WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins Commanders Joint Practice Report

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<v Speaker 1>To on the move gallan jeep steedless past Hell.

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<v Speaker 2>From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.

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<v Speaker 3>This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield.

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<v Speaker 4>He's joy my hands in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>What is up, Dolphans and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I am your host, Travis Wingfield. On today's show, the

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<v Speaker 2>Commandos are in town. We had a quick practice ahead

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<v Speaker 2>of a day off, then game time on Saturday, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>break down the on field action. We'll hear from coach

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<v Speaker 2>from Toront Armstead, from Raheem Moster and Kendall Fuller who

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<v Speaker 2>made a game winning pick if you will on Thursday.

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<v Speaker 2>From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Draft Time Podcast. Coy one and done

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<v Speaker 2>joint practices to and not really a ton to go

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<v Speaker 2>in on here as we have some competitive reps in

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<v Speaker 2>the red zone, some full field move the ball periods,

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<v Speaker 2>which is where you mark the ball where it's down

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<v Speaker 2>and continue to drive from their opposed to resetting at

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<v Speaker 2>the original line scrimmage, and then a two minute period

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<v Speaker 2>to close practice and let's go ahead and get the

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<v Speaker 2>overarching I guess result that we want to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>here on the podcast, because we're not gonna harp on

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<v Speaker 2>for thirty minutes here the negativity that we saw in

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<v Speaker 2>the field today. But I'll just go ahead and tell

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<v Speaker 2>you that the Commanders won the practice. They were the

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<v Speaker 2>better team on the field today. Does that matter, No,

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<v Speaker 2>not one iota. Some of you might disagree with that,

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<v Speaker 2>but they played good and the Dolphins had some ups

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<v Speaker 2>and downs, but overall, I think the decision does go

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<v Speaker 2>to the Commanders. Just want to put that on the

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<v Speaker 2>top of the podcast because I'm not going to sit

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<v Speaker 2>here and continue to stress out and make you worry

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<v Speaker 2>about a hobby endeavor. I can't say endeavor your endeavor

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<v Speaker 2>because I had to go back and redo this an

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<v Speaker 2>endeavor of yours that is for fun. I don't under

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<v Speaker 2>stand the process of making you worry about something that

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<v Speaker 2>is nothing to worry about, and that is how one

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<v Speaker 2>particular training camp practice might deter or rather reshape your

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<v Speaker 2>view of this football team. So just want to put

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<v Speaker 2>it out there. I thought the Dolphins kind of lost

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<v Speaker 2>the practice. But let's go through this whole thing, starting

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<v Speaker 2>with the play of the day and the story of

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<v Speaker 2>how we got there, and begin with what we saw

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<v Speaker 2>from the Commanders on offense a red hot, red zone

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<v Speaker 2>period where they kind of like that's kind where they

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<v Speaker 2>won the day with Jadeen Daniels and the Commander's offense.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't see all the touchdowns I saw David Farna

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<v Speaker 2>said there was five of them. I believe him. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think he has any reason to make that up.

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<v Speaker 2>And David's a pretty solid dude, who doesn't, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>do the whole engagement farming thing. So I trust him.

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<v Speaker 2>But sometimes, you know, they stagger snaps and sometimes they

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<v Speaker 2>happen simultaneously, and it was simultaneous consistently throughout the day,

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<v Speaker 2>and with the offense operating literally right in front of me,

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<v Speaker 2>like I was in line with the line of scrimmage

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<v Speaker 2>and it was on the field closest to me, where

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<v Speaker 2>the defense was on the opposite goal line on the

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<v Speaker 2>other field, literally one hundred and fifty yards away. So

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<v Speaker 2>I saw results on some of the plays, but I

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<v Speaker 2>have zero process or analysis, which to me, is completely useless.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll never see me tweeting, you know, Jason Sanders is

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<v Speaker 2>currently kicking field goals. I won't tweet that. It provides

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<v Speaker 2>no value, And you don't need to read about that.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I saw from Jade and Daniels was confidence,

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<v Speaker 2>commanders a good variety of throws. You know, from my

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<v Speaker 2>scouting perspective, he has more to do to get that

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<v Speaker 2>Arizona State taste out of my mouth, if you will.

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<v Speaker 2>And maybe that's unfair because he progressed into this player

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<v Speaker 2>that had quite literally a perfect season last year at LSU,

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<v Speaker 2>a clear runaway Heisman from like early November, he was

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<v Speaker 2>the guy that was going to win that award. But

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<v Speaker 2>then to see him today and with Michael Pennox last week,

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<v Speaker 2>I think sometimes you can just kind of see it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm still worried about the combination of Jaden Daniels's

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<v Speaker 2>build and play style, but I came away really impressed

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<v Speaker 2>with this game today. In particular, what he and Pennox

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<v Speaker 2>both showed me was the rhythm with which they could

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<v Speaker 2>play in the offense, which for a rookie is typically

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<v Speaker 2>the difficult part. Now in training camp practices, Vanilla, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it looks better in there than it will in the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Case in point, Scaler Thompson twenty twenty two preseason Couldn't

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<v Speaker 2>Miss gets onto the field in the regular season, and

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<v Speaker 2>the game speeds up and it's a completely different result.

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<v Speaker 2>You're probably wondering, Travis, why the hell are you talking

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<v Speaker 2>about the Washington Commanders kick off the podcast. I'm doing

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<v Speaker 2>that because I wanted to get into this and tell

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<v Speaker 2>you how a day can unfold because of what Kendall

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<v Speaker 2>Fuller put on the field today on the tape today.

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<v Speaker 2>But first, I think that Jaden Daniel's commentary is a

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<v Speaker 2>perfect way to get into this question that I had

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<v Speaker 2>for coach McDaniel before practice and a little peak behind

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<v Speaker 2>the curtain here. I've been sitting on this question for

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks because I was unable to write

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<v Speaker 2>it in a way that I thought made sense to

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<v Speaker 2>ask coach. But today's presser was a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>relaxed than it usually is. There wasn't people climbing all

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<v Speaker 2>over each other to get questions off, So like, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead and fire it off here, and you can

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<v Speaker 2>hear me at the start of the question start to say,

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<v Speaker 2>or at the end of it, I should say, does

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<v Speaker 2>that make sense? And before I can get past does that?

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<v Speaker 2>Coach answers yes by giving me a great answer. But

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<v Speaker 2>what I asked him was, how do you look at

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<v Speaker 2>cutdown day with regards to the entire body of work

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<v Speaker 2>from the new season, going back to Phase one in April,

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<v Speaker 2>through OTAs, through June and into camp in July and

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<v Speaker 2>even into August. Because and again here we go with

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<v Speaker 2>the golf analogies, it's like when you're gonna go play

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<v Speaker 2>around on Saturday and you're gonna hit balls at the

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<v Speaker 2>range at various days throughout the week. You're not overly

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<v Speaker 2>concerned with your bad range session or how your swing

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<v Speaker 2>looked on a Tuesday. You just have to find a

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<v Speaker 2>way to dial it in coome Saturday, right, because the

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<v Speaker 2>score gets kept on Saturday, not on Tuesday. That's how

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<v Speaker 2>I view camp with that frame of mind, where the

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<v Speaker 2>games in September that's your Saturday. These practices on training

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<v Speaker 2>camp are your Tuesday. So you know, I asked, coach,

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<v Speaker 2>do you consider the reps that happened proverbly on that Tuesday, right,

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<v Speaker 2>but in May and in April and June, even into

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<v Speaker 2>July and training camp or is there sort of this

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<v Speaker 2>arbitrary cutoff date where you bank all those reps and

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<v Speaker 2>that was all about creating this final product of a

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<v Speaker 2>player and then we project from there, or is that

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<v Speaker 2>cutoff day earlier, where we have given you the tools.

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<v Speaker 2>Now go show us for two weeks or whatever that

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<v Speaker 2>number would be, what we have developed in you. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's up to you now to put those all together

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<v Speaker 2>to make a final product of a player. And Coach

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<v Speaker 2>gave me this great answer.

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<v Speaker 5>No, it makes sense. It is something that I think

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<v Speaker 5>is only the only way I know how to you know,

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<v Speaker 5>truly do right by the evaluation of all of our players,

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<v Speaker 5>for not only the individual players, but for the organization,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, collectively, having a ton of conversations and then

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<v Speaker 5>what to me is the only way to approach it

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<v Speaker 5>is investing every day in guy's story on the field

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<v Speaker 5>and seeing how they adjust to turmoil, seeing where you

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<v Speaker 5>know you want to be in front of that stuff,

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<v Speaker 5>so you always have things to coach to see. If

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<v Speaker 5>you know the pattern is that you're trending up, then

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<v Speaker 5>you know, at the moment of truth, that trend probably

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<v Speaker 5>speaks more than the exact player at that moment. You

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<v Speaker 5>can you can, you can, justifiably with good reason, forecast

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<v Speaker 5>you know the future by that trend, and if the

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<v Speaker 5>trends inversed, you take that into account. I think all

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<v Speaker 5>the things the main thing that I think people are

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<v Speaker 5>players that have been here, you know, for this being

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<v Speaker 5>their third year, have seen firsthand, and you know the

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<v Speaker 5>players feel it during the course of camp. We we

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<v Speaker 5>don't pretend to know the final answer. I think that's

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<v Speaker 5>super important because you, I think you have to stay

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<v Speaker 5>true to the you know, what is what is your

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<v Speaker 5>primary importance or what is the the thing that is

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<v Speaker 5>of primary importance. And to me, that is that players

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<v Speaker 5>get to determine who should be on the team who

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<v Speaker 5>by their actions and not by a predisposed like everybody

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<v Speaker 5>wins if the Dolphins are their best version of themselves.

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<v Speaker 5>So we just push that paying attention to everything and

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<v Speaker 5>where guys are at is very important. And sometimes there's

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<v Speaker 5>a caveat of assessing trends because you know, you're you've

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<v Speaker 5>been along for the journey the whole time and can

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<v Speaker 5>applausibly forecast.

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<v Speaker 2>And I just think that's so instructive because well, let's

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<v Speaker 2>name some examples. For instance, I came into this camp

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<v Speaker 2>not entirely sure what we would get from Julian Hill.

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<v Speaker 2>For instance, I thought Jody Fortson could could possibly unseat

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<v Speaker 2>him in the Miami Tide end room. I thought Durham

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<v Speaker 2>Smyth was a lock to be ahead of him and

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<v Speaker 2>Johnny Smith clearly in that range from my pre camp perspective,

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<v Speaker 2>and then what does Tanner Connor do? And since then

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<v Speaker 2>I've learned that he took last year and built on

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<v Speaker 2>that in every single way possible. So to me, I

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<v Speaker 2>thought this could be a bubble roster guy, and now

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<v Speaker 2>I see that I couldn't be more wrong, as this

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<v Speaker 2>guy has a very clear, big role in the offense.

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<v Speaker 2>And I hate to admit this, but Jason Matrie was

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<v Speaker 2>a guy that maybe I subconsciously wrote off since he

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<v Speaker 2>was a late ad to the UDFA crop and all

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<v Speaker 2>he's done in camp is make plays and show me

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<v Speaker 2>how dumb that thought, conscious or not was to possess.

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<v Speaker 2>Hayden Rouchie was a guy that I didn't think had

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<v Speaker 2>a chance because I thought he was slow on tape

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<v Speaker 2>and had nothing to offer in the passing game, and

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<v Speaker 2>given the depth of this tight end room, I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't have a chance. But then after watching him

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<v Speaker 2>play in a game and some practices, Oh, he's an

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<v Speaker 2>absolute butt kicker of a blocker, which was on tape,

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<v Speaker 2>but I didn't know how easily for him that would translate.

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<v Speaker 2>So early on in his NFL career, I thought Jack

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<v Speaker 2>Drisko go off to a very slow start in training camp,

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<v Speaker 2>to the point that I was like, that, ain't it.

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<v Speaker 2>But now I'm not convinced he's not a top five

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<v Speaker 2>offensive lineman on this team. Right now, I've seen Rob

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<v Speaker 2>Jones progress and take the system, take to the system,

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<v Speaker 2>I should say more and more, especially compared to years past.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's all over the roster. And if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't change your mind to new information, that stubbornness is

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<v Speaker 2>the perfect recipe for complacency. And as we'll learn from

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<v Speaker 2>Kay Adams on tomorrow's episode of Drive Time, you're either

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<v Speaker 2>growing or dying. There is no keeping the status quo.

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<v Speaker 2>Always question your own evaluations and be willing to adapt them.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I think you need to sort of undo

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<v Speaker 2>some of those preconceived notions even now at the stage

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<v Speaker 2>of camp, because if a guy comes on and carries

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<v Speaker 2>production into week one, you have to wait that more

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<v Speaker 2>than a guy that you liked back in OTA's who

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<v Speaker 2>maybe hasn't made as many plays lately. That trajectory, to

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<v Speaker 2>me is super fascinating. And to that point, how about

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<v Speaker 2>the trajectory of a single practice for a veteran like

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<v Speaker 2>Kendall Fuller who's played close to ten thousand snaps in

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<v Speaker 2>his career, and this two parter here encapsulates not just

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<v Speaker 2>that concept, but also how camp practices without the benefit

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<v Speaker 2>of a play sheet is at best guesswork. And I

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<v Speaker 2>again say that as a person that kind of makes

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<v Speaker 2>my hay during training camp. So Kendall allowed a touchdown

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<v Speaker 2>pass to scary Terry McLaurin in that opening red zone period,

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<v Speaker 2>but then he closes practice with my favorite moment from

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<v Speaker 2>training camp so far. So the offense takes the ball

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<v Speaker 2>down the field in an end of game situation, a

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<v Speaker 2>critical third down completion from Tuo to Barios gets them

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<v Speaker 2>into range, and Sanders drills the back of the net

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<v Speaker 2>and splits the uprights right down the middle from fifty

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<v Speaker 2>four yards away. In fact, I asked Jason about it

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<v Speaker 2>after practice and I was like, dude, how many yards

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<v Speaker 2>are you good from right now? And he was like,

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<v Speaker 2>kind of fresh leg man, Let's keep that leg fresh.

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<v Speaker 2>But on the defensive side, the Commanders line up for

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<v Speaker 2>their first play and they try to go win the

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<v Speaker 2>game with their offense and McLaurin gets out of his break,

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<v Speaker 2>Kendall Fuller caps it, gets his hands on the receiver

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<v Speaker 2>and knocks him to the ground. And I don't care

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<v Speaker 2>where anybody said, you're gonna retweets about him slipping and falling.

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<v Speaker 2>A professional athlete does not fall for no reason, especially

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<v Speaker 2>on turf that's not wet. Doesn't happen. I actually used

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<v Speaker 2>to tell refs this in basketball games. If I got

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<v Speaker 2>knocked to the ground, I'd be like, I'm an athlete.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't just fall down for no reason. That was

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<v Speaker 2>a foul, and they'd be like, oh, you fell down

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<v Speaker 2>by yourself. No, dude, it didn't happen. I was always

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<v Speaker 2>trying to gain the refs that way. But it's true,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I was a you know, three year letter athlete

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<v Speaker 2>in the basketball team, Like I'm not just falling down

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<v Speaker 2>on my own. So Kendall wins the physicality aspect of

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<v Speaker 2>the matchup. McLaurin falls down and Kendall picks it off,

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<v Speaker 2>and he does this right in front of the commander's sideline.

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<v Speaker 2>He makes the play, goes to the ground, pops back up,

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<v Speaker 2>and then folds his arms across his chest and strikes

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<v Speaker 2>the post that has to say, yeah, I'm that dude,

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<v Speaker 2>and the best part, his teammates rushed the field and

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<v Speaker 2>mob him. It reminded me of when my my wife

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<v Speaker 2>and I went and saw WSU on a Friday night

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<v Speaker 2>packed twelve primetime football game, number fifteen in the country

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<v Speaker 2>take down number five ranked USC Austin Jackson's fifth ranked

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<v Speaker 2>Trojans on that Friday night in Pullman, and we rushed

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<v Speaker 2>the field after the game, and Mike Leach was interviewed

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<v Speaker 2>and said, it's like woodstock out here, only everybody is

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<v Speaker 2>fully clothed. That's kind of what it reminded me of

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<v Speaker 2>with full clothed football players. Awesome, awesome scene. Let's go

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<v Speaker 2>ahead and get the play by play on those two

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<v Speaker 2>plays from Kendall Fuller.

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<v Speaker 6>The coverage that we were in, it was a coverage

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<v Speaker 6>that we haven't ran as much. So for me, it

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<v Speaker 6>was a learning experience of just knowing how or when

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<v Speaker 6>I can expect to use my safety and whether or

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<v Speaker 6>not I can use them or if I have to

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<v Speaker 6>be more aggressive and things like that. And Terry made

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<v Speaker 6>a had a good, good route, good catch, and then

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<v Speaker 6>at the end it was just an out route that

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<v Speaker 6>I love to make plays on, and I was unfortunately

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<v Speaker 6>able to make it, make a play on it.

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<v Speaker 2>And so just another reminder, we cannot look at camp

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<v Speaker 2>play results without context because the purpose, again is not

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<v Speaker 2>to win camp plays, but to get prepared for the

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<v Speaker 2>season a new coverage. Do you want to roll that

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<v Speaker 2>out in September or do you want to win a

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<v Speaker 2>camp practice in August? Pretty obviously answer to me. That's

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<v Speaker 2>my only point there. And it works both ways where

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<v Speaker 2>we get maybe too excited, and I'm definitely guilty of that,

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<v Speaker 2>but I the excitement and conviction that I have on

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast every day about where I believe this team

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<v Speaker 2>is going is steeped in, you know, the past eight

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<v Speaker 2>months of studying this team and the moves and how

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<v Speaker 2>they might fit. So it's not just like, oh right,

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<v Speaker 2>don't run Like no, it's it's watching Tennessee tape and

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<v Speaker 2>hearing coach talk about how they want to use this

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<v Speaker 2>guy like it's it's not just lacking context like I

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<v Speaker 2>see some of the other content that talks about how

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<v Speaker 2>bad it is.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's see.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go ahead and go back here to Toront Armstead

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<v Speaker 2>who talked about Kendall Fuller and that play he made

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of practice.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, you can tell the impact that Kendall has

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<v Speaker 4>brought to this team already. He's a he's a joy

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<v Speaker 4>to be around. Guys love him in the locker room,

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<v Speaker 4>in on the field, he's the leader, not the most

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<v Speaker 4>vocal guy, but he's a very consistent pro, which which

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<v Speaker 4>you love to see. He's he's always on his game,

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<v Speaker 4>always on his technique. So it's only fitting for him

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<v Speaker 4>to be the one to get that interception and kind

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<v Speaker 4>of in practice against his former teams.

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<v Speaker 2>And let's close up this segment with the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the defensive backs or a few of them. From what

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<v Speaker 2>I saw, Cater Kohu, I think had the best day.

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<v Speaker 2>He made some plays. I saw him get a TfL

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<v Speaker 2>in the red zone period, and I saw him score

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<v Speaker 2>both a pass breakup and a forced incompletion separate of

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<v Speaker 2>that pass breakup in the move the ball period. So

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<v Speaker 2>three plays there from him. And that was a period

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<v Speaker 2>where Washington got almost nothing, so you know, back and

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<v Speaker 2>forth flows of training camp. Marcus May picked off Daniels

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<v Speaker 2>on a throw that was deflected over the middle of

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<v Speaker 2>the football field. I think it was rookie tight end

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<v Speaker 2>Ben soonet Son, who is looks awesome to me, but

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<v Speaker 2>I cannot say with one hundred percent uncertainty because I

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't see that far away, especially with jerseys rolled up

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<v Speaker 2>under the chess pads.

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<v Speaker 4>There.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all I got for you guys there. We have

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<v Speaker 2>a lot more here, including a lot of offensive line

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<v Speaker 2>talk with Toron Armstead. I'm going to go on another

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<v Speaker 2>rant that we'll see if you guys enjoy it or not.

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<v Speaker 2>More sound from coach McDaniel. Will also hear from Raheem

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<v Speaker 2>Moster and do the rest of the notes here on

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<v Speaker 2>the Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to

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<v Speaker 2>you by Auto Nation.

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<v Speaker 5>You know I'm looking for today to matter. I say

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<v Speaker 5>that to the players a ton and you can make

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<v Speaker 5>today matter for your your your season, the team if

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<v Speaker 5>you're fully committed and invested with the right mindset and

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<v Speaker 5>focus for the job at hand and trimming the fact

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<v Speaker 5>cutting out there's a lot of a lot of excitement,

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of exuberance and joint practices and having your

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<v Speaker 5>mind through competition still toward the team goal and the

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<v Speaker 5>unit goal or the and your job on each and

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<v Speaker 5>every play. That type of mindset adds up and builds

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<v Speaker 5>over the course of the course of the training camp.

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<v Speaker 5>That allows you to play your most convicted football, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>in the regular season, or allows you to play more

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<v Speaker 5>the most convicted football for this preseason game, which for

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<v Speaker 5>a lot of participants is as important as a game

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<v Speaker 5>could get. I just wanted to matter, and how it

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<v Speaker 5>matters is through intent. Are you prepared, have you taken

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<v Speaker 5>all the stuff that we've learned, are you heating to

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<v Speaker 5>the points of emphasis? And then how do you respond

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<v Speaker 5>to the inevitable play that the opposing team makes. All

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<v Speaker 5>of those things are what I'm looking for because I

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<v Speaker 5>know I don't know exactly what I just know it

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<v Speaker 5>today will matter if we operate accordingly.

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<v Speaker 2>And that theme continues as we get closer and closer

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<v Speaker 2>to the end of training camp. In fact, that was

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<v Speaker 2>the last day of fans here at the Baptist Hell

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<v Speaker 2>Training Complex. We have two practices next week here and

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<v Speaker 2>then one in Tampa Bay the game, and then it's

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<v Speaker 2>on to cut down day and the regular season. We

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<v Speaker 2>kind of made it, guys like we're getting very close.

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<v Speaker 2>My son's been sick. The ac in my house went

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<v Speaker 2>out there the night. That's an expensive fun bill to pay.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just been a long week for you boy, and

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't had a chance to watch Hard Knocks yet.

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<v Speaker 2>One of my top five comedians of all time, Nick Swartzen,

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<v Speaker 2>has a new special out. I haven't had a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to watch that yet. So I am itching to get

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<v Speaker 2>to some content and then hopefully things get a little

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<v Speaker 2>less cadoic around the Wingfold household to slow down time

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<v Speaker 2>for a football season, because I can't wait. It's been

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<v Speaker 2>it's brown way too long since we last saw professional

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<v Speaker 2>football in a competitive environment. Let's go ahead theugh and

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<v Speaker 2>continue the day's work here. And I want to go

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<v Speaker 2>back to Tarron Armstead in a moment, as we are

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<v Speaker 2>going to be offensive line, running back and run game

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<v Speaker 2>heavy on the podcast today and to that point, you

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<v Speaker 2>know again, I saw that we were keeping score on

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<v Speaker 2>the red zone touchdown plays and the Dolphins were behind

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<v Speaker 2>twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 3>Nothing like.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, come on, bro, like we're doing that. You mean

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<v Speaker 2>the team that we beat last year forty five to

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen last year in a real game.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Like, look, I don't There's a lot of content out there,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that your time as a fan and

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<v Speaker 2>why I try to make this podcast as tight as

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<v Speaker 2>possible with the most pertinent information. I can make this

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<v Speaker 2>show an hour every day because I find that much compelling.

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<v Speaker 2>But I find your time valuable, and you can listen

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<v Speaker 2>to whatever you want. But I just think there's enough

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<v Speaker 2>good content out there to avoid the vapid rhetoric that

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<v Speaker 2>I so often see. Now, with all of that said,

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<v Speaker 2>I loved, loved, loved how the Dolphins were getting surge

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<v Speaker 2>in the running game, and it was once again more

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<v Speaker 2>creative than your vanilla, stagnant stuff that you might see

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<v Speaker 2>early on in training camp. You're starting to see kind

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<v Speaker 2>of the implementation of I guess we'll call them wrinkles

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<v Speaker 2>off of last year's run game and last year's motions.

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<v Speaker 2>I won't go any more into detail, but just know

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<v Speaker 2>that week one you're going to see new stuff like

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<v Speaker 2>that's how this offense works. And without going into detail,

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<v Speaker 2>it just looked like in season run game stuff, and

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<v Speaker 2>it got me thinking, you know, we get to Ron

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<v Speaker 2>Armstead today for media availability, the best press conference on

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<v Speaker 2>the entire team. From my money, let's ask this guy

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<v Speaker 2>who has seen every run scheme in the history of football.

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<v Speaker 2>And I actually began my question with that way with

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<v Speaker 2>t Stead, and he just leans into the mic and

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<v Speaker 2>goes facts that was a fun moment. But I wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to ask him, as a decade plus long vet who

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<v Speaker 2>has seen everything this game has to offer, it's got

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<v Speaker 2>to be fun to sit in there and watch coach

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<v Speaker 2>and Frank Smith and you know, Eric Studisville in the

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<v Speaker 2>entire run game Operation install the league's most creative run game, right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, it's great. They find ways to continue to innovate.

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<v Speaker 4>They continue to evolve the run game. They put the

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<v Speaker 4>defense in bonds that's advantageous for us as far as leverage.

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<v Speaker 4>And then they allow a whole line to be playmakers.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm able to get up to the second level

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<v Speaker 4>the corner or maybe even a safety, things that in

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<v Speaker 4>most run game schemes you you don't necessarily dom usually

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<v Speaker 4>blocking a DN or double team in on a detac

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<v Speaker 4>or something like that. But be able to get up

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<v Speaker 4>to line Baker's corners and all that, you know, I

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<v Speaker 4>feel like I'm making you know, I can get a

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<v Speaker 4>chance to make a play.

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<v Speaker 2>I just can't love that enough. Allowing your offensive line

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<v Speaker 2>to be playmakers and feel like they are playmakers at

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<v Speaker 2>a position where it's kind of all about, like you know,

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<v Speaker 2>silent operation. I don't know how many of you guys

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<v Speaker 2>have ever grinded the Testead Saints tape, but if you

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<v Speaker 2>get a chance, like do it. Because he was a

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<v Speaker 2>freaking playmaker there. Some of his pancakes like comical Looney

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<v Speaker 2>Tunes style decleating blocks where he would get Alvin Kamara

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<v Speaker 2>these walk in touchdown runs because the defender on the

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<v Speaker 2>edge is you know, doing the who like freaking curly

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<v Speaker 2>and the three stooges getting pushed around ice skates. Not

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<v Speaker 2>many left tackles have been playmakers like Toront Armstead, and

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<v Speaker 2>I thought we got some of that today. The first

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<v Speaker 2>two runs of the practice were perfectly created edges where

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<v Speaker 2>they dented and sealed the perimeter for the combinations of

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<v Speaker 2>Austin Jackson, Durham Smyth, John Newsmith and alec Ingold to

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<v Speaker 2>get too nice where he moster at runs just erasing

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<v Speaker 2>their gap fits and springing heam for some shifty runs

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<v Speaker 2>off the perimeter. Then when they went inside they found

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<v Speaker 2>their footing with right with Heim with Savon Ahmed. I

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<v Speaker 2>thought Rob Jones was instrumental there. And speaking of Rob Jones,

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<v Speaker 2>let's go ahead and go back to t Stead on

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<v Speaker 2>what he sees in Big Rob's game.

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<v Speaker 4>He's proven. He's proven. He's still young, but he got

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<v Speaker 4>he got games under his belt against high level talent.

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<v Speaker 2>He's proven.

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<v Speaker 4>He's a dog. He's physical, he's strong, he's smart, he's tough,

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<v Speaker 4>everything that you want in a player. I love playing next.

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<v Speaker 2>One and I saw that pretty much throughout the period

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<v Speaker 2>where they would get these first and ten runs or

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<v Speaker 2>first in goal runs rather from the ten yard line,

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<v Speaker 2>and they would get it inside the five. That is

0:22:44.560 --> 0:22:46.680
<v Speaker 2>what you're trying to do on first and goal from

0:22:46.680 --> 0:22:48.360
<v Speaker 2>the ten. If you can get it inside the five

0:22:48.440 --> 0:22:51.720
<v Speaker 2>yard line, you now have two cracks, maybe three cracks

0:22:51.760 --> 0:22:54.520
<v Speaker 2>at finding a three or four yard touchdown. Sign me

0:22:54.640 --> 0:22:56.879
<v Speaker 2>up for that. It happened all day long. And I

0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:59.439
<v Speaker 2>want to dive in deeper here to Rob Jones because

0:22:59.760 --> 0:23:02.080
<v Speaker 2>you know so I referenced that Cowboys drive at the

0:23:02.160 --> 0:23:04.040
<v Speaker 2>end of the year last year, where him and Jeff Wilson,

0:23:04.119 --> 0:23:06.080
<v Speaker 2>and that's why I like, that's why I care about

0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:08.840
<v Speaker 2>guys deep onto the death chart. Jeff Wilson came into

0:23:08.840 --> 0:23:10.560
<v Speaker 2>the year as an ir back who was, you know,

0:23:10.760 --> 0:23:13.399
<v Speaker 2>fourth in the death chart. Rob Jones is probably O

0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:16.840
<v Speaker 2>line eight and they're making critical plays on Christmas Eve

0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:18.920
<v Speaker 2>to win you a game that clinches a playoff Berth.

0:23:19.600 --> 0:23:21.879
<v Speaker 2>I can't fathom coming out here and being like, well,

0:23:21.920 --> 0:23:23.960
<v Speaker 2>Tyreek's not playing, so I don't really care about this practice.

0:23:24.040 --> 0:23:26.520
<v Speaker 2>Every player can give you information out here. And I

0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:28.840
<v Speaker 2>also wasn't shy about how I thought Rob played at

0:23:28.880 --> 0:23:31.560
<v Speaker 2>right tackle his rookie year in that season finale against

0:23:31.600 --> 0:23:33.840
<v Speaker 2>the Patriots, and a reminder that this is a guy

0:23:33.920 --> 0:23:36.800
<v Speaker 2>that was a UDFA from Middle Tennessee State, And in

0:23:36.960 --> 0:23:39.640
<v Speaker 2>talking to Rob Jones last year in open locker rooms,

0:23:39.960 --> 0:23:41.920
<v Speaker 2>have kind of gotten to know him, and he's a

0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:45.240
<v Speaker 2>very friendly fella, and through our chats and interviews, you

0:23:45.320 --> 0:23:48.080
<v Speaker 2>know he only started playing football as a senior in

0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:50.920
<v Speaker 2>high school. He then goes to Juco before Middle Tennessee

0:23:50.960 --> 0:23:54.159
<v Speaker 2>State and there he runs duo. That's it, per him,

0:23:54.560 --> 0:23:55.280
<v Speaker 2>just ran duo.

0:23:55.400 --> 0:23:56.159
<v Speaker 1>And what duo is.

0:23:56.240 --> 0:23:58.719
<v Speaker 2>It's combination blocks, double teams. It's like a it's more

0:23:58.760 --> 0:24:02.520
<v Speaker 2>of a counter to outside zone in some sense, but

0:24:02.600 --> 0:24:05.080
<v Speaker 2>it's a little bit more like connective and more down

0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:08.440
<v Speaker 2>blocking than playing horizontally like this offense does. Then he

0:24:08.560 --> 0:24:10.879
<v Speaker 2>gets here and it's you know, in twenty twenty one,

0:24:11.000 --> 0:24:13.919
<v Speaker 2>more of that duo and RPO concepts, which is more

0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:16.080
<v Speaker 2>down blocking. But then his second year as a pro,

0:24:16.280 --> 0:24:18.800
<v Speaker 2>you pivot to this complete remaking of your game in

0:24:18.840 --> 0:24:21.199
<v Speaker 2>this system. Remember we discussed that in twenty twenty two

0:24:21.280 --> 0:24:23.760
<v Speaker 2>with Rob Hunt, with Austin Jackson. These guys are like,

0:24:23.840 --> 0:24:26.359
<v Speaker 2>we have to relearn the position entirely. McDaniels said as much.

0:24:26.400 --> 0:24:28.960
<v Speaker 2>You know, Matt applebomb holes as much. And you know

0:24:29.080 --> 0:24:30.600
<v Speaker 2>Rob Jones gets a little bit of time, but not

0:24:30.760 --> 0:24:33.000
<v Speaker 2>much there. And then last year he goes through some

0:24:33.119 --> 0:24:35.440
<v Speaker 2>bad injury luck and has these two injuries that rob

0:24:36.280 --> 0:24:39.440
<v Speaker 2>him pun of some time, but gets back in there

0:24:39.480 --> 0:24:41.920
<v Speaker 2>and gets some run late in the season. Now he's

0:24:41.960 --> 0:24:44.720
<v Speaker 2>down to three hundred and fifteen pounds per him He

0:24:44.880 --> 0:24:46.960
<v Speaker 2>was listed at three hundred and twenty eight pounds last year.

0:24:47.160 --> 0:24:49.800
<v Speaker 2>He's had a full, healthy offseason. And I keep thinking

0:24:49.840 --> 0:24:52.760
<v Speaker 2>about this trend in the NFL of offensive linemen that

0:24:52.840 --> 0:24:55.680
<v Speaker 2>take more time than any other position to develop. And

0:24:55.960 --> 0:24:59.159
<v Speaker 2>while you're seeing these highly drafted linemen not work out

0:24:59.240 --> 0:25:01.840
<v Speaker 2>in their first and then they go somewhere else on

0:25:01.960 --> 0:25:03.920
<v Speaker 2>a prove it type of deal, they ball out and

0:25:03.920 --> 0:25:06.640
<v Speaker 2>they get paid and they take off. Like I could

0:25:06.640 --> 0:25:08.760
<v Speaker 2>see that happening for Evan Neil who's been an absolute

0:25:09.119 --> 0:25:11.960
<v Speaker 2>travesty for the Giants for his first two years and

0:25:12.119 --> 0:25:15.520
<v Speaker 2>just a random name. Even Christian Darras saw with the Vikings.

0:25:15.560 --> 0:25:18.200
<v Speaker 2>Go watch with Vikings fans or look at I should

0:25:18.240 --> 0:25:20.720
<v Speaker 2>say what they said about him during his rookie season.

0:25:21.040 --> 0:25:23.720
<v Speaker 2>Now he's one hundred million dollar player. Like the college

0:25:23.800 --> 0:25:26.600
<v Speaker 2>game is not conducive by and large to NFL line

0:25:26.640 --> 0:25:29.840
<v Speaker 2>play development. They're just not. It's a vertical set. Get

0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:31.639
<v Speaker 2>in the way and then get back to the huddle.

0:25:31.720 --> 0:25:33.880
<v Speaker 2>Don't worry about finishing your blocks or driving guys into

0:25:33.880 --> 0:25:35.720
<v Speaker 2>the ground. It's the exact same thing I said about

0:25:35.720 --> 0:25:38.720
<v Speaker 2>Patrick Paul when they drafted him. Do you think Dana Holgerson,

0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:41.480
<v Speaker 2>one of the greatest offensive minds in college football the

0:25:41.560 --> 0:25:43.840
<v Speaker 2>last two decades, Do you think he cares about getting

0:25:43.840 --> 0:25:46.240
<v Speaker 2>his offensive lineman ready for the National Football League or

0:25:46.720 --> 0:25:49.960
<v Speaker 2>that his system is in any way conducive to their development.

0:25:50.160 --> 0:25:52.560
<v Speaker 2>He's got a system that works and wins games, and

0:25:52.680 --> 0:25:55.239
<v Speaker 2>that's all his ad cares about. You see it all

0:25:55.320 --> 0:25:58.480
<v Speaker 2>the time. Austin Jackson much a twenty year old rookie

0:25:58.520 --> 0:26:01.080
<v Speaker 2>who had less than one thousand collars reps and took

0:26:01.160 --> 0:26:02.959
<v Speaker 2>some time to have it click. Now look at him.

0:26:02.960 --> 0:26:04.840
<v Speaker 2>He's got a three year contract for the Miami Dolphins,

0:26:05.119 --> 0:26:08.520
<v Speaker 2>and it has me thinking, we keep thinking that Leam

0:26:08.600 --> 0:26:10.760
<v Speaker 2>Eikenberg is the next one who's going to have that

0:26:10.920 --> 0:26:12.440
<v Speaker 2>light come on for him, or maybe you're not, but

0:26:12.520 --> 0:26:14.399
<v Speaker 2>that's I think the sentiment that you would hope for

0:26:14.840 --> 0:26:16.919
<v Speaker 2>due to his draft position and you know how much

0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:19.399
<v Speaker 2>time he's played, but I look at that as a

0:26:19.600 --> 0:26:22.880
<v Speaker 2>deterrent for improvement and development because he played like four

0:26:22.960 --> 0:26:25.199
<v Speaker 2>thousand snaps at another Dame and has played a ton

0:26:25.240 --> 0:26:26.840
<v Speaker 2>of snaps through his first three years as a pro.

0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:29.760
<v Speaker 2>I think maybe the guy with minimal snaps over the

0:26:29.840 --> 0:26:32.400
<v Speaker 2>first two years, who used JUCO and Group of five

0:26:32.480 --> 0:26:34.640
<v Speaker 2>Football to kind of learn the game and then had

0:26:34.680 --> 0:26:36.719
<v Speaker 2>to relearn it again his second year as a pro,

0:26:37.240 --> 0:26:39.360
<v Speaker 2>I think that guy might have the salt to kind

0:26:39.400 --> 0:26:42.400
<v Speaker 2>of be the next guy we look at and look

0:26:42.440 --> 0:26:44.440
<v Speaker 2>at how he developed and gave us another hit on

0:26:44.520 --> 0:26:48.320
<v Speaker 2>the offensive line that wasn't from an unexpected or rather

0:26:48.480 --> 0:26:50.959
<v Speaker 2>an expected form of acquisition, and by that I mean

0:26:51.000 --> 0:26:53.320
<v Speaker 2>a high draft pick or a big free agent signing.

0:26:53.760 --> 0:26:57.000
<v Speaker 2>And all this talk kind of has me feeling ranty

0:26:57.080 --> 0:26:59.359
<v Speaker 2>once again. So here's what I want to do. And

0:26:59.480 --> 0:27:01.960
<v Speaker 2>when you hear the audio difference here, just know that

0:27:02.040 --> 0:27:04.200
<v Speaker 2>this was on the postgame show that we recorded last

0:27:04.280 --> 0:27:06.680
<v Speaker 2>Friday night with Seth and OJ, so it's going to

0:27:06.800 --> 0:27:09.240
<v Speaker 2>sound different, But this was the rant that I prepared

0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:12.840
<v Speaker 2>for the show about concerning thoughts I see regarding the

0:27:12.920 --> 0:27:15.800
<v Speaker 2>offense as a whole. It is offensive line heavy, but

0:27:15.920 --> 0:27:18.240
<v Speaker 2>I keep trying to make this point, yet I still

0:27:18.280 --> 0:27:19.840
<v Speaker 2>see the same stuff. I don't know, Maybe I need

0:27:19.880 --> 0:27:23.280
<v Speaker 2>to broadcast this to a wider audience somehow, but this

0:27:23.480 --> 0:27:25.560
<v Speaker 2>was my rant on how the number one offense in

0:27:25.600 --> 0:27:27.760
<v Speaker 2>the NFL with plenty of research that you'll hear on

0:27:27.800 --> 0:27:31.040
<v Speaker 2>the on the rant will be just fine. Sometimes you

0:27:31.160 --> 0:27:34.400
<v Speaker 2>hear something once or multiple times that gives you inspiration

0:27:34.520 --> 0:27:37.639
<v Speaker 2>to do it yourself. And my esteem co host here,

0:27:37.680 --> 0:27:40.160
<v Speaker 2>Seth Levitt, has one of my favorite segments that I've heard.

0:27:40.240 --> 0:27:41.760
<v Speaker 3>He did on the Draft Show.

0:27:42.080 --> 0:27:43.359
<v Speaker 2>He's done a few of them here for us in

0:27:43.400 --> 0:27:45.720
<v Speaker 2>the Postgame show, he's don on the Happy Hour Show

0:27:46.000 --> 0:27:49.280
<v Speaker 2>that him induced posts during the season as well. And

0:27:49.359 --> 0:27:51.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to go ahead and lift my co host

0:27:51.280 --> 0:27:54.480
<v Speaker 2>here my Kinsigi area, my friend his bit. If you

0:27:54.560 --> 0:27:58.280
<v Speaker 2>guys don't mind real quick. It's something that has you

0:27:58.840 --> 0:28:01.080
<v Speaker 2>that's right. It's something that has been on my mind

0:28:01.119 --> 0:28:03.720
<v Speaker 2>for several days now. And you know what I think, Guys,

0:28:04.600 --> 0:28:07.600
<v Speaker 2>what do you think, Travis? I think this growing sentiment

0:28:07.680 --> 0:28:10.080
<v Speaker 2>that I see. Maybe it's my insulated you know, social

0:28:10.160 --> 0:28:12.560
<v Speaker 2>media feed that's doing this, But what I see is

0:28:12.680 --> 0:28:15.960
<v Speaker 2>this sentiment that the Dolphins offense is in some sort

0:28:16.000 --> 0:28:18.960
<v Speaker 2>of trouble this year because of a few practice reports,

0:28:19.040 --> 0:28:23.560
<v Speaker 2>not just practice practice, but the practice reports from somebody else.

0:28:24.240 --> 0:28:27.320
<v Speaker 2>I can't fathom seeing the sky is falling when you

0:28:27.440 --> 0:28:30.480
<v Speaker 2>have two years of proof of concept for how this

0:28:30.640 --> 0:28:32.879
<v Speaker 2>offense works. But the last two weeks of camp that

0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:37.359
<v Speaker 2>that is the real indicator sarcasm. And the thing that

0:28:37.440 --> 0:28:40.160
<v Speaker 2>I keep reading is that, yes, this quick passing game

0:28:40.240 --> 0:28:42.520
<v Speaker 2>works and it's great, but I like to not have

0:28:42.680 --> 0:28:46.120
<v Speaker 2>to rely upon that. That is not something that they

0:28:46.240 --> 0:28:49.880
<v Speaker 2>do to mask an issue. That's the staple is the

0:28:50.040 --> 0:28:55.120
<v Speaker 2>staple of the offense. And can someone please please tell

0:28:55.240 --> 0:28:59.800
<v Speaker 2>me where the issue is? With the following combination of statistics,

0:29:00.000 --> 0:29:03.080
<v Speaker 2>you guys ready for this. Your twenty twenty three, twenty

0:29:03.160 --> 0:29:07.360
<v Speaker 2>twenty two Dolphins offenses cumulatively over those thirty four games.

0:29:07.440 --> 0:29:09.640
<v Speaker 3>Were first in air yards.

0:29:09.720 --> 0:29:12.520
<v Speaker 2>That's how many yards the ball travels from when it

0:29:12.640 --> 0:29:15.240
<v Speaker 2>leaves to was hand to when it greeched the receiver.

0:29:15.680 --> 0:29:18.000
<v Speaker 3>They were first in snap to throw time.

0:29:18.080 --> 0:29:20.640
<v Speaker 2>That is the time between Tua taking the snap and

0:29:20.760 --> 0:29:23.000
<v Speaker 2>the ball getting out of his hand, aka how much

0:29:23.040 --> 0:29:26.040
<v Speaker 2>time the pass rush has to hunt him down. They're

0:29:26.080 --> 0:29:28.480
<v Speaker 2>also first in yards per attempt. That just means we're

0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:31.360
<v Speaker 2>the most efficient passing offense in the NFL. So nobody

0:29:31.440 --> 0:29:34.400
<v Speaker 2>pushed the ball further down the field, did it faster,

0:29:34.960 --> 0:29:37.880
<v Speaker 2>or was more successful these last two seasons. What is

0:29:38.000 --> 0:29:41.360
<v Speaker 2>the issue with that? And you can tell me that

0:29:41.440 --> 0:29:43.560
<v Speaker 2>they lost guys on the offensive line, that is true.

0:29:43.960 --> 0:29:46.120
<v Speaker 2>You can tell me those injuries were when the offense

0:29:46.160 --> 0:29:46.600
<v Speaker 2>fell off.

0:29:46.720 --> 0:29:47.920
<v Speaker 3>That is not true.

0:29:48.160 --> 0:29:50.760
<v Speaker 2>The combination of Robert Hunt, Connor Williams, and Isaiah Win

0:29:50.880 --> 0:29:54.480
<v Speaker 2>played twelve hundred of a possible thirty three hundred snaps

0:29:54.520 --> 0:29:57.240
<v Speaker 2>last year across those three positions. You can tell me

0:29:57.320 --> 0:30:00.280
<v Speaker 2>they neglected to address the offense this offseason. Is well,

0:30:00.560 --> 0:30:03.240
<v Speaker 2>but it's also not true. They told you where the

0:30:03.360 --> 0:30:04.560
<v Speaker 2>offense had.

0:30:04.400 --> 0:30:04.920
<v Speaker 3>To get better.

0:30:05.080 --> 0:30:08.960
<v Speaker 2>McDaniel himself has talked several times on the record in

0:30:09.160 --> 0:30:12.840
<v Speaker 2>public about better taking advantage of the space that gets

0:30:12.920 --> 0:30:16.040
<v Speaker 2>created from all the attention that teams give ten and

0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:20.360
<v Speaker 2>seventeen Tyreek Kill and Jalen Waddle. So enter obj who

0:30:20.440 --> 0:30:23.120
<v Speaker 2>can play three positions and win vertically from all of them.

0:30:23.560 --> 0:30:25.760
<v Speaker 2>Enter John new Smith, who is the best tight end

0:30:25.800 --> 0:30:28.440
<v Speaker 2>in the NFL running after the catch and also gives

0:30:28.480 --> 0:30:31.320
<v Speaker 2>you access to screens on a y io, which is

0:30:31.440 --> 0:30:33.800
<v Speaker 2>essentially one way of getting more out of the space

0:30:33.840 --> 0:30:36.720
<v Speaker 2>from Tyreek, Hill and Waddle, and essentially puts him in

0:30:36.800 --> 0:30:39.800
<v Speaker 2>positions to break tackles one on one against somebody that

0:30:39.880 --> 0:30:42.960
<v Speaker 2>he has fifty pounds against. Enter Malik Washington. We saw

0:30:43.040 --> 0:30:45.320
<v Speaker 2>him tonight. All he's done all camp long is get open,

0:30:45.440 --> 0:30:48.200
<v Speaker 2>make catches and hit key blocks. Enter Jalen Wright saw

0:30:48.320 --> 0:30:51.160
<v Speaker 2>him tonight. He looks outstanding, and he gives you runway

0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:53.480
<v Speaker 2>to expand von A Chan's role in the passing game

0:30:53.560 --> 0:30:56.800
<v Speaker 2>without drastically increasing his workload. I don't know about you, fellows,

0:30:56.800 --> 0:30:58.440
<v Speaker 2>but would you set up for two hundred and fifty

0:30:58.480 --> 0:30:59.720
<v Speaker 2>touches at eight yards per touch?

0:30:59.720 --> 0:31:02.360
<v Speaker 3>Again, I'm good for that. I'm good with that.

0:31:02.920 --> 0:31:07.120
<v Speaker 2>No duo of players create more overplay than the Cheetah

0:31:07.160 --> 0:31:09.720
<v Speaker 2>and the Penguin and now there are one on one

0:31:09.800 --> 0:31:13.320
<v Speaker 2>beaters all over the field to capitalize on that. What

0:31:13.520 --> 0:31:16.440
<v Speaker 2>happened last December was an injury to Tyreek and Layer

0:31:16.480 --> 0:31:19.479
<v Speaker 2>to Waddle. Their practice time was limited even when they

0:31:19.520 --> 0:31:21.600
<v Speaker 2>were available to play in the games, which is a

0:31:21.720 --> 0:31:24.360
<v Speaker 2>challenge and a timing offense, you need those reps. And

0:31:24.400 --> 0:31:26.920
<v Speaker 2>when the defense bracketed or played two men, or however

0:31:27.000 --> 0:31:29.720
<v Speaker 2>they tried to make Tyreek and Waddle difficult for Tua

0:31:29.800 --> 0:31:32.640
<v Speaker 2>to find. We didn't always have the answer, but now

0:31:32.720 --> 0:31:35.320
<v Speaker 2>we do, and it creates a bigger strength for the

0:31:35.440 --> 0:31:38.320
<v Speaker 2>foundation by which the offense was built. It's not a gimmick,

0:31:38.400 --> 0:31:41.400
<v Speaker 2>it's not a feature. It is the offense. And you

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:45.000
<v Speaker 2>know who agrees with me, every single branch of this

0:31:45.320 --> 0:31:48.120
<v Speaker 2>entire coaching tree, which is the most in vogue coaching

0:31:48.160 --> 0:31:52.680
<v Speaker 2>tree in the National Football League. Did you know that McDaniel, Lafleur, McVeigh, Kubiak,

0:31:52.800 --> 0:31:53.720
<v Speaker 2>even Papa.

0:31:53.480 --> 0:31:54.800
<v Speaker 3>Shanahan, Mike Shanahan.

0:31:55.320 --> 0:31:58.520
<v Speaker 2>Did you know that not one of those coaches ever

0:31:58.960 --> 0:32:02.240
<v Speaker 2>drafted an interior offensive lineman in the first round, not ever.

0:32:03.000 --> 0:32:04.480
<v Speaker 2>Big Seth has a feather in his cap from that

0:32:04.480 --> 0:32:07.000
<v Speaker 2>one back on Draft night, too. One step further, Kyle

0:32:07.080 --> 0:32:09.760
<v Speaker 2>Shanahan has taken just one of those guys before Day three.

0:32:09.840 --> 0:32:12.040
<v Speaker 2>That was Aaron Banks in twenty twenty one, and Matt

0:32:12.120 --> 0:32:15.400
<v Speaker 2>Lafleur has taken just one Elton Jenkins in twenty nineteen,

0:32:15.640 --> 0:32:19.320
<v Speaker 2>and the Godfather, Papa Shanahan took one in his entire

0:32:19.480 --> 0:32:21.520
<v Speaker 2>tenure prior to the third round.

0:32:21.800 --> 0:32:23.480
<v Speaker 3>Look at the Niners and Packers offenses.

0:32:23.520 --> 0:32:26.480
<v Speaker 2>Their skill players are all high draft picks and massive

0:32:26.560 --> 0:32:29.880
<v Speaker 2>money acquisitions, and by this time next year, the quarterbacks

0:32:30.120 --> 0:32:32.120
<v Speaker 2>to a Love and Purty are all going to be

0:32:32.120 --> 0:32:35.760
<v Speaker 2>two hundred million dollar quarterbacks. The interior o lines cheap

0:32:35.960 --> 0:32:38.520
<v Speaker 2>veteran contracts or day three picks up and down the

0:32:38.560 --> 0:32:41.160
<v Speaker 2>board for those teams. You wouldn't assemble a team with

0:32:41.240 --> 0:32:44.480
<v Speaker 2>Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Kevin Durant and then dump

0:32:44.560 --> 0:32:46.760
<v Speaker 2>the ball into Draymond Green in the post. Forty times

0:32:46.800 --> 0:32:49.239
<v Speaker 2>a game, you shoot the three, baby. This is how

0:32:49.320 --> 0:32:52.040
<v Speaker 2>the offense works. They've proven it works time and time

0:32:52.120 --> 0:32:54.800
<v Speaker 2>and time and time again. The offense will be fine

0:32:54.920 --> 0:32:57.600
<v Speaker 2>even if it regresses because of a couple of banged

0:32:57.640 --> 0:33:00.280
<v Speaker 2>up offensive linemen. What are we talking about here? Fifth

0:33:00.320 --> 0:33:03.280
<v Speaker 2>best offense in the NFL. Boohoo, the sky is not following.

0:33:03.320 --> 0:33:05.600
<v Speaker 2>The offense is going to be fine. That's what I think.

0:33:05.800 --> 0:33:07.960
<v Speaker 2>All right, what's say you guys some of your thoughts

0:33:08.000 --> 0:33:09.800
<v Speaker 2>on that. Let's go ahead and take our last break.

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<v Speaker 2>Come back and hear more from Toront Armstead. Here from

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<v Speaker 2>Raheem Mostert and the rest of the day's notes. That's

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<v Speaker 2>next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to

0:33:17.400 --> 0:33:21.480
<v Speaker 2>you by Auto Nation. So the running game had some

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<v Speaker 2>room on Thursday. Let's go back to Tron Armstead, who

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<v Speaker 2>discussed his perspective on something McDaniel said this week about

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<v Speaker 2>how you can kind of gauge a back's ability by

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<v Speaker 2>how guys block for him, and Tron says, the home

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<v Speaker 2>run hitting ability in this backfield, Yeah, it does give

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<v Speaker 2>you a little bit of extra juice on your blocks.

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<v Speaker 4>We have a stable, we do, we do. We have

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<v Speaker 4>a stable, very dynamic, a lot of a lot of speed.

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<v Speaker 4>And then you got guys that have their own unique

0:33:48.080 --> 0:33:49.960
<v Speaker 4>styles too. So Essa come in and he just he

0:33:50.280 --> 0:33:54.280
<v Speaker 4>flashes in his own way. Dvaughn, Raheem the young rook too,

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<v Speaker 4>you know. So it's it's we have a lot of

0:33:57.160 --> 0:33:59.240
<v Speaker 4>guys that can that can hit home runs up front

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<v Speaker 4>to definitely give you a boost energy and you you know,

0:34:01.480 --> 0:34:03.320
<v Speaker 4>you don't got to do too much. You get your

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<v Speaker 4>man and it's a chance to.

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<v Speaker 3>Be a home run.

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<v Speaker 2>Quick follow up to that, I asked Rahim most of

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<v Speaker 2>about the competition the running back room, and he did

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<v Speaker 2>not parse his words on how he views where this

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<v Speaker 2>running back room ranks in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, we're always we're always trying to compete

0:34:16.280 --> 0:34:18.480
<v Speaker 1>against each other, but you know we're trying to compete

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<v Speaker 1>against you know, the entire league too. You know, I

0:34:21.320 --> 0:34:24.040
<v Speaker 1>feel like our group is definitely the best running back

0:34:24.040 --> 0:34:27.799
<v Speaker 1>group that's in the in the entire league. It just statistically,

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<v Speaker 1>if you go by what everybody's done thus far in

0:34:30.600 --> 0:34:33.840
<v Speaker 1>their careers, I don't think anyone else matches up to

0:34:34.400 --> 0:34:38.520
<v Speaker 1>our standards. And it just carries out, carries over into

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<v Speaker 1>the entire season. You see what you know myself? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>even with Devon last year, I mean that number that

0:34:45.000 --> 0:34:47.360
<v Speaker 1>he the yards could carry for a rookie man is

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<v Speaker 1>just that's just crazy, right, Like that's never I don't

0:34:51.320 --> 0:34:53.719
<v Speaker 1>think it's ever gonna happen again, you know, him having

0:34:53.760 --> 0:34:56.240
<v Speaker 1>eight hundred yards as a rookie and coming in fitting

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<v Speaker 1>in right. And then you have Jeff Wilson who's done

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<v Speaker 1>some unbelievable things. You have Sad who's been you know,

0:35:01.600 --> 0:35:04.040
<v Speaker 1>doing some things as well. So we have a whole

0:35:04.239 --> 0:35:07.080
<v Speaker 1>collective group of guys. I mean even even with the fullback,

0:35:07.120 --> 0:35:09.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, alec Engel is just his unbelievable guy as

0:35:10.000 --> 0:35:12.319
<v Speaker 1>well and a huge playmaker for this for this team.

0:35:12.400 --> 0:35:14.719
<v Speaker 1>So you just got to carry it over into the

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<v Speaker 1>season and and you know grow from from here on out.

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<v Speaker 2>Segment three has kind of become random, uh, miscellaneous points,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what we're gonna do right here. Because Patrick

0:35:22.520 --> 0:35:25.600
<v Speaker 2>Paul I thought, had himself another nice day as one

0:35:25.640 --> 0:35:28.360
<v Speaker 2>of those edge denters in the running game. Toront Arstead

0:35:28.400 --> 0:35:30.640
<v Speaker 2>gave us some you know, scouting reports on the big

0:35:30.719 --> 0:35:31.720
<v Speaker 2>rookie out of Houston.

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<v Speaker 4>His passport is looking really clean, He's getting a lot

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<v Speaker 4>of he's finding his patients in his past sets. He's long,

0:35:37.600 --> 0:35:41.719
<v Speaker 4>he's six fourteen, so he's able to use his length,

0:35:41.880 --> 0:35:44.640
<v Speaker 4>and he's he's keeping his feet in the ground. Still

0:35:44.680 --> 0:35:46.680
<v Speaker 4>got some some things that I would want to see

0:35:46.719 --> 0:35:48.960
<v Speaker 4>from one of more consistent base, but it's starting to

0:35:49.000 --> 0:35:52.160
<v Speaker 4>see more flashes of the dominance that that he has

0:35:52.239 --> 0:35:56.440
<v Speaker 4>in his his body is to his toolbox, and that

0:35:56.520 --> 0:36:00.239
<v Speaker 4>will continue to show more consistently. Been past, it's been

0:36:00.280 --> 0:36:03.600
<v Speaker 4>great man. He go after it every day. Hard, physical,

0:36:04.080 --> 0:36:08.400
<v Speaker 4>he's freaky, athletic, he's tough. But then the tools that

0:36:08.440 --> 0:36:11.120
<v Speaker 4>he got, the God given you gifts that he that

0:36:11.200 --> 0:36:13.080
<v Speaker 4>he has to be able to use those as well.

0:36:13.920 --> 0:36:16.520
<v Speaker 4>More experienced, more knowledge he pat to be. It'll be

0:36:16.640 --> 0:36:16.959
<v Speaker 4>just fine.

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<v Speaker 2>I think six foot fourteen is seven foot two. He's

0:36:20.600 --> 0:36:22.279
<v Speaker 2>a big dude, all right. So for the rest of

0:36:22.320 --> 0:36:25.160
<v Speaker 2>the offense, Tyreek got deep on a long ball from Tua,

0:36:25.239 --> 0:36:28.200
<v Speaker 2>but Tua overshot him. Not something you see very often,

0:36:28.800 --> 0:36:31.560
<v Speaker 2>Tyreek getting overthrown. But he was awesome again he always is.

0:36:32.120 --> 0:36:34.160
<v Speaker 2>Malik Washington had a nice catch on a deep ball

0:36:34.200 --> 0:36:36.640
<v Speaker 2>from Mike White, a contested catch for about forty yards.

0:36:36.920 --> 0:36:39.640
<v Speaker 2>Tua had touchdown throws to River, Craik Craft and Durham

0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:42.520
<v Speaker 2>smythe In fact, the tight ends were super involved today.

0:36:42.560 --> 0:36:45.759
<v Speaker 2>Durham had two touchdowns another from Skyler and John who

0:36:45.880 --> 0:36:48.040
<v Speaker 2>was all over the field, catching, blocking, running, making all

0:36:48.080 --> 0:36:50.200
<v Speaker 2>the all star moves. I just continue to see his

0:36:50.320 --> 0:36:52.800
<v Speaker 2>skill set as such a change up to everything that

0:36:52.880 --> 0:36:55.040
<v Speaker 2>we do and what I think he can do in

0:36:55.120 --> 0:36:57.239
<v Speaker 2>your screen game. I've talked about it at length. You

0:36:57.280 --> 0:36:59.520
<v Speaker 2>know that why Iso backside throwing the ball, try to

0:36:59.520 --> 0:37:01.600
<v Speaker 2>see if a safety can go tackle him one on one.

0:37:02.080 --> 0:37:04.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm so excited about that, and so too is running

0:37:04.440 --> 0:37:05.479
<v Speaker 2>back Raheem Moster.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, there should be quite a few differences.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>We we've had Durham in the past and other tight

0:37:11.880 --> 0:37:14.600
<v Speaker 1>ends that you know have made a key impass. But

0:37:15.040 --> 0:37:16.520
<v Speaker 1>you know, to get a guy like John new to

0:37:16.600 --> 0:37:19.839
<v Speaker 1>come in and do do you know yards after catch

0:37:19.960 --> 0:37:23.880
<v Speaker 1>is unbelievable. He's pretty fast as well for a tight end,

0:37:24.560 --> 0:37:26.400
<v Speaker 1>and he could block on the edge and he's not

0:37:26.480 --> 0:37:29.319
<v Speaker 1>afraid to get a little dirty. So when you got

0:37:29.400 --> 0:37:32.040
<v Speaker 1>guys like that, man, it just it takes his game

0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:34.239
<v Speaker 1>to a whole nother level. And I can't wait to

0:37:34.280 --> 0:37:36.840
<v Speaker 1>see what he could bring to the table. And and

0:37:37.000 --> 0:37:39.400
<v Speaker 1>I've been a big fan of his, you know, just

0:37:39.440 --> 0:37:41.640
<v Speaker 1>watching from Afar, I'm seeing all the type of things

0:37:41.680 --> 0:37:44.040
<v Speaker 1>that he's been able to do. So to see him

0:37:44.400 --> 0:37:46.600
<v Speaker 1>flourish and in this offense is gonna be spectacular.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's finish up here with extra points on the defense.

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<v Speaker 2>Emmanuel Ogball was awesome today. Saw him in the backfield

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<v Speaker 2>a handful of times. I had him for a sack

0:37:53.800 --> 0:37:57.360
<v Speaker 2>and a TfL. Now how that happened, not really sure, sorry,

0:37:57.440 --> 0:37:59.480
<v Speaker 2>but becoming a bit of a play by a play

0:37:59.560 --> 0:38:01.800
<v Speaker 2>man here. But that's the antithesis of what I'm going for,

0:38:02.200 --> 0:38:03.799
<v Speaker 2>but it is what it is. I couldn't see much

0:38:04.160 --> 0:38:06.719
<v Speaker 2>from my vanage point. Deshan Hann continues to have a

0:38:06.800 --> 0:38:09.080
<v Speaker 2>sneaky good camp. I saw him get some knock back

0:38:09.120 --> 0:38:10.880
<v Speaker 2>a couple of times today when I had the b

0:38:10.960 --> 0:38:13.439
<v Speaker 2>knocks out and really trying to focus on that defensive line.

0:38:13.760 --> 0:38:16.160
<v Speaker 2>And then David Long was the guy that made splash

0:38:16.239 --> 0:38:18.560
<v Speaker 2>plays from what I could see as the player of

0:38:18.600 --> 0:38:20.600
<v Speaker 2>a day on defense. I saw him whack a check

0:38:20.680 --> 0:38:23.400
<v Speaker 2>down and send a big body tight end backwards and

0:38:23.560 --> 0:38:25.399
<v Speaker 2>he's not a big dude, but he plays like it man.

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<v Speaker 2>And I saw him greet a running back who tried

0:38:27.600 --> 0:38:29.759
<v Speaker 2>to cut back in the hole on him and get

0:38:29.960 --> 0:38:32.560
<v Speaker 2>just absolutely annihilated in the gap. He brought the hammer

0:38:32.600 --> 0:38:35.480
<v Speaker 2>and attitude all day long. I thought Brandon Peely and

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<v Speaker 2>Jonathan Harris had some good days among the defensive line

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<v Speaker 2>as well, and that's all I got for you tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>a preview of the game, and the great Ky Adams

0:38:43.160 --> 0:38:45.160
<v Speaker 2>here on the podcast. I cannot wait for y'all to

0:38:45.200 --> 0:38:48.000
<v Speaker 2>hear that one. And then a football game, and I

0:38:48.040 --> 0:38:50.200
<v Speaker 2>can't wait for that one either. As always, will have

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