WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins Falcons Preview and 12 Takes From 12 Practices 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:04.800 To on the move, going deep Speedways, Peace to Hellas 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:07.320 from the Baptist Health Studio. 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:12.680 This inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is Drivetime 0:00:13.119 --> 0:00:14.680 with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.440 He's got my hands in the playoffs? 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:25.919 What is up? 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:30.000 Dolphins? And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast. I am 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:33.360 your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, the first 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.839 episode in the last two or three weeks. How long 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:40.600 has it been now without a training camp practice to 0:00:40.640 --> 0:00:43.320 recap for you guys. But what we're gonna do is 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:46.920 take a big picture, holistic look at things we've learned 0:00:47.280 --> 0:00:50.440 through twelve days of Dolphins practices. Plus I'll tell you 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:53.400 which guys you need to watch for in tomorrow night's 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:57.240 pre season opener at home against the Atlanta Falcons. All 0:00:57.240 --> 0:00:59.680 of that and more from the Baptist Health Studios inside 0:00:59.680 --> 0:01:01.160 the bat This Health Training Complex. 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:06.480 This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:09.760 First, I figured we had twelve practices, and I was 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:13.080 thinking about doing ten observations, but I went ahead and 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.039 changed my mind to make it a clean dozen, not 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:20.080 a bicker dozen bump, but just a dozen observations through 0:01:20.120 --> 0:01:23.520 twelve practices. So shall we go ahead and hit six 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:26.480 of those in this first segment and then come back 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.800 and do six more in the next segment. Let's go 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:30.800 ahead and start that off here, and we're gonna kind 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:33.480 of go in order of position or actually know what. 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:35.640 It's a little bit scattered, but you guys know how 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:39.119 I typically do quarterback first, running back, receiver, tight end, 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:43.320 offensive line, defensive line, edge, linebacker, defensive backfield. I think 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:45.560 I might have shoehorned a couple of extra ones in 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.440 there at the end. So there you go. Let's go 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:51.120 ahead and start the top. Though, my first observation is 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.760 that two a tongue of Bai Looa is going to 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:57.160 have his best season as a professional quarterback. And the 0:01:57.240 --> 0:02:00.920 reason I say that is because and I talked a 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:05.600 lot this offseason about the physical traits of Tua and 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:11.960 the improvement, and I don't think the necessarily sped up 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:15.200 motion or quicker compact throwing all that stuff. I don't 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:17.880 think that's going to have as big of a tangible 0:02:17.919 --> 0:02:21.240 impact as two other things I think will have a 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.440 major impact for QB one and his game. Just first 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:26.120 off the top, there was a great thread a while 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:28.440 back by Chris Kaufman at c K Parrott, does the 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.560 three archs per Carry podcast for me, one of the 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:35.280 triumvirant of Dolphins podcasts that you need in Lockdown Dolphins, 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:37.399 three archs per Carry and Drive Time. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.560 Of course, really respect Chris. He does a hell of 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:40.919 a job. 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:44.480 He laid out this whole timeline of Tua's career and 0:02:44.560 --> 0:02:46.160 all the things that people said that he couldn't do, 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.600 and he just kept doing them, and improvements that they 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:50.000 he said he needed to make to his game and 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:51.720 he would just come back to next year with those 0:02:51.760 --> 0:02:54.720 improvements in his game. And what did Tua tell you 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.840 this offseason? He wanted to shed some weight and get 0:02:56.880 --> 0:02:59.840 more nimble, more quick and springer off the spot. 0:02:59.880 --> 0:03:02.760 And that's what he's done. I've seen it every practice. 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.600 We see it. He scrambles and makes plays. 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.440 I see these threads that Vikings fans post of JJ 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:10.080 McCarthy scrambling around and making all these Zach Wilson plays 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:11.720 and are like, how long has it been as we 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:13.959 had this? And like half the place he would have 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.000 been sacked on. And there are probably some of those 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.320 with the reps that Tua takes that he winds up 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.680 making a big play after getting off the spot. But 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.359 in general, I think that a lot of those are 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:28.040 actually evaded sacks that he would have achieved in a 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.480 game situation. And I've been over this so many times. 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:35.040 But the tangible impact of that is not just the 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:37.680 yards he can gain. It's how he can pull defenders 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.839 off in man coverage. It's how he can possibly get 0:03:39.840 --> 0:03:43.800 different fronts and different rushes. You can't just overload the 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:47.280 tackle positions and leave your guards without work and knowing 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.960 that your quarterback. Their quarterback, I should say, is never 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:51.720 going to step up through the a gap and run 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.040 for ten yards. But I think Tua can do that now. 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:55.840 He's done up before. When he was lighter in the past, 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:57.320 he did that. I think he's going to do the 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:02.040 exact same thing now. But the biggest jump, not to mention, 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:04.800 the ability to keep the ball on urpos and just 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:06.760 the overall threat of a quarterback that can maybe run 0:04:06.840 --> 0:04:09.120 a little bit of how that changes the dynamic of 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.720 this offense. But the biggest thing to me is the 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.640 ownership of the offense, the leadership he has over the team, 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.240 and just the fact that I think this guy's going 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.680 to get better every single year of his career. He's 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:22.919 twenty six years old. We've seen so many Hall of 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:25.320 Fame quarterbacks. You know, I mentioned the other day on 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.400 the podcast Phil Rivers. You know, Drew Brees, Tom Brady 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.479 was like this, all these guys that got better into 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:34.200 their thirties and even in their late thirties. I think 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.320 Tua's game is just like that, and I think that's 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:38.760 how it will go for him as well. So I 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:41.640 have high expectations for Tua to have the best year 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:45.000 of his career. And if he does that, we're aware 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.880 of what he's done in previous years. Right Like, he's 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.160 thrown for the most yards in the league. He's had 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:54.000 the highest passer rating. He's had twenty nine touchdowns. I 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:57.040 wish it were thirty, but he's had gaudy statistics, let 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:58.880 the league in yards per attempt, all that stuff. I 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:00.719 think it's going to be the best year of his career, 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:02.839 and if we get that, then we're looking pretty good. 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.000 The next observation I have from training camp so far 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.320 is another quarterback, and it's to me that Skylar Thompson 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:12.920 is the second quarterback right now. I think that Mike 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:16.040 White was last year the clear winner in training camp. 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:17.680 I think this year it's been a pretty clear tilt 0:05:17.720 --> 0:05:20.880 in the other direction, just not quite the same camp 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.120 from Mike White. But this is more of a Skylar 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.120 observation that I think that the third year in the 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:28.920 system is allowing him to play faster and smoother and 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:32.680 more confidently and putting the ball in positions where he 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.800 doesn't have to scramble to make a play. He can 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:37.520 see it and execute the offense. And if he can 0:05:37.560 --> 0:05:40.719 do that, he can continue to you know, progress in 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.400 those areas with some of the physical traits that he features. 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:45.600 Then I think you have a pretty good situation there 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:48.479 at your backup quarterback where hopefully, you know, Skyler's going 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:50.880 to be coming up on a new contract, not this offseason, 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:52.520 but the one after that. What if we have a 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.160 solid year of him as the backup where maybe it 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:56.640 doesn't get any playing time, but you've developed more confidence. 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.240 I would love to have a situation where my backup 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.479 quarterback is just coming back on these cheap contracts and 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.880 hopefully you never have to use him, but just continue 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:07.039 to gain knowledge in the offense Like that is how 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.680 you can win a game in a pinch if you're 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:12.520 starting quarterback goes down. So I was pretty hard on 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:15.200 his game the first two years. I've been more impressed 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.200 with the training camp this year, and if that continues 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.719 to progress, I think we're going to be very very 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:24.520 well off for it. Observation number three for me is 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.760 that Jalen Wright is going to be an absolute problem 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:29.480 in this league. And maybe it doesn't happen right away 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:32.840 because we've seen it before. I mean, Devon a Chan 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:36.520 was not up and active in the opener last year 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.479 against the Chargers. Right we had you go back to 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:41.920 the last like star Rinning back the Dolphins had Jaya 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:44.719 Jayi didn't make the opening trip to Seattle back in 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:48.159 twenty sixteen, and two weeks later running a game winning 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:51.279 touchdown in for you guys against the Cleveland Browns. I 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.280 could see a situation where maybe we kind of hold 0:06:53.320 --> 0:06:56.360 off on Right and the exposure he gets until late 0:06:56.400 --> 0:06:59.120 in the season. But I think that what you've seen 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.440 from his burst and also the counter he features on 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.240 inside runs. I think Jeff Wilson's a good player, but 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:10.119 does Right make him almost redundant in your offense because 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:11.880 I think he can hit that inside zone. I think 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.240 he can be your fourth down pile pusher, and he 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:17.200 also has amazing speed to burn to the outside. He 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.800 reduces the workload that you give Devon a chan he 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:21.720 can help keep Raheem Moster a healthy And the best 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:23.880 thing about all of it is someone's gonna get hurt, 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:26.400 someone's gonna miss time with him. It's not going to 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:28.040 be a bother because you're just gonna go ahead and 0:07:28.120 --> 0:07:31.160 replace the injured player with Jalen Wright, who I think 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:34.280 is a stud in his own right. I'm really curious 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:37.360 to see how his involvement in the passing game develops, too, 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:39.360 because I think that he has skills there. We just 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:41.200 haven't really seen very much of it in training camp 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.120 so far, but I think Jalen Wright as your third 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:45.680 running back puts you in a really good spot as 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.440 a football team. My fourth observation through twelve training camp 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:51.960 practices here in twenty twenty four on the Draft Time 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.320 podcast is that one player has emerged from the pack 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:59.040 on the offensive line for a potential starting spot, and 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.520 to me, that's Robbed Jones. And he's playing a lot 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:05.239 of left guard, but also he started at right guard 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.320 in games last year. That's kind of been his main position, 0:08:07.800 --> 0:08:10.920 and I think that what I've seen from him, in 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.160 addition to what I've seen from Liam Miikenberg is kind 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:15.280 of the same thing as a Skylarner Mike White competition 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.880 for me, where the separation is occurring in both directions. 0:08:18.920 --> 0:08:21.360 I think Rob is excelling and I don't think Liam's 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:25.720 having the best camp with Rob. You know, the physical 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:28.160 element of his game, the ability to line up and 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.280 man and gap schemes and just run people off the 0:08:31.320 --> 0:08:32.960 football was kind of who I thought he was going 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:34.720 to be and why it made a lot of sense 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.720 to get him for an RPO style run heavy attack 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.600 that I thought Brian Flores and the sixteen offensive coordinators 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.160 wanted to install back in twenty twenty one. And then 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:46.959 after he gets a big UDFA guaranteed contract, he winds 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.679 up pivoting to a new offense in twenty twenty two, 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:51.480 and I kind of thought he might be, you know, 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:53.400 square peg, round hole. 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:55.080 But he's developed his game. 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.200 I thought last year he did a good job of 0:08:57.240 --> 0:08:59.560 giving you everything that he could within a system that 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.280 maybe didn't fit his strengths. But now I'm watching him 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:05.520 play guard and his pass protection is fantastic, and the 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.640 mobility is a little bit you know, there's a little 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.600 bit of added juice there. I just think that so 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:12.760 far through these practices. You know, it's been a I 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.040 think a rough camp for Eichenberg and not the best 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.640 camp for drist Scoll and some of the guys they 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.000 tried inside. Ryan Hayes, Keon Smith hasn't been as good 0:09:20.000 --> 0:09:23.120 to me. Rob Jones has completely solidified himself as the 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.920 emerging guard from that group of guys. I still think 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.280 it's an area that you need to address later on. 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:29.959 We'll come back to that here in a moment, though. 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.720 Observation number five is that Julian Hill is not just 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:34.760 making this team. He is going to be an impact 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.920 tight end on this team in multiple personnel groupings. I 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.320 think he's going to expand his passing game work, but 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.240 really it's the solidification is that a word, probably not 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.480 of his blocking game, that has me juiced and fired 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.080 up for what he could be here for this Dolphins team. 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.920 He looks impressive. He's physical, he's playing smarter and more 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:55.160 in control. He sounds in command of the playbook and 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.840 what his assignments are and how to read the defense 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.280 and kind of, you know, tweak those assignments based upon 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:03.120 what he's seeing. Very excited about what Julian Hill has 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:06.840 offered through twelve training camp practices, and much like I 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.240 mentioned with the quarterback spot and then the Rob Jones 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:11.960 versus everybody else, it's a two way sliding scale. I 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:14.560 think that Julian has asserted himself in a positive way, 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:16.280 and I don't think it's been a very good camp 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.280 for Jodie Fortsen or Tanner Connor. So I think that 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:22.079 that room also through the first half of camp, has 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:24.880 kind of given you a new baseline of where those 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:27.559 guys are. Of course, camp is long and things can change. 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.200 And in fact, I was curious to a m I 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.800 ask coach about this at one point. Maybe it's Allady 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:33.599 on a podcast you've already heard recording this ahead of 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:39.920 time that I'm curious, will you because he always talks 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.760 about timelines and not trying to shortchange the process of 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.280 getting the most out of all these situations and all 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.280 these practices. And if you start to think about depth 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:49.520 chart and who's where at a certain point in camp, 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.240 you shortchange the back end and what that the value 0:10:52.280 --> 0:10:55.720 of that is? So I wonder is it, Hey, we 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.440 put all this work in and then at like two 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.360 weeks to go, that's when the evaluation begins. Who you 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:02.560 are at that point forward is what we want to 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:04.920 look at compared to the progress you've made, or do 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:07.160 you bank those reps from even back in May and 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:09.480 June and OTAs and early in training camp. Is an 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.760 accumulative process. I'm curious to see how that works out, 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.960 because right now, the cumulative process to me has Julian Hill, 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.600 you know, vastly ahead of those guys. But again, long, 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:20.240 long way to go, and we'll see how it turns out. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.920 That brings me to my sixth observation, my half a 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:26.000 dozen on the first segment here on this Thursday edition 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:28.880 of the Draft Time podcast, is that River Craycraft has 0:11:28.880 --> 0:11:32.559 once again established himself over those who were brought in 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:34.840 to challenge and beat him out for a spot. 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:36.559 And it's because of a few things. 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:38.760 He's always where he's supposed to be, which ask any 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:41.440 quarterbacks to ever played the National Football League what they prefer, 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:43.880 and that's it. He catches everything. I don't think I've 0:11:43.880 --> 0:11:46.480 seen them drop a single football out here. And his 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:50.080 position flexibility opens up a whole world of things you 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.560 can do with Jalen Waddle and Tyreek Hill. When you 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.120 have a slot specialist or f tight end who can't 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.360 inline block or run routes from perimeter, whatever it might be. 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:02.480 If you have a player who's specializes, you cannot maximize 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.800 Jalen Waddle and Tyreek Hill and River. Craycraft gives you 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.720 the ability to do that, much like Odell Beckham juniors. 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:10.199 That's why I think that Craycraft is kind of the 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:12.840 number four. He's the next guy in line behind Beckham 0:12:12.840 --> 0:12:14.760 because of that. And then I think you'll have you know, 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.760 Milake Washington as a guy that is a slot specialist 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:21.040 and maybe a jet sweep guy in manufactured touches early 0:12:21.120 --> 0:12:23.160 on as he develops. But I think that those are 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.520 your top four right now, and cray Craft kind of 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:27.760 with some distance between him and the rest of the 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:31.199 group with you know, with that in mind. So those 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.000 are the six observations so far. We have six more 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:35.839 to go. Going to be a shorter podcast today getting 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.680 ready for game time tomorrow night against the Atlanta Falcons. 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:40.920 Let's do six more of these takeaways and then segment 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.560 three will do a players and matchups to watch in 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:46.319 the Atlanta game. That's all next Draft Time podcast, your 0:12:46.320 --> 0:12:51.480 host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. Six 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:56.240 observations in the bag six more to unwrap here as 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:59.800 we move forward on this Thursday, August the eighth of 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.360 the Drive Time podcast. Yes, I got that right. Tomorrow 0:13:03.480 --> 0:13:06.320 is the ninth seven o'clock kickoff tomorrow at hard Rock Stadium. 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.439 We're gonna have pre and postgame show for you guys 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.800 on local radio here one oh five nine FM, as 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:15.959 well as the iHeartRadio app in WIOD on the AM station, 0:13:16.120 --> 0:13:18.880 so you can catch Goldie and Juice and myself on 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:20.920 the pre game and then me, Seth and Juice will 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:23.400 have you guys on the post game following a late 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:27.880 night there here locally. So six observations behind us, six 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.600 ahead of us, and the number seven observation I have 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:33.760 through twelve days of Miami Dolphins training camp thus far 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.079 is that Patrick Paul is a hit and he might 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.200 be my top left tackle off the bench today. Do 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.480 I think that's what's going to happen on opening Day? No. 0:13:42.559 --> 0:13:45.640 I think Kendall Lamb gives you better swing versatility to 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:47.480 play right tackle. But I think that Patrick Paul has 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:50.080 been the second best. I checked that, the best left 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:54.600 tackle since Toron Armstead doesn't have any teamwork besides some falcons. 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:57.800 Some falcons practices here in his back pocket. I think 0:13:57.800 --> 0:13:59.720 he's been the best left tackle in Dolphins training camp. 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:02.640 And I think he also affords you the opportunity, should 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:05.679 you want to use it, to go heavy personnel and 0:14:05.800 --> 0:14:09.440 use six offensive linemen. But just that's not obviously the 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.640 long term hope for Patrick Paul. And I think that's 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.439 where you get excited about his future here because I 0:14:14.480 --> 0:14:17.040 think that he's shown you good pad level. I think 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:20.320 he's shown you a completely refined technique that works for him. 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.520 I think that he's shown you the physical traits that 0:14:22.560 --> 0:14:24.760 he has. Is why you take a player like that 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:26.760 at that spot in the draft and say we'll coach 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:28.200 him up. We got butcher Berry, one of the best 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:32.080 offensive line coaches in the National Football League, and sure enough, 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:37.280 we can mold this insane ball of clay into a 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.920 passable technique and that's going to give us a plus 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.160 starter for ten years of the position, hopefully. 0:14:42.400 --> 0:14:43.640 And that's what he's looked like to me. 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.680 Very quick feet, very great job of understanding where the 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:48.400 arc is and how he can extend it because of 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:50.880 his length, but also the quickness to pivot back inside 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.240 to cut off those inside rush lanes. And you want 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.200 to talk about surge in the running game. Not many 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:57.440 guys have gotten more than he has all camp long. 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.000 To me, Patrick Paul has been a hit through twelve 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:05.480 days of Dolphins training camp. Observation number eight. I think 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:09.840 they hit on three edge rookies. Dude, Chop Robinson looks 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:11.960 like a star in the making to me, to rush 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.680 the nine technique kick down to the five technique, line 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.040 up over the nose, tackle as a nosebacker rusher, condense inside, 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:20.120 and rush the guard. I think he can do everything. 0:15:20.400 --> 0:15:22.040 I think he has to develop his ability to get 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:23.760 off blocks a little bit better and be a better 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.080 run defender. But I think that what you've seen from 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:29.000 his pass rush juice, Like, we saw Alden Smith coming 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:30.920 to the NFL, you know, a decade and a half ago, 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.520 and be like, was he a fourteen sat guy right 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:36.800 away who only played passing downs? If that's who he is, Like, 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.360 fourteen sacks is a lot, But I mean that's kind 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:41.800 of what I'm thinking for his rookie year. I think 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.360 he has that type of freakish rush ability to be 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.680 a major impact guy. And then I also think that 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:48.880 Mohammed Kamara is the same way. In fact, I think 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:50.960 he's playing the run a little bit stouter. He's got 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.640 more speed to power that I've seen him used to 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.160 kind of shock tackles and get reset line of scrimmages 0:15:56.200 --> 0:15:59.880 against those guys. He's got incredible bending ability with the 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.400 ankle flection to get around the arc. Big fan of 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.800 Mo Kamara's game so far, and I think that Grayson 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.800 Murphy's a hit too, especially in this system for all 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.520 of these guys. But Murphy, go watch his UCLA tape 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:12.160 and that's what you're gonna get from this Dolphins rush 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:14.360 up front with the way they win the games, the 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.440 way they move guys around the formation can blitz from 0:16:16.480 --> 0:16:19.240 different spots is because it can blitz from different spots 0:16:19.240 --> 0:16:21.960 because they have knowledge of every position on the defensive 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:23.920 line and in the front seven in general. I think 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:26.280 all three of those guys fit that mold and Grayson 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:29.120 Murphy is an impact player to me as UDFA, who 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:32.160 I think makes this team. Observation number nine. Now, I 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:35.240 think we are on. This is the best linebacker corps 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.680 the Dolphins I've had since Zach Thomas and Junior seou 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:41.240 We're here, and I don't say that lightly because David 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:42.200 Long is a hell of a player. 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:43.200 I think he's a plus starter. 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:45.760 I think Jordan Brooks is a top ten linebacker off 0:16:45.800 --> 0:16:48.080 ball linebacker in this league who can expand so much 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.480 what you can do from a blitz and coverage standpoint 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:51.520 into Sky's standpoint. 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:53.360 He's a leader, he's a head knocker. 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:55.480 He is just here about football and that's pretty much 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.440 the one I think he cares about. And then after that, 0:16:57.560 --> 0:17:00.400 I think that Anthony Walker has a role on this 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.560 team as well. I think Duke Riley has a specific 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:04.840 role in this team. I think Zeke Vanden Brook's been good. 0:17:04.960 --> 0:17:07.440 I think Channing Tendall's come along. How many linebackers can 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:09.760 you keep? I think there are six NFL linebackers on 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.280 this team, provided Channing Tendall's development is something you're still 0:17:13.320 --> 0:17:16.000 interested in into his third season. Now, it might not 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.000 work out because of the numbers game there, but I 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.200 think you're in a great spot at that linebackers spot 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:21.640 and the guys who will play a bunch of reps 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:23.840 for you this season is the best we've had since 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:28.320 the early two thousands. Observation Number ten is that Jalen 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:30.440 Ramsey is going to win Defensive Player of the year, 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:33.960 and that is the probably the craziest, like most out 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.040 there thing I've said so far. But I don't care 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.520 because I'm watching this guy with his length, his change 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:42.080 of direction, his physical traits, his demeanor, the leadership, the 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:44.639 way he locks him. Every day he comes over and 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.879 grabs one of those stretchy something to help him stretch, 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.919 like a band or a tool that he uses to 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.000 get loosened up. And every day the fans like j 0:17:52.880 --> 0:17:55.520 Jylen and he doesn't pay any mind. And it's not 0:17:55.560 --> 0:17:58.440 because he's being a jerk. It's because he's so focused 0:17:58.480 --> 0:18:02.760 on football, and I think that's just a very It's 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.080 almost like Michael Jordan ESQ, like you're not going to 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:06.800 mess with my game, dude, Like I am playing ball 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:08.639 right now and that's all I care about. And this 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.480 system and how they're going to unlock him to play 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:12.760 all over the formation, to rush the quarterback, to play 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:17.120 deep in the deep coverage umbrella of the safety position. 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:19.200 That I said that like a moron, but you get 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:20.840 what I'm saying. He can play in the umbrella portion 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:23.600