WEBVTT - Dolphins Free Agent All-22 Breakdown Part 2 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:06.960 Fractors, Rolphins Factor throwing into the air. What a win 0:00:07.120 --> 0:00:12.560 for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:15.600 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:20.599 Miami Dolphins official podcast network covering your Miami Dolphins. I 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:23.720 am your host, Travis Wingfield, and as always, I am 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:27.480 here to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:27.480 --> 0:00:30.400 And on today's show, part two of our deep dive 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:33.559 into the All twenty two of Miami's free agents. We 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:37.840 covered the players outside of the front seven of defense yesterday, 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:40.800 and today we're jumping into the revamped front seven of 0:00:40.880 --> 0:00:44.800 this Dolphins defense. The versatility players that complement one another, 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.519 and a whole bunch of pass rushing and run defending 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:50.360 prowess added here over the last couple of weeks to 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.879 your Dolphins football team. All of that and more on 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:55.920 this Tuesday marks the thirty one edition of the Drivetime 0:00:55.960 --> 0:01:02.200 Podcast Dolphins. And just before I came to record this 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:05.120 podcast today, I was watching some games on the NFL 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:07.600 network and they had some Cowboys games on the channel 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.560 and I watched all of Byron Jones is All twenty two, 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:13.760 but you watch him on the television broadcast version and 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:16.399 the guy just gets neglected by the opposing quarterbacks so 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:18.760 often that you can't even see him playing because the 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.520 route down field gets ignored and thirty one gets out 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.479 of the screen almost every single time. You gotta watch 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:26.760 the All twenty two on that guy to appreciate his 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.320 game and his greatness, or you can just go back 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:32.000 to yesterday's podcast here on the Drive Time and get 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:34.440 the full breakdown. We have some fun stuff coming up 0:01:34.520 --> 0:01:37.280 this week as well, including a special guest from the 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.600 Dolphins alumni to help us with Throwback Thursday, and then 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:44.319 another guest on Friday show who spent an entire day 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:47.080 with quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. You will not want to miss that. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:50.480 Neil Reynolds of Sky Sports will join the program. But 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:52.640 let's now go ahead and get into the All twenty 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:56.080 two and first off before we break down these players individually. 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:58.400 I know this has been a theme we've harped on 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:01.080 this podcast and really in my Dolphense coverage over the 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:05.200 years several times, but my goodness, the versatility the Dolphins 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:07.840 have added to the roster in this free agency period, 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.919 especially along the front seven, in terms of guys that 0:02:11.000 --> 0:02:14.320 can play multiple positions, whether it's lining up out wide 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.639 outside the tight end, condensing down over the inside guard, 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:19.839 or over the tackle. A lot of these guys play 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:23.160 multiple positions. They can rush from multiple positions. They can 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:26.239 hold the point against the run from those multiple positions. 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.799 And that's true of the linebacker group. Two of guys 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:31.040 who can play on the ball, off the ball, they 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:33.960 can stack, they can do multiple things. The theme of 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:37.360 this offseason was that versatility, and I think Brian Flores, 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.040 Chris Career and company really hit it out of the 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.919 park in that regard. And you also have players who 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:45.040 really complement one another very well. We're gonna talk about 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:48.320 the ability to run games up front, whether it's slanting, stunting, 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:52.600 or twisting or rushing from those multiple spots, blitzing different gaps. 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.600 Just plenty of guys that can really work off of 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.240 each other's skill sets in terms of the physical power 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:00.280 they offer, the lateral agility they offer, as well as 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.800 some of the nuance and their past rush capabilities and 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:06.400 their past rush arsenal and secondary moves once the first 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.240 move is kind of shut down by the opposing offensive line. 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:13.000 So plenty of versatility, complimentary style guys that can condense 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.440 inside play out wide, play multiple spots at linebacker, and 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:18.800 let's go ahead and start here on the individuals with 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.960 a player who I think is an absolute steel of 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:25.280 assigning for the Miami Dolphins. Every time I plugged his 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:27.720 tape in, he was giving the man across from him 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:31.120 absolute fits and all they could handle all day long. 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:34.040 And I want to reiterate this point here on the podcast. 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:37.240 Good tape is not just about getting sacks or pressures 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:39.600 or run stops. You can have a good rep that 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.880 doesn't go down in the box score. And Emmanuel Ogba 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.000 has so many reps where that's the case over and 0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:49.160 over again, where he's just overwhelming the guy that's lined 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.360 up right across from him. And I have to imagine 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:54.400 playing against Bob is just a miserable day for most 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:57.240 Go back to the Lions game from last season, and 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.520 he gave the right tackle in that game all he 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:02.160 could hand Doll constantly putting him on his back side, 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.120 getting him off balance and taking him down to the ground. 0:04:05.280 --> 0:04:07.480 And the thing I like most about his tape is 0:04:07.520 --> 0:04:10.000 the initial shock when he sends his hands across the 0:04:10.040 --> 0:04:12.040 bow of the guy in front of him. And in 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.680 this game, you see that shock just get absorbed, and 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:17.720 it completely resets the pass set, it resets the point 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.000 of attack against the run. Very good tape there for 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:23.240 Agba going up against the Detroit Lions last year, and 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.039 we'll jump back into those tapes and those particular plays 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.400 here in just one second. But first, on Aga, the 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.800 guy has twenty passes batted down in a four year career, 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:35.560 averaging five per season, and the length that he displays 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.600 is so clearly obvious on a down by down basis. 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:42.480 His alignments don't impact his effectiveness. Like I talked about earlier, 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:45.680 he can condense inside or he can rush outside. And 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:48.479 just real quick, in terms of technique positions, you can 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.720 google this and find it for yourself. Let's go ahead 0:04:50.720 --> 0:04:52.920 and go over just real quick. The person that lines 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.239 up across from the center, right up over the nose, 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:58.200 that's the zero technique. You line up across from the 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.000 guard that's a two technique. Line up over the tackle 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.520 that is the four technique. And then based upon what 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.719 shoulder you line up inside or outside of those players, 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.080 you get your ones, your threes, your fives. And then 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.240 when you line up out wide with the tight end, 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.080 depending on where you align on his outsider, inside, shoulder 0:05:14.160 --> 0:05:17.640 or head up. That's your six, seven, and nine techniques. 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.640 But with aug Bah, he can play so many multiple spots, 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.920 can densing down into that two eye technique. And there's 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.440 an instance in that Lions game when he is in 0:05:26.480 --> 0:05:29.040 a two eye technique. It's a third down in seven 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.120 and he draws a double team. But he's not just 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.800 drawing the double team. It's holding them up long enough 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.880 to allow Chris Jones to cross face inside and get 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.560 a sack in the second quarter of that Lions game. 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:41.840 And if they're taking a double team on you when 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.320 Chris Jones is inside, what does that tell you about 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:46.800 that player's strength and how much the offense fears what 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.080 he can do. And I talked about it earlier again, 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.800 he is just so significant with his hands, whether he's 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.960 working upfield or trying to prolong the rep by shocking 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.160 with the initial punch and then kind of stepping back 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:00.919 and reading and reacting to play allows him to shock, 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.680 stack and shed and hold that point of attack and 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.000 use his eyes to read the play to take him 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.400 to the football. He can fight off cut blocks because 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:10.960 he has enough athletic ability to do that. And you're 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.760 gonna have a really tough time leaving him unblocked if 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:15.760 you want to run that naked boot, because he can 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.640 close ground in a hurry and really disrupts those passing 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.360 lanes again with his length, and he can win off 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:24.120 the edge, he can work back underneath, doesn't really get 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.599 himself beyond the quarterback too often, which is a great 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.320 trait to have in an outside pass rusher. So go 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.400 check out that Lions game and get a look at 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.559 that Chris Jones sack and you'll see Ogba drawing the double. 0:06:34.600 --> 0:06:37.960 Team talked about him putting Rick Wagner, the Lions right tackle, 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:39.840 on his back a few times. That was in the 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.400 third quarter of that Lions game with seven twelve to go, 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:45.760 just completely overwhelms him and puts him on his back side. 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.360 Then you go to the Tennessee game in week number ten, 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.880 quarter number three, fourteen fifty two, in that third quarters 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.159 with the first playoff that second half and the first 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.640 intent play on the minus twelve yard line, and what 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.360 do the Titans do best all season long? They run 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:01.880 the football Derrick Henry and they do it behind that 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:05.240 offensive line with Taylor Lawan, Jack Conklin. They use John 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.240 wu Smith the tight end in the running game, and 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.600 on this particular play, Ogballs lineup on the outside shoulder 0:07:10.640 --> 0:07:13.880 of the right tackle, Jack Conklin, and Smith motions across 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.640 the formation. They run it outside to Derrick Henry, and 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:20.320 Ogba not only stacks and resets lion scrimmage, putting Conklin 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.000 backwards a couple of yards into the backfield, he carries 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.280 him all the way outside and stretches that play all 0:07:25.280 --> 0:07:27.520 the way to the perimeter and makes the tackle on 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:30.120 the ball carrier. Very impressive work, the way he controls 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:33.280 the rep and controls the point of attack. Another impressive 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:35.640 running down rep. You go back two weeks prior to that, 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.559 in the fourth quarter against the Packers, there's four fifty 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:40.720 one on the clock. It's the second and four on 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:42.960 their own eight yard line, and this time og Ball 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.400 lines up head up over the right tackle and just 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:48.400 the pure power that he plays with overwhelms the tackle 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:50.520 and moves him two gaps to the left. And you 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.520 watch the way he strikes. Initially he displaces the tackle 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.480 and takes him right into the ball carrier and then 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.760 eventually sheds that block and makes the tackle. Very impressive 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:01.480 stuff using those arms in those length that length rather 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.240 and using his strength to stack up, shed and make 0:08:04.280 --> 0:08:06.480 tackles against the running game. You go to a Houston 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.360 game earlier in the season, core number three, five minutes 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.520 to go in that quarter, second and four on the 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.600 forty six yard line, and this is one of the 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.560 plays I most like about both Agba and Shaq Lawson, 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:18.960 who will talk about here in just one second. But 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:22.520 it's playing the backside unblocked role on the defensive line. 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.840 When it's running zone read or any kind of shotgun 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.360 handoff inside, you basically leave that backside guy on blocks 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:30.720 and try to make the formation or the mesh point 0:08:30.880 --> 0:08:33.679 the handoff fool him into taking himself out of the play. 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.320 But on this particular instance, the Texans try to bring 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.400 a player across the formation to cut a manual a bob, 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.480 but that length and the athletic ability allows him to 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:44.720 shed off that cut block and get himself into the 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:46.920 gap and make a play on the running down here 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.720 against the Houston Texans. Very good job beating blocks and 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.520 getting to the ball carriers and making the tackles. And again, 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:54.800 if you want to see his sacks, his sack real 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.320 is very impressive as well, had five and a half 0:08:57.320 --> 0:08:59.920 sacks on the season last year in his ten game 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.520 We talked about each of those plays in the Emmanuel 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.720 Ogba interview podcast on the Drivetime podcast a couple of 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.719 weeks back. You can go back and check those out, 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:09.600 or go to game pass and just pull up his 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.720 sack reel and to just further unload the notebook here 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.200 on Emmanual Ogba, there was a play against the Denver 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.880 Broncos where he lines up across from the center and 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.240 just completely sniffs out a running play, holding the point 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.840 of attack on the interior of that defensive line. So 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:24.760 we're talking about a guy that can rush from the 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.000 wide position and then line up over the center and 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.560 the nose position and stuff the run as well. And 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:31.679 when you see him out on the edge, teams are 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:34.680 constantly trying to find a way to create extra gaps, 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:37.400 both pre and post nap by motioning a man out 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:40.079 there or just changing the look of the formation by 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:43.400 going heavy with six offensive lineman. He impacts the game 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.199 that way, and I love the way that he and 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:48.320 lost and complement each other so well. With that length 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.679 and ability to really dent the edge and reset the edge, 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.680 the tackles have to give a lot of ground, and 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.360 that really opens up the B gaps inside, which is 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.760 the gap between the tackle and the guard. And then 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.360 that does what it allows is the blitzers to fire 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.800 through those A and B gaps because of the space 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:06.800 created by those tackles having to set so deep in 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.959 their initial pass sets. And don't get this twisted, because 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.760 Chris Jones is an absolute hell of a player there 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:14.559 for the Chiefs. There's a reason they gave him the 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.920 franchise tag. But oddball really helped him in so many ways. 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:20.480 There's a play where the Titans double team Jones and 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:23.040 bring the h back across the formation and try to 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.400 dig out Ogbah, but he's reading the flow of the 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:28.280 play instead of waiting for the block. Ogba uses those 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.720 hands to strike one of the double team blocks and 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:34.040 creates justin left leverage for Jones to reposition and hold 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.360 the point and make the play on the football, so 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.520 helping his teammates out that way. And he might have 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.920 only played four hundred and eleven snaps last year. Ogba did, 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.640 but that wasn't just ten games. He had games with 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:50.880 sixty five, sixty four, forty one, forty and thirty seven reps. 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.760 And seven of those ten guys, he's consistently on the field. 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:56.640 He's durable and reliable that way, and he really impacts 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:58.880 both phases of the game, both the pass and the 0:10:58.960 --> 0:11:01.520 run game. And then we go over to the other 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:03.920 side of the defensive line and see another big signing 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.200 Miami made this offseason, and really putting them on either 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.000 particular side of the line is an injustice because they 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.800 really are agnostic in terms of which side they can 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.440 play from, which side they can rush from. And I'm talking, 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.160 of course about Shaq Lawson, and you see that same 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:21.400 power from Shack that you see in Ogba. And while 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:23.760 Lawson is not as long, he has a little more 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.680 wiggle and athleticism going side to side, He's not gonna 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:29.920 condense as far inside as Ogba does. You'll see Ogba 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:31.920 go all the way over the nose, whereas laws And 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.720 usually goes as far as the guard inside. But playing 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:36.800 on the opposite side of each other most of the 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:39.240 time really helps out, I think, because you can really 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:41.880 set either edge with both these guys in the game. 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:44.880 He has the hands and the punch to really split 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:48.160 double teams and impact the past protection. We talked about 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.920 the complimentary parts these two guys offer in terms of 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.160 resetting those tackles, creating big gaps in the B gaps 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:57.120 between the guard and tackle because of that pure power. 0:11:57.320 --> 0:11:59.880 And you also see the lateral agility in the rave 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.800 game with all the zone read they run in that 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:06.080 offense with Lamar Jackson mark Ingram and the like. And 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:08.720 the core component of the zone read game is that 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.120 you try to give yourself the numbers advantage by leaving 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.679 a player unblocked. And that player is the quarterback's responsibility, 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:16.800 as he can take care of him with his decision 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.360 to give the football away or keep it himself and 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.520 run the ball himself. And Lawson does really well to 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:25.680 work that mesh point, recognize what's going to happen, handoff 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:27.959 or keep it for the quarterback, square up, and then 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.520 pull the trigger just as soon as the decision is 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:34.040 made by the quarterback. He's got a really explosive first step. 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:38.200 Whichever direction he decides to go upfield or slanting inside, 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:40.560 he has an ability to cross face and tuck that 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:43.840 inside shoulder underneath the punch and stay on balance to 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.240 get into that B gap and pretty much change the 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.520 protection plan of the offensive line. A good example of 0:12:49.520 --> 0:12:52.000 his run game prowess is the Week sixteen game in 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:55.200 New England against the Patriots. The fourth quarter, first play 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:57.280 of the fourth quarter, it's a first and tent on 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.600 the plus fifteen yard line, super super rest of play 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.800 from Shack Lawson. He's off the outside shoulder of the 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.560 left tackle, so playing the five technique position. But the 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.520 Pats have what's referred to as a nasty split or 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.280 a tight split, where the receiver is just one gap 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:15.040 over from the tackle, so essentially where there could be 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.680 a tight end in that gap, it's the tight ends 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.040 not there, so it's vacated, but the receiver is in 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.440 tight to the formation, and the Patriots dial up a 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.960 toss play to the outside and want to crack back 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:29.480 on Lawson with the receiver, but because he's worked upfield 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.880 immediately and initiates the contact on the left tackle, the 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:36.080 receiver is essentially left there to just block air. So 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:39.120 Lawson beats the guy that's supposed to block him the receiver, 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.800 and the tackle, who just wants to chip and climb 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.360 out wide to lead the toss play to the second level, 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.679 is far too late to get out because Shack set 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:49.520 him back so far on the initial punch and Lawson 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:52.240 eventually blows the play up for a six yard loss 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:54.680 behind the line of scrimmage. You go back to Thanksgiving 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:58.280 against the Dallas Cowboys, second quarter beginning of the game, 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.400 the opening drive thirteen already three first and ten on 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.000 the minus forty one. And you remember what I said 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:06.640 about teams trying to create an extra gap off a 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.200 ball side. The same thing is true here with Lawson. 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.200 The motion went and over to his side, and there's 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:15.160 a fullback in the formation. In the offset I to 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.120 the same side of the formation again. It's a toss play, 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.160 this time strong side, and Dallas is thinking, we've got 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:24.040 an all pro Tyronn Smith at left tackle here to 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:26.280 hit this block. Gonna be a piece of cake, right, 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.680 That's wrong. Lawson is again in that five tech off 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:32.120 the outside shoulder, and this is not an easy block 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:35.280 for Tyron Smith. Anytime you have to reach outside like that, 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.080 it's a challenge even for the best players in the game. 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.680 And Smith learns this quickly. On this rep you see 0:14:40.760 --> 0:14:44.280 Lawson strike and Smith, who plays super low, pops right 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:46.520 up get stood up in his stance. That's never a 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:49.680 good sign for alignment. This then allows Shack to rework 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:53.440 his hands and get outside Smith's pads and make another TfL. 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:56.720 Just super, super impressive work against an all pro there 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.360 and Tyron Smith. How about a game closer to home, 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:02.960 we could of him against the Dolphins, second quarter, two, 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.280 first and ten on our own ten yard line. And 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.800 I love this one because it's such a smart play 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:11.320 that shows you shacks preparation during the week and getting 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:13.120 ready for what he might see in the game and 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:15.960 then applying it in the game situation. Laws in again 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.720 the five technique and he immediately shoots the B gap 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.320 off the snap like quickly gets in there. You see 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:24.080 his right foot moving first, then crossover with the second 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.400 step with the left foot. Then he dips that left 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.680 shoulder under the block of the right tackle and it 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.560 gets him into the backfield immediately where he then meets 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:34.600 the back behind the line for another TfL. Remember he 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:38.360 was second in football among all defensive ends and tackles 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.360 for loss. Go back to Week eight against the Philadelphia Eagles, 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:44.240 first quarter, eight thirteen to play first and ten on 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:47.040 the minus seven. This one's a sack and I found 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.480 it particularly interesting because of the sheer power on display 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.560 on this play. This time, he widens his alignment with 0:15:53.600 --> 0:15:56.200 an inline tight end in the formation. The tight end 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.000 gets into his route immediately, and the left tackle slides 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:01.040 into a pass set and tries to deal with a 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:04.240 bull rush and narrator here he did not deal well 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:06.400 with the bull rush, So the ball is snapped on 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.160 the left hash mark. Lawson's lined up on the right 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.640 hash mark, and the left tackle is right in between 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:13.800 the two, almost down the middle, but a little bit 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:16.080 closer to the hash mark where Shack is so a 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.560 solid five or six yards away from where the quarterback 0:16:18.600 --> 0:16:21.320 winds up, and that's where Shack makes contact. You see 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.840 the helmet of the lineman once again snap back as 0:16:23.840 --> 0:16:26.600 he starts to give ground and tries to anchor again. 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.440 Let's go ahead and hear from our narrator he never anchors. 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.880 Lawson walks the tackle into Carson Wentz and literally reaches 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:35.600 around either side of the tackle and uses the body 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:37.680 and his own arms to get went to the ground 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:39.840 for a sack. And the two things I think you 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.160 really noticed the most about Shack is that when they're 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:44.840 in the running game, teams often run away from him 0:16:44.960 --> 0:16:48.120 and use him as that unblocked backside edge. Because that 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.720 basically takes him out of the play without having to 0:16:50.720 --> 0:16:53.480 worry about blocking him at the point, and the defense 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:55.320 kind of falls off in the run game when he's 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:57.920 not in there. So his impact is certainly felt. And 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.320 I'm a really really big fan of the way he 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:04.080 takes on backside pulling action from the offensive line from 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:07.359 a tight end, from an h back. Basically, anytime he 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:09.919 kind of has to square up and find that backside 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:13.439 pull coming his direction, he just brings the heat and 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.800 brings the heavy punch. When that blocker comes across the formation, 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.600 he attacks them and does not let them dictate the 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:22.040 point of attack. He controls the p o A and 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.680 makes the play effectively because of that. So a lot 0:17:24.680 --> 0:17:26.720 of fun between those two guys to watch. I think 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:28.800 those guys working in tandem is going to be a 0:17:28.840 --> 0:17:31.200 tough pair for teams to deal with running the football 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.800 off either edge when they're in the game, and speaking 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:36.080 of playing off the edge or pretty much anywhere, because 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.600 this guy can do it all. Kyle van Noy, he 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.000 wins in a variety of ways. We've talked about it 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.680 on the podcast, he's talked about it himself. He's been 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:47.080 used in multiple different aspects of the defense in recent years. 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.600 Played much more exclusively last year as an on ball rusher, 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:53.719 played plenty of off ball backer the year before, so 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:57.360 Flores has options with that either way. He's a nuanced 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.640 pass rusher with tremendous feel and a well rounds a game. 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:02.800 He can dent the edge as a run defender, and 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.679 he creates gaps and avenues for his teammates. And you 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:07.880 heard him talk about that on the Drive Time podcast 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:10.520 when we interviewed him. And even when he is engaged, 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:12.920 he can work himself clean with a spin, a chop, 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.320 you name it, He's got it in the arsenal. He 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.919 has the lateral agility to execute games to work up field, 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:21.879 then cross face as the looper inside and turn that 0:18:21.960 --> 0:18:24.760 corner en route to the quarterback. And he also does 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:26.919 that well from the edge. A lot of his game 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:30.000 is one pre snap as well. You heard Channing Crowder 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.280 on the podcast a couple of weeks back talk about 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.600 how the plays are one pre snap and you can 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.159 see that a lot in Kyle Van Noy's game. A 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:40.400 product and a testament to the preparation of Van Noy, 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:44.040 he can often get himself into advantageous positions based on 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.359 what he saw on the film, and you really see 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:48.760 that a lot. As an edge run defender, he'll work 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.960