WEBVTT - Josh Boyer, Development, Defensive Construction and Previewing Dolphins Bengals 0:00:01.360 --> 0:00:16.959 Exaudown Miami Water Run. What is up, Dolph fans, and 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:21.000 welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:25.520 official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, each 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:28.960 and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Wednesday. 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.239 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.800 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.920 on today's show, we're gonna preview Dolphins and Bengals for 0:00:39.040 --> 0:00:42.760 Sunday at hard Rock Stadium. Will detail the performances so 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:45.959 far of Davonte Parker and Xavien Howard and how they 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.000 are just two of the many examples for growth and 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.440 development on this roster. We'll hear from Coach and tah 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:55.880 all of that and more on this Wednesday, December, the 0:00:55.920 --> 0:01:03.080 second edition of the Drive Time Podcast. Time is brought 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.160 to you by Auto Nation. Hey Dolphins fans, the New 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:09.800 year starts now at Auto Nation. Let's skip the rest 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:13.360 of and get to big New Year's savings on your 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:18.600 favorite Auto Nation Chevys, Forwards, Toyotas, Honda's and more shops 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.400 safely at the Auto Nation store near you or auto 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:24.240 nation dot com and save. Now, let's go ahead and 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:27.520 start this Wednesday podcast off with your first Dolphins and 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.880 Bengals injury report of the week. Plenty of intrigue around 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:33.400 this one with the quarterback to a tongue of byloa, 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:36.880 Solomon Kindley, Savan Akhmed. Let's go ahead in detail. Their 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:40.760 status is right now from Wednesday's practice. Two players did 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.960 not practice on Wednesday, running back slash receiver Malcolm Perry 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:47.200 with a chest DeAndre Washington, the running back has a hamstring. 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:50.400 He also did not practice. Three players were limited quarterback 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:53.080 to a tongue of byloa, running back Savan Akhmed, and 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.680 guard Solomon Kinley for the rest of the report, and 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.760 the players who were full participation on Wednesday, as well 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.440 as the Bengals injury report, go ahead and check out 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:05.320 our article on Top News on Miami Dolphins dot com. 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:07.320 So we have a couple more days of practice to 0:02:07.320 --> 0:02:09.120 talk about here on the podcast, and then we have 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:11.919 what's coming up on Sunday. We'll preview the game here 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:13.880 in just one second, but I want to cover a 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.400 couple of topics I've written about this week up on 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:20.240 Miami Dolphins dot com in the top news story every 0:02:20.280 --> 0:02:21.960 day at the end of the day on the website 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:25.400 and first up this piece on Davante Parker and Xavien 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.839 Howard and it takes me back to my favorite time 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:31.200 of the year, training camp. To me, there is no 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:34.040 better football to watch than what you get at training camp. 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:38.520 You get repeated defensive backs, first receivers, one on one matchups, 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:41.680 the pass rush one on ones are unbeatable. Remains my 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.880 favorite drill in the entire game. You get a peek 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:47.000 at which guys are making a name for themselves on 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:49.720 special teams, which are the undrafted guys are making plays, 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.600 Who's on what team, who's making plays in what package. 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:55.000 You get a feel for how the quarterbacks spend the football, 0:02:55.040 --> 0:02:57.200 how it jumps off their hand, and then of course 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.959 the team period. Few things top that and all of sport. 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:04.040 It's it's just constant evaluation. For a football nerd like myself, 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.560 I cannot get enough of it. And so Davanta Parker 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.440 Xaviing Howard had some of the most memorable battles this 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.840 past training camp here in Davy. Of course, no fans allowed, 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:15.280 just media. We got to see plenty of it, and 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:17.280 when there was fans there, they were treated to a 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:21.240 great show by Xaviing Howard back in his camp was 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:24.320 some of the best football I think I've ever seen period. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.720 That year. I swear he caught as many passes and 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:30.440 interceptions as he allowed receptions from the opposing receiver in 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.320 that year's camp. But Parker got some too, and that 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.480 continued this season. And frankly, you could put Byron Jones 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.840 and Preston Williams in there because these guys were involved 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.440 in several of those great battles as well. But for 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:44.080 the sake of this article, I wanted to ask Davante 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:48.480 and X about those matchups and how that stiff competition 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:51.360 on the practice field helps make them better on game day. First, 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:57.400 here's X. I've been great, but since I came in 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:01.120 the league, that companies station is gone, and he just 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.560 made each other to get better. And you know, I 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:06.640 feel like you've been doing a great job to getting 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:10.119 each other better. You know it pay off on Sundays 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.120 when he put his other guys talking about paying off 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:15.280 on Sundays. Let's go ahead and hear from Davanta Parker 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.839 now on what the matchup between xaving Howard has done 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.719 for him to make game day easier because it's so 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.120 tough in practice. Going up against a cornerback like xaviing 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:28.320 Howard every day, you know, musun go ahead like every 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.640 day in practicing during camp and made us better. It 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:33.719 just made us play hard and games because he made it. 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:37.000 He made it hard in practice, so games made it 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:39.760 a lot easier. Let's go ahead and start here first 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:42.520 with xaviing Howard. We'll come back to the Vanta Parker topic. 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.000 But first off, you heard me raving about the type 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.400 of tape that he had on Sunday's game on the 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:51.680 Tuesday Drivetime podcast, Just an unreal film. An opportunity for 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:55.560 four maybe five interceptions, had one poked away, had another 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.960 impeded by an offensive pass interference. Sam Donald did a 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.560 good job to locate high to avoid another possible interception, 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:04.280 and he obviously did get the one at the end 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:06.440 of the game, as he continues to do. And I 0:05:06.520 --> 0:05:08.839 talked about this back when he had that run of 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:12.320 four straight games with an interception. How they come in bunches, man. 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:14.840 He had one in four straight games this season. Now 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:17.359 he's got one in three consecutive games after not having 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:20.159 one for three games, and he's right there again. He 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.440 had two against the Broncos to kick off his career 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.720 in seventeen, the first two of his career that year 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.000 in one game, comes back with two in the next 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.120 game against the Patriots, and then he had three in 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:34.200 two games at the beginning of before snagging four in 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:37.400 two games at the end of against the Colts and 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:40.279 the Bills. This guy gets them in bunches and his 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.160 ball hawking skills are among the best of all time 0:05:43.200 --> 0:05:47.839 and context of statistical frequency, the only player close to 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:51.560 his interception every nine point one pass targets since two 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.800 thousand seventeen is New England's J. C. Jackson, who has 0:05:54.800 --> 0:05:58.440 won every eleven point one, so two full targets more 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:02.000 per interception for Jay's Jackson over number one. Exaviing Howard. 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:06.080 Nobody else is less than every fourteen targets, And you 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.960 go back to Richard Sherman, who went to three straight 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.440 All pros or he was named in All Pro three 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:16.960 straight years between. He grabbed twenty interceptions in those three 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.640 seasons and did it with a pick every ten point 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.200 four targets, so one point three targets more than what 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.400 exaving Howard is currently doing. The fifty point three pass 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.320 rating against is the second best among corners with at 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.960 least forty pass targets, and he is Pro Football Focus 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:36.039 his second highest graded cornerback. These are numbers that are 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:39.960 on pace and extrapolated better than what Stefond Gilmore's numbers 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.400 were last season as a defensive Player of the Year 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:45.200 in the NFL. So exaving Howard on that same track, 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:47.440 he is just flat out playing out of his mind 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.040 right now. It's been fun to watch for Dolphins fans everywhere. 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.800 I'm sure you guys are enjoying as much as I am. 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.440 And then we get to Davante Parker and first, coach 0:06:55.520 --> 0:06:59.160 talked about some separation, the topic of separation in his 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:02.560 Wednesday morning press conference. So here's coach talking about wide 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.680 receivers creating separation and the context in the case by 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:09.000 case scenario with every player, every pass and every instance 0:07:09.000 --> 0:07:12.440 in this league receiver separation. I know they got the 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:16.040 next gent stats and it's you know, he had half 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:20.000 a millimeter separation or something like. You know, they got 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:21.960 all that those statistics, but you know, I think a 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:25.080 lot of times, uh, you know, guy like Davante, who's 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:27.920 a big body's long, there might be a guy right 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.200 on him. But if you throw it inside, the guys 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:32.480 on his back and you throw it inside and you 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:36.040 know his arm length is the separation. So you know, 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:39.840 while it might be you know, a millimeter or centimeter 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.920 based on the next gent stats, you know you can 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.800 you can get that ball in there. So again it's 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.120 case by case. You know, as a as a defender, 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.720 you want to be you wanta have tight coverage. UM. 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:56.080 As a quarterback, I think you just need to know, UM, 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.720 you know the frames or the builds of your receivers. 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:03.440 You know, got a smaller guy than UM, you know 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:09.320 that that separation or or the coverage being tighter, UM, 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:11.200 you might have to fit that when that men into 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:15.400 a tighter window, UM versus just getting the ball out 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:20.360 in front of a taller, longer receiver. So M again 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.760 it's to me every it's all case by case. I mean, 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:24.640 I think you look at a lot of statistics and 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:29.920 they say they talk about this separation or uh, you know, 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:31.720 flight of the ball in the air, and you know 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:35.840 they had all these statistics. The practical application of some 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:39.640 of those things are are They're different when you're on 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:43.440 the field, I would say so. But yes, you know, 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:46.040 much as you can separate from a defender, it always 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.880 helps but I think when you start getting into the 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.200 you know, what is enough separation? When you start you know, 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:56.520 it's subjective in a lot of ways. Yeah, I just 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:58.520 I can't talk that answer. I mean, not that I 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:01.440 ever could talk an answer Coach Flores and football talk, 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.760 but you talk about the subjective nature of statistics and 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:07.000 how you always need context to him, I just I 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.480 can't agree enough with that. So let's continue on here 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:13.000 talking about Davanta Parker, who is catching sixty five eight 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.959 percent of his passes this season. That's a career high 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:18.559 with an average of one point seven yards per separation, 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:21.760 again per Next Gen Stats, And of course coach talking 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:23.959 about not being the biggest fan of that, but I 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:25.800 think it has it tells you a bit of the 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.720 story here. Only Corey Davis and Tennessee has a higher 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:32.040 catch percentage among players with less than two point five 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:35.160 yards of average separation. That's just who Davanta is. He 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:38.800 catches contested footballs and does it with regularity. He did 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.320 all the way to twelve yards last year and nine 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.600 touchdowns down the field, elevating making all those big plays. 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.360 But he's not just that. He's not just a contested 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.280 ball guy. He's catching passes in a variety of routes. 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:54.000 I've talked about this before. His ability on square ends, digs, 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.600 and slants, all those inbreaking routes I thought were his 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.120 best in his in his tool bag because of how 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.559 he can stack the de us of back on his back. 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:03.960 And then Flora's his comment really comes into play there. 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:06.760 The arm length and the strong hands to separate that 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:09.640 way because the player can't get through his frame and 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:12.080 get around those arms and disrupt the past enough. I mean, 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:14.319 we've seen this guy catch a pass for a touchdown 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.640 against the Rams, for instance, when he was being tackled. 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.840 So one of the best contested ball receivers in the 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.600 league who can create that separation through his frame, through 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:25.079 his body. He caught four in breaking routes on Sunday, 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.040 three on the back shoulder throw and one on a 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.400 comeback route working back down the stem. And we've seen 0:10:30.440 --> 0:10:32.959 that vertical game prowess we talked about where he uses 0:10:32.960 --> 0:10:35.120 that frame to kind of shield the defender while he 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.840 elevates to make the catch. And those long arms. Again, 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:39.600 you look at a lot of those jump balls or 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:41.640 whatever you want to call them, fifty fifty balls last 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:43.559 year a lot of the time he's putting his back 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.080 into the defender and fading into him with his arms 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.680 extended and makes the catch away from his body in 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.480 a way where the defender cannot poke it out. And actually, 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:55.040 on Tuesday's press conferences, George Godzi talked about Mike Asiki's 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:58.040 touchdown catch the rebound, pulling the ball off the defensive 0:10:58.080 --> 0:10:59.920 back's head. How you don't want to tuck it in 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.520 your body because that's where the dB goes to try 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.560 to get the PBu once you've already snatched the ball, 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.400 get away from him, pull the ball away from him. Gasick. 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:10.480 He did it there, and I think Devanta Parker does 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:14.400 that consistently on those deep shots. And for Parker, six 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:18.120 of his ten career one yard games have occurred in 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:21.000 his last eighteen outings. The breakout season a year ago 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:23.959 earned a vaunting the contract extension for four more years. 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.400 So we've got this guy for the foreseeable future making 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:29.840 these plays, being this reliable, dependable guy. And that's a 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.360 prelude into our next topic here, the ability to develop 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.520 players of all ages. Because Parkers in his sixth season, 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:39.400 and you know, last year was when he really production 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.600 wise got the most out of him so far. He's 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.920 kind of continued that this season, just being a consistent playmaker. 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.080 But it's not just a Vaunte, it's not just a 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:50.040 sixth year guy. It's guys all over the roster from 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:54.240 all types of different acquisition arrivals in Miami, all different 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:57.240 ages and stages of their careers. Anytime you can ride 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.280 on the podcast, you have to do it. And this 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:01.839 was kind of sparked by a passage I read from 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.679 Albert Brier on his Monday Morning quarterback piece where he, 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.640 in just one paragraph gave a nod to the Dolphins 0:12:07.840 --> 0:12:10.760 for being seven and four just twenty one months after 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:14.800 Stephen Ross's declaration of his decision to make changes and 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:18.240 rebuild the team under Chris Greer and Brian Flores. And 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:20.760 you look at all these draft picks and free agent signings, 0:12:20.840 --> 0:12:24.200 and those are great and certainly have had a large impact, 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.640 no doubt about that. But it's more than that. It's systemic. 0:12:27.920 --> 0:12:31.240 It's teaching, it's developing, it's finding roles for guys to 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:34.400 make them the best versions of themselves on your football team, 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.360 within your scheme. And there are tons of examples of 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.400 all of that let's go ahead and start first with 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:44.280 the veterans. And I don't want this to be misconstrued 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.200 because both Bobby McCain and Eric Rowe were good players 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:51.040 previously before Brian Flores got here, before Eric Rowe got here. 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.839 But just consider what they had to do to make 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.320 themselves into the player they are right now as the 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.680 Dolphins to primary safeties on the field. McCain, a slot 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:03.400 corner back who in seventeen and twenty eight team played inside, 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:05.440 played outside, played a little bit of safety as well, 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:07.480 played all over the defense, was a good player for 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:10.240 the Dolphins. But now the Dolphins are one of the 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:13.000 best deep defending passing teams in the NFL. And that's 0:13:13.040 --> 0:13:14.960 a lot of that is because Bobby McCain's back there, 0:13:15.160 --> 0:13:17.880 just consistently being in the right spot and communicating with 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:21.440 the veteran cornerbacks underneath. Eric Rowe is top ten and 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:25.320 so many categories, shutting down tight ends, making sure handed tackles, 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:27.199 sticking his nose in there in the running game. And 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.480 McCain's the same way as well. We talked about McCain's 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.600 open field tackling. These two guys to change positions and 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:36.000 just what is it like twenty five games into this thing. 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.960 They're both playing at high, high levels at that spot. Development, teaching, 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.000 getting the most out of your players, no matter how 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.280 old they are. Emmanuel Oddba free agent, comes over from 0:13:45.280 --> 0:13:47.800 the Chiefs, and he was a good player, good player 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:49.840 for Kansas City, good player for Cleveland. Had a really 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:52.320 good rookie season in twenty six team. But now, what 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:55.880 about now he is a one of the top ten sackers, 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.360 one of the top ten pressure rate defensive ends in 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.200 the National Football League. He can enses inside and defends 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:03.840 the run. He bats down passes guys playing at a 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:06.600 pro bowl level right now, And that's not what he 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:08.800 was the previous years. He was good, He's gone to 0:14:08.840 --> 0:14:11.800 another level here in Miami's first year in Miami. How 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:14.360 about Eric Flowers now to an extent, last year he 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:17.000 moved inside to guard. He's talked about his relationship with 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.560 Bill Callahan in Washington and how they kind of built 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:21.560 him into that guard. But he's doing it here and 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.800 again taking it to another level, playing at a high 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:27.120 level at that guard position again six years into his career. 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:29.480 How about a guy like Adam Sheheen matching his career 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.320 high and touchdown receptions yards per catch, and he's coming 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.360 up on the yardage totals, catches and games played as well. 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.760 In his career highs. It's not just high price free agents, 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:40.840 it's these you know, you trade a conditional pick for 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.440 Shaheen and you turn him into a productive tight end 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:47.160 on your roster. Speaking of tight ends, Mike Kasicki, he's 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.240 just in his third year, but there was a clear 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.480 line of demarcation for this guy when it kind of 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.120 clicked for him in a sense. Since Week thirteen of 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:57.360 last season, he's caught all eight of his career touchdowns 0:14:57.720 --> 0:15:00.280 post Week thirteen, So basically his career has been blitt 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:02.680 in half so far, and the first half was development, 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.440 the second half has been production. That's the fourth most 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.480 touchdowns among tight ends over that span. He talked about 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:12.080 his growth on Sunday after the game as a route runner, 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:14.960 as did George Gotzie on Tuesday Earlier this week on 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.080 the podcast, I played both those for you guys, So 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.480 regular listeners have heard that already, but if you haven't, 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:21.840 go back and check out those podcasts. The audio from 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.840 Mike Gasicki and George Gotzi from twenty two catches as 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.480 a rookie to one of the most explosive, who leads 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:29.680 the league in yards for exception among tight ends, one 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.880 of the most explosive tight ends, most frequent touchdown scores 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.760 at the position. But what about guys who are even 0:15:35.840 --> 0:15:38.840 earlier in their careers than those veterans or a Mike 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:41.880 get sick Like a Zach Seeler who has nineteen quarterback 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:45.600 pressures twenty two run stops. He's disruptive every single week. 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:49.000 Went from a waiver wire claim to a contract extension 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:52.120 in twelve months. Time Andrew Van Ginkle three forced fumbles, 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:54.920 had the seventy eight yard touchdown fumble returned for a touchdown, 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.760 blocked upunt, disrupts the quarterback to the tune of two 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:00.400 and a half sacks six QB hits this year, he's 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:02.520 defending the run. We talked about that play against the 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:04.840 Jets where he knifed in and tripped up Frank Gore 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.120 for a big stop in the running game. Nick need 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:08.920 Um gets his first pick of the year, third of 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:11.800 his career, one seven team point to passer rating as 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.560 a rookie eighty two point five this year in his 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:17.080 second year. That group of free players is a fifth 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.400 round draft pick, an undrafted free agent and a guy 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:21.960 who was cut just a year ago. Now each of 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:25.480 them a key contributor on the Dolphins defense. Then there 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:27.840 are the young guys. Brandon Jones gets his first sack 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:31.080 of the career. He's playing increasing snaps and making impact 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:34.520 plays every single week. It seems ray Kwon Davis same deal. 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:38.080 More snaps, more run stops, more disruption. He's getting knocked 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:42.000 back consistently. He's been a Bowl in recent weeks. Solom 0:16:42.040 --> 0:16:44.480 McKinley having a damn good year at right guard before 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:46.800 missing last week with the foot injury. He's been playing 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:49.680 some good football. Austin Jackson had some impressive games this 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.320 year as well. Robert Hunt has to now. Coach Steve 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:54.640 Marshall talked about the ups and downs of the offensive line, 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:56.560 but there have been plenty of ups for those guys 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.600 as well. To a Tongue of Valoa showing you a 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:00.840 lot of the same things you love about his game 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:04.520 in college, with a timing, accuracy, anticipation, the twitch, the 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:08.160 off script playmaking that yard drive in Arizona. We saw 0:17:08.200 --> 0:17:10.280 all of those things add up. We saw on the 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:12.040 touchdown pass in the Rams game. We saw it on 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.679 the touchdown pass in the Broncos game. He's made several 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:17.240 players that you say, Okay, that's where the ability is. 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:21.199 But that group of players, those rookies, they remain incomplete. Hell, 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:22.879 a lot of these guys do all of them do 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.720 as Josh Bowyer said, if you're not getting better, you're 0:17:25.720 --> 0:17:28.560 getting worse. So it's the entire roster. I think the 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:33.240 development of Needham, Van Ginkl, Seiler, og Ba, Roe, McCain, Flowers, Gasicki, 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:35.720 and on and on and on. That all applies to 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.680 our draft class this year. It applies to future draft 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.800 class with double digit picks coming down the pike here 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:44.200 in the next season and in future draft classes beyond that. 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:47.679 The development is the core essential factor of this team 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:50.640 that continues to grow. My confidence about what the Dolphins 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.560 are building here in miamis go ahead and finish up. 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.720 Coach flores as Wednesday morning media availability, just a couple 0:17:56.800 --> 0:17:59.480 more questions here for coach. He was asked about his 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:02.959 input with different elements of the game and the I 0:18:03.000 --> 0:18:06.880 suppose delegation of responsibilities among the coaching staff and where 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:10.120 his input comes. Here's Coach Flora's on just that. Yeah, 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:11.840 I think, I think you know, on a on a 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:15.399 week to week basis, it's it's different. Um. Again, we 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:16.960 do a lot of work over the course of the week, 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:18.920 you know, so I'm involved in on the offense and 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:23.600 involved defensively. I'm involved in the kicking game, situations, game management. 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:27.879 So there's a lot of things that I already talked about. UM. 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.440 And I think, you know, no different than anyone else 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.639 on the offensive staff or the defensive staff, or the 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:37.200 kicking game or from a game managing the standpoint. UM. 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:40.840 You know, I offer suggestions. Uh No different than you know, 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.880 ex students will offer suggestions and uh, Athony Campernelli offers 0:18:44.920 --> 0:18:47.160 suggestions and say, hey, maybe we should do this or this, 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:51.840 you know, depending on the game. It's a case by case. UM, 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:53.679 I wouldn't say, I mean, I would say, I let 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:57.000 my coaches coach, and I'm not sitting there and going, hey, 0:18:57.240 --> 0:19:00.760 you know call this call that, UM, because at the 0:19:00.800 --> 0:19:04.239 end of the day, you know, because I'm working all 0:19:04.280 --> 0:19:08.199 three sides of the ball, UM and game management. You know, 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:11.000 Chance spent more time on offense. He's seen more of it. 0:19:11.119 --> 0:19:13.719 Josh spent more time on defense, He's seen more of it. 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:17.720 Danny spent more time on the kicking game. So you know, 0:19:17.760 --> 0:19:19.320 for me to sit there and say, hey, I'm I 0:19:19.760 --> 0:19:23.520 know better in any of those um, I think it's 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:27.600 been really you know, I'm spending we all have the 0:19:27.640 --> 0:19:30.120 amount of the same amount of hours. You know, let's 0:19:30.119 --> 0:19:33.080 say they spend you know, those hours all on one 0:19:33.200 --> 0:19:35.280 one side of the ball. I just, you know, I 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:38.719 trust that they're gonna they have the the answers we're 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:41.360 looking for on their respective side of the ball. Now, 0:19:41.520 --> 0:19:43.920 I'll make suggestions, but at the end of the day, 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:47.639 try to let I'll try to let those guys coach. 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:53.040 And then obviously occasionally, you know, um, I'll make my 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:56.080 thoughts known, and but I think it's it's worked out 0:19:56.119 --> 0:19:59.960 for the most part. Coach did address the possible Wednesday 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.399 Actus availability of quarterback to a tongue of Valoa, but 0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:04.960 we already updated that in the first part of the podcast, 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:08.120 because coach goes on before practice. We did that after practice. 0:20:08.160 --> 0:20:10.600 But he also talked about the running back position. He 0:20:10.680 --> 0:20:13.480 was asked if Myles Gaskins should be expected to step 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.399 in and assume the same role he had previously before 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:19.440