WEBVTT - Drive Time: August 12 Dolphins Camp Report 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:05.880 To on remove Dallan Deep Speedways past Hellas. 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:09.399 From the Baptist Health Studio this inside the Baptist Health 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:10.400 Training Complex. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.720 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:25.320 He's good, my avands in the playoffs? What is up Dolphins? 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.880 And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am your host, 0:00:28.960 --> 0:00:32.519 Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, another day of Dolphins 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:34.800 practice number thirteen is in the books. We'll have the 0:00:34.840 --> 0:00:38.120 news from a light practice. Plenty of news we heard 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.160 from coach, some players including Jalen Phillips who is back 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.360 if you have not heard that news already. And finally, 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:47.080 some additional notes from the game after a film rewatch, 0:00:47.159 --> 0:00:50.000 and some thoughts from around the National Football League after 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:53.360 the first game first week, I should say of exhibition 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:56.560 games across the NFL. From the Baptist Health Studios inside 0:00:56.560 --> 0:01:01.160 the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is It's a Drivetime podcast. 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:05.800 So in lieu of a bunch of practice notes, we 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:08.080 do have some We're gonna run a ton of audio 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:10.280 today and it might be something of a clip show 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:14.000 from what you've seen from sitcoms over the years, but 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.280 I'm gonna have a ton of audio on the podcast 0:01:16.280 --> 0:01:18.000 and it's not stuff we've done in the past, so 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.480 it's not really a clip show. I'm just gonna rely 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:23.679 on different voices for a large portion of this podcast, 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.240 and we'll do that to kick it off with some 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:29.319 news and some great news at that that I already spoiled, 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.120 and then you already know by now you listen to 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.319 this podcast for news because we are late on the 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:37.560 news because podcasts aren't live. But Jalen Phillips is back 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.240 and by k E Style. I wanted to ask JP 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:44.679 about reflecting on that day on the trainer's table, the 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:47.360 day after the injury, the one they captured on Hard Knocks, 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:51.040 where he was talking about this opportunity for himself, and 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:55.040 I think the somber nature of that episode really reflected, 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:59.440 or rather resonated with Dolphins fans everywhere, and so I 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:01.200 wanted to check with him on that because he's such 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:06.000 a thoughtful and just introspective guy about where he was 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.600 that day and where he is today and where his 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:11.560 mind goes when he thinks about those lonely days in 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.120 the trainer's room versus being out there with his friends 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:16.239 and his teammates. And as you'll hear from him here, 0:02:16.560 --> 0:02:18.720 he has in fact seen the episode of Hard Knocks 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.320 a few times, several. 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:23.239 Several times, a lot of times. Yeah, I mean when 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:27.440 it happened, obviously, I was just so devastated that, you know, 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:29.359 all the work that we put in together as a 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.720 team and obviously individually throughout the whole offseason and everything 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:34.960 culminating to that, and kind of just the way the 0:02:34.960 --> 0:02:37.679 season was going. Obviously I had some some adversity in 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.840 the beginning of the season injury wise, and so I 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:41.920 felt like I was really hitting my stride and to 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:44.440 you know, especially the way that game was going. Like 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.200 I said, I was hooping, I was bawling out. Mike 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:47.920 had told me before the game, like this is your 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.760 opportunity to kind of be a household name. And so 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.320 I was riding high, like probably the highest I've been 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:55.400 in my in my NFL career, and then to be 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:58.360 humbled just like that, it was. It was devastating. And 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.720 but right when I happened, I remember going to the 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:04.240 shower and I was crying, and I just told myself 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.920 like like this is okay. Like this, I'm gonna attack this, 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:08.600 like I'm gonna get over this, and it's gonna make 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:10.200 me stronger at the end of the day. So I 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.240 really thank god. I really said thank you, like thank 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.480 you for giving me this opportunity because I know it's 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:17.359 gonna make me a monster. And so yeah, it's it's 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:20.560 been a hell of a journey, just having to test 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:22.920 my patience. Like I said, I couldn't walked for basically 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:26.120 four months, and then getting back into it obviously, like 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.320 I love running, I love speed, That's my whole thing, 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:31.240 and so coming back into it, having to start on 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.519 the treadmill and then when I'm out, you know, running 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:35.560 on the ground. Like the first couple of times I 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.920 was running, it felt good, but then afterwards I'm super, 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:39.600 super sore and having to cut it down for a 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:42.800 little bit. So it's just been an up and down process. 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:45.560 Like most things in life in general aren't linear, but 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.360 especially recovering from injuries and a major injury like that, 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:50.320 it's not linear. It's been a lot of peaks, a 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.400 lot of alleys. But I feel like I'm in a 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.760 really strong part of my recovery right now and I'm 0:03:54.800 --> 0:03:57.320 making a lot of big strides. So yeah, it's just 0:03:58.040 --> 0:03:59.720 I don't have a lot of time to reflect on it, 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:01.520 just because like I said, I'm so president. I'm so 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.200 focused and really so eager to get back. But like 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.520 when I watch those videos and stuff like that, sometimes 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:08.240 I'll be having to remind myself, like who I am 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.440 as a player, Right, I've been looking at old film, 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:12.560 looking at the Hard Knocks episode and stuff, just to 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:15.000 give me that confidence because I've been away from the 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:16.760 gay This is the longest basically in my whole life 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.120 that I've been away from football other than when I retired. 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.159 But you know, it's kind of a different story. But 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.080 I came back swinging when I retired, so hey, don't 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:24.880 come back swinging now. 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.279 And then to follow up here, just the process of 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:29.080 how he was able to get on this track for 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.119 the speedy recovery and if you guys don't follow Ghost 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.160 of Adam Gays on Twitter, recommend it. He's got some 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:39.040 really good insights for you on rehabilitation. He's been talking 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:41.599 about the Aaron Rodgers achilles injury for a minute now 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:44.560 and he's got some updates on the Gelen Phillips recovery 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.560 and has some good information about the stability of that 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.120 leg and how it looks like he is pretty day 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.640 close to getting back to to full go. Today was 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:54.920 a little bit of walkthrough reps for him as well 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.479 as to Ron Armstead. But I wanted to play this 0:04:57.560 --> 0:04:59.720 audio for you all on Jalen Phillips and how he 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:02.560 got himself into this position to where it looks like 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:06.120 come week one, been saying it, I think he's gonna go. 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:07.800 Oh man. Just trying to take it day by day, 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:10.839 trying not to get to ahead of myself. Obviously, I'm 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.400 a high achiever and I want to come back healthy 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.280 as quick as possible, and so throughout this whole process, 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:18.240 I've just been listening to my body, listening to my 0:05:18.320 --> 0:05:21.440 trainers obviously, and it's been great so far and definitely 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:21.760 be great. 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:24.000 I always love getting a second hand perspective on a 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.840 guy that's not going to brag on himself, and coach 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:29.160 McDaniel will do that for us and tell us how 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:31.000 special Number fifteen is. 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.640 What I got to learn about Jalen Phillips is that 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:42.040 he's a He's a very capable, strong learner, because this 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:46.640 is a this was a test of internal fortitude coming 0:05:46.680 --> 0:05:50.359 at you know, for Jalen his game, he's he's always 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.520 been an impact player, but he was right when he 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:59.919 got injured, he was kind of there was momentum swinging 0:06:00.120 --> 0:06:03.560 in a positive regard towards his conviction of how to 0:06:03.680 --> 0:06:07.960 play his position. He was feeling a different level of. 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:09.880 Confidence. 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:15.520 And then for a guy that has ambitions as he does, 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:19.760 he wants to be great in the worst way. It 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:27.320 is a long vision challenge to attack this injury appropriately 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:33.280 and not something that by nature is totally his speed. 0:06:33.400 --> 0:06:38.080 He wants to fix the issue and go play. So 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:43.760 to watch him diligently go about the process, and I 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:45.760 thought he was going to be a number one violator 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:49.560 of of you know, secretly overdoing what he was supposed 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:53.560 to do, to be patient and to have the vision 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:58.720 for his teammates really and what you know, we're all 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.839 relying upon him coming back and him being able to 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:08.600 first find his footing from a health perspective and then 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:11.640 be able to contribute to this team. I've been very 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:15.800 proud of how he's how he's attacked that and while 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:21.160 doing so, doing things that leaders do, which is you 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:26.560 feel his presence as a teammate. You know, I think 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:33.520 even when he's not playing, he definitely took note. Both 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:37.840 him and Bradley did how Jalen Ramsey attacked his injury 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:43.200 last year and as a result, he's he's already impacted 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:46.440 twenty twenty four dolphins before he sat on the field, 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:49.520 so excited for him to go to the next stage. 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:54.600 And and we'll see how his body responds with that. 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:56.800 And you know how special he is as an athlete, 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.600 as a humanitarian in the community. And I just want 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.000 to spill some additional behind the scenes t real quick. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.960 So we have this award that the media gives out 0:08:05.000 --> 0:08:07.520 every single year. It's called the Good Guy Award for 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:11.200 players who are gracious and cooperative with us in the media. 0:08:11.640 --> 0:08:13.720 And I don't think you even need to hold that 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:17.440 vote this year because to me, Number fifteen won it today. 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.080 And this goes back to you know, I've voted for 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.000 him the last couple of years here he was my 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:24.680 I think he was my top choice last year, if 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:25.480 I'm not mistaken. 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.560 But he's just a unicorn man. 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:32.120 He's like twenty four years old, and he conducts himself 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:34.800 with the maturity of someone who's seen a full lifetime already. 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:36.960 And you know a little peak behind the curtains here 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.280 in media scrums, it is first come for sir, whoever 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.400 gets the question first or in most cases, the loudest 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.160 is the one who gets to speak, and somebody's question 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:49.560 got stepped on today. But JP acknowledged the question that 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.280 didn't get asked and said, I'll come back to you next. 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:57.080 And then this is how it also works. More, Uh, 0:08:57.120 --> 0:09:01.040 what's the word I'm looking for here? More chatter out 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.920 overshadowed the person trying to ask the follow up question, 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.520 and JP pointed at him, said, no, we're going back 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:09.200 to I think it was Chris Perkins. We're going back 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.480 over here because I promised him that he could talk next. 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:13.720 You know, he could ask the next question. 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.800 Just that level of thoughtfulness, of self awareness, that level 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.160 of compassion for people. I mean, gosh, I talk about 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.360 us all the time in my personal life. This is 0:09:22.520 --> 0:09:24.199 something that has been jarring to me come into the 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:28.559 East Coast, is how horrible customer service is. Like any place, 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.920 but like even fast food restaurants, if they don't tell 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:32.880 you please and thank you, they don't like you have 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:34.680 to ask them for what you need. There's no like 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.920 how are you doing today. It's a shock to me. 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.360 I'm not used to that being from a smaller town 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:44.920 and in today's age, in today's you know, instant gratification, 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:47.160 Like I need entertainment now, I need to think about 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:49.240 myself right now. Like for a twenty four year old 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:51.640 to have that level of compassion, I just think it's 0:09:51.679 --> 0:09:54.319 so rare. And I don't know about y'all, but that's 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:57.079 the kind of energy that I gravitate towards personally. Is 0:09:57.080 --> 0:10:00.000 people that look out for others more so than just themselves. 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.880 More news, Grayson Murphy and Cam Brown both were added 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.280 to the injury reserve or the reserve injury list, I 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.960 should say, which when that happens before the season begins, 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.000 you wind up missing the entire season, which is such 0:10:11.000 --> 0:10:13.960 a bummer because Grayson Murphy, man, he was off to 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.200 a hot start in camp. He was a great fifth 0:10:16.200 --> 0:10:18.120 of this defense and how they run twists and stunts 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.240 and games and different guys condensed different spots and can 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.920 blitz or drop from different locations, and he made that 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:25.800 first play in the game. On the preseason, in the 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:29.480 preseason opener, and on the telecast, you heard Steve Goldstein 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.640 talk about how McDaniel in their production meeting had said 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.560 that Grayson Murphy was a guy that should have been 0:10:34.640 --> 0:10:36.719 drafted and he was surprised that he wasn't, so he's 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:40.080 on IR. Cam Brown also goes to IR, a special 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:42.920 teams ace that was signed from the Giants this offseason, 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:45.679 and in their place Wyatt Ray and in last name 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.040 that I don't know how to pronounce, but I'm gonna 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.400 try it, David Ania, I think is how you say it, 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:53.319 and An Nih. Those guys were added in place of 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:55.920 Grayson Murphy and Cam Brown. And just to speak to 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.679 the cutthroat business that is the NFL, they got their 0:10:58.800 --> 0:11:02.280 jersey numbers too. Wyatt ran forty seven, David Ania in 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.920 number fifty nine. Odell Beckham Junior will not practice this 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.079 week per McDaniel, but after that he'll be week to 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.520 week so he is on track to return sooner than later. 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:15.400 We did see Eric Azukama back at practice, not a 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.920 lot of action in a very tame down edition of 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.600 a training camp practice. And then Tanner Connor will also 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:22.960 miss some time, probably the rest of this week most likely, 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.800 and they will assess him going forward. No update on 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.240 what that injury is. And I keep seeing the question 0:11:28.280 --> 0:11:30.040 on Twitter. I'm not ignoring it because I don't think 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.520 you guys are worthy of responding back to I want 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:34.640 to give you much information as I can, but when 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:36.600 it comes to the nature of injuries, they're typically not 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:39.360 discussed unless it comes out from a third source. So 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:41.760 just know that I'm not hiding it from you, guys. 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.640 I just don't know because I haven't heard that yet. 0:11:43.800 --> 0:11:46.000 And when someone just deems it the time right to 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.200 talk about what body part is injured, you'll hear about 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:50.720 it on this podcast as well as well as at 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:54.200 the press conferences. Lots of guys came back. Jordan Poyer 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:56.840 was back at practice. Jalen Waddell went through stretch but 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:59.320 then missed the rest of practice. That was a little 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.080 bit of a tease there, but it's good to see 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:04.320 him coming back and getting work, you know, after missing 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:06.880 a few days last week in practice. Chop Robinson, who 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.160 didn't play the game on Friday because of some small 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:11.800 Nickson bruises, was back at practice in full go. Jordan 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:14.400 Brooks was back and Braxon Barrios was also back there 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:17.680 as well. Tron Armstead got his first team drills of 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:20.960 the season, albeit in a walk through fashion. We also 0:12:21.080 --> 0:12:24.680 had no Mo Kamara and no Neville Gallimore at practice, 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:27.640 so plenty of news there. This is not a news podcast. 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.959 But we got what was that ten minutes of news 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:32.959 in the show right there. I want to now pivot 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:37.000 though to a combination of practice today, press conferences today, 0:12:37.240 --> 0:12:40.800 and the game on Friday. So Jalen Wright showed us 0:12:41.400 --> 0:12:47.120 why the Dolphins dipped into their twenty twenty five draft 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:50.719 treasure trove, and with the knowledge that they have two 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:53.720 third round picks coming their way back through the compensatory formula, 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:56.439 they used their organic third round draft pick to go 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:00.880 get this guy. And you've seen it play out exactly 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:04.360 how they imagined. Because this offense is going to get 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.640 backs to the second level. They're going to get backs 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:09.840 in space, and they're going to ask you then to 0:13:09.920 --> 0:13:12.560 make special plays like Devon ah Chen did, and like 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.280 Jalen Wright does, and like where Hee Moster does. And 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:20.320 I cannot stress enough how that game you saw on 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:23.719 Friday was the culmination of his entire training camp and 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:28.079 ota in roocky Many camp to date, the running style 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:31.160 he showed us and the production that he produced in 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:34.000 the game, and I have many thoughts about this. First though, 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.120 let's go ahead and hear from Jalen Wright on his 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:39.679 ability to be a complete back in this league. 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:41.640 I mean, I feel like I'm a back that could 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.439 do anything. I feel like I'm a very versatile back, 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.959 you know, somebody that could, you know, go out in space, 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:49.040 catch the ball, make something happen with the ball in 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.520 his hands. So I'm just feeling I'm really confident in 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:53.440 you know, my ability, you know, do anything, you know, 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.480 whether that's running through the line of screamage, breaking tackles, 0:13:57.080 --> 0:13:59.280 you get seeing the scene, hitting it and not being 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:01.480 caught as well, you know, catching a ball and you know, 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:03.120 see it a scene and you know, not getting caught 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:03.480 as wheel. 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.280 So yeah, and at today's practice, it was all red zone. 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:09.679 It was basically all the ones, with some rotation at 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:11.559 a few spots, but mostly to a tongue of Bai 0:14:11.559 --> 0:14:14.600 Low at the quarterback position, some Jalen right and more 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.000 impressive runs. But it was more of what a game 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.800 script might look like. And that's why I always, you know, 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.040 I question the motive behind, like, oh, it didn't look 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:25.920 good today when you think about like them trying to 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:28.280 work on third and eighths where the percentage of execution 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.160 is low, not like it's because they're not game planning 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.040 for how to beat their own defense. They're trying to 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.520 establish certain looks to make things tough, to improve on 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:37.400 those things, and then go back to their bread and 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.640 butter whenever they damn well please. I've talked about this 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:44.040 on podcasts countlessly, but lots of you know, backfield mystique 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.440 and shifting and eye candy. There was a rep where 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:49.720 alec ingold like goes in motion and then peels back 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:51.680 and stays in pass pro for the six guy and 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:53.920 pass protection. They slide to the left and make everybody else, 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.240 you know, change their rush, land their gap, and it 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.520 creates these big pockets for two to throw from which 0:14:58.520 --> 0:14:59.520 he did all day long. 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:01.840 They move to a they scramble them, they boot him. 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:04.880 I thought it was refreshing to see a version of 0:15:04.920 --> 0:15:07.200 what the offense will become the season that with the 0:15:07.240 --> 0:15:09.120 media and the fans in and attendance to kind of 0:15:09.160 --> 0:15:10.640 get a look at, you know, this is what it 0:15:10.680 --> 0:15:13.280 actually looks like. And then on top of that, their 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.840 combination of a curveball or a change up rather to 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:18.520 the fastball they have in the running game, which is 0:15:18.560 --> 0:15:22.240 obviously wide zone stretch zone concepts get the defense flowing 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.400 as fast as you possibly can to the perimeter, and 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:26.720 then it gives you the opportunity to pull the ball 0:15:26.800 --> 0:15:29.560 back out and create displacement in the passing game and 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:31.480 in the gaps in the running game. But then you 0:15:31.520 --> 0:15:35.520 combine what we saw from that power football on the 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.760 Jillen Right touchdown on Friday night. Power football is not 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.080 just running the ball. It's an actual scheme. So power 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.840 is typically when you get down blocks and a pulling 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:45.960 guard from the backside, or sometimes a tackle if you 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:48.040 want to go counter trade like you can pull multiple guys. 0:15:48.240 --> 0:15:52.040 But power is essentially man up block the man in 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:53.440 front of you. We're going to go ahead and pull 0:15:53.480 --> 0:15:55.920 an extra backside player to give you an extra lead 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.480 block in that gap. We saw in the Cowboys game 0:15:58.600 --> 0:16:01.800 Jeff Wilson behind some Rob Jones blocks in man gap 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:05.080 power schemes, and in this practice we saw or in 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.720 the game rather on Friday. That's how Jalen Wright scored 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:11.040 behind the lead block of Sean Harlow, behind the crack 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.440 back of Malik Washington, behind the down block of Hayden Ruccie. 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:16.880 And we kept seeing that, and I just keep thinking 0:16:16.880 --> 0:16:19.960 about all the eye candy in the backfield, the mix 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.880 of run action, the added tight end ability with both 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:26.000 Julian Hill's growth in year two and what John new 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:29.160 Smith offers. I think they just continue to add pieces 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:32.520 and sheets in this playbook that's gonna make you ultimately 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.360 even more difficult to defend. And we saw it all 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.600 day on Monday, we saw on Friday. I am very 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:41.360 intrigued by that. I'm intrigued by the fact that we 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:44.080 saw today Jalen Wright score on a run to the 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.600 perimeter where he got outside of the force defender, which 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:48.400 is tough to do in his own right, turns it 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:51.400 upfield and has the sliver of an angle that he 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:56.040 found between the defender and the sideline. Like it was impressive. Man, 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:59.000 He's so impressive. And the way that pairs with what 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:02.240 he keeps showing us on those inside zone runs or 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:06.320 power runs, gosh, it is awesome. And yet still Jalen 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:08.320 Wright thinks he can add more to his game. 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.359 Yeah, just being detailed, like you know my tracks, you know, pressing, 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.639 you know, pressing the right tracks, you know, delivering the 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:17.600 blocks to the linebackers on you know, uh with with thessignments. 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:19.600 You know what I'm saying, Just this processing the play 0:17:19.640 --> 0:17:21.520 when I hear it, you know, so I could get 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:23.640 to where I need to be in every certain formation 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:25.200 so you know just the details and everything. 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:27.119 And that's why I think he's having success early on 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:30.200 what he just said right there. That mindset that will play, 0:17:30.280 --> 0:17:32.160 you know, that's going to play in this system where 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:34.439 the ability to play fast and then have it be 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:37.160 a second nature reaction to you, that's going to take 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:39.280 you a long way. And I think Jay Dubbs well 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.719 on that track. And there's a reason they spent next 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.480 year's draft capital. This guy's going to contribute right away. 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:45.199 They know that. 0:17:45.440 --> 0:17:47.400 You can see it as clear as day, and it's 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.200 become an embarrassment of riches in that backfield. 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:50.480 Man. 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.400 I saw Chris Brooks with some more impressive runs, Raheem Moster, 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:56.040 Davon a Chien, Jeff Wilson's having an awesome camp so far. 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:57.960 In fact, let's go ahead and take our first break 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.720 right there and come back and continue this on the 0:18:00.800 --> 0:18:02.919 running back room and McDaniel will tell us how he 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:05.840 wants to approach crafting the depth chart with a room 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.800 this deep and running backs. That's all next Draft Time podcast, 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.400 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by automation. 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:21.080 You have to let the players determine who gets the 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.440 ball and how frequently and how much they're in the game, 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:28.640 and that's very important. I think the cool thing when 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:33.000 you have a position group that on the front end, 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:38.919 you know, by NFL standards, is very, very talented, one 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.680 of the most if not the most talented. 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:45.639 Of you know that you can remember or you've been 0:18:45.680 --> 0:18:46.280 on teams with. 0:18:47.560 --> 0:18:51.080 You don't worry about how that is going to unfold. 0:18:51.480 --> 0:18:55.760 You let it unfold, and it's always very obvious. You 0:18:55.760 --> 0:19:02.159 can tell by how people execute their their blocks and 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:07.359 their belief of the player carrying the ball, and you 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:11.840 have to be able to be open minded to how 0:19:11.880 --> 0:19:15.640 it plays out. So I think, you know, the residuals 0:19:15.760 --> 0:19:21.080 of a deep room you can see on each individual player. 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:26.879 I'm seeing, for instance, you know, some of Jeff Wilson's 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:28.760 best ball. 0:19:28.760 --> 0:19:30.320 That he's that I've seen him play. 0:19:31.320 --> 0:19:35.720 I've you know, worked him out as an as a 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:40.920 player in North Texas back in twenty eighteen, and some 0:19:41.000 --> 0:19:45.040 of his best stuff has been in this camp. And 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:50.520