Speaker 1: Factors. What a win for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow,
Speaker 1: What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast,
Speaker 1: part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins each and every day. What's going on everybody?
Speaker 1: I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to
Speaker 1: bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And
Speaker 1: on today's show, it is day three of the NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: That's it, that's a wrap is in the books. We're
Speaker 1: gonna break down each of these new rookies coming to
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins here on the Sunday edition, the April
Speaker 1: edition of the Drivetime Podcast. Dolphins and things got started
Speaker 1: early on Saturday morning for me out west, early in
Speaker 1: the afternoon for you guys out on the East coast.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins traded up with the pick they got from
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers on night number one. When the
Speaker 1: Packers came up to get Jordan Love, the Dolphins go
Speaker 1: back to number thirty and get Noah Igbanogeny. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: use pick one thirty six coming over from Green Bay,
Speaker 1: and pick one that was already in Miami with the
Speaker 1: comp pick for Juwan James. Both those picks. They used
Speaker 1: to go up to number one eleven and take Georgia
Speaker 1: offensive lineman Solomon Kinley. And Kinley was nicknamed the big
Speaker 1: Fish because he was a lifeguard in high school, spending
Speaker 1: those summer days at the swimming pool. And this three
Speaker 1: hundred thirty six pound man is not your average lifeguard.
Speaker 1: And Kindley said so himself on the Drivetime podcast the
Speaker 1: interview portion, which of course accompanies this Day three podcast quote,
Speaker 1: every time anybody came to the pool that didn't expect
Speaker 1: me to be a lifeguard, he said. He did save
Speaker 1: a kid one time who slipped on the bottom of
Speaker 1: the pool while he was giving swim lessons, but other
Speaker 1: than that, it was a great experience. End quote. So
Speaker 1: the man nicknamed the big Fish is the one d
Speaker 1: and eleventh pick to your Miami Dolphins. As a multi
Speaker 1: sport athlete, not only does he spend time in the
Speaker 1: swimming pool, he plays a lot of basketball as well,
Speaker 1: which he said he's gonna bring his a game to
Speaker 1: South Florida in that regard. But also a mountain of
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman, three thirty six pounds, physical and tough
Speaker 1: as all get out, adding to the theme of big,
Speaker 1: physical mean nasty offensive lineman. The Dolphins have now added
Speaker 1: in Solomon Kinley, in Robert Hunt, in Eric Flowers. All
Speaker 1: these additions are big guys that can move people off
Speaker 1: the football. Definitely a theme building in South Florida, and
Speaker 1: last year at training camp, Brian Flores is first in Miami.
Speaker 1: It was all about tackling, blocking, defeating blocks, getting the
Speaker 1: fundamentals of the game down. And he talks about wanting
Speaker 1: to be more physical upfront. So you can see the
Speaker 1: effort to make this team more physical on the offensive line,
Speaker 1: and that big frame affords Kindley a lot of power
Speaker 1: and drive at the point of attack, but the sheer
Speaker 1: density he has helps him in pass protection as well,
Speaker 1: and scouts rave about his ability to drop the anchor
Speaker 1: and hold up against bull rushes and basically hold that
Speaker 1: line up front with very minimal movement. You're not gonna
Speaker 1: walk this guy back on a bull rush. Lance Zerline
Speaker 1: notes that and Kindley's toughness and the fact that he's
Speaker 1: looking to engage in a three hour fight every single
Speaker 1: Sunday or I guess Saturday, but now Sunday as he
Speaker 1: is a Miami Dolphin. This from Zerline quote nasty guard
Speaker 1: who lives in scrap mode, looking for fights inside a
Speaker 1: relatively small phone booth. Kindley has the frame of a
Speaker 1: powerful guard. He's a mahler with enough finesse to get
Speaker 1: some reach and cut off blocks. The size and toughness
Speaker 1: are great end quote and Kinley played on the right
Speaker 1: side of the line early in his career, but moved
Speaker 1: to left guard in ten, where he started each of
Speaker 1: the last two seasons. Kiley played two thousand and five
Speaker 1: snaps in his three year career there at Georgia. Three
Speaker 1: years of playing time at Georgia, he allowed just four
Speaker 1: sacks and fourteen hurries on nine and one pass blocking reps,
Speaker 1: a very good percentage they're holding up in pass pro.
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus lead draft analyst Mike Renner notes Kiley's
Speaker 1: adept ability at combo blocks and double teams shoulder to shoulder,
Speaker 1: foot to foot drive those guys off the ball. Quote.
Speaker 1: One of the best combo blockers in the country. Stays
Speaker 1: under control, working to the second level. He has a
Speaker 1: deadening punch and pass pro that stops defensive tackles in
Speaker 1: their tracks. He talks linebackers with ease because of legit
Speaker 1: upper body strength and quote. He was born in Duval.
Speaker 1: He has family in Miami, so the transition coming down
Speaker 1: to South Florida going to be an easy one for
Speaker 1: the big Fish. And here's what Kiley told me. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins are getting in the big offensive lineman quote, the
Speaker 1: Dolphins are getting a hard worker. They're getting a person
Speaker 1: that's going to do whatever it takes to get on
Speaker 1: the field, whatever it takes in the locker room, to
Speaker 1: become the best player I can become. They're getting a
Speaker 1: great leader, a person off the field that keeps everything
Speaker 1: under control, and a good character that's going to try
Speaker 1: to help the community as much as I can. Welcome
Speaker 1: to Miami. Solomon Kinley and the Dolphins dealt the one
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty third pick in the draft for San
Speaker 1: Francisco running back Matt Brita. We'll talk more about him
Speaker 1: on a future podcast. As we get now back into
Speaker 1: the draft, we'll go ahead and pick it up with
Speaker 1: Jason Strowbridge, the dolphins one four selection in the fifth
Speaker 1: round on Saturday. And Strowbridge really caught my eye initially
Speaker 1: at the Senior Bowl because he was doing multiple things
Speaker 1: and terms of how he rushed the quarterback there from
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia's defense with his Senior Bowl squad, and you
Speaker 1: saw the length and the versatility to go ahead and
Speaker 1: cross face and work as a stunter or a slanter
Speaker 1: or running on twist on the defensive line. Those long arms,
Speaker 1: those heavy hands, and that was what Jason Strowbridge talked
Speaker 1: to us about initially when we interviewed him on the
Speaker 1: Drivetime podcast. Again, check out the accompanying podcast with this
Speaker 1: that went up on yesterday's edition, the interview edition of
Speaker 1: the Drivetime Podcast. And he told me that versatility was
Speaker 1: just his number one overall trade. The number one pick
Speaker 1: in the draft stands six ft four to seventy five.
Speaker 1: He went to Deerfield High School down here in South Florida,
Speaker 1: only forty minutes from the stadium. He was a fan
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins growing up going to the stadium, and
Speaker 1: now he says it's a blessing to come back home
Speaker 1: and play for his hometown team. I mentioned the heavy hands.
Speaker 1: You see that showcased in and out every single tape
Speaker 1: you watch of his at North Carolina. He also has
Speaker 1: the two gap ability to go ahead and stack and
Speaker 1: shed and work off the blocks. That way the position versatility,
Speaker 1: and it's the type of character and leader the Dolphins
Speaker 1: covet in the locker room. His college defensive line coach
Speaker 1: had this to say, Tim Cross, that is about his
Speaker 1: star pupil. What stands out most about Strowbridge since I've
Speaker 1: met him is his work ethic. It's unbelievable, very coachable,
Speaker 1: young man, super quick, really wants to learn and get
Speaker 1: better every single day. He leads by example, not real loud,
Speaker 1: but leads by example, works his tail off, tries to
Speaker 1: get better at some aspect of his game every single day.
Speaker 1: You could say, each and every day. He's strong, he's twitchy,
Speaker 1: he has pass rush ability, he's tough with his hands.
Speaker 1: He's a tough kid and quote and Strowbridge did line
Speaker 1: up all over the North Carolina defensive line last year.
Speaker 1: He played two hundred and eighty three snaps in the
Speaker 1: B gap to seventy two over the tackle as the
Speaker 1: four technique and one hundred and eleven outside of the
Speaker 1: tackle and the twenty three reps in the A gap.
Speaker 1: According to Pro Football Focus, he also had eight reps
Speaker 1: as an off ball linebacker a stand up linebacker in
Speaker 1: that defense. For the tar Heels. His production was consistent
Speaker 1: across the last two season ten sacks total, forty three
Speaker 1: run stops. Those are tackles made within two yards of
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and two thousand, eighteen two thousand,
Speaker 1: nineteen combined. During his three years on the field at
Speaker 1: North Carolina, Strode Bridge played one thousand, seven hundred twenty
Speaker 1: eight snaps and Pro Football Focus lead draft analyst Mike
Speaker 1: Renner loves strode Bridge's ability to hold the edge against
Speaker 1: the run quote. Hill fit teams in need of base
Speaker 1: run stuffing one hand was often enough to bring down
Speaker 1: running backs because of legit grip strength and this is
Speaker 1: me talking now. The grip strength really helps guys lock
Speaker 1: out and hold out in that too gap attack. Back
Speaker 1: to Mike Renner, a classic three four two gapping defensive
Speaker 1: end build with a large tackle radius and the ability
Speaker 1: to stack, shed and make plays against the run. Gifted
Speaker 1: quickness for a big fella that can get by the
Speaker 1: offensive line, and a blink on stunts and slants end quote.
Speaker 1: And even at two seventy five, Strode Bridge's quick feet
Speaker 1: and athletic ability really showed up during his on field
Speaker 1: work at the NFL scouting Combine, where Strode Bridge ran
Speaker 1: really impressive times. Are crossed all speed and agility metrics.
Speaker 1: He ranked better than the nine percent tile in his
Speaker 1: forty yard dash, twenty yard shuttle, and broad jump. It
Speaker 1: was a four point eight nine forty a four point
Speaker 1: three seven twenty yard shuttle, and one thirteen on the
Speaker 1: broad jump and pressed it for a man that size.
Speaker 1: He was also better than the seventy five percent tile
Speaker 1: in both his ten yards split three cone as well
Speaker 1: as his vertical jump. The ten yards split was one
Speaker 1: seven two. That really helps measure how fast they get
Speaker 1: off the snap. The three cone time change in direction,
Speaker 1: ability to stunt, cross face and twists and do stuff
Speaker 1: like that seven point four five seconds, and vertical thirty
Speaker 1: one inches. The explosion in the lower half their NFL
Speaker 1: dot COM's lance zero line notes several traits the Dolphins
Speaker 1: defensive line coach Mary and Hobby has spoken about as
Speaker 1: staples of this Dolphins defensive line up front here in Miami.
Speaker 1: This from zero Line quote Strowbridge will give opponents a
Speaker 1: physical challenge with good length, toughness, and hand usage at
Speaker 1: the point of attack. He flashed at the Senior Bowl
Speaker 1: and has upside as a reduced rusher in an even
Speaker 1: front on path sing downs end quote, and we're gonna
Speaker 1: come back at the end of these recaps of these
Speaker 1: players and talk about the singular vision of the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins and recap the entire weekend and staying in that vein,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins do trade up again on the third day
Speaker 1: of this draft, as the Dolphins go back up the
Speaker 1: board to find the guys they want for their system,
Speaker 1: and my goodness that they execute that by getting both
Speaker 1: of these guys in Jason Strowbridge and the next pick
Speaker 1: number one six overall. And it costs Miami picks one
Speaker 1: seventy three, of course to pick the trade up and
Speaker 1: go get him and a seventh round draft choice at
Speaker 1: two twenty seven, So a low price to pay to
Speaker 1: go get a guy who was really a production machine
Speaker 1: out in the Mountain West. Being a West Coast guy
Speaker 1: out here, I get a chance to watch those games
Speaker 1: late at night, to go into midnight one am out
Speaker 1: here on the West Coast, way too late for you
Speaker 1: guys on the East Coast. But he departs the Boise
Speaker 1: State Blue turf and brings his talents to South Beach
Speaker 1: with impressive measurements across any statue you want to throw
Speaker 1: out there, they jump off the page, regardless if it's
Speaker 1: counting stats or if it's analytics, advanced metrics, whatever you
Speaker 1: want to say. Curtis ever got the job done at
Speaker 1: Boise State. He played one thousand, seven hundred eighty snaps
Speaker 1: in three years. There are Boise State picking up thirty
Speaker 1: eight sacks in the process. That's the most Mountain West history.
Speaker 1: His pass rushing put quarterbacks in constant peril as he
Speaker 1: logged sixty two total pressures over those last two seasons.
Speaker 1: His Pro Football Focus grade. We talked about ninety being
Speaker 1: in the blue for the elite his last two years
Speaker 1: one and one point three. It's just difficult to envision
Speaker 1: a six ft two, two hundred and sixty five pound
Speaker 1: defensive lineman really carrying a childlike demeanor. And if you
Speaker 1: heard the interview podcast on the Drivetime episode talking to
Speaker 1: each of these day three picks, you heard him talk
Speaker 1: about this. But this guy is very Christian Wilkins like
Speaker 1: in his personality, being a big, fun guy to be around.
Speaker 1: He had some teammates make some comments about him. From
Speaker 1: a piece written on the Athletic, this one from safety
Speaker 1: DeAndre appears he's just a big kid and quote there
Speaker 1: and then this one from Chris Hatada, fellow defensive ent.
Speaker 1: You just called him a goofball and one word, and
Speaker 1: don't mistake Weaver for any funny business on the football field.
Speaker 1: Once he crosses the line, he turns it on. You're
Speaker 1: gonna get goofy, Curtis. But once we're between the lines,
Speaker 1: strap on the helmet. It's gonna be a long day.
Speaker 1: Weaver said that the Boise coaches appreciate the on field
Speaker 1: demeanor and the production he brought to the Broncos football team,
Speaker 1: starting with a defensive line coach and Spencer Danielson quote,
Speaker 1: it's the craziest thing I've ever seen to watch Weavers
Speaker 1: shift in personality the second competitions on the table, and
Speaker 1: then after that he goes right back to normal end quote.
Speaker 1: A wild trade to have for a human being. He
Speaker 1: can flip that switch, and Boise States d C. Jeff
Speaker 1: Schmidting acknowledged that switch, but also detailed Weaver's leadership and
Speaker 1: football acumen for playing the position playing defense because he
Speaker 1: always wanted to know why and always learned why the
Speaker 1: structure behind the Broncos defense quote. Everyone talks about him
Speaker 1: joking around and then what he does on the field,
Speaker 1: but he's got a lot of leadership qualities. Schmitting said.
Speaker 1: The thing that people don't talk about is how smart
Speaker 1: of a football player he is. As a coach, you've
Speaker 1: got to make sure you challenge him in the room.
Speaker 1: He can tell you what everyone on defense does. He
Speaker 1: can make all the secondary chat do all those things
Speaker 1: and quote. And on the field, Weaver comes equipped with
Speaker 1: plenty of promising traits both as a rusher and run defender.
Speaker 1: This from NFL dot COM's Lanzerline, who notes the athletic
Speaker 1: ability and football i Q and his report quote, Weaver
Speaker 1: is naturally instinctive counter rusher who uses synchronized hands and
Speaker 1: feet to attack both inside and outside edges. As a rusher,
Speaker 1: he plays with football intelligence. His hands and feet work
Speaker 1: in unison, and he plays past blockers with his eyes
Speaker 1: and quote and what that means. Playing past blockers with
Speaker 1: his eyes means that he can stand up and lock
Speaker 1: out and key and diagnose the play while he's being
Speaker 1: engaged physically. It's a tough trait to do because you
Speaker 1: have to keep your mind right while you're getting the
Speaker 1: job done physically. And he notes that Weaver can do
Speaker 1: that very well, and that slippery arsenal of moves and
Speaker 1: play recognition didn't just produce sacks for Weaver at Boise State.
Speaker 1: He was a regular in the backfield against the run
Speaker 1: as well, with heavy hands, balance and body control and
Speaker 1: enough power to collapse the edge to dent the edge
Speaker 1: in the running game. We've racked up forty and a
Speaker 1: half tackles for loss in three years they are at
Speaker 1: Boise State. Just unreal production. And he added to that
Speaker 1: with a pair of interceptions, seventy two total tackles, three
Speaker 1: force fumbles, and six passes about a down. He was
Speaker 1: named an All American on CBS sports dot com. So
Speaker 1: Weaver brings production, scheme, fit, athletic ability, to gap ability, versatility,
Speaker 1: all that fun stuff. He and Jason Strowbridge round out
Speaker 1: a nice defensive line edition this weekend, joining ray Kwon
Speaker 1: Davis and of course Christian Wilkins, Devon Gottchaw and the
Speaker 1: rest of the boys on the Dolphins roster. And then
Speaker 1: we come back here in the sixth round, the lone
Speaker 1: sixth round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins, number one
Speaker 1: eight four overall in the NFL Draft. The Dolphins go
Speaker 1: after a long snapper and a national champion in l
Speaker 1: s U Tigers, Blake Ferguson. He was the first long
Speaker 1: snapper in l s U history to be named a
Speaker 1: permanent team captain, and he also won the David Been
Speaker 1: Award last year for the nation's best long snapper for
Speaker 1: the Ferguson's long snapping is in the family business. Blake Ferguson,
Speaker 1: now with the Dolphins, will have a chance to play
Speaker 1: against his brother, Read Ferguson of the buffal Lo Bills
Speaker 1: two times every year. And my fellow podcasting buddy in
Speaker 1: the industry, Chris Krueger of the Rock Pile Report podcast,
Speaker 1: happens to know Blake's brother up in Buffalo. He told
Speaker 1: me to ask Blake about the nickname Hype City, and
Speaker 1: I asked him that on the Drivetime Interview podcast, which
Speaker 1: of course you can check out up live right now
Speaker 1: on Apple Spotify where you get your podcast from. I
Speaker 1: asked him that question. He busted up laughing almost instantly.
Speaker 1: He said, quote, that's a nickname I was given by
Speaker 1: Reeds folks up in Buffalo. I'm naturally an excited, hyped
Speaker 1: up football player. That were pictures of me on the
Speaker 1: sideline at l s U where I'd be yelling, screaming,
Speaker 1: having a good time and just excited. That's probably one
Speaker 1: that I'll take with me for a long time. And quote.
Speaker 1: He goes six ft three, two nine pounds. He's a
Speaker 1: Georgia native, and he did go through the on field
Speaker 1: drills at the scouting Combine this year in Indianapolis, and
Speaker 1: he popped some athletic ability at that workout. He ran
Speaker 1: a five oh seven forty yard dash and posted thirty
Speaker 1: one and one and twelve inches in the vertical and
Speaker 1: broad jumps, respectively. But it was his snapping that may
Speaker 1: to him the first player off the board at his position.
Speaker 1: According to Lance Zerline quote, one of the top long
Speaker 1: snappers in the country. Ferguson has a shot at following
Speaker 1: his brother into the pros. Four year long snapper and
Speaker 1: team captain. Exceptional character for locker room or community events,
Speaker 1: able to hit perfect laces at frequent clips, rockets it
Speaker 1: to the holder or punter without much hitch, repeatable rather
Speaker 1: placement for field goal snaps and quote and Ferguson talking
Speaker 1: about that community leadership. He graduated l s U. S.
Speaker 1: Floras NBA program, not Brian Flora's obviously, which is designed
Speaker 1: to help students develop leadership skills in a professional setting.
Speaker 1: This is what he had to say about that quote.
Speaker 1: In the Flora's NBA program, you work in teams for
Speaker 1: the majority of the classes, so to be able to
Speaker 1: understand how to effectively operate in a team and a
Speaker 1: team situation, and to be a leader in a group
Speaker 1: of people. That's a direct parallel to going onto the
Speaker 1: football field and being a leader with a group of guys.
Speaker 1: I think that I've been able to take that and
Speaker 1: carry it over to what I do on the football field.
Speaker 1: End quote. And the fine old draft pick of the
Speaker 1: NFL Draft for your Miami Dolphins comes in round number seven,
Speaker 1: pick to overall. It is a quarterback slash running back,
Speaker 1: slash wide receiver, slash special teamer, Malcolm Perry out of Navy.
Speaker 1: He really did multiple things there during his time at
Speaker 1: the Naval Academy and for the Midshipman. This last season
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen was by far his best. He was
Speaker 1: the a a C Offensive Player of the Year, playing
Speaker 1: all over the field, and he arrives in Miami with
Speaker 1: a broad scope of potential jobs he could fulfill for
Speaker 1: the Dolphins. And we know by now that versatility has
Speaker 1: been the theme of the on field criteria for the
Speaker 1: off season of both Chris Greer and Brian Flores. But
Speaker 1: that's not the only box that Perry checks. This quote
Speaker 1: comes from NFL dot COM's Lancer Line talking about Perry's
Speaker 1: character and what he brings to the locker room to
Speaker 1: the football field. Quote. When a prospect starts off with
Speaker 1: traits like tough, smart, and highly competitive, they're off to
Speaker 1: a good start with important intangibles. Perry was elected by
Speaker 1: teammates to the highly regarded team captain there at Navy.
Speaker 1: Has some slot receiver experience, hands catcher, low center of gravity,
Speaker 1: enhances change of direction, stick and go wiggle to make
Speaker 1: the first tackler miss, and twenty career kick returns averaging
Speaker 1: twenty four point six yards per return and quote. And
Speaker 1: Perry told us on the Dolphins media availability that he
Speaker 1: spent the most time in the draft process talking to
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots and though he did produce all
Speaker 1: over the field throughout his four year career, twenty nine
Speaker 1: team was by far his best. Over the course of
Speaker 1: four years at Navy. He rushed for four thousand, three
Speaker 1: hundred fifty nine yards. He added another four seventy as
Speaker 1: a receiver, averaging twenty one point four yards per reception.
Speaker 1: He scored forty three scrimmage touchdowns and through for ten more,
Speaker 1: as well as one thousand, three hundred eleven yards through
Speaker 1: the air, averaging eleven point three yards per attempt. And
Speaker 1: even with the decorated stat sheet, Perry acknowledges the need
Speaker 1: to contribute on special teams. He played on both returns
Speaker 1: teams at Navy and to spending the off season working
Speaker 1: on his skill set on that side of the ball.
Speaker 1: This quote from the Drivetime podcast interview portion with Malcolm Perry.
Speaker 1: I'm extremely comfortable playing special teams, he said. I knew
Speaker 1: coming into the draft that would be a big role
Speaker 1: for me, and it's something I've been practicing. I'm lucky
Speaker 1: enough to have some experience in college with special teams.
Speaker 1: End quote. Back to that twenty nine production where he
Speaker 1: was just off the charts, good on the stat sheet,
Speaker 1: he talks about what he had to do finishing up
Speaker 1: the teen season wanting to come back as a more
Speaker 1: complete player. Quote, I had to become a more complete player.
Speaker 1: I had to increase my knowledge of the offense. I
Speaker 1: had to get better at throwing the football. I had
Speaker 1: to become a better leader, Perry says via Navy Sports
Speaker 1: dot Com. And Perry, he got better, a lot better.
Speaker 1: He joined Navy alum Keenan Reynolds as the only midshipman
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to rush for a thousand yards and three separate seasons,
Speaker 1: and he did it in emphatic fashion. Perry ran for
Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen yards last year, including three hundred and
Speaker 1: four yards and two scores in the triumphant win over
Speaker 1: Army after Navy had their streak in that game snapped
Speaker 1: last season. Quote. I've watched Malcolm Perry his whole career.
Speaker 1: Keenan Reynolds said, his maturity level has really stood out
Speaker 1: this year. I'm proud of him and the way he's
Speaker 1: grown end quote. And Perry grew up in a military family.
Speaker 1: He was the first to attend an academy and the
Speaker 1: first to enlist in the Navy, as Perry's parents were
Speaker 1: both Army vets, and his mother, Bonnie Perry talked about
Speaker 1: the comparison between he and her and their personality. Quote,
Speaker 1: Malcolm is a lot like me. I don't do well
Speaker 1: around unruly, undisciplined people. He was always talking about joining
Speaker 1: the army as a kid. End quote. Now a Miami Dolphin,
Speaker 1: Perry really embodies the prerequisites to play his professional football
Speaker 1: under Brian Flora's in South Florida. This quote, my parents
Speaker 1: taught me to work hard and to be humble. I've
Speaker 1: gotten to the point where I've learned to accept the attention,
Speaker 1: but it's not something that I want to bathe in.
Speaker 1: I'd rather not have it. End quote. And the Dolphins
Speaker 1: flipped the final pick in the draft, the seventh rounder,
Speaker 1: number two fifty one overall for an additional pick, and
Speaker 1: the sixth round, giving us ten total picks in and
Speaker 1: with that, our NFL draft is in the rear view mirror.
Speaker 1: And how great was that to be able to put
Speaker 1: us side real life for a few days and just
Speaker 1: enjoy adding talent to this Dolphins roster. It was a long,
Speaker 1: chaotic and exhausting as hell weekend for me out here,
Speaker 1: but so so so damn rewarding. What a blessing this is, ma'am,
Speaker 1: to get to do this, And thank you all for
Speaker 1: hanging out with me on these shows and reading the website,
Speaker 1: checking out the video content. Our socials. We work very
Speaker 1: hard on that stuff, and we appreciate you guys checking
Speaker 1: it out with us. There is nothing personally I'd rather
Speaker 1: be doing than bringing this information to Dolphins fans everywhere.
Speaker 1: And I bet you thought that's where I'd sign off.
Speaker 1: Huh wrong. I want to talk about something that really
Speaker 1: really started developing well when the Dolphins hired Brian Flores
Speaker 1: and attached he and Chris Greer at the hip back
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen. From the start, the message was about
Speaker 1: being aligned in that vision, about creating a criteria for
Speaker 1: what it takes to be a Miami Dolphins player. Smart, tough, discipline,
Speaker 1: guys that are willing to make sacrifices, guys who prioritize football,
Speaker 1: guys who love the game, guys that want to win.
Speaker 1: And we're gonna circle back to that here in just
Speaker 1: a moment. But it's not just the character profile we're
Speaker 1: talking about here. We're talking about the vision on the
Speaker 1: field itself. We know that Brian Flores defense is multiple.
Speaker 1: We saw it last year. We've seen it with where
Speaker 1: he was in the past in his football background, even
Speaker 1: fronts odd fronts players that can rush the edge one
Speaker 1: down and drop off the ball and coverage the next,
Speaker 1: Guys that can play the nose in every spot from
Speaker 1: there between the nose, tackle and five TEG and seven
Speaker 1: tech out wide all across the defensive line. A secondary
Speaker 1: driven defense that wants to play a lot of man
Speaker 1: coverage and get up in guys faces. Cornerbacks that are physical,
Speaker 1: long that can run, Safeties that can come down and
Speaker 1: cover and match up, and Marry and Hobby upfront. Talked
Speaker 1: about his players that use their eyes and key the
Speaker 1: play hands and eyes. He talked about heavy hands at
Speaker 1: camp last season. On the offensive side. We saw it
Speaker 1: in training camp last year as well. The insistence that
Speaker 1: we're gonna do things the right way. We're gonna be
Speaker 1: fundamentally sound, and we're gonna drill the hell out of
Speaker 1: those very core traits that make football teams better, whether
Speaker 1: it's the pros, college, high school, or Pop warner. In camp,
Speaker 1: we saw team drills come together for a period and
Speaker 1: then it was right back to drilling in those fundamentals ball, security, blocking,
Speaker 1: defeating blocks, tackling the core components of the game of football,
Speaker 1: and with flows desire to be a physical team. He
Speaker 1: talked about the addition of a fullback last year as
Speaker 1: a way of making things tougher on the defense because
Speaker 1: he knows as a former linebacker how tough it can
Speaker 1: be to deal with that physicality. And then now we
Speaker 1: come back this year and sign a three hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty pound guard, and Eric Flowers, we drafted three hundred
Speaker 1: twenty five pounder, and Robert Hunt. We picked up a
Speaker 1: three hundred thirty five pounder on Saturday, and Solomon Kinley
Speaker 1: on the offensive line. At quarterback. Flores has talked at
Speaker 1: various points about the it factor, about accuracy and mobility
Speaker 1: and above all, the way that guy leads the huddle, etiquette,
Speaker 1: the gravitational poll in the locker room, that galvanizing effect
Speaker 1: in Miami's first pick number five overall to a tongue
Speaker 1: Vloa defines those traits and the starting quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick,
Speaker 1: he also defines those traits, had a bunch of rushing
Speaker 1: yards last year. Escape of ability through with precision brought
Speaker 1: the entire locker room together one five of the final
Speaker 1: nine games. So with those principles, both on the field
Speaker 1: and off the field, the Dolphins have been so singular
Speaker 1: and so focused on defining that vision and making moves
Speaker 1: to reinforce those core beliefs of Brian Flores. You have
Speaker 1: to give a huge kudos to Chris Career, Marvin Allen,
Speaker 1: Reggie Mackenzie, the entire coaching staff, the entire scouting staff,
Speaker 1: everybody involved with this process. The plan has been so
Speaker 1: clear and everything they do adds another layer of proof
Speaker 1: that they're gonna build this thing through that vision. Strowbridge
Speaker 1: and Weaver both guys that can play multiple spots, cross face,
Speaker 1: stunt and twist. Ray Kwon Davis a huge player with
Speaker 1: major explosiveness and that position versatility. Shack Lawson and Emmanuel
Speaker 1: Ogba are as heavy handed as they come, and they
Speaker 1: have the length and can set the edge on any
Speaker 1: given running down. Kyle Van Nou plays every freaking position
Speaker 1: at linebacker. Byron Jones had played at Pro Bowl levels
Speaker 1: both at corner and safety and his career no monogamy.
Speaker 1: Can play slot, he can play outside, he can come
Speaker 1: down in the box. Brandon Jones the exact same story,
Speaker 1: a four down player on special teams as well. Combu
Speaker 1: Gruge a hill can do multiple things on your defense.
Speaker 1: He also plays special teams. Flow talks about the importance
Speaker 1: of special teams and his players reinforced that. To Clayton
Speaker 1: Federalum in that regard is an ace on special teams.
Speaker 1: All these interviews, these guys talked about how they just
Speaker 1: want to get to work and they don't really do
Speaker 1: much when they aren't playing football. I asked every single
Speaker 1: one of them, what do you do on your day off?
Speaker 1: And they said, I go fishing or I pretty much
Speaker 1: stay at home and watch Netflix and just hang out.
Speaker 1: That tells me that football is the number one priority. Smart, tough, disciplined, versatile,
Speaker 1: willing to sacrifice, guys that want to win. They continue
Speaker 1: to check these boxes that satisfy that criteria. And as
Speaker 1: Flow said back in twenty nineteen at his introduction press conference,
Speaker 1: I told these guys I wasn't interested in a job
Speaker 1: where we weren't all aligned in our vision. And that
Speaker 1: was a paraphrase of Flora's quote. Well, this vision is
Speaker 1: as clearly defined mind as you're gonna find, and it's
Speaker 1: certainly aligned. And with all those rhymes, the only thing
Speaker 1: left to do is to go out and prove it
Speaker 1: on the football field. We haven't done anything yet. That's
Speaker 1: certainly going to be the message. But the commitment to
Speaker 1: the plan, I don't know how that doesn't excite the
Speaker 1: hell out of you if you're a fan of the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. Alright, Draft weekend is a rap. We're gonna
Speaker 1: come back next week on the podcast and get more
Speaker 1: into the film on these guys. I plan to really
Speaker 1: just digest all the tape and give you more notes
Speaker 1: on their play, what they can do on the field,
Speaker 1: some specific plays maybe you can check out on YouTube
Speaker 1: or otherwise. We'll talk about Matt Brita, the Dolphins new
Speaker 1: running back they traded for in the fifth round on
Speaker 1: the draft on Saturday. Plenty to come here on the
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