WEBVTT - Mock Draft Round Up 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:07.240 Practice Patrick throwing Parker Touchtowner. What a win for this 0:00:07.320 --> 0:00:13.560 Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:17.440 to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:21.880 podcast network covering your Miami Dolphins. I am your host, 0:00:21.920 --> 0:00:24.120 Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring you your 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:27.640 daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:31.040 Mel Kiper has a new mock draft and Daniel Jeremiah 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.440 published his Dolphins dream mock. We're gonna cover both of 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:36.919 those and get more into the draft as we are 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:39.480 just one month away from the draft kicking off as 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:44.040 scheduled as planned. On April Plus, we had video conferences 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:46.760 with the new free agents for your Miami Dolphins. We're 0:00:46.760 --> 0:00:49.400 gonna cover those quotes and give you a preview of 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.440 our film review podcast coming up next week. All of 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:56.280 that and more here on this Friday March edition of 0:00:56.320 --> 0:01:02.920 the Drivetime Podcast miamime. So, we had a Mel Kuiper 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:06.240 conference call on Wednesday where he discussed some Dolphins options 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:08.679 in the draft, and he also published his most recent 0:01:08.720 --> 0:01:11.679 mock draft up on ESPN. But first, I want to 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:14.280 get to Daniel Jeremiah because I love the way he 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:17.640 comprehensively covers this thing in terms of who are the 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:19.840 best players on his board? How does he think the 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.960 draft will unfold? And I love having that two pronged 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:26.920 approach because those two answers should be different. Teams value 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.319 players different than other teams, and scouts all have different 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:32.800 opinions on players. So that's what makes the draft so 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:35.360 great is the variety and all these mock drafts and 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.560 all these ideas. But to me, Jeremiah covers it so 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:42.160 comprehensively because he'll give you team needs or talk about 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:45.200 specific team fits. And so he laid out his perfect 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:49.280 Dolphins draft for picks five, eighteen, twenty six, thirty nine 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:52.040 and fifty six, the first two rounds of the draft, 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:53.400 and I want to go ahead and go over that 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:55.400 here on the podcast and give you a bit of 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:58.880 insight on the players he selected for Miami at those spots. 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:01.120 And the nice thing you notice here is that he 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:03.840 considers these first two rounds to be really premium picks. 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.400 And the Dolphins have five picks in those two rounds, 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.320 so five premium picks to add to this roster. And 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.520 if you guys have seen my Twitter timeline at Wingfield NFL, 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:16.320 I tweeted out a PF graphic that shows the impact 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.400 of free agency and the improvement of every single roster 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.920 in the NFL, whether it was adding wins or losing wins. 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:25.239 And they're basing it off war, which I know is 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.400 a baseball stat wins above replacement, but it applies to 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:31.600 football as well. And in terms of value added to 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:35.320 the roster, only the Arizona Cardinals added more war to 0:02:35.400 --> 0:02:39.320 their organization this offseason in free agency, and the Dolphins 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:41.919 have just done so well to add core parts to 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:45.000 the football team, not just fixing needs on the roster, 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.000 but adding the same type of players, the same character, 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:51.040 the same theme within these players, and giving themselves so 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:54.640 much flexibility on draft Day. And if you heard the 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.760 interviews with each of those players on the Drivetime podcast, 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.120 you'll recognize that theme and recognize that the Dolphins vision 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:04.440 was very singular this offseason in terms of getting everybody 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:06.560 on the same page. And you're also gonna notice that 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.960 in the quotes today we have on this podcast from 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:11.640 the video conference call with the entire Dolphins in South 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.160 Florida media with each of the Dolphins free agents. So 0:03:14.200 --> 0:03:15.960 we'll get to that here in just one second, But 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:17.959 I want to get back to the stream draft from 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.880 Daniel Jeremiah, the fifth pick in the draft quarterback to 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.519 a tongue of voloa. He has him listed there. We've 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:26.679 heard his podcast co host Bucky Brooks refer to to 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:29.639 a tongue of voloa as the best quarterback in this draft, 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.760 above Joe Burrow, who right now has been the consensus 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:36.400 number one overall pick on NFL dot com, on ESPN 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:39.120 dot com, on the Draft Network, pretty much any website 0:03:39.160 --> 0:03:41.440 you want to look at. Joe Burrow goes number one 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.480 overall to the Bengals, but there are also plenty of 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:46.800 scouts that have to a tongue of voloa as the 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.640 number one quarterback like Bucky Brooks, and here his co 0:03:49.720 --> 0:03:52.440 host list tongue of Voloa as the best option at 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.160 number five for this Dolphins football team. And if you 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:58.240 haven't seen it yet, To himself posted a video to 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.200 his Instagram showing him working out, and there was some 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:06.240 pretty pretty strong reaction to that video surfacing and what 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.960 it might mean about his medicals going forward. And obviously 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.040 I'm not going to speculate on that because all we 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:13.440 have available to that is the video and what he 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.600 looked like. But the reactions from several media major outlets 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:19.320 referring to to a looking much better than they anticipated 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.120 he would at this stage of his recovery, showed you 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.520 the footwork, and that's been something into his game that 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.479 has always been strong, is that strong lower half and 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:31.240 the mechanical proficiency and how smooth and easy glide he 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.960 is working below the waist, getting into his drop, getting 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:36.640 into his setup, and the ability to both get off 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.920 the spot when he sends his pressure, but also get 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:41.120 himself to his next target and the next read in 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.880 the progression, to work through those progressions and get the 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:47.000 football out quickly and help his offensive line that way, 0:04:47.160 --> 0:04:49.919 help his receivers that way. If you hear any receiver 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.920 talk about playing the position in the NFL, they will, 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.279 to a man tell you that they want the ball 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:57.360 out quick, Get it out now. I'm open right now, 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.400 give me a chance to make a play. And that's 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:01.799 been a strength to his game because both his feet 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:05.320 and his eyes work at ultimate proficiency in terms of 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:09.040 speed and processing their hardwired together, and that allows him 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.320 to make his decisions but also execute those decisions as 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.680 quickly as he makes them within his mind. So a 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:17.920 great combination there for a quarterback. Jeremiah thinks that that 0:05:17.960 --> 0:05:20.120 makes two a tongue of Voloa the best option at 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:22.800 number five for the Dolphins in this upcoming draft at 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.840 number eighteen, going a little bit off the reservation here 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.640 in terms of what the general consensus has been at 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:31.360 this spot. And I actually saw Jeremiah tweet this guy 0:05:31.360 --> 0:05:34.440 could be the first receiver off the entire board, and 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.240 that is to a tongue of Voloha's Alabama teammate, not 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:40.640 Jerry Judy, but Henry Ruggs. So Daniel Jeremiah, the Move 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.760 the Sticks podcast host and lead draft analysts for NFL 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:45.720 Network has two of going at number five to the 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.840 Dolphins and his dream draft, and Henry Ruggs, the speed 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:52.360 receiver number eight teen going to Miami out of Alabama, 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.120 and Henry Ruggs one the entire combine in terms of 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.600 the forty yard dash time that was to be expected, 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:59.599 he actually had a chance. A lot of people thought 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:03.040 to John Ross is four to forty yard dash record 0:06:03.320 --> 0:06:06.520 set back. I want to say it was, and he 0:06:06.560 --> 0:06:09.000 didn't get that. He had four to seven on the 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:11.560 forty yard dash. But this guy is much more than 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.640 just a speed receiver. He can really run routes, he 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:16.440 can really get in and out of breaks. He can 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:19.240 play inside, he can play outside, and he is a 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:24.159 production machine. Caught twenty five touchdowns on nineties six targets 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.039 or ninety six touches, I should say in his college career, 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.799 so pretty much of the time one out of every 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.800 four touches he has goes to the house. This guy 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.200 is electric when he gets the football. He can take 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:37.600 slants to the house, He can get by you vertically, 0:06:37.880 --> 0:06:41.120 really really electrifying player. And the summer saying one of 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:43.480 the top receivers on this draft board that could go 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.039 in the top ten, maybe even number one receiver off 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:49.680 the board overall for Jeremiah at number twenty six. Offensive 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.760 tackle Austin Jackson out of USC And if you haven't 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.000 heard this guy's story, you're missing out one of the 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:57.160 players in this draft that I think helps us kind 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.320 of maintain perspective about what we do in football terms 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:04.000 of what life means, because this guy essentially bypassed an 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.640 entire off season where he couldn't really fully work out 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.800 because he donated bone marrow to his sister who was 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.680 a perfect blood match and needed that transplant so she 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.440 could continue her life as is, and Jackson was the 0:07:15.440 --> 0:07:17.520 first one to step in and make that happen. So 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:21.480 he pretty much sacrificed his offseason workout regimen. And Jeremiah 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:23.640 has referred to this on the Move the Sticks podcast 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.760 that he and people around the USC program mentioned it 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:28.680 took some time for him to get back, but once 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.760 he did and once he got to full strength, he 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:33.119 was back to his same self. And he's just twenty 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:36.400 years old. So the upside on this tackle with rare, 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.440 rare athletic traits. He's a big, big guy, and I 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.760 think that he really attaches himself to that leadership mentality. 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:46.280 I mean, what more leadership and selfless mentality can you 0:07:46.320 --> 0:07:49.320 exhibit than putting someone else over yourself when it comes 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:52.720 to your profession and life. Just the ultimate selfless sacrifice 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.720 for Austin Jackson. And he's a damn good football player too. 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:59.440 At thirty nine here on Daniel Jeremiah's Dolphins Dream Draft 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.600 is more Arlan Davidson out of Auburn, the defensive lineman, 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:04.920 and he listened as a defensive end, but really this 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.720 guy can play anywhere along that defensive line. We talk 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.480 about techniques on this podcast all the time. Pretty much 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.360 what you're looking at is over the nose tackle is 0:08:12.360 --> 0:08:14.600 a zero technique, and that's gonna range all the way 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:16.960 out to what's called a wide nine technique, and that's 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.400 the widest alignment for a down defensive lineman. But Davidson 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.720 can pretty much play anywhere between. I wouldn't even put 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:25.880 him past playing the nose tackle position. He can play 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:27.600 that one tech. He can kick all the way out 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.840 to the five, maybe even the seven, And the seven 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:31.400 is gonna be the one that lines up out wide 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:33.560 around the tight end five, over the town or on 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.480 the outside shoulder of the offensive tackle, and your two 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.360 techniques and three techniques are gonna be more condensed inside. 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:42.280 And Davidson can do that. And he has the lateral 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:45.520 agility and quickness and the arm and handwork to make 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:48.000 himself kind of skinny and tough to block when he 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:50.959 shoots those gaps and dives in and twist and slants 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:52.840 and stunts and runs all the games you can do 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.000 on a defensive line. This guy can get it done 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.520 in a variety of ways. And Joe Burrow himself, we 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:00.040 talked about the consensus or sort of the can and 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.720 just number one overall quarterback in this draft. He talked 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.960 about the toughest game that he played last year was 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.040 against Auburn, and it was the game where the l 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:10.400 s U offense, this high flying, record setting offense, was 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.199 really restricted more than had been at any point in 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.679 the season. He talked about how that matchup was so 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:19.120 difficult because that Auburn front line was able to give 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.640 them so many issues up front, and L s U 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.600 is gonna put three four of these guys on their 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.040 offensive line into the draft, but because of guys like 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:29.640 Derek Brown and Marlon Davidson, the Auburn defensive line was 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.960 tough to deal with for that L s U high 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.520 flying offense. And I think Davidson's a great fit in 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.280 terms of what he can do play multiple positions, can 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.559 rush the passer, has had a hard edge. A good 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.439 pick there at number thirty nine according to Daniel Jeremiah, 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:44.600 and we talked about the L s U offensive line 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:48.560 pick number fifty six in Jeremiah's Dream Dolphins Draft into 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:51.040 your offensive line. He played center last year for L 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:53.800 s U Lloyd Cushionberry and I really fell in love 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:56.880 with this guy in the post season scouting process watching 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.360 his work at the Senior Bowl, because he just takes 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:02.280 such good angles to the football. He can really drop 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.040 that anchor and drop that lower half and squat and 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.440 hold up the pressure in terms of bull rushes. He 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.679 can mirror in terms of quickness and going back and 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:13.000 forth and passing off stunts and games. Very smart, heavy 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.080 type of football player, big time leader. We detailed him 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.880 in the Scouting Combine preview here back in my first 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:21.240 week on the job for the Miami Dolphins here on 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:24.800 the Drivetime Podcast part of the official Miami Dolphins podcast network. 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:27.800 We previewed Cushion Berry and some of the character background 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.679 and character detail of him, and he was awarded with 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:32.839 the right to wear a number eighteen jersey for l 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:36.160 s U, a distinction given to two players on that team, 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:39.240 one on offense, one on defense. Calavon Chason War on 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:41.800 the defensive side of the ball, Cushion Berry War on 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:43.800 the offensive side of the ball. While he wore it 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.000 in practice because restrictions didn't allow the offensive linemen to 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.679 wear the number eighteen jersey, but he earned that and 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:53.640 that eighteen jersey represents representing the state of Louisiana, representing 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:56.120 the l s U football program and everything they stand 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.640 for both and excellence on and off the field. So 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:02.199 there's your character check, there's your leadership, there's your selfless mentality, 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.320 and I think Jeremiah does a good job hitting on 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:07.320 those notes here with that vision for leadership, guys that 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:10.400 are willing to make the sacrifices necessary to become great 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.960 football players and that can jive in with a positive 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:16.200 locker mentality, a positive locker room mindset, something we're gonna 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:18.320 hear about from several of the Dolphins newest free agent 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.120 editions here in just one sec. But before we do that, 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:24.720 Tongue by Loah, Henry Ruggs, Austin Jackson, and Marlon Davidson, 0:11:24.920 --> 0:11:29.120 Lloyd Cushionberry Jeremiah's top five picks and his dream Dolphins draft. 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:30.960 I want to get now over to the mel Kiper 0:11:31.000 --> 0:11:34.160 mock draft, and Keiper has no variation with his fifth 0:11:34.200 --> 0:11:36.520 pick and the draft for the Miami Dolphins. But first 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.440 I want to read his top five picks of this 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:41.680 ESPN three point ol mock draft. It was published on March. 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:44.800 He has Joe Burrow going to the Bengals number one, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.760 Chase Young going to Washington number two, the defensive end 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.400 from Ohio State, highly regarded as the best player in 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:53.760 this draft by many many draft pundits, including the Draft Network. 0:11:53.960 --> 0:11:56.920 Jeff Akuda, the top cornerback in this year's class, pretty 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:59.800 much unanimously across the board, goes to Detroit to take 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:01.960 for Darius Slay there and the Lions, and then the 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.480 Giants come back with Isaiah Simmons, the versat will do 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:07.600 everything linebacker there from Clemson. Although you can play him 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:09.920 at safety, you can play him at slot cornerback, you 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.360 can play him on your defensive line, can do everything. 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.120 At pick number five, he has the Dolphins taking again 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.120 quarterback to a tongue of voloa. And since we already 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:20.880 covered to his footwork in the processing and the feet 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.480 being hardwired to the eyes, let's talk now about his 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:26.559 long ball. Because in that same video where he posted 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.000 his workout and he put a caption on it of 0:12:29.240 --> 0:12:32.400 practicing social distancing with the long ball, and so the 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.880 sense of humor clearly is there, But so is that 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.400 long ball in his repertoire. We've talked about this on 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:40.480 previous podcast about how he essentially played in three separate 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:43.680 offenses in his three years there. At Alabama his first 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.520 year coming off the bench in that National championship game 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:49.280 in seventeen, really ran a lot of zone read, had 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:52.160 twelve carries in that game and only played the second half. 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:55.200 But then comes back and overtime and hits the big 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.200 game winner touchdown past Devanta Smith after he took a 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:00.800 sack on first down, gets himself into some hot water, 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:02.800 and then rescues it after that with a big time 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:07.240 touchdown throw with great anticipation, really impressive trajectory and perfect 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.600 accuracy on that throw. And that's kind of what he 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.600 does to put the ball downfield on those arcing deep throws. 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:15.400 He throws it with anticipation, he recognizes the coverage and 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.559 gets that thing out quickly and gives us player a 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.440 chance to run underneath it and make a big play 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.280 after the catch. And that was really the theme of 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:27.000 Alabama offense was taking those vertical shots and taking advantage 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.360 of all those speed and dynamic Round one type receivers 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:33.040 they had there at Alabama. Then you come back this 0:13:33.080 --> 0:13:36.319 season and he changed coordinators again and turns into more 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:38.600 of a let's take what the defense gives us, Let's 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.320 stay on schedule, let's be smart about our decisions here 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:43.760 and just really make this offense click and give these 0:13:43.760 --> 0:13:46.920 playmakers opportunities. And he was so sharp in that area, 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:49.120 getting the ball out underneath, getting the ball to his 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:51.800 check downs, moving the defense with his eyes, and putting 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:53.520 the football where it had to go. So you look 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.880 at his tape throughout the course of his college career, intermediate, short, deep, 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.800 whatever it was, he really excelled throwing the football to 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:02.600 all areas of the field. Now there are two more 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:04.920 picks in this first round mock draft from mel Keeper 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:08.000 up on ESPN Mock Draft three point oh. He has 0:14:08.040 --> 0:14:10.559 the Dolphins taking a running back at pick number eighteen, 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:14.480 Georgia's DeAndre Swift. And my favorite thing personally about DeAndre 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:17.480 Swift is how smooth he catches the football as a 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:20.240 pass catcher and then turns right up field and there's 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:23.440 no lost movement like sometimes you'll see a player catch 0:14:23.480 --> 0:14:25.160 the ball and they kind of have to regather and 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.840 get themselves squared up field. But he just catches that 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:31.080 thing seamlessly and turns it and goes. It's really impressive, 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.280 and you see that in his running ability as well. 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:35.760 A one cut guy that can really explode through the whole, 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.560 really be dynamic at the point and make guys miss 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.240 in the open field or in short spaces. So he 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.080 gives you a major shot in the arm to the 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:45.800 tailback position as well. And then it pick twenty six 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:49.160 he has Miami taking offensive tackle out of Houston. Josh 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:52.160 Jones and talking about the Senior Bowl and Lloyd Cushionberry, 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.040 I don't think anybody showed better improvement throughout the Senior 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.480 Bowl week than Josh Jones. And that's the number one 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.600 thing you look for at the Senior Bowl is how 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.920 does the guy respond to the Tuesday practice when you 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.320 kind of load up all this install on them, and 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.640 then through the course of Wednesday and Thursday in the 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.320 one on one drills, understanding with the coaches want out 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:12.040 of you, how much improvement can you show? And Josh 0:15:12.080 --> 0:15:14.760 Jones was so locked down on that Thursday practice that 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.080 took place indoors there down in Mobile at their facility, 0:15:18.120 --> 0:15:20.160 and he was just locking guys up, and he was 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:24.400 matching the speed rushes, mirroring, working back inside, redirecting all 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:26.040 the stuff you want to see from the elite left 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.960 tackle prospect. Josh Jones was doing that and sell Mel 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:32.720 Kuiper has him at pick for Miami, blocking for DeAndre 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.120 Swift and to a tongue of Valoa in an offense 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:38.120 heavy draft for Mel Kuiper on ESPN and where his 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:41.200 theme on the draft was on offense. The Dolphins signed 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:44.400 ten players in fury agency, seven of those coming on 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:47.000 the defensive side of the football. And we'll talk to 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:48.960 some of those guys here on the podcast later or 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:52.720 play their audio from their media press conferences via zoom 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:56.320 over the video platform here on this Thursday, recording this 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.240 podcast for Friday March. But I want to get to 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.520 an interview Kyle Van Noyd did with Ian Rappaport on 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.480 the rap Sheet and Friends podcast back on March sixteenth, 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.800 just before he signed on March eighteen with the Miami 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.680 Dolphins and raps. She asked him a question heading into 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.960 free agency, how his mindset might change as he goes 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:16.840 out to the free agent market and does not have 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.240 a team. And here was Kyle's answer, which I found 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.960 I found to be very refreshing and very enlightening from 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:25.000 the Dolphins new linebacker. You know, I don't think my 0:16:25.080 --> 0:16:28.520 mindset is going to change at all as far as 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:33.760 the player I am or how I envision them and 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:37.040 my goals each and every year always to get better, 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.120 always to be a leader on the team, and just 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:46.080 be disruptive. Um now it's hopefully being able to set 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:51.440 up my family and um be with the team or 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.600 go back to the team that views me as a 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:58.120 priority and that same mindset, that same mentality on a 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:00.640 daily basis has been one of the teams of Brian 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.920 Flores as core tenants that he wants to build here 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:05.480 in Miami. So you can definitely see the relationship there 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:07.720 between he and Kyle van Noy and how Van Noy 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.879 can really perpetuate that message throughout the locker room, throughout 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:13.760 the team, and throughout the building in South Florida. Now, 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:17.560 there was another great question about playing multiple positions and 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:20.959 comparing Kyle Van Noy to the honey Badger to Tyrone Matthew, 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:24.639 who moves all across the formation. Obviously, Tyron Matthew plays 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:27.119 on the back seven, van Noy in the front seven, 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.800 but the comparison is apt and rap. She ended the 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:31.920 question by asking him where do you want to play 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:35.200 in terms of which position? Here was Van Noy's answer, Yeah, 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:39.240 that's it, so that I love that question because I 0:17:39.240 --> 0:17:43.760 don't necessarily compare myself to Honey Badger at all, because 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:47.520 you know, I don't like to get compared to other players. 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:52.119 I'm my own player. I did try to I try 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:56.080 to tell people that that's me and him have that 0:17:56.160 --> 0:18:00.320 same mindset. As far as he doesn't care about playing 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:05.560 safety nickel corner, it doesn't matter he's on the field. 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:09.359 That's my same mindset. It doesn't matter if I'm d 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:14.640 n inside linebacker, outside linebacker, I'm lined up over the 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:19.440 the damn center. I just loved and have a passion 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.520 for football and want to be the best of my ability. 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:26.160 And you know, with that being said, you don't I'm 0:18:26.200 --> 0:18:30.920 never going to probably be in that category of the 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.479 Pro Bowls or the All Pros because I don't have 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.120 a position. You gotta have a position to win those 0:18:36.720 --> 0:18:42.080 things like and I'm okay with that because I love football. 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:46.000 Obviously I want those things. Those are personal goals. But 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:47.640 at the end of the day, I want to win, 0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:52.080 and that's my mindset. I want to do whatever it 0:18:52.160 --> 0:18:55.480 takes to win football games. I mean, what more do 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:57.359 you to hear than that? Right there? That is Brian 0:18:57.400 --> 0:19:01.040 Floores message through a player into locker room into the building. 0:19:01.080 --> 0:19:03.840 Like I mentioned, just the perfect answer to that question. 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:07.959 Wants to win, doesn't care about individual accomplishment, individual accolades. 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:10.600 Wants to be able to play multiple positions and impact 0:19:10.640 --> 0:19:13.359 the game, help us teammates. You just love that answer 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.320 from Kyle van Noy And on the topic of good 0:19:16.359 --> 0:19:19.320 answers at press conferences among these free agents, we the 0:19:19.359 --> 0:19:21.800 Dolphins media had a chance to catch up with eight 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:25.000 of the ten fur agent signings on Zoom Video Conferences 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:28.120 on Thursday, and I want to just go through and 0:19:28.160 --> 0:19:30.240 mention some of the top quotes that I pulled from 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:32.840 these interviews and try to find some different quotes compared 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:34.800 to what we got on the interviews in the Drivetime 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.200 podcast last week. And if you guys want to see 0:19:37.200 --> 0:19:40.240 these interviews in their entirety, you can find them on YouTube, 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.440