WEBVTT - Drive Time - OL Part 2 Preview, Howard, Breida and Wilkins Media Availability 0:00:00.440 --> 0:00:07.120 Factors are Dolphins Pafford growing part touchdown. What a win 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:12.680 for this Miami Dolphin team? Wow, dude, What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:15.800 And Welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:20.200 Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each 0:00:20.480 --> 0:00:23.439 and every day. How's it going, everybody? I am your host, 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:26.079 Travis Wingfield and for the first time, I am here 0:00:26.280 --> 0:00:29.800 to bring you your daily dose live from Dolphins HQ 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:34.080 and Davey Florida and your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:37.479 And on today's show, we continue our roster preview series 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.240 with the offensive Line Part two. We'll take a look 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:42.920 at some new additions like Eric Flowers and Austin Jackson 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.800 upfront and the most tenured member of this group in 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.879 Jesse Davis. Plus, we're gonna hear from another trio of 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:52.920 Dolphins veterans on their Wednesday media availabilities. New running backs 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.400 Matt Brita and Jordan Howard will speak to the media, 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:58.600 and second year defensive lineman Christian Wilkins all slated to 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:01.600 talk to South Florida met on Wednesday. All of that 0:01:01.680 --> 0:01:04.440 and more on this Wednesday, August the fifth edition of 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:09.920 the Drive Time Podcast just a couple of quick roster 0:01:10.000 --> 0:01:12.399 notes before we get into the offensive line preview, before 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:16.160 we get into the media availabilities. Alan Hearns has opted 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:19.480 out of the NFL season. He is the first Dolphins 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:22.039 player to make that decision, and Brian Flores had this 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.960 to say via the team social media accounts. I understand 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:28.000 it completely support Allen's decision. It wasn't an easy choice, 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:29.680 and I know he put a lot of thought into it. 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.280 He had conversations with the people closest to him and 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:34.480 did what he felt was best for him and his family. 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:36.840 I respect the process he went through and how he 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.240 came to this decision. I wish him all the best 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:42.080 and look forward to working with him next year. And 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.520 of course, Hearns did sign an extension in season last 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.000 year after being added to the roster at the start 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:48.880 of training camp. He was coming off of an injury 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:50.640 in Dallas, so it was good to see him get 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:52.360 back onto the field and get healthy. But he will 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:55.720 opt out in and be back in one and as 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:58.600 this podcast is getting put together, another opt out coming 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:01.800 in on Wednesday, Another receiver, Albert Wilson, will opt out 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:05.480 for the season as well. Wilson had restructured his contract 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:07.840 in the off season for one more season here with 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.840 the Miami Dolphins after signing a contract in but he 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:15.000 will now opt out and miss season here for the Dolphins. 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.079 Other Rosha news, the Dolphins activated Quadrea tankers Lee off 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:20.919 the reserve COVID nineteen list, but then waved him along 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:24.160 with long snapper Rex Sunahara. Those are your roster moose 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.360 for the day, and let's go ahead and dive back 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.360 in now to part two of the offensive line portion 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:34.200 of the Miami Dolphins training camp roster Preview had to 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.720 split this thing up because we got fifteen guys and 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.920 camp took a look at eight of them yesterday, seven today, 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:42.320 or maybe those two numbers are flipped. I can't recall, 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:44.679 but go back to the Miami Dolphins dot com website 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:47.600 check out the articles taking a look at the offensive line, 0:02:47.880 --> 0:02:51.040 tight ends, receivers, running backs, and quarterbacks. We'll get back 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.679 into this tomorrow and kick off the defensive side of 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:56.360 the ball and get to Brian Flores and Josh Bowyer's 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:59.240 unit on that side. But the convenient thing about the 0:02:59.280 --> 0:03:01.959 offensive line jersey numbers and going in order of the 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.120 jersey numbers, is that it kind of gave us a 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:07.000 good mix of every type of player on both parts 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:10.120 of this preview series here the two part offensive line preview. 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:15.040 Some rookies, some undrafted guys, some veterans signings, some veteran holdovers, 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:17.399 incumbents from last year. So we kicked this one off 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:20.520 here in part two with number seventy one and undrafted 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:24.359 rookie Jonathan Hubbard. He comes out of Northwestern State. It's 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:28.800 in northwest Louisiana. The mascot of the school called the Demons, 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:30.920 thought that was a pretty cool nickname there in a 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.520 town in Louisiana called and I'm gonna butcher this. We're 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.600 gonna try anyways not cheat to chees. I believe I 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.040 got that right, but anyway. Hubbard's a six ft five 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:42.080 product that comes from Northwestern State. Signs the U d 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:45.280 f A, and according to their website, the Northwestern State 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.360 Athletic Website, he played on a line that allowed only 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.600 one sack every three point nine percent of the five 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:54.800 hundred and seventeen pass blocking snaps that he was in 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.240 the game for, so much more effective with him in 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.960 the game down there in college. Hubbard's are in twenty 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:03.040 seven games in college per the Demons team site, his 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:06.800 best performance came in a victory over Southeast Louisiana, where 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.800 he had ten knockdowns and earned an eighty two percent 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.320 grade from the coaching staff. They list a bunch of 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:15.240 their players grades on like actual coaching grades from the 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:18.159 film session on that website. So they talked about several 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.160 of his grades on the website, and his best game 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:24.560 was against Southeast Louisiana. Up next, number seventy two, and 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:26.600 taking a look at the photos of training camp man 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.680 Donn L. Stanley looks really good, looks really rounded out, 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.000 filled out, thick guy, and you can see that on 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.599 his tape with the anchor. He can drop and pass protection. 0:04:34.800 --> 0:04:37.200 But this guy coming out of South Carolina, spent six 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:40.039 years in college, twenty five years old. Opening day, we 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:42.520 talked about the girth the Dolphins added up front. You 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.520 just can't ignore the overall sheer size the Dolphins brought 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:49.359 in this offseason along that offensive line, and Stanley, the 0:04:49.440 --> 0:04:53.200 undrafted interior offensive lineman, fits that bill as well. He 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:58.120 is big, thick and sturdy, six ft four three pounds, 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:00.680 has ten and three quarter inch hands, thirty four and 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:03.880 five eight inch arms, and eighty one and one eight 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.200 inch wingspan, So he just has all the build the 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.800 measurements you look for from that standpoint. He was a 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:12.880 captain along the game clock's offensive line last year, and 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.680 he really filled out his own individual trophy case with 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:18.680 the awards that South Carolina gives out every year. In 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:21.080 addition to being a team captain, he also won the 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:25.520 team's Nutrition Award, the Unselfish Teammate Award, and the Leadership Award, 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.359 as well as the Joe Morrison Offensive Player of the 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.880 Spring Award. He also, to boot was an academic honorable 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:35.000 member down there at South Carolina. And this guy's battle test. 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.280 If you play in the SEC, you're gonna face good 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.400 competition just about every single Saturday, and he scored some 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.880 big time wins against some of the top draft picks 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.919 this last year. In the SEC. He played fifty games 0:05:45.920 --> 0:05:48.920 in his career, started thirty eight of those games, and 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.440 that spread across left guard, center, and right guard respectively. 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.479 And you go back last year to the game against Alabama, 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.240 he and Dolphins second round draft pick ray Kwon Davis 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:01.400 really went after a good battle there. Both those guys 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.200 got some wins, but they both looked like they were 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:06.440 capable of handling one another. On that particular day, he 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:09.000 uses that big frame and that big wingspan to really 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.000 drop that rock solid anchor, and it also helps him 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:15.000 roll out defensive lineman there in the running game as well. 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:18.359 Up next on our list, another rookie jersey number seventy 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.440 three out of USC, Austin Jackson, the eighteenth pick in 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.480 the draft. Now Stanley is gonna be twenty five on 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.359 opening day. Jackson's gonna be twenty one years old, and 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.120 he earned praise from scouts for his athletic ability, the 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.880 incremental growth last year at USC, but also his unflappable character. 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:35.799 By now, you're all pretty much privy to the story 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.599 about his bone marrow transfusion that he went to help 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.160 save his sister's life and the impact it had on 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:44.280 his summer and offseason program last year. How he couldn't 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.839 do weights in conditioning up until the season began in 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.960 nineteen but as the year went along and as his 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:53.039 career progressed at USC, he really began to show the 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.040 makeup of a top twenty pick last year in college. 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.280 Despite being immobilized after that surgery, he did go on 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.000 to play nine hundred and twenty six snaps for the Trojans, 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:05.080 all at left tackle, and in a three year career, 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.760 he played one thousand, nine hundred and twenty three snaps 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.679 in the pack twelve, so he's battle tested. One thousand, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.200 one hundred and fifty two of those came in pass protection. 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.160 He allowed thirty three quarterback pressures over the three seasons 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.960 and a quarterback hit rate allowed of just point o 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.520 o nine. He kept his quarterbacks clean in college, and 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:26.480 the scouting combine this past February showed the athletic ability 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.480 of the Dolphin's newest offensive tackle at six ft four 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:32.760 three twenty two pounds. He also measured in the eightie 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:36.600 percentile or better in the ten yards split, forty yard dash, 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.320 broad jump, as well as the bench press, and those 0:07:39.320 --> 0:07:42.440 twenty seven bench press reps really become much more impressive 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:45.280 when you consider the thirty four and one eight inch arms. 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:47.120 If you go look at the average size of an 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:50.120 offensive lineman at the combine, the arm length is thirty three, 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.640 give or take inches for the offensive lineman, so he 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.040 has an extra inch and one eighth there on the 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:57.400 arm length, and he uses those to really latch out 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.880 against those speed rushers. Guys that want to bend that 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:01.920 edge and get up field and get to the quarterback 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.840 that way. It helps him recover faster, helps him redirect 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:07.520 back inside. That length and athletic ability is going to 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.160 help him develop at the next level. And NFL Networks 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:14.120 Daniel Jeremiah details those traits that made Jeremiah say that 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.520 this guy has the best football ahead of him. He 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:18.880 wrote in one of his top fifty pieces last year, 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:23.640 quote Jackson brings an intriguing blend of size, athleticism, and upside. 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:25.960 In the passing game, he has the quickness to easily 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.360 cut off speed rushers, and he plays with good knee 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.720 bend and balance. In the run game, he has the 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:33.800 quickness to reach and cut off on blocks on the backside, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:36.360 and he does a good job of staying attached on 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.880 the front side. You might hear that term knee bend 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.960 a lot. It's really a good way to speak about 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:43.720 a player's balance and how they're able to really absorb 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.480 power and absorb those bull rushes and bend at the 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:48.800 knees opposed to bending at the waist, where you get 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:51.000 out over the front of your skis, so to speak. 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:53.120 Then you get off balance. You can get thrown away, 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:55.800 thrown around that way, so good. Knee bend is very 0:08:55.880 --> 0:09:00.000 valuable along the offensive line. Up next, jersey number seventy four. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.880 We're going right in line here. Keaton Sutherland. He played 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.120 one season in the NFL. This is a second with 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:08.040 the Miami Dolphins out of Texas A and M. He 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.720 will be twenty three years old on opening Day. He 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:14.319 was a waiver acclaim last September. He made one start 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.040 in the Week fifteen game that left guard against the Giants. 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.760 He played ninety four snaps in total on the season, 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.600 and overall, he earned a seventy point one run blocking 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.839 grade from Pro Football Focus on those snaps and did 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:29.040 not surrender a sack in sixty two pass blocking snaps. 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:32.720 Brian Flores spoke about the addition of Keaton Sutherland last 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:34.720 fall when they picked him up off the waiver wire 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:36.800 and what he saw on tape that made the Dolphins 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:40.080 pull the trigger on that waiver claim. Flora says, quote, 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:42.600 Keaton is a young player in the league. He's got 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.400 some athletic ability. He's a smart kid. He kind of 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.200 understands things almost like a veteran in a lot of ways. 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.320 That's been good. And then He would go on to 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.600 talk about how they haven't gotten much playing time for 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:55.960 either he or Aaron Donald last offseason, but he thinks 0:09:55.960 --> 0:09:58.280 that they're developing and that's what they're looking for here 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.680 at every position group getting better or every day and 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:04.400 developing every day at the facility. Up next a veteran 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.560 of the group here, Eric Flowers. People in South Florida 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.280 should be very familiar with Flowers, who signed a free 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:14.079 agent contract this offseason on the opening day of free agency. 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.720 He has five seasons in the NFL, gonna be his 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.760 first here in Miami. He wears number seventy five, twenty 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.560 six years old on opening day, continuing that theme of 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.160 a young building team, a bunch of guys in their 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.840 mid to early twenties on this football team. And so 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.600 flowers career comes full circle. The Miami Gardens native will 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:34.120 come back to where his career began after stops with 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.040 the New York Giants and in Washington, and he played 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.280 guard last year for the first time in his professional 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:42.080 career after playing tackle with the Giants, and that's where 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.200 his career really started to take off for Washington. Per 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:48.560 Pro Football Focus, Washington ran the ball inside the tackles 0:10:48.640 --> 0:10:51.600 last year seventy eight times split evenly at thirty nine 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.439 attempts to either side of the formation. When running right, 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.160 which was away from Flowers, they average three point eight 0:10:57.200 --> 0:10:59.960 seven yards per carry. Running behind Flowers on the left 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:03.439 side nead a difference of plus six or point six 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:06.120 eight yards rather per carry, averaging four and a half 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.839 yards per carry last year for Washington running off the 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.920 left side of the formation, and nine of those seventy 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:14.640 eight carries behind the left guard went for ten plus yards. 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:18.320 Adrian Peterson average point seven yards per carry better running 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:21.040 behind left guard than he did off right guard. So 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:23.480 Eric Flowers was a big part of the Washington running 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.960 game last season. He played five hundred and eighty eight 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.959 snaps in pass protection, with just four plays resulting in 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.760 a hit on the quarterback from that left guard position. 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.199 Flowers is in rarefied air. Just one other guard who 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.959 had more than five hundred pass blocking snaps allowed fewer 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.120 quarterback hits than Flowers. That was Dallas Is four time 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:44.040 All Pro Zack Martin, so rare company there as well. 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:47.560 Had a ninety seven point six pass blocking efficiency grade 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:52.320 on Pro Football Focus and pass blocking win rate on ESPNS. 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.240 Next gen stats there, Flowers was one of thirteen guards 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:57.880 to play more than five hundred pass blocking snaps and 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.640 allowed two or fewer sacks in nineteen And you continue 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.840 this theme of big bodies up front. He goes six 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.200 ft six three and thirty pounds. He logged four thousand, 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.960 six hundred eleven snaps through his first five seasons, so 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.920 we averages nine hundred and twenty two snaps per year. 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:17.079 A very reliable, durable guy. And Eric Flowers speaking of durability. 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.360 Up next, Jesse Davis. Three accrued seasons in the NFL, 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.440 entering number four here with the Miami Dolphins. He wears 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:27.480 number seventy seven, Idaho product, nine years old on opening day, 0:12:27.520 --> 0:12:30.600 which makes him the longest tenured veteran of this group. 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:33.199 And he's taken that leadership role seriously. We heard him 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.320 talk about that last weekend on the media availability where 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:38.840 he talks about how he has this position now where 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:40.640 it's time for him to step up and be the leader, 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:42.360 and he said he wants to be that leader. He 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:45.160 took that upon himself to really kind of expand his 0:12:45.240 --> 0:12:48.200 leadership knowledge this offseason by reading books and just being 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.760 more vocal and more involved with the young guys, and 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.559 his play down the stretch last year in nineteen really 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:55.880 helped the Dolphins offense take a step to the next 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.640 level twenty eight point six points per game in those 0:12:58.679 --> 0:13:01.600 five games into seven b and over those five games, 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:04.200 Davis did not allow a sack, he committed just one 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:08.040 penalty and surrender a total of nine quarterback pressures over 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:10.439 that stretch of five games. He hasn't missed a start 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:13.000 the last two years. He's played one thousand, eight hundred 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:16.600 ninety six snaps between three positions, and since becoming a Dolphin, 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.760 Davis has played every position along the line except in 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.760 the middle at center. And Brian Flores had this to 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:27.439 say about Jesse Davis in a media availability last season, quote, 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.160 I think his versatility is very important to this team, 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.960 his ability to play guard and tackle. We like that. 0:13:33.120 --> 0:13:35.440 He's got to have some experiences out there as well, 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.120 which he has, and I think overall he's done a 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.400 good job. And quote. Up next on our list, Adam Panky. 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.440 Three accrued seasons in the NFL, entering number two with 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.200 the Miami Dolphins. He wears number seventy eight out there. 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:50.480 West Virginia product twenty six years old on opening day, 0:13:50.640 --> 0:13:52.520 and another guy on here. There was an in season 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:54.839 waiver claim last year for the Dolphins. He only played 0:13:54.840 --> 0:13:57.720 twelve snaps of action in game time last year, but 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:00.080 according to Pro Football Focus, each of those twelve of 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:02.760 reps came as an extra lineman attached to the end 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.400 of the line of scrimmage in that heavy personnel package, 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.960 and in that very limited sample size, he scored a 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.080 respectable seventy two point nine pass blocking grade with no 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:14.200 pressures allowed. And his career has two stops in green Bay. 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:17.000 It started there, went to Tennessee for a stint, came 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.200 back to Green Bay, and found his way to Miami 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.400 last December. He's six ft five ways, three hundred and 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:24.880 thirteen pounds and was second team All Big Twelve his 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:28.320 final year in college back in ten. Rounding out this 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.200 year's group, another U d f A along the offensive line. 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.240 Plenty of investments and resources added up front to the 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.560 offensive line for the Miami Dolphins, Brian Flores and Chris career. 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:41.000 He wears number seventy nine. Nick Cultmyer out of Kansas 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.720 State going to be twenty three years old on opening Day, 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.120 and he has tied for the honor of the tallest 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.720 player on the Miami Dolphins roster all he Ray Kwon 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:53.240 Davis and Julian Davenport each go six ft seven. He's 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.560 three hundred and thirteen pounds. Also has one of the 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:58.440 longest wingspans on the team eighty two and a half inches. 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.479 He started all thirteen game for the Kansas State Wildcats 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:05.160 last season and all at right tackle, earning honorable mention 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.240 from the Big Twelve coaches. And as far as his 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.440 measurements go, from his pro day back in March, he 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.040 clocked to five six five forty right at eight point 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.520 to one three Cohen time a five oh six and 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.320 the twenty yard shuttle and at eighteen bench press reps 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:20.320 of two d and twenty five pounds, jump twenty inches 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.240 on the vert and eight ft one on the broad jumps. 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.840 So those are Miami Dolphins offensive lineman. Go ahead and 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:28.120 check out Miami Dolphins dot com for the written piece 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:32.040 for more detail, more breakdown more video components of every 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.960 single player on this Dolphins offensive line. As that concludes 0:15:35.000 --> 0:15:37.720 our offensive preview again tomorrow, we'll get in to the 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:42.040 defensive players for your twenty Miami Dolphins roster preview. But 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:45.240 to finish out this show, we have media availability from Wednesday. 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.080 We're gonna hear from running backs Matt Brita and Jordan Howard, 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:51.080 as well as second year defensive lineman Christian Wilkins. Let's 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:52.640 go ahead and roll some of the audio and talk 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:56.600 about the highlights from their media availabilities on Wednesday, August five. 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.520 And at first we did have running back Jordan Howard, 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:01.240 and I was like stided for both these interviews with 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.480 these running backs because they both add so much to 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.240 the offense, both from the elements they add and also 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:08.800 explosion and power and speed all that fun stuff they 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.200 can bring. That was the first question that Jordan Howard 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.600 was asked about was how he and other new running 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:15.720 back Matt Brita might pair it together in the backfield 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.760 and if they've had conversations about how that pairing might go, 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.520 the roles they might play. Here was Jordan's answer on 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.520 that question. Um, No, we haven't talked about that. All 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:26.840 the running backs in the road. We're religious trying to 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.880 have all this making team and play whatever role they 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.320 want us to play, So we've really discussed roles and 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:34.560 stuff like that, but just trying to do our part 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.560 for the team, so taking the team approach mentality as 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:39.640 this Dolphins team is going to do. And we speak 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.960 a lot about the consistency of the message of Brian 0:16:42.000 --> 0:16:44.880 Flores and this coaching staff and this organization. Well, one 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:47.080 of the consistent messages of this team is to be 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:50.400 well consistent, and that's what Jordan said about his goals 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:54.280 for the season, just to be consistent each and every game, 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.800 be the best player I can play my abilities and 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:02.440 this aptein win and what the being And speaking of themes, 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:05.040 one of the themes on these media availabilities on Wednesday 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.480 was the chip on the shoulder these players carry, and 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:09.480 you might find that to be another theme on this 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:11.920 Dolphins team. Guys that maybe felt like they were overlooked 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.040 at some point in their career, whether it was the draft, 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:16.280 whether it was an NFL production. And that's what Jordan 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:18.640 Howard talked about here. With his production over the last 0:17:18.640 --> 0:17:20.840 four years in the NFL being among the top five 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.240 or six backs with yards and touchdowns and the key 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.879 stats there at the top of those categories. Jordan Howard 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:27.760 was asked about how he might view that as being 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:30.720 overlooked and how he uses that as fuel for himself 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:34.280 going forward. I mean, I'm not really worried about proving 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:38.359 people wrong, uh, trying to be now overlooking the more. 0:17:38.400 --> 0:17:40.240 I mean, I kind of use that to my advantage, 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:41.920 you know, being on a dog and stuff like that. 0:17:42.000 --> 0:17:45.720 But I'm not really trying to change that narrative. Up next, 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:49.240 a question from yours truly, Hey, Jordans, my questions about 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:52.480 chan Gailey's run scheme and his offenses have traditionally ran 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.560 the ball very well. I was curious to know what 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:56.920 is it about his system that will benefit your skill 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:01.359 set most? Oh. I guess he just knows his personality 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:04.520 just puts us in the best positions to be successful. 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:07.119 So I feel like, no matter who the running back is, 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:10.600 is gonna take this game to their abilities. And that 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.360 might sound cliche or kind of a novel concept, like, yeah, 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:15.719 why wouldn't everyone put their players in the best position 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:18.200 to make plays? But we've heard that across several interviews 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:21.080 and several coaches and players talking about Chan Gailey, even 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.600 like Jay Feeler in the past talking about Gayley's offense 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.240 or with fits or Joachim Grant talking about the freedom 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:28.199 of the routes in the passing game. How He's going 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:30.520 to put guys in the best position to succeed based 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:33.080 upon their skill sets. Up next, Jordan was asked to 0:18:33.080 --> 0:18:34.879 give a bit of a scouting report on new running 0:18:34.880 --> 0:18:38.200 back Matt Breta. I remember watching Matt like in college. 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:40.480 He was abusting the whole lot of rhymes, a long 0:18:40.600 --> 0:18:43.080 runs and stuff like that. Just know, he's like very dynamic. 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:45.760 He can take to the house and he and he played, 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:48.600 so I know he's very supposive player. I can't wait 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:50.320 to see how he helped the team out. And then 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:52.159 he was asked to talk about the quarterbacks he's been 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:54.600 working with last week here at Dolphins camp, talking about 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:57.280 Ryan Fitzpatrick and to a tongue of Valoa. Starting first 0:18:57.400 --> 0:19:01.000 with Ryan Fitzpatrick, he's been great. Uh see, everybody loves him. 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:03.679 Uh it's just a he's just the players, he's just 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:07.160 the people person. Everybody gravitates toward him. You can tell 0:19:07.240 --> 0:19:10.440 he's very selfless. Um as a team first and everything, 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:12.920 but um, I just feel like he's a great leader 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:16.399 so far. And then next he talked about takabloa to 0:19:16.680 --> 0:19:19.480 He's definitely person as well, just a chill guy. I 0:19:19.520 --> 0:19:22.840 guess being from y he's just like hang loose, but 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:26.240