WEBVTT - Melvin Ingram and Sony Michel Join Drive Time 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us byres touch style by Waddle snuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy tight pro tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:19.440 What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:23.720 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:28.120 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.520 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, we welcome in not 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:36.919 one but two new Miami Dolphins, two household names in 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:41.280 this league, to proven free agent veteran additions to keep 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:45.559 improving and bolstering this roster edge. Melvin Ingram is going 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.760 to join us. He's new to the Miami Dolphins. Will 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:50.519 also break down his game and talk to the newest 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:53.800 edge defender on this Dolphins defense. Plus we already broke 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.639 down his game on a prior podcast, but now we're 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:59.400 gonna talk to the man himself, new Dolphins running back, 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:03.120 so Michelle from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:12.080 Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast. Every 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.600 single time I think there might be a little bit 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:18.640 of content lull, some information we don't have to talk 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.479 about here on the podcast, which I always appreciate because 0:01:21.480 --> 0:01:23.720 I can then get into my bag of ideas and 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.080 bag up tricks. But then we get blessed with some 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:29.160 new content material here. And what a great gift this 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.280 is on this Friday to be able to talk to 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.319 two very proven, very good veteran players in this league 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:39.400 now new Miami Dolphins, and we start with edge defender, 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:41.720 you know, outside linebacker defensive, then kind of a little 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.360 bit of both of those two positions. Melvin Ingram a 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:47.800 decorated free agent on this year's list, and this is 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.320 a free agent crop that kind of continues to have 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.480 an impressive list of available players. One thing I saw 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:57.000 Greg Rosenthal of Around the NFL Network talk about Around 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:00.200 the NFL podcast on the NFL Network talk about is 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:02.800 how you know we'd spend so much time talking about 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:06.000 the draft, but this year, for whatever reason, there's this 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:09.080 unique circumstance where there are a lot of really good 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:12.880 players available in free agency, and Rosenthal said, you know, 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.120 I think that we're gonna wind up talking about the 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.800 guys that signed post draft. A lot more are guys 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:20.440 that should have a bigger impact than your second, third, 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:23.960 fourth rounders in the NFL draft. On balance, you can 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.520 have a lot more impact from guys that are signed 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:28.960 in the post draft process compared to guys that were 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.680 actually drafted, as those rookies take time to come along 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.240 and develop. And he might be right there with Miami. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.280 Melvin Ingram and Sony Michelle certainly could have a nice 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:41.720 impact on this Dolphins roster. And you know, looking at 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.160 the five Things piece up on Miami Dolphins dot com, 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:48.440 I frequently joke about tropes. Right, you can never have 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.920 enough this, and I feel like that's every position now 0:02:52.600 --> 0:02:55.200 in the National Football League. You can never have enough corners, 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:57.280 you can never have enough pass rushers, you can never 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:59.960 have enough weapons, you can never have enough running back. 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.640 Your offensive line can never be deep enough. Right, Well, 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:07.560 it's true because deep rosters are good rosters. Attrition occurs 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.440 in the NFL, and having guys that can do multiple things, 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:12.280 and you can be deep with guys who can do 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:15.679 multiple things, three four or five six deep at that position, well, 0:03:15.720 --> 0:03:18.560 it's gonna benefit you. So the Dolphins signed Pro three 0:03:18.600 --> 0:03:21.960 time Pro bowler Melvin Ingram to a defense that retained 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.000 every single member of the front seven from a year ago. 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.840 You know that ranked five in the National Football League 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.840 with forty eight sacks, and the addition of Ingram gives 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:34.359 Miami a fourth edge defender, that outside linebacker defensive end 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:38.520 who finished inside the top forty in QB pressures last year. 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:41.040 We'll get to Ingram's number here in just one second, 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:44.000 but ogbab with his fifty seven, Andrew van Ginkl with 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:47.240 his thirty four, and Jalen Phillips with his forty. Let's 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:49.160 go ahead now and get into the five things to 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.360 know about this newest member of this Dolphins defense, Melvin Ingram, 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:55.240 who just gives Miami another weapon off the edge in 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:58.200 the front seven, as a rusher, as a run defender. 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:00.760 Whatever you want him to do, Melvin has done it 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.400 in his professional football career. And that's where we start here. 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:06.560 With a decade of dominance, and there are no signs 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:08.640 of slowing down, at least not that he's showing right 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:10.960 now against the run, pass, or un coverage. He has 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:14.040 impacted a ton of football games throughout the course of 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:17.239 his storied NFL career over ten years in the league, 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:21.200 fifty one sacks, seventy four tackles for loss, and fifteen 0:04:21.240 --> 0:04:24.000 force fumbles. He's played a hundred and twenty eight career 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:28.120 games for a career that began with some injuries early on, 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.040 but since he missed a few games early in his career, 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:33.760 he's played in one hundred of a possible one hundred 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:37.440 and twelve games. Since the start of the season. He's 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:41.760 logged a hundred nineteen QB hits, three eight five total tackles, 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:46.240 intercepted three passes, defended twenty nine more, and recovered seven 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:49.000 fumbles in his pro career. And he also showed off 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.400 his explosiveness way back in twelve at the NFL Scouting Combine, 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:56.160 ranking in the ninety percentile or better among edge defenders 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:59.920 all time in his ten yards split, his twenty yards split, 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:03.080 short shuttle, and three cone drills. He also checked in 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.799 in the eighty percentile or better in both the forty 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.400 yard dash and the vertical jump. What does that all mean. 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:11.600 It means explosiveness, and you see it in his game 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.640 on the tape. I'm gonna be tweeting out some links 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.760 of some reps of his just getting after people with 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.000 the spin move, with the long arm, with the chop, 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.880 with every move that he possibly has in features he's 0:05:21.960 --> 0:05:25.440 he's really excels in that regard. But age thirty three, 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:29.680 just no signs of slowing down upon his November arrival 0:05:29.680 --> 0:05:31.640 to the Chiefs. Last year at the trade deadline, he 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.520 logged twenty four quarterback pressures in his first eight games 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:37.120 with a team, three pressures per game, and during that 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.479 stretch he never had fewer than two pressures in a 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:43.440 game and recorded four pressures in four different games. He 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:47.800 added nine more pressures and two sacks in three playoff games. 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:51.440 So playing, you know, beyond seventeen games at thirty three, 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.840 still getting the job done into January, you know, at 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:58.400 age thirty three. Impressive stuff. And since he is eighth 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.760 among edge rushers with four dred and eighteen total QB 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:05.560 pressures and nineteenth and sacks with forty nine of them. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.960 And you want to talk about consistency in every facet 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:09.880 of his game, I put up on Twitter a little 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:11.440 thread saying you're going to read a lot about his 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.520 pass rush production, his ability to come into sub packages 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:18.640 and help Miami get that third down rush package. Oh contrary, 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:20.960 my friend, there was much more to his game than 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:24.000 just rushing the pass or The volume of his career 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:28.480 is very impressive, but the consistency, to me is rather 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:32.599 jaw dropping. For his career. Here are his quarterback pressure rates, 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.279 which have never dipped below ten point seven percent. I 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:39.640 was back in one eleven point one percent. Anything over 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:44.880 eight percent is really good. Eleven point one percent, eleven 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:51.080 point nine percent, twenty nineteen, twelve point five, eleven point two, seventeen, 0:06:51.160 --> 0:06:55.200 fourteen point five, twenty sixteen fifteen percent than twelve point 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.479 nine percent, eleven point nine percent, ten point seven, and 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:02.520 eleven point seven his rookie year. Always double digit percentage 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:06.400 in career pressure rate. For context, Emmanuel Ogba, who finished 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.160 seventeenth last year in total QB pressures, he had an 0:07:09.160 --> 0:07:11.440 eleven point six pressure rates. That gives you an idea 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.200 about what a good pressure rate is. Og Ball is 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:17.280 very good at eleven point six. Ingram's in that category 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.800 that territory or better his entire career. His run stop rate, 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.920 it's in similar territory from a volume standpoint. He was 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:28.360 top twenty five in the league from through nineteen, never 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:32.240 having fewer than thirty two run stops. What's a run stop, Travis, 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:35.640 It's a Pro Football Focus metric that measures running down 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.480 tackles within two yards of the line of scrimmage. So 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.160 you stopped the play with your tackle on a running game. 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.040 Every year he was in that range, giving him the 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:47.360 sixth most run stops two d and thirty three among 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:52.960 all edge defenders since. From an efficiency standpoint, again, consistency 0:07:53.120 --> 0:07:55.720 is the way career run stop rates nine point five 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.960 percent went down to five percent, but twelve point seven 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.680 or cent nine point nine, nine point four, nine point one, 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.760 eight point five, eight point one, it dipped to five 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.680 point seven and team and there was eleven point one 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:14.560 his rookie season. It's just rushing the passer, defending the run. 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.600 How about the coverage grade? Well, in his career, quarterbacks 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:20.000 have a passer rating of eighty two point four when 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.880 going against Melvin Ingram and coverage it's he does all 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:26.520 three phases. And how that translates to Miami. Well, in 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.040 the five Things piece, I put a clip or some 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:31.440 clips up on there of Ingram's game. I'll go ahead 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:33.400 and tweet those out as well, both as a rusher 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.880 and a run defender. Again, even with a new team 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.600 mid season, in a new scheme, he flashed the ability 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:43.760 to transition midplay from penetrating run defender to ferocious quarterback 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.240 hunter against play action and in this clip, I put 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.640 up there you can see the patented spin move that 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:52.040 he has on display, which he pairs with that quickness, 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:56.000 sheer strength, heavy hands, and a very devastating long arm 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.040 move which is used to kind of keep offensive lineman 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.200 at bay and help you control the rep and it 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.199 prevents them from getting your hands off their chest plate. 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:05.400 And that ability that he has to kind of shock 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.880 pass protectors in a variety of situations makes him an 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.079 ideal fit for most of the game packages you want 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:13.600 to run as a defense, stunts and twists and slants 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:15.920 loop guys around. He can do it with the strength, 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:19.640 the speed, the quickness, the lateral agility. It's all on display, 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.840 and his run tape is equally impressive. There's there's a 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.800 beauty of the signing and the multitude of roles that 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.320 he could conceivably occupy. Last season, Van Ginko played eight 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.480 hundred and one snaps, Ogba played seven five and Philip 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.559 six oh three. Ingram played seven thirty one and showed 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:38.160 that he could be a valuable sub package rusher or 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:40.719 a true three down player either way you want him 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:43.520 to fill. Whatever role here, he could help the Dolphins 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:45.960 front stay fresh weekend and week out. He himself could 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.320 stay fresh with a limited role in pass rushing. He 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:50.000 can do whatever you want him to. He's that good 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:53.240 of a football player, and he also with ten years experience, 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:55.720 can really have an impact in his leadership role. Here's 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.559 what he had to say about his leadership roll back 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.559 with the Steelers when he was briefly there for a 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.840 little bit. My leadership I display it by my work 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:03.800 ethic what I do on the field. I don't try 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:06.480 to be super vocal because I feel anybody can do that. 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.760 You can pick anybody off the streets to be vocal, 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:10.720 but it takes a special leader to do it by 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:14.120 work ethic, going out there and leading by example. And 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:16.720 he talked about how young players will perceive what he 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:18.520 does and take that and put into their own game. 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:20.240 He said, they're definitely going to be looking at you. 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:22.319 I know when I was a younger guy, I definitely 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:24.320 looked at every older player just to try to steal 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:26.520 something away from them that they did on a daily 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.880 basis or how they went about their work. That's why 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.240 I try to go about mine the right way. And 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:34.760 Travis Kelsey talked about what his inclusion into that chief's 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.000 locker room did for them last year. Quote the swag 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.040 chat Man. You bring a guy in with that much 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:41.920 juice and that much swagger about himself, a perennial All 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.240 star throughout his entire career, that makes everybody play better. 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.880 You saw it immediately how much the guys were having 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.320 fun with it. End quote. So production, the leadership, what 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.120 he can do in all facets of the game. The 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.360 last thing here on the Five Things piece is his 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.200 rap game. I'm not gonna detail here at all because 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:00.000 I want to hear from Melvin. We'll do that net 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.560 here on the Drivetime Podcast. You can find the five 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:04.839 Things piece up on Miami Dolphins dot com, as well 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:08.240 as all the free agent acquisitions five Things on Miami 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:10.640 Dolphins dot com, as well as my sit down video 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.040 chats with all these new players up on the team 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.120 YouTube channel. But next we'll hear from Melvin Ingram. After that, 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.560 we'll have Sonny Michelle on here on the Drivetime Podcast, 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.600 your host, Travis Wingfield brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:26.880 What's Up Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here the host of the 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.640 Drivetime Podcast on the Miami Dolphins podcast network, and today 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.679 I am joined by new Dolphins linebacker Melvin Ingram, what's up, mel? 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:36.559 I'm doing great good. It's good to see you. Good 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:38.719 to have you in here. Welcome to Miami. How's it 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:40.880 filled to be a Dolphin? Man? I feel great. Man. 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:42.719 If you're like something that's meant to be. Man, it's 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:44.920 a blessing to be here and had its opportunity, he said, 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:46.599 it's like it's meant to be. So you're as a 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.200 free agent, you had your pick of where to go. 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.480 Why Miami and why now? Just because me and Miami 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:53.839 got so much history. So it's a great young team 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:56.280 that's that's on a rise and and and and got 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.719 a chance to do something special. So it's just it's 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:01.440 just that I wanted to be a part of. So 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.360 you like the roster coming in here. Obviously, had a 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:05.559 chance to meet with coach McDaniel Yett. First impressions the 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:07.720 coming man and I love him. Man, high energy guy, 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:09.839 and I love it man. He brings. He bring the 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.520 energy and that's what creates the atmosphere and every single 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:14.720 thing he does, media with the players, everything he does 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.040 it so much up temple, high energy stuff. It's fun 0:12:17.040 --> 0:12:19.280 to be around. How about the defensive staff, Coach Boyer, 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:21.800 you had chance to meet him and his staff. Yes, sir, yes, sir, 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:23.280 And I feel like they got a great staff they 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.160 got they got a bunch of great coaches who know 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:28.280 exactly what they're talking about and components in the right duration. 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:30.760 So we know about the past rush production through your career. 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.320 A story ten your career so far. Also a hell 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:34.800 of a rundefender. I think kind of gets lost in 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.120 the the sauce little bit there, But I was curious, 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:40.000 what mentality is it required to play strong in the 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:42.480 running games, had a hard edge off the outside on defense. 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:46.040 It's just a football mentality, really, man. I think in 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.640 this game you have to be a complete player and 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.200 and sometimes people get lost in the past rush, but 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:54.440 it also goes with stopping the run. So the complete 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:56.000 ones and the great ones they do both. And I 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:57.640 try to pat it myself after that. That's why I 0:12:57.640 --> 0:12:58.800 wanted to bring it up. So I think it's a 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:00.679 big part of your game and aviously what you bring 0:13:00.760 --> 0:13:03.240 here obviously also a new face on this team bringing 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:05.280 ten years of experience to this club. How do you 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.560 approach your role as kind of this veteran leader here 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.600 on this team while getting to know this locker room 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.880 and building those relationships as you go along. Here. I 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:14.080 just come in and work, man. That's been That's been 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.160 my emo since the first day I stepped in this league, 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.439 and I'm always do that. Just come in and working 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:20.840 and try to lead by example. I ain't really gonna 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:22.679 do all the talking, because I feel like anybody can 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:24.520 just talk. To be a leader, you got to go 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.320 out and put the work in it. And people see 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:27.760 you putting the work in, they see how long you've 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.160 been doing it, they naturally gonna follow you for example, right, 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:31.720 So that's way to do it. So, speaking of that 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:33.839 position group, you've got guys that are productive. The last 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.520 several years in the NFL, Manual aug bought great pressure 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:38.800 rates Jalen Phillips, a young guy coming up, Andrew Van 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:40.800 Ginkle as well. What do you think about those guys 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:42.480 and what they bring to your position group? Man, I 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.080 think they're great players, man, and I'm I'm I'm excited 0:13:45.120 --> 0:13:47.360 to work with my thing. I think that the future 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:48.920 is bright and I think the way they work in 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:50.880 the in the potentition, their head is only gonna get better. 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.079 Did you know anybody on the team before you signed here? Yeah? 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:55.679 I know a couple of people and getting here. It's 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:57.400 been dope to be here with him. That's a lot 0:13:57.400 --> 0:13:58.880 of fun. It's not a bad area too, you know that. 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:01.319 Going to the Heat games and now you said, we're 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:03.679 gonna make fans very happy about that. Hopefully here a 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.160 peppos early in the fourth quarter. But being in the 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:08.800 Link for ten years, you've accomplished a lot. What do 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:10.680 you hope to accomplish next in this next phase of 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.640 your career? Of course, your your goal is always the 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.080 one to ring and and and first you gotta you 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:17.679 gotta get there. You gotta get to the playoffs. You 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:19.600 gotta win those games and make it to that big dance. 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:22.160 But those of my goal is the one ring absolutely 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.080 hopefully can make that happen for you here in Miami. 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.280 Had a chance to prouse your Instagram a little bit. 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.280 Saw some really cool posts with you and your boys. 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:29.760 I have a two year old daughter, is the very 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:31.880 best thing in the world. What's something you can't wait 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:33.400 to do with your family down here now that you're 0:14:33.440 --> 0:14:37.400 in South Florida. I don't know. It's probably just me 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.680 and the kids and the fam just just going to 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:41.520 the beach man, getting on the beach. My kids and 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.360 my family loved to beaching. We get out there with 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.200 the kids on the beach and just have fun. The 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.720 smile said, Is there a particular beach you like down here? No, 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.400 not a particular any beach. My kids don't. They don't 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:54.080 care as long as the beach as long as you're 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:56.560 standing water, right, I recommend Dania. It's right by the 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:58.080 airport down there, but it's a little bit low key. 0:14:58.080 --> 0:14:59.240 Not a lot of people go there, so I like 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:03.040 the fact that it's not so hustle and you've got something. Yeah. 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.200 Something else I saw was was your involvement in the 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.120 sneaker game. I know some folks around here'll be pretty 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.640 excited about a potential pop up sneaker shop. We're gonna 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:11.720 have any of those? Yeah, we we We definitely, me 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.200 and my staff, we're definitely working on it because I 0:15:14.240 --> 0:15:17.240 own a mobile sneaker store right now where we just 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.720 we just pull up places and and and let people 0:15:19.720 --> 0:15:21.880 come on and buy shoes and and and see the 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:25.240 trump So it's definitely it's definitely a potential. You might 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.680 have some business to do here, I mean employers and 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.960 the employees doing here into the shoe game. I wouldn't 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:33.200 be to let you out of here without asking you 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.440 about the Rap Game. Any new albums in the work, 0:15:35.440 --> 0:15:37.880 any collaborations, and yeah, no, no, no, we're working on 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.880 I'm working on finishing the album right now. We uh, 0:15:41.040 --> 0:15:44.160 we're probably about eight finish and we're working on it. 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:46.480 It's it's a dope project though, very cool. I asked 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:49.680 Tony Michell earlier. He said he's retired from the rap games. Yeah, 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:52.440 I'm still in it all right, And I also mentioned 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:54.600 toront Arms said you know about his Yes, definitely, I 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:56.440 definitely heard his music and me and him talk from 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:58.680 day one about doing some stuff together. So we definitely 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.640 gonna get in and do some stuff. Go. Let's go ahead. 0:16:00.720 --> 0:16:05.160 Leave on that right there, and there he goes New 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.120 Dolphins linebacker Melvin Ingram fund chat with him. Let's go 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.120 ahead and take our last break and come back on 0:16:10.160 --> 0:16:12.400 the other side and catch up with new Dolphins running 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:20.000 back Sony Michelle. What's up Dolphins? Travis Wingfield here the 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.640 host of the Drive Time podcast on the Miami Dolphins 0:16:22.680 --> 0:16:25.440 podcast Network, and I'm joined today by new Dolphins running 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.120 back Sony Michelle. Sony, welcome in, man, appreciate it. Thanks 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:29.840 for having me. We're happy to have you down here. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.880 So has it hit you yet the fact that you're 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.400 back homeward all began? Um? I think it's kind of 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:37.840 setting in now, you know. I mean week two, UM, 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:41.400 getting activated with everything, Um, getting into a routine. So 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:43.480 it's going good so far. So I saw you were 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.600 in the number thirty four. I grew up a diehard 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:48.160 Dolphins fan. My favorite player of all time as Ricky Williams. 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:50.120 Is that a coincidence or did you pick that number 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:54.160 for a reason? Um? I didn't pick that number. Um, 0:16:54.200 --> 0:16:56.640 I'll say it was one of the numbers. I mean 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.320 I initially picked it, but and there was only like 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.800 four number is available for me. So knowing the history 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.240 behind the number, I picked it, you know, to kind 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:06.879 of set the bar high. I think it's a good 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:08.680 looking I said, like thirty four and running back, what's 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.960 better than that? There's so many legendary backs that were 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.439 thirty four. So aside from the homecoming here, you know, 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:16.400 obviously coming back a form American heritage products. What attracted 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:17.919 you to come to the Miami Dolphins and play your 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:20.439 ball here? I'm seeing the foundation that they're trying to 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.119 build the players they had coming in, the players that 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:27.240 was here already, seeing these guys work, playing against them, Um, 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.000 knowing what they're about, and you know, coming here to 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:31.439 try to be a part of it, to try to 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.440 do something special, you know, was something I had in mind. 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:36.560 Was part of that. The coaching staff and coach McDaniel 0:17:36.600 --> 0:17:38.760 getting to those guys a little bit. Oh yeah, definitely 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.520 knowing him, knowing a little bit about his background, the 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:44.800 schemes he run, the you know, the way his players 0:17:44.840 --> 0:17:47.600 talk about him. So knowing a little bit. I like 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.439 that he brought you Raheem and Chase up here from 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.280 the NFC West guess, guys that were close in his 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:55.720 backyard there, right, Yeah, he knows what he's got there. 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.159 So Also, running backs coach Eric Studisville has been in 0:17:58.160 --> 0:17:59.639 this business for a long time, been here for a 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:01.600 long time. I'm how excited you to work with him 0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:03.080 and kind of absorb some of that wisdom that he 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.879 can offer you. Oh man, I'm excited. Um, knowing a 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:08.879 little bit about his background, knowing you know, some of 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.840 the backs that he's coached, some of the wisdom that 0:18:11.880 --> 0:18:14.639 he can shed on the room on me. Um. You know, 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:16.520 I like to you know, pick his brain a little 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:18.880 bit so I can add to my game. So he's 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:20.919 been pretty cool so far. He's coached a bunch of 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:22.840 really good backs. And you know, we talked about you 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:24.840 coming here to Miami. What would you say the Dolphins 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:28.040 are getting in Sony Michelle as a player, Oh man, 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:31.159 they're getting you know, I would say me being me, 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.840 a high character guy, the guy that's gonna come in, 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:36.480 you know, put the team first and just work hard. 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:38.960 I touched on your your teammates here in the backfield 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.000