WEBVTT - Drive Time - Training Camp Day 5 Recap 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:07.920 Fractors are Alsaford touchdown. What a win for this Miami 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:13.600 Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:17.400 the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:22.120 podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:25.720 How's it going everybody? It is Saturday. I am your host, 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.640 Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring you your 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:32.080 daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:35.519 another day, another Dolphins practice. We're going to run it 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:38.160 back for the fifth time this week with another day 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:41.720 of pads popping football. Plus we'll hear from Brian Flora's 0:00:41.800 --> 0:00:44.920 and the three rookie draft picks along the offensive line 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.239 as we get audio from Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, and 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.600 Solomon Kinley. All of that and more on this Saturday 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:58.120 Training Camp August edition of the Drive Time Podcast Dolphins. 0:00:58.920 --> 0:01:01.240 We're gonna get coach filling down here in just one second, 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:04.200 but first before we do that. As the official wellness 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:07.839 provider and sports medicine provider of the Miami Dolphins, Baptist 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:11.280 Health is ready and committed to continue caring for you safely. 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.600 This pandemic has reminded us that crisis doesn't build character, 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.759 it reveals character. It's also taught us that our health 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.800 is truly what matters most. 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The first question for Flora's was about 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.600 Austin Jackson, but of course that always gives coach a 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:57.720 chance to expand upon his rookies and his entire roster 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.640 in general. Austin you along with you know, the other rookies. 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.960 He's he's obviously learning, he's improving on a daily basis. 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:09.880 This is a a talented kid, tough, he's smart, um 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:12.640 and he is you know, like all the young players, 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.280 all the rookies, all the all the rookie players. He's 0:02:15.360 --> 0:02:18.320 he's improving every day. He's getting better. He works at it. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:20.520 He's doing extra in the meeting, doing extra on the 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:24.880 field and practice. It's important to him. Um, he's making mistakes, 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.160 like everyone on the team is. I mean, none of 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:30.200 us are perfect, you know, to myself included. And uh, 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:31.640 you know he's learning from him and I think he's 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:34.040 getting better. He's getting better on a daily basis. And 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.880 that's the case with Austin and Robert Hunt and Kim 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:38.960 Lee and you know, all of our all of our 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:42.200 rookie alignment. Up next, some great news, Yeah, if it's 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:45.080 will be out there today, short and sweet regarding Ryan Fitzpatrick. 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:47.919 They're up next. Coach was asked about linebacker Jerome Baker, 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:50.800 who left Friday's practice with trainers and coach talking about 0:02:50.880 --> 0:02:53.240 him trying to get ready to get back to practice today. 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:55.959 If not, he's day to day. You know, Jerome's taking this. 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.640 You know it's day to day. Um, he's getting treatment, 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:02.400 he's doing and everything. Uh. Uh he can to get 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.000 back to to get better. Guys getting nicked up in 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.520 training camp. We're out there in pads. It's hot. You know, 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:09.960 he's kind of going through some some treatment, you know, 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.639 this morning, last night. Um, you know this is gonna 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:15.120 come down right to the wire whether or not we 0:03:15.160 --> 0:03:17.880 can get him out there today, So we'll see. Overall 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:19.960 health of the football team has been good so far. 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:22.320 Knock on would of course they're up next. Coach was 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.880 asked about his own experiences going from year one as 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:27.400 a rookie head coach into year two, the things that 0:03:27.440 --> 0:03:29.440 he has learned and how he's applied those so far. 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.120 Here in your number two. He was also asked about 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:34.040 the T n T Wall and why the Dolphins are 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.360 not using it this year in a shortened off season, 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.400 trying to get more reps. Here's Coach's answer about maximizing 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:42.400 the reps on the practice field every single day. From 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:45.240 a scheduling standpoint, there's only so much time we can 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:46.920 be out there, especially in the early part. So it 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:49.400 was ninety minutes the first day in ONT five. So 0:03:49.640 --> 0:03:52.440 I just wanted to know there's not as much time 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:54.760 as there is. So as far as like running to 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:58.640 the wall or or anything like that, Um, you know, 0:03:58.640 --> 0:04:01.200 I just I'd rather just get get onto the next 0:04:01.200 --> 0:04:04.520 play and not lose a rep four for another guy. 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:06.640 Which you know in other years that that's not the case. 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:08.200 You have enough time to do that and get to 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.800 get all the reps in so UM as a staff, 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.040 we're kind of running off the field because we hit 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.080 our ninety minutes or we hit our hour forty five, 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:17.400 or we hit our two hours. We're at the point 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.200 training camp now where we do have enough time, so 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:25.279 we we we we could incorporate that, but UM, don't worry. 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:27.599 I hammer these guys when they're when when we have 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:31.560 penalties pretty good in the meetings. UM, you can ask 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:33.840 them about it, UM. And it's not something we take 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:37.320 lightly at all. UM. I just felt like, you know, 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:39.839 we're better off, like like in the game, let's just 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.920 move on and on to the next play and we'll 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:46.320 hammer time them later in the day. Stop hammer time. 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.080 They're gonna get on those guys for having penalties later 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:50.680 in the day. I love to hear a coach talk 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:52.760 about that. Love to hear him say he maximizes the 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.279 time on the football field. Very forward thinking coach we 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:57.360 have here in Miami, and just a good example of 0:04:57.440 --> 0:04:59.160 how he's not a coach who was stuck in his way. 0:04:59.200 --> 0:05:02.160 It's always good to be evolving and learning, especially in 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:05.240 this business. Speaking of learning and evolving, up next, Coach 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:08.039 was asked about the three rookie offensive lineman draft picks 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.279 Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, and Solomon Kinley and if there's 0:05:11.279 --> 0:05:13.920 an experience factor that goes into the decision about who 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.080 starts on opening day and if it could be those 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.920 three guys in the lineup. Look, I mean, at the 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:21.159 end of the day, you know, the guys who perform 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.719 the best they're gonna play. Let's say the offensive line 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:26.640 unit's a little a little different in that you need 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:31.239 five guys who who perform well together. Um, so there's 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.760 some communication that goes with that, there's some experience that 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.600 goes with that. Um, we'd have to get all three 0:05:36.680 --> 0:05:39.800 of them up to speed pretty quickly to to to 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.240 do that. But look, if they're the five most talented players, 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.000 and that gives us the best chance to ask some 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.240 success and you know we're gonna have to we would 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.839 have to do that. Um, we've got some some veteran players, 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.280 you know, you know theater who's played a lot, Jesse 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:54.520 Davis has played a lot of Davenporter has played a lot, 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:58.039 And so the question becomes do you do you play 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:01.599 the three young guys or do you play a UM, 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.599 you know, a combination of you to two of the 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:06.680 young guys, one of the one of the young guys 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:09.280 all three. I mean, there's so many different combinations. And 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:12.120 you know, we've got some other guys who played UM 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:14.360 and started some games. So we just have to find 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:17.760 out what the best five guys are from a communications standpoint, 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:20.200 from UH and from a talent standpoint, and you know, 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:21.880 we'll try to put the best team in. But you know, 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:25.039 we're the three young guys. They're playing well, UM, they're 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:28.160 learning their improvement, they're improving. Are they ready to jump in, 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:32.240 you know, in play sixty seventy snaps today? Unlikely, you know, 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:35.440 given you know, not having not played UM in an 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:37.760 NFL game and not feeling the speed of the game, 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:40.920 and you know, I don't think anyone's gonna be ready 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.400 to play sixty minute game right right on the on set. 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:45.440 So I mean, we could see different combinations on the 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.200 old line as well as other positions. Interesting note they 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:51.239 are about combinations across different positions. In the first couple 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.360 of weeks of the season. Up next, coach was asked 0:06:53.360 --> 0:06:55.760 about how the quarterbacks looked to a ton of Iloa 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:59.520 and Josh Rosen and Ryan Fitzpatrick's absence at Friday's practice. 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.200 I thought they both made some good throws. Um, they've 0:07:02.200 --> 0:07:04.360 both made some not so good throws. Every day is 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.880 a little bit different, and you know how practice is 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:11.480 structured early down, you know, third down, red zone, two minute. 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.520 We just want to see them in those those different scenarios. 0:07:16.120 --> 0:07:20.480 How see how if they could be successful in those areas. Look, 0:07:20.560 --> 0:07:24.440 they're both working hard, they're both improving, and every play 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:26.760 you know, for both guys and they're both young. Ever 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:28.800 played for both guys is a good experience for him 0:07:29.360 --> 0:07:33.559 to learning experience. And I think they're improving and getting better. Um. 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:38.160 Specifically in those situations in the red area, there's less field, 0:07:38.240 --> 0:07:42.480 so they're they're tighter throws and they're smaller windows. You 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:44.480 gotta make a really good throw and a really good 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:46.320 cat and you gotta know, we gotta catch the ball 0:07:46.640 --> 0:07:49.760 into tight windows with receivers playing tight man coverage, and 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.360 it's just not as much feeld um. I think you 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.960 know you ever think everyone can can understand that. So um, 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.200 how we evaluate them in that area the field is 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.840 different than when we're in the actual field, you know, 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.200 not not necessarily the red zone, but you know the 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:07.320 rest of the field. Um, And it's also different now 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:09.720 we evaluate them in two minutes and the decision making 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:13.320 which also includes the clock and time outs and things 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:16.240 of that nature. So the evaluation is not just hey, 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:19.080 how many you know did he complete or how many 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:22.000 you know? It's not There's a lot that goes into it. 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:25.360 So I think they've both improved and getting better. Again. 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.000 More good insight there from coach on the rookie quarterback 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:29.920 to a tongue of by Loa and third year quarterback 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.520 Josh Rosen as well as Ryan Fitzpatrick about how they 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.400 evaluate these quarterbacks out here on the practice field. A 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:38.760 lot more goes into it than just practice statistics, which yeah, 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:40.720 I think we can all agree on that. Up next, 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.400 coach was asked about Miles Gaskins, second year running back, 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:46.439 seventh round draft pickback in twenty nineteen, who's shone well 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:49.040 in camp and progressing from the course of the time 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:51.000 he was picked last year all the way up through 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:53.480 today at training camp. I think Myles has done a 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:56.120 very good job, was really, i would say, really improved 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:01.199 over the course of last season, um, really from O 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.800 T A s to Minicans to training camp, and you 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:06.520 can see kind of the growth throughout the season. He's 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.920 playing well running it, you know, catching the ball out 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:12.400 of bad field. Um, his blocking is improved. Look like 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:13.920 I tell I tell him, like I tell it all 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:15.480 the other players. Their role is gonna be what they 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:17.280 make it. So if you go out there and you 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:23.200 continually make plays and handle your responsibility and you're someone 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:26.280 we can depend on, where we're gonna find a role 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:32.319 for you and UM productive along with being dependable, along 0:09:32.360 --> 0:09:34.679 with being you know, doing things you know the right 0:09:34.720 --> 0:09:37.960 way really on off the field, UM, then you know 0:09:38.400 --> 0:09:40.240 you could have a really big role. That's kind of 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.600 what we tell every player and does't matter if you're 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:46.960 a rookie of veteran, undrafted, drafted. UM, you know that's 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:50.040 the standard, and we're gonna try to hold the guys 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:51.560 to that. And I think Miles has done a good 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:54.280 job of doing everything he can off the field on 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.160 the field, UM to make himself the best player he 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.000 can be. And it's you know, you know, showing up. 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.480 You know a little bit of practice, but again in 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.199 this league, it's got to show up, you know, in practice, 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.600 in games, and it's gotta you gotta have consistency. So 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:10.800 you know, that's what we're trying to stress to the guys, 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:14.640 Miles along with really every other player. Your role is 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:16.640 gonna be what you make it. Love that quote there 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.160 from coach. Here's a question from Joe shad I Plan 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:22.440 asking Robert Hunt later on today in his media availability 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.920 about the jump and competition from the Sun Belt to 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.560 the NFL, and coach talks about the jump for rookies 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:29.800 in general going to the NFL and how much different 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.880 it is playing in college compared to the professional ranks 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:36.719 in the National Football League for Roberts specifically, but really 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.800 it's for all rookies. This isn't it's different from college. 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:42.480 You know, the speed of the game, the amount of 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:44.640 time that you know, we put in compared to to 0:10:44.960 --> 0:10:47.400 you know, what they're doing in college. There's no classes, 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:50.120 you know, and they're not trying to you know, they're 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:53.640 not you know, working on protections against the blitz, you know, 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.240 or four different blitz looks. I don't know what classes 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.760 they're taking, you know, doing psychology class that like, that's 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:01.960 not that's not part of this. So the amount of 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:05.839 time you know, they they're they're asked to spend uh, 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:08.760 not just football, but but from a treatment standpoint, from 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.160 a weightlifting standpoint, from a nutrition standpoint. You know, in 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:14.240 this league, you've got to be you've got to try 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.000 to be good in all those areas, uh, to be 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:18.959 the best version of yourself on the field. And that's 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.680 kind of what we try to coach to these all players, 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:26.160 specifically the young ones. Um. The competition, uh, you know, 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:30.600 sun Belt a C c ivy league, it's gonna be better. 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.840 Just that's just what it is. You know. The receivers 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:35.560 in this league, you know, just talking about you know 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:39.240 what I've talked to our young bbs. You know what, Brandon, 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:41.280 you know, receivers are in this league or they're good, 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:45.720 they're fast, they're big, they've got good hands, they're quick, um, 0:11:45.840 --> 0:11:48.280 and there's no different than on your line, you know, 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:51.679 and that's an adjustment for Kinley you know who playing 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.520 SEC and Austin who played in the Pact well and 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:57.640 Robert you know was played in the Sun Belt. Defensive 0:11:57.640 --> 0:12:00.439 linemen in this league are you know, they're asked that 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:05.560 the big, the fastest, strong, their mean so and they 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.000 bring it every place. So we've got to bring it 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:11.840 every place. Um, So that's the that's the message to 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:19.520 Robert Austin, Kenley Hubbard, all the guys were here. That's 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:23.280 still better in as linement as well. Try to get complacent. 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:25.960 I think you got it. Hit writing and you hit 0:12:25.960 --> 0:12:29.439 writing them out. So it's kind of where we're at. 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:31.920 And then we were back on the practice field for 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.520 the fifth training camp practice so far here in two 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.600 thousand and twenty. Just a couple of individual notes here 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.720 from the pre practice portion. We start off as we 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:43.000 do daily with the pre practice notes. Obviously you heard 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.440 Flores say that Ryan Fitzpatrick would be back on the 0:12:45.440 --> 0:12:48.760 field and he was no Jerome Baker though on Saturday, 0:12:48.880 --> 0:12:51.199 but you did hear coach say that Jerome is day 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:54.000 to day. I got a photo of Eric Flowers walking 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.200 out from the building onto the practice field with those 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:59.080 workout bands and the harness that apparatus that he uses 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.559 with the young off fensive lineman. Who will hear from 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:03.760 here in just one second, that's been a daily thing 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.040 for Eric Flowers. I put it up on Twitter if 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:08.080 you want to go check that out. At Wingfield, NFL, 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.760 I had Calin Balage as a big fan of the 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.440 music choices out there. He is feeling it every single 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:16.080 day during stretching dancing more so than anybody right now, 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.839 which is a surprise because both Jachim and Davante and 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.280 Jerome when he's out there, all can challenge him in 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:24.560 that regard. And something I noted about the offensive lineman 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:27.079 up front speaking of Eric Flowers and leading that group, 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:29.200 and you'll hear Solomon talk about this later on in 0:13:29.240 --> 0:13:32.480 this podcast are his movement abilities. And man, he was 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.720 doing some pulling and some stuff getting out in space 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.079 and he can flat out scoot. He gets out there, 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.040 gets squared up to the line of scrimmage and just 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:41.920 moves really really well for a three thirty five pounder. 0:13:42.200 --> 0:13:44.040 Then I kept an eye on the cornerback drills a 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.400 little bit, moving to the other side of the field 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:49.080 and watched Byron Jones go through this punch, flip and 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:52.120 locate the ball drill where you punch the bag, turn around, 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.360 run up field and find the football, make a play 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.400 on it. And he just looks so smooth and all 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.800 of those assets aspects of the game. The pat pat, flip, 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.480 turn around, elevate, find the ball at the highest point. 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.200 He just looks like a stud out there every single day, 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.480 and watching those defensive backs work with how to deal 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.240 with stacks, the communication out there is very apparent. You 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:12.360 see a stack formation where you have receivers on top 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.320 of each other, it creates confusion on the way you 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.240 press and that type of thing. Those guys were doing 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:19.360 such a good job of being very animated in their discussions. 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.680 Obviously I can't hear it, but you see the coaches 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:23.200 and players kind of giving it back and forth to 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.080 each other. It goes back to the comment we had 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:27.800 on the podcast yesterday about a high level of engagement 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.240 with the players and the coaches guys very very in 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:32.800 tune to what's going on. Then I come back over 0:14:32.840 --> 0:14:35.760 to the wide receivers and man, DeVante Parker's hands are 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.280 pretty absurd. The coaches throw them the balls in these 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:41.280 individual drills and they're never really that accurate because they're 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:44.000 just coaches, but he makes them look so easy, like 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:45.760 he's playing with a nerf ball, just plucking it with 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:48.160 one hand. Then we come back to another drill where 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:49.920 it's working on getting in and out of breaks, and 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.200 then over to the sideline coming around the backside of 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:54.920 a tackling dummy, you catch the ball and drag your toes. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.320 He did that again one hand while dragging the toes, 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.000 and it just looks so effortless for Davanta Parker, very 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.040 very skilled wide receiver as we all know. I also 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.920 really enjoy watching the linebackers and the spot drop drill. 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.600 I find it very aesthetically pleasing to watch them and 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.720 how perfectly coordinated they are as they work in tandem 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:14.640 there to get to the hook zone, to find that 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.240 spot on their zone coverage on defense there. They work 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.160 really well in that drill. Individually. I haven't talked a 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:22.480 lot about this guy, but he's been very active on 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.480 the field so far. I noted him with a really 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:26.960 nice win as a blitzer in one on one drills 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.480 against the Backs. He also came back later in coverage 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.400 and had a nice pass breakup Sam egg Vaughan. Remember, 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:34.600 he was near the top of the leaderboard last year 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.720 and quarterback pressures among all linebackers in the NFL. Now, 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.440 granted he did rush more than most, but even with 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:42.600 a much deeper room this year, I think he's got 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.000 a really nice role as a coverage slash specialist type 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:47.960 of player on that defense. Then I avert my eyes 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:50.240 back over to the running backs, and you've gotta be 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:52.360 a damn hawk out there, man, because things are going 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.520 on all over the field. Haven't talked a lot about 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.320 this guy either, but Patrick Laird I really enjoyed watching 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.720 him work in the passing drills. Running back routes can 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.040 be a bit funky because you have a swing route 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.680 or a flat route, and that has you running, has 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.200 you running parallel to the quarterback, which is a really 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:09.640 weird angle for both the running back and the quarterback 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:12.160 to make that work. But he transitions out of those very, 0:16:12.240 --> 0:16:14.360 very smoothly. Just looks like a smooth back in the 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.520 passing game, like we saw last year, like we saw 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:19.680 in college at CAL. I wanted to play koser attention 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:21.960 to the tight end and safety battles on the field 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:24.560 on Saturday, and I got some goods on that front. 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:26.920 First up, Mike a sick. He can flat out move. 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:29.000 They were running these wheel routes to the backside of 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:31.440 the formation on air, and all the tight ends were 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:33.880 doing it, and there was a distinct difference in the 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:36.080 way eighty eight moved compared to the rest of the group. 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.040 And on top of that, This will come from the 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:40.600 one on ones, but it's relevant here. Mike get sick. 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:42.400 He does so much better, I think, than he did 0:16:42.440 --> 0:16:45.040 his rookie season. We saw it developed last year as well, 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.280 but this year in training camp really noticing it with 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:51.040 strength and contact balance. Through that contact from the defensive back, 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.920 he can get through his route while being challenged without 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:55.840 really much of an issue, and he stays on his 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.320 feet and stays strong at the point there. I think 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.400 that's really gonna make him tough to cover down on 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.640 the red zone or really anywhere on the field for 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:04.680 that matter. Then we go into some one on ones, 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.120 and again I kept a close watch on the safeties 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:09.639 and tight ends, but also on the linebackers and running 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.360 backs as they were doing some passing drill work at safety. 0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:14.800 It's such a treat to watch Eric Roe work against 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:17.080 tight ends down in the trash, down in the line 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.720 of scrimmage, fighting the hand fight, and going up against 0:17:19.760 --> 0:17:22.480 the running game that way. Very technically, sound plays it 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:26.000 super aggressive. He's the one to initiate contact, plays it physical, 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:28.719 and I thought the same true was true of Brandon 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.280 Jones out there on Saturday. Both those guys working very 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.120 well in a variety of roles on that defense. Just 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:36.280 a few bullet points that I jotted down here from 0:17:36.320 --> 0:17:38.800 practice notes. Eland and Roberts has been putting guys on 0:17:38.840 --> 0:17:41.240 the ground all week long. He did it again today 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.280 in the individual drills. It was a pass block versus blitzing, 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:46.960 and he ran somebody over like Jack Parkman did in 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.960 Major League. At linebacker Tyshon Render, I just wrote down 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.280 that he has an impressive looking body. He's very long 0:17:52.359 --> 0:17:54.359 and well built for the position. He looks we're out 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.960 there at number sixty four, but his body definitely looks 0:17:57.000 --> 0:17:59.679 the part of an edge rusher slash linebacker type. At 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:02.560 run back, Patrick Lair does really well to be aggressive, 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.720 like I talked about with Eric Rowe, to approach the 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:06.880 block and get his nose up and there before the block, 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:08.959 before the rusher can get to him. That's how you 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:10.880 have to win and pass blocking as a running back. 0:18:11.240 --> 0:18:13.639 And speaking of linebackers on running backs, I had ray 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.320 Kwad McMillan with a very nice side step on Chandler 0:18:16.359 --> 0:18:18.359 Cox to get a pressure on the quarterback there in 0:18:18.400 --> 0:18:20.480 that one on one drill. And then eg vaugh also 0:18:20.480 --> 0:18:22.760 put another running back on the ground with his work 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:24.800 in that drill. Going back to the one on ones 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:26.919 for the quarterbacks here too, I thought was throwing the 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:29.639 ball very very well in these drills. Not necessarily a 0:18:29.680 --> 0:18:31.879 great indicator without a pass rush coming at them, but 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:34.480 you can always see the accuracy and the timing and 0:18:34.480 --> 0:18:37.480 the field he has in those drills. The intentional ball placement. 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:40.160 I saw one more Clayton Federalum had Adam Shaheen dead 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:42.520 two rights in coverage, but to a throws an absolute 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:45.040