Speaker 1: Practice, Patrick throwing Parker touchdowner. What a win for this
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphin team. Wow? Oh right, Miami Indeed, and free
Speaker 1: agency is off to a rocking start as your Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins have been busy bolstering the roster with quality signings,
Speaker 1: freak athletes, intelligent, instinctive scheme fits, and we've been doing
Speaker 1: it with clever cat management that keeps this roster in
Speaker 1: terrific financial shape going forward. What's up, Dolphins? Travis Wingfield
Speaker 1: with you here for a special series of the Drive
Speaker 1: Time Podcast, part of the official podcast network of your
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. We aren't making these shows with specific dates,
Speaker 1: but we are rolling out a new episode per player signing,
Speaker 1: and we'll start with the details of the player's career,
Speaker 1: taking a look at their counting stats, advanced metrics, film study,
Speaker 1: character testimonies, and a whole lot more, all of that
Speaker 1: before we hear from the newest Miami Dolphins and exclusive
Speaker 1: interviews with the Drivetime Podcast. So, without any further ado,
Speaker 1: let's get in to the free agency series here on
Speaker 1: the Drivetime Podcasts and we'll get into the cumulative impact
Speaker 1: of all these additions and all these moves and all
Speaker 1: the benefits of the Dolphins acquisitions over the free agency period.
Speaker 1: But I want to go ahead and let the dust
Speaker 1: settle before we approach cap conversation and draft ideas of
Speaker 1: what Miami might do now that so many needs and
Speaker 1: holes have been checked off the list with the free
Speaker 1: agency period. We'll get to that on a future podcast
Speaker 1: here on the Drivetime Show, but today we're focusing on
Speaker 1: new linebacker Kyle van Noy. The Dolphins signed the jack
Speaker 1: of all trades defender and he reunites with his former
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator and current Dolphins head coach Brian Flores. Now
Speaker 1: it's difficult to pigeonhole van Noy at one specific position
Speaker 1: because the versatility theme continues here with the former a
Speaker 1: Pat and Lion. Van Noy can play the run, off
Speaker 1: the edge, he can drop into coverage, and also he
Speaker 1: can rush the passer very effectively from a variety of positions.
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus change van Noise's positional designation in twenty
Speaker 1: nine team. He was listed as a linebacker in eighteen
Speaker 1: and ranked second among his position group with thirty six
Speaker 1: total pressures that year. This year, with an edge designation
Speaker 1: and an increased pass rush workload, van Noy more than
Speaker 1: held his own with fifty eight pressures on four hundred
Speaker 1: and forty nine pass rush reps. He posted a gaudy
Speaker 1: twelve point nine percent pressure rate, and his versatility in
Speaker 1: terms of directional rushing is agnostic entirely. He has his
Speaker 1: sheriff a gap rushes. His pass rush productivity off the
Speaker 1: right side was nine point two that ranked eleventh among
Speaker 1: his position group, and seven point five off the left side.
Speaker 1: He can hit you from anywhere, and van Noy's work
Speaker 1: in the running game might be even better than his
Speaker 1: highly productive pass rushing metrics. He made thirty run stops
Speaker 1: those are tackles within two yards of the line of screaming.
Speaker 1: He missed only five tackles last year, and his consistent
Speaker 1: work earned van Noy the fifth best run defending grade
Speaker 1: among all edge defenders on Pro Football Focus. In twenty nineteen,
Speaker 1: he allowed eighty six receiving yards on eighty six coverage reps,
Speaker 1: and that ranked nineteenth among all edges. As a cover
Speaker 1: man and vanoid statistics reflect his multiple nature, just as
Speaker 1: his snap counts due last year, van Noy played more
Speaker 1: of an on ball edge slash linebacker role. In fact,
Speaker 1: seven hundred and seventy five of his eight seventy five
Speaker 1: defensive reps came from that position, be it on the
Speaker 1: edge or in the A or B gaps as a
Speaker 1: stand up rusher. In twenty eight team, those positional disparities
Speaker 1: were even more widespread. Vanoy played five hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: three snaps on the ball and five sixty four off
Speaker 1: the ball, just one snap away from being a dead
Speaker 1: fifty fifty split. And since his twenty sixteen arrival in
Speaker 1: New England, Vanoy has been as reliable and dependable as
Speaker 1: they come. Over as three full seasons there as a Patriot,
Speaker 1: Vanoy played too than eight hundred and ninety seven snaps.
Speaker 1: That's an average of nine point seven snaps per year.
Speaker 1: He doesn't leave the field. The newest Dolphin linebacker checks
Speaker 1: a lot of the boxes in which scouts play pay
Speaker 1: close attention to rather six ft three, two d fifty
Speaker 1: pounds coming out of b y U. In two thousand
Speaker 1: six Team, Vanny earned glowing grades from NFL dot COM's
Speaker 1: lands Zer line as a college prospect. Quote he has
Speaker 1: a muscular, well proportioned build, quick get off, He knife gaps,
Speaker 1: good pass rush ability, can push the pocket or pressure
Speaker 1: the edge. He keeps working to the quarterback and has
Speaker 1: deceptive closing speed. Eyes the quarterback and tries to get
Speaker 1: his hands in the passing lane. Athletic with good movement
Speaker 1: skills in all directions, equipped to keep pace with backs
Speaker 1: and tight ends and coverage. Is rangey and can open
Speaker 1: up his stride and run vertically. Glides on the field.
Speaker 1: Scheme versatile, football smart and this further quote from their
Speaker 1: line good sized athletics. Smooth moving stand up player who
Speaker 1: projects best as a three four outside linebacker, but can
Speaker 1: also warrant considered ration from four three teams as a
Speaker 1: will or a SAM multiplicity. He has unique ability to
Speaker 1: play up field latterly or in reverse end quote and
Speaker 1: Vanoi's versatility was truly appreciated and utilized in his second
Speaker 1: NFL home after leaving Detroit and getting to New England
Speaker 1: with flor as desire to play multiple fronts. Van Noi
Speaker 1: can stay on the field for nearly every snap, regardless
Speaker 1: of the front or defensive package or the coverage on
Speaker 1: the back end. The College Scoding Report harps on van
Speaker 1: nois versatility, his football i Q and instincts to read
Speaker 1: and react, paired with the quick first step and ability
Speaker 1: to get skinny through blocks allows him to be effective
Speaker 1: in both one gap penetration style defenses or two gap,
Speaker 1: read and react schemes. To check the versatile, smart, durable,
Speaker 1: and competitive boxes. The only thing left for van Nois
Speaker 1: to cover are his leadership and instincts, and he checks
Speaker 1: those two. This coming from Bill Belichick during a press
Speaker 1: conference mid season last year, asking about Van NOI's leadership
Speaker 1: and what he means the team quote. A lot of
Speaker 1: times he does the right thing on something that maybe
Speaker 1: we haven't gone over. He's one of those guys sometimes
Speaker 1: they get in a situation that we haven't really covered
Speaker 1: and they just do the right thing because they're good
Speaker 1: instinctive players. He's given us good depth in the kicking game.
Speaker 1: Not that he's out there for every play in the
Speaker 1: kicking game, but he's responsible for a lot of things.
Speaker 1: So if something happens and we needed him, he'd be
Speaker 1: ready to go. And that's a comforting feeling for a coach.
Speaker 1: He's given us great communication and leadership on and off
Speaker 1: the field. End quote. Van Noy comes down to South
Speaker 1: Florida with more than just football accolades to his name.
Speaker 1: He was recognized for his continuous involvement in the community,
Speaker 1: as he received the Ron Burton Community Service Award from
Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. He was also the Patriots Walter
Speaker 1: Payton Man of the Year nominee for the nineteen season.
Speaker 1: Vanny was credited with six and a half sacks last season,
Speaker 1: but took part in eight total sacks, as a couple
Speaker 1: of those were credited as half sacks. I want to
Speaker 1: now go over what each of those sacks looked like,
Speaker 1: and we'll be posting videos giving you guys a look
Speaker 1: at the film here of these particular plays, his first
Speaker 1: last year came in Week three against the New York Jets.
Speaker 1: Vanoi bounces around the formation before settling into a two
Speaker 1: point stance head up over the tackle. That's your four technique,
Speaker 1: and we saw Flora's do that plenty of times last season,
Speaker 1: with guys standing up at the line of scrimmage, jumping
Speaker 1: between gaps and picking their spot before the ball is
Speaker 1: snapped and going after the quarterback. Van Noy on this
Speaker 1: play bluffs his rush into the b gap, then crosses
Speaker 1: the guard's face as the looper. On a pick stunt,
Speaker 1: someone picks the player in front of him, he loops
Speaker 1: around on the free rum and the execution of the
Speaker 1: scheme creates a run down the pipe at the Jets
Speaker 1: quarterback for a van Nois sack. In week number four,
Speaker 1: vanoia lines as an on ball rusher and a two
Speaker 1: point stands in a wide five technique. It's a two
Speaker 1: fore front. He pushes upfield and engages the right tackle,
Speaker 1: attacking his upfield shoulder, and the quarterback tries to step
Speaker 1: through Van Noy's inside lane, but he redirects and works
Speaker 1: back underneath for the sack. The old adage tells you
Speaker 1: the worst place to be is behind the quarterback. Vanoy
Speaker 1: did great to recognize this, the quarterback stepping up and
Speaker 1: jumped forward and made the sack accordingly, Sack number three.
Speaker 1: In that same game, Week four against Buffalo, van Noi
Speaker 1: aligns in his two point stands in a wide five
Speaker 1: technique as an on ball rusher. He runs the arc,
Speaker 1: attacking the upfielled shoulder. Again, the tackle cannot pace van
Speaker 1: noi speed as he flattens the edge. He arrives and
Speaker 1: forces a fumble on the Buffalo quarterback. Sack number four.
Speaker 1: Week six, New York Giants in Foxboro, Vanoi lines up
Speaker 1: in a backside wide five technique again as an on
Speaker 1: ball linebacker two point rusher in a two four formation.
Speaker 1: The Giants quarterback runs a naked bootleg and he tries
Speaker 1: to beat van Noy to the sideline and cannot as
Speaker 1: Vanoi gets him down for a sack sack number five.
Speaker 1: Week eight against Cleveland, van Noil lines up in a
Speaker 1: two point stance. Once again that's a common theme here
Speaker 1: as an on ball wide five technique. He gets his
Speaker 1: feet tangled up on the initial rush, but recovers beautifully
Speaker 1: as he dips under the left tackle for a free
Speaker 1: run on the Browns quarterback and a sack sack number six.
Speaker 1: Week eleven at Philadelphia, van Noi lines up in a
Speaker 1: week side wide five technique. Once again. His first step
Speaker 1: works upfield to get the tackle vertically into his set.
Speaker 1: Vanoy then crosses face in an attempt to pick for
Speaker 1: the looper, but the snap is fumbled and Vanoy gets
Speaker 1: his eyes on the football, locates the quarterback and keeps
Speaker 1: working and finds the clean up sack sack number seven.
Speaker 1: Week thirteen at the Houston Texans, Vanoy lines up as
Speaker 1: the strong side nine technique as a two point on
Speaker 1: ball rusher. The tight end releases into the route, and
Speaker 1: the left tackle cannot game depth quick enough to match
Speaker 1: van Noy's get off. Van Noy flattens the edge and
Speaker 1: gets to the quarterback for a sack. Finally, in the
Speaker 1: wild card round, sack number eight versus the Tennessee Titans,
Speaker 1: Vanoi lines up and a wide five technique on the
Speaker 1: weak side and begins working laterally to the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: Pre snap, he dents the line with a bull rush,
Speaker 1: then spins off the initial block of the right tackle.
Speaker 1: He finishes the play with effort as he lays out
Speaker 1: and swipes the football out of the Titans quarterback's hands
Speaker 1: for a sack and force fumble. He gets it done
Speaker 1: in so many ways, so much fun to watch his tape.
Speaker 1: And let's go ahead now and get to the interview
Speaker 1: with new Dolphins linebacker Kyle van Noy. And I've got
Speaker 1: Kyle van Noy, the newest linebacker of your Miami Dolphins. Kyle,
Speaker 1: First off, how you doing man? Man? I just want
Speaker 1: to say thank you for having me on your podcast.
Speaker 1: What a blessing it is. I'm excited to get to
Speaker 1: know Finns Nation. The Miami let's go. I'm excited. We're
Speaker 1: excited to have you, Kyle. It's uh a player that
Speaker 1: I think fits a lot of the things that Dolphins
Speaker 1: want to do defensively in terms of what you bring
Speaker 1: to the table. And so with the new deal, the
Speaker 1: new team, just want to get your initial feeling about
Speaker 1: the vibes in Miami. Well, I mean the vibes are sunny.
Speaker 1: Let's go. You know the vibes. I think they've been
Speaker 1: there all along, and I hope I can just help
Speaker 1: out a little bit. Um. I'm not trying to change anything.
Speaker 1: I think everything that needs to be there is there.
Speaker 1: It's just a matter of putting it together. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and start there with what you mentioned with what
Speaker 1: was already here. First off, why the Dolphins. You had
Speaker 1: a chance to hit free agency and sign anywhere, Why
Speaker 1: would you choose Miami? Well, I respect the coach for one, Uh,
Speaker 1: Flow is a really really good coach. I respect what
Speaker 1: he's all about. I respect his coaching and what he
Speaker 1: brings to the table. And then the young group of
Speaker 1: guys that they have. They have a young, talented group
Speaker 1: that wants to play UM and I feel like I
Speaker 1: can contribute some leadership and just be a part of
Speaker 1: something special. And it's not gonna be overnight. It's gonna
Speaker 1: take everybody involved, and I'm excited about it. The past
Speaker 1: is the past right now. We're just focused on the
Speaker 1: future and what what we can control now, and that's
Speaker 1: how we play. And I can't wait. And you mentioned
Speaker 1: Kyle the the ability to come in and provide some
Speaker 1: leadership and not the you're gonna be the one that
Speaker 1: comes in here and changes the culture, but to be
Speaker 1: a part of the program and a part of that culture.
Speaker 1: What can you tell Dolphins fans of someone that has
Speaker 1: played for Brian Flores and knows him so well about
Speaker 1: what the kind of culture we can expect going forward
Speaker 1: as your number one here in Miami with him was
Speaker 1: about establishing that culture and getting a player like yourself
Speaker 1: only furthers that plan. Yeah, I think it really starts
Speaker 1: just with being smart, fast, and physical, and you put
Speaker 1: all those three things into it. That's exactly what you
Speaker 1: want in a football team, and that's what he preaches.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to be a part of it. I'm excited
Speaker 1: to go out there and show people. Um, I'm I'm
Speaker 1: not gonna say much. I'm just gonna try to do
Speaker 1: my best and do my part of showing it on
Speaker 1: the football field. That's perfect. It sounds exactly like what
Speaker 1: Flora's loves and a player and Kyle, I had a
Speaker 1: chance to review your sack reel from last year, and
Speaker 1: every one of those reps is different. You're winning with
Speaker 1: speed off the edge and ability to flatten your looking inside,
Speaker 1: your picking, You're running pick stunts, You're lining up in
Speaker 1: the A gaps and B gaps and getting home that way.
Speaker 1: What is it about your skills that allows you to
Speaker 1: really satisfy all those different responsibilities and stay on the
Speaker 1: field for every play. Well, you know, I I appreciate you,
Speaker 1: you know, looking at my you know, my my sacks
Speaker 1: and whatnot, But I don't I'm not wanting to necessarily
Speaker 1: talk about those. What I I talk about are the
Speaker 1: plays that I had to assist on last year. I
Speaker 1: felt like I had a lot of impactful plays on
Speaker 1: the assists that don't go on a stat sheet. Those
Speaker 1: are what I'm proud about. Forcing an interception or the
Speaker 1: QB to step up and another teammate gets a sack.
Speaker 1: That That's That's what I'm all about, because that right
Speaker 1: there is team ball isn't about me. It's about the team.
Speaker 1: You know, other players had to do some things in
Speaker 1: order for me to get a sack. And that's what
Speaker 1: I'm all about. I just want to bring that um
Speaker 1: togetherness that it's not just me if I get a
Speaker 1: sack or if you get a sack, it's all of us.
Speaker 1: And that being said, I'm just looking. I'm excited for
Speaker 1: this younger group. I'm excited to get together and get
Speaker 1: to work. Well, let's go ahead and use that perfect
Speaker 1: segue transition right here to talk about this press conference
Speaker 1: I found last year from Bill Belichick mid season where
Speaker 1: he commends you for your versatility and like you said,
Speaker 1: not just on defense, but your willingness and the general
Speaker 1: wherewithal to be able to adapt to what to somewhat
Speaker 1: foreign situations at times, like, for instance, if they want
Speaker 1: to call on you in the kicking game. Where is
Speaker 1: it in a player's character or makeup that makes them
Speaker 1: so unique to be able to do all those different roles, defense,
Speaker 1: special teams and otherwise. Yeah, I mean, I'm not gonna
Speaker 1: lie at times. You know, I don't want to do
Speaker 1: those things, but you know what I want to win?
Speaker 1: You if that's if it's a coach asked you to do,
Speaker 1: then you do it because you see the bigger picture.
Speaker 1: You see other people doing it and you know it works.
Speaker 1: And you don't want to be the person that everyone
Speaker 1: looks at and be like, man, what's he doing? You
Speaker 1: know you want you want to be the guy that
Speaker 1: steps up to the plate when you're called and get
Speaker 1: it done. And that's what I'm all about. I just
Speaker 1: want to win. And you talk about getting wins. You
Speaker 1: have two rinks to your credit in the past. How
Speaker 1: valuable valuable is it to bring that winning pedigree into
Speaker 1: a new team like this? Yeah, I just think it's
Speaker 1: it's the past. I learned so much. I'm so focused
Speaker 1: on this group we got and the talent that's there
Speaker 1: and just getting to work. And I'm honored to be
Speaker 1: a part of the Miami Dolphins family and I'm I'm
Speaker 1: excited to get to work. The Dolphins also signed a
Speaker 1: couple of your former teammates and head Caress and a
Speaker 1: Landing Roberts. What can you tell us about those two
Speaker 1: editions of the roster as well. They're both physical players,
Speaker 1: they both love football, They're hungry. You know, they got
Speaker 1: a lot to prove and they're gonna be really good.
Speaker 1: There are guys that love love, like I said, love football,
Speaker 1: and you roll out of football, you can find them there.
Speaker 1: They want to play. And Roberts obviously plays the same
Speaker 1: position as you. Well maybe not the same position, but
Speaker 1: he will be in the linebacker room with you. And
Speaker 1: you've got against some of these guys now in ray
Speaker 1: Kwa mcmill and Jerome Baker twice a year. What do
Speaker 1: you think about this linebacker room now that you're a
Speaker 1: part of it. They're exactly what I'm saying. Those guys
Speaker 1: are fast, they're physical, and they're smart. And I just
Speaker 1: hope I can help out and I hope they want
Speaker 1: to help me out and we we can work together
Speaker 1: as a group as a unit and get the job done.
Speaker 1: It's gonna take all of them. And on the other
Speaker 1: side of the football, you've defended Ryan Fitzpatrick and DeVante Parker,
Speaker 1: Mike Asiki, some of these guys twice a year. What
Speaker 1: does the Dolphins offense bring as far as challenges to
Speaker 1: an opposing defense? Fits? Magic Baby? How excited? You know?
Speaker 1: The one thing I respect about Fits is it doesn't
Speaker 1: matter what noise is going on you know, backup starter.
Speaker 1: He's the same person and I respect that. His confidence
Speaker 1: level is huge and you can tell everybody in the
Speaker 1: locker room feeds off that. And I'm excited to get
Speaker 1: to work with him. I've heard nothing but really good
Speaker 1: things about him. He's a really good leader, and he's
Speaker 1: the same person each and every day. And that's who
Speaker 1: you want at your at the quarterback position. Someone that
Speaker 1: is gonna lead, someone who's going to be the same person.
Speaker 1: You know you can count on them. And I'm excited
Speaker 1: to see them the magic firsthand and be on the
Speaker 1: good side of it for sure. And talking about DeVante
Speaker 1: Parker and Mike get Sicky there, we talked to Byron Jones,
Speaker 1: who told us that he can do anything he wants
Speaker 1: on a basketball court in terms of dunk in the
Speaker 1: basketball off of a two foot jump, but he can't
Speaker 1: handle the one ft jump quite the same. Do you
Speaker 1: do you hoop? And can you dunk? And would you
Speaker 1: compete in a dunk contest with some of these guys?
Speaker 1: I mean to see, I don't think I can compete,
Speaker 1: but I can dunk. You know, I'm more I'm more
Speaker 1: of I'm more of a grimy basketball player. I'm old
Speaker 1: school Jim Duncan box out, you know, don't need to
Speaker 1: be all flashy, shooted off the backboard. Fundamentals maybe and
Speaker 1: fundamental getting down that in that squat, in that stance
Speaker 1: and just hitting the bank shots. Huh yeah, then they're
Speaker 1: don't be mad because it doesn't look pretty, but it's
Speaker 1: no talents as two points. Hey, who brought the who
Speaker 1: brought the Chicago Bulls together? One of those titles, it
Speaker 1: was Dennis Brow a man, So I guess that's kind
Speaker 1: of your role on the team. Hey, there you go, there,
Speaker 1: you go back to football, Kyle. Just ultimately, in terms
Speaker 1: of kind of taking a broad stroke to it, what
Speaker 1: exactly are the Dolphins getting in Kyle van Noy on
Speaker 1: the field and in terms of the leadership, that's a
Speaker 1: good question. Well we will see, we will see. And
Speaker 1: how about what are you looking forward to most when
Speaker 1: you get down to Miami. I'm excited to meet fans,
Speaker 1: I'm excited to get to work with my teammates. I'm
Speaker 1: excited to play football. Uh. You know, we've were going
Speaker 1: through a crazy time in this world with this coronavirus,
Speaker 1: and um, we know we'll all come together and be
Speaker 1: one and I hope we can continue to stay one.
Speaker 1: And you know, with this football season, it's gonna mean
Speaker 1: a lot more, especially after what people are going through.
Speaker 1: Um see those that are working in the medical field,
Speaker 1: those that are risking their lives to treat patients, and
Speaker 1: you know, my hat goes off to them, and I
Speaker 1: hope everyone really thinks about it, really shows love to
Speaker 1: them because they deserve it, what they're going through, what
Speaker 1: their families are going through. And I hope, you know,
Speaker 1: this football season we can put on a show for him. Well,
Speaker 1: it's no surprise that you have that take on that, Kyle,
Speaker 1: because you were the Patriots Walter Payton Man of the
Speaker 1: your nominee last year. So great stuff as always, Kyle,
Speaker 1: And that's all I got for you, man. Congratulations on
Speaker 1: the new contract, best of luck this season, stay healthy,
Speaker 1: and welcome to Miami. Thank you. I appreciate it. And
Speaker 1: there he goes, Kyle van Nou, your newest Dolphins linebacker.
Speaker 1: Gonna add a lot to this football team as a
Speaker 1: pass rusher, in coverage against the run, and most of all,
Speaker 1: helping out his teammates, helping the community. What a big
Speaker 1: win that guy is to get him in this building
Speaker 1: both for the organization on the football field and off
Speaker 1: of it as well, and that is to do it
Speaker 1: for us here on this Kyle Van Noi Free Agency
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