WEBVTT - Linebackers, 2022 NFL Season Preview Series 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.560 To us bars touch stops. Waddle snucked into the end 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:09.639 zone of Miami boyd tight froll type window. They had 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:11.760 to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:20.000 What is up? Dolphans And Welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:24.119 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:28.080 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:31.600 host Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, it's right back 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:35.760 to the two season preview, but back to being exclusively 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:39.800 Miami Dolphins. On this our next largest room after the 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.919 offensive line room, the linebackers inside and outside. We'll hear 0:00:43.920 --> 0:00:46.800 from coach Campanelli and talk about new addition and o 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.600 LB coach Tim mackenzie. Will also hear from GM Chris 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:53.920 Greer on the Dolphins linebacker room and approached this offseason, 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:57.440 including their first pick in the third round, Channing Tindal 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.320 this April, and we'll break down the group as a whole, 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:04.000 as well as the individual analysis of stats, film, and 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:06.920 a heck of a lot more from somewhere in Central Washington. 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:14.959 This is the Drivetime Podcasts. Pick it right back up 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.880 here after the d Line Podcast. On the previous edition 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.880 of the Drivetime Podcast with the second level of the 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:24.280 defense and the linebacker group, and some changes to the 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.680 group this year, some nice addition, starting off with veteran 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.880 Melvin Ingram coming over from the Kansas City Chiefs and 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.720 Pittsburgh Steelers last year. You also wind up with Channing 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.480 Tindal in the third round of the Georgia defense. Who 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.600 you know, with Kuay Walker and Nakobe Dean and Channing 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:41.919 tindall all going off the board in the first three rounds, 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:44.200 a lot of folks talking about which one might have 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:46.360 the most upside, which one might be the best player, 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:49.320 all that fun stuff. All really good players, but there 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.160 are some votes for Tindal in that group. Also in 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.760 the draft cameraon good from cal in the seventh round. 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:57.560 Followed that with a U d F A and DeAndre 0:01:57.720 --> 0:02:00.360 Johnson out of the University of Miami, and then a 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.880 signing over the summer or I should say was it 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:06.160 late spring either way, Porter Gusts and formerly of the 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:10.680 Cleveland Browns and USC Trojans. The departures Vince Beagel went 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.399 to the Baltimore Ravens and went to McManus. A late 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:18.200 season addition wound up with the CFL this offseason. Also, 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:21.440 the incumbents in the room Jalen Phillips, Darius Hodge, Andrew 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:25.920 Van Ginkl, Duke, Riley sam Egi, Von Calvin Munson, Landon Roberts, 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:30.440 Jerome Baker, and Brennan Scarlett. So once again, this room 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.440 features a lot of guys coming back and a lot 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:37.480 of continuity in this linebacker room including linebackers coach coach 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.920 Anthony Campanelli, and much like the three Michigan Wolverine linebackers 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.959 that he coached back in twenty nineteen, he made the 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:47.040 jump to the National Football League in the professional ranks, 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.160 and no linebacker room in the NFL has generated more 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:53.720 quarterback pressures than the two D and twenty eight compiled 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:58.440 compiled by Miami since the same year of Campanelli's arrival. 0:02:58.720 --> 0:03:01.680 And if you isolate strictly off ball linebackers a PF 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:05.440 distinction between edge off ball often referred to as inside linebackers, 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.000 I suppose the Dolphins QB pressures from that group is 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.200 second only to Tampa Bay. We'll here Coach Campanelli here 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.560 in just one second talking about how this linebacker room 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.079 and defense wants to play. And I talked about this 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:21.960 also on the D line podcast about the names in 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:26.040 versus the names out and the continuity of the defense. 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:29.360 It really is remarkable. So coach Campanelli talked about that 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.440 continuity a little bit in a May eleventh press conference 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.080 this offseason, but he also talked about getting a land 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.400 in Robert's back, about having Baker in the middle of 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:40.280 the defense, the value of that leadership of those leaders 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.320 and how it benefits the defense and the way they 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:46.360 want to play. Here's coach Campanelli. I think that's I 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:48.160 kind of made mention that just a few seconds ago. 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:53.119 But honestly, UM, having guys who know this system, UM, 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.960 know the way we want to play, UM, and especially 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:57.320 a guy like a Landon who has those type of 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.680 leadership qualities, UM, I think he gives an opportunity to 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:02.680 take a step, you know, from where we left off. 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:04.800 And that's what I'm probably most excited about. I think 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.840 that's what we're almost excited about, UM, the continuity, the 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.680 opportunity to do things again UM. And I think any 0:04:10.720 --> 0:04:14.040 time you do things over a period of time, the 0:04:14.080 --> 0:04:15.840 more reps you get at it, the better you're gonna get. 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.440 And hopefully that's what we see this year, UM, and 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.800 in this off season. I think they've done a tremendous job. Um, 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:23.400 even in the you know, the days where we've been 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.080 out here have been able to be together really working 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:29.320 technique and kind of excelling and developing from where we 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:32.080 were at the end of the year last year in January, 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:35.040 it's where we are right now. I'm I'm pleased with that. 0:04:35.120 --> 0:04:37.800 You know, they've been working. These guys been working tremendously hard. 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:40.480 Just a great group of guys, and uh, I'm excited 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.520 about where we can go. And when I talked to 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:46.200 Coach Campanelli about channing Tindall's acquisition and the draft and 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.880 how he can kind of maximize his skill set, he 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.400 just talked about the reps and the seasoning, and so 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.200 I followed up and said, well, you have plenty of 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:55.479 guys in the room that kind of, you know, can 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.920 help show him along as far as that conduit on 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:00.080 the field of the coaching staff and having that on 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.839 field player that can really help him get accelerated in 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.000 that way. And Coach talked about how he couldn't think 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:06.640 of about a room of guys that can really help 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.680 Tindall become a go from a college player to a 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:13.159 pro player. And and be effective hopefully sooner rather than later. 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.600 And just looking at the coaching position, we have a 0:05:15.640 --> 0:05:19.600 new addition there as well, outside linebackers coach uh former player, 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:23.159 former linebacker of the Patriots, Bucks and Vikings, Tyrone mackenzie. 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:25.719 After a four year career that was spent largely on 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:29.080 special teams, he joined the Rams special team staff in 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:32.159 a year where they produced three whole pros with their putter, kicker, 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.880 and return man. And then following that stop, he coached 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:38.320 linebackers with the Titans. Rashaun Evans and Jalen Brown had 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:40.560 big steps for in their careers there as well as 0:05:40.600 --> 0:05:42.839 the Detroit lines for a year, and then also was 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.680 with the Colts last season. And this group at a 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.760 glance you heard coach talk about there what they ask 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.719 of this position group right inside, outside, on ball, off ball, 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.720 moving all over the formation whenever you want to call it. 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.440 Playing linebacker for the Dolphins requires a lot like versatility, 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:01.000 two way players. Guys can go forward and backwards in 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:05.360 addition to pursuit outside as well obviously run defense, coverage, 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.800 pass rush. These players they have to do it all 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:10.279 and at the head of it all is Jerome Baker, 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.920 whose vast skill set shines, absolutely shines in this defense. 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.560 I had Channon Crowder on a podcast I think back 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.520 in the off season of might have been before the 0:06:19.560 --> 0:06:22.039 pandemic even and he was talking a lot about how 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.160 much Jerome Baker does in this defense that doesn't go 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.680 goes a little bit unseen to the casual fan. It 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:29.200 was a great conversation. You want to go back and 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.640 check that out from I think it was March. But 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:35.000 you have to locate fifty five on every snap, kind 0:06:35.000 --> 0:06:36.839 of like a game of Where's Waldo? I mean, only 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:40.599 one player on this Dolphins defense, Xavian Howard, has played 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.599 more defensive snaps from Miami these last two seasons than 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.120 Jerome Baker, and he plays special teams to quite a bit, 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:49.240 and he's missed only one game as a pro since 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:51.520 getting drafted in the third round by the Dolphins. Back 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.440 and the reason I give you a background on Bakers, 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.080 I think that his skill set and versatility kind of 0:06:57.120 --> 0:06:59.920 exemplifies what coach Campaielly talked about there in terms of 0:07:00.000 --> 0:07:03.080 eyes that can just do everything and really be a 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:07.200 vocal and tone setting by example type of player on 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.600 that defense. Because his speed, his explosiveness, the quick angles 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.360 of the quarterback is such a critical element to the 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:17.640 Dolphin's multiple defense. The situational rushers and special teams aces 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:21.040 that can give Jerome Baker a breath here and there 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.560 when he does come off the field rarely these last 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:26.640 couple of seasons, guys like Sam eg Van and Duke 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.560 Riley who have been so good and excelled in their 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:32.720 roles on special teams and on defense here with the Dolphins, 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:35.480 not to mention, they all pair well with a land 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.960 and Roberts who sets that tone of physicality and breaks 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:41.120 through the line on occasion as a pass rusher as 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.160 his in his own right, but also has the four 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:45.320 teen tackles for lost since joining the Dolphins too, so 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.160 he kind of has that thumping downhill mentality. Then you've 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:51.800 you sprinkling rookie Channing Tindall, who adds another layer of 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:55.640 rare speed, athletic ability and thump to an already deep 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.280 intriguing group. And then flanking that core group is a 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:02.000 deep cast of outside lineback or I should say linebackers 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:05.360 who I suppose primarily play off the edge, because all 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.480 these guys can play so many positions and spots that 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:11.360 it's hard to really quantify. We'll just go exactly with linebacker, 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:15.320 and these guys also specialized in a variety of skills, 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:18.480 strengths and statistical accumulation over the last couple of years. 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.360 Jayalen Phillips a Dolphins rookie record with eight and a 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.400 half sacks last year, despite in his own words, just 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.800 scratching the surface on what he believes he can do 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:28.600 because he thinks he wants to be a more well 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.920 round and more polished, more prepared player in his second year. 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.120 In terms of just knowing what to expect as an 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:37.440 NFL player, I think he's more than capable of handling 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.840 all that. Another fifth round find of Chris career, and 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:43.200 Andrew Van Ginkle enjoyed a breakout campaign, finishing second on 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:45.400 the team with forty five QB pressures. Then you go 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.560 out and get new linebacker Melvin Ingram, just another Dolphins 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:52.200 acquisition that adds experience and a veteran with a penchant 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.800 for serving as that same thing we talked about Elandon 0:08:54.880 --> 0:08:58.040 Roberts that on field conduit of the coaching staff, and 0:08:58.040 --> 0:08:59.959 he can still, by the way, flat out dominate the 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.360 run and pass game by the numbers which we will 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:06.640 explore in his individual portion of this podcast, it's difficult 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:08.559 to find a front seven in the league with a 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:12.120 better pairing of skills with regards to the system the 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:15.080 front matching the linebacker's abilities, and how it all comes 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.160 together for a defense that has finished in the top 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:20.960 ten and takeaways, sacks, QB, hits, and pressures each of 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:23.520 the last two seasons, and allows an average of twenty 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.840 one point five points per game over those thirty three games. 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.160 Before we meet the entire room, Chris Career was asked 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:32.640 on draft night April about the selection of Channing Tindal 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:35.160 and the makeup of the linebacker room as the Dolphins 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:37.360 were able to retain Roberts and Riley and then go 0:09:37.480 --> 0:09:39.800 and and egone, I should say, and then go add 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.240 to the room with Tindal. Here's Chris Career. You know, 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:46.440 when we decided to you know, sign the inside linebacker 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:49.959 groups and then bringing guys back like you know, Duke 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:54.080 and e rob etcetera. UM, it was because those guys 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:58.000 are good players. UM, they know our system, UM, and 0:09:58.120 --> 0:09:59.960 we know what they are on and off the fee 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:03.080 and how they contribute to this team. So we're excited 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.760 to have add them back and then Uh, in terms 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.560 of of channing. Uh, he was a player that we 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:12.000 had been targeting throughout the process. We met with him 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:15.240 in Indie, UM and really enjoyed our time with them, 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.120 brought him down here on a thirty visit, spend a 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:19.680 lot of time with them here as well. And um, 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.800 and just for us, it's the versatility. The speed is 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:24.800 what we like. You know, he can play. He has 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:26.920 the ability to play all three downs and play special 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.720 teams as well. And uh. And talking to Kirby smart 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.319 Um the other day again about him. Um, he was 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.319 just talking about what tremendous the speed and toughness and 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:40.160 and the character of the kid, and how Kirby really 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:42.120 loved and thinks he's gonna be a really good player 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.000 in the NFL. So we're really excited to get him. 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:47.880 We're kind of holding on hoping he would be there. 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.600 And Uh, we tried to move up a couple of 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:54.440 times too, Um make a move and those things were 0:10:54.760 --> 0:11:00.400 um uh, people wanted to make their picks. So UM, 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:02.439 it was a long wait for us, long day and 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:04.600 you know, not picking until eleven twenty or whatever it 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:06.800 was since on day two. So it's been a long 0:11:06.840 --> 0:11:08.960 couple of days haven't been used to that. I love 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.079 when we get some of that behind the scenes detail 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.559 of draft night and how the process plays out there 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.840 from Chris Greer. You also heard him hit on that 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:19.000 buzzword talking about continuity in the room. So good stuff 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:20.959 there from the g M and the Dolphins linebackers coach 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.199 and Anthony Campanelli, as well as Tyrone mackenzie. Real quick though, 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:26.840 before we get to the cast, a big congrats to 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:30.520 Mike Greer, Chris Greer's brother. He's the new general manager 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:32.880 of the San Jose Sharks in the NHL, the first 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:37.760 black GM in the NHL's history. Absolutely awesome, And I 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:41.240 kept thinking about this when the news broke last week, 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.960 the discussion over the more impressive creature, right, because like, 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.120 the shark has the big teeth and the ability to 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:50.079 rip you the shreds, but dolphin is like the smartest 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:53.920 animal maybe besides you know, monkeys. I guess out there 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.920 that debate might take center stage at the Greer family 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:01.240 Thanksgiving dinner table this year, Sharks versus Dolphins. So all right, 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:03.120 back to football. I don't know I'm talking about anymore. 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:05.120 Let's get into this cast of players here, and it 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:09.520 starts an order of jersey number with number fifteen Jalen Phillips. 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:12.240 The eight and a half times that he dumped the 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:15.920 opposing quarterback gets the headlines, But to me, it was 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:21.520 the improved marks in efficiency and just the overall potential 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:24.800 that he flashed in terms of the tape last year 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.319 that I think that should really excite Dolphins Nation because 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:30.000 he amassed the second most sacks by a rookie in 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.280 one behind Michael Parsons and defensive player or defensive Rookie 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.360 of the Year could have been deep point too. And 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.480 thirty nine total QB pressures on just four two pass 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:41.200 rush reps. That's good for a pressure every ten point 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.240 three snaps you play, give or take thirty pass rushes 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:47.160 per game. That's three pressures per game. Do that seventeen 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:50.840 times I was better at with sixty fifty one total 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:53.240 QB pressures, that would be a great number every year. 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.640 That's right where he was as a rookie before he 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:58.080 even can take that second year jump hopefully. But his 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:02.400 multifaceted skill set and pension for adding his in game 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:05.960 pass rush plan to counter what his opponent throws at him, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:09.240 I think really showcases the upside of phillips game that 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:12.840 made him the eighteenth overall pick in that draft. The 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.679 aspect of pairing that with the physical skills, which we 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:20.000 know are are abundant with this player. If those two 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.199 things come together, you can watch out because his speed 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.760 to power move is positively lethal. His long arm to 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:28.360 win the edge as a rusher but also hold outside 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.000 contained against the run. I mean sixteen run stops on 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.440 a hundred and fifty three run down snaps, and I 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.319 think you see the crossover between run defense and pass 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:38.839 rushing for Phillips, and just the technique in the form 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.480 and the ability to win different types of looks against 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.400 different types of players that makes him special. It's just 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.640 a display on that long arm move of the rare 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:51.040 combination of I said upper body strength in my notes here, 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:53.240 but really it's full body strength, but also the ability 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:56.839 to stay on balance because you're holding off a three 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.280 and twenty pound man with one arm and trying to 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:01.400 keep your eyes in the Backfield's not an easy task. 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.080 It is not for the faint of heart, and he 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:06.080 does a good job of that. He's long a determined worker, 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.360 athletic as hell. I mean, was that not evident? By 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:12.400 his nine point eight seven relative athletics scorecard at his 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.000 UM Pro day workout back in the pre draft process, 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.800 one which by the way, ranked nineteen all time among 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:22.640 one thousand three d seventy one defensive ends, which is 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.960 how they had him listed in r as he played 0:14:24.960 --> 0:14:27.640 more d ND at A at college. Plays that outside 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:29.960 linebacker role for the Dolphins here and that dates back 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:34.120 to nine eight seven, my birth year. Crazy crazy athletic. 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:37.200 He drew double teams, even triple teams at times during 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:39.720 his rookie season. And finally he fits right in with 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:42.960 the Dolphins way and that he can condense inside and 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:45.440 help rush from there. He can execute rush games and 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.479 help free up space for his teammates, sub package versatility, 0:14:48.520 --> 0:14:51.080 all that fun stuff. I can't wait to watch Jalen 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.720 Phillips this second season. Let's go ahead and take our 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.240 first break here right around the fifteen minute mark. Will 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:57.960 come back on the other side and get to the 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.560 rest of this Dolphins linebacker room. I'll tell you about 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.040 your boys new hobby. Have something I'm really into right 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.560 now that's coming up here next on the Drivetime podcast, 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.280 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:16.320 Picking it back up here on the Linebacker Preview edition 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:19.240 of the Drive Time Podcast. We have done the entire 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.640 offense and defensive line so far. We have the secondary 0:15:22.680 --> 0:15:26.520 and Specialist, as well as three more divisions to preview, 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:30.120 the a f C, North, South, and East. We don't 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:33.040 have a division preview on this episode because there are 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:36.760 fourteen linebackers in this room, too many to do both with. 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.080 And we pick it back up here with number forty 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.360 one Darius Hodge, who came into the league in one 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:44.400 as a U d f A to the Cincinnati Bengals 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.680 and his season the end of the season last year, 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.880 I should say with the Dolphins. He's played just six 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.840 career snaps, but his athletic ability was on display at 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:53.960 his combined workout It's going to be a theme in 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:55.960 this room, in which he jumped a thirty eight and 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.600 a half inch vert ten seven on the broad and 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:01.440 he also clocked a four six seven forty yard dash 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.080 at two forty eight pounds. No less than than one 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:05.760 of these guys can cruise and can hit in his 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:09.280 physical all that fun stuff. Number forty three Andrew Van Ginkel. 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:13.560 He's his career has been one of constant upward trajectory, 0:16:13.600 --> 0:16:16.120 and I loved his game out of Wisconsin. His twenty 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:21.360 seven wasn't or eighteen tape at Wisconsin was so much 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.560 fun to watch. That pick six he had in the 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:27.120 Big Ten Championship game was so indicative of his spatial awareness, 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:30.160 his ability to play forward backwards, all that good stuff. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:34.000 And he was placed on I R ahead of the 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:37.440 twenty nineteen season after he had a stellar rookie camp 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:39.600 or I should say training camp as a rookie, but 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.200 then he returned down the stretch to produce against the run, 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.760 in coverage and as a pass rusher in that rookie season. 0:16:45.840 --> 0:16:49.600 Then late in after some spot duty and good situational 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.960 pass rush ability from Andrew Van Ginkel, he saw more 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:56.360 opportunities down the stretch, finishing the final two games with 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.960 seven quarterback pressures seven run stops in two sex. That's 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:03.920 absurd production and it carried over right into one where 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.480 he enjoyed a breakout season, finishing second on the team 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.440 with forty five QB pressures. He was third and run 0:17:09.520 --> 0:17:12.640 stops with twenty six, which also led all Dolphins linebackers. 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:14.640 He was behind only the two guys in the middle, 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:18.560 Wilkins and Seedler and his instincts Ginkles van Gingles, I 0:17:18.680 --> 0:17:20.920 keep writing ginkle Uh. We call him that a lot 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:25.040 around the building. Feel an explosive first step, constantly put 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.919 him an advantageous situations like he wins quickly and like 0:17:29.040 --> 0:17:32.439 the rest of his game, his ability to take on 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.200 a defeat blocks and his strength something that he and 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:38.520 Austin Clark, something that he and coach Camponelly and eventually 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.040 tym Kinzie I'm sure we'll talk about have talked about 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.440 the efforts he's made to just get bigger and stronger 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:46.240 as a pro. And he has and it shows on tape. 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:49.480 Because players like him and Phillips off the edge. Not 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.400 only do they play both aspects of pass and run 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:57.840 very well, their flexibility and multiplicity increase Miami's ability to 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.800 be multiple tenfold and Melvin Ingram part of that as well, 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.400 as he can play multiple roles in that linebacker room 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.359 number forty five. Duke Riley, speaking of multiple roles, a 0:18:06.480 --> 0:18:09.360 core piece of the Dolphins special teams unit. He made 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.560 his biggest play in twenty one with a blocked punt 0:18:11.600 --> 0:18:15.040 turned Dolphins touchdown, but he made the most of his 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:19.439 rare defensive opportunities because he provided seven QB pressures on 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:21.960 thirty five pass rush reps one and every five that 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:24.840 number gets inflated and sub package rolls a little bit more, 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.480 but it's still a great number. Nine run stops on 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:30.840 seventy four rundown snaps, and he a lot of completion 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:34.160 percentage of just fifty four point five percent, so everybody 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:36.240 sliced it. He had a good first year with the 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:38.720 Miami Dolphins, and by the way, he was exceptional in 0:18:38.760 --> 0:18:41.000 O T A S. He made so many plays around 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.000 the line was coming off the pile, or I should 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:44.679 say the kind of stack him up because you're not 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:46.399 going to the ground, and O T A S. He 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:49.000 would come off of that chirping a lot. So he 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:50.440 he felt he made a lot of plays. I felt 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.000 he did as well. Number forty nine, Sam eg von Man. 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:56.199 These two guys are are really not identical. I wouldn't 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:57.840 say that about any player, but they play a lot 0:18:57.880 --> 0:19:00.360 alike and they both have a lot of fire egg 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:02.760 Vaughan and Duke Riley, and he came south from the 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:04.919 Great White North back in twenty nineteen and had that 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:09.200 exceptional training camp in twenty nineteen, and he's quietly enjoyed 0:19:09.200 --> 0:19:11.480 a very nice career in the NFL. That first season 0:19:11.520 --> 0:19:15.040 as a full time linebacker, he was fourth among PFF's 0:19:15.119 --> 0:19:18.840 off ball linebacker distinction with twenty three QB pressures. He 0:19:18.920 --> 0:19:21.560 did that on two d thirty four pass rush reps, 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:24.720 but since then he's recorded eighteen quarterback pressures on a 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:26.960 hundred and twenty five pass rush reps, giving him a 0:19:27.000 --> 0:19:30.320 pressure every seven point nine eight snaps of his career. 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:32.639 He's very fast, very quick, and he knows how to 0:19:32.680 --> 0:19:35.680 get around those blocks as a blitzer. He's another key 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:38.800 piece of the Dolphins special teams with occasional sub package 0:19:38.800 --> 0:19:41.199 snap where he can use his speed to hunt quarterbacks 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:43.720 or fall back into coverage. It's a nice piece of 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:47.719 the Dolphins defense. Number fifty Calvin Munson a lunch pale 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:51.240 style player who packs a punch. Munson typically finds the 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:54.320 football on running downs. His his running downs outweigh his 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:56.840 pass coverage reps and his career by quite a lot. 0:19:57.000 --> 0:19:59.320 He played just nine snaps last season, but two of 0:19:59.359 --> 0:20:03.560 those resulted in Munson tackles within two yards of the 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:06.399 line of scrimmage run stops. He's recorded twenty four of 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:09.640 those run stops on two one reps against the run 0:20:09.720 --> 0:20:12.400