WEBVTT - Drive Time - Training Camp Day 2 Recap 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:07.480 Practice are Alphins Patricks touchdown? What a win for this 0:00:07.600 --> 0:00:12.880 Miami Dolphin team? Wow? What is up? Dolphans? And welcome 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:17.560 to the Drivetime Podcast, part of Miami Dolphins official podcast network, 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:22.360 covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. How's it going, everybody? 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.600 Happy Tuesday? I am your host, Travis Winkfield, and as always, 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:29.400 I am here to bring you your daily dose of 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:32.440 Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we're gonna go 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.800 ahead and run it back day two of training camp 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.920 on the horizon. We're gonna hear from Coach Flores, get 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:41.519 you all the practice notes and details from the Dolphins 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.160 on the football field, and we'll talk to DeVante Parker, 0:00:44.520 --> 0:00:47.800 Eric Rowe, and e Landon Roberts. All of that and 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:51.800 more on this Tuesday, Training Camp August eighteenth edition of 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:57.880 the Drive Time Podcast Miami Dolphins. I'm the only Rossom 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.960 news ahead of today's at the Dolphins News. Safety Jeremiah 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.960 Denson has chosen number thirty six as his jersey number 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:06.320 as he and his Miami Dolphins teammates are about to 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.319 hit the field, and we'll have that covered in its 0:01:08.440 --> 0:01:11.160 entirety here on this edition of the Drive Time podcast. 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:13.760 But first we're gonna hear from Coach Flora's and before 0:01:13.800 --> 0:01:15.600 we do that, it's a good time to remind you 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.760 guys that as the official wellness provider and sports medicine 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:22.120 provider of the Miami Dolphins, Baptist Health is ready and 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:26.039 committed to continue caring for you safely. This pandemic has 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:29.800 reminded us that crisis doesn't build character, it reveals character. 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.360 It's also taught us that our health is truly what 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:35.040 matters most. We have the power to protect each other 0:01:35.200 --> 0:01:37.480 by wearing a mask. So who do you wear a 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:41.559 mask for? Mask up South Florida, Keep caring, live healthy, 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:44.600 stay strong, and learn more at Baptist Health dot net 0:01:44.840 --> 0:01:48.160 slash coronavirus. And we will go ahead and start with 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.200 Coach Flora's as press availability from Monday morning, and you're 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.320 gonna hear a lot about this guy today. The first 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:55.960 question was about Davonte Parker and things that he worked 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.400 on this offseason to improve his game and to take 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.840 it to another level after last year's breakout. Well, you know, 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:05.240 obviously Davante had a solid year last year. What I 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.680 liked about him, you know, over the over the course 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.640 of the off season, you know, virtual meetings. It just 0:02:10.639 --> 0:02:13.200 seemed like he was, um, well, I know he was 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:17.840 working extremely hard. Um, from a conditioning standpoint, catching balls, 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:22.000 route running, I'm hoping to see um improvements in all 0:02:22.040 --> 0:02:25.959 those areas, catching a football, route running. Obviously, it's a 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:31.200 new offense, so understanding of his position and um, you 0:02:31.240 --> 0:02:35.000 know a few different positions offensively. So I think he's 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.040 done a good job. I think he's you know, we're 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:39.760 still you know, in the early stages here. Um, I 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.160 think he's feeling more comfortable within the offense. You know, 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:43.840 he just you know, he just needs to keep stringing 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:47.040 good days together. But now I'm very pleased with Davante. 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.520 And the next question was about the competition on the 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.040 roster and where he might find the most intriguing battles, 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.079 a question you're just not going to get him to answer, 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:56.520 because he does believe in competition on the entire roster. 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.880 But he did talk about the way the Dolphins built 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:02.400 this roster this offseason to create competition at every spot, 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.520 and if that includes the rookies involved in those competitions, well, 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:08.680 I would say it certainly involves the rookies. I think 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:12.240 there's um, you look we brought in, you know, some 0:03:12.240 --> 0:03:14.920 free agents, We brought in some rookies. We have some 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:17.480 holdovers from last year. So I think there's a lot 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:25.079 of competition on the team. Old line, D line, secondary receivers, quarterback, uh, 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:29.160 running back. We try to create a situation where there 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:33.000 was competition everywhere. Like you said, so, I'm I'm anxious 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:36.320 to see, you know, who rises to the top at 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:40.520 all positions. It will be a good two weeks here, 0:03:41.120 --> 0:03:43.960 um and adds three weeks or fourteen pad pad days 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:47.200 at thirteen left. I thought yesterday was a good day 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.280 of fundamental as the technique and um, you know, running 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:52.960 the football and getting out of the huddle and communication. 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.720 But the guys did a good job from that standpoint, 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.120 and uh, you know, hopefully we build on that. But 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.720 you know, from as from a competition standp want you know, 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:05.280 we wanted at every position. We feel like we kind 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.280 of created a situation where there would be a lot 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:10.560 of competition. Guys we feel best about. Other guys were 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:12.200 gonna play, but we got a long way to go 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.480 till we get there. Up next, you're gonna get a 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:17.160 really good, insightful answer on the decision to move Eric 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:20.000 Road to safety from cornerback, and that decision didn't come 0:04:20.040 --> 0:04:23.760 from Brian Flores, but rather his new defensive coordinator. Well, 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.680 I mean, Eric's a team guy. Um, And I wasn't 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.520 my decision. I was actually Josh Bowyer's, um, you know idea. 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.080 It was something that he thought would be a good 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.840 fit for Eric. You know, he's coached Eric, he's uh. 0:04:34.839 --> 0:04:37.880 I spent a lot of time with him, and obviously, uh, 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:39.440 you know, Josh felt like, you know, we had a 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.320 conversation about him, you know, actor. It wasn't it wasn't 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:46.160 a thought I had. He'd been playing corner, play corner really, um, 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.640 you know, his entire career, and I thought it was 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.880 an interesting move. So we made it. And you know, 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:54.640 there was some you know, uh bomb set there earlier 0:04:55.680 --> 0:04:58.360 early on, but Eric worked worked at it, and he 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:00.479 watched a lot of film. He improved over the course 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.920 of this last season. Uh, he's still you know, he's 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:06.800 still early at the position. He's still uh you know, 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:11.520 pretty new at that position. Uh. But you can see, 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.680 you know, some growth there even in these early stages 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:18.600 of training camp. But communication standpoint, playing corner and safety 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:23.080 is very different. Um, So there's still you know some 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.240 things that he can improve on from that standpoint, but 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.320 he does a lot of good things, um, and hopefully 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.120 we can we can build on on some of the 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.279 things we did a year ago and you know, continue 0:05:33.839 --> 0:05:36.960 to improve the fundamentals and techniques that tackling the communication 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:40.719 at the safety position. Again, what belies would Eric as well? Up? Next, 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.080 coach was asked about the condition of his players and 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.359 how he felt they responded to the coronavirus pandemic and 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:48.680 how they had to work out in unique different ways 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:51.240 this offseason. What's your reminder here? We did see Eric 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.000 Flowers on the field on Monday getting extra conditioning in, 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.280 so he is getting caught to speed in that regard, 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.560 and he looked good getting loose, getting running up and 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:00.880 down the sideline there in the first practice. I'm sure 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:03.120 we'll see more of that on day two. Here is 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:05.720 Coach Flora's talking about the condition of his football team 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:09.880 on Tuesday, August. There's always room for improvement, but I 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:12.520 would say, by and large, you know, most of these 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:17.200 guys came in in fairly good condition. Uh, obviously there's 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:20.159 some there's some guys who need some exture conditioning and 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.080 need to work at it, but you know, I've been, 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:24.240 I've been uh you know, I want to call it 0:06:24.320 --> 0:06:27.040 for surprise, but I think for for for the most part, 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.320 you know, I think these guys are working. I think 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:32.440 they were. I think they were working, you know, in 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:36.760 the garages wherever they could during the during the quarantine. 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:38.719 But we still got a long way to go, and 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:41.200 a lot of that. You know, for us as coaches, it's, hey, 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.400 let's make sure we're hydrating. Let's make sure we are 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:47.320 uh you know, cold tubs and hot tubs and and 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:52.960 doing all the things you know outside off the field correctly, UM, 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.000 so that we can get out there and practice and 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:57.719 work the fundamentals and techniques and get better. You know, 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:59.839 there's a lot this year it's, you know, let's do 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.080 let's do a good job off the field from a 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:05.240 protocol standpoint, as far as wearing your mask and distancing 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.560 and trying to quarantine as much as you can. But 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.400 it's also from a football standpoint, let's hydrate, let's stretch, 0:07:11.040 --> 0:07:14.920 let's uh, you know, do some extra conditioning on your own. UM. 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.000 I think they all understand that. You know, there was 0:07:17.120 --> 0:07:20.520 no off season program. You didn't have, um, you know, 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:23.960 O ts or mini camp, especially specifically for the young guys. 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:27.160 I mean this is there's they will have you listen 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.320 to be the least amount of practice or O t 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.920 A s you probably in NFL history that for these rookies, 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:36.880 for any rookie class. So, um, just knowing that, understanding that, 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.840 uh you know, putting some extra working. I think our 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:43.840 guys have done that. Um, but it's it's it's one 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:45.840 thing to do it for two three days, it's another 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:50.560 thing that's string together to three weeks, months, etcetera. So um, 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:52.760 that's the go for us. And we'll continue to hit 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:55.840 that as a coaching staff and um, you know, hopefully 0:07:55.840 --> 0:07:59.040 our players will. We'll do those things up next, coach 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:02.280 was asked about Xavier Howard, his availability, the depth behind him, 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.320 and the competition at that cornerback spot. Here's coach flow 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:07.720 on his defensive backfield. Well, you know, there's a lot 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:12.520 of competition at that position, you know, with uh Byron 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:17.320 to Noah to Nick need Him to uh Small Perry 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.400 to Tay Hayes to Ken Webster. I mean there's there's 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.960 there's a lot of competitions. So uh, you know, we're 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.120 kind of focused on the guys who are here obviously 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:29.480 as abens Um one of our top players. So we're 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.400 hoping to get him back as soon as we can. Um. 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.480 He's on COVID I R right now and we're just 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:38.720 working through the protocols from our standpoint. Um. But you know, 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.040 to answer your question, as of right now, we're working 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.880 without him. UM. So you know, from you know, as 0:08:45.720 --> 0:08:48.600 as far as answering that specific question, yes, um, we 0:08:48.679 --> 0:08:50.720 have to. We don't have a really, it's it's our 0:08:50.760 --> 0:08:53.640 only option. Um. But as far as the season goes, 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:56.040 we're really just taking this one day at a time. 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:58.880 So yeah, we're working without X right now. UM. And 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:02.160 when he comes back, UM, you know, that may be 0:09:02.240 --> 0:09:05.080 a different conversation. So you heard coach there talking about 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:08.280 rookie cornerback Noah Egnogny how he's fitting in. He also 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:11.240 talked about rookie running back Malcolm Perry, who's played some 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:13.880 receivers and running back and quarterback in college. Here's coach 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.959 Flora's talking about his seventh round draft pick out of 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:19.080 Navy and Malcolm Perry. Well, he's got good quickness, he's 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:23.240 got good hands, he's an instinctive player. He's just got 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:26.080 a good feel for the game. Um, but you know, look, 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:30.040 he's you know, college quarterback, he's the receiver position, a 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:33.160 running back position. Uh, they're all different. We're asking to 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:37.600 do a few different things. So the techniques, the fundamentals, uh, 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.400 you know, playing at this level for a rookie against 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:44.040 you know, to obviously a higher level of competition, getting 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:45.880 used to that, getting used to speed of the game, 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.600 all those things. That's kind of what he's going through. 0:09:48.600 --> 0:09:50.320 And really all the rookies are going through right now. 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.240 So I think so far he's done a good job. 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:56.160 We've got a long way to go. It's off it said, Uh, 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:59.319 in a short amount of time. Uh, So he's doing 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.880 a good job. But you know, he loves to play, 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:04.600 he loves to compete. Um, there's a lot of things 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.200 we like about him. You know, we'll see how this 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.160 this shakes. You know, obviously there's a lot of competition 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.480 in that in the wide receiver room as well. And 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.120 again we talked about this, You're gonna hear a lot 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:15.040 about Deavontae Parker. Again, coach was asked about the motivation 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:17.880 techniques behind getting Vantae Parker to try to produce at 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:19.959 the same level he did last season. And how he's 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.640 kind of a self starter and a self motivator. Well, 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:24.880 you know, Devanta, I don't really have to push many buttons. 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:28.040 He's he's you know, he's he's a self starter, he's 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:33.160 self motivated. Um he's a competitive guy. Um So, I 0:10:33.200 --> 0:10:36.880 think he pushes himself and you know, occasionally I'll find 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:38.760 the right buttons to push, but you know, with him, 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:41.600 they're they're really you know, there aren't there aren't many 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:43.679 that's been you know, my experience in over the last 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:48.160 eighteen months. Um So, I like where he's at. If 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:49.960 I feel like he needs a nudge, I'll give it 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.239 to him. I don't have a problem doing that. But 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:57.080 um he's, he's he's a motivated young man. And there's 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.800 other players who may need a nudge. He's he's he's 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:02.920 one who who who's he competes every day. And one 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:05.120 last question here for coach. He was asked about the 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:09.400 utilization of new safety and special teams. Ace Cavan Fraser, 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.320 coming over from the Dallas Cowboys. Coach mentions the versatility 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.880 and the contributions on special teams as Fraser strong suits. Well, 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:18.240 you know, ca Von, uh, you know, we got from 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:22.960 a as a free agent played Dallas. He's tough, he's fast, 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:25.839 he's very good. Um Or, he's had a lot of 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.240 production in the kicking game. I like him coming out 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.040 of college. Smart, you know, he's he's done a good 0:11:31.120 --> 0:11:34.320 job you know thus far. Um he's a physical player. Look, 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:36.960 right now, we're just we're working a lot of guys 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:38.760 and a lot of different groups, just trying to find 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:43.000 the right, um combination of players. But he's he's shown up, 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:47.240 you know, positively so far. Kind of O T A 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:49.079 s and the walk throughs and you know, not one 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:53.040 padded practice. So I'm happy where he's at. And you know, 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:56.960 hopefully we can continue to grow and improve and over 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:00.720 the course of the training camp. But um, he's you know, 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.200 an experience, you know, has some experience in this league 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:10.360 provising leadership or as a potentially provising leadership. So and 0:12:10.400 --> 0:12:13.200 as coach finishes up there, his mony is Tuesday morning 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.760 press availability. Rather, we're gonna go ahead and jump right 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:18.040 into the notes from practice and right off the top 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:20.200 and doing so, I'm gonna do something that would have 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.839 Coach Flores putting my ass on the first bus out 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:24.840 of town if I were a player. We're gonna go 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.520 ahead and make an excuse here. The Dolphins alternate between 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:29.960 the near field and the far field every other day 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.640 at practice. I'm not really sure exactly why this is. 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:34.880 My theory is that it gives them one more or 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.520 the one field more time to recover from the previous 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.920 day's work and getting chewed up like that because it 0:12:39.960 --> 0:12:42.000 takes a beating and consequently the field is not in 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.880 the best shape afterwards. That's not to say that nothing 0:12:44.960 --> 0:12:47.560 happens on the near field, but the all all of 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:49.959 the eleven on eleven drills occur on the far field 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.839 on Tuesday, and so with that vantage point that's even 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.720 down the line on the far field, it's really difficult 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:57.280 to get a good look at some of the interior 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:00.600 offensive line and defensive line battles up front. I focused 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.840 more on the tackles and edge rushers, and we got 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.560 some juicy, juicy nuggets for you guys there, including some 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.320 pit drill action, my favorite drill, and all the football. 0:13:08.440 --> 0:13:09.959 Let's go ahead and start as we do with the 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:13.600 construction of practice. Similar feel, similar tone to Monday. One 0:13:13.600 --> 0:13:16.120 thing I loved was the guy's follow the if you're 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:19.319 on time, you're late idea even on the football field. 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:21.959 The quarterbacks and centers were out there lining up for 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.920 their opening individual drills as the clock was ticking down 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.920 to the start of practice. So literally as the horns sounded, 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.360 I heard the quarterbacks barking out their cadence. We're all 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.880 about efficiency here, baby. You're talking to a guy on 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:36.160 this podcast that will get his toothbrush ready while Netflix 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:38.839 is loading. I live to not waste time, so I 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:42.360 appreciate that. Speaking of pre practice number fourteen, first one 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:45.760 out my new favorite Dolphins camp tradition, and Solomon Kindley 0:13:45.960 --> 0:13:48.480 and Eric Flowers came out together, and they hang out 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:50.360 a lot together from what I saw, and you just 0:13:50.400 --> 0:13:53.840 can't miss them because they are massive, massive human beings. 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:55.880 It blows me away every time I see the sheer 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.720 density of those two dudes. Much more on Eric Flowers 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.600 here in just one moment the quarterbacks. You can see 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:05.240 the idea of getting galvanizing personalities right. We've had coach 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.960 Flora's and Chris we are talking about how important it 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:09.720 is to be able to command the locker room, command 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.480 the huddle, have that huddle etiquette, the communication we know 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.000 about Ryan Fitzpatrick and to a tongue of Byloa and 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.720 Josh Rosen. You see this with the bond the players 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.480 have with the other players, like the offensive lineman, for instance, 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:22.920 on Tuesday's practice, they were all kind of chatting it 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.160 up and laugh him. I saw to adapting up each 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:27.280 one of the linemen that were near him, and they 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.880 were having a pretty animated conversation with plenty of laughs. 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.520 That's always fun to see. The first song they played 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.120 was some form of reggae, and my apologies for my 0:14:35.160 --> 0:14:38.000 lack of music knowledge here, my lack of music diversity, 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.600 I should say, is that they're playing some reggae and 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:42.880 T and Jesse Davis we're kind of showing some dance 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:45.200 moves back and forth. I always enjoy watching how those 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:47.960 guys interact with one another. And speaking of dancing, I 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:50.040 might have to start calling Jerome Baker a b d 0:14:50.200 --> 0:14:52.560 because he always be dancing. He loves to have a 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.720 good time. He was out there, Phil and Lewis getting 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:57.000 after it, and finally, what's go ahead and get into 0:14:57.000 --> 0:15:00.400 the individual drills. Here, defensive backs were breaking through two 0:15:00.440 --> 0:15:02.680 paths they had set up to intercept the past, kind 0:15:02.680 --> 0:15:04.360 of like stepping in front of a curl route or 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.520 a stick route, so the focus on the ball, as 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:08.920 you're gonna hear Eric Roll talk about later on this podcast, 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:11.840 is definitely evident strip sack and scoop. For the defensive 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:15.280 lineman chasing strip drill, they had a shuffle, shuffle, tackle drill, 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:18.000 a rotation on defense of all these drills, so everybody 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.920 works through it and these guys sprint from drill to drill. Again, 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:23.840 no time wasted. The offensive linees on a two man 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.680 sled working on combo blocks, and for the skill guys 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.440 they were doing ball security drills once again. The receiver 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.760 started working on the releases on attacking the defensive backs hips. 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.680 Malcolm Perry showed some of that quickness and instinctiveness you 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.560 heard Flores's talk about this morning and his press availability 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:41.080 really took note of his releases as a receiver because 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:43.600 he's not used to play in that recently. He played 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:46.160 some receiver, running back and quarterback in college. But he 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:48.840 looked good out there playing off the line and working 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.800 on those releases off the line of scrimmage. DeVante has 0:15:51.800 --> 0:15:53.600 got a really interesting release and the way that he 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.240 can kind of close ground and also use his hand 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.240 fight to get over the press of the cornerback. Because 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.280 of his power and his framed he can pretty much 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:02.800 run through guys most of the time. It's kind of 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.080 fun to watch Preston Williams. I did not see him 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.120 out there today, and again, there were a few more 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:08.840 drops in this drill that will be something I'm sure 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.640 that coach wants to be cleaned up, especially in these 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:14.840 individual drills. Chester Rogers, I plugged the tape in on 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:16.720 him when we signed him a couple of weeks back, 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.040 and I talked about that wiggle. You could really see 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:20.720 that in this drill. They run when they set up 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:22.880 these cones in a kind of arc fashion and the 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:25.160 receivers have to run a curl route around the cones. 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.800 He showed a lot of shiftiness and quickness in that 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.800 route running. Quarterbacks were on point throwing the football on air, 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:33.200 but that's what you'd expect, right There was another great 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:35.280 drill on the other side of the field. The safety 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:37.240 is kind of playing a center field type of drill, 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.400 and Clayton Federalum has to have some baseball background playing 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:43.080 the outfield somewhere, because I was watching him drive out 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.400 of that back pedal and get to the sideline. We've 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.080 seen that drill at the combine for years, where they 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:48.960 throw the football way down the field they have to 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:50.760 turn and track it and catch it over their shoulder. 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.560 He looked fantastic doing that. I talked about this on 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.040 his tape study way back when he signed. Also, but 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:59.160 I loved him on sub package defenses with the Bengals 0:16:59.200 --> 0:17:01.000 on third and long when they would throw the ball 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:03.000 short of the sticks and he would come up at 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.320 the sticks and close down and make that tackle short 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:07.200 of the line to game. Saw some of that early 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:10.359 here as well, and Bobby McCain looked really incredibly smooth 0:17:10.400 --> 0:17:12.440 in those drills. We talked to Bobby a while back. 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:14.920 He played catcher as a baseball player back in his day, 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:16.679 but he looks like a center filler out there the 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:19.200 way he flips those hips and gets on his horse. Also, 0:17:19.440 --> 0:17:22.760 happy birthday to Bobby McCain. And a couple more notes 0:17:22.800 --> 0:17:25.440 on the one on one receiver on cornerback drills, because 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:27.480 I had a few notes on that but focused more 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:29.960 on the pit drills on the offensive line of defensive line. 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:32.560 But real quick. Ricardo Lewis had a nice touchdown on 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:35.240 a double move where he got wide open after that 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:38.600 little fake a pass from Josh Rozen. Noah Egmonogamy had 0:17:38.600 --> 0:17:41.280 a really nice pass breakup on Devonte Parker on a 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.720 contested play in the end zone. Working on goal line 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:46.280 and the red zone package down there. Isaiah Ford and 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:49.199 Bobby McCain had a really good battle where Ford Ford 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:51.560 pulled down a touchdown catch. And you'll hear more from 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.040 both of those guys here in just one second. Let's 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:56.399 talk about those Pitt drills, baby, my favorite drill and 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:58.680 all of football. When they line those guys up one 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.840 on one across from each other at the Senior Bowl, 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.119 for instance, they get the camera right down the field 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.400 from the from the end zone angle, so you can 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.360 really see what's going on there. A lot of fun 0:18:07.359 --> 0:18:09.480 to watch those the winners in this drill and this 0:18:09.480 --> 0:18:11.359 will be the premier matchup of the day. In the 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:13.920 written story the top news story up on Miami Dolphins 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:16.720 dot com where Eric Flowers and Christian Wilkins, they went 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.480 head to head twice that I counted, and they both 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:21.920 had the one rep that the other player lost. They 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:24.240 split the series one to one, but they pretty much 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.760 wanted every other rep that I saw against other guys, 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.560 but they wouldn't add it really strong. They're both so powerful. 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:32.560 With Eric Flowers, you just see that anchor and action. 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:34.600 He closed out the year. Last year was some really 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.800 good past protection numbers, allowing very minimal hits and sacks 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:39.840 on his quarterbacks. I think throughout the course of the 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.480 entire year from Pro Football Focus, he was number two 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:45.879 behind David DeCastro in terms of total hits and sacks 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.680 on the quarterback at that position. He's so patient into 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.760 his past set. He doesn't let the defensive lineman give 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:53.960 him the cheese. He doesn't take that cheese. Rather when 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:55.440 they try to do too much with the hands and 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:57.439 kind of throwing things at him, and he locates that 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:00.000 punch and controls the rep really well. Initially good looking 0:19:00.080 --> 0:19:03.399 day for Eric Flowers. Christian Wilkins looked crafty, lean and quick. 0:19:03.600 --> 0:19:05.639 He would work under guy's pads and get up in 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:07.720 their business so he could really just take them where 0:19:07.760 --> 0:19:09.439