The Audible Ep. 109 | Draft Preview: The Offense

free agency the Dolphins. I think we're all kind of in unison and this one, at least when the people I've spoken to feeling pretty good about what Chris Greer uh and Brian Flores and the scouting staff were able to do in free agency to really fill a lot of holes and really put the Dolphins in a pretty good position with the draft coming up and all the selections that that they have to uh to to really

kind of pinpoint some areas. And now there's I know there's the and I don't know that they're doing it this year, John, but every year they do the the every team does the you know, the head coach and the general manager comes out and gives their pre draft and never tells you anything and and moving on. But uh, you know, I think this week, if you I mean this time, if if if they were to do that, I think the one thing that this team would be

able to say would be John. They put they put themselves in pretty good position where and I know the old saying, as well, you know, draft the best player available,

no matter what position he is. And I understand that, and I hear I've heard that over and over again, but I still find it hard to believe the team that has a deficiency a big deficiency in one area, especially where the Dolphins are now, with what they've done in free agency, with all the draft capital that they've got, that they don't look a little bit more intently on positions as long as that guy is is is not

head and shoulders below that best athlete available. Well, I agree with you, though, in terms of the Dolphins put themselves in position to focus in on where they're glaring deficiencies are. Now. Through free agency, they were able to bolster the defensive side of the football. They were also able to help a certain position on offense along the offensive line. And now you go back and you say, you're still in the same position you were in, but you're you're more focused in on maybe a couple of

position instead of the entire roster. I still think that they will pay attention to defense, but I would expect the Dolphins to be overly uh exuberant on the offensive side of the football when it comes to quarterback, when it comes still the edge of the offensive line, when it comes to running back, and when it comes to

a receiver or two. I still think you're going to get people in this draft that score points that make the scoreboard light up a little bit more in keeping people from getting into the end zone now and saying that they have fourteen picks currently, So if you went seven and seven uh in the picks or eight on offense and six on defense, I think it's gonna be somewhere in the middle because you still need guys that are gonna be able to go down and run and tackle,

run and hit on special teams. And with the certain selections you've made in free agency, you'd like to keep those guys off as many teams as you can because you want them playing more defensive snaps. So you're still gonna need guys that can run and hit, and that means linebackers, that means safeties, and might mean another corner. But I would expect this this focus to be especially

in the draft on the offensive side. So John, a while back, we talked about going into the off season with the with the draft situation prior prior to free agency, and we both talked about what our priorities were, and you know, most of our priorities at that point, we're certainly quarterback the priority, tackles a priority, but beyond quarterback, our priorities kind of were were more shifted to that defensive side of the football. Where were you gonna find

another quarterback opposite X? What are you gonna do about the edge rushers? What about that linebacker that can do multiple things for you? And so you know, we're kind of on on that mode now afterwards. I'm with you when I look at, you know, my my areas of need going into the draft, as we're getting closer and closer, they've shifted more to the offense. And I still I would still put in and I'll ask you if you're you're getting put here, but I would put, you know,

quarterbacks still at the top of my list. I just I just think that you know that that, uh, you're in a situation where you can go and go after a quarterback high and and you still have a little bit of a safety net if this guy doesn't work. You still got a couple of first round picks next year that you may have the opportunity to reload and and and grab another one out there. But but but but still quarterback is no doubt priority number one to walk away from this draft with one of those guys

that can come even compete. But I think after that, John, to me, it's tackle tackle um for running back, UM, maybe another edge rusher, uh and then and then maybe a wide receiver. You know, you talked about getting explosive guys that can score points. You know, I think especially when we've seen over the last couple of years, when you've had multiple injuries and the wide receivers about two

years ago was Jachim and Albert Wilson. Last year it was it was Williams and uh who and and and Albert and Albert got Albert was slow, slow coming back from from his injury. And so it kind of leads you to believe that maybe somewhere down the road, maybe uh maybe one of those one of your second round picks or a third round kick, maybe you don't try to scoop up, you know, one of those wide receivers, because there are a lot of wide receivers out there.

But I think that's kind of where my priorities have have shifted to a couple of weeks before the draft rolls around. I tend to agree with you again, though only because I do believe there's a huge safety net in next year's draft with with two first round selection in two seconds, you know you you have the wherewithal to come away with a Trevor Lawrence or Justin Fields because you have that firepower just as you do this year. If you feel like Joe Burrows, you'r a guy and

you want to go get them. Uh and and you're and you're gonna scoop up a bunch of picks next year and you're gonna have your quarterback of the future. And if you stand pad it five and you're able to get to or you're able to get Herbert, I think I think you're gonna, you know, still have money in the bank to go up and get a guy that you want to get next year if if you deem that necessary. But after the quarterback position, offensive tackle

at number eighteen is paramount. I mean, I don't see any any other position that's gonna need more attention than your offensive line. And I think you're gonna have to go grab a tackle or two. Now, that doesn't mean both picks need to be in the first round, but it's sure better be high in the second because you don't want to water down to the you know, the fourth round and kind of cross your fingers and hope

a guy comes through. Because there is a lot of talent on the offensive line and and there's a lot of talent, you know at receiver. You mentioned, you know, scooping up a guy maybe in the second or third round that can fit the slot receiver position. I'm all for it. And I think if you don't go tackle tackle in the first round and you go tackle running back at at eighteen and twenty six, I think you're doing yourself a favor because you need another guy like

that to complement Howard and what he can do. So I I just think that the Dolphins are in a great position. They have flexibility in terms of where what positions they want to go after, and if that need isn't necessarily the guy that there they have full conviction over, they just switch over to another position and select that guy. I just think that the flexibility that Dolphins have built, they're gonna use to their advantage and they're gonna target

maybe three or four positions with those selections. Yeah, Johnny, I fully expect this team, uh, after after the second round is over, to have at some point along you're acquired a quarterback and two tackles. It's such a you know, from an offensive line standpoint, I don't think there's a star that's projected to go in the first round in this draft, but there are plenty of offensive tackles that

that could show up in this first round. And then you've got guys like Austin Uh, You've got some other guys that are like Austin Jackson, who I've seen him high and I've seen him in the second round pick. So you can, you know, after two rounds, if they can come out with a quarterback and and in a combination of two of those offensive tackles between round one and round two, boy, I would feel really good about what they've been able to accomplish in the first you know,

the first couple of rounds of this draft. Well, I agree, because you know, you take a look at the offensive line selections and there's gonna be probably four guys maybe five go in the first twenty five picks in this year's draft. You know, Andrew Thomas from Georgia, Wills from Alabama works from Iowa who can play guard or tackle. Uh, you know becked In a huge guy that is gonna be outside at the tackle position you mentioned. You know,

Austin Jackson, You've got Ezra Cleveland. You've got a bunch of different guys that can play that Ed's position. And then as you kind of move along in the draft, you're gonna have other guys that that are center slash guards. You know Ruise from Michigan, and you know there's guys like that that can play different positions along along your

offensive line. Uh, Cushion Berry might be a center guard type of guy from l s U. So there's there's plenty of talent in terms of offensive lineman that you might be able to get in the second or third round. That could be your your either or position. You know, you're trying to get position flexibility all the time on defense under Brian Flores. Well, I'm sure on offense you're looking for those types of guys that you can flip

around on the offensive line. Has experience a guard but can play center, is a tackle but can kick down to guard, because you need that now in the National Football League, you know, talking about the guard position, they go out and they get Eric Flowers, who you know, kind of had a bumpy start to his career coming out of the University of Miami, play tackle, end up moving to UH end up moving to guard, and seemed

to have found a home at guard. The Dolphins signed him, and you know, he's got tackle experience, but I think they clearly expect him to fill one of those guard roles along with Ted Terriss at the center that they picked up in free agency. The question I would have John and we'll talk about the guards here in a little bit, but the you know, to me, one of the big lynch pins about this offense right now, without having gone into the draft and seeing what tackles they

come out with, is Michael Dieter. You know, can Michael Dieter be the guy that they expect him to be? Now? They threw him into the fire last year. First of all, he had one coach and lasted I don't know what about a week, a week or two weeks maybe then, you know, and then you flip them over to Google's and and just kind of throws him in the fire there, and a little towards the end, I think he I think he hit the wall a little bit Deeer did,

and so he was kind of moved around. But you know, I think that's a guy that they're still counting on. And you know, it's it's unfortunate for him this much inasmuch as you know it was listen to me, it's it. It kind of parallels a little bit what we saw Mike Gasecki last year, you know, his his rookie year, not not know, you know, didn't get what you know, he didn't get what he expected out of his rookie year. I don't think Dolphins got what they expected. The fans

didn't get what they expected. We didn't get what we expected. But I kept looking at him, going, you know what this guy need. This guy needs a year in the weight room. This guy needs that off season in the weight room to bulk up a little bit, toughen up a little bit, and figure things out. And we saw and and that's not the only reason, because obviously Fitzpatrick had a lot, a lot of influence on how Mike

Dasecki played this year. But I think you could see the difference between the physicalness of Gasecki this year as a those to the prior year. And I'm kind of I was kind of thinking that from Michael Dieter, same thing. Give him, give him a year, because right now they'd they'd be in conditioning right now, in the in the in the weight room, you know, three or four hours

a day doing all this stuff. And so I expected to Dieter to get that kind of work, that kind of strength training and little stuff during the offseason, uh, to to put him in a better position to to really take a stranglehold on that guard position. Um And so I hope he's doing just that, and I would

assume he's doing just that now on his own. But I just don't think you can ever get to the level on your own as you would with a guy like him John if without being in the program and with that trainer and with that strength coaching, with all those people, you know, eyeballing you every single day and telling you, hey, you need to pick up the pace or he need to do this, you need to do that. Um. So, so it does. It does present a little bit of concern as far as uh is Michael Dealleeter in that

other guard spot. Well, if Deeter made the same jump as Mike Kisiki did at tight end, you could pencil him in as the starter because that was a huge jump for Mike at tight end and the the way that he played in the way he was able to use his body and his frame, uh like much like he

did in college at Penn State. He was he was more of a dominant force and he was a threat down the middle of the football field, which and he was an option outside the numbers, which was terrific because he was able to go and run option routes and and use that body and Fitzpatrick was able to give him those fifty fifty chances and he came down with not only some big plays but explosive place for touchdowns.

So if Deeter could do that, boy, you feel really good about Flowers getting him in free agency and having across your fingers that the guy you saw in Washington is the guy you're gonna get, not the guy you saw with the Giants. And if you felt good about that, you could look at Deeter and Caress and go, Okay, we're gonna we're gonna grow with this group, We're gonna be better with this group. And now you can focus

in on tackle. So I I do believe you have you make a good point in terms of being around other guys. You're always challenging other guys. You see somebody do something and you want to be able to match it. If you didn't get there individually, or you want to set the table and set the bar here and let other guys kind of chase you, you don't have that challenge and that interaction and that being around the group kind of feeling when you're kind of isolated as everybody

is in the world right now. So it's a tough situation for guys, and and that's where you have to get self motivators and and that's where you do a good job. And you're scouting and you're hoping that you pick the guys that whatever the situation is, you feel good that he's gonna give you the best, no matter if your eyes are on him or he's kind of by himself studying and working out and running and doing all the things you need to do to prepare for

the season. So I think Michael Dieter comes from pretty good stock at Wisconsin and the coaching staff, and and I think he is going to be able to make that jump in here too. Yeah, I do. I think he is a self motivated guy, and I think he was disappointed kind of what happened last year to him. He's got a new offensive line coach to deal with this year, and uh, and I still have pretty good

hope for him. So let's kind of go through these the Let's kind of go through the offensive prospects here draftwise and and kind of take a look and were since we were talking about deater and and Florence Flowers and those guys, let's kind of start with the offensive guard with John. I really gonna see, I really would be surprised if anybody in the in the they're they're strictly offensive guards. Um, that did jump up in the

into the first round. But guys on the Mission's got two kids, a kid Bretticon six four to thirty nine, four year starter, good player there, Uh, michael On when you the the other their other guards six two three seventy three, Uh, it's one of those malers that they're they're probably two of the top guys. And then Clemson's got two kids, John Simpson and Tremaine acram ancram Um, both of them big solid guys, can play. But I think you start getting below that and you start dropping

down into the third maybe fourth round. So you know, it's it's it's never been a glamour position, and I don't think it's a glamour position going into this year's draft. You know, unless you need and unless you're at a position to need at the guard position, you're kind of looking at guys that can play both. Give me a guy like uh Ruise out of Michigan, who's the center that gives you good movement, but you feel like his

traits can transfer over to play guard. You know, Cushionberry from l s U. He controlled the middle of that offensive line that won the national championship. He's tough, athletic, quick hands and feet. Uh And maybe there's a guy that you know you get later in the round, even a Matt Hennessey from Temple that was a three year starter.

He has a brother that's a long snapper, a National Football League kind of a scrappy guy Temple, tough type of player that has experience, that might have the position flexibility at six four, three hundred five pounds that you can move around in the middle of your offensive line. But for the Dolphins right now, I think I think they're pretty well set. I don't expect them to be dabbling in a guard's center, unless it's a luxury pick, and the Dolphins didn't have to give up a lot

of draft uh moving around in the first round. You know, you give up two or three picks, and now you're kind of those picks get more valuable later and you want to get him at maybe receiver or at edge, at edge rusher, or another offensive tackle or another running back. So I would see I would see the focus on the offensive line for the Dolphins more on the edge than in the middle. You have no doubt about it.

And when you get to that edge, tell you there's a there's a there's a lot of talent there, Joe. You talked about them Blier. You miss them earlier, you know, and and and and there's really probably two or three of these guys you could kind of just transfixed one

way or the other. Um And I would assume, I would assume, like most people, that that the number five pick unless unless um U let's Burrow and uh and two or off the board, and you don't really have that belief in in it's you know, some of those other quarterbacks, Herbert Love and those guys, they may just jump up and grab one of these guys, but uh,

you know the guys. The guy that the guy that really jumped out with the in the in the combine was McKay Beckon, the big kid from Uh, six seven, three sixty four, big, huge guy, physical wingspan, you could play right tackle, you can play left tackle. And well, I tell you, when you talk about you just talk about just a big stud. Uh. This guy's got that written all over. And the kid from uh, the kid from Louisville, well he's enormous. You know, you mentioned six

seven and sixty five or sixty nine pounds. He ran a five flat or five one short he you know, and it's incredible what he can do. And he's imposing. You know, he's the guy that you see first and you go, oh my gosh, I'm gonna hide behind this guy. But but he's really he's long with his arms as well, so in past protection. He has good footwork, almost nimble to a point, and he has smooth body control for a big guy at six seven, So you get a

huge body that can play either side. And he played left tackle at Louisville, but he was a three year starter and then he dominated in college football. Uh. You know, he has this this the length of kind of hold off a speed rusher with that, with that wingspan, and he'll mash you a little bit in the run game. You know, if he gets that big body going in the right direction, you're not going anywhere unless he's telling

you where to go and he locks on you. So you get a big guy in Beckton that is pretty athletic, and I do believe he's gonna go somewhere. I would think in the twenties, if not in the teens in this draft. Yeah, you know, you you look at him, and you know, I always look at these these left tackles or tackles. And then now you've got guys like Villain the Wave of a kid from Pittsburgh. He's still

Pittsburgh's like six and nine. You know, you see some of these guys that are just so big and and you know, you play against big guys your whole career, but there are certain guys where you you kind of break the other. You turn around the first time they break the hottle and that guy walks the line of scourage. You go, shit, I gotta work with this guy. I gotta play against this guy all day long. Ago. This

is gonna be good, be a long day's work. And he's certainly is one of those guys that that brings that to the table. The other kid, the other kid that's really high up there, uh is a kid from Ioa. Tristan Works was a freshman starter and I was six five three twenty Uh. He could play guard, he can play right tackle. For our conversation, we think about is

the tackle. But you know, you you talking about a right tackle now, especially if there's a chance that you do get to a at five and now that right tackle becomes a little bit maybe a little bit more of a concern to you. Then then the left tackle. And Works as a guy that's has played that right Jackal Spott, and played it very well well he has. And any time that you know, you look in a guy's bio and you see state high school wrestling champion,

you know he's got good leverage right. You know, he knows how to use those hands and those feet and kind of get his body and his core in the right position. And he is he's an elite player. The first Iowa freshman to start in twenty one years for Kurt Ferrens and and Kurt Ferrens is a guy that learned from an old offensive line coach of mine in college, Joe Moore, who the offensive Line Award goes to every year in college football. So Kurt was a g A

at Pitt. Joe Moore is the line coach and that's where he he started his his prowess as it really turning out offensive lineman. And you know with worse. He's got great strength, he's got good foot speed, he's got a really powerful punch and good good hand placement, and he has experience. He started in thirty or thirty or four games in college. So you've got a guy that's not going to be shying away from Hey, it's your turn, get in there. We need you. You're the guy that's

we're giving you the job. Can you can you keep it? And I think Hill rise to the occasion. Yeah. And then Deedrick Willis will Is the kids from Alabama, another good guy six four three twenty and John you're starting to kind of go down the list, and you have Thomas and Josh Jones and Austin Jackson that we're kind of going through here. But you go through the list, you oh my gosh, these guys are all you know,

it's hard to find something negative about him. You look at the you look at at at Wills Jr. And he's you know, six four three twelve's a nasty guy, you know what, He's got one of these things John, that I think is a little unusual for guys coming out of car Probably a better pass protector then he is a run blocker, although he certainly has the size and the ability to move people at the line of screws.

But especially in the game these days, if you if you're a better pass protector, then you are a run blocker all the all the better off for you. The way this game is going now, Yeah, it's almost like a tight end. If you can catch the football on a run, we'll we'll teach you. We might not even ask you block, but if you give it a try, we're okay with that. But but Will's is a lot better than that at run blocking. But you're right, bow two year starter from Alabama, that's really efficient in his

past protection and and he has good technique. You know, this is the guy that stays square to the line of scrimmage. He recognizes twist and stunts and does a nice job in anchoring on the right side. He was a two year starter on the right side for Alabama because of two of being a lefty, a guy that you feel confident in and with so many teams. But it's gonna be tough for the Dolphins unless something the

draft really broke in a strange way. You know, you have Louisville, you have Jacksonville that that might need alignment, and the Browns, the Jets, you know, you keep going down. The Bucks might take somebody now that that Tom Brady at quarterback. You know, you get a young quarterback in Denver that might need some help upfront. So there's a lot of teams that are looking at these linemen and Wills would be one of the first guys to go,

if not the first offensive lineman to go in this draft. Yeah. Andrew Thomas, the kid from Georgia six five fifteen, He's another guy, really good at run blocking, solid guy and just about every aspect of his game. Got good feet. He's got one of those guys got a good base

on he can play either side for you. So there's a there's another guy there that gives you, gives you the you know, the flexibility to use him on either side where you need if he comes in and just again another big strong, big strong guy coming out of a program that that played against some of the best defensive players in college football, which always is a is a bonus having guys that have you know, kind of played that SEC, played against all those you know, all

those the top talent in there, and played against you know, some of the other big time schools around in big games. So another guy that certainly fits the bill. So it's a battle every week in the SEC, especially conference games, when you're doesn't really matter who you're playing. The offensive line, the defensive lines, they're gonna go at it and you're right. Andrew Thomas uh Ever, since freshman year he was a

freshman All American at right tackle. He played fifteen games there and then the next two seasons he flips over to the left side, and twenty six games later, he's the first team All American in All Conference last year. So you know, you get a great player with position flexibility.

Another guy that I would say, between Wills and Thomas, those are gonna be the first two guys maybe off the board because of their flexibility and and the way they played in the SEC with Georgia and Alabama respectively. Thomas and Wills are two of the best. Josh Jones skip from Houston. Uh. You know, here's a guy, that big, big guy six five three night team. Uh, probably is a guy that needs a little more work and he's

got a big upside to him. But I think if you're gonna poke holes in some of these offensive linemen, he's probably the first guy you get to where you can can poke a couple of holes in his uh in his resume. Well, you just yeah, you're right, bo. There's a couple of guys that you're kind of looking

at and you say, well, I'm not I'm not totally sold. Um. I think the first five or six guys we that we mentioned in Thomas and Worths and Wills and Beckton and even Austin Jackson, with the upside that he has, I think that you're gonna get a really good cross section. But but there are a couple of guys on the list when you when you take a look, and Joshua Josh Jones is one of those guys. He's a huge, he has a huge body, but you just don't know

if if he's worth taking at a certain spot. You know, do you wait on him and and maybe get him in the second round because he's he's got a big frame, he's athletic, he's he's kind of played a little bit of everywhere, and you feel like the upside is great for him. You just don't know how good that ceiling

could be. You know, Austin Jackson talking about him to kid from USC, and you're growing up in the West Coast and growing up watching USC and looking at all those big offensive linemen that came out of them, tackles that came out Afterony Moods and guys like that that just were just a staple of what USC was. You're certainly not that type of football team now. But this kid,

Austin Jackson, young twenty years old coming out plays left tackle. Um, you know he's one of those guys could uh you know, could get in the league and and and remind you of some of those great offensive linement that have come out of USC over the years. Well, my like I would say, like Jones from Houston, Austin Jackson maybe has his best football ahead of him. You know, he has an athletic frame, uh, pretty good athleticism in terms of being able to move his feet and match his hands,

gets to the second level really well. Um, He's he's a guy that that you feel good about taking at tackle because I think that he he's a guy that's gonna take the NFL teaching and take it to the next level. I think he's gonna get really good fast getting around the right people and getting around the caliber of you can you you belong here, getting that feeling that he belongs in the National Football League. And he's a young guy too, So I just think that one

of those challenges for Jackson. It might be easier for Austin Jackson from USC to get where he needs to be than some of these other guys with with the same experience. Yeah, John, I would be shocked if the Dolphins and anywhere in this draft draft of the tight end I think they've got. I think they've got you know, they've got enough tight ends in there, uh to fit the bill. And when you look at this, it may this may be one of the one of the weakest years for tight ends. Cole commit to get out of

Notre Dame. Uh, you know it is clearly the best of the bunch. Uh. And then after that, you know you've got the kid Troutman out of Dayton, but but really nobody there that uh that jumps up and Bryce Hopkins a kid from Purdue, and Hunter Bryant from Washington, but really nobody nobody there that should just kind of spinning lie Like I think Commits gonna be a good player.

I'm not sure if he's gonna be a first round pick, but if there is someone who goes uh goes in the first round, certainly would be him coming off the board. I think so, and you're gonna have I got local talent, Harrison Bryant. I think from f au that that's gonna go a little bit earlier than most people think because of his toughness and his run after catchability. So and you take a look around at the tight end position,

I think you're right. You've got maybe a handful of guys and uh, some other guys that that may fit the bill as as you go down that were teams that need that. Maybe moss At of l s U. You know, he had some injury issues. He had surgery in the offseason, so he might be a guy that guys take a pick and say, all right, we're gonna take him and and give him a couple of years that to really come into the player we want him

to be John the wide receiver. A lot of wide receivers in this draft, and a lot of good wide receivers in this draft, and and and as we talked about earlier, you know, not a position of need right off the back for the Dolphins. But I think I said second third round if if that guy, if someone drops down, they're like, you're in the second round, God drops album position. You know, this would be a nice

little pick up for us. It's certainly something to look at. Uh, you know, you can kind of you can kind of it's like kind of like a toss salad with these guys. You can kind of mix them up, pull one out, and you know what, it's probably gonna case pretty good for you. Yeah, there's a lot of talent, a lot

of talent at the wide receiver spot. And in the first round, you're gonna have guys like Jerry Judy from Alabama, Ceedee Lamb from Oklahoma, Henry Ruggs from Alabama, Justin Jefferson from l s U. You're gonna have a bunch of guys that are gonna be battling to see who's the first guy to come off the board. But for the Miami Dolphins, you're kind of looking at guys in the second round, maybe maybe early in the third round. And I don't know how the board's gonna fall for the Dolphins.

But when you take a look at this receiver group as a whole, there are some guys that are really talented because of the way the game has changed in the college football in terms of all the run pass options, those RPOs on the edge, and it's kind of filtering in to the National Football League when you get a guy with one step and you have that that bait for the play action, or you stick that football out

and freezes guys defenders for a second. And you've got guys with the speed of a of a Judy or a Lamb or a Rugs, especially in the middle, and you can you can throw those quick slants, both those those five seven yards slants go for sixty or seventy to the house. Yeah, no doubt. And Jerry Judy, you talk about him, but where these from. Uh he's a brower kid, right, Deerfield, Deerfield Beach, I believe, Yeah, Deerfield Beach. Yeah, uh,

you know. And and it's hard not to look at him coming out of Alabama and think about Julio Jones. And if you think about Julio Jones, the type of player that he's become of, Jerry Judy can be, you know, anywhere near what Julio Jones has done during his career. Boy, you pitch yourself a major league home run with a kid like that. Yeah. I believe he's the most talented wide receiver in the draft. And that's saying something because

there's so much talent. But I mean even last year over eleven hundred yards and ten touchdowns and he was remember he was splitting catches with Henry Rugs and jay lm Model and Smith, so the ball was kind of going everywhere. Um, but he does everything at a high level. He mixes up his speed uh in setting up defensive backs with his route running and gives his quarterback a lot of room to deliver the football. And the most important thing, but he was productive in big games. Uh

twenty four touchdowns in his last twenty eight games. So this is a guy that knows how to make the big play and make the big splash when you need it. Yeah, good player, and then just does a lot of things you could probably you know, you you could either go him and him one and Ceedee Lamb two or Ceedee Lamb and yeah you're there. I mean very very both brought very town Lamb Oklahoma. Good route runner, but probably the biggest thing, the best thing about him is he

was a great route runner catch as well. But you know he's a guy who likes to run after he makes a catch yard after catch guy, and you know he'll break tackles, get down field on you and uh and give you some some really big playability out of that. The thing I see with Ceedee Lamb is that his level against man to man is very good. But even in zone coverage he's able to find little spots to be able to He's patient, he can sit in those holes.

And and as you said, he turns into a running back in the open field with run after catch opportunities. He's he's excellent at that. So he you want to get him the ball quickly. You know you can. You can also run by people, but if you get the ball to to Lamb quickly, he's gonna make the first guy most most times miss or or at least it's a glancing blow where he's gonna always get yards after after first contact and run after catch. So ceedee. Lamb.

One of those guys that has great body control. Again, he's gritty, he's tough, he's instinctive and and most importantly, he just finds dead areas and he's open when the quarterbacks ready to deliver the football. Yeah. And then this is just to me, this is pretty amazing with the Alabama with Jerry Judy and and then and then you've got Henry Ruggs third coming out of Alabama four to seven. He ran at the combine. So this is guys one of those speed guys who can play slot, he can

play outside. He's a tough cover. He can run away with you, run away from you. I mean he he is Uh. You know, he's one of those guys who would be like Tyreek Hill and that that type of guy. Um, you know you're looking guys like that, and especially in the way the games played. Now you know that big misdirection you've got that you look like a little receiver end around or a jet sweep and you you turne into an option, you go the other way. You know, those guys not only do they make plays the ball

thrown to him. But they can make plays just by being on the field and making people watch them and see where they're going in respect where they're going well, right off the bat, Henry Ruggs is a matchup nightmare. And you're right by saying Tyreek Hill because that's what you get. You get that fly sweep handed to him. Motion who's got him? Now? You know, you put him in the backfield and then you go empty, where's the matchup?

Because if Henry Ruggs is matched up against a safety or a nickel corner you know, or even uh, you know sometimes a linebacker that gets misaligned, boy, that's where you're going with the football. Uh. He's got that track speed, but he's football tough. You know, most guys that don't have that blend. He has that blend. He's competitive. He'll win most content, you know, contested catch opportunities. Everything he brings to the table is done with quickness. And that's

what you what you get with Rugs. Justin Jefferson at an l s u s two pounds, eighteen touchdowns, forty yards and another guy that just gives you a good, solid play every time he steps in the field. Well, he's smooth he's a he's a technician in terms of being able to play that slot position where there's a lot of traffic. And he made a living running option routes for Joe Burrow at l s U last year. I mean, just go down wherever the leverages. He goes away from it and he finds spots and then he

can do something with the ball after that. Remember he had over a hundred catches hundred eleven catches last year and eighteen touchdowns. So this is the guy with speed at four four. Uh, he can go outside and play the X or Z, he can play inside in the slot. But but the most telling trait for Justin Jefferson is he has strong hands at the point of attack on the inside. When you're catching in traffic, He's gonna go

attack the football and he's usually gonna come down with it. Yeah. Hey, this kid, the Benzel Mims from Baylor six through two hundred seven times I look at him. I watched him play. He's a tall kid. He's one of those guys you look at me. He goes up for the ball. The ball, Uh, you know, when it's up there, he's he's gonna get it more more times than not and by I just can't stop looking at him and what he's done and comparing him with size and speed to DeVante Parker. Similar

type guys, similar type, body types, similar skills. They can jump, that can go up and catch the ball. And you know, we again much like much like Kaseki, we saw the emergence of of Devonte last year with the help of of rights, Fitzpatrick really take advantage of what his skills are and and basically the same skills that h Denzel Mims comes in with. Well, MEM's is a big guy. As you mentioned, six three about two pounds. He's still running a sub four four forty for a big guy.

So you know you've got uh an athletic type of long strider wide receiver that has height, weight, speed is catch radius is enormous, right, So you get a guy that's gonna chew up a lot of cushion in his routes. He'll build up some speed he can run by you, or he's fluid enough to get out of that and stutter and go and come out of a route and be able to leave the defensive back kind of in space.

So you get another guy that you can throw the football up to with fifty fifty opportunities and normally he's gonna come down with the football. Also, a big framed type wide receiver that that has experience, that can play multiple positions and both I throw another guy in there that I was looking at because I covered him a couple of times last year doing my duties with college

football for ESPN. Antonio Gibson is a name I think the Dolphins should kind of look look for because he had experience at wide receiver at the slot position, but then they would line him up at running back as well. This is a six ft six ft one pound athlete that runs a sub four four forty and has experience,

you know, at multiple positions. You know, you talk about the defensive flexibility with getting linebackers that can rush the pastor that can play in space, that can run and cover, that also can tackle and play the middle of the field. I think Antonio Gibson is gonna be Tofilly a sleeper pick. With all the luxury picks the Dolphins might have an

opportunity at that you can put a guy like Gibson. Now, he had seven seventies having touches last year in college football fourteen to those one for touchdowns, so he had limited you know, it's a one year wonder type of season. But with a frame like that, and with how many positions this guy could play, and on special teams, you might have a guy you're you're kind of plug and play. Yeah,

six ft twenty coming out of Memphis. Uh. So there's a lot of options out there, and they look that's just you know, it's funny, it's one that's one of those fishals went went through five or six guys and you feel like you just touched the tip of the iceberg with that. That's right. There's a ton ton of talent for teams that need wide receivers. This year is the year, no doubt. Uh. Next part we'll look at is john is the running back position somewhere with the

Dolphins certainly have gone out in free agency. They've you know, they've added uh, they've added Howard the running back from Philadelphia, Jordan Howard. But but you'd probably somewhere along the line like to see another another visit from uh running back in here to get into that room and just put a little bit of work in there, you know, to about Patrick Laird in there, Miles Gaskin. Uh, some of

these guys. So there's still some some guys in that room, but it certainly doesn't hurt throwing another guy in there. And the best of the bunch, you really, you know, probably the top three guys, you can throw them in a bag and pull them out and you're not gonna be disappointed with each one would be DeAndre Swift, Jonathan Taylor, J K. Dobbins, Uh coming in and all of them are uh, all of them can run, most of them can catch. Uh they you know, Dobbins a little more

of a power runner. Jonathan Taylor does does a little bit of everything. Uh. But I think, Mike, I think the concern to me with Jonathan Taylor coming in just he's a big enough guy, five from Wisconsin, but boy, they used him a lot in three years the average three eight carries, but he also averaged two thousand and fifty eight yards. That's a lot of that's a lot of you know that, that's a lot of abuse coming out of college. And then DeAndre Swift five to twelve

out of Georgia. This guy can do is a three down guy, has been a three down guy, can run, catch and give you everything. Um, so it's um took in the top of the heat. There three three pretty good players. John, You're right between Swift and Dobbins and Taylor, You're gonna get better at the running back position. I'll start with Swift from Georgia. Uh. They're not big guys that when you talk about Dobbins and Smith and Swift, but they play that way. I think Swift has outstanding

power and balance. You know, he has that body control you're looking for. And both Swift and Dobbin's love to finish runs. They're gonna initiate the contact. They're those are the guys that are falling forward. And with Swift, you get a guy that presses that line of scrimmage. He'll use a jump cut and explode through the hole and then he has the speed to get out the back end of it. And he also has the ability to catch the football, so you get a three down back.

He can run it, he can block in past protection, he can catch the football. kJ Dobbins same kind of stature, but I think he's more of a smooth runner, where Swift is more of a choppier guy that's gonna hit the line of scrimmage. Dobbins likes to run that outside zone and does look like he's moving all that fast, but he's getting there and he has great timing and pace to hit that line of scrimmage. And he's a good perimeter runner because of that, because he takes the

right angles and he has that acceleration. With Taylor, you know, you're right, three big ten rushing titles. You know, that's a lot of carries, as you mentioned, but he also has that big play potential. I think he's the fastest of this group, and he's also the biggest. He's the biggest running back, but he also has that burst at under four or four that when he gets to that

second level, you may not catch him. You know, he had two hundred yard games in his career, twelve of those at Wisconsin, so he's he's had a lot of tread on the tires. But if you're the Dolphins and you have a position, you're in a position to take Taylor. I don't think you're shying away because of the carries, because and the way the running backs are going these days, you can get three or four years out of him. You're onto the next guy anyway. Uh, in most cases,

not all, but most cases. And I think you look, most teams now, not during not very many teams have that one you're back into exactly exactly. They're you know, they've got the kid that can receive, they got the guy that runs, they got the guy vote. You know, they got the guy that can go out in a

slot and become a mismatch. So, you know, I think, you know, it's it's it's much like the you know, the fullback kind of becoming obsolete in the National Football League with the single tailback uh running back position in the National Football he has become a little obsolete too with with more teams having more success with multiple guys

back there to do different things for you. Yeah, there's there's two other guys both that I caught my attention that the Dolphins maybe you know Bay maybe in play for Clyde Edwards Hilaire from l s us the smaller back. But but his production in winning that national championship can't go undervalued because he ran over a four yards sixteen touchdowns. He can catch it fifty five catches out of the

backfield from Joe Burrow. He has great bend in balance and he's a little guy that stopped and going a flash and he's gone. He's tough and cam makers be kind of a poor offensive line at f s U. I thought he was one of the most national natural runners in this in this year's draft. Yeah, that's what I was gonna ask you about Acres and that, uh you know, because that's I mean you you I've seen

it play. You look at it. It looks great. But then boy, he was really plagued by which is hard to believe that Florida State had an offensive line that poor last year. But uh uh so, you know he he really, to me is a big question mark about him. What he could do behind you know, a solid offensive line that gives him some running room. Yeah, you're right, because when you looked at him, when he got uh

to that second level, nobody was catching him. But it was the inconsistency of maybe the scheme of the offensive line, maybe the talent of the offensive line, maybe the combination

of both. But when you watch him a good seat, especially in short yardage and goal line situations, he always felt found increase, you know, to fall forward and get into the end zone and you might even throw you know, a local guy like DJ Dallas in that in that same kind of realm because I like what he gives you as a running back, and he may be around later with one of those luxury picks the Dolphins may have that he could end up being a pretty good

special teams guy. He could be able to, you know, challenge the running backs that are on on the roster currently because he has all the talent and the speed in the world. Yeah. Hey, uh so kind of leaves us with the with the quarterback spot here and you know, John, next week we come back and do this audible bob yar last one before the draft, I believe, wasn't it. Yeah,

it shouldn't be. Yea, it should be. And so uh and so next week we'll kind of we'll focus a little more on the defensive side of the football, but we kind of come to, you know, the premier position in the college football the premier permission to the position in the National Football League, and one of the premier needs for the Miami Dolphins, the quarterback spot. John, I, I, you know, as much as Joe Burrow is is Um, well, it looks like just a can't miss big guy six

three to one. Um throws the ball every got good, you know, great pocket presence, he's got leadership ability, he can throw every ball, he's accurate, he can run when he needs to. Is there any question in your mind about Joe Burrow is the number one guy? No, it's just that we talked about this maybe at length last week. It's it's Cincinnati and the Bengals making that decision, and

I think that's where it comes down. I'm not quite sure how how the Miami Dolphins and what they're you know, what they're thinking in terms of putting together a package to go and get Joe Burrow, if they feel like staying put at number five, if they feel like they need to go to number two or three to get someone else like two a tongue of by loa. But for Joe Burrow, I just think, you know, the guy has it. You know he he put it together when

they needed it the most. And you know he won the Heisman, He won just about every quarterback award you could win. He got the best team award you can

win in the National Championship while throwing sixty touchdowns. He's with confidence, he's tough in the pocket, and I think one of the traits about Joe Burrow and and probably to as well, that teammates gravitate towards guys that play that way, that are tough, that elevate their play, that get everybody, you know, kind of going in the same direction.

Just like Fitzpatrick did for the Dolphins last year. You could tell when he came in the huddle, when he came in the game, guys kind of elevated to his

play and he gave confidence to those guys. I think Joe Burrow does that at the quarterback position, not only because of his intelligence at the at the line of scrimmage and post nap when he has the football, but his toughness, his ability to get out of plays that look like they're doing for disaster and come up and get a first down or get a touchdown after escaping pressure and being accurate down the field. He's athletic enough to do those things, you know what, And he's got that,

He's got that moxie about him. You and I think that's one of the things that that probably hurts Josh rosen Uh as he's trying to kind of find his path in the National Football League. You know, it's funny because he's got all the ability can run, he can throw, he can do all these different things John, but he he just you know, as a quarterback, he just seems like that a shucks kind of a guy, you know, saying, well, you you're not gonna get me, You're not gonna get

Joe Burrow, You're not gonna get Ryan Fitz. Patterns of these guys walk up behind the podium and and kind of a shucks their way through a through a press conference where you know, we're Joe, I mean, we're Josh Rose, and you know that seems to be his downfall is just a you know, kind of a I don't know, I'm not saying he's not committed to the game. I'm not saying he doesn't work hard at the game, but he's just got that oh well kind of well, that's the way it goes. Kind of an attitude that just

doesn't seem to translate. And you certainly don't with Joe Burrow. Uh, to a you you're certainly not concerned about that. No, that's the last thing you're concerned about with Joe Burrow or to a ton of Valoa. Now, I don't know if Justin Herbert kind of falls in the middle of that, well, I'm I'm in terms of why I left, That's kind of why I left him out with the top two, because I you know, when I look at Herbert, I kind of I don't you know, I haven't been around

him personally. I haven't seen that much of him because usually when those games were over was you know, one o'clock in the morning or whatever when they're playing out in Oregon um, and so you didn't get to really see a lot of that side of him. But but but you do kind of get that as shucks out of him a little bit more than those other guys. Well, you're You're right, and I think exposure has a lot to do with it. And even though justin Herbert was

you know, so successful at Oregon. You know, he's a He's a big guy with huge arm talent. You'll stand in there and sling it and and do all those things. I think his best football is ahead of him. And but in terms of having that moxie and having that you know that put your arms around the entire football team and don't worry about it. Guys, I got you.

You know, I don't know if I've been around him enough to know that, but just hearing different things, I'm not sure Herbert has been exposed to as many things as maybe a Joe Burrow has or a to a tongue of Boloa has, because they've always been in the spotlight. Those guys have always been sought after. And I'm not so sure, you know, maybe Justin has never left Eugene, Oregon except for you know, when he went on a

plane to play a game, you know. So I'm not so sure that, you know, we know enough about what makes him tick. And I'm hoping that the scouts and and all the people that are doing their due diligence that are getting paid, you know, to to do that, they know all that and they feel confident about what Justin Herbert brings as a as a personality type to your huddle or and to your football team. And I'm sure they do. Uh. So, you know, he's one of those guys that is going to have to work on

his footwork. He's always played out of the gun, which is not a big deal nowadays, but you still have to have your feet work for you, not against you, and I think that causes some of the negativity and some flat throws down the field or or touch passes he and he'll get better at that. But what he has you can't teach. He has a a lightning rod for a right arm. And I think he's accurate enough to get better. And I think there's a huge upside to Justin Herbert. Yeah, the the you know, the most

perplexing guy in this draft. To a tongue of viola is the is the But you know, you you could I could sit here and argue with myself five different ways as to why he shoot or shouldn't take to

a tongue of viola? Right, I mean when you first of all, when you look at his character, when you look at his upbringing, his family moves to Tuscaloosa just to support him, and you know, and and he's a he's a humble kid, he's a confidence he's got he's got all those things that you want from a mental standpoint, from a background standpoint. He's a classy guy, all that stuff going for him. He's got the production level that

he did. Did you know that? Did your you you beg for you know, he's got that ability to do things that much like uh, much like Pat Mahomes And you go, wow, I can't believe that guy could throw that ball he's got all that going for him, but boy,

that the lingering, lingering question for him. It's to me, it's just it's strictly if if if Tongua Biola came out this year and was pristine from an injury standpoint, would I'd be a tough pick between Burrow and Tongue And it's it's it's still somewhat of a tough pick between those two with the first pick in the draft, but those those three surgeries in two years, John, I

can't I can't get that out of my mind. Um, with a guy that that you're possibly gonna take the fifth pick in the draft or maybe move up a pick or two to get him, Um, well, that's a that's a you know, I'm glad that that Chris Greer's making that pick and and and taking a risk, not me because I don't know, I don't know if all the positives outweigh that injury situation, that would he allow me to move up a pick or two to get him and give away something or d pass on him

what's all together and take either an offensive tackle or Herbert or somebody like that, or an edge rush or something. That's a that's that I don't know that I've run across the guy in the draft that's as perplexing as as him and and making a pick on him is well,

it's gonna that. That's gonna be the decision that's going You know, that's been probably bantered about in draft rooms, not only the Miami Dolphins, but the l A Chargers, And if you can kind of go down the list and see who needs a quarterback and who wants to come up and get one, um, it's a it's a tough decision that's gonna have to be made. And it's all because of the two ankle surgeries and the hit

surgery last year. Uh. To your point, box, if you went back at the beginning of the two thousand nineteen season, he said, who would you take? I think thirty of the thirty two teams, you'd say, to a tongue of byloa um at number one and that and that brings me to if it's the Miami Dolphins that are gonna take him, knowing that you have Ryan Fitzpatrick and this guy doesn't have to play, and you're saying, you know, his his first year in playing experience is gonna be

two thousand and twenty one. You know, with any meaningful time, you're hoping that one Fitzpatrick's gonna be able to obviously win the jobs, stay healthy, be productive, and be successful for the Miami Dolphins. And you're thinking, Okay, we don't have to rush to it even if he's if he's even or we think he's better, but we're gonna have a better football team in two thousand twenty one, and we're doing just fine with Ryan Fitzpatrick, and we want

to make sure this guy is healthy. Is he could be Gosh, you have to consider are all those possibilities and him maybe not playing uh in year one? And even if he went to a team like the lah Chargers, who have a veteran quarterback that's ready to kind of step in and play, that has experienced, he might not play there either and they may have to go up

and get him. So not only are the Mimi Dolphins contemplating what they're gonna do if they had the opportunity to draft him, I'm sure there's other teams that aren't going to rush him out if he if they feel like he's not ready. But saying he's healthy, Number one, he does everything at an elevated level. I mean, his traits can fit any style of offense. He has great footwork. He's really accurate with the football in the r P

O S in the quick game. He navigates the pocket really well because of his feet and his awareness that that quarterback clock he kind of has it, and he has the ability to kind of relocate wherever that launch point is, whether it's in the in the pocket, escape or kind of get his feet underneath them and throw

it accurately down the field. So so the obviously the only glaring thing you're looking at is if you can somehow decipher the health and and the playability and how quickly you can get him on the field or how quickly you want to put him on ice. Uh, if you're a team that's drafting him, those are the dilemmas

you're you're kind of battling with. Yeah, and then you know what the thing about it too is that you know you wonder at with you and I agree with you know, with where where you got with fits and what he's done. Uh. If if if two is the guy that you draft, then yeah, it would be to

me that would be okay. You you you sit there until we're ready to let you play, whether it's week fifteen in the season just to see what you're doing, or whether it's weak eight because maybe maybe Ryan's not having the type year he had last year or whatever, or it's just say you beat you beat him out, or try to beat him out, or you're not gonna

play this year. But high question would be John, when I look at these injuries ankles, hip, uh, and they're saying that the hip is not is healed enough to where it's not gonna have any long term effects, which I find hard to believe because hips are kind of a tricky deal there. But you know, it almost makes me wonder that even if you sit him for a year, you know, a year of being more, does that is that still gonna make him less prone to three surgeries

in two years? And you know it's it's so so you could be a situation you wait for a year and then the third week of the season he's down again. You know. Well, my point to that is, you know, if he's better, If you know that he's better and he's going to give you a better chance to win, you're playing no hesitation, right, But if it's if it's not that Larry like it was last year for US.

We we kind of knew that Ryan Fitzpatrick was in a better position to lead this team than Josh Rosen was in the beginning of season, right kind of every day you've kind of felt that. So if you feel that way, you have the luxury of letting him learn the offense, letting letting him get a cussed him to the tempo and speed, even though he played at a high level in college football Alabama and the sec. You kind of spoon feed him until he's ready to go. And if he's ready to go Week four, that's great.

Week eight. If he's not ready, if he doesn't beat out Fitzpatrick, that's fine. But you're still giving him all the all the stuff he needs to kind of keep going and get him, get him ready to play whenever he you know, whether that's a series of quarter uh two games stretch that he's ready to play and he gets a little bit of a taste of it, Um, it's gonna be okay. Whoever pulls that trigger, boy, they're gonna be biting their tongue until till this guy gets

out and plays. But he is gonna be an intreating guy. We were touched on Herbert a little bit, but John, let me, let me let's talk good. Get back to him a little because you know, again, I haven't seen him play that much. Usually we're coming in after going those Saturday night before the game dinners somewhere and in Oregon's on, and you kind of got one eye clothes and one eyes bloodshot, and you're when you're watching watching

the game. But you know, I feel like I watched enough of justin Herbert to where I just look at him, go I I just I haven't seen that that wow factor come out of him in any of the games that I played. Now he goes to you know, the Senior Bowl and lights it up, what's one of the combine does whatever he's doing out there, But I just don't I don't know, John, I just when I look at him, I just see something missing. I'm not. I'm a little bit with you there, Bo In terms of

I wish I knew him more. I wish I was able to watch him a little bit more. I mean, you can watch the film, but I'd like to meet him and talk with him, sit down and and kind of get to know what makes him tick. Because if you knew that you feel either a lot better about drafting him or talking about him and wanting the Dolphins to draft him. But what you see, what you see from from Afar is a guy with great size and who has that pro ready football frame for an NFL quarterback.

Um a guy that operates out of the gun, that gets the football away quickly when he's when he's decisive in the passing game, who has the ability to tuck it and run and get outside and for a big body, be able to you know, to to run away from people. I think he he ran He ran a really good forty in terms of a shuttle in terms of quickness when he was tested. So those are the types of things you like as a big guy. He has a really strong arm to get the football down the field,

and he has a lot of experience. You know, if he would have come out last year, some people said he was the number one pick. So you know, it's one of those things where you don't know how much the people around him affected his playability in terms of last year. But I definitely in watching him play, I would say that he needs to trust his eyes and his rhythm, and I think that helps that that comes from his improvement with his footwork. I think it it

comes from that he's a big guy. He's a tall guy, and to to navigate the pocket and be able to be a little bit quicker and decisive with his feet to match his eyes to get the ball out. And I think that's gonna come with with NFL coaching. Hey, how do you see Jordan's love the kid from Utah State. It's a big guy. Six fours in a quarter. Uh, But but you look at his production and he's one of those guys everyone everyone was kind of you know,

hooking him up to the Pat Mahomes bandwagon there. But when you look at his numbers twenty touchdowns, seventeen interceptions, probably had a better year last year than this year. And uh, one of those guys that would be tough to pull the trigger that early on him. Well, I've I've covered him live four times in the last two years, and it's not wrong to to match him up because he does do some freaky things with his arm talent

like Patrick Mahomes did at Texas Tech. Only I think Mahomes was a little bit more I don't want to say polished, but I think more confident in his off schedule maneuvers, being able to run around and have an idea, and and and being able to have so much confidence in his arm strength, and he was gonna be able to beat you no matter what position you put him in as a defense. Now for Jordan's Love, He's got

a big frame at six four two four pounds. He's athletic, he can run with the football outside of the pocket, so you know, size, mobility, armed, talent. He has all that stuff to lead in the NFL offense. I just think he needs to go to the right team. And we talked about two of because of injury, maybe maybe having you know, to pull back the reins a little bit on what you want to do. I think with Jordan's Love, it's more about um the unpredictability of of

that escapability where it's gonna go. Is it gonna lead to more turnovers in the National Football League because of the windows being closed, you know, being shorter, being tighter. But I think he has all the ability uh to play quarterback in the National Fotball League. I've seen enough of him to know that he's one of those guys that may thrive right away or may take a couple of years. But he has the talent to do it. You know, the guy, the guy that there are two

more guys here and then we're gonna wrap it up. Um. But the guy that still intrigues me, and I can't get him out of my head when I look at it. And and he's certainly not you know, to me, he'd be he'd be a luxury pick for the Dolphins. Is Jalen Hurts. And I don't care if you want to pick him as a quarterback or an athlete or whatever.

All I know is that the guy at a thirty eight and four record in college through for almost thirteen almost thirteen thousand totally yards from scrimmage, and and and you know, I the problem I keep having with Jalen Hurts is not a problem is that all the guy does is win games. That's right. You know that that's

all he's done. When he during his career at that and he wasn't playing at Liberty, and he wasn't playing at San Jose State, and he wasn't playing it for us No stated boys, he he's playing at Alabam Amma, and he's playing at Oklahoma, and he's playing against the best competition that this country has to offer at the collegiate level, and all he did was produce almost almost

thirteen thousand yards from a line of script. Hard for me to ignore that guy as as a possibility to be a jack of all trades in your offense, much like the kid in uh, the kid Trista what's the name in in in New Orleans? Um kid from b y U case on tan Hill. Yeah, you know that's a you know, the guy's a quarterback, but he does everything else. You know. Yeah, I wrote down when I wrote down Jalen Hurts his name, and I wrote winner, leader, tough,

and durable. And you you mentioned the record as a starter, which is unbelievable playing at at Alabama and then and then Oklahoma. How about how about going from Alabama to Oklahoma and trying to fill the bill the two Heisman Trophy winners or before you um, you know he he shows poise at the quarterback spot, especially late in games against tough competition. He's always the guy that comes through.

He's always the guy that makes plays. And I think he's shown some vast improvements and throwing the football from when he was with the Crimson Tide and then he went to Oklahoma. I think he improved while he was in Alabama, but he got even better when he was with Oklahoma. And he's been around some good you know, obviously some good players at both programs, so he's had that ability to improve from the pocket. He's obviously really

good on the move at extending plays. And you're right, if you're talking Miami Dolphins, it's a luxury type of of pick. But I'm not sure so sure that some other teams around the National Football League are looking at

him as a luxury there. They may be looking at him as a necessity in terms of getting him in his offense, getting him in their offense and letting him play quarterback and letting him bring that that r PO type of system to their offense, and giving defensive coordinators around the National Football League headaches about what they have to defend. Yeah, yeah, I just like him. I just you know, I've always liked him, and so he's coming back.

My finally will stopped locally with the skid James Morgan from f i U six, um, you know, two thousand nineteen not not that great accuracies and issue for him. Does he have a place in here John. You know, it's tough to say, but with a lot of talent at the top end of the quarterback position, I'm sure he's going to get a look. I'm sure somebody's gonna bring him into camp. Now, whether he's he's a draft choice or whether he's a guy that you know is

gonna producer as a free agent. I thought maybe when you look back at two thousand eighteen, Uh, he was a little bit more healthy and didn't force the football as much. But I thought that you know, all the reports and reading about Morgan, he improved himself when he went to the bowl games, and I think he got you know, some people's attention doing that. Well, we'll see

how it goes John. Uh. Next week we'll we'll start taking a look at the uh, the defensive side of the football, and then uh and then right after that it's draft time, and um, stick around with the Miami Delfice because I think we're doing a draft special. Uh. We'll kind of keep you up with the draft on Facebook. But we'll let you know more about that as we go along. So uh, It's it's gonna be exciting here

over the next couple of weeks. Hopefully we get a little bit of out and about time here pretty loose, pretty soon. You know. It's uh wherever he's been doing a good job staying uh, you know, staying isolated and keeping their distance and all this stuff, and uh it's uh,

it seems to be working. So if we kind of keep putting the pedal of the metal, as they say, and keep doing our due diligence and stand aways as much as we can, who knows, maybe maybe sooner than later we'll have a chance to get out and get back to some some normalcy. But until then, you know, stay uh, stay away from people, wash your hands, do

all the things that we've learned to do. That's our new norm now around this around the world, he's gonna say, in our country, but around the world the new norm. But just you know, take care of yourselves and hopefully we'll get through this. And uh, John, appreciate you being with us again. And for John Kagami and Gimbo Camper, we'll catch you next week. Stay safe and we'll talk NFL Draft and the defensive side for the Miami Dolphins coming up next week. We'll see them