WEBVTT - Drive Time: July 29 Dolphins Camp Report 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:05.960 To on the move Going Deep speedwas Peace Doll. From 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:10.400 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.720 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:25.759 He's got my ad hands in the playoffs. What is up, 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:29.760 Dolphans And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am 0:00:29.800 --> 0:00:32.600 your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, the fifth 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:36.360 practice of camp is in the books. The defense tightened 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:39.520 up the screws from the last two offensive heavy practices. 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.240 Plenty of wins on either side. We're gonna talk about 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:45.800 some of the standouts outside of the usual stars you're 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:48.120 used to hearing about and help us do that. We'll 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:51.360 hear from David Long, Durham Smyth, Patrick Paul and Nick Needham. 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.120 Plus we will not gloss over a very sloppy practice 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:58.160 in general. From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:00:58.240 --> 0:00:59.200 Health Training Complex. 0:00:59.240 --> 0:00:59.800 This is. 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:06.480 The Drivetime Podcast. May I want to shift the theme 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:09.600 of the show just a little bit. Today we'll tell 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:11.320 you about the day. We always will do that for 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:13.919 you guys. My boots on the ground, are my eyes 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:17.400 in the stands, are my lips to your guys's ears 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:21.720 about everything going on at Miami Dolphins practice, but I 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.319 think the some of the soundbites we had, some of 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:26.040 the repeat performances we've. 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:27.279 Had through the first five days. 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.720 I want to make sure to get some notes on 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:32.640 there on some guys that have been consistently good that 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:36.920 maybe you haven't heard about outside of this podcast, and 0:01:37.120 --> 0:01:40.560 probably Lockdown Dolphins with the great Kyle Kravis, guys like 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:44.520 Zeke Vandenberg, Elijah Campbell, Julian Hill, Quintin Bell, who all 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:48.480 made plays on this Monday, which, by the way, what's 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:53.920 the longest you've ever operated on thinking it was the 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.760 wrong day? Like I thought it was Tuesday all day today. 0:01:56.800 --> 0:01:59.280 I took my trash bins out on Sunday night because 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:03.480 the trash the garbage man comes on Tuesdays. That having 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.400 a day off and then coming back on Sunday. My god, 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.320 I haven't gotten the schedule right this week a whole lot. 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.640 I'm just now realizing once again that it is in 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:14.640 fact Monday and not Tuesday. But first, you don't care 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:20.680 about that. Let's talk about sloppy football. Not Jacoby Brissett 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.640 big slops, but just some sloppy play and balls on 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:27.079 the ground and false starts and mishandling and some off 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:32.600 target throws and some drops. It just wasn't very crisp 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:35.600 on this first day of padded to practices. And I 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:37.320 want to also try to set the narrative straight here, 0:02:37.360 --> 0:02:40.160 because this was again a totally sloppy practice by far, 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:42.520 the worst of camp so far. And you're gonna have those, 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.720 but let's also apply some context here. Yes, the ball 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.799 was on the ground a lot several players were or 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.280 plays rather were shut down because we just couldn't get 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:55.359 the operation right from the onset and that's frustrating, and honestly, 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:57.639 it kind of robbed a lot of the two reps 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.440 you might have been expecting on this particular day. Now, 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.360 that's unacceptable, unequivocally, right, we agree on that it cannot 0:03:04.400 --> 0:03:07.680 happen come September. And I do agree with Ryan Smith, 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:12.280 the pro football focused Dolphins guy who tweeted about this, 0:03:12.520 --> 0:03:14.920 that even the best centers in the NFL have snap 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:18.000 issues at times, especially in the modern NFL. Like go 0:03:18.080 --> 0:03:20.520 to Chiefs Twitter, and I remember this last year when 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.880 Creed Humphrey was I think it was either his Pro 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:25.840 Bowl nomination or announcement, or maybe it was all Pro 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.639 and they were like well, maybe next year we can 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.799 move Creed to guard because his snaps stink. And it 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.160 reminds me of last year when we saw a lot 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:35.960 of tweets about moving Connor Williams to guard, and I 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.800 kept saying, trust me, his athletic ability at the center 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:43.080 position is what you do not want to have to replace. 0:03:43.120 --> 0:03:45.000 He's been the best center of this Dolphins team has had, 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:49.200 probably since Mike Pouncy. Which is funny because now all 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:52.600 I see is how bad people want Connor back first center. 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.480 I saw some content creators. I saw lots of fans 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:59.600 last year imploring we moved to Leah Miikenberg. At times, 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:03.720 I saw that from some folks. So, you know, maybe 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:08.640 we use knowledge from years past to apply to future 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:10.880 you know, outrage, but maybe we don't. 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:11.320 I don't know. 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:15.440 But Ryan Smith from Pro Football Focus is right to 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.679 a degree. I mean, like again, it cannot ruin drives 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.560 like it did last year. Right, it's an issue at 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:22.840 that point, But I want to say this, you know, 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:26.720 this system, especially when it's a brand new center with 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.920 brand new guards around him, with Isaiah Winn not participating 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.479 in practice yet that's going to take a minute, but 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:36.640 especially in this system, where getting off the football is 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.680 literally the core principal number one. I think the results 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:44.240 you saw today they're an occupational hazard of a pretty 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.359 new core in there, paired with a scheme that stresses 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.920 getting the hell off the football. So I saw a 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.240 lot of tweets passing blame around. I put the tweet 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:55.840 out there. I wanted to put the tweet out there 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.120 to give you guys comprehensive coverage so that it's not 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.520 all sunshine and rainbows from my account, because typically I 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:03.520 like to focus on the plays that are made, not 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:05.560 the negatives, and I'll usually give you the guy that 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:07.400 got beat right. But I thought it was important on 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:10.800 this day to help craft what we're seeing and to 0:05:10.880 --> 0:05:15.680 help generate a timeline for evolution or de evolution from 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:17.720 where this offense goes from here. Because it was an 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.719 ugly day, I think that's important to get out to 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:24.240 you guys. And again, I get the panic that comes 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:27.200 from the results of last year, and it's okay to 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:31.400 work the kinks out in July. But again, you can't 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:34.360 have the opening season drive that you march right down 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:37.120 the field against the Chargers result in a failed exchange, 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:40.000 turnover or the Titan snap on that opening drive that 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.039 cost us seven points in that game. That would have 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.920 changed the entire season, right, you would have hosted the 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:48.240 Steelers in the playoffs or the Chiefs snap that probably 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:50.680 cost us that game. Where also you would have hosted 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:52.960 the Steelers in the playoffs, and we don't have a 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:55.200 twenty four year playoff drought anymore if that all happens. 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.200 I'm right there with you guys with the pitchforks. But 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.800 it is July, so give this thing to time to breathe. 0:06:00.880 --> 0:06:04.359 That's my whole point. But again, it was a very 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.400 sloppy practice from Miami Dolphin. Let's go ahead and start 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.279 where we typically do with the quarterbacks. And I thought 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:13.280 this was one of the best practices I've seen from 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.799 Skyler Thompson. And I think he's actually been putting together 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:18.120 a pretty good start to camp. In fact, to me, 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.400 by far, his best opening five days of his three 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.320 years of training camp. He dialed up an absolute dime 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.280 on a deep shot the Tyreek for a sixty yard touchdown. 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:30.080 In fact, I saw the play happen to play out 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:33.080 because I was watching the offensive line with the binoculars. 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.280 I see it's a runfake. I pulled the binoculars down. 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:37.159 I look down into the route stems and try to 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:38.720 pick up what's going on in the coverage, and there 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.440 I see Tyreek Hill burning past everybody and the ball 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:43.760 just descends right into the bread basket. Like, oh, that 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:46.600 was good throw to a It wasn't doing it was Skylar. 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.440 I was like, oh, I didn't There's one guy in 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.440 the scene that I thought could make that throw. And man, 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:54.160 Tyreek tracks that thing so very well, just smooth in control, 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:57.159 good acceleration over the shoulder, doesn't like attack the football, 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.120 it's to come to him. We had some other deep 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:02.320 shot connections that did not happen for whatever reason, including 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:04.480 one from Tua to Waddle where he got a step 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:06.000 and I thought it was right on the money from 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.880 Tua but Wattle kind of stumbled to it when it 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.600 was in flight. And Tanner O'Connor had one where he 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.960 got three steps on top of Patrick McMorris and tried 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.200 to adjust and it looked clunky and it was an 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.880 underthrow from Scylar Thompson on the play. So he comes 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.680 back to the ball, but his adjustment actually did produce 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:25.160 a window for him to catch it over mc morris 0:07:25.520 --> 0:07:27.440 but then he dropped the football, so it just wasn't 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.000 sharp in that regard. And then you see Cheetah do 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:31.600 it and glad to know for the touchdown. It's like, 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:33.480 oh yeah, if you're struggling to just go ahead and 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.360 throw up to Tyreek and he'll make that play for you. 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:38.400 But which again, like that's why Tyreek is so special, right, 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:39.960 because like we've seen so many guys come into this 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.640 league with blazing speed, like John Ross, right, the former 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:47.800 record holder for the fastest forty yard dash time until 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:49.440 oh man, who broke it this year. 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:51.080 I just forgot his name. That's gonna haunt me. 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:53.320 You guys, get at me on the replies who broke 0:07:53.360 --> 0:07:56.800 the forty yard dash record this year? I forgot anyway 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:59.320 when it was John Ross, like he couldn't play because 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:01.880 he couldn't really do anything, you know, stay healthy. But 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:06.480 tracking that deep ball is a very very difficult task, 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:08.400 and Tyreek is the best I've ever seen at it. 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.560 But unbalance, very nice day from Scalar Thompson, who I 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:15.000 think has really pushed Mike White this week. 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:15.960 In the number two race. 0:08:16.240 --> 0:08:18.640 Skyler did try to force one in that could have 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:21.800 been picked off by Vandenberg, but he instead deflected it 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:24.400 and it was then secured by Jilen Ramsey, who if 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:27.080 the ball finds you know, five's wingspan, he's gonna catch 0:08:27.080 --> 0:08:29.000 the damn thing. It was an impressive stad that he 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.200 made to bring that thing in. And then Mike White 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.880 also got picked by Jason Mira. I think I'm saying 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.360 that right when his eyes took Mike Tray from a 0:08:36.360 --> 0:08:39.320 cloud corner position, he fell back into coverage, reading the 0:08:39.360 --> 0:08:42.080 quarterback size and got a room service pick off of that, 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.880 peeling back into the fifteen yard or twenty yard curl 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:46.920 zone down the field. It's been a rough camp for 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:48.760 my guy, Mike White, but I hope hopefully he can 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:51.000 bounce back from this and pick it back up tomorrow 0:08:51.080 --> 0:08:54.720 and get playing better. So not that electric of a 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:56.600 practice like we had on Friday from two a tongue 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:58.920 of by lower even Sunday, but it was his usual 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.719 sharp self outside of the you know, failed exchanges that 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:03.480 I don't you know, I don't think it's a two 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.760 A thing. I think it's the center trying to get 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:07.800 the hell out of the snap count. But I really 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.960 appreciate the footwork, the ball handling and the variety of 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:14.280 drops that you can get to because of Tua's skill 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.679 set where he can move and reset and reposition the 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.360 feet and throw from these different armslots. There was a 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:22.840 lengthy install period, and in fact, Joe Rose was up 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.199 in the stands today and he said that he believes 0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.199 the sloppiness that happened in the day was likely a 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.000 result of loading up some install and you kind of 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:33.319 chip away at it, like try to find out what works, 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.559 what doesn't, and let's go ahead and boil this thing 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:39.360 down through difficult circumstances and get better on the other 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.480 side from that which all tracks. Because again, it was 0:09:41.520 --> 0:09:43.640 a sloppy practice and not what I'm used to from 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.160 a Mike McDaniel Dolphin's football team. I've had lots of 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:49.360 these practices under the previous regime, and Brian Flores haven't 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:51.960 seen many of them under Mike McDaniel, But I can't 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.000 say for sure, but all of that adds up to me. 0:09:54.320 --> 0:09:56.640 But in that install period, the quarterbacks are going through 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.880 different tracks and routes and different ways to get to 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.600 their handoffs. We saw that play that was so popular 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.400 last year where they would you know, fake the dive 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:07.439 to a side of the formation that was vacant of 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.800 a running back and then flip it back across the grain. 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:11.280 And there was some big plays that came from that, 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:13.880 some big losses that came from that. Like those types 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.439 of things only get ran in this system or San 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:19.360 Francisco as well. And Tua's first throw of the day 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:21.800 was one where quite frankly, I don't think there's another 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:24.200 quarterback in the league that you can call these types 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.000 of plays into. And we go back to the Baltimore 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.880 game last year. Remember Lamar Jackson took that like reverse 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:31.160 pivot drop step and everyone's like, oh, look at Lamar 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.080 messing with the Dolphins defense, Like he got that from Tua. 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:36.160 Like Tua did that all year last year. And you know, 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:37.559 if Lamar can do it, great, and he did and 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.400 he burns for a touchdown. But Tua does these subtle 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.640 little things that this is why I don't think Tuda 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:44.240 gets the love that some other guys do, because of 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:46.000 the cebleties in his game that are so much better 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:50.040 than his counterparts. And you know, I referenced jt O 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.719 Soldan on the podcast a lot last year, and he 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.240 raves about Tua's ability to go from a position where 0:10:55.280 --> 0:10:57.440 he's not a threat to throw, which the defense can 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.240 read and key on. And then all of a sudden 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.200 he's back in Pozzi or that one where he's in 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.080 pistol and he fakes to the right and comes the 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.520 rpo glance off the left like it's like a blind 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:08.320 throw with a one point eighty spin. 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.640 It's just really impressive to watch him go through that. 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:12.560 He did the exact same thing todayhere we hit a 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.000 nice rip to River Craycraft for a nice gain in 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.080 a sauce spot in the zone. He had some pops 0:11:17.080 --> 0:11:19.160 to wallow for good gains. Had a throw on the 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.120 move that I thought was a thing of beauty where 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.559 he escaped a pressure from Jordan Brooks off of a 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:27.400 really good pass pro pickup from Raheem Moster. Stepping up 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:30.440 through the outside pressure, attacks the lion of scrimmage, flattens 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:32.320 the line, don't run the football, go ahead and stay 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.000 vertical to the line of scrimmage so we can still 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:35.840 throw the ball. And he puts the thing on a 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.120 dot between the one and the zero Tyreek who did 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.160 a great job coming back to the football for about 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:40.880 fifteen yards. 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:42.400 So a nice day. 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.880 From number one and for Waddle and Riek as well, 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.439 and just real quick here on waddle Man. He's had 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:49.080 a really good camp. And this is a guy that 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.520 got injured on the first day of joint practices against 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.920 the Falcons last year in the opening one on one period, 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.480 and we didn't see him again until that Chargers game 0:11:59.520 --> 0:12:01.320 on opening Day where he was limited in a snap 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.040 gap play. But I think forty five percent of the 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.839 snaps against the Chargers an opening Day, and so now 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:07.360 he's got a full camp and I think that he's 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:10.240 he's maximizing it. I think he's maximizing what he did 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.280 this offseason because I haven't seen him let a single 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:14.920 football get to his body. 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:17.880 I haven't seen him drop a single football. 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:20.240 And I've seen him make several catches off of his 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.720 frame where he plucks it with very strong hands, and 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:25.440 he's been tough over the middle. He's been making sliding 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:27.280 catches over the mill like he did today. I think 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.520 Waddle has comfortably had the best camp of the receivers, 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.200 and that includes Tyreek Hill, which is good because Tyreek's 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.079 not been too shabby himself either. I thought Brax and 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.640 Barrios had his best day so far. Some nice catches 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:41.640 in intermediate. In fact, I just saw him down getting 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:43.040 a snack and I said, hey, Braxon had a few 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:44.920 catches to day, Honey goes yeah, a few, Like yeah, 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:46.040 he had good day today, dude. 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:49.000 God good good football. Good football is good. The good 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:50.080 the football is good. 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:52.840 But had a nice diving catch on a over route 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:55.680 from Mike white Lay in practice, Jalen Wright continues to. 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.240 Impress me. Be quite honest with you guys. 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:01.280 He had a couple of nine pops today and his 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:05.680 easy glide running to the perimeter where he can stretch it, 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:06.959 see it and then hit it. 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:08.080 It's so smooth. 0:13:08.160 --> 0:13:11.960 You see the fit in this system so very clearly. 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.560 Like we did with a Chan in the last year. 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:17.480 I see the exact same thing for Jalen right, and 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:20.600 they're different players. It is a chan esque with maybe 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.960 a little bit of sacrifice in the speed department, but 0:13:24.040 --> 0:13:27.240 in exchange for more physicality and hopefully but our durability, 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.439 because that's like all the only things standing into Bond 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:31.960 eight Chan's way right now is durability. And I'm not 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:35.080 at all interested in saying like goodbye to Raheem Moster 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.520 because he scored twenty one freaking touchdowns last year, and 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.679 he runs like he's pissed off all the time when 0:13:39.679 --> 0:13:41.120 he's fast as hell, and he's a great fit. He's 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:43.040 a great locker room guy and a great leader on 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:45.040 this team. I think he has lots of good football 0:13:45.160 --> 0:13:46.920 left in him, lots of good a football Mario and 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:50.520 the big But I think the future is ridiculously bright 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:52.720 with those two young guys back there, because they're going 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.080 to both be ambrickey contracts through the twenty twenty five 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.320 or no sorry, twenty three, twenty two, four to the 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:01.360 twenty twenty sixth season, twenty seven for Jalen Wright, and 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:03.320 that's if you don't franchise tag them. But I think 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.720 it's it's the fruits of this room are gonna bear 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.400 out very nicely with those two guys. Raheem hefe Chris 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.920 Brooks like it's the best running back room in football. 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.120 If yes, me, what else here? Let's do this. 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:16.120 Actually, I'm gonna go through the roster for the day 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.679 and we'll stop on the unsung players and do it 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:21.520 throughout here because I get here to the tight end position, 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:23.720 and I want to talk about Julian Hill, who I 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:28.080 thought was just an absolute menace today was clanking noggins 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.760 with dudes out there. And we saw him last year 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:33.440 come across the formation on that jet motion where he 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:36.800 would pick off the edge and just inflict punishment on 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:40.160 that force defender and clear some room for our backs 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:45.120 going around the outside. And today he was on point 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:48.160 over and over again doing that and durham Smyth, you 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.640 know the vet of the room. I guess Johona Smith 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:53.560 is too now. He touched on this. That physicality, he said, 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.520 is unlike anything Durham Smyth has ever played with in 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:57.640 the National Football League. 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:00.160 I mean, I would venture to say Julian might the 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:04.080 most physical tight end in the NFL across the entire board. 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.720 I don't care what year you are. He's the most 0:15:06.760 --> 0:15:10.040 physical player I've ever played with. And he's he's a 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:13.480 professional from day one. This is the main thing, is 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:15.080 the main thing for him, and this is what he 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:18.800 cares about. And that really sets apart rookies, especially undrafted 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.400 free agents, some guys who care as much as he does. 0:15:22.200 --> 0:15:24.920 And the sky's the limit for him, you know. He 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:27.440 like I said, he's he's the most physical guy I've 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:30.160 ever played with. He's got talent outside of that, too, 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:32.880 that he's building on as a young player. The sky 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:34.920 this really the sky is the limit for Julian Gosh. 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:36.480 I love hearing Durham smythew media. 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:39.400 He's so intelligent, articulate and just sees the game in 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:42.200 a way that makes him so valuable to this offense. 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.360 And those comments about Julian man like, hey, stay close 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:48.200 to eighty one eighty nine and you'll do just fine. 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.760 I had a few runs today where Hill was the 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:53.280 one that wiped out the edge entirely. But I thought 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.400 his best block was in past pro because there was 0:15:55.400 --> 0:16:00.600 a play where Connor was in this like backfield set 0:16:00.960 --> 0:16:03.320 in twelve personnel and that they were the two tight 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:05.000 ends in the field to the same side of the formation, 0:16:05.320 --> 0:16:08.040 and Grayson Murphy gets a pass rush against both of them, 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.520 and he splits them with his rush, and Connor kind 0:16:10.520 --> 0:16:13.440 of gave ground and his anger didn't really take against Murphy, 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.360 and Hill kind of peeled back and put Murphy on 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:19.520 the turf and it prevented another Grayson Murphy sack. And 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.280 it was really impressive, like a quarterback saving block. Just 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:25.480 really impressed by his work as kind of this like 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:28.200 sixth offensive lineman sometimes and that can be something that 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:30.920 maybe you factor into how this team is built with 0:16:30.960 --> 0:16:33.440 regards to the offensive line, you know, maybe not looking 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:35.160 like you guys want to as far as the fan 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.680 base goes. Maybe that's where Julian Hill and guys like that, 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.680 and Johnny Smith and Dermam Smyth maybe in alec Ingold like, 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:43.240 there is some more you can do scheme wise to 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.640 get more out of your pass pro and we always 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:48.520 see that with this offense in season, Like it's never 0:16:48.560 --> 0:16:50.480 gonna show up in training camp when you're not trying 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:52.400 to game plan for teams, but it always shows up. 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.000 I think that's very important to think about. To me, 0:16:55.440 --> 0:16:59.120 for Julian Hills, this says that he's seeing it as 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.400 the old cliche says for a player in year two, right, 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:03.960 like the game slows down for him. In fact, let's 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.560 go ahead and go back to Durham Smyth who discussed 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.160 how Julian has harnessed that physicality in his game. 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:11.919 I think one of the things is, you know, just 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:16.640 tempo control. He's always been not one to shy away 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.800 from contact. He's always been a very physical person. But 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:22.320 there were times early in camp last year, maybe early 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.160 in the season where he was just out there trying 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.360 to crush somebody every time, and maybe half the time 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.560 he is. Half the time he's missing. Now it's a 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:30.800 tempo thing where he understands when to pull the trigger 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:35.560 and he's not missing a lot, and when he doesn't miss, 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:38.000 he's making himself felt. So I think it's just something 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:39.439 that it takes time to get used to with the 0:17:39.440 --> 0:17:43.040 speed of the game, players speed, and he's definitely understanding that. 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:43.240 Now. 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:45.680 We'll hear more from Durham later on. Let's go ahead 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.359 and get back to the offensive line real quick. In 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:49.600 a couple of soundbites here from Patrick Paul and the 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.040 guy that had yet another good day of work. We 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.840 highlighted him yesterday with Kendall Lamb's comment, so I wanted 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.000 to ask Pat to give us an update on where 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:59.200 he felt he was at the technique changes he talked 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:02.280 about back in and how he's applied them here for 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:03.960 the month of August. 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:04.920 Although it's late July. 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:07.520 Here's Patrick Ball say, it's been good, you know, been 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:10.280 coached up by Butch and all the other guys. It's 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:12.480 been good. You know, they're just telling me every day 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.760 it's small victories and focusing on the small goals and 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:17.960