WEBVTT - Drive Time: Rookie Minicamp 2025 Recap 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:10.840 What is up, Dolphins, and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:13.960 I am your host, Travis Wingfild. On today's episode, the 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:16.440 rookies were on the field for the first time as 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:19.040 Miami Dolphins over the weekend. We took in the action, 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:21.160 heard from some of the players. We'll get you caught 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:23.920 up on all of that, plus we heard from Aaron 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:26.640 Brewer and Zach Sealer as they gave us really good 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:28.240 sound bites. 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:29.360 I suppose to chew one. 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:31.440 I want to break down some of those comments and 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:34.400 talk about them further from the Baptist Health Studios inside 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:35.959 the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:39.720 This is the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:39.320 --> 0:00:40.240 Maye Daffy. 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.320 We're gonna get to the rookies here in just one second, 0:00:44.360 --> 0:00:46.120 but I want to kick it off with the veterans. 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:47.560 Aaron Brewer and Zach. 0:00:47.440 --> 0:00:50.000 Seiler, two of the best players on the Miami Dolphins 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:53.840 a year ago, had media availabilities earlier last week, and 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:55.880 I want to touch on some of their comments here. 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:58.920 And there's plenty of good stuff that kind of coincides 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:01.560 with the thing that we have discussed here on the 0:01:01.600 --> 0:01:05.119 show about potential boons for the team, things that look 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:08.160 forward to, things that could make the team better experience, 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:10.800 just all kinds of different elements that is going to 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:13.920 comprise what you see on the field in terms of 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.720 the product in twenty twenty five and the entire inner 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:21.399 workings of an organization from February up until that first 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:23.760 game in September, and all the things you do to 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.160 put in place the product that you want on the field. 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.560 And I feel from the last three four months of 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:34.319 doing this may now right February March April May. Yeah, 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.880 I least track of time nowadays with two kids third 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:40.399 on the way. But is this theme of you know, 0:01:40.600 --> 0:01:43.560 a singular vision and I just feel like all of 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:47.080 that kind of tracks together and it has me excited. 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:48.640 I want to first play this sound by here from 0:01:48.640 --> 0:01:51.440 Aaron Brewer and the benefit that he finds from having 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:53.840 a full off season here in the program, not having 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.880 to learn a new offense and the stability of playing 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:58.920 the same position back to back years. Plenty of good 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:01.240 stuff here from Aaron brew were on where he is 0:02:01.280 --> 0:02:03.640 now compared to where he was a year ago within 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:05.160 this offense and understand the system. 0:02:05.240 --> 0:02:08.160 So I didn't came a long way. And you know, 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.359 you probably watch femin see for yourself. You know what 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:14.160 I'm saying, but I'm just super excited to be back 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:16.320 in this system. You Know, when I came in first 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:20.600 day OTAs last year, like I felt that little bit 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.000 BO was kind of frustrated because I was close to 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:25.840 the technique we were looking for it here, but I 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:29.000 was also far away from what we had wanted. And 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:32.400 so just from going through a whole offseason, a whole 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:34.360 season now and being they have come back into the 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.840 same system, same position for like the first time in 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:41.560 my cores since probably high school, Like, I just feel amazing. 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:42.960 I'm excited to get back into it. 0:02:43.240 --> 0:02:44.640 One of the themes we're going to cover here in 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:49.560 these soundbites is the Dolphins pursuit of intelligent football players, 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.040 which began back in free agency. We talked about it 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.120 with the players themselves on the interviews and also the 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.640 testimonials from teammates and coaches that have been around these 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:00.520 guys that tell us like, yeah, they are all ball, 0:03:00.800 --> 0:03:02.760 their good studiers, they're guys that know where to be, 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:04.960 when to be there, all that stuff. And that's just 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.760 a theme across this Dolphins offseason and with Aaron Brewer, 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:11.440 a position within this system historically that featured you know, 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:14.720 Alex Mack was a guy that went to Cleveland, Atlanta, 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:18.480 and San Francisco with Kyle Shanahan, like a smart good center. 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:20.720 Look at all the teams that run these offenses, they 0:03:20.760 --> 0:03:23.880 have them, and Brewer is that. And so the jump 0:03:24.120 --> 0:03:28.720 from understanding of his responsibility and roles in the offense 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:30.760 from year one to year two, I feel like that 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:32.840 could have a massive benefit on this offense. I was 0:03:32.880 --> 0:03:35.560 really excited to hear that and to bring it to 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.120 you guys and put it on the podcast. 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:37.400 Here. 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:39.600 Next, I want to hear from Brewer talking about some 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.160 of the things that he picked up in his one 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:44.520 year alongside to Ron Armstead, who of course has now retired. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:47.160 But here's Aaron Brewer talking about the leadership and things 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.840 he learned from playing alongside to Ron Armstead. 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.720 He's preparation for the game. So we always just had 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.840 like when we study a player or something had he 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:59.120 looked at studying players. His attitude was just dealing with 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:02.560 like like every day problems with players. Like everybody see 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:05.400 like just the football side of things, but we all 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.680 have our everyday life, you know what I'm saying, And 0:04:07.720 --> 0:04:10.400 so if you not mentally right, come into the bend 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.520 to come into a game, come into practice or whatever, 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.200 you're not going to get the results you need. And 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:18.120 so I say, like, that's the biggest thing I took 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.560 from to run, just how learning how to deal with 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:27.040 every day problems within myself and everyone that's around. 0:04:27.360 --> 0:04:27.600 Yeah. 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.280 Yeah, man, I mean smart players And we've heard that 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:31.359 from you. 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.039 Talk to Patrick Paul. You want to talk about a 0:04:33.040 --> 0:04:33.719 smart player. 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.400 You guys have heard Austin Jackson on this podcast many 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:39.200 times articulating the fine points of offensive line play and 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.080 just how he sees the game from an intelligence standpoint. 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.520 James Daniels, do I have to tell you anything about him? 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:46.000 Like we had him on the podcast here and he 0:04:46.160 --> 0:04:48.760 was brilliant in his approach to the to the game 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.880 and how he attacked it from mental standpoint, talking about 0:04:51.920 --> 0:04:55.000 sending clips of certain you know, techniques and fundamentals and 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:56.599 plays to the rookies and the other guys on the 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.719 offensive line and just being relentless and teaching those younger 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:01.880 guys Like I feel like James a big part of 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.600 why he's here is to step into a role of 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:06.240 that nature where he can be a bit of a leader. 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:08.360 And then from a young guy you know Jonah Savoy 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:11.800 and ya you've seen the documentary on him talking about 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.240 his journey to the NFL and how excited he is 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:17.039 to protect Tua, and you know the idea of like 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.840 he's always played for Polynesian quarterbacks and just how he 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:22.960 sees the game. And shoot, there was so much stuff 0:05:22.960 --> 0:05:25.120 about him at Arizona, about how he was willing to 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:28.000 change positions and be able to pick up things from 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:31.240 different you know, landscapes or rather different perspectives, I should say, 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.600 and from different landmarks like the game against USC a 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.800 couple of years ago where he's playing tackle and kicks 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.560 inside the guard because the interior rush was giving them 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.279 more of an issue. Like the ability to change in 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.160 game speaks to how a player can kind of process 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.400 and see things from different spots, and I think Jonah 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:48.760 certainly fits that. Let's go ahead and go back to 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.960 Aaron Brewer here and hear him talk about James Daniels 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.400 in that same breadth as Tron Armstead as a leader 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:56.080 and a guy that sees the game a certain way. 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.560 I look jar like, I like his mentality tool as Flooball. 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.520 You know, he he a football junkie, like he he 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:05.240 loved this, you know what I'm saying. So like Felm wise, 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.719 like he owned it and he got a thousand questions. 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:10.599 He's trying to just gain understanding everything, Like y'all can fight. 0:06:10.600 --> 0:06:13.680 You can talk football with dude all day, and so 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:15.359 I love that, you know what I'm saying, Like he 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:19.200 down then he wanted everything to be right and so 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.960 like someone like that who like just fully balked into 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:24.960 football and loved football, Like you can always work with 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.560 guys like that. And I was like, he reapping right now. 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:29.760 But I watched his film when he was in what 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.640 his name, Pittsburgh, and like, but it a dog he 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.440 can move like he got that, he got that motor 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:38.520 in him, he got that finish. So yeah, I like James. 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.200 Let's go back to Brewer talking about the rookie Jonah 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.960 Savoy and night here talking about how special he looks 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:45.200 on tape to Brewer, but. 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.360 It's special like for him, like y'all saying, like he 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.080 a big dude, but he a big dude can move, 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:51.960 Like is that what you said? Like as soon as 0:06:51.960 --> 0:06:54.640 I seen really every posentho with drafted, I'm looking up 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:59.080 highlights combine all that good stuff and so nah, I'm 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:03.320 in safe, but you got ja. I reached that to Lenon. 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.240 I'm decited to work with them, man, I'm just I'm 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:07.880 just trying to give me like half with as soon 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:09.400 as you get here. I'm just trying to get him 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:11.800 the men tennency and get him to the standard ACEP, 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:13.280 you know what I'm saying, because the fusion can be 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:14.120 so bright for him. 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:16.600 I feel the same way, Arian, I feel the same way. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:18.960 So yeah, the prioritization of smart players. 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:19.320 Man. 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:21.880 You know, like what's been one of the bigger issues 0:07:21.920 --> 0:07:23.720 for the offense over the last couple of years. Like 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.480 when two has been in there, We've been efficient, explosive, 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.240 we scored points, led the league in points, all that stuff, right, 0:07:29.240 --> 0:07:31.560 But every team, no matter how good you are, has 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:33.720 things they can be better at. For the Dolphins, when 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:37.840 they're good or not going good, it's typically like avoiding mistakes, right, 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:38.960 shooting themselves in the foot. 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:40.400 McDaniel's talked about that before. 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:42.320 We've seen it play out in some of the games, 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:44.800 you know, the bigger games, and for that matter, and 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.840 I always feel like other teams don't really stop our 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.320 offense as much as it's our own, you know, getting 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.080 in our own way, and you've seen that ratchet up 0:07:53.080 --> 0:07:55.560 in the quote unquote big games right Green Bay last 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.120 year is a good example that first drive, like a 0:07:57.120 --> 0:07:59.560 couple of pre stat penalties after a muff punt, and 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.239 all of a sudden you're behind the sticks and behind 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.720 on the scoreboard, and things kind of snowball from there. 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.400 So if you prioritize guys that see the game a 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.640 certain way, guys that can be really sharp with their 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:12.040 mentals in the toughest conditions, then you can attack those 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.000 weaknesses short it up, and now we can reduce the 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.040 pre snap penalties or mental errors that lead to the 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:21.320 mist assignments, and all those chunk passing plays and effective 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.720 runs will hold up and produce points for you. Aside 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:27.600 from those areas to clean up. Shortyards was parat of 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.640 the other one. I think you can look at and 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.080 Brewer talked about the mentality and short yardage and I 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:35.280 really feel like between he and Jonah and James, and 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:37.360 we had Lewis Riddick on the podcast a couple of 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:40.120 years ago talking about the physical nature of Austin Jackson 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:41.920 and how much he loves that part of his game. 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.440 If you've seen Patrick Paul play football. You know, it's 0:08:44.480 --> 0:08:46.840 a big part of his game. Like, I don't know, man, 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.960 I just look at where things came up short, not 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.839 just last year, but in some of the previous years offensively, 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.240 and I feel like there was a specific vision to 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:58.319 attack those things specifically, and I'm very excited to see 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.360 what that looks like as a result in terms of 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:03.200 your Sunday product. So, you know, I wrote this out 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:04.800 and I was thinking to myself, maybe I'll save it 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:06.960 for a different podcasts, but I kind of felt like 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:10.240 it plays on this pod because I think that people 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:12.640 might be over fading the Dolphins just a little bit. 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:13.360 You know. 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.800 I hear podcast I hear all these discussions about how 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:18.400 many games they're gonna win, and you can look at 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.679 certain things and point to like, you know, disagreements in 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:23.680 terms of how things are done in the building and 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:25.160 culture and all that stuff, But when it comes to 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:27.920 the on field product and the onfield talent, like, I 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:29.839 feel like people are sleeping a little bit. My opening 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:31.800 disclaimered all of this. You know, if to a play 0:09:31.840 --> 0:09:34.800 seventeen games, that's it, right, But that's true for most 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:38.600 teams who haven't established good quarterback if Josh Allen misses 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.640 six games, how many of those games does Buffalo actually win, 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:45.120 like two at most, So they'd have to go nine 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:47.240 and two with Josh in the lineup just to get 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.120 to eleven and five. And he's capable of that. But 0:09:49.160 --> 0:09:52.440 you get what I'm saying. I don't know, man, You know, 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:55.559 is everyone right or are they wrong? The are they 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.199 right part is going inside the psyche and temperature of 0:09:58.240 --> 0:10:00.400 the culture and build because you can't tell me with 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.040 the same passing battery of Riek and Waddle and Tua, 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.240 with what you've added with John Husmith and Devon eight 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.280 Chan in the passing game, and now you get me 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.600 Nick Westbrook, A Kine and Pharaoh Brown. That's legit the 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:13.800 solve to what I thought was the biggest flaw in 0:10:13.840 --> 0:10:16.560 the twenty twenty four offense blocking off the edge from 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:20.120 your eligible positions, and both Brown and Westbrook Akeene can 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:22.920 be used in that way. Julian Hill can be used 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.920 that way in a reduced, simplified way from tight end 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:29.000 I last year tight end three and fewer snaps, provided 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:31.640 he holds off Jalen Conyers. But that would be a 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.280 personnel shift in offense. So it's a different style player. 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:39.160 I digress. The arsenal of young wide receivers is the 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:42.360 best it's been between Malik Washington, Taj Washington, and the 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.640 four udfas one of those guys is going to hit 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:47.200 maybe even two of them. And then there's the offensive line, 0:10:47.240 --> 0:10:49.520 but not just the O line in a vacuum. You've 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:53.200 added thirty pounds of functional strength at guard while improving 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:58.040 the athleticism at both spots. Frankly, I think the ability 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.480 upgrade of James and Jonah over Robin Liam is the 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.760 biggest upgrade in any team has made any position this season, 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.160 outside of maybe one team that adds a quarterback or something. 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.280 But your center should have been a pro bowler. And 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.240 that was his first year in the system. He's playing 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.600 the same position in back to back seasons, as you heard, 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.600 for the first time in his career. And I can 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.240 point to the run game falloff coinciding with the loss 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.959 of eight of Austin Jackson last year. And I believe 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.439 in Patrick Paul he's just too big, he's too smart, 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.960 too physical and athletic and mature to not hit. So 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:29.960 everything around TUA is better, but the personnel in a 0:11:30.000 --> 0:11:33.720 vacuum doesn't tell the comprehensive change these moves bring. You 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.360 added two big backs to go behind these big guards 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:39.520 and big eligibles at the edge point of attack. Past 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:44.440 Shanahan's systems have had successful deployed similar multi scheme integration 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.880 with an adaptable style of offense. If that's where the 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.120 Fins are headed, this is going to be a top 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:52.880 five offense in football if the quarterback stays healthy, no 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:53.920 doubt about that in my mind. 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:55.480 Can they do it? I think so. 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:58.280 Let's move now to the defensive side of the football 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.960 here in a similar question for Zach see I posed 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:03.720 to him was second year of Anthony Weaver's defense. We 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:06.920 heard Mike mcdalid talk to this offseason about the value 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:09.640 of having that continuity and the big jump he saw 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.560 from the defense around the midway point from last season. 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.400 How do you think that kind of carries over or 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:18.280 rather it gives you, guys, the benefit of familiarity in 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:20.559 the second year of having coach Weaver here where you're 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.000 not going through install from basic you know, day one, 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.480 one on one stuff right away, but having that kind 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.920 of platform a jump from from last year. Here's Zach 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:29.800 Steeler on Anthony Weaver in your number two. 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:33.360 Yeah, it's just when you have that system over a 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:35.320 couple of years like we do now with Weave and 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:37.880 such a solid system, where like he has so much 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:40.160 in his back pocket he wants to get to or 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:42.800 can get to, it's just that much more exciting because 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:44.240 we can get that much more in depth and that 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.680 much more function from our defense to God to run 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:49.960 how we want based on the teams we're playing. So 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.200 it's really exciting. It's been awesome to see these guys grow, 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:56.120 all of us together and Weave system with Jordan t Do, 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.559 Willie and kJ behind us now and those guys learning 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:01.680 the system and kind of rolling through. It's been really cool. 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:03.880 Separate question was similar, So there was a bit of 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:05.160 an add on to this, and I want to go 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:07.880 ahead and just play this extra SoundBite that's akin to 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:09.320 what you just heard from Zach Seeler. 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:11.920 I mean, honestly, to me, it's just kind of what 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.000 we had on earlier was just the optimization of Coach 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:18.040 Weaver's defense to maximize the calls and the abilities of 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:20.760 each player. Obviously, him being a player, I think he 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:22.520 knows he is a very good eye for that kind 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.680 of stuff. I'm so really excited to see what he 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:25.679 does with it this year. 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:27.160 And that's kind of where I come down. 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:29.480 I think I kind of feel like Anthony Weaver earned 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:32.319 the right to maybe shot for some of the groceries 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.079 and maybe be you know, even more of a prominent voice. 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:36.880 Not saying he wasn't last year that it's going to 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:38.600 be some big difference this year, but I think that 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.120 he's earned his stripes in terms of what he can 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.920 be and his potential as the DC and the ability 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:46.840 to get to more of the menu in his defensive playbook. 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:49.000 And I think you look at the construction of this 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:51.679 defense and how similar it is to other teams that 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:54.960 run a similar system. You know, we talked about the 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.720 centers and being you know, football smart for the Kyle 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.439 Shanahan offense and the Mike Daniel offense. I feel like 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.359 for Anthony Weaver, there's a pretty good blueprint of defenses 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.800 that run similar concepts to what he brought to Miami, 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.560 and you can kind of see this defense taking more 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.480 of that shape in terms of the style of player 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:15.400 and how they can fit in certain systems. And they've 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:18.400 been aggressive going after cornerbacks that you can really press 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.360 up and play man coverage in this front that's so 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:24.040 pliable and universal, and how they can rush from different spots. 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:26.880 I think there's again to the side of the ball, 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:28.880 a certain vision, and I want to go ahead and 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:32.040 play this last SoundBite here from Zach Seeler about the 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:36.040 addition of Kenneth Grant, but also the entire makeup of 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:38.320 the Dolphins front and how beneficial that can be for 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.680 Zach Sealer and this defense as a whole. Man. 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.800 I'm excited. It makes me really excited to obviously work 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:48.280 with Chopp last year than chubn Jalen years prior. It's 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:50.080 really excited to see how we can kind of all 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.840 mess together with great guys across the board. And it's 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:54.960 just been awesome to play with these guys the last 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.480 couple of years, three years in some cases, and really 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:00.920 to hopefully get everyone rolling the camp and in the 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.360 season at max capacity and just really working our stuff 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.760 and like really be on the goodest advances we can 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:08.240 get together and rush to the unit. 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.920 I had this conversation with a friend of mine about, 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:14.240 you know, the resources kind of going into the front. Right. 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.200 You saw three defensive tackles drafted. 0:15:16.240 --> 0:15:18.920 You saw Willie Gay and it was signed to a 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:19.760 free agent contract. 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:20.840 kJ Britt as well. 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.680 Tyrel Dotson brought back after being a mid season acquisition 0:15:23.800 --> 0:15:28.000 last year. And you know, going after chopping the first round, 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.200 getting JP and Bradley Chubb back and developing Mo Kamara 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.760 and the guys in that edge room as well, the 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.680 makeup of this team is kind of like the front 0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.200 seven has really been fortified and had depth and built 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:42.080 up that way. And not to mention, we talked about 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.400 Kenneth Grant and what he can provide at that size 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:47.120 and that athletic ability. Is the modern game where you 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:49.240 try to defend the run from these two high structures 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.520 and your four to two five base defense and you 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.320 have to have big defensive tackles with big, you know, fast, 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.920 you know instinctive linebackers behind that. And we just saw 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:00.400 a Super Bowl champion run the ball over six percent 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:02.840 of the time. So this pendulum swinging back towards the 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:05.480 run game more, maybe it does make more sense to 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.720 really fortify your front and then play from there and 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:10.680 kind of have a trickle down effect that way. Because 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:14.280 this Dolphin's front seven is deep, It's got star potential. 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.600 If you get the return of Bradley Chubb and JP 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.120 to the level we know they can play at. If 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.560 you get Chop development, you get second year of Jordan 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:23.720 Brooks as kind of the traffic cop in the middle 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.760 of the defense. You add Willy Gay to the mix, like, 0:16:26.440 --> 0:16:28.280 I don't know, man, I'm pretty excited about that upfront 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:29.080 on defense as well. 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:30.240 So that's my spiel. 0:16:30.320 --> 0:16:31.960 Let's go ahead and take a break rate there, come 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:34.520 back on the other side and get to rookie miniamp. 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:35.560 We'll hear from the guys as well. 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.000 All the draft picks spoke to the media before the practice, 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:39.720 plenty to come your way here on the Draft Time 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:45.080 podcast brought to you by Auto Nation. And then we 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:48.160 had a football practice And it wasn't a training camp 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.240 practice where I'm out there for an hour forty five 0:16:50.280 --> 0:16:53.240 minutes giving you guys constant play breakdowns and notes. But 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:56.400 I got to watch football today on Friday, and I 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:58.640 feel very fortunate to have done that, and it was 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:01.720 a good glimpse of what OTU and training camp is 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:03.640 gonna be like. And I gotta tell you, guys, I 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.480 am I'm just about as fired up for this year's 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:09.919 camp as I have ever been in this is my 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.960 sixth year now with the team. I just think I 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.639 think there's a lot of stuff to help for the 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:17.320 Dolphins to prove this season, and I'm excited to see 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:20.360 how they go about doing that. So fired up man, 0:17:20.560 --> 0:17:22.080 fired to watch some football. I want to just go 0:17:22.160 --> 0:17:23.679 through some of the notes I wrote down here in 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:25.840 my chicken scratch and see if I can communicate with 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.480 you guys on the podcast. So I was trying to 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.000 watch as much as I could. It's a short practice. 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:33.840 It is a lot of players out there. There's all 0:17:33.920 --> 0:17:36.480