WEBVTT - Offseason Preview Part 2 0:00:01.320 --> 0:00:15.160 Actually it's wrong looking down Miami un What is up, 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.239 Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:23.560 the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:27.680 Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? It is Tuesday. I 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:31.080 am your host, Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, we're 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:34.239 gonna talk a little bit about continuity as we continue 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:37.000 to approach the off season here ahead less than a 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:39.559 month away. And with that, we're going to continue our 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.599 off season preview series, Part two, taking a look at 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:45.519 tight ends and the offensive line. All of that and 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:49.839 more on this Tuesday, February twenty three edition of the 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:56.600 Drive Time Podcast. And first up, some news from late 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:00.680 last week. Part of the Miami Dolphins Foundation, which funds 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.880 something called the Miami Dolphins Food Relief Program, committed to 0:01:03.920 --> 0:01:07.720 spending one million dollars directly on local minority owned restaurants 0:01:07.760 --> 0:01:10.800 before June one. This happened last summer and we're still 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.440 roughly three months away from that gold date. Well, the 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:16.479 Dolphins announced on Friday that that one million dollar goal 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.280 has in fact been surpassed. So continuing to do great 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.400 work here in the community and providing people in South 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.920 Florida with meals since this COVID pandemic really became part 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:27.800 of our life, so really proud to be a part 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:29.959 of that. Really happy to announce that here and share 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.679 that with you on the podcast. And some more cool 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:36.640 organizational news here as we found out um on Friday 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:39.880 that our very own Jason Jenkins was named as one 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:43.120 Black Men in Excellence by the Black Professionals Network for 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:46.360 his corporate leader and community advocacy in the area of 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.120 South Florida. So congrats once again Jason, and of course, 0:01:49.160 --> 0:01:51.480 as always, thank you for everything you've done for me 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:53.960 here with the Miami Dolphins. It's it's greatly appreciated and 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:55.920 it's cool to see hard work and just a great 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:59.640 guy be recognized like that, So again, congrats to Mr Jenkins. 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.800 Now on the Friday podcast, I had talked to you 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.040 guys about going out to a restaurant for the first 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:08.280 time and who knows how long, and of course everybody 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.600 else had the same idea that I did, as there 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:12.679 was like an hour long wait at this restaurant, my 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:16.320 favorite restaurant here in my hometown back in Washington State. 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.240 Went out with my brother who lives about forty five 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:20.400 minutes the way, he drove up and we went out together, 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:23.000 so a nice little family outing for the first time. 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.240 My wife was was doing something on our own back 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.040 at the house, so I got to spend some time 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:29.600 with my brother over the weekend. And of course everybody 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:31.480 else had the exact same idea we did to go 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:33.120 to this restaurant, so we had to put in for 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.359 a reservation, which was like an hour long, so we 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:36.919 basically had to wait an hour out in the car 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.079 and just go find something to do. But we were 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:40.799 so excited to get a chance to go out back 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:43.160 in public and do that again. And they wound up 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.799 seating us over in the bar section of this restaurant 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:49.160 where nobody's there's no bar back there anymore, they don't 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.440 actually have the bar service open, and they kind of 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:53.560 like forgot about us, like they didn't come back by 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.079 for twenty minutes after they sat us at first, and 0:02:56.120 --> 0:02:58.600 they basically brought the food and didn't come back. And 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:00.720 at one point the server had walked by and I 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:02.360 asked for a thing of catch up because we had 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:04.760 French fries with these these big burgers that we had, 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.760 and I swear she heard me, but she walked by 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.680 and ignored me. But still beyond all of that, I 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:12.160 was so happy to be out and to go have 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.000 a drink with my brother and get some some dinner. 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.040 Was a lot of fun. Other than that, this weekend 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.639 watched again plenty of television. I found out that Boy 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.080 Meets World is on Disney Plus, and that's a great find. 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:23.519 You know, watch out with my daughter. She gets a 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:25.480 kick out of just staring at the screen and watching 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:27.560 things move around. But it was funny because I was 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.960 watching it with my wife and uh we saw like 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.840 Mr Feeney and Mr Turner that the English teacher in 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.280 the early episodes and even in the Matthews you know 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.200 Mr Matthews, Corey's dad had like injured his back in 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:41.320 an episode, and I was like, I find myself sympathizing 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.320 with the parents now opposed to watching this as a 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:45.960 child and being like what's going with Corey and and Sean? 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:47.920 But now it's like, oh man, the you know, the 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.880 parents are the more sympathetic characters in that show. So 0:03:51.240 --> 0:03:53.400 that was my weekend. I know, not very much fun, 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:56.160 but the big restaurant outing was my big thing. And then, 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:58.200 like I talked about last week, the rest of the weekend, 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:01.280 no football on, so not much to watch from that end, 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:03.720 just the TV. I did watch the Heat beat the Lakers. 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:05.520 That was a pretty fun game. We had that on 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:07.720 our phone at the table actually at the restaurant watching that. 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.120 So go Heat and please hurry up and get here 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.800 baseball season as well as the NFL off season, because 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.560 I'm still a little bit bored. Alright, that was my weekend. 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:17.119 Let's go ahead and get into it here and start 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.559 with some league news. As we learned late last week 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:23.040 that one of the teams in Miami's conference, the Indianapolis Colts, 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:27.240 jumped off the quarterback carousel as it were. Carson Wentz 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:31.200 goes from Philly to Indianapolis to replace the retired Philip Rivers. 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.680 And we have our second big trade of the off 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.360 season already, of course, the Matthew Stafford, Jared goff Rams 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:40.120 and Lions trade that was reported before the Super Bowl. 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:42.839 So plenty of activity already going on. And there's a 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:44.960 few ties to the Dolphins that I want to explore 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:47.920 here with this in the idea of trades, But first 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:50.039 I just want to look knowledge at. The off season 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.440 has always been a fun event for me as someone 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.479 that follows the entire league with a very interested eye 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:57.960 and has a strong feel for the roster of other teams, 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.880 for instance, and the profiles of those players on the roster. 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:02.960 Like I watch a lot of football and digest a 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.520 lot of information, so I tend to have a good 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:07.960 feel for what's going on outside of the Miami Dolphins. 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:09.880 And we talked on a podcast a week or two 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:13.440 ago about the ability to utilize multiple avenues to improve 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.640 the roster and how we saw that last year with 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:18.320 the Dolphins draft class. Of course, all the free agents 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:20.800 that had a considerable impact on this team. I mean 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:25.640 consider Byron Jones, Emmanuel Ogba, Kyle van Noi, Shack Lawson, 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.640 all in their first year with the team, and they 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:30.960 are part of a scoring defense that finishes sixth in 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.360 the league in that category and really had a big 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.400 improvement from nineteen and more on that and continuity here 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:39.120 in just a moment. But in addition to the draft 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.720 and free agency, like we've seen Miami use, they've also 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.279 used the waiver wire to turn the roster to rEFInd 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:46.680 a piece like Zack Seeler on your defensive line. We've 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:48.919 also seen them utilize the avenue that makes up the 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:52.559 larger point here, the trade avenue, and for my money, 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.760 the NFL offseason great as it already was over the 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.279 last I don't know, four or five six years or so, 0:05:58.480 --> 0:06:01.360 where the league as a whole seems to have embraced 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:04.320 the art of the trade and it has thrown this 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:07.480 element of chaos into the roster building portion of the calendar, 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:09.479 as I like to call it. And how much more 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.960 fun has that been as a football fan? I mean, 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:14.360 free agency, the draft is great, but when you get 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.520 random news on Tuesday about a trade, I mean, that's 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:18.840 just that's timing spent on social media and go and 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.400 comment on it and then get engaged in the conversation 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:23.479 and they consider how it has an impact on your 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:25.760 team around the league, it just makes a lot of fun, 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.159 Like it's fun to watch other teams make deals, and 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:30.479 it's certainly a lot of fun to watch how Chris 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:33.640 Career and company use their capital at their disposal to 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:36.719 improve this Dolphin's roster. A trade, for instance, like Lynn 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:40.599 Bowden last September, the acquisition of the fourth or third 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:42.960 round draft pick rather of the Raiders who comes over 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.800 to Miami for some draft pick swaps, so that's my 0:06:46.000 --> 0:06:49.120 I suppose monologue on how an already great part of 0:06:49.120 --> 0:06:51.919 the NFL calendar has gotten even better in recent years, 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.720 and the more focus point here what we might be 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.599 looking at from a continuity standpoint this year across the league. 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:00.560 I think it was Adam Schefter who said he could 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:04.320 see as many as eighteen teams with new starting quarterbacks 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:07.840 from last season in the NFL this year. Now, this 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:10.640 current Dolphins team is one that knows all about the 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.160 acclamation period. Right. We've seen considerable roster overturned since Brian 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:17.320 Flores arrived, and not just strictly specific to the top 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.800 part of the roster with the first round draft picks, 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.560 the premium by free agents. I mean, take it from 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:24.600 someone who wrote a daily news piece five days a 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:27.080 week last August during training camp, when the Dolphins would 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.680 scour the waiver wire and constantly turn that bottom part 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.040 of the roster, and they'd eventually even bring guys back 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.560 to in some insens is, like, for instance, Javarus Davis 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:36.880 was signed in August, he was let go and then 0:07:36.960 --> 0:07:39.240 brought back, spent time on the practice squad, and now 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.840 he's here on a futures deal. The point is they've 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.960 done the due due diligence on getting their guys on 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:47.080 a lot of players, and that bottom part of the 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:49.880 roster continues to overturn, and wouldn't you know it, this 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.840 team found itself playing its best football as the season 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:54.840 went along. Of course, we know now about the one 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:57.400 in three start. The defense allowed some of its higher 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:00.160 point totals of the season in that first month, with 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.840 thirty one points allowed to both Buffalo and Seattle, and 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:05.120 they would go on to allow just thirty one points 0:08:05.160 --> 0:08:08.280 two more times over the next twelve games. So a 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.880 jurassic improvement that way by the defense. We saw the 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:15.000 offense hit strides as experience kind of continued to accumulate there, like, 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.480 for instance, Robert Hunt, we've talked about his six game 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:20.120 finish to the season at that right tackle position, how 0:08:20.120 --> 0:08:22.840 he continued to grow and get better. Austin Jackson playing 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.160 some of his best ball after getting back from that 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.240 injury that knocked him out for a few games in 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.960 the middle of the season. So now, after plenty of 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.719 work done to the roster, the five win improvement from 0:08:33.160 --> 0:08:35.920 nineteen while a lot of these rookies stacked up snap 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.720 counts and a lesson with each and every one last season, Right, 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:40.520 every snap counts a chance to learn a lesson and 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:42.559 a play on tape to go back and look at. 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:46.080 Now the Dolphins have an opportunity for some continuity, and 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.040 of course with four picks in the top fifty and 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.520 some more flexibility with the cap space and that kind 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:53.160 of thing. Of course there will be new players. But 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:55.920 you get a chance to see Jackson, Hunt and Kinley 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:58.280 now go into a training camp with experience. Like we 0:08:58.320 --> 0:09:00.360 talked about with field dates in the podcast. They know 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:02.679 how to get to the building, how to get to 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.640 the locker room, how to get to the cafeil like, 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:06.880 they know their way around the building. It's not gonna 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.400 be those first day of school. Like new habits you 0:09:09.440 --> 0:09:11.800 have to form. They've got the routine down now, right, 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.040 you get a chance to watch ray Kwon Davis continue 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.160 the trajectory where he took off in the second half 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:17.880 of the season. And I told you guys have been 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:19.440 running back the tape here on this team in this 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:23.160 in this season recently, we saw Lynn Bowden come from 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.640 occasional active, sometimes inactive on game day, but when he 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:28.640 was on the field, he'd get like a few snaps 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:31.480 a target, maybe a carrier two here there, and that 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.560 was it. But by the end of the season he's 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.640 playing fifty plus snaps and contributing to the passing game 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.040 and the offense as a whole. We're gonna see Brandon 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:41.200 Jones continue to have the game slow down for him, 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.319 something he talked about throughout the course of the season. 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:46.720 The third highest snaptaker at that safety position, with his 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:50.040 studious nature that we've covered on this podcast on Miami 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.240 Dolphins dot Com, that he's talked about himself at press 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:55.559 conferences and the like. You have to imagine that only continues, 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.640 and that list goes on and on and on. The 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.000 whole backfield currently is made up of guys going into 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.760 year two or three. I mentioned Boden Net receiver. He's 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:04.880 not the only second year player in that receiver room 0:10:04.920 --> 0:10:07.680 coming back, of course, Malcolm Perry and Kirk Merritt on 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:10.840 a futures contract. I mentioned the offensive line, and speaking 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:12.840 of that, how about the work of Michael Dieter and 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:15.319 what he did in limited action last year off the bench. 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:17.360 I thought he played pretty damn well in that game. 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.079 Another year of development for him. That's always gonna be 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:22.360 a boon too, but Aito Jones on the defensive line 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:25.200 got some time behind the big three you know, Wilkins, Seiler, 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.720 and Davis we have covered here on this podcast, playing 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.400 in place at times of the injured Devon god Shaw 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.199 Van Ginkl. We saw that year one to year to Jump, 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.560 I mentioned Brandon Jones and of course no eg Bnogamy. 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:38.920 Both those guys get valuable snaps last season as well. 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.959 So all these position groups, from quarterback, running back, receiver 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:44.000 down to the defensive backs on that side of the football, 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:48.120 all these position groups, there are resources to bolster those positions, 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.520 but we should see a lot of continuity and reason 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.600 to expect growth really early in each one of those positions, 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:55.839 because again last year, so many of these guys were 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:57.920 coming into their own and their first really experience here 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:00.400 in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins. So finally have 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.559 some continuity at those positions in addition to the capitol 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.800 to benefit and improve your roster. So in a year, 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:10.200 we're probably gonna see some crazy quarterback movement and maybe 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:14.520 similar madness at other positions as well. Here's to continuity 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:18.360 from one as this roster continues to improve and get 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.600 better under Chris career and Brian Flores and as I 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:24.400 almost forget here, a footnote to the whole idea, the 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.800 impact of the draft. You know, the way the veteran 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.560 quarterback market shakes out always shapes the way the draft 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:31.440 takes hold. Right, it's going to change the way teams 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.040 will approach their draft if you get a quarterback compared 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:35.760 if you don't get a quarterback that you're happy with 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:38.480 going into the season. And with a third pick this year, 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.440 it's conceivable that when the Dolphins pick comes up, they 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.720 could have the pick, the non quarterback pick of the 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.760 litter could be at their dispose. We've seen quarterbacks go 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:49.920 one too in the draft a lot before, and then 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.160 at that point, how much value does that pick have. 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.600 It's it's all going to be connected, and it's all 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.040 going to be fascinating, and it starts here very shortly. 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.520 We are getting very very close to the start of 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.679 the new year. Alright, let's go ahead and get into 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:06.160 the off season preview our second part here, and let's 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:09.160 remind the folks out there that these are the opinions 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.199 of yours truly and in no way reflect the team's opinion. 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.840 Compeche on that, alright, so on Friday we did the quarterbacks, 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.959 running backs, and wide receivers. If you missed that episode, 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.200 go ahead and give us a quick pause. We'll wait 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.640 for you. Listen to that episode, then come back and 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.280 finish up this pod. We're gonna get to the offensive 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.880 line and tight ends here on part two, and let's 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.400 go ahead and start with the ladder there, the tight 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:35.080 ends and first our incumbents. Not one of them is 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:37.560 targeted for free agency. So the whole gang is in 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:41.080 toe right now with fourth years Mike Gatsicky and Durham Smith. 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:44.920 They're both back, the recently extended Adam Shaheen after coming 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.679 over this off season in a trade with the Chicago Bears. 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:51.080 He is under contract after that extension, and Temple Tough 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:54.400 Chris Myrick entering his third season. He's here on a 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:57.880 futures contract. And the consistency of this group is really 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.880 to me what I found most pleasing. When Smith went 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.320 down for a couple of games, Shahem was right there 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.320 to pick it up and really fulfilled that role of 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.920 the guy that kind of does the dirty work. Is 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:11.600 Durham so often hasn't his time here in Miami. And 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.720 that's not to say Shaheen wasn't already doing that in 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:18.240 games with Durham up and active and playing, but they 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.240 found ways to get all three of the guys onto 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.400 the field different times this year, some thirteen personnel packages. 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:26.000 I even asked Coach Godsey, the Dolphins tight end coach, 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:30.080 in about being able to utilize third team personnel and 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:31.800 go empty from that group, in which they did a 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:33.640 couple of times, and he just said that spoke to 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.120 the versatility of all three of those guys. Of course, 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.320 plenty of twelve personnel and tons of good dig out blocks, 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:42.600 second level blocks and chips from these guys. I really 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:44.720 enjoyed watching their work in the running game this year. 0:13:44.880 --> 0:13:47.080 And then of course there was Mike Gasicki and another 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:50.640 year of really top end tight end production, so that 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.480 five times fast in the passing game, and of course 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:56.880 the room as a whole set franchise records and receptions 0:13:56.880 --> 0:14:00.000 and yards and tied the franchise mark with eleven touchdowns, 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.720 one catches and one thousand sixty one yards. For good 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:07.320 measure on those franchise marks, Gisicky chipped into those numbers 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.280 a lot fifty three catches was twelve most among tight 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:12.679 ends in the NFL. His seven hundred and three yards 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.280 were fourth most among all tight ends and his six 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:18.520 touchdowns were tenth best at the position. And as he 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.400 goes along, he just gets better at the little things 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.560 that make his game continue to grow and improve, like 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:27.040 fighting through contact at all levels of the route and 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.400 maintaining his balance, fighting through a podcast when you're Toddler 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:33.840 was screaming downstairs, high pointing tough catches, getting more and 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:38.080 more involved as a blocker, and making himself dual functionality 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:40.520 as all these tight ends are. So you've got the 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:44.040 absolute weapon in gisicky, two stout blockers who can catch 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.000 a pass in the flat and then run somebody over. 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:49.000 We saw Adam Shaheen get nominated for angry Runs this 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:52.160 season by Kyle Brandt on Good Morning Football. Not to 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:56.160 mention big time special teams contributions, we've heard from Coach Crossman, 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.920 Dolphins special teams coordinator, the challenges they have of replace 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:03.160 seeing Durham Smith on special teams when he's not available. 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.640 And then of course Chris Myrick, he made his NFL 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.600 debut this last season. A nice, well rounded tight end 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:12.160 room there for the Dolphins. Now should should the Dolphins 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:15.560 explore the market. What's out there? Glad you asked, Let's 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:17.640 go ahead and start with Pro Football focuses list of 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.200 their top one hundred and fifty free agents. Plenty of 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.520 good tight ends on this list. Hunter Henry checks in 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:26.200 first at number ten overall out of the Chargers tight end. 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:28.120 A great player who's missed a lot of games in 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.120 his career, but it looked like he was back to 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:34.120 his form with the Chargers after a c L tear. 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:37.320 The first season off that big of an injury, sometimes 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.560 takes some time to regroup and get back to the 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.440 mental reps and the mental fortitude and the physical strengthening 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.520 of that ligament, so he looked like he was back 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:47.520 in full force. In John who Smith comes in at 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.200 thirty two on the PFF Top one hundred and fifty 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:52.240 free agents. One of my favorite players in the league, 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:54.400 man just I can't imagine such a good young player 0:15:54.400 --> 0:15:57.440 who's integral to that play action heavy attack they use 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.120 their in Tennessee gets out the door guy average is 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.680 six point eight yards of yak. Remember this is a 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:04.960 tight end six and a half yards or six point 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:08.000 eight yards rather after the catch on average. Gerald Everett 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.840 is next at forty nine. A move tight end, athletic 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:13.440 guy that's average more than five yards per catch in 0:16:13.560 --> 0:16:16.800 his career with thirty broken tackles on one thirty catches. 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.720 He's basically a broken tackle every I'm no mathematician, but 0:16:19.720 --> 0:16:22.400 what does that four and a quarter catches? Athletic and 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.920 dangerous with a football in his hands. Grant comes in 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:26.800 at sixty three. Of course, came out of retirement to 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.120 be with his boy Tom down Tampa Bay. Signed that 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.240 one year deal. We'll see where he winds up after 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.080 the Super Bowl run. Jared Cook number seventy nine on 0:16:34.160 --> 0:16:36.840 this list. This guy has produced a ton in this league, 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.120 thirty four years old, but still getting it done in 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:42.280 the NFL. Anthony Firks or another Titans tight end at 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:44.920 one twelve checks in next he moved all over that 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.440 Arthur Smith formation once again. You've got h backs, inline blockers, 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:52.320 guys flexed out wide, making you know, different formations out 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:54.760 of similar personnel grouping. And he's big enough at two 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.040 forty six to do some of that dirty work as well. 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.760 So pass catcher well round the tight end there. Trey 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.440 and also on this list. Dan Arland, also on this list, 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:04.400 put a nice year with the Cardinals last year after 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:07.000 coming over from the Saints. They round out a pretty 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.880 solid group of potential free agents there on the Pro 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:13.760 Football Focus Top one hundred and fifty free Agents one. 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.560 Then we look ahead to the draft in April, and 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.159 I don't think it's hyperbolic to call Kyle Pitts the 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.639 best tight end prospect since at least Vernon Davis. He 0:17:22.760 --> 0:17:26.560 moves like a gazelle. He can burn good good sec 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:31.040 cornerbacks on double moves, cornerbacks sec on double moves with 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:34.760 suddenness deception, and just great overall route running. He could 0:17:34.800 --> 0:17:37.800 posterize anybody by winning with body position. He was a 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:41.200 production machine at Florida and just an utter matchup nightmare 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.280 for whichever defense is going to face him because of 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:45.719 the ability to play all over the formation and just 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.879 give mismatches to safety's corners, linebackers, you name it. And 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:50.840 Pitts is going to be interesting in the sense that 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.920 he challenges conventional norms. Like you usually say, the tight 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.560 end position isn't one that comes off the board early, right, 0:17:56.760 --> 0:17:58.800 But some folks think that he is just the best 0:17:59.119 --> 0:18:01.880 non quarterback in this class in general, and that's really 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:05.160 saying something. But as we mentioned conventional norms, there's nothing 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.280 conventional at all about this kid. A lot of draft 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:10.000 pundits are using wide receivers as their camp for him. 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:12.480 He's gonna play all over someone's formation and make tons 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:15.280 of plays in this league. He is the fourth ranked 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:18.760 player on the Draft Networks big board. Up next among 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:21.679 tight ends is Pat fire Muth friar Muth excuse me, 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.560 who's thirty three on their big board. Another pass catching 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:26.720 tight end, but he has the frame and mindset to 0:18:26.760 --> 0:18:29.200 really develop his ability as a blocker as well. At 0:18:29.240 --> 0:18:31.480 six ft five to fifty, he had a nice career 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.520 at Penn State. Then Brevin Jordan is next for them 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:37.399