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Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield and for the first time, I am here
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Speaker 1: and Davey Florida and your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football.
Speaker 1: And on today's show, we continue our roster preview series
Speaker 1: with the offensive Line Part two. We'll take a look
Speaker 1: at some new additions like Eric Flowers and Austin Jackson
Speaker 1: upfront and the most tenured member of this group in
Speaker 1: Jesse Davis. Plus, we're gonna hear from another trio of
Speaker 1: Dolphins veterans on their Wednesday media availabilities. New running backs
Speaker 1: Matt Brita and Jordan Howard will speak to the media,
Speaker 1: and second year defensive lineman Christian Wilkins all slated to
Speaker 1: talk to South Florida met on Wednesday. All of that
Speaker 1: and more on this Wednesday, August the fifth edition of
Speaker 1: the Drive Time Podcast just a couple of quick roster
Speaker 1: notes before we get into the offensive line preview, before
Speaker 1: we get into the media availabilities. Alan Hearns has opted
Speaker 1: out of the NFL season. He is the first Dolphins
Speaker 1: player to make that decision, and Brian Flores had this
Speaker 1: to say via the team social media accounts. I understand
Speaker 1: it completely support Allen's decision. It wasn't an easy choice,
Speaker 1: and I know he put a lot of thought into it.
Speaker 1: He had conversations with the people closest to him and
Speaker 1: did what he felt was best for him and his family.
Speaker 1: I respect the process he went through and how he
Speaker 1: came to this decision. I wish him all the best
Speaker 1: and look forward to working with him next year. And
Speaker 1: of course, Hearns did sign an extension in season last
Speaker 1: year after being added to the roster at the start
Speaker 1: of training camp. He was coming off of an injury
Speaker 1: in Dallas, so it was good to see him get
Speaker 1: back onto the field and get healthy. But he will
Speaker 1: opt out in and be back in one and as
Speaker 1: this podcast is getting put together, another opt out coming
Speaker 1: in on Wednesday, Another receiver, Albert Wilson, will opt out
Speaker 1: for the season as well. Wilson had restructured his contract
Speaker 1: in the off season for one more season here with
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins after signing a contract in but he
Speaker 1: will now opt out and miss season here for the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Other Rosha news, the Dolphins activated Quadrea tankers Lee off
Speaker 1: the reserve COVID nineteen list, but then waved him along
Speaker 1: with long snapper Rex Sunahara. Those are your roster moose
Speaker 1: for the day, and let's go ahead and dive back
Speaker 1: in now to part two of the offensive line portion
Speaker 1: of the Miami Dolphins training camp roster Preview had to
Speaker 1: split this thing up because we got fifteen guys and
Speaker 1: camp took a look at eight of them yesterday, seven today,
Speaker 1: or maybe those two numbers are flipped. I can't recall,
Speaker 1: but go back to the Miami Dolphins dot com website
Speaker 1: check out the articles taking a look at the offensive line,
Speaker 1: tight ends, receivers, running backs, and quarterbacks. We'll get back
Speaker 1: into this tomorrow and kick off the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the ball and get to Brian Flores and Josh Bowyer's
Speaker 1: unit on that side. But the convenient thing about the
Speaker 1: offensive line jersey numbers and going in order of the
Speaker 1: jersey numbers, is that it kind of gave us a
Speaker 1: good mix of every type of player on both parts
Speaker 1: of this preview series here the two part offensive line preview.
Speaker 1: Some rookies, some undrafted guys, some veterans signings, some veteran holdovers,
Speaker 1: incumbents from last year. So we kicked this one off
Speaker 1: here in part two with number seventy one and undrafted
Speaker 1: rookie Jonathan Hubbard. He comes out of Northwestern State. It's
Speaker 1: in northwest Louisiana. The mascot of the school called the Demons,
Speaker 1: thought that was a pretty cool nickname there in a
Speaker 1: town in Louisiana called and I'm gonna butcher this. We're
Speaker 1: gonna try anyways not cheat to chees. I believe I
Speaker 1: got that right, but anyway. Hubbard's a six ft five
Speaker 1: product that comes from Northwestern State. Signs the U d
Speaker 1: f A, and according to their website, the Northwestern State
Speaker 1: Athletic Website, he played on a line that allowed only
Speaker 1: one sack every three point nine percent of the five
Speaker 1: hundred and seventeen pass blocking snaps that he was in
Speaker 1: the game for, so much more effective with him in
Speaker 1: the game down there in college. Hubbard's are in twenty
Speaker 1: seven games in college per the Demons team site, his
Speaker 1: best performance came in a victory over Southeast Louisiana, where
Speaker 1: he had ten knockdowns and earned an eighty two percent
Speaker 1: grade from the coaching staff. They list a bunch of
Speaker 1: their players grades on like actual coaching grades from the
Speaker 1: film session on that website. So they talked about several
Speaker 1: of his grades on the website, and his best game
Speaker 1: was against Southeast Louisiana. Up next, number seventy two, and
Speaker 1: taking a look at the photos of training camp man
Speaker 1: Donn L. Stanley looks really good, looks really rounded out,
Speaker 1: filled out, thick guy, and you can see that on
Speaker 1: his tape with the anchor. He can drop and pass protection.
Speaker 1: But this guy coming out of South Carolina, spent six
Speaker 1: years in college, twenty five years old. Opening day, we
Speaker 1: talked about the girth the Dolphins added up front. You
Speaker 1: just can't ignore the overall sheer size the Dolphins brought
Speaker 1: in this offseason along that offensive line, and Stanley, the
Speaker 1: undrafted interior offensive lineman, fits that bill as well. He
Speaker 1: is big, thick and sturdy, six ft four three pounds,
Speaker 1: has ten and three quarter inch hands, thirty four and
Speaker 1: five eight inch arms, and eighty one and one eight
Speaker 1: inch wingspan, So he just has all the build the
Speaker 1: measurements you look for from that standpoint. He was a
Speaker 1: captain along the game clock's offensive line last year, and
Speaker 1: he really filled out his own individual trophy case with
Speaker 1: the awards that South Carolina gives out every year. In
Speaker 1: addition to being a team captain, he also won the
Speaker 1: team's Nutrition Award, the Unselfish Teammate Award, and the Leadership Award,
Speaker 1: as well as the Joe Morrison Offensive Player of the
Speaker 1: Spring Award. He also, to boot was an academic honorable
Speaker 1: member down there at South Carolina. And this guy's battle test.
Speaker 1: If you play in the SEC, you're gonna face good
Speaker 1: competition just about every single Saturday, and he scored some
Speaker 1: big time wins against some of the top draft picks
Speaker 1: this last year. In the SEC. He played fifty games
Speaker 1: in his career, started thirty eight of those games, and
Speaker 1: that spread across left guard, center, and right guard respectively.
Speaker 1: And you go back last year to the game against Alabama,
Speaker 1: he and Dolphins second round draft pick ray Kwon Davis
Speaker 1: really went after a good battle there. Both those guys
Speaker 1: got some wins, but they both looked like they were
Speaker 1: capable of handling one another. On that particular day, he
Speaker 1: uses that big frame and that big wingspan to really
Speaker 1: drop that rock solid anchor, and it also helps him
Speaker 1: roll out defensive lineman there in the running game as well.
Speaker 1: Up next on our list, another rookie jersey number seventy
Speaker 1: three out of USC, Austin Jackson, the eighteenth pick in
Speaker 1: the draft. Now Stanley is gonna be twenty five on
Speaker 1: opening day. Jackson's gonna be twenty one years old, and
Speaker 1: he earned praise from scouts for his athletic ability, the
Speaker 1: incremental growth last year at USC, but also his unflappable character.
Speaker 1: By now, you're all pretty much privy to the story
Speaker 1: about his bone marrow transfusion that he went to help
Speaker 1: save his sister's life and the impact it had on
Speaker 1: his summer and offseason program last year. How he couldn't
Speaker 1: do weights in conditioning up until the season began in
Speaker 1: nineteen but as the year went along and as his
Speaker 1: career progressed at USC, he really began to show the
Speaker 1: makeup of a top twenty pick last year in college.
Speaker 1: Despite being immobilized after that surgery, he did go on
Speaker 1: to play nine hundred and twenty six snaps for the Trojans,
Speaker 1: all at left tackle, and in a three year career,
Speaker 1: he played one thousand, nine hundred and twenty three snaps
Speaker 1: in the pack twelve, so he's battle tested. One thousand,
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty two of those came in pass protection.
Speaker 1: He allowed thirty three quarterback pressures over the three seasons
Speaker 1: and a quarterback hit rate allowed of just point o
Speaker 1: o nine. He kept his quarterbacks clean in college, and
Speaker 1: the scouting combine this past February showed the athletic ability
Speaker 1: of the Dolphin's newest offensive tackle at six ft four
Speaker 1: three twenty two pounds. He also measured in the eightie
Speaker 1: percentile or better in the ten yards split, forty yard dash,
Speaker 1: broad jump, as well as the bench press, and those
Speaker 1: twenty seven bench press reps really become much more impressive
Speaker 1: when you consider the thirty four and one eight inch arms.
Speaker 1: If you go look at the average size of an
Speaker 1: offensive lineman at the combine, the arm length is thirty three,
Speaker 1: give or take inches for the offensive lineman, so he
Speaker 1: has an extra inch and one eighth there on the
Speaker 1: arm length, and he uses those to really latch out
Speaker 1: against those speed rushers. Guys that want to bend that
Speaker 1: edge and get up field and get to the quarterback
Speaker 1: that way. It helps him recover faster, helps him redirect
Speaker 1: back inside. That length and athletic ability is going to
Speaker 1: help him develop at the next level. And NFL Networks
Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah details those traits that made Jeremiah say that
Speaker 1: this guy has the best football ahead of him. He
Speaker 1: wrote in one of his top fifty pieces last year,
Speaker 1: quote Jackson brings an intriguing blend of size, athleticism, and upside.
Speaker 1: In the passing game, he has the quickness to easily
Speaker 1: cut off speed rushers, and he plays with good knee
Speaker 1: bend and balance. In the run game, he has the
Speaker 1: quickness to reach and cut off on blocks on the backside,
Speaker 1: and he does a good job of staying attached on
Speaker 1: the front side. You might hear that term knee bend
Speaker 1: a lot. It's really a good way to speak about
Speaker 1: a player's balance and how they're able to really absorb
Speaker 1: power and absorb those bull rushes and bend at the
Speaker 1: knees opposed to bending at the waist, where you get
Speaker 1: out over the front of your skis, so to speak.
Speaker 1: Then you get off balance. You can get thrown away,
Speaker 1: thrown around that way, so good. Knee bend is very
Speaker 1: valuable along the offensive line. Up next, jersey number seventy four.
Speaker 1: We're going right in line here. Keaton Sutherland. He played
Speaker 1: one season in the NFL. This is a second with
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins out of Texas A and M. He
Speaker 1: will be twenty three years old on opening Day. He
Speaker 1: was a waiver acclaim last September. He made one start
Speaker 1: in the Week fifteen game that left guard against the Giants.
Speaker 1: He played ninety four snaps in total on the season,
Speaker 1: and overall, he earned a seventy point one run blocking
Speaker 1: grade from Pro Football Focus on those snaps and did
Speaker 1: not surrender a sack in sixty two pass blocking snaps.
Speaker 1: Brian Flores spoke about the addition of Keaton Sutherland last
Speaker 1: fall when they picked him up off the waiver wire
Speaker 1: and what he saw on tape that made the Dolphins
Speaker 1: pull the trigger on that waiver claim. Flora says, quote,
Speaker 1: Keaton is a young player in the league. He's got
Speaker 1: some athletic ability. He's a smart kid. He kind of
Speaker 1: understands things almost like a veteran in a lot of ways.
Speaker 1: That's been good. And then He would go on to
Speaker 1: talk about how they haven't gotten much playing time for
Speaker 1: either he or Aaron Donald last offseason, but he thinks
Speaker 1: that they're developing and that's what they're looking for here
Speaker 1: at every position group getting better or every day and
Speaker 1: developing every day at the facility. Up next a veteran
Speaker 1: of the group here, Eric Flowers. People in South Florida
Speaker 1: should be very familiar with Flowers, who signed a free
Speaker 1: agent contract this offseason on the opening day of free agency.
Speaker 1: He has five seasons in the NFL, gonna be his
Speaker 1: first here in Miami. He wears number seventy five, twenty
Speaker 1: six years old on opening day, continuing that theme of
Speaker 1: a young building team, a bunch of guys in their
Speaker 1: mid to early twenties on this football team. And so
Speaker 1: flowers career comes full circle. The Miami Gardens native will
Speaker 1: come back to where his career began after stops with
Speaker 1: the New York Giants and in Washington, and he played
Speaker 1: guard last year for the first time in his professional
Speaker 1: career after playing tackle with the Giants, and that's where
Speaker 1: his career really started to take off for Washington. Per
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus, Washington ran the ball inside the tackles
Speaker 1: last year seventy eight times split evenly at thirty nine
Speaker 1: attempts to either side of the formation. When running right,
Speaker 1: which was away from Flowers, they average three point eight
Speaker 1: seven yards per carry. Running behind Flowers on the left
Speaker 1: side nead a difference of plus six or point six
Speaker 1: eight yards rather per carry, averaging four and a half
Speaker 1: yards per carry last year for Washington running off the
Speaker 1: left side of the formation, and nine of those seventy
Speaker 1: eight carries behind the left guard went for ten plus yards.
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson average point seven yards per carry better running
Speaker 1: behind left guard than he did off right guard. So
Speaker 1: Eric Flowers was a big part of the Washington running
Speaker 1: game last season. He played five hundred and eighty eight
Speaker 1: snaps in pass protection, with just four plays resulting in
Speaker 1: a hit on the quarterback from that left guard position.
Speaker 1: Flowers is in rarefied air. Just one other guard who
Speaker 1: had more than five hundred pass blocking snaps allowed fewer
Speaker 1: quarterback hits than Flowers. That was Dallas Is four time
Speaker 1: All Pro Zack Martin, so rare company there as well.
Speaker 1: Had a ninety seven point six pass blocking efficiency grade
Speaker 1: on Pro Football Focus and pass blocking win rate on ESPNS.
Speaker 1: Next gen stats there, Flowers was one of thirteen guards
Speaker 1: to play more than five hundred pass blocking snaps and
Speaker 1: allowed two or fewer sacks in nineteen And you continue
Speaker 1: this theme of big bodies up front. He goes six
Speaker 1: ft six three and thirty pounds. He logged four thousand,
Speaker 1: six hundred eleven snaps through his first five seasons, so
Speaker 1: we averages nine hundred and twenty two snaps per year.
Speaker 1: A very reliable, durable guy. And Eric Flowers speaking of durability.
Speaker 1: Up next, Jesse Davis. Three accrued seasons in the NFL,
Speaker 1: entering number four here with the Miami Dolphins. He wears
Speaker 1: number seventy seven, Idaho product, nine years old on opening day,
Speaker 1: which makes him the longest tenured veteran of this group.
Speaker 1: And he's taken that leadership role seriously. We heard him
Speaker 1: talk about that last weekend on the media availability where
Speaker 1: he talks about how he has this position now where
Speaker 1: it's time for him to step up and be the leader,
Speaker 1: and he said he wants to be that leader. He
Speaker 1: took that upon himself to really kind of expand his
Speaker 1: leadership knowledge this offseason by reading books and just being
Speaker 1: more vocal and more involved with the young guys, and
Speaker 1: his play down the stretch last year in nineteen really
Speaker 1: helped the Dolphins offense take a step to the next
Speaker 1: level twenty eight point six points per game in those
Speaker 1: five games into seven b and over those five games,
Speaker 1: Davis did not allow a sack, he committed just one
Speaker 1: penalty and surrender a total of nine quarterback pressures over
Speaker 1: that stretch of five games. He hasn't missed a start
Speaker 1: the last two years. He's played one thousand, eight hundred
Speaker 1: ninety six snaps between three positions, and since becoming a Dolphin,
Speaker 1: Davis has played every position along the line except in
Speaker 1: the middle at center. And Brian Flores had this to
Speaker 1: say about Jesse Davis in a media availability last season, quote,
Speaker 1: I think his versatility is very important to this team,
Speaker 1: his ability to play guard and tackle. We like that.
Speaker 1: He's got to have some experiences out there as well,
Speaker 1: which he has, and I think overall he's done a
Speaker 1: good job. And quote. Up next on our list, Adam Panky.
Speaker 1: Three accrued seasons in the NFL, entering number two with
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. He wears number seventy eight out there.
Speaker 1: West Virginia product twenty six years old on opening day,
Speaker 1: and another guy on here. There was an in season
Speaker 1: waiver claim last year for the Dolphins. He only played
Speaker 1: twelve snaps of action in game time last year, but
Speaker 1: according to Pro Football Focus, each of those twelve of
Speaker 1: reps came as an extra lineman attached to the end
Speaker 1: of the line of scrimmage in that heavy personnel package,
Speaker 1: and in that very limited sample size, he scored a
Speaker 1: respectable seventy two point nine pass blocking grade with no
Speaker 1: pressures allowed. And his career has two stops in green Bay.
Speaker 1: It started there, went to Tennessee for a stint, came
Speaker 1: back to Green Bay, and found his way to Miami
Speaker 1: last December. He's six ft five ways, three hundred and
Speaker 1: thirteen pounds and was second team All Big Twelve his
Speaker 1: final year in college back in ten. Rounding out this
Speaker 1: year's group, another U d f A along the offensive line.
Speaker 1: Plenty of investments and resources added up front to the
Speaker 1: offensive line for the Miami Dolphins, Brian Flores and Chris career.
Speaker 1: He wears number seventy nine. Nick Cultmyer out of Kansas
Speaker 1: State going to be twenty three years old on opening Day,
Speaker 1: and he has tied for the honor of the tallest
Speaker 1: player on the Miami Dolphins roster all he Ray Kwon
Speaker 1: Davis and Julian Davenport each go six ft seven. He's
Speaker 1: three hundred and thirteen pounds. Also has one of the
Speaker 1: longest wingspans on the team eighty two and a half inches.
Speaker 1: He started all thirteen game for the Kansas State Wildcats
Speaker 1: last season and all at right tackle, earning honorable mention
Speaker 1: from the Big Twelve coaches. And as far as his
Speaker 1: measurements go, from his pro day back in March, he
Speaker 1: clocked to five six five forty right at eight point
Speaker 1: to one three Cohen time a five oh six and
Speaker 1: the twenty yard shuttle and at eighteen bench press reps
Speaker 1: of two d and twenty five pounds, jump twenty inches
Speaker 1: on the vert and eight ft one on the broad jumps.
Speaker 1: So those are Miami Dolphins offensive lineman. Go ahead and
Speaker 1: check out Miami Dolphins dot com for the written piece
Speaker 1: for more detail, more breakdown more video components of every
Speaker 1: single player on this Dolphins offensive line. As that concludes
Speaker 1: our offensive preview again tomorrow, we'll get in to the
Speaker 1: defensive players for your twenty Miami Dolphins roster preview. But
Speaker 1: to finish out this show, we have media availability from Wednesday.
Speaker 1: We're gonna hear from running backs Matt Brita and Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: as well as second year defensive lineman Christian Wilkins. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and roll some of the audio and talk
Speaker 1: about the highlights from their media availabilities on Wednesday, August five.
Speaker 1: And at first we did have running back Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: and I was like stided for both these interviews with
Speaker 1: these running backs because they both add so much to
Speaker 1: the offense, both from the elements they add and also
Speaker 1: explosion and power and speed all that fun stuff they
Speaker 1: can bring. That was the first question that Jordan Howard
Speaker 1: was asked about was how he and other new running
Speaker 1: back Matt Brita might pair it together in the backfield
Speaker 1: and if they've had conversations about how that pairing might go,
Speaker 1: the roles they might play. Here was Jordan's answer on
Speaker 1: that question. Um, No, we haven't talked about that. All
Speaker 1: the running backs in the road. We're religious trying to
Speaker 1: have all this making team and play whatever role they
Speaker 1: want us to play, So we've really discussed roles and
Speaker 1: stuff like that, but just trying to do our part
Speaker 1: for the team, so taking the team approach mentality as
Speaker 1: this Dolphins team is going to do. And we speak
Speaker 1: a lot about the consistency of the message of Brian
Speaker 1: Flores and this coaching staff and this organization. Well, one
Speaker 1: of the consistent messages of this team is to be
Speaker 1: well consistent, and that's what Jordan said about his goals
Speaker 1: for the season, just to be consistent each and every game,
Speaker 1: be the best player I can play my abilities and
Speaker 1: this aptein win and what the being And speaking of themes,
Speaker 1: one of the themes on these media availabilities on Wednesday
Speaker 1: was the chip on the shoulder these players carry, and
Speaker 1: you might find that to be another theme on this
Speaker 1: Dolphins team. Guys that maybe felt like they were overlooked
Speaker 1: at some point in their career, whether it was the draft,
Speaker 1: whether it was an NFL production. And that's what Jordan
Speaker 1: Howard talked about here. With his production over the last
Speaker 1: four years in the NFL being among the top five
Speaker 1: or six backs with yards and touchdowns and the key
Speaker 1: stats there at the top of those categories. Jordan Howard
Speaker 1: was asked about how he might view that as being
Speaker 1: overlooked and how he uses that as fuel for himself
Speaker 1: going forward. I mean, I'm not really worried about proving
Speaker 1: people wrong, uh, trying to be now overlooking the more.
Speaker 1: I mean, I kind of use that to my advantage,
Speaker 1: you know, being on a dog and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: But I'm not really trying to change that narrative. Up next,
Speaker 1: a question from yours truly, Hey, Jordans, my questions about
Speaker 1: chan Gailey's run scheme and his offenses have traditionally ran
Speaker 1: the ball very well. I was curious to know what
Speaker 1: is it about his system that will benefit your skill
Speaker 1: set most? Oh. I guess he just knows his personality
Speaker 1: just puts us in the best positions to be successful.
Speaker 1: So I feel like, no matter who the running back is,
Speaker 1: is gonna take this game to their abilities. And that
Speaker 1: might sound cliche or kind of a novel concept, like, yeah,
Speaker 1: why wouldn't everyone put their players in the best position
Speaker 1: to make plays? But we've heard that across several interviews
Speaker 1: and several coaches and players talking about Chan Gailey, even
Speaker 1: like Jay Feeler in the past talking about Gayley's offense
Speaker 1: or with fits or Joachim Grant talking about the freedom
Speaker 1: of the routes in the passing game. How He's going
Speaker 1: to put guys in the best position to succeed based
Speaker 1: upon their skill sets. Up next, Jordan was asked to
Speaker 1: give a bit of a scouting report on new running
Speaker 1: back Matt Breta. I remember watching Matt like in college.
Speaker 1: He was abusting the whole lot of rhymes, a long
Speaker 1: runs and stuff like that. Just know, he's like very dynamic.
Speaker 1: He can take to the house and he and he played,
Speaker 1: so I know he's very supposive player. I can't wait
Speaker 1: to see how he helped the team out. And then
Speaker 1: he was asked to talk about the quarterbacks he's been
Speaker 1: working with last week here at Dolphins camp, talking about
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick and to a tongue of Valoa. Starting first
Speaker 1: with Ryan Fitzpatrick, he's been great. Uh see, everybody loves him.
Speaker 1: Uh it's just a he's just the players, he's just
Speaker 1: the people person. Everybody gravitates toward him. You can tell
Speaker 1: he's very selfless. Um as a team first and everything,
Speaker 1: but um, I just feel like he's a great leader
Speaker 1: so far. And then next he talked about takabloa to
Speaker 1: He's definitely person as well, just a chill guy. I
Speaker 1: guess being from y he's just like hang loose, but
Speaker 1: he's definitely. Um, people are gonna gravitate them gravitated to
Speaker 1: him like fits said, Um, he's just he said, he's hungary. Uh,
Speaker 1: he's being patient right now, but he's definitely, he's definitely hargard.
Speaker 1: Jordan was then asked about the health he has coming
Speaker 1: back off of last he's an injury, his off season
Speaker 1: workout program, and how he feels today down here at
Speaker 1: Dolphins camp. I feel like I've been a good place. Uh.
Speaker 1: We're in an acclimation period right now, so we're just
Speaker 1: getting back into the group of things, uh, the way
Speaker 1: that Shrimp coaches want us to live and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: But I feel like I put in a lot of
Speaker 1: good work this offseason, So I feel like I've been
Speaker 1: a pretty good place right now. And up next on
Speaker 1: the dock, it was other new Dolphins running back acquired
Speaker 1: on draft Day in a trade for a fifth round pick,
Speaker 1: Matt Brita. Let's go ahead and roll some questions here
Speaker 1: from the other new Dolphins running back, Brita the Cheetah,
Speaker 1: and we start with the question on that very topic.
Speaker 1: A great quote here about how he, too, like Jachim Grant,
Speaker 1: likes to go fast and as new Lamborghini he purchased
Speaker 1: in the off season. Yeah, yeah, I gotta Lamborghini not
Speaker 1: too long ago. And um, you know I like going fast.
Speaker 1: You know, I run fast. I just like every doing
Speaker 1: everything fast. So, um, you know I always wanted one,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, God bless me to be able
Speaker 1: to get one. And Matt Brida, being from the state
Speaker 1: of Florida, is returning back home to play for the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. He was asked about the trade process, how
Speaker 1: that all went down, and how the Dolphins approached him,
Speaker 1: the first thing they said to him on that trade call,
Speaker 1: and how excited the Dolphins were to bring him into Miami.
Speaker 1: Here's a Brita's answer about the draft day trade. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, they were just very happy to be able
Speaker 1: to get me. You know, they have been watching me
Speaker 1: in the past couple of years and they were excited
Speaker 1: what I'd be able to do, uh in these offense
Speaker 1: and the fifth the scheme, well, you know my running
Speaker 1: and my rent running ability, and they said, you know,
Speaker 1: you know they're gonna get me in here. And I
Speaker 1: told him, I said, hey, whatever, really you guys want
Speaker 1: me to do, I don't care I'm gonna do it
Speaker 1: to the best of my movie. And we heard Jordan
Speaker 1: Howard talk about this chip on his shoulder. The same
Speaker 1: question was posed to Matt Brita about how he motivates
Speaker 1: himself and the chip he carries talking about being an
Speaker 1: undrafted player coming into the NFL, having success and carrying
Speaker 1: that chip on his shoulder throughout the course of his
Speaker 1: NFL career. I'm always gonna that chip on my shoulder.
Speaker 1: I mean I came in the league undrafted. Um, that's
Speaker 1: always gonna be with me no matter where I go,
Speaker 1: over what I do. That's just my mentality. I mean
Speaker 1: he was as a little kid, I always a chipping
Speaker 1: my shoulder, So uh, that's never gonna change. Um. How
Speaker 1: are people view me? I tell I view me. Um,
Speaker 1: I just controlled. I can control, and that's how good
Speaker 1: I plan in the field. We're gonna hear a really
Speaker 1: good answer here later in this episode from Christian Wilkins
Speaker 1: about the meshing of the personalities and the energy and
Speaker 1: the Dolphins locker room. Here's a question post in the
Speaker 1: same vein towards Matt Brida and how he compares it
Speaker 1: to his first year in San Francisco with new guys
Speaker 1: coming together building that chemistry. Uh. It kind of reminds
Speaker 1: me of uh my sand friend Lick Room a little bit.
Speaker 1: The way the guys are mingling around. Um, guys, are
Speaker 1: you know, just happy back in the pudding with energy? Um,
Speaker 1: you know, everyone's communicating with each other and we're trying
Speaker 1: to get to know each other. And it kind of
Speaker 1: reminds me of Sad Frame when I was at my
Speaker 1: first year. So we're on the right track, you know,
Speaker 1: as far as chemistry going. And you know, he couldn't
Speaker 1: get out of this availability without talking about the fastest
Speaker 1: times in the NFL. He has the two fastest times
Speaker 1: each of the last two years in the NFL. He
Speaker 1: was asked who might be able to challenge him for
Speaker 1: the honor of fastest player in the National Football League. Oh, man,
Speaker 1: you guys know the answer this question. You guys see
Speaker 1: the next dance stats. You know what I mean? For
Speaker 1: the for the past two years, you guys, you know,
Speaker 1: I always you know, uh get to this question and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, until someone you know beats my time beat
Speaker 1: me out on the in that same year, then you
Speaker 1: know I'm still the fastest guy. Now to talk about
Speaker 1: his own teammates in that running backs room with Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: Miles Gaskin, Patrick Laird. Here's a little bit of a breakdown,
Speaker 1: a snapshot from Matt Brita on what this backfield can
Speaker 1: offer this Dolphins team. Uh. Yeah, you know, I've been
Speaker 1: watching Jordan's you know, since the rookie He actually came
Speaker 1: in here before I did. Uh. You know, he runs
Speaker 1: the ball very well at what he does. He also
Speaker 1: you know, get out of the back field too, so
Speaker 1: you know, I think he's gonna do a great job
Speaker 1: offense year. But now that we have you know, Miles Gaston, Patrick,
Speaker 1: we got Kaalen uh and they're all great running back so, um,
Speaker 1: you know, I don't want anyone to overlook those guys too,
Speaker 1: because you know, we've got a great group of backs
Speaker 1: and they're gonna shock for a a lot of people this year.
Speaker 1: So there you have the Dolphins, two new running backs
Speaker 1: and Jordan Howard and Matt brit To talking about the
Speaker 1: depth of this running back room, some of the stuff
Speaker 1: they can do in Chan Gailey's offense, and how they're
Speaker 1: gonna spark this Dolphins running game. Up next, we heard
Speaker 1: from Christian Wilkins, Dolphins second year defensive lineman. And this
Speaker 1: first question. You always love talking to this guy because
Speaker 1: he will break it down. We'll talk about personality off
Speaker 1: the field, but even more so the on field product
Speaker 1: and how he can improve his game and get better.
Speaker 1: Here's what Christian Wilkins is working on this season to
Speaker 1: improve in your number two. Um, Well, you know things.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm never a complete player. I've never done
Speaker 1: working on her game, so there's always things you can
Speaker 1: improve on. So the biggest thing for me is just
Speaker 1: working on hands pas leverage and and have a good technique. Really,
Speaker 1: you know that starts with your hands as your feet. I'm,
Speaker 1: like I said, playing with good path leverage. Um. And
Speaker 1: you know, like for one of what I noticed from
Speaker 1: college to the NFL, you know, it's a lot harder
Speaker 1: to make those big plays, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: But you know that's just stems from your technique. Can
Speaker 1: play with good technique, You'll make a lot of plays,
Speaker 1: and you'll make those big plays, get those typics for
Speaker 1: last two. So that's really my my big focus going
Speaker 1: into the season. It feels like anytime you put on
Speaker 1: a Merrin Hobby media availability, you'll hear him talk about
Speaker 1: violent hands and how guys are active with those hands
Speaker 1: and how they work to keep themselves clean. You hear
Speaker 1: Christian talk about there. Of course, that relationship dates back
Speaker 1: to their time together at Clemson. So Wilkins work on
Speaker 1: that aspect of his game had a big surge in
Speaker 1: the second half of the season last year as he
Speaker 1: builds upon that and grows into your number two. And
Speaker 1: he also knows the exact same thing with his leadership
Speaker 1: growing in that area as well. Yeah, well, um, you know,
Speaker 1: no one has higher expectations, you know for for me
Speaker 1: to need you know what I'm saying, And so I'm
Speaker 1: always working daily, daily, day in and day out on
Speaker 1: my craft, you know, just just to be the best
Speaker 1: player I can be and the best leader. I feel
Speaker 1: like I could definitely take a step from a leadership
Speaker 1: stamp this year. Uh you know, just lead by example,
Speaker 1: vocal when I can, um, you know, so that's big
Speaker 1: as well. But you know they all starts with, you know,
Speaker 1: preparation and doing doing what I need to do on
Speaker 1: the field, um, you know, and just I'm you know,
Speaker 1: I'm ready to you know, help those guys out those
Speaker 1: three new personound picks, you know, as much as I
Speaker 1: can because I know what it's like. I know what
Speaker 1: the pressions are like, the expectation to you know, succeed
Speaker 1: on the field, and just everything off the field, dealing
Speaker 1: with life, and you know, I just manage it and
Speaker 1: all the distractions and things like that. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm just definitely here for those guys as much as
Speaker 1: I can be. And now my question for Christian Wilkins
Speaker 1: on Wednesday, Hey, Christian, man's good to see you again. Uh.
Speaker 1: I wanted to talk to you about when the Dolphins
Speaker 1: drafted you. Both Flow and Chris referred to the energy
Speaker 1: you bring to all the practices and workouts and that
Speaker 1: type of thing. With a lot of the new faces
Speaker 1: you guys have on defense this year, I'm curious to
Speaker 1: know how those personalities are meshing and if anyone's matching
Speaker 1: your level of energy this season. Well, I don't think
Speaker 1: if anyone can match my energy. You know, I'm always happy,
Speaker 1: always ready to work, always ready to go. Um. But no,
Speaker 1: it really feels like you know, it's it's crazy. I
Speaker 1: feel like the connection we've already built and already in
Speaker 1: and are going to continue to build, it's just so
Speaker 1: natural because new guys that came in you know, from
Speaker 1: the rookies to the free agents, you know, just the
Speaker 1: you know, the guys we picked up and the guys
Speaker 1: that have been here, you know, and I just feel
Speaker 1: like it's so natural, like they feel like we've been
Speaker 1: around each other already for a while. Um. And that
Speaker 1: stime is just from good leadership. On the defensive side too,
Speaker 1: we got good guys. You know, we're bringing those guys
Speaker 1: in opening with open arms, Um, and everybody else is
Speaker 1: getting where they fit him too. So it's just that's
Speaker 1: that's part of it's great. Um. You know, I'm really
Speaker 1: connecting with a lot of the newer guys. You absolutely
Speaker 1: love to hear that about how quickly things have meshed
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins in that locker room, these guys coming together.
Speaker 1: Brian Flores talks about it all the time. They want
Speaker 1: guys that prioritized football, They want guys that it's important
Speaker 1: to them. And I think Christians answer they're really kind
Speaker 1: of signifies that idea, that idea and that mentality of
Speaker 1: really prioritizing the game, prioritizing your craft and your profession
Speaker 1: and taking the stuff seriously. Up next, he was asked
Speaker 1: about how the additions up front on the Dolphins defensive
Speaker 1: line can help both he and Yvon Gatchow on that
Speaker 1: defensive line. I think it'll go hand to hand and Noe.
Speaker 1: You know, they'll help us. Aline, we'll help. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we just gotta be on the same on the same accord.
Speaker 1: You don't have the same mindset, um, and just all
Speaker 1: just you know, the biggest thing is just do your job.
Speaker 1: And I think you know, we brought up some good guys,
Speaker 1: like you said, um, you know, so we'll help them
Speaker 1: make plays, to help us make plays, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: And I'm excited to get to work with those guys,
Speaker 1: even just after a few days getting out there, walking through,
Speaker 1: jogging through and just being with those guys and meetings
Speaker 1: and stuff you're hanging around them. Um, you know, I
Speaker 1: think we gotta you know, we got a chance to
Speaker 1: be pretty good. But we'll just taking one day at
Speaker 1: a time, all right, and that is going to do it.
Speaker 1: From our Wednesday media availabilities Jordan Howard, Matt Brita, and
Speaker 1: Christian Wilkins. If you guys want to see those clips
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