WEBVTT - Free Agent All 22 Breakdowns 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:09.360 Practice row. What a win for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow, 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:14.720 What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:18.880 part of the official Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:23.040 Miami Dolphins. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and as always, 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:25.640 I am here to bring you your daily dose of 0:00:25.720 --> 0:00:29.040 Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, the film has 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:32.879 been digested all ten free agent additions, every snap of 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:36.239 their twenty nineteen season, and detailed notes on what the 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.280 Dolphins are getting from the all twenty two of each 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:41.680 of these new signees. We're gonna get to five of 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:44.919 them today and we'll get back into five more editions 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:48.080 of the all twenty two breakdowns on tomorrow's podcast, covering 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:50.960 the players we don't cover today. Up today the non 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:55.760 front seven players Byron Jones, Clayton Federalum, Jordan Howard, Ted Carriss, 0:00:55.760 --> 0:00:58.800 and Eric Flowers along the offensive line and in the 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.800 defensive secondary. All of that and much more here on 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:05.880 this Monday, March the thirtieth edition of the Drivetime Podcast. 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:11.280 And I know we wrapped up these free agent sign 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.520 ese a week ago, but you come here for the 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:16.240 comprehensive coverage, and I didn't want to roll out some 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:20.000 half baked analysis on the newest members of the Miami Dolphins. 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.319 So I made it a point to lock myself in 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:24.479 the bunker. What a time to do that right now. 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.319 Hope everyone's staying safe out there with the coronavirus and 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:30.280 on our lockdown quarantine, I made it a point to 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.320 go back and watch every rep of all ten players 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:36.840 the Dolphins signed during free agency to ultimately unveil a 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:41.000 film slash All twenty two heavy edition of the Drivetime Podcast, 0:01:41.200 --> 0:01:43.840 and we'll break it into two parts since five of 0:01:43.920 --> 0:01:46.840 the ten signings were in the defensive front seven, so 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:50.400 we're gonna use that as our separator. On tomorrow's podcast, 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:54.280 we're gonna get to Kyle van Noy, Shack Lawson, Emmanuel Ogba, 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:58.000 Landon Roberts, and Commu grug A Hill. But for today's show, 0:01:58.160 --> 0:02:01.040 we're getting into the tape of Jordan Howard, Ted Carriss, 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.960 Eric Flowers, Clayton Federlum, and Byron Jones. And we'll start 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:08.280 there with Byron Jones, a player who says a big 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:10.360 reason he wanted to come to Miami was to be 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:13.440 a catalyst for establishing Brian Flores his culture here, and 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:15.920 if you haven't done so yet, I strongly urge and 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.640 recommend you to go back and listen to my interview 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:22.200 with Byron on this podcast. The Dolphins signed him on Wednesday, 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:26.040 March and the podcast debut on March, so go back 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.200 and check that out, along with all the interviews of 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.920 the Dolphins free agents. And you're definitely gonna love this 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:35.239 guy's interview on the podcast. Very enlightening, sharp and dedicated guy. 0:02:35.320 --> 0:02:37.040 But you're also gonna love the tape, which I want 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:40.200 to talk about right now. And quite frankly, it would 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:42.200 take a lot less time to list the things that 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:44.880 Byron Jones can't do, because I'm not sure if those 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:48.680 things even exist. Look, we've heard about the interception argument, 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:52.440 which is beyond tired and lazy. His ball production is terrific. 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.400 He has forty one career pass breakups, and he could 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:58.240 play around the line of scrimmage. He can press and mirror. 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.800 He has the loose hips to flip, turn and run 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.680 with the speed receivers of today's game. He stays in 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.679 phase and on that inside hip. I love love the 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.320 way he plays the ball on the rare occasion where 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:12.280 he can't get his head around. Usually he does get 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.920 his head around, and sometimes you have to recover and 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.520 just play the receiver's eyes and hands, like on a 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.720 fade route where the ball comes out too quick for 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:22.000 the cornerback to get his head around. Think about it 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:25.040 like a basketball defender playing straight up and down to 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:27.919 avoid fouling the shooter. That's kind of what Byron Jones 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.520 does when he attacks the football at the catchpoint. It 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:33.760 results in a lot of separated passes from receiver's hands 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:36.120 once the ball gets in there. Very good at that 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.400 skill set. He can play man, he can play zone, 0:03:38.520 --> 0:03:41.200 doesn't really matter where he does play. He recognizes and 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:44.200 anticipates route concepts. He can set the edge as a 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:47.000 run defender and give way out there because he does 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:49.240 have the speed to win the foot race, so he 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.160 can honor the inside lane, but also have the recovery 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.360 speed once again to the outside edge on run defense. 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.120 And that foot speed really really shows up on a 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.960 play against Washington last season against Terry McLaurin. And remember 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:05.080 Terry McLaurin runs a four three five forty yard dash 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.080 at his combine last year and Byron Jones has lined 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:10.800 up an outside leverage and what this means is that 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:14.280 Jones has lined up on the outside shoulder of Terry McLaurin, 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:18.400 and mclaurin's running an inside post and wants that inside release, 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.839 so he takes that access to the inside portion of 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:23.320 the field, which means that Jones is already at a 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:26.479 disadvantage against a four three five forty guy, But he 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.679 stays in stride, step for step and carries that route 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:31.839 all the way to the post. The ball gets out there, 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.080 he makes a play on the football, so you see 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.360 the speed and the ball skills downfield four Byron Jones, 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:39.800 your new Dolphins cornerback. A couple of plays I saw 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.839 that really stood out that one against Washington Terry McLaurin 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:45.479 quite obviously, a couple of plays against the Eagles he 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.599 made in the Week sixteen, crucial game in the NFC 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:50.560 East at the end of last year. And the one 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:54.240 play in particular is an outside run from Miles Sanders, 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.839 the speedback who ran a four four five in his 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:58.920 own right, so you know that he can burn as well, 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:01.480 and Byron Jones on the outside edge. They run a 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:04.559 little bit of misdirection. The ball comes back Jones's way 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.960 and while he maintains that outside contain he's able to 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:11.000 also honor the inside. So Sanders does have to bounce 0:05:11.000 --> 0:05:13.440 it outside thinking that he can beat Jones to the edge, 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.120 but not so fast. My friend Jones runs him down, 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.279 makes a tackle right around the line of scrimmage. And 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:20.400 he is such a sure tackler when he does get 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:23.279 his hands on the ball carrier and he's aggressive, he'll 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.440 stick his nose in there and make plays down in 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.880 the box against a running back, against the tight end 0:05:27.880 --> 0:05:30.920 coming across the formation. You name it, Byron Jones is 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.160 gonna do it. And there's a separate play in that 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.960 Philadelphia game where he's got coverage on the back side 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:38.520 of the formation, and there are two routes running in 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:42.159 the general direction the general vicinity of Byron Jones, and 0:05:42.200 --> 0:05:45.280 he does so well to basically keep himself in position 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:47.920 to make a play on either route if the football 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.960 comes to either of those pass catchers. One is a 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.560 post route from the outside receiver, the other is a 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.480 flag route to the corner from the tight end zach Ertz, 0:05:56.600 --> 0:05:59.000 and Jones just keeps gaining depth and gaining depth and 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.640 eyeing the quarterback and once he recognizes the ball is 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:03.680 going to urge the tight end. He comes out of 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.080 that back pedal, out of that drop and drives on 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:08.159 the football and makes a play on it and breaks 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.800 the pass up. Just shows you really good instincts, really 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.360 good and nate feel for the position. He just he's 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.840 a smart football player. And you can see that time 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.480 and time again, rep after rep in the way he 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.560 gets himself into proper position over and over again. And 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:23.719 that's why his production. We talked about it on the 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:26.760 Byron Jones episode last week, that's why his production is 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:28.880 so good against some of the best receivers in the league, 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.160 because he's so consistent across the board and everything he does. 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.359 The smarts, the instincts, the ball production, the speed to 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.160 turn and run with the burners of the NFL, and 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.159 the toughness. My goodness, he is such a tough football player. 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:43.960 I posted a clip on my Twitter timeline about a 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:47.640 week back showing a play back in against the Jets 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.599 where jones kneecap comes out of place and he just 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.839 pops it in, gets back up and is in there 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.800 for the next play. Just incredible toughness to fight through 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:58.080 the elements of going through the war of attrition. That 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.440 is an NFL season. He's gonna stay on the field 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:03.080 for his teammates. We talked about that on that podcast, 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.520 So he really checks all the boxes you want in 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.760 a player at that position. I've got notes on one 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.720 last play here against the Buffalo Bills on the Thanksgiving 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:15.440 Day game, and Jones is aligned as the perimeter defender 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.280 on a wide side of the field alignment, and the 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.360 receiver tries to run a fade route on him, goes 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:22.720 to the end zone and Josh Allen sees it almost 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:25.520 immediately because there's nobody up over the top and takes 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.040 that shot, and Jones gets his hands on the receiver, 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.480 stays in stride step for step, and then once the 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:32.600 ball arrives, he punches it up into the air and 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:35.400 damn near gets himself an interception for his teammate because 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:37.400 of that work. It kind of reminded me of the 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:41.000 play way back in the was it twenty fourteen NFC 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.600 Championship game the Seahawks and Niners when Richard Sherman punched 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.960 that ball out for the interception to clench that game. 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.880 It looked just like that, only the Cowboys safety couldn't 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.040 secure the catch and bounds, But it just shows you 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:54.280 the ball skills and the instincts to make a play 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:56.360 for his teammates and try to help his friend out 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.640 to make a play, and just being involved around the 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:01.240 football at all time. I really can't say enough about 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.440 his tape. It speaks for itself. You can find a 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.200 couple of these play breakdown clips on John Conjemmi's All 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.000 twenty two up on Miami Dolphins dot com. We've tweeted 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:10.920 him out, put him on Facebook. You can find it 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.080 anywhere the Dolphins are. And also, if you want to 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.880 go even further in depth, get yourself a game pass account. 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.240 It's free right now from the NFL. Check out Byron 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.280 Jones's tape. It's a lot of fun to watch. I 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.680 promise you'll love it. Up next on my list, here 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.280 is the center coming over from the Patriots. Ted Carriss 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.040 talked to him on that podcast as well, and from 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.280 that podcast you can infer some of the things you 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.640 see on his tape. A smart, communicative player, really the 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:35.800 type of guy mentally that you want in the middle 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.680 of things, calling out your prodection to your protections rather 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.240 and working in unise him with the back in the 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:43.640 running game. As far as leverage points and angles go 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.760 He's always finding additional work. He was the first to 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:49.280 admit on our podcast that maybe he's not the most 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.160 athletics center in the world, but you wouldn't necessarily know 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.680 what from his tape based on the way he approaches 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:56.880 blocks in the open field. He's able to come in 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.720 control and has the feat to stay square over his 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.280 path ads and lines up his shots so that he 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:05.240 can alter the tackler's route to the ball carrier and 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.920 it makes things easier both on the back and his 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:11.640 fellow interior offensive lineman to work in unison on those blocks. 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:14.400 He just takes terrific angles at both the first and 0:09:14.520 --> 0:09:18.640 second levels, doesn't over extend himself, and typically maintains his balance. 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:20.920 And you see that in his ability to mirror in 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.040 the middle of the offensive line. You know that drill. 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.360 You see it the combine with the rabbit, where one 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.880 offensive lineman works back and forth chasing a fellow offensive 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.520 lineman who's just trying to run from cone to cone 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:34.120 and get him off balance. And that really serves in 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.360 game function for stuff like twist and slants and stunts 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.520 from the defensive line, and you can see that come 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:42.200 into play with Carriss's tape, even though the drill is 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:43.880 now a thing of the past, but it's an area 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:47.000 where Carrerass will excel because of his patients. He doesn't 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:50.040 click his heels and his football acumen allows him to 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:53.800 anticipate those games stunts, twists and slants up front and 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.160 match those rush moves. So if a Russia wants to 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.679 cross his face, he has the ability to get over 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:01.240 there and make that block. And what pairs really well 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:04.040 with his skill set is the ability to really drop 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:07.720 that anchor and pass protection. He's so technically refined that 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.440 he can absorb the bull rush from much bigger defensive 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.480 tackles and stonewall them at the point of attack. He 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.200 can win when he's out leveraged. For instance, if he 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:19.000 has to seal someone that has him outflanked, and all 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:20.880 I mean by that is he's lined up on the 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:22.960 middle of the football if there's a tackle to his 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.000 left off of his left shoulder, if they want to 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.520 run the ball to the left, that means he's outflanked 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:29.720 and you then have to hit that reach block. And 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.320 this is when you're trying to run the ball to 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.480 that same side of the field. You have the play 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:36.680 side tackle, whether it's a one technique, a two technique, 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:38.880 a two eye technique, and those just line up with 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.000 where the players are in the specific gap, and the 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:42.880 center has to get out in front and turn that 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:46.000 man and create a seal on the play side. And again, 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:49.520 the balance, the acumen and proper alignment of his angles 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:52.840 allows him to execute those difficult blocks the majority of 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.440 the time. And he also has really good hands to 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:58.280 throw his own punches inside the chess plate and really 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:00.599 helps him control the rep and that works both in 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:03.200 the running game and in the passing game. There's a 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:05.640 couple of plays I think that really signify what he 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.480 brings to the table. One against the Bengals last year. 0:11:08.600 --> 0:11:10.520 It's the first quarter, a third and ten on the 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.079 plus twenty three yard line, eleven fifty two to go. 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:15.440 In that first quarter, they throw a little swing route 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.000 to James White. He gets out in space, he hits 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.679 the guy he's supposed to block, initially spins off of it. 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:23.720 The player recovers karas stays in line, stays in front 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:25.600 of him, and then buries him and that's the key 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:28.040 block to lead James White into the end zone. Really 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.960 impressive rep there. Out in space for the new Dolphins 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.440 center a play against the Cleveland Browns. He's working the 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.439 middle of the formation. It's the first quarter to fourteen 0:11:36.480 --> 0:11:38.839 to play second down and seven ball on the plus 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.000 eight yard line, so about to go in for the score, 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:43.760 and Ted Carriss does so well to match and mirror 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.000 player who wants to cross face and try to throw 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.160 a slant at him, and he's not having it. Just 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.920 gets into his pass set, matches him, mirrors him, goes 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.520 back and forth and really shuts down that interior pass 0:11:53.559 --> 0:11:56.680 rush for the Patriots to score a touchdown on that play. 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.240 Then going back even further in the season, I think 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.160 it was a week sick scame against the Giants in 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:03.800 the fourth quarter, two minute warning at second down and 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.200 eight on the plus thirty five and I talked about 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:09.040 him being outflanked by a one technique, which again just 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:11.719 means the tackles lined up off the shoulder of the 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.160 center and he has to get to the opposite side 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.200 of that tackle, so he has to reach him and 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.319 get out in front and turn and seal that gap. 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:20.800 And he does it so beautifully on that play. It 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:23.400 creates a huge running lane that creates a big play 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.000 in the running game, and then finally a play against 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.840 Washington earlier in the season. It's the third quarter, there's 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.760 five minutes and fifty three seconds to go second down 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.440 and seven on the minus forty five, and I think 0:12:34.480 --> 0:12:38.320 this play really showcases his ability to stay aligned and 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.800 to keep his balance against a pass rush that's throwing 0:12:40.880 --> 0:12:43.720 multiple different things at him. On this particular play, there 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.040 is a nose tackle lined up head over him and 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.560 tries to rush off Ted's left and then once he 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.800 sees the gap created over the right side of Ted 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.040 because the right guard and right tackle of kind of 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.600 fanned out a little bit in their protection assignments, he 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:58.120 tries to cross face and Ted just matches him and 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.960 stays locked in the entire time, doesn't get off balance, 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.600 doesn't get over his skates, doesn't fall off the block, 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:05.720 and finishes the block and the results in a big 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:09.559 play for the Patriots offense. So tough, durable player who's 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:11.680 gonna be out there for you and be reliable. He's 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:14.360 very smart, can communicate things he sees on the field, 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.360 and we know by now from talking to him how 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.400 excited he is to get down to Miami and get 0:13:18.480 --> 0:13:21.280 to work this offseason, and I think what Miami gets 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:24.520 with Ted Carriss is a very durable, very sturdy, very 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.199 dependable player in the middle of the offensive line that 0:13:27.280 --> 0:13:30.640 can play both guard and center respectively. As for a 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.760 guy that Ted Carriss is going to be blocking for 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.960 this season, New Dolphins running back Jordan Howard. I went 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:38.760 over all the production stats on that previous podcast, but 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:42.319 just a refresher, really really good pass protection numbers, really 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.880 good third and fourth down in short production numbers, and 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:47.640 a guy that really in terms of general production has 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:49.400 been one of the top five or six back since 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:52.840 he came into the league back in with Chicago, played 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:56.320 multiple offenses, multiple running style has been part of all 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:58.760 three aspects of the game as a runner, as a 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:02.080 pass catcher, and past protection. And I love the way 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.040 he always presses the designed whole of the run. He 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.599 doesn't get big eyes and bell on the target or 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:09.720 mesh point in terms of where the play is supposed 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.080 to go, and he reads his breaks based upon what 0:14:12.160 --> 0:14:14.640 he sees and how the play develops and how he 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:17.840 anticipates it. So he presses the design of the play 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.640 and then makes his decision to bend, bang, or bounce 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.120 and bounce means you kick it outside, bang means you 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.240 bang it right up in that gap, or ben means 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:27.760 you bring it back across the formation and bend it backwards. 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:31.160 Has a super powerful lower half with a forward lean 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.640 that turns out extra yardage upon contacts, typically falls through 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.440 that contact for the additional yards, and does really well 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:40.320 to set up and manipulate the blocks to increase the 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:43.000 likelihood that his lineman can get the correct angle on 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.320 that particular block. And what I mean by an anticipation 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:49.080 runner is very well played out in this carry against 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.680 the Chicago Bears last year, third quarter, four to go 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.000 with the first and tent on the minus twenty seven 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:56.920 yard line, and the play is designed to go off 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.360 the left side of the formation, and Howard just keeps 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.320 working and just keeps working to get that play stretched out, 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.640 and then he sees a cutback angle to get to 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.440 the backside of the formation, and he not only gets 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.120 to that lane, but he condenses that cut back in 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:12.840 tight to his lineman, so it creates better leverage and 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.560 better angles for those linemen to hit those blocks. And 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.400 not only does it make the job easier for his 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.200 offensive lineman, it makes it tougher for the defenders to 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.480 find the correct gap to shoot and try to make 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.640 a play on the ball carrier. So you can see 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:28.480 the intelligence and anticipation and vision of Jordan Howard. Then 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:30.960 you go to a game earlier the week prior against 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.440 the Buffalo Bill's first quarter on the clock, second down 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.080 and ten on the minus twenty seven yard line, and 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.040 Howard gets a carry that puts him in a one 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:42.280 on one situation with the Bills linebacker Chermaine Edmunds, one 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:45.040 of the better young linebackers in the NFL, and it's 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:49.000 a monoemno power verse power situation and Howard just lines 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.920 it up, squares it up, and runs Edmonds over. So 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:53.480 that's a good look for a guy that has that 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.920 power and vision combination. And speaking of the vision, there's 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.400 a play of the week prior against the Dallas Cowboys. 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:02.160 It's the first order seven seventeen to go first and 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.480 ten on the minus twenty eight yard line, and we 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:06.920 talked about how Howard can set those blocks up at 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:09.480 the first level, but he's very good and very innate 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:12.360 at doing that at the second level as well, again 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.280 creating better leverage points for his lineman climbing to that 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.400 second level, hitting those linebackers and creating space in that 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:20.880 second level so he can then get that power into 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:23.720 the third level, into the second dary. And Howard does 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.840 so well again to condense things run up tight against 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.800 those linemen, and it just forces defenders to make quicker 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.520 decisions and to be more sound and more sharp on 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:35.600 those decisions. And that minuscule second of delay can be 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.000 the difference between a three yard game and breaking that 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.200 tackle and getting into the second level and turn it 0:16:40.240 --> 0:16:42.560 into a thirty yard gain. So plenty of examples there, 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:45.800 and he also does well to turn potential disasters into 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.560 positive gains. There's a play against the Vikings last year 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.360 where the tackle gets beat inside by the defensive end 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.800 and Howard wants to stretch it out wide, and instead 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.480 of just taking on that contact and possibly taking a loss, 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.840 he continues to stretch it out and gives the lineman 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.320 a better angle to cover and get that block or 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:03.600 at least make some kind of contact, so Howard can 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:05.280 take care of him with his speed and with his 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.840 own physical running style, just does a good job of 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:10.960 helping out his lineman making plays. And I think the 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.840 best Jordan Howard game from t nineteen was a Week 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.640 four contest in Green Bay, a game the Eagles had 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.960 to have their one and two heading into a short 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:22.280 week on the road, and Jordan Howard's physical running style 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:24.760 really wore the Packers down in the fourth quarter. He 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.280 had six carries for forty four yards and a touchdown 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.520 in that fourth quarter. And the play I'm looking at 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:31.560 right here is the first play of the fourth quarter 0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:33.920 of first and ten at the plus eighteen yard line, 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:36.399 and once again it's the same story. He just finds 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:39.240 these cutback lanes and these short gaps to burst through 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.440 to where he can square his shoulders up to the defense, 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:43.679 square his shoulders up to the goal line, and just 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:47.280 get going north and south and inflict punishment on the defense. 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:49.439 And you see that on a later run, a second 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:52.560 touchdown run against the Packers, where it's he against Blake 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:55.679 Martinez and Martinez is there in the gap ready to 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.520 square up on Jordan Howard, and Howard just pops and 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:00.760 blasts him. You see Martine is fall off to the 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:03.120 side and Howard falls right through into the end zone. 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.000 It's just that fewer that pure physical power he brings 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.359 to the offense. It gives you a mindset, it gives 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:10.840 you a mentality, It gives you an identity on offense 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:12.639 when you can run the ball that way, when the 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:15.320 defense knows it's coming, everyone in the stadium knows it's coming. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:17.280 And Jordan Howard can still give you three, four or 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.280 five yards a pop in those situations. And I think 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:22.359 that game, the way he wore the Packers down in 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:24.399 the fourth quarter is a good example of what you 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:27.639