Speaker 1: Practice Patrick rowing touchdowner. What a win for this Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphin team. Wow, What is up, Dolphans And welcome to
Speaker 1: the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official
Speaker 1: podcast network covering your Miami Dolphins. I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield, and as always I am here to bring
Speaker 1: you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on
Speaker 1: today's show, we're going to get you prepped for the
Speaker 1: week in Indianapolis. It is scouting combine time, one of
Speaker 1: my favorite times of the year, and today we'll go
Speaker 1: under the hood on the offensive side of the ball
Speaker 1: and talk about the top players descending on Indianapolis this
Speaker 1: week for the combine. We'll get you caught up on
Speaker 1: the workout changes, schedule of events and everything we're going
Speaker 1: to be bringing you this week from Lucas Oil Stadium
Speaker 1: in Indie. As we have our troops on the ground
Speaker 1: at this mecca of an NFL event, we have the
Speaker 1: schedule out for the offensive side of the football, and
Speaker 1: as always, they start with the biggest stars of the game.
Speaker 1: The quarterbacks, receivers and tight ends are up first. They'll
Speaker 1: work out on Thursday, February and a later kickoff. This year,
Speaker 1: four o'clock eastern three o'clock local time in Indianapolis. Than Friday,
Speaker 1: we'll get the running backs and offensive line and specialists
Speaker 1: place kickers and punters or people too. On February, that
Speaker 1: too will be at four o'clock eastern. And it's not
Speaker 1: just the time of these combined workouts that are changing.
Speaker 1: The drills themselves will be changing as well, and quite
Speaker 1: a bit. A quote from Jeff Foster, the president of
Speaker 1: National Football Scouting, Inc. Via an article on si dot
Speaker 1: com titled changes are coming to the combine and the
Speaker 1: bench press maybe killed next. Foster's quote reads, quote it's
Speaker 1: easier to name the things that haven't changed and quote.
Speaker 1: Foster also gave a quote from an anonymous scout that reads, quote,
Speaker 1: the majority of the combine drills are antiquated and limited
Speaker 1: rel events. We want to evolve. Sure there will be
Speaker 1: a gap of time without the ability to compare current
Speaker 1: to pass, but we need to focus more on the future.
Speaker 1: End quote. And we'll cover the defensive changes on tomorrow
Speaker 1: show previewing the defensive side of the ball at the combine,
Speaker 1: and changes are coming to both sides of the ball,
Speaker 1: and we'll start here today talking about the changes on
Speaker 1: the offensive side, as they are now going to time
Speaker 1: the gauntlet drill. And if you haven't watched the combine before,
Speaker 1: the gauntlet drill takes receivers and tight ends and runs
Speaker 1: them down a horizontal line from sideline to sideline and
Speaker 1: they alternate which direction they look at for the football
Speaker 1: coming their way. They have to catch the football. The
Speaker 1: idea is to try to be a hands catcher, not
Speaker 1: let the football into your body, and to stay straight
Speaker 1: on that horizontal line. They are now going to time
Speaker 1: that drill, whereas in the past it was all about
Speaker 1: just securing the catch and getting it done as fast
Speaker 1: as you could. Also, they're going to be adding smoke
Speaker 1: route drills, and this is really a tip of the
Speaker 1: cap to the direction of the modern day game. We've
Speaker 1: seen how popular the screen route has become in modern
Speaker 1: day football and extension of the running game, and a
Speaker 1: smoke route is just a one step hitch route by
Speaker 1: the receiver usually pushes up field and comes back to
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage, and it's usually an extension of
Speaker 1: the play action game, utilizing misdirection away from the flow
Speaker 1: of the play action, trying to keep the defense off
Speaker 1: balance and keep them honest to all possibilities on any
Speaker 1: given play. They're also going to add screen drills for
Speaker 1: the offensive lineman, as they want to see how these
Speaker 1: big guys move out in space and their athletic ability
Speaker 1: and how control they can be coming into the bag.
Speaker 1: And also they're going to remove the rabbit from the
Speaker 1: mirror drill. And if I'm being honest, I'm a tad
Speaker 1: bit bummed about this, because I love those big boys
Speaker 1: trying to joke each other out. You would have one
Speaker 1: offensive lineman shuffle side to side and across from him
Speaker 1: an opponent, a fellow offensive lineman tries to get past
Speaker 1: him with juke moves and lateral movement. But now they
Speaker 1: will no longer ask the fellow lineman to act as
Speaker 1: the rabbit in that drill. They've added sled drills as well,
Speaker 1: a nice nod to the throwback style of the physical
Speaker 1: game of football. Players will push the sled two to
Speaker 1: five yards instead of going up against their counterparts who
Speaker 1: hold a bag. Basically, they're reducing the use of the
Speaker 1: players acting as glorified tackling dummies in these drills. So
Speaker 1: plenty of changes on the offensive side. Tomorrow, we'll come
Speaker 1: back and talk about the defensive side. But let's now
Speaker 1: go ahead and break in to the combined preview up
Speaker 1: on Miami Dolphins dot com taking a look at the
Speaker 1: top three players by position, and we're using the Draft
Speaker 1: Networks official ranking board here to get the top three
Speaker 1: players they have rated at quarterback, running back, wide receiver,
Speaker 1: tight end, outside offensive lineman, the tackles and the interior guys,
Speaker 1: the guards and the centers. So again, workouts begin on Thursday,
Speaker 1: and we'll start here with the quarterbacks, and we start
Speaker 1: with the Draft Networks number one quarterback Joe Burrow from
Speaker 1: l s U Heisman Trophy winner, National Championship, potential number
Speaker 1: one overall pick in the draft. This year, everything he
Speaker 1: did came up aces and he led one of college
Speaker 1: football's all time most potent attacks. They played fifteen opponents
Speaker 1: this year. He slayed them all, including seven ranked teams,
Speaker 1: en route to a seventy six point three percent completion percentage.
Speaker 1: He threw for five thousand, six hundred seventy one yards
Speaker 1: and sixty touchdowns, absurd numbers for this year's Heisman Trophy winner,
Speaker 1: and they did it with pro passing concepts led by
Speaker 1: passing game coordinator Joe Brady, who now of course coaches
Speaker 1: in Carolina with Matt Rule on that staff, and Burrow
Speaker 1: dominated the college rankings with that pro style attack. He
Speaker 1: was the point guard of the offense, distributing the football
Speaker 1: out in the quick game better than just about anybody,
Speaker 1: deadly accurate throwing vertically, and he made a number of
Speaker 1: jaw dropping plays as an athlete, both within and outside
Speaker 1: the pocket and with his legs on a weekly basis.
Speaker 1: I pulled this quote from an article on ESPN dot
Speaker 1: com from analyst Matt Bowen. Quote, when I watched the
Speaker 1: l s U offense, it is a heavily schemed pro
Speaker 1: style route tree that resembles the New Orleans Saints in
Speaker 1: terms of how they put defensive coverages and defense of
Speaker 1: players in conflict. And what that requires is for an
Speaker 1: elite level quarterback to go through pro progressions to find
Speaker 1: the voids in zone coverage and to find the matchups
Speaker 1: that are created within this offense. End quote, and Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow himself mentioned his leverage a couple of weeks ago
Speaker 1: on a radio interview, and he of course will not
Speaker 1: compete in the on field drills. He is going to
Speaker 1: make himself available for media and team interviews, but he
Speaker 1: will not be on the field in any capacity outside
Speaker 1: of his zip up warm up and being out there
Speaker 1: to cheer on the other guys around him. The number
Speaker 1: two quarterback on the Draft Network's quarterback rankings to a
Speaker 1: tongue of Voloa, the Alabama former National champion and Heisman
Speaker 1: runner up, and few collegiate quarterbacks carried the hype that
Speaker 1: followed to into the twenty nineteen season. He had that
Speaker 1: championship under his belt a game when he passed an overtime.
Speaker 1: His first full season as a starter was transcendent. He
Speaker 1: played for three coordinators in as many years, and the
Speaker 1: precise south paw. Yes, he's a lefty modified that antiquated
Speaker 1: some tight attack into an aerial display to levels we've
Speaker 1: never before seen in college football, and the accolades and
Speaker 1: praise just pile up from scouts, analysts, and former players.
Speaker 1: Trent Dilfer, via an article on The Athletic lauded Tongue
Speaker 1: Voloha's poise, work, ethic, and talent from their time together
Speaker 1: at Nike's Elite eleven camp. Quote, he has poise like
Speaker 1: I've never seen and that goes along with the talent
Speaker 1: that you rarely ever see. His throwing motion is so efficient.
Speaker 1: He maximizes everything he draws from the ground up, zero
Speaker 1: wasted motion. Aaron Rodgers is the only one I've seen
Speaker 1: like this, and he grew into it. He wasn't like
Speaker 1: this at this stage. End quote, and of course the
Speaker 1: concern with tongue voloa. His junior season came to an
Speaker 1: abrupt end when a hip injury knocked the quarterback out
Speaker 1: of the Mississippi State game, and as a result to
Speaker 1: Uh also will not participate in the on field drills
Speaker 1: at the scouting combine. He says that his goal is
Speaker 1: to win the medical and to win the interview process
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis this week. His call edge production certainly speaks
Speaker 1: for itself. Consensus All American had eighty seven career touchdowns,
Speaker 1: eleven picks, and twelve point seven yards per pass, and
Speaker 1: a completion percentage just a hair under seventy at sixty
Speaker 1: nine point seven percent, the third quarterback on the Draft
Speaker 1: Networks rankings. Justin Herbert the organ product. He had a
Speaker 1: decorated organ career that was punctuated with perhaps his two
Speaker 1: best showings in last year's Pack twelve Championship game and
Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl games. Against Utah and Wisconsin, respectively. He's
Speaker 1: a Eugene native who dreamed of playing for his beloved Ducks,
Speaker 1: and he finally accomplished his ultimate goal of winning a
Speaker 1: Rose Bowl in Pasadena, and he did it in some
Speaker 1: unconventional fashion. Herbert is faster than he is quick, but
Speaker 1: he scampered for three touchdowns in that Rose Bowl game,
Speaker 1: tripling his season total coming into that game. He finished
Speaker 1: his college career with ninety five touchdown passes, twenty three picks,
Speaker 1: ten thousand, five hundred forty one yards, and he puts
Speaker 1: some durability concerns to bed by starting all twenty seven
Speaker 1: of his possible twenty seven games to close out his
Speaker 1: junior and senior seasons. And this organ offense, it was
Speaker 1: a run first attack this year under Mario Cristo Ball,
Speaker 1: and that didn't always accentuate the quarterback's best trade. He
Speaker 1: has an absolute howitzer of a right arm and shines
Speaker 1: with his back to the defense on play action and
Speaker 1: bootleg concepts. And speaking of Crista Ball, he has effusive
Speaker 1: praise for his quarterback quote, He's definitely the best quarterback
Speaker 1: I've been around. He can do it all. He's loved
Speaker 1: by his teammates. Everyone just thinks the world of him.
Speaker 1: He's a grinder, end quote, and Herbert will be on
Speaker 1: the field for drills this week where he is a
Speaker 1: near lock to impress with the armed talent and throwing
Speaker 1: the football down the field at six ft sixty pounds.
Speaker 1: The scouting Combine is an event that's built for justin Herbert.
Speaker 1: How about the guys alongside the quarterback that compliment the
Speaker 1: passing game. I'm talking, of course, about the running backs
Speaker 1: and the draft networks. Number one running back on this
Speaker 1: list is DeAndre Swift from Georgia, and he's actually mocked
Speaker 1: to the Dolphins by three NFL Network Draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah,
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks, and Lanzer Line all have Miami taking DeAndre
Speaker 1: Swift at some point in the first round, and he's
Speaker 1: going to provide an instant shot of offense for whichever
Speaker 1: his new club he goes to. It only took him
Speaker 1: five hundred and fifteen touches to explode for three thousand,
Speaker 1: five hundred and fifty one yards from scrimmage. He put
Speaker 1: up big numbers without using up a lot of tread
Speaker 1: on those tires, and that was primarily as a slashing
Speaker 1: zone runner, but don't get it twisted. He can play
Speaker 1: in any scheme On offense. He's a dynamic pass catching
Speaker 1: option in the past game. His receiving prowess, paired with
Speaker 1: his work and pass protection makes him a three down
Speaker 1: player at the professional level, and that highly talented Bulldog
Speaker 1: offense flowed through its startel back, according to head coach
Speaker 1: Kirby Smart, who said, quote, He's the heart and soul
Speaker 1: of this offense. He's a leader, he's inspirational. The runs
Speaker 1: get fans involved, but Swift gets the team involved with
Speaker 1: all the things he does and says and quote, all
Speaker 1: eyes are gonna be on Swift for his forty yard
Speaker 1: dash time. A time in the four four range is
Speaker 1: a safe bet, and break that four three mark should
Speaker 1: solidify his first round status as the number one running
Speaker 1: back off the board. JK. Dobbins from Ohio State is
Speaker 1: the Draft Networks number two running back, and he burst
Speaker 1: onto the college football scene with a dynamic freshman campaign,
Speaker 1: starting with his debut performance for one and eighty one
Speaker 1: yards on college football's opening night. After a sophomore slump,
Speaker 1: Dobbins returned to dominance, particularly in the Buckey's biggest games.
Speaker 1: He had one thousand, eighteen yards and twelve touchdowns on
Speaker 1: the ground this year in Ohio states six contests against
Speaker 1: ranked opponents. Dobbin's departs Columbus Ohio as the second all
Speaker 1: time leading rusher in school history, edging out names like
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott and Eddie George. Only Archie Griffin ran for
Speaker 1: more yards than the multifaceted Dobbins. NFL Networks Daniel Jeremiah
Speaker 1: praised Dobbins for his work in the passing game from
Speaker 1: his top fifty big Board quote, he had two drops
Speaker 1: against Clemson, but he was reliable every other game I studied.
Speaker 1: He is very aware in pass protection. He'll be a
Speaker 1: dependable star immediately end quote. And for the third running
Speaker 1: back on the Draft Networks big board at tailback, we
Speaker 1: stay in the Big ten and go over to Wisconsin
Speaker 1: for Jonathan Taylor, and you're not gonna find better production
Speaker 1: in college than the former Badger back Jonathan Taylor. With
Speaker 1: fifty five total touchdowns and six thousand, one hundred seventy
Speaker 1: four career rushing yards. The only question left for Taylor
Speaker 1: at this stage is his professional longevity. The focal point
Speaker 1: of the bruising Wisconsin ground game. Taylor has nine hundred
Speaker 1: and sixty eight touches on his resume before even getting
Speaker 1: to the pros. He rushed for better than two hundred
Speaker 1: yards in twelve of forty one college games. Almost one
Speaker 1: third of his games went for over two bills on
Speaker 1: the ground. He's built like an NFL back, five eleven,
Speaker 1: two hundred and twenty pounds with a compact, thick build.
Speaker 1: He's a supreme athlete, which is evident by his high
Speaker 1: school track career, where he won state titles in the
Speaker 1: one hundred meters and four by one hundred relays. His
Speaker 1: peak athletic prowess is topped only by his character, which
Speaker 1: also comes with proof. Taylor was considering attending Harvard, but ultimately,
Speaker 1: of course, wound up at Wisconsin, and we in the
Speaker 1: football world collectively, Jonathan Taylor, thank you, sir, for giving
Speaker 1: us the entertainment you have so far in your college career.
Speaker 1: Taylor's impact also reverberated throughout the Badger locker room. Quote.
Speaker 1: Not only was he the best college running back in
Speaker 1: the history of the game, but he was also the
Speaker 1: greatest person that's played college football end quote, and that
Speaker 1: one comes from his teammate running back Garrett Groshek, the
Speaker 1: Wisconsin Badger backup tail back, so high praise for Taylor's production,
Speaker 1: his smarts, and the character of that young man. We
Speaker 1: go over to the wide receivers now. Jerry Judy starts
Speaker 1: us off here from Alabama. His route running is the
Speaker 1: most impressive of the entire class, and that, of course
Speaker 1: is the most crucial critical trait for receivers going to
Speaker 1: the professional level. Nobody's crisper or more sudden than Alabama's
Speaker 1: Jerry Judy. He was uncoverable throughout his career in college.
Speaker 1: He has blazing speed and unparalleled change of direction skill set,
Speaker 1: and those two things together create separation better than anybody
Speaker 1: else in this draft class at wide receiver, and he
Speaker 1: makes big plays after the catch routine lead. He's an
Speaker 1: All American and he posted video game numbers in his
Speaker 1: time at Tuscaloosa, a two year total of one hundred
Speaker 1: and forty five receptions, two thousand, four hundred seventy eight
Speaker 1: yards and twenty four touchdowns the last two seasons. He
Speaker 1: was a Blitna cough winner in eighteen and a finalist
Speaker 1: this past year. In twenty nineteen, seedee Lamb from Oklahoma.
Speaker 1: The draft networks number two receiver, and this year's class
Speaker 1: is loaded with run after the catch specialist, but nobody
Speaker 1: tops Seedee Lamb in that category. He makes jaw dropping
Speaker 1: highlight reel plays with consistent gaudy production. Lamb has a
Speaker 1: case to go off the board in the top ten,
Speaker 1: but he could see a bit of a draft day
Speaker 1: slide because of the depth of this receiver class. Lamb
Speaker 1: average twenty one point four yards per catch this year,
Speaker 1: bringing his three year Oklahoma total to an even nineteen
Speaker 1: yards per reception. He's or thirty three touchdowns and wrapped
Speaker 1: up three thousand three d twenty one yards and his
Speaker 1: iconic Sooner career. It will be interesting to see how
Speaker 1: fast he runs, because a lot of folks think that
Speaker 1: a slow time could drop Lamb to the back end
Speaker 1: of the first round. If you want to talk about speed,
Speaker 1: this next guy is not lacking in that category whatsoever.
Speaker 1: And if John Ross's record of a four point to
Speaker 1: to forty yard dash is to be broken this weekend,
Speaker 1: Henry Ruggs, the Alabama product is the one that will
Speaker 1: do it. In fact, he already owns a track record.
Speaker 1: He broke the high School seven a one hundred meter
Speaker 1: dash record in Alabama with a blazing time of ten
Speaker 1: point five eight seconds. That speed was on display every Saturday.
Speaker 1: This fall down in Alabama, Rugs often looks like his
Speaker 1: film is on fast forward and everybody else is in
Speaker 1: normal motion as they try to chase him down in
Speaker 1: a futile effort. Rugs, the ultimate burner, use that track
Speaker 1: speed to carve up the sec He had seven teen
Speaker 1: point five yards per catching college with twenty five touchdowns.
Speaker 1: He's more than a speed merchant. He's a crafty out runner.
Speaker 1: As sudden as he is fast, he is so difficult
Speaker 1: to disrupt off the line of scrimmage and into the route.
Speaker 1: Now we move inside from wide receiver into tight end,
Speaker 1: and we start here with the draft Networks number one
Speaker 1: rated tight end Bryson Hopkins out of Perdue, and he
Speaker 1: has a chance to separate from the tight end pack
Speaker 1: at the combine because of his rare athletic traits. Something
Speaker 1: of a souped up wide receiver, Hopkins challenges the scene
Speaker 1: vertically and has the route running repertoire to run the
Speaker 1: full treat Say that five times fast route running repertoire.
Speaker 1: His Purdue tape is full of highlight grabs and chunks
Speaker 1: of yardage coming after the catch. At six ft four,
Speaker 1: two one pounds, he's not the most imposing inline blocker.
Speaker 1: In fact, he won't play that position much at the
Speaker 1: next level, but it's not for a lack of trying,
Speaker 1: because you watch him out in space getting the job
Speaker 1: done with effort and positioning as a downfield blocker even
Speaker 1: with the occasional case of the drop seas. Hopkins recorded
Speaker 1: one thirty grabs, one thousand, nine hundred forty five yards
Speaker 1: and sixteen touchdowns his four years in college at Purdue.
Speaker 1: Hunter Bryant at Washington's up next on the Draft Network's
Speaker 1: tight end big Board rankings. Like Hopkins, Bryant is more
Speaker 1: receiver than additional inline blocker. He's explosive in the open
Speaker 1: field after the catch. He plays the ball in the
Speaker 1: air exceptionally well and has no issues competing at the
Speaker 1: top of the route pulling down contested throws. Makes him
Speaker 1: a big time red zone threat. He can move across
Speaker 1: the formation from wide splits condensed in the backfield, in
Speaker 1: the slot. Wherever you put him, he can catch the football,
Speaker 1: and despite his limited production in college, he is the
Speaker 1: ultimate mismatch piece at the next level. He caught eight
Speaker 1: five passes for one thousand, three hundred ninety four yards
Speaker 1: and five touchdowns at you Dub and a reason for
Speaker 1: the minimal production he had a season ending knee injury
Speaker 1: that cut his eighteen season short at just five games,
Speaker 1: but he came back last year with an eight hundred
Speaker 1: twenty five yards season for the Washington Huskies. Cole Commet
Speaker 1: at Notre Dame is our final tight end here, and
Speaker 1: playing at Notre Dame, he was asked to play in
Speaker 1: line more than his counter parts at Washington and per
Speaker 1: Due respectively. He's a smooth athlete with the most reliable
Speaker 1: hands across the entire tight end class. He went for
Speaker 1: five fIF six touchdowns in the run first fighting Irish
Speaker 1: offense this year, and he uses his six fourth frame
Speaker 1: to work down the middle of the football field between
Speaker 1: the numbers. He's a two sport athlete and those guys
Speaker 1: tend to have more fluidity, and this former baseball star
Speaker 1: displays natural balance and feel for the position. He operates
Speaker 1: out of a three point stance the inline position with regularity,
Speaker 1: and he also shines as a red zone target. How
Speaker 1: about the guys on the offensive line. I know Dolphins
Speaker 1: fans are craving an offensive line, so we start here
Speaker 1: with Jedrick Will's Alabama the number one tackle on the
Speaker 1: board here for the Draft Network, and will sits at
Speaker 1: poll position because of two reasons. One, he's an absolute
Speaker 1: monster mahler who gets out in space and runs people over.
Speaker 1: But two, he is so adept and smooth with his
Speaker 1: ability to mirror and move in past protection. He's a
Speaker 1: natural kneebender. He easily recognizes games in the posing pass
Speaker 1: rush and is quick to wall off those stunts, those twists,
Speaker 1: or those delayed blitzers. He's a powerful striker that can
Speaker 1: end a rep early with a devastating shot across his
Speaker 1: man's bow. Willis is scheme diverse, with the mean streak,
Speaker 1: and intelligent to make multiple Pro Bowls at the next level.
Speaker 1: He capped a tremendous career with a big performance in
Speaker 1: this year's Citrus Bowl. In a position where other players
Speaker 1: might choose to skip the game, he said, quote I'd
Speaker 1: still play just because I want to be out there
Speaker 1: for my brothers and play for the last time in
Speaker 1: an Alabama uniform. And quote up next from Iowa Tristan works,
Speaker 1: and there has been some speculation that maybe he moves
Speaker 1: inside to guard as a professional. He's six ft five
Speaker 1: thirty two pounds. He's built like a house. He has
Speaker 1: the length and thickness and anchor to play and succeed
Speaker 1: anywhere across the offensive line. He did spend time at
Speaker 1: both right and left tackle, but he finished up this
Speaker 1: last season mostly on the right side. Now, speed rushers
Speaker 1: can get him with their explosive getoffs. Think about Cam
Speaker 1: Wake and his prime giving Worse some fits. It's the
Speaker 1: mention of moving to guard and his kickslide and recovery
Speaker 1: speed might be a bit slow, but he does have
Speaker 1: hammers for hands, and once Worse snatches the defender, it's
Speaker 1: game over man. As he turns and drives players out
Speaker 1: of their respective gaps. It's fun to watch. His college
Speaker 1: coach Kirk Ference thinks that guard might be the best option.
Speaker 1: Quote you play a guy like that inside, He's basically
Speaker 1: going to kill guys. He's a dominant player that way
Speaker 1: and quote and speaking of killing guys, go check out
Speaker 1: McKay Beckton's tape from Louisville, the number three tackle on
Speaker 1: the board here for the Draft Network. He is a
Speaker 1: massive three hundred and seventy seven pounds six ft seven
Speaker 1: and this quote from Daniel Jeremiah, who has him at
Speaker 1: the number four pick to the New York Giants, and
Speaker 1: his initial mock draft sites that size. Quote, he's a
Speaker 1: mahler in the run game, and he's shockingly nimble and
Speaker 1: pass protection, and quote he ragged dolls guys out there.
Speaker 1: I made a reference in the article on Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: dot Com to the Sandric Bullock movie The blind Side
Speaker 1: with Michael Oher when they had those clips of him
Speaker 1: in the movie throwing kids over offence, just unrealistic type
Speaker 1: of stuff. Well, you see that in real life with
Speaker 1: McKay Beckton. It's a lot of fun to watch for
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman's tape, and this year was his first
Speaker 1: as a full time left tackle. He would previously alternate
Speaker 1: between left and right tackle based upon strong and weak
Speaker 1: side alignments. There's a good chance that Beckton can solidify
Speaker 1: his stock as a top five pick this week because
Speaker 1: he is so smooth and so nimble and so strong
Speaker 1: that he should test very well. Lastly, we kick inside
Speaker 1: to the interior offensive line and we start with the
Speaker 1: number one player here, l s Use Lloyd cushion Berry.
Speaker 1: He anchored one of college football's best O lines en
Speaker 1: route to the perfect season. He's a two year starter.
Speaker 1: His athletic profile, paired with his instincts for the position,
Speaker 1: could result in his name being called on Night one.
Speaker 1: There is little wasted movement in his game. He almost
Speaker 1: always takes the correct angle and opens up big lanes
Speaker 1: in the running game as well. He's not the most
Speaker 1: powerful center in this class, but he does find a
Speaker 1: way to drop that anchor, drop that lower half and
Speaker 1: hold up against bull rush. Is that bend, coupled with
Speaker 1: flawless footwork, allows Cushionberry to recover on the rare occasion
Speaker 1: where he does lose the rep. Initially, he was awarded
Speaker 1: l s US number eighteen jersey. This year they give
Speaker 1: one of those to a player on offense and one
Speaker 1: to a player on defense, and they give it to
Speaker 1: the player that best exemplifies a selfless attitude. Wearing number eighteen,
Speaker 1: a tradition that began in two thousand three, is synonymous
Speaker 1: with success at l s U, both on and off
Speaker 1: the field, So in addition to a good player, you're
Speaker 1: getting a good character as well. Caesar Louise at Michigan.
Speaker 1: The center is up next, and buzzwords and phrases will
Speaker 1: be spoken of plenty this week in Indianapolis. None more
Speaker 1: prevalent than a player's ability to unlock his hips. However,
Speaker 1: that skill set has framed few players embody fluid hips
Speaker 1: better than Caesar Ruise of Michigan, a controlled stick of
Speaker 1: dynamite when operating an open space. Reiss ability to pull
Speaker 1: in the running game rivals any interior alignment in this class.
Speaker 1: For my money, re started three years along Big Blues
Speaker 1: offensive line. He has a thick, compact bill that allows
Speaker 1: him to anchor against power. He started at right guarden
Speaker 1: seventeen and moved back to his natural position where he
Speaker 1: actually was the number one player rated in high school
Speaker 1: at center inen but he talked about moving back to center. Quote.
Speaker 1: Playing center is something I've been doing my whole life
Speaker 1: in high school. I'm used to making all the calls.
Speaker 1: I'm used to doing everything and quote and finishing up
Speaker 1: our offensive side here. Nick Harris from Washington. The Senior
Speaker 1: Bowl was a rough week for him. It was an
Speaker 1: opportunity to possibly solidify his position as the top center
Speaker 1: in the class. He has rare movement traits and in
Speaker 1: innate ability to operate out in space in wide zone
Speaker 1: concepts as well as in the screen game. And he
Speaker 1: had a chance to stand out, but he struggled, and
Speaker 1: now it looks like maybe he could be a Day
Speaker 1: two selection. But still, Harris excels in one area that
Speaker 1: has long been a problem from Miami, the reach block.
Speaker 1: He has the lateral movement and initial hand placement to
Speaker 1: engage and control the rep despite limited length, and Harris's
Speaker 1: teammates credit his persistence, toughness and competitiveness. He played as
Speaker 1: a true freshman at age seventeen against Alabama in that
Speaker 1: playoff game just a couple of years ago, so he
Speaker 1: is battle tested. So there you have it. That is
Speaker 1: our offensive preview of the scouting combine. Addition, coming to
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