WEBVTT - Free Agency Signing Analysis, Week 2 Preview and Roster Reset 0:00:01.880 --> 0:00:16.360 Look, Miami quarter drawn. What is up, Dolph Fans, and 0:00:16.560 --> 0:00:20.280 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:20.360 --> 0:00:25.759 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.960 How's it going? Everybody? It is Friday, n C Double 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:31.600 A Tournament is here, the new league year is here. 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:34.680 And on today's show, we're catching up on the latest 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.640 roster activity. We're gonna take a look at the remaining 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:41.159 free agent board heading into week two of free agency, 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.400 Reset the roster and you guessed it, breakdown all the 0:00:44.479 --> 0:00:48.600 signings and roster moves with tape study, roster impact scheme 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:51.720 fits all of that, and a whole bunch more on 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:56.320 this Friday, March the nineteenth edition of the Drive Time Podcast. 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:01.560 And if you have not listen to the Wednesday edition 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.520 of the Drive Time Podcast, or if you're new here 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:07.600 to the Miami Dolphins podcast network, go back to the 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:12.000 Wednesday show and get the breakdowns on Bernardrick McKinney, Isaiah Wilson, 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:15.640 Michael Pollardi, and Seethan Carter. And go ahead and hit 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:18.240 that subscribe button because we're gonna be bringing you, guys 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:21.920 interviews with each of the new acquisitions here with the 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:24.960 Miami Dolphins as the new league year is here and 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:28.240 we are talking free agency and new roster moves and 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:31.520 how they might fit into the roster. And you know, 0:01:31.840 --> 0:01:35.040 we'd covered the day one aspect of free agency and 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.920 played some audio there from coach Flora's about how maybe 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.520 you can't always get what you want in free agency. 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:42.720 Well that played out kind of like he said it 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.160 would on that podcast or on that interview in that 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:48.680 press conference. And today we're gonna dive into the additions 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:52.000 that really began to trickle in from reports late on 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:55.160 Tuesday evening from those around the league, the Tom Pellacero's, 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:57.480 the Ian Rapp Reports, the Adam Schefter is all the 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:00.800 heavy hitters in the league, and then into Sdnesday morning, 0:02:01.000 --> 0:02:03.360 a couple more additions to the roster. We're gonna go 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.280 in chronological order, so we start here with the first 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.880 one that came across that we did not cover on Wednesday, 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.480 and that was Malcolm Brown, the running back formerly of 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:17.000 the Los Angeles Rams now you're Miami Dolphins, an undrafted 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:21.120 free agent out of Texas and of the St. Louis Rams, 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:24.080 who of course moved to Los Angeles in two thousand sixteen. 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:26.480 But he spent all six of his years there in 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.440 the NFL with the Rams average four yards per carry 0:02:29.480 --> 0:02:32.360 over his career one thousand, one hundred and eighty eight 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.440 yards on the ground. He's two and twenty pounds and 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.440 man watching this guy on tape, he packs a punch, 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:41.880 an absolute hammer in short yard of situations, and he's 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.400 got a nose for picking out blitzers in the passing 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.480 game to really help buy his quarterback that extra half second. 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:50.200 When you watch a running back work through their past 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:53.760 protection responsibilities inside out, you want to get the immediate 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.480 pressure off the quarterback, whether it's the nose tackle a 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.799 linebacker coming up the a gap, and then you work 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.400 to the outside because it's a longer path of the quarterback, 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.040 so take away the immediate pressure. And you see the 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.240 way he processes that in the film. It seems to 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:09.440 really really click for this guy in past protection. So 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:11.919 three down back that can stay on the football field. 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.240 And the thing I like about his running style his 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.840 legs never go dead upon contact. He squeezes every possible 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:20.320 inch out of each run that he has, and he's 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:22.200 kind of a build up speed type of guy that 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:25.160 then seeks collisions in that second level You're gonna have 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:27.240 fun watching this guy run the football. He's a smart 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.960 runner with patients vision and a knack for finding lanes 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:34.000 in the passing game on screens, swings and flares. The 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:37.320 Rams used him in every asset imaginable or every aspect 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:40.000 of the game imaginable. So you think that that flexibility 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.560 here has to have attracted him to the Miami Dolphins 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.920 brass and the fit. You know, talking about the system 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:47.640 that he was in with the Rams. We all know 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.680 Sean McVeigh runs one of the more popular schemes in 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.400 the NFL in terms of the adaptations of it with 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:57.080 Kyle Shanahan and San Francisco and Matt Lafleur with the 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:59.720 Green Bay Packers and now Mike Lafleur up with the Jets. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.520 Any of that system in the NFL? And what's that 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:05.880 system based upon wide zone runs that helps set up 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.240 to play action bootleg to get the quarterback naked on 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:11.480 the backside and make throws that way. And as a result, 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:14.640 two hundred and ten of Brown's three D and seven 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:17.960 career attempts, so about two ten to ninety seven. Actually 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.240 it's exactly two ten to ninety seven in terms of 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.920 runs from gap scheme versus zone scheme, and it looked 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:25.680 like to me he was best when he could get 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:29.080 north and south and dropped that shoulder and inflict punishment 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.159 that way. Looking at some of the stats we talked 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:34.680 about past protection. One forty career pass protection snapped for 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:39.000 this guy. Zero sacks allowed, three hits, allowed, eleven pressures 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:42.160 in his career, so he's really really adept in past protection. 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:45.280 In fact, Jordan rod Riecke of The Athletic for Los 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:49.040 Angeles RAMS said that he was both a great mentor 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:52.920 to young backs fantastic and fantastic and pass protection, and 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.680 that bears out here with the statistics and you know, 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:58.680 keeping the quarterback upright nineties seven point nine percent of 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.800 his reps and pass for detection. He also converted six 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:04.640 out of eight short yardage runs last year on third 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:07.320 or fourth down that's third or fourth down with less 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.120 than three yards to gain. He picked up six of 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:13.920 those eight attempts. He also forced seventeen miss tackles on 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:16.000 one hundred and ten attempts last year, So he's gonna 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.520 make guys miss, which really is the running backs job 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:20.480 is to make the first tackler miss right he's so 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.400 good at doing that, so you see the fit there 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:25.640 as well, and the rams more than doubled his career 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.839 passed targets in he caught twenty five or thirty four 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:32.200 passes seventy five point three percent reception rate for one 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.600 hundred and seventy five yards. And I mentioned that he 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:37.280 was good at picking up little little holes in the 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.280 screen game. One hundred ninety four of those one d 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:43.120 seventy five receiving yards came after the catch, so he 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.760 caught the ball behind the line and gain yards that way. 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.320 He fits into this backfield with Miles Gascon and Savan 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.919 akh Met, a pair of sub two hundred pound backs, 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:53.560 the guys that had the most work last season. So 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:55.880 he provides some balance in terms of that bigger back, 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:57.960 short yardage prowess, a guy that can play on the 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:00.200 field all three downs. Like we mentioned at not to 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:03.279 leave out Patrick Lair, Jordan Scarlett, and Sethan Carter off 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:05.960 this list, just talking about last year's top two production 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:09.440 running backs on the roster. He offers some juxtaposition to 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.000 those guys, So you get some depth here, you get 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.320 a three down back, and I don't think this prevents 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.279 the Dolphins from continuing to address the running back position 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:19.640 as we head towards the draft. More on that here 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:21.840 in just one second at the end of this podcast. 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:23.520 But the number one takeaway for him is that I 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.520 think that he ran so much outside zone with the Rams, 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.000 and I think that kind of the inside runs inside 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.520 zone or gap scheme or duo, some things he can 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:34.359 do inside might be better for his skill set as 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.800 far as a match for Malcolm Brown. So that signing 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:40.080 came in on or the announcement of that signing came 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:42.520 in on Tuesday night, the rumors from I believe it 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:45.760 was Tom Pellaicero. We also got another addition to the 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:49.120 backfield or reports of that addition to the backfield on 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:52.880 Tuesday night, with quarterback Jacoby Brissette. And the note that 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:57.160 I put down here with Brissette is the juxtaposition from 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:00.480 Ryan Fitzpatrick to Jacoby Brissette as your backup orderback you 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.479 want to talk about risk adverse. His one point three 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:08.159 percent interception rate is the lowest in NFL history among 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:11.240 all quarterbacks with at least nine pass attempts. He's not 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.360 going to put the ball in harm's way. So if 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.800 he comes off the bench in relief of ta If 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:17.720 Tua gets injured and has to come out of the game, 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:20.560 this guy is gonna come in, protect the football, manage 0:07:20.600 --> 0:07:22.480 the game, and keep you in the game and let 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.239 your run game and defense take advantage that way. He also, 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:27.960 you want to talk about a prime mentor a guy 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:31.400 that is beloved by his teammates, Go check out any 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.080 time he gets on the field for the Colts, and 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:34.920 he did a lot last year because they would use 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.720 him on sneaks and hell Mary throws and stuff like 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:39.800 that at the end of football games in place of 0:07:39.840 --> 0:07:43.760 Philip Rivers trying to protect the now retired quarterback, and 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:47.920 Bursett would get mugged by his teammates every single time 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.400 that he was able to convert a first down or 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:53.680 make a big play for his offense. Absolutely beloved by 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.640 his teammates. They're in Indianapolis. He started thirty games in 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.800 his career. Began his career back in team with the Patriots, 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:02.120 then much traded to the to the Colts, where he 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:05.119 spent the next four years of his career. Six ft 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:07.960 four two d thirty eight pounds, A big, big body 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.320 back there, big stature in the pocket. He's tough to 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:13.720 bring down, and he's got some some subtle little instincts 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:16.520 and nuance and movement in the pocket. He's not gonna 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.560 Lamar Jackson youa and take a zone read off the 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.120 edge and run for eighty yards. Doesn't have that kind 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.320 of long speed or athletic ability, but when the pocket crumbles, 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.280 he can slide around and show you that pocket mobility 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.920 and find a new platform to throw the football from. 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.960 Or he can scramble. He had two hundred to scramble 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:37.880 yards in that per Pro Football Focus, so he can 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:41.680 make plays off script. He also averages two point nine 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.599 four seconds from snap to throw. His last year in Indianapolis, 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.000 there was a starter nineteen. So he's more of a 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:51.000 traditional drop back thrower with a big strong arm that 0:08:51.120 --> 0:08:53.640 kind of lets things develop and sees the thing that 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:57.000 the route concepts developed down the football field. Has a big, 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.760 big strong arm. He can stretch the field both vertically 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.240 and horizontally. Because of that, so thirteen interceptions in his 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:08.719 career on n three pass attempts, one point three pick percentage, 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:11.720 and again, although not an open open field burner, his 0:09:11.800 --> 0:09:14.600 pocket mobility allows him to make big plays down the field. 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.040 As for the fit here in Miami. You know, we 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.800 talk all the time about the Dolphins desire to be 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:23.720 this team that can adapt according to what the defense 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:25.440 or the offense on the other side of the football 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:27.920 might do. To you from their game plan standpoint, how 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:30.400 to attack their weaknesses, how to be a week to 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:34.480 week game plan team. And to me, Brissette's experience in 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.439 so many different schemes and under so many different coaches 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.559 and different systems really gives you that flexibility at the 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:43.520 backup quarterback spot, because one of the backup quarterback's main 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:46.800 jobs is to help prepare your starting quarterback, whether it's 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:49.240 going through the third down reel of the opposing defense 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:52.160 or their blitz reel, picking things up, showing him, hey, 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:54.120 here's a couple of weaknesses I saw in their scheme 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.319 where you can attack when they do X, Y and Z. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.360 And you know, his rookie season with the Patriots, he 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.719 oversaw what was a run heavy attack when he came 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:05.800 into the game after Brady was suspended and Garoppolo was injured. 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:07.760 He played for two and a half games. Actually his 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.480 first game was against our Miami Dolphins, and he saw 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.439 this run heavy attack basically a Cam Newton style offense 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.400 where they just ran, ran, ran, quarterback lead a lot 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.720 of that with him at the controls. He then served 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.480 as Brady's backup for the twelve games remaining that season 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:24.160 in seen, and that, of course we know is a 0:10:24.200 --> 0:10:28.560 complex rhythm based timing scheme with countless site adjustments for 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:30.640 the receiver, so you have to be sharp and precise 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:34.840 in that regard. Then seen with the Colts Rob chad Zinski, 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.600 who if you go to this article on Indianapolis Colts 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.920 dot com, he talks about that week to week adaptability 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.000 and he's been all over college in pro football too, 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:46.920 So some more nuance in the system verbi agent understanding 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:50.040 of multiple schemes for for Jacoby Brissette, and then from 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:54.959 he plays under the uber aggressive Frank Reich and now 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.720 Nick Sirianni the head coach with the with the Eagles 0:10:57.920 --> 0:11:00.560 and played in their offensive system which was down field, 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:05.240 four verts, attack, attack attacks, So multiple schemes for Jacoby Brissette. 0:11:05.320 --> 0:11:07.280 And you know I talked about him coming onto the 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:11.640 field for Philip rivers in rushing situations or sneak situations. 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.480 Seventeen rushes last year only average one point one yards 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:16.800 per carry, which is a great stat but he converted 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:20.520 twelve of those seventeen rushes into touchdowns or first downs 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:22.719 three touchdowns and nine first down so he can he 0:11:22.760 --> 0:11:25.160 can push the pile. And he started fifteen games back 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.760 in twenty nine team for Andrew Luck passed for just 0:11:27.880 --> 0:11:31.000 under three thousand yards, eighteen touchdowns and six picks with 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.880 the passer rating of eighty eight point oh that year, 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.960 play action seven touchdowns, one interception, under pressure, four touchdowns, 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:41.400 one interception, and deep passing twenty yards or more down 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.839 the field, he was twelve for forty three eight yards, 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:47.000 two touchdowns and a pick and a passer rating a 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:50.240 fifty one point one. So Jacoby Brissett steps into the 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.880 roster as a backup quarterback, and again, not only does 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:56.000 he provide that veteran experience that veterans sound board for 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:57.880 the twenty three year old to a tongue of byaloa, 0:11:58.120 --> 0:12:00.760 he can come in and manage the offense to victory 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.600 in the event that the starting quarterback goes down. So 0:12:03.640 --> 0:12:06.360 those guys came in. The news came in late on Tuesday, 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.840 Wednesday morning, We wake up out here on the West coast, 0:12:08.840 --> 0:12:11.480 were recorded the podcast. Right now, we got news about 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:15.480 two defensive additions, and before we jump into Justin Coleman, 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:19.080 just a general note on the defensive editions so far. 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:23.560 I mean, they haven't been the Markee type of signings 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:27.240 that's gonna make the entire COGNIZENTI as it were, really 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:29.280 lose their collective minds. But you look at how each 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:31.880 of these pieces might plug into this defense. That reminder 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.600 was number one and third down defense last year and 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:38.240 number one and takeaways, two very very important traits of 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:42.680 playing effective defense. I think they got better in both 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.040 of those areas. Let's go ahead and start here with 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.800 Justin Coleman and my notes on him after you know, 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.640 going back over his Seahawks tape, because this is a 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:54.520 guy whose career began with the Patriots and Brian Flores 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:57.240 as well as Josh Boyer up in New England and 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.520 he played there for a couple of seasons before winding 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.400 up with the Sea Hawks for two years and then 0:13:01.400 --> 0:13:03.920 spent his last two years with the Lions. And he 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:06.280 came into the league as an undrafted free agent with 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.240 the Vikings, but then signed with the Patriots before camp 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.520 got going or before the season got going, and played 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:14.360 his ball there. But you look at his skill set, 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.760 it's painfully easy to see why the Dolphins would have 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:21.880 interest in Justin Coleman sticky, aggressive corner. It's got inside 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:25.800 outside flexibility and the familiarity he has with the system, 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:28.480 again coming from the New England you know system a 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.920 few years back, but he still played in it, and 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.200 more of his snaps are on the slot than on 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.760 the perimeter. But he has shown the ability to cover 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.800 from that position. Sometimes referred to as the toughest job 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:42.040 on defense. Gerald Alexander actually called the nickel spot the 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:46.040 toughest spot on defense last season. And Coleman can handle 0:13:46.080 --> 0:13:49.520 the responsibilities of kind of funneling and bracketing and doubling 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:51.520 in that spot. But he can do more than that. 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:54.800 He can handle it by himself without that safety help. 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.320 And here's the reason why I think he can. He's very, 0:13:57.600 --> 0:14:00.319 very patient at the line of scrimmage, whether he's up 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:02.600 and press, whether he wants to throw a jam or 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:05.240 just mirror and react that way, or when he's off 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.600 kind of in that five yard range, you'll see guys 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.120 try to close the space between he and the line 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.040 of scrimmage, and he just patiently sits there and waits 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.880 and reacts to the movement of the receiver, and this 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.400 helps him drive on the ball. He's got forty one 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.600 career pass breakups, a couple of picks, and two touchdowns, 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.240 and that's that's how he gets there. Because he's so patient, 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.440 he's so studied. He drives out of that not even 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.000 really a drop, just out of his initial alignment and 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:33.440 makes plays in the football. And I think the reason 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:35.240 he can get away with that because again, in that 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.120 slot position, there are two way goes. You can be 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.960 beat outside inside and on the outside. It's tougher because 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.560 sometimes the progression of the route you have to win. 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.040 Inside it you're only option. But in the slot you've 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:48.840 always got that two way go inside outside. And the 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.000 reason I think that he's so adept at handling this 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:54.440 is because he has exceptionally quick feet and change of 0:14:54.520 --> 0:14:57.120 direction skills. You go back to his measurements at the 0:14:57.160 --> 0:15:00.920 combine and the player profile dot Com track some fantasy stats, 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:03.960 but it also measures the player's explosivity rankings. From an 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:08.200 analytical standpoint, he is in the percentile for his agility score, 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.280 which covers three cone ten yards split. Some of the 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:13.560 other metrics that measure how quick a guy can get 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.000 in and out of breaks and change directions, and man, 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:17.960 he is fun to watch in that regard because this 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.720 guy is uber athletic. He was a high school track star, 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:25.480 ran eleven second one, also finished second in his class 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:29.120 in four a Georgia for the three hurdles, So a 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:32.640 super super athlete, which is so necessary at that spot 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:35.480 for a Brian Floores and Josh Boyer in Miami Dolphins 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:38.000 coach defense, they love to have guys with ball skills, 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.560 long speed guys that can play man coverage and track 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.400 the football in the air. And they've got a bunch 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.200 of these guys now. And Justin Coleman joins that group 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.600 in a group where you can never have enough good 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:50.160 cornerbacks in this league. And I believe Justin Coleman, after 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.160 a dip in production the last two seasons with the Lions, 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.760 I think this guy is a very very good football player. 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:57.360 I think you're gonna have a better chance to have 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.720 him get back to his Seahawks form because of the system, 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.320 because of the scheme, because of the fit here in Miami. 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.680 And speaking of the fit in Miami, one of the 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.480 interesting aspects of this addition, as I was looking at 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:11.800 the Dolphins roster, Coleman is the sixth player in the 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:15.800 Dolphins secondary who has at least five years of NFL experience, 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:19.040 and I thought that seems like a lot because this 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:21.280 is such a young roster. So I went back and looked. 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:24.440 The receivers have three players with five or more years 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.920 of experience in Devonte Parker, Alan Hearns and Albert Wilson. 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:32.400 The offensive line has two with Eric Flowers and Jesse Davis. 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:34.560 And by the way, Ted carrossiwn at the Patriots now, 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.960 so he is no longer on the roster, but they 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.360 had two guys on the offensive line and no other 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:42.440 position group had multiple players with five or more years 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.120 of experience. So I thought about that and how in 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.160 Ted role it is to have guys on that back 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.560 end that can communicate that don't have the breakdowns because, 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.760 as once again G. A. Gerald Alexander said, last season, 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:58.800 big plays come through communication breakdowns in the defensive backfield. 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.760 And we saw Bobby Kine, Eric Roe just like a 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:03.800 foodsball tables what I always call it. The way they 0:17:03.840 --> 0:17:06.560 moved was in tandem. There was never like guys turning 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:08.320 around putting their palms up to the air. Like I 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:10.720 thought you had him this time. That just didn't happen 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:13.800 this season because for me, because of the veteran experience 0:17:13.920 --> 0:17:18.119 and communication on that back end with McCain, row Xavien Howard, 0:17:18.119 --> 0:17:20.880 Byron Jones, and then of course Brandon Jones and Nick Needing, 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.000 a couple of young players sprinkled in there. But now 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:26.000 you get Justin Coleman, a veteran, experienced player back there 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.159 that can just continue to help that and help you 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.720 excel in that. I also think he gives you a 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:34.520 great matchup opportunity when teams roll out those four receiver 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:36.800 sets or even three receiver sets if he plays the nickel, 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.520 because who led the league last year and ten personnel 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.880 sets the Buffalo Bills, and they just destroyed teams with 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.919 four receiver sets, And so you kind of combat that 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:49.000 by ushering extra defensive backs onto the field. And remember 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:53.000 Miami with formations with six or more defensive backs were 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:55.840 seventh most in the NFL last season, So they use 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:58.040 a lot of defensive backs in the defense to help 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.840 combat the modern day passing attacks of opposing offenses. And 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:04.480 again back to Coleman in that sticky man coverage, I 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:06.400 just think this gives you another guy that can help 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:09.119 you play that cover zero look, can help you press man, 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.880 can help really just lock up the first two seconds 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.159 of the route while the pass rush gets home. I 0:18:14.160 --> 0:18:16.280 think it's a great fit, a great match. Some of 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:18.520 his stats. This guy has a nose for the football 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:22.760 to career touchdowns, four force fumbles, four more recovered fumbles, 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:26.040 and has logged a total of forty one passes defense 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:28.680 in his career. And here's a stat for you. Opposing 0:18:28.720 --> 0:18:31.960 quarterbacks when targeting Coleman in the slot position over his 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:35.240 career have a passer rating of just eighties six point one. 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:38.240 So he's played so well in that position. And two 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:41.040 years with Flores em Bowyer back in fifteen and sixteen, 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:45.200 thirty nine receptions on seventy eight targets. That's fifty completion 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:48.720 for four hundred and sixty seven yards at five point 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:52.080 nine nine yards per target, so under six yards per target. 0:18:52.240 --> 0:18:54.639 What an early career he had there with the Patriots 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:56.919 and the Seahawks. Bit of a lull death of Lions. 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:58.840 We'll see if he can kind of rebound and get 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:00.920 back to his old ways. I think he can here 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:05.080 in this system, joining that that secondary full of established veterans, 0:19:05.080 --> 0:19:08.520 ball hawks, guys that play tight, sticky man coverage, and 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:11.560 I just think he fits the bill athletically mentally with 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:15.080 a smart, tough, physical, smart player. I'm very excited about this. 0:19:15.160 --> 0:19:18.360 Justin Coleman signing, and speaking of signings, I am excited about. 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:21.840 Let's go ahead and finish up the Wednesday activity with 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:25.720 Adam Butler, who I was pretty pumped on Bernardrick McKinney. 0:19:25.760 --> 0:19:28.800 Adam Butler can play football, man. This guy is a 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:32.480 football player through and through all four seasons so far 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:35.199 in his career up there with the Patriots. And you 0:19:35.240 --> 0:19:38.520 want to talk about consistency for an undrafted free agent 0:19:38.600 --> 0:19:42.199 comes in and plays the highest snap workload of his 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.560 career that rookie year five hundred twenty four snaps and 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:50.399 the rest of his time four eight four four eight 0:19:50.560 --> 0:19:53.679 one snaps. He's played forty seven or forty eight possible games, 0:19:53.880 --> 0:19:56.840 consistently plays the same amount of reps every single season. 0:19:57.080 --> 0:20:02.359 His QB pressures and twenty eight. He just consistently does 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:04.520 the same stuff year in and year out, the same 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:07.640