WEBVTT - Assistant GM Marvin Allen Breaks Down Scouting Process on Tua, Waddle, Raekwon and Robert Hunt; Brett Kollmann on 2022 Defensive Back Draft Class 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us byers touch style by Waddle snucked into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy tight froll Tike window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:18.760 What is up, Dolph fans and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.720 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:26.800 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:26.880 --> 0:00:29.800 Travis Wingfield And on today's show, we've got a great 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:34.320 one for YouTube. Fantastic guest. First in house Assistant general 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:37.320 manager Marvin Allen joins me to talk about the scouting 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:40.640 processes behind to a tongue of Byloa, Jalen Waddle, Ray 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.519 Kwon Davis, and Big Rob Hunt. You won't want to 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.599 miss that. Plus Brett Coleman from the Film Room on 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:50.199 YouTube and the Bootleg Football podcast stops by to continue 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:53.040 our draft preview series taking a look at the defensive 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:56.200 backs in this year's class, whilst talk about Javon Holland 0:00:56.200 --> 0:00:59.160 and xaviing Howard and he'll rave about the depth of 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:03.080 this Dolphins group in the secondary from somewhere in South Florida. 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:10.039 This is the Drivetime Podcast. I don't want to waste 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.360 any time on this podcast is a two great guests. 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.200 Let's go ahead and get first to assistant Dolphin general 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:18.480 manager Marvin Allen. What's up, Dolphins. I'm Travis Wingfield. I'm 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:21.200 joining here today by Marvin Allen. Marvin, welcome in to 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.360 our little set here, and thanks for joining us. Pleasure 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:26.039 to be. We're happy to have you on and I 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:28.000 want to basically have a little sit down with you 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.760 and just kind of introduced the fans to to who 0:01:29.800 --> 0:01:31.560 you are, what you do, and and kind of the 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:33.920 process behind all the stuff we're doing here Indianapolis this 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:35.880 week and all of the draft process. Why don't we 0:01:35.920 --> 0:01:37.680 go ahead and start with what is your title and 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.760 roll with Miami Dolphins. I am the assistant general manager 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.319 for the Dolphins. I kind of help in a lot 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.360 of areas with college and pro. Scouting is dividing in 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:49.720 into two different sections. College, which is why we're here, 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.880 you know, looking at college guys coming out and pro guys, 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:55.600 which are guys who are going to be free agents 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:58.040 that we will you know, pursue. So let's talk about 0:01:58.040 --> 0:01:59.480 a couple of players you guys have brought into the 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.440 program over the last several years. And while we go 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:03.200 ahead and go to Alabama and start with quarterback to 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.480 a tongue of byloa just off the top, were some 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:09.320 things that really stood out about Toah's personality, his makeup 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:10.639 that made you think that he was a fit for 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:12.280 the Miami Dolphins when you first kind of started the 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:14.600 process there. Well, if you remember the way to have 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.160 first came into the game in Alabama, he came and 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.160 came in and rescued him, you know, in the championship 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.680 game and just showed all the poise and you know, 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.760 instincts and anticipation that you would want to see it 0:02:25.840 --> 0:02:29.320 and to do it as such a high level at 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.720 the spirit of moment was just I mean, that was phenomenal. 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:33.520 And then we were able to start tracking him as 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:35.920 you know, as he pursued his career and then you know, 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.000 to get to know him, you know, through the years, 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:40.960 and just his leadership is he's more of a leader 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.440 by example, but he is a cool, calm, collected customer 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.360 and he's really kind of like a lion, you know, 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:47.639 you kind of like, you know, it's a lot of 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:50.720 stuff rumbling on inside, and you just he just kind 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.480 of takes care of his business. What do you think 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:54.160 some of the areas that he's showing the most growth 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:56.920 in his believing in himself and his teammates. I think, 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.000 like some of the throws that he's been able to 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.080 make with I can say with his anticipation and accuracy. 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:05.000 I think the guys you know when they I feel 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:06.840 like they're gonna be open, they know he can get 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:08.560 him the ball. Where have you seen him really grow 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:10.560 in terms of on the football field over his two 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:13.160 years here? Well, I think learning the command of the offense. 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.240 I mean obviously coming from college where the offenses are 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.320 not as complex as they are in the NFL. I 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.679 think him learning progressing and like reads and you know 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:24.560 what guys are going to be in a specific area, 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.680 and knowing who he can go to. I think he's 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:28.320 learning those things. One of the guys that he went 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:30.519 to a lot last year was rookie receiver Jaland Waddle, 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.399 also Alabama former teammate. There. When you got a chance 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:35.880 to go through this process with Jalan Waddle, what what 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.240 made him stand out among all the other receivers in 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.800 that class? Oh, it's energy, I mean his I remember 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.600 Chris Grey and I both were this Pro day and 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.920 and I was able to meet him and he was 0:03:48.000 --> 0:03:50.120 just he was just a boll of fire, just energy 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:52.480 and to see the explosiveness that he had on the 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.920 field that he carried that personality to match and just 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:57.920 you know, you just like, this guy is going to 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:01.720 be something. The personality plays it's it's it's uncanny that way. 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.000 So you first noticed the energy with him and in 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.200 the speed on the football football field, I guess that's 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:08.320 kind of personality character trade too. But there's something else 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.520 that you guys kind of uncovered about him because we 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.320 know the high energy and the fun loving kid, but 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.640 what about from a work standpoint or just something about 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.360 him that stood out general toughness. I I don't know 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.159 if people remember, you know, he got hurt his senior 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.560 year and in this and he worked to come back 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.320 to play in the championship game and he was limping, 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:27.840 but that's how much a competitor that he was, and 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.160 he showed the toughness he wanted to be out there 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:32.560 with his teammates and you know, for you know, he's 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:34.400 not the biggest guy in the world, but you know, 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.200 for him to be out there mixing it up with 0:04:37.240 --> 0:04:39.680 those guys after you know, having that kind of injury 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.120 just showed the kind of competitor he is. So when 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:44.760 you were discussing the factors that weighed into whether or 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:47.119 not to go to Waddle or somebody else in that draft, 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:50.160 what ultimately was the ultimate deciding factor for you guys 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:52.200 to make that selection their number six. Well, I think 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:55.280 this his explosiveness. You want as many playmakers as you 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:56.920 can get on the field. And I think when you 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.599 can put the ball in the guy's hand like that, 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:01.520 that it's really good hands that you know it's going 0:05:01.560 --> 0:05:04.799 to catch the ball. A and B can make things 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.600 happen once he catches it. You know, those are special 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.360 qualities in the receiver, and I think we we all 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.800 saw it. We were like hey, and then having a 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:15.680 relationship with Too, you know that really helped because you 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:19.680 know the samilararity with those guys, it's really special. Let's 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.360 let's stay Alabama and go on to ra Kwon Davis here, 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.640 another player in the same draft class. There was too 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.440 a tongue of by lower back in. I think there's 0:05:27.440 --> 0:05:29.520 a probably obvious answer going to be different, But what 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.080 about Ray Kwan stands out most when you guys met 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.320 him in the draft process from a physical statue, well, 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:38.240 from a physical statue. He's huge, and you think this 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.600 guy supposed to be like in the w W. I mean, 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:44.719 he is huge, and he is really athletic. For a 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.719 guy that size, you really don't get a chance to 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.719 see that combination of that kind of power and explosiveness 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.560 and athleticism with a guy that big. What do you 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.840 guys learned about him from the way he works? His 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.960 passion is kind of second and uneasy. I mean, he's 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.480 gotta infectious personality. If you ever get a chance to meet, 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:04.599 I mean, he's you can hear him before you see it, 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.719 and he is just a wonderful person. I mean he 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.600 just he loves to play football. And that's the kind 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.080 of guys you want on your team and build around us. 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.440 So when you've got guys that are that athletic and 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.800 that big, that love to play, you know, it's only 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.040 good things can happen. So he's big, he loves the game. 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.640 What about from a technical standpoint on the football field, 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.159 what really stood out to him him? Well, what we 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.760 wanted him to be able to do with anchor inside 0:06:28.760 --> 0:06:31.599 and when that big and that strong, it was just 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.920 naturally but it was a natural progression. And what do 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:37.120 you think from a character standpoint, made him really a 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.760 good fit for the Miami Dolphins. He's selfless. I mean, 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:43.239 this guy will go in and just eat up blocks 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.599 and not try to, you know, play outside of the 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.400 defensive scheme. And that's really things that in our defense. 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:51.839 You know, the front line needs to be able to 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.159 hold blocks at the line of scrimmage. And he's selfless. 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:56.920 He could probably go and make some plays, but he's 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.120 you know, holding blocks for other guys to make plays. 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:01.039 What about some age you think he needed to grow 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.479 in that he has shown that growth in coming into 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:05.599 our sys him. He had to learn to play our scheme, 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:08.559 like with this pad level play because he's so tall. 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:10.840 You know, he's six six, so you you know, you're 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.000 naturally towering over people. So we had to get him 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.840 to learn to play with a better pad level, you know, 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.440 and kind of anchor things and and and he's and 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:20.760 he's taking everything. Well, go ahead and get off off 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.080 Alabama here and go to the raging cages. Is a 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:24.800 big Rob Hunt. You talked a little bit about, you know, 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:27.800 the journey that ray Kuon made to the National Football League. 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.880 I know, Rob had a pretty unique path to the 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.040 NFL as well. Can you speak about that process for him? 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.080 Rob is a little different, uh, I was. He was 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:38.600 special to me because I was able to meet him 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:42.120 when I went to the University of Louisiana to scout him. 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:43.840 I just kind of fell in love with the person, 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.000 you know, and the evening a guy this big and 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.120 that athletic, you know, and you know, we were He 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:51.400 was scheduled to play at the Senior Bowls and I 0:07:51.440 --> 0:07:53.160 think he was injured and we were kind of glad 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.320 he didn't because nobody else got a chance to see him, 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.680 and like it was like our secret. Now everybody sees it. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:01.920 So I'm curious because this is, you know, kind of 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:03.680 off off the radar here. But when I watched him 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.880 at Louisiana, I laughed a lot watching him because he 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:08.640 was doing things that just did not look like he 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.040 belonged on that field. Like did you kind of get 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.160 a bit of a chuckle watching his college taple? Yes, 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:16.440 because he was so dominant. He was so dominant, and 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:18.480 he was that athletic, and people got a chance to 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:22.040 see a glimpse of athleticism on the the touchdown that 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:25.640 wasn't you know. But I mean that showed his athleticson's 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:29.320 power and he's just a great person and he's like, Okay, 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.120 well we can be able with guys like this. There 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:32.760 were some areas that you believe that he needed to 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:34.880 grow and kind of how his he progressed in those areas. 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.120 I think just learning to play offensive line in the NFL, 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:41.079 I mean, because it's you know, they're not as technical, 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:44.640 you know sometimes in college and having to learn the 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.160 techniques in the in the in the verbiage of the 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.120 plays and steal work with your footwork and your techniques 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.240 and stuff. It was it was kind of it was 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:55.080 a you know, it was a growing process for Marvin All, 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.760 assistant gim for the Miami Dolphins. Marvin, appreciate your time today. Well, 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:02.000 thank you for having me appreciate it and joining me 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:04.800 now on the Draft Time podcast. Is longtime friend of 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.600 the pod, a friend in general, the creator of the 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:11.479 Film Room on YouTube, and one half of the Bootleg podcast. 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:14.760 He is Brett Coleman and Brett your your co hosts, 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:16.559 come on, come on the podcast later this week. I 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.000 don't want to spark like any kind of competition among 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.000 you guys, but I have to imagine you're gonna want 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:24.880 to bring it and compete with e J a little bit. Yeah, well, 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:26.760 I I think I did a bad job because I 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:28.920 think I chose the one position group that the Dolphins 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:33.880 don't need, well well need or not. I mean best 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:35.800 player available, right, That's that's the that's the theme for 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:39.000 every draft. Well, luckily the rosters in a spot where 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:42.400 they can afford to do that. You know, it's not 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.800 like a team is ever gonna complain with having seven 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:48.040 good dbs instead of six, so you know, it's it's 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:51.679 it's a locked and loaded roster. Just I I fully 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:54.040 anticipate that if they're going to do any strategy in 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.080 the draft, it's just who's the best player, Let's figure 0:09:57.120 --> 0:09:58.760 it out from there. That's kind of my thought too, 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:01.080 especially when you don't pick until one oh two, and 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.640 it's crazy this year, Brett, are our four draft picks 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.600 we have are all non organic. There are other teams picks. 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:08.640 I'm not sure if it's ever happened before where a 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:10.839 team got out of the entire business of their own 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:13.680 draft picks and relied solely on the draft picks of 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.280 someone else through trades. It just kind of speaks to 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.800 the modern day game of there's gonna be lots of trades, right, 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:23.679 That's how the NFL operates nowadays. And I think, you know, 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.679 it's interesting when you look at just kind of looking 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:31.000 at a macro perspective, you look at how a lot 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.280 of teams have had success over the last decade. There's 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:38.160 two ways of doing it. Either you get a rookie 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:41.960 quarterback that's really good and cheap, and you go out 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.560 and acquire a whole lot of talent around them, which 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.679 is literally what Miami just did. You know, they basically 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:49.600 just handed over the credit card and said, Okay, let's 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:52.080 go get a bunch of stars surround to uh, let's 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:55.240 make a run at this thing. Or you build the 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.559 roster first and then you go get a veteran quarterback 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.760 that just wants to win and comes at probably less 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.160 money than they should, like what happened with Tampa and 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.400 the Rams the last two years. And those are kind 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:09.480 of the two ways of building this thing. You know, 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.079 it's funny you mentioned that because you look at the 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:14.400 Super Bowl last year. The Bengals pretty much did one 0:11:14.400 --> 0:11:16.439 of those things and the Rams did the other thing 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:19.160 with the veteran you know, the build the roster dropped 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.800 the veteran quarterback in the Bengals pretty much bought a 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:24.960 defense via free agency and built around their young quarterback 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.160 there with the offensive young weapons as well. So I 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.679 love That's like part of the thing about football I 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:31.200 love the most is the different ways to kind of 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.360 skin a cat, as it were, and how different teams 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:35.679 find ways to get there ultimately. But Brett, we have 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:37.640 you here to talk about defensive backs today, and you 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.000 mentioned picking a position that maybe isn't so much of 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:42.920 a need, and with that in mind, I want to 0:11:42.960 --> 0:11:45.040 look at what we have in house because you have 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.240 Xavian Howard here, very happy and thrilled to get the extension. 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:51.160 Javon Holland drafted a year ago one of the best 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.559 safeties in the league. Last year, Nick Needham signed his 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.640 second round tender. He's really blossom as a nice slot cornerback. 0:11:56.840 --> 0:12:00.240 Byron Jones stays balling, Brandon Jones a blitzing missile. Sheen 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.000 Eric Ross had a great Dolphins career so far. I 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.040 just want to get your thoughts on the position as 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:10.120 a whole and what ultimately makes it so tough. You know, 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.520 it's the Dolphins secondary to me is like the perfect 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:18.000 embodiment of how a defense should be reacting to how 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.720 wide receiver corps are built. Because these days, when you 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:24.080 look at like the best wide receiver cords around the league, 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.800 you know they build a basketball team. You know, you've 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:30.920 got a small, quick guy, You've got a big post 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.440 up guy. You know, if you're lucky, you have one 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.320 of these like outfit receivers that can do anything. You know, 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.000 you've got the speed merchant that can open things up 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:42.360 deep and punish certain coverages where you know you're gonna 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:44.400 get man across the board and there's gonna be no 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.560 post help, go punish that with the speed guy. UM 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:51.400 And I think the Dolphins secondary is a natural reaction 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:54.120 to that because they have a bunch of matchup weapons too. 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:57.280 You know X is the alpha, he can you can 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:59.960 put him wherever you want. Byron is a really good 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:04.640 boundary corner, super physical UM need Hum and Noah I 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:07.360 feel you can both operate in the slot. Need him 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.280 obviously is like the main guy there, but if he 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:12.560 goes down, you've got Noah that can come in immediately. 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.480 And he's a really physical slot player that plays to 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:17.120 run really well too. And then you've got you know, 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.600 matchup chess pieces. Uh In the safety corps as well, 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.720 Eric Row is the tight end eracer. Javon Holland can 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.200 be a free safety or a nickel or if you 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:30.400 want to blitz the Ravens thirty five times in one game, 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:31.959 you can bring him off the edge and set the 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.479 NFL record for most blitzes in one game by a safety. 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:40.200 So I think the Dolphins secondary is the natural reaction 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:43.839 to how wide receiver corps are built. And I still 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:47.320 think that even though they're set, we could still see 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:51.640 a Day three pick somewhere invested in there just to 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:55.000 keep that going, because it's not like all of these 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:56.920 a f C wide receiver corps are going away either, 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.679 Like they still have to continuously add to it so 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:01.800 that you can deal with Buffalo, so that you can 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.120 deal with the entire a f C West, so that 0:14:04.160 --> 0:14:06.520 you can deal with the guys over in Pittsburgh, and 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:10.640 you know, well, I don't want to say Baltimore yet, 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:12.560 but I do think that they've got potential there too. 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:13.920 So it's like you got to compete with all these 0:14:13.920 --> 0:14:16.360 wide receiver cords, you might as well just keep drafting 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.880 dbs so that you're never behind I'm gonna clip off 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.440 that that comment you had about the reaction to the 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.960 how receiver corps are built, because that's that's pretty damn good, right. 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:25.720 I like that a lot. And you talk about the 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:27.560 draft and potential Day three pick, that's kind of what 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:29.280 we have you on here talk about the draft today. 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.960 But again, the draft picks don't come until one oh 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:34.000 two for the Dolphins to kick things off this year. 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.160 And we're happy with, very happy with Tyreek Hills. So 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.440 I'm not complaining about it one bit. But it is 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.240 what it is. I mean, it's it's you've gotta get 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:41.600 better some way. That's what the Dolphins did and they 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.160 certainly got a lot better with that trade. And before 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:46.360 we get into the draft picks here, and you mentioned, 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:48.800 you know no Ignogamy real quick, Brett, are you just 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:52.120 saying Noah because the last name is is impossible to pronounce. 0:14:53.840 --> 0:14:56.320 I don't want to say it's impossible to pronounce, but 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:59.240 I do know that I don't nail it every single time. 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.280 So even since he was at Auburn, I just knew 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.640 him as Noah and everybody knew who I was talking about. 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.760 Big bow works too. The way I learned it was 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.200 Draft Knight. I my one of the guys in PR 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.720 sent me like the breakdown, like the big Ben noginy, 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:14.720 and like I just had to say it over and 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:16.040 over and over again cause I was talking to him 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.240 in like fifteen minutes on the podcast, so I just 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.920 like repeated it like a thousand times, like the show Severance, 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.280 like the apologies, just cranking it out over and over again. 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.200 So I finally got down. But you talk about the 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:28.600 luxury of having, you know, if if something happens to 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:30.960 to Buyron or X or two Nick or whatever the 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:32.920 case may be, to have that guy that's a first 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.120 round talent, a super athlete kind of waiting in the 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.600 wings just to kind of get his opportunity, that's certainly 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.520 nice luxury to have. And so hopefully that's what what 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:41.840 the Dolphins have, not just in the secondary, but across 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.280 the entire roster. So as we pivot over here to 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.000 the draft conversation, this is a question I've been asking 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:49.080 all my interviews so far, and I really enjoyed the 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:52.720 unique nous of each answer. I'm curious, Brett, because I 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:55.280 think everybody does it differently. How do you watch film, 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.480 like when you go to your computer to dial up 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.560 some mall twenty two? What are you eating? What are 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.000 you listen to? What's what's h Is there a cat 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:05.160 in your lap? Like, what's going on when you're watching film? Well, 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.760 there's never not a cat in my lap because the 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:11.640 laptop turns on a keyboard as a cat's best friend, 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:14.560 So there's always a cat in my lap. Um. In 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:18.200 terms of what I look for when I watch film, 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:20.720 I tend to have to watch a play over and 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:24.840 over and over again because I want to get context. 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.080 It's not just about you know, looking at movement skills, 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:31.320 which is a big thing, but I want to look 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.480 at where their eyes are, and I want to understand, okay, 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:36.680 why are there eyes there? I want to understand what 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.800 coverage they're in so that I know what his his 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:44.440 assignment in that coverage is. Because even if there's something 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:48.000 impressive movements wise, if if he's doing the wrong thing 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.160 for his assignment, and you know, we just some people 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:52.640 just write it down. It's like, oh, there was a 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:54.960 bust and we don't know whose fault it was. Well, 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.240 if you can look at the coverage and understand the coverage, 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.080 maybe it was that player's fault. You know, maybe be 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:02.000 they did bust and then if there's a whole bunch 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.720 of bus on tape, even if they're not punished for it, 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:08.600 you want to understand, Okay, why why was there so 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:12.199 many bus? Was it a communication problem? Um? You know, 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:16.520 was it somebody not giving him a check? Like? What 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.080 was the issue? So I want to get context for 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:21.840 both the good and the bad, you know, flip it 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.400 the other way around. I want to understand, Okay, if 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.280 he did something out of structure of the defense, something 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:30.840 that he's not necessarily supposed to do, but he still 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.239 made that play happen anyway, I want to give that 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:36.240 like an extra little a little plus, because that means like, 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.159 not only can he just do his assignment, but he 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.440 can kind of rise above the structure of the defense 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:43.720 and make his coaches right, which is what we saw 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:47.200 on Holland when he was coming out of school. Mind blowing. 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:48.879 It was like coaches are gonna love him because he 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:52.639 gives them leeway. Um. I want to understand, Okay, what 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:55.480 what formation personnels the offense and what are they calling, 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.600 what are they trying to the defense, and how's the 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.119 defense react to it. So the more context I can 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:03.679 get by watching a play thirty times. If I can 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:06.560 understand what all twenty two players want to do, are 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:08.520 trying to do, and whether or not they succeed in 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:11.720 doing those things, it helps me to understand the one 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:14.800 player I'm actually supposed to be watching and how he 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:17.440 fits together on the field with everybody else. That makes 0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:19.560