WEBVTT - Drive Time: Initial 53 Man Roster Breakdown 0:00:01.520 --> 0:00:05.200 If you're listening to the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, this 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:07.600 is Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.720 Back to throw to a looking clips about. 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:17.000 The wide Dolphin touchdown trick call unclievable, just blue. 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:18.240 Fire for a second time. 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:20.320 Don knew where he was going right away. 0:00:20.560 --> 0:00:23.080 I want to hit that man. I'm going to help you. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.200 Someone step on his man away wattle, wadle to a shotguns, 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:28.840 back to throw, looking at them. 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:33.960 Up myers touchdop, It's waddle, It's six touchdown Parado. 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:34.920 I'm the team. 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:39.000 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.320 Now we check your pulse if you're not. 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:43.760 What is up? 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:47.360 Dolphins? And welcome to the Draft Time podcast, part of 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:52.360 the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:53.520 How's it going everybody? 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:56.440 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, 0:00:56.520 --> 0:01:00.840 your initial fifty three man roster emphasis on initial. We'll 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.400 do a recap of how the roster stands today with 0:01:03.480 --> 0:01:06.360 all the flurry of moves, including two trades. We'll also 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:09.400 hear from head coach Mike McDaniel, safety to Shaun Elliott, 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:12.560 defensive lineman Christian Wilkins, and Zach Seeler as well as 0:01:12.560 --> 0:01:15.160 wide receiver Jalen Waddle. All of that and more from 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:18.040 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:23.720 This is the Draft Time podcast Maye Gaff two trades, 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:25.680 maybe not the one you were expecting today, but we 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:30.640 do see Dan shipped off to the Chicago Bears in 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:33.479 exchange for a sixth round draft pick. The Dolphins also 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.800 trade Noah Igbinoghni, former first round draft pick here in Miami, 0:01:37.000 --> 0:01:39.959 to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for fellow twenty twenty 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:42.520 draft pick in the second round of the Dallas Cowboys, 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:46.600 Kelvin Sheppard of Kentucky and LSU in college. We'll talk 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:48.720 about his game a little bit more in just a moment, 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.600 but it is the worst day in the National Football League, 0:01:51.600 --> 0:01:53.720 at least today, and the day that you are eliminated 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.600 from contention, be at the Super Bowl or Thanksgiving for 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.080 a struggling team, whatever it might be. Cutting down this 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.000 many guys is just well, it just sucks. And I 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.279 want to play some sound here from coach from earlier 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:06.440 today when he talked to the media about how difficult 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.760 the processes of going from ninety guys down to fifty three. 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:12.440 No, when it's appropriate. I think it does come up 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:20.160 for sure, just because you know that they get, you know, 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.120 beat over the head with adversity as an opportunity. And 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:28.000 that's where it comes from from for me is living 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:32.160 experience of those things and just you know, I don't 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:36.679 I think to be an effective coach, you you have 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:42.200 to embark on each individual's player's journey. And when you 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:46.919 do that, it's very easy to understand. You know, the 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:52.840 first time that I ever got let go with the 0:02:52.880 --> 0:03:00.320 Houston Texans. Okay, viscerally, I'll never forget. There's the first time. 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:03.040 Apparently that was an impressive answer. We just had to 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:08.960 walk out. I'll vis really never forget, like I'd been 0:03:08.960 --> 0:03:13.799 on a team my whole life and then I remember 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:19.480 walking out of Reliance Stadium and like, wow, who am I? 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:24.880 And that identity. Although you know, a. 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:27.680 Player's experience is different than a coach is, I think 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:31.399 that there's a commonality in that, which is why it's 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:34.800 you know, very emotional and very very difficult for me 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.440 in the in these times, is because I know exactly 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:40.080 what that is. And you wake up, I mean, you 0:03:40.120 --> 0:03:46.880 were embarking on an invested journey that your mind is 0:03:47.000 --> 0:03:52.080 goal oriented to be on the fifty three for the 0:03:52.120 --> 0:03:55.040 Miami Dolphins and then boom. 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.600 Now what, I don't wish that on anybody. 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:04.720 It's as uncharted territory is like one of the the 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:10.200 unknown is like one of the greatest sources of stress, 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:14.600 like at science, like it's been studied, and it is 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:19.120 a a feeling that I don't wish on anyone. However, 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:24.039 I do feel like there's certain times that it's very 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:28.680 very appropriate to share that with with guys, because you know, 0:04:28.720 --> 0:04:32.760 you can see it on people's faces when I you know, 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.200 I didn't even see this coming or what do I 0:04:35.240 --> 0:04:41.240 do now, and that that it's brutal, so it comes up. 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:43.279 I think that's an important part. 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:48.640 It's not about living exactly in someone's shoes. It's being 0:04:48.680 --> 0:04:56.520 able to connect shared or experiences that might render residual 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:01.719 feelings that are similar. So again I it, I mean it, 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:06.280 this is this is brutal. There's more deserving. There's more 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:10.120 than fifty three deserving people to be on this football team, 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:17.159 but there's only fifty three spots and and uh, you know, 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:21.359 IM pressed upon the locker room today like part of 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:25.360 your grieving of your of your brethren that isn't here 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:26.880 is doing right. 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:29.479 By now the process this say, let's go ahead and 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.960 list off your initial fifty three man roster. Of course 0:05:32.960 --> 0:05:35.120 you're going to get changes over the next couple of days, 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.080 as of course, some of these guys go on injured reserve. 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:39.559 Some of these guys will be signed back to the roster. 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:42.120 There's just all kinds of activity that happens here, not 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:44.599 just for your Miami Dolphins, but the entire NFL. The 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:47.480 roster as it stands right now as of this podcast though. 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:49.640 Three quarterbacks to a tongue of Bay Loa, Mike White, 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:54.120 Skylar Thompson. No surprises there obviously running back position, there 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.279 are six of them. That's kind of a surprise. Plenty 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:59.479 of backs on the roster. Jeff Wilson, Savon Akmeb Devon, 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:03.919 h Raheem Moster, Chris Brooks, the UDFA out of BYU 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.080 sticks on the roster, and of course fullback alec Ingold. 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:11.000 Only Miles Gaskin no longer with us here after today. 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.000 What a great preseason he had, What a good run 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:15.240 he out to Miami Dolphins. Miles Gaskin the class act 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:17.280 all the way. Good to see him, hopefully laying on 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:20.760 his feet somewhere. Wide receivers six of them, Braxon Burrios, 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.919 Tyreek Hill, Cedric Wilson Junior, who restructured his contract for 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:25.680 a pay cut. It's going to be a benefit to 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:29.400 the Dolphins salary cap seventeen, Jalen Waddle, Eric Azukama, and 0:06:29.520 --> 0:06:30.960 River Craykraft Goo Koog's. 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:32.120 No surprises there. 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:33.840 I think that Chosen was one of these guys we 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:36.200 were talking about potentially sticking on the roster. I talked 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:39.200 about it on the podcast frequently. I thought this team 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:42.080 had seven NFL wide receivers and Chosen is the one 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.640 on the outside for now. Tight end position two of 0:06:44.680 --> 0:06:47.919 them Durham Smyth and Julian Hill. That's obviously a surprise. 0:06:48.240 --> 0:06:49.400 You're not going to go into the here with just 0:06:49.440 --> 0:06:51.919 two tight ends. Julian Hill makes the roster as a 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:56.479 UDFA from Campbell the Fighting Campbell's it's pretty great mascot 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:57.160 and team name. 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:59.919 But I think we'll probably see some activity there as well. 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:02.880 Was pretty surprised no Tanner Connor after the week he had. 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.719 I thought he was gonna stick here despite just one 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:09.280 week of work back in his second season. Offensive line 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.280 ten guys here Connor Williams, Robert Jones, who will see 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.920 what his availability is going forward, but we saw he 0:07:15.040 --> 0:07:16.480 had that injury back. 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:17.000 In the Houston game. 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.280 Lester Cotton with the good preseason sticks on the roster, 0:07:19.560 --> 0:07:22.480 Robert Hunt, Kendall Lamb, Keon Smith I think made the 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.320 biggest jump from last season to this year in terms 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:26.040 of his development. 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:27.760 We'll talk more about that in a moment to Ron. 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:31.400 Armstead obviously, Austin Jackson, Liam Eichenberg, and Isaiah Wain for 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.720 your ten offensive lineman on the defensive side for interior 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.440 down lineman. Big surprise here to me was Deshan Hand 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:39.440 being released, but again activity. 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:40.280 Happens over the next couple of days. 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.560 So you get Zach Steeler, Christian Wilkins, Brandon Peeley, and 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:47.320 ray Kwan Davis. We'll talk about Zach Sio's contract extension 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.560 and here from he Christian Wilkins, Mike McDaniel, and Deshaun Elliott. 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.960 In just a moment off the edge, Bradley Chubb, Jalen Phillips, 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:57.040 Andrew Van Ginkel and Emmanuel Ogbaugh. Think the surprise there 0:07:57.120 --> 0:08:00.520 is Malik Reid, but again keep your peel from the 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.080 next couple of days there off ball linebackers four of 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:06.840 them Channing Tyndall, Duke Riley, David Long Junior, and Jerome Baker. 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.440 Think that was pretty obvious from the first day of 0:08:09.480 --> 0:08:12.320 training camp till now. And that's your four linebackers with 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:16.360 Andrew Van kickle Cross training six cornerbacks. We talked about 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.160 the addition of Kelvin Joseph. We'll break down his game 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:21.680 here in a moment, Cater Kohu, Jalen Ramsey, who of 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.640 course will have to flip over to ird start. 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:23.880 Of the season. 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:27.800 Cam Smith, Xavien Howard, and Eli Apple round out your 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:28.520 cornerback room. 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:30.440 Thought maybe Justin Bethel might have a chance. 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:32.679 Noah Ignog gonna get shipped out to Dallas as well, 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:34.320 So a couple of moves and changes there at the 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:37.560 last minute at the safety position. Five of them Javon Holland, 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.520 Deshaun Elliott, Elijah Campbell. 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.080 I hope that we get a chance to see him 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:42.720 this year. He was out there. 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:44.880 Getting some work on the bike at practice as he 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:48.200 recovers from that injury he suffered in Jacksonville. Brandon Jones 0:08:48.200 --> 0:08:50.480 and Veron McKinley round out your defense there and then 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:55.280 the three specialists no surprises here, Blake Ferguson, Jake Bailey, 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:58.440 and Jason Sanders, with Nick Needham going to the physically 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:01.520 unable to perform list. On cross and Eric Sobert were 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.840 both put on injury reserve ahead of the seasons Lebel 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:06.839 missed the entire year. Let's go ahead and hear from 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.720 coach McDaniel on that decision and how that kind of 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:10.400 process works. 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:11.679 Things have changed the last couple of years. 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:13.360 I feel like the NFL really did a good job 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:16.520 of looking at their rules and practices and procedures and 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.960 putting some changes in place to antiquated ways of doing things. 0:09:20.200 --> 0:09:22.360 And one of those big changes was just how the 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:24.760 injury reserve works and bringing guys back. But there's all 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.600 kinds of different language that makes things pretty confusing, and, 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.960 to be perfectly frank to someone who studies this stuff 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:33.120 like full time, even confuses me sometimes. So here's coach 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:36.040 talking about the decision to put Sobert and Crossing on 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:38.280 injured reserve and some of the decisions that have to 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:40.840 be made this week with regards to guys boomeranging back 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:42.880 on designation to return off IR. 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:46.440 I figure out as as the week progresses because of 0:09:46.480 --> 0:09:52.400 the multiple implications within the roster, but it was in 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:58.360 both of those players' interest with regards to their injury 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.720 to go ahead and do that which you know, the 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:06.160 later in the week, I think it's Wednesday night or Thursday, 0:10:06.559 --> 0:10:11.320 we settle the designated for return players with the accompanied movements. 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:13.800 And also in the roster run down there I mentioned 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.480 a couple of those position groups were pretty short of 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.439 the requisite number of players. Two tight ends and really 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:21.719 only three active safeties. It was kind of funny to 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:23.480 watch them work today in their position groups because it 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:24.440 was just so like compared to. 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:25.920 What we're used to. Here's coach. 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:28.920 He was asked about adding numbers at the safety position, 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.559 but really the answer covered more than just that group. 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:32.760 Here's Mike McDaniel. 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:37.080 I think it would be safe to say that you 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:45.600 don't feel completely safe with two little safeties. Okay, there, 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:50.040 I would anticipate something. You know that there's there's a 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:54.880 lot of ways now that your your roster can be. 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:58.920 Set up with regard to. 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:05.439 The you know, since COVID year, the sixteen player practice 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:09.240 squad and the flexibility and things of that nature. So 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:17.480 there's there's some depth issues that will be solidified. 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:19.600 By some. 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:25.840 Practice squad members, maybe some active activity, I mean, shoot, 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:27.760 tune in for the Chris Career Show tomorrow. 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:29.520 Who knows what you'll find out. 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.160 He really weave that theme in and out of the 0:11:32.160 --> 0:11:35.720 press conference all day discussing the uh Chris Greer Show, 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:37.960 which we'll have Chris Greer at the podium for a 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:41.040 press conference on Wednesday afternoon, and we'll have that covered 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.400 for you all here on the Draft Time Podcast as 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.160 soon as it concludes, and we have the entire show 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:46.880 ready for you guys, let's go ahead and take a 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:48.520 look at the entire roster and just kind of give 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.280 you some thoughts about each position group. But first, before that, 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:53.880 we call that a t's in the industry. Our first 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:56.840 break Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to. 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:57.800 You by I don't nation. 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:04.600 Busy day in Miami gardens at the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.040 Cutting the roster down to fifty three players. 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:08.719 It's gonna be a busy week and then we've got 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.120 game week next week. We'll get you guys updated on 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:14.400 the podcast schedule sometime next week. I have a couple 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.640 of guests I'm welcoming on the show Jordan Rodrieg will 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.880 join us to talk about the Great Play Callers podcast 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:22.920 she did this summer. Brett and EJ from the Bootleg 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:26.720 Football podcast. Brett Coleman e J. Snyder, two very knowledgeable 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.320 football savants. We're gonna have them on the show here 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:32.200 and maybe some others. We'll see what happens here as 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.000 we go into Charge a week. Also gonna welcome on 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.319 a member of the Chargers beat to break down that game. 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:39.160 And of course the return of the in depth game previews. 0:12:39.200 --> 0:12:41.480 I promise you you're not gonna find more information on 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:44.280 an opposition for the Dolphins this year than you do 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.480 on this podcast each and every week. That's gonna be 0:12:46.520 --> 0:12:49.960 Wednesdays this year, the Game Preview Podcast. Let's take a 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:51.880 look at the roster we're gonna take into Los Angeles, 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.000 at least at the time being. Again, it's gonna change, 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.000 but for the sake of topic coolness is that a word, 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.120 We're gonna talk about it right now. So quarterbacks, three 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:02.319 of them, number one, Tongue by Loa fourteen, Mike White nineteen, 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:05.640 Scalar Thompson. No changes or surprises here. I think there 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:07.720 was some moments where you thought maybe they could keep 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:10.840 two quarterbacks, but going back to March when Mike White signed, 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:12.640 I think it was pretty apparent you're going to have 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:17.160 three quarterbacks, especially given Tua's injury history. Tua went through 0:13:17.200 --> 0:13:18.880 some ups and downs in camp this year, but I 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.679 think that's only going to be a benefit to his growth. 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:24.960 Seeing challenging looks and working your way through solutions with 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.920 the better grasp and ownership of the offense you're playing within. 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:31.760 I think that with his upgraded physical skill sets we 0:13:31.960 --> 0:13:35.000 heard we've seen and heard coach talk about the best 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:36.880 version we've seen of two a tongue by loa right, 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:39.440 I think that puts him in position to continue his 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.360 trajectory that he's shown in his NFL career, where each 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:44.920 year he's gotten better than the previous one. I think 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:48.040 that two of skills are a perfect compliment to what 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.720 this offense wants to be with the running the football, 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.480 firing off the ball for the offensive line, which sets 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.000 everything up to Ron Armstead told us that back in 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.240 Houston that if you don't fire off the ball, then 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:00.840 nothing else in this offense works. The quick game, taking 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:03.920 vertical shots, displacement at the second level. The fact that 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:07.760 Tua does everything so fast, from the footwork to the release, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.920 to the processing to the pre snap determination. I mean, 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.480 it's beating a dead horse. But our head coach literally 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:16.440 told the story about going over Tua's tape and showing 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.760 his cut up to the entire organization as a way 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:21.440 to say, these are the traits that we can and 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:25.800 should and did build around. And it pairs perfectly with 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.720 the offensive line, the receivers, the entire operation. Then with 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:31.280 Mike and Skyler, I love the makeup, or I should say, 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.360 the approach you take there in the room. Get your 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:36.400 proven starter, get your veteran backup who's shown he can 0:14:36.440 --> 0:14:38.680 be a sparkplug off the bench with the jets, and 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:42.000 then get your developmental prospect in there, which Skyler has 0:14:42.040 --> 0:14:45.800 shown a penchant for some playmaking at times, and I 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:47.840 think that you can only expect things to slow down 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:50.040 for him at this stage of his career because this 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.120 offense is vastly different than the one he ran at 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:55.160 Kansas State. So hopefully that processing stuff speeds up and 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:58.200 he can become basically your QB two of the future. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.560 I think if he does that, those two and you know, 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:03.560 whoever wins the number two job, you've got the vet 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:05.600 who's been around and seen the league. You've got the 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.520 guy that you figure still developing, and they're all intelligent, 0:15:09.880 --> 0:15:12.120 tough minded people who can support quarterback one. 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.720 It's a good QB room at running back, six of them. 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:17.480 You know what, we already listened to guys Off Wilson, 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:20.200 aucmed a Chain, Moster Brooks and ingled I had the 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.200 bootleg guys in the podcast and you'll hear that down 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:24.360 the road here in a moment. But Brett made a 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.760 comment about the seemingly requirement of four to three speed 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:29.960 to play running back here, and I got quite the 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.440 kick out of that, because the speed this room offers 0:15:32.480 --> 0:15:36.280 allows the Dolphins offense to really maximize its ultimate goal. 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.360 And it's the goal of every offense, but this one 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:41.720 really adheres to it. Attacking open patches of grass sounds simple, 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.080 but sometimes it can be difficult to actually create in 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:47.520 the interim. You create displacement with play action, with vertical game, 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:48.840 with outside zone, and. 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:50.480 There's multiple ways to achieve it. 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.520 When you have a couple of four to two guys 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:54.560 out wide and then a stable of four to three 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.040 backs in the backfield, gosh, that creates a lot. 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:58.120 Of conflict for defenses. 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:00.480 I also think the second year with this and how 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:03.080 it will create some synergy within the back pages of 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:07.920 the offense and general better understanding of tracks when to bend, 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:10.760 bang and bounce for a running back. I find that 0:16:10.800 --> 0:16:14.120 to all be reason for optimism for even more production 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:16.720 here this season. You know, individually, I just love the 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.400 way Raheem glides into the gap after he presses or 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.520 stretches the offensive line and defensive lineout. I thought he 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.200 showed you his tenacity down the stretch last year. And 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:28.120 speaking of tenacity, who has more of it than Jeff Wilson, 0:16:28.200 --> 0:16:31.240 absolute tone setter, absolute beast out there. And then the 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.400 long times of the podcast know how much I freaking 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:38.160 love Savon Achmed's game. Exceptional pass receiver out of the backfield, 0:16:38.200 --> 0:16:41.320 balance and strength to make that forced defender miss like 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:43.960 we saw in Jacksonville on those wide runs, and then 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.800 the acceleration to not just make them a fifteen yard run, 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:48.760 make it a forty five yard run, the changes of 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:49.160 the game. 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:51.000 And then of course Devon Acham. 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:53.240 Probably the fastest of all these guys, home run speed, 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.960 who will keep the perimeter of the defense honest and 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:59.000 whenever it fully clicks for him. We'll see what that 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:00.680 happens to be, because most where he's don't have it 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.600 happen right away. He's going to be able to stress 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:04.199 the defense in a way that no one else can 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:06.720 quite frankly. Then there's Chris Brooks, who you all got 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.080 to know in these games. That power he displayed was 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:12.439 prominent both in practices. This month, we're also going back. 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:14.440 To his college tape at BYU. 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:16.359 Five running backs plus alec Ingold. You guys know how 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:18.520 I feel about him. He is kind of a straw 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.240 that serves a drink in that backfield. Let's go ahead 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.879 and go to Mike McDaniel now, who touched on the 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:27.159 udfas who made this team really good? Kind of dissertation 0:17:27.240 --> 0:17:29.359 here from coach. But since Chris Brooks is on the 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.520 list here so far of guys we've talked about, I 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:32.920 thought it was a good place to plug this in. 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.879 Mike McDaniel on Chris Brooks, Julian Hill, and Brandon Peely 0:17:37.240 --> 0:17:40.000 making the initial fifty three man roster. 0:17:40.359 --> 0:17:46.480 That is the journey that is the hardest, most difficult 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:50.840 to navigate, that really exists. You go zero to sixty 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:55.760 from college to professional and then you get here and 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:59.359 you are stacked underneath guys that have been doing it 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:04.719 professional in the scheme or on the stage for an 0:18:04.720 --> 0:18:08.280 extended period of time, and it can be it can 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:13.360 look insurmountable, especially you know, you have your first your 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:16.200 rookie mini camp and you're like, man, I'm pretty good. 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:19.400 And then you get to a practice with all your 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:26.600 with your whole team, you're like, WHOA, so undrafted free 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:28.960 agents that are able to make a fifty three man 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:30.520 roster they. 0:18:33.720 --> 0:18:36.359 That in it In it of itself, I. 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:41.840 Think I crushed that. That by itself really is such 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:47.800 a monumental task that so few people can undertake promise nothing, 0:18:49.760 --> 0:18:56.119 and and and really just behind the eight ball. You know, 0:18:56.920 --> 0:19:02.280 it's like if I if I went to a foreign country, 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:06.280 could I speak fluent fluently and a month and a 0:19:06.320 --> 0:19:11.800 half or however long? That's tough to do. But you know, 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:17.080 every year there's there's certain guys that you're you're really 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:22.240 trying to find that have that mental fortitude to really 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:29.199 accomplish something like that very huge accomplishment that you know, 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:34.639 the the that really all the teammates really appreciate. You 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:40.040 want to see an excited locker room. It's seeing an 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:48.160 undrafted rookie free agent on the fifty three because they 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:51.399 most of the time they're they're breathing a sigh of 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:56.200 relief because they're hope they've if they're even in consideration, 0:19:56.359 --> 0:20:00.480 they've made waves in practice in preseason games. 0:20:00.920 --> 0:20:02.480 And to see. 0:20:02.280 --> 0:20:06.439 That that goal, you know, all of their five or 0:20:06.440 --> 0:20:12.600 ten thousand dollars signing bonus, you know, and just really 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:16.000 doing stuff for the right reasons and learning fast. It's 0:20:16.119 --> 0:20:21.520 it's a cool process for everybody involved in them. A 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:23.560 lot of respect given to those. 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:29.159 Three and many other rookies that hopefully will join us. 0:20:29.600 --> 0:20:32.640 As my guy, OJ McDuffie always says wide out six 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:36.840 wide receivers Brax and Burials, Tyreek Hill, Hedrick Wilson, Jalen Wattle, 0:20:37.000 --> 0:20:40.400 Eric Azukama, and River Craykraft. It's well documented how excited 0:20:40.440 --> 0:20:43.000 I am about this group. Tyreek and Jalen the best 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:45.640 one two punch in the game, maybe of all time. 0:20:45.760 --> 0:20:49.720 I don't know, speed, detail, competitiveness, the total package those 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:51.760 guys are. But then we've got a nice mix of 0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:55.520 really everything else. I think certain guys satisfy certain roles here. 0:20:55.680 --> 0:20:58.359 You've got special teams aces in there. You've got guys 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:00.879 who can run all the positions. Should we be without 0:21:00.920 --> 0:21:03.280 any of the top two guys, You've got good run 0:21:03.320 --> 0:21:05.960 blockers to figure into the mix to give Tyreek and 0:21:06.040 --> 0:21:08.320 Jalen their breathers, and they need them. I think Barrios 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.240 was even more than advertised all camp long in terms 0:21:11.240 --> 0:21:13.119