WEBVTT - Drive Time: Travis Wingfield’s 2023 Draft Preview 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:05.200 You are listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. This 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:08.440 is Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. Back the throw to 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:13.760 a looking clips about a wide Dolphins touchdown, ty Rick 0:00:13.880 --> 0:00:18.040 cal Wattle, Wattle to a shotgun, back to throw looking 0:00:18.040 --> 0:00:23.800 at them up myers touchdown, it's waddle, it's six touchdown, patdown. 0:00:23.880 --> 0:00:29.640 I'll just change Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. Now, 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:31.600 let me check your pulse if you're not far though, 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:37.720 Oh yeah, what is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:41.320 Drive Time podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network, 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:45.960 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:49.160 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:51.800 if it sounds like I'm a little bit gassed up 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:54.320 right now, that's because I am. It's one of my 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:58.560 favorite episodes of the year. To my guys episode, Normally 0:00:58.560 --> 0:01:00.560 it's twenty names, but this year cutting down to the 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:03.320 sweet sixteen because there is no first round draft pick 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:07.560 and with us being one week away from our first 0:01:07.640 --> 0:01:09.640 draft pick, most likely could be a trade up. But 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.199 if not, it'll be one week from today breaking down 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.640 all things Miami Dolphins draft. I'm gonna give you sixteen 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:17.559 names I'd like at pick fifty one and eighty four. 0:01:17.880 --> 0:01:19.200 All of that and a heck of a lot more 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:22.880 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:30.320 This is the Drive Time podcast. May Gaffish Caroline kicks 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:33.760 us off as we jump right in to the sweet 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.839 sixteen my guys, and expanding this out to the third 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.440 round this year because of our first two picks occurring 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:42.920 on Day two with pick fifty one and pick eighty four. 0:01:43.240 --> 0:01:45.840 I've always done twenty names for the first couple of rounds, 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:48.720 but will go sixteen for rounds two and three. I 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.320 know it sounds confusing, but we also use the Dane 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.600 Brugler big Board from the Athletic the Beast, which in 0:01:54.640 --> 0:01:57.480 my opinion is the best draft guide out there, so 0:01:57.560 --> 0:01:59.760 go check that out if you have not done so. 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.360 But using his big board and kind of ranking the 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.800 players based upon where he has them for the idea 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:07.800 of who could be there. But I first want to 0:02:07.840 --> 0:02:11.960 mention I have two distinct omissions who fit the criteria 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:16.080 of being within fifteen picks in terms of Dane's big 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:19.320 Board of our pick, and that's two guys that are 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:22.480 within those criteria that I think personally, and this is 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.000 me putting my own flavor on it because it's my show. 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.680 I have the microphone, and that's what I'm gonna do. 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.079 Two guys I think are long gone by pick fifty one, 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.000 who are both within fifteen spots of the fifty first 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:37.880 pick are Mazzi Smith from Michigan, the defensive lineman, and 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.639 the offensive lineman we'll call him a guard from TCU, 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.399 Steve Avila. I think both those players are first round 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.919 pick locks, absolute locks to go in the first day 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.639 and have no chance to make it to fifty one 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:51.080 or even to a potential trade up range for the 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.680 Miami Dolphins. So with that, let's go ahead and jump 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:55.800 into my list this year, and it starts on the 0:02:55.800 --> 0:02:59.880 offensive line with Matthew Bergeron from Syracuse. The more I 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.640 watch these guys coming down the home stretch of draft prep, 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:06.600 the more Bergeron stands out to me. It starts with 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:08.400 his feet, the same thing that made me think that 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.839 Larry M. Tunsel had a future as a perennial All 0:03:10.880 --> 0:03:14.120 Pro left tackle when the Miami Dolphins landed him thirteen 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.680 overall back in twenty sixteen, and a guy that could 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.160 garner the return value of a quarterback in a trade 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:22.320 that basically set Miami up for the roster we have today. 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:25.480 In his past sets, you often see him squeeze left 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:28.040 guard and shorten that runway because he knows he has 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:31.320 the foot quickness to get back outside I should say 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.239 the right guard. He plays the right tackle position mostly. 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:37.040 Then his opposition sees that edge flash open, tries to 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.280 beat him around that arc, and he has the ability 0:03:39.280 --> 0:03:41.600 to get back out wide and run him right past 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:44.600 the quarterback to the least effective position on a football 0:03:44.600 --> 0:03:47.720 field behind the quarterback. And he pairs that quickness with 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:51.600 the best complimentary trait to foot quickness, grip strength. You 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.840 see a lot of college offensive linemen operate solely with 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:59.160 two handed punches, and that really restricts your limit or 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:03.720 restricts your and limiture mobility. But not him. He's very 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:07.680 comfortable with that outside hand bracing the initial impact, latching on, 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:10.240 and then working to get his feet back square and 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.160 bring that inside hand back in for initial placement there 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:15.720 because it keeps you more on balance, it keeps you 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.360 your width and your base, It just keeps everything more 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:21.040 in sync. And I think that that trait really pairs 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:24.080 well with how Tua plays, especially off that blind side 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.559 for him in terms of getting the football out quick, 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.919 playing in rhythm, Matthew Bergeron's traits alone allow him to 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:33.680 buy the quarterback extra time in the pocket. It makes 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.640 sense to me that he is so good that with 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.920 his feet because he was a hockey player. Being from Canada, 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.800 his first language was French as well. But how about this, 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.840 He was the first Syracuse true freshman to start at 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.920 offensive tackle since two thousand and two. He did play 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:51.760 both sides, thirty one starts at left tackle, eight at 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.159 right tackle. I liked his right tackle tape a lot. 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:56.040 I think where you see the fit is the way 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:58.280 that he comes off the football. We've talked about it 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.200 in covering McDaniel pressers about how the offensive line play 0:05:01.520 --> 0:05:03.640 is different than it is most other places around the league. 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:07.040 Super smooth mover with the ability to effectively transition his 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:10.039 weight and stay on balance. Three hundred and eighteen pounds 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:12.880 is right in the threshold for most tackles. Some folks 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:14.440 think he could kick and tide to guard, which I 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.000 think maybe depresses his value a little bit and makes 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:19.680 some potential option at fifty one as a team that 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:22.120 wants him as a tackle. Players like this tend to 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:24.360 give a little in the running game, and that's why 0:05:24.360 --> 0:05:26.000 I like him so much for Miami, because that's not 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.000 birds run at all. He has the temperament of a 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.760 road grading guard out in space, and he finishes his 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:34.200 block blocks like nobody I've seen in this class. He's 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.720 six foot five, three hundred and eighteen pounds, thirty three 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.400 and three quarter inch arms plenty good there, thirty and 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:43.080 a half inch vert eighty two inch wingspan, an eight 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.440 to two rass relative athletic scorecard at his top fifty 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.679 all time among tackles more than twenty five hundred career snaps, 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.160 thirteen hundred and seventy five of those in pass pro 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.240 with just fifty five pressures allowed. I'd say career pass 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:59.200 block efficiency of ninety seven point four. Remove that true 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.320 freshman campaign and it's thirty eight pressures on twelve hundred 0:06:02.320 --> 0:06:06.880 pass blocking snaps. A pbe better than ninety eight. So yeah, 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.200 he's a top my list. I love this guy's game, 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:11.760 and I actually recently bumped him over the guy I've 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.280 been talking about all draft process by number two here, 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.240 tight end Darnell Washington. For my short list, these are 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.040 my top two guys out of Georgia seven hundred and 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.080 seventy four career receiving yards, three touchdowns, but seventeen point 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:26.120 two per catch in his career. I think that number 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.160 reflects the upside as the Georgia offense was an embarrassment 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.760 of riches both at tight end and running back, and 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:34.839 Darnell did so much of his work in the uncharted area. 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.200 As far as stats go, you guessed it in the 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:40.560 blocking game. This guy is an extra offensive lineman when 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.880 you put him in the game. Luckily, the Pro Football 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.839 Focused draft guide gives us those details. He had half 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:48.280 as many targets as likely first round pick in twenty 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.479 twenty four. Brock Bowers had it Georgia last year, but 0:06:51.560 --> 0:06:56.000 he embraced that role selflessly. Sixty percent in line workload. 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.719 He broke fourteen tackles on forty five receptions, averaging seven 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.840 point five yards after the catch per reception. That was 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.440 twelfth among all tight ends in college football last year. 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.680 He was sixteenth in deep receptions twenty or more air 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.440 yards and think about that, sixteenth in total catches on 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:15.280 deep shots, but he only had a fraction of attempts 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:17.400 of the rest of the class like a Sam laporta 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:21.440 fourteenth and depth of target that just pairs insanely well 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:23.960 with this a top ten run block gry at tight end, 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:27.480 no pressures allowed on seventy two pass blocking snaps in 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.840 his career. Paired that with a fifty percent contested catch rate. 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:33.080 That's about where the best contested catch guys in the 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.640 NFL come down each year, fifty to fifty. Hey, that's 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.240 why they call it fifty fifty balls, right, But the 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.440 best ones only get that. And they even Taka Channing 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.480 tendall about this guy, and he said in the red 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.320 zone he's impossible to cover because he's a rebounds the 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:46.720 football off your helmet. He would know athletic marvel eighty 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.160 three and three quarter inch wing span, eleven inch, hands 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:52.280 six seven, two hundred and seventy two pounds. He's a 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.840 sixth offensive lineman who can beat you to the corner, 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.240 beat a linebacker or a safety to the flag in 0:07:58.280 --> 0:08:00.840 a foot race, you know, to catch a He's a 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:02.720 long strider, I mean, how could he not be at 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.640 that size? But don't mistake that for a lack of 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:07.280 foot quickness. Don't listen to a beat report talking about 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:10.960 how he reminds him of Mike KASICKI. That is outlandish, ridiculous. 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:12.920 He builds up to speed, but he has plenty of 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.400 quickness to win with separation and a much larger frame. 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.000 His basketball background shows up. Four point h eight short 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.000 shuttle was third best among all participants in Indie, not 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:27.320 tight ends, all participants. Flat out dominant blocker, dominant erases 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:29.960 the edge, Widen the sea gap, that gap between your 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:31.720 tackle and tight end where we run. Lots of our 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.360 target points to the running backs at that sea gap. 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.120 He can clear that out and attach the second level 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:42.040 move linebackers anchors against the nation's top pass rushers. I 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.640 love his game. Brugler calls Washington the leanest two hundred 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.560 and seventy pound athlete he's ever seen on a football field, 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:53.360 a one of one talent with fascinating pro potential. Excited Yet, 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.360 let's keep it rolling here with number three on my list, 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:58.520 running back Jamior Gibbs from Alabama. His ability to get 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:01.400 to any blade of grass from any position with peer 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:05.640 speed and urgency is so intriguing for what this offense 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:07.800 could look like with a player like Gibbs in it. 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:11.920 I think he's a certified immediate playmaker wherever he winds up, 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.559 especially in the right system that allows him to take 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:17.840 a longer track to the line outside zone right, anticipate 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.440 the lanes developing, and then hit it with acceleration with 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.679 excellent backside vision. The way he gets to that bend 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:27.080 back lane is rare. He has elite vision to find 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:30.520 those backside lanes when it's been over pursued with his 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:33.160 physical skills, the speed and the agility to find those 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:36.679 to really punish them for false stepping or overreacting to 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:39.160 front side action. And that's where most the Dolphins big 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.800 runs come from. Man, he's a home run hitter. He's 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.200 tremendous as a receiver. And if it weren't for the 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:47.319 running back position, seeing decline in draft position the last 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:50.199 several years, I'd put him in the long gone category. 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.840 But because running backs fall every year, he might be there. 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:56.040 Five foot nine, two hundred pounds, that's great. Four three 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.960 six forty just twenty one years old. The number of 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.840 times I've seen him to Alvin Kamara, it tracks too. 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.120 Pro football focus has his compet raheem Moster love that 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:09.920 his resume is insane. Freshman All American at Georgia Tech 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.720 housed a ninety eight yard kick return two years ago, 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.720 transferred to Alabama and led the team in both rushing 0:10:15.800 --> 0:10:20.199 and receptions. Alabama sudden stepper varies his tempos and reads 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.760 blocks so so well. The way he processes and presses 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.560 lanes and condenses the defense to really kind of suck 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.440 them in and then hit him on the backside with 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.440 speed puts him at such a disadvantage and then you 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.520 can't catch up with the foot speed there from him either. 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.760 He forced one hundred and seven miss tackles on three 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.480 hundred and eighty three attempts as a collegiate. That's crazy 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:41.600 good for a three to five to three average after 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.920 initial contact. He also led all backs in this class 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.240 with two point four to seven yards per route ran 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:49.720 as a receiver. Those are my top three guys that 0:10:49.920 --> 0:10:52.920 I'm racing to the podium if any of them are available. 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.040 I love those guys' games. I think they're all great 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.040 fits here. I like this guy's game two, and he 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.360 probably goes before those three guys because of the position 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.080 he plays well. I guess Burgeran's the same spot, but 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.200 offensive tackle Dewan Jones from Ohio State. You start with 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.440 his build. It's six foot eight, three hundred and seventy 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:10.160 four pounds. There's a video of him dunking a basketball 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:13.280 and the caption of the tweet I saw says it's 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.120 or the heaviest NBA player to dunk a ball in 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.080 a game was the three hundred and seventy five pound 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.559 Oliver Miller. The length matches thirty six and five eight 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:25.320 inch arms that he uses to snatch and trap rushers 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:28.080 puts him on the ground. Smart player who knows where 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:30.560 he has to get. He knows his limitations in terms 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:32.600 of the movement skills which come with being three hundred 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.480 and seventy five pounds. He knows how his body maneuvers. 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:37.480 There's just not a lot to nitpick with him as 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:39.800 a prospect. He shows up on game day and it's 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.440 a problem for the defense because he's just so impossibly 0:11:42.480 --> 0:11:45.400 hard to get around, both as a pass blocker and 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:47.680 in the run game. His margin for air on the 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.400 strike points is so big because of his mass. He 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:53.559 and Darnell Wright, who is long gone as well for me, 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:55.840 by the way, might just be the best right tackles 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.480 in this draft. They could also be the best offensive tackles. 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:01.800 In the draft period, he moved surprisingly well for that size. 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:04.120 He's gonna He's not gonna play as a five to 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:07.199 four forty, or I should say a sub five forty, 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:09.920 but he can get to the second level from Dane Brugler. 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:13.400 Ohio State coaches lauded how much he improved each year there, 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:16.480 which is a great sign for any prospect. Improvement every 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:20.280 single season. Then the production. How about five quarterback pressures 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:23.439 last year, not sacks, not hits, five pressures. He did 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.160 not allow c. J. Stroud to get hit once, not once. 0:12:26.679 --> 0:12:29.080 Nine hundred and fifty one career pass blocking snaps with 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.000 just eighteen pressures. That's a ninety eight point eight pass 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:34.679 block efficiency, the best in college football over that time. 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:36.560 I am very very close to putting him in the 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:38.880 out of range category. Up next a player that I 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:42.199 believe will be there. Tight end Sam Laporta from Iowa 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:45.520 All State basketball player LETTERD to baseball as a shortstop. 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:48.360 He ran track. I love multi sport players and it 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:50.960 shows in the way he moves. He's smooth. One of 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:53.640 the few guys with the higher YPPR yards per route 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:56.440 ran than Washington one point eight to nine career to 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:59.520 one seven seven. He averages five point six yards after 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.600 the catchup on average, forced thirty six miss tackles on 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:05.840 one hundred and fifty three catches. He is exceptional with 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.120 the football in his hands. I think you can really 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.520 see that translate in his game where Iowa would use 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:13.440 him both not just the f y combo the move 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.360 and inline combination, but a quasi a wide receiver like 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:18.840 slot and throw him screens on the outside in flats 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.880 from flex alignments. He's the kind of player that you 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:25.200 can line up in one snap and eleven personnel and 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.440 he's your inline tight end, and the next he's a 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:29.240 flexed out wide receiver and all of a sudden you're 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:31.719 in ten personnel and you did not have to substitute, 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:33.960 and the defense is now mismatched. He doesn't have the 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:36.840 blocking reps that Washington does, but when Iowa asked him to, 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.560 he was pretty adequate in that department. You don't play 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:42.120 tight end in Iowa and not have some capability of 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:45.520 blocking sub four six forty thirty five inch vert ten 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:48.480 to three broad. He is so explosive, probably the best 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:50.800 in the class in that regard. Dalton king Kate has 0:13:50.840 --> 0:13:53.640 an argument as the best separator at the top of 0:13:53.679 --> 0:13:56.160 the route at the position, he said at the combine. 0:13:56.200 --> 0:13:58.480 The reason he did not declare last year was it 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:01.000 was important for him to be a captain at Iowa, 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.679 and per Brugler, his coaches to say his production was 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.199 a direct reflection of the work he puts in. So 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:09.040 good company there. My last guy on my short list 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:12.040 here is Keanu Benton. This is a player from Wisconsin, 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:14.240 defensive lineman. Where the Dolphins are sort of in that 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:17.400 luxury spot that a few teams are. We feel pretty 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:19.040 damn good about our roster if we had to play 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.720 a game tomorrow and teams like that are afforded the 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.520 luxury of drafting to soft potential future needs. And Benton 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.360 wouldn't just satisfy what does the d line look like 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.760 in twenty four criteria. He'd give you an immedia impact 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:35.400 rotational piece this year to work in with Christian and Zach. 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:37.800 He's flexible in the way of those two guys. I 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:40.280 know that he can play as a nose tackle. He 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:42.000 can play the two, the two, I, the three, all 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:43.920 the way up to the five technique, and that's what 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:47.560 he did with the Badgers at Wisconsin. He's fantastic at 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:51.560 deconstructing blocks. The quickness pops off the tape, the powerful 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.040 hands pop off the tape at three hundred and fifteen pounds. 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.000 It reminds me of Christian Wilkins a little bit, and 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:58.840 the way he moves that big frame around slippery ability 0:14:58.880 --> 0:15:02.600 to shake blocks. So good at creating advantageous angles and 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:06.440 then winning with whatever is required power, speed, restrike, the hands. 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:10.240 Wrestling background very evident from him. Four year starter at Wisconsin, 0:15:10.320 --> 0:15:12.840 over nine hundred snaps played the last two years. That 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.680 includes four hundred and eighty three pass rush reps with 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:19.280 forty nine pressures. It includes four hundred and seventeen rundown 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.720 snaps with forty three stops. Excellent player who I think 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:26.040 can provide an immediate impact to whichever team selects him. 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.240 This is my long list for pick fifty one. Moving 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:32.440 on to the offensive line, John Michael Schmidz from Minnesota. 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:35.240 Not sure how many guys improve their stock the way 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:38.080 that Michael Schmidz did, and that began with a dominant 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:41.440 senior Bowl week. I mentioned Benton's wrestling background, but you 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:46.080 heard from Kyle Krabs on the podcast a while back. 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:48.360 You hear it again next week. I'm sure his ability 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.760 to transition to guard should be a seamless one. But 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:53.000 the thing that stands out above all is the intelligence. 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.720 You never see him fall, stepping or taking poor angles 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:59.240 busting a protection assignment. Just a super sound player also 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.760 knows how to work. PJ. Fleck, the Minnesota head coach, 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:03.920 was quoted it always helps when your best players your 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:06.440 hardest worker, which we use that phrase around here too 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.760 with Tyreek. The Dolphins benefit of having an offensive line 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.200 full of guys that play multiple spots is that they 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:15.280 can expand their desired positions up front. So like Schmid 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.240 is a center, but if you took him, you've got 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.920 Connor Williams who can play anywhere inside. We've seen Rob 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.640 Hunt play both right guard and right tackle, Austin Jackson 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:25.880 both tackle spots and left guard. Same story with Leam Miikenberg. 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.320 If you draft John Michael Schmidtz, maybe he's the best 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.120 left guard on the team and you can move it 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.080 that way. Maybe he's the best center and you move 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.600 Connor Williams. It gives you options when you have guys 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:37.360 that are that flexible. Twenty one pressures allowed just two 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.560 sacks in nine hundred and ninety one career pass blocking 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:44.400 snaps on my long list. Defensive back Keelee Ringo from Georgia. 0:16:44.480 --> 0:16:47.800 I find myself sometimes with beliefs, but I also think 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:51.960 that just means from a scouting perspective, you're open to 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:55.240 not just the traits you prefer, but all play styles 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.200 and all body types, etc. Etc. I say this because 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:00.680 Keilee Ringo might be the best athlete this class has 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:02.920 to offer, but there are flashes on the tape that 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:04.280 make you think that he could wind up with the 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:07.800 most all pros of anybody in this entire class. But 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:10.000 you also see a little bit of risk reward there, 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:12.439 which is why the draft experts are pretty split on 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:14.439 where he might go and why he's even part of 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:17.040 this exercise and not a surefire top ten pick. He 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:20.119 can fly, he hits, He plays the football. He was 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:22.560 a perimeter cornerback in college, but I think that he 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.040 could play anywhere on the secondary, including off the balls 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.880 of safety. He ran a twenty one one eight two 0:17:27.960 --> 0:17:30.440 hundred meter yard dash in high school that is below 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:32.679 the threshold of Olympic qualifying, which we'll talk about here 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:34.560 with Devon ah Chan here in a second. He was 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:37.040 the number one cornerback recruit out of high school, number 0:17:37.080 --> 0:17:40.879 one overall recruit out of Arizona. That ascent was the 0:17:40.920 --> 0:17:43.520 story in college man red shirted in twenty twenty with 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:46.639 a shoulder injury, played two years and onto the next. 0:17:46.840 --> 0:17:50.040 Over those two years, nineteen pass defense, four picks at 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:52.879 a forced fummable, three tackles for loss. The guy fills 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.159 up the stat sheet. The more I think about Ringo, 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:57.000 the closer I get to adding him to my list 0:17:57.040 --> 0:18:01.320 of for sure going before pick fifty one, ten to 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:04.200 two broad thirty three and a half introvert at that size, 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:08.240 have mercy. He's rocked up, fires out of a cannon 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:10.679 from a standing still position, exceptional trigger out of the 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.480 back pedal, hands like a wide receiver. I think he's 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:16.240 gonna be an ace special teamer from day one. Another 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.199 year of good college tape, I think you might be 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:21.080 talking about a potential top ten pick here. Perhaps best 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:23.280 of all, he made his growth while playing in one 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:25.760 of the more complex man zone match schemes in all 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.399 of college football. Sixty six point one career passer rating allowed, 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.840 sixty three last year, sixty eight two years ago nineteen 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:36.000 run stops just eight hundred and seventy one receiving yards 0:18:36.000 --> 0:18:39.440 on one thousand, sixty one coverage NEPs. He's awesome. That's 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:42.400 my short and long list there at pick fifty one. 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:44.520 I gave you seven names I believe, right, So there 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.240 you go. Let's go ahead and take our first break 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.040 right there and come back on the other side and 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.280 get to the rest of the list. Travis Wingfield, your 0:18:50.320 --> 0:18:52.880 host Draft Time podcast, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:01.439 We've read a lot off seven names so far. Do 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:03.119 I even have sixteen here? I don't know if for sure, 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:04.840 if it's that many, if it's more, if it's less, 0:19:05.359 --> 0:19:07.160 I don't know. We'll figure it out. However, many names 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:08.359 I'm giving you today, that's how many we're going to 0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:17.160 talk about on the podcast. We've done one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:19.280 I was right. Eight I did eight. That's right, okay, 0:19:19.280 --> 0:19:22.360 eight and eight makes sense. Travis nowsmath For pick eighty four. 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.400 My first player is running back Ti J. Spears from Tulane. 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:28.080 One of my absolute favorites in this class. He might 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:30.600 be gone before this pick. Not only does he hit 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:33.040 home runs as a runner, not only does he run 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:35.800