WEBVTT - Drive Time: Kyle Crabbs Dolphins Draft and Offseason Special 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.600 To our Removedlin Deep Speedlins past. 0:00:05.720 --> 0:00:09.399 From the Baptist Health Studio. This inside the Baptist Health 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:17.720 Training Complex. This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. He's my 0:00:17.920 --> 0:00:19.400 hav hands in the playoffs. 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:28.840 What is up Dolphins? 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.280 And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am your host, 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.560 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show we're gonna welcome in 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:38.080 the great Kyle Krabs talk about the draft, the Senior Bowl, 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:41.880 the Dolphins off season. Just a comprehensive chat with a 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:44.400 good friend of mine about this Miami Dolphins team and 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:48.040 off season from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:49.040 Health Training Complex. 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:49.519 This is. 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:55.480 The Draft Time Podcasts, gaff. Let's get right to it today. 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:59.160 My guest Kyle Crabs joining me once again, is good 0:00:59.240 --> 0:01:01.959 friend of the show show and really the perfect Dolphins 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.160 draft guess you guys know who he is from. Locked 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:07.880 on NFL scouting and locked on Dolphins. What an intersection 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:12.360 for our purposes today, Kyle Crabs, Kyle, what's up? 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:13.040 Budy? 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:17.959 Hey, Travis, happy off season to you. I know it's uh, 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:20.479 we wish we were still playing a game this weekend, 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:25.320 but it's a really fun season and excited for the 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.320 off season ahead for Miami to hopefully push some right 0:01:28.360 --> 0:01:30.479 buttons and play a few more games next year. 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:32.680 I know you and probably nobody else wants to hear this, 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:36.679 but the weather on Championship Sunday here it was nice. 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:36.920 Man. 0:01:37.240 --> 0:01:39.200 I couldn't I couldn't stop thinking about how nice it 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:42.760 would have been, how yes in our building too, and 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:43.680 how nervous I would be. 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:45.880 But like, it's the weather this time of year. 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:49.080 It's man, there's a reason that everybody from Montreal comes 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:50.640 down here to play golf this time of years. 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:51.240 It's crazy. 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:54.560 I want to start here on the episode though, Kyle 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:57.800 with a hypothetical here because little peak behind the curtain. 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.600 Kyle and I, if you can't tell we are friends, 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:01.880 are we friends? We're friends? 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:02.080 Right? 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:04.520 Yeah? I think that's fair to say. I thought maybe 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:06.040 you go a joke there and then say no, but 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:06.880 we are friends. 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.480 We text So when I see a prospect that I like, 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:13.080 I'll typically text Kyle hey thoughts on you know, position 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:16.800 player school? And I text him after watching the one 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:18.800 on one drills and mobile and said, hey, what are 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.280 your thoughts on Texas offensive tackle Christian Jones? And Kyle says, 0:02:22.320 --> 0:02:24.280 haven't had a chance to watch him. Yet a reason 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:26.720 I like Kyle's opinion is because he doesn't have a 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:28.519 player he hasn't seen yet and just tell me thoughts 0:02:28.639 --> 0:02:30.880 for the sake of having thoughts. So I get excited 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.440 to start sending Kyle some deets about this player. When 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.600 I google Christian Jones, I get a hit that lays 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:38.440 out his personal info and it tells me he's a 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:42.000 thirty two year old player. Now I knew he was 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:43.919 going to be on the older side because he was 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.280 a sixty year senior at Texas. I heard that on 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:48.920 the broadcast. But what I didn't know is that there's 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.760 another Christian Jones in the NFL who is thirty two 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.959 years old. So I'm going through this process of telling 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:58.000 Kyle this is a guy with sweet feet, former soccer players, 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:00.079 some good reps and one on ones where he, you know, 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:01.840 didn't let his chest plate get exposed. 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:03.960 And I'm thinking, this guy looks like a Day two 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:04.800 pick at worst. 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:07.240 But then we have a collective laugh when I tell him, oh, 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:10.000 of course he's thirty two years old. Let's go ahead 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.920 and call me priority undrafted free agents. So Kyle, the question, 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.480 after all that nonsense is how good would a player 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:19.519 have to be for you to draft him if he 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:24.519 was thirty two years old, or would you not? I 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:24.799 don't know. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.200 Some of those specialists can go into their forties. 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.919 Man, So indeed, long snapper, I don't know about a 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:33.320 day two pick on anybody at thirty two. We saw 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:37.240 was the Baylor guard like ten years ago for Philly 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:39.800 when he was twenty six, and it was like the 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:45.240 biggest deal ever. So you to be thirty two, you'd 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.080 have to really be a man amongst boys at the 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:52.240 college level. Unintended there because obviously you would be a 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:53.760 man amongst boys if you're thirty two. 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:57.320 Pick Brandon Whedon was twenty eight, right, and you got 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.640 drafted yep, twenty six guard and that's it. I guess 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:02.360 for a quarterback, it's you know, you hope that you 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:04.400 could get a ten year career over at that point. 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:06.240 But either way, we are far into the We just 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.680 go ahead and get into this episode specifically a focus 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:10.640 on the Senior Bowl and the draft, but I do 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:12.880 have a couple of additional topics we'll talk about at 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.720 the very end of the show. So having digested the 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.800 practices of mobile and by the way, real quick How 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.000 great is it that they actually broadcast the practice as 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:22.880 a game, because the last few years, I know you're 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.560 usually down there, so you probably didn't know this, but 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:26.480 they would have like half of it on ANFL network, 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.520 half of it on ESPN, and you wouldn't even get 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.400 the full practice. But they're back to the old school 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.960 way where the entire two hours of either practice is 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.039 broadcast for the entire day, all the one on ones, 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:37.839 all that great stuff, plus the tape after the fact. Anyway, 0:04:38.200 --> 0:04:41.400 after all that, put on your all thirty two scouting 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.080 hat and educate the drive time listeners when you go 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:48.240 to evaluate. Give the breakdown and value between practices Kyle 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:50.239 and the actual game on Saturday itself. 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:52.440 Yeah, I think that the game is a great measure 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:52.880 of like. 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:59.600 Competitiveness, competitive toughness. It's an all star event, it's it's 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:03.400 an X ambition game. But the guys that go out 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:07.400 there and really look to make a positive impact, like 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.080 Chili Smith Wade making a diving interception and running that 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:12.240 thing all the way back should have been a touchdown. 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.160 It's neither here nor there on that play. In particular, 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.279 those kinds of plays stand out at the game versus 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:22.680 practice is like this great equalizer of I get to 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:27.960 see an FCS running back going against an SEC linebacker 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.920 in one on one drills, whether that's pass protection or 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:36.560 running routes and those kinds of great equalizers. 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:38.599 It's the only setting. 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:40.800 The All Star games are the only setting in the 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:48.240 pre draft process where you're doing actual football drills activities, 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:51.680 and you're doing it with contact, and you're doing it 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.480 on a completely level playing field. You know, when you 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:58.400 watch the tape, an FCS running back running for four 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:02.120 hundreds awesome, but it's a little difficult to gauge the 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.440 value of those reps because he's playing against other FCS 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:09.560 players versus the Senior Bowl. That setting is such an 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:13.039 awesome way to kind of have a blanket statement, like, look, 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.880 everybody's at the same place at the same time, with 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.760 the same coaching going against each other, and there's a 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:22.520 measurative one for one in the value of those football 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:24.800 specific reps that you just don't get anywhere else in 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:27.680 the pre direct process. Do you feel like scouts versus coaches, 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.480 because we always like scouts and coaches have different preferences 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:33.360 and players, right like a scout sees the high weight, speed, combination, 0:06:33.720 --> 0:06:35.240 a coach says, this guy can process. 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:36.600 Well, that's what I want a little bit of a 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:37.880 dichotomy there between the two. 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.360 Do the coaches and scouts kind of differ on that 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:43.440 because for me, like watching the one on one drills, like, oh, man, 0:06:43.600 --> 0:06:46.040 that guy's got like he's got flexible ankles, he's got 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:47.960 oily hips, right, I can see the way he can 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:48.760 move in those drills. 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:49.800 Is their difference there? 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:54.320 I think, especially at something like the Senior Bowl, you 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.120 do get the same thing at the combine, but the 0:06:56.240 --> 0:07:00.960 meeting time, I think the assistance, especially now that they've 0:07:01.040 --> 0:07:03.880 changed the way they do the coaching staffs, you have 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:07.920 kind of this mishmash potpourrie of assisting coaches at all 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:13.040 different teams pooling together to do the coaching staffs respectively. 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.840 So I think that's where you probably get that element 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:20.040 of it is individual position coaches for teams getting to 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.240 work hands on with those guys, and even beyond just like, 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:27.080 oh his processing speed, but oh he responded to how 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:30.360 I communicated this well is kind of one of the 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.840 inside tracks. And in the past it's been well, two 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.000 NFL teams have their whole staffs down here. 0:07:35.920 --> 0:07:36.600 And coach the game. 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.720 Now you get much more representation for all the teams 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.160 across the league, and I think that's helpful for every 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.200 coaching staff to be able to take something out of 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:45.120 this experience too. 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:47.840 How about when you kind of step back and look 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:51.000 at the Senior Bowl week versus the tape, because I 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.080 think you know, the draft starts and mobile, right, and 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:55.400 that's typically where I kind of start to dive in after, 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:57.560 you know, covering the team all year long, it's tough 0:07:57.640 --> 0:07:59.400 to really get into the scouting side outside of our 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:01.960 great Friday shows we do taking a look at each 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.920 weekend in college football. But how about the way you 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:07.560 measure the tape versus what you see at Senior Bowl. 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:10.440 Is it more of like a reminder like, Oh, this 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:12.000 guy I didn't know about him, but I like what 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:13.280 he did here, so I'm gonna go back and watch 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:13.680 his tape. 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:15.800 Or is it more confirming? How do you balance those 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:16.240 two things? 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.440 A lot of the time you're hoping to get a 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:21.720 confirmation on what you thought you saw. I think again, 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:25.840 the environment being one that puts guys in different roles 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:29.320 and does things more that extend beyond what they were 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:29.920 asked to do. 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:31.800 For their respective team. 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.920 That's where players can really move the needle is if 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.439 I play in a certain kind of offense and we're 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.839 stylistically going to play one kind of way, but teams 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:45.480 are evaluating me to fill different roles for their respective offenses. 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:49.679 At the NFL level, I can show more diversity in 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.240 what I'm capable of doing. It's that age old question 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.800 of what can he do versus what was he asked 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:58.079 to do? And I think that's where the more times 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.640 you get the confirmation on the tape with the senior 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:02.800 role practice, you say, Okay, great, I got a really 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.680 good idea of who this guy is. But the guys 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:08.400 who you walk away with and you're like, wow, he's 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:12.280 he might be more substantive than what I thought he 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:14.880 was in his respective offense. I think that's the one 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.920 you circle back to and rewatch the tape and really 0:09:18.600 --> 0:09:20.439 look at the tape through a different lance. 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.720 I always think about Justin Herbert when those conversations come up, 0:09:23.720 --> 0:09:26.200 because of how limited that Oregon offense was in terms 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.760 of catch rock throw to the perimeter. Let's get the 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.480 screen game going extension of the running game, and they 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:32.040 run the ball thirty five times a game, as well 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:33.719 on top of that, and not many of the whole 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.880 shots that he's capable of as a pro obviously that 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:39.000 you see there. But I am curious because you know, 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:42.480 in scouting, like you know, I know everyone on twitter's 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.160 a scout a scout now, but like it's they can 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:46.719 see it a touchdown, but like that's a good play. 0:09:46.800 --> 0:09:48.360 I like that player because it's a good play. 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.559 But there are you know, certain elements of the game, 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:55.080 certain nuances, movements of guys that do you know, particular things, 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.000 and you're like, I can see that translating, even though 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:58.680 maybe it's not where it is today where it needs 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:00.680 to be, but I can see that being a useful 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.840 tool as a professional down the line. What's the process 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:07.080 of like projecting from talent you see at the college level, 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:10.040 because you know, Austin Jackson Frands is a guy that 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.040 was super young when he got drafted, right, and it 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:13.960 took him till his third year to really break out 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:17.439 or was fourth year to have a breakout like dominant, go, 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:21.400 get go, extend that guy type of season, Like I guess, 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:24.439 use Austin as your platform if you don't mind about 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:28.280 projecting and how you can see a prospect at age 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.960 twenty out of the draft, and maybe that's not where 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:32.640 you think he'll be at twenty four. How do scouts 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.199 look at that in terms of how they think a 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:35.200 guy will grow and develop. 0:10:35.559 --> 0:10:39.560 Yeah, I think there's different conversations that teams and reps 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:42.800 have for every player, and it's the year one forecast 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.839 and then typically the three year forecast. But by the 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:49.319 end of that rookie contract, what is your expectation? And 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.800 offensive lineman's kind of a unique game in general, because 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.360 the rare ones will step on the field right away 0:10:55.400 --> 0:10:58.439 and they'll be a net positive impact and really be 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.480 a needle moving player. You think about Tris and Worf's 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:02.880 coming out of Iowa and how good he was right 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:07.760 away for Tampa Bay. But it's not outside the norms 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:11.960 that I would say. It's actually more commonplace that offensive 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.640 linemen have a trajectory that is more. 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:15.760 Like Austin Jackson's. 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:18.920 Think about Titus Howard, you know, as a HBCU kid 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.120 from Alabama State getting drafted in the first round by 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:25.360 the Texans, and he has become a quality starting offensive lineman, 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:27.440 but he was all over the board when he first 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:30.640 got into the league and Austin being as young and 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:31.959 as raw as he was. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:36.120 I think that's that's another case study of that. 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.160 And I know that people a lot smarter than I 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.800 have have done some research on developmental curve, specifically for 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:46.719 offensive linemen, and kind of the general consensus is you 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.040 don't see what that player is capable of being, more 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:52.319 often than not until the end of that rookie contract, 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.840 so that three year conversation. So sometimes you're gonna pick 0:11:55.880 --> 0:11:58.920 a guy in the first round because he you really 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:00.839 like the forecast. I think you can maybe have a 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.679 specialized or specific role for you early on, but you 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.520 know you're not going to see the full player until 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:11.360 after a few seasons. And I think just with social 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.240 media and everything nowadays, the expectations everybody's going to come 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:15.880 in and boom, they're going to hit the ground run 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.760 in both feet right away. But we'll draft and develop 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:22.400 is a mantra, and for a lot of teams that 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.240 means it's a long term investment and as long as 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.040 you have the stability in your front office to do that, 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.640 give it a few years and then ask yourself revisit 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:33.440 that question of what that player brings to. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.080 The table, because all thirty two fan bases. When they 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.240 like they make their first two picks, it's like, oh, 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.920 right tackle and defensive end, those two needs are filled 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:42.840 for the next ten years. 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:43.400 They're solved. 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:43.560 Right. 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:45.640 We already have it figured out. Those guys are hits. 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:47.880 They're going to be immediate players right away. I want 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:49.880 to close the first segment here. And by the way, Kyle, 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:51.880 we we kind of opined about whether we're going to 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:53.160 do a full show here. We're going to go full 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:56.679 three segments here. We're already into it. I wanted to 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.360 ask you, because you and I text about this a lot, 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:02.800 about players that could really by taking that Austin Jackson's 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.600 step would really benefit the Miami Dolphins from a financial standpoint, 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:06.920 from a roster fit standpoint. 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:08.880 I just want to get your take on some of 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:10.559 those guys and who they might be this year. 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:12.840 I know you and I have talked about Eric Azuokama, 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.560 a player where we're both big fans of his skill 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:17.360 set and what he offers, and him going down last 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.959 year I thought was was a detriment to that progress 0:13:21.000 --> 0:13:23.559 because we saw him kind of developing a niche role 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.040 in the offense. I'm sure that would have grown and 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:26.680 developed from there. But I just want to get your 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:28.400 take on some guys that you think are in that 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:30.440 kind of eric as Zukomma mool. Those guys we haven't 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:33.360 really seen produce, but they're young and could be forgotten 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:34.760 out by the fan base because of what you talk 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:35.880 about microwave society. 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:37.839 Come out and produce right away or we forget about you. 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:39.680 Who are some guys do you think fit that mold 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:41.880 that could have I don't want to say breakout years, 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.199 but be contributing players in twenty twenty four. 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.040 Yeah, Well, and through that same Austin Jackson Lenz. His 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.240 first two seasons he played a lot and it was inconsistent, 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.720 and then he gets hurt and really like one hundred 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:55.480 snaps his third year and we came in the last season, 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:57.360 everybody written him off. I know one guy that a 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:01.240 lot of people have written off is Channington linebacker, and 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:06.000 that's a player who when you drafted Channington Doll, I 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:07.880 think you reflect on the role that he had and 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:09.959 he only played like five hundred snaps that last year 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:11.840 at Georgia, so he didn't get a lot of playing time. 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.280 That was a three year conversation. Well, you're coming into 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:15.679 year three. 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:20.400 Now you've changed schemes from the Josh Boyer scheme to 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.800 the Vic Fangio scheme, and obviously now Anthony Weaver coming in, 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:26.720 and we'll get a better idea as time passes by 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:28.840 on what this scheme specifically is going to look like. 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:33.400 But that's a player for me that kind of has 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:36.760 the same vibe as Austin, where everybody's just kind of 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.440 pushed him out of their frame of mind as being 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:42.760 somebody that can be a viable contribute to this team. 0:14:42.800 --> 0:14:47.120 But he's big, he can run, and as he sees 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.720 more of the game, I think he is going to 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.520 have an opportunity to be a player, And if he is, 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.000 I think it's going to be really helpful for the 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:57.160 Dolphins because they have Jerome Baker and David Long, and 0:14:57.280 --> 0:15:00.400 both of those guys are currently scheduled to be expiring 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:04.480 contracts after twenty twenty four. So like getting him in 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.360 the fray and seeing what you have there this season 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.360 would be a big boom for Miami, and I think 0:15:10.400 --> 0:15:12.120 they will find some ways to try to get him 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:12.920 on the field this year. 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.160 I love that answer. His tape was fun. 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:15.360 Man. 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.320 They talk about explosiveness and co collision, the way he 0:15:18.480 --> 0:15:19.840 ran through guys, and the way he could cover and 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:21.440 do some things as a blitzer. I think I think 0:15:21.480 --> 0:15:22.880 it makes sense that he's a guy that you could 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.200 kind of come back to an OTA's and training camp 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:26.720 and say, like, let's put a star on that guy, 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:28.800 make sure a Washington forty one, because he's an important 0:15:28.800 --> 0:15:31.120 player right here for this team. Eric is who comments 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:32.600 my pick for that, It kind of already spoiled that. 0:15:32.640 --> 0:15:37.320 But that's a good That's a twenty twenty two draft 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:39.640 class right there. I forgot my years there for a second. 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.040 But yeah, that would be if both those guys pan 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:43.560 out and then we know what Devon ah Cham looks 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.560 like in camp Smith, I think we have high expectations there. 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:47.120 I mean, that would be a really nice way to 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:50.440 get your kind of you know, rookie contract funnel backwork. 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.040 And again, let's go ahead and take our first break 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:54.200 right there, come back on the other side and talk 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:56.320 about the Senior Bowl and the draft and the Dolphins 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.400 all that next year. Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.480 my guest today, the Great Kyle Krabs, brought to you 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:07.040 by Auto Nation. Segment two with my good buddy here 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:10.040 Kyle Krabs talking all things Dolphins draft and really just 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:14.680 Miami Dolphins football in general. With all that first segment 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:17.800 that was not necessarily Dolphins specific, some of it was 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.040 let's go ahead and put that Dolphins hat right back on, 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.280 take your scouting hat off, put your Dolphins hat back on. 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:24.080 I guess that's kind of a crossover there. 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.600 But my question to you is, going back to the 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.080 Senior Bowl, who do you think helped themselves the most 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.120 down in Mobile that you think would be a good 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:35.000 fit for the Dolphins. Very Dolphins hyper specific here in 0:16:35.040 --> 0:16:35.400 this question. 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.840 Uh yeah, I think there's a player, maybe not generally 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:41.320 perceived to be one of the top positions of need, 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:44.800 but the Dolphins have some injuries with their defensive end group, 0:16:44.920 --> 0:16:48.560 and I think Darius Robinson from Missouri had an outstanding week. 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:53.200 And he's a guy who was a multi year starter, 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:55.680 but really the light bulb came on this year. He 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:57.440 had eight and a half sacks. He only had one 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:01.400 game after September sixteenth that he didn't have at least 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:03.960 half a sack. Ind for the final eight games of 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.960 the season, like he finished red hot two hundred and 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:09.560 eighty five pounds. There's some ability to play down inside, 0:17:09.600 --> 0:17:12.000 there's some ability to line up on the outside and 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:12.639 win with. 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:14.200 Speed and convert speed to power. 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:16.399 And he's long, and he's got a prototypical build, and 0:17:17.040 --> 0:17:21.080 that's a player for Miami that I think, you know, 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:24.840 could really make some sense when you look at the 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:28.360 body type that they have collectively gone after with their 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:31.520 edge guys, these big body guys like Chubb and Phillips 0:17:31.800 --> 0:17:34.480 and even Agba is a holdover from the previous regime. 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:36.040 And obviously he's under contract. 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:38.280 We'll see if he gets another opportunity to be with 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:42.399 the team in twenty twenty four or not. But Robinson, 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.879 I thought, really flashed in a big way for his versatility. 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.840 I think that's an exciting player. And then another player 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.159 who again it's I don't know how much big of 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.200 a pressing need it is, but I think it's a 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:58.200 really good stylistic fit for his style of play, especially 0:17:58.280 --> 0:17:59.840 what he showed it was what he was asked to 0:17:59.880 --> 0:18:01.680 do in college versus what he showed he could do 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:06.960 down Senior Bowl. Quinya Mitchell corner from Toledo didn't press 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:09.280 a whole lot on tape, pressed a whole bunch of 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:12.320 the Senior Bowl. He got real physical with dudes. He 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:14.440 can run fourth like he can fly. He can run 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.680 four to three. He's really physical. He's got awesome ball skills. 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:20.200 So those are a couple guys on the defensive side 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:23.480 of the ball who you know, we've seen this team 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:28.560 kind of at times four go pure need and gravitate 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:31.760 towards those spots with what they've drafted with this regime. 0:18:32.880 --> 0:18:35.200 And I think those are two players that had outstanding 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:36.560 weeks that would make a ton of sense. 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:37.879 How do you feel about that? 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:39.800 Because I try to make it a point on the 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.520 podcast every year this time of year when we talk 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:45.240 about draft and team need, and I always explained to 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:47.880 the audience that, like when you draft for need, you're 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:51.680 drafting for one season because, as we know, needs shift 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:53.960 and change in the NFL every single year. I mean, 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:55.439 I was I was having a conversation with the coworker 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.040 the other day about how has a player ever had 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:01.000 the same season twice? Like they no year is ever 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:03.399 the same, and so your opinion, your stock of a 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:05.760 player goes up and down given you know what they 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:07.760 put on tape that year, and so how do you 0:19:07.880 --> 0:19:11.640 value that? Because like I watching him play. I guarantee 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:13.200 you if he was the pick, I'd be like, that 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.280 guy looks awesome. That looks like a stud at a 0:19:15.320 --> 0:19:18.600 premium position for a long time. But the pushback you 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:21.080 get from fans probably is with the drafted camp Smith 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.200 last year. They already have Jalen Ramsey. We'll see what 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.120 happens with like Xavian Howard in the future and cater 0:19:25.240 --> 0:19:28.359 Coho's here. We don't need cornerbacks, Travis. But I just 0:19:28.440 --> 0:19:30.879 like getting good football players, Kyle. I didn't forget the 0:19:30.960 --> 0:19:33.160 twenty twenty season. There's no such thing as too many 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:35.320 or twenty twenty two season. There's no such thing as 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:36.719 do any good corners first pality. 0:19:37.160 --> 0:19:39.360 Second of all, I think when you draft for need, 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:42.320 that's when you really put yourself in a dangerous spot 0:19:42.880 --> 0:19:47.640 because you're you're not taking full inventory on the talent 0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:50.399 that's available, and instead you're putting yourself in a box 0:19:50.480 --> 0:19:55.439 for what is okay to draft. And I think specifically 0:19:55.520 --> 0:19:57.440 with kind of the build out that we're expecting for 0:19:57.640 --> 0:20:00.639 this year's team, there's gonna be so players that are 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:02.960 on one year contracts that the team is going to 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:05.879 sign in free agency in March. There's probably going to 0:20:05.920 --> 0:20:08.560 be another wave of free agency for this team in 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:12.040 June and July. After free agency and after post June 0:20:12.080 --> 0:20:16.680 first money clears for a salary cap perspective, and it's 0:20:17.160 --> 0:20:19.879 always a rush to kind of you get through the 0:20:19.960 --> 0:20:21.560 first or the second day of the draft and you 0:20:21.640 --> 0:20:23.480 look at your team and you're like, Oh, they don't 0:20:23.520 --> 0:20:27.159 have this and they don't have that. But there's reasonably 0:20:27.359 --> 0:20:30.440 starting caliber players that are on the market through to 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.679 the start of training camp on an annual basis, depending 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:36.000 on what some of their spots are. So I'm much 0:20:36.080 --> 0:20:40.160 more of a proponent of if you identify premier players 0:20:41.080 --> 0:20:44.480 or top end players, you're going to have a really 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:48.040 hard time going wrong drafting the best player available. I 0:20:48.160 --> 0:20:51.440 know it always feels great when there's an intersection between 0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:54.240 best player available and your positions of need. And a 0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:57.560 lot of times, if you have ties, you can go 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.119 tie to the need because you feel like that la 0:21:00.200 --> 0:21:01.600 has an easier path to get on the field for 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:03.920 you early on. But to just say, oh, well, we 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:05.960 need to draft X, Y or Z because we don't 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:07.800 have what we feel as a starter there right now 0:21:07.880 --> 0:21:11.760 on our roster. In April, you don't play games until 0:21:11.760 --> 0:21:14.440 September for keeps, So like you, you've got time to 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:17.880 turn over other stones or sign of the free agents 0:21:18.119 --> 0:21:21.560 or facilitated trade during the preseason. There's all kinds of 0:21:21.640 --> 0:21:24.520 different ways. So I'm very much pro team draft, best 0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:26.120 players available as much as you can. 0:21:26.440 --> 0:21:29.240 Love that and perfect synchronicity here. And I'm gonna go 0:21:29.240 --> 0:21:31.080 ahead and jump a couple of questions here because this 0:21:31.200 --> 0:21:32.800 I think matches up what we just talked about there 0:21:33.160 --> 0:21:36.880 the dichotomy of building on a weakness versus strengthening a strength. 0:21:37.240 --> 0:21:39.720 And that's not even to say that you know, these 0:21:39.760 --> 0:21:41.800 positions we're talking about are those things. But I think 0:21:41.840 --> 0:21:43.680 there's a disconnect when it comes to you know, fans 0:21:43.800 --> 0:21:46.520 or armchair gms, which is again it's it's what makes 0:21:46.560 --> 0:21:48.280 the league so much fun these days, but also kind 0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:50.480 of you and I bitch about it on social media. 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:53.080 Is because everyone's so involved and everyone does have an opinion, 0:21:53.119 --> 0:21:55.080 and that helps the league grow and become what it is. 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:58.200 But it's also you know, one hundred mock drafts every 0:21:58.240 --> 0:22:00.159 winter and spring, like guys are firing these things off 0:22:00.200 --> 0:22:02.040 saying that's what you gotta do, that you always look 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:04.560 for the biggest needs. I think that sometimes the best 0:22:04.600 --> 0:22:07.399 thing that you can do is get better at what 0:22:07.480 --> 0:22:10.000 you're already good at. I'm curious how you think teams 0:22:10.080 --> 0:22:11.720 do that balance when let's set you go into a draft. 0:22:11.800 --> 0:22:13.720 Let's say, for instance, you have an offensive line that 0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:16.400 needs help. You have a receiver group that's very good 0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:19.040 but could use some more help as well. But it's 0:22:19.200 --> 0:22:22.119 you know, it's a strength versus a weakness, Like is 0:22:22.160 --> 0:22:25.119 that a tiebreaker scenario? How do you balance whether or 0:22:25.160 --> 0:22:26.960 not it's more beneficial to get even better at what 0:22:27.040 --> 0:22:29.439 you're good at versus getting a little bit better at 0:22:29.440 --> 0:22:30.199 something you're not good at. 0:22:31.200 --> 0:22:34.760 Yeah, I think there's probably a conversation about what your 0:22:34.800 --> 0:22:38.560 menu looks like and what the players on your strength, 0:22:38.680 --> 0:22:42.880 whatever your strength is, allows you to do. And as 0:22:43.000 --> 0:22:48.720 long as you can get tangible better results by doubling 0:22:48.760 --> 0:22:51.200 down on the strength and say, look, here's our core identity, 0:22:51.280 --> 0:22:52.760 this is how we're going to build a team, this 0:22:52.880 --> 0:22:56.360 is how we're gonna choose to compete. It gets really 0:22:56.480 --> 0:23:01.280 difficult to reach kind of the diminishing returns that no 0:23:01.359 --> 0:23:03.440 longer make it worth it to continue to bet on that. 0:23:03.560 --> 0:23:07.280 I do think there is a point where you have 0:23:07.480 --> 0:23:11.359 to play late season games, or you have to play 0:23:12.760 --> 0:23:15.600 in cold weather environments for example, and certain styles of 0:23:15.680 --> 0:23:18.720 play translate better than others. So you do have to 0:23:18.800 --> 0:23:21.600 have like a certain operating floor in my mind for 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:25.800 all of the different ways that you would attack offense 0:23:25.880 --> 0:23:29.200 or defense, and make sure that your floor gives you 0:23:29.280 --> 0:23:31.960 a broad enough menu where we can just roll into 0:23:32.040 --> 0:23:35.520 any given matchup and have an honest conversation about here's 0:23:35.560 --> 0:23:37.400 what they're good at, here's what we want to try 0:23:37.440 --> 0:23:39.400 to attack about what they do, instead of just saying 0:23:39.800 --> 0:23:41.760 we don't care what they do. This is what we're 0:23:41.800 --> 0:23:43.800 good at, this is what we have to do, and 0:23:43.960 --> 0:23:45.960 that's it. Because I think you do paint yourself into 0:23:46.000 --> 0:23:48.280 a corner a little bit there. So I think it's 0:23:48.359 --> 0:23:51.280 really hard to reach diminishing returns by continuing to invest 0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:55.080 in your strengths, but only if your floor across. 0:23:54.800 --> 0:23:56.040 The board is at a certain level. 0:23:57.080 --> 0:23:59.200 I just had Sean Said from Sumer Sports on the 0:23:59.240 --> 0:24:01.280 podcast talking about Anthony Weaver, and that was kind of 0:24:01.280 --> 0:24:03.200 one of his sicking points was he believes that Weaver 0:24:03.680 --> 0:24:07.200 is very much a attack the opponent's weaknesses and be 0:24:07.359 --> 0:24:09.359 aware of their strengths and kind of be flexible and 0:24:09.480 --> 0:24:11.280 versaile to the different types of offense you'll see in 0:24:11.280 --> 0:24:13.360 the National Football League, and I hope that's the case, 0:24:13.400 --> 0:24:15.480 because that seems to be what wins in the NFL 0:24:15.560 --> 0:24:17.320 these days. I want to pivot back to the offensive 0:24:17.359 --> 0:24:19.320 side though here and talk about two position groups that 0:24:19.359 --> 0:24:21.080 I thought really stood out at the Senior Bowl, and 0:24:21.119 --> 0:24:23.359 two groups that I think are strengths in the draft class, 0:24:23.400 --> 0:24:25.040 and two groups that I think the Dolphins could use 0:24:25.080 --> 0:24:28.480 some help at. They're receiver and offensive line. And I 0:24:28.720 --> 0:24:32.800 wanted to first put this question to you about to 0:24:32.960 --> 0:24:35.600 just separate these three guys on either side of the ball. 0:24:35.680 --> 0:24:36.920 One guy didn't go to the Senior Bowl, but I 0:24:36.920 --> 0:24:38.159 put him in there because I watched his tape and 0:24:38.160 --> 0:24:40.200 he looks like a lot of fun. So the receivers 0:24:40.560 --> 0:24:44.879 are Lad McConkie, Roman Wilson, and Malachai Corley. What do 0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:45.880 you think about those three. 0:24:47.200 --> 0:24:51.240 Romans? My dude, I love Roman Wilson. I think he 0:24:51.600 --> 0:24:52.960 is This is not what you told me on the phone, 0:24:53.000 --> 0:24:53.360 by the way. 0:24:53.800 --> 0:24:58.159 Well, I think Malachi Corley's probably the best intersection of 0:24:59.400 --> 0:25:01.800 a difference skill set than what the Dolphins currently have 0:25:02.520 --> 0:25:06.280 while also having the same strength as being a run 0:25:06.359 --> 0:25:09.920 after catch player. But if you just ask me, which 0:25:10.000 --> 0:25:13.040 is my favorite player out of the group, Roman Wilson 0:25:13.160 --> 0:25:15.600 is tough as nails. He can fly, he can run 0:25:15.680 --> 0:25:18.720 in the high four threes to four fours. I wish 0:25:18.800 --> 0:25:21.320 he was just a little bigger, but like he plays 0:25:21.440 --> 0:25:23.480 like he's got that dog in him. He's got super 0:25:23.560 --> 0:25:26.560 plucky hands. I think he can win in the middle 0:25:26.600 --> 0:25:28.800 of the field. I think he can win on the perimeter. 0:25:29.119 --> 0:25:30.920 I think he can win a little bit down the field. 0:25:31.119 --> 0:25:34.960 So like he really brings a lot of diversity. But 0:25:35.000 --> 0:25:39.600 if you're asking me from a Dolphins perspective, I think 0:25:39.760 --> 0:25:42.359 Corey as the bigger guy, like the two hundred and 0:25:42.440 --> 0:25:46.720 fifteen pound run after catch type of body. That's just 0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:51.960 something when you consider Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle, Braxton Barrios, 0:25:52.280 --> 0:25:56.159 River Craycraft, a lot of the Robbie chosen. A lot 0:25:56.240 --> 0:25:58.240 of the guys that got run this year at wide 0:25:58.280 --> 0:26:01.719 receiver were leaner guys or or were guys that were 0:26:01.760 --> 0:26:04.639 not bigger guys. And at some point, mass does move 0:26:04.720 --> 0:26:06.399 the needle when you run so much cracked toss and 0:26:06.440 --> 0:26:08.879 you're looking to have guys really contribute on the edge 0:26:08.880 --> 0:26:10.680 in the run game in addition to be run after 0:26:10.760 --> 0:26:15.320 catch threats. So I love Corley's run after catch physicality. 0:26:15.640 --> 0:26:17.239 I think he's a pretty good route runner coming out 0:26:17.240 --> 0:26:20.280 of Western Kentucky. But my main crush out of those 0:26:20.359 --> 0:26:24.280 three is Roman Wilson. I think I'm just head over 0:26:24.320 --> 0:26:25.400 heels with the way he plays the game. 0:26:26.000 --> 0:26:29.320 So again, to kind of peel back the curtain here 0:26:29.320 --> 0:26:30.680 a little bit. We were talking about that during the 0:26:30.680 --> 0:26:32.600 Senior Bowl week and I was like, hey, he looks 0:26:32.600 --> 0:26:34.200 pretty good, and you're like, ohish, he's a bit taller, 0:26:34.960 --> 0:26:36.239 but you've come around that a little bit. 0:26:36.560 --> 0:26:36.760 Yep. 0:26:37.280 --> 0:26:40.720 Yeah, just yeah, it's a good player, right, Like, don't 0:26:40.760 --> 0:26:43.000 don't put yours in the same way, don't draft for needs, 0:26:43.240 --> 0:26:45.040 don't put yourself in a box and say, oh, well 0:26:45.080 --> 0:26:46.359 we have to have a certain body type. 0:26:46.440 --> 0:26:48.280 Yah know. And is the dude the ball or die 0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:49.520 and the ball. 0:26:49.840 --> 0:26:51.440 I saw that on Twitter. Someone's like, oh great, another 0:26:51.480 --> 0:26:53.760 five ten receiver. I'm like, you don't want another Tyreek Hill. Like, 0:26:53.840 --> 0:26:56.320 I'll take another Tyreek Hill. I'll take three of those guys. 0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:58.360 We got two, won't take three of them. But uh yeah, man, 0:26:58.400 --> 0:27:01.040 it's it's a good position to to want to go 0:27:01.160 --> 0:27:03.520 after in this year's draft, as is the offensive lines 0:27:03.560 --> 0:27:05.000 go ahead and short. Three guys from me here again, 0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:06.680 two guys the'rera at the Senior Bowl. One guy didn't 0:27:06.680 --> 0:27:08.960 play in contact roles though, That was Zach Fraser, the 0:27:09.000 --> 0:27:12.639 center from West Virginia. But man Jackson Powers Johnson is 0:27:12.880 --> 0:27:16.719 a monster, but also so was Is. I'm saying that's 0:27:16.760 --> 0:27:17.840 right as the first time I have said this name 0:27:17.880 --> 0:27:21.480 out loud. Cedric van Prant from Georgia. Yes, of his game, 0:27:21.560 --> 0:27:24.480 those three guys look freaking awesome. Kyle, Yeah, so of 0:27:24.560 --> 0:27:28.800 course van Pran I would put third out of that group. 0:27:29.000 --> 0:27:31.480 I think he's a little bit more of the power 0:27:31.640 --> 0:27:36.960 center traditionally. Out of those three guys, I think Zach 0:27:37.040 --> 0:27:40.400 Frasier is still a bigger center. He's like three ten, 0:27:41.119 --> 0:27:43.760 but he's got a wrestling background and it pops big time. 0:27:43.800 --> 0:27:46.720 I think you see a lot of the lateral mobility 0:27:46.840 --> 0:27:49.840 in his game and really good leverage in short spaces 0:27:50.280 --> 0:27:52.760 where Powers Johnson I think is the blend of both, 0:27:53.080 --> 0:27:55.960 where he will railroad you and he will run you 0:27:56.080 --> 0:27:59.200 down in space. And he is perfectly comfortable as a 0:27:59.240 --> 0:28:02.120 three hundred and thirty pound center kind of gearing down 0:28:02.160 --> 0:28:06.200 against linebackers and safeties in the open field, and I 0:28:06.240 --> 0:28:09.639 think that's just a really exciting blend of what we 0:28:09.760 --> 0:28:12.840 were accustomed to seeing from the center position the past 0:28:12.920 --> 0:28:16.040 few years with Connor Williams as such a dynamic athletic player. 0:28:16.600 --> 0:28:18.840 But then you look at Powers Johnson and you realize 0:28:18.880 --> 0:28:21.560 that he's three point thirty and there's just a point 0:28:21.680 --> 0:28:24.560 eight to point b element of him that he can 0:28:24.760 --> 0:28:28.280 uproot and man handle those tackles solo. And you know 0:28:28.440 --> 0:28:30.119 that if you've got a center that can do that, 0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:32.720 what does that free up your guards to be able 0:28:32.760 --> 0:28:34.800 to do where you can spend less time investing on 0:28:35.359 --> 0:28:38.240 securing the first that the interior of the first level 0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:40.640 of the line of scrimmage. So I think that's where 0:28:40.760 --> 0:28:43.160 Powers Johnson really separates himself from the rest of the 0:28:43.240 --> 0:28:44.240 centers in this year's class. 0:28:44.240 --> 0:28:44.680 In my mind. 0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:48.520 Yeah, he's maybe my favorite prospect right now in the draft. 0:28:48.560 --> 0:28:50.400 We'll see how that changes over thoset couple of months here, 0:28:50.400 --> 0:28:52.080 but yeah, good stuff there, man. We're gonna go ahead 0:28:52.080 --> 0:28:53.680 and take our last break right here, come back on 0:28:53.760 --> 0:28:56.560 the other side and do the third and final second, 0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:58.640 which has just a random array of questions here. 0:28:58.720 --> 0:28:59.160 That's next. 0:28:59.400 --> 0:29:01.880 My guess is the great Kyle Krabs from Lockdown Dolphins. 0:29:02.160 --> 0:29:05.120 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. Draft Time Podcast brought 0:29:05.120 --> 0:29:09.000 to you by Auto Nation, finishing up here with Kyle Krabs, 0:29:09.040 --> 0:29:12.160 my guest today on the Draft Time Podcast on Friday 0:29:12.200 --> 0:29:12.880 before the Super Bowl. 0:29:12.960 --> 0:29:15.160 Kyle, you got in the game on Sunday. I got 0:29:15.240 --> 0:29:17.800 Kansas City to beat them in. You gotta beat them in. 0:29:18.240 --> 0:29:22.120 And I will not be making the same mistakes as 0:29:22.280 --> 0:29:26.400 the sports books and fading Patrick Mahomes in a playoff game. 0:29:26.480 --> 0:29:27.160 I just won't do it. 0:29:27.600 --> 0:29:28.920 You don't want to be like me and try to 0:29:28.960 --> 0:29:30.520 go oh for four. I'm picking Chiefs games in the 0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:33.520 playoffs this year. I will kindly pass on trying to 0:29:33.600 --> 0:29:35.840 go oh for four. So I'm picking the Chiefs. When 0:29:35.880 --> 0:29:38.520 I was mad about the Bills game in Week eighteen, 0:29:38.640 --> 0:29:40.479 I think I told you it's gonna be twenty four 0:29:40.520 --> 0:29:41.200 to three on Sunday. 0:29:41.200 --> 0:29:42.800 We're gonna ar on Saurday night, We're gonna lose. 0:29:43.160 --> 0:29:45.040 I was so mad, and then I through the week 0:29:45.080 --> 0:29:46.640 went back and watched the matchups, like, we have a 0:29:46.720 --> 0:29:48.440 chance to win this game. I ended up picking Miami, 0:29:48.920 --> 0:29:50.440 but it was actually closer twenty four three than I 0:29:50.480 --> 0:29:50.960 thought it would be. 0:29:52.000 --> 0:29:55.520 Well, here's to not playing Kansas City in the first 0:29:55.560 --> 0:29:56.000 route mixture. 0:29:56.080 --> 0:29:57.880 Yeah, yeah, let's not do that anymore on the road 0:29:57.920 --> 0:29:59.800 in twenty five negative twenty five degree tmperture. 0:29:59.840 --> 0:30:01.480 Let' let's avoid that at all costs. 0:30:01.640 --> 0:30:03.479 Let's also kind of do a rapid fire bit here 0:30:03.560 --> 0:30:06.280 to close up the episode and start with the draft 0:30:06.320 --> 0:30:09.000 here and just kind of I know this is very vague, Kyle, 0:30:09.080 --> 0:30:12.040 but I'm curious about some underclass options at pick twenty 0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:14.120 one that you think might be there, might be good 0:30:14.160 --> 0:30:16.520 fits because we've talked about the Senior Bowl, but every 0:30:16.560 --> 0:30:18.280 time we get to this time of year, I feel 0:30:18.280 --> 0:30:20.520 like those prospects get a little bit forgotten about because 0:30:20.520 --> 0:30:23.400 everyone's like, I just watched so and so Dominate Practices 0:30:23.520 --> 0:30:25.480 and mobile. I just want to get your take on 0:30:25.600 --> 0:30:27.360 some of the underclassmen that you think might be there 0:30:27.360 --> 0:30:30.560 at twenty one that could be options for your Miami Dolphins. 0:30:30.840 --> 0:30:34.320 Yeah. I think a couple of offensive linemen that I'm 0:30:34.360 --> 0:30:37.400 really excited about to lease. Fuaga from Oregon State is 0:30:37.600 --> 0:30:40.360 one who some people are projecting inside a guard. This 0:30:40.520 --> 0:30:42.840 is another three hundred and thirty pound offensive lineman. So 0:30:43.920 --> 0:30:48.640 is there a long term tackle play with Tron Armstead, 0:30:48.920 --> 0:30:50.719 But you can draft him and get him into your 0:30:50.760 --> 0:30:53.800 starting five right off the jump. He's a junior who 0:30:53.880 --> 0:30:56.480 declared for this class, so that's the first name that 0:30:56.600 --> 0:31:00.480 really jumps out to me. I think Johnny Newton, the 0:31:00.600 --> 0:31:03.960 defensive lineman from Illinois, is a red shirt junior, so 0:31:04.040 --> 0:31:07.400 I guess technically is a fourth year player. But that's 0:31:07.480 --> 0:31:10.360 somebody who, depending on what the Dolphins choose to do 0:31:10.440 --> 0:31:13.120 with their into your defensive line. He's got really good 0:31:13.200 --> 0:31:17.200 center gravity. I could potentially see depending on if there 0:31:17.280 --> 0:31:21.560 is a corner and offensive tackle or slash offensive line run. 0:31:22.040 --> 0:31:24.240 With the wide receivers and quarterbacks you're expecting to go 0:31:24.320 --> 0:31:26.240 in the top ten, I could see him kind of 0:31:26.280 --> 0:31:29.640 getting into that stratosphere. I would be remiss to not 0:31:29.960 --> 0:31:33.320 acknowledge the existence of rock Bauers just because tight ends 0:31:33.800 --> 0:31:36.720 from a positional value. It's kind of the great mystery 0:31:36.800 --> 0:31:38.760 bag if they're going to get drafted early or not. 0:31:39.040 --> 0:31:40.640 For every TJ. 0:31:40.760 --> 0:31:44.440 Hockinson that goes in the top ten, there's really good 0:31:44.480 --> 0:31:47.320 tight end prospects other years that end up slipping and falling. 0:31:47.480 --> 0:31:51.200 So I think that's a home run versatility add to 0:31:51.320 --> 0:31:53.520 this offense as well, if he's there or if he 0:31:53.600 --> 0:31:55.600 gets close and you wanted to jump up and make 0:31:55.680 --> 0:31:57.240 a move to go get a guy like that. So 0:31:58.440 --> 0:32:01.040 there's no shortage of options for players that I'm gonna 0:32:01.160 --> 0:32:04.680 like be underclassmenner Otherwise at twenty one, I'm glad you. 0:32:04.760 --> 0:32:07.320 Touched on mostly offensive players in that portion there, because 0:32:07.320 --> 0:32:10.000 I'm curious what you think about this defense. And obviously 0:32:10.080 --> 0:32:13.400 we have a new I guess prism or a new 0:32:13.520 --> 0:32:15.240 lens to look through here with regards to a different 0:32:15.240 --> 0:32:18.320 defensive coordinator, and like going back to the Texans in 0:32:18.320 --> 0:32:20.479 twenty twenty, it's really tough for me, Kyle to kind 0:32:20.520 --> 0:32:22.400 of glean what it might look like as far as 0:32:22.480 --> 0:32:24.600 what Anthony Risky might be because I feel like the. 0:32:24.600 --> 0:32:26.840 Game has evolved a lot in those four years. 0:32:26.880 --> 0:32:29.560 But also that personnel that he worked with just was 0:32:29.640 --> 0:32:32.000 not very good, and so I don't really hold it 0:32:32.040 --> 0:32:34.120 against him. But let's go ahead and do this question first, 0:32:34.120 --> 0:32:35.880 actually before I get into the draft. What do you 0:32:35.960 --> 0:32:38.160 think that we might see from coach Weaver's defense? I 0:32:38.240 --> 0:32:40.000 talked about on Wednesday podcast, but I want to hear 0:32:40.040 --> 0:32:41.600 your take. What do you think it might look like. 0:32:41.680 --> 0:32:43.360 And what are you most excited about for coach Weaver. 0:32:43.880 --> 0:32:46.200 Yeah, I think you hear JJ Watt talk about him 0:32:46.200 --> 0:32:49.160 and talk about the aggressiveness, and that's something for me 0:32:49.280 --> 0:32:50.680 that I get really excited about. 0:32:50.760 --> 0:32:52.680 Obviously, this year's past defense. 0:32:54.080 --> 0:32:56.920 Was pretty vanilla pre snap and they like to throw 0:32:57.040 --> 0:32:59.520 some simulated pressures at you and rush for But where 0:32:59.560 --> 0:33:01.680 the four coming from is kind of the big mystery, 0:33:01.800 --> 0:33:05.360 and I really liked what they were able to do 0:33:05.560 --> 0:33:07.680 down the stretch. I guess that was kind of the 0:33:07.800 --> 0:33:11.240 silver lining with the injuries that they the team was 0:33:11.320 --> 0:33:14.880 experiencing defensively, is the blitz rate came up. And I 0:33:15.000 --> 0:33:16.560 really liked what they were able to do with the 0:33:16.600 --> 0:33:19.800 blitz rate where you got explosive, rangy linebackers that can 0:33:19.880 --> 0:33:22.160 fire and come from a little bit of depth. And 0:33:23.360 --> 0:33:28.080 I think if you can find that balance of aggressiveness 0:33:28.760 --> 0:33:32.840 and try to pressure to create more mistakes instead of 0:33:32.920 --> 0:33:38.160 scheming up four man rushes, I think you can continue 0:33:38.200 --> 0:33:40.080 to have a lot of splash impact plays. So I 0:33:40.120 --> 0:33:42.440 think that's the one thing for coach Weaver that hearing 0:33:42.480 --> 0:33:45.240 that he's an aggressive mentality I get really excited about. 0:33:45.520 --> 0:33:47.240 And we talked about this. I don't know if it 0:33:47.320 --> 0:33:50.040 was after the Chiefs Bills game. It was after a 0:33:50.080 --> 0:33:51.680 Bills game of some sort. Maybe it was our game, 0:33:51.680 --> 0:33:54.360 I can't remember, but you and I talking about, like, look, 0:33:54.640 --> 0:33:56.680 the reason that we haven't won a division championship in 0:33:56.680 --> 0:33:58.560 the last couple of years is because we can't have 0:33:58.640 --> 0:34:00.680 n't beat Buffalo, right, Like it comes to onto losing 0:34:00.720 --> 0:34:03.840 games to Buffalo in particular, that damn quarterback who always 0:34:03.880 --> 0:34:06.160 has career days against Miami and other games. You and 0:34:06.240 --> 0:34:07.920 I watch him, like, why is he throwing three turnal 0:34:07.920 --> 0:34:09.279 wars three picks in this game? He can't do it 0:34:09.280 --> 0:34:12.960 against us. But that kind of coincides with that, right 0:34:13.040 --> 0:34:15.440 because we've seen Josh Allen on that Bill's offense just 0:34:15.520 --> 0:34:17.040 kind of take what was there against us the last 0:34:17.040 --> 0:34:19.000 couple of years and have success doing it that way. 0:34:19.040 --> 0:34:20.480 Do you think he's a quarterback that you want to 0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:21.640 heat up a little bit more? 0:34:22.200 --> 0:34:22.359 Yeah. 0:34:22.400 --> 0:34:27.080 I think anytime you play passive against the top shelf quarterbacks, 0:34:27.320 --> 0:34:30.360 I think you're asking for a long day at the office. 0:34:30.520 --> 0:34:34.200 And it may be a strategy that helps keeps points 0:34:34.280 --> 0:34:36.200 off the board because the idea is that you're going 0:34:36.239 --> 0:34:39.960 to force them to string together double digits on the 0:34:40.040 --> 0:34:42.839 plays and drive the length of the field and force 0:34:42.920 --> 0:34:45.640 them not to make mistakes. But the top shelf guys, 0:34:45.680 --> 0:34:47.880 if they can do that consistently, then they're just going 0:34:47.960 --> 0:34:52.080 to take profits all day long. Versus if you're willing 0:34:52.239 --> 0:34:56.040 to try to dictate terms a little bit. That's how 0:34:56.080 --> 0:34:57.840 you could set yourself up on a short field or 0:34:57.920 --> 0:35:00.520 multiple short fields, or steel possesions that don't kicks and 0:35:00.560 --> 0:35:04.360 all those kinds of things that there's a pretty strong 0:35:04.560 --> 0:35:08.399 correlation to winning football games if you do that with consistency. 0:35:08.520 --> 0:35:10.680 So I think there's a line to walk there, as 0:35:10.719 --> 0:35:13.600 there is with most things in football. I don't think 0:35:13.640 --> 0:35:16.560 there's a black or white answer there. But yeah, when 0:35:16.600 --> 0:35:20.719 you're playing guys like that that are so dynamic and 0:35:21.120 --> 0:35:23.360 can beat you in so many different ways, trying to 0:35:24.480 --> 0:35:28.200 force the issue or dictate terms, I think is at 0:35:28.320 --> 0:35:29.279 least a good way to go down. 0:35:29.360 --> 0:35:30.320 Go down with the bat swinging. 0:35:30.680 --> 0:35:34.279 So you mentioned Quenyan Mitchell, Darius Robinson, a couple of 0:35:34.400 --> 0:35:37.120 guys on defense, and it sounds like aggressiveness, but that 0:35:37.200 --> 0:35:39.120 could be the mode of this defense, and if it is, 0:35:39.160 --> 0:35:41.120 I guess kind of go through that lens. But just 0:35:41.160 --> 0:35:43.080 curious that you're focus on the defensive side of the ball, Like, 0:35:43.120 --> 0:35:45.480 what do you think this defense needs to give to 0:35:45.600 --> 0:35:48.520 coach Weaver from a personnel standpoint and some players you 0:35:48.560 --> 0:35:50.680 think that might fit that in the year's draft class. 0:35:50.840 --> 0:35:53.239 Yeah, I definitely think we need more than just zax 0:35:53.239 --> 0:35:55.200 Seler under contract at defensive tackle. 0:35:55.280 --> 0:35:56.719 So I think that's a good place for us to 0:35:56.880 --> 0:36:00.400 start in this year's class. He can't nine gap now, 0:36:00.719 --> 0:36:04.480 can't nine gap now. There's two guys for Texas. We've 0:36:04.520 --> 0:36:07.239 talked about to and Andre Sweat quite a bit. I'm 0:36:07.320 --> 0:36:10.440 still a huge fan of his game. Another good performer 0:36:10.760 --> 0:36:12.200 in Mobile last week. 0:36:12.280 --> 0:36:17.480 But Byron Murphy, the junior declaration is a dense body 0:36:18.040 --> 0:36:21.640 who can hold a point of attack. He can penetrate, 0:36:22.000 --> 0:36:25.200 he can take double teams in leverage. He's loaded, he's 0:36:25.200 --> 0:36:28.120 built load of the ground. So I think that that's 0:36:28.200 --> 0:36:31.560 another player too that if you have to go for 0:36:31.840 --> 0:36:36.600 a big, a B gap defender who's versatile, that's another 0:36:36.719 --> 0:36:38.839 name to kind of soft circle and he's red hot 0:36:39.320 --> 0:36:41.200 in draft circles. Wouldn't be surprised be ends up being 0:36:41.239 --> 0:36:42.919 a top twenty pick when it's all said and done. 0:36:43.000 --> 0:36:47.640 But That's that's the spot for me that I think 0:36:47.680 --> 0:36:49.960 they're they're going to have to really give some attention to. 0:36:50.560 --> 0:36:53.440 If we don't see Christian Wilkins back in a Dolphins 0:36:53.520 --> 0:36:56.160 uniform next year, it's probably two guys to fill that 0:36:56.239 --> 0:36:59.560 spot because he plays eighty plus percent of the snaps annually, right, 0:36:59.640 --> 0:37:02.280 like an scene amount of snaps that Christian Wilkins plays, 0:37:02.680 --> 0:37:05.799 So asking any one guy to step into that role 0:37:06.320 --> 0:37:08.800 I think is a little ambitious. So I'd love for 0:37:09.239 --> 0:37:11.800 everything to work itself out and for Christian Wilkins to 0:37:11.880 --> 0:37:14.480 be Mimi Dolphin in twenty twenty four and beyond. But 0:37:14.560 --> 0:37:17.160 if he doesn't, I think that really just amplifies the 0:37:17.200 --> 0:37:18.759 need for that INTI your defensive line to get a 0:37:18.800 --> 0:37:19.920 lot of attention and investment. 0:37:20.160 --> 0:37:21.960 Yeah, the same conversation they're having right now on the 0:37:22.000 --> 0:37:23.520 other side of the building talking about what it might 0:37:23.560 --> 0:37:25.600 look like this offseason. So I think it's well within 0:37:25.680 --> 0:37:28.080 your rights to have that conversation. And you know, I 0:37:28.200 --> 0:37:30.400 like doing analogs in terms of like, well, what do 0:37:30.480 --> 0:37:32.279 the Ravens have we might have in terms of their 0:37:32.360 --> 0:37:36.560 defensive personnel. Is Tavandre sweat your Michael Pierce kind of Oh? 0:37:36.680 --> 0:37:38.319 Yeah, yeah, yeah, And. 0:37:40.000 --> 0:37:42.760 We were going back to Houston too, had DJ Reader 0:37:43.040 --> 0:37:45.800 right before Reader left in free agency for Cincinnati, and 0:37:45.880 --> 0:37:48.440 it came a beat up there too. Yeah, so that's 0:37:48.480 --> 0:37:52.880 another name to invoke here where Anthony Weavers had a 0:37:52.920 --> 0:37:59.000 couple of really big breakhouses in the middle and tamand Grace, 0:37:59.000 --> 0:38:01.080 Sweat would be really one for the Dolphins to have, 0:38:01.320 --> 0:38:03.239 that's for sure. But that's kind of my pipe pream 0:38:03.280 --> 0:38:05.480 right now is making sure Sweat gets ends up an 0:38:05.480 --> 0:38:06.920 a Dolphins uniform and nose tackle. 0:38:07.200 --> 0:38:10.640 Nobody understands the nature of a family friendly podcast than 0:38:10.719 --> 0:38:12.520 Kyle Krabs a brick house, just a brick house. 0:38:12.560 --> 0:38:14.279 Something else, just a statement there. 0:38:14.800 --> 0:38:17.000 So this is kind of again bringing our text conversation 0:38:17.080 --> 0:38:19.320 to life here a little bit. And this is different 0:38:19.360 --> 0:38:21.239 than the draft in general, but something you talk about 0:38:21.239 --> 0:38:22.879 to me a lot that I like and I want 0:38:22.880 --> 0:38:25.120 to talk about on the podcast now, kind of general 0:38:25.239 --> 0:38:27.520 off season and offline discussion that you and I have 0:38:27.640 --> 0:38:29.719 had because the way it looks right now and it 0:38:29.880 --> 0:38:32.000 changes right and Chris Greer said, we're not really worried 0:38:32.000 --> 0:38:34.280 about our cap situation in March right now in February 0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:37.719 because it doesn't matter. But you always tell tell me, Travis, like, 0:38:38.239 --> 0:38:40.360 the needs that you seem to have right now on 0:38:40.440 --> 0:38:43.640 this Dolphins football team are the non premium positions, right. 0:38:43.640 --> 0:38:47.719 I mean, you can go spot spot rack the CAAPS, 0:38:47.719 --> 0:38:50.399 spot rack either one of those and sort average cost 0:38:50.480 --> 0:38:53.520 by position. You'll find quarterback, edge receiver, corner, offensive tackle 0:38:53.560 --> 0:38:56.560 the most expensive, and then running back, interior lines, either 0:38:56.600 --> 0:38:59.320 side of the ball, off ball, linebacker, safety, those positions 0:38:59.400 --> 0:39:01.560 tend to cost a little bit less. You love how 0:39:01.600 --> 0:39:04.120 the Dolphins have put themselves in position to not really 0:39:04.200 --> 0:39:06.160 have the big need at the premium spots, right. 0:39:06.680 --> 0:39:10.920 Yeah, they have leveraged the premium and I'm using air 0:39:11.000 --> 0:39:14.640 quotes because it's premium positions are the ones that the 0:39:14.760 --> 0:39:17.399 league tells you are the most important because they spend 0:39:17.440 --> 0:39:20.680 the most amount of money there, right, And the Dolphins 0:39:20.719 --> 0:39:24.200 have leveraged those positions really, really well. They have a 0:39:24.239 --> 0:39:27.200 lot of cornerstones at a lot of those spots. And 0:39:27.320 --> 0:39:31.440 what you have is if you need to sign an 0:39:31.480 --> 0:39:35.960 into your offensive lineman, your top of market for those 0:39:36.000 --> 0:39:38.800 players in free agency is a fraction of the cost 0:39:39.560 --> 0:39:42.000 of an offensive tackle. And if you're not going to 0:39:42.040 --> 0:39:43.400 go top of market in order to say, hey, we 0:39:43.480 --> 0:39:46.200 are going to be fiscally responsible with what we do 0:39:46.280 --> 0:39:48.640 in free agency this year. You get a starting caliber 0:39:48.719 --> 0:39:51.960 player for a third of what it would cost you 0:39:52.080 --> 0:39:54.680 for a starting caliber player at offensive tackle as just 0:39:54.719 --> 0:39:55.200 an example. 0:39:55.320 --> 0:39:55.920 Or safeties. 0:39:56.400 --> 0:39:59.400 Deshaun Elliott was a really really starter for the Dolphins 0:39:59.400 --> 0:40:01.799 this year. You signed a one year, one point seven 0:40:01.880 --> 0:40:04.560 million dollar contract in free agency last year. Gino Stone 0:40:04.680 --> 0:40:06.520 was like third in the league in interceptions for the 0:40:06.640 --> 0:40:09.200 Ravens last year, and he signed a one point seven 0:40:09.400 --> 0:40:12.839 million dollar one year contract, And it's just you get 0:40:12.880 --> 0:40:15.440 the exceptions. Jesse Bates signed a sixteen million dollar per 0:40:15.560 --> 0:40:17.560 year contract to be the free safety for the Falcons. 0:40:17.600 --> 0:40:19.759 You get Tremaina Ammon signs an eighteen million dollar year 0:40:19.800 --> 0:40:22.279 contract to be a starting linebacker for the Chicago Bears. 0:40:22.880 --> 0:40:27.120 But Jermaine Pratt and Logan Wilson are really good starters 0:40:27.400 --> 0:40:29.560 for the Bengals and they re signed with that team 0:40:29.640 --> 0:40:32.160 last year and they averaged like seven million dollars a 0:40:32.280 --> 0:40:36.560 piece per What corner are you signing for seven million dollars? Like? 0:40:36.880 --> 0:40:39.719 It just the numbers don't line up. So when you 0:40:39.880 --> 0:40:43.000 look at where Miami, you're anticipating they're gonna need to 0:40:43.080 --> 0:40:45.800 add some starters and you consider, hey, they might be 0:40:45.880 --> 0:40:48.080 on a budget in March and April with the first 0:40:48.120 --> 0:40:52.080 wave of free agency, with their initial budget and salary 0:40:52.160 --> 0:40:55.160 cap space that they have, they're gonna be able to 0:40:55.280 --> 0:40:58.960 find some players that make a lot of sense, and 0:40:59.040 --> 0:41:01.360 they're gonna fit for the team, and they're gonna be 0:41:01.360 --> 0:41:03.760 able to afford it because they don't need the premium 0:41:03.800 --> 0:41:05.320 positions when they go shopping. 0:41:05.840 --> 0:41:06.760 It makes me so excited. 0:41:06.760 --> 0:41:08.239 So what the off season does look like this year, 0:41:08.280 --> 0:41:09.920 because you know, I think that's been one of the 0:41:09.960 --> 0:41:11.120 feathers in the cap of the organization. 0:41:11.120 --> 0:41:11.759 The last few years. 0:41:11.800 --> 0:41:14.200 They have had very good off seasons bringing in very, 0:41:14.280 --> 0:41:16.080 very good football players, and I cannot wait see the 0:41:16.120 --> 0:41:18.520 plan this year and what they end up doing ultimately. 0:41:19.480 --> 0:41:21.239 You'll do this podcast a few times between now and 0:41:21.280 --> 0:41:23.240 the draft, Kyle, just so you know I'm booking you already. 0:41:23.440 --> 0:41:26.480 Any choice, just for a fun closer here on February 0:41:26.520 --> 0:41:30.239 the seventh taping this podcast, Gun to your Head pick 0:41:30.280 --> 0:41:33.080 at twenty one, who is it today? I'll go with 0:41:33.160 --> 0:41:36.920 Jackson Powers Johnson, Let's go baby, So I whether he 0:41:37.040 --> 0:41:39.880 ends up playing guard or center for you, I think 0:41:39.920 --> 0:41:43.719 there's some positional flexibility here. I do think Miami from 0:41:43.960 --> 0:41:47.560 a expiring contracts perspective, they have to figure out what 0:41:47.680 --> 0:41:49.360 if they want to give Robert Hunt a contract, they 0:41:49.400 --> 0:41:50.520 have to figure out that they want to give Connor 0:41:50.520 --> 0:41:54.800 Williams a contract. You have vacant season, Isaiah, when was 0:41:54.840 --> 0:41:58.360 your your incumbent starter at left guard before his season 0:41:58.480 --> 0:42:00.960 ended with an injury and that was one year deal anyway, 0:42:01.040 --> 0:42:03.840 So like all three spots are up for grants right now, 0:42:03.880 --> 0:42:06.200 I think there's enough there and I think that is 0:42:06.880 --> 0:42:09.720 the right stratosphere for that to be a best player 0:42:09.760 --> 0:42:14.560 available meets team need intersection that it's a safe projection 0:42:14.760 --> 0:42:16.680 right now, and I'll play it safe here in February. 0:42:16.920 --> 0:42:18.239 You sure you don't want a three to two year old, 0:42:18.239 --> 0:42:20.120 maybe a thirty six year old. My knees still kind 0:42:20.160 --> 0:42:22.560 of work. I've seen your pass set, no think. 0:42:22.520 --> 0:42:23.040 Yeah you have? 0:42:23.840 --> 0:42:25.640 Oh man, that's good. 0:42:25.840 --> 0:42:27.880 We have a career day coming up actually to this 0:42:28.400 --> 0:42:31.640 podcast will air at my wife's elementary school, and I'm 0:42:31.680 --> 0:42:33.200 going to play some of those clips for the classes 0:42:33.239 --> 0:42:36.279 that I instruct my thing, my entire presentation for so 0:42:36.320 --> 0:42:38.400 I'm looking forward to getting just dogged by twelve year 0:42:38.400 --> 0:42:42.120 olds looking at my offensive pass sets. Kyle Krabs at 0:42:42.239 --> 0:42:44.799 Grinding the Tape on Social locked and NFL Scouting Locked 0:42:44.840 --> 0:42:49.360 on Dolphins. Thanks again, buddy, Thanks Trav. All Right, so 0:42:49.520 --> 0:42:51.759 there he goes. Let's go ahead and go out of 0:42:51.760 --> 0:42:55.000 here ourselves. 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