WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins 2023 OTA Day 1 Recap 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.720 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.600 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.840 Back to throw to a looking clips about a wide 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:13.280 Dolphin touchdown. 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:18.240 Tyrick cal uncolievable, just blue by it for a second time. 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:20.320 Don't know where he was going right away. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:21.880 I want to hit that man. 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:23.080 I'm going to help you. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:26.239 Someone will up on his man away Wattle, Wattle to 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:30.480 a shotgun, back to throw, looking at them up myers touchdown. 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.920 It's Waddle his sixth touchdown, pat of 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. 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:45.000 What is up? 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.880 Golf fans and welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:52.800 of the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your 0:00:53.280 --> 0:00:54.240 Miami Dolphins. 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:55.480 How's it going everybody? 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:59.480 I am your host, Travis Wingfield And on today's show, 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.240 Miami Dolphins football practice is back. 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:03.800 Here we go. 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:07.640 The twenty twenty three campaign is kind of underway. We'll 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.120 hear from head coach Mike McDaniel. We're gonna hear from 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.360 Christian Wilkins, Jalen Waddle. We're gonna hear from Jeff Wilson 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:18.039 and Austin Jackson and we'll detail the practice in the 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:20.320 events on the practice field like only you can get 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.000 here on the Draft Time Podcast from the Baptist Health 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:25.679 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:27.920 This is the Draft Time. 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:32.319 Podcast, Maye Geff first, So we are going to weave 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:35.560 coach and players sound bites into the podcast here, but 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:37.680 I think it's worth starting off with a little bit 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.440 of housekeeping, and we do that off the top here 0:01:40.440 --> 0:01:44.160 with coach McDaniel answering a question on Tuesday Mornings media 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:48.120 availability about two players in the defensive backfield who have 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:52.080 been very productive here in the Aquaan Orange, both coming 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:56.080 off unfortunate season ending injuries in twenty twenty two. Let's 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.360 kick off the podcast here with how coach kicked off 0:01:58.360 --> 0:02:01.760 his presser well after he praised both the Miami Heat 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.800 and the Florida Panthers, noting their ability to do what 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:06.560 a lot of folks didn't think they could do as 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.720 eight seeds here in this postseason. But coach was asked 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:12.880 about the progress of Brandon Jones and Nick Needham. 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:18.000 I see Brandon Nick every day. When I say diligent, 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.079 that's what their days are. 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:21.520 So they are. 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:24.440 I feel good about where they're at right now? What 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:28.520 does that mean down the road. I try not to 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:32.880 get consumed with like, all right, you're gonna be ready now, 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:37.400 so that you're wearing that anxiety, like we just want 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:41.840 to stay on schedule and or ahead. And all reports 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:45.639 have been just that because of the way that our 0:02:46.080 --> 0:02:49.799 medical staff goes about their business and the way they 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.760 attack their their their whole rehabs. 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.320 So I'm excited about them. 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:56.960 So I thought that was great to hear about two 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:59.080 players who are going to be important cogs in this 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:02.280 year's team and their progress back from injuries a season ago. 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.320 Next another player back from injury is Trio Williams, and 0:03:06.400 --> 0:03:09.080 the question was posed a coach about a potential position 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.760 change for him to the safety spot, and he kind 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.320 of had fun with the question but ultimately gave us 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:17.480 this answer about the power of being cross trained and 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.360 being versatile on defense, especially when trying to learn a 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:20.960 new system. 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:25.400 This is the off season. There's a lot of power. 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:32.360 For players, specifically when you're learning a new system like 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:39.360 our our defense is currently learning to be able to 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:43.040 have versatility as always powerful when you're when you're talking 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:48.119 about being an NFL player and there's no better way 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:52.880 to understand your responsibility within that said structure of a 0:03:52.920 --> 0:04:00.440 defense than understand what other contributors and how there issues 0:04:01.280 --> 0:04:07.200 apply to your issues. And that cross training stuff will 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:11.600 always be a part, and it certainly for a couple 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:14.360 individuals on our defense something that we're trying to attack 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:16.680 with that versatility. 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:18.400 So move. 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.920 If you're reporting it to our opponents, you can say 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:27.320 we're moving guys left and right, but for you know, 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:29.520 in house, a safe place for you guys. 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.360 It's just versatility is a good thing. 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:35.240 And then we get out to the practice field and 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:38.320 as South Florida is wont to do, the heavens opened 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.960 up and gave us. Calling it a shower would be 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.080 understating it a little bit. 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:44.240 It was. 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:46.719 It was a nice little downpour there for about twenty minutes, 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.919 but fortunately it only lasted those twenty minutes before the 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.000 sun came out and dried up all the rain. And 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.719 the itsy bitsy Spider the Miami Dolphins came out for 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:57.800 a football practice to get some playtime in like the 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:01.080 spider did himself. But how it goes down here, you 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.440 get a downpour of rain all of a sudden, the 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:05.360 greens dry out in about thirty minutes and you're back 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:09.520 to normal green speeds. Enough golf talk. Look, there's there's 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.880 never a ton to look at during warm ups or 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.880 IND's and that type of stuff, especially during OTAs in 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.120 the month of May. Real football doesn't start until, you 0:05:17.120 --> 0:05:19.120 know what, four months away from now. But I do 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.880 think it helps create the comprehensive field that I'm going 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.240 for here on the podcast. And this all tracks with 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.960 something that coach said at his press conference, and it's 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:31.000 an annual thing, Austin Clark having an infectious energy that 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:35.040 reverberates throughout his defensive line group and then audibly reverberates 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:38.320 throughout the Baptist Health Training Complex, which has coincided with 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:41.159 quite frankly, some of the best defensive line play in 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.239 the National Football League the last few years under his watch. 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:45.719 I mean, you don't wind up being a guy that 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.160 has stuck through you know it for all intents and 0:05:49.200 --> 0:05:52.279 purposes to coaching staff changes. When you think about going 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:55.039 from you know, twenty twenty one to last season to 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.240 now a new coach on defense, You've essentially had three 0:05:57.240 --> 0:05:59.559 different coaches on defense the last three years. 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:00.600 And he's still here. 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:02.760 He's still kicking because his unit performs year in and 0:06:02.839 --> 0:06:05.360 year out, and sure enough, early on you hear Coach 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:08.240 Clark got there imploring his guys to bring the f 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:11.560 and juice. And wouldn't you know it, just seconds after that, 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:14.560 I look over and Randy Charlton, the rookie out of 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:17.760 Mississippi State, breaks the sled. Coach, I broke it into 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:19.880 your toy. We'll have an injury update for you guys 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:22.159 on the sled. On a later podcast, I think it 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:24.719 was questionable to return for the day. Didn't see it 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:27.320 come back out. But back to coach McDaniel, here's what 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:31.960 he said when asked about Isaiah Win, that acquisition, acquisition, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.520 acquisition and how it might what it means to the 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:36.680 rest of the players on the offensive line, notably you 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:38.840 know in Austin Jackson at right tackle where Wyinn has 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:41.680 played in the past, Aleah Meikenberg left guard, where Wynn 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:44.120 has played in the past. Here's coach talking about the 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.600 Win acquisition, and I think there was some cedric a 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.359 way he kind of tilted into this as well, about 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.760 the theme of competition you're going to see all summer 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:53.480 long here in South Florida. 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:56.880 It's like everything else, we're a product of our environment. 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:01.240 And when guys are going wait about things the right 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:06.839 way and have experience playing at a high level in 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:13.200 the in the NFL, that it raises the urgency, it 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:19.600 raises the competitiveness, and overall helps every player involved as 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:24.040 long as people are working together, which you know all 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.400 of our Georgia Bulldogs are good teammates. 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.880 So uh, the he's been awesome. 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:37.120 He's uh, he's getting work at several spots and has 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:41.680 the opportunity, uh to win some playing time at several spots. 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:45.800 But it's also you know, there's only five players that 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:53.640 play uh each down, and overall, I know the collection 0:07:55.200 --> 0:08:00.120 of the offensive line is best served in this current Envin, 0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:05.400 who those people are? You know that that goes against 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:09.040 I don't do the magnet slotting, you know. 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:10.600 I let people. 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:17.000 In situations, whether they're performing their lifelong dream of a job, 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:21.080 decide their own fate. So just throw a bunch of 0:08:21.120 --> 0:08:25.080 guys in that fit the bill, and uh, I think 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:29.000 the Dolphins are best served waiting to see who tells 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:33.880 us it's gonna be a starter or backup or whatever. 0:08:35.760 --> 0:08:37.720 And Mike, we'll mention here soon, you know, know, Toron 0:08:37.840 --> 0:08:39.920 Armstad no Connor Williams. You're gonna get plenty of work 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.720 for those guys, and guys like Kendall Lamb. You know, 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.200 they've got some playing time last year, Jon Christians and 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.199 there's there's all kinds of players in this offensive line. 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.440 They're gonna have a chance to really prove themselves here 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.000 for a coaching staff that traditionally, you know, going back 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:55.480 to San Francisco, has found a way to get more 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:57.200 out of the sum of the parts than I guess 0:08:57.280 --> 0:08:59.360 you might see individually there. You know, looking at just 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.199 the Niners lie couple of years for instance, you know 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.360 last year in particular, they really played the level that 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:08.199 was above board for what they're they're typically I should say, 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.520 their skill set would suggest I think you can get 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.880 some of that here with the Miami Dolphins, especially as 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.480 you get more and more into the system, identify guys 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.560 that fit that system and fit the environment. Like coach 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.520 talks about, there so interesting stuff there. Then we staw 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.439 have practice. You know, last year it was a lot 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:27.280 of days that were I guess dominated by the offense, 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.520 and you certainly had you know, your trading of victories, 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:31.880 but most days it did seem like the Dolphins passing 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:34.040 attack was the one that would do the damage, and 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.320 that bared out over the season, right, I mean, that's 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:37.280 not even up for debate. 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:38.440 And this is you know, an. 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.320 Hour of football in the month of May, largely seven 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:42.720 on seven. So let's go ahead and make sure we 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:44.960 put a disclaimer on all of this to not go 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:47.680 overboard one way or the other. The job is report 0:09:47.679 --> 0:09:49.559 on what we see and that's what we're doing here. 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:50.080 Sound good. 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:53.360 So during the first portion of practice, I thought the 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.160 defense really really showed the work they've been putting it 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.800 in terms of getting this defense down, getting coach Fangio's system, 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:03.319 you know, second nature. I thought, passing off in coverage, 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:07.000 identifying the correct spots to double team, and filling the voids, 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:10.760 replacing those vacancies with you know, rotation, the communication on 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.000 the back end, it all looked really good to me 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.000 and it resulted in some coverage sacks or the quarterback 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:18.680 you know, Patt and the ball and fleeing latterly to 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:21.560 find offscript action that you have to in this type 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:23.440 of practice environment, you have to assimilate that where you 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.400 can't get live bullets, you have to just say okay, 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:27.560 plays over. You got the sack, but continue it and 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:29.959 let's get the work in. Anyways, and we I mean 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:33.959 I saw them, you know, number nineteen, last year's playoff starter, 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:37.040 Scytt Thompson many times not have a chance to throw 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:39.720 the football because he could identify who was open against 0:10:39.720 --> 0:10:42.680 this defense. And it wasn't that way always, but against 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.120 that particular quarterback, they really kind of had him, you know, 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.959 a little bit confused back there. But there's two parts 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.520 of this that I want to cover. First, the sound 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.680 from McDaniel when he was asked about Andrew Van Ginkle's 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.960 role and coach describes the value of cross training players. 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:58.640 You know, he mentioned it there a little bit with 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.560 Isaiah Winn. But here are you guys talking about the 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.520 scheme becoming more second nature and getting to know a 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:07.120 new system by cross training because the best way to 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:07.440 do it. 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.200 Well, here's what coach has to say. 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:15.600 I know, from an offensive perspective or an offensive standpoint, 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:18.000 when you have a edge player. 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:22.160 That will in packages. 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:26.320 Or maybe a game or maybe no games, have the 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:31.120 ability to play off the ball backer that in terms 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:35.440 of identification for how you pick up protections and those 0:11:35.480 --> 0:11:37.120 things are very important. 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.400 Not to mention the fact that you can. 0:11:41.120 --> 0:11:46.439 You know, position flexibility allows you to have an extra 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:50.360 human being at each position on game day, you know, 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:51.960 a little two for one er. 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:54.200 So I think. 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:59.120 On top of just understanding all of the defense, it's 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:04.079 instrumental because because you know, every piece of the puzzle 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:09.439 has to cover at some point, and then understanding rush 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:12.800 patterns and all those things. It's just it's beneficial to 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:18.200 a guy that we thought that led by Vic and 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:22.040 really just our entire defensive staff thought that he was 0:12:22.200 --> 0:12:24.360 at the point of his career where he could handle that, 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:29.720 and that's it's advantageous for us, tough for the opponent. 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:32.720 So sounds like a win full circle. 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.119 It's just funny how it goes in this job sometimes 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.200 because I didn't plan for it to work out this way. 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:40.880 It just kind of did you know? Coach says that. 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.360 And then my first note, my very first takeaway from 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:47.200 practice twenty twenty three was how smooth the defense looks now. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.760 Christian Wilkins to move to the defensive line reminds us 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:52.520 that it's early and they're still working to. 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:53.000 Get it all down. 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:54.360 We got some good stuff, and we got some good 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.880 players on the defense, you know, just we got to 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:58.839 continue to just grind every day, learn it, pick it 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:02.240 up as fast as we can our way. Come Minnie Camp, 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.680 Come training camp. We're just find around playing fast, not 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:07.040 really thinking. We're also really learning this, so you know 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:08.559 there's got to be mistakes in that, but you know, 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:10.800 guys still working hard to get it right and playing 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:12.439 and playing the busts off. So I would you love 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:12.800 to see that. 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.480 We'll hear more from Christian here. Shortly he gave us 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.640 plenty of good content. There are chew on and just talking. 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.560 You know, the way he articulates the game and his approach, 0:13:20.600 --> 0:13:22.680 it's always so fascinating. I mean, I know stuff about 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.360 Christian in terms of his approach and just the fact 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:27.440 that the guy like won't even go out to eat 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:29.600 a meal because he wants to be on his regiment, 0:13:29.679 --> 0:13:31.560 on his schedule. It's it's so impressive to watch that 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:33.640 guy work and the way he's become, you know, a 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.079 good prospect and a first round pick to now one 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.440 of the best defensive tackles in the National Football League. 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:40.160 I want to pivot next here to the guys that 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.439 Christian chases the quarterbacks, although it doesn't chase our guys 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:46.400 because you know, red Jersey don't do that. But we 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:48.600 heard Mike McDaniel talk about to a tongue of bat 0:13:48.679 --> 0:13:51.640 Loa's off season, what his approach was, to the judo, 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.560 to the jiu jitsu, all the stuff that we talked about, 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.200 and frankly, I'm tired of that subject. It was a 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.600 subject again today in McDaniel's press conference. But I thought 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.320 this sound by talking about to was intent and the 0:14:02.320 --> 0:14:06.000 way he went about basically, you know what, let's just 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.120 go ahead and hear from coach on how impressed he 0:14:08.160 --> 0:14:09.720 was by his quarterback this offseason. 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:15.559 I've seen a guy that's followed through with his words 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.920 as well as any young young man I've ever I've 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:21.360 come across in my career. 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.400 He's he. 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:29.400 Controlling the controllable is something that I would epitomize his 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:33.920 off season with h you want to talk about, you know, 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:39.920 going above and beyond, you know, training martial arts so 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:43.560 much so that he knew the training before he knew 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.880 what it was called. He's I think he's called it 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:49.080 judo and jiu jitsu is what he was doing. But 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:58.120 that in terms of helping him progress in his career 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:02.880 has been phenomenal. The the work that they that he's done 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:09.400 this off season. It was so obviously beneficial that we've 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:13.720 incorporated it into some of our drill work that we'll 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:18.240 do with the quarterbacks too. You know, I think it 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:22.720 was Teddy Bridgewater made this point to me last year. 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:27.640 As a quarterback, you go September starts and then you 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:34.200 get tackled, and then you get tackled for six months 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:38.080 and then you don't again until September. So how can 0:15:38.280 --> 0:15:45.800 we help train, you know, quarterbacks to stay healthy Because 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:48.760 it wasn't just too it how do you stay healthy 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:53.720 in this game and stay available? And that's something that 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:57.960 that whole off season training has really helped us try 0:15:58.000 --> 0:16:02.840 to take it good step in the right direction for 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.840 how to best prepare players for NFL season. 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.000 And frankly, the reason I wanted to play this, you know, 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:11.760 I thought in one practice session you could see a 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:15.160 bit of emphasis on playing a little bit faster, getting 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.600 the ball out a little bit quicker. And that sounds crazy, right, 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:21.160 because this is a guy who, among quarterbacks who qualified 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.160 in terms of past attempts for this stat last year, 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:27.000 got the football out faster than anybody else. But on 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.240 the plays when it's not there, those are the plays 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.000 that he got injured on right, held the ball for 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.440 over three three and a half four seconds when read 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.120 one to get to the backside read three and four. 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:38.320 Those are all covered up and you have to extend 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.680 from there. There are chances and opportunities to do that, 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:42.200 and understanding in the clock in the back of your 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:43.960 head when you can do that stuff. But when you're 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.120 in the pocket hunting for plays and they're just not there, 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.200 be a little more decisive and find the checkdown options. 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:52.960 We saw that in this practice on Tuesday, two instances 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:55.240 where he just ate the incompleation, just threw the football 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:57.560 into the ground at the feet of one of his 0:16:57.680 --> 0:17:00.200 checkdown options. Move on to the next play. And I 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.960 think about it this way because this offense is so dangerous, 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:06.240 so explosive. Right, It works a lot like how you 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.440 hear scouts break down a quarterback like Josh Allen, for instance, 0:17:09.680 --> 0:17:11.959 when he was coming out of Wyoming, it was, you know, 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:15.080 marvel at his physical traits, find a way to increase 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:18.159 that completion percentage, and we could start talking about his 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:20.920 long term progress as a quarterback. But you're more willing 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:24.480 to live with the occasional misfire or miss layup because 0:17:24.480 --> 0:17:27.639 you have such a penchant for explosives, you'll take a 0:17:27.640 --> 0:17:31.320 couple more strikeouts in exchange for driving the ball to 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:34.240 the gap and over the fence to get extra base hits, 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.639 you know, opposed to just trying to put wood on 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:38.800 the baseball and hope to leg out an infield single. 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.120 Like we're not trying to, you know, have an ops 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:42.720 of six hundred. We're not drive the ball to the 0:17:42.720 --> 0:17:45.000 gaps and have a nine hundred OPS and really impact 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:47.520 the game that way. Right, So we missed the occasional 0:17:47.560 --> 0:17:51.240 opportunity to run around and hit a positive play. To me, 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.080 the upshot is far fewer hits in your quarterback. And 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:55.960 when this quarterback plays in this offense, it's one of 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.080 the best offenses in the NFL. And we have a 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:00.720 team that can go eight to three over a games 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:02.720 and really eight to no because the other three games 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:07.480 he didn't play. And knowing that you have that opportunity 0:18:07.720 --> 0:18:10.240 with last year as proof that third and long is 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:14.639 hardly an improbable conversion opportunity, right, It's more probable than 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:16.840 it is improbable. And that's the tradeoff I think we 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:18.720 would all take as fans for this team, right is 0:18:19.320 --> 0:18:21.360 ground the ball on first and second down when it's 0:18:21.359 --> 0:18:23.800 not there and live to fight another day, because if 0:18:23.800 --> 0:18:27.000 we have you in the lineup, anything is possible. Kevin Garnett. 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.800 So with Tua, I saw decisiveness in what he was 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:32.760 doing in this practice. He had the usual multiple intermediate 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:36.919 rips for chunk gains finding, waddle finding, Smyth, Wilson Azukama, 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:38.919 but he also peppered the backs and tight ends in 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.920 the short game and the checkdown game before trouble got there. 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.359 And the innate ability to recognize when it's going to 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:46.919 happen quickly and to get the ball out fast is 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:49.800 going to pay major dividends for this quarterback. I thought 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:52.600 Tua and Mike White really showed their mastery of the 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:55.639 craft during the on air throwing session. And yeah, it's 0:18:55.720 --> 0:18:58.800 on air, but if you know what you're watching, you 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:00.800 can always find stuff in football to put it that way, 0:19:00.960 --> 0:19:03.000 but placement and timing was on the money. 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:03.240 Man. 0:19:03.400 --> 0:19:05.399 I thought two was best throw of the day was 0:19:05.440 --> 0:19:07.520 in the team period, moving to his left and a 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:10.840 little play action boot with Azukama being tightly covered coming 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:13.199 across the field with him and Tua just layers this 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.840 touch pass on the over out to the upfield shoulder, 0:19:15.960 --> 0:19:18.280 and it led Azu Kama into a big catch and run. 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:20.600 And I think about how that can compliment Tyreek and 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:24.359 Jalen removing the top of the defense, removing the particular 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:27.040 perimeter part of the defense for that over route from 0:19:27.040 --> 0:19:28.800 the opposite side of the field, if you can get 0:19:28.800 --> 0:19:31.040 Azu Kama, Cedric Wilson going in that area of the 0:19:31.080 --> 0:19:33.879 football field with Devon Ahcha in the checkdown game like 0:19:34.240 --> 0:19:35.040 good luck man. 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:36.160 So a good start there. 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:38.800 Despite some of those early coverage sacks, the defense got 0:19:38.840 --> 0:19:42.120 some more production, including a Javon Holland interception where he 0:19:42.480 --> 0:19:44.800 got some depth, drove out of the back pedal, stepped 0:19:44.800 --> 0:19:46.280 in front of a Mike White pass and picked it 0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:48.800 off and maybe ran it back for six the other way. 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:51.360 Tough to call beyond the whistle, but some good stuff there. 0:19:51.480 --> 0:19:53.600 Let's go ahead and pause for our first break right there, 0:19:53.600 --> 0:19:55.560 and come back on the other side and tell you 0:19:55.600 --> 0:19:57.880 about who else popped in this practice, including a pair 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.879 of rookies who I thought shined super bright. 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