WEBVTT - Drive Time - Newcomers Making Immediate Impact 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:07.920 Practice Rolphins Patricks touchdown. What a win for this Miami 0:00:07.960 --> 0:00:13.160 Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:17.320 the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:22.200 podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:25.760 How's it going everybody? It is Tuesday. I am your host, 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.360 Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring you your 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.720 daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:35.320 we continue preparations for the Patriots and roster cut down 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:38.400 day coming up on Saturday. We have to get down 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:41.559 to fifty three and sixty nine in total if you 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.839 include the practice squad extended rosters. This year, the Dolphins 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:47.160 are back on the practice fields the wool here from 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:51.040 coach Flora's and another trio of Dolphins players. Plus I'm 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:54.800 gonna give you my top five newcomer performers of Dolphins 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:58.320 training camp. All of that and more on this Tuesday, 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:05.520 September the first edition of the Drive Time Podcast, and 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:09.240 we'll jump into Brian Flores is Tuesday morning. Media availability 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:12.640 here in just one moment, But first, some roster news 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.880 to get too off the top. Yesterday, the Dolphins announced 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.959 the release of linebacker James Crawford and in his place 0:01:19.280 --> 0:01:22.520 on the roster a familiar face, nice rhyme and wide 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:26.479 receiver Andy Jones. Jones is back after two prior stints 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:28.679 with the team as he attempts to carve out a 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:32.280 role on this Dolphins football team. In as we are 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.520 just twelve days away from the season opener, and speaking 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.320 of being twelve days away, I feel like the closer 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:40.800 we get to actual football games, you're gonna see more 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:44.120 of Coach's personality comes out. Because this guy is all football. 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:46.959 It's all he's known his entire life. He just loves 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.600 the game. He was all smiles, all jokes, and all 0:01:49.720 --> 0:01:53.520 laughing during his Tuesday morning media availability, busting the chops 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:55.960 of guys like Cam Wolf and Joe Schad and like 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.760 you and I, it just seems like the excitable meter 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:01.440 gets cranked up a couple of are notches with games 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.080 and the forecast with coach Flora's And with that, let's 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.240 go ahead and start with a general evaluation of this 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:11.160 Dolphins rookie class from coach himself. Yeah, I think given 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:15.400 a situation, I think they've they've worked hard, they've improved 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:17.560 over the course of training camp. But you know, the 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.080 big thing with the rookies, you know, on our team 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:23.320 and really across the league is without you never really 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.880 know about a player until there's live action. Um, some 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.120 guys get tight when it's live actions. Some guys play 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:31.880 better when there's live actions. So you just don't if 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.679 it's hard to know, so that we're gonna go into 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:38.040 the unknown. Uh this season. Um, you know a little 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:41.200 bit more in the preseason, but even that isn't a 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.639 regular season game, you know. I think you know, I'm 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.520 pleased with our rookie class, all of them really, you know, 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.280 from the guys who we drafted early to the undrafted guys. 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:51.160 I think they're all working hard. I think they're all 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.519 they're all bought in. But um, there's a there's a 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:57.480 lot of unknown here. Uh. As you guys can imagine, 0:02:57.560 --> 0:03:01.320 there's you know, playing and NFL game. It's this is 0:03:01.360 --> 0:03:04.880 the speed of it, the pressure that's involved in playing 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.440 in the game. The players are playing against me. He's 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.680 guys are big, the physical, they're strong, they're they're tough, 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.400 they're they're angry. So when you get and put in 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:17.960 that situation, pressure bus pipes is a phrase that's been 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.520 used and used for a long time and we'll see 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.320 and it's it's not just that that's every team. And 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:27.880 I'm one of the few people that probably actually really 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:31.240 enjoys the preseason. For me, it's like the ultimate evaluation 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:34.680 opportunity for someone that just enjoys taking a look at 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:36.920 how football players perform and how you can project their 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:40.200 performance into the regular season. And I've always kind of 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:44.000 found it fastening to discover which players performances in the 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:48.760 preseason actually stick as legitimate looks into what they could 0:03:48.840 --> 0:03:50.400 be in the future. Like I always go back to 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.640 Victor Cruz of the New York Giants from like two 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:54.960 thousand eight or whatever year that was when he kind 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.560 of broke out and Rex Ryan had the famous Hard 0:03:57.600 --> 0:03:59.480 Knocks scene saying, who the hell is number three? Can 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:01.800 we stop down for three? That was the greatest example 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:03.360 of a guy that really made a name for himself 0:04:03.400 --> 0:04:06.040 in the preseason across the league for my money. But 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:08.480 it also works the opposite way. Like last year, for instance, 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.400 I recalled Nick Needham having a tough preseason, and here 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:14.080 he was in Week six contributing to the Dolphins football 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:16.440 team in a rookie season as an undrafted free agent. 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:19.160 So like Flora says, you don't really know until you know, 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.719 and we're gonna find out in twelve days opening day 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.080 up in New England. Up next, coach was asked we 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.560 value with the offensive line and what goes into the 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:29.279 decision to pick five guys to start and when we'll 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:32.200 know who goes five? Might be everything you mentioned goes 0:04:32.240 --> 0:04:35.560 into the decision and conditioning, best, best overall, But I 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:38.680 would say, you know the number one things, the the 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:42.480 overall group. Um, we're talking about five guys. We need 0:04:42.480 --> 0:04:46.080 to get on the same page from a communication standpoint, 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:51.000 and I think you know, the three rookies Austin, Robert Hunt, 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:54.680 Simon Kinley all played well at times during training camps 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:56.760 have all made mistakes as well, So you know, these 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:58.839 are tough decisions that we have to make. And look, 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:01.000 things change over the courses season, you know, like I 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:03.800 was telling Josh earlier, we may feel a certain way 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:07.320 now put a group out there, and look if a 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:10.320 player freezes up and we gotta make an adjustment. I 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.320 think we all we all know that. So um, but 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.800 I like where they're they're at. I think they're all working. 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:19.200 You know, we're still in a little bit of an 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:23.760 evaluation phase here, UM got a practice today, UM, a 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:26.160 couple of practice later in the week, So no official 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.679 decisions have been made, and honestly, you guys will probably 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:30.760 want know till opening day. So and we did here 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:33.720 coach last week talk about the possibility of using rotations 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.599 and trying to find ways to get guys up to speed, 0:05:36.640 --> 0:05:38.880 conditioning wise in a season where they might not be 0:05:38.920 --> 0:05:41.239 ready to play sixty or seventy snaps from the jump 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.880 in their first game. So interesting decisions that have been 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.000 made all across the National Football League in the strange, 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.760 strange year heading into the weirdest week one we have 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:51.839 ever seen as far as the off season and lack 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:55.159 of preseason goes here in the National Football League. Up next, 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:57.560 coach was asked a two parter. First up the land 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:01.000 and Roberts he played some fullback year in New England. 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.719 Is that on the table? And Coach also divulge his 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.360 thoughts on the quarterback room with Fitzpatrick to a tongue 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.279 of Byloa and Josh Rosen. Obviously, Atlant has played full 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:12.279 back in the past and look he's he's someone who's 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:15.440 willing to play wherever we We asked him to play. Um, 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:16.920 but we got a lot of guys that way, so 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.960 it's definitely a possibility. You know, it's not something that 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:23.200 we're gonna make any definitive decision on right now. Um, 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:25.960 we've still got twelve days. So that's where we're at, 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.560 where they land in. UM, as far as two A Rosen, 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:32.120 you know, and might as well throw Fitzpatrick in there 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:35.480 as well. UM, that's still a lot of competition at 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:39.240 that position. So you know, we're not saying somebody's one, 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:44.000 two three. It's still a competition. UM. And Uh, obviously 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.919 fitz has played well. Uh, you know, they've all played 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.840 well in spurts and they've all made mistakes. Still got 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:51.720 a few days here. I think that, you know, we 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:53.840 like where all three of them are, and we will 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:59.200 continue to leave that as a competition moving forward. Up next, 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.960 coach was asked to talk about the roster and how 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.159 he feels about who the top fifty three might be 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.640 for now, who the top sixty nine might be on 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.200 the practice squad as we have an extended practice squad 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.840 for this season. Here's Coach talking about how he views 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.960 the roster at this point in time. On September one, again, 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.840 twelve days away from the open era. So in the 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.200 fifty three, I mean, look, we've got, you know, a 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:26.120 lot of competition on this team, various positions. So I 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:30.400 mean it's probably let's call it sixty players vying that 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:32.720 you know, we feel good about, you know, to include 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:34.280 and probably a little bit more than that when you 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:37.280 when you start talking about practice squad spots as well, 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:41.440 they're being sixteen um practice squad spots this season. So 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:44.120 there's a lot of I think we got some some 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.600 talented players, some guys we can develop. So as far 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.560 as forecasting, you know what, who the best players are, 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.920 who the guys we think can develop? You know that 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:56.680 that becomes a little bit of a a longer conversation 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:58.920 we say, at least camp Um. As far as who 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:02.040 the fifty three are, UM, I kind of look at 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.560 it is who the sixty nine are to be honest 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.600 with you, UM, and you know we're gonna have to 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:09.640 release some of those guys and hope that we get 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.880 them back so on the practice squad. But yeah, I 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:16.160 mean I've got a pretty good, you know, the idea 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.040 of who the that's called sixty nine players are. The 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:22.440 next question was QB one when would we like to know? 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.800 Um as soon as possible. When you guys know, probably 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.680 as late as as possible, is you know where I'll 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:31.840 leave it. So you've got to get this thing down 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:34.120 to sixty nine players and then from there, of course, 0:08:34.160 --> 0:08:36.120 you can always lose guys that you release and try 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:38.200 to get them back on the practice squad if they 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:41.320 clear waivers twenty four hours later. So start thinking of 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:43.439 your list, start making your predictions who might be on 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.400 this roster come opening day. We have plenty of decisions 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:48.440 to be made from the coaching staff and the like. 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.680 Here at Dolphins training camp. Up next, coach was asked 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:55.840 about the possibility of the injury that to a tongue 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:59.360 Boloa suffered back last October. How much of an impact 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.520 that could have on the decision to who was active 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.600 on opening Day at that quarterback position. Here is coach 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.480 talking about tongue, about Lowe's injury and the quarterback spot 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.079 in general for opening day. That is definitely part of 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:12.280 the conversation for sure. I mean, I think you know, 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:15.400 we're at ten months. It was a pretty serious injury. 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.200 Uh he looks good, though, I mean, you guys have 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.839 seen him. Uh, he looks good. He looks healthy. He's 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.960 moving around to his right, to his left. But yes, 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.080 that's that's that's part of the conversation. He's a great kid. 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.000 I care about him, you know, I want what's best 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.680 for him. Um, And that's definitely part of the conversation. 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.400 And we start with the quarterbacks there and end on 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:40.079 this Brian Flores Tuesday morning media availability with the guys 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.400 that catch the passes from the quarterbacks as coach kind 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.280 of evaluates his wide receiver room here so far through 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:49.040 training camp and again twelve days away until the season opener. 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.880 You know, guys like Ford, Hollands, Rogers obviously you too. 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:57.080 You mentioned Davante and Preston and Jakin. I think they're 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:00.320 all I like the that they're all working. Um, they 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:02.760 all understand kind of their role in the offense. You know, 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.760 malcom Parry's part of that as well. They all have different, 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:10.280 uh and unique um skill sets. So I liked it that, 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:12.160 you know, and I think you know they're rolling the 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:16.040 kicking game, Will Will Will. We'll also play a role 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.199 in you know, that evaluation, whether it's Chime as a 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:23.040 point return er, mccollins as a gunner. Uh, you know, 0:10:23.600 --> 0:10:26.960 Malcolm Perry, you know, in his roles as a point 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:31.280 return or as a peeping upon. Isaiah Ford, you know, 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.920 who can move around and play multiple positions. Um. I 0:10:34.960 --> 0:10:37.120 like the depth. It's it's a hard working group. You know, 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.760 they all block. It's important to him. And so there 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.679 goes coach for his Tuesday morning media availability. We just 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.280 got back off the practice field taking a look at 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.400 the Dolphins getting loose in the early portions of practice, 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.080 and as we are about to get some players here 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.680 for their availabilities on this Tuesday afternoon. Again, just twelve 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:56.760 days away from the regular season. I feel like I've 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.680 said that twelve times on this podcast, but I can't 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.320 believe it's already September one. We talked about it on 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.720 the podcast yesterday, how this just kind of snuck up 0:11:05.720 --> 0:11:08.280 on us, without the benefit of the preseason, without a 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.520 full training camp, without all the O, T A. S. 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:12.920 It just feels like I saw this on I think 0:11:12.920 --> 0:11:15.640 it was Mark Sessler of the NFL Network on his 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:18.079 Twitter he mentioned that his body clock right now feels 0:11:18.080 --> 0:11:20.240 like it's still June four because we're just getting back 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.560 into the football mood of things, so to speak. And 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:26.280 I'm with him. It feels like we still have a 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.440 long way to go before the season, but just twelve 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.679 days away. And speaking of the NFL network, I think 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.560 I have to mention it here on the podcast made 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.800 my national television debut on Monday. A little bit of 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:38.880 nerves going into it, but for the most part, new 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.760 that I had multiple takes to get it done. Flobbed 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.080 a couple of takes to the guy who honked on 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:47.600 the third take, which was going very very well, sir, 0:11:48.120 --> 0:11:51.120 I'm not your biggest fan. I don't appreciate that we 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.560 had to do about four more takes after that, but hey, 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.080 it's all good. We got done, we got taken care of, 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.040 and I love and appreciate all the support we got 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:02.480 on social media. I didn't see a negative comment out there, 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:05.240 which is so rare to see that. So all the 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:07.040 love and support you guys continue to give me for 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:10.040 the podcast, for the video work, for the written content. 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:12.320 I'm just in a place right now in my life 0:12:12.320 --> 0:12:14.440 where I cannot be happier. The only thing that would 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:16.080 make me happier is if my wife and my daughter 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.240 were down here with me in South Florida. They are 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:20.679 still back home and say to Washington. I missed them 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:24.880 like crazy every single day. But from a professional standpoint, man, 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:28.120 you work hard enough at something, and you want something enough, 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:31.240 and you take enough pride and enough joy and something, 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.160 I really do believe that you can accomplish pretty much anything. Obviously, 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.240 I was never gonna be able to accomplish being an 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.679 NFL wide receiver because five ft ten and sixty pound 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:43.200 guys just don't cut it at that spot in the 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:47.040 National Football League. But if there's something within your capabilities 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:49.640 of your talent level, that I think you should pursue 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:51.920 it as hard as you possibly can, because that's gonna 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.120 be the message I tell my kids one day, if 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.160 you work hard enough, you can do whatever you want. 0:12:56.520 --> 0:13:00.200 And uh, it's it's just I couldn't be more were 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.679 thrilled and more grateful for the Miami Dolphins and really 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.000 helping me, you know, achieve my dreams and achieve where 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.960 I want to go. And that's not to say that 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:10.800 we're necessarily done here, because you always should be reaching 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.400 for something higher and setting new goals too. So I've 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:16.760 kind of, you know, re shaped my goals going forward. 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.000 I think that the four or five years ago I 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.240 talked to my wife about wanting to be a college graduate, 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:24.280 wanting to work in the National Football League. Both of 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:26.400 those two things have been accomplished, So time to set 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.680 new goals and develop that next sort of five year plan, 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:32.120 so to speak, and and hopefully it's something here with 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.760 the Miami Dolphins and staying in this organization, because so 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:38.120 far I've been here with the team virtually for six 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.600 months and in person six months in total. I was 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:42.880 hired at the end of February and it's been just 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.440 nothing but great since then. And then when I got 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.160 down here in August, my goodness, it's just I mean, 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:50.760 being here every day, being on campus, I just couldn't 0:13:50.760 --> 0:13:53.480 ask for more. So super appreciative all the folks that 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.640 gave me an opportunity along the way and the ones 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:57.439 that put me in this position, and of course all 0:13:57.480 --> 0:13:59.640 of you guys out there, the fans and the support, 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:02.560 I mean, the support of social media and kind of 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:05.760 having a recognizable name on there. I mean that that 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:07.520 has to go a long way in the eyes of 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.760 decision makers because you want to bring someone that has 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.400 an audience built in, and I've certainly had that. So again, 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:16.480 just so grateful for everybody, Super super appreciative of that. Now, 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:20.360 I built up a segment idea here based on the 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:24.200 most prevalent comment I saw on that NFL Network hit 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:27.760 as we filmed that right outside the Dolphins facility. Now, 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:29.680 in a typical year, I think you can shoot on 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:31.880 the field. I'm sure we'd have the NFL network guys 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:34.560 out on the field. As again, the NFL continues to 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:37.560 take all the precautions necessary to make this season go off. 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:40.560 And again to that note right there, I mean the 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.920 number of positive cases right now across so many tests 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.400 among the National Football League. It's just it's been so 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:49.000 impressive the way they've handled this so far. So it's 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.440 great to see football kind of trending in that positive 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:53.800 direction to get to the season and to have games 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:57.520 and to really help us just hopefully finally pushed beyond 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:01.440 this whole COVID nineteen coronavirus thing, because it's a strange, strange, 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:03.760 weird year, and I do think the return of the 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:06.920 National Football that is going to help tremendously in terms 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:10.200 of people's just psyches and people's well being because it 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:12.680 does bring back a sense of normalcy when you have 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:16.160 football on your TV on Sundays in the fall. Nothing, 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:18.920 nothing for me, is better than that. But to go 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:22.640 back to this kind of long speech here, so to speak, 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:26.280 one of the comments I saw on Twitter was about 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.120 the cars buzzing by on the street out there, so 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:30.920 he couldn't film on the practice field, had to come 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.080 out to the street across from the facility. And it's 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.480 I think it's thirty five miles an hour on that street. 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:37.440 But if you live in Florida, you know that thirty 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:41.480 five really means seventy. I mean, you can pretty much 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:43.760 go as fast as you want down here. I haven't 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.800 seen anybody pulled over for a speeding ticket. The only 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:48.160 time I see cops on the road is when or 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:50.040 in action, I should say, is when there's been an 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:51.920 accident and they have to get out there and assess 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:53.920 the damage and kind of, you know, decide who was 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.360 at fault, that type of thing. But there's not really 0:15:56.400 --> 0:16:00.000 speed limits and so on that main road. It sparked 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.080 to this idea for a segment because I've been thinking 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:03.880 about this when I go out and I drive in 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:06.400 public down here in South Florida. When you get to 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:08.640 the line at the front of the intersection and you 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:12.200 pull up first, people getting off that line. I would 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:14.880 like in that to Cam Wake getting off the snap 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:17.000 count in the fourth quarter against the New York Jets. 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:20.920 It is the ultimate first step quickness explosive in that 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.520 wide nine rush. You gotta get from zero to six 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:25.680 and get after that quarterback and make a play for 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:28.600 your team. That's the approach the driver's take down here. Now, 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:31.040 when you're coming in behind those people, maybe you're the 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.560 rush linebacker coming off a second level. You want to 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.200 kind of pick and choose your spots based upon the matchup. Right, 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.280 If you've got a bit of free reign to rush, 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.320 what gap you want to rush? Are you gonna pick 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.120 the minivan lane or you're gonna go behind a German car. 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.440 I mean, it's just a pretty obvious decision there. But 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.600 sometimes you'd be surprised because sometimes that Honda Pilot flies 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.400 off there, like Jason Taylor and his prime where the 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:53.720 sports car at times can kind of have some of that. 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.400 Maybe they're a draft bus. Maybe they don't have the 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.920 urgency of the later round pick I e. The Han 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:03.280 to pilot, whereas the BMW maybe has a little bit 0:17:03.280 --> 0:17:06.560 of complacence. He's setting in this podcast, this topic is 0:17:06.600 --> 0:17:09.199 getting off the rails anyway, I was safe out on 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.879 the side of the street. The cars do drive insanely 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:14.320 fast down here, but we're still alive. We're still trucking. 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:16.280 And again, thank you for all the support for the 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:19.359 NFL Network hit on Inside Training Camp Live. My favorite 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.399 part about that was Rhet Lewis throwing it to me 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.160 because I'm a huge Rhett Lewis fan on the Move 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.199 the six podcast when he anchors shows on NFL Network 0:17:27.359 --> 0:17:29.879 his college football work. Big Rhet Lewis fans would to 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.240 hear him call my name and throw a report to me. 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.240 That was probably the coolest thing for me from my perspective. 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.400 All right, let's go ahead and get to our sandwich 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:40.879 segment here to go ahead and kind of put the 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:44.600 Brian Flores media to the player availability after practice here 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:48.119 on this Tuesday, September the first edition of the Drive 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.399 Time podcast on the Miami Dolphins podcast network, and I 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:55.800 wanted to get into who have been the top five 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.640 training camp performers who were not here a year ago, 0:17:58.680 --> 0:18:01.679 because we know very well about what guys like for instance, 0:18:01.720 --> 0:18:05.040 de Vante Parker, Ryan Fitzpatrick, or even Preston Williams for 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.439 that matter, what those guys offer. But I wanted to 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.800 go over the top five guys who have who were 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:12.320 imported here this offseason, whether it was a draft pick 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:14.879 or a free agent signing or what have you, and 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.280 how they've performed so far in training camp. We're gonna 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.000 go off a top five newcomers here that I saw 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.840 through the course of ten practices and one scrimmage on 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.560 the football field. And we're gonna start with number five, 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.800 who was here only because he suffered a bit of 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.000 a nick in practice at one point and missed a 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:33.800 couple of the team portions and did not participate in 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:38.919 the scrimmage on Saturday. It's outside linebacker, slash off ball linebacker, slash, 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:42.280 pass rusher, slash a gap B gap rusher. Kyle van Noy. 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:45.080 This guy, to me, was the straw that stirred the 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:46.879 drink up in New England. He was the guy that 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:49.560 played so many positions. You could play him off the 0:18:49.680 --> 0:18:52.439 edge like they did almost exclusively in twenty nineteen, or 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:54.520 you can play him in a fifty fifty split off 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:56.720 the ball or on the edge again coming down in 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.000 different gaps to rush the quarterback as a stand up 0:18:59.000 --> 0:19:02.280 linebacker at as they did in eighteen under Brian Flora's 0:19:02.320 --> 0:19:04.800 there as the d C in New England. He plays 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:07.679 special teams, He covers kicks, he makes tackles. He is 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:11.560 so fundamentally sound in his run fits, acting as both 0:19:11.600 --> 0:19:14.000 the forced defender and as a guy that comes down 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:16.080 and beats blocks on his way to the ball carrier. 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:18.960 He's so consistent and so sound in his run defense. 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:21.720 He's so solid in coverage, finding passing lanes, getting to 0:19:21.760 --> 0:19:24.719 his landmark on those pass drops, and as a pass rusher, 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.280 to me, one of the most underrated pass rushers in 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:29.920