WEBVTT - Drive Time: The Jaylen Wright and Mohamed Kamara Episode 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:04.800 To on the move, Golan Deep Speedways, Peace do Peas 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:10.440 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.720 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.440 He's got my advans in the playoffs. 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:32.240 What is up Dolphins And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast. 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:35.400 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:35.680 --> 0:00:39.640 we are covering the next two picks of your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.120 We have five more players to break down. We'll do 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:45.519 players three through five on the next episode. But today 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:50.760 running back Jalen Wright, outside backer edge defender Mohammad Kamara 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:53.760 from Tennessee and Colorado State, respectively. We'll dive into the 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:55.600 film there. On those guys, we'll take a look at 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:57.680 the fit and the advanced metrics. As we do here 0:00:57.720 --> 0:01:00.440 on this podcast, we'll hear from the players as well 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.600 as Mike McDaniel and Chris Greer from the Baptist Health 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:06.280 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:08.480 This is the Draft Time Podcast. 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:15.000 Heye, we got things started on Saturday with some fireworks, 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:18.080 both with the trade up and the player selection. The 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:21.840 Dolphins parlayed next year's organic third round draft choice. You 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.160 cannot dip into the compensatory picks just yet. You can 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.440 trade them down the road, but not just yet. They 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.480 have to lock in half of the seasons over and 0:01:29.520 --> 0:01:32.880 they got themselves back into the fourth round to select 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:37.480 an electric tailback in Tennessee's Jalen. Right, that's our second 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:41.880 ja y l e N Jalen and our fourth overall 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:46.720 Jalen Jalen, Jalen Jalen. Five best rappers of all time Dilon, Dielon, Dielon, Dielon, 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:49.240 and Dialon. Before we get to that thought real quick, 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:52.160 we heard from both Mike McDaniel and Chris Greer. Let's 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:55.000 go ahead and hear what they believe they achieved on 0:01:55.080 --> 0:01:57.920 Day number three in the twenty twenty four NFL Draft. 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.400 I think we've filled like we've had good football players, 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:05.680 Guys that you know, we had targeted at positions we 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:09.760 felt good about the contribute, Guys that we feel have upside. 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:14.040 And again the most important that we always talk about 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:17.960 competitive guys that love ball and that won't blink coming 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.920 in here and we'll jump into the fray and be 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:25.040 good teammates and it'll be fun watching these guys battle 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:26.919 it out during training camp. 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:28.840 And we'll talk about this to go along in the 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.560 podcast here. But all five players the Dolphins added on 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:36.200 Day three across the board unanimously have a certain competitive 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:38.800 spirit and toughness about them. And you read about that 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:42.200 and all the scouting or the draft guides, all the 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.160 anonymous scout quotes around the league, all that stuff kind 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:47.320 of points to a certain type of player, which we 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.880 know the Dolphins covid down here in Miami. 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:52.480 How much does this draft help the team win? 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.280 In twine twenty fourth, that was an important question and 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:57.800 an important answer. Here's Chris Greer on just that. 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.560 We always feel that way, but it mains to be 0:03:00.600 --> 0:03:03.040 seen like no one's given anything, you know. Here, we 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.359 have some good players on the roster here, and these 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:06.799 guys are gonna have to work to beat them out 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:10.240 and earn spots. But yes, we selected them because we 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.240 feel that they have a chance to contribute. 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:15.240 But again, they have to earn it. Nothing's given. 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.399 And I think Mike and the staff have shown that 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.360 over their two years here that you earn your playing 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:20.880 time here. 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:22.960 We are going to get to the rest of the 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:28.760 picks on Monday's podcast, Maleague Washington and Patrick mc morris, 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.120 and then I have we haven't actually made the final 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:33.440 pick yet I'm recording the podcast ahead of time, trying 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:34.679 to get it out to you guys right at the 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:35.800 conclusion of this draft. 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:37.440 But I'll go ahead and fill you in at the 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:38.040 end of the podcast. 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:38.440 And who that is. 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.360 I'm sure you know you'll listen to the Draft Time 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:42.400 podcasts and you don't know that the draft picks. That's 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.760 there's no way you're a podcast fan who doesn't know 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:46.680 the Dolphins entire draft class so far, Well up, did 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.800 you guys at the end of the podcast, for posterity's sake. 0:03:49.840 --> 0:03:52.800 And of course, we have the expectation, you know, going 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:54.960 back to the Jalen Wright move to trade up into 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.160 the fourth round of this year's draft, we have the 0:03:57.200 --> 0:04:00.440 expectation of third round compicks coming back next year. It 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:04.120 always seemed to me like that cabinet of future third 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:07.200 round picks was a good resource pool to dip into 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:08.800 to go up and get a player they might like 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.360 in this range of the draft. I'm surprised they pulled 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.680 it off without giving up any picks this year. And 0:04:13.720 --> 0:04:16.120 so you add a pick this year when you only 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.440 had six going in, so seven total players from the 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.320 class from a draft pool in twenty twenty five, where 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.360 with the projected pick in each of the seven rounds 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.479 plus your three compicks, you're projected to get had ten picks. 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:29.840 Now it's seven and nine in the. 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:31.760 Next back to back years after a couple of years 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:33.719 of four and five picks in the draft. So Miami 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.559 getting more and more rookies filling out that pipeline deeper 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:39.680 and deeper to kind of continue the idea of sustained 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:42.760 success down the road while you also compete and win. Now, 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:44.960 we'll come back to that topic here just second here 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.360 in the podcast as well, and speaking of all of that, 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.680 before we get to the analysis on Tennessee running back 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:55.599 Jalen Wright. Here is Chris Career on the flexibility those 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.679 third round picks gave the Dolphins in this year's draft. 0:04:59.120 --> 0:05:02.279 You can't use it into toy picks until this time 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:05.800 next year. So those, uh, the ones we anticipated were 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.479 all protected, but it gave us some flexibility to move around. 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.240 As we talked about us being active trying to move 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:17.320 up in the draft previously. So but for us, we 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.520 had jailing in on a visit here thirty visit, enjoyed 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.440 spending time with him here. We spent a lot of 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.400 time getting to know him. Uh and obviously you know 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:28.640 his explosiveness on the field and what he does is 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.640 running back, his toughness. Again, it's another guy that you 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.320 know it. Mike started really watching him, he was excited 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:36.880 for you know, as well as our scouts identifying him. 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:40.800 So again, it was the ability to add a good 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:44.400 football player. And everything's about competition. It's a good group 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:47.479 of guys, they understand that. So for us to add 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:49.839 a good football player that we really liked and valued 0:05:49.880 --> 0:05:53.160 there on the board was an opportunity we couldn't pass. 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:54.280 I knew it. 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.440 I knew that was gonna happen as part of the 0:05:56.520 --> 0:06:00.560 draw of being so particular about protecting those conpensient with 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:04.000 players that were cut with signing contracts under the threshold 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.039 that would qualify towards a compensatory formula. I thought it 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:08.760 was kind of a master stroke in terms of how 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:13.000 this was managed because those third round picks, yeah, they're valuable, 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:16.279 top one hundred picks to get players on your roster, 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:18.760 but the ability to be flexible with how they could 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.679 give you that ammunition to go up in this year's 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.280 draft or next year's draft, it's so valuable to me 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:26.880 as part of that with you know, losing the key 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.760 parts we did lose in Christian Wilkins, Robert Hunt, Andrew 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:33.400 Van Ginkel, replacing those guys with aggregate number of players 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:36.240 and cheaper players and maybe some draft picks down the road, 0:06:36.480 --> 0:06:39.720 but also the idea of just creating more flexibility in 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.080 the draft to give yourself the opportunity to identify a 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.120 player you love and go up and get them. 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:46.359 There's value to all of that. So it's not just 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:48.440 lost X, didn't gain Z. 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:48.800 Like. 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.400 There's a lot more nuance that goes into it than that, 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:53.800 and I thought Miami did a good job of managing 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.039 that and massaging what would ultimately become an additional draft 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.039 pick that did not cost them any future picks in 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:02.200 this year's draft, just in next year's draft. So we 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:05.200 move on now to the twentieth pick of the fourth round, 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:08.680 number one twenty overall Tennessee running back Jalen Wright, And 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.160 wouldn't you know it, another player who was absolutely dying 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:13.200 to come to Miami. 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:16.480 So I had a thirty visit with Miami. I mean, 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:17.840 I make the whole style. It was cool. 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.440 I mean, as a team, I really wanted to go to, 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.840 which is crazy. It's the best visit I had. I mean, 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:24.760 I'm just glad, you know what I'm saying, just to 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:26.640 have that eppistunity too, you know what I'm saying, come 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:28.920 out in South Beast, you know, just to help make 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:30.520 a difference in the team, you know, help add the 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:31.920 exposive element. 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.080 So I plugged on the film of Jalen Right. 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:37.160 I watched him live this year, but didn't do tape 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.800 on him until today because full transparency. The shortcut that 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:42.440 I took, or one of them this year's draft class 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:44.840 was at the running back position. That's why you never 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.320 do that, because you never ever know what could possibly 0:07:48.320 --> 0:07:50.200 happen in the draft. And so I pull up the 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:52.360 All twenty two from the Georgia game, and on the 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.320 very first snap, the volunteers go duo, and what duo 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:58.640 is is double teams from two players or there's two 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:00.400 double teams, I should say. On the offense, if line 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.480 one isolation block and then from there you catch and 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.160 climb to the second level and try to get up 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:08.160 to the second level to hit secondary blocks to spring 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.640 your back into that second level of the defense. And 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:12.560 from there they had split flow action which is the 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.600 tight end going across the formation against the flow of 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.280 the zone or the blocking scheme you have inside, and 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:21.160 that's something Miami does tons and tons of and you 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.320 can often look like those players can often look like 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:26.720 inside zone something else. The Dolphins do a whole heck 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:28.720 of a lot of here under head coach Mike McDaniel 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.320 and George's in man coverage in the corner running across 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:35.040 the formation with the split flow tight end blocker over 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:38.840 pursues this gap and there's this massive window for right 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.360 to step into, and he. 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:43.200 Does just that. But it's not just stepping into that gap. 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:45.120 But what I love about his running style is that 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:48.760 he presses this hole and forces the cornerback to be 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.520 late on the decision or just to have the information 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:54.480 as late as he possibly can, because he doesn't which 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.000 way he's gonna cut because of pressing that hole, and 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.560 I love that he's able to draw that cornerback inside 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.640 and get a false step downhill from the last line 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:04.880 of the defense the post safety in this case, which 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.719 creates a poor angle and an opening play seventy five 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.720 yard touchdown on the to start the game against the 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.080 team the number one team in the entire country, so 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.319 very impressed by all of that. And speaking of you know, 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.720 show him your tail lights type of speed, how about this. 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.680 Wright scored a nine to seventy five on his relative 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:25.040 athletic scorecard out of ten points. That's basically measuring all 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:28.000 the measurements at the scouting combine in your pro day, 0:09:28.200 --> 0:09:31.240 and he's nearly perfect in the athletic measurements in that regard. 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.640 It's forty fourth going back to thirty six years of 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:38.400 NFL scouting combines. That's out of over seventeen hundred running backs, 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:41.200 he's forty fourth overall, and his eleven foot two broad 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:44.280 jump was the second longest ever by a running back. 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.640 Explosive explosive player. But how about this? 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:49.360 You know, we called Devon ah Chan flat Stanley on 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.720 the podcast last year, and I can't take credit for 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.560 that because somebody else mentioned it on Twitter. 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:54.480 I forgot who it was. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:57.920 But I think it's perfect because of his ability to 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:01.840 hit tiny creases and explode through the other side unfazed. 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:05.720 It's not that dissimilar for Jalen Wright and his skill. 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:06.520 Set that he features. 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.719 He told us that he the fastest time or the 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:13.360 fastest speed he ever recorded, on GPS was twenty three 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:15.200 point seven miles per or let me say that again 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:15.680 for effect. 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:17.800 Twenty three point. 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.720 Seven miles per hour twenty two point three was the 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:24.120 fastest NFL speed last year. Tyreek's fastest was twenty two 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.559 point zero one and eight chance was twenty one point 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.360 nine to three. This dude can flat out scoot, and 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:33.280 he's also incredibly patient while also gaining ground towards the 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:35.640 line of scrimmage. He knows how to press and scrape 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:38.559 almost like a linebacker who does the exact same thing 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:39.719 on the other side of the ball. They want to 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:41.400 get in tight to the blocker in front of them 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:43.760 it's stacked up in a engage in a block and 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:45.480 stay in tight to that so they can scrape off 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.920 of that block and not catch the blocker on a 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.160 catching climb or a double team. He does the same 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.040 thing as like a running back or like a linebacker 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.559 does at the running back position, and a lot of 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:57.000 the runs for big gains were him hitting a gap 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:59.840 and just running past guys in close quarters. 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:00.800 Getting off those arm tackles. 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.520 So he has the power and strength requisite to hit 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:04.720 those explosive. 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:05.960 Runs in those tight areas. 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.000 He reminds me a bit of Raheem Moster and the 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.640 way he blazes past guys and the way this run 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:14.040 game springs runs where it's basically, here's some space, use 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.439 your speed and your vision and your urgency and your 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.720 decision making to go hit it at full speed, make 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.960 guys miss at the second and third level. That's Jalen 0:11:22.000 --> 0:11:24.240 Wright's entire game. What a fun tape this was to 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:26.960 watch man. He also had twenty two catches. And this 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.600 is where I like pairing him with Tua, because Tennessee 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:32.839 would scheme up these quick throws like rail routes or 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.720 flat routes or flares or swings where they would just 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:37.720 flare it out to him on a dead sprint and 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.000 essentially get him on the perimeter. But via the passing game, 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.880 and that also crosses over with the screen game, and 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.440 Tua is so damn adept at putting the ball on 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:48.960 the upfield shoulder right in line to keep you moving 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:51.680 that you don't want to slow guy like Jalen right down. 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.240 I don't think that that's going to be a problem 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:56.439 for Tua at any point with this player the Dolphins. 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:58.120 The fit with the Dolphins is fantastic. 0:11:58.160 --> 0:12:01.079 Because if you go to Sports infos Illusions, the ultimate 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:06.000 statistical website, the Dolphins FAST twenty one personnel grouping, which 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:09.320 is two backs, one tight end. But typically in that 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.200 grouping it's a running back and a full back. Fast 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.880 twenty one means it's two half backs, two tailbacks, two 0:12:16.320 --> 0:12:19.760 running backs, ah Chan and Moster or a Chan and Right, 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:23.480 and that package last year for the Dolphins, albeit not 0:12:23.760 --> 0:12:27.600 ran with a great abundance of frequency, was the most 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:30.480 productive at over seven yards per play when they had 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:32.560 that grouping on the field, that was largely most Are 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:34.800 and eight Chan together, and of course we had several 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.440 games where one of those guys was not available. So 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.319 now with Jalen Wright, you protect your most productive grouping 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.160 in the event that you don't have most or a 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.880 Chan for a game or even you know, knock on 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.880 wood an extended period of time, he had more runs 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.960 right did with five or fewer defenders in the box 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.320 than he did seven plus. And that's what you're gonna 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:55.960 get down here with the speede how in the perimeter. 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:59.640 And that's because the Tennessee offense, much like Miami, stretched 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:01.760 the field as well as anybody in the last two years, 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:04.480 especially two years ago when they had Jalen Hyatt, a 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:07.160 I think third round pick of the New York Giants. Well, 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.440 you know who's faster than the Tennessee volunteers the Miami 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:13.080 Dolphins from the same grouping in the passing game. His 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:17.240 speed to stretch the defense, but also the presences you 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.319 have that can occupy that space in the middle of 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.720 the field were two excels as much as any quarterback 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:22.160 in the NFL. 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:26.040 Right the middle of the field. Now you've got multiple angle. 0:13:25.800 --> 0:13:29.239 Slash Texas route options, guys that can widen the linebacker 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.400 and cross face and hit big plays on short passes 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:34.079 over the middle. You have a tried and true productive 0:13:34.240 --> 0:13:37.319 spot up tight end as it were in John hus Smith. 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:39.480 And then you know how Tyreek and Wada stressed the 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:40.960 middle of the field as well. I'm so pumped for this. 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.040 Let's go ahead and hear from Jalen Wright on how 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:46.679 his time in Knoxville at Tennessee and the versatility they 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.120 had there prepared him for coming to the NFL and 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.240 one of the more diverse complex running systems under Mike 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.240 McDaniel in the National Football League. 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.720 Rusty my sophomore year, junior year, I mean, we have 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.200 receivers in space out of the field. I mean, that's 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.439 just something that Dolphins really good. You know, just space 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:04.360 out the field, you know, get defenses to get out 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.320 of Cover more and Cover three, you know, get THESS to. 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.400 Play cover two and cover four. I mean, it's she's 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:09.120 doing great. 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:12.040 Bigger opportunities for the running backs, bigger it's supposed to play. 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:13.400 That's a lot. 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:15.360 That's what I really a lot of I had a 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:19.440 lot of a lot of things like that happen in Tennessee, 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.800 and I feel like that's gonna be good in Miami. 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.360 So let's go ahead and pause right there, take our 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.880 first break of this episode, come back and talk about 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.520 new Dolphins running back Jalen right more. On the other side, 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.920 We're also going to talk about Mohammed Kamara, the edge 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.520 from Colorado State, and give you some more general draft thoughts. 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:39.400 We'll hear more from McDaniel and Chris Careeer, including how 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.480 they feel this year's class has nothing to do. 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:44.560 With or not nothing to do with. Is all about winning. 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:47.520 This year and the idea of being a sustained winner 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:49.680 for a long time. All of that, more, all of 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.040 that and more next here on the Draft Time podcast, 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:55.160 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:01.160 Picking it back up here recap the first two picks 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.640 of Day three of the twenty twenty four NFL Draft 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:07.640 for Miami Dolphins. We're talking about new running back Jalen Wright, 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:07.960 and from. 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:10.200 Pro Football Focus. Here's what their scouting report read. 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:12.440 I forget who the lead draft analyst is there now, 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:15.840 but his calling card is his explosiveness. His first step, 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.760 lateral or linear, is eye popping. He pairs that with 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.320 the NFL level top gear to eat up open space, 0:15:21.640 --> 0:15:24.640 good hands as a receiver, and his explosiveness makes him 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:26.920 a sharp route runner. He was one of the best 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:29.200 backs in the country in pass protection due to his 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:30.600 size and strength. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:32.320 What's the hang up here, guys. 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:34.760 I'm not saying you guys have one, but like three 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:38.080 down player pass, pro pass game, physical, home run speed, 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:39.720 what's not to like? 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:40.720 The data on him. 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.280 PFF had him in the ninety eighth and ninety six 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:47.200 percent Tile in zone running game grade and gap running 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:49.040 game grade. Those are the two schemes you run man 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.160 and gap or man in zone I should say, I mean, 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:51.800 what do we. 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:53.080 Say about scheme versatility? 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:56.560 How about a ninety two percent tile in average yards 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.280 after contact as well. That four point three five yards 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:03.480 after contact on average was third in college football. Last season, 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.920 he hit ten plus yard runs on twenty four point 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:08.240 eight percent of his runs. 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:09.840 That was tops in college football. 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.480 He forced forty three mess tackles last season. That was 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:15.600 tied for thirtieth among backs in college football. We know 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:17.920 this team can run to the perimeter, but here's a 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.440 crazy one for you guys, and this might satisfy some 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:21.440 of the what are you going to do on third 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:25.560 and one situations? Or the power game? Here are Jalen 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:29.520 Wright's attempts and yards per gap in twenty twenty three. 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:31.640 We know the gaps are the A gap is the 0:16:31.640 --> 0:16:33.880 one between the center and guard, the B gap between 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:36.160 the guard and tackle, and the C gap between the 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.000 tackle and tight end, and runs on the perimeter. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.920 The D gap beyond that is the wide outside run. 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:43.400 So in the A gap right down the middle, fifty 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:46.280 rushes for four hundred and ninety eight yards round up 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.880 to two yards to give him five hundred ten yards 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.240 per rush on inside zone and duo. That's a great 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:53.880 CounterPunch to Miami's outside zone running game. With eight han 0:16:53.960 --> 0:16:57.040 and moster it's fantastic. B gap twenty eight for one 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.560 to eighteen. It's not eye popping, but it's still over 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.120 four yards per rush. See gap twenty six for one 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:04.119 to ninety eight. That's up to about eight yards per 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:05.760 rush a little bit less than that, and off the 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.440 perimeter thirty two for one to ninety six, so he 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.240 can run it everywhere, but gosh, those big home run 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:13.840 wins on the inside just can continue to Look at 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:15.639 the way the Dolphins have built this offense in twenty 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.000 twenty four, they're gonna stress even more. 0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:20.320 Space than they did in twenty twenty three. 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:23.440 In my opinion, he's just twenty one years old, only 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:26.240 one year as a full time starter, and significant workload. 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.200 In fact, he has under three hundred touches or four 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:31.120 hundred touches, I should say as a collegian, so plenty of. 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:31.800 Tread on the tires. 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:34.320 Everybody loves his pass pro and receiving game in terms 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:36.919 of scouts and expert analysis out there, which means he 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.720 offers true three down ability, and if he hits with 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.879 Devon Acham, you could arguably have one of the game's 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:47.280 most dynamic one to two punches down the road. Maybe 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.600 in twenty twenty five, and you're gonna have a cham 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:51.640 for two more years and right for three more years 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:55.040 on mid round rookie contracts essentially minimum type of cash 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:57.520 you owe those players. You can get away from having 0:17:57.520 --> 0:17:59.560 to really pay running backs anything and have two of 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.040 the best if that works out that way, like sign 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.520 me up, dude. Dame Brugler wrote this about his ability 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:06.679 to cut away from pursuit angles at full speed to 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:10.399 create misstackles is more impressive than his track speed. At 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:12.439