WEBVTT - Bears Week Preview, 5 Takeaways From Camp So Far, Twitter Mailbag 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:15.920 Fail touchdown, Miami drawn. What is up? Dolphins? And welcome 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:18.919 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:23.880 podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:27.200 going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and as 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:30.000 always I am here to bring you your daily dose 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:34.519 of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, no practice updates, 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:38.120 but we are bridging the gap between the Dolphins going 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:41.120 back on the practice field Wednesday in Chicago. Will have 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.240 coverage from Bears camp for you, but today we preview 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:46.519 that trip up north. We go back to the mailbag 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:49.879 for a few of your questions, get my five comprehensive 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.400 takeaways from the first ten days of camp so far, 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:56.720 and we'll quickly cover Dolphins assistant coaches, media availability on 0:00:56.800 --> 0:00:59.040 Monday afternoon. All of that in a heck of a 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.000 lot more from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:08.959 Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast, So off 0:01:09.000 --> 0:01:12.600 to Chicago. The team departs on Tuesday for practice on 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.560 Wednesday and Thursday, with an off day on Friday and 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:20.560 a game on Saturday. One preseason opener in Chicago one 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.240 o'clock Eastern time. You can watch that on CBS four 0:01:23.280 --> 0:01:25.600 down here in Miami. You can also catch that on 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:29.520 the NFL Network on Saturday at one o'clock Eastern. The 0:01:29.600 --> 0:01:32.960 Chicago Bears offer some fun matchups, and the first one 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.160 I'm looking at here, well the number eleven pick in 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:39.760 the draft, first round quarterback Justin Fields, who is so 0:01:39.760 --> 0:01:42.720 so crazy talented, and I think that he gives the 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:45.080 Dolphins a couple of things to look at, gives the 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:47.880 past rush a good opportunity to work on their eye 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:50.240 discipline because we have seen him both in Ohio State 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:52.280 and so far at Bears camp from the videos I've 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:55.800 seen on social media and the like that you're gonna 0:01:55.800 --> 0:01:58.520 have to find a way to not just rush the 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:02.400 spot where the quarterback is, but anticipate where he might be. 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:04.680 Always have to keep your head up, your eyes up, 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:06.720 because you can't just rush to the spot behind the 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.200 offensive line where the quarterback is supposed to be, because 0:02:09.200 --> 0:02:11.320 Fields can get off that spot, and he has shown 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:13.560 that time and time again in training camp again based 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:17.120 on social media videos that I have seen. Obviously, he 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.000 can't contact the quarterback, he can't hit him, but it 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.840 is a good opportunity to work on that. I discipline 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.560 and the rush target point. It also helps the defense 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.320 work on the back end on plastering when the quarterback 0:02:28.320 --> 0:02:31.160 breaks the pocket. Good practice for a guy like, for instance, 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:34.000 Josh Allen and Buffalo who does plenty of outside of 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.720 the pocket work, and the receivers can create open space 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.320 that way after the play breaks down after the quarterback 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:42.560 breaks the pocket. Now, the Bears offensive line has been 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:45.239 really banged up through camp so far. Both Tevin Jenkins 0:02:45.520 --> 0:02:47.720 as well as Jermaine Effetti have been out for a 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:51.400 while and Larry Borrow, another tackle is missing, has missed 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.280 the last couple of practices, I should say, and I 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:54.919 was hoping to get a good look at all those guys, 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:56.600 but either way, I would get a chance to watch 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.120 how this Dolphin's pass rush comes at this Bears offensive 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:02.359 line against a new offensive line, because Miami has been 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.720 really finding different ways to apply pressure with so many 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.960 different names and rushers. And we've talked about this throughout 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:10.919 the course of the podcast for the last two weeks. 0:03:11.120 --> 0:03:15.080 Whether it's Andrew van Ginkl or Immanuel Ogba or Brendan 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.880 Scarlett off the outside or Jerome Baker from that off 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:21.480 ball linebacker position or Bnardrick McKinney or all those stout 0:03:21.520 --> 0:03:24.640 defensive tackles up front, like a Christian Wilkins or a 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.520 Adam Butler or Zach Seeler or ray Kwon Davis. I'm 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.520 curious to gonna look at how the Dolphins depth on 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:32.600 the defensive front goes up against a new offensive line. 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:36.600 Another injured Chicago Bear is safety Eddie Jackson, one of 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:38.840 the game's very best, and I was curious to get 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:42.000 a look at how two and the quarterbacks worked off 0:03:42.000 --> 0:03:45.000 of that safety. As so often the cases that the 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:49.040 safety kind of not tells you where the defense is 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:50.720 gonna go, or the coverage or whatever it might be, 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:52.400 but it's a good indicator a lot of time for 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.480 the quarterback to work off of. I wanted to see 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:56.120 how they would work off of him, as well as 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:58.320 two Shawn Gibson. But both of those guys have missed 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.640 some practices here of late. We'll see if they're back 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:02.680 on the field this week. Hopefully they are. We'll get 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.040 you an update on that on Wednesday in the post 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:08.320 practice Drivetime podcast. Now, the Bears front is where I'm 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:10.680 most intrigued to watch our guys get some work, because 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.240 you know, about Khalil Mack, and he's a good test 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.600 for working on the fundamentals and the techniques that coach 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.440 Flora's harps on, because if you're not right, if you're 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.240 not square, if you're out over your skis, if you're 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:23.640 leaning in one direction, he's gonna run right through you 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:25.520 and put you on your back. So it'll be a 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:28.480 good opportunity for these guys to get multiple looks against 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:30.680 other rushers that have some of the traits and some 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.400 of the accomplished resumes of a guy like Khalil Mack. Also, 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.200 the same is true up front of a Cheam Hicks. 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.520 He's been a pocket collapser for a long time in 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:39.960 the National Football League, and I'm curious to see where 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:42.080 the run game works off of Roquan Smith, who's been 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:44.960 one of the best linebackers MIC linebackers, I should say 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.880 in the NFL as well. And then finally, on offense, 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:51.760 the Bears, they have two exceptional route runners and Allen 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:56.039 Robinson and Darnell Mooney and Demure Bird can fly, Markue's 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:59.839 Goodwin can flat out flies an Olympian or Olympian qualifier. 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.360 So how do they communicate and how do they match 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:05.440 up in the back end against two exceptional route runners 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:07.720 and two burners, and of course some other receivers there 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:09.839 that bring some pop and some juice to that roster 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:13.039 as well. That would be fun to watch. That's looking ahead. Now. 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.039 I want to go back to the first ten days 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:18.760 of practice and give my five general takeaway so far. 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.520 At number one, we start at the quarterback position, the 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.240 growth of the second year quarterback and his first training 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:26.600 camp here in Miami. You've seen him on the top 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:29.960 performers list quite frequently on the Drivetime podcast to a 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.640 tongue of Byloa, and we've covered it so much on 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:34.359 the podcast, and I don't want to get repetitive here. 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:36.919 Let's just go ahead and quickly go down the checklist 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:39.480 of the things I've been most impressed with from to 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.560 uh from the Dolphins second year quarterback from QB one 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.840 through his first ten practices. Here. Number one, the accuracy. 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:48.200 We talked about that Brian Day ball quote. We talked 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.880 about some of the instances where dbs are in great 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:53.400 position with the ball is just located where only the 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.240 receiver can get to it, and they also yak. It 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:58.599 has created after the catch for guys to have an 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.320 opportunity to run through the football and intersect with that 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:05.280 pass and take yards after the catch. Also the different 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.039 pitches in the toolbag, whether it's throwing a lofty ball 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.560 to the back pile on or driving a deep out 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.359 from the far hash, or ripping a slant into you know, 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.720 between a couple of defenders and coverage, or throwing that 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:19.080 steam route over the linebacker under the safety. He's shown 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.279 the ability to throw different passes, different pitches and really 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.320 vary those throws based upon what the coverage, what the route, 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:27.279 and what the timing of the play looks like. The 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:29.760 footwork to allow him to manipulate the defense with the 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.640 body to move guys based upon where his position is, 0:06:32.880 --> 0:06:35.440 the eyes to do the exact same, whether it's pulling 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.040 a safety out of the middle of the field or 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:39.560 moving a linebacker when he moves outside the pocket to 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:42.440 create space for a tight end. The command of the huddle. 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.479 Like mac Hollands mentioned at his last press availability, how 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.120 wrangling ten guys and Max said, you know, I'm in 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.680 there talking trash the defense poking my head out. He 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.680 has to wrangle me in. It's not as easy as 0:06:52.680 --> 0:06:54.880 you might think it is. And then finally, the spirit 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:58.400 the celebration of guys making big catches like Isaiah Ford, 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:00.280 who made a great diving catch on I throw from 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.800 Tuah on Sunday's practice and he runs down there and 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.080 gets pumped up and celebrates with him, or on the 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.800 mic up edition we had on Twitter earlier this week 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:12.520 on our social campaigns, I should say that he was 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.320 very excited about a long run by Miles gas him 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:17.760 very encouraging with his teammates. And that goes back to 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.000 a video that when I was doing the twenty nineteen 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.720 scouting process of all the quarterbacks that year, you know, 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.280 to a tongue of Byloa, Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, Jordan 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:29.840 Love Jake from all those guys in that class. One 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:31.840 of the videos of TWA was a handoff and a 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.760 touchdown where he you know, doesn't he's not involved in 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:36.080 the play because he hands it off and he gets 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.280 away from the action and you see him pump his 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:40.400 fist and really get excited about the touchdown run of 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.400 I think it was Nagi Harris at the time. You 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:45.160 see some of that here so far in Dolphins practice 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:48.120 as well. And then I wanted to mention how Armando 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:50.840 Salgaro tweeted out about how to looks in TOTLD commanding 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:52.920 of the offense and has had a great camp. Good 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.200 praise there from a long time Miami Dolphins beat writer 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.520 at the Miami Herald. Number two takeaway so far is 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.920 the upstart offensive line. And I look at this group 0:08:01.960 --> 0:08:04.840 that has seen a fair amount of investment over the 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:08.440 last couple of years with Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, Liam Eichenberg, 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.520 Solomon Kindley, Michael Dieter, Larnel Coleman this year as well 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:15.200 in the draft. And you know, Jackson, Eichenberg and Hunt 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.000 have been starters for a significant portion of camp or 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:21.000 at least opening the practice on the first string right 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:22.960 that with the ones, And that's been reported by the 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.160 beat guys as well, So nothing breaking there, but between 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.760 those guys getting their work in and then Liam Eichenberg 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.160 being included on that front team as well, that first 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:33.400 team as well, and the work he's done to get 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.600 work and the run blocking, the past blocking, to see 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:37.640 different looks in different fronts and get a chance to 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.520 really just put his work in here, I think that's 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:42.960 very valuable for what this offensive line needs to be 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.800 this year. And going forward into the future. And I 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:47.880 think all three of those guys have shown some pop 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.560 in that regard. Michael Dieter for a guy that and 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.600 coach Lemil John Pierre talked about this is press availability. 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.240 How to go from a guy that starts fifteen games 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.560 as a rookie, doesn't start a game as his second year, 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.240 and the mental order to to come back in year 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:03.720 three and compete and know that this is my opportunity. 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.280 I'm not gonna ever take it for grant. Not that 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.000 he did, but I'm not taking this opportunity for granted. 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:11.240 And you see that way in the way he works 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:13.840 out there on the practice field. And then also Laarnel 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:17.400 Coleman earning some reps and having some quality practices out 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.280 there so far in his first season. Solomon Kinley bouncing 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.520 around and showing the grit that you loved a year ago. 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.800 Leamille John Pierre touched on this as well at his 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.280 press conference. How we know how aggressive and physical he 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.360 is and how hard he works, and that's just kind 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:31.960 of the mindset and makeup of the entire room. So 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.160 I'm curious to gonna look at these guys in game action, 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:36.680 but so far to see the options and the youth 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.680 they have in that position. It's a nice, a nice 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:42.200 place to start for the Miami Dolphins on the offensive line. 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.400 Number three, the past catcher log jam. I mean, we 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:47.560 look at this position group and Jalen Waddle has had 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:49.599 such a good camp so far where there's lots of 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.640 times where he's just really difficult to cover, and how 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:55.240 he has so many different routes and tools in the 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:58.200 arsenal for what he can do. Albert Wilson back to 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:00.520 full form and playing really really good so far this 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:04.120 camp with big plays, sure handed catches, Jachim Grant having 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:06.440 for my money, his best training camp I've seen, and 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:08.480 he's a guy that has had some great camps the 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.720 last two years as well. Robert Foster Isaiah Ford have 0:10:11.840 --> 0:10:14.840 made big play after big play. Kirk Merritt catches everything 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.640 Read Sinnett throws to him, as well as Jacoby Brissette, 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:20.800 Lynn Bode and Malcolm Perry catching passes and making guys 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:22.920 miss on the regular, and both those guys have such 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.440 unique skill sets. A takeaway from me here is that 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:27.319 you have your choice to go into the season really 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.320 however you want to. You want a bunch of trees. 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:32.719 You got it. It's fine. Tall guys and rebounderies. We 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:34.800 got those guys want to go up here, speed and 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:37.880 literally the field with speed merchants, no problem, that's doable. 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:41.560 To want a combination of the two. That's my preference personally. Boom, 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.120 it's there for you and Olmark Kelly tweeted this, speaking 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.320 of long time beat writers, that he's never seen so 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:49.200 many explosive plays out here at the Miami Dolphins training camp, 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:51.320 and he's been doing it for nearly fifteen years. And 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.240 that's without Will Fuller all but one day. That's without 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.240 Davonte Parker for the majority of the practices, that's without 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.440 Mike Asiki for the last week or so. And those 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.760 three guys combined last year for one hundred and sixty 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:06.199 nine receptions, two thousand, three hundred and seventy five yards 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:10.079 and eighteen touchdowns. So you have three really proven players 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.160 on your roster that just have not been available that 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:15.080 much so far free training camp, and they're still making play. 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.600 So that log jam with the pass catcher position, it's 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:22.360 a good problem to have. The fourth takeaway here is defensively, 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:26.240 no complacency after the year they had finishing first and 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:30.040 third down defense and first and takeaways six and scoring 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:31.880 and you know the drill by now tenth and sacks. 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.280 The numbers were all there for this Dolfins defensive year ago. 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.640 And you add Javon Holland, who looks as advertised so 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.880 far with the range and the playmaking skills and the 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.760 three takeaways in the last three practices, but also getting 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.640 a guy like Jason mccordy to help the transition and 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:49.000 that learning curve. And John Jenkins talked about how Brian 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.480 Flores allows players to be players and empowers guys to 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.199 take on those leadership roles, kind of a self policing 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.040 aspect of each room. How I'm gonna hold you accountable. 0:11:58.040 --> 0:11:59.959 I'm gonna hold myself accountable, and you do the same 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:01.720 and for me and for the rest of your peers 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.679 and your teammates. The Justin Coleman addition, and he battles 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.040 a guy like a Nick Needham, for instance, who has 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.760 sack and ball production over his first two years in 0:12:09.800 --> 0:12:12.079 the league and really pretty much every day in practice 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:15.280 as well. The obvious emphasis on making sure exhabing Howard 0:12:15.320 --> 0:12:17.680 is back here in the ability to recreate the vision 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.960 of the defense to be aggressive in coverage and asked 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:21.720 them to only have to cover for a couple of 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.439 seconds because you found a way to create package. What's 0:12:24.440 --> 0:12:27.280 packages that can get pressure on the quarterback instantly and 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:30.240 force them into quick decisions. Then, obviously the additions of 0:12:30.280 --> 0:12:33.360 Banarjack McKinney and Adam Butler and what they've meant to 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:36.280 make the interior of the defense even stronger. And coach 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.880 Flores has talked about signal callers down the middle of 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.600 the field. Your safety is your linebackers, your center, your quarterback, 0:12:41.800 --> 0:12:44.520 and I include defensive tackles in that middle portion of 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.080 the field. And Miami has just beefed up so strong 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:49.720 in that area. I mean ten guys on your defense 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.400 down the middle of the field. You look at them 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.240 on paper, you said, that's a good group right there. 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:59.760 Christian Wilkins, Ray Kuan Davis, Zach Seeler, Adam Butler, BARJK 0:12:59.800 --> 0:13:03.760 McK any, Jerome Baker, Eric Rowe, Brandon Jones, Javon Holland. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:05.720 I mean a collection of players that you really put 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.839 the resources and allocated your your those resources into those positions, 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:11.320 and you look at it on paper and it looks 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:15.040 pretty good. Jalen Phillips hasn't practiced in a while, but 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.439 when he does, you could see the juice out there, 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.000 and his versatility helps open up more fronts to put 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.280 even more on the table for guys like Brian Flores 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.440 and Josh Boyer to go to. And the growth of 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.559 year three players like a Andrew van Ginkle, for instance, 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.760 or Vince Bagel who's not in year three but comes 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:33.160 back from an achilles injury last year and looks fantastic. 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:36.320 Brandan Scarlett having a good camp. Duke Riley's speed is noticeable. 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.240 Shakim Griffin speaking of spirit, He's got plenty of that, 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.320 but also some speed off the edge of a pass 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.000 rusher two. So to me, on paper, the defense looks 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:45.920 better than it did last year, but the games are 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:47.920 not played on paper. But that's the takeaway so far 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:50.240 is seeing these guys in camp kind of apply these 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:53.120 new changes to the defense. It's been fun to watch 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:56.520 my fifth takeaways the intensity on special teams and you 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.640 prote Danny croftsman to assistant head coach after finishing six 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:02.120 last year in d v o A on Football Outsiders 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:06.320 Special Teams rankings. He added Michael Pollardi, who looks like 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:09.760 a master directional kicker so far and has been consistently 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:12.920 skying kicks with five seconds of hang time, angling them 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.400 towards a sideline and checking balls up at the five 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.600 yard line. You also add Jalen Waddle to Jachim Grant, 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.840 Noah Ignogeny and the explosive return men this team already 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:25.280 had to go along with Jalen Waddle, guys like Mac Hollands, 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:28.320 Sam Egle, Von Durham Smith being such core special teams 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.400 players and guys that over the years have made plays 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.040 on those that unit, but also in camp so far 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:36.760 making plays on the offense and defense getting rewarded for 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:40.120 the work they put in, which requires, you know, another 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:42.840 layer of your job to go on special teams and 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:44.600 perform on that side of the football as well. And 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.080 they do it without even asking a question, without missing 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:50.520 a beat. Jason Sanders doesn't miss field goals. He's missed 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:52.160 I think two in camp so far. He had one 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:53.920 other day as well, we didn't talk about. But to 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:57.240 miss field goals all of camp just never happens. Blake 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.240 Ferguson's name never comes up, and that's a great thing 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:00.960 for a long snapper. I don't think i've seen him 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:03.560 miss a snap so far this year or last year 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:05.720 in practice, at least as far as the ball getting 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:07.680 away from anybody. He'll tell you he's got to be 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:09.760 perfect with every snap. I don't. I can't see that 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:11.680 from my vantage point, but he's been really good in 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:15.000 my opinion, and of course from yesterday's podcast Michael Pollardy 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:17.200 on the intensity of the coaching staff and how that 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:20.920 matches his preferred method of coaching and the results that's 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.000 had on the special teams as a whole. So those 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:26.000 are the five takeaways so far. We've got plenty more 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.320 to get to and you know the rest of training camp, 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:30.200 and you guys can check out Miami Dolphins dot com 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.440 where we have five training camp takeaways every two or 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.760 three practices or so. We'll do that updated notebook piece. 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.320 The last one posted on August nine on Monday, So 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:40.240 go back and check that out, and of course catch 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.040 up on all the podcasts you missed so far here 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.600 on Drivetime, Subscribe rate review all that fun stuff for 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:48.400 us here on the podcast, but intensely on special teams. 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:52.440 The lack of complacency. Are going forward without complacency on 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.760 defense this offseason, the past catcher log jam, the upstart 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:58.640 offensive line, and the year to jump for two A 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.080 tongue of by lowis from Takeaway So Far and real 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.440 Quick before we get to the mailbag and before we 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.760 do this penultimate segment here on the podcast. I'll be 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:09.240 using these quotes in later pods because, like I said, 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:11.800 it's just too much to get into one right now, 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:13.640 and I'd like to have a little more time to 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:15.960 organize it all as it pertains to the action we 0:16:16.000 --> 0:16:18.600 get on the football field, like telling the story from 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.240 the coaches on the field and tied that stuff together. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.960 But every one of the Dolphins assistants met with the 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.920 media on Monday afternoon, and there was a ton of 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.760 really good content just from the quote unquote scrum that 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.480 I was around. And they're not scrums. It's two or 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.760 three of us behind a rope, you know, distance from 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:37.520 the coaches at a time. But here's some of the 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:39.880 good stuff I heard. First. I said last year that 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.920 I could listen to Gerald Alexander coach g A talk 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.480 football for hours and really all day, and the same 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:47.440 is true of Charles Burke's and frankly a lot of 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:49.600 the coaches on the staff. I've had the pleasure of 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:51.400 speaking to for more than just a cup of coffee, 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:53.560 which is most of the guys. But Burke's talked a 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:56.440 lot about guys in his room and we got into 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.720 conversations about guys like Javarros Davis and how Javarros path 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:04.560 is one of overcoming adversity with regards to his NFL career, undrafted, 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.440 signs with Miami, cut by Miami after signing with someone else, 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:10.880 originally resigns with Miami on the practice squad for a year, 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:14.320 and now competing in a load of defensive backfield coach 0:17:14.359 --> 0:17:17.480 Burke's touched on how confidence is a key for Javarros Davis. 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:19.240 He talked about how having a guy like Nick need 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.560 Um in the room can show these guys that you 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:23.199 can go the U d F A route to be 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:25.600 not just making a roster, but be a guy that 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:28.359 plays and contributes. But he also talked about, and this 0:17:28.440 --> 0:17:30.439 was my favorite part of the entire day, how the 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:32.359 culture in the room is great, and it starts with 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.960 the fact that xaviing Howard and Byron Jones worked the 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.520 way you'd expect a U d F A who has 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:40.679 to outwork everybody. Those guys work that way, and it 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.639 has a avalanche type of impact on that room as 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:46.400 far as how everybody else works in that snowball effect. 0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:49.120 I also asked coach about the mindset of the position 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:51.960 and how the requirement for those guys to be wired 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:54.040 a certain way because it's a position where you can 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.480 have sixty great reps in a game and then the 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:58.760 one that gets behind you is the one that everybody 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:02.280 remembers and in instances really changes the outcome of football 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.119 games late in the game, at least from the outside 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:06.320 of perspective, like that one play cost him, right, we 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.720 know it's not the case, but sometimes that's how perception 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.600 can be. And he talked about controlling his emotions in 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:14.280 those moments because of he panics that's going to make 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:16.879 the player's panic is that he's kind of reflection of 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:18.840 those players being the guy that leads up the room. 0:18:19.080 --> 0:18:21.320 So he talked about staying even in those moments. What 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:23.560 a fun chat that was with Coach Burke's I also 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:25.639 talked to g A about the value of balance in 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:28.440 his room with the safeties and the dbs in general, 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:30.800