WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 6 Recap 0:00:03.520 --> 0:00:15.200 Field touchdown, Miami spokes want a run? What is up, 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.439 Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:25.079 the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.239 --> 0:00:28.680 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.240 and as always I am here to bring you your 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:34.920 daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.600 the pads came back on and the defense showed its stuff. 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:40.920 Will break down all the action from a run heavy 0:00:41.159 --> 0:00:44.720 padded practice with the depth of the defensive line showing out, 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:48.000 the linebackers flying all over the field, some offensive line 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.640 and running back talk, and much more, including your Twitter questions, 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.880 audio from Albert Wilson, but Narderick McKinney, and Jerome Baker, 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:58.920 Top performers, matchup of the day, All of that and 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.240 much much more from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:08.759 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:11.759 We kick it off at the latest roster news from 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:13.880 your Miami Dolphins as we keep you up to date 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:17.520 on this ninety man roster. DeVante Parker was out there 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:19.960 today but did not work. The same was true of 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:23.480 Jalen Phillips and one day after exiting the field with trainers, 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:26.679 savan Akhmed was back on the practice field, albeit in 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:30.120 a red non contact jersey, but that obviously is a 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:35.000 terrific sign. Andrew Van Gigl exited practice on Tuesday with trainers. 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:37.720 Will monitor that and get you updates as we have them. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:40.480 And the Dolphins also announced on Monday the release of 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:43.959 d J. Fluker off the injured reserve with an injury settlement. 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:46.800 The team also added another tight end in Gabe Homes 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.880 and in fact, on the first period, he was working 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:52.680 with the senet let offense read senet and opened up 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.480 a huge lane on a Jared Oakes run. Kyle Crabs, 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:57.720 who's here at practice the next two days, and I 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:00.200 were talking about him before the play and we at 0:02:00.200 --> 0:02:02.440 each other and just say, hey, welcome to Miami, Gabe. 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:04.560 Kind of a cool moment. So we get out there 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.000 and you know the drill. Christian Wilkins comes out first, 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:09.840 Shakie Griffin out there shortly after, and the guys go 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:12.400 to work on the pads and the bags, just popping 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:15.000 those things. There was a different sound today with the 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:16.880 pads on, and you can tell it was going to 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:19.679 be a physical practice from that moment. From the outset, 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:23.760 and one thing I really liked about that opening period 0:02:23.840 --> 0:02:26.200 was the drill where the defensive line would push the 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:29.240 sled up to its max height, lock out their arms, 0:02:29.440 --> 0:02:31.919 and then other players at the position group would take 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.040 some pads they used to go up and block against 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:37.160 the pass, rush against and push on the player's side 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:40.800 to kind of simulate staying on balance through contact on 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:44.400 double teams. And watching Christian Wilkins do this, you know, 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.880 looked not of this world. First, he's fully extended with 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.880 his bass planted and the arms all the way locked out, 0:02:51.200 --> 0:02:53.919 and then the hits on him are just not moving him. 0:02:53.919 --> 0:02:57.720 And there's a great snapshot of the underrated value in 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.560 my opinion, of what he does that doesn't show up 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:03.200 on the stat sheet. The job to stay engage on 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.800 those blocks so they can't climb to the second level. 0:03:05.840 --> 0:03:08.840 I mean, when you double team, you definitely don't want 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.560 to keep two bodies on one guy because that takes 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:14.480 away your numbers advantage the offense might have, and that's 0:03:14.480 --> 0:03:16.120 the entire point of the running game, to get a 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:19.240 favorable box count and attack the mismatch. But Christian doesn't 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:21.560 give an inch in this area and creates chances for 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:23.840 the backers behind him, and we saw that throughout the 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:26.760 course of today's practice. We also saw the defense just 0:03:26.880 --> 0:03:30.520 swarm to the football. They played fast, physical, and the 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:33.000 depth of the group was apparent on this day. We've 0:03:33.000 --> 0:03:35.480 covered this in the podcast all spring and summer, really, 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.480 but I mean, you're six, seven, even eight deep up front, 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:40.800 you've got a wave of edge rushers, you've got good 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.880 interior linebackers that can be three down guys. And then 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:45.560 of course on the back end, I don't know, some 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:49.320 combination of like twelve proven vets with young guys that 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:51.880 have tons of upside and potential and high draft status. 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.680 So the DBS didn't factor into this particular portion quite 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:57.000 as much. You get the idea, And I pulled up 0:03:57.040 --> 0:03:59.800 my tweet from last month ahead of the Interior, Defensive 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.880 and Positional Preview up on Miami Dolphins dot com as 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:05.400 well as here on the Drivetime podcast, where I noted 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:10.080 that from week ten on last year from Pro Football Focus, Wilkins, Seedler, 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:13.520 and Davis all finished with top twenty grades at the 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:16.240 I d L position, and they were the NFL's top 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:19.440 trio in terms of total pressures and run stops in 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.200 that department because well, not many teams have three guys 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:26.280 that continuously tick the stat sheet in those two departments. 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.040 And then what you add Adam Butler, And I'm not 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.279 interested in ranking these four guys because I think you 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.320 could make a case for each of them as being 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:35.600 you know, the quote unquote best one out there, and 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.440 that includes Butler, which just says so much about the 0:04:38.480 --> 0:04:40.920 depth and how all four of those guys could really 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.719 be really one through four on the old depth chart there. 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:47.440 And then at linebacker, Bernardick McKinney comes in, and that 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:52.200 was maybe the best individual day of any player through 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:54.560 six days I've seen out here so far, and that 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.000 should come as no surprise. He was an absolute monster 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:59.599 against the run and a blitzer in Houston during his 0:04:59.600 --> 0:05:01.320 Pro Bowl run there and even in coverage to a 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:03.760 true three down backer. I want to play some audio 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:07.400 here from Bernardrick because he was excellent with us after practiced, 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:11.040 just talking about returning from the injury, getting the pass 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:14.479 back on how he had to dial in because he says, 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:16.360 you know what, We'll go to the audio here first, 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.400 but first I want to start with his response to 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.360 my question when I just straight up said to him 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.560 you know you were in the backfield a lot today 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:25.240 and that doesn't happen by accident, obviously. What is it 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:28.560 about this defense that allows you to play so fast 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:31.680 being just one week in the training camp with your 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.040 new team. Here's b mac. It has a lot to 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.680 deal with drawn helping me out of the defense. Uh, 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:41.640 guys like Rob helping me out. Coach camp helping me out. Um, 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:43.719 the whole whole line of the room. To be honest, 0:05:43.800 --> 0:05:45.320 we uh we talk a lot in the line of 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.920 the room and uh they hit me out every every 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.400 guy's helping each other out with the defense, and um, 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.480 I'm getting it. I'm starting to get it. Business. It's 0:05:54.480 --> 0:05:56.800 a long way before the season starts, and I'm just 0:05:56.839 --> 0:05:58.240 taking it one day at the time to try to 0:05:58.760 --> 0:06:00.600 get to know the ins and out. And if that 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.120 was him just getting to start to know the defense, 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:04.919 then I can't wait to see where he is a 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:07.279 month or two or even four from now. And Jerome 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:09.120 Baker touched on that too. I asked him about the 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.040 camaraderie we saw during that goal line drill to end 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.240 the practice. And I'm sure you guys have read about tweets, 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.800 the stories, the articles and what's and so forth, And 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.920 I didn't tell you guys. I couldn't wait for two things, 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.880 goal line and one on ones, and we got both 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:25.440 those todays. So when goal line, the defense continued the 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.800 theme of the day. They got after the offense pretty good. 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:31.920 They were stacking up runs, defeating blocks, arriving with big collisions. Man, 0:06:31.960 --> 0:06:33.440 it was a lot of fun out there. And I 0:06:33.480 --> 0:06:35.279 want to make this quick note because I think it's 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.159 very important, and I think it's a bit lost on 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.760 the narrative I've seen kind of developed on Twitter. I 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:45.120 suppose as I scrolled through while eating my cheese ravioli 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.160 and grilled cilantro shrimp here with a delicious meal of 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:49.479 the Miami Dolphins cooked up today and every day really, 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:51.880 but absolute compliments to the chef on that's it's it's 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.200 fantastic food they give us here. But the run to 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:57.159 pass ratio to kind of dispell the narrative, the run 0:06:57.160 --> 0:07:00.520 to pass ratio and this practice was probably close to 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:03.000 ten to one, and that might even be generous. A 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:06.080 couple of the team periods were exclusively run. It's a 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:09.520 run install. Remember what coach told us about fundamentals and technique. 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:11.360 You have to get that part down before you can 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:13.920 start going to play pass or bootleg or whatever kind 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.040 of action you want to do to make the defense 0:07:16.080 --> 0:07:19.680 consider the other areas of conflicts besides just playing downhill 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.800 and flowing to the football on the running plays. In fact, 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.880 the one play action passed in the goal line period 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.880 presented Carson Meyer wide open in the back of the 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:33.080 end zone, completely left alone for a room service touchdown 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.679 from Jacoby Brissette. So take that for what it's worth. 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.239 So the defense won a lot, but let's just please 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:42.400 maintain perspective here. It's akin to judging the results of 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.440 those O t A practices back in May and June, Like, 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:47.640 does anybody remember that because it doesn't matter anymore. Results 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.600 aren't the end all be all this time of year. 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.280 It's putting the guys in position to foster growth and improvement. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:55.280 And I think we saw a step one of that 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.560 today as far as the run game is concerned. The 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:00.160 physicality of the game here in training camp, and good 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:01.720 for the defense to get to tee off a bit 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.840 after the offense was you know, dropping in these deep passes. 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.080 Is these deep passes throughout the first five days of 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.200 practice and at times with little resistance, and so those 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:12.239 practice would kind of flip the script. And a reporter 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.280 actually asked Baker after practice if it was a bit 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:17.600 of redemption for the defense for the big plays the 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.280 offense scored throughout the first five days of practice, and 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:23.280 Jerome said he doesn't know about redemption, but he did 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.400 say that it felt good to get the physical aspect 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:27.680 of the game back. I also asked him about the 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:29.960 energy and what that meant to him in that final 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.720 period as the defense in that goal line period, because 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.000 if you've ever been to a practice when it's full 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.280 team period and just one field of work, like they're 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:41.120 not working both fields, the offense goes to one sideline 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.320 and the defense to the other. But in this period, 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.839 the defense went to the end line under the goal post, 0:08:46.120 --> 0:08:48.480 and there was all kinds of chirping and hoot and 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.839 holler and just like it should be because football is fun, right, 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.120 And that's what Jerome said. And just give you a 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.079 heads up here when he starts this answer by saying, amazing, 0:08:57.600 --> 0:09:02.160 he got a massive smile across his face. Here's Jerome, amazing. 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.520 It was fun. It's just one of those periods you know, 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:06.920 it's live and you can really play ball and you 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:08.480 can just let it loose and really, you know, show 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:11.160 what you got. Uh. I just love the energy of 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:13.080 you know, we was hyped through with the ones, and 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:15.160 we was hype with the twos and we carried that 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.840 same energy. Uh that we made some mistakes, but at 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:19.440 the end of the day, you know, we're just getting 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:21.520 better and that's what it's really about. I had mentioned 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.240 a SoundBite from Jerome talking about b MAC earlier on 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:27.080 the podcast. Let's go ahead and hear from Jerome before 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.600 we get to Bernardrick and the rest of his interview. 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:33.199 But first let's hear from Jerome on b MAC. That's amazing. 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.160 He's a big dude. Um, he's willing to learn. He 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:39.440 goes hard. Uh. You know, he communicates, That's that's the 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:42.400 one thing he does when he doesn't know something, he acts. Uh. 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:45.160 He tried to get better. Um, you know right now 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.080 is you know, you can get chemistry, but the real 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.000 chemistry is in the game. We really see, you know, 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.880 when the bullets are flying, who really with you? So uh, 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:53.559 you know, we're just getting better every day. And you know, 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.880 I definitely love having next to me And like I said, 0:09:55.880 --> 0:09:57.480 I want to go ahead and just play some more 0:09:57.520 --> 0:10:00.720 of McKinney's press, almost in the entire party because it 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:02.640 was just so good. Let's go ahead and start with 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.839 him talking about getting shoulder pads back on, as if 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.080 you might recall the injury he had last year with 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.760 Houston was in fact his shoulder injury. Here's b Mac. Uh, 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:16.120 it's a great, great relief day one, having hey shoulder 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:19.120 pads on a long time. Um, but I had no 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:22.960 doubt in my shoulder. Uh, it's feeling really great. It 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.400 was a great successful practice for me. Um, and I 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.760 feel good about my shoulder and how I practice and 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:29.920 just trying to help the team and do whatever it 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:32.120 takes to make the defense better. And then he talked 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.640 a little bit about live tackling in the period of 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.280 life tackling or a whole practice of it. I should say, 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.840 here's b Mac once again on live tackling. I love 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.520 I love those moments to me person. I love going 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:46.840 life anyway because that's my that's my strong suit. Uh, 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.000 just coming down here. But it's great. Just guys cheering, 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:52.760 guys on. Uh. Getting the chemis shore of the team. 0:10:52.760 --> 0:10:56.200 Everybody is the one of core. Everybody having fun, making plays. 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:58.640 It was a great experience and UM ready to see 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.800 more of it. And alb Mack repays the confliment with 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:06.480 Jerome Baker asked about playing alongside number fifty's it's it's 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:09.480 very fun man. He's he's a great leader. Um, he's 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.880 been hitting me out with the defense a lot. Um, 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:13.880 he's a great guy to be around, a great guy 0:11:13.920 --> 0:11:17.720 on the field, a very athletic guy. Uh to see 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:20.920 him rent sideline. The sideline is very interested just seeing 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:23.440 them make plays. It's very fun. And now we hear 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.160 from b Mac talking about the goal of linebackers in 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.960 this defense. I thought this was very insightful. Uh, just 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:33.440 no one for one is just getting off blocks. I mean, um, 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:35.440 we know we have to do with linebackers. We can't 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.120 try to sell for one on one blocks. We gotta 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.160 defeat blocks. We gotta be able to get off blocks. 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.400 You gotta be able to make plays. And he always 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.000 emphasized that, and we've been taking it to the heart 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:48.440 every day, just trying to get off blocks and uh, 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:50.400 help the D line get free, just like they're trying 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.080 to help us get free. So we're trying to work 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:54.679 together as as a whole defense and then we finish 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.680 up here with b Mac for a question about the 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.240 mental aspect of the game and getting pads back gone 0:12:00.280 --> 0:12:03.440 for the first time since that injury last Today for 0:12:03.520 --> 0:12:08.719 me was about just um me not being able to 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:12.640 play football, you know. Uh, since I got hurt meant 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:14.280 a lot for me. Stepping on the field, being able 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.880 to play again and being able to tackle and be 0:12:18.000 --> 0:12:21.040 physical the guy that i'm that I am and have 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:23.439 no worries meant a lot for me today, you know 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.920 what I'm saying. So it was a great day for me. 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.040 I felt comfortable. It's a lot of stuff I gotta 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:32.560 work on, uh individually from the scheme and uh, just 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.200 me being inside line bigger here. So I'm just gonna 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.400 work on that and just take it one step at 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:40.720 the time. And that's the presence that I think is 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:45.160 somewhat intangible, how to harness your emotions and focus on 0:12:45.559 --> 0:12:50.199 assignments and fundamentals, etcetera, etcetera. I absolutely and loved that quote. 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.480 And this is where we jump into the matchup of 0:12:52.520 --> 0:12:55.440 the day. The matchup of the day a bit of 0:12:55.440 --> 0:12:57.280 a detour from our normal schedule, but I think it 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.800 fits here because the matchup of the day is but 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:03.360 Drick McKinney and Eric Studisfield the Dolphin's co offensive coordinator 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.160 and run game coordinator. Now, I put coach Ian here 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:08.240 because I can't say all the backs in the entire 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:11.040 offensive line, So we'll go with coach who saw his 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:13.120 backs spring a couple of runs, get to the edge 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.520 a few times. We even saw Ta get out wide 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:18.120 on a quarterback sweep, and man, he looked fast getting 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:19.559 out to the edge. You want a foot race to 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:22.840 the corner with the Dolphins defense. Now, normally Jerome is 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.319 out there winning those foot races. And as you heard 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.760 b Max say, his sideline the sideline capability sure is 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.079 fun to watch and us to be mac us too. 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:33.600 But McKinney's inside presence was hard to miss. He was 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:36.679 everywhere out there. I talked about this back in March 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:39.440 when he was acquired via that trade with the Texans. 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:43.400 How you would often seem him, see him barking out signals, 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:46.640 moving guys around, making sure the defense had their alignment 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.040 and assignment. And then he pulled the trigger off of 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:51.080 a key or some tip that he had pre snap 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:53.199 and take himself right to the action. And he did 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.920 that all day today. In practice he was awesome and 0:13:56.440 --> 0:13:59.400 that at doing that as well as deconstructing blocks when 0:13:59.400 --> 0:14:01.439 he had to hear him talk about defeating blocks there 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.600 in the defense, and he certainly can do that in spades. 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.720 Let's go down the notebook here real quick. McKinney flies 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:09.839 in for a hit on the back in the backfield, 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:12.480 I wrote. Then later McKinney is having none of the 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:14.720 run game right now? Is he scrapes off the edge. 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.079 And when you hear scraping, that's when the defensive tackle 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.000 or a player in front of you is locked up 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.960 and engage in a block, and you play right off 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:24.160 that outside shoulder and shorten the the area and condensed 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:25.880 that gap to force the running back to have no 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.800 room to squeeze through. For daylight, he was doing it 0:14:28.800 --> 0:14:30.680 through the a gap all the way out to the edge, 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.800 just firing on all cylinders. And then McKinney again for 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.360 a TfL, I wrote, defense getting after it. And the 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:39.400 symbiotic relationship as you heard him talk about there between 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.960 the backers and the defensive lineman really seemed to be 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:44.000 clicking early here on day one of training. Gap but 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.760 Adam Butler actually told us after practice that he considers 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:48.720 this day one when the pads do come on, so 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.640 something to note there. Later on in practice, McKinney had 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.480 one of those truck stick stick type of hits where 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.840 and Nick Needham was on the hit too, where he 0:14:56.880 --> 0:14:59.360 blows it up and kind of slowly walks away back 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:01.680 to the huddle with two arm flex like, yeah, I 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:04.160 just did that. Let's go ahead and continue the segment, 0:15:04.160 --> 0:15:05.640 and mentioned some of the work from the running backs. 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.640 Malcolm Brown had a couple of nice plays, including one 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:11.200 rip through the line where he busted through a seam 0:15:11.240 --> 0:15:13.200 on the offensive line and got into the second level 0:15:13.200 --> 0:15:15.320 and into the third level, but there was a flag 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:17.160 throne for holding, so that one comes back, but he 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.080 looked good on that run. He also pulled in a 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:21.400 one handed catch on a ball in the flat from 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.400 Burssett where it kind of got away from his frame. 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:26.000 He reaches out, pulls it back and stabs it and 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.000 it was one of the fifties and coverage either b 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:30.360 Macer or Baker and couldn't see who it was. But 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:32.560 that's a good guy to get out there and coverage 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:35.520 on or to beat in the passing game for Malcolm Brown. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.880 Then Jordan's Scarlett. He took a hit from Calvin Munson 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.440 in the head up or in the goal line drills 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.120 rather going head on, he absorbs it and fights forward 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.040 to get across the goal line for six hell of 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.760 an effort from Jordan's Scarlett on that play, and then 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:51.240 Myles Gascon. He's fun to watch man the way he 0:15:51.320 --> 0:15:54.560 constantly changes the angles on pursuits and the good balance 0:15:54.600 --> 0:15:57.360 he has and really looks to have improved his ability 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.720 to absorb contact in the hole and to get to 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.400 that second level, break those tackles and maybe turn you know, 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:05.840 eight yard runs into thirty plus yard runs potentially if 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:07.960 he can add that ability to a skill set. Later, 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.080 I noted Gaskin getting outside on a run where he 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.280 pressed the edge and cut off the butt of Austin 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:15.080 Jackson who cleared a lane. So the vision, the urgency 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.480 of the whole, all that stuff is there from Miles Gaskin. 0:16:17.720 --> 0:16:19.680 My last note on him was just the workman like 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.480 attitude that he does and everything that he does. He 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.000 ran through a special teams drill that got a lot 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:27.840 of praise from Coach Croftsman after his work on that 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:31.080 rep So Gaskin pass game, run, game, pass, Pro Special 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:34.000 Teams does a little bit of everything. And Jared Note 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.520 Jokes had a nice run today, a decisive run where 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.120 he got to the whole fast and got through a 0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.840 skinny gap, made himself skinny and burst through that thing 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.560 before lowering the boom in the second level. You can 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:45.800 see the way he runs behind those pads with power. 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.600 Certainly kind of provide some value there for the Miami Dolphins. 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.000 All right, we're gonna come back to the defensive line 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.320 and offensive line. Let's go ahead and venture out wide 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:55.880 and get some of the one on one notes from 0:16:55.880 --> 0:17:01.080 the individual periods. In fact, there are remore matchups. I 0:17:01.080 --> 0:17:03.080 want to go ahead and highlight here because I got 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:04.760 a peek at the one on one drills over there. 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:07.119 First up, Joachim Grant versus Nick Needum. They had a 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.840 couple of battles out there, and on one Grant got 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:11.240 to the back corner of the end zone where he 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.240 went up and made a play and man, he he 0:17:13.280 --> 0:17:15.760 creates some space. But also the ups, this guy has 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:17.320 to go ahead and get up and jump. I bet 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:19.120 you he can dunk a basketball because he could really 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.159 get off the ground. And then later Nick need Him 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:24.119 had a a rep where Grant creates some separation, but 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.880 Needham had good recovery to knife back under the route 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.280 and break up the pass down on those goal line drills, 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:32.359 Eric Roe versus the rookie Hunter Long Vet versus the 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:35.080 rook Road got him once where Long couldn't come off 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:37.920 the contact, but later a later rep in the same period, 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:40.400 Long came back and just pushed his way through the contact. 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:42.359 Like I watched that thing thinking are they ever going 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:45.680 to separate? And almost like he invited the contact offensively, 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.199 then got to the separation to make the catch on 0:17:48.400 --> 0:17:50.440 Eric Row and a flag came in on the play 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.119 for the defensive holding two. So love watching that physical 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:55.439 battle there with those two guys and Row competing with 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.399 tight ends. I mean, this guy was a cornerback a 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.400 couple of years ago who beefed up and got inside 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:04.399 and really matches the physicality inside. Finally, Albert Wilson and 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:07.959 Justin Coleman. Coleman had fantastic coverage on Burt on a 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:11.280 corner route from Tua, but the ball was just perfectly 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:14.400 layered nicely over his outstretched arm, and with Bert having 0:18:14.400 --> 0:18:16.320 only a small one that to work with, he showed 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:19.040 nice concentration to haul it in and keep his feet 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:21.800 and bounds. Coleman got a win later as well by 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.320 breaking up a past by really working with Wilson on 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.520 the back line and kind of playing underneath his man 0:18:26.720 --> 0:18:29.359 and being able to go inside outside two waygo some 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:31.280 of those slot strengths you see there from Justin Coleman. 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:33.440