WEBVTT - The Audible Ep. 72 | Jakeem Grant 0:00:05.600 --> 0:00:09.639 All right, football back. You know, John, we we've been uh, 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:12.719 we've been yacking here for about the last you know, 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:14.560 five and a half months with with not a whole 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:17.200 lot going on, and now all of a sudden, you know, 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:19.439 it's you know, a couple of days ago there was 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:21.560 nothing going on. Then all of a sudden, training camp 0:00:21.600 --> 0:00:25.600 opens and everything's going on and football's back, and it's um. 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:27.960 I couldn't be more excited, John, to be here right 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:30.639 now and and and watch this football team getting ready 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:32.360 to go. And you know, I know, I know there's 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.479 a lot of question marks about this team. There's a 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:37.400 lot of different opinions, whether it's a local or whether 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:41.720 it's national, but uh, you know, I just I just 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.800 feel like I'm watching a football team that's, uh, that's 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:46.800 destined for some good things. I'm not sure if it's 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:51.040 gonna be early this year, later this year, or maybe 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.560 not this year at all, but maybe next year. But boy, 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:59.279 there's something different about this team right now that I 0:00:59.320 --> 0:01:03.160 feel that I see that makes me feel optimistic. I'm 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:06.440 usually optimistic anyway, but it makes me feel more optimistic, 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:09.440 and I'm I'm pretty happy about it. John kN Jemmy 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:11.840 Kimbo camp with a year on the audible and uh, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.080 it's just fun to be back jar it is, you know, 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:17.440 and you hit it perfectly because fans are in the stands, 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.400 guys are on the field, coaches are coaching, guys are 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:23.080 making plays and and it seemed to me, at least 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:25.080 in the first day of training camp, that it was 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.960 a continuation. It was a ramped up continuation of what 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.440 we saw during O T A s. You know, guys 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:33.800 executing at a high level, Guys moving around at a 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:38.080 good pace, Coaches correcting when they need to, kind of 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.119 patent guys on the back, a lot of good plays 0:01:40.160 --> 0:01:42.560 out there. You know, really it's about skill guys when 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:45.120 you're out there with helmets and and and maybe you know, 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.720 just shells on. But it was good to see guys 0:01:47.760 --> 0:01:50.360 flying around and training camps here. And it tricks you 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.080 every year, you know, around July four, you kind of think, well, 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.040 I've got three more weeks, I got plenty of time, 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.440 And all of a sudden, you snap your fingers and 0:01:57.480 --> 0:02:01.080 you're you're sweating like crazy, and it's humid and it's hot, 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.920 and it's guys playing football, and it's what you expect 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:06.120 to see on the first day, I saw a lot 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:07.840 of really good things that a lot of things to 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.000 build on, a lot of things to correct, But it's 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:12.080 good to see the Miami Dolphins back out on the foot. 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:13.639 You know what I saw John The first thing that 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:16.799 jumped out to me. Um And again, I'm still kind 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:19.680 of in that in that mode where I'm watching players, 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:22.639 but I'm also watching the staff and seeing how they 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:25.760 manage these players and how they're gonna get these players 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.440 into the frame of mind that they expect them and 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.480 are gonna demand that they're in come opening day for 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.640 this football team. And to me, it was small things. 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:37.480 The first thing I saw just watching them stretch, you know, 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.840 the simple going through your stretches and your calisthenics to 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.320 get started with practice. Usually it's kind of going through 0:02:43.320 --> 0:02:46.200 the motions. There was no going through the motions. Everybody 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.960 was in tune. Everybody was going through it like it 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:53.680 meant something. And then they broke calisenates and went right 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:57.079 to right to drills where we're conditioning drills where you're 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.000 you're running, you're not stopping, you're going you're going over 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.560 you're going over dummies, you're going around dummies, you're doing 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:04.960 things and it's it's it's a loosening up, but it's 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.720 also conditioning and it's one of the things that we 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.600 talked about, John, I think looking at this football team 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:12.600 coming off of the off season, come off of O 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:16.680 T A S, coming off of Mini camp. Uh, I 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:18.600 think this team knew that they better be in shape 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:20.960 coming in here because he's gonna bring them. I think 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:23.240 there's gonna be a pretty grueling camp from them. From 0:03:23.240 --> 0:03:26.320 a conditioning standpoint, I think we've seen some of that already. 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:28.360 And and the good thing John is I think he 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:30.000 cranked it up a little bit out there for the 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.720 beginning of training camp. And I didn't see anybody out 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.200 there huffing and puffing. Well, you wouldn't have thought this 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:37.760 was the first day of training camp. There was no 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:41.400 getting into shape and gradually doing that. These guys are 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:44.400 in peak performance and it's about sharpening their skills. As 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.160 you said, the very first drills ball a ball, uh, 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.680 you know, control drill guys, are you know, snapping at 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:53.920 the football, you fumble, you're running, you know. Just it's 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:57.480 just a mental approach that Brian Flores is bringing, not 0:03:57.600 --> 0:04:00.400 only him but throughout his staff of being and able 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:02.200 to be accountable. He wants to you know, he said 0:04:02.200 --> 0:04:05.600 it today in his press conference. He wants a smart, tough, physical, 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:09.160 disciplined football team. I saw all of those things today 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:11.640 and it's just day one. You're gonna build off a 0:04:11.720 --> 0:04:14.320 day one. And the one thing he really did say 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.000 today and he focused on and I think this is 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.520 true of any team, but this team, especially a young 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:21.120 football team that's trying to prove people wrong. You know, 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.760 doubters from not only South Florida but around the country, 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.400 is about I'm only concerned, and this is Brian Flores. 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:29.880 I'm only concerned about today. I want to worry about today. 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:31.520 I want to get through today, and I wanted to 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.799 be sharp. I wanted to be the way we wanted 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.640 to look when we go in in the meeting room 0:04:35.839 --> 0:04:37.640 and watch it on film, and then I want to 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.320 worry about tomorrow. I'm not worried about yesterday. I want 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.080 to worry about today and staying in the moment and 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.880 staying focused about how this team is gonna get better 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.159 on a daily basis. Yeah, I think that's it, and 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.320 it's it's you know it is it's it's it's kind 0:04:50.320 --> 0:04:53.080 of baby steps at this point because look, everyone's still 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:54.880 getting to know each other. You got to know each 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.960 other during the offseason when it was shorts and T shirts. 0:04:58.480 --> 0:05:00.320 Now it's gonna get a little more intense, and you're 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:03.160 gonna see different things coming out of different people, both 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.960 from coaches and from players. The guy that looked really 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:09.200 good during O T A s you know, I mean, 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.039 I look so good when when you when you crank 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:13.719 it us and in these things. And we've seen that before. 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.320 And there are other guys that look pretty good, no 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.000 t you go, man, they transitioned over to once they 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:20.719 put the pads on, and I think they're gonna practice 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:26.280 some pads a fair amount during this. They're gonna get 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:27.840 him in. You know, there's gonna be some of those 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:30.159 guys who are gonna get into those pads and shrink 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.120 a little bit. They're gonna be other guys are gonna 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:33.920 gett those pads and there and they're gonna grow a 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.880 little bit. And you do you look for that, and 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:39.280 I think you could see that. And they didn't really 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.760 shy away from anything. They went a little goal line, 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:44.080 they went you know, red zone, they went you know, 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:46.280 seven on seven. In terms of being able to go 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.960 individually and build up to certain things. But it was 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.359 it was good to see, you know, red zone passing, 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.680 red zone running. Uh, you know, having one team out 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:57.520 on the field and everybody else on the sidelines, and 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.760 you go through five or six plays, then you flip 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:01.640 to the twos and you kind of go that way 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.800 and and and mix into threes. It was really I 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.160 thought the coaching staff on day one touched every facet 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:11.440 of this football team with special teams, with individual drills, 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.480 and it looked like a really good continuation of what 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.840 they built in the spring. Yeah, that's right back in 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:20.120 Football Power by South Florida. For the training camp schedule, 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:24.760 as we said, we started on Thursday, got at it. 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:27.120 They're gonna have a scrimmage on Saturday, August three that 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.360 will be at the hard Rock Stadium. Always a good 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.680 chance to kind of get a good feel after first 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:35.840 week of Pres'll have our umbrellas ready, we're gonna go 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:38.080 up in the air and we're gonna we're gonna do 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:39.680 it from there we go. We're got a little more 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:43.279 demanding after that setup we had last year. You know, 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:45.400 we could use a little you could use a little lemonade, 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:48.920 this little something like that out there, bigger umbrella maybe 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:52.400 would be would be nice and and maybe get loans cover. 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:54.680 Maybe maybe we get tray and logan with a fan 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:59.920 and they can just call oscillating out there and do that. 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.240 So we'll all be out there. But look, there's gonna 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:03.800 be a lot of practice, a lot of opportunities for 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:06.839 fans to come out and Day one pretty good, pretty 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.200 good fans out there, I thought so too. A lot 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.520 of energy, a lot of owen and eying when you 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.680 know touchdowns were caught or a defender makes a good play, 0:07:14.840 --> 0:07:17.160 or you know, you see a quarterback make a nice throw. 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.840 A lot of excitement and energy, and that's what you 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.440 need for this football team. They want to build on 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.240 things and it might be the smallest thing on day one, 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:27.320 but they want that to, you know, to have a 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.360 foundation of where they're going. John, I'm sitting there trying 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:32.560 to kind of put things down and and see who's 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:34.800 coming out with the ones and where everyone is and 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:36.640 a lot of changes going on, but you kind of 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.280 keep an eye on it. And obviously the one one 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.880 position that's gonna be, uh, you know, really in the 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:45.720 spotlight throughout this training camp is gonna be the quarterback spot. 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.040 And I think you can still see that Ryan Fitzpatrick 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:49.840 has got a little a little more, a little better 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.280 command in this offense, a little better. He's a little 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.840 more comfortable back there. Uh, Josh Rosen, you know, I 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:59.600 I think it's only to me, it would it would 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:01.280 only be him in nature for Josh to be a 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.800 little bit nervous, Uh, be a little bit eager and 0:08:04.920 --> 0:08:06.680 wanted to show some things and trying to push a 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:09.600 little bit. But he's got to find his level. Uh. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:13.000 And and and that's gonna be you know, ultimately, you 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.160 know you got uh you know you got Josh in 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.840 there too. Uh, I mean Jake Rudok in there too. 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:21.520 I'm sorry. Who's who is certainly bad. I don't want 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:23.160 to leave him out of the mix. But but it's 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.560 a two horse it's a two horse race to start 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:28.680 going into going into this right now, unless Jake comes 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:30.720 out and just lights him up and says, hey, you 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:34.160 know it's got guys. Time is here. But let's see 0:08:34.200 --> 0:08:36.079 what we got there. But for the most parts, and 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.040 I think what we saw day one is kind of 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:42.240 what you expected. The more polished guy in Fitzpatrick and 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.160 Rosen still trying to feel his way out out there. 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.040 I think so. And it really it's not shocking to 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.719 me to see that because you've got a guy with 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.319 that amount of experience. You know, this going into his 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.000 fifteenth year in the National Football League, He's probably seen 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:57.959 every offense conceivably that you could run in the National 0:08:58.000 --> 0:09:01.000 Football League. And you know, command of his throws, timing 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:03.520 of his throws, location of the of the football, all 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:06.240 those things that you would expect from a veteran, a 0:09:06.280 --> 0:09:08.839 guy that's been around guys had really good success in 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:11.599 the National Football League, and guy that is trying to 0:09:11.679 --> 0:09:13.400 win a job. I mean when he was signed. You 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:15.960 go back to the off season, when he was signed, 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.319 it was one of thirty two jobs. And that's why 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.040 he came to the Miami Dolphins. He said, you know, 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:22.400 there's not that many people that can do this at 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.679 this level, and I want to be that guy. And 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:27.520 you see the confidence and more importantly, you see the 0:09:27.600 --> 0:09:29.679 execution when he's out on the field. You know, you 0:09:29.720 --> 0:09:31.959 start looking around at and other guys that jump out 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:33.680 out there. And I know it was early, it's earlier 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:37.599 in training camp, but boy, calin Balage, I mean I 0:09:37.679 --> 0:09:42.079 looked at him and he's you know, you can tell 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:45.160 he's he's figured out what it takes to be a 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:49.960 professional player. Uh came in last year, got limited exposure. 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.760 When he got the chance, certainly showed what he can do. 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:54.959 And I think you I think he's a different guy 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:56.360 out there now. I think you can just look at 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.600 the way he carries himself, the way he goes about 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.800 his business. I think he's ready to go out there 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:03.240 and and and say, hey, Kenyan, you know the jobs. 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.599 If you think this job is yours, you know you 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.800 better you better pack a lunch because it's gonna be 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:11.000 a long haul. I'm going after it. Well you could see, 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.400 I mean it's only one day of training camp, but 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.360 you know, no pads naturally, But he broke a run 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:19.200 today that reminded you of the run he broke against Minnesota, 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:21.360 the seventy five yard. I mean, he was through the 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.920 line of scrimmage, off to the races. Once he got 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.079 to the secondary, nobody was gonna catch him. And it 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:28.160 was just one of those things that he gives you 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.319 that second and third gear once he gets to that 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:33.520 second level. And he's a big, physical running back and 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:36.439 I only hope that he pushes, you know, Kenyan that 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.800 far because it's gonna make both of those guys better. 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.040 It's gonna make that position better at running back, no 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.520 doubt about that. Jachem Grant, who will we I think 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:45.800 we're gonna try to catch up with a little bit 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.920 in the program. Jachim boy I was up there and 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:50.920 you know, and then up there with like the other 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.160 media guys and and they're talking to a couple of 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:56.079 guys and go man, Jachem Grant coming back from injury. 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:58.600 That guys, he's the first guy in line in every drill, 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.960 first guy to do every thing, and he's doing everything 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.840 with a major purpose. When when he's out there, when 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:07.839 he was the other guy that that you know, it 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:10.000 just jumps out at you and goes, wow. That guy's 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:11.800 he's kind of working on a different level out there, 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:13.880 and and he's bringing other guys along. You can not 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:17.719 only his individual play at practice in training camp on 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.319 day one, but other guys that are making good plays 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:21.959 or a guy that misses the past, or a guy 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:24.000 that runs the wrong route, he's the first guy kind 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:25.720 of picking him up and bringing him back in line 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:27.839 and kind of talking with him. If it's a young guy, 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:30.080 you see a lot of things. You see a lot 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.839 of growth, you see a lot of maturity, and you 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:34.839 see a lot of production. You know, this is a 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.679 guy that really didn't know where he fit in three 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.040 or four years ago, and now he's going into his 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.760 fourth season. He's an outside receiver. He's a guy with 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:45.840 blazing speed. He has great quickness coming in and out 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:49.079 of routes, and he's becoming more dependable and on a 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.480 team that needs playmakers that are looking for guys to 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.080 take the next step. Boy, if you get that guy 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:58.520 and building on his season last year, if he stays 0:11:58.559 --> 0:12:01.319 healthy and on the field and he's productive, that just 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:04.079 gives you another weapon on the outside for this off 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:07.480 That being said, I look at Albert Wilson and and 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:09.880 I'll tell you one thing about Albert Wilson. I didn't 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:11.679 realize how big he thought. That guy's got some That 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:15.520 guy got some legs. Yeah, he's strong, down down, waist 0:12:15.600 --> 0:12:18.680 down that that that guy is a strong, strong dude. 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.440 He's coming back from injury. I don't think he's too 0:12:21.520 --> 0:12:25.360 I don't think he's not. And you can see him 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:28.120 like you know, they're running somebody. He went through every 0:12:28.200 --> 0:12:30.760 drill out there, doing everything that he could do. But 0:12:30.960 --> 0:12:32.920 sometimes coming out of the break, just a little little 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.199 little tentative coming out of the break, and you come 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.160 out and you come back from a knee injury, you're 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.280 you're gonna you gotta convince yourself you you can go 0:12:41.440 --> 0:12:43.640 and you can go through all the measurables, you can 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.360 go on all these different UH machines that they have 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:48.800 to test your strength or get you where you want 0:12:48.800 --> 0:12:51.520 to be. UM. But until you go out there and 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:54.160 you believe it in your between those between your ears, 0:12:54.559 --> 0:12:58.160 until you start believing in there, it's a tough, tough 0:12:58.320 --> 0:13:02.120 grind to get through and get yourself into that frame 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.559 of mind where you believe you can do everything that 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.520 you used to do well. I think he's, you know, 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:10.160 going to work his way back as training camp moves along, 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.400 as the preseason moves along. I think you're gonna see 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:17.840 his his UH energy level because of what you said, Hey, 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:20.480 I just you know it's gonna be hurdles for him. Hey, 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:22.480 I was able to do this today. I feel a 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:24.560 lot better about doing this. Now I'm gonna crank it up. 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:26.880 Maybe you know he was at seventy percent today, Maybe 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:30.120 I'm cranking five tested a little bit and I think 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.480 he's gonna go through practices, and I think the Dolphins 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:35.559 have to be smart in terms of even if he's 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.520 at a hundred percent, you're clear to go, you've got 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.880 the green light. I think they still want to temper 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.280 back what they give him and kind of spoon feed 0:13:43.559 --> 0:13:45.760 his reps as he gets into individual and then he 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:48.400 graduates to maybe seven on seven, he gets in some 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:50.880 team drills, he does some stuff on the side. You know, 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.920 after individual, he was on the side working on his conditioning, 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.559 working on his ball skills, working on the things he 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.480 can do at a hundred percent. That's gonna get him 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.439 to the level a B in two weeks where it's 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.439 not an issue anymore. The good thing, though, is that 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.120 he was he participating in drills with everyone else. I mean, 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:07.840 you know, usually you see a guy and they've got 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:09.599 him over the side all the time. But you know, 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:11.680 just going through the drills, just going through the individual, 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.440 you know, he's out there with the guys and he's ready. 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:18.679 You know, he's he's gonna be. I think it's smart 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:20.560 for the Miami Dolphins not to just throw him out 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.360 on day one, say hey have at it. I think 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:24.760 they're going about it in the right right frame of mind, 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:27.600 Kenny Stills looking like you expect Kenny Stills to look 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:31.600 out there looking good. The one thing that I'm I'm 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.280 I'm looking at again, and we talked about this before, 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:36.560 is that offensive line kind of I think the way 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.280 I saw it today was you had Tonsil out there, 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:45.120 Um sixty four, got Read read is out there, uh 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:47.840 d k in the middle, Kill Gore at the middle. 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:51.960 Then you got Jesse Jesse, and then you've got the 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:54.920 Jordan Hills the other tackle out there. So that's the 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:57.960 offensive line the way it's the way it stands right now. 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:01.480 And John I would expect that to be a little 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.520 bit of a a position. That's a little bit of 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:08.320 a revolving door. Early in training camp, uh to to 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:09.960 look at some of the other guys out there. You 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.720 certainly want to to to see the young guys out there. 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:14.920 Michael Dieter. You want to see Michael Dieter. And you 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.200 know he spent a lot of time with that first year, 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:20.640 during the off season, the dots and in mini camps. 0:15:21.360 --> 0:15:22.680 How long does it take him to see if he 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.800 can get in get some reps with number one and 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.560 established himself. Is Jesse Davis gonna be able to man 0:15:28.720 --> 0:15:32.640 that position and own that position. Uh and and and 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:37.680 Read is that is? Is that the off season acquisition 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.920 that fits in where you give you buy some time 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:43.240 for a guy like Michael Dieter to kind of catch 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.120 up to the speed and the pace and his strength 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:47.160 and all that stuff. I think you're right, But I 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.840 think that position alone, along with the running backs, and 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.080 I think you'll see some mixing and matching to see 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:56.160 how guys play with each other and how much can 0:15:56.240 --> 0:15:59.200 Michael Dieter prove that he played three positions in college? 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.240 Can he kick inside the center if something happens to Kilgore? 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.880 Can he you know, can he play both guard positions? 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.840 Can can guys do those things? Can Read not only 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:10.000 play left card but kick in the center. So you've 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.880 got some position flexibility up there. And I think that 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:15.720 will be up to this staff and coach flattery to 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.840 kind of see who plays best where and with who. 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.880 But I think you're, you know, your fixtures on the outside, 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.360 those guys you're depending on, you know. I I think 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.760 we always talk about Laramie Tunsel making that next step 0:16:27.840 --> 0:16:29.320 and and and he played had a heck of a 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:32.040 year last year, But can he be a consistent pro 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.920 bowler that you don't even worry about left tackle. Your 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.720 soul focus is who's gonna win the right tackle spot, 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:40.120 and you're hoping it's Mills because he has experienced. Guy's 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:43.520 been seven years, he's played a lot of football, knows 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:45.760 what he's doing. Give the young guys like Prince, the 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.080 kid they draft out Ohio State, give him a chance 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.240 to see if he can mature, stir up and be 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:52.960 a place. Stir up these young guys, and and really, 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.040 you know, if you can get those five guys set, 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.360 I think there's enough talented guys there that can provide 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.680 you with depth and and the ability to play multiple 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:04.960 positions out there that that you you probably don't end 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.280 Hopefully you don't end up in the same situation last 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:11.159 year where that offensive line after three two weeks that 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.760 that it was it was patchwork. From from week three 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:15.440 on it seemed like, well, it made it tough. It 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:18.160 made it tough for the offense to have that cohesion 0:17:18.200 --> 0:17:21.159 and consistency, especially at offensive line. Those guys need to 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.960 play without any inhibition. It's really you know, you're communicating, 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:28.760 but you're also doing it by repetition and guys, you know, 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.360 getting to the second level and leverage and how much 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:33.200 you know when you're on a double team, how you're 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.639 coming off, what angle you're taking to get to that 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:37.520 linebacker to you know, to be able to make the 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:41.240 running game more successful on first down, as as it 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.280 did later in the season when those guys got a 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:47.280 little bit of uh cohesive, you know together as an 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.560 offensive line. You know. I was talking to talking to 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:51.880 Joe Rose over there and and and we're talking, said, 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:54.240 you know, where, where's your concern on which side of 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:55.960 the football, Which side of the football do you think 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:58.200 is ahead of the game right now? And then we're 0:17:58.200 --> 0:17:59.760 talking with a couple other guys and they're going, oh, 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:01.440 do you I think the offense? I said, I don't know. 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:03.200 I think Joe and I both agreed. I think the 0:18:03.280 --> 0:18:08.080 defense is. I have less concerned for the defense than 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:11.159 I do for the offense, only because I think that 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:14.959 the backside of the defense is loaded with with talented players. 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:19.200