Speaker 1: Fail touchdown, Miami Run? What is up, Dolph Fans, and
Speaker 1: welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins official podcast network covering your team, your Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: How's it going everybody? It is Tuesday. I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, we continue our offseason
Speaker 1: preview series taking a look at the front seven. It
Speaker 1: is part three. We've covered the offensive side of the
Speaker 1: football and the previous two podcast here on Drive Time
Speaker 1: will break down the incumbents on the roster, review the
Speaker 1: pending free agents, both internal and external, and talk all
Speaker 1: things draft on the defensive line and at the linebacker position.
Speaker 1: All of that and more on this Tuesday, March the
Speaker 1: second edition of the Drive Time Podcast. So on Friday,
Speaker 1: we had a podcast with Dolphins defensive end Emmanual og Ball,
Speaker 1: and that was a great, great addition here of Drive Time.
Speaker 1: He gave us plenty of insight into his offseason training regiment,
Speaker 1: what he's doing this offseason for fun in his leisure time.
Speaker 1: But to me, the best part of that podcast was
Speaker 1: breaking down some film and breaking down some technical aspects
Speaker 1: of the art of the pass rush with Emmanual Ogball,
Speaker 1: who of course, had nine sacks last season to lead
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. If you have not checked out that podcast,
Speaker 1: make sure you do that. And also if you haven't
Speaker 1: done so and you're new to the podcast. Here we
Speaker 1: did the quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago, and last week on the Tuesday edition of
Speaker 1: Drive Time, we looked at the offensive line and the
Speaker 1: tight end position. So today we'll talk about defense. But
Speaker 1: go back and check out the pause. If you are
Speaker 1: new here to Drive Time, subscribe, rate, review the podcast,
Speaker 1: all that fun stuff for us. But we have some
Speaker 1: bonus content here from that interview with Emmanual og Ball,
Speaker 1: who is done so much both on the field here
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins and also in the community in South Florida.
Speaker 1: And now Emmanuel is contributing to Kids Meals, Inc. And
Speaker 1: his hometown of Houston, Texas. And of course the people
Speaker 1: of Houston have been dealing with a lot of the the
Speaker 1: last few weeks with a loss of power to their homes.
Speaker 1: So I want to just go ahead and play some
Speaker 1: audio from that interview where Emmanual tell told me and
Speaker 1: us about his hometown and giving back to his community.
Speaker 1: So here is Emmanual Agba once again. I've got Dolphins
Speaker 1: defensive end Emmanuel Ogba here on this edition of the
Speaker 1: Drive Time podcast. Emmanuel, how you doing man? I'm doing good.
Speaker 1: How I'm good? It's it's good to talk to you again.
Speaker 1: And you know, I wanted to get you back on
Speaker 1: here because we talked football last week. But now we've
Speaker 1: got something even more important to talk about here, your
Speaker 1: contributions back to your hometown of Houston, Texas and Kids
Speaker 1: Meals Inc. Can you tell us a little bit about that, Immanual.
Speaker 1: You know, Houston has always been in a place in Maha.
Speaker 1: Justin took me in my family and when I was
Speaker 1: nine years ago. So uh, whichever way I can help out,
Speaker 1: you know, the donation and what I can do. I
Speaker 1: wanted to do, you know, just to help the people
Speaker 1: Houston since they took me in at such a young age.
Speaker 1: But yeah, we decided to you know, don it to
Speaker 1: Kids mal Inc and group. And we're trying to feed
Speaker 1: a bunch of kids, you know, since the power outage
Speaker 1: in Houston. So we're trying to um, trying to put
Speaker 1: money towards you know, repairing the fridge that was packed
Speaker 1: up and just to feed to feed the kids, you know,
Speaker 1: just to help out once we can. And you said
Speaker 1: you came to Houston at nine years old. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I came to the United States when I was nine
Speaker 1: years We moved to Houston, Texas. Yeah, and that's that's
Speaker 1: awesome to hear, and good on you and you and
Speaker 1: X for doing that. Have you had a chance to
Speaker 1: get back to Houston and all this off season, I know,
Speaker 1: like training was, you know, this past season with the
Speaker 1: pandemic and travel and everything was difficult. Have you had
Speaker 1: a chance to get back to Houston to season family? Yeah?
Speaker 1: That was the that's kind of first trips I took,
Speaker 1: you know, just to go home and see my family. Uh.
Speaker 1: It was rough during the season because I really couldn't
Speaker 1: see him that much because, uh know, the whole COVID
Speaker 1: situation and still going on. But yeah, I got a
Speaker 1: chance and I'll spend time with them, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: talk about just teasing on and just you know, see
Speaker 1: how they were all doing throughout the whole pandemic. But
Speaker 1: you know, everybody's doing good, and just I was just
Speaker 1: happy to steal them again. Are you Are they looking
Speaker 1: forward to get a chance to coming back to your
Speaker 1: some of your games next season. They can't wait because
Speaker 1: my my parents just really comes to my game, so
Speaker 1: I know they can't with you know, get that ball
Speaker 1: rolling again. We're we're there in Houston. Are playing Houston
Speaker 1: here next year. I can't remember which one it is,
Speaker 1: but either way, your hometown team may get a chance
Speaker 1: to square off against those guys again. Uh in um,
Speaker 1: That's all I got for you today, man. You'll appreciate
Speaker 1: your time and uh, you know, best luck this season
Speaker 1: and awesome, awesome news about the donation to the to
Speaker 1: the kids and getting kids fit out there to Houston.
Speaker 1: I know you know your hometown is going through a
Speaker 1: tough time right now, so good on you man. And
Speaker 1: then we appreciate it, he said, you Travers, thanks for
Speaker 1: having me. You know, we always hear Coach Flora's talk
Speaker 1: about bringing in the right people and having the right
Speaker 1: people in the organization, and Emmanuel Ogba just exemplifies that
Speaker 1: both of this play on the field but also of
Speaker 1: course with what he does away from the football field.
Speaker 1: Just a really really special person, really fun person to
Speaker 1: talk to you here on the podcast and did a
Speaker 1: great interview as well too, so good on Emmanual Kids
Speaker 1: Mills Inc. Down in Houston, Texas, and you of course
Speaker 1: can get involved really in any of these programs. That's
Speaker 1: the beauty of the modern internet day ages that we
Speaker 1: can go online or find these different causes to to
Speaker 1: go ahead and donate to. So I have it up
Speaker 1: on my timeline the Kids Meals Inc. Tweet with Emmanuel
Speaker 1: Agba and like you can find that donate if you like.
Speaker 1: Of course, there's plenty of programs in South Florida as well,
Speaker 1: wherever you come from. Make sure you uh you look
Speaker 1: into some of that stuff and see what you can
Speaker 1: do in any amount helps of course during these challenging times.
Speaker 1: So Emmanuel Aga, appreciate him once again. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and spend this thing forward and get into the football
Speaker 1: talk on this Tuesday edition of the Drive Time podcast,
Speaker 1: and we are going to talk about the strength of
Speaker 1: the club in that's right, that stingy, stingy Dolphins defense.
Speaker 1: And I remember during train in camp last year writing
Speaker 1: up preview items like the training camp preview pieces for instance,
Speaker 1: and just really raving about the defense we have from
Speaker 1: a potential standpoint, a top end standpoint, starter talent and
Speaker 1: depth of the defense. All those areas I thought were
Speaker 1: strong going into the year, and that proved to be
Speaker 1: the case from from you know, week one on pretty
Speaker 1: much for this Dolphins defense. So I just looked at
Speaker 1: each spot on this Dolphins defense and really considered most
Speaker 1: of the defense to be two or even three players
Speaker 1: deep at a lot of positions in a lot of ways.
Speaker 1: And before we get any further, just a quick disclaimer here.
Speaker 1: These thoughts provided in this particular section of the Drive
Speaker 1: Time podcast are my own thoughts. They do not reflect
Speaker 1: the opinion of the Miami Dolphins. So most of that
Speaker 1: group up front is back now, promising youngsters that showed
Speaker 1: some bite in year one are heading into that sophomore campaign,
Speaker 1: the second year on campus where you know where all
Speaker 1: your classes are, where the best parking spots are, where
Speaker 1: your click hangs out, you know the lay of the land,
Speaker 1: which makes doing the homework all the easier. Right, all
Speaker 1: these high school metaphors here, and we'll talk about one
Speaker 1: of those guys today in ray Kuan Davis, as well
Speaker 1: as hit on Brandon Jones on the Defensive Backs preview.
Speaker 1: But today you better buckle up because we're covering three
Speaker 1: possession groups and frankly, most of the guys in this block.
Speaker 1: They all play several different positions, so really I couldn't
Speaker 1: justify breaking them up. We're talking about interior defensive line
Speaker 1: edge of defenders and off ball linebackers. But you see
Speaker 1: even that distinction runs into some serious issues with this
Speaker 1: team because, for instance, take Kyle van Noy calling him
Speaker 1: an off ball linebacker. That's short changing what he is
Speaker 1: and who he is and what he does for this
Speaker 1: defense calling him an edge defender. Same story. So, while
Speaker 1: position definition is getting harder and harder in the scouting community,
Speaker 1: and even more so with this defense, this multiple front
Speaker 1: coverage looks, defense will go interior edge and off ball
Speaker 1: will take that route for the position designations. And we
Speaker 1: start on the interior. And we did a podcast on
Speaker 1: this group about a month ago there where I had
Speaker 1: the father of Zack Seiler, Randy Seiler, on the podcast
Speaker 1: and my fascination with the makeup of that position group
Speaker 1: on the interior defensive line. Now, however you want to
Speaker 1: term this, some use club control, and that's more of
Speaker 1: a baseball term. In my opinion, I prefer under contract.
Speaker 1: But the Dolphins are in great shape at this position
Speaker 1: from a cost control, production age trajectory. You name it
Speaker 1: all of those, they are in a great position from
Speaker 1: those standpoints. First, Devon god Shaw is the only scheduled
Speaker 1: free agent from our interior defensive line group. Drafted in
Speaker 1: the fifth round in god Shaw is entering his fifth
Speaker 1: NFL season and he will be an unrestricted free agent
Speaker 1: when the new league year kicks off later this month,
Speaker 1: just a couple of weeks away now from free agency beginning.
Speaker 1: But the aforementioned group is all here, and they're here
Speaker 1: beyond the season as far as their contracts are concerned.
Speaker 1: Christian Wilkins signed through two with that fifth year option
Speaker 1: for three. Zack Seeler signed throughe with the extension that
Speaker 1: he received last November. Ray Kwon Davis signed through as
Speaker 1: well on that rookie contract, And according to spot rack,
Speaker 1: those players rank thirty Wilkins, thirty one Seiler and fifty
Speaker 1: five Davis among defensive tackles and a p y average
Speaker 1: salary per year and the production, well it ranks better
Speaker 1: than that. Before we get into that. What's even better,
Speaker 1: all of them play all over the defensive line. I've
Speaker 1: got reps where Christian Wilkins locks out against double team,
Speaker 1: drops that knee and holds the anchor from the nose tackle.
Speaker 1: In that same game, you'll see him kick out to
Speaker 1: a five technique and win on a twist as a
Speaker 1: pass rusher with that explosive first step. And Zach Seeler's
Speaker 1: biggest play of the year for my money, was the
Speaker 1: fourth down stop in Arizona. That play comes from the
Speaker 1: three tech position, which is on the outside shoulder of
Speaker 1: the offensive guard, but he can also play head up
Speaker 1: over the guard, a two technique, kick inside over the nose,
Speaker 1: which is the zero technique, head up over the center,
Speaker 1: and even kick outside and rush as a true defensive
Speaker 1: end that way as well. I've got reps with him
Speaker 1: as a five tech where he convert speed to power
Speaker 1: and you get that kind of as I like to
Speaker 1: call it, Let's be real, it's an o ship moment
Speaker 1: from the offensive tackle that he has to absorb not
Speaker 1: just three hundred pounds but the length with that long
Speaker 1: arm that can shock him and get those hands kind
Speaker 1: of discombobulated and force him to reset, and then he
Speaker 1: lays into the offensive tackle with the weight into that
Speaker 1: pass rush. He has a lot to handle, just an
Speaker 1: absolute load at every position he plays. And then ray
Speaker 1: Kwon Davis same deal man. And this is why the
Speaker 1: Dolphins can go to so many different fronts and rotate
Speaker 1: what's kind of a short bench in a way to
Speaker 1: keep everybody fresh, because you can just, hey, we need
Speaker 1: a three technique. Well, I've got four guys that can
Speaker 1: do that and do it well. So we can rotate
Speaker 1: these guys and keep them healthy. You don't have to
Speaker 1: have a backup for each spot on the defensive line
Speaker 1: because you can have two positions that you play frequently
Speaker 1: on the defense and you've got three guys to do it.
Speaker 1: So it's like a pitch count that is determined by
Speaker 1: the game plan. And ray Kuan did some of his
Speaker 1: best work as the nose tackle. But as you might
Speaker 1: recall that video of Brian Flora's on draft Day where
Speaker 1: he's showing the long arm lockout toss aside essentially the
Speaker 1: old stack and shed routine, ray Kuan davis tape is
Speaker 1: full of that. It's what Brian Flores probably saw in
Speaker 1: his tape on in college because he did it too
Speaker 1: at Alabama. And what play was I watching the other day?
Speaker 1: I think it was the one when I was revealing
Speaker 1: ag Bas sack reel. You know, let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: be sure, so you guys can go check it out yourself.
Speaker 1: One sec. All right, and I'm back. That's the beauty
Speaker 1: of podcast. You can pause and come right back. It
Speaker 1: was og bas first sack in the Week six game
Speaker 1: against the Jets, Oh five to go in the third quarter.
Speaker 1: You've got ray Kuan Davis is the one technique shaded
Speaker 1: off the outside shoulder of the center and he shoots
Speaker 1: his hands, gets walked back where the center has to
Speaker 1: retreat a few steps, and then goes to shed and
Speaker 1: as he does it, you see the center turned ninety
Speaker 1: degrees as he gets turned by Davis. Just sheer power
Speaker 1: in those hands, in those arms, and the upper body
Speaker 1: playing from the lower body base to get that power
Speaker 1: up into the upper body. And let's not forget about
Speaker 1: Benito Jones. Either played forty eight snaps last year, not
Speaker 1: a big workload by any means, but you saw some
Speaker 1: of that squatty body power that he has that had
Speaker 1: a lot of draft pundits really forecasting a mid to
Speaker 1: late round draft grade for him last season. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: scoop him up as a U d F, a undrafted
Speaker 1: free agent, and you can see some of that power
Speaker 1: and anchor from the six ft one three d and
Speaker 1: sixteen pound Jones as well. So you take a look
Speaker 1: at this group and you ask what exactly do they
Speaker 1: need here? You've got to combine one thousand, seven hundred
Speaker 1: fifty seven snaps. Last year, Wilkins played six thirty seven,
Speaker 1: Davis played five thirty nine, Sealer five thirty three, and
Speaker 1: of course Jones with those forty eight we just mentioned.
Speaker 1: For a group that at most has three bodies on
Speaker 1: the field at one time, we've seen We've seen them
Speaker 1: go at that bare front where you cover up the
Speaker 1: guard center guard, or you go even wider than that,
Speaker 1: and you have a five tag of three tech and
Speaker 1: a nose tackle, and these three guys can fill those roles.
Speaker 1: So the most you're gonna get on the field from
Speaker 1: this group is three players at once, and then any
Speaker 1: time you go sub package from that, those can traditionally
Speaker 1: be the first guys off the field, which makes sense right,
Speaker 1: Third and long fits third and twelve. We're gonna put
Speaker 1: defensive backs onto the field, go dime or half dollar
Speaker 1: or dollar defense use subtracted defensive tackles off the field.
Speaker 1: First linebackers come in there as well, and then defensive
Speaker 1: ends and you get the idea, and I never wanted
Speaker 1: to discourage the idea of adding talent and building on strength,
Speaker 1: which this is absolutely a strength of the roster in
Speaker 1: my opinion. But I look at this group as one
Speaker 1: of the strongest parts of the roster in general. Maybe
Speaker 1: you add to that arsenal, Maybe you PLoP in another
Speaker 1: three hundred and thirty pounder like Davis who can just
Speaker 1: give you more size and really play that nose tackle.
Speaker 1: But man, this group is good, and I think we
Speaker 1: only scratch the surface on that in twenty So what
Speaker 1: does the market look like out there? First? From the
Speaker 1: Pro Football Focus Top one hundred and fifty free Agents
Speaker 1: PF dot Com, Number nineteen, Leonard Williams play with the
Speaker 1: Jets for a while and the Giants. You guys know
Speaker 1: who he is. He's really put together those traits that
Speaker 1: made him the sixth pick in the draft and not
Speaker 1: that long ago. Consistent against the run, ranks in the
Speaker 1: eighty six percentile against the run via Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: since he entered the league. In a couple that with
Speaker 1: eleven and a half sacks this year, he's really the
Speaker 1: bell of the ball and also in that mold of
Speaker 1: the Wilkins and the stealer of the world that he
Speaker 1: can play any position up front. Then you go to
Speaker 1: number forty on their list. Another interior defensive lineman, Dalvin Tomlinson,
Speaker 1: his teammate there in New York, has a wrestling background.
Speaker 1: We saw that during the Senior Bowl coverage and he
Speaker 1: was in the draft a few years back. He's taken
Speaker 1: that over to the Giants and had a productive career there,
Speaker 1: and it's always attractive for me to have these wrestling
Speaker 1: backgrounds in this position. Zach Seeler was also a wrestler
Speaker 1: in his high school days, because you're basically in a
Speaker 1: sixty minute wrestling match with the guy across from you.
Speaker 1: He's a stalwart against the run and came off the
Speaker 1: field and some pass rush situations there for the Giants,
Speaker 1: but a beast of a run defender. Shelby Harris one
Speaker 1: of the more underrated players in the league in my opinion.
Speaker 1: He's got a great get off, plays low, has positioned versatility,
Speaker 1: and its probably the best pass rusher of this potential
Speaker 1: crop on the free agent on the interior defensive line.
Speaker 1: He's a high volume pressure and quarterback hit guy. Had
Speaker 1: a career high six sacks last year in twenty nineteen
Speaker 1: rather with two and a half last year, but also
Speaker 1: had eleven quarterback hits and p on Pro Football Reference,
Speaker 1: so you see the kind of sack and quarterback hit
Speaker 1: production has been consistent about his career. Then there's a
Speaker 1: big drop on the list. Number one hundred is and
Speaker 1: Dominican Sue and just his greatest strength is his endurance
Speaker 1: and durability. Played seven eight eight snaps last year, which
Speaker 1: is a ton for that position. We just told you
Speaker 1: about wilkins high snap count six thirty seven and that
Speaker 1: was the lowest snap total of his career and the
Speaker 1: eleventh most snaps among interior defensive lineman in twenty just
Speaker 1: completely absurd. PFF had him with fifty quarterback pressures and
Speaker 1: twenty five run stops, so yeah, he can still play.
Speaker 1: Two and right behind him on that list on PF
Speaker 1: Top one fifty is Sheldon Rankings at one oh one.
Speaker 1: The only real knock on Rankins has been his availability,
Speaker 1: but goodness, he can play when he's healthy. He's more
Speaker 1: in the mold of a run stopper than pass rusher,
Speaker 1: but he could also be one of those by low
Speaker 1: high reward type of guys Allah Eric Rowe a couple
Speaker 1: of years back who had similar you know, misfortunes in
Speaker 1: his career with injuries, but look at him now one
Speaker 1: of the top ten strong safeties in the NFL without
Speaker 1: question in my opinion his second year last year in Miami.
Speaker 1: Not rankings in particular, but what Rankins represents really holds
Speaker 1: a lot of intrigue to me this offseason. Acquiring talent
Speaker 1: and letting it play out such is just such a
Speaker 1: great approach because of the risk reward factor, especially when
Speaker 1: you consider the teaching and coaching guys are getting here
Speaker 1: in Miami. Maybe Rankins does sign a big deal somewhere.
Speaker 1: You never know, but I thought it was a good
Speaker 1: time to get that thought in that these guys that
Speaker 1: for one reason or another in their past haven't lived
Speaker 1: up to the the overall potential and ability that they
Speaker 1: have because of injuries or other factors, those are the
Speaker 1: guys that really hold some entry because you can maybe
Speaker 1: maybe maybe by low and get high reward out of that.
Speaker 1: Number one tho six on this list Kawan Short from
Speaker 1: the Panthers. He was cut recently and could be the
Speaker 1: same deal here. Played just one nine nine snaps the
Speaker 1: last two years, had a big cap figure and was
Speaker 1: cut by the Panthers. He was in that Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox territory when he was last playing considerable reps
Speaker 1: in seen when he was PFF's fourth highest graded interior
Speaker 1: defensive lineman over that span the other with with Donald
Speaker 1: and Cox being the top two and Damon Harrison being
Speaker 1: the third. Now also remember he was least, so he
Speaker 1: does not factor into the compensatory pick formula. He is
Speaker 1: thirty two years old, and it looks like PF has
Speaker 1: extended the list here beyond one fifty because checking in
Speaker 1: at one is Derek Wolf, who had a career best
Speaker 1: eighty five point three run defending grade in his age
Speaker 1: thirty season. So that's the veteran top one fifty list
Speaker 1: on PFF. And remember that some of these guys are
Speaker 1: classified differently, so we'll cover any players left out because
Speaker 1: of their d N designation here in this next group.
Speaker 1: But first, let's go ahead and check on the interior
Speaker 1: defensive line draft class really quickly. And one thing you
Speaker 1: kind of look for at a position group like this
Speaker 1: is the difference in body build and makeup and composition
Speaker 1: of how these guys can play. Because you've got so
Speaker 1: many guys in that three pound range, which is typical
Speaker 1: of a defensive tackle, but you've also got your three
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty pounders. For instance, Tyler Sheldon out of
Speaker 1: l s U number eighty on the Draft Networks overall
Speaker 1: big board. He's number one two, three, five six on
Speaker 1: the interior defensive line. A red shirt and year, six
Speaker 1: ft three three and sixty two pounds, and you probably
Speaker 1: can guess how he plays his game based upon that size.
Speaker 1: He is an immovable object you can PLoP in the
Speaker 1: middle of that defense and just get take on double
Speaker 1: teams and let linebackers flow behind him and make plays.
Speaker 1: An absolute monster on the interior. Now, the Draft Network
Speaker 1: has Christian bar Moore out of Alabama as their top
Speaker 1: rated interior defensive lineman. He's number thirty four overall. He
Speaker 1: had a hell of a National championship game against Ohio State.
Speaker 1: Just an absolute bully up there. One of those Alabama
Speaker 1: freaks on the defensive line. You get these guys every
Speaker 1: single year. Christian Barmore is the next one. Tommy togy
Speaker 1: I had an outstanding year for the aforementioned buck Eys,
Speaker 1: three hundred pounder number forty one, overall number two on
Speaker 1: the interior defensive lineman here for the Draft Network. Number
Speaker 1: forty seven overall is Levi on Wozoique Boom nailed that
Speaker 1: one out of Washington. And you watch this guy the
Speaker 1: the hip toss move that he does on that defensive
Speaker 1: line where he gets guys off balance and then just
Speaker 1: chucks him. He is so so strong, can get absolute
Speaker 1: pushing the running game or in the passing game rather
Speaker 1: and hold his point against the run as well. A
Speaker 1: very impressive player out of Washington, and one of these
Speaker 1: guys that can give you just a lot of pass
Speaker 1: rush on that interior defensive line spot. And then staying
Speaker 1: in the pack twelve with us C S J to
Speaker 1: Fele one of these versatile type of guys that can
Speaker 1: play every position on your defensive line. He offers that
Speaker 1: versatility in spades. Number sixty one on their list, Number
Speaker 1: seventy eight dave On Nixon out of Iowa. He's got
Speaker 1: some great tape as well, some some stuff where he
Speaker 1: just really gets absolute penetration and gets knocked back on
Speaker 1: the in the running game. So a lot of these
Speaker 1: guys have that power and forced to play load and
Speaker 1: to get knocked back both against the past and the run.
Speaker 1: Tyler Sheldon, we talked about him number eighty and then
Speaker 1: back to USC on this list. Here for number eighty one,
Speaker 1: Marlon two polo two out of US pounds, six ft two,
Speaker 1: red shirt Jr. Number one oh four, Osa od Wooza
Speaker 1: out of u C. L A, Southern California. These these
Speaker 1: kids with the tough to pronounce names. We're knocking him
Speaker 1: out here on the Drive Time podcast. But he's kind
Speaker 1: of got that same bold where he can play low,
Speaker 1: he can play explosive just two pounds, so he really
Speaker 1: relies on that pad level and that quick burst off
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. Darius still to the West Virginia.
Speaker 1: Haven't got a chance to look at his tape that
Speaker 1: quote that closely. I know a lot of folks like him.
Speaker 1: And then Marvin Wilson one twenty four out of Florida State.
Speaker 1: He's a popular name and All American preseason going into
Speaker 1: this year, number one twenty four on their list, and
Speaker 1: there's a big gap from him to the next player,
Speaker 1: one seventy one overall, and then they've got a Lee
Speaker 1: McNeil at one seventy nine, just behind Jalen Twyman. Out
Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh, but McNeil out of NC State, three fifteen
Speaker 1: pounds space eater, powerful player, has that low pad level
Speaker 1: once again that really get under offensive lineman and to
Speaker 1: kind of stand them up and then play that two
Speaker 1: gap where he can stack and shed from there. So
Speaker 1: plenty of guys that fit the idea of what you want.
Speaker 1: It's just gonna be with the Dolphins make a decision
Speaker 1: on what do they want on this defensive line. Because
Speaker 1: it's deep, it's good, it's young, they've got cost control
Speaker 1: for for the next couple of years at that position.
Speaker 1: How do they want to attack that? All right, let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and spin this thing to the outside now
Speaker 1: and talk about the pass rushers off the edge, because
Speaker 1: we talked to Emmanuel Ball on the Friday podcast as
Speaker 1: well as today, and that's what we're gonna start with
Speaker 1: this position group. Emmanuel Ogba's nine sacks last year led
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, but we know that playing the edge
Speaker 1: position in this defense is graded a lot more than
Speaker 1: just by the sacks you acquire, and a lot more
Speaker 1: than just the past rush statistics we've covered on this podcast.
Speaker 1: And it starts there with Emmanual Ogball and really, what
Speaker 1: else do we have to say. I mean, he broke
Speaker 1: it down for you on the Friday edition of Drive Time.
Speaker 1: Multiple positions, effective pass rusher and one on one situations.
Speaker 1: Do not leave him against a tight end one on
Speaker 1: one or you will pay. But he also can slant
Speaker 1: him and dent the edge. As a run defender, he
Speaker 1: can hold a strong edge, He can condense inside and
Speaker 1: throw a bull rush on a guard, or hold the
Speaker 1: point against the run. And the master of getting guys
Speaker 1: off balance and chucking them with those long, heavy hands,
Speaker 1: long arms and heavy hands. Big play after big play
Speaker 1: all season long xaviing Howard won the Team MVP award.
Speaker 1: I think my runner up might have been Emmanuel Ogba
Speaker 1: in that category. Now, on the other side, you saw
Speaker 1: the ideal build build of a defensive end in this
Speaker 1: defense with the importing of both Agba and Shack Lawson.
Speaker 1: Lawson is a consistent force making plays against the run,
Speaker 1: consistent tackle for lost guy, doesn't offer a soft edge
Speaker 1: barely ever, always a good job turning things back inside.
Speaker 1: He also gives you pass rush too, and not just
Speaker 1: pass rush, but the element of pass rush. We covered
Speaker 1: with Ogba on Friday where we talked about gap integrity.
Speaker 1: These guys don't just blow past the tackle and pass
Speaker 1: the quarterback and right out of the play, turning it
Speaker 1: into ten on eleven. They really work to stay in
Speaker 1: their gap and a lot of linebackers behind them to
Speaker 1: execute the many games and many blitz is that flow
Speaker 1: and Boyer dial up. Speaking of ideal build Jason Strowbridge
Speaker 1: is in that mold as well, at two seventy three floors.
Speaker 1: His first comments about Strowbridge when he was drafted was
Speaker 1: about his inside outside versatility, and we saw him really
Speaker 1: kick some acid the Senior Bowl last February. Can of
Speaker 1: tackle for loss this year on a nice inside move
Speaker 1: in that Chargers game, and I'm really curious and excited
Speaker 1: to watch him and keep a close eye on number
Speaker 1: fifty eight at training camp this year and see how
Speaker 1: that progress goes from year one to year two for
Speaker 1: the Deerfield Beach native in that rookie class. Also a
Speaker 1: undrafted free agent, Tyshan Render. He's not quite as heavy
Speaker 1: as the other guys, checking in at two forty eight pounds,
Speaker 1: but the effort was the name of the game for him.
Speaker 1: In college coaches at Middle Tennessee State raved about how
Speaker 1: they could use his tape consistently as teaching tape in
Speaker 1: their meetings and film room studies just for the effort alone.
Speaker 1: So he has kind of a developmental rookie season, spending
Speaker 1: most of his time on the practice squad, but he
Speaker 1: did get one game under his belt this year for
Speaker 1: Miami and rounding out the position group here as Nick
Speaker 1: Co who was back on a futures contract. He spent
Speaker 1: most of the year as well on the practice squad
Speaker 1: and wouldn't you know what, six ft five two pounds,
Speaker 1: so even bigger than those guys and spends most of
Speaker 1: his time on the inside, or at least he did
Speaker 1: in college. And these big guys up front do so
Speaker 1: much dirty work to help funnel and create plays for
Speaker 1: guys like van Noy for Bake, for Geek, etcetera. Co
Speaker 1: is a big, powerful player with the long arms and
Speaker 1: heavy hands to help execute the idea of that two
Speaker 1: gap to push the pocket and keep yourself clean so
Speaker 1: you can shed when the play comes your way. But
Speaker 1: that length really allows him to squat, press and extend
Speaker 1: and play good football. As for the free agent market
Speaker 1: at the position, a bunch of names on this list,
Speaker 1: You guys are gonna recognize. Number fourteen on PFS Top
Speaker 1: one and fifty free Agents is Shack Barrett absolute explosion
Speaker 1: of production the last couple of years. PF has him
Speaker 1: in the green grade territory, which is above average each
Speaker 1: of his first five years as a pro against both
Speaker 1: the run and the past. It will be interesting to
Speaker 1: see if he makes it to the market because the
Speaker 1: Bucks have a lot of guys to take care of
Speaker 1: this offseason, but he's been a monster for them. He's
Speaker 1: closer to Render's bill, like we talked about with the
Speaker 1: weight checking in and an even to fifty, but the
Speaker 1: production nineteen and a half sacks two years ago and
Speaker 1: then eight more this season. And the quick edit here
Speaker 1: on the podcast is this thing was cut ready to
Speaker 1: be published for you guys on Tuesday a morning. But J. J.
Speaker 1: Watt signs with the Arizona Cardinals on Monday morning. So
Speaker 1: he was number twenty on the PFF Top one fifty
Speaker 1: free agents list for one but he is now signed
Speaker 1: to the Arizona Cardinals, So go ahead and scratch J. J.
Speaker 1: Watt off the list, who also wasn't going to impact
Speaker 1: the compensatory formula as he was a player who was
Speaker 1: released rather than a player who was had his contract
Speaker 1: expire to sign with the new teams. A watt to
Speaker 1: the Cardinals. Number twenty eight Carl Lawson, two D sixty
Speaker 1: two pounds, long edge defender in that makeup of the
Speaker 1: guys we talked about on the roster. He plays the
Speaker 1: run on the way to the quarterback and can really
Speaker 1: dent the edge as that outside down lineman when he's
Speaker 1: outflanked by the force defender, the defender responsible for the
Speaker 1: adge to get things back inside. He really does some
Speaker 1: good work both against the past and the run. This market,
Speaker 1: or the market on these guys is going to be steep,
Speaker 1: and this is one of the premier positions in terms
Speaker 1: of the free agent market the big time dollars. And
Speaker 1: the same is true of the next man of our
Speaker 1: on our list, Number thirty one, Jadavean Clowney, one of
Speaker 1: the game's best run defender since he entered the league.
Speaker 1: He plays stand up edge, three point edge off ball,
Speaker 1: kicks inside as a rusher, and when he's on he's
Speaker 1: unblockable man. Because he had a game with the Seahawks
Speaker 1: two years ago against the forty nine where they just
Speaker 1: had no answer for him and pro Football Focus has
Speaker 1: him as a ninety five percentile run defender and seventy
Speaker 1: seven percentile pass rusher since he came to the league.
Speaker 1: Impressive impressive player number forty six, but of a gap
Speaker 1: there Yannike and Gockway. Now he's more of that wide
Speaker 1: alignment edge rushing type that gets on you in a
Speaker 1: hurry allah a cam Wake. He's been a big time
Speaker 1: producer since he entered the league in twenty six team
Speaker 1: as a third round pick, and even in that strange
Speaker 1: year last year where he was traded to Minnesota right
Speaker 1: before the season then again to Baltimore mid season, he
Speaker 1: still had eight sacks, which ties his career low forty
Speaker 1: five and a half sacks and ninety six QB hits
Speaker 1: in his five years. Pritt Day pritt Day Good. Number
Speaker 1: fifty five is Melvin Ingram. Last year he lost a
Speaker 1: streak of three consecutive seasons with seventy or more pressures
Speaker 1: per Pro Football Focus because he missed some time with
Speaker 1: an injury, played only three snaps. He'll be thirty two
Speaker 1: at the start of the season and checks in at
Speaker 1: two forty seven as far as his weight goes. Number
Speaker 1: fifty seven's Bud Dupree, who blew up with the sack
Speaker 1: production last year, but it was a lot more than that.
Speaker 1: You want to talk about defeating blocks, My goodness, he
Speaker 1: was consistent in all facets of the game. He's a
Speaker 1: sixty minute car crash and showed a real penchant for
Speaker 1: flattening once he got around the edge, then that juice
Speaker 1: to close in the quarterback. A unique skill set you
Speaker 1: see in all the great pass rushers, and frankly, I
Speaker 1: think dupre is a lot closer to Shaq Barrett's placement
Speaker 1: on this list. From PFF number sixty Leonard Floyd. We
Speaker 1: talked about that by low high reward type of player
Speaker 1: on the interior defensive line portion of this preview pod.
Speaker 1: Floyd is a good example of always betting on talent.
Speaker 1: The former number eleven pick in the draft. First four
Speaker 1: years in Chicago, he has eighteen and a half sacks
Speaker 1: and forty four QB hits, goes to l A last
Speaker 1: year winds up with ten and a half sacks and
Speaker 1: nineteen QB hits. Now he's more o lb outside linebacker
Speaker 1: than hand in the dirt type of guy. And what
Speaker 1: I mean by that is when you think about secondary positions,
Speaker 1: or job duties. He's gonna fall into coverage and play
Speaker 1: off the ball before he reduces inside to play tackle.
Speaker 1: He's got great a great long arm, a great first step,
Speaker 1: really impressive pass rusher in Leonard Floyd number sixty one.
Speaker 1: Right behind him, Trey Hendrickson out of New Orleans. He's
Speaker 1: one of my favorite six ft four, two seventy pounds
Speaker 1: on a Saints defensive line littered with pass rushers. We
Speaker 1: mentioned Rankin's obviously, Cam Jordan and Marcus Davenport. Hendrickson might
Speaker 1: have been the best on that defensive line last year.
Speaker 1: He's got some trace Armstrong to him who was the
Speaker 1: same height and just five pounds heavier, and he can
Speaker 1: move for a guy that plays at that weight, so
Speaker 1: you can slant him, stunt him, and get creative. He'll
Speaker 1: also do his job against the run. Number seventy five,
Speaker 1: Matthew Judan from Baltimore. The hits just keep on coming
Speaker 1: in this loaded edge class. Really curious to see how
Speaker 1: it shakes out in terms of who gets those top tier,
Speaker 1: you know, top tier one type of deals on the
Speaker 1: market and who might wind up as a bargain by
Speaker 1: for someone. Judan is more of a stand up edge
Speaker 1: to fender at one, and few teams operate more creative
Speaker 1: pass rush games than Baltimore, and Judon's flexibility and ability
Speaker 1: as a blitzer is a big, big part of that number.
Speaker 1: Seventy six Aldon Smith would to turn around for him
Speaker 1: last year. After sitting out four years, he returns to
Speaker 1: the Cowboys to become not just their best pass rusher,
Speaker 1: maybe their best defender in general. He played forty snaps
Speaker 1: in every single game this year, amazing conditioning for a
Speaker 1: player without an NFL snap for four seasons, and played
Speaker 1: all over the defensive line and wrapped up fifty pressures
Speaker 1: in the process per Pro Football Focus. Let's get through
Speaker 1: the rest of this group and rapid fire here. Number
Speaker 1: eight nine Hassan Reddit career resurgence last year, different positions,
Speaker 1: learned the art of rushing last season and route to
Speaker 1: a career twelve and a half sacks after having seven
Speaker 1: and a half sacks his first three seasons. He's played
Speaker 1: some off ball linebacker, some edge defender. He was a
Speaker 1: safety in college as well. Guys played everywhere on defense,
Speaker 1: but this year at the edge position really kind of
Speaker 1: found a home. Number Tack McKinley. Number Romeo Aquara PFS
Speaker 1: number three graded pass rusher among edge fenders from Week
Speaker 1: twelve on last year. More riches there for the Saints.
Speaker 1: Number one oh seven Dietrich wise and absolutely underrated cog
Speaker 1: On a lot of very good Patriots defenses over the years.
Speaker 1: Plays every damn position, placed three downs, big, long, powerful.
Speaker 1: He could be great value for someone in this free
Speaker 1: agency class as he can really dent the interior part
Speaker 1: of the pocket as an interior rusher. Number one ten
Speaker 1: Tias Bowser does a little bit of everything. Super Athletic
Speaker 1: had a career high four teen QB hits last season.
Speaker 1: And we round out the list here with Justin Houston,
Speaker 1: Terrell Basham, Olivier Vernon, Jordan Jenkins, and Carry Hyder on
Speaker 1: the PFF Top one hundred potential Top one hundred and
Speaker 1: fifty potential free agents off the edge. Then we have
Speaker 1: this draft class that is so very intriguing. Pundits are
Speaker 1: mixed on who the top dog might be and if
Speaker 1: there is a top ten pick in this bunch, but
Speaker 1: there is a glut of really good players with versatility,
Speaker 1: rush ability, and traits that will attract different suitors. Quitty
Speaker 1: pay is number one on t d n's list here
Speaker 1: number eleven overall two hundred and seventy seven pounds, but
Speaker 1: at at size he can get some runway and get
Speaker 1: some absolute explosion off the snap. He should test very
Speaker 1: well when he does test at his pro day. Jalen
Speaker 1: Phillips out of Miami vaulted all the way up to
Speaker 1: number fifteen overall. He's got the best arsenal of pass
Speaker 1: rush moves. He's got counter moves on counter moves that
Speaker 1: can find a way to beat tackles and route to
Speaker 1: the quarterback in multiple ways. Number twenty seven on their list.
Speaker 1: It's probably my favorite of the group. A zz Ojulari
Speaker 1: out of Georgia, and you watch the way this guy
Speaker 1: can angle, can flatten, and also defeat blocks. There's a
Speaker 1: great clip against the Alabama Crimson Tide where Deontay Brown
Speaker 1: at three hundred and sixty four pounds pulls play side
Speaker 1: and he goes in there and wax him, stands him
Speaker 1: up and beats him en route to a TfL. Solari
Speaker 1: does a lot of things very well. Number twenty nine.
Speaker 1: Gregory Rousseau out of Miami didn't play this last season,
Speaker 1: but two hundred sixty pounds six ft five length, explosion
Speaker 1: off the football, number forty six for them. Joseph Osai
Speaker 1: out of Texas. This guy could be in that top
Speaker 1: twenty five ranges as far as draft picks goes two
Speaker 1: dty five pounds, a great arsenal moves, and he was
Speaker 1: highly highly productive at Texas. Jason Oway from Penn Stay
Speaker 1: is the the freak list man that we'll talk about
Speaker 1: Bruce Felman's freaklist here on a future podcast. But this
Speaker 1: guy is on that list because he is explosive as
Speaker 1: i'll get out, athletic and can find different routes of
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Patrick Jones number sixty seven out of pit
Speaker 1: overall player. He is the s one tight overall graded
Speaker 1: edge defender on the Draft Network and they have several
Speaker 1: more guys on this list in the top one hundred,
Speaker 1: but number ninety seven is the one I want to
Speaker 1: point out here. Carlos Basham Jr. Boogie Basham out of
Speaker 1: wake Forest pounds at six ft three and you want
Speaker 1: to talk about guys that can walk that edge back
Speaker 1: and play through lengthen through power and play the run
Speaker 1: on the way to the quarterback and play that gap
Speaker 1: integrity defense. This guy is an absolute monster At one
Speaker 1: point this year, he had a streak of twenty three
Speaker 1: consecutive games with a tackle for loss, and the next
Speaker 1: closest streak in the nation was ten games. He is
Speaker 1: a consistent producer against both the run and the past
Speaker 1: seven to me is too low, but that's where he
Speaker 1: is on the Draft Networks list. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: finish up the podcast with the linebacker position off ball linebackers,
Speaker 1: and we start with Miami's group and the production you
Speaker 1: got from this position last year. First time in team
Speaker 1: history that three players whose primary position is linebacker recorded
Speaker 1: five or more sacks. Jerome Baker led the way, and man,
Speaker 1: we really saw his true value last season, the speed
Speaker 1: and the instincts. He was such an integral piece of
Speaker 1: that rush scheme. He takes great angles of the quarterback
Speaker 1: and can get skinny on those A and B gap.
Speaker 1: Blitz is where the Dolphins love to sneak up everybody
Speaker 1: into those gaps and put a man in each gap
Speaker 1: and confuse the opposing quarterback, which then after the snap,
Speaker 1: if they are still confused, forces them to make a
Speaker 1: decision before they want to, because they get that free
Speaker 1: run on the A gap, which is the quickest route
Speaker 1: to the quarterback, and that's why you saw fifty five
Speaker 1: in around the quarterback on so many of Miami's league
Speaker 1: best twenty nine takeaways last season. He can run, he's
Speaker 1: fluid with change of direction, and he can cover. An
Speaker 1: absolute gem of a third round pick back. Speaking of
Speaker 1: gem draft picks, how about the second year from Andrew
Speaker 1: Van Ginkle, Even back to his Wisconsin days, I was
Speaker 1: so drawn to his recognition of play development and coverage.
Speaker 1: He finds proper depth and gets into the passing lanes.
Speaker 1: We saw that on the tipped pick against the Chiefs
Speaker 1: that wound up in Byron Jones arms this year. And
Speaker 1: you see that in the way he attacks blockers in
Speaker 1: the run game. An area of focus for him last
Speaker 1: season was the strength element of his game, and he
Speaker 1: sure came a long way in that department. And how
Speaker 1: about number fifty three Kyle Van Noy, Such an underrated
Speaker 1: player and does so many things that don't show up
Speaker 1: in the box score. He's among the best edge centers
Speaker 1: in the game against the run. And we've heard Flow
Speaker 1: talk about how important it is to set the edge
Speaker 1: in this defense to create opportunities inside, and now only
Speaker 1: does he do that at a high level. He also
Speaker 1: rushes the quarterback and blitzes the quarterback and has the
Speaker 1: same frame of mind in terms of the coverage instincts
Speaker 1: of a Van Ginkle. That's why he almost never leaves
Speaker 1: the field. The old hat on the defense, one of
Speaker 1: the leaders and such a key force for this defense.
Speaker 1: Staying in that position and group. Sam Ego Vaughan has
Speaker 1: carved out a nice role as a core special teamer
Speaker 1: and can give you some of that blitz coverage combination
Speaker 1: when he subs into the game on defense. Then Kyle
Speaker 1: and Johnson is back after year on the practice squad.
Speaker 1: He's back on a futurist contract. He transferred from Florida
Speaker 1: to pit his final year in college and really saw
Speaker 1: his pass rush numbers explode. So he's got that same
Speaker 1: blitzing type of DNA that is just so valuable at
Speaker 1: the position. Two players from last year's team are scheduled
Speaker 1: to be free agents from the new league year begins
Speaker 1: the Landon Roberts and Commu Gruge Hill. As for the
Speaker 1: free agents from other clubs, once again using PFFS Top
Speaker 1: one fifty list, Number eight on their list is Lavante David,
Speaker 1: who's just flat out amazing, no other way around it.
Speaker 1: The speed and instincts that really drive the position in
Speaker 1: today's game. Showed off all playoff run long when he
Speaker 1: and Devin White were on that defense. Exceptional cover man,
Speaker 1: great sideline to sideline run defender, and a timely blitzer.
Speaker 1: He's on the wrong side of thirty, but who cares
Speaker 1: when he's playing at this level like he showed this
Speaker 1: past season. Some guys just don't slowed down at the
Speaker 1: age of their quote unquote supposed to, and he's exhibit
Speaker 1: a of that. Then there's a bit of a drop off.
Speaker 1: The number thirty eight in Matt Mulano from Buffalo, and
Speaker 1: we've seen how good this dude is firsthand two games
Speaker 1: a year against him. Eleventh highest graded cover linebacker on
Speaker 1: PFF last year, and that includes matching up on running backs,
Speaker 1: tight ends, even the slot receiver sometimes. Number fifty four
Speaker 1: is Jayon Brown from Tennessee. He came into the league
Speaker 1: in seventeen, one year before Jerome Baker, and they are
Speaker 1: similar in their build and athletic ability. Since he came
Speaker 1: into the league, he's the tenth highest graded coverage linebacker
Speaker 1: since seen. We continue to see how important it is
Speaker 1: to have those matchup answers. Offenses want to have mismatched creators.
Speaker 1: Defenses have to counter with freaks of their own, and
Speaker 1: Jayon Brown is just that. Number sixty seven kJ Wright.
Speaker 1: He and Bobby Wagner in Seattle were the lavante David
Speaker 1: and Devin White before Devin White exploded onto the scene
Speaker 1: his rookie season, and Wright and Wagner are like David
Speaker 1: and that they can both still get it done like
Speaker 1: the others on this list. Coverage and second level are
Speaker 1: his bread and butter. But he also had the eighth
Speaker 1: overall highest grade among linebackers on PFF this season. Numbers
Speaker 1: ninety six is Denzel Perriman, and here we get a
Speaker 1: bit of a d tour on this list, with a
Speaker 1: classic downhill thumper playing just three hundred and seventeen snaps
Speaker 1: last year, he earned his career best eighty six point
Speaker 1: five run defending grade and a seventy four point one
Speaker 1: coverage grade, also career best for Parraman. And you know
Speaker 1: we praised the athletic cover guys. That shouldn't take away
Speaker 1: from the value of a Paramann type who just blows
Speaker 1: up plays downhill as that B gap to B gap defender.
Speaker 1: Think a Land and Roberts type of player. Both those
Speaker 1: guys damn good at that job. Number one finally on
Speaker 1: this list is Kevin pr Lewis. Was the first year
Speaker 1: that he eclipsed three hundred snaps as a defender. He's
Speaker 1: been a special team's a since he came into the
Speaker 1: league and can come onto the field as a sub
Speaker 1: cover guy. And that's it for the top one fifty.
Speaker 1: We turn now to the draft class of off ball
Speaker 1: linebackers with a player who could be classified as multiple positions. Again,
Speaker 1: these positional designations get so tricky with these versatile players.
Speaker 1: But it starts with Micah Parson, who's number eight overall
Speaker 1: on the Draft Networks Big Board, six ft five pounds,
Speaker 1: recruited defense Day as a defensive end pass rusher type.
Speaker 1: You see the length and the explosiveness in this guy's game.
Speaker 1: My goodness, there's a rep from his uh he didn't
Speaker 1: play this year, but in twenty nineteen a rep where
Speaker 1: he had to get to the pylon from the middle
Speaker 1: linebacker spot and he beats the running back there and
Speaker 1: knocks him out of bounds. Just impressive explosion from the
Speaker 1: sideline to sideline. One of the funnest players to watch
Speaker 1: in this entire draft class. Number seventeen on t d
Speaker 1: n's big board. Jeremiah Woosu Coamoa from Notre Dame. He
Speaker 1: is a safety slash linebacker hybrid who can flat out
Speaker 1: run and cover and take the football away. Special looking ployer,
Speaker 1: top half of the draft. First round draft pick here
Speaker 1: according to t d N. Number twenty four, Zavon Collins
Speaker 1: out of Tulsa. You talk about a guy that to
Speaker 1: sixty two sixty pounds who can do so much in
Speaker 1: coverage and as a blitzer, that modern day linebacker in
Speaker 1: the bigger body build. I'm curious see how he develops
Speaker 1: and gets even better in his career going forward. But
Speaker 1: you watch a Tulsa game, he was all over the field.
Speaker 1: Number thirty three is Nick Bolton from Missouri, two thirty pounds.
Speaker 1: Kind of that same frame of mind where he can
Speaker 1: play multiple roles on your defense. Jabril Cox, same story
Speaker 1: here out of LSU. Number thirty six on td NS
Speaker 1: big board. And then two more names I want to
Speaker 1: point out our number fifty two, chast Sarot out of
Speaker 1: North Carolina. He was again another one of these former
Speaker 1: safeties who just runs all over the field and can
Speaker 1: match up and coverage with multiple guys. And then Baron
Speaker 1: Browning out of Ohio State. We had him at the
Speaker 1: Senior Bowl the Dolphins did, and he did so much
Speaker 1: good work as an edge defender, playing the run, rushing
Speaker 1: the quarterback, doing multiple things that way. So again, this
Speaker 1: entire crop of front seven players, all the flavors you
Speaker 1: could want. Plenty of options both in Tier one, Tier two,
Speaker 1: Tier three, or free agency. Same story with the draft.
Speaker 1: Cannot wait to see how it shakes out. We're gonna
Speaker 1: talk about the overall plan, but we're gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: and focus next on the podcast here on the defensive backfield.
Speaker 1: Plenty more to come on the Drivetime Podcast as we
Speaker 1: preview this offseason right around the corner here for you
Speaker 1: Dolphins fans and NFL fans. But as for this edition
Speaker 1: of the Drivetime pod cast, we went long today. Let's
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