WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 1 Recap 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:16.280 That touchdown, Miami Run. What is up, Dolphans And welcome 0:00:16.400 --> 0:00:19.680 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:24.759 podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:28.479 going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield and as 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.880 always I am here to bring you your daily dose 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:36.800 of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, Breathe it 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:39.440 All in. Can you smell that? It smells to me 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:44.560 like football season. Miami Dolphins are back on the field. 0:00:44.760 --> 0:00:46.960 We have a practice in the books. We're gonna break 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:49.240 it all down for you here, the drills, the pace 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:52.760 of practice, the team periods, the top performers. We're gonna 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.640 cover all of that, breakdown what coach and the players 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.840 had to say, and a whole lot more all of that. 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:04.040 On this day one of training camp edition of the 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:10.639 Drive Time Podcast. We are for the first time coming 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:14.120 to you from Baptist Health Studios here at the Baptist 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:18.000 Health Training Facility in Miami Gardens, right across the way 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:21.520 from beautiful Hard Rock Stadium, and practice just wrapped and 0:01:21.560 --> 0:01:24.240 we have a lot to get to. But before we 0:01:24.319 --> 0:01:27.920 dig into that, some roster news as Shakeem Griffin signed 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:30.800 with Miami since the last time I spoke with you all, 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.360 and those that have been following along with me since 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.480 the Locked on Dolphins days know how excited I was 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:41.200 about his prospects as a pro back in NFL Draft. 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:43.480 And not to toot my own horn here, but I 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:46.000 guess too too had very nice thing to say about 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.560 a handful of linebackers and that class, and they were well. 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:50.960 Jerome Baker and what I saw from him that really 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.080 put him on the map for me was that wheel 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:56.800 route against Sae Kwon Barkley where Barkley created zero separation 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:59.800 with both guys on a dead sprint. Also fell in 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:02.600 love with Darius Leonard and Fred Warner mostly at the 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.880 Senior Bowl, for their work in coverage and as linebackers 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.560 in that week of practice, the change of direction, all 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:11.560 the skill sets that really kind of go along with 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.160 a modern day linebacker, like a Jerome Baker, like a 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:17.360 Fred Warner, like a Darius Leonard. And the fourth was, 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:21.160 of course Shakim Griffin. So not bad, Travis not bad 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:25.079 at all. Now, Shack has been more special teams than 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:28.720 prominent Snaptaker on defense so far in his career. But 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:30.799 I think there's a lot of juice for him as 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:34.120 a rusher, especially when you start to incorporate all of 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:37.280 the again this word change of direction, this phrase, I 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:40.640 should say he's capable of flashing with the change of direction, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.160 but also his counter moves are pretty great from what 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.000 I recall on his college tape back at u CF. 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.840 The Dolphins also add defensive bat Cravon LeBlanc. This is 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:52.880 a feisty player that also has the special team's reputation 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:56.360 really across all special teams units, but he also has 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.880 the defensive production to go along with it. The thing 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.960 that stands out to me is his ball production. With 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.359 eight team passes defense in fifty two career games played 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.600 and one thousand, one hundred, give or take coverage snaps 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:12.760 that's basically a little less than two seasons of coverage 0:03:12.760 --> 0:03:15.520 snaps and averaging better than nine per year on p 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:17.960 b U S shows you some of those ball skills. 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.880 And I remember when coach Flores was first hired. I 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.760 did a podcast with some of the Patriots beat writers who, 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.600 in addition to raving about coach for both his leadership 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:30.320 and his football acumen, talked about his preference for guys 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.400 in the defensive secondary that can play the football, and 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.480 then of course includes long speed and tackling and some 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.320 of the other stuff coach Flores has talked about with 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:40.880 regards to defensive backs, and we've seen that as a 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:44.040 real point of emphasis here in Miami. And then finally, 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.240 Jibrey Blunt the tight end was waived with an injury 0:03:47.240 --> 0:03:50.119 settlement and Carson Meyer was brought into the tight ends 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.800 room to replace Jibbrey Blunt and Meyer spent time with 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:56.800 Jacksonville and Atlanta in twenty nineteen. He's got some tight 0:03:56.880 --> 0:03:59.760 end slash h back flexibility that way. He's a big 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:01.840 do that loves to square out blocks and make his 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:04.440 presence known that way. And a few more notes here. 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:07.560 Before practice began, we heard on Tuesday from coach Floras 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:10.200 that Preston Williams will start the season on the p up, 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:15.240 so too will Davonte Parker, another receiver, offensive lineman d J. Fluker, 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.440 and linebacker e Land and Roberts, while rookie offensive lineman 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:22.679 Larnel Coleman starts on the reserve COVID nineteen list. Miami 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:26.040 also signed Tyler mars Now. I am not familiar with 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.200 his game, so we can cover that more in depth 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.039 on a later podcast. So that's your roster activity, and 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.360 we'll have plenty more to get to here, including our 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.640 training camp segments. My notepad will crown some performers of 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:40.080 the day and talk about my favorite matchup I saw 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:42.760 out there and here from some players as well. And 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:45.840 before we get to the practice notes, let's talk about 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:48.360 Xavien Howard for just one moment, and let's do that 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.839 with me just saying this, I can't really give you anything. 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.719 I mean what coach said and has press conference about 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.440 those talks being internal and that he hopes that they 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.880 can work towards a resolution and that they love x 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:02.560 That's that's the story. I mean. I'm not gonna sit 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:05.680 here and speculate any further because that's where the conversation, 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.400 any value of the conversation ends for me. I'm not 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:12.400 interested in this game of telephone or the drama filled 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.320 back and forth of speculation, whether it's social media for 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:18.200 me or otherwise. We're here to talk about football, and 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:21.320 that is that. Coach also appeared on The Joe Rose 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.919 Show on Wednesday morning talking about how he understands the 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:29.240 Dolphins understand Xaviens concerns, but we'll keep conversations internal and 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.599 the plan is to keep or to continue to keep 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:35.280 talking to him and his representation quote we love X 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.200 and quote. So that is that. And speaking of football, 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:40.920 why don't we start with well the practice notes, play 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.400 the hits right, and first things first, there wasn't a 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.640 one on one period at this practice. I'm gonna go 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:48.599 ahead and punt on the matchup of the day because 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.880 there just weren't enough notable reps between any two guys too. 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:55.160 I think really pursued that segment today. You know, you've 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:56.880 got to have a few reps of one on one, 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:59.039 some few reps and team period. Now, there were some 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.280 good matchups like well talk about Eric Rowan Mike get 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.599 Sicky here in just a minute, but it wasn't prevalent 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.080 enough to say that was the premier matchup of the 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.160 day or something to that effects. We're gonna go ahead 0:06:08.160 --> 0:06:10.640 and punt on that. But it was otherwise a normal 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.080 early on training camp practice. A lot of the early 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:16.320 stuff here is that a bit of a tamed down 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:19.279 pace as they work through some installs. Lots of running 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:22.320 plays early, plenty of passing plays late. But the one 0:06:22.360 --> 0:06:25.599 thing that never changes here in South Florida, the pace 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:29.440 of practice is very fast moving. Nobody walks between periods. 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:31.960 There's an urgency and you can get the sense that 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:34.960 that's built in with the idea of these kind of 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.920 cooling periods they have in between certain periods where guys 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.200 take their helmets off, they get some water, and then 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.480 they go through a slow paced walk through and it 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.520 gives the guys a chance to kind of rest the 0:06:44.520 --> 0:06:47.919 physical body while staying sharp mentally and get those mental 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:49.839 reps and while you're still kind of working through it. 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.520 So it's not like a zoom meeting. It's on field application, 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:55.160 but you're not putting yourself through the strenuous, you know, 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.600 the strenuous results of going through a South Florida rep 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.600 down here at Pratt this and that's what this practice 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.159 was all about. As we heard from QB one post 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.560 practice on polishing up the things they did from O. 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.360 T A S and getting them streamlined here and polishing 0:07:09.400 --> 0:07:11.680 them up for training camp. Everyone's ready to go. I 0:07:11.680 --> 0:07:13.400 think it's really good that we got to come out 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:15.200 and uh, you know, kind of brush up on the 0:07:15.240 --> 0:07:19.480 things we went over U during the spring, so you know, 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:23.440 we look forward to what tomorrow brings. So like he 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:26.000 talks about something of a continuation what we saw back 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:28.280 at O t A s in May and in June, 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:31.160 and it coincides. I think that is the pace of 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.120 practice with what we heard on Tuesday from Jerome Baker. 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:36.240 Let's go ahead and roll that sound. You're ready to work. 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.160 I say that about our whole rookie class. They're ready 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.320 to work. They came in and they really uh they 0:07:42.360 --> 0:07:47.080 definitely is ready to work. About Jalen me is the 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.560 guys in shape. He's he's definitely in shape and he's 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.920 definitely ready to go. So I'm excited. You know, those 0:07:52.960 --> 0:07:55.240 young guys, they come in hungry, with a lot of energy. 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:57.880 It doesn't just help you know, their class and the 0:07:57.960 --> 0:07:59.840 young guys, but it helps older guys that you know, 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:02.840 it pushes us. So I'm definitely sizing, you know, get 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.680 it going. It's something like a self sustaining economy there 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.920 as far as how everyone works to help each other 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.240 within those football team. So that's really cool to hear. 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:14.160 And that's just a great way to establish a culture 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:16.880 in the way things are expected to get done. I mean, 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.160 we saw that from the twenty nineteen team. Brian Flores 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.400 his first year here in Miami, a team that played 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:25.160 hard and competed and bounced back from that slow start 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.160 to finish out the stretch five and four in the 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:31.280 final nine games. Then you roll that into and you 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.320 get the double digit wins, and you could just see 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:36.520 the excitement on the sidelines with the way guys talked 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:39.520 in press conferences all year how much fun they had 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:41.480 being a part of that group, and how special they 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.800 all said it was because of the way everybody want 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.280 to work and get better. And then you roll into 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:50.200 first day of practice. There's an energy around practice and 0:08:50.240 --> 0:08:52.679 in fact, let's go ahead and hear from the old 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.160 guard of the room here the team, the twelve year 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.640 vet who I could listen to him do media all 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:01.120 day long, Jason mccordy, who touched on his experience here 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.600 with the Dolphins so far. Man, I'm loving it here. 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.320 I just think it's a great environment, getting to know 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.320 my teammates better and better each day. Um, it's exciting. 0:09:09.400 --> 0:09:12.000 Obviously the new building his first class. I mean you 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:15.400 walk in that place is glass everywhere. Uh, stated are 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.360 all the new gadgets and stuff you want to have, 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.720 so uh, they've done everything first class. I'm just excited. Uh, 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.520 to be a part of something bigger than myself, and 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.040 I want to go ahead and play a second clip 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:27.520 here from McCarty talking more about his role in the team, 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:29.120 and it kind of goes back to the idea of 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.640 the balance of veterans and young players alike. Here's McCarty. Yeah, 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:35.760 obviously out here in training camp getting reps at different things, 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:39.800 Bill comfort, Bill confidence, But from a knowledge standpoint, I 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.680 feel very comfortable kind of with just a defense, uh, 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.800 in total of being able to not only execute my role, 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:48.160 but be able to help guys, whether that's out on 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.400 the field, whether that's in the locker room talking about 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:54.760 giving formation a certain defense. I feel comfortable of having experienced, 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:56.880 uh since I've been here, and also have an experience 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:59.840 in the past with flowing both Boyer so one other 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:04.160 had been here. On the practice, the Dolphins ran two 0:10:04.440 --> 0:10:09.280 team periods simultaneously on either of the two practice fields. 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:12.400 To and Read Senet were alternating on one far field 0:10:12.480 --> 0:10:15.160 while Jacobi Brissette was working on the near field, so 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.280 there was a lot to take in for us in 0:10:17.320 --> 0:10:19.800 the stands there and two was asked about the communication 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:23.080 between he coach E, which is coach Eric Studisville and 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:26.600 coach Gods he the co offensive coordinators here in Miami, 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:28.400 and he told us they're both in his helmet. He 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:31.320 communicates with both. He also talked about the benefit of 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.800 having the two field practices or the simultaneous reps going 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:38.080 off at the same time. Well, I think there's a 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:42.440 lot of benefit. Everyone gets a good amount of reps um, 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:44.520 you know, and you you get to see both sides. 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.360 You know what this side did, what this side did, 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.520 you can learn from me. So basically just giving the 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:53.000 players extra film to look at every single day after practice. 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.679 He gets both the extra reps on the field as 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:57.719 well as in the film room. So that kind of 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.720 recaps our media and how it incorporated with layers on 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.160 the practice field. And you guys can find the Tuesday 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:06.080 pressers up on the team YouTube page at Miami Dolphins 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.120 on YouTube. And I want to recap a couple of 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:11.320 those things here really quickly. First, Jesse Davis touched on 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.959 coach Lemille John Pierre, and I thought it stood out 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:17.760 how he said that coaches fiery, but in a respectful way, 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:19.920 and that really struck a chord with me and that, 0:11:20.080 --> 0:11:22.480 you know, for me personally, that's the best way to 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.080 coach me. The best way to coach Travis is to 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.160 give me that passion and the desire to to be great, 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.560 but treat me like an adult and a human being. 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.560 So I loved hearing that. We also heard from Christian Wilkins, 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:35.640 who talked about his role as a leader here in 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:39.079 your number three. He talked about the rookie Jalen Phillips, 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.160 how he's a great kid. You heard Jerome talk about 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.960 him earlier, and how Christians going to take him under 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.320 his wing. Let's go ahead and hear from Christian on 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:49.559 that role. And he's a good kid. Um, just getting 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.600 to know him a little bits. I really like him. 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:56.520 He's a hard worker, really, you know, really really cool 0:11:56.559 --> 0:11:58.880 to your guy, loves to listen. I'm kind of trying 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:00.520 to take a little bit it and just be their 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:04.599 farming anywhere can a big rather than to him. But 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:06.680 I really like him a lot. Um feel like he's 0:12:06.720 --> 0:12:09.319 you know, pretty good. He's got to put the work in. 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:11.560 You heard him talking there a little bit about the 0:12:11.640 --> 0:12:13.920 chance to put the work into be a leader for 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:15.840 for Jalan Phillips. The audio cuts out a little bit there, 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:17.800 but he talks about taking him under his wing and 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.160 kind of the leadership aspect of that. And at the 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:22.959 end of practice, well, wouldn't you know what, who's the 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:26.040 last guy getting sprints on the field afterwards? None other 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:28.600 than Big number ninety four. Now, I saw a few 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:30.720 guys on the jugs machine, which you probably heard during 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.880 Ta and McCarty's presser there, and my apologies for not 0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:37.280 knowing who each of them were individually. I saw Mike 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.120 GASICKI I saw Isaiah ford Rock in the short shorts. 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.800 Can't miss those, and Nate Holly was out there as well, 0:12:43.600 --> 0:12:45.559 and there were two other guys, but I just didn't 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:47.640 see who they were. The pads come off then the practice, 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.240 so there's no numbers. I'm about fifty yards away, give 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:52.640 or take, so I just couldn't quite tell. My apologies there, 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.360 and let's go ahead and get now into the start 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.920 of practice. And some notes I wrote down as I 0:12:57.960 --> 0:13:00.480 go through practice. I'm always taking notes, but I wrote down, um, 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:04.080 just how big Ray Kwon Davis, Emmanuel Ogba, and John 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:07.120 Jenkins looked. And Jenkins is a wide body dude. And 0:13:07.160 --> 0:13:09.719 we saw the strength both on the sled as well 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:12.760 as in the install period. On one rep he locked out. 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:17.040 And you know that old punch out boxing style game, 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:20.079 the two plastic boxers in the ring where you put 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:21.839 your hands in the buttons and you push the buttons 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.080 and they frantically punch until one of the heads pops up. 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:26.320 That's kind of what it looked like when he played 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.400 this rep. He stood his man up instantly, popped him 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.040 straight up, which means no push, some penetration the line, 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:33.000 stack it up, make a play for a chance for 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:35.440 linebackers to make a play behind you. He's just a 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:37.000 tough guy to roll out of those a gaps and 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:39.600 I saw that right away on the practice field. So 0:13:40.000 --> 0:13:43.120 after warm ups and stretching and those installs were done, 0:13:43.160 --> 0:13:45.200 we get to some seven on seven and the very 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:47.839 first throw went to Will Fuller from to a tongue 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.400 by loa and he splits a pair of defenders as 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.560 he squares. What Will Fuller does, squares back up to 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:56.960 the quarterback and the ball is right on the number three. 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:58.920 I thought that was a good tone center for the 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.520 day for two, as he was playing on rhythm and 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:05.000 on time with the with respect to the anticipation coming 0:14:05.000 --> 0:14:07.120 back on the stem of that route from Fuller with 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:08.760 two of putting the ball there when it needed to 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:11.719 be there, and that happened again on a couple more 0:14:11.720 --> 0:14:14.240 occasions where the ball was out and the receiver comes 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:16.040 out of the break and just to see it in 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.400 the bread basket right away. So the good rapport early 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.000 on is an encouraging sign. And there were a couple 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:23.760 of plays where the play just it had no result. 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.600 And on the whole, I thought the offensive line did 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.600 a good job of keeping the quarterbacks clean and giving 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.880 them time to throw in drills, and that can be 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:35.240 difficult to simulate, you know, a full speed pass rush 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:37.480 versus pass pro I did get a few notes on 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:39.760 the offensive line late in practice, but we'll cover that 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:41.640 more later in the week. But still there were a 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:43.560 few times when the ball just never got out. So 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.840 good on the coverage of the secondary for scoring some 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.640 wins to offense get some wins, defense get some wins. 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:51.400 You love to see that one. It's the same team 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.160 competing against each other. Another thing I noted from Tah 0:14:54.600 --> 0:14:57.040 was his arm strength, and there was plenty of it. 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.640 Testing the middle of the field. There was some deep over, 0:14:59.760 --> 0:15:03.040 some curls, some some dig routes and things that require 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:05.680 you know, a pretty good rip from your quarterback, and 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:08.120 he was letting that thing fly. I never saw a 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.320 ball that I looked at and thought that doesn't have 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:12.640 the requisite arm strength. That just wasn't the case. So 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:15.800 you see the offseason workout and the off season workload 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:18.240 kind of contributing to pushing the ball down the field 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.920 and really showing off the arm strength this season. I 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:24.080 thought Jacoby Brissette had a good day too. He launched 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.160 one to Alan Hearns that I bet he'd like to 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:29.200 have back. But you can always consider those kind of 0:15:29.440 --> 0:15:32.360 small sample size theater, I suppose because it's such a 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.480 narrow window to throw the ball deep in this league 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:37.840 against these cornerbacks and defensive backs. It's a low percentage throw, 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:40.000 just like shooting the ball from deep in basketball, and 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.440 the lower the farther out you are, the lower percentage. 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:44.920 And then you can sider working with a new receiver 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:46.720 for the first time really since I guess O t 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:50.040 a S, but the first time in a training camp practice. 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:51.880 But other than that, he got it out and on 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:53.840 target and was and it was sharp throughout the day. 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:55.920 Alan Hearns had an awesome day. He was on the 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.120 receiving end, of that deep shot, and he came clean 0:15:59.240 --> 0:16:01.600 on a double move on that deep ball where the 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:04.280 defensive back drove on a little stutter step. He throws 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.720 about ten fifteen yards down the field and then he 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.960 absolutely sells out parallel to the ground trying to make 0:16:10.000 --> 0:16:12.720 a play on the football. It looks like Auzi Smith 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.560 out there going after a groundball behind second base. Just 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:19.120 incredible effort after a great route, which that's all you 0:16:19.160 --> 0:16:20.840 can do as a receiver. Put yourself in the best 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:22.680 position to to make a play for the for the 0:16:22.760 --> 0:16:25.000 quarterback and for your offense, and the rest is kind 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.000 of up to, you know, the rest of the guys. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:30.240 So he also cast some seamshots from Jacobe throughout practice 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.320 and showed the ability to catch the ball in those 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:35.280 tough traffic areas, just like he did back in nineteen 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:38.920 before his opt out year in and Robert Foster did 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:40.600 the same thing too, and I think he's been among 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:43.720 you know, one of the most standout performers going back 0:16:43.720 --> 0:16:46.440 to o t a s catching the football off his frame, 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:50.520 showing strong hands through contact. He had another really nice practice, 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.760 I thought on Wednesday, and then Jalen Waddle is just 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:57.920 so sudden, so so so sudden, and you see that 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:00.920 in the punt return. He and Keen Grant and Lynn 0:17:00.920 --> 0:17:04.560 Bowden Jr. Were the ones back fielding punts on this Wednesday, 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:08.040 and Michael Pollardi would boom those things, and my goodness, 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:10.560 he's got himself a leg. He was getting both distance 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:14.280 and hang time, all while directional kicking towards the sideline. 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:16.400 So I loved when I saw there. If a team 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:18.520 that can play defense like Miami did a year ago, 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:20.879 with the ability to flip the field, that's a big 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.440 boon to have. But on the other end, Waddle would 0:17:23.520 --> 0:17:25.920 field it and a gunner would close down on him, 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.560 and just you saw the wiggle and that sudden burst, 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.840 a sidestep and to get to full gear quickly after 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:34.280 he has to change direction or stop. It's just the 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.719 suddenness in his game is very evident when you watch him. 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.840 He's very very quick and very very fast. Speaking of fast, 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:42.240 Albert Wilson I think had one of the best days 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:44.639 on the field for my money. He caught passes at 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:46.960 every level of the field, including the big ball from 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.600 ta early on in practice or latent practice, I should say, 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:52.680 they got the entire place buzzing and a collective. Oh, 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:55.000 and he went out when he hauled in what looked 0:17:55.000 --> 0:17:57.920 like about a fifty or sixty are yard throw. Our 0:17:58.000 --> 0:18:00.600 our favorite phrase here lately a dot average depth of 0:18:00.640 --> 0:18:02.920 target that will help out your a dot. And that 0:18:02.960 --> 0:18:06.560 thing had some Michael Pollardy type of hang time on it. 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:08.040 And that was one of the things I kind of 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:12.240 always attributed to tas deep ball success back at Bama. 0:18:12.440 --> 0:18:15.280 The same arching type of throw you've seen from like 0:18:15.320 --> 0:18:17.760 a Russell Wilson for instance in Seattle, where he gets 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.200 that thing up into the Seattle sky and it gives 0:18:20.200 --> 0:18:22.920 the receiver time to adjust the ability to then stack 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:25.320 the defensive back and then you kind of dictate the 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.920 window the d the dB has to make a play 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.240 on the football. And we saw it at Badmouth to 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:32.399 A and I thought we saw it today on the 0:18:32.400 --> 0:18:35.159 practice field with that throw late in practice, and Wilson 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:37.320 made a great play too, because the coverage was tight 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:39.240 down there, and in all honesty, I thought it was 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:41.760 going to get broken up because the coverage was right there, 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.679 but it just got swallowed up by number two. And 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.480 he also caught a swing route from to on a 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.520 little snap stand up catch, fling that thing out there 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:52.680 and I think in full speed he would have taken 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:54.720 that one to the to the end zone. And what 0:18:54.800 --> 0:18:56.959 was red zone work from about the twelve or thirteen 0:18:57.040 --> 0:18:59.919 yard line giver take but a big day from Albert Wilson. 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.040 Mac Hollands had a few grabs as well. And these 0:19:03.040 --> 0:19:05.840 big bodied guys, you know, they're tough to stop on 0:19:05.880 --> 0:19:08.720