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Speaker 1: Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins.
Speaker 4: Now let me check your pulse if you're not. What
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Speaker 3: And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the
Speaker 3: Miami Dolphins Podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 3: How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield.
Speaker 3: No Dolphins football today, but we are going to welcome
Speaker 3: and Steve Goldstein of the CBS Miami season broadcast call
Speaker 3: to break down Dolphins and Texans this week from Houston.
Speaker 3: We'll talk about the game and the practices. Plus I'll
Speaker 3: give you my players to watch. In the final segment
Speaker 3: of this episode, from somewhere in Houston, this is the
Speaker 3: Drift Time Podcast.
Speaker 2: Maggie Geffrey.
Speaker 3: Let's go ahead and welcome in my guest today from
Speaker 3: CBS Miami, Steve Goldstein.
Speaker 4: What is up, Dolphins?
Speaker 3: We are here at the Houston Methodist Training Complex in Houston, Texas,
Speaker 3: with the Dolphins Day two of joint practices wrapping up
Speaker 3: here shortly game on Saturday four o'clock kickoff, and I
Speaker 3: am joined by the voice of the Miami Dolphins preseason broadcast,
Speaker 3: Steve Goldstein.
Speaker 4: Goldie, how are we doing?
Speaker 3: Man?
Speaker 2: Doing great? Loving these joint practices?
Speaker 1: Uh, you know, the competition in training camp has been
Speaker 1: terrific and it's actually been pretty fascinating here at Travis
Speaker 1: to watch year two of Mike McDaniel, his offense, his
Speaker 1: program in training camp.
Speaker 3: Especially the way he's communicated in press conference, is how
Speaker 3: that whole process comes together before we get to the football. Though,
Speaker 3: I wanted to ask you something because we had the
Speaker 3: dinner the other night, and you know.
Speaker 2: The great Jason Jenkins.
Speaker 3: It was a tradition of his and so I did
Speaker 3: a great job fulfilling the next chapter of that, especially
Speaker 3: back here in Jason's hometown. But I had not a
Speaker 3: bone to pick with you, but I wanted to ask
Speaker 3: you something because you gave me this great monologue last
Speaker 3: night on how great the sea bass was at Capitol Grill.
Speaker 3: And then the waiter comes over and you order the
Speaker 3: filet explain yourself.
Speaker 2: Well, you know, it's a great question.
Speaker 1: It was a terrific dinner, thanks very much to the
Speaker 1: you know, the dolphins and the staff. Having all the media,
Speaker 1: it was wonderful. You got stuck with me at your table.
Speaker 1: I just feel the sea bass is just delicious. I've
Speaker 1: had it, and most sea bass is delicious. But when
Speaker 1: you go to a steakhouse, you just have no choice, Travis,
Speaker 1: You've got to order the state. So I was very torn.
Speaker 1: The sea bass is great. I did give you a
Speaker 1: pretty good dissertation of how good it was, how it
Speaker 1: melts in your mouth, how it's buttery soft. But in
Speaker 1: the end, when in Rome do is the Romans? So
Speaker 1: if you're at a steakhouse, yeah, you got to go
Speaker 1: for the meat. Tough decision, that's the one I made.
Speaker 1: If I could have gotten one of each, believe me,
Speaker 1: I would have.
Speaker 3: You essentially did what teams do on draft the draft process.
Speaker 3: You talked up this prospect for two months and that's
Speaker 3: up for the last minute and took the other part.
Speaker 2: You're for a loop there on the order, you absolutely did.
Speaker 3: Let's get back into Dolphins preseason actually here though, because
Speaker 3: we had game one in the books, game two coming
Speaker 3: up tomorrow night here in Houston.
Speaker 4: What are some things that you saw in the.
Speaker 3: Game on Friday that you're kind of looking for is
Speaker 3: translating into week two and seeing guys bill in that success.
Speaker 1: Yeah, first thing on offense to continue to play. You know,
Speaker 1: you want to see Mike White and Skyler Thompson. I
Speaker 1: expect we'll see him both tomorrow in the preseason game
Speaker 1: against the Texans, So I want to see both those guys.
Speaker 1: I thought Mike moved the ball very well obviously, Oh
Speaker 1: for three in the red zones. Oh for three in
Speaker 1: the red zone. There's a lot of reasons for that.
Speaker 1: You know, the top weapons weren't on the field. You
Speaker 1: don't game plan for red zone in the preseason, but
Speaker 1: you know they did move the ball. So the quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: to me is always a focus. It's a quarterback league,
Speaker 1: but getting a little more intricate into that that left
Speaker 1: guard spot I think is still an interest thing battle there.
Speaker 1: You know, Liam Eikenberg and Win and Cotton and all
Speaker 1: those guys in that mix. And then the wide receivers
Speaker 1: is rout, you know, the guys behind Waddle and Hill,
Speaker 1: Robbie Chosen's made some plays in the preseason, did not
Speaker 1: play in the first preseason game, made some plays in
Speaker 1: training camp. I should say his love watching Braxton Barrios.
Speaker 1: Just fun to see him out there, and Eric as
Speaker 1: a comma. You know, Mike McDaniel put him in a
Speaker 1: pretty good position on those end of rounds to make
Speaker 1: a couple of plays. So those types of things on
Speaker 1: offense really enjoyed devon a chain. Not a huge surprise
Speaker 1: because we know how good he is, but that's another carryover.
Speaker 1: And defensively, just continuing Travis at that cornerback spot with
Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey out. Cater Kohu didn't play in preseason game
Speaker 1: Number one has impressed every when you impressed, I talked
Speaker 1: to Vic Fangio. When you impress, Vic Fangio has been
Speaker 1: in the league for thirty seven years, you know you're
Speaker 1: doing something right. So that continued battle there in the
Speaker 1: in the secondary as well, And I'm real curious when
Speaker 1: you asked the question about from game one to game two,
Speaker 1: Channing Tyndall, you know, he showed well, made some plays.
Speaker 1: Last year was kind of a development year for him.
Speaker 1: I think when Chris Kuier picked him, they kind of
Speaker 1: knew that. So I want to see how he comes
Speaker 1: out and plays well.
Speaker 3: I think Marvin Allen mentioned that his pre draft press
Speaker 3: conference that both as Zukomma and Channing tend to work
Speaker 3: more of two year projections, And I just think it
Speaker 3: was really good roster building in the sense if you
Speaker 3: bring in a true and tested veteran in this offense
Speaker 3: in the Trent Surefield, River Craik Craft, and you almost
Speaker 3: kind of graduate to the next guys that could talk
Speaker 3: about rocks and Barrios has experienced in this offense, and
Speaker 3: obviously Eric Hazucama I think looks really really good out here, so.
Speaker 4: They have options there.
Speaker 2: Also.
Speaker 3: I love Barrios rocking the stitch handed on his forehead
Speaker 3: right now and make him big plays. He had like
Speaker 3: a sixty yard touchdowf he Scott Thompson on Wednesday, So kids,
Speaker 3: he's making all kinds of plays out here.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: Coach McDaniel on Thursday at his press conference had some
Speaker 3: interesting words about Tua and you know you mentioned the
Speaker 3: red zone failures in the game on Friday. I thought
Speaker 3: red zone work in practice was fantastic. It had all
Speaker 3: kinds of touchdowns on the offensive side of the football.
Speaker 3: But I thought it was interesting that he talked a
Speaker 3: little bit about how, you know, the two interceptions to
Speaker 3: it through. That kind of bookended what was a really
Speaker 3: good practice for Tua and the idea of testing limits
Speaker 3: and trying to maximize your thought process as far as
Speaker 3: what you can and cannot get away with. And I'm
Speaker 3: curious to hear how you kind of perceive that and
Speaker 3: how you think a quarterback like to in his fourth
Speaker 3: year might be able to compartmentalize that and actually, you know,
Speaker 3: take what he does out here negative and good and
Speaker 3: put it into more positive on Sunday because obviously one
Speaker 3: of the best quarterbacks in the league last year. If
Speaker 3: he can take that and go to our level, this
Speaker 3: team can really start flying.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think it's a great, great point, and it's a
Speaker 1: great topic. And this is why when we see the
Speaker 1: results in practice, you know, literally the play by play,
Speaker 1: you don't really know watching what they're trying to accomplish.
Speaker 1: So you know, sometimes it's hard to look at and say, oh,
Speaker 1: this didn't work. Yeah, but what you're trying to do
Speaker 1: will You're trying to see if this works and then
Speaker 1: if it doesn't, okay, let's scratch that. Let's put that
Speaker 1: on the back burner. So I think there's a lot
Speaker 1: of back that goes on in practice. So we can't
Speaker 1: always play the result of the play during these practices.
Speaker 1: You know, Look, you always want to have some things
Speaker 1: you can work on, And from a coaching standpoint from
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel and Frank Smith, it kind of never wanted
Speaker 1: to be perfect in preseason and in training camp because
Speaker 1: then where do you go from there? But yeah, year two,
Speaker 1: I just think it's a big difference this Mike McDaniel offense.
Speaker 1: It's like a whole new language literally learning that. And
Speaker 1: I remember talking to coach McDaniel last.
Speaker 2: Year before the preseason games.
Speaker 1: As those games went on, game one, game two, Game three,
Speaker 1: and as training camp went on, I think Teddy Bridgewater
Speaker 1: was a big help in this as well as being
Speaker 1: a veteran guy. They were starting to get that language
Speaker 1: down second nature. And now we know it's second nature
Speaker 1: to to so now it can take it to the
Speaker 1: next level. And I just think the sky's the women
Speaker 1: on this offense. I'm guessing that, you know, Mike McDaniel's
Speaker 1: putting some more things in in year number two, and
Speaker 1: that's why there are so many details and there's so
Speaker 1: much to learn, but hey, that's the only way you
Speaker 1: can you continue to get better. I just think offensively overall,
Speaker 1: led by the talent is tremendous at the skill positions.
Speaker 1: And I think Mike McDaniel's kind of, you know, maybe
Speaker 1: a bad analogy, but a man scientist in a lab,
Speaker 1: you know, and now you got eight chain, and now
Speaker 1: you got chosen, how you got burrios. There's a few
Speaker 1: more things that he can kind of cook up there
Speaker 1: and make some plays fire up.
Speaker 3: To watch him have a chance to actually scheme up
Speaker 3: a game, because it's just never quite the same with
Speaker 3: him when you're just running plays. To run plays and
Speaker 3: practice and try to make individual progress. As with the
Speaker 3: team moving the football, a lot of that comes from scheme.
Speaker 4: I think we saw some of that in the first
Speaker 4: preseason game.
Speaker 3: A lot of the things I talked about last year
Speaker 3: was manufactured pockets, finding ways to get quarterbacks on the move,
Speaker 3: slide your protection. You know, obviously Tron Arms has a
Speaker 3: big part of that with his ability to lock down
Speaker 3: all the best pass which was in the NFL you
Speaker 3: can slide.
Speaker 4: Everybody else and find clean pockets that way. But the
Speaker 4: red zone area last week was the big concern.
Speaker 3: Right it's a nineteen to three's final score because you're
Speaker 3: zero for three in the red zone, Whereas if they
Speaker 3: punch those in they probably win the game going away,
Speaker 3: and at least put it away pretty early on. But
Speaker 3: we saw the running game get going until they got
Speaker 3: down on the red zone. Curious to get your thoughts
Speaker 3: on the Dolphins running game here so far, because you
Speaker 3: know it's tough to gauge in training camp, but I
Speaker 3: don't know what's the style in this since two thousand
Speaker 3: and sixteen or something, they had the most rushing yards
Speaker 3: and a half in that game in a preseason game.
Speaker 3: I'm curious your take on the running game so far
Speaker 3: and how you think, you know, a second year, a
Speaker 3: new language, all that stuff can expand this year and
Speaker 3: become even better because if the running game gets going,
Speaker 3: we saw the passing game last year. If the running
Speaker 3: game can get you know, ten places higher than the
Speaker 3: league rank, I don't.
Speaker 1: Know how you stop this offense, I think still incomplete
Speaker 1: because we're not really seeing Raheem and Jeff Wilson out
Speaker 1: there together. And Mike McDaniels even made the comment he's
Speaker 1: very cognizant of when we're allowed to watch practice, when
Speaker 1: we're not allowed to watch practice, what he's showing. So
Speaker 1: I think that I just think, Travis, there's probably a
Speaker 1: lot more tricks in that book that Mike McDaniel isn't
Speaker 1: busting out. You know, it was very interesting to me
Speaker 1: last year out of those exit meetings that Mike McDaniel
Speaker 1: actually pseudo not literally but apologized to Raheem Moster for saying.
Speaker 2: We didn't run the ball enough.
Speaker 1: Now defending Mike McDaniel, if I've got two a Jalen
Speaker 1: and Tyreek, you know, hey, why call the running play?
Speaker 2: Let's throw a deep man.
Speaker 1: These guys are the best in football probably, you know,
Speaker 1: as a trio. Is there anybody better? I'm real optimistic
Speaker 1: for this running game. In year number two, toront Armstead
Speaker 1: made the comment just how many details there are in
Speaker 1: that and now in year number two and the first
Speaker 1: of the joint practices here in Houston on Wednesday, that
Speaker 1: he felt comfortable maybe for one of the first times
Speaker 1: in training camp, like everything was clicking. So you know,
Speaker 1: once they get turn out there and they get that
Speaker 1: left guard spot settled, I really think the sky's the
Speaker 1: limit for this thing in year number two and interchanging
Speaker 1: Moster Wilson. And the other real intriguing thing is how's
Speaker 1: he gonna use hmon h chain. I don't think anybody
Speaker 1: knows yet. I'm not sure he completely knows yet. He
Speaker 1: was split out quite a bit in the game against
Speaker 1: Atlanta the first preseason game, but they also put him
Speaker 1: between tackles a little bit. I mean, he made one
Speaker 1: of those catches down near the goal line, he got
Speaker 1: walloped on it. So I'm really curious. I don't think
Speaker 1: to see it all, is my point, Travis. The next
Speaker 1: couple weeks, I'm curious September tenth in LA to see
Speaker 1: what that running game looks like.
Speaker 3: That that a chain flex dow throw where they just
Speaker 3: basically threw a now route to him, stand up for
Speaker 3: the ball to him, and he had space on the
Speaker 3: sideline and he beat everybody to the corner. I don't
Speaker 3: know how you defend that when you have a change
Speaker 3: speed on one side, and Tyreek and Jon on the
Speaker 3: other side, like there are stress and speed at every
Speaker 3: single level of defense when you offer that, and you know,
Speaker 3: you talk about Mike McDaniel's offense and he's he's alluded
Speaker 3: to it about you know, what do you show out
Speaker 3: here in a practice compared to when it's closed and
Speaker 3: no media, no fans out there.
Speaker 4: And you know, he alluded to the fact that your offense.
Speaker 3: People will know your offense, but you're not going to
Speaker 3: be a good offense unless you have counters to what
Speaker 3: they are able to do.
Speaker 4: And so I'm so fascinated.
Speaker 3: To see number one what year two does to get
Speaker 3: him into the back pages of that playbook, but also
Speaker 3: how they counter some of the things the teams were
Speaker 3: able to do successfully against them as a defense last year.
Speaker 3: That Chargers game comes to mind, that inside leverage, press
Speaker 3: two man coverage they ran.
Speaker 4: I just I know that Mike.
Speaker 3: I've had to eat him all offseason to come in
Speaker 3: here and format a game plan to accelicans that look
Speaker 3: like that.
Speaker 4: So I'm curiously how that works.
Speaker 3: But I want to flip it over to the other
Speaker 3: side of the football here in the defense, because you.
Speaker 4: Know, from my advantage point, I continue to see.
Speaker 3: You know, last year was a year of deep balls
Speaker 3: all training camp, right, we saw Tyreek getting deep, Jalen
Speaker 3: getting deep, you.
Speaker 4: Know, Trent Surefield getting down the field.
Speaker 3: But all the guys are getting their deep targets and
Speaker 3: it hasn't really happened that way this year.
Speaker 4: We've gotten a few of them.
Speaker 3: But I credit that personally, and I fo you know
Speaker 3: Texan struggle in their deep passing game on Wednesday. I
Speaker 3: attribute that to the secondary just kind of having an
Speaker 3: understanding of the rules of their coverages and not really
Speaker 3: you know, busting down with the concept of every coverage
Speaker 3: call you mentioned. Talking to Vic Fangio, I love, like
Speaker 3: you mentioned, if he loves the player, I'll tell you
Speaker 3: if he thinks they've played to do some work, I'll
Speaker 3: tell you that too. But from my perspective, I see
Speaker 3: this defense coming together and kind of hitting those rules
Speaker 3: early here and year.
Speaker 1: What with Wick Fangio, Well, first day, it flashes me
Speaker 1: back last year Travis Jason Taylor was on the preseason
Speaker 1: broadcast with me, and when I think one day that
Speaker 1: too through a few interceptions and Jason just kind of says, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I got a question why there isn't always
Speaker 1: a bad day when the quarterback throws an interception. No,
Speaker 1: the defense is out there to try to play, yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: so we always think about that. You know, Fangio is
Speaker 1: putting in this defense pretty complex. I think he's got
Speaker 1: more weapons this year. You've seen, you know, when Christian
Speaker 1: Wilkins's practiced. He's been dominant during this training camp, and
Speaker 1: I just think overall there's more depth probably on the
Speaker 1: defense now.
Speaker 2: He's still looking for guys.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's made that very clear, but you know,
Speaker 1: the defense does seem to be you know, digging in
Speaker 1: kind of understanding, you know, and the impact players understand
Speaker 1: the defense. Now you got Bradley Chubb in a training
Speaker 1: camp here for the first time. He was a mid
Speaker 1: season pick up. Me and Jalen Phillips on either side.
Speaker 1: So I agree that there's no official way to know
Speaker 1: during these practices, but that d line many days and
Speaker 1: it goes back and forth these The offense obviously produced
Speaker 1: as well, but there's been quite a few days that's
Speaker 1: been noticeable where the D line gets that push and
Speaker 1: you know, if you want to count sacks, there's eight
Speaker 1: or there's ten of them in a day, and that
Speaker 1: may be part of the reason.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I from west On game tape lasher to practiceition,
Speaker 3: looks like this is maybe more of a fit for
Speaker 3: him defensive, but just think he's making all kinds of
Speaker 3: plays out there.
Speaker 4: And you mentioned Jalen Phillips.
Speaker 3: Do you have a chance to see what Lewis Ridicks
Speaker 3: haid about Jayleen Phillips, the ESPN analyst. He was talking
Speaker 3: about how this guy can play strong safety if he
Speaker 3: had to, basically alluded to the fact that he's one
Speaker 3: of the best athletes in the entire league and we've
Speaker 3: seen that all camp long. And McDaniel on Thursday morning
Speaker 3: had a chance to talk about Jalen because he was
Speaker 3: asked by a reporter about what he's done in camp
Speaker 3: so far, and you could just kind of see McDaniel like, Yeah,
Speaker 3: he's kind of.
Speaker 4: Got the goods.
Speaker 3: So I think those two guys are going to have
Speaker 3: a mass impact in this defense and just really take
Speaker 3: it to the next level. We've got a few minutes
Speaker 3: left here on the show here, Goldie, want to just
Speaker 3: go ahead and get your take on the game on
Speaker 3: Saturday night. We kind of joked about this before McDaniel's
Speaker 3: presser on Thursday.
Speaker 4: I think I gave you some some fun.
Speaker 3: About the Cheetah call last year. Have you got any
Speaker 3: calls saved up from the chamber you're ready to break out?
Speaker 3: As it kind of a spur of the moment there.
Speaker 2: It is usually spur of the moment.
Speaker 1: You know that play last year, you know, is home
Speaker 1: game and all of a sudden, I'm seeing Tyreek going
Speaker 1: down the middle of the field and he had two
Speaker 1: steps and I see two is about to loading up, Like,
Speaker 1: oh boy, this is this is what everybody's been waiting for,
Speaker 1: you know. So no, I don't have anything specific. We'll
Speaker 1: see who ends up playing in the game. But hey,
Speaker 1: anytime Tyreek makes a play, I mean, and he's looked,
Speaker 1: you know, dominant out here going up against another competition,
Speaker 1: he raises his level. But no, it's gonna have to
Speaker 1: be spurred the moment, Travis, And I never know what
Speaker 1: pops into this wild brain of mine, and when it
Speaker 1: pops into my brain, how it gets to my mouth
Speaker 1: and get gets out on the microphone. That's a big
Speaker 1: TVD for me, to be honest with you, I.
Speaker 4: Think it makes it. Living in the moment is the
Speaker 4: best way to do it.
Speaker 3: I mean, we talked about calls at the there and
Speaker 3: the other night, you know about how Joe Buck was so
Speaker 3: good about the Stefan Dick's Miracle of Minneapolis.
Speaker 2: Call.
Speaker 3: I'm telling you, man, the Cheetah is Luther and South Florida.
Speaker 3: You can set a high bar. I don't know if
Speaker 3: you can top that. Man, that's pretty good.
Speaker 2: You know. I appreciate that very much.
Speaker 1: And hey, when you got great, great players and exciting stuff,
Speaker 1: it really makes the job a lot more fun for sure.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Top six offense last ye, hope we get more
Speaker 3: of that this season. Goldie pregame show, CBS Broadcast. Tell
Speaker 3: the folks for us that can find you. I know
Speaker 3: you're all over the place out here in South Florida.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we got radio pregame show. You're a good buddy,
Speaker 1: and mine O J mcduffy is with me. That's all
Speaker 1: over iHeartRadio. And then Saturday CBS Miami and affiliates, and
Speaker 1: then next Saturday against Jacksonville. And we'll keep on going
Speaker 1: the radio pregame show two hours before kickoff with with
Speaker 1: Juice all season long.
Speaker 2: So I'm really looking forward to it.
Speaker 3: That's my closer. But I want to come back something
Speaker 3: because it's funny you mentioned OJ earlier. You mentioned something about,
Speaker 3: you know, the offense and defense not really you know,
Speaker 3: being privy to like a scheme in a practice. You're
Speaker 3: not really trying to game plan things. And so there's
Speaker 3: certain things that maybe defense will know is coming. You
Speaker 3: know Christian Harris that the Texans linebacker, talked about taking
Speaker 3: his game tape lash and Rotwa looked off. You know,
Speaker 3: the defense and move people and I'm gonna trust my
Speaker 3: drop and getting this spot. Every single time I talk
Speaker 3: to OJ about that about a defense that maybe knew
Speaker 3: something was coming, he goes to the cheating m efforts.
Speaker 2: He always talks.
Speaker 3: About the defense is cheating. They know the trail, they're
Speaker 3: jumping plays. They're all over the place. So you have
Speaker 3: yourself phone an absolute stud and a co host on
Speaker 3: the pregame show. Tell us about how exaed you are
Speaker 3: to work with.
Speaker 2: Yeah, verst A. OJ is a great guy.
Speaker 1: Anybody in South Florida that's been around since the nineties
Speaker 1: now not only a great player for the Dolphins, but
Speaker 1: really a great guy and making his transition from former
Speaker 1: player into media.
Speaker 2: I love him.
Speaker 1: You know, he's smooth on the air, dedicated guy. So knowledgeable.
Speaker 1: But yes, much like the story from last year with
Speaker 1: Jason Taylor about the defense, OJ is gonna always defend
Speaker 1: the offense doing what we do.
Speaker 2: We always know that going in.
Speaker 1: So, you know, just let those guys go, let them,
Speaker 1: let them say what they gotta say.
Speaker 3: Travis, I was gonna say, they don't make a great
Speaker 3: show just going back and forth to two of those guys.
Speaker 4: I think OJ last year we gave out.
Speaker 3: You know, well, however many wins behind nine wins, gave
Speaker 3: about nine game balls last year.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm pretty sure nine of those which are wide receivers.
Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sure one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: Tyreek Wattle, Tyreek Wattle Tree.
Speaker 3: I was like, I'm surprise you guys now, I'm going
Speaker 3: to the wide that's his go to me every time.
Speaker 4: So oj' is the best. Goaldie. Appreciate your time today.
Speaker 1: Man, ohways, you're the best too, Travis. Thanks man, guy,
Speaker 1: I'm my own show.
Speaker 3: Thank you to Let's go ahead and take our last
Speaker 3: break right there and come back on the other side.
Speaker 3: I'll give you my list of players I'm looking for
Speaker 3: tomorrow night in Houston. That's next Draft Time podcast. Your
Speaker 3: host Travis Wingfield brought to you by Auto Nation. A
Speaker 3: big thank you again to the great Steve Goldstein. You
Speaker 3: can hear him on the call tomorrow night on CBS
Speaker 3: four in Miami or CBS Miami Channel four. I should say,
Speaker 3: but let's go ahead now and talk about some players
Speaker 3: that I'm looking forward to get a chance to take
Speaker 3: a look at in this upcoming game and kind of
Speaker 3: go by position here I suppose, and it starts to
Speaker 3: the quarterback position, and number one, I just want to
Speaker 3: see all of these guys go up against a Demiko
Speaker 3: Ryan's defense in a game setting. Now, you're not going
Speaker 3: to have a scheme from Demico, so that's not exactly
Speaker 3: the same idea of what I guess I'm getting at there,
Speaker 3: But essentially I'm excited to see them go up against him.
Speaker 3: For the rules they adhere to, and they play fast,
Speaker 3: they play hard. I think they're going to probably tackle
Speaker 3: pretty well. I just want to see these quarterbacks good
Speaker 3: chance to go up against the defense. It's coach as
Speaker 3: well as I expect this one to be with Demiko
Speaker 3: Ryans being there in town for the Houston Texans, and
Speaker 3: if Jalen Peatree plays, obviously, you guys heard about him
Speaker 3: on the pick six at practice a couple days back.
Speaker 3: I'm really curious to see how the quarterbacks kind of
Speaker 3: operate off of him because he is He's a I
Speaker 3: don't want to say gambler. He will take his chances,
Speaker 3: and he did on that pick he got and it
Speaker 3: turned into a massive play for him. But I want
Speaker 3: to see how they can potentially work to move him
Speaker 3: if he is in the game and displace him and
Speaker 3: use their eyes to get him out of positions where
Speaker 3: he can impact the passing game because he is really
Speaker 3: really good at that. He actually got a pick on
Speaker 3: two of last year in the game. Now it wasn't
Speaker 3: it didn't stand up because the cornerback interfered with I
Speaker 3: believe Tyreek Hill on the play, but you from that game,
Speaker 3: from any game you watched with the Houston Texans last year,
Speaker 3: Petrie can flat out play and I'm excited to watch
Speaker 3: these quarterbacks get a chance to work against him. Of course,
Speaker 3: if to a play, is very excited to get a
Speaker 3: chance to see him play in a game. It's been
Speaker 3: since Christmas if we had a chance to see that.
Speaker 3: So seeing him come back in and just find a
Speaker 3: rhythm and can get the offense going down the field
Speaker 3: a little bit and push the ball into the red zone,
Speaker 3: hopefully execute in the red zone, which is another area
Speaker 3: I'm excited to watch this team try to go out
Speaker 3: there and improve upon last week's performance as far as
Speaker 3: the offense goes zero for three in that red zone,
Speaker 3: obviously finding a way to manufacture touch downs opposed to
Speaker 3: settling for field goals or in last week's case, fourth
Speaker 3: down failures.
Speaker 4: Excited to watch Mike White and Scalar.
Speaker 3: Thompson compete again for, you know, for that backup quarterback job,
Speaker 3: and you know, we'll see who plays first, who plays second.
Speaker 4: We heard coach McDaniel last week say.
Speaker 3: There's a good possibility they will flip those two guys.
Speaker 3: I continue to think that Mike White had a really
Speaker 3: good training camp so far and progressively gotten better. He's
Speaker 3: gone along, which I think you can expect from a
Speaker 3: quarterback in his first year in a new system or
Speaker 3: a relatively new system for him. I'm excited to see
Speaker 3: him try to execute those red zone throws because he
Speaker 3: did a great job of getting the Dolphins offense up
Speaker 3: and down the field, and then I'll finally in the
Speaker 3: red zone, not quite put the finishing touches on those
Speaker 3: drives and then Skylar Thompson gets some more time to
Speaker 3: throw back there. Obviously he was under heavy duress and
Speaker 3: just play with you know, timing and rhythm that we
Speaker 3: didn't really see last week when he was on the
Speaker 3: field for the offense in general at the running back position.
Speaker 3: I think we all agree here. I can't wait to
Speaker 3: see Devon Achang get more of a workload. We saw
Speaker 3: him use in a variety of roles last week, the
Speaker 3: flexile passing game, catching swings, running the ballton the tackles,
Speaker 3: getting red zone work. Have a chance to watch him
Speaker 3: open up the speed that he's displayed and just want
Speaker 3: to see how they utilize him and just see him
Speaker 3: take another week of a workload and just continue to
Speaker 3: get better. He's been really good in camp, really good
Speaker 3: in the game last week. Want to see what game
Speaker 3: number two brings for Devon Acham and Chris Brooks too.
Speaker 3: I thought Chris Brooks ran really hard, and it's so
Speaker 3: hard and these practices get engage in the running backs.
Speaker 3: So the games are so really telling as far as
Speaker 3: how they run the ball and how physical they are.
Speaker 3: And I thought both guys showed out well in that
Speaker 3: regard last week. Can't wait to watch him play in
Speaker 3: the game tomorrow night at receiver, kind of that log
Speaker 3: jam behind Tyreek and Waddle, right, I'm curious to see
Speaker 3: Brax and Barrios, who's been so dang good. I thought
Speaker 3: he was really good in the preseason game. He had
Speaker 3: a fantastic week out here, got vertical twice for long
Speaker 3: balls from Skyler and from Tua. Just really looking forward
Speaker 3: to seeing how he continues to build and progress his
Speaker 3: role in the offense. Eric Azukama coming off yet another
Speaker 3: really good preseason game for him.
Speaker 4: How does he contribute in this way? Is he going
Speaker 4: to get more handoffs?
Speaker 3: Is it going to be part of the passing game
Speaker 3: watching him block man his work in the run game
Speaker 3: as a blocker, not just a ball carrier, but as
Speaker 3: a blocker, watching him go out there and put some
Speaker 3: guys on their back. I want to see some more
Speaker 3: of that from Azukama chosen obviously as kind of you know,
Speaker 3: didn't play in the game last week, but has come
Speaker 3: on the last couple of weeks here in camp and
Speaker 3: see his role expand and potentially get some look in
Speaker 3: the preseason. And then Cedric Wilson too, and just in
Speaker 3: general for the Texans here. Excited to watch guys go
Speaker 3: up against Derek Stingley, who I think is going to
Speaker 3: be a fantastic player in this league, a second year
Speaker 3: cornerback who had his ups and downs as a rookie.
Speaker 3: But I think that we've seen him practice out here,
Speaker 3: joined practice as he's been pretty dang good at the
Speaker 3: offensive line. The same names we kind of talked about
Speaker 3: last week. Isaiah Win I thought was fantastic at left
Speaker 3: guard in that game, seeing him, you know, work into
Speaker 3: that role and get some more push in the running game.
Speaker 3: If he can continue to do that, I think he's
Speaker 3: going to really you know, put his best foot forward,
Speaker 3: potentially getting a starting spot if he can continue to
Speaker 3: do that because of you know, just how dominant he
Speaker 3: was in that game and how dominant the running attack was.
Speaker 3: And the same goes of Rob Jones, who I just
Speaker 3: think has been really good the last week plus here
Speaker 3: in this practice is against the Houston Tech in the
Speaker 3: game against the Atlanta Falcons. How does heat follow up
Speaker 3: that really good showing last week In the second one
Speaker 3: here and after the Texas defensive line, you know, the
Speaker 3: one on one drills went in their favor, But I
Speaker 3: thought Miami when they had actual full eleven on eleven
Speaker 3: did pretty well against the Texans, except for when they
Speaker 3: blitzed and overloaded the pass rush, which you know that
Speaker 3: that's going to happen. But Tua in the quarterbacks find
Speaker 3: ways to, you know, replace the football, replace the blitzing,
Speaker 3: the vacancy left by the blitzer with the football. So
Speaker 3: how those guys react, you know, obviously the tront Armstead
Speaker 3: injury again, we'll find out more about that in the
Speaker 3: coming days. But you know, Kendall Lamb, Cedric Aboayhee, those
Speaker 3: two guys that have lots of experience off the edge blocking.
Speaker 3: I'm curious see how both those guys look, especially Lamb,
Speaker 3: who's been really good in camp. Have not had a
Speaker 3: chance to watch him yet in preseason, and I go
Speaker 3: back to the three two snaps he played against the
Speaker 3: Patriots last year. It was really good in that game
Speaker 3: before he got injured as well, so him and a
Speaker 3: boy Heat and then of course Lester Cotton as well,
Speaker 3: who had a pretty good game in the preseason game
Speaker 3: last week against.
Speaker 4: The Falcons at tight end.
Speaker 3: Elijah Higgins my guy, I want to see how he
Speaker 3: progresses in a second game. Can you get more work
Speaker 3: in the blocking game? I thought he had some good
Speaker 3: blocks in space. Obviously contributes in the passing game as well.
Speaker 3: I want to see him open it up. Want to
Speaker 3: see him catch a you know, a short ball and
Speaker 3: open up the speed and just see how fast he is.
Speaker 4: On the other side of the football.
Speaker 3: On the defensive line, Jalen Twyeman, I kind of you know,
Speaker 3: Christian Obviously we know what we have there, Zach Steeler,
Speaker 3: Raykwan Davis.
Speaker 4: I want to see the next guys.
Speaker 3: I want to see Jalen Twyeman go up against a
Speaker 3: young Texans interior offensive line, a guy like Kendrick Green
Speaker 3: at first round draft pick last year, who.
Speaker 4: Had his struggles as a rookie.
Speaker 3: I want to see that battle him and some of
Speaker 3: the younger guys here on our defensive line. Deshaun hand
Speaker 3: not younger, but you know, a guy that is new
Speaker 3: to the club. I want to see how he progresses
Speaker 3: in a second week here with Miami after a very
Speaker 3: good first week. Just that entire rotation in general, you know,
Speaker 3: Josiah Bronson, the depth in that room and how they
Speaker 3: handle a young Texans interior offensive line at linebacker more
Speaker 3: gink Man more Andrew van Gyinkle edge your off ball.
Speaker 3: I don't really care. I just want to see him
Speaker 3: play some football. He was so good really all camp.
Speaker 3: He's been good, you know, in his career so far.
Speaker 3: Didn't play last week. Did we get a chance to
Speaker 3: see him in the game, And is some of that
Speaker 3: off ball is off the edge? We'll find out. But
Speaker 3: I'm really curious to watch him and how he attacks,
Speaker 3: especially if it's you know, kind of depth in that
Speaker 3: interior linebacker position where it's new to him, and if
Speaker 3: he plays in that role, if he can you know,
Speaker 3: push a Duke Riley or a Channing Tendall for playing
Speaker 3: time there. I think that that competition only serves to
Speaker 3: make the Dolphins better. So I'm curious see how that
Speaker 3: sorts itself out. And I put you know, Ogbond here.
Speaker 3: He's more of an edge, you know, defensive end obviously,
Speaker 3: but his second game got some snaps last weekgainst the
Speaker 3: Falcons and was absolutely dominant in that game against oh
Speaker 3: Jalen Mayfield. I forgot the guy's name for a second.
Speaker 3: They're the second year player from Michigan. He was really
Speaker 3: dominant against Jalen Mayfield. Curious to see how he looks
Speaker 3: in a second game back off the triceps injury from
Speaker 3: a year ago. And then the linebackers. I mentioned Duke
Speaker 3: Riley Channing Tendall. I thought, you know, Duke didn't play obviously,
Speaker 3: but Channing was so good in that preseason game. Is
Speaker 3: he playing fasters? He's still getting those fits, you know,
Speaker 3: the run fits fitted as it were, and just seeing
Speaker 3: things you know, diagnosed in front of him and go
Speaker 3: make plays. I want to see more of that from
Speaker 3: him and just continue that progression. And then find in
Speaker 3: the defensive backfield. A name you didn't hear this week,
Speaker 3: at least from me, was no Egbuinogany, which is always
Speaker 3: a good thing for a cornerback. I just didn't see
Speaker 3: him get tested a whole bunch. I'm really curious to
Speaker 3: see how he competes after, you know, a really good
Speaker 3: training camp so far.
Speaker 4: And then Elijah Campbell.
Speaker 3: Elijah Campbell fan club right here, we guys know that
Speaker 3: by now, how he performs, you know, where he performs
Speaker 3: on the on the field on defense, very versatile player,
Speaker 3: how he contributes on special teams as well. I'm very
Speaker 3: excited about his potential in his game. And then Deshaun
Speaker 3: Elliott played a lot last week. I'm curious to see
Speaker 3: if he gets that same workload and the role that
Speaker 3: he fulfills in that defensive backfield. So fun game coming up.
Speaker 3: We'll see who plays, who doesn't play. Either way, We're
Speaker 3: gonna have the post game show for you guys from
Speaker 3: the iHeart Studios, our first time in studio. Very very
Speaker 3: excited about that, me, Seth and OJ. Right after the
Speaker 3: game Hitch triple Zeros. We are on the air for
Speaker 3: two hours. I'll have the podcast for you guys early
Speaker 3: Sunday morning. I'm sorry, I'm trying to track my days here.
Speaker 3: They kind of run together this point, but you'll have
Speaker 3: plenty of content coming your way. And then right back
Speaker 3: to Miami Gardens after that for some more practices and
Speaker 3: finally the third preseason game next week against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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