WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 2 Recap 0:00:01.720 --> 0:00:15.640 Looking Down, fail, touchdown, Miami un What is up? Dolphans 0:00:15.800 --> 0:00:19.239 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:24.639 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:29.000 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:31.320 and I am here to bring you your daily dose 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:34.960 of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we're back 0:00:35.040 --> 0:00:39.160 for day two of training camp. We're gonna get into 0:00:39.159 --> 0:00:41.800 the premier matchup of the day, a couple of first 0:00:41.880 --> 0:00:44.560 round rookies showing out. We'll hear from their press conferences 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:47.479 post practice as well. We're gonna hear from coach some 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:50.560 other players. Break down the top performers of the day. 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:52.960 Tell you about the long ball from TWA to Albert 0:00:52.960 --> 0:00:57.280 Wilson once again, the quarterbacks performance, the defense's performance, all 0:00:57.320 --> 0:00:59.400 of that and a heck of a lot more on 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:04.000 this day to training camp edition from Baptist Health Studios 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.600 inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:13.319 Time Podcast. I never thought I would start the podcast 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.200 with a Britney Spears quote, but oops, I did it again. 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.600 Watching the skill guys over the offensive line, I kept 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:23.120 pulling myself back in, but would sometimes get distracted by 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:25.920 the glamor of the passing game and the perimeter players. 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:29.039 Now I do have a lot more than yesterday's podcast 0:01:29.080 --> 0:01:31.240 in that regard, but it was more about the guys 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.640 on the outside. Again for me today, I do promise 0:01:33.680 --> 0:01:37.000 we'll incorporate more of the trench work as we go along, 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.840 as we get closer to padded practices, and as I 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:43.840 broaden my scope of general observations throughout the day at 0:01:43.840 --> 0:01:48.080 practice here at the Baptist Health Training Complex. Today, it's 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:49.880 the same deal with the rosters as far as the 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:53.279 pup goes. Will Fuller did not practice, and x Avien 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:55.840 Howard was out there for stretching and he warmed up, 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.200 but he did not participate in any of the drills. 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.040 For the second straight day, the Dolphin had that dual 0:02:01.160 --> 0:02:04.760 field approach kind of dueling reps for one offense versus 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.640 one defense, and then another offense versus another defense on 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:10.760 the opposite field, helping them to maximize reps. And if 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:14.480 you can't tell, I'm really intrigued by this, and personally speaking, 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.000 I mean, it just gives me so many more reps 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:19.840 to watch as an observer, as an evaluator, as a 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.919 football analyst. I can't watch them all. It's impossible to 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:25.400 do that. In fact, there was one point today where 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:28.240 both quarterbacks were up at the line on either field 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.440 and I was trying to watch them both and wound 0:02:30.520 --> 0:02:33.720 up seeing nothing. So it's pretty rare, but they did 0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:37.880 happen simultaneously on that one rep. And I'm really into 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.840 it because it gives the coaches, you know, a better look. 0:02:40.960 --> 0:02:43.560 As we hear from coach Flora's here today. Yeah, I 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:47.720 think somebody asked about you know, ones, twos, threes. You know, 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:49.840 I think, you know, I think we've got a lot 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:54.720 of good competition on this team. Um, so the ones 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:57.079 are getting the same reps, number of reps as the twos, 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.519 the threes are getting reps, so they get an opportunity 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:03.840 can't at everybody the same amount of of reps and uh, 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.240 you know, opportunity to showcase what they can do. But 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:10.760 we felt like this format um would allow us to 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:12.800 uh to see everyone again. We just we just end 0:03:12.880 --> 0:03:15.000 up watching a lot of film. That's really you know, 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:16.600 and I guess the onus comes goes on us as 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.280 coaches to just stay here a little bit. We'll just 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:25.120 get the film washed. Um and uh, I think you know, 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.840 we'll be able to u make some match a little bit. 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:31.320 So a group you saw yesterday, I mean, I'm sure 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:33.480 we called it the ones against the ones. We can 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.720 easily flip those twos against ones and see guys against different, 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:40.800 different competition and really get a feel for, uh, you know, 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:43.200 who's doing what. So that was kind of the thought process. 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.400 And I really find that answer to be intriguing because 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.200 one it goes back to a quote coach Flora's kind 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.760 of became famous for here in his first year, saying 0:03:51.760 --> 0:03:54.280 there's joy and hard work. And you heard him talk 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.360 about putting the onus on the coaching staff to watch 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.120 more film there as there's more reps and getting or 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:02.640 mixing match as far as which guys are playing against 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:04.720 which guys. And I thought that was intriguing. And again 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.360 especially the note about the extra work and the almost 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.240 on the coaches to put in the extra work to 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:11.640 be able to take on all those reps that they're 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.760 adding to practice. So a few pre practice notes here 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:16.880 before we got onto the field for the actual work. 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.360 You know, we heard coach Flores talk about Shakim Griffin 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.840 this morning. Let's go ahead and roll the audio from 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:25.680 coach talking about the Dolphins new linebacker and Shakie Griffin. Well, 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:27.200 I know he brings a lot of energy. I mean 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:31.240 you feel his energy within thirty seconds of being around 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:37.880 the guy. Um. But uh, he's got some obviously speed, uh, toughness, 0:04:39.000 --> 0:04:45.680 he's smart, some position flexibility, did you guys? You know 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.840 I I like to have that. Let's played obviously on 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:50.839 the ball, off the ball, linebacker on the ball, some 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:56.960 rush ability playing a kicking game. Um, you know oldmar 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:58.800 is big on the kicking game. I'm sure he's spent 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:02.320 a lot of time watching that kickoff kickoff return today 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:06.039 just so you know. Uh, but yeah, I think he's 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.760 he's we love his energy. Um, he's definitely had some 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:13.960 leadership qualities. UM. Excited to have as part of the team. 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.120 And there's a reason I'm playing that audio for you 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:18.560 as well as this next audio here on Shad Griffin, 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.160 as coach was later asked about when he first kind 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.240 of became aware of who Shad Griffin was and what 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.520 attracted him coach to shock as a player to go 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:31.560 ahead and roll that audio. You know, in this league, um, 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.039 with the parody of this league and the amount of 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:35.640 good players that are in this league, I think the 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.000 players that make it are the players who know how 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.440 to deal with adversity. And you know, you kind of 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:44.560 judge that with guys coming out a few different ways. 0:05:44.600 --> 0:05:47.800 For me personally, I try to look at what are 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.279 what situations have they've been put in, not necessarily on 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:54.120 the field, but more off the field. I think you 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.280 can you know, what what what a guy? You know, 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:58.560 what adversity of guys dealt with you know, on the 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.480 field that they were down and it came back. Um. 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:05.800 I'm not saying that that's you know nothing, but UM, 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.960 guys who go through things within their lives, you know. 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:11.000 I know for me personally, you know, you pull from 0:06:11.080 --> 0:06:15.960 those those uh experiences when you get into a uh, 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:19.599 when you deal with some adversity in life. And he's 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:22.920 done that, and I think he's done a He's done 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:27.640 an exceptional job of dealing with adversity and overcoming some diversity. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.760 So uh, I think you need that in this league. 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:33.279 And so you heard coach talk about both the energy 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.200 as well as overcoming adversity. And I asked Shack after 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.960 practice if he and coach had a chance to connect 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:41.839 on the adversity and how he's overcome that in his 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.839 personal life and football life, and Shack had a great 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.400 answer that kind of gave us an all encompassing look 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:51.039 at both overcoming adversity and the energy he brings to 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.320 a football team. Um, the energy, I mean obviously that 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.120 that's the most most important thing. You just have a 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.359 good Jews, have a good energy. And you know, me 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:00.160 being able to be here in branding energy in the 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.080 Jews and no be happy. You know, it kind of 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:04.040 bring a certain light to certain people. You know, a 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:05.919 lot of guys can come here and being for work, 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.240 but it's like, what's the enjoyment you're getting from it? 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:10.160 Is like having that fun energy wanted to be here 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:12.480 one of the laugh and stuff. You know, you're not 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.840 doing something right, you're not having fun. I thought that 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:16.960 last quote there was really the one that stood out there. 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:18.880 If you're not having fun, you're not You're not doing 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.200 something right. And that's that's true of any job. And 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.800 of course I find myself having the best time in 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.840 my life every single time out here at training camp practices. 0:07:26.880 --> 0:07:28.600 There's no better place in the world for me to 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:31.440 be during these practices. And the reason I brought out 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:33.360 the energy here was because you know, as I get 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.120 a chance to sit there before the practice and kind 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.520 of watch guys come onto the field and just be 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.880 a fly on the wall, so to speak. As Shock 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.040 is coming over to the area where the linebackers are 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:45.160 starting to congregate pre practice, he's already chirping, like from 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.760 across the field, like fifty yards away. He's just you 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:49.880 can hear him getting after guys and and kind of 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.240 skipping across the field. So it was just cool to 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:55.480 see them talk about that and then see it in action. 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:58.040 So that was that Shock in a nutshell right there. 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.240 We're gonna have a good time covering that guy this year. 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:03.640 Another note, Liam Eichenberg was working pre practice with Jesse 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:05.880 Davis on their past sets and it was a lot 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:08.240 of stuff working on the redirect on an inside move. 0:08:08.280 --> 0:08:10.520 It's always a good idea to pull tips from a 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:14.559 guy like a Jesse Davis who's basically seen every possible game, 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:17.840 you know, stunts, slants, twist and whatever it might be 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:20.080 the NFL defensive lines can throw at you. So to 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.240 have him kind of go through a rep and then 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.720 Jesse kind of come up to him and touch the 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:26.360 shoulder and say, you know, I don't know what they're 0:08:26.360 --> 0:08:28.720 talking about, but just the hand motions and kind of 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.560 walking through those reps in the physical aspect of doing that. 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:33.760 Just something you didn't get last year with you know, 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.360 all this zoom meetings and distance type of learning and 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:40.160 classroom situations. So really cool see those guys get a 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:41.959 chance to be on the field here late in July 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.880 and going through that stuff. And then finally Christian Wilkins 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.880 was the first guy out and the last to leave yesterday. 0:08:48.080 --> 0:08:50.600 The conditioning, the leadership, the love of the game. This 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:53.760 guy is always as advertised. Let's go ahead and start 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.600 with the camp notes from today with rookie first round 0:08:56.640 --> 0:09:00.520 DRAFTIC number eighteen overall outside linebacker Jalen phil A ups 0:09:00.559 --> 0:09:03.080 And it was planned that we would get both Jalen's 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.840 today for media before practice, so it was nice to 0:09:05.920 --> 0:09:08.720 get both of them to show out for us on 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.840 the practice field on Thursday. First with phillips Man, he 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.280 was in the backfield with some really great battles with 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:17.000 a couple of guys, but first he talked about Austin 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.719 Jackson and now is a good time to announce our 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:23.560 first prime time matchup of the day. It was Jalen 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:27.319 Phillips and Austin Jackson. And though there weren't one on 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.120 one reps for those guys, my favorite drill and all 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.160 of football is the offensive line verse, defensive line pass 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.560 rustrials in those one on ones. Even though we didn't 0:09:35.600 --> 0:09:38.160 have that, they still had some fantastic battles in the 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:40.600 team period. First, I want to go ahead and play 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.640 a clip here from Jalen Phillips talking about Austin Jackson 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.280 and their relationship. I didn't know this actually pre dates 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:50.880 their time when Austin was at USC and Jalen at 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.240 u c l A. Yeah, I've actually known Austin sens 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:54.960 my senior year of high school. We both played in 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:57.840 the Army All American Game together. Um, so it's anyone 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.200 to USC. So it's been cool to be a would 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:01.480 it be on the same team as that, You know 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.240 some guys I knew before the Austin's a study, Um 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:06.680 so you know, just you know, iron sharpened iron, iron 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:08.520 sharpen's iron. And so it's great to be able to 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:10.520 go against the guy, you know, if it's caliber every 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:12.360 day and even on the other side, Jesse, you know, 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:16.840 guys inside like they're all super talented. So Phil Solace 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.480 there from Jalen Phillips for kind of stuttering over one 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.200 of his words there because I fumbled that question getting 0:10:22.200 --> 0:10:24.520 it out to him. So that was game recognizing game 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:27.120 right there. All jokes aside. We also heard from Zach 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.959 Seler discussing the footwork of the young offensive lineman and 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:34.440 how he's already noticing strides from their rookie campaigns last year. 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:37.000 So all that very encouraging and one of the cool 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.280 parts of all of this. Amid all the you know, 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:41.720 chatter up in the bleachers, I'm just trying to find 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.880 any cool tidbits I can. Keeping a close eye on 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.360 two full football fields, ninety man roster, all the coaches, 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:50.520 all the stuff that's going on, and I see the 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:55.679 offensive line working extra reps between periods between drills, like 0:10:55.800 --> 0:10:58.120 you'll see guys working on their sets or trying to 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:00.559 figure out their hands, Like there's just always thing going on. 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:03.560 And at one point Austin was working with Jonathan Hubbard 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:07.200 on redirecting, just like leam Meikenberg and Jesse Davis earlier. 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:09.400 And then I saw him apply that in the team 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:12.319 drills where you get an upfield rush and then the 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.280 pass rusher kind of either spin moved back inside or 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.800 try to go with a cross chopped back inside, whatever 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.520 the move might be. You then have to stop your momentum, 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:23.160 redirect and get back to the inside. And I think 0:11:23.240 --> 0:11:25.959 you see the way Austin Jackson really moves well in 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:28.640 that area. So to see it from the just the 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:32.000 very slow paced walk through reps, helmets off and just 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.560 working with guys off to the side to apply onto 0:11:34.559 --> 0:11:37.360 the football field. I love seeing that work. He also 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:39.839 had some nice work on the backside on run blocks 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.400 where he has to shoot the hands, kind of turn 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:44.559 his butt to the gap and then seal that man off, 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.400 and he had some nice work in that area as well. Okay, 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:49.280 back to the rookie going up against him, kind of 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.760 got on a tangent there on an Austin Jackson tangent. 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.160 Austin got him a couple of times. Jalen got some 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:57.319 pressure too. He also Jalen had some pressure off the 0:11:57.400 --> 0:11:59.920 other side of the formation, and he talked about the 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.640 work of both Eikenberg and Davis and some other guys 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:04.680 that he went up against his pass rushers, and how 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:06.640 he's taking a lot from all the guys that he's 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:10.120 seeing in this in this particular arena. But it's not 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.760 just the pass rush with him, because I'm watching him 0:12:13.200 --> 0:12:15.400 and I'm not seeing a lot of trouble with you know, 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:17.880 the thinking aspect of the game. He plays fast to me, 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:21.240 and that includes going forward and backwards, and man, he 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:23.559 looks good in and out of those transitions. And obviously 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.840 that length that he features really helps disrupt the passing lanes. 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:28.720 And as I'm standing there off to the side when 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:30.960 he walks up to the podium for his press conference, 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:33.760 stand next to Jalen Phillips and you'll feel like a 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:36.120 pretty small human being that was a little bit of 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:38.200 masculate sat next to that guy. He is an absolute 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:42.079 monster from one first round rookie to another. Jalen Wattle went. 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:44.920 I think the only word to describe it was he 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:48.680 went Nanners today, and everyone focuses on the speed, and rightfully, 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:51.319 so it's just another gear with him that you do 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:54.079 not often see. I think the best example of this 0:12:54.280 --> 0:12:56.760 was when they were working on trail technique, and that's 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.400 where the cornerback plays underneath and the receiver has to 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.720 react his movement, so you can basically snap off inside 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.719 outside and the quarterback has to follow that direction, and 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:07.880 you might say, why would you play that position on 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:11.200 the football field, Typically speaking, I'm not gonna go over 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.720 my skis over my pay grade here, but typically speaking, 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.280 the reason you play that technique is to have someone 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:18.840 over the tops. You kind of funnel into where your 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.800 help is. That's all playing defenses and football and basketball 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:24.199 right find out where your help is and utilize that help. 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:27.760 And so in this trail technique drill, there's a rep 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.360 between Albert Wilson and Noah Igbanogny where I've noted the 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:33.640 Igbo state step for step with him, and we'll get 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:35.360 to more on him here just shortly. But I was 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:39.079 really impressed with Iganogenys ability to stay in that position, 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.600 and I thought to myself, maybe this drill does favor 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.760 the defensive back because they don't have to worry about 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.440 the vertical and it's just a two way direction whether 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:48.559 it's in or out, and the cornerback can either cheat 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.080 or make a guess even or just play the man. 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.360 And I thought Igbo did that really well. But then 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:56.320 Jalen Waddle comes up and takes a rep and he stutters, 0:13:56.559 --> 0:13:58.599 then shoots out of that break like a rocket and 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.240 he's just I mean, it's a flash and he's working 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:05.080 parallel with a solid to three yards of separation from 0:14:05.120 --> 0:14:07.480 the defender. Before you can even blink. It just happens 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:12.040 also suddenly. But I thought his hands were the real story. Today. 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.960 He caught one ball that was a bit high and behind, 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:19.120 and he elevates, catches the football on his hip and 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:21.480 comes down in a three sixty and just hits the 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:23.880 ground and takes off. It reminded me. We've been doing 0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.000 a lot of sports analogies on the podcast here lately. 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:29.000 It reminded me of a figure skater, you know, they 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:30.520 go up and they do the triple axel and they 0:14:30.600 --> 0:14:33.000 come down and they're off again. It's a lot of 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.600 fun to watch. He also stabbed a low pass and 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.120 two of was aces today, So these two throws are 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.480 not an indicator of his day. More on that in 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.120 just a moment. But this ball was a quick fire throw, 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.480 like Jalen gets off the line to a knows that's 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.120 where the ball is going instantly and lets that thing 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:51.200 fly and Jalen slides in like he's stealing second base 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:54.120 and makes the catch going to the ground. Later on kickoff, 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:56.840 Wattle comes up on a pooch kick that lands in 0:14:56.920 --> 0:14:59.200 that no man's land, like where you start. If you're 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.600 watching the game on ev you start panicking because, oh no, 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:04.160 that ball, that's a live football, and I'm scared, and 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.880 it takes a bounce. He slides in and corrals it 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.360 off the hop again, like starting in a second base 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:13.000 I just the concentration that requires the ability to survive 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:16.280 the ground or contact from defenders. It's just the perfect 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:20.520 compliment to his speed, because, as we talked about yesterday, 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:24.280 deep balls are typically low percentage throws. That's just how 0:15:24.320 --> 0:15:26.560 it goes. Right, shooting the ball from five ft beyond 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.400 the three point line, it's a it's a low percentage shot. 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:32.840 And when you have that speed and that trusty catchability, 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.080 you increase that percentage. And there's a reason why this 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:39.440 guy caught twenty one of twenty six passes beyond twenty 0:15:39.520 --> 0:15:42.560 yards of area yards at Alabama right, and all but 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.280 four of those, by the way we're from to us. 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.120 So there you go. There's your conclusion. Then that speed 0:15:47.600 --> 0:15:50.160 it translates to other routes to like on one comeback 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.720 route where he pressed the toes of the corner. And 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:54.840 this is one of our favorite terms in the podcast 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:58.320 here creating conflict. Do I have to hit my flip 0:15:58.400 --> 0:16:01.360 my hips and get vertical backwards back towards the goal 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.520 post or can I drive downhill on the short intermediate throw? 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:08.000 And he's all gas for about fourteen yards and he 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:10.720 snaps that thing off coming back to the quarterback and 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:13.360 there were several yards of separation on this throw and 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:16.320 the football arrives right on time from the far hash 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.120 a good deal of zip on that throw for what 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:20.560 it's worth. And with that, let's go ahead and get 0:16:20.600 --> 0:16:23.840 to the quarterback. But first, real quick, we heard from Jalen. 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.720 Let's get his take on a quote that coach Flora 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:30.240 has had this morning talking about Jalen's role is going 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:32.440 to be what Jalen makes of it. And you know, 0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:35.000 he talked about the importance of the kicking game and 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:36.880 how he does want to have his best guy out 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:39.520 there because he thinks the kicking game is an important 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.080 aspect of the game, and of course it is. With 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:42.800 that was a big area of focus for the Dolphins 0:16:42.880 --> 0:16:45.280 last year and the year before and last year, Coach 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:47.760 Croftsman's special teams unit was a big reason why this 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:50.160 team was able to win ten football games. So talking 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.600 about Jalen and multiple capacities, whether it's catching the football 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:56.600 or returning pots or whatever job he might do, I 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.560 asked him, how are you approaching, you know, going into 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:03.040 US season where maybe it's your rookie year and you've 0:17:03.120 --> 0:17:05.200 kind of taking a lot on terms of the classroom 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.760 and learning the game and trying to do multiple things. 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:11.040 How's your approach to that going Here's Jalen Waddle. I'm 0:17:11.080 --> 0:17:14.320 trying to learn, honestly, learn to playbook, learn my teammates 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.439 and just trying to get better, help out and um, 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:19.480 just do what the coaches asked me to do. Think 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:21.679 that's all they can ask. That's all I'm gonna I'm 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:23.800 gonna give him. And now let's go ahead and get 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:26.280 to the quarterbacks. The one throw in the football to 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.480 Jalen Waddle because well, I know you guys want that. 0:17:29.560 --> 0:17:32.080 We're deep into the podcast here, but to on this day, 0:17:32.720 --> 0:17:34.680 he was dealing and I thought it was really a 0:17:34.760 --> 0:17:37.200 good practice for him on Wednesday, and I thought Thursday 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:39.879 was even better. He had one play where he stepped 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:41.800 up through the rush up the middle of the pocket 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:43.960 and fired one to Mike Gasiki down the middle of 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.040 the field and it looked an awful lot like the 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:48.960 play against the Cardinals last year where he did that 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:51.760 and flung it out too. I think it was Davante 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:54.520 Parker for a big game. But Kasiki catches this one, 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:57.320 turns it and runs for what was at least thirty 0:17:57.480 --> 0:18:00.280 or so yards before defender got near him. And the 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.560 thing with these plays where two gets off the original spot, 0:18:03.920 --> 0:18:06.360 the defense has to respect the scramble so he can 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.520 generate big plays with that quick twitch and putting the 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:13.000 defense in you guessed it some conflict, and that's what 0:18:13.119 --> 0:18:15.440 he did here. There were two quick swing routes, one 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.639 two Miles Gaskin, another to Albert Wilson, and this is 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:22.399 more recognition and quick release to me than anything. I 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:25.440 have to imagine he's recognizing post nap movement immediately and 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.919 making a decision that if I get this ball into space, 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:31.720 we have a chance for a big play, especially with 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.120 the speed that those guys offer. And sure enough, Gaskin 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:37.680 goes for about twenty before he gets close to a 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.800 defender or where contact would be, and then Wilson finishes 0:18:40.880 --> 0:18:43.440 his in the end zone. Would he have scored I'm 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:45.879 not sure, but given what we saw him due to 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:48.080 the Bears back in two thousand eighteen with those two 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:51.120 crazy catch and runs, I'm inclined to say yes. Then 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:55.440 later in practice they run something similar with Sevon Akhmed, 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:58.879 only this time he sticks his foot in the ground 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:01.159 and gets up few field on a wheel route and 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:04.560 the ball is dropped in the bucket absolutely perfectly right 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:08.399 and stride to another fast receiver here. Possible touchdown there too, 0:19:08.480 --> 0:19:11.680 but two is touch was on point, and none more 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:14.920 than this one with the honeyhole shot to savan Akhmed 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:17.200 over the top of the cornerback under the safety on 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:19.199