WEBVTT - Day 14 Dolphins Camp - Snowman Heating Up, Back and Forth Battle and McDaniel/Tagovailoa Talk Intent 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us bars touch style by Waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, tight all tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play again. It 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:19.760 what is up? Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:24.040 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:24.079 --> 0:00:28.160 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:32.360 host Travis Wingfield And on today's show, it is day fourteen, 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:35.879 two weeks into camp now and we have another report 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.600 for you guys. We heard from head coach Mike McDaniel, 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:40.839 We heard from QB one to a tongue by low 0:00:40.920 --> 0:00:44.560 overheam mostart. Jerome Baker was up there today, Rob Hunt. 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:47.680 Plenty of media to get to as well as another 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:50.520 day of practice notes, my favorite thing to do every 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:53.800 day out here from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:00:53.800 --> 0:01:03.560 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast. Jumping 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:07.520 right in it today. Coach was asked before practice about 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.800 the penguin Jalen Waddle, who was out on the practice 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:14.959 field but not participating today or yesterday, and we've detailed 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:18.399 what his former coaches and teammates have said about the 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:22.160 way he competes right well, coach McDaniel got himself a 0:01:22.200 --> 0:01:27.840 glimpse of that this week when finding out about the 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.000 ailment that's keeping Wattle on the sidelines these last couple 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.720 of days. Let's go to coach that was. That was fun, 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:37.080 it was It was a cool process with Jalen. You 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:41.040 learn more about your players all time. There's UM, something 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:44.400 that you know that I don't really need to get into, 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:48.280 but that he could have practiced with UM with our 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:54.960 elite medical staff, UM, having history with stuff, we were 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:59.360 trying to be preventative. UM. He wanted to practice. We 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.920 we distill out it UM to try to try to 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:06.400 be in front of something. UM. But he I expect 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.480 him to practice here again in training camp. UM. We'll 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:11.440 take it day by day. But we're just trying to 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:15.239 you know, sometimes you have to protect people from themselves. UM. 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:17.440 And that's a that's a great problem to have, especially 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:22.040 with an elite talent like that. An elite talent like that, 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:24.600 you say that pairs very well with a guy that 0:02:24.800 --> 0:02:26.840 is pushing to get on the practice field. It wants 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:29.120 to play. And you heard from coach there, sometimes you 0:02:29.120 --> 0:02:32.000 have to protect guys from themselves. It just speaks to 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:35.000 Jalen's competitive nature on top of the fact that coach 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:39.800 Waddle Waddle talks about his talent as being elite. I 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.919 really enjoyed coaches dry sarcasm. When a follow up question 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:46.040 was asked about quick twitch guys and soft tissue stuff. 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:48.680 I mean, we know that firsthand down here. Don't gotta 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.080 be a quick twitch to have soft tissue injuries. And 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.399 how the receiver's coach, the position coach there was so 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:57.880 fast twitch and explosive that he can relate and the 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.320 room didn't really get it. I don't think because West 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:03.320 Welker's game was not quickness and explosion. It was in 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.240 the slot, but it wasn't like he was Waddle in 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.480 Tyreek in that regard, but he was so damgn good 0:03:07.520 --> 0:03:09.600 at everything else that it looked that way. And a 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.160 quick aside, did you guys see them miked up with West? 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:14.560 We posted to social I am such a big fan 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.600 of what he brings to that wide receiver's room. Everybody 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.800 I talked to, from someone like Joe Rose to the 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.880 great O j McDuffie, they all talked about the impact 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:27.640 on that room having Wesson there. What's next? Uh? The 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:29.960 voice I wanted to hear more than anybody else on 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.600 yesterday's practice, and in particular quarterback one two A tongue byloa. 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:37.680 Here's Mike McDaniel on how his quarterback performed on Day 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:41.680 thirteen and the overall thought behind it. UM No there 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:47.040 there Yesterday was a classic example of the conflict, at 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.880 least for me emotionally as a head coach, because you know, 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:53.720 and I was very clear with this with the team. 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:58.120 I was very pumped with how um the offense and 0:03:58.120 --> 0:04:01.880 in particular to a mountain practice, and I let it 0:04:02.360 --> 0:04:05.400 known early and often to the defense that you know, there, 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:07.480 I didn't think that they were performing at the standard. 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.480 I think it was probably the most successful red zone 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:14.760 period that we've had. UM, certainly being here um offensively 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:21.440 versus the defense. But um, after kind of you know, 0:04:21.640 --> 0:04:24.640 bringing that to the defense's attention, UM, we got into 0:04:24.720 --> 0:04:28.320 some situational periods and man did they answer the bell um. 0:04:29.000 --> 0:04:31.960 And in those periods we turned the ball over way 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.320 too much, which was a great learning less than for 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:38.960 to uh. We hadn't been in a couple of situations yet, um, 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.560 and so we got to talk about it and learn 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:45.680 from it. So overall, um, you know, I had half 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:48.159 the practice that I was pumped at the offense, half 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:52.279 the practice that was pumped at the defense simultaneously being 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.760 mad at the other side of the ball. So um, 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:59.640 all of which uh you know is is either a 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.359 blip the radar or something that is some of the 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.360 best stuff that can happen to you. So, especially in 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:11.279 the practice field, you try to have players put themselves 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:15.080 in scenarios as close to a game as possible and 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:19.039 let it rip and and play what they see and 0:05:19.080 --> 0:05:23.360 then you reevaluate it um and or you coach them 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:25.760 up on it. And then the next day you want 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:29.039 to see um improvement and the next time we're in 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.479 those situations in practice, I want to see improvement and 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:35.760 games and expecting improvement with the offense and hopefully the 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:41.520 defense is able to um reproduce that same production against 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:44.880 an opponent. But it was a Yeah, it's almost like 0:05:44.920 --> 0:05:46.799 it makes you as a head coach, you just feel 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:50.320 completely bipolar at times. You're like I'm happy and I'm sad. Yeah, 0:05:50.360 --> 0:05:52.480 I mean there you go, the full scope of it, right, 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:54.880 not just one part of practice. The part of practice 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:58.240 is going to get the most engagement, I suppose. And 0:05:58.279 --> 0:05:59.760 one thing that I run into a lot, you know, 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.840 with this podcast and the reviews and the comments. And 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:06.000 I understand that every job you have in this industry, 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.240 in this space is going to be met with some criticism, 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:13.520 and I'm I'm more than welcoming to that fact, but 0:06:13.880 --> 0:06:16.359 I just I don't understand why we can't like have 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:19.000 the full scope of it the way Coach described right there. 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:22.000 And you know, I'll be the first one to admit that, 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.040 you know, certain throws weren't good, certain decisions weren't good. 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:26.919 We had two picks a day and one of my 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.000 thought was a really bad one, and that's gonna happen. 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:30.640 Sometimes you're gonna have, you know, guys that get paid 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:32.119 on the other side of the football to make plays 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.960 as well. And so for coach to go over the 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:37.600 the idea of it's not good to turn the football 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:40.240 over in those situational periods, but that's what they were. 0:06:40.600 --> 0:06:43.680 And again we covered that in depth in the podcast yesterday, 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:45.359 but you don't get the full scope of that. And 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:47.480 you know, I'm not gonna come out here and just 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:49.640 tell you two was great. No matter what happens. I 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:53.159 try to provide context and and process behind my thinking 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:55.680 and I would hope I've earned the benefit of the 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:59.400 doubt with that stuff, with you know, diligently working to 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.520 increase my knowledge of this game, with coaching clinics, with books, 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:05.240 with watching hours and hours and hours and hours and 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:08.159 hours and hours and hours of tape. I hope that's 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.200 the case. But you know, that's that's how it is. 0:07:10.280 --> 0:07:12.400 And just I thought coach would do a better job 0:07:12.440 --> 0:07:14.920 of describing that than I ever could, and certainly he 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.280 did that. Let's go ahead and go we'll get more 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.880 from Tua on this episode, but coming up, but next 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.640 I want to go ahead and go to how what 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:27.000 situation would cause you to be happy simultaneously with both 0:07:27.000 --> 0:07:28.840 sides of the ball. That's how practice works, right. You 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:32.320 can't win on offense and defense, although there are instances 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.600 where you can. Coach was asked about that, and once 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:38.320 again calla c a w A. Coach's answer was great, 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:45.000 thanks for that, shorthand Noah win effort, intent, um, assignment 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:51.720 and technique are good. Which does happen? Um that generally 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:55.840 it's it's somebody wins it down. Um. I really like 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.800 the periods that within the period are back and forth. 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:03.440 That's when I'm simultaneously happy because you know you're you're 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:08.040 going every play doesn't work on both sides of the ball. Ever, 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:14.800 So when you know going through that process of saying, wow, 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:17.760 that was a seven yard run play we just gave 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:22.120 up as a defense, it's second and three. Okay, now 0:08:22.160 --> 0:08:25.240 it's a two yard loss. Now it's third and five. 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:32.560 And then you have a perfectly executed UM defensive structure 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:36.880 versus a offensive structure, and maybe the offensive UM maybe 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.920 two A throws a perfect throw and and it's a 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:46.840 very contested but UM good completion, or it's a it's 0:08:46.840 --> 0:08:51.000 a perfect throw and UM a dB makes a great play. 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.280 That's Those are my favorite periods within the team because 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:59.000 you're not you don't want to see UM complete domination 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:04.480 by either side. So it is it's an interesting UM. 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.439 What you know when when you've practiced together for about 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:09.199 a month and then you have all o t s 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:14.199 and stuff, UM, you're you're looking for parody UM because 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:17.040 our team needs both sides of the ball to be 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:20.680 UM as good as they can be. The bottom line is, 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:22.640 no one's going to give a crap about who wons 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:24.760 certain days of practice. If you come out on game 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:28.040 days on Sundays and you beat up in an opposition 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:29.760 on both sides of the football, because then it just 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:32.200 tells you, well, this was two good units and offense 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:35.920 and defense going at each other, and hopefully that's the idea, right, 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.719 hopefully that's what we get. We had a question here 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.200 for coach and I loved it from soft a Dean 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:43.840 asking about from the time you got here six months 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.839 ago to now, what is something you like about how 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.199 this team has grown since you got here, And Coach 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:55.360 gave us this whole dissertation about the impact of your 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:59.160 message and your voice and your volume. Like, I'll relate 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.240 to this personally. You I'm the fun dad with my daughter, 0:10:02.360 --> 0:10:05.040 right Like, I come home and we play and we wrestle, 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.720 and she climbs in my back and I carry her 0:10:07.760 --> 0:10:10.480 around like a big old grizzly bear, riding around the 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.560 all fours in the living room. And then you know, 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:16.320 mom comes in disciplines and gets make sure she's eating 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:18.160 her dinner and all that stuff. And I'm gonna be 0:10:18.200 --> 0:10:20.400 the fun one. So when it's time for me to 0:10:20.440 --> 0:10:24.559 turn that dial and be serious, maybe with a two 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:27.160 year old, it's tough because she'll be like, yeah, all right, Dad, good, 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:30.560 good joke. But I think at a certain point that 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:32.760 will start to have a bigger impact because once Dad 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.080 becomes serious, it's time to listen up because we know 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:40.760 that he means business. Here's Coach talking about using your inflection, 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.800 your voice and the return that he's gotten when he's 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.880 had to do that to create urgency. I'm gonna stop 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.480 talking because he explains it fully, but I just can't 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:53.640 love this enough. Coach's answer was great, Kawa. One of 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:58.440 my favorite parts is that like a you know, I'm 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:03.440 I'm a pretty positive guy and I like to bring energy. Um, 0:11:03.480 --> 0:11:07.000 but there's been opportunities that have had along the way 0:11:07.280 --> 0:11:11.000 to kind of like point out and nipping, but that 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:14.280 that is not good enough whatever that is on either 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:18.000 side of the ball or special teams or anywhere that 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:22.400 I've really applied that pressure like a of a time, 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:26.120 people have responded, and I think that is that is 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:28.760 the life you live. That is the life of everyone 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:32.400 that is football. Um, the nuts and bolts of it 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:37.880 is is really handling all the noise, um, being able 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:41.800 to accept constructive stuff and then getting better from it. 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.960 So um, that's my favorite part. I'm I'm I'm pretty 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:51.160 happy with where we're at forum approaching the second preseason game, 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:55.600 I'm pretty happy and and that will I be happy 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:59.000 during the season. Well, you know that's contingent upon what 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:04.560 happens now. You could have the greatest um off season 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:06.800 and beginning of training camp in the history of football, 0:12:06.840 --> 0:12:09.840 and if you shut it down for a couple of weeks, 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:16.400 all that's meaningless. So UM, there, I feel very confident. 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:21.479 They're earning my confidence, um by the way they respond. 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:26.840 So I'm happy, uh really about where we're at and 0:12:26.880 --> 0:12:30.120 where we're going, feeling confident that will take the right 0:12:30.160 --> 0:12:33.520 steps um to be ready to play um New England 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:37.880 Week one. Being constructive with your yelling opposed to you know, 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:42.000 a reaction which is frustration and then taking that out 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.800 as a reflection of your own feelings about something opposed 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:48.679 to the actual thought process of constructively coaching a player 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:50.640 to get better. Because if you're just yelling, because that's 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.320 how you blow off steam, not very useful, right, But 0:12:53.360 --> 0:12:55.160 when you use it to your advantage to say, hey, 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:56.640 we gotta get this goal, we got to get this 0:12:56.679 --> 0:13:00.640 ship correct, that's when it really really kind of rights accord. 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.960 Coach was also asked about how often you have to yell, 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:08.079 and does he like to use that process of yelling. 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:09.920 Let's just go to coach right here. I mean, try 0:13:09.960 --> 0:13:13.920 not to major in it. It's kind of philosophically, UM, 0:13:14.880 --> 0:13:20.480 like I don't enjoy yelling, but you have to do 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:24.679 what you have to do to let them no exactly 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:28.640 the urgency of the moment. But I've always philosophically thought that, like, 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:33.439 if you pick and choose those moments, then that state 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:37.280 that you don't really like to be in. UM it 0:13:37.360 --> 0:13:41.360 is purposeful, you know. UM. I just know from my 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:45.679 personal experience. UM, at some point in time, if you're 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.560 just yelled at consistently all the time, then the yelling 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:54.920 sounds like normal talking. And that's not the idea of it. UM. 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:59.040 I think it's important to UH to build relationships and 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:03.720 try to develop players as players and people and UH, 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:07.400 but they also need to know the urgency. It's my 0:14:07.520 --> 0:14:10.319 job to let them know the urgency. So if it's UM, 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:14.760 I I won't hesitate, nor have I hesitated. You could 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:19.280 ask some of the players I will I will UM 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.040 have a temper from time to time. UM, but I 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:28.640 think they understand because I value earning that UM. Earning trust, 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:32.360 and I don't. I don't think that I'm owed or 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:34.840 entitled to anything. I think on a daily basis, I 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:40.360 have to um really earn their investment. I think that 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:45.200 they see where that's coming from, not as misguided emotion, 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:50.840 but more as um tangible direct uh uh. I don't know, 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:56.080 convicted um emotion that is all geared towards them being 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.920 their best. I just love that that the emotion is 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.080 geared towards them being their best. That's what I'm talking about, right, Like, 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:05.160 you're not just doing it to make yourself feel better, 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:07.840 and God knows, I sure know about that. Again, I 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:10.040 talked about it earlier about not sleeping or it's in 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:13.520 the script coming up about not sleeping, because my daughter 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.880 is just not sleeping right now, and my frustrations with 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.119 that certainly hit a certain point, but it's not instructive 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:21.240 to her to yell at her because she doesn't know 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:24.640 any better. It's helping me vent my frustrations. So being 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:28.040 more relaxed with the situation and being constructive in the 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.520 way I do it is has been more beneficial. So 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.720 those are my parenting you know, relations to what coaches 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.400 talking about. But I just I'm trying to. I'm trying 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.960 to identify as close as I possibly can, because I 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:42.080 just love that messaging and the intent of it all 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:45.560 is so well intentioned. I couldn't love it more. Coach 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.720 was also asked about what he's most excited about for 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.600 his hard rock stadium debut, and again the joke the 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:53.280 Awkwase seats, he said, And as someone who was constantly 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:55.840 searching for a joke in every interaction I have, that 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:57.920 one got a belly laugh out of me. He did 0:15:57.920 --> 0:16:00.360 go on to say something that I found well, once 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.800 again just awesome. He referenced to the fan base when 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:04.600 he first got here, right and now that he's been 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:08.560 here for six months today he talked about more about that, 0:16:08.600 --> 0:16:10.480 I should say, and mentioned how the a f C 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:12.840 East was one of two divisions he's never coached him 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.560 before in his seventeen years. Can you guess the other 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:20.120 time's up over blow? It's the NFC North. But his 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:22.840 checklist a f C north of Cleveland, a f C 0:16:22.960 --> 0:16:25.280 South with Houston, a f C West with Denver, NFC 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:29.240 East with Washington, wordingon, NFC South with Atlanta, and obviously 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.720 the NFC West with San Fran. All of that is 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.120 to say that. He said he's most excited about the 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:36.840 connection between a fan base that really supports and is 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:39.400 invested into the team, and a team that really wants 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:42.480 to do right by the fan base. He also referenced 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.000 seeing the fans at practice and the feedback he's gotten. 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:46.800 He knows there's going to be a ton of energy 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:49.840 across the street over there at hard Rock Stadium, and 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.040 he's right. Then he was asked about if we might 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:55.440 have an announcement, and he played with us there again, 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.840 saying there's a player's birthday tomorrow. I believe his wife 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.040 went to the grocery store, which is exciting because he's 0:17:01.040 --> 0:17:04.320 a big time snap guy. As I continue to aggressively 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:06.280 nod my head in agreement, looking down at a cup 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:09.800 of coffee and two chips Awoi rappers. But his answer 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.879 was the same as it's been. He's not going to 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:15.880 short change the process by making decisions before every practice 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:19.320 has happened. And we still had today's practice, and tomorrow's 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:22.160 another fun presser there from coach, another chance for us 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:24.639 on the other side of the podium to get smarter, 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:27.480 just as today's practice was another chance to get better. 0:17:27.720 --> 0:17:29.959 We'll talk about that next in the Drivetime Podcast, your 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:39.480 host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation, segment 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.520 two on a Wednesday edition of the Drivetime Podcast. Check 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.240 out our Twitter spaces show tonight at eight o'clock, Me, 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.919 Seth and Juice kind of break down some Dolphins practice 0:17:47.920 --> 0:17:49.800 and hear from you guys as well. Let's go ahead 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:51.640 and get into the practice notes today. And I'm not 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:54.679 sure if it's the fact that we hit you know, 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:58.800 day fourteen a k a. The two week mark worth 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:01.800 of practice days and that's obviously longer than next We've 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:04.080 had days off in between a game on Saturday, you 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:06.440 get the picture, Or if it's the fact that these 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:10.880 clear days with extreme temperatures are draining, or if it's 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:15.000 the fact that aforementioned Caroline is still not recovered from 0:18:15.040 --> 0:18:18.640 her interrupted sleep schedule during this summer. Probably a combination 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:20.880 of all that, mostly though, I would say sleeping four 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.000 or five hours a night. But today for me had 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.360 a real dog days feel man, I'm dragging today. I'll 0:18:26.359 --> 0:18:28.679 be honest with you, guys, transparent, it's what we do here, right, 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:31.439 but taking on the message of measuring your love for 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:33.920 your teammates, that's you, guys, in this instance, by how 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:36.560 you perform on days where you don't got it. That's 0:18:36.560 --> 0:18:39.399 the message today. So I'm bringing my best stuff on 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:43.040 maybe a B day, not an A day plus perspective. Right, Travis, 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:45.600 your job is to watch football. Buck up son. And 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.080 now we've reached the talking to myself slash pep talk 0:18:48.080 --> 0:18:50.280 to myself portion of the show. Let's go ahead and 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:54.199 stop that nonsense and get into the practice notes. I 0:18:54.240 --> 0:18:56.280 had the pleasure of watching practice today with a great 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:59.639 Joe Rose. We both noted separately a good deal of 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.320 jew and energy from the players today. And on one instance, 0:19:02.359 --> 0:19:04.680 the quarterbacks went from the goal line where they're doing 0:19:04.680 --> 0:19:07.399 one drill out to midfield where they met the running 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.760 backs for another drill and to hit it on a 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.080 full sprint. All the quarterbacks ran down there. Running backs 0:19:13.160 --> 0:19:15.439 ran down there too, but two a sprinted down there, 0:19:15.440 --> 0:19:18.200 and they had those mats on the ground. They are 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:20.920 a simulation of where each gap is. Like, you'll have 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:22.959 a color for your center, your guard, your tackles. Than 0:19:23.000 --> 0:19:25.280 the yellow parts are the gaps kind of for your 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:27.320 aiming point and your launch point, and you're you know 0:19:27.320 --> 0:19:29.400 where the running back wants to press for this quarterback 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:33.439 running back exchange drill handoffs uh to a ran past 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:36.320 that Matt like a finish line and did that sprinters 0:19:36.320 --> 0:19:38.040 finish where you kind of throw your arms out and 0:19:38.080 --> 0:19:40.840 reach your head forward over the line. I just thought 0:19:40.920 --> 0:19:44.200 that was a microcosm of the team bringing their energy today, 0:19:44.240 --> 0:19:46.560 as we heard from coach after he got on them 0:19:46.560 --> 0:19:49.639 a little bit on Tuesday, Durham Smith in the Orange Jersey, 0:19:49.680 --> 0:19:51.680 and I'm giving this playlist the best one of camp. 0:19:51.720 --> 0:19:54.480 We had outcast, some jab rules, some big punts, and 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:57.240 Mac Miller some food fighters. There was some more rock 0:19:57.280 --> 0:19:58.879 and roll on the list that I just can't remember 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:02.000 right now, but big, big, big fan of that playlist. 0:20:02.200 --> 0:20:04.440 We got some one on one today. I thought Rob 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:08.120 Hunt looked super solid in the past rush slash offensive 0:20:08.119 --> 0:20:11.000 line drills. Was impressed by some of Ben Still's work 0:20:11.040 --> 0:20:13.720 on the other side, and I thought Elijah Campbell really 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:16.200 showed his stuff and coverage drills. He was not giving 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:19.119 an inch matching up on guys like Mike Sicky Dirham 0:20:19.119 --> 0:20:22.400 smyth things of that nature. Let's go position by position 0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:24.760 for the team periods. Here at quarterback, I thought it 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:27.760 was an up and down day for QB one. But 0:20:27.840 --> 0:20:31.360 now you've heard about two interceptions. One was really good 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:34.160 play from Javon Holland the key to jump the quarterback 0:20:34.200 --> 0:20:37.280 read the eyes, jump a throw over the middle and 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:39.360 took it back the other way for a touchdown. I'd 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:41.280 love to see the film on that, because no one's 0:20:41.280 --> 0:20:42.639 going to be able to give you a breakdown of 0:20:42.640 --> 0:20:45.639 what actually happened without the film. But we did hear 0:20:45.680 --> 0:20:47.000 from two on it. We'll get to that in the 0:20:47.040 --> 0:20:50.040 third segment. The other was a contested ball opportunity to 0:20:50.119 --> 0:20:53.320 Dirham Smith down in the red zone where Javon Holland 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:55.680 climbs the ladder and makes that play. It's just kind 0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:58.120 of what you expect from number eight. But otherwise thought 0:20:58.119 --> 0:21:00.600 two was sharp. The day opened with another chunk, gained 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:03.119 a tyreek hill that seems to be how every single 0:21:03.119 --> 0:21:05.880 practice starts down here. He had tyreek for two more, 0:21:06.320 --> 0:21:08.679 two more big plays, i should say, in that chunk, 0:21:08.760 --> 0:21:11.440 middle part of the field type of completions. And the 0:21:11.480 --> 0:21:14.520 beautiful part is that when they come are these plays 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:16.480 that they get, they come on routes of all shapes 0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:19.320 and sizes, like vertical stems back to the quarterback in 0:21:19.400 --> 0:21:22.840 breaking routes glances now like whatever it is, they find 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:25.359 a way to have success too. I had three touchdowns 0:21:25.400 --> 0:21:27.840 by my account, but frankly, gold jacket, green jacket, I 0:21:27.840 --> 0:21:30.280 don't care about practice stats. Nothing means less to me. 0:21:30.560 --> 0:21:33.520 I thought today was one of Teddy's best days. His timing, 0:21:33.560 --> 0:21:36.680 anticipation and location was on point. He had a far 0:21:37.600 --> 0:21:40.600 far hash throw to Tyreek fifteen yards down the field, 0:21:40.600 --> 0:21:43.080 like a deep out where he got it out there 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:47.760 right on Tyreek's ten, the number on his jersey. Jesus 0:21:47.760 --> 0:21:49.680 Travis get through it right out of the break and 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:52.840 Tyreek runs through it taps the toes money throw. He 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:55.320