New Dolphins WR Grant DuBose Film session

what's up YouTube so in this video I'm going to be looking at wide receiver Grant deos um the Miami Dolphins have just claimed him off of waivers um which makes sense I mean our wide receiver room is really really beat up at this point um Odell Beckham and River Craycraft are on the physically unable to perform list um So currently we only have four we only had four receivers on the active roster before we signed him um and the good thing is he does bring something to the table that a receiving core really didn't have he's 6'2 and 201 lb um so he's bigger than the rest of our receiving core which is good um bit bit of a more physical receiver uh I do remember scouting him last year for the draft um as a late round Talent my thoughts on him then were that you know he was a 6-2 receiver um pretty decent at 50/50 balls you know small school guy coming from Charlotte um route running especially against man coverage was definitely lacking pretty physical at the point of attack and I do remember him being pretty decent at Zone coverage he was able to recognize Zone coverage pretty well and sit in the gaps of the zones which was nice um so yeah um I'm really only going to be watching film from this game against the uh Browns which was the Packers first preseason game uh this year mainly because this is the only game he's played in so far in his career that he got a decent amount of targets uh he had five catches I think he had seven balls thrown to him total in this game um before that he had had three catches ever um between this year and last year uh he didn't get any more catches after this game um this preseason and then last preseason he got three catches total so we're just going to watch the film from this one and on from there uh he is right here uh White cleats White Glove you can see the white wristband that'll be kind of the indicator to go by to try to find him I'll do my best to point him out too 86 so they put him in motion put him in motion again we aren't just looking at him just his receiving talent I want to see his blocking all the those things uh also when the play isn't going to him I want to see his effort level too um but really what I need to see is his route running cuz like I said pretty good at 50/50 balls you know be 62 decently physical um but I want to see if his route running has improved at all right down here this is a guy that right now would probably get some playing time um at least week one and like I said the fact that he is 6'2 does kind of matter on this offense like it's kind of a nice thing to have all right decent little head fake I suppose cover three little fake to the outside I mean that's better than the than before I suppose decent little head fake nothing crazy bad ball I don't know what the the quarterback was thinking but we're not here to evaluate the quarterback feet aren't really super quick here the um Direction Change isn't amazing I'd like to see him get his hips a little lower too on his break um because when you get your hips nice and low it allows you to explode on the break a little bit more let me look at the other receivers and see if any of them do it not really okay I was going to use it as an example but that him up here yeah yeah he was never that great at um press coverage either he kind of ran right into the corner massive fan of that like he's initiating contact for no reason here like either take the outside or take the inside like I don't know why you're forcing your way through him that forces it to slow down and quarterback ends up actually a quarterback overthrows it how early did he turn his head around pretty early yeah he needed to keep his head forward a little bit longer route running isn't anything crazy I mean it's just a go route against Cover 3 it's nothing crazy but I I I don't like that he ran straight into the corner let me look at um with the receivers down here dude because one of them is running a go route it looks like too yeah so they have some contact here but see how this guy like fakes to the inside and then goes out to kind of get some leverage and we'll look at the other receiver yeah like he he's they're not running straight into the corner like he ran right into this guy's arms I mean that is a Hold by the defender but down here nice block really nice block gets his hands inside actually see his knees Bend pretty well as a blocker I wish he would use that in his route running it's actually some pretty decent technique as a blocker for a receiver right here that ain't him that's a tight end don't think he's on the uh no he's down here my bad okay penalty fair enough and by the way if you're going to be a bigger receiver I do want you to be be able to block block pretty decently nice I do like the physicality could help on special teams too especially with the new kickoff roles right here all right he's got a towel on the back too it's not horrible didn't really get a good angle on him which I mean that's a part of going into motion that a lot of times well no he had time to set his feet but I mean I mean for this being a linebacker it's not it's not horrible all right let's see see on this Play No let this play run was that him there I don't think so no let check the next play I think that's him there yep again pretty good blocking kind of lost in the end but still get his hands inside it's not bad he does eventually kind of lose but over here they're moving around a lot there we go press man coverage I do want to see you get off the press ah that ain't even him my bad I think this is him actually in the slot yep okay right here yeah so he has developed a little bit of a of a head fake I think we can say that now that's better that is better he is getting lower still not super explosive coming out of his brakes but he is looking better better as a route Runner than he was in college that him here no I am mixing him and 18 up a lot let me find an indicator cuz they both have a wristband on their left hand both white cleats white gloves damn but anyway he's up here but either way false start back that up I think this is him I think that's 18 yeah he's a little bigger than 18 too yeah it's him all right little screen pass I mean this isn't really what he's best at um speed speed wise he's kind of average he ran like a 457 I think if I remember correctly so not the fastest in the world followed his blocks pretty well though nothing crazy that's him yeah still not dealing with press very well um that that is one of the things that I'd seen in college to is press coverage he he's not very good at getting off of press um press coverage and Route running were the two things that I really wanted to see him improve on it looks like the Press coverage is still kind of an issue gets jammed up pretty bad I mean that you could call some flags on that but still right here so I'm pretty sure he is not supposed to get the ball here he's just running a go route I'm pretty sure he's supposed to clear things out was there something underneath yeah I'm pretty sure he's supposed to clear things out for the tight end or the running back here um he's kind of running a little bit lazily just kind of jogging like he's not really taking off like this is a real go route he can get a ball on it felt like he was running harder on the go route earlier even though he ran straight into the corner but still right here so he lines up in the slot and out wide that's good to know nothing crazy there again I'm pretty sure he was supposed to just clear things out he never even looks back at the quarterback nothing crazy there here again that's 18 Ain on the field here actually I think that's him there yeah that's no I was right initially Jesus one of y'all needs to wear like yellow gloves or something he's right here so this a run again he's just supposed to clear things out a little bit create a diversion on the other side of the play nothing crazy there I saw him don't think he's no he's on on field that him here might be yeah that's better he definitely has gotten better as a route runner for sure yeah that's not bad especially for a bigger receiver actually I want to go back to that play and also like I mentioned um getting low with your hips when they're giving you this much space you don't have to like to see well no never mind that was kind of a low ball I don't mind that from the quarterback though making sure it's not going to get picked off I feel that not on the field right here they give him a lot of space underneath it's not bad he's definitely gotten better little bit of a hand fake there little fake to the inside go out I ain't mad at that still got to work on press release for sure and like I said I mean even in college he was pretty decent against Zone um man coverage is where he had bigger issues especially press man right there another thing your quarterback is scrambling come back to the ball there's a bunch of open space down here make an easy throw for him none of his receivers do that right here in the slot wonder if this was an actual RPO or if this was just a little diversion I don't think it's an actual RPO right here yeah not a whole lot to do there plays going in the complete opposite direction I Ain mad at that right here interesting he is a decent blocker though definitely a willing blocker got a little bit of a tenacity with it too interesting I up at like H back that's lowkey I want to get the other angle on this play right here a decent lead Block in there he might be a pretty good special teams guy man honestly that blocking is going to be important especially Craycraft hurt all right and you know Mike McDaniel wants to put this guy HB he likes doing that with a lot of people right here I think o that wasn't a good look to be fair that's a defensive end I mad at you for that one bro to be fair hey man he still ran his route shows a little bit of toughness and Grit in the slot so they kind of used him as like a big slot I don't hate that CU he's not the fastest in the world but not like our team is exactly hurting for Speed but a bigger Target we could definitely use cuz like Durham Smite isn't that crazy um also obviously jonno is going to be good for it but so couple times now I guess that's all right but he doesn't attack these routes with the same intensity when he knows he's not getting the ball like he knows the plays on the left side it feels like and he's not really trying that hard with his route running like he's not doing any head or hand fixes those little details can really help sell a play right here he doesn't put his mouthpiece in either that's kind of helping me identify him decent little curl again I'd like to see him get his hips a little bit lower that'll help him turn around faster but I ain't mad at it and yes I am nitpicking but still I I understand he's going to be like a fifth receiver and most likely won't be on the team once we have guys like River Craycraft or Odell back but still he's very likely going to be playing for us so yeah I am going to critique but like I said his route running is definitely improved up here yeah see how does he get off this press nice this more like a okay kind of let him go more of a cover two type of thing that's not that doesn't look that great that's not the most smooth thing in the world but even that like there's some there's more suddenness with this route than earlier when he was doing that little skinny post and like he just kind of lazily made that turn like there was no head fakes or nothing like at least here he he does give a little bit of a head fake kind of makes it look like this is a like a skinny post and then he ends up going through the corner like even if you don't think you're getting the ball on that play like still run your route hard for one it's going to show on film cuz like here's the thing especially in like a preseason game like this where you know you might not make it on the Packers if even if you don't get the targets if you show me that you're a good route Runner that's at least something I can evaluate but like lazy skinny post doesn't really make it look doesn't really make you look good he's down here not much to talk about on this play let just a this is weird wonder how much time was on the clock what was the plan here some weird play calls on on both sides there yeah this has got to be like at the end of the second quarter not on the field okay yeah so that was like six seconds left okay that makes sense I'm going to skip the penalty yeah false start yeah we don't need to see that uh up here decent little Block it's away from the play but not on the field not on the field I don't think we've seen him get five catches yet maybe we have not on the field hope he ain't done not out there would have lik to see him on this play this a good play by the quarterback so he wasn't involved in that drive all right cool he does get a catch on this drive okay uh down no still not on the field still not out there right here press coverage yes all right I like him I'd like to see him use his feet a little bit better to get off this press but decent little slant I guess use his body his size to his advantage and he's off the field again woo not on the field right here in the slot like I said man coverage he really struggles a lot more with like he has he's getting no leverage here he's much better against Zone right down here man coverage again press good it's bad for him but good for evaluation yeah he got robbed was he supposed to get up fielded he's getting his ass whooped it's weird because he's a physical blocker you would think he'd be good against press coverage but he's not wish he'd bring that physicality to his release really he needs to work on his feet but this angle a little harder is that him there no it was not I don't think that's him that that wristbands too thick yep that's not him he might be done this is a whole new receiving core nope [Music] um I don't think he's out there nope sorry about the background noise um not out there right I am all right last Drive I think he's probably done but we'll quickly uh click through these plays not on the field nope nope no no no all right they're kneeling it from there okay um so I will go ahead and look at the stats really quick pause that before that goes to actual kickoff and I get this blocked um so yeah Grant toose six targets five five catches 66 yards in this game against the Browns uh that is his best game he's had at any point in any of the preseason games he's had um last year he had a game where he had two catches one game where he had one um so he's had eight total catches in his NFL career so far he's only he he got drafted last year by the Packers in the seventh round um but like I said he's still kind of similar to the player I evaluated which makes sense he is his route running has improved a little bit uh he's definitely added a decent head fake to him he's got a little bit of a hand fake going on I'd still like to see him sink his hips a little bit more press coverage is definitely something that seem he seems to still be struggling with and same against man um but he's a good blocker and he has a different body type that we don't really have in our receiver room um so I mean I I don't hate it I definitely don't hate it um but anyway that's going to be it for this video if you liked it appreciate hitting that like button if you have any questions or comments in the comments down below subscribe if you haven't already and I'll see you next time bye guys