WEBVTT - Drive Time: May 28 OTA Practice Recap 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:06.040 To on the move, going deep speedlers Peace. From the 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:11.120 Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:19.440 is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. He's my avands in the playoffs. 0:00:25.800 --> 0:00:30.000 What is up Dolphins and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:32.840 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:35.920 the Finns were back on the field and I was 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.360 back in the stands taking notes. We're breaking down another 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:41.400 Dolphins practice. We'll hear from head coach Mike McDaniel, durham 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:45.560 smythe as well. Another flagship edition of the podcast starts 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:48.320 right now from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:49.320 Health Training Complex. 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:50.120 This is. 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:56.000 The Draft Time Podcast, Ye Daffy. We call it the 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.720 flagship podcast here because breaking down practice is what we 0:00:59.800 --> 0:01:02.680 do best on this show. And again I will put 0:01:02.680 --> 0:01:05.160 it up there against anybody else that evaluates a football 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:07.320 practice for your Miami Dolphins as the top place to 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:12.039 go for your notes, and the aggregators of Dolphins podcast 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.399 Land will prove that in their own right by showing 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.920 you my tweets and my stuff that comes out as 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:18.840 they report it as if they were actually there. But 0:01:19.000 --> 0:01:23.160 I digress. Another football practice broke out on this sunny 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.840 and rainy Tuesday from Miami Gardens hot as hell, then a' 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:30.039 monsoon which we needed badly, and then the field was 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.320 dry like an hour after all of that. I've been 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:34.959 here for almost five years now and the weather still 0:01:35.160 --> 0:01:38.080 fascinates me. So my apologies for starting off with small 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:41.200 talk on you guys some weather we're having, huh, but 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.280 your weather authority here at five o'clock starts off the 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:46.319 show to get to our lead story. Our at least 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.920 toy today was to a tongue of II LOOA. He 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.680 was here ripping passes, kicking ass and taking names, chewing 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:54.520 bubble gum all out of bubble gum, that whole thing. 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.760 And look, he has been here, just not for the 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.360 last week's media viewing session. And I think I mentioned 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:03.560 this on the podcast last week sometimes or this one 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.640 single time, because I don't think that Tua has missed 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.320 a camp practice since I've been here, which spans his 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:13.120 whole career OTAs or training camp. But when he's not 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.200 out there, I probably get a little bit wider of 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:20.800 a scope of practice. But then there's also how much 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:25.840 smoother having a top ten quarterback in your practice in 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.639 the NFL tends to make the practice look a little 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.280 bit better. It makes the receivers jobs easier, It makes 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:33.440 the run game work a little bit better. We know 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:37.560 what his processing and trigger combination does for the offensive line. 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:40.600 It was just seven on seven when he played. It 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:42.799 was actually Mike White and Scolar Thompson splitting the team 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:45.320 reps in full eleven v. Eleven. But seven on seven 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:48.040 I saw three catch and runs on quick hitters where 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:50.800 the wide receivers plucked the football off the stripe of 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:53.600 their helmet in full stride and then outran the defense 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.200 to the end zone. We saw all year last year 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.480 with Tyreek Hill. We've seen Jalen Waddle working this year 0:02:59.560 --> 0:03:02.920 in hype videos online to catch the ball in that 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.240 way opposed to going up high to make the catch 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:08.320 with his body. And I saw on one instance Malik 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.800 Washington not do it properly and not expect the football 0:03:11.800 --> 0:03:13.800 out of his break and he dropped the ball. And 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:15.639 then I saw a few other guys do the exact 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:17.480 same thing. Sorry, I gotta stop. I'm popping my wedding 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:19.560 ring and that's probably making that sound. We'll stop doing that. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.240 I saw a few other guys do it and catch 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:23.920 it and take off, and it does a coaching point. 0:03:23.960 --> 0:03:26.120 Catch the ball on the move, don't lose your cleats 0:03:26.120 --> 0:03:28.480 in the ground because you can continue to progress up 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:30.920 feel with this, and that's how you erase angles and 0:03:30.919 --> 0:03:33.000 score a long touchdowns. I saw Eric Azukama do it. 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.720 I saw River Craycraft do it. I saw Anthony Schwartz 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.040 do it. Two of those guys are known for some speed, 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:39.640 one of those guys not so much. But a good 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:41.960 a good accurate throat can help a not so fast 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:44.440 guy do that. And this is not just a drill 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:46.880 that affords that because it didn't happen one thing in 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.280 other quarterbacks. It only happened when two was out there. 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.160 And TUA is a point meant viewing and it's these 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.440 little innocuous things and then I mean are seemingly innocuous. 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:58.640 They're not innocuous, but maybe if you're not looking for 0:03:58.680 --> 0:04:01.360 these things, they are that I continue to point out 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.320 when it comes to time in the system, to continuity, 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:08.360 to polishing an already professional approach. And that was kind 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.040 of the theme today, So I wanted to focus on 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:13.400 something coach McDaniel said in his pre practice press or 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:17.080 this is a follow up answer to an earlier question 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.359 about where Tua can grow in his third year in 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:24.400 year program and how that third year of continuity provides benefits. 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.039 Let's go ahead and start here, though, about the improvements 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:28.800 of working with John Beck. 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:34.960 Deliberate intentionality with anything you do renders like some unexpected 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:42.039 consequences that are definitely desirable. I think he uh without 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:44.920 thinking is you know, probably generated a little more force 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.839 on the on some throes he's trying to drive. 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:49.360 You know, I have. 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:56.440 Uh, actually extensive experience with uh with the coach that 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:59.720 he's working with, John Beck. I was a coach and 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:04.920 too thy eleven for the the Washington team that that 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:08.920 he quarterbacked, and have have been on a couple of. 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.040 Teams where he's he's. 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:14.359 Uh worked with some of the quarterbacks we've had already, 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.680 So there's some familiarity with that, which is awesome because well, 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.159 Johnny knows what we're trying to do in the in 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.920 the in the direction with or. 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.000 How we asked the quarterback to play. 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:30.200 So I think I think just that connectivity to your 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:36.360 your game and finding or trying to unearth every single 0:05:36.960 --> 0:05:43.080 inch and iota of of professional development that in itself. 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:44.640 You're headed in the right direction. 0:05:44.800 --> 0:05:50.039 So I think there's there's some things that I'll probably 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:53.720 see every day, and when you when you talk to him, 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:58.919 I think there's uh sometimes that he's effortlessly doing some 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:02.720 of the things he's used to doing, just not really 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.000 having to think as much because he's been so deep 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.480 diving into his trade. 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:11.960 I've generally steered my eyes elsewhere from the quarterbacks during 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.560 individual driels the last few years. In twenty twenty, it 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:17.000 was all I could watch, understandably so right trying to 0:06:17.040 --> 0:06:20.640 measure Tua and Fitzpatrick versus Josh Rosen who even twenty 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:24.280 nineteen couldn't hit Joe Chamino standing still by the sidelines 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:27.840 in individual driels. But I digress. But today I wanted 0:06:27.920 --> 0:06:30.279 to get a look since this was the first live 0:06:30.400 --> 0:06:33.200 look we've seen at Tua, or at least that I 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:36.760 was supposed to be at, of all the off season work. 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:38.920 And I think that in those videos that have been 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.200 posted with him working with John Beck or with Waddle 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.159 and Reeke down here with Nick Hicks on their own, 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:46.920 I see a little more compact, mechanical approach. He's a 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.200 little tighter in everything he does and an even shorter 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.080 wind up that tightened up everything else as a result. 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.080 And I mean that is throwing mechanics. One oh one, 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.520 it's a football, it's a baseball, it's otherwise. I've told 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.520 the story about my own growing journey on here and 0:07:01.560 --> 0:07:03.919 tightening up my windmill release I used to have, and 0:07:03.960 --> 0:07:07.000 how it made me go from playing second base to 0:07:07.040 --> 0:07:09.720 shortstop and third base because my arm strength improved enough 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:11.440 to be able to make the throw across the diamond. 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:14.520 The tighter you can be, the more velocity you can 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.960 generate on a ball, football or baseball or whatever you throw. 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:21.000 Think about it like a rubber band, An old, oft 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.440 used rubber band that hangs like a sleeve of wizard 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.320 will not snap as hard when you slingshot it against 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:29.240 your buddy's arm. But a fresh, crisp one that we 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.720 all look for in life that can leave a mark. 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.520 If you slingshot it onto your friend's back arm whatever, 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.680 it can leave a bruise there, right. So I noticed 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.480 that in individual drills. Then I watched it in routes 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.120 on air, and then again during the team periods or 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:44.160 seven v seven, and it was more of the same 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:47.320 in terms of timing and accuracy. Like I said, he 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:49.960 was dialing up dudes right out of the break and 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:53.240 into the run after the catch. One percent better is 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.360 how the elites focus on their improvements because they're already 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.160 so good, right, They're not going to make major strides. 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:00.600 They're not going to turn from a night ninety five 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.440 golfer into a eighty and below golfer like Travis Wingfield 0:08:04.480 --> 0:08:06.400 did in two years of really grinding on his swing. 0:08:06.760 --> 0:08:08.640 It just doesn't happen at that rate when you're already 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:10.400 that good. Now I can break eighty now, But am 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:12.680 I going to break seventeen times soon? Probably not. It's 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:16.880 a much lower progression there, But one percent better when 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.640 you are the elite of your profession, that one percent 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:23.080 can make all the difference. And today I saw a 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:26.240 quarterback that looked one percent better than in January when 0:08:26.240 --> 0:08:27.800 we last saw him. Let's go ahead and hear from 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:29.960 his head coach on the growth and what year three 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.600 can do for this talented quarterback within this system. 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:37.600 That's been a cool process because you have two years 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:41.760 under your belt together where you you know, all you've 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:43.679 seen is his game progress. 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.640 And I think year three we really. 0:08:46.400 --> 0:08:50.720 Got to, you know, take a step back and assess 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.080 not just the things that he liked or the things 0:08:54.120 --> 0:08:56.760 that he looked comfortable with, but what are some things 0:08:56.800 --> 0:09:00.400 maybe he hasn't looked comfortable with in the past that 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.319 we can get him some. 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:04.640 Comfort levels with it. 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:08.360 Kind of we've kind of re challenged ourselves and how 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:14.040 we verbalize stuff. And you know, the bottom line is 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.800 our connectivity with how we see things and what we're 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:23.160 trying to do with every different assignment, that can always 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:23.720 get cleaner. 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:24.760 And I think it really has. 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.839 I think there's been some cool things. He will be 0:09:27.960 --> 0:09:34.040 here today and you know, in the in the short 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:38.720 amount of time, he had two practices last week and 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:43.120 we we saw some growth and development within what we're 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:47.320 what we're specifically asking him to do. So it's been 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:53.280 very exciting because you know, you're at this point we're like, 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:57.960 all right, well, let's really push ourselves to challenge this guy, 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:00.960 because all he ends up doing is rising to the 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:04.960 challenge within what we ask him to do. So I 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:11.720 think to expect, you know, the same if not more 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:16.840 growth within your game from each year, I don't think is. 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:20.440 Crazy. I think for us to. 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:26.120 Expect just as much, if not more, from year two 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:30.520 to year three is very safe for our expectations, and 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.240 I know he feels the same way too. There's a 0:10:32.320 --> 0:10:34.839 lot of places where we can get our game better. 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:38.400 So excited about this opportunity on May twenty eighth. 0:10:38.440 --> 0:10:40.079 And what do I always say about a coach or 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.720 a player providing feedback on some of your thoughts or 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:47.640 theories or hypothesises that you perceive to be factual. It's 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.439 for the ego satisfaction aspect of the job, right, Nothing 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.120 better than that. Ever. I just think it's common sense, though, 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:58.640 to be totally honest. Intimate relationship, friendship, coworker. Any relationship 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:03.280 improves over time, especially in the communication aspect. I played 0:11:03.280 --> 0:11:04.679 golf with a couple of guys here that are two 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:06.520 of my best friends in the whole world. When I 0:11:06.520 --> 0:11:08.640 first met them, you had to be reserved and not 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.240 be your full authentic self, right, But then now we 0:11:11.280 --> 0:11:15.000 play golf and they get the full authentic Travis Wingfield experience, 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.560 And so I thought that was really really going to 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.719 help a team that is trying like hell to get 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:22.120 over this proverbial hump, to get through the wild card 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.480 round and play their best football late in the year 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.679 and be a team that's playing on divisional weekend. You're 0:11:26.679 --> 0:11:28.120 saying the Dolphins have a chance to go win a 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:31.280 game and make an appearance in the conference championship game 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:34.080 because through two years we've been eight and three and 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:38.080 nine and three. Right, great starts to seasons and full transparency. 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.000 Look at the schedule, it's probably gonna line up like 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:41.880 that again. You're probably gonna be on Thanksgiving DA against 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:46.120 the Packers and you're probably gonna be let see one, two, three, four, five, six. 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.839 That means we've played eleven games. You're probably gonna be 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.280 like nine to two going into the pack of the game, 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:52.680 like most likely right, like in that range eight and three. Yet, 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:56.439 worse to me, one of those seasons saw our quarterback 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.840 get knocked out and finished nine to eight. The other 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:01.720 one and we lost in the playoffs. So then last 0:12:01.800 --> 0:12:04.440 year we had the quarterback and not much else because 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:06.480 everybody else was hurt, and then the production slowed down 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:08.000 and then we had a tough showing in the playoffs 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.520 in miserable temperature. So what is next? How do we 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.840 replicate that early season's success and then how do we 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:16.400 get to the next stage? I asked Raheem, most dirt 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.400 and Durham smythe about this. Durham caught a touchdown today 0:12:19.400 --> 0:12:21.200 from Tua, by the way, a nice shot over the 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.000 middle as Durham caught it and took it to the 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:24.680 ground right over the goal line for six. And on 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:28.000 the play I noticed Tua, which this is where I 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:29.719 think you guys are going to be so impressed by 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.480 you know, Okay, let's pull the curtain back here a 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.160 little bit. We see so many comments about this quarterback 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.560 can't read a defense, which I always find those comments 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:41.360 interesting because do you know how to read a defense? 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:43.960 Then how do you know that, right? Because if you 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:45.800 can't see it, you can't do it. If you don't 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:47.079 know how to teach it, you can't teach it, or 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.320 whatever the saying is. And I just don't think many 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.040 folks know what they're talking about when they say that. 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:53.959 Some of you do, but I think a lot of 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:55.760 folks on Twitter who like to say things just to 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:58.240 say them, say that because it sounds good, right, But 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:02.320 with Tua, and he's been since Alabama, But I watched 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:05.240 that guy today go front side one two high low, read, 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:07.400 get to the backside, find your third guy in the progression, 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:08.959 and that was Durham Smith on this play and when 0:13:08.960 --> 0:13:11.400 you do that, he held the safety with the hips 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.559 and the stripe of the helmet all aligned towards one 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:16.280 side of the field, that safety has to respect the boundary. 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.720 Whip that thing back to the field and you've created 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.440 the window and then you've ripped the window. That is 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:24.080 what elite quarterbacks do, so to a very high level 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:25.599 throw on that. Speaking of that, let's go ahead and 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:28.120 hear from Durham Smith on the year three growth of 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.040 his quarterback and playing in this offense and what that 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:33.120 can do for the entire group on offense. 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.680 Yeah, I mean, I think for me it's just familiarity 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:38.760 with the scheme. But what's fun about this offense is 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:42.720 it changes so much and kind of evolving manner every year, 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:45.080 so that kind of keeps it fresh. Obviously, I know 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:47.439 everything that we're doing right now in terms of terminology 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.360 and movements and things, but there's always going to be 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.200 new wrinkles thrown in which kind of keeps it fresh 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:53.599 for us that have been here for a couple of 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:56.520 years now, and I'm just kind of excited to see 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:58.760 where where the evolution takes us next. 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.160 And then Raheem Moster was up next, and we'll go 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.040 back to Durham smythe because he's always so good in 0:14:03.080 --> 0:14:05.959 the media. But I asked Durham a similar question about 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.440 the second time he's been with McDaniel for a third 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.640 year and the benefit of a third season in the 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.160 same program. And if you guys recall the third year 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:16.640 in San Francisco for Shanahan and McDaniel produced a ten 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.760 point lead in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl. Now, 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.240 they didn't finish the job, but if the Dolphins were 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:23.840 in that position, sign me up today. I'll take the 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:27.200 heartbreak that comes from a Patrick Mahomes seventeen point fourth 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.120 quarter ons law, even though it's not possible for us 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:30.880 in the AFC, I will take a loss in the 0:14:30.880 --> 0:14:32.800 Super Bowl any day of the week right now, to 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.280 be perfectly frank with you guys, And Raheem gave me 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:37.160 an answer. There's a lot more than just that. And gosh, 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:38.880 I am so glad we have this guy both as 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.840 a player and a presence, because well, this is what 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:43.840 it sounds like to be a leader. 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.240 You know, when you get you know, guys coming in, 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.880 whether you're you're new or a vent like myself in 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:55.000 a program whereas it pretty much matters in the third year. 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:56.960 I mean, for me, I feel like this is just 0:14:57.040 --> 0:15:00.120 one of those make or break years, you know. Me personally, 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.440 I feel like I want to win a championship. I 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:03.320 want to I want to. 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:04.760 Go after one, and I want to, you. 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:07.360 Know, get past the first round because these past two 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.200 years have been bs, you know, in my in my 0:15:10.280 --> 0:15:13.880 own view. But you know, it's all about breaking that 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:17.120 that cycle and going deep into the playoffs and entering 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:20.720 the championship round and then onto the big dance. 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:23.400 So anything and everything that that that'll help. 0:15:23.440 --> 0:15:25.760 Whether it means come out here and do what you 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.800 have to do and senate based or not, it all 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.680 depends on what's your core values. 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:31.600 And for me, my core. 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:35.080 Values is being with my teammates and then also getting 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.480 better for myself and winning a championship. 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.440 That's all all I care about right now. 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:42.160 Some more notes here from the notebook on to a 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.480 tongue of Bailoa. I had a throw to Anthony Schwartz 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.200 on a drag route where Ethan Bonner is all over 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:50.840 this route on top of the receiver, but TWOA throws 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.120 a handoff that allows him to catch it away from 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:55.800 the cornerback can't defend a perfect pass right and it 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.800 goes in for six. And just all practice, I kept 0:15:57.800 --> 0:15:59.960 writing down, it's nice to have a real quarterback out 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.280 or who does this at a high level. Next play, 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:04.720 Tua scrambles and extends and throws a ball against a 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:08.240 plaster Taj Washington, who Nick Needham had basically taken him 0:16:08.240 --> 0:16:10.280 out of the play. But it's not open and it's 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:12.480 the play is probably shut down, but in practice you 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:13.760 try to see what you can get away with here. 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:16.240 So Tua throws it to a spot where Taj can 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:18.920 kind of at the last minute create some separation because 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.040 Nick's back is to the quarterback at this point and 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:23.080 the spot that Tua puts it and allowed him to 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:25.160 get off of the separate or get off the coverage 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.400 and have a play on the ball. He didn't squeeze 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:28.840 the ball, he dropped it, but it was right there. 0:16:29.040 --> 0:16:31.240 We'll hear again from ToJ Washington in just a moment. 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.600 Tua did have one miss in the day. He threw 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:35.800 a backpile on the little wheel route to Jody Forts 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.120 and that he just clubbed up one on like probably 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:39.880 had some win in the back there. I make way 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:41.720 too many golf references on the podcast now, but it 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.000 was basically just a little bit too strong and too high. 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:46.120 Overthrew it, and he knew it right away because he 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:47.520 dropped to a knee like a I can't believe I 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:50.440 missed that throw. Speaking of that to be a fly 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.440 on the wall man. After one of those sessions where 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:57.920 Tua went TD TD TD incomplete TD short gain TD 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.440 again in mid red zone work from the ten yard line, 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:02.680 the linebackers came over to him and I saw Tua 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.480 do a Jordan shrug, and based on how he was 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.240 moving guys and squeezing windows and basically doing whatever he 0:17:08.280 --> 0:17:10.960 wanted in the drill, my guess is that they were like, bro, 0:17:11.000 --> 0:17:12.439 how the hell did you do that? Like what we 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:15.480 had that covered perfectly? And he hits the old dice 0:17:15.600 --> 0:17:18.520 roll shrug right the security guard. It's fun to see 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:22.000 and he and Jordan Brooks, who I think I've mentioned 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:23.760 in the podcast. Jordan Brooks has kind of kind of 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:25.680 reminds me of Jialen Ramsey, like there's not a lot 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.240 of like pleasantries there. It's just like he's here for 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.440 one thing and one thing only. But I saw Jordan 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:33.199 Brooks laughing with Tua after one of these reps. And 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.800 it's always great to see your leader, your quarterback, the 0:17:35.840 --> 0:17:38.360 face of your franchise get friendly with a new guy 0:17:38.359 --> 0:17:41.800 who buys in right away that quickly. I just it 0:17:41.880 --> 0:17:45.080 seems obvious. But I've seen enough takes on Twitter and 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:45.960 why why do you care? 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:46.359 Drivers? 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:48.520 I don't know, but I've seen enough takes of like, 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:50.200 you know what, the right guy doesn't have the right leadership, 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.320 Guys don't respect him. Like if you think that, you 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.439 don't know what you're talking about. And Jordan Brooks the 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:57.320 situation like, to me, that validates that. Oh. I also 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.359 forgot one throw on air where Tua threw this super 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:02.680 anticipatory shot to Crai Craft in the corner of the 0:18:02.760 --> 0:18:04.879 end zone on air, like a speed out route that 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:06.680 was to the field, so to the wide side of 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:09.000 the field, and it looks so beautiful, and they came 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:10.800 right back to it in seven v seven to the 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.159 corner and he was the corner was all over it. 0:18:13.200 --> 0:18:15.320 But Tua puts it high and away and Craikraft makes 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:17.239 this beautiful catch where only he could he could make 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.159 the play, and he did just that. Tua also dropped 0:18:20.160 --> 0:18:23.199 a seed to Eric Azukama for a long touchdown. And 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:25.600 I love this play because he was in the three position, 0:18:25.640 --> 0:18:28.880 which means the closest to the quarterback from a bunch shrips. 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:31.240 You guys know what that means, right, It's from a 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:33.800 trip's formation and tied to the formation, and he just 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.439 runs the skinny post that got him a favorable matchup, 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:38.800 and he ran by everybody, and Tua saw it early 0:18:38.840 --> 0:18:42.160 and let this thing fly early. And when the Eric 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:44.880 Azukama and the football met at the goal line at 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:47.320 the exact same time, it looked like the TP roll 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.160 toss on Little Giants. It landed right there, soft as 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.359 it can be. You can't drop that football. Then he 0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:54.480 finishes the day with one you've seen on our social 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:57.399 channels two with Ta Taj Washington. A beautiful route, a 0:18:58.160 --> 0:19:01.240 little fake double move where he gets on top of 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.760 the dB, stacks him and then angles it back inside 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:06.360