WEBVTT - 2022 NFL Draft Preview - Running Backs with Damian Parson 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us buyers touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, tight frow, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:14.880 --> 0:00:18.239 What is up, Dolph fans and welcome to the Drive 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:22.040 Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:26.680 your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:30.639 am your host, Travis Wingfield And on today's show, Damian 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:33.920 Parson and the Draft Network is here talking all things 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:37.519 running backs from Rahee Mostert, Chase Edmunds, Miles Gaskin, and 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:39.680 we're even gonna go to the full back position, talk 0:00:39.720 --> 0:00:42.920 about the alec Ingold acquisition, I should say, and we 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:47.840 wouldn't have Damian on here and not talk NFL Draft 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:51.280 the running backs under the microscope today for somewhere in 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:58.880 South Florida. This is the Drivetime Podcast Miami Dolphins. You've 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:00.400 been doing this for a couple of weeks. Now I 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:02.319 want to go ahead and waste no time and get 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:05.440 to my guest today from the Draft Network, Damien Parson, 0:01:06.040 --> 0:01:08.040 and joining me now is the National Scout from the 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.800 Draft network dot com, the co host of The Talent 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:15.440 Factor podcast and fellow grinder of the tape, Damien Parson, Damien, 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:17.800 We've been talking about this podcast for a while now. Man, 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:21.479 it's finally here. What's going on, dude? Nothing much, man, 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:26.800 coming fresh off a PDN scouting weekend over in Aeric Phoenix, 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.720 Well Scotts Stale, Arizona. So I'm, you know, still a 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.200 little loopy from the time changes, you know, going from 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:36.679 east coast to west to back to east. So other 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.520 than that, man, I'm great. Brother. It's a dry heat 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:41.400 out there. I've went there once one time for the 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:43.560 Buddy's a bachelor party. I think it was a few 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:47.000 years back. Dry heat out there. I think I actually 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.280 prefer the humidity down here to the dry heat. I 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:51.880 don't know what do you think about that? Man, They're dry. 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:54.920 It takes a little bit to get used as first. 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.920 Like it was like NINETI pretty much all week and 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:02.240 um yeah, so like standing outside in the morning, it's 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.960 like seventy because it was signed like I was like, 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:09.079 oh this is great, yeah about eleven. Yeah, it was 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:11.240 like nineties and I was like, oh okay, and I'm 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.320 just like I'm sitting in the shade and I'm like 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.440 I still feel the sun. And I was like this 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.240 is different, but I don't know, Like the humidity, I 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:23.960 kind of I think I actually rather take the dry heat. 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:26.120 I just would need a little bit more time in 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.359 it to get fully acclimated, you know what I mean. 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:30.360 Like a couple of uber drives are like, yeah, you know, 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.720 people come in here to go hiking in the the 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:34.600 mountains and stuff. They go on the trails and they 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.920 forget you have to bring water. I was like, yeah, 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:41.160 that sounds like a very bad situation, not bring hydration 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:43.760 in this type of dry heat. He's like, yeah, it's 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:45.880 not the smartest thing. That's how you wind up on 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:47.960 those shows like I shouldn't be alive or whatever, like 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:50.480 the hiking. You get lost hiking and you're you never 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:54.240 come back in the Yeah, exactly with with a bunch 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.079 of two plugged into me trying to get my ass 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.440 hydrated again. So we got you on here talking about 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:01.079 some football, and you know, we talked about this before 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:02.519 we jumped on the air, that I was gonna talk 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:04.239 a lot about the top part of this class and 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.480 the potential of a potential running back selection. But since 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:09.160 that time, the Dolphins made a big move when out 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:11.640 and got a superstar receiver Entyreek Hill and in the 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.000 process used the first two draft picks. So we will 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:15.800 get to the draft eventually, Damien, but I want to 0:03:15.800 --> 0:03:18.320 just kind of recap the running back position because you 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.480 actually chose the first position when I kind of put 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.440 the feelers out there, and you were very gung ho 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.639 about this position. So I wanted to get your take 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.880 on the Dolphins running back position, and you know, I 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:29.440 know you're in the throes of it here a little bit, 0:03:29.440 --> 0:03:31.120 so we'll take a we'll get to the draft a 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:34.320 little brief repri from that and talk about this Dolphins 0:03:34.400 --> 0:03:36.800 room because they made moves in the running back room 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:39.000 this offseason, and I want to get to the on 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:40.640 the field stuff here in just one second. But from 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:44.240 a coaching perspective, Damien, coach McDaniel had a real nice 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.920 track record of getting production out of this position in 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.480 his career so far. How do you think that translates 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.880 from run game coordinator slash offensive coordinator in San Francisco 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:56.119 to now head coach in Miami. I think it translates 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.440 well because now he has the full control over the 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.880 offense in terms of personnel, what he what, he what 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.520 he envisions, right, So he's being being with Shannahan for 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:07.120 the years and he's been with him, he, you know, 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:10.000 which is one of the smartest minds in the game. 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:13.160 And you know you listen to Mike talk. I was 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:17.160 so excited when he became a candidate for the Dolphins 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.680 because my mindset was, this is a team that needs 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.440 to run the football and bringing a guy like him 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:25.960 and he's going to make sure that's an improvement. Run 0:04:26.000 --> 0:04:29.280 game first has improved, that improved the trenches. Let's get 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:32.000 no matter who you have in the backfield. You can 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:33.960 have Adrian Peterson back there, but if you don't have 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:37.039 an offensive line to reset that can reset the line 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:40.039 of scrimmage and get pushed and get vertical, it's not 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.520 gonna give Adrian Peterson much room to work. Now. He's 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.360 a he's a Hall of Famer for a reason. He's 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.560 going to create his home lane some way, somehow. But 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.880 I love him. Mike mcdanieys does because he's creative in 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:53.320 terms of creating the advantageous blocking angles. He does a 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:55.680 good job with pre snap motion as well. And one 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.920 thing about preestnap motion. Typically when people hear that term, 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.400 they're think, well, okay, is for the quarterback to identify 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:04.680 the coverage that. While that is true, um, it also 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.920 helps the run game because when you start motioning guys, 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.880 especially when you have special you know, elite type of 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:14.799 weapons such as a Tarrek Hill Tyreek Hill, you're sending 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.919 him going backside on the pre snap motion, on the 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:21.640 jet motion or a ghost motion pre snap. Those guys 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.560 have to shift over on the second level and then 0:05:23.600 --> 0:05:26.960 that safety has to move to account for him in 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:30.599 either a quick passing game or play action uh quick 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.400 play action game as well and getting the ball down 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.400 field to him. So these guys are gonna bump over 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.359 like a gap. So now they're thinking, okay, we gotta 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:40.520 keep When they come out of the huddle, they're gonna 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:43.360 like where's Tyreek Hill at all times. But they also 0:05:43.360 --> 0:05:45.039 had to figure out where's Janalen Waddle. So do you 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.440 think about Janellen Waddle being on one side, Tyreek Hill 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:50.400 be on the other? You you motion Tyreek to the 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.800 same side as water. It's like, okay, now most of 0:05:52.839 --> 0:05:56.600 our attention defensively is on the left side of the field, 0:05:57.080 --> 0:06:00.320 and then you run zone to the offenses left defense 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:02.480 is right and they're out man. So he knows how 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.240 to create those box counts for the run game. That's 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:07.960 one that's literally one of the most important pieces to 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:11.960 being an effective run game coordinator or running team is 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.640 creating those advantageous numbers. You want to get three on two, 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:17.880 you want to get you know, two on one, and 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.160 things of that nature. You think about this, his his um, 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:23.400 I would say, his his chemistry with for he moster, 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:26.599 he knows what Raheine can do and how he fits 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.320 and meshes with what he does as a coach. He 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:34.280 fits that that outside zone scheme perfectly. He's patient, has 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.440 been vision, knows how to read his blocks, and he 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:40.880 has that Ferrari Lamborghini type of open field speed that 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:44.840 once you miss and once you you know, overset on 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.960 the second level and open up a gap for him 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:51.520 to cut and and find off his blocks. We've seen 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.520 it so many times in saying frame when he was healthy, 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.680 it's fifty, it's sixty, it's forty, it's touchdown, baby. So 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:00.840 I love what Mike McDaniels gonna, what he is, how 0:07:00.880 --> 0:07:03.080 it translates on the field. Now, I kind of wish 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.640 you said McLarens. I'm a Daniel Ricardo fan, but he's 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:07.200 kind of the bottom of the standings right now, So 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:09.160 I won't hold that against you. But yeah, man, speed 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:11.400 speeds the name of the game for sure, and you 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.160 touched on a couple of things. They're the two things 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.320 I've I've talked about probably more than any other phrases 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:18.120 this year on the podcast are conflict and false steps. 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:20.080 And what you just described I think creates a lot 0:07:20.120 --> 0:07:22.600 of both of those two problems for opposing defenses. At 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.840 least that's the hope here for the Miami Dolphins. He 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:26.640 touched on where he mosted there a little bit with 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:28.920 the personnel. Let's go back to Chase Edmonds as well, 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:31.120 another edition here in the Dolphins backfield. The more I 0:07:31.120 --> 0:07:33.559 watch his game, the more I come away thinking, Okay, 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.600 I think I maybe not slept on this guy in Arizona, 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.640 but I wasn't as aware of how really dynamic his 0:07:39.720 --> 0:07:42.360 game is based upon what you know I I saw 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.280 when I was watching just kind of part time compared 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.800 to going over his tape. So do you remember scouting 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.400 him out of Fordham or and and if so or 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:51.080 if not, either way, how do you think he can 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:53.720 help this Dolphins backfield out this year? Well, I didn't 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.400 scout him out of Fordham. But I write for Revenge 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:58.920 of the Birds, for Espy Nation, for the Cardinals anyway, 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:02.360 So I watched all of his tape. I love Chase Edmons. 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:07.040 It was crazy. I can't remember how soon after he 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.200 signed with you guys, I got a message from my 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.400 guy Ksey Kyle Krabs and he was like, hey, DP, 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:16.640 tell me about Edmonds. And one thing with Edmonds man, 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.880 he's a firstatile, first little piece in the backfield and 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.440 Tyler relied on him a lot, especially in the passing game. 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.560 They would motion him out of the backfield, get him 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:29.000 into those tight uh tight alignments, closer to the to 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:32.560 the tackle line up. There's a number three if you 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:34.920 count from the sideline one to three as a receiver 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:39.120 threat and he literally get him massible linebackers. Man slants, 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:43.960 whip routes, drags and have these linebackers chasing him. And 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.080 he has good foot where he knows how to find 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:49.720 soft spots um in zone and then in the run game, 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:54.000 he predominantly ran out of the inside zone in shotgun, 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.600 so he has a very very good patience. He knows 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.839 how to press create those false steps on the second level, 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.440 make those guys commit that he does a good job 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.800 jump cutting to that open lane. There's a play against 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:10.520 Dallas last year where he meets Michael Parsons, you know, 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:12.439 the defensive rookie of the year, right. He meets in 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:14.719 one on one in the lane in the alley, and 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:16.520 he puts a move on it and just gets right 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:19.520 around him very quickly. He's a deliberate runner in terms 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:22.320 of knowing how to re leverage, knowing when to put 0:09:22.320 --> 0:09:24.280 his foot in the ground and get north and south. 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.520 And then of course when he gets you squared up, 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.040 he will square a defense a defender up, put a 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.280 move on you. He's a guy that doesn't want to 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:33.760 if he has to try and run through you to 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.600 get that first down, he'll do so if necessary. But 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:38.520 he's more of the elusive back. He wants to get 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.000 around you, uh, and get around you quickly so he 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.959 can get more yards. Um, you know after the cats 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.120 or even after contact. That's that's a great scouting report, 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.520 Damian I. I saw the Revenge of the Birds thing 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:51.880 in your profile and didn't put those two together. So 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.160 thank you for getting us there. A host air on 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.400 my part, but you helped us out and pick us 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:58.559 back up there and and carry the team as it were. 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.880 So you know, you know, last year the Dolphins running 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:02.920 back room, there was a bit of attrition there as 0:10:02.920 --> 0:10:05.080 far as injuries going, guys missing some time, and so 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.320 it was it was a challenge to get you know, 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.040 bodies up and we had to kind of go deep 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:11.040 into the bag of tricks there. So he hope that 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.400 those guys can provide not just top end of the 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.760 roster production, but also just make the room deeper in general. 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:18.680 And one of the guys that's been so durable and 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.680 reliable the last couple of years has been a former 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.200 seventh round draft pick and Miles Gaskin out of you 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.640 dub and he's been productive. He's he scores touchdowns, he 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:27.760 catches the football out of the backfield, produces in the 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.800 running game as well. I get the sense, Damian, and 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:32.840 you can tell if I'm wrong. I get the sense 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:36.640 that Myles Gaskins a Damien Parson guy. I do. I've 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.880 watched Miles since he was in college, and I was like, man, 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:41.400 he's he's smaller, but he's a tough kid and he's 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.960 a tough runner. Um, you know, he he does not 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.800 care that he's smaller than most pretty much almost all 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.679 other twenty you know twenty one players on the field, 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:53.360 including offense and defense. But he runs hard, and but 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.600 he's a very he's a jitterbug type of guy too. 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.240 So you think about even with when we talked about Chase, 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:00.440 he's another guy who you want to the ball in 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:02.840 his hands and getting his hands quickly. You're talking about 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.520 in the screen game, you can line them up motion him, 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:07.560 but you know in and out of the backfield, create 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.960 that chaos and that um that that discussion and that 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:14.000 communication anytime. That's the other part about motions as well. 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:17.959 It forces the defense to communicate, forces guys to say, okay, 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:21.839 not just communicate, but commit. Okay, who do you have 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.840 if he's if he motions out, who's your guy? So 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:27.320 do we know we're not running into each other, right, 0:11:27.360 --> 0:11:30.280 But when you start having a lot of moving parts 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:33.599 pre snap, it's hard for those guys to pinpoint and 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:37.480 key in on who's their guy, and it creates those 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:42.559 difficult conversations, so difficult discussions on the on the defensive 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.880 side of the ball, and it creates better opportunities offensively. 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:48.559 So Miles Gaskins is a guy that you can if 0:11:48.600 --> 0:11:50.960 you know, because where he mostly doesn't give you a 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:53.040 lot in the passing game, so you think about having 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:57.640 too and in the shotgun some split back personnel with 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.200 gascons and edmonds, and then you can go spread ahead 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.880 and go empty because now teams are like, Okay, well 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.200 we're gonna bring in and we see these two guys 0:12:06.200 --> 0:12:08.240 in the backfield, maybe we take a line back or 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:10.920 out bringing safety. Well we're gonna split these guys out. 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.920 We're gonna go full empty. And now you have to 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:18.040 figure out, Okay, somebody's running short, who's gonna be as hot. 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.280 You're trying to figure so many different things out, and 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.079 all two it has to do is to play point guard. Man, 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.960 Just play point guard, be that Chris Paul, you know, 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.800 and get these guys the ball in the quickest way, 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:30.840 in the most efficient and effective way, which we know 0:12:30.920 --> 0:12:33.280 he can do. And then when those long those long 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.920 ball opportunities come, you take those. But Miles guys will 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.000 give you something in the run game, in the inside 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.320 zone game as well, especially now the improved offensive line. 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:44.600 That's why I'm excited for him as well, because he's 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:46.400 not the biggest guy, he's not the strongest guy in 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:48.560 terms of be able to move the pile and just 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:52.040 run into a wall and create that four yard gaining himself. 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.360 But now you even prove that offensive line where okay, 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:58.000 we're gonna get some push and all he has to 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.760 do is read his blocks well, playing his foot and 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.160 get up. Feel he's going to be productive, which is 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.040 what he's done for his entire football life, right, a 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.760 very productive career you dub here at the Miami Dolphins 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.800 as well, finding way to to get in the box 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:12.760 score and get in production and getting that stas sheet there. Damian. 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:14.599 When you mentioned the twenty two personnel, don't if you 0:13:14.600 --> 0:13:16.640 saw my face here on zoom light up, but you 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.320 basically went right into my transition because as you were 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:21.559 talking about that, I was thinking, like, man, they've got 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:23.520 to have so many different options for how they cannot 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.880 just deploy these backs in terms of the rotation, but 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:29.360 the potential personnel packages they have. I was like, could 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.840 they go thirty one or thirty personnel and just go 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:34.319 like you know, Mike Gasicki in the thirty one package 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.920 with most dirt gaskin and chase Edmunds and then maybe 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:38.960 Waddle or Hill take some breather like they there's so 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:40.880 many options they could do with with the depth of 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.120 the skill positions they have on offense now and the 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.400 one position group. You know, Damian we established here, I 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.679 think pretty well on early in drive time that you're 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:49.600 a bit of an expert on running backs. Does that 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:53.720 translate to the fullback position because we've got alec Ingold 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:55.720 in house now. I was a huge fan of his 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.920 at Wisconsin. I was bummed we didn't get him when 0:13:57.960 --> 0:13:59.920 he went to the Raiders. Now we do good. Cha 0:14:00.160 --> 0:14:02.400 get a crack at him, pretty highly tired prospect out 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:06.080 of Wisconsin. How do you see him fitting in here? Man? 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:08.560 I really like this this fit. And I'm not gonna 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.520 call him Kyle use check, but I think he could 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:14.720 be using a very similar way with Mike McDaniels. And 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:16.920 you know, McDaniels had a very big part of what 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:18.800 Kyle you ship, was able to do over there for 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.840 the San Francisco for United. And you think about in 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:25.560 today's NFL, you know, today's football game, football period, in 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:27.880 the run game, it's a lot of split zone action. 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.480 You got that slicer coming backside, getting the unblocked defender 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:35.400 that typically the outside linebacker in allowing that tackle to 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.680 get up to the second level. That backside slicer comes across, 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.240 makes that makes that contact and makes that block, and 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:44.080 the running back just reads and cuts, you know, you know, 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.240 off of off of whichever block is advantageous for him, 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.280 and angle can give give you guys that, but I 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:51.600 think he can also give you guys some h back. 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.760 He's he's gonna be a verse ortle guy, which again 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.200 goes back to the versatility of Mike McDaniels. Are really 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:01.720 excited to see how he just puts everything into peace, 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:04.720 right into place rather and you think about I use 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.440 the analogy as a painter, so he's got a blank 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:11.280 cav canvas. But the main thing about the painters like, Okay, 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:13.880 I can't paint what I want if I don't have 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.080 the equipment and the things that I need. I don't 0:15:17.080 --> 0:15:19.200 have my brush, I don't have the colors. I know 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.680 what I want to paint, but I need all of 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:24.880 my all my ingredients and all my equipment. And I 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.560 think now for the most part, if not all of it, 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:31.960 Mike mcdames has has his ingredients and he can paint 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:34.280 that picture for the Miami Dolphins office that he wants. 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:36.280 He could be as creative as he wants to be, 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:39.640 and you can see situations where he can angle, can 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.520 make may line up somewhat as another tight end, as 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.960 that h back, as that slicer, as that lead blocker, 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.240 if you want to go to some power game where 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:52.080 he mostered as well. I'm really excited because this backfield, 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:55.680 it's so talented in my opinion right now, much better 0:15:55.680 --> 0:16:00.240 than it was in the previous years. That legitimate Mike McDaniels, 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:03.160 and it speaks well for two and like, if you're 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:07.080 gonna play too high because you're worried about Tyreek Hille, 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.160 you're gonna have to worry about Jaylen Wago. Of course, 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:12.240 then Mike Kasaki is gonna roam in the middle and 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:14.000 you have to play that too high. And that's something 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:17.120 with teams are kind of focused on now anyway. It's like, well, 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:19.600 we got all these big arm quarterbacks, so we need 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.160 to play too high to take the deep passing game away. 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.320 Then you have a guy as as one dB from 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:27.880 the SEC told me a year ago, two was the 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:32.080 most difficult quarterback he ever had to play. And he 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:33.480 this is a guy that this is a kid that 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:36.520 also played Trevor Lawrence and so it's like, you know 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.360 that was high praise and he's like, yeah, he's surgical, 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:42.200 he's precise, and he's so frustrating to the FEN because 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.160 when you think you got when you think you're in 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.760 the hip pocket of the receiver, he puts it right 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:48.840 in front of them and they're able to pull away, 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:50.840 especially when you got those runnings to catch guys. So 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.880 you you you now at alec angle and I can 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.360 even see some situations where even he motions into the slot, 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.480 you start using him as a dictating piece to see, Okay, 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.560 does he if you motioned him into the slot, does 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:05.199 that linebacker flow with him and kind of lines up 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.879 man and man? Does he stay stationary? Is it shows 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:10.280 that its own defense? And now it's like, okay, we 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.680 kind of know what what the pictures with the pictures 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:14.919 gonna look like post snap Damon. You just gave us 0:17:14.920 --> 0:17:17.680 a reference to an SEC player talking about the accuracy 0:17:17.720 --> 0:17:19.879 and pinpoint level of two his game. You've give us 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:21.359 an F one reference and I think there was a 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.320 bit of a Bob Ross reference and they're talking about 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:25.719 your ease on how you paint the picture there. Folks, 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:27.400 stay tuned. We're gonna take our first break and come 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:29.760 right back and get into the draft. Here with Damien 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.479 Parson from the Draft Network on the Drivetime Podcast, your 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:38.160 host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. Back 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.760 here on this edition of the Drive Time Podcast, I 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.199 am your host, Travis Wingfield, where you're brought to you 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:46.280 by Auto Nation. My guest today is Damian Parson of 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:49.320 the Draft Network. Damian having a blast on this episode. 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.320 And one thing I have asked all my draft gurus, 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:55.160 my draft experts here on the podcast this year is 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.919 a question that has brought a lot of variety, and 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.440 I love the variety and the answers. I'm curious to 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.080 know how you watch film, Like is it late at night? 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:04.840 Is the first thing in the morning? Is it all 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.080 day long? Are you snacking on something You've got a 0:18:07.119 --> 0:18:09.600 dog at your feet? Like what does your your film 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:15.000 study process look like? Oh? Man, um so I typically, uh, 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:18.119 it's typically more so later in the evening, once a 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.520 little man. You know. My wife gets my son ready 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.360 for bigas arts, ready for bad and um I'm typically 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.240 I thought some music going because for me, it's crazy. 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:27.840 A lot of people like I don't know, my wife 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:29.960 will even tell me. It's when I do homework. She 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:32.479 was like, how do you how do you write a paper? 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.680 How do you do research? Write a paper and listen 0:18:34.680 --> 0:18:36.720 to music at the same time. It's like I can't 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.800 do that, need silence, I said. For me, that's similar 0:18:39.880 --> 0:18:42.959 to silence, like I'm in a zone and let's me like, 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:45.280