Speaker 1: Factors are Alfins Fatford drawing high into the park textile.
Speaker 1: What a win for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What
Speaker 1: is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part
Speaker 1: of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins each and every day. How's it going everybody? I
Speaker 1: am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here to
Speaker 1: bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And
Speaker 1: on today's show, We've got a busy one. We're gonna
Speaker 1: get caught up on the news from last week. We'll
Speaker 1: get into a free agent analysis on Cavon Frasier, focus
Speaker 1: on the key, small but not unimportant details of the
Speaker 1: Dolphins offseason, and begin to dissect this roster from the
Speaker 1: top to the bottom, starting with the defense on this
Speaker 1: Monday May the eleventh edition of the Drivetime Podcasts. And
Speaker 1: later onto this episode, we're gonna get into the nitty
Speaker 1: gritty details behind the makeup of this Dolphins defense. But first,
Speaker 1: a couple of players that just didn't jive with what
Speaker 1: this front strives to be on this Dolphins defense. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins were able to recoup a seventh round draft choice
Speaker 1: from Atlanta for Charles Harris Obviously that pick didn't work
Speaker 1: out the way we had hoped it would. Also going
Speaker 1: to talk about ideal body types and athletic profiles, and
Speaker 1: the next player on our list of players departing the
Speaker 1: roster fit that type of build man. But Taco Charlton,
Speaker 1: he too was inactive late in the season. Coming out
Speaker 1: of Michigan. He had the look of a guy that
Speaker 1: could rush at the edge condensed inside. But according to
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, the Dolphins allowed more than five yards
Speaker 1: per carry off either edge last season. And I think
Speaker 1: we're seeing how this staff thinks they can mitigate that issue.
Speaker 1: Of course, with Shack Lawson, Emmanuel Ogball, Curtis Weaver, Jason Strowbridge,
Speaker 1: all big, big dudes off that edge that were added
Speaker 1: this offseason. Again, more on that in just one moment.
Speaker 1: So Charlton, he has cut, but he does catch on
Speaker 1: with the Chiefs, and I said, spect, you'll see that
Speaker 1: a little bit more, not just from the Dolphins roster
Speaker 1: this year, but going forward, Guys that are cut and
Speaker 1: catch on pretty quickly elsewhere across the league. So best
Speaker 1: of luck to Charles Harris and best of luck to
Speaker 1: Taco Charlton in Atlanta and k C. Respectively. The trade
Speaker 1: of Harris brings back an additional seventh round draft pick.
Speaker 1: We did acquire that sixth round pick from the Seahawks
Speaker 1: in this year's draft, but didn't have the original six
Speaker 1: because of the Minca Fitzpatrick trade last year and all
Speaker 1: those mid late round picks swaps the Dolphins did in
Speaker 1: that trade. So this gives Miami the two first rounders
Speaker 1: and two second rounders, a third, a fourth, a fifth,
Speaker 1: a sixth, and two seventh round draft picks next year.
Speaker 1: We will not be getting any compensatory picks, as that
Speaker 1: formula is based on money spent and players lost, and
Speaker 1: the Dolphins salary and coming in certainly outweighs the compensation
Speaker 1: going out for players lost. So barring any trades, which
Speaker 1: I wouldn't discount, Flores and Greer, they are going to
Speaker 1: work to add assets and future resources to this roster
Speaker 1: well in perpetuity. But as it stands right now, ten
Speaker 1: draft picks, with four of those scheduled to come in
Speaker 1: the top sixty four at least and another one five
Speaker 1: total picks in the top one hundred at least, So
Speaker 1: not a bad place to be for future roster building purposes,
Speaker 1: all right, that's the parts going out. One part coming
Speaker 1: in that we never got around too was the versatile
Speaker 1: acquisition over draft weekend. Not Matt Brita we covered him
Speaker 1: on a previous podcast, but Cavon Fraser previously of the
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys. Now, I want to be sensitive here and
Speaker 1: both apologize for not covering that trade, but also take
Speaker 1: another tip of the cap to Don Shula. That was
Speaker 1: a tough week last week for Dolphins Nation. And since
Speaker 1: I'm always one for putting positivity to things, the outpour
Speaker 1: we saw for coach from the alumni from us here
Speaker 1: in the creative and social departments here and the like
Speaker 1: from the Miami Dolphins and also the fan base. Man,
Speaker 1: this is a special group, a special organization, and now
Speaker 1: we work to honor Don Shula as best we can.
Speaker 1: So R I P. Coach, you were the greatest of
Speaker 1: all time. Rest and peace, sir. And a player that
Speaker 1: Don would have loved because he loves to play downhill
Speaker 1: and smack people in the mouth is Cavon Frazier. And
Speaker 1: can we first just talk about this real quick. When
Speaker 1: was the last time you recall this much emphasis on
Speaker 1: a Dolphins special teams unit. I know Flores is a
Speaker 1: known stickler for details, and I couldn't be more thankful
Speaker 1: for that as a Dolphins fan. I think we saw
Speaker 1: the impact in that last year in getting more than
Speaker 1: the sum of the parts, but also drastically improving and
Speaker 1: penalty rankings across the board in terms of league rank
Speaker 1: from the three years prior to that. But we add
Speaker 1: a former special teams captain here and Clayton Federlum of
Speaker 1: the Bengals, another one from Philadelphia and Commu Gruge Hill
Speaker 1: and now Cavon Frazier on top of a crop of
Speaker 1: rookies that nearly all played special teams at some point
Speaker 1: in their college careers. And since this has been a
Speaker 1: podcast full of tangents already, I watched a lot of
Speaker 1: football this weekend in a mobile. Nine months pregnant wife
Speaker 1: that just wants to lounge and read her book left
Speaker 1: me to my own vices over the weekend, so I thought, Hey,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and watch some football. Why not? What
Speaker 1: else am I gonna do? And one of those many
Speaker 1: games I watched was the Dolphins victory over the Indianapolis
Speaker 1: Colts from last season, and the punt returner in that
Speaker 1: game was Marcus Sheryl's who was signed mid season, and
Speaker 1: it made me write this threat on Twitter that I
Speaker 1: want to cover now. We talk all the time about
Speaker 1: four down players. It's a sub genre of versatility. The
Speaker 1: more a guy can do, the more roster flexibility increases
Speaker 1: for you. So in this Week ten game, the Dolphins
Speaker 1: have returned specialist Marcus Sheryl's and he was signed after
Speaker 1: injuries to Jachim Grant and Preston Williams put the Dolphins
Speaker 1: up against it for the return man. He plays fifty
Speaker 1: six snaps in the season, all of those on special teams.
Speaker 1: So that's a roster spot for your return man, and
Speaker 1: the Dolphins acquired six players with return backgrounds this offseason alone.
Speaker 1: Brandon Jones had fourteen punts and three kick returns in college.
Speaker 1: Malcolm Perry returned twenty kickoffs. Noah Manogamy had forty four
Speaker 1: kickoff returns, two of those for touchdowns. Matt Brita has
Speaker 1: five to his name and his career. Both of the
Speaker 1: U d f A wide receivers did some returning in college.
Speaker 1: Matt Cole with twenty three kickoffs and eight punts just
Speaker 1: last year, and he too scored one of each of
Speaker 1: those and Kirk Merritt out of Arkansas had eleven kick returns.
Speaker 1: Williams and Ford return kicks last year for the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: and we know about Albert Wilson has a big history
Speaker 1: of returns as well. No detail too small. None of
Speaker 1: these additions arrived as return exclusive players, nor are the incumbents.
Speaker 1: But the depth that hardly seems like an accident in
Speaker 1: terms of roster construction. So depth is kind of the
Speaker 1: name of the game here on special teams. But you've
Speaker 1: also got depth across the roster on the offensive line.
Speaker 1: You didn't have that last year. Now you've got much
Speaker 1: more depth. You've got much more depth at running back.
Speaker 1: The quarterback room was deeper, wide receiver was already pretty deep.
Speaker 1: And you've got depth at all three levels. On defense
Speaker 1: and special teams of course has depth as well. I mean,
Speaker 1: Jason Sanders in his rookie year goes from a kicker
Speaker 1: down to a seventy seven percent kicker in year two.
Speaker 1: So we spend a draft pick on the unanimous number
Speaker 1: one long snapper and all of college football, because if
Speaker 1: that snap takes the holder's hand up or down one inch,
Speaker 1: that can negatively impact the kicking game. So it's all
Speaker 1: about these details, details, details, details. If there's an area
Speaker 1: that needs fixing, Flora's and Greer are going to roll
Speaker 1: up the sleeves and get in there and try to
Speaker 1: make it better. And I want to roll this thing
Speaker 1: back and maintain perspective here because you are what you
Speaker 1: are in the NFL and we're coming off of five
Speaker 1: win season and Flora said it himself, games are not
Speaker 1: one in March and April and a lot of work
Speaker 1: has to be done. Hell, he even referenced as much
Speaker 1: with each rookie and how they've all got work to
Speaker 1: do in his post draft presser. But you've gotta like
Speaker 1: the trajectory here, the consistency, and again we'll get some
Speaker 1: more of that here in just one moment. Let's Dove
Speaker 1: tell this thing now back into Cavon Frasier. Before we
Speaker 1: talked about the consistency of the roster editions so far,
Speaker 1: and you can find a written piece on Cavon up
Speaker 1: on Miami Dolphins dot com. And we start simply with
Speaker 1: the makeup of Frasier on the football field. He's a
Speaker 1: four year pro who played forty four games in Dallas
Speaker 1: and started two of those games on defense. During season.
Speaker 1: In his career, he has sixty seven total tackles, a sack,
Speaker 1: forced to fumble, and made four tackles for a loss
Speaker 1: on four hundred and sixty one defensive reps in his career.
Speaker 1: He is prototypically built to play safety down in the
Speaker 1: box and otherwise. He made a mark on the Cowboys
Speaker 1: special teams unit at six ft tall two hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty five pounds coming out of Central Michigan University, nfl
Speaker 1: dot Com and lan Zerline praised the muscular build of
Speaker 1: the dolphins new defensive back, saying this quote has the
Speaker 1: physical build of a grown NFL man with broad shoulders
Speaker 1: and muscular frame, classic heightweight speed prospect comes downhill looking
Speaker 1: for work and run support, explodes through his targets as
Speaker 1: a hitter, and looks to make statements. Has experienced high
Speaker 1: and low as a safety, good stop start foot quickness
Speaker 1: for a big safety. Special teams demon with fourteen tackles
Speaker 1: and punt and kick coverage over the last two year
Speaker 1: in college. His college coach was a longtime NFL special
Speaker 1: teams coordinator who praises Frasier's special teams potential. Should test
Speaker 1: well at the combine and he did test well at
Speaker 1: the Combine, and his prowess on special teams continued into
Speaker 1: the professional ranks. We talked about four hundred sixty one
Speaker 1: reps on defense, he played six hundred thirty eight special
Speaker 1: teams reps over his four years in Dallas, and his
Speaker 1: participation in that third phase of the game is widespread.
Speaker 1: One hundred and fifty six on kick return to twenty
Speaker 1: nine on kickoff coverage, one forty on punt return, one
Speaker 1: on punt coverage, and sixteen reps on field goal block.
Speaker 1: To round out his resume, he made seven team tackles
Speaker 1: as a Cowboys special teams ACE. Over those four years,
Speaker 1: he had a career high two hundred and twenty six
Speaker 1: snaps on defense and on seventy five rundown snaps, Frasier
Speaker 1: made eleven run stops the tackles within two yards of
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage according to Pro Football Focus, so
Speaker 1: a high percentage of run stops on his rundown plays
Speaker 1: and another staple of fitting the criteria of being a
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphin extends not just on the football field, but
Speaker 1: beyond it as well. As Brian Flores always talks about
Speaker 1: wanting to make guys better people better, husband's better, father's
Speaker 1: just a better man in general, and Cavon Frasier. He
Speaker 1: is known for giving back to his community and did
Speaker 1: so in Dallas. There's a story up on seven sports
Speaker 1: dot com and the Dallas Cowboys section of their website
Speaker 1: there where it talks about Frasier providing one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty laptops to Dallas area schools last summer, the latest
Speaker 1: in a long line of charitable contributions from Frasier, who
Speaker 1: gave a quote last Christmas season about giving out gift cards,
Speaker 1: saying this quote, It's my favorite time of year because
Speaker 1: I really get a show it to show an impact
Speaker 1: on these kids lives and give back. We gave fifty
Speaker 1: kids a one hundred and fifty dollar gift card to
Speaker 1: get whatever they want, if they want to get themselves something,
Speaker 1: if they want to get their families something. For Christmas.
Speaker 1: We are giving back to what God has blessed us with. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's my favorite time of year and quote. And he
Speaker 1: is beloved by the community down there in Dallas, by
Speaker 1: his teammates but also his coaching staff. His Special Teams
Speaker 1: coordinator Keith O'Quinn made his thoughts known about the key
Speaker 1: traits that Fraser brought to work every day is saying
Speaker 1: this quote. First of all, he's brought a physical presence
Speaker 1: to our unit. This from the Dallas News dot com.
Speaker 1: The way he works is off the charts. He brings physicality,
Speaker 1: he's got size, he can run, and those are traits
Speaker 1: you look for initially in terms of core guys for
Speaker 1: your special teams unit. But the praise could have ended there,
Speaker 1: and it didn't because O'Quinn wanted to praise Frasier for
Speaker 1: his versatility and desire to get on the field and
Speaker 1: any fashion quote his ability to punt at flyer. Those
Speaker 1: flyers affect the punt game greatly Without great flyers, and
Speaker 1: you can call those guys gunners as well. Without great flyers,
Speaker 1: it's hard to have a presence downfield. On coverage, he
Speaker 1: does a good job on kickoffs. Two, he's a four
Speaker 1: phase player who was a physical rusher on cat, which
Speaker 1: is our punt return. It's really the physical traits and
Speaker 1: toughness he has, which is what we're all about. End quote. Physicality, toughness,
Speaker 1: a four down player. To me, Cavon Fraser could not
Speaker 1: sound more like a Miami Dolphin under Brian flores so
Speaker 1: strength in numbers, depth, guys that can play multiple spots
Speaker 1: on your football team, creating roster versatility. And with that,
Speaker 1: I want to jump now into the kind of headliner
Speaker 1: of today's podcast. This Monday, May the eleventh edition of
Speaker 1: the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins Official podcast network,
Speaker 1: and tomorrow we're gonna do offense. But I wanted to
Speaker 1: do this review last week, and because things changed, we're
Speaker 1: doing it now. And I want to get a look
Speaker 1: at the types of players Miami have acquired on the
Speaker 1: defensive side, something I've typically done in the past, taking
Speaker 1: a look at the players Dolphins acquired, how their rosters
Speaker 1: shapes up, and what it says about the kind of
Speaker 1: football team they want to be. And I wrote that
Speaker 1: post draft article about the consistency of the message for tough,
Speaker 1: smart players that fit a certain criteria on the field.
Speaker 1: It's nice to see an acquisition and know exactly why
Speaker 1: that player was added and the thinking behind that signing
Speaker 1: or draft pick. We aren't the only team that does this,
Speaker 1: not by a long shot. But not every team does this.
Speaker 1: There are still some square pegs in the roundhole additions
Speaker 1: that are made out there every single year. But with
Speaker 1: this team, with this roster construction, you see a clear plan,
Speaker 1: a clear vision to make this team the way they
Speaker 1: want to in terms of on field makeup and their
Speaker 1: on field athletic profiles. So we start here upfront on
Speaker 1: the defensive line. Let's just go ahead and read through it.
Speaker 1: I'm spreading these guys out to unique categories because I
Speaker 1: think it's not genuine to pigeonhole most of these guys,
Speaker 1: a lot of them can do multiple things for you
Speaker 1: on offense and on defense, but for the sake of continuity,
Speaker 1: I went with down defensive lineman, edge players who are
Speaker 1: kind of end slash linebacker types off the outside, off
Speaker 1: ball linebackers which are linebackers that typically line up off
Speaker 1: the football, and defensive backs all dbs, and this Defensei've
Speaker 1: got to cover. So really, if you're a safety, you're
Speaker 1: also a corner. So per the Miami Dolphins dot Com
Speaker 1: official website and their roster and NFL dot Com measurements
Speaker 1: via the NFL Scout and Combine, we start with those
Speaker 1: down linemen. Christian Wilkins goes three fifteen, Davon god Shaw
Speaker 1: goes three eleven, and Zack Seeler goes to ninety the
Speaker 1: additions made to the defensive line, Emmanuel Ogba to seventy five,
Speaker 1: Shack laws in two sixty seven, and then ray Kwon
Speaker 1: Davis another player that kind of fits that, Wilkins god
Speaker 1: Shaw more beef your guy. He's split between those two
Speaker 1: three thirteen literally two pounds heavier than god Shaw, two
Speaker 1: pounds lighter than Wilkins, and he really does have the
Speaker 1: frame to add more. But that's where he's at right now.
Speaker 1: Coming out of Alabama. We'll see what the coaching staff
Speaker 1: wants him to do in terms of his weight. Jason
Speaker 1: Strowbridge to seventy three, again right in the middle of
Speaker 1: Lawson and Ogba. I mean, you couldn't script this more perfectly.
Speaker 1: They're finding guys that split the difference between the people
Speaker 1: they have in house in terms of their weight on
Speaker 1: that defensive line. And how about the athletic profiles Wilkins
Speaker 1: a one oh seven broad jump, five point oh four
Speaker 1: forty yard dash, thirty two and a half inch arms,
Speaker 1: all of those in the seventieth percentile or better across
Speaker 1: interior defensive lineman at that year's combine. We do not
Speaker 1: have workout numbers from Duvan Goad Shaw up front, but
Speaker 1: the arm length there is similar to Wilkins at thirty
Speaker 1: two and three eighth inches with the arm length Zack Seeler.
Speaker 1: Again no measurements for him out of fair estate, but
Speaker 1: literally the first note on lance Zerline scouting notebook is
Speaker 1: quote good combination of length, power and size, and that
Speaker 1: theme you'll see with the long arms and explosive testing metrics.
Speaker 1: Another note is that he plays with heavy, violent hands,
Speaker 1: comes out of his stance low, with plenty of aggression.
Speaker 1: And he also clocked a four eight three forty and
Speaker 1: thirty one bench reps at his pro day. A strong, strong,
Speaker 1: explosive player thirty one bench reps. With his length and
Speaker 1: his size, that's pretty impressive the additions made up front
Speaker 1: and Emmanuel Augba, I mean, come on, thirty five and
Speaker 1: a half inch arms, do you want to talk about length?
Speaker 1: Wows A one one inches on the broad have mercy
Speaker 1: thirty five and a half inch vertical. We're talking about
Speaker 1: ninety percent talent or better in those key areas. He
Speaker 1: checks all those boxes. Shack Lawson talked about Miami having
Speaker 1: to get better off the edge, and boy did they
Speaker 1: with these two signings. Lost and goes one twenty on
Speaker 1: the broad, thirty three on the vert both top eighty
Speaker 1: percentile and just a smidge side of thirty three inch arms.
Speaker 1: But I think I would argue that he plays even
Speaker 1: longer than that when you watch him on tape. Ray
Speaker 1: Kwon Davis at three thirteen has a broad of one eleven.
Speaker 1: Come on, that's not even real. The arm length just
Speaker 1: a smidge under thirty four at thirty three and seven
Speaker 1: eighth inch arms and eighty one inches on the wingspand
Speaker 1: the guys are terra dactyl out there on your defensive line.
Speaker 1: Jason Strowbridge thirty one in vertical one third team broad
Speaker 1: sneaks in just under four nine with a four point
Speaker 1: eight nine in his forty yard dash and a sub
Speaker 1: seven five three cone. His arms are again a smidge
Speaker 1: under thirty three inches at thirty two and three eight.
Speaker 1: So these guys all fit that profile. Guys that can
Speaker 1: move laterally, guys that can lock out, play at the point,
Speaker 1: play with power. You've got Derval Netto, Ray Lima and
Speaker 1: Banito Jones who round out this group. And I don't
Speaker 1: have workout numbers on those guys, but there's a lot
Speaker 1: of beef in their to, Lima and Jones are both
Speaker 1: three sixteen and netto he's the outlier here as he
Speaker 1: is quite literally a human giant. He goes three hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty pounds and he did some cross training last
Speaker 1: year on the offensive line, and that fits the theme
Speaker 1: that will cover on tomorrow show as well, talking about
Speaker 1: the size of the offensive lineman. Now at edge, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead to start with the wait. Kyle van Noy
Speaker 1: to fifty, Vince Beagle tot s Andrew Van Ginkle tot
Speaker 1: Trent Harris to five. Curtis Weaver goes to sixty five,
Speaker 1: and you could argue that maybe he goes with that
Speaker 1: down front group. In terms of down lineman, I think
Speaker 1: he might be more of a guy that can play
Speaker 1: both roles. But we'll find out in training camp and beyond.
Speaker 1: So his two sixty five maybe not fitting in the
Speaker 1: typical mold of this group, but he can do multiple things,
Speaker 1: so that's where he goes. Then you've got Avery Moss
Speaker 1: at two sixty six. I think the same is true
Speaker 1: with him as it is with Curtis Weaver. I do
Speaker 1: not want to pigeonhole these guys, so please keep that
Speaker 1: in mind. And then Tayshawn Render goes to forty eight.
Speaker 1: As far as the athletic measurements, Kyle van Noy one
Speaker 1: twelve broad seven to two three cone man, he can
Speaker 1: really corner an angle but also play with the power
Speaker 1: in their upper upper body strength that allows him to
Speaker 1: drop that pad level and take on contact to hold
Speaker 1: the point. Allows him to blitz from multiple spots, as
Speaker 1: we have seen continuously from him up in New England.
Speaker 1: Vince Beagle one eight teen broad a six nine two
Speaker 1: in his three cone time Man, he can corner, he
Speaker 1: can run games, whether he's twisting, slanting, stunting, and he's
Speaker 1: got a little bit more length than Kyle van Noy
Speaker 1: at thirty two and three eighth inch arms there for
Speaker 1: Vince Bagel Andrew Van Ginkle the Gangster thirty eight inches
Speaker 1: on the vert. That's nine percent tile on twenty three
Speaker 1: on the broad also better than nine percentile six three
Speaker 1: cone time. That guy is an athletic marvel as well,
Speaker 1: and he can show you that in last year's tape
Speaker 1: when he got back onto the field, had a very
Speaker 1: strong finish to the season. Trent Harris check out the
Speaker 1: season finale for him and Foxborough. He'll show you some
Speaker 1: of the goods. He did not participate in the combine.
Speaker 1: He was on an invite there out of the University
Speaker 1: of Miami. Curtis Weaver two and a half inch vertical,
Speaker 1: one sixteen inch broad, a seven flat three cone, and
Speaker 1: thirty two and three eight inch arms. Again fits the
Speaker 1: prototype there. Avery Moss thirty four and a half inch arms,
Speaker 1: thirty two and a half inch vert one four team broad.
Speaker 1: It's like clockwork, man. All these guys kind of come
Speaker 1: in similar packaging, a consistent vision for what you want
Speaker 1: to be on defense. Tyshan Render did not work out,
Speaker 1: but he is in similar territory with his size and
Speaker 1: athletic profile. Big strong, heavy handed guys that can play
Speaker 1: multiple spots, Guys that can corner well, control the point,
Speaker 1: and have the athletic ability to remain fluid across multiple
Speaker 1: different positions and different responsibilities in the week by week
Speaker 1: changing of the Miami Dolphins scheme. How about off ball guys.
Speaker 1: We made two offseason additions here plus one undrafted free agent,
Speaker 1: and I think this one is a little bit different
Speaker 1: as far as prototype goes, because there's a bit more
Speaker 1: range here. Since these guys are going to be asked
Speaker 1: to kind of have more of a wider scope of
Speaker 1: roles in terms of one guy doing one thing and
Speaker 1: another guy doing other things in the defense. Jerome Baker
Speaker 1: to ray Kwa McMillan to forty two, Commu gruge Hill
Speaker 1: to thirty, Landon Roberts to thirty eight, Sam Aguavin to
Speaker 1: thirty six, Crawford goes to thirty nine, Calvin Munson goes
Speaker 1: to forty five, and kyl And Johnson goes to thirty.
Speaker 1: Jerome Baker jumped out of the gym at his combined
Speaker 1: workout thirty six and a half inch vert one on
Speaker 1: the broad jump. A classic modern day linebacker that can run,
Speaker 1: hit and cover. Ray Kwon McMillan. We know ray Kuan
Speaker 1: will smack fullbacks, pulling guards and ball carriers in the mouth,
Speaker 1: but how about a thirty three inch vert and a
Speaker 1: one twenty one inch broad to go along with that.
Speaker 1: That's unicorn stuff for a guy that plays so physical.
Speaker 1: Commu Gruge Hill talked to an Eagles fan about this guy,
Speaker 1: and you'll see exactly what they thought of him, not
Speaker 1: just on special teams, but also on defense. Recall back
Speaker 1: to the pre draft episode I had Ben Fennel on
Speaker 1: the podcast, and he mentioned that when Gruge Hill got
Speaker 1: hurt at practice last training camp, it was like someone died.
Speaker 1: Nobody wanted to see him go down because he was
Speaker 1: such an integral part of that defense. No combine, but
Speaker 1: just pro day was absurd percentile. And the vertical jump
Speaker 1: at thirty eight and a half and a four four
Speaker 1: five forty yard dash that also checks him in the
Speaker 1: percentile for linebackers e Land and Roberts just more plane
Speaker 1: absurdity here for six forty thirty six inch vert one
Speaker 1: and twenty inch broad. We are a team full of
Speaker 1: physical athletes. Man Sam maguav and one on the broad
Speaker 1: seven one five three cone and a thirty eight and
Speaker 1: a half inch vertical from his pro day and you
Speaker 1: can see that on his CFL tape and last year
Speaker 1: in his NFL tape with the Miami Dolphins. I could
Speaker 1: not find numbers on James Crawford, Calvin Munson, or Kylan
Speaker 1: Johnson as they round out the group. There of my
Speaker 1: off ball linebackers and finally the defensive backs, there are
Speaker 1: seventeen total on this list. We're not gonna worry about
Speaker 1: weight on this particular position group because I think the
Speaker 1: athletic traits are the point we really want to kind
Speaker 1: of drive home here in terms of what Dolphins are
Speaker 1: trying to do at the position, and just on those
Speaker 1: athletic traits, because frankly, you have to be elite at
Speaker 1: them to be a Miami Dolphins defensive back. Corners gotta run,
Speaker 1: they gotta tackle, they gotta find the football. I remember
Speaker 1: when Flores was first hired. I have a buddy who
Speaker 1: works on the Patriots beat and he did my last
Speaker 1: podcast here on Locked on Dolphins before Drive time was
Speaker 1: the thing, and he talked about world class athletes in
Speaker 1: the secondary. Well, here's some proof of that. Byron Jones
Speaker 1: ran a four three six literally has a world record
Speaker 1: for broad jumping and a forty four and a half
Speaker 1: inch vertical all of those in the or better percentile. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's completely ridiculous. Xavian Howard eightieth percentile on his forty
Speaker 1: and on his vertical jump alike, and seventy five percentile
Speaker 1: in the broad jump at one plus. You've seen Xavian
Speaker 1: Howard on the field first hand here with the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins and what he does on game day as a
Speaker 1: shutdown cornerback. Eric Rowe, a safety cornerback combination. Played safety
Speaker 1: from week six on last year. He ran a four
Speaker 1: four five, a thirty nine inch vertical, a one inch broad.
Speaker 1: All of those check in very well in terms of
Speaker 1: the athletics scorecard. Bobby McCain also a cornerback safety combo. Hell,
Speaker 1: most of these guys can play both A hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty inches on the broad. That's ninety percentile, a ridiculous
Speaker 1: three point eight to short shuttle that's percent tile. Tells
Speaker 1: you about his change of direction ability. Noah A Bnogamy
Speaker 1: a first round draft pick this year, and much like
Speaker 1: Byron Jones, is Nick swards him playing dance Dance Revolution
Speaker 1: in the movie Grandma's Boy. Did I Break It? Yes?
Speaker 1: You did break it with your forty vertical, one inch
Speaker 1: broad and a four four seven forty yard dash. Brandon
Speaker 1: Jones out of Texas. We didn't get workout numbers on
Speaker 1: him because he had the shoulder injury he was recovering from.
Speaker 1: But go to YouTube watch his tape and you'll see
Speaker 1: how well he moves and his explosiveness as well. So
Speaker 1: Brandon Jones fits the profile. Nick need him. At his
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen you TEP Pro day clocked a sub four
Speaker 1: four long speed anybody, He's got plenty of that to burn.
Speaker 1: Adrian Colbert just got a one year extension after signing
Speaker 1: in season last year to help the Dolphins secondary. Now
Speaker 1: there's a story on niners nation dot com that says
Speaker 1: he clocked a four to five is Pro Day, but
Speaker 1: he also has a handheld timer time of four four nine,
Speaker 1: so it's probably somewhere in the middle there. But he
Speaker 1: was also the Texas state champion in high school in
Speaker 1: the four hundred meters, so yeah, he can scoot as well.
Speaker 1: Clayton federal Um located Pro Day numbers on the new
Speaker 1: Dolphins defensive back there in Federalum, he had an absurd
Speaker 1: forty and a half inch vertical and a one hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty one inch broad jump. Just more crazy numbers
Speaker 1: from this Dolphins defense. Cavon Fraser, we talked about him
Speaker 1: in the open forty and a half inch vertical, one
Speaker 1: inch broad checking the boxes for ninety plus percentile there
Speaker 1: and Cordrea tankers Lee. He's an incumbent before the Dolphins
Speaker 1: current regime got here, but he two clocked a four
Speaker 1: four forty and had a one hundred twenty one inch
Speaker 1: broad jump. At his combined workout. I couldn't locate Tay
Speaker 1: Hayes or Jamal Perry or Ryan Lewis or Stephen Parker
Speaker 1: or Ken Webster or n Brooks in the defensive backfield,
Speaker 1: but all seventeen of those guys in Gerald Alexander's defensive
Speaker 1: backfield room look to really have the athletic profile and
Speaker 1: make up that both Brian Flores and Josh Boyer want
Speaker 1: there at the position. So shall we recap up front, strong, powerful, long,
Speaker 1: tough to move able to hold the point and create
Speaker 1: penetration through lower half explosiveness and disengage with length and
Speaker 1: heavy hands and the ability to key the quarterback key,
Speaker 1: the running back key, the mesh point in zone read
Speaker 1: game and really disengage that way and be smart football players.
Speaker 1: You've got Christian Wilkins, Shack Lawson, Emmanuel Ogba, Divon, Gotcha,
Speaker 1: Ray Kwon Davis, Zack Seeler, Jason Strowbridge, der Vall, Netto,
Speaker 1: Ray Lima and Benito Jones on those down linemen in
Speaker 1: the middle portion of the defense at your edge, Kyle
Speaker 1: van Noy, Vince Beagle, Andrew van Ginkle, Trent Harris, Curtis Weaver,
Speaker 1: Avery Moss and Tyshon Render off ball linebackers Jerome Baker,
Speaker 1: Ray Kawa, McMillan, Commu gruge A Hill, Landon Roberts, Sam Aguavin,
Speaker 1: James Croft, Calvin Munson and kyl and Johnson. What do
Speaker 1: they all have? Versatility, which of course is true of
Speaker 1: every spot on this defense on this football team. Good
Speaker 1: ability to corner, fluid hips that can move in all directions,
Speaker 1: going in coverage, rushing the quarterback, playing the run, stacking up,
Speaker 1: and that size to stack up and play the run
Speaker 1: as well. On the back end. Track athletes, Guys that
Speaker 1: can run with those deers on the outside. We get
Speaker 1: receivers every single year that can run four three four
Speaker 1: four coming out of college football, so you have to
Speaker 1: have the speed on the outside to match them. Good
Speaker 1: leaping numbers and lower half explosiveness. Let's just call them
Speaker 1: what they are, their world class athletes. And Byron Jones,
Speaker 1: Xaviing Howard, Eric Rowe and Bobby McCain the incumbent there,
Speaker 1: Noah Ignogamy, Brandon Jones, and Nick Needham in that defensive
Speaker 1: back room. Adrian Colbert, Clayton Federalum Tay Heyes, Jamal Perry,
Speaker 1: Ryan Lewis, Stephen Parker, Cavan Frasier, Ken Webster, Quadrea Tankers,
Speaker 1: Lee and Nate Brooks. The vision it is very consistent
Speaker 1: and they're trying to execute that this year. We'll see
Speaker 1: what happened when they get on the football field, hopefully
Speaker 1: in time for training camp. To watch all these guys
Speaker 1: work out, I cannot watch to see all the multiplicity,
Speaker 1: how they put together these packages, their base, their sub
Speaker 1: what they do. It's gonna be very exciting to watch
Speaker 1: that and have it covered on training camp. But ask
Speaker 1: for today's show, that is gonna be my time. We'll
Speaker 1: come back tomorrow and do the offensive side as well
Speaker 1: as get to know the undrafted free agent class. But
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