WEBVTT - Chris Grier Pre-Draft Presser and the Twitter Mailbag 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:07.960 Factors Dolphins fat drawing. What a win for this Miami 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:13.440 Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:17.759 the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:21.960 network covering your Miami Dolphins. What's up? Guys? I am 0:00:22.000 --> 0:00:24.919 your host, Travis Wingfield, and as always, I am here 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:28.520 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.480 And on today's show, we heard from the man himself, 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:35.559 the Dolphins General manager, Chris Greer in his annual April pressor, 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:40.120 talking all things draft, some notes on the quarterbacks, injury analytics, 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:43.519 and how the Dolphins free agency played into their draft plans. 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:46.320 Plus your mail, bad questions. All of that and more 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:53.120 on this Thursday, April sixteenth edition of the Drift Time Podcasts. 0:00:54.320 --> 0:00:56.480 And we're going to start off the top first thing 0:00:56.520 --> 0:01:00.000 here with Chris Greer's media availability, which was on third 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:02.840 Thursday afternoon at one o'clock. We're coming to you right 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.360 after that press conference with notes. You can check out 0:01:05.360 --> 0:01:07.759 the article up on Miami Dolphins dot com to get 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:10.920 a written look a transcribed look at what Chris Greer 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:14.679 said at his football media availability for this year's draft. 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:18.440 Next Thursday, the Dolphins have four team picks in that draft, obviously, 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:21.080 starting with the fifth pick in the draft. And we 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:23.800 start with the quote from the Dolphin general manager that 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.640 I think was the most noteworthy in terms of what 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:28.920 they do in this process. With all the things that 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:32.440 you can possibly use to evaluate players, it's all important, obviously, 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:34.440 but Chris Greer said there was one thing that stood 0:01:34.440 --> 0:01:37.200 out above the rest when it comes to player evaluation, 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:43.680 and to combine all your stuff with uh, you know, 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:48.040 maybe it gives you a little clearer picture at the 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.360 end of the day. It's what the guys, as the 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:54.960 old adage says, the film never lies, the tape never lies, 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.360 the eye in the sky never lies. However you want 0:01:57.400 --> 0:02:00.200 to phrase it, the film is the most important. The 0:02:00.240 --> 0:02:03.080 next question I thought was really good for Chris Greer 0:02:03.320 --> 0:02:06.200 was about the Dolphins analytics department and how they can 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.960 basically try to predict future injuries for players with their 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.480 medical concerns, and how it's been kind of different this 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:16.720 time around with the COVID nineteen situation. Obviously, the Dolphins 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.960 personnel and staff can't be together physically. They are communicating 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:23.040 through zoom and digital technology that way, but not being 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.880 around each other and Greer did talk about the Dolphins 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:30.120 analytics department and what they do with their injury prediction models. Yes, 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:36.519 we do have analytics department that injury predictions and again 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.959 it's footballs off Island sport. We do the best we can. 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.720 You know, been in this for a long time, have 0:02:42.880 --> 0:02:45.960 been around good players that were never heard, you know, 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.160 like Jake Long for instance back in the day, and 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.280 the players that was in New England. We drafted Curtis Martin. 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:56.120 Curtis Martin's always heard, basically never missed a game into England. 0:02:56.240 --> 0:03:00.080 So um, I think, uh, you know, in terms of 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.440 where are guys, guys are not going to get into that. 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:06.600 But yes, we do a lot of students on that cale. 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:10.840 Johnston and our doctors stabled a lot of work on 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:16.280 every player and don't fantastic job. Just see his normal 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:18.680 and it kind of tiled off there towards the end, 0:03:18.720 --> 0:03:20.240 but you might have heard him say they are going 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:22.400 to proceed as normal, and that was kind of the 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.520 theme of this entire press conference, was his insistence that 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.119 things are going to proceed as normal even though they're 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.760 not going to be physically around each other, using zoom, 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:34.880 different technologies of communication, and that word communication was the key, 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.440 not just in this situation, but how this entire program 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:41.440 functions based upon the strong communication they believe they have. 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.800 Whether it's Flores and Greer, or Greer with Marvin Allen, 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.560 or Greer with his scouting staff in his area scouts, 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.720 it's an entire collaboration and the communication has to be 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:53.960 on point. It's the key, says Chris Greer. Now, another 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:56.000 issue that was brought up, or a question I should 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:58.400 say that was brought up to Chris Greer, was about 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.920 some of the learning experiences is from previous moves, especially 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.280 in the quarterback room, and that gave Greer a good 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:09.280 chance to talk about Ryan Fitzpatrick. Like we've talked about, 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:14.280 you know, what he's done to the locker room presidents, 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:18.320 type of person use um, you know, and the impact 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.240 has had in the locker room, the younger players and veterans. 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:25.679 That galvanizing force is impactful not just for the rookies 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.120 but also for the veterans in that locker room as 0:04:28.120 --> 0:04:31.039 they gravitate towards Brian Fitzpatrick in the huddle, in the 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.400 locker room, on the football field, he was the right 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.200 guy for the job and the type of player the 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.919 Dolphins want in this locker room, whether it's quarterback or 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.719 another position. And to go back to the previous point 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.120 about the key of communication, I had a chance to 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.680 ask Chris Career about how they've been able to find 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.200 so many gems, whether it was undrafted or on the 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.360 third day of the draft, with all those fifth round 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.479 draft picks successes they have had under Chris Career. Here 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.400 is that question and answer. Yeah, Hey, Chris, how's it going. 0:04:56.560 --> 0:04:58.240 I wanted to talk to you about the success you've 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.160 had on Day three finding both can tributors and starters 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.520 on the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh rounds and even 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.480 last year specifically with some undrafted free agents. What has 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.360 been the key to kind of uncovering some of those 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.400 late round gems and has the process for doing so 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.760 changed at all given the current state of things with 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:19.440 the virus and the shutdown. Yeah, no, we're gonna go 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.880 our same processes. If we've done things. I think our 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:26.279 scouts have done a great job as well as coaching staff. 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:30.200 And again, you always talking about the communication that's really 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:33.160 key because we get those guys in the back end. 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:35.320 It's the coaches and scouts on the same page, and 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.920 everyone's you know, on the phone calls talking to players 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:42.480 and identifying the players that can help us or see 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:46.480 something that has upside for us to develop. So for us, 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:50.080 it's the process is the things always Again, it's a 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:53.320 communication and coaching and scouts have done a great job 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:57.240 here for us. They've worked extremely hard and communication and 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:01.719 so that's always the key. And then it's the relationships 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.320 you have with agents as well, but always helps. And uh, 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:08.719 and I think our track record as you said, terms 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:11.520 to playing the young players, and Brian is committed to 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.799 giving people an opportunity and people are earning their shot 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.719 here and I think that's an exciting thing for free 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.440 agents from the coming and you're gonna have a chance 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:22.200 to make a roster play. And those last few words 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.040 were the chance to make a roster front undrafted free 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:28.159 agents and attractive idea and Brian Flores is willing to 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:29.920 give anybody a chance as long as they're willing to 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:31.880 work for it and willing to earn that spot. So 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.280 a great answer there from Chris Career. Now, as far 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:35.839 as what the Dolphins might want to do with the 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.080 fifth pick in the draft, how many players are they 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.919 comfortable with taking in that spot. Chris Weer talked about 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:44.800 that as well. Every year, Um, you know, the joke 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.800 is around the scouting world it's, you know, if you're 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.680 picking twelve, there's always ten that you like, you know, 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.920 so it's, uh, you know where five. But there's we 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.800 feel really good about, probably eight or nine players that 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.560 every feel really good about. So we'll get a good players. 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.000 So eight or nine players they feel comfortable with in 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.240 that spot at the fifth pick in the draft. As 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.120 far as who that might be, I'll leave up to 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.920 you guys, the fans to debate that. Really a lot 0:07:10.960 --> 0:07:12.920 of good stuff at this press conference. I have one 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.000 more sound clip for you guys. I'll play that here 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.920 in just one second. But he talks about the quarterback position. 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:20.800 The film doesn't lie. It's a big part of the process, 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.240 bigger than the combine the rest of the stuff, the 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:26.040 injuries and analytic department they're gonna have in place to 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:29.480 make decisions on players with medical concerns. How it hasn't 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:32.320 been much different for him in terms of physical location, 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:35.360 the communication with he and his staff. He did make 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.080 a hilarious point at one point of the presser where 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.160 somebody asked him what he's going to do with the 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.240 fifth pick, and he mentions that his family and people 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.960 at the grocery store, even his pest control guy, have 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:48.440 been asking him who are we picking at number five? 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:50.760 So he had some fun in that way, But of course, 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.800 obviously only he and Brian Flores know the answer to 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:56.600 that question. He did acknowledge the passionate fan base of 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:59.000 the Miami Dolphins, and you love to hear that because 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.880 from my perspective, my vanch point on Twitter, seeing all 0:08:01.920 --> 0:08:04.560 the responses we get, this fan base does care and 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.920 they do love this team, and I do believe that 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:10.440 is a big aspect, a big portion of making a 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.960 successful team. You've got to have the people there that 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.000 love the team and support the team, and that's why 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:16.640 they put this thing on for all of us. So 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.640 he acknowledges that that's great to hear, and I'm sure 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:21.320 plenty of you are curious to hear about two a 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.200 tongue of Vloa, Joe Burrow, and the other top quarterbacks. 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.640 He was asked about them. But he also makes it 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:28.240 a point that he's not gonna give you all of 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.560 his draft intel. But he didn't say that Tu and 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.240 Joe are both really good people, they're good players. They've 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.480 both won a lot of games, and he mentions the 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:37.640 Dolphins has spent a lot of time on all the 0:08:37.640 --> 0:08:40.800 top players in this year's draft, regardless of the position, 0:08:41.200 --> 0:08:43.920 and we talk all the time about collaboration on this stuff. 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:46.600 He did point to several people on his staff about 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:48.800 how the Area scouts are the ones they get to 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:51.480 go to school three or four times a year at least, 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:53.920 and they're gonna be around these players more where they're 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:57.040 national guys are executive guys like a national scout like 0:08:57.080 --> 0:09:00.640 Marvin Allen. Marvin Allen or Adam Ingraff or Matt Winston 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:04.000 or Ron Brockington. Guys like Chris Greer himself only go 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:06.440 to a school once for a day. They work there, 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:08.960 and the Area scouts are there three, four or five 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:11.520 six times throughout the course of the year. Those guys 0:09:11.520 --> 0:09:13.840 putting in the countless hours on the road. So we 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:16.760 are definitely grateful and thankful for the Area Scouts of 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.160 the Miami Dolphins and the hard work they really do. 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.080 And the last sound clip I do want to play 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.520 for you guys is about the free agency period and 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.360 how that works in tandem with the draft and how 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.560 the Dolphins had a holistic vision to kind of put 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.040 this thing together where you can attack certain spots and 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:33.480 free agency where maybe you think the draft might be 0:09:33.480 --> 0:09:35.680 a little bit weaker than in other years or other 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:38.559 positions offer you. I love that mode of thinking. Here's 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.840 Chris Greer on that thought with the draft and free 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:44.680 agency and how they play together. Yeah, I think you 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:48.559 know what us specifically, again, we talked about finding the 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:53.280 right types of players for uh you know again even 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.559 one of little older players and a lot of guys 0:09:56.600 --> 0:10:03.960 that were, uh, the younger guys have been winners guys 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:07.079 and great locker room guys mentors, and we're not such 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:10.439 a young team. So yeah, we're a little more active 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:14.080 we have been past. We wanted volume of guys, but 0:10:14.160 --> 0:10:18.760 especially not knowing where we're gonna be here in the future. Um, 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.599 we need guys that can help these young guys transition 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.400 and learned and get on boards past and can in 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:28.719 terms of learning the defense preparing. So having guys had 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:33.400 some umiliarity with Brian and stuff was really important. So 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.040 and when you do crease, you always have an eye 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.199 looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the draft. So 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:41.800 you know, we even try to address some places that 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:45.440 we thought could help us in terms of freecy with 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.800 the roster, and then what reduced the draft to help 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:51.720 help continue roster. We appreciate your patients on these podcasts 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:54.200 because these are being conducted over zoom and so Chris 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:56.079 kind of fades out towards the end of those answers 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.240 a little bit at times, but basically what he said 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.880 there was that the importance of free agency and draft 0:11:01.960 --> 0:11:04.280 in the draft working together was how you can build 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.400 your roster in tandem, using both of those avenues to 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:10.640 help build the football team. So free agency is step one, 0:11:10.800 --> 0:11:12.400 and then you have spots in the draft you can 0:11:12.400 --> 0:11:14.360 go back and attack later that maybe you feel like 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:16.360 you need to bolster your roster that way too. So 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:19.120 it's a holistic vision, a holistic approach to get the 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.800 best fifty three guys on the field. Whether it's free agents, 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.920 whether it's trades, whether it's the draft, whether it's undrafted guys. 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:26.959 There are many ways to build a football team, and 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.200 Chris Career subscribe to that idea as well. So really 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:33.080 fun press conference, really enlightening on some areas of this 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.200 football team, the way they build this how they're going 0:11:35.280 --> 0:11:37.720 to be consistent in their communication, how they're gonna draft 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.040 this and get guys that fit the program, the guys 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.400 they want in the building. And on top of all 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:44.160 of that, I know football is kind of the thing 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.560 that gets us distracted right now during this time of year. 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:48.840 But Creates did a great job of addressing the COVID 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.440 nineteen situation and thanking all the first responders, those that 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.920 are on the front lines of handling this crisis and 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.040 working so very hard to get things back to the 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.400 way they were in terms of things being up and 0:11:59.480 --> 0:12:02.640 running and getting people healthy, healthy and safe, and that's 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.160 the most important thing. He talked about that on behalf 0:12:05.160 --> 0:12:07.960 of the tire Miami Dolphins organization. So good on your 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:11.440 Chris Good press conference. Plenty of good content again, go 0:12:11.559 --> 0:12:14.160 check out the article up on Miami Dolphins dot com 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.600 covering that press or with Chris Career. We have plenty 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:18.800 of draft preview content for you guys up on the 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.840 website as well, taking a look at each position by position, 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:25.240 breaking it down ahead of next week's NFL Draft on Thursday, 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.920 and our own virtual draft with the Miami Dolphins social 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:30.920 media's and let's go ahead and transition now into a 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:33.440 segment that we kind of buried a while back and 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.680 haven't gotten into. But with the draft just one week away, 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:38.760 I think this is a great spot to go ahead 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:40.880 and get back into the mail bag, get your questions 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.920 on this draft on this Miami Dolphins football team. And 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.559 I had pre recorded these mail bad questions, and for 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.920 some reason I lost the audio clip on where I 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.120 had the person to asked us first question. But I'm 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:52.679 just gonna go ahead and run back through what the 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:55.680 question was here real quick before I answered. The question 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:59.520 was basically about which positions have better value or carry 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.679 more way on the roster over other positions on the roster, 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.720 specifically on the offensive side of the football, And this 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.280 was my answer. I think you obviously always start with 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.280 the quarterback position because they touched the ball every single play, 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:14.040 They get the communication into the huddle, they lead the offense, 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.920 they are the quote unquote leader of the football team 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.480 in general. So you obviously always start with the quarterback. 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.520 But you're not gonna put other the other twenty one 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.120 positions on the field. You're not gonna dock them. Because 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:27.560 of that, every person on the roster has to be 0:13:27.559 --> 0:13:29.160 able to contribute, has to be able to find a 0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.640 way to make an impact on the football team in 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:33.719 the way they prepare, in the way they work, in 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.200 the way they contribute on game day. So I wouldn't 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:39.720 expect any specific value to be placed on specific positions 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.000 over others in this draft class. Now, some general manager, 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.280 some teams, some executives have positions they believe do serve 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.200 as more of a core pillar. But I think that 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.000 every position really is going to matter to help execute 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.319 the vision of this team, to help build the team 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:57.040 of sustained success that Steven Ross wants. Because you look 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.319 at the defensive side of the football of the free agency. 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:03.000 We talk about this on the film study recaps of 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.720 those players on defense, and there were so many guys 0:14:05.760 --> 0:14:08.839 that worked well in tandem together with Shack Lawson and 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:12.240 Emmanuel Ogba using the length and power off the edge 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.560 to create rush opportunities for guys like Kyle van Noy 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:19.040 or Commu Gruge Hill, or creating space on the inside 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:22.080 with the run defense with Christian Wilkins, Divon god Shaw 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.640 and all the dudes up front for guys like Ellen 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.040 and Roberts to come downhill and make tackles. As a 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.480 run defender. So it's all complementary of one another, and 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.080 there really isn't one position more important than the next. 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.480 You've got to build a fifty three man roster because, 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:37.560 as they say, and I'm not usually a fan of 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:40.040 cliches and tropes, but I do believe in this one, 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.960 you're as strong as your weakest linked. Your fifty three 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.640 man on the roster better be able to contribute in 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.760 some form or fashion. Next question here comes in from 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:51.640 Pat He's at Patty Perk on Twitter. Who is the 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.560 funniest person that works for the Dolphins? No players are 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:57.080 no coaches? Well, you say no coaches, I would say 0:14:57.120 --> 0:15:00.160 Coach Alexander's Twitter timeline is the best you're gonna find 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:02.600 out there. He always has hilarious videos and he's breaking 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:04.960 him down like a football coach, because of course why 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.680 wouldn't he. But in terms of players or non players 0:15:07.680 --> 0:15:09.800 and non coaches, I should say I'm gonna go with 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:14.280 Surf Melendez only because he has this idea, did I 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:17.240 somehow have some kind of velvety radio voice? Every time 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.560 we have a phone call or a team meeting, he 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.800 always says, is that the velvety voice of Travis Wingfield, 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:26.360 and I'll take that compliment all day, but I don't 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:30.000 think I necessarily have the classic ideal radio voice. So 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.880 he always cracks me up. He's always full of energy 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.360 and life and enthusiasm, and those are the kind of 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:37.200 people you want to be around. So I love hearing 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.680 that from the serf. He's hilarious. And you also got 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.680 to go check out Eric Totorof's TikTok account. He's always 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:44.680 breaking out some kind of new dance move something that 0:15:44.760 --> 0:15:47.200 I have no idea what he's doing, but apparently that's 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.760 all the rage these days, So check out Totorof's TikTok. 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.520 He's pretty good on there as well. Next question from 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.240 Chris Murray at Murray C eight nine, what are the 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.080 chances of Miami using pick number five on the best 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:01.640 player available instead of the of the needed quarterback too, 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.080 then trade up from six to eighteen with a package 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.640 of the Chargers knowing they also need a quarterback. Well, 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:08.840 the second half of that question would just be pure 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:12.160 speculation because nobody really knows how many trades or what's 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.760 gonna happen come draft day with regards to how the 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:17.560 board stacks up. But as far as your first question 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:20.080 goes and the likelihood of Miami taking the best player 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:22.680 on their board. I think that's what they'll do because 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.080 that has been the mode, the m O of Brian 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.600 Flora's and Chris Greer so far here in the year 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.280 and a half they've worked together in Miami. They want 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.400 to build this roster out the best way they can, 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:36.680 each and every single day trademark, whether it's on the draft, 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:40.360 free agency, in season waiver wire claims, they're always gonna 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.160 be scouring what's out there, what's available, and if they 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.400 can make an upgrade to the fifty three man roster, 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.920 they're gonna do it. So the best value you have 0:16:48.040 --> 0:16:50.520 at pick number five, a portion of the draft that 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.560 typically is reserved for the blue chip players coming into 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.440 the league. I think it would be foolish to do 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.160 anything besides take your best player on your board, because 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:00.680 you do that enough over time. This goes back to 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.960 Miami's approached the entire last season. If you make enough 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:07.359 moves that give you plus value as far as market value, 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:09.520 then you do that enough times over the course of 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:12.159 a year, two year, five years, you're gonna wind up 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:15.800 having a very strong roster that can breed consistency and 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.520 breed success based upon its own program, and that's what 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.639 Brian Flores wants to install. We got another b p 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:24.560 A question here from Steve. He's at one, Steve Hallett. 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:26.960 I've met Steve at hard Rock Stadium, so I wanted 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:28.600 to go ahead and give you a shout out, Steve, 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:30.600 but you kind of ask the same question as Chris. 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.160 So Yes, I do believe b p A is very 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.240 much in play, regardless of what side of the ball 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:38.200 the Dolphins do you want to draft? Next question from 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:41.879 Dolphins Argentina at fins up arch as an a r G. 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.639 Do you see Miami sending some of those six and 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:47.080 seventh round picks to get into the mid rounds and 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:50.320 which would be great value players from Miami in those rounds. 0:17:50.359 --> 0:17:52.840 Great to have your mailbags back. Well, I appreciate that, 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:56.760 Sir Argentina of Dolphins represent us down there in South America, 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:59.720 But the thing about those late round draft picks is 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:01.719 they don't really carry a whole lot of value if 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:04.760 you're going off the traditional Jimmy Johnson trade value chart. 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.040 I know it's outdated, but it's really all we have 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:09.199 to go off of as fans and people that are 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.080 not plugged into the actual inner workings of an NFL 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.679 front office and trades and all that stuff. So the 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.280 value of those later picks, it's gonna be tough to 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:19.919 get really any much higher than the six or seventh 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:23.000 round with those with those draft picks. Now, I don't 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.199 think that rules out the chance of Miami making some 0:18:25.280 --> 0:18:27.720 moves up and down this draft board. That was the 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:31.040 whole idea, right to be flexible with filling out needs 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:34.080 and free agency, getting as many draft picks and making 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:36.120 it so when it comes to draft day, you can 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:38.480 work up the board or you can work back down 0:18:38.520 --> 0:18:41.840 the board. Now, we've had several guests, several draft experts 0:18:41.840 --> 0:18:44.239 on this podcast who insist that you can get up 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.480 into the top one, maybe even one and fifty spots 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:51.480 of this draft and still find good value and good 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:54.359 talent in those spots. So I think it's definitely worth 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.040 exploring if you want to round out some maybe more 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:00.399 rotational players, role players like a guy that ends up 0:19:00.400 --> 0:19:02.639 over the nose tackle and gives you those two hundred 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:05.600 three hundred reps as the nose the zero technique, or 0:19:05.600 --> 0:19:07.040 if you want to get a guy who can play 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:10.560 some backup linebacker and special teams ace And of course 0:19:10.600 --> 0:19:13.520 I'm just spitballing about random options. You really can do 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.159 that with any position, any group at that stage of 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:18.600 the draft, and that's how you hit those picks, is 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:20.920 to make guys or to get guys rather that can 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:23.320 contribute in some form or fashion. So I think there's 0:19:23.320 --> 0:19:25.399 definitely a chance the Dolphins could get back into that 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:27.920 range because of like you mentioned, the glut of those 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:30.160