WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins OTA June 7 Practice Recap 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.720 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:08.399 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. Back to throw to 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:10.560 a looking whips about. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:15.920 A wide Olphen touchdown, Tyriquel, uncolievable. 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:17.000 It's just blue. 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:19.400 Fire for a second time. Don knew where he was 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:20.320 going right away. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:21.600 I want to hit that though. 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.000 Man, I'm going to help you. Someone will stup on his. 0:00:24.040 --> 0:00:27.920 Man away Wattle, Wadle to a shotgun, back to throw, 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:33.560 looking at them up Myers touchdown, It's Waddle, It's six touchdown. 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:34.920 Parado's the team. 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:39.000 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.519 Now let me check your pulse if you're not for. 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:45.600 What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:48.680 And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:53.720 Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.840 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.680 And on today's show, you already know Day two of 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.120 many camp is here. We'll go back to coach at 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.920 the podium, back to the practice notes and hear from 0:01:04.959 --> 0:01:08.720 two players quarterback to a Tungua bi loa linebacker Jerome 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.440 Baker busy show. Let's go from the Baptist Health Studios 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:14.640 inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:14.720 --> 0:01:19.160 This is the drive Time podcast Mage Geff. 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:23.720 So it's going to be a lot of quarterback talk 0:01:23.840 --> 0:01:26.880 and Tua Tungua Biloa talk on this pod, So strap 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:27.440 in for that. 0:01:27.920 --> 0:01:29.679 It's really a lot of the. 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.200 Same with me with Tua, and I continue to beat 0:01:32.240 --> 0:01:35.560 the drum that it's not been as flashy as the 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.959 constant parade of deep shots and explosives that we saw 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.959 all season last year to both Tyreek and Jalen, but 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:47.120 having complete grasp of his job, his role in the offense, 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:50.800 the offense as a whole, and the ultimate facilitator role 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.920 within that offense and the ultimate leader of the entire 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:57.120 football team. In fact, I thought coach McDaniel explained it 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.640 perfectly this morning when he talked about Tua in the 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.600 second year and how he's taken ownership of the offense 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:05.160 and his leadership role here at the Miami Dolphins. 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:07.520 There's a lot that goes into that, you know, I 0:02:07.560 --> 0:02:13.560 think year two, the prerequisite is that he as the quarterback, 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.240 he has to have ownership of everything he's doing and 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:22.280 what everyone else is doing as the facilitator of the 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:26.120 of the offense, and he's checked that box every every 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:31.600 day it's been really cool in the year's time how 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:36.720 he's not only learned the language but is now fluent 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:44.280 in it, and that that opens quarterbacks up to doing 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:48.560 some of the components of the job that are really 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.600 it's really hard to try to be the leader of 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:57.120 an offense and motivate guys and encourage guys when you 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.480 need to, or you know, maybe be hard on guys 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:04.000 when you need to when you're just trying to spit 0:03:04.040 --> 0:03:09.560 out a play and know your own assignment. So I 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:15.160 went into this offseason hoping that I would see a 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:19.240 graduation of sorts and really have every single day so 0:03:19.760 --> 0:03:23.720 that that's first and foremost for his game, you know, 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:32.200 you're you're less concerned about the really good plays. You know, 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:35.640 your your tension is less drawn to that, and it's 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:39.640 more about consistency of the entire practice, Like just like 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:43.800 a game where you can have some you know, he 0:03:43.920 --> 0:03:47.680 had his games where he made some big time plays 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:52.280 and then you know he wasn't as happy with, you know, 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.240 the rest of the game. So kind of looking at 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.880 through that lens, and he's really been one of our 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:02.160 more consistent if that, I think he's been as consistent 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:07.000 as anybody day in day out, which has residual effects 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:09.160 to the whole team. And I know the team can 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:09.880 feel it as well. 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:12.600 Might as well get the quarterbacks take on the exact 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:15.240 same thing your second year here to how has that 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:18.080 really increased your comfort level in the program? 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:24.000 We feel extremely comfortable coming off of a year having 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:28.039 to study, having to you know, get a good feel 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:31.760 of how might cause plays. You know, get a feel 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:34.320 of the guys running the routes, and then the concepts 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.400 and where guys are going to be and the distribution 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:39.640 of those. So makes it a lot easier when you 0:04:39.640 --> 0:04:44.039 can transition from that, you know, into this year and 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.200 not have to learn new like a new offense. 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.120 And I just thought this was so evident on the 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.800 loan drill so far of many camps in which the 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:55.960 drive continued beyond its starting point. Typically you get reps 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.000 from the same position on the field, but once in 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:00.640 a while they'll scrimmage it out in terms of picking 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.680 it up from the previous spot, in terms of where 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:06.360 you gained the yardage on that previous play. The two 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:09.039 al offense went right down the field, the other two 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:10.840 did not. But it was a lot of quick game 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:12.560 in that to a portion. He was four for four 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:16.159 for roughly forty yards. On that series. He found alec 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:20.000 Ingold twice on hot throws like quick throws. One was 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:22.800 your typical full back type of shot to the flat 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.719 and area where those fullbacks tend to make their living. 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.280 But off of that, having a fullback with Ingold's athletic 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:32.479 ability really allows you to push the envelope and change, 0:05:32.560 --> 0:05:35.240 you know, the look of the defense from that particular 0:05:35.360 --> 0:05:37.919 route and the wrinkles off of it, like with a 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:41.080 little wheel route that catches the curl flat defender on 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:44.200 their front foot, leaning forward eyes in the backfield thinking 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.000 maybe I have a big play here, maybe I have 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:47.599 a pick, maybe I have a big stick on the 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:50.479 fullback that can jar the football loose. And suddenly he's 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:54.720 behind you and tu has the touch and accuracy to 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:57.080 drop the ball right in over your head, over the 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.120 top in that bucket, which he did for a big 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.719 catch and run for number thirty. It was like twenty 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.159 five yards or so watching thirty get down the field 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.599 and make a big play. Then he comes right back 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:08.520 with a quick shot to Aleck once again to get 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.400 ahead of the chains on first down, and then a 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.039 play on the move where I was super impressed by 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.760 his knowledge of not just where the twenty two hats 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:19.200 are on the field right, but he's rolling to his right. 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:22.000 And we heard Brian Baldinger ask Tu a question about 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.040 all the rollouts he worked on during the individual portion 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:27.640 throwing the football at Tyreek Hill, and Tua really harped 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:30.000 on the small things being so important and how he 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.160 wants to get to more of the plays in the playbook, 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.840 and McDaniel's like, no, we're gonna rep these things over 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.400 and over again and make them muscle memory, make them 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:40.360 second nature. And here comes Travis with his opinion once again. 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:43.000 It's like golf man, like, if I don't go hit 0:06:43.040 --> 0:06:45.360 the range or go hit the chipping area or the 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.920 putting green every day, you lose that feel, you lose 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.360 that rhythm. It's the same thing for any sport really 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.400 in football, especially with those touch throws, with those particular 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:55.560 types of pitches you have in the bag. 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:56.680 So on this. 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:59.359 Particular play, he's rolling to his right. He's got his 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.279 indicator where the ball might go right, like wherever the 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:06.640 quarterbacks head, shoulders, knees, and toasts. Notice kid heads, shoulders 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:10.920 and hips are aligned. Is that's where the ball. That's 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:12.680 the only position the ball can come out from, so 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:16.440 you're thinking that's probably where it goes. That's how manipulating 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:19.200 and moving defenses with your eyes typically works. It's not 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:22.080 just the eyes, it's the entire body positioning. We've covered 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.240 that so many times in the podcast here. But then 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.640 just as quick as he processes it all and gets 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:30.840 aligned to that deep over he's already aligned back to 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.400 the under route when the ball comes out. It's the 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.440 same thing I say all the time. The eyes are 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:39.480 hard wired to the feet. It's one of the most important, intangible, 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.320 esoteric traits that I don't think a lot of folks 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.880 pay attention to or even are aware of or privy to. 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:49.120 That allows him to execute physically at the same speed 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:52.440 that he processes mentally. And he's so sharp in that 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:56.200 regard that when you can do that, it's like playing 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:58.040 a video game. You can execute it as fast as 0:07:58.080 --> 0:07:59.640 you see it because you have to push a button 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.559 to out there pushing the X button with the QB 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:04.680 vision already flipped where it has to go. And I 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:07.600 want to play some sound here from coach McDaniel on 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:11.040 that onto his recall on his football IQ and how 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.680 it helps the entire offense, especially with the audio they 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.240 have now tapped into the huddle during these practices, with 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.720 that helmet recorder or that helmet camera, whatever you want 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:23.400 to call it, How that all coincides to basically increase 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:26.480 the offense's ability from the quarterback position and the entire 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.120 offense to get things down quick and get them down 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:31.520 the right way so their second nature and you can 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:34.400 play more reactionary football rather than think and then go. 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:37.120 Here's coach on his quarterbacks recall on football IQ. 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:43.360 I think that added resource. He's seen it live and 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:47.640 he has he has a very strong recall in what 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.199 he sees and is able to communicate it to coaches 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:57.200 so that it's more for you know, coaches to see 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:01.840 exactly what he's seeing. That that's proved beneficial as well 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:05.760 as you know, I can. I'm not sure if you 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.280 guys have it or if you've noticed or not, but 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:12.880 I'm never in a huddle now I am. You know, 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.520 there's a lot that goes on with that you don't 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:21.400 but how you communicate to your teammates all all that's 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:26.840 available now, and you know there's I think he I 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:33.000 think he does get some enjoyment on Like see Coach Bevell. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:37.120 This is kind of hard to see, but like he's 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:39.400 at the stage of his game where he can he 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:43.560 already knows what he's see what he's seen, and he's 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:48.040 u is able to articulate it well enough to now 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.000 we can. We've just found out how honest he is, 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:52.400 which is a great thing. 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:55.199 And of course we know that this offense is steeped 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:58.600 heavily in motion, pre snap movement and ways to give 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.760 the defense eye candy, which we'll hear from TWA here 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:04.640 in a second, and all the stuff that it's designed to. Well, actually, 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:06.800 let's go ahead and just play the audio here from 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:08.640 QB one. Here's two a tongue of bay Lowe on 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:12.080 this offense motion and forcing the defense to think. 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:15.679 Yeah, I would say it's it's something that we've you know, 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:19.480 tried to harp on last year during our operation. What 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.680 we don't want to do is go out, get the 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.800 defense set and just run a play. Those guys on 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:29.640 the other side are already good and so forcing end 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:33.600 to have to communicate, you know, back back backs, you know, 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:37.000 shift in the front, you know, just having to force 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.840 them to communicate and not not get set and just 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:41.600 go out and play football and not have to think. 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.480 Another thing we've discussed on the podcast is the success 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:49.160 of this offense from last season ranking sixth and total 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.480 offense despite some of the attrition at the quarterback and 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:54.719 offensive line positions, you know, two key spots. That's a 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.160 high bar, but that's what this game is all about, right, 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:00.560 trying to get over that bar the next time, in 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:03.440 this case, the next season. And coach McDaniel mentioned this. 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:05.880 I think back at his original Ota press or a 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:09.000 couple of weeks back, how operation was a big area 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:11.600 of emphasis for him this offseason. I mean, if you 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.959 cut down the pre snap and the operational errors and 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.520 the timeouts used because the play didn't get in in time, 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:20.559 and you also increase your third and short offense, it's 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.719 going to be a top three offense. It's just that 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:27.080 that was to have your biggest shortcoming or shortfall be 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:30.880 something that's so correctable to me has me super fired 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.760 up because I think this coaching staff and this personnel 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.719 grouping up front on the offense, I should say, can 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:38.679 get that stuff taken care of. And one thing I've 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.520 really noticed this year, one because I love this stuff 0:11:41.520 --> 0:11:43.520 and can't get enough of it. But also because it 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.600 makes my job a lot easier, is the synchronicity between 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:48.800 coach and the players and what they all say. And 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.280 it goes back to last year too. But like here's 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:55.360 an example the coach talking operation in that previous comment, 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:58.800 here's what Tua had to say about his second year 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.200 growth and where he's really focused on for this offense 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.559 to take that next step with Operation. 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.280 I think for me, it's it's continuing to work on 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:10.360 the little things. One of the things that we've been 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.400 harping on has been Operation. When I think of my position, 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:15.319 I think of, you know, what have I done as 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.480 a leader for the guys up front, for the guys 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.760 out there, you know, to have gotten you know them better? 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:21.760 And what have we done? 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:23.920 And so, you know, I think we've been we've been 0:12:23.920 --> 0:12:29.560 doing a great job working Operation, doing some cadence deals, motions, 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.080 you know, trying to work a lot of things just 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.480 to give some eye candy for the defense and forcing 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:36.079 them to communicate in the back end. 0:12:36.920 --> 0:12:39.600 So that all sounds fantastic, right, But what's the other 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:43.000 area we've discussed that could be improved or even just 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:46.200 help us offense find a different gear that can help 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:48.920 them stay not just ahead of the chains, but execute 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.240 when they do get into those third and short situations. 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:55.200 It's finding other options that are not necessarily vertical shots. 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:58.200 And while I love averaging nine point six yards per 0:12:58.240 --> 0:13:01.120 past attempt, which is an outrageous number that our quarterback 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:03.559 hit last year, you know, if you can go a 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.280 little more efficient and find more consistency, as we heard 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:08.280 coach talk about a little bit earlier or maybe. 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:09.840 It's later, I'm not sure which piece of the audio 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:10.480 that comes. 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.640 In here, then you can all of a sudden, stay 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:15.120 on the field longer, you know, help your defense rest longer, 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:16.160 score more points. 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:17.760 Which obviously is the ultimate goal. 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:19.400 But I want to go ahead and go to this 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:23.600 about the practical application of all that in accordance with 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:27.679 facing this defense assembled here by Vic Fangio, and obviously 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:30.800 coach Fangio's resume speaks for itself. We've done our deep 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:32.960 dive on the system with some of the best football 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:36.600 minds in the analyst slash media landscape, and as great 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:39.320 as all of that is, who better than Tua and 0:13:39.360 --> 0:13:42.080 Mike McDaniel to shed some light for us on that. 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.240 Here's what Tua had to say about this defense. 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.360 I think what he does a really good job with 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.719 his guys is holding shell in the back end. They 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:53.000 do a really good job holding shell and you know, 0:13:53.080 --> 0:13:55.679 being able to disguise their coverages in that sense. But 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.640 there's so many nuances to what they do and how 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:03.319 they run their defense, so many coverages. You know, it's 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.840 not just one. There's like a knockoff of like six 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:10.480 in just one coverage. So you got to know what 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:12.960 they're doing, and if you don't, they'll make you pay. 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:14.720 Holding the shell. 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.040 I mean, it's been the broken record here on the 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:20.840 podcast of these these practices and recapping the practices, how 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:23.880 the coverage has helped produce pressures and sacks, how it's 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:27.280 forcing the quarterbacks to scour their entire progressions and make 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:30.680 these rapid decisions as the information comes flying at you 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.280 at one hundred miles per hour. I mean, we use 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.800 the term iron Sharpen's iron way too loosely, in my 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.080 opinion in twenty twenty three, I think, but this is 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:42.120 a case where it makes so much sense. Coach also 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.840 praised to was recalling his presser this morning, which again 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:48.120 something we cover extensively on this podcast. I'll never forget 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:51.239 the Cleveland game last year in TUA, explaining Palm's coverage, 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:53.560 reading the leverage of the defender sitting on a route 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:55.280 and throwing the ball in behind him to the back 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:59.280 pylon for a touchdown like at a smart smart football, 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.720 high level foot balls. Coach told him on the sideline 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:03.680 was that game or the Houston game where he was 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:06.240 super where he was miked up and he told how 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:07.920 high of a level he's playing at. 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:09.160 Either way, you get it. 0:15:09.360 --> 0:15:12.480 Let's go back to coach for some detail on how 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.560 to attack this offseason. Yeah. 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.320 I think the major part of it is that he's 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:24.600 put time into his body that I think helps him 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:28.080 perform all tasks. You know, I think that he is 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:34.720 It's funny to reflect on some of the the the 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:38.440 areas of concern so to speak, when I first got here, 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.240 or just things that were on my radar of you know, 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:46.240 random people saying Okay, well you know he's young or whatever, 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:50.520 and you know, I didn't have a complete picture on what, 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.360 you know, what type of professional he was, you know, 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:59.320 and you as we stand right now, I mean, this 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:05.080 dude is everything you'd look for in a starting quarterback 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:08.240 in terms of professionalism. How he tends to do his job, 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:14.680 how serious he takes it, he takes pride in making 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:19.720 sure he does his job, but more importantly, how he 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.360 makes others better at their jobs. And all of that 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:28.160 can fall on deaf ears if you're not living it yourself, 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.480 and so he's I think it's empowered him to, you know, 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:35.120 kind of what I was talking about before, where he 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:43.840 is really owning the position and going about the verbiage 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:47.080 of the offense, but really as well as like motivating 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:52.120 teammates and encouraging them. That probably doesn't look the same 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:57.440 if he didn't, you know, go about his individual work 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:01.040 on his body, which has residual all over the place. 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:08.720 So you're talking his ability to make certain plays has enhanced. 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:14.679 His ability to protect himself as enhanced, you know, and 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:18.280 his ability to communicate and do his job with his 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.960 teammates is enhanced. I think it affects everything. 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.080 You kind of get the sense why coach is so 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.399 effusive in his praise of his quarterback, right, I mean, 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:27.639 how can you not be. He does it all the 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.280 right way, and he's giving himself the best possible chance 0:17:30.320 --> 0:17:33.840 to take last year's raging success from a production standpoint, 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:36.520 and take it up even another level. 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:38.160 And then a quick aside here, real quick. 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.800 Tua was asked about the go fundme donation for the 0:17:41.520 --> 0:17:45.199 creator of Tua Non, Eric Carmona, which our thoughts are 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:47.119 still with him and his family, and you know he 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.520 passed away last week, but Tua and Tyreek both kicked 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.840 in major donations to ten thousand dollars to that GoFundMe, 0:17:53.080 --> 0:17:55.280 And he said todays press conference when asked about it, 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:57.960 how he and the Dolphins were thinking about Eric Carmona's 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.000 family in this incredibly trying time. 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:02.160 I'm tough to transition off of that. Will try. 0:18:02.200 --> 0:18:05.200 Anyways, let's go ahead and go back to talking about 0:18:05.640 --> 0:18:07.919 or I should say back to the discussion about the 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:09.280 weight room and the off season and. 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.280 The bod, the hair, the bod. 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.520 When you're staying right now, the demigod here's too talking 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:17.159 about his offseason regimen and putting on some weight and 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:18.719 some muscle in the gym. 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.560 I'm trying to work on everything as much as I'm 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.600 trying to work on throwing the ball, getting the ball 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:26.560 to the guys, you know, being able to push the 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:30.720 ball a lot more downfield, you know, getting into playbook. 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:32.080 I'm doing the same with my body. 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:34.480 So yeah, So I just. 0:18:34.440 --> 0:18:37.320 Put together this entire picture all the traits I've raved 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:40.080 about of Tuas for years. The command of the offense, 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:41.840 the leadership role, he's clearly assumed. 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:43.040 It's exciting. 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:45.000 Man, were a few months out from from the season, 0:18:45.040 --> 0:18:46.320 and I can't wait for it. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:48.240 To get here. I love what I see out here. 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:50.359 You come to practice, you know, in the past, like 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:52.280 I hope Toua has a good day, But now I'm 0:18:52.320 --> 0:18:54.840 coming to practices expecting a clean operation with him and 0:18:54.840 --> 0:18:59.199 the guys, expecting really you know, fluid, few balls on 0:18:59.240 --> 0:19:01.439 the ground, and you're getting it each and each and 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:03.920 every day here, each and every day. It's been fun 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.200 to watch him grow and develop and blossom into the 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.520 player that he is now. Today, before our first break, 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:10.120 why don't we go ahead and hear from his teammate, 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:13.479 linebacker Jerome Baker on the command two has of the offense. 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:17.040 He's just like, he's. 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:19.000 Like one of those guys that every year he's trying 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:22.040 to get better in every aspect. This year, you could 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:25.440 tell physically he lives different, but mentally, man, he's sharp. 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:28.800 I don't think he even threw a pick. It's all season, 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:32.439 so mentally he's just sharp and he's on in. You 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:34.280 could tell now he's getting on guys when they're not 0:19:34.320 --> 0:19:37.000 doing right, and that's just, you know, good to see. 0:19:37.280 --> 0:19:38.000 Great stuff there. 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:40.120 We're deep into the podcast for our first break. Let's 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:42.080 go ahead and take it right there and come back 0:19:42.080 --> 0:19:43.560 and get to the rest of the practice notes and 0:19:43.560 --> 0:19:45.280 play some more audio for you all on this to 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:48.000 a heavy edition of the Draft Time podcast, your host 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:54.800 Travis Wingfield, brought to you by AutoNation, So a full 0:19:54.840 --> 0:19:57.760 segment there to quarterback one, which I think a lot 0:19:57.800 --> 0:19:59.720 of teams would do. That that was fun to track 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:01.280 and put together. Let's go ahead and get to the 0:20:01.280 --> 0:20:04.280 rest of practice. I thought it was a struggle for 0:20:04.320 --> 0:20:07.040 the other quarterbacks today, miss fires, high balls, hitch up, 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:09.480 hitch up, hitch up, too late, get it out. Mike 0:20:09.560 --> 0:20:11.679 White threw a pick in today's practice. I thought today 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:14.639 was his biggest struggle. I thought it was Skyler's best day. 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:16.560 But that doesn't, you know, change kind of how I've 0:20:16.560 --> 0:20:18.480 broken the quarterbacks down here so far on the pod. 0:20:18.760 --> 0:20:20.760 I thought Skyler had one of the best balls of 0:20:20.800 --> 0:20:23.479 the day, throwing a deepish shot to day Wood Davis 0:20:23.880 --> 0:20:25.840 over the middle of the field, right over the top 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:28.080 of tight coverage. You're putting Davis in a position to 0:20:28.160 --> 0:20:30.200 run after the catch. I thought it was a touchdown 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:32.680 and a really nice fast run to the end zone 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:35.399 for Davis, though they did rule him down around the 0:20:35.440 --> 0:20:37.920