like that. Would you 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.200 say that your physicality on the field is your best trade. Yes, 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:50.480 they're no doubt, absolutely. And you get to fish the 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.440 nickname the big Fish because you were a lifeguard back 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.680 in high school. Is there anything exciting that might have 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:57.720 happened during that job or I guess maybe scary is 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.639 the right word. Once might have had to save a 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:03.160 kid he slipped. I was doing door swimming lessons and 0:03:03.160 --> 0:03:04.600 he slipped off the bottom of the pool and I 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.320 had to save him. Other than that, it was the 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.720 greatest spience. Every time anybody came to the pool, they 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:10.480 was like, are you coming get in the pool? They 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:13.160 didn't spit me to be a life guard. I guess 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:15.600 nickame is perfect the big fish and now you are 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:18.240 a big fish in Miami. But you also played some 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:20.079 hoop to How is your game on the hard one? 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:23.239 Oh yeah, I can play basketball. I'm really good at basketball. Team, 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:25.880 I can play basketball. A lot of your teammates are confident, 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:28.800 they're hoop abilities. You gotta get in those games. Oh yeah, 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:32.040 definitely and tell them I'm ready. How does that help 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.160 on the football field, playing basketball and some of those 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:37.320 different athletic movements. Oh yeah, he helped me. It helps 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:40.400 your light, good feetwork, be able to keep you conditioning 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.440 up and be able to move out a room. Uh. 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:44.880 Basketball help helped me a lot going up, to be honest, 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:46.320 That's why I think that's what really made me to 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:49.080 fill out in today. A little bit of athletic ability 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:51.400 and size. But when it comes to off the football field, 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.320 when you get a day off, Solomon, where can we 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:57.400 find you? What's your what's your go to off day activity? Uh? 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:59.600 I don't hand the activity that problem. I just come 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:02.200 home must be in my families and it's enjoyed time 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:05.360 with them. And uh, you might get me. You might, 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.440 Like I said, you might get me shooting a few 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.560 of shooting a few hoops. Other than that, I'm just 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.080 really chilling. Man. Well, that's great to hear. Solomon. Welcome 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:15.480 to Miami. We are thrilled to have you in. Congratulations. Yes, sir, 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:22.440 thank you for having practice alf drawing high depart for textown. 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:27.800 What a win for this Miami Dolphin teams. Wow, what 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:31.720 is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.479 part of the Miami Dolphins. And with that, let's go 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:36.880 ahead and get to my interview with new Dolphins defensive 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:41.280 lineman out of North Carolina one overall Jason Strowbridge and 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.640 joining us now on the Drive Time Podcast as the 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.760 Dolphins fifth round draft pick number one fifty four overall 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:50.600 out of North Carolina, Jason Strowbridge. Jason, Welcome to Miami. Man. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.000 I gotta ask you. Everyone gets that phone call at 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:57.960 some point on draft day from Chris Greer, Brian Flores, 0:04:58.000 --> 0:04:59.920 whoever it might have been. How did that phone call 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:03.360 go for you? M man? I I had a few calls, 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.360 um few causes it wasn't nothing. It was just staining 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:08.760 members calling. But you know, in the way it was 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:12.480 my hard stop is just it's nervous to pick it 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:15.359 up a phone. Um. So I was then four numbers, 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:19.279 so I got excited. Um, but then you know they 0:05:19.320 --> 0:05:21.560 told me they picked me, and it's just, I mean, 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.280 I can't even believe her. And I'm still in shock. 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:25.599 I love it. I love the stunt silence. And you 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:27.920 mentioned nine four or five. I was gonna or nine four. 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:29.920 I was gonna ask you if it was three oh five. 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:32.640 How did it feel seeing that Miami area code being 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:36.600 a deer phiel Hot deer Field High School product, Yeah, 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.200 I mean, I mean, like I said, I got a 0:05:39.240 --> 0:05:41.880 few calls from playing members, not from four numbers, and 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:44.359 it's kind of hesitant at first, but then you know, 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.680 I picked it up and it was them, and you know, 0:05:46.839 --> 0:05:50.320 just being you know, from from Deerfield and being forty 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.720 minutes from the stadium and it's it's everything to come back. 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:56.920 They played for play for Time team. Did you ever 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:58.520 get a chance to go out to hard Rock Stadium 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:03.440 as a fan? As a fan? Yeah, um, she I've 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:08.000 been to a few games. Um in high school. Uh, well, yeah. 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:14.520 I mean it's last words and it's perfectly understandable, Jason. 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:16.360 Big moment for you here. But I do want to ask, 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.080 let's talk about some football. Maybe that's a little bit 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:20.240 easier for you. What are the Dolphins getting on the 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.680 field and Jason Strowbridge, I mean, just a player that's, 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.240 you know, always gonna come in and work hard, do 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:29.799 everything to get better every day. UM. Definitely a huge 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.080 team guys. So I mean then nobody's gonna worry about me, 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:36.520 you know, slacking off for doing whatever, and you know, um, 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:40.480 just and all around this team guys. UM, hard working, 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:44.200 UM and a competitive player. I watched you at the 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.640 Senior Bowl, Jason. I noticed you were rushing from multiple 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.520 spots and playing different positions in that game and throughout 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.320 the practices. Just going off the Pro Football Focus snap 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:54.160 count guide right here, they had you in the B 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.720 gap for two eight three, over the tackle for two 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.800 seventy two, and outside the tackle for one eleven. You're 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:03.960 foot four to seventy five, long, heavy hands, versatility goes 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:06.240 a long way in this defense. How do you feel 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:07.960 that fit is for you in a defense that is 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:11.120 so multiple? Yeah, I mean that's that's kind of the 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.680 perfect you sue situation that let's see, um, that I 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:16.640 want to be in. I mean I can do a 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.560 lot um and so being in defense where you know 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:21.680 I can kind of move around inside ing up, I mean, 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.120 that's that's right up my aleage. So I mean, I'm 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:27.280 excited to get the work. I was just looking at 0:07:27.280 --> 0:07:30.440 your combine testing numbers. You're in the ninety percentile on 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:33.680 ten yards split, twenty yards split, forty yard dash, the 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.320 broad jump. You're in the eightie percentile on the three 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.680 cone and vertical jump. How do all those measurables translate 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.840 to the game on the football field? I mean, you 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.960 know this, it just shows my athleticism. Um, it shows 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.200 that I can you know, do do you know? Most 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.520 of things? Um? And I had the athleticism in the 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:53.920 back death. So I mean I just being at the combine, 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.120 you know that was a great wonderful opportunity to showcase 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:01.800 my athletic ability. UM. You know, uh, to advantage of 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:06.880 you know every opportunity, are right, so athletic ability, heavy hands, versatility. 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.800 If you had to peg down your very best trade, 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:13.440 what would it be, um verst Okay, I totally understand 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.920 that that's that's a good answer. And speaking of you know, 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.680 your time at North Carolina, your defensive line coach Tim 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.800 Cross praised you for your leadership both by example and 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.800 verbally as a senior last year. How important do you 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.320 think that senior leadership was and how does that translate 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:30.640 to the next level as a professional. Yeah, I mean, 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:32.680 you know, in in in school, I mean you've got 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:35.400 a lot of guys coming in. You know, they're they're 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.200 really young. Um, you know, college of balls so much 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:40.800 facts in high school. So having somebody you know that 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.679 to come by and pick up the young guys, you know, 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:45.679 when things are going right or you know you can 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:47.839 kind of see the guys, you know, they're frustrating and 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:50.640 all that. You know, just ask someone to come and 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.600 support you. You know, when when in times of need 0:08:53.640 --> 0:08:57.120 and when you don't really want it. Um, you know, 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:01.400 I need to be like, you know, someone or whatever. Um, 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:03.920 I mean, it's it's it's it's it's a good feeling. 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.920 I know when I came in, I needed someone who 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:09.280 kind of got me. And I got that in nas Jones. 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:12.240 So you know, it's just something I kind of wanted to, Uh, 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.560 you know, I just felt like, you know, It's what 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.079 I had to do, you know. And I'll give one 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:18.880 more question for you, Jason here before you get back 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.280 to your party and enjoy enjoy your draft day. When 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:23.240 we when you have an off day in South Florida, 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.000 when you're not on the football field, what do you 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:30.959 do for fun? Definitely? Definitely. A lot of your teammates 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:32.840 said the same thing already. So you might have somebody's 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.480 that want to go out fishing with you. Oh yeah, 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.880 and I'm down here in Florida. You know this is best? Yeah, definitely, 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:40.680 deep sea is the best time, best way to do it, 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:44.480 all right, Jason, Well, hey, welcome to Miami. Man. We're 0:09:44.520 --> 0:09:47.640 thrilled to have you. And congratulations once again. Thank you, 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.360 and I'm not going to be here. And so there 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:53.880 he goes, very excitable young man, versatility, length, He really 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.800 has it all on that defensive line. And the Dolphins 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.080 have traded back up once again to get into the 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.760 fifth round. And why wouldn't you? This has been Chris 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:04.520 Career's sweet spot for a long long time, going back 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:08.280 to Bobby McCain, Jedgi, even Rashad Jones way back in 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.040 two thousand ten, Tony Lippet, a few years back, the 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.960 fifth round has provided gold for the Miami Dolphins. And 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.440 now the Dolphins get three players out of the fifth 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.480 round and Strowbridge and Curtis Weaver, and of course the 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:22.600 trade for San Francisco running back Matt Brita who comes 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.440 in and joins the Dolphins backfield. Plenty of good players 0:10:25.480 --> 0:10:29.200 added on Saturday, Friday Thursday throughout this draft, class players 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:31.520 that fit the system, that fit the scheme, that fit 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.120 the idea of what this team wants to be both offensively, 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.920 defensively on the field and off the football field. And 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:40.160 with that, the Dolphins trade back up to pick one 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:42.600 sixty four to take Curtis Weaver out of Boise State. 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:44.520 And with that, let's get to the interview with new 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:47.200 Dolphins defensive lineman Curtis Weaver and joining us now on 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.559 the Drivetime podcast. The Dolphins fifth round draft choice number 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.319 one sixty four overall. They traded up to get him 0:10:53.320 --> 0:10:56.880 out of Boise State. He is defensive end pass rusher extraordinaire, 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:00.960 Curtis Weaver. Curtis, how you doing man? Great? Um? Just 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.320 blessed right now? Well, welcome to Miami. I gotta ask 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.160 you you get that phone call from the GM, the 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.880 head coach, Chris Greer and Brian Flores. What was that 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:12.400 call like for you? Um? It was it was just 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:14.760 a blessing. Like I said, UM, just waiting for my 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.400 name to be called, or for my phone to be called, 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:21.760 thinking your phone's broke into the whole process. But I'm 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.520 just waiting for that call at the end of the day. Well, Curtis, 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.599 I'm a West Coast guy, so I love watching you 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:28.720 out in that blue turf out here in the Mountain West. 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:31.240 And when I watch you, I can't help but recognize 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.680 that childlike love for the game. Like where does that 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.600 come from in you? Um, it just comes from the 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:41.680 competition aspect of wanting to win. Through all my years 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.480 of playing football, since I've been five, always wanted to 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:47.719 win the little things in life. Um, every day is 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:50.280 a competition. I take it in so like making a 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:53.000 play or doing some great stuff on the field gets 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.800 me hyped up. I found an article on the Athletic 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:58.120 It was written by David Southern. It was last summer, 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:00.000 and here's a quote from a couple of your teammate 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.920 DeAndre Pierce and Chris ha Tada. Just a big kid, 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:07.640 a goofball, how do you respond to those to those claims, UM, 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.079 just trying to bet UM, trying to mold the team together, 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:13.800 get our team chemistry up. Doing my part in that, UM, 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:17.120 I feel like UM, and but I learned how to 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:18.760 do it on and off the field. Was the biggest 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:22.280 team coming from my freshman year of college to my 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.720 end of career at college. So that was that was 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:29.400 That's what that means. Yeah, absolutely, we love to see that. 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.199 And from that same article on the Athletic, he writes, 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:35.360 or he starts the article with a story about your mom, saying, 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.839 the best way to describe you when you approached her 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:39.920 with the serious demeanor, like you had to have a 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.160 serious talk with her, but then you dropped a joke 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.480 on her. Can you tell us that story? UM? It was, 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:48.440 I was we were watching some movie. I got it 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.400 from some movie I think, and then it was like 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:56.840 nighttime and then UM got on my phone and like retain, 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:58.920 I was on the phone. It was a time for 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:03.200 a joke, I felt like, and then I just dropped it. Tasked, UM, 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.679 what's wrong? And I said and I was like, ken 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:08.760 not in my head, And She's like, what's wrong? And 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.680 I just said, I'm Batman and then the day and 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:15.240 then she's slapping me. You probably get a few of 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:16.800 those slaps off of the course of your life, right, 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.520 Oh good love taps. Yeah, there you go. Are you 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.800 familiar with Christian Wilkins because he kind of has a 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:26.240 similar personality and now you're joining his defensive line room. 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:30.400 Oh yeah, his personality is probably crazy. Um seeing him 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:35.280 over marketing media at Clemson to um, he went viral 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:38.160 a little bit, but looking up looking forward to me 0:13:38.200 --> 0:13:40.200 to him, Well, I want to ask you, Curs. We're 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:41.800 talking about a bunch of jokes here and stuff, but 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:43.040 I do want to talk to you about your on 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:45.880 field prowess. You know, the all time Mountain West sack 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.320 leader at Boise State. Uh, what are the Dolphins getting here? 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.080 And Curtis, we were the football player. Um, a guy 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:53.959 who's just gonna keep his head down and get to 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.440 work quickly. Um on the playbook. You get to know 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:58.959 the team and just do my partner, I want to 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.080 go back to that athletic article one more time because 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:03.240 there's a great quote and they're about after you lost 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.360 that game against Fresno Anden you had this quote. You'll 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.000 get goofy Curtis. But once we're between the lines, strap 0:14:09.080 --> 0:14:10.840 on the helmet, it's going to be a long day. 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.160 Talk to us about your ability to flip that switch 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:17.200 once you get on the field. UM. For that, I 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.600 would say, um, when we're not on the field yet, 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.560 warm ups, UM in the locker room, trying to be 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:24.680 as mellow as I can. You don't want to be tight, 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:28.160 stressful before the game. UM. I live by UM. Comfortable 0:14:28.160 --> 0:14:30.480 and confident and you step on the field. So just 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.520 loosing it down, playing some candy crash before the game. 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.240 I'm having fun, and then when you step on the field, 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.560 it's time to go. Everything you did for it through 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.360 the week. We talked about your production at Boise State. 0:14:41.440 --> 0:14:43.880 Last year. You played eight hundred and twenty snaps. According 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.880 to Pro Football Focus, seven hundred nine of those were 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.640 outside the tackle in the five techer beyond. Do you 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:53.520 feel comfortable condensing inside and playing multiple spots? UM? Yeah, 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:55.720 I feel comfortable on multiple spots. Just waiting for where 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:57.440 the coaches want me to play and then I'm gonna 0:14:57.440 --> 0:14:59.680 go from there. And your production, like I talked about 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:02.080 Era Futable, I want to read you your pressure rate 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.480 the last three years again, according to Pro Football Focus 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.040 eighteen point six percent six percent, and then last year 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.960 again up over what trade of yours do you think 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:15.480 it is that makes you so damn productive? Um, I 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.880 wouldn't know. It's just a guy, Um, a God's gift. 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:19.840 I feel like at the end of the day, That's 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.080 how I feel. God gave me something and I'm running 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.280 away with it. And one more question for you, Curtis. 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:26.520 When you're not on the football field your day off, 0:15:26.640 --> 0:15:30.160 what are you out there doing for fun? Um? Play 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:34.120 video games? Testing my shoes and collect shoes. What is 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:38.520 your go to video game? Um? Right now is called 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:42.440 of Duty. I'll played two K two little UFC. I've 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.520 talked to several of your teammates, your veteran teammates, and 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.320 they say the exact same thing, call of duty in 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.160 two K. So you're gonna have some competition in that aspect. 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.000 And Preston Williams, our receiver, is really into fashion too. Is. 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:55.160 Maybe you guys can link up on the shoe designs. Curtis. 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:57.480 We appreciate your time here man today, Congratulations on the 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.400 draft pick, and we're thrilled to have you in Miami. Man. 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:02.640 I A p thank you. So there he goes new 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:05.800 Edge Curtis Weaver from Waite the fifth round pick number 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:08.480 one sixty four overall. We traded up to get him 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.880 and now we have three picks left, including this pick 0:16:11.120 --> 0:16:14.960 number one eight four overall long snapper Blake Ferguson and 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:18.000 joining us now on the Drivetime podcast is the Dolphins 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:21.280 sixth round draft pick number one four overall. He is 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:24.000 long snapper out of l s U Blake Ferguson. Blake, 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:28.040 congrats and welcome to Miami. Thank you. Happy to be 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.720 a part of the organization. Gotta ask you. Everyone gets 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.200 that phone call on draft day with Chris Career Brian 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:38.000 Flora's how did that call go? It was? It was 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:40.360 crazy and you know it's it's one that I've been 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:43.520 looking forward to for a long time. Um, and to 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.360 get that call, my my stomach sunk for a second. 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:48.040 When my phone started buzzing, I was like, what do 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.080 I do? I do? Let me get the TV. UM. 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:54.000 So it was cool. But you know, my my my 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.800 family has been here and and UM, they've been incredibly 0:16:56.840 --> 0:17:00.280 supported throughout this whole process and so UM it's been 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.120 a weekend and a day that I'll never forget. This 0:17:03.160 --> 0:17:05.240 is something I've been asking all your new teammates, Blake, 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:09.440 what are the Dolphins getting in Blake Ferguson. They're getting 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.280 a leader, They're getting a worker, and um, somebody who's 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:15.080 excited to learn. Um, you know. And I know that 0:17:15.359 --> 0:17:18.480 I'll be coming in low low man on the totem pole. Um. 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:22.200 But I'm excited to work and I'm excited to um compete. Now. 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:23.920 I know it's kind of the family business, and we'll 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.119 talk about that here in just one second, but I'm 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:29.040 always curious to ask, how did you get into long snapping? 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.040 Because it's I think it's a unique skill to figure out, 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:34.199 Like I can spend a ball between my legs fifteen 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.120 yards on a dime. How did you know you were 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:39.400 that good at it? Yeah? I Um, so my brother 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.520 started doing it before I did, UM, and you know, 0:17:42.880 --> 0:17:46.000 he kind of, uh he had a little bit of success. 0:17:46.080 --> 0:17:48.160 And uh, you know, I knew that I wasn't really 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.480 gonna be an All American tight end or an All 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.680 American linebacker, and so I knew that I wanted to 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:55.320 play at the next level. I just had to find, 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:59.640 uh my niche and it was in long snapping. And so, um, 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.520 you know, started to learn from him, and I started 0:18:02.560 --> 0:18:05.920 to learn. Um. I went to some camps, um, some 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:09.159 some ruby A long snapping camps where you get the 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.920 greatest instruction and so um. You know, I began to compete, 0:18:12.960 --> 0:18:14.280 and I was one of the top guys in the 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:16.679 country coming out of high school. So I'm fortunate to 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:20.000 have had the career that I've had and excited for more. 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:22.639 And you mentioned the family business there you wind up 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:24.640 in the A f C East with your brother. How 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:26.800 excited are you for a little bit of brother rivalry 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:30.719 here in the division? It was It was awesome, uh, 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:33.040 and it's gonna be It's gonna be awesome for years 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:36.600 to come. And looking forward to seeing him twice a year. Uh, 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.879 looking forward to hosting him in Miami. Uh, and and 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.479 putting the dub up on the board. But you know, 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.159 to get that call and to end up in the 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:46.520 same sin division as him is gonna be really cool. 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:49.360 I have a friend Blake up in Buffalo who does 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:51.520 media up there, and he just told me to ask 0:18:51.560 --> 0:18:58.240 you about the nickname Hype City. That's a nickname that 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:02.119 that I was given by a bunch of reeds folks 0:19:02.160 --> 0:19:06.480 up in Buffalo because um, I'm naturally a a an 0:19:06.480 --> 0:19:11.080 excited hype football player, and so um, you know, there 0:19:11.080 --> 0:19:13.560 were there were pictures of me on the sidelines at 0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:15.600 l s U where I would be yelling and screaming 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:18.760 and having a good time and just excited. UM. And 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.960 so I guess I adopted that nickname. And and that's 0:19:22.000 --> 0:19:25.000 one that um, that I'll probably take with me for 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:27.119 a long time. I'm looking forward to to see in 0:19:27.160 --> 0:19:29.439 hype city down in South Florida. But you do mention 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:31.720 being a part of that L s U team last year. 0:19:31.760 --> 0:19:34.320