Welcome to Miami | Emmanuel Ogbah

terrific financial shape going forward. What's up, Dolphins? Travis Wingfield with you here for a special series of the Drive Time Podcast, part of the official podcast network of your Miami Dolphins. We aren't making these shows with specific dates, but we are rolling out a new episode per player signing, and we'll start with the details of the player's career, taking a look at their counting stats, advanced metrics, film study,

character testimonies, and a whole lot more. All of that before we hear from the newest Miami Dolphins and exclusive

interviews with the Drivetime Podcast. So, without any further ado, let's get in to the free agency series here on the Drivetime Podcasts and we'll cover the cumulative approach of Miami's free agency period and the impact it has on the draft on a future edition of the Drivetime podcast, but for today, we're focusing on the individual players that were brought into Miami at the start of free agency, and today we're talking about Emmanuel Ogba, the defensive end.

The Dolphins signed the former Brown and Chief and he brings his heavy handed power rushing game to Miami on a three year contract. The former second round pick had a great combine int He ran a four six three forty yard dash and jumped thirty five and a half inches on the vert and one one inches on the broad and he paced his position group in those three testing categories at six ft four to seventy five five

and thirty five and a half inch arms. Agba has the length and strength and athletic profile to really excel in Brian Flores defense. This from nfl dot COM's Lances Aerline. Thick, powerful frame with broad shoulders. Came into school undersized, but has grown into his frame with weight, work Able to absorb contact and play through. It tough for lyneman to redirect, and it's too much for tight ends and one on

one situations against the run. Some of the most powerful hand slaps you will find in college football, able to brush away a week, punch with ease at times flashes unusual ability to trim the edge with power over speed. Uses power and a late rip move to win around the corner plus speed to power. Rusher who created instant bulrush movement has power to win at the point of attack and capture the neutral zone while posting consistent production.

Has posted a full sack or more in sixteen of his last twenty one games that's at college and finish with seventeen and a half tackles for loss. He played both end positions, bumped inside and can play with the hand in the dirt or up in a two point stands. That's the end of lane zerlines quote the heavy handed production translated for Ogbah and his NFL tape. He's an effective contained rusher that can overwhelm tackles with power and dent the edge considerably to free up these fast linebackers

to pursue the running game. Og Ball had a career high five and a half sacks last year for the Chiefs, despite playing in just ten games for the World Champs and a career low two hundred and fifty one pass rush reps. Through four years, Ogba tallied eighteen sacks two thousand, five hundred and twenty seven reps. That's an average of six hundred and thirty one point eight snaps per year.

Despite missing six games last year, the pressure data from Ogba's career has been consistent, with one hundred and twenty five pressures spread across his four seasons. Ogba's career pass rush productivity, a stat from Pro Football Focus, is eight point three percent. Last year in Kansas City, og Ball produced a ten point seven percent pressure rate, topping his career best nine point four percent pressure rate his rookie

year in twenty six team with the Cleveland Browns. His run defending numbers have been just as consistent, with eighty three run stops, and those are tackles within two yards of the line of scrimmage on nine hundred and sixty five running down reps. His career run stop rate is eight point six percent among players with ten or more games played. Last year, his ten point six percent run stop rate ranked fourth among defensive ents in the National

Football League in nineteen. His length serves as a disruption of passing lanes when he doesn't get to the quarterback. He has nineteen career batted passes at the line of scrimmage. And the beauty of the NFL is not just in the variety of how players can be effective on the field, but the variety of stories and the routes players take to achieve their dreams. Agba arrived in America by way of Lagos, Nigeria, when he was just nine years old. This is a quote from him, quote, I know what

hard work looks like. I know what it means to sacrifice and Ogba's father was a successful bank manager in Nigeria, but his degree did not give him any luck in his job search when he got to the United States, so he had to start all the way over from scratch. Emmanuel learned the value of hard work observing his father start from scratch and remake himself by working multiple jobs while he put himself through school for the second time. At age forty, ogbas father earned another degree and started

a job as a technician for an oil company. And his father's sacrifice laid the foundation for Emmanuel's approach to the game of football. Quote. I work and I'm my own biggest critic. I don't just study and watch film of the other team. After games, I go back and watch film on myself. Nobody's perfect, including me, so I pick apart my own performance and I look more for the negatives than the positives because I always want to know what I need to improve on. It is about

getting better every day, every game. End quote. Og bab refers to a game in college against Kansas State in which he only had one sack on the opposing quarterback. But that's not normally an answer you'd hear from a defensive end. This was og Ba's reasoning for why that was his best game. Quote. Don't get me wrong, I love sacking the quarterback, but I will take pride in the ways I can impact a game that may not

show up in the box score. End quote. And the five and a half sacks last year for Ogba were split across six different reps. One play was a split sack. The following year serves as a play by play breakdown of those sacks. Number one, Week one in Jacksonville, Ogba lines up in a wide five technique off the play side in a three point stance with a one on one matchup with the right tackle. Ogba uses a devastating club and rip to completely neutralize the initial punch of

the tackle. Ogba turns the corner and gets to the Jags quarterback Sack number two. Week number three versus the Baltimore Ravens, Ogba lines up as the seven technique to the strong side of the formation and throws a bull rush over the right tackle. Og Bas power resets his man four yards behind the line of scrimmage, forcing the Ravens quarterback to attempt to step up and escape, but Ogba sheds the block and splits the sack with his teammate.

Sack number three in that same game against Baltimore week number three, og Bad this time lines up as the week side five technique. The Ravens run play action from the pistol, which creates a deep pocket. The Chiefs sent a nickel blitz, which then forces the split zone tight end who comes across the formation to try to pick up the unblocked edge off that spot, but the nickel forces the unblocked player to be Ogbah, and he goes after and chases the raven quarterback and gets him down

in the open field. An impressive display of length and athleticism from Emmanuel Ogba. Sack number four comes in Week seven against Denver. Ogba this time aligns and a wide five technique with a one on one matchup with the

right tackle. The Chiefs show double B gap pressure but bail out only sending four and Ogba completely resets the right tackle, knocking the lineman off balance, and og bas power is just too much for the tackle to re anchor, and he finishes the sack while bringing the tackle along for the ride. Sack Number five comes in week eight versus the Green Bay Packers. Ogba lines up in a weak side wide five technique with a one on one matchup,

again with the right tackle. Ogbas initial bull rush shocks his man, which resets the point, and as the tackle attempts to re anchor and reposition, Ogba takes advantage. He dips and rips on the upfield shoulder and leaves the tackle in his dust. Ogba finishes with a solo sack on the Packer quarterback. Number six. Week ten, at Tennessee, his last game of the season, Ogba lines up in

a week side wide five technique. His initial approach is directly at the right tackle, but he alters it with a lateral step inside as the looper, the backside guard and center attempt to pick up Ogba on a free rush at the quarterback, but he splits the blocks and gets the Titan quarterback down to the ground for a sack. And let's go ahead now and get to my interview with new Dolphins defensive end Emmanuel Ogba and joining me now here on the podcast is the Dolphins newest defensive end.

Pass rusher, defends the run, does a little bit of everything, Emmanuel Ogba. Emmanuel, how you doing, man? I'm doing good. How are you doing? I'm doing good. Just getting through right now, trying to get through these times. Um. I wanted to ask you here though, new deal, new team, new contract, all this stuff. How's this kind of hitting you right now? It's just amazing. I'm just trying to take it all in with all this going on. I'm just blessed my situation. I'm very thankful and just appreciate

the Dolphins organization. So you chose the Dolphins here in free agency, had some other pursuitters on your tail. How can you chose the Dolphins? Oh? I just feel like we're building something new here and I'm excited to watch work with coach Flores, you know, to bring a championship back. I was with I was with the Chiefs last year, and I knew what it was like bringing home a Super Bowl trophy. You know, I can't wait to do my part of bringing bring him a trophy here too.

So a lot of your teammates new your new teammates here, Manuel have mentioned the influence of Brian Flores. Have you had a chance to meet coach Floras yet and what are your innational impressions of coach. I haven't really gotten a chance to meet him yet because that the whole stuff going on the virus and stuff. But I've I've talked him on the phone. I know he's h he was the best buy players, and you know he wants

us to come in here and work. You know, he wants he wants to do something special out here in Miami. So we're just gonna keep our hand head down and just focus on the stood and do what's best for the team. And the story is same here with Flora's and the defensive coordinator Josh Boyer and defensive line coach Mary and Hobby and their defense. They run a manual,

very very multiple. How can you help upfront with your versatility, um shoe, I can set the edge as a defensive van I can rush inside, I could do it all. I'm I'm very versatile and doing that, So I feel like that's why they brought me in to come and contribute the best what I can as a pass rusher. In your opinion, what's the best position the best technique to rush from? Oh? Me, yes? Um really is whatever they actually me. You know, I'm a player that could

do it all. You know what that's on the edge you could dominate on inside which I could also dominate on. That's whatever of coach Floyd's wants to me and Couch Hobby wants to me, and I'm willing to do it. You mentioned your abilities at the edge and play the run, and I gotta say, watching your tape of Manual, you have the rare blend of quick twitch ability and these heavy, heavy hands. My goodness, it's fun to watch the way

you impact lineman when you strike them. And I wanted to ask you, at what point in your life did you kind of realize that I've got some rare traits here that I can work with well. Definitely a house having long arms, and as soon as I get off the ball, I just feel like if I could turn everything inside to the defense other ten guys to make plays.

That's what I'm willing to do. You know, even whether I'm not making them play, I'm making stress you mine make the play, either for attack, for a loss, a sack, or just just pretty much doing my part to entertain. It's been a very very common theme here on these podcasts, a really team oriented mindset. And last year manual, you

mentioned your time with the Chiefs. You were on track with for some career highs all across the board, and your efficiency metrics were really off the charts, top ten run defender and turn the run stops on Pro Football Focus. What was it that really enabled you to be so productive last season in your opinion, just getting a chance

to do what I do. You know, kind of struggled a little bit in Cleveland, I got traded, and you know, it's just a mindset that I had, you know, I'd stepped my game up, and that's what I've been and

that's what I'm gonna continued. We talked a little bit off air, Emmanuel about your time kind of growing up and coming up through the ranks, and I went back and found an article that talked about your favorite game in college was a one sack showing against Kansas State, and most pass rushers are going to point to their

highest sack total game. And this, to kind of get off topic a little bit, reminds me of a game back in two thousand two against the Denver Broncos when Dolphins Hall of Fame defensive and Jason Taylor had one sack, but he completely wrecked the Broncos offense that night, and one of his pass rush wins resulted in a pick six because he hit the quarterback, the ball flutters out and pass our Tan takes it back to the house.

Back to that game, What was it about that game against Kansas State that you thought maybe your best game of your college rear. I just know I did. My thought, you know, helping the team land, you know, was like I said, it doesn't matter the sack sold as long as you're affecting the game, affecting the quarterback, just shoping in the run, just given everybody chance to make plays, even though you might not be able to make the play. Just making sure your teams have the ability to make plays.

That's all was about. That's all as a team sport. We've got a manual about here. Dolphins new defensive end and pass rusher here on the Drivetime podcast of Travis Wingfield, the official Miami Dolphins podcast network, Manuel, I want to go further back and talk about your youth a little bit in that same vein of doing the research about

your family story. I was really inspired by a personally man your father, coming to America and essentially being told that his degree wasn't gonna help him secure employment, so he just had to remake himself. What were you able as a youth to take away from that experience and watching your father succeed in that way? Oh, it was. It was definitely tough, you know, coming here and my dad had to start from the scratch, you know. Just seeing him work and work and work his way back up,

It's definitely an inspiration to me. That's why I look up to my my father. God definitely have some trades on him, and I just try to work and work as hard as I can just to be the best man I could be for myself and the people around me. So we talked about your versatility on the football field.

E manual. If you can, can you just give us a kind of comprehensive recap of what the Dolphins are getting both on the field and off the field with Emmanual Auba, Well, you're getting a worker for sure, workhorse, getting the fighter, never give up, always fighting to the very end, and also getting the winner too, like I said, come from the Chiefs, you know, Super Bowl champion, getting the winner and that. And also you're getting a good dude off the field, stay away from trouble and no

off the field issues. You know, I do my players. I keep my head down and let my do my talking on the field. So that's great to hear Emmanual, And I wanted to get a chance to ask you here. Obviously you haven't had a chance to meet your new teammates being at the building yet, but do you have any pre existing relationships with some of the guys in the Dolphins throughout the course of your NFL career? Yeah, dave On got you out. Yeah yeah, I met him

through Vincent Taylor. I know NC and Taylor was was here with you guys for about two three years through years, so he's a good fan of mine from Oklahoma stage. So he kind of told me about the Dolphins too because he spent a little time to night he's with the bills. Well, yeah, it's um, it's definitely a blessing, you know, to be in this position. I'm there absolutely and Imanuel were talking about football here on this podcast a whole lot, but basketball skill sets have become a

growing theme on the show. A lot of guys want to boast about their ability on the hardwood. What's your game like when it comes to hoop? I'm okay, I'm I'm almost like a post player the ball. But I had a strap on me like I could shoot, But I don't know. I think I got too strong. I kind of lost my myself touched. But I think think that's a proper sacrifice to make to work on the football skills or basketball. Yeah, oh yes, sir. Sure. What what's it when you throw down? You are you shatter

and backboards? Or what's that game like down the low post? I'll just say, just don't get in front of me. And I'm sure that definitely applies to the football field as well. And Emmanuel, that's all I got for you here today, man, So congratulations on the new contract, best of luck this year, stay healthy, man, and welcome to Miami. Thank you, so I appreciate that. And there he goes new Dolphins defensive and pass rusher and major impact in the running game setting that edge. You heard him talk

about it. Watch this guy's tape. He has some of the heaviest hand you're gonna see out there in the National Football League. A lot of fun to watch and watch the way he really jolts offensive lineman when he punches him and sends them backwards into the quarterback, into the running back. He can really beat blocks and disrupt the blocking scheme up front of the opposing offense. So a lot of fun to watch. Brings that brings the pass rush prowess here to Miami. Looking forward to watching

that guy play on Sundays at hard Rock Stadium. And with that, we're gonna go ahead and close up this edition of the Drive Time podcast. Again we have interviews with all ten Dolphins free agents that were signed over the last week or so. So if you want to check out those podcasts out, go ahead and subscribe on Apple podcast, Google Play, Spotify, wherever you get your podcast from. Leave us a rating, leave us a review, give me a follow on Twitter. It's at Wingfield, NFL the Dolphins

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