WEBVTT - Drive Time: July 30 Training Camp Recap 0:00:00.920 --> 0:00:05.520 Drive On with Travis Wingfield begins. Now, let me check 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:08.600 your pulse if you're not far though, busy day shortened 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:10.640 the intro. What is up, Dolphins? 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:13.520 And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:18.440 Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:18.440 --> 0:00:20.680 How's it going everybody? I am your host. 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:23.480 You're a very fired up host, Travis Wingfield. And on 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:26.680 today's show, the fans were back Zach Thomas in the house. 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:30.800 The energy was absolutely electric, the long balls were flying, 0:00:30.880 --> 0:00:33.600 the one on ones were fire, and the defense helped 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:35.680 even the tally. By the end of the day, we 0:00:35.800 --> 0:00:38.519 have tons of practice notes, We have media availabilities from 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:42.440 Zach Thomas, Mike White, Jalen Phillips, Savon achmedcam Smith, and 0:00:42.479 --> 0:00:45.200 a new player and talk about Eli Apple and his game. 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:46.879 We'll go ahead and hear from him as well from 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.120 the Baptist Hell Studios inside the Baptist Hell Trading Complex. 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:55.840 This is the Draft Time podh This pod might go 0:00:55.880 --> 0:00:58.120 a minute today, guys, because we have a lot to 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:00.720 get to. Let's go ahead and start with some news 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:04.200 for the day. First, the Dolphins signed new cornerback Eli 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:07.760 Apple to give the cornerback room some reinforcement following the 0:01:07.880 --> 0:01:10.800 Jalen Ramsey news of his injury, who was also here 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:14.560 today at practice and in good spirits, and he continues 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:17.280 to give us updates via social with his proactive and 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:21.039 positive mindset into the way he wants to attack his rehab. Man, 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:23.000 I can't wait until see this team be where I 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:24.680 think they're going to be a December, and then inject 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:26.759 that guy back into the defense whenever that may happen. 0:01:27.200 --> 0:01:29.520 Which quick aside, by the way, I have been really 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:32.840 enjoying the discourse around his involvement with the team and 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:35.840 how his teammates are responding to him. We talked about 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.279 it on the last podcast with the Pressers from the Guys, 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:41.000 But I saw over the weekend that Ramsey tweeted about 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.520 being a little bit bummed on that particular day about 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:46.640 the surgery and the rehab, and Bradley Chubb quote retweeting 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:49.280 it saying something like we got you five and just 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:51.600 seeing the way they've kind of galvanized around that, and 0:01:51.640 --> 0:01:53.600 obviously his energy and what he meant to the team 0:01:53.880 --> 0:01:56.240 even just getting here a few months back. You know, 0:01:56.240 --> 0:01:58.720 I think every team will say this, but man, I 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:01.480 experience it every day with their brotherhood on this team, 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.000 in this building, It's so fun to be a part of. 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.240 Like I know, you guys probably say all the time, 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.600 Travis has one of the coolest jobs, and I will 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:14.280 admit that it's amazing. It's this year has been up 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:16.840 to a level that I just did not think was possible. 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:17.959 It's been really cool. 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:21.520 And speaking of that, Eli Apple is also here and 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:24.320 he told us that Tyreek Hill was showing him around. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:24.919 The building a little bit. 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:27.920 Weren't those guys supposed to be like number one foes. 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.799 Despite that lighthearted spirit and fun trash talk they engage him. 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:33.880 It takes not even a day for someone to don 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.560 the Aquae orange and just become one of the guys 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.239 real quick before Eli Apple breakdown. Also new in the news, 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:43.520 Isaiah Winn activated off the PUP, so the Dolphins get 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.680 some reinforcements back across the offensive line. That leaves us 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:51.000 with Tron Armstead, Tanner Connor, and Nick Needum still on PUP. 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.360 Going back to Eli Apple, and if you watch his 0:02:53.440 --> 0:02:56.760 tape to me, it's very clear where he excels. He 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:59.120 is a very smart corner with good feel for the 0:02:59.200 --> 0:03:03.480 position and really really a proclivity for zone coverage. Lou 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:07.920 Ana Roumo, who was the defensive coordinator in Cincinnati, formally 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:11.120 down here with the Dolphins, but he pretty much helped build, 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.959 construct and put together one of the best defensive backfields 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.600 from a scheme and personnel standpoint up in Cincinnati. And 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.400 we'll see just how good he is this year too, 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.440 because they lost Jesse Bates and Von Bell and Eli 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:26.800 Apple essentially three fifths their starting secondary this offseason and he, 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:30.079 you know again took point to his you know, credentials 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.120 interview for head coaching jobs this offseason, and he's not 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:33.800 an easy. 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:35.840 Coach to play for. It's what we've heard in the past. 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.320 He really praised Eli Apple's abilities to grasp the defense, 0:03:39.560 --> 0:03:41.920 play with that sound technique and really help the defense. 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:42.840 And again they. 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.800 Drafted cam Taylor Britt who's a very very good player 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:47.960 and got some run towards the end of the year 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.120 because of Chidobe Awuzay's injury, and he steps onto the 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:53.680 field and plays pretty well, but eli Apple held him 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:57.280 off all year before that injury to maintain that starting spot. 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.280 And he went into last offseason after Eli Apple's twenty 0:04:00.280 --> 0:04:04.000 twenty one season and said that job is it belongs 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.760 to Eli Apple until somebody else takes it from him. 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.600 So I just think that speaks really highly to Eli's acumen. 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:11.480 And we'll hear from Eli here in a moment. And 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.760 his media like guys get a certain rap based upon 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:17.880 social or you know the way the it gets portrayed 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.160 in the media. Eli Apple is a sharp dude man. 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:21.800 We'll hear from him here in a second. I think 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:23.800 you look at his role here and that will obviously 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:25.159 be determined as we go along. 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:26.440 And you know, it's day four. 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:30.279 Of camp, but that's about as good of a July 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.320 thirtieth signing that you can get in terms of veteran 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:36.240 insurance to just add depth to the room, to not 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:38.480 put so much pressure on a guy like Cam Smith 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:40.799 from the jump. Like if Cam hits right away, great 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:42.480 play in day one. If not, you can wait a 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:45.000 little bit and let Eli Apple be the one that 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:46.920 goes out there and you don't run to the situation 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:49.360 like you had back in twenty twenty where Noah Igbinoghany 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:53.560 got thrown into the fire and had rough games and 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:55.200 you have to wonder what it did for his confidence. 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:57.320 Same with you know Nick Needham as he works his 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.280 way back, you know, assurance to him, an insurance him. 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.159 It's good depth with a guy that you know you 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.240 can trust once he's coached up on the system to 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:08.120 really just adhere to your rules and play the coverages 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:10.240 by the way they're designed to play and not you know, 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:11.240 get guys in trouble. 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:11.680 Now. 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.320 I know people want to ask with the stats and 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:16.400 why it's been not good from PFF. There are instances 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:18.440 where he likes to gamble and play for the big ball, 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:20.479 and that allows the big ball to go over his head, 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.599 and that gives you negative grades. It gives you negative 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:24.960 highlights that really stick out in fans' minds. But go 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.400 watch Eli Apple's tape, snap by snap. It's a good 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:28.280 football player. Man. 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:29.680 It's good to have him in here. 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:31.760 And I think what it also does is in the 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:34.320 instance that somebody else goes down down the line, you're 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:36.440 not all of a sudden pulling guys off your special 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:38.600 teams unit, guys that were signed to be special teamers. 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:40.320 You're not pulling them up and saying, go give me 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:43.159 forty fifty cornerback snaps. Because now you have a guy 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.000 who plays that role in Eli Apple, Let's go ahead 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:47.719 and hear from Eli Apple, going back to the Lou 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.880 and Aarumo comment and talk to him about what that 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.520 system did to benefit his career and how it benefits 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.080 him here down with Miami Dolphins. In your number let's 0:05:56.080 --> 0:05:58.600 see fifteen, sixteen, seventy nine, twenty one, you're number eight 0:05:58.720 --> 0:05:59.440 for Eli Apple. 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.599 Yeah, helps with my versatility. 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.360 He makes you do everything kind of in the defense, 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.200 you gotta be able to press, you gotta be able 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.359 to play off man different zones, and that's kind of 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:14.279 like here. It's very you know, versatile in there, just 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:17.520 scheme and I think that fits well in my skill set. 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:19.920 So Eli apples here he was in the practice field. 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:21.880 I thought it had a pretty good first day, and 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.480 I was going to begin the podcast with Zach Thomas coverage, 0:06:24.480 --> 0:06:26.760 but I thought that was a little more pertinent to 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:28.840 the current team. Let's go ahead and start with this 0:06:28.920 --> 0:06:30.960 on Zach Thomas and actually go to someone who is 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:34.280 not Zach Thomas, because it's hard for the little kid 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.640 in me to not come out sometimes when the legends 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:38.760 are around, the guys that I grew up watching from 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:42.840 you know before, you know, before I grew up. 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:43.880 As Gus say something else. 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.599 Let's go to Mike White because he knows exactly what 0:06:46.600 --> 0:06:48.720 I'm talking about. The Pembroke Pines kid getting a chance 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:51.320 to meet Zach Thomas here on day four of camp. 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:53.480 Yeah, it was nice. He was nice. 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:54.800 Yeah. 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:56.120 I mean just being back here. 0:06:56.240 --> 0:06:58.560 I was telling the quarterbacks walking out here and the 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:01.479 fans like that was me when I was a little kid, 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:03.320 like going over to the Daby campus and going to 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.200 practices and watching them, and hell, I got to meet 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:09.240 freaking Zach Thomas. Like he told twelve year old Mike 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.480 White that he got to meet Zach Thomas that he 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:12.760 would lose his mind. 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:18.280 So just the whole being back home, it's really cool. 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:20.760 So you and me both, Mike, you and me both. 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.480 I posted the clip of Zach answering my question at 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:25.880 the press conference, and in that answer he refers to 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:28.960 me by name. And then later when he exits the 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.400 presser room, I bumped into him in the hallway as 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:34.240 he's walking out with Nat Moore, you know the Alumni Association, 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.320 the head of that here with the Miami Dolphins. Now, 0:07:38.200 --> 0:07:40.360 he said, hey, Travis, good to see him, man, And 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:41.480 I told him, this is awesome. 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:42.840 Zach and I gave him a pat in the back. 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.880 And I'm not trying to like brag about that because 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.000 I want to tell you this story, because it seems 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:50.760 rather innocuous and maybe even self fulfilling to tell you 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.720 guys the story. But the reason I'm highlighting it is 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.400 I met Zach one time before, and. 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:57.280 It was at DCCN. 0:07:57.280 --> 0:07:59.720 If you haven't been a DCC before, it is thousands 0:07:59.760 --> 0:08:02.760 of tens of thousands of people hanging out at hard 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.040 Rock Stadium and trying to all, you know, getting photos 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:08.080 and autographs of all the big time people around here. 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.239 So hundreds of people were coming up to Zach Thomas 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.640 in that moment. He was talking to Seth and Juice 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:17.200 and perhaps you know, being with those guys kind of helped, 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:20.400 you know, lock down the memory for Zach. But he's 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:23.120 just getting pestered by people for pictures and autographs. 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.000 He meets me briefly one time, just one time, told 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:26.480 him my name. 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.960 Hey, I'm Traviser, did the podcast here, you know, Seth 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:32.079 and Jews coworkers, and he remembered my name. If that 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.800 doesn't tell you about the kind of guy that Zach is. 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:36.800 And you know, now I suppose I'm making a habit 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:40.680 of this, but both Zach and Pouncy I unintentionally got 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.320 tears from them with their responses to my question. So 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:44.880 I wanted to go ahead and play this response to 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:47.040 you guys when I asked Zach about the support of 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.199 all of you, all of you Dolphins fans who relentlessly 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.600 pestered the Hall of Fame on social tweeted about it constantly, 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:55.880 who took every chance you could to let the world 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:58.640 know that fifty four belongs in. Can'ton damn it. Here's 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:03.240 Zach Thomas. Dolphins fan support through the last twenty five 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.280 years of his playing career, into his post playing career. 0:09:06.240 --> 0:09:08.320 And the Hall of Fame induction. Here's Zach Thomas. 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:15.440 But back to what you're saying, Travis, the fans, I mean, 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:19.920 they pretty much fueled me that love ain't gonna lie. 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.120 I read some of their comments. Pretty cool. 0:09:25.000 --> 0:09:27.840 Sorry, So this next part is going to be self 0:09:27.840 --> 0:09:31.040 serving because Zach was then asked another question when he 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:32.680 stepped back and took a drink of water, and I 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:35.440 don't think he was done answering the question. So but 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.400 brought some tears to our Hall of Fame linebacker and 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:40.559 just a really cool moment for me personally there, and 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.280 I thought you guys would enjoy that too, because the 0:09:43.480 --> 0:09:45.800 question about the fans, and it's the only other thing 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:48.040 choked him up was talking about his family. So that's 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:49.599 kind of how he views you guys. Just wanted you 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.640 to all to know that. But then Zach took us 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:53.760 out onto the practice field. I don't know how good 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.199 this is gonna sound from a you know, audible standpoint, 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.240 but I really don't care because I just want you 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.560 guys to hear the crowd reaction, a full house up 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:03.520 in the stands and up on the burn behind the 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:06.000 practice field here at Baptist Health Training Complex. Let's go 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:09.080 ahead and first play Zach's message, his speech to the 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:35.840 fans before practice got underway. I mean, the most talented 0:10:35.880 --> 0:10:37.840 rosson NFL is Zach can get the guys two fired 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:39.480 up for that one. Although I do agree with you 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:41.640 on that, not gonna play that whole thing, so I'm 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.040 realizing it doesn't really translate very well. Let's go ahead, though, 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.880 and play Zach's message to the fans. To the Fens 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.160 fans when he had the phone right in front of 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:50.040 him a little easier to hear. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.880 Here is Zach Thomas. 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.520 Hi, Zach Thomas, sir, if you're tell for fans, I'm 0:10:56.520 --> 0:11:00.680 out here at training. Can't look at this, guys to work. 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:02.440 This is where we win right now. 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:06.080 This is where we win right now. Look at the crowds. 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.360 So good to see Zach out here in full force 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.760 and getting the current fans and the current team fired up. 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:12.280 He did meet with the team a little bit before 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:14.920 practice and talked about how practice is where it all starts, 0:11:14.920 --> 0:11:16.840 where it all begins, and we all agree with that. 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.239 For the entire Zach Thomas Press conference and more media availabilities, 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.040 go ahead and get over to the team YouTube channel. 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:23.800 Let's go ahead and take a break right there and 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:27.160 come back with the practice notes. I've got some lengthy 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:29.440 notebook here for you guys. A very fun practice as 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:31.680 all the fans and the stands got to see. My 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:35.040 thoughts on a very competitive practice today. After the break, 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.960 Draft Time podcast your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:42.880 by Auto Nation, let's kick this thing off on the 0:11:43.720 --> 0:11:46.839 July thirtieth Sunday Practice notes from the Baptist Health Training 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.680 Complex with the quarterbacks and what I thought was Tua's 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.320 best day of camp so far. A real four hundred 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.880 and sixty eight yards six touchdown type of energy from 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.440 QB one on this day, and he was dropping them 0:11:57.480 --> 0:12:00.560 in on every throw. You can possibly imagine for the 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.120 baseball fans, you know how they say a starting pitcher 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:05.200 has You know, they have thirty starts every year, give 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.040 or take ten starts where they have their plus stuff, 0:12:08.360 --> 0:12:11.600 ten starts with average stuff, and then ten days taking 0:12:11.600 --> 0:12:14.480 the rubber where they don't have it. Tua had the 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.360 plus stuff working, and it began during one on ones. 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:19.560 He was layering long balls into the end zone for 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.160 twenty five yard scores over and over and over again. 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:24.719 He was fitting fastballs in over the middle, and we 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.080 see this play out in team period two. There was 0:12:27.080 --> 0:12:28.520 a shot that someone broke up. 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:29.520 Let me go to my notes. 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:32.280 Who was It was Cam Smith working back down the 0:12:32.320 --> 0:12:34.760 stem on Brayln Sanders, who I thought drifted back into 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:36.760 his route a little bit and didn't kind of angle 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:38.760 it off back to the quarterback, which gave Smith the 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:41.520 opportunity to get over the top and knock that thing down. 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.640 But it was just a rocket, and I think Standers 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:45.760 was maybe late to kind of respond to it. That's 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.680 probably part of that drifting on the route, because all 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:49.480 of a sudden you do that, the timing of the 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:51.680 route does not sync up. And good on Smith for 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:54.000 taking advantage and breaking the ball up. But I just 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:55.840 thought Tua was seeing it and letting it fly and 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.440 playing with confidence on this practice, and it was evident 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.760 by that throw. So he drops deep shot into the 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.680 bucket the Tyreek and Man. The thing you have to 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:07.480 love about Tyreek is how easy he makes on his 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.959 quarterback when they load up for the home run ball. Typically, 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:13.439 long balls don't come easily, but Tyreek is one of 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:15.400 the few guys ever that can make them easy. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.200 Now, we did see two have that. 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:20.480 You know, handoff level placement on shots against the Packers 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.680 for fifty plus yards down to the one yard line, 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.400 the dime down the middle against both San Francisco and 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:28.640 Baltimore for long touchdowns, the perfect ball outside against the 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:31.560 Chargers for Tyreek's second touchdown in that game. But we 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.880 also saw the second touchdown against Baltimore where he's all 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:37.480 alone and the ball just finds him there. He does 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:40.120 that better than any receiver I think I've ever seen, 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:42.800 besides maybe Deshaun Jackson, who's close. But I still think 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:46.200 it's pretty you know close, it's pretty much decided in 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:49.400 Tyreek's favor. But on this one, Tua has a clean pocket, 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:50.839 and by the way, pass pro and time for the 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.959 quarterbacks was much improved on this day. And you know 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:56.920 the sac thing, it's like you have these slower developing 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.320 plays in the script and you have fire zone blitzes 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:02.280 on the other side. So it's kind of the results 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:03.719 is not what you're looking for in that day. It's 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.560 more about, you know, trying to find a way to 0:14:05.600 --> 0:14:07.600 prepare yourself for a season and give yourself look so 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:09.960 never get too bogged down and result it's good or 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.800 bad in training camp. So Tua hitches up and throws 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:16.120 an uncovered a ball to an uncovered Tyreek and in fact, 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:18.160 the only defender who was in the area was actually 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.080 on top of Tyreek. And it's probably a tackle around 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:23.480 the fifteen yard line or so. But the way Tyreek 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:25.280 hit the burners to beat him to the angle for 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.960 the touchdown makes me give it to him. So whether 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.760 it's a seventy five yard touchdown or a sixty yard completion, 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:32.880 gold jacket, green jacket, who gives it? 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:33.400 You know what? 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:37.320 But I really don't trust any human to tackle cheetah 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.600 in open space. So I think you probably have to 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.760 have you know, what the government called what was extraterrestrial 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.400 biology they have in their possession. You probably have to 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.320 have something like that to be able to tackle a 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.160 cheetah in open space like the one that Tyreek had today. 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.240 So Tua had the shot in the bucket. He was 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:55.640 just money in the red zone. First day of red 0:14:55.720 --> 0:15:01.160 zone practice, I saw a tweet from thou who shall 0:15:01.240 --> 0:15:04.240 not be named about how they haven't scored enough touchdowns 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:05.360 in practice. 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.520 Because they're running in plays from their own twenty yard line. 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:09.960 How many eighty yard touchdowns happened? Like Waddle had eighty 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.360 four last year. That was one touchdown in seventeen games. 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.760 That doesn't happen very often. So today in red zone 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:17.560 they scored a lot of touchdowns. And this is where 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.840 I think the multiple pitches concept really showed out in practice. 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:23.000 He threw a couple of practices with touch over the 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:26.000 top of the coverage right in the bucket, most notably 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:27.880 a tear drop to Raheem. Most are on a little 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.600 wheel route, which seeing Raheem hit a wheel route to 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.440 the level that I saw on this day, Oh that's 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.400 got me fired up because cater Cohu was in coverage. 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.680 Who's having the best Campopheny dolphin right now? I think 0:15:38.720 --> 0:15:41.600 either him or Christian Wilkins. He took the cheese on 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:45.440 the route to the out and then Tua just layers 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:47.960 over the top to the back pylon and Cohu because 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:51.000 he's so freaking good damn near got back into the play. 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.200 But good job by Raheem to put the ball away 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.840 because Cohu was raking at that thing after he got 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:57.600 beat on the route and kind of like he didn't 0:15:57.640 --> 0:15:59.520 on the one on one pass to Wattle. You keep raaking, 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.120 keep finding way to separate the hands and get the PBu. 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.640 But Raheem put the ball away and caught it for 0:16:04.680 --> 0:16:07.680 a touchdown. Just one play later, Tua catches a snap 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:11.120 and Tyreek's running uncapped like no press to the middle 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.960 of the field a little inbreaker. And the reason I 0:16:14.000 --> 0:16:17.160 include that details because think about how fast Tyreek takes 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.480 to get down the hash in the middle of the 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:22.200 field ten yards deep, like probably a one and a 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.240 half second ten split right, So Tua has one and 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:28.480 a half seconds to catch a shotgun snap, put the 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:29.520 ball on the upfield shoulder. 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:31.960 Of his receiver and going for six. That's impressive. 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:32.160 Man. 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:34.880 The snap takes half that time, so he has less 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:36.760 than a second to get that thing up by his 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:39.320 ear and out to his receiver. And I thought today 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.360 was a good example what we saw all year last year. 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.720 An offense that just puts immense pressure on the defense, 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:47.920 creates vacancies, creates space, and forces you to defend multiple 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:50.040 plays of grass at all time and drops in a 0:16:50.040 --> 0:16:53.760 big play after big play and ultimately lights up the scoreboard. 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:56.240 What a treat for the fans and attendance on Sunday. 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.760 Let's actually go back to quarterback Mike White who talked 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:01.720 about this offense of what he believes makes QB one 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:03.720 two a tunga bai loa so special. 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:07.359 I think just distributing the ball and getting to the 0:17:07.400 --> 0:17:10.600 getting the ball to the guys kind of accurately with 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.400 yak angles is what we call it yards after catch. 0:17:14.440 --> 0:17:17.120 And I think I'm wondering a lot from Tua too too. 0:17:17.119 --> 0:17:19.119 I think that's what Tua does at at such a 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.560 high level, and it's really impressive, just the anticipation and 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.120 the accuracy, and you can tell he's just getting better 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:26.960 and it's only going to get better with more reps 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.000 and more time in the offense. I mean, the numbers 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:32.199 they put up last year for the first year in 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:35.679 this offense is super impressive. So I truly believe it's 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:36.040 only going. 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:36.480 To get better. 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:39.680 Fully fully agree with Mike on that point. Been staying 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:43.080 on the podcast all summer long, and uh, you know, 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.720 I'm pretty sure that Mike White and I could become 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:47.320 best friends at some point, and you're gonna find out 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.040 why here in just a second. And just to take 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:50.920 you into the audio, this is my third question for 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:53.320 Mike that I asked him. My first two were kind 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:55.359