Speaker 1: Booking, Deep Down, Cuts Down Miami. What is up, Dolphans
Speaker 1: And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: How's it going everybody? It is early hours Saturday morning.
Speaker 1: I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today show,
Speaker 1: we're gonna recap the second night of the NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins add tight end Hunter Long, offensive tackle Liam Eichenberg,
Speaker 1: and safety Javon Holland We're gonna break down the games
Speaker 1: of all of those guys, tell you how they fit
Speaker 1: in their respective position groups and what it means for
Speaker 1: the rest of the roster. We're also going to get
Speaker 1: to the Night one media with Chris Greer and Brian
Speaker 1: Flora's and Jalen Waddle and Jalen Phillips, and we'll go
Speaker 1: ahead and take a look at the best remaining on
Speaker 1: Day three, with the Dolphins having three more picks to
Speaker 1: go in this year's draft. All of that and more
Speaker 1: on the special night to NFL Draft edition of the
Speaker 1: Drive Time Podcast. And we're gonna get to the player
Speaker 1: selected tonight by the Miami Dolphins here in just one moment.
Speaker 1: But first I want to go back and cover the
Speaker 1: media availabilities from Chris Greer and Brian Flores, but also
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle and Jalen Phillips from night one. Some really
Speaker 1: cool comments in there from both the players as well
Speaker 1: as the head coach and the general manager, Chris Greer.
Speaker 1: And we're gonna go ahead and get to the very
Speaker 1: first question post of these two men on Thursday night
Speaker 1: talking about Jalen Waddle. Let's go ahead and hear the
Speaker 1: audio here from Chris Greer on what they saw in
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle. We've watched him over the years. He's been
Speaker 1: a dynamic, explosive player. Even from his you know, freshman
Speaker 1: year there he just flash, he's all stuff and and
Speaker 1: I think this season demonstrating the type of player and
Speaker 1: even last year he's he's contributed there every year he's
Speaker 1: um without his athletic ability, he's run after catch obviously
Speaker 1: the speed, but it's also as toughness. He's a very
Speaker 1: competitive kid. He loves ball. It's important to him. I
Speaker 1: think you guys see how he plays. He plays with
Speaker 1: passion and energy and so as Brian and I and
Speaker 1: the coaches and scouts were going through it, um, this
Speaker 1: guy has been someone that's called our right and it's
Speaker 1: not just this year. Is someone that we've had had
Speaker 1: our eye on for the last couple of years, just watching.
Speaker 1: And so that was the general manager Chris. We were
Speaker 1: talking about the addition of Gillan Waddle. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and go next here to Brian Floor as Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: head coach. Uh. You know obviously watched a lot of
Speaker 1: Two last year. In doing that, you know, we we saw,
Speaker 1: you know, really all the players at Alabama and you know,
Speaker 1: a lotle with somebody who definitely stood out um as
Speaker 1: a receiver, as a returner, UM, just a really good player.
Speaker 1: And then getting on him was that that kind of
Speaker 1: I would say, confirmed a lot of the things we
Speaker 1: had heard, and then you just think he's a very
Speaker 1: very very good player, good person, and somebody are I
Speaker 1: really liked that bit there, especially from both coach and
Speaker 1: Chris about how they had been watching two for a
Speaker 1: couple of years and doing so. Jalen Waddle kind of
Speaker 1: catches your eye because when I watched tape, a lot
Speaker 1: of the times, the players that I fall in love
Speaker 1: with the most are guys that happened to come by accident.
Speaker 1: Like my favorite one of all time was watching Zach
Speaker 1: Cunningham from Vanderbilt a few years back and Alvin Camara
Speaker 1: just going Ham on that Vanderbilt defense at Tennessee like it.
Speaker 1: That's That's a great sign of a player stands out
Speaker 1: when you're watching somebody else. They touch on that there.
Speaker 1: I also they were asked later on in the press
Speaker 1: conference a similar question regarding both Pits and Chase being
Speaker 1: off the board, and they mentioned they had been watching
Speaker 1: Waddle for a couple of years and really being on
Speaker 1: him and honing in on him. There was a follow
Speaker 1: up question to this first one here about Jillen Waddle
Speaker 1: asking about how much it meant to them as an
Speaker 1: organization that Waddle came back to the National Championship Game
Speaker 1: this year after breaking his ankle in Week five for
Speaker 1: the Crimson Tide and coming back in the same season
Speaker 1: to play in that game, even though as you saw
Speaker 1: in that game, he was not but he came back
Speaker 1: and played with his teammates. Here's what coach and Chris
Speaker 1: had to say about Waddles toughness and what that meant
Speaker 1: to them in that game. I think it's Yeah, it
Speaker 1: just again shows the character and how important football is
Speaker 1: to him. You know, like you said, a lot of
Speaker 1: players would have opted not to play and this injury,
Speaker 1: but he wanted to deal with his teammates and worked
Speaker 1: hard to have to get back and be out there
Speaker 1: and contribute. And so for us, it just as we
Speaker 1: got to know him with Brian said, it just kind
Speaker 1: of completed the picture. Even really it's not to get
Speaker 1: before even really knew him, just to say like, this
Speaker 1: is the type of kid that loves ball and within
Speaker 1: our culture, and we're gonna be able to further prove
Speaker 1: that here later on we get when we hear from
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle at his media availability up next for Chris career.
Speaker 1: Here he was asked about Jalen Phillips's love for the
Speaker 1: game and what attracted the Dolphins to that player at
Speaker 1: number eighteen. Well, you know, Brian, myself, the coaches, the scouts,
Speaker 1: we spent a lot of time do the pre draft
Speaker 1: process getting to know him. And I think the one
Speaker 1: thing when you watch him play, you would never question
Speaker 1: his passion and effort and stuff, because he plays a
Speaker 1: hundred miles an hour and uh, he's got a tremendous
Speaker 1: motor and effort and you can tell football is very
Speaker 1: important to him. And I think like any person when
Speaker 1: you're that young, going into college and doing stuff, and
Speaker 1: you know, maybe you know a little bit of adversity there,
Speaker 1: I think it's just maturing and growing and you know,
Speaker 1: and so I think, you know, watching him over his career,
Speaker 1: you know, he's a you know, one of the top
Speaker 1: players in the country in high school and and just
Speaker 1: watching his growth over the last few years and he
Speaker 1: got to know him, he felt very comfortable with it.
Speaker 1: And and I'm filmed. There's no doubt that this guy
Speaker 1: loves football, and so we're very excited to add him.
Speaker 1: I love hearing Chris talk there about the motor that
Speaker 1: stands out on his tape and how if you watch
Speaker 1: his tape, you never questioned his love for the game,
Speaker 1: and that's spot on. Because there's a clip I'm going
Speaker 1: to share in the written piece on Jayalen Phillips upon
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins dot Com here in a couple of days
Speaker 1: or I'm not sure when it's gonna you, but it'll
Speaker 1: be out there soon where he chases down Trevor Lawrence
Speaker 1: from behind and we've seen Lawrence run away from safety's
Speaker 1: before you know, in that big playoff game a couple
Speaker 1: of years ago, like a fifty yard touchdown run whatever
Speaker 1: it might have been, but Phillips ran him down from
Speaker 1: the backside. He retraces so well and has that relentless
Speaker 1: motor that way. So I love that comment there from
Speaker 1: Chris Queer. And we're gonna jump ahead here in the
Speaker 1: press conference and go back to the Dolphins first pick
Speaker 1: on Thursday night, number six overall, Jalen Waddle. They were
Speaker 1: asked about why they would take Waddle over Davonte Smith,
Speaker 1: former or fellow Alabama receiver, and they talked about the
Speaker 1: explosive misplaymaking ability and much more. But there was one
Speaker 1: other point here I wanted to point to hear the
Speaker 1: Dolphins or Chris Career talks about with the decision to
Speaker 1: draft DeLand Waddle and the response from people around the league.
Speaker 1: At the end of the day, they're both really good
Speaker 1: players and really good kids, um, and very competitive. Uh.
Speaker 1: Just you know, as we went through it, it's the explosiveness, um,
Speaker 1: that you know Waddle gives you as well as the
Speaker 1: return game, UM, Ryan and for us just that dynamic
Speaker 1: trait and UM, you can only imagine the texts Brian
Speaker 1: and I got from people talking about we're a great
Speaker 1: pig and explosive and how this guy's you know, you
Speaker 1: guys saw all the comparisons, But for us, it was
Speaker 1: getting to know the kid um and we were really
Speaker 1: really happy and knowing how competitive and tough. But it's
Speaker 1: just they're both really good players. A device is going
Speaker 1: to be a really good player in this league. For us,
Speaker 1: it was the explosive playmaking ability and the return ability
Speaker 1: force that we we like. As we have talked about
Speaker 1: many many times on this podcast, the four down player
Speaker 1: of Jalen Waddle, the electricity he brings to an offense,
Speaker 1: the chance to cut some of those twelve plage drives
Speaker 1: and turn them into five or six play drives. All
Speaker 1: about explositivity and speed, and Drillian Waddle has both of
Speaker 1: those in spades. Up next to a really great question
Speaker 1: I thought from Omar Kelly of the Sun Sentinel, South
Speaker 1: Florida Sun Sentinel talking about positional value and going edge
Speaker 1: at number eighteen with running backs on the board and
Speaker 1: how the Dolphins valued that. Here's Chris. We are talking
Speaker 1: about making the decision between Jalen Phillips and the running
Speaker 1: back class because a certain player number eighteen Daylan Phillips
Speaker 1: was he number one player on the Dolphins board. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, Brian I and the coaches and scouts. Again,
Speaker 1: we do a lot of work pree draft, a lot
Speaker 1: of calls, information and mock drafts, going through our own
Speaker 1: stuff looking at it, and yeah, we were we thought
Speaker 1: that could happen. But you know, for us, Daylan was,
Speaker 1: you know, the best player on our board at that point.
Speaker 1: And so as Brian said, you can never have enough
Speaker 1: pass rush and we all felt that way. Um, So
Speaker 1: for us, um, we're tremendously excited that Janeen was there
Speaker 1: and we didn't think he would be there, and uh,
Speaker 1: we're happy to get him number one player on the board.
Speaker 1: Didn't think he would be there. That would explain why
Speaker 1: the Dolphins ran the card up there, And big kudos
Speaker 1: to Chris Graher and Brian Flores forgetting those cars turned
Speaker 1: in quickly and making the night go by faster. That's
Speaker 1: like the biggest low key winning this whole thing is
Speaker 1: quick turning of the card and speed up this draft
Speaker 1: process a little bit so we're not out there for
Speaker 1: five hours watching this thing. So really cool to see
Speaker 1: that that was the case as well with Jalen Waddle
Speaker 1: when they turned the cargain very quickly. So both these
Speaker 1: players they obviously had conviction in and of course, as
Speaker 1: you heard Chris Career there say Brian Flores had earlier
Speaker 1: in response to a question you can never have enough
Speaker 1: pass rushers. We have two more here, one talking about
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle and its potential role. Here's Brian Flores talking
Speaker 1: about what role the number six pick in the draft,
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle could have on this Dolphins offense this season.
Speaker 1: I mean, his his role is gonna be what he
Speaker 1: makes it based off of all the film we've seen,
Speaker 1: and um, you know, we think he'll he'll fit inside
Speaker 1: or outside. UM, I think be a lot of speed element.
Speaker 1: Um and obviously he asked some some value and return games,
Speaker 1: so I think I think, you know, his versatility is
Speaker 1: a big, big part of this. His ability to play inside,
Speaker 1: to play in the slot, to play on phim's playing
Speaker 1: a return game. You know we we uh again, we
Speaker 1: were very very excited to have him or both Jalen's
Speaker 1: be honest with you and um and uh, I'm excited.
Speaker 1: Talked a lot about speed there and that answer, and
Speaker 1: of course again for the eight millionth time. That is
Speaker 1: what Jalen Waddle brings in spades. But he also brings
Speaker 1: the element of being a great teammate. There's some great
Speaker 1: stories I covered on the podcast on Thursday night talking
Speaker 1: about the level of teammate and competitive that he is.
Speaker 1: And here is Coach talking about how important it is
Speaker 1: to be a great teammate and what they saw from
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle in that department. I would say, the talent
Speaker 1: is the first thing we're looking at, and I think
Speaker 1: that's that stood out. But you know, for sure, I mean,
Speaker 1: he talked about you being a teammate now important that
Speaker 1: was um. He talked about the camaraderie that that um
Speaker 1: he and both Jalen and John Phillips and j Will
Speaker 1: both talked about the camaraderie and how important that is.
Speaker 1: So obviously that's important to us, and but you know,
Speaker 1: as players and these guys, that's what stood out first.
Speaker 1: And I really wanted to play that last clip there
Speaker 1: from Coach because you're gonna hear from Jillian Waddle here
Speaker 1: at the end of his press of friends, and you're
Speaker 1: gonna see genuine joy and excitement for the level of
Speaker 1: pride he feels for being a great teammate with his
Speaker 1: Alabama teammates. Let's go ahead and get nowt to Jillan
Speaker 1: Waddle and his press conference from Thursday night, and speaking
Speaker 1: of love of the game, Waddle was asked about how
Speaker 1: important it was to him to try to showcase his
Speaker 1: toughness and ability to come back from the injury and
Speaker 1: and what the game meant to him in that National
Speaker 1: Championship game. But for him, it was all about just
Speaker 1: playing football. Well, honestly, I just paid because I'd love
Speaker 1: to play the game. Um, So I wasn't really kinking
Speaker 1: on how I came off to anyone anything like that. Um,
Speaker 1: they never really spoke about it or anything like that.
Speaker 1: How about the chemistry he had with two a tongue
Speaker 1: of by loa and how that might carry over into
Speaker 1: his rookie season here with his former quarterback and now
Speaker 1: his new teammate and quarterback here in Miami. I mean
Speaker 1: he's there for sure. He's definitely h needs to improve
Speaker 1: and something that we're gonna try to improve on. So, um,
Speaker 1: it's good to, you know, be familiar with him. But
Speaker 1: I'm I'm coming to work and I know he is too.
Speaker 1: So just getting it down and just going by having
Speaker 1: and having at it um day by day, just trying
Speaker 1: to build it and build it more. I love how
Speaker 1: he talked about It's definitely they're acknowledged the fact that
Speaker 1: the chemistry is there, but we have to work and
Speaker 1: get better. That's the message of this team. Jalen Waddle
Speaker 1: already has that down. And those workout videos you see
Speaker 1: from two on Instagram or Twitter, whatever it is, you're
Speaker 1: gonna be seeing plenty of those with these two guys.
Speaker 1: I'm sure they're gonna get to work probably tomorrow. They'll
Speaker 1: probably be out there throwing the football around tomorrow. One
Speaker 1: more thank here for Jillan Waddle. I talked about it
Speaker 1: with Brian Flores and the mention of how good, how
Speaker 1: good of a teammate he is, and how important it
Speaker 1: is to him. Here he is talking about his Alabama teammates.
Speaker 1: One of the reporters broke the news to him that
Speaker 1: uh Davante Smith had gotten number ten to the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles and his Here is Jillen reacting and talking about
Speaker 1: his teammates. He teared up a little bit, man. So
Speaker 1: it's just, you know, there's a lot of emotion. I
Speaker 1: almost seeming like tear up and it's me not like
Speaker 1: a real emotional guy. So he's like a special moment.
Speaker 1: You just share it with your budd uh pat Um,
Speaker 1: Smitty mac ball more. It's something special issues make the
Speaker 1: moment even more specially even more emotionally. I thought that
Speaker 1: was a great answer, the best answer of the entire night.
Speaker 1: I love when these guys show emotion. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and kick this thing off for Jalen Phillips before we
Speaker 1: get to the picks from Friday evening for the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Here's Phillips his first question, talking about the experience of
Speaker 1: coming back to Miami and how it feels. Man words
Speaker 1: canna even describe office right now. I mean, it's literally
Speaker 1: like a outer body experience. Um. But you know, I'm
Speaker 1: just so grateful for Miami as a city. You know,
Speaker 1: they embraced me when I came into the U and
Speaker 1: they've supported me for the last two years of my journey.
Speaker 1: And so there's no place I'd rather be. Man bastually
Speaker 1: three or five. This is crazy. And of course, Jillen
Speaker 1: Phillips's career was nearly cut short by a retirement with
Speaker 1: some concussion problems he had in college. He addressed that
Speaker 1: on the press conference here, and you're gonna hear him
Speaker 1: talk about how crazy it is coming back to Miami
Speaker 1: quite a bit. But here he is talking about what
Speaker 1: drove him to get back onto the football field and
Speaker 1: into this position, a first round draft pick in the NFL. Man,
Speaker 1: all I can say about that is superiance. Man. You know,
Speaker 1: there was there was good days, there was bad days.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, Man, I kept
Speaker 1: my faith, I stayed humble, and I worked hard, uh,
Speaker 1: And I had great people around me to support me
Speaker 1: and carried me through this process. So it's been surreal.
Speaker 1: I mean, these these last two years in my life,
Speaker 1: like so much has changed, and I'm just so blessed
Speaker 1: to be in this position that I am right now, uh,
Speaker 1: and so thankful for everybody was helping me along the way.
Speaker 1: There was a question here in the middle of this
Speaker 1: between this one and the next one We're gonna play
Speaker 1: for you guys, where he was asked about his relationship
Speaker 1: and meeting coach Flores and and what he thought about
Speaker 1: coach Flora's and he said, he seems like a very
Speaker 1: genuine guy. And the reason I wanted to mention that
Speaker 1: was because We've heard that so many times. So for
Speaker 1: him to say that after his initial meeting with Coach Florida,
Speaker 1: I thought that really just carried a bunch of weight
Speaker 1: and was very interesting. He also talked about how he
Speaker 1: just moved all of his stuff from Coral Gables here
Speaker 1: in Florida back to l A and now he's got
Speaker 1: to move back to the South Florida area. But he
Speaker 1: also had this great quote that he mentions. He tweets
Speaker 1: a lot about kind of the journey he's taken the
Speaker 1: circuitest route now to the NFL, about how Los Angeles
Speaker 1: made him but the three or five here in Miami
Speaker 1: saved him. Yeah. I've never made it out to a
Speaker 1: Dolphins game, but you know I've said it before in
Speaker 1: a tweet. Man like Los Angeles Mami, but Miami saved me.
Speaker 1: And so I really I owe a lot to this city. Uh.
Speaker 1: And I'm so excited to be able to come back
Speaker 1: and be able to play here for you know, as
Speaker 1: long as I can. I talked about Coach Flow getting
Speaker 1: that genuine moniker and how accurate and how that's kind
Speaker 1: of played out over the course of his time here. Uh.
Speaker 1: Jalen was asked about what he can bring to the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: what he's gonna be to this Miami Dolphins football team.
Speaker 1: And he talked a lot of these same kind of
Speaker 1: phrases that coach Flora speaks and talking about his servitude
Speaker 1: to the football team. Oh man, my tenacity and my
Speaker 1: hard work, that's something I can really hate my head on. Man.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna come in day one and just like do
Speaker 1: the most that I can for the team. Man. Just
Speaker 1: come in, you know, be a humble servant. I really
Speaker 1: come in just ready to soak up everything, be a sponge,
Speaker 1: and just put my head down to work. Man. I
Speaker 1: want to earn the respect to my teammates and my
Speaker 1: coaches first and foremost. So I'm just excited for this opportunity.
Speaker 1: It's crazy. It sounds like a Miami Dolphin already. And
Speaker 1: you heard him there again at the very ends here,
Speaker 1: that's crazy. And then he knowledge the fact that he
Speaker 1: said it's crazy several times. Very excited to be here.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and finish up here before we get
Speaker 1: to our player breakdowns from night two, rounds two and three,
Speaker 1: your next newest Miami Dolphins. He talked about going from
Speaker 1: Coral Gables back to Los Angeles. Here he is talking
Speaker 1: about being familiar with South Florida and where he's looking
Speaker 1: around this time. I mean, I definitely want to be
Speaker 1: close to facilities. So you know, the hard rock facilities
Speaker 1: are gonna be open pretty soon, so you know, anywhere
Speaker 1: I can be close up in North Miami, so you know,
Speaker 1: West End, Davy before Lauderdown maybe just you know, I
Speaker 1: know my way around there a little big and I
Speaker 1: spent some time about North. You know, I was down
Speaker 1: in Coral Gables for the most point, but I definitely
Speaker 1: spent some time up north. So you know, wherever the
Speaker 1: team recommends that, you know, I should stay and really
Speaker 1: just kind of being close to facility, being able to
Speaker 1: get that vibe and really kind of act with me. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what a perfect answer. That was once again talking about
Speaker 1: being in a possession where he can just work his
Speaker 1: hardest and work his best and become his best. Great
Speaker 1: media there from your Newest Miami Dolphins and Brian Floors
Speaker 1: and Chris Career, we're gonna break down the newest players
Speaker 1: here for your Miami Dolphins. Starting off first here with
Speaker 1: the dolphins first pick on Friday and and with a
Speaker 1: thirty six pick in the draft, the Dolphins select Javon
Speaker 1: Holland safety slash nickel cornerback out of Oregon, and I
Speaker 1: was a little bit bummed at first because it picked
Speaker 1: thirty five. My guy, Javonte Williams came off the board,
Speaker 1: but I was quickly revived after that because you guys know,
Speaker 1: I'm a Pac twelve fan of Washington State alumni, watched
Speaker 1: a lot of Oregan football games out there and really
Speaker 1: had this guy in my cross Harris. As far as
Speaker 1: the safety position, we teased it in the Thursday Night
Speaker 1: Slash Friday Morning podcast how this guy was one of
Speaker 1: the top safeties on the board. Javon Holland can flat
Speaker 1: out play some ball, man. He is actually the first,
Speaker 1: or I should say the highest drafted ever Canadian born player.
Speaker 1: He found his way down to Oakland in the East
Speaker 1: Bay area and played his high school ball there. But
Speaker 1: he was a Canadian born athlete, highest ever drafted, beating
Speaker 1: out Chase Claypool from a last season. But his strength,
Speaker 1: that's the biggest strength in this guy's game. Just such
Speaker 1: an instinctive player and that's that's my jam at safety. Man.
Speaker 1: It's so in line with what Brandon Joe owns does.
Speaker 1: And that's my favorite thing to watch, the instincts to
Speaker 1: recognize some of the keys or the tells before the
Speaker 1: snap of what the offensive lines doing or the motion
Speaker 1: and what that means, or how the alignment of the
Speaker 1: receivers and tight ends or stacked or bunched, or how
Speaker 1: they're spaced out. This guy sees it and hits it
Speaker 1: and comes downhill flying like a bat out of hell.
Speaker 1: And you really see him react and anticipate as well
Speaker 1: as anybody in this class and maybe even the most.
Speaker 1: And when he pulls that trigger and gets going downhill
Speaker 1: in a hurry, there is some violent, violent collisions that
Speaker 1: he hits as a result. There was a quote available
Speaker 1: on him where they asked him about his nine career
Speaker 1: interceptions there at ore agaon more on that here in
Speaker 1: just a moment, and he said, that's what everyone wants
Speaker 1: to talk about, but he wants to talk about tackling.
Speaker 1: And he squares it up, wraps it up, and he
Speaker 1: drives ball carriers to the turf. And speaking of those
Speaker 1: nine interceptions, how about the ball skills, his ball tracking
Speaker 1: and his instincts to get over the top. He looks
Speaker 1: like a center filler sometimes in baseball. He's rangey, and
Speaker 1: he plays faster than his four or four six forty
Speaker 1: time because of the instinct innks. He finds the football
Speaker 1: as well as anybody in this class. In twenty seven
Speaker 1: career games, nine interceptions, ten more passes defense, so nine
Speaker 1: team plays on the football in twenty seven games at
Speaker 1: a position where you're not getting targeted nearly as much
Speaker 1: as an outside cornerback does probably three or four game tops,
Speaker 1: and one of those balls he's getting a hand on
Speaker 1: or intercepting, and an even better fashion. So this guy
Speaker 1: finds the football. And Chris Greer and Brian Flora's both
Speaker 1: talked about adding playmakers at their initial press or background
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl time, maybe in February, I forget when it was,
Speaker 1: but they talked about adding playmakers on the offensive and
Speaker 1: defensive side. And this Dolphins team led the National Football
Speaker 1: League last year and takeaways, and they just got another
Speaker 1: one of the best players in that category in this
Speaker 1: entire draft. And I think that's really what Holland is.
Speaker 1: A playmaker, a ball hawk, an instinctive player that works
Speaker 1: hard and can fly all over the football field because
Speaker 1: of his preparation skills. Daniel Jeremiah called him an immediate starter.
Speaker 1: But you've got Bobby McCain, Eric Row, and Brandon Jones,
Speaker 1: who are all really good players. That saved position. Don't
Speaker 1: get me wrong. I have raved about those three guys
Speaker 1: for the better part of over a year now, but
Speaker 1: just three interceptions among them last year. Holland gives you
Speaker 1: a ball hawk of the first degree, and Mario Cristo Ball,
Speaker 1: the head coach out there at Oregon, actually said that
Speaker 1: he thought Holland was a better receiver, which speaks to
Speaker 1: his ball skills. I asked you Von about this in
Speaker 1: his press conference. We'll hear about that on tomorrow's Drivetime podcast,
Speaker 1: and he said, Yeah, he was a high school receiver
Speaker 1: and a punt returner who did all that stuff too.
Speaker 1: So a playmaker with the ball in his hands, and
Speaker 1: he gets it in his hands a whole heck of
Speaker 1: a lot. I mentioned the sound tackling man. He can
Speaker 1: really break down in space and work both shifty and
Speaker 1: big backs to the ground in that space, and he
Speaker 1: will miss a few here and there because he goes
Speaker 1: in for the kill shop. But he also registered some
Speaker 1: of the biggest, most violent hits you'll see at the
Speaker 1: college level, and the versatility. He offers over eight hundred
Speaker 1: snaps in the slot, three hundreds of free safety and
Speaker 1: three hundred more inside the box. Will also come down
Speaker 1: and blitz off the edge. Remember Rashad Jones blitzing that
Speaker 1: strong side sea gap off the edge or coming down
Speaker 1: off the weak side edge to hit the back before
Speaker 1: he gets to the line of scrimmage in those short
Speaker 1: yardage situations. That's what Holland does. He's also speaking of
Speaker 1: Rashaan Jones very much an alpha type, a temperature changer.
Speaker 1: You guys heard me talk about James Derwin in this sense,
Speaker 1: in this category a couple of years ago, and I
Speaker 1: absolutely fell in love with his game. That's kind of
Speaker 1: what Holland is in terms of the way you watch
Speaker 1: him play, the temperature or the just the fire that
Speaker 1: he brings in, the energy he brings to a defense.
Speaker 1: He's an outspoken leader who's a traffic cop and not
Speaker 1: afraid to speak his mind. I think this kid has
Speaker 1: future captain potential in the way he communicates, in the
Speaker 1: way that he just conducts himself. We know how important
Speaker 1: that Social Impact Committee has been for this organization, and
Speaker 1: so many of the players that are part of it.
Speaker 1: Here in Miami. Holland is on record is speaking out
Speaker 1: against social injustices as well, And of course I always
Speaker 1: support and appreciate athletes that use their platform for positive change,
Speaker 1: so he fits in that way culturally as well. The
Speaker 1: kid works as butt off. As a great story about him,
Speaker 1: I believe it was seven dot com him when he
Speaker 1: first got signed to Oregon, and he talked about as
Speaker 1: a child, he didn't understand that other kids and other
Speaker 1: you know, middle schoolers and high schools didn't have to
Speaker 1: do a hundred push ups every day. They had rules
Speaker 1: in their house about get your school work done and
Speaker 1: get your workouts and those are the most important things
Speaker 1: that we and get your chores in around the house
Speaker 1: to those are the most important temples growing up. I
Speaker 1: asked him about that. He just said, yeah, that that
Speaker 1: work ethic really kind of helped get me to this
Speaker 1: position and the sacrifices I made as a young person.
Speaker 1: And they talked about how he would choose, you know,
Speaker 1: staying home to to work or to do whatever, rather
Speaker 1: than going out and partying, and he said that contributed
Speaker 1: big way to this position or big time and to
Speaker 1: getting him into this position that he's in now. So
Speaker 1: a really cool a cool kid that has, you know,
Speaker 1: breaming potential, and you're talking about the fit in this defense.
Speaker 1: I mean, how many times have we talked about the
Speaker 1: importance of defensive backs in this defense? I mean, only
Speaker 1: six teams in the NFL last year ran more six
Speaker 1: defensive backpackages or six or more so six, seven or
Speaker 1: eight dbs in the field. Only six teams ran that
Speaker 1: more than my Miami. So you really need nine or
Speaker 1: ten active defensive backs every Sunday, and you can expect
Speaker 1: at least six or seven and that's probably on the
Speaker 1: low end, probably more seven or eight that are going
Speaker 1: to give you significant reps between defense and special teams
Speaker 1: in Holland. You know, if you're looking for a what's
Speaker 1: what's the word here? Satellite from New England, the kind
Speaker 1: of replication of what they had with Flora's up there
Speaker 1: in New England, Patrick Chung comes to mind, so smart,
Speaker 1: so instinctive, middle of the field traffic cop type. And
Speaker 1: again to pair that with Brandon Jones, Miami is set
Speaker 1: up well here both for the interim and the long
Speaker 1: term at that position, a very important position in this defense.
Speaker 1: With both McCain and row still in the group, and
Speaker 1: he can also come down and play in the slot
Speaker 1: and coverage just like the other guys in this group.
Speaker 1: So Miami is really loaded here to match up with
Speaker 1: all different types of receivers on a game to game basis,
Speaker 1: you have to imagine Flora's and Boyer look at those
Speaker 1: Weeks seventeen results last year and even what Buffalo did
Speaker 1: in Week two on offense in Miami as well in
Speaker 1: that game, and think, we just have to be able
Speaker 1: to to be deep, to have the horses to keep
Speaker 1: up with all those weapons those guys have, our division rival,
Speaker 1: and defending a f C East champion. You have to
Speaker 1: be able to beat those guys to get to the
Speaker 1: top of the mountains. So kind of matching what they
Speaker 1: have offensively, they run twelve personnel packages. That's four receivers
Speaker 1: more than anybody else in the National Football League. So
Speaker 1: again let's go Buffalo bringing on. So I look at
Speaker 1: the roster and think about the insane competition about to
Speaker 1: happen inside a slot. Justin Coleman, Nick need Um, Noah
Speaker 1: Igmanogamy Jones can play there, and now Javon Holland what
Speaker 1: a loaded secondary Flores has put together. And before you
Speaker 1: worry about potential fits and who might get the playing time.
Speaker 1: Can't we just trust what this team has done defensively
Speaker 1: under Brian Flores to go from the thirty second ranked
Speaker 1: scoring defense at the number six ranked defense, and really
Speaker 1: they dropped five spots in the final week of the season.
Speaker 1: A man, that one games with this Dolphins team because
Speaker 1: of strong defensive efforts, because of the vision of driving
Speaker 1: the defensive back or the defensive backs being the driving
Speaker 1: force of your scheme. I mean, we've seen at work
Speaker 1: here time and time again with this Dolphins defense last year.
Speaker 1: That's all I'm saying. Just put the faith in Javon
Speaker 1: Holland and this Dolphins defensive back room because they drive
Speaker 1: this defense and they are great. They're deep, they're loaded,
Speaker 1: they're talented. Six ft two seven pounds, one of only
Speaker 1: four players with nine or more picks in those two
Speaker 1: seasons and eighteen and nineteen in all of college football.
Speaker 1: The run stops cranked way up when he started playing
Speaker 1: more inside the box. In twenty nineteen, twenty four run
Speaker 1: stops compared to six as a freshman. He had five
Speaker 1: pressures on just fourteen pass rush rips. And we mentioned
Speaker 1: the ball skills just three touchdowns allowed compared to nine interceptions.
Speaker 1: The four four six forty yard dash. Most safeties run
Speaker 1: in the four five range, but he was sub four
Speaker 1: or five that comes into the eighties percent tile. He
Speaker 1: has a very good bench press profile strong kid nineteen
Speaker 1: bench press rips that was nine percent tile vertical, and
Speaker 1: a nice four point one four shuttle run. Daniel Jeremiah
Speaker 1: had this to say, Javon Holland has an ideal blend
Speaker 1: of size, fluidity and ball skills. He has the athleticism
Speaker 1: to range over the top, but he is at his
Speaker 1: best when patrolling underneath. He has the agility to mirror
Speaker 1: in the slot or match up with tight ends. He
Speaker 1: is quick to the alley and has some snap as
Speaker 1: a tackler. He has excellent ball awareness and dependable hands. Overall,
Speaker 1: Holland has the skills had to fit in any scheme
Speaker 1: and should be an immediate starter. So an instinctive player
Speaker 1: at age twenty one. He just turned twenty one last month.
Speaker 1: Another very young, talented, high upside kid here with the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins with great great instincts. The Dolphins were not
Speaker 1: done quickly after that at all. Six picks later, Miami
Speaker 1: comes back up, and they traded up with the New
Speaker 1: York Giants at pick forty two to select offensive tackle
Speaker 1: out of Notre Dame Liam Eichenberg. The Dolphins sent their
Speaker 1: own third round draft pick in two to go up
Speaker 1: from fifty to forty two. So consider what Chris Career
Speaker 1: did with the third pick in the draft this year.
Speaker 1: And I know Miami got back the Niners compensatory pick,
Speaker 1: which will be in the one hundreds next year compared
Speaker 1: to a third round pick. It probably figures to come
Speaker 1: in around the nineties somewhere. I mean, I think that's
Speaker 1: gonna be a really good football team next year, so
Speaker 1: I would project that pick is going to be late
Speaker 1: in that playoff Roune, playoff lounge, playoff range. I meant
Speaker 1: to say, but the Dolphins went up from forty two
Speaker 1: or from fifty rather to forty two and exchange for
Speaker 1: that future third round draft picks. So Miami from the
Speaker 1: third pick in this year's draft wind up getting Jalen Waddle,
Speaker 1: Liam Eichenberg, and a first round draft pick ine. So
Speaker 1: not bad, not bad at all. That's what Chris Greer
Speaker 1: has made of the third pick in this draft. As
Speaker 1: the sun never sets on the Larry muetunseil trade. As
Speaker 1: far as Liam Eichenberg's game. The very first strength you
Speaker 1: notice in Eichenberg's game, and it stands out right away
Speaker 1: the technique he started getting into his punch, his technique
Speaker 1: getting into vertical sets and all that fun football jargon
Speaker 1: that you know I love in his first press conference
Speaker 1: with the South Florida media, so I'll certainly enjoy that
Speaker 1: in the future. But this guy is just so well
Speaker 1: coached at that obviously prestigious offensive line program there and
Speaker 1: run game and everything they do on the offensive line
Speaker 1: at Notre Dame. He's so sound and the way he
Speaker 1: times his strike and doesn't really take the cheese with
Speaker 1: all the noise pass rushers throw you with the hands
Speaker 1: and with the bluffs and all that fun stuff. They
Speaker 1: want to draw that hunch out of you so they
Speaker 1: can get you leaning out over your skis. He is
Speaker 1: so disciplined to not throw that punch until he's technically
Speaker 1: sound and has his feet underneath him. And that's really
Speaker 1: in line with his mechanical makeup as well. The synergy
Speaker 1: between his feet and the rest of his body. It's
Speaker 1: it's there for him. You watch him drop that anchor
Speaker 1: and widen the base upon contact as he kind of
Speaker 1: squares up and gets himself in the best position to
Speaker 1: establish leverage and win the rep that way and thwart
Speaker 1: those power moves the run game and angles and zone prowess.
Speaker 1: We saw that throughout his career at Notre Dame. I
Speaker 1: think he's pretty scheme diverse, but when you watch him
Speaker 1: work to the second level, he's often in prime position
Speaker 1: to wall off and hit those blocks that can turn
Speaker 1: those six yard runs into thirty yard runs. Explosive plays
Speaker 1: at that second level, or at least produce the opportunity
Speaker 1: for the back to make someone miss in that second level,
Speaker 1: very potential, big gainer his durability. Guy played all thirty
Speaker 1: eight games of his career at left tackle for the
Speaker 1: Fighting Irish, a program that has produced quality NFL offensive
Speaker 1: lineman year in and year route. He's not athletically the
Speaker 1: same as a Ronnie Stanley or a Zach Martin, but
Speaker 1: he's a tough dude that fits in line with the toughness,
Speaker 1: the smart, competitive type of player that Brian Floraes loves
Speaker 1: here in Miami. His football i Q and you'll hear
Speaker 1: this again on the UH Day three Recap edition of
Speaker 1: the Drivetime podcast here that the draft focus as we
Speaker 1: carry on here into the weekend Huns Drive Time. But
Speaker 1: you'll hear this at his media press conference availability, the
Speaker 1: first one he did with the Miami Dolphins, where he
Speaker 1: credited having a mobile quarterback and ian book as the
Speaker 1: reason he didn't allow a sack in two years they're
Speaker 1: at Notre Dame. You heard that right, No sacks in
Speaker 1: two years at Notre Dame. Thirty three straight games going
Speaker 1: back to his freshman year in college without allowing a
Speaker 1: sack on his quarterback. You know how that happens, besides
Speaker 1: a couple of other factors, obviously, but effectively communicating and
Speaker 1: passing off games up front, stunts, twists and slants. He's
Speaker 1: so sharp and finding work and recognizing those slants and
Speaker 1: where the possible scraper or looper might come off the backside,
Speaker 1: because you're gonna have a defensive end crash inside and
Speaker 1: then you have the interior linebacker or defensive tackle loop
Speaker 1: around the outside and try to fool the offensive tackle
Speaker 1: to get a soft edge and run that route to
Speaker 1: the quarterback. He finds those and punishes those guys so often.
Speaker 1: And speaking of punishing, I clipped off so many cool
Speaker 1: reps last year of Solomon Kinley punishing jumpers, where guys
Speaker 1: trying to jump up and back the football down at
Speaker 1: the line where you then put them on their back
Speaker 1: and finish them with that mean streak. He fits in
Speaker 1: that way big, big time. Speaking of fit, that will
Speaker 1: be interesting to see what the coaching staff wants to do.
Speaker 1: But Liam actually mentioned this as well at his presser.
Speaker 1: He worked out with Lemiel John Pierre, new Dolphins offensive
Speaker 1: line coach at his pro day and mentioned there was
Speaker 1: some good rapport there. But now with d J. Fluker
Speaker 1: and Robert Hunt coming back is an incumbent, and Jesse
Speaker 1: Davis as well, and now the newcomer and Liam Eichenberg,
Speaker 1: there's some really good competition this year on the offensive line.
Speaker 1: I always say that Austin Jackson and Solomon Kinley are
Speaker 1: pretty safe bets. On the left side of the offensive line,
Speaker 1: I'd say that Matt Skura is the center right now
Speaker 1: at least, and Robert Hunt will have a spot along
Speaker 1: the four along the front five, But I'm not ready
Speaker 1: to commit to where that might be so because no
Speaker 1: one knows, I mean, coach coach will tell us in August,
Speaker 1: right who cares. We'll find out in August when they
Speaker 1: put the football team together. So you really have three
Speaker 1: or four really really capable lineman competing for one spot
Speaker 1: on the offensive line there, and coach Flora has mentioned
Speaker 1: this so many times before that the offensive line, it's
Speaker 1: not about five individuals, it's about one cohesive unit. And
Speaker 1: did you guys see that tweet I sent out earlier
Speaker 1: this week regarding Daniel Jeremiah's take on offensive line play,
Speaker 1: where he said that around the league, the feeling is
Speaker 1: becoming that your worst player on the offensive line is
Speaker 1: more important than your best player on the offensive line
Speaker 1: because more sacks are surrendered than are actually earned. And
Speaker 1: I think that you look at what Liam Eichenberg, everything
Speaker 1: I'm reading about this guy online as far as the
Speaker 1: expert says that he's a high floor player. Will come
Speaker 1: back to that here in just one second. But let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and continue this schematically. I don't know what
Speaker 1: that looks like right now. Again, like I don't know
Speaker 1: who the starters are, but this is a bit of
Speaker 1: a curve ball from the prototype ampoint because he's not
Speaker 1: the plus plus athlete like in Austin Jackson. He's a
Speaker 1: little bit light compared to what they've done as far
Speaker 1: as Solomon Kinley and Robert Hunting d J. Fluker obviously,
Speaker 1: but how can you do anything but defer to the
Speaker 1: experts with regards of the scheme. So I'm not going
Speaker 1: to discuss that. I imagine they'll remain versatile and that
Speaker 1: Eichenberg is equipped to play in any scheme on an
Speaker 1: offensive line of plug employed day one type of guy.
Speaker 1: Speaking of that, the stats the thirty eight straight starts
Speaker 1: there at Notre Dame a team captain obviously allowed no
Speaker 1: sacks in two seasons and just four QB hits over
Speaker 1: that same time span, and only forty one career pressures
Speaker 1: allowed on two thousand, six hundred and eighteen snaps all
Speaker 1: at left tackle, every single snap of every single game.
Speaker 1: A ton of experience. This guy offers percentile or better
Speaker 1: and run block and pass block grades on PFF and
Speaker 1: also in the eighties percentile or better in both zone
Speaker 1: and gap grade and run blocking. His measurements thirty three
Speaker 1: bench press reps that was his best trade that was
Speaker 1: in the percentile among offensive tackles. He also had a
Speaker 1: four point five eight shuttle time that was in the
Speaker 1: eight second percentile. So showing off some of the ankle
Speaker 1: flection and some of the pop in the hips to
Speaker 1: make those quick turns around those cones in that drill
Speaker 1: around the shuttle. In that drill, his three cone time,
Speaker 1: speaking of the cones was in the seventy percent tile
Speaker 1: at seven point five three seconds, So again there's some
Speaker 1: pop and some explosiveness there. Daniel Jeremiah Pro Football Focus,
Speaker 1: every publication I read, Dame Brugler has this guy's the
Speaker 1: highest floor player in the draft. PFF called him a
Speaker 1: well oiled machine with his technique, ready to contribute on
Speaker 1: day one, and his feet and pass sets are as
Speaker 1: crisp as you'll find in college football. A couple more
Speaker 1: notes from his pressor that he did on Friday night.
Speaker 1: There's a story about him getting his eye hit inside
Speaker 1: the face mask ring a game and his eye actually
Speaker 1: swelled up shut in a game and he played the
Speaker 1: rest of the game with just one I. I asked
Speaker 1: him about that in his press conference and he said
Speaker 1: I had to help the team win, That's all there
Speaker 1: is to it, and just basically moved on from there.
Speaker 1: He also was asked about if he knew some or
Speaker 1: he he mentioned it at the opening the pressor that
Speaker 1: he knew some Miami Dolphins, so somebody fall it up
Speaker 1: and asked him obviously Durham Smith Notre Dame, but also
Speaker 1: said that he met Austin Jackson when they worked out
Speaker 1: in Phoenix. I believe. I don't know when that was,
Speaker 1: but they worked out in Phoenix previously, where Austin Jackson's from.
Speaker 1: And he talked about how he has learned about the
Speaker 1: Dolphins culture from those guys, and how everybody on the
Speaker 1: team is just concerned with helping the team win football games,
Speaker 1: like he mentioned in the I Swollen Shut story there,
Speaker 1: so he fits right in line as far as he
Speaker 1: only cares about what the team wants. He even said
Speaker 1: in the press conference, I'll play center if they want
Speaker 1: me to play center. I don't care where they want
Speaker 1: to put me. I'll play anywhere. So of course somebody
Speaker 1: followed up and said, have you played center? And he
Speaker 1: said no, I never have, so no experience there. But
Speaker 1: I think he's virtual enough to do whatever the hell
Speaker 1: he wants. Pro Football Focus also said he might be
Speaker 1: more of a guard, so he can play guard or tackle.
Speaker 1: We'll find out what his prognosis is as far as
Speaker 1: position come August. Brian Kelly said that he was a
Speaker 1: at the right tackle position. You can plug and play
Speaker 1: him and play right away in the NFL because of
Speaker 1: his consistency and because he's going to be out there
Speaker 1: every single day as he was at Notre Dame. So
Speaker 1: Liam Eichenberg offensive tackles slash offensive guard, slash offensive lineman.
Speaker 1: The pick at number forty two, So Eikenberg and Javon
Speaker 1: Holland here on night two to go with Jalen Waddle
Speaker 1: and along there with Jalen Phillips on the first night
Speaker 1: Brett Coleman, who did that great Jalen Phillips breakdown the
Speaker 1: other night, uh or that shared on on Twitter from YouTube,
Speaker 1: he said, after the Javan Holland draft pick, the Dolphins
Speaker 1: are absolutely killing it. Have a draft Chris career with
Speaker 1: those picks, and now Eikenberg de solidify the offensive line.
Speaker 1: And now you've got probably seven or eight guys competing
Speaker 1: for the offensive line spot up front. So Miami top
Speaker 1: four players are and let's go ahead and get now
Speaker 1: to our fifth player of the night. In the third round,
Speaker 1: pick number eighty one, your Miami Dolphins select Hunter long
Speaker 1: tight end out of Boston College. We just finished up
Speaker 1: his media before I recorded this, and he told us
Speaker 1: about how he builds computers in his spare time, has
Speaker 1: a computer science degree and also can solve a Rubricks
Speaker 1: cube in forty seven seconds. So interesting dude. As far
Speaker 1: as his on field product goes, obviously Boston college product
Speaker 1: that Brian Flores was pretty pretty complementary about in his
Speaker 1: post draft presser on Friday evening, kind of joking about
Speaker 1: the qualities of a Boston college player. But as far
Speaker 1: as his on field product, height, weight, speed, combos his
Speaker 1: first strength, I wrote down here he's a fluid athlete
Speaker 1: that can stay on balance through contact and reroutes and
Speaker 1: get through those jams with a smooth break at the
Speaker 1: top of his rouch. Really a fluid athlete that way,
Speaker 1: and runner that way. It's got very very strong and
Speaker 1: reliable hands. He catches the football away from his frame,
Speaker 1: and he maintains those solid hands from all different types
Speaker 1: of ball tracking or platform or contact with the ground
Speaker 1: or the defender, and he tends to give the quarterback
Speaker 1: a nice window to work with With that radius and
Speaker 1: size combination that he features there at six ft five
Speaker 1: fifty three pounds, He's got multiple uses in the running
Speaker 1: game as well. I like that for a strength for him.
Speaker 1: He's a try hard blocker who can operate and function
Speaker 1: from H H back position in line as a fullback
Speaker 1: all over the formation, lead up in there and get
Speaker 1: some blocks. That way seal the edge for you as well.
Speaker 1: And that versatility was kind of bread into him because
Speaker 1: he went from Steve A. Dozzio's power on game. You
Speaker 1: might recall a J. Dillon there at Boston College about
Speaker 1: a four pound running back and all muscle, and they
Speaker 1: just ran the ball over everybody and down their throat.
Speaker 1: Then he goes this year to Frank Signetti to a
Speaker 1: more open passing style attack where he lines up inline
Speaker 1: and detached as well. And the final strength that I
Speaker 1: wrote down here is his intelligence that comes from Dane
Speaker 1: Brugler just talking to the guy right now. I kind
Speaker 1: of feel the same way builds computers, Rubrick's Cuban just
Speaker 1: the way he he conducts himself. But Dame Brugler said
Speaker 1: that his intelligence and strong football character will go a
Speaker 1: long way with clubs. We know how important is to
Speaker 1: Brian Flores and Chris career here in Miami as far
Speaker 1: as his fit. Both Adam Shaheen Durham, Smythe and actually
Speaker 1: might get sick for that matter. You know, he's more
Speaker 1: of He's more in the mold of a Shaheen and
Speaker 1: Smythe as far as an inline classic tight end, Inline
Speaker 1: Classic y tight end and Gassicki for that matter as well.
Speaker 1: All three of those players have expiring contracts at the
Speaker 1: end of the season, so Hunter long gives you some
Speaker 1: long term assurance at the position now. As far as
Speaker 1: how he fits, I think he immediately challenges for work
Speaker 1: in thirteen personnel packages when you pull thirteen or three
Speaker 1: tight ends on to the field, not thirteen. That wouldn't work.
Speaker 1: You'd get flagged for that, and even some twelve personnel
Speaker 1: packages as well. I think he's the second most polished
Speaker 1: pass catcher in the room now and doesn't lose a
Speaker 1: whole lot of ground as a blocker compared to Smith,
Speaker 1: Smith and Shaheen. So again, six ft five, two hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty three pounds, he led all FBS tight ends
Speaker 1: with fifty seven catches last year, caught eighty nine balls
Speaker 1: for one thousand, two hundred ninety seven yards and nine
Speaker 1: career touchdowns, and he averaged fourteen point six yards per catch,
Speaker 1: So a big playmaker. They're the tight end position. Just
Speaker 1: four drop passes on one hundred one catchable targets over
Speaker 1: the last two seasons one thousand, four hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: three career snaps and one thousand, one hundred and fourteen
Speaker 1: of those came in line. That's seventy eight percent working
Speaker 1: in line. So I remember Mike Gasicki plays in line
Speaker 1: less than twenty percent of the time. So again Smith
Speaker 1: and Shaheen mold is where this guy is more more
Speaker 1: in that mold, but he also offers a little more
Speaker 1: as a pass catcher, I think so. His receiving grade
Speaker 1: and yards per route run on Pro Football Focus, we're
Speaker 1: both in the eightie percentile or better. Last year in
Speaker 1: college football among tight ends, one point seven four yards
Speaker 1: per route run and had an eighty three point to
Speaker 1: pass receiving grade. He caught nineteen of twenty seven passes
Speaker 1: in that intermediate range the ten to nineteen yard range
Speaker 1: with a pair of touchdowns, a nice red zone option
Speaker 1: from that position in line at tight end for this
Speaker 1: Dolphins offense. He had the thirty one longest depth of
Speaker 1: target among tight ends and the twenty one most deep
Speaker 1: yards on passes thrown twenty or more yards down the field,
Speaker 1: and he tied for eleventh in the country and contested
Speaker 1: or tied for third rather in the country and contested
Speaker 1: catches with eleven of those. He ran a four six
Speaker 1: three forty that was eighty first percentile, one twenty two
Speaker 1: inch broad jump eighty seven percentile. So he's got some
Speaker 1: explosiveness in those legs thirty three and three quarter inch arms.
Speaker 1: I found that interesting. That's closer to a tackle length
Speaker 1: at that position. And Pro Football Focus wrote, there's very
Speaker 1: few holes in his game. They mentioned not a not
Speaker 1: a ton of athletic upside, but they mentioned a high
Speaker 1: floor player here, and Dane Bruwery wrote functional blocker and
Speaker 1: smooth pass catcher and compared him to Austin Hooper. So
Speaker 1: that's your day two. We away with a tight end
Speaker 1: Hunter long, a safety and Javon Holland and a tackle
Speaker 1: in Liam Eichenberg. And to close out flores and careers pressed.
Speaker 1: At the end of the night, we got you know,
Speaker 1: he joked about the Golden Eagle thing and the tough, smart,
Speaker 1: physical team first players, and that was kind of pre
Speaker 1: alluding to a a fun back and forth where he
Speaker 1: was mentioned by soft Adana the South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Speaker 1: who complimented his drip from night one the suit game
Speaker 1: and coach jokingly told Softa to set up the Fashion
Speaker 1: Show runway walk off, So I guess we all have
Speaker 1: that to look forward to. All right, Let's do a
Speaker 1: quick speed round here and get through my favorite players
Speaker 1: remaining on Day three, the final day of the draft,
Speaker 1: always a bit of a somber one as Saturday brings
Speaker 1: the month of April to a close and basically the
Speaker 1: end of the roster building portion of the calendar. My
Speaker 1: favorite running backs on the board. Michael Carter out of
Speaker 1: u NC still out there. This guy average eight yards
Speaker 1: per carry last year. Love his game. Kenneth Gainwell talked
Speaker 1: about him on the podcast yesterday, as well as Kylan Hill,
Speaker 1: Mndre Stevenson, that big bruising back. He was with the
Speaker 1: Dolphins at the Sea Year Bowl, as was Khalil Herbert
Speaker 1: and then also Jama Jefferson out of Oregon State. Big time,
Speaker 1: big time rusher out here in the pack twelve with
Speaker 1: over two d yards and a couple of games. Thayland
Speaker 1: Wallace receivers out of Oklahoma State. Love his game, big
Speaker 1: yacht guy, good contested catch guy, Amir Smith Marsette and
Speaker 1: josh imotor Baby a couple of big ten receivers. They're
Speaker 1: like their games and athletic profiles. On the offensive line,
Speaker 1: Tray Smith out of Tennessee some of the best offensive
Speaker 1: line tape in twenty nine. Team has some medical concerns though.
Speaker 1: Deonte Brown about a seven thousand pound man, he's actually
Speaker 1: three sixty five I think out of Alabama. And Darius
Speaker 1: Hutcherson out of South Carolina. Joe Marino told us about
Speaker 1: him back on the Offensive Line Preview podcast. Interior defensive line,
Speaker 1: Tyler Shelvon out of l s U at the edge,
Speaker 1: Dalen Hayes out of Notre Dame, and Jonathan Cooper out
Speaker 1: of Ohio State. Love his game. He was great in
Speaker 1: the playoff run for the buck Eys. William Bradley King
Speaker 1: and Tehron Jackson round out my defensive end names. At linebacker,
Speaker 1: Dylan Moses was one of those guys that had the
Speaker 1: A C. L. Tarren came back and didn't have the
Speaker 1: same explosiveness, but he could be, you know, two years
Speaker 1: removed from that injury. Maybe a good fifth round flyer there.
Speaker 1: Monty Rice out of Georgia. He's a speed, hit run
Speaker 1: linebacker as well. At cornerback, Trey Brown out of Oklahoma
Speaker 1: and Keith Taylor Jr. Out of You dub We're two
Speaker 1: of the big stars of the Senior Bowl week. And
Speaker 1: at safety, I love, love, love Tyree Gillispie. I like
Speaker 1: Jama Johnson as well as Damar Hamlin out of Pittsburgh too.
Speaker 1: So those are your names for Day three. I'm sure
Speaker 1: I'm gonna whiff on all those. Three more picks to
Speaker 1: come in the fifth and two more in the seventh.
Speaker 1: And so with that, that concludes our Day two coverage
Speaker 1: here of the NFL Draft. In one, your Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: have added five players to the roster. We're gonna come
Speaker 1: back and do it all over again tomorrow. One pick
Speaker 1: in the fifth round, two picks in the seventh round.
Speaker 1: We'll go ahead and cover today's media on that podcast
Speaker 1: as well, and then cover up the entire prob the
Speaker 1: entire draft in that third day podcast and get you
Speaker 1: guys all the latest and greatest updates on this Dolphins
Speaker 1: football team and the roster as we head in to
Speaker 1: the summer months. And that's that's about it for the
Speaker 1: the off season there so the roster building portion of
Speaker 1: the season just about over. Mini camps and training camp
Speaker 1: coming up here shortly. Schedule released next month. All exciting
Speaker 1: times as the season moves closer and closer. As for
Speaker 1: this edition of the Drivetime Podcast, that's gonna be my
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