Speaker 1: Look down, Miami quarter n What is up? Dolphins? And
Speaker 1: welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's
Speaker 1: it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and
Speaker 1: I'm here to bring you your daily dose as it
Speaker 1: has been lately of Miami Dolphins football each and every day.
Speaker 1: And on today's show, we're gonna cover Day three of
Speaker 1: the draft. We're gonna get to know Laurnel Coleman and
Speaker 1: Jared Doakes, the running back out of Cincinnati and the
Speaker 1: offensive tackle out of you Mass Dolphins trade out of
Speaker 1: the fifth round pick up additional draft capitol next season,
Speaker 1: we'll cover that. We're also going to cover the media
Speaker 1: from Day two with coach Flores and with Chris Greer
Speaker 1: as well as Javon Holland, Liam Eichenberg and Hunter Long
Speaker 1: the tight end out of Boston College to wrap up
Speaker 1: the media for Day two. All of that and more
Speaker 1: on this edition of the Drive Time Podcast. Another busy
Speaker 1: day ahead of us here on the podcast. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead on this Day three recap podcast, just as we
Speaker 1: did on Day two with the previous day's media availability.
Speaker 1: To start this thing off here with the question I
Speaker 1: asked for Chris Greer and Brian Flora's regarding Javon Holland
Speaker 1: and his playmaking ability. Chris answered the question first, and
Speaker 1: then Coach Flora's gave us a follow up. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: a very smart, instinctive football player, has been a very
Speaker 1: productive player. You know, he's also been a punt returner.
Speaker 1: There was you know, we talked about too, But at
Speaker 1: the end of the day, this guy just has a
Speaker 1: nose for the football. But it was his football intelligence
Speaker 1: and getting to know the kid that stood out as well.
Speaker 1: And so you know, um, I think for us, you know,
Speaker 1: going through this with Brian and so we're really excited.
Speaker 1: You know, we're nervous that this player may not get
Speaker 1: there because you know, there are a lot of but
Speaker 1: I really liked his player and we heard after make
Speaker 1: to pick, we got numerous calls and texts, and so
Speaker 1: I think for us, I'm adding a player of that caliber,
Speaker 1: you know. You know, Brian and I were really excited,
Speaker 1: and you know, our defensive staff it was really happy.
Speaker 1: So we're happy to have him. And I think he's
Speaker 1: got a good player and a good chance that to
Speaker 1: be a good player. For us. Yeah, Javan was one
Speaker 1: of the honestly, my my, my favorite players to watch.
Speaker 1: Very versatile, played inside, played safety, UM, punt return. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, I think you mentioned that Travis a lot
Speaker 1: of ball production. So you know, we're excited to to
Speaker 1: get him and work with him, and I think we'll
Speaker 1: be He'll he'll be a great fit for for our team.
Speaker 1: I want to go ahead and pick it up on
Speaker 1: a later question for coach Flora's back talking about Javon Holland.
Speaker 1: Here he is talking about the skills that he loves
Speaker 1: in the Dolphins new safeties game. I really enjoyed watching
Speaker 1: this this Javan Plague. Um. And you know, for a
Speaker 1: lot of reasons, said the way he tackled, the way
Speaker 1: he defeats blocks, Um, his versatility, played some nicole, played
Speaker 1: some deep safety. UM, there's a lot of things to like.
Speaker 1: So UM. You know, again, I'm not into comparisons, but
Speaker 1: I feel like he'll be a good fit for what
Speaker 1: we do. UM. And you know, I think he's got
Speaker 1: leadership qualities. I think he's got um no ability to
Speaker 1: can communicate and really quarterback of defense because he's smart
Speaker 1: and uh, I mean, I'm excited to have him, and um,
Speaker 1: you know we'll see you know, I'll get an opportunity
Speaker 1: and to to to earn a role on his team.
Speaker 1: And you know, I'm hopeful that he can, you know,
Speaker 1: feel multiple roles and if he can even handle it,
Speaker 1: then we'll do it. And if you can't, and then
Speaker 1: you know, we'll work with him until he can. So
Speaker 1: and I broke down his game on the Day to
Speaker 1: Recap podcast yesterday and full transparency. I was up until
Speaker 1: two am watching more tape on him because I love, love,
Speaker 1: love this kid's game. Those of you that have been
Speaker 1: with me for the whole ride with Lockdown Dolphins and
Speaker 1: now Drive Time know that safety has been one of
Speaker 1: my more successful positions for scouting purposes. I love Derwin
Speaker 1: James and Minca Fitzpatrick. That's that same year I loved
Speaker 1: Jesse Bates and Buddha Baker, a pair of Pro bowlers
Speaker 1: or should be Pro bowlers in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: I was the driver of the Antoine Winfield bandwagon last year,
Speaker 1: and Javon Holland is that guy this year. He's multiple,
Speaker 1: he's instinctive, he is a hell of a playmaker. I
Speaker 1: won't go in on it because I already discussed this
Speaker 1: on the previous podcast, but I have a feeling we're
Speaker 1: gonna be talking about this guy a lot this summer
Speaker 1: and going forward. How about the trade up for Liam
Speaker 1: Eichenberg at pick number forty two, Dolphins go from fifty
Speaker 1: up to forty two. Here's Chris Greer on the thinking
Speaker 1: behind that trade. I think for us when we made
Speaker 1: the trade, um, we knew there was gonna be a
Speaker 1: run of offensive lineman. As you saw in that second round,
Speaker 1: there was a big run of offensive lineman, and so
Speaker 1: for us, it was important to get up. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's been a lot of time getting to know Liam.
Speaker 1: Uh liked his toughness, his character, his competes. He's been
Speaker 1: a durable players, played a lot of football. He's very smart,
Speaker 1: and so for us, he was a guy that you know,
Speaker 1: we had talked about and targeted and felt, you know,
Speaker 1: all this stuff that Brian, myself, the coaching staff and
Speaker 1: scouts were looking for. So it's important to get up
Speaker 1: and get in. And as you saw, I was a
Speaker 1: big running offensive line in that round. So uh, you know,
Speaker 1: Brian says, um, these guys have to earn positions. You know,
Speaker 1: the rookie coming in. But this kid is a tough,
Speaker 1: competitive kid that is smart, understands football, comes from a
Speaker 1: good program, has been coached well. So, um, you know,
Speaker 1: I would defer to Brian if he wants to talk about,
Speaker 1: you know, positions he's playing, but this kid will come
Speaker 1: in and compete, and coach essentially from there just took
Speaker 1: over and said that he's going to come in here
Speaker 1: and compete at all positions. He's played at all positions.
Speaker 1: Wants to get him acclimated first to his teammates in
Speaker 1: the playbook and all that fun stuff, but mentioned he
Speaker 1: does have versatility to play left, right, also guard and leom.
Speaker 1: Eichenberg actually mentioned this himself on his press conference, which
Speaker 1: we'll get to here in just a second, that they'll
Speaker 1: he'll play wherever they want him to and he'll even
Speaker 1: play center, he said. He then of course followed up
Speaker 1: by there was a follow up question asking him have
Speaker 1: you played center before? And he said no, he has not.
Speaker 1: But this kid is versatile, very reliable and durable, Liam Eichenberg.
Speaker 1: Let's continue here with the final pick of Night Too
Speaker 1: and tight end Hunter along out of Boston College, of
Speaker 1: course coach Flores alma mater h They were asked Chris
Speaker 1: and Coach about that selection. Here's what they had to say. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I had no saying the pick because it's from Boston College.
Speaker 1: As all Brian, you know, I was excited to add
Speaker 1: an eagle. Uh. Hunter is a he's tough, he's smart. Um,
Speaker 1: we had him at the Senior Bowl, so entire school
Speaker 1: staff got a chance to to spend some time with him.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, he's a typical Boston College you
Speaker 1: know players self, he's smart, he's a team first, and
Speaker 1: we're excited to have him along with all the guys
Speaker 1: we we we grabbed over the last couple of days.
Speaker 1: So it's been it's been a fun two days. And
Speaker 1: you know, we like all these pigs and um, we're exciting.
Speaker 1: If you couldn't tell their coach was laughing, Chris was laughing.
Speaker 1: There was a pretty light mood in the press conference,
Speaker 1: especially towards the end when soft, a dean of the
Speaker 1: South Florida Sun, sentine, I'll started talking about coach Flora's
Speaker 1: drip and the fashion and how he's coming for cam
Speaker 1: Wolves title as best dressed man in South Florida. And
Speaker 1: I gotta say both those guys are on the running
Speaker 1: because I always tell Cam he's the best dress guy
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins beat, and coach Flores comes here with
Speaker 1: the suit looking sharp, so good stuff. In the press conference,
Speaker 1: I want to go ahead and finish up here, Chris
Speaker 1: was asked about how he feels the Dolphins did to
Speaker 1: satisfy those criteria. Coach Flores talks about tough, smart team
Speaker 1: first players. Here's Chris. Yeah, I think we feel that
Speaker 1: we upgrade our roster. We've we've we've had some speed,
Speaker 1: some playmaking. Um I got some guys that, uh you
Speaker 1: know old line, the lines which are always in that
Speaker 1: show last year, especially how important that is to win
Speaker 1: this league. Um at again, like you said, the playmakers
Speaker 1: on offense and defense, guys that can make plays on
Speaker 1: the ball and score touchdown. So you know, for us,
Speaker 1: it's you know, we have a good roster and these
Speaker 1: guys in with the competition and their competitive spirit as
Speaker 1: we talked about, will would be really good and help
Speaker 1: us keep growing. And so we're very happy and pleas
Speaker 1: and uh, you know for us that it was really
Speaker 1: good two days for us so far. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and get to some of the highlights from the player
Speaker 1: of media availability on Friday night, starting with safety Javon Holland.
Speaker 1: I went back and found a story about his him
Speaker 1: being a coach's son growing up and how they had
Speaker 1: some some rules in the house get your school work
Speaker 1: done and get your chores done, get your workouts in
Speaker 1: and he had to do a hundred push ups every day.
Speaker 1: So I asked you Von about that workout regiment and
Speaker 1: the discipline and structure in his early life and how
Speaker 1: it helped him prepare to be a professional football player
Speaker 1: now with your Miami DALs. Great question. I think that
Speaker 1: you know, having those trade regiments as a kid just
Speaker 1: puts me in a better place of you know, organizing
Speaker 1: my own time and making sure that I'm holding myself accountable,
Speaker 1: um when no one else is, you know, trying to
Speaker 1: check me. And I feel that got some part of
Speaker 1: being a professional was, you know, holding yourself accountable, make
Speaker 1: sure and you're getting your job done. We came back
Speaker 1: later with Javon here, I asked another question about playing
Speaker 1: receiver in high school, and then Mario Cristobal, the head
Speaker 1: coach at the University of Oregon, actually said in an interview,
Speaker 1: and it was a big story at the time on
Speaker 1: some of the Northwest papers up there covering the Organ Ducks,
Speaker 1: where they said Mario Cristo Baal said that he's probably
Speaker 1: even a better receiver than he is defensive back, but
Speaker 1: we're not going to move him for now. So I
Speaker 1: asked Javan about playing receiver and what that taught him
Speaker 1: as far as the ball hawking skills. Nine interceptions and
Speaker 1: two years that was tied for third most in college
Speaker 1: football between and nineteen. So I played receiver in high
Speaker 1: school a lot, and and that's where I developed a
Speaker 1: lot of my ball skills. And I feel like I
Speaker 1: have a you know, a good sense of how the
Speaker 1: ball trajectory is going to be in the sky and
Speaker 1: things like that. And I definitely think that, you know,
Speaker 1: added to my my ball you know, ball skills and
Speaker 1: ball hawking ability. So he talks about ball hawking skills.
Speaker 1: They're also talked about playing soccer and lacrosse and different
Speaker 1: sports and baseball growing up to this kid an athlete
Speaker 1: to the t. He also can at his game or
Speaker 1: or models his game, I should say, after Tyrone Matthew
Speaker 1: the honey Badger there. So that's good company. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and pick this thing up here with Dolphins offensive
Speaker 1: lineman Liam Eichenberg out of Notre Dame, and I had
Speaker 1: to ask him about playing through a game with a
Speaker 1: swollen shut eye and having one eye or one functioning
Speaker 1: eye throughout the course of that game where they ran
Speaker 1: for three hundred yards and eight yards per carry against
Speaker 1: Florida State. Here's Liam. Yeah, that was a little tough,
Speaker 1: you know. I uh, there's a lot of ice on
Speaker 1: it when I came off the field. But yeah, I
Speaker 1: was small shot. I mean, I had to help my
Speaker 1: team win, you know, got to be out there. That's
Speaker 1: always said had to help his team win. What a warrior,
Speaker 1: What a great football player, and what a fit here
Speaker 1: in Miami. I want to go ahead and play this
Speaker 1: clip where he was asked about playing left tackle on
Speaker 1: learning new positions. And I've talked about his technique a
Speaker 1: law on the Day two podcast recap and how just
Speaker 1: sound of a technician he is and how mechanically good
Speaker 1: he is and that's a product of working hard. So
Speaker 1: I wanted to play this clip for you because I
Speaker 1: think it really tracks as far as his ability to
Speaker 1: play his natural left tackle position but also be versatile
Speaker 1: to learn new spots and just like a character the
Speaker 1: Dolphins got here on Liam Eichenberg. You know, I'll figure
Speaker 1: it out. I have the work ethic of the attitude,
Speaker 1: you know, the technique for it. So I'm looking forward
Speaker 1: to it wherever they need me. And how about some
Speaker 1: XS and oaths talking speaking of mechanics, Liam Eikenberg talking
Speaker 1: about the mechanics right here, this is what you come
Speaker 1: to drive time for for this type of analysis from
Speaker 1: your new offensive lineman. Yeah, you know, I think I'm
Speaker 1: very efficient, um with my footwork in the run game
Speaker 1: and then in pass pro I think, you know, I
Speaker 1: have violent hands, and I'm also um, you know, very
Speaker 1: good at vertical setting. So you know, I think I
Speaker 1: bring a lot to uh, you know, this organization. So
Speaker 1: I'm very excited for it. And then here's a bit
Speaker 1: from Ikenberg that I found really intriguing, talking about some
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins players he knows and how he's learned
Speaker 1: about the culture here in Miami and how it's all
Speaker 1: about team first and helping the team win and how
Speaker 1: much he loves that. Yeah, you know, I was talking
Speaker 1: about Jem Smith, and then I met Austin Jackson on
Speaker 1: when I was on Phoenix training. You know, it's just
Speaker 1: kind of that idea that you know, this team has
Speaker 1: a great culture. You know there's there's very disciplined and
Speaker 1: you know they have the same mindset that everybody has
Speaker 1: the same mindset. You know that that they want to
Speaker 1: help their team wins. So you know, I I loved it.
Speaker 1: You know, I think it's it's about the team. You know,
Speaker 1: the team's first. So I'm excited for it. And we'll
Speaker 1: go ahead and conclude the media recap here with Dolphins
Speaker 1: tight end Hunter Long, who talked about the connection between
Speaker 1: Brian Flores at Boston College and playing on the coaching
Speaker 1: staff here with the Miami Dolphins at the Senior Bowl
Speaker 1: and getting to know those guys. Here's Hunter Long. Obviously,
Speaker 1: the BC programs known as being a hard nosed, tough program,
Speaker 1: and um, it breeds guys like coach Flores, and he's
Speaker 1: he's an awesome guy. Obviously got to know him at
Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl a lot, and um, ompos, really one
Speaker 1: moment I can share, but um obviously throughout the guys
Speaker 1: that will talk to him and build a relationship with him,
Speaker 1: and he was awesome down Therefore, and if you go
Speaker 1: back and check out the press conference, please forgive me
Speaker 1: for the stumbling on the question I had here for
Speaker 1: Hunter Long. I just I was reading something as I
Speaker 1: was reading the question, so maybe say the wrong word,
Speaker 1: but I basically asked him about playing in two different
Speaker 1: offensive systems there at Boston College, one a very run
Speaker 1: heavy based offense, one more of an aired out scheme.
Speaker 1: Here's Hunter Long talking about how that helped prepare him
Speaker 1: for the next level there. Yeah, I always say it.
Speaker 1: I feel like I got the best of both worlds
Speaker 1: at BC, with with both offenses. Obviously more run heavy
Speaker 1: offense in this past year really opened up the past game. UM.
Speaker 1: I just think it allowed me to become a well
Speaker 1: rounded tight end and work at all aspects of the position.
Speaker 1: Um So, so I'm grateful fruit for the journey I
Speaker 1: had at BC, and grateful for the original coaching stuff
Speaker 1: I had there in the office his previous coaching staff.
Speaker 1: They taught me so much, and I feel like I
Speaker 1: was really able to build the tools that, um I
Speaker 1: think I'll need go on to the next level. And
Speaker 1: we'll finish up here with a question for Hunter about
Speaker 1: his ability to both solve a Rubrics cube in forty
Speaker 1: seven seconds, but also the fact that he builds computers
Speaker 1: in his spare time. I started. I started solving the
Speaker 1: Rubys Cup of freshman year of college. I was just
Speaker 1: bored one day and ordered one. It kind of became
Speaker 1: a thing I did just in my free time, sitting
Speaker 1: at my desk or in bed. And uh, I got
Speaker 1: all right at it. Uh there was a little nerve
Speaker 1: wracking solving online two V. I don't want to mess up,
Speaker 1: but uh, it went well. And then the other hobby
Speaker 1: I think people build a surprise. I was at built computers.
Speaker 1: I built my first computer on thirteen and have built
Speaker 1: a couple of cents. So it's a big hobby of mine.
Speaker 1: And I graduated with computer science degree from BC so
Speaker 1: it's kind of a big part of my life. So
Speaker 1: another one of these smart players coming down from Boston
Speaker 1: College here to join Brian Flores team here in Miami.
Speaker 1: And let's go ahead and transition now into Day three,
Speaker 1: the final day of the NFL Draft. It has come
Speaker 1: and gone one of my favorite moments on the calendar
Speaker 1: in the rear view of mirror now as we look
Speaker 1: ahead to one season and eventually draft class. But that
Speaker 1: is a long way down the road. We thought we
Speaker 1: had three picks today, but we wind up taking two
Speaker 1: players because in the fifth round that pick was traded
Speaker 1: away to the Pittsburgh Steelers for what could have been
Speaker 1: a relatively significant trade up in next year's draft, the
Speaker 1: Dolphins get out of pick one fifty six, which was
Speaker 1: smack dab right in the middle of that fifth round,
Speaker 1: and they get back into the fourth round next year.
Speaker 1: So considering all of the compensatory picks, that draft pick
Speaker 1: is at least five or so spots higher, depending on
Speaker 1: how many fourth round comp picks they give out. And
Speaker 1: that's if Pittsburgh were to win the Super Bowl and
Speaker 1: pick thirty second in every single round. Let's say they
Speaker 1: finished nine and eight and missed the playoffs, that pick
Speaker 1: will have jumped up around forty or forty five spots
Speaker 1: or so. And draft picks don't depreciate year to year.
Speaker 1: A fourth round draft pick now is a fourth round
Speaker 1: draft pick any year. So he gotta love that for
Speaker 1: the Dolphins getting up and getting more value out of
Speaker 1: that pick. And finally, from Peter King's last column, this
Speaker 1: was from UH this past Monday. He talked about teams
Speaker 1: maybe being a little bit more ready to make a
Speaker 1: move like this to get out of this year's draft.
Speaker 1: And get picks in next year's draft because of the
Speaker 1: amount of medical reports out there is just much much
Speaker 1: more scarce than what it typically is and has been
Speaker 1: when you have the combine in Indianapolis. So the Dolphins
Speaker 1: increase value with that move. Now, these draft picks are
Speaker 1: a little bit different than what we're talking about, and
Speaker 1: I'm talking about the two seventh round picks then what
Speaker 1: you're talking about in the second and third round, and
Speaker 1: obviously the first round two because in the case of
Speaker 1: a Laarnel Coleman, for instance, out of you Mass he
Speaker 1: acknowledged at his pro day the reality of being one
Speaker 1: of these prospects projected to go late on Day three.
Speaker 1: Dame Brugler had him in the sixth round. Dolphins get
Speaker 1: him in the seventh round, So that's a good value there.
Speaker 1: But he talked in this article on Coast to Coast
Speaker 1: scouting dot Com about how important his pro day was
Speaker 1: to him, and there was a little bit of nerves
Speaker 1: in there because of the fact that he knew he
Speaker 1: had to put together a solid workout before we get
Speaker 1: to that. The strength from the one game I got.
Speaker 1: As far as you mass tape goes, it's it's scarce
Speaker 1: out there, boys and girls. The athletic ability the number
Speaker 1: one thing that stands out right away. He can really
Speaker 1: really bend at the knees and sink into his anchor
Speaker 1: and use those active feet to stay square in front
Speaker 1: of his man. When you hear the term, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm sure you guys have heard scouting terms that maybe
Speaker 1: you're not familiar with. And bending at the knees compared
Speaker 1: to being a waste bender is very very important because
Speaker 1: it allows you to kind of stay on balance and
Speaker 1: stay with your hips over your feet, your shoulders over
Speaker 1: your hips, and then of course we'll give you better balance,
Speaker 1: and balance is everything in the National Football League. And
Speaker 1: then also maintaining active feet through contact. Sometimes you'll hear
Speaker 1: the term dead feet upon contact the guys stopped their feet,
Speaker 1: and that's also one of the worst things you can do.
Speaker 1: He does not do that. He keeps the feet active
Speaker 1: and they're very very quick feet. The next strength is
Speaker 1: the length. He's got absolute vines for arms. He's also
Speaker 1: got a ridiculous wingspan. He is really tough to disengage
Speaker 1: from when he gets those big myths out there and
Speaker 1: wraps you up. Also, the feet and hip flexibility again,
Speaker 1: back to the athletic ability here, but I mentioned the
Speaker 1: quick feet that moved to side to side. I would
Speaker 1: have loved to seen this guy run the rabbit drill
Speaker 1: in India at the combine, that's where you put and
Speaker 1: they might have actually gotten rid of this drill, but
Speaker 1: it was fun to watch when they had it. But
Speaker 1: they would put an offensive lineman on one side. He
Speaker 1: was playing oh line and the other guy was basically
Speaker 1: running back and forth between two cones. Trying to showcase
Speaker 1: the transition and the weight the weight transition of the
Speaker 1: offensive lineman's ability. I think this guy would have absolutely
Speaker 1: killed that drill because he has the athletic a bill
Speaker 1: and change the direction to be good in that area.
Speaker 1: And he's also you see that when he works at
Speaker 1: the second level in the running game too. So again,
Speaker 1: athleticism is the name of the game for Laurna L. Coleman.
Speaker 1: His measurements six ft six three seven pounds, eighty four
Speaker 1: and seven eight inch wingspan that is the second largest
Speaker 1: in this class, thirty five and a half inch arms,
Speaker 1: a five one seven forty yard dash time, a one
Speaker 1: point eight three ten yards split. That's a great range
Speaker 1: to be in getting off the ball show on the
Speaker 1: explosiveness and then one inches on the broad jump too.
Speaker 1: That's that's explosive for a guy that size, thirty one
Speaker 1: inch vertical again, more explosion, and then twenty four bench
Speaker 1: reps with that long of arms. It's it's pretty compressive
Speaker 1: technique wise. I am excited personally to watch coach Lemiel
Speaker 1: John Pierre get his hands on this guy. And Dane
Speaker 1: Brugler at The Athletic writes that he's a little bit
Speaker 1: erratic with that initial punch and can wind up kind
Speaker 1: of getting his paws outside where you hug the guy,
Speaker 1: and that's where holding flags come out. So refining that
Speaker 1: punch and getting all the athletic ability working together is
Speaker 1: the job ahead there for Lemill John a year. That's
Speaker 1: why he was elevated to this position. Coach Flores at
Speaker 1: his press conference post draft actually talked about how sometimes
Speaker 1: when he walks by a coach Lem's office, he keeps
Speaker 1: his head down to keep moving because he knows Lem's
Speaker 1: gonna pull him in there and start talking football. It's like,
Speaker 1: I got things to do right now, coach. Maybe maybe
Speaker 1: the next meeting we'll get to that. But some statistics
Speaker 1: for Coleman forty career games, twenty nine starts. He played
Speaker 1: seventeen at left tackle and twelve of those on the
Speaker 1: right side at right tackle. He allowed just one sack
Speaker 1: last season. Three pressures allowed in four games total. That's
Speaker 1: one twenty six pass blocking reps a pressure every thirty
Speaker 1: one point five pass blocking snaps. And you saw significant
Speaker 1: progression in those stats throughout his years there at ums
Speaker 1: thirty six pressures as a sophomore, down to twenty two
Speaker 1: and then down to four, albeit in four games, but
Speaker 1: you track that and pro rate it for a twelve
Speaker 1: or thirteen game schedule, twelve or thirteen pressures there. So
Speaker 1: the progression, the growth has been there, been tangible there.
Speaker 1: And Dane Brugler wrote that his issues Coleman's are correctable
Speaker 1: and he's had an impress or that he's an impressive
Speaker 1: ball of play, and really what you want in the
Speaker 1: seventh round of the draft, right a guy that you
Speaker 1: can mold and work and develop and maybe year two
Speaker 1: or year three he's a swing tackle and eventually a
Speaker 1: starting tackle for you. Maybe he's been packing on way
Speaker 1: his entire college career, and I imagine that continues in
Speaker 1: the NFL. He certainly has the frame to carry it now.
Speaker 1: In the seventh round of the Dolphins finished up the
Speaker 1: draft with Jared Doakes, a running back out of Cincinnati
Speaker 1: five ft eleven two hundred twenty eight pounds, and when
Speaker 1: you look at some of the strengths of the two
Speaker 1: NFL draft, he is body beautiful. There's an old adage
Speaker 1: in football that the players with the most impressive and
Speaker 1: most imposing bodies are the ones that get off the
Speaker 1: bus first in road games to I guess intimidate the
Speaker 1: opposing team. That's probably really old school saying. So I
Speaker 1: don't think teams even see that happen anymore, so, but
Speaker 1: you get the idea. That's it's an adage. But Dokes
Speaker 1: is one of those players. Class lid eleven two d
Speaker 1: and twenty eight pounds, absolute wrecking ball As a player,
Speaker 1: he's a three down type player too. He has the
Speaker 1: skill set in him and first again, has the body
Speaker 1: to really handle the punishment and dished out at this
Speaker 1: of lot at that position. He also caught passes zero
Speaker 1: drops in despite a frequent screen game in that offense,
Speaker 1: and as you'd expect at that size, he holds his
Speaker 1: own and past protection when he chips back there as well.
Speaker 1: He can really make an impact when he helps on
Speaker 1: doubles and chips and identifying the blizz and where that
Speaker 1: stuff comes from. Some of the stats. Six hundred thirty
Speaker 1: seven yards on the ground and seven touchdowns last year,
Speaker 1: two hundred two more through the air with a pair
Speaker 1: of touchdowns, so almost a thousand yards and nine total touchdowns.
Speaker 1: He forced twenty five miss tackles on one forty four carries,
Speaker 1: and he ripped off seventeen runs of ten or more yards.
Speaker 1: He allowed one sack, and one hundred thirty career pass
Speaker 1: protection reps. Now we talked about the athletic ability of
Speaker 1: this guy. Thirty nine and a half inch vertical jump
Speaker 1: that he had at his pro day that would have
Speaker 1: ranked fourth among all running backs at the combine, in
Speaker 1: of course no combine this year. A four or five
Speaker 1: seven forty yard dash, one twenty in broad jumps, so
Speaker 1: a ridiculous amount of explosion in that lower half, and
Speaker 1: the guys built like a house, so it really kind
Speaker 1: of matches up uniquely in that regard. A seven point
Speaker 1: to one three cone time and nineteen bench press reps.
Speaker 1: Dane Brugler had this about him that he missed the
Speaker 1: eighteen season with a sports hernia injury, and then fell
Speaker 1: into the backup role in two thousand nineteen behind Mike Boone,
Speaker 1: a very good running back there at Cincinnati and now
Speaker 1: of the Minnesota Vikings. But he regained the starting role
Speaker 1: as a senior and led the team in rushing, which
Speaker 1: drew praise from his coaching staff for his positivity and
Speaker 1: drive through adversity, and his high school coach Doaks high
Speaker 1: school coach said that his physicality changes everything. We were
Speaker 1: really impressed, or what really impressed me was that even
Speaker 1: during our drills, he was the most physical guy I've
Speaker 1: coached in twenty years, and Simon Clancy of Gridiron Magazine
Speaker 1: over in the UK wrote that he his coach try
Speaker 1: to tackle him in high school and dislocated his shoulders.
Speaker 1: This guy absolutely brings the load and brings the wood.
Speaker 1: His coaches also said that Cincinnati, when he arrives as
Speaker 1: a true freshman, that they thought he was the best
Speaker 1: player on the football field. So I think this is
Speaker 1: a tremendous way to close out the seventh. You come
Speaker 1: away with two upside player is that have athletic traits,
Speaker 1: Guys that love the grind, and again they sound like
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins already, and Coach did say in his post
Speaker 1: draft presser to remind us all about how far these
Speaker 1: rookies have to go, all of them. So I can't
Speaker 1: wait to watch how they develop on that practice field.
Speaker 1: And we're gonna run the audio on the Monday episode
Speaker 1: of Drift Time podcast of that press conference with Coach
Speaker 1: and with Chris and get you a comprehensive look at
Speaker 1: their answers. They kind of cover the roster in general.
Speaker 1: We'll look at the off season in general and the
Speaker 1: roster and break it all down as I tell you
Speaker 1: where I see the strengths of this group lining up
Speaker 1: and where I think the major improvements came from a
Speaker 1: year ago. But since the media for both the draft
Speaker 1: picks they was so brief and short, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and add them here to this podcast and get out
Speaker 1: of here. Three podcasts for you guys this weekend. I
Speaker 1: hope you enjoyed them all. Let's go ahead and get
Speaker 1: to know Laarnel, Coleman, and Jared Oakes a little bit better.
Speaker 1: The first few questions for Larnell, he was very excited
Speaker 1: about the fact that Dolphins picked him. He had a
Speaker 1: big smile, on his face, so he can't wait to
Speaker 1: get down to Miami. He also happened to be wearing
Speaker 1: an aqua colored T shirt that was a incidence. He
Speaker 1: thought that was pretty funny as well as somebody asked
Speaker 1: him about that. But he also was asked about his
Speaker 1: athletic ability, the fact that he has that basketball background
Speaker 1: and how that could help him on the football field.
Speaker 1: You know, I love basketball since I was a kid,
Speaker 1: you know. You know, my father had to be my
Speaker 1: brother in camps as we are really young. And I
Speaker 1: think for me, basketball is literally, at least playing defensive
Speaker 1: basketball is the same thing as playing playing offensive line,
Speaker 1: at least playing taft ball, saying, and I feel like
Speaker 1: a lot of that athletic system is definitely going to
Speaker 1: trans over onto the field and has been, I think,
Speaker 1: as you can see on my phone now. I found
Speaker 1: that very interesting talking about how playing defense and basketball
Speaker 1: translates to playing offensive line or at least the tackle position.
Speaker 1: And it's kind of right, right, like stay between your
Speaker 1: man and the basket, it's the same idea, stay between
Speaker 1: your man and the quarterback. And so that's a really
Speaker 1: good point I've never thought about before. One more question
Speaker 1: here for Laurnael regarding his eighty four and seven eight
Speaker 1: inch wingspan and how that helps his game. I definitely
Speaker 1: using you know, you definitely see that my pass blocking game.
Speaker 1: You know, I gotta use them arms to keep your
Speaker 1: friends off my quarterback. So you're definitely gonna see you though,
Speaker 1: um in those situations. And as always, these can be
Speaker 1: found on our YouTube page in the Miami Dolphins YouTube channel.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and transition now over to Jared Oakes,
Speaker 1: the final draft pick for the Miami Dolphins. On Saturday
Speaker 1: Night out of Cincinnati, the running back I asked him
Speaker 1: about overcoming adversity had a sports herni an injury and
Speaker 1: teen that cost him to miss the entire season. He
Speaker 1: came back in twenty nineteen, earned that praise I mentioned
Speaker 1: from his coaches earlier in the podcast. I asked him
Speaker 1: about it right here after that injury. You know, it's
Speaker 1: just I was in a pretty down place. But you know,
Speaker 1: I'm a pretty close with all my teammates that since
Speaker 1: he so, you know, they kind of helped me realize
Speaker 1: how important I was on the team. You know, just
Speaker 1: became really close with the teammates and they kind of
Speaker 1: helped me help motivate me to get back to where
Speaker 1: I was. And that's why that's the bond I plan
Speaker 1: on having with teammates of Miami. So I've been trying
Speaker 1: to ask questions these guys talking about their teammates this weekend,
Speaker 1: and that wasn't even intentional, but he brought it out
Speaker 1: right there and himself. So again, walks like a dolphin,
Speaker 1: talks like a dolphin. Must be a Miami dolphin. Here
Speaker 1: with Jeric Doakes out of Cincinnati, let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: follow up for another question. Here with Jared, I asked
Speaker 1: him about a question I saw in an article where
Speaker 1: they interviewed him and asked him about his three dinner
Speaker 1: guests he would invite dead or alive if he threw
Speaker 1: a dinner party, and it was Kobe Bryant, Dave Chappelle,
Speaker 1: and Marshawn Lynch. I asked him about what he's cooking
Speaker 1: and what he brings to the table in that party. Uh,
Speaker 1: I say cooking. I just probably like barbecue. You know,
Speaker 1: it's a good old barbecue, briez burgers, all that, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, you just have a good old time. Those
Speaker 1: are all guys that I looked. You know that I
Speaker 1: look up to. They all professionals, you know, they all
Speaker 1: just bring comedy, professionalism while to the table things you
Speaker 1: can learn. And he also mentioned later in a question
Speaker 1: that Marshawn Lynch was the guy he looked up to
Speaker 1: as a running back as a professional, and his tape
Speaker 1: kind of checks that box too. He runs mad, violent,
Speaker 1: and angry. So that is it for our player media here.
Speaker 1: We're gonna finish up tomorrow on a podcast with Chris
Speaker 1: Career and Brian Flores Saturday Night Media and a comprehensive
Speaker 1: review of this offseason of this team, of this roster.
Speaker 1: Before we get out of here tonight, I want to
Speaker 1: go ahead and just thank everybody that came to the
Speaker 1: draft party. Thank everybody that follows me on Twitter and
Speaker 1: engages with me on Twitter, that downloads the podcast, that
Speaker 1: reads the stuff up on Miami Dolphins dot com. All
Speaker 1: of you that reached out to me and told me
Speaker 1: that I did a good job on the draft party set.
Speaker 1: That really meant a lot to me. So thank you
Speaker 1: so much for all of you that came up to
Speaker 1: me and talked to me at the show, and you know,
Speaker 1: mentioned it in my Twitter mentions on Facebook. Whatever it
Speaker 1: might have been. I really appreciate everybody reaching out and
Speaker 1: getting in touch with me and and telling me that
Speaker 1: because it was my first live TV type of deal
Speaker 1: like that, and it was definitely a nerve racking. But
Speaker 1: once I got settled in man, I was right in
Speaker 1: my element. We had one line prescripted for me and
Speaker 1: John kN Jemmy drove this whole thing and did such
Speaker 1: a good job of hosting. I had one prescripted line,
Speaker 1: and in that first line, my microphone gave me feedback
Speaker 1: and I was worried about this line because it wasn't
Speaker 1: full ball was like a promo for the draft party,
Speaker 1: and so I was already like trying to memorize the line,
Speaker 1: and when I do that, I tend to stumble over things.
Speaker 1: I'm way better when I free flow. So I got
Speaker 1: feedback and wind up getting through the line. And then
Speaker 1: once we got into the draft picks and the football,
Speaker 1: I felt right in my elements. So that was a
Speaker 1: ton ton of fun. I also want to throw out
Speaker 1: some names here. I'm gonna forget some because I definitely
Speaker 1: can't cover everybody, but Jason Jenkins and Nolan Brett, Bretch
Speaker 1: Eisen Stewart, Drew Simmer, and Dave Hero You wanna Caroline right,
Speaker 1: Katherine Milkin, O j McDuffie, Francis, Wayne John kN Jemmy Channing, Crowder,
Speaker 1: Kim Bokamper and Joe Rose. Some folks that I associated
Speaker 1: with over this draft party, and folks that put the
Speaker 1: show together, the stage manager, the production manager. So many
Speaker 1: people put so much work into that show. It was
Speaker 1: so much fun. And the entire weekend of course, just countless,
Speaker 1: countless people putting an effort on this stuff. And you
Speaker 1: see it in this Miami Dolphins organization. And I want
Speaker 1: to shout out one last thing here because this organization
Speaker 1: has been great to me, but also to the fans.
Speaker 1: And Jason Sarney if you don't know him, the Finns
Speaker 1: Maniacs website and just podcast and does Twitter spaces. He
Speaker 1: is just all over the place talking Dolphins football. Guy
Speaker 1: loves this team. He does the the charity poker tournaments
Speaker 1: with the j T Foundation with Seth Lovitt and O.
Speaker 1: J McDuffie's always a good time in there as well.
Speaker 1: We and him DM a lot. We talk. He's a
Speaker 1: very good guy, very big time Dolphins fan. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: shipped him a football with his name on it for
Speaker 1: some work he did with some of the charity relief,
Speaker 1: the d c c and and the food relief program.
Speaker 1: So good on you, Jason for doing that. Good on
Speaker 1: the organization for getting the ball out to you. That
Speaker 1: tweet made me cry, man, I'll be honest with you.
Speaker 1: Kyle Krabs and I talked about how much we cry
Speaker 1: these days because we're father's and that got me so
Speaker 1: Jason Sarney, congrats, man, that was a really cool tweet
Speaker 1: you put out there. Go check it out. It's on
Speaker 1: my timeline and Colin Calherd picked it up and tweeted
Speaker 1: it out for him too, So Sarrny, your big time. Now,
Speaker 1: don't forget about us when you're the man. All right.
Speaker 1: That's gonna go ahead and wrap up our third day
Speaker 1: of draft covered chair on the Drivetime Podcast again. We're
Speaker 1: gonna come back with you guys tomorrow and do the
Speaker 1: whole comprehensive roster review. In the meantime, you all please
Speaker 1: be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast.
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Speaker 1: about dred words of stats and film and fit tons
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Speaker 1: Until next time, fins up.