WEBVTT - Drive Time - 2020 Camp Battles to Watch 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:07.320 Factors as Patrick Drawing, Parker tuxpower. What a win for 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:13.280 this Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:16.800 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:21.680 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and 0:00:21.800 --> 0:00:24.760 every day. How is it going, everybody? I am your host, 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:27.440 Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring you your 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:31.000 daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:34.520 with training camp just about three weeks away, we'll look 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.760 ahead at some of the most intriguing camp battles to come. 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:41.320 I try to understand a graph on force and acceleration. 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.360 I'll tell you why camping is the worst. And we're 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:48.280 talking all things fireworks, both on and off the football field, 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:51.200 all of that more on this Monday, July the sixth 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:57.160 edition of the Drive Time Podcasts, and training camp is 0:00:57.200 --> 0:01:00.360 merely three weeks away, give or take depending on the 0:01:00.360 --> 0:01:03.040 report date of the particular team. We'll find out more 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:05.120 about the Miami Dolphins here in the coming days and 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:08.080 weeks on training camp. But every year we see the 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:10.959 countdown to the regular season opener as kind of this 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:14.400 grand number we're all looking forward to. But I always 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.720 view the first day of camp as the start of 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:20.840 the season, especially now in this role, being on hand 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:23.640 there in Davy and after last year getting down to 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:27.600 training camp on my own accord with the Lockdown podcast network, 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.319 that was to me like a kid in a candy 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:34.000 store scenario. Everywhere you look, pretty much in your entire 0:01:34.040 --> 0:01:37.120 periphery with two football fields from goal line to goal one, 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:40.720 You've got drills, position groups, coaches, star players out there. 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.000 When you're a real fan of the game, I just 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.480 don't think you can get any better than that, and 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.680 you certainly can't replicate it. Of course, on Sundays, we 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.480 all live for Sundays in the National Football League. But 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.080 those training camp practices, man, there are a lot of 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:55.880 fun to get out there and go see. So the 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.680 best time of year for me is nearly upon us 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:01.880 camp and we'll talk about my favorite camp battles that 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:04.320 are set to take place on the battlefield out there 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.400 in Davy. But first let me just really walk back. 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:09.960 I guess this take that I put out there on Twitter, 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:11.799 and I think I sent it out on the fourth 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:15.040 of July itself, which is kind of sacrilege here, I think, 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:18.200 especially in Washington State. But I want to put context 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:21.560 on it because I didn't actually go camping over the weekend. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.520 I said that camping is objectively the worst, and the 0:02:24.560 --> 0:02:28.720 word objectively is important there because I would argue that 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:31.520 it's actually an an arguable fact. There were plenty of 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:35.200 replies in there, some agreeing, some disagreeing. I saw a 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.840 few mentions of glamping, which I had to look up 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:40.480 what that is. But I agree with those folks because 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.600 therein lies the exact reason why camping is, to me, well, 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.200 the worst. Now, out here in the Pacific Northwest, you're 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.040 really never more than a hundred miles or so away 0:02:50.040 --> 0:02:53.120 from the mountains, so it gets cool outside fast. It 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.560 was an hour drive for us to get from eighty 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.200 five degrees all the way up to sixty five degrees 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:01.280 up in the mountains, and you just can't beat that scenery. 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.880 This is not a knock on nature. I happen to 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.360 love nature, love getting out there and going for long 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:09.320 walks or hikes, and that's why this trip actually was 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.680 not bad at all. I really enjoyed myself out in 0:03:11.720 --> 0:03:15.079 the wild. My wife's family are the very outdoorsy types. 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:17.040 They are to the tea people that want to get 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.119 out there and go camping, and that's just not who 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:22.320 I am. Different strokes for different folks. That's totally fine. 0:03:22.480 --> 0:03:24.959 And the beautiful part of having a child, as you 0:03:25.080 --> 0:03:27.400 moms and dads out there would know, is the built 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.240 an excuse to get out of literally anything you want. 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:32.520 So my wife proposes the idea that we go out 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:34.680 there and meet up with her family who are camped 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.200 up in the mountains for the entire weekend, and that 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.360 we go for a few hours. And I figure, you 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:41.160 know what, I don't want to go. Obviously, it's not 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:43.200 my favorite thing to do. But if she's willing to 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.680 move across the country with me, the very least I 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:48.080 can do is spend a few hours in the mountains. 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:50.880 And because she knows I loathe camping so much, I 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:52.640 just made it a point to not complain about the 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.200 whole thing at all. But this was entirely fine because 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.720 I had a few beers played some parlor games. Have 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.000 you guys ever heard of the game called can jam. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:03.280 It's basically what amounts to a small short garbage can 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:05.960 with the frisbee, and you have two on two and 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.080 your teammate stands on the other side and you throw 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:09.800 a frisbee at him and you try to hit this 0:04:09.920 --> 0:04:12.280 can and he can like alley you put into the can, 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:13.920 or if you make it in on your own, you 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:17.560 get certain points assigned to you accordingly. So we drove up, 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:20.040 had a nice podcast, had the little one was sleeping 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.160 the entire way up there and the entire way back. 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.200 Got up there, played a couple of games, had a 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.000 couple of drinks. Then we got out of there, so 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:28.800 a nice little reset, get away from the phones, and 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.160 then boom, you get right back to your bed, your 0:04:31.200 --> 0:04:34.359 air conditioning, your internet, all the amenities that really, quite 0:04:34.360 --> 0:04:37.479 frankly take over your life. Won't you become inundated with them? 0:04:37.600 --> 0:04:40.440 So I can understand the need or the the desire 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.360 for that reset. But that was about a three hour 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:47.160 deal up there, actually camping quote unquote, not counting the drive. 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:50.359 That's the maximum amount of time that I find it 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:52.360 to be fun for me. And the comment that I 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:54.479 saw that I thought was really dead on was I 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:56.800 don't work all week just to go strip away all 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:59.080 the things I work for on the weekend, And that 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.839 exactly right. It there is my point, because you can't 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:03.919 tell me that sitting around in a circle with nothing 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.120 to look at other than each other. Nowhere to go, 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:08.680 not great food to eat is better than having door 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.920 dash and streaming services, air conditioning, a chase lounge with 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:14.440 my cozy pellow and blanket. It's just it's a no 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.960 for me, man. Camping is a no for me. Now. 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.600 Training camp, when it comes to football, that is for me. 0:05:19.960 --> 0:05:24.000 And this is something we haven't dove dived divin doven 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:27.960 into it. We haven't dived into training camp previews or 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.760 camp battles since I took the reins on this podcast. 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.000 Let's go ahead and talk about some training camp battles. 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:36.960 We gotta preface this with every single job is up 0:05:37.000 --> 0:05:39.840 for grabs. That's the basis of the program. You will 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.480 compete and you will not have anything handed to you 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:45.600 as a Miami Dolphin, that's most teams around the league, right, 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:48.520 but it's especially true for Brian Flores and this Miami 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:51.520 Dolphins team. And I think we learned that abundantly clear 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:55.479 last season, Flor's first in Miami and shoot, even being 0:05:55.480 --> 0:05:58.400 out there last year, there were a few surprises in 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:00.760 the lineups through the course of the first couple of 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:03.880 weeks of camp veterans that were considered maybe written in 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.799 Penn into the starting lineup by some of the fan base, 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:09.000 and those guys are running with the two's. It's where 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.400 I first reported that Nick Needham was getting some time 0:06:11.600 --> 0:06:15.200 with the ones before eventually starting that preseason opener. And 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:17.360 of course that experience would serve him well, as he 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.679 would play a lot more later on in the season. 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:22.720 And speaking of cornerbacks, and we're gonna do a whole 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:25.440 thing on defensive backs to close this podcast. But I 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:27.799 know it was my first camp, but I would venture 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:30.560 a guest that Xavien Howard last year was the best 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.120 camp performer a lot of these long time reporters in 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.200 South Florida have seen on this team. He was so 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:39.560 damn dominant. Stuff like that is what really makes camp 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:41.680 fun to me. To see a guy grab a pick, 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.159 then get a pass breakup, and then they gather up 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.000 for eleven on eleven and he snatches another one. It 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:49.839 was constant. It was fun to watch a star player 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:53.360 perfect his craft in practice like x did last summer. 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.839 So training camp is important for many reasons, but of 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.279 course sorting out these battles is one of the go 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:01.760 to things you look for at training camp. And let's 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:04.280 go ahead and start here at the quarterback position. That's 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.320 where you always start in this league, right, That's the 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:09.359 obvious part. And I don't think it's hyperbole to say 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:11.440 that this is the most talent that Dolphins have had 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.520 in the quarterback room and quite some time. From top 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.760 to bottom. You've got a guy who's thrown for thirty 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:21.640 three thousand yards and two ten touchdowns in his NFL career, 0:07:21.800 --> 0:07:24.720 and whose best two years of his career came at 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.640 age thirty six and age thirty seven, and for good measure, 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.000 the third best year of his career for my money, 0:07:30.200 --> 0:07:34.040 at age thirty three. Back in with Fitzpatrick and the Jets, 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:35.880 and you know what Fits is going to look like 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.200 in camp. He's gonna be on time with the ball, 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:40.760 with his reads, He's usually gonna be on target. He's 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:44.160 gonna have the offense operating in an efficient and correct manner, 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:46.320 getting the plays called in and out of the huddle, 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.560 getting guys to the right spot. You just don't really 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:51.480 have to worry about Ryan Fitzpatrick. He has seen it all. 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:53.880 You've also got a top ten pick just two years 0:07:53.920 --> 0:07:56.800 ago in Josh Rosen, who made some big time splash 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.920 throws down the field. Last year in camp, particularly going 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:03.200 deep to Preston Williams. And I thought Josh's best moments 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:06.120 in camp last year came during the live periods, in 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:09.600 the critical situations, the red zone, two minute drill, that 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.080 sort of thing. I'm excited to watch him in year 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.960 two in Miami and see the growth he's made the 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:17.960 Florence reference. Throughout the season last year, whether it was 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.080 practice or on the game day field, whatever it was, 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.120 Flores talked a lot about his growth, both mentally and physically. 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.920 I'm excited to see that play out in training camp. 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.400 And of course, the fifth overall pick in the draft 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:30.920 into a tongue of voloa. You don't spend the fifth 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:33.880 pick on a quarterback that is not supremely talented, or 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:37.000 a player at any position for that matter. The fifth 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.559 best player in the draft figures to be pretty good, right, 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:41.840 and that's who too is the fifth pick in this 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:45.400 year's draft. Highest passer efficiency in college football history for 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:48.520 a career. The ball placement, the ability to get through 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:52.360 his progressions quickly and replace blitzers with the football, pick up, 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.640 the coverage rotation, disguise or find dis guy's in the 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.880 coverage and go to the right spot with the ball. 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.320 I can't wait to watch him sort through this offense 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:02.640 in his rookie year and watch him take those steps 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.199 we talked about with Rosen. Then you've got Jake Rudoc, 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:07.800 who has done a really good job here in Miami 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:10.640 of giving the third team of fair Shake a fair 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:13.320 look from the coaching staff. And by that I mean 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:17.080 being efficient in his communication, not wasting reps because of 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:20.360 knowledge gaps, getting the football out on time. We've all 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.920 seen plenty of NFL preseason games that just aren't watchable 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.080 late in the game, and that didn't happen here in 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:29.880 Miami last year because Jake Rudoc. He was quite the opposite. 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:33.320 Actually some really nice fourth quarter moments last August in 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.000 those exhibition games. And that was true in Camp two, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:39.000 and that's true because of Jake Rudoc. I really liked 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:41.719 this quarterback room from one to four. I think they 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:43.960 all give their teammates a chance to be a better 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.240 players out on the practice field. So it's Fitzpatrick's jobs 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:49.319 to lose, his job to lose, but he's got to 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:52.320 bring it every day because these young puffs they're gonna 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:55.120 push him. We go back into the backfield and take 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.560 a look at the jobs up for grabs here in 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:00.600 this backfield. Again, every position up for apps, but I 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.840 think the running back three position is the one that 0:10:02.880 --> 0:10:05.640 I'm most intrigued by in this group because I'm a 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.400 big Miles Gaskin fan. Maybe it's the Pack twelve bias 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:10.680 in me, but I also got Patrick Laird from Cal 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:13.520 in that group as well. I thought Gaskin looked sharp 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:15.200 last year when he got a little bit more chance 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:18.640 to carry the football, to catch the football late. Of course, 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:20.680 he suffers that injury in the Bengals game. That was 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:22.880 a bummer because I thought he was really picking it 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.560 up in that game. We talked about Patrick Laird. He 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:27.400 shows you what he can do in the passing games, 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:30.560 some of his skills there as a multifaceted back. Caitlin 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.360 Balage coming back for his third season now, also a 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.800 Pack twelve guy out of Arizona State, Chandler Cox a fullback, 0:10:36.920 --> 0:10:39.319 but that's kind of an independent position. As far as 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:41.840 the third running back spot. Then you've got Malcolm Perry, 0:10:42.000 --> 0:10:44.640 who just adds a whole another dynamic to your offense. 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.400 So I'm really excited to see which of those guys 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.000 can really push both Jordan Howard and Matt Brita and 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.640 get onto the football field for some meaningful reps come 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:55.560 the season at the tight end position. The tight end too, 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:57.400 spot is what I'm looking at. We know what Mike 0:10:57.480 --> 0:11:00.959 Kasicki is an ultimate seambuster, a big time receiving threat 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:04.320 down the field. Durham Smith, Michael Roberts, Chris Myrick, and 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:07.360 Bryce Stirk the undrafted free agent gonna flip over from 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.520 the defensive side to play tight end. I was a 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:11.800 big fan of meyer Rick last year in camp, thought 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:13.600 he earned that right to be on the practice squad 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:16.080 because of some solid work he did both inside and 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:18.360 down the field. And to round out the group the 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:20.840 U d f a Bryce Stirk and the signing back 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.480 in February of Michael Roberts, formerly of the Detroit Lions. 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:26.959 So in that group a good mix of guys that 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.680 can both be receivers down the football field or stay 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:31.880 in line and block and help the running game that way. 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:33.880 I want to see how that group battles and competes 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:37.360 for playing time at tight end, then out wide at 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.720 wide receiver. Basically to see how the entire wide receiver 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:44.600 corps unfold behind Davanta Parker and for Davanta obviously putting 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:47.760 together back to back good seasons, that's the challenge he faces. 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.199 But I'm excited to see how Preston Williams looks coming 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.640 back this year after a really strong first half of 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.120 the season. Albert Wilson kind of the converse of that. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:58.360 He finishes the season strong, got plenty of opportunities and 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.080 that Bengals game made some guys missed in the open field. 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.480 Cast him those little short, flat routes where it's basically 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:05.719 putting him in a one on one position to make 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:07.839 a move in the open field, and he did well 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:10.880 to pretty much leave some jockstraps on the ground doing that. 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:12.640 I want to see how he looks coming back in 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:15.600 year two off the hip injury. Jachim Grant had the 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:17.920 off season, the videos, all the stuff he showed us, 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:20.120 the quick, sudden movement. We talked to him on the 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:23.160 podcast last week about his game. I'm excited to see 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.920 where he shows up this year. Isaiah Ford finished out 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.440 the year very strong, earned some praise from the coaching 0:12:28.440 --> 0:12:30.680 staff for the ability to do that, but also helps 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.000 some guys get lined up in the right spots in 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.800 this Miami offense when maybe some guys were missing and 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:37.959 they had to elevate some younger guys into the lineup. 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.719 And then of course Alan Hearns gets the extension. You 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:42.480 go back and watch some of the games last year, 0:12:42.559 --> 0:12:45.480 the broadcast crew from their production meetings and their meetings 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:49.000 with Brian Flores and Ryan Fitzpatrick talks about how dependable 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.480 on how solid Alan Hearns was so from one to 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:53.959 six there as terms of those guys, you feel good, 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:55.920 but I'm curious to see how that shakes out with 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:58.560 the reps, the positions where they all play, and of 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:01.160 course I cannot get enough the one on one drills 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:04.680 with receivers up against cornerbacks, this entire receiver group. I 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:06.560 am so pumped to watch them practice and see what 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:08.600 they look like. And again where they all play, how 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.000 many reps they get, that type of thing. You also 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:12.679 got some guys that are trying to, you know, make 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.040 a name for themselves in the league. Mac Hollins, he 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.160 does some things on special teams, got some run with 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:20.040 the Eagles and the Dolphins last year. Gary Jennings went 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.280 down the first game he was in Miami, but he 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:25.040 was a really good college player Ricardo Lewis trying to 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:26.839 get back from the injury last year. A couple of 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:29.760 undrafted guys and Kirk Merritt and Matt Cole fund receiver 0:13:29.800 --> 0:13:31.760 group here in Miami. But I'm just really curious to 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:33.880 see how it shakes out behind Parker there at the 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.720 top of the rotation on the offensive line, I mean, 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:39.280 pretty much every position out there up for grabs. Right 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.520 We have a bunch of news starters, are new free 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:44.480 agents and rookies coming here. Uh to the offensive line. 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:46.760 I want to see how Austin Jackson works right away 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.120 at left tackle, see if he's up for the challenge 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.440 of playing there. Eric Flowers, his transition to guard last 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.199 year was a good one. Can't wait to see the 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:57.120 physicality he brings there at center. Ted Carriss, the way 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:59.400 he communicates is going to be so crucial the right 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:01.520 side of the off pensive line. Who gets the first 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.079 crack at right guard, right tackle, those spots. I'll tell 0:14:04.120 --> 0:14:07.120 you this, Jesse Davis. If you're gonna want Jesse Davis's job, 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:08.800 you better take it from him, because that guy is 0:14:08.800 --> 0:14:12.000 a veteran. He's been around the block. He's durable, he's dependable, 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.200 and he does things the way this coaching staff wants 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:17.080 him to earn that extension. Was a really valuable part 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:19.280 of the locker room last year, and he finished out 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.040 the season very strong at right tackle. Down the stretch 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.360 when Miami's played kind of got better as a team. 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.000 I'm just really curious to see where he shakes out 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:28.520 at the end of this camp and where they want 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:30.680 to get their best five on the field. Where that 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.080 best five means for Jesse Davis, because you've got so 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:36.760 much position flexibility with he, with Robert Hunt, we talked 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:38.960 about Ted Carriss and Eric Flower's playing all over the 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.200 offensive line. I just want to see how they get 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.320 the best five out there. Doesn't include Michael Dieter, doesn't 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.720 include Julian Davenport, some of the guys they brought in 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:50.760 last year, like an Adam Panky, Danny Eata, Dora, Keith Keaton, Sutherland, 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:54.239 Shot Calhoun, all these guys played. You've got three undrafted 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.800 free agents. How does this line shake out? How many 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:58.720 do they keep and who are the best five and 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:00.600 how do they put them on the field from left 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.320 tackle all the way to right tackle. Plenty of intrigue 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:05.600 to watch there down by that T N T wall 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:08.560 at training camp. On the defensive side, to me, things 0:15:08.560 --> 0:15:10.960 will look a little bit more clear because of how 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.240 fluid they are. And I know that kind of sounds 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:16.520 like a like the ultimate contradiction, but if that makes 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.440 kind of sense. On offense, you can have a receiver 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:22.840 lineup at multiple positions, but in general, there's plenty of 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.840 overlap there. A quarterback is always a quarterback. A left 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:27.480 guard is always going to be a left guard. Those 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:30.680 guys are playing one position. You've got some flexibility at 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.960 tied end and running back and receiver, of course, but 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:35.320 not nearly as much as you get on the defensive 0:15:35.360 --> 0:15:38.040 side of the ball, especially in a scheme that is 0:15:38.040 --> 0:15:41.520 not dependent on any one core philosophy outside of just 0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.840 being fundamentally sound on the football field. I mean, we're 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.680 talking about upwards of a hundred different jobs on the defense. 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.960 When you consider positions, slant leverage, where you might play 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:56.000 your role on that particular play. There are seemingly countless permutations. 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:57.520 And that's why I think this is a little bit 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:01.160 more fluid and less intriguing as far as who takes 0:16:01.200 --> 0:16:03.440 like a starting job, because I think the term starter 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.440 on defense in this defense is a very loose and 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:09.560 probably even outdated term for the defense. So we know 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:12.400 Christian Wilkins up front, He's gonna play a lot. Brian 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:14.520 Flores has talked about how big of a part of 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.320 the future he is here in Miami. That is a given. 0:16:17.600 --> 0:16:19.960 Davon got Shaw is probably one of the most transparent 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.600 players on the entire roster. You know what you get 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:26.120 monster against the running game, strong powerful led the league 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.520 last year and run stops via Pro Football Focus, Shack Lawson, 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:32.680 Emmanuel Ogba to free agent gets, they're gonna play a lot. 0:16:32.960 --> 0:16:35.920 Both tremendous scheme fits. But from there, that's when I 0:16:35.920 --> 0:16:38.720 get really intrigued as far as the rotation battle and 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.600 how that shakes out. Who finds themselves in line for 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:44.800 more work in which packages on the defensive line. I 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:47.240 was super impressed with Zach Seeler late in the year 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:49.840 last year. I think he can play multiple spots up front. 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.480 We know what Ray Kuan Davis is capable of. Greer 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:55.360 and Flores traded up to go get Jason Strowbridge, and 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:57.680 then you've got a couple of undrafted free agents with 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:01.000 Lima and Jones. That's Ray Lima and Benito Jones, and 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:03.360 he also got der Val Netto, so two good u 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.960 D f ase and then with Netto a guy who 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.480 was an absolute tank, just a monster of a human 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.360 that has that jiu jitsu background. He had that year 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.720 of seasoning coming over last year as the part of 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.680 the International Pathway program. Curious to see how he looks 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:19.000 and your number two after a full year of seasoning 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:21.920 on the practice squad off the edge, I mean, how 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.320 many ways do you cut this thing here? Because we 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.439 know Vince Beagle's got nice arsenal of rush moves. We 0:17:27.480 --> 0:17:31.360 know Andrew van Ginckel, a former Wisconsin Badger, like Beagle himself, 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:34.120 is well versed as a blitzer and coverage guy off 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:37.119 that edge. Commu Gruge Hill has tons of pop in 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:40.199 all phases of the game. Ray Kawa McMillan played some 0:17:40.280 --> 0:17:42.880 sliding down last year off the edge in a quasi 0:17:43.000 --> 0:17:45.280 sam backer role. He can do more of that than 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:48.200 he did in years prior under previous coaching staffs. Jerome 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.560 Baker can play out there. Kyle van Neu, we know, 0:17:50.680 --> 0:17:53.320 can play anywhere on the defense in the front seven. 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:55.960 Trent Harris and Avery Moss both played a lot last 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.399 year Curtis Weaver had the college sack production. Tyshan render 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.080 a nice u DF signing. U d F A signing. 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.399 You've got a couple of thousand snaps to really divvy 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.439 up here at the linebacker and edge positions. I'm curious 0:18:07.440 --> 0:18:09.720 to see how that works out, because with all the packages, 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.600 all the fronts, all the different skill sets, it's really 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:15.920 just basically Brian Flores and Josh Boyer and those guys 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:18.120 know what's gonna happen. We don't. I'm excited to see 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.840 what it looks like on the football field. In the secondary, 0:18:20.880 --> 0:18:22.880 the battle for the slot is one that I really 0:18:22.880 --> 0:18:25.480 want to watch as much as any. On the defense, 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.760 You've got X and Jones outside row and Bobby McCain 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.359