The Miami Dolphins common director saw how rapidly a exhausted pass surge can tank a season in 2023, when his group misplaced its beat three pass-rushers (Jaelan Phillips, Bradley Chubb and Andrew Van Ginkel) to season-ending wounds. So, he went through his to begin with first-round choose since 2021 on Penn State pass-rusher Chop Robinson at No. 21 by and large.
Grier told correspondents Thursday that Robinson was the highest-rated player on their board at the time, and somebody they’d been focusing on since early within the draft handle. But he too fills a position of require, especially after the takeoffs of Emmanuel Ogbah and Van Ginkel.
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“I cruel clearly you continuously see at your list for what it is, but for us it was, like we’ve talked about, fair adding the leading players within the draft at that point,” Grier said. “He was appraised as one of the beat players in this draft for us, so including him, particularly hurrying the passer in this association with all the awesome quarterbacks and the aptitude, the capacity to surge with four and not got to rush each down and stuff, that makes an advantage for the defense.
“So for us, he was a player that we had in tall respect with tall grades, for us to include him, we were once more exceptionally energized to have him.”
Robinson’s hazardous physical characteristics loan a comparison to another later pass-rusher out of Penn State — the Dallas Cowboys’ Micah Parsons.
Robinson ran a 4.48 40-yard sprint — the second-fastest time among his position gather in this year’s draft course (Parsons ran a 4.36). But in spite of his physicality, he as it were recorded 11.5 sacks in three collegiate seasons at Penn State and Maryland.
The Dolphins’ draftee tended to his need of generation right absent after his determination.
“For me, it was fair being inconsistent with my hands,” Robinson said. “I know I had the speed and the twist, but in some cases I disregard to utilize my hands. But that’s something I’ve been working on this entirety offseason, and I feel exceptionally sure since I’ve been working on this so much more than once and I know it’s planning to be characteristic when it comes time to put my hands to utilize.”
Robinson’s weight stats in college were more vital to the Dolphins than his moo pillage numbers. Matthew O’Haren/USA Nowadays Sports
Miami’s coaching staff and front office accept they can settle Robinson’s irregularities, and when they do, that his physical characteristics will make him a drive within the association.
The Dolphins moreover see past his pillage numbers, as his 18% weight rate positioned 6th in FBS final season. That, they say, stands out to them more than how regularly he brings the quarterback down.
“For us, [sacks are] an vital portion, but we’ve continuously talked approximately the capacity to disturb the passer,” Grier said. “His disturbance numbers are all exceptionally tall. For us, working through the analytics, observing him and what he does and contributes, sacks individuals continuously need to — the fellow that comes to intellect for me would be Danielle Seeker (who) had four career sacks coming out of college, and he’s ended up an extremely great player in this association.
“I’m not putting that weight on him to be Danielle Seeker … [Robinson] has things he has got to work on. He knows that. And the energizing portion is the kid, and who he is, his work ethic, how much he adores ball and his toughness. We’re energized to work with him and we think he contains a truly great chance to be a very great player.”
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Robinson joins a pass-rush revolution that highlights Phillips, Chubb and offseason securing Shaquil Barrett. Phillips and Chubb each endured season-ending injuries final season and the Dolphins have not however freely expressed whether either or both would be prepared for the begin of the 2024 season.
Both Phillips and Chubb have come to out to Robinson to welcome him to the group, he said, and he looks forward to joining what he called “a awesome circumstance” in Miami.
Robinson included that in spite of the fact that he hasn’t spent much time with Dolphins’ first-year protective facilitator Anthony Weaver, there are likenesses between how he was utilized at Penn State and how he accepts Weaver will run his defense this season.
“We haven’t talked much about it, but I know the defense he uses is the same thing we utilized at Penn State with putting me at nose handle, on the edge,” Robinson said. “So I feel like that’s a great thing for me since I’m kind of commonplace with as of now doing that, so it’ll be moment nature when I’m able to go out there and do it.”
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel prodded that Robinson’s part won’t fundamentally be restricted to rotational or situational.
Playing in a conference with star quarterbacks Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, C.J. Stroud, Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson, among others, the Dolphins will get imaginative with how they surge the passer this season.
“All scenarios are lively,” McDaniel said. “I think it’s key to keep in mind, man that group, ‘They fair had as well numerous pass-rushers, that was their problem,’ that’s never been said. So I think that’s the common denominator, is you know that you’re including to your group, you’re feeling awesome almost that and you let the players kind of set the orchestration of all the numerous things that you simply can do.
“I know our facilitator is not perplexed of [thinking] exterior the box, so he could be playing corner, who known.