WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 17 Recap 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:16.880 Fail touchdown, Miami drun? What is up? Dolph fans? And 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:20.439 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:25.959 Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:29.680 it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:32.880 as always and each and every day, I am here 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:36.479 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:38.960 And on today's show, we've got another busy one for 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:42.520 you guys, another training camp practice to recap. We're gonna 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.680 hear from Will Fuller to a Tongue by Loo Jerome Baker. 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.520 We're gonna break it all down play by play, get 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:52.000 you top performers. No matchup of the day today, but 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:53.840 we have plenty to come for you on this training 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:56.959 camp edition of the Drivetime Podcast from the Baptist Health 0:00:57.000 --> 0:01:01.080 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:08.760 Drive Time Podcast You've gotta love, August I, honestly, I 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:13.679 feel like these shows are thirty plus minutes of drinking 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:17.440 Miami Dolphins information through a fire hose, and my pace 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:21.919 certainly accentuates that point. But even after the Monday episode 0:01:21.959 --> 0:01:25.280 that those episodes get a lot of hours put into them, 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:28.440 a lot of thought put into them as usually after 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:32.280 I finished postgame work on a typical Sunday night. This 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:36.160 time it was Saturday night after the preseason game. And 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:38.120 when I clock out and I say a clock out 0:01:38.120 --> 0:01:41.080 with air quotes, I still go back into football mode. 0:01:41.120 --> 0:01:45.000 I'm looking up Pro Football Focus stats. I'm rewatching the 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.000 game two or three times to get some note I 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:51.880 didn't cover on the previous podcast. Just taking your passion 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:53.720 what you love and turning it into a job has 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.680 its benefits because even when you're not working, you're kind 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:59.400 of always working. So with that, I find a way 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:04.520 to during those thirty six hours or so between podcast episodes, 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:07.080 come up with a bunch of content for the podcast. 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.800 And the reason I'm saying this is because all the 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.880 information that goes into that. Here we are barely twenty 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.880 four hours later and we have a lot more to 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:18.839 get to on another podcast, including a practice in front 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:22.400 of a relatively small crowd at the Baptist Health Training Complex, 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:26.959 and it was not interrupted by terrible weather, although it 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.680 seemed for a moment it could have been interrupted because 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:32.240 the weather was not great out there. Let's go ahead 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:34.760 and start with the news from Tuesdays. The Dolphins trimmed 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:37.959 the roster down to e d players. First offensive lineman 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:42.120 Jermaine Illuminoire and wide receiver Isaiah Ford were released from 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:46.440 the Dolphins roster and Robert Foster received a waived slash 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:49.600 injury settlement after suffering an injury last week in practice. 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.919 Lynn Bowden goes to the injured reserve. Lynn Bowden Jr. 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.480 The draft pick of the Raiders last year trade to 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:58.320 Miami in September. And just so you guys are clear 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.880 on the rule here on injured reserve. If a player 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:04.600 goes on i R before the fifty three man roster 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:08.480 has been finalized and officially announced, then that player is 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.040 out for the entire season. He is not eligible for 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:13.840 the return back to the active roster. Now, anybody else 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:18.880 who goes on i R post fifty three man announcement, 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.520 those players can return back to the roster after a 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:25.079 minimum of three weeks on the injured reserve. And there's 0:03:25.120 --> 0:03:28.680 also no in season pup this year either, So some 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:30.639 changing rules. I feel like the rules were the same 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:34.480 for decades of covering the NFL, and last year with COVID, 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:35.960 we had some new rules come in and now the 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.760 NFL is kind of finding its way to modify some 0:03:38.800 --> 0:03:40.080 of the rules they had, and I think for the 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.080 better here, So good on the league for taking care 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:43.960 of that stuff. But that's that's what it is. Lynn 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.320 Boden goes to the injured reserve. We also had a 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:50.800 walkthrough on Tuesday that doesn't bring you a podcast episode, 0:03:50.840 --> 0:03:53.720 but there are some leftover media availability notes that I 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:56.240 definitely want to cover. And I know I typically build 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.160 these into the story of the show somehow, and that's 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.560 obviously my pres friends to give you a great podcast, 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:03.680 but that's just not going to be the case today 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:07.880 because the notes just don't quite coincide with the practice notes. 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:10.480 And so I start here with Will Fuller and a 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:13.040 couple of quotes he had in his first media availability 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:16.599 of training camp, coming back and practice seeing for the 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.200 first time since day one when he left with the 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.480 leg injury. And that's exactly why I wanted to play 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.960 his audio, because although he's not been on the field 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.560 going through the reps with the team, he has been 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.359 on the field taking those mental reps and soaking it 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:34.039 all in. So here he is talking about the value 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:37.000 of having those reps and hearing the calls from two up. Yeah, yeah, 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:38.719 that that that's one of the most important things for me. 0:04:38.800 --> 0:04:40.839 Just hearing a play call from Tour in the huddle. 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.200 You know, I've been sitting to meetings, I've been hearing 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:44.640 it in the means, but it's different when you out 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:46.760 there and you actually gotta go to your spot. So 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.400 um like like like, like he asked me earlier, just 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.280 not gonna rust off. We're hearing to play from him 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:53.440 and just playing fast. You know, He's gonna be a 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:57.600 fun year. And the relevance of that quote was relevant 0:04:57.640 --> 0:04:59.760 today as well because to a tongue of Bloa talked 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:02.920 about getting guys back in the chemistry, but also how 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:04.919 those guys were able to get reps when they weren't 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:08.800 on the field practicing. It's good to have all our 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:12.599 guys back out here, um, you know, to be able 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:15.240 to work some timing and um, you know, get some 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:19.160 work in with them. But I think the just them 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:21.320 being able to get back into the huddle here calls 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.359 get out and nowhere they're lining up at um, you know, 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:26.920 and then executing with them. I think that's very important. 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:29.480 And then I want to go back to Will Fuller here, 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.039 who touched on the game Saturday night, when he was 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.599 asked about what intrigues you most about the offense, and 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:36.800 he obviously watched the game and saw what Mike go 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.159 Sicky and Miles Gasking and the rest of the crew did. 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.440 And here he is talking about the distribution of the 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:43.880 football on the offense. Yeah, like we we get the 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.400 ball around all the guys, you know, um, just watching 0:05:46.400 --> 0:05:50.000 the games. Miles had a day, Mike had his day. Uh, 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.320 you know, so many younger guys. We're catching touchdown, so 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:54.920 we spread the ball out a lot. So it's one ball. 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:56.680 So it's gonna be fun playing with all these guys 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.240 around here. And I want to play a couple more 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.440 sound clips for you guys here because there was plenty 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.160 of good media the last two days. And Jason mccordy 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:06.640 is a guy that you know. He talks about his 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:10.080 role in his leadership and the serving mentality he has 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:13.080 in terms of his impact on younger guys on his 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.440 team around the league, and what his role is with 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.800 his football team and how you fully embrace whatever that 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.800 role might be. I just love hearing him articulate thoughts 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:22.520 so much. I want to go here to Jason McCarty. 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:25.840 But first, he did touch on food allergies, and he 0:06:25.880 --> 0:06:28.400 actually stepped up to the podium and gave a statement 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.920 to start off, talking about National Food Allergy Awareness Day 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:34.400 and how the Dolphins and he have partnered with f 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.000 A R and organization f A R E, I should say, 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:39.799 an organization that does a ton of work for food allergies. 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.840 His young daughter has severe food allergies, so he talked 0:06:42.839 --> 0:06:46.360 about a year in Cleveland when his daughter had butternut squash, 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:48.960 but there was salmon on the plate, and he referenced 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:52.040 Will Smith in the movie Hitch, if you're recalling that movie, 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:53.880 when his face just blows up from the allergy that 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:55.880 he has. He said, the same thing happened to his 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:58.240 daughter's lips. So I can only imagine the fear on 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:01.440 a father's on his face something, his reaction and everything 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.120 that he does with a young daughter having going through that. 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:07.159 I can't even imagine dealing with anything happening to Caroline ever, 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:10.400 so I can imagine the frustration and fear there for 0:07:10.480 --> 0:07:13.240 Jason mccordy. But back to the football side of things, 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.400 he talked about the leadership role and taking a guy 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:19.160 like Javon Holland under his wing, and I just thought 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:20.680 it was a great answer. Let's go ahead and play 0:07:20.720 --> 0:07:24.600 the audio here from Jason mccordy on Tuesday. Nah, it's 0:07:24.600 --> 0:07:26.800 not hard, And I was saying no, because I can 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:30.600 remember the specific guys my rookie year all that poured 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.640 into me. You know, Cortland, Finnigan who was here, Chris 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:37.040 hol Vinny Fuller. Uh, so many guys kind of took 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.160 the time to pour into me. And they were all 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:41.400 defensive backs as well, and we were all competing. So 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:43.880 for me, I mean, I'm as I'm a it's a blessing. 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:45.840 I'm blessed to just be able to be here my 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:49.160 thirteenth year. Whether my role is prominent I'm playing every 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.559 player the game, or whether my role is fifteen plays 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.480 here or five plays there, whatever it is, I'm fortunate 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:56.240 to be able to be out here. And I think 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.520 as older player, you realize that no matter whether you 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.200 want to help a guy or not, that's the natural progression. 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.600 And a young player and that can play ball and 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:05.440 knows what he's doing, he's gonna find his way on 0:08:05.480 --> 0:08:07.760 the field. So I think it what makes it easy 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.040 is just the type of player and the type of person. 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:13.120 Javan is Man he's very serious about his job. He's 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:16.080 very serious about football. He puts in a ton of work, 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.080 not only physically out here, but mentally making sure he's 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:21.280 known what to do, knowing his checks. So it's been 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:23.120 a ton of find kind of joking and getting to 0:08:23.120 --> 0:08:25.280 know him and help him along on the football field. 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:29.560 Great stuff there from Jason mccordy. And another prominent leader 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:32.920 on this football team is a player nearly a decade 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.240 Jason Jr. And Jason had a funny comment and his 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:38.400 presser as well about his birthday when we were up 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:41.719 in Chicago and Jalen Waddle, the bright eyed rookie out 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.040 here in Miami, wished him a happy birthday, and that's 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:45.880 how old are you? J Mack and j Max says 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:50.080 thirty four and Wattle response, Damn, I feel you on that, 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:53.400 J Mack for someone turning thirty four in October, I 0:08:53.440 --> 0:08:56.440 feel you. But back to that young prominent leader I 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.440 talked about, it's Jerome Baker, Dolphins linebacker. And I had 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:01.520 a chance to as Jerome at the start of his 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.920 press conference about the Haiti earthquake relief efforts that he 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.600 has partnered with North Miami and taking care of some 0:09:07.679 --> 0:09:09.560 of that and he helped out last week. I asked 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:13.120 him about that. Here's Jerome on the Haiti earthquake relief efforts. 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:16.400 I meant everything, you know, tomals the last day to 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:20.120 get donations in and uh, you know, any supplies as 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:24.680 far as paper, towels, um, you know, women products, two paces, 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:26.839 sup prushes, all the little things you know, we take 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.439 for granted. They needed so uh tomals the last day, 0:09:29.480 --> 0:09:31.000 and it miss so much for me to partner up 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:34.160 and just be a part of that. And man Jerome 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:37.319 was such a gym man defending the homeland down here 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:41.880 and not only South Florida, but surrounding and neighboring counties 0:09:41.880 --> 0:09:44.800 and cities and even countries in this instance. And he 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.560 also does his part to lead a defense that's looking 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.440 pretty damn good so far. There's training camp, especially today, 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:54.600 and a reporter ash Jerome about the process of playing 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.720 a single play at the linebacker position, and he talks 0:09:57.760 --> 0:09:59.520 about it. But the part I want to really focus 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:03.080 on here is the anticipation and communication. Towards the end 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:04.920 of his answer, I mean, it's a it's a lot 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:08.520 that goes into it. First is the call, Then it's um, 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:11.199 you know, you see what the offense is giving you. Uh, 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.040 then you make your checks and you kind of just 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:15.320 you want to communicate as much as possible because you 0:10:15.400 --> 0:10:17.960 never know if it's uh, you're minding somebody else what 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.160 they got or you're, you know, reminding somebody that look 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:23.840 out for this and it all. You know, you've got 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.320 to have anticipation. That's how you make plays and just 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:28.760 that communication. You know that that's the key to you know, 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.760 a great defense. So we definitely put an emphasis on 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:35.160 that communication leads to an anticipation, which leads to big place. 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:37.240 I thought that was so smart and so well said 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:40.800 there by Jerome who does his part to not only 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:43.120 have the speed to get two spots on the football field, 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.880 but also the mental capacity and preparation to put him 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:48.280 in position to make play after play after play like 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:51.240 he does. We also had Brian Flora's Dolphins head coach 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:54.080 meet with the media on Tuesday, and the assistant coaches 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:56.880 were available on Monday. You guys can find that content 0:10:57.000 --> 0:10:59.360 up on the team YouTube page. Let's go ahead and 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.160 get some of the pract just notes here. The thing 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.680 you all come for, these these training camp reports on 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:07.120 the Drive Time podcast. Subscribe rate and review to the podcast. 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.040 If you can for us really helps us out. We 0:11:09.080 --> 0:11:11.720 appreciate that. But the first note of practices at the 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.439 weather it wasn't great today, So I wanted to ask 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.959 too of because we're kind of watching this hazy, dusty 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:22.320 practice throughout the day and I'm sure the eyes, the 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.840 line of sight wasn't great. But just throwing the football 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:27.000 into the wind, I wanted to ask too if there's 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.560 a different change and approach you take with that. Here's 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:32.640 QB one. Well, I think I think the wind plays 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:36.439 a factor. Um, you know, when when you're throwing into 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:38.360 the wind, you've got to be able to cut it. 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.720 If not, you know, the wind's gonna take it. But 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:43.680 I think it's good work to be able to throw 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:46.240 with and against the wind. So so pretty short and 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.440 sweet there from QB one. But the Dolphins have had 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:51.040 their opportunities to work in the wind and the rain 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:52.440 as well. The only thing we need done here in 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.840 South Florida we haven't got yet is some snow. But 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:58.480 I don't think I'll hold my breath on any of that. 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.520 But the fun part of the wind was when Jason 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:03.880 Sanders was kicking into it. He had a kick from 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:06.440 forty eight yards that hit about three quarters the way 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.960 up the kicking net, which is located ten yards beyond 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.360 the goal post. And then he had a fifty three 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:14.080 yard or dwink off the top of the upright like 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:16.920 the very top up by the flags. It almost cleared 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.240 that damn thing. So he was booting that. That football 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:23.120 attendance at practice today was looking pretty good. Davante Parker 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.960 back out there in the red non contact jersey. Will 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.200 Fuller was out there although he did not go through 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:31.080 any of the team period of practice. Brandon Jones was 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:32.880 back out there as well. Great to see him after 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:36.160 a couple of weeks down. No Javon Holland, no Albert Wilson, 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:40.040 no Adam Panky, no Javarus Davis, and no Seethan Carter. 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:43.120 We start here with the individuals at the quarterback position, 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:45.680 and it just wasn't their day. Let's just put it 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:47.959 that way. It wasn't the offenses day in general. Two 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.640 of made a nice a few nice throws, most notably 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.360 across or of Kirk Merritt that he laid out to 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.560 a spot and Merritt ran right underneath it for a 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.080 big play. Something we've been talking about here a lot 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:01.600 on this podcast and a tweet I sent on Tuesday. 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:04.080 I think it was about two was ball placement and 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:05.680 putting the ball out in front of guys so they 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:07.920 can catch it and get up field and transition from 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.880 route runners to ball carriers. And that produced a hundred 0:13:10.880 --> 0:13:13.480 and one yards after the catch per Pro Football Focus 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:16.240 in that game on Saturday night, and that's just off 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:18.679 of two US throws, doesn't include pro sett or sent 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.440 it same type of deal where the ball just does 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:23.640 not slow the receiver down at all. On this particular 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:25.960 throw to Kirk Merritt, he takes it up and maybe 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.800 had a huge gain on that particular throw. I think 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:33.160 the wind was most obvious besides the kicking game on 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:36.640 two passes, and the first one was from tah trying 0:13:36.640 --> 0:13:38.840 to get the ball to Davante Parker who was behind 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:42.440 Nick need Um for the underneath coverage, and then he 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:44.520 was below the coverage up over the top from the 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:48.160 safety and the ball sales right over Needham's reach and 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:51.040 was on target, but Parker elevated it just a pair 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.080 too early and couldn't hang up enough because the ball 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.560 hung up that extra quarter of a second, and you 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.480 can just tell it kind of changed up the timing 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:00.800 and the timing of davantage jump in the timing of 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.240 the ball from Tua, so it had an impact. Then 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:06.280 later on a ball from Jacoby Brissette to Malcolm Perry 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:09.680 that was actually completed. He chucked this thing downfield, but 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.560 it came kind of back into his face and fell 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.480 right into Malcolm Perry's arms, over the top of his shoulders. 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:17.120 It was the best past of the day, the best 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:20.280 offensive play of the day, but it was tough sledding otherwise. 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.240 I actually saw Jacoby get visibly frustrated at one point 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.520 of practice, kind of clapping the hands and and you know, 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:28.640 just showing some frustration with the lack of offensive success. 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.800 The running backs had a ton of success. Early in 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:34.760 the first period. Myles Gascon had an awesome run where 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.160 he pressed it outside, then hit the brakes and cut 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.440 that thing right back inside and shot through the gap 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.720 and came out the other side Andy du Frain style, 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:44.440 and that would have been a big gainer. Plus he 0:14:44.480 --> 0:14:47.200 continues to catch like a billion balls every single day. 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:49.560 He is so productive. I thought Malcolm Brown had a 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:51.560 nice day in his own right. He had a couple 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.760 of nice lanes open up where he took advantage, and 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:55.960 Patrick Larry had a couple of good runs to later 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.400 on in practice. But one of the early Gaskin runs 0:14:59.480 --> 0:15:02.840 saw a absolutely crushing block by Carl Tucker who crumbs 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:06.120 across the formation squares up by block on Jalen Phillips 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.200 and digs him out of there to create space from 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.680 Malcolm Brown to get a big run or for excuse me, 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:12.880 for Miles Gascon to get a big run, and the 0:15:12.960 --> 0:15:15.800 offensive side of the football erupt in a celebration after 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:17.840 that plot, you could hear the pad's popping. Not a 0:15:17.920 --> 0:15:19.600 very big crowd today. I don't know if it's the 0:15:19.680 --> 0:15:22.160 end of camp. We've seen a couple of preseason games now, 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:24.840 maybe it's just a Wednesday afternoon at noon, but whatever 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:28.080 the case may be, not the largest crowd here at 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:33.160 the Baptist Health Training Complex. Up to the offensive line, actually, 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:34.720 you know what, let's go ahead and get to the 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:38.560 receivers and tight ends. Though that's not a long list either, 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.000 because again, there just wasn't a whole lot going on 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:45.160 for the offense. But Hunter Long had a nice seam 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:48.640 buster from Jacoby Brissette during team drills. He continues to 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:52.080 show crafty work to get open. I think it's one 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:54.320 of the things that stands out the most about Hunter Long. 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.440 And we'll do a podcast next week recapping camp in 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.280 preseason where I talk about some of the traits. I 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.080 think each of these guys possesses, both Hunter Long the 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:05.080 little nuance in his game to create separation, knowing where 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:07.040 to get the arms in the hands and how to 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:09.400 how to lean into guys and not push off, but 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.800 also kind of push off a little bit. And I 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.120 think the attention of detail carries over into his work 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:16.920 in the blocking game as well, because you so frequently 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:20.080 see him, at least from my eyes, use the technical, 0:16:20.720 --> 0:16:24.360 fundamentally sound techniques that you need to excel in that area. 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:27.000 The hands and the feet are hardwired together because as 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.720 we all know on this podcast, if those two things 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.320 are not in sync, you're gonna have a bad time. 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:34.920 So that was a good look from Hunter Long at 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:38.320 receiver Kirk Merrit, he continues to make his case for 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.640 this football team. He caught a bunch of balls and 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:43.720 did all over the field, deep, intermediate, short, whatever you want. 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:47.120 And I think you can really see his positional versatility 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:50.520 showing up here. And he's been able to slip tackles 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:52.760 and gain yards after the catch, just like we saw 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:55.120 on Saturday night that little jerk route catch the thing 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.320 over the middle, take off for an extra fifteen yards 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.400 after the reception. Jalen Waddle caught the ball well today. 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:02.840 I thought Malcolm Perry had a really nice day, including 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:05.480 the deep ball we talked about earlier, And honestly, that's 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.720 all I've got for the notes on the past catchers. 0:17:07.960 --> 0:17:10.679 The reason I wanted to save the offensive line stuff 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:12.679 was because I had some notes in the one on 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:14.800 one drills that occurred during the seven on seven period, 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.040 the good old pit drill. But first, I thought Austin 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:19.920 Jackson had one of the best days up front. I 0:17:19.960 --> 0:17:21.600 got a good look at him and one on ones, 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.960 and he's really showing growth in the balance and maintaining 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.159 momentum that coincides with the defender, and that he's not 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:31.440 getting overset and then drifting back away from the quarterback 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.360 out of the play, and he's not getting out over 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.240 the skis falling forward in front of your quarterback either. 0:17:36.560 --> 0:17:39.480 It allowed him to redirect and for a secondary pass 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:42.639 rush move back on the inside from Jalen Phillips. I 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:44.920 thought that was good work there from Austin Jackson. You 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:48.719 might recall this offseason we had Brandon Thorne on the 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:52.560 podcast an offensive Line film Guru, and he basically talked 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.960 about what the offensive line defensive line needs to be, 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:57.800 and you know, he said, the idea is to get 0:17:57.840 --> 0:18:00.720 the offensive lines momentum going one direct and then snap 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:03.080 it off the other way and get them off balance. 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.200 And so I thought it was impressive he was able 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.879 to kind of show growth in that area in this 0:18:07.960 --> 0:18:10.520 practice and so far through training camp, he and Solomon 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:12.560 Kindley opened a couple of those lanes on the nice 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:15.280 runs we talked about early in practice, and Deeter had 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:17.480 a hand in that as well. I thought Matt Skura 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:19.560 got some nice push in the ground game, and I 0:18:19.600 --> 0:18:22.960 thought Liam Eichenberg had some good work out there as well. 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:24.920 And here are my notes in those one on one 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:27.760 pass rushtrials. Jackson wins with a sturdy anchor on a 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:31.439 vand gegle rush, Emmanuel powers through, Davis pushed him right 0:18:31.440 --> 0:18:33.479 into the quarterback. And then the second note on that 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:35.560 was he did the exact same thing again a second time. 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:38.520 Zach Seeler had a wicked move on Robert Hunt. That 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:40.760 left rob kind of like the Jacoby Brissett thing I 0:18:40.800 --> 0:18:42.600 talked about, giving himself a pep top clapp in the 0:18:42.600 --> 0:18:44.280 hands again, like come on, I got this, and he 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:47.280 just swiped those hands away and left Robert at the 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.439 line as he went to the backfield. And then ray 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:52.240 Kwon Davis did a similar side step and swipe on 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:55.639 Michael Dieter to get around him. And then Christian Wilkins 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:57.119 We're gonna talk about him in just a moment, but 0:18:57.160 --> 0:18:59.720 he took Solomon Kinley for a ride on the next 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:01.879