WEBVTT - Drive Time: UDFA Class with Emory Hunt and Shane Beamer Talks Cam Smith 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:03.800 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:04.320 --> 0:00:06.120 Now, let me check your pulse if you're not. 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:10.280 What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:13.319 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:18.439 Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:21.599 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:24.080 And on today's show, you know what time it is. 0:00:24.280 --> 0:00:28.040 It's the annual undrafted free agent rookie breakdown with the 0:00:28.120 --> 0:00:30.840 great Emery Hunt, plus the head football coach at the 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:33.680 University of South Carolina, Shane Beemer, stops by the talk 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:36.279 some Campsmith with us all of that in a heck 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:38.760 of a lot more from the Baptist Health Studios inside 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:43.280 the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drift Time Podcast. Heye, gaff, 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.000 you've got a busy show. Let's jump right in joining 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:51.680 us today. Well, it's a tradition unlike any other rookie 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:54.160 mini campus in the books, and that means it's time 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:56.400 to bring on our guest for one of my favorite 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.360 episodes every single year here on Drive Time. You guys 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:02.000 know the deal from CBS Sports HQ, the man who 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.560 probably has a grade on you as you listen to 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.399 this podcast, The hardest working man in the draft industry. 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:09.760 Emery Hunt, Emery, what's good man? 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:12.760 Nothing much, Man, I appreciate you as always. Bring me on, man, 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:15.240 this has been fun. I love talking Dolphins football because 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:16.960 we get to see the process at the end. 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:19.920 Yeah. Absolutely, It's been a really since I came on 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.720 board in twenty twenty, like the Dolphins kind of you know, 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.840 reset the deck as it were, with the roster, and 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:27.600 you've helped us really kind of get to know that 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.240 the building process behind that and this. You know, I 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.480 was looking up some of your work in preparation for 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.600 this podcast, and like there's so many players that only 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:38.319 you have a report on or cover, and it's just 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:40.679 that's why you're the perfect guest for this. But I 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:43.759 do want to ask you this, man, because like you're 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.640 always working, So please tell me you're going on vacation 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:48.880 this week or at least sometime in the near future, 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:50.200 I guess. 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:54.160 I mean, actually, you know, on Tuesday, I'll be going 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:56.960 up to Canada because it's my chance to get the 0:01:57.000 --> 0:02:00.080 twenty twenty four o'clock started up in Hamilton, Ontario. You 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.840 know they play there. It's the East West Bowl, the 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:04.800 U Sports the East West Bowl. They play their Senior 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:08.640 Bowl before their season because you can't really do anything 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:11.600 after November. They hate Canada because of the weather, so 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:15.160 they get their all College All Stars out there in May. 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:16.919 So that's why I'm going up there to Hamilton for 0:02:17.400 --> 0:02:18.440 the three days. 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.840 And watch the practices and then hopping over to Detroit 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.720 to catch some USFL action too, because again those are 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:24.280 some prospects. 0:02:24.280 --> 0:02:26.679 They may end up on NFL rosters as well. Well. 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:28.640 The grind never sleeps, my man. I thought you were 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:30.320 going to say, Bahamas, I was helping you. Would you 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:31.799 get down to a beach somewhere and have a my 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:34.760 tire too, But nope, the grind never stops. Man's going 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:38.079 up north of Canada to check out some CFL Senior 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.560 Bowl man are just not CFL, just Canada Canada. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:43.160 Yeah, but it's all Canadian prospects. 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:45.200 It's all from the U sports up there, which is 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:46.960 there n Cuba really cool? 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:48.919 Yeah, we mean are one of our best players, the Snowman, 0:02:49.040 --> 0:02:51.680 Javon Holland, comes from Canada. So you can definitely find 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:55.160 some great prospects up north there. And again our regulars 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.720 here on the podcast, Emery know your resume, but I 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.000 love hearing this side of your story. Really every year, 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:03.240 I want to know, like the why behind your knowledge 0:03:03.280 --> 0:03:05.680 in college football and why it's so vast. Tell the 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:08.040 people if you can real quick here, you know what 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:09.400 the I mean, you just kind of told us a 0:03:09.400 --> 0:03:11.760 little bit, but what the season looks like and all 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.760 the games that you call? How do you get yourself 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.760 you know, this widespread knowledge of prospects that just not 0:03:16.800 --> 0:03:18.000 that many folks know about. 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:20.440 Well, again, if you're going to do this part of 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.760 the job, the draft analyst part, you got to be 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:24.919 out there in the trenches. And you know, I call 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:28.080 games during the football season. I call college football games. 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:31.120 I call a lot of Morgan State games, Georgetown games, 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:34.000 Mamath games. You know, some call it a lot of 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:38.280 FCS games. So I'm always noticing these FCS prospects during 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.840 the football season. The fall football season, I'm covering the NFL. 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.360 You see me at different training camps. You see me 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:48.200 during the week on CBS Sports talking about NFL games, 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:50.480 talking about college football games. 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:51.440 Outside of the games that I cover. 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:54.440 So I really don't get into the draft until January 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:56.520 when I'm at these all Star games, and I've gone 0:03:56.560 --> 0:04:00.160 to all eight this offseason, all eight All Star game 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:02.560 I was at. So now I'm getting that process that started. 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:05.000 Now I've said this before where I'm getting eyes on 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.240 these players before I get back into my lab in 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:11.160 my studio and get eyes on the film. So I'm 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.520 going the entire month of January, then in February, usually 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:15.880 the week of the Super Bowl, which is why you 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:17.800 never see me on CBS during the week at the 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:21.480 Super Bowl because I'm back home and locked into grading prospects. 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:22.960 So from February. 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:27.320 To the until I'm done, it's just NonStop, twelve hour days, 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.200 five am, wake up, five thirty, you start, You're done 0:04:30.200 --> 0:04:32.800 it six six thirty, and then you do it again 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.760 the next day until you get all one thousand prospects 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.280 or over a thousand prospects done. 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.280 So no one, if you have the discipline, it can 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:41.880 be done. 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:46.080 But again, so I'm always around, always watching ball, always, 0:04:46.279 --> 0:04:48.280 you know, finding different things here and there. And I 0:04:48.320 --> 0:04:50.920 also call high school games too, So yeah, a lot 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:54.200 of my football is related from you know, start to finish, 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:55.880 and that's how we get everything done. 0:04:56.160 --> 0:04:59.160 So if you see a signing on a Tuesday in October, 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:01.240 you're not sure who the play is, just type in 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.560 that player's name next to Emory Hunt, you'll probably find 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.559 a scouting report on that guy. Because with a thousand 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.160 scouting reports, I have to imagine you're checking every box 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.320 for every player that enters this league. And what a 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.400 great resource that is for us here on the podcast. 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.200 Sometimes I do draft content early in the calendar, like 0:05:15.200 --> 0:05:17.520 you talked about there January February, and some of the 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:20.360 listeners are like, man, just wait until we know who's dolphins, 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.320 because like this is you know, you're talking about one 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.960 hundred guys and maybe two of them become Dolphins. That's 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.520 why this is a great resource for us to have 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.440 here is now we do have that focus and specifically 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.240 guys that are going to be on this team or 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:33.960 be in camp with this team and see how they 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.920 fit here. And before we get to the main event, Emory, 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.480 one of our annual traditions with you at the combine 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:41.880 is our chat we do there and we usually dive 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:44.720 into the running back position, and every year I've got 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:47.200 you diving deep into your grades to tell me about 0:05:47.200 --> 0:05:49.560 a Day three pick or maybe even a potential UDFA 0:05:49.760 --> 0:05:53.600 during that portion of the calendar. But this year, this year, 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.440 it's a little bit different. Emory. We went shopping in 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:58.720 the third round and came back with a dude devon 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:00.960 a chain. I wanted to get you take on his game. 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:02.800 What he brings to this Dolphins offense. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.159 Explosiveness, and it goes along with what they already have 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.680 in the backfield. You see the difference with you know, 0:06:08.720 --> 0:06:10.960 a guy like Mostert and Wilson. Now you've got a 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.359 chain back there. A chain has a legit track and 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:16.599 field speed and when you make things clearer for him, 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.599 which this offense will do, because the lanes will be 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.440 a little bit you know, clearer for him than they 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:24.760 were at Texas A and M. At Texas A and M, 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.320 the reason why he was so phenomenal to watch was 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:31.000 because they were running traditional you know, downhill ice so 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:34.560 you know type looks and you know ie formation you 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:38.159 know classic Texas A and M football back in the day. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.320 But you know, so he had to work hard for 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.560 his yards, which he had a lot of them. In 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:44.240 this offense, he's going to be able to have a 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:47.839 little bit more freedom to really get going before he 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.640 attacks that line of scrimmage, and once he plants his 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:53.160 foot in the ground, is able to accelerate. No one 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.680 is going to accelerate like him because he has that 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:59.480 ridiculous home run speed. And again we're talking about someone 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:03.440 that almost touched FO two running a forty yard dash. 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.320 This is legit speed we're talking about here. When you 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.359 get someone like that, This is why a lot of 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:11.840 guys probably projected certain backs to go to Miami, because 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.680 they understand when you have that type of speed here 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.800 with this offense, anytime you're able to hit that cutback, 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:19.400 you're probably going to hit your head on. 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:20.000 The goal post. 0:07:20.880 --> 0:07:21.520 Absolutely. 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:21.960 Yeah. 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:24.440 We saw, you know, a lot of folks talking about 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:26.320 what the speed of a Chamill looked like in Miami 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:27.720 prior to the draft, and now we get a chance 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:29.840 to look at it with rookie Minnie camp and into 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:32.200 OTAs here. But I'm curious because you know, Emory we 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:33.520 talk of all the time. The reason we have you 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.480 on for running backs is because you played the position, 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:37.240 and so I have to imagine in high school you 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:38.200 probably play a linebacker. 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:39.040 Two. Is that accurate? 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.360 Absolutely not, Man, I didn't play any defense. Was the 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:45.320 last time I played defense in high school was ninth grade. 0:07:45.400 --> 0:07:48.880 I played corner and after that I was like, I'm 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:52.679 just gonna stick to playing running back, receiver and returning punts. 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:57.440 There was no defense in my blood at all. 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.240 Okay, but I was just saying. 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:01.400 He was just saying, there's crossover. 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:05.320 Usually running backs play linebacker, quarterbacks play safety, Corners play receiver, 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.720 O line, plate D line, so there's some familiarity with 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.200 how one thinks on the other side. 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:12.160 That's where I was going with that, because you know, 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:14.960 you talk about the speed of Everyone knows about Tyreek 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.160 Hill Jalen Wallad that went for three thousand yards can 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.360 bind last year. So I'm curious from the running backs 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.800 perspective and kind of how it influences that second level 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.040 of the defense because I keep thinking about how, you know, 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.160 the Niners game last is a good example of Fred 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:29.120 Warner just being one of one type of player, an 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:31.280 absolute freak that can cover so much ground. And he 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.720 talked a little bit about getting extra range and that 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.599 kind of intermediate portion of the passing game against the 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.800 Dolphins and disrupt some of those inbreaking routes in the 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.640 intermediate portion. But a player like Raheemosert for instance, or 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.000 adding devon a chain, how does that added speed expand 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.080 that zone for the middle of the defense. 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:52.920 Man it's hard because naturally, when you're facing speed, you 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:54.960 want to give it a little bit more space to 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.640 give yourself a chance to turn and run with it. 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.760 But when speed is also that supposed to be, it's 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:02.960 also now a company in the backfield. 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:05.920 You can't get too far, you can't get too. 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:09.319 Ahead of yourself, because you're now really being threatened you 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.880 in all directions, you know, whether it's vertically or Horizonmilye. 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:16.480 And so you have to be judicious and you know, 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:20.520 decisive and precise with your angles that you take, because 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:24.320 any false step or any bad angle, it's over. And 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.440 we saw this play out in the passing game with 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.199 the Dolphins, you know, and how many teams took bad angles. 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.080 How many teams thought they had good angles but they 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.800 really didn't. And so now when you think about a 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:38.080 divan a chain, you know, getting outside on screens, or 0:09:38.200 --> 0:09:42.000 you know, getting a sprint draw where that's one of 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.640 the best plays for guys like him to run where 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.120 now it's just like a straight burst and he makes 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.920 one cut and he's not able to lose He doesn't 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:52.920 lose acceleration either. It is just it's tough when you 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:55.440 think about how someone like that has all of that 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:56.480 type of capability. 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:58.839 It's reminds me of in baseball, like you have a 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:00.840 guy that throws a nine nine out fastball then has 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:02.240 an eighty mile an hour change up. Like how we're 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.160 supposed to react to either of those two things. You 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:06.679 better be guessing and guessing right on those. You talk 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.720 about the poor angles, I mean, we saw waddle and 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.800 back to back games last year. I think it was 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:13.280 a sixty four yard touchdown and an eighty four yard 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.520 touchdown where there was one bad angle from a safety 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.080 and it was lights out showing your tail lights, young man. 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:19.200 So that's I mean. 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:20.559 I can't wait to see it happen here on the 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:22.839 field for the Miami Dolphins. Before we go to the 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:25.080 break here and go to the second segment talking about 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.720 the UDFA class. This is a theme I've been talking about. 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:30.200 I probably even asked you the combine back in February 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:32.800 that I forget, but I've been asking everybody that I 0:10:32.840 --> 0:10:36.600 could about how a second year in a system can 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.720 benefit an offense because you know, going back to Shanahan 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.680 and McDaniel in their entire track record, every single time 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:45.839 they got somewhere new that second season, the offense had 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.200 a big kind of climb forward, and this year for 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:50.319 the Dolphins, they've had the sixth best offense from a 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.240 yards per game perspective last year, and that was with 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.400 you know, injuries that tackle like crazy, the quarterback position 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.880 having all kinds of attrition. I just look at the 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:02.040 potential for the stealing to raise even higher for this offense. 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.320 I'm curious how you think that the second year in 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:07.760 Mike McDaniel's system can really benefit all these incumbents coming 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:09.240 back for the Miami Dolphins offense. 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.760 It's because what you saw last year was physical speed, 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:15.719 but now you're going to see mental speed in year two. 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.800 And when you're mentally locked in with what you're doing 0:11:18.920 --> 0:11:21.800 and you're now able to combine that with play speed, 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:25.120 everything's going to happen faster. And so that's why you 0:11:25.120 --> 0:11:27.200 see the jump. Now guys know what they're supposed to do, 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:29.320 they know what they expect, they don't have to think 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:32.719 about it, and now they're playing even faster. So imagine 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.719 those fast guys playing even faster, and that's what you got. 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:37.960 That's why you see such significant jump. So this could 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.439 still be one of the fastest and also more explosive 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:44.679 offenses you'll see in the NFL, and you have. 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.720 To imagine that every single week it just gets better 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:48.440 and better and you get deeper and deeper into that 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:52.080 massive playbook of Mike McDaniel from that Kyle Shanahan tree. 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.120 So we can't wait to see it. Man, We've got 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.120 plenty of guys to talk about here. With Emry Hunt, 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:58.680 we're going to break down the entire Dolphins UDFA class here. 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:02.000 That's next on the Draft Podcast again my guest Emory Hunt, 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:07.920 brought to you by Auto Nation. All Right, the time 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.200 has come now for the second segment here with my 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.520 guest Emory Hunt. You can find his work at CBS 0:12:12.520 --> 0:12:15.680 Sports HQ, at f Ball, Game Plan, on Twitter, and 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.800 a various various other places out there that he does 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:19.959 all of his great work for. 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:22.160 And I do want to finally. 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.360 Now pivot to the UDFA class for the twenty twenty 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:27.360 three Miami Dolphins and really cover this group of players 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.400 that are here in camp getting ready to go for 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.719 the season for the summer. You're two for two the 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:34.240 last couple of years here, Emory, actually technically three for 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:37.720 three because last year and I remember, I specifically remember 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:39.640 the way you responded when I asked you last year, 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:41.760 I think it was our DM chat. I was like, 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:42.959 who do you like? And you know like Cater and 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.560 Brelan Sanders. I'm like, all right, good enough, we'll talk 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.160 about it on the podcast. And they joined Robert Jones, 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:51.120 who you were glowing about on our twenty twenty one podcast. 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:52.720 So let's go ahead and list. 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:56.120 Off the twenty one UDFA signed with the Dolphins this 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:59.959 year and start with Mitchell Agude, the Miami prospect, quarterback 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.640 James Blackman, cornerback Ethan Bonner. Chris Brooks is a running 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:07.200 back from BYU, Randy Charlton, the dn wide receivers Chris 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:10.600 Coleman and Daywood Davis, tight end Julian Hill from Campbell. 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:14.040 We also have got Aubrey Miller, the linebacker from Jackson State, 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:19.439 tackles Anthony Montalvo and Brandon Peely, linebacker Garrett Nelson, safety 0:13:19.520 --> 0:13:23.760 Kedrin Smith, tackle James Tunstall, punter Michael Turk, offensive lineman 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:29.360 Alama Lave, linebacker Zeke Vanderberg, and safety Bennett Williams. Emery 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:31.360 who off that list jumps out at you. 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:34.880 Well, initially James Blackman because I saw him down at 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:36.040 the College Gradion Showcase. 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:36.960 He was fantastic. Man. 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.160 I think you forgot that he was still in college, 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.439 you know, playing ball. He was at Arkansas State now, 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.199 but he was a longtime Florida State guide in transferred 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:45.400 to Arkansas State, played. 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:46.840 Really well for the Red Wolves. 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.120 I thought he had a really good week at the 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.400 College Gradion Showcase. And he's someone that could be a 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.680 developmental guy on that roster. We know they're not going 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.959 to keep for QBS, but I feel like he could 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:00.199 make that team in terms of being on their practice squad. 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:02.880 Christopher Brooks had a really good Hula Bowl week out 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:06.560 of BYU physical one cut downhill runner fits the mold 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:09.960 of what could be potentially a four minute offense, short 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:12.080 yarded guy because he was excellent. I think he went 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:13.960 over one hundred yards in the Hulabow game as well. 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:17.160 And going back to, you know, on the defensive side 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.160 of the ball, looking at some of these names, it's 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.760 funny because when you see Garrett Nelson and you look 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:25.160 at Andrew Van Ginko, you see body type, you know, 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:28.520 stylistic type comparisons that a guy that can be a 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:31.600 sambacker can also put his hand in a dirt and 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:33.920 rush the passer. That's why I like Nelson. I feel 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:37.480 like Nelson still has that crossover ability. Vandenburg out of 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:40.720 Illinois State was one of the better defensive edge guys 0:14:40.800 --> 0:14:44.280 at the FCS level. Fantastic point of a tech tech player. 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:47.040 Also another one that's built just like Garrett Nelson what 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:52.000 he can do as well. Miller was phenomenal for Jackson State. 0:14:53.000 --> 0:14:55.280 You know, he's someone that's a thumper. At this one 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:57.680 game that really stood out, it was the Bathune Cookman game. 0:14:57.680 --> 0:14:59.280 I want to say it was like a third in 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.600 about three he stuffs to run on third and three 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.600 and he gets his noge like fourth in about a 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:06.400 half a yard. 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:08.160 They run the same play again. 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:11.000 He is able to break through and just blow up 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:14.880 the back in the backfield, no gain, turn the worn down. 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.200 So it's those type of plays, impactful plays in the 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.400 run game. And he had those type of impactful plays 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:22.640 at the Senior Bowl. I thought every day at the 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:25.200 Senior Bowl, down a mobile, he got better and better. 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:29.320 Kedrin Smith out of Kentucky loved the combo ability. Could 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:32.160 play either safety spot. We know at this juncture of 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.400 football we're talking about positionless ball on the back end, 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.520 and Smith is someone that can feel that void, whether 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:42.920 it's playing either safety spot or playing shallow in zone coverage. 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.120 He can do that as well. So I kind of 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:48.440 like what they've done looking at this class as a whole. 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.080 So again, this is what you want as a coach. 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.920 You want to stock pile talent, and if you're a GM, 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.720 you want to stock pile talent. And then this is 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:00.400 also the part that you hated as a g and 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.120 as a coach because you're going to have to make 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.720 some tough decisions because you have a lot of talent 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:05.480 across the board. 0:16:05.960 --> 0:16:07.840 Last year was I thought one of the tougher cuts 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:09.080 the Dolphins have had in a long time. And I 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:10.880 think this year is even tougher because you talk about 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:13.640 this list of players. They've got guys like you mentioned 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.800 that played pretty well at the college level, have good 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:19.280 experience here, and you're really looking for I mean, I 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.360 think most teams probably feel this way, but for the Dolphins, 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.960 I mean, forty five, forty eight of the roster spots 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:27.120 probably mostly spoken for right now, just based upon what 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.680 they accomplished last year, who they brought in this offseason 0:16:29.680 --> 0:16:32.240 in terms of big ticket free agents, and just rounding 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.080 this roster out for the last four or five years 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.000 in a way that's built almost to this moment where 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.320 all right, you've got a really competitive roster here in 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.440 a tough AFC. But I want to go back to 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:42.640 the players you mentioned here and just kind of ask 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:44.600 you follow ups on these guys. So with James Blackman, 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:47.800 I think everyone knows that name from Florida State because 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.000 he played a lot of football there, transfers like you 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:52.640 mentioned to Arkansas State there. I'm curious about how his 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:54.840 experience at the college level and so many reps that 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:57.440 he got, which can really be so valuable for a rookie, 0:16:57.720 --> 0:16:59.680 how that kind of helps him. And then also the 0:16:59.720 --> 0:17:02.240 idea of how his skills might translate to a Mike 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:05.480 McDaniel offense, because I'm watching some some clips of him here, 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.720 just pulled him up on Twitter for instance, and man. 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.760 He's dropping in some deep balls right and. 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:12.560 Stride man, And I look at this offense as a 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:14.680 chance with all the speed that you mentioned, they could 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:16.399 be an offense that runs a lot of four verts. 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:18.280 I'm thinking, like, that guy can throw the d ball 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:18.800 pretty well. 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:20.919 Yeah, you can throw it really well. He has a 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:24.360 fluid stroke. He just hoped that they continue to work 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:28.359 on his frame. You know, he's real thin, and but 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:31.840 he he is super tall. He's like six five, right, 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:35.760 so he's he's built like a basketball player. But the 0:17:36.040 --> 0:17:38.600 fluidity in what he and when he throws the ball, 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.480 that's why he's able to get that good consistent accuracy 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:43.439