WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 15 Recap 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:17.680 Down flown, Miami Run. What is up? Dolphans And welcome 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:21.120 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:21.120 --> 0:00:26.439 podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:30.040 going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and as 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:33.280 always I'm here to bring you your daily dose each 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:37.040 and every day of Miami Dolphins football. And on today show, 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:41.519 that's a rap on day fifteen and joint practices for 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.199 training Camp one. The next time we talk to you 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:48.360 will be recapping a game from hard Rock Stadium for 0:00:48.400 --> 0:00:51.600 the first time since last December. And on today's show, 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:55.440 we've got a long list of position by position analysis, 0:00:55.680 --> 0:00:59.400 some one on one matchups, top performers, the matchup or 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:02.840 Matt Jumps of the day, and we get some good 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:06.000 news as far as attendance on the practice field from 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:09.560 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:16.880 This is the Drive Time Podcast and let's get right 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:19.840 into it right There was some good news attendance wise. 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.399 Preston Williams, any Land and Roberts were both activated off 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.960 the physically unable to perform list and we're at practice 0:01:27.240 --> 0:01:30.640 on Thursday, so too was Hunter long back at practice 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:33.360 and Hunter was involved as much as anybody out there. 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.240 Such a great sight to see as the entire press. 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:38.400 Row was kind of worried about that injury when it 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:41.399 first happened because it looked to be more significant than 0:01:41.440 --> 0:01:43.200 just a couple of weeks. But he's back out there 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:45.280 going through work again. So great to see from the 0:01:45.280 --> 0:01:48.080 Dolphins third round draft picked their rookie at that tight 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:52.160 end position. No Albert Wilson, no Davante Parker, no Will Fuller, 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:55.560 no Isaiah Afford on this day, and both Lymboded and 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:59.560 Nick Needham exited with injuries on Thursday. Hopefully those guys 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:01.600 are gonna be okay. And before we get to the 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.640 practice notes for Thursday with the Atlanta Falcons, I want 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:06.960 to play some audio here from coach and his Thursday 0:02:07.000 --> 0:02:10.920 morning presser, And first he talked about the thinking behind 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:15.080 the Greg Little acquisition, the new Dolphins offensive tackle. And 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.720 I always find this interesting because the draft season is 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:22.440 so much work from so many people to get your 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:26.560 board of I don't know, two hundred players and then 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.720 whittle that thing down to fifty players or whatever your 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:33.320 number is. It's definitely different and varies by each team. 0:02:33.360 --> 0:02:35.480 But to get to your draft board, all that work 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:38.400 just to draft seven players, give or take whether you 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:41.320 have more or fewer picks than seven. But it doesn't 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.600 go by the boards just because you didn't draft said player. 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.280 Let's go to Brian Flores on Greg Little and the 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:51.680 work that Dolphins did on him back in I mean, 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.240 we have some familiarity with him from the draft a 0:02:54.240 --> 0:03:00.360 couple of years ago. Um, opportunity to to get a 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:04.359 young player come and compete. Um. Look, it's a new environment, 0:03:04.520 --> 0:03:07.320 new locker room. I mean, it's just he's gotta learn 0:03:07.320 --> 0:03:09.679 the playbook, he's gotta learn his teammates, he's gotta get 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:13.919 you know, uh, figure out the surroundings here in our 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:17.320 building in this area. So UM, I think you know, 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.600 the message to him is, let's take it one day 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:22.120 at a time. Let's try to improve, get better learning system, 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.119 get to know your coaches, get to know the players 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:30.400 on the team, you know, figure out where the bathrooms are, 0:03:30.520 --> 0:03:33.800 figure out where the meeting rooms are, figure out where uh, 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:37.440 you know, like is you know, I think that's that's 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:38.960 kind of where we're at right now. We'll take it 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.160 one day at a time and just try to improve, 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:46.560 get better and uh, you know, you know, once we 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:50.040 you know, we'll coach him up and you know, see 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:53.560 where it goes. But you know where we're happy to 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:56.440 add Adam. He's a he's a UM. You know, my 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.200 conversation with him was very good. You know, he's he's 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:03.480 excited to be and UM excited for the opportunity to compete. Well, 0:04:03.520 --> 0:04:05.600 we we had a Thursday thirty visit with him, so 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.560 we sat down and talked to him and UM, you 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:13.800 know there was some good rapport there. UM as far 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:18.320 as you know, his his um, you know, love for 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:23.919 the game and passionate about working and getting better. So UM, 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.880 I think you know obviously on film there's is his 0:04:26.960 --> 0:04:32.960 athletic and has size and was competitive on film. So UM, 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.400 we're happy to have him. And but look, if it's this, 0:04:36.400 --> 0:04:40.680 this is a process on UM, I will just take 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.320 it one day at a time and try to improve 0:04:42.360 --> 0:04:46.520 and get better finding out where five is. No truer 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:48.960 words have been spoken by coach Flores, because once you 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.719 figure out that South Florida is basically a grid, it 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:54.280 makes things a lot easier to get around in. And 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.360 so I thought that was interesting that it was interesting 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:58.120 to hear that the Dolphins had him in for a 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.320 thirty visit, as there are rules about how many players 0:05:01.320 --> 0:05:03.560 you can have come and visit your facility and work 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.200 with them in the pre draft process. Greg Little out 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.000 of Old Miss back in nineteen, one of the Dolphins 0:05:09.040 --> 0:05:11.880 guys that way, and one player of the Dolphins did 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:17.000 draft with their first pick in sixth overall was Jalen Waddle. 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:19.840 And I liked what coach had to say about him 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.279 this morning when he was asked, what has Jalen Waddle 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.520 given you compared to what you expected when you drafted 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:28.920 him back in April. Look, Jalen is a tough, smart kid. 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:35.680 Football is important to him. Improvement is important to him. Ah, 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:39.760 he's a good teammate. He's as supportive. I mean, he's 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.000 as excited about, you know, someone else making a catch 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.560 or having a good run or a good block as 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:47.560 he is about anything he does. Um. So you know 0:05:47.560 --> 0:05:51.440 there's a selflessness there that I mean, we knew that, 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:55.520 you know, and you know it's it's it's it's been 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.080 fun working with him. You know, he still got a 0:05:57.080 --> 0:05:59.320 long way to go. He's a he's a rookie. Um, 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:04.080 I'm still getting used to, you know, practicing in this league. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.120 And the competition in this league, and you know, these 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:10.440 preseason games, these practices of joint practices are good for 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:14.520 him and really all of our rookies. Um, but I've 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.600 been very pleased with him. Can you see that camaraderie 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:18.680 on the field with Jalen going and dapping guys up 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:21.240 after a big place or whatever it might be. So 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:23.760 two more clips here from Coach Flora's before we get 0:06:23.800 --> 0:06:26.560 to the notes, and some more soundbites from players. And 0:06:26.560 --> 0:06:29.400 actually first we don't need the audio for this actually 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.479 because coach talked about it, but it's good enough or 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:34.080 brief enough to cover just on our own here. But 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:36.760 he said they expect most guys to play Saturday night 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:39.720 against the Falcons, and Xaviing Howard also shook his head 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.000 in agreement and said yes when he was asked after 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.600 practice today if he would play on Saturday night. And 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:48.320 I think that's a good segue into our final sound 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:50.440 bite here that I want to play from coach, And 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:53.560 he was asked specifically about xaviing Howard and when he 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:56.880 thinks the All Pro corner will be up to mid 0:06:56.920 --> 0:07:00.159 season or peak form as the reporter called it, and 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:02.599 Coach's answer took a broader scope, and I thought was 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:08.159 very insightful. Here's coach um, and it's hard to to 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:13.520 to get into peak form, you know, without games. I 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.160 would say, you know, even in week one, no one 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:19.640 will have played sixties seventy snaps. You know. Even if 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.600 you call a dress rehearsal. Let's say, if we you know, 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:24.400 we did that in the preseason, it's not going to 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:28.440 be a four quarters, right, or else everybody'll be yelling 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.840 at me about taking take the guy out. Right. So 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.920 peak performance, I mean, you don't really you can get close, 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.160 but there's no way to mimic a sixty minute football 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:40.440 game unless you do it. Um. And I think the 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:44.000 first time out is different than the sixth, seventh, eighth 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:45.760 time out, you know. So if you're talking about mid 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:50.480 season form, I think mid season form is mid season um. 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.560 If that makes sense. I think that's a great point 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.600 by coach. I also think it's worth noting that the 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.440 Dolphins started each of the last two years under Brian 0:07:58.480 --> 0:08:00.520 floor Is at one in three last season and of 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.400 course oh and seven the year before. But just last season, 0:08:03.400 --> 0:08:05.480 we saw this team really click in that Week five 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:07.680 game against the forty nine, and then they went on 0:08:07.720 --> 0:08:09.360 to go nine and three the rest of the way. 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.440 So finding a way to get that performance right away 0:08:12.480 --> 0:08:14.400 out of the gates, out of the shoots in week 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:16.760 number one could be the big difference this year for 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:19.000 this team if they can make that happen and continue 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:21.400 the second half of the season effort as well. Putting 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.600 that all together, so good stuff there from coach. We're 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:25.800 gonna hear from some more stuff later on in this podcast, 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.720 but for full transparency for today's notes, I had to 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.040 make a decision, and yesterday I watched a lot of 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.360 the Dolphins offense as they were on the nearer field, 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.880 but today there was a bit of a stagger and 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:40.240 certain team periods. What I mean by that is you're 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.640 gonna have reps on the far field, reps on the 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:45.560 near field, and it's Twa and Matt Ryan working on 0:08:45.600 --> 0:08:47.880 either fields, so you have the ones versus the ones, 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.600 and the ones versus the ones, and when the snaps 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:52.720 go off at the same time, clearly you cannot watch 0:08:52.840 --> 0:08:55.599 both teams, or both periods, or both fields, whatever the 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.080 hell I'm trying to say. But when they stagger those 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.679 reps where like if someone jumps off sides and they 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.800 have to go back into the huddle. Then it's one 0:09:02.840 --> 0:09:05.800 rep runs, it finishes, and the next rep starts. You 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:07.520 can't I D your fronts and your stuff like that, 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:09.559 but you can watch the conclusion. So there were some 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:11.480 of that today that really helped give me a better 0:09:11.480 --> 0:09:16.040 opportunity to watch both practice fields. However, just like on Wednesday, 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.800 there were dueling seven on seven reps with one on 0:09:19.800 --> 0:09:23.160 one offensive line and defensive line pit drills against each 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:25.800 other all at the same time, so four different periods 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.920 occurring at once. Yesterday I watched the seven on seven. 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:33.079 Today I focus more on the pit. So how should 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.680 we do this? Just kind of thinking out loud here, 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:37.120 let's go ahead and go position by position and I'll 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:40.000 mix it all together in a cocktail in the blender, 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:42.880 so to speak, in that same format. Sound good to you, guys, 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:47.439 good grand wonderful quarterbacks up? First? Well, actually, first, I 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.360 want to play this audio off the top from Matt Ryan. 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:53.920 By the way, not the best Chris Farley impression I 0:09:54.000 --> 0:09:55.360 ever did. I don't think I can do a good 0:09:55.440 --> 0:09:58.600 Chris Farley impression, but that's what it was. From Billy Madison. 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:00.560 But before we get to the Matt Ryan clip. I 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.480 touched on this yesterday, but I think this week is 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:05.920 such a good opportunity for this defense to get into 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.640 some of their pressure packages and pressure looks and see 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:11.480 how an opposing offense will deal with that, and more 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.480 than that, how a quarterback like Matt Ryan deals with it. 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.040 Because for a guy that's played over fifteen thousand snaps 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.400 in his NFL career, he knows the fronts, he knows 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.120 the coverages, he knows the disguises, he knows the post 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:25.960 snap rotation, and so he wants to gather all the 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.920 information that he can pre snap and be right so 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.520 that he knows exactly what's going to happen post snap, 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.280 and that allows the ball to come out quickly, regardless 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:37.960 of the pressure, regardless of if they have overloaded rushers, 0:10:38.120 --> 0:10:40.120 for what you have on the offensive line to block with. 0:10:40.200 --> 0:10:42.480 And we saw this a lot the last two days. 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.120 And the value to that, for my money, is Miami 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.920 can then find out where the potential vulnerabilities are in 0:10:47.960 --> 0:10:50.720 those defensive looks, because if Matt Ryan can't find them, 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.920 then there just aren't many quarterbacks who will. So getting 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:56.680 to that on tape, Getting that on tape rather to 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.200 me is invaluable. Let's go ahead and hear from Matt 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.600 Ryan on the work here with the Dolphins this week 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:03.920 and how valuable it's been to him and what Miami 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:07.520 deployed at the Falcons. I thought, I thought they showed 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.720 us a few things. I was texting with Brian Flores yesterday, 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.760 Brian and our teammates at Boston College, and so I 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:15.920 was texting him just saying I was excited to come down. 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:17.520 He's like, I know you've seen everything, so I put 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:20.160 in some new stuff for you. I was like, all right, man, 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.280 don't treat me like two thousand three scout team at BC, 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:24.760 you know, like, but they had a few, you know, 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.920 a few different things out there today. They stress you 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:30.280 defensively with with your rules, you know, and they do 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.360 a really good job. And they got us a few times, 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:35.360 and um, we certainly you know, had a few on 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.079 on our end too that that we did well. And 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:41.640 you heard him say there that Flow was causing problems 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:44.120 and practice for Matt Ryan back at BC. But Coach 0:11:44.160 --> 0:11:47.160 actually corrected that today at his media telling us that 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.960 Ryan carved them up. He was a freshman when Coach 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.959 Flow was a senior at BC, and they couldn't wait 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:54.440 to get him out of their coach said, as far 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:56.880 as Matt Ryan, and I don't have the BC backup 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:58.720 quarterback in front of me here from two thousand three, 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.920 off top of my head. Yeah, Matt Ryan was the 0:12:01.000 --> 0:12:03.360 number three pick in the NFL draft in two thousand eight, 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:05.960 so you have to imagine that guy played pretty well 0:12:06.040 --> 0:12:08.720 from the jump in college. And so coach jokingly said, 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:11.319 which one of those is more believable? Those him getting 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.960 after us or us getting after him? The self deprecating 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.160 approach is always my favorite. I'll good on your coach, 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.040 and then just real quick before our own quarterbacks. And 0:12:19.080 --> 0:12:21.839 this is not about the quarterbacks either, long way, long 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:24.920 winded way of getting their Travis good job. Man who 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:28.640 here watched the falcons first preseason game. Dean ps is 0:12:28.679 --> 0:12:30.480 there now. If you don't know that name, he's coached 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:32.679 football for about a million years. And if you've ever 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.760 watched Dean P's called a game, you know that there's 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:36.959 going to be a ton of pressure, a ton of blitzing, 0:12:37.160 --> 0:12:40.120 and different exotic looks. And they were getting pretty exotic 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:43.400 exotic in that Tennessee game last week. So the same 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.000 goes both ways and to a and the offense getting 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.600 a good look at some pressure packages. That's good stuff 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.559 as well, and that's where we start. We covered pocket 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:55.000 presents pretty in depth on yesterday's podcast. I noted a 0:12:55.040 --> 0:12:58.960 few of tongue by Loah's subtle skills to buy that 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.600 extra half set get from the fade away from pressure 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.160 on throws that have a little bit more loft or touch. 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:08.040 He made a few of those today very nicely. Another 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.800 is throwing to a space, and you obviously don't rifle 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.440 this type of throw. It's kind of laying it out there. 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:16.800 But on one instance, Mike Gasiki comes across the field, 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:20.360 across the formation and he hasn't yet cleared that linebacker 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:22.560 in the middle of the field. And what that means is, 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.960 let's say Mike's running right to left, he's still on 0:13:26.000 --> 0:13:27.880 the right side of the linebacker, which means that the 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.480 linebacker has the advantage to get to the left side 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.600 right because he's he's got him outflanked. But to throws 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.840 ahead of time because because he's running full speed and 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:39.199 the defender is stationary eyeing the quarterback. So lay that 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.200 thing out there was some touch and then Mike can 0:13:41.280 --> 0:13:43.480 run under it and catch it and full stride, and 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:46.800 he did that today. Another is the ability to expedite 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:49.959 the drop back in the process of recognizing pressure. It's 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.559 where you see him interrupt the drop back and get 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:55.720 into a throwing position before he's completed that original drop back. 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.920 And coach talked about to understanding his number counts from 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:01.439 front side back side and how that can help you 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:04.840 know where the lanes might open up to step away 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.160 from that pressure from that surge. And there was a 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.520 rep in Thursday where pressure got in and to off 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:13.000 both of his legs almost like a basketball jump stop, 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.400 just as a little side step, a little two ft 0:14:15.400 --> 0:14:17.719 a jump off to the side to get himself to 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.040 that position on the field. The blocker then wins the 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.320 rep because he can push the defender around that now 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:25.560 vacated spot and now to a has a clean platform 0:14:25.600 --> 0:14:27.960 to throw from. So good stuff working there in the backfield. 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:29.800 I thought it was a really good day and a 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.840 nice continuation from what we saw last weekend in Chicago. 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:36.160 Again referencing that Brian Baldinger clip talking about his footwork 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.720 and how much he had praised for TUA in that area. 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.080 I also thought his placement and timing was back on 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:45.119 point today after a little bit off earlier in yesterday's practice. 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:47.480 He did throw one pick and thanks to Barry Jackson 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:49.720 from the Miami Herald for tracking this. It was his 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:52.840 sixth I N T and fifteen practices and that's probably 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.120 like a hundred throws a day, give or take, so 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.320 pretty good average there, and the pick he threw was 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.800 a nice play by the Atlanta defender to come off 0:14:59.840 --> 0:15:01.800 his ma and jump right in front of Mike get 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:04.040 Sicky for that pick. There was a period at the 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:08.160 end of practice where it was all balls to the 0:15:08.160 --> 0:15:10.560 back pylon in the end zone and one of the 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.360 prettiest throwers of the entire training camp to a lets 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:16.040 this thing go, and Jachim pretty much comes off the 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.920 line off the jump from like the twelve yard line 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.160 going in, and by the time Jachim was to the 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.200 back pylon, so was the football and where Jachim usually 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.640 gets all kinds of separation, he didn't on this one. 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.520 Good coverage, but there's no defense for a perfect pass, 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:33.000 and this damn thing was nearly bringing the Miami Garden's 0:15:33.040 --> 0:15:35.320 rain where used to seeing every summer day out here. 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.160 He also had another throw to Jachim right between a 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:40.640 pair of defenders for about thirty yards down the seam 0:15:40.680 --> 0:15:43.280 down the shoot in a team period that required a 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.280 good zip with a tight spiral to get that thing 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:48.520 up over that underneath defender and hump that thing over 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:52.080 him into the second level third level before the safety 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.480 is there as well. So good stuff from to There 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.800 was another period where he took everything short, but that 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:01.360 in and of itself is a great sign because knowing 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:03.640 what the play has to offer and getting it too 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.600 your guys quickly, when you quickly realized that downfield is 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:08.360 not going to happen, is a good way to stay 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:10.560 on schedule, stay ahead of the sticks, and who knows, 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.080 maybe one of those times you're back, or you're tight end, 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.320 or your receiver will spring one. So another solid day 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:18.360 from Tua and nice bounce back. I thought. Jacoby Brissette 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.280 was sharp early, including a lot of nice strikes along 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:22.960 the end line in the back of the end zone 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.440 to a plethora of wide receivers. That's been the story 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.440 all camp, but the two minute period got away from 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:31.240 him a little bit. Some high passes he was intercepted 0:16:31.240 --> 0:16:33.560 in an earlier team period before the two minute period, 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.480 and staying in that backfield. Stop me if you've heard 0:16:36.480 --> 0:16:38.400 this before and moving on to the running backs. But 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.480 I really like Savon Akhmed. He caught another ball today 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:44.400 up the sideline where he had a step or two, 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.160 but the ball is just a tag bit short from Brissette, 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:49.480 so he comes back over the top and plucks this 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:52.720 thing off the defensive backs helmet all all Randy Moss 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.560 style for a poster shot. Another big time catch from 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:57.880 savan Akhmed. He had two other plays, and they were 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.680 running plays where he showed the ud nous and the 0:17:00.720 --> 0:17:03.840 shift nous. On one play, he winds this thing two 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:06.280 or three times, sets up a key block right at 0:17:06.280 --> 0:17:08.320 the point, and then was off to the races untouched 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:11.919 for fifteen yards and a touchdown. He to me, most 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:17.080 consistently has created more yards than what the blocking gives 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:18.960 him on a given plays. That makes sense like he's 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.640 been more of the creator so far in that backfield 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.520 and anybody else I've seen the practice now where Miles 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:27.560 Gasking shines despite the fact that he does everything well, 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:30.880 including some really nice reps in the passing game, he 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:34.280 transitions from receiver to runners so very well. But the 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.680 area that stood out today was past protection. And Greg 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:40.720 Little is on a block in the team period and 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.720 Miles Gaskon comes into chip and help on that man 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.080 and he decletes the defensive end and it was two 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:48.399 Who is I don't know, I don't have roster in 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:51.040 front of me. But Miles also caught a lot of passes, 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.639 and when I talked about the transition from route runner 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:55.600 to runner with the football in his hands, you see 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:57.840 it on these throws into the flat where he catches 0:17:57.840 --> 0:17:59.840 with us back to the defense and turns that thing up. 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.240 Saw that a couple of times down around the pylon 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:04.920 in the red zone work. He made a ton of 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:06.880 yards in the passing game today and really has all 0:18:06.880 --> 0:18:11.120 training camp long. At receiver, I thought Malcolm Perry looked 0:18:11.119 --> 0:18:12.800 really good today. We haven't touched on his game a 0:18:12.840 --> 0:18:14.840 whole lot this camp, but he caught some balls and 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:16.880 showed the strong hands to catch the ball away from 0:18:16.880 --> 0:18:20.280 his frame. A nice developmental sign to see when you 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:22.159 deal with a guy that was a quarterback at the 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:23.879 college level. He did to play some receiver too, but 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:27.439 he was a quarterback most recently at Navy. Jalen Waddle, 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:29.880 I cannot wait to see some of these situations play 0:18:29.880 --> 0:18:33.000 out in real games headings, because again today he caught 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:36.160 one over the middle perfectly in stride and there was 0:18:36.400 --> 0:18:38.320 only the post safety that are trying to make a 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:40.440 play on the pass from tungle by Loa. I want 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:42.320 to see him stretch those legs out and the fans 0:18:42.320 --> 0:18:45.120 at hard Rock Stadium going absolutely nuts when he makes 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:46.960 that guy miss, and when there's nobody in front of him, 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:48.720 because when there's nobody in front of him, you ain't 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:51.440 gonna catch him. Showing your tail lights. For now, we'll 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:53.880 settle for the catch, the burst, the whistle and going 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.400 back to the huddle. Kirk Merritt had another big day. 0:18:56.640 --> 0:19:00.000 He caught some tightly contested balls, showed strong awareness or 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:01.840 on the sidelines and in the end zone to keep 0:19:01.880 --> 0:19:04.080 the feed in. He just makes plays every single day 0:19:04.080 --> 0:19:05.639 I hear it seems he's had a really good camp. 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:08.360 Mac Collins pulled down a couple more red zone tds. 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:10.920 He also dunked one over the goalpost again and got 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.440 flagged again. Someone asked him after practice if he was 0:19:14.480 --> 0:19:15.800 just trying to get that out of a system, and 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:17.760 I thought that was a great question, and so did 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.200 Max too, apparently because he laughed about it. But even better. 0:19:21.160 --> 0:19:23.480 And this was a great media session all around. So 0:19:23.480 --> 0:19:26.440 I would encourage you to go check out that along 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:29.439 with all of our media availabilities on the team YouTube page. 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:32.520 But I asked Mac how he mentors the younger guys 0:19:32.560 --> 0:19:35.199