Linebackers, 2022 NFL Season Preview Series

Miami Dolphins. On this our next largest room after the offensive line room, the linebackers inside and outside. We'll hear from coach Campanelli and talk about new addition and o

LB coach Tim mackenzie. Will also hear from GM Chris Greer on the Dolphins linebacker room and approached this offseason, including their first pick in the third round, Channing Tindal this April, and we'll break down the group as a whole, as well as the individual analysis of stats, film, and a heck of a lot more from somewhere in Central Washington. This is the Drivetime Podcasts. Pick it right back up

here after the d Line Podcast. On the previous edition of the Drivetime Podcast with the second level of the defense and the linebacker group, and some changes to the group this year, some nice addition, starting off with veteran Melvin Ingram coming over from the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers last year. You also wind up with Channing

Tindal in the third round of the Georgia defense. Who you know, with Kuay Walker and Nakobe Dean and Channing tindall all going off the board in the first three rounds, a lot of folks talking about which one might have the most upside, which one might be the best player, all that fun stuff. All really good players, but there are some votes for Tindal in that group. Also in the draft cameraon good from cal in the seventh round.

Followed that with a U d F A and DeAndre Johnson out of the University of Miami, and then a signing over the summer or I should say was it late spring either way, Porter Gusts and formerly of the Cleveland Browns and USC Trojans. The departures Vince Beagel went to the Baltimore Ravens and went to McManus. A late

season addition wound up with the CFL this offseason. Also, the incumbents in the room Jalen Phillips, Darius Hodge, Andrew Van Ginkl, Duke, Riley sam Egi, Von Calvin Munson, Landon Roberts,

Jerome Baker, and Brennan Scarlett. So once again, this room features a lot of guys coming back and a lot of continuity in this linebacker room including linebackers coach coach Anthony Campanelli, and much like the three Michigan Wolverine linebackers that he coached back in twenty nineteen, he made the jump to the National Football League in the professional ranks, and no linebacker room in the NFL has generated more quarterback pressures than the two D and twenty eight compiled

compiled by Miami since the same year of Campanelli's arrival. And if you isolate strictly off ball linebackers a PF distinction between edge off ball often referred to as inside linebackers, I suppose the Dolphins QB pressures from that group is second only to Tampa Bay. We'll here Coach Campanelli here in just one second talking about how this linebacker room

and defense wants to play. And I talked about this also on the D line podcast about the names in versus the names out and the continuity of the defense. It really is remarkable. So coach Campanelli talked about that continuity a little bit in a May eleventh press conference this offseason, but he also talked about getting a land in Robert's back, about having Baker in the middle of the defense, the value of that leadership of those leaders and how it benefits the defense and the way they

want to play. Here's coach Campanelli. I think that's I kind of made mention that just a few seconds ago. But honestly, UM, having guys who know this system, UM, know the way we want to play, UM, and especially a guy like a Landon who has those type of leadership qualities, UM, I think he gives an opportunity to take a step, you know, from where we left off. And that's what I'm probably most excited about. I think that's what we're almost excited about, UM, the continuity, the

opportunity to do things again UM. And I think any time you do things over a period of time, the more reps you get at it, the better you're gonna get. And hopefully that's what we see this year, UM, and in this off season. I think they've done a tremendous job. Um, even in the you know, the days where we've been out here have been able to be together really working technique and kind of excelling and developing from where we were at the end of the year last year in January,

it's where we are right now. I'm I'm pleased with that. You know, they've been working. These guys been working tremendously hard. Just a great group of guys, and uh, I'm excited

about where we can go. And when I talked to Coach Campanelli about channing Tindall's acquisition and the draft and how he can kind of maximize his skill set, he just talked about the reps and the seasoning, and so I followed up and said, well, you have plenty of guys in the room that kind of, you know, can help show him along as far as that conduit on the field of the coaching staff and having that on field player that can really help him get accelerated in

that way. And Coach talked about how he couldn't think of about a room of guys that can really help Tindall become a go from a college player to a pro player. And and be effective hopefully sooner rather than later. And just looking at the coaching position, we have a new addition there as well, outside linebackers coach uh former player, former linebacker of the Patriots, Bucks and Vikings, Tyrone mackenzie.

After a four year career that was spent largely on special teams, he joined the Rams special team staff in a year where they produced three whole pros with their putter, kicker, and return man. And then following that stop, he coached linebackers with the Titans. Rashaun Evans and Jalen Brown had big steps for in their careers there as well as the Detroit lines for a year, and then also was

with the Colts last season. And this group at a glance you heard coach talk about there what they ask of this position group right inside, outside, on ball, off ball, moving all over the formation whenever you want to call it. Playing linebacker for the Dolphins requires a lot like versatility, two way players. Guys can go forward and backwards in addition to pursuit outside as well obviously run defense, coverage,

pass rush. These players they have to do it all and at the head of it all is Jerome Baker, whose vast skill set shines, absolutely shines in this defense. I had Channon Crowder on a podcast I think back in the off season of might have been before the pandemic even and he was talking a lot about how much Jerome Baker does in this defense that doesn't go goes a little bit unseen to the casual fan. It was a great conversation. You want to go back and

check that out from I think it was March. But you have to locate fifty five on every snap, kind of like a game of Where's Waldo? I mean, only one player on this Dolphins defense, Xavian Howard, has played more defensive snaps from Miami these last two seasons than Jerome Baker, and he plays special teams to quite a bit, and he's missed only one game as a pro since

getting drafted in the third round by the Dolphins. Back and the reason I give you a background on Bakers, I think that his skill set and versatility kind of exemplifies what coach Campaielly talked about there in terms of eyes that can just do everything and really be a vocal and tone setting by example type of player on that defense. Because his speed, his explosiveness, the quick angles of the quarterback is such a critical element to the

Dolphin's multiple defense. The situational rushers and special teams aces that can give Jerome Baker a breath here and there when he does come off the field rarely these last couple of seasons, guys like Sam eg Van and Duke Riley who have been so good and excelled in their roles on special teams and on defense here with the Dolphins, not to mention, they all pair well with a land and Roberts who sets that tone of physicality and breaks through the line on occasion as a pass rusher as

his in his own right, but also has the four teen tackles for lost since joining the Dolphins too, so he kind of has that thumping downhill mentality. Then you've you sprinkling rookie Channing Tindall, who adds another layer of rare speed, athletic ability and thump to an already deep

intriguing group. And then flanking that core group is a deep cast of outside lineback or I should say linebackers who I suppose primarily play off the edge, because all these guys can play so many positions and spots that it's hard to really quantify. We'll just go exactly with linebacker, and these guys also specialized in a variety of skills, strengths and statistical accumulation over the last couple of years.

Jayalen Phillips a Dolphins rookie record with eight and a half sacks last year, despite in his own words, just scratching the surface on what he believes he can do because he thinks he wants to be a more well round and more polished, more prepared player in his second year. In terms of just knowing what to expect as an NFL player, I think he's more than capable of handling all that. Another fifth round find of Chris career, and Andrew Van Ginkle enjoyed a breakout campaign, finishing second on

the team with forty five QB pressures. Then you go out and get new linebacker Melvin Ingram, just another Dolphins acquisition that adds experience and a veteran with a penchant for serving as that same thing we talked about Elandon Roberts that on field conduit of the coaching staff, and he can still, by the way, flat out dominate the run and pass game by the numbers which we will explore in his individual portion of this podcast, it's difficult to find a front seven in the league with a

better pairing of skills with regards to the system the front matching the linebacker's abilities, and how it all comes together for a defense that has finished in the top ten and takeaways, sacks, QB, hits, and pressures each of the last two seasons, and allows an average of twenty one point five points per game over those thirty three games.

Before we meet the entire room, Chris Career was asked on draft night April about the selection of Channing Tindal and the makeup of the linebacker room as the Dolphins were able to retain Roberts and Riley and then go and and egone, I should say, and then go add to the room with Tindal. Here's Chris Career. You know, when we decided to you know, sign the inside linebacker groups and then bringing guys back like you know, Duke and e rob etcetera. UM, it was because those guys

are good players. UM, they know our system, UM, and we know what they are on and off the fee and how they contribute to this team. So we're excited to have add them back and then Uh, in terms of of channing. Uh, he was a player that we had been targeting throughout the process. We met with him in Indie, UM and really enjoyed our time with them, brought him down here on a thirty visit, spend a lot of time with them here as well. And um, and just for us, it's the versatility. The speed is

what we like. You know, he can play. He has the ability to play all three downs and play special teams as well. And uh. And talking to Kirby smart Um the other day again about him. Um, he was just talking about what tremendous the speed and toughness and and the character of the kid, and how Kirby really loved and thinks he's gonna be a really good player in the NFL. So we're really excited to get him. We're kind of holding on hoping he would be there.

And Uh, we tried to move up a couple of times too, Um make a move and those things were um uh, people wanted to make their picks. So UM, it was a long wait for us, long day and you know, not picking until eleven twenty or whatever it was since on day two. So it's been a long couple of days haven't been used to that. I love when we get some of that behind the scenes detail of draft night and how the process plays out there from Chris Greer. You also heard him hit on that

buzzword talking about continuity in the room. So good stuff there from the g M and the Dolphins linebackers coach and Anthony Campanelli, as well as Tyrone mackenzie. Real quick though, before we get to the cast, a big congrats to Mike Greer, Chris Greer's brother. He's the new general manager of the San Jose Sharks in the NHL, the first

black GM in the NHL's history. Absolutely awesome, And I kept thinking about this when the news broke last week, the discussion over the more impressive creature, right, because like, the shark has the big teeth and the ability to rip you the shreds, but dolphin is like the smartest animal maybe besides you know, monkeys. I guess out there that debate might take center stage at the Greer family Thanksgiving dinner table this year, Sharks versus Dolphins. So all right,

back to football. I don't know I'm talking about anymore. Let's get into this cast of players here, and it starts an order of jersey number with number fifteen Jalen Phillips.

The eight and a half times that he dumped the opposing quarterback gets the headlines, But to me, it was the improved marks in efficiency and just the overall potential that he flashed in terms of the tape last year that I think that should really excite Dolphins Nation because he amassed the second most sacks by a rookie in one behind Michael Parsons and defensive player or defensive Rookie of the Year could have been deep point too. And thirty nine total QB pressures on just four two pass

rush reps. That's good for a pressure every ten point three snaps you play, give or take thirty pass rushes per game. That's three pressures per game. Do that seventeen times I was better at with sixty fifty one total QB pressures, that would be a great number every year. That's right where he was as a rookie before he

even can take that second year jump hopefully. But his multifaceted skill set and pension for adding his in game pass rush plan to counter what his opponent throws at him, I think really showcases the upside of phillips game that made him the eighteenth overall pick in that draft. The aspect of pairing that with the physical skills, which we know are are abundant with this player. If those two things come together, you can watch out because his speed

to power move is positively lethal. His long arm to win the edge as a rusher but also hold outside contained against the run. I mean sixteen run stops on a hundred and fifty three run down snaps, and I think you see the crossover between run defense and pass rushing for Phillips, and just the technique in the form and the ability to win different types of looks against

different types of players that makes him special. It's just a display on that long arm move of the rare combination of I said upper body strength in my notes here, but really it's full body strength, but also the ability to stay on balance because you're holding off a three and twenty pound man with one arm and trying to keep your eyes in the Backfield's not an easy task. It is not for the faint of heart, and he does a good job of that. He's long a determined worker,

athletic as hell. I mean, was that not evident? By his nine point eight seven relative athletics scorecard at his UM Pro day workout back in the pre draft process, one which by the way, ranked nineteen all time among one thousand three d seventy one defensive ends, which is how they had him listed in r as he played more d ND at A at college. Plays that outside linebacker role for the Dolphins here and that dates back to nine eight seven, my birth year. Crazy crazy athletic.

He drew double teams, even triple teams at times during his rookie season. And finally he fits right in with the Dolphins way and that he can condense inside and help rush from there. He can execute rush games and help free up space for his teammates, sub package versatility, all that fun stuff. I can't wait to watch Jalen Phillips this second season. Let's go ahead and take our first break here right around the fifteen minute mark. Will come back on the other side and get to the

rest of this Dolphins linebacker room. I'll tell you about your boys new hobby. Have something I'm really into right now that's coming up here next on the Drivetime podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation Picking it back up here on the Linebacker Preview edition of the Drive Time Podcast. We have done the entire offense and defensive line so far. We have the secondary and Specialist, as well as three more divisions to preview,

the a f C, North, South, and East. We don't have a division preview on this episode because there are fourteen linebackers in this room, too many to do both with. And we pick it back up here with number forty one Darius Hodge, who came into the league in one as a U d f A to the Cincinnati Bengals and his season the end of the season last year,

I should say with the Dolphins. He's played just six career snaps, but his athletic ability was on display at his combined workout It's going to be a theme in this room, in which he jumped a thirty eight and a half inch vert ten seven on the broad and he also clocked a four six seven forty yard dash at two forty eight pounds. No less than than one of these guys can cruise and can hit in his physical all that fun stuff. Number forty three Andrew Van Ginkel.

He's his career has been one of constant upward trajectory, and I loved his game out of Wisconsin. His twenty seven wasn't or eighteen tape at Wisconsin was so much fun to watch. That pick six he had in the Big Ten Championship game was so indicative of his spatial awareness, his ability to play forward backwards, all that good stuff.

And he was placed on I R ahead of the twenty nineteen season after he had a stellar rookie camp or I should say training camp as a rookie, but then he returned down the stretch to produce against the run, in coverage and as a pass rusher in that rookie season. Then late in after some spot duty and good situational pass rush ability from Andrew Van Ginkel, he saw more opportunities down the stretch, finishing the final two games with

seven quarterback pressures seven run stops in two sex. That's absurd production and it carried over right into one where he enjoyed a breakout season, finishing second on the team with forty five QB pressures. He was third and run stops with twenty six, which also led all Dolphins linebackers. He was behind only the two guys in the middle, Wilkins and Seedler and his instincts Ginkles van Gingles, I keep writing ginkle Uh. We call him that a lot

around the building. Feel an explosive first step, constantly put him an advantageous situations like he wins quickly and like the rest of his game, his ability to take on a defeat blocks and his strength something that he and Austin Clark, something that he and coach Camponelly and eventually tym Kinzie I'm sure we'll talk about have talked about the efforts he's made to just get bigger and stronger as a pro. And he has and it shows on tape.

Because players like him and Phillips off the edge. Not only do they play both aspects of pass and run very well, their flexibility and multiplicity increase Miami's ability to be multiple tenfold and Melvin Ingram part of that as well, as he can play multiple roles in that linebacker room number forty five. Duke Riley, speaking of multiple roles, a

core piece of the Dolphins special teams unit. He made his biggest play in twenty one with a blocked punt turned Dolphins touchdown, but he made the most of his rare defensive opportunities because he provided seven QB pressures on thirty five pass rush reps one and every five that number gets inflated and sub package rolls a little bit more,

but it's still a great number. Nine run stops on seventy four rundown snaps, and he a lot of completion percentage of just fifty four point five percent, so everybody sliced it. He had a good first year with the Miami Dolphins, and by the way, he was exceptional in O T A S. He made so many plays around the line was coming off the pile, or I should say the kind of stack him up because you're not going to the ground, and O T A S. He would come off of that chirping a lot. So he

he felt he made a lot of plays. I felt he did as well. Number forty nine, Sam eg von Man. These two guys are are really not identical. I wouldn't say that about any player, but they play a lot alike and they both have a lot of fire egg Vaughan and Duke Riley, and he came south from the Great White North back in twenty nineteen and had that exceptional training camp in twenty nineteen, and he's quietly enjoyed

a very nice career in the NFL. That first season as a full time linebacker, he was fourth among PFF's off ball linebacker distinction with twenty three QB pressures. He did that on two d thirty four pass rush reps, but since then he's recorded eighteen quarterback pressures on a hundred and twenty five pass rush reps, giving him a pressure every seven point nine eight snaps of his career. He's very fast, very quick, and he knows how to

get around those blocks as a blitzer. He's another key piece of the Dolphins special teams with occasional sub package snap where he can use his speed to hunt quarterbacks or fall back into coverage. It's a nice piece of the Dolphins defense. Number fifty Calvin Munson a lunch pale style player who packs a punch. Munson typically finds the football on running downs. His his running downs outweigh his pass coverage reps and his career by quite a lot.

He played just nine snaps last season, but two of those resulted in Munson tackles within two yards of the line of scrimmage run stops. He's recorded twenty four of those run stops on two one reps against the run dating back to his twenty seven debut with the New York Giants. He's also played three forty four special team snaps from Miami since number fifty one rookie Channing Tendal, few,

if any linebackers in this class had more. I just wrote down quote, so I'm into the finger air quotes for you, guys, jump out of your chair tape than Channing Tendaal, a national champion one tendall enters the league with the nineties six or I should say among the ninety six percent TILE and NFL scouting combines by all linebackers dating back to my birth year. Again in the forty forty yard dash, the vertical jump, the broad jump, and his hand size and all of those traits are

evident when you plug on the tape. He flies all over the field with rare speed that can erase false steps if he takes one, and lead to explosive collisions when he is and he's a threat to rush off the edge, mug up in the A gap and threaten the past game that way, or bluffing and backing out and falling into the hook zone, the curl zone, all the way out to the flats. Go back and watch

his Michigan tape. He shows you like every trait you want, uh you know, off ball stack middle linebacker to play with and also condenses inside and comes off like he does everything. And he also can do that with really rare chase and pursuit speed to the outside in the

running game as well. And then you talk about his grip strength and why is that important because you control your man with your hands, and the way he can do that get off blocks and arrive with force just makes him adept at deconstructing blocks, like he has multiple chances to get off the block because if he hits you and strikes you, your your hands are going to stay attached. And then after they do get attached, he can use his own hands to detach because he is

so strong with those very very big hands. He was among the leaderboard among all college linebackers last year in a variety of advanced stats. He finished second in college football with just seventy two yards allowed in coverage QB pressures and tenth and pass rush win rate at twenty three point three, and he also had the twenty five lowest miss tackle rate at seven point two, so coverage rush, pass rush pastor rush win rate and doesn't miss law tackles.

Some good stuff there for Chang Tendall number fifty two a land and Roberts from a rookie to one of the most experienced leaders on this defense. We talked about his statistics and penchip for finding the football around the line of scrimmage at the group at a Glance section. But I cannot urge you enough to check out his episode of the Fish Tank because Seth and o j

as they want to do. I had a great conversation with him, and my big takeaway from that interview was just how intangible his leadership and presents are on this defense and on this team, and also that he loves coffee more than anybody I think I've ever met. But the definition of a thumper is that Roberts is the author of the biggest collisions year after year with this

Doll Friends defense. Last year, he played the second highest snap total of his career six twenty on defense and produced to the same effect second best pressure total ten of his career run stops twenty eight was also second best, and completion percentage also second best. At seventy two point seven. He also picked off Derek Carr and returned to eighty five yards for the first defensive touch out of his career.

Remember he caught a touchdown against US back in nineteen off of Tom Brady, off the hand of Tom Brady, number fifty three. Back to a rookie here, Cameron Good, and his tape is full of playing the run on the way to the quarterback. He's not going to cheat and jump a gap or try to, you know, make a play outside the system. He knows how to stay within himself and make plays that way. But he also

plays the game very physically. Like I talked about, you talk about playing the run on the way of the quarterback. That means just staying true to your man and like

playing through him rather than around him. A fun staff for him as that he was fourth in quarterback pressures in the pack twelve since he got there, and all other of the three guys were draft picks that were higher than can We're Good, including this year's number five overall pick in Cavon Thibodeau out of Oregon, number fifty five. Jerome Baker the straw that stirs the drink in the middle of that Miami defense. And even though the stats they really do jump off the page, for Jerome Baker,

it's difficult to truly quantify and appreciate. Like we talked about the Training Crowdery episode of the Draft Time podcast, all that he does in the middle of this Dolphins defense. He is as reliable as any player in football. He wears as many hats as in a linebacker in the game, and his speed and reaction speed allows the Dolphins defense to really get I think, as creative as it is.

His fifty quarterback pressures the last two seasons combined our second in the NFL among PFF's off ball linebacker distinction only the Tampa Bay's Devin White, who was taken with the fifth pick in the draft a few years back. Baker's ability to explode through the line with a quick first step, take exceptional angles of the quarterback and just cut that thing down two seconds. You're gonna have that football out because five five is gonna be in your face.

But then also retrace his steps because a lot of guys can fly by the quarterback and you know, the Josh Allens of the world, the Patrick Mahomes, the Russell Wilson's you, Lamar Jackson, you name it can spin out of that and then all of a sudden you're down a man. But the way Baker retraces his tracks, like speaking of Mahomes, go back to his sack on Patrick Mahomes that cost the Chiefs thirty yards on that loss, it just speeds up everything the offense wants to do

because of his ability to make him do that. There was a play in the finale where he got on his horse down the pipe and interrupted a passing lane twenty yards downfield on a dig route to Nick kill Harry right after he got the quarterback to the ground on a pressure like that kind of range and versatility at that position is so incredibly rare. And he's a terrific leader. He's tough, he contributes on special teams, does whatever they asked him to do, and he turns twenty

six to share on Christmas. He's a marvel. I love Jerome Baker. Let's go ahead and take our last break here and come back on the other side and get to the rest of this Dolphins linebacker room. Plus a hobby I'm really into right now that I think will last me for a Lifetime. We'll see that's next on the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. Back here on the Drivetime Podcast, the

Linebacker Preview Edition, I'm your host, Travis Wingfield. Still out in Central Washington, coming back to South Florida on the nineteenth of July. I believe it is. I'm a little bit homesick. I want to come home and get back to where I live. To South Florida, Sunny South Florida. Can't beat it. Picking it up here at the rest of the Linebacker Room, number fifty six U d f A. DeAndre Johnson out of Miami had a breakout your last year after transferring from Tennessee, and he did it at

hard Rock Stadium. Twenty five pressures and eighteen run stops. His last year at the U number fifty seven, Brandan Scarlett with his season cut short, and he came back, but he missed a few games in the middle of the season. He was off to one of the better starts of his career. Big physical edge, presence in the running game and a fixture on every special teams unit

during his entire six year pro career. He pairs excellent hands, with vision and decision making to get outside for contain then the ability to get off blocks and make a play inside or out. The sixty career run stops on seven forty eight rundown reps are evident by his ability or of his ability. I should say PFF graded his first season as a Dolphin at seventy six point nine. That was the second best of his career eighty nine point nine back in a injury short and twenty eighteen

season with the Houston Texans. Another guy that came back we talked about Riley edg Vaughan Robert's brand. Scarlett Dolphins really made an emphasis to bring this room, this room back together, and they produced last year. Why wouldn't you number Porter Gustin a new addition here? He was an absolute menace at USC Actually had a game where he was the difference between my Washington State Coupers winning the Pack twelve North and not. So I'll never forget him

for that. But he entered the league an undrafted free agent to the Saints, but would go on to play seven defensive snaps and another two hundred thirty three on special teams for the Browns over the last three seasons. Twenty five pressures on four career pass rush reps via PFF. He played under Austin Clark are d line coach at USC which checks out, considering Clark is a high energy, absolutely in your face type of coach and Gustine's motor

has never stopped running since his college days. He is an impressive and there's a crazy story about the way he approaches football and going back to his college days with nutrition and workout. Go check it out. Just type in Porter Gustin like nutrition or or workout and you'll find it. Finally, aging like a find wine. We don't have a number here yet, but Melvin Ingram, this guy continues to produce at a highly efficient level for a decade.

It's insane. His game is one of suddenness, physicality, and agility that requires the opponent to prepare for really anything. Much like a lot of his new linebacker teammates, he can line up in any position in any front without sacrificing any area of his game, rush or run game. His fifty one QB pressures one would have been second on the team behind Emmanuel ogbas sixty one, and the volume of Ingram's resume is so impressive, but the consistency

is jaw dropping. I'm just gonna read these career pressure rates for you guys over his decade. Last year eleven point one percent. That was just a shame below Ogbas by the way, eleven point nine percent, twenty nineteen twelve point five percent, eighteen eleven point two percent, seventeen fourteen point five percent, twenty sixteen fifteen percent, twelve point nine, eleven point seven, ten point seven, eleven point seven. It's it's outrageous. He's been so good for so long. His

run stop rate is in similar territory. From a volume standpoint, he was top twenty five in the league from twenty fifteen through twenty nineteen and never had fewer than thirty two run stops every year, giving him the sixth most run stops two hundred and thirty three among FF's edge defenders since. And he can play stack, he can come down, mug up a gaps, he can play wherever you want him to. From an efficiency standpoint, consistency is the way again.

Nine point five percent run stop rate last year a dip and five percent, but twenty nineteen twelve point seven percent, nine point nine nine point four nine point one. It goes on one five seven eleven point one percent, so all but two years he's been exceptional in terms of the run stop efficiency rate. To complete his toolbox, he has a career passer rating against a two point four,

so it's it's pretty good. In my five things piece, there are three clips that showcase the nuance to Ingram's game, both as a rushier and run defender, even with a new team mid season. In the new scheme, he flashed the ability to transition midplay from penetrating run defender to ferocious quarterback hunter against play action. There's a clip on

that where his patented spin moves on display. He pairs that quickness with sheer strength, heavy hands, and a devastating long arm move to put opposing tack goals in peril. That ability to kind of shock pass protectors in a variety of situations makes Ingram a really good fit for

most game packages stunts, twist and slants. And the beauty of his signing is that the multitude of roles he could conceivably occupy just almost gives you like a utility effect, and that if someone goes down, all right, we'll plug it in this way and last season, Van Ginko played eight hundred one snaps, Age Phillips six oh three and Ingram played seven thirty one, showing that he could be

a valuable sub package rusher, true three down player. Whatever you need, He's gonna help you stay fresh and get used production with this Dolphins linebacker group. Also, his teammates across the board, from the Chargers to the chief days will tell you how great of a locker room guy in locker room presence he is with Melvin Ingram. So there are your Dolphins linebackers, your entire room. We have the secondary and specialists still to get to. Will do that.

I think corners are later this week, safeties and specialists next week, and on that specialist podcast will be our a f C East pre you and then it's training camp. So I hope you all are enjoying your summer. I certainly am. I picked up a new hobby. I don't think I'm making much of a secret about it, but golf is like my new jam, pretty decent natural swing. I'm trying to figure out a way to get that thing dialed. I played my first round in a year

at my buddy's wedding back on Memorial Day weekend. I didn't even finish. I played really poorly, but it was a bachelor party type of golf situation, so I didn't expect to play well. But I never had shot under

a hundred. And then I went to the range a couple of times and played two more rounds since I got back to Washington State, from the Tips at a pretty nice course, shot at three, and then went to a tougher course and from the Whites the tip that I was told playing Tips is stupid, but my friend was really good. I wanted to play there. I wasn't gonna make him drive up further for different te spot, so why not playing the Whites at a different course

and shot so two times under a hundred. Feeling pretty good about that, Feeling pretty good about the new Coheed and Cambria album. For you prog rock fans out there, I think it's one of their best ones I've ever done. Twenty two years into making music. It's pretty crazy how bands can have that kind of longevity. All right, that's enough of my time here on this edition of the Drivetime podcast. Do you all please be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple podcast. Leave us a rating,

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