WEBVTT - Drive Time - Safeties Preview and Brandon Jones Interview 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:07.000 Factors are alphins faforck throw Partford touchdown. What a win 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:12.400 for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:15.680 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:20.360 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:24.000 every day. How's it going everybody, It's Wednesday. I am 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:27.200 your host, Travis Winkfield, and as always I am here 0:00:27.400 --> 0:00:30.720 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:34.320 And on today's show, the last of the position preview series, 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:38.000 we conclude this thing with the safety's. Last year's starters 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:42.080 Eric Row and Bobby McCain changed positions, plus another rookie 0:00:42.080 --> 0:00:44.080 in the room who can do both play the slot 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:46.480 and play safety in the third round of this year's 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.320 draft in Brandon Jones. And we are going to hear 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.000 from the Texas product here on the podcast to give 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:54.680 his experience early on as a professional here with the 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:57.720 Miami Dolphins. I'll give my thoughts on the debut episode 0:00:57.720 --> 0:00:59.720 of Hard Knocks as well. All of that and more 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:06.319 on this Wednesday, August the twelfth edition of the Drivetime Podcast. 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.480 And we start this podcast off with some news the 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:12.800 Dolphins made in addition to the roster on Wednesday morning, 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:16.399 adding Brandon Bryant to the roster defensive tackle out of 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:20.200 f a U six ft pounds. He came out of 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:24.399 college back in He got signed in ten with the 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:27.440 Seattle Seahawks, spent some time on the practice squad there, 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.080 went to the Jets as well. He also had a 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.760 stint up north in the Canadian Football League, one year 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:36.080 with the Winnipeg Blue Blue Bombers and one year with 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:39.480 the Montreal Alouettes. Last year he made his NFL debut 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.679 with the Cleveland Browns. He played in four games and 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.600 notch three tackles there as well. So Brandon Bryant new 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.680 defensive lineman here in Miami. He also is a co 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:52.080 owner of a company down here in Davy called Merry Maids. 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:55.480 So Brandon Bryant, well entrenched in the South Florida community, 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:58.160 is now a Miami Dolphin, and Brian is in And 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:01.120 where we go next here on our premier matchups is 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.160 in that same spot up front in the trenches. And yes, 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.680 we do need pads to come on before we can 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.920 even begin to discuss this, But I'm gonna go with 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.440 the man who led Pro Football Focus interior defensive lineman 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:14.960 and run stops last year that of course, as tackles 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.720 within two yards of the line of scrimmage to Von 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.200 god Show up against the Miami Native and New Dolphins 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.360 offensive lineman and Eric Flowers. Now this is not to 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:27.240 say they're gonna match up regularly on the practice field 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.840 every single day or anything like that, but they do 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:32.799 play positions that really do come across each other quite often, 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.960 as Devon can play anywhere from the nose tackle one technique, 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.680 two two I three, three eye technique all the way 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:41.600 out to the four technique, which can get yourself engaged 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.480 with the guard playing all those spots that range basically 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.560 from the center all the way out to the guard 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.240 and the outside shoulder of the guard on the defensive 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.480 line out there, and just the pure power of these 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.440 two guys in the way they match up together. I'm 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:56.160 looking at matchups when we talk about this that pit 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.680 strength versus strength of the players, And like yesterday, for instance, 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:03.400 we talk about Davonte Parker on contested catches and balls 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:06.120 that are in tight windows, and how Byron Jones created 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.960 the most tight window throws of any cornerback in the 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:11.480 NFL last season. Well, god Show is one of the 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.959 premier run stuffers in the NFL, and it really goes 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.959 beyond the numbers in that department. He's so strong. I 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.240 asked him last year at camp about two gapping in 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:21.880 this defense for Brian Flores, which is more of a 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.480 read and react type of defense, hold the point style 0:03:24.520 --> 0:03:27.920 of play compared to the quick upfield penetration. Thought of 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.639 a one gap defense, and on the surface, it does 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:33.280 tell you you're either responsible for one gap or for 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.680 two gap in that defense. And Devon said that he 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:38.840 played a lot of two gapping back in college, so 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.040 he's well versed there after a couple of years here 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.680 under Chris Kusarec, who was the coach on the defensive 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.600 line for a couple of years in Miami, who of 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:48.320 course now is with the forty nine in San Francisco, 0:03:48.560 --> 0:03:51.000 and that aggressive front fork, with that one gap style 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.240 of play out there by the bay, lying in some hey, 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:57.880 maybe even use some clay maybe one day and happy 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.760 Gilmour references aside. Devon did talk to me last year 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:03.240 at training camp about playing in this defense and how 0:04:03.280 --> 0:04:05.960 you want to be more aggressive with the hands. We 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:09.240 just playing we on you know, more hands and uh, 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.000 I guess in this you know, reading reading our blocks 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:13.520 the right way, you know, reading our keys, you know, 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:15.080 and you know that's about it is said the same 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:16.680 thing Stiff Bart. The end of the day, you're enjoying 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:21.919 the two gap over one gapperl Uh. We did some 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:26.320 gap in around my last my last year, I think, 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.480 I think the last year we did we did to gaps. 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:30.480 So you hear him talking a little bit there about 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.720 the difference between one gap and two get. But like 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:34.800 he said, at the end of the day, it's all football. 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:37.760 You have to win either way, whatever scheme you are playing. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.600 And the one thing God Show has is that strength 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:42.960 that just never goes away, It never quits. He can 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.640 send that initial punch and really shocked the guy across 0:04:45.640 --> 0:04:48.440 from him. Anytime you watch offensive line verse defensive line, 0:04:48.480 --> 0:04:50.360 they want to knock that guy backwards right. You want 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.000 to move bodies on the line of scrimmage, and that 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.800 can help disrupt the entire play, not just for the 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.720 guy that he knocks back, but for the entire offensive lines. 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:00.719 They try to find their gaps and find their blocks 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:03.039 and find their landmarks. He does a real nice job 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.960 of staying in his gap and creating opportunities for those 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:09.880 guys around him. Now in the other corner, Eric Flowers 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.400 his job is to make Devon move the other direction. 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.159 So he signed here to play guard after a damn 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:18.479 good twenty nineteen season up in Washington, his first playing 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.600 guard in the NFL, and from Week nine at Buffalo 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.320 to the season finale in Dallas for Washington last year, 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.279 Flowers was in the green and blue territory. That's where 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:29.840 you want to be on Pro Football Focuses grades in 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:33.359 the run blocking grades on PFF, he was impenetrable. He 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.840 moved guys off the spot and it makes sense right 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:39.640 he's listed at three thirty pounds. He can bend exceptionally 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:41.960 well for a guy that size. He's often the low 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:44.520 man off the snap, has that pop in the hips 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:46.560 that you hear about from scouts all the time. That 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.200 really helped him engage and turn out the man across 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:51.440 from him. And he's also no slouch in the upper 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:54.240 body strength either. Actually kind of makes me curious who 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.600 might win in an arm wrestling contest or maybe even 0:05:56.720 --> 0:05:59.280 a bench press contest, because both he and Devon are 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:02.560 super strong in that upper body. He's got big, powerful 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:05.400 arms that he uses to help gain position and leverage 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.760 on the block across from him or the defensive lineman 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:09.839 across from him, I should say, and he can really 0:06:09.839 --> 0:06:12.719 really finish blocks with a temperament he plays the echo 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:15.960 of the whistle. Love watching him on combination blocks as well, 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:17.880 and that's where Devon has his work cut out for 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.440 him in this matchup, simply because it's just a tough 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.960 thing to do against one body, not to mention to 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.960 hold that point against the double team, and Flowers is 0:06:26.000 --> 0:06:29.240 a more than formidable opponent in that regard. So watching 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.440 these two dudes clash the pads will be a lot 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.120 of fun and just another one of these premier matchups. 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.760 Will detail throughout the next couple of Drivetime podcast here 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.320 leading up to practice next week and leading up to 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:42.839 that practice, something we've been doing here for a couple 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:45.800 of weeks on the Drivetime Podcast is previewing the training 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.440 Camp Roster series and this is our last one of 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:51.000 the series. Will have the written component up on Miami 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.320 Dolphins dot com as well as a written piece for 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:56.160 the specialists on Friday. I think it is. But if 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:58.120 you missed any of these, go back and check out 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.159 a podcast check out the article. Tons of detail on 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.159 each player on your Miami Dolphins roster, and we finish 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:07.039 up here with the safety group, and among them are 0:07:07.080 --> 0:07:10.000 several guys who have played some cornerback in the NFL 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:13.120 have that good coverage background in their back pocket. And 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.320 we start with the guy that came over as a 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:19.160 cornerback last season in Eric Row. He has five accrued 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.920 seasons in the National Football League, his second now with 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:25.440 the Miami Dolphins, fresh off a new contract extension number 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.040 twenty one out of Utah. He's twenty seven years old 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.600 on opening day, and he did sign that contract back 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.680 in February, a one year deal. Comes in to Miami's 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.520 a cornerback and then switches to safety after the Week 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.800 five by and he really had a breakout campaign from 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:43.760 that point forward. Twenty four receptions allowed on forty five targets. 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:47.640 That's fifty pc completion for two hundred and twenty seven yards. 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.600 That's five point oh four yards per target. He worked 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:54.000 manning up tight ends, backs, playing the deep half, playing 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.840 in the slot, covering receivers even at some points. It 0:07:56.840 --> 0:08:00.440 earned him a contract extension last December, and which Flora 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:03.080 has had this to say about Row after the extension. 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.560 He's a versatile player. Obviously, he's played multiple positions this year. 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:09.120 He's got good length, he's a good matchup for tight 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.680 ends and coverage. He's played some deep half, middle of 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:15.520 the field safety, played corner safety again. Kind of understands 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:18.600 the run fits now, that versatility helps, will help us 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:22.120 defensively and hopefully just continues to improve. And we expect that. 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.760 We expect him to improve. And we wouldn't have done 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.000 the deal if we didn't think that end quote from 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.080 coach Flora's there and you hear him talk about the 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:31.600 run fits there with Eric Rowe, one of the prominent 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:33.920 fixtures of that position, and you saw it last year 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.600 is Roe coming down into the mess, into the slop 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:39.520 and getting involved in the run defense and really at 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:42.840 sometimes lining up inside of the outside linebacker, the force 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.079 defender out there and really getting involved against the offensive 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.520 lineman and row tough enough as he is, gets in there, 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.200 gets his nose dirty and play some tough football against 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.800 the run down there as that safety. So playing different 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.760 positions in the secondary. And we talked about the completion 0:08:57.880 --> 0:09:01.360 rate over the final twelve game of the season, well, 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:04.599 his entire season completion rate was just fifty eight and 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:07.400 a half percent allowed in the passing game. He also 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.640 made eighty one tackles twenty three run stops, and from 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:14.760 the Week two game onward, he missed just five tackle opportunities. 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.200 So from Week two to Week seventeen had a tackle 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.719 percentage of ninety three point three percent successful tackle rate. 0:09:20.960 --> 0:09:23.720 Very good year last year for Eric row Up next 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.520 another safety, more of a true safety here and Stephen 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:29.640 Parker his first season last year, second in Miami, now 0:09:29.760 --> 0:09:32.520 number twenty six out of Oklahoma, twenty four years old 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.920 on opening day. He arrived in Miami on September one, 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.160 like so many players did, and had a couple of 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:41.080 weeks to acclimate. Then, after the first two games, playing 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.120 just thirty three snaps in those games combined, his workload 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.000 jumped up to one hundred and five snaps in the 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.840 following two contests. He played three hundred and thirty nine 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:53.240 snaps on defense last year, seventy four on special teams, 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:56.440 and he made arguably for my money, the highlight real 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.760 play of the Dolphins season with that touchdown saving effort 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.240 in the win over Indianapolis. Eric Ebron, the tight end 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:05.760 tries to make the catch and he hasn't initially but 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.520 Parker stays with the play, continues to fight, continues to 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:10.600 show the effort, and took the ball right out of 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.760 Ebron's arms, as even the announcers on the play call 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:16.240 were confused by who actually had the football. Here is 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:19.160 the sound from Stephen Parker's interception against the Colts in 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:36.240 Week ten last year. Player over the middle, touchdown. Now, 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.679 let's see what the call is is the officials conferred 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:42.280 it's Stephen Parker who came away with the football. Well, 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:49.760 they're saying touchback, they're saying intersection. An interception. We were 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:52.559 talking to the Colts on Friday, as we get announced, 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:57.439 is an interception that results in a touchback. First of now, 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.360 and just watching the play again, you see Stephen Parker 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:03.120 has one arm in there on the football and he's 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.160 able to pull it away from Ebron as he hits 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:08.160 the ground, rolls over. Really good looking play there from 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.720 the Dolphins safety. Here's a quote from coach Flores, who 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:14.920 talked about Parker's acclamation after his September arrival. Quote, he 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.160 works really hard. He spent a lot of time with 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:19.760 our younger coaches getting up to speed on what we're doing. 0:11:19.960 --> 0:11:21.840 He's a lot more comfortable now than he was when 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:23.880 he got here. He's obviously played a little bit the 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.000 past couple of weeks, and I like what I've seen. 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.079 I like what I'm seeing in practice. Again, this is 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.760 another guy who football is important to him and he 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.679 wants to take advantage of his opportunities. I think he'll 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:36.199 do that in the safety room. Also another guy who's 0:11:36.240 --> 0:11:38.440 kind of a newcomer at the position, played a little 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:40.800 bit of everywhere without the course of his NFL career. 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.440 He is the most tenured player on the Dolphins defense 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:47.400 five accrued seasons, entering number six here in Miami, number 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:50.920 twenty eight. Bobby McCain out of Memphis, twenty seven years 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.600 old on opening Day. He was a team captain last year, 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.800 his first year in Brian Flores defense, and he selflessly 0:11:56.920 --> 0:12:00.239 made the switch from safe from cornerback rather to safety. 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:02.920 He had that team first mindset. He's a sure tackler, 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.480 good communication skills on the back end, and those will 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:07.960 always go a long way with coach Flores, who said quote, 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:09.880 I think Bobby can do a lot of things from 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:14.040 a communication standpoint, from a tackling standpoint, from a playmaking standpoint. 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.680 He's been very good so far. He's smart enough to 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.760 definitely move around. He can play corner, he can play safety, 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.599 he can play nickel, he can play a variety of positions. 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:24.520 He's a smart player and a guy who's made a 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.240 lot of plays in this league. We're looking forward to 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:30.200 working with him and over those five years with the Dolphins, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:33.600 Bobby McCain has three thousand, seventy one snaps on his resume. 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:37.000 He's made two eight tackles, nine for a loss. He 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:40.959 has fifty run stops, four sacks, six interceptions, and twenty 0:12:40.960 --> 0:12:44.360 five pass breakups in his Dolphins career. Up next here 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:47.840 rookie Brandon Jones out of Texas, number twenty nine. He'll 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.200 be twenty two years old on opening Day, and he 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.920 made a really unique request to all thirty two teams 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.959 last year, or rather earlier this year in the run 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:57.840 up to the draft. You guys probably know the story 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.199 by now. He was recovering from a shoulder nge ree 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.800 and unable to work out at the combine. He inquired 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:06.520 about each team's nineteen defensive film. He went back and 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.600 watched four games of every team, a hundred twenty eight 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.800 games of defensive film and put together a big binder 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:15.679 with all the notes. He made a hundred nine tackles 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.600 in his three seasons as a starter at Texas last year, 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.520 picked off two passes, broke up seven others. He made 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.520 four and a half tackles for a loss last year 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:25.960 with one sack and a forced fumble. And you watch 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.120 him on tape the way he's all when you watch 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:31.280 Texas play, He's always around the football. He's always getting 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:33.199 involved in the run game, in the passing game. You 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.280 always see him late to the pile if he is 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:37.800 on the other side of the football field, always pursuing, 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:40.480 always chasing, trying to get after the ball carriers. And 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.280 he plays all over the field on multiple units. He 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:46.000 has a blocked punt in his career returned touchdowns on 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:49.280 his resume. Played all over Texas special teams units, but 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:53.520 also everywhere on defense. Per Pro Football Focus, Jones played 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.120 two dred and eighty five snaps last season at free 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.959 safety one and fifty four and the box, but his 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.680 most frequent possition was in the slot, with three hundred 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:04.160 and seventy one snaps, so well versed in all three 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:07.080 of those spots. In total. In three years at Texas, 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.000 Jones played two thousand, three hundred and thirty three snaps, 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:12.360 with one thousand, two hundred and eighty five of those 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.760 plays coming in pass coverage. Chris Greer talked about what 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.120 the Dolphins saw in Brandon Jones when they made the 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.040 decision to draft the Texas Longhorn, saying, quote, it's his 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:24.280 whole game. He's a good football player. He's smart, he tackles, 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.840 he covers, he can play special teams. We met him 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.000 at the Senior Bowl, and the coaching staff and Brian 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.480 Flores felt really good about him. The more that we 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:33.880 got to spend time, they showed that thing about him 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:37.040 watching every team's defensive plays. He's a really good football 0:14:37.080 --> 0:14:39.880 player and an all around football player. The coaching staff 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:43.440 is always looking for. So Brandon Jones new Dolphins safety. Here, 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:47.280 another newcomer on the roster via free agency, number thirty five, 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.160 Formerly of the Dallas Cowboys, he went to Central Michigan, 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.360 going to be twenty six years old on opening day. 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.560 Cavon Frasier had four years there with the Cowboys, played 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.120 in forty four games in Dallas, started two of them 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:01.440 the teen season, and his career, he has sixty seven 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.560 tackles a sack of force fumble and made four tackles 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.120 for loss on four hundred and sixty one career defensive snaps. 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:10.800 He's built like a tank, six ft tall, two hundred 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:14.000 twenty pounds cut up a special team standout in college, 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:16.920 and that prowess continued into the professional ranks. He played 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.640 six hundred and thirty eight special teams reps over those 0:15:19.640 --> 0:15:22.880 four years in Dallas. His participation in that third phase 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.480 of the game as widespread hundred and fifty six on 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.840 kick return to twenty nine on kick coverage, hundred forty 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.560 punts punt return reps, and a hundred forty five on 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:34.280 punt coverage. He also has sixteen reps on field goal 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:37.800 block and he made seventeen tackles as a Cowboys special 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:41.320 teams ace up next number thirty six. Another in season 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:45.800 acquisition last year, Adrian Colbert, formerly of the University of Miami. 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.320 He'll be twenty six years old on opening Day. Has 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:51.640 three seasons in the NFL, entering number two here in Miami, 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:54.800 and he came in after Bobby McCain was lost for 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:58.200 the season with an injury and filled that free safety role. 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.040 Coming over from the Seattle Seahawks, practice squad. The former 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.680 Miami Hurricane stepped right in and contributed immediately. He played 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.080 sixty four snaps at free safety in the team's Week 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.960 thirteen come from behind when over the Eagles. That was 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.960 his second game with the team, already getting sixty four reps. 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.240 Learning quickly, he would go on to play four ten snaps, 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:18.680 three hundred and sixty one of those on defense, forty 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:22.200 nine on special teams. Started every of the five December 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.160 Dolphins games last year, made twenty two tackles, broke up 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.720 two more, and he showed the range and closing speed 0:16:27.720 --> 0:16:30.320 to play free safety. He can get sidelined the sideline 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:33.600 back on that back end playing that free roaming safety position, 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:37.000 and Flores was impressed with Colbert's energy and as well 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:40.520 as his ability to acclimate to the defense quickly, saying quote, 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:42.000 he brings a lot of energy on a day to 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:45.080 day basis. He's got some leadership qualities. He's been here 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.040 for three weeks and it feels like he's been here 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:49.840 all year. He's smart, He's a really good teammate. It's 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:53.520 important to him. He works extremely hard from a preparation standpoint. 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:57.080 He's here early, stays late, trying to get the information correct. 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.800 He's a guy who brings people together. It's been good 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:03.720 having him and Quote and finishing out our safety position preview. 0:17:03.760 --> 0:17:07.040 Here is another newcomer of free agent from the Cincinnati Bengals, 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:11.040 Clayton Federalum four crude seasons, first in Miami, now number 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:13.720 forty two out of Illinois. He too, will be twenty 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.919 seven years old on opening Day. Another captain on the 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.840 Bengal special teams unit. Last year they ranked six on 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:22.760 Pro Football Focus and he was the captain of that unit, 0:17:22.920 --> 0:17:25.199 and he bawled out in the kicking, coverage and units 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.280 of that Bengals special teams group. He played one thousand, 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:32.159 four hundred thirty five career snaps on special teams and 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:35.600 his fourteen tackles on that unit in seventeen alone was 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:39.040 second in the entire National Football League and his average 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:42.159 career special teams grade at Pro Football Focus is seventy 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:44.920 three point seven. Right there in that nice green territory. 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:47.920 He has six hundred ninety four career snaps on defense 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.520 on his resume, two hundred seventy eight against the run, 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.919 three two and coverage. He has six quarterback pressures on 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:57.000 twenty four pass rush reps, fifteen run stops and a 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:59.720 passer rating against of just eighty one point three. He 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:02.439 i'll so had a big fumble return for a touchdown 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.520 against the Colts back on Week one. This is a 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:07.520 guy that's gonna be a sound tackler for you. You You 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:09.639 can play with those sub packages on defense and let 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.600 him just rally and tackle and get guys to the ground. Again, 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.480 you see that on special teams in open space on defense, 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.240 a physical player that loves to play a hundred miles 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.040 an hour and get out there and wrap up guys 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:22.120 and bring them to the ground. So those are your safeties, 0:18:22.240 --> 0:18:24.919 your Miami Dolphins safety group. Again. That's every player on 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.199 the roster now except for the specialist. We'll get to 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:29.240 them on Friday. Let's go ahead now and play some 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:31.720 audio from an interview I did a while back with 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:36.080 Dolphins rookie safety Brandon Jones and writing Shotgun here on 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:39.639 the Drive Time podcast is Dolphins rookie safety Brandon Jones 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:41.720 and Brandon First, I want to just start here and 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:44.560 ask you about this off season and how different it 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:46.920 has been for you as from a player's perspective and 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:50.119 kind of dealing with the virtual offseason all the adjustments 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.000 you've had to made. What's it been like for you 0:18:52.119 --> 0:18:56.400 this offseason. It's been a lot different. Um, still being 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:59.760 able to see phases, spaces. I think that's a big thing, 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:02.000 just getting to know your teammates so you kind of 0:19:02.680 --> 0:19:04.800 you know, you can put a pace to the voice 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:08.680 that you hear throughout meetings. It's a lot different, especially 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.439 for the type of person I am. Just when it 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:16.040 comes to overall learning new things, I'm big on going 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.439 through walk through is actually seeing stuff in person. It 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:21.639 helps me kind of you know, keep my cost to 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:24.560 stand there and just helps me learn a lot easier. 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:28.160 So it's it's been a challenge for the most part. 0:19:28.600 --> 0:19:31.080 It's kind of weird to say that this is our 0:19:31.200 --> 0:19:34.359 normal now, you know, and you never would expect to 0:19:34.400 --> 0:19:37.600 be in virtual meetings throughout the whole offseason. But we 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:39.800 definitely as a team, I think we made the best 0:19:39.840 --> 0:19:43.080 of it. Um, I'm still being able to you know, 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:45.960 have have and make relationships with a lot of the 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:48.000 guys on the team. Which, yeah, it's just with these 0:19:48.000 --> 0:19:49.680