WEBVTT - 10 Takeaways from the Offseason Program 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To US buyers touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, Tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:15.280 had to get that touchdown on that play. Beginning What 0:00:15.640 --> 0:00:20.000 is up? Dolphans And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:24.200 of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:28.440 Miami Dolphins. How's it going, everybody, It's a Monday. I 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:31.520 am your host, Travis Winkfield, And on today's show, we 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.080 are catching up on what we missed from the final 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:36.720 week of O t a S. Heading right into that 0:00:36.840 --> 0:00:40.120 summer break. We're gonna hear from Big Rob Hunt, Brendan Scarlett, 0:00:40.440 --> 0:00:43.959 Ray Kwon Davis, and Emmanuel og Ball, plus my ten 0:00:44.120 --> 0:00:47.120 takeaways from the off season program. You won't want to 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:50.080 miss that from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:55.760 Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast Miami Thophs. 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:01.560 So we have some roster news to get to before 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:04.559 we get into the actual podcast itself. As day, Shawn 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:08.360 Hall and Javarus Davis were released from the Dolphins and 0:01:08.480 --> 0:01:12.120 incomes Porter Gustin, a linebacker out of the University of 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:15.240 Southern California who played in the pros with the Cleveland 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:19.360 Browns largely on special teams, and my memory of Porter 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:22.400 Gustin was as a very good college prospect, a really 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.480 good outside rushier who had an explosive first step and 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:27.680 get off. And in fact, he had a big play 0:01:27.720 --> 0:01:29.679 in a game against the Cougs a few years back, 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:32.720 the ten and two season, the Gardner Minshee season, where 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.960 he had a big hit on Minshew. Maybe he could 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:36.760 have been flagged, but it wasn't and it ended up 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:39.720 basically winning the game for USC. And if the Cougars 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:41.160 win that game, they would have gone to the packed 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:44.000 World Championship game and then probably got blown out in 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:46.680 that one. But he is in day, Shawn holl Javarros 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.559 Davis are out off the roster, and the off season 0:01:49.640 --> 0:01:53.640 program is officially a rap. I am personally headed back 0:01:54.080 --> 0:01:57.160 to the Pacific Northwest for the summer break, gonna catch 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.000 some Mariners games, spent some time on the Oregon coast, 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:04.000 and revel in the final six episodes of Better Call 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.000 Saul Man. I cannot wait to see what happens there. 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.799 I've been rewatching the entire series, and I'm not all 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.880 that interested in comparing it versus Breaking Bad in terms 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.760 of which one is better, but I am confident in 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:20.160 saying this that together, it's the best fictional universe we've 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:23.320 ever been treated to on TV as an audience. So 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:26.040 I want to hear your theories and predictions for the 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.320 better Call Soul fans out there on the final six episodes, 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:31.440 what do you think is gonna happen? Get at me 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.280 at Wingfield, NFL on Twitter and tell me what you 0:02:34.280 --> 0:02:37.400 think happens to Kim to how Jeane responds at the Cinnabon. 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:40.280 Where does Lalo's arc take him? I want to hear 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:42.359 it all. I have my own thoughts, will save that 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.560 for another day. All of this is an interlude into 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:48.840 my first topic today, the ten takeaways from the off 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.400 season program as we head to the summer break, with 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.160 you know June and July being the two months on 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:57.720 the NFL calendar where not a lot happens. On one hand, 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:00.280 the slower part of the schedule is always well comed 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.000 after ten and a half months of really staying busy, 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.520 but also the end of it means the best time 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.200 of the year in the start of the football season. 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:12.000 And today though, I want to talk about ten things 0:03:12.000 --> 0:03:15.600 that I thought stood out at Dolphins practice slash moves 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:18.200 in the off season, and what to look forward to 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.280 for training camp. So, without further ado, and in no 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.480 particular order, let's go ahead and start with takeaway number one, 0:03:24.840 --> 0:03:27.240 and it's the last line of defense, and I'm talking 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:30.919 about the safety position here. At Tuesday's practice last week, 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:32.760 I had the chance to sit next to Joe Rose 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.480 and John con Jemmy and just talked, you know, all 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.200 things Dolphins from three different perspectives there, and I was 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.800 talking about how impressed I had been all camped long 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.560 with the work of both Javon Holland and Brandon Jones. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.280 And one thing I really like is how they start 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:48.720 the team period. They do this little handshake before going 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.520 to their position on the field for the first snap 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.760 wherever that might be. And I'm not sure why, but 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.920 maybe it's a subconscious sign of confidence that I sensed 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:57.720 from the two of those guys, and that's what I'll 0:03:57.760 --> 0:03:59.960 go with simply because it plays out on the field 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.960 that way. Later, Eric Row made a play and the 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:06.320 three of us, John, Joe and myself began talking about him, 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:08.560 and Joe was talking about how much he likes Eric 0:04:08.680 --> 0:04:11.840 rose game and thinks he's undervalued by the casual fan 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.600 and I've been the president myself of the Eric Role 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:17.640 fan club really since he's made that switch to safety 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:21.240 back in twenty nineteen and just had lockdown numbers against 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.080 every damn tight end he faced in coverage that year, 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:27.040 and I think his run defense has only improved as well. 0:04:28.080 --> 0:04:29.919 And that's all to say that I look at the 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.800 position group. I like that top part of it. I 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:35.440 like the depth part of it with Clayton Federlum and 0:04:35.440 --> 0:04:38.559 Sheldrick RedWine is kind of contributors on the special teams unit, 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.760 and other guys in that room have done the same thing. 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:43.880 I'm not sure which I would vote for for strongest 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.960 position group on paper on this football team, but I 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:49.880 think the safeties have their hat in that ring and 0:04:49.920 --> 0:04:51.839 would get some votes for that. But back to the 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.440 topic at hand, mostly the two young guys Javan and 0:04:54.480 --> 0:04:57.120 Brandon and the way they worked together, and we heard 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:00.000 them talk about their relationship with their mediavailabilities, how they've 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.480 really clicked from the jump last season despite not knowing 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.880 each other, kind of becoming a close knit friendship in 0:05:06.920 --> 0:05:09.200 the back end of the Dolphins defensive backfield, and we 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.239 even heard Eric Road talk about that and his press 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:14.159 availability a few weeks back about how they just seem 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:16.600 a step faster from even where they were a year ago. 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:19.880 And that's why I started here, because you for sure 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:22.560 recall on the podcast unless you're new to the podcast, 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:24.840 and if you are, welcome in. We talked Dolphins football 0:05:24.839 --> 0:05:27.960 in here a lot, and uh, my biggest thing with 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.360 both of these guys was just the way they move 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.080 around and fly to the football and can cover ground, 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.560 not just with their athletic traits, but they're processing and 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:39.320 such an important part of the game, and we know 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:43.320 what they do in that regard. We heard Jones his 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.720 predraft work. We talked about that on the podcast as well. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.200 When he was unable to participate at the Combine and 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.719 Indy because of a shoulder injury, he goes out and 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.320 gets the playbook of every defensive team and watches four 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:55.400 games of all of them and brushes up on the 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:58.480 mental side. We heard about Javon Holland's mental aptitude, the 0:05:58.520 --> 0:06:01.600 ability to lead in the pre draft process and then 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:03.760 when he gets here, and of course he touched on 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.720 growing as a leader in his press availability on Tuesday, 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.120 which we covered on the Friday podcast. I believe is 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.120 when it came out. Remember that clip from him in 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.719 Oregon coming off of his route, willing to the backside crosser, 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.039 jumping the route and making that play. We've talked about 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.200 it on this pot a lot. That's like an everyday 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.680 thing at practice where he makes place. They both time 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:22.840 up their approaches to the line of scrimmage. They both 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:26.479 can play single higher split safety. They just this defense 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.560 does such a great job of disguising their looks and 0:06:29.640 --> 0:06:32.159 not letting the quarterback know what the coverage, what the front, 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.920 what the rush, who's coming, who's dropping, what that's gonna be. 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:37.960 And Jones and Holland on the back end. That makes 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.120 that approach a whole heck of a lot easier because 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.920 the safeties are often where the quarterbacks I start And 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.760 with these two guys doing so many different things, how 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:47.320 can you get a beat on that? And you can 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:48.920 go back to the tape last year when you see 0:06:49.000 --> 0:06:51.800 Javon making place thirty yards off the ball in the 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:54.720 ten yard box behind the line of scrimmage. That kind 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.479 of versatility is rare in its own right, but the 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.920 ability to do it all and play fast with all 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:03.960 of it is just something else. And I talked about this, 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.520 you know, the pract the three play sequence I saw 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.559 at practice where Javon's in the post plane covering thirty 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:11.960 yards forty yards down the field defending a pass to 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.160 the field side of the formation from the boundary, so 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:16.480 the wider side of the field. Then it comes down 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:18.880 and rushes the quarterback and gets off the edge and 0:07:18.960 --> 0:07:21.240 makes an impact play and it causes an errand throw 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:23.520 from the quarterback and then matches up man to man 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:25.800 on Mike Gasicki and wins that route and gets a 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:29.160 pass breakup on it. It's just it's rare to watch 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:33.040 him work and just produce every single day. But back 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:34.960 to the idea of the defense and a quote here 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.600 from Josh Boyer from last November when he was asked 0:07:37.600 --> 0:07:39.960 about how those two guys and talking about the creativity 0:07:39.960 --> 0:07:43.000 and versatility helps him to get creative on the drawing board. 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:45.600 Here's what the Dolphins defensive coordinator had to say. Quote. 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.320 I think both those guys are athletic. They're both physical, 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.400 and they got a good instinct for the game. I 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:52.600 think they work extremely hard at it. I think the 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:54.960 more experience they gain, the better they are getting. I 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:58.160 don't think anything substitutes experience, and I think those guys 0:07:58.200 --> 0:07:59.800 doing a good job for us, and we'll ask him 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:02.520 to do more, will ask them to continue to get better. 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:05.520 End quote. Well here we are. You know that was November. 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:08.120 Oh boy, Travis has to do math again. It was 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:11.160 seven eight months later. I mean, that's a long they've 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:13.200 They've grown and learned a lot more in that time. 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:17.040 Number two, the Tyreek Hill thrill. One more I gotta 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:19.040 say than that, honestly. Like I shared the Kurt Warner 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:22.280 breakdown video on Twitter last weekend where he looks at 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:25.120 the impact of Tyreek speed and how his ability to 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.440 threaten deep in the deep portion of the field can 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:30.880 both a remove the safety from the equation and be 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.559 We talked about Holland and Jones and their versatility helping 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:38.120 the quarterback not make quick decisions and quick reads. The 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:41.319 Tyreek Hills presence can help the quarterback dictate coverage early 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:44.600 because when that safety has to flip those hips early 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.440 and commit himself to either the deep half, the deep third, 0:08:47.480 --> 0:08:50.360 the deep quarter, that gives you indicators on how that 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.839 coverage is gonna unfold and how a lot of what 0:08:52.880 --> 0:08:55.800 Tyreek did on the Kurt Warner breakdown how a lot 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.400 of what he did was with win, was winning with speed, 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.200 was attacking leverage and running to space, which we know 0:09:01.280 --> 0:09:04.280 that this offense wants to cover everybody Plato graphs, and 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.839 that's what speed can do for you. The corner has 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:10.400 outside leverage where he's funneling inside. How Tyreek speed can 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.280 force that defensive back's hand and once they get one 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.280 false step or get their eyes in the wrong spot 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:17.720 for a split second, he can wheel off that route, 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.640 change direction, and hit the accelerator before the defensive back 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:23.800 has time to react. It helps to cipher coverage, but 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.760 it also helps create big plays. Then in that video, 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.920 Warner also talked about how polished Tyreek is as a 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.760 route runner and just a football player in general, how 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.960 he uses his routes and speed to create those false steps. 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.040 We talked about, like there's a clip on there where 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.760 he needed to find a soft spot against zone down 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:43.040 in the red zone with a linebacker at the hash 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:46.000 and a cornerback chilling at the numbers or close to 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.440 the red line, and rather than using and rather than 0:09:48.520 --> 0:09:50.640 rushing to that spot and just getting there and showing 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.720 the quarterback your numbers and making it a smaller window. 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:56.679 He's patient pushes up for an extra step and that 0:09:56.720 --> 0:10:00.040 forces a linebacker to take one retreat step backwards, a 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:02.800 fall step, and then his trigger is slower and it 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.319 creates a much bigger window because there's more time for 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:07.640 the quarterback to fit that And that kind of matches 0:10:07.720 --> 0:10:09.640 up with the stat we shared with on shared with 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:14.640 you on the Geez Last Monday podcast his three point 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:17.800 four average yards per separation that has him tops in 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:21.079 the NFL since he came into the NFL. And I 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:22.839 think we've seen some of those impacts so far in 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:25.880 O T as creating space for other guys. Cedric Wilson 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.600 told us as much. Mike Ghasiki has made his Hey 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:31.480 Jilen Waddle making all kinds of place trent sherfield. I mean, 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:34.360 the impact is tangible. And then there's the example that 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:37.680 he sets, like wrapping everything, going full speed, running those 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.280 takeoffs down the field again and again and again, and 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.800 just showing you the conditioning that he offers how you're 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.120 supposed to practice. I mean, what a great example for 0:10:45.360 --> 0:10:47.880 you know, Jalen Waddle to have in that receiver's room 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.319 to watch the way Tyreek Hill does it. And oh yeah, 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.200 how about a handful of long touchdowns we've already seen 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.240 so far in practice, That too, was pretty cool. Takeaway 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:57.800 number three. Then we'll go ahead and get to our 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:01.480 first break here firing off the ball slash athletic ability 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:07.080 up front this young group of offensive linemen. And they 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:09.720 added Connor Williams, who grades out well in this regard, 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:15.079 and Tehran Armstead, who ran the fastest forty ever at 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:18.200 the combine for an offensive tackle offensive lineman in general, 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:23.120 they're athletics scorecards. Their their measurements in terms of testing 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.200 and the way they play in the field. That's where 0:11:25.200 --> 0:11:27.360 they shine. And I go back to this quote from McDaniel, 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:29.120 and he's with the Niners all the time, about how 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.160 he was asked about the idea of finding these gems 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.319 or even undersized guys on the offensive line, and he said, well, 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:37.800 they were third, fourth, fifth, six, seventh round draft picks. 0:11:37.840 --> 0:11:39.560 We didn't take him in the first round. You know, 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:41.640 if there was a seven ft tall, four pound guy, 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:43.600 we take them probably the first round. And I wish 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:45.400 you could get five of those guys if you could, 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:48.679 you know, genetically modify your offensive line. That's what you 0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.320 go for. But sometimes you've gotta do with what you got. 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.320 And you know, all of these guys the Dolphins have 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:57.480 drafted highly have those traits. And I mean, really, to 0:11:57.600 --> 0:11:59.959 a man, each of these guys leam Meickenberg, Connor William, 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.920 Austin Jackson. They talked about firing off the football. And 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.520 I saw a tweet by Joe Thomas, the legendary future 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.040 Hall of Fame left tackle of the Cleveland Browns for 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.280 all those years, and he was replying to a tweet 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:13.320 about Alex max retirement and how important he was to 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.480 the running scheme that Kyle Shanahan ran at every stop 0:12:16.520 --> 0:12:18.199 that he was at. And I think the proof is 0:12:18.200 --> 0:12:21.040 in the pudding there that Mac was the center for 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:23.559 the Browns the one year that Shanahan was there. Then 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:26.040 they trade for Mac in Atlanta when he gets there, 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.280 and he finished his career. Mac does by following Shanahan 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:32.040 off to the Bay Area in San Francisco. But Joe 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.040 Thomas tweeted, you know, quote shocked them with speed and 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:39.640 quote quote retweeting a duke Manny Weather tweet who posted 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.760 a clip of Joe Thomas from that team Brown's team 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.320 hitting a great wall off block on outside zone. I 0:12:45.360 --> 0:12:47.440 mean that pops off the tape with these guys really 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.520 across the board, and it was a common theme on 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.760 Tuesday Tape Review last year almost every week saying there's 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.839 some running lanes here. These guys are creating some push 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:57.760 and creating some gaps. We just gotta take advantage of them. 0:12:57.800 --> 0:12:59.320 I think we have a chance to see that get 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:02.400 even better as each of these guys have the relative 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:05.320 athletics score cards that are near the top of the class. 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:08.360 So to requisite with the scheme that benefits players on 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.319 the offensive line that can play that way, Let's go 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:11.880 ahead and take our first break. Will come back and 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:14.600 get to takeaways four through ten, and we'll also hear 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:18.080 from Rob Hunt, Emmanuel Ogba, Brandan Scarlett, and who's my 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:21.720 fourth and final guy on the media availabilities today, Ray 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:24.320 Kwon Davis. All of that next here on the Drivetime Podcast, 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.440 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.560 Back here on the Drivetime Podcast, we have given you 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:36.640 three takeaways from the off season program. Let's go ahead 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:38.920 and pick it up back here with number four. And 0:13:39.000 --> 0:13:42.320 for me, it's the veteran impact on this football team 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.480 with the off season acquisitions they have made and you'll 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:47.200 hear from Emmanuel Ogba here in just one second when 0:13:47.240 --> 0:13:49.640 he talks about the change in this team, going from 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.640 one that's very young to a balanced club in terms 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.240 of young guys in the veteran mix. And that is 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:58.720 a natural evolution when you have so many picks over 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.000 a couple of years, right like your twenty one year 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.080 old Austin Jackson, your twenty year old Noah Igbonogamy, your 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:06.240 youngest and third youngest player in the NFL, and they 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.640 got drafted. Well, now they were twenty three and twenty 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.319 two two years later, and across the board with all 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:15.560 those picks, Brandon Jones, Ray Kwon Davis, Robert Hunt, Javon Holland, 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:17.640 Jayan Wadle, Jylan Phillips too, a toungo by Loa, you 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:22.040 get it. But now Hill, Melvin Ingram to Ron Armstead, 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.120 I mentioned how Hill has that impact on the receiver's room. 0:14:25.280 --> 0:14:28.280 To Ron, Armstead's tutelage is the only thing that rivals 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:30.080 the fact that he's been the best left tackle in 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:33.000 football over the last decade. And you know, we talked 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:35.400 about Joe Thomas. He doesn't have as many years, but 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.360 he's in that competition Trent Williams, I think is as 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:42.120 well very least arms Steads in the discussion for best 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.400 left tackle in the NFL, Melvin Ingram getting out there 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:47.280 and helping the linebackers with their hands stack and shed, 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.640 Pete get off, and the fundamentals that go with the 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:52.200 hand placement and punch and strike, and just the presence 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.240 of those guys on the field that can chip in 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.440 with their tricks of the trade. And we'll hear from 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:58.520 Rob Hunt on that here in just a few And 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.720 to round out the group, the three running backs that 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.080 were added in free agency, you have to imagine have 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:06.160 a similar impact Thomas more Stead on special teams. And 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:07.880 then with the retention of a guy like a land 0:15:07.880 --> 0:15:09.840 and Roberts coming back in the middle of that defense 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.480 as a real leader of that group. It's up and 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:15.240 down the roster, excuse me, with the guys that can 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:17.840 kind of get everyone in line. In terms of the 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.920 on field coaching from players number five, did good get 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.960 gooder with regards to the defensive line and really in 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:28.120 particularly the interior defensive line. Remember training camp last year 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.840 my notebook, like I found towards the end of August, 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:35.440 I ran out of ways to complement the four sum 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.400 of Wilkins, Seeler, Davis and Butler. I tried my best 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:41.040 to quantify the impact. I felt the d line had 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:44.760 every damn practice in that particular foursome with the pocket pushing, 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:49.040 running pick stunts, creating chances, opening lanes, hustling after the football, 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:52.000 getting their hands up and swatting down passes. It's only 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:55.160 gotten better in terms of camp to season. Now to 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:57.440 O t A s like just they just keep getting better. 0:15:57.720 --> 0:15:59.600 I mean, the fifth most sacks as a team last 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.160 year in the NFL, the most rejected passes by a 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.120 defensive line in football. Christian Wilkins looks the part against 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:07.160 Zach Seeler. I think is one of the most underrated 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:09.400 players in the entire National Football League. I think it's 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.880 fair to expect to jump from Ray Kwon Davis. Adam 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.120 Butler is one of the most consistent players in terms 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:16.920 of his numbers, always being counted on the exact same 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:20.040 over five years from pressures and run stops. Obviously, aug 0:16:20.120 --> 0:16:21.440 ball off the edge and if you want to go 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.240 out to the edge position more and the linebackers who 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.760 are all capable of playing off the edge as well. 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:28.880 Maybe this is a front seven thing. But I think 0:16:28.920 --> 0:16:30.960 a unit that was really damn good last year just 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:34.640 got better, both with improvements from the incumbents and the 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:38.080 new pieces added. Takeaway number six, it's fun to have fun, 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.640 and it starts up top with the headman, who really 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:42.920 sets the tone for the way the staff, the players, 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:46.920 and the entire organization operates. We are all enamored with 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:50.120 coach Mike McDaniel. When he speaks right, he captivates us all, 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:53.000 whether it's about a skip technique by a pulling guard 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.640 or the intricacies of sushi and trying to keep up 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:58.800 with Chris Greer's cherry Pepsi consumption. He's just a fun 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.240 interview well. That per sonality rubs off on the team, 0:17:01.280 --> 0:17:03.840 and I love how he mentioned in his Tuesday availability 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.639 how the players are the ones who ultimately established the 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:09.840 culture my you are what you eat analogy from that 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.080 Friday podcast. But the coach has a hand in that too. 0:17:13.160 --> 0:17:15.760 Coaches fun. The guys are having fun out there. The 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.560 orange jersey and the music, those little ways to relate 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.439 to the modern player. I'm all about that, all about 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:25.560 the mindset and how it sparks this camaraderie through competition 0:17:25.600 --> 0:17:27.679 where guys work hard but have a good time with 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:30.960 the players, the coaches and coach McDaniel himself as well 0:17:31.440 --> 0:17:34.400 Number seven making a case it's so tough to keep 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.840 your eye on ninety players at a practice. I try 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:39.520 my best and I'm happy with what I'm able to 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:41.639 report on for you guys around the podcast, but I 0:17:41.640 --> 0:17:44.000 know I'm I'm missing at least a little bit, probably 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:45.920 a lot more than that. So I just want to 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:49.000 say that because I've no doubt missed someone making some 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:51.320 plays on my list here. But I always like to 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.080 see who's making waves among the names that you're not 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.920 used to hearing from on everyday social quick Coffee, sip 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:01.919 ice Coffee's how we do It. Benito Jones made plays 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.679 in the practices. I saw, so to Trent Sherfield, True Williams, 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:08.879 Duke Riley. I thought Austin Jackson showed a bunch in 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:12.160 these workouts. Thought Kelln Diash showed some of what made 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:14.000 him one of the best offensive linemen in the Pack 0:18:14.040 --> 0:18:15.800 twelve over the last four years. And I thought the 0:18:15.880 --> 0:18:19.479 Quandree White ran the ball really well. Savon akhmed To. Actually, 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:21.840 again I'm forgetting some names, but those are some of 0:18:21.880 --> 0:18:24.119 the names I'm most excited to see heading into camp. 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.120 In terms of guys you're not used to hearing about 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:30.000 every single day. Number eight weapons at two's disposal mentioned 0:18:30.000 --> 0:18:33.199 Tyreek Hill his impact above, and that's allowed us to 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.320 get a look at all these playmakers as the ball 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.719 is distributed about on any given day at practice throwing 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.480 to the open man. Dan Orlovski ranked Miami skilled groups 0:18:41.560 --> 0:18:45.400 number five in the a f C. Personally, you gotta 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:48.000 pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers. But I digress, 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:52.480 and yeah, I'll take it over Buffalo too. By watching 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:55.119 Chase Edmonds doing his thing, we haven't even seen Raheem 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:58.640 Moster or Sony Michelle in those team periods. Savan Akhmed 0:18:58.680 --> 0:19:01.359 looks smooth and fast to boot Hill, Waddle Wilson, Mike 0:19:01.400 --> 0:19:03.919 GASICKI I mean a six time pro bowler, a rookie 0:19:03.920 --> 0:19:06.480