WEBVTT - Five Areas of Improvement for 2022, How the Dolphins Can Get There 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:06.080 Two fires touch stop Waddles stocked into the end zone 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:10.280 of Miami tight brown window. They had to get that 0:00:10.400 --> 0:00:15.840 touchdown on that play. They give it. What is up, 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:20.200 Dolph fans and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:26.079 the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:29.320 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:31.920 And on today's show, we go back to the Wednesday 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:34.560 podcast and kind of pick up where we left off 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.000 there and take a look at the off season and 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:40.519 what that could look like with one ultimate takeaway that 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.320 bodes well for the team. Before we do that, I 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:45.280 want to look at five things that Dolphins need to 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:47.920 do this off season to take the next step. Plus, 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:50.720 we'll take a look at our first glance at the 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:55.680 schedule the opponents on that Dolphin schedule. Busy show from 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:59.840 somewhere in South Florida. This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:07.840 So before we get into the pathways the Dolphins could 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.120 take in the off season, I think we first have 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:13.080 to go back and look at what pathways we want 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.000 to explore based upon things that Dolphins need to get 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:18.639 better at. And Coach McDaniel addressed some of the stuff 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.040 on different media he's done the last couple of weeks, 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:23.240 and just based upon the results we have last year, 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:26.160 I think some of those are relatively obvious, as they 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:29.080 are for most teams around the National Football League. So 0:01:29.200 --> 0:01:31.560 here are five things I think Miami can do to 0:01:31.680 --> 0:01:34.679 improve upon the nine and eight record. And I'm sure 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:37.160 coach has a list of plenty of things, but the 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:42.119 top five for me are as follows number one. Significantly 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:45.800 improve the running game. And truthfully, you could probably expand 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:49.600 this into five subsets on its own, that's how multilayered 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.280 it is. But this is a process over results podcast. 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.600 But still go ahead and look at the results last 0:01:55.680 --> 0:02:00.000 year thirty in rushing thirty one and yards per rush 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.840 and rushing touchdowns. One way you can get better there 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:08.160 is adding decades of experience of successful run game coordinators. 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:11.960 It's a good step already done. But also how about 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:15.280 the offensive line, look rushing off particular gaps the Pro 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.480 Football Focus grades the results just they were what they 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.959 were right and at all points to needing improvement there. 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.880 Now that said, I think the backs too. I think 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:27.360 we saw where this line was at its best in 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.760 the running game last year when Duke Johnson saw his 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.920 role increase late in the season, and I'll mention this 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:36.000 in our second knee with regards to the quarterback into 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.200 a tongue of blow in the passing game. But how 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:40.760 many times did we discuss on the All twenty two 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.359 review podcast this season the well blocked run plays that 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.360 didn't produce as much yardage as they could have. I 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.680 think Duke Johnson helped highlight a little bit of that 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:54.120 with those two big rushing performances where he generated not 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:57.639 just yards after contact, but the explosive runs that were 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:00.640 missing for much of the season. Last year, the Dolphins 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:04.200 ranked thirty one in explosive runs. That's ten plus yard 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:07.799 runs last season in the National Football League. Another element 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.919 of that the vertical threat. Last year, the idea of 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:14.280 adding Jalen Waddle and will Fuller to stretch not just 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:18.200 horizontally but vertically was a legit idea. It's tough to 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.239 play single high safety when you have those types of 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:24.480 vertical threats. But we saw that difficult to come by 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:27.360 because number one, no team in the NFL had a 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:30.480 quicker time to pressure rate on average than Miami in 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.200 the passing game, and number two, will Fuller only play 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.480 a handful of snaps with that brutal finger injury. And 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:40.160 we'll address the latter point here and number four, But first, 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:43.720 number two better quarterback production. The reason this is number 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:47.000 two is because all those things from number one play 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:50.480 into it so much. To a passing with a lead 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:53.480 I thought wasn't interesting split for his stats six point 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:57.400 seven yards per pass, two touchdowns, and four picks, that's 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.320 got to be the opposite. That's where it's supposed to 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.320 be the easiest to throw the football when the defense 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:04.800 has to honor both the run and the pass, and 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.240 you can get some nice completions from play actions on 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.880 first down, Like you go twelve personnel and you run 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:12.720 play action to kick off a drive where you have 0:04:12.760 --> 0:04:15.440 a touchdown lead or a ten point lead, your chances 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.080 of hitting completions on that particular instance are so much 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.320 higher than it is when you're down by ten points 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.360 and the defense knows that you have to run the 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.840 foot or past the football rather Plus, watch any coach 0:04:25.920 --> 0:04:28.520 McDaniel coach game and you'll see the impact of the 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:32.240 running game has in the passing game every single week, 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:36.719 and putting to a more advantageous situations and not playing 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:39.520 to the score where it's early down runs and then 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:41.039 you ask them to make a play on third and 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:44.080 long because that's how the situation dictates. That's not a 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:47.160 practice that's going to yield consistent results. To help your 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:50.000 defense close out games, you can close out games both 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.960 offensively and defensively. You have every every snap is a 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.240 chance to help the other side of the football out. 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:57.640 But also to back to something that coach mentioned on 0:04:57.640 --> 0:05:00.000 the Dan Lebotard Show a couple of weeks back about 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.599 what two needs to work on. He said, playing the 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:08.480 quarterback position and looks. That goes beyond accuracy, arm strength, escapability, 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.560 all that stuff. It's more about the intangibles and the 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.680 cerebral aspect of the game. And for a quarterback just 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:17.200 in his third season as a pro and a limited 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:20.520 college resume in terms of snaps played, there's always going 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.200 to be room to grow in that regard. That's the 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:24.240 reason why most of the good quarterbacks in the NFL 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.600 tend to get better at age and beyond, and a 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.640 lot of these good quarterbacks until this recent surge, we're 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:32.960 on the other side of age thirty. Because the more 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.280 you see, the better you can play the position. And look, 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:38.880 we were hyped and critical both aside every single Tuesday 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.880 on the All twenty two reviews about every position. But 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:45.000 what was the one consistent mentioned I made weekly when 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:48.680 discussing quarterback play this season, finding those hots and having 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.520 solutions for the defensive look from pre st nap alignment 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:54.080 to post nap rotation. And the one that sticks out 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.280 to me frequently is that shallow cross against that vacated 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:01.479 second level defenders coming on pressure looks or chasing a 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.440 back or a tight end or getting back into the 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:06.400 deep the two as it or the Tampa two coverage 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:09.839 down the pipe there and to recognize those that's an 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:13.560 area where two has had some sex success, but to 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:16.440 be more consistent there that will help change the way 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.159 the defense attacks you. It will create bigger plays, and 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:22.520 it will obviously create better down and distances. So the 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:25.760 nice thing here this is internal and something that comes 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:29.080 from training, repetition and doesn't require any of those resources 0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:31.400 to be spent. If you can get up to that 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.279 level you need, of course, and that's that's a nice part. 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:36.880 It's incumbent, it's it's inherent. It's not we have to 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.520 go spend this, this and this to go get that fixed. 0:06:39.520 --> 0:06:43.800 You can do that in House number three. Less explosives 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:47.000 in the run defense game. We've seen this defense just 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.600 tee it up time and time again when they are 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:54.040 a ahead on the scoreboard or be having success against 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:57.760 the run. Sometimes it's both. Usually it's both what it is. 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.640 I think it's something they do well more times than not. 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:03.360 But like coach said, if we're not getting better, we're 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.000 getting worse, and I think it. I think just a 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:09.960 little more early down run game success could really really 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.440 see this defense come to realize it's true potential for 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.800 seventeen games opposed to one half of season of football 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:19.240 last year, and then the season really getting after it 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:21.840 after the first four games and a one in three start. 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:24.720 I think this stat best explains with the Dolphins. Run 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.680 defense was this year very very good, but a few 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.440 too many occasional big plays, especially late in the season. 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:34.200 They were fourteenth and overall run defense with the rings 0:07:34.520 --> 0:07:37.640 and explosive plays allowed, So most of that came from 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:41.280 the big running plays. Fifty explosive plays fifty plus yard runs. 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.760 That's a twelve clip for the opposing offense. So get 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.160 that explosive right down and you probably move into a 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.560 top ten run defense, which helps the NFL's second best 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:54.040 quarterback sacking defense getting more opportunities to do that, to 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.840 create more pressure, to create more possible takeaways, and it 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.480 just creates more opportunities for Exhaving Howard and Javon Holland 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:04.000 to make plays back there. Number four offensively, more explosives 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:08.720 in the passing game, more weapons. Mike McDaniel talked about 0:08:08.720 --> 0:08:11.440 putting the ball in the hands of players who were 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:13.680 best at running with it after the catch. And one 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:15.760 of the functions of this offense is that all the 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.920 things that you can catch someone's eye on getting the 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.960 ball quickly into those guys hands with the design of 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:25.200 m direction that can cause those false steps and wandering eyes. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.320 You need to capitalize on that space you create by 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:31.920 maximizing yard after the catch, potential break one tackle, and 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:33.719 all of a sudden because you have a safety who 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.520 came down all of a sudden, that third level defender, 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:38.680 you get a ten yard after the catcher that turns 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.240 into a forty yard round after the catch. Does that 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.840 make sense? The Dolphins were seven and explosive passing plays 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.160 this season. Those are twenty plus yard plays and there 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:50.440 were twenty six and yak the Niners were ninth in 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.240 that in that stat this year, Jalen Waddle average four 0:08:53.240 --> 0:08:56.040 point six YAK average per catch. The next best on 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:58.200 the team was three point three, which ranked eighty four 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:01.520 in the National Football League. McDaniel also mentioned in his 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:05.000 interview with Marcella Luis Jacques of ESPN that to his 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.520 ball placement and catchable football and spiral where all things 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.920 about his game that he liked and the receivers will like, 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.439 and the best way to maximize that is with game 0:09:13.440 --> 0:09:16.160 breakers once the ball gets into their hands. Waddle for 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:19.120 sure is that now let's get some more Number five, 0:09:19.720 --> 0:09:21.959 get special teams back on track, a bit of a 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:24.960 detour from what we enjoyed in And honestly, the thing 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.800 that I worry about the least here is Jason Sanders. 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:30.439 The process, the swing of the leg, the consistency he 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.559 shows in practice, the way he works, his approach, his mindset, 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.120 his mentality. I think he's wired the right way. I 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.880 just think kicking can be a little bit volatible, and 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:40.800 I want to put someone in that position who has 0:09:40.840 --> 0:09:43.160 all the things we just mentioned and trust that his 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:46.480 process we will create the results we need. That alone 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:48.839 would be a huge bump for the Dolphin Special Teams. 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:51.280 But more than that, there was also two blocked field goals. 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:53.199 Get better at that. The special Teams d v O 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.240 d v o A finished twenty nine this year, and 0:09:56.280 --> 0:09:58.520 again just to look at the results, things you can 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:00.760 improve upon that twenty nine v o A rank the 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.600 lowest field goal percentage with two blocks in the National 0:10:03.600 --> 0:10:07.240 Football League and punting average twenty three net punting but 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:10.240 fifth and punts down into the ten yard line. I 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.800 think that's a creditable polarity and the coverage units and 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:15.080 guys like mac Hollins to get down there and down 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.720 that thing. So that all leads into this idea of 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:22.240 free agency and draft resource options. And on the Wednesday 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.200 podcast last week, we discussed the top two hundred free 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:28.839 agent list from Pro Football Focus and they also had 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.800 market value assigned in that piece. So using that, I 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:33.840 want to go ahead and look at routes Miami could 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:37.760 conceivably take to get those improvements and take that next step. 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.360 But first let's take our first break. We'll come back 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.080 right to this exercise, right to this portion of the 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.480 podcast Drive Time Podcast Travis wing Full presented by Auto Nation. 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.440 Back here on the Drive Time Podcast taking a look 0:10:51.440 --> 0:10:54.960 at some off season potential options for the Dolphins as 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:57.440 they head into another off season where they have the 0:10:57.559 --> 0:11:00.200 number one available cap space, they have some options to 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:02.839 create more cap space, and they have some nice draft 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:06.120 capital as well coming up in April. And to refer 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:11.320 back to the current cap allocation, that has every single 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:15.040 position group on this roster outside of cornerback in the 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.760 bottom half of the National Football League in terms of spending, 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:21.920 and all positions besides corner and wide receiver in the 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:26.320 bottom third twenty one or lower. So I think remove 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.480 cornerback from the equation and we'll look at the top 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:31.800 of the market, mid tier and bargain type of options 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:33.760 for every spot. Let's go ahead and do that right 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.120 now at the quarterback position, and I think here you 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:37.760 just kind of rule this one out as well, because 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.920 there is not actually allow me to rephrase that as 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:44.760 far as the starting quarterback position goes. I think that's 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:46.640 really where you have to rule it out in terms 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:49.920 of massive potential upgrades outside of some crazy type of 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.640 trade with the you know, a big time veteran out 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:54.640 there who's not really on the market but maybe could 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.880 become in the market. But the Dolphins do have an 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:01.040 opening at the backup quarterback position, and we saw just 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:04.160 this last year how important that is. So this list 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:07.640 has some guys that might kind of fall into that realm, 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:11.720 but there isn't like the Peyton Manning or Tom Brady 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.480 type of player available this year. It's Jamis Winston topped 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.120 the PFF list, and he's probably looking at more of 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:21.319 a low end starter money slash potential top end backup money, 0:12:21.600 --> 0:12:24.280 kind of like Teddy Bridgewater, the two top quarterbacks on 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.160 this list. So I don't think this position even applies 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:29.720 to the exercise, especially when you consider at the draft 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.040 at pick twenty nine and what is a bit of 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.560 a down year at the quarterback position. At best, we're 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.280 probably talking mid level investment, right. I just don't know 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.480 if there's a lot of opportunity there to get a 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.400 whole heck of a lot better at the quarterback position. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.760 At running back, I think this room for the Dolphins 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:49.320 has plenty of good players and guys that satisfy particular roles, 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:51.400 but like we saw with Duke Johnson at the end 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:52.680 of the year, kind of giving them the shot in 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.760 the arm, I think that's what you need for the 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:58.160 full seventeen games. That one final piece that can kind 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.440 of make everybody better at the job they do now, 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.760 is that bringing back Duke. Is that in the draft? 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:06.080 Is that in free agency? None of Daniel Jeremiah, Jordan 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:09.160 Reid or the Draft Network have a running back inside 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:12.280 their top forty players, So it's probably not until the 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:16.080 second round pick, which I think qualifies as a fringe 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.600 premium resource slash mid tier. I typically put it into 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.280 the premium resource, especially when it's at pick fifty where 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:25.160 Miami's is, but it's tough to say. So. Those guys 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.880 are Kenneth Walker from Michigan State, Isaiah Spiller from Texas 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.760 A and M and Bruce Hall from Iowa State, and 0:13:30.800 --> 0:13:33.560 those are the only three guys in the top two 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:38.080 rounds of pretty much every major publication and free agency. 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.640 To me, there's one guy that could maybe qualify as 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.360 a premium resource, but just based on what has happened 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:45.400 at the running back market over the last decade or so, 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.760 I'm not so sure that's the case. But Coral Patterson 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:53.040 PFF's projected market is two years, twelve millions, so six 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.840 millions just not a premium resource in today's National Football 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:57.760 League with the cap spaces up over two undred million, 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:01.840 it's almost perfectly mid tier. In fact, interestingly, though thirty 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:05.120 spots later they have a higher projection for Lenny four 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.520 Nette would be the age factor there, but even that 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.240 is two for sixteen eight million per year. Again, that's 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.520 not quite it's close, it's not quite premium. Then Edmonds 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:16.320 and Connor and Michelle, they've got them all the four 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:18.719 or five million per range. That's about it for the 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.920 running back spot. Not the deepest year running back at 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.920 wide receiver Will Fuller was the Dolphin's top resource in 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:28.400 terms of free agent spending last offseason. Then they used 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.440 their top draft resource on Jalen Waddle, So it's not 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:33.560 like it wasn't a priority last year and one of 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:37.160 those worked fantastically and the other one got hurt. But 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.040 you have to imagine that will be a priority again 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:41.080 to get that second part of that right because of 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.240 how crucial it will be for this offense. And as 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.440 we mentioned wednesday, the free agent class is full of guys, 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.400 and so was the draft. Davante Adams will set the 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:51.600 market here. I mean, I've I've seen reports about Davante 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.560 Adams and written pieces and all types of stuff that 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:57.880 suggests he's gonna get the biggest non quarterback contract ever, 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:02.200 what is that thirty million more? Who knows? I mean, 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:04.800 you've got nearly double digit names that would garner a 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:07.400 premium resource here with the top free agent or money 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:09.560 or pick twenty nine. There's so many of them. Chris 0:15:09.560 --> 0:15:13.480 Godwin four for seventy projection, Mike Williams four for sixty eight. 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:17.560 Alan Robinson's projected for three forty eight. Odell Beckham one 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.720 for fourteen. The years they're probably tied to the A 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.240 c L injury. He just had. Michael Gallup two for 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.720 twenty five. Still in that premium range, but a bit 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:26.960 of a drop off. He also is coming off an injury. 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.880 Juju Smith Schuster one for eight, Christian Kirk three for 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:33.160 thirty five, DJ Shark three for forty like it's still 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.960 back in the premium. Marquez Valdes's scantling three for twenty five. 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.200 Russell Gauge four for thirty. He's number one oh one 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.960 on the list and they've got him at over seven million, 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:44.640 seven and a half million per year. Speaks to the 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.840 depth at the receiver position. Some other guys. Cedric Wilson 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.840 two for eleven's a Jones three for eighteen, still six, 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.720 Isaiah Mackenzy two for nine. That's where is that four 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:55.560 and a half? I like that number a lot. So 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:57.360 some of those numbers make you look at the draft 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.320 class that has had a handful of guys projected to 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:03.000 go in that kind of ten to fifteen range, between 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.280 Burke's and London and Lave Wilson and Williams and Dots 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:10.920 and etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. There's plenty of options there at 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.360 tight end. Gazicky and Smith are both up for new deals, 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:16.400 with Hunter long entering year two, Sethan Carter signed for 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.560 almost exclusively special teams work last year, and then Adam 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.880 Shaheen has another year left as well. Lots of avenues 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.160 here too, and we mentioned that Mike was in that 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:27.040 premium group among the top free agent tight ends as 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:28.640 one of the top guys in the Pro Football Focus 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.160 list at twenty at the number twenty spot. Right behind 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:34.400 him as Dalton Shoultz at four for fifty two projected. 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:36.680 Gronk is one for seven. We know his age and 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:40.240 that retirement possibility factors into that. David and Joeku three 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:43.120 for thirty seven, zach Ertz two for twenties, so we're 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:45.640 still a ten mill per year right now. Gerald Ever 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:50.120 three for five, Evan ingram to for eighteen. The drop 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:52.880 off goes to Max Williams at three for eighteen at 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.920 six per Moiley Cox three for twenty one. That's seven 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.800 per we're back up again. Robert Tonyan one for five. 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:00.960 That's about where we get to the mid tier level. 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.640 It's also a nice draft class with Trey McBride, Isaiah Likely, 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:07.040 Jeremy Ruckert, that fullback slash tight end combination that I 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:09.960 can't pronounce his name yet from Maryland Man. We're less 0:17:10.000 --> 0:17:13.040 than a month ago until free agency starts and we 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.560 still have all these names on this list. But again, 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.120 the draft class also nice. The receiver tight end positions 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:20.439 really really have some nice names this year. On the 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:23.840 offensive line, this is where the options get just really 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:27.080 crazy in terms of again, there are so many, especially 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:31.320 because of Miami's inherent position versatility. You can go tackle 0:17:31.400 --> 0:17:33.440 and guard and you can probably plug him in wherever 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:36.000 you want to. Because they have so many options. On 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:39.199 the incumbents list, let's go ahead and pass on the 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:41.840 projected cost here because there's just way too much to 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:43.800 cover for inside outside. But you know there's drill here 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:48.280 premiums Ryan Jensen, Brandon Schurf Lake and Tomlinson, Connor Williams. 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:52.040 In that mid tier James Daniels, Austin Corbett, Andrew Norral, 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:57.639 Alex Cappa, Brian Allen, Bradley Boseman, bargain names, Trey Turner, 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:03.360 Quentin Span, Ted Carress, Matt Partis. At the tackle position, 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:07.080 premiums to Ron Armstead, Orlando Brown, Dwayne Brown, mid tier 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:12.200 Morgan Moses, Eric Fisher, Riley, Reef Germain, a Fetty bargain name, 0:18:12.280 --> 0:18:14.200 Brandon Shell. That just there's just a lot of options. 0:18:14.200 --> 0:18:15.520 We're gonna come back to that here in a second. 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:18.880 On the interior defensive line, I honestly probably bok here too. 0:18:19.119 --> 0:18:21.000 This feels more like a position where maybe you go 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.520 after it in the draft, because one, it's a pretty 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.040 solid draft class for a position group that tends to 0:18:26.080 --> 0:18:28.600 slide a little bit each year. And number two, you 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:34.040 already have presumed production in the bank with Wilkins, Steeler, 0:18:34.240 --> 0:18:37.600 Davis Butler. So maybe kind of like Noah Ignogeny, but 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.040 not in round one you draft someone with an eye 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:41.760 for the future. Here. Maybe I don't know. We'll see 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:44.919 At the edge position. Now we've got one of our 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:46.800 own here again, like like we did with Caski and 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:50.600 Emmanuel Ogba. But as we mentioned on Wednesday, it's a deep, deep, 0:18:51.240 --> 0:18:53.359 deep group position here, both in the draft and free 0:18:53.400 --> 0:18:58.880 agency premium wise Chandler, Jones, von Miller, Jadavian Clowney, Randy Gregory, 0:18:58.960 --> 0:19:02.800 Melvin Ingram, Hassan, Reddick Lawn or held Landry. It's crazy 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:07.480 mid tier Justin Houston, Jerry, Jeremy Hughes, Jerry Hughes, No Jeremy, 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:12.000 Derek Barnett, and the bargain bind Charles Harris, Jason Pierre, 0:19:12.000 --> 0:19:14.280 Paul Chennon, Dwosu. I'm not sure those guys are even 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:16.480 bargains by the way, they could be huge contracts for them. 0:19:16.640 --> 0:19:18.520 And again this draft is just pier in Sandy at 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:21.639 this position group too, from Hutchinson and Timodeaux at the 0:19:21.680 --> 0:19:24.000 top too, car lift Us and no Jabo in the middle, 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:26.480 to Sanders and Jamaine Johnson, Logan Hall on the second 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.280 and third round. That's probably second round really. I mean, 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:31.080 you can pick where you want to target your edge 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:33.200 player and probably find a name that fits the value 0:19:33.240 --> 0:19:35.680 there at linebacker. This one is a little more cut 0:19:35.680 --> 0:19:38.480 and dry the draft with Lloyd and Deana's premium options 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:40.800 and then some more mid round values like a Dairy 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:43.200 and Beaver's or Chad Muma. But back to free agency 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:46.359 premium wise, not a lot to Andre Campbell in the 0:19:46.359 --> 0:19:50.280 mid range, Alexander Johnson, Olacon from the Falcons, I Philip 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:53.040 pronounce his name every time, Layton Vander Esh, Josie Jewel, 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:56.280 Dante Hi Tower, Anthony Barr, bargain Wise, Jawan Bentley, Jayon 0:19:56.400 --> 0:19:58.960 Brown at cornerback. Probably the same idea here as the 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:02.800 quarterbacks and interior defensive line just loaded for the Dolphins 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:06.240 team x Byron Needham, Igbo Coleman, and like we mentioned 0:20:06.240 --> 0:20:08.560 on the interior defensive line, it might be more of 0:20:08.600 --> 0:20:11.359 a developmental approach. Some free agents that might fit that 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:16.760 mold Dante Jackson, Robert Altford, Kawan Williams, Rasul, Douglas A. Killow, Weatherspoon. 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:20.360