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Speaker 1: Happy Tuesday? I am your host, Travis Winkfield, and as always,
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Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we're gonna go
Speaker 1: ahead and run it back day two of training camp
Speaker 1: on the horizon. We're gonna hear from Coach Flores, get
Speaker 1: you all the practice notes and details from the Dolphins
Speaker 1: on the football field, and we'll talk to DeVante Parker,
Speaker 1: Eric Rowe, and e Landon Roberts. All of that and
Speaker 1: more on this Tuesday, Training Camp August eighteenth edition of
Speaker 1: the Drive Time Podcast Miami Dolphins. I'm the only Rossom
Speaker 1: news ahead of today's at the Dolphins News. Safety Jeremiah
Speaker 1: Denson has chosen number thirty six as his jersey number
Speaker 1: as he and his Miami Dolphins teammates are about to
Speaker 1: hit the field, and we'll have that covered in its
Speaker 1: entirety here on this edition of the Drive Time podcast.
Speaker 1: But first we're gonna hear from Coach Flora's and before
Speaker 1: we do that, it's a good time to remind you
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Speaker 1: slash coronavirus. And we will go ahead and start with
Speaker 1: Coach Flora's as press availability from Monday morning, and you're
Speaker 1: gonna hear a lot about this guy today. The first
Speaker 1: question was about Davonte Parker and things that he worked
Speaker 1: on this offseason to improve his game and to take
Speaker 1: it to another level after last year's breakout. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously Davante had a solid year last year. What I
Speaker 1: liked about him, you know, over the over the course
Speaker 1: of the off season, you know, virtual meetings. It just
Speaker 1: seemed like he was, um, well, I know he was
Speaker 1: working extremely hard. Um, from a conditioning standpoint, catching balls,
Speaker 1: route running, I'm hoping to see um improvements in all
Speaker 1: those areas, catching a football, route running. Obviously, it's a
Speaker 1: new offense, so understanding of his position and um, you
Speaker 1: know a few different positions offensively. So I think he's
Speaker 1: done a good job. I think he's you know, we're
Speaker 1: still you know, in the early stages here. Um, I
Speaker 1: think he's feeling more comfortable within the offense. You know,
Speaker 1: he just you know, he just needs to keep stringing
Speaker 1: good days together. But now I'm very pleased with Davante.
Speaker 1: And the next question was about the competition on the
Speaker 1: roster and where he might find the most intriguing battles,
Speaker 1: a question you're just not going to get him to answer,
Speaker 1: because he does believe in competition on the entire roster.
Speaker 1: But he did talk about the way the Dolphins built
Speaker 1: this roster this offseason to create competition at every spot,
Speaker 1: and if that includes the rookies involved in those competitions, well,
Speaker 1: I would say it certainly involves the rookies. I think
Speaker 1: there's um, you look we brought in, you know, some
Speaker 1: free agents, We brought in some rookies. We have some
Speaker 1: holdovers from last year. So I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of competition on the team. Old line, D line, secondary receivers, quarterback, uh,
Speaker 1: running back. We try to create a situation where there
Speaker 1: was competition everywhere. Like you said, so, I'm I'm anxious
Speaker 1: to see, you know, who rises to the top at
Speaker 1: all positions. It will be a good two weeks here,
Speaker 1: um and adds three weeks or fourteen pad pad days
Speaker 1: at thirteen left. I thought yesterday was a good day
Speaker 1: of fundamental as the technique and um, you know, running
Speaker 1: the football and getting out of the huddle and communication.
Speaker 1: But the guys did a good job from that standpoint,
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, hopefully we build on that. But
Speaker 1: you know, from as from a competition standp want you know,
Speaker 1: we wanted at every position. We feel like we kind
Speaker 1: of created a situation where there would be a lot
Speaker 1: of competition. Guys we feel best about. Other guys were
Speaker 1: gonna play, but we got a long way to go
Speaker 1: till we get there. Up next, you're gonna get a
Speaker 1: really good, insightful answer on the decision to move Eric
Speaker 1: Road to safety from cornerback, and that decision didn't come
Speaker 1: from Brian Flores, but rather his new defensive coordinator. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, Eric's a team guy. Um, And I wasn't
Speaker 1: my decision. I was actually Josh Bowyer's, um, you know idea.
Speaker 1: It was something that he thought would be a good
Speaker 1: fit for Eric. You know, he's coached Eric, he's uh.
Speaker 1: I spent a lot of time with him, and obviously, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Josh felt like, you know, we had a
Speaker 1: conversation about him, you know, actor. It wasn't it wasn't
Speaker 1: a thought I had. He'd been playing corner, play corner really, um,
Speaker 1: you know, his entire career, and I thought it was
Speaker 1: an interesting move. So we made it. And you know,
Speaker 1: there was some you know, uh bomb set there earlier
Speaker 1: early on, but Eric worked worked at it, and he
Speaker 1: watched a lot of film. He improved over the course
Speaker 1: of this last season. Uh, he's still you know, he's
Speaker 1: still early at the position. He's still uh you know,
Speaker 1: pretty new at that position. Uh. But you can see,
Speaker 1: you know, some growth there even in these early stages
Speaker 1: of training camp. But communication standpoint, playing corner and safety
Speaker 1: is very different. Um, So there's still you know some
Speaker 1: things that he can improve on from that standpoint, but
Speaker 1: he does a lot of good things, um, and hopefully
Speaker 1: we can we can build on on some of the
Speaker 1: things we did a year ago and you know, continue
Speaker 1: to improve the fundamentals and techniques that tackling the communication
Speaker 1: at the safety position. Again, what belies would Eric as well? Up? Next,
Speaker 1: coach was asked about the condition of his players and
Speaker 1: how he felt they responded to the coronavirus pandemic and
Speaker 1: how they had to work out in unique different ways
Speaker 1: this offseason. What's your reminder here? We did see Eric
Speaker 1: Flowers on the field on Monday getting extra conditioning in,
Speaker 1: so he is getting caught to speed in that regard,
Speaker 1: and he looked good getting loose, getting running up and
Speaker 1: down the sideline there in the first practice. I'm sure
Speaker 1: we'll see more of that on day two. Here is
Speaker 1: Coach Flora's talking about the condition of his football team
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, August. There's always room for improvement, but I
Speaker 1: would say, by and large, you know, most of these
Speaker 1: guys came in in fairly good condition. Uh, obviously there's
Speaker 1: some there's some guys who need some exture conditioning and
Speaker 1: need to work at it, but you know, I've been,
Speaker 1: I've been uh you know, I want to call it
Speaker 1: for surprise, but I think for for for the most part,
Speaker 1: you know, I think these guys are working. I think
Speaker 1: they were. I think they were working, you know, in
Speaker 1: the garages wherever they could during the during the quarantine.
Speaker 1: But we still got a long way to go, and
Speaker 1: a lot of that. You know, for us as coaches, it's, hey,
Speaker 1: let's make sure we're hydrating. Let's make sure we are
Speaker 1: uh you know, cold tubs and hot tubs and and
Speaker 1: doing all the things you know outside off the field correctly, UM,
Speaker 1: so that we can get out there and practice and
Speaker 1: work the fundamentals and techniques and get better. You know,
Speaker 1: there's a lot this year it's, you know, let's do
Speaker 1: let's do a good job off the field from a
Speaker 1: protocol standpoint, as far as wearing your mask and distancing
Speaker 1: and trying to quarantine as much as you can. But
Speaker 1: it's also from a football standpoint, let's hydrate, let's stretch,
Speaker 1: let's uh, you know, do some extra conditioning on your own. UM.
Speaker 1: I think they all understand that. You know, there was
Speaker 1: no off season program. You didn't have, um, you know,
Speaker 1: O ts or mini camp, especially specifically for the young guys.
Speaker 1: I mean this is there's they will have you listen
Speaker 1: to be the least amount of practice or O t
Speaker 1: A s you probably in NFL history that for these rookies,
Speaker 1: for any rookie class. So, um, just knowing that, understanding that,
Speaker 1: uh you know, putting some extra working. I think our
Speaker 1: guys have done that. Um, but it's it's it's one
Speaker 1: thing to do it for two three days, it's another
Speaker 1: thing that's string together to three weeks, months, etcetera. So um,
Speaker 1: that's the go for us. And we'll continue to hit
Speaker 1: that as a coaching staff and um, you know, hopefully
Speaker 1: our players will. We'll do those things up next, coach
Speaker 1: was asked about Xavier Howard, his availability, the depth behind him,
Speaker 1: and the competition at that cornerback spot. Here's coach flow
Speaker 1: on his defensive backfield. Well, you know, there's a lot
Speaker 1: of competition at that position, you know, with uh Byron
Speaker 1: to Noah to Nick need Him to uh Small Perry
Speaker 1: to Tay Hayes to Ken Webster. I mean there's there's
Speaker 1: there's a lot of competitions. So uh, you know, we're
Speaker 1: kind of focused on the guys who are here obviously
Speaker 1: as abens Um one of our top players. So we're
Speaker 1: hoping to get him back as soon as we can. Um.
Speaker 1: He's on COVID I R right now and we're just
Speaker 1: working through the protocols from our standpoint. Um. But you know,
Speaker 1: to answer your question, as of right now, we're working
Speaker 1: without him. UM. So you know, from you know, as
Speaker 1: as far as answering that specific question, yes, um, we
Speaker 1: have to. We don't have a really, it's it's our
Speaker 1: only option. Um. But as far as the season goes,
Speaker 1: we're really just taking this one day at a time.
Speaker 1: So yeah, we're working without X right now. UM. And
Speaker 1: when he comes back, UM, you know, that may be
Speaker 1: a different conversation. So you heard coach there talking about
Speaker 1: rookie cornerback Noah Egnogny how he's fitting in. He also
Speaker 1: talked about rookie running back Malcolm Perry, who's played some
Speaker 1: receivers and running back and quarterback in college. Here's coach
Speaker 1: Flora's talking about his seventh round draft pick out of
Speaker 1: Navy and Malcolm Perry. Well, he's got good quickness, he's
Speaker 1: got good hands, he's an instinctive player. He's just got
Speaker 1: a good feel for the game. Um, but you know, look,
Speaker 1: he's you know, college quarterback, he's the receiver position, a
Speaker 1: running back position. Uh, they're all different. We're asking to
Speaker 1: do a few different things. So the techniques, the fundamentals, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, playing at this level for a rookie against
Speaker 1: you know, to obviously a higher level of competition, getting
Speaker 1: used to that, getting used to speed of the game,
Speaker 1: all those things. That's kind of what he's going through.
Speaker 1: And really all the rookies are going through right now.
Speaker 1: So I think so far he's done a good job.
Speaker 1: We've got a long way to go. It's off it said, Uh,
Speaker 1: in a short amount of time. Uh, So he's doing
Speaker 1: a good job. But you know, he loves to play,
Speaker 1: he loves to compete. Um, there's a lot of things
Speaker 1: we like about him. You know, we'll see how this
Speaker 1: this shakes. You know, obviously there's a lot of competition
Speaker 1: in that in the wide receiver room as well. And
Speaker 1: again we talked about this, You're gonna hear a lot
Speaker 1: about Deavontae Parker. Again, coach was asked about the motivation
Speaker 1: techniques behind getting Vantae Parker to try to produce at
Speaker 1: the same level he did last season. And how he's
Speaker 1: kind of a self starter and a self motivator. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, Devanta, I don't really have to push many buttons.
Speaker 1: He's he's you know, he's he's a self starter, he's
Speaker 1: self motivated. Um he's a competitive guy. Um So, I
Speaker 1: think he pushes himself and you know, occasionally I'll find
Speaker 1: the right buttons to push, but you know, with him,
Speaker 1: they're they're really you know, there aren't there aren't many
Speaker 1: that's been you know, my experience in over the last
Speaker 1: eighteen months. Um So, I like where he's at. If
Speaker 1: I feel like he needs a nudge, I'll give it
Speaker 1: to him. I don't have a problem doing that. But
Speaker 1: um he's, he's he's a motivated young man. And there's
Speaker 1: other players who may need a nudge. He's he's he's
Speaker 1: one who who who's he competes every day. And one
Speaker 1: last question here for coach. He was asked about the
Speaker 1: utilization of new safety and special teams. Ace Cavan Fraser,
Speaker 1: coming over from the Dallas Cowboys. Coach mentions the versatility
Speaker 1: and the contributions on special teams as Fraser strong suits. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, ca Von, uh, you know, we got from
Speaker 1: a as a free agent played Dallas. He's tough, he's fast,
Speaker 1: he's very good. Um Or, he's had a lot of
Speaker 1: production in the kicking game. I like him coming out
Speaker 1: of college. Smart, you know, he's he's done a good
Speaker 1: job you know thus far. Um he's a physical player. Look,
Speaker 1: right now, we're just we're working a lot of guys
Speaker 1: and a lot of different groups, just trying to find
Speaker 1: the right, um combination of players. But he's he's shown up,
Speaker 1: you know, positively so far. Kind of O T A
Speaker 1: s and the walk throughs and you know, not one
Speaker 1: padded practice. So I'm happy where he's at. And you know,
Speaker 1: hopefully we can continue to grow and improve and over
Speaker 1: the course of the training camp. But um, he's you know,
Speaker 1: an experience, you know, has some experience in this league
Speaker 1: provising leadership or as a potentially provising leadership. So and
Speaker 1: as coach finishes up there, his mony is Tuesday morning
Speaker 1: press availability. Rather, we're gonna go ahead and jump right
Speaker 1: into the notes from practice and right off the top
Speaker 1: and doing so, I'm gonna do something that would have
Speaker 1: Coach Flores putting my ass on the first bus out
Speaker 1: of town if I were a player. We're gonna go
Speaker 1: ahead and make an excuse here. The Dolphins alternate between
Speaker 1: the near field and the far field every other day
Speaker 1: at practice. I'm not really sure exactly why this is.
Speaker 1: My theory is that it gives them one more or
Speaker 1: the one field more time to recover from the previous
Speaker 1: day's work and getting chewed up like that because it
Speaker 1: takes a beating and consequently the field is not in
Speaker 1: the best shape afterwards. That's not to say that nothing
Speaker 1: happens on the near field, but the all all of
Speaker 1: the eleven on eleven drills occur on the far field
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, and so with that vantage point that's even
Speaker 1: down the line on the far field, it's really difficult
Speaker 1: to get a good look at some of the interior
Speaker 1: offensive line and defensive line battles up front. I focused
Speaker 1: more on the tackles and edge rushers, and we got
Speaker 1: some juicy, juicy nuggets for you guys there, including some
Speaker 1: pit drill action, my favorite drill, and all the football.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and start as we do with the
Speaker 1: construction of practice. Similar feel, similar tone to Monday. One
Speaker 1: thing I loved was the guy's follow the if you're
Speaker 1: on time, you're late idea even on the football field.
Speaker 1: The quarterbacks and centers were out there lining up for
Speaker 1: their opening individual drills as the clock was ticking down
Speaker 1: to the start of practice. So literally as the horns sounded,
Speaker 1: I heard the quarterbacks barking out their cadence. We're all
Speaker 1: about efficiency here, baby. You're talking to a guy on
Speaker 1: this podcast that will get his toothbrush ready while Netflix
Speaker 1: is loading. I live to not waste time, so I
Speaker 1: appreciate that. Speaking of pre practice number fourteen, first one
Speaker 1: out my new favorite Dolphins camp tradition, and Solomon Kindley
Speaker 1: and Eric Flowers came out together, and they hang out
Speaker 1: a lot together from what I saw, and you just
Speaker 1: can't miss them because they are massive, massive human beings.
Speaker 1: It blows me away every time I see the sheer
Speaker 1: density of those two dudes. Much more on Eric Flowers
Speaker 1: here in just one moment the quarterbacks. You can see
Speaker 1: the idea of getting galvanizing personalities right. We've had coach
Speaker 1: Flora's and Chris we are talking about how important it
Speaker 1: is to be able to command the locker room, command
Speaker 1: the huddle, have that huddle etiquette, the communication we know
Speaker 1: about Ryan Fitzpatrick and to a tongue of Byloa and
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen. You see this with the bond the players
Speaker 1: have with the other players, like the offensive lineman, for instance,
Speaker 1: on Tuesday's practice, they were all kind of chatting it
Speaker 1: up and laugh him. I saw to adapting up each
Speaker 1: one of the linemen that were near him, and they
Speaker 1: were having a pretty animated conversation with plenty of laughs.
Speaker 1: That's always fun to see. The first song they played
Speaker 1: was some form of reggae, and my apologies for my
Speaker 1: lack of music knowledge here, my lack of music diversity,
Speaker 1: I should say, is that they're playing some reggae and
Speaker 1: T and Jesse Davis we're kind of showing some dance
Speaker 1: moves back and forth. I always enjoy watching how those
Speaker 1: guys interact with one another. And speaking of dancing, I
Speaker 1: might have to start calling Jerome Baker a b d
Speaker 1: because he always be dancing. He loves to have a
Speaker 1: good time. He was out there, Phil and Lewis getting
Speaker 1: after it, and finally, what's go ahead and get into
Speaker 1: the individual drills. Here, defensive backs were breaking through two
Speaker 1: paths they had set up to intercept the past, kind
Speaker 1: of like stepping in front of a curl route or
Speaker 1: a stick route, so the focus on the ball, as
Speaker 1: you're gonna hear Eric Roll talk about later on this podcast,
Speaker 1: is definitely evident strip sack and scoop. For the defensive
Speaker 1: lineman chasing strip drill, they had a shuffle, shuffle, tackle drill,
Speaker 1: a rotation on defense of all these drills, so everybody
Speaker 1: works through it and these guys sprint from drill to drill. Again,
Speaker 1: no time wasted. The offensive linees on a two man
Speaker 1: sled working on combo blocks, and for the skill guys
Speaker 1: they were doing ball security drills once again. The receiver
Speaker 1: started working on the releases on attacking the defensive backs hips.
Speaker 1: Malcolm Perry showed some of that quickness and instinctiveness you
Speaker 1: heard Flores's talk about this morning and his press availability
Speaker 1: really took note of his releases as a receiver because
Speaker 1: he's not used to play in that recently. He played
Speaker 1: some receiver, running back and quarterback in college. But he
Speaker 1: looked good out there playing off the line and working
Speaker 1: on those releases off the line of scrimmage. DeVante has
Speaker 1: got a really interesting release and the way that he
Speaker 1: can kind of close ground and also use his hand
Speaker 1: fight to get over the press of the cornerback. Because
Speaker 1: of his power and his framed he can pretty much
Speaker 1: run through guys most of the time. It's kind of
Speaker 1: fun to watch Preston Williams. I did not see him
Speaker 1: out there today, and again, there were a few more
Speaker 1: drops in this drill that will be something I'm sure
Speaker 1: that coach wants to be cleaned up, especially in these
Speaker 1: individual drills. Chester Rogers, I plugged the tape in on
Speaker 1: him when we signed him a couple of weeks back,
Speaker 1: and I talked about that wiggle. You could really see
Speaker 1: that in this drill. They run when they set up
Speaker 1: these cones in a kind of arc fashion and the
Speaker 1: receivers have to run a curl route around the cones.
Speaker 1: He showed a lot of shiftiness and quickness in that
Speaker 1: route running. Quarterbacks were on point throwing the football on air,
Speaker 1: but that's what you'd expect, right There was another great
Speaker 1: drill on the other side of the field. The safety
Speaker 1: is kind of playing a center field type of drill,
Speaker 1: and Clayton Federalum has to have some baseball background playing
Speaker 1: the outfield somewhere, because I was watching him drive out
Speaker 1: of that back pedal and get to the sideline. We've
Speaker 1: seen that drill at the combine for years, where they
Speaker 1: throw the football way down the field they have to
Speaker 1: turn and track it and catch it over their shoulder.
Speaker 1: He looked fantastic doing that. I talked about this on
Speaker 1: his tape study way back when he signed. Also, but
Speaker 1: I loved him on sub package defenses with the Bengals
Speaker 1: on third and long when they would throw the ball
Speaker 1: short of the sticks and he would come up at
Speaker 1: the sticks and close down and make that tackle short
Speaker 1: of the line to game. Saw some of that early
Speaker 1: here as well, and Bobby McCain looked really incredibly smooth
Speaker 1: in those drills. We talked to Bobby a while back.
Speaker 1: He played catcher as a baseball player back in his day,
Speaker 1: but he looks like a center filler out there the
Speaker 1: way he flips those hips and gets on his horse. Also,
Speaker 1: happy birthday to Bobby McCain. And a couple more notes
Speaker 1: on the one on one receiver on cornerback drills, because
Speaker 1: I had a few notes on that but focused more
Speaker 1: on the pit drills on the offensive line of defensive line.
Speaker 1: But real quick. Ricardo Lewis had a nice touchdown on
Speaker 1: a double move where he got wide open after that
Speaker 1: little fake a pass from Josh Rozen. Noah Egmonogamy had
Speaker 1: a really nice pass breakup on Devonte Parker on a
Speaker 1: contested play in the end zone. Working on goal line
Speaker 1: and the red zone package down there. Isaiah Ford and
Speaker 1: Bobby McCain had a really good battle where Ford Ford
Speaker 1: pulled down a touchdown catch. And you'll hear more from
Speaker 1: both of those guys here in just one second. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about those Pitt drills, baby, my favorite drill and
Speaker 1: all of football. When they line those guys up one
Speaker 1: on one across from each other at the Senior Bowl,
Speaker 1: for instance, they get the camera right down the field
Speaker 1: from the from the end zone angle, so you can
Speaker 1: really see what's going on there. A lot of fun
Speaker 1: to watch those the winners in this drill and this
Speaker 1: will be the premier matchup of the day. In the
Speaker 1: written story the top news story up on Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: dot com where Eric Flowers and Christian Wilkins, they went
Speaker 1: head to head twice that I counted, and they both
Speaker 1: had the one rep that the other player lost. They
Speaker 1: split the series one to one, but they pretty much
Speaker 1: wanted every other rep that I saw against other guys,
Speaker 1: but they wouldn't add it really strong. They're both so powerful.
Speaker 1: With Eric Flowers, you just see that anchor and action.
Speaker 1: He closed out the year. Last year was some really
Speaker 1: good past protection numbers, allowing very minimal hits and sacks
Speaker 1: on his quarterbacks. I think throughout the course of the
Speaker 1: entire year from Pro Football Focus, he was number two
Speaker 1: behind David DeCastro in terms of total hits and sacks
Speaker 1: on the quarterback at that position. He's so patient into
Speaker 1: his past set. He doesn't let the defensive lineman give
Speaker 1: him the cheese. He doesn't take that cheese. Rather when
Speaker 1: they try to do too much with the hands and
Speaker 1: kind of throwing things at him, and he locates that
Speaker 1: punch and controls the rep really well. Initially good looking
Speaker 1: day for Eric Flowers. Christian Wilkins looked crafty, lean and quick.
Speaker 1: He would work under guy's pads and get up in
Speaker 1: their business so he could really just take them where
Speaker 1: he wanted to go with them. He was turning the
Speaker 1: corner quickly, causing holds and really disrupting the pocket from
Speaker 1: up in the inside portion of the defensive line. Austin
Speaker 1: Jackson also had some big wins. I love the way
Speaker 1: his length and athletic combination works to his advantage. You
Speaker 1: can see the defensive guys and the pass rushers feel
Speaker 1: a sense of urgency when going up against him because
Speaker 1: they know if they don't get up field quick enough,
Speaker 1: he's quick enough to get there and beat them. But
Speaker 1: he also has the length to recover when they go
Speaker 1: inside back to the outside. Ted Carriss showed a really
Speaker 1: strong anchor against some of those big boys on the
Speaker 1: interior today. That's something you love to see because you
Speaker 1: know the sheer beef next to him with guys like
Speaker 1: Kinley and guys like Flowers will really help and can
Speaker 1: handle those bull rushers one on one. But man, if
Speaker 1: he can really take care of that pressure inside and
Speaker 1: lock that stuff down. I had him with good raps
Speaker 1: on back to back plays against both Zach Seiler and
Speaker 1: ray Kwon Davis, and both those guys are absolute behemous.
Speaker 1: Jesse Davis had some good raps as well. He does
Speaker 1: a good job, like I said with Jackson with the
Speaker 1: patients and kind of letting guys run themselves out of
Speaker 1: the play. I have Davis with a win on Ogball
Speaker 1: on Emmanuel Ogball rather, but that might have been the
Speaker 1: only one because I don't think anybody got the best
Speaker 1: of Emmanuel Ogball on this day. He just looks different
Speaker 1: out there than most of these guys. Do you remember
Speaker 1: Randy Johnson throwing that six eleven frame, throwing at batters
Speaker 1: with that nine nine our fastball, and it somehow seemed
Speaker 1: like he was throwing even harder and coming at you
Speaker 1: faster because there was so much action in so much
Speaker 1: length and just height. Out of Randy Johnson, you kind
Speaker 1: of get the same centerm Emmanuel Ogball. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of man to block there, and he does really well
Speaker 1: with those vines he has attached to his shoulders on
Speaker 1: moving guys out of the way, keeping his frame clean,
Speaker 1: and really working both inside and outside moves because of
Speaker 1: that length and that power. Benito Jones had some good
Speaker 1: reps inside. I thought he plays very low. He got
Speaker 1: a lot of power and explosiveness to knife in and
Speaker 1: gain leverage against pass blockers. Some other wins. I had
Speaker 1: Zack Seeler with a couple of nice really pass rush wins,
Speaker 1: and back to Jackson, I did have him with one
Speaker 1: rep where I thought the rush one when Van Ginkl
Speaker 1: did a really nice job of showing a step inside
Speaker 1: to get that slide step and get him off balance
Speaker 1: a little bit, and then go back around the outside
Speaker 1: off the edge for the win. Tyshon Render had to win.
Speaker 1: Shack Lawton had a couple of wins and he left
Speaker 1: for a minute but came back to practice. That was
Speaker 1: great to see. And the drill finished with a terrific
Speaker 1: rep where Jesse Davis held up like a brick wall
Speaker 1: against a really powerful bull rush. I couldn't make out
Speaker 1: who the rusher was, but hey, guys, let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and roll those jerseys down and help us out a
Speaker 1: little bit here. Man, I can't see the numbers on
Speaker 1: your jersey. I can't evaluate the play that way. All
Speaker 1: in good fun. Of course, Wilkins was the most boisterous
Speaker 1: after the drill, and I think that he thought he
Speaker 1: won the drill, and I would not disagree with him
Speaker 1: on that. He and Eric Flowers looked very, very good.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go ahead to move on to the
Speaker 1: eleven on eleven team portion, everybody's favorite. A little bit
Speaker 1: sloppy early on. The first play had the quarterback and
Speaker 1: the running back. It was Fits and Jordan Howard going
Speaker 1: in different directions at the snap. There was a couple
Speaker 1: of bad quarterbacks center exchanges to had two of those.
Speaker 1: Then he went on and worked off to the side
Speaker 1: with Michael Dieter on those exchanges. Isaiah Ford, though, talk
Speaker 1: about good performances. He really got it done in that
Speaker 1: first period. Caught two balls uncovered nicely against the first
Speaker 1: team defense. That trust that fits hasn't him and we've
Speaker 1: talked a lot about that here on this podcast. That
Speaker 1: was on display at Tuesday's practice. I made another note
Speaker 1: of Jackson handling his own against some of the first
Speaker 1: team rushers off that week side edge. I know we
Speaker 1: all love to hear that as Dolphins fans. Austin Jackson
Speaker 1: playing really well out there through the first couple of days.
Speaker 1: Then we got a deep shot from I think it
Speaker 1: was Fits going after Jachim, but it was more about
Speaker 1: the matchup with a cornerback in the receiver because we
Speaker 1: know that Jakim can flat out scoot right. That's his
Speaker 1: calling card. He has speed to burn well Byron Jones
Speaker 1: matched him stride for stride, showing off wheels of his own.
Speaker 1: Really impressive work from those two. Really competitive battle, but
Speaker 1: Jones able to get his hands in the football and
Speaker 1: break it up. And speaking of Byron. He talked earlier
Speaker 1: in the week, maybe was last week, about his work
Speaker 1: off to the side of the field during practice, working
Speaker 1: on tracking the football, trying to get that interception number up.
Speaker 1: Over the course of his career. We saw him at
Speaker 1: practice off the side of the field with an assistant.
Speaker 1: They walked up and down the field with his back
Speaker 1: turned to the coach. The coach would throw the ball,
Speaker 1: yell out, and then Jones would have to snap around
Speaker 1: and catch the football, always working on that craft. Speaking
Speaker 1: of catching the football, Dietrich Nichols had a great chance
Speaker 1: of a pick. Really drove out of his back pedal,
Speaker 1: got his hands on the football, but he couldn't squeeze it.
Speaker 1: And then we went back to the individual drills. Did
Speaker 1: some ball scooping drills for everybody on defense. Offense is
Speaker 1: kind of taking a water break. The receivers were also
Speaker 1: scooping things up. They had some punt blocking drills with
Speaker 1: a gang of players. They would sprint towards this pad.
Speaker 1: Coaches would put a football out for him and they
Speaker 1: would have to dive on that thing and slide across
Speaker 1: the padding and then it was right back into eleven
Speaker 1: on eleven. Jamal Perry. We talked about him getting in
Speaker 1: there and mixing it up in the running game. I
Speaker 1: love the way he does that. He's so competitive and
Speaker 1: sticks his nose and there he made a nice play
Speaker 1: on Matt Brita on a run stop in the backfield.
Speaker 1: And speaking of Brita, man, this dude is so so
Speaker 1: dang quick. In addition to the long speed, he's explosive.
Speaker 1: I feel the same way about Miles Gaskin with those
Speaker 1: stutter steps they have back there. Gaskin had a run
Speaker 1: where he really pressed the whole hard force a linebacker
Speaker 1: to down, then turned on the jets and won the
Speaker 1: edge accordingly. And how about some more Davanta Parker. My goodness,
Speaker 1: this guy is balling out there. He caught a slant
Speaker 1: pass and slipped through an arm tackle and was off
Speaker 1: to the race. Is probably good for about thirty to
Speaker 1: forty yards before they wrapped him up and got the whistle.
Speaker 1: He also went up and got another jump ball like
Speaker 1: he tends to do. That's kind of his game at
Speaker 1: this point right just looks fantastic. For the first two
Speaker 1: days of practice, I got a ball in for another sack.
Speaker 1: I got Noah Igbanogeny breaking up a back shoulder throat
Speaker 1: to Davanta Parker from FITS, I just wrote down I
Speaker 1: love watching this mffort compete. He is an absolute dude.
Speaker 1: Referring to Noah Egg. Two of them checks back in
Speaker 1: and made some nice plays. There was one play where
Speaker 1: the defense brought the safeties down and they bailed out
Speaker 1: quickly at the snap and two was able to quickly
Speaker 1: replace the rush with the football. We talked about that
Speaker 1: all the time here on this podcast. How he did
Speaker 1: that in college, very quick to react to the movement
Speaker 1: of the defense. Rogers caught that pass and then Nate
Speaker 1: Brooks punched out and the defense recovered. So takeaway there
Speaker 1: from the defense. Christian Wilkins was in the backfield again,
Speaker 1: had him down for a TfL that happened before to
Speaker 1: a found Adam Shaheen on a little curl route for
Speaker 1: ten yards down the field, finding a nice rhythm as
Speaker 1: the practice went on. And then again I got aug
Speaker 1: butt in there with a long arm, just looking absolutely ridiculous.
Speaker 1: It forced a quick throw and then Igman Agny jumped
Speaker 1: the route, but like Nichols, he too couldn't squeeze the football.
Speaker 1: And then Bobby McCain decided to just go off and
Speaker 1: rightfully so. On his birthday, he was playing his normal
Speaker 1: safety spot and like coach Flores talked about, I think
Speaker 1: it was on Monday, about how the safeties have to
Speaker 1: be able to play the second or the middle of
Speaker 1: the field, the two deep half come down play the
Speaker 1: buzz does a little bit of all that fun stuff.
Speaker 1: And on one instance he was hanging out in the
Speaker 1: middle of the field and Fitz tries to drill a
Speaker 1: dig route and Bobby closes down on the play, picks
Speaker 1: it off, takes it back the other way. Really really
Speaker 1: nice looking play. There is Bobby close and finished the play.
Speaker 1: Then two plays later, Jachim gets open on a condensed
Speaker 1: split to the boundary. Fitch tried that turkey whole shot
Speaker 1: between the safety and the cornerback. In between the two
Speaker 1: of them, it was Noah Eganogeny and Trail and Bobby
Speaker 1: McCain closing down over the top. Jachem out to the football,
Speaker 1: but Bobby got there a second later and separated the
Speaker 1: football from Jachim. Really big day for Bobby McCain. I
Speaker 1: saw Eland and Roberts put some more dudes on their backs.
Speaker 1: He is a mean, physical, tough dude, love watching him play.
Speaker 1: Rosen hit a really nice screen pass with some good
Speaker 1: ball fakes and patients to set that thing up. Patrick
Speaker 1: Larry had a nice run after the fact on that play.
Speaker 1: But I also took note of Jason Strowbridge with a
Speaker 1: great hustle effort to chase that play down from the backside.
Speaker 1: A few more notes here. Jason Sanders was hitting the
Speaker 1: building from fifty yards out and the building is fifteen
Speaker 1: yards or so behind the goal post. Just an impressive
Speaker 1: right leg there for Jason Sanders. We had another big play,
Speaker 1: this time from Tua to mac Hollands for about thirty
Speaker 1: yards on a well placed crossing route that let Hollands
Speaker 1: run right through the catch and make a big play. Afterwards,
Speaker 1: Kaseki caught a nice flat route and put a defensive
Speaker 1: back on his back and when he dropped the pads
Speaker 1: and lowered the shoulder and put him down. Didn't see
Speaker 1: the number there, but Kaski running through tackles and that
Speaker 1: was it. All in all, I think Monday's practice was
Speaker 1: a little bit sharper, But as you'll hear in an
Speaker 1: interview with Eric Rowe, we have coming up on the
Speaker 1: video show later the week, guys are still getting adjusted
Speaker 1: to the level of conditioning these practices call for. So
Speaker 1: we'll ride the camp wave and be with you guys
Speaker 1: every day here on drive time. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: play some sound from our player interviews. We had Parker
Speaker 1: Roberts row in a late edition here with Mike GASICKI.
Speaker 1: We start with Davante Parker, Hey, what's going on, Davante?
Speaker 1: Um I wanted to talk about your breakout season last
Speaker 1: year and kind of picking up where you left off
Speaker 1: the last couple of days and practice on these deep
Speaker 1: balls and jump balls. And Coach Flores talked this morning
Speaker 1: about your work habits and your workout regiment in the
Speaker 1: off season. I was curious coming into this year, what
Speaker 1: are some things you feel that you can work on
Speaker 1: and how did you attack those in the off season.
Speaker 1: For me, I just relacking. I still have right to
Speaker 1: do on you come back wrassing things like that, and
Speaker 1: you know, and you know, just just get it off
Speaker 1: the down pad. So I'm going to be ready to
Speaker 1: go and now a five year vet in the NFL.
Speaker 1: After a breakout season, Davante was asked about his leadership
Speaker 1: role in the Dolphins receiver room. Obviously, little guys doing
Speaker 1: a little thing that from from what I's as rookie.
Speaker 1: You know, just tell them what they need to do
Speaker 1: and what they're doing right, you know, just there be
Speaker 1: their forward for them whenever they needed. And here's a
Speaker 1: good answer from Davante following up on the exact same
Speaker 1: theme we talked about with Fitzpatrick, Changilely and Jachim Grant
Speaker 1: on the freedom and the routes receivers have in this offense.
Speaker 1: Just say, probably a little more freedom to do different
Speaker 1: things this year in this offense. Now Davante is pretty
Speaker 1: to the point. But here he reflects upon his film
Speaker 1: study and how that's changed over the last couple of
Speaker 1: years compared to his early years as a Miami Dolphin
Speaker 1: and as a professional. All Right, I watching now change
Speaker 1: the lot you know you have You have to see
Speaker 1: you going up against that Weeksted there one of the
Speaker 1: top corners in You just have to be prepared to
Speaker 1: come out, you know, you know, let the main switch
Speaker 1: of the technique or something that you have to know that.
Speaker 1: Up next, we got new Dolphins linebacker Eland and Roberts,
Speaker 1: and he talked about his early stinting here with the
Speaker 1: Dolphins and what he brings both of the locker room,
Speaker 1: to the film room and on the practice field. Uh. Man,
Speaker 1: every day I walk into building just trying to be
Speaker 1: the best teammate I can be, you know what I'm saying,
Speaker 1: the best, best coachable player I can be, best leader
Speaker 1: I could be. That's all. Uh, you know, and have
Speaker 1: fun out there, you know what I'm saying. And we
Speaker 1: all out there playing a game that we've been wanting
Speaker 1: to play since it was all the kids, so uh,
Speaker 1: you know it was it was just more so being competitive,
Speaker 1: being a great teammate, being a great lead on the field.
Speaker 1: Also up Landing was my question about the physicality of them. Hey,
Speaker 1: what's going on in Landing. I just wanted to kind
Speaker 1: of go back to that first question and have you
Speaker 1: expand on that two days in now. I just want
Speaker 1: to get your opinion on the physicality of practice and
Speaker 1: how intense it's been out there under coach Flora's well,
Speaker 1: you know coach Florida's uh, you know, he comes from
Speaker 1: a background of you know, scouting. Uh he started off
Speaker 1: in scouting. You know, he did a little special, he
Speaker 1: did a little offense, and you know, his his pride
Speaker 1: and enjoy defense. You know, so you know, the physicality
Speaker 1: of practice is gonna be up because that's a part
Speaker 1: of the game and stuff like that. So, like I said, man,
Speaker 1: were out there, were being physical, but at the same time,
Speaker 1: we're taking care of on each other, having fun and
Speaker 1: within they're fun doing our job. Roberts was one of
Speaker 1: two linebackers to sign and this year from the Patriots
Speaker 1: three if you count Comma grouge Hill. But here he
Speaker 1: discusses his relationship with new Dolphins linebacker Kyle van Noy.
Speaker 1: But Kyle Man, you know, great guy, owning off the
Speaker 1: field and whatnot. He's like, you know, the same as me. Whatever,
Speaker 1: coaching staff whatever, you know, coach Josh Boyer, you know,
Speaker 1: Florida's whatever these guys actually do, We're gonna do it.
Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. That's that's throughout the whole team.
Speaker 1: So every guy kind of had the same mindset, you
Speaker 1: know what I'm saying on the team, you know, do
Speaker 1: my job, be physical, doing my job, have fun, be
Speaker 1: a great team. And he came back to the topic
Speaker 1: a little bit later on, well, you know, me and
Speaker 1: Kyle have been in there for four years, man, so
Speaker 1: it'd be fun. In the meeting rooms man, real smart guy. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, great team and great family guy. Man, our
Speaker 1: kids are like two or three. We support you know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. So me and me and Kyle has
Speaker 1: a great relationship and stuff like that. So him being
Speaker 1: in that that that room and stuff like that. The
Speaker 1: environment just seeing him, it's great, you know. And but
Speaker 1: at the same time, you know, it's kind of the
Speaker 1: coach around the organization. So every day you walk in,
Speaker 1: we got a job to do. But you know that
Speaker 1: you're gonna get better. You don't have coaches to push
Speaker 1: you don't have players pushing you and stuff like that
Speaker 1: because you know the expectation. And up next we got
Speaker 1: Dolphins safety Eric Rowe, who was first asked about the
Speaker 1: transition going from cornerback last year to safety mid season
Speaker 1: and how he dealt with that transition. Uh. I mean, yeah,
Speaker 1: there's there's always stuff to work on, no matter what
Speaker 1: position you're how long you play. For me, personally, all
Speaker 1: we work on, you know, man and man technique, press technique.
Speaker 1: But another thing I need to work on was actually
Speaker 1: run game and run fits man as a corner That's
Speaker 1: not something you know you see a lot of. Uh.
Speaker 1: And safety obviously it's a lot more prevalent. So I
Speaker 1: know that's the thing I need to I need to
Speaker 1: work on, well, stuff to work on, and obviously because
Speaker 1: you know, nobody around, but you know, for this training camp,
Speaker 1: you know, work on the rough fits. Uh and you know,
Speaker 1: kind of seeing the run quicker than I did last year.
Speaker 1: But as you know, as far as exceeding my expectations
Speaker 1: of of last year, uh kind of you know, when
Speaker 1: I you know, when they moved me there, I just
Speaker 1: you know, worked on the game by a game, and
Speaker 1: you know, I found it easier to cover obviously, to
Speaker 1: cover tight ends, you know, even not as quick you know,
Speaker 1: as receivers in the league. So I mean some of
Speaker 1: them were pretty fast, but you know, not all of them,
Speaker 1: you know. And whichever one I covered, it was just
Speaker 1: my goal out there, just dominated. And he would expand
Speaker 1: on that question a little bit more later in the
Speaker 1: interview and talk about the knowledge he has in the
Speaker 1: defense and how it really attracted the coaching staff to
Speaker 1: thinking about putting him in a position where he could
Speaker 1: play safety and helped communicate the defense more from that position. One,
Speaker 1: because we had injuries at safety, and then uh two,
Speaker 1: I guess when I was back there. He saw it
Speaker 1: was a good I mean, I have a really good
Speaker 1: knowledge of defense, and I was making I was making
Speaker 1: communication cause you know, away from the corners spot way
Speaker 1: out there, you know, making and safety cars way you know,
Speaker 1: way on the islands. And so you know it's kind
Speaker 1: of mix of like injuries and him seeing that and
Speaker 1: then uh, well you know once I guess once I
Speaker 1: started covering tight ends, it was you know, they was
Speaker 1: just a done deal. So but you know the men
Speaker 1: that I heard it, you know, I was not thrown back,
Speaker 1: but I was like, you know, okay, you know, you know,
Speaker 1: we gotta help team. You know, we're we're super low
Speaker 1: at safety. Uh you know, right now we had you know,
Speaker 1: we had some pretty good you know, we had X
Speaker 1: and you know, Nick Needa was kind of coming on
Speaker 1: our rise, like, you know, we got some good corners.
Speaker 1: So you know, I moved back there. Every team out,
Speaker 1: you know, however, it goes down. And as one of
Speaker 1: the leaders of that secondary, Eric was asked about some
Speaker 1: of the goals that Secondary has this year and what
Speaker 1: they can achieve in the season. I mean, first, our
Speaker 1: you know, first our goals to you know, gel together
Speaker 1: because you know, every year, it's a new new team, right,
Speaker 1: So we got new players in the secondary. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we got like Noah and Brandon and you know, Byron
Speaker 1: and even you know, whenever X comes back. So the
Speaker 1: first thing is, you know, we gotta jail together. And
Speaker 1: then our second goal is get the ball. Like this
Speaker 1: year were putting a huge emphasis on, you know, getting
Speaker 1: the ball, like getting the interception, getting the pick, batting
Speaker 1: the balls, tipping the balls to get a pig. You know, however,
Speaker 1: how we gotta get like that's our huge emphasis for
Speaker 1: this year. And you know, and it starts right now
Speaker 1: in training camp. That's you know, we even got a
Speaker 1: point board like whoever get the ball out? You know,
Speaker 1: you know, everybody got a little point list and like so,
Speaker 1: I mean that's how that's how, that's how horror advertising it.
Speaker 1: Eric would go on to talk about Dolphins first round
Speaker 1: draft pick at cornerback, his old position and no monogamy,
Speaker 1: and the things he has seen so far from the rookie. Oh,
Speaker 1: I mean, here's a lot of potential. He's he's really
Speaker 1: he's explosive, strong, quick, and obviously he mean he works
Speaker 1: hard to tell and he doesn't care that he's you know,
Speaker 1: first round or when you know, whatever round you win.
Speaker 1: I can tell you can see in his eye that
Speaker 1: you know, he wants to be great from the start. Um,
Speaker 1: So what I've seen from in camp, I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: it's hot and tire. He still makes ricky mistakes, I
Speaker 1: mean like everybody does. But his you know, I can
Speaker 1: tell his learning progression. He's gonna he's gonna be a
Speaker 1: good guy in the league. And Eric did play some
Speaker 1: safety in college at Utah, but he did play free
Speaker 1: safety opposed to the strong safety spot he plays more
Speaker 1: now here in Miami. He was asked about that transition
Speaker 1: of going to safety. Enough his experience in college helped
Speaker 1: him at all with that transition. Yeah, the most, Uh,
Speaker 1: even though I did play in college, I was mainly
Speaker 1: a free safety, so I was in the you know,
Speaker 1: I was in the deep the post a lot. I
Speaker 1: didn't really have to deal with you know, run fits
Speaker 1: and all that. So, uh, when I make that transition
Speaker 1: and that that was probably the most difficult thing was
Speaker 1: knowing that, you know, I actually have a gap that
Speaker 1: I need to fit and it's not like the corner
Speaker 1: has like you know, the d get are the most
Speaker 1: outside gap. You know, it's easy. Like there's some places,
Speaker 1: you know, I have to actually read old lineman, watched
Speaker 1: the pool. You know that happens fast. At the same time,
Speaker 1: focus on my tight end in cases you know it's
Speaker 1: a passport and so like that. That's probably the most
Speaker 1: difficult thing, you know, for me, was trying to pick
Speaker 1: up on on the run game, trying to understand, you know,
Speaker 1: front because now I gotta understand, like, you know what
Speaker 1: front is our d N and you know the D
Speaker 1: line in that corner. You kind of like, yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't really need to know that because I'm on
Speaker 1: the island. But now to say to you, like, I
Speaker 1: have to know which front we're in, which gap I
Speaker 1: have if you know, if the old line pools and
Speaker 1: my guy flashes, I have to get to this gap
Speaker 1: or it's gonna be gaping, and you know all that.
Speaker 1: So that's probably the most difficult thing when I had
Speaker 1: to transition, and you heard real talk a lot there
Speaker 1: about covering tight ends. We're gonna finish up this podcast
Speaker 1: with an interview with tight end Mike Kasicki, and he
Speaker 1: first starts off talking about his time playing inside in
Speaker 1: that slot position. I think that you know this offense
Speaker 1: is kind of built for um people to make place.
Speaker 1: So you know, no matter what position you're in, you know,
Speaker 1: whether you're running back, tight end, receiver, quarterback, you know,
Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter. Um. I think that you know,
Speaker 1: if you're gonna get open, if you're gonna you know,
Speaker 1: know your role, know your assignment, uh, and go out
Speaker 1: and execute to the best of your ability, then you
Speaker 1: know you're gonna be put in a position to you know,
Speaker 1: be successful and you know, help our offense make some plays.
Speaker 1: So I mean in terms of you know, just playing
Speaker 1: you know that slot that that you're talking about, Um,
Speaker 1: I think that you know, that's just the same mindset
Speaker 1: as well. So I mean, if you're in the slot
Speaker 1: and you know, no matter who's covering you, and you know,
Speaker 1: no matter what the coverage is, whatever it is, your role, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, go out and get open um and you know,
Speaker 1: just let everything else take care of itself. Up next,
Speaker 1: Mike details the value of having the experience and knowledge
Speaker 1: in the locker room, in the quarterback room of Ryan
Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick and how he has gone into that quarterback room
Speaker 1: to try to lean on that knowledge and get experience
Speaker 1: for himself here learning this offense, learning this system and
Speaker 1: just learning how to be a professional from his quarterback
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick. Yeah. I mean I think, you know, playing
Speaker 1: with fits um helps you know everybody, you know, no
Speaker 1: matter of your position. But uh, you know, with his
Speaker 1: experience and his knowledge of the game, UM, you know,
Speaker 1: you'd be you'd be stupid not to you know, ask
Speaker 1: him questions and try to see it through his eyes
Speaker 1: and get you know, his perspective. Uh. This way, you know,
Speaker 1: you kind of get some of his experience as well.
Speaker 1: So UM, I try to talk to him, you know,
Speaker 1: no matter what the situation, just kind of asked him,
Speaker 1: you know, how he sees it, how he sees me,
Speaker 1: you know, getting open, you know, getting some of my releases,
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, um, and then just kind of
Speaker 1: understanding where you fall in the progression of the play.
Speaker 1: And so I think that you know, all those things
Speaker 1: are you know, super important because you know, if you're
Speaker 1: not the first read and you know you're you're on
Speaker 1: the back side, and you know, you know you have
Speaker 1: more time to get open, you're you know you have um,
Speaker 1: you know, you can run your route a little bit differently.
Speaker 1: So I think you know, understanding those uh, you know
Speaker 1: minor details of the route rather than just hey I
Speaker 1: know I have this you know backside in cut if
Speaker 1: like you know, understanding you know, the full concept of
Speaker 1: the play, just like the quarterback to And then I
Speaker 1: was up next to ask Mike about how he feels
Speaker 1: about the matchups he gets inside when Davanta Parker and
Speaker 1: Presston Williams are on the outside. Hey, Mike, kind of
Speaker 1: a similar question here is in regards to what you
Speaker 1: just finished up on that last question with the personnel groupings.
Speaker 1: When you guys have you DeVante and Pressing on the
Speaker 1: field and all that height and leaping ability that three
Speaker 1: of you guys offer, how does that How does having
Speaker 1: those guys on the field kind of helped create mismatches
Speaker 1: for you or maybe change the way you approach to
Speaker 1: how you execute your route. Yeah, I mean I think,
Speaker 1: you know, especially after you know the seasons that you
Speaker 1: know those guys had last year. You know, obviously Pressing
Speaker 1: before he went down, Um, you know it was making
Speaker 1: a ton of place for us. And then Davonte uh
Speaker 1: seemed like every time you know, you put the ball
Speaker 1: up to him, you know, he was making a huge play.
Speaker 1: So to have those guys on the outside. UM, I
Speaker 1: think it's hard to you know, send you more attention
Speaker 1: to a tight end or to a slaughter or anything
Speaker 1: inside just because of you know, the threats that they are,
Speaker 1: um in their you know, individual positions. So you know,
Speaker 1: having those guys out there definitely helps. And then, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, when you know, when you get your you know,
Speaker 1: man and man and you get your single coverage, you
Speaker 1: gotta be able to win and uh, you know, dominate
Speaker 1: your matchups this way, you know, uh, you know, there's
Speaker 1: more trust than you do make plays. And then also
Speaker 1: you know, maybe then you can draw a little more
Speaker 1: attention than those guys are you know, getting their opportunities
Speaker 1: as well. And so there you go. Another very lengthy
Speaker 1: episode here of the Drive Time Podcast, breaking down day
Speaker 1: number two from training camp, hearing from four of the
Speaker 1: veterans on this Dolphins team, as well as coach Flora's
Speaker 1: We're gonna come back tomorrow and do it all over again. First,
Speaker 1: I want to remind you guys, as the official wellness
Speaker 1: provider and sports medicine provider of the Miami Dolphins, Baptist
Speaker 1: Health is ready and committed to continue caring for you safely.
Speaker 1: This pandemic has reminded us that crisis doesn't build character,
Speaker 1: it reveals character. It's also taught us that our health
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