WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 7 Recap 0:00:03.680 --> 0:00:17.720 Fail touchdown, Miami Run? What is up? Dolph Fans and 0:00:17.880 --> 0:00:21.280 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:26.680 Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:30.319 it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:32.880 as always I am here to bring you your daily 0:00:32.920 --> 0:00:36.479 dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, it's 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:40.159 day two of pads and day seven total of practice. 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:43.519 Here in training camp one, we'll take a return to 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:46.160 the deep passing game and here from to a Tongue 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.480 by Loo Jachem Grant and Coach Flores on the vertical game. 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:53.479 Plus two A talks timing, chemistry off season, and the 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.360 offensive system catering to his skill set. As we do 0:00:56.440 --> 0:00:59.240 every day, we'll break down the individuals who shined, the 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:01.840 top performer of the day, the matchup of the day, 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.240 a couple of your questions, and we'll tell you about 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:07.440 some of these sacks that occur as a product of 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:11.840 good communication and coverage from the safety position from Baptist 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.720 Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:22.720 the Drive Time Podcast. We normally start the show with 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:25.120 the housekeeping, but we'll get to that here in just 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.240 one minute, We're gonna go with the best thing I 0:01:27.280 --> 0:01:30.479 saw today or heard today, and it was Jachem Grant 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.840 talking to me and some other reporters after practice. And 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:37.000 you might recall a podcast I did with Jachem last 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:40.319 offseason where he told me some cool stuff about dad life, 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.040 but also showing no mercies to his kids when they 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:46.000 play video games together. So I asked him, Jachim, how's 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:48.920 the family doing. Here was his answer. I was doing great, man, 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:51.920 and I love him. My son let me have you 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:54.120 the other day he just asked me, you know, Dad, 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.280 when you're coming home, and can you just come home 0:01:56.280 --> 0:02:00.640 and stay? I can't, you know? And with him in autisty, 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:03.480 he never expressed his feeling name, how's the first time 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:06.000 you ever expressed his filings in And it hit me hard. 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:10.399 So um, but man, they're doing greats are doing good. Hey, 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:12.480 They're just like, hey, Dad, you come home. I'm like 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.200 one day, uh when if I got to get a break, 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:17.520 and they're like, okay, whatever, that right? But my son 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.000 he let me have it for like fifteen minutes yesterday. 0:02:20.240 --> 0:02:22.440 And it's tough to transition from that. But we'll hear 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:24.840 more from Jachem later in the podcast. Let's go ahead 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.519 and get to the housekeeping. No roster moves to mention, 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:29.600 but as far as the health of some players goes. 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.720 Will Fuller was out there today on the exercise bike 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:35.120 and getting around some of the players and the receiver's 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.639 group and otherwise. He was carrying a football with him 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:39.400 all day and he would throw it up to himself 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.280 in the air, spin it on the turf like you 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.240 do after you catch a first down or a touchdown, 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.519 and just find different ways to keep himself busy. Jalen 0:02:46.520 --> 0:02:48.960 Phillips was also on the bike congregating with some of 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.680 his teammates throughout the course of the day. Savant Okbed 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.520 was still in the red no contact jersey and Davonte 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:56.880 Parker was back out there too. He had his first 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.920 team period work, including a reception on a deep end 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.080 hut from Tua Tongue Baloa. Looked like a curl possibly 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:04.720 a dig I'm not sure, but he found some space 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:06.600 and to have put up between the one and the 0:03:06.639 --> 0:03:09.640 one on his jersey. Good to see one to eleven 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.280 once again. Alan Hearns was shaking up and practice, but 0:03:12.360 --> 0:03:14.799 he returned and made a few plays after coming back, 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:18.280 so he looks good. Finally, coach addressed Andrew Van Ginkle 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:20.919 and called the linebacker day today this morning and his 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:25.000 press conference and that nine press or. He said Andrew 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.040 was already in getting treatment and taking care of that thing. 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:30.720 So after all the running, we got back to a 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.680 lot more passing and tons of eleven and eleven in 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:37.320 this particular practice, especially in the red zone. And yesterday 0:03:37.360 --> 0:03:39.400 I talked about the run game and how there wasn't 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:43.000 any passing and most of those periods besides one or 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:45.280 two sprinkled in here and there. I was curious to 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:48.480 ask coach about how they balanced the evaluation of what 0:03:48.520 --> 0:03:52.200 guys are doing compared to what the results are. And 0:03:52.360 --> 0:03:55.360 remember I said Jamal Perry had jumped the gun on 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.880 the same route in the same period three days in 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.960 a row. Those two things made me kind of curious. 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.960 Let's go ahead and go to coach here. Um, yeah, 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:07.720 you guys cheat the drill. That happens, you know, Uh, 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:09.680 But I think we just need to keep the drills moving. 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.640 And there's always an element to a driller. You can 0:04:12.640 --> 0:04:16.800 do um to force the guy not to normally goes in. 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:22.560 We go out, go out, go go deep. So um, 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:24.480 there is an element of that. I think it's up 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.560 to us as as a staff to try to eliminate 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:33.640 that as much as possible. But I think, um, you know, 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:36.680 I think we just need to continue to um work 0:04:36.720 --> 0:04:39.120 the techniques, work the fundamentals, and I think whether they 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:41.440 cheat the drill, not cheat the drill. I mean, we're 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:45.040 evaluating the fundamentals and techniques. Now. You know, they may 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:48.360 look a little cleaner because they're anticipating it, but um 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:52.479 and not truly reacting. Um, that's part of the evaluation. Also, 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:55.279 you know, it's is that a true rep or we 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.120 count that one? I mean, player may think so, but 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.680 we we may not be counting that one. So. And 0:05:00.880 --> 0:05:04.160 another hot topic across the league after a brawl broke 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.080 out a Giant's camp on Tuesday, was the training camp 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.680 scuffles that inevitably happened every year almost across the league. 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:13.400 And I thought Flora's response to a question about that 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.680 was insightful as far as how he takes every opportunity 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:19.640 to teach and it's still discipline in his ball club. Remember, 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.560 Flora's took one of the league's most penalized teams in 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:26.080 twenty nine rather and has been the top five each 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:28.320 of the last two years in both total penalties and 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.600 penalty yardage. Let's go ahead and go to coach. Yeah. 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.520 I mean, look, you put pads on things, get chippy. 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:41.280 It's a chippy game. It happens. I think. I think 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:44.480 it's also a game where you gotta keep your poise. Um. 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:45.919 And that's kind of what I you know, talked to 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:49.599 the players about. And it's something um, you know, we 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:53.120 talked about as as as a staff, we talked to 0:05:53.279 --> 0:05:55.160 talk to the players about, like we know, it's gonna 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:57.800 get somebody's gonna be on the ground, somebody's gonna do 0:05:57.880 --> 0:05:59.479 a little too much. I mean, we had a little 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:03.800 bit of yes today, um. And your natural reaction is 0:06:03.839 --> 0:06:10.119 to you know, react and you know, fight back. Um. 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.280 But as we know, you know, it's normally the second 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.359 guy who gets the penalty, and and in those instances, 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:17.960 we've gotta keep our boys and we try we have 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:24.800 to practice that so uh, you know, inevitably it's gonna 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.600 be you know, some kind of fight out on the field, 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:29.800 and I just gotta learn from it and get better. 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:34.640 But we try to use it as a as a 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:37.279 as a as a learning experience. You know, when it happens, 0:06:38.480 --> 0:06:40.560 because when it happens in the game, it could be costly, 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.599 and you know, we we just try to use it 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.640 as a learning learning too. Let's go ahead and pivot 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.800 now into the position by position breakdown. And I veered 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.520 from the format yesterday in a way that I liked, 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:55.800 but I still think I think going top down from 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:57.760 the roster like this is the best way. So we 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:59.960 start with the quarterbacks, and the theme of the quarterback 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.520 and passing game. Really all of camp has been the 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:04.400 vertical passing game, and a lot of that has to 0:07:04.440 --> 0:07:08.080 do with location and man, that's been the name of 0:07:08.080 --> 0:07:09.920 the game through seven days of practice for two a 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:13.080 tongue by lower. Before I start talking about my observations, 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.480 let's go ahead and go to coach Flores, who was 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:17.840 asked about the vertical game at his morning press conference 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.920 on Wednesday. I think he's it's something he's he's he's 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:25.760 placing emphasis on We've placed an emphasis on pushing, not 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.600 pushing the ball down field, but um, taking advantage of 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:34.320 those opportunities if they're there. Um. But you know, like always, 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.840 you wanna you know, have good fundamentals, good techniques, good mechanics. 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:41.760 Go through his progression and if it's there and it's open, 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.960 we can throw them open and take a shot. I mean, 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.160 we're not gonna make him if we don't throw him. 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:55.040 So I think he's taking more, taking more shots down field, 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.240 and I think you know, as a as a you know, 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.680 hopefully he's getting more confidence that we can make some 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.960 of those throws. But at the same time, you know, 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:05.800 not every not every throw is gonna be a fifty 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:08.480 yard or sixty yard or so. Um. You gotta make 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.360 good decisions, check it down when we need to check 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:13.080 it down and throw the intermediate route. We need to 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:14.720 throw the intermediate route. Got to throw it away and 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:18.480 take the incompletion. We need to do that. Um. And 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:22.520 you know, you just need reps. So we'll just trying 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.840 to give more as many reps as possible. That's the 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.320 same with all the quarterbacks for Kobe Reid, really all 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:29.880 players at all position, but you know, specific to too 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.160 and in the downfield throws. That's would be my take 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.120 on it. And why don't we go ahead and hear 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.960 from the man himself as far as the elevation of 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:40.640 deep passing in this training camp so far and what 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.599 two things has really contributed to the success with a 0:08:43.679 --> 0:08:47.920 deep game. I guess to that, I say, I've been 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.520 playing football, you know, since I was little. Um, I've 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:54.800 been playing quarterback position for as long as I can remember. Really, 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:56.840 it's just coming out and working on your timing with 0:08:56.880 --> 0:09:00.400 the guys, you know, seeing the speed of um, you know, layers, 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:05.320 you know, not everyone's really fast. UM. And I guess 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:07.480 just coming out here and being able to practice and 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.400 work on it, that's what's helped two of them feel 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:12.680 to the question about his level of comfort in the offense, 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:15.040 and he said, I do feel very comfortable in the offense, 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.160 but also mentioned that it's about putting good days together 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.040 and continuing building that success. I found this quote very 0:09:21.080 --> 0:09:24.720 interesting as a reporter asked to about something Jerome Baker 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:28.080 said yesterday regarding to a going into the linebackers room 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:30.000 and asking them questions about what they see with his 0:09:30.040 --> 0:09:32.000 game and how he can get better. He was asked, 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.760 what can you gain from those conversations with the linebackers 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.160 and the defenders. For me, it's it's being able to 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:40.520 see their alignment and their positioning. Um, you know, why 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.320 do they align this way? And you know, for me, 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:45.240 it gives me an edge to know where to go 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:49.200 with the ball lot quicker and it speeds up my process. Um. Yeah, 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:52.199 but I think it's always good to nitpick the other side. Um. 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.280 You know, we have like a veteran like J Mac 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:58.120 being able to ask g Mac some questions, um, you know, 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.360 and then also seeing how how they this guy things. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:04.320 But yeah, and you know, it's not just the deep ball. 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:07.680 It's touch passes to the back pylon for twenty yards 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.319 where you've got a receiver five yards deep in the 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.240 end zone by the time the ball gets there, and 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:15.160 a dB who's three yards deep trailing that route. You've 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.200 got that five yard window and the ball has to 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:20.160 have a certain hump to it, otherwise the trail defender 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.560 gets underneath it and disrupts the line of sight of 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:25.560 the receiver or causes the incompletion, or worse, he makes 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:27.280 a play on it and catches it or tips it 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.040 up in the air, and that's when things get really 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:31.160 dangerous from there. And this is where you really see 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:33.320 the talent of two. I think these types of throws 0:10:33.520 --> 0:10:36.200 and it extends to different areas of the field. And 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:38.840 there was one particular play where the defense dialed up 0:10:38.880 --> 0:10:42.320 pressure and it was more rushers than blockers, and that 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.760 becomes dependent on the receiver to uncover and for the 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.840 quarterback to figure out which guy is gonna uncover. And 0:10:47.880 --> 0:10:49.920 on this particular play to a lays it out to 0:10:49.960 --> 0:10:52.720 an open space and Jalen Waddle is coming across on 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:54.600 a drag route. A drag routs when you get off 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:56.200 the line, you go to the middle of the formation 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:58.400 and you basically run right in behind the D line 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.920 under the linebackers, similar to the over route, but it's 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:03.319 much closer to the line of scrimmage and the ball 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.240 and the receiver intersect there and since the pressure came, well, 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:07.800 there's no one there to tackle him, and he gone 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:09.720 at that point because you just don't tackle Jerlan Waddle 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.000 with pursuit from the backside or really with having only 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:14.600 war and two guys out in front of him. He 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.880 turned this thing up when and untouched for a touchdown 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:18.880 for twenty yards. I mean, we saw him do this 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:21.280 all the time in college. As far as two agoes 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:23.720 putting the ball to a spot and catching that thing, 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.560 we also saw some last year. So how do they 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.720 find this chemistry to know the ball is going to 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.640 a spot? And how we can go ahead and make 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.080 that chemistry happen on game day. It has to do 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:35.040 with some of the work they did in the off season. 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.959 Two attributes a large portion of that credit to give 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.400 them some groundwork here heading into training camp and now 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.840 it's all about improving every single day. But here is 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:45.560 too on the idea of the off season workouts and 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:48.360 how it benefit of this offense. I think being able 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.760 to get with the guys throughout the off season has 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:56.160 helped tremendously. Um with the timing, But I think until 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.600 you you're able to put the pads on, you know, 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.360 come out and it really work against you know, a 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:05.440 an opposing team or guys on the opposite side of you. Um, 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.040 you know, that's when I think those things really come up. 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.920 In In Show two of them had they follow up 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.240 question regarding the deep ball and whether or not he 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:15.880 had to make certain decisions to throw the deep ball. 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.960 Here's two on what goes through his process, his thought 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:22.439 process rather when deciding to go deep, intermediate or short. 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.120 The guy's open, I'm going to throw it to him. 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:29.600 You know that. That's That's what I could say to that. Um, 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.280 I would say it was it's very very much no 0:12:32.400 --> 0:12:34.720 different than you know, my time I had at Alabama, 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.360 you know, throwing deep buzz and how many times have 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.240 we said on this particular podcast that to UH set 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.079 records for deep and vertical passing. There was articles on 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.440 Saturday Down South Daniel Jeremiah talked about on the Move 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:50.439 the Sticks podcast about the prolific downfield passing of Bama 0:12:50.559 --> 0:12:52.760 under two a tongue by Low and how when he 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:56.319 got there, Bama transitioned from that defense and run heavy 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:59.360 team they had been for decades and centuries really to 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.079 being the most prolific downfield passing team really in the 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:04.520 history of college football until Joe Burrow and l s 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:06.480 U came along and kind of took some of those 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:08.959 records away, But this point still stands. They were very 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:12.040 prolific throwing the ball down the football field. So in 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.000 this practice he hits some fades from twenty yards one 0:13:15.040 --> 0:13:17.599 to Jalen Waddle, one to Isaiah Afford. You saw the 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:20.320 video of that on our Miami Dolphins Twitter page. He's 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:24.040 attacking vertically, he's throwing with drive on certain balls where 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:26.319 it's necessary. He had a rip up the seam to 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:29.120 Waddle in two minute where you can see the linebacker 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.280 get depth to his landmark off the snap, and so 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:33.920 Waddle takes the free access he has because there's no 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:36.960 reroute there into the second level and to it, catches 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.160 the snap, plants that left foot, the drive foot into 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.959 the ground, and drives this football from the far hash 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.320 And because you've got to get it out of there 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:47.360 before the safety can come down, he's he's just gonna 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:49.120 drive that thing as hard as he can and it 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.280 just is on the money, splits the one and the 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.680 seven on his jersey. And we've seen that a lot 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:57.920 so far. With two, he's layering passes two spots to 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:00.680 give guys the ultimate yak opportunity of DS. And I 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:03.360 had this in my notes planning for the podcast today, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.160 and then two I went ahead and talked about it 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:08.080 on a question at his post practice presser. Let's go 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.800 ahead and hear from two on throwing the football too spots, 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:13.040 knowing where it's supposed to go and throwing a guy 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:18.000 open um. I mean, I personally think you know that 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.440 those those two kind of fall fall hand in hand. Um, 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:23.080 you know, you know where the guy is supposed to be. 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:26.000 He has a guy right on him, but you throw 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:28.120 it to the spot, you know, and he has just 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:30.680 that inch of separation from the guy and he makes 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:32.880 that catch. You know. I think that's what it means. 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:35.520 So really good stuff there, and some more good stuff 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:38.200 from Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, who tweeted the 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.960 two had been six touchdowns to zero picks over the 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.760 last two days in the eleven on eleven periods and 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:47.640 hadn't thrown an interception since day one of practice last Wednesday, 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:49.680 and he did have one today that was just slightly 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:53.200 over the arch outstretched arm of Albert Wilson. I actually 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.160 thought he'd get a hand on that ball, but he didn't. 0:14:55.280 --> 0:14:57.200 And Javon Holland more on him here in just a 0:14:57.200 --> 0:14:59.840 minute was able to corral the past. But the efficient 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:01.960 you while pushing the ball down the field has been 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.440 there big time, and I really thought this was to 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.360 his best day so far. The location, whether he's coming 0:15:07.400 --> 0:15:09.480 off the top of his drop, attacking the line of 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:11.720 scrimmage and working in either direction as he kind of 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.280 pushes the line of scrimmage, throwing on the move off 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.320 play pass off boot action, the ball was just getting 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.560 right into the proverbial tire swing a lot today and 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.080 there were three occasions. Three of them. I talked about 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:25.480 it on Twitter where Kyle Crabs, the tremendous host of 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.520 the Lockdown Dolphins podcast and close personal friend of mine, 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:30.880 we both take our eyes off the field, look at 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:33.560 each other, lock on and we do the Antonio ben 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.720 Derris meme where he kind of leans back from the computer. 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.320 You guys know what that means. So fun, fun day 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:41.040 of offense. I also really liked read set to day. 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:43.520 You know, he can really reach back and throw the gas. 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.880 He's developed a nice report so far with Kirk Merritt, 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:47.560 and it reminds me of a couple of years back. 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:50.480 And I honestly am drawing a blank on the names 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:53.320 of these guys, Like I remember Demoras string Fellow was 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.280 one of them, but remember when I think it was 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:58.800 Brandon Dowdy at quarterback. Maybe it was after Pat Devlon 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:01.240 for sure, but he kept having these big fourth quarters 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:03.440 with the cast of receivers. And I'm eager to get 0:16:03.480 --> 0:16:05.680 a look at Sinet in those games because he can 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:07.600 flat out slinging. I think his arms gonna give some 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.040 teams some trouble. In the preseason, he also got free 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:12.240 on a scramble for an eight yard or so touchdown 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.360 run in the red zone period, so you can see 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.880 the dual threat guy that he was back in college 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.520 at San Diego. And then Jacoby percent hit a couple 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.400 of deep balls. We'll talk more about that as the 0:16:21.400 --> 0:16:23.880 podcast goes along with That's always good to see from 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:27.400 QB two out there. Speaking of the deep balls as 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:30.680 we pivot towards the wide receivers. Jachem Grant has also 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.080 been tremendous in the vertical game and pulling down catches 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:37.160 this training camp so far, especially of the contested catch variety. 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:39.360 And I asked, Jachim, what does this offense do to 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.120 suit what you do best? And I want to go 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.520 ahead and play some audio here from you from Jachim 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.520 who answered my question about the one thing he focused 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:49.400 on worked on this offseason and how this offensive system 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.800 kind of suits his skill set. Um, I think dy 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.880 especially on the vertical balls deep balls, I think me too, 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:58.560 and some of the Jacoby we have connected on a 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.600 lot of deep balls. They've been doing a good job 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.639 giving me that chance to use my sweet the album 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.439 the guys and and that's exactly what they did, and 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:09.800 we were connected on a lot of them at really 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:12.600 focused on you wanted to get better at UH most 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:16.840 definitely just UH, I'll say, consistently catching the deep ball. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:18.840 You know, as you see it in the past. UH, 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.000 I dropped a couple of deep balls that I'm not 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.560 proud of. And and as you can see out here 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:25.400 at the camp I've been, you can tell that I've 0:17:25.400 --> 0:17:27.679 been working on because I haven't dropped one yet and 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.360 he's been getting good at generating space out here. In practice, 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:33.080 had a really nice comeback route on Byron Jones and 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.320 the one on ones and by the way, very grateful 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.240 to see one on one drills again, my favorite part 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:39.840 of practice besides the team period. He had another really 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:41.760 good route in that period where he got on top 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:43.760 of the dB and stacked him. And what that means 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:45.760 is you put the defensive back on your back so 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:47.840 that when he has to go through you to get 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:49.480 to the ball, he has to go through you and 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:51.359 gets the flag if he does that. And we know 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:53.600 that with Jachim at five A, even though he has 0:17:53.680 --> 0:17:55.920 gone up and made the high point play before, your 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:57.320 best bet is going to be to get him and 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.840 stride and let him run and two drops this one 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:02.800 ass in beautifully over the defensive back and before the 0:18:02.920 --> 0:18:06.080 end line for another touchdown connection from those two and 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.760 speaking of players having a good camp, Albert Wilson caught 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.240 a few balls in the team period, including a nice 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:13.920 adjustment where he was on the move with the defender 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.080 out in front. Then he slams on the brakes and 0:18:16.160 --> 0:18:18.119 two of must have seen the exact same thing because 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.199 he threw the ball to a spot where Wilson had 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:22.720 become stationary. Just a real nice connection there, and that 0:18:22.840 --> 0:18:24.600 goes back to the sound clip we played for you 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:28.359 on yesterday's podcast with alb Wilson talking about the offseason 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.320 and throwing together. Wilson also caught a dig and a 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.199 curl in the team period from two A not in 0:18:33.280 --> 0:18:36.240 red zone, just on the filth full field work and 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:39.200 Kirk Merritt continues to look really really good out here. 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:42.800 He's catching everything Senet throws. And he also got free 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:45.400 on a couple of passes from Brissette and also hooked 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:47.359 up with two A once in the one on ones. 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.240 So he's been challenge for everybody who's come across him. 0:18:50.440 --> 0:18:53.080 Strong hands, strong up the stem to hold the line 0:18:53.240 --> 0:18:56.080 and the athletic ability to really create separation at the 0:18:56.080 --> 0:18:59.399 catch point. Isaiah Ford continues to have a strong, strong camp. 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:01.560 He pulled an one of the long balls from Brissette 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:04.240 with tight coverage from iguan Agny on his back going 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:06.920 to the ground, hanging onto the football, and he later 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:09.000