WEBVTT - Drive Time - Tight Ends Training Camp Preview 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:06.960 Factors are Dolphins factor drawing Parker Textower. What a win 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:13.160 for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up, Dolphans? 0:00:13.280 --> 0:00:17.040 And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:22.079 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:24.480 every day. How is it going to everybody? Good to 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.280 be back. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:30.440 am here to bring you your daily dose of Miami 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.479 Dolphins football. And on today's show, it's a busy one. 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:37.440 We've got a hodgepodge of Dolphins news, NFL news, my 0:00:37.600 --> 0:00:41.000 trek across the country, the return of Major League Baseball, 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:43.440 a major trade in the a f C East, a 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:46.760 trade for your Miami Dolphins. And we kick off the 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:49.880 training camp preview series by taking a look at the 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:53.040 tight ends strap in as we have got a busy 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.640 one for you here on this Monday, July edition of 0:00:57.080 --> 0:01:04.520 the Drive Time Podcast, our first official Drive Time podcast 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.920 from South Florida. That's right, the Wingfields have taken our 0:01:08.000 --> 0:01:12.399 collective talents to South Beach and we are here, well, 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:15.040 not quite in South Beach. We are staying in Hollywood 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:18.480 before our move to Miramar next week. And I was 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.680 a little bit terrified for that flight, a six hour 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:24.760 flight with my two month old daughter, but she was 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:28.240 an absolute trooper. Well, she slept the entire time, so 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.080 at least she does that favor. And if there's one, 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:34.520 like one single shot upshot of all of this, it's 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:38.280 that flying is exponentially better just because I don't pack 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:41.320 the plane full of passengers. We had our own row, 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:45.120 which was very, very nice for a six hour flight, 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:47.800 and we are really enjoying ourselves down here. So far. 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.080 We've enjoyed the weather. We've gotten to go for a 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:53.360 nice little family walks together in the morning, scoping out 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:57.200 all the crazy wildlife. Saw some iguanas an alligator at 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:01.560 one point. I've been forewarned about snakes, which are positively 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:05.720 my greatest material fear and all of life, well second 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:08.400 to maybe the dentist like a twelve year old, but 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:12.079 those are my fears. My wife's fear down here is 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.440 those gators, and we saw one on the side of 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:17.480 the road off a Sheridan the other day, which prompted 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.519 her to go do some research on the likelihood of 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:24.639 gator attacks, and she essentially prepared what was what amounted 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.200 to a power point presentation to give me all the 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:31.160 facts about gators and attacks from alligators, like the chances 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:34.040 of being attacked are one and two point four million. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.200 Did you know that? Well, now you do. And also 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.679 how gators can outrun their prey, including humans, in a 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.919 twenty foot sprint. So she's got those facts dialed in 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.040 all avoid the snakes. She'll take care of the gator information. 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:49.440 The wingfields are ready for South Florida. Now back to 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:53.280 the flight. How great was it to see baseball back 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.920 on our televisions and laptop screens? Oh, Live sports, How 0:02:57.000 --> 0:03:00.320 I have missed you so so very much. Nice to 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:03.680 have sports on the social media timelines compared to bickering 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.840 and fighting and division. The Mariners are back. They went 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:09.000 one and two over the weekend. I was kind of 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:11.520 hoping for oh and three because we're gonna be dreadful 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.000 this year. We can't get anybody out with that bullpen 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:17.040 or starting rotation. And I do think they are rebuilding 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.480 this thing the right way in Seattle for what seems 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:21.959 like the first time in two decades. I kind of 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.679 want my Bryce Harper or my Carlos Korea, So I 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.320 kind of want to lose a bunch of games, and 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:30.000 the guy I'm positively stoked about is outfielder Kyle Lewis 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:33.320 couple of homers in the opening series game winning single 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.040 in the one victory over the Astros. He can use 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:39.520 all fields with power, he can play all three outfield spots, 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:42.400 and it's just so refreshing to have a young slugger 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:44.720 that can handle the bat the way he does. For 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.720 the Mariners. It's always been false hope with guys in 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.440 their late twenties or maybe even their thirties, with like 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:52.960 a one month surge of production from a guy like 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.320 a day Ho Lee, for instance, who could never hit 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:58.400 a curveball, but because guys were throwing him fastballs and 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.640 he produced early, fans got excited. But then the Pedro 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:04.480 Serrono curse came to life, like in month number two. 0:04:04.720 --> 0:04:06.520 The guys that you just know are not going to 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:10.440 sustain that level of initial success. That is not Kyle Lewis, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:14.520 and I am here for it. But how about that 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:18.159 season opening game. I had a terrible stream on the airplane, 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:19.920 but I was so grateful to see it that I 0:04:19.960 --> 0:04:23.080 just didn't care that much. And that Yankees Nationals opener 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:27.040 had the best regular season Major League Baseball ratings for 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:30.799 a game, a regular season game since two thousand eleven, 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.880 and I think you can probably project similar results to 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:37.000 the other sports league starting back up here soon, especially 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.560 as we get close to the start of America's second 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:42.280 most popular sport in basketball, and then of course the 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:45.719 king in the NFL. And with that, let's go ahead 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:49.000 and talk about some news. The Dolphins have been active 0:04:49.279 --> 0:04:52.160 the last few days, trimming the roster down to eighty 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:56.400 three players. The Dolphins released Jake Rudoc the quarterback receiver, 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:00.719 Ricardo Lewis, an undrafted defensive lineman Ray Lee who actually 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:04.039 was reported that he decided to retire his football career 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:07.680 before it began, and Edges, Avery Moss and Trent Harris 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.880 now Ruddock, Lima and Lewis never played a regular season 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:14.280 down for the Dolphins, while Harris and Moss last year 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:17.360 combined for more than six hundred snaps on that defense. 0:05:17.560 --> 0:05:19.839 And this goes back to the theory of always churning 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.520 the bottom of the roster. There was a great segment 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.320 on my favorite podcast once again, as it seems to 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:28.080 be referenced this podcast once a week here on Drive 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.640 Time to Move the Sticks podcast and how Daniel Jeremiah 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.960 and Bucky Brooks had this idea about taking advantage of 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.600 the sixteen man proposed practice squad idea this year and 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:40.840 churning over that part of the roster so you can 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:42.880 bring in new guys to get a look at some 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.400 fresh bodies and try some guys out for some in 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.240 house workouts over the course of the season. And I 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:50.760 think back to the Seattle Seahawks more than anybody else. 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:53.280 More on them here in just one minute, but when 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:56.120 they first hired Pete Carroll and John Schneider, they were 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.080 doing that. They led the league in transactions that first year. 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.880 The Dolphins led the league in transactions last year. And 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:05.320 these coaches, these Dolphins coaches, they had a full year's 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.600 look at these guys, and I trust that they know 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:10.200 what types of players they are, what types of players 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.120 they want, And maybe you want to get a better 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:15.039 look at guys you just have not seen yet. Maybe 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:17.520 in a year with O T. A. S your opinion 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:19.960 can be swayed by what you saw in April and 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.240 May and June. But I do recall Brian Flora's last 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.560 training camp with some of his media availability talking about how, 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:28.920 for the most part, you know what types of players 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:31.640 you have in your building because you've done the leg work, 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.599 the pre work on those guys in the scouting process 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.120 before you bring them in. But this all just makes 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.080 sense to get a look at people that you brought in, 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.360 like a guy you might want to see that hasn't 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:43.880 been on the field in a Miami Dolphins uniform, like 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:47.200 just for instance, at that same position, undrafted free agent 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:50.040 Tyshan Render, what can he do? For instance, we know 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.800 Brian Flores is going to be active in his own 0:06:53.160 --> 0:06:55.719 research and checking out players that he can bring into 0:06:55.760 --> 0:06:58.240 improve this roster. And I just look at this as 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.320 another step, another stepping own and taking care of that 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.880 process and going forward with that mindset. And so we 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:08.680 have training camp slated to begin tomorrow on with some 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.880 significant revisions to the usual schedule. I'll go ahead and 0:07:11.960 --> 0:07:14.920 wait until we have a concrete outline before we dive 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:18.760 into that. But for now, one last bit of NFL 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.800 news before we dive into the Adam Shaheen trade and 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:26.120 the camp preview for his position. The tight ends Jamal Adams, 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:30.960 Jets safety number six overall pick, is now out of 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.640 the division. They send the all pro safety to Seattle. 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.520 The Jets get back a pair of first round draft picks, 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:40.920 a third round draft pick, and Bradley McDougald, the seahawks 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.920 former safety, and the Seahawks get the All Pro safety 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.640 and a fourth round draft pick. Now, that is some 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:50.040 really nice draft compensation there for the Jets. You can't 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.600 argue with getting two first round picks. That's the cost 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:54.440 of business for some of the big time players in 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:58.000 this league. Jalen Ramsey, Laramie Tunzel. We saw it with 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:01.360 Khalil Mack going to the Chicago Bears. So the Jets 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.840 do well to get that maximum trade compensation back in 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:07.640 their direction. But who can say they're not glad that 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.040 that dude is out of the a f C East, 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:13.960 out of the conference altogether. He's an absolute monster and 0:08:14.040 --> 0:08:16.960 a perfect fit for that Seattle defense. We talked about 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:19.559 this on the No the Enemy podcast and the article 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.080 up on Miami Dolphins dot com taking a look at 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.520 the Seattle Seahawks. How Seattle built up that defense around 0:08:25.560 --> 0:08:28.760 Pete carroll scheme, Pete Carroll's idea of what defense looks 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:31.840 like and that Cover three's coverage scheme on the back end, 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.480 and one of the key roles during those four consecutive 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:38.000 seasons they had as the NFL's top ranked defense. Was 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.599 Cam Chancellor playing in that buzz slash force role and 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.319 if you want to think about what that might mean, 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:45.560 it's a little bit of a Rashad Jones role from 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:50.360 his peak. What was in that range for your Miami 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:54.360 Dolphins recalled that pick six against the Titans and I 0:08:54.440 --> 0:08:56.760 think it was the first Dan Campbell game. That's what 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.440 a buzz looks like. You can basically make your read 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.839 from that. Asian playing a quasi linebacker role, you come down, 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:05.360 pick off the backside crossing route, maybe you step in 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:07.560 front of a front side stick route right in front 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:09.400 of you, and you can also act as the force 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.599 run defender. Plenty of sea gap penetration there, as we 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.319 saw Rashad do for so many years playing outside the 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.319 tackle and run support and man, Jamal Adams is the 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:20.960 very best in the business at just that. I think 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.599 he and Derwin James, for my money, are step for 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:25.880 step in terms of which guy is the best safety 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.040 in the NFL. Think Derwin James gives you a little 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:29.719 bit more pass rush and that type of thing, but 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:33.120 those guys can both make an argument for best box 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:36.000 safety in the NFL, and he gives the Seahawks a 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:39.360 major shot in the arm. That way, so instinctive, so 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:42.800 active and always around the football, A great get for Seattle. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.360 I'm glad that he's gone. And how funny is it 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.760 that literally the last podcast we did here on Drive Time, 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:51.280 I told you guys, I grew up with the mentality 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.679 and grained in me to root against the Seattle Seahawks. Well, 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:56.760 that's gonna have to go out the window now, because 0:09:56.840 --> 0:10:00.240 Seattle should be all of our collective second favorite team 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.600 this year as well as one so as to knock 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:05.880 those draft picks down the first round, a little bit 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:08.920 down the rung into the late twenties, hopefully for division 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.920 rival in New York at the bottom of that first round. 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.280 Now another trade here in the news, and this one 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:17.880 is even closer to the Miami Dolphins. It is the 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:20.960 Miami Dolphins, as it has been reported that a conditional 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:23.400 seventh round draft pick is going to be sent to 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:25.959 the Chicago Bears. And we'll get you updated on a 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.000 future podcast just as soon as we know the conditions 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:33.599 for former second round draft pick Adam Shaheen out of 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:37.480 Ashland University. The tight end formally of the Chicago Bears 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.600 and with Shaheen, let's go ahead and make yet another 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.920 move the Sticks reference. They did a podcast back in 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.160 like I think it was, where they talked to Chris Greer, 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:50.600 Dolphins general manager, and he describes some prototypes the Dolphins 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:52.800 like in terms of what players they look for for 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:54.959 their scouting staff and players they want to bring in. 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.040 And Chris Greer has a specific prototype that he prefers, 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:00.559 but he also mentioned that you can also spanned your 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:04.120 beliefs and your prototypes to accommodate certain players. So Chris 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.000 Greer is both flexible that way, but also knows what 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:09.680 kind of player he wants to bring to the Miami Dolphins, 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.480 and we've seen the Dolphins stay true to that, especially 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:17.720 since Brian Flora's arrived with the size slash athleticism combination players. 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.160 For instance, to even go back to last year, some 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.040 of those acquisitions from the a A F like Jared 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.680 Jones Smith was a guy who was just an absolute 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:28.839 mammoth of a human being with an impressive wingspan, good 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:32.000 movement skills, and you know what, maybe it doesn't always 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.040 work out, but that's how this entire process, this entire 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:39.400 sport works right, You'll have a certain amount of resources allocated. 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.480 You weigh risk versus reward, You pick your spots, and 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:44.800 you hope the coaching staff can get the most out 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:48.360 of a player's potential talent. And with Shahem, that's exactly 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.319 what you've got here in Miami. His passing game production 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:53.880 in Chicago, I'm sure isn't what he or the Bears 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:57.040 had expected through the first three years. Twenty six catches, 0:11:57.080 --> 0:12:00.640 four touchdowns, two d forty nine yards. He's this sometime 0:12:00.760 --> 0:12:03.280 during his three years there, and it's contributed to some 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:05.920 mixed usage in terms of where he lines up, what 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.439 he's asked to do, so on and so forth. And 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:12.240 now he'll get a fresh start with your Miami Dolphins. 0:12:12.480 --> 0:12:15.559 And that's where we kick off the Miami Dolphins training 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:18.160 camp preview here as we are just one day away 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.719 from the team reporting to training camp. Of course, the 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.120 schedule different this year. We'll talk about that on a 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:26.120 future podcast. Let's go ahead and start here with the 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.240 tight ends. And first before we do that, my goodness, 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:33.160 I love doing these, diving into the Dolphins roster in depth, 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.040 getting a good look at what each player offers, what 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.680 the upside is there taking the overall temperature of the room, 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.880 and that's what we'll do here in general for the 0:12:42.960 --> 0:12:46.040 tight ends. George Godzi is your position coach there, and 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:48.520 you look at the construction of the tight end room 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.480 and you basically have what amounts to a bunch of 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:55.200 guys that can really possibly compliment Mike Gasicki, who really 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.920 came on strong last year in your number two as 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:01.080 a professional. The builds and the acup of these players 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.920 that are trying to compete for playing time at tight end, 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:07.400 they seem to really complement Mike Gasicki and his ability 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:11.520 to make you flexible from multiple personnel packages. And when 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.800 I talk about that, I'm looking at like, for instance, 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.719 eleven personnel, one back, one tight end, three receivers. But 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.720 because Mike Gasicki is so flexible and can play slot, 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:23.160 he can split out wide, he can play in the backfield, 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.079 he can line up in line, you can basically have 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:30.760 a substitution package without substituting on the play, which forces 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.160 the defense to stay in the same formation they are 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.400 in and then you're able to adjust your formation. Maybe 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.880 you go tempo and the defense can't change. There is 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.480 because you didn't make any substitutions, and they won't have 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.240 time to make theirs either, and so we'll see how 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.400 chan Gailey wants to call it. He's used conversion players 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.079 at tight end before, like Quincy and Noon Law for instance, 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:52.920 with the Jets as his tight end. He's gone without 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:56.760 tight ends altogether for the most part in some spread offenses. 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.679 And I think that's the most intriguing part about this 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:02.880 team this year for me. What does this offense look like? 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:05.319 What does it want to be From an identity standpoint, 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:07.920 I have my thoughts and my ideas. I certainly think 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:10.680 this team could be dangerous in the R P O game, 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.960 for instance, which requires quick decision making at the quarterback spot, 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:18.080 quick processing, replacing the blitzer blitzing defenders with the football. 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:20.720 It's basically the football equivalent of you've got to hit 0:14:20.800 --> 0:14:23.240 it where they ain't. So that tight end spot is 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:26.320 the source of some real flexibility and an offense and 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:29.160 a team that wants to be flexible, and that serves 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:31.720 as a great segue into the type of player that 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:35.080 new Dolphins tight end Adam Shaheen is at that position. 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.160 And I do think Shaheen could serve as a compliment 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.960 to Mike Kasicki because he can do some things as 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.520 an inline blocker and kind of toughen you up inside 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.200 that way, but he also features a lot of athletic 0:14:46.280 --> 0:14:49.800 ability and also downfield receiving ability run after the catch. 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:52.240 He kind of has the entire package, just has to 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.080 find a way to put it all together. As he 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.800 gets here to Miami and we go over to the 0:14:57.080 --> 0:15:00.160 r a S, the Relative Athletics scorecard, I always up 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:01.840 to start there when taking a look at a new 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:05.240 Miami Dolphins player. This is courtesy of Kent Platt. He's 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:08.200 done these things dating back to nineteen eighty seven. I 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:09.920 don't think he did it back then, but he went 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.520 that far back and tracked every single player at the 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:16.120 combine since nineteen eighty seven and groups them into these rankings, 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.960 taking a total scorecard from their height, their weight, their speed, 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.280 their vertical jump, their broad jump, everything you do with 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.520 the combine. He collects it into one score and Shaheen 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:29.560 ranked among the four hundred and sixty three tight ends 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.560 that he measured on the r a S since nineteen 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:35.120 eighty seven. This guy is a small school product from 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:38.600 Ashland University and he really emerged onto the scene during 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:42.000 the run up to seventeen draft. With that combine, workout 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.680 scouts noted his movement ability paired with a six ft 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.880 six frame two hundred and seventy eight pounds, he caught 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:53.280 scouts eyes in Indianapolis, like, for instance, NFL Networks Daniel Jeremiah, 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.880 his third reference of this podcast, who compared Shaheen's movement 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.320 and run after the catch ability to Kansas Cities Travis Kelsey. 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.560 He even called him Baby Gronk at one point, so 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:06.760 Jeremiah loved him from Adam Shaheen coming out of the draft. 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:10.280 He also noted the rarity of Shaheen's size speed combination 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.640 on his draft report. He also mentioned Shaheen's movement ability 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.800 has a similar vibe to that of a wide receiver 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:19.640 at two hundred and seventy seven pounds. No less, and 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:23.280 Shaheen's college career began, of course, on the hardwood, which 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.520 makes sense for how he moved so well. He was 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:28.760 a basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:33.120 He transferred to Ashland and walked onto the football team there. 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:37.480 At Ashland, Shaheen caught one nine passes for one thousand, 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.560 seven hundred and fifty five yards and twenty six touchdowns, 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:43.960 a good touchdown percentage there in terms of catches per touchdown. 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.800 NFL dot COM's lanzerline echo Jeremiah's thoughts and his pre 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.280 draft report on Shaheen, saying, quote, he's big, he's fast, 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:53.960 and he's tough after the catch. Who doesn't want that? 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.120 When you watch him dominate his level of competition, it's 0:16:57.160 --> 0:17:00.480 easy to get excited about the potential result if size 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:04.040 and athleticism translates to the next level end quote. And 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.800 since that time, Shaheen has dropped some weight. He checked 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:09.399 in last year on the Chicago Bears official website in 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:12.280 twenty nineteen at two hundred and fifty seven pounds, so 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:14.760 down about twenty pounds, and there was a story up 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:18.119 on CBS sports dot Com last summer that Shaheen dropped 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:21.439 the weight to improve his flexibility and core strength. Now 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.520 you know, on this podcast, we love getting into the analytics, 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.320 the nitty gritty, the metrics, and I love talking about 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:30.240 player usage and how this all kind of formulates together. 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:33.040 With the Dolphins tight end room, Mike Kasicki came on 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.840 strong and his second year last year with the Dolphins, 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:39.200 he led Miami and snaps played with seven hundred and 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:43.200 one offensive snaps. That was six of the offensive snaps. 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:46.040 Durham Smith was second with four hundred and eighty two 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:49.440 snaps that's forty four point seven, while former Dolphins Nico 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.359 Larry and Clive Walford both played less than one hundred 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.640 and fifty snaps on the year. But playing in eight 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:57.600 games for the Bears last year, Shaheen played one hundred 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.439 and seventy four offensive snaps and a Worring to Pro 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:03.800 Football Focus, he was in line, which means attached to 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:06.920 the line of scamage outside either tackle for one and 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.720 ten of those one hundred and seventy four snaps. He 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.639 was out wide as a receiver thirty one snaps and 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:15.159 in the slot as a receiver for twenty seven of 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:18.000 those snaps. He was also considered an offensive lineman for 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.080 four snaps and in the backfield for two Bears plays. 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.680 Last year, he was praised for his ability in college 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:26.720 to latch on as a blocker and displaced defenders in 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:29.400 the run game. There at Ashland, one of the primary 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:32.040 functions of an inline tight end is playing that head 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:34.720 up football blocking down in the running game, and in 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.200 twenty nineteen, Shaheen was in line for sixty five point 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:40.840 five percent of his snaps, which of course compares to 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:43.720 Mike Asiki being in line for twenty two point seven 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.879 percent of his snaps and Durham Smith a lot closer, 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:50.000 actually even more than Shaheen with seventy eight and a 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:53.080 half percent of his snaps in line in ten. So 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:55.159 it tells you about the players the Dolphins have in 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:57.480 terms of where they're lined up, where they might be 0:18:57.680 --> 0:19:00.520 used this season and beyond and tie it ends are 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:04.200 typically prominent fixtures on special teams as well, especially guys 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:06.359 that make up the second and third tight end spots 0:19:06.640 --> 0:19:09.199 on the roster, and Shaheen offers that for the Dolphins 0:19:09.240 --> 0:19:12.560 as well. During his twenty seventeen rookie campaign, Shaheen played 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:15.840 a career high three hundred and eighty eight snaps, including 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:19.280 one hundred and forty nine as a special teamer. He 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:23.879 joins Gisicki, Smyth free agent signing, Michael Roberts, practice squad 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:26.680 member from last year, Chris Myrick, and of course undrafted 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:29.240 rookie this year, Bryce Stirk. And we'll go ahead and 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:31.520 turn now and break down the rest of these Dolphins 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:34.720 tight ends Adam Shaheen joining them in the tight end room. 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:38.600 This year, we start with a fellow prominent inline blocking 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:41.560 tight end and Durham Smith, who has two years of service. 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.560 This is his third now in Miami, Jersey, number eighty 0:19:44.640 --> 0:19:46.880 one went to Notre Dame. He's gonna be twenty five 0:19:46.960 --> 0:19:49.360 point oh on opening day and he has two years 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:51.560 left on that rookie deal and going off of his 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:54.760 twenty nineteen utilization, there was very little mystery about the 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:57.880 type of player the Dolphins beliefs Smythe to be again 0:19:58.000 --> 0:20:01.040 on the field. Fort of the Dolphins plays seventy eight 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:03.080 and a half of those in line reps and he 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:05.800 was near that four eight times. Shaheen ran a four 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:09.520 seven nine Smythe round four eight one forty time. And 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:13.439 he really excelled in college in Notre Dame's run heavy system. 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.120 He was a beast on tape blocking guys and moving 0:20:16.160 --> 0:20:18.399 him off the football. He's also sprung some pretty big 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:20.800 runs here for the Miami Dolphins. You go back to 0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:23.800 the game against the Patriots. I recall this like it 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:27.280 was yesterday. He sprung a huge hole on that Brandon 0:20:27.400 --> 0:20:30.560 Bold and long touchdown run in that game. He too, 0:20:30.760 --> 0:20:33.159