WEBVTT - OTA Week 3 Coverage - Practice Notes and Reacting to Mike McDaniel’s Media 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us fires touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami boyd tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:20.400 What is up, doll Fans and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:20.680 --> 0:00:24.439 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:24.480 --> 0:00:28.720 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:32.000 Travis Wingfield And on today's show, one last time on 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.519 the grass before training camp, our last day at the 0:00:35.600 --> 0:00:38.240 off season program. Here we'll play the hits from the 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:40.880 day of practice, tell you who'sted out and who shined. 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:45.479 Here from Mike McDaniel and another very insightful educational press conference. 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:47.199 Plus we'll talk to some of the guys as well. 0:00:47.240 --> 0:00:50.440 We'll hear from Javon Holland, Brandon Jones, Ray Kwon Davis, 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:54.240 and Brennan Scarlett from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:00:54.280 --> 0:01:03.000 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast. So 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:07.520 we heard from coach Mike McDaniel before practice on this Tuesday, 0:01:07.920 --> 0:01:11.320 and once again he just continues to teach us things 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:15.080 about the game of football and really inspire as a 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.360 speaker goes in terms of being at the podium for 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:21.000 these press conferences, but before he talked about actual football, 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.200 and that was great. He gave us some great nuggets. 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.640 I'm sure you saw my quote on Twitter about sushi 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:31.400 is a medium for wasabi, and as something of a 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:35.039 sushi connoisseur myself, I can't agree with that because I 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:38.360 just love almost everything about sushi. When we go out, 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:40.280 I let my wife pick the roles because I just 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:41.920 don't care. Put it in front of me and I'm 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:45.240 gonna eat it. But as someone that lives by the 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:49.200 credo that French fries are merely a shovel for catchup, 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.320 I feel where you're coming from on the medium to 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:54.800 consume a better food that you prefer more than the 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:57.240 other one. So good food talk there with Coach. He 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.040 also talked about trying sushi for the first time in 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.000 his twenties, how he doesn't eat fish outside of sushi, 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.440 which makes no sense. He acknowledged that himself, and then 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.600 we finally got into some football questions with Coach. That's 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.280 where I love going with this coach because he can 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:12.560 explain so many things in so much detail, and you 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:15.680 guys know, I love the educational aspect of this podcast 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:17.960 and and coach certainly helps us out in that regard 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:19.960 a lot. And the first thing he was asked about 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.160 was the U d f A class and if anybody 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:25.240 in particular had had flashed in his eyes, and he 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:27.840 took the opportunity to kind of talk about what the 0:02:27.880 --> 0:02:29.960 experience for a U d f A is and the 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.519 challenges that they have to undertake when they get to 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:35.120 the NFL and all that comes with that. Just just 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.919 really think about it for for a second. How difficult. 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:40.799 I just say it to the rookies all the time, 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:47.639 like the undertaken they have where there there transitioning from 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:50.560 a different game and these are grown men that have 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.320 been earning a paycheck and you're trying to get reps 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.160 from them and and perform at a high level. Um. 0:02:56.200 --> 0:03:00.040 So certain positions I think are more akin to go 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:07.600 fast and furious um typically Uh, you know there's a 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.280 running backs. You get a little more opportunity because it's 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.800 um more natural to a little more natural to what 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.000 you've what you've done in the past. Hey, don't get tackled. 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:23.560 Um and Uh. I've been very impressed with I call 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:28.359 him Dr White um and uh. But there's there's plenty 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:34.760 there's plenty of guys. I know my NFL experience has 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:38.680 afforded me to know this much. Do not make to 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:44.160 um early of a judgment. And what you're what you're 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.200 trying to do is really establish are these should these guys? 0:03:47.840 --> 0:03:51.200 Should they have a ticket to the party? Are they? 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:55.280 And and really a whole lot of drafted class. Um, 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:59.160 there's there's not anybody that that stands out, whether that's 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.400 from an athletic perspective or just what it takes to 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:05.960 be a professional football player. That's the credit to Chris 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:10.400 and his entire staff. Um were they brought some young 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:14.960 men that are hungry and and um meet meet the 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:17.560 bar from an athletic standpoint. So it will be an 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:23.200 exciting um uh late summer early fall tons to unpack there, 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:26.160 as there usually is with coach's answers. Right, But I 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:28.960 was really intrigued by Number one is the Quadrian weispan 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:30.520 in the notes a lot here during O t A. 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.760 So that's cool to to hear him talk about that 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:36.479 as well. But also the part about not coming away 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.600 with too harsh of a judgment positive or negative, either direction, 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:41.840 too early on these guys. And you heard him talk 0:04:41.880 --> 0:04:44.760 about you want to find out if this guy has 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:46.640 a ticket to the dance, and you know that kind 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.160 of it's you see the way a guy moves either way, 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:50.880 the guy matches up, the way a guy maybe clicks 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:52.600 right away, and you can say, yeah, there's something there 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:54.599 that we can cultivate, that we can work with. But 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.800 the idea of giving everyone a full shake, a full 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.279 chance of fair shake to prove their worth over the 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.080 course of a long period of time. And I thought 0:05:02.080 --> 0:05:05.120 that was really cool, really balanced approach there from coach McDaniel. Next, 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:07.480 he was asked about the message that he wants to 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.279 leave the team heading into the off off season. We're 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:12.400 a technically in the off season right now, but the 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:14.800 summer break, as I call it, the months between now 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.159 and training camp. Here's coach, uh, this, this is a cool, 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:24.919 cool opportunity that's uncharted UM thus far. And you know, 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.080 I talk to these guys a lot. UM put a 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.840 lot of thought into this. We've had an offseason that 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:35.240 we've been fully committed, We've we've learned a lot, we've 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:38.800 gotten better. UM. I think that the coaches have done 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:43.440 a great job and the players have really attacked this offseason, 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.359 which I guess I would equate to the first quarter 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:49.599 of a game. UM. I'm comfortable to say the way 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:52.120 they've worked, I feel like we have a lead in 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:55.200 the first quarter. What does that mean nothing? You know, 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.919 there's how many how many games are you winning in 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.520 the first quarter that you lose and vice versa. UM. 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:04.800 So we've positioned ourselves UM to compete, compete at a 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:09.520 standard UM that we We've said from the beginning that 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:12.120 that that we want to compete at UM. The biggest 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:18.400 message is the obligation UM and accountability that they have 0:06:18.520 --> 0:06:22.320 to have UM to their teammates while they're gone. Because 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:26.520 the one thing that UM is has stood the test 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.760 of time is if you don't come back in not 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:33.279 shape training camp shape at the beginning of training camp, 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:38.120 you make yourself very vulnerable to soft tissue injuries, which 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:42.640 puts it puts you to three weeks behind UM, and 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:46.480 more often than not, UH, when it's all said and done, 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:50.720 players never catch up because that's how tight of a 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.479 race it is. So the you know, spending time with 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:59.520 your family, getting away, recharging, but also understanding this moment 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:03.320 and it your teammates are counting on you UH to 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:07.359 come back, and the Miami Dolphins organizations counting on you 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:11.280 to come back in full um, in full shape form 0:07:11.400 --> 0:07:15.240 and desires so that, uh, the cream of our team 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:19.240 rises to the top. And whoever the best person is 0:07:19.280 --> 0:07:23.119 at every position, Um, they're giving us the best chance 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.000 to win. Yeah, I mean, once again, we're it's gonna 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.080 be a Mike McDaniel heavy episode here because I just 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.240 love this press conference so so much. But talking about 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.200 attacking the offseason, how thrilled he is about just the 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.720 approach this team has had this offseason. They talking about 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.160 the lead that he believes they've taken into the first 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:42.760 quarter as it were, in regards to this particular point 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.600 on the calendar. Really interesting stuff there, but also the 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:49.200 talking about the accountability you have to your teammates into 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:52.080 the team to come back in football shape, ready to go. 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.560 So that's things like the vulnerability to soft tissue issue, 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:59.280 soft tissue issues that rhymes doesn't arise when you get 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:00.360 here and then you went up in a couple of 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:02.040 weeks of practice and to put you behind the eight ball, 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.520 and you hear coach talk about never actually catching up. 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.360 Very interesting approach and you know, seeing so many guys 0:08:07.400 --> 0:08:08.760 out here at O T A. S. And going through 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.000 it and having a good time and being in condition 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.440 and the extra lapse after practice, you have to feel 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:16.400 pretty good about where they are right there. Up next, 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.360 coach talked a little bit about being a positive coach 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:21.880 and uplifting coach with some of the players speaking about that. 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.880 Here's Coach talking about his approach in that regard. I'd 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:29.560 say I'm just a positive person only because there's uh, 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:33.240 you know, I'm I'm the way I see the world 0:08:33.320 --> 0:08:36.040 as you're about uh the things that you can affect 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:41.640 moving forward and about being present, um it. I wouldn't 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.880 say that I was really approaching it like, hey, I 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.880 want to be the positive coach because I don't necessarily 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:48.800 think that I am. I know that's what how people 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.960 um take it from from Afar, But really I just 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:58.040 want I want players sole focus to be getting better 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.640 at the craft and being the best player they can be. 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:07.400 So I feel as though if you're able to be yourself, 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:11.080 that's one less thing you're thinking about that's not getting 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:15.440 better and um perfecting your craft. So that opportunity cost 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:17.839 is something that's important to me. So I want people 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:21.920 to want players to feel like they can be themselves. Um. 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:27.319 I also think that UH concerted effort in a group 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:33.480 forum hence team sports, UM just that collective venture is fun. 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:38.199 The grind is fun, although in the present sometimes it 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:42.319 doesn't feel like it is so. But but more than 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:46.040 any of that, UM, I know, I think the players 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.080 would attest the most important thing is that they feel 0:09:49.080 --> 0:09:51.600 like they have an honest coach, because I can't help 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.600 them if I can't give them honest critiques. And and 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:57.360 that don't get it twisted. There's plenty of times that 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:02.000 UM uh in in my own way that I'm very 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:06.560 very direct, because that's what players are depending on. But 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:10.440 it's not really about the positive. It's more about UM 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:13.960 whatever the elixir is to try to maximize um a 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:17.680 given players ability to perform, which is a coach's job. 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:21.959 I mean, we've all had jobs before where things maybe 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:24.240 weigh on your mind or that you weren't thinking about 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:26.800 the job itself and it distracted you from the job itself, right, 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:29.120 So I thought that answer was just really kind of 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:32.120 high level in terms of thinking about how to approach 0:10:32.160 --> 0:10:34.280 this from a mental aspect and and being on that 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.040 kind of psychological level. Really interesting stuff there from coach. 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:38.760 As you can tell, he thinks about all this stuff 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:40.880 and and how to approach it, how to address certain 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.360 players and certain you know, facets of the football team, 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:47.079 just really really interesting stuff. Coach was also asked about 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.040 which coach do you pattern yourself after. We talked to 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.440 players all the time, right about whose game do you 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:54.800 model yourself after? And they'll give you an answer and 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:56.400 tell you why they think that they model the game 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.680 after that player. And Coach said that not really anybody, 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:01.920 but genuine self. And he talked about growing up to 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.720 a single mom as an only child and not having 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.000 an example to kind of go off of and forging 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:09.079 his own way. And I want to play this last 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:11.360 audio clip from that answer again. If you guys want 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:13.600 to see the entirety of this interview or the press conference, 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.920 I should say, go to the team YouTube channel, the 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.040 Miami Dolphins YouTube channel and check it out for yourself. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.840 But I wanted to play this clip because I just 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:24.560 loved it so much about letting the players set the 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:29.199 team culture themselves. I think that you create a culture 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:35.000 not because this guy acts a certain way, but because 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:41.160 you're uh really a group of people, and and the 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.280 people that you employ and the people that you work 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:50.040 with if allowed, they dictate the terms of what the 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.360 culture is and that and that's what I think you're seeing, 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:55.320 UM on a day and day basis. I'm not like, hey, guys, 0:11:55.400 --> 0:12:00.000 have fun. It's more like, hey, this is your guys team. 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:04.600 Understand that. Now own it, UM and how far do 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.240 you want to take it? And the results are a 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:13.440 collection of young, hungary individuals that Um, it's June, so 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:17.839 we haven't played a game, UM, but for we're at 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:20.600 right now and the way they're coming together, I'm very pleased, 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.840 UM at this part of the process. How does the 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.440 saying go that you are what you eat and kind 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:28.720 of the same idea here that the football team that 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.240 you are is the player you acquire, the players you draft, 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:34.240 the players you signed, the players you trade for ultimately 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:38.280 become the team and culture and products that you are, right, 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:40.000 And that's what we've seen with this team. You know, 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.599 we know you talk about the young, hungry individuals that 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.880 coach mentions there and we've known that for a few 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.240 years now. Right the way this team has acquired players 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.319 in the draft or in free agency and the acumen 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:52.319 they show, Like I go back to the Byron Jones 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.599 signing and I talked about this every single year in 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:56.200 training camp. I can't wait to watch it again this 0:12:56.240 --> 0:12:58.679 coming August. With the way he prepares and the way 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:01.079 he's out there getting ready before or practice to get 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:04.600 himself loose, and the way he's going through ball skilled drills, 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.640 you know when their special teams are going and he's 0:13:06.679 --> 0:13:08.839 not part of you know, whatever that particular drill is 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.199 at that time, like he's always working. So whether it's 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:15.520 a veteran or a rookie or anything in between, those 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.640 types of players established the culture and the type of 0:13:18.640 --> 0:13:21.000 team that you are, right and so to look at, 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:23.720 for example, two young guys like Brandon Jones and Javon 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:25.360 halland two guys we're gonna hear from here in just 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:28.320 one second, and we've heard so much from coaches and 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.720 players and their teammates alike, how those guys put themselves 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.079 in position to succeed based upon the way they prepare 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:37.120 and the way they you know, everything that happens before 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.040 the snap, they're sharp with that it helps him to 0:13:39.080 --> 0:13:41.200 execute after the snap. So I thought that was really 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.480 cool to hear. And you have that balance of young 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:46.520 and older players or veteran players, I should say, where 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:48.880 you know Tyreek Hill, a new acquisition, a guy in 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:53.160 his his middle to late twenties who is out there 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.000 leading the receiver's room all over the field and they 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:58.280 follow his direction or to Ron Armstead. All the coaching 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:00.240 clinic videos I know you guys have seen because I 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.520 tweeted them out about just how how studious and how 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:05.280 smart he is, probably one of the smartest players in 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.880 the National Football League. Or you know a Melvin Ingram, 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:09.719 not even dressed for practice a couple of weeks ago 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.920 or last week, and he's out there helping guys and 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.360 the individual drills, kind of pointing some things out, taking 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.520 his turn as a possible like we have five hand 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.079 and need a six guy to go one on one here, 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:19.640 Let's go ahead and do that and you can get 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:22.240 your hand placement on me. So all this stuff comes 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.040 together for what coach talks about their collection of young, 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:28.120 hungry individuals. Let's go ahead and take our first break 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:29.720 here and come back and pick it back up with 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:33.040 coach McDaniel and I really really thought provoking question and 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:36.440 answer here about the individuality of this sport and of 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:39.040 this league and of the modern athlete and a team sport. 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:42.520 Great stuff here from from coach. That's next Drivetime Podcast, 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.560 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.280 Back here on the Drivetime Podcast, picking it right back 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.680 up with Mike McDaniels Tuesday, June the seventh, media availability, 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.000 the last time we'll hear from coach until training camp, 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.480 last time on the field for practice to They will 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:02.400 have those practice notes here in just a second. And 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:05.400 some player media availabilities as well. Let's go ahead and 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.080 go back to coach on this topic of the individual 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.920 and a team sport. And you know, I've always thought 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:13.920 players telling their stories and the modern athlete having you know, 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:17.040 production companies or their Twitter timelines, even things that can 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.400 help them really get their voice out there and tell 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:22.120 their story themselves. I think it's awesome. And I thought 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.080 this question an answer from from the reporter and from 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:30.000 from coach McDaniel really exhibited his understanding of two and 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.240 where we are, you know, even from just ten years ago, 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:36.920 but especially years ago with athletes. Here's coach talking about 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:40.960 individuality within a team sport. Phenomenal stuff here from I 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:46.000 think individual individuality is more celebrated as a culture um 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:51.040 in general. UM and and I think people are uh 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:54.800 more recepted to that. UM. But don't get it twisted. 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.160 The number one rule that we have on our team 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:00.320 is protect the team. There's there's nothing greater in that. 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:06.880 But I think you're some UM the whole total parts 0:16:06.920 --> 0:16:12.600 of what you become is an accumulation of the individual 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:16.480 pieces and those pieces, UM, you're just trying to maxim 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:20.480 maximize what you can contribute to the team. And you know, 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:24.520 I feel like there's a certain degree of liberty, UM 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:29.520 and investment and for lack of better terms, there's your 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:33.000 you're taking that opportunity cost of thinking about how does 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:36.120 someone want me to act and applying it to what 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:39.080 is my job? And you have to stay within the 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.640 you know, what's what's in best in the best interests 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:47.280 of the team. But you know there's people UH shouldn't 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:51.440 have to UH if they have honest intent, if they're 0:16:51.480 --> 0:16:54.920 if they're accountable and you can count on them, UM, 0:16:55.040 --> 0:17:00.000 and they're they're purpose and drive is correct and UH 0:17:00.640 --> 0:17:03.640 of high esteem, then you know, I'm who am I 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.480 to say you should act one way or the other? UM? 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.480 If I was policed that way, I don't think it'd 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:12.159 be hanging out here standing at this podium waiting for 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:17.800 questions about condiments to service. I mean, the brilliant answer 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:20.480 and then the call back to the condiments question, which, 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:22.240 by the way, he did tell us after the presser 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:24.920 that barbecue sauce is his go to condiment even on 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:27.240 French fries. Interesting, and I told you as a catch 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.440 up guy earlier, a little bit of competing ideals. They're 0:17:30.440 --> 0:17:33.880 about preferred dipping sauces for your French fries. But I mean, 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:35.679 how good is that? I just I love that answer. 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:37.320 Let's go ahead and move on to the next here 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:39.880 talking about tah in the red zone. But first he 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:43.200 was asked about the health situations and not wanting to 0:17:43.240 --> 0:17:45.000 push guys back, and I thought he it was cool 0:17:45.040 --> 0:17:47.160 that he mentioned, you know, with regards to raheem most 0:17:47.160 --> 0:17:49.399 dirt alec ingolds some guys that are coming off a 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.800 c L injuries a season ago, working to get back 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:55.399 on the field this year this training camp, and talking 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:57.320 about how great of a job the medical staff does, 0:17:57.520 --> 0:17:59.560 and talking about how all those guys want to play 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.040 way worse than they actually want them to play, and 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.840 just the drive behind getting back and getting healthy and 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.720 on the football field with those guys and anybody else 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:10.840 that is coming back from injury this offseason. Let's go 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:12.840 ahead and get to that red zone question with coach 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.600 talking about to AH and what's the key to red 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.840 zone success fitting tight windows? Coach likes the way to 0:18:18.920 --> 0:18:25.000 it does that. Here's McDaniel from a football standpoint, the UH. 0:18:25.080 --> 0:18:29.000 We we've spent a considerable amount of time UM emphasizing 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.920 the first and second down portion of of our game 0:18:32.560 --> 0:18:36.480 UM for multitude of reasons. UM, one of the being 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:40.000 that there aren't pads on UM. But as far I 0:18:40.000 --> 0:18:45.600 don't necessarily see like as far as his game, I 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:52.520 think his skill set UM it it tighter areas only 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:55.920 enhances his ability. You know, he's he's an accurate quarterback 0:18:56.000 --> 0:19:00.800 that UM that really knows how to place the ball 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:04.360 where he wants it to be placed. And all all 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:07.040 the red zone is to me is the defense is 0:19:07.040 --> 0:19:11.880 defending less amount of the field, so you're compressed, UM, 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:14.080 and we're still trying to move the ball forward and 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:16.680 get in the end zone. So those windows become tighter, 0:19:16.720 --> 0:19:20.520 the decisions have to be quicker UM. So the work 0:19:20.600 --> 0:19:23.880 we have done, I've been very pleased UM with it. 0:19:23.920 --> 0:19:27.600 But it I see it unless you are a UM, 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:31.720 I would say the one outlaw liar for red zone 0:19:31.800 --> 0:19:36.360 quarterback play is UM one of the extremes and mobility. 0:19:37.040 --> 0:19:41.399 You have a super ex extream ability to um uh 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:44.480 extend the play and win with your feet. The typically 0:19:44.560 --> 0:19:47.800 those guys are ranked pretty high, or you have decisive 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:51.440 quarterbacks that UM nowhere to go with the ball UM 0:19:51.520 --> 0:19:54.280 and and both of those situations you just take advantage 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:56.840 of space and UM. You can either create it with 0:19:57.040 --> 0:19:59.919 your quarterback and buy time, or you can create that 0:20:00.080 --> 0:20:04.800 space with timing and execution of concepts UM, which is 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:07.600 something that two has been very good at UM his 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:10.920 whole career. So I found that part about the decision 0:20:11.000 --> 0:20:13.040 making paired with the ability to make plays with your 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:17.600 feet very intriguing because when it comes to two, his 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:21.320 statistics in that particular area of the field or I 0:20:21.320 --> 0:20:24.600 should just say, if you go back to pressure evade percentage, 0:20:24.600 --> 0:20:26.840 two has been top five in the NFL each of 0:20:26.840 --> 0:20:29.119 his first two seasons in the NFL, and that's you know. 0:20:29.240 --> 0:20:32.959 Lamar Jackson, Kyler Murray, Josh Allen have also been on 0:20:33.000 --> 0:20:35.320 that list, and Derek Carr was the other guy this year. 0:20:35.359 --> 0:20:38.199 I think the year prior to that, I think it 0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:40.159 was kirk Cousins, but those the top five guys the 0:20:40.240 --> 0:20:42.240 last couple of years. And then looking at these Warren 0:20:42.320 --> 0:20:45.680 Sharp stats to a tongue of Voloa last season based 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:48.560 upon e p A was number one in the red 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:51.919 zone one and if you remove the rushing concept of that, 0:20:51.960 --> 0:20:54.840 he was number two, behind only Tom Brady and Brady 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:57.680 of course without the rushing his fourth and with the 0:20:57.760 --> 0:21:00.159 rushing his fourth, without it his first. To give an 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:02.160 idea about how that kind of moves around based upon 0:21:03.040 --> 0:21:05.440 just the passing element of the position, that the smarts, 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:08.359 the accuracy, the on time element of the position, and 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:10.600 then also the ability to expand and extend and make 0:21:10.640 --> 0:21:13.119 plays off script. So that's where he ranks there to 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:18.440 also you talk about tight window percentage, which he was 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:20.960 number two in the NFL last year at nineteen point 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:24.080 three percent. Tight window throws a defender within one yard 0:21:24.119 --> 0:21:26.280 of the intended target at the time of the catchpoint 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:29.320 was number two, only behind Joe Burrow and so. And 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:31.879 he also had the fifth highest completion percentage in the 0:21:31.960 --> 0:21:34.120 NFL a year ago, which tells you about his ability 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:37.320 to fit tight windows. And then finally in the red zone, 0:21:37.520 --> 0:21:40.480 the second highest completion percentage of all quarterbacks last year 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:42.439 to a tuggle by lowis, that's a good area to 0:21:42.520 --> 0:21:44.960