WEBVTT - Drive Time: 2025 Offseason Preview 0:00:09.640 --> 0:00:13.720 What is up Dolphins, and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:17.200 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:21.640 we have one more episode to go after this, before 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.800 we get official signings across the National Football League. We're 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:28.800 going to take you around the comprehensive work that I 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:32.080 did this offseason or pre off season to get you 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:34.919 ready for what might happen next week and beyond as 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:38.040 the Dolphins build out their twenty twenty five roster and 0:00:38.080 --> 0:00:40.239 look to improve upon the eight win season last year, 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:43.159 hopefully getting back to eleven plus wins and quite frankly 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:44.960 more than that than I think we were entitled to 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:46.680 back in twenty twenty two. 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:47.600 In the coming years. 0:00:47.600 --> 0:00:49.360 We're also going to talk to Rhet Lewis from the 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.279 floor at the Indianapolis Scouting Combine from the Baptist Health 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:55.960 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the 0:00:56.040 --> 0:01:01.520 Draft Time Podcast segments. I was cooking around for the 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:04.360 show and it wound up becoming an ultimate like off 0:01:04.480 --> 0:01:07.479 season primer again, which I know I did last week, 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.440 but that was another week of information I was able 0:01:10.480 --> 0:01:12.600 to gather and I went through and kind of sorted 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:14.800 out things in terms of who I think could be 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:16.959 targets in the premium market. 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:18.560 Which will be beginning next. 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:21.360 Week right off the top, and then the secondary market 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:24.960 and the bargain players, and then a list of players 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:28.640 by position that could be viable options at each spot 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.040 in your twenty twenty five draft class. 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.039 And one of the things that kind. 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:36.160 Of helped me get a new, reshaped focus on the 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.800 off season was going back and watching some of the 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:42.119 tape from late in the season following the Kendall Fuller 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.000 cut and the knowledge that the Dolphins will probably shift 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.480 a little bit more man coverage this year and be 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.040 in the cornerback market for a player that can kind 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:52.640 of be what cater Cohu was last year as co 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:56.520 who I think has graduated into kind of a Kendall 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.080 Fuller role where he can play in and outside, but 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.840 his primary responsibility is on the outside. He's a great 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:04.920 blitzer and run defender. I think he has a bright 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.800 future here under Anthony Weaver, and ever since he kind 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:11.280 of got his bearings about landmarks and drops and where 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.679 to be in zone coverage. I think that paris with 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.240 how good he is in man coverage as a kind of, 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:19.440 you know, franchise cornerstone. If not, you know, adequate starter 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:21.880 to use a Kyle Krabs ism. So that was kind 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:25.760 of what spawned me watching Trayvon Merrig who spoiler Alerte 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.520 is alert is going to be a spoiler Alert is 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:35.120 going to be in my premium contract targets options in 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:38.120 that position. But I was watching him a couple of 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.919 games against the Miami Dolphins and a three level defender 0:02:41.000 --> 0:02:44.160 Farochius Hitter who can defend the run from depth, which 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:48.519 is a very big circle on my offseason checklist that 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:50.840 I want to make sure I check off this offseason. 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:52.960 Great burst off the top of the route. He was 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.120 physical enough to match up on john Us Smith but 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:58.000 also play in the post as a split field safety 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.640 and single high as the loan safety you back there 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.240 watching him, I kept thinking to myself, this is what 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:04.840 I thought Javon Holland was going to be. So I 0:03:04.840 --> 0:03:06.400 think he's going to be a very expensive player, but 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:08.240 a guy that I have my eyes on. And then 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:11.800 I also in watching that tape, saw a feisty cornerback 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:15.200 who just wanted to battle against Tyreek Hill and Jalen 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:18.519 Wattle and Malik Washington. Accordingly, I'm talking about Nate Hobbs, 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:21.360 who can play inside and outside, really good feel for 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:27.480 what I thought was similar coverage responsibilities that what Cater 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:29.480 had a season to go. So I just thought those 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.440 two guys were very interesting to keep an eye on 0:03:31.480 --> 0:03:33.200 and couple of positions I'm going to kind of go 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.480 heavy on in this little mock offseason here that we're 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.400 about to do in a couple of seconds, because I 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:42.120 think the Dolphins defense can really kind of take a 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:44.840 big step here under Anthony Weaver after finishing fourth and 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.440 total defense last year in his first season, And we 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.960 heard Mike McDaniel on this program talk about how he 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:54.320 saw that shift occur around mid season, which you know, 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:57.520 tracks they kind of lost that Buffalo and Arizona game 0:03:57.560 --> 0:03:59.760 because they couldn't get off the field, and they followed 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:03.880 that up with some really good performances against the Rams 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.360 on Monday Night Football. They shut down two bad offenses 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.840 and the Raiders and the Patriots, and then you know, 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.640 had the rough outings against the likes of the Green 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:14.640 Bay Packers and in a tough spot and couldn't tackle 0:04:14.680 --> 0:04:16.599 that night, But they had good games against the Niners 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:20.120 against the Texans later on before ultimately getting gashed on 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:21.760 the final day of the season, but I think that 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:24.560 was not a real indication of who this team is 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:28.120 because well, their best player quit the game, right. That's 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:30.320 another topic for another day. We won't get into that 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.919 here on this podcast. But I listed out some guys 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:36.280 that were like my guys in free agency. I'll just 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.160 read it off real quick because it's going to kind 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:42.040 of double dip here and overlap each other. But Trey Lance, 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:45.320 Elijah Mitchell, the quarterback, running back Josh Palmer, I do 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:48.039 like Nick Westbrook Akine, but I think he might be 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.040 His projected market was kind of curious to me. We'll 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:53.080 see what he actually gets out there. And then James 0:04:53.160 --> 0:04:55.560 Daniels and Will Hernandez I love will Freeze, but I 0:04:55.560 --> 0:04:58.080 think he's going to be way too expensive. Patrick McCary, 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:02.480 Daniel bruns Killed, Josh Jones, Derek Nandi, Bobby Brown, bj Hill, 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:06.560 Michael Hoyt, Chase Young, Charles Amnahu, linebackers Willie Gay and 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:10.159 Jamie and Sherwood. The cornerbacks Nate Hobbs and Brandon Ick 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:15.600 Eckles with Trayvon Merrigg Taloonoah Hafanga, and then Jeremy Chin 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:17.240 at the safety position where some of the guys that 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.200 I wrote down just wanted to get to all that. 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.640 We'll also do a different version of the wavish Tringfield 0:05:22.720 --> 0:05:25.000 mock draft four thousand and I'll go ahead and play 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:26.320 that soundrop for you guys, since I know it was 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:28.480 so popular last time we did it. Taking a look 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:32.000 at what might happen after my proposed free agency, and again, 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:33.200 is anything that's going to be right? 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:35.440 Who knows? I really don't know. 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:37.240 I feel like I have a good feel on where 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.120 they're going, just based upon, you know, being a fly 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:42.360 on the wall and recognizing trends over the last couple 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.280 of years. But this is more of my study and 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.479 my own independent type of input, not like I'm hearing 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:49.719 things and this is what I'm going to put you 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:50.400 in the podcast. 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:52.360 That's not how we do it here. That's that is 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:56.120 not kosher, if you will. This is me. 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.760 Spending two months watching film, engaging the markets, and just 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:01.600 see what this team needs. So let's go ahead and 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:05.240 kick it off here with this concept of three levels 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.080 of free agent targets. The premium contracts are going to 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.760 be guys that earn up to or rather more than 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:14.640 ten million dollars. Apy I would have a platinum category, 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.799 because there's guys that make thirty million dollars fifty million 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.480 dollars in this league, which would be where like a 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:25.400 Sam Donald would be right where a Chris Godwin would 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.240 be if he doesn't go back to the Buccaneers those 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:30.320 type of t Higgins contracts. But I don't think Miami's 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:35.320 in play for that one because that's largely quarterbacks, receivers, tackles, edges, 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.000 and corners, and I don't think Miami's in the market 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.400 for those positions. Sam's cornerback, and I don't think they're 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.680 in the market for a big money quarterback. And I 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:46.919 also I think, but I know this, that we're not 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.839 the type of team that spends twenty three million dollars 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:52.919 on Trey Smith or twenty million dollars on Christian Wilkins. 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:53.719 You get what I'm saying. 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.400 And I think the edges available, I do not see 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:58.720 a platinum player there, although one of the guys on 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:01.359 my list was about seven million dollars more than my 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:03.600 projection when I looked it up on spot rack. But 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:06.839 I digress there because I do not see a premium player, 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:09.039 and that actually probably removes this player off my list. 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.880 I'll get to that here in one second. So, for instance, 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.760 the best safeties on the board are in the same 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.840 range as the best edges because there are all pro 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:21.120 caliber safeties and not even a Pro Bowl caliber edge 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:21.720 on the board. 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.200 But those costs kind of even out. Does that make 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:25.320 sense to you guys? All right? 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:29.640 So here are my premium free agent market targets. This 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:33.080 is ten million plus per year, and I gave myself 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.680 the allowance to choose two of these guys, and then 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.560 my second wave was anywhere from two to four depending 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:42.200 on what I did in that first In this first market, 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.160 which actually spoiler, I didn't sign any of these guys, 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:48.080 it was Will Freeze at fourteen million bucks, the former 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.800 Colts guard. He would be a slam dunk fit here. 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:52.480 He'd be a Pro Bowl player for US if you 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.480 can get him. That's pretty expensive. Makai Bectam is projected 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:57.400 at ten million bucks, but I could see him getting more. 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.400 He was also in the list here. And then Patrick 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:01.720 McCary was a guy that I was planning on signing 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.360 until I saw the spot rack evaluation of eleven million 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.040 bucks per year. I think that he's probably a backup here, 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.920 a sixth swingman at four positions. I just can't justify 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.600 that for more than half of my starting offensive lineman. 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:19.200 And then Chase Young was the trojan horse I was 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:22.120 talking about earlier, seventeen million bucks projected on spot Rack 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.360 did not spow track, did not expect that. And then 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.600 Michael Hoyt from the Rams was my other edge option 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.120 for twelve million per year. Cornerback Paulson a debo for 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:33.240 eleven million bucks a year from the Saints, and then 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.880 Trayvon Merrig from the Raiders is fifteen million dollars per year. 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:39.400 I did not inc freeze Beckon, McCary, Young, Hoyt, Adebo 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:43.480 or Merrig, even though I identified them as potential targets. 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:45.960 Here is where I did go heavy in the second 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:49.200 wave of free agency. Nick Westbrook a kine was a 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:52.040 five million dollar projection. In fact, he, Brandon Cooks, and 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:55.640 Josh Palmer all were the wide receivers and none of 0:08:55.640 --> 0:08:59.040 them got contracts from your boy. I did, however, sign 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:02.280 two offensive lineman here and one defensive line and I went 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:05.280 James Daniels from the Steelers eight million dollars per year, 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:08.640 which I could see that softening a little bit, and 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:10.800 if it does, maybe I can afford one more player 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.560 in this grouping of players here, but coming off the 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.440 Achilles injury, I could see the pause there, But his 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.040 tape is elite. He's an elite athlete that fits what 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:21.240 we do at the guard position. He can play center 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.200 in a pinch as well. I think that he is 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:27.080 like the perfect, the picture perfect interior offensive lineman for 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.800 this system, sans coming off the Achilles injury. So that 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.000 kind of maybe saves you a couple of bucks and 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:37.760 does introduce some consternation about that acquisition. I'm very well 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.079 aware of that, but I'm going with it anyways. I'm 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.480 also gonna sign Will Hernandez. Those are my two starting 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.160 guards in twenty twenty five. I'm gonna have James Daniels 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.760 play left guard and Will Hernandez play right guard. That's 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:50.880 two bigger bodies. That's one really good athlete, one good 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.760 enough athlete, and two really good pass protectors alongside Aaron Brewer, 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:56.880 who I think can help protect him inside a little 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.240 bit in terms of his sized efficiency there, keep to 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.679 a tongue by lower upright, get some push in the 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.640 running game, and keep our outside zone game intact with 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:08.880 those two players. Jonah Jackson was also on the target. 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:11.960 I passed on that because he's a trade option. He 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:14.240 would be owed nine million bucks this year in seventeen 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.440 million bucks next year, which you probably would redo that 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.679 contract to lop off that third year or the second year, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.920 I should say a third year of the total deal. 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.040 But I'm just not going to part with picks because 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.360 I want I want my picks that I have coming up. 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.280 I also signed a Rams player here pipping over to 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:31.160 the defensive side, Bobby Brown, and Kyle was saying he 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.000 thinks you can do him for four million because of 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.920 the snap count and the lack of sacks, but watching 0:10:35.920 --> 0:10:37.800 his tape, I just don't know about that. And with 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:39.640 the salary cap rising, I did put him in a 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:40.680 six million dollar bind. 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:40.920 Here. 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:42.880 We're going to sign him from the Rams. He's going 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:46.199 to be my number two alongside Zach Seeler on the inside. 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.680 I passed up on Greg Gains for eight million bucks, 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:51.680 LEVI on Wuzerique from the lines for six million bucks. 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:53.680 I took Brown because he can play a more nose 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.719 tackle and he can kind of be my one A 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.960 with Benito Jones being my one B at nose tackle. 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.720 With Brown playing more three technique reps when I do 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.560 have b Jones on the field. My edge option here 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.160 was Charles Amenahu, who is projected for nine million bucks. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:08.960 I'm gonna go ahead and pass on that. The two 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:13.200 linebackers are three rather here that were in play, Willie 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:16.400 Gay Junior from the Saints, Jamien Sherwood from the Jets, 0:11:16.400 --> 0:11:18.240 and Jermaine Pratt, who would be a trade option. 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:19.120 We're not going to do that. 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:22.320 But those three guys were eight seven six million bucks respectively. 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.000 I would be curious to kick the tires on Sherwood 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:26.920 in that spot, but a little bit spending for me. 0:11:27.200 --> 0:11:30.120 And then Brandon Stevens, a seven million dollar cornerback, and 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:33.080 then Jeremy Chin and Julian Blackman seven million bucks and 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.520 eight million bucks at the safety position. I did sign 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.080 one of those guys. I think Jeremy Chin could be 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:42.240 your Derwin James, your I sort of Kyle Hamilton what 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.480 Isaiah Simmons was supposed to be. I think Weave would 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:46.880 kill for a guy that can do a little bit 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.400 of everything, which is why I think Nick Aman Worry 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.520 and Jihad Campbell and Carson sweeshing heer a little bit 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:54.240 in the in play for the Dolphins early in this 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.960 year's draft, but I'm going with Jeremy Chin at the spot. 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.679 Experience had a really good year last year for the Commanders, 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.600 and he can play all three levels of your defense. 0:12:02.640 --> 0:12:05.040 Then the bargain department, where I spent a good deal 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.719 of money here, signing one, two, three, four, five six 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:11.760 players ready quarterback Marcus Mariota for four million bucks. He 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:14.120 won out over Trey Lance for two million bucks. On 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.840 my options here, I only had one running back on 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.400 this entire list, and I signed him, Elijah Mitchell from 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:21.880 the forty nine Ers. He's minimum deal. He's going to 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:23.440 come in here and be running back three if he 0:12:23.440 --> 0:12:26.280 can stay healthy. For once, wide receiver Josh Palmer four 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:30.040 million bucks passed on him. I passed on receiver Diami Brown. 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:32.080 I think the two million dollar projection here is way 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:33.240 too low. I think it's going to get a lot 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.320 more than that. I also passed on tight end John 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.400 Bates for a million bucks. I also passed on Josh Jones, 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.680 and I think his two million dollar projection the Ravens 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.880 tackle is to me way too low. I did, however, 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:46.000 sign a guy that was drafted by the forty nine 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.720 Ers to play guard for four years and played really 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:50.720 well there, and then went to the Titans and played 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.199 two years of tackle there. So he's played four positions 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.480 across the offensive line, and actually he's played five because 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.120 he has played center two. Daniel Brunskill for three million 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.520 bucks a year. I passed on Derek Noddy, the Chiefs 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:03.400 defensive tackle, for three million bucks. I did ink Marcus 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.360 Davenport from the Lions for two million bucks a year, 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:08.760 just trying to kind of hit lightning into bottle here 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.160 with a very physically gifted player who has not performed 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.840 to that first round draft pick status. I passed on 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:18.280 Peyton Turner two million bucks. I signed linebacker Chris Barnes 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:20.480 from the Cardinals for two million bucks, passing on Oron 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.160 Burks from the Equals at three million bucks. And then 0:13:23.160 --> 0:13:26.120 my last signing was cornerback Nate Hobbs of the Raiders 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.600 for four million to play my slot and outside positions 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:33.240 alongside Ramsey and Kohu. I passed on Brandon Eckles and 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.720 DeMar Hamlin. Both those players were projected at three million 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.560 bucks per so that's forty one million dollars in new 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.720 money I spent. I also brought back cater Coohu and 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:45.840 Tyrell Dodson for five million apiece, roughly Tya Spouser, Deshan 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.960 Hand and Benito Jones for two million bucks apiece. And 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.760 the minimum signings back that will not count against the 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.280 top fifty one. You only have to your salary cap 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.439 only constitutes a top fifty one players in your roster. 0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:58.760 Bet some folks out there telling you about this stuff 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.520 didn't know that. Via River creak Craft, I brought back 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.600 Isaiah Whim and Elijah Campbell. I brought back Quentin Bell 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.120 and Cam Good off the edge, two more receivers and 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.120 Grant Dabos and ds Gridge and tackle key On Smith. 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:12.880 So roughly fifty seven million bucks. I spent new money 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.040 this year. Thanks a lot to Ron Armstead for giving 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:17.760 us that flexibility. And that leaves us with the draft. 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:19.680 I wrote the roster out here, but let's go ahead 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:21.600 and skip over that and just get into my draft 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:23.320 position before we take a break and get to the 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:26.520 great rhet lewis here. I feel as though I am 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:30.240 set at quarterback with two good ones. My skill positions 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:32.440 I feel very good about with the running back inclusion, 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.880 and I didn't sign any receivers. But with what I 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:37.400 plan to do in the draftter, I feel good about 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:40.200 where I'm sitting. I feel like my offensive line is 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.880 kind of loaded. I've got depth, I've got versatility, I've 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:46.440 got five good starters. I have quality talent and depth 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.520 at defensive tackle, cornerback, and edge. I feel like I 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:53.240 have big needs at linebacker and safety, and really those detackle, cornerback, 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:54.760 edges could all use one more piece. 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.920 So we're gonna go into the draft with that in mind. 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.800 But I really like going into this draft with a 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:01.840 you need it backer in safety because I can get 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.480 starters at both those spots on Day two in my opinion, 0:15:04.800 --> 0:15:07.000 And if that's even thinking, if we don't need you know, 0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.160 I think Tygrell Dotson could be a star. So I 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.480 kind of gave myself a list of options across each pick. Here, 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:14.560 let's actually go ahead and take a break and they'll 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.760 come back and do that. And then here from Rhet 0:15:16.800 --> 0:15:19.040 Lewis on the other side of the Draft Time podcast, 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.840 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation 0:15:25.080 --> 0:15:28.680 back here after free agency mock Central, let's go ahead 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:31.240 and talk about this draft. So I gave myself one 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:34.000 two three, four, five, six, seven, eight options at the 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.720 first one, two, three, four, five, six, seven draft picks. 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:38.680 So a lot of names to cover here, but I 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:43.200 basically have a random category offensive line, tight end, defensive tackle, 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.200 edge linebacker, cornerback, in safety. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:47.960 So I had to parse my way through all these options. 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.920 So here's my first My pick thirteen options were Johnny 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:54.520 Baron the corner safety from Texas, Kelvin Banks the offensive 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:58.760 line from Texas, Tyler Warren, Kenneth Grant, mikel Williams, Jehad Campbell, 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.160 will Johnson the corn cornerback from Michigan, and safety nick 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:05.160 Iman Warry from South Carolina State. I went with Tyler Warren. 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:06.800 I'm gonna stick with that for the rest of the way. 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:08.760 I just I think the way he impacts this offense, 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:11.280 You've heard me talk about it relentlessly. I'm going to 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.000 stay there for the rest of the way. At pick 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:16.000 forty eight. Really had a tough time here. Party wants 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.160 to go Campbell at thirteen, then come back with Mason 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:20.520 Taylor at forty eight. If he's even there, I don't 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.800 even think he will be actually, But between that with 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:26.040 Charles Grant, my offensive line option, I put Jack Besh 0:16:26.160 --> 0:16:29.080 and Jayden Higgins the two big receivers as the options there. 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:33.720 Alfred Collins a defensive tackle option, Xavier Watts my safety option. 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.480 But I'm going with cornerback Jacob Parrish because he runs 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.960 a four to three. He plays like he's pissed off. 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.200 He's feisty, he can press, he can play the run, 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:43.960 he can blitz. He's kind of like Trent McDuffie light 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:45.280 in a lot of ways. I'm taking him at pick 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:47.440 forty eight, and then at picked ninety eight, I went 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.800 with Darius Alexander, the defensive tackle from Toledo with elite 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:52.760 first step quickness and twitch. He's going to be my 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:55.480 third defensive tackle and a great pass rusher right away, 0:16:55.760 --> 0:17:00.480 passing up on Tyler Shook on Miles Frasier, on on, 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:03.920 Josiah Stewart on Danny Stutzman on Leathan Ransom was the 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:05.959 other guy I really had penciled in there, but I 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.560 came back at picked one fourteen and took safety Billy 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.240 Bowman out of Oklahoma. He kind of has some Jesse 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:14.040 Bates to his game, obviously not quite as accomplished, but 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.439 his ability to read from that center field position and 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.239 break on the football was very attractive. I passed up 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:22.800 on Jackson Slater, the Sacramento State guard that I love. 0:17:23.000 --> 0:17:25.040 Bachelle Tooton, the running back from Virginia Tech. 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:26.200 I like him a lot as well. 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.639 I passed up on Maxwell Harriston, junior from Kentucky the cornerback, 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:33.160 and Jordan Phillips, the defensive tackle from Maryland. At picked 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:36.040 one thirty five, I took wide receiver Kyle Williams, the 0:17:36.240 --> 0:17:40.080 out of Washington State, but Goo Koogs is a he 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:42.439 ran four to three that pairs with his really good 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:44.879 route running ability and big time production in college. I 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:48.879 passed up on Jared Ivy, Jamary Caldwell and Quincy Riley 0:17:49.240 --> 0:17:52.080 and Anthony Belton across the offensive line there and Jackson 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:52.800 Hawes a tight end. 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:53.000 Two. 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:56.560 I took Max Brosmer, the Minnesota quarterback, next, passing up 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:00.240 on Arondez Gads in the second JJ Peggey I think 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:02.800 I said that right, and then some other players across 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:04.760 that board, and then I went with CJ. West we'll 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:06.639 talk about him here with raht Lewis in a second, 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:10.000 the Indiana defensive tackle. And that is the last pre 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:12.200 pre agency. 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:15.320 The Lavish twin field mock draft generator four thousand. 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:29.359 Calculating data that we are going to do. But I 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:31.640 will have Kyle Krabs on the show Monday to take 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:34.800 me through his mock off season to compare notes back 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:37.399 and forth with him. With that said, let's go ahead 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:39.280 and get to my final roster from all of this. 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:42.960 If you cannot tell, this is an addition into the podcast. 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:46.119 I had recorded this before the information came across that 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:50.000 Bradley Chubb was going to agree to reduce his salary 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:53.560