Drive Time - Flores Media, Chester Rogers Breakdown, Linebackers Preview

parts remaining to the training camp roster preview series. We're going to continue that today with the off ball linebackers, taking a look at current and former Ohio State teammates Ray Kwadon McMillan and Jerome Baker, the newcomers and commu Gruge Hill and Landon Roberts and the rest of this linebacker group, plus coach Flora has met with the media on Monday, will cover the highlights, will detail the Chester Rogers signing, and as always, get you caught up on

the latest from Davy. All of that and more on this Monday, August the tenth edition of the Drivetime Podcast. First, let's go ahead and get to coaches media for Monday, August the tenth, he spoke and answered several questions from the South Florida media. Let's go ahead, and play the hits.

And we start with a question about momentum from last season heading into and you know by now that coach Flora's is going to talk about today and how this team can get better and taking that day by day approach, the day by day mindset. Well, he was pretty blunt and pretty transparent about how he feels about the idea of momentum from one season carrying over into the next. I don't think I don't think any to be honest, which I think is in the past, and um, every

year is a little bit different. This year is no different from that standpoint. So you know, the things that happened a year ago, you know, good or bad, we we we were just kind of focused on getting better each and every day and uh, you know, putting last year's last year and just trying to just trying to improve, get better, Uh, you know, build some team chemistry, learn and grow as a as a team right now. So I'm not really worried about anything going to happen in a

a year ago. And I actually do think that's one thing that maybe football fans can get a little bit distracted by, is the idea of momentum or carry over even within the course of a season itself. Like last year, for instance, we talked about the five and four finish. That team played much better than the stretch than it did in the first half of the season. You don't always go based upon the previous week or the previous month of the previous season. And that's coach floress mindset.

What can we do today to make the football team better for tomorrow, And that's the approach you should be taking. Right up next, coach was asked about how he feels about the possibility of no fans or fans in the stands this season. Look, we love that fans in the stands. I'd love to have them, um home Way. Obviously, the fans are a big part of the game, and you look, we're we're not We're we're not out there without their support. So it's it's that from that standpoint, it is important

to me. But um, look, there's a pandemic. I think we need to um, you know, obviously use caution, which we're doing here in our building, and um you know, as a as a and as a country, I think we're all trying to um, you know, use use proceed with caution in all our daily activities. So look, if we can have fans, I mean I think and and have them at the games in a safe way, and I'm mom all forward, Um, if you know the people will make those decisions, I don't think that's the the

right thing to do. Then you know, then we'll play without fans, and of course it will be an adjustment period for everybody this season, coach Flora's and the Miami Dolphins included. And here he discusses the possibility of quarantining certain players or just looking into contingencies for how to approach this unique season this year in the NFL. Yeah, we've we've we've we've looked into really every possible scenario,

so that being one of them. Look, a lot of our meetings are zoom right now, so everyone is you know from that standpoint is uh, you know, in the quarantine, so in a lot of ways that it takes care of it excuse me, takes care of itself. Uh. But yeah, we we've thought about that. We talked to me you know, that scenario as well as you know a plethora of

other scenarios. So, uh, I think we've got to a plan in place that we feel good about and up next, I wanted to ask coach a question about his training camp schedule and how that changes and differs year to year. Good morning, coach. Um, this year is obviously unique, but just generally speaking, do your training camp scripts scripts differ year to year based on things like coaching and personnel changes. Yeah,

I think every every years it's different. So you know, to set a script and you know one year and think that you're just gonna copy and paste it into the next year. I mean that's you know, because of different players, different coaches, different just different things that you're doing as a team. I think you know, on a daily basis, you know, you've gotta be able to change, adapted, to be flexible the way the same way you're gonna want you your your team to be able to ad apt,

to be flexible within the game. So yeah, they changed script, change the practice, the daily practice schedules change, and obviously this year everything is a little bit different. So um, anyone who's setting with specifically you know, training camp schedule, practice, UM, this year is definitely different. So um, we're all gonna have to be able, We're gonna all gonna have to adapt.

And one unique thing about not just this season on the football field, but for the media, is that questions tend to get a little bit back and forth because it's just on the same field and same approach of alive in person press conference. And we go back here to a question about COVID and about the approach and precautions to dolphins are taking to combat that. I mean, look, I think we we take things name by day by day and try to, um, you know, use caution and

you know testing. You know that we're doing, um, you know, continue the testing distance, wear masks and we just kind of string those days together. UM. When we do that as a as an entire league, then we're gonna put ourselves in the best position to play, you know, as many games as we can play. And that's really all we can do. Um To make predictions on whether or not we can do this or that, I mean, I

don't want to get into all that. All I'll say is, uh, you know, we're gonna try to wear our masks where our contact tracers uh no distance and do the best we can. And look, this is obviously we all know that. UM, you know, it's an an airborne virus and you know people can get infected quickly. So all we can do is is do our best to um prevent that from happening.

And I think if we do that, you know, we'll give ourselves a chance to play a full season, which is all you know, that's all, that's all we can do. And I'm gonna go ahead and let this next question just play out in full because it's Armando cell Girl of the Miami Herald, and you hear a little bit of humor in Flora's as we sponsor sell girl's question,

but also a good answer to a good question. Morning flow. UM, I'm wondering if you could share your thinking, um in the hiring of Steve Marshall, And UM, I know that putting together anensive line is difficult. What are the what are what are the challenges of doing it in fourteen padded practices. I'm gonna get all your questions this week, Armando, So Marshall four to I'll get him all, get him

all yet. So Steve UM, obviously, UM, you know once we what would chan we wanted to you know, uh, well, I thought that was important to go with someone who was you know, familiar with that with that style of play, so that that UM, that played a role in hiring Steve. And Um, he's a good coach. He's a he's a teacher, a very good teacher of old line play. Um. And he and I just had a good you know, I had a good feeling and a good vibe. Right. Um, we had our let's go our interview process. So he

worked well with chain, he worked one with the offensive staff. Um, he's a good coach. He's a tough coach. He asked a lot of his players. Um, and so far it's been it's been, it's been good. Obviously we haven't Um, it's been all walk through. But you know, we can only evaluate, you know what what what we're doing far.

So UM, I've been pleased with that. As far as the padded practices, Uh, look, it's gonna be you know, this is gonna be the least amount of work you know, across the league at any for all teams, UM, leading police amount of practice no preseason games, you know, in the history of the NFL. I think everyone kind of knows and understands that. So, UM, is it enough? Uh,

it's gonna have to be enough this year. So we're gonna do our best to try to build a caremaraderie on the offensive line, on the defensive line, in the quarterback room, in the dB room. Um as a coaching staff, and you know, not make excuses about only being this or only being that. Just do our best with the with the time we have. And again, every every rep is going to be is is that much more important? Every um, every meeting is that much more important. That's

that's the message we've we've conveyed to the players. I get him all amando. So a little bit there of the lighter side of coach, but also the message that he puts out to the team, to the players this year that we are going to control we can control. So a good mix there of coach Flora's. Up next

a question about cornerback Byron Jones, who assigned this offseason. Man, that feels like a long time ago, but Flora's broke down the trades they saw in Byron Jones that attracted the Dolphins to sign the quarterback, including some fancy shoes. Was a smart player. Um Uh, he's a tough player. I think he can tackle. Um, it's a good cover skills, he's got length, um, he's got some leadership qualities, and he's a he's a talented player. You know, we're happy

to have him. Uh. Obviously there's some improvements you can make of his game, like uh, like all players and like all coaches, like everyone, you can all improve get better. Um. Well, yeah, we're pleased with him so far. You know where we I joke around with him a little bit. He wears some nice shoes, so I was, I was on him a little bit today. UM. But he's he's good. He's

been fun to spend some time with. UM. And it's it's nice to see guys getting to know each other and uh, you know, guys from different teams and just trying to you know, pull this whole thing together. Um. But uh yeah, no, very pleased with with that addition. Look, it's we're still in the very early phase of on the pads on. We haven't put a helmet on. I got a long way to go. Um, and he's got

to make some improvements. We all have to make improvements and if we hopefully will, I know he'll work towards that. And with college football and the news this week and the possibility of a season or no season, coach Florence addresses how the Dolphins will have contingencies in plays with their scouting staff and approach the evaluation for next year's class if there is no college football games this fall, talking about the scouts who would be on the road

right now, all that stuff. Here's Flora's on the plans in place in case there is no college football. Yeah, we're monitoring that obviously from a scouting standpoint, this is the time where a lot of guys would be out on the road and looking at the prospects for for next season. Um. Yeah, if there's not a college season

with it's something we've talked about, Chris, myself, Brandon, Marvin Allen. Um, if we have a plan in place for you know, how we're going to go about this scouting season if we if there is no season, And yeah, obviously those those conversations will be ongoing, and those conversations obviously gonna stay between us. But yeah, you know that would be

I think everyone loves college football. I want to see to see it, but UM, we don't feel like it's going to be a safe environment, um for those young men, and you know, and that's the decision they make, and UM where we all have to live with that. UM. But from our standpoint looking down the road, which we're always doing that as well, and we have to make

some adjustments and we will. Um. With all that said, you know, my focus is, you know, on on this team right now today, so I'm kind of monitoring that from afar and really Chris handles more and more of that than you know, really all of that, I should say. Um, So when he gets on you guys can ask him about it, and we'll go ahead and wrap up coaches media availability with his last answer here talking about new Dolphins defensive coordinator Josh Boyer, their history together and what

the coach brings to the defensive coordinator position. Obviously, I've worked with Josh for a long time. Uh, he is a very good teacher. Uh. Defensively, UM, he's uh, he's tough, he's smart, he works extremely hard. UM, and I think he's got a good report with the player. So UM, I'm you know, very excited too to see him lead the defense. UM. I think he's gonna do Uh. I think he's gonna do a good job. And at the same time, you know, there's we got a long way

to go, a lot of work to do. M These guys not even you know, hit in the field yet in pads or even helmet. So um. But yeah, I'm excited for josh Um and I think he's I think he's going to do a good job with this opportunity, and there he goes. Dolphins head coach Brian Flora's addressing the media on this Monday, August the tenth edition of the Drivetime podcast. We have a couple more segments I want to touch on here before we get out of here for the day. The Dolphins made some roster moves

over the weekend. We'll touch on more of those at the end of the show. Make sure we get everything up to date for you guys here on Drive Time. The Dolphins added receiver Chester Rogers, formerly of the Indianapolis Colts, over the weekend. Signed the receiver, and the first two years he spent in Indy, he was primarily a perimeter receiver, took more snaps on the outside then on the inside

there according to Pro Football Focus. But however, since nine hundred and forty six of his one thousand eighty eight snaps came from inside at that slot position, inen he caught seventy five point six percent of his slot targets. That was ninth among receivers with at least thirty two targets from the slot. Again Pro Football Focus my source there. In general, he finished tenth in the NFL and catch

rate that season. Working back to team and some of the success he had there with Andrew Luck in Indie, and you pull up his work on game pass working in plenty of those tight, condensed splits in close to the formation, working off bunches and stacks. A lot of the stuff you'll see in close to the formation, like, for instance, go look at Sean mcveigh's offense with the rams.

They make everything tight and condensed and run off of stacks where you have multiple options in the passing game kind of stacked on top of each other to create better opportunities for releases and maybe even some confusion there in the defensive secondary as well. So he played plenty of entight splits on the offense for the Colts in the last couple of seasons. And he would also help in protection a little bit with chips off the edge, one of the benefits you can have when you play

inside like that. And he had a game against the Houston Texans and the playoffs back in where he would chip J J. Watt a few times in that game. He also has a nice little wiggle at the top

of his route. He did run a four four nine at his Grambling Pro day back in of course, that's the last time he'll run a forty yard dash, And according to his player profile dot com profile, he has an agility score which is a combination of the twenty yard shuttle and three cone time of ten point nine two That ranks in the four percentile for wide receivers.

And so you see some of that shake at the top of his route in that statistics there, but provides that background some context for that statistic there, as well as the punt return game, as he can kind of get off of his spot and make someployees in the kicking game. We'll touch more on that here in just one second. Like the way he choose up the soft spot when defensive backs are in off coverage just kind of creates a better target for the quarterback to throw. Two.

Looked very comfortable working the hook in behind the linebackers. Again that inside slot possition. You're gonna to be a tough guy work in that middle part of the field, as he did the last couple of years there in Indianapolis, and he had a real natural feel and chemistry where the timing of the routes and the football were typically

on point there with luck in Indianapolis. Completion rate will prove that he definitely has that possession receiver mentality when he embraces the contact on those catches over the middle. You know, the player drops in between that triangle of defenders behind the linebackers underneath the safety. He catches the football, tucks it away and lunges upfield. Smart player that way, And of course that's one of the tenants here of Brian Floora is getting smart players onto the football team.

Watching all of his targets en you notice he has a real knack for coming back to the football, a good way to earn the quarterbacks trust where they break off the top of the route and work back to the quarterback rather than drifting on that route like the way he feels comfortable catching the football away from his body. Several examples of that on his tape and just two drops back in according to Pro Football Focus, leading of

course to that high catch rate. And I mentioned the kicking game, and here's a little bit of info regarding the value of having multiple capable return men back there. It continues a theme from a tweet that I wrote back on May six that I pulled back up here about how many players the Dolphins added this offseason with

return ability. Of course, Jachim Grant was lost for the year at one point last season, Preston Williams as well, So you start digging in to the punt return depth chart there, And at the time of that tweet it was six players added to the roster that had pretty considerable return resumes at the college level, and Chester Rogers would be number seven. So Brandon Jones, the kid from Texas, the third round draft pick. He returned fourteen punts and

three kickoffs. Malcolm Perry returned twenty kickoffs in college. Noah Ignogeny, the first round draft pick out of Auburn, had forty four kickoff returns there at college, two of those for touchdowns. Matt Brita has five career kickoff returns. Both of the Dolphins under afted free agent receivers, Both Kirk Merritt and Matt Cole had some kick returning experience. Matt Cole had twenty three kickoff returns last year and eight punts. He scored one of each of those, and Kirk Merritt returned

eleven kicks at Arkansas State. You obviously have Jachem Grant, Preston Williams, Isaiah four. They all return kicks last year for the Dolphins as well. And depth just is not exclusive to the offense or defense. It matters on special teams as well. And Rogers has sixty career punt returns in his football career, and he's pretty consistent with his

average yards per return. He was at nine point two yards in his rookie season, had a bit of a dip in twenty seventeen down to eight yards per return, but then right back up to nine point three eighteen, and a career best last season at nine point eight yards per punt return. That's a really good looking number there from a punt returner. In total, he's played two

hundred and six career snaps on special teams. It'll be interesting to see how he fits into that room, how he acclimates and gets involved with Josh Grizzard in that wide receiver room. All right, let's go ahead and continue on with the training camp preview series here on the

Drivetime podcast. We left left you off with the edge rushers and edge defenders, and today we talk about the linebackers playing more so off the football, and again to kind of get back into this topic of how it can be difficult for me or for anybody to differentiate what roles players playing on this football team, because as Flora's talks about, as Josh Bowyer talks about, as the offensive coaching staff talks about, as everyone here involved on

the Miami Dolphins operation talks about, we're gonna be flexible, We're gonna be week to week, we're gonna attack our opponent accordingly. And so with that, you kind of have some varying roles on the particular positions, especially in the front seven of the defense. But I did my best

to separate those guys. And let's go ahead and get now in to the off ball linebackers and start in order of jersey number with a newcomer a land and Roberts played four years for the New England Patriots, entering his first here with Miami. He's gonna wear a number forty four, just a great linebacker number as far as

I'm concerned. He went to Houston. He'll be twenties six years old on opening Day and he has another one of these Dolphins coming over to reunite with Brian Flores, with Josh Boyer, that defensive staff, and he really embodies much of the mental and physical makeup the coach wants and his players. A throwback, a physical downhill pursuit player that seeks and initiates contact and beats blocks by taking

them head on. That's what football is all about. In my opinion, the most fun football to watch is those guys being aggressive and letting the pads pop, especially out here in practice when you can hear it all. According to Pro Football Focus, Roberts had one thousand, seven hundred two defensive snaps on his resume, eight hundred and fifty four of those and run defense, one is a pass rusher,

and six in coverage. He's played three special team snaps as well, and rounded out his game last season with seventy snaps as a fullback, and evident from his workload, his prowess in the run game is where Miami's new linebacker really shines the brightest. He had ninety two career run stops on those eight hundred and fifty four running plays. That's a ten point eight percent run stop percentage, and he missed only two tackles last season. Very sure tackler

there at the second level, physical and versatile. He checks the preferred boxes on character, leadership, and football i Q as well. To go back to his NFL dot Com scouting report by Lance zer Line. In the draft evaluation, zir Line called Roberts a coaches dreams saying quote a coach's dream. Tremendous leader on and off the field. Worked all off season to loosen his hips and improved flexibility.

Loves to hit and has a nose for the football instinctive with an uncanny ability to consistently sniff out the best path of the ball. Lives on a downhill track and makes high percentage of tackles near the line of scrimmage. Chest up, wrap up. Tackler has heart for days, square in his scrapes and mirrors running backs effectively. Of course,

talking about working in coverage there on tailbacks. His college coach called Roberts one of the best leaders he's ever been around, and raves about his work, ethic and passion for the game. End quote. There up next on a linebacker list and number another player rather in the forties Calvin Munson was just activated, actually off the non football injury list, so welcome back Calvin. He has four accrued seasons, second in the NFL here number forty eight out of

San Diego State, twenty five years old opening day. He was signed from the Patriots practice squad back in December and played a significant workload in the final two games of ten. He was called upon for ninety eight snaps in those two victories over the Bengals, and Patriots played seventy six on defense, twenty two on special teams, and

that Bengals game was a very strong debut. Four tackles, two of them for run stops, and he had positive grades both and run defense, tackling and overall defense, I

should say all three of those categories. And Flora spoke about the traits that Munson exhibited the attracted the Dolphins to the linebacker last December and making that signing off the New England practice squad quote from a toughness standpoint, from an intelligent standpoint, I knew we had a lot of the things that we cover it, which is why he was up there up in New England talking about there. Of course we learned about those things about him up there.

I thought he played well last week. I think he's been a really good addition and quote and the last player here in the forties Sam Agua of then first season last year in the NFL, second with the Dolphins, coming in number forty nine out of Texas Tech, twenty

seven years old on opening day. And this guy had plenty of workout scheduled last off season, a former CFL standout, decided to choose the Miami Dolphins and signed down here in Miami, and he made an immediate impact as he opened camp with the first team, showing off some of the explosive nature of his game both in coverage as a blitzer. He can really kind of move that first step quickness. O Guavin was second among all NFL linebackers and pass rush reps last season with two d and

thirty two. He was behind only Donta high Tower in New England who had to seventy seven, and also Jamie Collins in New England was third with one eight nine pass rush snaps per Pro Football Focus, the result of those rush opportunities was twenty three pressures, three and a half sacks, and nine quarterback hits. He also contributed in the run game with seven tackles for loss and eighteen

run stops as well. Here's a quote from Flora's talking about what general manager Chris Greer and his personnel's a saw on Sam Mguavin when they made the decision to sign him last offseason. Quote. They saw Sam and saw speed, saw athleticism, saw a tough kid. He's a talented guy who has some developmental characteristics. He's done a good job. We give him something, he does a good job with it, and we'll give him more. That's kind of what I

told the team. Look, if you do a good job, then we'll try to give you a couple more things to do. And I think that's what training camp is all about. End quote. So a good little insight there into Brian Flores's mind about how guys can earn themselves reps in training camp by doing a good job with what they're given and then can have their roles expanded from there and kind of add more to the plate

there as players play well in training camp. Up next, we venture into the fifties as another newcomer here and Camu Gruge a Hill. He has four seasons in the NFL, entering his first with the Miami Dolphins, number fifty one out of Eastern Illinois. He's gonna be twenty six years old on opening day. In the newest linebacker has career tackles eleven for a loss. He has a pick, a sack, two passes defense, and two forced fumbles and one recover

re in his career. He has six pressures on forty one career pass rush reps and has never a lot of touchdown on three hundred and fifty seven career coverage snaps.

His passer rating against checks in at a very impressive eighty three point six quarterback rating, throwing into his coverage area in a two hundred and thirty pounds On top of his special team's exploits, he has also developed into a rotational defender in the course of his career, with six hundred and fifty one defensive snaps the last two years, a considerable jump from the eighty six snaps he played the first two years of his NFL career, and special

teams were where he made his biggest impact. Voted a twenty nineteen captain for the Philadelphia Eagles for his contributions, he has one thousand, nine two career special team snaps and average of two hundred and seventy three reps every year since entering the league. He's made twenty six career special teams tackles, and he exhibits a lot of the traits that Flora's desires and a player, as he detailed Flora's did in December conference call when talking about the

then Philadelphia linebacker. Quote, First, he's a great kid. He's smart, he's coachable as a year, he's athletic, he's got good speed, he can play multiple possessions, good in the kicking game. I really liked him. I'm not surprised he's done a good job there over in Philadelphia. And quote and if you want to hear more good takes there from Cammu

grug Hill talking about his time with Brian Flores. I did interview Commu as well as the rest of the Dolphins free agent signings back on a Drivetime podcast in March, and he had some really good things to say about coach Flores and the one year they spent together up there in New England back in Up next on our list, another incumbent linebacker Ray Kwon McMillan has three seasons all with the Dolphins entering year number four here in number fifty two out of Ohio State, gonna be twenty four

years old on opening day. Man he and Jerome Baker are pups still and they have some experience in the NFL, and like Roberts, McMillan is an aggressive block defeating physical presence and that second level of your Dolphins defense. He seeks and destroys contact. Man, he makes the pads pop when they come on in training camp, whether it's from a fullback on a lead block, or a pulling guard or a running back trying to square him up in the whole, he will go out and get that contact

and make that person pay for it. As a result, McMillan has some of the best run defending PFF metrics in the NFL since he came back from the a C Lighten and from October onward. That season, he led all linebackers and run stops with forty three over a twelve game stretch, and just for some comparison's sake there during that span, the second place run stuffer in the run stop category was Luke keik Ley with thirty, so McMillan had thirteen more than the next highest ranked player

on that list. He continued his downhill prowess last season

with thirty one more run stops in thirteen games. He missed three with an injury, and the thirty one run stops on two hundred and seventy nine reps against the run gave McMillan an eleven point one run stop percentage that ranked fifth among NFL linebackers that played at least one hundred and fifty run down snaps and Flores never passes up an opportunity to praise the work that McMillan puts in, both in the preparation aspect of the game as well as keeping his body in peak physical condition.

Quote from last summer. He's worked extremely hard over the summer. He came in great shape. He's on top of everything in the meetings. I think he's done a really great job and quote. And McMillan has an Ohio State teammate, former Buckeye team here in Miami with him in Jerome Baker, his second or rather his third season with the Dolphins, now number fifty five out of Ohio State, again just twenty three years old on opening day. These guys are

still super young. His first year playing in Brian Flores defense last season, and he quickly earned that green dot on his helmet, the distinguished green dot, which identifies the player who has radio communication with the sideline. His snap count, total versatility, and overall capability in all three phases of defense really demonstrated Baker's value in that Dolphins defense last season. And Flora's discussed the many skills as well as the amount of work the coaching staff put on his plate

at the start of camp last summer. Quote, He's done a really good job. He's learned the concepts and the defenses to a solid level, and he's learned multiple positions. Obviously, he's asked. He can tackle, he's smart, he's tough. He's got some leadership qualities which I talked about a little bit in the spring, and that's starting to develop a

little bit as well. And to quote and Coach Floors then continued talking about Baker's game in that same press conference, this time with a greater focus on those physical traits and the ability to do multiple things on defense. Quote, this is a talented guy. He can win a one on one pass rush at the linebacker position. We're gonna ask him to do a few things. We're gonna ask him to rush, We're gonna ask him to cover, We're gonna ask him to tackle, play in the run game.

So depending on what we have called, he may have to win on one on one. He may be involved in his scheme, or he may have the freedom to do either or and quote and Baker finished thirteenth last year among linebackers with sixteen quarterback pressures and eleven in the NFL in twenty nine with forty six run stops. Two more linebackers to go this one James Crawford, number fifty seven out of Illinois. He's coming back home to South Florida. Has two seasons in the NFL, entering year

number two with the Miami Dolphins. Years old on opening Day, he twenty three career snaps on defense, and seventeen of those came last last season with the Miami Dolphins. His career began with the Packers after he signed as an undrafted free agent and made the opening day roster. He would then go on to play in all sixteen games, primarily on the special teams unit. He made six special teams tackles and tally three hundred and twenties seven reps

on that unit. As a rookie. He played forty five snaps last year on Danny Croftsman's Miami Dolphins kick and punt teams and kicking punt coverage teams as well. And for Crawford, coming back to Miami is a homecoming. Like several of these other players here on this roster, he was born in Deerfield Beach and played his prep ball at the legendary St. Thomas Aquinas High School down here

in South Florida. And we wrapped this thing up with the only rookie of the group, undrafted kyl and Johnson out of pit fifty nine on the jersey twenty three years old opening Day. And like Crawford, he's coming back to the state of Florida. That's where his college career began at the University of Florida. He played in twenty five games there and then thirteen games last year in his final season in college with the Pitt Panthers. He totaled one and thirty two combined tackles, eleven for a

loss seven sacks in his college career. He goes six ft two two d and thirty pounds, and he transferred to Pitt in his final college season, which gave him more opportunities, according to him, to rush the quarterback. And he was right that pitt defense was ferocious and he picked up six and a half of his seven career sacks as a pit panther in college, and so he too, kyl and Johnson gives you some explosiveness at that linebacker position to rush the quarterback with. Okay, we touched on

the Chester Rogers acquisition. The Dolphins also brought back receiver Ricardo Lewis, formerly of the Cleveland Browns and formerly of the Miami Dolphins. He was released back in July, but he is back in the building now working with the wide receivers. We also had a retirement as Ray Smith, the defensive tackle who was claimed off of waivers from the forty niners last month as well, has been placed

on the reserve retirement list. So a few acquisitions and roster changes over the weekend, But that'll do it for today's Monday edition of the Drive Time podcast. You all please be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple, podcast, Spotify, wherever you get your podcast from. Find us there, subscribe, rate and review the show. Give me a follow on Twitter, it's at Wingfield, NFL. Follow the Dolphins at Miami Dolphins. Check out the fish Tank and the Audible podcast. The

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