WEBVTT - Drive Time: August 4 Training Camp Recap 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:03.800 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:04.360 --> 0:00:06.720 Now let me check your pulse if you're not form 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:09.959 What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:10.039 --> 0:00:12.840 And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:15.560 Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your team. 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:17.599 Your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:17.640 --> 0:00:20.880 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:23.079 And on today's show, we have a lot to get 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.160 to practice number eight and the books Sunshine, early, Torrential down, 0:00:27.160 --> 0:00:30.560 poor late QB one slinging it in the elements, finding 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:33.080 the end zone, protecting the football. We'll talk about his 0:00:33.200 --> 0:00:35.000 day and the entire day of on field work for 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:38.360 the Dolphins. Plus we met with assistant coaches ahead of practice. 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.000 We talked to Tyreek Hill after practice. The best of 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:43.159 those sound bites for you all, coming your way from 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.440 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:46.520 --> 0:00:49.600 This is the Draft Time posks Emmie Gaffe. 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:53.440 So I've been trying my best to not make this 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:56.360 a tua in Quarterback podcast every single day where the 0:00:56.360 --> 0:01:00.240 rest of the content becomes secondary. And thus maybe I've 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:03.120 buried the quarterbacks a little bit too deep into the 0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:04.520 episode's the last few days. 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:06.880 So today we're coming out of the blocks hot. 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.039 Talking all things QBS, We're gonna start with QB one 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:12.720 because the body of work now heading into tomorrow scrimmage 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:15.600 at the stadium is a good sample size. And I 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:18.200 tell you what, he is flat out cooking out here, guys. 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:21.560 The confidence we've seen from Tua at the podium and 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.760 press conferences, it translates to the field. And those of 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:26.760 you that go back to my early content days know 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:29.800 that my start was in quarterback evaluation and I watched 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.560 more plays of Ryan Tannehill than any player in the 0:01:32.600 --> 0:01:34.959 sport at the time. Well two was getting to the 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.760 point now where I've seen maybe more of his work 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.440 than anybody. And the player I saw today, the player 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:43.720 we've been watching for the last week plus, to me, 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.080 is by far the best version of Tua we've seen. 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:48.120 And given the fact that he was number one in 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.760 several key categories last year, that's a bad sign for 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:53.480 the rest of the league, guys. And this is why 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:56.720 I always thought, despite the hip injury coming out of 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:59.440 college and how that might stunt his growth or whatever 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.480 you might have said about it, it's why I thought 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:04.560 he was still worthy of the number five overall selection, 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.040 even though it was natural to wonder would he be 0:02:07.080 --> 0:02:09.480 able to give back to the same player that he 0:02:09.680 --> 0:02:13.280 was him. Boy, has he the processing the consistency on 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.400 the stuff built into the offense. I always thought that 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:18.840 was what would give him a baseline level of success 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.000 even right away, and it did. Right He was a 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.760 winning quarterback as a rookie multiple games before his first turnover. 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:26.800 You know, I thought the offense kind of took a 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:28.400 step forward when he came into the lineup. 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:31.600 He had the fourth quarter numbers over the course of 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:32.399 his career. 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.760 Into that twenty twenty one season, The difference between he 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.200 and other quarterbacks playing that year under center for the 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.960 Miami Dolphins, it showed you something to build around. And 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.480 then last year happened. Now we see him years removed 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.520 from the injury. We see him with multiple off seasons 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.800 worth of training to help transform his body and get 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:51.960 back to the mobility and strength that he had pre 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:55.240 injury and build up on top of that, and frankly, 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:59.040 I think it's kind of transformed his game a little bit. 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:03.560 Look thought the arm talent thing was tired and overplayed, 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:05.520 and so I tried to stay away from it because 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:11.120 I'm not in the business of knocking sixty yard completions. 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.639 I think it's silly to do that. But man, those 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.440 of you that have come out to practice this week, 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:17.919 is there a throw that you don't think Tua can make? 0:03:18.040 --> 0:03:20.000 Is there anything we're missing with this guy? 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:21.400 I don't see it. 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.720 Yesterday I raved about the off balance three quarter armslot 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:26.840 throw that he had. Today, I saw him drive a 0:03:26.919 --> 0:03:29.040 ball fifty five yards down the field to chosen for 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:31.560 a home run. I saw him plant his feet, get 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.680 the entire mechanical operation going to the perimeter on a 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:38.080 little sale concept and show the throw to one target, 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:40.400 bring the arm back across the body, and a no 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.680 look shot passed into a secondary target once the defense 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.920 had already moved according to his. 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:47.160 Helmet and body positioning. 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.120 Seeing him do it all, man, Tyreek talked about to 0:03:50.240 --> 0:03:52.280 his physical skill set a bit and one of the 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.960 throws that he made at yesterday's practice in today's media availability, 0:03:56.240 --> 0:03:57.520 here's the Cheetah. It's good. 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:01.960 It's grown crazy, man. You just the reception I had 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:04.400 yesterday where he was able to throw it in between 0:04:04.520 --> 0:04:07.240 like three defenders was crazy. So it just goes to 0:04:07.240 --> 0:04:09.160 show the amount of trust that he has in me, 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:13.280 you know, and you know I just feel like he's 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:14.240 going to continue to grow. 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.839 So that's Tyreek talking a little bit about the chemistry 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:18.440 between the two of those guys and how it's grown 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:20.599 this year. And the great Barry Jackson of the Miami 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:22.559 Herald tweeted this and this is why I love Barry. 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:25.240 He's got the numbers to help support my eye test claims. 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:28.000 Barry had two with four red zone touchdowns today and 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:30.800 that's accurate by my account, and several chunk plays that 0:04:30.880 --> 0:04:33.000 it just feels like a rinse repeat going back to 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:35.960 training camp from you know, last summer, all the way 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.920 through OTAs this year, and I guess end season last 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:40.880 year as well, and all the way up through training camp. 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.640 Right now, he's not throwing a pick and team period, guys. 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:44.039 Not one. 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:46.080 There's the one in seven on seven a great play 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.600 by Cater Kohu won by Xavier and Howard and one 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:51.000 on ones, and there was a drop picked in elevens 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:53.279 two days ago, three practices ago. I don't know what 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:56.159 it was, but it speaks to his proficiency, his trust 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.880 and the offense and his receivers and just an overall 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.120 level of comfort I think he's displaying. And like Tyreek said, man, 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:04.560 it's it's just all buttoned up right now, and I 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.000 can't wait for September tenth. A couple of plays to 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:09.120 break down before the touchdown breakdowns, there was a couple 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:12.080 of throws that, like Tyreek said, that just show the 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.640 trust and the anticipation and the accuracy that he can 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:17.240 play with. Where Tua had this throw to waddle into 0:05:17.240 --> 0:05:19.720 a tight window. It's just I wrote it in such 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:21.479 a treat to watch it work every day. Because the 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:23.800 ball is barely hitting the ground. He's finding ways to 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:26.320 get off the spot to mitigate pressure, getting through his 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:28.400 reads and showing off what looks to be to me, 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:32.840 like McDaniel mentioned, all around better better physical skills, and 0:05:33.160 --> 0:05:36.880 we see it in a multiple in multiple ways. There 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:38.480 was a nice rep for two where he got through 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.240 progressions and he was hitching up in the clean part 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:43.680 of the pocket after getting some pressure around the backside, 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:45.839 and eventually he checks it down, but you see him 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:49.240 surveying up top to chosen and you see a flag 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:51.559 come out, and two almost like sees that and says, okay, 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:53.719 well I got the five yards. Let's take this shot 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:56.039 right here to a different part of the field. Just 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:59.880 consistently understanding where his answers are when things are taken away. 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.120 I think you're seeing that grow and develop a big 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:03.320 time this training camp. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:05.240 Let's also go ahead and break down some of his. 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:06.839 Plays for y'all's I had a front row seat for 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.520 the three consecutive touchdowns he threw down in the red zone, 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.400 all of them third down situations two, which that's three 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:14.880 straight plays where he makes a play that's worth four points, 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.160 you know, difference between a field goal and a touchdown. 0:06:17.200 --> 0:06:20.240 So the first one you saw our team account posted 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:23.520 on Twitter, a beautiful seventeen yard touchdown strike to Waddle 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:24.960 where the defense brings the house man. 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:26.080 They's like a Geil break blitz. 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:26.479 Two. 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.320 A fades back into the pocket, kind of like the 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.359 touchdown against the Browns last year to Tyreek, where he 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.600 bought all the time he possibly could by fading away 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:35.640 and holding onto the ball to the last possible minute 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:37.680 to give Tyreek the two to three seconds he needs 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:40.839 to uncover same situation, layers it to the back pylon 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:43.360 and uses Wattle speed to run away from the defense, 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:46.679 puts it right into a spot. Coverage is close, placements perfect, 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.560 Wattle runs under a touchdown third and five play, high 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:54.279 leverage situation offense cashes in for six now an absolute 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:57.120 laser and low red zone. This one was maybe my favorite. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.120 I don't know, it's tough to discern the different which 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.280 one's better than the other. But third and goal from 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:04.120 the three, and Tua throws this ball essentially to the pylon, 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:08.440 just I would say, just kind of understanding how the 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:10.280 play was going to play out before it ever did. 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:12.600 And what I mean by that is Raheem isn't even 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.360 like into his route yet, like his the back of 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.800 his head's facing Tua, and Tua. 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:18.360 Just throws it to a spot. 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.240 And by the time Raheem gets to a spot, which 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.160 goes back to that chemistry and trust and repetition for 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:25.440 these guys, and Raheem becoming more of a receiver in 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.000 his second year. Right when he turns around, the football's 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.440 right on him at the flag, turns it up into 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:32.760 the end zone. Really impressive back to back throws from 0:07:32.760 --> 0:07:34.800 Tua and then he gets a third touchdown to waddle 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:37.280 right under the goalpost, throwing the ball to a spot. 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:40.320 Just another area where I feel like Tua's trust comes from, 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.800 like you know, you develop it from high level thinking 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:45.680 akin to what coach said last year. 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:47.280 In the Texans game. 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.440 I think it was where he's miked up talking to 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:51.800 Tua on the sideline about playing at a high level, 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:53.680 the one where two is like not trying to hear it, 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:57.000 saying yep, got to keep chopping wood. Coach and coaches like, nah, man, 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.720 you are playing really well, just like believe it. So 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:02.400 on this play, if the corner that Wattle is working 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:05.720 on is not closing, or even better, if he's still 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:09.280 getting depth, his ability to then transfer his weight into 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:12.080 a drive down the field, it's not there. There's no 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:14.920 like you have to be progressing that way to accelerate 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.880 that way, and so there's no ability for him to 0:08:17.920 --> 0:08:21.400 disrupt the catchpoint, especially when you factor in how quick 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.720 to us releases. So I feel like he can throw 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:27.000 the ball essentially right at the dB, who's more work 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:30.200 and like it's for the quarterbacks perspective and for someone 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.760 that doesn't play the position or never has, I think 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.120 you would think like I'm throwing the ball right to 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:36.040 the defense. 0:08:35.679 --> 0:08:36.360 That feels weird. 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:38.400 But he throws it to that spot because that's where 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.559 Wattle eventually wants to cross face at and he can 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:44.199 do this because he knows the DB's more worried about 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.720 Wattle's speed and the move that he might make. 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:48.560 So to a while the. 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.200 DB's focus on where Wattle's going, I'm gonna go ahead 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.240 and throw the ball, so you can't react to my throw. 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.199 And it's another benefit of the speed because by the 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.720 time he processes all of this, Wattle's already flashing right 0:08:57.760 --> 0:08:59.560 in front of him and there's the ball too. So 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:03.199 to what's quickness matches the quickness of his receivers. Does 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.920 that make sense? Not from the foot speed standpoint. His 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:10.920 processing is in the same realm as Waddle and Tyreek's 0:09:10.920 --> 0:09:13.080 physical speed. And that's why I think this offense can 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.840 be so special. And the fourth touchdown was a play 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:17.959 similar to the pass breakup that Cam Smith had in 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.520 the end zone, but the ball was right on target 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.760 outside for Barrios to catch it, get the feed in 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.960 at the front. Pilon just it was really a mastercraft 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:29.080 day from number one. And you know, having watched him 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.040 through eight practices now and all of last offseason, and 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:35.200 having seen other quarterbacks here years before two was here, 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:39.160 and reading camp reports from you know, even the pre 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.360 Tannehill days, and just hoping that John Beck would have 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:44.720 a good day. It's nice to see a real, true, 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:47.079 very very good quarterback every day in practice. It makes 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:48.920 the rest of the practice way more fun to watch. 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.720 And I thought Mike White was terrific again today as well. 0:09:52.240 --> 0:09:56.760 I think there's a pretty clear hierarchy being developed here 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.800 based upon practice performances. I think that click that coach 0:09:59.880 --> 0:10:03.080 was talking about occurred sometime last week early on in 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.800 that week, because he's been spinning it, you know, pretty 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:09.160 much since that bad Friday practice indoors when everyone talks 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.120 about the sacks and the results in YadA YadA yah. 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.600 But he's beating pressure. He's giving his guys a chance 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.559 with the ball in their hands after the catch. I 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:17.720 think he's getting the ball to the checkdowns fast enough 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:19.920 for those guys to make noise after the fact, because 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:21.719 when you're late down the field, it makes you late 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:24.160 to the checkdown. But Mike gets through it quick enough 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.000 to where he can get them in position to get 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.199 yards after the catch and not lost. 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:30.880 On you know me. 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.679 Not An underrated fact by any means is putting the 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:35.880 ball on those guys accurately so they don't have to 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:37.839 go to the ground with it or you know drop 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:38.240 the ball. 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:38.880 I thought this. 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:40.760 I thought his best ball was a twenty or so 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:42.880 yard ripped to Barrios for a catch and run over 0:10:42.920 --> 0:10:45.280 the middle. He's been really throwing the ball in that area. 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:46.080 Well. 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.960 I haven't seen anybody here do it like Tua ever, 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.880 but Mike's been like the second best at it that 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:53.640 I've seen so far. And he had a really nice 0:10:53.640 --> 0:10:56.000 throw in a situational drill where the offense had to 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.040 get like twenty or some yards to get into field 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.480 goal range with twelve seconds on the clock. All the 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.800 quarterbacks got one rep. No one got it down the field, 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.240 but Mike White did for about twenty five yards and 0:11:05.280 --> 0:11:06.960 a chance for a field goal. I want to go 0:11:07.000 --> 0:11:09.760 to offensive coorda or Frank Smith here for a little bit. 0:11:09.800 --> 0:11:11.880 As he talked about the second year in the offense. 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.439 I've talked to everyone under the sound about this, including 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:19.719 Mike and Tua, including you know, Greg Cosel back in Indianapolis. 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:20.680 Everyone that I can talk to. 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.680 I've talked to you about this, haven't had a chance 0:11:22.679 --> 0:11:24.560 to ask Frank Smith about it. How do you feel 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.280 year two in the offense can benefit you guys? 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:31.560 I think overall the guys they hear the concept, and 0:11:31.600 --> 0:11:35.200 now it's more of the not executing an assignment, but 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:40.640 understanding what it attacks, how it attacks, how they work together. 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:45.200 You know how quarterbacks progression fits on what they're trying 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:47.120 to do. I think it's overall when you know you 0:11:47.240 --> 0:11:50.440 learned something the first time, you know, it's just trying 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.520 to make sure you get it, and you learned this year. 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.720 Now you're really taking this next level to the overall 0:11:55.800 --> 0:11:57.360 understanding of the offense and the concepts. 0:11:58.040 --> 0:11:58.360 All right. 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.480 So there you go, almost a whole segment, or it 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.719 was a whole segment to the quarterbacks. Let's come back 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.079 on the other side and finish up the offense, including 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.240 a big day from devon a chain. We'll hear some 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.080 more sound bites, much much more on the Draft Time podcast, 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.080 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.160 So we saw the passing game clicking on Friday's practice. 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:22.200 The usual suspects were out there. Waddle got open a ton, 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:24.800 especially in the red zone finding the paint with Tua 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.240 at the controls. One of my favorite plays though, was 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:29.520 from Mike White where he gets free on a third 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:32.920 and fifteen play coming across the formation at least ten 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.520 yards short of the sticks, probably more, and he catches 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:37.800 the short pass with the defense kind of playing the sticks, 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.080 and he just turns on the burners and uses the 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.880 entire width of the field to get them to get 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.040 the ball across the sticks before going out of bounds. 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:46.800 And he ran by a couple of guys that I 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.160 think didn't realize that they were kind of Gronkowski on 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.880 Drake in that instance where they lost the angle. Those 0:12:51.960 --> 0:12:54.000 kind of plays swing games man, and Waddle makes them 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.480 with regularity, but from from fourth and eight to a 0:12:57.520 --> 0:13:00.400 first down, like that's another possession you just stole because 0:13:00.440 --> 0:13:03.520 Wadell's so damn special, and Tyriek Sher commanded some attention 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:06.400 today with his work. He was his usual self, flying 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.199 off the snap and taking eyes with him, creating space 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.760 for himself and others. A lot of those chunk plays 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:13.880 came in the absence of coverage that was running with 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:14.800 ten down the field. 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:16.880 You just see his true. 0:13:16.679 --> 0:13:19.120 Snap by snap impact and why he's so valuable to 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:21.800 this team. Gosh, those two receivers are fun to watch. 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:23.840 So is Braxon Barriers, who I thought looked good again 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.480 at today's practice. He's been getting evolved. The last couple 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.000 of days, Chosen had the long catch from Tua where 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.480 he got on top of the defender and used that 0:13:31.559 --> 0:13:33.880 long speed to stay there. I think those guys give 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.080 you a really good mix inside in terms of their 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.720 skill sets and how different personnel groupings can be attacking 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.040 different defensive groupings with the skill sets they offer. It's 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.880 a deep, versatile group. Wes Welker talked about that a 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:49.080 little bit today. He also talked about Eric Azukama, who 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.760 missed today's practice after exiting yesterday early. 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:53.120 But we did hear from. 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.680 Wes on Azukama, and I want to play this sound 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:57.480 for you guys with coach on the second year wide 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:00.600 receiver who they talked about this last season. I don't 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.600 remember when it was, but how last year was almost 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.360 a red shirt year for those first two rookies that 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.440 were taking in the draft. But we're seeing both Azukama 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.080 and Tendall play well this camp. Here's Wes Welker on 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:11.000 Eric Azukama. 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:14.760 No, Eric can definitely help us this year. I mean 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.400 last year it was just hard getting him lined up, 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:20.440 and now this year we're able to re lined up 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.680 and now we can start to get into the details 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.360 of the offense and how we need to do everything, 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:28.640 and there's still a lot of work to be done, 0:14:28.760 --> 0:14:32.080 but you know the fact that he's lining up right 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:35.640 and doing the right things and listening to the coaching 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:38.640 and all those different things. He's progressing really well and 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.840 leave some bounds better than what he was last year. 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.520 We love the transparency you get with his coaching staff. 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:48.160 I think you're also seeing tight end Elijah Higgins get 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.960 some valuable work in his new position, including that in 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.560 line work that comes along with that spot. I caught 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:56.520 up with coach Embria talk about Elijah Higgins, but also 0:14:56.600 --> 0:15:01.640 he mentioned unsolicited some comments on Julian Hill and you know, 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.360 speaking of transparency, EMBO's going to tell you how he feels. 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:05.920 And I thought this was pretty telling about the two 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.560 rookie tight ends he got in camp in twenty twenty three. 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.840 Well, the first thing is, you know, just his ability, 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.360 which you know, being from Stanford, you know you would 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.400 think this would happen. But how quickly he was able 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:18.120 to pick up the system and we were able to 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:22.040 move him around. He's gotten better as a run blocker. 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.360 That's always going to be a work in progress, but 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:26.560 one of the things about him every time he takes 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:29.440 a rep and I challenge him and Julian this all 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.280 the time. I always tell him every day make new mistakes. 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.160 And really, I can't think of a practice where they've 0:15:35.640 --> 0:15:38.160 made the same mistake twice that they've done two or 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.800 three days earlier of the day before. So that's really 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.480 impressed me a lot about both of them, because that's 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:47.160 harder to do. It's easier to said than done. And 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.920 you know, he he's running good with his routes. Haven't 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.960 had a ton of ops as far as getting getting 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:55.800 the ball throw to him, but they're putting a lot 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.400 of good stuff on tape, so. 0:15:57.320 --> 0:15:59.600 That's the pass catching element. I thought the run game 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.160 had won it's better day today as well. Raereheem Moster 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:04.800 had his usual few runs where he found some creases 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.640 and he just looks smooth and faster. I think, Jeff, 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:09.560 that's the thing about this team, man, Like there's so 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.080 many guys that were coming off injury a year ago 0:16:12.320 --> 0:16:14.160 or were new to the team, like a Bradley Chubb 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:17.200 mid season or Jeff Wilson where in the first year 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:19.360 the system on the offense for Tyreek and for Waddle 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.800 and for Azukama. I just think there's a lot of 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:24.560 incumbent growth we can see this year, which when you 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:27.280 see the results last year, like we've done this in 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:29.080 the pastes Dolphins fans, right, and I'm getting way off 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:32.200 script here, but we've done this thing where oh, you 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:36.240 know Ted Ginn year two, it's gonna the light's gonna 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.160 come on for Ted Genning, your number two. You know 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:40.200 Ryan Tannehill it's year at number five now, like he's 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:42.440 finally gonna go from a twelfth best quarterback to the 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.520 fourth best quarterback. And there's a million other names, right, 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:50.280 But now, that belief comes from proof of concept. We 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:52.040 saw it last year. We saw the number six offense. 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:54.320 We saw two a dazzle, We saw Tyrek and Waddle 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:57.520 set records. We saw the running game find its footing 0:16:57.560 --> 0:16:59.920 down the stretch. We saw Raheem Moster proved to be 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.200 really a pretty good bell cow late in the season. 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:04.639 So you have this proof of concept and you're building 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:08.600 off of that opposed to building off hope, and why 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:10.280 would you not believe in it? That's that's kind of 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.680 my question is how can you not expect that big 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:16.840 jump because of all those factors coming together and being 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.040 back together for a second season when they you know 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:23.040 self admitted it wasn't necessarily like fluid last year because 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:23.920 it was the first year. 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.640 And so man, I'm fired up about all that. I thought. 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:29.919