Speaker 1: Practice, Patrick throwing Parker touchdowner. What a win for this
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphin team. Wow ah right, Miami Indeed, and free
Speaker 1: agency is off to a rocking start as your Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins have been busy bolstering the roster with quality signings,
Speaker 1: freak athletes, intelligent, instinctive scheme fits, and we've been doing
Speaker 1: it with clever cat management that keeps this roster in
Speaker 1: terrific financial shape going forward. What's up, Dolphins? Travis Wingfield
Speaker 1: with you here for a special series of the Drive
Speaker 1: Time Podcast, part of the official podcast network of your
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. We aren't making these shows with specific dates,
Speaker 1: but we are rolling out a new episode per player signing,
Speaker 1: and we'll start with the details of the player's career,
Speaker 1: taking a look at their counting stats, advanced metrics, film study,
Speaker 1: character testimonies, and a whole lot more. All of that
Speaker 1: before we hear from the newest Miami Dolphins and exclusive
Speaker 1: interviews with the Drivetime Podcast. So, without any further ado,
Speaker 1: let's get in to the free agency series here on
Speaker 1: the Drivetime Podcasts and we'll cover the cumulative approach of
Speaker 1: Miami's free agency period and the impact it has on
Speaker 1: the draft on a future edition of the Drivetime podcast,
Speaker 1: but for today, we're focusing on the individual players that
Speaker 1: were brought into Miami at the start of free agency,
Speaker 1: and today we're talking about Emmanuel Ogba, the defensive end.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins signed the former Brown and Chief and he
Speaker 1: brings his heavy handed power rushing game to Miami on
Speaker 1: a three year contract. The former second round pick had
Speaker 1: a great combine int He ran a four six three
Speaker 1: forty yard dash and jumped thirty five and a half
Speaker 1: inches on the vert and one one inches on the
Speaker 1: broad and he paced his position group in those three
Speaker 1: testing categories at six ft four to seventy five five
Speaker 1: and thirty five and a half inch arms. Agba has
Speaker 1: the length and strength and athletic profile to really excel
Speaker 1: in Brian Flores defense. This from nfl dot COM's Lances Aerline. Thick,
Speaker 1: powerful frame with broad shoulders. Came into school undersized, but
Speaker 1: has grown into his frame with weight, work Able to
Speaker 1: absorb contact and play through. It tough for lyneman to redirect,
Speaker 1: and it's too much for tight ends and one on
Speaker 1: one situations against the run. Some of the most powerful
Speaker 1: hand slaps you will find in college football, able to
Speaker 1: brush away a week, punch with ease at times flashes
Speaker 1: unusual ability to trim the edge with power over speed.
Speaker 1: Uses power and a late rip move to win around
Speaker 1: the corner plus speed to power. Rusher who created instant
Speaker 1: bulrush movement has power to win at the point of
Speaker 1: attack and capture the neutral zone while posting consistent production.
Speaker 1: Has posted a full sack or more in sixteen of
Speaker 1: his last twenty one games that's at college and finish
Speaker 1: with seventeen and a half tackles for loss. He played
Speaker 1: both end positions, bumped inside and can play with the
Speaker 1: hand in the dirt or up in a two point stands.
Speaker 1: That's the end of lane zerlines quote the heavy handed
Speaker 1: production translated for Ogbah and his NFL tape. He's an
Speaker 1: effective contained rusher that can overwhelm tackles with power and
Speaker 1: dent the edge considerably to free up these fast linebackers
Speaker 1: to pursue the running game. Og Ball had a career
Speaker 1: high five and a half sacks last year for the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: despite playing in just ten games for the World Champs
Speaker 1: and a career low two hundred and fifty one pass
Speaker 1: rush reps. Through four years, Ogba tallied eighteen sacks two thousand,
Speaker 1: five hundred and twenty seven reps. That's an average of
Speaker 1: six hundred and thirty one point eight snaps per year.
Speaker 1: Despite missing six games last year, the pressure data from
Speaker 1: Ogba's career has been consistent, with one hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: five pressures spread across his four seasons. Ogba's career pass
Speaker 1: rush productivity, a stat from Pro Football Focus, is eight
Speaker 1: point three percent. Last year in Kansas City, og Ball
Speaker 1: produced a ten point seven percent pressure rate, topping his
Speaker 1: career best nine point four percent pressure rate his rookie
Speaker 1: year in twenty six team with the Cleveland Browns. His
Speaker 1: run defending numbers have been just as consistent, with eighty
Speaker 1: three run stops, and those are tackles within two yards
Speaker 1: of the line of scrimmage on nine hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: five running down reps. His career run stop rate is
Speaker 1: eight point six percent among players with ten or more
Speaker 1: games played. Last year, his ten point six percent run
Speaker 1: stop rate ranked fourth among defensive ents in the National
Speaker 1: Football League in nineteen. His length serves as a disruption
Speaker 1: of passing lanes when he doesn't get to the quarterback.
Speaker 1: He has nineteen career batted passes at the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: And the beauty of the NFL is not just in
Speaker 1: the variety of how players can be effective on the field,
Speaker 1: but the variety of stories and the routes players take
Speaker 1: to achieve their dreams. Agba arrived in America by way
Speaker 1: of Lagos, Nigeria, when he was just nine years old.
Speaker 1: This is a quote from him, quote, I know what
Speaker 1: hard work looks like. I know what it means to
Speaker 1: sacrifice and Ogba's father was a successful bank manager in Nigeria,
Speaker 1: but his degree did not give him any luck in
Speaker 1: his job search when he got to the United States,
Speaker 1: so he had to start all the way over from scratch.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel learned the value of hard work observing his father
Speaker 1: start from scratch and remake himself by working multiple jobs
Speaker 1: while he put himself through school for the second time.
Speaker 1: At age forty, ogbas father earned another degree and started
Speaker 1: a job as a technician for an oil company. And
Speaker 1: his father's sacrifice laid the foundation for Emmanuel's approach to
Speaker 1: the game of football. Quote. I work and I'm my
Speaker 1: own biggest critic. I don't just study and watch film
Speaker 1: of the other team. After games, I go back and
Speaker 1: watch film on myself. Nobody's perfect, including me, so I
Speaker 1: pick apart my own performance and I look more for
Speaker 1: the negatives than the positives because I always want to
Speaker 1: know what I need to improve on. It is about
Speaker 1: getting better every day, every game. End quote. Og bab
Speaker 1: refers to a game in college against Kansas State in
Speaker 1: which he only had one sack on the opposing quarterback.
Speaker 1: But that's not normally an answer you'd hear from a
Speaker 1: defensive end. This was og Ba's reasoning for why that
Speaker 1: was his best game. Quote. Don't get me wrong, I
Speaker 1: love sacking the quarterback, but I will take pride in
Speaker 1: the ways I can impact a game that may not
Speaker 1: show up in the box score. End quote. And the
Speaker 1: five and a half sacks last year for Ogba were
Speaker 1: split across six different reps. One play was a split sack.
Speaker 1: The following year serves as a play by play breakdown
Speaker 1: of those sacks. Number one, Week one in Jacksonville, Ogba
Speaker 1: lines up in a wide five technique off the play
Speaker 1: side in a three point stance with a one on
Speaker 1: one matchup with the right tackle. Ogba uses a devastating
Speaker 1: club and rip to completely neutralize the initial punch of
Speaker 1: the tackle. Ogba turns the corner and gets to the
Speaker 1: Jags quarterback Sack number two. Week number three versus the
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens, Ogba lines up as the seven technique to
Speaker 1: the strong side of the formation and throws a bull
Speaker 1: rush over the right tackle. Og Bas power resets his
Speaker 1: man four yards behind the line of scrimmage, forcing the
Speaker 1: Ravens quarterback to attempt to step up and escape, but
Speaker 1: Ogba sheds the block and splits the sack with his teammate.
Speaker 1: Sack number three in that same game against Baltimore week
Speaker 1: number three, og Bad this time lines up as the
Speaker 1: week side five technique. The Ravens run play action from
Speaker 1: the pistol, which creates a deep pocket. The Chiefs sent
Speaker 1: a nickel blitz, which then forces the split zone tight
Speaker 1: end who comes across the formation to try to pick
Speaker 1: up the unblocked edge off that spot, but the nickel
Speaker 1: forces the unblocked player to be Ogbah, and he goes
Speaker 1: after and chases the raven quarterback and gets him down
Speaker 1: in the open field. An impressive display of length and
Speaker 1: athleticism from Emmanuel Ogba. Sack number four comes in Week
Speaker 1: seven against Denver. Ogba this time aligns and a wide
Speaker 1: five technique with a one on one matchup with the
Speaker 1: right tackle. The Chiefs show double B gap pressure but
Speaker 1: bail out only sending four and Ogba completely resets the
Speaker 1: right tackle, knocking the lineman off balance, and og bas
Speaker 1: power is just too much for the tackle to re anchor,
Speaker 1: and he finishes the sack while bringing the tackle along
Speaker 1: for the ride. Sack Number five comes in week eight
Speaker 1: versus the Green Bay Packers. Ogba lines up in a
Speaker 1: weak side wide five technique with a one on one matchup,
Speaker 1: again with the right tackle. Ogbas initial bull rush shocks
Speaker 1: his man, which resets the point, and as the tackle
Speaker 1: attempts to re anchor and reposition, Ogba takes advantage. He
Speaker 1: dips and rips on the upfield shoulder and leaves the
Speaker 1: tackle in his dust. Ogba finishes with a solo sack
Speaker 1: on the Packer quarterback. Number six. Week ten, at Tennessee,
Speaker 1: his last game of the season, Ogba lines up in
Speaker 1: a week side wide five technique. His initial approach is
Speaker 1: directly at the right tackle, but he alters it with
Speaker 1: a lateral step inside as the looper, the backside guard
Speaker 1: and center attempt to pick up Ogba on a free
Speaker 1: rush at the quarterback, but he splits the blocks and
Speaker 1: gets the Titan quarterback down to the ground for a sack.
Speaker 1: And let's go ahead now and get to my interview
Speaker 1: with new Dolphins defensive end Emmanuel Ogba and joining me
Speaker 1: now here on the podcast is the Dolphins newest defensive end.
Speaker 1: Pass rusher, defends the run, does a little bit of everything,
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Ogba. Emmanuel, how you doing, man? I'm doing good.
Speaker 1: How are you doing? I'm doing good. Just getting through
Speaker 1: right now, trying to get through these times. Um. I
Speaker 1: wanted to ask you here though, new deal, new team,
Speaker 1: new contract, all this stuff. How's this kind of hitting
Speaker 1: you right now? It's just amazing. I'm just trying to
Speaker 1: take it all in with all this going on. I'm
Speaker 1: just blessed my situation. I'm very thankful and just appreciate
Speaker 1: the Dolphins organization. So you chose the Dolphins here in
Speaker 1: free agency, had some other pursuitters on your tail. How
Speaker 1: can you chose the Dolphins? Oh? I just feel like
Speaker 1: we're building something new here and I'm excited to watch
Speaker 1: work with coach Flores, you know, to bring a championship back.
Speaker 1: I was with I was with the Chiefs last year,
Speaker 1: and I knew what it was like bringing home a
Speaker 1: Super Bowl trophy. You know, I can't wait to do
Speaker 1: my part of bringing bring him a trophy here too.
Speaker 1: So a lot of your teammates new your new teammates here,
Speaker 1: Manuel have mentioned the influence of Brian Flores. Have you
Speaker 1: had a chance to meet coach Floras yet and what
Speaker 1: are your innational impressions of coach. I haven't really gotten
Speaker 1: a chance to meet him yet because that the whole
Speaker 1: stuff going on the virus and stuff. But I've I've
Speaker 1: talked him on the phone. I know he's h he
Speaker 1: was the best buy players, and you know he wants
Speaker 1: us to come in here and work. You know, he
Speaker 1: wants he wants to do something special out here in Miami.
Speaker 1: So we're just gonna keep our hand head down and
Speaker 1: just focus on the stood and do what's best for
Speaker 1: the team. And the story is same here with Flora's
Speaker 1: and the defensive coordinator Josh Boyer and defensive line coach
Speaker 1: Mary and Hobby and their defense. They run a manual,
Speaker 1: very very multiple. How can you help upfront with your versatility,
Speaker 1: um shoe, I can set the edge as a defensive
Speaker 1: van I can rush inside, I could do it all.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm very versatile and doing that, So I feel
Speaker 1: like that's why they brought me in to come and
Speaker 1: contribute the best what I can as a pass rusher.
Speaker 1: In your opinion, what's the best position the best technique
Speaker 1: to rush from? Oh? Me, yes? Um really is whatever
Speaker 1: they actually me. You know, I'm a player that could
Speaker 1: do it all. You know what that's on the edge
Speaker 1: you could dominate on inside which I could also dominate on.
Speaker 1: That's whatever of coach Floyd's wants to me and Couch
Speaker 1: Hobby wants to me, and I'm willing to do it.
Speaker 1: You mentioned your abilities at the edge and play the run,
Speaker 1: and I gotta say, watching your tape of Manual, you
Speaker 1: have the rare blend of quick twitch ability and these heavy,
Speaker 1: heavy hands. My goodness, it's fun to watch the way
Speaker 1: you impact lineman when you strike them. And I wanted
Speaker 1: to ask you, at what point in your life did
Speaker 1: you kind of realize that I've got some rare traits
Speaker 1: here that I can work with well. Definitely a house
Speaker 1: having long arms, and as soon as I get off
Speaker 1: the ball, I just feel like if I could turn
Speaker 1: everything inside to the defense other ten guys to make plays.
Speaker 1: That's what I'm willing to do. You know, even whether
Speaker 1: I'm not making them play, I'm making stress you mine
Speaker 1: make the play, either for attack, for a loss, a sack,
Speaker 1: or just just pretty much doing my part to entertain.
Speaker 1: It's been a very very common theme here on these podcasts,
Speaker 1: a really team oriented mindset. And last year manual, you
Speaker 1: mentioned your time with the Chiefs. You were on track
Speaker 1: with for some career highs all across the board, and
Speaker 1: your efficiency metrics were really off the charts, top ten
Speaker 1: run defender and turn the run stops on Pro Football Focus.
Speaker 1: What was it that really enabled you to be so
Speaker 1: productive last season in your opinion, just getting a chance
Speaker 1: to do what I do. You know, kind of struggled
Speaker 1: a little bit in Cleveland, I got traded, and you know,
Speaker 1: it's just a mindset that I had, you know, I'd
Speaker 1: stepped my game up, and that's what I've been and
Speaker 1: that's what I'm gonna continued. We talked a little bit
Speaker 1: off air, Emmanuel about your time kind of growing up
Speaker 1: and coming up through the ranks, and I went back
Speaker 1: and found an article that talked about your favorite game
Speaker 1: in college was a one sack showing against Kansas State,
Speaker 1: and most pass rushers are going to point to their
Speaker 1: highest sack total game. And this, to kind of get
Speaker 1: off topic a little bit, reminds me of a game
Speaker 1: back in two thousand two against the Denver Broncos when
Speaker 1: Dolphins Hall of Fame defensive and Jason Taylor had one sack,
Speaker 1: but he completely wrecked the Broncos offense that night, and
Speaker 1: one of his pass rush wins resulted in a pick
Speaker 1: six because he hit the quarterback, the ball flutters out
Speaker 1: and pass our Tan takes it back to the house.
Speaker 1: Back to that game, What was it about that game
Speaker 1: against Kansas State that you thought maybe your best game
Speaker 1: of your college rear. I just know I did. My thought,
Speaker 1: you know, helping the team land, you know, was like
Speaker 1: I said, it doesn't matter the sack sold as long
Speaker 1: as you're affecting the game, affecting the quarterback, just shoping
Speaker 1: in the run, just given everybody chance to make plays,
Speaker 1: even though you might not be able to make the play.
Speaker 1: Just making sure your teams have the ability to make plays.
Speaker 1: That's all was about. That's all as a team sport.
Speaker 1: We've got a manual about here. Dolphins new defensive end
Speaker 1: and pass rusher here on the Drivetime podcast of Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: the official Miami Dolphins podcast network, Manuel, I want to
Speaker 1: go further back and talk about your youth a little
Speaker 1: bit in that same vein of doing the research about
Speaker 1: your family story. I was really inspired by a personally
Speaker 1: man your father, coming to America and essentially being told
Speaker 1: that his degree wasn't gonna help him secure employment, so
Speaker 1: he just had to remake himself. What were you able
Speaker 1: as a youth to take away from that experience and
Speaker 1: watching your father succeed in that way? Oh, it was.
Speaker 1: It was definitely tough, you know, coming here and my
Speaker 1: dad had to start from the scratch, you know. Just
Speaker 1: seeing him work and work and work his way back up,
Speaker 1: It's definitely an inspiration to me. That's why I look
Speaker 1: up to my my father. God definitely have some trades
Speaker 1: on him, and I just try to work and work
Speaker 1: as hard as I can just to be the best
Speaker 1: man I could be for myself and the people around me.
Speaker 1: So we talked about your versatility on the football field.
Speaker 1: E manual. If you can, can you just give us
Speaker 1: a kind of comprehensive recap of what the Dolphins are
Speaker 1: getting both on the field and off the field with
Speaker 1: Emmanual Auba, Well, you're getting a worker for sure, workhorse,
Speaker 1: getting the fighter, never give up, always fighting to the
Speaker 1: very end, and also getting the winner too, like I said,
Speaker 1: come from the Chiefs, you know, Super Bowl champion, getting
Speaker 1: the winner and that. And also you're getting a good
Speaker 1: dude off the field, stay away from trouble and no
Speaker 1: off the field issues. You know, I do my players.
Speaker 1: I keep my head down and let my do my
Speaker 1: talking on the field. So that's great to hear Emmanual,
Speaker 1: And I wanted to get a chance to ask you here.
Speaker 1: Obviously you haven't had a chance to meet your new
Speaker 1: teammates being at the building yet, but do you have
Speaker 1: any pre existing relationships with some of the guys in
Speaker 1: the Dolphins throughout the course of your NFL career? Yeah,
Speaker 1: dave On got you out. Yeah yeah, I met him
Speaker 1: through Vincent Taylor. I know NC and Taylor was was
Speaker 1: here with you guys for about two three years through years,
Speaker 1: so he's a good fan of mine from Oklahoma stage.
Speaker 1: So he kind of told me about the Dolphins too
Speaker 1: because he spent a little time to night he's with
Speaker 1: the bills. Well, yeah, it's um, it's definitely a blessing,
Speaker 1: you know, to be in this position. I'm there absolutely
Speaker 1: and Imanuel were talking about football here on this podcast
Speaker 1: a whole lot, but basketball skill sets have become a
Speaker 1: growing theme on the show. A lot of guys want
Speaker 1: to boast about their ability on the hardwood. What's your
Speaker 1: game like when it comes to hoop? I'm okay, I'm
Speaker 1: I'm almost like a post player the ball. But I
Speaker 1: had a strap on me like I could shoot, But
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think I got too strong. I
Speaker 1: kind of lost my myself touched. But I think think
Speaker 1: that's a proper sacrifice to make to work on the
Speaker 1: football skills or basketball. Yeah, oh yes, sir. Sure. What
Speaker 1: what's it when you throw down? You are you shatter
Speaker 1: and backboards? Or what's that game like down the low post?
Speaker 1: I'll just say, just don't get in front of me.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure that definitely applies to the football field
Speaker 1: as well. And Emmanuel, that's all I got for you
Speaker 1: here today, man, So congratulations on the new contract, best
Speaker 1: of luck this year, stay healthy, man, and welcome to Miami.
Speaker 1: Thank you, so I appreciate that. And there he goes
Speaker 1: new Dolphins defensive and pass rusher and major impact in
Speaker 1: the running game setting that edge. You heard him talk
Speaker 1: about it. Watch this guy's tape. He has some of
Speaker 1: the heaviest hand you're gonna see out there in the
Speaker 1: National Football League. A lot of fun to watch and
Speaker 1: watch the way he really jolts offensive lineman when he
Speaker 1: punches him and sends them backwards into the quarterback, into
Speaker 1: the running back. He can really beat blocks and disrupt
Speaker 1: the blocking scheme up front of the opposing offense. So
Speaker 1: a lot of fun to watch. Brings that brings the
Speaker 1: pass rush prowess here to Miami. Looking forward to watching
Speaker 1: that guy play on Sundays at hard Rock Stadium. And
Speaker 1: with that, we're gonna go ahead and close up this
Speaker 1: edition of the Drive Time podcast. Again we have interviews
Speaker 1: with all ten Dolphins free agents that were signed over
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