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Dolph fans and welcome to the Drive Time podcast, 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.960 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:57.080 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host, 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:00.200 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, the third part of 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:03.720 our end of season series reviewing each position group on 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:07.560 the club, takes us inside the defensive backfield, will pick 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:10.440 the Championship Round games this weekend and break down the 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:15.280 top ten takeaways from your Miami Dolphins and this season. 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:18.319 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:25.800 This is the Drive Time we have done the edge group, 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:27.760 we have done the running backs, and now we're moving 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.840 on to the defensive backs. If you cannot recognize the theme, 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.440 we're going along with the top ten videos here takeaways 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.880 defensive backs seems to make sense, and we start with 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:41.240 the team accomplishments and rankings here of the Dolphins defensive backfield. 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:43.960 And the ball production was just not there this year. 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.760 Seven picks for the DBS fift P B U S 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:51.000 or passes defense which includes interceptions as well, five fumbles 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:55.600 forced and two recovered. Just not a lot seven and 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.400 passing defense, and we talked about the injuries a whole 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.320 heck of a lot. That was kind of the main theme, 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:04.840 the main takeaway from this group. But all things considered, 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:06.400 they did come up with some big plays and some 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:08.840 big moments. The three I N T s versus Steelers 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.359 two in the fourth quarter with them driving to win 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:14.760 the game, fourth quarter shutout in Detroit, holding the Bears 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.800 on those final two possessions putting points on the board, 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.960 versus Houston with Row and X, and again versus Buffalo 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:24.000 Row again this time with Zach Seeler. We saw them 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.000 hold the last three opponents, even the Bills in the 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:28.880 playoffs to make it four despite some short fields and 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:33.520 long returns and turnovers on offense and unsustained drives on offense, 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:36.160 and a lot of those games, I think we saw 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:39.680 them get better late and again despite everything, helped keep 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.440 Miami in a lot of those games with some big 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:44.919 plays and some big spots. But obviously we know that 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.040 there was a lot more to the story than just that. 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:50.280 Um Third down defense was an issue all year, the 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.960 off coverage against you know, third, medium, third and short 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.720 press coverage and leaving all kinds of droves of green 0:02:56.800 --> 0:03:00.399 grass down the field for this gauntlet of order backs 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.760 the Dolphins played this year to you know, make the 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.320 blitz miss, to make the rush miss, and then take 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:08.639 advantage of a banged up secondary and experience and guys 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:13.519 that frankly just weren't brought here to play the cornerback position. 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.959 Being put in those positions and going up against the 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:20.400 league's best. Those are the matchups that coaches try to 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:24.239 identify weekend and week out on the offensive side of 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:26.400 the ball, who's my rabbit? Who am I going after 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:29.200 this week? And for Miami this year, it was just 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:32.640 consistent that they had multiple guys in those positions. The 0:03:32.639 --> 0:03:35.760 games where you didn't have Xaviing Howard for instance, Gosh, 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:38.520 it was tough to get stops, wasn't it um, And 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.000 we saw it last year in the games without Exaviing 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.760 and Byron Jones, it was incredibly tough to get off 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.520 the field, like that Jacksonville game for instance. Mimney wins 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.440 that game if they have their top two corners. But 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:50.000 it's been a problem now for the last couple of 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:53.240 years because of availability. And this year we saw x 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:55.480 have statistically one of the worst seasons in the NFL 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:57.560 for our cornerback, which he'll tell you from the will 0:03:57.600 --> 0:03:58.760 be the first one I tell you it it wasn't up 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:01.800 to his standards. So this group, I think you can 0:04:01.800 --> 0:04:05.800 expect a lot of improvement Inherently. I think getting Brandon 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:09.200 Jones back is going to be massively important for this defense. 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.600 I think that he was probably the biggest loss that 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:13.600 we didn't talk about ad nauseum and the way you 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:16.839 talked about Byron Jones, I think it was almost on 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.880 that same level of playing field in terms of Byron 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.960 Jones and Exaviing Howard shut down cornerback ability on the perimeters. 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:27.040 How this defense was built and constructed. I think ultimately 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:28.839 why you have a change there at the defensive coordin 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.000 in a position. Talk about that here in just a second, 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.520 but also Brandon Jones impact in terms of the interchangeability 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:36.960 from the two safeties that we saw frequently, your big 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:40.000 nickel packages and the ability to be interchangeable. Go back 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.560 and watch the opening day Patriots game, Like the first 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.040 drive of the game, you see the Patriots shift in 0:04:45.120 --> 0:04:48.720 motion and pre snap stuff and and uh, Javon Holland 0:04:48.720 --> 0:04:51.880 and Brandon Jones like swapped their roles. I think once 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.400 you lost Brandon Jones, you lost the ability to do that. 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:57.800 Javon Holland became pretty much a middle of the field 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.680 post safety and it took away opera tutunities for him 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.400 to make plays. And I think that if you can 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:06.680 get better interchangeability back in that position, better communication and 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.040 flexibility which I think we saw in those final games 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:11.840 down the stretch, to improve the defense in general. But 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.480 I thought that losing Brandon Jones and that middle stretch 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.640 and the difficulty of overcoming that, to me, it was 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:20.560 just as big as the Byron Jones lost because it 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.080 took away your best playmaker. In my opinion in Javon 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:26.279 Holland and um, you know they're five free agents here 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.560 to start the year before we get to the new 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:32.000 league year. In this group, Eric Rowe, Elijah Campbell, Clayton 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:35.200 Federlum at safety and then Nick Needham and Justin Bethel 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:37.520 at cornerback. And I want to look at the individuals 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:39.279 here real quick, but just to go back to that 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:42.800 point about the defensive cordin to position and the primary 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:46.320 man principles, press man, you know, mirror, don't don't actually 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:49.080 put hands and look on the receiver and blitz like 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:52.880 crazy and try to create pressure with good tight coverage 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.680 to force tight window throws and get off the field 0:05:55.680 --> 0:05:59.120 with checkdowns and completions play beyond the sticks. And we 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:00.920 just didn't see it, how but enough on third down. 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.600 This defense got to third down plenty, but was bad 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:05.560 on third down. So how do you improve that? I 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.000 think it's very clear as you see the personnel of 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.680 the team shift towards the strength being on the front 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.680 of the line of scrimmage. Jalen Phillips, from my money, 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:16.440 is one of the top ten pass rushers off the 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:18.680 edge already. I think he's going to have a massive 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:20.880 massive season where you see those pressures convert to sacks 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:23.240 next year. And he was as impactful in the run 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:25.520 and against the past as anybody in the NFL at 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.120 that position all year long. I think that Bradley Chubb 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.880 will be much better. And his impact was you know, 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.200 wasn't in the same way that Phillips wasn't there in 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:37.320 the numbers, but his impact was definitely um tangible with 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.680 the way he sped up opposing passing games. And we 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:42.480 know what he can do, especially in a defense that 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.680 will you know, allow him to play you know, four 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:46.840 man pressures and better coverage in the back end that 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.839 creates more opportunities for redirect and and you know, moves 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.839 back to the inside to to get further pressure on 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:54.960 the quarterback because he has to hold the ball longer 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.120 opposed to just pumping that thing out in two point 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.120 three or two point four or two point five seconds. 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:01.880 Every time Miami got quarterbacks to two point six two 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.960 point seven, they were getting sacks and pressures and interceptions 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.599 and you know, impacting the passing game that way. To me, 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.920 that falls largely on the cornerback position. And we also 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:13.640 see the candidates the Dolphins are looking at right now 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:16.760 that have been reported with Vic Fangio, with Sean de Sais, 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:21.440 with um freaking Chris Rochard almost said Richard Jenkins for 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.880 some reason, and then Anthony Campanelli in house. Those top 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:28.240 three guys are all part of You know, it's not 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:31.200 necessarily the quarter half quarter quarter half cover six type 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:35.080 defense you get, but it's zone principles, four man pressures 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.760 and play coverage and kind of be disguising in your 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.560 shells and your coverage and rely upon four guys up 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:43.560 front to create pressure. We talked about Phillips and Chub. 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:46.080 You know, I would bring back Melvin Ingram. We talked 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.520 about that earlier this week. Um, we'll see about Emmanuel 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.960 Ogball's return, Christian Wilkins, Zach Seeler like, there are some 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:56.239 dudes up front that will allow you to play that system. 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:58.200 And then I talked about it earlier this week as well, 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.080 the back end and the zone principles that I think 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.760 would benefit a player like Xavian Howard who just has 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:07.000 such ball hawking instincts, a Javan holland Brandon Jones for 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.559 that matter. I think that transition makes tons of sense. 0:08:09.600 --> 0:08:12.080 You see a theme there among those guys Miami blitz 0:08:12.160 --> 0:08:14.280 like thirty three point seven percent of the time last year. 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.000 All of these coordinators they're high they're interviewing, have a 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:22.040 blitz history of like seventeen fifteen percent. So less pressure packages, 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:25.320 rely upon your front four and play better coverage and 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.400 put the guys in better position to play better coverage 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:29.760 because it was a lot to ask for. We saw 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:33.000 Richard Sherman talk about the difficulties of this defense for 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.520 a cornerback playing on the perimeter. If you can make 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.240 that job easier, I think you can get better production 0:08:38.559 --> 0:08:41.240 because of what you have in your front four rushing. 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.560 So that's my issue with what the defense was this 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:45.360 year and why I think they were twenty seven against 0:08:45.400 --> 0:08:48.880 the past and terrible on third downs. Now, let's talk 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.040 about the individuals here in the cornerbacks. I want to 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:52.439 look at a few stats and I think are very 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.320 telling about players. Numbers, Um, we're gonna look at coverage 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:57.440 snaps and yards allowed, and just to give your frame 0:08:57.480 --> 0:09:00.679 reference here across the NFL, Tyson Campbell for Jacksonville, who 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.720 I thought was a slot corner kicked outside this year, 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:06.079 allowed just point six five yards per coverage snap this year. 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:07.960 That was best in the NFL, So keep that in mind. 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.959 We talked all year about perimeter cornerbacks having a one 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:14.040 even number. There is good point six five as elite 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:17.679 obviously passer rating against James Bradberry and Philly lad the 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.720 Way forty eight point four snaps per target, which kind 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:22.520 of tells you how often guys are just locking down 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.960 the route, not even being threatened by the posing quarterback. 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:29.160 Patrick Surtan the second nine point two snaps per target. 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:31.960 What a player he is forced in completion percentage when 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:33.920 you were targeted, did you force the ball to not 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:36.760 be caught? Sauce Gardner was at s percent to lead 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.400 lead the Way in that category. And then we'll do 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.040 ball production, which is self explanatory. And then run stops, 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:46.200 which are tackles in a certain level UH in terms 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:47.959 of how many yards they gained to the yards of 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:51.760 the chains UH on first down, so less than four 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.960 or less yards is a run stop on second down 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:58.480 and third down conversions. It's how you tally run stops. 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.559 Lagarious Need had forty two of those to lead all 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:05.800 cornerbacks this year. So number nine in order of jersey number, 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.600 Noah Igbanogeny. He was at one seventy two coverage snaps 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.319 and one thirty four yards allowed, so under one. It's 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.680 a good number there. I will say watching Iggy play 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.520 is frustrating because there's a lack of feel and just 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:21.800 understanding of where he is on the field and awareness 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:23.400 for route concepts. And that's why I think where he 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.560 gets in trouble a lot. I think he has suited 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:28.240 to play. Just go cover a man is his best ability. 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:32.199 We'll see how this impact or this defensive shift impacts 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:34.920 him passer reading against this year, seventy seven point one 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:38.200 six point nine yards or snaps per target. He had 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.880 a thirteen percent forced in completion rate, how to pick 0:10:40.920 --> 0:10:43.559 and three passes defense and no run stops. But I 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:45.480 think those numbers again, he didn't play a whole lot 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.080 in active lot of the year. Big fourth year for 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.960 Noah Igbogny coming up here on his rookie contract number 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:54.040 twenty Justin Bethel's a free agent. Hundred two coverage snaps, 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.079 one or seven yards allowed, So pretty even there for 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.920 a guy that has been almost his entire career exclusive 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:01.800 to specialty games. I was impressed every time he had 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:03.720 to step in and play a role on defense. I 0:11:03.760 --> 0:11:06.120 thought he did a job. His pass rating allowed was 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.600 seventy point to his snaps per target was four point six. 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:11.920 He forced in completions ten percent at the time, had 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:14.880 to pick and four passes defense, and made two run stops. 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.360 I would not mind at all bringing him back in 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.520 a special team's capacity and super super death piece, because 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:22.400 he proved he can be your six or seven cornerback. 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:25.760 I think this year xaviing Howard again not a good 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:27.959 year for him. Seven hundred and four coverage snaps nine 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.679 and ten yards allowed, a one fourteen point six passer rating. 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.960 He was targeted every seven point six snaps, did have 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:37.840 an incompletion forced rate of eighteen percent, a pick and 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.640 twelve passes defense, along with seven run stops, but teams 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.480 went after him man like he was asked to do 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:45.280 a lot. I think Byron Jones not being on the 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.720 other side required that, like in the playoff game when 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.160 he had the field side of the formation, no safety help, 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.360 and like basically fifty yards of grass to cover against 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.880 Devon Diggs. Nobody's gonna be able to do that. So 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:57.040 I don't blame it on him as much as the system, 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:58.680 but I think that putting him more on a zone 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.240 based eyes in the quarter back type of deal will 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.400 benefit his career, you know, going into the thirties, much 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:06.520 in the way Patrick Peterson's career has been prolonged by 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:10.000 going from man coverage to more primary zone hunt ball 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:12.760 hawk type of style of defense. Keion Crossing played three 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:16.199 d and twenty seven coverage STAPs allowed two hundred nine yards. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.319 Obviously the past pass interference calls with the things against 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:23.080 him though, because anytime guys got vertical on him and 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:25.040 he got out of phase, he panicked and grabbed them 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.400 and that was critical and some big spots especial against 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:31.120 the Patriots point one passer rating eight point three snaps 0:12:31.160 --> 0:12:35.000 per target, six forced in completion rate, the ball production 0:12:35.080 --> 0:12:39.080 four passes defense. He also made four run stops. I 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.840 love me some k or Cohu Man six hundred thirty 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:44.760 coverage snaps, seven hundred and thirteen yards allowed. Obviously on 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.880 the wrong side of one, but for a rookie playing 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.679 inside and outside and playing so many damn snaps this year, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.280 he was impressive as hell had passed. A rating against 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:55.480 him was eighty three point seven five point two snaps 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.360 per target, so he was the guy teams like hey 0:12:57.440 --> 0:13:00.440 rookie undrafted free agent Texas and e Commerce o cover. 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.120 Stefon Diggs, go cover, Gabe Davis, go cover. You know, 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.720 Garrett Wilson, go over the top of the line. You 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:10.400 know college to NFL receivers. Eleven percent forced in completion rate, 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:12.839 the ball production, a pick, a forced fumble, and ten 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.720 passes defense, and he made twenty eight run stops, which 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.520 was six among all cornerbacks in the NFL. He was 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:22.640 a great screen defender all year long. Nick Needum played 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:24.560 a hundred and eighty one snaps allowed a hundred and 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.520 fifty eight yards. It's a good number for him. A 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:29.079 one six team point one passergating. He was only targeted 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.959 every ten point nine snaps in completion rate. That's good 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.280 ball production. There, two passes defense and six run stops. 0:13:36.520 --> 0:13:40.000 To me, need Hum is the perfect number four corner 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:42.280 that he can plug in any of the three spots 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:45.160 at once. I lose a cornerback, put need him there 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:49.360 X field side of the formation slot, put him wherever 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:51.480 you want. I would love him in that role. Curiously, 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:54.000 the contract he gets from us or someone else this offseason, 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.400 and then your d NPS Byron Jones didn't play all 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.040 year either to Trull Williams and Tino Ellis Is here 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.720 on a futures contract free agents at this position, I 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:04.719 think you can pretty safely say at the tight end 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.360 and cornerback positions were the main reasons that nine and 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:11.280 nine happened. Quarterback injuries aside UH injuries, were the biggest 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:13.560 coal print. At corner I could see a world where x, 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.760 cater Nick and Shrill are your one through four corners 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.000 next year, and maybe with a re envisioned scheme that 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.360 could be enough. I don't know, we'll see. This is 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:24.240 an expensive position to upgrade. Getting out of the Jones 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.680 contract would come with a penalty, but also free up 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:28.960 some money if they choose to do that on June one. 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:31.960 Curiously what that looks like, because that was a contentious 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:34.800 situation all year long. Top of the market offers guys 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:38.080 that have excelled, taking the football away, playing zone and 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:41.720 even defense is similar to what it appears Miami are 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:44.840 going after James Bradberry top that list. I wonder if 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.000 the Eagles can fit him into their plans with all 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.200 the guys they have to pay. I think maybe not, 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:52.760 especially with Darius Slay there and Chauncey Gardner Johnson, Marcus 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.240 Peters and Kyle Fuller from the Ravens are both free agents. 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.080 Peters is one of the best all time at camping 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.680 and zones and keying quarterbacks make splash plays. Patrick Peterson 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.160 mentioned him earlier, had a career resurgence doing just that 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:06.080 from man to more zone principles. Also played under ed 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.080 Donna Tell last year, which could be a one year 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:10.400 stop gap solution here from Miami if he comes along 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.640 with a potential higher here for the Dolphins. There are 0:15:13.760 --> 0:15:17.040 names all up and down. Any interest in gambling on 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.760 someone like Jason Verrett after another injury because that's like 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:21.640 your bargain level by on a guy that could be 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.760 a high, you know, low risk, high reward. How about 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.920 his teammate Emmanuel Moseley. Jamal Dean is out there if 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.600 you want another physical man corner with length. But he's 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:32.960 also played under Todd Bowl, so that's some zone concepts 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:36.840 there as well. He intrigues me. Uh Greedy Williams wasn't 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:38.480 a huge fan of him as a prospect, but he 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:40.760 would be a system fit provided we go in that direction. 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:43.920 Sean Murphy Bunting from Tampa another guy like Cameron Sutton, 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:47.640 Jonathan Jones, Fabian Moreau, Anthony Brown. Lots of names out there, guys. 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:49.720 I think a lot of these contracts from you're starting 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:51.680 to kind of come true, these short term deals, and 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:54.920 you have all kinds of UFA's this offseason. Uh, two 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:58.640 names per tier. Your top premium resource investment to be 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.080 to me would be James Brad Barry or Marcus Peters 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:04.680 are my preferences there. My mid range investments would be 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.880 Patrick Peterson and Greedy Williams. Although if you have Pat 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.040 Pete and Nixhavian Howard on the perimeter, you were asking 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.360 to get beat vertically, it's a dangerous game. My bargain 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.440 bin bias would be Rocky A. Sin. I don't know 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.680 if it's gonna be bargained on him and Jason Verrett 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:19.800 because of the injuries. Gotta see what happens with our 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:21.960 own X. I think should be here. Cater, for sure, 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:23.880 we'll be here. I tend to think Nick will be 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.480 to probably not twenty four. I don't know. We'll see 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.120 about that. Intrigued as hell by Trull Williams, but I 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.840 think you need another solid vet and probably another draft 0:16:31.880 --> 0:16:34.440 pick to go along with that, you cannot afford the 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.240 attrition that you had this year to play the role 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.320 did in your record and put special teams aces into 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.840 the game for long stretches of play. In the draft, 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:46.080 it's a great year for depth. I think you can 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.280 say so long to four or five guys that will 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:50.280 be long gone by the time our pick comes around. 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:54.880 With Witherspoon, Gonzalez, Porter Jr. Cam Smith, and Rix. I 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.000 think Keely Ringo is the first one that I think 0:16:57.040 --> 0:16:59.840 becomes an option. He's a physical marvel who has such 0:16:59.880 --> 0:17:02.320 a penchant for playmaking, but does it needs some seasoning. 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:04.640 That's worth a two to me. I'm a big fan 0:17:04.680 --> 0:17:06.280 of his game. We'll see what he does as a pro. 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.320 Maryland's Deonte Banks is also nice. Big play a lot 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:12.320 of zone press zone in college. He moves well for 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:15.600 that makeup as well in terms of the length and physicality. 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.960 Then TCU stre Various Hodges, Thomlinson is just a play 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:22.080 waiting to happen for three speed, smooth transitions. All of that, 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:24.160 let's go ahead and take our first break here long 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.399 podcast come back on the other side and do the 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:29.960 safety position and the championship round picks that's next Drivetime 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:33.240 Podcast your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation, 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:43.639 Segment number two on part number three of off season 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:48.080 number four for your boy here on the Drivetime Podcast. 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.480 I'm one month away from my three year anniversary on 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:53.040 the job, heading into year number four, and this is 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:55.479 the most excited I've been. I think last year I 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:57.520 was excited, but I think that the improvements you're going 0:17:57.560 --> 0:17:59.520 to see on top of the excitement we had last year. 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:02.560 How is me fired up? For three season? And we 0:18:02.640 --> 0:18:04.680 pick it up here reviewing the roster how to improve 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:08.199 it going into this offseason with the safety group. Javon 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:10.680 Holland is the first player on the list in order 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.840 of jersey number number eight. He played seven hundred forty 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.359 six coverage snaps and allowed three hundred and three yards. 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:18.600 But again that number, it doesn't really tell you a 0:18:18.600 --> 0:18:21.160 lot because he's primarily playing middle of the field safety 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:23.640 and there are games where he gets no action back there. 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:26.840 In the passing game, Miami's deep passing defense that was 0:18:26.960 --> 0:18:29.800 very good, and I think Javon Holland is the reason 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:33.680 for that pass rush production. He had nine pressures, one hit, 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:36.480 and one sack. His ball production or one and a 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:39.919 half sacks. I'm sorry. Ball production, two picks, one force fumble, 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:44.919 no recoveries, seven passes defense, and seventeen run stops. To me, 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:47.359 the biggest crime of this defense this year was limiting 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:50.560 Javon Hollands playmaking opportunities. Of course, the picks, the two 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:53.640 in the breakular season, three in the in the postseason, um, 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:55.800 the big hits. The ability to kind of come from 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:58.960 that cloud support and run defense blitzing off the edge 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:01.800 just wasn't there as much this year. I think that 0:19:01.800 --> 0:19:04.800 that really hampered his ability to make game changing plays. 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:06.359 I hope we get to see more of that next year. 0:19:06.359 --> 0:19:08.600 I still believe that he is as good or can be, 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:10.920 I should say, as good as somebody like Ed Reid 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:13.920 uh number twenty one, eric row four and twenty coverage 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.560 snaps five hundred and seventy nine yards. He's not the 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:18.680 tight aenndy racer he used to be, but he still 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:20.679 is a very valuable player. I love him in that 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:24.320 third safety role, playing fifty percent of the snaps, five pressures, 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:27.600 two hits and two sacks, had two forced fumbles and 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:30.359