Speaker 1: Looking down Miami was drawn. What is up, Dolphans And
Speaker 1: welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's
Speaker 1: it going everybody? Night one of the draft is in
Speaker 1: the books. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, And on
Speaker 1: tonight show, we're gonna talk about those two draft picks,
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle, the wide receiver out of Alabama at pick
Speaker 1: number six, and defensive end Jalen Phillips out of the
Speaker 1: University of Miami, your two Dolphins first round draft picks.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about those players in depth. We're gonna
Speaker 1: hear from Tyler Martin from Bama Central. We're gonna hear
Speaker 1: from Brett Coleman talking about Jalen Phillips and his game.
Speaker 1: We're gonna break down these players, the stats, the data,
Speaker 1: the film, all that fun stuff. We're gonna talk about
Speaker 1: the draft party at Hard Rocks ADM preview Day two
Speaker 1: and all of that and a whole lot more on
Speaker 1: this night one recap edition of the Drive Time Podcast.
Speaker 1: And so we kick things off with the first pick
Speaker 1: of the Dolphins in this first round of NFL Draft,
Speaker 1: and the draft goes kind of chalky to start things
Speaker 1: off with Trevor Lawrence and Zack Wilson. Bit of a
Speaker 1: curveball there with Trey Lance at number three. Will cover
Speaker 1: that here in just a moment, and then Kyle Pitts
Speaker 1: goes number four and Jamaar Chase goes number five, and
Speaker 1: that gives you the option of the top of the
Speaker 1: offensive line class with Pena Seul and Rashawn Slater. Sewell
Speaker 1: would go one pick after Miami, so I think it's
Speaker 1: safe to assume that he was the number one tackle
Speaker 1: in this class. I thought he was as well. Jamaar
Speaker 1: Chase came off the board number five. There was some
Speaker 1: groaning when Kyle Pitts came off the board number four.
Speaker 1: But I can finally say on the podcast now that
Speaker 1: I just didn't see the fit for Jamaar Chase in
Speaker 1: Miami as far as what they have on the roster
Speaker 1: currently and what they need to infuse into the offense
Speaker 1: and with what fits with quarterback to a tongue by Loa.
Speaker 1: So the smile on my face on up on that stage,
Speaker 1: and as the entire six thousand people at hard Rock
Speaker 1: Stadium or whatever it was was looking on the smile
Speaker 1: on my face as I got to break down that
Speaker 1: pick of Jalen Waddle and you guys heard this on
Speaker 1: the preview podcast with Kyle Krabs and how he can
Speaker 1: impact this offense. It was such a fun, fun night,
Speaker 1: a fun thing to be a part of. Jeff Darlington
Speaker 1: tweeted out after the fact that the Dolphins had Jillen
Speaker 1: Waddle as their top receiver all along, and that kind
Speaker 1: of makes some more sense into the trade process for
Speaker 1: going from three to twelve and then back up to six.
Speaker 1: I told you guys this, I think I mentioned it
Speaker 1: on Zaslow on the radio on Thursday afternoon. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: would not put themselves in a position where they're gonna
Speaker 1: have a potential doomsday scenario. So getting from twelve to six, Yeah,
Speaker 1: identify Jillian Waddle. You identify that he fits with your
Speaker 1: quarterback and fits the competitive toughness this team wants to
Speaker 1: play around and and build their team around. He checks
Speaker 1: all those boxes. Let's go ahead and jump right now
Speaker 1: into my breakdown of Jalen Waddle, the player in the
Speaker 1: prospect and so as far as the player and the
Speaker 1: prospect goes Jalen Waddle, we talk about electricity, being added
Speaker 1: to this offense. This guy's start stop acceleration ability, whether
Speaker 1: it's vertical, whether it's horizontal, whether it's with the ball
Speaker 1: in his hands, is a punt returner or in the
Speaker 1: open field, off screens or on deep passes he catches,
Speaker 1: or if it's coming off a line of scrimmage without
Speaker 1: the football working in motion. His ability to make things
Speaker 1: happen in a hurry creates instant conflict and creates decision
Speaker 1: time for defensive backs. We talked about the yak ability
Speaker 1: open field, very Tyreek Hill esque, and the way he
Speaker 1: creates forced miss tackles and just turns twelve yard gains
Speaker 1: into eight yard touchdowns on the regular His deep ball tracking,
Speaker 1: the way he kind of has a center field over
Speaker 1: the shoulder look for the football, and his ability to
Speaker 1: both go up and get the football and come down
Speaker 1: and control it and hang onto the ball and survive
Speaker 1: contact of the ground or a defensive back raking the football.
Speaker 1: He is just an alpha when it comes to that's
Speaker 1: my ball, I'm gonna go get it. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: make a play. Twenty one of twenty six passes to
Speaker 1: this guy of twenty or more yards in the air,
Speaker 1: he caught. That's like a screen percentage there. Twenty one
Speaker 1: twenty six unreal production on deep throws to Jillen Waddle
Speaker 1: his entire career. The way he pairs up with Will Fuller.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about this more in a minute, but the
Speaker 1: vertical and horizontal theme, stretching the defense and creating space
Speaker 1: in this kind of ideally, what does to a do best?
Speaker 1: He works in space, makes quick decisions, takes advantages of matchups.
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle creates so much conflict for the matchup aspect,
Speaker 1: but it also helps keep two safeties away from the
Speaker 1: box to help kind of jive with the r p
Speaker 1: O games. Now you have to defend vertically, you have
Speaker 1: to defend horizontally, and now you have a big, heavy
Speaker 1: offensive lineman coming downhill on r p O as well.
Speaker 1: The spacing that he creates in the offense, again because
Speaker 1: of pre snap motion can help you identify pre snap
Speaker 1: the way to a can decipher what the defense is doing.
Speaker 1: From a coverage standpoint as well. We have to find out,
Speaker 1: you know, we have respect Jalen Waddles speed from the slot,
Speaker 1: Will Fuller speed outsider in the slot. You're gonna find
Speaker 1: out so much more information because of the playmakers that
Speaker 1: have to be accounted for on the offense with this
Speaker 1: new edition in Jalen Waddle. The competitiveness of this kid
Speaker 1: is unmatched. We'll talk about some of that here more
Speaker 1: than just a second. And the teammate that he is
Speaker 1: again just Nick Saban said that the last two years,
Speaker 1: this team has lost their top locker room guy in
Speaker 1: two a Tongue of Yaloa in twenty nineteen and then
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle in He said that those were the two
Speaker 1: most important guys as far as their locker room and
Speaker 1: teammates go. They lost both those guys in back to
Speaker 1: back years. So very high praise there from Nick Saban,
Speaker 1: And we heard this from the Around the NFL podcast
Speaker 1: and Chase Goodbread who said that as far as return
Speaker 1: men go, the minute Jalen Waddle suits up, he is
Speaker 1: Dante hall Level formerly of the Kansas City Chiefs, one
Speaker 1: of the greatest return men in the history of the
Speaker 1: National Football Leagues. So that's the skinny on what Jalen
Speaker 1: Waddle does best as a player, his fit in this offense.
Speaker 1: And Kyle Crabb mentioned this on the preview podcast The
Speaker 1: Strides that Jalen Waddle was supposed to take or was
Speaker 1: taking this year before the injury, as this guy that
Speaker 1: was kind of buried on the depth chart there in
Speaker 1: Alabama under Judy and Rugs and Smith for a few years,
Speaker 1: and he played that satellite slash slot roll slash guy
Speaker 1: that moved around r P O s and and spacing
Speaker 1: on screens and jet sweeps and the influence of the
Speaker 1: eye candy, he began to really increase that role as
Speaker 1: a full time move around the formation type of player,
Speaker 1: and he was doing it to the tune of like
Speaker 1: twenty four yards per catch, five hundred and something yards
Speaker 1: on like forty targets, so just completely completely destroying the competition.
Speaker 1: The year, the opportunity he had to truly break out,
Speaker 1: big play after big play, that ninety yard touchdown catch
Speaker 1: where he throws a little subtle double move in the
Speaker 1: middle of the field and just blows by the defensive back.
Speaker 1: Then the balls underthrown by Mac Jones a little bit,
Speaker 1: he comes back, slows down, catches it, the dB catches up,
Speaker 1: and then Jillen Walla, with forty more yards of field
Speaker 1: to work with, takes off and creates another five yards
Speaker 1: of separation with the ball in his hands because he
Speaker 1: is so damn fast. You just speed doesn't slump. And
Speaker 1: we saw that all year, or at least for four
Speaker 1: games for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Not to mention how
Speaker 1: valuable that skill set for being that satellite guy is
Speaker 1: in this offense. Inside as a slot receiver, we think
Speaker 1: that's probably the position right now with DeVante Parker and
Speaker 1: will Fuller on the outside. Preston Williams plays outside as well.
Speaker 1: You've got some chances with Albert Wilson coming back after
Speaker 1: the opt out Jachem Grant maybe inside on the slot,
Speaker 1: but Jalen Waddle comes in right away and to me,
Speaker 1: gives you so much life and juice and the upgrade
Speaker 1: on that inside position. But also you can pitch him
Speaker 1: the ball in the backfield, you can flex him out wide,
Speaker 1: You can do so many things. Here is what Daniel
Speaker 1: Jeremiah had to say about Jalen Waddle and his top
Speaker 1: fifty big Board extraordinary speed and playmaking ability. He has
Speaker 1: the ability to line up inside or outside. His acceleration
Speaker 1: in his release is elite. He destroys the cushions he
Speaker 1: receives from defenders and a hiccup and can find a
Speaker 1: second and third gear once the ball is in the air.
Speaker 1: He's at his best on runaway routes, but he flashes
Speaker 1: the ability to efficiently gear down and work back downhill.
Speaker 1: I thought his hands were improved this fall. He's one
Speaker 1: of the most talented kickoff and punt returners to enter
Speaker 1: the NFL in the last decade, and he references a
Speaker 1: return he had against Auburn in twenty nine team But
Speaker 1: you heard him talk there about the acceleration once the
Speaker 1: balls in the air. It's that alpha mentality though, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go get the football, and I have the physical
Speaker 1: skill sets to make it happen. It is a true,
Speaker 1: truly unique and scary and dangerous proposition. A great pairing
Speaker 1: for this Dolphins team, but a scary proposition for defenses
Speaker 1: to have to compete against the guy who has that competitiveness,
Speaker 1: who has that speed, who has the production, who has
Speaker 1: the relationship with two a tongue of voloa, And that's
Speaker 1: gonna pay off right away because you go back to
Speaker 1: the Tennessee game. I believe I clipped this off on
Speaker 1: Twitter a couple of months ago to a throwing a
Speaker 1: perfectly placed ball on an over route where Jalen waddle
Speaker 1: catches it and takes off and leaves the defense in
Speaker 1: his wake. It was all about timing, precision landmarks. Jalen
Speaker 1: knows where two allects to put the football to. A
Speaker 1: knows where Jalen likes to run his routes, and where
Speaker 1: he's gonna wind up on those deep post routes. You
Speaker 1: know this hash mark, that hash mark the numbers wherever
Speaker 1: the football has to be, I'm gonna put it in
Speaker 1: that spot. That comes inherently, as does their timing, so
Speaker 1: like a speed out to it has seen Jalen running
Speaker 1: speed out a thousand times in his life. He's seen
Speaker 1: him run those slant routes. He knows where his feet
Speaker 1: wind up, he knows where the target winds up. He
Speaker 1: knows how he stacks defensive backs. It comes in inherently
Speaker 1: ingrained with these two guys and the anticipation that to
Speaker 1: truly thrives on and that's part of why they were
Speaker 1: so dangerous there Alabama. To us, anticipatory throwing is so
Speaker 1: elite at finding out, Okay, this cornerback is putting his
Speaker 1: weight on that left leg, so he can't quite drive
Speaker 1: in that direction. Right now, Jalen's got himsel up perfectly
Speaker 1: to kind of snap this route off in his face
Speaker 1: and get to that spot before he even has a
Speaker 1: chance to So I'm gonna throw the ball in that
Speaker 1: spot and trust that Jalen is gonna be there. And
Speaker 1: you see that weekly on the Alabama type. It was
Speaker 1: a good part of two wars rookie season here in
Speaker 1: Miami with receivers he had, but I think a guy
Speaker 1: like Jillen Waddle takes it to another level. Here's some
Speaker 1: intel from Bruce Feldman pre draft of the Athletic. He said,
Speaker 1: or this is from coaches and scouts around the league quote.
Speaker 1: I thought he was the most dangerous of those four
Speaker 1: receivers they had in twenty nineteen. You just can't tackle him.
Speaker 1: His ability to separate from guys is just different. His
Speaker 1: change of direction is ridiculous. He's not quite as fast
Speaker 1: as Henry Ruggs, but he's quicker. He's lethal in the
Speaker 1: return game, and you like how he responds in tough games.
Speaker 1: He ate up Georgia and Texas A and M before
Speaker 1: getting hurt, and made a bunch of big plays at
Speaker 1: Auburn last year and made a great punt return against
Speaker 1: l s U. Another coach or scout here. I don't
Speaker 1: know if I've ever seen a guy who gets open
Speaker 1: so much like he does. Separation the name of the game.
Speaker 1: Right in their Missouri game, they could have thrown to
Speaker 1: him every single play like they threw it on some
Speaker 1: place to other open guys. But then you look at
Speaker 1: him and he was open to that was like every play.
Speaker 1: He never got covered or stayed covered even when they
Speaker 1: didn't throw it to him. He's so elusive, so sudden,
Speaker 1: so quick, and is able to shift his weight so
Speaker 1: he doesn't tip his hand on a lot of things.
Speaker 1: He's a very natural route runner end quote. And that
Speaker 1: goes back to the anticipation throws from two of that
Speaker 1: I talked about before. That the fact that you can
Speaker 1: trust that he's gonna get to a spot, but not
Speaker 1: just get to a spot. Because of his deep speed,
Speaker 1: the defensive back is not gonna be able to squat
Speaker 1: and drive, So you open up that that half of
Speaker 1: a second, two tenths of a second, whatever it is
Speaker 1: that creates space for this precision type quarterback into a
Speaker 1: tongue by loa to match up. I think these guys
Speaker 1: drive together so very well. Now, Jillen did not run
Speaker 1: or test at any pro days or of course, there
Speaker 1: was no combine this year. But Daniel Jeremiah had this
Speaker 1: to say quote and talking to some teams around the league,
Speaker 1: Waddle had the fastest GPS of any receiver in the country.
Speaker 1: Your eyes are not deceiving you when you watch him.
Speaker 1: He's freaky fast end quote. As far as the pro
Speaker 1: football focused data, prior to the ankle injury that costs
Speaker 1: Waddle eight games this year and all but the opening
Speaker 1: kickoff of a ninth game against the Tennessee Volunteers, he
Speaker 1: was matching teammate and eventual Heisman Trophy winner Davante Smith
Speaker 1: in the ridiculous statistics category. Waddles five hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: seven receiving yards were seventy four yards more than Smith's
Speaker 1: four game total through the first quarter of the Crimson
Speaker 1: Tide schedule, and he did it with eighteen fewer targets.
Speaker 1: Waddle was averaging twenty two point three yards per reception
Speaker 1: compared to Smith's twelve point seven and a ludicrous nineteen
Speaker 1: point two yards per target. Will four led the NFL
Speaker 1: last year at ten point seven yards per target. He
Speaker 1: had nineteen point two yards per target. Smith was at
Speaker 1: ten point eight in college football. A true four down player,
Speaker 1: his dynamic threat extends the special teams average nineteen point
Speaker 1: three yards per punt return with two career touchdowns on
Speaker 1: thirty eight opportunities. He also scored a kickoff return touchdown
Speaker 1: an average twenty three point eight yards on nine kick returns,
Speaker 1: so we average the most twenty yards per punt return.
Speaker 1: Waddle split his time between wide splits and inside of
Speaker 1: the slot. He played two hundred forty two with a
Speaker 1: hundred and forty seven of those snaps coming from inside alignment,
Speaker 1: and that jives with wattle skill set. He scored a
Speaker 1: sixty two point five percent success rate versus press coverage.
Speaker 1: That mark per Harmon falls in the percentile among all
Speaker 1: prospects in the reception perception history, but pressing receivers in
Speaker 1: the slot, especially receivers who timed a sub four four
Speaker 1: forty and perhaps even quicker game speed, it's kind of
Speaker 1: an enter act your own risk proposition for opposing cornerbacks.
Speaker 1: You can create ways to get him releases in the
Speaker 1: slot on motion, return motion, whatever it might be, you
Speaker 1: can find creative ways. He gained four hundred and ninety
Speaker 1: five yards from the slot which rings in college football.
Speaker 1: Despite playing just four games, mind you, and his slot
Speaker 1: yards per game one three point eight was far and
Speaker 1: away the top in the not in the n C
Speaker 1: double A, I should say Matt Harmon again reception perception.
Speaker 1: He scored Wattle with success rate on post routes, seventy
Speaker 1: three point seven percent on takeoff routes and eighty seven
Speaker 1: point five percent on digs. He feaceed on inbreaking routes,
Speaker 1: including an eight percent success rate on slants. That's where
Speaker 1: two really shines in the middle of the field. So again,
Speaker 1: the matchup, the pairing there is perfect. His eighty point
Speaker 1: three success percent success rate against man coverage ranked in
Speaker 1: the percent tile in all of college football. So if
Speaker 1: you want to play man coverage, he can beat you vertically,
Speaker 1: he can beat you horizontally. Think about drag routes and
Speaker 1: over routes and putting defense and conflict. Like, if you
Speaker 1: want to play man coverage against a team that has
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle and Will Fuller, that's a tall order for
Speaker 1: those cornerbacks to turn and run with those guys on
Speaker 1: every single play. How about some more quoture from Matt Harmon.
Speaker 1: It's difficult to remember a recent prospect who is so
Speaker 1: who can so easily flip the field, control their speed,
Speaker 1: and devastate with a stop start move, all while doing
Speaker 1: the little things that Waddle does so effortlessly. Overall, Waddle
Speaker 1: is an excellent separator. His eighty point three percent success
Speaker 1: rate verse man coverage is not just the best in
Speaker 1: one class, it's one of the top scores among all
Speaker 1: prospects charted in reception perception history. And this is end
Speaker 1: quote here. Waddle finished tied for six in the country
Speaker 1: with an average of ten point one yards after the catch.
Speaker 1: He also generated the twenty six most deep yards passes
Speaker 1: thrown twenty or more yards, with three nine yards on
Speaker 1: just seven passes in that criteria. Most guys are getting
Speaker 1: thirty five passes in that criteria. He also turned seven
Speaker 1: catches on screen passes into sixty five yards. That's nine
Speaker 1: point to nine yards per screen reception. Just throw it
Speaker 1: to him, I'll get your first down. And the conflict
Speaker 1: Waddles and Flute confusion into the offense places on opposing
Speaker 1: defense is enough to make opposing defensive coordinator sweat. Especially
Speaker 1: paired with Will Fuller, you just cannot keep You can't
Speaker 1: play single high defense against this offense anymore, you have
Speaker 1: to have two guys up top. Because again, his twenty
Speaker 1: point nine three yards per route run on balls thrown
Speaker 1: twenty plus yards or more downfield was second among all
Speaker 1: qualifying receivers with at least one target per game this year.
Speaker 1: So both these guys have unreal take the top off
Speaker 1: the defense type of speed and then petitiveness and the
Speaker 1: ball tracking and the hands to make the play. So
Speaker 1: it's a legitimate threat as far as Dolphins receiving depth chart. Now,
Speaker 1: there are third teen receivers on the roster, so you'll
Speaker 1: have some chiseling away at the group to do between
Speaker 1: now an opening day, but there is really competition at
Speaker 1: every spot. Nobody on the roster is really like Jalen,
Speaker 1: but he does figure into the competition for full time
Speaker 1: inside guy from the jump, with the likes of Albert Wilson,
Speaker 1: Lynn Bowden Jr. Alan Hearns, and to a lesser extent,
Speaker 1: Jachim Grant, who I think plays better on the outside
Speaker 1: but with waddle though at the very least he's a
Speaker 1: special package guy and return man from day one, but
Speaker 1: I think he comes in and earned significant work right
Speaker 1: away in your base primary offense. The conflict he creates
Speaker 1: with the speed inside can just open up single opportunities
Speaker 1: on the perimeter for Parker and Williams and Gisiki. Do
Speaker 1: you really want to bracket the slot receiver and bring
Speaker 1: it tight or a safety down on top of him
Speaker 1: to cap him, because that gives you one on one
Speaker 1: matchups on the outside If you do that, I think
Speaker 1: you look at the lineup of Fuller, Parker, and Waddle
Speaker 1: in a love personnel. You've got a little bit of everything.
Speaker 1: All three guys can play all three positions, and I'll
Speaker 1: be damned if it's not suddenly one of the most
Speaker 1: dangerous arsenals of weapons in the entire National Football League.
Speaker 1: The competition in the receiver room this summer is going
Speaker 1: to be a ton of fun. Go ahead and finish
Speaker 1: up here with some quotes from some scouts and experts
Speaker 1: and coaches. He's one of the most talented kickoff and
Speaker 1: punt returners to enter the NFL over the last decade.
Speaker 1: That's Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network. Nick Saban had
Speaker 1: this to say, this is two years in a row
Speaker 1: we lost a player who was probably the most popular
Speaker 1: player on the team in terms of being a good
Speaker 1: teammate and being liked by his teammates to a tongue
Speaker 1: of vlow was last year and Jalen's that way this year,
Speaker 1: and you just hate it for him because they're such
Speaker 1: great competitors and they mean so much to their team
Speaker 1: and their teammates. And he also finished up by saying
Speaker 1: that as far as competitors go, he compared Jalen Waddle's
Speaker 1: competitiveness to that of Michael Jordan's and Kobe Bryant. So,
Speaker 1: I mean, we'll be talking about here, this guy is
Speaker 1: ultra competitive. And go ahead and finish up here with
Speaker 1: Eli drink Witch, the head coach at Missouri. Heading into
Speaker 1: that game, drink Witz thought their plan was a slow
Speaker 1: down Jalen Waddle. That plan centered around keeping the ball
Speaker 1: out of the hands of Jalen Waddle, who was coming
Speaker 1: off a twenty nineteen season where he averaged seventeen yards
Speaker 1: per catch and totaled six touchdowns while the focal point
Speaker 1: of opposing defenses. He said this, I was like, hey, guys, look,
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle is what makes them go, all right, So
Speaker 1: we got double Jalen and make Davante Smith beat us. Okay,
Speaker 1: He's kind of a nice piece out there. But man,
Speaker 1: we gotta take Jillen Waddle away. End quote, And that
Speaker 1: to me speaks volumes. He is the primary focus of
Speaker 1: the defense. It changes the way defense plays you both
Speaker 1: pre snap and post nap. It creates spacing, It creates
Speaker 1: a vertical element. It allows you to possibly get away
Speaker 1: from the ten twelve play drives, allows you to score
Speaker 1: on possible five six play drives and be explosive and
Speaker 1: pick up chunk games. Jalen Waddle your newest Miami Dolphin
Speaker 1: and you can find a write up story a profile
Speaker 1: on Waddle in the coming days on Miami Dolphins dot com.
Speaker 1: So that's my report. And before the draft occurred, I
Speaker 1: had some interviews with some beat writers at some of
Speaker 1: the most prominent SCC schools that covered the top skill
Speaker 1: players in this draft, and Kyle Pitts, Jamaar Chase, Jalen Waddle,
Speaker 1: and Davonte Smith because I had a feeling we'd be
Speaker 1: using one of those sound bites on this podcast, and
Speaker 1: sure enough we are. Let's go ahead and welcome and
Speaker 1: Tyler Martin from BAMA Central to talk about Jalen Waddle
Speaker 1: and joining us now is Tyler Martin. He covers the
Speaker 1: Crimson type beat on Bama Central dot Com. Tyler, welcome
Speaker 1: in and thanks for joining us. Man. What's up, Travis.
Speaker 1: I'm glad to be on here. Love this time of year.
Speaker 1: Man NFL drafted, you know, it's it really doesn't get
Speaker 1: much better than this right here. Man, it doesn't think
Speaker 1: the intersection of pro and college football for a big
Speaker 1: football fan just you can't top that. I think no
Speaker 1: other sport replicates the way football does. And we got
Speaker 1: to see that beautiful intersection between players graduating from college
Speaker 1: and going on to the next step in the National
Speaker 1: Football League with a player from the school you cover
Speaker 1: there at Alabama and Jalen Waddle, who now reunites with
Speaker 1: two Watunga Voloa. And let's go ahead and start there.
Speaker 1: What's the relationship like between these two guys. Are they're
Speaker 1: pretty tight? Are they brothers off the field? Like, tell
Speaker 1: us about two and Jalen together? Yeah, they they're super tight, man, Um,
Speaker 1: And I think to once you really saw in and
Speaker 1: really just Jalen Waddles freshman season, I'll start with him. Um.
Speaker 1: That was the year two of became the full time starter.
Speaker 1: Was Waddles freshman year. Um, and they just kind of blossom, right,
Speaker 1: even in that first game together, they blossom together. And
Speaker 1: and that's just that it helps the quarterbacks confidence and
Speaker 1: it allows the play calling to get better too, right.
Speaker 1: I mean they know when they're breaking out of their routs,
Speaker 1: they know when they're doing certain things on the football
Speaker 1: field because they played three or four years together. Um,
Speaker 1: So I think that's that's unquestionable. How important that is.
Speaker 1: I tend to agree. I think it's very important. We
Speaker 1: came into the off season with really a couple of
Speaker 1: really focused points that you really want to attack, and
Speaker 1: that was getting two of the weapons and making him comfortable,
Speaker 1: making the job as easy on him as you possibly can,
Speaker 1: but also adding electricity to the offense, explosive plays, the
Speaker 1: opportunity to score from anywhere on the field, to cut
Speaker 1: those drives from ten to twelve place down to five
Speaker 1: or six plays. And we talk about Jalen Waddle speed,
Speaker 1: We know that's that's his game. First of all, he
Speaker 1: caught twenty one out of twenty six passes in his
Speaker 1: career over twenty yards of a of air yards Like
Speaker 1: what that is so crazy? But I'm curious what would
Speaker 1: he run in a forty yard dash, they do you
Speaker 1: think he would crack four or three? I think maybe
Speaker 1: close to Henry Ruggs limit. So it's funny. So two
Speaker 1: seasons are going in the twenty nineteen, m Alabama normally
Speaker 1: has like this is before COVID. Obviously, they normally have
Speaker 1: like a fan day in the media day where you
Speaker 1: can go on the field, you can talk to the players,
Speaker 1: you can interview them, and then you go watch the
Speaker 1: practice and all the fans runn the field, goographer. So beforehand, um,
Speaker 1: I was actually talking to to Henry Uh, this was
Speaker 1: his final season, and you're just talking about, you know,
Speaker 1: who would win in the foot race? You were you're
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle and Uh And you know they I mean,
Speaker 1: he was very complimentary of his speed. He said, he
Speaker 1: said it could be end up being a tie. You know,
Speaker 1: he didn't really want to say who was faster or not.
Speaker 1: And and Waddle is the same way. I mean, they're
Speaker 1: they're both, you know, very humble guys. But but I'm
Speaker 1: looking at it and you look at the straight line speed,
Speaker 1: I think I think a Waddle is as close to
Speaker 1: four two nine as it gets. I think he's a
Speaker 1: guy who who would definitely be anywhere from four to eight,
Speaker 1: four to nine to about four three three. That's what
Speaker 1: I kind of put him out because I think Hm
Speaker 1: and Henry Rogue speed are very very comparable, very comparable.
Speaker 1: And I just think, you know, with with Waddle, I mean,
Speaker 1: he was averaging the foward games he before he got
Speaker 1: hurt in the open kick off consintency, he was averaging
Speaker 1: a hundred and thirty yards eight game. Now there's a
Speaker 1: lot of questions of what Davante still won the Heisman.
Speaker 1: We don't know this right, but there it is. It
Speaker 1: is what it is, and it happened if the ankle
Speaker 1: injury happened. But when he was in there, man, I mean,
Speaker 1: and and and it also helps when you have a
Speaker 1: deep ball thrower of Matt Jones and how precise and
Speaker 1: accurate he is. But even when two was there, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, you go look at what what what two
Speaker 1: it did with him um in eighteen and the beginning
Speaker 1: of twenty nineteen. It's it was phenomenal. But I think
Speaker 1: in terms of the straight line speed, I'm I'm saying
Speaker 1: there's no way he's less than a four three three.
Speaker 1: For Jalen Waddle, it's beautiful. That's that's what we want
Speaker 1: to hear. Speed kills, man, I've been harping the speed
Speaker 1: train all offseason longs. Tyler Martin Bama Central dot com.
Speaker 1: Can you tell us anywhere else we can find your work?
Speaker 1: What's your work going on? Any other podcast or radio? Like?
Speaker 1: Where can we find your work? Tyler? Yeah? So, Um
Speaker 1: at Bama Central on Twitter, at Steven Tyler stev and
Speaker 1: Tyler Underscore fifteen on Twitter is my personal account. Um.
Speaker 1: We have a podcast, All Things Man where we have
Speaker 1: former coaches from the players come on there. We we
Speaker 1: chat with them just about their time in Alabama. Um.
Speaker 1: You can find us on Spotify, Apple, Podcast, Google, wherever
Speaker 1: you get your podcast, but Bama Central on Twitter and
Speaker 1: then at Steven Tyler Underscore fifteen on there as well.
Speaker 1: Tyler Martin, appreciate your time today, man, Thanks a lot,
Speaker 1: and and be safe out there, man. Yeah, thank you
Speaker 1: so much, Travis. I appreciate it. A big thank you
Speaker 1: to Tyler Martin for come on the podcast and talking
Speaker 1: about Jalen Waddle. Let's go ahead and flip this thing
Speaker 1: over here and get to the Dolphins pick in the
Speaker 1: middle of the first round, number eighteen overall Jalen Phillips,
Speaker 1: And let's go ahead and start with a video from
Speaker 1: Brett Coleman of the Bootleg Football podcast in the NFL
Speaker 1: film Roosh channel on YouTube. He does a great work.
Speaker 1: He's been on the podcast multiple times before, does great
Speaker 1: video breakdowns, and knows a ton about the game. Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and here from his video he titled this
Speaker 1: offseason This Draft run Up. Jalen Phillips is a terrifying
Speaker 1: hybrid of the Watt brothers. Here's Brett Coleman, Because the
Speaker 1: more I watch Jalen Phillips from Miami, the more I
Speaker 1: think he's not just the best pass rusher in this class.
Speaker 1: I think he stacks up well against all of the
Speaker 1: other alpha pass rushers that have come out in the
Speaker 1: last six or seven years. In fact, I would go
Speaker 1: so far as to say that my closest comparison to
Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips on tape are two of the best pass
Speaker 1: rushers in the entire league right now that both happen
Speaker 1: to be All pros, and they both happen to be
Speaker 1: in the same family, J. J. Watt and T J. Watt. Now,
Speaker 1: those comps can be a little bit tricky for some
Speaker 1: people because Jalen is obviously not as big as j J.
Speaker 1: He's about twenty pounds shy of that, and he's significantly
Speaker 1: bigger than t J. So he's somewhere in between both
Speaker 1: of them. But stylistically speaking, in terms of how he
Speaker 1: uses all of his incredible physical gifts like burst, bend length,
Speaker 1: and strength, the way he uses those tool is very
Speaker 1: similar to both of the Watts. In particular, there are
Speaker 1: three things that I really noticed when watching him that
Speaker 1: just scream I am a Watt brother. Number one, his
Speaker 1: aggressive penetrating style of playing against the run. Number two,
Speaker 1: his versatility as a pass rusher and how he sets
Speaker 1: up tackles with certain moves that then open up opportunities
Speaker 1: to counter off of those moves later in the game.
Speaker 1: And number three, how he adapts his technique against tackles
Speaker 1: that kind of have his number so that he can
Speaker 1: have more and more success against them as the game
Speaker 1: goes on. And so you heard Brett talk about it there,
Speaker 1: six ft five sixty pounds, heavy hands, and you go
Speaker 1: back to the clips I would talk about all summer
Speaker 1: with Shack Lawson and Emmanuel Ogbab working on their one
Speaker 1: on one technique and one on one drills where he
Speaker 1: would say, Shaq would say, Emmanuel, you've got some heavy
Speaker 1: f and hands, bro. And we heard coach Marion Hobby,
Speaker 1: the former defensive line coach, talk about that plenty in
Speaker 1: this defense and how important that I was in this defense.
Speaker 1: This dude has heavy hands and he can play the
Speaker 1: run on the way to the past, and you can
Speaker 1: see more of that in Brett's breakdown. He does a
Speaker 1: great job showing both his pass rush and run defense ability.
Speaker 1: But this guy will anticipate blocking schemes and shoot gaps.
Speaker 1: But he has the size, the heavy hands, and the
Speaker 1: athletic profile to correct when maybe he guesses wrong, maybe
Speaker 1: he winds up in the wrong position. He is one
Speaker 1: of the best at working back to get his way
Speaker 1: back into his gap and disrupt the play as he
Speaker 1: was supposed to it just it leads to some monster
Speaker 1: monster splash plays, tackles for losses, and sacks in the backfield.
Speaker 1: I love his arsenal of pass rush moves. He has
Speaker 1: a devashitting cross chop move and an inside counter move.
Speaker 1: This guy can do multiple things off that outside edge.
Speaker 1: You go back to the Emmanuel Ogba podcast, I did
Speaker 1: a couple of months back, and he talked about how
Speaker 1: important it was to be able to use that the
Speaker 1: cross chop and use those hands and to be able
Speaker 1: to rush and dip that corner. We'll touch more on
Speaker 1: that here in just a second, but I also love
Speaker 1: the fact that he's very multiple. He can stand up
Speaker 1: in a two point stance and play off that kind
Speaker 1: of outside linebacker edge and a wide nine type of alignment.
Speaker 1: He can squeeze down to a tight five. He can
Speaker 1: even kick inside as a three technique at time. He
Speaker 1: plays all over really really bookends and manual og ball well.
Speaker 1: In my opinion, his ability to turn the corner, this
Speaker 1: is what Cam Wake was elite, and I think it
Speaker 1: was Channing Crowder that made the comparison at the draft party.
Speaker 1: More on that just a moment, but Jalen cannot just
Speaker 1: get under your pads and completely shocked the opposing right
Speaker 1: tackle or left tackle with the initial pop, which is
Speaker 1: staggering most of the time. But he can really corner
Speaker 1: around that outside edge where he uses the lean and
Speaker 1: the weight of the opposing offensive lineman against him, and
Speaker 1: he's got the grip strength as well to use that
Speaker 1: player's momentum and the leverage against them to slingshot himself
Speaker 1: around the quarterback. And again the Manual Ball podcast talks
Speaker 1: a lot about that. That's where I think you see
Speaker 1: a lot of Jyllan Phillips game in the past. Rush,
Speaker 1: the crafty arsenal and the polish he has at that position.
Speaker 1: And he also sets an extremely hard edge off the
Speaker 1: outside again too, and during the sixty pounds long arms,
Speaker 1: heavy handed, it helps him stay in position to play
Speaker 1: the run on the way to the quarterback. The way
Speaker 1: he fits in this defense. We know about this by now,
Speaker 1: multiple fronts, whether you're in an even front and odd front,
Speaker 1: three down, four down, whatever it might be. We talked
Speaker 1: about this in the top his versatility and this team
Speaker 1: needed a replacement for Shack Lawson, and you got it
Speaker 1: in a big way right here. Some folks say, and
Speaker 1: I agree with this, that Phillips had the best tape
Speaker 1: of any defensive player in college football. And that's saying
Speaker 1: a lot of pick number eight team. He's a guy
Speaker 1: that has immediate polish and fits a need on this roster.
Speaker 1: I think he can give you a bunch of snaps
Speaker 1: early on, but also his long term profile, his projection,
Speaker 1: his upside, is also there, so you get the high
Speaker 1: floor and the high ceiling. Also the Amiba package this
Speaker 1: defense runs with, and we talked about the versatility of
Speaker 1: the different positions that he plays. It's really incredible what
Speaker 1: it can do to the defense. You can line guys
Speaker 1: up in those A gaps, mug up your linebackers. You
Speaker 1: can condense Augba and Phillips inside, or you can kick
Speaker 1: him outside. It helps create that Meba package, the confusion
Speaker 1: for the opposing quarterback, who's coming, which guy's gonna come
Speaker 1: on this blitz and try to get pressure in my face.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins can now expand that package even further with
Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips. Now, I love covering these players stories and
Speaker 1: their their backgrounds and their paths here to the National
Speaker 1: Football League. And this is a great little blur but
Speaker 1: I learned about from Pro Football Focus. His path to
Speaker 1: a monster season, they write is straight out of Hollywood.
Speaker 1: He was hit by a car while riding a scooter
Speaker 1: at U C, L, A and T and suffered risk
Speaker 1: and head injuries. Phillips then retired later that year after
Speaker 1: suffering another concussion. He returned to the game, though this
Speaker 1: time at Miami, where he was arguably the best defensive
Speaker 1: end of the entire country. Over the second half of
Speaker 1: the season, racked up nine sacks and thirty six total
Speaker 1: pressures in his final seven games, so five hundred forty
Speaker 1: two snaps last year two d eighty six of those
Speaker 1: as a pass rusher. He gave them the eight sacks,
Speaker 1: the four hits, the twenty nine hurries checked that five hits,
Speaker 1: that's forty two pressures on those two eighty six pass snaps.
Speaker 1: That's a pressure every six point eight pass rush snaps,
Speaker 1: so give or take you know, twenty five a game,
Speaker 1: four or five pressures again, that puts you out there
Speaker 1: in the Emmanuel Ogba territory. He was doing that last
Speaker 1: year in college. He also had eighteen run stops on
Speaker 1: the two forty one run defense downs. That's one every
Speaker 1: third teen point four snaps, so four or five pressures
Speaker 1: a game, two or three run stops. Again, that's some
Speaker 1: great production there out of the defensive end. He measured
Speaker 1: at the seventy five percent tile or better in every metric.
Speaker 1: PFF does pass rush grade, run stop grade, true pass
Speaker 1: rush grade, which is evaluating how many sacks the player
Speaker 1: actually earned compared to clean up sacks and that type
Speaker 1: of thing. Pass rush win rate and one and run
Speaker 1: stop win rate, those are hard to say. His pass
Speaker 1: rush win rate of twenty point three percent is in
Speaker 1: the ninety percent tile in college football. So there's the
Speaker 1: pass rush Foyd you've been thinking about all offseason. Jayleen
Speaker 1: Phillips comes in a big way. Eight sacks last year,
Speaker 1: six passes defense, forty five tackles, and fifteen and a
Speaker 1: half of those were for a loss. We talked about
Speaker 1: the versatility. He had eight career snaps as an off
Speaker 1: ball player and four total snaps as a one technique,
Speaker 1: three snaps in the B gap is a three and
Speaker 1: two tech, and one snap head over the tackle as
Speaker 1: a four technique, but the rest of them came all
Speaker 1: six D and fifty eight of his snaps in the
Speaker 1: career came as an outside true defensive end. So I
Speaker 1: think this this guy joins the defensive line room with
Speaker 1: a real shot to be the second highest snaptaker in
Speaker 1: the group. I mentioned how pro ready his game is
Speaker 1: his ability to play both the run and the past
Speaker 1: and not run by the quarterback or get himself into
Speaker 1: a dangerous position where he can become a liability against
Speaker 1: the run. He just doesn't do that. He's in the
Speaker 1: right position most of the time. And how about his
Speaker 1: workout metrics percentile or better in his forty yard dash,
Speaker 1: his shuttle run, and his broad jump inches on the
Speaker 1: broad jump four point one three shuttle and a four
Speaker 1: point five six forty yard dash again six ft five
Speaker 1: two and sixty pounds four point five six forty yard dash.
Speaker 1: He is explosive as hell. He also checked in with
Speaker 1: a thirty six inch vert that was eight first percent
Speaker 1: tile and in the eightie percent tile with a seven
Speaker 1: point oh one three cone times. So the lateral agility,
Speaker 1: the loose hips a pair with that heavy power and
Speaker 1: bend man, this guy can do it all. Six ft
Speaker 1: sixty pounds, thirty three and a quarter inch arms with
Speaker 1: nine point seven five inch hands. He's body beautiful, he's twitchy,
Speaker 1: and he's athletic. Now, I've been talking about this Bruce
Speaker 1: Feldman mock draft a lot lately where he got intel
Speaker 1: from scouts and coaches around the league about a month
Speaker 1: ago before the draft actually occurred, and he had these
Speaker 1: two quotes from anonymous coaches and scouts in the National
Speaker 1: Football League about Phillips. Phillips has a chance to be
Speaker 1: really special. He's explosive and really smooth. He's athletic enough
Speaker 1: to be a three or four outside linebacker. He can bend,
Speaker 1: he's versatile, he's strong. I think he should run in
Speaker 1: the four sixes or maybe the four fives. And of
Speaker 1: course he did check in with that four or five
Speaker 1: six the second anonymous quote here. As big a year
Speaker 1: as Miami's Greg Rousseau had in twenty nineteen, phillips performance
Speaker 1: was even more impressive. He's more stout than Rosso at
Speaker 1: the point, and the level of tenacity he plays with
Speaker 1: is ridiculous. His motor never stopped. He's such a freak
Speaker 1: athlete in the way he can move and how explosive
Speaker 1: he is. But he's really completely reworked his body. He's
Speaker 1: extremely powerful. End quote and from Dane Bruglers, the beast
Speaker 1: on the athletic Check out that draft guy if you
Speaker 1: have not done so yet. He was a former Titan
Speaker 1: in high school who flipped to defense as a sophomore.
Speaker 1: He won a state championship in football. He won California
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year in and also had a
Speaker 1: twenty two point nine time and a fifty one ft
Speaker 1: shot put, So he ran track super athlete number one
Speaker 1: ranked defensive end prospect out of high school and ranked
Speaker 1: narrowly ahead of both Nagy Harris and Cam Acres as
Speaker 1: the number one overall player coming out of high school.
Speaker 1: This kid really looks like the part at the defensive
Speaker 1: end position in this defense. The motor of the physicality,
Speaker 1: the tenacity, the motions he plays with. He fits right
Speaker 1: into the culture here, both from his play style in
Speaker 1: the front seven and also with his temperament and his mentality.
Speaker 1: I want to go ahead and close up with this
Speaker 1: on Jay in Phillips as our player breakdowns kind of
Speaker 1: conclude here. At his post draft presser, he had made
Speaker 1: a great comment talking about how south southern California made him,
Speaker 1: but Miami saved him. Again, going back to that story
Speaker 1: about transferring from u c l A out to Miami
Speaker 1: after being a call or a California kid, his whole
Speaker 1: life comes out to Miami kind of revitalizes his football
Speaker 1: career and now he's thrilled to be in the three
Speaker 1: oh five. I was thinking about pulling some audio from
Speaker 1: the Floras and Career press conference on late Friday night,
Speaker 1: but we're already recording this podcast in the early morning
Speaker 1: hours of Friday morning, So I'm gonna go ahead and
Speaker 1: save that for the Day three recap podcasts, we kind
Speaker 1: of take a look at the draft holistically. We'll go
Speaker 1: ahead and hear from Coach and Chris on that press conference.
Speaker 1: I want to finish out the podcast with a couple
Speaker 1: of things here because we have some more to get to.
Speaker 1: First off, the draft storylines, how about San Francisco going
Speaker 1: with Trey Lance at pick number three. I was convinced
Speaker 1: all along that their misdirect or that their comments about
Speaker 1: it's either Mac Jones or Trey Lance. I thought it
Speaker 1: was misdirection, but it wasn't Trey Lance, and good for them.
Speaker 1: I was really really not buying the idea that it
Speaker 1: was Mac Jones. The Falcons take uh Kyle Pitts. I
Speaker 1: think that was a little bit of a surprise, just
Speaker 1: based upon things that have occurred over the last couple
Speaker 1: of months. But Pit's obviously got more runaway heading up
Speaker 1: into the draft and more high heading into the draft,
Speaker 1: So I think that that's a great fit for them
Speaker 1: with Arthur Smith and Matt Ryan in that offense. But
Speaker 1: you know, we're maybe hoping he might fall to number six,
Speaker 1: but he didn't we wind up with Jalen Waddle, and
Speaker 1: that's a great, great prize at that spot as well.
Speaker 1: I thought I was interesting that all three Dolphins, Chargers,
Speaker 1: and Bengals teams that drafted quarterbacks in the first round
Speaker 1: last year, got tools to help their rookie quarterback. Justin
Speaker 1: Herbert gets Rashawn Slater, Joe Burrow gets Jamaar Chase to
Speaker 1: a tongue of Bloa, gets Jalen Waddles to some help
Speaker 1: there for those young quarterbacks. Justin Fields to the Bears.
Speaker 1: I was fist pumping at that one because I don't
Speaker 1: really get invested in other teams like this, but if
Speaker 1: the Bears are going to be shoved down my throat
Speaker 1: in primetime five times, at least give me a quarterback
Speaker 1: I love, and I love Justin Fields. I love that fit.
Speaker 1: They're happy for Bears fans that are one of the
Speaker 1: blue bloods of this league and they deserve to have
Speaker 1: a good quarterback for the first time, really since Jim mcmannon.
Speaker 1: I guess it's been a long time. Jets going up
Speaker 1: for an offensive lineman. I thought that was strange because
Speaker 1: it's a very deep offensive line class. You could have
Speaker 1: stayed put and got Tevin Jenkins and maybe Christian Derris
Speaker 1: saw on that spot, so they trade up for an
Speaker 1: offensive lineman. Thought that was strange. Mac Jones and the Patriots.
Speaker 1: I'll just go ahead and say this, we saw what
Speaker 1: happened to Jimmy Garoppolo or Jared Goff or any of
Speaker 1: the other stationary quarterbacks. Joe Flacco, Sam I guess Sam
Speaker 1: Donalds not stationary, but you get the idea. These quarterbacks
Speaker 1: that don't move as plus athletes, they didn't farewell against
Speaker 1: this Dolphins team, so let's go bring it on, Patriots.
Speaker 1: I like that a lot. Alex Letherwood was the Draft
Speaker 1: Networks number seventy two overall player. Raiders take him in
Speaker 1: the first round. Thought that was certainly interesting. Caleb Farley
Speaker 1: in the first round after the injury. Is very happy
Speaker 1: for him. He deserves it because he's a great kid.
Speaker 1: He's a great talent. Just sucks to have a guy
Speaker 1: with back injuries going into the draft, but he got
Speaker 1: saved off the board in the first round. Jaguars get
Speaker 1: E t n to go with James Robinson and Trevor Lawrence. Wow,
Speaker 1: what a backfield that is. And Nag Harris goes off
Speaker 1: the board to the Steelers. Dolphins fans were pumped about
Speaker 1: kim Bocamper hyping up the crowd for taking Naji Harris
Speaker 1: number eighteen. So I know Dolphins fans are going to
Speaker 1: be bummed there. But we're gonna get to the draft
Speaker 1: preview here or the Day two preview here in just
Speaker 1: one second, and there's still a player on the board.
Speaker 1: That's my RB one. We'll talk about that. I want
Speaker 1: to cover the live show, hosting it at hard Rock Stadium,
Speaker 1: most five I've had in a long time, probably a
Speaker 1: top five night for fun for me of all time.
Speaker 1: I absolutely loved it, being on the stage, being in
Speaker 1: that atmosphere, perfect night, perfect weather, little breeze, no rain.
Speaker 1: Fans were there. It was great to see life getting
Speaker 1: back to normal and being up on stage, being on television.
Speaker 1: It felt natural for me. You guys can grab my
Speaker 1: performance if you saw it and and think I didn't
Speaker 1: do great, But I thought I did great. I thought
Speaker 1: we all great as a team. There was never any
Speaker 1: awkward silences. We got all these Dolphins legends that I
Speaker 1: was getting to yuck it up with Dwight Stevenson, Kimbo Camper,
Speaker 1: obviously Channing Crier there on set with me, Terry Kerbert Kirby,
Speaker 1: and Lorenzo Hamptons, so plenty of great stuff. It was
Speaker 1: great to see O. J McDuffie there who did the
Speaker 1: pre show show. Ruthie Polinski from NBC, she was there
Speaker 1: as well. Great to see her. And always great to
Speaker 1: see John con Jemmy. He was a phenomenal host at
Speaker 1: the at the draft party on Thursday night. I love
Speaker 1: sitting with John talking ball. He's the best. Great to
Speaker 1: see him and just just a dream come true. Man. Unreal,
Speaker 1: the sites, the fans back to normal. I talked about that,
Speaker 1: But there have been some tent pole moments for me
Speaker 1: in this journey personally, and this was totally the biggest
Speaker 1: tent pole moment being there at hard Rock Stadium watching
Speaker 1: the Draft with crazy Dolphins fans and breaking things down.
Speaker 1: I just it's kind of a lot of taking right now.
Speaker 1: Like I I'm pretty beside myself. I'm pretty you four
Speaker 1: because I talked to you guys at one o'clock in
Speaker 1: the morning here on Friday morning. Other topics in this
Speaker 1: area in this draft to visional fows, we talked about
Speaker 1: Mac Jones. They're going to the Patriots. The Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: wind up getting Greg Russo the defensive end out of Miami.
Speaker 1: There he is a big, long, strong, physical defensive end
Speaker 1: prospect that we're gonna have to get blocked up in
Speaker 1: those a f C East game. And the Jets was
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson. You know, I didn't talk much about quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: but I always thought Justin Fields and Trey Lance were
Speaker 1: superior prospects, And as far as I considered it, I
Speaker 1: think Zack Wilson makes a lot of those fun throws
Speaker 1: and can throw the ball over the yard, But I
Speaker 1: really question a lot of the parts of his game
Speaker 1: as far as you know, one hit wonder for his
Speaker 1: processing speed and trying to stay on schedule and make
Speaker 1: plays on script opposed to being the off script quarterback.
Speaker 1: We'll see him twice a year now going forward, Let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and close up this podcast with a day
Speaker 1: to preview. I wrote down some names here that I
Speaker 1: think are really in play for the Dolphins and really
Speaker 1: some really talented players available. There are two players on
Speaker 1: the board right now that I would go up to
Speaker 1: thirty three and get if if I could. They are
Speaker 1: Tevin Jenkins and Javonte Williams. Tevin Jenkins would really round
Speaker 1: out that right side of the offensive line. If you
Speaker 1: want to kick Robert Hunt inside, you can do that.
Speaker 1: If you don't, you don't have to do it either.
Speaker 1: But Tevin Jenkins has a physical temperament and absolute maller
Speaker 1: tenacity he plays with. I thought he was a top
Speaker 1: fifteen pick. The fact that he's still there, to me,
Speaker 1: I would I would make a move for him if
Speaker 1: I could. Javonte Williams is the other guy. I think
Speaker 1: he's running back one as well, so o T two
Speaker 1: and running back one on the board for me personally
Speaker 1: right here, three down player, former linebacker that can pass
Speaker 1: protect like an absolute maven, catch the football, and not
Speaker 1: to mention his running ability four point five nine yards
Speaker 1: per carry after initial contact. Like I'm not talking average
Speaker 1: carry after someone hits him. He's still averaged four and
Speaker 1: a half yards per carry after initial contact. Those two
Speaker 1: guys are the biggest ones that stick out to me
Speaker 1: on this board. Jeremiah wosu Coamo, the linebacker out of
Speaker 1: Notre Dame. He's more of a safety linebacker hybrid prospect
Speaker 1: in this defense. But the fact that he's still there,
Speaker 1: I thought he'd be a first rounder. Baron Browning the
Speaker 1: outside linebacker Ohio State. He can really play. Kyle Krabs
Speaker 1: talked him up big time as well, so he's an
Speaker 1: option there at thirty six. I think back to the
Speaker 1: offensive line. Dylan Raddon's out of North Dakota State. Love
Speaker 1: his game, he can play multiple positions. I think along
Speaker 1: the offensive line would like to get a crack at him.
Speaker 1: I like Jackson Carmen out of Clemson, but he might
Speaker 1: be more of a Saturday pick back to the running
Speaker 1: back position if it's not ja Ane Williams. I like
Speaker 1: Kenneth Gainwill out of Memphis. There's a lot of variety
Speaker 1: to his game as far as a pass catcher and
Speaker 1: pass protector and also carrying the football, explosive player. I
Speaker 1: also like Kylan Hill out of Mississippi State. He could
Speaker 1: be a possible option at pick number eighty one in
Speaker 1: that third round. Maybe in the fourth round if you
Speaker 1: trade back a little bit. Trayvon Moore the top safety
Speaker 1: on the board. He and Javon Holland are still there,
Speaker 1: and you know, I actually have Tyree Gillespie ahead of
Speaker 1: both of them, But so really three good safety prospects there.
Speaker 1: Maybe you wait around a little bit on Tyree Gillespie
Speaker 1: along the offensive line, Landon Dickerson, Creed Humphrey, and Quinn
Speaker 1: Miners are all still there. Love all three of these players.
Speaker 1: I think Minors fits the profile really perfectly as far
Speaker 1: as his explosiveness, his size on the interior, and the
Speaker 1: way he works. He's a really bright kid, a hard
Speaker 1: working kid at safety again defensive bat. Kind of round
Speaker 1: this thing out. Love Jamar Johnson out of Indiana and
Speaker 1: Asante Samuel out of Florida State. This guy can really
Speaker 1: play as a ball hawk of course, son of former
Speaker 1: Patriots corner Asante Samuel Senior. So he and Jamar Johnson
Speaker 1: round out my my list of players I'm keeping an
Speaker 1: eye on on Day number two. We're gonna do it
Speaker 1: all over again tomorrow night. Recap Day two. Get just
Speaker 1: some press conference audio break down, some stuff as far
Speaker 1: as the players fit and their their film and the
Speaker 1: scheme and all that fun stuff. We're also gonna have
Speaker 1: a deep dive on Saturday after the draft concludes, taking
Speaker 1: a look at the entire roster, reset that thing. We'll
Speaker 1: get the press conferences for coach and Chris on there
Speaker 1: as well, and the players. We're gonna cover this thing
Speaker 1: for you guys comprehensively. I don't want to jam it
Speaker 1: all into one episode. I think we gave you plenty
Speaker 1: here on this Friday morning edition of the Drivetime Podcast.
Speaker 1: But as from my time, that's gonna be my time.
Speaker 1: Dolphins get Jalen Waddle number six, Jalen Phillips number eighteen,
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