Hello, Miami Dolphins fans. How are you today? And thank you for listening to the Dolphins Talk.com podcast.

I am joined by a special guest, Nick Kelly, who covers Alabama football for AL.com.

And you can follow him on social media on Twitter at underscore Nick Kelly. Nick, how you doing today?

Hey, doing well, Mike. Good to be with you. It's draft week. So always a fun time.

Yeah, absolutely. And on Thursday night,

the Miami Dolphin selected Caden Proctor at number 12 overall in round one out of Alabama, the school

you cover. And what had you been hearing in the lead up to round one around Proctor? Did you think

this would be the range he'd going, maybe a little higher, maybe a little lower?

What was the chatter and the buzz down at Alabama? Yeah, I think it was a matter of the moment tackle started going off the board. It might not be too long before Proctor would join that parade, if you will. And that's what happened. I mean, you started to see a few other guys get drafted. And he was seen as one of those

guys that maybe isn't the top tackle, but he's definitely up there just because of his physical

gifts and his potential. I mean, that's something that I think it's fair to say he hasn't fully

reached as an offensive lineman. But the measurables, the gifts, the capabilities and talent

is all there. So a lot for Miami to work with.

And I think an exciting piece for the dolphins to have.

Yeah, absolutely, because they need help in a lot of areas right now to say the least.

Three-year starter at Alabama, a great player, obviously the size, do you want the length, the strength, all that stuff.

The obvious question that is getting a lot of attention for fans of the Dolphins,

the South Florida media, and also on some outlets, too, on like the Pat McAfee show,

is the weight? How much of an issue was the weight at his time?

And at his time with Alabama, was it always fluctuating a lot? Is that kind of overblown a little bit?

Just what's the issue around the weight? Yeah, I think it fluctuated, no doubt. And he's a guy who's

going to have to keep managing it well and make sure that he keeps managing it well, because he is a big

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