Offseason Preview Part 1

All Pro kicker in the NFL suggests. Plus we'll learn a little bit more about the new quarterbacks coach in Miami, coach Charlie Fry, and kick off the off season preview with the quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers. Busy, Busy show today. All of that and more on this Friday, February, the nineteenth edition of the Drive Time Podcast. Alright, so we're about a year into pandemic life, as it were. The phrase new normal just kind of feels like normal

these days. And one of the things that I really missed the most is going out to restaurants for dinner, lunch, whatever it might be. I told my wife the other day, I think the part of going out to eat that I enjoy the most, and I didn't really realize this until all of this happened. It is just the people watching aspect of it. The food is great, the company obviously is great, but those are things that you can

replicate in your own home. It's that social interaction that really amplifies things and and makes going out going out. And I say this because, and as most of you know, I'm doing the podcast now from the Pacific Northwest, back home with my wife and my daughter back up here for the time being, and my part of the state just entered phase two of pandemic reopening to allow for

restaurants to open of their indoor capacity. So we're going to head out to a restaurant tomorrow, our favorite restaurant, and I can't remember the last time I've been to one, and I'm just a little bit excited about I wanted to open the show with that, talking about maybe getting things back to to some normalcy one year after the fact, after our lives all changed forever. But before we take you into the weekend, some news, and it's our first

big transaction of the one off season. The Dolphins have extended the contract of first team All Pro kicker Jason Sanders through the six season. And we know about the numbers by now. We covered this all season long. Thirty six of thirty nine in field goals this season, twenty of those from forty or more yards. He tied the franchise record with the Lindo mari set back in with one forty four points scored the most by a Miami Dolphin.

He and mare A successful on ninety two point of his field goals, and he also rose his career percentage to eighty six point five. Both of those are best in franchise history minimum fifty career attempts there, and he also made all thirty six of his p A t

attempts this season. But if you go further into the context of the numbers, that did make Jason Sanders the first team All Pro kicker in the NFL in it's the complimentary aspect of a big time kicker with a dominant defense that creates this recipe for closing out football games. You get a top five or six scoring defense, it's gonna keep you in most games, and an accurate kicker with the range that Jason Sanders has that's gonna go a long way anytime you're in a close football game.

Go back to alone, a game winner against the Cardinals, fifty yards hits, the field goal against the Chargers to give the Dolphins a two score lead late in the fourth quarter, forty nine yards out on that one. Four field goals against the Bengals, four more against the Raiders, including the forty four yard game winner. This guy is

a weapon. And now he signed with Miami through the season, and we talk about the range that Sanders has, and there's a reason why this guy is the all time franchise leader in field goal percentage because he makes his field goals pretty much from everywhere. But when you think of the phrase take the points, that's always assuming to kick the field goal on fourth down because you're guaranteed

to get three points. Right. Well, in the case of Jason Sanders, he is forty for forty one in his career from under forty yards, so he doesn't miss in the short range. He's extremely accurate in the long range. He's reliable on p A T s. He's a fantastic kickoff specialist who can give you the touchback, who can give you the pooch kick and give you good on

side kick attempts. He's part of a litany of trick plays that have produced first downs and touchdowns and points and and so much entertainment for this Dolphins fan base. Three years into this guy's career, seventh round draft pick out of New Mexico, and this is the kind of impact he's having, gets a big contract, gets the big extension. Congrats to Jason Sanders, man. This dude earned it, and

I love watching him kick the football. I mean I talked about it all camp long last last season, right at every single episode, I don't think I saw Jason Sanders missed today and that was the That was the case every single day, all the way up to the scrimmage. He missed from like sixty two yards and let him stretch one out and he missed it left like he had the leg. He just like barely missed it left. And then of course he misses three kicks in the

entire season. Jason Sanders well earned contract. I am glad he's staying put here in Miami. Alright, And our third segment, we're gonna get into the off season preview Part one, taking a look at quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers both on the Dolphins roster. In the draft and free agency.

But first I want to go back and talk about new quarterbacks coach Charlie Fry, who got a chance to see our I guess our first look at him during the Senior Bowl practices that were televised on ESPN, You and NFL Network. But as a player, his career spanned five years three teams, Cleveland Brown, Seattle Seahawks, and the Oakland Raiders. Took a bit of a break there before he got back into the coaching ranks and he coached high school football in the state of Florida for a

couple of years two different high schools. From then he winds up in the college level with Florida a director of player development for a couple of years there in seventeen, then goes on to Ashland where he coaches the wide receivers. So you see this pattern here to heveloping for Charlie Fry's coaching career post playing career. A guy that's obviously been in many NFL offensive meeting rooms, now high school as well as the college level and coaching different positions

doing different things. Director of player personnel, offensive coordinator in high school receivers, coach at the college level, and then he moves on to his next big job in Central Michigan, the Chippawas as the O C and quarterbacks coach for two years there twenty nineteen. And and that's where I want to kind of focus on the production of the Chippawas offense under the tutelage under the direction of Charlie Fry.

And before we do that, you visit some of the quotes and the things that his peers have to say about him talking about his ability as a communicator as a teacher. Bucky Brooks of NFL Network mentioned that on Twitter back when the higher happened. Just these things that have been consistent in the approach for Brian Flores to develop his coaching staff, to round out his coaching staff under that same umbrella, under that same singular vision of

guys that are teachers. And we heard, for instance, Andrew and gink Will talk about Austin Clark's teaching ability in the past rush game, and you know, Shack Laws and Emmanuela.

A lot of the guys pointed to him as well there too, the offensive line guys talking about Lemille John Pierre and kind of the techniques and the player's perspective that he has from that teaching aspect, saw some of the similar things about Charlie Fry from his peers, from people you know in the media coaching ranks, talking about his ability as a teacher. So I mean that obviously

drives there. But going back to the Central Michigan offense, and I think it's always smart to kind of throw in the disclaimer of look, you bring in a coach, you don't know exactly what the level of impact, of the level of influence a certain voice, or a certain system or a certain idea will have. And that's why I always kind of turn up, you know, turn up my cheek at the idea that a certain coach had a certain level of production from a certain position group.

Therefore them going to a new spot will have the same the same production or same ideas. Coaching is a collaboration. So at the at Central Michigan they had a staff full of guys that work towards the same goal. The same is true here in Miami the Dolphins. Brian Flores has talked about it with the defense how Josh Boyer and Anthony Campanelli and John Alexander and Austin Clark, the

assistance in those position rooms. Coach Kirk Kountz, who was the directed the third down meetings, had an impact that way as well. So here comes Fry, a quarterbacks coach who has played quarterback in the league. Understands the you know, pressures of of doing preparing for an opponent every week, the pressures of media, the pressures of just being in an NFL building, and kind of being in that quarterback world.

As you know Ryan Fitzpatrick talked about back in October whatever it was, how there are thirty two quarterbacks that have this job that understand what it takes to be in this position, and then the course the backups behind that. All things told, less than a hundred people on earth that are doing this this particular job to understand what the quarterback goes through. So Fry has that professional playing experience. And I found this article up on Hustle belt dot

com taking a look. It's an sp nation faction of the MAC ten conference that are the I'm sorry, the Mid American Conference in college football and the central mission again offense was told to be in twenty nineteen with with Fry there on staff as well. More of an

RPO collegiate spread style offensive attack. Where then where they played six games because of the COVID shortened season, they installed a pro style, run heavy look that average five yards per carry, that ran the ball forty yards per game and went over two hundred yards rushing per games. So again, this idea of having a coach that has been around the block, that has seen multiple systems, that understands different levels of football at the college professional level,

different schemes, different ideas. That's the collaboration idea. Charlie Fry's resume speaks to his ability to be versatile and to adapt to whatever is throwing at him as far as what the head coach wants to do offensive coordinator wants to do. Charlie Fry has been under many systems and seen plenty of football. So I wanted to go ahead and put that out there for you here on the podcast, and I thought it was an appropriate time to cover the quarterbacks coach on the day. We're going to preview

the upcoming offseason now less than a month away. Man, the new league year coming around the corner just in a few weeks, looking at the free agents free agency coming up and then the draft after that as well as the roster building portion of the off season picks up, So a little bit of news on Charlie Fry there. Let's go ahead and transition now into our C block and get to the off season preview. Taking a look at the three positions on offense, I guess the skill

positions with the quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers. Will group up the tight ends and offensive line on the next edition of this, and then transition onto the defensive side of the football to wrap this thing up here on the off season preview here on the Drive Time podcast, and we start at the quarterback position, a couple of

pending free agents from last year's roster. Ryan Fitzpatrick is an unrestricted free agent, Jake Rudoc is scheduled to be a restricted free agent, and then of course the incumbents on a futurist contract. Who was the backup to Ta in the week's seventeen game this year read Senet And then of course the number five pick in the draft last year, rookie to a tongue of yloa. And that's where we really get into this right here. We talked

about to a bit on the Tuesday podcast. I tweeted out a deep ball statistic from tah over the week from Jonathan Kinsley does the Deep Ball the Quarterback Deep Ball Project every single year and saw some of the accurate downfield shots. It was throws from a clean pocket twenty or more yards down field to was eight of twelve with accurate throws on those on those passes, and

that was tied for the second best percentage. Now, albeit a small sample size, but you go back to his college tape, and that's what he did at Alabama was just a constant downfield threat. They would get defenses creeping up on that strong running game, the quick the quick game, the slant game, the rpo game, and then he would unleash the deep ball, just hit these perfect long balls

and stride to streaking receivers down the football field. And you know this offseason already, I've been grinding through draft

prospect tape, potential free agent tape. I've been looking at the Dolphin's own roster as well, and recently I've gotten back into to US tape and going back over his starts and just even from the first game against the Rams, the ball was coming out so quickly based upon you would see a defender shift or rotate in one direction and the ball would go in the vacancy left by that defender quickly after there by Towah. So you continue to see the way he kind of processes the defenses.

And I'm not gonna sit here and tell you I know the calls of the offense or what his progression is, but it jives with this stat that he had the eighth quickest time from snap to release this year in the National Football League. And we go back to the comment Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network said about what Too reminds him as in terms of his like, you know, off the football field analogy, and he always called him

a blackjack dealer. Just ball comes out quick, super super good with the ball handling and detail oriented in that in the ball fakes and the play fakes and and getting defenders kind of you know, out of the passing lanes and shifting their their launch point in their momentum to create throwing lanes for himself. And I thought we saw that consistently throughout the year on tongue of by

Lowe's tape. And I just continue to be impressed by the location of the football, his ability to put the ball on on location with awkward platform like for instance, back to that Rams game the touchdown passed to DeVante Parker where there's a six man rush coming. The Dolphins slide the protection away from a rusher off the left and a cat blitz a cornerback coming on the blitz, and you see two of his eyes start first to the right and the free rush coming off the left.

As soon as he moves his head back at all excuse me, to the middle of the field, he's he then just flips that thing out because he picks up that free rusher with a kind of side glance and then flips that thing out without even getting his feet set. He just has that quick release that can help you mitigate free rushers, can help you mitigate immediate pressure. And

to me, that's the name of quarterback. The name of the game at the quarterback position in one is how can you mitigate pressure and how can you get the football out quickly? And we saw, you know, all year long to a did well against the blitz. Pro Football Focus had him with seven touchdown passes compared to just one interception when the defense sent five or more rushers.

He was also eleventh among quarterbacks in PFFS quarterback and will this massive, massive data collection piece of you know, post season content they produced every single season. They have a metric that kind of measures the level of accuracy whether or not you lead the receiver, you through the ball on body, whether it was high or low or behind and in the accuracy plus metric tongue Bylowa was

eleventh and National Football League there for PFF. So, you know, we've heard coaches x, you know, executive people in the media talk about how the biggest jump for a player can often come from year one to year two. Field Yates referred to I believe it was Bill Parcel saying that back on the Drivetime podcast a couple of weeks ago, and I just think if you get that jump, you get some of those the you know, learning the way the NFL game works. The first year, rookie season, you

get that second year jomb. I think we could be in for a special season here for the Dolphins quarterback. So now it kind of circles back to what does the rest of the position look like. We talked about Red Senette being here. We talked about two possible free agents in Ryan Fitzpatrick and Jake RUDOC and just to get a disclaimer on the air here before we go into us any further, none of these views expressed are

the opinion of the football team. This is me putting together a list of players based upon Pro Football Focus on the Draft network, and they're big boards according to free agents and draft draft eligible players alike. So if you look at Pro Football Focuses Top one hundred and fifty free agent list, and there are so many of these publications that have these. NFL dot Com usually does Top one oh one. I believe the Touchdown Why Are USA Today has their Top one hundred as well, so

you can get your variety of lists. Pro Football Focus has one d and fifty and on that list, twelve of the names their quarterbacks. Dak Prescott obviously at the Cowboys starting quarterback big time. Uh, you know, top line quarterback Jamis Winston, Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, Tyrod Taylor, Mitchell Rabiskie, Jacoby Brissette, Joe Flacco, Mike Glennon and C. J. Betha as well as Ryan Fitzpatrick all made that top one

fifty list. And you have to kind of make that decision, do you want to go and try to draft and develop a quarterback to maybe Groom as a long term backup or a long term understudy or a long term development behind Tungo Bylowa. Do you go out and sign the veteran quarterback that can come in and the pinch and spark, you know, a couple of drives and get you a win late in the game if you're starting quarterback goes down in the game or you know, has to play a couple of games because he is in

fact injured. Do you go that route? Do you try to go the route of the type of career resurgence like we saw, for instance with Ryan Tannehill and Tennessee. Do you go after a guy like a Mitchell Robinsky on this list who was drafted highly and kind of you know, fell out of favor there in Chicago. Do you go that route? There are so many options you can choose here, both between free agency and the draft.

And the interesting part about the draft prospects here from the Draft Network is they have five quarterbacks in the top forty three, and there's kind of a tier gap in the next tier after that for them. Trevor Lawrence, Justin Fields, Zack Wilson, and Trey Lance. All four of those guys are in their top eleven. They have Mac Jones,

the alimenta quarterback at number forty three. Then you drop off to Kyle Trask, who's number one and thirty five overall player for them on their draft board out of Florida, Advis Mills out of Standford, Jamie Newman out of Georgia, Sam Ellinger out of Texas and Kellen mont At of Texas A and M who was the m v P of the Senior Bowl, albeit in a losing effort on

the American team thought he had a good game. They're in an interesting career at Texas A and M. So again, do you go back into this day three area and try to find a quarterback in that range the free agency market. It will be very interesting to see what the Dolphins do at that position to help support that quarterback room and support or starting quarterback into a tongue by loa. They also can help the quarterback room at

every position. You can do this, but of course with having a stronger running game, and that's where we look at the running back position. But first we take a look at the Dolphins incumbent running backs with some guys that had a really nice season last year and starting off there with Miles Gaskin, the I guess bell cow of the group. He played plenty of ball when he was healthy and available for the Dolphins. Damn near average

one hundred yards from scrimmage. That was a top eleven finish in the NFL in terms of yards per scrimmage yards from scrimmage per game if you played enough games to qualify for that. But Gaskin showed you the patients, the running, the vision, the speed to get to that second level and to to create poor angles for tacklers at that second level and make guys miss and bounce

off them. Also showed you as the impact he can have in the passing game, had that long touchdown against the Raiders, got out the gate a couple of times on some screen passes and would flex out wide run routes that way. Good versatile multiple back Miles Gaskin that can really be kind of scheme diverse for you. Has that excellent backside vision where he can press front side, get to the backside quickly and work against the flow

of the defense. And then the savan Akhmed the fellow you dub former you Dub running back, I should say along with Miles Gaskin. And we talked to UH coach Keith bonoffa from you Dub the running backs coach there. He talked about how Gaskin was more smooth jazz and Ahmed was more hip hop, in your face, gonna get

to the whole right now, very explosive. And we saw him have success with a hundred yard day late in December and a big Dolphins win over the Patriots in that game and contributing, you know, in multiple ways on special teams, in the running game and with that speed to burn had a big long thirty one yard run in that game against the Patriots as well. So the explosive element there with Savon Akhmed. Patrick Laird also excuse me returns as an incumbent on the Dolphins roster, have

been a very valuable special teams piece. Has again contributed in the passing game. The running game had a big first down conversion again back to that Patriots game, a third and five play the Dolphins ran the football. It was a big conversion there from Patrick Laird. So he does a little bit of everything. The intern as it were one of the best nicknames in Sports right now for my money and then also on a futures contract is Jordan's Scarlett. He was signed here just recently in Miami.

So those are the four guys that are currently in tow. Matt Brita is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent and that as well as DeAndre Washington he also is going to be an unrestricted free agent here come next month. That's what the running back room looks like from a

Dolphins perspective. If we go over to the Pro Football Focus Top one hundred and fifty free agents and once again no advocating here and no team opinions such my own personal you know display here of the PFF and draft now work top prospects in the free agency market as well as is also true with the draft and pffs list here starts off with Aaron Jones as their top available free agent back, the Green Bay Packer who has produced big time in recent years with big plays

again both in the passing game the running game, guys that can stay on the football field and contribute in multiple ways. And next on their list is Chris Carson out of Seattle. He's number fifty eight on their list. Total talking about a pure power runner, guy that can

convert shortyard is just an absolute bruiser. And this list continues here with Kenyan Drake from Arizona, James Conner from Pittsburgh, Mike Davis, James White, Levian Bell, Jamal Williams, Marlon Mack, Carlos Hyde, and Rex Burke had to round out their running backs on their top one and fifty available potential free agents. We will see, of course, which these guys get tagged, which these guys get extended, and who actually

makes the market. But you see it an impressive list of running backs on that group they're available and possible free agency. And then we go over to the draft and that's where things get interested. We talked about the draft a little bit on this podcast already. Are you talking about Travis e t N? Nagy Harris, the Clemson and Alabama product E t N speed to burn, home run threat, guy that can explode and hit the big play anytime you give him the football. But he's more

than just a speedster. He can run through tackles and keep on balance and explode for big plays after contact as well. And then you've got Nagy Harris who just man his production in the college level was absolutely absurd. He really showed you the element of the past catching game this year out of Alabama, contributing in both facets of the game. And again just talking about the touchdown production.

What he was able to do down around the goal line there for the Crimson tie was super, super impressive. And speaking of bangers, Javonte Williams out of North Carolina, he can absolutely bring the load and he also has the quick feet to kind of set up tacklers and put them in in decision and put them into a position where they have to make a decision. Is he gonna beat me with speed or is he gonna beat me with power? And Javonte Williams can do both of

those things. He is number three on the Draft Networks list. Number four is his teammate Michael Carter. We heard coach Flores's talk about him, they coached him at the Senior Bowl, how electric he is as a pass catcher, and we saw him hit a couple of big plays in that Senior Bowl game as well. Kenneth Gainwell also a nice pass receiving back there out of Memphis. He is number seventy three, the fifth rated back on T d n's Big Board. Jamar Jefferson out of Oregon State had a

monster season last year in the Pack twelve. He is the sixth back on their board. Rom Andre Stevenson was as a seventh back on the board here. He was also a member of the national squad at the Senior Bowl, playing with coach flores Khalil Herbert out of Virginia Tech also at the Senior Bowl. And you just look down this list, there are so many guys that can contribute

in the running game and the passing game. And if you guys exhibited that skill set more than Demetric Felton out of you U C. L A. At the Senior Bowls, he flexed out and basically ran the full route tree as a receiver. So this class, it's got a little bit of everything. Some steaks, some sizzle, some home run playability, short yardage guys, and a bunch of dudes that can do multiple things that contribute both in the running game

and the passing game. So that's a snapshot of Miami's list of options there from the Draft Network, from Pro football folks in free agency and the draft. And with that, we'll go ahead and move to our third and final position here on this part one offseason preview on the Drivetime podcast, taking a look at the wide receiver group, and oh boy man, this group and the draft at least is extremely deep. Let's go ahead and start though, first with the Dolphins incumbents and what they have on

the roster at the receiver position right now. And you've got mostly the whole band coming back together here. Mac Hollins is scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent and Isaiah Ford is a restricted free agent. But other than that, the band's back together. DeVante Parker, Preston Williams, Lynn Bowden, Junior Jachem Grant, Malcolm Perry, Kirk Merritt. And then you've got Alan Hearns and Albert Wilson still under contract after

opting out in the season. But off the top that, we saw what Parker and Williams can do on the field together as a pair of pair of guys that can get vertical in different ways. They can make contested catches down the football field. I spoke about that watching that Cardinals tape again to and Preston found a connection on a thirty five yard passed down the field that was just really really pretty where he got an inside release and to Will put the ball on the money,

he went up and made a play for that. We've seen what Parker can do in the highlight, real stuff down the football field, but also becoming more consistent you know, underneath and developing his game into a full route tree. He talked this offseason about how he wanted to improve on comeback routes and just continuing to get better at every single route in the tree. I think he continues to grow in that area even you know, into year

six seven of his career. Lynn Bowden Jr. We saw what he can do as far as a guy that comes over and jet motion carries the football, takes reverses, you know, catches short passes, breaks tackles, make plays after the catch. He's definitely an intriguing player that way. They can give you multiple things, and the Dolphins have a few of those guys, right Malcolm Perry, the you know quarterback convert in college. People say Bowden was a quarterback convert,

but he wasn't. He just played quarterback his final year at Kentucky, but he was a receiver before that. Actually was on the bulletin the cough watch list heading into his final year before he selflessly took over at quarterback when Kentucky lost two of their quarterbacks to put him on the field. And then all he did was just go crazy and run for like a billion yards in the SEC. But him and Malcolm Perry both have some

of those traits. Perry's really shifty, a good runner. We talked to his coach at Navy last summer, Kennia Mantalolo, who said he was the best runner he's ever been around, and granted, Navy is full of great, great running prospects. And then of course Albert Wilson, we know what he can do with the football in his hands. Alan Hurns very dependable, a possession receiver guy that can make can move the chains and catch balls and try tight windows and tight traffic. And then Kirk Merritt is here on

the futures contract. He was the undrafted free agent with some big time workout numbers and production in college that was very intriguing as a prospect standpoint goes. So that group is intact, and you know, last year we talked about Daniel Jeremiah, the great draft analysts there at the NFL Network, saying that that class was the best he'd ever seen since he came into the NFL doing all this stuff back in two thousand three, So call that what sixteen years of doing this, man, I think this

class is right up there as well. This class is loaded as deep. It has a little bit of everything you want. And you look at the receiving corps, I think there's different philosophies about how you can go about building them. Once again, my opinion here and kind of borrowing it from the Move the Sticks, folks, is do

you go after that basketball lineup? Do you have the power forwards and the guards and the guys, Guys that can win through physicality, Guys that can win through separation, Guys that can get vertical, Guys that are more adept at work in the back shoulder and kind of working

off leverage of the defense that way. There are so many hidden nuances of the position that you can kind of round out a group that I think you want to be able to build in matchups for every single personnel group and you call upon and right now we know Miami has a couple of guys like Parker and Williams that are just absolute trees and get up field and make the plays that way and work the back shoulder and produce in the red zone and score touchdowns.

They've got the shifty guys that we talked about with Bowden, Jachem Grant, Malcolm Perry, Albert Wilson, Alan Hearns in that regard as well. So they're definitely well rounded in that group. So how do you attack this in the offseason? When you look at PFF top one fifty free agents, twenty three of them receivers and players to three and four are receivers, with Chris Godwin, Allen Robinson, and Kenny Golladay. Will Fuller's number eleven. He is an absolute explosive of

downfield threat. Juju Smith Schuster also excuse me, up in the top twenty five, he's number twenty three, and the list goes on and on and on. Not gonna read down this whole list for you, but they've got it kind of teered out where you know, possible top of the line, like first day signing type of guys we saw that are we see that every year. Rather in free agency with the first domino kind of falls on

the secondary domino. You really have a mix of options and each of those tears I think where you can say, here's our cost at at this knee, we have this need for this cost. You can kind of find that in each section of this and then you go down

the draft list and it's similar to that. Man, like, you've got so many options where you can choose I want more explosivity, Do I want a bigger body guy, a more physical presence, Because like Jalen Waller, Jamar Chasing, Davante Smith all in the top ten on the Draft Networks rankings, They've also got another L s U receiver in their next at Terence Marshall Rashad Bateman in Minnesota.

Could Darius Tony super, super shifty, explosive and can really get into that position where he's squared up and then with one step he's off to the races. He's number twenty four on their list and the sixth ranked receiver he was at the Senior Bowl. Rondale Moore makes it seven in the top thirty two, so they project thirty two first round potential receivers there at the Draft Network. He's a guy that exploded onto the scene his freshman

season at Purdue. Was just a ton of fun to watch, running big touchdowns, whether it was through the air, on the ground and making big plays, making guys missing the open field. He's a fun prospect to watch. You continue on with Nico Collins, who was super impressive with the Senior Bowl, just as was Dwayne scrag She's a very, very smooth route runner who can attack leverage and close

ground in a hurry. Diame Brown out of North Carolina, almand Ross st Brown from USC Seth Williams from Auburn, Thayland Walls from Oklahoma State one of those guys that just compete at a different level five eleven, but plays way bigger than that. Elijah Moore from Old Miss Marie Rogers from Clemson, who also was at the Senior Bowl.

I sure do love his game, his route running and the way he he finishes catches regardless of the contact from the defensive back or from contact from the ground, survive you know, all the way to the ground with the catch A Marie Rogers does that so well. About two to at well out of Louisville. He's number one ten on this list overall, the one two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,

twelve thirteen ranked receiver on the list. In my opinion, this guy is one of the most explosive players in the entire draft who can just get vertical in a second, doesn't really have to slow down to hit the accelerator.

A lot of fun to watch. So again, just going over this list of options, both in free agency and the draft and in house options, You've got so many players that can do multiple things, and you can decide where you tear them, which group you put them in as far as top of the level free agent, you know, first round draft pick or its second tier Day two prospect in the draft, and so on and so forth, and kind of dedicate your or allocate your resources that

way and make decisions there. So I look at these these three positions we talked about today, a quarterback, running back, receiver, really more of the running back and receiver groups as deep. A little bit of everything you want. You can do it in free agency, you can do it in the draft. Plenty of options to improve the football team out there on the open market. And we'll talk more about the draft prospects and getting some us here on the show.

Talk these draft prospects as well some free agent evaluations and continue to evaluate our own roster here. We're gonna have some more of those guests coming on the show here shortly. Right now, some folks are on vacation first week after the first couple of weeks after the Super Bowl, kind of taking a breather. They're taking a break away from the game right now. We totally understand that we do have some good stuff lined up for you guys here coming on the pike, including a few more of

these offseason preview editions of the Drive Time Podcast. In the meantime, that is gonna be my time you all. Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast. Leave us a rating, leave us a review, Follow me on Twitter at Wingfield NFL. Follow the team at Miami Dolphins, check out the fish Tank and the Audible podcast, and of course Miami Dolphins dot com. Until next time, fins up.