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some here today with three very

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popular names for the

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Miami Dolphins in mock drafts

1:28

and projecting into this Miami Dolphins

1:30

offense. Washington offensive tackle, Troy

1:32

Fitanu. Oregon

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center, Jackson Powers Johnson, or should

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I say into your offensive lineman. And

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Connecticut's Christian Haynes,

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a second round forecasted player, was

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a part of my 2024 Miami

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Dolphins offseason blueprint, who

1:49

I ultimately ended up picking in the mock

1:51

draft for Miami with the team's

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second round draft selection. We'll profile him on

1:55

a deep dive here today as well. Who

1:58

they are, what they do, and what they do not. What they profile

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as, what their strengths and weaknesses are, how

2:02

they would fit within the current infrastructure of

2:05

the Miami Dolphins. That is the objective here

2:07

today on the show. Let's

2:09

dive into it with Troy Fotano, offensive

2:12

tackle. Junior, 6'4", 317

2:14

pounds actually came in at the NFL Combine

2:16

at 6'3 3.25, 317 pounds, 34.5

2:23

inch arms definitively profiles with that

2:25

length as an offensive tackle. But

2:27

when you look at the bullet, when you

2:29

look at the bio and the bullet points,

2:31

courtesy of go huskies.com, Washington Huskies. He's

2:35

originally from Nevada. He was rated

2:37

by rivals as the number 50 offensive tackle,

2:39

but the number two prospect in the state

2:41

of Nevada coming out. He played

2:43

offensive and defensive line in high school,

2:46

red shirts in 2019, plays in all

2:50

four games Washington played in the COVID season

2:52

in 2020, nine

2:55

games starting three in 2021, two at

2:57

left tackle, one at left guard. In

3:00

2022, started all 13 games, played one

3:04

game as a starter against Stanford at left guard

3:06

and played the remaining games at left tackle and

3:09

was named first team all pack 12 for the

3:11

second consecutive season in 2023. In

3:13

addition to being all American third team on the AP,

3:16

started all 15 games at left

3:19

tackle. The

3:23

dolphins, if they're going to make a choice for

3:27

an offensive lineman that

3:29

plays offensive tackle, they'd ideally like to know

3:31

and have the peace of mind that that

3:33

player can also play guard

3:36

and be a part of the combination of the

3:38

best five available players that the dolphins are drafting.

3:41

And the fact that Fotano, at least on his

3:43

resume, has a handful of starts at guard during

3:45

his career, even if

3:47

he profiles long term as

3:49

an offensive tackle, I

3:51

think puts the dolphins in a very favorable spot to be, quote

3:54

unquote, done their offensive line.

3:57

Fotano did not participate in all of the tests.

4:00

at the NFL Combine, but the two athletic tests

4:02

that he did partake in were the jumps. I

4:05

remember doing for dolphins wire usage today's dolphins

4:07

wire back when Miami was in a different

4:10

regime. It was the Brian

4:12

Flores regime. But

4:14

you looked at the

4:17

kinds of offensive lineman that

4:19

the dolphins tended to gravitate towards and

4:22

bearing in mind that Chris Greer is a part

4:24

of that same football brain trust that he is

4:26

a part of now with Mike McDaniel. One

4:29

of the commonalities with a lot of

4:31

the players that they added was

4:33

lower body explosiveness. You can Google

4:35

dolphins offensive line

4:38

trends on dolphins wire and I'm sure you

4:40

can find the story. But it looked at

4:42

like mass and

4:44

lower body explosiveness were kind of the common

4:46

themes on all the offensive linemen that the

4:48

dolphins invested in early in

4:50

the rebuild. And

4:53

if I told you that Troy Fotano at 317 pounds

4:56

had a 90th percentile vertical jump and

4:58

a 91st percentile standing broad jump at

5:00

the NFL Combine amongst all

5:02

offensive linemen to come through the NFL Combine since

5:05

about 2000, that

5:07

would align very much in that same

5:10

school of thought. The jumps,

5:12

the vertical jump and the

5:14

broad jump, you're measuring lower

5:16

body explosiveness. Explosiveness is probably

5:19

the number one adjective to

5:21

describe Troy Fotano's game. He

5:24

likes to short set you. He likes

5:26

to get his hands on you early. He

5:28

explodes off the ball. He is explosive

5:31

in space. He's got a ton of

5:33

range. He's got heavy

5:35

hitting hands. He is

5:37

a nasty, nasty maulers. That is a common theme

5:39

with all three of these players that we're talking

5:41

about for the dolphins today in their

5:43

prospect profiles between Fotano, Powers Johnson and Haynes.

5:46

They are all nasty dudes. Troy

5:50

Fotano has

5:53

some of the best left tackle tape you will see

5:56

this season. Now, when I think about weaknesses of Troy

5:58

Fotano's game, I think aggressiveness is a common theme. and

6:00

at times over aggressiveness can

6:03

be used against him at times and

6:06

then when he does take deeper pass sets he's

6:09

usually a short setter he likes to get hands-on and

6:12

feel you and then use his lateral

6:14

mobility and reactive athleticism

6:16

to stay attached to you and use his

6:18

length and use his hand strength and hand

6:20

power but when he has

6:22

to take sets in space there

6:25

are some times where he maybe over sets in

6:27

relation to his guard and then that opens him

6:29

up to two way goes and

6:31

then he has to account for more

6:33

space and he can't

6:35

be a smothering presence he has to be

6:38

a reactive presence and while he

6:40

has the athleticism to kind of

6:42

flip his hips and run you if he needs to if

6:44

you if you duck inside across his face he

6:46

will ride you down inside and wash you

6:48

through but

6:50

you don't have the same arrogance

6:55

of violence

6:57

in his game that he carries when he's

7:00

able to dictate terms to you either

7:02

in the run game or

7:04

in short

7:07

set pass protection and getting you in close

7:09

quarters early in reps you

7:11

watch this player in space whether

7:14

he's pulling you know they'll run toss and he

7:17

will he will have to get outside and pick

7:19

up smaller defenders in space and kind of find

7:21

hunt the trash coming from the inside sweeping through

7:23

and kind of clean up the trash to

7:26

allow his running back to run off of his blocks or

7:31

you watch him as he

7:33

quickly releases Washington had a

7:35

pretty robust screen game that's

7:37

a parallel to the Miami Dolphins and hit

7:39

the timing of his releases and how well

7:42

he can get out in front of plays

7:45

really stands out it

7:47

really stands out and it makes him

7:49

of all the players that I've done

7:51

and scouted thus far for the

7:53

2020 400 felt rough that I'm working on a

7:55

board just like I've been working I

7:58

worked on a board for free agency The free

8:00

agency board had about 225 total names on it. About

8:04

200 of those were not Miami Dolphins. This

8:08

board that I have right now has about

8:10

60 players on it.

8:14

And Troy Fotano is one of

8:17

the best scheme fits for

8:19

the Miami Dolphins of any player

8:21

at any position. Predictably,

8:24

will he be there for you at 21? That's

8:28

a very challenging question to answer when

8:31

you consider you have the Titans as

8:33

a probable offensive tackle spot, the Chargers

8:36

as a possible offensive tackle spot in

8:38

the top 10. And then you have the Jets at 10. Would

8:41

they go Brock Bowers? Would they go with a third offensive tackle

8:44

after adding Morgan Moses and

8:46

adding a Tyron Smith? I

8:49

don't know. And

8:52

then you have teams like the Raiders. They

8:54

need a right tackle. They have Colt Miller

8:56

at left tackle. You have the

8:58

Saints who have an issue with Trevor

9:00

Penning, their recent first round draft

9:02

pick at left tackle. And now Ryan Ramchek might miss

9:04

the year. That feels like a

9:07

very logical tackle spot as well. So

9:09

you're gonna have some landmines throughout the

9:11

teams. And

9:14

there's enough depth with offensive tackle where

9:16

you could see him potentially not being

9:18

called upon in the pecking order. But

9:22

specifically for Miami scheme, this

9:24

is one of the best fits in the draft. This

9:28

is definitively you do not trade out at 21 for

9:30

this player. And this would be a player, depending

9:32

on if you could get away with doing pick

9:34

swaps to get it done or send a player,

9:36

depending on who the player is, I

9:39

consider moving up a few spots to get this guy

9:41

if he got into your stratosphere. He is that good.

9:44

He is that good. He is a bonafide

9:46

slam dunk pick for the Dolphins. I

9:48

am head over heels with Troy Fatano's

9:51

football. That's

9:54

the offensive tackle. And then obviously the

9:56

conversation becomes, he'd probably start for

9:58

you at guard early. And

10:01

then you would have a succession plan for Toronto

10:03

Armstead in place to transition away from that big

10:05

money contract in 20 25 You'd

10:08

have a lot of peace of mind If you're

10:10

really good you to dress a need now and a

10:12

long-term need in a more valuable position and

10:14

it would fit the spending trends of the

10:16

Dolphins Pretty

10:19

good deal Him

10:21

making it to use gonna be the hardest part of that decision We're

10:25

gonna talk about Jackson Powers Johnson next who

10:27

has been a very popular and buzzy mock

10:29

draft name for the Dolphins for quite some

10:31

time And we're gonna dig into

10:33

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Powers Johnson from

11:17

the University of Oregon Has

11:20

reached a very dangerous stratosphere as

11:22

it pertains to Miami

11:25

Dolphins fans and the

11:27

NFL draft this year in my opinion Because

11:30

he's been such a buzzy name for

11:33

so long That there's

11:35

gonna be a collection especially fans that

11:37

want to see the offensive line addressed

11:40

There will be fans that if he happens to be

11:42

on the board At

11:45

pick number 21 and the Dolphins go in

11:47

a different direction or trade out of the

11:49

pick There's

11:51

fans that are gonna be ticked. There's there's a

11:53

lot of fans are gonna be really ticked off

11:56

Which is why I'm glad that I had the

11:58

opportunity to finally get around to do the

12:00

deep dive of Jackson Power

12:02

Johnson. I was familiar with this game.

12:04

I familiarized myself with the prospects, but

12:06

in doing prep for free agency and

12:09

studying all of those NFL players, really

12:11

doing deep dive players, watching four or

12:13

five games on college prospect, sitting down,

12:15

being fully committed to who is this

12:17

player? What are their strengths and weaknesses?

12:19

Let me put together like my assessment

12:21

of the player, my report of the

12:24

player. That's really only started in the

12:26

last three weeks for me. I'm

12:28

totally fine with it. We'll do the crunch and we'll

12:30

be totally ready for the NFL draft when it comes.

12:33

But I kind of wish I'd done it soon, especially

12:36

after watching Jackson Powers Johnson.

12:40

So Jackson Powers Johnson is

12:42

a center from the University of Oregon.

12:45

He was a consensus four star recruit,

12:47

top five center nationally, according to 247

12:49

Sports ESPN, 247 composite

12:53

and rivals. It

12:55

was the top center out of Utah, originally

12:58

from Utah. He played

13:00

in 11 games as a true freshman,

13:02

spending time on the offensive line before

13:04

spending time at the Alamo Bowl on

13:07

the defensive line. He played 126 snaps

13:09

on offense, 50 on special teams and 31

13:11

on defense. Pretty unique

13:15

athletic profiler started at defensive tackle in

13:17

the Alamo Bowl. Then

13:20

2022 comes and he plays in 12 of Oregon's 13 games, made

13:22

his first start on the offensive line at right guard against Utah.

13:25

Played 400 offensive snaps, 350 snaps at right guard, 44

13:31

at center, five at right tackle and one at left guard. So he's

13:33

moved all over the offensive line with

13:36

the prospect of assembling an offensive line being

13:39

finding the best combination of five players and

13:41

having positional flexibility. It's nice to know that's

13:43

in your chamber. 2023

13:46

comes. He is the first duck and Pac-12

13:48

player to win the Remington trophies,

13:50

the nation's best center.

13:54

Fifth unanimous All-American in program. history

14:00

earned first-team honors from the AFCA

14:02

Associated Press, FWAA Sporting News, and

14:04

Walter Camp starting all 13 games

14:06

for the season at center, opted

14:08

out of the Fiesta Bowl to

14:10

get ready for the NFL Draft. So,

14:13

a highly decorated

14:15

player this season. He

14:18

came into the NFL Combine at 6'3", 328

14:21

pounds. He was a standout

14:23

performer through the first two days of

14:25

the Risa Senior Bowl for his work

14:27

in one-on-ones in an environment that we

14:30

can consistently talk about at All-Star Game

14:32

time of year. It's difficult

14:34

to stand out in the

14:36

All-Star circuit as an offensive lineman

14:39

just because those drills are not really geared

14:41

towards you. And

14:45

when I watch the tape on Jackson Powers Johnson, there's

14:47

some things that do stand out that make him an

14:49

appealing player for the Dolphins. With his

14:52

size, he's very difficult to

14:54

collapse. He has a strong anchor. He is a

14:56

stout player at the point of attack. He

14:59

is not easily moved, uprooted, or

15:01

collapsed. For

15:04

Miami, with two a ton of Aloha, and

15:06

there need to

15:09

have a certain level of stiffness

15:12

to the pocket, specifically the

15:14

interior of the pocket, Jackson Powers

15:16

Johnson makes a lot of sense. You

15:18

watch the highlight reel, the sizzle reel. Offensive

15:21

line sizzle reel for an offensive lineman usually

15:24

involves a lot of KO blocks, and Powers

15:26

Johnson has them in space

15:29

on the edge, getting out

15:31

into space, using good angles, and

15:33

picking off defenders in space. He's

15:35

a 330-pound player. Very

15:38

special skill set in that regard. And

15:41

then in the interior run game, working off double

15:43

teams and climbing up, he's got good jolt with

15:45

his pads and good jolt with his hands to

15:47

work double teams to create an initial surge and

15:50

then get off onto a second defender

15:52

and fit a second defender who's trying to step down

15:54

into the line script. If

16:00

you thought that

16:02

Connor Williams' snap issues were

16:05

bad, I

16:07

beg of you to watch

16:09

the USC game. Watch the USC game

16:11

in its entirety. Watch

16:14

the Washington game. Watch

16:17

the Oregon State game. The

16:21

snap consistencies for Jackson

16:24

Powers Johnson make

16:26

Connor Williams' look like child's play. I

16:29

know there are a lot of Dolphins fans who have

16:32

been on social media as recently as this week asking

16:34

if an Dolphins draft to Jackson Powers Johnson would you

16:36

take Aaron Brewer and would you move the guard and

16:38

play Powers Johnson at center or would you leave Brewer

16:40

at center and play Jackson Powers Johnson at guard. The

16:44

snap issues are a problem. There

16:46

are also a number of false starts at the center that

16:50

are difficult to reconcile. For

16:52

as special of a player as he is out in

16:55

space, I did find it particularly interesting, I

16:57

did not think he was a particularly

16:59

dynamic short area player. His

17:02

ability to in short spaces work

17:05

across the face of a shaded

17:07

one-tag and set the hook. He

17:10

is a much more favorable angle player to

17:13

win an initial angle based on alignment. There's

17:16

times where we're working the double team and we'll step

17:18

and the linebacker fires early and we don't necessarily show

17:20

the short area foot speed to get off that block

17:22

and get totally out in front of that linebacker and

17:24

fit him up. Those

17:29

sorts of things I thought were particularly interesting

17:32

relative to the reputation

17:34

that he has forged

17:37

as a dynamic in-space player. And

17:39

unless you watch snap by snap and you work

17:41

your way through it, you're probably not going to

17:43

see it. So

17:45

I was a little

17:48

surprised to see

17:50

Jackson Powers Johnson with the reputation that he

17:52

has and a slam dunk, talk, 20 pick.

17:55

Somebody that if they often see you on the board

17:57

at 21, they have to run the card and it'd

17:59

be totally unacceptable. not draft this player to have

18:01

snap issues and some penalty stuff. And this is

18:04

first year playing center full time, so I get

18:06

that element as well. But

18:10

I don't know that it gives me

18:12

any more peace of mind. Particularly

18:16

when Miami's playing paying

18:19

Aaron Brewer to

18:21

presumably be the center and

18:23

paying him $7 million per season to do so.

18:27

I'm certainly not drafting Jackson Powers Johnson

18:29

with his own share of snap issues

18:32

to come in and be the center and

18:34

then make the $7 million a year player

18:37

play of spot that he's less impactful at

18:39

too. Because I watched Aaron Brewer the

18:41

prior year in 2022 play guard and

18:44

I think he's a much better player at center. So

18:46

if you're looking for best combination of five, I do

18:48

not think Jackson Powers Johnson at center is

18:52

a part of a best possible combination of five if the Dolphins were

18:54

to add him onto the roster. And

18:58

I didn't love

19:02

the inside zone and the short

19:04

area agility versus the open field

19:06

instincts and fluidity and

19:09

understanding of

19:11

what angles I need to take to pick

19:14

off this second level player. He's

19:16

got a ton of power. I think he's a good player. I think

19:18

he's going to be a good player. I think he'd be a good

19:20

player for the Dolphins. I

19:23

just don't think it should be at center. I

19:26

would draft him to play guard. And

19:29

when you get into the conversation of what we

19:31

expect Miami to

19:35

invest in early, I don't think

19:37

center's really in that conversation. Specifically after

19:39

they paid Aaron Brewer $7 million

19:44

a season to be a center, presumably. I

19:48

also thought it was a little interesting that some

19:52

of the insiders who

19:55

source league sources did

19:58

not have Jackson Powers Johnson. as well

20:01

represented in the early portions of their

20:03

player rankings is what the media does and

20:05

After watching the tape. I now understand why

20:09

There's some questions with this. This is not the slam

20:11

dunk player you've been sold on That's

20:13

not to say he would not be a good player or

20:15

a viable scheme fit or a player that I would not

20:17

be fired up About adding to the team. I Don't

20:20

think I draft him at 21. He

20:22

certainly would not be just looking at my board

20:24

my draft board here over here The

20:27

players that I'm grading through the lens

20:29

of grading them for the Dolphins specifically

20:31

I have a difficult time envisioning him being

20:33

among the five best available players at 21 So

20:42

that's Jackson Powers Johnson We

20:44

are going to talk Christian Haynes next

20:46

here on this episode of locked on dolphins stick

20:50

with us Christian

20:56

Haynes University of Yukon Is

20:59

a very fun player. He's

21:01

got that same Nasty

21:06

that both of these previous two players that we've talked

21:08

about have and I think that's an important element for the Dolphins to

21:10

seek as they look to upgrade

21:14

this offensive line unit guys

21:18

with The glass eaters right? That's

21:20

one of those scouting euphemisms that that always makes me

21:22

chuckle is the guy that Always

21:25

makes me chuckle is the guys that are

21:27

really hard-nosed They're

21:30

very blue collar They

21:32

finish plays they take guys to the

21:34

ground. They look for big shots. They

21:37

punish pass rushers and punish jumpers They

21:40

will bury smaller defenders in space Christian

21:43

Hayes does that too? This is a

21:45

redshirt senior player He came

21:47

into the NFL Combine at six foot two and

21:49

three quarters another three hundred

21:52

seventeen pound player So

21:54

a lot of size for these three guys 317

21:56

for foot on who 328 at the combine for

22:00

Powers Johnson and 3-17 for

22:02

Christian Hates. He

22:05

was AP All-American third team

22:07

in 2022 and 2023

22:11

playing right guard for UConn.

22:13

That in itself is an accomplishment because UConn

22:16

is not the football program that it once was when they

22:18

were in the Big East and it's

22:21

not the football program that's on the

22:23

same stratosphere as Washington and Oregon playing

22:25

in the Pac-12 championship for a chance

22:27

to go to college football playoff. He

22:29

originally went to Bowie High School, played

22:32

three seasons there on the offensive line.

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He's from Maryland, played two games

22:36

during his redshirt season in 2018, started at right guard in 2019,

22:39

started 12 games on the offensive

22:42

line in 2021, started all 13 games in 2022 at guard and then all

22:44

of the games 12 games at

22:50

guard this season starting 49 career

22:53

games consecutively on the offensive

22:55

line for UConn. UConn

22:57

allowed just 12 sacks on the season

23:00

in 2023. Goes

23:02

to the senior bowl, has a nice showing

23:04

there. The thing that pops to me about

23:06

Christian Hates is in spite of being a 317-pound

23:09

player, this

23:12

dude blocks zone as good

23:14

as any in-tier offensive lineman

23:16

in the class. Wide zone, working

23:21

through a first level defender to

23:23

give a kickstand to my offensive tackle to get a piece

23:25

of him so he could set the hook and then getting

23:27

up on a linebacker, he's good. If he's got

23:29

to push out in the space,

23:31

he's good. They're gonna run, they're gonna run pin and

23:33

pull and get outside and he's gonna have to lead

23:35

up and get up the field. He

23:37

can do it and he can, he's really good on the hook.

23:40

He ran a 503 in the 40 yard

23:42

dash. That's 93rd percentile for offensive guards in the

23:44

NFL Combine since 2000. He

23:46

runs well. We

23:49

talk about this lower body explosiveness, those

23:51

jumps, 94th percentile

23:53

vertical jump, 33 inch vertical jump at

23:55

317 pounds of the NFL Combine. It's

23:58

explosive player. Now

24:01

he has his own unique set of

24:03

limitations. I think he's a guard

24:05

exclusive player which certainly hurts his value when you're

24:07

looking to forecast even Rob Hunt who they insisted

24:09

as a Pro Bowl guard. It's Pro Bowl guard.

24:12

It's Pro Bowl guard. Well it never really happened.

24:16

And then he goes on and gets $20 million a year from the Carolina

24:18

Panthers. He came in a

24:20

league as a tackle. He played Louisiana as

24:22

a tackle. Christian

24:24

Haynes definitively a guard exclusive

24:27

player. So

24:30

that hurts his profile a little

24:32

bit more as far as

24:35

the valuation of the player. I

24:38

would not be surprised if

24:40

Miami only gets two cracks at this dude. Some of

24:42

these Minecraft simulators have guard only players

24:44

that slide because of positional value. This

24:48

dude is

24:51

a very consistently impactful football

24:53

player. And he's mean. He's

24:56

mean. You're watching him. He's locked

24:58

up on guys. The defender starts to turn away

25:00

and he rides him in the ground. Oh

25:03

you're a safety. You're going to run the alley when I'm

25:06

pulling out getting out front on these perimeter runs. I'm going

25:08

to bury you. He's

25:10

got an attitude about it. I

25:12

love that part of his game. They played

25:14

NC State. Right. NC State Peyton

25:16

Wilson standout linebacker. He put Peyton Wilson in

25:18

the ground. He

25:21

slingshot in NC State's defensive tackles flipping

25:23

in five yards in his backfield on

25:25

outside runs. He's using his

25:28

hands to leverage and force him to go the long

25:30

way around the loop. But when you try and

25:32

run by me I'm not done with you. And I'm going to

25:34

flip you. Like

25:37

really impressive tape for a player of his stature.

25:39

But he's a better run blocker than he is

25:41

a pass protector. He's a guard

25:43

exclusive player. Kind

25:46

of profiles similarly to what Shaq Mason was coming

25:48

out of Georgia Tech. And obviously Georgia Tech they

25:50

run all that triple option and all that kind

25:53

of stuff. So Mason took a

25:55

while but developed into a Pro Bowl

25:57

Calvert player in New England before going to

25:59

Tampa. and then Tampa gets traded to Houston. He's

26:02

getting $12 million a year, Shaq Mason. I

26:06

think Christian Haynes can be that kind of player where

26:08

he's got that squatty build. He's

26:10

got pretty good length. He's got over 33 inch arms, 33 and a

26:12

half inches. So he's got

26:14

significant reach. He's technically got tackle

26:17

reach at under six

26:19

foot three. So he's

26:21

got naturally squatty frame to stay

26:23

under your pads and play low. He's

26:26

got a better reach than you think, but not

26:28

too long, not excessively long where his punch timing

26:30

is going to be longer. And when everything happens

26:33

quicker inside, that can be a detriment to your

26:35

consistency and getting hands on defenders. And

26:39

I think an offensive scheme like

26:41

Miami's that is predicated around explosiveness

26:44

off the ball. We

26:46

want everything to look the same until it's not for

26:48

the offensive line. More often than not.

26:51

We don't want to do a ton of

26:53

true dropback passing. I think Haynes

26:55

can develop into a good player in that

26:57

regard, but early on, a scheme that's

26:59

going to encourage him, be aggressive,

27:01

get out the blocks, make it look like run.

27:04

And if it's a run, then finish the run.

27:06

And if it's not a run, then

27:09

gear down, make sure you're

27:11

flowing horizontally and laterally. So

27:15

everybody creates that displacement

27:18

and then you can get your hands on. And then

27:20

it's just a matter of having reactive quickness to mirror.

27:23

I think he has that about his game too. And he

27:25

has that grittiness about him that he

27:27

stays sticky. If

27:30

I were to rank these three players, Troy

27:33

Fotano is going to be,

27:35

I'll spoil this. He's going to be amongst

27:37

my top eight overall prospects in the 2024

27:39

NFL Draft, when graded specifically for the Dolphins.

27:43

Top eight overall player. You

27:45

do backflips if he's on the board of 21. You

27:48

do backflips and

27:50

you sprint that card in. And

27:52

a lot of people have had that opinion of

27:54

Jackson Powers Johnson. He'll

27:57

be a... I

28:00

think an adequate starter early in his career,

28:02

particularly if he plays at guard. But

28:05

I think his ceiling is higher at guard than it

28:07

is at center. And there's more uncertainty about him at

28:09

center. Specifically in

28:11

Miami, where the athleticism of that

28:14

position, that individual

28:16

position where you're uncovered more

28:18

frequently in passing down, so

28:20

you're more frequently not occupied. So you can

28:22

release out in the space for their screen

28:25

game, where there are timing routes where we're

28:27

going to get the ball into our skill

28:29

players early and try to set up blocks

28:31

in advance. Where he remembers that awesome, uh,

28:34

Savon Ahmed screen

28:36

touchdown. That would

28:38

be if, uh, HN

28:41

hadn't gone out where the center

28:43

releases and it's like a Texas route screen,

28:46

those kinds of plays, all of that.

28:48

I think the, um, the

28:51

athleticism is there to do it for Jackson

28:53

Powers Johnson. But the

28:55

snap issues and the consistency with the

28:57

execution on a timing based offense

29:00

feels like a big leap to take

29:02

that I would not be prepared for. He's

29:04

going to be a first round player on my grading,

29:07

but as a guard and as a result, drafting

29:10

him at 21 feels like

29:12

it's going to be a long shot for things that I

29:14

would strongly, strongly advocate. You never know how the

29:16

board's going to break and maybe that would be the case. But

29:21

for me, that's a, he's a guard. Exclusive

29:24

and that removes some of the

29:27

universal appeal of what everybody

29:29

has been talking for months about. And

29:32

then Christian Haynes for me is a firm

29:34

second round valuation. I think if he's there

29:37

at 55, if you don't go offensive line

29:39

earlier, uh, that's a very attractive fit.

29:44

But the, there's more dominoes in front of it that

29:46

make it less of an obvious decision, the only

29:49

obvious decision here is if Fataan

29:51

is there you drafted. And

29:54

if you draft Jackson powers Johnson, I

29:56

think it's obvious you don't play him at center. That's

30:00

gonna do it for us here on this episode of locked

30:02

on dolphins I hope you enjoyed the deep dive into the

30:04

offensive line. We're gonna do more offensive linemen some defensive linemen

30:06

next week I'm

30:08

gonna try and cover as much ground as we possibly

30:11

can to get you guys ready for the 2024

30:13

NFL Draft of Kyle crabs keep it locked in

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right here on locked on dolphins Enjoy

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the rest your day. I'll talk to you again soon fins up