WEBVTT - Drive Time: Brett Kollman Analyzes Dolphins Draft, Offseason, Roster Part 1 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:05.200 You are listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. This 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:08.399 is Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. Back to throw to 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:10.560 a looking whips about. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:15.880 A wide Dolphin touchdown, Tyriquel, uncrelievable. 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:19.000 It's just blue fire for a second time. Don knew 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:20.320 where he was going right away. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:21.600 I want to hit that though. 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.279 Man, I'm gonna help you. Someone will keep on his man. 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:28.320 Away Wattle Wadle to a shotgun, back to throw, looking 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:30.120 at them up Myers touchdown. 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:33.560 It's Waddle his sixth touchdown. 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:39.000 Parado of this ka Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.520 Now check your pulse if you're not for I am 0:00:43.600 --> 0:00:46.479 not checking my pulse day because I am fired up 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:48.800 for this episode of the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:50.280 What is up, Dolphins? 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:51.000 How's it going? 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.160 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.639 We have a very special edition of the Draft Time 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:59.160 Podcast for you all today. The great Brett Coleman is 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:00.760 going to join us to talk about a whole bunch 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:05.399 of things. Really, the conversation was shrouded around Dolphin's draft topics, 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:09.720 the four players selected, the offseason in general, but really 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:15.080 it just kind of evolved into Dolphin's ideas and philosophies 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:17.760 and introspective thoughts and theories that I have about this 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:20.360 Miami Dolphins football team that I put up to one 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.040 of the smartest football minds that I know, Brett Coleman. 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:24.760 Let's go ahead and jump right into it. From the 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:28.160 Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:30.880 is the Drift Time podcast. 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:32.800 Magge Geff Shush. 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.559 Let's get to it right away today my guest Brett Coleman. 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:39.760 Part number one, Part two out on Monday. Here is 0:01:39.920 --> 0:01:43.040 part one with Brett Coleman joining us now. Is a 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.720 man who needs no introduction, but I'm going to do 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:49.000 it anyways. He's the co creator of Bootleg Football. He's 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.760 the creator of the film Room on YouTube. He works 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:54.760 at NFL Media and with the La Chargers, and when 0:01:54.760 --> 0:01:56.760 he finds time to come on Drive Time here he 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.600 does that as well. Brett Coleman, Right, how you doing, man, 0:02:00.480 --> 0:02:01.280 I'm doing great. 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.120 Thanks for having me. I hope you enjoyed draft season 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.840 and the grind that provides. 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:08.200 We always do. 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:10.280 Even though we only had four picks this year, it's 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:12.519 still a lot of work to get all the analysis, 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.400 all the you know, scheme fits and all that fun stuff. 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.680 Divulged and discussed here on the podcast. That's why I 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:20.840 wanted to bring you on. But before that, real quick, 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.120 I kind of laid out your resume there. I think 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.600 last I spoke to you, a lot of those jobs 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:27.560 weren't on the actual docket. 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:29.560 So give us the update, man, How you doing. 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.000 How's the expansion into the world of NFL media, the Chargers, 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:33.800 all that stuff. 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.320 How's Bootleg doing? Just give us the latest in your 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:36.880 life if you can. 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:42.040 Yeah. I keep just adding more work for myself with 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:45.480 each passing season. You know. Obviously I still have my 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.320 channel where I covered the league from a national perspective 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:51.840 doing X's nose breakdowns. You know, I do plenty of 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.480 Dolphins content as well. Came out to Miami for a 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.480 game last season. I was at the Buffalo game in 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.600 Week three where it was a million degrees down in 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:02.519 the field and that was fun. I really love going 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.800 to Miami and I want to come back next year. Obviously, 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:08.640 still have the podcast, the Bootleg Football Podcast with my 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.240 partner E. J. Snyder, where again we cover the league 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:14.359 from a national perspective. And then during last year I 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:18.359 started working with the folks over at NFL Media doing 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:22.400 stuff for the NFL's YouTube channel, working on some kind 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:26.560 of retro throwback x's and o's videos, because I got 0:03:26.560 --> 0:03:28.200 a call from them one day and they're like, hey, 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:30.960 NFL Films dropped us All twenty two for every single 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:32.600 game going back to two thousand and two. You want 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:34.560 to do some really cool stuff. And I was like, yeah, 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.200 can you send me Bob Sanders playoff run all twenty 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:39.560 two for like two thousand and five, And They're like, sure, 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:42.760 we got you. So I'm going to do some stuff 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.200 for that. And then obviously I started up working with 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:48.760 the Chargers as well, doing content for their media team. 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:52.480 And you know, I could work with any team at 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:56.560 this point, which is fun because I can kind of 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:59.520 just diversify myself and work for myself and work for teams, 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:04.280 work for the leg It's an interesting life and I'm 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:05.520 very grateful for it. 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:06.240 It certainly is. 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.560 We'll have to fire up some of that two thousand 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.360 and two Ricky Williams Tate because that was one of 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.320 the most fun running back performances I've ever seen in 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:14.240 my entire life. 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:16.479 And you mentioned coming down this way with E. J. Snyder. 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:18.640 He's on the podcast a few times too now. We 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.960 get you guys both on here at various times of 0:04:20.960 --> 0:04:23.080 the season, but when you guys make your way down here, 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:24.560 I'd love to get you in the studio and do 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:26.320 a podcast with you off we can make it happen, 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:28.680 So maybe that's something we strive for here in the 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:32.040 near future. And Brett, I have three goals I want 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.920 to accomplish on this interview, which I think might become 0:04:34.960 --> 0:04:35.680 two podcasts. 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:36.720 I'm not quite sure just. 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:38.880 Yet, but I want to break down all the Dolphins 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.000 draft picks, all four of them, right. I want to 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.039 test my many theories I kind of have conjured up 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.240 this off season against you, someone whose opinion I really 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.359 really respect. And I also want to preview your Miami 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.680 Dolphins preview because, as I told the folks here or 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:55.159 tell the folks here on the podcast all the time, 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.800 the summer content that Bootleg Football does with the team 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:02.680 by team previews is, in my opinion, the best material 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:05.599 for football fans who are looking to gain more knowledge 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:06.560 of the league that. 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.880 Exists out But you guys do an exceptional job. 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:12.280 I'm floored every time with the level of in depth 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:13.159 content you provide. 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:14.400 And then we talked about it last year. 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:15.880 Your editors and all the guys that do the work 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:18.160 for you guys with the visual side. 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:19.320 Of it, It's perfect. 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:19.560 Man. 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:21.640 I love it so much. So those three things are 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:22.039 my goals. 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:22.279 Here. 0:05:22.440 --> 0:05:23.520 Does that sound good to you? 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:25.760 That sounds great to me. Let's hit it. 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.000 Let's start with a guy that And I was given 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.960 a text from our buddy Kevin Dern, who I think 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.160 you've spoken to before. He's a big Dolphins fan, and 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:35.599 he told me to check out your guys' live draft 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:38.040 stream and there was a shout out for me with 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.839 the Cam Smith selection. Both you guys mentioned texting me, 0:05:40.880 --> 0:05:42.880 and I think I got your text. You know, Cam 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:46.080 Smith just greater than Symbol six or seven times over again, 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:48.119 how pumped up you were about that pick. 0:05:48.320 --> 0:05:51.280 But I want to start here with just there's so 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:52.240 many places. 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:54.440 To go, but I want to start with the aspect 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:56.559 of Cam Smith's game that really pops off the tape 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:59.680 to me, and it's playing in a complex man and 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:03.640 zone match scheme and playing it so smoothly and so 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:05.679 soundly that it just speaks to me to his level 0:06:05.680 --> 0:06:09.320 of football acumen and his anticipation skills. Is that what 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.120 you saw on tape with Cam Smith and how does 0:06:11.200 --> 0:06:13.800 that really benefit him here with the Miami Dolphins. 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:17.200 Yeah, and I think that when you look at what 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.400 Cam Smith does well, and again, I think the Dolphins 0:06:19.480 --> 0:06:22.000 got a tremendous value. I thought he very easily could 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:23.760 have gone in the back half of the first round. 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.279 And I think his skill set also fills in a 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:32.240 hole that they didn't already have in that secondary. Obviously, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:36.120 they have big, physical corners with x and Jalen. They 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.159 got more than enough guys that could play press coverage. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.919 But I felt like the one thing they were missing 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:46.160 was somebody who's a very good space player. And what 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:49.479 I mean by that is not to get into too 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:52.520 much detail on it. I don't want to give away 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:56.400 state secrets or anything. But it's not just press coverage 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.479 all the time in Vic's defense, right, there are certain 0:06:59.520 --> 0:07:02.280 adjustments they have to certain looks, especially when it comes 0:07:02.279 --> 0:07:04.720 to to trips looks or three by one with three 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:07.960 receivers on one side, one receiver on the backside and 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:11.239 then a running back. Also, you know on the backside 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:14.760 they need to have a corner who is capable of 0:07:14.880 --> 0:07:17.360 playing we call it from on top of the shelf, 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:21.160 right like seven yards or eight yards off and being 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:24.920 able to pedal and you know, change direction quickly in 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:28.640 t step and drive. And somebody who can you know, 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:30.560 keep eyes on the quarterback and on the drop and 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.160 playing his run assignments while also keeping the receiver in 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:37.280 his peripheral vision and being able to id two receivers 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:39.560 at once and read route combinations, and if he needs 0:07:39.600 --> 0:07:41.520 to zone off and get deeper, he can do that. 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:44.760 If he needs to drive, he can do that. It's 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:47.720 it's a different type of skill set to be a 0:07:48.440 --> 0:07:51.960 corner that thrives in space. There are some corners that 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:54.640 it's just hey, let me line up and press. I'll 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:58.240 take away this guy and we'll go about our business. 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.280 Not that Jalen and X can't play space, obviously they can, 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:04.280 but I think that the best way to weaponize them 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:07.480 is to play them in press. Go beat people up. 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.160 But in order to execute a lot of the coverage 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.240 they want to execute, they need to have a guy 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:17.000 who thrives in space, especially as an outside corner to 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:20.200 the trip's side, so they can run everything they want 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.520 to run. Again, not going to get into too much 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:27.120 detail about it, but the fact that they have that 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:31.680 type of corner now means that they have the flexibility 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:35.720 if they want to, you can put X backside on 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:39.400 a actually ironically X receiver backside and if they got 0:08:39.440 --> 0:08:41.960 a big slot or if they got a tight end 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:43.800 in the slot. We're going up against the Chiefs. Travis 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.880 Kelcey's playing number three to the strong side. Guess what 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.079 Jalen's going there. And then you got camp Smith outside 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.840 and he can play two to one or one to 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.880 two rather depending on the coverage call we got, or 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:57.880 if they really want him to, they can also put 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.520 him in press as well. But the fact that they 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:06.040 have Cam means they can move Jalen an X around 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.120 and that is really the key to that pick is 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:12.840 it frees up their best players to go take away 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.280 the most dangerous threats. And that's why pick. 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:18.800 Oh Man's that's great to hear, and I think one 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:20.680 of the one of the questions that both Chris Career 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:24.080 and Mike McDaniel fielded after you know, Night two was done, 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.680 and why go in the cornerback room when you guys 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.280 look pretty deep at that position. But you go back 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:32.280 to last season, this Dolphins team, the past defense coming 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:33.839 into the year was kind of expected to be a 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:36.600 strength and it didn't work out that way, primarily because 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.199 they were down you know, five six cornerbacks at any 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.120 given time, and Xavier and Howard, you know, hats off 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:43.760 to him for the way he kind of battled through 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:45.680 a couple of growing injuries that he suffered early on 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.240 in the season that really, you know, that's one of 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:49.600 those things where you just kind of have to deal 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.480 with it the rest of the season. But I'm curious 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.559 to get your take on Miami's approach to round out 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:58.200 that room because you mentioned x and Jalen, now Cam Smith, 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.880 like cater Co, who had a fantastic rookie season. 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:02.160 Nick Needham is back. 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.480 He's a guy that's played every position in the secondary 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:06.440 for US, you know, in a pinch, started a bunch 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:08.640 of games as well. Trell Williams is a guy that 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.800 a lot of folks were excited about last camp before 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:12.080 he took us season ending injury. 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:13.720 So how do you feel. 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:15.600 About a team that can go seven to eight deep 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:16.559 in that position group? 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.400 Is that overkill? Is it necessary? What's your take on that. 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.240 I don't think it is overkilled, because again, they this 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.000 is a team historically, regardless of the coaching staff that's 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.880 been here, even going back to previous regimes, like they 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:31.400 were already great in the secondary, and they still took 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.160 Noah Right, who's a very talented corner out of Auburn. 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:37.160 Like they have always wanted to have as many good 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:42.000 capable corners as humanly possible so that a they can 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.480 play whatever coverags they want to and you know, max 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.440 and maximize their ability to match up against certain guys. 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:52.880 But b if X goes down, God forbidden, right, knock 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:57.800 on wood, they now have a little bit more insulation 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:00.720 where he doesn't have to come back until he's one 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.560 hundred percent ready to go, right. Because if you have 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:08.520 depth at corner, it just gives you that freedom to 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:13.760 make sure that everybody's healthy all the time, right. And 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.480 I think that that's also really important too, because again 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.959 I've covered the lead for a long time. I interact 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:22.720 with players all the time. When things get thin, the 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:26.600 pressure is on to you know, maybe come back sometimes 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:31.880 before somebody's ready, and you know, soft tissue injuries can 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.040 be fickle, right, And so I think having as much 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:38.560 insulation as possible at corner means that Jalen can stay healthy, 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:43.000 X can stay healthy. Tater again, knock on wood, he 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:47.760 can stay healthy. If you're five deep at corner, that's 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.640 the best possible scenario you can have for this type 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:54.439 of defense. And it wasn't surprising to me that they 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:57.320 invested in corner early. It was surprising to me that 0:11:57.360 --> 0:11:59.440 Cam was even available. So I love that thick. 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:01.920 So let's let's go back into that right there, because 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:03.760 I do want to circle back and talk more about 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:06.000 Jalen and X. You covered it really well, but I 0:12:06.080 --> 0:12:08.199 kind of want to hammer in the point about Jalen 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.480 Ramsey's fit in the defense because I've been talking. One 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:12.320 of the theories I talked about on the podcast that 0:12:12.440 --> 0:12:15.600 I teased you earlier was how if you do have 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:19.200 the opposing team's best pass catchers, a tight end like 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:20.680 Jalen can fulfill that role. 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:20.880 Man. 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:23.600 He can dictate the matchups based upon you know, if 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:25.400 you want to pump the ball to your top target, 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:27.079 you're gonna do it, but you're gonna have to do 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:28.960 it through one of our top guys as well. And 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.400 Jordan Rodrigue came on the podcast a couple of weeks 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.079 ago or maybe a month ago at this point when 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.160 Jalen got traded for and talked to us about that 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.959 about how that Brandon Staley you know style of defense, 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:41.120 which is a branch off of Vic Fangio's defense, really 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:42.199 put him in position. 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:43.520 To do that. I want to come back to that. 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.400 But you talk about not expecting cam Smith to be 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:47.560 there at pick fifty one. 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:49.719 Give us more on him as a player because you. 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:51.440 Talked about the fit in the system and how it 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:53.960 creates more opportunities for you know, guys to play, or 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.240 his ability to play in space creates more opportunities for 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:59.120 other guys. But what about just the physical skills, Because 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:01.920 here's a guy tested pretty well. When I watch him 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.320 play the football, Brett like there is no panic. He 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.079 does get you know, he's had a few flags here 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.280 and there, but like the length he shows at the 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.120 catch point that the lack of panic and the way 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:13.160 he locates the football. I'm watching this guy thinking like 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:14.840 he might be ready to go from day one. 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:18.200 Yeah, he's got some of the best feet and hips 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:22.040 in this class right in terms of his ability to 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.959 stay balanced and controlled in his pedal and again just 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.120 put one foot in the ground and go so he 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.800 can drive on things underneath. It's actually a lot harder 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:32.600 to play off corner than it is to play press 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:36.080 corners in a lot of ways because the margin for 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:39.800 error is so much shorter. Right, You're not forcing a 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:42.480 guy into the sideline, You're not disrupting him at the 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:45.120 release like they all have free releases. You're playing a 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:49.120 two way go offense base and if your feet and 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:53.240 hips are not perfect, you're done. And so the fact 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:55.640 that he can do that because his feet and hips 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.880 are so good and he's so bursty out of transitions, 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:01.720 like his first five seven yards coming out of transitions 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:08.160 as special, I have very similar feelings about him, ironically 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.800 that I had about Javon when Jevan was coming out 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:14.959 who played corner well now and I had javonn is 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:17.360 like one of my top safeties in that class. 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.680 That is the way that is. 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:24.560 I think, I truly think this if Cam would be 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:28.160 a great corner, if you put him at post safety, 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.560 with how smooth and explosive he is and the ball skills, 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:36.440 he could be Earl Thomas. He's straight up told me 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.480 they don't need him there because they have Javon, But 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.560 like he could be Earl Thomas in safety. He's a 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:45.440 very special talent, very special mover. And again fifty one, 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.840 I mean, I'm like, come on, like he shouldn't be there. 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:50.120 He shouldn't be there, but he was. 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.680 I tweeted about him today and watching the exact same 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.800 thing you're talking about the way he processes from those 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:59.640 off coverage looks, it reminded me of a safety who 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:02.200 I love coming out. You mentioned Javon Holland, which obviously 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:04.200 we love that name drop here, but I go back 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:06.200 to Jesse Bates at Wake Forest and the way he 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:08.920 had that like Baseball Center Phil experience where he was 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:12.960 diagnosing and you know, running off flag routes and post 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.720 routes before the quarterback even like saw it develop the 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.000 way he did. I saw the same thing on tape there, 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.080 and it has me thinking about you know, you mentioned 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:22.600 Javon like, obviously to me, one of the best ballhawks 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:23.160 in the NFL. 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:24.880 E Xaving Howard's been out for a long time. 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.520 Jalan Ramsey, I'm curious about how you think the Dolphins 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:30.680 can generate more takeaways because this Vic Fangio defense over 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:33.040 the years has average, going back to his time with 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:36.400 the Niners, twenty four takeaways per year. Last year, Miami 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.120 had a dip in that production, and that's a stat 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:41.120 that fluctuates, so it's understandable from twenty twenty twenty twenty 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.440 one one. They got tons of takeaways last year, not 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:46.040 as many, just fourteen was thirtieth in the NFL. How 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.160 do you see this Dolphins defense going back to what 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.800 Vic Fangio typically prioritizes and generating more takeaways. 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:58.080 So, I mean, especially within this defense, right takeaway startup front, 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.560 quarterbacks tend to make more miss When you got Jalen 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.400 Phillips bringing down his neck or Bradley Chubb or you know, 0:16:04.520 --> 0:16:07.720 insert one of nine different Dolphins pass rushers that are good. 0:16:07.880 --> 0:16:10.880 Because they have so many of those, it's really going 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.120 to start with pressure, right. The coverages are not going 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:17.560 to be that complicated, and Fangio coverages typically are not 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.440 that complicated. It's just his defense works because everybody is 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:26.040 very disciplined and the assignments are executed. It's it's a 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:29.520 very detail oriented defense, not a complicated defense, and those 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:31.960 are two very different things, and I think that helps 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:35.280 players play fast. And when everybody's as good as they 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:38.000 are on the Dolphins depth chart, you don't really have 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:39.680 to do anything fancy. You don't have to throw out 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.240 all these AMEBA fronts, and be like, oh, we're going 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:43.440 to trick you. They can line up and say, yeah, 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.320 we know that, you know what we're in and we're 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:49.000 better than you, like' that's the whole that's the whole 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:53.240 goal here, right, And they can do that. That being said, 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.200 there are some tricky things that VIC does, but it's 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.880 less about pre snap alignment and more so about post 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:03.440 snap rotations and in terms of well Dave Randa calls 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:08.200 him creepers vehicle callm like bonus fire zones and stuff 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.760 like that, in terms of dropping guys that you think 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:12.960 are rushing, and rushing guys that you think are dropping. 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:15.280 You know that that type of stuff that all happens 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:18.439 post snap, and that's that's going to be. You know, 0:17:18.520 --> 0:17:21.960 sometimes if you get like Van ginggle is a hook 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:23.480 dropper and you don't expect it and all of a 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.359 sudden he's taken it back for six like, those are 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.119 gonna be the calls to get that a few times, 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:30.240 but generally most of their turnover turnovers are going to 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:33.800 come from we are better upfront than you. We are 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:36.720 getting pressure that you can't stop. Our dbs are better 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:39.000 than your receivers. Go ahead and throw it up and 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:42.320 see what happens. That's gonna be the Dolphins defense this year. 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:44.080 And that's why I think they're going to be good 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:47.760 because they don't have to fool people. They're just better. 0:17:48.520 --> 0:17:51.240 That's something that Mike McDaniel mentioned last year with the offense, 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.760 Like the whole idea of you know, concealing. 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:55.880 What you're doing is is important. 0:17:55.880 --> 0:17:57.080 But at the end of the day, like if we 0:17:57.119 --> 0:17:58.880 want to be what we want to be, we can 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:00.679 line up and you know what coming and we can 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:02.960 still beat you. I think if you have that temperament 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:05.600 on both sides of the football, and this roster, I mean, 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:07.440 I'll argue to on blue in the face, it looks 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.240 like a top five roster on paper right now, might 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.720 even be you know, higher than that top top you know, 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:13.560 better than five. I'm not going to put a number 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.159 on it right now, because you know, I don't want 0:18:15.200 --> 0:18:17.080 to get too hyped here in the month of May. 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:18.520 I want to go ahead and take our first break 0:18:18.560 --> 0:18:20.600 right there and come back and continue that discussion about 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.159