WEBVTT - Offseason Preview Part 3 0:00:03.760 --> 0:00:16.440 Fail touchdown, Miami Run? What is up, Dolph Fans, and 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:20.120 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:25.360 Dolphins official podcast network covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:28.960 How's it going everybody? It is Tuesday. I am your host, 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:33.520 Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, we continue our offseason 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:36.920 preview series taking a look at the front seven. It 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:39.360 is part three. We've covered the offensive side of the 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:42.560 football and the previous two podcast here on Drive Time 0:00:42.720 --> 0:00:45.680 will break down the incumbents on the roster, review the 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:49.400 pending free agents, both internal and external, and talk all 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:53.480 things draft on the defensive line and at the linebacker position. 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.600 All of that and more on this Tuesday, March the 0:00:56.680 --> 0:01:03.480 second edition of the Drive Time Podcast. So on Friday, 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.440 we had a podcast with Dolphins defensive end Emmanual og Ball, 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.120 and that was a great, great addition here of Drive Time. 0:01:09.160 --> 0:01:12.960 He gave us plenty of insight into his offseason training regiment, 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.160 what he's doing this offseason for fun in his leisure time. 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.000 But to me, the best part of that podcast was 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:21.280 breaking down some film and breaking down some technical aspects 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:24.600 of the art of the pass rush with Emmanual Ogball, 0:01:24.600 --> 0:01:27.080 who of course, had nine sacks last season to lead 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:29.759 the Miami Dolphins. If you have not checked out that podcast, 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.000 make sure you do that. And also if you haven't 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:33.920 done so and you're new to the podcast. Here we 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.880 did the quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers a couple of 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.600 weeks ago, and last week on the Tuesday edition of 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:42.280 Drive Time, we looked at the offensive line and the 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:44.880 tight end position. So today we'll talk about defense. But 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:46.759 go back and check out the pause. If you are 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:50.160 new here to Drive Time, subscribe, rate, review the podcast, 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.160 all that fun stuff for us. But we have some 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:56.320 bonus content here from that interview with Emmanual og Ball, 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:59.480 who is done so much both on the field here 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:02.480 for the Dolphins and also in the community in South Florida. 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.800 And now Emmanuel is contributing to Kids Meals, Inc. And 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.760 his hometown of Houston, Texas. And of course the people 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:10.200 of Houston have been dealing with a lot of the the 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:12.840 last few weeks with a loss of power to their homes. 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:14.680 So I want to just go ahead and play some 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:18.480 audio from that interview where Emmanual tell told me and 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.720 us about his hometown and giving back to his community. 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:24.840 So here is Emmanual Agba once again. I've got Dolphins 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.760 defensive end Emmanuel Ogba here on this edition of the 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:31.959 Drive Time podcast. Emmanuel, how you doing man? I'm doing good. 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.560 How I'm good? It's it's good to talk to you again. 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:35.840 And you know, I wanted to get you back on 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:39.079 here because we talked football last week. But now we've 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.320 got something even more important to talk about here, your 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:44.640 contributions back to your hometown of Houston, Texas and Kids 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.800 Meals Inc. Can you tell us a little bit about that, Immanual. 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:48.880 You know, Houston has always been in a place in Maha. 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:51.760 Justin took me in my family and when I was 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:55.320 nine years ago. So uh, whichever way I can help out, 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.120 you know, the donation and what I can do. I 0:02:58.160 --> 0:02:59.840 wanted to do, you know, just to help the people 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:03.000 Houston since they took me in at such a young age. 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:06.760 But yeah, we decided to you know, don it to 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:12.040 Kids mal Inc and group. And we're trying to feed 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:15.680 a bunch of kids, you know, since the power outage 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:20.120 in Houston. So we're trying to um, trying to put 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.519 money towards you know, repairing the fridge that was packed 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:25.920 up and just to feed to feed the kids, you know, 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.560 just to help out once we can. And you said 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:32.360 you came to Houston at nine years old. Yeah. Yeah, 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:33.959 I came to the United States when I was nine 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.560 years We moved to Houston, Texas. Yeah, and that's that's 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.400 awesome to hear, and good on you and you and 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.160 X for doing that. Have you had a chance to 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:42.240 get back to Houston and all this off season, I know, 0:03:42.320 --> 0:03:45.080 like training was, you know, this past season with the 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.560 pandemic and travel and everything was difficult. Have you had 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.880 a chance to get back to Houston to season family? Yeah? 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.119 That was the that's kind of first trips I took, 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.840 you know, just to go home and see my family. Uh. 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:57.960 It was rough during the season because I really couldn't 0:03:57.960 --> 0:04:00.760 see him that much because, uh know, the whole COVID 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:04.000 situation and still going on. But yeah, I got a 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.160 chance and I'll spend time with them, you know, you know, 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.680 talk about just teasing on and just you know, see 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.840 how they were all doing throughout the whole pandemic. But 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.920 you know, everybody's doing good, and just I was just 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.080 happy to steal them again. Are you Are they looking 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:19.400 forward to get a chance to coming back to your 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:22.719 some of your games next season. They can't wait because 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:24.760 my my parents just really comes to my game, so 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:26.800 I know they can't with you know, get that ball 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.839 rolling again. We're we're there in Houston. Are playing Houston 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:31.359 here next year. I can't remember which one it is, 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.600 but either way, your hometown team may get a chance 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:38.160 to square off against those guys again. Uh in um, 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.000 That's all I got for you today, man. You'll appreciate 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.440 your time and uh, you know, best luck this season 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:45.200 and awesome, awesome news about the donation to the to 0:04:45.240 --> 0:04:46.840 the kids and getting kids fit out there to Houston. 0:04:46.920 --> 0:04:48.520 I know you know your hometown is going through a 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.440 tough time right now, so good on you man. And 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.680 then we appreciate it, he said, you Travers, thanks for 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.360 having me. You know, we always hear Coach Flora's talk 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.880 about bringing in the right people and having the right 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:03.000 people in the organization, and Emmanuel Ogba just exemplifies that 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:04.680 both of this play on the field but also of 0:05:04.720 --> 0:05:07.119 course with what he does away from the football field. 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:09.839 Just a really really special person, really fun person to 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:11.440 talk to you here on the podcast and did a 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:14.560 great interview as well too, so good on Emmanual Kids 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.200 Mills Inc. Down in Houston, Texas, and you of course 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.800 can get involved really in any of these programs. That's 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:23.000 the beauty of the modern internet day ages that we 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.520 can go online or find these different causes to to 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:27.400 go ahead and donate to. So I have it up 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.880 on my timeline the Kids Meals Inc. Tweet with Emmanuel 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.040 Agba and like you can find that donate if you like. 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.919 Of course, there's plenty of programs in South Florida as well, 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.200 wherever you come from. Make sure you uh you look 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:39.520 into some of that stuff and see what you can 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.600 do in any amount helps of course during these challenging times. 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.679 So Emmanuel Aga, appreciate him once again. Let's go ahead 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.120 and spend this thing forward and get into the football 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:51.080 talk on this Tuesday edition of the Drive Time podcast, 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.479 and we are going to talk about the strength of 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:58.400 the club in that's right, that stingy, stingy Dolphins defense. 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.000 And I remember during train in camp last year writing 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:04.279 up preview items like the training camp preview pieces for instance, 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:06.920 and just really raving about the defense we have from 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:10.680 a potential standpoint, a top end standpoint, starter talent and 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:13.560 depth of the defense. All those areas I thought were 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.840 strong going into the year, and that proved to be 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.760 the case from from you know, week one on pretty 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.280 much for this Dolphins defense. So I just looked at 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:24.239 each spot on this Dolphins defense and really considered most 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.839 of the defense to be two or even three players 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:29.080 deep at a lot of positions in a lot of ways. 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:32.000 And before we get any further, just a quick disclaimer here. 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:35.599 These thoughts provided in this particular section of the Drive 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.479 Time podcast are my own thoughts. They do not reflect 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:42.360 the opinion of the Miami Dolphins. So most of that 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.520 group up front is back now, promising youngsters that showed 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:49.400 some bite in year one are heading into that sophomore campaign, 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.160 the second year on campus where you know where all 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:55.000 your classes are, where the best parking spots are, where 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:57.240 your click hangs out, you know the lay of the land, 0:06:57.279 --> 0:07:00.360 which makes doing the homework all the easier. Right, all 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:02.760 these high school metaphors here, and we'll talk about one 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.000 of those guys today in ray Kuan Davis, as well 0:07:05.040 --> 0:07:08.080 as hit on Brandon Jones on the Defensive Backs preview. 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.640 But today you better buckle up because we're covering three 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:14.200 possession groups and frankly, most of the guys in this block. 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.720 They all play several different positions, so really I couldn't 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:21.720 justify breaking them up. We're talking about interior defensive line 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:25.120 edge of defenders and off ball linebackers. But you see 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:28.920 even that distinction runs into some serious issues with this 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:32.600 team because, for instance, take Kyle van Noy calling him 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:35.280 an off ball linebacker. That's short changing what he is 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:36.840 and who he is and what he does for this 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:40.360 defense calling him an edge defender. Same story. So, while 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:44.200 position definition is getting harder and harder in the scouting community, 0:07:44.360 --> 0:07:48.200 and even more so with this defense, this multiple front 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:52.680 coverage looks, defense will go interior edge and off ball 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.600 will take that route for the position designations. And we 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.280 start on the interior. And we did a podcast on 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:01.320 this group about a month ago there where I had 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:05.040 the father of Zack Seiler, Randy Seiler, on the podcast 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.800 and my fascination with the makeup of that position group 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:12.080 on the interior defensive line. Now, however you want to 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:14.440 term this, some use club control, and that's more of 0:08:14.440 --> 0:08:17.560 a baseball term. In my opinion, I prefer under contract. 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.360 But the Dolphins are in great shape at this position 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:24.920 from a cost control, production age trajectory. You name it 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:26.880 all of those, they are in a great position from 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:30.800 those standpoints. First, Devon god Shaw is the only scheduled 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.920 free agent from our interior defensive line group. Drafted in 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:37.720 the fifth round in god Shaw is entering his fifth 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:40.760 NFL season and he will be an unrestricted free agent 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.240 when the new league year kicks off later this month, 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.080 just a couple of weeks away now from free agency beginning. 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:48.760 But the aforementioned group is all here, and they're here 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:52.400 beyond the season as far as their contracts are concerned. 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:56.040 Christian Wilkins signed through two with that fifth year option 0:08:56.080 --> 0:09:00.520 for three. Zack Seeler signed throughe with the extension that 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:04.480 he received last November. Ray Kwon Davis signed through as 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.679 well on that rookie contract, And according to spot rack, 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:12.440 those players rank thirty Wilkins, thirty one Seiler and fifty 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:16.079 five Davis among defensive tackles and a p y average 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.120 salary per year and the production, well it ranks better 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.520 than that. Before we get into that. What's even better, 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.679 all of them play all over the defensive line. I've 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:27.280 got reps where Christian Wilkins locks out against double team, 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:30.360 drops that knee and holds the anchor from the nose tackle. 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:32.680 In that same game, you'll see him kick out to 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.280 a five technique and win on a twist as a 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:38.679 pass rusher with that explosive first step. And Zach Seeler's 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:40.599 biggest play of the year for my money, was the 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.200 fourth down stop in Arizona. That play comes from the 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:45.680 three tech position, which is on the outside shoulder of 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.280 the offensive guard, but he can also play head up 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.120 over the guard, a two technique, kick inside over the nose, 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:53.600 which is the zero technique, head up over the center, 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.920 and even kick outside and rush as a true defensive 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.000 end that way as well. I've got reps with him 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.200 as a five tech where he convert speed to power 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:03.640 and you get that kind of as I like to 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.400 call it, Let's be real, it's an o ship moment 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.120 from the offensive tackle that he has to absorb not 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.920 just three hundred pounds but the length with that long 0:10:12.000 --> 0:10:14.400 arm that can shock him and get those hands kind 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:17.520 of discombobulated and force him to reset, and then he 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:21.160 lays into the offensive tackle with the weight into that 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.120 pass rush. He has a lot to handle, just an 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.240 absolute load at every position he plays. And then ray 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:28.720 Kwon Davis same deal man. And this is why the 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:31.400 Dolphins can go to so many different fronts and rotate 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.360 what's kind of a short bench in a way to 0:10:33.440 --> 0:10:36.000 keep everybody fresh, because you can just, hey, we need 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:37.920 a three technique. Well, I've got four guys that can 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:39.520 do that and do it well. So we can rotate 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.880 these guys and keep them healthy. You don't have to 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.560 have a backup for each spot on the defensive line 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.679 because you can have two positions that you play frequently 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:49.800 on the defense and you've got three guys to do it. 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:51.680 So it's like a pitch count that is determined by 0:10:51.720 --> 0:10:53.760 the game plan. And ray Kuan did some of his 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.280 best work as the nose tackle. But as you might 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.560 recall that video of Brian Flora's on draft Day where 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:03.200 he's showing the long arm lockout toss aside essentially the 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.440 old stack and shed routine, ray Kuan davis tape is 0:11:06.800 --> 0:11:09.480 full of that. It's what Brian Flores probably saw in 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.200 his tape on in college because he did it too 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:13.840 at Alabama. And what play was I watching the other day? 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:15.800 I think it was the one when I was revealing 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.040 ag Bas sack reel. You know, let's go ahead and 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:19.920 be sure, so you guys can go check it out yourself. 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.320 One sec. All right, and I'm back. That's the beauty 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.280 of podcast. You can pause and come right back. It 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.680 was og bas first sack in the Week six game 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.880 against the Jets, Oh five to go in the third quarter. 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.440 You've got ray Kuan Davis is the one technique shaded 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:35.000 off the outside shoulder of the center and he shoots 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.440 his hands, gets walked back where the center has to 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:39.800 retreat a few steps, and then goes to shed and 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.440 as he does it, you see the center turned ninety 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:46.040 degrees as he gets turned by Davis. Just sheer power 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.439 in those hands, in those arms, and the upper body 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.200 playing from the lower body base to get that power 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.480 up into the upper body. And let's not forget about 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:56.320 Benito Jones. Either played forty eight snaps last year, not 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:58.400 a big workload by any means, but you saw some 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:00.800 of that squatty body power that he has that had 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.640 a lot of draft pundits really forecasting a mid to 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.240 late round draft grade for him last season. The Dolphins 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:08.520 scoop him up as a U d F, a undrafted 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:10.800 free agent, and you can see some of that power 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:13.040 and anchor from the six ft one three d and 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.800 sixteen pound Jones as well. So you take a look 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.040 at this group and you ask what exactly do they 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.040 need here? You've got to combine one thousand, seven hundred 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:23.920 fifty seven snaps. Last year, Wilkins played six thirty seven, 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:27.440 Davis played five thirty nine, Sealer five thirty three, and 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.640 of course Jones with those forty eight we just mentioned. 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:32.520 For a group that at most has three bodies on 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:34.400 the field at one time, we've seen We've seen them 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.040 go at that bare front where you cover up the 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:39.040 guard center guard, or you go even wider than that, 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:40.719 and you have a five tag of three tech and 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.400 a nose tackle, and these three guys can fill those roles. 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:45.280 So the most you're gonna get on the field from 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:47.760 this group is three players at once, and then any 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:50.880 time you go sub package from that, those can traditionally 0:12:50.880 --> 0:12:53.520 be the first guys off the field, which makes sense right, 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:55.880 Third and long fits third and twelve. We're gonna put 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.360 defensive backs onto the field, go dime or half dollar 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:02.000 or dollar defense use subtracted defensive tackles off the field. 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.480 First linebackers come in there as well, and then defensive 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.000 ends and you get the idea, and I never wanted 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:10.079 to discourage the idea of adding talent and building on strength, 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.120 which this is absolutely a strength of the roster in 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.920 my opinion. But I look at this group as one 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.680 of the strongest parts of the roster in general. Maybe 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:19.839 you add to that arsenal, Maybe you PLoP in another 0:13:19.880 --> 0:13:22.160 three hundred and thirty pounder like Davis who can just 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:24.520 give you more size and really play that nose tackle. 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.160 But man, this group is good, and I think we 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:30.840 only scratch the surface on that in twenty So what 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:32.880 does the market look like out there? First? From the 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.960 Pro Football Focus Top one hundred and fifty free Agents 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.360 PF dot Com, Number nineteen, Leonard Williams play with the 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.000 Jets for a while and the Giants. You guys know 0:13:41.040 --> 0:13:43.200 who he is. He's really put together those traits that 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.000 made him the sixth pick in the draft and not 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.920 that long ago. Consistent against the run, ranks in the 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:51.160 eighty six percentile against the run via Pro Football Focus 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:54.120 since he entered the league. In a couple that with 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.320 eleven and a half sacks this year, he's really the 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.520 bell of the ball and also in that mold of 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:00.719 the Wilkins and the stealer of the world that he 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:03.480 can play any position up front. Then you go to 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:07.439 number forty on their list. Another interior defensive lineman, Dalvin Tomlinson, 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.040 his teammate there in New York, has a wrestling background. 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:12.000 We saw that during the Senior Bowl coverage and he 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:13.840 was in the draft a few years back. He's taken 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.040 that over to the Giants and had a productive career there, 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:18.319 and it's always attractive for me to have these wrestling 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:21.120 backgrounds in this position. Zach Seeler was also a wrestler 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:23.360 in his high school days, because you're basically in a 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.480 sixty minute wrestling match with the guy across from you. 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:28.040 He's a stalwart against the run and came off the 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.240 field and some pass rush situations there for the Giants, 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.960 but a beast of a run defender. Shelby Harris one 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:36.320 of the more underrated players in the league in my opinion. 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:39.800 He's got a great get off, plays low, has positioned versatility, 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.840 and its probably the best pass rusher of this potential 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:45.680 crop on the free agent on the interior defensive line. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:48.680 He's a high volume pressure and quarterback hit guy. Had 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.200 a career high six sacks last year in twenty nineteen 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.440 rather with two and a half last year, but also 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:56.360 had eleven quarterback hits and p on Pro Football Reference, 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:58.360 so you see the kind of sack and quarterback hit 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:01.280 production has been consistent about his career. Then there's a 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.400 big drop on the list. Number one hundred is and 0:15:03.520 --> 0:15:06.600 Dominican Sue and just his greatest strength is his endurance 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:10.200 and durability. Played seven eight eight snaps last year, which 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:11.760 is a ton for that position. We just told you 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:14.680 about wilkins high snap count six thirty seven and that 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.280 was the lowest snap total of his career and the 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:21.040 eleventh most snaps among interior defensive lineman in twenty just 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.880 completely absurd. PFF had him with fifty quarterback pressures and 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.400 twenty five run stops, so yeah, he can still play. 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.840 Two and right behind him on that list on PF 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.560 Top one fifty is Sheldon Rankings at one oh one. 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.280 The only real knock on Rankins has been his availability, 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.080 but goodness, he can play when he's healthy. He's more 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.120 in the mold of a run stopper than pass rusher, 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:42.400 but he could also be one of those by low 0:15:42.560 --> 0:15:45.200 high reward type of guys Allah Eric Rowe a couple 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:48.120 of years back who had similar you know, misfortunes in 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.680 his career with injuries, but look at him now one 0:15:50.720 --> 0:15:53.240 of the top ten strong safeties in the NFL without 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.880 question in my opinion his second year last year in Miami. 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:00.840 Not rankings in particular, but what Rankins represents really holds 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.800 a lot of intrigue to me this offseason. Acquiring talent 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.320 and letting it play out such is just such a 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:09.200 great approach because of the risk reward factor, especially when 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:11.080 you consider the teaching and coaching guys are getting here 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.360 in Miami. Maybe Rankins does sign a big deal somewhere. 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.000 You never know, but I thought it was a good 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.080 time to get that thought in that these guys that 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:21.040 for one reason or another in their past haven't lived 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.080 up to the the overall potential and ability that they 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:26.520 have because of injuries or other factors, those are the 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.840 guys that really hold some entry because you can maybe 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.920 maybe maybe by low and get high reward out of that. 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.200 Number one tho six on this list Kawan Short from 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.280 the Panthers. He was cut recently and could be the 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.960 same deal here. Played just one nine nine snaps the 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.520 last two years, had a big cap figure and was 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:44.040 cut by the Panthers. He was in that Aaron Donald 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:47.200 Fletcher Cox territory when he was last playing considerable reps 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:52.000 in seen when he was PFF's fourth highest graded interior 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:55.680 defensive lineman over that span the other with with Donald 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:58.040 and Cox being the top two and Damon Harrison being 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.800 the third. Now also remember he was least, so he 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:03.640 does not factor into the compensatory pick formula. He is 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.040 thirty two years old, and it looks like PF has 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.640 extended the list here beyond one fifty because checking in 0:17:08.880 --> 0:17:12.240 at one is Derek Wolf, who had a career best 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:17.440 eighty five point three run defending grade in his age 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:20.320 thirty season. So that's the veteran top one fifty list 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.840 on PFF. And remember that some of these guys are 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:26.480 classified differently, so we'll cover any players left out because 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:29.040 of their d N designation here in this next group. 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.200 But first, let's go ahead and check on the interior 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:34.040 defensive line draft class really quickly. And one thing you 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.800 kind of look for at a position group like this 0:17:36.920 --> 0:17:40.400 is the difference in body build and makeup and composition 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:42.600 of how these guys can play. Because you've got so 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:46.560 many guys in that three pound range, which is typical 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:48.800 of a defensive tackle, but you've also got your three 0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:51.720 hundred and sixty pounders. For instance, Tyler Sheldon out of 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.600 l s U number eighty on the Draft Networks overall 0:17:54.640 --> 0:17:57.560 big board. He's number one two, three, five six on 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:00.560 the interior defensive line. A red shirt and year, six 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:03.800 ft three three and sixty two pounds, and you probably 0:18:03.800 --> 0:18:06.200 can guess how he plays his game based upon that size. 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:08.960 He is an immovable object you can PLoP in the 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.040 middle of that defense and just get take on double 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:14.560 teams and let linebackers flow behind him and make plays. 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:17.959 An absolute monster on the interior. Now, the Draft Network 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.640 has Christian bar Moore out of Alabama as their top 0:18:20.720 --> 0:18:23.879 rated interior defensive lineman. He's number thirty four overall. He 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.960 had a hell of a National championship game against Ohio State. 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.960 Just an absolute bully up there. One of those Alabama 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:31.840 freaks on the defensive line. You get these guys every 0:18:31.840 --> 0:18:35.000 single year. Christian Barmore is the next one. Tommy togy 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.680 I had an outstanding year for the aforementioned buck Eys, 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.800 three hundred pounder number forty one, overall number two on 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.000 the interior defensive lineman here for the Draft Network. Number 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:49.040 forty seven overall is Levi on Wozoique Boom nailed that 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:52.960 one out of Washington. And you watch this guy the 0:18:52.960 --> 0:18:55.360 the hip toss move that he does on that defensive 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:57.159 line where he gets guys off balance and then just 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.840 chucks him. He is so so strong, can get absolute 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:02.800