Speaker 1: Factors growing part touchdown. What a win for this Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphans? And welcome to
Speaker 1: the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official
Speaker 1: podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day.
Speaker 1: How's it going everybody? It is Tuesday. I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring you your
Speaker 1: daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show,
Speaker 1: can you Smell It? Football season is here? I have
Speaker 1: the tape fired up. I'm ready for some All twenty
Speaker 1: two getting a look at this new England Patriots team
Speaker 1: for the next seventeen weeks at least. We're talking football
Speaker 1: every day, all week long on this show. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: are back on the field in preparation for the new
Speaker 1: England Patriots on Sunday, and we are here to get
Speaker 1: you ready. We're gonna hear from Coach Flores, Bill Belichick,
Speaker 1: a trio of Dolphins players, and break down this roster
Speaker 1: four week one. All of that and more on this Tuesday,
Speaker 1: September the eight edition of the Drive Time Podcast. And
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and start this podcast out with a
Speaker 1: listen in to Coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots.
Speaker 1: He spoke to the South Florida media on a conference
Speaker 1: call on Tuesday. Let's play some of the hits here.
Speaker 1: Starting with a question for coach about the season opener
Speaker 1: going up against the Miami Dolphins, who they've had some
Speaker 1: great battles with over the years. He says, here's coach
Speaker 1: on the season opener. Yeah, I don't know. We'll just
Speaker 1: have to wait and see. I mean, I think that
Speaker 1: the players and on the coach, we'll be excited to
Speaker 1: play the game and um, you know, get out there
Speaker 1: and compete. Um, sure to be a very competitive game.
Speaker 1: You know, Miami is a good team and we've certainly
Speaker 1: had a lot of great battles with them through the years,
Speaker 1: and you know the last year und last minute. So
Speaker 1: I want to see all that played out. And you know,
Speaker 1: there's gonna be several questions and hear about former Patriots
Speaker 1: now on this Dolphins roster. We start with a question
Speaker 1: for Belichick about Kyle van Noy. Kyle is a good
Speaker 1: football player. He's versa all you can do a lot
Speaker 1: of things. Um, you know, he's smart, he's he's got
Speaker 1: as good size, good playing strength, he's very athletic, and cover. Um,
Speaker 1: you know as good football instant's football player. On the
Speaker 1: topic of good football players, Bill Belichick was then asked
Speaker 1: about Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones, Byron any player? You know,
Speaker 1: he's had a great career with the with the Cowboys, Um,
Speaker 1: how they're going to use them and what his role
Speaker 1: being all that. I mean, we haven't seen any film
Speaker 1: on so we'll let wait and see you on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Just everybody else, Let's keep the player evaluation of train
Speaker 1: rolling here and talk about the running backs in Jordan
Speaker 1: Howard and Matt Brita, and also Dolphins defensive ends Shack
Speaker 1: Lawson and Emanuel Oddba. But both facts have had a
Speaker 1: lot of production. Um, both the defensive players have had
Speaker 1: a lot of production. Again, how exactly coach floor as
Speaker 1: they used them in his system and what what their
Speaker 1: role be and what it will be against us. You know, again,
Speaker 1: we've never seen those guys play with the Dolphins. We've
Speaker 1: seen him on film. Um. You know, Howard's you know,
Speaker 1: an impressive back. I mean, he's a strong guy. It's
Speaker 1: hard to tackle. Brita's a very explosive player, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe the fastest player in the league. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: they've had a two good pass rushers, um, you know
Speaker 1: on the edge to go with you know, a strong
Speaker 1: inside group with you know, Wilkinson got talking those guys,
Speaker 1: so you know, I'm sure that you know that they'll
Speaker 1: all help them. And there is a bit of a
Speaker 1: theme on these answers with regards to coach Belichick doesn't
Speaker 1: necessarily know how they're going to use these players in
Speaker 1: this system here in Miami, just like everybody else across
Speaker 1: the NFL. And he was asked about the offensive line
Speaker 1: and how the Dolphins might unveil the offensive line, and
Speaker 1: it's a kind of a mystery to coach Belichick here
Speaker 1: he is talking about Miami's offensive line for this game
Speaker 1: Week one, Right, Yeah, well we'll see, you know who
Speaker 1: actually is out there. I mean I don't know, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't know who they're gonna play and who they're
Speaker 1: not gonna play, or how long they're gonna play or
Speaker 1: anything else. So, um, so that's that's up to the
Speaker 1: offense to the side. But he's got to be ready
Speaker 1: for everybody. Um, they have a lot of new players,
Speaker 1: um on the offensive line, and you know, guys that
Speaker 1: we've seen played well before. Whether it's in the NFL
Speaker 1: or whether it's you know, from college football. You know,
Speaker 1: we respect what they can do, and you know, we'll
Speaker 1: have to be ready for however they put them out there. Um,
Speaker 1: that's that's really all we can do. We just have
Speaker 1: to see how that goes. And you know, I still
Speaker 1: about to make some adjustments during the game as that unfold.
Speaker 1: Another new part of this Dolphins team of this Dolphins
Speaker 1: coaching staff is Josh Boyer, who of course was here
Speaker 1: coaching defensive backs last season and now he is the
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator in Miami. Belichick talks about his word coaching
Speaker 1: with the defensive backs and cornerbacks in particular up in
Speaker 1: New England for so many years. Josh here for a
Speaker 1: long time did a good job for us working with
Speaker 1: the secondary and in the corners. You know, work his
Speaker 1: way up through our system. And it's a good football
Speaker 1: coach on a metal coach and you don't So you
Speaker 1: might have heard some chatter in the background on that
Speaker 1: call right there. Belichick and Flora's were on their media's
Speaker 1: at the same time, So we had some guys on
Speaker 1: both calls at the same time and didn't mute themselves.
Speaker 1: My apologies for that. Hopefully the audio was good enough.
Speaker 1: I think I could make it out clear enough from
Speaker 1: my end, wouldn't have played it for you guys. Otherwise.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead. Transition now over to Coach Flora's is
Speaker 1: Tuesday morning media availability. And you knew we were going
Speaker 1: to get depth chart questions for Flow on Tuesday morning
Speaker 1: as the Dolphin's depth chart dropped late Monday night. Here's
Speaker 1: Brian Flores on the decision to list Solomon Kindley as
Speaker 1: the starting right guard. Um, look like I said yesterday,
Speaker 1: I mean I wouldn't put too much into the depth charts.
Speaker 1: I mean we got a really tough opponent. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be a competitive environment. Um, everyone's gonna be ready to play.
Speaker 1: That's been my message to the team. That was my
Speaker 1: message this morning. I will continue to be my message.
Speaker 1: So and I'll continue to harp on this point for
Speaker 1: Coach Flora's that you do have to have all fifty
Speaker 1: three guys. It's not like on the flashback podcast we
Speaker 1: had with A. J. Dewey a few months back where
Speaker 1: he said if you started, you were in the game
Speaker 1: and you did not come out unless you were hurt.
Speaker 1: Eleven guys went in eleven guys came out, and that's
Speaker 1: how it was. That's the way the cookie crumbles. That's
Speaker 1: not how it is anymore. Everyone plays, everyone has a role.
Speaker 1: It's important for all fifty three guys to be ready,
Speaker 1: like coach Flores says. Next, coach was asked about the
Speaker 1: value of playing the best player compared to playing a
Speaker 1: player who might have more experience than perhaps a player
Speaker 1: with more talent or I guess that's how the question
Speaker 1: was phrased. Here's coach talking about utilizing a combination of
Speaker 1: both experience and overall talent. That's always a combination of both, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, talent, experience, ability to communicate, and I think
Speaker 1: all those things play a factor. And who who whoo
Speaker 1: who's in in those uh at the nickel position or
Speaker 1: the you know, any of those sub kind of packages.
Speaker 1: So um, you know, we've had a lot of conversations about, uh,
Speaker 1: who's going to be the nickel, who's going to play
Speaker 1: the dime, who's gonna play you know, defensive line in
Speaker 1: those situations. So but like you said, you know, Julian
Speaker 1: Edelman is a great player. He's in the slot, you know, primarily,
Speaker 1: but he also plays outside. I mean they've seen him
Speaker 1: in the backfield also, so they moved him around quite
Speaker 1: a bit. We've got to be prepared for really all
Speaker 1: of it. That's what that's what this week of preparation
Speaker 1: is all about. Um. So hopefully we go out there
Speaker 1: and have a good week of practice and look, they're
Speaker 1: gonna show us things that we haven't seen. There's been
Speaker 1: no preseason games. If we can can can communicate, we
Speaker 1: can uh you know, play with good fundamentals and technique. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, I think we'll be okay. So there was
Speaker 1: one comment and there I want to point out from
Speaker 1: Coach Flores that I've harped on again that's the word
Speaker 1: of the week. It feels like on the podcast, I
Speaker 1: keep harping on these things that I harp on on
Speaker 1: the podcast. But I've talked about the depth of this
Speaker 1: defense and how there was an intentional desire to go
Speaker 1: out and acquire guys that can really fulfill the role,
Speaker 1: not just on the starting lineup and the backup lineup,
Speaker 1: but guys that can do multiple things at each position,
Speaker 1: and that just keeps your flexibility completely open. So you
Speaker 1: hear Coach Flora's talked there about how they're gonna throw
Speaker 1: things at us. We don't we haven't seen because there's
Speaker 1: no preseason, there's no film to go off from previous weeks.
Speaker 1: And it's gonna be the same case with the Dolphins
Speaker 1: going to the Patriots. We're gonna throw things with them
Speaker 1: they have not seen. And that little bit of tidbit there,
Speaker 1: to me is encouraging because of the depths we do
Speaker 1: have on this defense and the different plans he talks
Speaker 1: about with the nickel and dime defense and who might
Speaker 1: be on the defensive line in those situations, whether it's
Speaker 1: you know, you can have different types of fronts two
Speaker 1: three to four three three, whatever it might be. The
Speaker 1: coach Flora's calls, you have different options, different body types,
Speaker 1: different guys that can rush and cover and just do
Speaker 1: multiple things. To me, that uncertainty has to benefit a
Speaker 1: team that has a lot of depth on that defense.
Speaker 1: Up next, coach was asked about electing eight captains this
Speaker 1: year compared to four captains on last year's team. Here's
Speaker 1: Coach's response about the level of leadership that tells you
Speaker 1: this Dolphins team has. I would say there's there's quite
Speaker 1: a bit of good leadership team. It could have been
Speaker 1: there was four or five other guys who have votes
Speaker 1: as well. So that's a good thing. There's a good
Speaker 1: amount of leadership here. We need that. You know, you
Speaker 1: need fifty three leaders on your on your team, UM,
Speaker 1: and you know that's what we're looking for. And that's
Speaker 1: that's always something I try to talk about. You need
Speaker 1: as much leadership on a football team as you can get.
Speaker 1: And you know, just because you're a captain doesn't mean, um,
Speaker 1: or you're not a captain, I should say, it doesn't
Speaker 1: mean that you don't have a leadership role in the team.
Speaker 1: And that's I've talked to the players about that. UM,
Speaker 1: if something's wrong or we got to make a call
Speaker 1: on the field, and it doesn't have to just be
Speaker 1: the captain who makes that. Com was voted by the
Speaker 1: by the by their teammates. So you need fifty leaders
Speaker 1: on the team. Happy to have. You know, the eight
Speaker 1: guys we have, there were some you know, I would
Speaker 1: say there four or five other guys honestly who also
Speaker 1: that vote. So there were some other guys. There's some
Speaker 1: other guys who didn't get votes to I see a
Speaker 1: leadership in as well. So I'm happy with the eight
Speaker 1: guys that were chosen and uh, you know, we'll move
Speaker 1: forward with those guys. Next, Coach was asked a kind
Speaker 1: of interesting question about the preparation of going on the road.
Speaker 1: A previous question he had mentioned how everything is different
Speaker 1: this year, even from the tra avel they'll see on
Speaker 1: the weekend before the game on Sunday, Coach was asked
Speaker 1: about the difference and not having fans in the stands
Speaker 1: and not having a loud atmosphere on the road and
Speaker 1: if it changes the way they approached the week the
Speaker 1: way they prepare for Sunday. Here's Coach talking about that
Speaker 1: instance here in the first road game of in a
Speaker 1: strange season. Well, there will be some uh, some noise.
Speaker 1: I'm not exactly sure. I mean, we know what the
Speaker 1: decible levels supposed to do. Does it affect our preparation.
Speaker 1: I mean, we'll go about it as if you know, well,
Speaker 1: there's a situation where we may need to go to
Speaker 1: silent counter hand sickles signals. If we need it, we'll
Speaker 1: go to it. If we don't we don't need it,
Speaker 1: we won't. Um. But yeah, well, I mean the preparation
Speaker 1: it's a little different in that in some cases, you
Speaker 1: know what there's gonna be crowd noise. You know, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be loud, uh in this situation. Um, I think
Speaker 1: we're going into it with the assumption that it will
Speaker 1: be you know, whatever whatever decibel levels this can get
Speaker 1: up to, it will be loud enough that we have
Speaker 1: to make hand signals or or silent counter of things
Speaker 1: of that nature. So, UM, that's how we'll prepare for it. Uh.
Speaker 1: It will be different, it will be unique. I mean,
Speaker 1: I don't think any of us have been uh in
Speaker 1: a situation like this in an NFL game. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be There's a little bit of a learning curve here
Speaker 1: as well. And we finish up here with coach floor
Speaker 1: is about a question about the nickel receiver. I think
Speaker 1: it was meant for slot receiver. Here's Coach talking about
Speaker 1: the receiving crew he has going into Sunday up in Foxborough.
Speaker 1: I think I think we've got a lot of good, good,
Speaker 1: good players in the receiver room, in the tight end
Speaker 1: room and running back room. Um. You know, who aligns
Speaker 1: in the slot is really depending on what formation we
Speaker 1: give them. So you can see a running back in
Speaker 1: the slot, you can see it tight end in the
Speaker 1: slot because he a receiver in the slot depends on
Speaker 1: what formation we're giving them, what what matchup we're trying.
Speaker 1: We're looking for, uh, so specifics to you know, one player, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, if it's Isaiah or a King or uh
Speaker 1: you know Breed, I mean Davante. You know, they've all
Speaker 1: been in the slot, so specific to that area of
Speaker 1: the field. Could be a number of people. UM, I
Speaker 1: think your questions about you know, maybe a couple of
Speaker 1: couple of players. Isaiah Joachim. I think you know Isaiah
Speaker 1: has had a good camp. Um, you know, he's he's
Speaker 1: He's been dependable and productive and practice. Has made a
Speaker 1: few plays in in games, particularly at the end of
Speaker 1: last year. UM. Jachim obviously is explosive. Is explosive of
Speaker 1: players there is in the league. So UM, I think
Speaker 1: we have few options and once we get to Sunday,
Speaker 1: we'll see who's out there and who can who can
Speaker 1: help us, uh try to win the football game. You
Speaker 1: heard coach mentioned Jachim there and also Isaiah Ford. I
Speaker 1: want to take a quick note on Isaiah Ford before
Speaker 1: we get into the Sandwich portion of the podcast before
Speaker 1: player media availability on this Tuesday, September eight, here on
Speaker 1: the Drive Time Podcast. You're number four Frisaiah Ford. This
Speaker 1: is his first opening day. Remember he got injured back
Speaker 1: his rookie season. And Isaiah and I, I guess you
Speaker 1: could say we're kind of tight little bit. We have
Speaker 1: a bit of a friendship and I know that he
Speaker 1: is very excited for opening day, for his first opening
Speaker 1: day up in New England. I'm really excited to watch
Speaker 1: him play on Sunday, and obviously the entire team as well.
Speaker 1: I mean football just it's it's here, and it couldn't
Speaker 1: get here soon enough and it is here finally. So
Speaker 1: excited to watch these guys play on Sunday, but a
Speaker 1: little extra special for Isaiah his first opening day in
Speaker 1: his fourth year in the NFL. And as we head
Speaker 1: into this week one battle with the New England Patriots
Speaker 1: on Sunday at one o'clock Eastern at Gillette Stadium, just
Speaker 1: like old times, our annual trip to Fox Burrow out
Speaker 1: of the way week number one, and we have a
Speaker 1: line up a roster, a Dolphins fifty three man roster.
Speaker 1: We talked about it a little bit on the podcast yesterday,
Speaker 1: but the depth chart dropped on Monday night and again
Speaker 1: to go back to what coach Flora says, and to
Speaker 1: really reiterate the relevance of the depth chart, even going
Speaker 1: back to what Belichick said in his news conference this morning,
Speaker 1: he doesn't know what the Dolphins are gonna do. No
Speaker 1: one knows what any team is going to do, because
Speaker 1: all of it is a mystery right now. And the
Speaker 1: validity of these depth charts is really more for public
Speaker 1: facing and for the fans out there, because, like coach
Speaker 1: has mentioned, all the different personnel groupings are going to
Speaker 1: call for different players. So if you have twelve personnel,
Speaker 1: you have to have two tight ends. That means you
Speaker 1: can only have two receivers. So if you start the
Speaker 1: game in eleven personnel with three receivers, you might have
Speaker 1: three guys or you will have rather three guys start
Speaker 1: the game receiver, but then you go two more tight
Speaker 1: ends the rest of the game. Then the two tight
Speaker 1: ends play more than the third receiver did. So it's
Speaker 1: all matchup based, it's all game based, and we know
Speaker 1: this team is going to be a week by week
Speaker 1: operation as they evolve their look, their makeup their plans
Speaker 1: every single week heading into every single game. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and start here at quarterback, not much mystery or
Speaker 1: intrigue to this, but Ryan Fitzpatrick is your starter on
Speaker 1: Sunday with two A tongue of Volo of the rookie
Speaker 1: serving as his backup. We've talked about this quarterback room
Speaker 1: on this podcast at length throughout the course of the
Speaker 1: off season. We know Ryan Fitzpatrick, thirty seven years old,
Speaker 1: going into your number sixteen, what he can do, some
Speaker 1: of the improvisational skills that he has, that he offers
Speaker 1: many many plays last season off script, making things happen
Speaker 1: when pressure arrived, when the pocket broke down, throwing the
Speaker 1: football up to his playmakers for an opportunity to make
Speaker 1: plays on the football. And we saw Davonte Parker and
Speaker 1: Mike get Sicky and Preston Williams and these guys come
Speaker 1: down with plays time and time again. That late relationship
Speaker 1: he developed in the season with Isaiah Ford, we saw
Speaker 1: all that on display, all those guys coming back here
Speaker 1: to join Fitzpatrick and this passing game for Tongue by Loa.
Speaker 1: The backups primary job always is to get the starting
Speaker 1: quarterback ready, whether it's helping him find tendencies on film,
Speaker 1: helping out with the third downrail, what the defense likes
Speaker 1: to do in certain situations, but also he does have
Speaker 1: to prepare himself as if he is the starter, to
Speaker 1: get ready for game day in case he does have
Speaker 1: to get put into the lineup. Because this is football,
Speaker 1: things happen, Guys get hurt, Guys leave the game. Stuff
Speaker 1: does happen. So the quarterbacks they have their work cut
Speaker 1: out for them this week at running back, Jordan Howard,
Speaker 1: Matt Breedam, Miles Gaskin, and Patrick Laird with Chandler Cox
Speaker 1: at fullback and again to go back to the starting
Speaker 1: question here with fullback Chandler Cox. If they opened in
Speaker 1: twenty one personnel, then Chandler Cox could start at fullback.
Speaker 1: If not, he might not start, So again every week
Speaker 1: this thing could change. But at the running back possession,
Speaker 1: you heard Belichick say that Howard is a big, physical
Speaker 1: strong back who is tough to tackle. That could provide
Speaker 1: an early season challenge for teams. As kind of the
Speaker 1: theme of some of these media questions has been will
Speaker 1: there will there be miss tackles since you haven't had
Speaker 1: the chance to really simulate live full scrimmage against another team,
Speaker 1: live tackling in that instance, trying to keep your own
Speaker 1: guys healthy, it could come with and pay off there.
Speaker 1: We will find out on Sunday. And then Matt Brita
Speaker 1: also has the speed to burn. As you heard Belichick say,
Speaker 1: he can definitely change a game on one play. I
Speaker 1: thought Myles Gascon was tremendous in camp. Patrick Laire was
Speaker 1: off to a good start. He missed a few days
Speaker 1: and was in the red no contact jersey for a
Speaker 1: few days as well. So that's your Dolphins backfield. At receiver,
Speaker 1: we've got Preston Williams and DeVante Parker, the two guys
Speaker 1: you know all too well. When Preston got hurt last year,
Speaker 1: he led the team in receptions and yards. And we
Speaker 1: know what Devanta Parker did down the stretch, finishing top
Speaker 1: five in both receiving yards and touchdowns in NFL. Jachem Grant,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford. Look, both these guys have roles they can
Speaker 1: fulfill within certain play calls, certain packages. Grant certainly has
Speaker 1: the speed to burn to take the top off the defense,
Speaker 1: and that makes you really have to respect the vertical
Speaker 1: aspect of the game coming from quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. There,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford, We're gonna talk more about this on the
Speaker 1: Thursday preview podcast, But he had a big day against
Speaker 1: the Patriots last time around, and he did very well
Speaker 1: in that short area space going up against J. C. Jackson,
Speaker 1: one of the best cover corners in the entire National
Speaker 1: Football League, not just in the slot but in general,
Speaker 1: and Ford had some good wins on that battle. The
Speaker 1: rest of the receiving crew is Mac Hollins, Malcolm Perry,
Speaker 1: and Lynn Bowden Junior, who we talked about on the
Speaker 1: podcast yesterday a little bit talking about his acquisition coming
Speaker 1: over from the Raiders. At the tight end spot, Durham
Speaker 1: Smith might get Sicky and Adam Shaheen are your three
Speaker 1: tight ends. Look all these guys six six and six
Speaker 1: seven is the size. They're all physical, big, big, strong guys.
Speaker 1: And we heard on the podcast yesterday as chan Gailey
Speaker 1: talked about trying to get all these guys versatile until
Speaker 1: they can do things like getting Smithe more involved as
Speaker 1: a pass catcher and like getting get Sicky more involved
Speaker 1: as a blocker, because in the grand scheme of things,
Speaker 1: that's going to help you disguise what you do offensively
Speaker 1: when your packages is out there. If you have two
Speaker 1: tight ends in the field, they both can do both
Speaker 1: things That really frees you up for your versatility and
Speaker 1: your play calling that way out of that twelve personnel package.
Speaker 1: On the offensive line, Austin Jackson, Eric Flowers, Ted Carress,
Speaker 1: Solomon Kinley, Jesse Davis, with Julian Davenport, Michael Dieter, Adam Pinky,
Speaker 1: and Robert Hunt in the mix as well. We heard
Speaker 1: coach Flora said, you could rotate some guys, we could
Speaker 1: do different combinations up there. We'll see what that actually
Speaker 1: looks like on Sunday. Again, like Belichick and Flora said,
Speaker 1: you just don't know what you're gonna get. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be a surprise comes Sunday. As for offensive line, plenty
Speaker 1: of youth, but also plenty of leadership and experience. We
Speaker 1: know what Eric Flowers and Ted Carress have meant to
Speaker 1: previous teams and what previous coaches like Bill Callahan in Washington,
Speaker 1: what Belichick up in New England have said about Flowers
Speaker 1: and Carress respectively. Austin Jackson just uber athletic out there
Speaker 1: so many reps and training camp where he was able
Speaker 1: to get to the edge quickly and really wall off
Speaker 1: that arc the defensive vent the pass rusher wants to
Speaker 1: run because of that fluid footwork he has. He moves
Speaker 1: very well for a guy that size. He and Shack
Speaker 1: Lawson had some great battles throughout the course of training camp.
Speaker 1: I liked Michael Dieter's camp at center, the position change
Speaker 1: he makes inside now to a guard slash center. I
Speaker 1: thought Adam Pinky had a really good camp as well.
Speaker 1: He had a really awesome pass protection rep on the
Speaker 1: deep Josh Rosen throw in the scrimmage at hard Rock
Speaker 1: Stadium a couple of weeks ago, and Robert Hunt Solomon
Speaker 1: Kinley as well, the two rookies up there who showed
Speaker 1: an impressive work in camp. As the coaches said, some
Speaker 1: good days, some not so good days. What they are
Speaker 1: definitely growing and improving. I do think, like Josh Bowyer said,
Speaker 1: this line will continue to develop and get chemistry and
Speaker 1: camaraderie and really kind of get its best ball going
Speaker 1: late in the season as they work up and improve
Speaker 1: every single day. On the defensive side, the defensive line
Speaker 1: is going to have Christian Wilkins, Divon god Shaw, Emmanuel Ogba,
Speaker 1: Zack Seeler, Ray Kwon Davis, and Jason Strowbridge. Pretty deep
Speaker 1: group there. You have to feel good about that rotation.
Speaker 1: You can even go kind of like a hockey line
Speaker 1: change and bring different guys in all at once, or
Speaker 1: you can go situational base. You have many different fronts
Speaker 1: this team wants to run. We'll throw a Shack Lawson
Speaker 1: in there. Even though he's listened to as a linebacker
Speaker 1: on the depth chart, he is on the defensive line
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins official roster. So you have so much
Speaker 1: versatility and so much flexibility with what you want to
Speaker 1: do with these guys. To run a three man front,
Speaker 1: to run a four man front, to bring linebackers down
Speaker 1: off the edge, to put your safety down in the
Speaker 1: box and really condense that box and force the Patriots
Speaker 1: to find ways to beat you vertically because you don't
Speaker 1: want to allow them to run the ball. And you
Speaker 1: fit a guy or you fill a gap with a
Speaker 1: guy on every single play, so to speak. At the
Speaker 1: linebacker spot. We mentioned Shack Lawson out there, Andrew van
Speaker 1: Ginkl in the mix as well. It Landed Roberts, Jerome Baker,
Speaker 1: Kyle van Noy, Calvin Munson, Commu Gruge Hill, and Sam Aguavin.
Speaker 1: I look at this group and as Belichick mentioned in
Speaker 1: his Tuesday morning press conference or conference call, whatever we're
Speaker 1: gonna call that, that they have so many guys that
Speaker 1: are versatile, that can hit, that can run, that can cover.
Speaker 1: And that's what I look at with this group. With
Speaker 1: Van Noy, he mentioned Belichick did the length, the good
Speaker 1: strength on the field, the play speed, the instincts that
Speaker 1: he has. Jerome Baker similar that way. He can certainly fly,
Speaker 1: he can rush the passer and cover that way. Land
Speaker 1: and Robert's a physical downhill type of bruiser. And then
Speaker 1: you have Combu Gruge Hill and Sam Mguavin who just
Speaker 1: can do a little bit of everything as well, especially
Speaker 1: on special teams. And in the defensive backfield Byron Jones
Speaker 1: and xaviing Howard with Nick Needham and Noah Ignogeny and
Speaker 1: Jamal Perry as your cornerbacks, long strong, physical guys that
Speaker 1: can press, guys that can play man. They can also
Speaker 1: drop into zone too if you have to. But these
Speaker 1: guys are gonna dictate the point at the line of
Speaker 1: scrimmage and really force those guys to win the releases
Speaker 1: off the line. In the safety position, Eric Rowe, Bobby McCain,
Speaker 1: Clayton Federalum Cavan Fraser and Brandon Jones. Again, these guys,
Speaker 1: they pretty much all have coverage experience, and if they
Speaker 1: aren't really adept at the previous cornerback history, they have
Speaker 1: been known to come down in that box and really
Speaker 1: help fit the run and get involved inside and get
Speaker 1: in that muck and really mix things up among the
Speaker 1: tree is on the offensive line there down in the
Speaker 1: front seven. So plenty of depth, plenty of good variety
Speaker 1: for this Dolphins roster. The death charges out, But again
Speaker 1: take that with a grain of salt, because, as coach
Speaker 1: Flora says, it's all package based, it's all game plan based,
Speaker 1: it's all opponent based. In the special teams game, Jason
Speaker 1: Sanders Matt Hawk with Blake Ferguson as your long snapper,
Speaker 1: and the returners listed are jackem Grant, Noah Ignogamy, Preston Williams,
Speaker 1: and Malcolm Perry. So that's your twenty Miami Dolphins team four.
Speaker 1: Week one could change next week. We never know. As
Speaker 1: coach Flora says, we're going to adapt each and every week.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and finish up this podcast with some
Speaker 1: player media availability, and we'll start with Jesse Davis and
Speaker 1: a question I had for him about preparing for players
Speaker 1: that maybe he doesn't have a whole bunch of film
Speaker 1: on in New England this week, Hey, Jesse, my questions
Speaker 1: about the Patriots and the way they're going to attack
Speaker 1: you on Sunday. They've got plenty of guys up front,
Speaker 1: they're kind of new to whether it's the NFL or
Speaker 1: just haven't played many snaps in the NFL. How does
Speaker 1: that change your preparation for Sunday with guys that maybe
Speaker 1: you don't have as much NFL tape on. UM. I
Speaker 1: think you just kind of do your best. You try
Speaker 1: to research as much as you can who you have,
Speaker 1: and then you you kind of go from there. I think,
Speaker 1: you know, with everything going on, you know, I mean,
Speaker 1: everybody's in the same boat, so I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: you know, they kind of know what how I play,
Speaker 1: but you know, I don't know how their rookies are
Speaker 1: gonna play. Who's gonna line up, you know, with their
Speaker 1: with their D line situation. But you know, you just
Speaker 1: go out there and you try to do your best,
Speaker 1: and then you come to the sideline and communicating and
Speaker 1: whoever makes the best changes will probably win that game. Next,
Speaker 1: Jesse is asked about preparing the young guys for their
Speaker 1: first NFL start, and how the veterans are helping those
Speaker 1: young guys get acclimated to their first game in the NFL. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, we kind of you know, took him aside,
Speaker 1: you know, with with Rob or with Austin and Solomon,
Speaker 1: just kind of telling them how they're gonna play, you know,
Speaker 1: how what to expect. You know, it's early on in
Speaker 1: the week right now. We haven't really got too much
Speaker 1: into like third down stuff or anything. This is kind
Speaker 1: of early, early down, so we've just kind of been
Speaker 1: telling them how they're gonna play us and how we
Speaker 1: know what to expect with movements too. Just and so um,
Speaker 1: I think, you know, with everybody doing a good job
Speaker 1: with Marshall, um kind of telling us what what to
Speaker 1: expect as well. But I just know from experience playing
Speaker 1: these guys, you know what to expect to And let's
Speaker 1: go ahead and hear from the guy that Jesse Davis
Speaker 1: has paid to protect. Starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, who first
Speaker 1: talks about coming back to the facility, coming back to
Speaker 1: the Dolphins after the passing of his mother and how
Speaker 1: special all this is to him and all the responsibilities
Speaker 1: he has within the organization. There's a lot of different
Speaker 1: responsibilities that I have, and you know, being a leader
Speaker 1: on this football team is one of them. So we've
Speaker 1: we've done a great job kind of preparing with the
Speaker 1: short time that we've had, and we know that everything
Speaker 1: is so critical in terms of practices and the time
Speaker 1: that we have they're out on the field because it
Speaker 1: has been so limited with the pandemic. So, um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's finally nice today to stop practicing against our defense
Speaker 1: and getting us in New England stuff and really start
Speaker 1: paring down what we're trying to do. This is the
Speaker 1: stuff that that I really enjoy as a quarterback, the
Speaker 1: week to week game planning, and um, I'm glad they
Speaker 1: were at this phase and we made it this far. Next,
Speaker 1: Fitz talks about going up against Afon Gilmore, his former
Speaker 1: teammate and last year's defensive player of the Year in
Speaker 1: that Patriots secondary. Well, yeah, I mean a former former
Speaker 1: teammate of mine and uh, you know, defensive player of
Speaker 1: the year. So, um, guy that has had a ton
Speaker 1: of successmentist league and it is definitely one of the
Speaker 1: top guys, you know, defensively around the league. Um, they're
Speaker 1: very talented on defense, very talented and experience in the
Speaker 1: back end, and so for us, you know, I was
Speaker 1: trying to throw to the open guy, trying to pick
Speaker 1: the best matchups. Um. You know, they do a great
Speaker 1: job of making sure that everything is contested and challenged
Speaker 1: on every place. So we'll have to play our best. Uh,
Speaker 1: whether you know receivers, tight ends, backs, Uh, the way
Speaker 1: that I'm throwing the ball, everything's gonna have to be
Speaker 1: on point for us to be able to move the
Speaker 1: ball versus these guys. And throughout the course of training
Speaker 1: camp and really the last year that Ryan Fitzpatrick has
Speaker 1: been here, we've heard a lot of support and praise
Speaker 1: for this guy, and especially in these last couple of
Speaker 1: weeks after again the passing of his mother. Don't want
Speaker 1: to keep bringing that back, but it's relevant to the
Speaker 1: topic here. As he was asked about how much he's
Speaker 1: felt that love and support from the organization over the
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, here's fits on how he feels
Speaker 1: about all the support and all the love the people
Speaker 1: gave him. Yeah, I mean, I definitely, I definitely feel
Speaker 1: the love, and I think, you know, with a with
Speaker 1: a personal tragedy with my mom, passing away. I think
Speaker 1: you feel it extra you know, all the people and
Speaker 1: it was it was a lot of teammates and people
Speaker 1: in the building, but it was There's a lot of
Speaker 1: people have been um in contact with almost in a
Speaker 1: past life, you know, on different teams in different cities,
Speaker 1: and um, there were a lot of people that have
Speaker 1: reached out. So I've been feeling a lot of love
Speaker 1: lately in that regard because people knowing that they want
Speaker 1: to let me know that they care about me and
Speaker 1: thinking about me and my family. And that's been good. Uh.
Speaker 1: In terms of the coaches, I'm about the same age
Speaker 1: as most of them, so we have more in common
Speaker 1: than some of the younger guys. But um, you know,
Speaker 1: I think that's that's just part of the position, part
Speaker 1: of the position that that I play, being able to
Speaker 1: interact with everybody and get a good feel for everybody
Speaker 1: and spend a lot of time in all the different rooms.
Speaker 1: And let's go back to the question about the ability
Speaker 1: of the Patriots on defense and in that secondary and
Speaker 1: how fits has weapons he can attack them with. Here
Speaker 1: is Fitzpatrick talking about the offense weapons he has here
Speaker 1: in Miami. Yeah, I mean they we definitely have. We've
Speaker 1: got guys that can make plays in a variety of ways,
Speaker 1: and so I think a lot of that, and especially
Speaker 1: when a new staff comes in, it's a lot of
Speaker 1: learning these guys and learning the things that they're great at,
Speaker 1: the things that need to work on, and maybe some
Speaker 1: of the things that we should stay away from. And
Speaker 1: one of the things that I've harped on since chan
Speaker 1: God here is playing the guy's strengths and something he
Speaker 1: does a really nice job them in a great position
Speaker 1: and putting me in a great position. So, um, we
Speaker 1: have a lot of talent on the offensive end, and
Speaker 1: I think being able to utilize each guy, um, you know,
Speaker 1: playing to their strengths and giving them some freedom to
Speaker 1: go out there and do what they do best. That'll
Speaker 1: hopefully show up here as we get going. If it's
Speaker 1: first one to echo josh The's statements off the top
Speaker 1: with our you know, our thoughts being with you with
Speaker 1: the passing of your mother. UM. I also want to
Speaker 1: go back to a question earlier. You mentioned Stefon Gilmour,
Speaker 1: and you had to comment last December after that game,
Speaker 1: how it's not that you necessarily don't respect the guy
Speaker 1: you're going against, but you have ultimate confidence in a
Speaker 1: guy like Davante to give him chances to make plays
Speaker 1: in the football. I'm just curious. Is there a like
Speaker 1: measured approach you have to that, like a certain time
Speaker 1: or a look they give you, or is it just
Speaker 1: I'm gonna trust my guys all the time? Um? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean there's there's definitely calculated risk. But I can't
Speaker 1: give you all my secrets, Travis, but h yeah, a
Speaker 1: lot of it does come down to that. I mean,
Speaker 1: they're best players are going to be on our best playmakers,
Speaker 1: and so the way these games go, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: their guys make more plays or doors, and I just
Speaker 1: and going into you know, matchups like this, I just
Speaker 1: want to make sure that my guys know that I've
Speaker 1: got the ultimate confidence in them and I'm going to
Speaker 1: give them opportunities to go out there and make plays.
Speaker 1: And um, you know, that's no secret to the defense,
Speaker 1: that's no secret to my guys. Um, but that's how
Speaker 1: we'll figure out who's gonna win the game. You know,
Speaker 1: if our guy a big playmakers show up and I
Speaker 1: can get them the ball, or or if they can't.
Speaker 1: Next we'll hear Ryan Fitzpatrick talk about the feeling around
Speaker 1: the building this year now that he's in your number
Speaker 1: two and kind of one of these original guys and
Speaker 1: the Brian Flora slash Chris career program, right, one of
Speaker 1: these original o g s should we call them. He's
Speaker 1: one of the guys that was here last year and
Speaker 1: now we'll see through in your number two with all
Speaker 1: the roster change, he comes back. He's a good guy
Speaker 1: to ask what the differences between this year at this
Speaker 1: time compared to last year at this time. Uh, there's
Speaker 1: definitely a different feeling right now than there was uh
Speaker 1: last year at this exact time. But uh, yeah, I
Speaker 1: just I think right now there's a great vibe in
Speaker 1: the building. I think in terms of the personalities and
Speaker 1: the guys that have been on this team with the
Speaker 1: guys that were added to this team, everybody's pulling in
Speaker 1: the same direction right now, and and that's that's easy
Speaker 1: to do when there's no adversity and you haven't played
Speaker 1: any games. Um, so we'll figure out real quick what
Speaker 1: kind of team that we have. But I think we've
Speaker 1: we've brought in the right guys. We've got a great
Speaker 1: group of guys in the locker room and hopefully that
Speaker 1: adds to our success on the field of being able
Speaker 1: to kind of get along and you know, everybody have
Speaker 1: the same mentality and mindset. Offense heavy. On this edition
Speaker 1: of the Drive Time Podcast, we first heard from Jesse
Speaker 1: Davis on the offensive line, your quarterback, and Ryan Fitzpatrick,
Speaker 1: and now we'll hear from one of the guys he
Speaker 1: throws the football too, in wide receiver, Preston Williams. I
Speaker 1: had this question queued up and it got asked right
Speaker 1: before my turn came up. But we'll go ahead and
Speaker 1: get to it anyway. It's all a team effort down
Speaker 1: here in South Florida. Here's Preston Williams on how he
Speaker 1: feels his game as evolved from your number one as
Speaker 1: a rookie undrafted out of Colorado State into year two
Speaker 1: with some established production and heading into the offense as
Speaker 1: a starter for the Miami Dolphins. Uh. Game definitely slowed
Speaker 1: down to me personally that this is one of my
Speaker 1: my things. Game definitely slowed down to me. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: last year of coach told me I need to you know,
Speaker 1: have a better jump from point year one of year two.
Speaker 1: So not just being focused in Tinny proved my game
Speaker 1: learn more positions. Uh no, this year, you know, lapire
Speaker 1: a lot more on the plate, you know, just trying
Speaker 1: to manage everything. You know, I was a rickie last
Speaker 1: year and still get my feet wet. But now you know,
Speaker 1: Gang slowed down them just working every day. I think
Speaker 1: the one thing you have to really give Preston Williams
Speaker 1: credit for is the work he put in to get
Speaker 1: back from the A c L so quickly and to
Speaker 1: look so good on the practice field out there each
Speaker 1: and every day here on the Lifetime podcast and here's
Speaker 1: present talking about his mentality, has focused his mindset, his
Speaker 1: goals of the off season to get back for week one,
Speaker 1: his previous experience with a torn A c L back
Speaker 1: in college, and how that helped prepare him for the
Speaker 1: workload he knew he had ahead of him this time around,
Speaker 1: getting ready for the season opener now just five days away.
Speaker 1: Now definitely in my head, you know, if it didn't happen,
Speaker 1: then in my head, I probably we're hard enough. So
Speaker 1: I was. I was preparing for wee wine. But up
Speaker 1: and we transition to the other side of the football
Speaker 1: here and linebacker Jerome Baker and my guy Joe Chad,
Speaker 1: one of my good friends here on the beat. He
Speaker 1: has been asking this question all summer long, all August
Speaker 1: and September long now about the quality of tackling players
Speaker 1: expect to see on Sunday. Here's Jerome Baker talking about
Speaker 1: maybe some sluggish starts and sloppy starts with tackling, but
Speaker 1: how the Dolphins have really been drilling the fundamentals and
Speaker 1: focusing on getting tackling done so so poignantly every day
Speaker 1: in practice. I think that's he's going to get a
Speaker 1: little slapping slop you just across the league. Um, that's
Speaker 1: why we work on it every day. That's how we
Speaker 1: know go so harderly Now. I think that's pretty much
Speaker 1: around the whole league of Uh. You know, we all
Speaker 1: haven't tackled in so long. We all haven't really got
Speaker 1: that much time as we're used to so um, but
Speaker 1: you know, over time we definitely get better that I know.
Speaker 1: We've been working on it every day. So um, you
Speaker 1: still gotta go out there and perform up next, Bike
Speaker 1: is going to tell us about some of the experience
Speaker 1: of former Patriots now on the Dolphins roster and how
Speaker 1: that knowledge of this defense here with Brian Flores has
Speaker 1: helped them grow and get more acclimated quickly in the defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what's unique about them is, you know, they played in
Speaker 1: this system. This system, they really know the ins and outs. Uh,
Speaker 1: and they do a great job, you know, vocalizing that
Speaker 1: make sure everybody knows what things look out for. They
Speaker 1: just have a lot of experience really, Um, and you
Speaker 1: know they're great people off the field, so you know,
Speaker 1: definitely you know arriving Uh, you know, Kyle, they're they're
Speaker 1: great leaders. So it wasn't really no surprise of you know,
Speaker 1: the being captained. So uh, definitely congratulations. I know. The
Speaker 1: one thing they always bring up is you have to
Speaker 1: be consistent. Um, it's being consistent and truly getting better
Speaker 1: throughout the year. Uh. That's the one thing they always
Speaker 1: bring up, is being consistent, no matter who's in, that
Speaker 1: person that comes in, that's new, whoever it is, you
Speaker 1: gotta be consistent, You gotta do the same thing. You
Speaker 1: gotta truly just get better. So uh, yeah, they already
Speaker 1: talking about pictures too much. So next here is Jerome
Speaker 1: talking about the growth Revolution, which he calls not an
Speaker 1: evolution but rather just more visibility. For Brian Flores. From
Speaker 1: year one to year two, here in Miami. I don't
Speaker 1: think he really evolved that much. I wouldn't said that
Speaker 1: is more of you know, people are starting to see it.
Speaker 1: Um see how he really is. Uh, you know, he smiles,
Speaker 1: he jokes around. Uh, he truly loves his players, and
Speaker 1: he liked building that connection. So I think now I
Speaker 1: think people are starting finally starting to see it. That's
Speaker 1: pretty much one thing always find it funny with him.
Speaker 1: It's kids. They truly think I made up you know,
Speaker 1: drones in the house, but anybody knows that they came
Speaker 1: from Martin, so uh, shout out Martin. And here is
Speaker 1: Jerome talking a little bit about the coaching staff new
Speaker 1: Dolphins defensive coordinator Josh Boyer, and how the staff and
Speaker 1: the people that were here last year even helped him
Speaker 1: a lot and grow his game and evolve his game
Speaker 1: from your number one to year two last year and
Speaker 1: now you're too last year to year three this season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you know, they do a great job just pushing me
Speaker 1: every day. Uh, even going back to last year. I
Speaker 1: can make a good play, for example, interception, whatever it is. Uh,
Speaker 1: they still get on the about that. Yeah you cause
Speaker 1: the interception and that's cool. But you could have a
Speaker 1: pig six. Uh, and even this year it was just
Speaker 1: more pressure of Um, they want me to get better
Speaker 1: in all phases of the game. If it's pallet, his
Speaker 1: hand placement, it's rushing and pastor uh, coverage, whatever it is.
Speaker 1: They truly uh, they still on top of me to
Speaker 1: get better and be consistent every place. So, UM, you know,
Speaker 1: the one thing I know camp he always gets on
Speaker 1: me is getting off blocks, getting off blocks clean. UM.
Speaker 1: So that's the one thing that this offseason has been
Speaker 1: grinded in my head. We've been working on it NonStop.
Speaker 1: So I'm definitely excited. We'll go ahead and finish up
Speaker 1: with this one of my favorite themes so far as
Speaker 1: guys talking about year one to year two here under
Speaker 1: Brian Floors with this Dolphins program. Here is Jerome on
Speaker 1: the off season and where the Dolphins field they are
Speaker 1: right now at the end of training camp and heading
Speaker 1: into the season coming up on Sunday. I mean, we
Speaker 1: definitely tell me what was We definitely got better. UM.
Speaker 1: But one thing is unique is UH, all the guys
Speaker 1: you have, they truly work hard in the sense of uh,
Speaker 1: they go hard no matter who it is. UM, you
Speaker 1: our expectations for whoever is in it's high no matter
Speaker 1: who it is. Uh. And that's just the one unique thing.
Speaker 1: Even you know, just rushing the past, I might not
Speaker 1: have that much experience. Uh you know, shock, he gets
Speaker 1: on me of how to do it, Kyle, he coaches
Speaker 1: me up on how to do it. The expectation does
Speaker 1: not change whoever it is. Just having that I think
Speaker 1: that races everybody. It's not um the individual player, but
Speaker 1: everybody in the room. Uh, you just raise your game.
Speaker 1: So that's the only unique thing that should I'm excited
Speaker 1: to just to see because uh, it's going to be
Speaker 1: you know, rest of the quarterbacks, it's gonna be fun. Man.
Speaker 1: You just cannot top that type of self policing and
Speaker 1: self leadership on the roster. Having guys really help convey
Speaker 1: the coach's message. It's so important in football and sports,
Speaker 1: in life and jobs, everything you do, it's so important
Speaker 1: to have people that can really echo the mindset and
Speaker 1: go the mantra of the leaders at the top and
Speaker 1: really genuinely believe it and push it on the rest
Speaker 1: of the staff and in this case, the rest of
Speaker 1: the teams. Are great to hear that from Jerome Baker.
Speaker 1: Plenty of good stuff there from Fitzpatrick, Preston, Williams, Baker
Speaker 1: and Jesse Davis. And with that will go ahead and
Speaker 1: include this Tuesday edition on Game week here of the
Speaker 1: Drive Time Podcast, Week one Dolphins at Patriots. The best
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