WEBVTT - 2022 Review: Inside Linebackers

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<v Speaker 1>You were listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. This

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<v Speaker 1>is Drivetime with Travis Whingefield. Back to throw to a

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<v Speaker 1>Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. Now let me check

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<v Speaker 1>your pulse if not far of what is up? Dolphins?

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<v Speaker 1>And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the

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<v Speaker 1>Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield.

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<v Speaker 1>And on today's show, we continue our easy review with

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<v Speaker 1>the inside linebackers position off ball linebackers. We'll talk a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit about the pros and cons of the off

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<v Speaker 1>season as a football fan, and we'll welcome in Kyle

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<v Speaker 1>Crabs of the Draft Network to get his observations from

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<v Speaker 1>mobile at the Senior Bowl from the Baptist Health Studios

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<v Speaker 1>inside the Baptist Health training complex. This is the Drivetime podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Most smissed the queue there. We uh will get to

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<v Speaker 1>the vic Fangio podcast when it's announced that should have

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<v Speaker 1>happened after the Super Bowl, so that is coming. The

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<v Speaker 1>dragons are coming. We also got news Dolphins moved on

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<v Speaker 1>from offensive line coach Matt applebaumb per the story from

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<v Speaker 1>Armando sal Garrel on the website I will not reference

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<v Speaker 1>here on my podcast. He said that Frank Smith spent

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<v Speaker 1>too much time in the offensive line room and wants

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<v Speaker 1>to get back to be more offensive focused in general,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Dolphins will look to find an O line

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<v Speaker 1>coach who can basically take on the roles that Frank

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<v Speaker 1>Smith ran last year edition to all the offensive line

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<v Speaker 1>roles required at that position. But you guys know the

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<v Speaker 1>drill by now, ten coaches and nine years at that position,

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<v Speaker 1>would not be surprised to see another big addition here.

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<v Speaker 1>People like working for coach McDaniel. Getting vic Fangio is

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<v Speaker 1>a massive, massive poll and a great nod of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>not having your ego bigger than your desire to to

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<v Speaker 1>win football games and to be great down here. O.

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<v Speaker 1>J McDuffie, you guys know him, said that the offensive

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<v Speaker 1>lines is the toughest position to coach, and I've seen

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<v Speaker 1>this stated multiple times from people I respect quite a

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<v Speaker 1>bit in the industry that sometimes or not sometimes, but

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<v Speaker 1>the offensive line can really make coaching as important as

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<v Speaker 1>the personnel that you have. And I think that's evident

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<v Speaker 1>when you look at the New England Patriots over the years,

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<v Speaker 1>because when they had Dante Scarneckia, they had great offensive lines,

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<v Speaker 1>and when they didn't, they did not. And there was

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of similar personnel in the years that Scarneckia

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<v Speaker 1>would come and leave and go back and leave again.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think there's validity to that. And with all

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<v Speaker 1>that said, this is the last week of two NFL season,

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<v Speaker 1>with the Super Bowl coming up just six days away

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<v Speaker 1>from the time you hear this podcast, maybe five days

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<v Speaker 1>if you here it on Tuesday. I always take a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of time to kind of reflect on the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that we don't get Dolphins football for another seven months.

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<v Speaker 1>I then enjoy the remaining playoff games as much as

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<v Speaker 1>I possibly can. I've talked about that here in the podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you get a little bit of the blues realizing

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<v Speaker 1>there's no football at all for that same length of time.

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<v Speaker 1>And I do quickly realize, you know, nothing from a

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<v Speaker 1>hobby perspective brings me more joy than the football season,

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<v Speaker 1>especially you know now, like Monday night football is always

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<v Speaker 1>and must watch after the games on Sunday, and for me,

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday Monday's longest work days of the week. Then you

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<v Speaker 1>get two days with no football and you're right back

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<v Speaker 1>in the saddle again on Thursday night for the weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the part of the off season I loathe the most,

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<v Speaker 1>not having a game every two or three days that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm looking forward to watching. And then obviously college ball

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<v Speaker 1>on Saturdays as well, and frankly I'm all the way

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<v Speaker 1>in on the Eastern time zone starts time as we

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<v Speaker 1>venture here very deep into the weeds. But those eight

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<v Speaker 1>eight twenty kickoffs, I don't know when the hell they

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<v Speaker 1>kick off anymore. Those always fall in line with the

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<v Speaker 1>conclusion of bedtime, so it's always a perfect way to

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<v Speaker 1>end the day, like that's my personal time without you know,

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<v Speaker 1>having to rustle and run around and chase kids and

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<v Speaker 1>get dinner ready and get dishes and all that stuff

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<v Speaker 1>taken care of. Once the day is done. Monday night football,

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday night football kicks off. I look forward to those

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<v Speaker 1>nights throughout the week. But now we get the off season,

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<v Speaker 1>which I also find to be a blast, even when

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't involve our team, Like the quarterback carousel is

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<v Speaker 1>always fun to project, like a fun aside here. I

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<v Speaker 1>used to be a regular call in guest on the

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<v Speaker 1>Brock and Sock Show. It was the ESPN affiliate of

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<v Speaker 1>Seattle Morning Talk radio from nine to noon up in

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<v Speaker 1>the Seattle area. Brock Heward and Mike Salk. One time,

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<v Speaker 1>Salk asked the listeners to call in and talk him

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<v Speaker 1>off the ledge heading into the off season. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you all remember that year. It was the year of

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<v Speaker 1>the quarterback carousel that really got this thing going. The

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<v Speaker 1>first time that I can recall Peyton Manning changing teams.

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<v Speaker 1>Matt Flynn was coming off that monster performance. Everyone backups

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<v Speaker 1>could like parlay one big game into like getting traded

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<v Speaker 1>for a second round pick and a massive contract. It

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't really happen anymore. But that was also the luck

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<v Speaker 1>r G three Tannehill, Weed and Falls Wilson draft here,

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<v Speaker 1>and I remember telling Sock on the air, who was

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<v Speaker 1>convinced they were going to miss out the Seahawks on

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<v Speaker 1>top of the draft and Matt Flynn, who was, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>besides Peyton Man the big get that year because of

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<v Speaker 1>Joe Philbin's relation to Matt Flynn in Green Bay and

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<v Speaker 1>getting the job in Miami. And I called in and

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<v Speaker 1>told him, no, the Dolphins are gonna be all in

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<v Speaker 1>on Ryan Tannehill and bring back Matt Moore. And this

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<v Speaker 1>is when I was writing as a hobby, not getting

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<v Speaker 1>paid and just analyzing the game as a huge fan

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<v Speaker 1>of it. And I was right. In fact the website,

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<v Speaker 1>my buddy ran that I was the football writer for

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<v Speaker 1>the Bleacher Beat. Back in those days. I used to

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<v Speaker 1>write um handicapping, Lione handicapping stories on football and projecting records,

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<v Speaker 1>all that fun stuff. But he posted a story up

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<v Speaker 1>there where I predicted all the quarterbacks destinations that year,

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<v Speaker 1>and I did pretty good, outside of a few misses

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<v Speaker 1>I think I have with the Dolphins. Tannehill call was

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<v Speaker 1>the crux of all the success and that exercise. So

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm saying is I'm excited. I think this will

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<v Speaker 1>be a big year for the quarterback carousel. We've gotten

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<v Speaker 1>two dominoes really already, one official. The Ravens came out

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<v Speaker 1>and said they would tag Lamar Jackson if they don't

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<v Speaker 1>get a long term deal done, and of course you

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<v Speaker 1>can trade tagged players. But watching the Ravens end up

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<v Speaker 1>season press conference, and a point I like to make

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<v Speaker 1>when people ask me about it, they built that entire

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<v Speaker 1>offense around Lamar Jackson skill set, and you don't just

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<v Speaker 1>strip that down and start over with the same personnel

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<v Speaker 1>and get high level production in the post Lamar Jackson era.

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<v Speaker 1>Moving on from him would require a total shift and

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<v Speaker 1>philosophy and personnel. And that's a playoff team who might

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<v Speaker 1>have been a healthy quarterback away from competing for the

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<v Speaker 1>a f C crown this year. Then of course you

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<v Speaker 1>get Tom Brady's retirement, and that leaves the potential trades

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<v Speaker 1>right like Aaron Rodgers, Derek Carr the four most among

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<v Speaker 1>that group. Jimmy G's also a free agent. I would

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<v Speaker 1>assume he gets some offers to go be somebody's QB

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<v Speaker 1>one by at least one organization. The Raiders make sense.

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<v Speaker 1>They're if not Rogers, And if you know, if it's

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<v Speaker 1>not Rogers in Green Bay, what kind of market does

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<v Speaker 1>Jordan love have who frankly, I would rather have over

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<v Speaker 1>one or two years of weirdo Rogers It's always fun, man.

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<v Speaker 1>The Stafford trade was that before the Super Bowl? Right

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<v Speaker 1>after it? I can't remember. I do remember. The Alex

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<v Speaker 1>Smith trade was exactly you know this time whenever that happened,

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<v Speaker 1>like right between the conference championship and Super Bowl. Plus

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<v Speaker 1>we get March Madness the start of the baseball season,

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<v Speaker 1>and I haven't been this fired up for a Mariners

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<v Speaker 1>season and literally twenty five years. So we got that heat,

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<v Speaker 1>playoffs and a great South Florida golfing weather time on

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<v Speaker 1>the calendar, on top of more time with the family.

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<v Speaker 1>So what I'm saying is the off season, it ain't

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<v Speaker 1>all bad. Speaking of the off season, let's go ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and get to our year end review and go back

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<v Speaker 1>to the defensive side of the ball here with our

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<v Speaker 1>inside linebackers, and is a rough year for that position

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<v Speaker 1>and group. I will say the fourth rank in rushing

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<v Speaker 1>yards per game and tied for fourth in yards per

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<v Speaker 1>kerry does lend itself a little bit to this position.

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<v Speaker 1>I tend to put more on the defensive line for

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<v Speaker 1>that for their part in that stat and that ranking

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and fifty six total tackles here among the

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<v Speaker 1>four players, run stops twenty one tackles for loss. Pass

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<v Speaker 1>rush production was pretty good thirty six pressures, fourteen hits,

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<v Speaker 1>and nine and a half sacks. Of course, that's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of blitzing reps though, but the ball production was

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<v Speaker 1>not good. No picks. It's just six passes defense to

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<v Speaker 1>one force fumble and no recoveries. Um. As far as

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<v Speaker 1>the individuals go, again, there was only a few guys here.

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<v Speaker 1>Channing Tendal number forty one in order of jersey number

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<v Speaker 1>played just nine snaps on defense total three tackles that

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<v Speaker 1>include special teams. Didn't have any other statistics. Number forty

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<v Speaker 1>five Duke Riley is set to be an unrestricted free agent.

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<v Speaker 1>Forty five tackles, three for loss. He had twelve run stops,

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<v Speaker 1>nine pressures, one hit and one sack on the quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>He had two passes defense was his only ball production.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh Sam go Von number forty nine had four tackles

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<v Speaker 1>and two of those were run stops. He's also a

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<v Speaker 1>free agent, so was e Landon Roberts number fifty two,

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<v Speaker 1>who had a hundred and seven tackles, ten for loss,

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<v Speaker 1>forty run stops. He had thirteen pressures, six hits and

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<v Speaker 1>four and a half sacks. No ball production and the

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<v Speaker 1>number fifty five Jerome Baker a hundred tackles, six for loss,

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<v Speaker 1>forty five run stops is a good number. Four team pressures,

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<v Speaker 1>seven QB hits and four sacks. He got four passes

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<v Speaker 1>defense and one force fumble. So again, ball production way

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<v Speaker 1>down past rush production pretty good from a defense that

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<v Speaker 1>calls on their linepackers to blitz really more than almost

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<v Speaker 1>any other club in the NFL. And this previous defensive iteration,

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<v Speaker 1>but just the group as a whole, Like I start

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<v Speaker 1>with Channing Tindall, who was the Dolphins first draft pick

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<v Speaker 1>back in two as a player that we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>on the Friday podcast as a potential key to unlocking

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<v Speaker 1>not having to spend resources at a need if he

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<v Speaker 1>steps up and becomes that guy awesome. But we talked

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<v Speaker 1>about how little football he played in college, getting that

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<v Speaker 1>one year starting experience, and it was tough for him

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<v Speaker 1>to get on the field because there's just a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to learn with responsibilities, with rules, you know what certain

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<v Speaker 1>checks do and what that means, and uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we saw him make some brief cameos this past season.

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<v Speaker 1>I can think of that good spy rep he had

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<v Speaker 1>on Justin fields to usher him out of bounce shy

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<v Speaker 1>of the sticks on their opening drive. I think it

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<v Speaker 1>was to force a field goal and post of scoring

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<v Speaker 1>seven and a touchdown. I think when you envision what

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<v Speaker 1>Channing can develop into, you know, that's it. Your modern

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<v Speaker 1>day linebacker with speed to burn, capable of playing all

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<v Speaker 1>three direct directions, going downhill, falling back into coverage, or

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<v Speaker 1>playing silent the sideline against those stretches own concepts, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the rest of the room on the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of that coin. Really is Jerome Baker a player who

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's showing that skill set as a pro.

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<v Speaker 1>Had that great pass rush season back in one, but

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<v Speaker 1>it hasn't really been the same since then. I do

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<v Speaker 1>commend him for the ability to play stack off ball

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<v Speaker 1>on the edge, you know, Sam and Will. He can

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<v Speaker 1>play really any position, and he makes a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>checks and calls as the kind of the signal caller

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<v Speaker 1>on the defense are in the middle, but the like

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<v Speaker 1>where's the calling are the pass rush? No, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>free runs on the quarterback coverage not really. Does he

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<v Speaker 1>destroy blocks in the running game, not really. That's what

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<v Speaker 1>a Landon Roberts does best. But that's a very small

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<v Speaker 1>piece of the puzzle at the position group here in

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<v Speaker 1>the modern day NFL. And I thought it was his

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<v Speaker 1>best year as a pro last year. I thought he

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<v Speaker 1>was decisive and brought the lumber as best he can.

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<v Speaker 1>But you can still see the shortcomings when certain teams

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<v Speaker 1>put him in positions to attack those shortcomings. The Bills

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<v Speaker 1>that fourth down possession on the opening possession, I should

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<v Speaker 1>say the fourth down touchdown throw was a coverage bust

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<v Speaker 1>by Landon Roberts, and that that first game back in

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<v Speaker 1>Miami in Week three, if you're gonna put him on

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<v Speaker 1>the field and your base, teams will attack the play

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<v Speaker 1>action game and go after him in the passing game.

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<v Speaker 1>So the ideally you want to avoid that type of

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<v Speaker 1>player on the field. So if the Dolphins want to

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<v Speaker 1>maximize the defense, you get a player who doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>to be subbed out in certain roles to fulfill that spot.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think their entire linebacking room currently as it stands,

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<v Speaker 1>is that way. Channing Tindall being the one guy I

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<v Speaker 1>think can be a versatile, multiple three down type of

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<v Speaker 1>player that you don't have to worry about removing in

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<v Speaker 1>those situations. And then of course Sam edg Van has

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<v Speaker 1>been a glue part of the special teams since he

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<v Speaker 1>arrived back in twenty nineteen. So you can see some

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<v Speaker 1>upside in the room, but probably needing to make some

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<v Speaker 1>some moves to improve. And if that's Channing Tindall improving,

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<v Speaker 1>that would be great. If not free agency and the draft,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what's out there. We need more ball production. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say pass rush production because of how we

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<v Speaker 1>played in the past, but with a new defense, to me,

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<v Speaker 1>it's more about the football. We will not blitz nearly

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<v Speaker 1>as much. There will be some fire zones thrown in there,

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<v Speaker 1>which is zone coverage with a fifth rusher coming, where

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<v Speaker 1>you pull back a defensive tackle defensive edge and replace

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<v Speaker 1>their past rush with a linebacker who or maybe even

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<v Speaker 1>a defensive back who you didn't expect. That's pretty big

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<v Speaker 1>in the Fangio system. Maybe there's a chance to get

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<v Speaker 1>Jerome Baker on free runs there, but I prefer a

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<v Speaker 1>rusher who has a counter move to just opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>just running free, who can beat it back with their blitz.

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<v Speaker 1>But man, like, if you all you need to do

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<v Speaker 1>that is speed, then I've again, I've got another line

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<v Speaker 1>acker who's faster and plays that literally ten percent of

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<v Speaker 1>that cost. So we'll see what happens there. But for comparison,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, talking about ball production from this group, we

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<v Speaker 1>had one force fumble, no picks, and six passes defense. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about close to two thousand snaps. What are

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<v Speaker 1>the best linebacker corps in the NFL do in San Francisco?

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<v Speaker 1>Seventeen passes a defense that's eleven more. Two picks that's

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<v Speaker 1>two more. Three force fumbles that's two more, and three

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<v Speaker 1>fumble recoveries that's three more. That's honestly good to me

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<v Speaker 1>for one or two wins that those are game changing plays.

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<v Speaker 1>And you replace that production and literally any of our losses,

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<v Speaker 1>most of them probably become wins. The Vikings game I

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<v Speaker 1>think would have maybe even the Bengals game for sure,

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<v Speaker 1>the Niners and Chargers games, and the Buffalo games they're

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<v Speaker 1>late at the Green Bay game, any of those games.

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<v Speaker 1>You give me that linebacker production, I think you win

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<v Speaker 1>those games. So what's out there in a really impressive

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<v Speaker 1>free agent class. And we'll go more into depth in

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<v Speaker 1>the contracts where we expect, you know, from a resource

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<v Speaker 1>allocation commitment, more in depth down the line. But the

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<v Speaker 1>Pro Football focus top one d list is out and

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<v Speaker 1>they usually do a pretty good job of gauging the

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<v Speaker 1>market in terms of what players would or could get.

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<v Speaker 1>Funny money season man, it always is, and with that

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<v Speaker 1>one of the trick of your positions to gauge in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of impact and resource allocation all of that. There

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<v Speaker 1>are some clear fits here. I think now we will

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<v Speaker 1>also do an analogs podcast in the future looking at

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<v Speaker 1>Fangio defenses and what it looks like in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>body type and prototype and makeup and all that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But in terms of responsibilities you have to cover. You

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<v Speaker 1>have to be able to beat blocks with physicality typically

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<v Speaker 1>and those are one and to pass rush to me

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<v Speaker 1>is a bonus. But again there's not tons of blitzing,

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<v Speaker 1>so instincts like Zach Thomas type of instincts would be awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>Get yourself in a position before you have to react. Alignment, reaction, flow, anticipation,

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<v Speaker 1>all that stuff are key traits at this position, and

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<v Speaker 1>there's nobody better at that in this class of free

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<v Speaker 1>agents to me than David long Lavonte. David from Tampa

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<v Speaker 1>Bay could be, but he's a little bit longer in

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<v Speaker 1>the tooth and was gonna get a big contract. I

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<v Speaker 1>tend to want to pay the bigger contracts to younger players,

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<v Speaker 1>but this defense will often call upon five one looks

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<v Speaker 1>you know from our four two or three three personnel.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether that's you know, it doesn't matter who the grouping

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<v Speaker 1>you have out there, You're gonna have five down and

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<v Speaker 1>one off ball linebacker a lot of the times. So

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<v Speaker 1>think Phillips and chubbed down off the edge, Steeler and

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<v Speaker 1>Wilkins as your five or four eye techniques, or even

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<v Speaker 1>you know you're two head up over the guard and

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<v Speaker 1>ray Kwon Davis on the nose. The biggest need this

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<v Speaker 1>defense has, in my opinion, right up there with cornerback

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<v Speaker 1>depending on what happens in the house of that position,

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<v Speaker 1>is a player that can fit multiple gaps, keep himself

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<v Speaker 1>clean of second level climbers, and cover the hooks and

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<v Speaker 1>curl flat zones. That's a lot to ask for, I

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<v Speaker 1>understand that, but man, if I'm spending big money, it's

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<v Speaker 1>David Long fintanency Titans. He is super, super instinctive who

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<v Speaker 1>understands landmarks and concepts and just doesn't cover grass. He

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<v Speaker 1>finds a body to cover in your man match and

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<v Speaker 1>your zone match coverage concepts, spot Rack has him at

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<v Speaker 1>just five million, which is crazy, and that's why I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not going to use spot Rack anymore from market value

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<v Speaker 1>because PFF has him at four years fifty five million,

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<v Speaker 1>just under fourteen per year. You know that's more in

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<v Speaker 1>line with his value. The next top of them are

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<v Speaker 1>get options Tremaine Edmonds, and I don't like that value

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<v Speaker 1>nearly as much. T J. Edwards is my next preferred

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<v Speaker 1>top of the market choice breakout year, great against the

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<v Speaker 1>run and in coverage and the size and makeup to

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to man that role here now if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to go more affordable, gosh a zz Alsha here

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<v Speaker 1>makes a lot of sense. No fall steps in his game, length,

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<v Speaker 1>pass rush and and and pass lane disruption. I also

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<v Speaker 1>really like Laton vander Esh's game weird career, but man,

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<v Speaker 1>he has that Brian Urlocker type of frame and athletic

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<v Speaker 1>ability where I think you can get down the pipe

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<v Speaker 1>and cover and also play forward. Uh call upon him

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<v Speaker 1>to play that tough role in the middle. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think Okaraka is a fit. I'm also intrigued by Jermaine

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<v Speaker 1>pat from the Bengals. He's fantastic and coverage. PFF had

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<v Speaker 1>him with just two miss tackles playing in coverage, no

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<v Speaker 1>mistackles against the run, and only allowed four explosive plays

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<v Speaker 1>in the passing game all year long. And the Bengals

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<v Speaker 1>needing to load up for Burrow, Chase and Higgins and

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<v Speaker 1>all those guys. Maybe he does skate free. Probably my

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<v Speaker 1>third option among the top of the market guys. They

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<v Speaker 1>are David Long. I didn't even talk about t J.

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<v Speaker 1>Edwards had a breakout year this year. Uh great against

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<v Speaker 1>the run and coverage and the size makeup to man

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<v Speaker 1>that role here and then Jermaine Pratt in the mid

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<v Speaker 1>tier option, Aziz Alsha here, Lton vander Esh I also

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<v Speaker 1>put Drew Tranquil in there, and my bargain players. It

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<v Speaker 1>might be Duke Riley, It might be a land In Roberts.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you're going to upgrade the position going

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<v Speaker 1>this route, but if you want to go catch lightning

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<v Speaker 1>at the bottle somehow the way the Packers and a

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<v Speaker 1>few years ago with theve Andre Campbell. Maybe it's Alex Anzeloni.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's Dakota Allen who played for Fangio previously in Denver.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's Quincy Williams. I don't really think so. I

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<v Speaker 1>think this is an area you can absolutely justify going

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<v Speaker 1>and spending a decent chunk of change on. There's still

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen million dollars in cash owe to Baker, but you

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<v Speaker 1>can get out of that deal for eight point seven

0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.320
<v Speaker 1>million dead money. Uh this year. He's been paid the

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<v Speaker 1>guarantees in the contract already, but making eight point seven

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<v Speaker 1>this eleven point one next year. So you can supplement

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<v Speaker 1>the position with the idea of maybe getting out of

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<v Speaker 1>that deal next year, or maybe you stay the course

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<v Speaker 1>and go this route towards the draft. Not a great

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<v Speaker 1>off ball linebacker class, but we aren't in the market

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<v Speaker 1>for a first rounder anyway, so maybe it's a good thing.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think Clemson's Trent and Simpson is an option.

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<v Speaker 1>He would be a fantastic option if he makes it

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<v Speaker 1>to pick fifty two. I don't think he does two

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<v Speaker 1>forty pounds. Physical, best athlete at the position in the draft.

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<v Speaker 1>He accession especially excels and coverage. Drew Sanders I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's probably next from Arkansas, but he's kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>hybrid edge rusher. Then you get jack Jack Campbell from Iowa,

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<v Speaker 1>something of a draft Twitter favorite. He's been fun to

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<v Speaker 1>watch on tape. He's a true mike backer who is

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<v Speaker 1>thought to have the best floor of the class. Six

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<v Speaker 1>ft five, two fifty pounds played that mike position his

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<v Speaker 1>entire life and it shows, and the way he takes

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<v Speaker 1>on blocks and reads angles. You might have to use

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two on this player. Maybe you can move back

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<v Speaker 1>or up into the late end of of round two,

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<v Speaker 1>early round three. We'll see. But he's the best fit

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<v Speaker 1>in the draft in terms of a true Pierre Mic linebacker.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I've talked about day On Henley a lot

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<v Speaker 1>from Washington State. He's a Day two pick. He might

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<v Speaker 1>be more in that Drew Sanders category than Jack Campbell

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<v Speaker 1>for edge hybrid. Frankly, I draft him and figured out

0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:53.440
<v Speaker 1>where he goes after the fact former quarterback played wide

0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:56.639
<v Speaker 1>receiver too. You see the athletic ability, his change of direction, skills,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve tackles for lost, four sacks, one interception, three four

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<v Speaker 1>Almost this year we talked about Needy more ball production.

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<v Speaker 1>He can do that. So, Frankly, I think your solution

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<v Speaker 1>is in this crop that I've mentioned here today. I

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<v Speaker 1>would prioritize David Long, t J. Edwards, a zz alsha Here,

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<v Speaker 1>Layton vander esh, Jack Campbell, and Dayon Henley. I think

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<v Speaker 1>one of those guys can help you maximize this Fangio defense.

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<v Speaker 1>There's some Day three options, but they all come with,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, baggage. Noah Sewell the organ linebacker, not the

0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:25.080
<v Speaker 1>coverage savant, but he's a nice cheap Landed Roberts type

0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:27.840
<v Speaker 1>of player, thumper, better pass rusher than Roberts, not a

0:19:27.880 --> 0:19:30.679
<v Speaker 1>space player. But after that it's all sub package and

0:19:30.720 --> 0:19:33.760
<v Speaker 1>you know special teams guys like Sewell, Cam Jones Indiana,

0:19:33.800 --> 0:19:36.919
<v Speaker 1>Dorian Williams from tou Lane, Nick Herbig from Wisconsin. Not

0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:39.400
<v Speaker 1>a bad crop to choose from your fit to fit

0:19:39.440 --> 0:19:42.679
<v Speaker 1>your needs. So plenty of options there. Speaking of options,

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<v Speaker 1>that go ahead and take our first break here long

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<v Speaker 1>podcast to day and come back on the other side.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll talk all things Senior Bowl with Kyle Crabs in

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<v Speaker 1>the Draft Network. That's next Drift Time podcast. Your host

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<v Speaker 1>Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation, joining me

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<v Speaker 1>now on the Drive Time podcast is the head Haunt Show,

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<v Speaker 1>the big dog, the boss at the Draft Network. He's

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<v Speaker 1>also the host of Locked on Dolphins. You know him,

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<v Speaker 1>He's Kyle Crabs. Kyle, did I get the t d

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<v Speaker 1>N title. Right, I'm pretty close. I think, um yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's sit with the big dog. I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>the one that resonated with me the most out of

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<v Speaker 1>everything that she threw out here. So yeah, the big

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<v Speaker 1>dogs here. We're ready to talk a little bit of Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of draft. Excited to be chat with

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<v Speaker 1>my good buddy Travis Wingfield and give Dolphins fans a treat.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one of my go to Nick Dames for anybody. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>woman's size, shape doesn't matter. You're a big dog either way.

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<v Speaker 1>But you are the big dog at the Draft Network

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<v Speaker 1>and because of that, you're down in Mobile for the

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<v Speaker 1>Senior Bowl. How is it treating you? Man? I saw

0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:44.000
<v Speaker 1>you guys are doing some some live stuff around dinner time.

0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:46.680
<v Speaker 1>I know you're busy during the day watching practices and

0:20:46.720 --> 0:20:50.280
<v Speaker 1>grinding the tape as the handle would suggest. Doesn't look

0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:52.960
<v Speaker 1>like you guys got one of those annual miserable weather

0:20:53.000 --> 0:20:56.760
<v Speaker 1>days this time around either. Uh, we did, but it

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<v Speaker 1>it's actually just more it was more like a mild

0:20:59.520 --> 0:21:03.920
<v Speaker 1>day for South Florida residents because it was hot. The

0:21:04.040 --> 0:21:06.320
<v Speaker 1>first day we got we got torched. I talked with

0:21:06.359 --> 0:21:09.040
<v Speaker 1>the executive director Jim Naggy said, Dude, I can't remember

0:21:09.200 --> 0:21:10.879
<v Speaker 1>a day of practice that was that hot in like

0:21:10.960 --> 0:21:13.520
<v Speaker 1>twenty years of the Senior Bowl. So it was felt

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<v Speaker 1>like training camp weather, and uh we we paid the

0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:19.840
<v Speaker 1>price with our with our sunburn. But that's uh as

0:21:19.880 --> 0:21:22.200
<v Speaker 1>the risk you takedown in mobile and the practices have

0:21:22.320 --> 0:21:24.359
<v Speaker 1>been great, the event has been great, the players have

0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:25.879
<v Speaker 1>been great. Had a lot of chance to meet a

0:21:25.880 --> 0:21:28.520
<v Speaker 1>lot of really compelling young men who are getting remate

0:21:28.560 --> 0:21:30.639
<v Speaker 1>to jump to the NFL and the excited for them

0:21:30.680 --> 0:21:32.280
<v Speaker 1>for the opportunity that they have in front of them,

0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:33.840
<v Speaker 1>and to talk about some of the ones that might

0:21:33.840 --> 0:21:35.720
<v Speaker 1>be fits for the Dolphins. Let's go ahead and start

0:21:35.840 --> 0:21:37.359
<v Speaker 1>right there then, Kyle, because that's what you're on the

0:21:37.359 --> 0:21:39.760
<v Speaker 1>podcast for Dolphins and Draft Expert kind of meets the

0:21:39.800 --> 0:21:43.240
<v Speaker 1>center section for us at a perfect time every draft season,

0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:45.080
<v Speaker 1>and we haven't had you on since the last draft

0:21:45.080 --> 0:21:47.600
<v Speaker 1>cycle before we get into the Senior Bowl, though, I

0:21:47.680 --> 0:21:50.359
<v Speaker 1>just wanted to check in on the bigger picture of

0:21:50.440 --> 0:21:52.840
<v Speaker 1>the main reason we're having the podcast here talking Miami

0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:55.400
<v Speaker 1>Dolphins football. Just want to kind of gauge how you're

0:21:55.400 --> 0:21:58.119
<v Speaker 1>feeling about the team coming off the season that had

0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:01.399
<v Speaker 1>so many highs, so many low was a playoff birth,

0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:05.040
<v Speaker 1>near victory there, near surprise victory in the wild card round,

0:22:05.240 --> 0:22:07.879
<v Speaker 1>some aggressive roster decisions. I think last time you and

0:22:07.920 --> 0:22:10.239
<v Speaker 1>I spoke was probably after the Tyreek Hill trade and

0:22:10.480 --> 0:22:13.280
<v Speaker 1>talking about using those late ones to get premiere players.

0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:16.119
<v Speaker 1>Dolphins turned around to that again, a reported move for

0:22:16.160 --> 0:22:18.600
<v Speaker 1>a big name defensive coordinator. A lot has happened in

0:22:18.600 --> 0:22:20.960
<v Speaker 1>three hundred sixty five days. How are you feeling about

0:22:20.960 --> 0:22:24.440
<v Speaker 1>the Dolphins right now heading into the offseason. Well, I

0:22:24.520 --> 0:22:27.080
<v Speaker 1>was just having this this conversation down here in Mobile

0:22:27.160 --> 0:22:30.400
<v Speaker 1>with somebody on a personnel staff and talking about process

0:22:30.560 --> 0:22:32.840
<v Speaker 1>versus results, and I know that that's something that that

0:22:33.280 --> 0:22:35.960
<v Speaker 1>is listeners to any any shows that I do would

0:22:35.960 --> 0:22:38.280
<v Speaker 1>not be surprised to hear me invoke that that phrase.

0:22:38.359 --> 0:22:41.080
<v Speaker 1>But I really do think the process for Miami has

0:22:41.119 --> 0:22:43.920
<v Speaker 1>been good and for as much as you know, the

0:22:44.200 --> 0:22:46.399
<v Speaker 1>discussion for Dolphins fans may or not may not be

0:22:46.480 --> 0:22:50.119
<v Speaker 1>focused about postseason success. Let's put it in the perspective

0:22:50.240 --> 0:22:53.359
<v Speaker 1>of there's twelve teams in the NFL um that have

0:22:53.480 --> 0:22:55.960
<v Speaker 1>twenty eight or more wins over the last three seasons.

0:22:56.000 --> 0:22:57.760
<v Speaker 1>The Dolphins are one of those twelve, and they're only

0:22:57.800 --> 0:22:59.960
<v Speaker 1>one of four teams to have three consecutive winnings these

0:23:00.200 --> 0:23:02.639
<v Speaker 1>across that stretch. So I mean, you think about the

0:23:03.119 --> 0:23:06.399
<v Speaker 1>results for Miami, they haven't had the big breakthrough that

0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:09.040
<v Speaker 1>so many Dolphins fans have been waiting for for so long,

0:23:09.119 --> 0:23:12.160
<v Speaker 1>but the process is bearing fruit in a way from

0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:14.920
<v Speaker 1>Miami that the fans should be really excited about the

0:23:14.960 --> 0:23:17.160
<v Speaker 1>direction of the team. And we're coming into an off

0:23:17.200 --> 0:23:20.800
<v Speaker 1>season where Miami has has doubled down on a young

0:23:20.880 --> 0:23:23.439
<v Speaker 1>quarterback that showed growth this year, and obviously the the

0:23:23.480 --> 0:23:26.080
<v Speaker 1>offensive production versus what I have been in previous season

0:23:26.200 --> 0:23:29.960
<v Speaker 1>season speaks for itself. And now you already have have

0:23:30.359 --> 0:23:32.480
<v Speaker 1>indicated that you're going to be making some changes in

0:23:32.560 --> 0:23:35.879
<v Speaker 1>other key spots to help facilitate this team continuing to

0:23:35.920 --> 0:23:37.440
<v Speaker 1>evolve and take the next step. So I think it's

0:23:37.440 --> 0:23:39.480
<v Speaker 1>a very exciting time to be a Dolphins fan in general.

0:23:39.600 --> 0:23:41.359
<v Speaker 1>Not to mention, like we talked about the mid season

0:23:41.440 --> 0:23:44.200
<v Speaker 1>moves that kind of almost ushered in that new wave

0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:46.400
<v Speaker 1>at least on one side of the football with Bradley Chubb,

0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:48.240
<v Speaker 1>and we just haven't had this team. Are seeing this

0:23:48.320 --> 0:23:51.280
<v Speaker 1>team rather invest so heavily at that edge rush position.

0:23:51.280 --> 0:23:53.480
<v Speaker 1>Now they have a couple of guys and even guys

0:23:53.480 --> 0:23:56.160
<v Speaker 1>that are up for contracts this offseason that really got

0:23:56.200 --> 0:23:57.800
<v Speaker 1>after it, and so I'm excited to see what can

0:23:58.080 --> 0:24:00.640
<v Speaker 1>be done out side of the football year two going

0:24:00.640 --> 0:24:02.159
<v Speaker 1>into or I should say going into year two of

0:24:02.160 --> 0:24:04.280
<v Speaker 1>Mike McDaniel's offense. I mean, you're hitting a lot of

0:24:04.280 --> 0:24:06.240
<v Speaker 1>the notes we talked about here on Draft Time, especially

0:24:06.320 --> 0:24:10.080
<v Speaker 1>process over results. Uh in that in that vein and

0:24:10.119 --> 0:24:13.720
<v Speaker 1>speaking of this offseason and some more resources used to

0:24:13.720 --> 0:24:16.960
<v Speaker 1>put into this football team to improve it in three Um,

0:24:17.000 --> 0:24:18.640
<v Speaker 1>the biggest way to do that, or one of them

0:24:18.720 --> 0:24:20.960
<v Speaker 1>is the draft, right and I think the draft starts

0:24:20.960 --> 0:24:23.040
<v Speaker 1>in Mobile. I'll go ahead and throw Jim that, uh

0:24:23.400 --> 0:24:26.920
<v Speaker 1>that complimentary tagline here on the podcast. Years are burning

0:24:27.040 --> 0:24:29.840
<v Speaker 1>right now. He did the show a couple of years ago,

0:24:29.880 --> 0:24:31.560
<v Speaker 1>so I think he'd be happy to hear that. Uh.

0:24:31.680 --> 0:24:33.560
<v Speaker 1>We we've support the Senior Bowl very big time here

0:24:33.560 --> 0:24:35.480
<v Speaker 1>on the on the Draft Time podcast, very bigly. I

0:24:35.480 --> 0:24:37.159
<v Speaker 1>guess I should have said, but let's go ahead and

0:24:37.200 --> 0:24:40.080
<v Speaker 1>start here, and how you like this year's crop just

0:24:40.160 --> 0:24:42.760
<v Speaker 1>in general, like, what's who's the carved up hand with

0:24:42.800 --> 0:24:44.560
<v Speaker 1>a class, how you like in this Senior Bowl crop

0:24:44.560 --> 0:24:46.920
<v Speaker 1>and and what's sticking out to you so far? Man,

0:24:47.320 --> 0:24:49.600
<v Speaker 1>So this Senior Bowl class for me, maybe lacks some

0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:51.560
<v Speaker 1>of the top end of the first round talent that

0:24:51.640 --> 0:24:54.360
<v Speaker 1>you've become accustomed to attending here at the Senior Bowl.

0:24:54.359 --> 0:24:55.960
<v Speaker 1>And I think that's more of a testament of this

0:24:56.080 --> 0:24:58.600
<v Speaker 1>draft class in general. You know, when when when we

0:24:58.640 --> 0:25:02.280
<v Speaker 1>are are stacking these play and doing in rankings. I'm

0:25:02.280 --> 0:25:04.399
<v Speaker 1>gonna be honest, you get the first six names down

0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:05.960
<v Speaker 1>on the board and you're like, well, whoever is gonna

0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:08.280
<v Speaker 1>be number seven really feels like they should be seventeen.

0:25:08.400 --> 0:25:11.200
<v Speaker 1>It's that there is this little bit of a vacuum

0:25:11.480 --> 0:25:14.480
<v Speaker 1>and in that vein, it's a great embodiment of the

0:25:14.640 --> 0:25:17.000
<v Speaker 1>value that I think the Dolphins got with the draft

0:25:17.000 --> 0:25:19.160
<v Speaker 1>selection that they chose to invest with that number twenty

0:25:19.240 --> 0:25:22.520
<v Speaker 1>one over I'll pick which started with San Francisco, and

0:25:22.520 --> 0:25:24.679
<v Speaker 1>then it was in Miami, and then it went to Denver,

0:25:25.119 --> 0:25:27.000
<v Speaker 1>and now it's in New Orleans. So I mean it

0:25:27.080 --> 0:25:29.040
<v Speaker 1>might change hance another four times by the time the

0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:32.960
<v Speaker 1>draft actually rolls around. But um, I think Miami is

0:25:32.960 --> 0:25:36.200
<v Speaker 1>is really well positioned to have a number of UM

0:25:36.200 --> 0:25:40.640
<v Speaker 1>players that are stars down here in the strike zone

0:25:40.640 --> 0:25:43.000
<v Speaker 1>for the Dolphins where their three Day two selections. And

0:25:43.200 --> 0:25:46.200
<v Speaker 1>you ask me who shines, the first name that comes

0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:49.040
<v Speaker 1>to mind for me is Kansas State cornerback Julius Prentz.

0:25:49.560 --> 0:25:52.960
<v Speaker 1>Who's long, he's physical, he can play zone, he can

0:25:53.080 --> 0:25:56.399
<v Speaker 1>play man. He had an awesome Big Twelve championship game

0:25:56.440 --> 0:25:58.480
<v Speaker 1>against Quinton Johnston, who a lot of people associate with

0:25:58.520 --> 0:26:01.399
<v Speaker 1>being a top twin, top twenty five selection in this

0:26:01.600 --> 0:26:07.359
<v Speaker 1>draft class. Friends, has has been an absolute stalwart and standout.

0:26:07.359 --> 0:26:09.400
<v Speaker 1>And I think another name that is of a position

0:26:09.480 --> 0:26:11.720
<v Speaker 1>for need for the Dolphins is Luke Musgrave, the tight

0:26:11.800 --> 0:26:14.159
<v Speaker 1>end from Oregon State. When we played in two games

0:26:14.200 --> 0:26:16.320
<v Speaker 1>this season, dealt with injury. He said it was the

0:26:16.359 --> 0:26:19.119
<v Speaker 1>first time he missed time since pee wee football. Um.

0:26:19.160 --> 0:26:21.720
<v Speaker 1>But from a heightweight, speed perspective, like you, you'd heard

0:26:21.760 --> 0:26:24.600
<v Speaker 1>that the rumblings of the league being high on Luke Musgrave,

0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:26.439
<v Speaker 1>and seeing him in person down here, it's very apparent

0:26:26.480 --> 0:26:28.960
<v Speaker 1>why that's the case. The question is whether or not

0:26:29.000 --> 0:26:31.480
<v Speaker 1>these guys have boosted themselves into a stratosphere in which

0:26:31.480 --> 0:26:33.920
<v Speaker 1>if Miami fell in love with one of them down

0:26:33.920 --> 0:26:37.000
<v Speaker 1>here and continues throughout their process. Um, if they're going

0:26:37.040 --> 0:26:38.320
<v Speaker 1>to be in the strikes, owner, if you'd have to

0:26:38.320 --> 0:26:40.159
<v Speaker 1>be aggressive to go get one of those guys to

0:26:40.200 --> 0:26:42.840
<v Speaker 1>potentially help fill a need for your roster. Yeah, you're

0:26:42.920 --> 0:26:44.960
<v Speaker 1>hitting the right notes, man, because it seems like every

0:26:45.000 --> 0:26:48.359
<v Speaker 1>single year that kind of I guess Day two picks

0:26:48.359 --> 0:26:50.280
<v Speaker 1>In general, it seems like there's always a handful of

0:26:50.320 --> 0:26:52.320
<v Speaker 1>guys that went through the process, played well in the

0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:55.440
<v Speaker 1>Senior Bowl, uh, tested well in Indianapolis, wind up being

0:26:55.560 --> 0:26:58.400
<v Speaker 1>like you know that, I guess fifty two pick seventy

0:26:58.440 --> 0:27:00.160
<v Speaker 1>five range, and that wind up being like an All

0:27:00.160 --> 0:27:02.640
<v Speaker 1>Pro in a couple of years. I'm thinking like Terry McLaurin,

0:27:02.680 --> 0:27:05.840
<v Speaker 1>Deebo Samuel a couple of examples, and those are both receivers. But, um,

0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:07.280
<v Speaker 1>you know, every year it seems like we get that,

0:27:07.480 --> 0:27:09.960
<v Speaker 1>especially on the offensive line to the offensive line, seems

0:27:10.000 --> 0:27:12.080
<v Speaker 1>like it's a small school guy every year. I'm sure

0:27:12.119 --> 0:27:13.919
<v Speaker 1>you'll mention Cody Mock at some point, but let's go

0:27:13.920 --> 0:27:15.760
<v Speaker 1>ahead and get back there acause you mentioned cornerbacks, you

0:27:15.760 --> 0:27:18.919
<v Speaker 1>mentioned tight end. Think offensive lines always an area you

0:27:18.960 --> 0:27:21.480
<v Speaker 1>focus on for every team every single year, and we've

0:27:21.480 --> 0:27:24.040
<v Speaker 1>seen some good buzz from that group, And let's kind

0:27:24.040 --> 0:27:25.920
<v Speaker 1>of go ahead and whittle it down here because we've

0:27:25.920 --> 0:27:28.600
<v Speaker 1>heard coach McDaniel go in depth on this a few times,

0:27:28.960 --> 0:27:31.520
<v Speaker 1>UM retraining the way these guys play the game, the

0:27:31.560 --> 0:27:34.400
<v Speaker 1>way they fire off the football, uh, compared to maybe

0:27:34.440 --> 0:27:35.960
<v Speaker 1>how they played it in different schemes. I thought we

0:27:35.960 --> 0:27:38.280
<v Speaker 1>saw Rob Hunt have his best year in this system.

0:27:38.520 --> 0:27:40.800
<v Speaker 1>I thought we saw Connor Williams transition to a new

0:27:40.800 --> 0:27:43.520
<v Speaker 1>position to become one of the five best, maybe three

0:27:43.680 --> 0:27:46.440
<v Speaker 1>or two best centers in the NFL. That's a discussion

0:27:46.480 --> 0:27:48.480
<v Speaker 1>for another day. We saw to Ron Armstead do what

0:27:48.520 --> 0:27:51.240
<v Speaker 1>to Ron Armstead does and dominate. With all that knowledge

0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:53.680
<v Speaker 1>in the back of your mind, which players in this

0:27:53.800 --> 0:27:56.240
<v Speaker 1>game or this week of practice fit that mold for

0:27:56.359 --> 0:27:59.440
<v Speaker 1>the Dolphins, like on the offensive line, Well, I think

0:27:59.480 --> 0:28:01.560
<v Speaker 1>you in voked the right name first off the bat

0:28:01.600 --> 0:28:06.200
<v Speaker 1>with Cody match Now. He he wasn't uh dominating throughout

0:28:06.240 --> 0:28:08.320
<v Speaker 1>the course of the week. He he he was tested

0:28:08.359 --> 0:28:11.040
<v Speaker 1>at times with the first step, quickness and twitch. And

0:28:11.080 --> 0:28:13.320
<v Speaker 1>it's important to remember, well he was a tackle in

0:28:13.400 --> 0:28:16.959
<v Speaker 1>North Dakota State, UM, but he played tackle, guard, and

0:28:17.040 --> 0:28:20.000
<v Speaker 1>center on both sides of the ball this week in practice.

0:28:20.040 --> 0:28:22.639
<v Speaker 1>So if there was ever, Hey, let me get a

0:28:22.640 --> 0:28:24.560
<v Speaker 1>new left guard. Let me get a new right tackle.

0:28:24.720 --> 0:28:27.000
<v Speaker 1>You know who stood up Cody Match and he went

0:28:27.040 --> 0:28:28.199
<v Speaker 1>and got in line and he got up there and

0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:29.680
<v Speaker 1>he got as many reps as he could. So you

0:28:29.760 --> 0:28:33.720
<v Speaker 1>love that competitiveness for him as something that really pops.

0:28:34.080 --> 0:28:37.359
<v Speaker 1>I think John Michael Schmidt's the center from Minnesota is

0:28:37.400 --> 0:28:41.040
<v Speaker 1>a big center, but but he is very fluid. Minnesota

0:28:41.120 --> 0:28:43.800
<v Speaker 1>ran a lot of zone concepts and their rushing offense,

0:28:43.840 --> 0:28:45.560
<v Speaker 1>and then they built r pos off of that. And

0:28:45.600 --> 0:28:48.040
<v Speaker 1>if that sounds familiar for Dolphins fans, well it probably

0:28:48.040 --> 0:28:51.200
<v Speaker 1>should because zone concepts and r pos off of that

0:28:51.360 --> 0:28:55.840
<v Speaker 1>is there's some overlap between what Miami has showcased as

0:28:56.120 --> 0:28:58.520
<v Speaker 1>maybe being staples of their offense as they continue to

0:28:58.520 --> 0:29:02.680
<v Speaker 1>grow and involving tool defensive personnel and what Minnesota did

0:29:02.880 --> 0:29:04.880
<v Speaker 1>when John Michael Schmitz, who was there for six years,

0:29:05.400 --> 0:29:08.440
<v Speaker 1>did and was a staple in the center of that

0:29:08.440 --> 0:29:10.360
<v Speaker 1>that unit. The nice thing about John is he has

0:29:10.400 --> 0:29:13.880
<v Speaker 1>guard center flexibility. So you might hear, oh, well, he's

0:29:13.880 --> 0:29:16.840
<v Speaker 1>a center, we got Connor. Well yeah, but this is

0:29:16.880 --> 0:29:20.680
<v Speaker 1>a three pound offensive lineman who has guard versatility too.

0:29:20.720 --> 0:29:23.040
<v Speaker 1>So if he were a player for the Dolphins that

0:29:23.120 --> 0:29:24.920
<v Speaker 1>ended up being on the board in an area where

0:29:24.920 --> 0:29:27.080
<v Speaker 1>they felt he was the appropriate kind of fit. I

0:29:27.320 --> 0:29:30.120
<v Speaker 1>don't think he they'd be restricted by personnel decision making

0:29:30.160 --> 0:29:32.160
<v Speaker 1>to to have to choose one guy or the other

0:29:32.200 --> 0:29:34.480
<v Speaker 1>to be on the field. The third name that I

0:29:34.480 --> 0:29:41.480
<v Speaker 1>would mentioned Matthew bergeron tackle from Syracuse. Long fluid movement

0:29:41.560 --> 0:29:45.160
<v Speaker 1>skills are good. He actually showcased a better anchor here

0:29:45.320 --> 0:29:48.720
<v Speaker 1>in mobile than I thought he showcased on tape at times.

0:29:48.720 --> 0:29:53.240
<v Speaker 1>And that's really promising when you consider that Syracuse offense

0:29:53.400 --> 0:29:56.200
<v Speaker 1>was either Ronde Gaston Jr. For another name that Dolphins

0:29:56.280 --> 0:29:59.680
<v Speaker 1>fans will recognize, Shawn Tucker the running back, or bust

0:29:59.680 --> 0:30:01.840
<v Speaker 1>Off pensively, So they were very limited in what they

0:30:01.840 --> 0:30:04.560
<v Speaker 1>could do, and I think that that put the offensive

0:30:04.600 --> 0:30:07.160
<v Speaker 1>line in some disadvantageous situations throughout the course of the

0:30:07.200 --> 0:30:10.640
<v Speaker 1>season for Syracuse. Well, you isolate the variable of Matthew

0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:12.480
<v Speaker 1>bergeron and what he was able to do down here,

0:30:12.520 --> 0:30:15.680
<v Speaker 1>and he moves like his own tackle, I can tell

0:30:15.760 --> 0:30:17.280
<v Speaker 1>you that. And he's built like a tackle. And now

0:30:17.320 --> 0:30:19.400
<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden, he's dropped an anchor in one

0:30:19.400 --> 0:30:21.720
<v Speaker 1>on ones where you have a lot of grass to

0:30:21.760 --> 0:30:23.080
<v Speaker 1>I decide to you that you have to cover, so

0:30:23.120 --> 0:30:25.880
<v Speaker 1>you have to be a really good reactive natural athlete. Um.

0:30:25.920 --> 0:30:27.600
<v Speaker 1>But then he was getting moving in the run game too,

0:30:27.920 --> 0:30:29.960
<v Speaker 1>So I think those are the probably the three names

0:30:30.000 --> 0:30:32.840
<v Speaker 1>if I were to invoke with center guardment tackle that

0:30:32.840 --> 0:30:35.840
<v Speaker 1>that popped to me for the kind of movement skills

0:30:36.160 --> 0:30:40.440
<v Speaker 1>and aggressiveness and competitive nature that we're probably affiliating with

0:30:40.480 --> 0:30:42.960
<v Speaker 1>what the Dolphins would like to add if they are

0:30:43.400 --> 0:30:46.960
<v Speaker 1>retooling that offensive line in any number of spots. I

0:30:47.080 --> 0:30:49.000
<v Speaker 1>get a chance to see Rondo gats And every Sunday

0:30:49.040 --> 0:30:51.400
<v Speaker 1>at the radio station for he does pregame, we do

0:30:51.440 --> 0:30:53.600
<v Speaker 1>post games, so we see him down there and it's

0:30:53.600 --> 0:30:55.560
<v Speaker 1>good talking to Rondo. He's very, very proud of his

0:30:55.640 --> 0:30:57.880
<v Speaker 1>son over there at Syracuse. That was a cool shot out.

0:30:58.920 --> 0:31:01.640
<v Speaker 1>He should be because he's an salute baller. Man. All dude,

0:31:01.680 --> 0:31:03.160
<v Speaker 1>all the guys that we grew up watching, all their

0:31:03.240 --> 0:31:04.640
<v Speaker 1>kids are gonna be better than even they were, Like

0:31:04.640 --> 0:31:07.480
<v Speaker 1>Marvin Harrison's kid. Man. It's it's it's something to watch.

0:31:07.520 --> 0:31:09.680
<v Speaker 1>It's it blows my mind. Hey, quick follow before we

0:31:09.720 --> 0:31:12.240
<v Speaker 1>take a break, care real quick. You mentioned John Michael

0:31:12.280 --> 0:31:15.360
<v Speaker 1>Schmidt and say it again in the name John Michael

0:31:15.360 --> 0:31:18.040
<v Speaker 1>Schmidt's Schmidt's Okay, that's what I thought, Um, And you

0:31:18.080 --> 0:31:21.920
<v Speaker 1>mentioned six, you know, six years in college something I've seen,

0:31:22.000 --> 0:31:24.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, around draft communities or whether it's just Twitter

0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:26.160
<v Speaker 1>or whatever, I don't know, but people talking about like

0:31:26.280 --> 0:31:28.320
<v Speaker 1>breakout age and you know, being too old of a

0:31:28.360 --> 0:31:31.560
<v Speaker 1>prospect is a downside for like quarterbacks or receivers, But

0:31:31.760 --> 0:31:34.000
<v Speaker 1>is that a benefit for the offensive line? Like does

0:31:34.000 --> 0:31:37.480
<v Speaker 1>the league kind of like a year old offensive lineman

0:31:37.480 --> 0:31:39.600
<v Speaker 1>they can draft and they know he's gonna come in mature,

0:31:39.720 --> 0:31:43.720
<v Speaker 1>kind of as ready for pro football as you can be. Yeah,

0:31:43.760 --> 0:31:47.120
<v Speaker 1>I I certainly think you see this trend with offensive

0:31:47.120 --> 0:31:51.719
<v Speaker 1>lineman in general, where they come into the league and

0:31:51.760 --> 0:31:55.880
<v Speaker 1>you kind of have this culture shock of the difference

0:31:55.880 --> 0:31:59.760
<v Speaker 1>between the college game and the pro game. But Michael

0:31:59.760 --> 0:32:01.720
<v Speaker 1>schm it's playing in the Big Ten for as long

0:32:01.840 --> 0:32:04.600
<v Speaker 1>as he did and facing a lot of NFL talent

0:32:05.000 --> 0:32:07.640
<v Speaker 1>and then being exposed all the different kinds of defenses.

0:32:07.680 --> 0:32:09.960
<v Speaker 1>I certainly think there's a little bit less of a

0:32:10.000 --> 0:32:14.960
<v Speaker 1>concern with the physical maturation of the player and what

0:32:15.040 --> 0:32:18.360
<v Speaker 1>that strike zone looks like versus the mental maturation of

0:32:18.360 --> 0:32:20.400
<v Speaker 1>the player. In the strike zone that they have to

0:32:20.520 --> 0:32:24.200
<v Speaker 1>kind of overlap as many peak years as possible, and

0:32:24.440 --> 0:32:28.360
<v Speaker 1>for offensive lineman uh to to be a higher floor player,

0:32:29.200 --> 0:32:31.240
<v Speaker 1>I certainly think helps build a resume for you to

0:32:31.240 --> 0:32:36.200
<v Speaker 1>be coveted more because everybody needs like seven good offensive

0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:38.960
<v Speaker 1>lineman and we know that's not the way the NFL works.

0:32:39.000 --> 0:32:41.560
<v Speaker 1>There's very few teams that have five or six, let

0:32:41.560 --> 0:32:43.880
<v Speaker 1>alone seven to have the appropriate depth that they need.

0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:47.200
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, if you can alleviate some of those concerns

0:32:47.200 --> 0:32:49.040
<v Speaker 1>and be a high floor player, I certainly think it

0:32:49.040 --> 0:32:51.200
<v Speaker 1>helps boost your stock at that group, just because of

0:32:51.280 --> 0:32:53.680
<v Speaker 1>how many you need to roster to feel good about

0:32:53.680 --> 0:32:56.120
<v Speaker 1>the entire unit. Not to mention the position flexibility to

0:32:56.160 --> 0:32:57.960
<v Speaker 1>which has always been a kind of a mainstay down

0:32:57.960 --> 0:33:00.880
<v Speaker 1>here with Dolphins offensive lines. Good stuff, Kyle, Let's go

0:33:00.880 --> 0:33:02.600
<v Speaker 1>ahead and take a break here real quick. We'll come

0:33:02.600 --> 0:33:05.360
<v Speaker 1>back on the other side, talk about skill players, defensive

0:33:05.360 --> 0:33:07.680
<v Speaker 1>backs and the rest of the crop. Here at the

0:33:07.680 --> 0:33:10.160
<v Speaker 1>Senior Bowl and Mobile. Kyle crabs the Draft Network and

0:33:10.200 --> 0:33:13.160
<v Speaker 1>locked on Dolphins. Coming back next here Drivetime Podcast, your

0:33:13.200 --> 0:33:19.800
<v Speaker 1>host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation, talking

0:33:19.840 --> 0:33:22.840
<v Speaker 1>all things Senior Bowl down in Mobile, Kyle Crabs locked

0:33:22.880 --> 0:33:27.000
<v Speaker 1>on Dolphins podcast and the Resident Big Dog was his title.

0:33:27.040 --> 0:33:28.600
<v Speaker 1>I believe that the draft newer he came up with.

0:33:29.080 --> 0:33:31.840
<v Speaker 1>He's given us all all things Miami Dolphins related draft

0:33:31.880 --> 0:33:34.360
<v Speaker 1>prospects here. Dolphins got a couple of picks on Day

0:33:34.360 --> 0:33:36.200
<v Speaker 1>three three to be exact, and then I think it

0:33:36.320 --> 0:33:39.440
<v Speaker 1>was three two more on Day three, round six and

0:33:39.480 --> 0:33:41.880
<v Speaker 1>seven for the Dolphins. So not a lot of meat

0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:43.560
<v Speaker 1>on the bone for this draft class, but plenty of

0:33:43.560 --> 0:33:46.240
<v Speaker 1>premium picks there in the top or so. And Kyle,

0:33:46.240 --> 0:33:48.160
<v Speaker 1>I want to talk about the skill spots here because

0:33:48.280 --> 0:33:50.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, Miami had their best offense and twenty five

0:33:50.680 --> 0:33:53.200
<v Speaker 1>something years. I forget the exact number. We know we've

0:33:53.200 --> 0:33:55.600
<v Speaker 1>got playmakers all over the field, but focusing on the

0:33:55.640 --> 0:33:58.120
<v Speaker 1>running backs and receiver positions, so we moved tight end

0:33:58.200 --> 0:34:00.880
<v Speaker 1>here for a moment. Who's caught your attention as potential

0:34:00.960 --> 0:34:03.880
<v Speaker 1>draft picks among receivers and running backs and what Miami

0:34:03.960 --> 0:34:06.880
<v Speaker 1>likes to do in this offensive system. Yeah. I think

0:34:06.920 --> 0:34:09.600
<v Speaker 1>there's a number of backs who have really really popped,

0:34:09.800 --> 0:34:13.200
<v Speaker 1>one of them being TAIJ. Spears from Tulane. He's probably

0:34:13.239 --> 0:34:15.840
<v Speaker 1>been the most consistent back from start to finish. Throughout

0:34:15.840 --> 0:34:18.920
<v Speaker 1>the week of practices. Um came in a little bit

0:34:18.920 --> 0:34:21.680
<v Speaker 1>bigger than expected. He's got really violent cuts, he can

0:34:21.760 --> 0:34:24.359
<v Speaker 1>run between the tackles, He's got some explosiveness to hit

0:34:24.400 --> 0:34:26.439
<v Speaker 1>some big plays. He did that in practice this week.

0:34:26.520 --> 0:34:30.520
<v Speaker 1>So UM, I think that's probably the big winner. I

0:34:30.560 --> 0:34:33.080
<v Speaker 1>know Illinois running back Chase Brown didn't have a great

0:34:33.560 --> 0:34:37.280
<v Speaker 1>consistent week from a a practice to practice performance perspective,

0:34:37.280 --> 0:34:39.200
<v Speaker 1>But I still have a hard time for getting the

0:34:39.239 --> 0:34:41.319
<v Speaker 1>tape with Chase Brown. And he had a phenomenal year

0:34:41.360 --> 0:34:43.400
<v Speaker 1>this year and came in at five nine and a

0:34:43.440 --> 0:34:47.759
<v Speaker 1>half two fifteen pounds a little bigger as well than expected.

0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:51.359
<v Speaker 1>And and he's definitely got explosiveness to the edge. So

0:34:51.719 --> 0:34:54.600
<v Speaker 1>those are the two backs that when I look at

0:34:54.800 --> 0:34:57.560
<v Speaker 1>Miami and if they choose to go in a different

0:34:57.600 --> 0:35:00.960
<v Speaker 1>direction than either a Jeff Wilson Uri Raheem, most those

0:35:00.960 --> 0:35:03.600
<v Speaker 1>guys are probably going to be middle round type selections

0:35:03.600 --> 0:35:05.560
<v Speaker 1>at the running back position when you factor in the

0:35:05.600 --> 0:35:09.880
<v Speaker 1>positional value of running backs wide receiver. There's been a

0:35:09.920 --> 0:35:12.960
<v Speaker 1>lot of really really interesting guys there. You want on speed,

0:35:12.960 --> 0:35:16.600
<v Speaker 1>you got Nathaniel tank Dell from Houston, who was uncoverable

0:35:16.640 --> 0:35:19.960
<v Speaker 1>through the first two days of practice you want size. Uh,

0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:24.120
<v Speaker 1>you have a couple of Standford kids out here, um,

0:35:24.440 --> 0:35:27.200
<v Speaker 1>who have surprised with how fluid they are for their

0:35:27.239 --> 0:35:32.440
<v Speaker 1>stature as well. Um, you've got Xavier Hutchinson from Iowa

0:35:32.480 --> 0:35:35.640
<v Speaker 1>State who has been a pretty consistent performer and contested

0:35:35.680 --> 0:35:40.160
<v Speaker 1>situations as well. Um, there's all different kinds of flavors.

0:35:40.160 --> 0:35:42.640
<v Speaker 1>And I guess the question for Miami is what role

0:35:42.680 --> 0:35:46.120
<v Speaker 1>do they envision for Eric Azukama middle round selection from

0:35:46.120 --> 0:35:48.279
<v Speaker 1>them from last year who we finally got to see

0:35:48.280 --> 0:35:50.600
<v Speaker 1>a little action late in the season, get a handful

0:35:50.640 --> 0:35:54.040
<v Speaker 1>of reps, but it was largely quiet transitional year for him,

0:35:54.280 --> 0:35:56.879
<v Speaker 1>and whether or not that he's ready to take over

0:35:56.920 --> 0:35:59.480
<v Speaker 1>for Trend Shurfield. Do you bring her field back? Do

0:35:59.560 --> 0:36:03.120
<v Speaker 1>you feel you need to go get another player to

0:36:03.200 --> 0:36:07.520
<v Speaker 1>play the Trend Shurtfield role. There's some potential flux in

0:36:07.520 --> 0:36:09.799
<v Speaker 1>the depth of that Dolphins receiver room, and I think

0:36:09.840 --> 0:36:12.360
<v Speaker 1>you consider all the options that they have on the

0:36:12.400 --> 0:36:15.879
<v Speaker 1>table that there's all kinds out here, and they're all

0:36:15.960 --> 0:36:18.440
<v Speaker 1>kinds that are really going to be available in the

0:36:18.560 --> 0:36:20.920
<v Speaker 1>rounds in which the Dolphins have picked. So it's a

0:36:20.960 --> 0:36:23.440
<v Speaker 1>it's a fun group to look at and kind of say, hey,

0:36:23.600 --> 0:36:26.240
<v Speaker 1>there's there's nobody here at receiver that we should consider

0:36:26.320 --> 0:36:29.520
<v Speaker 1>to be off the menu as it pertains to the Dolphins. Yeah,

0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:31.400
<v Speaker 1>that sounds good. And I mean that's probably the one

0:36:31.440 --> 0:36:33.759
<v Speaker 1>position where if I looked at and you said one

0:36:33.800 --> 0:36:36.040
<v Speaker 1>position you have to bring back the exact same room,

0:36:36.080 --> 0:36:38.040
<v Speaker 1>what would it be. It might be the wide receiver's room.

0:36:38.080 --> 0:36:39.680
<v Speaker 1>So they're in good shape there. But it's always good

0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:41.319
<v Speaker 1>to hear that, and it seems to be the case

0:36:41.360 --> 0:36:44.200
<v Speaker 1>every year. There's always so many receivers available that can

0:36:44.239 --> 0:36:46.800
<v Speaker 1>fit what your specific team needs are. And you mentioned

0:36:46.840 --> 0:36:48.480
<v Speaker 1>Trent shut and we know how important he is the

0:36:48.520 --> 0:36:50.920
<v Speaker 1>blocking game here in the running game, and kind of

0:36:50.920 --> 0:36:53.600
<v Speaker 1>speaking of that and condensing things inside, I wanted to

0:36:53.600 --> 0:36:56.640
<v Speaker 1>isolate the tight end position on its own because you know, one,

0:36:56.719 --> 0:36:58.680
<v Speaker 1>how good of this draft class looks to be at

0:36:58.680 --> 0:37:01.120
<v Speaker 1>the position for age and see it looks to be similar,

0:37:01.200 --> 0:37:02.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, as far as what's available right now. That

0:37:03.000 --> 0:37:05.680
<v Speaker 1>will change when teams start, you know, applying franchise tags

0:37:05.680 --> 0:37:08.560
<v Speaker 1>and long term contracts. But Kyle, first, are any of

0:37:08.560 --> 0:37:11.160
<v Speaker 1>the top five tight ends in this year's class down

0:37:11.160 --> 0:37:13.360
<v Speaker 1>in a mobile and then from there just give us

0:37:13.400 --> 0:37:15.600
<v Speaker 1>the rundown on the players you liked that could be

0:37:15.680 --> 0:37:18.080
<v Speaker 1>fits in this system with McDaniel and Frank Smith and

0:37:18.160 --> 0:37:22.320
<v Speaker 1>John Embrey and the Miami Dolphins offense. Yeah, Luke Musgrave

0:37:22.400 --> 0:37:25.680
<v Speaker 1>is definitely a top two tight end in this class

0:37:25.800 --> 0:37:28.319
<v Speaker 1>in general, and I would not be surprised if he

0:37:28.400 --> 0:37:33.279
<v Speaker 1>ends up getting up into that first und stratosphere when

0:37:33.280 --> 0:37:34.960
<v Speaker 1>it's all said and done. I mean, you saw him

0:37:35.000 --> 0:37:37.520
<v Speaker 1>in person who said, Holy cow, this dude looks like

0:37:37.520 --> 0:37:40.560
<v Speaker 1>he's built in a lab. And then he practices and

0:37:40.600 --> 0:37:42.560
<v Speaker 1>he says, yeah, I felt it was great to be

0:37:42.600 --> 0:37:44.320
<v Speaker 1>back out there, had and played a game in like

0:37:44.560 --> 0:37:47.719
<v Speaker 1>five months. Uh, but I felt slow, like my legs

0:37:47.760 --> 0:37:49.600
<v Speaker 1>felt heavy. Took me till about the end of the

0:37:49.600 --> 0:37:51.520
<v Speaker 1>practice on Tuesday before I kind of got my legs

0:37:51.600 --> 0:37:54.480
<v Speaker 1>up underneath me. And then sure enough, he was the

0:37:54.560 --> 0:37:59.319
<v Speaker 1>fastest GPS tracked time tight end on Tuesday's practices at

0:37:59.320 --> 0:38:01.120
<v Speaker 1>eighteen and a half miles power when he said he

0:38:01.160 --> 0:38:03.680
<v Speaker 1>felt slow, so we kind of got a chuckle out

0:38:03.680 --> 0:38:06.040
<v Speaker 1>of that. And then the Wednesday GPS numbers come out

0:38:06.160 --> 0:38:08.160
<v Speaker 1>and he's the first Senior Bowl tight end in the

0:38:08.239 --> 0:38:11.200
<v Speaker 1>last five years with Zebra tracking technology to crack twenty

0:38:11.200 --> 0:38:14.520
<v Speaker 1>miles per hour on the GPS, so the big boy run.

0:38:14.640 --> 0:38:17.279
<v Speaker 1>He's got strong hands, he can block. He talked about

0:38:17.320 --> 0:38:19.439
<v Speaker 1>the enthusiasm that he has for blocking, and I think

0:38:19.440 --> 0:38:21.800
<v Speaker 1>that's the thing for Miami. When you consider the receiving

0:38:21.880 --> 0:38:24.520
<v Speaker 1>skill set that the Dolphins have had with Mike Gasecki,

0:38:24.760 --> 0:38:28.319
<v Speaker 1>you foil that with um the blocking skill set of

0:38:28.360 --> 0:38:30.799
<v Speaker 1>some of the other players at the position, and then

0:38:30.880 --> 0:38:33.960
<v Speaker 1>you consider is there an opportunity to get all of

0:38:34.000 --> 0:38:36.120
<v Speaker 1>that in one player and the challenges that it could

0:38:36.239 --> 0:38:41.360
<v Speaker 1>pose two opposing defenses in addition to trying to accommodate

0:38:41.400 --> 0:38:43.120
<v Speaker 1>for all the speed that the Dolphins have on the

0:38:43.120 --> 0:38:47.239
<v Speaker 1>outside in the backfield. I think that's really an exciting

0:38:47.239 --> 0:38:51.480
<v Speaker 1>opportunity for Miami if it proposes itself to the team. Now,

0:38:51.480 --> 0:38:53.920
<v Speaker 1>the challenges is Musgrave has performed at a very high level.

0:38:54.000 --> 0:38:57.120
<v Speaker 1>Dalton Ki Kate from Utah was scheduled to be here.

0:38:57.160 --> 0:38:59.360
<v Speaker 1>He unfortunately as an injury and was not able to

0:38:59.360 --> 0:39:01.719
<v Speaker 1>come down in part participate, but he was one of

0:39:01.760 --> 0:39:04.680
<v Speaker 1>the top five as well. For sure, I'd like to

0:39:04.719 --> 0:39:07.440
<v Speaker 1>acknowledge at least one day three name who had a

0:39:07.480 --> 0:39:10.160
<v Speaker 1>really nice practice on Thursday. A number of big time

0:39:10.200 --> 0:39:15.000
<v Speaker 1>catches and it's pain uh Durham from Perdue. This was

0:39:15.000 --> 0:39:17.600
<v Speaker 1>a guy who's a little bit more of a renowned blocker.

0:39:18.280 --> 0:39:20.000
<v Speaker 1>But they went to the high red zone and he

0:39:20.080 --> 0:39:22.600
<v Speaker 1>caught a high point of the ball against two defenders

0:39:23.160 --> 0:39:25.200
<v Speaker 1>to go up and catch the football in the corner

0:39:25.200 --> 0:39:26.600
<v Speaker 1>of the end zone. And then they did two minute

0:39:26.640 --> 0:39:29.760
<v Speaker 1>offense to close the practice and he makes the scene

0:39:29.760 --> 0:39:32.239
<v Speaker 1>catch that gets some twenty seven yards and gets in

0:39:32.239 --> 0:39:35.400
<v Speaker 1>the field goal range. So the Purdue tight end certainly

0:39:35.440 --> 0:39:38.560
<v Speaker 1>helped himself throughout the course of this week. Finished his

0:39:38.600 --> 0:39:41.200
<v Speaker 1>practice week with an exclamation pointing and it kind of

0:39:41.239 --> 0:39:44.680
<v Speaker 1>showcase the skill set that gives him some nice versatilities

0:39:44.719 --> 0:39:46.960
<v Speaker 1>potentially a Day three target. I love when you perk

0:39:47.040 --> 0:39:49.359
<v Speaker 1>up about players at positions that could potentially be need

0:39:49.440 --> 0:39:51.160
<v Speaker 1>to the Miami Dolphins. It sounds like a good time

0:39:51.160 --> 0:39:52.720
<v Speaker 1>to to have a need of some of these spots

0:39:52.719 --> 0:39:54.400
<v Speaker 1>you're talking about here. Let's go ahead and flip it

0:39:54.400 --> 0:39:57.080
<v Speaker 1>over to the other side of the football and talk

0:39:57.160 --> 0:39:59.839
<v Speaker 1>front seven as a whole before doing defensive backs. Now

0:39:59.840 --> 0:40:02.400
<v Speaker 1>you aready mentioned, Julius brans is a name that really

0:40:02.440 --> 0:40:04.440
<v Speaker 1>stands out to you off the top. You and I

0:40:04.480 --> 0:40:07.080
<v Speaker 1>have had so many conversations about this that the past

0:40:07.160 --> 0:40:09.680
<v Speaker 1>rush was really good. This year, Kyle, the front was good.

0:40:09.840 --> 0:40:12.120
<v Speaker 1>We needed a better marriage of Russian coverage all year

0:40:12.160 --> 0:40:14.080
<v Speaker 1>to kind of, you know, bring it all together, and

0:40:14.120 --> 0:40:16.120
<v Speaker 1>it happened at times. But a lot of that front

0:40:16.239 --> 0:40:17.960
<v Speaker 1>is back this year, man, and I'm pumped up about it.

0:40:18.000 --> 0:40:20.120
<v Speaker 1>So let me go ahead and phrase the question this

0:40:20.160 --> 0:40:22.680
<v Speaker 1>way to you, where are you looking on the front

0:40:22.680 --> 0:40:25.440
<v Speaker 1>seven in this defense? And then who fits those interests

0:40:25.520 --> 0:40:29.160
<v Speaker 1>that you might have this week in mobile? I think

0:40:29.239 --> 0:40:31.440
<v Speaker 1>that the Dolphins, in the same way that we talked

0:40:31.440 --> 0:40:37.200
<v Speaker 1>about having more diverse skill sets and single players at

0:40:37.239 --> 0:40:40.000
<v Speaker 1>the tight MP position, I think that's relevant in the

0:40:40.000 --> 0:40:42.680
<v Speaker 1>linebacker group. And do you think about Jerome Baker and

0:40:42.760 --> 0:40:45.320
<v Speaker 1>he's a kind of a de facto three down player,

0:40:45.400 --> 0:40:49.160
<v Speaker 1>but that other spot is either Elaine and Roberts as

0:40:49.200 --> 0:40:51.920
<v Speaker 1>a guy who's frequently playing downhill and when he's on

0:40:52.000 --> 0:40:54.479
<v Speaker 1>the field and passing situations, a lot of the times

0:40:54.520 --> 0:40:56.759
<v Speaker 1>he's adding on as a pressure player. And then you

0:40:56.800 --> 0:40:59.480
<v Speaker 1>foiled out with Duke Riley, who I thought has been

0:40:59.560 --> 0:41:02.160
<v Speaker 1>a pretty sturdy player for the Dolphins, but he is

0:41:02.160 --> 0:41:04.080
<v Speaker 1>a little bit more of a space linebacker, can you

0:41:04.120 --> 0:41:07.919
<v Speaker 1>find a player that can do both? And of course

0:41:07.960 --> 0:41:10.799
<v Speaker 1>the team drafted Channing tin Dall and he had a

0:41:10.840 --> 0:41:13.640
<v Speaker 1>transitional year in the same way that Eric Azukama did,

0:41:13.680 --> 0:41:17.240
<v Speaker 1>and and the team's faith in him and his ability

0:41:17.239 --> 0:41:19.600
<v Speaker 1>to do that may dictate just how urgent the Dolphins

0:41:19.600 --> 0:41:22.640
<v Speaker 1>feel adding another linebacker that's physically capable of doing all

0:41:22.640 --> 0:41:25.560
<v Speaker 1>of the above is for the team this offseason. But

0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:28.759
<v Speaker 1>there were there were a couple of guys um Kim

0:41:28.880 --> 0:41:31.759
<v Speaker 1>Jones from Indiana who missed the last eight games of

0:41:31.760 --> 0:41:35.439
<v Speaker 1>the season with a foot injury. Diane Henley from Washington State.

0:41:35.480 --> 0:41:38.520
<v Speaker 1>I know that's gonna perk you up up bogs Um,

0:41:39.080 --> 0:41:43.480
<v Speaker 1>former wide receiver who transitioned to safety at Nevada and

0:41:43.480 --> 0:41:45.680
<v Speaker 1>then he transitioned the linebacker in Nevada and then he

0:41:45.680 --> 0:41:49.200
<v Speaker 1>transferred to Washington State. He's been really good in the

0:41:49.200 --> 0:41:53.560
<v Speaker 1>past rush stuff. Um. I think there's some really range

0:41:53.600 --> 0:41:56.799
<v Speaker 1>e guys here at linebacker here that if, especially when

0:41:56.800 --> 0:41:59.359
<v Speaker 1>you consider the expiring contracts that the Dolphins are facing

0:41:59.360 --> 0:42:01.680
<v Speaker 1>at that position, you don't know for sure who's going

0:42:01.719 --> 0:42:05.600
<v Speaker 1>to be back. Um, there's no shortage of athletic linebackers,

0:42:05.600 --> 0:42:07.920
<v Speaker 1>and I think that's probably the top spot when I

0:42:08.000 --> 0:42:10.680
<v Speaker 1>think about the front seven, that Miami is going to

0:42:10.760 --> 0:42:13.560
<v Speaker 1>have to negotiate who they want to bring back, who

0:42:13.640 --> 0:42:16.720
<v Speaker 1>financially it makes sense to bring back who's played themselves

0:42:16.760 --> 0:42:19.640
<v Speaker 1>into a different stratosphere than Miami has budget for. Those

0:42:19.640 --> 0:42:21.120
<v Speaker 1>are all questions the team is going to have to

0:42:21.160 --> 0:42:23.759
<v Speaker 1>ask themselves. But there there's a good group of linebackers

0:42:23.800 --> 0:42:25.759
<v Speaker 1>down here. Absolutely. I get the sense that, you know,

0:42:25.840 --> 0:42:28.239
<v Speaker 1>kind of going through my own offseason, uh, you know

0:42:28.280 --> 0:42:30.960
<v Speaker 1>what's what's protected to be free agency and draft and

0:42:31.280 --> 0:42:33.680
<v Speaker 1>our own incumbents, our own free agency up it looks

0:42:33.680 --> 0:42:35.960
<v Speaker 1>like Miami is gonna have options, which they tend to

0:42:36.000 --> 0:42:38.480
<v Speaker 1>put themselves in that position every single year. With the

0:42:38.520 --> 0:42:41.279
<v Speaker 1>flexibility of how they do things with you know, player negotiation,

0:42:41.320 --> 0:42:43.640
<v Speaker 1>all that fun stuff, and and the flexibility of the

0:42:43.640 --> 0:42:45.359
<v Speaker 1>players they get, it just kind of trickles down all

0:42:45.360 --> 0:42:48.200
<v Speaker 1>the way to ultimately having options in the end. And

0:42:48.280 --> 0:42:50.920
<v Speaker 1>let's go ahead and finish up here with the penultimate

0:42:51.000 --> 0:42:52.919
<v Speaker 1>question before I get to my kind of fun game

0:42:52.960 --> 0:42:54.319
<v Speaker 1>I have for you at the very end that puts

0:42:54.400 --> 0:42:57.080
<v Speaker 1>you on the spot. Big dog of Draft Network, Kyle

0:42:57.120 --> 0:42:59.800
<v Speaker 1>Crabs the defensive backs we saw Miami deal with a

0:43:00.080 --> 0:43:05.040
<v Speaker 1>third level of attrition here. Defensive scheme shift likely coming here. Obviously,

0:43:05.280 --> 0:43:08.040
<v Speaker 1>I want to talk both corner and safety. What are

0:43:08.040 --> 0:43:10.040
<v Speaker 1>we looking at those two positions here as far as

0:43:10.040 --> 0:43:13.759
<v Speaker 1>potential fits down on mobile for the Senior Bowl. So

0:43:13.800 --> 0:43:17.680
<v Speaker 1>I mentioned Julius Prince. I'd like to again mentioned Julius Prince.

0:43:18.000 --> 0:43:20.359
<v Speaker 1>I'm a big fan of this guy. Talked to him

0:43:20.400 --> 0:43:24.560
<v Speaker 1>after practice on Tuesday, and he's just wired the right

0:43:24.600 --> 0:43:27.279
<v Speaker 1>way to be a really successful player. And he checks

0:43:27.320 --> 0:43:29.799
<v Speaker 1>a lot of boxes for his instincts and his physicality

0:43:29.800 --> 0:43:32.239
<v Speaker 1>and his length. I think if you go go beyond that,

0:43:32.640 --> 0:43:35.719
<v Speaker 1>Darius Rush corner from South Carolina was another guy who

0:43:35.719 --> 0:43:38.120
<v Speaker 1>timed really well as like a six ft two corner.

0:43:38.640 --> 0:43:42.040
<v Speaker 1>Regen Right from from Oregon State into the packed twelve guy,

0:43:42.120 --> 0:43:45.799
<v Speaker 1>another big corner long and you think about you know,

0:43:46.200 --> 0:43:49.520
<v Speaker 1>regardless of whether or not the Dolphins are calling zone

0:43:49.760 --> 0:43:53.759
<v Speaker 1>or man type defenses, to have length, it is important

0:43:54.440 --> 0:43:57.440
<v Speaker 1>to be able to do uh. And those guys I

0:43:57.440 --> 0:44:00.440
<v Speaker 1>think have all showcase movement and skills in addition to

0:44:00.560 --> 0:44:04.000
<v Speaker 1>length of gives you some feasibility that they could be

0:44:04.560 --> 0:44:07.680
<v Speaker 1>versatile coverage players on the back end of your defense

0:44:08.120 --> 0:44:12.839
<v Speaker 1>at safety. Jamie Robinson from Florida State is a name

0:44:12.880 --> 0:44:15.040
<v Speaker 1>that pops to me, and the other one is Sydney

0:44:15.040 --> 0:44:19.720
<v Speaker 1>Brown from Illinois. It's the brother of Chase Brown, and Sydney,

0:44:19.880 --> 0:44:23.439
<v Speaker 1>for my money, was the best practice player across all

0:44:23.480 --> 0:44:26.880
<v Speaker 1>three days for either team. I think he's made himself

0:44:27.480 --> 0:44:30.040
<v Speaker 1>a lot of money with the attention that he has

0:44:30.120 --> 0:44:32.799
<v Speaker 1>drawn to himself. And this is a player when you

0:44:32.840 --> 0:44:36.920
<v Speaker 1>think about versatility in the secondary. He's covered tight ends.

0:44:36.960 --> 0:44:40.120
<v Speaker 1>At Illinois, they were very man heavy with their defense,

0:44:40.120 --> 0:44:43.360
<v Speaker 1>obviously with Devin Witherspoon, who's rumored to be a top

0:44:43.440 --> 0:44:47.239
<v Speaker 1>twenty type selection. The other corner, Kwon Martin, played in

0:44:47.280 --> 0:44:49.800
<v Speaker 1>the slot in the nickel and and took wide receivers,

0:44:49.920 --> 0:44:53.160
<v Speaker 1>but he's played outside corner before Sydney Brown in this

0:44:53.400 --> 0:44:56.000
<v Speaker 1>in that safety room. And then the other safety, Kendall Smith,

0:44:56.080 --> 0:44:57.960
<v Speaker 1>is a true free safety I think is a draftable

0:44:58.000 --> 0:44:59.840
<v Speaker 1>guy as well. So they had a lot of NFL

0:45:00.000 --> 0:45:02.600
<v Speaker 1>on in that secondary and Sydney Brown being kind of

0:45:02.640 --> 0:45:05.400
<v Speaker 1>the chess piece that moved around, and I think this

0:45:05.440 --> 0:45:08.040
<v Speaker 1>week got him a chance to showcase himself matching up

0:45:08.040 --> 0:45:10.319
<v Speaker 1>against some of the players that maybe Quon Martin in

0:45:10.400 --> 0:45:14.120
<v Speaker 1>that Illinois defense was usually covering, and instead he got

0:45:14.120 --> 0:45:16.399
<v Speaker 1>a chance to cover the receivers instead of the tight ends.

0:45:16.840 --> 0:45:20.640
<v Speaker 1>And the instincts and confidence and foot quickness there are

0:45:20.640 --> 0:45:22.960
<v Speaker 1>the things that really pop. And he was the guy

0:45:22.960 --> 0:45:24.560
<v Speaker 1>who when he was out on the field, the coaches

0:45:24.600 --> 0:45:27.080
<v Speaker 1>were running everything through Sydney Brown. So you know, the

0:45:27.080 --> 0:45:29.000
<v Speaker 1>football i Q and the ability to pick stuff up

0:45:29.080 --> 0:45:32.600
<v Speaker 1>quickly is there. I really really liked his game. I

0:45:32.600 --> 0:45:35.319
<v Speaker 1>thought he had an excellent week this week, and I

0:45:35.360 --> 0:45:37.640
<v Speaker 1>think he was the star from the safeties. There's never

0:45:37.719 --> 0:45:39.719
<v Speaker 1>been a coach that didn't like that. Trained by the

0:45:39.719 --> 0:45:41.680
<v Speaker 1>player to get things right the first couple of times,

0:45:41.680 --> 0:45:43.360
<v Speaker 1>to get a communicated to the rest of the defense.

0:45:43.680 --> 0:45:45.719
<v Speaker 1>Great stuff, Kyle, And we always do this with you

0:45:45.760 --> 0:45:48.759
<v Speaker 1>here on the podcast because a draft expert typically means

0:45:48.760 --> 0:45:50.879
<v Speaker 1>we ask about mock drafts and things like that. It's

0:45:50.920 --> 0:45:53.040
<v Speaker 1>way too early to do this, we're gonna do it anyways,

0:45:53.360 --> 0:45:56.919
<v Speaker 1>because these rosters across the National Football League will change

0:45:57.000 --> 0:45:59.800
<v Speaker 1>dramatically from now until draft time. But the Dolphins do

0:46:00.000 --> 0:46:01.880
<v Speaker 1>have a pick in the second round, two in the

0:46:01.960 --> 0:46:03.719
<v Speaker 1>third round, and so the game I want to ask

0:46:03.760 --> 0:46:06.320
<v Speaker 1>you to play is going just from Senior Bowl talent,

0:46:06.640 --> 0:46:08.840
<v Speaker 1>a pick that you believe will be there at fifty

0:46:08.880 --> 0:46:10.840
<v Speaker 1>two or wherever it is in the second round, and

0:46:10.880 --> 0:46:13.000
<v Speaker 1>then two more third round picks that you think will

0:46:13.040 --> 0:46:16.040
<v Speaker 1>be available at those spots. Three names you would slot

0:46:16.120 --> 0:46:19.560
<v Speaker 1>in on the Dolphins roster from Mobile today February six

0:46:19.600 --> 0:46:24.000
<v Speaker 1>to give us those three names. So, unfortunately, I've kind

0:46:24.000 --> 0:46:26.360
<v Speaker 1>of beat the dead horse on Julius Brents, but I

0:46:26.719 --> 0:46:30.719
<v Speaker 1>will mention him as that second round type of selection.

0:46:31.000 --> 0:46:33.400
<v Speaker 1>I think Jamie Robinson from Florida State could be a

0:46:33.400 --> 0:46:36.600
<v Speaker 1>player that's very realistically there in the third round. He

0:46:37.000 --> 0:46:41.560
<v Speaker 1>profiled similarly to to Sydney Brown. H Jamie Robinson from

0:46:41.600 --> 0:46:44.480
<v Speaker 1>Florida State. As far as the third name, I could

0:46:44.480 --> 0:46:47.319
<v Speaker 1>go Kenny Macintosh, running back from from Georgia, who I

0:46:47.320 --> 0:46:49.479
<v Speaker 1>think had a pretty good week this week as well.

0:46:50.120 --> 0:46:52.440
<v Speaker 1>I can also mention Roshan Johnson, who was down here

0:46:52.480 --> 0:46:54.520
<v Speaker 1>at the running back position. He's a little bit more

0:46:54.880 --> 0:46:59.000
<v Speaker 1>like Jeff Wilson and Raheem Mostart, but he's a former quarterback. Uh.

0:46:59.040 --> 0:47:02.400
<v Speaker 1>He's big, he's physically play super hard. The league expects

0:47:02.440 --> 0:47:05.000
<v Speaker 1>him to be a top one pick. I don't think

0:47:05.000 --> 0:47:07.080
<v Speaker 1>he really shines as far as a runner, He's gonna

0:47:07.120 --> 0:47:09.160
<v Speaker 1>get what's block form and fall forward and get some

0:47:09.239 --> 0:47:12.480
<v Speaker 1>tough yards, but maybe not hit explosive home runs. UM,

0:47:12.520 --> 0:47:14.640
<v Speaker 1>but he showcased he was about the only back that

0:47:14.640 --> 0:47:19.360
<v Speaker 1>showcased himself really well with UH past protection in the

0:47:19.400 --> 0:47:21.800
<v Speaker 1>passing downs, some of the back struggle with catching the

0:47:21.840 --> 0:47:24.320
<v Speaker 1>ball out of the backfield. I think he's a player

0:47:24.360 --> 0:47:26.920
<v Speaker 1>who still has Top one hundred on the menu for

0:47:27.000 --> 0:47:29.399
<v Speaker 1>him if the Dolphins end up needing another bigger back,

0:47:29.719 --> 0:47:32.800
<v Speaker 1>and I would also invoke Taj Spears as another potential

0:47:32.840 --> 0:47:36.000
<v Speaker 1>candidate UH to potentially be there. I know he's had

0:47:36.040 --> 0:47:38.320
<v Speaker 1>some knee issues in the past, so at the running

0:47:38.320 --> 0:47:42.160
<v Speaker 1>back position, which is traditionally devalued by teams. To acknowledge

0:47:42.200 --> 0:47:44.600
<v Speaker 1>that he's had some medical stuff that teams are gonna

0:47:44.640 --> 0:47:47.200
<v Speaker 1>have to sort out and not every team might give

0:47:47.280 --> 0:47:49.719
<v Speaker 1>him a passing grade with flying colors as far as

0:47:49.719 --> 0:47:53.080
<v Speaker 1>his medicals, I think there's enough there that Taj Spears

0:47:53.080 --> 0:47:55.120
<v Speaker 1>would be another end of Day two candidate for the

0:47:55.120 --> 0:47:57.480
<v Speaker 1>Dolphins as well with the running back spot. It's funny

0:47:57.520 --> 0:48:00.799
<v Speaker 1>you mentioned Brent's in the fifty range because when you

0:48:00.800 --> 0:48:02.839
<v Speaker 1>mentioned his temperament and the way he plays. It kind

0:48:02.840 --> 0:48:05.759
<v Speaker 1>of reminded me of Cam Taylor Britt last year, the

0:48:05.840 --> 0:48:07.839
<v Speaker 1>rookie from the Bengals who had a really good post

0:48:07.880 --> 0:48:10.560
<v Speaker 1>season run there for Cincinnati. Um sounds like kind of

0:48:10.600 --> 0:48:12.480
<v Speaker 1>similarly wired there in terms of their physicality in the

0:48:12.520 --> 0:48:14.560
<v Speaker 1>way they play the game. So good stuff, man, That's

0:48:14.600 --> 0:48:16.560
<v Speaker 1>that's that's what we're going for here on the podcast,

0:48:16.800 --> 0:48:19.880
<v Speaker 1>Kyle Crabs grinding the tape on Twitter, Locked on Dolphins.

0:48:20.280 --> 0:48:22.920
<v Speaker 1>No title listed on the bio for the TDM, but

0:48:22.920 --> 0:48:25.800
<v Speaker 1>we already come up with it. Um big Dog, the

0:48:25.840 --> 0:48:28.839
<v Speaker 1>big Dog of t d N and scouting CBO chief Boff.

0:48:29.560 --> 0:48:31.000
<v Speaker 1>Damn it, I messed it up. That would been a

0:48:31.000 --> 0:48:33.919
<v Speaker 1>great chief Boss officer. I'm not gonna cut it out.

0:48:34.280 --> 0:48:36.160
<v Speaker 1>That's my next one for you, Kyle. We'll see an indie. Man,

0:48:36.160 --> 0:48:37.719
<v Speaker 1>thanks a lot for coming on the podcast today. My

0:48:37.760 --> 0:48:40.440
<v Speaker 1>friend Dravits is always good catching up with you. Man,

0:48:40.520 --> 0:48:43.439
<v Speaker 1>Appreciate it and thanks for having me on. And there

0:48:43.440 --> 0:48:46.000
<v Speaker 1>he goes. Kyle Crabs went very long here, but that's okay.

0:48:46.040 --> 0:48:48.600
<v Speaker 1>We planned on that because we cannot get enough draft

0:48:48.600 --> 0:48:51.560
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0:48:56.360 --> 0:48:59.000
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