WEBVTT - Training Camp Preview 2021 Wide Receivers 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:16.160 Book, Feel Touchdown, Miami n What is up, Dolphans And 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:19.760 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:25.320 Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:29.160 it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield and 0:00:29.320 --> 0:00:32.000 as always, I am here to bring you your daily 0:00:32.080 --> 0:00:35.920 dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, it's 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.400 part three of the training camp preview series as we 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:42.600 stopped by the wide Receiver's room to detail one of 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:46.080 the deepest position groups on the team in my opinion, 0:00:46.280 --> 0:00:50.760 with an infusion of speed and explosiveness this offseason. Plus 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:53.680 I did it, I ranked every I think you should 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:57.040 leave sketch from the wildly popular second season of the 0:00:57.080 --> 0:01:01.520 Netflix show on Rotten Tomatoes. Will close out this podcast 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:04.680 with some TV talk. But first we got receivers to 0:01:04.760 --> 0:01:06.640 talk to, and there are a bunch of them on 0:01:06.680 --> 0:01:12.440 this roster. Let's go ahead and jump right in. So 0:01:12.600 --> 0:01:15.320 this receiver's room was a point of emphasis in the 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:19.240 off season. Miami only lost one player from the receiver's room, 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:23.480 Isaiah Ford was a departure with four incoming players and 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:28.200 Will Fuller, Robert Foster, Jalen Waddle and Kai Locksley and 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:29.840 the first thing I wanted to look at was a 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.880 question I had for coach Grizzard back. I think it 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:35.800 was in May, maybe early May. I can't remember the 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.000 exact date, but there was a quote from a question 0:01:38.040 --> 0:01:40.920 I asked him about something that receivers talked about last 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.280 year in the Chan Gaily system, how there was a 0:01:43.280 --> 0:01:46.520 little bit more freedom in the routes compared to other 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:50.360 offenses that players have played in. With regards to I 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.840 need you at this spot at this time, I don't 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:55.080 really care how you get there in terms of the footwork, 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:58.160 the steps you take, because oftentimes that's kind of how 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:00.600 timing and rhythm is sync up. In a asking game. 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.440 You want to have the quarterback has his three step 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.200 drop timing, his five step drop timing, his quick you know, 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:08.120 get the ball out of the hands quickly timing, and 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.280 then you have the receivers that take you know, maybe 0:02:10.280 --> 0:02:12.120 it's two or three steps before they break into the 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.760 slant or into the out or into the curl, whatever 0:02:14.800 --> 0:02:17.200 it might be. It's all timed up and seeked up. 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:21.040 That's why you know professional football is such a marvel 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:24.040 to watch, because go watch a high school game, that 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.760 stuff is you know it's night and day. The difference 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:28.880 you see there, so part of the NFL is is 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:30.880 the beauty of it, is the fact that these guys 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.960 are so precise in their timing. And the question I 0:02:34.000 --> 0:02:36.480 had for coach Grizzard was how much of that changes 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:38.320 this year and how much do you coach that in 0:02:38.360 --> 0:02:41.000 the receiver's room, And he said, there's pretty good carry 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:43.200 over when it comes to having that freedom to win 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.600 the route, but also having the same timing and tempo 0:02:46.680 --> 0:02:49.680 and sense of urgency that we know the timing of 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:51.959 the play. We've got to get open and cannot take 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:54.840 too long. It just really is being on the same 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:58.240 page with the quarterbacks and seeing it through the same lens. 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:00.320 So kind of the idea there of rep being and 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:02.760 practice and getting this stuff down. I think that right 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.960 there shows you some of the value of having this 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:08.200 full compliment of an off season for the Miami Dolphins 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.720 with this young team that was the second youngest team 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:12.840 in the National Football League last year. For a lot 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:15.160 of the season, they were the youngest team until some 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.840 injuries or guys going on I R changed that across 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:20.360 the league. But the main idea was that this team 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:23.600 was so young and to get that offseason work together 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.960 with a room that has plenty of incumbents but also 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:30.440 has some newcomers. I think that can prove valuable this season, 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:33.320 especially as the year goes along. The second thing I 0:03:33.360 --> 0:03:35.800 wanted to look at with regards to this room and 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:38.200 how it's constructed as an argument that I've seen made 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.840 often on the Move the Sticks podcast, and this idea 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.920 of attacking your receiver's room kind of like you would 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.320 a basketball lineup, and in the sense that maybe this 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.080 isn't so true today where everybody can shoot thirty foot 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.240 jumpers and and knock those down, and the maybe dumping 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:56.800 the ball into the post is a bit of a 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.600 thing in the past, but having your variety on the 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:04.960 floor could be viewed as a similar translation or idea 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:06.960 or theory, whatever you want to call it at the 0:04:07.000 --> 0:04:09.320 receiver position. So I'm kind of thinking about how would 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:13.960 I describe these receivers in terms of that basketball analogy. 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.360 And I'm kind of looking at like this like you've 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:19.240 got so many options for all five positions on the field, 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.600 Like I put Will Fuller as my point guard because 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:25.240 he's an accomplished receiver. In the NFL twenty seven years old. 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:27.479 He's showing growth every single step of the way. His 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.440 route running continues to get better. He has the vertical threat, 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.200 but he also can turn guys around in the short area. 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:35.440 Just go back and watch the Thanksgiving game last year 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:38.520 against the Lions. With the Houston Texans, he was creating 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:42.000 three four five yards of separation with relative ease, or 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:45.800 not relative ease, but with regularity. I put Jalen Waddle 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.240 as my two guard because I mean, this guy can 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:50.320 do just about anything you want to. But we're gonna 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.400 use him to free him up and get him shots 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:54.960 and you know, use jet motion him in the backfield, 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.400 whatever it might be. You have so many options with 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.599 him that I think that he puts that role of 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.320 we can create certain plays in certain ways to give 0:05:02.400 --> 0:05:05.240 him the football. On top of the idea that he 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:06.920 can do a lot of the things we talked about 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:09.680 will Fuller in terms of creating separation as a pure 0:05:09.760 --> 0:05:13.400 route runner, vertically intermediate and the short area as well. 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:17.120 I was trying to decide between who was the small 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:21.279 forward and power forward between Devonte Parker and Preston Williams, 0:05:21.480 --> 0:05:24.320 and I think I'm going with Preston as my small forward. 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.479 Because he's got plenty of wiggle and shake at the 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:29.680 top of the route as he kind of One thing 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.640 you want to watch for these guys is you want 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:33.760 every route to look the same, and one way you 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.240 can do that is to sink the hips into the 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.359 route so that you're not giving away the route with 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:40.760 your body language or your footwork or how you set 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:43.080 the route up. If you can sink your hips, that 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:46.559 allows you to stay within the framework of your route 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.360 and make everything look the same. So with Preston, he's 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:51.120 got an ability to do that, and he has going 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.479 back to Colorado State. I think it's a big reason 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.960 why he's had such big training camps in the one 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:58.479 big preseason and then production when he's been on the 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:01.280 field the last couple of years, because he does have 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:04.080 that vertical skill set. He has the height to challenge 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.720 cornerbacks on back shoulder throws or vertical throws. But also 0:06:07.760 --> 0:06:09.440 when you can do that and snap things off and 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.320 come back to the quarterback and run horizontal, that's a 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:15.360 little bit more of that three position on the basketball court, 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.120 the small forward where Davante Parker I'm gonna put him 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.159 out there and we'll talk about why here in terms 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.240 of the stats that proved this out. I'm gonna put 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.279 him in the post and power forward him and just 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.640 throw him contested balls and let him go up over 0:06:26.680 --> 0:06:29.200 people and draw fouls as it were, you know, pass 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.320 interference or a foul, you know, hack a shack type 0:06:31.320 --> 0:06:34.320 of basketball, and just body guys and pull the ball 0:06:34.360 --> 0:06:37.120 in on those contested catches. Be my red zone guy, 0:06:37.200 --> 0:06:39.560 my touchdown maker. He's been doing that the last couple 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:42.280 of years here in Miami. And then I don't think 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.479 there's a great center option. And again this kind of 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:46.919 goes back to the idea that the center is maybe 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:49.120 a little bit dead in the NBA as far as 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:52.599 real true impact players. But I think the easy comparison 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:54.680 here is Mike get Sicky, even though I know he's 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.960 a tight end, but he plays the majority of his 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.960 reps in the slot. So you know, a receiver slash 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:01.680 tight end a move piece that can do a lot 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.000 for you. So we'll go with him there. Then I've 0:07:04.000 --> 0:07:09.320 got backcourt options a plenty. I mean, Lynn Bowden, Albert Wilson, 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:12.680 Joachim Grant, Malcolm Perry, all these guys can do the 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.280 horizontal stuff, the drag routes they can do hookups, they 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:17.240 can run screens, you can you can put these guys 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.400 in the backfield. All of these guys have run plays 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.720 from the backfield, either in their college or pro career. 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.880 Then as my kind of front court off, you know, 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:28.560 behind Parker and Williams and Mike, I've got Robert Foster, 0:07:28.840 --> 0:07:32.200 Mac Hollins, Kirk Merritt, Alan Hearns, and Kayle Loxley. I mean, 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:34.640 the depth there, it just it goes on and on 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.480 and on and on. You've got almost these line changes 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.880 you can run with this group. It's evenly balanced, it's 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.960 evenly complimentary. I am just such a fan of how 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:47.600 this room was constructed in the off season. I remember 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.000 at the start of free agency, there was, you know, 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.960 so many name brands on the market that folks were 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.320 pointing to, and that was something we talked about for 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:59.120 months on the podcast, on Twitter and among Dolphins fans yourselves, 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.720 Like you know, into pendant of my content, you know, 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.760 the likes of Juju Smith Schuster who goes back to 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:08.000 pittsburgher Kenny Golladay who winds up on a huge contract 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:10.960 with the Giants, who you know, I like Kenny Golladay, 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.120 but I think his game was a bit redundant to 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:15.760 what the Dolphins had here, So it's not like adding 0:08:15.840 --> 0:08:18.720 him makes you not a boy our team. He certainly would, 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:22.440 but I think you look for more complementary skill sets 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.880 to what you have. And the two names I liked 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:27.920 in that area where Will Fuller and t Y Hilton 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:30.360 of the Colts, who then of course resigned back to 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:33.160 the Colts late in the free agent process. I also 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.400 loved me some Curtis Samuel went off the board pretty 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.040 quickly in free agency, if I recall correctly to the 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:41.800 Washington football team. Man he and why am I forgetting 0:08:41.800 --> 0:08:44.760 his name all of a sudden? Terry McLaurin and Washington 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:46.720 is a fun duo. Can't wait to watch those guys 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:49.160 get after it. We'll have the NFC East preview on 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:51.440 a podcast coming up here in the coming weeks. But 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:54.160 getting Will Fuller was such a perfect fit for I 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.440 thought the room needed heading into the offseason. Then you 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:01.600 come back and get the absolute again opinion, perfect fit 0:09:02.040 --> 0:09:05.080 for what the room was missing with Jalen Waddle and 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.520 by now you know that I think the world of 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.440 this guy as a prospect. I just love seeing position 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.760 groups have certain needs. You know, it's not just put 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:17.000 receiver X in that position like you see it in 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:20.640 mock drafts, for instance, like, well, team X needs a receiver. 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.160 The third receiver in the draft is on the board 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.319 right here. Let's go ahead and assign him. But if 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.040 he's not a fit for your system, or if he's 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:31.640 not going to up end a veteran on in terms 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:33.920 of what he does well with his skill set, then 0:09:34.080 --> 0:09:36.120 you're being redundant. And so I thought the way they 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.720 went after this with having certain needs in the front 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:42.599 office and the coaching staff identifying those needs and investing 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:46.360 in that particular need, not just in addressing it, but 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:48.840 investing in it. And we saw it last year with 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.480 the offensive line, where you pair draft picks with free 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.680 agent signings, giving you a good balance of veteran and 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:58.280 young players with obviously Eric Flowers and Ted Harrison free agency, 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:00.880 and then you get Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, and Solomon 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.440 Kinley in the draft. And now you come back this 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:05.800 year and you identify the receiver position and we'll talk 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:09.000 about this with coach Flores and his comments this offseason 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.360 as well, and you address it with Will Fuller and 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:14.280 Robert Foster and you draft Jalen Waddle. All three of 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.800 those guys have clocked sub four forties at one point 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.559 or another in their career, and not to mention getting 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.960 back Albert Wilson another sub four four guy, and Alan Hearns, 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:24.679 a guy that has eaten up the field in the 0:10:24.720 --> 0:10:26.920 middle of the field from that slot position as well 0:10:26.920 --> 0:10:29.560 as played outside in his career. Both those guys back 0:10:29.640 --> 0:10:33.960 in after opting out in. So the approach of getting 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.480 balanced at this position with size and speed, it also 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.400 allows you to be adaptable, and we talked about this 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:43.880 on the Running Back podcast with how all of those 0:10:43.880 --> 0:10:47.720 guys at their very best can be fungible across different systems, 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:50.800 you know, zone, man, outside, inside, We talked about that 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:54.520 on the Wednesday podcast. Different facets of the game, running, 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.400 game passing, game pass blocking, special teams, and I see 0:10:57.400 --> 0:10:59.440 a lot of the same things here at the receiver position. 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:03.440 We talked about it in that basketball lineup breakdown. You 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:08.760 have seemingly infinite permutations where you can get whichever skill 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.200 sets you need on the field for that particular down 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:13.400 or that series, or that quarter or that game, whatever 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.200 it might be. And last year attrition was a problem 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:18.000 late in the year. It got to a point where 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:22.079 you're trying to survive losses of Preston Williams, of Albert 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:24.080 Wilson and Alan Hearns from opting out in the beginning 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:25.880 part of the year, you know, right before training camp 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.760 gets gets going, you're kind of limited in your options 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.120 as far as how you can address the position, with 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:34.480 free agency and the draft both by gone. Davanta Parker 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:36.720 and jakeem Grant take late season injuries and have to 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:39.439 miss some time in game and also miss games at 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.560 the end of the year. Not to mention Mike get sick, 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:43.520 he goes down late in that Patriots game too. So 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:45.640 really a lot of your top receiving options in terms 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.840 of targets, receptions, yards, touchdowns, however you want to play it, 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:50.880 we're not available to you late in the year. So 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:54.079 now I think you feel a lot better about being 0:11:54.080 --> 0:11:56.960 protected against something like that happening. Again, it's kind of 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:58.880 been a focal point of the off season to build 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.640 up every position group, not just for competition, but to 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:04.200 give yourself that depth so that you can survive the 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.920 attrition that is the National Football League, and that also 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:09.920 extends into the way you game plan. You know, We 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:13.079 talked about being interchangeable on this podcast. We talked to 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:15.439 the coaching staff about we talked to the players about it. 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:19.520 It's a organizational philosophy to have people that can do 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.880 multiple things, and that goes for the entire you know, 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:24.680 the entire organization of podcasts like me, I'm learning about 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:28.240 SCO for instance, and working with Emily Latham are great, 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.600 great web developer designer, the one that helps me the 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:33.960 most on the back end design with the website stuff. 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.440 We have people that are multifaceted, and that is an 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:40.120 extension of Brian Flores and his message and his team 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:43.200 and being interchangeable in the sense that you can be 0:12:43.240 --> 0:12:46.920 a team that does X primarily one week and then 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:50.360 pivots to why the following week. For instance, when they 0:12:50.400 --> 0:12:53.240 were down bodies late in the season, you call upon 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:56.079 a mac Hollins who plays a career high sixty nine 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:58.760 snaps on offense, and all they do is roll up 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.840 two fifty rush yards after having a prior season high 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.320 of one d and thirty eight yards, almost double the 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.280 rushing total of this previous season high. And you go 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:11.440 watch that tape, watch Mac Hallins number eighty six blocking 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.600 in the running game. He is wiping guys out, he's 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:15.959 holding up multiple guys at the point, he's selling edges, 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:19.600 he's downfield. Anytime you get a big run, there's gonna 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:21.600 be a downfield blocked by a wide receiver and eighty 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.440 six was hitting him on that day. You stacked this 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.199 group up against the rest of the league. I mean 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:30.360 Pro Football Focus has been doing uh, position by position 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:33.480 rankings across the league, and they ranked the Dolphins receiver 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.680 room ninth. And it seems like it's been since the 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.880 Dan Marino days since you can say that about the 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:44.559 Miami pass catchers, that they'd be viewed in that regard. Chambers, 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:46.960 Booker and McMichael. Maybe. I know McMichael's a tight end, 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:48.480 but back then, you know, there was a different league. 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:50.880 You played a lot of twenty one personnel with two backs, 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.439 Rob Conrad and Lusaka polite types in the league, Irving 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:56.920 Friar O j McDuffie and mark Ingram in the mid 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:00.000 nineties maybe, and then for sure before that, like definitely, 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.400 the the Marx brothers held up that end of the bargain. 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:05.920 But I asked Brian Floores about, you know, going back 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:08.199 to the idea of the emphasis on the passing game 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:13.000 and playmakers he talked about post draft. I asked him 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.840 because Chris Greer had said pre draft that we do 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.480 want to add playmakers both of the offensive and defensive 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.120 side of the football. And then after Javon Holland, the 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.400 safety was drafted in the second round out of Oregon, 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:26.240 I had a chance to ask coach, you know you 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:28.760 talk about addressing playmakers on both sides of the ball. 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:31.000 Can you kind of speak more to that, and he 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:34.560 he said this verbatim quote, it's a passing league. I 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:36.320 think we all know that you need to be able 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:37.960 to defend the past. You have to. You've got to 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:39.920 defend the run also, But if you just look at 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:42.880 the percentages and strictly the numbers, it's a passing league 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.240 in my opinion, and Chris Greer and I have had 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.480 many discussions about this. We want to be able to 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:50.520 defend the deep part of the field and limit explosive 0:14:50.560 --> 0:14:53.080 plays and a quick aside right here g A coach 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:56.520 Gerald Alexander has talked multiple times last season, and I'm 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.800 sure we'll hear it this year about how mistakes in 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.080 the secondary lead to touchdowns. That's where you cannot make 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.600 your communication airs in the secondary, so limiting explosive plays. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:07.920 Part of that is athletic ability on the back end, 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:10.360 but also communicating and so back to Brian Floores is 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.200 quote here. In order to do that, to limit explosive plays, 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.520 the guys who are back there are the defensive backs. 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.480 I think Chris puts an emphasis on that with the scouts, 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.240 and we talk about the back end constantly. We feel 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.560 it's important. We feel like it's all important. I hate 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:26.000 to kind of talk about one thing because every position, 0:15:26.000 --> 0:15:28.520 from the nose tackle to the three technique to the linebacker, 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.000 it all plays as one. But at the end of 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.640 the day, there's nothing a nose tackle can do about 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:36.400 a fifty yard ball. We put an emphasis on that. 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:37.960 The next thing we have to do is get them 0:15:38.000 --> 0:15:40.520 coached up. It's one thing to add players, it's another 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.280 thing to get them coached up and get them all 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:44.360 on the same page so we can try to defend 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:47.040 these offenses that are very good in this league. So 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:51.800 that point kind of evolved into a point about the defense, 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:53.880 which is what I asked coach, So I appreciate him, 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:55.880 you know, answering the question that I asked, But I 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:58.800 thought that was relevant to the point about the offense, 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:02.120 And you talk about limiting explosive plays and defending the 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.840 deep part of the field. While on offense, which free 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.560 agent threatens the deep part of the field more than 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:09.720 Will Fuller There wasn't one. In the National football We'll 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:11.640 talk about that here in just one second. Which player 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.320 in the draft threatened the deep part of the field 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.640 more than Jalen Waddle, There wasn't one. We'll talk about 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:17.640 that here in just one second. And you talk about 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:20.400 making an emphasis on the playmakers. I just got the 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:24.200 War and Sharp season preview magazine. He does great work. 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:27.080 He does so many models and analytics and in depth 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.680 advanced metrics. They give you an idea and a feel 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.440 for what team is and what they can be. And 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:33.360 it's it's just a unique look at the game and 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:35.240 by the numbers, and I think it's a really good 0:16:35.240 --> 0:16:37.760 balance to what you see on film. Use both those 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:39.960 things that kind of come to a final conclusion. But 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.720 in that he has positional salary rankings in terms of 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:47.400 what teams allocate their cash towards which position, and the 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:49.760 number one team in the league as far as receiver 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:53.160 payroll and defensive back payroll both of those belong to 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.560 the Miami Dolphins. So they talk about it, they have 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.160 a vision, they approach it, they attack it, and they 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:00.160 are I mean, that's that's my favorite part about this 0:17:00.200 --> 0:17:02.680 Dolphins iteration under this current regime is they talk about 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:04.320 things they want to do and they go out and 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:07.879 do it, like you don't have to look for between 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:09.840 the lines that they're gonna do what they say they're 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.200 gonna do. That's their vision, that's their belief and it's 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.119 been fun to watch it come together. So this group, 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.480 you know, creating conflict. I just I don't know how 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:21.880 you avoid the conflict that this team can present. Because 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.399 you play man coverage with all that speed we talked about, 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.479 the vertical and horizontal stretching element is going to just 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:31.159 open up space for everybody, not just the speed guys, 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:33.080 but the big guys that create space in the middle. 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:35.919 And you get those guys one on one opportunities like 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.480 a Mike Kisiki or Davante Parker or Preston Williams and 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:40.560 down the list. If those guys get one on one, 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:42.920 that's where they excel and bodying guys up and making 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:45.879 those contesting catches, you play two high defense that creates 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:47.760 chances for the running game. You get a two way 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.199 go from the slot where the receiver can can go inside, 0:17:50.240 --> 0:17:53.199 can go outside. That forces you to play coverage unless 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:56.200 you want to rely on your off safety or maybe 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:59.359 a nickel cornerback playing off coverage to be responsible for 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.080 the possibility of this where Jalen Waddle or Will Fuller 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.400 is lined up on you, you have a ten yard 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.160 cushion and you're the only man in the deep part 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:09.040 of the field, so you have to be worried about 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.360 him stepping to the corner and then crossing face back 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:14.040 to the post or doing the opposite. There's a great 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:17.160 clip of Jalen Waddle against Missouri this past season late 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:20.040 in the game where he does just that. The nickel 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.920 cornerback blitzes the safety rolls over to cap and kind 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:26.120 of replace that cornerback and Waddle he gives him no chance. 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:28.119 He runs straight at him with that four three speed 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:31.600 or sub four three speed really, and the safety flips 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:33.520 his hips to the corner. He runs to the post 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:36.120 and creates like five yards of separation. The ball didn't 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:38.960 find him, but that's besides the point. You know, process 0:18:38.960 --> 0:18:41.919 over results, so I look at the the offense and 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:44.199 the conflict that can create. That's the most exciting part 0:18:44.240 --> 0:18:48.760 about this to me. Conflict, conflict, conflict. And finally, I 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.359 also think you have the potential to maybe add to 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:55.360 future capital with this room because there's what double digit 0:18:55.800 --> 0:18:58.360 capable receivers in this room that we know of. That's 0:18:58.400 --> 0:18:59.880