WEBVTT - Draft Success Deep Dive and Progress Reports on the 2020 and 2021 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:14.000 That's all booking, Clutch Down, Miami Run. What is up? 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:18.079 Dolph fans and welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:22.079 of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:25.919 Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? It is hump Day. 0:00:26.040 --> 0:00:29.639 I am your host, Travis Wingfield and as always, I 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.920 am here to bring you your daily dose of Miami 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:36.519 Dolphins football. And on today show, it's a deep dive Wednesday, 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.560 We're gonna hear from the PhDs themselves. I've got audio 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:43.680 from conversations with coach Fry, Lemuel, John Pierre, coach grizz 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:47.440 Coach Burke's coach g A, Coach Clark, and coach Campanelli. 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.080 Plus we talked about the two thousand twenty and two 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:54.000 thousand twenty one draft classes on the Monday podcast. I 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:56.320 think it was, but we're gonna take a deeper dive 0:00:56.400 --> 0:00:58.960 into the progression of those players now one and a 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.040 half and a half year into their pro careers. Busy, 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.320 Busy edition of the Drivetime Podcast from the Baptist Health 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:09.920 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:16.560 Drivetime Podcast. It's midweek. It feels like it's been about 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:18.679 a month since the last Dolphins game. But in the 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:22.520 best way possible, anybody else fired up for Sunday, I share, am, 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.120 but that's half a week away. We have today's practice 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:26.960 and the meetings and all that we have to get through, 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:29.560 as well as the rest of the week. But on 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:33.759 Tuesday we had assistant coach availability, and what better way 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:37.080 to really examine this theme that I've been going on 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.759 for a couple of weeks now with these last two 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:43.080 Dolphins draft classes and how they are progressing so far 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.480 a little bit over midway into season. And I'm not 0:01:47.480 --> 0:01:50.280 gonna be labor this point because you've heard me talk 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:53.120 about it at least twenty five times now. But take 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.480 a look at the game logs of guys like Xavian 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.760 Howard and Mike get Sicky and see when their careers 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:03.040 began to really take off. And that's not rule by 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:05.440 any means. I mean, shoot, look at the trajectory of 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:07.760 this year's Dolphins class and the way it stacks up 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:11.320 right now. And Coach Flores has talked about this directly before, 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.520 how development is not linear and it's not the same 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.440 for any one player. It's a case by case situation. 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:20.840 And the point there is to say it's a process. 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:24.519 It's a process. It's a process, develop a plan, get 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:27.000 the right kind of guys in the building, and as 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.000 they execute the plan, they can start to see the 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.840 fruits of that labor, as their physical traits and the 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:34.360 makeup of who these guys are as people in the 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.320 way they work start to come to the surface because 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:40.640 they put in that requisite work. And that's a theme 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.840 you're obviously used to hearing, and one you'll hear again 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:47.120 on today's pod as we hear from significant portions of 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:49.520 this Dolphins coaching staff. I got to as many as 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:51.440 I could. I didn't get to everybody, but I got 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.959 too as many as I could. But before that, I 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:55.640 kind of want to look around the league and just 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.360 talk about your standard draft class, because I think in 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:01.919 order to talk about the Dolphins, you have to compare 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:03.720 you know, the rest of the league and see what 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:06.520 the norms are and what a good class looks like, 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.440 what's the norm and so forth and so on. And 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:13.200 I want to start with the great classes of recent memory, 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.520 and really just the seventeen draft class here, because the 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:18.000 last or the best draft class in my opinion, over 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.240 the last decade. And I'm not sure this is up 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:24.480 for debate. Was the seventeen New Orleans Saints class. Marshawn Lattimore, 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:29.200 Ryan ram Check, Marcus Williams, Alvin Kamara, Alex Anzeloni, Trey Hendrickson, 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:34.080 Alkaden Mohammed and full transparency. I forgot about those last 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.240 three picks. Anzeloni starts for the Lions, Hendrickson got that 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.200 monster free agent contract after like a fifteen sack year 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:42.920 last year from the Saints. He's now in Cincinnati, and 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.760 Mohammed's a big time impact player for the Colts. Not 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.360 to mention the three all pros off the top with 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:52.960 another very solid starter in Marcus Williams. That's the standard, 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.240 but very very far from the norm, as I found 0:03:56.240 --> 0:04:01.720 out going through and twenty nine teen draft classes. And 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:03.920 the reason I went there is because I think you 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:05.960 you're starting to have enough of a sample size for 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:09.160 all three of those classes, especially seventeen and eighteen, now 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:12.480 in years four and five, but now year three for nineteen. 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:16.600 So this is something of a continuation of the scanning 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.560 the social segment we did that we do every single week, 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.719 but I did the one this week talking about this 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.560 draft class. I wanted to expand upon that because it 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.160 was brief in nature and I wanted to expand upon 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.599 the progress of our own guys where they're going here 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:32.800 late in the season, and then look around the rest 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:34.480 of the league and kind of see how that measures 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:37.040 up to the rest of the league. So with that, 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.599 I went over every single draft class from those three 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:44.000 seasons and I marked how many impact players each team 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.159 selected in that given year. And it was up to 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.160 my own discretion, So it's not, you know, black and white. 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.719 It's kind of some subjectiveness in here, but um, I 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:54.000 just wanted to look at it and give you guys 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:56.039 a comparison overall. So I'm not gonna go through and 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.280 read the numbers I have for everybody, but I did 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:00.719 want to kind of point towards something that stand out, 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.279 like just taking one portion of this chart, for instance, 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:06.840 and giving you the numbers on some of these teams 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.360 over those three years, like impact players and the years 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.719 that that happens. Like, for instance, this chunk of teams 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:14.800 is just right in the middle, so kind of taking 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:18.240 a look at it. Denver one two and two, Detroit 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.760 one two and two, Green Bay zero two and three, 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:25.040 Houston one to one, Indianapolis one five to Jacksonville to 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.440 one too. You get the sense there like there are 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:29.600 lots of ones and twos in there where teams come 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:33.960 out of draft classes with only a couple of guys 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:37.599 that are long term impact players on their roster. So 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:42.159 I think the expectation out there might be a little 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:46.080 bit misguided because of that, And that was certainly for 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.279 myself as well, kind of looking at these numbers, I 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.599 mean eat for instance, like even after the Saints that 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.800 year they had seven, which is by far the gold standard, 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.560 the Ravens had six and twenty eight teen that I 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:59.359 thought were impact players. But after that there was not 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:02.560 really any juggernaut type of numbers, Like the norm is 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.360 three or four for the teams that really did well 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.280 in those particular years. But even after the Saints had 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.040 that seven that one year, they follow up with one 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:13.880 and two the following two drafts. So seventeen the Saints 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.880 had seven, nobody else had more than three. On my list, 0:06:17.120 --> 0:06:20.960 six teams did have three, and fourteen had either zero 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:24.520 or one that season, and teen the Ravens had six 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:28.240 and three teams only three other teams had four or more, 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:30.640 one of which is Miami by the way, and nine 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.680 teams had one or zero, and then twenty nineteen, this 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:37.360 class ended the kind of absurdity set by New Orleans 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.560 and Baltimore. The highest number was actually three this time around, 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.719 so a big drop off from seven and six, and 0:06:42.760 --> 0:06:44.960 several teams did hit that number, so it's a little 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.440 more widespread throughout the course of that draft, but twelve 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:51.960 teams still wound up with one or zero on my account, 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:56.120 so fourteen teams, nine teams and twelve teams. Again not 0:06:56.279 --> 0:06:58.360 very good at math, but that tells me twenty six 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.840 plus nine thirty five teams over three years wound up 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:04.640 with one or zero impact players from a given draft 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:07.320 class from my own listing here, and this is that's 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.640 hardly scientific, just going over the draft class and looking 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.280 at the players and the recognition and the production based 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.640 upon what I know from their league experience and productions 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:18.080 so far. So in earnest, if you hit three impact 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:20.800 players in a class, you were on top of the game, 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.720 like the very best in the league, and that class 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.600 accomplished that. In the twenty nineteen classes kind of on 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:29.040 that fringe as well, with much fewer picks to work with. 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.080 But Christian Wilkins Andrew Van Giegel and Miles Gascon play 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:33.960 a bunch of snaps for this team and have given 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.360 you plenty of production over those three years. And then 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:42.240 we arrive at one classes the focus of today's podcast, 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:45.640 and you're seeing progress really almost across the board. And 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.920 sure some of the guys are at a different pace 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.520 than others, but as coach Flores told us, that's to 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:55.000 be expected, and the way that that progress is trending, 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.880 I think you're looking at at least three per class, 0:07:57.920 --> 0:08:01.480 and of course it's incumbent upon them to continue to 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:03.880 put in that work. It's a long way to go 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.680 for all of these guys, but the way they work 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.360 and the bite they've shown so far, I think there's 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.800 a really good chance that if we did this exercise 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:16.080 in four and we will down the road, you can 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.640 look back at these last two classes as ones that 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:23.160 really shaped a solid quality young core for the Miami Dolphins. 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:26.120 And what's more, doing that with guys that you have 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:29.360 on these rookie deals perpetually each and every season for 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:31.680 really you know, four or five seasons, depending on first 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.200 round or not, well, all that does is opens up 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:36.960 space to be aggressive with your future draft picks and 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.600 free agency with the amount of money you're not spending 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:43.560 because of all those rookie and early contract players, and 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:45.760 you can attack the holes you have on your roster 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.440 with veteran maybe some more proven presences, and obviously you 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:51.320 have the money as well to spend on your own 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.920 guys that you want to keep around as well. And 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.800 to top that off, the draft pipeline just keeps going. 0:08:56.800 --> 0:09:00.280 Two more first rounders coming your way in twent three. 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.760 But that's besides the point. I want to show you 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:06.800 some numbers slash data that can show direct lines of 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.720 progress along with the opinions who really matter the most, 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.760 that of the coaches and each of their respective rooms. 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.840 So let's go ahead in order here by when the 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:19.480 guys were drafted, and we start in the fifth overall 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:22.760 pick the quarterback position to a tongue of Voloa. And 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:27.000 first of all, you know to Ah is kind of 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:29.920 the spark plug for a lot of the conversations that 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.320 come up on this podcast, because you talk about your 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:36.040 quarterback as much as anybody, and obviously he's a a 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:39.000 figure that's got a lot of notoriety for his college 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:42.200 exploits and then also as a professional quarterback, and so 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:45.079 just kind of you know, sparking a debate here to 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.160 a kind of is at the center of that for 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:50.240 how this debate began. But his rookie season, the discourse 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:54.480 around that rookie season was honestly completely wild to me. 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:58.200 He played just like you'd like your rookie quarterback to play. 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:01.560 There's ups and downs, plenty of flashes, some big time 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:04.640 moments come from behind wins like the big third down 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:07.480 throws and the scrambles against the Cardinals. You know, correcting 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.839 mistakes that he made within the same game, that first 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:14.480 quarter interception last year against the Patriots, to then later 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.840 get a similar look for a play breaks down down 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.080 around the goal line on third down and he makes 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.600 the move and scrambles in for a touchdown. To see 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.360 something similar and make that correction within the same game 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:26.880 is what you really want to see. Obviously, the Chiefs 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.200 come back that he helped orchestrate to get the defense 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.640 a chance to get the football back for a chance 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.520 to win that game. So I just think you look 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:35.480 at that rookie season and it's kind of looked upon 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.920 almost with inaccurate lenses in terms of what actually happened 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.840 on the field. And by the way, since nineteen twenty 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:44.679 thinks to stat head for this research that I was 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:47.600 able to pull up on this Tuesday recording this podcast. 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:50.960 Among quarterbacks with at least two hundred and fifty pass 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:54.880 attempts in the rookie season, two was passer rating since 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:58.400 nineteen was sixteenth best all time. And you can talk 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:01.280 about era adjusted numbers, and that's a fair argument, it 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:03.640 certainly is. But also it's why Dan Marino is the 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:06.280 absolute go. He's like the only guy in from the 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:10.480 eighties or nineties. He had stats four but some of 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:14.880 the names below to on this list, Cam Newton, Andrew Luck, 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.520 Josh Allen, just to name a few. But how about 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.840 the progression, because that's not We're not worried about what 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:21.400 he did in his rookie season anymore. He just kind 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.600 of helps to establish the point we want to see 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.760 the progression this year. Right, Well, it's here from coach 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.160 Charlie Fry here in just one second. But how about this. 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:32.280 Two of his four highest rated games as as far 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:35.520 as quarterback rating goes, we're the last two games he played, 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.600 including the Baltimore game which wasn't a start, three of 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.240 his four games, and this discounts to the Buffalo game, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.600 where he played two series and had just four passes thrown. 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.640 Three of the four games have produced a higher passer 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.800 rating than his rookie year cumulative mark. So progress, right, 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:58.200 let's hear from coach Fry. Yeah, I've seen growth. Um, 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:02.280 you know, the more experience you get, the you know, 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:06.080 the game slows down a little bit. Um. And it's 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:12.160 just through through repetition, through work in the film room, 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:14.600 work at practice, you know, obviously getting to go through 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:18.160 uh an offseason or training camp and then stacking all 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:22.200 those things and carrying them with you throughout the season. 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:27.160 So yeah, definitely seeing growth, Definitely seeing improvement. Now. I 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:33.480 thought this answer was especially not telling, but informative from 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.319 coach Fry because I asked him about you know, there's 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:39.360 a lot made about arm strength and the value of 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:41.880 arm strength of the quarterback position, and so I kind 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:43.200 of just asked him, you know, when you when you 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:46.320 talk about ranking of arms at this level, what is 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.840 really the difference between a quarterback that has all the 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:51.440 armed talent as far as the physical ability to drive 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.960 the football, I don't know, fifty yards on the line, 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.120 whatever you want to talk about, versus a guy that 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.959 does have more of an adequate arm and has found 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.320 a way to have success. You might say Drew Brees 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.160 had an adequate arm, but obviously that led to a 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:06.600 Hall of fame, one of the all time great quarterback 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.040 careers ever in the history of this league. So I 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.520 asked Coach Fry what's the difference between an adequate arm 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:13.840 and a great arm? And he didn't go towards the 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:16.599 arm strength aspect. He talked about what he believes to 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:22.480 be the most important trait at the position. Accuracy. Yeah, 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:27.040 it's you look back at, you know, the history of 0:13:27.080 --> 0:13:31.520 the game, and the one you know common trait is accuracy. 0:13:31.840 --> 0:13:33.560 You know, there's a lot of big arm guys that 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:38.080 haven't been as successful as the guys that are pinpoint accurate. 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:41.680 I think that's probably the biggest attribute that a that 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.520 a passer has in this league. And So to follow 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.320 up to that question, because I became so enamored by 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.120 the thirty five yard completion from two of a waddle 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.880 the other night against Baltimore, I just wanted to ask 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.280 coach about when you get up to a situation like that, 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.000 do you know ahead of time on the throw that 0:13:58.040 --> 0:13:59.959 you're gonna have to kind of layer this ball out 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.440 because obviously was not one of those just throw the 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:04.280 ball as hard as you can. Yeah, you had to 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.480 get the ball forty five yards in the air according 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:08.720 to next Gen stats, but you also had to layer 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.640 it over and underneath defender and drop it in in 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:14.360 front of over the top defender. So I asked, coach, 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.440 is that something where you know you have to make 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.480 this type of throw going into the play? Do you 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:22.680 adjust on the fly? Here's coach. Yeah, I think there's 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:26.000 man throws and there's zone throws. You know, whether you 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:30.280 have to layer the ball, you know, over second level defenders, 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:34.200 and when there's no second level defenders, when it's man 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:35.880 and man covers and now you can just throw it 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.560 on a rope. So the trajectory of the throw is 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.880 is based on if there's if there's zone coverage, there's 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:47.160 guys underneath, or there's man coverage and and now you 0:14:47.200 --> 0:14:50.200 have there is no windows. It's just now you you're 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:53.120 throwing over the flatter ball. But yeah, that ball right there. 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:56.080 Throwing it over, you know, knowing the trajectory of the 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:59.760 ball and still having enough juice on it, you know, 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:02.320 be the reaction of the defense so that you hear 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.160 from the Dolphins quarterbacks coach on the Dolphins quarterback let's 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.240 keep this thing rolling here with the eighteenth pick in 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:10.000 that year's draft, Austin Jackson, who of course has kicked 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.800 into guard. Let's hear from coach Lemuel John Pierre on 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:16.080 Austin Jackson's progression a year and a half into his career, 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.240 but most with the most progression, just how you see 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:22.000 from developed so far through year now? Um, I think 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.200 I think mentally he's developed a lot in terms of 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.720 like understanding that the next level either with a lot 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:29.360 of guys coming from the college game and just understanding 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:33.640 ball more. Um, he's always been a really good athlete 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.000 and he's trying to hone it in even now continue 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:38.360 to grow in terms of where he's been putting the 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.400 understanding football and the functions of it, not just at 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.440 a certain spot. With his understanding, he's like of leverages 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.720 eye placement and how the defense reacts and stuff like that. 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:49.880 And then I wanted to follow up the coach because 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:53.000 I've been so impressed by Austin's play through the echo 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:54.640 of the whistle. I just asked him he kind of 0:15:54.640 --> 0:15:56.440 has an edge to him, right? Is that a new 0:15:56.480 --> 0:16:00.360 thing for Austin Jackson Nope, a thing for him, No, No, 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:02.840 I mean Austin's very you know, he knows how to 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:04.960 hand himself in terms of you know, when he's cool 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:06.920 and relax, he's a really good guy and like a 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:08.800 lot of guys in the room, but when he's when 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.320 he's not, when he's angry, like you guys remember last 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:13.640 year Jacksonville, he got that pilloting no matter awesome, you 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:14.880 can't be the same guy, you know what I'm saying, 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:16.520 Like he always has that age I got you closed, 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.720 But we're trying to help him continue to control that 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.120 using the positive way, like he's saying, pushing the pile 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:23.480 and things like that, changing the ball and not losing 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.600 it in terms of any other way. So he's always 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.080 at that age. That's for the last couple of games 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.120 I thought, rather the last game I thought was Austin's 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:34.120 best of the season as far as Pro Football Focus goes. 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:37.480 Two pressures surrendered in that game only his low mark 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.160 on the season. He's also top ten among guards and 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:42.360 run blocked win rate, and when you watch him on 0:16:42.400 --> 0:16:44.600 tape that checks out too. He's moving some guys in 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:46.800 the running game and Also, his last three games have 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:50.080 each been his lowest pressure allowed totals of the season, 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:53.560 So again progress midway through his second season here for 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.040 Austin Jackson. Keep this thing moving here, because we got 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:57.960 a lot to get to next. Let's go ahead and 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:00.640 go back to Coach Burke's for the Dolphins other first 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:04.440 round draft pick that season, Noah Ignogny. I think Coach 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.840 Brooks pointed out well here about the fact that Noah 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.600 is really right now learning from and playing behind two 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:11.760 of the very best in the game. Here's Coach Burks 0:17:11.800 --> 0:17:17.240 on no no, no, no, uh, you know, he he 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:20.600 just really hasn't take advantage of the opportunities that he's given. Uh. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.200 You know, he played for us in the Jaguar game, 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:25.440 you know, and I thought, really, you know, there was 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:28.000 two catches there, but I thought that was his most 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.639 complete game as a pro. You know. Uh, it's the 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:34.199 reality of his situation is he has two guys at 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:37.199 that position playing at a high level, you know. So, uh, 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:40.720 then that's just is what it is with the situation. 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:42.720 You know, he comes to work, goes goes to practice, 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:44.600 works on his craft, tries to get better each and 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.720 every day, and that's all they can control, and that's 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:48.840 you know what we're up with that. So we're gonna 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.640 go back to Lemuel John Pierre here and go back 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:54.000 to the second round of that year's draft, and Robert 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:55.720 Hunt one of the guys playing really well at this 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:59.480 point of the season. He's currently fifth among guards and 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:03.480 run win rate at se on ESPN stat tracking. There 0:18:03.720 --> 0:18:06.800 he has the fewest pressures allowed him on qualifying offensive 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.560 lineman on this team. Here's what Lemiel John Pierre had 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.080 to say about Robert Hunt's transition from tackle last year 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:16.359 inside the Garden. I mean Rob's big, massive human being, humongous. 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:19.160 Quaus I called him like like quad sore and stuff 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.879 like that, But I mean Rob, Rob's doing well in 0:18:22.040 --> 0:18:24.399 terms of just once again learned the ball. He always 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:27.399 had the He even talking about us unless see but 0:18:27.640 --> 0:18:30.080 you know the combine he was like, you know, we 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.639 had my interview and my my thing with him and 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:33.960 y'all like, you know, I want to be the best 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:36.800 and he works for that. He does and in the 0:18:36.920 --> 0:18:40.320 classroom he works. He asked questions, he always processes, and 0:18:40.359 --> 0:18:42.840 he always tries the best not to have any repeats 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:44.919 and just trying to be the example you're doing right 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.119 every time. So, I mean, that's been awesome about Rob. 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:51.840 It always looks to me like something. I mean, he's 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:53.479 a big man and you know, the cur people up 0:18:53.560 --> 0:18:55.439 and he's focused on his job. So you tell him 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:57.240 to do something, he kind of folcus on doing that job, 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:00.280 and then he keeps development from there. You know, the 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:02.560 basis up, and he's developed a really nice a bit 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:04.520 of a blip on the radar last week with six 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.000 pressures allowed in the game, but prior to that, he 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:09.560 had not allowed more than two pressures in a game 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:13.639 from Pro Football Focus since Week three in Las Vegas. 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:15.960 And to kind of further that point, the rushing yards 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:18.679 off either side of Rob Hunts, between center and right 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.640 guard and between right guard and right tackle has been 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:25.040 trending upward all season long. Obviously a lot goes into 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:28.119 that from play call, tight ends and tackles everything as 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:29.720 well as the running back. But it's a good sign 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.280 the work he's doing that that run block win rate 0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:35.040 ranking and the running behind him in those particular gaps. 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:37.560 The other second round draft pick that season, of course, 0:19:37.640 --> 0:19:39.800 ray Kwon Davis, and you know, Rey Kuan had the 0:19:39.880 --> 0:19:42.480 injury this season and Austin Clark said, took him some 0:19:42.560 --> 0:19:44.760 time to get back to form, but he feels like 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.120 he's coming on in that regard. Yeah, I would say 0:19:47.560 --> 0:19:49.879 the first thing he stands out to me is his 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:53.440 preparation and you know, his week to week. He's in 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:56.879 a routine now of how to prepare, what to look for. 0:19:57.400 --> 0:19:59.160