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offensive tackle Patrick Paul. We're breaking

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lineman. It's probably not the offensive

2:37

lineman that I would have drafted

2:40

and I

2:43

think the overall strategy of

2:46

the 2024 NFL draft is a

2:48

bit of a hard pill to swallow, if

2:50

I'm being completely honest, because the Dolphins still have

2:53

a number of picks on day three, but

2:56

the Dolphins took these opportunities at 21

2:58

overall and at 55 overall and

3:01

ultimately drafted players

3:04

at premium positions with supreme physical

3:07

upsides but developmental talents that

3:11

are going to be your fourth edge rusher and your

3:13

fourth offensive tackle in 2024. Now maybe

3:15

he surpasses Kendall Lamb, but

3:19

at the same time there

3:21

were some other players on the board that

3:24

I absolutely saw could have been plugged into starting

3:27

lineup positions for

3:30

the Dolphins and those

3:32

opportunities having come and gone

3:34

and for those players

3:37

to be long-term pieces

3:39

exclusively. Chop Robinson,

3:41

I foresee a pathway to him playing

3:44

probably 400 or so snaps this

3:46

this season and with Toronto Armstead's

3:49

health and availability an issue on any

3:51

given season, you know, we may see

3:53

some Patrick Hall. We saw 70

3:56

snaps of Keon Smith as the fourth

3:58

tackle last year. And

4:00

that was with all the injuries that you had. And

4:03

maybe they're banking on can the land not staying

4:06

healthy for another season to play the second highest

4:08

snap percentage and snap Count

4:10

of his entire career in year

4:12

10 I don't know but

4:15

what I do know is My

4:17

frame of mind coming into these

4:20

picks for the dolphins Was

4:22

to find meaningful snap takers with

4:24

both picks and

4:26

the dolphins did the polar opposite

4:30

Doesn't make it right doesn't make it wrong But

4:33

I will sit here and look you dead in the face and

4:35

tell you it's not what I would have done And

4:37

I do have my apprehensions because of it Now

4:41

when we talked about players, I would like it

4:43

would not like remind me to draft it and

4:45

players I'd be very concerned about patrick paul's name

4:47

came up as a player with concern Appet

4:50

number 21 I

4:53

did have an early third round grade on patrick paul.

4:55

I I think in this stage of the draft at

4:57

55 He

5:00

was one of my best offensive tackles available Uh,

5:03

there's some positional flex. There's obviously long-term developmental upside with him

5:05

as a player. So like A

5:08

player that it would have been really upset if the dolphins took at 21.

5:11

They end up taking a 55 Okay,

5:13

that makes it a little bit easier to swallow but but the core

5:18

Ideal an approach of this draft

5:20

is is the polar opposite of

5:22

what I strategically would have approached

5:25

this draft with Case

5:28

in point a lot of my player rankings were based on

5:30

what are these players right now? Not

5:33

what are these players going to be three years from now? What are these

5:36

players right now in the midst of your winning window? To

5:39

offer you contributions meaningful

5:41

contributions for the 2024 campaign and beyond The

5:45

dolphins zigged when I would have zagged okay,

5:49

so I'm

5:51

not on here To puff my

5:53

ego or i'm not on here

5:55

to tell you definitively what the

5:58

right or wrong strategy she was,

6:00

this is a show that I

6:03

try to make as much as I possibly can

6:05

about the why of why things happen. So

6:11

getting off the live stream and having a chance to

6:13

listen to Patrick

6:15

Paul's presser and Chris Greer and might

6:17

make Daniel's presser and kind of hear

6:20

the messaging around the picks, you

6:22

get a feel for the why, right?

6:25

And I think this is all the affirmation you need.

6:27

This is it for Toronto Armstead in Miami

6:29

this year. And

6:32

we already know this is it for Kendall

6:34

Lamb. So a little

6:36

bit of long-term stability at offensive tackle and

6:38

a little bit of long-term stability where you

6:40

know, you can't afford to pay Shaq

6:43

Barrett, another one year, $9

6:45

million contract with a bunch of wood years on the tail

6:47

end of it to

6:49

kick that out. You know, both

6:51

of these two spots are about long-term

6:54

stability and talent at

6:57

premier positions for the roster. Okay.

7:02

And again, I would like to emphasize this as

7:04

much as I possibly can. I

7:06

don't agree with the strategy. I would have not

7:08

handled the strategy this way. My

7:10

best available non-cornerback that would have

7:12

been available at 21 would have

7:15

been Graham Barton. And

7:17

then at pick 55, assuming that I

7:20

would have stayed and

7:22

picked Graham Barton with the expectation, he would have taken a

7:24

starting role, probably

7:27

best available player that would have

7:29

made sense for Miami

7:31

probably would have been safety Jevon Bullard,

7:34

who went 58 to the Green Bay Packers. That

7:36

was my best available player in that spot at

7:38

a position of need. So

7:40

as I'm, as I'm cross referencing positions

7:44

of need with how I rank and

7:46

grade the players and a lot of my

7:48

rankings and gradings was focused primarily on what

7:52

are these players readiness to come in and

7:54

be meaningful players for you. That's

7:57

kind of, if you asked me, Hey, Kyle,

7:59

what would you you've done at these picks, I'd

8:01

sit here and I'd probably tell you Graham Bartman and

8:05

Jevon Bullard, looking at

8:07

my board and how the

8:09

actual picks came off and how it populated

8:12

would have probably been where that

8:15

decision would have gone for me personally.

8:17

The Dolphins obviously went in a very different

8:19

direction and my picks would have

8:22

been an interior offensive lineman and a safety

8:24

is D value positions. So their perspective is

8:26

that. It's long-term

8:28

stability with rookie contracts at premium positions

8:30

with a chance to develop these players

8:32

and they might play early and they

8:35

might not. Okay.

8:38

Missed opportunity to get your roster better right

8:40

now. So what that

8:42

changes for me is the frame

8:45

of mind for June 1st. This

8:47

is not go big game shopping anymore.

8:51

This is y'all better find

8:53

three or four potential

8:57

meaningful veterans somewhere

8:59

along the way and that to take

9:01

my own advice from Wednesday, you know, the hitchhiker's

9:04

guide to surviving the 2024 NFL draft could come via a player

9:06

trade and

9:09

acquiring a contract for a veteran player

9:12

at a position where a team has drafted players

9:15

and may no longer have a use for a player.

9:17

Okay. You know, that that's still very much on

9:19

the table for something that could happen. I

9:21

would not expect it. Oh,

9:25

a trade could take place between now and

9:27

training camp trade could place take place

9:29

in training camp, but

9:32

your shopping list for

9:35

competing is no shorter today than it was

9:37

on Wednesday. And

9:41

I fundamentally disagree with having two swings of the

9:43

bat and not taking either of those opportunities to

9:45

do that. And that's okay.

9:47

And that's okay. Cause it's not about me. It's

9:49

about the team and it's about those who are

9:52

making decisions because they're the ones that are really

9:54

in this, right? If

9:58

it doesn't work out. Or

10:00

if I'm wrong and Graham Barton stinks and Jevon Bullard

10:02

is no good I'll keep

10:04

doing a podcast and I'll keep trying to learn from those

10:07

mistakes and getting better if

10:09

Patrick Paul and chef

10:12

Robinson don't fulfill their potential and The

10:15

players in front of them leave and the

10:17

Dolphins suffer the consequences. There's real consequences

10:19

for those guys, right? I Think

10:23

we all know that But

10:27

But for me the offseason picture is

10:29

now shifted To

10:31

your shopping your free agent

10:33

shopping here in the next

10:35

two three months Becomes

10:38

more important and it becomes deeper.

10:41

You need to be deeper And

10:43

I think the to a tongue of a lower contract

10:45

extension for the salary cap

10:47

space that that opens this year Looms

10:50

large because you know, you're getting Significant

10:53

influx from Xavier Howard You

10:56

get the to a tongue of a lower contract extension on

10:58

top of that suddenly you

11:00

might be looking at 30

11:04

million dollars in cap space you

11:06

would need to use probably

11:09

two-thirds of that and leave the rest for in

11:11

season operating budget and Probably

11:13

find a number of starters and

11:15

hope that those those markets don't go

11:17

dry between now and then and if

11:20

they do then you're gonna need To happen

11:22

to 2025 draft capital to acquire somebody off

11:24

a roster somewhere across the league So,

11:28

it's not that it's it's not that the roster is not

11:30

ready to play here and now Versus

11:34

Wednesday Cuz that

11:36

was I said that on Wednesday. It's not your job

11:38

to have a roster that's ready to play a football

11:40

game on May 1st It's

11:45

the opportunity cost of how they chose

11:47

to attack these positions that long-term it

11:49

may wait Very well may

11:51

play out beautifully for the Dolphins But

11:55

as I reacting to it and I'm digesting it and it's

11:57

the thing for me that that I just Would

12:00

not have handled these

12:02

opportunities this way. Now we will talk plenty about

12:05

Patrick Paul And talk

12:07

about who he is as a player. We're talking about

12:09

how the board fell for the Dolphins All

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let's talk about Patrick Paul who has

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a ton of snaps at

14:23

his disposal last three seasons, 2021 played 964

14:25

snaps of offensive football in 2022 played

14:30

901 snaps of offensive football. And

14:33

then in 2023 played 777 snaps of offensive football. This

14:40

is a monstrous

14:42

player from a stature and

14:44

length standpoint, a functional athleticism

14:47

standpoint. I know those

14:49

of you who do not like the pick are gonna

14:51

roll your eyes about the talking points, but it's part

14:53

of painting the picture of who he is. He's

14:56

six foot seven and a half 331 pounds with

15:00

an 86 and a one quarter

15:02

inch wingspan and 36 and a

15:04

quarter inch arms. That

15:07

is huge. This

15:10

is one of the biggest NFL offensive tackles to come

15:12

through the combine in the last

15:14

25 years. A

15:17

91st percentile for height, 96th

15:19

percentile for wingspan, 97th

15:21

percentile for arm length, 87th percentile

15:23

for weight. And

15:26

it comes with an

15:28

athleticism functionally that

15:30

is really hard

15:34

to ignore when you watch Patrick

15:36

Paul move and this

15:38

is in the run game, particularly in zone

15:41

blocking. And when you watch

15:43

Patrick Paul in protection, the

15:46

movement skills will leap off

15:49

the screen at you. The

15:52

ability, the hand

15:54

activity, the foot

15:57

activity, it's all active. I

15:59

would argue. It's overreactive and

16:01

I appreciate hearing him in

16:03

his media availability Talking

16:05

about working with Duke mani

16:08

weather who is the best he is

16:10

the absolute best independent

16:12

offensive line coach out on the market

16:14

right now for my money and I

16:18

don't think it's a coincidence that Patrick Paul

16:20

starts working with Duke mani weather and

16:22

the switch did flip for him This

16:25

past season where you kind of saw this

16:27

leap There was a steady progression the past

16:29

three seasons as far as him being a

16:32

de facto starter for Houston The

16:34

fundamentals are still a mess. I

16:37

think some of that is playing for

16:39

Dana Holgerson at the University of Houston

16:41

But nevertheless, it's not gonna solve your

16:43

issue year one. I I

16:48

Appreciated the penalties were down flag three times

16:50

this past season versus 18 times in 2021

16:52

and 2022 combined the

16:56

pressures were down Might

16:58

make Daniel and Chris Greer talked about you know,

17:00

even with the fundamentals being growth

17:03

areas for him and the technique and the

17:05

hand placement and the timing and The

17:08

framing with his feet now that all needs

17:10

a lot of polish But

17:13

because he's six foot seven three hundred

17:15

thirty pounds with a 97

17:18

percent. I was at 97 percent. Oh my sure you're

17:20

right 97 percentile

17:22

arm length there is a certain

17:27

The phrase that I used to describe it as a

17:29

gravitational pull right your Area

17:32

of influence how large is it how

17:34

close within your vicinity? Does

17:36

a defensive player come and then feel you and

17:39

have to work around you? He

17:42

utilizes his length now the the punch timings not

17:44

always good his feet aren't always tethered to the

17:47

ground the placements not good He comes with wide

17:49

hands too often and gives up his chest and

17:51

he's a big-body guy so when that happens, it

17:53

doesn't look good and Then

17:56

his feet die and then he's got a lean and react and

17:58

then he gets out of a center grab And

18:01

there's a lot of growth and development

18:03

right that is required here But

18:07

because of the gravitational pull

18:09

that exists This

18:12

is in my eyes a player And

18:16

they have described this has a better

18:19

than expected Production

18:23

profile and I think that's the case

18:25

in point when you look at how

18:28

he grades as a pass protector He

18:30

grades very favorably. They played

18:32

meaningful schools this past year and it

18:35

was his best season Right

18:38

TCU, West Virginia,

18:40

Texas Kansas

18:43

State Baylor Cincinnati, Oklahoma State

18:46

Some meaningful programs that they played this

18:49

season with

18:51

all of that said I Do

18:53

not think from a fundamentals perspective. This is a player who's

18:55

gonna be ready to play in 2024 Which

18:58

is okay for him because

19:00

he's probably not going to But

19:05

It's the big picture versus the small picture

19:08

Right and we're gonna try to get the full picture and

19:11

for me to get the full picture on this

19:13

draft class It does require us to get through

19:16

To see what the roster looks like in training camp

19:18

And then what else you can add to this roster

19:20

via trade or free edge and acquisition And if you

19:22

feel like you're in a competitive window and you want

19:25

to rely you want to not rely on rookies You

19:27

want to rely on veteran players to do that on

19:29

one year deals is veteran contracts with the money that

19:31

you get post-une First whatever guys go

19:33

and do it, but then go and do it Because

19:38

if we still have the same holes and we're

19:40

rolling in the camp and it's again chops our

19:42

fourth edge when everybody's healthy maybe

19:44

our fifth depending if we sign a vet guy

19:46

to continue to helping and give contributions on early

19:48

downs and Patrick Paul's your

19:51

your fourth offensive tackle. Ooh boys that

19:53

gonna sting That's

19:55

gonna sting These

19:59

are really impressive person to

20:01

hear speak you can hear the

20:03

intelligence he's really well spoken he's

20:05

very deliberate and intellectual

20:07

I appreciate that about him

20:09

it kind of reminds me of Austin Jackson

20:13

and I think Austin Jackson is a great

20:15

name to invoke I actually have Patrick Paul

20:17

I do have him graded higher than what

20:19

I had Austin Jackson grated coming out of

20:21

USC I

20:23

had an early three on Patrick Paul

20:26

they got him towards the

20:28

tail in the last 10 picks of the

20:30

second round I'm

20:32

okay with the value again it's

20:34

the whole picture for both of

20:36

these choices combined that really chaps

20:39

my rear end but

20:42

again I'm trying not to make it about what

20:44

I would have done and we're exploring the who

20:46

the what the why of

20:49

this player and this strategy

20:52

here and the implications

20:54

of it as we come

20:56

out the other end of these meaningful investments

20:58

because Miami did not add any extra draft

21:01

capital on day two we'll

21:03

see if they can rub a few picks

21:05

together and find something the first couple picks because there's

21:07

somebody who's sitting on the board overnight before things start

21:09

at noon tomorrow I

21:12

guess today because it's

21:14

technically Saturday but

21:17

you are encouraged by the growth of

21:19

this player and this scheme has brought

21:21

out from raw offensive linemen a

21:26

little bit more consistent play I think the

21:28

floor is a pass protector is

21:31

is probably higher because

21:33

of the freakishness of

21:36

the size that he has so

21:39

I see the pathway for Patrick

21:41

Paul to be

21:43

a successful NFL

21:45

player a successful NFL

21:48

starting tackle and

21:51

because this is a player you drafted in the second

21:53

round at 55 as compared to this

21:56

would have been the face of your draft class at 21

21:58

I process

22:00

it, the pick in a

22:02

vacuum a lot cleaner and a lot easier.

22:06

To compare and contrast Austin Jackson. Austin

22:09

was six foot five so he's two and a

22:11

half inches shorter than Patrick Paul. With

22:15

322 pounds coming out, I'm not quite

22:17

sure what his playing weight is now, but

22:20

that was 78th percentile. It's 10 pounds lighter

22:22

than Patrick Paul. And

22:24

an arm length of 34 inches which is

22:28

two and a quarter two and an

22:31

eighth inches shorter than Patrick Paul. So

22:34

Patrick Paul is like proportionately

22:36

larger than Austin

22:38

Jackson. And

22:42

every bit the same functional athlete. So

22:46

if I isolate Patrick Paul as

22:48

a second round pick versus the valuation is one

22:51

of the best tackles I had available at that

22:53

stage in the draft. It's a premium position. Okay,

22:57

I got it. I see it. But

23:01

again, this strategy is

23:04

it changes the outlook of the rest of

23:06

the off season for me. And

23:09

there is a long term reaping

23:12

and reward that can

23:14

be there for the Dolphins. But

23:17

it puts a lot more stress on what you

23:19

do the rest of the off season to

23:22

circumvent it. And it

23:24

will not calm down the

23:26

narrative and the discussion around

23:29

using premium draft picks on players

23:32

who are not playing unless guys

23:34

like Cam Smith and

23:36

Eric Ezu comma and with

23:39

Channing Tindall step up, what would the role be there? I

23:42

think if you got Ezu comma and

23:44

Cam Smith in year two and year

23:46

three in this system, and they became

23:48

prominent contributors in some capacity, I think

23:51

that would probably calm it a little bit and there

23:53

would be a little bit more trust from everybody on

23:55

the outside looking in. Because

23:58

Right now it's kind of the. The proof

24:00

of concept. It's like the crusher Wilkins leading

24:02

in free agency thing. Nobody. Believes

24:04

the dolphins are good. Extend your water is free. have

24:06

all these wide receiver contracts are getting dunked because they

24:09

call the price gonna go the same thing Scrabble would

24:11

give him all the have a crush while the Sinatra

24:13

for me she always. Had.

24:15

No doubt that contracting into. But.

24:19

Everybody Super gun shy and scattershot.

24:22

Because. A similar story played out

24:24

with a different player and a different position.

24:27

And. He came a top five tape player in the

24:30

Nfl last. So

24:34

that's how how things sell. A

24:37

car. We will talk a little bit more. About

24:40

the messaging. About

24:43

this pic individually has a poll

24:45

on talk little bit more about

24:47

his background. And sister

24:49

focus from their here on this

24:51

episode of Locked on Dolphins, so

24:53

stick with us. We've

24:58

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25:01

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25:03

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25:06

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let's talk a little bit about the

26:23

board as it's left for Miami. Not

26:25

that there's a pick imminent or scheduled

26:27

to be imminent right now but

26:30

on the heels of this pick I would just like to

26:32

outline a couple of players. I have

26:35

four players that I had

26:37

second round grades on specifically for Miami.

26:39

I think if you put it on the curve of how

26:42

the dolphins have

26:44

drafted those players Miami

26:48

has has kind of been just a

26:51

tick and touch off

26:53

because again my focus was 2024

26:56

value. Their focus

26:58

is long-term value and

27:01

the merits of that is not

27:03

really it is

27:05

just a fundamental divide there but

27:08

Theo Johnson the Penn State tight end

27:10

I think would be a good long-term play but

27:12

I think has some different roles that could be

27:14

contributing roles now if he gets to you in

27:16

the fifth round or if you get an earlier

27:19

pick. Katano Ladapo

27:21

from Oregon State. Brandon

27:23

Dorless from Oregon. Different

27:25

backgrounds. The older players but

27:30

playing at Oregon and Oregon State and Penn

27:32

State it's maybe a little

27:34

bit of a different developmental curve than

27:37

an air raid small school offensive

27:39

tackle that moved up to the Big

27:41

12 this past year and then

27:45

TJ Tampa the corner from Iowa State. I

27:47

don't know the corner I'm particularly interested in

27:49

using a pick on in this stage but

27:51

a good player who's left out there. I

27:55

Do think there's some role players that are

27:57

available On day three, we've entered into the

27:59

Stratosphere. We're writing drafting to tape Sanders would

28:01

be of was value. I. Also like

28:04

to invalid tied him from Florida state. I

28:06

like to you know better than saving centers

28:08

but like. Is is often sound the way

28:10

to make either one of those pics. At this point in time

28:12

he say yet for sale you were add those guys for it.

28:15

Or. I thought shop Robinson who was a

28:18

little early, but that's again because I

28:20

was grading him on the year one

28:22

role. Not. The three or four

28:24

cast in the same with a Patrick Paul

28:26

was a touch surely not as early as

28:28

what I thought shop Robinson was relative to

28:30

how I adam graded. Of but

28:32

again it was because I'm not looking long

28:35

term I'm looking he'll eat for be finding

28:37

starters this year are. And

28:39

they they don't care about that.

28:41

Whether that's right or wrong, they

28:43

will find presumably starters elsewhere. And

28:45

if they don't, they better health.

28:47

Hope. Player: Development happens on a

28:49

large scale for a lot of players and

28:52

that is not aware of. Not a bet

28:54

that I would be willing to place. Because.

28:58

You had some big leaps already

29:00

and player development is not linear

29:02

and it's not guaranteed to be

29:04

exponential. Or

29:09

at safety. We mentioned Old Dafoe Day

29:11

during Taylor Demerse and is still out

29:13

there. Are. Titans are also

29:16

cheered wildly from Tc you would do we

29:18

shall him as well. Wide Receiver Leak Washington

29:20

from Virginia. A pass

29:22

rusher muhammad tomorrow or the you just used to

29:24

pick on a pass rusher with you we to

29:26

go for know what would you want? Another rookie

29:29

anyway. I'll have the

29:31

answer see steam Illegal foster from

29:33

from Wake Forest. seen takes from

29:35

Washington State. Offensive.

29:38

Line. I

29:41

had some apprehensions about Mason Mccormick

29:43

from South Dakota State. Ah,

29:46

But I have regret is a fourth round grade. so wake

29:48

of these on the board for when you come back around.

29:50

Unified using is a bit more than that

29:52

are Gap player than he is a zone

29:54

player. I.

29:58

would i would not be upset with that at

30:00

all when you come around to the fifth round.

30:02

Same for Hunter Norzad from Penn State if you

30:04

want more competition there. I

30:06

do wonder what this pick means for Keon Smith.

30:09

Keon Smith has shown in the preseason

30:12

as a player who's been trying to find

30:14

his footing. Some

30:17

ability to play at guard. Would

30:20

that mean he could be invoked

30:22

in the guard competition? I still

30:24

think you need at least one starter there. I'm

30:26

not overly surprised that Lee and Mike and Burks

30:28

get a chance to compete for a starting spot

30:31

when you consider he's on the books for four

30:33

and a half million dollars a year in a

30:35

contract this year. Thanks to some playing time incentives

30:37

for player compensation from the

30:40

NFLPA. Not

30:42

super surprised there. Not

30:45

super surprised that Isaiah

30:48

Wynn is going to get a look. But

30:52

you know the writing's on the wall there.

30:54

So is this the year you're going to

30:56

be more flexible with Kendall Lamb? If

30:59

so, like okay. I'll

31:02

hear you out. Can

31:04

Keon Smith move? How confident are you

31:06

that he would play inside of the

31:09

high level and pass protection? I don't

31:11

know. I mean we'll find out what happens with

31:13

the picks. The nice thing

31:15

is, one of the nice things

31:17

I should say, is I do

31:19

think Mason McCormick's still out there. Does

31:21

he get to the fifth round? Because he

31:23

played at South Dakota State. I

31:25

don't know. Does Hunter

31:27

Norzad from Penn State get there? Does

31:30

Bo Limmer from Arkansas or

31:32

Tanner Bordellini make it?

31:34

Does Christian Mahogany make it? You

31:37

didn't really have a big time run

31:39

on interior offensive linemen until late. And

31:42

I think that's not a coincidence because teams spent

31:44

a lot on free agent interior

31:46

offensive linemen. So

31:49

I think there's a decent chance there is an interior

31:51

offensive lineman that they could draft for need. That

31:54

would be a player that we had graded as like a

31:56

fourth round pick. I mean the fourth round guys that I

31:58

have still available are McCormick, Norzad. No.

32:00

Limmer. Cater Board Sweeney.

32:03

And Trevor Keegan from Michigan. Source:

32:08

What I have the rest of the

32:10

board in general are just looking ahead

32:13

from here we we acknowledged. Ah,

32:15

Johnsen door lists Tampa

32:17

and over.well. As

32:20

the the player positions where.

32:25

There's like out a higher value was

32:27

I thought to be a meaningful player.

32:29

Or. In Twenty Twenty Four. Or

32:32

tight end. Has. Some deaths

32:34

we did not get a lot a tight

32:36

and actually we had brought Bowers Ben Senate.

32:39

And tip rhyming came off the board. That's a big

32:41

surprise. Use a top one our pick. Of

32:43

the ally blocking stuff be huge for him.

32:47

Ah as a wide receiver has a lot

32:49

of attractive options but I have one third

32:51

round. Great. I'm a league. Washington is rest

32:53

of his day. three grades and like Has

32:56

Walker and Troy Franklin and you're on baker.

32:58

I know I was lower on consensus and

33:00

those guys but here they are has war

33:02

on bread and rice from us see big

33:05

physical guy and I smith Canada schemes such

33:07

potential type a guy could compete. was river

33:09

gray crap for a smile on the fifty

33:11

three potentially. Our teeth

33:13

of cowing. To.

33:16

Marry Thrasher unwilling to Leaders There's.

33:18

Wide. Receivers that I like. I think you're going to

33:21

have a crack at at least one of those guys.

33:23

I think there's enough into your often sublime that I

33:25

could see you having a crack at one of those

33:27

guys again unless he defeated somewhere. Find another pic early

33:29

on day three. And.

33:32

Then safety, There's some decent.

33:35

Over. Dafoe, Taylor, Demerse and Jane

33:37

take some Elite Mustafa. As.

33:39

County in. I'm.

33:42

For. Guys I think it could be meaningful

33:44

safeties for you someone early so you

33:46

still have a couple guys cia the

33:48

you get a chance to add a

33:50

player that's could potentially make a fifty

33:52

three man roster be contributing player for

33:54

you. Are. in some

33:56

capacity but not the high volume

33:59

snapped a that we were kind

34:01

of resided to hoping

34:03

to find when we set off

34:05

on this draft. That's

34:08

going to do it for us here on this episode of

34:10

Lockdown Dolphins. It is your team every day, even if it's

34:12

1 a.m. on

34:15

a Saturday. The NFL Draft, it's a

34:17

gift that keeps on giving even

34:20

when the team goes the complete opposite direction

34:22

of what you strategically would have hoped to

34:24

accomplish coming in. That's

34:26

why they're paid debate bucks. We'll

34:29

see what happens from here. We'll see how they manage to

34:31

play the board on day 3. Kyle

34:33

Kravs, you can keep it locked in right here on Lockdown

34:36

Dolphins. We will react to all of the Dolphins picked the

34:38

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