Miami Dolphins 2020 NFL Draft Day 2 Recap, Day 3 Preview

and every day. And on today's show, we're talking about the draft picks made on Friday night, rounds two and three for your Miami Dolphins. We're gonna have all the details from their film study, their character background, what the scouts are saying about these players, and much much more on this Friday April edition of the Drive Time Podcast Dolphins, and we started off the top of the Dolphins first

pick on Friday, number thirty nine. Overall, the six ft five, three hundred and twenty three pound tackle slash guard played a little bit of both of those at Louisiana Lafayette, the Rage and Cajun Robert Hunt. And this guy embodies the physical brand of football the Dolphins want to play under Brian Flora's He is big, he is mean, and

he throws guys all around the field. He also loves to do a little bit of hunting and fishing in his free time, something I talked to him about on the Drivetime Interview podcast, which you can check out right now up on Apple podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast from. And he grew up in a small town in Texas where he often found himself out chasing small rodents for an occasional meal or just for some leisure activity. Quote we'd shoot squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, all that,

end quote, Hunt said. And hunts off the field leisure activities they really don't stray too far from his job on the gridiron. His penchant for making big defenders up front, whether it's defensive lineman or linebackers, look like that same small prey that earned Hunt the number one guard ranking on mel Kiper Junior's Big Board for the NFL Draft. Quote he's so physical in the run game. He just

destroys defenders at the point of attack. End quote. And that was from Keyper's mock draft, where he accurately projected Hunt to Miami with a thirty ninth pick in this year's draft. Good job their mill, and Hunt comes equipped with impressive athleticism for a man that size, something he attributes to his basketball background quote, I love sports. I always thought I was going to be a basketball player and quote. And then of course Hunt turned his direction

and attention to football. Good decision there, Mr, Hunt, And although he didn't work out at the scouting combine, that athletic ability and position versatility has earned him high praise from scouts across the league and on websites and different publications in the NFL. This from lanzer Line of NFL dot Com. Like Cody Ford in last year's draft, Hunt is a plus athlete with a big man's frame who

could be considered a guard or tackle. There aren't any physical limitations, past protection traits are present, and has the necessary talent to become a solid future starter at right tackle. So Hunt did play some right tackle, played some guard at Louisiana Lafayette. He can do a little bit of both. For you. That position versatility, we know how far that goes for Brian Flores and this coaching staff, and Hunt has a lot of confidence built up inside of him

and that shows up on game day. His tape is full of reps. Go look him up on YouTube wherever you can find him. He has reps where he will just throw guys around. And we're not just talking about defensive backs at the second level, we're talking about linebackers. He tosses on the side. He carries that three d twenty three pound frame with very little effort. He's well proportioned head to toe throughout his frame, so he probably

could even add some strength there. Hunt set the tone for the raging Cajun offense every single week this year. He seeks out contact and that crushing block from the first snap of the game all the way through the finish in the fourth quarter. And this guy has hands like hammers. On the initial punch, he throws a heavy strike and then converts those hammers into clamps with remarkable grip strength. It is very rare to find Hunt falling off a block. Once he latches on, it's typically good

night for the defender. The nasty, tough demeanor on the football field doesn't transition though, into Hunt's daily life away from the football field. He's as likable and easy going as they come. On the interview process with him, he was so bubbly and full of energy. You guys will hear that on the additional Drivetime podcast that accompanies this one.

That bubbly persona made him a favorite of executive personnel league wide during his video conferencing meetings during the draft process this February March and up intil April, no shortage of personality. Hunt was transparent with teams when asked what they would be getting if they drafted the big offensive lineman. Quote, I just tell them I'm Robert Hunt all day, every day.

The same guy. A guy that's going to work hard, a guy that's a leader who's confident in himself, confident in his abilities, a guy that can play any position that you want and will be good at it for the next eight to ten years. And quote, a big body, a big personality. Hunt became a favorite of draft pundits really everywhere. This from Jordan Reed of the Draft Network. Robert is a prospect who makes your face light up

right away when talking about him. He has the tape that will make you grind your teeth and feel sorry for the defenders that he's matched up against. End quote, and Hunt trades in the vermin hunting for Big city life now coming to South Florida. One particular aspect of the area that he's really excited about in Miami is eating both on and off the field. He told me, quote, I love to eat like ribs, sushi, really anything. But I can't wait to check out some of the new

spots in Miami. But mostly above all, I'm looking forward to getting to work. We've got a winning culture coming in from coach Flores and I'm ready to get to work and compete every day. And quote, So now, in Robert Hunt, you have another big, physical, tough offensive lineman. He joins the group of Eric Flowers, Austin Jackson, Ted Carriss to really refortify the trenches here in Miami and build around the quarterbacks in Ryan Fitzpatrick and to a

tongue of Valoa going forward into the future. And with two picks on the offensive line, fortifying the trenches on that side of the ball. The Dolphins come back with the fifty six pick in the draft in the second round and add Alabama defensive lineman ray Kwon Davis. And you want to talk about a size length athletic profile, this guy checks the boxes. The Dolphins mission to get bigger, stronger, and more athletic and more versatile. Continued in the second

round with this pick. He goes six ft seven, he weighs three hundred and ten pounds, and he arrived in Alabama as a versatile shop record that can play any position across the defensive line. He spoke about that versatility on the Drive Time podcast, talking about how he can play the five technique, the four, the two, zero, over the nose. He can do it all. And it's not just position versatility that Davis brings to a football team.

It's his scheme flexibility that makes him incredibly attractive to a defense that prides itself duplicity. He lined up all over the formation for the Crimson Tide defense. According to Pro Football Focus, Davis played three snaps as a B gap defender that is the gap between the guard and the tackle, one d and twenty two over the note was lining up straight over the center and sixty three outside the tackle, with fifty nine in the a gap of course between the center and the guard. And to

finish off the scheme fit checklist. Davis feels his leadership developed during his time in college, especially his final year there at Alabama. Quote, that's the whole reason I came back from my senior season to teach the younger guys and to help the team as much as I can to the best of my ability and quote. And Nick Saban, Davis was former coach there at Alabama, doesn't discount the

importance of that veteran leadership in his program. He talked about it with ray Kwon Davis that he actually believes it contributes to a large degree of the success and failure of the team. As to what kind of leadership you have and quote, of course, we know Brian Flores puts a big emphasis on guys leadership and their locker room acumen. Davis took that statement as a challenge from Nick Saban personally during his final year at Tuscaloosa. I'm

just preparing the younger guys, Davis said. My job is to prepare the young guys to get ready. That's what coach Saban expects me to do, So That's what I'm going to do. And he earned consistently high grades across Pro Football Focuses grading system. In college football, Davis was a regular contributor with the eighty four point nine, eighty one point nine, and eighty three point two overall grades

across three years at Alabama. Anything above a D gets you into the blue, which is the plus above average starter status there in college football on PFF, and Davis played plenty of ball down there at Alabama one thousand, eight hundred forty nine career snaps in the three years with ten career sacks, and sacks don't tell the whole story for a pass rusher, as will tell you time and time again on this podcast, getting deeper into the

analytics and the film study, it's more about harassing the quarterback, getting him off the spot and disrupting the timing of the passing game. And that's what Davis did perpetually at Alabama, getting in the face of the quarterback. He registered sixty six hurries over those three years as an interior rusher and made seventy five run stops, which of course our tackles within two yards of the line of scrimmage or less.

He's a pocket collaps or a run game pen trader, using his length and power to reset the point of attack. You watch the way he jolts offensive lineman. It's like a car crash when he hits some stands. Those guys straight up sends their neck backwards when he jolts, and it's impressive with how physical and how heavy his hands are. His PFF run grade over the previous two seasons was eighty seven point nine, again in that blue territory, and last year into the Green territory the elite mark of

nine point four. During the season, Davis is uber explosive. Had a one eleven inch broad jumped during his on field workout at this year's NFL Scouting Combine, and that demonstrates the type of power that he can really generate from that interior position. This from Mike Renner of PF quote, he has reps on tape that leave your mouth wide open, your jaw to the floor. He sinks his hips and turns his feet surprisingly well on bull rushes for a

taller defensive lineman. The taller this is me talking now, the taller the guy is, the harder it is to really sink those hips and work laterally. But something that Davis does very well. There's so much power behind his hands. Mike Renner writes, he takes down running backs one handed with ease. Davis is not content to sit on blocks. He locks out and looks to shed the block end quote that, of course a staple of playing two gap defense.

NFL dot COM's lands Zerline season impressive ball of clay In ray Kwon Davis quote rugged and powerful player with elite physical traits. Davis has the ability to impose his will on opponents and dominate the point of attack. He plays long and strong with rare leverage for a taller player and holds positioning against double teams for linebackers to to flow freely. He should be a first round pick who can come in and start right away for an

odd front or even front defense. So you talk about the versatility there and also the fact that Zerline thinks that Davis could have been a first round pick. The Dolphins get him at fifties six with really good value there. Speaking of good value, the Dolphins third pick on night, to number seventy overall, goes to the defensive backfield to round out even more pieces to match up and cover to play single high. It's Texas safety Brandon Jones, and you want to talk about a fun, bright young man.

If you haven't done so yet, get over to the other podcast we already recorded and published on the Miami Dolphins dot com web page or Apple podcast, Spotify wherever you get your podcast. From the night two player interviews, go check out those interviews with Ray Kwon Davis, Robert Hunt, and of course Brandon Jones. And the theme here continues with smart, intelligent, versatile, selfless players tough guys. Listen to

this cool story about Brandon Jones. Before the draft process began, Brandon Jones requested through his agent the he wanted to get the NFL film of all thirty two teams in the league and study the playbooks and make a binder where he charted plays, which you know, me being a guy that charts plays and charts things on the all twenty two film, I'm a sucker for that stuff. He shows us the binder, it's a list of all these down and distances. The coverage is the defense we're end.

This guy wants to study and learn the game and be as well prepared as he possibly can be. The quote here from the video was I wanted to get an edge and separate myself mentally from the other guys and embrace this time that I have and quote using this downtime in the off season the lead up to the draft to get himself familiar and inundated with NFL playbooks,

and you want to talk about inundation. He watched four games from every single team, so one D and twenty eight games and put together a binder that looked like a phone book from New York City. That thing was massive. Here's the quote from Brandon Jones. I'm always looking for growth, whether it's physically or mentally. I took it upon myself to ask my agent to get me as much film as he can, and I put together the binder and

just to get to know the defense. It really helped me a lot to dive down deep and really dissect the defense. I'm familiar and understand a lot of what was going on. I realized as I got older in college how important film watching was, and I think the mental side of the game is something that's going to carry you a lot further than the physical side. End quote. How introspective and how really forward thinking is that last quote. They're talking about how your mental side of the game

playing fast because of how well prepared you are. That just really speaks to the maturity of the young man, and that preparation and thirst for any advantage he can gain makes for a flexible versatile player that can contribute in any position on any defensive package, but also on special teams. Here's a quote from Jones. Again, special teams is just as important as the other other two sides of the football field. Position is huge and can win

or lose games. At the end of the day, you want your best players on the field at all times, even if it's a guy that's been starting for a long time, it doesn't really matter. You want guys that are going to do whatever you need them to do. And I've had experience through all special teams. He's got blocked punts, return touchdowns on his resume. He played all over the Texas special teams units, but also all over

the defense. Per Pro Football Focus, Jones played two hundred and eighty five snaps last year at free safety, one fifty four in the box, and his most frequent position was over the slot with three hundred and seventy one snaps. So he can play the two deep safety, the single high safety, come down cover, the slot, and diamond nickel packages.

He can really do it all and total over a three year career, Jones played two thousand, three hundred thirty three snap apps for the long Horns, with one thousand, two hundred eighty five of those plays coming in pass coverage. Jones started three years at Texas and made one tackles. Over those three seasons. He picked off two passes and broke up seven others. He made four and a half tackles for a lost last year with one sack, and

he forced to fumble PFFS. Lead draft analyst Mike Renner notes Jones's smooth hips, his smooth hip turning and tracking the football down the field, and an innate ability to challenge passes at the catch point. NFL dot COM's lands Zerline loves the effort that Jones plays with, calling him a thumper at heart and with a toughness to play through pain. He fought through an injury and played throughout

the course of last season. The speed and range to play over the top, ball tracking motor to pursue ball carriers from across the field, and ability to step up as a kick returner and punt returner round out the report on the new Dolphins safety from NFL dot Com. Above the versatility, deep range, and overall playmaking, the former Longhorn earned the praise of his former college coach and Tom Herman, who simply told Brandon after the season was over,

I love you. Man who doesn't love hearing that from anybody? And here's a quote from Brandon Jones about his character and his spirit quote. I want to be able to inspire people off the field and on the field. And I want to be able to show guys that any time you want to do something, if you put your mind to it, you can do it. Because I've had ups and downs in my career, I hope people take that I'm a fighter and obviously if you actually believe that you can do something, then you could actually do

it if you put the work in. The six ft pound safety plays with his hair on fire. According to Joe Marino of the Draft Network, quote he finds a lot of success playing forward and triggering downhill. Love how he flies down near the line of scrimmage and battles through contact to get involved. High urgency player in pursuit and his motor is always cranked up. Has some really impressive finishes in space where he tackles outside of his

frame and works off contact. He plays within himself and his angles are correctly calculated showcase his adequate range to stay leverage over routes and quote so versatility, determination and toughness. He checks all those boxes, and Jones arrives in Miami with a leg up this offseason. That headstart should help benefit the rookie as he enters Brian flores Is multiple complex defensive system. So we have six new Miami Dolphins.

It all started on Thursday with quarterback to a tongue of Vloa and then coming back with the offensive tackle and Austin Jackson rounding out the first night cornerback Noah Igbanogamy, and then coming back on day two in the second round with the pair of picks. More going to the offensive line with Robert Hunt out of Louisiana, Lafagyette coming back with the defensive interior in ray Kwon Davis from Alabama, and now of course Brandon Jones out of Texas to

round out your six Dolphins players. We go into day number three with nine draft picks in rounds four through seven. Will pick twice in round four, three times in round five, once in round six, and three times in round seven. Let's go ahead and talk about the best players available heading in today number three, and you really have to feel good about the positions the Dolphins rounded out. We all know we wanted to fortify the trenches on the

off it's some defensive line. So far, the Dolphins have taken care of that with two picks on the offensive line, one on the defensive interior, which gives Christian Wilkins and Divon god Shaw and Zach Seeler and all those guys another good running mate to help keep those guys fresh and keep them active and help create the best matchups possible on any given week. We hit on the defensive backfield with Brandon Jones and of course Noah Ignogeny. So

two positions there to the defensive backfield. Going into Day three of the draft, maybe you look towards running backs. Maybe you continue to build out the offensive line. You can always use more playmakers on the outside at the tight end and wide receiver position. We could add more linebackers that can rush in multiple spots. Really, the world

is our oyster. Heading in to day number three, Let's go ahead and talk about some players we like heading in today number three, we're gonna go off of Daniel Jeremiah's best available players on the nfl dot Com web page, Number sixty three overall player, and the top remaining player on his list is another offensive tackle, Shodique Charles from l s U. You watch his tape last year. He could really do a lot of things and had some

really dominating games. He missed several games due to suspensions throughout the course of the season, but his tape was impressive when he was out there. The number sixty four and the number seventy players are both quarterbacks, and Jacob Easton out of Washington and Jake from out of Georgia. We'll see if the Dolphins want to add another quarterback

to the room. Easton, the big arm guy from Washington and from the intelligent, cerebral player who of course beat out Jacob Easton down there at Georgia for the starting job. And Easton then transferred to Washington. And then we get a tight end on Jeremiah's board here Harrison Bryant, the Florida Atlantic senior. He's up on this list as well at number seventy one. Bradley and I the Utah edge

who really had a nice season last year. A good technically refined pass rusher, long, heavy handed, heavy arm type of guy. He could be a nice addition to the defensive line. Curtis Weaver also in that group from Boise State. He's a big dude that can play multiple spots across the defensive line and can really collapse the pocket from every spot. Really productive pass rusher there in the Mountain West out of Boise State. His teammate John high Tower

a receiver. He just plays the position the right way, really quiet, patient hands as the balls in flight, not tipping the defensive back off to when the ball might be coming in. Makes a lot of big plays out there again on the blue turf in Boise, Antonio. Gandy Golden the next receiver right after John high Tower on the offensive line. Ben Barts, the small school kid out of St. John's. He drew a lot of attention down

at the Senior Bowl and Mobile. They even talked about him coming up into Day two, but of course he does not come off the board on day number two. He sits here is day on Jeremiah's eighty second ranked player and still on the big board. Our first running back on Jeremiah's list here, Derrington Evans out of Apple Lash and State. That team plays a physical brand of football and it all started with Evans on that offensive side of the ball. A real bell cow there for

their offense. The cornerback spot has a couple more names back to back here Reggie Robinson out of Tulsa. Admittedly don't know a lot about him, but he is number eighty four on Jeremiah's list. The next player a Meek Robertson from Louisiana Tech number eighty five on Jeremiah's list. You want to talk about a competitive, tough dude. This

guy loved getting into guys faces. The Texas game him last year he went up against Colin Johnson, who goes six ft five and just jacked him on the first play of the game, and he really set the tone for the law Tech defense on that play. Josiah Scott, a cornerback, comes up next after that. James Lynch, a defensive end from Baylor. Number eighty nine on the board still remains. And you want to talk about a high motor, That guy plays on a hundred out of a hundred

at all times. On the offensive line. Kansas is Hachema Denji. He's still out there. Akeem Davis Gaither there could be a convert player. He played linebacker Appalachian State, but he can do several things for a defense, some dime defense or some dime linebacker rather, excuse me, some base safety. He can do multiple things. Leaky Foe two from Utah the defensive tackle, a big, massive mountain of a man

that's tough to move in any situation. Dave On Taylor, the linebacker out of Colorado, is number He's a versatile player on your defensive front seven as well. A couple more cornerbacks, John Reid and Bryce Hall around out the cornerback group, and that's where the top one hundred ends. So still plenty of good talent on the board, and with nine scheduled picks for your Miami Dolphins, they figured

to be active on day number three. We have media availabilities from all these players and coach and Chris Career available up on the Miami Dolphins YouTube page on the social media accounts. You can find all these interviews on the podcast as well, the Drivetime podcast that's already out and published. I am going to spend the rest of my night watching film on Igbonogeny Jones, Hunt, Ray Kwon Davis, all these new rookies, and we'll talk more about their

film study on next week's podcast. On Drivetime. We'll get some expert analysis as well from people that know these players the best, including Steve Wisch of NFL dot com talking about twa tongue Vloa. He spent some time with Ta and wrote a long form piece up on NFL dot com. So plenty, plenty of content to come here your way on the Drivetime Podcast, including two more podcast tomorrow wrapping up Day number three of the NFL Draft, and that is going to be our time on this

Friday 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. Go ahead and follow me on Twitter at Wingfield, n f L Fall the Dolphins at Miami Dolphins on all social media's check out the Fish Tank and the Audible podcast, and of course Miami Dolphins dot com for all the written content on these players, as well as John Congemmi's All twenty two breakdowns.

We're gonna come back tomorrow and do it all over again. Nine more rookies to add on Saturday as the Dolphins round out this roster and complete the off season process with free agency and the draft. Exciting times ahead for your Miami Dolphins. But as for today's show, that is going to be my time. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Fins up.