WEBVTT - Emory Hunt On Late Round Picks, UDFAs, his Dolphins 2021 Expectations, and Reading the Press Clippings 0:00:01.040 --> 0:00:15.800 That's looking down Miami quarter run. What is up, Dolph Fans? 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.400 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast part of the 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:25.160 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:29.200 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.120 And on today's show, we're gonna commit a cardinal sin 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.280 and read our own press clippings, will gauge how the 0:00:35.400 --> 0:00:38.960 national media has perceived this draft class before we turn 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:43.440 it over to my guest today, draft and college football 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.680 expert and really, who am I kidding? NFL expert, to 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:50.600 Emery Hunt of CBS Sports Headquarters. All of that and 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:58.840 more on this edition of the Drivetime Podcasts. The cardinal 0:00:58.960 --> 0:01:02.440 sin of sports, positive or negative, is reading your own 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:06.839 press clippings. Right. I remember back in high school and hoops, 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:10.280 to be specific, our head coach would post newspaper articles 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:14.679 in the locker room among every other very very very 0:01:14.800 --> 0:01:18.039 corny motivational tactic you can think of. And we went 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:21.720 four and six team my senior season. So and that 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:24.600 was at the advice that we neglect all positive press, 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:26.240 which was hard to come by in a four and 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.920 sixteen season, and even the preseason full spread in the 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.960 newspaper predicted us to finish bottom of a ten team 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:36.440 conference and it called me a scrappy hustle defender and 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.400 their blurb on me Jim Ratt coach's kid first and 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.320 last out, you know the drill. So you can find 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.680 both and probably with any team in the National Football League. 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.120 And there are some stories out there that questions some things, 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:51.800 some ideas, and some approaches of this Dolphins brass and 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:53.919 that's how it just just just how it goes. Plenty 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.320 of local outlets that have pointed out some concerns they have, 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.160 but the stuff that really shows up on my timeline 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:00.920 at least is some of the stuff that I'm gonna 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:02.960 play for you guys here. Let's go ahead and start 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:06.160 with this clip the from a podcast that straight up 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.840 tells you they really don't know the first thing about 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.760 college ball or the draft, but they do study the 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:15.400 NFL and the rosters and ahead of his Starters series 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:18.799 on NFL dot Com Greg Rosenthal of the Around the 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:21.840 NFL podcast, And I'll go ahead and play the question 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:24.880 first and then the answer from Rosenthal. What's a team 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.120 that you really like right now? What's a team that 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:30.000 you can't wait to see? Them um assembled on the 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.839 field because you feel like they're they're better and they're 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:36.760 going to be stronger than they were last year. My 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.639 heart says the Dolphins that that's the one that pops 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.240 to my mind. You know, I think, you know, they 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.440 got all these picks the last two years. I think 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.760 if you're judging their last draft class off their rookie year, 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.160 there's some concerns that maybe they didn't use those picks 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.480 that well, well, we'll see and so we'll see about 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:55.160 the five picks that they had in the first three 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.079 rounds this year. But I liked them, like I want 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.800 to see Jalen Waddle and a Fuller and DeVante Parker. 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:05.480 I thought the other picks they made Jalen Phillips uh. 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:07.520 And I think to a Tongue is going to be 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:09.120 better in a second year. I don't know what it is, 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:11.920 but I just feel like they're they have come together. 0:03:11.960 --> 0:03:14.040 Their team has totally turned over. I know there's been 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:18.520 all this crazy transition and different coaches like and that 0:03:18.560 --> 0:03:20.720 all looks bad, but I think they're going to be exciting. 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:22.560 And I'm kind of excited for to a Tongue boyl 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:24.880 to prove people wrong and that he's better than people think. 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.000 So he likes the Dolphins and their off season, staying 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:31.600 at the NFL Network and friend of the podcast Peter Schreeger, 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:34.280 as well as his esteemed co host on the Good 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:38.680 Morning Football program on NFL Network, Nate Burlison. They double 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.520 dipped on the Dolphins after Night one and we were 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.000 doing headlines, and I said that my headline for the 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:48.560 draft after Day one will be Miami making monster moves. 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.000 And that's exactly what they did. They went out there 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:54.760 and they got some playmakers right out the gag. Oh baby, 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:58.280 Jalen Waddle is a receiver that can make plays and 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.000 he's gonna come in right away and making a met 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:03.560 an impact. This dude got speed, he got hands. They 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.720 checked this out. He average almost twenty yards of pop, 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:10.360 twenty yards of catch, eighteen point not that's wild. That 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:12.880 is a big time playmaker. And you know what that does. 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:15.920 It also forces too to unleash it because sometimes two 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:18.320 can be a micromanager of games. Now you bringing in 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.440 a guy that can not only be a wide receiver 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:22.200 that can throw deep stretch to field, but you can 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:24.400 also use in that part return. And then at eight 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.039 team they wouldn't got Jalen Phillips and Steger. I know 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:28.960 that you were sitting there, just like me, looking at 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:32.680 these two playmakers, thinking to yourself, Miami, all of a sudden, 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.800 they're going to become legit continuers one level further with 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.120 this and with some insight from what they were doing 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.600 in their draft room. And it's very rare on our 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:43.240 show that we come out of the draft and it's like, 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.120 who's the winners of the Draft, And we've got four 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:46.960 hosts and there's thirty two teams and we each pick 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:50.440 a different one. Nate, I'm doubling down. The Miami Dolphins 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:54.120 won the draft last night. Here's why. That trade they 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.479 made with the San Francisco forty Niners, they picked up 0:04:56.520 --> 0:04:58.440 a first rounder for next year, a first rounder for 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:01.120 three season. And do you know who the top rated 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.840 wide receiver on their board was. Wasn't Jamaar Chase, it 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.720 was Jalen Waddle. They got their guy. This is why 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:11.360 they made the trade. This is what they did. Jalen 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:14.880 Waddle was the top rated wide receiver on Miami's board, 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.359 and when they made that trade with the Niners and 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:19.840 then traded back up with the Eagles, it was because 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.119 they didn't want to miss out the chance to get 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.239 Jalen Waddle. Here's the rum, here's the here's the story 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.599 on Waddle. It's a serious ankle injury in Week five, 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:32.520 everyone assumes this season's done. Works out like a demon 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:34.400 to get back on the field for that National title 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:38.400 game and plays. And what everyone said coming into this 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.600 draft where a lot of players opted out and there 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.480 was no problem with that last year, COVID whatever else, 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:46.280 What are the reason you might have Jalen Waddle? He 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:49.440 opted in, said I want in, and that is what 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.600 the Dots are trying to build there. He played in 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.679 that National title game. He wanted that action. He wanted 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:58.599 to get on the field. The Dolphins dark static right now. 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:00.800 And then to add on jan and Phillips, who I 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.039 had going overall in my mock draft, and then he 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:06.080 comes out and he falls all the way to eighteen. 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.839 That's a steal. Janalen Phillips, top pass rusher on just 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.960 about everybody's board, comes from the University of Miami, But 0:06:13.000 --> 0:06:15.640 before that was that u c l A where he 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:19.679 was a dominant DNOM before we had to transfer. Of course, 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.599 he's had some injury issues there are some questions about, Okay, 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.880 how does that translate because he's such an This guy 0:06:24.920 --> 0:06:28.400 had the best Pro Day out of any defensive player 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.919 in the entire NFL and interviewed off the charts. The 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.720 Dolphins got their stalwart at wide receiver who's gonna go 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.720 with Parker and with Fuller and with Koseki, and then 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:42.360 got maybe the best pass rusher in the draft at eighteen. Overall, 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:44.919 I know we don't often double dip on teams, and 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.839 we'd like to spread the love. Miami Dolphins fans, have 0:06:48.000 --> 0:06:50.560 yourself a morning, because you had yourself a night last night. 0:06:50.640 --> 0:06:52.640 What a job A plus. That was the first night 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.440 of the draft. And then we come back with the 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:58.320 same network, the NFL Network. They asked Brian Baldinger about 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:01.560 who was some of his ferret picks on Day two. Well, 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.240 if people didn't understand who Javon Holland was, and I 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.920 know he opted out this year, they weren't doing their homework. 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:10.480 This is a dynamic playmaker going to Miami, a team 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.080 that led the league and takeaways a year ago, and 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.160 that's kind of what Javon Holly could do. He can 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.120 do it all as safety and he's one of those 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:20.000 guys deep middle, down to the line of scrimmage in 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:24.040 the slot. He really has versatility to his game, and 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.880 I didn't surprise me how early he went. He's a 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:29.880 great tackler. I mean, he's got sized. You watch him 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:32.560 right here, and you watch him run support, Get enough 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:34.760 b gap, take care of that be gap right here. 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:38.080 Don't let that run go any further. Short tackler in space. 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.400 But then, like a lot of safeties, you get a 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:42.320 guy in the slot right here, you better be able 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:44.920 to come, and then it just sort of ends fighting 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:48.680 crime penetration, crime penetration, crime penetration, and then it just 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:50.480 kind of ends there. But you heard him talking about 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.880 the tackling, the slot coverage, all the fun stuff that 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.280 he can do. How about this tweet from Bucky Brooks 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.840 the Miami Dolphins were close a year ago, Ellipses dot 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:02.560 dot dot. This new class should push them over the top. 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.840 How about Peter King in his Football Morning in America 0:08:05.920 --> 0:08:09.280 piece up on NBC Sports or Pro Football Talk, talking 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:12.360 about how Miami picked four scouts Darling's in the first 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:16.200 three rounds with Waddle, Phillips, Eichenberg, and Hunter Long. He says, 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.080 if two can play and you guys know how I 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.840 feel about that. This team is going to be dangerous. 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.800 Dane Brugler had Miami is his number nine draft class 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.920 up on the Athletic out of the thirty two eighteen 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:32.240 experts associated with NBC Sports. Their consensus grades across those 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.960 eighteen expert picks were the fifth best draft class in 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.760 the NFL over the weekend. And those are all the 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:40.599 stuff you hear about the top of the class, the 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:42.680 top five picks and three rounds we're gonna hear about 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:45.240 over and over again. But as you all know, the 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:48.120 sixth and seventh round and the undrafted class makes up 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:52.319 a massive chunk, the most significant chunk of NFL rosters. 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:54.520 And that's where we turned to an expert of all 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:59.079 ranks of college football Power five G five fcs, historically 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:02.760 Black colleges. Whatever it is, he's covered it. He's the 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.920 creator and owner of Football Game Plan. You can see 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:10.040 him on CBS Sports HQ Emery Hunt. Emory, the draft 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:12.120 is over. Are you kind of breathing that sigh of 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:16.360 relief like you got vacation coming up? Or what's going on? Man? Yes, 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:18.920 it's always football, all the time. I am ready to 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.440 step back and just kind of, you know, relax just 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.760 a little bit. But you know, normally, if this was 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.400 a non pandemic year, I'd be preparing to go up 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:30.160 to Canada for their All Star Game circle which kicks 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.520 off two. But that's not happening this year, so I 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:35.480 get a little bit of a break before we dive 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.520 right back into the mix. Do you think you'll ever 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:39.920 be a guy that does that, because, like I always love, 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.160 Daniel Jeremond is like, all right, I'm going to the beach. 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.560 I'm going to Bermuda somewhere. Don't bother me for a week. 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:46.920 I'm taking some time off. That's how to deal with you. Man. 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.360 You're always working, and that's why the analysis is what 0:09:50.440 --> 0:09:52.920 it is. You know, if I can't, I can't take 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.160 time off. If I only study fifty prospects like what 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:57.240 I did all season, like no, I had to do 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.160 six hundred, and we kind of roll a little into 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.400 the next year. Because one, I love what I do 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.199 and football is all year round, so for me, it's 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:06.839 not like work. I mean, this weekend for me, it 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:10.160 was a dream come true. Hosting our draft party and 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.560 and bringing out all those podcasts and talking to coaches 0:10:12.559 --> 0:10:14.880 and players. It's like you said, Man, it's not work 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:17.000 what we do. We're the luckiest people in the world. 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.120 And man, I know I've told you this every time 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:21.880 you've ben the podcast, Emery, but you really inspired me 0:10:21.920 --> 0:10:24.840 from a young age with all the just posting your 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.880 work two different message boards and the relentless pursuit of 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.240 the career you've made it. Man, it's awesome to see. 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.200 I love your work, and that's why we have you 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:34.360 here today talking about kind of I want to get 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.520 your collective thoughts on the entire draft class, but I'm 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.200 not sure anybody else has a deeper catalog of player 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:42.480 evaluations out there like you mentioned, so I want to 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:44.360 kind of start in the weeds here, if that's okay 0:10:44.400 --> 0:10:47.120 with you, and we go to the seventh round. The 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:50.440 two thirty first pick in this draft is offensive tackle 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.520 Larnel Coleman out of U mass Now. Laurnel is the 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.040 owner of one of the class largest wingspans and athletic 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:00.000 profiles from his days playing hoops back in high school, 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:02.720 and he's also the selection of the cutest draft pick 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:06.120 ever made by Miles and Maxwell Flores on the broadcast. 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:08.160 But I want to hear your thoughts on this kid, 0:11:08.240 --> 0:11:11.199 Larnel Coleman. What do you got Emory? You know, he 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:14.480 already matches up athletically, and that's something that you noticed 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:16.600 on film. You see him on reach blocks. You see 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.280 him be able to, you know, catch these shorter, quicker 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:23.120 defensive ends and and really escort these guys out the club. 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.520 So athletically, he's already you know, what you want in 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.680 a pro offensive lineman and and still has upside left 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:31.640 in the game. I thought his tape was underrated, So 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:33.360 I'm glad to see him and get his name called 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.480 in the draft in a situation where we've seen good 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.600 development so far with the draft picks they had last 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.520 year and guys stepping in, stepping in ready to play. 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.559 So he's landing in an ideal situation for his skills 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.280 and he can continue to grow because again, he already 0:11:48.440 --> 0:11:50.880 is what you look for in a pro offensive line. 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.840 But his tape at you Mass was outstanding. Again East 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.679 West type athleticism, able to you know, reach blocks, so 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.280 your outside run game and all that stuff is gonna 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.120 be key with him. So I just like to pick. 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:03.040 I thought it was a very good, you know, one 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:05.080 value pick, but a good prospect to go to a 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.640 good situation in Miami. Two questions for you to follow 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:09.520 up on that point. Number one, do you think he's 0:12:09.520 --> 0:12:11.640 the kind of prospect that maybe needs a red shirt 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:13.760 type of year to go to the practice squad and 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:16.280 get his game down? And number two, you know I 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:18.480 talked about eighty four and a half inch wingspan just 0:12:18.520 --> 0:12:21.800 blows my mind. You mentioned the athletic profile that seems 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.120 to really be kind of the Dolphins bread and butter. 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:26.880 I always refer back to this um signing from the 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.600 A a f of Jared Jones Smith and I saw 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.480 him on the practice field running sprints and I couldn't 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:35.559 believe the differential between myself and him as human beings, 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:37.840 Like we're not the same species. And so I'm wondering, 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:41.360 what does what are those two things wingspan, length and 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:44.240 athletic ability? What does that do for an offensive lineman 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.520 in their in their potential development? And what do you 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:48.600 think of Coleman year one practice squad guy or does 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.439 he have a chance to make the roster. I think 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:51.839 he has a chance to make the roster. I think 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:53.760 he's gonna be a good depth piece because, like I said, 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:56.439 he's ready to play now athletically, and when you talk 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:59.520 about long arms and wing span and length, all of 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.199 that means nothing if you don't have the quickness to 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:04.800 get it up and get it onto a defender, which 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:06.920 he has. I like his hand usage. I like the 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.680 fact that he's able to really do well on both 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:11.760 ends of offense as a past blocker and also in 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:16.000 the run blocking department. So with that baseline of athleticism 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:19.200 basedline of skill set, he could be a nice reserve 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.960 piece coming in until he slowly gets acclimated to the 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.880 system and then he can compete for jobs next year. 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.920 But I think he's too talented to leave vulnerable on 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:32.080 the practice squad, to be quite honest, Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:36.079 Jesse Davis, d J Fluker, Liam Eichenberg, and Larnel Coleman. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.160 Dolphins have some options there at the offensive tackle position. 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.839 Thirteen picks later, we come back and it's the second 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.800 running back drafted by Brian Flores and Chris Career if 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:47.840 you exclude fullbacks and Chandler Cox a couple of years back, 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.560 both those guys in the seventh round with Miles Gaskin 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.640 and now this kid that has some folks pretty excited, Emory. 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.439 His name is Jared Doakes out of Cincinnati, an absolute 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.640 wrecking ball who showed the explosiveness he has in those 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:01.599 treats trunk legs of his a thirty nine and a 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:05.520 half inch vertical at two and twenty eight pounds. Wow, Emry, 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.640 what can you tell us about this kid's game? Well, 0:14:07.720 --> 0:14:10.200 he's an angry runner, and he runs with a purpose, 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:11.840 and he does a good job of you know, like 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:14.480 you said, one cut downhill explosiveness. You want to see 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:17.719 him develop a little bit more wiggle. One thing I 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.400 tell you know, anyone that asked about the tell back position, 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:25.080 you know there's not any There are no eighteen or 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.280 nineteen year olds in the NFL, so you can't just 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:29.560 run over everybody. You know, no one is scared to 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:31.720 tapping you in the NFL. He's a grown man, so 0:14:31.760 --> 0:14:33.920 you're gonna have to develop some wiggle or you won't 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.960 last long. So for him, that's just the biggest task 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.320 right there. But you love the explosiveness, you love the 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:42.840 burst um and he goes into a situation where you 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:44.760 can kind of make his way. But you know, for me, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.880 I think he's more relegated to special teams duty, Uh 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.720 out the onset you think he's he's wired to do that. 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.240 I think so. I think when you have the mentality 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.760 that run into everybody, you know kind of telling me 0:14:56.840 --> 0:15:00.240 for special teams, you know, that's essentially what special teams is. 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:02.560 So I do think he has that that in him. 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:04.400 Uh if he wants to you know, be on the 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.240 team and make the roster, special is gonna be key 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:08.160 for him. What do you think about his three down 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:10.400 prospects as far as being a guy that can catch 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.920 the football and help out and pass protection. And then 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.920 also as far as what he did, uh schematically wise 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:20.280 at Cincinnati, what what type of run calls best suited him? 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:24.520 You know, I think he's just a one hill down down, 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:28.080 one cut downhill runner. Um. You know, I think when 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:31.360 you watch him play, he's a good complimentary guy. And 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.520 you know, Miami seems to be good on complimentary backs. 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:36.800 You know, they have a depth chart full of complimentary guys. 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.960 No one real bell cow. Uh. So he goes into 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.240 situation where he's gonna be familiar to him. But I 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:45.960 think for him is basically just you know, uh, special 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:48.720 teams is gonna be his ticket to be completely honest 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:50.880 coach Danny Cross will love to hear that. He's got 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:52.560 all kinds of guys in that unit charged up to 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:54.560 play special teams for him, and one of the top 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.280 five special teams units in the NFL last season. So 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.360 that's the final draft pick for the Dolphins. Then there's 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:02.360 the frenzy post draft with players who didn't hear their 0:16:02.440 --> 0:16:05.600 name called. Four players are reportedly right now as of 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.360 this recording signing with Miami. Two of them from the 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:11.000 same position group on the offensive line, two on defense. 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.120 And we'll start here back on that old line with 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:16.360 Robert Jones. And for the folks out there that haven't 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:19.120 seen a lot of Middle Tennessee state football, what does 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:22.320 this kid offer excellence? I had a high grade on 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:26.240 Robert Jones, and you know, you like how aggressive he is. 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:27.800 He's the type of guy that brings the fight to 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:30.480 your doorsteps. So he doesn't weighed on defensive lineman to 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:32.320 you know, figure out what they want to do. He's 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.520 gonna attack you with an aggressive pass that His hands 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:38.680 are are violent and they're consistent, they're concise. He could 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:41.560 play guard or tackle. I haven't greeted as a guard, 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:44.440 although you play right Taco middle Tennessee State. But that's 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.960 someone to me that's primed to make the roster because 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:49.640 how talented he was, and you could go down to 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:51.640 the Senior Bowl, had a good we could work. You 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.800 saw him do great things. I think the viral clip 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:56.840 was with him in Shakatoni, Um, you know, Bidy Salamon 0:16:56.880 --> 0:17:01.080 Shokatoni to through the ground. But Robert Jones phenomenal. To me, 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:03.960 that was I was surprised he didn't get drafted, So 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:07.000 I think Miami got themselves of steal with Jones. Jones 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:11.200 is excellent, versatile, he's athletic, um, he plays fast, he 0:17:11.200 --> 0:17:14.159 plays aggressively, plays quick. That's the type of guy you 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.800 want play on your offensive line. So I was excited 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:19.560 to see him go down to Miami. Were again they've 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:22.159 shown the ability to develop offensive lineman and when you 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.600 have the based on skill set that he has, it 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:26.800 wouldn't surprise me to see him factor into the mix 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:30.080 early despite being undrafted. That's awesome to hear. I just 0:17:30.080 --> 0:17:31.760 told you about all the depth guys I think we have. 0:17:31.880 --> 0:17:34.159 We add this guy to the mix. Reports also out 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:36.320 there that he had a nice little signing bonus attached 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:39.960 to that undrafted free agent offer, so clearly, like you say, Emory, 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.320 probably some teams in pursuit of him there. And on 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.680 the offensive line, we also go with Jordan Tucker out 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:47.959 of North Carolina reportedly and that was a star Studdard 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:51.080 program that saw Diae Brown, Dad's Newsom, Chaz to Rat 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:54.520 all drafted. But so were Javonte Williams, Michael Carter from 0:17:54.560 --> 0:17:57.639 that dominant, dominant North Carolina running game. How did Tucker 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.000 contribute to that? And what's his long term projection here 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.960 in the NFL. I have no grade or scouting report 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:05.399 on Tucker, so I can't even explain what he brings up, 0:18:05.440 --> 0:18:07.359 what he is, or what he does. So when I 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.520 looked at that undrafted free agent list, it was just 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:13.080 Robert Jones. To me, that's the one that clearly stands 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.359 out as that has a great chance to make it. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.680 So I can't even fake my way through a fake 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.480 analysis or a scouting report on somebody hadn't seen him, 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.680 hadn't watched him um and didn't know he was even 0:18:24.680 --> 0:18:27.680 eligible for the class. So and that's saying something because 0:18:27.680 --> 0:18:30.679 I have six Scott reports in his draft class, so 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:33.159 him or there's one other guy I saw on that 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:36.320 list that I just don't have grades on um, but 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:39.000 you know, good luck to them. But at the end 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:43.240 of the day, Robert Jones first, second, and third, that's 0:18:43.280 --> 0:18:46.840 the one that's the guy that that caught my attention initially, 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:48.679 I think we can just skip over at this So 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:52.840 no Jerome Johnson or Jaitlyn ask you either. Jerome Johnson 0:18:52.880 --> 0:18:55.200 is a is a depth guy. I have something on him. 0:18:55.200 --> 0:18:56.800 It was him and his teammate. They kind of greeted 0:18:56.840 --> 0:18:59.240 the same. Um. You know, they play a lot of 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:03.400 snaps bianna. But you know, initially, I think you look 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:06.760 at that defensive interior for Miami, it's gonna be tough 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.479 to to really break the fifty three. So practice squad 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:14.040 like Libel or likely for him. But again him, it 0:19:14.080 --> 0:19:15.800 was him and to see I can't remember his teammate's name, 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:18.200 but I know it was both guys alone. That defensive 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.639