Speaker 1: What is up Dolphins and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast.
Speaker 1: I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show,
Speaker 1: it is Roster Reset Day. Always one of my favorite
Speaker 1: podcasts to do every time. We do it throughout the
Speaker 1: course of the calendar year, but especially post draft, when
Speaker 1: you have your first real look at your ninety manter
Speaker 1: roster for the upcoming season. Will assess the Dolphins with
Speaker 1: where they are with that roster, where they need to go,
Speaker 1: where they've improved, where they can still get better, and
Speaker 1: the entire outlook as we barrel towards training camp here
Speaker 1: and a new NFL season from the Baptist Health Studios
Speaker 1: inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Draft
Speaker 1: Time Podcast, daff roster turnover in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: Get used to it. This is the new NFL, as
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel told us back at the owners meetings in
Speaker 1: March one year deals, constant scouring, thirty to forty new
Speaker 1: faces every season. That's kind of how ninety percent of
Speaker 1: the league is right now. You have a few teams
Speaker 1: that don't have that model. The Buffalo Bills are kind
Speaker 1: of like that right now, and you know, give them credit,
Speaker 1: they are one of the best teams in the league.
Speaker 1: But you'll see the Chiefs every year they hot swap
Speaker 1: players in and out of that roster as well.
Speaker 2: But there's the one way to get out of that.
Speaker 1: Is how Buffalo is able to get out of that,
Speaker 1: and the Chiefs for a while was to hammer the draft.
Speaker 1: And we are coming off a twenty twenty four class
Speaker 1: that featured seven players, four that had immediate impacts. They
Speaker 1: were contributors in the rookie season, no matter how higher
Speaker 1: low you think that contribution was. And those same four
Speaker 1: players I expect will have an even further expanded role,
Speaker 1: which you can get a little bit, you know, over
Speaker 1: your skis on those predictions. Not every growth is linear
Speaker 1: for every player, so to assume immediate growth is not
Speaker 1: always a good process. But I do think in the
Speaker 1: case of these four guys, we are on a good trajectory.
Speaker 1: Patrick Paul, who, as I'll get into, I am very
Speaker 1: very bullish on his upside.
Speaker 2: Jalen Wright, I mean same as Pat.
Speaker 1: I think that right, I think rights the running back
Speaker 1: on the roster, and I'm gonna take that end of
Speaker 1: the season. Malik Washington, who kind of did what you'd expect,
Speaker 1: and I think that December run will be more of
Speaker 1: the norm from him from jump the season. And I
Speaker 1: also think that Patrick mc I've leftp Chop Robinson, who's
Speaker 1: already your best edge defender. Good job, Travis, But I
Speaker 1: also think that Patrick McMorris has a chance to start,
Speaker 1: and Mo Kamara has some of the goods as well.
Speaker 1: And for posterity, of course, Toaj Washington missed his entire
Speaker 1: rookie season, and that's tough for those guys. They get here,
Speaker 1: they spend all that time getting ready for the season,
Speaker 1: they get hurt, and then it's been two years since
Speaker 1: they've played competitive football and they get forgotten by a
Speaker 1: little bit. So Taj Washington, don't forget him. Patrick McMorris
Speaker 1: in that same role as well. But now you're gonna
Speaker 1: get eight more rookies, and I feel good about the
Speaker 1: opportunity for a few of those guys to get on
Speaker 1: the field and make an immediate impact. I mean, Chris
Speaker 1: Greer talked about it in that pre draft press conference
Speaker 1: with the need to get immedia impact starters, and I
Speaker 1: would be pretty surprised if that's not what you get
Speaker 1: from Kenneth Grant and of course from Jonah Savoy and Ayah,
Speaker 1: who was a guy we targeted and went up for
Speaker 1: in the second round. So I think you'll get that
Speaker 1: from those guys and later on the draft potentially as well.
Speaker 1: And you know, for the future's sake, I mean, we've
Speaker 1: got all of our natural picks next year, seven rounds worth.
Speaker 1: We have the additional third we got from the Texans
Speaker 1: this year, and we are in line for a fourth
Speaker 1: round compensatory pick that can be lost. It can also
Speaker 1: be reduced, so it's not official yet, but that's what
Speaker 1: we're lined up for right now. And then if coach
Speaker 1: Weaver gets hired in the cycle, and frankly, I'm surprised
Speaker 1: he didn't get hired this time around, that would be
Speaker 1: another third in both the next two drafts. So next
Speaker 1: year you could have two thirds and a fourth in
Speaker 1: addition to all your original draft picks. So it could
Speaker 1: potentially be a team that continues to have more than
Speaker 1: the seven a lot of draft picks and build that way.
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and go over the entire offense
Speaker 1: right now. We'll do the defense on Monday, because this
Speaker 1: my copy is like at thirty five hundred words, So yeah,
Speaker 1: I am. I didn't want to do a one hour
Speaker 1: long podcast for you guys here. So at quarterback to
Speaker 1: a tongue of Iloa, Zach Wilson, and Quinn Ewers are
Speaker 1: the three guys in tow I think you start here.
Speaker 1: This is better quarterback room than what you had last year. Now,
Speaker 1: the performance from the non TA quarterbacks, that bar is
Speaker 1: pretty low, but I think the backup is better, and
Speaker 1: I think the developmental piece is better. I mean, last
Speaker 1: year was basically Tim Boyle, right because like Skylar Thompson
Speaker 1: was thrust into that backup role and it was Tim
Speaker 1: Boyle and then Tyler Huntly like you didn't really have
Speaker 1: one last year, and then there's Tua who gets better
Speaker 1: every single season. We're going to detail this in the
Speaker 1: offense as a whole section, but I think this offense
Speaker 1: has been successful in the sense that you've given tu
Speaker 1: Us something he's never had. Well, let me rephrase that,
Speaker 1: because the thing I'm alluding to is a rock solid
Speaker 1: offensive line at the same time as having electric playmakers
Speaker 1: on the outside. He had that in twenty twenty three,
Speaker 1: at least through the Eagles game, and I think the
Speaker 1: Patriots game after that as well. But after that game concluded,
Speaker 1: they had only just two more games with at least
Speaker 1: eighty percent of the offensive line starters, and like, yeah,
Speaker 1: you could lose guys this year too, but I think
Speaker 1: the top five guys are better than it was all
Speaker 1: but those first eight games of twenty twenty three, because
Speaker 1: the rest of the way you were without one of
Speaker 1: or at least two of Isaiah Wim Connor Williams, Robert Hunt,
Speaker 1: and to Ron Armstead. But guess what he did when
Speaker 1: he had either all of those guys or was missing
Speaker 1: just one guy. Austin Jackson included. Through the first eight
Speaker 1: weeks of that season, he was at a nice seventy
Speaker 1: point four percent completion rate, a nice smooth eight point
Speaker 1: eight yards per pass attempt, with eighteen touchdown passes. And
Speaker 1: you extrapolate that over a full season, you get a
Speaker 1: five thousand yard passer who threw for thirty five touchdowns.
Speaker 1: And he also had a passer rating for one h
Speaker 1: nine and the highest EPA per play in the NFL
Speaker 1: and the highest completion percentage over expected of any quarterback
Speaker 1: to that point.
Speaker 2: Season. He was the best quarterback in the league. He
Speaker 2: was the MVP of the league when he had that.
Speaker 1: And here's the kicker I would argue that this front
Speaker 1: five is better than the one he had that year,
Speaker 1: especially when injuries you know, accumulated and made that group
Speaker 1: what it was. But to put a pin and all that,
Speaker 1: you know how things around two can make him better
Speaker 1: and not just personnel per se. I think what you've
Speaker 1: seen with each of the last few years is he
Speaker 1: decides what's best for him and then comes back having
Speaker 1: achieved that goal two years ago was getting bigger in
Speaker 1: addition to the jiu jitsu training, and since then, you know,
Speaker 1: he he hasn't had the same type of injury that
Speaker 1: cost him time in that twenty twenty two season because
Speaker 1: he has that shoulder role where he rolls out of
Speaker 1: that contact and out of those hits. We saw it
Speaker 1: right away in the twenty twenty three preseason. Now this
Speaker 1: is the obvious caveat. His two injuries last year were
Speaker 1: on scramble plays right where he dives forward. So you know,
Speaker 1: the thing for me is like, unless it's the fourth quarter,
Speaker 1: December game, fourth down game on the line, like let's
Speaker 1: just go to the next game, because you know we
Speaker 1: need the quarterback. He is a very very good player,
Speaker 1: and any team that loser starting quarterback like you're gonna
Speaker 1: have a regression to your record and like not to
Speaker 1: you know, belabor the point.
Speaker 2: But I go back to last year.
Speaker 1: If we just slide and turn the ball over on
Speaker 1: down to the Buffalo Bills, I think you beat Seattle
Speaker 1: and then Tennessee, and then you beat the Patriots, which
Speaker 1: you did without Tua, and I think you beat the
Speaker 1: Colts too, and then you're five to one, and then
Speaker 1: you go into the Cardinals game and you know, maybe
Speaker 1: Jordan Poyer catches that interception, maybe he doesn't have that
Speaker 1: late hit to the head of the Buffalo Bills receiver.
Speaker 1: The week after that, and you're eight and one going
Speaker 1: to Los Angeles and you win a primetime game on
Speaker 1: the road against a playoff team to get to nine
Speaker 1: and one. I digress right, all right, But we also
Speaker 1: saw Tua come back with a better feel, understanding, willingness
Speaker 1: to take the short stuff and to get it to
Speaker 1: the quick game and the progression like the checkdowns, one
Speaker 1: of his best traits in my opinion. So I think
Speaker 1: the challenge this year for the Dolphins and for Tua
Speaker 1: is how to marry that dangerous vertical game with the
Speaker 1: efficient short game to get this offense back to that
Speaker 1: thirty points per game Barmater we had, you know, two
Speaker 1: seasons ago, because I think that's very much on the
Speaker 1: table right now. I think you'll see Tua take further
Speaker 1: command of this offense and the team, and I think
Speaker 1: he'll have his best year for two reasons. He'll be
Speaker 1: the best version of himself, and he has the best
Speaker 1: cast around him, with depth to endure what you endure
Speaker 1: with at the course of a season, with attrition. His
Speaker 1: best weapons, in my opinion, I mean Reakan Wadler still here.
Speaker 1: Maybe they're not the same Reacan wad from twenty twenty two.
Speaker 1: I don't think that's necessarily the case, but I can
Speaker 1: see you making that argument. And then it's deeper beyond
Speaker 1: those guys Malik and Nick Westbrook Akine, I like these
Speaker 1: I like Copley's UDFA receivers and arguably, I won't say definitively,
Speaker 1: but arguably the best offensive line he's had with Zach
Speaker 1: and Quinn. There's tons of unknown there, but I am
Speaker 1: so intrigued to see what Zach Wilson looks like in camp,
Speaker 1: because like, it has to be better than it was
Speaker 1: for the Jets for him to get this opportunity right like,
Speaker 1: and we've seen multiple quarterbacks go through you know, bust
Speaker 1: in their first contract and for the Jets, right Gino Smith,
Speaker 1: Sam Darnold both did that, and so like, I'm curious
Speaker 1: to see what it looks like for Zach Wilson on
Speaker 1: the other side of that, as a big detractor of
Speaker 1: his tape with the Jets and even out a BYU
Speaker 1: saying like, I don't see what everyone's seeing and making
Speaker 1: the second pick in the draft. It was a rough
Speaker 1: run for the Jets, but the comments out of Denver
Speaker 1: about how he changed to he is very fascinating and
Speaker 1: in line with what you saw with Darnold and with
Speaker 1: Gino and with Baker and all the quarterbacks that have
Speaker 1: had this this turnaround, and I just can't wait to
Speaker 1: see it for myself. And then with Quinn, I wonder
Speaker 1: how quickly he can get up to speed given some
Speaker 1: of the familiarity in the scheme. I think that the
Speaker 1: big knock on his tape was processing and seeing the
Speaker 1: field and you know, not getting the ball to the
Speaker 1: open receiver on time within the progression.
Speaker 2: And that's big here. You have to be able to
Speaker 2: do that here.
Speaker 1: But how fast can he get that to be part
Speaker 1: of his game and be a guy that you know
Speaker 1: can step into a game and make an impact that way.
Speaker 1: But the quarterback room I think has more potential than
Speaker 1: it's had behind Tua. There's a lot of unknown there,
Speaker 1: but ultimately I think it's a decent step ahead of
Speaker 1: where it was at this time a year ago. How
Speaker 1: about the running back room, we'll do that before our
Speaker 1: first break. Devon a Chan Jalen Wright. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: Ali Gordon the second right, now form my number third
Speaker 1: on the depth chart. That that's my depth chart, speaking
Speaker 1: Alexander Madison and then Nate Nole the UDFA reported signing
Speaker 1: with alec Ingold the full back. I think we'll miss
Speaker 1: Raheem's presence on and off the field, but I don't
Speaker 1: think you failed to replace him and what his play
Speaker 1: style and body type and all that stuff was in fact,
Speaker 1: and I said this being a massive you know Raheem
Speaker 1: mostert fam I thought it multiple times last year he
Speaker 1: was gonna get Wally pipped when he was hurt by
Speaker 1: Jalen Wright and lose touches to Jay Dubb. And that
Speaker 1: had nothing to do with my feelings about Raheem, but
Speaker 1: rather my belief in Jalen, who was famous last year
Speaker 1: for being addicted to being in the building before everybody else,
Speaker 1: and that's not changed this offseason. He very much looks
Speaker 1: the part in great shape. I think he's the best
Speaker 1: back on the roster As a runner. Devon's multiple skill
Speaker 1: set makes him a unicorn of sorts, but I can
Speaker 1: kind of see him being like the Reggie Bush to
Speaker 1: the Deuce McAllister, if you will, because I keep going
Speaker 1: back to that Patriots game when we were without Tua
Speaker 1: and who was the one making the big plays in
Speaker 1: that game after Devon Ah Chiang got hurt on like
Speaker 1: the second play of the game, whatever it was, and
Speaker 1: it's not because it was blocked up well once or twice.
Speaker 1: That's kind of how we spring the big runs with
Speaker 1: a chan back there. But his running style puts the
Speaker 1: impetus on defenders to make good decisions and get their
Speaker 1: technique right. I felt that at times Devon would run
Speaker 1: into tackles where Jay dub would kind of put his
Speaker 1: head down run through them and get more yards out
Speaker 1: of those plays and just have more conviction that way.
Speaker 1: I mean, in that game he had three runs over
Speaker 1: ten yards and he had two more called back, same
Speaker 1: as the Colts game. He stepped into when a Cham
Speaker 1: was lost in that game and looked like a true
Speaker 1: bell cow to me.
Speaker 2: I think that his.
Speaker 1: Presence on the roster this year, I think he's going
Speaker 1: to be a force. And those eighty three carries last
Speaker 1: year did nothing to change my opinion of him coming
Speaker 1: out of college, but rather strengthen that belief. And what
Speaker 1: I find most interesting about this group now is that
Speaker 1: you sort of have different traits to choose from with
Speaker 1: each player, and in the past, coach Stutisville has been
Speaker 1: very upfront about not wanting to have you know, every
Speaker 1: back has to be capable of everything and the importance
Speaker 1: of that so I has to not tip your hand
Speaker 1: to the defense with your personnel decisions. And this isn't
Speaker 1: to say that has changed. I'm sure he still feels
Speaker 1: that way. But a Chan and Gordon are about is
Speaker 1: diametrically opposed in terms of their skill sets as you
Speaker 1: can be. I think you got better in pass protection.
Speaker 1: You know, Gordon's pass pro reel is pretty fun to watch.
Speaker 1: I think you got better in short yardage and I
Speaker 1: can't wait to see what the increased role for Wright
Speaker 1: does for the way that DeVaughn is deployed on the offense.
Speaker 1: We saw him get more run last year as a
Speaker 1: true wide receiver and make some catches that running backs
Speaker 1: just quite frankly shouldn't be able to make on dig
Speaker 1: routes on balls off the frame where he's elevating and
Speaker 1: snatching the football with his hands. I think more of
Speaker 1: that could potentially make him more dangerous as a runner
Speaker 1: and reduce the number of reads he has to make
Speaker 1: as a running back where maybe some of the vision
Speaker 1: deficiencies get him into some bad spots and some negative runs.
Speaker 1: Now it's like he's coming in as a spell or
Speaker 1: an option, you know, a secondary option, and he can
Speaker 1: hit that thing with conviction and speed. And you also
Speaker 1: round that out with a workload in the passing game,
Speaker 1: and you don't reduce his workload at all. He's still
Speaker 1: you know, a twenty touch per game guy, but you
Speaker 1: just spread it out in multiple ways to get him
Speaker 1: angel and write both Evall because both these guys to
Speaker 1: me are NFL playmakers, NFL studs. I think will come
Speaker 1: out of this season saying that right is the best
Speaker 1: true BELCW back on the roster. And again, you know,
Speaker 1: I think that Devon could be Reggie Bush. I think
Speaker 1: j Dubb could be like your Deuce McCallister. Do you
Speaker 1: want to go Jonathan Stewart Chris Johnson. That's probably not
Speaker 1: the most apt comparison. I think the Saints comparison is
Speaker 1: the best one. And then you can throw Allie Gordon.
Speaker 1: There is like Latavious Murray, a guy that maybe has
Speaker 1: ten rushers for twelve yards, but it produces seven touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's the rookie role for him right away. I
Speaker 1: think that at both quarterback and running back, I think
Speaker 1: you're done. I think that you're pretty much ready to
Speaker 1: go to training camp and ready to go into September
Speaker 1: with the roster as is.
Speaker 2: So there you go.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and take a break right there. That's
Speaker 1: not to say they're not going to, like, you know,
Speaker 1: scour and turn over every stone. I'm just saying you
Speaker 1: could play a game tomorrow, I think with both those
Speaker 1: two spots and be totally good there.
Speaker 2: Let's go ahead and take our first break.
Speaker 1: Come back on the other side, talk about wide outs
Speaker 1: tight ends will do offensive lines well. On the podcast
Speaker 1: today all that next Drive Time Podcast brought to you
Speaker 1: by Autnation. We've done the backfield, quarterbacks, running backs, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and move out to the perimeter and the
Speaker 1: wide receivers, which features Tyreek Hill, Jalen Wattle, Malik Washington,
Speaker 1: Nick Westbrook, A Kine, Dwayne Eskridge, Malik and Nick are
Speaker 1: right neck and neck. For me in terms of who'll
Speaker 1: be the three and four going into training camp, I'd
Speaker 1: probably go with NWY to be honest with you, guys,
Speaker 1: Eric Azukama, Taj Washington, Tareek Black and then four Udfhase
Speaker 1: you have to imagine the hope here is to hit
Speaker 1: on one of these guys and have them be a
Speaker 1: contributor in your room, you know, down the road on
Speaker 1: a UDFA contract for three years would be fantastic. The
Speaker 1: Oiz Andrew Armstrong, Monter Ey Baldwin and AJ Henning are
Speaker 1: the udfas and the caveat to kick off this group
Speaker 1: is what will it look like on opening day. We've
Speaker 1: heard all the trade rumors and buzz and you know
Speaker 1: McDaniel has said otherwise, but I just think it's worth
Speaker 1: talking about on the podcast here that you know, if
Speaker 1: we get everybody on the same page, rowing in the
Speaker 1: same direction, which is the goal the entire season, Right man,
Speaker 1: I look at this offense in this group and maybe
Speaker 1: maybe shame, you know, fool me once for me twice.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's the issue here. But I see a team
Speaker 1: that could be potentially very deadly. So with Tyreek, I
Speaker 1: don't think the skills have diminished. I mean he was
Speaker 1: still he was still fast, he was still you know,
Speaker 1: open last year when he was in the right positions
Speaker 1: and when he caught the football. But I think those
Speaker 1: are the two things that he, you know, he has
Speaker 1: to work on and McDaniel has made that point clear
Speaker 1: as well well. Number One, the wrist injury was a
Speaker 1: real thing that impacted his game, and you know, I
Speaker 1: think he's If there is one knock on Reek's entire career,
Speaker 1: it was like the drops and Chiefs fans tried telling
Speaker 1: us that when he came over here, but it was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's still caught, you know, two thousand yards with the footballs.
Speaker 1: I don't really care about the Sixers having drops. He had,
Speaker 1: but last year it got a lot worse. He had
Speaker 1: a bunch of more drops than he usually does. And
Speaker 1: again that's been an issue in some of the big
Speaker 1: games over the last three years. Right, But also if
Speaker 1: you look at every other you know, leading receiver in
Speaker 1: the NFL, all those guys lead the league in drops
Speaker 1: because more targets means more drops. But I just thought
Speaker 1: it was more out of the ordinary last year for Tyreek.
Speaker 1: I'll say this, We just we have to execute better
Speaker 1: in big games, the crucible moments, all that stuff has
Speaker 1: to be better as a whole team, not just the quarterback.
Speaker 2: Because you can point to a few of those big games.
Speaker 1: You know, that Philly game back in twenty twenty two,
Speaker 1: or rather twenty twenty three, excuse me, the KC game
Speaker 1: up in Germany. Like those games were turned on big
Speaker 1: drops or fumbles by the receivers.
Speaker 2: And it came up just short. In those games. We
Speaker 2: were close in those games.
Speaker 1: And if you make those plays a different way, maybe
Speaker 1: you know, that game goes different. Maybe the narrative changes,
Speaker 1: maybe your confidence changes, maybe things are just different.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: But when it comes to on the field, for Tyreek,
Speaker 1: you'd be silly to say anything other than he changes
Speaker 1: the complexion of your offense. Right, He changes the way
Speaker 1: teams defend you, and that creates situations for a guy
Speaker 1: that I think is a top ten receiver in this
Speaker 1: league and a number one on just about every other team.
Speaker 2: Jalen Waddle.
Speaker 1: The way that he can play that backside X when
Speaker 1: they have high low coverage and we're playing trail technique
Speaker 1: and funneling into help. How he can get to the
Speaker 1: leverage point against a cloud corner that wants to take
Speaker 1: away the out route and he can still get there.
Speaker 1: That's the mark of a great receiver, right. They know
Speaker 1: where the football's going, they know how he wants to
Speaker 1: get there, and he still gets there and makes the play.
Speaker 1: Whatever we got to do to get twenty twenty two
Speaker 1: Wattle production back. That's what I want to see because
Speaker 1: that's when this offense is really cooking because this guy.
Speaker 1: I mean that Green Bay game, the eighty four yard touchdown,
Speaker 1: the Buffalo game, the sixty four yard touchdown, the way
Speaker 1: he can ignite the offense, the win over Buffalo on
Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, the third and seventeen conversion, right, that
Speaker 1: was Waddle like. He is a big time playmaker who
Speaker 1: changes the complexions of football games. The Ravens comeback, the
Speaker 1: game winning touchdown. There are two touchdowns in the game
Speaker 1: of one hundred and fifty yard game that day. He
Speaker 1: is insigt offense and a guy that we have to
Speaker 1: get going at his level of production because he is
Speaker 1: an elite, elite player. And then you get to the
Speaker 1: rest of the room. And really until last year, it
Speaker 1: was a healthy rotation to keep these guys fresh. Right,
Speaker 1: you saw Reakan Waddle play at sixty percent seventy percent
Speaker 1: clips when they were healthy, and when they miss games,
Speaker 1: it reduced their WAD down to like fifty five and
Speaker 1: fifty percent on the entire season. And rather than that
Speaker 1: rest of that group being late round rookies or guys
Speaker 1: that you just don't really know about, you know, minimum
Speaker 1: free agents, now you've got Nick Westbrook, Aikine. And it's
Speaker 1: funny I say late round rookies because Malik Washington was that.
Speaker 1: But Malik is a year into the league's I would
Speaker 1: say if Malik went back to the draft right now,
Speaker 1: he'd probably be a late day two, early day three pick.
Speaker 1: So that's I think the league found out about him
Speaker 1: a little bit last year and he's just scratching the surface.
Speaker 1: I think you've got flexibility, You've got more body type
Speaker 1: variants now, especially with Andrew Armstrong who I'm bullish on
Speaker 1: the Arkansas UDFA who ran a sub seven three cone
Speaker 1: at six foot four.
Speaker 2: He can sink those hips into those routes.
Speaker 1: But yeah, body type variants, You've got plenty of speed,
Speaker 1: and everyone for the most part is versed in the offense.
Speaker 1: And I include Nick Westbrook Aikine in that comment because
Speaker 1: I think he's one of the smartest players on the
Speaker 1: team who will come in here and give you that.
Speaker 1: Plus he played last year in an offense under Brian Callahan,
Speaker 1: who came out of the Zach Taylor tree, who came
Speaker 1: out of the Sean McVay tree, who helped birth Mike
Speaker 1: McDaniel's branch of the Kyle Shanahan tree. Right. So there's
Speaker 1: a big connection there. But the big question for this
Speaker 1: room is who cracks the roster. Beyond that, I think
Speaker 1: Eskridge has a similar skill set to Malik Washington. I
Speaker 1: think Taj is, you know, really champion at the bit
Speaker 1: to get out there, and he was the guy that
Speaker 1: Lewis Riddick pointed two is a Day three pick that
Speaker 1: could have an impact last year before he got hurt
Speaker 1: over the summer. I think he gives you a backup
Speaker 1: option to Tyreek and Waddall. Should they miss a game,
Speaker 1: maybe he's off the practice squad. You call him up
Speaker 1: and say, hey, here's fifteen routes to perfect and give
Speaker 1: us a big play in this game. If they're hurting
Speaker 1: for that, you know, vertical explosive element. And I'd say
Speaker 1: that that's true of the UDFA class. Should they hit
Speaker 1: on one of those guys again. Andrew Armstrong was a
Speaker 1: guy that got a reportedly large signing bonus, which usually
Speaker 1: ensures a spot on the practice squad if you go
Speaker 1: off the history. But I think that he could develop
Speaker 1: a role in this offense as early as twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: That group is interesting. Armstrong six' four above the rim,
Speaker 1: athlete already seven and a half inch vertical ten foot
Speaker 1: four broad that's all eightieth. Percentile The shuttle was in
Speaker 1: that group as. Well we talked about that how you
Speaker 1: can sink the hips and, man we talk about finding.
Speaker 1: Reps When wattle And reek are getting water on the.
Speaker 1: Sideline you've seen the red, zone be an area where
Speaker 1: they get that. Rest go watch the Way ARMSTRONG a
Speaker 1: blocks and be the way he uses that big frame
Speaker 1: on contested. Throws i'm just saying he could be a
Speaker 1: factor down.
Speaker 2: There.
Speaker 1: Again more On armstrong and the rest of THE udfa
Speaker 1: class next. Week but you've got your best number three
Speaker 1: wide receiver of the McDaniel, era and your deepest wide
Speaker 1: receiver room of the McDaniel, area and obviously your two
Speaker 1: pace cars up. Top that's the only QUESTION i think
Speaker 1: you have with this room is what happens up top With.
Speaker 1: REEK i, mean that's the rest of it looks good to.
Speaker 1: Me and if He's Tyreek, hill then let's freaking go.
Speaker 1: Baby let's do the tight ends. Here we'll take a
Speaker 1: break and do the offensive line. Last Johnny, Smith Farroll,
Speaker 1: Brown Julian, Hill Tanner, Connor Hayden rucci And Jalen kanyer
Speaker 1: is a player THAT i had mocked To miami several
Speaker 1: times throughout the course of the, process like in the fifth.
Speaker 1: Round so getting him, UNDRAFTED i think he's making the.
Speaker 1: Roster that's a different podcast for a different. DAY i
Speaker 1: thought this room had a lot of options for how
Speaker 1: to round out this. Offseason not so much in free.
Speaker 1: Agency it was a pretty wanting class that, way but
Speaker 1: the draft class was pretty. Good we didn't Draft, anyboddy
Speaker 1: but we did sign a guy In Pharaoh, brown WHO
Speaker 1: i thought was the perfect fit from that free agent.
Speaker 1: Crops they did find the right piece from that group
Speaker 1: in my, Opinion and, look you could have drafted a
Speaker 1: tight end in the first round and become a twelve
Speaker 1: personnel based. Team in, hindsight as much AS i Love Tyler,
Speaker 1: Warren i'm glad we Took kenny g BECAUSE i just
Speaker 1: love the composition of that. Group, now after heading into
Speaker 1: the draft with only four guys in that, room and
Speaker 1: now you've got three rookies Alongside Zach sealer And Barto,
Speaker 1: jones including your first round, pick, who for my, money
Speaker 1: is Already like you, know we do blue, chips we
Speaker 1: do plus starters and adequate.
Speaker 2: STARTERS i think he's.
Speaker 1: ALREADY i want to say he's green in the plus starter,
Speaker 1: category But i'll settle the expectations for now and put
Speaker 1: him as an adequate, starter which that's where you want to.
Speaker 1: Be if you get guys on that level or, higher
Speaker 1: you were building a good. Roster but that's a different
Speaker 1: discussion down the. Road and while maybe you didn't turn
Speaker 1: this offense into one that requires two tight ends on
Speaker 1: the field for every, snap you sure as hell got
Speaker 1: one of the elements you seek when you do, that
Speaker 1: and by THAT i mean the physical, edge the extra
Speaker 1: offensive line essentially player the elite pass blocking tight end
Speaker 1: who's just as good in the run. Game, MISTER i
Speaker 1: don't care IF i catch a single pass this. Year
Speaker 1: i'm trying to be the best blocking tight end in.
Speaker 1: Football that's of, Course Pharaoh. Brown and If Julian hill
Speaker 1: takes another, step you, know he was comfortably tight end
Speaker 1: to last. YEAR i think when you talk about some
Speaker 1: of the you, know he kind of fought the football
Speaker 1: trying to catch, it had some fumbles, too like it
Speaker 1: just a little bit. Jittery maybe he can settle into
Speaker 1: that role a little, more and maybe that comes from
Speaker 1: being a tight end three ye role WHERE i think
Speaker 1: that it's more heavy, personnel more run. BLOCKING i think
Speaker 1: that's the look of a well rounded. ROOM i Think
Speaker 1: Julian hill is your third tight end is. PERFECT i
Speaker 1: think it's an upgrade over What durham's myth was last,
Speaker 1: year And Farah brown an upgrade Over Julian hill and
Speaker 1: the number two spot a year. Ago you might say
Speaker 1: you could stand to be a little more explosive for
Speaker 1: the tight end two, position but, like think about that
Speaker 1: if that's a concern you have on your, OFFENSE i
Speaker 1: wish my tight end two was more. Explosive you're probably
Speaker 1: doing pretty. Good and how many teams could say, that
Speaker 1: like our tight end two could be a little bit
Speaker 1: more dynamic as a wide. Receiver some teams don't even
Speaker 1: throw the football to their tight end, two so like
Speaker 1: it's really, really you, know splitting. Hairs and While brown
Speaker 1: is a blocking, phenom we detailed his big playability when
Speaker 1: he was with The patriots two years, ago so he's
Speaker 1: got that in the. Bag john u broke out starting
Speaker 1: in what we week five last year against The. PATRIOTS
Speaker 1: i don't think that was a coincidence in terms of
Speaker 1: him getting the offense more down pat and maybe being
Speaker 1: more vocal about his opportunities in the. Offense now he comes,
Speaker 1: in he has a year plus under his belt in
Speaker 1: the program and he's ready to rock and roll from day.
Speaker 1: One he's a big time Leader onan's football team as.
Speaker 1: Well John Hui SMITH i expect to be just as
Speaker 1: good as he was last, year if not. Better and
Speaker 1: then again THAT udfa Rookie, conyers like this is one
Speaker 1: of my favorite players we added in the entire. Process
Speaker 1: his athletic makeup is akin To Tanner, connors who we
Speaker 1: saw make that opening day roster as a rookie right
Speaker 1: and a guy that obviously they valued big time for
Speaker 1: not just his tight end, prowess but how he gets
Speaker 1: after on special teams in the straight line. Speed but
Speaker 1: the injuries haven't allowed him to ever materialize and have
Speaker 1: that breakthrough every. Year it's something else that causes him
Speaker 1: to mispractice time and into the. Season and if you
Speaker 1: can replace that with a guy that can be available
Speaker 1: and do those same, THINGS i Think Jalen conyers is
Speaker 1: in that same vein to at least compete With Tanner
Speaker 1: connor from an athletic standpoint and a fit. Standpoint and
Speaker 1: you guys heard me just rave About Tyler warren's wildcat
Speaker 1: prowess as one of the more intriguing options this team
Speaker 1: could add the entire. Offseason, Well conyers as a wildcat
Speaker 1: quarterback had twenty two rushes ninety two, Yards he ran
Speaker 1: for one and threw for a touchdown from that formation
Speaker 1: a year. Ago he also average nine point six yards
Speaker 1: after the, catch not per catch after the, catch just
Speaker 1: in case you were curious about his run after. Catchability
Speaker 1: really really curious to watch him get. Acclimated what you
Speaker 1: think of this room comes down to is how you
Speaker 1: felt about the brown smythe, swap AND i think it
Speaker 1: was one of the bigger upgrades we made the entire. Offseason,
Speaker 1: okay last break right, there come back and finish up
Speaker 1: with the offensive. Line that's Next Draft time, podcast brought
Speaker 1: to you By Auto.
Speaker 2: Nation we finish up.
Speaker 1: Front with the big uglies the offensive, Line Patrick, Paul
Speaker 1: Jonah savoy And, Naya Aaron, Brewer James, Daniels Austin. Jackson
Speaker 1: is HOW i would go with it opening, day but
Speaker 1: we have a lot of work to, do and McDaniel
Speaker 1: made really good comments about the body mechanics and how
Speaker 1: they're going to decide for who's gonna play which side
Speaker 1: of the offensive. Line, Obviously dolphins beat writers and the
Speaker 1: folks and. Attendants he'll be watching that every single. Day beyond,
Speaker 1: That Larry borum And Keyon smith to me battle for
Speaker 1: the swing tackle job With Liam eikenberg And Andrew, meyer
Speaker 1: your top swing guys on the, inside and Then chase
Speaker 1: And hines trying to crack the lineup for the first
Speaker 1: time in a few. Years Braden daniels is a tackle
Speaker 1: they brought over last year down the stretch WHO i
Speaker 1: think could possibly be a developmental piece that could hit for.
Speaker 1: You Ryan hayes was a seventh round draft pick three
Speaker 1: years ago From michigan that left and came. Back Jackson
Speaker 1: carmen got that run late down the. Stretch and Then
Speaker 1: bidro and Mattos is the ipp Player International pathway, program
Speaker 1: not the insane clown. Posse and Then Addison west And Josh,
Speaker 1: preba the TWO udfa offensive linean WHO i have to.
Speaker 2: Watch haven't watched their games, YET i.
Speaker 1: WAS i took the, CHEESE i took the flashy thing
Speaker 1: and watched the receivers first before the offensive.
Speaker 2: Line and then.
Speaker 1: There's this group right the offensive. Line to round things
Speaker 1: out with the bane Of dolphins fans existence for the
Speaker 1: last few, YEARS i made a joke on the stage
Speaker 1: of the draft, party, like you, know everyone says the
Speaker 1: offensive line pick's not, sexy but ask A dolphins fan
Speaker 1: if that's a sexy, pick and the whole place went.
Speaker 1: Wild SO i Know dolphins fans are even more inclined
Speaker 1: to attack the offensive. Line what's, NECESSARY i guess based
Speaker 1: upon recent. Seasons so with this, group it's going to
Speaker 1: be tough to Replace Tron, armstead BUT i do think
Speaker 1: there's something being slept on. Here and, again please don't
Speaker 1: take this the wrong. Way To, ron to, me belongs
Speaker 1: in The hall Of, fame and every time we had
Speaker 1: him on the, field we were better for. It but
Speaker 1: how many times have we heard about the importance of
Speaker 1: practice time and time on the grass together in this
Speaker 1: intricate timing. OFFENSE i think having your left tackle out
Speaker 1: there every practice could make a big, difference and everybody
Speaker 1: being out there, together like let's not let's go out
Speaker 1: to practice and practice. Together and damn, it, MAN i
Speaker 1: am such a believer In Patrick. Paul he's got to earn,
Speaker 1: it no doubt about. It BUT i just look at
Speaker 1: the growth he showed from his college game to his rookie,
Speaker 1: season and what has me confident in it is the
Speaker 1: way that he attacks, everything his, work, ethic his. Mindset
Speaker 1: getting to know the young. Man we talked some of
Speaker 1: the podcasts last year about how when he retires he
Speaker 1: wants to be the president of his home country or
Speaker 1: his native, COUNTRY i should. Say but just thinking about
Speaker 1: like all that and what another off season of growth
Speaker 1: can do for him after kind of like remaking the golf, swing,
Speaker 1: right he talked about remaking his pass. Protection he was
Speaker 1: more of a hands catcher than a kind, of you,
Speaker 1: know a chest. Striker i'm just not that worried About Patrick.
Speaker 1: Paul and even with, that you could argue he's the
Speaker 1: biggest question mark on the offensive. Line and If i'm
Speaker 1: not worried about, that THEN i don't have a question
Speaker 1: on the starting offensive. Line it's kind of. Crazy depends
Speaker 1: on a rookie and as an impact, player, Right but
Speaker 1: you know when you, scout when you do, this and
Speaker 1: when you're The dolphins, too and you make a decision
Speaker 1: to go up and Get, JONAH i believe you do
Speaker 1: that because you believe that he. Starts And Chris greer
Speaker 1: said as much in his press, conference which don't typically
Speaker 1: hear that from most, gms much Less Chris. Greer BUT
Speaker 1: i believe you do think that he, starts and they
Speaker 1: won't just hand it over to. Him but his, makeup his,
Speaker 1: tape all of it says that he can be one
Speaker 1: of those two guards that starts on the on the
Speaker 1: opening day offensive line and we'll figure, out you, know
Speaker 1: which one takes which spot In. August BUT i think
Speaker 1: the dense, frame the movement skills Of. Jonah and this
Speaker 1: goes For James daniels to who has all the smarts
Speaker 1: and experience to be multiple to multiply all of this
Speaker 1: you just. Have you've become so much more flexible, inside more,
Speaker 1: athletic and more, powerful more. EVERYTHING i, thought you, KNOW
Speaker 1: i always Thought Rob jones And Leam meikenberg were like
Speaker 1: not exceptional fits for the. System they're not super athletic,
Speaker 1: guards but they were like offered more power than maybe
Speaker 1: some of the players you might have in that. POSITION
Speaker 1: i Think miami got more power and more athleticism on
Speaker 1: the inside this. YEAR i think there's a case to
Speaker 1: be made that across the ENTIRE, nfl nobody improved one
Speaker 1: position like The dolphins improved their guard.
Speaker 2: Spot and then that's just HOW i feel about.
Speaker 1: That i'm not sure there's a better scheme fit for
Speaker 1: a center in THE nfl Than Aaron brewer for The Miami,
Speaker 1: dolphins WHO i thought deserved The Pro bowl last. YEAR
Speaker 1: i think you can point to our run game regression
Speaker 1: in direct correlation to the loss Of Austin jackson in
Speaker 1: That buffalo, game which his last healthy game Was, buffalo
Speaker 1: and we averaged over six yards per carry in that
Speaker 1: game and had two must have, touchdowns driving the length
Speaker 1: of the field in the fourth quarter to tie the
Speaker 1: game twice In buffalo should have won that damn football.
Speaker 2: Game So i'm very bullish on the.
Speaker 1: STARTERS i Think Keon smith And Larry boram could be
Speaker 1: one of the most intriguing camp battles that there is
Speaker 1: at press. Time i've said for the longest, TIME i
Speaker 1: Think Leam mikenberg is a perfect seventh or eighth offensive
Speaker 1: lineman off the. Bench and Then Andrew meyer's, development you,
Speaker 1: know kind of happens in the, shadows, right no games
Speaker 1: played last, year didn't get active for the roster in
Speaker 1: terms of being one of the forty five guys, Dressed
Speaker 1: you're not going to you, know find workout videos of
Speaker 1: him on social. Media so maybe he comes back this
Speaker 1: summer and it's just a total. Monster like remember in summer,
Speaker 1: summer like in high, school when you would leave for the,
Speaker 1: summer come back and you know there was the kid
Speaker 1: that got, hot, right boy or, girl doesn't matter who it,
Speaker 1: was like they looked different coming. Back maybe That's Andrew.
Speaker 1: MEYER i, think you, KNOW i think you could stand
Speaker 1: to add one more veteran to this group to really solidify.
Speaker 1: It like a guy that interests me THAT i talked
Speaker 1: about in the up to freegency Was Daniel, brunskill The
Speaker 1: titans offensive lineman who's played five spots and played in
Speaker 1: the nine er system. Before to me drop him in
Speaker 1: the sixth role and let's freaking cook. Baby so the
Speaker 1: offense as a, whole you, know speaking rhetorically here and
Speaker 1: one hundred percent, earnestly can you show me one group
Speaker 1: or spot where we got? WORSE i think the only
Speaker 1: place you can really say is a left tackle. Position
Speaker 1: but that's not a guarantee because if It's pat and
Speaker 1: he plays seventeen games this year at the LEVEL i
Speaker 1: think he can, play would you rather have that or
Speaker 1: twelve games Of Toron, armstead you, know the average amount
Speaker 1: of games he played with. Us the only other thing
Speaker 1: would be like the buy, in, right the, culture all
Speaker 1: that stuff which is a narrative late in the. Season
Speaker 1: it was, earned you, Know tyreek in the final game
Speaker 1: of the. Year all that, stuff you, know by all
Speaker 1: accounts we, heard has been buttoned. Up tyreek spin here
Speaker 1: for the entire offseason. Program i'm not gonna like rubber
Speaker 1: stamp that one way or the other and put myself
Speaker 1: out there saying like it's going to be just. Fine
Speaker 1: but it's going in the right direction right, now because,
Speaker 1: MAN i think the quarterback, room the receiver, room the offensive,
Speaker 1: line it's all. DEEPER i think the starting offensive line
Speaker 1: is much. BETTER i think the running back. Room you,
Speaker 1: Know most was a stud for, us BUT i have
Speaker 1: full conviction and right being even better.
Speaker 2: Than what most it was last.
Speaker 1: YEAR i don't, know, MAN i think this group has
Speaker 1: potential score what it did in twenty twenty three thirty
Speaker 1: point three points per. Game you, know if we keep
Speaker 1: to a HEALTHY i don't see that being out of the.
Speaker 1: EQUATION i think you'll see an offense that has far
Speaker 1: better balance and reduces the number of negative runs through,
Speaker 1: personnel through point of attack wins and verse, losses and
Speaker 1: a more diverse scheme and scope of skill guys for
Speaker 1: the group up. Front not only did you get more
Speaker 1: athletic at, guard you added an element to your game
Speaker 1: with versatility and different run schemes that you can play.
Speaker 1: With hate ending a sentence in a, preposition but that's
Speaker 1: how that. GOES i think you can also play under
Speaker 1: center more this year and that's really just a way
Speaker 1: of saying we have more you, know, triggers tendency breakers
Speaker 1: and permutations available because of the landscape shift with the.
Speaker 1: PERSONNEL i think there's a lot more variety in the
Speaker 1: run scheme that you can call because of the offensive
Speaker 1: line and the backs for that. Matter And, buddy when
Speaker 1: you give that To mike, McDaniel hey one of the
Speaker 1: most creative run game designers THE nfl has seen in
Speaker 1: the last. Decade, right that goes back to The niners
Speaker 1: and prior to, that and then the way to a
Speaker 1: plays the game from under center off play action like you,
Speaker 1: know he's awesome from the gun and THE rpo and
Speaker 1: playing in an offense that has skills like this. One
Speaker 1: but he's secretly also always been damn good at playing
Speaker 1: twelve personnel with two attached tight ends and playing under
Speaker 1: center in more of a ball control running style. Offense
Speaker 1: LIKE i could see Some lions influence here with a
Speaker 1: stout offensive, line good tight, ends improved running game and
Speaker 1: some of the days Where Jared goff didn't have to
Speaker 1: wash his uniform after the game because he never hit the, Turf,
Speaker 1: well still wash it because it's, Stinky but no grass,
Speaker 1: stains no. Sprainwash you get What i'm. Saying and then
Speaker 1: ALSO i want you to watch the way we won
Speaker 1: the edge from a tight end perspective and how we
Speaker 1: got our interior offensive line on the edges out in
Speaker 1: space in twenty twenty three versus twenty. Twenty to, me
Speaker 1: this was the biggest difference in the offense winning the,
Speaker 1: edge sealing the edge in the running, game and creating
Speaker 1: the staple of your offense and the outside zone game
Speaker 1: and getting wins in that. Direction we challenge teams and
Speaker 1: their best, players their edge rushers by going right at.
Speaker 1: THEM i think that ability was less last year and
Speaker 1: it allowed teams to play a little more to our.
Speaker 1: Tendencies AND i think we can get back that back
Speaker 1: because of our investment at, guard at tight end and
Speaker 1: a player who plays wide receiver but blocks like a
Speaker 1: tight end IN. Nwy when teams are concerned about your run,
Speaker 1: game good things. Happen and if you do all these,
Speaker 1: things it helps you ease the stressload on your. Quarterback in,
Speaker 1: baseball they talk about the number of pitches not being
Speaker 1: the main stat rather high stress pitches with RUMs on scoring,
Speaker 1: position high leverage, moments the moments that raise the heart
Speaker 1: rate because that exhausts you. Faster, Right so if you
Speaker 1: can make half the reps stress free For tua in
Speaker 1: the running, game you, know read free and reduce the,
Speaker 1: workload it can make him sharper for the other snaps
Speaker 1: where he has that whole. Checklist you, know this is
Speaker 1: a strategy share league. Wide And i'll close it here
Speaker 1: with some comments From Darryl, bebble who talked last year ABOUT.
Speaker 1: RBIs in the running, game we're always trying to pull
Speaker 1: one guy out of the, defense and really all of
Speaker 1: our run, game it's not a playoff for the. Quarterback
Speaker 1: you have to get to the backs on the right,
Speaker 1: course but also carry out your. Fakes if we can
Speaker 1: get one guy out of the, formation then the quarterback
Speaker 1: has done their. Job we teach them in terms of
Speaker 1: how we want to hand it off and then also
Speaker 1: tempo with which we come off the. Fake the intent
Speaker 1: they have can hold that backside. Linebacker that's what we CALL.
Speaker 1: RBIs for the quarterback in the running, game it's a
Speaker 1: cut and, dry non red play where he can influence
Speaker 1: the defense with that key word with his. Intent if
Speaker 1: you look like you're coming off the fake ready to
Speaker 1: throw the. Football then they'll think your handoffs are fakes
Speaker 1: and you can reduce the box count. Accordingly in the running,
Speaker 1: game that's AN rbi for the, quarterback an easy thing
Speaker 1: he can pick, up but it's also a stress reducing
Speaker 1: play on your, quarterback so it has multiple ways of helping.
Speaker 1: You All, Right, monday we'll tackle the. Defense we'll do
Speaker 1: our color coordination. Roster this is going to be one,
Speaker 1: episode BUT i am long, wind so we'll break it into.
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