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Speaker 1: the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast
Speaker 1: network covering your Miami Dolphins. What's up? Guys? I am
Speaker 1: your host, Travis Wingfield, and as always, I am here
Speaker 1: to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football.
Speaker 1: And on today's show, we heard from the man himself,
Speaker 1: the Dolphins General manager, Chris Greer in his annual April pressor,
Speaker 1: talking all things draft, some notes on the quarterbacks, injury analytics,
Speaker 1: and how the Dolphins free agency played into their draft plans.
Speaker 1: Plus your mail, bad questions. All of that and more
Speaker 1: on this Thursday, April sixteenth edition of the Drift Time Podcasts.
Speaker 1: And we're going to start off the top first thing
Speaker 1: here with Chris Greer's media availability, which was on third
Speaker 1: Thursday afternoon at one o'clock. We're coming to you right
Speaker 1: after that press conference with notes. You can check out
Speaker 1: the article up on Miami Dolphins dot com to get
Speaker 1: a written look a transcribed look at what Chris Greer
Speaker 1: said at his football media availability for this year's draft.
Speaker 1: Next Thursday, the Dolphins have four team picks in that draft, obviously,
Speaker 1: starting with the fifth pick in the draft. And we
Speaker 1: start with the quote from the Dolphin general manager that
Speaker 1: I think was the most noteworthy in terms of what
Speaker 1: they do in this process. With all the things that
Speaker 1: you can possibly use to evaluate players, it's all important, obviously,
Speaker 1: but Chris Greer said there was one thing that stood
Speaker 1: out above the rest when it comes to player evaluation,
Speaker 1: and to combine all your stuff with uh, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe it gives you a little clearer picture at the
Speaker 1: end of the day. It's what the guys, as the
Speaker 1: old adage says, the film never lies, the tape never lies,
Speaker 1: the eye in the sky never lies. However you want
Speaker 1: to phrase it, the film is the most important. The
Speaker 1: next question I thought was really good for Chris Greer
Speaker 1: was about the Dolphins analytics department and how they can
Speaker 1: basically try to predict future injuries for players with their
Speaker 1: medical concerns, and how it's been kind of different this
Speaker 1: time around with the COVID nineteen situation. Obviously, the Dolphins
Speaker 1: personnel and staff can't be together physically. They are communicating
Speaker 1: through zoom and digital technology that way, but not being
Speaker 1: around each other and Greer did talk about the Dolphins
Speaker 1: analytics department and what they do with their injury prediction models. Yes,
Speaker 1: we do have analytics department that injury predictions and again
Speaker 1: it's footballs off Island sport. We do the best we can.
Speaker 1: You know, been in this for a long time, have
Speaker 1: been around good players that were never heard, you know,
Speaker 1: like Jake Long for instance back in the day, and
Speaker 1: the players that was in New England. We drafted Curtis Martin.
Speaker 1: Curtis Martin's always heard, basically never missed a game into England.
Speaker 1: So um, I think, uh, you know, in terms of
Speaker 1: where are guys, guys are not going to get into that.
Speaker 1: But yes, we do a lot of students on that cale.
Speaker 1: Johnston and our doctors stabled a lot of work on
Speaker 1: every player and don't fantastic job. Just see his normal
Speaker 1: and it kind of tiled off there towards the end,
Speaker 1: but you might have heard him say they are going
Speaker 1: to proceed as normal, and that was kind of the
Speaker 1: theme of this entire press conference, was his insistence that
Speaker 1: things are going to proceed as normal even though they're
Speaker 1: not going to be physically around each other, using zoom,
Speaker 1: different technologies of communication, and that word communication was the key,
Speaker 1: not just in this situation, but how this entire program
Speaker 1: functions based upon the strong communication they believe they have.
Speaker 1: Whether it's Flores and Greer, or Greer with Marvin Allen,
Speaker 1: or Greer with his scouting staff in his area scouts,
Speaker 1: it's an entire collaboration and the communication has to be
Speaker 1: on point. It's the key, says Chris Greer. Now, another
Speaker 1: issue that was brought up, or a question I should
Speaker 1: say that was brought up to Chris Greer, was about
Speaker 1: some of the learning experiences is from previous moves, especially
Speaker 1: in the quarterback room, and that gave Greer a good
Speaker 1: chance to talk about Ryan Fitzpatrick. Like we've talked about,
Speaker 1: you know, what he's done to the locker room presidents,
Speaker 1: type of person use um, you know, and the impact
Speaker 1: has had in the locker room, the younger players and veterans.
Speaker 1: That galvanizing force is impactful not just for the rookies
Speaker 1: but also for the veterans in that locker room as
Speaker 1: they gravitate towards Brian Fitzpatrick in the huddle, in the
Speaker 1: locker room, on the football field, he was the right
Speaker 1: guy for the job and the type of player the
Speaker 1: Dolphins want in this locker room, whether it's quarterback or
Speaker 1: another position. And to go back to the previous point
Speaker 1: about the key of communication, I had a chance to
Speaker 1: ask Chris Career about how they've been able to find
Speaker 1: so many gems, whether it was undrafted or on the
Speaker 1: third day of the draft, with all those fifth round
Speaker 1: draft picks successes they have had under Chris Career. Here
Speaker 1: is that question and answer. Yeah, Hey, Chris, how's it going.
Speaker 1: I wanted to talk to you about the success you've
Speaker 1: had on Day three finding both can tributors and starters
Speaker 1: on the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh rounds and even
Speaker 1: last year specifically with some undrafted free agents. What has
Speaker 1: been the key to kind of uncovering some of those
Speaker 1: late round gems and has the process for doing so
Speaker 1: changed at all given the current state of things with
Speaker 1: the virus and the shutdown. Yeah, no, we're gonna go
Speaker 1: our same processes. If we've done things. I think our
Speaker 1: scouts have done a great job as well as coaching staff.
Speaker 1: And again, you always talking about the communication that's really
Speaker 1: key because we get those guys in the back end.
Speaker 1: It's the coaches and scouts on the same page, and
Speaker 1: everyone's you know, on the phone calls talking to players
Speaker 1: and identifying the players that can help us or see
Speaker 1: something that has upside for us to develop. So for us,
Speaker 1: it's the process is the things always Again, it's a
Speaker 1: communication and coaching and scouts have done a great job
Speaker 1: here for us. They've worked extremely hard and communication and
Speaker 1: so that's always the key. And then it's the relationships
Speaker 1: you have with agents as well, but always helps. And uh,
Speaker 1: and I think our track record as you said, terms
Speaker 1: to playing the young players, and Brian is committed to
Speaker 1: giving people an opportunity and people are earning their shot
Speaker 1: here and I think that's an exciting thing for free
Speaker 1: agents from the coming and you're gonna have a chance
Speaker 1: to make a roster play. And those last few words
Speaker 1: were the chance to make a roster front undrafted free
Speaker 1: agents and attractive idea and Brian Flores is willing to
Speaker 1: give anybody a chance as long as they're willing to
Speaker 1: work for it and willing to earn that spot. So
Speaker 1: a great answer there from Chris Career. Now, as far
Speaker 1: as what the Dolphins might want to do with the
Speaker 1: fifth pick in the draft, how many players are they
Speaker 1: comfortable with taking in that spot. Chris Weer talked about
Speaker 1: that as well. Every year, Um, you know, the joke
Speaker 1: is around the scouting world it's, you know, if you're
Speaker 1: picking twelve, there's always ten that you like, you know,
Speaker 1: so it's, uh, you know where five. But there's we
Speaker 1: feel really good about, probably eight or nine players that
Speaker 1: every feel really good about. So we'll get a good players.
Speaker 1: So eight or nine players they feel comfortable with in
Speaker 1: that spot at the fifth pick in the draft. As
Speaker 1: far as who that might be, I'll leave up to
Speaker 1: you guys, the fans to debate that. Really a lot
Speaker 1: of good stuff at this press conference. I have one
Speaker 1: more sound clip for you guys. I'll play that here
Speaker 1: in just one second. But he talks about the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: The film doesn't lie. It's a big part of the process,
Speaker 1: bigger than the combine the rest of the stuff, the
Speaker 1: injuries and analytic department they're gonna have in place to
Speaker 1: make decisions on players with medical concerns. How it hasn't
Speaker 1: been much different for him in terms of physical location,
Speaker 1: the communication with he and his staff. He did make
Speaker 1: a hilarious point at one point of the presser where
Speaker 1: somebody asked him what he's going to do with the
Speaker 1: fifth pick, and he mentions that his family and people
Speaker 1: at the grocery store, even his pest control guy, have
Speaker 1: been asking him who are we picking at number five?
Speaker 1: So he had some fun in that way, But of course,
Speaker 1: obviously only he and Brian Flores know the answer to
Speaker 1: that question. He did acknowledge the passionate fan base of
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, and you love to hear that because
Speaker 1: from my perspective, my vanch point on Twitter, seeing all
Speaker 1: the responses we get, this fan base does care and
Speaker 1: they do love this team, and I do believe that
Speaker 1: is a big aspect, a big portion of making a
Speaker 1: successful team. You've got to have the people there that
Speaker 1: love the team and support the team, and that's why
Speaker 1: they put this thing on for all of us. So
Speaker 1: he acknowledges that that's great to hear, and I'm sure
Speaker 1: plenty of you are curious to hear about two a
Speaker 1: tongue of Vloa, Joe Burrow, and the other top quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: He was asked about them. But he also makes it
Speaker 1: a point that he's not gonna give you all of
Speaker 1: his draft intel. But he didn't say that Tu and
Speaker 1: Joe are both really good people, they're good players. They've
Speaker 1: both won a lot of games, and he mentions the
Speaker 1: Dolphins has spent a lot of time on all the
Speaker 1: top players in this year's draft, regardless of the position,
Speaker 1: and we talk all the time about collaboration on this stuff.
Speaker 1: He did point to several people on his staff about
Speaker 1: how the Area scouts are the ones they get to
Speaker 1: go to school three or four times a year at least,
Speaker 1: and they're gonna be around these players more where they're
Speaker 1: national guys are executive guys like a national scout like
Speaker 1: Marvin Allen. Marvin Allen or Adam Ingraff or Matt Winston
Speaker 1: or Ron Brockington. Guys like Chris Greer himself only go
Speaker 1: to a school once for a day. They work there,
Speaker 1: and the Area scouts are there three, four or five
Speaker 1: six times throughout the course of the year. Those guys
Speaker 1: putting in the countless hours on the road. So we
Speaker 1: are definitely grateful and thankful for the Area Scouts of
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins and the hard work they really do.
Speaker 1: And the last sound clip I do want to play
Speaker 1: for you guys is about the free agency period and
Speaker 1: how that works in tandem with the draft and how
Speaker 1: the Dolphins had a holistic vision to kind of put
Speaker 1: this thing together where you can attack certain spots and
Speaker 1: free agency where maybe you think the draft might be
Speaker 1: a little bit weaker than in other years or other
Speaker 1: positions offer you. I love that mode of thinking. Here's
Speaker 1: Chris Greer on that thought with the draft and free
Speaker 1: agency and how they play together. Yeah, I think you
Speaker 1: know what us specifically, again, we talked about finding the
Speaker 1: right types of players for uh you know again even
Speaker 1: one of little older players and a lot of guys
Speaker 1: that were, uh, the younger guys have been winners guys
Speaker 1: and great locker room guys mentors, and we're not such
Speaker 1: a young team. So yeah, we're a little more active
Speaker 1: we have been past. We wanted volume of guys, but
Speaker 1: especially not knowing where we're gonna be here in the future. Um,
Speaker 1: we need guys that can help these young guys transition
Speaker 1: and learned and get on boards past and can in
Speaker 1: terms of learning the defense preparing. So having guys had
Speaker 1: some umiliarity with Brian and stuff was really important. So
Speaker 1: and when you do crease, you always have an eye
Speaker 1: looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the draft. So
Speaker 1: you know, we even try to address some places that
Speaker 1: we thought could help us in terms of freecy with
Speaker 1: the roster, and then what reduced the draft to help
Speaker 1: help continue roster. We appreciate your patients on these podcasts
Speaker 1: because these are being conducted over zoom and so Chris
Speaker 1: kind of fades out towards the end of those answers
Speaker 1: a little bit at times, but basically what he said
Speaker 1: there was that the importance of free agency and draft
Speaker 1: in the draft working together was how you can build
Speaker 1: your roster in tandem, using both of those avenues to
Speaker 1: help build the football team. So free agency is step one,
Speaker 1: and then you have spots in the draft you can
Speaker 1: go back and attack later that maybe you feel like
Speaker 1: you need to bolster your roster that way too. So
Speaker 1: it's a holistic vision, a holistic approach to get the
Speaker 1: best fifty three guys on the field. Whether it's free agents,
Speaker 1: whether it's trades, whether it's the draft, whether it's undrafted guys.
Speaker 1: There are many ways to build a football team, and
Speaker 1: Chris Career subscribe to that idea as well. So really
Speaker 1: fun press conference, really enlightening on some areas of this
Speaker 1: football team, the way they build this how they're going
Speaker 1: to be consistent in their communication, how they're gonna draft
Speaker 1: this and get guys that fit the program, the guys
Speaker 1: they want in the building. And on top of all
Speaker 1: of that, I know football is kind of the thing
Speaker 1: that gets us distracted right now during this time of year.
Speaker 1: But Creates did a great job of addressing the COVID
Speaker 1: nineteen situation and thanking all the first responders, those that
Speaker 1: are on the front lines of handling this crisis and
Speaker 1: working so very hard to get things back to the
Speaker 1: way they were in terms of things being up and
Speaker 1: running and getting people healthy, healthy and safe, and that's
Speaker 1: the most important thing. He talked about that on behalf
Speaker 1: of the tire Miami Dolphins organization. So good on your
Speaker 1: Chris Good press conference. Plenty of good content again, go
Speaker 1: check out the article up on Miami Dolphins dot com
Speaker 1: covering that press or with Chris Career. We have plenty
Speaker 1: of draft preview content for you guys up on the
Speaker 1: website as well, taking a look at each position by position,
Speaker 1: breaking it down ahead of next week's NFL Draft on Thursday,
Speaker 1: and our own virtual draft with the Miami Dolphins social
Speaker 1: media's and let's go ahead and transition now into a
Speaker 1: segment that we kind of buried a while back and
Speaker 1: haven't gotten into. But with the draft just one week away,
Speaker 1: I think this is a great spot to go ahead
Speaker 1: and get back into the mail bag, get your questions
Speaker 1: on this draft on this Miami Dolphins football team. And
Speaker 1: I had pre recorded these mail bad questions, and for
Speaker 1: some reason I lost the audio clip on where I
Speaker 1: had the person to asked us first question. But I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna go ahead and run back through what the
Speaker 1: question was here real quick before I answered. The question
Speaker 1: was basically about which positions have better value or carry
Speaker 1: more way on the roster over other positions on the roster,
Speaker 1: specifically on the offensive side of the football, And this
Speaker 1: was my answer. I think you obviously always start with
Speaker 1: the quarterback position because they touched the ball every single play,
Speaker 1: They get the communication into the huddle, they lead the offense,
Speaker 1: they are the quote unquote leader of the football team
Speaker 1: in general. So you obviously always start with the quarterback.
Speaker 1: But you're not gonna put other the other twenty one
Speaker 1: positions on the field. You're not gonna dock them. Because
Speaker 1: of that, every person on the roster has to be
Speaker 1: able to contribute, has to be able to find a
Speaker 1: way to make an impact on the football team in
Speaker 1: the way they prepare, in the way they work, in
Speaker 1: the way they contribute on game day. So I wouldn't
Speaker 1: expect any specific value to be placed on specific positions
Speaker 1: over others in this draft class. Now, some general manager,
Speaker 1: some teams, some executives have positions they believe do serve
Speaker 1: as more of a core pillar. But I think that
Speaker 1: every position really is going to matter to help execute
Speaker 1: the vision of this team, to help build the team
Speaker 1: of sustained success that Steven Ross wants. Because you look
Speaker 1: at the defensive side of the football of the free agency.
Speaker 1: We talk about this on the film study recaps of
Speaker 1: those players on defense, and there were so many guys
Speaker 1: that worked well in tandem together with Shack Lawson and
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Ogba using the length and power off the edge
Speaker 1: to create rush opportunities for guys like Kyle van Noy
Speaker 1: or Commu Gruge Hill, or creating space on the inside
Speaker 1: with the run defense with Christian Wilkins, Divon god Shaw
Speaker 1: and all the dudes up front for guys like Ellen
Speaker 1: and Roberts to come downhill and make tackles. As a
Speaker 1: run defender. So it's all complementary of one another, and
Speaker 1: there really isn't one position more important than the next.
Speaker 1: You've got to build a fifty three man roster because,
Speaker 1: as they say, and I'm not usually a fan of
Speaker 1: cliches and tropes, but I do believe in this one,
Speaker 1: you're as strong as your weakest linked. Your fifty three
Speaker 1: man on the roster better be able to contribute in
Speaker 1: some form or fashion. Next question here comes in from
Speaker 1: Pat He's at Patty Perk on Twitter. Who is the
Speaker 1: funniest person that works for the Dolphins? No players are
Speaker 1: no coaches? Well, you say no coaches, I would say
Speaker 1: Coach Alexander's Twitter timeline is the best you're gonna find
Speaker 1: out there. He always has hilarious videos and he's breaking
Speaker 1: him down like a football coach, because of course why
Speaker 1: wouldn't he. But in terms of players or non players
Speaker 1: and non coaches, I should say I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: Surf Melendez only because he has this idea, did I
Speaker 1: somehow have some kind of velvety radio voice? Every time
Speaker 1: we have a phone call or a team meeting, he
Speaker 1: always says, is that the velvety voice of Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: and I'll take that compliment all day, but I don't
Speaker 1: think I necessarily have the classic ideal radio voice. So
Speaker 1: he always cracks me up. He's always full of energy
Speaker 1: and life and enthusiasm, and those are the kind of
Speaker 1: people you want to be around. So I love hearing
Speaker 1: that from the serf. He's hilarious. And you also got
Speaker 1: to go check out Eric Totorof's TikTok account. He's always
Speaker 1: breaking out some kind of new dance move something that
Speaker 1: I have no idea what he's doing, but apparently that's
Speaker 1: all the rage these days, So check out Totorof's TikTok.
Speaker 1: He's pretty good on there as well. Next question from
Speaker 1: Chris Murray at Murray C eight nine, what are the
Speaker 1: chances of Miami using pick number five on the best
Speaker 1: player available instead of the of the needed quarterback too,
Speaker 1: then trade up from six to eighteen with a package
Speaker 1: of the Chargers knowing they also need a quarterback. Well,
Speaker 1: the second half of that question would just be pure
Speaker 1: speculation because nobody really knows how many trades or what's
Speaker 1: gonna happen come draft day with regards to how the
Speaker 1: board stacks up. But as far as your first question
Speaker 1: goes and the likelihood of Miami taking the best player
Speaker 1: on their board. I think that's what they'll do because
Speaker 1: that has been the mode, the m O of Brian
Speaker 1: Flora's and Chris Greer so far here in the year
Speaker 1: and a half they've worked together in Miami. They want
Speaker 1: to build this roster out the best way they can,
Speaker 1: each and every single day trademark, whether it's on the draft,
Speaker 1: free agency, in season waiver wire claims, they're always gonna
Speaker 1: be scouring what's out there, what's available, and if they
Speaker 1: can make an upgrade to the fifty three man roster,
Speaker 1: they're gonna do it. So the best value you have
Speaker 1: at pick number five, a portion of the draft that
Speaker 1: typically is reserved for the blue chip players coming into
Speaker 1: the league. I think it would be foolish to do
Speaker 1: anything besides take your best player on your board, because
Speaker 1: you do that enough over time. This goes back to
Speaker 1: Miami's approached the entire last season. If you make enough
Speaker 1: moves that give you plus value as far as market value,
Speaker 1: then you do that enough times over the course of
Speaker 1: a year, two year, five years, you're gonna wind up
Speaker 1: having a very strong roster that can breed consistency and
Speaker 1: breed success based upon its own program, and that's what
Speaker 1: Brian Flores wants to install. We got another b p
Speaker 1: A question here from Steve. He's at one, Steve Hallett.
Speaker 1: I've met Steve at hard Rock Stadium, so I wanted
Speaker 1: to go ahead and give you a shout out, Steve,
Speaker 1: but you kind of ask the same question as Chris.
Speaker 1: So Yes, I do believe b p A is very
Speaker 1: much in play, regardless of what side of the ball
Speaker 1: the Dolphins do you want to draft? Next question from
Speaker 1: Dolphins Argentina at fins up arch as an a r G.
Speaker 1: Do you see Miami sending some of those six and
Speaker 1: seventh round picks to get into the mid rounds and
Speaker 1: which would be great value players from Miami in those rounds.
Speaker 1: Great to have your mailbags back. Well, I appreciate that,
Speaker 1: Sir Argentina of Dolphins represent us down there in South America,
Speaker 1: But the thing about those late round draft picks is
Speaker 1: they don't really carry a whole lot of value if
Speaker 1: you're going off the traditional Jimmy Johnson trade value chart.
Speaker 1: I know it's outdated, but it's really all we have
Speaker 1: to go off of as fans and people that are
Speaker 1: not plugged into the actual inner workings of an NFL
Speaker 1: front office and trades and all that stuff. So the
Speaker 1: value of those later picks, it's gonna be tough to
Speaker 1: get really any much higher than the six or seventh
Speaker 1: round with those with those draft picks. Now, I don't
Speaker 1: think that rules out the chance of Miami making some
Speaker 1: moves up and down this draft board. That was the
Speaker 1: whole idea, right to be flexible with filling out needs
Speaker 1: and free agency, getting as many draft picks and making
Speaker 1: it so when it comes to draft day, you can
Speaker 1: work up the board or you can work back down
Speaker 1: the board. Now, we've had several guests, several draft experts
Speaker 1: on this podcast who insist that you can get up
Speaker 1: into the top one, maybe even one and fifty spots
Speaker 1: of this draft and still find good value and good
Speaker 1: talent in those spots. So I think it's definitely worth
Speaker 1: exploring if you want to round out some maybe more
Speaker 1: rotational players, role players like a guy that ends up
Speaker 1: over the nose tackle and gives you those two hundred
Speaker 1: three hundred reps as the nose the zero technique, or
Speaker 1: if you want to get a guy who can play
Speaker 1: some backup linebacker and special teams ace And of course
Speaker 1: I'm just spitballing about random options. You really can do
Speaker 1: that with any position, any group at that stage of
Speaker 1: the draft, and that's how you hit those picks, is
Speaker 1: to make guys or to get guys rather that can
Speaker 1: contribute in some form or fashion. So I think there's
Speaker 1: definitely a chance the Dolphins could get back into that
Speaker 1: range because of like you mentioned, the glut of those
Speaker 1: draft picks. But you also have to keep in mind
Speaker 1: the successes last year of finding guys in the sixth
Speaker 1: and seventh round, finding undrafted free agents like Nick Needham,
Speaker 1: like Preston Williams, like the end season waiver wire claims
Speaker 1: of a guy like Zach Seeler, of a guy like
Speaker 1: Tay Hayes down the stretch. Finding guys that can contribute
Speaker 1: is not just a specific portion of the draft or
Speaker 1: a specific portion of the offseason. It's a three hundred
Speaker 1: sixty five day per year job, and Brian Flores and
Speaker 1: Chris Career to date have done a very good job
Speaker 1: of making that happen. Next question comes from the Commission
Speaker 1: at Kyle. The commission top four tackles are gone, and
Speaker 1: let's just say offensive tackle is the pick at eighteen
Speaker 1: Who is the best fit for the Miami Dolphins. Between
Speaker 1: Ezra Cleveland, Austin Jackson, Josh Jones, and Prince Tega one
Speaker 1: agu Well, first of all, the first four tackles you're
Speaker 1: talking about, I would assume are Andrew Thomas, McKay, Beckton,
Speaker 1: Tristan Wharfs, and Jedrick Wills from Alabama, and most mock
Speaker 1: drafts do have those four guys coming off the board
Speaker 1: pretty quickly. But as far as the next group of
Speaker 1: guys you have there, I think the upside here is
Speaker 1: that there is a good second tier of offensive tackles
Speaker 1: or perceived second tier of offensive tackles with regards to
Speaker 1: how NFL dot Com or ESPN and the Draft network,
Speaker 1: whoever you look at out there, how they might stack
Speaker 1: this class. And the thing I like about that group
Speaker 1: is there are so many guys that are big athletic
Speaker 1: players that really have a lot of upside at the
Speaker 1: next level. Whether it's Austin Jackson who didn't have much
Speaker 1: of an off season last year because of the blood
Speaker 1: or the bone marrow transfusion with his sister, rather, Ezra
Speaker 1: Cleveland has great athletic ability out of Boise State. Josh
Speaker 1: Jones had that really good Senior Bowl left tackle. He
Speaker 1: looks to have a lot of upside as a pass
Speaker 1: protector there at left tackle. So I can't speak to
Speaker 1: what position the Dolphins might go after at that spot,
Speaker 1: but I do think the ultimate takeaway is that you
Speaker 1: have a good glut of players there that you can
Speaker 1: choose from. Whether it's eighteen thirty nine, you're gonna get
Speaker 1: a crack with some good football players at all three
Speaker 1: of those spots. Next question here from Stephen f at
Speaker 1: SPF Underscore Rip. Will you be doing any video breakdown
Speaker 1: of the team's picks after the draft? Well, I do
Speaker 1: have plenty of video content loaded up on my timeline
Speaker 1: from before my time with the Miami Dolphins, So we
Speaker 1: do have tons of content on my Twitter timeline. We
Speaker 1: do have John Congemi's video breakdowns. I know that a
Speaker 1: lot of folks are missing the video breakdowns that I do.
Speaker 1: The problem is that I'm not there in Miami yet,
Speaker 1: haven't moved across the country to make that happen, so
Speaker 1: I don't have the access to the video team to
Speaker 1: make things happen right away. But we are going to
Speaker 1: get some of that going once I get to Miami
Speaker 1: with regards of this year's draft class, where you're gonna
Speaker 1: have this thing covered wall to wall. It's gonna be
Speaker 1: a whole lot like free agency, where we have the
Speaker 1: written piece giving you the breakdowns of the players skill set,
Speaker 1: the quotes about players and coaches that have been around
Speaker 1: these guys, the numbers, the raw data on them, the
Speaker 1: scouting notes. Were also gonna have them on the podcast
Speaker 1: to interview them and talk about their excitement for joining
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, what they bring to the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have tons of great content here on Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins dot com, on the Drivetime podcast, the Audible podcast,
Speaker 1: the social media is. We're gonna have it covered for
Speaker 1: you guys, wall to wall. Next question here from Pedro
Speaker 1: Dade at Highway Legend on Twitter. How involved is chan
Speaker 1: Gaily in the draft process? Well, there are many layers
Speaker 1: to the answer to that question, because you go back
Speaker 1: to Brian Flores his introduction press conference with the Miami Dolphins,
Speaker 1: and his quote was something to the effect of, look,
Speaker 1: I didn't have to take any job. I was already
Speaker 1: in a good position where I was, so it was
Speaker 1: important for me to be able to go to a
Speaker 1: situation where I thought everybody was aligned in their vision,
Speaker 1: because if they're not aligned in that vision, it's just
Speaker 1: not gonna work. So with that in mind, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be a collaborative process for the Miami Dolphins. Whether it's executives,
Speaker 1: whether it's the director of college scouting, the director of
Speaker 1: pro personnel, whether it's the scouts, the area scouts, the
Speaker 1: coaching staff, Chris Greer, Brian Flores, everybody has a hand
Speaker 1: in the process. And so Gaily, he's gonna have a
Speaker 1: specific offense he wants to run. Now what kind of
Speaker 1: offense is that, To be perfectly frank with you, I
Speaker 1: don't know. Because last year we had some good bread
Speaker 1: crumbs to go off of with Brian Flores defense, even
Speaker 1: though it was super multiple and super complex and very
Speaker 1: versatile and could basically change week to week, we had
Speaker 1: an idea what kind of schemes he wanted to run
Speaker 1: with chan Gaily. Now, this guy has been in football
Speaker 1: since the beginning of time, but he's ran every system
Speaker 1: under the sun. So I think they're gonna find a
Speaker 1: way to best fit the personnel or best fit the
Speaker 1: offensive system rather to the personnel they get, so perhaps
Speaker 1: that gives them a bit of an advantage in the
Speaker 1: draft where they can just pick the guy they think
Speaker 1: is the best player at that position, and then more
Speaker 1: of the scheme around that player, so he'll be involved
Speaker 1: to what degree no clue, but I think everybody in
Speaker 1: the organization from a football standpoint, is involved in the
Speaker 1: entire draft process. Next question here from Steve donal Heiro Jr.
Speaker 1: At donof Underscore Junior on Twitter. Antonio Gibson, running back Memphis.
Speaker 1: His tape is unreal? How is he so overlooked? Well,
Speaker 1: the question with a player like Gibson, and this really
Speaker 1: is true of many players that come into the draft,
Speaker 1: and it's not so much anymore as it was in
Speaker 1: the past, but it still is a thing. Guys that
Speaker 1: don't have a true home position, guys that play multiple spots,
Speaker 1: it can sometimes dampen their draft stock heading into the draft,
Speaker 1: even though maybe it's not always justified. Like for instance,
Speaker 1: Derwin James goes pick seventeen to the Chargers a few
Speaker 1: years back. That guy was one of the top ten
Speaker 1: players in that draft class in my opinion, But because
Speaker 1: maybe not every defensive coordinator in the NFL had the
Speaker 1: plan for how to get the most out of Derwin James.
Speaker 1: He falls number seventeen and with Antonio Gibson. This guy
Speaker 1: can run, he can catch, you can do a little
Speaker 1: bit of everything. So he's a part of both phases
Speaker 1: of the offense. But some scouts, maybe some personnel people
Speaker 1: might view that as a master of none issue and
Speaker 1: dock him for that, So that could be why he falls,
Speaker 1: But I agree with you. His tape is a lot
Speaker 1: of fun, very explosive player and gives you a lot
Speaker 1: as a pass catcher there as well. Next question here
Speaker 1: from Anthony Field at ant Field eighty nine on Twitter.
Speaker 1: If we draft a left handed quarterback, does right tackle
Speaker 1: become more important than left tackle? I don't necessarily subscribe
Speaker 1: to that anymore. I think both positions tend to be
Speaker 1: a little bit agnostic in terms of how important one
Speaker 1: is over the other. You just look at this year's
Speaker 1: draft class. Jedrick Wills played right tackle Alabama. Tristan Worst
Speaker 1: played right tackle last year for Iowa. You have McKay
Speaker 1: Beckton to play left tackle, but he also plays a
Speaker 1: right tackle at Louisville. All these guys can play multiple
Speaker 1: spots and it used to be the left tackles protected
Speaker 1: the quarterback's blindside, and that's where all the best pass
Speaker 1: rushers went. But that's a very antiquated approach to the
Speaker 1: game as well, to be because at one point you
Speaker 1: had Cameron Wake lining up over the right tackle every
Speaker 1: single snap, you had Julius Peppers over there, and so
Speaker 1: the more pass rushers became prevalent on either side of
Speaker 1: the formation, you had to be able to block those
Speaker 1: guys up anyway, So I don't think the blind side
Speaker 1: is necessarily as big of a deal as it used
Speaker 1: to be. I think either way, you're gonna want good
Speaker 1: tackles for your young quarterback as he comes into the league.
Speaker 1: All right, that's a good spot to button this thing up.
Speaker 1: We're just one week away from the NFL Draft. Don't
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