WEBVTT - Miami Dolphins 2021 NFL Draft Night 1 Recap, Jaylen Waddle and Jaelan Phillips Breakdowns, Day 2 Preview 0:00:02.000 --> 0:00:16.640 Looking down Miami was drawn. What is up, Dolphans And 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:20.200 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:20.320 --> 0:00:25.760 Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:28.800 it going everybody? Night one of the draft is in 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:31.880 the books. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, And on 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:34.640 tonight show, we're gonna talk about those two draft picks, 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.879 Jalen Waddle, the wide receiver out of Alabama at pick 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:41.239 number six, and defensive end Jalen Phillips out of the 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:44.920 University of Miami, your two Dolphins first round draft picks. 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.440 We're gonna talk about those players in depth. We're gonna 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.120 hear from Tyler Martin from Bama Central. We're gonna hear 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.080 from Brett Coleman talking about Jalen Phillips and his game. 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:55.600 We're gonna break down these players, the stats, the data, 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:58.400 the film, all that fun stuff. We're gonna talk about 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:01.520 the draft party at Hard Rocks ADM preview Day two 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:04.360 and all of that and a whole lot more on 0:01:04.400 --> 0:01:08.399 this night one recap edition of the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:12.200 --> 0:01:14.520 And so we kick things off with the first pick 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:18.120 of the Dolphins in this first round of NFL Draft, 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:21.200 and the draft goes kind of chalky to start things 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:23.840 off with Trevor Lawrence and Zack Wilson. Bit of a 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.440 curveball there with Trey Lance at number three. Will cover 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.680 that here in just a moment, and then Kyle Pitts 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:31.520 goes number four and Jamaar Chase goes number five, and 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:33.959 that gives you the option of the top of the 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:37.839 offensive line class with Pena Seul and Rashawn Slater. Sewell 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:40.200 would go one pick after Miami, so I think it's 0:01:40.240 --> 0:01:42.039 safe to assume that he was the number one tackle 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.759 in this class. I thought he was as well. Jamaar 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:47.080 Chase came off the board number five. There was some 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.360 groaning when Kyle Pitts came off the board number four. 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:51.720 But I can finally say on the podcast now that 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.240 I just didn't see the fit for Jamaar Chase in 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:56.680 Miami as far as what they have on the roster 0:01:56.800 --> 0:02:00.360 currently and what they need to infuse into the offense 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.840 and with what fits with quarterback to a tongue by Loa. 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.120 So the smile on my face on up on that stage, 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.720 and as the entire six thousand people at hard Rock 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.560 Stadium or whatever it was was looking on the smile 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:14.640 on my face as I got to break down that 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:16.920 pick of Jalen Waddle and you guys heard this on 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.200 the preview podcast with Kyle Krabs and how he can 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:22.919 impact this offense. It was such a fun, fun night, 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.320 a fun thing to be a part of. Jeff Darlington 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.040 tweeted out after the fact that the Dolphins had Jillen 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:31.200 Waddle as their top receiver all along, and that kind 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.520 of makes some more sense into the trade process for 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.320 going from three to twelve and then back up to six. 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:38.360 I told you guys this, I think I mentioned it 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:42.280 on Zaslow on the radio on Thursday afternoon. The Dolphins 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:44.920 would not put themselves in a position where they're gonna 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:48.600 have a potential doomsday scenario. So getting from twelve to six, Yeah, 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.160 identify Jillian Waddle. You identify that he fits with your 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:54.040 quarterback and fits the competitive toughness this team wants to 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.640 play around and and build their team around. He checks 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.040 all those boxes. Let's go ahead and jump right now 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:02.240 into my breakdown of Jalen Waddle, the player in the 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.000 prospect and so as far as the player and the 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:08.800 prospect goes Jalen Waddle, we talk about electricity, being added 0:03:09.040 --> 0:03:13.160 to this offense. This guy's start stop acceleration ability, whether 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.960 it's vertical, whether it's horizontal, whether it's with the ball 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:18.840 in his hands, is a punt returner or in the 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:22.040 open field, off screens or on deep passes he catches, 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:24.560 or if it's coming off a line of scrimmage without 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.919 the football working in motion. His ability to make things 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.239 happen in a hurry creates instant conflict and creates decision 0:03:31.280 --> 0:03:34.880 time for defensive backs. We talked about the yak ability 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.760 open field, very Tyreek Hill esque, and the way he 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:42.360 creates forced miss tackles and just turns twelve yard gains 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:46.160 into eight yard touchdowns on the regular His deep ball tracking, 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.400 the way he kind of has a center field over 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:50.640 the shoulder look for the football, and his ability to 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.720 both go up and get the football and come down 0:03:52.960 --> 0:03:55.520 and control it and hang onto the ball and survive 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:59.119 contact of the ground or a defensive back raking the football. 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:01.480 He is just an alpha when it comes to that's 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.280 my ball, I'm gonna go get it. I'm gonna go 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.200 make a play. Twenty one of twenty six passes to 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.480 this guy of twenty or more yards in the air, 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:12.160 he caught. That's like a screen percentage there. Twenty one 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:16.040 twenty six unreal production on deep throws to Jillen Waddle 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.440 his entire career. The way he pairs up with Will Fuller. 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:20.839 We'll talk about this more in a minute, but the 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:25.400 vertical and horizontal theme, stretching the defense and creating space 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.360 in this kind of ideally, what does to a do best? 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.920 He works in space, makes quick decisions, takes advantages of matchups. 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:35.360 Jalen Waddle creates so much conflict for the matchup aspect, 0:04:35.480 --> 0:04:37.880 but it also helps keep two safeties away from the 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.200 box to help kind of jive with the r p 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.640 O games. Now you have to defend vertically, you have 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.320 to defend horizontally, and now you have a big, heavy 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.440 offensive lineman coming downhill on r p O as well. 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.240 The spacing that he creates in the offense, again because 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:54.200 of pre snap motion can help you identify pre snap 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:56.920 the way to a can decipher what the defense is doing. 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.080 From a coverage standpoint as well. We have to find out, 0:04:59.360 --> 0:05:02.040 you know, we have respect Jalen Waddles speed from the slot, 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.000 Will Fuller speed outsider in the slot. You're gonna find 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.760 out so much more information because of the playmakers that 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.120 have to be accounted for on the offense with this 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:13.640 new edition in Jalen Waddle. The competitiveness of this kid 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:15.840 is unmatched. We'll talk about some of that here more 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:18.160 than just a second. And the teammate that he is 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:21.719 again just Nick Saban said that the last two years, 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.520 this team has lost their top locker room guy in 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.240 two a Tongue of Yaloa in twenty nineteen and then 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:30.120 Jalen Waddle in He said that those were the two 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.960 most important guys as far as their locker room and 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.280 teammates go. They lost both those guys in back to 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:37.920 back years. So very high praise there from Nick Saban, 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.120 And we heard this from the Around the NFL podcast 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.840 and Chase Goodbread who said that as far as return 0:05:43.920 --> 0:05:46.919 men go, the minute Jalen Waddle suits up, he is 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:50.040 Dante hall Level formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs, one 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.560 of the greatest return men in the history of the 0:05:52.640 --> 0:05:54.960 National Football Leagues. So that's the skinny on what Jalen 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:58.560 Waddle does best as a player, his fit in this offense. 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.960 And Kyle Crabb mentioned this on the preview podcast The 0:06:02.000 --> 0:06:05.120 Strides that Jalen Waddle was supposed to take or was 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:07.880 taking this year before the injury, as this guy that 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.200 was kind of buried on the depth chart there in 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.279 Alabama under Judy and Rugs and Smith for a few years, 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:16.880 and he played that satellite slash slot roll slash guy 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.360 that moved around r P O s and and spacing 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.599 on screens and jet sweeps and the influence of the 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:25.000 eye candy, he began to really increase that role as 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:27.800 a full time move around the formation type of player, 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:29.680 and he was doing it to the tune of like 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.640 twenty four yards per catch, five hundred and something yards 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:36.800 on like forty targets, so just completely completely destroying the competition. 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.680 The year, the opportunity he had to truly break out, 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.960 big play after big play, that ninety yard touchdown catch 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:45.200 where he throws a little subtle double move in the 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.960 middle of the field and just blows by the defensive back. 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.960 Then the balls underthrown by Mac Jones a little bit, 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:54.560 he comes back, slows down, catches it, the dB catches up, 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:57.080 and then Jillen Walla, with forty more yards of field 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.880 to work with, takes off and creates another five yards 0:06:59.880 --> 0:07:01.960 of separation with the ball in his hands because he 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.880 is so damn fast. You just speed doesn't slump. And 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:07.960 we saw that all year, or at least for four 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:11.680 games for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Not to mention how 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:15.240 valuable that skill set for being that satellite guy is 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:18.400 in this offense. Inside as a slot receiver, we think 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:20.800 that's probably the position right now with DeVante Parker and 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:24.160 will Fuller on the outside. Preston Williams plays outside as well. 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:26.920 You've got some chances with Albert Wilson coming back after 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.160 the opt out Jachem Grant maybe inside on the slot, 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:31.800 but Jalen Waddle comes in right away and to me, 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:34.320 gives you so much life and juice and the upgrade 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:37.080 on that inside position. But also you can pitch him 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.240 the ball in the backfield, you can flex him out wide, 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.600 You can do so many things. Here is what Daniel 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.960 Jeremiah had to say about Jalen Waddle and his top 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:49.480 fifty big Board extraordinary speed and playmaking ability. He has 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:53.160 the ability to line up inside or outside. His acceleration 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:56.480 in his release is elite. He destroys the cushions he 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.000 receives from defenders and a hiccup and can find a 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.200 second and third gear once the ball is in the air. 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.120 He's at his best on runaway routes, but he flashes 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.200 the ability to efficiently gear down and work back downhill. 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:09.800 I thought his hands were improved this fall. He's one 0:08:09.800 --> 0:08:13.000 of the most talented kickoff and punt returners to enter 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.480 the NFL in the last decade, and he references a 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.120 return he had against Auburn in twenty nine team But 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:20.200 you heard him talk there about the acceleration once the 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.920 balls in the air. It's that alpha mentality though, I'm 0:08:22.960 --> 0:08:25.320 gonna go get the football, and I have the physical 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:28.120 skill sets to make it happen. It is a true, 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:32.120 truly unique and scary and dangerous proposition. A great pairing 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:35.319 for this Dolphins team, but a scary proposition for defenses 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.720 to have to compete against the guy who has that competitiveness, 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.160 who has that speed, who has the production, who has 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.199 the relationship with two a tongue of voloa, And that's 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.680 gonna pay off right away because you go back to 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:50.880 the Tennessee game. I believe I clipped this off on 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.160 Twitter a couple of months ago to a throwing a 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.360 perfectly placed ball on an over route where Jalen waddle 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.440 catches it and takes off and leaves the defense in 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:02.400 his wake. It was all about timing, precision landmarks. Jalen 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.640 knows where two allects to put the football to. A 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:06.720 knows where Jalen likes to run his routes, and where 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.959 he's gonna wind up on those deep post routes. You 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.840 know this hash mark, that hash mark the numbers wherever 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:13.880 the football has to be, I'm gonna put it in 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.320 that spot. That comes inherently, as does their timing, so 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:19.800 like a speed out to it has seen Jalen running 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.160 speed out a thousand times in his life. He's seen 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:24.280 him run those slant routes. He knows where his feet 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:26.840 wind up, he knows where the target winds up. He 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:30.120 knows how he stacks defensive backs. It comes in inherently 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.760 ingrained with these two guys and the anticipation that to 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:37.000 truly thrives on and that's part of why they were 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:40.920 so dangerous there Alabama. To us, anticipatory throwing is so 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:44.280 elite at finding out, Okay, this cornerback is putting his 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.040 weight on that left leg, so he can't quite drive 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.720 in that direction. Right now, Jalen's got himsel up perfectly 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:51.600 to kind of snap this route off in his face 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.520 and get to that spot before he even has a 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.640 chance to So I'm gonna throw the ball in that 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:57.680 spot and trust that Jalen is gonna be there. And 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.640 you see that weekly on the Alabama type. It was 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:03.280 a good part of two wars rookie season here in 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:05.440 Miami with receivers he had, but I think a guy 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:09.160 like Jillen Waddle takes it to another level. Here's some 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.680 intel from Bruce Feldman pre draft of the Athletic. He said, 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:16.040 or this is from coaches and scouts around the league quote. 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.080 I thought he was the most dangerous of those four 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.200 receivers they had in twenty nineteen. You just can't tackle him. 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.880 His ability to separate from guys is just different. His 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:27.320 change of direction is ridiculous. He's not quite as fast 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:30.000 as Henry Ruggs, but he's quicker. He's lethal in the 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:32.880 return game, and you like how he responds in tough games. 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.560 He ate up Georgia and Texas A and M before 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:37.720 getting hurt, and made a bunch of big plays at 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.640 Auburn last year and made a great punt return against 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.240 l s U. Another coach or scout here. I don't 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:44.960 know if I've ever seen a guy who gets open 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.199 so much like he does. Separation the name of the game. 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:50.000 Right in their Missouri game, they could have thrown to 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:52.559 him every single play like they threw it on some 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:54.959 place to other open guys. But then you look at 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:57.520 him and he was open to that was like every play. 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:00.520 He never got covered or stayed covered even when they 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.520 didn't throw it to him. He's so elusive, so sudden, 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:05.920 so quick, and is able to shift his weight so 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:07.839 he doesn't tip his hand on a lot of things. 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:10.880 He's a very natural route runner end quote. And that 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.440 goes back to the anticipation throws from two of that 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:15.880 I talked about before. That the fact that you can 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.960 trust that he's gonna get to a spot, but not 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.160 just get to a spot. Because of his deep speed, 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.280 the defensive back is not gonna be able to squat 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.320 and drive, So you open up that that half of 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:27.480 a second, two tenths of a second, whatever it is 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.880 that creates space for this precision type quarterback into a 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.400 tongue by loa to match up. I think these guys 0:11:33.480 --> 0:11:37.000 drive together so very well. Now, Jillen did not run 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.160 or test at any pro days or of course, there 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.920 was no combine this year. But Daniel Jeremiah had this 0:11:42.000 --> 0:11:44.679 to say quote and talking to some teams around the league, 0:11:44.840 --> 0:11:48.080 Waddle had the fastest GPS of any receiver in the country. 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.600 Your eyes are not deceiving you when you watch him. 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.640 He's freaky fast end quote. As far as the pro 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:56.640 football focused data, prior to the ankle injury that costs 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:58.920 Waddle eight games this year and all but the opening 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.920 kickoff of a ninth game against the Tennessee Volunteers, he 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:05.319 was matching teammate and eventual Heisman Trophy winner Davante Smith 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:09.720 in the ridiculous statistics category. Waddles five hundred and fifty 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.840 seven receiving yards were seventy four yards more than Smith's 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.360 four game total through the first quarter of the Crimson 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:18.520 Tide schedule, and he did it with eighteen fewer targets. 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:21.920 Waddle was averaging twenty two point three yards per reception 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:27.359 compared to Smith's twelve point seven and a ludicrous nineteen 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.680 point two yards per target. Will four led the NFL 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.080 last year at ten point seven yards per target. He 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.720 had nineteen point two yards per target. Smith was at 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:39.160 ten point eight in college football. A true four down player, 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.880 his dynamic threat extends the special teams average nineteen point 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:46.080 three yards per punt return with two career touchdowns on 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.400 thirty eight opportunities. He also scored a kickoff return touchdown 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.559 an average twenty three point eight yards on nine kick returns, 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:54.640 so we average the most twenty yards per punt return. 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.480 Waddle split his time between wide splits and inside of 0:12:57.559 --> 0:13:01.240 the slot. He played two hundred forty two with a 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.520 hundred and forty seven of those snaps coming from inside alignment, 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.480 and that jives with wattle skill set. He scored a 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:10.760 sixty two point five percent success rate versus press coverage. 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.880 That mark per Harmon falls in the percentile among all 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:18.840 prospects in the reception perception history, but pressing receivers in 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:22.360 the slot, especially receivers who timed a sub four four 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:25.560 forty and perhaps even quicker game speed, it's kind of 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.960 an enter act your own risk proposition for opposing cornerbacks. 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:30.800 You can create ways to get him releases in the 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.840 slot on motion, return motion, whatever it might be, you 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.880 can find creative ways. He gained four hundred and ninety 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:40.319 five yards from the slot which rings in college football. 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.040 Despite playing just four games, mind you, and his slot 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.280 yards per game one three point eight was far and 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.480 away the top in the not in the n C 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:51.480 double A, I should say Matt Harmon again reception perception. 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:55.959 He scored Wattle with success rate on post routes, seventy 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:59.079 three point seven percent on takeoff routes and eighty seven 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:02.319 point five percent on digs. He feaceed on inbreaking routes, 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:05.480 including an eight percent success rate on slants. That's where 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:07.760 two really shines in the middle of the field. So again, 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:10.679 the matchup, the pairing there is perfect. His eighty point 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.960 three success percent success rate against man coverage ranked in 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:18.040 the percent tile in all of college football. So if 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.560 you want to play man coverage, he can beat you vertically, 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:23.320 he can beat you horizontally. Think about drag routes and 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.040 over routes and putting defense and conflict. Like, if you 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:27.760 want to play man coverage against a team that has 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:31.240 Jalen Waddle and Will Fuller, that's a tall order for 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.680 those cornerbacks to turn and run with those guys on 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.800 every single play. How about some more quoture from Matt Harmon. 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.680 It's difficult to remember a recent prospect who is so 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.840 who can so easily flip the field, control their speed, 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.800 and devastate with a stop start move, all while doing 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:50.000 the little things that Waddle does so effortlessly. Overall, Waddle 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:53.040 is an excellent separator. His eighty point three percent success 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.360 rate verse man coverage is not just the best in 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:58.720 one class, it's one of the top scores among all 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:02.880 prospects charted in reception perception history. And this is end 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.600 quote here. Waddle finished tied for six in the country 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:08.000 with an average of ten point one yards after the catch. 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.560 He also generated the twenty six most deep yards passes 0:15:11.600 --> 0:15:14.680 thrown twenty or more yards, with three nine yards on 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.600 just seven passes in that criteria. Most guys are getting 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:20.800 thirty five passes in that criteria. He also turned seven 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:24.080 catches on screen passes into sixty five yards. That's nine 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.880 point to nine yards per screen reception. Just throw it 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.120 to him, I'll get your first down. And the conflict 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:33.040 Waddles and Flute confusion into the offense places on opposing 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:37.680 defense is enough to make opposing defensive coordinator sweat. Especially 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:41.360 paired with Will Fuller, you just cannot keep You can't 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:43.720 play single high defense against this offense anymore, you have 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:46.120 to have two guys up top. Because again, his twenty 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.520 point nine three yards per route run on balls thrown 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:52.040 twenty plus yards or more downfield was second among all 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:55.360 qualifying receivers with at least one target per game this year. 0:15:55.400 --> 0:15:58.160 So both these guys have unreal take the top off 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.840 the defense type of speed and then petitiveness and the 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.760 ball tracking and the hands to make the play. So 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.960 it's a legitimate threat as far as Dolphins receiving depth chart. Now, 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.400 there are third teen receivers on the roster, so you'll 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.880 have some chiseling away at the group to do between 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:15.000 now an opening day, but there is really competition at 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:18.240 every spot. Nobody on the roster is really like Jalen, 0:16:18.320 --> 0:16:20.760 but he does figure into the competition for full time 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:24.240 inside guy from the jump, with the likes of Albert Wilson, 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.880 Lynn Bowden Jr. Alan Hearns, and to a lesser extent, 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.520 Jachim Grant, who I think plays better on the outside 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.360 but with waddle though at the very least he's a 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.280 special package guy and return man from day one, but 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.680 I think he comes in and earned significant work right 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.360 away in your base primary offense. The conflict he creates 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.320 with the speed inside can just open up single opportunities 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:48.040 on the perimeter for Parker and Williams and Gisiki. Do 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:49.920 you really want to bracket the slot receiver and bring 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.040 it tight or a safety down on top of him 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:53.760 to cap him, because that gives you one on one 0:16:53.840 --> 0:16:56.720 matchups on the outside If you do that, I think 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:59.400 you look at the lineup of Fuller, Parker, and Waddle 0:16:59.600 --> 0:17:02.160 in a love personnel. You've got a little bit of everything. 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.880 All three guys can play all three positions, and I'll 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:07.119 be damned if it's not suddenly one of the most 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:11.639 dangerous arsenals of weapons in the entire National Football League. 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:13.960 The competition in the receiver room this summer is going 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.119 to be a ton of fun. Go ahead and finish 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:18.520 up here with some quotes from some scouts and experts 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:20.919 and coaches. He's one of the most talented kickoff and 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:23.920 punt returners to enter the NFL over the last decade. 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:27.320 That's Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network. Nick Saban had 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:28.879 this to say, this is two years in a row 0:17:28.920 --> 0:17:31.360 we lost a player who was probably the most popular 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:33.440 player on the team in terms of being a good 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:36.160 teammate and being liked by his teammates to a tongue 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:38.600 of vlow was last year and Jalen's that way this year, 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.520 and you just hate it for him because they're such 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:43.160 great competitors and they mean so much to their team 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:46.240 and their teammates. And he also finished up by saying 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:50.040 that as far as competitors go, he compared Jalen Waddle's 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:54.240 competitiveness to that of Michael Jordan's and Kobe Bryant. So, 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.560 I mean, we'll be talking about here, this guy is 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:58.879 ultra competitive. And go ahead and finish up here with 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:01.480 Eli drink Witch, the head coach at Missouri. Heading into 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.160 that game, drink Witz thought their plan was a slow 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.920 down Jalen Waddle. That plan centered around keeping the ball 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.280 out of the hands of Jalen Waddle, who was coming 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:12.040 off a twenty nineteen season where he averaged seventeen yards 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:15.320 per catch and totaled six touchdowns while the focal point 0:18:15.560 --> 0:18:18.760 of opposing defenses. He said this, I was like, hey, guys, look, 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:21.040 Jalen Waddle is what makes them go, all right, So 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.920 we got double Jalen and make Davante Smith beat us. Okay, 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:25.840 He's kind of a nice piece out there. But man, 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:28.960 we gotta take Jillen Waddle away. End quote, And that 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:31.600 to me speaks volumes. He is the primary focus of 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:33.800 the defense. It changes the way defense plays you both 0:18:33.840 --> 0:18:36.840 pre snap and post nap. It creates spacing, It creates 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.440 a vertical element. It allows you to possibly get away 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:41.960 from the ten twelve play drives, allows you to score 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:45.000 on possible five six play drives and be explosive and 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:48.480 pick up chunk games. Jalen Waddle your newest Miami Dolphin 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:50.760 and you can find a write up story a profile 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:55.000 on Waddle in the coming days on Miami Dolphins dot com. 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.879 So that's my report. And before the draft occurred, I 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:00.800 had some interviews with some beat writers at some of 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:04.359 the most prominent SCC schools that covered the top skill 0:19:04.440 --> 0:19:07.760 players in this draft, and Kyle Pitts, Jamaar Chase, Jalen Waddle, 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.480 and Davonte Smith because I had a feeling we'd be 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:12.919 using one of those sound bites on this podcast, and 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:15.159 sure enough we are. Let's go ahead and welcome and 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:18.719 Tyler Martin from BAMA Central to talk about Jalen Waddle 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.520 and joining us now is Tyler Martin. He covers the 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:25.040 Crimson type beat on Bama Central dot Com. Tyler, welcome 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:27.840 in and thanks for joining us. Man. What's up, Travis. 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:30.160 I'm glad to be on here. Love this time of year. 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:32.880 Man NFL drafted, you know, it's it really doesn't get 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:35.080 much better than this right here. Man, it doesn't think 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:37.520