WEBVTT - Welcome to Miami Chase Edmonds 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us buyers touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:18.919 What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drive Time 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:23.800 Podcast part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:28.480 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.120 Travis Wingfield And on today's show, it is a free 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:35.880 agency special. Running Back Chase Edmonds is up next. We'll 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:38.280 break down his game and get him in here to 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:41.159 talk some football, his decision to join the Miami Dolphins, 0:00:41.200 --> 0:00:43.199 and a whole heck of a lot more from the 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:46.479 Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:54.920 is the Drive Time Podcasts. So Chase Edmonds, twenty five 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.040 year old running back formerly of the Arizona Cardinals and 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:02.280 before that by way of Fordham University in New York. 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:04.720 And you know, I look at this guy's game and 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.440 I've I've talked about this a lot in my podcasting 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.680 career about how much fun it is to have a 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:11.440 running back that can hit the home run in the 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:14.600 big play. And that's what this guy has. Explosive stats 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:18.280 in a five nine pound makeup, and he just does 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.160 everything well. Man. He's he told nine hundred three yards 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:24.160 from scrimmage and five touchdowns and just twelve games played 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:26.840 last season. That's good for a five point one yards 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.440 per carry average and an average of two point six 0:01:29.440 --> 0:01:32.800 six yards after initial contact, and that came courtesy of 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:36.520 plenty of lengthy runs. He had eighteen carries that totaled 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:38.959 ten plus yards a season ago. That was good for 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:44.119 a fifteen point five percent explosive run rate. Again, five back, 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:47.039 ten pound back had runs of fifty four and forty 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.960 yards last season and clocked to high speed of fifteen 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:53.240 miles per hour on twenty three point three percent of 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:55.760 his carries, so a little less than one fourth of 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:59.440 his carries he hits fifteen mph on the radar. That's 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.720 most m all NFL backs last season with at least 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.520 one hundred attempts. Next Gen has some really cool stats man, 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:08.880 something like this, a chart called rushing yards overexpected, a 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.360 metric through which Edmunds has displayed his abilities. He averages 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:17.760 point five eight yards over expected. Only seven backs had 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:21.680 a higher yards overexpected marked and Edmonds that is another 0:02:21.720 --> 0:02:23.760 one of those really cool next gen stats, where what 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:25.680 they do is they collect a whole bunch of data 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.480 with stuff like the nearest defender to project how many 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.360 yards a player should get based upon years and years 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:35.160 of collective comprehensive data. And on those runs, Edmunds had 0:02:35.360 --> 0:02:39.239 point five eight yards per carry over expected, which again 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.480 was seventh and then or rather eighth in the National 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:43.959 Football League last year. He also had a plus ten 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:47.080 point to e p A expected points added on a 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:51.080 hundred and sixteen carries. Only Indianapolis is Jonathan Taylor and 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.600 Dallas is Tony Pollard had a better e p A 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:57.480 on their rushing attempts in one. But don't mistake Edmunds 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.839 for a speedy one trick pony. He's got a lunch 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:03.480 all mentality nine six catches for seven dred thirteen yards 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.600 the last two seasons and no sacks allowed on a 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.600 hundred and thirty two pass blocking snaps the last three years. 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:13.240 Three down capability. Of his one hundred and sixteen rushes, 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:16.080 thirty three of them move the chains as an impressive 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:19.560 twenty eight point four percent conversion rate. He also converted 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:23.200 sixteen of his twenty two rush attempts with three or 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.000 fewer yards to gain last season. That is a seventy 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:28.600 two point seven percent clip. Pretty reliable to move the 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.880 chains on short yardage. You look at this guy's tape. Man, 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:34.720 he's fun to watch. That doesn't take a whole lot 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.560 of reps to see the urgency and suddenness that he 0:03:37.640 --> 0:03:41.280 plays with. It's a smooth, choppy, quick feet with excellent 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:44.360 vision to both the front and backside to take advantage 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:46.640 of daylight every time he sees it. Once he sees 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.040 that crease, he can hit it and get big yardage, 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.720 make guys miss on the arm tackles at that second level, 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:55.600 and really maximize what you block for him. As a runner, 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:59.080 he's displayed exceptional patients both as a ball carrier and 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.800 as a route run or. The Cardinals deployed him effectively 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.480 in the screen game and from the backfield on a 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.360 variety of option routes that really helped him utilize that 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:11.480 quickness against reacting linebackers in the short areas of the field. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:15.600 We're gonna put Edmunds running downhill to linebacker and he 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:17.800 has the choice to go left or right. Linebacker has 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:21.240 to react to that. Incredible, absolutely incredible. The forty nine 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:25.400 offense under Mike McDaniel produced three top ten run after 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:29.560 the catch players, and no team utilized pre st nap 0:04:29.600 --> 0:04:33.000 motion with greater frequency than the forty nine. The pairing 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:36.440 of quick decision making with lightning quickness bodes well for 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:40.279 the Fins in creating conflict for the opposing defenses, and 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.960 according to the r a S the Relative Athletics Scorecard, 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:47.640 Edmunds ten point eight six agility score from NFL Scouting 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.599 Combine workout was one of the best measured since the 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:55.159 project began. Back in a six seven nine three cone time. 0:04:55.200 --> 0:04:58.040 That really shows you the change of direction, skill set 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.400 and the quickness, and now it cuts all time among 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:05.400 one thousand, nine one thousand, ninety six running backs who 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:08.440 have ran that drill. Edmonds clocked a four oh seven 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:10.799 on the shuttle run that was good for the seventieth 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:14.000 best all time among one thousand, three hundred forty backs 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:18.760 who ran the shuttle. Since so quickness, change in direction, 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:20.880 it's really key traits there for running backs, and he 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:25.239 excels in both of those areas. We talked about running 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:29.000 backs and the quote from Mike McDaniel, let's go ahead 0:05:29.000 --> 0:05:30.880 and just read that back here from the combine when 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:32.520 he was asked about the running back position and the 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:36.080 importance of it in an era where there's this I hate. 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:39.240 I absolutely despised this narrative about running backs his importance, 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.200 and I think Coach really hammered that out as well 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.240 as he possibly could have. He said this quote, you 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:46.760 have to realize running backs collectively, whether you do it 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.720 part to whole or one guy, you have three hundred 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:52.920 to four hundred touches by that one position anywhere I've 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:55.320 been and with the Miami Dolphins moving forward, it's of 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:57.920 paramount importance. We have a concrete skill set the week 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:01.000 found that can really flourish in a zone blocking system. 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.159 And quote Edmunds has success as an NFL zone runner 0:06:04.200 --> 0:06:06.640 and the run pass option game, as a gap scheme 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.039 runner and the passing game as well. He checks the 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:12.760 boxes of that multifaceted player, much to the preference of 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.160 the Miami Dolphins. Here's what Chris Greer said about the 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.359 running back position. When I sat down with both he 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.680 and coach back last month. Mike prepared a tape of 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:22.520 what he's looking for at the running back position. It 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.520 was a great teaching moment for the scouts and the 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:27.560 offensive coaching staff who came in and listened to There 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:29.839 was a good visual opportunity for all the scouts and 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:32.440 coaches to be in one room talking about what we're 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:35.080 looking for at the position and things that Mike has 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.520 had success with finding in San Francisco. Our scouts really 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.480 appreciated that end quote. So Chase Edmonds checks a lot 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:46.120 of those boxes. Also, one thing you'll see about these 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:49.280 new editions common theme across the board is how much 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:52.359 their teammates really like these guys like you. Go to 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:56.560 Twitter when the deal was reported initially on Monday, with 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.040 Chase Edmunds coming to Miami, there was tweets from Kyler 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:02.880 Murray and Kenyan Drake congratulating him. Kenyan Drake saying treat 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.080 him well down in Miami. That's my dog, and Kyler 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.680 Murray said the Dolphins got a real one. Edmunds is 0:07:07.680 --> 0:07:10.640 an absolute dog on his social media, and I have 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:12.400 a story for you guys to kind of show you 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.880 about the dog mentality he brought to both the college 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:16.640 and pro game. Here in just one second, but some 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:20.000 additional numbers here. His alignment last season with the Cardinals 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:23.280 four two snaps in the backfield, sixty two in the 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:26.720 slot thirty two out wide seven as a trigger man 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.760 in the wildcat formation the quarterback position, and he also 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.800 had two snaps as a return man for the Cardinals. 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.520 He's played in fifty seven of a possible sixty five 0:07:35.600 --> 0:07:38.520 career games for the Cardinals, and that was after a 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:42.000 near records heading career at Fordham University. There's a story 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.480 here from seen talking about his ability to get back 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.040 on the field and the way he works and to 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.800 earn that respect of his teammates as a total dog mentality. 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.080 There's a story from twenties seventeen that details both his 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:57.880 work habits and why he's proven so reliable both as 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:00.360 a pro and as a collegium. And with fin that 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.360 story you'll find some details from the trainer there at 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:07.960 Fordham and the excuse me, the physical therapy staff and 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:11.080 everyone that helped him after an injury he suffered one season, 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:14.640 and just how much work he put in, how relentless 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.280 he was with his treatment, his recovery, his rehab to 0:08:17.360 --> 0:08:19.760 get back on the field to chase the all time 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:23.120 FCS Russian record. Now he finished fifth all time when 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.840 he left school with five thousand, eight hundred and sixty 0:08:25.840 --> 0:08:28.680 two yards on the ground, and what's most impressive to 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:30.640 me about that is that he was able to juggle 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:34.000 multiple tasks, including the most important one, the toughest one 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.640 that I can vouch for, being a girl dad. So 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:38.720 let's go ahead and get Chase here on the podcast 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:40.760 to talk about the playing career as well as that 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.720 girl dad life. Next here on the Drivetime Podcast with 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:48.720 Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. What's Up? Dolphins? 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:51.600 Travis Wingfield here, the host of the Drivetime Podcast, and 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:54.600 I am joined by new Dolphins running back here, Chase Edmonds. Chase, 0:08:54.640 --> 0:08:56.800 what's up? Man? Travels up? But I appreciate you having 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:58.480 We're happy to have you in here, you know, getting 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.240 down to Miami for the first time here, how's it 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.200 all feels? It hit me yet? It's starting to hit 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.160 me now, touring the facility, seeing the great facilities that 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.400 Mr Ross has put into that implemented it here. Man 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.880 is beautiful out here, seeing the locker room, getting to 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:13.520 meet the people both of yourself upstairs, downstairs, and starting 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:15.320 to sink in now from getting very excited you're talking 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:16.679 about you want to do a TV career after you're 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:19.120 playing career. You pretty into that idea. I'm pretty into that. Yeah, 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:20.920 I got a little, a little little sauce of the 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.920 TV just a little bit. Yeah, I can see already 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.440 got the awkwa and orange pop looking good, looking sharp. 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.240 So you know, you said the building right here with 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.520 in Miami was great. Obviously, it's a person facility that's 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:32.720 just awesome to work and every day. But besides that, 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.000 what really attracted you to the to the to come 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.360 here to Miami and play? So what really attracted me 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:39.959 to the unique opportunity to work with Mike mc daniel 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.520 coach Mike mc daniel, And I was told by a 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:44.560 lot of former players one that they love him. That 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:46.800 was the first thing for me, you know, I feel 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.400 like playing for a coach who respects his relationships with 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.400 his players was very important for me, very paramount. And 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.839 then obviously I heard he was a genius. I heard, uh, 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.120 he's the real deal, He's a guru. I really like 0:09:57.200 --> 0:09:59.439 his own scheme run blocking. I like how utilizes his 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.840 backs and to me, it felt like the perfect match 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:03.600 to come here and also jail with two who I 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:06.000 felt like it is someone that with my receiving ability, 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:07.640 I could also we could benefit off of each other. 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.599 As well. So two questions there. One, how does the 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.760 zone scheme kind of benefit your skill set? So yeah, 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.400 since my college days at fordom now I've been running 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:17.240 on just zone scheme, you know, and then coming into 0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:19.760 the NFL playing under Cliff for three years, it's all 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.000 zone scheme for us really is our primary run scheme. 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.679 So I felt like with my skill set, I'm very 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:27.600 comfortable in the zone format, especially outside zone, inside zone, 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.960 and I felt like something that just correlates to my 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:33.199 my skill set is also kind of you know, seeing 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.800 lanes developed, hitting the cutback, being able to stop and 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:38.080 start very fast. That's what the zone scheme is all about, 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:39.480 and that's what I feel like I do really well. Yeah, 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:40.840 that's all on tape, man, It's fun to watch your 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:42.800 explosive as hell. You talk about two of there too. 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:44.280 What's what do you think you guys do well together? 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.000 That's gonna mesh together here? Mind? Well, I think the 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.040 first thing I like about two is that he's very accurate. 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:49.960 You can tell that he's intelligent, knows how to get on, 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:51.840 get on his reads, get off his reads. And I 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:53.880 feel like with me, that's something that I need just 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:55.880 on on the check down purpose of the ball is 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.080 getting out quick, especially in our scheme that we're gonna 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:00.360 be doing. Uh it just it tail list to my 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.080 skill set, really catching the ball out the backfield, figuring 0:11:03.080 --> 0:11:04.400 out what I could do with it, and help moving 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:06.439 to change some of those choice routes Texas routs to 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:08.559 take him off and go. You mentioned Fordham, so I 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.920 have a couple of Fordham tribute questions here for you. 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.240 So do you know how many players have been drafted 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:19.480 from Fordham? Myself? John John scouting? How how long back 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:21.800 we're going? So this is like all time. I don't 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:23.200 know the name it was like in the forties though, 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:24.920 I think you say that was best probably what the 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:26.880 blocks of granted. So I'm not going to I'm gonna 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:30.360 say I'm gonna say three three three. Do you know 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.040 who has the longest career among Fordham players who were 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.400 drafted in the NFL. I'm gonna go with the guy 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:39.320 from the forties, Chase Edmonds Vans already, yes, sir, yes, sir, 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.559 that's huge. So there you go. Hey, shout out to Nixicoe. 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.600 He's from Fordham and he's a mid round, late late 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:47.320 round prospect this year. So I gotta give a shout 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:51.720 out to my guy, make it for after your longevity 0:11:51.720 --> 0:11:53.600 as well. Love to hear it, Love the shout out. 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.440 So you know, when you got the the agreement hur 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:58.080 at the Miami Dolphins, you tweeted about a kid from 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:00.480 Fordam making it through that rookie deal. Now into your season, 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:02.520 you must take a lot of pride in coming from 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.640 the university that hasn't produced a ton of NFL talent 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.120 and now to be here in your fifth season. Yeah, 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.000 just because for me, I've kind of always been the 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.760 underdog um coming out of high school obviously because I 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:13.679 want to Fordam didn't have a lot of offers, didn't 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:15.760 have a lot of FBS offers, and it's just something 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:17.720 that always carried on my shoulder, chip on my shoulder 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.400 every single place I went to and uh to be 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:22.600 able to just kind of I feel like in life 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:26.360 we get caught up in whether it's your profession, my 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:29.040 profession of trying to be the ultimate, you know, trying 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:30.640 to get to that go. Everyone wants to be at 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.040 the best of what they do, but sometimes I feel 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.080 like people don't take the time to zoom out. And 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:37.280 what I mean by zoom out is just zoom out 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:38.640 of where you're at in your life right now and 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.400 look at how far you've come, look at where you 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.240 want to go to, and just appreciate, you know, the journey. 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:45.120 I was just talking to coaching about It's all about 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:48.120 the journey man. So for me, I appreciate that part 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:49.760 of my life, that journey that really kind of molded 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:51.360 me into the man that I am right now. Coach, 0:12:51.400 --> 0:12:53.640 he has some great perspective. He's been around the block 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:55.079 a little bit. He's got some wisdom. He gives me 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:56.719 some wisdom all time. Tell me about being a father 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:58.800 and all the stuff. It's it's great stuff. So Chase, 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.560 I'm a big fan of next gen stats, the player tracking. 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.080 They do attract speed and everything. So you hit fifteen 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:05.800 miles per hour more than any other back in the 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:07.640 NFL last year. Do you know that? I did not 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.080 know that? What role does speed play in your game? 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.120 So I'm not honestly, I'm not even a burner, Like 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:14.680 I'm not No. Four or three guy, But I feel 0:13:14.720 --> 0:13:17.120 like what I do well is, uh, I get from 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.120 zero to my top speed like that, you know, in 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:21.560 about two or three steps. I feel like I can 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.440 I can generate enough quickness, velocity, and power to get 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:26.400 to my top speed. And I think that's probably where 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:27.880 that stack came from. You know, I'm not gonna hit No. 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.520 Twenty three miles probably like my god raheem. But uh, 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:32.600 if we're talking zero to twenty, I can get there 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.080 pretty quickly. So I feel like that's something that I 0:13:35.160 --> 0:13:37.600 just kind of continue to learn and utilize my skill 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.160 set as as a professional football player. But it's also 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.600 something that I think can obviously make me distinct and 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:44.719 make me unique. And we had Kean Crossing here talking 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:46.000 about his speed. He was saying he can go up 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:48.120 against anybody in the long game. So maybe maybe some 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:50.040 races out there. I don't know, We'll see you. But 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:52.360 you mentioned the passing game earlier into Ah, you know, 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.360 a hundred and thirty targets the last two years. Why 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.000 is it so important for a back to be involved 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:59.360 in the passing game? Truth be told. If you guys 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.400 can see, you know, they devalue running backs quite a 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.320 bit on the NFL now, So I feel like, uh, 0:14:03.920 --> 0:14:05.600 if we all can run the ball, we all probably 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:06.959 can't catch the ball. So I just feel like, you know, 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.120 I want to go to teams and my Miami this 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:12.640 year obviously, just showcasing that, you know, when it went 0:14:12.720 --> 0:14:14.199 in doubt, Man, I can I can run rounds just 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.120 as good as you receive before, and I'll take that 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:18.040 to the table anywhere I go. So I feel like 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:20.960 anything you can do, more is better. More is always better. 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.080 So I'm just trying to find a way to utilize, 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:27.080 whether it's pass pro, my knowledge of assignments, my my quarterback, 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:28.680 trust in my hands, out the back field. Anything to 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:30.320 make this team better, I'm willing to do. That's definitely 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:31.960 a theme here at the Momami Dolphins. You're a new teammate. 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.280 Alec Ingle was talking about the multiple roles here. He 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:35.800 likes to fulfill in the roster as well. So by 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.320 that same token, no sacks allowed the last three years, 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.720 just three quarterback hits allowed in that time. What's the 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:43.920 mindset required to be a good pass protector, the willing, 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:46.840 the willingness to do it? I think uh. In pass pro, obviously, 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:49.280 the running back is usually always at a disadvantage unless 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:51.520 you're like Derrick Henry and you're bigger than the mind backer. 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.560 But so it's never a fair fight for us. But 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:56.680 I feel like if you go into that fight, willing 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:58.720 to fight man. And I used to have a saying, 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:00.280 O kay. One that I'm gonna bring right here with 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.160 two is I'm gonna dine in that pocket with you, bro. 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:04.440 You know, I'm gonna do everything in my power to 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:07.160 make sure that you don't get hit, but you don't 0:15:07.160 --> 0:15:09.600 get sacked. You know, whether that's getting ran over and 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:11.480 don in slow. And that's what I gotta do. That's 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:14.280 that's the part you know about the job. Also another 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:16.000 thing with that, I just think it's really about the 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:19.080 intelligence and knowing who you have to block, knowing your assignment. 0:15:19.080 --> 0:15:20.680 That's something I take pride, and I take pride to 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:23.120 knowing my assignment always and making sure there's no mental 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.160 errors on my part. So you mentioned the TV career, 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.440 the career, I don't know if you know it, but 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:30.200 you just nailed my transition to the next k. One. 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:32.960 On Twitter after you agree with the Dolphins, he said 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.280 the Dolphins are getting a dog and Chase Edmonds, did 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.160 you see that tweet? And keep you expand upon what 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.560 he means? I mean in today's language, I guess getting 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.800 the dog means you're getting somebody good, somebody that that's 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:44.840 gonna help your team, you know, be a better team. 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.320 And K One he's my brother forever man. You know, 0:15:47.440 --> 0:15:49.120 I talked to him when I knew I was gonna 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:52.200 probably be moving on um. But again, I feel like 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.200 the relationship with your quarterback from your running back is 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:57.080 you know, it's top tier. Man. He's got to be 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:58.960 able to trust that guy next to him in that pocket. 0:15:58.960 --> 0:16:01.040 And if you look at our games, anytime you see 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:02.840 our heads looking at each other, we're talking. We're talking 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.600 about something, whether it's the play, the assignment, what you 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:07.320 want me to do, what I want to do. But 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.040 communication is always key and that's something that I'm gonna 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:13.040 bring here with two and just you know, him growing 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.080 and me growing is us growing. So it's it's a 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.680 win win situation for everybody. And just finding ways to 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:19.520 really mess together and finding ways to become a better 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.800 football team fast. That's great stuff. You talk about about 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.000 the football here, but I want to get your kind 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.120 of off the film, off the field perspective. So we 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.400 talked about Miami. It's a rich area in terms of culture, food, 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.720 There's tons to do down here. What's what are you 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:32.840 most excited about doing away from the football field here 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.160 in South Florida for the first time. So man, really 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.440 just uh, I guess getting to notice city of Miami, 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:39.400 and like you said, it's a great city filled with 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.520 so much culture. And I feel like when you're a 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:44.240 tourist of Miami, you don't ever experience that culture because 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:46.040 most people just come down here to party and whatever. 0:16:46.440 --> 0:16:49.160 But for me, just really trying to get that experience 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:50.880 of getting that culture. And I want to get my 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:52.920 Spanish game up by the time, by the end of 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.040 my my year one in Miami, I want to be 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.360 halfway to bi lingual. So that's that's something I'm really 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.560 gonna actually try to hone in on. We're gonna check 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.440 it out. We're gonna real like one day, y'all, y'all interview, 0:17:02.520 --> 0:17:04.040 give me an interview, asking me a couple of questions 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:05.359 to spend. Let me see what I can do. It's 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.439 not gonna be me because I gotta come along with you. 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:11.040 But maybe Chase Edmonds Drivetime podcast shots making full of 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:12.040 thanks for your time today you want to help A 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.880 sign off? Hey man, we signed off? Chase edms here 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:17.600 fins up. I hope I did it right. I gotta 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:19.200 learn with it, get with it. Add a couple of 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:23.440 sauce too, but I appreciate you for having Edmond stuff 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.760 and there he goes. How good was that? Chase Edmonds, 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.119 new Dolphins running back. That's gonna be a theme on 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.320 these player interviews here with the new free agents joining 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.160 your Miami Dolphins. Let's go ahead and take our last 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:35.960 break and come back and wrap this thing up here 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:39.080 on the Drivetime Podcast, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:43.640 Let's go ahead and put the finishing touches on this 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:46.520 edition of the Drivetime Podcast. Big thanks to my guest 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.000 Chase Edmonds and all the folks in the building that 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.720