WEBVTT - Drive Time: Comprehensive 2025 Offseason Primer 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:12.160 What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:12.280 --> 0:00:15.880 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.560 the labor of love over the last month of learning 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:23.000 about the free agent and draft prospects has come to 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:25.840 a head for a fun exercise as we take a 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.880 comprehensive look back at all the work we did over 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:32.400 those four or five weeks. With a comprehensive off season 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:35.879 general primer, I'll talk about what position groups offer, what 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:39.559 I'll rank them in terms of how your needs might 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:42.520 stack up against what's available out there, and we will 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.360 finish it all with a fun game the mock off season, 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:47.680 as you know I do every single year here and 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:50.080 will of course we will update that as we go 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:53.200 along from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:54.080 Training Complex. 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:55.320 This is. 0:00:56.640 --> 0:01:01.760 The Draft Time Podcast. So now that the off season 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:05.040 capsules are a rap, what did we learn as this 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:09.680 project began back on January fifteenth? And even though it 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:11.520 was a bit of a labor of love, I do 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.559 love doing these series because A I think it's really 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:17.160 good podcasting, that's what folks want this time of year, 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:20.880 I think, but also be it really educates me to 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:24.360 do my own show to answer your questions on social 0:01:24.440 --> 0:01:28.000 to do radio hits and TV hits and other podcasts, 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.679 just continuing my own education. So what I wanted to 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.720 do was kind of comprehensively look at each position group 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:38.039 with a general thought, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.959 what could be out there in free agency and the 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:43.679 draft with our own internal review, and then tell you 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.080 how that might shape the off season. And you know 0:01:46.120 --> 0:01:49.680 what's funny Between myself and Crabs and the Three Arts 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.520 per carry guys, anybody else out there that does this 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:57.040 like full time and has these exercises every single off season, 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:00.280 you know, we'll all have different ideas and I'll be 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:03.520 wrong because you can't forecast what teams will do. It 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:05.800 happens every single year, But I don't think that makes 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:09.320 the exercise futile. The point of it in general is 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.280 to show you one of the roadmaps, the different routes 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.680 you can take off of that roadmap, and just kind 0:02:14.720 --> 0:02:17.000 of inform you on how the team might be thinking 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:20.120 with the landscape of what's out there with regards to 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.360 the team building philosophy. But of course there are so 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:26.040 many variables that could change things, Like I bet most 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.520 teams don't get the offseason they thought they would get 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.960 because hey, guess what, players have their own agency to 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.720 dictate what they do, because it takes two to tangle 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.280 orsh up night at So with that, my thoughts on 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:39.720 each group and how I'd rank the supply of the 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:43.200 positions heading into the twenty twenty five offseason, beginning at 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:47.760 the quarterback position, and the draft feels lacking on not 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:51.080 just early picks, but mid round prospects as well, and 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.400 that's common most years, as guys tend to get pushed 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.440 up from that second third round, and then the middle 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:58.760 class tends to kind of fall back as a result 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.519 of that because the more quarterback needy teams attack it 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:04.040 early and then you can kind of take your developmental 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.520 guy sometime on Day three. There's a couple of fun 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.760 prospects here, like Taylor Shook from Louisville or Max Brosmer 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:12.840 from Minnesota that I think offers some Day three value. 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.080 The free agent market has quite a bit of guys 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.440 I think would make sense in terms of the veteran 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.960 backup behind to Atunga Bai Looa, but there's also some 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:24.840 higher upside guys slash unproven options that as of this 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.160 taping are set to see their contract expire with the 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:29.880 new league year, and I tend to think that's the 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:32.920 better route over a rookie, just because of the landscape 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:35.880 of the of both the position for both avenues. But 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.800 you just never know. Nobody knew that Brock Purty, for instance, 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:41.280 was a franchise quarterback at this time three years ago. 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:45.560 At running back, arguably the deepest running back class we've 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:47.440 ever seen for the draft. Now, the Dolphins I think 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.080 are well set here at least the top two guys 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.560 with doing all Devon a Chan and the very hungry 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:54.920 Jalen Wright, who I think deserves a lot more work. 0:03:55.120 --> 0:03:57.040 It kind of feels like you need a third back though, 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.920 but ideally you know that back just sees a little 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:01.600 at a time and some special teams work. 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:02.840 So how do you value that. 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:06.040 I think you could attack a prototype like a certain 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.640 type of player, a power player, to be perfectly frank, 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:11.960 to kind of compliment what you have here, and to 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:15.240 reiterate the draft really does have every flavor, like the 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:19.080 Ohio State kids are a perfect microcosm of the entire class. 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:22.039 Quinshawn Judkins has some real Marshawn Lynch to his game, 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:26.719 and Traveon Henderson has some forgive me for the comparison, 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.280 but some Reggie Bush to his game. To me, that's 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:32.480 this class. You can choose your weapon, as it were. Now, 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.680 the free agent market I think pales in comparison to 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:37.280 the draft class like now Aji Harris, no thank you. 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:39.960 And with the promising class and the cost of a 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.560 mid round to a Day three pick, it seems as 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:45.000 though that's kind of where the opportunity of value exists 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:49.039 every single year at wide receiver. Again, not in free agency, 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:51.080 not a time to write home about. Especially if t 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.280 Higgins goes back to the Bengals. Then you've got a 0:04:53.279 --> 0:04:55.840 guy like Chris Godwin who is awesome, but coming off 0:04:55.839 --> 0:04:59.000 a serious injury, and he's already kind of previously pleted 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.680 his allegiance to the buccane year. And with Reek and Waddle, 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:03.200 that's probably not your market. 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:03.599 Again. 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.960 We'll see if Reek is back. I expect them to 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:09.760 be at this point. But nothing you know, nothing you 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.719 say on this show has one hundred percent certainty, because well, 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:15.360 we're projecting what could happen. We're just spitballing. But there 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:19.400 are some interesting options like Brandon Cook's Nick Westbrook Akine. 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:21.680 But we've also seen a lot of wide receiver two 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:24.920 wide receiver three types in terms of their production get 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:27.360 fifteen plus million dollars per year, so that can be 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.200 a tricky landscape to navigate. I think the top of 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.760 the draft is a bit thinner this year, but the 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:36.160 value really peaks on Day two. And if it's size 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.800 you want, You've got the two Texas Christian guys. You've 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.839 got Jaden Higgins, the Utah State kid Jalen Royals. They 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.719 are everywhere, and with Wattle and Washington, perhaps that's the 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:49.040 complement you seek out at tight end. This is also 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.240 a place where you can get bigger and more physical. 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:52.600 And what a year for the tight end I mean 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.960 not in free agency. I think it might be my 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.919 least favorite free agent crop on the entire list of 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:02.440 positions here. Certainly individual I think make the offer some 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.240 value to you. In fact, I believe Kyle Krabs on 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.040 his projection, picked my favorite guy in John Bates to 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:09.159 sign to his team. 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.360 But the draft is just crazy loaded. 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:14.760 I think Tyler Warren is a force multiplier, a top 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.520 ten deserving pick, and we'll see if he makes it 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.480 there George Kittle type of impact. But then you've got 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:21.800 so many more options later on and you can find 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:24.360 your why. You can find your f your combo tilee 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:26.599 like a Gunner Helm from Texas or a Jackson Hawes 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:29.600 from Georgia Tech. We've got two lineage players here and 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:32.560 Mason Taylor and Rondez Gas. In the second we released 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:35.680 Durham smyth, giving us one of the best f's in 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.760 the league in John new Smith and a y tight 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:40.839 end that I think is still developing, but took a 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:43.120 step in year two and Julian Hill go ahead and 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.960 throw your tomatoes at me. And if you're just replacing Durham, well, 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.839 he was as true of a why as. 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:49.200 You can get. 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:52.280 So maybe it's a later pick or a phase two 0:06:52.360 --> 0:06:55.080 phase three free agent that feels that tight end three role. 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:58.280 Or you could go big on a Tyler Warren and 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.320 reshape your offense to that twelve personnel heavy attack with 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.720 John neu Smith himself, Reek Wattle a chan As your 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:07.280 kind of first five in and show me a group 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.600 of better eligibles across the league than that right now, 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.040 and that removes you know, off the field issues. The 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.360 point is there are so many options, and with the 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:18.200 tight ends, this draft is absolutely booming at tackle. Again, 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.000 the draft is the way to go. I think we're 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:23.080 pretty much locked in with the current roster, especially if 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:26.040 Tron Armstead returns, but even if not, you know, Patrick 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.880 Paul Austin Jackson, Keam Smith is a pretty good one 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.200 through three. I would look to add a veteran to 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.000 that group, as we'll talk about here in one second. 0:07:33.200 --> 0:07:35.680 You could look at guard conversions, and this year's draft 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:40.720 class has some serious contenders, whether it's armand Membo, Marcus Bow, 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:42.480 there's plenty of guys that a kick inside from that 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.400 tackle spot. I think free agency as it tends to be, 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:48.960 is pretty barren here unless you're going after a swing 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.600 tackle type, which again I think is where we're shopping 0:07:51.600 --> 0:07:53.440 more so than a starter. There will be a good 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.280 tackle prospect on the board at thirteen, just because the 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:58.840 first round has so many this year. Maybe not as 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:00.960 deep into Day two as it was last year, but 0:08:01.000 --> 0:08:04.360 a pretty attractive group in general on the interior offensive line. 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.440 This one is completely opposite of the tackle spot. The 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:10.520 draft class kind of stinks. The free agent class is loaded, 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:13.640 and you know we have you know, pretty much a 0:08:13.680 --> 0:08:16.840 wide open room right now. With Robert Jones, Isaiah Win, 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:20.920 Liam Eichenberg all set for free agency, the draft is okay. 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:22.880 I guess there's some Day two names I love, like 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.400 a grey Zabel from North Dakota State. But I think 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.880 free agency is just loaded with Will Freeze, Mackay Beckton, 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:34.320 Will Hernandez, James Daniels, Daniel Brunskill, Tevin Jenkins, Aaron Banks. 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:36.240 There's a decent chance a few of those guys make 0:08:36.280 --> 0:08:38.680 it to the market, right But I also do like Zabel, 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.160 Jackson Slater, and Miles Frasier right around Day two somewhere 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:45.200 at defensive tackle. This is up there with a tight 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.160 end group. In terms of the depth of the draft. 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.839 I mean everywhere you look there's impact guys, and they 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.439 come in all different shapes and sizes. There's a three 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:54.680 hundred and forty pound nose tackle who can move like 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.560 a monster. There's three hundred and ten pounds, three techniques 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.480 that can kick inside or outside, and everything in between. 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.120 We have plenty of question marks with you know, Benito 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:06.559 and Deshaun hand up for new contracts. The uncertain future 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:08.960 of kalais Campbell. But looking at how they built this 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:11.720 thing last year. It really followed that Rayvens model of 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:15.000 building around one key fixture in Zach Seeler and having 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:18.720 positional flexibility for rotational guys. Otherwise, I think our needs 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:21.200 here match up with what is in the draft and 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:23.800 the free agent class I would say is probably middle 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.000 of the road off the edge, if it's not the 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.640 defensive tackles. On defense, this is probably the most loaded 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:30.880 group in the in the entire draft. And I say 0:09:30.880 --> 0:09:33.960 that with a deep linebacker, cornerback, and safety group. Kyle 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.680 Krabb said that he had something like twenty potential startup 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:38.040 grades for edges in this year's class. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:39.120 That is a lot. 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.120 It's a lot of players, and we have an interesting 0:09:41.160 --> 0:09:44.880 situation for ourselves down here with Bradley Chubb off the 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.200 injury and an expensive contract Jalen Phillips, you know, coming 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.680 off two season ending injuries, perhaps our player with the 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.400 most upside on the entire team, and Chop Robinson, and 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.439 then some really nice depth pieces, you know. I like 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.360 Mohammed Kamara, I like Grayson Murphy, but I think you 0:09:58.400 --> 0:10:01.160 can get a third type of ruck like you're Shaq Barrett, 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.439 you or Andrew van Ginkel not a starter, but playing 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:06.040 around fifty percent snaps on Day two. I think the 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.600 free agent class is going to be buying above market 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:11.160 because of the supply and demand, although I suppose that 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.400 could dampen with teams looking at this draft class as 0:10:13.400 --> 0:10:16.240 an opportunity to get cheaper production that way some point 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.600 in April. At linebacker, the draft is the group man. 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:21.760 I think there are several guys that can be second 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.400 fiddle to Jordan Brooks in this draft. We also got 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:26.840 a good in house eval on Tyrrell Dodson for a 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:29.040 half of a season. I thought he earned some interest 0:10:29.120 --> 0:10:31.960 from the from the team returning. We'll see what happens there. 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:34.360 But in free agency it's a bit thin. I do 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:36.880 think UCLA's cars from Swashinger could be a Day three 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.920 starter or sorry, a Day two starter. All while Peyton 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:43.360 Wilson last year, the South Carolina kid Demetrius Night is awesome. 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:45.480 So there's options, and you can even run it back 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.920 if you brought back Dotson and Walker. I wouldn't do that, 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:51.200 but it's an option at cornerback. We discussed this on Wednesday. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.280 Untapped talent in this room versus what might be available 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:58.040 is among my most intriguing positions to follow over the 0:10:58.080 --> 0:10:59.960 next couple of months. In the market for a ten 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.800 cornerback too, is that a free agent. There's some good 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:05.000 names out there that I think would fit that role, 0:11:05.080 --> 0:11:07.680 like a paulse in the Debo, maybe a Sante Samuel, 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:10.160 But again, the draft is deep there. I think some 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:12.839 guys are in play at thirteen, like if Michigan's Will 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:17.000 Johnson falls, I love East Carolina Chavon Ravel his versatility. 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.040 I have to imagine it is super attractive to Anthony Weaver. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:20.840 And then at. 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.960 Safety, as of this taping, we've basically got Patrick McMorris 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:27.440 and nobody else because Javon holland, Jordan Poyer and Elijah 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:29.760 Campbell are all free agents. We've got Jordan Colbert on 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:31.840 a futures deal, and I think you have a little 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.560 bit of everything, both in the draft and free agency. 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.160 I think safety is probably one of the deeper spots 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:38.520 in the free agency, and it can be one of 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.360 the cheaper ones too. I freaking love Jeremy Chin and 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:45.840 Trayvon merrigg one more. Chin's more of a force multiplier 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:48.600 who can move all over and do multiple things, and 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:50.760 Merrig's one of the game's best post safeties. Then you've 0:11:50.760 --> 0:11:52.960 got one of the deeper positions in the draft. Like 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.840 this draft is just really deep on defense in general. 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:59.200 So Anthony Weaver and company can kind of build this secondary, 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.520 this defensive back, the safety position, I should say, to 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:05.360 their vision. And with all that work done, a month 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:07.880 of grinding tape and still having so much more to do, 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:11.400 Here's how I would rank the current positions in terms 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:15.320 of what provides the most options this offseason, including draft 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:19.360 and free agency. Defensive tackles number one, Safety is number two, 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.959 tight end is number three, Interior offensive line number four, 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:29.959 Edge is number five, offensive tackle five, then cornerback, running back, linebacker, quarterback, 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:34.000 wide receiver. So when you hear that list, what positions 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.920 are the Dolphins most set out? If Riek is here, 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:40.080 wide receiver's pretty well covered. Probably need one body there. Quarterback, 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:41.959 I mean, you have your starting quarterback, so that's a 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:45.760 cheaper option. We try to consider acquiring a backup linebacker. 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:47.400 I mean we do need a number two, but Jordan 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.560 Brooks is a stud running back. You've got your one 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:51.720 two already. Cornerback, you do have a need there, But 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.920 like your biggest needs are defensive tackle, safety, tight end, interior, 0:12:55.000 --> 0:12:57.280 offensive line, that's the top four of my rankings here. 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.480 It's funny how that works out. Let's go ahead and 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.760 take a break right there. We'll come back and revisit 0:13:01.840 --> 0:13:05.040 my January podcast talking about the non negotiables that have 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.320 to get better, and we'll also wrap that into a 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.360 mock off season. All of that next Draft Time podcast, 0:13:10.440 --> 0:13:17.360 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by AutoNation. If 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:23.920 you recall the January thirteenth podcast, I believe it was 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.680 we talked about some core things I believe the Dolphins 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.440 have to accomplish this off season to get change for 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.880 the twenty twenty five campaign. We'll go to the mock 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:34.920 off season here in just a little bit, but first 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:38.319 a ten thousand foot view revisiting those four core four 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:43.280 core points say that five times fast. Number one was culture, cultivation, 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:46.360 time on task, and being on the practice field more. 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:48.840 The veterans spelled it out for you after the season. 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:52.920 I would add more administrative communication during game day. You 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:56.439 cannot allow a situation like what happened with Tyreek Hill 0:13:56.480 --> 0:13:58.720 to bubble over, and to me, the number one. 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:00.280 Step to doing that is to ship and off. 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.800 But if that doesn't happen, you better have process seas 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:06.480 is in place to be preemptive to that and other situations. 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:08.920 You know, hey, Frank, you got the play calling this drive. 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.040 I'm gonna go see what's going on. Tyreek Hill. Culture 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:13.920 and accountability cultivation. That's not an offe's a moves thing, 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.920 just an important administrative thing, and all of that can 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:20.200 create better time on task. And the other kind of 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:23.800 sub caveat to this is the Tom Brady comment about 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.440 his superpower that made the rounds during Super Bowl Week, 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.480 his processing and his film study and knowing how the 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:31.640 defense is going to move before they move that way. 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:33.960 I'm not saying two with Tom Brady, but that is 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.400 his superpower. He is, in my opinion, the best in 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.160 the league at that and you reduce that ability when 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.440 you break the huddle at ten seconds. And this all 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:44.080 goes back to the administrative stuff. We did better job 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:46.440 in the San Francisco game. I thought to his last 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.600 game of the year where he got out of the 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:50.840 huddle with like eighteen seconds and he went out there 0:14:50.880 --> 0:14:52.400 and played one of his best games of the year. 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.840 Where if Tyreek Hill catches the damn football, he probably 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:56.920 has three hundred and fifty yards and three touchdowns in 0:14:57.000 --> 0:15:00.680 that game, So I think, you know, to two his 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:05.200 skill set, but adapting to more of this, you know, 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.240 they went the whole route of getting him skill players 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:08.560 and explosive playmakers. 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.840 Which when was the last time, you know. 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:13.960 Tyreek or Waddle like caught a football and took off 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:16.720 for forty more yards. That really didn't happen the last 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.280 couple of years for Wattle, hasn't happened in a long time. 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.720 But I think if you adapt your approach to more 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:24.360 of a Lion's type of approach or hell, look at 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.720 what the Bills did. They reduced Josh Allen this year 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.600 and got James Cook more involved than They had their 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:31.280 best offensive season in his career. I mean, he was 0:15:31.320 --> 0:15:33.240 the MVP of the damn League. Look at the Ravens 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.200 with Derek Henry and the implementation of him behind Lamar Jackson. 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.480 Look At what the Chiefs offense turned into an Isaiah 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:40.560 Pacheco went down early in the year. Look at the 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.760 freaking Eagles, like this is kind of the way to 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.640 attack the way defenses have shifted this year, And I 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:49.280 think all of that coincides with tua strengths, So that 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:51.880 with the getting out of the huddle, quicker, and kind 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:56.000 of simplifying your processes can all have major impacts. Number 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.320 two was the type of players that you acquire the 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.720 zach Seelers. Not the type right or rather not twenty 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.160 twenty four Tyreek, but maybe twenty twenty two Tyreek when 0:16:04.200 --> 0:16:06.200 he was hungry and had something to prove that year. 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:10.600 But we know certain guys have been open about lack 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:13.480 of effort a particular safety for instance, like you know, 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:16.560 you can't have that. You got to have players that 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:18.960 will do anything to get on the field and play football. 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.040 We have to emphasize that this offseason. 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.600 Number three revamp the run game slash simplification of the 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:27.600 offense plus a size and physical element that you have 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.760 to kind of adapt to. You know, you moved off 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:31.680 Durham Smith. That's the first step there in terms of 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:33.840 you're revamping the running game off the edge at the 0:16:33.840 --> 0:16:36.280 tight end position. What do they do with guard? Do 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.440 they go after a certain type of back? Is that 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:41.560 Jalen Wright we talked about the Rams and Packers pivots 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:44.160 to more of an inside zone duo type of concept 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:46.640 counter game in the running game with more power players 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:48.880 up front. The Texans did this with Joe Mixon in 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:53.760 the similar offensive system. The simplification is again more administrative, 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:55.920 And I wonder which is easier, because I tend to 0:16:55.960 --> 0:17:00.280 think it's the personnel part. But you know, can a 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.400 person change in year four or I guess year eighteen 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.600 of his career. I don't know that that's easy, but I 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.199 would tend to think that that part is easier than 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.480 trying to, you know, change who you are from a 0:17:10.480 --> 0:17:13.919 personnel standpoint, from your your offensive your players on offensive defense, 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.120 the guards, the big body pass catcher like these are 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.600 things you need to figure out who fits that mold 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:21.520 and who you could go after in that way. And 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:25.360 number four athletes and temperature changers on defense. We were 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:28.440 too slow, We weren't explosive enough on defense. I think 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:30.960 we should create competition through the way you acquire players. 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.000 You know, twenty five year olds that did not pop 0:17:33.040 --> 0:17:35.159 on their first contract who are hungry to prove they 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:37.680 are that guy, pit him against rookies who want to 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:40.320 prove they're worth in the league. You know, you're Jeremy Chinch, 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:43.640 your Trayvon Marriage, You're Shamar Stewarts, your Carson Sweeshinger's all 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:45.680 types of guys that play with their hair on fire, 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.520 and that brings us to this conclusion for this portion 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:52.200 of the podcast, my ideal fits for both free agency 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:55.560 and in the draft at each position. At quarterback, it 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:57.680 is going to be Marcus Mariota. I don't have a 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.479 lot of conviction in that it was Andy Dalton, but 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:03.160 he went off the board back to Carolina for two years, 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:06.200 eight million dollars, six million guaranteed. That kind of feels 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.680 like the playground the Dolphins are playing in right now. 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:12.080 And then my draft prospect, I'm gonna go with Max Brosmer, 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:15.240 the Minnesota quarterback, because I think his anticipation and accuracy 0:18:15.760 --> 0:18:17.600 is among the best in the entire class, and he's 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:18.320 a Day three pick. 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:18.760 All day. 0:18:19.400 --> 0:18:22.440 At running back, Elijah Mitchell from the forty nine ers 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:24.840 and then quin Shawn Judkins from Ohio State are my 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:28.360 ideal fits there. Mitchell has the outside zone experience, he'll 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:30.200 be dirt cheat because he's never said healthy and he's 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.320 kind of a running back three, which would kind of 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.560 hopefully help him keep him healthy as the year goes along. 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:37.439 And then Judkins is kind of like a tone setter. 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:39.720 You know, you show up and you've got the short 0:18:39.800 --> 0:18:41.760 yards conversion back, and he also is a great pass 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:44.359 protector and just kind of has some ish to his game. 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:45.520 At wide receiver. 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.000 On the free agent market, I'm going Josh Palmer, the 0:18:48.000 --> 0:18:50.720 former Chargers receiver who hasn't quite put it all together yet. 0:18:50.880 --> 0:18:53.120