WEBVTT - Offensive Line, 2022 NFL Season Preview Series 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us byrons touch style by waddle snucked into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami by tight pro tip window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:18.800 What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:23.040 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.400 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:30.760 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, we pick up our 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:36.600 two season preview. With a little slight change to the programming, 0:00:36.800 --> 0:00:39.600 We're only going to cover the Miami Dolphins offensive line 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:43.920 room today, no NFL preview because it's a very large group. 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:45.920 And I also want to talk a little bit about 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:48.160 my trip to the Northwest and just get you guys 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.519 call up more. We're going this summer so far, but 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:53.519 this offensive line room, some changes in both the veteran 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:56.960 free agency acquisitions and in the U d f A class, 0:00:57.160 --> 0:01:00.240 a new man in charge with coach Matt Applebaum here 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:03.600 from Chris Greer and Mike McDaniel as well. And if 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:05.440 there is some time, we'll talk about some golf, some 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:08.320 new music this summer, airplane etiquette, and a few things 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:12.240 I jotted down in my notebook from somewhere in central Washington. 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:20.400 This is the Drive Time Podcast. So we are on 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.679 part five, I think it is now of this series 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:27.479 and our final one on the offensive side of the footballs. 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:29.800 We take a look at the offensive line if you're 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.959 just catching up quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, and tight 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:35.679 ends have come off the board in that order, and 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:40.199 we've also previewed the entire NFC Conference East, South, North, 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.959 and West in those series. Today we're talking about just 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:46.720 the offensive line, and we start with the personnel changes 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.720 and the roster as a whole. It's an even five 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:52.760 for five swap here going off of the new acquisitions 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.280 and those that have departed, and a couple of the 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.600 names here you're gonna have to go into the memory 0:01:57.640 --> 0:01:59.639 bank to recognize because some of these guys were practice 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:03.080 squaw are guys that just didn't play on actual Sundays 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.040 for the Dolphins. But the new acquisitions you know by 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.959 now about Tehron Armstead, one of the game's very best 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.919 left tackles, and Connor Williams one of the best interior 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.279 offensive lineman coming over from the Saints and Cowboys, respectively. 0:02:15.600 --> 0:02:18.520 Cole Banwart comes over from the Vikings last year and 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:20.840 then two U d f A s Kellen Dish from 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:24.400 Arizona State and Blaze Andrei's from Minnesota. We'll talk about 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:27.880 their games as well. The departures. Jesse Davis is now 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:30.840 with the Vikings, Greg Mans is now with the Buffalo Bills. 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.400 Roderick Johnson signs the Chiefs, and then Cameron tom and 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:39.040 Spencer Pulley are both free agents at press time. And 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.000 just to kind of wrap up the room as a whole, 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.679 the incumbents you know about, Michael Dieter, Robert Jones, Solomon 0:02:44.760 --> 0:02:46.760 Kinley is back. A lot of names back on this 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:51.079 offensive line, Robert Hunt, Austin Jackson, Liam Eichenberg, Greg little 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:55.120 Keyan Smith, Adam Panky, and Larnel Coleman. A good group 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.880 of incumbents there. In terms of some of the continuity 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.840 upfront on this offensive line, you and act to those veterans. 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:02.120 You get a couple of U d f as to 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.360 help compete in that spot, and all of a sudden 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:06.320 you have more depth and you're probably better up top 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.760 as well on the offensive line. And speaking of up top, 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:11.080 we go to the coaching staff change first, and Matt 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:15.280 apple Bomb comes over from Boston College where he helped 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:19.040 the Eagles earned Pro Football Focuses number two overall grade 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:22.040 across an entire offensive line last year and all of 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:25.000 college football, and that was led by first round draft 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.240 pick Zion Johnson, who was just one heck of a 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:31.000 player and had very very high praise for Coach apple 0:03:31.040 --> 0:03:34.800 Bomb at the scouting Combine. In fact, BC also produced 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:36.480 two more guys that will get a chance to fight 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.680 for jobs this year in training camp with Alec Lyndstrom 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:43.040 and Tyler Rabel. Lynstrom is the brother of Chris Lyndstrom, 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:46.440 former first round pick of the Atlanta Falcons. And Tyler Rabel, 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:48.440 I know, you know that name, the son of head 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.720 coach of the Tennessee Titans, Mike Rabel. They'll be with 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:55.080 the Cowboys and Falcons and camp this summer, respectively. And 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:56.880 the reason I bring those guys up is because they 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.200 just had so much praise for Coach apple Bomb during 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.880 the scouting Combine interviews. And of course, you know you 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.000 see a guy that played for a Dolphins coach, or 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.400 you know someone attached to the Miami Dolphins, and you 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.040 see the usual suspects kind of flocked to that scrum. 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.200 I think it was myself and David Farona's were front 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:13.800 and line with a couple of these guys, you know, 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:15.840 Alan Poopar hal Habib and just a bunch of the 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:17.880 guys that are there at the combine covering the Dolphins, 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.560 getting a bunch of questions for them. So it's beneficial 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:24.159 for us to have those multiple Dolphins resources there because 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.080 we get more Dolphins content out of those interviews. And 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:32.000 to a man Zion Johnson, Tyler Rabel, and Alec Lyndstrom 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:36.799 referenced staying after practice and just hammering technique and watching 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:40.800 film and being in the classroom and how how almost 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:44.200 borderline obsessed coach apple Bomb was with the finer points 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.880 of technique of putting in the work and just being 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:50.279 you know, getting yourself as prepared as you possibly can. 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.000 Because if you can take care of that something you 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.960 have complete control over, you maximize your opportunity for your 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:58.920 talents to show through and to become a good player 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.000 at that level and then to hopefully make a career 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.000 out of it in the National Football League. And that's 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:04.640 kind of what apple bamb does here and makes a 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:08.120 jump back to the NFL with fourteen years of coaching experience, 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:10.600 ten of those in college four of those in the 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:14.120 NFL with Jacksonville and Washington his first O line job 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.640 here in the NFL. But man, he did some really 0:05:16.680 --> 0:05:20.080 impressive stuff with that BC group. Helped them transition between 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:24.000 new systems from a kind of more traditional power running 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:26.080 type of scheme to a more spread it out offense 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:28.920 or modern day passing attack. I should say, so Apple 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:31.520 Bama arrives here in South Florida. We'll hear from him 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.320 here in just one second, and I want to take 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.239 a look first before we do that, at the group 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:39.440 at a glance and just touch on what this room 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:41.760 looks like now compared to a season ago. And it 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:44.560 starts with the two additions of two proven veterans, I mean, 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:47.159 Connor Williams one of the very first players to sign 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:49.440 for the Dolphins when the new league year kicked off, 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.919 and then to run Armstead took a little bit more time, 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.039 but man, he sure talked about it in some of 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.360 the videos he's produced from his own YouTube pay or 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.239 YouTube channel, I should say, his own production team, talking 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:01.159 about how my he was just such a good fit 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.400 for him for so many reasons, and one of those 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.680 being the scheme that kind of suits his skill set. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:07.560 We'll get into that here in just one second. With 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.240 this Dolphins O line group, it's like the rest of 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.479 the roster really, I mean a mixture of experience and youth. 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.919 Up in the trenches. You know four players drafted in 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:21.120 the third round or higher between twenty nine and one, 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.479 and a fifth player if you count Solomon Kinley in 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:25.159 the fourth round if you go back to the fourth 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.440 to four rounds on that, but first two day draft picks, 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:30.680 there's four of those guys over the last three drafts. 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.080 And that's with zero this past season in the draft. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:36.760 So really through two years you had four guys that 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:40.400 were had first, second, or third round picks, top two 0:06:40.440 --> 0:06:43.520 day picks invested into them, and the Dolphins have rounded 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.839 out the group with depth and talent. I mean the 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.880 additions you make with all the incumbents just makes you deeper, right, 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:50.320 makes you better up top as well when you go 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:53.680 get an armst now Williams, but between Michael Dieter, Austin Jackson, 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.000 Robert hunt Leam Eikenberg, a third rounder in twenty nineteen, 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:00.520 a first rounder and second rounder, and another second round 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:06.160 have all shown flashes and accruede valuable experience. Starting with 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:11.840 or I should say with starts scattered across that quartet, 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.960 and head coach Mike McDaniel expressed his excitement for the 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.760 group and the physical talents offered by the many highly 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:20.960 drafted members of this unit, as he went very in depth. 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.000 We're gonna play a long answer for you here from 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.280 him on a press conference from May sevent taught seventeenth 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:29.840 Geez Travis talking about coaching that particular position and how 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.760 it is the toughest to kind of get aligned with 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.560 the system, but how he's very excited about both the 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:36.600 personnel and the staff that he has to get this 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.880 group ready to play. Because you'll hear in this diet 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.640 tribe some stuff that he's hit on a few times 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:46.480 in various press conferences, talking about athletic ability and the 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.400 way these guys work, and how if you can get 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:51.280 those two things up to snuff with an offensive coaching 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.920 staff beyond Matt Applebaum and himself, with Frank Smith and 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:58.640 with John Embrey involved and Eric Studisville across the offensive 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:01.120 group there. I mean, you've got guys that have tons 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.000 of experience in the run game coordination and offensive line play, 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:05.840 running the football, and I think it's going to have 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:08.160 a big impact on these guys who again we'll touch 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.280 on this here in just one second that really excel 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.760 in the athletic department. In fact, let's go ahead and 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.520 play coach McDaniel's audio because he talks about it in 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.480 terms that I just can't replicate. Here's Coach McDaniel. The 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:23.720 most drastic disparity from you know, whatever you'd call quote traditional. 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:29.360 You enter it when you're coaching players. You're very aware 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:32.680 of their past coaching. You make yourself aware of that 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:36.880 so that you can best articulate, Hey, this is like 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.880 this or this is not like this. The biggest disparity 0:08:40.960 --> 0:08:44.160 from a traditional standpoint is the offensive line, without a doubt, 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:49.720 UM that and and it and it is a full 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:56.920 scale commitment to UM certain principles and ownership of fundamentals 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:58.640 that we ask them to do in a major in 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:03.160 UH and So as far as the off season program 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:08.600 is concerned, it's it's almost built for our offensive alignement 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.040 in terms of how to approach things, because you need 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:14.920 about two weeks of you know, an hour and half 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.960 or hour and forty five minute meetings, which is what 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:21.800 Phase one allows you to digest. Hey, we're asking you 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.640 to UM, run off the ball. We're asking you to 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.640 have these landmarks. We're asking you not to hesitate UM. 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.559 And then phase two you can kind of drill it 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:37.920 UM that I think in terms of uh, you know, 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.520 Johnny don't know his name coming on the team and 0:09:41.559 --> 0:09:44.080 then all of a sudden being thrown into the mix, 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:48.120 I think that it's the hardest position UM because we 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:52.760 are so committed UM to to our fundamentals and technique 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:57.839 and UM you know offensive alignement or like uh oh 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.640 or like officials it's ay where like you're not talking 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:05.440 about them and that's a good thing, and they have 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:09.000 scars from when they are talked about. So to get 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:13.000 them to just let go and let all that stuff UM, 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:16.680 let the past be the past and move forward. Is 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.160 is the most deliberate and intentional thing that as a 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.840 coaching staff we have to do. UM. One of the 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:26.200 reasons that kind of shaped my whole vision for UM 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.760 hiring a coaching staff. I wanted to make sure that 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.839 the guys that were touching those players, we would be 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:36.000 able to see the results of the of the scheme 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:40.920 and people really UM dive in and invest understand where 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.440 they're coming from. Some of the stuff that they have 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:46.800 in their past and let that go and move forward. UM. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:51.120 And I feel very very comfortable and confident and happy 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:54.880 with what UM. You know, start with Matt Applebaum and 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.160 um and and and Lamb has been doing an outstanding 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:02.640 job understanding everything that we're trying to do. Mike person 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.320 and then uh Frank Smith obviously the offensive coordinator. So 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:11.160 it's it's exciting too because you, UM, you get to 0:11:11.200 --> 0:11:18.040 see guys at that position. UM. I feel like we're 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:23.240 kind of it's liberating to a degree because they're uh, 0:11:23.559 --> 0:11:27.840 listen the guys that UM. If I were to tell 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:31.800 you that UM on this team and this is my 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:35.680 seventh team. UM been in a lot of different places, 0:11:36.280 --> 0:11:40.440 but this is the uh as athletic and capable of 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:45.120 any group that might you might be like, huh are 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:49.760 you great? UM? But they they really are, and they're 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:54.720 hungry and committed, and it's been really really UM rewarding 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:58.640 to watch them works, see the benefits. And then more 0:11:58.640 --> 0:12:01.960 than that, UM, you know what's gonna happen with your 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.600 first adversity because this just in offensive linemen have adversity, 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:09.840 They live in adversity. UM, and they how are they 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.440 going to respond to a run play where they're short 0:12:13.480 --> 0:12:18.040 and their aiming point and Christian makes you pay in 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:24.760 the backfield or um uh sailor or whoever um and 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:28.280 and that's the fun part of this part of the 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:32.920 year is you get to h focus on them and 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:36.960 not not an opponent. I just find that answer. So, 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.960 I mean, obviously very instructive, but so interesting for a 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.960 few reasons. Because talking about the physical talents of this group, 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:47.520 and obviously when you put high draft picks into guys, 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:51.400 they typically tend to excel with the athletic ability and 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:54.320 obviously some fundamentals and technique and that stuff too. But 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.080 when you get these guys that are, you know, the 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.640 elite of their class in terms of the testing metrics, 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:01.640 in the build it to move and all that that 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.319 stuff that pairs together that ultimately is what you're trying 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.959 to harness and get production out of as a coach. 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.360 This group has that in spades. I think you hear 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:13.440 that excitement from coach McDaniels discussion they're talking about the 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:18.400 offensive line and you go back to the ground game 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:20.200 with the forty nine ers that he was the run 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.400 game coordinator of before being the o C. It favored 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.640 athletic ability, the ability to operate in space, and you 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.240 talk about the additions made this offseason, like to Hron 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:32.320 Armstead doesn't just give the Dolphins, you know, a three 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.720 time Pro bowler, it also injects the fastest forty time 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:39.520 ever recorded by an offensive lineman into the Dolphins front five. 0:13:39.920 --> 0:13:41.880 And so you're gonna hear Chris Career right here on 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:45.080 March talk about how excited to Ron Armstead was to 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.920 join the scheme. Here is the Dolphins GM. You know, 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:50.600 Mike has assembled a really good staff and it's very 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:55.319 heavy offensive line coach, you know, coaches. I think he's done, um, 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:59.079 a great job in terms of communicating that vision for 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.720 what he wants. And so I think for us, you know, 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.200 we feel good about the young players we have, as 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.440 does Mike and the staff talk about them. You know, um, 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.120 they understand they need to play better and and can 0:14:09.200 --> 0:14:11.720 get better. But I think the scheme also very friendly 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.319 for offensive lineman and I think Toronto had mentioned that 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.199 as press conference and wanted to play in the scheme. 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:20.080 And Connor Williams is another one that we felt excited 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.000 about because that we think he's a very good run 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:25.480 player and it's also he's very athletic and can pass 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:28.720 rock luck and I think um like anything, they all 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:30.880 keep working and proving it better and and so we're 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.920 very excited about the group overall. And just a further 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:37.960 touch on that idea of athletic ability, and you know, 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.040 want something I reference on the podcast here all the 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:43.080 time is the r AS the Relative Athletics Scorecard, which 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:46.360 comprehensively measures each player's pre draft workout, whether it's a 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.200 the scouting Combine or the individuals Pro Day, and the 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:52.400 additions of Armstead and Williams gives Miami four lineman with 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.920 scores that measured in the five percent tilent or better 0:14:56.040 --> 0:15:00.120 among all time offensive lineman going back to seven is 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.600 when Kent Lee plasts are attracting the stuff. But to 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.920 Ron arms And out of ten was a nine five eight, 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:09.120 Austin Jackson was a nine four five, Cornor Williams was 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.960 a nine one five, and Liam Eichenberg and eight five 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:14.840 three just with recent Dolphins editions their draft picks or 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:18.320 free agency. But next Gen stats would put Robert Hunt 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.120 in that category as well because he didn't have workouts 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:22.600 in his pre draft run up, but he had a 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.320 high speed per next gen of nine team miles per 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.360 That's that's not far off from the twenty three mph 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:30.320 that Raheem Mostart hit to lead the NFL a couple 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:33.080 of years ago. But again no no pre draft workouts, 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:35.520 no r s. But Michael Dieter had a seven three 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.440 five Laarnel Coleman at eight five eight, and then finling 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:40.360 this year, the two U d f as the Dolphins 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:42.800 had were number one and number two in Missioner's offensive 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:46.160 line class at rs Blaze Andrews from Minnesota with nearly 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:48.720 a perfect nine eight one the best on the team 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.080 and second best on the team is Kelln Dish from 0:15:51.120 --> 0:15:54.080 Arizona State nine seven five. So, in simpler terms, the 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:58.320 Dolphins offensive line is incredibly talented with plenty of natural talent. 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:00.080 Let's go ahead and finish up this first set it 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.200 here by hearing audio from coach Matt Applebaum, who talked 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:05.800 about the group he inherits here in a press conference 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.080 or a meet with the media back in the month 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:11.640 of May. I was encouraged. I mean, um, I see, 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.440 I see negative plays like everyone else does, but I 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:16.160 see a lot of positive plays too, and I like 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.120 to focus on the positive. And then when you just 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.760 focus in on one guy or another guy, and you 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.160 ignore what's happening with the play or where in the 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.960 game that play is occurring, and you're just studying what 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:29.320 that guy is doing. You see a lot of skill sets, 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.520 and then when you get to know these guys on 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.960 a more insident basis, you're like, Wow, these are really 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:37.080 good dudes. They're hard working on top of their talent, 0:16:37.280 --> 0:16:40.360 and they want to be good. And I mean, I'm 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:42.600 really encouraged up to this point, but I was coach 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:45.560 talking about what he saw on tape after getting the 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.360 job in the alignment he inherited talking about seeing the 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:50.200 positive and trying to harness that and get the most 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.240 out of that going forward. All right, let's go ahead 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:53.960 and take our first break. We'll come back and talk 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:57.080 about the entire cast, a deep Dolphins offensive line group 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.920 plans to cover here on this edition of the Drivetime Podcast. 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:02.720 Your host, Travis Wingfield. We are brought to you by 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:09.399 Auto Nation. Back here on this post holiday edition of 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.160 the Drive Time Podcast. I am still coming to you 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:16.720 from Central Washington. Our summer break extends here right into 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.080 the month of July, but we are just three weeks 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.399 away a little more than three weeks from the start 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:23.080 of training camp, will get a chance to look at 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:26.280 this new made Dolphins offensive line, which again is the 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:29.679 group that has, besides tight ends, the least amount of 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.800 turnover and change in two on the offense. And we 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.120 start here with one of the big changes in order 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.320 of jersey number number fifty eight, Connor Williams. And whether 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:42.360 it's the film, the counting stats, or the advanced metrics, 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:46.600 they really all kind of lend themselves to the same story. 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:49.840 For Connor Williams. He's tough, he's productive, and he's reliable. 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:54.920 Point five pass block efficiency score ranked third best among 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:58.680 all qualifying guards. Last year. He allowed just thirteen quarterback 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.879 pressures that was second fist among all guards left or 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:04.679 right with at least two hundred past blocking snaps. And 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.040 we're using guards because that's where he played in one 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:10.480 but this guy can play any position on the offensive line. 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.800 Going back to his days at Texas with the Cowboys 0:18:13.840 --> 0:18:16.359 the last two years, he played two thousand, one hundred 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:18.800 and seventy five snaps. That was each of the cowboys 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:21.400 thirty four games, including the one playoff game last year, 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:24.320 so eighteen last year sixteen. The year prior an average 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.960 nine hundred and thirty point five snaps per season over 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:31.719 four years with the Dallas Cowboys. Among guards who had 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.600 at least two hundred run blocking snaps. Last year, Williams 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.960 was tenth highest graded guard on Pro Football Focus. He 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:43.800 was back and again talking about things that get repeat 0:18:43.880 --> 0:18:45.960 run here on the podcast. In the off season. We 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:49.480 talked a lot about Daniel Jeremiah's comment during the pre 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:53.120 combine conference call when he talked about things to look 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:55.880 for in a system like what the Niners have run 0:18:55.920 --> 0:18:58.840 with the Dolphins could run under Mike McDaniel is offensive 0:18:58.880 --> 0:19:01.800 lineman who are smart and can move, and that's Connor 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.399 Williams to a t. He's very athletic, talking about the 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:06.679 r S score earlier, and then also the fact that 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:08.760 he was a three point five student of Texas and 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:12.200 actually got into the Texas Macombs School of Business, which 0:19:12.520 --> 0:19:15.280 from my understanding of my research, is a very difficult 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:17.560 thing to do in a really exclusive group that you 0:19:17.640 --> 0:19:20.200 have to have a lot of good extracurriculars and good 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:22.840 g p A to get into. So Connor Williams checks 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:25.080 those boxes and he'll come out and compete his butt 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:27.840 off and make this defense offensive line better. Number sixty 0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:29.760 one cole band were spent time the last year with 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:32.520 the Titans, Giants, and Vikings. He arrived from one of 0:19:32.520 --> 0:19:37.359 the country's premier offensive line factories at the University of Iowa. There, 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:41.520 he was charged with just thirteen quarterback pressures over four years. 0:19:41.720 --> 0:19:44.439 That's on five hundred and seventy two pass blocking snaps, 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:47.439 so very good college career. Has not yet played in 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:51.840 an NFL game. Number sixty three Michael Dieter talked about 0:19:51.840 --> 0:19:54.280 how well he scored on r A s, but his 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:56.800 length at center I think really stands out because again, 0:19:56.800 --> 0:19:59.560 another one of these guys that played tackle, guard and 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.560 center in college and now has played guard and center 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:05.000 in the NFL actually played tackle a couple of games 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:07.200 back in twenty nineteen two. I think that Cowboys game. 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:09.840 He played some left tackle in that game. But his 0:20:10.000 --> 0:20:13.240 length at center is that's the position where it really 0:20:13.280 --> 0:20:15.840 stands out because it helps him gain leverage and latch 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:17.920 onto his man in space, and that's only going to 0:20:17.960 --> 0:20:20.360 help him in pass protection as well, which last year 0:20:20.560 --> 0:20:22.919 he was tagged with just ten quarterback pressures on three 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:25.440 hundred and thirty five pass blogging snaps, and I thought 0:20:25.440 --> 0:20:28.360 we saw consistent growth and progress out of Michael Dieter 0:20:28.400 --> 0:20:31.960 a year ago, number sixty four kelln diash. The aforementioned 0:20:32.000 --> 0:20:35.480 athletic ability is it's immediately evident when you turn on 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:37.199 the tape, and it's not just the fact that he 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:39.439 fires off the ball and can unlock his hips and 0:20:39.440 --> 0:20:41.600 climbed to the second level in the blink of an 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:44.400 eye or get wide. He was the highest graded Pack 0:20:44.440 --> 0:20:49.000 twelve offensive line between one due to the fact that 0:20:49.040 --> 0:20:50.840 his tape was good as numbers were good. I mean 0:20:51.040 --> 0:20:54.879 Pro Football Focus had him with twelve pressures his career 0:20:55.520 --> 0:20:58.359 on five hundred and career pass blocking snaps. That does 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:02.000 say point seven pass block efficiency rate. That was the 0:21:02.040 --> 0:21:05.720 same pbe pass block efficiency rate that d scored in 0:21:06.520 --> 0:21:10.159