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Speaker 2: I think we start here today with your questions on
Speaker 2: the mail bag, because well I put it out there
Speaker 2: a while ago, intended to use it on an earlier episode,
Speaker 2: did not get to it. But now you guys come
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Speaker 2: and jump right in here in a great question off
Speaker 2: the top that I think a lot of folks are
Speaker 2: wondering what might happen here, and it comes from Joe Simowski.
Speaker 2: It's Zimoski who emerges as the number three wide receiver.
Speaker 2: I like Cedric Wilson, but chosen is proven in the NFL.
Speaker 2: Good group we got here though. Yeah, I think it's
Speaker 2: perhaps the most intriguing camp storyline, just because there are
Speaker 2: so many options and variables for that role. And remember,
Speaker 2: this is a team that is deep at running back,
Speaker 2: that utilizes a full back as much as anybody else
Speaker 2: in the NFL, and has a lot of varying skill
Speaker 2: sets in that tight end room that allows you to
Speaker 2: run sets that only feature two wide receivers. You know,
Speaker 2: twenty one or twelve personnel at one of the lowest
Speaker 2: or I should say highest rates in the National Football League.
Speaker 2: So last year Miami ran eleven personnel. That's the typical,
Speaker 2: very standard personnel grouping in today's NFL. That's three wide
Speaker 2: receivers with one tight end and one running back. The
Speaker 2: Dolphins ran that grouping on just forty five percent of
Speaker 2: their plays last year. That was the fourth lowest rate
Speaker 2: in the National Football League, and that of course is
Speaker 2: due in large part to alec Ingold in his role
Speaker 2: and his effectiveness within that role. Thirty five point one
Speaker 2: percent in twenty one personnel last year was tops in
Speaker 2: the NFL, just a few percentage points more than San
Speaker 2: Francisco and then ten percent higher than the third highest
Speaker 2: frequency used to twenty one team in Baltimore last season.
Speaker 2: You know, Kyle Yuschek a big part of that for
Speaker 2: the Niners, Patrick Riccard a big part of that for
Speaker 2: the Ravens. We have alec Ingold here as our guy,
Speaker 2: and personally, I love those sets because it's a great
Speaker 2: set to run the football from. If they go light
Speaker 2: in the box, if they do not go light in
Speaker 2: the box and they load up. All of a sudden,
Speaker 2: you have one on one chances to go vertical with
Speaker 2: Tyreek and Jalen And that is a recipe for success
Speaker 2: every single time. And the reason I mention all this
Speaker 2: is that you can utilize two of the very best
Speaker 2: wide receivers in the game to the max. In my opinion,
Speaker 2: the first and I think fifth best receiver in football.
Speaker 2: That's how I rank them. I know, travisherhom or whatever,
Speaker 2: go talk to a wall three thousand yards last year.
Speaker 2: If I play, you know, if a play calls for
Speaker 2: two wide receivers, who do you want on the field
Speaker 2: more than those two guys in the National Football League.
Speaker 2: They both can score from anywhere. They both can get
Speaker 2: maximum separation and make the job of your quarterback easier.
Speaker 2: But you also have plays where they go get a
Speaker 2: drink of water on the sideline and talk to Wes
Speaker 2: Welker while they bring in a couple of guys to
Speaker 2: knock some dudes off the football and run the ball
Speaker 2: and have some effective red zone offense. Think about the
Speaker 2: River Craikcraft touchdown at home against the Bills last year.
Speaker 2: Both Waddle and Hill were off the field in that play.
Speaker 2: All of that is to come back and say when
Speaker 2: they do go three or four wide receivers. You know,
Speaker 2: four receivers was like one point nine percent last year,
Speaker 2: which was tied for third most in the NFL. But
Speaker 2: no one runs that set more than you know, three
Speaker 2: four percent of the time. But on balance, a year
Speaker 2: ago you saw more than two wide receivers on the
Speaker 2: field for less than fifty percent of your snaps. Pretty
Speaker 2: uncommon in today's NFL. Cedric Wilson, I think offers a
Speaker 2: ton in that role. He's got a vertical skill set,
Speaker 2: run after the catch ability, He's a good blocker. I
Speaker 2: think that a second year in the offense could do
Speaker 2: him wonders in terms of just getting the positions down
Speaker 2: and playing more roles in this offense. I think Eric
Speaker 2: Azukama has all the talent in the world, and speaking
Speaker 2: of getting the offense down, I mean basically a red
Speaker 2: shirt year for him last year, if he gets that
Speaker 2: put together. We all saw it in camp in preseason
Speaker 2: him showcase the ability to go get the football at
Speaker 2: its highest point. And I know college is not the
Speaker 2: same as the pros, but I keep going back to
Speaker 2: that Texas Tech tape where he was one of the
Speaker 2: best run after catch guys in college football. And the
Speaker 2: physicality he shows the strength of the legs. He wears
Speaker 2: the short shorts out of practice. You see it every
Speaker 2: single day. He's one of the more built guys you
Speaker 2: know below the waist in terms of his power, I
Speaker 2: think it translates to this level personally, then Chosen Anderson
Speaker 2: has been one of the best vertical threats from inside alignments,
Speaker 2: from that slot position really since he came into the NFL.
Speaker 2: I don't think he's a plus outside receiver, but he
Speaker 2: can certainly give you that role. You know, you put
Speaker 2: him in the slot and all of a sudden you
Speaker 2: get attention to that area of the field. It just
Speaker 2: creates so much more space in other areas of the field,
Speaker 2: both of the run game and the passing game to
Speaker 2: both Tyreek and Jalen. Everything this offense should do should
Speaker 2: funnel around creating chances for ten and seventeen. And that's
Speaker 2: why I think this third receiver role can either do
Speaker 2: that or if you take away your attention from this spot,
Speaker 2: these guys can win these one on one matchups, like
Speaker 2: for Brax and Barrios for instance, who I think in
Speaker 2: short spaces, if you do go eleven person now on
Speaker 2: a third and three play ten to seventeen comand a
Speaker 2: ton of attention. All of a sudden, you've got agent
Speaker 2: zero Braxon Burios one on one in a short area
Speaker 2: against a guy who's probably cornerback three or four for
Speaker 2: the team. And if you want to bring cornerback one
Speaker 2: to that position, guess what that means. That means you
Speaker 2: have cornerback three or four on Tyreek or Jalen good Luck,
Speaker 2: which how that happened for the Lions last year. You
Speaker 2: don't want to do that. I mentioned great craft touchdown
Speaker 2: against Buffalo. If you have a four wide receiver set
Speaker 2: and he gets cornerback four, you better be deep there
Speaker 2: because he is a crafty route runner who if you
Speaker 2: don't have a good corner against him, he's gonna beat him.
Speaker 2: That's just how he is with his skill set and
Speaker 2: his route running. So just a deep group that I
Speaker 2: feel confident with seven different guys, seven or eight guys
Speaker 2: here who all offer unique skill sets from one another.
Speaker 2: At Andrew McGuire, I didn't answer the question there. I
Speaker 2: think to me, I think it's Cedric or Azukama. That's
Speaker 2: my two picks at Andrew McGuire underscore who is your
Speaker 2: top three most clutch South Florida sports players of all time?
Speaker 2: And who is your favorite succession character? And why? Let's
Speaker 2: go ahead and start with the second part first. I
Speaker 2: actually have not began season four yet, went through Barry
Speaker 2: and watched that over again a couple of times. I
Speaker 2: think you should leave just came out as well, so
Speaker 2: I watched that really quickly. And of course all the
Speaker 2: Heat and Panthers games have taken up some time, and
Speaker 2: Julio Rodriguez is scorching hot right now in the marriage
Speaker 2: of playing good baseball, so sports are kind of reigning supreme.
Speaker 2: Outside of my Berry obsession. I'll probably begin that this weekend.
Speaker 2: But to me, it's not a great show for weekly
Speaker 2: appointment viewing. It's best binged. I don't think that's the
Speaker 2: case for all shows, but that's what I do. I
Speaker 2: actually kind of like the week long discussion between shows
Speaker 2: when you have that break. As for my favorite character,
Speaker 2: isn't the point of the show that you're not supposed
Speaker 2: to like any of them? I don't know. Something about
Speaker 2: a bunch of silver Spoon Trust fun kids growing up
Speaker 2: and still throwing tantrums at the rate of my three
Speaker 2: year old is about as unlikable as it gets. Now.
Speaker 2: That said, I am the viewer who typically likes the villain.
Speaker 2: I thought Gustavo Fring and Lalos Halamanka were the best
Speaker 2: characters in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, respectively. I
Speaker 2: liked Ryan the Office the most. I thought he was
Speaker 2: the funniest character on the show. So a little bit
Speaker 2: of contradiction there, but my answer is none of them,
Speaker 2: though if I had to pick one, it would be
Speaker 2: Greg just because he's funny and the least silver spoony
Speaker 2: of them. All three most clutch South Florida's athletes. That
Speaker 2: is tough, and I'm gonna kind of take the question
Speaker 2: a different direction here. I just kind of give you
Speaker 2: the three that I think had the most clutch performances.
Speaker 2: I think so Dan Marino's number one because he had
Speaker 2: the eighth most fourth quarter comebacks of all time, still does.
Speaker 2: And there's only one guy that was from his era
Speaker 2: or earlier who tops him, Like you're talking about, you know,
Speaker 2: it's like Brady and Manning and Roethlisberger, and I think
Speaker 2: Matt Ryan's up there as well. But Johnny Unitas is
Speaker 2: the only guy who who started his career before Marino,
Speaker 2: Who's ahead of him on that list thirty four to
Speaker 2: thirty three. So just one more damn comeback for Danny
Speaker 2: ties the great Johnny Unitis. So Marino's Number one for
Speaker 2: me is Jimmy Butler next, or is it Dwayne Wade?
Speaker 2: It has to be one of those two guys, right,
Speaker 2: It's probably Dwayne Wade. He obviously is heat basketball, but
Speaker 2: two fine four years with a roster that didn't have
Speaker 2: Lebron and bosh on, it didn't have shack on it.
Speaker 2: I mean, it's impressedive what Jimmy Butler has done three
Speaker 2: in the Eastern Conference Finals in the last four years.
Speaker 2: I'm not going to answer that one entirely. It's one
Speaker 2: of those two. I lean d Wade, but I think
Speaker 2: you have to make a strong case for Jimmy Butler.
Speaker 2: And then it's Josh Beckett. His two thousand and three
Speaker 2: World Series clinching start was one of the best baseball
Speaker 2: performances of all time. I mean, complete game, shoutout, scattering
Speaker 2: just five hits and two walks compared to nine k's
Speaker 2: in the World Series. He goes sixteen innings, eight hits,
Speaker 2: five walks, nineteen strikeouts, some more ks than guys on
Speaker 2: base a one point one to zero ERA, and his
Speaker 2: OPS allowed was four fifty six. Average OPS that year
Speaker 2: in baseball was seven twenty five. He was like sixty
Speaker 2: percent of that. That's as incredible. OPS is the number
Speaker 2: that translates most wins and losses. So that's what I
Speaker 2: go by. That entire postseason. That year, the Marlin second
Speaker 2: World Championship and last one, probably the last one I'll
Speaker 2: get for a long long time. He had a two
Speaker 2: to one one ERA on five five starts six games,
Speaker 2: forty seven k to just twelve walks, opponents hit one
Speaker 2: forty five with an ops of four ninety eight, and
Speaker 2: the entire postseason that is absurd, absolutely absurd. And just
Speaker 2: to let you know, I'm not going back to the
Speaker 2: seventies or even the eighties because I wasn't alive and
Speaker 2: I can't pretend to know how those performances were from
Speaker 2: a you know, cultural standpoint in terms of how they,
Speaker 2: you know, impacted the way people saw the game. At Marcos,
Speaker 2: Vieira asked me to give five reasons Yellowstones better than Succession.
Speaker 2: Never seen an episode, my man. I know, I know
Speaker 2: everyone talks about how great it is. I've only heard
Speaker 2: great things, but I'm pretty particular and that show just
Speaker 2: does not draw my interest. At Kyle the commiss are
Speaker 2: you going to be traveling to Germany for the game
Speaker 2: against the Chiefs? If no, on behalf of the community,
Speaker 2: we would like to sweet talk your Boston too it
Speaker 2: We can make it a family affair too, if the
Speaker 2: wife and little ones want to go as well. So
Speaker 2: I'm on radio post game. So traveling hasn't really been
Speaker 2: conducive to making that show the best version of itself.
Speaker 2: We do it when we can, but it's you know, plus,
Speaker 2: traveling is tough with the little kids. Like you mentioned,
Speaker 2: my wife is really pushing to make this trip happened.
Speaker 2: I will say, we'll see. It would be a ton
Speaker 2: man getting a three and a half year old at
Speaker 2: that point in a one year old on a flight.
Speaker 2: I just don't know. But my wife studied abroad for
Speaker 2: a couple of years in college, did one semester in
Speaker 2: Spain and another in Germany, and she taught American children
Speaker 2: on a military base in Germany while she was getting
Speaker 2: her master's degree. So she's a big time traveler. She
Speaker 2: loves being overseas, actually has talked about moving overseas in
Speaker 2: the past, and I'm like, hey, look, I'm not a
Speaker 2: big America guy, but like I kind of like it here.
Speaker 2: I just I like what I know. But again, making
Speaker 2: that flight with the little ones, and then I just
Speaker 2: don't know. We'll see, We'll see. At YZ eighty, do
Speaker 2: you think the Dolphins will sign another defensive tackle before
Speaker 2: the season begins, and also which udfas have the best
Speaker 2: shot on making the roster For the UDFA answer, I'm
Speaker 2: gonna go ahead and defer you back to the Emery
Speaker 2: Hunt podcast when he talked with us on that episode.
Speaker 2: For my picks, I think Brandon Peeley from usc makes
Speaker 2: a lot of sense to the defensive tackle Anthony Montalvo
Speaker 2: from UCF are two guys they definitely put some priority in.
Speaker 2: Looking at the rest of the group here, Chris Brooks
Speaker 2: is intriguing to me. I like to tackle from Cincinnati
Speaker 2: a lot, James Tunstall. But go back to the Emory
Speaker 2: Hunt podcast. You're gonna get a good look at what
Speaker 2: he said there, and he knows these guys better than
Speaker 2: I do at this point. But as far as the
Speaker 2: defensive tackle question, we do know they got some additional
Speaker 2: cap relief with the post June one portion of the calendar,
Speaker 2: so there's some more flexibility there, which this team always
Speaker 2: does a great job of managing and maintaining. I do
Speaker 2: think you need a solution behind what you have with
Speaker 2: you know, Seler, Wilkins and Rayquan and you know the
Speaker 2: first two guys especially, but Rayquon's job really needs a
Speaker 2: secondary snaptaker because they just don't have that on the
Speaker 2: roster right now. Unless you rely upon, like you mentioned,
Speaker 2: undrafted free agents, You're gonna have to have a look
Speaker 2: at the two guys Pelam Montaldo here at OTAs and
Speaker 2: these can act as a bit of a tryout session
Speaker 2: for like what the team might need as they assess
Speaker 2: heading into training camp where it's kind of like, you know,
Speaker 2: full steam ahead and you still have roster moves that happen,
Speaker 2: but that's like, really, all right, what happened over OTA's
Speaker 2: Where can we get better? Who can we call to
Speaker 2: make it better? So you hope that someone can plant
Speaker 2: their flag in that role over the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 2: Here you really don't have a proven answer right now
Speaker 2: for that John Jenkins role last year right now, that's
Speaker 2: only two hundred and sixty snaps. Not a lot, but
Speaker 2: that is twenty six you know, thirty percent of your workload,
Speaker 2: give or take. But you don't want to be grasping
Speaker 2: for someone to fill that role all year because it
Speaker 2: is an important one. It's it's two hundred and sixty snaps.
Speaker 2: Is not a lot, but it's two hundred and sixty snaps.
Speaker 2: I thought Jalen Twyman and Josiah Bronson had a really
Speaker 2: nice start to OTA's here the first couple of practices
Speaker 2: I saw. That's two hundred and eighty five and three
Speaker 2: hundred pounds. Those are more Sealer and Wilkins analogs. John
Speaker 2: Jenkins played at three thirty five, which is the same
Speaker 2: as rake one, which tells you nose tackle right. It
Speaker 2: was an area I thought was a need coming into
Speaker 2: the off season and looking at the list now, it's
Speaker 2: pretty thin. Honestly, the name that jumped to me the
Speaker 2: most on the UD or the available free agents was
Speaker 2: probably Vincent Taylor. Remember him. I always thought he was
Speaker 2: better suited for a more one gap penetration, get up
Speaker 2: field style of de which could be more of the
Speaker 2: defense this year. But he did play it. Three fifteen
Speaker 2: a year ago, so I don't know. I think a
Speaker 2: proven vet on the back end of his career makes
Speaker 2: a ton of sense. I talked about a Keem Hicks
Speaker 2: a few times during the free agency run up, but
Speaker 2: Mike Pennell Penell is still playing, He's still out there,
Speaker 2: three hundred and thirty pounds, He's been good for a
Speaker 2: long time. I would call him and say, hey, can
Speaker 2: you give me a three hundred snaps? That would be
Speaker 2: a guy I'd be interested in kicking the canon at
Speaker 2: Finn Reaper. I've seen several people say they would put
Speaker 2: Jimmy Butler on this Dolphin secondary. But my question is
Speaker 2: what two dolphins would you pick to help the Panthers
Speaker 2: and Heat win at all? And why it's a great
Speaker 2: one one for the Heat, one for the Panthers. I
Speaker 2: need somebody to body up Jokic in the finals here,
Speaker 2: so we need him to be able to get to
Speaker 2: the perimeter and defend the craziest shot in a hoop,
Speaker 2: that step back, fading away released behind the headshot that
Speaker 2: Jokich does. Look, you're not gonna get anyone from the
Speaker 2: Dolphins in the seven foot range, so we need length
Speaker 2: and we need to be athletic. So I use this
Speaker 2: great staf on Zach Sealer on the podcast all the time.
Speaker 2: His pro day workout from his Faires State days put
Speaker 2: him in a class with Mario Williams and JJ Watt
Speaker 2: And this is a mouthful. So I'll go slow as
Speaker 2: slow as I possibly can. Here it is again since
Speaker 2: two thousand three, players have hit these metrics with their
Speaker 2: combine or pro day workouts. Six foot five plus two
Speaker 2: hundred and eighty five pounds plus under a four to
Speaker 2: eight five forty yard dash, more than thirty bench press reps,
Speaker 2: a one hundred and fifteen inch broad jump or more,
Speaker 2: and a three cone time of under seven one five,
Speaker 2: which is like receiver receiver numbers. There's three guys that
Speaker 2: have done that, Mario Williams, JJ Watt, and Zach Sealer.
Speaker 2: So give me Zach's either to bang down the post
Speaker 2: and also contest Jokic on the perimeter for the Panthers. Look,
Speaker 2: I fancy myself a pretty knowledgeable football mind. Obviously, that's
Speaker 2: the whole podcast here. Baseball and basketball where my sport's
Speaker 2: growing up through college. So that's you know, I feel
Speaker 2: good about those sports. No clue, no clue, no clue whatsoever.
Speaker 2: I'm guessing lower body strength, good ankle flection, hand eye coordination.
Speaker 2: Can I go Ryan Hayes. He was a three sport
Speaker 2: All Conference player in high school. He's got great size.
Speaker 2: He's from Michigan. I assume he was born in the
Speaker 2: Paris skates by his side. Is that a crazy pick?
Speaker 2: You guys? Tell me I'm lost here. Let's go ahead
Speaker 2: and take our first break right there and come back
Speaker 2: on the other side, and we'll go ahead and get
Speaker 2: some media availabilities. But first I want to play a
Speaker 2: fun game with y'all taking a look at the little
Speaker 2: project by working on here for the NFL. That's next
Speaker 2: Drive Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you
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Speaker 2: podcast here and head into the weekend with some player
Speaker 2: availabilities from Wednesday we did not cover on the post
Speaker 2: practice report, which if you have not heard that, go
Speaker 2: back and check it out. We'll have three podcasts breaking
Speaker 2: down practices next week essentially as a training camp run
Speaker 2: through a rehearsal if you will, for those three days
Speaker 2: in a row, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday'll have a podcast for
Speaker 2: you guys. Each of those days. We have some fun
Speaker 2: content coming your way from Media Day as well, so
Speaker 2: keep it locked right here and on our socials, on
Speaker 2: all of our channels. We have tons of stuff coming
Speaker 2: away this summer to get you through to the break
Speaker 2: as the Heat and Panthers have done to get you
Speaker 2: into the month of June, and then I guess you
Speaker 2: have baseball to carry you through into football season. But
Speaker 2: we have content for you, guys, to help you get
Speaker 2: to that bridge that gap, I should say, and I
Speaker 2: wanted to do this segment here at some point in
Speaker 2: the summer, and we'll go ahead and do it right now.
Speaker 2: A little project I've been working on to just kind
Speaker 2: of get myself more familiarized with the rest of the
Speaker 2: National Football League. I do it most years, but this
Speaker 2: year kind of putting some more time into it, watching
Speaker 2: more and more tape, and I want to make sure
Speaker 2: that it's not or make clear I should say that
Speaker 2: it's not a finished product right now. I need to
Speaker 2: go back and cut some more tape this summer and
Speaker 2: get more into the weeds. I also want to tack
Speaker 2: this thing with a second lens. My first one was
Speaker 2: going down one team at a time and grading each unit.
Speaker 2: I think doing each team's running backs and then each
Speaker 2: team's wide receivers, and going by position rather than by team.
Speaker 2: I think that could help kind of trim some fat
Speaker 2: off of the grades as you stack them up against
Speaker 2: one another and get a better feeld for you know,
Speaker 2: here's the Giants backfield versus the Cowboys backfield type of deal.
Speaker 2: So that's my disclaimer to say that I'm not final
Speaker 2: stamping this, and it's June, so dub, but I'll tell
Speaker 2: you this. Here's where my Dolphins grades racked up in
Speaker 2: my rough draft. The system was this three through ten.
Speaker 2: I didn't give twos and ones. I didn't give it
Speaker 2: ten either, but ten is generational best of all time,
Speaker 2: best position group we've ever seen. Number nine is elite
Speaker 2: slash best of their position group's top four or five
Speaker 2: is in the nine category, in the eight range, and
Speaker 2: these all have decimals two, so it's three point zero
Speaker 2: through ten point zero. So you can be like eight
Speaker 2: point seven, but the eight number is top ten of
Speaker 2: your position group or on the periphery. Number seven is
Speaker 2: a good unit. So like above average, six is in
Speaker 2: the average range, five below average four I put oh no,
Speaker 2: and then three I put disaster. So that kind of
Speaker 2: gives you an idea of the grading scale here. Let's
Speaker 2: go upside down here for positions, because the quarterback is last,
Speaker 2: and I can't wait to hear tell you guys what
Speaker 2: I think of the quarterback here, which you already probably
Speaker 2: know if you listen to the podcast every Day. Safety's
Speaker 2: eight point one. That's tied for six in the NFL,
Speaker 2: the Bills, Steelers, Chargers, Broncos, Bears. Then I had the
Speaker 2: Panthers and we tied with the Seahawks there. So Javon
Speaker 2: Holland Brandon Jones to Shaun Elliott feel pretty good about that.
Speaker 2: Elijah Campbell also, with what you know, the matchup pieces
Speaker 2: we have, Jalen Ramsey's ability to play multiple roles, I
Speaker 2: just feel good about that position group here for Miami,
Speaker 2: speaking of Jalen Ramsey. Cornerbacks nine point two is first,
Speaker 2: we have the best cornerback room of football. It's good
Speaker 2: up top, it's deep, it's matchup centric, it's inside outside,
Speaker 2: it's tackling, it's Vic Fangio's scheme. Everything you want. Best
Speaker 2: cornerbacks in the NFL. Linebacker eight point two. Some of
Speaker 2: you guys are gonna say that's pretty high, Travis. I
Speaker 2: think the world David Long. I think David Long Mixedjuro
Speaker 2: and Baker a better player. I think Duke Riley's good depth.
Speaker 2: I think Channing Tendall is going to get a bigger
Speaker 2: role this year. I like this group. Tied for fifth Bills, Browns,
Speaker 2: Bears forty nine ers, who are top at nine point five.
Speaker 2: We tied with the Carolina Panthers the Edge Surprise Surprise,
Speaker 2: nine point five, a second behind only Philly. Just waves
Speaker 2: and waves and waves of really good players. I think
Speaker 2: Jalen Phillips is going to be a superstar, breakout player
Speaker 2: this year. I think Chill will give you a better
Speaker 2: football than he gave you last year. I think Ogba's back.
Speaker 2: I think Malik Reaves a good player. I think Andrew
Speaker 2: Vannon Gingkles a good player. I think you get pass
Speaker 2: rush from Stealer and Wilkins in those types of roles,
Speaker 2: although they also work as interior defensive lineman because they
Speaker 2: play multiple spots. Which by the way, the IDL is
Speaker 2: eight point nine, which is fifth, so Bill's Colts, Eagles,
Speaker 2: and Niners, so the defense tied for sixth, first, tied
Speaker 2: for fifth, second, and fifth. This could be one of
Speaker 2: the best defense in the NFL. Man, And that's before
Speaker 2: you get to the offense, which I think is even
Speaker 2: better than the defense. How cool is that? Although on
Speaker 2: this particular position group, I have the Dolphins tied for
Speaker 2: twenty fourth. Offensive line six point seven. That could jump up. Man,
Speaker 2: if one of the left guard and right tackle position
Speaker 2: shows you quality starter, then that jumps way the hell up,
Speaker 2: way up. Because I think tron O'Connor are great players.
Speaker 2: I think Robert Hunt is right on the verge of
Speaker 2: becoming a great player. Two positions to wonder about that.
Speaker 2: That's why it's tied for twenty fourth. Right now, Wide
Speaker 2: receivers and tight end nine point seven number one, number
Speaker 2: one in the league. Talk to a wall. Running Backs
Speaker 2: six point eight was tied for twenty second, though. I
Speaker 2: feel this has the chance to skyrocket this year because
Speaker 2: I think Devon Ahchank could potentially be special and with
Speaker 2: Jeff and Raheem for a full year, if for he
Speaker 2: moster it stays healthy, I think he's pretty underrated back
Speaker 2: and then quarterback position. What is Travi's going to do
Speaker 2: at quarterback? I'm going eight point seven. It's tied for fifth.
Speaker 2: The Bills, the Bengals, the Chiefs, and the Eagles are higher,
Speaker 2: and it's tied with the Chargers for fifth. And again,
Speaker 2: if you want to argue with me on this, it's fine.
Speaker 2: I'll just tell you just wait, just wait until you
Speaker 2: see what happens this season. Last year was just the beginning,
Speaker 2: So some notes here on the project. In total, the
Speaker 2: highest grade I gave a group was the Chiefs quarterback
Speaker 2: was nine point nine. Patrick Mahomes is the best quarterback
Speaker 2: I've ever seen, so probably should be a ten, but
Speaker 2: I went nine to nine. Maybe I'll change that in
Speaker 2: the second go round. The next highest grade across all
Speaker 2: position groups in the NFL was the Dolphins wide receivers. Legit,
Speaker 2: I think the best room in football, mostly because of
Speaker 2: those top two guys, but I was thinking, because you're
Speaker 2: seven deep with guys that can play at this level,
Speaker 2: I think those complimentary parts all fulfilled different roles. Also,
Speaker 2: I think this offense, we'll see plenty of twenty one
Speaker 2: and twelve personnel get talked about in the mail bag.
Speaker 2: You know, two tight end, two backs, and that removes
Speaker 2: the need for a third. Lots of time. So when
Speaker 2: people say the Bengals having Tyler Boyd makes them better.
Speaker 2: I say these two guys allow us to say, in
Speaker 2: a run heavy package and hit verticals from play action
Speaker 2: attempts with one on one matchups on the perimeter, the
Speaker 2: best unit because it impacts the game the best. The
Speaker 2: lowest grade was a lot of teams had a three
Speaker 2: in different areas, not a lot, I should say, But
Speaker 2: the Commander's quarterback was a three. I still hate they
Speaker 2: didn't address that position. Also gave the Rams a three
Speaker 2: and four categories running backs, cornerbacks, edge, and safety who
Speaker 2: hits rough and the Cardinals running backs got a three
Speaker 2: and really their quarterback would two if Kyler was out
Speaker 2: for the year, which he might be, so we'll see.
Speaker 2: And what I'm certain everybody wants to know, I have
Speaker 2: the Dolphins with a second best composite score. They trail
Speaker 2: only Philly. I have not accounted for my weighted grading yet,
Speaker 2: which is quarterbacks are two point five times, the mean
Speaker 2: wide receiver slash tight ends two times, the mean offensive
Speaker 2: lines one and a half, edges two times, and cornerback
Speaker 2: is one point five. So there you go. Fun exercise
Speaker 2: and a fun Friday topic here to discuss. Let's go
Speaker 2: ahead and pick this up with media availabilities from Wednesday
Speaker 2: we did not cover, and that includes Cedric awayHe and
Speaker 2: Tyler Croft. We start with the offensive lineman who was
Speaker 2: asked why the Dolphins.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean what they've built so far, even last year,
Speaker 3: building on within the last year. Obviously I was with
Speaker 3: the Jets, so I saw firsthand they got something specially
Speaker 3: going on here, and they have they have, they have
Speaker 3: the pieces, and just here just add on to that
Speaker 3: and just go as far as we can.
Speaker 2: And of course I had to know how playing in
Speaker 2: Mike Lafloor system a season to go helped him. I
Speaker 2: guess digest the playbook quickly, or the process of getting
Speaker 2: the playbook down as he is now new and a
Speaker 2: member of the Miami Dolphins for the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 2: how's that process going with the previous knowledge of a
Speaker 2: similar offense under Mike Lafloor.
Speaker 3: I love it. I mean it's it's it's literally the
Speaker 3: same kind of scheme, obviously different nuances, but it's preparing
Speaker 3: me a lot. I've been helping out some of the
Speaker 3: guys too, because it's new to some of them, so
Speaker 3: it helped a lot.
Speaker 2: And finally, how does the system suit his skill set
Speaker 2: as an offensive tackle.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it does. It's all about running off the ball.
Speaker 3: It's meant for guys who can move, so it's great
Speaker 3: for kind of my suppose set.
Speaker 2: Good stuff there. Let's go ahead and pick it up
Speaker 2: with tight end Tyler Croft, who had some really intriguing
Speaker 2: answers here regarding his position on the team, his skill set.
Speaker 2: I love what he talked about with Elijah Higgins and
Speaker 2: how he kind of can help the youngster get his
Speaker 2: feet wet here in the NFL and teach him a
Speaker 2: thing or two. We start here, though, with what about
Speaker 2: his game he would say stands out and he says,
Speaker 2: you know, I'm a little bit more viewed as a
Speaker 2: blocking tight end, but I think I can be more
Speaker 2: than that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I still think I can do some things well
Speaker 1: in the passing game. I know, at least going in
Speaker 1: this is year nine for me, so going into that,
Speaker 1: I probably am viewed more as a blocker now in
Speaker 1: this but I still take pride and be able to
Speaker 1: do it all and trying to be a three down guy.
Speaker 1: So I'll never put myself into a box that way
Speaker 1: saying I can just do one or the other. But
Speaker 1: like I said before, I just try and take pride
Speaker 1: in doing it all.
Speaker 2: And here's the Elijah Higgins comment.
Speaker 1: Yeah, So I've just been working on him because, like
Speaker 1: you said, he's playing a whole new position, it's a
Speaker 1: new league. He's I was a rookie shooting nine years ago.
Speaker 1: But I've just been talking to him about not letting
Speaker 1: them get too big for him, just trying to take
Speaker 1: each day at a time, and at the end of
Speaker 1: the day, you're gonna mess stuff up. Everybody does. Everybody
Speaker 1: was a stupid rookie at one point. So I've told
Speaker 1: him just not get too low on himself and don't
Speaker 1: get too high when you are making place too, because
Speaker 1: everybody out here is the best players at their college,
Speaker 1: best players in their position. There's a reason they're here,
Speaker 1: and there's a reason he's here too. So just making
Speaker 1: sure that he keeps his head on straight and just
Speaker 1: don't get too low, don't get too high, but just
Speaker 1: trying to take each day at a time and stack them.
Speaker 2: And playing last year with tight end George Kittle, what'd
Speaker 2: you take away from his game and the way he
Speaker 2: approaches the professional side of it, the production side of it,
Speaker 2: all of that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the rack like when you catch the ball, something
Speaker 1: that was so simple that I didn't even really think
Speaker 1: about and seeing him when we were just do routes
Speaker 1: on air, making a move or double move, just getting
Speaker 1: in your mind that you're taking up to the end
Speaker 1: zone every time you get it. Not just doing the
Speaker 1: drop step. The drop steps good, but taking that drop
Speaker 1: step to the next level. So something that I've been
Speaker 1: trying to do here and show the guys too as well.
Speaker 2: So there you go, short and sweet podcast, but I
Speaker 2: thought a pretty fun one there, answering your questions, the
Speaker 2: fun game there with the NFL positional rankings, tell me
Speaker 2: what you think about that. I'm curious how you guys
Speaker 2: feel this team stacks up compared to the rest of
Speaker 2: the league. Also heard from away Hee and Tyler Croft there.
Speaker 2: That's gonna be my time for the week. But before
Speaker 2: we get out of here, I want to remind you
Speaker 2: guys we have OTA practices next week, three of them.
Speaker 2: We're gonna be busy with that, taking you guys through
Speaker 2: what happened on the practice field, at the podiums and afterwards,
Speaker 2: talking to the players and of course coach Mike McDaniel.
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