WEBVTT - Miami Dolphins 2021 NFL Draft Night 2 Recap, Jevon Holland, Liam Eichenberg and Hunter Long Breakdowns, Day 3 Preview 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:15.560 Booking, Deep Down, Cuts Down Miami. What is up, Dolphans 0:00:15.680 --> 0:00:19.040 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:24.280 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:24.560 --> 0:00:28.360 How's it going everybody? It is early hours Saturday morning. 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.120 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today show, 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:34.120 we're gonna recap the second night of the NFL Draft. 0:00:34.280 --> 0:00:38.320 The Dolphins add tight end Hunter Long, offensive tackle Liam Eichenberg, 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:41.360 and safety Javon Holland We're gonna break down the games 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:43.360 of all of those guys, tell you how they fit 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:45.479 in their respective position groups and what it means for 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:47.479 the rest of the roster. We're also going to get 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.000 to the Night one media with Chris Greer and Brian 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:53.280 Flora's and Jalen Waddle and Jalen Phillips, and we'll go 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.920 ahead and take a look at the best remaining on 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.800 Day three, with the Dolphins having three more picks to 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:01.480 go in this year's draft. All of that and more 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:06.240 on the special night to NFL Draft edition of the 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:11.880 Drive Time Podcast. And we're gonna get to the player 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:14.920 selected tonight by the Miami Dolphins here in just one moment. 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:17.160 But first I want to go back and cover the 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:20.800 media availabilities from Chris Greer and Brian Flores, but also 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:24.360 Jalen Waddle and Jalen Phillips from night one. Some really 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.520 cool comments in there from both the players as well 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.600 as the head coach and the general manager, Chris Greer. 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:31.200 And we're gonna go ahead and get to the very 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:34.320 first question post of these two men on Thursday night 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.800 talking about Jalen Waddle. Let's go ahead and hear the 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:39.120 audio here from Chris Greer on what they saw in 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.920 Jalen Waddle. We've watched him over the years. He's been 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:46.320 a dynamic, explosive player. Even from his you know, freshman 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.240 year there he just flash, he's all stuff and and 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.320 I think this season demonstrating the type of player and 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:55.200 even last year he's he's contributed there every year he's 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:59.960 um without his athletic ability, he's run after catch obviously 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:03.040 the speed, but it's also as toughness. He's a very 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:06.320 competitive kid. He loves ball. It's important to him. I 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:08.440 think you guys see how he plays. He plays with 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.360 passion and energy and so as Brian and I and 0:02:12.400 --> 0:02:14.960 the coaches and scouts were going through it, um, this 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:17.000 guy has been someone that's called our right and it's 0:02:17.000 --> 0:02:20.799 not just this year. Is someone that we've had had 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.519 our eye on for the last couple of years, just watching. 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:25.880 And so that was the general manager Chris. We were 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.440 talking about the addition of Gillan Waddle. Let's go ahead 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.680 and go next here to Brian Floor as Miami Dolphins 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:33.720 head coach. Uh. You know obviously watched a lot of 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:37.600 Two last year. In doing that, you know, we we saw, 0:02:37.919 --> 0:02:40.160 you know, really all the players at Alabama and you know, 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:44.240 a lotle with somebody who definitely stood out um as 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:48.320 a receiver, as a returner, UM, just a really good player. 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:50.480 And then getting on him was that that kind of 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:54.200 I would say, confirmed a lot of the things we 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.600 had heard, and then you just think he's a very 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:01.640 very very good player, good person, and somebody are I 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.120 really liked that bit there, especially from both coach and 0:03:04.200 --> 0:03:06.360 Chris about how they had been watching two for a 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.959 couple of years and doing so. Jalen Waddle kind of 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:10.960 catches your eye because when I watched tape, a lot 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:12.880 of the times, the players that I fall in love 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.840 with the most are guys that happened to come by accident. 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.600 Like my favorite one of all time was watching Zach 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.720 Cunningham from Vanderbilt a few years back and Alvin Camara 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.239 just going Ham on that Vanderbilt defense at Tennessee like it. 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.440 That's That's a great sign of a player stands out 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.760 when you're watching somebody else. They touch on that there. 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:31.960 I also they were asked later on in the press 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:35.000 conference a similar question regarding both Pits and Chase being 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.320 off the board, and they mentioned they had been watching 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.280 Waddle for a couple of years and really being on 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.720 him and honing in on him. There was a follow 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.040 up question to this first one here about Jillen Waddle 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:47.080 asking about how much it meant to them as an 0:03:47.160 --> 0:03:50.480 organization that Waddle came back to the National Championship Game 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.880 this year after breaking his ankle in Week five for 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.560 the Crimson Tide and coming back in the same season 0:03:55.600 --> 0:03:57.840 to play in that game, even though as you saw 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:00.400 in that game, he was not but he came back 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:02.640 and played with his teammates. Here's what coach and Chris 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:04.960 had to say about Waddles toughness and what that meant 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:07.680 to them in that game. I think it's Yeah, it 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:10.960 just again shows the character and how important football is 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:12.440 to him. You know, like you said, a lot of 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:15.840 players would have opted not to play and this injury, 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:18.719 but he wanted to deal with his teammates and worked 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:20.800 hard to have to get back and be out there 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.000 and contribute. And so for us, it just as we 0:04:24.080 --> 0:04:27.160 got to know him with Brian said, it just kind 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:30.400 of completed the picture. Even really it's not to get 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.599 before even really knew him, just to say like, this 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.560 is the type of kid that loves ball and within 0:04:36.600 --> 0:04:38.840 our culture, and we're gonna be able to further prove 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.920 that here later on we get when we hear from 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.200 Jalen Waddle at his media availability up next for Chris career. 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.960 Here he was asked about Jalen Phillips's love for the 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.320 game and what attracted the Dolphins to that player at 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:54.799 number eighteen. Well, you know, Brian, myself, the coaches, the scouts, 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.000 we spent a lot of time do the pre draft 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.600 process getting to know him. And I think the one 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:04.279 thing when you watch him play, you would never question 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.159 his passion and effort and stuff, because he plays a 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.400 hundred miles an hour and uh, he's got a tremendous 0:05:10.440 --> 0:05:13.280 motor and effort and you can tell football is very 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:17.839 important to him. And I think like any person when 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:21.080 you're that young, going into college and doing stuff, and 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.200 you know, maybe you know a little bit of adversity there, 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.080 I think it's just maturing and growing and you know, 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.719 and so I think, you know, watching him over his career, 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:32.479 you know, he's a you know, one of the top 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.159 players in the country in high school and and just 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.440 watching his growth over the last few years and he 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:39.920 got to know him, he felt very comfortable with it. 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.440 And and I'm filmed. There's no doubt that this guy 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:46.040 loves football, and so we're very excited to add him. 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:48.640 I love hearing Chris talk there about the motor that 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:50.360 stands out on his tape and how if you watch 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.320 his tape, you never questioned his love for the game, 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.560 and that's spot on. Because there's a clip I'm going 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.160 to share in the written piece on Jayalen Phillips upon 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.000 Miami Dolphins dot Com here in a couple of days 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:00.400 or I'm not sure when it's gonna you, but it'll 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:03.240 be out there soon where he chases down Trevor Lawrence 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.480 from behind and we've seen Lawrence run away from safety's 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.520 before you know, in that big playoff game a couple 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:09.720 of years ago, like a fifty yard touchdown run whatever 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:11.760 it might have been, but Phillips ran him down from 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.800 the backside. He retraces so well and has that relentless 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:16.880 motor that way. So I love that comment there from 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.080 Chris Queer. And we're gonna jump ahead here in the 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.400 press conference and go back to the Dolphins first pick 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.600 on Thursday night, number six overall, Jalen Waddle. They were 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.240 asked about why they would take Waddle over Davonte Smith, 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.359 former or fellow Alabama receiver, and they talked about the 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:33.120 explosive misplaymaking ability and much more. But there was one 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:34.800 other point here I wanted to point to hear the 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.240 Dolphins or Chris Career talks about with the decision to 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:40.120 draft DeLand Waddle and the response from people around the league. 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:41.800 At the end of the day, they're both really good 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:47.159 players and really good kids, um, and very competitive. Uh. 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:51.680 Just you know, as we went through it, it's the explosiveness, um, 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.240 that you know Waddle gives you as well as the 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:59.240 return game, UM, Ryan and for us just that dynamic 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.760 trait and UM, you can only imagine the texts Brian 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.960 and I got from people talking about we're a great 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.880 pig and explosive and how this guy's you know, you 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.840 guys saw all the comparisons, But for us, it was 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:14.080 getting to know the kid um and we were really 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:16.800 really happy and knowing how competitive and tough. But it's 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.000 just they're both really good players. A device is going 0:07:19.040 --> 0:07:21.600 to be a really good player in this league. For us, 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:26.320 it was the explosive playmaking ability and the return ability 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.400 force that we we like. As we have talked about 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:32.200 many many times on this podcast, the four down player 0:07:32.240 --> 0:07:34.840 of Jalen Waddle, the electricity he brings to an offense, 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.240 the chance to cut some of those twelve plage drives 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:39.440 and turn them into five or six play drives. All 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:42.760 about explositivity and speed, and Drillian Waddle has both of 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.480 those in spades. Up next to a really great question 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.760 I thought from Omar Kelly of the Sun Sentinel, South 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:51.120 Florida Sun Sentinel talking about positional value and going edge 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:53.760 at number eighteen with running backs on the board and 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.160 how the Dolphins valued that. Here's Chris. We are talking 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.840 about making the decision between Jalen Phillips and the running 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:02.400 back class because a certain player number eighteen Daylan Phillips 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:06.360 was he number one player on the Dolphins board. Yeah, 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:09.440 you know, Brian I and the coaches and scouts. Again, 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:12.280 we do a lot of work pree draft, a lot 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.720 of calls, information and mock drafts, going through our own 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.600 stuff looking at it, and yeah, we were we thought 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:21.320 that could happen. But you know, for us, Daylan was, 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:24.000 you know, the best player on our board at that point. 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:26.960 And so as Brian said, you can never have enough 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:30.080 pass rush and we all felt that way. Um, So 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:34.880 for us, um, we're tremendously excited that Janeen was there 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.400 and we didn't think he would be there, and uh, 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:40.679 we're happy to get him number one player on the board. 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.840 Didn't think he would be there. That would explain why 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.520 the Dolphins ran the card up there, And big kudos 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:47.800 to Chris Graher and Brian Flores forgetting those cars turned 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:49.839 in quickly and making the night go by faster. That's 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.160 like the biggest low key winning this whole thing is 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:54.520 quick turning of the card and speed up this draft 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:56.040 process a little bit so we're not out there for 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.720 five hours watching this thing. So really cool to see 0:08:58.760 --> 0:09:01.080 that that was the case as well with Jalen Waddle 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.520 when they turned the cargain very quickly. So both these 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.080 players they obviously had conviction in and of course, as 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.480 you heard Chris Career there say Brian Flores had earlier 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.680 in response to a question you can never have enough 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.320 pass rushers. We have two more here, one talking about 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.680 Jalen Waddle and its potential role. Here's Brian Flores talking 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:19.560 about what role the number six pick in the draft, 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:22.440 Jalen Waddle could have on this Dolphins offense this season. 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:24.840 I mean, his his role is gonna be what he 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:28.280 makes it based off of all the film we've seen, 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:32.480 and um, you know, we think he'll he'll fit inside 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:37.720 or outside. UM, I think be a lot of speed element. 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:42.640 Um and obviously he asked some some value and return games, 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.240 so I think I think, you know, his versatility is 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.400 a big, big part of this. His ability to play inside, 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:51.280 to play in the slot, to play on phim's playing 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:56.560 a return game. You know we we uh again, we 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.959 were very very excited to have him or both Jalen's 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:04.080 be honest with you and um and uh, I'm excited. 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:06.560 Talked a lot about speed there and that answer, and 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.080 of course again for the eight millionth time. That is 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.680 what Jalen Waddle brings in spades. But he also brings 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:13.600 the element of being a great teammate. There's some great 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.120 stories I covered on the podcast on Thursday night talking 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.679 about the level of teammate and competitive that he is. 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:21.120 And here is Coach talking about how important it is 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:22.960 to be a great teammate and what they saw from 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.240 Jalen Waddle in that department. I would say, the talent 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:27.960 is the first thing we're looking at, and I think 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:32.839 that's that stood out. But you know, for sure, I mean, 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:36.680 he talked about you being a teammate now important that 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:41.439 was um. He talked about the camaraderie that that um 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:45.600 he and both Jalen and John Phillips and j Will 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:47.760 both talked about the camaraderie and how important that is. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:51.880 So obviously that's important to us, and but you know, 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:54.720 as players and these guys, that's what stood out first. 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:56.880 And I really wanted to play that last clip there 0:10:56.880 --> 0:10:58.880 from Coach because you're gonna hear from Jillian Waddle here 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:01.199 at the end of his press of friends, and you're 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.880 gonna see genuine joy and excitement for the level of 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:06.559 pride he feels for being a great teammate with his 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.000 Alabama teammates. Let's go ahead and get nowt to Jillan 0:11:09.040 --> 0:11:12.680 Waddle and his press conference from Thursday night, and speaking 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.520 of love of the game, Waddle was asked about how 0:11:15.559 --> 0:11:18.360 important it was to him to try to showcase his 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:21.080 toughness and ability to come back from the injury and 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:22.839 and what the game meant to him in that National 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.280 Championship game. But for him, it was all about just 0:11:25.280 --> 0:11:28.240 playing football. Well, honestly, I just paid because I'd love 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.840 to play the game. Um, So I wasn't really kinking 0:11:30.840 --> 0:11:34.679 on how I came off to anyone anything like that. Um, 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.520 they never really spoke about it or anything like that. 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:40.120 How about the chemistry he had with two a tongue 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.400 of by loa and how that might carry over into 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.040 his rookie season here with his former quarterback and now 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.959 his new teammate and quarterback here in Miami. I mean 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:50.800 he's there for sure. He's definitely h needs to improve 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:54.000 and something that we're gonna try to improve on. So, um, 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:55.880 it's good to, you know, be familiar with him. But 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.520 I'm I'm coming to work and I know he is too. 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.720 So just getting it down and just going by having 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:04.600 and having at it um day by day, just trying 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:06.680 to build it and build it more. I love how 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:09.000 he talked about It's definitely they're acknowledged the fact that 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.160 the chemistry is there, but we have to work and 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.840 get better. That's the message of this team. Jalen Waddle 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.160 already has that down. And those workout videos you see 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.760 from two on Instagram or Twitter, whatever it is, you're 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:20.480 gonna be seeing plenty of those with these two guys. 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.280 I'm sure they're gonna get to work probably tomorrow. They'll 0:12:22.320 --> 0:12:25.079 probably be out there throwing the football around tomorrow. One 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:26.880 more thank here for Jillan Waddle. I talked about it 0:12:26.920 --> 0:12:29.440 with Brian Flores and the mention of how good, how 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:31.079 good of a teammate he is, and how important it 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:34.040 is to him. Here he is talking about his Alabama teammates. 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.160 One of the reporters broke the news to him that 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:39.360 uh Davante Smith had gotten number ten to the Philadelphia 0:12:39.400 --> 0:12:42.520 Eagles and his Here is Jillen reacting and talking about 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.079 his teammates. He teared up a little bit, man. So 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:48.559 it's just, you know, there's a lot of emotion. I 0:12:48.600 --> 0:12:50.839 almost seeming like tear up and it's me not like 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:54.080 a real emotional guy. So he's like a special moment. 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.640 You just share it with your budd uh pat Um, 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:02.800 Smitty mac ball more. It's something special issues make the 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.920 moment even more specially even more emotionally. I thought that 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.480 was a great answer, the best answer of the entire night. 0:13:08.559 --> 0:13:10.800 I love when these guys show emotion. Let's go ahead 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:12.559 and kick this thing off for Jalen Phillips before we 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:16.120 get to the picks from Friday evening for the Miami Dolphins. 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.679 Here's Phillips his first question, talking about the experience of 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.439 coming back to Miami and how it feels. Man words 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.960 canna even describe office right now. I mean, it's literally 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.640 like a outer body experience. Um. But you know, I'm 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.240 just so grateful for Miami as a city. You know, 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.679 they embraced me when I came into the U and 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:33.880 they've supported me for the last two years of my journey. 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.160 And so there's no place I'd rather be. Man bastually 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:39.520 three or five. This is crazy. And of course, Jillen 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.640 Phillips's career was nearly cut short by a retirement with 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.439 some concussion problems he had in college. He addressed that 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.200 on the press conference here, and you're gonna hear him 0:13:47.200 --> 0:13:49.040 talk about how crazy it is coming back to Miami 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.079 quite a bit. But here he is talking about what 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.439 drove him to get back onto the football field and 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:58.600 into this position, a first round draft pick in the NFL. Man, 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.679 all I can say about that is superiance. Man. You know, 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:03.640 there was there was good days, there was bad days. 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:05.040 But at the end of the day, Man, I kept 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.720 my faith, I stayed humble, and I worked hard, uh, 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:09.640 And I had great people around me to support me 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.720 and carried me through this process. So it's been surreal. 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:14.720 I mean, these these last two years in my life, 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.240 like so much has changed, and I'm just so blessed 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:19.160 to be in this position that I am right now, uh, 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.560 and so thankful for everybody was helping me along the way. 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:23.520 There was a question here in the middle of this 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:25.480 between this one and the next one We're gonna play 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.920 for you guys, where he was asked about his relationship 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.560 and meeting coach Flores and and what he thought about 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:32.800 coach Flora's and he said, he seems like a very 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.080 genuine guy. And the reason I wanted to mention that 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:37.720 was because We've heard that so many times. So for 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.640 him to say that after his initial meeting with Coach Florida, 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.560 I thought that really just carried a bunch of weight 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.080 and was very interesting. He also talked about how he 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.360 just moved all of his stuff from Coral Gables here 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.240 in Florida back to l A and now he's got 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.760 to move back to the South Florida area. But he 0:14:51.880 --> 0:14:54.160 also had this great quote that he mentions. He tweets 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:56.280 a lot about kind of the journey he's taken the 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.240 circuitest route now to the NFL, about how Los Angeles 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:01.400 made him but the three or five here in Miami 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:03.480 saved him. Yeah. I've never made it out to a 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.200 Dolphins game, but you know I've said it before in 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:08.600 a tweet. Man like Los Angeles Mami, but Miami saved me. 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.360 And so I really I owe a lot to this city. Uh. 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.120 And I'm so excited to be able to come back 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:15.040 and be able to play here for you know, as 0:15:15.120 --> 0:15:17.720 long as I can. I talked about Coach Flow getting 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.200 that genuine moniker and how accurate and how that's kind 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.000 of played out over the course of his time here. Uh. 0:15:23.240 --> 0:15:25.600 Jalen was asked about what he can bring to the Dolphins, 0:15:25.600 --> 0:15:27.840 what he's gonna be to this Miami Dolphins football team. 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.760 And he talked a lot of these same kind of 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.080 phrases that coach Flora speaks and talking about his servitude 0:15:34.280 --> 0:15:37.040 to the football team. Oh man, my tenacity and my 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.360 hard work, that's something I can really hate my head on. Man. 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:41.600 I'm gonna come in day one and just like do 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.320 the most that I can for the team. Man. Just 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:45.720 come in, you know, be a humble servant. I really 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:48.280 come in just ready to soak up everything, be a sponge, 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:50.000 and just put my head down to work. Man. I 0:15:50.080 --> 0:15:51.920 want to earn the respect to my teammates and my 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:55.200 coaches first and foremost. So I'm just excited for this opportunity. 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.520 It's crazy. It sounds like a Miami Dolphin already. And 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.080 you heard him there again at the very ends here, 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:00.800 that's crazy. And then he knowledge the fact that he 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.560 said it's crazy several times. Very excited to be here. 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:05.320 Let's go ahead and finish up here before we get 0:16:05.360 --> 0:16:08.160 to our player breakdowns from night two, rounds two and three, 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.200 your next newest Miami Dolphins. He talked about going from 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:13.800 Coral Gables back to Los Angeles. Here he is talking 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.240 about being familiar with South Florida and where he's looking 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:17.880 around this time. I mean, I definitely want to be 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:20.720 close to facilities. So you know, the hard rock facilities 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:22.880 are gonna be open pretty soon, so you know, anywhere 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:24.760 I can be close up in North Miami, so you know, 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:28.080 West End, Davy before Lauderdown maybe just you know, I 0:16:28.160 --> 0:16:29.800 know my way around there a little big and I 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:31.880 spent some time about North. You know, I was down 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:34.400 in Coral Gables for the most point, but I definitely 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:36.720 spent some time up north. So you know, wherever the 0:16:36.760 --> 0:16:39.400 team recommends that, you know, I should stay and really 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:41.320 just kind of being close to facility, being able to 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.400 get that vibe and really kind of act with me. Yeah, 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:46.880 what a perfect answer. That was once again talking about 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:48.520 being in a possession where he can just work his 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.160 hardest and work his best and become his best. Great 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.520 media there from your Newest Miami Dolphins and Brian Floors 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.800 and Chris Career, we're gonna break down the newest players 0:16:55.840 --> 0:16:58.120 here for your Miami Dolphins. Starting off first here with 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:01.000 the dolphins first pick on Friday and and with a 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:04.200 thirty six pick in the draft, the Dolphins select Javon 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:08.639 Holland safety slash nickel cornerback out of Oregon, and I 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:10.680 was a little bit bummed at first because it picked 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.400 thirty five. My guy, Javonte Williams came off the board, 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:17.399 but I was quickly revived after that because you guys know, 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:20.560 I'm a Pac twelve fan of Washington State alumni, watched 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.520 a lot of Oregan football games out there and really 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:24.800 had this guy in my cross Harris. As far as 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.719 the safety position, we teased it in the Thursday Night 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:30.399 Slash Friday Morning podcast how this guy was one of 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.480 the top safeties on the board. Javon Holland can flat 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:36.280 out play some ball, man. He is actually the first, 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:39.720 or I should say the highest drafted ever Canadian born player. 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:41.640 He found his way down to Oakland in the East 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:43.840 Bay area and played his high school ball there. But 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:47.880 he was a Canadian born athlete, highest ever drafted, beating 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:51.280 out Chase Claypool from a last season. But his strength, 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.240 that's the biggest strength in this guy's game. Just such 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.919 an instinctive player and that's that's my jam at safety. Man. 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.400 It's so in line with what Brandon Joe owns does. 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:02.560 And that's my favorite thing to watch, the instincts to 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:05.040 recognize some of the keys or the tells before the 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.520 snap of what the offensive lines doing or the motion 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:09.800 and what that means, or how the alignment of the 0:18:09.880 --> 0:18:12.560 receivers and tight ends or stacked or bunched, or how 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:15.359 they're spaced out. This guy sees it and hits it 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.160 and comes downhill flying like a bat out of hell. 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.919 And you really see him react and anticipate as well 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.200 as anybody in this class and maybe even the most. 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:25.479 And when he pulls that trigger and gets going downhill 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.359 in a hurry, there is some violent, violent collisions that 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:31.440 he hits as a result. There was a quote available 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.000 on him where they asked him about his nine career 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:36.200 interceptions there at ore agaon more on that here in 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:38.520