WEBVTT - Drive Time - Quarterbacks Training Camp Preview 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:07.320 Factors are alps Patrick touchdown. What a win for this 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:13.560 Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:17.080 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:21.360 official podcast network covering your Miami Dolphins. How is it 0:00:21.400 --> 0:00:25.640 going to Everybody? Happy Wednesday? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:25.760 --> 0:00:28.120 and I am here to bring you your daily dose 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:32.040 of Miami Dolphins football and on today's show, a flurry 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:35.080 of roster moves to detail on the show today, an 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:40.000 interesting analytic study accounting for positional wins above replacement and 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:42.920 how to apply that context to the Dolphins off season. 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:46.880 We'll hear from coach Flores from his Wednesday media availability 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:51.320 and continue the training camp preview with the quarterbacks. All 0:00:51.360 --> 0:00:54.760 of that and more on this Wednesday, July twenty edition 0:00:54.920 --> 0:01:01.000 of the Drive Time Podcast Miami Dolphins The Boy. It 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:03.880 sure is nice to have current football news and notes 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:07.040 here to detail on the podcast every day, even if 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:09.880 it is just a couple of roster designations here and there, 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:11.880 and we have a few more of those to get 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:15.399 to on this Wednesday edition of Drive Time. Up first 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:19.040 one that came out as we published the Monday night podcast. 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:22.640 The Dolphins have released tight end Michael Roberts after he 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.319 signed with the team back in February. This happened just 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:28.319 one day after the Dolphins were initially reported to have 0:01:28.400 --> 0:01:32.280 acquired Adam Shaheen from the Bears, giving Miami five tight 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:35.959 ends heading into training camp. Other news, the Dolphins Monday 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:41.480 placed cornerback Cordrea Tankersley, defensive tackle undrafted free agent Benito Jones, 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.160 and long snapper the sixth round draft pick from this 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:48.120 past April's draft on the reserve COVID nineteen list, and 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:51.680 just to relay what that means, this new reserve list 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:55.680 category was created for a player who either test positive 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:59.440 for COVID nineteen or who has been quarantined after having 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:03.840 been in contact with an effective person or persons. If 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.919 a player falls into either of these categories, their club 0:02:07.040 --> 0:02:10.560 is required to immediately place the player on the reserve 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:14.720 slash COVID nineteen list. Per agreed upon NFL and nfl 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:18.240 p A policy, clubs are not permitted to comment on 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.919 a player's medical status other than referring to the roster status. 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:25.679 Clubs may not disclose whether a player is in quarantine 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:30.200 or is positive for COVID nineteen. We also added a 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.880 player on Monday. More on that in just one second, 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:35.480 but first a couple of news bites from Tuesday. The 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:39.320 Dolphins have placed Xavien Howard on the active slash Physically 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:43.000 unable to perform list and linebacker Calvin Munson on the 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:46.840 active slash non football injury list. That happened, of course, 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:49.680 on Tuesday. Now a pair of cornerbacks in the news 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.440 here for the Dolphins, and another one coming in by 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:56.519 way of former Auburn Tiger and Kansas City chief Javarus Davis, 0:02:56.520 --> 0:03:00.000 who the Dolphins were awarded off of waivers on Monday. 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:03.440 A and just a couple of quick notes on Javirus Davis. 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.520 He did run a four three nine forty yard dash 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.760 back at the scouting combine in February. He had eight 0:03:09.800 --> 0:03:13.760 interceptions to every year of his career down there at Auburn, 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.480 twenty seven past breakups over the four year career, and 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:20.440 of course he was the other cornerback alongside Noah Igbnogamy, 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.440 who are now teammates once more in the professional ranks. 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:26.120 There was an article written back in April on USA 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:29.720 Today that I tweeted out talking about how Davis had 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:33.000 mentioned he had visits scheduled with seven teams in the 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.080 run up to the draft. The Dolphins were one of 0:03:35.120 --> 0:03:38.119 those teams, along with the Patriots and Lions, among others. 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.720 He also referenced in that article his team first mentality 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:43.720 and how he's willing to do whatever it takes to 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:46.040 help his team win. So you get the idea of 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.240 how this jive's with the athletic profile and the team 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.640 first mentality that Brian Flores and the Miami Dolphins covet 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:56.680 at the position. So Flora's, Josh Boyer and Gerald Alexander 0:03:56.680 --> 0:04:00.400 get their hands on yet another toolsy defensive back heading 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:03.600 into training camp, and we're gonna get into the guys 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.680 defensive backs are trying to stop here speaking of training 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.400 camp in just one second on the Training Camp Preview. 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:13.040 But I wanted to discuss this tweet slash analytics information 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.480 I came across over the weekend and it came from 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:18.320 Eric Eager of Pro Football Focus, and he did a 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:22.480 study on the stat wins above replacement by position. He 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:26.240 looked at the median war wins above replacement, coefficient of 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:30.080 variation in war, and year to year correlation in war, 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.839 all by position. Now, if those words have you dreading 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:35.840 and thinking back to your high school math days or 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:38.360 college math days. Do not fret. I'm not gonna get 0:04:38.360 --> 0:04:40.679 too much into that stuff. I just wanted to discuss 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:44.120 the disparity here between positional war and the average across 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.640 each position in the NFL, And of course, quarterback leads 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:51.240 the way, and pretty obviously so, with a mean one 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.360 point six three wins above replacement. And that's to say, 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:57.240 the quarterbacks had the greatest impact on games last year 0:04:57.279 --> 0:05:00.840 on average, if you're going off of wins a of replacement. 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:04.040 Next was the wide receivers, with a pretty considerable drop 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:06.400 off there from the quarterbacks down to point to eight 0:05:06.680 --> 0:05:09.600 from that one point six three up next where safeties 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:12.880 and cornerbacks, who tied at point to three. So you 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:14.960 get the idea. The passing game here is really the 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:17.200 part of the game that has the biggest impact as 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.480 far as war is concerned. And I'm not gonna get 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.919 a whole lot further into these in degree details again, 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:24.120 because it feels like something you should probably just go 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.159 check out for yourself, and I don't think it really 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.200 translates that well to an audio platform, but I do 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.080 think we can look at it from my Dolphins roster 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:35.359 construction standpoint, and this follow up tweet from a data 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.800 analyst at Hawk Blogger, a Seattle Seahawks blog notes that 0:05:38.880 --> 0:05:41.880 defensive backs war is less stable on a year to 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.720 year basis than past rushers are, so the stat does fluctuate. 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.719 But this is going off of and it goes back 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.359 to the idea of building the defense from the back 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.400 to the front, signing a Byron Jones to a big deal, 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.320 drafting Noah a Monogamy in the first round and Brandon 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.440 Jones in the third round, a pair of defensive acts 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:03.760 playing major college football in the Power five last year, 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:08.080 and signing a Cavon Frasier a Clayton Federalum truly investing 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:11.040 in the position in the idea of the defensive backs 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:14.200 room in the linebacker position had a point one one 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.599 median war as well, and that was in the middle 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:19.320 of the pack of this position list and this median 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:22.120 war stat. And we know how aggressive Miami was going 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:26.120 after Kyle van noy, Comu grug Hill, and Landon Roberts 0:06:26.120 --> 0:06:29.120 this year and last year, picking up Andrew van Gigel 0:06:29.120 --> 0:06:31.719 in the draft and Vince Bagel in a September one 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:35.360 trade by bringing him in from New Orleans and to 0:06:35.440 --> 0:06:37.760 tie a bow on this thought. I mean, we knew 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.120 quarterback was going to be the leader in the clubhouse, 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:41.839 and I wanted to just make a note of the 0:06:41.880 --> 0:06:46.200 Dolphins investment at that position at quarterback over the last 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:49.720 two years by signing Ryan Fitzpatrick, who I mean, can 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.839 anyone really argue his value to the Dolphins. The guy 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.240 has been everything we had hoped for. And then some 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.760 investing in Josh Rosen with the second round draft pick 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:02.080 acquired in that nineteen trade down, and then using the 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.920 fifth pick this year of course on quarterback to a 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:08.520 tongue of Valoa. Truly investing in the position, the commitment 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:12.440 to invest in these core positions. I like Kirk Cousins. 0:07:12.480 --> 0:07:15.200 I like that, And speaking of the cubes the quarterbacks, 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.320 let's get into the next part of our training camp 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.000 preview series, and just real quick before we do that. 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:24.080 Ahead of this quarterback preview, these photos of the Dolphins 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:28.080 reporting to the facility on Monday July We're all available 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:31.239 on the team's website up on social media. It showed 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.760 Ryan Fitzpatrick, Josh Rosen to a Tongue of Valoa, as 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:38.000 well as some other Miami Dolphins reporting to the facility 0:07:38.040 --> 0:07:40.320 for the first day of work here in the off season, 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:44.200 and I think Ryan Fitzpatrick's shirt broke Dolphins Twitter there 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.200 for just a moment. I personally had multiple text heading 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:50.239 my way asking me where people could pick up that shirt. 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.240 And when you know it, Johnny on the spot, Dolphins 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.800 Twitter found it. I think it was on chubbies dot com, 0:07:56.920 --> 0:07:59.680 the Hawaiian Lights shirt. If you're trying to catch that 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:01.960 drip up. And by the way, has any thirty seven 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.880 year old father of seven ever had more swag than 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.800 Ryan Fitzpatrick. I would argue that no, they do not. 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.360 And with that, I think we have satisfied our quota 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:13.680 for fashion talk here on the podcast for the next 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.120 couple of years, if not longer than that. Let's go 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:18.400 ahead and talk about this Dolphins quarterback room and go 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.760 once again the reverse jersey number order, starting with ninety 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.720 nine through number one, and that means first up, Ryan Fitzpatrick. 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:28.240 He has fifteen accrued seasons in the NFL season number 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.400 two here in Miami for Ryan Fitzpatrick. He wears jersey 0:08:31.440 --> 0:08:34.520 number fourteen. Everyone knows by now he went to Harvard 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.280 thirty seven years old, and when he first got here. 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.000 I wrote a story up on Lockdown Dolphins dot Com 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:41.960 taking a look at his tape, and you go back 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.400 to his film when he was with the Bucks, when 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:46.439 he had that start at the beginning of the season 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:50.480 for Jamis Winston, and he was attacking vertically, taking chances, 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.880 but really taking measured chances to go vertical and getting 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:56.120 those big plays in the passing game. Through the first 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.480 three games of that season, he led the NFL and 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:01.840 all the major categories as far yards yards per attempt, 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.280 that type of thing, and he really had a confidence 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:06.440 in his game. I love the way he trust his 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:08.920 eyes and lets that thing rip and just gets it 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:11.160 out there before the defense can really have a chance 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:13.160 to react, before the defense can have a chance to 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:15.800 win their pass rush matchups, and before the defense can 0:09:15.880 --> 0:09:18.880 rotate their coverage. He is very sharp that way, getting 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.120 the football out quick. And he said to us last 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.160 year in the media that he felt he was playing 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:25.360 the best ball of his career in training camp, and 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.960 I think the stats from confirmed that assertion. While the 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:32.520 film last year in nineteen and the metrics corroborate that 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:36.720 claim from Ryan Fitzpatrick. After he rejoined the lineup. In 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:40.120 Week six against Washington, he was the tenth highest graded 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:44.040 quarterback according to Pro Football Focus over that time, the 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:47.920 infectious leader of the Miami Dolphins through one eight one 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:51.160 first downs that was second most in football. His three thousand, 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:54.559 two hundred twenty six passing yards during that period ranked third, 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:58.240 behind only Jamis Winston and Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys. 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:01.360 And he also led the Dolphins in rushing and scored 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:04.600 on scramble plays four different times. Over the course of 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:08.679 last season. PF credit at Fitzpatrick with thirty five non 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:11.560 design quarterback runs that tied for the most over the 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:15.120 twelve week period with Gardner Minshew and Deshaun Watson. So 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.640 his ability to kind of recognize where the weakness might 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:19.480 be in the defense, where the pass rush or the 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.960 blitz or where an overload blitz can kind of take 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:25.079 advantage of the numbers and put pressure on the quarterback immediately. 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.839 His ability to pick that up, recognize it, and make 0:10:27.880 --> 0:10:30.600 the defense pay for it was on point last season. 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:34.000 He consistently made plays outside the structure of the offense, 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:38.000 extending plays and creating an exciting highlight reel punctuated by 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:41.400 Musty celebrations. The Terra dactyl scream as I called it 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:44.000 against Cleveland was one of my favorite. After that touchdown 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:45.439 run where he kind of did the frank the tank, 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:47.600 I'm got a biggest scream out. He had several of 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:50.560 those throughout the course of the year with those touchdown runs. 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.640 And this quote here coming from Ryan from Brian Flores 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:57.440 about Ryan Fitzpatrick, quote, I think Fitzpatrick did a good job, 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.440 a really good job last year. His leadership something that 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.160 really helped us out a year ago end quote. And 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.000 that leadership is beneficial both on the field and in 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.679 a mentor role for the younger quarterbacks on the roster. 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:12.240 Fitzpatrick spoke about his position as the elder statesman of 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:15.840 the room during a virtual press conference back in May, 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.560 saying quote, I'm an open book, and I try to 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.160 make sure that the other quarterbacks no and are comfortable 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.000 with coming to me with questions. I'm also going to 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.080 express my opinions and thoughts on plays that were watching 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:29.240 in two minute drives, things like that, and to just 0:11:29.320 --> 0:11:33.200 provide some perspective end quote. And Fitzpatrick's performance was not 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:36.720 exclusive to making plays off script. He delivered dime after 0:11:36.800 --> 0:11:39.720 dime by recognizing the defensive look and where the soft 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:43.520 spot was to attack, and accordingly, Fitzpatrick would often throw 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:45.959 the football to a spot and rely on those playmakers 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:49.160 like a DeVante Parker or Preston Williams and Albert Wilson, 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.160 Jachem Grant. All those guys might get Sicky to minute 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.160 to finish the play and make a big play for 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:57.840 the offense. Per Pro Football Focus, the offense quarterback completed 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.600 sixties seven point one percent of his throws when the 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.240 ball came out and under two point five seconds, with 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:07.880 fourteen touchdowns and three interceptions on such throws. Fitzpatrick over 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.960 a fifteen year career, has thirty two thousand, eight hundred 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.760 and eighty six passing yards and two hundred and ten 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:17.320 touchdown passes. And another guy who has leaned on the 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:20.840 experience and knowledge and tutelage of Ryan Fitzpatrick as the 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:24.080 next quarterback up on our list Josh Rosen. He has 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.120 two accrued seasons in the NFL. This is his second 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.400 here in Miami. He wears jersey number three. He came 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:31.880 from u C. L A. And he is still just 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.440 going to be twenty three years old on opening Day 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:37.440 and this Dolphins quarterback room features a little bit of everything. 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:39.920 You've got the accuracy, the big arms, the knowledge of 0:12:40.000 --> 0:12:43.200 Ryan Fitzpatrick. He can impart on these younger players, and 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:46.360 Rosen gives the Dolphins a second top ten pick under 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.720 the age of twenty five, as well as a very 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:51.000 cerebral student of the game, a guy that puts a 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.040 lot of time and effort into football. Of course, football 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:57.319 is important to him, as Brian Flores loves to say, 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.640 in the nineteen season was one of progress and development 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:03.640 for the young quarterback. He went over several of these 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.160 things he developed last year in training camp, throughout the 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.640 season speaking to the media, and this quote here comes 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:11.960 from coach Flores. Rosen is expected to come in, learn 0:13:12.040 --> 0:13:14.679 the offense and develop the way looked over the latter 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:16.719 part of the season. This is what he said back 0:13:16.720 --> 0:13:19.160 at the scouting combine in February. He will get an 0:13:19.160 --> 0:13:22.720 opportunity to compete and get better every day. And quote 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:24.840 and you go back to the playing time Fitzpatrick had 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.679 last year, whether it was in games or in practice, 0:13:27.760 --> 0:13:30.200 like for instance, in training camp he had a really 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.240 good two minute drive at the end of the team 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.199 scrimmage last year that really showcased his ability to kind 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.800 of elevate his game in those big moments, or if 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:39.640 you go back to the Dallas game, there was a 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.680 moment in that game where someone dropped a past I 0:13:41.720 --> 0:13:43.840 forget who it was, and Rosen had a lot of 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.719 encouragement for that player, came back to him, had a 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:48.840 successful play on the next play. So you see that 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.320 leadership quality, the ability to kind of move on and 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.480 go to the next play a very important trait in 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.760 a quarterback, and that progress was tangible throughout the course 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:59.800 of the season and regardless of the offensive success he 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:03.480 had show that leadership and encouragement, he also attacked down 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.120 filled with aggressiveness and with accuracy, showcasing those traits that 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.840 made him the tenth pick in the twenty nineteen draft. 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:13.440 He Impresston Williams really developed a rapport in the exhibition 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.280 season last year, in the preseason and going vertical as 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.880 well in those spots starts he had in the middle 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.200 of the early part of the season in September, like 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:23.720 in the Dallas game, the Chargers gained the long touchdown 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:27.320 pass in that Chargers game to Davante Parker, and just 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:30.000 as he praised Tongue Viola for his work, habits and 0:14:30.040 --> 0:14:32.400 what he's gotten to know about him so far. Ryan 0:14:32.440 --> 0:14:36.240 Fitzpatrick also said he had the respect for Josh Rosen 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:39.040 last season for leaning on the veterans experience in that 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.720 quarterback room and learning as much as he possibly could. 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:44.720 Here's what Fits had to say about Josh Rosen. Quote, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.600 He's always here before six o'clock. He's always here late 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.400 when we're watching film and whatever else Josh is putting 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.680 in the time. And I think right now too, he's 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:54.880 doing a lot of listening and a lot of observing. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.520 I think that's what's really important at this point. But 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.840 part of it is just immersing himself in it and 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.840 being around early morning, late at night. And he's doing 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:04.920 a nice job of being here and really showing that 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.160 he wants to be in here, he wants to learn, 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:09.680 he wants to do all the right things. And quote 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:12.480 Matt quote of course coming from last season. And we 0:15:12.560 --> 0:15:14.800 finished this thing up with the quarterback who was the 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:18.880 highest on my quarterback prospect list this offseason heading into 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:21.080 the draft and one of my favorite prospects over the 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.760 last several years. I just found so many things into 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.280 a tongue of Voloah's game that I believe translate to 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:29.120 success at the next level, with the urgency and the 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.680 footwork in the lower half, the ability to get off 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.600 of the spot, immediately recognize where that pressure comes from, 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.520 and making plays off script that way. We've also heard 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:39.960 Nick Saban and so many other folks that have spent 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.880 time around to a tongue of Voloa, like his quarterbacks 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:47.200 coach Trent Dilford, the offensive coordinators there Alabama, his teammates 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:51.240 Xavier McKinney at the combine praise his ability to rise 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:54.040 the tide of all ships, so to speak, and really 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:57.160 show a spirit and a mentality that really really helps 0:15:57.200 --> 0:15:59.800 the football team just be better from the top all 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:02.800 the way down. We heard Nick Saban talk about visiting 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.120 to a tongue of Vloa after the hip injury last 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.400 year and how he went there to hopefully cheer up 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.320 to Ah, but it was to a who in turn 0:16:09.960 --> 0:16:13.320 cheered up Coach Saban with his spirit, with his personality, 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:16.040 and of course that ukulele playing. He just has that 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:19.680 infectious personality you want at the position, the type of personality, 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:22.360 the type of leadership that Brian Floraz and Chris Greer 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:25.160 really covered at the position. You love the way he 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.920 can layer the football with accuracy to all levels of 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.720 the field, the way he processes the defense and really 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.920 gets through those reads. On the ESPN Detail episode with 0:16:34.000 --> 0:16:36.280 Nick Saban talking about to Ah and the way he's 0:16:36.280 --> 0:16:38.800 able to process the defense and get through his reads, 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:41.720 he showcases how to a can get through multiple progressions, 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:44.240 read the front side, read the backside, and get the 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.920 football where it has to go and adjust his his 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:50.560 location of the football accordingly to how the coverage adapts 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.880 to what he wants to do on offense. And another 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:55.920 generalized quarterback trade I love to look at is how 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:58.120 does the defense view him on third and long when 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:00.240 it becomes you know, you win the first two ounds 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.000 and get the offense into a third and ten or 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:03.880 a third and twelve. Do you still think you can 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:05.800 get a stop on that play? Where are you still 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.320 afraid of the quarterback? And you watch Alabama throughout the 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.960 course of Tungua Bloa's career, they were always a threat 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:13.080 to not only move the chains, but to score from 0:17:13.119 --> 0:17:15.240 anywhere on the field because of how quickly the ball 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:16.920 came out, how he's able to get the ball in 0:17:16.960 --> 0:17:19.919 the hands of the playmakers. Identify your blitzes and replace 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:22.880 the blitz with the football. Just really really good quarterback 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.879 play there in college. You hope it translates to the NFL. 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.960 He's gonna be twenty two on opening Day, and by 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.960 now we all know about Tongue Boloa's collegiate success. The 0:17:32.080 --> 0:17:35.800 National Champion, Heisman Trophy, runner up, and the most are 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:39.480 the highest rather quarterback efficiency rating in the history of 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.880 college football. He arrives to Miami to continue this theme 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:46.119 of adding talented quarterbacks to the quarterback room. He of 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.959 course comes the leadership and plenty of fanfare. We know 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:52.320 how important that leadership in the way communication is involved 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:55.480 at that position. For this Dolphins brass for this Dolphins 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.399 coaching staff, and Tongue by Looa played under three different 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:02.200 offensive coordinators in college. There at Alabama, and he excelled 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:05.520 in each of those offensive systems. He helped transform that 0:18:05.520 --> 0:18:08.639 Crimson tied offense from a classic smash mouth outfit to 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.400 an aerial display to the likes of which college football 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:14.640 had not yet seen before prior to Tongue of Voloah's arrival. 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.800 He's deadly accurate throws one of the prettiest deep balls 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.879 in the in college football last couple of seasons. With 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:24.160 that trajectory putting penety of air under the football, allowing 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:26.159 his receivers to run to a spot and catch it 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:29.680 and run right through it. He anticipates receivers opening up 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:32.639 and processes the pass rush and potential leaks in the 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:35.879 past rush with urgency and purpose. Here's a quote from 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.320 Brian Flora's Tongue of valoah fit a lot of the 0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:42.040 criteria we talked about at the quarterback position, good player, 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:46.400 good person, leadership qualities. Were very happy with the pick. Now, 0:18:46.480 --> 0:18:49.200 the veteran of the room, Ryan Fitzpatrick, who will cover 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.960 here in just one second, he offered up some excitement 0:18:51.960 --> 0:18:54.080 that he has for Tongue of Valoa and what he 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:56.400 can bring to the rest of the quarterback room as 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:58.679 well as to Tongue of Valoa as well as a 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:01.840 scattering report on to a Tongue of Valoa. Fits had 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:04.280 this to say, quote, I'm an open book and try 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.840 to make sure that they know and are comfortable with 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:09.719 coming to me with questions. I'm going to express my 0:19:09.760 --> 0:19:12.159 opinion and thoughts on plays that we are watching in 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.720 two minute drives We've been going over some of that 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:17.199 stuff and my mind and the process of how I 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:20.480 think through it right or wrong. Just to provide some perspective. 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:22.720 I'm excited for him to be here for two of 0:19:22.840 --> 0:19:25.240 to be here. I loved watching him playing college. I 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:27.199 think he's going to be an awesome addition to the 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:29.960 team for a long time. All right, let's go ahead 0:19:29.960 --> 0:19:34.359 and transition now over to Brian floress media availability. On Wednesday, July, 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:38.199 he spoke to members of South Florida media about a 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:42.159 variety of topics, including the coronavirus, how the team is 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:45.320 preparing to plan this season and go forward in this 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:48.920 unprecedented time. We are in currently position battles including the 0:19:49.000 --> 0:19:51.919 quarterback spot with Ryan Fitzpatrick, Josh Rosen, and to a 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:55.160 tongue of voloa, and the competition across camp as a whole. 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.120 Let's go ahead now and get to some of those 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:59.920 questions with Brian Flora's with the Dolphin South Florida me 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.639 DA and the first question. I won't play the actual 0:20:02.680 --> 0:20:04.960 audio from the questions for you guys, because there is 0:20:05.000 --> 0:20:08.160 some spotty spots in some of these online conferences. Will 0:20:08.200 --> 0:20:10.159 go ahead and give you the details of the question 0:20:10.359 --> 0:20:12.520