Round 1 Mock, Draft Mailbag and Prospects that Stood Out

mail bag questions via the Twitter mail bag. We'll talk some general draft, some guys I love, some Dolphins draft, everything in between, including my one and only mock draft, which we'll see how I do on that thing. All of that and more from somewhere in South Florida. This is the Drivetime Podcast Miami Dolphins. So I know it's not our typical draft run up here this week for y'all without the first and second round draft picks for

your Miami Dolphins, But I'm still excited. I still gonna watch all these players you've been scouting evaluating go off the board. We're gonna take a look at a couple of them here in the aquand orange in the third, fourth, and then two in the seventh round. I mean, I still stay excited. I saw a couple of comments in the mail bag thread asking we still have picks, we still have a draft where there I talk about. There's plenty to talk about, and that's what we're gonna do

on this edition of the Draft Time podcast. And you know, I've been The scouting process for me is I would say six months long. I usually crack in. Well. The start of college football I watched on the broadcast, but I don't consider to be watching tape. It gives you a feel about what kind of guys make, what kind of impact, and who's trending in the right direction, who's

getting the national buzz, all that fun stuff. It's definitely beneficial to watch the games in season, but until you get the tape, until you kind of get the process of breaking down a play. I mean, all the podcast we did the last couple of weeks, we asked everybody, what's your process like for watching the tape? And what do they all tell us? They watch every play four or five, six, seven times, And that's just not something you do when you're hanging out, eating popcorn, drinking a beer,

watching football off your buddies. Again, valuable, but not the same deal. So I would say the process for me is about six months long of getting into the actual tape and watching these guys and trying to get at least two hundred of them done here before the pot or before the draft kicks off. Here for podcast coverage,

for Miami Dolphins coverage, all that fun stuff. But this year I really found it hard to stay on task because well, quite frankly, there are so many things that are pulling you away as a Dolphins fan from studying draft prospects because you don't pick until one out two.

For me, that was San Francisco forty Niners tape, watching every game they played the last couple of years and just getting a feel for how the offense was called, how the rhythm, the pacing, the timing of all that went down, just to kind of give myself my expectation to understand how pieces might be used here and not

even for podcast publication. You know, part of that is just for your own knowledge base, because it's always helpful to have that knowledge base inherent so you can talk about things that come up down the line, Miami Dolphins tape charting all kinds of stuff. I really became fascinated by the Dolphins third down offense this year and to a tongue of by lowest performance on that down. So

I've been charting some of that stuff. And then also Chief's tape for Tyreek Hill, Cowboys tape for Connor Williams, and for Cedric Wilson, Saints tape for toront Arms, and even got some Raiders tape rolling that's right for alec Ingolden fullback tape. Anything I could put in front of my face for the pro team at times took precedent.

But you know, I still had the draft party I was planning to get ready for, and a bunch of work for that that I was it's not gonna happen now, we're not doing the programming at the draft party now, but getting ready for that, I thought I owed it to myself and to my my audience here to keep staying on that draft train. And I did it, plugged through, worked hard, got back into my you know, two or so players evaluated and watched for this draft class, and

it feels good. It feels good to have that in the backseat and to talk about it here or in the review I should say and talk about it, and it's it's just not in my nature to completely balk at a draft class. I still remember the first draft

that I quote unquote covered. I wrote this six page mock draft, and I worked on that so long and so hard, and I printed it out and put it into one of those like binders, those little like see through sleeve binders with a binding on the on the spine of your project that you would turn in for like your senior paper in high school or maybe your

college thesis, like that type of thing. I was so proud of it, displayed it on my coffee tail for my friends to read when they came over about an hour before the draft that year, and getting ready, like

I was very proud of that. So I've been doing this for about, I guess fifteen sixteen years, And with that, all that preamble is here to tell you about the guys that really stood out to me in the process of this this uh the scouting process, and I don't have all the names here that I wrote down, but just some guys that stood out regardless around or position or projected area. They go off the board. Let's go ahead and start with the quarterbacks. I love me some

Moleaque Willis. Love his game and what he brings the table, both as a physical runner, as a speed runner. A guy that can execute multiple different types of looks from the run, pass option game, the play action game, the boot, the pistol, all that fun stuff, and the armed talent is really impressive too. I think that he's a good example of kind of this modern day conundrum. I think

that is definitely prevalent among media types and personalities. I can't speak to how the teams view this because I just don't have access to that, but the the idea between how quarterbacks are viewed from their processing and sharpness and readiness to play the position compared to their physical traits and how that stands out, And you know, Josh, there's always gonna be those outliers that kind of give

folks justification for why that argument is sound. Right, Like Josh Allen after his first two years of up and down but productive play in the National Football League turned into his third season, which was dominance m VP level quarterbacking, the type of quarterback that makes the Bills a team that people will put into the deep portions of playoff runs every year as long as he's healthy and going at this rate, right, And so if you can foster

those those traits and try to manage the intangibles along the way, then you could possibly hit Yatzi on the other end of that quarterbacks development. But still, I still believe that of the position is played from the pocket, is played from structure, is played from reading the defense and getting through that stuff. So it's an interesting balance of how those two things go together. And with Malik Willis,

he's as physically gifted as you've ever seen. Now, he doesn't have a lot of college experience, so maybe that takes some time to kind of get him to that level. But to say that he can't do it because he hasn't is crazy to me. I think that he's far and away the best quarterback in this class and definitely the most intriguing quarterback in this class. The other guy put on my list here with Sam Howe. I like the kind of shortstop type of arm angles that he

can throw from. He was a baseball player for a long time. He can snap the ball down the field. He's quick twitch off of his spot. I like his game a lot too from u UNC, probably in the second round sometime at running back. You heard me and Kyle Crabs talk about this, how much there is to like about this position group in this class. I don't want to give a full scouting report. And all these guys who talked about him about the course of the process.

Isaiah Spiller his passing game, prowess, stick your face and the fan on pass protection, go convert a big third down, play through the air, breakaway speed at times to hit the big home runs. Pierre Strong from South Dakota State. Love his gaming for me, talk about him for weeks now. Brian Robinson at Alabama, big physical bruiser, that next Bama product there. Rashad Wife from Arizona State has great foot quickness and patience to kind of pick his way through

the running game. James Cook a big time passing game. Uh out guy, you can flex out wide and and beat matchups. Try to say matchup beating there couldn't come to me like his game a lot. I like davey On Pierson past protection, like Taylor Tyler Batty from Missouri as well. There are just too many to talk about here. A great running back class. This year at receiver. I think it's similar, although lacking the top of the level.

Jamaar Chase, Jalen Waddle, and Davonte Smith we had last season that really, really I think would all be the first pick in the draft this year if they were in this year's draft class. But Jamison Williams is my favorite. The explosive nature of his game, springing off of the slant, off of the out route, after the off, the stem, the vertical routes, whatever you want him to do. He can turn short gains into big gains. I love guys that can turn twelve play drives into four play drives.

He's one of them. Johan Dotson has explosive skill set as well, and some of the best hands you've ever seen. Like O J. McDuffie had the best hands in Penn State history. Johan Dotson might have the second best. David Bellett Perdue, he has the best hands I ever saw it. Perdue. He's a crafty, gifted route runner who might fall because of a low low outage or low output I should say at the scouting combine, but I love his game.

Sky or one of those interesting kind of jet sweep carry the football play in the backfield, get vertical in the passing game as well. A nice looking route runner there in the in the match of some maction this year, he's a good look employer John Mechi again, if there's a theme here from me, guys right springy separation creators, guys that can make big plays like his game a lot too. And then Alec Pierce from Cincinnati just a special, special athlete that can make all kinds of ployees all

over the field at tight end. Love me some Isaiah likely the Coastal Carolina product, a sensational athlete with vacuums for hands and the way the ball hits his mits it's just he reels it in so impressively. And then Gelanni Wood from Virginia Tech. Classic y with the ability to flex out and play the f like his game. And then the kid from Maryland. We talked about it

with fran Duffy chig Aquanco from Maryland. He's an h back, fullback tight end type that can do multiple things in your offense at the tackle position, same as the running back class. Rapid fire. I mean, I like the guy's up top. I think the best top part of the draft position in this year's class, except for maybe the edge at Quanta is my top player in the class. Him and Evan Neil and Charles Class or class Charles Cross are all in the top portion of this this

year's draft class and potential top five picks. Trevor Penning. I like me some a Lucas from Washington State. You know that go Coog's Bernard Raymond from Central Michigan, Lukeadecky his teammate a Central Michigan. And Matt will Let's go from North Dakota State. Good good scheme, versatility, good kind of what's your flavor type of of class around the offensive line, and potentially some guys that fall into Day two, maybe even early Day three that can be plug in

play type guys on the interior. Same deal. Zion Johnson. I love his game, Tyler Linderbaum and Kenyan Green. I think he's he could play tackle too, But all three of those guys to me your first round picks. Dylan Parham went back and watched more of him from Memphis after Joe Marino gave the suggestion he looks great. Cole Strange from Chattanooga might be my favorite interior offensive lineman Outside those top guys in this entire class. Luke Fortner

from Kentucky's a hell of a player. Zack Tom great side to side movement skills and just finishing and pure technique in his game, and and Cam Jurgen's the center from Nebraska has a real nasty major. Because there's four good centers in this class, I think might go on Day two, Day three, you can get a look at in this position group between strange, Fortner, Tom, and Jurgen's interior d line. Obviously, Jordan Davis is a freak of nature, and Davonte Wyatt's probably just as good, if not better.

Kyle Crabs thought he had him rated higher. Travis Jones from Yukon a squatty body that can overpower dudes on the interior. Perry On Winfrey can play that big end position kind of the way Zach Seiler does and kick inside and dominate inside as well. I also like Haskell Garrett from Ohio State. He's a good penetrator on the inside of the defensive line. And then Fedarian Mathis from Alabama has absurd length upfront at the edge position. The Draft Network has six of these guys in their top

twenty seven and like Michael Bolton. Michael Bolton, I should say I guess I saw it like them all, but I will say Cavan Thibodeaux has been my number one player since the process began and an earnest since his freshman year at Oregon. I also think that someone's going to get a big hit on George Carl Loftus wherever he goes. But beyond that, huge fan of boy A Mafe from Minnesota, another handful of guys in that pre

one hundred range. I'm going to align with Keith Sanchez here from the Draft Network, did the Edge preview podcast a few a few days back a week ago or so on the Texas and m guys Michael Clemens at one forty three on TDNS big board. Also a big fan of my j Sanders off ball linebackers. Again, obviously, Nakobe Dean and Devon Lloyd are kind of the cream of the crop. But I love, love, love kwaya Walker. You heard Kyle Crab say he might go around one by the time it's all said and done. Leo Shanal

from Wisconsin. He's a good looking player. Damon Clark from l s U as a guy that Kyle pointed out as a big time potential late still because of the injury he suffered earlier. This draft run up. Chad Muma from Wyoming a great senior Bowl. Same story for Torrey Anderson at a Minno out of Montana not Minnesota, and Darien Beavers out of Cincinnati again linebacker, edge, offensive lines

and deep deep classes here running back as well. Four areas Miami could be considered to be looking at at cornerback. Derek Steinley number one on my big board, but I saw Scarterns a ball or two. I love the you dub kids gokugs, but Kyler Gordon's a future star. Trent McDuffie just might be too. I think Andrew Booth at Clemson has been a little bit under the radar for

a true lockdown perimeter number one type. And then later on Cam Taylor Brett from Nebraska a huge fan of his game, physical press corner, plays the game the modern the ways playing in the modern day. Kobe Bryant from Cincinnati and Mario Goodrich from Clemson, they're kind of the other guys there at those two schools right that that they're not They're not Andrew Booth and They're not Sauce Gardner, but they're damn good football players who should go on

Day two. I think at safety, Kyle Hamilton's so glad Kyle said he was his number one player, he might be mine too. I've given you three now with Thibodeaux, Quanda and Kyle Hamilton's, but I think I'm gonna lean towards Tibodeau with Hamilton's two and a Quanta three. But I love the mention that Ed Reid also ran a four five because who cares the guy's place being on the football field? Absolutely outrageous. Daxton Hill probably my next favorite,

the Michigan safety. Really like Jalen Peatray's game from Baylor. You heard Brett Coleman talk about his Holland like traits as far as his versatility, and then the lay a round Kirby Joseph from Illinois, I think he might be a dude. And then Verona McKinley from Oregon can also play. And then also Bubba Bolden thought he was trending towards a top one hundred pick last year, got hurt and now most publications have him outside the top one hundred

and fifty prospects. If that's the case, he could be a real nice value for someone late in this year's draft class. Alright, let's take our first break here. I'm gonna fly through a mock draft in the third segment. But again, it's it's weird to think about this from

a completely void of a Dolphins lens. There used to be a time where I used to think I can't imagine not having a first round pick, But now we're here, and I prefer it so good looking they're concerning the player we got back, I think you have to prefer that. But next we'll do the mail bag and they'll get to the mock draft. From the third segment, Here, Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. Back here on this Thursday, day one of the NFL

Draft edition of the Draft Time Podcast. We are presented by Auto Nation. I am your host, Travis Wingfield. It's always weird to me to get back in the saddle here as a solo host after having weeks in even a month of guests. I guess. We did have the media coverage podcast last week that was just me, but it was mostly Chris and Chris Career and two are talking but it's it's always a good feeling to get back in the solo hosting chair. So let's go ahead

and get some of your mail bag questions here. I put the call out on Twitter. You respond with your questions. I answer them here on the podcast or on Miami Dolphins dot com. I believe I have four or five in that mail bag too, so check it out up on m d dot com if you have not done so already. Adam Beasley, we know him Pro Football Network and formerly of the Miami Herald, asks this and I couldn't wait to answer it. What's your hair care regiment

or your hair care secrets? He asks, Well, Beasley, absolutely nothing. So I hate having stuff in my hair. I found a barber here that's aces, so shout out to Alejandro at the Cutting Gallery and Pembroke Pines go seem if you need someone to cut your hair. But the nice part about parting your hair one way for a decade, the old side part, my friend just called a comb over. It's not a comb over. It's a side part come over when you don't have hair on top, when you

fix it by pulling the hair of the side. But my hair is very well trained to kind of stay where it's suppose too, so it's I can kind of wake up in the morning and it's usually where it's supposed to be. It's like a humble brag. I guess. I don't know if it's a cool trait to have, but honestly, if I'm going to style my hair, which I almost never do, I leave it dry. I just use lotion. It holds, but if you want it out, it's easy and not messy. Like a pretty nice life hack.

I learned from Matt money Smith, who does the Chargers play by play broadcast. He was talking about this on the Around the NFL podcast on NFL Media about the old broadcasters trick as if you forget your hair gel, hand lotion works pretty well too. From the hotel that's where I found out about it. Tried it once, loved it. It stays, but if again, if you want to take it out, you can. So when you forget your hair gel or you never want to use hair gel again,

go for the lotion. I did it and never looked back. But that's like if I'm gonna be on camera, I almost never used stuff in my hair otherwise. This one from at one Leo f realistically the best player that could fall to one oh two, regardless of position, very tough to forecast. We'll get to my mock in just one second. I'm already convinced that my first pick is wrong, and my second and pick two, so we'll see how

it goes. But I think you look at the potential positional gluts and and kind of jams that causes the entire group to slide a little bit. It's like in fantasy right, like you're looking at your board and you've got a needed receiver, need it tight end, but the tight end classes is still stacked up, like you still got Waller and Kelsey and get Sicky and all these top tight ends on the board, and there's one last

receiver that stands out above the rest. You take that receiver because you know you can come back and get the tight end later on. That can happen in the draft NFL draft too, So I would be inclined to say both tackle and interior offensive line could be the situation where that happens. But the demand for that position literally every single year doesn't allow that. So I then think that's probably not gonna happen. Then I look at

the edge position, running back and linebacker. Talked about that just a minute ago, especially the latter two also two positions that sometimes suffer from the positional value drop right, but that could provide someone like Miami a potential boon there. So that is is that Rashad White? Is it Pierre Strong? Is that James Cook? A running back? Is that Chad Muma? Is it Troy Anderson is a demon Clark because at leo chanal linebacker, That's what I think you're looking at.

It's a great question and a tough one if that's the direction you want to go. Could be dB, could be receiver, who the hell knows, but there should be some good options there at Cobo Nation. If you were Chris Career, is there a specific player or position that you would consider trading away one of the first rounders to go up and go get This will be a theme, because well it's a theme when you pick in that fifteen to twenty range, much more so when you pick

at one oh two. But it's just so tough to gauge. Like I think, this question takes us to the draft value chart, the one that I refer to I like ten times a year on this podcast, which is of course not the end all be all, but it's a good measurement device. And for the sake of the question, let's just say Miami wants to go up to it's buffalo picking there, But for the sake of the argument, we'll say it's twenty five. That pick is worth seven

twenty points. Pick one oh two is worth ninety two points, So you're gonna have to come up with six hundred thirty points, which is the equivalent of the in this year's draft, any draft, and of course both teams involved would have to accept the fact that there is no guarantee of where that pick would be, and the higher or lower it goes based upon your record the season that's coming up would impact that trade value at the

end of the day. But I think it's important to lay out the expectation there have cost and in a draft where you're probably going to see the top tackles, receivers, and edge rushers plucked off the board by the time you made that move into the pick twenty five, like, you're probably gonna see four or five tackles, three or four receivers, five or six edge guys off the board by that time. I'm not so sure there's a guy on the board that would that would validate that move.

There could be, but I don't know that it would be. I think it's also a nice boon to have those two first round picks next year, just for the flexibility allows you alone. So my gut says no. But who the hell knows, Like what if for some reason a player like Kenyan Green slides there and you just want to play him at tackle. Maybe it's George carl Loft is falling a little bit, maybe Jamison Williams because of

the injury. I don't know. But the point is, I think you need to see a top prospect at a true premium position fall for the move to be worth it. Now next there are a lot of questions about the trade up ideas. I want to go ahead and just shout you all out and say thanks for the questions that I saw when I recorded this podcast. If you put your question in there after record of the podcast, I apologize. We do these a lot, so you get

a chance to get your questions in the future. Podcast and mail bags up on Miami dolphins dot com Dolphins Darling's asks about a trade up. There's also a few similar questions about under the radar guys, and I wanted to thank at Wade Trip one and at two Legs for that one. I'm a big Pierre strong junior guy that running back from South Dakota State. He's kind of the guy that I like about. You know. In that one oh two range, at J Couch one asks do

you believe linebacker or edge depth is more important? At one oh two, and I think edge is one of the premium positions. And we heard, you know, Chris Career saying his media the offensive line and edge where two of the deepest groups in this class. It's fun do you pair linebacker there with it? Because I think, because of the nature of this draft that both positions should have at least a couple of really intriguing prospects either spot.

From there, I'm all about taking the player you feel best about, but generally speaking, I think edge is viewed as a premium so that would probably be the one there. Next one here from at Nathan Chickele, I'm glad you enjoyed ted Lasso man he put out there that I he not doesn't have a question. Just want to mention my ted Lasso recommendation was Ted Lasso. I was not so much a fan, so I'm glad you enjoyed. It wasn't really for me. But my next recommendation for everybody

out there is Barry on HBO. It's got just heard of the season, their third season, so a little bit different than Ted Lasso, though. Just know that going in at finn correct, does our limited number of picks and where they fall make Chris Greer's job easier or harder. I like the way Chris answered this at his media last week. The lack of picks makes it more important to fit roles and find fits for the guys you

do draft. But again, I think the look of the roster on the whole and what he said about exploring Trent options with that pick tells you a lot about how they were comfortable spending those picks on proven talent after having a boatload of young talent infused into this roster the last few drafts. I think it makes it harder when it comes to just ensuring you find hits

in the draft. The third and fourth rounds are really kind of hit range for most teams, and then the seventh round you hope you can find a special teams guy, rotational guy, and if you get a starter there, that's a home run. So it's harder in that sense, but it's also nice to go into draft weekend and know that you've already kind of hit home runs with the capitol you had, right You just you just weren't going

to get a Tyreek Hill with those picks. Like Chris Career said, it's not fair to compare those prospects to a player like Tyreek Hill, who's already proven so much in this league. Next question from at Big Old Batty. Should the Finns draft a big back for short yardage slash goal line Brian Robinson? Perhaps Robinson's a load. I love his game. I think it's possible. I think running

back is possible in general, but I'm not really sure. Honestly, it's hard to say what coach might prefer, or what the scouting staff or the collaboration of that entire front office says coming together. Really, if you look at San Francisco, they didn't really have a sledgehammer back there the last couple of years. They did have a fullback in Kyle hush Chick. Hello alec Ingold. But we do know that McDaniels well versed in the position and that he has

an idea for the skills that he likes there. So if mos Dirt and Edmunds are any indication, speed, pass catching, visions, smarts all key ingredients. Love Brian Robinson's game though at c J F Grave, what's the most plausibly unpredictable move Chris Career could pull on draft night? That's a tough one. Uh really tough to predict one or two again, but thanks for the question, Chris, Hope, you're well man, haven't

talked to you in a while. I'm not sure if this is the most but it's the one that I've seen come up as a surprise when it's mentioned. But how about a defensive back, like there's a possibility that position provides some nice options at one oh two? And I know this Dolphins defensive backfield so loaded, but you can never have enough cover guys, I'd say a dB at one oh two. It's all on the table. Let's

do three more here. We also have the written version on Miami Dolphins dot Com at Medicine calm asks What wine pairs best with Tyreek Hill highlights incredible? Love it. I'm not a wine drinker. I've tried it a lot, not really for me coming from wine country in the Pacific Northwest. I don't dislike it. It's just like my twelve option off the bench, my Udonis haslam for this Heat team. If you will, Bourbon, always bourbon from me at Eli j t s. What's your fever dream personnel grouping?

Calling out the players you'd love to see next season? Now we're talking, and this is really tough to answer because I have to take guys off the field who I like. But that's what coaches have to do. It's a good problem to have. But I think I'm most intrigued by this one for a few reasons. Hill Waddle, Gisicky, Edmunds Moster. That's twenty one personnel, two backs, one tight end, two receivers, which typically calls for a base defense nickel

at most, which is five defensive backs. Your basis four defensive backs. So from there, if they go base and you go empty, you spread everybody out because all five of those guys can run routes from pretty much all positions. That's gonna put linebackers on either the backs or GHASICKI I like those matchups. So I'm taking that one just for the conflict it creates. Excuse me, but there are

countless permutations at Kyle. The commission asks, because of the limited picks, is there a player or players that, if we selected, will make you so excited you feel the entire draft is a home run. Alec Pierce is that guy for me. He says, Pierce is a fun prospect. I won't say home run just because you never know how the draft is gonna work out until three years

down the line. But based off my own watching and what a lot of experts that I had in the podcast last month said I really like Chattanooga's Cold, Strange, Washington States A Lucas Go Coogs, and those three backs I mentioned earlier, between White, Strong and Cook, like John Macchi, like Isaiah Likely, like my j Sanders. But I mean, there are just a few names in the hat, you know. I suppose what I'm saying is, let's circle back after the draft and see how we feel then and then

again again in three more years. All right, let's go ahead and take our last break right here. We'll come back on the other side with my muck draft. We're gonna breathe through that thing. We'll also get to media uh with Jalen Waddle with Jalen Phillips and Robert Hunt here on this edition other Drivetime Podcast brought to you by Auto Nation. Drivetime Podcast, your host, Travis Wingfield, presented by Auto Nation. It is Draft Day tonight from Las Vegas,

the first round of the NFL Draft. No picks for the Miami Dolphins. We do have a pick coming up tomorrow on Friday night, number one oh two. After the draft is over, We're gonna have media. We're gonna have I'll get my right up done talking about what every

player that is. I'll have a podcast for you guys, and a preview of Day three that should be out early on Saturday morning, so keep it locked for that and then also on Sunday another podcast recapping Day three, where the Dolphins are scheduled to have three picks on the final day of the draft. For now, how about my mock draft. I only wrote it down once and I thought about it and thought there's probably some changes I can make, but I thought it's gonna be wrong anyway.

And you know, admittedly I used to do this with a lot more of a league wide focus as the job I did called for it more so, and maybe this is the way to get accuracy, since it's about as easy as picking the March Madness bracket every year. But I haven't poured through every offseason move, every coaching in GM history like I used to do. So that's my disclaimer for telling you why this is gonna suck. But here it comes regardless. Pick number one to Jacksonville.

I don't care what they're talking about all this nonsense. They're taking Aidan Hutchinson from Michigan. Actually, who knows, who knows they It could be Trayvon Walker. It could be Jimmy Johnson. It could be Cavon Thibodeaux. It could be a Quanta, it could be Neil Evan Neil from Alabama. Who the hell knows. I'm taking Aidan Hutchinson. Number two, Malik Willis. Let's get crazy, give me the quarterback, love the upside. Get the quarterback there in Detroit. At three,

Houston cornerback Sauce Gardener. Number four, the Jets Trayvon Walker from Georgia. Number five. The Giants take at Quantity from n C State Ikey a Quantu. I can't believe not his first name. There at number six, it gets even crazier. Quarterback Kenny Pickett goes to the Carolina Panthers and Matt Rule gets his QB there. Number seven, the Giants get to me the steal of the draft right here in Cavon Thibodeau from Oregon, my number one player at the

seventh pick in the draft. Atlanta at number eight takes Evan Neil from Alabama to screw up that offensive line. The Seahawks at nine. Derek Steinley, my number one cornerback at number nine. Good pick for them there in my own mock draft, pat myself on the back. Number ten the Jets Jamison Williams don't want to see it, but if he gets that spot. I had a hard time seeing them passing him up. At number eleven, just learn, Jimmy,

butltos out for tonight. Not good. At number eleven, the Washington Commanders take safety Kyle Hamilton's who get a top three player At number eleven. Good for them. The Vikings number twelve, offensive tackle Charles Cross Mississippi State. Great looking player, thirteen Houston Chris Olave from Ohio State. Fourteen Baltimore edge Jermaine Johnson. There's some talk about him going number one overall. Who knows what's gonna happen Pandemonium Number fifteen Philadelphia Devon Lloyd,

linebacker from Utah. Number sixteen New Orleans Kenyan Green from A and M. A great pick for them there to fill out that offensive line. It's been good for decades now. The Charger seventeen offensive tackle Trevor Penning. Real nasty demeanor Mentality's gonna be a nice bookend there with Rashawn Slater in this In this instance, eighteen Philadelphia defensive tackle Jordan

Davis from Georgia number nineteen. The Saints trailing Burkes to go there along with uh, Nope, I didn't take a quarterback. Traylon Burks goes along with Kenyan Green for the Saints two first round picks. At number twenty, Pittsburgh takes cornerback Andrew Booth from Clemson. The Patriots get Tyler Linderbond from Iowa at twenty one. In my mock draft. Number twenty two, the Packers John Dotson from Penn State. Number twenty three.

George carl offt just from from per due to the Arizona Cardinals replaced Chandler Jones Buffalo a lot of talk about Bruce Hall right here, but I'm going offensive line Zion Johnson from Boston College, Tennessee. Also on the offensive line, Tyler Smith tackle from Tulsa has a real nasty demeanor, kind of like Taylor Lauan there. Maybe they like that, maybe they don't, I don't know. Number twenty seven defensive vent Tampa Bay Arnold epiket Day from Penn State, a

real real riser in this process. Great athletic trades, great pass rusher. Twenty eight Packers Deavonte Wyatt the DT from Georgia, twenty nine the Chiefs safety Dackson Hill from Michigan. And thirty the Chiefs receiver Garrett Wilson from Ohio State. Thirty one the Bengals were in our grayment from Central Michigan. And number thirty two the lines close it out with cornerback Trent mc duffy, man that gets tough in the back half of round one. Who am I kidding? I'm probably,

of course wrong from the jump. So this draft reminds me a lot of ways. All right, let's go ahead and close this out with our media from Wednesday, we heard from Jalen Waddle. We heard from Jalen Phillips. We also heard from Robert Hunt. Let's go ahead and start here with Jalen Waddle, who discussed the potential Tyreek Hill race.

He also talked about watching film with Tyreek Hill every single day, which I thought was really cool to hear about, and also watching Tyreek Hill film prior to Hill being traded to Miami. He talked about the media having their own combine, which sounds like a fun idea. Talked about potentially adding to his Penguins celebration, was asked if he can go Christian Wilkins route. He said, no, Christian does too much. And then also just the overall humility of

Jalen Waddle. You kind of see that in his personality. Very humble kid. Let's go ahead and play this audio of him talking about his new receiver's coach, Wes Welker, and how he helps him understand the game even better. UM. Yes,

I think it's approached different. Um. Just him being a receiver. Um, he really set the standard of being like a modern slot receiver, so he really gets insight and he can really like go into detail and really get into your head and know what it's like to actually like be out there. Um so West West been great, um working notic with me, but how he just um coached up

the whole receiver room. Short, sweet and humble as always from Jalen Waddle there he had plenty of other things to say, but go ahead and check out the YouTube channel for that media availability in its entirety. Same deal with Jalen Phillips. He talked a lot about his appearance on the fish Tank podcast, which if you have not checked that out, please go back and do so. The fish Tank with Seth and o J a great, great

interview with Jalen Phillips. Let's go ahead and hear one soundclip here from Jalen talking a little bit about his rookie season and the expectation he has for himself to improve upon what people believe is a pretty good rookie year, breaking the rookie stack record for the Miami Dolphins. But Jalen is not going to get content. Let's go ahead

and here from the Dolphins edge defender, outside linebacker, defensive ends. Yeah, I mean, I just I'm really critical in myself and I have a lot of high aspirations and I want to do everything I can to to help the team. And so for me not being able to come in every single down and help the team, Like, that's something where you know, I took it on myself where I'm gonna work on this. And so you know that sacks were nice, but ultimately it's more than just sacks. It's

more than just production. It's about you know, how you fit in the defense and what are you doing to contribute to the team as a whole. Uh And so yeah, just constantly trying to better myself and improve the things that I need to improve on. So there's Jalen. Let's go ahead and finish up here with Big Rob, who was asked about how simple or hard it is to learn this system and talking about how he watched or the Dolphins rather watch the Niners tape to get a

feel for the system. Here's Big Rob talking about his coaching staff and the teachers they have in that room. I would say either, I mean, I guess I think we got really good teachers in the room with matt Um, Frank Lim and Mike, and I think they're doing a fantastic job but just putting it on this man, And so I wouldn't say it's hard. I mean, there's definitely some cups, you know, but like like I said, we got really good teachers in our room. Thow helps, so

though you have it. Fun media availability from those three young up and coming players here for your Miami Dolphins again, go check out the fish Tank podcast with Jalen talking with Seth and o J. Very good stuff from those guys. Also the entirety of those media availabilities up on the YouTube channel. We also have plenty of content coming your

way this weekend. A Saturday morning podcast taking a look at the pick we made on Friday, whether it's at one or two, are going up or going down, whatever the case. Maybe we'll recap that draft pick and preview Day three, also talk about the media we have that night for you guys, and then on Sunday we'll have another podcast as well, recapping Day three and potentially three more or less players for your Miami Dolphins media from

coach McDaniel and Chris Career. Then we'll also take a look at it all next week with a comprehensive roster review. Will get Emery Hunt back on the podcast here from CBS Sports HQ for our undrafted free agent class breakdown, as we do each year, and we'll also be covering O T A s here this coming month as well. The season never sleeps here for your Miami Dolphins. In the the meantime, that's gonna be my time. You all. Please be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast.

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