WEBVTT - 2021 Draft Running Back Preview, Chris Grier's Pre Draft Presser 0:00:01.320 --> 0:00:17.759 Bowl, Cutdown, Miami Run. What is up? Dolphans And welcome 0:00:18.120 --> 0:00:21.320 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:21.360 --> 0:00:26.200 podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it 0:00:26.239 --> 0:00:30.080 going everybody? I am your host Travis Winfield. And on 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:33.680 today's show, we are continuing the draft preview series as 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.040 we take a look at the running back class with 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.520 USA Today's Doug Ferrar. We're gonna break the class down 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:42.440 by tears, talk about the fall off from the top 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:44.800 three to the next group of backs where the best 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:48.199 value is the best past catchers, the best pass protectors, 0:00:48.240 --> 0:00:50.680 the best between the tackles, runners, all that good stuff 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.800 you've come to know and love from these draft preview podcasts. Plus, 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:58.040 Chris Greer met with the media on Wednesday morning. We're 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:00.400 gonna get to all the comments and break down everything 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:03.000 he said in that press conference. All of that and 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:06.640 a whole bunch more on this edition of the Drive 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:13.520 Time Podcast before we jump into this Chris career press 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:17.959 or if you can't tell by my Twitter timeline, and 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:19.760 if you're not following me, go ahead and bang that 0:01:19.800 --> 0:01:23.080 follow button at Wingfield, NFL. But if you're following me 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:25.000 on Twitter, you know I'm back in Miami. I'm at 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:27.880 the stadium working every day, getting ready for this draft 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:30.320 and getting ready for the Miami Dolphins dot com content 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.679 as well as the Drivetime podcast content and the live 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:36.840 draft party. Come check out me, John Conjemmy, and Channing 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.319 Crowder as your main stage host. We're gonna have a 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.360 plethora of guests to go along with that as well, 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:43.840 So come check us out on Thursday night. But I'm 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.680 at the stadium every day. I'm tweeting about kind of 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:48.720 how surreal this whole thing is, and it's kind of 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.639 like the Dream Job, Part two because last year everything 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.160 was put on pause when I got this job back 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.760 in late February, two weeks before the pandemic became a 0:01:57.760 --> 0:02:01.080 part of our lives. And now things they're opening up slowly. 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:04.600 We're still wearing masks, we're still socially distancing, fully vaccinated, 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:07.080 all that fun stuff. But it's kind of like a 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:10.840 reintroduction into the job for me being around Hard Rock Stadium, 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.040 walking out to the field and you know, just purging 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:15.680 my inbox from the stands and looking down to the 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:19.200 field that I have watched hundreds and hundreds of Dolphins games. 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:23.639 It's all just a magical, magical dream come true to 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.760 be there. The food they serve, everything about the damn 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:30.320 place is top notch, five stars, world class. You just 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:33.520 can't believe how great this organization treats their employees. But 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:37.840 there was one little problem. On Tuesday. I ran into 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.080 we have a lunch program you opt into and you 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:43.359 can eat at the stadium, and there was no soda available. 0:02:43.520 --> 0:02:46.640 And I am, yeah, kind of addicted to soda, Like 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:51.320 I thrive on caffeine. You've seen the BANG promotion. I've 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.280 done the diet Pepsi's that I drink, and I go 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:58.280 through that stuff heavily. So Tuesday I didn't have soda 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:00.200 with my lunch for the first time that I since 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.680 I really can care to admit it's it's probably been 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:06.679 a couple of years, and there's like no flavor in that, 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.440 and I just had this taste, this yearning for the 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.400 soda in the afternoon, and then I finally get home 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.560 to drink it and my head starts to hurt, Like 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:17.440 you need caffeine in your system? Is that common? Like? 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.120 Is there is that? What happened? If you don't drink caffeine, 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:22.600 that's a diet tribe, but hold another off the rails 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.639 topic for another podcast. But I just wanted to bring 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.840 it up because I didn't realize how reliant I was 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.560 on caffeine. But here we are. Okay, let's go ahead 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.840 and pivot this thing over now to the Chris Career 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:37.600 presser from Wednesday morning, talking all things Dolphins Draft now 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:40.920 just one week away. Let's go ahead and play the 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.600 hits here from Chris Career, starting with an opening statement 0:03:43.640 --> 0:03:48.280 regarding the George Floyd death and Tuesday's verdict. Good morning, guys. 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:53.119 I appreciate everyone coming on this morning, but I thought 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:56.360 there was something I really need to talk about, um 0:03:56.640 --> 0:03:59.720 before we get started, you know obviously with the George 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:03.400 Floyd verdict last night. So I just think it's, uh, 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.520 you guys know me that I'm not a prepared statement 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.880 type of person and doing stuff, but I just think 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.680 it's important for me to organize my thoughts and I 0:04:12.680 --> 0:04:14.720 wanted to put them down after the last few hours 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.920 and uh, like everyone kind of dealing with, you know, 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:23.599 what transpired yesterday. So, um, yesterday's verdict, it was a 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.360 very emotional day for me, you know, for me as 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:29.560 an African American, there was a sense of relief and sadness. 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:34.720 George Floyd was senselessly taken from family and friends. His 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.760 story was one of many that have taken place in 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:43.119 our communities over the years, and yet people of color 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:47.880 are still asking for equality and justice. The Jury of 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:52.000 Minnesota served notice that police brutality is unacceptable and people 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:55.800 will be held accountable for their actions. We as a 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:58.000 people should all be touched by the raw emotions of 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.919 joy and relief by the verdict. The justice system worked 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:06.120 for people of color yesterday. However, we cannot forget that 0:05:06.160 --> 0:05:09.800 a life was loss. I am proud of the work 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.200 our organization has done in the South Florida community over 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:16.880 the years. Led by Steve Ross, tom Garfinkel, and Brian Flores, 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.760 our players are actively out in the community trying to 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:25.280 make a real difference. There's a lot of work to 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:29.159 still be done in terms of reform and equality. We 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.560 will continue to do more and ask others to do 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:35.919 so as well. Across the NFL, we have the opportunity 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.080 to make things better for everyone in our country. There 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:40.760 are a lot of good people that want to make 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.039 a difference. It's encouraging to hear and see the number 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:47.320 of white people in big companies willing to be uncomfortable 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:50.840 and speak out against systematic racism. There are a lot 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.680 of good law enforcement officials who want change for the better. 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:57.680 These are good men women who uphold their oaths. We 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:02.040 need to support them as well. You've made tremendous advancements 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:04.440 in our way of life, except for dealing with race. 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:08.719 It's not just people of color being affected. Look at 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:10.760 what's happening with all the hate being directed towards the 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:15.479 Asian community right now. I'm hopeful, but not naive to 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:19.919 think that this vertical change things, politics and rhetoric have 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:23.760 created a great divide in our country. We as an 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:27.960 organization believe in bringing people together and valuing all human life, 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.960 and I hope our country can move towards that too. Well. 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.520 There are certainly no words that I can use to 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.840 even come close to that message, but I will just 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:41.560 say this, working for this organization makes me so, so 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.039 beyond proud. I'm just gonna leave it at that. Let's 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:45.800 get to the next football question here. With the first 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.479 football question, rather for coach who was asked about the 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:52.320 draft board maneuvering going up or down rather from three 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:55.120 back up to six and some of the conversations or 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.520 reports out there in the media right now about fielding 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:01.520 possible calls to move a in off that sixth pick. 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.359 Will always listen to everything We've shown that, and I 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.880 think you ought to your team and your organizations always 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:10.280 listen to any offers that may or may not come. 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:12.680 And at the end of the day, you know, as 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:15.440 the draft falls and gets towards our pick, if you 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.200 know someone wants to call and they make an aggressive 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.200 pitch to us, will evaluate it, look at the board, 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:23.280 and look at our options, and we'll make the decision 0:07:23.280 --> 0:07:25.760 that's best for the Miami Dolphins at that point. And 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:28.400 that's about as basic as it gets, right. He wouldn't 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.960 be doing his job if he wasn't taking in every 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.320 single phone call and listening to every single offer and 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:37.040 engaging the entire market. I mean, a person selling their 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:41.760 house doesn't just become steadfast on one idea and commit 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:45.200 to that and not consider other offers from potential other buyers. 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:47.080 Like you, always want to be gauging the markets. That's 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.320 what Chris Weer in this Miamie Dolphin staff and front 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.280 office has certainly done. Up next, Chris was asked a 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.960 question that he answered in one word, which was enough 0:07:56.000 --> 0:07:58.200 for me personally with the question, But it was about 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.600 do you regret the decision to move off number three 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.000 if any certain player comes off the board that you 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.640 did not anticipate. Now, I think, you know, when we 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.960 made our move, we targeted you know a number of 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.240 players that we liked we're comfortable with getting So I 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.720 think with us when you make a move like we 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:16.680 did and doing what we did to get back up, 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.600 we're very comfortable where we are. But again I said, 0:08:19.600 --> 0:08:23.520 we'll always evaluate it and and draft changes. You know, Um, 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:27.000 people fall for reasons unknown or or you know, people 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:31.320 uh select players for their roster based on their needs. So, um, 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.240 you know, we're comfortable where we are. We feel very 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.600 good where we are, and and we won't have any regrets. 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:40.120 I mean, doesn't that just seem so like obvious, Like 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.160 do you think Chris would put himself in a position 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.559 where there's like a doomsday scenario where the trapdoor could 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.240 fall off from under him. Of course, there are players 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.800 they feel comfortable that they believe there are enough guys 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.520 that somebody they feel great about will be their number six, 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.480 and if there's a better offer on the table, then 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:58.040 you consider it. It's it's pretty straightforward to me. Chris 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.760 answers that question pretty straightforward as well. Let's go ahead 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:02.760 and pick this up here with the next question, which 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:06.880 refers to the evaluation of opt out players versus players 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:10.600 who did play the season. Now, you know, SOFTA, I 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:14.280 think it's it's such a such a unique year. Um, 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:17.240 you know, with the pandemic and uh, you know, all 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.920 players have reasons for opting out. And you know, I 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.440 don't think it's right for us to hold it against 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:25.160 any player, whether it's family or you know, we don't 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:27.560 know all the circumstances. You know, until you get to 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:30.240 this point you talk to players, But a lot of 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.800 players opted out. You know, you also have schools that 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:35.920 some schools played four games, so you played tent you 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.240 know what I mean. So, however you look at it 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.960 wasn't going to be an Apple's Apples comparison around. So, 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:43.600 but you know, for us to sit here and judge 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:47.880 players on opt out for the reasons why, it's unfair 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.680 and I think it's unrealistic. Let's continue here with a 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.040 question regarding the decision to make the trade and the 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:56.120 team's thinking behind jumping around the draft board from three 0:09:56.120 --> 0:09:58.800 to twelve twelve back up to six. We've had a 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.440 number of teams call us, you know, all you know, 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.520 they're talking about coming up to three and you know, um, 0:10:05.600 --> 0:10:08.319 we were, you know, comfortable being where we were, and 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.439 and once we evaluated and then you know, obviously San 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:17.000 Francisco was very aggressive. You know, Um, John was great 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.920 dealing with He was very open and honest, transparent, and 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.480 as we worked through it, you know, we thought that 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:25.200 you know, um, it was the offers as we talked 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.120 to it, and once they gave us the offer that 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:30.280 you know we were comfortable with taking, you know, we 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.320 decided it was it was important for us also as 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:35.560 well to get back you know, into that top ten 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.280 and so um, you know, once you know, we looked 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:41.920 like San Francisco could happen, we kind of you know, 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:44.679 reached out to a few teams just e gauging, you know, 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.880 whether they would move or not. And you know, in 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:51.520 Philadelphia was you know, a very good partner working with 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:54.400 how we uh did a good job with us, um 0:10:54.480 --> 0:10:56.640 in terms of what we were looking for and what 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:58.440 we're looking to do. And I give them a lot 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.240 of credit. There's a lot of teams that you know, 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:02.520 wanted to wait and wanted to wait and see and um, 0:11:03.160 --> 0:11:05.720 and you know, it takes scuts to make a move 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.679 like that. It's like San Francisco and Philadelphia both credit 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:11.600 for doing it. Gosh, I just I love that, Like you, 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:13.960 you have this offer on the table, like he said, 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:16.040 San Francisco looks like it might happen. So we then 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.520 got on the phone and looked at possible options to 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.920 get back into the top ten. Wind up finding a 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:24.080 dance partner with Philadelphia there at six. So always thinking 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.160 about the next movie reminds me of that that Puff 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:29.040 Daddy video when he gets excited. What's next? What else 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:32.120 can I do? I'm not done working yet. That's Chris 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.120 care in this Miami Dolphins front office when it comes 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:36.920 to draft picks and and working the phones. Up next, 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:39.920 Chris was asked about the trade compensation coming back for 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:43.160 those trade downs and how Miami evaluated getting those picks 0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:45.440 in future years and how this team is set to 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:49.319 build for now and the future. You know, at some point, 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:51.480 you know, and I'm sure someone probably ask a question. 0:11:51.559 --> 0:11:53.800 You know, we picked you know, three guys in the 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.120 first round. Last We're gonna keep adding young players and 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.200 talent and growing and we feel good. So, you know, 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.960 we feel really good about you know, how things transpired 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.640 for us. And I love this next question here from 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.319 I believe it was Cam Wolf of ESPN asked Chris 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:11.280 about the principles of you know, the Bill Parcels Heighthway 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:14.280 speeding the exceptions of those and Chris obviously came from 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:17.040 that Bill Parcels tree way back when. And he was 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.839 asked whether the way of a player is a reason 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.360 to knock a player or size and how that has 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:28.400 changed in modern football. Here's Chris talking about size of players. No, 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:30.520 you know, I think it's it's it's all part of 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:33.559 the evaluation. But every player tells their own story. He's 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.720 a different player, you know. So I think you know, 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.720 the league has changed as well. You know, there's more rules, 0:12:39.720 --> 0:12:44.120 it's more of an offensive league. I think what's been 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:46.040 evident is that there a lot of smaller players have 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.200 become really good players in this league as well. So, um, 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:52.000 you always value it, you always talk about it. But again, 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:56.480 each players is their own case, and uh, you know, um, 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:59.160 those guys have shown that they've been good players, you know, 0:12:59.200 --> 0:13:01.240 at a high level of play, in the SEC and 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.559 but that goes for a lot of players around the country. Um, 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:07.280 I just think the game has changed a little bit, 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.520 and I think these smaller players are given more room 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:13.920 and and freedom to showcase their talents. Next, Chris was 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.200 asked to evaluate weighing the value of his draft board 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:20.079 compared to building around a young quarterback and the importance 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.320 of getting pieces that support that young quarterback. You know, 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:27.320 especially when you're um picking up where we're picking, and 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.640 you're always looking at your team and and you know, 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.640 and two is a big part of that. And so 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.400 as we build around and what we're doing, and yeah, 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:37.400 you're always looking at, you know, what does your quarterback 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:41.160 do best, but you're also looking at weighing that versus 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.080 you know, the best players available and what you do 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:44.480 for your team, because at the end of the day, 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:48.080 it's it's always about the team. It's not about one player, 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:51.360 one pick one person. And you know you've heard Brian 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.839 talk about you know, team first, players that fit right. 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:58.440 So um, for us, you know, it is it's just 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.719 looking at for the right player, the right person, the 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.080 right fit for our team as well as you know, 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.520 the mesh with the quarterback and we'll stay on the 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:09.880 topic of the quarterback there and Chris was asked rather 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:13.680 about the off season so far of Tanka Vloa. The 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:17.320 communication has been great, you know, you know, he's he's 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:19.440 been around as you know, working hard. I know, he's 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:23.360 been working with the receivers. Um. You know, he's he's 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:26.120 he's a very competitive kid, as you know. And I 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.080 think you know, coming off of the injury last year 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.400 with you know, no no O t A s you know, 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.200 no mini camp you know, and being you know, just 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:38.280 thrown in right away, that's a hard transition. Um, you know, 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:40.840 especially coming through the rehab part of it. It was 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:44.160 doing so you know he's healthy now. Um, you know, 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.200 I've seen a couple of videos. I'm not on social 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:50.040 media very much, and uh, he's been working very hard. 0:14:50.080 --> 0:14:51.760 I know, our guys have been around and have popped 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.320 in and out here, um to stuff that. He's been 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.000 been great with the players and the receivers have been working. 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.760 So like I said, it's he's going to take the 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.000 next step. You know, the kids been a winner everywhere 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:05.200 he's been. And really excited for him, especially to have 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:06.840 an off season under his belt, and I think that 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:09.440 would be really important for him flipping it over to 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:11.760 the defensive side of the ball. Chris was asked to 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.840 evaluate some of the decisions in free agency regarding edge rusher, 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:18.520 but also the release of Kyle van Noy, and Chris 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:20.400 had an opportunity to open up and talk about the 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.920 development of some young players that needed to see the 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:28.120 field a little bit more. Yeah, Now, Kyle did a 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.120 good job for us last year and provided a lot 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:34.520 of things, and you know, he helped us win ten games. 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.440 Like a lot of the players on this roster that 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:40.080 are no longer here, you know, wishing the best, you know, 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.000 But for us, we had a lot of you know, 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:45.280 we had some young players that were developing, and um, 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.960 we felt good about and those guys need to get 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:50.640 on the field. So um, at the end of the day, 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:54.320 it was decision we made as an organization going to it. 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:56.640 We always talked about, you know, the roster at the 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:59.280 end of the season, between Brian and myself, the coaches 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.600 and the scouts, and at the end of the day, 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:03.760 it was a movie made. And in terms of the 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:08.280 pass rush, suggesting, uh, you feel good about it, We're 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:12.800 like everything, we're always looking to keep upgrading. So there's uh, 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.280 it's just such a unique year. Um, you know, with 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.840 the pandemic, as so many teams releasing players, players taking 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:25.080 one year deals, uh cheaper below market value, I guess 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.560 you could say because of the lower salary caps. So, 0:16:29.200 --> 0:16:30.560 you know, for us, at the end of the day, 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:33.520 you know, we'll just keep you know, looking at churning 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.640 over the roster, and then we'll go through the draft 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:38.520 here and then we'll keep looking at free agents that 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.680 are on the streets as well. Continuing along here, one 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:43.800 of my favorite quotes from Chris and this next bit 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:46.880 and favorite themes of this press conference was about the 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.160 development and we'll get to my question for Chris here 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.400 in just one second, but about how players are perceived 0:16:52.440 --> 0:16:54.800 in the building as they developed and go through meetings 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.160 and practices, and the way they work with their teammates 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.480 as opposed what has seen you know, sixteen times a 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.520 year on Sunday, and what the fans might have as 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.919 a perception. Here's Chris talking about development and the belief 0:17:05.920 --> 0:17:09.080 employers and getting contributions from guys they draft early, but 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:12.840 also how important that development is going into their second, third, 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:16.240 fourth years and so on. Uh, you know, I think 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:20.720 it all depends on where they fall. My get the day. 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:24.000 There's uh, some of those players, yeah, they'll be starters, 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:27.520 impact players. But again, where as you've heard Brian saying, 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:29.800 I love this statement, is like when you're coming in, 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:32.640 no one's a starter, you know in April, guys, after 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:35.000 these rookies have to come in, there's such a transition 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.400 for him to learn and and I think that's why 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.159 you always see guys take those huge second year jumps, 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.560 you know, like Van Ginkle for us last year, and 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:45.720 I think, uh, uh, you know Mike g did a 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:48.000 few years ago, made the jump after you know, rookie 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:51.040 year or you know, people were you know, unsure of him. 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.240 And I think with all these guys, it's you preach 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:56.240 patients for him a little bit. But I know, because 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.920 guys are first round, second round picks, you know, um, 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:00.800 you'd like them to be in players right away, and 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:03.280 they may be, but it may be subtle to the 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:05.840 coaching staff and personnels that were you all feel bit 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:09.120 about it and you're just making you know, waiting for 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.800 for the public to see it. But at the end 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:15.160 of the day, um, they could be stars. But again, 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.919 the players make their own, make their own way and 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:19.919 create their own jobs on the team here, and Brian's 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:23.720 created a create environment here of competitiveness. And that's what 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:26.360 I love about our guys here, you know, I think 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:28.440 that's why we won ten games last year. Guys that 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:32.560 here generally know it's about competition and taking care of 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:35.919 each other. And that's an important thing. And let's go 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.440 ahead and finish it off with my question for Dolphins 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:41.639 general manager Chris Career. Hey, Chris, good morning. Thanks for 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:43.880 doing this with us um. I was curious how much 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.359 does Flow and his coaching staffs ability to develop talent, 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:50.200 like you mentioned with Van Gegel and GOSICKI, how much 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:52.640 does that kind of way into the decision to acquire 0:18:52.680 --> 0:18:55.240 as much draft capitals you guys have accumulated the last 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:57.639 couple of years. You know, that's part of it. You know, 0:18:58.000 --> 0:19:00.080 we're not afraid to make picks, you know us at 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:01.560 the end of the day, it's you know, we'll make 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.679 the picks. But we have great confidence that this coaching 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:08.120 staff has shown that they can develop players and get 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:10.119 the best out of them. And and so that's the 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:14.080 exciting part of it is that, you know, listening to 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:16.800 them the thought probs and watching those guys coach every 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:20.320 day and the details that you know Brian and the 0:19:20.359 --> 0:19:23.399 staff are on is what makes it fun here. And 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:25.760 the players know that and they appreciate it and UH 0:19:26.119 --> 0:19:28.119 and finding those right type of guys that love to 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:31.280 work and do everything is um it's very important because 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:33.280 we know those players can get even better and so 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.959 that's the exciting part of working with Brian and his staff. 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:39.879 So plenty of good stuff there from Chris Career Dolphins GM. 0:19:39.920 --> 0:19:42.920 You can find that interview in its entirety or press conference, 0:19:42.960 --> 0:19:45.359 i should say, up on YouTube, as well as the 0:19:45.359 --> 0:19:48.679 team page on Miami Dolphins dot com. Really good content 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:50.760 there from Chris. Let's go ahead and finish out this 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:53.560 lengthy edition of the Drive Time Podcast with my interview 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:56.639 with USA Today's Doug Ferrar as we wrap up the 0:19:56.720 --> 0:20:00.000 positional preview for the draft with the running back class 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:01.800 US Well, and we've done it all so far. Let's 0:20:01.800 --> 0:20:05.120 get to my interview with Doug fur and riding shotgun 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:07.639 with us now on the Drive Time Podcast. Is the 0:20:07.760 --> 0:20:11.360 NFL editor for USA Today. He does great work regarding 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:15.399 all things NFL and draft and everything in between, and 0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:18.439 he's holding it down in the Pacific northwest out in 0:20:18.480 --> 0:20:21.399 beautiful Seattle, Doug Ferrar, Doug, how the hell are you 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:27.200 doing man Seattle? For the wind the week of clear 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:30.119 skies and seventy degrees of which we don't tell people, 0:20:30.240 --> 0:20:33.000 as you know, because you get real it rains all 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:36.040 the time and it's miserable. Yeah, four months of the 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:38.639 year you can't leave your house. Well, we are here 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:41.560 to talk about something besides weather in a position group 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:44.240 that has a unique tie between your current hometown up 0:20:44.240 --> 0:20:47.000 there in Seattle and my current hometown in South Florida. 0:20:47.240 --> 0:20:50.399 With Miles Gascon and Savan Akhmed, and you know, the 0:20:50.400 --> 0:20:52.360 three of us have made the pilgrimage as it were, 0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:54.679 from the Pacific northwest to South Florida. So let's go 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.080 ahead and start there with the current Dolphins running back roster. 0:20:57.440 --> 0:21:00.200 Both these guys, Doug, are sub two hundred pound guy eyes, 0:21:00.280 --> 0:21:03.320 but offer a kind of slashing style to their game. Now, 0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:06.159 Savon only played a very limited basis last year, but 0:21:06.240 --> 0:21:09.399 Myles was a future feature back for the ten or 0:21:09.400 --> 0:21:11.679 eleven games that he was healthy for. What did you 0:21:11.720 --> 0:21:14.439 make of Miles Gaskins season? What the Dolphins had in 0:21:14.440 --> 0:21:16.920 the backfield last year? I think it's a good back. 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:18.679 He was mean, he was productive in college is one 0:21:18.720 --> 0:21:20.959 of the feedbacks I believe ever to have four one 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:25.200 thousand yeards seasons in in the n C A. Um, 0:21:25.240 --> 0:21:27.800 you know, I think and Ahmed he made my have 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:30.040 a thing called Secret Superstars in the un season where 0:21:30.040 --> 0:21:32.399 I take guys who were you know, hey, we should 0:21:32.720 --> 0:21:34.560 be talking about. I think week tend against the charges 0:21:34.600 --> 0:21:37.040 he made. It was a week fifteen. It'st Patriots kind 0:21:37.040 --> 0:21:40.359 of went off. You could have made it then. Um, Studentsville, 0:21:40.680 --> 0:21:43.120 I mean where he comes from. It's it's a lot 0:21:43.160 --> 0:21:46.800 of zone scheme. But the Dolphins run game was interesting 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:48.639 last year. I was looking up stats on that and 0:21:48.960 --> 0:21:52.159 kind of watching tape in preparation for this. There's a 0:21:52.160 --> 0:21:53.760 lot of power, a lot of gap, a lot of 0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:56.960 draws um on. It seems like a really good draw runner. 0:21:57.320 --> 0:22:00.280 Most of their zone runs were quarterback runs, and it 0:22:00.359 --> 0:22:02.560 was almost as much Fitzpatrick as it was to uh, 0:22:02.680 --> 0:22:04.320 which you'd think it was too way running, you know, 0:22:04.480 --> 0:22:07.359 zone reading, arpo and all that stuff. If they want to. 0:22:07.400 --> 0:22:11.000 And and most defensive head coaches, as Florida's obviously is 0:22:11.040 --> 0:22:14.159 through the years, most offensive head coaches want a balanced 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:17.480 offense with a dominant back. So if they want that guy, 0:22:17.720 --> 0:22:20.480 they didn't get him in free agency. They have what 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:22.720 four picks in the top fifty they can certainly do 0:22:22.760 --> 0:22:25.080 in the draft. He's talked a lot about his desire 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:27.200 to run the football and to be physical and establish 0:22:27.240 --> 0:22:29.680 all those old school principles that you talk about. Had 0:22:29.680 --> 0:22:31.320 a full knock on the roster for a long time 0:22:31.359 --> 0:22:33.760 as well. A defensive head coach go, I want to 0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:37.960 run five wide. You know for birds old school Don Court, 0:22:38.040 --> 0:22:41.960 you will never hear any offensive ever. Ever, it will 0:22:42.040 --> 0:22:44.879 never happen. So that's exactly right. I'm just glad that 0:22:44.880 --> 0:22:47.320 you pronounced Eric Judisville's last name right, because I hear 0:22:47.359 --> 0:22:50.280 that pronounced incorrectly all the time, and so I really 0:22:50.320 --> 0:22:52.480 appreciate you getting that right. Let's let's go ahead and 0:22:52.480 --> 0:22:54.600 continue on that theme with coach Doudisville, one of the 0:22:54.600 --> 0:22:57.560 co offensive coordinators here and kind of his track record. 0:22:57.560 --> 0:22:59.600 You talked about the zone schemes, and we saw it 0:22:59.600 --> 0:23:01.399 in twenty eight team when he first got here. There 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:04.199 was so much more nuance and more like kind of 0:23:04.240 --> 0:23:06.199 wrinkles throw into the running game. When Frank Gore got 0:23:06.240 --> 0:23:08.080 in town and they had Kenyan Drake and we're balancing 0:23:08.080 --> 0:23:10.440 those two guys. But he's been the run game coordinator 0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:13.200 here since that year. He's coach running backs for decades. 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:16.600 He's typically Doug had two twenty pound guys that can 0:23:16.640 --> 0:23:19.119 carry the bulk of the load, from Travis Henry to 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:22.960 Willis McGahee, Marshawn Lynch, No, Sean Marino and Denver. That's 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:26.240 been what he's worked with. So with those traits in mind, 0:23:26.520 --> 0:23:29.080 does anybody in this class stand out above the rest 0:23:29.119 --> 0:23:31.840 for you when it comes to those traits. If you 0:23:31.920 --> 0:23:34.359 want that sort of guy, I'm looking through my list 0:23:34.440 --> 0:23:40.800 here Ramandri Stevenson from Oklahoma six foot to thirty and 0:23:40.840 --> 0:23:43.040 you would think, oh, he's Brandon Jacobs. He's gonna beat 0:23:43.040 --> 0:23:46.000 the crap on you. UM. I compared him to Stephen Davis. 0:23:46.480 --> 0:23:50.960 He's more. It's interesting he runs. He runs in a 0:23:51.000 --> 0:23:54.280 more agile fashion, like he's a power back who runs 0:23:54.280 --> 0:23:56.520 like a what I wrote was from zero to ten yards. 0:23:56.560 --> 0:23:58.560 He's a bigger back who moves like a smaller back 0:23:58.600 --> 0:24:01.159 in a good way. Excellent short area agility for a 0:24:01.240 --> 0:24:03.359 size can bounce from gap to gap in a relative break, 0:24:04.040 --> 0:24:07.320 ran through a lot of open gaps in Oklahoma's mixed 0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:10.520 blocking line kind of a put you know, equals. So 0:24:11.119 --> 0:24:13.080 when I'm looking at running backs, I want to see, well, 0:24:13.080 --> 0:24:14.640 how many times you have to work your way out 0:24:14.640 --> 0:24:17.840 of something? There were times where Stevenson just had he 0:24:17.880 --> 0:24:19.520 could have You could have driven a semi truck from 0:24:19.520 --> 0:24:23.200 the holes he had. That's not to debit kim, Um. 0:24:23.240 --> 0:24:25.400 He does have the reality break tackles and make games 0:24:25.400 --> 0:24:28.880 after contact. But and and we're gonna talk about Javante 0:24:28.960 --> 0:24:32.080 Williams from North Carolina. I watched It's like when I 0:24:32.160 --> 0:24:34.920 was a kid and I was a long time guitar 0:24:34.960 --> 0:24:37.080 player and I heard Jimmy Hendrick for her are clapping. 0:24:37.160 --> 0:24:39.159 People would ask me that are clapping. I don't care 0:24:39.160 --> 0:24:41.800 about your clapp because I heard gimmics. First. I watched 0:24:41.880 --> 0:24:45.040 Javolonte Williams first out of all the running backs, and 0:24:45.040 --> 0:24:49.840 everyone else was kind of like, oh whatever. So you 0:24:49.840 --> 0:24:53.040 know he's a He's a decent power back. I think 0:24:53.080 --> 0:24:56.200 Tray Sermon six ft to fifteen. He runs like about 0:24:56.200 --> 0:24:58.040 a two hundred and thirty pounder, and that's both good 0:24:58.040 --> 0:25:01.840 and bad. Um. There are a lot of guys in 0:25:01.880 --> 0:25:05.399 this class who are under to twenty and are just 0:25:05.440 --> 0:25:09.600 more versatile. So it really you know, as far as 0:25:09.640 --> 0:25:14.639 power backs go, I mean Javonte, who I think is 0:25:14.680 --> 0:25:16.800 by far the best power back in this class. He's 0:25:16.800 --> 0:25:21.320 five ten to twelve. Now Marshawn who you mentioned obviously 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:23.159 we're fimiliar with him up in Seattle. I think his 0:25:23.200 --> 0:25:25.840 top rate was to fifteen. So if you wanted two 0:25:25.880 --> 0:25:29.879 hundred twenty pound bruiser, UM, I don't think there are 0:25:29.880 --> 0:25:33.479 a lot of those guys who also in this particular class, 0:25:33.880 --> 0:25:38.440 who also present well rounded, you know, feature that traits 0:25:38.440 --> 0:25:40.520 where you can have him in if you're running no huddle, 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:42.480 you're not time to take him off on third down, 0:25:42.520 --> 0:25:44.040 you can have them there that they're done. He can block, 0:25:44.080 --> 0:25:46.320 you can catch, you can do all those things. Uh, 0:25:46.359 --> 0:25:48.600 if you're a third down draw team, can he you know, 0:25:48.680 --> 0:25:51.480 do that? Does he have patients? Can he cut back all? 0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:53.280 You know, all the stuff if you want from a 0:25:53.359 --> 0:25:57.159 future back, UM, I think reminder, reminder, a Stevenson of 0:25:57.240 --> 0:26:01.720 Oklahoma could be sort of retro fit into that guy 0:26:01.800 --> 0:26:04.240 over time. But there isn't a two twenty pound back 0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:07.400 in this class, at least from the proteo weights that 0:26:07.480 --> 0:26:10.879 jumps off the screen to me, you know, and goes, hey, wow, 0:26:11.040 --> 0:26:12.920 you know there isn't a lettered four net here is 0:26:12.920 --> 0:26:16.199 gonna get picked fourth overall or any running back probably 0:26:16.240 --> 0:26:19.600 ever again, you just gonna get picked fourth overall. Really, 0:26:19.720 --> 0:26:23.320 isn't that guy? What struck me watching your running backs 0:26:23.320 --> 0:26:25.080 in this class and putting my piece together for for 0:26:25.160 --> 0:26:28.720 Touchdown Wire was that it's kind of like when people 0:26:28.760 --> 0:26:32.320 say the defensive the interior defensive line class this year 0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:35.800 isn't great, and people it's terrible. I'm like, well, yeah, 0:26:35.840 --> 0:26:37.800 but you have to know what you're looking for. If 0:26:37.840 --> 0:26:40.320 you want, you know, a nose tackle, there are these 0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:42.960 two guys. If you want to an edge, you can 0:26:43.280 --> 0:26:45.720 you know, flip inside nut. You might look at Milt 0:26:45.760 --> 0:26:50.120 Williams from Losantech or whatever. In the same way. These 0:26:50.200 --> 0:26:54.080 running backs are different. Now, you could look at Niger 0:26:54.160 --> 0:26:59.320 Harris six to two thirty. That's unofficial, UM, and that's 0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:01.159 a guy who if they're going to run gap to 0:27:01.200 --> 0:27:06.239 the same degree they did last year. Um. He had 0:27:06.240 --> 0:27:08.439 a hundred and twenty eight gap carries last year per 0:27:08.480 --> 0:27:12.600 sports Infrat Solutions. For Alabama, Alabama's a heavy gap team 0:27:12.640 --> 0:27:15.120 that might be a really good fit and I don't 0:27:15.160 --> 0:27:19.000 know if Nja is gonna, you know, either than I 0:27:19.000 --> 0:27:21.359 don't know if he's gonna go in the first round. 0:27:21.400 --> 0:27:24.560 He might, he might not. Um. And the way I 0:27:24.600 --> 0:27:27.959 would characterize Naja Harris is he does everything well and 0:27:28.160 --> 0:27:31.879 almost nothing spectacularly. He's a sustainer. He led the n 0:27:31.920 --> 0:27:35.320 c A with eighty one first downs, but he didn't 0:27:35.320 --> 0:27:37.879 have a lot of breakaway runs. So it's really depending 0:27:37.920 --> 0:27:40.240 on what kind of running back you want. You know, 0:27:40.480 --> 0:27:42.360 is he there at thirty six? They picked the goat 0:27:42.400 --> 0:27:45.800 from Houston, one of the big from Houston. Maybe, um, 0:27:46.400 --> 0:27:49.480 But if Studentville wants that, you know, reminder, Stevenson is 0:27:49.520 --> 0:27:53.600 one guy, UM, I think certainly Naja Harris should be another. 0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:56.560 And they had ramand Stevenson on the Senior Bowl roster 0:27:56.600 --> 0:27:58.639 down there in Mobile, and they had Naja Harris there 0:27:58.680 --> 0:28:00.840 as well, So a couple of connections there to this 0:28:00.920 --> 0:28:03.600 Dolphins team. And you know, I was gonna compliment you 0:28:03.640 --> 0:28:05.520 for not taking the chalk there with Najy Harris. You 0:28:05.560 --> 0:28:08.239 did eventually work yourself back into Najy Harris. But that 0:28:08.359 --> 0:28:11.080 leads me into my next question about these tier rankings 0:28:11.119 --> 0:28:14.280 of these running backs in this class. Almost everybody that 0:28:14.400 --> 0:28:17.080 I've talked to her. From my own eyes, it's it's 0:28:17.160 --> 0:28:19.520 Nagy Harris, It's Chavante will into Travis E. T N. 0:28:19.560 --> 0:28:22.440 Then a significant gap and then that fourth running back 0:28:22.480 --> 0:28:24.600 and maybe you even might elevate a fourth into there. 0:28:24.760 --> 0:28:26.399 We talked a little bit off fair about your favorite 0:28:26.400 --> 0:28:28.480 guy there and see you or one of them at least. Um, 0:28:28.480 --> 0:28:31.160 I'm just curious, is that your top three? And how 0:28:31.200 --> 0:28:33.080 big is that drop from that top three to the 0:28:33.080 --> 0:28:36.400 next tier running backs? It's not I mean yeah, And 0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:40.320 it's funny because the radically here for um. Javonte Williams 0:28:40.600 --> 0:28:43.920 is my comparison for him, He's an unholy combination of 0:28:43.960 --> 0:28:46.800 Marshall Nick Chub. He's the best power back I've seen 0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:49.520 since Marshaw and his prime. Um. I think he's a 0:28:49.520 --> 0:28:51.440 better power rack than n Chub, which is kind of 0:28:51.480 --> 0:28:53.920 an astonishing thing to say. He's had a better power 0:28:53.920 --> 0:28:56.840 back than Derrick Henry. But he's a more explosive power 0:28:56.880 --> 0:28:59.880 back than Derrick Henry. UM E T N. I can 0:29:00.160 --> 0:29:02.480 to Jamal Charles, Um I think if he winds up 0:29:02.480 --> 0:29:05.640 in camp I know they just took Edwards Hilaire. Uh 0:29:05.680 --> 0:29:07.600 if I go like a t M want up in 0:29:07.600 --> 0:29:11.320 an Andy Reed system, that would just be illegal. Um. 0:29:11.440 --> 0:29:15.000 Kyland Hill from Mississippi State, I would say, is if 0:29:14.720 --> 0:29:18.240 he may or may not be tier one, Um, but 0:29:18.360 --> 0:29:20.760 he's if he's not, he's Tier two A for me. 0:29:21.000 --> 0:29:24.520 He's a hundred and sixteen broken tackles on four hundred 0:29:25.080 --> 0:29:29.080 two career carries. Um. He had twenty three exceptions last 0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:30.800 year for two hundred and three or four yards with 0:29:30.880 --> 0:29:34.040 one drop and eight broken tackles in three games. So 0:29:34.480 --> 0:29:38.239 he's really you know, he's he's pushed himself ahead as 0:29:38.240 --> 0:29:41.480 a versatile back five ten to fourteen now when we 0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:45.280 say to fourteen, but he's at five ten. It's kind 0:29:45.280 --> 0:29:47.520 of like that Martsiawn thing where you don't have to 0:29:47.560 --> 0:29:49.920 be to twenty to be power back. And Kyle and 0:29:50.040 --> 0:29:55.280 Hill to me projects very well as just a good 0:29:55.400 --> 0:29:58.480 overall power back. A lot of leg drive runs lower 0:29:58.520 --> 0:30:00.920 to the ground at you know what you call that 0:30:00.960 --> 0:30:04.960 competitive personality, which I know Brian Flores would love. Um, 0:30:05.000 --> 0:30:06.880 this guy is looking for a fight. Is I like 0:30:06.960 --> 0:30:09.720 to put it on the field not off the field? Um? 0:30:10.200 --> 0:30:15.600 You know, because but you know he had that reduced season. 0:30:15.640 --> 0:30:16.960 When you go back and watch when you did in 0:30:17.360 --> 0:30:22.400 nineteen hundred fifteen sixties scrimmage yards eleven touchdowns on two 0:30:22.440 --> 0:30:25.760 hundred and sixty touches against really strong competition. My com 0:30:25.840 --> 0:30:27.800 for him was a bit old school was Garrison Hurst 0:30:29.040 --> 0:30:32.320 and because as it had tough to fi five foot 0:30:32.360 --> 0:30:34.600 ten backs in the two hundred and fifteen Conradins who 0:30:34.680 --> 0:30:37.480 run the hills, power and contact balance and I'm not 0:30:37.600 --> 0:30:40.120 man compared with with Indian Thominson because you don't do that, 0:30:40.280 --> 0:30:47.840 but you know he I think less so what Studentsville 0:30:47.920 --> 0:30:51.280 may want for what floors may want in those bigger backs, 0:30:51.560 --> 0:30:55.480 but kind of the paradigm they have now, I think 0:30:56.120 --> 0:30:58.280 I think talent Hill would fit that very well. That's 0:30:58.320 --> 0:30:59.920 kind of a dude, all guy, because here's the have 0:31:00.000 --> 0:31:03.080 of thing you've got to in his first year as Okay, 0:31:03.240 --> 0:31:07.320 he's the guy. Ryan Fitzpatrick is now in the nation's capital, 0:31:07.400 --> 0:31:09.680 so too, Way is the guy. He's a timing and 0:31:09.760 --> 0:31:13.960 rhythm passer, and timing and rhythm passers, especially in to 0:31:14.120 --> 0:31:16.200 his case with an RPO element, which I think will 0:31:16.320 --> 0:31:19.960 increase um. Running backs are very important. Running back so 0:31:19.960 --> 0:31:23.239 you can catch are very important. Now, Naja Harris might 0:31:23.280 --> 0:31:25.640 be the best well, not the best receiving back, but 0:31:25.720 --> 0:31:28.880 the best receiving power back in this class. Kiland Hill 0:31:28.920 --> 0:31:30.800 can also do that. You know, if you want to 0:31:30.800 --> 0:31:34.800 get into specific receiving backs, I have a couple more guys, Um, 0:31:34.840 --> 0:31:37.800 but I would stay Hiland. Hill is a two way, 0:31:37.880 --> 0:31:40.840 and then you get into more specialists than generalists like 0:31:40.880 --> 0:31:44.760 Michael Carter, who shared backfield with Javante Williams. Is a 0:31:44.840 --> 0:31:48.320 terrifying thought, and Carter is more the speed guy. Um 0:31:48.400 --> 0:31:51.600 Kenneth Gainwell from Memphis, who I compared to Austin Ekeler 0:31:51.720 --> 0:31:56.960 the Chargers, very good receiving back. And when I'm a listener, 0:31:57.040 --> 0:31:59.840 damitrich Felton from MTL. If you want a guy for 0:32:00.040 --> 0:32:02.720 more receiver now running back can run a full route tree. 0:32:02.960 --> 0:32:04.880 I compared him to James White of the Patriots, who 0:32:04.920 --> 0:32:07.120 I know, you guys know very well down there in Miamis. 0:32:07.160 --> 0:32:09.760 You have to deal with it twice a year. Um, 0:32:09.800 --> 0:32:12.400 this guy not a feature back, but always shows up 0:32:12.400 --> 0:32:15.680 in Belichick's offense because he can do he can block, 0:32:16.120 --> 0:32:18.240 he can make the crucial third down run, and you 0:32:18.280 --> 0:32:22.320 can catch all kinds of passes. Um, that's dimetrich Felton. 0:32:22.480 --> 0:32:25.760 That's more his game. So going back to the main 0:32:25.840 --> 0:32:28.240 thing and sort of the tears I think this year 0:32:29.000 --> 0:32:31.440 because if you look, I mean Javonte Williams, no j Harris, 0:32:31.440 --> 0:32:33.160 Travis E. T N. And if you want to put 0:32:33.200 --> 0:32:36.600 kyl One Hill in there, they're really different guys. Um, 0:32:36.640 --> 0:32:39.400 I think Kylan Hill might be Javonte Williams life. But 0:32:39.440 --> 0:32:42.680 the other three guys, I mean, they're they're just radically different. 0:32:43.240 --> 0:32:44.800 So I don't know if it's tears this year with 0:32:44.880 --> 0:32:48.240 running backs as opposed. You know, it's not really equivalent 0:32:48.280 --> 0:32:51.560 skill sets or remotely equivalent skill sets. It's a lot 0:32:51.560 --> 0:32:53.520 of different guys doing different things for a well, and 0:32:53.520 --> 0:32:56.160 it's more to fit through your team than it is. Hey, 0:32:56.200 --> 0:32:58.120 we have these top three backs, and we can take 0:32:58.240 --> 0:33:02.840 each one of them. Um, either any of those guys 0:33:02.840 --> 0:33:07.000 would take a different conversation between Chris Beer and Brian 0:33:07.080 --> 0:33:10.360 Flores and the offensive staff. Okay, how would we use him? 0:33:10.520 --> 0:33:13.880 How would we use him? You know, it's not so much. 0:33:15.200 --> 0:33:17.400 And I said, two similar guys, you just take the 0:33:17.440 --> 0:33:20.440 one you like the best. You really have to adapt 0:33:20.440 --> 0:33:23.800 your offense to each one of these backs. And I 0:33:23.840 --> 0:33:25.840 was hopeful you mentioned Kyl and Hill. I was really 0:33:25.840 --> 0:33:28.520 hopeful when he got down to UH to play with 0:33:28.560 --> 0:33:31.000 Mike Leach this year that Leech would help kind of 0:33:31.040 --> 0:33:33.960 expand his passing game and develop that rout tree and 0:33:34.160 --> 0:33:36.959 get get us some tape with him as a pass catcher. 0:33:36.960 --> 0:33:38.400 But he ended up opting out our for a couple 0:33:38.440 --> 0:33:39.840 of games or whatever it was, so we didn't get 0:33:39.840 --> 0:33:41.960 to see that full compliment. But man, he can. He 0:33:41.960 --> 0:33:43.560 can flat out play some ball. I'm glad you have 0:33:43.640 --> 0:33:46.800 him on that list. So you mentioned not that potential 0:33:46.840 --> 0:33:48.960 in again, if you want a smaller guy would want 0:33:48.960 --> 0:33:52.840 a leg drive and just because the old Walter Payton 0:33:52.880 --> 0:33:56.080 thing where you're not just trying to avoid contact, you're initiating, 0:33:56.120 --> 0:33:58.880 you're looking for it. He's one of those guys. Yeah, exactly, 0:33:58.920 --> 0:34:00.640 and that's that's what they love. You asked what we 0:34:00.640 --> 0:34:03.080 talked about that with coach Floras and loving the physical 0:34:03.120 --> 0:34:05.480 aspect of the game. Now, you had mentioned in a 0:34:05.520 --> 0:34:09.200 previous UH answer that you're not sure if if certain 0:34:09.200 --> 0:34:11.279 backs go in the first round. Do you think any 0:34:11.320 --> 0:34:13.000 of these guys go in the first round? Like, how 0:34:13.000 --> 0:34:16.040 do you see this? You know the top that twenty 0:34:16.360 --> 0:34:18.480 I guess, I guess to pick eight team with Miami's 0:34:18.560 --> 0:34:22.560 maybe we're the running back idea starts to crank into gear. 0:34:22.760 --> 0:34:25.040 So from that eight teen to maybe like fifty range, 0:34:25.080 --> 0:34:27.799 where do you see these guys going off the board. Yeah, 0:34:27.800 --> 0:34:29.799 I've done I think I've done three marks this year. 0:34:29.880 --> 0:34:32.560 I maybe I've had a running back once or twice. 0:34:32.600 --> 0:34:36.560 I think I had Harris going in the late twenties 0:34:37.480 --> 0:34:40.040 at one point. I don't remember which team. I think 0:34:40.080 --> 0:34:42.560 I'm mocked Javonte Williams to the Dolphins and one of 0:34:42.600 --> 0:34:47.720 them with the later pick um. You know, it's really 0:34:48.320 --> 0:34:51.640 I was looking this up in the last since seventeen 0:34:51.719 --> 0:34:55.719 backs have been selected in the first round. Uh, where 0:34:55.800 --> 0:34:57.960 is it? Six have been selected in the top ten? 0:34:58.120 --> 0:35:00.839 Well seven if you were in good top early. So 0:35:00.920 --> 0:35:04.359 the trend is obviously going away from that. Um. So 0:35:04.400 --> 0:35:07.480 it's not like we can look at league trends and say, oh, 0:35:07.640 --> 0:35:10.680 three running backs will be selected. It just depends. You know, 0:35:10.920 --> 0:35:14.120 if Andy Reid is there at thirty one and he 0:35:14.200 --> 0:35:16.239 sees the Travis at and it's still on the board, 0:35:16.280 --> 0:35:17.799 and he thinks, when I think, which is this guy 0:35:17.800 --> 0:35:21.319 would be absolutely insane in my offense, he might do it. 0:35:21.880 --> 0:35:25.080 He took a running back at three two last year. UM, 0:35:25.120 --> 0:35:28.359 you know Miami. Certainly it's the reason I assume we're 0:35:28.360 --> 0:35:32.240 talking about this is the need for that feature back, 0:35:32.400 --> 0:35:35.840 whatever that means in this era, that need is there. UM. 0:35:35.880 --> 0:35:37.919 You know, Javonte in my mind is the best back 0:35:37.920 --> 0:35:40.880 in this class. And it's not particularly close as far 0:35:40.920 --> 0:35:44.040 as the world skill set. I like Naja Harris, I 0:35:44.080 --> 0:35:46.440 like Travis Anti, n there are things that can and 0:35:46.560 --> 0:35:49.640 can't do. Um. And then you get into Kyle and Hill, 0:35:49.680 --> 0:35:52.719 who you know you'd want to see more might be 0:35:52.760 --> 0:35:56.120 a more complete back than the other two. Um, I 0:35:56.120 --> 0:35:59.640 would say Javonte Williams is the only guy where I'd 0:35:59.640 --> 0:36:02.560 say for us round great, absolutely depending on position value, 0:36:03.320 --> 0:36:07.040 where lead trends were going, and you know, just overall 0:36:07.080 --> 0:36:10.279 skill set, like how many boxes does he check? So 0:36:10.360 --> 0:36:12.240 let me let me ask you this then, because Dolphins 0:36:12.239 --> 0:36:14.880 fans on Twitter and the like, it's all about we 0:36:14.960 --> 0:36:17.120 have to get Nasey Harris. We have to get Nagy Harris. 0:36:17.120 --> 0:36:18.759 You see that. And I'm sure part of that has 0:36:18.800 --> 0:36:21.319 to do with the you know, the re reuniting with 0:36:21.360 --> 0:36:23.439 two a tongue of my low of the Alabama connection there. 0:36:23.719 --> 0:36:26.239 But you talk about Javonte Williams being not even close 0:36:26.280 --> 0:36:28.239 to the rest of the class. Can you explain to 0:36:28.280 --> 0:36:30.799 a Dolphins fan who thinks that Nasea is option one 0:36:30.880 --> 0:36:33.600 to three and four why Javonte Williams might be even 0:36:33.640 --> 0:36:36.279 a better option. And I'm not saying that you want 0:36:36.360 --> 0:36:40.080 the Nazi. Harris is bad player at all. Um, As 0:36:40.120 --> 0:36:43.239 I said in from the games I watched and the 0:36:43.280 --> 0:36:46.880 report I put together, my confort him with Stephen Jackson. 0:36:47.880 --> 0:36:51.759 Um Uh, maybe a Derrick Henry Light who is a 0:36:51.760 --> 0:36:55.920 better pass catcher, would be a more modern comparison. Um. 0:36:55.960 --> 0:36:59.120 But what I've said about Nashua Harrison does everything well 0:36:59.160 --> 0:37:01.600 and very few thinks tacklely. He's not going to get 0:37:01.800 --> 0:37:04.719 those big plays, you know, the runs of fifteen yards 0:37:04.760 --> 0:37:07.879 or more. It's not really gonna happen Javonte Williams. I'm 0:37:07.880 --> 0:37:10.880 gonna bring up the numbers here, Okay. Per Pro Football Focus, 0:37:10.920 --> 0:37:14.640 Williams for five miss tackles in seventy six is a 0:37:14.719 --> 0:37:18.080 runner and nine more as a receiver. Of all n 0:37:18.160 --> 0:37:21.760 c A running backs in only Michael Carter, Williams backfield partner, 0:37:21.760 --> 0:37:24.080 had more rushing attempts of fifteen yards or more than 0:37:24.080 --> 0:37:27.279 Williams twenty seven for six hundred and sixty yards. So 0:37:27.320 --> 0:37:29.760 the first thing you have there is a really lethal 0:37:29.800 --> 0:37:36.320 combination of contact, balance and forward motion with aggression to 0:37:36.440 --> 0:37:39.200 break tackles. And when he does break tackles, he's got 0:37:39.200 --> 0:37:46.280 this extra gear he blocks like a lineback. By your reaction, 0:37:46.360 --> 0:37:50.960 I'm sure you're seeing some of those like wow, um, 0:37:50.960 --> 0:37:53.919 milely question about him? Really, and I think he has 0:37:54.000 --> 0:37:58.080 more potential as a receiver. I've seen some people mockings 0:37:58.080 --> 0:38:00.200 a receiver more than I would. I just you know, 0:38:00.239 --> 0:38:01.640 he's run a couple of rounds because that's like it 0:38:01.680 --> 0:38:06.360 was allowed to do. Um. Really, you look at the 0:38:06.400 --> 0:38:09.040 Notre Dame game where he had eleven carries for tonight 0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:11.239 yards and Notre Dame was run bitsing and they're run 0:38:11.239 --> 0:38:14.000 whatsing Hame specifically, So that's one of the best defenses 0:38:14.000 --> 0:38:17.839 in college football. Saying okay, Javonte Williams is our problem 0:38:17.920 --> 0:38:20.520 and they were a solid I would say, what makes 0:38:20.560 --> 0:38:25.839 Javonte Williams the best back in this class? I think 0:38:25.840 --> 0:38:28.759 he checks as many boxes as a Nagen Harris or 0:38:28.840 --> 0:38:31.200 Travis Ant, and probably more boxes in a Travis at 0:38:31.320 --> 0:38:34.160 and because I think Travis is one of specialist but 0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:38.799 I think the he checks the boxes with bigger inc 0:38:39.000 --> 0:38:42.080 if that makes sense. The things he does well, he 0:38:42.239 --> 0:38:46.360 does extraordinarily well, like pop off the tape, Oh my gosh, 0:38:46.400 --> 0:38:50.320 this is amazing well, whereas Naja Harris is more of that. 0:38:50.520 --> 0:38:53.600 He's a sustainer, he's not a plotter. I don't want 0:38:53.600 --> 0:38:56.560 to bring the wrong impression across because I feel like 0:38:56.600 --> 0:38:58.600 I'm making him sound it less attacktil than he is. 0:38:59.080 --> 0:39:02.560 He's a great receiver, he's an okay blocker. Um you know, 0:39:02.680 --> 0:39:05.960 he's a good down after down runner. He's not willing 0:39:05.960 --> 0:39:09.000 to break away and giving these explosive plays like Javon 0:39:09.080 --> 0:39:11.520 Ti william as well. And when you look at the 0:39:11.560 --> 0:39:14.719 ability to create explosive plays downfield as a runner and 0:39:15.360 --> 0:39:20.640 this particular power and contact balance and escapability, I just, 0:39:21.280 --> 0:39:24.279 you know, we talk about these terms like scheme specific, 0:39:24.360 --> 0:39:29.000 scheme transcendent. I think Javon Williams is the only scheme transcendent. 0:39:29.040 --> 0:39:31.120 You put him on any of the thirty two NFL 0:39:31.160 --> 0:39:36.200 teams and he'll be your best back, maybe on twenty 0:39:36.239 --> 0:39:39.000 six of those teams, Like right now, day one, the 0:39:39.120 --> 0:39:42.959 moment he hits the building, he's that good. So it's 0:39:42.960 --> 0:39:45.600 not to say that. It's not to debit Naga, Harris 0:39:45.840 --> 0:39:48.879 or Hn or whoever else you like. It's just when 0:39:48.880 --> 0:39:51.719 I look at the things he does well, he does 0:39:51.920 --> 0:39:55.880 at a level that makes him spectacular in so many 0:39:56.000 --> 0:39:59.600 areas that I just have to push him above the rest. 0:40:00.120 --> 0:40:03.640 You mentioned the fact that he blocks like a linebacker. 0:40:03.680 --> 0:40:06.400 He was a high school linebacker until his junior season, 0:40:06.640 --> 0:40:08.440 and then started playing running back because the coaches like, 0:40:08.440 --> 0:40:10.160 I think you might be a good running back as well, 0:40:10.239 --> 0:40:12.200 so you listen aw some facts there. He had the 0:40:12.280 --> 0:40:15.279 best elusive score in Pro Football Focus history with miss 0:40:15.280 --> 0:40:18.399 tackles forced led college football and yards after contact. He's 0:40:18.440 --> 0:40:20.920 twenty years old with less than four hundred career touches, 0:40:20.920 --> 0:40:24.120 the Nazi high school val victorian, four time state champion, 0:40:24.400 --> 0:40:27.480 and he also was a four by relay champion in 0:40:27.560 --> 0:40:30.160 high school as well, So he's got plenty of pelts 0:40:30.239 --> 0:40:33.920 on the wall. Stuff shows up, as you've seen the 0:40:33.960 --> 0:40:37.839 trap chet tra tracked history in the background shows up. 0:40:38.400 --> 0:40:41.359 After he breaks contact. He's in the open field. Now 0:40:41.400 --> 0:40:46.160 it's a safety, and now he's accelerating like good luck. 0:40:48.880 --> 0:40:51.120 I I woke up this morning. I didn't think I 0:40:51.120 --> 0:40:54.040 was gonna do with Williams getting faster and coming right 0:40:54.080 --> 0:40:57.359 at my face. Didn't wake up choosing violence, that's for sure. Doug, 0:40:57.400 --> 0:40:59.960 can we can we jump into this kind of speed 0:41:00.040 --> 0:41:02.239 around here? And kind of sorry to cut you off there, 0:41:02.280 --> 0:41:05.239 but I want to hear your just quick takes on 0:41:05.360 --> 0:41:07.880 these traits that I listened here and get who the 0:41:07.920 --> 0:41:10.640 best in classes at those groups? Um, okay, Doug, So 0:41:10.680 --> 0:41:16.360 who is the best zone runner in this class? I 0:41:16.360 --> 0:41:19.560 would see e t n. Um he shows the ability 0:41:19.600 --> 0:41:24.240 to cut back and and and find that gap really quickly. Um. 0:41:24.320 --> 0:41:27.359 I think Javonte has that he ran more zone last 0:41:27.400 --> 0:41:30.720 season than he had in his his previous two. Um. 0:41:30.760 --> 0:41:32.640 But I would say as far as just the ability 0:41:32.680 --> 0:41:37.320 to spark off and find the cut and go, probably 0:41:37.320 --> 0:41:40.439 you t N. I would also put Kyle and Hillizer responsibility. 0:41:40.680 --> 0:41:42.799 And you had mentioned Roman J. Stevenson. Does he hold 0:41:42.840 --> 0:41:47.200 down your best gap runner traite? Uh? Well, Roumandius Stevenson 0:41:47.400 --> 0:41:51.360 has my best running through open holes. Probably Naja Harris 0:41:51.440 --> 0:41:53.279 is the best gap for in this class, certainly with 0:41:53.400 --> 0:41:56.480 the most frequency. Absolutely. How about your best breakaway speedback 0:41:57.000 --> 0:42:02.800 Michael Carter without questions? Uh, Dmitric Felton is also fast. 0:42:02.800 --> 0:42:05.640 Michael Carter is just a different kind of fast. We 0:42:05.680 --> 0:42:08.359 saw them the Senior Bowl too, didn't we. Yeah, I 0:42:08.440 --> 0:42:10.880 caught his. My comp for him was Clyde Edwards Hilaire. 0:42:11.400 --> 0:42:13.160 So if you want that, if you were looking at 0:42:13.280 --> 0:42:15.520 Edwards Hilaire last year, you can get him in Michael 0:42:15.520 --> 0:42:17.320 Carter this week. I love me some c e h 0:42:17.440 --> 0:42:19.680 last year. I think your best pass protector might be 0:42:19.680 --> 0:42:24.920 in that same backfield. Want Yeah, and and and your 0:42:24.960 --> 0:42:33.600 best rp O back Oh, that's a good one. Um. 0:42:33.719 --> 0:42:37.600 Maybe Felton just because he can run a diverse route tree. Yeah, definitely, 0:42:37.840 --> 0:42:41.400 that's that's a that's a good one. And when I 0:42:41.480 --> 0:42:44.400 watched him, and then I do these comps, NFL comps, 0:42:44.400 --> 0:42:47.239 which I really sweat because I know a lot of 0:42:47.280 --> 0:42:48.880 people are just getting into the draft. They watch the 0:42:48.960 --> 0:42:50.640 NFL here, so you want to get a picture in 0:42:50.680 --> 0:42:52.799 your head. And I'm looking at h Way and I'm 0:42:52.800 --> 0:42:55.799 looking at you know, trades and production. I'm thinking James White. Well, 0:42:55.920 --> 0:42:58.160 if James White was in a heavy RPUT system, he 0:42:58.200 --> 0:43:00.439 would dominate because you can just do some me things 0:43:00.440 --> 0:43:04.839 that kind of full defenses. Um, you know, Corner would 0:43:04.840 --> 0:43:08.759 be a good RP O guy. Um, Yeah, that's that's 0:43:08.800 --> 0:43:10.719 gonna be important for you guys to this week. For sure. 0:43:10.880 --> 0:43:12.640 That works. We'll take it. That's all I've got for you, Doug. 0:43:12.640 --> 0:43:15.560 I appreciate your time today, NFL Editor USA Today, the 0:43:15.640 --> 0:43:18.200 NFL Wire. Where can the people find you on social 0:43:18.239 --> 0:43:19.720 and what are you working on leading up to draft 0:43:19.760 --> 0:43:24.120 here next week? Doug NFL underscore dog for our f 0:43:24.120 --> 0:43:26.799 A R R A R. Marks Gofield and I just 0:43:26.840 --> 0:43:29.680 finished our top eleven which we've just talked about the 0:43:29.719 --> 0:43:33.000 top of running backs here. We finished all of our 0:43:33.160 --> 0:43:36.240 top eleven position there to scotting reports and against metrics. 0:43:36.560 --> 0:43:39.279 We're gonna fold that into our top fifty the big board, 0:43:39.320 --> 0:43:41.360 which we'll go up tomorrow, um as soon as I 0:43:41.440 --> 0:43:44.719 get it done, and then we'll have a couple of 0:43:44.760 --> 0:43:47.440 last mock drafts, couple podcast, a bunch of steam fit 0:43:47.560 --> 0:43:50.800 stuff grades for all the pics. Of course, the Dolphins 0:43:50.840 --> 0:43:52.840 would be a plus A plus no matter what they do, 0:43:53.200 --> 0:43:56.200 because you know, let me say say that now, I 0:43:56.280 --> 0:44:00.759 love um, I get me on. Uh yeah, we'll just 0:44:00.840 --> 0:44:04.440 be we're we're rolling deep and uh stand up Lake. Well, 0:44:04.480 --> 0:44:06.920 you guys do great work. Adding Mark Scofield was fantastic. 0:44:06.920 --> 0:44:09.040 He stroduced two podcasts with him every year, un Locked 0:44:09.040 --> 0:44:12.360 On Patriots, Locked On Dolphins Crossover, Just hired Lori Fitzpatrick. 0:44:12.400 --> 0:44:14.479 You guys continue to kill it out there, Doug, stay 0:44:14.480 --> 0:44:18.359 safe in the Pacific Northwest and go Mariners. Oh yeah, 0:44:18.480 --> 0:44:25.360 then are good again? Well for now? For now? Yeah yeah, 0:44:25.400 --> 0:44:30.799 Hartford buzz Man, Thanks and away he goes a very 0:44:30.840 --> 0:44:34.400 fun conversation that with Doug far of USA Today the 0:44:34.440 --> 0:44:37.719 Touchdown Wire. Plenty of good content there. He has his 0:44:37.800 --> 0:44:40.279 top eleven running backs list out as well as his 0:44:40.400 --> 0:44:43.759 recently updated draft board. He and Mark Scofield worked tirelessly 0:44:43.840 --> 0:44:46.279 on that, giving you guys plenty of good content over 0:44:46.320 --> 0:44:49.480 there at USA Today. So Doug for our finishes out 0:44:49.520 --> 0:44:52.319 our position by position draft preview. Go back and check 0:44:52.320 --> 0:44:56.399 out the entire catalog. Quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, offensive line, 0:44:56.440 --> 0:45:00.319 defensive line, linebackers, defensive backs. We've covered it all. 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