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Speaker 3: Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, one more day until
Speaker 3: it kicks off. The draft begins tomorrow night in Kansas City,
Speaker 3: and we have one of the top experts in the
Speaker 3: field on the podcast today breaking down all things, not
Speaker 3: just Dolphins Draft, but a fell Drafts twenty twenty three edition.
Speaker 3: Jordan Reid from ESPN joins me. Plus we have some
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Speaker 3: The Drift Time Podcast maya caffish fish. Let's give a
Speaker 3: warm welcome once again to a longtime friend of the
Speaker 3: Draft Time podcast. He's a draft analyst at ESPN. You
Speaker 3: all know the name Jordan Reid. Jordan, how are you doing?
Speaker 5: Man?
Speaker 3: I have to imagine this week is just a bit
Speaker 3: of a blur for you.
Speaker 2: It is. It is a blur, man.
Speaker 5: I'm like a kid leading up to Christmas day, long days.
Speaker 5: It seems like it's taken forever to get here, but
Speaker 5: it's going by really fast. So always excited to talk
Speaker 5: draft with you. Feels like we've known each other for
Speaker 5: twenty years now when it's been like five really six, So.
Speaker 3: It does, man. I mean we've probably done I mentioned
Speaker 3: all the time, we've probably done double digit episodes here
Speaker 3: with you on the podcast. I love having you on
Speaker 3: Senior Bowl combine before the Draft and a little bit
Speaker 3: different for you this year now, I think in your
Speaker 3: elevated role with ESPN. And you mentioned all the all
Speaker 3: the spots that you're doing, man, so we appreciate you
Speaker 3: covering out some time. I have to ask you, though,
Speaker 3: do you have your vacation for post draft booked already?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, that's been booked since January.
Speaker 5: I'm looking forward to it's spending some time with the
Speaker 5: wife and the kid is going to be traveling a
Speaker 5: lot of different places.
Speaker 3: Looking forward to it for you, man. So, I think
Speaker 3: the last time we talked, you had just produced a
Speaker 3: mock draft, a seven round mock draft, which is one
Speaker 3: of the most impressive feats I think a journalist can accomplish, because,
Speaker 3: my goodness, that the decisions you have to make, two
Speaker 3: hundred and sixty something decisions over and over again. But
Speaker 3: you also recently produced we'll get to that in a minute,
Speaker 3: recently produce an article on ESPN Plus with your coworker
Speaker 3: Matt Miller, Latest Rooms, News and prospect risers. And I
Speaker 3: wanted to kind of go across some of those items
Speaker 3: with you here. The first one in the piece, Jordan
Speaker 3: explores the possibility of the Texans passing on a quarterback
Speaker 3: at number two, and currently their quarterbacks are Davis Mill
Speaker 3: and case Keenum. I just can't imagine to meet Ryan's
Speaker 3: going into his first year in the big chair without
Speaker 3: adding somebody else to that room. Might they do it?
Speaker 3: Might they pass at number two? And then from there, Jordan,
Speaker 3: there's a whole cavalcade of intrigue at that point in
Speaker 3: the draft, like it's a flex point, right, Would they
Speaker 3: circle back for a quarterback later on with their second
Speaker 3: first round pick? Does that make number three an automatic
Speaker 3: trade up spot for somebody? What would the ramifications be
Speaker 3: of the Texans throwing us a curveball at number two
Speaker 3: and not taking a quarterback.
Speaker 2: I think this is the most interesting point in the
Speaker 2: early part of the draft. Two and three.
Speaker 5: I'm fascinated by with the text of that two and
Speaker 5: then the Cardinals at three, just because the draft could
Speaker 5: be totally different than some of the mock drafts that
Speaker 5: we have been projecting. But with Houston, I just don't
Speaker 5: know how you sell to your fan base going back
Speaker 5: with Davis Mills or they signed case Keenem this offseason.
Speaker 5: Bringing both of those guys out there for another year.
Speaker 5: I just don't see how they're going to be able
Speaker 5: to do that. And I know Demico Ryans is locked
Speaker 5: into a six year deal, so there's no pressing need
Speaker 5: to add a quarterback. But you can't speak in absolutes
Speaker 5: when you're talking about the draft, and what I mean
Speaker 5: by that is, let's pass on a quarterback this year.
Speaker 2: Let's get one of Drake mayor capable next year.
Speaker 5: But let's say you go out and you win six
Speaker 5: or seven games next year, and you're picking later on
Speaker 5: in the top ten, and those two to those top
Speaker 5: two teams at the top of the draft they need
Speaker 5: a quarterback. You're not going to be able to trade
Speaker 5: back into those spots like you were originally in twenty
Speaker 5: twenty three. So why not go ahead and get the
Speaker 5: most important positions solidify. You don't have to give up
Speaker 5: any extra draft capital. You already have eleven other picks
Speaker 5: twelve total to address plenty of needs on your roster.
Speaker 5: So I just don't see how they wouldn't go quarterback
Speaker 5: at number.
Speaker 3: Two, especially in a class that looks pretty good on paper.
Speaker 3: I mean, I know you've got a couple of guys
Speaker 3: that you're a big fan of, so in that instance, though,
Speaker 3: so I imagine you have Bryce Young going number one.
Speaker 3: Do you have the Texan taking a quarterback? And just
Speaker 3: in general the top five quarterbacks you've heard about, are
Speaker 3: there five first round quarterbacks? And where do you think
Speaker 3: they all wind up when it's all said and done
Speaker 3: tomorrow night from Kansas City.
Speaker 5: I mean, whichever one doesn't go first, I think you
Speaker 5: take the other. If you're detextans, whether it's c. J.
Speaker 5: Stroud or Bryce Young, he should be fine with either
Speaker 5: one of them. Just get that position solidified. But right
Speaker 5: now I think it's four and impossible with Hn and
Speaker 5: Hooker being the possible as that fifth round guy. But
Speaker 5: for right now, your quarterback landing spots are the top
Speaker 5: two picks. The Colts at four are another obvious one,
Speaker 5: the Raiders possibly. I don't think they're going to take one,
Speaker 5: but they could since they have Jimmy Garoppolo there already.
Speaker 5: They invested big money in him. Another sneaky one is
Speaker 5: Tennessee at eleven. There's been some whispers about them potentially
Speaker 5: trading up looking to replace Ryan Tannehill there. Milik Willis
Speaker 5: just didn't work out for them in his rookie year,
Speaker 5: and it seems like they maybe want a younger option
Speaker 5: that has a little bit more upside. And then in
Speaker 5: the back parts of the first round you maybe talking
Speaker 5: Minnesota at twenty three that's looking for a quarterback too,
Speaker 5: So there isn't a whole bunch of landing spots. Nineteen
Speaker 5: Tampa bas shout Altro also mentioned them too. I think
Speaker 5: they're a QB needy team, so there isn't a whole
Speaker 5: bunch of landing spots that you can play matchmaker with.
Speaker 5: But inside of the top ten or the top twelve,
Speaker 5: I should say I think there's a lot of where
Speaker 5: they could go. So top two definitely. Then with the
Speaker 5: Colts at four, whether they swap picks with Arizona, that's
Speaker 5: something that you definitely need to keep your eye on
Speaker 5: because Arizona shopping that pick very aggressively, So the Colts
Speaker 5: could stay at four, look to go at three. But
Speaker 5: Hooker is one that's very intriguing in this draft class,
Speaker 5: and I'm really looking forward to seeing where he ends up.
Speaker 3: To me, that's what makes the draft so much fun
Speaker 3: for not just casual fans, with people that really study
Speaker 3: this thing closely is those quarterback the quarterbacks, the big
Speaker 3: names that generate the big trades in the top five,
Speaker 3: top ten, and really throughout the first round. Man, it
Speaker 3: makes it a lot more fun. I think when you
Speaker 3: have a really good quarterback class, and you alluded to
Speaker 3: last year, Malik willis a quarterback that I think a
Speaker 3: lot of folks thought might go in the first round,
Speaker 3: maybe even top fifteen of that draft, and wind up
Speaker 3: going in the third round with only one quarterback in
Speaker 3: the first round last year, and to me, he kind
Speaker 3: of sparks this next question I had for you in
Speaker 3: terms of he falls into one of the categories, because
Speaker 3: you know, I think this year's class Jordan provides a
Speaker 3: really good example of traits versus pocket polish and what
Speaker 3: you truly value from the quarterback position. I know you
Speaker 3: were a dual threat guy in college. Maybe you're a
Speaker 3: little bit biased, maybe not. I don't know you can
Speaker 3: answer that for us, But I'm curious when you look
Speaker 3: at like Anthony Richardson or I'm Alik Willis as well,
Speaker 3: which different players but similar in terms of plus plus
Speaker 3: athletes who maybe had some more seasoning to happen for
Speaker 3: them before they were you know, pro ready type quarterbacks.
Speaker 3: Then you've got CJ. Stroud, this really high level ball
Speaker 3: placement pocket passer. I'm curious where you stand on this
Speaker 3: modern debate about quarterback evaluations and where you come down,
Speaker 3: whether it's the traits guys you like, or a guy
Speaker 3: that you can point out and say that guy can
Speaker 3: win from the pocket. That's what I want.
Speaker 5: Well, I think it's really interesting to see how the
Speaker 5: quarterback position has changed over the past decade or so.
Speaker 5: The game is really moving away from those traditional pocket
Speaker 5: passers that win strictly with their brain in accuracy. So
Speaker 5: guys like Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning,
Speaker 5: those types of Matt Ryan, those types of quarterbacks that
Speaker 5: lack mobility, to now these physical specimens like Justin Herbert
Speaker 5: or Kyler Murray, those types of players of where they
Speaker 5: not only can beat you with their arm, but they
Speaker 5: can play sandlote football that I'd like to call it.
Speaker 5: They can win outside of the pocket and play off script.
Speaker 5: So that's what you're looking for more so in these
Speaker 5: types of quarterbacks. But the most important part is being
Speaker 5: able to win from the pocket, just because teams are
Speaker 5: so good as far as scheming up schematically to where
Speaker 5: they can keep you in the pocket and they can
Speaker 5: blitch you when you're standing in the pocket, So you
Speaker 5: have to be able to stand in there and deliver.
Speaker 5: So when you're looking at these athletic quarterbacks, yes, it's
Speaker 5: great to be able to what I like to call
Speaker 5: out athlete teams on the college level, but we've seen
Speaker 5: that you have to be able to win from the pocket,
Speaker 5: and I think players like Lamar Jackson some of these
Speaker 5: other quarterbacks that we have seen, they've been able to
Speaker 5: make that adjustment when they went over from the college
Speaker 5: game to the pro game. So I think that's going
Speaker 5: to be the biggest hurdle that players like Malie Willis
Speaker 5: or Anthony Richison have to make. And I think Anthony
Speaker 5: is much further along than what Malik was as far
Speaker 5: as from a progression see, read, execute and react standpoint,
Speaker 5: So they're very different, like you said, and then also
Speaker 5: Richardson is much bigger than Malik Willis will was too,
Speaker 5: So with these athletic, mobile quarterbacks, I think that's where
Speaker 5: the game is really gravitating towards.
Speaker 3: And that innate ability to kind of just manage the pocket,
Speaker 3: right Because you mentioned like Tom Brady, Philip Rivers, those
Speaker 3: guys they were always mobile within the pocket. They're not
Speaker 3: going to get outside and beat you for a big scramble,
Speaker 3: but they could find, you know, different openings and lanes
Speaker 3: within the pocket. And I think that quick twitch is
Speaker 3: something that you see pretty much every quarterback now that
Speaker 3: comes out has the ability to get off that spot,
Speaker 3: reset and throw a strike down the field. So it's
Speaker 3: fun to watch man, it expands the game so much,
Speaker 3: it really increases the offense. And speaking of increasing the offense,
Speaker 3: one position that has also changed quite a lot in
Speaker 3: recent years is the running back position. In the next
Speaker 3: scenario in your piece on ESPN plus dot com is
Speaker 3: the b Jon Robinson conundrum. Here, he's the prime example
Speaker 3: that allows us to really broach that running back conversation
Speaker 3: and where should you draft these guys? Where does their
Speaker 3: value become begin to start really take hold at a
Speaker 3: particular spot in the draft. I'm curious to get your
Speaker 3: take on the scuttle butt there with where he might
Speaker 3: go and what it says about the running back position
Speaker 3: in the modern draft. If this guy doesn't go, you know,
Speaker 3: consensus top five player, right, But if he doesn't go
Speaker 3: top twenty, what does that say about the running back
Speaker 3: position going forward.
Speaker 5: Well, we've seen how devalued it has been, but it
Speaker 5: seems like a running back goes in the first round
Speaker 5: every single year. Every other year, there's always teams that
Speaker 5: value running backs may be higher than some others, just
Speaker 5: like some other positions. But we've seen in years past
Speaker 5: you can find these running backs in the later rounds, second, third, fourth,
Speaker 5: fifth round, even six or seventh. We saw in the
Speaker 5: Super Bowl last year, what does Zia excuse me? Isaiah
Speaker 5: Pacheco was able to do for the Kansas City Chiefs
Speaker 5: and he was a great fine for them in the
Speaker 5: seventh round.
Speaker 2: So it just depends on the team that.
Speaker 5: You talk to, the scouttery evaluator that you talk to,
Speaker 5: of where they value running backs at. But Bijon's landing
Speaker 5: spot is something that people even in the league are
Speaker 5: all over the place with right now, just because terrific player.
Speaker 5: But they say, where do you take this player at,
Speaker 5: especially in a deep running back class? Do you use
Speaker 5: expensive draft capital on it? Expensive being in the first
Speaker 5: round to where you can get a player at more
Speaker 5: of a premium position. But we both know the draft
Speaker 5: is an educated guest, but Bijon, he's an educated guest
Speaker 5: that you feel really good about just because of the
Speaker 5: talent that we're talking about. So it just depends on
Speaker 5: how you feel about taking running backs in the first round.
Speaker 5: So I would say his ceiling is probably Atlanta at eight,
Speaker 5: but also his floor is the Chargers at twenty one.
Speaker 2: I think he probably go in that range somewhere.
Speaker 3: That'll be interesting. He goes the Chargers wonder if an
Speaker 3: Austin Eckler trade might happen in the case of that
Speaker 3: does occur, because what a loaded backfield that would be
Speaker 3: with Bijon and Austin Eckler back there, and so you know,
Speaker 3: then you get this, I guess next wave, because Bijon's
Speaker 3: kind of put himself in a stratspere all by himself.
Speaker 3: In terms of the running back position, I think the
Speaker 3: consensus from what I've seen is Jamir gives as running
Speaker 3: back too. I guess my question here is two full
Speaker 3: Do you think that means that Gibbs because of a
Speaker 3: potential Bijon slide, could he potentially slide as well? And
Speaker 3: then the rest of the running back class, like where's
Speaker 3: that sweet spot kind of come into play for this
Speaker 3: year's running back class. And then also the Gibbs question,
Speaker 3: if you don't mind, I.
Speaker 5: Think we're going to see running backs fly off of
Speaker 5: the board in the second through fourth round. There could
Speaker 5: be as many as I think ten to twelve guys
Speaker 5: that go in that range just because outside of tight
Speaker 5: end and then also cornerback, I think running back is
Speaker 5: the most deep for the deepest of the positional groups
Speaker 5: this year, and you can get really good players in
Speaker 5: that third or fourth round range. Zach sharbne UCLA Tank,
Speaker 5: Bigsby Auburn, Ti Spears two lane is realed off three
Speaker 5: guys right there that could go somewhere in the top
Speaker 5: one hundred.
Speaker 2: So this running back class is really good.
Speaker 5: But I think Gibbs is going to be the beneficiary
Speaker 5: of Bijon going so high, just because he's seen as
Speaker 5: that next guy in the pecking order. He could go
Speaker 5: as early as thirty to the Eagles. I don't think
Speaker 5: that's out of the question at all. But if he's
Speaker 5: there at fifty one for Miami, as soon as the
Speaker 5: team before them turns in the card, I would turn
Speaker 5: it in right.
Speaker 2: After that, just because it would be such a good
Speaker 2: fit for them.
Speaker 5: Not saying he's going to be there at fifty one,
Speaker 5: I actually doubt that he's going to be there at
Speaker 5: fifty one, just because he's such a dynamic player and
Speaker 5: he offers such a different skill set in this running
Speaker 5: back class.
Speaker 2: But if he's there at fifty one, it's a no
Speaker 2: brainer for Miami.
Speaker 3: I made that face and that noise because thinking about
Speaker 3: Jami or Gibbs being with the Philadelphia Eagles offense is
Speaker 3: just an embarrassment of riches with what they have already
Speaker 3: in terms of playmakers and speed in the running game.
Speaker 3: What Jalen Hurts offers, man that would be fun to
Speaker 3: watch also be a lot of fun to watch them
Speaker 3: here in Miami. We'll come back to that here in
Speaker 3: one second. Some more general NFL questions for Jordan Reid
Speaker 3: here ESPNS Draft analyst. I'm curious some surprise, potential surprises
Speaker 3: that you could see playing out. Whether it's a pick
Speaker 3: that goes in the top ten that maybe we're not
Speaker 3: seeing a lot of mock drafts right now, a surprise
Speaker 3: top ten pick, and then somebody that you think that
Speaker 3: could sneak into Round one from the back end of
Speaker 3: Round one that no one's talking about as a potential
Speaker 3: Night one pick.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 5: So I actually tweeted this out probably about an hour ago.
Speaker 5: Two names that I'm hearing constantly as late first round
Speaker 5: picks that could be a surprise Steve Avila, the interior
Speaker 5: offensive lineman of TCU. He's one that a lot of
Speaker 5: teams like. And then the other is Julius Brince, the
Speaker 5: cornerback from Kansas State. He's one that a lot of
Speaker 5: people like to and I put this in our notebook
Speaker 5: with me and Matt Miller today in that the NFL
Speaker 5: is a copycat league. And we saw that the NFL
Speaker 5: made a mistake with Tarik wooland letting him slip to
Speaker 5: the fifth round, and a lot of teams see a
Speaker 5: similar player in Tarike wooland with Julius Brince. So there's
Speaker 5: going to be some team at the back end of
Speaker 5: the first round, especially at a premium position, they could say, hey,
Speaker 5: this guy could be similar to Tarik wooland very similar frame. No,
Speaker 5: he didn't run a four to six, but as far
Speaker 5: as the other measurables in the traits that he has,
Speaker 5: it's very similar to Woland. So, like I said, it's
Speaker 5: a copycat league, and the NFL doesn't like to make
Speaker 5: those same mistakes twice.
Speaker 2: So that's why I could see Brince being a late
Speaker 2: first round pick.
Speaker 3: I remember Kyle Krabs, our close friend, was texting me
Speaker 3: at the Senior about Julius Brents and this guy is
Speaker 3: a perfect fit for Miami. At pick fifty one, they
Speaker 3: go out and get Galen Ramsey, which I think you
Speaker 3: could probably talk about the similarities in their games as well.
Speaker 3: With the length of the physicality there. So it's it's
Speaker 3: I love when my draft guests come on here and
Speaker 3: have similar praise for the same guys because it gives us,
Speaker 3: I think, a real narrowed focus on the real value
Speaker 3: in this draft. Speaking of value real quick, you mentioned
Speaker 3: running back, tight end, cornerback. My question for you was,
Speaker 3: which positions do you think produce the most bang for
Speaker 3: a team's buck on Day two? Are those your three spots?
Speaker 5: Uh? In this draft class? Yeah, I think that's where
Speaker 5: you're going to get the most bang for your book.
Speaker 5: I don't know if we're going to get a linebacker
Speaker 5: in the first round. If I had to guess, if
Speaker 5: one went, it would be Drew Sanders of Arkansas. He's
Speaker 5: my top ranked linebacker, but late first round. That's probably
Speaker 5: the earliest that he goes. The Bills at twenty seven
Speaker 5: I think make a lot of sense as far as
Speaker 5: the landing spot for him.
Speaker 2: Running back.
Speaker 5: I mean, like I said, those guys are going to
Speaker 5: fly off of the board late Day two or mid
Speaker 5: day two to early day three.
Speaker 2: We're going to see a lot of those guys go
Speaker 2: off with the board.
Speaker 5: So and then with corner those always go throughout the
Speaker 5: draft and you know, you hear a lot of names
Speaker 5: in the first round, but we're going to see a
Speaker 5: lot of names going the second round too. Keiley Ringo, Georgia,
Speaker 5: Darius Rush, South Carolina, DJ Turner Michigan. There's going to
Speaker 5: be a lot of names that fly off of the
Speaker 5: board in this cornerback group too.
Speaker 3: Just a real quick follow up I had talked about
Speaker 3: in a previous podcast, if Keigley Ringo had another year
Speaker 3: of college tape that was really good, it could be
Speaker 3: a potential top ten pick. Is that Do you think
Speaker 3: that's true?
Speaker 5: I wouldn't say top ten, but first round I definitely
Speaker 5: agree with just because and with Keighley, He's a player
Speaker 5: that I've been tracking over the past two years and
Speaker 5: he's a very scheme specific player. So if he lands
Speaker 5: in the right spot, I think he's going to be
Speaker 5: a really good player. Like he has to be in
Speaker 5: a zone scheme that forces him or that allows him
Speaker 5: to keep his back to the sideline to where he
Speaker 5: can play a lot of zone and cover three. So
Speaker 5: if he goes to Seattle, San Francisco some teams like
Speaker 5: that that play that heavy zone scheme that allow him
Speaker 5: to just keep his back to the sideline and keep
Speaker 5: his eyes on the quarterback.
Speaker 2: I think he could be a really good starter for you.
Speaker 5: But if he goes to a scheme that allows him
Speaker 5: to play, it forces him to play a lot of
Speaker 5: man coverage.
Speaker 2: I don't think he's going.
Speaker 5: To be very good in that, just because it's kind
Speaker 5: of some of the shortcomings that he has from a
Speaker 5: directional standpoint and changing directions.
Speaker 2: That's just not his area of expertise.
Speaker 5: So where he thrives in So, just like any other prospect,
Speaker 5: he has to go somewhere that's the right fit for him.
Speaker 5: So Indianapolis, San Francisco, Seattle. I think he could be
Speaker 5: a really good player for any of those teams.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I was going to say, that's kind of the
Speaker 3: hidden thing that I think most folks don't talk about
Speaker 3: is the importance of which team they go to. And
Speaker 3: you know, folks want to talk about mock drafts and
Speaker 3: just rattle off the guys and list of where they
Speaker 3: rank them and just think that's how it's going to
Speaker 3: go in terms of production. But it's always work that way.
Speaker 3: So good stuff they're talking about, DBS. Let's go ahead
Speaker 3: and take our first break right here and come back
Speaker 3: on the other side of Jordan and talk about Dolphin
Speaker 3: specific draft needs and questions and fits and all that
Speaker 3: fun stuff. That's next. My guest today Jordan Reid from ESPN,
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Speaker 3: NFL Draft, Dolphins Draft. It kicks off tomorrow night at
Speaker 3: eight o'clock. It's finally here, the NFL Draft twenty twenty
Speaker 3: three edition. On the corner or on the doorstep of arriving. Finally,
Speaker 3: after months and months of debate and all this fun stuff,
Speaker 3: let's go ahead and talk about the Dolphins draft approach
Speaker 3: post free agency because last time we had John Jordan,
Speaker 3: and we do this every year. We have you on
Speaker 3: Round Combine and then we have you on post free
Speaker 3: agency and we kind of get an addendum on Dolphins
Speaker 3: draft approach here Jalen Ramsey, David Long. They add some
Speaker 3: variety in the receiver room with Brax and Barrios and
Speaker 3: Chosen and Anderson. They added some depth and competition to
Speaker 3: the interior offensive line with Dan Feenie new backup quarterback
Speaker 3: in Mike White. How is the Dolphins offseason gone so far?
Speaker 3: In your estimation and how do you like this roster
Speaker 3: heading into the draft.
Speaker 5: It's a been an a plus for me whenever you
Speaker 5: can add these experienced veterans like a David Long, who
Speaker 5: I thought was a steal of a deal for them.
Speaker 5: For the two year deal that they signed for, I
Speaker 5: think it was like eleven million, which I thought he
Speaker 5: was going to get much more than that. Then you
Speaker 5: turn around and you get an established player like a
Speaker 5: Jalen Ramsey. But I think a sneaky good move for
Speaker 5: them this offseason was bringing over Mike White. Getting that
Speaker 5: security for them. I think it's going to be big
Speaker 5: now you have that experienced veteran with Mike White coming in,
Speaker 5: who had a miraculous run with the Jets, one of
Speaker 5: the better backup quarterbacks in the league. So and not
Speaker 5: to go on a tangent about a backup quarterbacks because
Speaker 5: I'm a former quarterback myself, but bringing in some experienced
Speaker 5: veterans like that, I think that's exactly what Miami needed.
Speaker 2: But they do have some holes in some other places.
Speaker 5: I still would like to see them add some linebacker depth,
Speaker 5: some more depth there running back, and then some interior
Speaker 5: offensive line depth too.
Speaker 2: I think that's another area where they could look to address.
Speaker 3: He said, interior offensive line, running back, in linebacker. That
Speaker 3: was my next question for you is what do you
Speaker 3: think the Dolphins need to get accomplished in this year's draft?
Speaker 3: And they have picks at fifty one and pick at
Speaker 3: eighty four, and then picks in the back end of
Speaker 3: the draft in round six and seven. So you mentioned
Speaker 3: those three positions. What are some fits at that fifty
Speaker 3: first pick, middle second round, just outside the top fifty
Speaker 3: the kind of premium picks, right, Who do you like
Speaker 3: in that position, at any position for fifty one from Miami.
Speaker 2: I would also add tight end into that too.
Speaker 5: I think they could look to take tight end at
Speaker 5: fifty one too, just because we could see as many
Speaker 5: as seven going the top three rounds, which is right
Speaker 5: in the wheelhouse of the picks that the Dolphins have,
Speaker 5: So tight end could be another.
Speaker 2: Area that they look to address.
Speaker 5: But if all goes well, the perfect pick for the
Speaker 5: Dolphins at fifty one would be Jamiir Gibbs.
Speaker 2: The running back out of Alabama. But that's best case scenario.
Speaker 5: I don't think he's going to be available, but just
Speaker 5: imagine adding his speed and dynamic ability to Tyrek Hill,
Speaker 5: Jaylen Waddle and then some of these other explosive weapons
Speaker 5: that they already have. For two, with underbody Lowe, that
Speaker 5: would be an a plus selection for them. But with
Speaker 5: tight end, I think there's a lot of different directions
Speaker 5: that they could go. Tucker Craft from South Dakota State
Speaker 5: is one that I think they could have their eyes on.
Speaker 2: There's plenty of others too. Darnold Washington is one that
Speaker 2: could be there.
Speaker 5: I don't think he's going to be there, but he
Speaker 5: would be a really good piece for them to add.
Speaker 2: So look for them to add a tight end at
Speaker 2: fifty one.
Speaker 3: Who's a running back? Because you mentioned Gibbs a lot
Speaker 3: and you think he's going to be gone. I do too.
Speaker 3: It would be really cool if he was there. To
Speaker 3: see if the Dolphins went out and added him to
Speaker 3: this offense that has so much firepower and so much speed.
Speaker 3: Is there a running back maybe at that pick, maybe
Speaker 3: a little bit later on that you like. It would
Speaker 3: be a good I don't want to say consolation because
Speaker 3: that sells the young man short, but a player that
Speaker 3: would be a good alternative to Jamior Gibbs if he's
Speaker 3: not there at fifty one.
Speaker 5: So with the Dolphins running so much outside zone, they
Speaker 5: need a dynamic back, one that can just one cut
Speaker 5: and go and get up the field. One that I
Speaker 5: really like is ta J Spears from Tulane. If they're
Speaker 5: looking for that second day two pick for a player
Speaker 5: that could potentially be there, He's one that I love.
Speaker 5: He's one that a lot of people like inside of
Speaker 5: the league too, So Taise Spears is another. But another
Speaker 5: that I want to add it I think is really
Speaker 5: really underrated that I think is going to be a
Speaker 5: much better pro than what he was college player is
Speaker 5: Tank Bixby out of Auburn.
Speaker 2: He's one that I like a lot.
Speaker 5: I think he would be a great fit in that
Speaker 5: outside zone scheme, just because he's at his best when
Speaker 5: he can attack what I call the outside shoulders of
Speaker 5: the tackle, just allowing them to win with angles and
Speaker 5: then allowing him to one cut and go whenever he
Speaker 5: sees those openings up the field, that's when he's at
Speaker 5: his best. And at Auburn, they weren't the best upfront,
Speaker 5: so he had to create a lot of lanes for
Speaker 5: himself in a sense, just because they weren't very good upfront.
Speaker 5: But with those lanes in the outside zone scheme. It's
Speaker 5: probably going to be a big shot for him to
Speaker 5: have so much operating room with Miami's offensive front. So
Speaker 5: Tank Bigsby is a player that I think they could
Speaker 5: have take a lot of liking.
Speaker 2: To as well.
Speaker 3: What's your evel on him in terms of short yardage conversions?
Speaker 3: And I guess the role of the hammer because first
Speaker 3: of all, his name just sounds like a hammer, but
Speaker 3: also kind of plays that way, doesn't he.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean he has plenty of contact balance, he
Speaker 5: could step through and run through tackles, but also he
Speaker 5: can avoid and create new opportunities for himself. I think
Speaker 5: he's going to be He's a top five running back
Speaker 5: for me in this class, and I think he's quickly
Speaker 5: going to outplay his draft slot just because, like I
Speaker 5: talked about a little bit earlier, he's gonna like it's
Speaker 5: gonna be a new vision for him seeing these open
Speaker 5: running leanges, just because whenever he got the ball sometimes
Speaker 5: there was penetration in the first level and that's something
Speaker 5: that he had to fight through throughout his career, especially
Speaker 5: his last season. But there's plenty of games last year
Speaker 5: of where he dominated in some games so I'm looking
Speaker 5: forward to seeing him on the next level, and I
Speaker 5: think he's going to be a much better pro than
Speaker 5: college player.
Speaker 3: We definitely have experience with the Auburn running backs here
Speaker 3: in the past. Ronnie Brown, our former number two overall pick,
Speaker 3: that was almost twenty years ago. That feels wow. That
Speaker 3: makes me feel old, man. I remember watching that draft
Speaker 3: and seeing, you know, the debate between will it b Rodgers,
Speaker 3: will to be Brown? Whatever? You know, it was Ronnie Brown,
Speaker 3: but twenty years ago for that draft class. Let's go
Speaker 3: ahead and finish up right here, Jordan, your seventh round
Speaker 3: monk that posted at the end of March. So you mentioned,
Speaker 3: you know, who are the guys you took in the
Speaker 3: six and seventh round that draft class. Understandably so with
Speaker 3: two hundred and sixty some picks, but you did have
Speaker 3: Gibbs there at fifty one. You had the tight end
Speaker 3: from Michigan, Luke scoon Maker pick eighty four, and then
Speaker 3: you come back with Alex Forsyth, who is a relative
Speaker 3: of one of my friends from back home. He played
Speaker 3: an orgon on the interior offensive line, and then m
Speaker 3: J Anderson the edge from Iowa State. I'm curious do
Speaker 3: you still like that those four picks from Miami this
Speaker 3: year's class, and kind of give us a breakdown those
Speaker 3: guys if you can.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do. I mean, Gibbs is an obvious one.
Speaker 5: We've already been in depth about him, and I'll just
Speaker 5: start with Alex Forsyth or I should say Luke Schoolmaker
Speaker 5: since he's the next pick. A player that's really underrated
Speaker 5: and he kind of gets lost in the shuffle a
Speaker 5: little bit with this tight end class. Very versatile, he's
Speaker 5: dynamic as a pass catcher, can run every route in
Speaker 5: the route tree that you want. He's a tryhard blocker
Speaker 5: that I like to call it. He can stand in
Speaker 5: there and get in a way. He's not gonna mal
Speaker 5: people like a George Kittle or Travis Kelce or anything
Speaker 5: like that, but he can stand in the way and
Speaker 5: he's gonna fight. You can use him as a single
Speaker 5: blocker to block the end man on the line of scrimmish.
Speaker 5: He can double team and get hip to hit with
Speaker 5: offensive tackles, which is something that he had plenty of
Speaker 5: experience doing at Michigan too.
Speaker 2: So he's a really underrated player in this class.
Speaker 5: Third fourth round where I had him projected is exactly
Speaker 5: probably where he's going to go in this draft class.
Speaker 5: Alex Forsype is another that I think is really underrated
Speaker 5: in this draft lass. He's played every single interior spot,
Speaker 5: started at center during his time at Oregon. Really was
Speaker 5: the engineer or the catalyst of everything up front, which
Speaker 5: is exactly what the Dolphins need right now. I think
Speaker 5: they need some depth along the interior offensive front, so
Speaker 5: we'll see what happens there.
Speaker 2: And then MJ.
Speaker 5: Anderson is one that I like to play in the
Speaker 5: opposite of Will McDonald at Iowa State, another player that's
Speaker 5: getting a lot of late first early second round buzz
Speaker 5: right now, but Anderson held his own two.
Speaker 2: A player that can give you a lot as a
Speaker 2: pass rusher.
Speaker 5: Needs to improve a little bit as a run defender,
Speaker 5: get a little bit stronger in his lower half, but
Speaker 5: as far as giving pass rush ability, he can give
Speaker 5: you that walking through the door. Probably going to have
Speaker 5: to use them at what I'd like to call a
Speaker 5: DPR designated pass rusher early on while he still gets
Speaker 5: some more strength and gains some more weight.
Speaker 3: You can find that at ESPN dot com as long
Speaker 3: as well as Jordan's other written work Jordan Reid, NFL
Speaker 3: Draft analyst at ESPN. He's at Jordan Underscore read on Twitter. Jordan,
Speaker 3: where can the folks find you? Come draft?
Speaker 5: You can find me on any ESPN platform. You're gonna
Speaker 5: see me on there, but also ESPN Radio the final
Speaker 5: two days of the draft, So Day two, Day three,
Speaker 5: I'll be on ESPN Radio alongside Mike Tennenbaum, Bart Scott,
Speaker 5: Chris Canty and plenty of others. Will have analysis and
Speaker 5: instant reactions for every single pick made during the last
Speaker 5: two days of the draft.
Speaker 3: Day two and Day three coin sides of the Dolphins
Speaker 3: draft picks. The share must be why I had you
Speaker 3: on here today, Jordan appre shire your time today, man,
Speaker 3: as always, be well and look forward to your vacation. Man,
Speaker 3: you definitely earned it.
Speaker 2: No problem, Thanks as always, Travis.
Speaker 3: And away he goes, and just like that, we have
Speaker 3: one more segment before the twenty twenty three NFL Draft.
Speaker 3: We are going to do one more piece of draft content,
Speaker 3: my twenty twenty three first round mock and my Dolphins mock.
Speaker 3: That's next on the Draft Time podcast. We're also going
Speaker 3: to hear from Bradley Chubb and Durham smythe your host,
Speaker 3: Travis Wingfield, brought to you by AutoNation back here on
Speaker 3: a Wednesday, the before Draft Eve, although for the Dolphins,
Speaker 3: I guess it's Draft Eve's eve since the Dolphins first
Speaker 3: pick won't come most likely until Friday, always an opportunity
Speaker 3: to trade up, but we'll see what happens with that.
Speaker 3: Before we get to my mock draft one point zero.
Speaker 3: I'm only giving you one this year. I actually have
Speaker 3: not really given I don't think I've given a mock
Speaker 3: draft in a couple of years on the podcast. But
Speaker 3: let's go ahead and do it this year and just
Speaker 3: kind of have fun. Because when I used to do
Speaker 3: these mock drafts, I literally would spend months preparing for
Speaker 3: these things. I remember going to college classes back when
Speaker 3: I first graduated high school, and I would write out
Speaker 3: the draft order in this one class that I didn't
Speaker 3: pay attention close enough in and would go over the
Speaker 3: draft order to get that memorized, and then try to
Speaker 3: slot in players and do different scenarios hand written notebook,
Speaker 3: pen and paper of that style a little bit different
Speaker 3: nowadays we have the mock draft simulators all that fun stuff.
Speaker 3: So I used to be really really into it. I'd
Speaker 3: write up a whole report on every single pick why
Speaker 3: they made the pick. It was like twelve pages long
Speaker 3: for a first round mock draft. Print it out. I
Speaker 3: put it in one of those binding things and make
Speaker 3: it look all nice and have it available for my
Speaker 3: guests at the draft. We'd watch it at my house. Now,
Speaker 3: just kind of went through this on the week of
Speaker 3: and had fun with it and tried to slot guys in.
Speaker 3: We'll do that here in just one second, but first
Speaker 3: I want to go ahead and hear from Bradley, Chubb
Speaker 3: and Durham's my first The Dolphins outside linebacker was asked
Speaker 3: about Vic Fangio joining the Miami Dolphins staff and what
Speaker 3: the Dolphins and the players can expect from adding a
Speaker 3: legendary coach like Vic Fangio.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, man, that's one of my uh my favorite,
Speaker 1: one of my favorite coaches that I've been I'm saying
Speaker 1: in a room with just because he expects so much
Speaker 1: out of his players, you know, and he's gonna keep
Speaker 1: it straight up with you. If he calls a player
Speaker 1: and you didn't execute, he's gonna ask you, why didn't
Speaker 1: you ask you? What I put you in a position
Speaker 1: to exeque. Why didn't you so, I mean in this
Speaker 1: this high paced game we played, Man, that's what you need.
Speaker 1: Just need that transparency, You need the uh, somebody to
Speaker 1: be on you a little bit when you hold you
Speaker 1: to that standard that we hold ourselves to. So uh,
Speaker 1: That's that's what he's gonna do, and I'm excited about it.
Speaker 3: Let's jump ahead just a little bit here to a
Speaker 3: question that post to Bradley on that same topic about
Speaker 3: Vic Fangio's defense and how it benefits not just players
Speaker 3: like him up front rushing the passer, but on the
Speaker 3: back end as well, a defense that has traditionally been
Speaker 3: steeped primarily in zone coverages.
Speaker 1: It benefits everybody, man, like you said, as a unit
Speaker 1: because when you when you got us just kind of
Speaker 1: thinking freely and just going out there and attacking and
Speaker 1: being able to take a tight end and not really
Speaker 1: worry about, oh I have to be in this gap.
Speaker 1: Just go out there and play play fast, and we're
Speaker 1: gonna read off the and everybody around that has that
Speaker 1: same mindset that D line could just I feel like
Speaker 1: it's it's really meant for the outside linebackers to set
Speaker 1: the tone and establish everything established dominance, whether it be
Speaker 1: with the tight ends, whether it be with the tackles,
Speaker 1: getting after the quarterback as much as we can. And
Speaker 1: when when that group does that, I feel like it
Speaker 1: makes everybody else's job easier because say I've got a
Speaker 1: guard pulling to me and a tight end trying to
Speaker 1: influence me out. So if I take the tight end
Speaker 1: and the guard, then Bake running free and then you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying, David running free, and X could
Speaker 1: can free up and ca to pick that.
Speaker 2: You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: The quarterback is just trying to get the ball out
Speaker 1: of his hands, but then boom, he's right there in
Speaker 1: that position.
Speaker 4: So I feel like it starts with us. Man, it's
Speaker 4: gonna have to end with us.
Speaker 1: So we're taking that mindset, We're taking the meetings, making
Speaker 1: sure we living like that, and.
Speaker 4: Trying to approach every day like that.
Speaker 3: Let's go ahead and finish up here, I asked Bradley
Speaker 3: Chubb almost said Jalen Phillips about his teammate Jalen Phillips
Speaker 3: and what he's learned from the way he approaches the
Speaker 3: game being around a young player like JP. I asked
Speaker 3: him about the approach of the game and then the
Speaker 3: physical traits that he brings. Let's go ahead and play
Speaker 3: that two part answer back to back.
Speaker 5: Right here.
Speaker 1: He approaches like a true pro man. He understands the
Speaker 1: task at hand. He understands, you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: that he wants more out of himself as well. He
Speaker 1: wants to get those accolades. He wants to go to
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl all pros, And you see it just
Speaker 1: by the way he approaches everything. The meeting room, he's
Speaker 1: with this new defense right now, He's asking questions, making
Speaker 1: sure he knows the ends and outs, knows when to
Speaker 1: take his shots and stuff like that.
Speaker 4: In the weight room, he's a freak, you.
Speaker 5: Know what I mean.
Speaker 1: So you kind of like, coming into the season, you
Speaker 1: kind of see, oh yeah, okay, I gets he's working hard,
Speaker 1: but you don't really see it until the offseason work
Speaker 1: gets put in and we're on the field doing drills
Speaker 1: and you see the intent that he has that he's
Speaker 1: working with. So I'm really excited for his year three.
Speaker 1: Like I said, man, he's a he's a freak. Man
Speaker 1: do takes a shirt off. He's chisel, he's huge, he's
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, talks with the deepest voice possible.
Speaker 1: So he has all the intangibles, man, and he's getting
Speaker 1: when it comes down to, like I said, the playbook
Speaker 1: and everything else, he's getting all that and he's becoming
Speaker 1: a true pro man.
Speaker 4: I'm excited for him.
Speaker 3: Let's finish up here with Durham Smyth, who I asked
Speaker 3: him about the second year in the offense and how
Speaker 3: that can benefit a player at your position. Where in
Speaker 3: the past Mike McDaniel has told us that learning to
Speaker 3: play tight end in this offense is different than almost
Speaker 3: any other place you've played in your football career. How
Speaker 3: is year two benefits you in an offense that can
Speaker 3: be tricky to relearn as a tight end or any
Speaker 3: position in this offense.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it's hugely, you know, beneficial for us
Speaker 6: that that have been in the offense for more than
Speaker 6: one year now. And he's right on it's it's it's
Speaker 6: a different style really across the board at you know
Speaker 6: a lot of positions, but you know at the tight
Speaker 6: end position, we there's a lot of things you do
Speaker 6: in this this offense that you don't necessarily do in others.
Speaker 6: So I think, you know, just having the experience of
Speaker 6: a full like I said, calendar year. In this offense,
Speaker 6: you know, there's a comfort level that that becomes established,
Speaker 6: and I'm excited to kind of get back on the
Speaker 6: field here in a couple of weeks to you know,
Speaker 6: build on that.
Speaker 4: And you know through the summer and into training camp.
Speaker 6: So I there's definitely a little bit of a learning
Speaker 6: curve with this offense at the tight end position, and
Speaker 6: I think, you know, the sky's the limit once we can, uh,
Speaker 6: you know, at every position across the board get on
Speaker 6: the same page.
Speaker 3: And then how about the energy in the building coming
Speaker 3: back this week after a long offseason, getting back with
Speaker 3: the boys.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean the boys are back, so that's always exciting.
Speaker 6: That's first and foremost, you know, just get around everyone,
Speaker 6: and uh, that's that's the best time of.
Speaker 4: The year when we're all back in the building together.
Speaker 6: And yeah, I mean obviously, when you know, you look
Speaker 6: at us on paper, there's there's a lot of talent
Speaker 6: on the team, but that only goes so far. So
Speaker 6: I think everyone's excited to get on the field to
Speaker 6: try to you know, live up to expectations, establish some
Speaker 6: high expectations and you.
Speaker 4: Know, really get this thing going. So I think we're
Speaker 4: all excited about it.
Speaker 3: Alrighty, that's it. Last thing we have to do before
Speaker 3: the NFL Draft kicks off on Thursday night at eight
Speaker 3: pm NFL Network, ESPN, wherever the hell you want to
Speaker 3: watch that thing at you can find it. We will
Speaker 3: not have a pick in the first night unless we
Speaker 3: trade up back on Friday to cover the entire day
Speaker 3: two potentially two picks, maybe more, maybe less. We'll find out.
Speaker 3: For the Miami Dolphins, We'll have plenty of coverage for
Speaker 3: you guys when the draft goes down. Before we do that, though,
Speaker 3: why don't we go ahead and bust out a mock draft.
Speaker 3: I put this together on Tuesday morning, spent a few
Speaker 3: hours on looking at team needs and things like that,
Speaker 3: but mostly went to best player available and tried to
Speaker 3: match that with at least some motoricme of Okay, they
Speaker 3: have a bit of a need here. So I guess,
Speaker 3: using both of those schools of thought, we start with
Speaker 3: the Panthers Bryce Young, quarterback from Alabama. I would go CEEJ. Stroud.
Speaker 3: I think the Panthers are gonna wind up taking Bryce Young.
Speaker 3: Will find out There's been all kinds of crazy reports
Speaker 3: coming out about what this pick might be, and who
Speaker 3: the hell knows. Man, that's where the draft is fun.
Speaker 3: We're just doing this for fun. So Bryce Young number one,
Speaker 3: I'm gonna buy into the fact that the Texans are
Speaker 3: going to pass the quarterback first and take Will Anderson.
Speaker 2: And I get this.
Speaker 3: I get a little bit annoyed by the fact that
Speaker 3: Will Anderson, all of a sudden this thought was a
Speaker 3: safe prospect. I saw one scout note that he was
Speaker 3: a double off the wall, while Tyree Wilson was upside
Speaker 3: and potential like two years ago. Man, everyone's like, I
Speaker 3: don't care about the quarterback class. Will Anderson will be
Speaker 3: the first player drafted. Regardless, He's still that great player.
Speaker 3: If the Texans do pass quarterback to me, it's got
Speaker 3: to be Will Anderson. And then I have a trade
Speaker 3: the Cardinals. I think everybody's mock draft has the Cardinals
Speaker 3: moving back. I have the Raiders coming up to get CJ. Stroud,
Speaker 3: who for me is by far the best quarterback in
Speaker 3: this class. That's how I stack it. The Raiders come
Speaker 3: up and get the Ohio State product. The Colts take
Speaker 3: Anthony Richards him from Florida and try to build around
Speaker 3: his fantastic skills at which I think translates very well.
Speaker 3: I think there's some innate ability there that he can
Speaker 3: really kind of harness and kick into high gear and
Speaker 3: become a high level quarterback if it happens for him
Speaker 3: that way. Seahawks Jalen Carter from Georgia the defensive tackle.
Speaker 3: Lions gets some strength, some reinforcements, I should say, in
Speaker 3: their secondary with Devon Witherspoon from Illinois. Tyree Wilson comes
Speaker 3: off the board here to the Cardinals out of Texas Tech.
Speaker 3: After trading back for number three. The Falcons were a
Speaker 3: tough spot to peg right here. A lot of folks
Speaker 3: put in Bjohn Robinson here. I'm going to the cornerback
Speaker 3: position to pair with aj Terrell. Christian Gonzalez from Oregon,
Speaker 3: one of my favorite players in the entire draft class.
Speaker 3: He and Witherspoon and Joey Porter Junior for that matter,
Speaker 3: are really really good players. I have the Bears coming
Speaker 3: back with edge Nolan Smith from Georgia. I think he's
Speaker 3: a great player. I think they really last year kind
Speaker 3: of went through the defensive line and traded off a
Speaker 3: lot of those parts. They're going to have to rebuild
Speaker 3: that group back up front. The Eagles just took the
Speaker 3: best player off the board here, and they always go
Speaker 3: in the trenches and refortify the offense and defensive line.
Speaker 3: So Broderick Jones is my ot from Georgia. He goes
Speaker 3: off the board top ten. Then I have a trade
Speaker 3: Steelers coming up to get Paris Johnson from Ohio State
Speaker 3: to fix their tackle situation. Next is the Browns. This
Speaker 3: was a tough one too. They actually have a pretty
Speaker 3: good roster, which I think could make them competitive next year.
Speaker 3: We'll see what happens at the quarterback position. Hopefully it
Speaker 3: stays the way it was last year, just given a
Speaker 3: rooting for humanity in general. But I have Brian Branch
Speaker 3: from Alabama the safety here, the first and only one
Speaker 3: off the board. The Packers take a receiver in the
Speaker 3: post Rogers era, which would be funny to me, wide
Speaker 3: receiver Jackson Smith and Jigo from Ohio State. Patriots get
Speaker 3: Lucas van Ness from Iowa two hundred and seventy pounds,
Speaker 3: really good athlete, just makes a ton of sense for
Speaker 3: that Belichick defense. I have the Jets taking a flexible
Speaker 3: offensive lineman with Peter Scarnsky from Northwestern figure it's to
Speaker 3: be a guard there for them. I think the Commanders
Speaker 3: get Will Levis off the board. They can talk about
Speaker 3: Sam Hawe all they want. I'm not buying it. If
Speaker 3: one of the top four quarterbacks falls to them, I
Speaker 3: would slot that player into this position. Joey Porter Junior
Speaker 3: goes to the Titans. He just seems like a Mike
Speaker 3: Rabel player from Penn's state. The Lions come back and
Speaker 3: get Dalton Keen Kaid and replace T. J. Hawkinson after
Speaker 3: trading him away last year. Still didn't love that trade
Speaker 3: for them. I think Hawkins is a great player, but
Speaker 3: they're gonna replace him with Dalton Kinkaid here from Utah
Speaker 3: and my mock draft, I have Hendon Hooker going off
Speaker 3: the board to the Bucks. They too were a tough
Speaker 3: one to pick because they got a lot of their
Speaker 3: guys back and that roster still has some talent on it,
Speaker 3: but obviously the big voided quarterback with just Kyle Trask
Speaker 3: and Baker Mayfield, they add some competition there with Hendon Hooker.
Speaker 3: I have the Seahawks making a big surprise. They always
Speaker 3: do this every single year. I think with the way
Speaker 3: they want to run the ball, and be a power
Speaker 3: running team. Steve Avila from TCU makes a lot of sense.
Speaker 3: I think he goes a lot higher than folks project.
Speaker 3: He goes twenty right here to the Seahawks. The Chargers
Speaker 3: get Darnell Right from Tennessee. I could see him being
Speaker 3: a top ten pick, honestly, but he falls a little
Speaker 3: bit here to the Chargers of twenty one. The Ravens
Speaker 3: state in the DMV and get cornerback Deontay Banks from Maryland.
Speaker 3: Heck of a player, looks like a Raven. Now I
Speaker 3: have the Eagles coming up to get Bijon Robinson, and
Speaker 3: how crazy would that first round be for the Philadelphi
Speaker 3: Eagles to get Broderick Jones and Bijon Robinson. They swopt
Speaker 3: places with the Vikings up next, Jaguars take tight end
Speaker 3: Michael Meyer from Notre Dame, trying to build a twenty
Speaker 3: one personnel package. Evan Ingram on the tag. We'll see
Speaker 3: if that's a long term deal for him there in
Speaker 3: the future where they get the top tight end on
Speaker 3: the board here I should say number two tight end
Speaker 3: off the board after Kinkaid. The Giants at twenty five
Speaker 3: receivers A Flowers from Boston College. They need weapons, they
Speaker 3: need firepower on that offense. Wasn't a big fan of
Speaker 3: the quarterback extension of the offseason, but they have to
Speaker 3: get more offense this season. The Cowboys take Elijah Canty
Speaker 3: from Pittsburgh, just an absolute phenom athlete. I think it's
Speaker 3: a good fit there to give that defense even more juice.
Speaker 3: I have the Bills going to the offensive line Osyrus
Speaker 3: Torrence from Florida to fix what was a weak spot
Speaker 3: for them last year. The Bengals at twenty eight edge
Speaker 3: Miles Murphy from Clemson. They're gonna want to start letting
Speaker 3: expensive pieces go to pay for Joe Burrow's contract because
Speaker 3: they just have to have that money in escrow and
Speaker 3: you have to come up with it somehow. So that
Speaker 3: to me signals maybe getting cheaper at defensive end, a
Speaker 3: very expensive position. They start that process with my Murphy
Speaker 3: from Clemson. The Saints take Mazia Smith from Michigan. They
Speaker 3: lost David Anyamada, Cameron Jordan's not getting any younger, so
Speaker 3: they're going to go ahead and try to restock the
Speaker 3: coupvered up front with a really good defensive lineman. Then
Speaker 3: the Vikings take Matthew Bergeron much to my chagrin, at
Speaker 3: pick number thirty here after going back in the drade
Speaker 3: and the trade with the Eagles to go get Bijon Robinson,
Speaker 3: and the Chiefs make Julius Brent from Kansas State the
Speaker 3: last pick in the first round. So there's your first
Speaker 3: round mock, My Dolphins mock again, just kind of throwing
Speaker 3: some names I like here in terms of where I
Speaker 3: think guys might come off the board. Number fifty one
Speaker 3: tight end Darnelle Washington from Georgia. Number eighty four running
Speaker 3: back Ti j Spears from Tulane. I think gives the
Speaker 3: offense that juice that running back position to go along
Speaker 3: with the Raheem and Jeff Wilson and Savanna and Miles.
Speaker 3: And then number one ninety eight the defensive tackle KeAndre
Speaker 3: Coburn from Texas, and two thirty seven a special team's
Speaker 3: ace as a rookie in my opinion, linebacker Ivan Pace
Speaker 3: from Cincinnati. There you go. Next time you hear from me,
Speaker 3: it will be Day two of the draft. Will recap
Speaker 3: picks fifty one and eighty four. We'll also have post
Speaker 3: night press conferences from Mike McDaniel and Chris Greer. We'll
Speaker 3: cover all of that for you guys right here on
Speaker 3: the Drive Time podcast. In the meantime, it's gonna be
Speaker 3: my time.
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