WEBVTT - Dolphins Minicamp Day 2 Recap 0:00:02.400 --> 0:00:15.640 Down fail, touchdown, Miami que What is up? Dolph fans? 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:19.360 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:24.799 Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:28.680 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:31.680 And on today's show, we have day two of mini 0:00:31.760 --> 0:00:34.479 camp practice notes for you guys. We're gonna hear from 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:38.000 head coach Brian Flores, cornerback Nick need Hum, and wide 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:41.920 receivers Alan Hearns and Albert Wilson on this edition of 0:00:42.040 --> 0:00:45.080 Drive Time. Plus I'm gonna give you my should have 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.160 been storyline from day one and a whole lot more 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:54.000 on this edition of the Drive Time Podcast Miami Dolphins. 0:00:55.280 --> 0:00:57.800 And just like that, that is a rap and I 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:01.200 gotta say the itch has been scrap matched. But now 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:04.560 we've got training camp like five or six weeks out 0:01:04.840 --> 0:01:07.319 where we're gonna do this every single day. So we're 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.319 gonna go away from football here for a couple of weeks, 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:10.959 but we're gonna come right back with you guys and 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:14.000 have daily reports on training camp. Now for man camp, 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.959 the weather has not been cooperating at all and the 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:21.000 team did go into the practice bubble after stretching individuals 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:23.520 and seven on seven, which is where we pick it 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:26.280 up to start this podcast. But first, real quick, I 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:29.800 have one note on the Indies individual drills that serves 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.400 as a callback for later observation, so we have to 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:35.120 get it in here. We talked about the broken place 0:01:35.400 --> 0:01:38.320 when the quarterback is pressured but the past rushers give 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:40.200 it the old fly by because we do not hit 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:43.040 the guys in the red shirts, and how those throws 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:46.480 down the field with a defensive back in trail technique 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.240 right in the hip pocket of the receiver and that's 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.880 already a very low percentage throw, not to mention with 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:55.840 him on soon in progress. So in the Indies, the 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.360 quarterbacks and running backs were working on the wheel route 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:01.960 and a coach which chase underneath the running back to 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.560 force that same type of throw over the top and 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.480 into the bucket. And something that really drew me to 0:02:08.000 --> 0:02:12.000 tos game as a collegian was the trajectory at which 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.360 he threw the ball on those types of throws. Really 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:18.120 ultimate control on those throws. I talked about quarterbacks in 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:20.760 the past here where we tried to find whether it 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.840 was like Lamar Miller or Reggie Bush or some of 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.200 these faster running backs that could get up the sideline 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.120 on those wheel routes and the ball would kind of 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.440 go flat to him, and that makes it very hard 0:02:30.440 --> 0:02:32.480 for the running back to make a play on those throws. 0:02:32.680 --> 0:02:35.080 But that's not what Ta does on those particular throws. 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.360 And you see it on deep shots as well. You 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:39.519 get it up high and the nose of the football 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:42.440 angles down, and it makes them more catchable football, and 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.000 it gives the receiver more time to adjust their speed 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.920 the way they're approaching the football, how to attack the 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.440 defensive back to make sure he keeps him away from 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.240 the football, and just gives them a better overall chance 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.800 to make a play. It's like in baseball, a center 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.480 fielder would rather see a sky high rainmaker hop up 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.000 then a line drive right at them. So he was 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.560 throwing these balls with such touch and precision in the 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.000 period that I saw, and I was thinking to myself, 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:10.040 this guy is about to have a day. And he 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:12.760 did again in the period that I saw. So before 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.079 seven on seven, a landing Roberts and Preston Williams once 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.880 again dressed but not playing in practice, and Mike get 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:21.080 sick he was in the red shirt once again going 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.360 through the drills with the team, and they opened up 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:25.840 the period and both qbs hit a couple of check 0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:28.120 downs to the backs and then it was right back 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:32.519 to yesterday or Tuesday's motto, pushing the football down the field. 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:36.200 And this entire period was dry, at least until read 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.360 Senet got in there. And I felt for the guy 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.280 because the Skies opened up just like they did on Tuesday, 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.200 and the offense was super crisp when the weather was 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.680 good before they went into the bubble. So here we go, 0:03:47.600 --> 0:03:50.440 very first play of the period, past breakup by Terrell 0:03:50.560 --> 0:03:54.040 Bonds who was stuck to Tavante Parker like glue. Really 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:57.320 really good coverage and this entire secondary, I mean, we 0:03:57.360 --> 0:03:59.200 talked about the guys that you all know and have 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:02.240 heard of players that are on futures contracts or or 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.760 came back from the practice squad last season that you 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.680 maybe you haven't heard their name as much. A lot 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:09.360 of these guys are making plays, you know, in practice 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:11.880 as well. To Rale Bonds, Javarus Davis got one today, 0:04:12.080 --> 0:04:14.240 but that was just about it. As far as the 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:17.520 incompletions in this period, and especially for QB one I 0:04:17.560 --> 0:04:20.360 didn't note an incompletion after that first throw for two 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:22.640 a tongue of by Lowe. He hit Will Fuller on 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:24.640 a slant on the next throw. And the thing you 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.520 have to remember about these seven on seven periods, which 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.520 you know in a lot of ways are passing camps 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.320 for these teams, because only when you're only wearing helmets, 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.440 it's just really hard to evaluate offensive line first, defensive line, 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.040 and especially the running game. Without any hitting, you're just 0:04:39.080 --> 0:04:40.280 not going to get a good feel for that. And 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:43.200 coach Flora has even mentioned that last training camp as well. 0:04:43.960 --> 0:04:46.320 But in these seven on seven periods, the middle of 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.920 the field is really kind of crowded, the only really 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.520 crowded space on the field because on the outside you've 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.200 got your matchup opportunities and a safety might roll over there. 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:57.040 But for the most part, those linebackers are finding their drops. 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.440 In the middle of the field, You've got possible crossing 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:01.960 routes with in backs coming with them and safety's driving. 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.240 It's just more condensed space in the middle compared to 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:07.680 the outside. So when you throw those passes, you have 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.640 to be precise because the chances of a tip ball 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:14.080 with someone kind of hanging out and watching from the outside, 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.240 they can run to the football and get those picks 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.279 when they pop up in the air. And that's what 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.880 I saw time and time again on Wednesday on these 0:05:21.920 --> 0:05:25.000 in breaking routes, just real good timing and precision and 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.440 throwing to a spot and letting the receiver come in 0:05:27.680 --> 0:05:30.440 and cut the ball off at the intersection. So Jacoby 0:05:30.480 --> 0:05:34.159 Brissette jumps in and throws one of these, and again 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.719 being in the end zone provides a really cool perspective 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.279 as you can really see the anticipation the quarterbacks throw 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.599 with and this was timed out so well. The ball 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.320 got up on him a little bit on this particular throw, 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:47.479 but one of my top performers of the week went 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:49.880 up there and plucked it and rose Robert Foster, the 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.560 new receiver out of uh he played with the Buffalo 0:05:52.600 --> 0:05:55.200 Bills before and he's out of Alabama previously when he 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:57.680 was in college. But he's got lightning speed and he's 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.679 catching everything, especially away from his frame, which is really 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.960 tough in these conditions and the wet football and no gloves. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.200 And again, the conditions were good at this period, but 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.400 they got brutal later in the day. So we resume 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:12.000 here and Tua comes back into the lineup to throw 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.760 the football and Jachim Grant gets behind the defender on 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:17.720 a go ball, a deep route, a nine route, there's 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.839 so many different names for every route where he stacks 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:22.080 the defensive back, which again gets him. You know, you 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.520 get the defensive back on your back so you can 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.840 then adjust and make his path of the football tougher. 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.479 And he gets to this dB stacked and there's nothing 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:32.200 but green grass in front of him, and to uses 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:35.159 that arching deep ball we talked about and Jachim runs 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:39.360 right underneath it without breaking stride. A gorgeous, gorgeous throw 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:41.320 I think the best throw of the week for my money, 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.320 and a hell of a route from Jachim, who, like 0:06:44.360 --> 0:06:46.320 I said, every camp now for you know, this is 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.279 the third year doing this. He can create separation in 0:06:49.279 --> 0:06:50.920 a hurry, and he can do it on those deep 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:53.920 balls as well, which he did right here. And thanks 0:06:53.920 --> 0:06:56.480 to our great social media team and video team for 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.440 getting a shot of that particular ball and a few 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:01.880 other balls and burst into a toungo byla in this 0:07:01.960 --> 0:07:04.680 practice and putting it up on the Twitter page at 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:08.200 Miami Dolphins. And as I want to do, I slowed 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.840 the video down, took a close look at it, and 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.440 from my perspective what I think I saw. Again, I 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.360 can't be sure exactly. I'm not into his helmet, seeing 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:18.520 what he's seeing and thinking what he's thinking. But on 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:22.200 that particular play, he starts right to Jachim Grant with 0:07:22.280 --> 0:07:25.080 his position of his body kind of facing that direction, 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:26.920 and then I it looks like to me like he 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:29.280 flips the hips to the middle of the field hips 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.720 and the feet follow, which can then help influence a 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:33.800 defensive back to think that might be where the ball 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:35.640 is going. But if you look at his eyes and 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.880 I kind of took a screenshot of it and slowed 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:41.160 this thing down, his eyes stay to the right to Jachim, 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.080 so trying to influence the defense while keeping his eyes 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.240 in the direction of the throw. And then he gets 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.280 back reposition towards Jachim and launches that thing and it 0:07:49.320 --> 0:07:51.120 falls right into his lap and you can find it 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:54.560 again on Twitter at Miami Dolphins dot com. Really cool 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:58.480 shot there to to Jachim for a touchdown. In practice, 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:03.360 the very next play goes straight back to the anticipation 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:06.600 I talked about earlier. I'm watching the concepts kind of 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:08.640 unfold down field and trying to get a feel for 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:10.680 maybe what the quarterback is looking at so I can 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.640 help understand my own evaluation. And then the quarterback is 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:15.360 kind of in the corner of your eye and I 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:18.040 see this big open space as to it catches my 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.600 eye as he reaches back to fire to the space 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.720 where he's throwing to a spot and seemingly out of nowhere, 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:25.640 and it wasn't out of nowhere. I'm trying to paint 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.560 this picture the best I can. Alan Hearns comes across 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.280 the formation and he and the football intersect at the 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.480 same spot, and he might have had some room to 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.920 run after the fact. And so when I say it 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.480 would be touchdown or a would be sacked, just remember 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:40.719 that these practices are only in helmets, and so we're 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.360 not hitting guys. So once the catch is made, it's 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.520 tag off, get out, and get onto the next place. 0:08:45.559 --> 0:08:48.240 So it's tough to assume run after the catch, which 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.560 is gonna be a theme in this particular practice. So 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:54.400 Jacoby Brissette jumps back in and this time Javarus Davis 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.880 is matched up on Devonte Parker and does a good 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.760 job of just blanketing DVP and he gets himself a 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:02.360 pit on a throw that is a little bit to 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.640 the left. Yeah, the left of Devanta Parker was the 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.719 right from my vantage point, but a little bit off 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:11.000 to the left, and you can't possibly know if it 0:09:11.080 --> 0:09:14.319 was a miscommunication and mislocated throw. There's just no way 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:16.080 to know if you're not out there on the field 0:09:16.400 --> 0:09:18.400 part of the game. But the ball is just a 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:20.440 little bit off the frame of Davanta Parker and it 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.560 gets tipped and Javarros Davis takes advantage of that secures 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:25.640 the interception, and we're off to the races once again 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:28.960 with this league leading takeaway defense a year ago making 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:32.280 more plays on the football. Then we go to the callback. 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:36.000 Savon Akhmed is our callback part here, who, by the way, 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.200 is looking as fast as ever. He is so quick 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:40.920 he can flat out scoop. But he gets isolated on 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.840 Jalen Phillips on a wheel route. And the reason I 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.480 wanted to mention that was because Phillips pretty much held 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:48.160 his own on that route. And this is one of 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:50.600 the players that you live for as a reporter or 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:54.440 whatever we call ourselves, where everybody involves scores a win. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.920 It's pretty rare, but just good all around football where 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.560 the offense does well, the defense does well. Remember last 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:02.560 year by Aaron Jones and DeVante Parker had all these 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:05.160 battles where it was tight coverage, but Parker made the 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.360 contested catch where I said, that's good coverage, it's good 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.520 receiver play, it's a good throw from the quarterback. I'll 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:12.120 take that all day, every day. And so again Phillips, 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:15.679 remember had that four or five time. It's two hundred 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.000 and sixty pounds. I just I put in my notes here, 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:22.800 just ridiculous. Well, he's striding pretty well with Savon Akhmed, 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.000 but the speedy back does create just enough of a 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:29.400 bucket and to a finds it. But Akhmed's foot comes 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:32.200 down just barely out of bounds. I think that was 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:34.760 my favorite play of the period, beside maybe the Jachem 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:36.800 Grant deep ball. But you get a good look at 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.640 a good a good throw, a good catch, some good coverage, 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.520 just cannot quite get the feet down inbounds on that 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:46.199 particular play. We then get another change of quarterback, kind 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.400 of flipping back and forth after a couple of snaps 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.160 each and Nick Needham drives on another pass here from 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.000 Brissette for a p bu and he's really racking up 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:56.360 some ball production these couple of days. And a quick 0:10:56.400 --> 0:10:59.680 note there I talked about Byron Jones getting no targets 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.600 that I he saw in practice on Tuesday. Well, he 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:04.320 was out there but only played a few reps. That's 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.600 probably why I had that note. Lots of these young 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.880 corners are getting chances, and man, they are competing. More 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.280 on that. In just a moment, two comes back in 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:15.120 for our last action here and I referenced this on Twitter. 0:11:15.160 --> 0:11:17.600 But you remember the game. I know you die hards 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.480 out there know what I'm talking about against the Rams 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.960 with a game winning passed at Avante Parker in the 0:11:22.960 --> 0:11:25.920 front corner of the end zone in Los Angeles after 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:28.720 I think we were shut out for the first fifty 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.880 six minutes and then the Dolphins scored two touchdowns in 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:33.920 the final four minutes to get a fourteen to ten 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:37.280 win or a fourteen to nine win. I can't recall exactly, 0:11:37.440 --> 0:11:39.560 but this play was so similar to that where Parker 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:41.920 it's not the end zone, but we'll use the sticks 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:44.000 as a measuring point. He runs to the sticks and 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:46.800 the angles back and the football is in flight before 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.040 he works back down the stem of the route and 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:51.160 it hits him right between the one and the one 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:54.439 as he goes to the ground, elbows together, secures that catch, 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.920 pens it against his chest, feet inbounds, nearly identical to 0:11:57.960 --> 0:12:01.720 that pylon catch, and a nice looking precision timing slash 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.960 rhythm throw there from two up to Parker, who of 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.280 course caught the first touchdown pass of to his career 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.000 last year against the Rams. Tala finishes the period with 0:12:10.040 --> 0:12:13.000 a ripped Albert Wilson I slant route. Just a really 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.800 strong period and you gotta love the resolve to shake 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:18.920 off the result of Tuesday's practice. That's always been one 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.280 of the hallmarks for me of training camp, at least. 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:23.439 You know, I'm not versed enough in O t A 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.520 Sty really have an opinion yet, but in training camp, 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.040 I always like seeing how guys respond after big days 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.040 or after tough days like the one we saw with 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.320 the offense on Tuesday. But I really I think it's 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.160 a big deal how guys respond that he showed some 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:38.520 great metal in that regard. All right, then the skies 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:40.960 opened up once again, and just as coach talked about, 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:44.240 with the opportunity to make adjustments in June, opposed to 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.400 avoiding the elements and then trying to deal with it. 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.600 In September on a Sunday afternoon at hard Rock Stadium, 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.600 I learned from my own mistakes. On Tuesday, I went 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:54.920 to the media platform with just my laptop and my 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:57.760 roster in hand. And what a mistake that was. Because 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.120 I told you the story on the podcast yesterday. But 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.760 this time I brought the backpack, I had an umbrella. 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.680 I was ready for that damn rain. So no silk shoes, 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.600 no wet socks, no midday costume change for me. We 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.480 made the adjustments, made the corrections, and we got better 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:14.800 as a podcaster. So I'm gonna go ahead and use 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.560 the reports from Softed Dean of the South Florida Sun 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:21.880 Sentinel and Josh Tolentino from The Athletic, the two pool 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:23.880 reporters on the day. And thanks for those guys for 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.880 getting in there and and getting themselves in the position 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.400 where they can be on the scene to cover practice. 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:30.920 But I only want to use it for the facts, 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:34.040 because I will never attempt to evaluate plays that I 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:37.760 have not seen myself. In an esoteric sport with twenty 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.960 two moving parts on a given play, different coverages, fronts, 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:44.120 route concepts, play calls, and twenty two chances for an 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:47.679 error to occur. I think context is very very important 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:49.959 to every play and the way it is with nine 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.760 d guys on the field and plays happenings in such 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:57.640 rapid succession, it's already a lot to take into practice 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:00.760 and give accurate, viable notes. I mean it, it's a 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:02.800 very busy two hours for me, Like, don't talk to 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.400 me during those two hours. It's very very very intense 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:07.120 as far as trying to get the notes down. So 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:08.920 if I'm not there to see it happen, how can 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:12.320 I possibly provide the correct context to me? That is 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:15.160 more valuable than just looking at some stats or results 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.600 of a practice where there is no scoreboard. We're not 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.120 trying to play to a scoreboard here, We're trying to 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:23.080 play to improve. So here is what happened results only 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.600 once the team went into the bubble per these two 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.040 reporters who do an excellent job. The stats say six 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.360 touchdown passes on the day from Tah with a lot 0:14:30.440 --> 0:14:32.840 of work coming in red zone and goal line periods. 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.280 Jacoby Brissette also tossed a few touchdown passes of his own. 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:38.560 I did not get an exact number on that, but 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.360 I know at one point it was reported that he 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:42.800 threw three in a row in goal line work those 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:47.240 passes with jakeem Grant Hunter Long and Robert Foster. Soft 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.760 Dean and Josh Tolentino both reported the Tongue of Bloa 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.160 found Jalen Waddled in the middle of the field, who 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:55.200 then caught the ball and raced up the sideline to 0:14:55.320 --> 0:14:58.600 pay dirt for a would be sixty yard touchdown because 0:14:58.960 --> 0:15:01.600 the ball started on the DOLF minus forty yard line 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:03.160 and they went all the way to the end zone 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.160 for sixty yards and then they went back to Devanta 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.720 Parker for a touchdown from about thirty yards out. So 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:10.400 a couple of deep shots there from Twah into the 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:12.680 end zone for touchdowns. There was another note here from 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.640 Tolontino about Jaitlyn ask you a player we noted on 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:18.280 the podcast on Tuesday who had a pass breakup on 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.480 a pass from Tongue Bloa to Albert Wilson. Young kids 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:24.080 still making some plays out there, and then Jacoby Brissette 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:27.040 found Macollins for a touchdown and read Senet through one 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:30.400 to Kirk Merritt. Those two have a connection mounting here 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.960 so far. In O t a s back to the 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:36.520 pool report, Tolontino reports that Noah Egnogamy had a nice 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.920 pass breakup on a throw to Davanta Parker and the 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.440 end zone. More on Igbo here in just one second. 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:44.360 Saffa Dean said that to have found Will Fuller on 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:46.360 a twenty yard crossing route when they first got into 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:48.600 the bubble and then comes back to Devanta Parker for 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:51.560 a nice ten yard rip as well. He also reports 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.960 a pass breakup by Bernardrick McKinney, whose film I really 0:15:55.000 --> 0:15:57.440 had fun watching and I've really enjoyed watching him play 0:15:57.480 --> 0:16:00.280 in the aquand Orange these last couple of days. More 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.480 on him in just one moment as well. And oh yeah, 0:16:02.480 --> 0:16:04.760 I forgot to add this on the Tuesday podcast, But 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.800 Jason Sanders, this dude hits the cherry picker where the 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:11.480 camera for taking film for practice is aligned directly down 0:16:11.560 --> 0:16:13.920 the middle of the uprights like it's on the crossbar 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:16.720 right in the middle there. And Tolentino said that Sanders 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.000 went four for four again today, so that means he 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.240 didn't miss the entire camp because he didn't miss anything 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:24.560 on Tuesday I had notes on training camp that I 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:27.600 don't remember seeing him miss last year. He then, of 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.840 course carries that into a franchise records treat for consecutive 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:33.440 field goals made into the season last year and only 0:16:33.440 --> 0:16:35.680 missed a couple. Winds up being an All Pro first 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:38.520 team kicker, gets himself an extension and the long today 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.160 was fifty one yards and that's about the long range 0:16:41.200 --> 0:16:44.520 I saw on Tuesday. Definitely fifty plus, but Jason Sanders 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:48.320 picking up right where he left off. Tolentino also reports 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:52.160 that to Us spent his downtime talking intensely with his teammates, 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:54.440 including a chat he had a Davante Parker. And I 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:56.720 saw that same thing that I mentioned on the Tuesday 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.520 podcast with the individual drills and kind of coaching up 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:01.400 the running back acts like a Jared Oakes or a 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:03.880 Jordan Scarlett, some of these first year Dolphins players. I 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.119 thought that was really cool to see as well. And 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:07.600 then the last tweet I have to go off of here, 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.040 as I told on Tino special, he just wrote when 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:12.199 Lynn Bowden has the ball in his hands and then 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:15.240 posted a jiff of Drake saying wow. So there you 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:18.440 have it. Mini Camp one is a rap, but this 0:17:18.480 --> 0:17:21.080 episode is not a rap. I want to get into 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:25.320 something that, let's say, mildly irks me because we've talked 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.439 about two and I'm not gonna play dumb here for 0:17:27.520 --> 0:17:30.120 you guys. I know you know where downloads and retweets 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.480 and all that fun stuff comes from. Everyone likes talking 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.320 about the quarterback position, but I really dislike treating this 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.719 sport like it's a one player game, because, as I mentioned, 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:43.200 twenty two players, fronts, coverages, route concepts, shifts, motions, checks, audibles, 0:17:43.280 --> 0:17:48.200 hot routes. There is so much information that goes into 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:51.119 a given play on either side of the football that 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:54.359 focusing on one player is so disingenuous. And again, I 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.239 get why we do at quarterbacks with the stars all 0:17:56.280 --> 0:17:58.240 that fun stuff, but I just want to give some 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.320 love to the rest of the roster here. And one 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.119 thing that kind of surprised me, just from I guess 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:06.000 general coverage, was that why aren't we talking more about 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:09.119 the Dolphins defensive performance in that game? A defense or 0:18:09.160 --> 0:18:11.679 in the practice rather, a defense that led the NFL 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:14.720 and takeaways and third down defense, A defense that finished 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:17.760 sixth and scoring and entered Week seventeen as the number 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:20.520 one scoring defense in the National Football League and had 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.200 held that title for a few weeks running there in December. 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:26.240 I'm just wondering why they're seven picks were not a 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:28.600 bigger part of the story. So I look at some 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:29.800 of the guys that really stood out to me. It 0:18:29.800 --> 0:18:32.760 talked about Bernardrick McKinney. I mean, his Houston tape is 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:36.840 just full of flexibility, a true passing game disruptor as 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:39.280 far as his blitzer goes, and finding spots and in 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:41.880 zone drops or man drops, and a true traffic cop 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.840 in the middle of the defense. And when I went 0:18:44.880 --> 0:18:47.240