WEBVTT - Drive Time: 2023 NFL Scouting Combine Recap 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:05.160 You were listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. This 0:00:05.320 --> 0:00:08.600 is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. Back to throw to a 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:15.840 looking glips at bolt the wide Dolfen touchdock cleric kill, unbelievable, 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:19.160 just blue fire for a second time. To know where 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:21.800 he was going right away ahead of that, un man. 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:24.160 I want to help you soon up on his band 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:28.280 away waddle, waddle to a shotgut back to throw looking 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:33.480 stups up fires, touchdock again, it's waddle. It's six touchdown 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:38.920 pad out of the two. Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:41.640 Now let me check your pulse if you're not fart 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:46.760 of what is up? Dolph fans and welcome to the 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:50.680 Drivetime podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:55.000 your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:57.920 am your host, Travis Wingfield And on today's show, we 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:01.840 are recapping the scouting combine twenty twenty three. We've checked 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:05.600 another box in the draft process season. What changed from 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.559 the workouts and the week that was in Indie? How 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:11.760 do each position stack up through the Dolphins lens who 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:13.960 really put their name on the map. All of that 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.479 and more, plus will look around the league a little 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.560 bit as well from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:27.880 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive. Let's go 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.040 ahead and kick this podcast off with a little bit 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:33.040 of news. As the new league year just around the corner. 0:01:33.240 --> 0:01:36.920 We had franchise tag deadline yesterday. All kinds of moving 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:40.759 and shaking really across twelve months in the National Football League, 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.959 and the Miami Dolphins were part of the Tuesday news. 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:47.520 Adam Schefter from ESPN reports the Dolphins planned to release 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:51.600 cornerback Byron Jones with a post June one designation. Again 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.960 that from Schefter, the Dolphins also planned to release tight 0:01:55.040 --> 0:01:58.400 end Seeth and Carter and offered the exclusive rights free 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:02.280 agency to safety Elijah Campbell, who I thought was really 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.000 really good on his role in special teams the last 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:07.840 couple of years and some spot duty as kind of 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:10.560 a dime safety, a subpackage defensive back who can come 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.080 into the game and rush the quarterback. He's a great 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:16.359 tackler off the edge. Big fan of Elijah Campbell's game. 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.000 I think he's earned the right to really make a 0:02:19.080 --> 0:02:21.120 name for himself on the roster, and the Dolphins will 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:23.080 give him that chance, provided he does not sign a 0:02:23.120 --> 0:02:26.720 tender with another club, so Byron Jones per Adams Shafter 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.799 will be released post June one. Tight Seethan Carter has 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:35.360 been released, and safety Elijah Campbell exclusive rights free agent. 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.320 Before we go back to Combine news, we had some 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:42.359 NFL news that came across the wire on Monday when 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.480 I'm taping this show. Probably a good chance I'll have 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.600 to do some editorializing on Tuesday, as stuff seems to 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:51.120 be picking up with regards to the veteran market players 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:55.079 being released. I saw that who's the linebacker? Eric Kendricks 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.359 was released from the Vikings. Love his game. I think 0:02:57.360 --> 0:03:00.240 he's a great player that could be a good fit 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.399 for a lot of teams in this upcoming cycle. There's 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:04.560 gonna be lots of players release that don't count against 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:07.920 your compensatory formula. It just makes the process really interaction 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:09.680 and see how teams attack it, how they approach it. 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.400 Trades are going to change things. Like I mentioned, the 0:03:12.480 --> 0:03:15.120 veterans that get cut will change things. The class you 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:18.000 see right now for next week's free agency crop is 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.799 not what it will be next week when that comes up. 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.440 But we did get the first domino to fall on 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:27.079 the most important part every single offseason the quarterback carousel, 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:30.000 which can hold things up sometimes if there isn't much movement, 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:32.440 and we get some movement here, and it should get 0:03:32.440 --> 0:03:34.600 some clarity on some other veteran moves. Now, the two 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.440 top dominoes that would still have to fall have not. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:40.320 That would be Lamar Jackson and Aaron Rodgers. Though I 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:46.240 tend to think the former of that listing. Lamar Jackson, 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.240 I think he stays put and I tend to think 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.880 the ladder. Aaron Rodgers, I think you might retire, but 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:53.440 we'll talk about that in another day. But Derek Carr 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.640 goes to the Saints, and how nice is it to 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:59.880 see a good quarterback leave the AFC and go to 0:03:59.880 --> 0:04:02.520 the NFC after last year? And you know, we didn't 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.040 expect Russell Wilson to have the year he had in Denver. 0:04:05.360 --> 0:04:09.040 But after seeing Russell Wilson go to the AFC, after 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:12.520 seeing well Deshaun Watson changed teams but stay in the AFC. 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:18.839 After seeing Herbert Booa, Burrow, Tua josh aland Patrick Mahomes, 0:04:18.880 --> 0:04:21.240 all these top of the line quarterbacks atracted into the 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.679 AFC over the last several years. You have eight teams 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.640 that feel like they have future franchise quarterbacks or current 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.800 franchise quarterbacks, you know, on the right side of age, 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:32.920 like twenty seven. It just makes for a challenging conference. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.640 So seeing you know, I wouldn't put car in that category, 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:39.279 but seeing him leave the conference that makes me happier. 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.520 But what happens now with Aaron Rodgers And the reason 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.440 I bring all this up is because I think we 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:46.360 all hope that the Jets are the ones that get 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.760 left without a chair once the music stops right. Part 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:52.440 of me is intrigued by the idea of Rogers, you know, 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:54.600 maybe going to the Jets half in. I don't know 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:55.839 if that would be the case, but if it is, 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.840 that would be awesome. But I do think that in 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:00.960 his mind, it would make more sense to choose either 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.359 an NFC team to stay in the weaker of the 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:07.480 two conferences. Let's be completely transparent about that, or retirement, 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.880 because I don't think you contemplate this hard when you're 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.839 all the way in. I mean you don't, it's a fact. 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.839 But just based on all the content he's provided, I 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:20.880 think he's going to lean more towards that direction in 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:22.760 the future. In the media world, and I'm sure he 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:24.760 can make a bunch of money doing Pat McAfee. But 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:26.559 the reason I bring up all of this is because 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.480 it's worth watching because it impacts eleven point eight percent 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.480 of the Dolphins games next year two games right, divide 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.480 two by seventeen. I already did the math for you. 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:38.920 It's eleven point eight percent to out of seventeen game 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.680 So no need for jokes there. And with car going 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.960 to the Saints, does Jameis Winston become available? Like I said, 0:05:45.320 --> 0:05:47.120 the players that are out there right now is not 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.000 what you're going to get next week when the new 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:52.479 league years starts. So that's what's going on in terms 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:54.840 of the veteran market. And we're going to talk about 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.720 free agency on Friday and Monday's podcast. Get You're ready 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:01.279 for the It's not called will tampering anymore? What's it called? 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:05.240 I forget the negotiation window. We'll talk about that the 0:06:05.240 --> 0:06:08.240 next couple of podcasts. But how about the Combine week Now, 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:10.800 we did have a great interview with alec Ingold on 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.040 the Monday podcast, and if you have not checked that out, 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:17.640 go do so. We also had the Combine interview recap 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:20.400 on YouTube. Go to the YouTube channel, and if I 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:21.880 don't ask for much here, but if you want to 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:25.360 support myself and the team here really mostly myself, that's 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:28.080 what we're talking about right now. Go click on all 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:31.280 the content that includes me, the YouTube recap, watch the 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.600 alec Ingold video on YouTube, and the podcast. It just 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.320 really helps the numbers go up, helps me look good 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:40.359 to my bosses, and it makes the numbers just you know, 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:42.000 everyone wins when the numbers are higher. So if you 0:06:42.040 --> 0:06:44.080 want to support the podcast that way for free, doesn't 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.080 cost any money, go ahead and do that. But we 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.200 had some really big time guests on a fun week 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.520 of interviews talking about this exciting twenty twenty three Dolphins 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:53.919 team that we're all so eager to see built and 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.279 eventually go out there and perform in August and into 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:59.800 the season in September, and that starts well, it starts 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:01.840 back in the fall for the scouting staff. But the 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:04.520 real big turn of the page to draft season usually 0:07:04.520 --> 0:07:08.480 occurs at the Senior Bowl, but bleeding into scouting combine. 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.200 The two events are a month apart. For me personally, 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.119 it feels like they're a week apart. That's how fast 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.120 this time of the year goes by and man, what 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.080 a week it was, not just from our own content, 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.240 but this impressive class of athletes and young men. I 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.760 put some general thoughts on Twitter, and I want to 0:07:22.800 --> 0:07:25.720 expand upon those before giving you more detail on the 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:28.520 workouts that really stood out and the context behind them. 0:07:28.680 --> 0:07:30.800 So just going in order of position groups here, let's 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:32.760 go ahead and start with the offense and the qbs, 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.720 which we know Miami's not probably in the quarterback market, 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:39.000 especially at the top of the draft. You know, I 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:41.160 think the quarterback market they would be in would involve 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:46.200 veteran backup options. I don't envision a scenario where any 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.400 top pick, or any pick from the Dolphins for that matter, 0:07:48.480 --> 0:07:50.800 is the backup quarterback next year. But you never know. 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.160 As far as the quarterbacks in this year's class, though, 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:57.720 I think the Anthony Richardson workout and tape juxtaposition brings 0:07:57.720 --> 0:08:00.760 the most important debate in the sport to the table. 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:01.880 And this is where I want to go with this, 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.640 because again we're not looking at quarterbacks in this year's 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:07.200 draft class. But I go back and forth on this, 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.440 and first, you guys that are daily listeners of the 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.560 show know that I have been clamoring over this prospect 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:16.880 since his first start at UF back in twenty twenty one, 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:19.240 and that wasn't even necessarily for the game. Well, it 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.160 was because he had like a fifty five year I 0:08:21.240 --> 0:08:23.480 touchdown run where he was the fastest person on the field, 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.840 but the back handspring backflip he pulled off at halftime, 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:29.280 I was watching that like that is a specimen. That 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:31.040 is a guy that's going to jump forty inches in 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.240 the vertical, probably run a four four, and give us 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.280 more than ten feet on the broad jump. And sure enough, 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:37.160 those were all the things that he did. Now, I 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:39.600 didn't think exactly that, but with hindsight you can go 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.720 back into piece those things together and it's the same 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.400 thing that really, you know, I was so fascinated by 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:49.200 Josh Allen. I remember thinking sending a DM to Mark 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:52.000 Sessler of the Around the NFL podcast. I used to, 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:55.760 you know, conversate with him quite frequently, just about random stuff, 0:08:55.760 --> 0:08:57.400 and he was a big Browns fan and he was 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:00.160 really intrigued by that twenty eighteen class and I was 0:09:00.160 --> 0:09:02.400 telling him Baker Mayfield looks like a good prospect. Didn't 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.720 really hit that one, but I did tell him Josh 0:09:04.720 --> 0:09:06.640 Allen was a guy that could change things for you. 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.040 And I did the rock Pile Report podcast, a Buffalo 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:11.400 Bills podcast, and told hit them he's the kind of 0:09:11.400 --> 0:09:13.280 guy that, if you develop him correctly, can change the 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.320 skyline in your city. And the Bills are building a 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:17.440 new stadium, so he did do that already. And then 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:19.760 Patrick Mahomes the other guy. I've told you guys about 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:22.920 my exploits watching him in college football, just just wanting 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:25.240 you know, always picked the Red Raiders to win games 0:09:25.280 --> 0:09:27.280 because they have Patrick Mahomes. He's that kind of player. 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:31.400 So there's a parallel there between the athlete and the 0:09:31.520 --> 0:09:34.880 extended play guys. With those three I mentioned there, with 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:38.480 Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, those two, I should say, 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:42.319 with Anthon Richriston being the third. But sure enough, that backflip, 0:09:42.360 --> 0:09:44.640 back handspring, all of that stuff translates to a four 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.640 four forty, the best vertical jump by any quarterback ever, 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:49.800 and a broad jump that was in that same territory, 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.400 best among quarterbacks in this year's class. And I've seen 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.480 this question post what does vertical jump even mean for 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.480 a quarterback? Well, I saw this broken down by a 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:00.319 guy on Twitter named bets. He does a lot of 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.400 good like runfit content of former football coach Great follow. 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.120 I think he changed his ap though, so it's not 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:09.880 bets anymore. But I digress. Not important. He mentioned the 0:10:10.040 --> 0:10:12.840 rotational capacity and how it generates a greater window for 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:16.200 success with the ability to do things physically that other 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:21.920 players can't not so like his mechanical operation has more 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:25.240 margin for error because of that athletic or the lack 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.320 of athletic constraints. I should say if that makes sense, 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.560 and it makes sense to me, I don't know if 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.360 it does for y'all out there. But now that said, 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:36.080 the tape had a lot of accuracy, inconsistencies and clips 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.199 from the pocket that make you say, WHOA, what happened there? 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.760 That was a pretty routine dig route that you sailed 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.840 by five yards over his head. So the reason I 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:46.520 go into this, and I saw this debated endlessly on Twitter, 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:49.680 is the league is shifting more towards athletes over true 0:10:49.679 --> 0:10:53.880 pocket passers. Right, No, it's not like, Yeah, the athletic 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:56.719 ability and extending of plays, that stuff is great, don't 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.440 get me wrong, But did you know that on roughly 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.560 nine of NFL plays, the football is out in two 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:06.320 and a half seconds, Like that doesn't incorporate any scrambling ability, 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:09.800 any explosiveness. Only three quarterbacks this year average more than 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:11.800 three seconds of time to throw on an average drop 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:15.800 or average per drop back basis ensure the scrambles an 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:19.120 extended plays throwing off platform makes the highlight reels, and 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.800 that gets passed around Twitter and it becomes a narrative. 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.640 And actually I heard Lance Zeroline talking about this both 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.720 on Twitter and that same around the NFL podcast about 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.400 how this draft community on Twitter posts the highlights and 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:35.280 it creates these narratives that force the general public to 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.200 have the wrong perception compared to the NFL, who thinks 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:41.040 things differently because they have the entire body of work. 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:44.560 But that's the problem with social media in sports and 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:48.040 in life, Right, you just play your highlights, then someone's 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:49.480 going to get the wrong idea of what your life 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:51.800 is really. Like, I personally find more respect in someone 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.839 that says, yeah, parenting is hard. Yeah, you know life 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:56.839 is tough right now, Like it's not just my life 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.319 is awesome all time. That's not how anybody lives. When 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.640 they show that social media, that's a front for something. Right, 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:06.360 and this isn't some referendum on Anthony Richardson. It's just 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:10.240 general discussion that his game sparks because he's arguably the 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.520 best athlete we've ever seen at the position, and there's 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.280 lots of flashes on tape as well. But the truth remains, 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:19.080 winning from the pocket is the best trade any quarterback 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:21.960 and have. If we can start there and win that way, 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:26.240 then you add the athletic ability. That's when it really pops. 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:29.840 That's where it happened for Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes. 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.880 They've mastered the idea of playing the quarterback position against 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.320 those two high shells that takeaway deep passing and you 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.040 have to stay in the pocket against rush lane, contain 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:41.720 and pick teams apart that way. Now we saw Mahomes 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.640 master it, and really that was part of the Tyreek 0:12:43.679 --> 0:12:45.559 Hill trade for them. They thought that he could play 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:47.800 a different style of football. He proved it right. He's 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:49.920 the best quarterback on the planet. He's the best quarterback 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:51.960 to ever play. Go talk to a wall about it. 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.520 Josh Allen had some struggles this year in that regard. 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:56.760 He was not patient enough. He forced the issue down 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:59.320 the field. He had the most giveaways and the most 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.520 interceptible balls this year because he was not as patient, 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.560 and I think that happens with maybe a little bit 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.040 of a regressed weaponry. We saw that, you know, no 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:11.320 Emmanuel Sanders, they you know, Cole Beasley was a shell 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:16.160 of his former self and an absolute idiot. But you know, 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:18.400 Stefon Diggs was the go to guy there and they 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.839 didn't have that. That reliable number two is Gabe Davis. 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:22.680 Kind of struggled on and off here and there. But 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:25.079 if you can capture that lightning in a bottle with 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:28.040 the Mahomes or Island style, that's great. But the fact 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.040 is that those guys are more unicorns than the norm. 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.880 It's why JaMarcus Russell didn't work out. It's why we'll 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.000 see about Jordan Love. I still think he has all 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:38.520 the upside in the world. I love his game. I 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.000 think he's even more gifted than even you know, Justin 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:44.040 Herbert was. It's why who else can we talk about here? 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:45.760 I mean Malique Willis lash year was the same in 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.160 terms of the traits and intangibles, but he couldn't play 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.760 the position. He got replaced by Josh Dobbs, and essentially 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:53.960 it was a playoff game for the Titans. So there's 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:57.800 give and take, but ultimately, you know, with the quarterbacks, 0:13:58.120 --> 0:13:59.520 you have to be able to win from the pocket. 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:03.200 That will never ever, ever, ever change. So with the quarterbacks, 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:05.240 I thought we saw some athletes. I thought we saw 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.520 some live arms. But still, even after it all, I 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:10.760 think my personal QB one CJ. Stroud, which tells you 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.840 where I come down on this argument about traits versus tape, 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:18.640 because what's his game pocket management and ball placement. I 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:21.160 think the ultimate conclusion I personally have is this, give 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.680 me all those fun traits that can open up the 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:25.920 playbook and make the play caller right when the play 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:28.520 call is wrong by extending or doing something off script. 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:30.880 But first and foremost, give me the guy that can win, 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:35.200 instructure and make the right decisions quickly. That's the important part, 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.360 quickly making correct decisions, and that's why we go to 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.560 the tape. It's an intriguing class this year. I think 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.360 having multiple quarterbacks in the top ten range always makes 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.680 for a more exciting draft, and we should get that 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.600 this year. I personally think we see four go in 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:52.080 the top ten, worst case scenario, top fifteen. As far 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.920 as your top five athletic scores from Next Gen Stats. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.240 Anthony Richardson had the maximum score in ninety nine. He's 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.280 out of Florida. If you didn't know that already, Clayton 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:02.720 Tune from Houston was an eighty nine second place, so 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.200 ten points behind our leader. It's like a ten stroke 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:08.840 lead at the Master's. Malik Cunningham from Louisville eighty nine 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.280 as well. Will Levis from Kentucky another one of those 0:15:11.280 --> 0:15:14.720 top four guys wasn't eighty four, and Tyson Badgeant from 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.920 Shephard wasn't eighty Now some more notes here. Richardson had 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.200 the perfect ninety nine score that was the best in 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.480 the entire class. The next four on that list were 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.160 two corners, an offensive guard, and an edge. I thought 0:15:25.200 --> 0:15:28.600 you saw in this class easy gas on the football 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:30.560 from Will Levis. Doesn't take much for him to get 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:34.000 power and velocity behind the football. That's really all I had. CJ. 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.160 Stroud was sharp, and he's the kind of guy that's 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:37.840 gonna throw really well on the air because he is 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:40.440 so sharp with the ball placement, accuracy and spin. I 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.200 thought Levis showed the traits, and Richardson proved to be 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.920 an absolute specimen that we all thought he would be. 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.400 And I also thought Malie Cunningham's bund the football pretty 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.560 well as well. Good spot for our first break there. 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.800 That's not really dolphin centric, but I think it kind 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:54.880 of is with the quarterback de baton and what really 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.280 you look forward to position. Let's go ahead and take 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.480 our first break and comeback on the other side and 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:02.360 talk about some more positions of need for the Miami Dolphins. 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:06.280 That's next Drivetime podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:17.360 you by Auto Nation back here on the Wednesday post 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.480 Combine post alec Ingold Interview edition of the Driftime podcast. 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.400 If you have not gone back and checked out that 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.840 interview with Alec, please do so. It's I'm really proud 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:28.520 of it. I tried to take his book and the 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.560 lessons and weave them into the Miami Dolphins in his 0:16:30.600 --> 0:16:33.560 football life, and I think it was pretty successful. Go 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:35.360 ahead and check it out and give me your thoughts 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.360 and notes on that. Let's go to the running back 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:39.800 position here, and again that was a fun debate for 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:41.560 me for fifteen minutes there. I'll start the podcast, but 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:43.920 let's get into some more Dolphins centric notes here and 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.080 the running backs position. I mean, we don't have any 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.560 running backs on the roster right now. That'll change, obviously. 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:50.560 I'm sure some guys will be brought back. I'm sure 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.720 you can look at some existing veterans in the free 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.240 agent market. But I think this draft class presents a 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.120 real opportunity to get better, faster, and more explosive at 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.000 the position. The real takeaway for me here is just 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:04.960 the amount of speed that this position features. That's always 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.400 been my preference at the position. You guys know about 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:09.080 that if you listen to the podcast all the time. 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.399 Guys who can make a well blocked play go from 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:15.480 twelve yard games to seventy yard touchdowns. Whereheim mostart has 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:17.760 that gear and that's why he's a priority for me 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.200 to bring back. And we saw it a handful of 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.040 times that you're the big run against the Buffalo Bills, 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.960 had that long touchdown against the Cleveland Browns. There was 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:27.880 another long run somewhere else too, but I forget which 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.679 game it was. This class has dudes that are like that. 0:17:30.800 --> 0:17:33.120 I think if you can compliment that and not lose 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:34.679 that speed when you take Raheim out of the game, 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:36.879 if you can't bring him back, would be a major, 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:39.159 major boon for this offense. Running the football to me, 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.480 is the next step this group has to take. You know, 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:44.080 the offensive lines a big thing you debate about and 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:47.040 bandied about, but the quarterback to me, really maximizes the 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.000 offensive lines ability to protect. And we saw that with 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:53.160 tah and without two the disparity and sacks allowed pressures, well, 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:55.680 pressures are kind of the same, but TA was able 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:58.440 to not convert those pressures into sacks or it was 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:01.000 able to prevent them from being converted to sax And 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:03.200 again like there's I saw a great tweet today Kyle 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:07.200 Crabs retweeted it from Lockdown Dolphins, and the Dolphins were 0:18:07.240 --> 0:18:10.360 the fewest sacks allowed team in the NFL for nine 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:13.520 years straight to Dan Marino stats sacks or a quarterback stats. 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.960 So I think that that's a little bit overblown in 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:17.600 terms of the past protection. You know, you're going to 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:20.040 see it from the talking heads on ESPN and whatnot 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:21.720 are going to tell you like, oh, they need better 0:18:21.760 --> 0:18:23.640 offensive line. Well, the quarterback makes up for a lot 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:26.040 of that. That's why I think running the football can 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.760 help keep the defense more honest and give you more 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:33.359 balance to keep you more from developing tendencies. I think 0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:35.960 that has the biggest tangible impact on this offense. And 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.880 so the most impressive thing I saw a week outside 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:43.240 of to me, Darnell Washington from Georgia is the best 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.000 player the Dolphins can add this offseason. We'll see if 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:47.520 he's there when they pick in the second round. I 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.119 don't think he will be again, going back to Kyle Krabs, 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.480 he thinks he will be. I don't personally see it 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.240 that way, but just his existence was the most impressive 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.440 thing I saw in Indianapolis. But the second most impressive 0:18:58.480 --> 0:19:00.600 thing I saw was the feat of Jamir Gibbs, and 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:03.240 it tracked with his tape at Alabama. I think those 0:19:03.280 --> 0:19:07.440 agility drills and the cut and decision point bag drills 0:19:07.480 --> 0:19:10.760 are as game day applicables anything you do on the 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.760 field in Indianapolis. And just watch the way he keeps 0:19:13.760 --> 0:19:16.879 his feet under his body, or the way the body 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.960