WEBVTT - Drive Time: Previewing the Offensive Line, Walk and Talks with Austin Jackson, Isaiah Wynn 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.720 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:08.399 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. Back to throw to 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:10.720 a looking whips about. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:16.759 A wide Dolphin touchdown, Tyriquel, uncolievable, just. 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:19.239 Blue fire for a second time. Don't know where he 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:21.880 was going right away. I want to hit that though. Man, 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:24.279 I'm gonna help you. Someone will step on his man. 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:28.320 Away Wattle, wadle to a shotgun, back to throw, looking 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:28.760 at them. 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:34.839 Up myers touchdown, it's waddle, It's six touchdown patdowns the King. 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:39.000 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.519 Now let me check your pulse if you're not for. 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:45.800 What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.920 And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:54.240 Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:55.440 How's it going everybody? 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.680 I am your host, Travis Wingfield And on today's episode, 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:01.640 I get allowed to requests from more offensive line talk. 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:04.480 This is the episode for all those requests that have 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:06.560 been put in over the years. We're gonna talk to 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.360 Austin Jackson, We're gonna talk to Isaiah Win, and we're 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.360 going to preview the entire offensive line room. As we 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.040 are now just one week out from the first day 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.920 of Miami Dolphins training Camp twenty twenty three. All of 0:01:18.959 --> 0:01:21.560 that and more from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:23.039 Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:23.759 This is. 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:26.440 The Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:28.679 Maggie Jeffy First. 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:31.720 Go ahead and Sandwich the O line preview with a 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:34.640 couple of walking talks. One hundred Yards with a couple 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.080 of really big dudes that were drafted in the first round. 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:37.560 Once upon time. 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:40.840 Austin Jackson, Isaiah win Let's kick it off with Austin Jackson. 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.560 We'll hear from Isaiah on the back end of the podcast. 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:45.800 Here's my talk with Austin Jackson. 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:46.360 What's up, guys. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:48.480 Travis Wingfield back here again for another edition of one 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:51.360 hundred Yards with Travis Wingfield, Dolphins offensive lineman. Here, Austin 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.400 Jackson joins me, let's get going down the field here, Austin, So, 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.600 it's been a long time since last year in the 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:58.400 football field. I know your issuing to get back. I'm 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:00.640 just curious how your approach has been this off season 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:02.800 looking forward to getting back on the field for games. 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.240 Oh yeah, well you said, I'm definitely looking forward to 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:09.320 get back. Dealing with last year's injury. I think dealing 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.160 with that kind of helped me to get more of 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.840 a focus kind of my daily routine in the NFL. 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:18.040 Being away from the game gave me a lot of 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:20.359 time to kind of see, you know, just what kind 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:22.120 of impact I wanted to make on the game, and 0:02:22.240 --> 0:02:25.760 you know, look at more resources and you know, just 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.840 get more advice and just kind of add to the 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.200 hunger that I already had for playing the game. 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:33.000 What does that look like your routine like in terms 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:34.920 of I guess daily approaching the off season, what does 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:35.799 a day look like for you? 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:40.000 Well, first things first, you know, definitely wake up and. 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:43.440 I try to watch as much film as I can, 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:47.240 so I'm definitely first things first to studying, understanding my 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:49.600 playbook that I have to utilize all year to the 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.400 best of my ability, so then when we start game planning, 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.800 I can be as efficient as possible. And then my 0:02:55.840 --> 0:03:00.440 body is the probably the second biggest thing to mental 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.760 taking care of myself, making sure you getting my daily 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:09.800 cardio stretches, getting as flexible as possible, and doing it 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:12.080 over and over again. That's where you see improvements and 0:03:12.160 --> 0:03:15.320 consistency and just focusing on doing it over and over 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:16.640 and being consistent. 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.440 Repetition kind of gets it exactly second nature. 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:18.680 Right. 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.079 So, speaking of that second year and a new offense 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.600 that I've heard from different players and coaches, people are 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.240 on the leg that that's typically when things have to 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:26.600 click in to become second nature. 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:28.600 How have you kind of envisioned, or. 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:31.760 I should say, how have you noticed the second nature 0:03:31.760 --> 0:03:33.400 of being in year two of this offense? 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:37.720 I definitely feel like my play can be faster. 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:42.640 This is my first off season not grasping a whole 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.680 new play, but going into the season, so with having 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.160 a little bit of knowledge and experience from some of 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:51.320 the certain plays we had last year. Definitely it's allowing 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.280 me to play faster and you know, focus on some 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.720 other things as well that I need to get better at. 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:58.240 Can you believe it's your four already? 0:03:58.520 --> 0:03:58.640 You? 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.320 No, I can't. It's just like that. 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.920 That's where I was twenty years old in Miami first 0:04:04.960 --> 0:04:06.840 round pick, and now I'm here. But it's you know, 0:04:06.920 --> 0:04:09.560 it's everything I wanted, you know, and I'm very happy 0:04:09.600 --> 0:04:10.000 to be here. 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:11.760 How do you think you've changed as a person? Because 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:13.400 I have to you mentioned being twenty years old. Remember 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.600 you and Noah like two of the three youngest players. 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.719 I think when you guys came in right now, I mean, 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:19.160 I don't want to say old head, but you've been 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:20.320 around for you know, a minute. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.000 Now you're a vet. How do you think you've changed 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:22.840 a person since then? 0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:23.080 Oh? 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.120 I definitely just matured, you know, knowledge is everything. I've 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.320 learned so much, and the organization of my teammates have really, 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.520 you know, showed me a lot of love and. 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.640 Taking care of me and allowed me to grow. 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:36.760 And I'm just looking forward to being the best version 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:40.360 of myself on and off the field, you know. 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:40.840 Going forward. 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:42.440 You're pretty much it at all. Thanks Austome forrety sure 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:43.680 your time. Austin Jacksons trevs. 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:46.880 I always love my conversations with guys that came in 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:50.280 the same year as I did twenty twenty. So that's Tua, 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:53.799 that's Austin, That's Noah, that is Rob, that's Ray Kwan, 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.440 Brandon Jones, and then I think the rest of that 0:04:56.520 --> 0:05:00.000 draft class is now elsewhere, but another one of these 0:05:00.080 --> 0:05:02.120 draft classes that produced, you know a handful of guys 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:05.440 that have been big time producers here and hopefully Austin 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:07.920 can really kind of get back to being healthy and 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:09.920 make that big step in his career because that would 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:11.520 be a huge boon for this team and of course 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.360 for a guy that I'm rooting for in a big, 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.000 big way. Super nice, always cordial around the building, and 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.080 as you could tell, they're really really easy to talk 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.919 to and always really analytical in the way he answers, 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.440 you know, press conference questions and talks about scheme and 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:27.160 just the intricacies of playing offensive line. And he once 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:29.960 upon time told me that Martin Stadium in Pullman was 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:32.919 the toughest road environment he ever played in. But he 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:35.159 did tell me later on that the reason that he 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.720 said that wasn't necessarily because it was the toughest place 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.159 to play, but the game they played on a Friday 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.480 night once upon a time up in Pullman, number five 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:47.000 ranked USC goes down to number fifteen ranked Washington State. 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.919 With your boy in the building, they strip sacked Sam 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:53.040 Darnold to end that game, and we've stormed the field 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:56.920 in Pullman. Mike Leach got the old mustache slapped across 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.520 his face there with Gardner Minshew. A really really fun time. 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.680 So go Koog's Austin Jackson appreciate the love for the 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.039 Cougs there and really fun interview there with him. Let's 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:06.880 go ahead and take our first break right here and 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:08.840 come back on the other side. We'll talk about Austin 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:11.200 and Isaiah in the offensive line preview. 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:13.479 A very extensive room. 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.320 I think it has the most players besides maybe DB's 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:18.559 in the O line rooms. Allowed to be a busy, 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:23.400 meaty portion of the podcast here talking offensive lineman seems fitting. 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:24.000 We'll do that. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:25.880 We'll come back on the other side after that, and 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:27.839 here if Isaiah win. All of that and more next 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.920 on the Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:36.080 to you by Auto Nation. On this hump day, we 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.800 kick it inside to the offensive line, talk about the 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.320 big uglies, the people movers, the guys that don't get 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.400 the credit but deserve as much of the shine as 0:06:44.400 --> 0:06:46.320 all the guys that touch the football and visit the 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.480 end zone and score the points. It's the offensive line. 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.720 And we started off with the guy who, in his 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.240 first year with the Miami Dolphins, really demonstrated how valuable 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:58.960 good quality center play can be and just how valuable 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.920 he was to this Dolphins front, Connor Williams, number fifty eight. 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.599 And I say it all the time, it seemed pretty 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:08.000 obvious based on McDaniel's track record and the investment the 0:07:08.040 --> 0:07:10.800 teams that he was a part of that they made 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.960 at the center position, that it was important to him. 0:07:14.000 --> 0:07:16.840 And of course Connor had largely been a guard with 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.560 the Cowboys. He played tackle at Texas and some of 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:21.760 the pros as well. But then he comes here and 0:07:21.840 --> 0:07:25.040 has his best season as a pro in the pivot, 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.600 and what does that all tell me? It tells me 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.400 that he's a smart player who's capable of training his 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:34.360 body for different muscle memory and has the ability to 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.320 do it rather quickly. And you know, last training camp, 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.320 my biggest pet peeve was the trope of the Beat 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:44.560 reporters and tweets and fans talking about high snap. Because 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.480 you probably ran about five hundred reps in a single 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:49.880 training camp, about a half of a season worth of plays, 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.239 and I think there was maybe four snaps that were high. 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.880 I think maybe two that got away from Tua. So 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.760 we're talking about a fraction, and I understand why it happens, 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.040 because there's tangibility to it. You know, I don't think 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:03.880 there's a lot of folks calling out, you know, that's 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:05.800 a good reach block right there by Connor Williams. Good 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:07.680 job getting to the second level. Nice combo there on 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.840 that duo play. Not a lot of that going on, 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:13.400 so I think that there's a bit of you know, oh, 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.200 I can tell what happened to the ball didn't get 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:16.800 to the quarterbacks. I'm gonna go ahead and report that 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:18.640 and make it a big deal. It was never a 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:20.880 big deal. It wasn't a big deal in season. There 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:23.600 was a couple of high snaps, but ultimately it never 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.440 really impacted the offense. So I just wanted to get 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.520 that out in the open and with the knowledge of 0:08:29.560 --> 0:08:33.160 how this system really favors good center play. I asked 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.840 about that during the run up to the draft, what 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:38.920 do you think McDaniel will like in his center and 0:08:38.960 --> 0:08:41.520 who fits that mold in the draft? And you know, 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:43.960 to a man, but really the one that matter most 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.679 to me was Daniel Jeremiah of NFL Network When I 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:50.200 asked that question in his pre draft press conference, he said, 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.040 it was a player who is smart and a player 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.800 who can move, and that's exactly who Connor Williams is. 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.520 He's so adept at getting out in space and cutting 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.720 off second level linebackers who have him outflowed to the snap, 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:03.839 but he doesn't just overrun the play like you often 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:08.040 see it. And frankly, if alignment's outside the numbers on 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.200 the field, like you know, the ten twenty thirty forty 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:13.040 yard line numbers in the field and simply forces the 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.880 defender to hesitate or change directions, that's a good job. 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:19.000 But Connor is so adept in this area that he 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.840 can square up those blocks and take those guys entirely 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.040 out of the play and give a guy like Raheem 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:27.920 Moster a free track a runway to go. And if 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:29.680 he gets that, we've seen what he can do with 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:32.520 it in terms of you know, not just chunk gains, 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.120 but sixty plus yard runs. 0:09:34.520 --> 0:09:36.720 That changes a football game. So Connor's a big part 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:36.920 of that. 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:40.280 I thought he was excellent getting everything all aligned up front. 0:09:40.320 --> 0:09:43.480 His pass protection numbers speak for themselves. A ninety eight 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:47.440 point four PBE. That's pass block efficiency, which takes your 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.760 snaps divided by pressures or maybe vice versa. 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:50.600 I don't know math. 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.680 And yeah, centers do post higher numbers than guards and 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:58.320 tackles there, but Connor was number six among all centers 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:02.120 last year in pb E per PFF. That's Pro Football 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:06.480 Focus is past block efficiency. Connor Williams ranked sixth among 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:11.000 all NFL centers. Speaking of centers, Number sixty two Alama 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:15.720 Ulave from USC the UDFA, Sorry not USC. Why do 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:17.920 I keep saying that? I keep confusing him with Brandon 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:21.040 Peeley for some reason. Maybe it's the Polynesian aspect of it. 0:10:21.080 --> 0:10:24.360 But first team All Mountain West his senior year at 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:25.559 San Diego State. 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:27.080 Again, apologize for that. 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.160 He did that with just six pressures allowed on three 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.320 hundred and sixty seven pass blocking snaps. He's got the 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.360 same makeup that we discussed with Connor regarding the foot quickness. 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.160 You can definitely see that on his tape, good flexibility 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.600 in a fast first step. He was a team captain there, 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:43.360 and I really think that this camp is a chance 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.120 for him to potentially earn a role on the roster. 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:48.760 I mean, there are some cross trained centers here on 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:52.800 the roster, but Ulave has some of the most experience 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:55.880 as a true center on the entire roster. And that 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:59.079 goes even with Connor Williams in the fold. So keep 0:10:59.080 --> 0:11:00.840 an eye on him, Nuver six when you get out 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:03.520 here for training camp. Practice Number sixty five Robert Jones 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:05.680 one of my favorite guys in the entire building. He's 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:07.960 a microcosm of this offensive line. 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:08.160 To me. 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:11.760 He's young, he's positioned flexible, and he showed you flashes 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:15.439 at those multiple positions, and he has a big opportunity 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:17.400 here to earn a role for himself because you look 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.160 at the makeup of this offensive line and you have 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.360 a couple of spots where you don't really know quite 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.880 what you have, and you have these variety of players 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:29.040 that have, like I mentioned, position flexibility and have played 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:32.280 at multiple spots and have experience and really have tape 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:35.240 that says maybe there's something there with that guy. You know, 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:38.640 you'd like to see more confirmed confidence. But you take 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:40.520 enough cracks at it with those types of players and 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.440 you think that, you know, improved coaching can you know, 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.160 increase the floor, maybe even the ceiling of those players 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.760 within that group, Then all of a sudden, you're cooking 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:50.520 with gas. And I think that he's been the best 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:53.760 Robert Jones in those two guard spots, most notably last 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:56.640 year filling in for Liam Eichenberg after his injury up 0:11:56.640 --> 0:12:00.400 in Detroit. Thirteen total pressures allowed on three one hundred 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.199 and thirty three pass blocking snaps. It's really damn good. 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.480 It's a PBE of ninety seven point five. If you 0:12:06.559 --> 0:12:08.560 go back to his final four games, you know, down 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:11.240 the stretch at Buffalo home for the Packers and Jets, 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:14.240 then at Buffalo in the playoffs again, three pressures on 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:15.600 one hundred and twenty eight snaps. 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.200 That's really good. PFF love those games. 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:23.199 One elite score and three plus scores in their arbitrary 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:26.160 grading system that I don't understand. But when it benefits else, 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:27.600 we talk about it right now. I'm just kidding, but 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:29.240 I thought it was worth mentioning because I thought the 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.440 tape verified that as well. I don't like using PFF 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:34.640 grades for other teams when I don't watch every single 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.839 play of every single tape, but for the Dolphins, when 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:39.559 I know what I'm looking at, the PFF grades can 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:44.560 sometimes sometimes verified that. Sometimes it can tell me that 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.200 they're not doing it right. With all that said, I 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:49.160 think his best asset is in the run game, where 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:52.600 he can swallow up second level blockers, not blockers, defenders 0:12:52.800 --> 0:12:55.719 with his sheer mass, good knee bend, and ability to 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.440 catch and climb on double teams. We've seen this offense 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.680 run plenty of duo's two double teams up front. I 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:03.880 like the way that he goes shoulders shoulder, hip to 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:06.240 hip and then detaches and gets up to that second level. 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:10.040 And again the sheer mass really allows him to kind of, 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:10.640 you know. 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:11.880 It gives him more marchin for air. 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:14.320 He's six foot four, three hundred and thirty five pounds 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:15.560 and really moves well. 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:16.200 At that size. 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:18.240 And also this is a bonus, just one of the 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.400 easiest going, funniest dudes you'll meet. He always has a 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:23.839 comment when I see him talking about what's for lunch 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:24.680 down in the kitchen. 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:25.679 So just love that guy. 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.040 Robert Jones number sixty six Lester Cotton a pretty crazy 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:30.160 career arc to this point. 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:30.600 For Lester. 0:13:30.760 --> 0:13:33.920 Undrafted out of Alabama in twenty nineteen, similar bill to 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:36.880 Rob Jones. He's six foot four, three thirty five didn't 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.080 play a game until twenty twenty one, when he saw 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:42.080 five snaps for there he is. Then last season, he 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:45.360 comes on in relief in Week one for twenty three snaps, 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:49.120 starts Week two and plays all sixty seven snaps, then 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:52.360 doesn't see the field again until he comes to Miami 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:56.079 and plays a playoff game. A career high seventy one 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:58.600 snaps and you see that happen. You know, you see 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:00.880 a guy that has minimal experience, hasn't found a home 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.160 in his first four years as a pro. And for 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.560 that guy to not stand out in a negative way 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:08.040 in that game says a lot about the performance. Like 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:09.880 it's almost like an umpire, right, if you don't hear 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.120 about him, that's a good performance. Did any of you 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:14.360 watch in that game feel like left guard was costing 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:15.560 us plays and possessions? 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:17.960 I didn't. He actually played pretty damn well. 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.600 PFF had him with four pressures allowed, but again that 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:23.240 was on fifty three pass blocking snaps, and it's a 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.440 good tape that shows you how he's another one of 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:26.840 these guys with a chance to earn a role on 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.440 this team. And among those pressures, a lot of that was, 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:31.280 you know, the quarterback holding the ball for a long time. 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.000 So I just think there's options here. 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:36.960 Speaking of options, number sixty seven, Dan Feenie, I mentioned 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.120 center experience. He's probably the next guy in line in 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.760 terms of you know, Connor Williams and then Dan Feenie 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.200 in terms of playing experience at center. I think if 0:14:44.200 --> 0:14:45.800 I had to pick one guy to kind of have 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:47.800 that mid career breakout campaign. 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:49.040 It might be. 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:53.920 A boy meets World reference. I was a huge fan 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:55.960 of his coming out of Indiana. It didn't work out 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:57.720 with the Chargers, but when he was called upon with 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.720 the Jets, that tape was pretty damn good. Seven quarterback 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.320 pressures allowed one hundred and sixty eight pass blocking snaps. 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:04.320 He can play all. 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:07.520 Three interior positions, and I think that his skill set 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.440 is really suited for this offense. Just like I said, 0:15:11.000 --> 0:15:13.080 better tape with the Jets. That's a branch of the 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:16.120 Shanahan system, right. We talked about a lot of the 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:18.880 ten splits on this podcast in terms of seems to 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:21.360 be an area of priority for this scouting staff and 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:24.640 coaching staff. Feenie at three hundred and ten pounds was 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:26.840 a one eight to one ten split guy that was 0:15:26.920 --> 0:15:30.600 seventy second percentile among all offensive linemen at the combine 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:33.280 dating back to my birth year nineteen eighty seven. This 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:36.960 offense really suits his skill set. Number sixty eight Robert Hunt, 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.480 I think was a Pro Bowl guard last year. You 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.520 guys know how I feel about his play. I thought 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.320 it was some of the best guard play in the NFL. 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.280 Some punishing key blocks the point of attack. A lot 0:15:47.320 --> 0:15:49.640 of those big runs we saw came behind number big 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:53.480 sixty eight opening up lanes. He's got position flexibility obviously, 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.640 he plays through the echo of the whistle. Super smooth 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.240 feet that allow you to call a variety of different techniques. 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.680 He can scoop, catching, climb, he can pull, he can pin. 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.320 If he can cut down the penalties a little bit, 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.600 I think the Pro Bowl is definitely within reach this year. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.480 Typically it's a build up, and I kind of told 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:09.840 him that too. I was like, you know, sometimes it 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.760 takes a year or two for you know, Pro Bowl 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:14.960 voters to catch on to an offensive lineman just because 0:16:15.040 --> 0:16:15.560 you know, they. 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.160 Don't know what I'm talking about most of the time. 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.280 Just twenty four pressures on seven hundred and twenty eight 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:24.160 pass blocking snaps, that's incredible. A ninety eight pass block 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:29.480 efficiency mark is fantastic, Absolutely fantastic. Also consistent, great grades 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:32.400 and the run blocking, which we can confirm through the tape. 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.120 Number seventy Kendall Lamb another guy who saw some work 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.920 last year as his offensive line dealt with attrition that 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:40.960 comes with an NFL season, but then as it goes 0:16:41.040 --> 0:16:43.040 he winds up with an injury of his own. He 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:46.080 gave you thirty two really damn good snaps that left tackle, 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.440 no pressures allowed on fifteen pass blocking snaps before he 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:51.960 had to exit that Week seventeen game against the Patriots. 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:56.080 I remember the discourse about not having tarn Armstead, and look, 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:57.960 Toron's a great player. I think he's a Hall of 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:01.480 Fame left tackle. I remember reading stories about how his 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:02.920 loss was more impactful than. 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:04.600 Tuas in LOL. 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.800 But in this game, I remember the discourse happening around that, 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:10.560 you know, the left tackle position and not having him 0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:12.080 for the Patriots and a really good pass rush the 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.760 Patriots have, and Kendall Lams stepped in and played really 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.000 well until he got injured. But I think it's a 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.480 nice piece to take into camp. With his experience, He's 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:21.840 played just short of two thousand snaps in his career, 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.560 got a practice against JJ Watt every day for his 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:26.359 first four years in the league. Then he goes to 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.440 Cleveland to get work against Miles Garrett. Now he's got 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:32.040 Bradley Childburn, Jalen Phillips fits the size, pro type, plays fast. 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:34.800 It's a theme here with the offensive line number seventy one. 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:37.119 Key on Smith, entering his third year here, joined the 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:39.760