Speaker 1: Cut down Miami n What is up, Dolphans and welcome
Speaker 1: to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going, everybody?
Speaker 1: I am your host, Travis Wingfield. Back again on another
Speaker 1: June edition of the Drivetime Podcast. Today we've got another
Speaker 1: grab bag of Dolphins topics. I want to cover the
Speaker 1: Big Trade in the NFL over the weekend with Julio
Speaker 1: Jones coming in conference now to Tennessee. I want to
Speaker 1: talk about media from last week with Brian Flores, Eric Rowe,
Speaker 1: Ray Kwon Davis, we had Jason mccordy, and much much
Speaker 1: more plenty to come. On this edition of the podcast.
Speaker 1: We are going to pump in some stats and some
Speaker 1: film evaluation around those media availabilities, as well as get
Speaker 1: to the all twenty two breakdown of Jason mc quarties.
Speaker 1: Game plenty coming your way on this edition of the
Speaker 1: Drive Time Podcast. So the Big Trade on Sunday afternoon
Speaker 1: on the East Coast Sunday morning out here on the
Speaker 1: West Coast where I currently am, and by the way,
Speaker 1: I'll be back in South Florida for mandatory minicamp in
Speaker 1: a week. So you're gonna have some updates and podcast
Speaker 1: live from South Florida from your boy. I do apologize
Speaker 1: for not being down there for the last couple of
Speaker 1: weeks in o t a s. My wife and I
Speaker 1: as well as my daughter, as many of you know
Speaker 1: by now, are making the move to South Florida full
Speaker 1: time permanently. I'm gonna be there. They're gonna be there.
Speaker 1: I cannot wait. We've been making all the goodbye rounds
Speaker 1: so far. We had a barbecue at her parents house
Speaker 1: the other night. We went and met with her aunt
Speaker 1: for dinner. Earlier last week, we had a thing at
Speaker 1: my friend's house this weekend. The tour continues here up
Speaker 1: in Washington State, but I'm getting in some podcasts and
Speaker 1: some film and some analytics and all that fun stuff
Speaker 1: done for you guys here on the pod. I just
Speaker 1: can't wait to get down there and be there full
Speaker 1: time if the family have the house, all the stuff
Speaker 1: that we have there, which by the way, we did
Speaker 1: close on a house, so that is a very exciting
Speaker 1: development for us here. As the Wingfields make the pilgrimage
Speaker 1: to South Florida on Sunday, What a sports day, what
Speaker 1: a sports weekend? Maybe just a sports time right now
Speaker 1: on the calendar. And man, maybe the NBA should push
Speaker 1: back their schedule so they get this playoff run into
Speaker 1: June and July, because I'm really really enjoying these NBA playoffs.
Speaker 1: A great game on Sunday with the Hawks in the
Speaker 1: seventies sixers that went to the underseat in that game.
Speaker 1: I was happy to see Kawai Leonard turn it up
Speaker 1: on Sunday as the Clippers close out the MAVs. And
Speaker 1: how about that F one race for you racing fans
Speaker 1: out there, man Lewis Hamilton's losing it on the restart,
Speaker 1: going from second place down to out of the race altogether.
Speaker 1: Max verstaff and goes out of the race. Just a crazy,
Speaker 1: crazy weekend of sports. And yet the NFL finds a
Speaker 1: way to reign supreme once again. Because for my money,
Speaker 1: top ten all time receiver, I mean, he's kind of
Speaker 1: in that Randy Moss category. Worry from me, Larry Fitzgerald,
Speaker 1: I think is in that category. Jerry Rice as well,
Speaker 1: Julio Jones, the best player in the franchise history of
Speaker 1: the Atlanta Falcons is going up north, I suppose a
Speaker 1: little bit and making a transition to the a f
Speaker 1: C as he has been traded for a second round
Speaker 1: draft pick, and the two clubs swapped fourth and sixth
Speaker 1: round picks in to get Julio Jones to the Titans,
Speaker 1: and the Falcons now have a little bit more cap
Speaker 1: relief for themselves in that NFC South And that's kind
Speaker 1: of one of the I guess the things I wanted
Speaker 1: to talk about here on the podcast was the fact
Speaker 1: that I've seen this from people I respect in the industry,
Speaker 1: good really good football writers who have made good points
Speaker 1: about the salary cap and this whole You know, I'm
Speaker 1: using air quotes in my fingers right now the downside
Speaker 1: of podcast. You can't see me, but the air quotes
Speaker 1: of the salary cap is a myth. The salary cap
Speaker 1: is fake, definitely is not. Because this trade right here,
Speaker 1: I don't think you said goodbye to a franchise legend
Speaker 1: unless you're in a situation where you have to clear
Speaker 1: space and and clear cap space to get yourself in
Speaker 1: a position to be able to pay your rookie class
Speaker 1: and get those contracts taking care of. And now we'll
Speaker 1: see what that team looks like with Kyle Pitts kind
Speaker 1: of running the middle of the field and maybe being
Speaker 1: one of the main target the guys that gets the
Speaker 1: most targets on that offense, along with Calvin Ridley. But
Speaker 1: the big part of this news that I wanted to
Speaker 1: cover was Julio Jones coming to the a f C South.
Speaker 1: Of course, the Titans are on the Dolphins schedule this year,
Speaker 1: and that's one of two reasons why I think this
Speaker 1: is pretty relevant here on a Miami Dolphins podcast on
Speaker 1: the Drift Time podcast, because the Dolphins played them in
Speaker 1: Week sevent team which could be that could have big
Speaker 1: time implications in the a f C playoff race. And
Speaker 1: also the fact that Julio Jones is he makes Titans
Speaker 1: better football teams. Now they're gonna have a better I guess,
Speaker 1: a better surge, a better chance of upping their playoff likelihood,
Speaker 1: their wild card likelihood in that a f C South Division.
Speaker 1: Now that's the division that has kind of taken on
Speaker 1: some some heat, some water this offseason for some of
Speaker 1: the moves and changes those clubs have endured. The Jaguar
Speaker 1: seemed to be on the come up, the Texans maybe
Speaker 1: taking a step back from previous years to paying what
Speaker 1: happens at the quarterback position for them. The Colts make
Speaker 1: another change in the quarterback spot, and now here are
Speaker 1: the Titans. After some big losses in that division. They
Speaker 1: go out and get one of the best weapons in
Speaker 1: the NFL and still is for my money, despite the
Speaker 1: fact that he's missed a couple of games like this
Speaker 1: injury pro and thought with Julio Jones, it's a little
Speaker 1: bit overblown because he's only missed more than two games
Speaker 1: once since like two thousand thirteen, and check my facts
Speaker 1: on that. It's something in that neighborhood. He's not missed
Speaker 1: that much time. He's just had some some nix and
Speaker 1: bruises along the way. But I think the main thing
Speaker 1: to look at here is the way teams are trying
Speaker 1: to create space offensively in the National Football League. And
Speaker 1: we've heard Brian Flores, who we're gonna hear from here
Speaker 1: in just one second his media last week about how
Speaker 1: teams are trying to find ways to create spacing and
Speaker 1: not just that, but build around the quarterbacks and the
Speaker 1: strengths and the things they do well. We talked about
Speaker 1: it all off season. Long speed, precision guys that can
Speaker 1: win their routes early create that separation early in the
Speaker 1: route that will drive well with the things that to
Speaker 1: a tungnel by Loa does well. I think the Titans
Speaker 1: went out and got the pretty much premier type of
Speaker 1: receiver for Ryan Tannehill. So he goes to Tennessee and
Speaker 1: now I think this team ran as much twelve personnel
Speaker 1: play act and deep vertical shots, the intermediate shots, those
Speaker 1: over routes, those deep digs, those crossers. Man, he really
Speaker 1: sets them well up there with a J. Brown, who's
Speaker 1: one of the best young receivers in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: And now I think this takes Tennessee from I thought
Speaker 1: they were kind of a minor step back, so kind
Speaker 1: of you know, that was the team the Miamiho's competing
Speaker 1: with last year down the stretch, So maybe this gives
Speaker 1: him a couple of extra wins. So that ten eleven
Speaker 1: twelve wind range, I think is about where the Titans fall,
Speaker 1: and that to me is certainly certainly relevant to the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins as they try to get themselves back into
Speaker 1: the playoffs for the first time since two thousand sixteen.
Speaker 1: So Julio Jones sending shock waves throughout the National Football
Speaker 1: League landscape on Sunday has been traded to the Tennessee Titans,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna start here with head coach Brian Flores.
Speaker 1: Will play one audio clip for you as he was
Speaker 1: asked about quarterback to a tongue of by Loa and
Speaker 1: his comments about processing the playbook and all that fun
Speaker 1: stuff from his rookie season. Here's coach addressing to us
Speaker 1: answer the prior week in media kinda go back to
Speaker 1: what we talked about last week. It's gonna be more comfortable, um,
Speaker 1: and just having better command and the huddle right now.
Speaker 1: And you know, honestly, I just think he's comparing last
Speaker 1: year to write and where he is right now. Uh So,
Speaker 1: And I get it. You know, I understand that I
Speaker 1: remember being a first year position coach and you know,
Speaker 1: coming out of that year, going into the spring, going
Speaker 1: into the next season saying, you know, I could have
Speaker 1: been better last year. I should have been better and
Speaker 1: better now. So I think, you know, from a contextually,
Speaker 1: I don't. I'm not sure if I have a pretty
Speaker 1: good I think we all understand where he's coming from.
Speaker 1: Giving uh you know, at least the conversation I had
Speaker 1: with you guys last week, UM, I think that's that's
Speaker 1: if that makes sense. But I think he's thinking about
Speaker 1: where he is right now versus there you know that
Speaker 1: time a year ago, just reflecting, and that's good. All
Speaker 1: this time is about reflection, um and you know where
Speaker 1: you are now versus where you were six months ago.
Speaker 1: And I think he's worked hard to improve in a
Speaker 1: lot of areas, and I think he hasn't um. I
Speaker 1: think he's no kind of communicated that out. And Coach
Speaker 1: would continue on a question later regarding quarterback to a
Speaker 1: tongue of by Low as he talked about putting it
Speaker 1: himself in a process in terms of how he studies,
Speaker 1: how he eats, how he trains everything. So Coach said
Speaker 1: that he would he would say he's seen that out
Speaker 1: of to a getting that process and that schedule, in
Speaker 1: that routine, in that system down that he's gotten place
Speaker 1: that he thinks will get him better at X y Z,
Speaker 1: whether it's trainings, whether it's meetings, whether it's fundamental throwing mechanics.
Speaker 1: I've seen that for sure, Coach Flores says their end quote.
Speaker 1: And just to kind of put my own perspective, my
Speaker 1: own flavor on that, and you know, you go back
Speaker 1: to your own experiences to try to relate to what
Speaker 1: people say what regardless of what field it is, right,
Speaker 1: And I always go back to my sports days and
Speaker 1: high school, in the junior college and that fun stuff
Speaker 1: where aim to an end for me because well I
Speaker 1: am a one hundred and sixty pound kids, so it
Speaker 1: didn't go very far from me. But when I played hoop,
Speaker 1: you know, I I came up to the varsity pretty
Speaker 1: early in my career in high school, and I remember
Speaker 1: getting on the court my first time from j V
Speaker 1: up to varsity and the speed of the game, like
Speaker 1: I just was catch, get the ball out of my hands,
Speaker 1: get to my next spot, and get the hell out
Speaker 1: of the game. And don't cause any turnovers or any
Speaker 1: lapses or breakdowns in the in the playbook. Just make
Speaker 1: sure you know what you're doing and get the ball
Speaker 1: out of your hands and go to the next spot.
Speaker 1: So I can certainly understand that from my perspective. And
Speaker 1: then in this job, which is you know, I'm thirty
Speaker 1: three years old now, so it was that fifteen years later,
Speaker 1: like my my rookie season on this job, it wasn't
Speaker 1: as good as it is now. I talked about some
Speaker 1: of the writing I've done in the past. I go
Speaker 1: back to things I wrote five six years ago. I
Speaker 1: pulled up some of the um the files I had
Speaker 1: from third and ten dot com that I've referenced several
Speaker 1: times in this podcast, and how reading those was like,
Speaker 1: oh gosh, your your understanding of grammatics or grammatical structure
Speaker 1: in the sentence ructure, And I say grammatics, but you
Speaker 1: get it, Like I improved so much from from where
Speaker 1: I am now to where I was five years ago.
Speaker 1: Even year to year, I think you should continue to
Speaker 1: get better. And so for a first year player, I
Speaker 1: think it makes all the sense in the world. You
Speaker 1: just feel more comfortable. Like again, training Camp twenty nine team,
Speaker 1: my first day going to the Dolphins facility, didn't know
Speaker 1: where to go, didn't know I had to park around
Speaker 1: the back, and it was stressful. It was created anxiety.
Speaker 1: Now I roll into that place exactly where everything is,
Speaker 1: what my pin code is to get into the building,
Speaker 1: all that fun stuff like it makes a big difference.
Speaker 1: And I think that I like the way coach referenced
Speaker 1: his own experience as far as a position coach and
Speaker 1: what he didn't know versus what he knows now, and
Speaker 1: all those experiences add up for a a catalog and
Speaker 1: kind of goes back to like what Brian Fitzpatrick would
Speaker 1: say last year, like a catalog of plays that he
Speaker 1: has in his mind that helped him get to the
Speaker 1: position where he knows this means that and that means this,
Speaker 1: and I can make this decision based upon what I'm
Speaker 1: seeing right here. It's just gonna take some time for
Speaker 1: these young guys to get ahold of that. And it
Speaker 1: goes beyond the quarterback. It goes into the all these
Speaker 1: second year players and all the rookies this year that
Speaker 1: we have in this exciting rookie class. I just I
Speaker 1: like the way he covered that. I like the way
Speaker 1: he explained his own experiences there, and I just continue
Speaker 1: to not have like any hang ups about the comments
Speaker 1: or even what we're seeing on the field right now
Speaker 1: at O T A S because it's a walk through
Speaker 1: and Shorts, advisors and coach also touched on how rookies
Speaker 1: focus right now. It's not about carving out a specific
Speaker 1: role or there's a timetable where we have to have
Speaker 1: this player in this position right now. Because Coach was
Speaker 1: asked about Javon Holland, for instance, who you know you
Speaker 1: put the two and two together, he's drafted, Bobby McCain
Speaker 1: has released, Jason mccordy signs here. But the the the
Speaker 1: I think two plus two math there is that Javon
Speaker 1: Holland and coach talked about it, and Joe Alexander talked
Speaker 1: about him playing some free safety, is that he may
Speaker 1: be plugs into that spot, and coaches also mentioned how
Speaker 1: the signal caller positions right, free safety, middle, linebacker, center, quarterback.
Speaker 1: These guys are the ones that signal the defense of
Speaker 1: the rest or the the play call to the rest
Speaker 1: of the defense, or the offense or the rest of
Speaker 1: the protection call for the offensive line, or the quarterback
Speaker 1: for the routes and the running back YadA YadA ya.
Speaker 1: And they were asking about Javon Holland's timeline as far
Speaker 1: as getting onto the field and having that role in
Speaker 1: that responsibility and that kind of communication leadership aspect, And
Speaker 1: I love the way coach talked about how right now
Speaker 1: it's about building and gaining perspective and gaining confidence and
Speaker 1: having answers to questions because you just cannot come into
Speaker 1: this league right away and say when we're in too
Speaker 1: high and they want to throw, you know, a mesh
Speaker 1: concept underneath, and we're gonna have you know, the rat
Speaker 1: and the hole is gonna drive on this particular route,
Speaker 1: I have to fade back and get over the top
Speaker 1: to the X receiver. Like that's a lot that has
Speaker 1: to kind of be experiential. You have to see the
Speaker 1: reps on the field. And so I like the way
Speaker 1: coach focuses right now on these fundamentals, installing the playbook,
Speaker 1: installing these things so they can become second nature in
Speaker 1: the future, so that when the the study and the
Speaker 1: aptitude for the game matches the talent level, that's when
Speaker 1: you hopefully ideally get the best version of these players.
Speaker 1: And we've talked at length about this Dolphin's draft class
Speaker 1: and what they've done in the past few years bringing
Speaker 1: in athletes with high aptitude for the game. Those two
Speaker 1: things together with a solid coaching staff that can develop
Speaker 1: that's the ideal picture of how you get just consistently
Speaker 1: good football players up and down the roster and guys
Speaker 1: that can make the difference for you between wins and losses.
Speaker 1: And I like the timetable comment the coach said there
Speaker 1: as well, because that's something Chris Career mentioned a while back.
Speaker 1: How they don't put a timetable on things. And that's
Speaker 1: how you, again, I think you get yourself into trouble
Speaker 1: in this business, in this league by saying, at this
Speaker 1: pick and this draft and this particular spot of our
Speaker 1: organizational operation, we have to select position X. When you
Speaker 1: do that, you put yourself in a box. And that
Speaker 1: is just not a productive way of achieving anything in
Speaker 1: football or otherwise. Coach was also asked about the players
Speaker 1: that haven't shown up to voluntary O t A s
Speaker 1: right now, but he's talking about what he has gotten
Speaker 1: out of it with the players that are there. Communication fundamentals, techniques,
Speaker 1: learned the playbook, understanding the playbook, having an understanding of
Speaker 1: concepts offensively, defensively in the kicking game, and building rapport
Speaker 1: with teammates. Coach said he talked about working on individual
Speaker 1: techniques and fundamentals, but communication, cadence, shifts, motions, adjust in
Speaker 1: two shifts and motions, and again this is why for
Speaker 1: these younger players it's so important to get out there
Speaker 1: and get those mental reps and have their eyes see
Speaker 1: the colors flash and see the way things moving this league.
Speaker 1: And Coach talked about that. I just I think I'm
Speaker 1: covering it here, but also kind of trying to give
Speaker 1: you my perspective that I couldn't agree more with the
Speaker 1: idea of what you can achieve out of these O
Speaker 1: T A s. And I'm not gonna worry about a
Speaker 1: punt hitting the turf, or a guy dropping a football
Speaker 1: or a throw that goes awry or whatever it might be.
Speaker 1: That's just not really something I'm concerned about this time
Speaker 1: of the calendar. And so I think that when you
Speaker 1: look at what the process of this is, all of
Speaker 1: this is a positive net game compared to what last
Speaker 1: year was when there was no O T A s.
Speaker 1: It was all mental and there was no opportunity to
Speaker 1: go out onto the field and joke with guys and
Speaker 1: have a good time. And you see coach out there
Speaker 1: laughing with the guys, and they can go out and
Speaker 1: apply the lessons they learned in the classroom on the field.
Speaker 1: I think that would go a long way, especially for
Speaker 1: a young Dolphins team like they have here and like
Speaker 1: they've been able to generate some of these veteran presence
Speaker 1: with guys they brought in like a Jason mccordy to
Speaker 1: help accelerate that process. We'll talk more about Jason here
Speaker 1: and just one second, we're gonna finish up. Coach flores
Speaker 1: this with his comment about Jason mccordy, who said, from
Speaker 1: a leadership standpoint, experience standpoint, he's also a good player.
Speaker 1: To don't forget that aspect of this McCarty signing. The
Speaker 1: guy can play football. He wouldn't be here if he couldn't.
Speaker 1: Coach Floor's always makes a point to make that the
Speaker 1: number one element of being a Miami Dolphin. You gotta
Speaker 1: play football, man, I asked. I asked coach that question
Speaker 1: last year about Brandon Jones, and I said, when he
Speaker 1: you know, when you heard about Brandon Jones getting all
Speaker 1: these defensive playbooks and going through and watching four games
Speaker 1: of each defense so he can have an idea of
Speaker 1: what the defense does and their structure and their calls.
Speaker 1: I asked him about that and how that elevated his
Speaker 1: draft stock, and Coach said, look, you gotta be able
Speaker 1: to play football first. That's what we care about here first.
Speaker 1: So Jason mccordy checked that box as well. But he
Speaker 1: also talked about guys that fit the team well from
Speaker 1: that on field, but also the character and the makeup
Speaker 1: aspect of this entire business as well. So coach ended
Speaker 1: the presser there with some really good comments like I
Speaker 1: recommend going back and checking this one out. He was
Speaker 1: very forthright and very transparent, as he has been all
Speaker 1: off season. He also talked a lot about his coach
Speaker 1: staff that he's put together here and the energy those
Speaker 1: guys have and the way he sees that energy kind
Speaker 1: of produced passion on the field, and that's that reverberates man.
Speaker 1: We talked about the players and the coaches and all
Speaker 1: these guys that care about football so much, like you
Speaker 1: can see it, and the way these guys speak to
Speaker 1: the media. I love talking to g A coach Charles
Speaker 1: Burkes is one of the guys he mentioned here as well,
Speaker 1: Coach Lemil, John Pierre, coach Students Field coach Grizz Coach
Speaker 1: god See, coach Clark. I'm probably leaving some guys out here,
Speaker 1: but you watch the way these guys coach on the
Speaker 1: field and they are just so passionate and fired up.
Speaker 1: And Coach Campanelli two is one of the ones that
Speaker 1: is most fired up most of the time. It's so
Speaker 1: much fun to watch when people love what they do.
Speaker 1: And I had someone comment on the Colleen Wolf podcast
Speaker 1: last week and say like, it's so much fun to
Speaker 1: watch two people that love what they do do their job.
Speaker 1: And they mentioned that about myself and Colleen, and I said, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what a podcast I thought was so good because
Speaker 1: we're both so passionate and high energy. Same story and football, man,
Speaker 1: those guys were out there having a great time and
Speaker 1: coaching guys up and it really shows on the field
Speaker 1: and hopefully and the results too. We later heard from
Speaker 1: Dolphins second year to fensive tackle ray Kwon Davis, who
Speaker 1: was candid in his own assessment of his rookie season,
Speaker 1: saying he didn't think it was that good, thought it
Speaker 1: could have been a lot better for himself. Before we
Speaker 1: get to his comments about where he thinks he can
Speaker 1: get better, he also talked about Jalen Waddle said he's
Speaker 1: a fast guy who gets open, he gets loose, he
Speaker 1: gets the ball and there's no catching him. He's explosive
Speaker 1: and he can control the ball however he wants to.
Speaker 1: So that was cool to hear him talk about his
Speaker 1: former teammate at Alabama. He talked a little bit about
Speaker 1: his offseason training regiment and his trainer named Sean, who
Speaker 1: has this thing he calls monster making, where he makes monsters,
Speaker 1: and ray Kwon Davis is an absolute monster. He talked
Speaker 1: about the wings band, the size and the height and
Speaker 1: the versatility. He definitely qualifies in that monster category. But
Speaker 1: he talked about how much fun it is to get
Speaker 1: those workouts in, how it gets him juiced up and
Speaker 1: gets him prepared for the season. So he talked about
Speaker 1: pass rushing and saying that that was an area of
Speaker 1: his game he felt he could be better in this season.
Speaker 1: And we know ray Kuan kind of came on the
Speaker 1: second half of the season. He really began to have
Speaker 1: that emergence as a productive player in that Rams victory
Speaker 1: and then continued it through the rest of the season.
Speaker 1: Really really productive stuff from Rey Juan Davis. We're gonna
Speaker 1: talk about his film and and some numbers here in
Speaker 1: just one second. He talked a little bit about coach
Speaker 1: Clark because I wanted to ask him. You know, coach
Speaker 1: Clark was an outside edge rusher or outside linebackers coach
Speaker 1: and worked a lot with the edge rushers last season
Speaker 1: and now he's back up coaching the defensive line where
Speaker 1: he's been before and prior stops and he talked about
Speaker 1: getting some work on technique and pass rushing with coach Clark,
Speaker 1: And you might recall last season Andrew Van Ginkl spoke
Speaker 1: a lot about the element of his game that he
Speaker 1: added through the work with coach Clark in that pass
Speaker 1: rushing stuff. So the fact that Clark is getting his
Speaker 1: hands on these guys in front, like an Adam Butler
Speaker 1: who already has so much refinement in that area, but
Speaker 1: also the young ray Kwon Davis, a young Christian Wilkins,
Speaker 1: even Zack Seiler as well, who plays with so much
Speaker 1: power and flexibility and the ability to get into the backfield.
Speaker 1: I think it can have just a net gain on
Speaker 1: this defensive line. Now, as far as ray Kwon Davis
Speaker 1: and that pass rush, I wanted to take a deeper
Speaker 1: look at that because I thought he was productive and
Speaker 1: impactful that way. I'm never gonna go against the guy's
Speaker 1: own personal worry, but I want to talk about his
Speaker 1: pass rush here and where I think he excelled and
Speaker 1: where he can get better and from pro football focus.
Speaker 1: He finished the season with ten of his fourteen to
Speaker 1: total quarterback pressures in the final seven games of the season,
Speaker 1: and the run stops began to pile up in that
Speaker 1: Rams game that we mentioned earlier, but you also saw
Speaker 1: a nice increase in pass rush work in terms of reps,
Speaker 1: and it began with twenty four reps as a pass
Speaker 1: rusher against the Rams, which also coincided with his best
Speaker 1: pass rush grade from Pro Football Focus at eight one
Speaker 1: point seven. That's well into the green category, which is
Speaker 1: well above league average. He then go on to post
Speaker 1: four more scores the rest of the way, so basically
Speaker 1: every other game in that green category at Denver, at
Speaker 1: the Jets, home for the Patriots, and at the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: And when I went back this weekend is a bit
Speaker 1: of a project and kind of watched some of those
Speaker 1: reps on tape. I really think he's just scratching the
Speaker 1: surface on what he can do from both that zero
Speaker 1: tech and that one technique position as a pass rusher,
Speaker 1: because one he's damn near impossible to reach just based
Speaker 1: on the wingspan alone, the one I mentioned earlier than
Speaker 1: the length of his arms and the length he is
Speaker 1: that six ft six span or a frame that he has.
Speaker 1: A reach block is when the center has to get
Speaker 1: across the face outside of a guy, So a tackles
Speaker 1: lapped to my left. I have to get on that
Speaker 1: left shoulder. It's a difficult block. He's very difficult to
Speaker 1: reach block because of that length and because of some
Speaker 1: first step quickness that he has. He's difficult to control
Speaker 1: because of that length and power. So he can really
Speaker 1: hold the point as kind of a guy that just
Speaker 1: eats up space and bodies when you rush head up
Speaker 1: over the center. Now, when you have that head up rushing,
Speaker 1: it's difficult for the defensive lineman because you then have
Speaker 1: to go kind of through the guy opposed to rushing
Speaker 1: half the man off of a shade er on the
Speaker 1: outside shoulder, where you can rush half the body and
Speaker 1: then you can work that one side of the body
Speaker 1: and kind of work on the offensive linman's momentum because
Speaker 1: of that alignment. But when you shade him off the
Speaker 1: center like that and he does rush that half a man,
Speaker 1: the center has to get over to cut him off
Speaker 1: because of that size and because of the explosiveness, which
Speaker 1: creates more space in the opposite a gaps. So he's
Speaker 1: a bit of a problem in that area. But then
Speaker 1: he'll also slide out to the two technique, which is
Speaker 1: head up over the offensive guard and operate some games,
Speaker 1: some stunts, some slants, some twists, and all that is
Speaker 1: is trying to set picks and create rush opportunities for
Speaker 1: other guys where you kind of like a pick and
Speaker 1: roll almost in basketball. Might be the best way I
Speaker 1: can explain the stunts and the games up front, but
Speaker 1: he does a lot of that and he creates opportunities
Speaker 1: from the other side of the formation. And we talked
Speaker 1: about coach Vass's YouTube content a couple of shows ago
Speaker 1: and all the different stunts and games and calls that
Speaker 1: are made. Well, that goes back to the segment we
Speaker 1: covered earlier on this podcast about comfort level and knowing
Speaker 1: the checks and being able to play fast and loose
Speaker 1: without having to think about really anything as you go along.
Speaker 1: And I think that's where you could really see ray
Speaker 1: Kwon takeoff this year, just play less, thinking that's the
Speaker 1: case for every rookie and every first year player in
Speaker 1: any industry, much less football, and just let those physical
Speaker 1: skill sets overwhelmed people the way they did in college.
Speaker 1: Because remember, now, this is a guy Alabama that wrecked
Speaker 1: and I mean act games as a freshman for the
Speaker 1: Crimson Tide. Hell, he wrecked the National Championship Game and
Speaker 1: then to put the pieces back together to win that
Speaker 1: thing at the buzzer. But that's the takeaway. He does
Speaker 1: come with some explosive first step, an explosive first step
Speaker 1: out of that stance, and it's pretty rare paired with
Speaker 1: that size that he packs in that punch as well.
Speaker 1: I cannot wait to see what he looks like the season.
Speaker 1: Let's go back in the defensive secondary and continue on
Speaker 1: with some media from last week and hear from a
Speaker 1: veteran of the secondary, Eric Rowe, who had this to
Speaker 1: say about the benefits and advantages of being at camp
Speaker 1: and at O t a s and working with other
Speaker 1: people opposed to going out in your backyard and trying
Speaker 1: to execute things like run fits all by yourself last year.
Speaker 1: You can't. You can't learn on run fits when you
Speaker 1: buy yourself. Uh So, I mean like even though we're
Speaker 1: not doing full speed reps, it's it's still you know
Speaker 1: a lot of the mental game, uh you know, doing
Speaker 1: shifts kind of seeing like you know, shifts and adjustments
Speaker 1: and missiles and kind of the cause that you know,
Speaker 1: at least at the backings that we have to give.
Speaker 1: I mean that you know it provides a lot of
Speaker 1: value rather than just sitting at home kind of going
Speaker 1: over to zoom calls, going over the playbook. You know,
Speaker 1: that's that's always different than when you actually got people
Speaker 1: running at you, things moving fast. So you know that
Speaker 1: that's kind of value that at least you know this
Speaker 1: year is providing, like because you know, we got a
Speaker 1: couple of we got a couple of new calls, and
Speaker 1: you know if if you know, the first day I
Speaker 1: kind of struggled like like okay, like shifts and adjustment
Speaker 1: and getting your mind thinking again rather than just sitting
Speaker 1: on the computer, you know, looking at the screen, looking
Speaker 1: at the film. So, uh, it does provide a lot
Speaker 1: of value that we're actually here and doing walkthros. And
Speaker 1: so when you consider the way this Dolphins defense is
Speaker 1: able to heat up quarterbacks last year through so much
Speaker 1: of the scheme and have the versatility to have guys
Speaker 1: in the right position at the right time, and guys
Speaker 1: of course went out and make place, it makes you
Speaker 1: wonder if having like Eric mentioned there, you know, there
Speaker 1: was a couple of ships. I had to kind of
Speaker 1: take a couple of reps to get down. Then once
Speaker 1: I did, I was good and we're full go. Makes
Speaker 1: you wonder if maybe that can have a bit of
Speaker 1: an impact in terms of how the Dolphins start the
Speaker 1: season this year, because if he got out to a
Speaker 1: fashion than one and three start, perhaps you can make
Speaker 1: a strong push down that back end. Eric continued on
Speaker 1: his press conference, one of the best media guys there
Speaker 1: is on this team. I just love talking to him.
Speaker 1: Talked about the blonde streak he has in his hair
Speaker 1: and how that's kind of become his thing. He's got
Speaker 1: longer hair now that flows as he's out there on
Speaker 1: the football field. Talked a lot about Javon halland calling
Speaker 1: him athletic and smart and instinctive, and that he's really
Speaker 1: being a sponge and kind of absorbing all the stuff
Speaker 1: the veterans have to provide out there. Veterans like Jason mccordy,
Speaker 1: who he mentioned has so many different little tricks of
Speaker 1: the trade and things he can do with the game
Speaker 1: in terms of his knowledge and wisdom of the game.
Speaker 1: Eric said he still asks mccordy football related stuff, but
Speaker 1: also he brings leadership and talks to him about just
Speaker 1: being you know, friends and brothers and guys that are
Speaker 1: in this thing together. Talking about the leadership on the
Speaker 1: back end and the wisdom of the game, where two
Speaker 1: things he really really reiterated. And we'll go ahead and
Speaker 1: finish up with Eric here before we get to some
Speaker 1: fun stats and film notes that I have on this
Speaker 1: player from last season going in now to one. And
Speaker 1: he was asked about, you were a player that was
Speaker 1: a cornerback in twenty nineteen and you made that transition
Speaker 1: to the safety position mid season. It was Week six
Speaker 1: against Washington that year, and you recall he really finished
Speaker 1: out the year strong that season and continued that into
Speaker 1: a good season. And he was asked a great question
Speaker 1: here in my opinion, about what would you tell a
Speaker 1: player that is in the midst of making that transition
Speaker 1: from going from one spot to another. He talked about
Speaker 1: how it takes time and patience, and here was the
Speaker 1: rest of his answer. Obviously, you know, obviously you need
Speaker 1: to learn the defense, but then kind of within that,
Speaker 1: kind of just know your role, kind of who you
Speaker 1: are as a player. I always tell people if you're
Speaker 1: a DV you can always get better a man and
Speaker 1: man coverage. You know, even if you're a free safety
Speaker 1: that you played a post. You know, maybe nine percent
Speaker 1: of time but if you know the coaches know that
Speaker 1: you can cover man a man, there's always value in that.
Speaker 1: So I always sound like, no matter what, just always
Speaker 1: work on your man and man skills. And so we
Speaker 1: talked about that on this podcast, right, Brandon Jones, Eric Roe,
Speaker 1: even Be mccayn's earlier days. These were guys that played
Speaker 1: either perimeter or slot cornerback and Javon Holland played a
Speaker 1: lot of that as well at Oregon. So this defense,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to come down and be able to
Speaker 1: match up and when they want to go that five
Speaker 1: ooh front and send pressure in various gaps and get
Speaker 1: the quarterback uncomfortable and play that tight, sticky man coverage
Speaker 1: with Xavien Howard and Byron Jones and Eric Rowe and
Speaker 1: Javon Holland and Brandon Jones and Nick need Him and
Speaker 1: the names keep coming and they don't stop coming, or
Speaker 1: they don't stop coming, And so I wanted to go
Speaker 1: back and look at some of rose numbers as far
Speaker 1: as a man coverage standpoint goes. And we know we
Speaker 1: talked about the Chiefs and Raiders game from last season
Speaker 1: and Travis Kelsey and Darren Waller, they put up numbers
Speaker 1: on pretty much every single team they face, and Rowe
Speaker 1: has talked about how those are two games that he
Speaker 1: thinks about. He can't wait to get back to that
Speaker 1: Las Vegas rematch and get a chance to go up
Speaker 1: against Darren Waller once again. So looking at some of
Speaker 1: his numbers and his film, and when you watch him
Speaker 1: in coverage, I think you see some of the nuance
Speaker 1: of that experience that he has as a cornerback. He's
Speaker 1: really good at keeping the offensive players hands in check
Speaker 1: and really working to get himself in position and always
Speaker 1: hand fighting and jockeying for that position. I think he
Speaker 1: can do that while sacrificing some of the movement or
Speaker 1: speed because of the physical engagement, because typically he is
Speaker 1: a better athlete than the guys he goes up against
Speaker 1: a former cornerback against the tight end. Not exactly rocket science, right,
Speaker 1: but that's where I think his true value to this
Speaker 1: team on the field is in that man coverage area.
Speaker 1: He's physical and pressed. He's more than comfortable down in
Speaker 1: the muck as a run defender. So when you jam
Speaker 1: him down the box, head up over a tight end,
Speaker 1: you're taking on the point in trips or attacking a
Speaker 1: bunch or a stack. It's not weird for the offense
Speaker 1: to see him and locate him there because it's common
Speaker 1: within his role. And I love the way he plays
Speaker 1: the back hip to undercut routes and get his hands
Speaker 1: on football's when you take away the threat of true
Speaker 1: top end speed like you have on the perimeter, He's
Speaker 1: really able to use that size and physicality and toughness
Speaker 1: in those areas. And that's how he wound up with
Speaker 1: these numbers in the fourteen games sans k C in
Speaker 1: Las Vegas, thirty four for fifty eight. That's fifty eight
Speaker 1: point six percent completion percentage, three D and seventy seven
Speaker 1: yards against him. That's six point five yards per target. Remember,
Speaker 1: we want to be at eight or above as a
Speaker 1: pass catcher, so good numbers there for row, one touchdown
Speaker 1: allowed and two interceptions per Pro Football Focus, and that
Speaker 1: was coming off a twenty nineteen season where his numbers
Speaker 1: were even better. So I'm excited for him to get
Speaker 1: another crack against Waller this year. We do not see
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in Kansas City, but I think he's going
Speaker 1: to compete his ass off in that rematch and in
Speaker 1: the other sixteen games, like he does. Eric Rowe a
Speaker 1: true pros pro and so much fun to watch and
Speaker 1: even better to talk to as a guy. We also
Speaker 1: had a chance to talk to Davanta Parker, Dolphins seventh
Speaker 1: theory receiver. Now, isn't that hard to believe? Make you
Speaker 1: feel kind of a little bit older. Devanta Parker has
Speaker 1: been in the the league for seven years now and I
Speaker 1: wanted to go back and check on some numbers, and
Speaker 1: unfortunately they don't have the reception perception data available for
Speaker 1: him yet. With Matt Harmon, who of course did our
Speaker 1: great receiver's preview on the Draft Preview podcast here on
Speaker 1: Drive Time. But I went back and saw some of
Speaker 1: the numbers that he provided from previous seasons with Vanta Parker,
Speaker 1: and I hadn't seen these before, so it jives. I'm
Speaker 1: happy is he had drives well with my scouting reports
Speaker 1: on Devonte Parker, which is that he really gets the
Speaker 1: job done on in breaking routes, posts, digs, curls, and slants,
Speaker 1: and he really gets on top of guys that way
Speaker 1: because of one, he's so strong at the point and
Speaker 1: can get that inside release with one quick step to
Speaker 1: the outside and then he crosses over and once he
Speaker 1: gets on the inside of the cornerback, you just can't
Speaker 1: climb over the top of that guy because he's so
Speaker 1: long and so strong that way, and he really plucks
Speaker 1: the ball with strong hands away from his frame, on
Speaker 1: his frame, whatever it has to be, he can go
Speaker 1: out and get that ball. And how well does that
Speaker 1: coincide with the fact that we talked a little bit
Speaker 1: about Jalen Waddle and Will Fuller and the space they
Speaker 1: can create inside with their vertical stretch speed, their corner routes,
Speaker 1: their post routes to take that post safety off the
Speaker 1: middle of the formation, creates some of these opportunities on
Speaker 1: these curls and these digs in the middle part of
Speaker 1: that field, right behind that second level of defenders on
Speaker 1: the opposing defense. And that's where Parker really shines in
Speaker 1: terms of his reception perception success by route, his wins
Speaker 1: by route ran and what I saw on tape with
Speaker 1: that inside release move to stat guys to the inside
Speaker 1: and create that space and create that sort of window
Speaker 1: between he and the defender on his back. And I
Speaker 1: asked Davante, what's something you can get better at this offseason,
Speaker 1: because last year I asked that question and He talked
Speaker 1: about comeback routes, and of course one of his big
Speaker 1: goals was just playing sixteen games and staying healthy. And
Speaker 1: we know Davante fought through some stuff last year as
Speaker 1: he was really doing a good job of getting himself
Speaker 1: back onto the football field after some dings here and there.
Speaker 1: But he talked about every single route this year, and
Speaker 1: I think that's something we can see him really excel
Speaker 1: with this new Dolphins offensive structure. Is those inbreaking routes,
Speaker 1: those slants, those curls, those digs, everything where he can
Speaker 1: get to that space in the middle of the field
Speaker 1: that hopefully is created by the vertical stretching speed the
Speaker 1: Dolphins now have on the outside. We also heard from
Speaker 1: Durham Smith, who had a great comment about coach Godzi
Speaker 1: among multiple Mike Gasicky stories, talking about the fact that
Speaker 1: their roommates right now and Durham staying with Mike and
Speaker 1: he's getting a little bit sick of him at times,
Speaker 1: but it's more of that fun, like friendly answer they
Speaker 1: have back and forth. He dogged Mike for his lack
Speaker 1: of knowledge and pop culture as well as his inability
Speaker 1: to cook anything he said, but he also had some
Speaker 1: more serious talks about what coach Gods means or what
Speaker 1: he provides as an offensive play caller. And I love
Speaker 1: this quote from Durham talking about Coach God's his ability
Speaker 1: to not just explain something from one position's perspective, but
Speaker 1: rather the whole point of view with eleven positions in mind. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean with George, you know, he's he's just a
Speaker 1: very smart guy. Um, he's an encyclopedia in terms of
Speaker 1: really offensive knowledge in general, which I think has really
Speaker 1: helped me and Mike kind of developed the last couple
Speaker 1: of years. Um, understanding offenses, just not from the tight
Speaker 1: end position, but kind of from an overall perspective. Um.
Speaker 1: And it wasn't surprising to see him get promot. You know,
Speaker 1: he's been in a situation where he's no see before. Um,
Speaker 1: that's I think that's where he he's gonna thrive because
Speaker 1: he knows so much about it. Really, both the guys
Speaker 1: that are there, Um, George, Andy, I mean, they're doing
Speaker 1: a great job. I've been with him the last three years.
Speaker 1: They've they've done a great for the last three years.
Speaker 1: So I think it was very deserving to the both
Speaker 1: of them. Um. And you know, I think the Ovens
Speaker 1: is still coming together at this point. Um, it's it's
Speaker 1: it's so early. We're kind of working on you know,
Speaker 1: techniques and such and you know, just kind of getting
Speaker 1: out there and running football players, which you know, football
Speaker 1: plays a football play. So I think we're still developing that.
Speaker 1: But I have I have a ton of faith in
Speaker 1: those two guys. You heard him talk about coach Gods
Speaker 1: being in the Cyclopedia of Knowledge, one of my favorite
Speaker 1: coaches to talk to in terms of just talking to
Speaker 1: x As and Nose. I mean, I'll bring up third
Speaker 1: team personnel to Coach God see and he'll go on
Speaker 1: a diet tribe talking about football next as a nose
Speaker 1: for as long as he wants to know. It's it's
Speaker 1: a great time every time we get him here on
Speaker 1: the podcast and on media as well to talk to
Speaker 1: coach Gods. And so was drham Smithe such a fun
Speaker 1: guy to talk to. We talked a little bit about
Speaker 1: how Travis Kelsey named Mike Kasicki among his top five
Speaker 1: tight ends, and that of course let into more questions
Speaker 1: about them becoming friends and the friendship of Smith and
Speaker 1: Kasicki and just real quick on Derham Smiths game, like
Speaker 1: I think one of the underappreciated aspects of his game,
Speaker 1: in addition to the fact that he's doing so much
Speaker 1: work on special teams, is when he comes around off
Speaker 1: of those little kickout blocks where he has to come
Speaker 1: across the formation, and when you run zone, you're gonna
Speaker 1: see an offensive line move in the same direction. Right,
Speaker 1: everyone's first step is the same first step, and they
Speaker 1: all move in the same direction. And when you run
Speaker 1: split zone, you bring a strong side player from that
Speaker 1: side of the formation to come to the back side
Speaker 1: of the formation and clear out there or seal off
Speaker 1: the backside of that formation. I love watching him hit
Speaker 1: those blocks as well as act as a lead blocker
Speaker 1: in the running game, and he added some more past
Speaker 1: production as well last season in his third year. A
Speaker 1: good chance to get a look at these guys in
Speaker 1: their fourth season. We finish up this podcast before we
Speaker 1: get to the Jason mccordy All twenty two as well
Speaker 1: as his media and just real quick, did you guys
Speaker 1: see the photo of Jalen Phillips on social media on
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins dot Com from O T A S over
Speaker 1: the weekend. I posted it to my timeline, so go
Speaker 1: check it out there. If you haven't seen it, but
Speaker 1: you want to talk about rocked up. And I tweeted
Speaker 1: out that he's thirty six and a half inch vertical
Speaker 1: ten ft five broad four or five six forty yard
Speaker 1: dash two hundred and sixty pounds. His four arms are
Speaker 1: just thick, and he's got so much rip strength in
Speaker 1: those hands. You can see it in that photo from
Speaker 1: how he plays in terms of the overall just thickness
Speaker 1: of his build and the power with which he plays.
Speaker 1: But then you pair that with the workout metrics. I
Speaker 1: just wanted to talk about that because I think he
Speaker 1: has some of the rare traits and rare abilities. And
Speaker 1: I went back and looked at some tweets from previous
Speaker 1: from from last month during the draft and and some
Speaker 1: of the experts who talked about Jalen Phillips and saying,
Speaker 1: this guy has a chance now to be one of
Speaker 1: the best pure pass rushers in this draft class if
Speaker 1: he can put everything together, and of course with those
Speaker 1: medical things are behind him. So some cool, some cool
Speaker 1: hype out there regarding Dolphins rookie defensive end slash outside
Speaker 1: linebacker Jalen Phillips, and that photo was just really cool
Speaker 1: to see because man, he looks the part of a true,
Speaker 1: true defensive lineman. Let's go ahead and finish out this
Speaker 1: podcast with media from the last player we spoke to
Speaker 1: last week, which is Jason mccordy. I'm not gonna play
Speaker 1: any audio because it's lengthy and I want to get
Speaker 1: you guys out of here in a reasonable time. But again,
Speaker 1: go check out the YouTube page and you can check
Speaker 1: out all of our media availabilities up there. But he
Speaker 1: talked a lot about leadership and a lot about service,
Speaker 1: and I went back and found this story about when
Speaker 1: coach Flores was elected into the legend status at the
Speaker 1: y m c A up locally in the northeast up there,
Speaker 1: and Devin mccordy was one of the presenters, but Jason
Speaker 1: mccordy was involved as well, and that was something Coach
Speaker 1: Flora's talked about leadership and service and he still talks
Speaker 1: about that to this day with his players. And that's
Speaker 1: what Jason McCary talked about with his new position and
Speaker 1: how it's important for him to not just play good football,
Speaker 1: but to be out on the field and asking the guys,
Speaker 1: what are you up to this weekend? What do you
Speaker 1: how are you feeling right now, What do you think
Speaker 1: about this morning's meeting, What do you think about breakfast
Speaker 1: this morning? How do you have any questions for me?
Speaker 1: And just having that sounding board on the field, a
Speaker 1: guy in the locker room who is not in that
Speaker 1: position of authority like a coach would be in terms
Speaker 1: of that relationship, you have that conduit on the field,
Speaker 1: it can only be a benefit for these players and
Speaker 1: obviously a guy that coach Flora's and coach boy or
Speaker 1: trust and Jason mccuary talked a little bit in his
Speaker 1: presser about what coach Flow has meant to him and
Speaker 1: what Chosh Bowyer has meant to him as a coach
Speaker 1: in that defense, learning this defensive, him talking about how
Speaker 1: he's not really focused right now on learning safety or cornerback,
Speaker 1: but just learned the whole defense so he can communicate
Speaker 1: it and can be versatile and if the Dolphins need
Speaker 1: him in a pinch at a spot, he can go
Speaker 1: out and fulfill that role. So he's been This was
Speaker 1: the first time we talked to him, but he just
Speaker 1: said a lot of really really cool stuff talking about
Speaker 1: the defense, about leadership, about maybe he wants to be
Speaker 1: a coach in the future. That was a question asked
Speaker 1: to him, So go check it out on YouTube. He
Speaker 1: was a great great watching a great great listen. But
Speaker 1: I want to finish up this podcast here with a
Speaker 1: quick note on his tape because I had a chance
Speaker 1: to go over the weekend and look at some of
Speaker 1: his tape last season up in New England, and from
Speaker 1: a pure numbers perspective, this is the first thing he
Speaker 1: noticed on tape with mccordy's he doesn't really miss tackles.
Speaker 1: He had one of the lowest miss tackle rates in
Speaker 1: all the National Football League last year, and that's been
Speaker 1: his game since the beginning. And he can run to
Speaker 1: so appair the physicality with his athletic ability, and you
Speaker 1: just watch the way he raps. He truly truly shoots
Speaker 1: at the hips and wraps and coils and brings guys
Speaker 1: to the ground and get some of these electric, electric
Speaker 1: playmakers to the round. Pro Football Focused tagged him with
Speaker 1: just one mistackle last year in a game against the
Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens. Wanted to go check it out on tape,
Speaker 1: and of course it was Lamar Jackson in the open field.
Speaker 1: So what are you gonna do with that guy who
Speaker 1: makes everybody miss at one point or another, but Jason
Speaker 1: mccordy had some good numbers last year as well. In
Speaker 1: terms of his production in coverage, he was kind of
Speaker 1: a you know, I don't want to say backup, but
Speaker 1: he was a guy that didn't play as many reps
Speaker 1: as some of the other guys. He did get over
Speaker 1: six hundred reps on defense for the Patriots last season,
Speaker 1: but he wasn't one of the primary corners. But he
Speaker 1: gets his hands on footballs. He gets picks, he breaks
Speaker 1: passes up, he plays through guys without really interfering them
Speaker 1: and turning them. He's so physical and so sharp with
Speaker 1: his hands that allows him to really get in front
Speaker 1: of guys and and operate and execute a multitude of
Speaker 1: different jams at the line, whether it's the inside hand jam,
Speaker 1: the outside handjam, the double handjam, which can gets you
Speaker 1: in trouble against speed guys, but he can do it effectively.
Speaker 1: When he goes to that move, it's got great feet,
Speaker 1: loose hips. They really get himself out of that back
Speaker 1: pedal and transition going forward or backwards and getting up
Speaker 1: field and again. The thing, the thing that I really
Speaker 1: know is most when watching his tape is just the
Speaker 1: recognition of concepts and routes and being in position to
Speaker 1: drive on certain plays in zone or to stay in
Speaker 1: the hip pocket and man to funnel to bracket. You
Speaker 1: just you look at Jason mccordy. He's the kind of
Speaker 1: guy that when you have a secondary that has Xavian
Speaker 1: Howard and Byron Jones, and we've talked about this list
Speaker 1: a million times that if one of those guys goes
Speaker 1: down and you have to bring someone off the bench
Speaker 1: into the game accord, he can step right into that
Speaker 1: role in xaviing Howard's role and you're not gonna have
Speaker 1: to worry about him missing an assignment or having a
Speaker 1: mental breakdown or having a lapse, which in the second
Speaker 1: dary lapses lead to touchdowns on the back end. As
Speaker 1: coach g A has mentioned so many times, I just
Speaker 1: watch him on tape and you just see a smart,
Speaker 1: smart player that can help communicate this defense. And I
Speaker 1: think that value on the field, plus what he brings
Speaker 1: to this young locker room, to me, is invaluable. I
Speaker 1: love this signing because Jason mccordy is a great player
Speaker 1: and a better dude. One more thing here on this
Speaker 1: podcast before we get out of here. There is a
Speaker 1: review on iTunes. I want to go ahead and address
Speaker 1: because we are doing better, I hope on this podcast
Speaker 1: of hearing from you guys and responding to you guys
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Speaker 1: changed the intro in all caps with an exclamation mark.
Speaker 1: Who threw that touchdown pass? DeVante Parker? I wonder why
Speaker 1: so nondescript It's not nondescriptive? Was Bryan Fitzpatrick in a
Speaker 1: game in twenty nineteen. We took that clip out because
Speaker 1: Cephalo says in that clip, what a drive by the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. That was my request to the audio team
Speaker 1: to get a comment where Cephalo says what a drive.
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