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Speaker 1: How's it going everybody? It is Wednesday. I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring you your
Speaker 1: daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show,
Speaker 1: three straight days of training camp practice. How lucky are
Speaker 1: we to get to talk about this? Will get all
Speaker 1: the notes and details from the on field activity. Plus
Speaker 1: we'll hear from Coach Flora's, Emmanuel Ogba, Noah ig Manogamy,
Speaker 1: and Isaiah Ford. All of that and more on this Wednesday,
Speaker 1: Training Camp August nineteenth edition of the Drivetime Podcast Miami Dolphins.
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Speaker 1: roster news over the evening and into the morning here,
Speaker 1: so let's go ahead and just kick things off with
Speaker 1: Coach flores Is Wednesday morning media availability. He kicks things
Speaker 1: off here with the loss of Vince Bagel. Oh yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: it was unfortunate, you know, who get injured and uh,
Speaker 1: you know it's a significant injury. So it's it's a
Speaker 1: it's a tough loss for us. But you know, as
Speaker 1: I said to the team, you know, Vince embodies is
Speaker 1: a lot of things we're looking forward to Dolphin. You know,
Speaker 1: he's tough, he's smart, Um, it's important to him. He's competitive,
Speaker 1: he's a team first guy. Um, so it's a tough loss.
Speaker 1: But um, you know, as Big Aloud would want us to,
Speaker 1: we've got to uh, you know, move on and guys
Speaker 1: have this. Other guys have to step up. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we've got some competition some depth, um, you know, with
Speaker 1: at the end position, at the linebacker position. So um,
Speaker 1: you know, while it's a tough loss for us, we've
Speaker 1: gotta we've gotta, we've gotta, we gotta move on and
Speaker 1: and and the next guy's gotta come in and compete
Speaker 1: and give us some good production. And the next question
Speaker 1: was about another player absent from practice on Tuesday. Coach
Speaker 1: Flores talked about that absence, his load management and what
Speaker 1: Preston Williams is doing off to the side when he's
Speaker 1: not on the practice field. Uh. You know, Preston coming
Speaker 1: off the the knee injury a year ago, he'll be
Speaker 1: you know, he'll be we we've got a plan for him. Um,
Speaker 1: and that all includes some some days where he's he's
Speaker 1: not out there. Um, but you know, I expect that
Speaker 1: he'll be out there today and you know he's gonna
Speaker 1: get us. You know, you guys may not see him
Speaker 1: on the field, but he's working, um, whether it's in
Speaker 1: the weight room or in the bubble or in the
Speaker 1: training room. So um, he's actually obviously always working hard
Speaker 1: to get back. But you know, from a you know,
Speaker 1: management standpoint, Um, you know, we want to take care
Speaker 1: of all our players. UM, so whether it's Preston or
Speaker 1: anyone else coming back from rehab injury. UM, you know,
Speaker 1: we've got a plan in place, and UM, you know
Speaker 1: in some cases that that includes a you know, let's
Speaker 1: call it some called load management or a day off
Speaker 1: here and there. UM, in some other cases it doesn't.
Speaker 1: So it's a really case by case. Up next, Coach
Speaker 1: Flora's addressed to us health and availability so far in
Speaker 1: practice as well as his performance through the first two
Speaker 1: days of training camp. You know, obviously he's coming off
Speaker 1: the hip. I think he's looked good thus far from
Speaker 1: that standpoint physically. UM. And you know, if guys can
Speaker 1: go and they're feeling good, then you know, we revisited
Speaker 1: really on a daily basis. So again, case by case
Speaker 1: as far as how he's looked the first two days,
Speaker 1: some good, some bad, lots of improve upon. Um, some
Speaker 1: good throws, some good decisions, some uh, you know, throws
Speaker 1: that aren't so good, some some not so good decisions.
Speaker 1: So to uh, you know, like all the quarterbacks, I
Speaker 1: mean we really comprisedly say the same thing for all
Speaker 1: of them. And obviously we're evaluating all the quarterbacks and
Speaker 1: all the players on the roster. A lot of improvement
Speaker 1: needs needs to be made. But you know, please with
Speaker 1: with all our quarterbacks as well as you know, a
Speaker 1: lot of the players that are that are out there
Speaker 1: competing now. And the next coach expanded on the performance
Speaker 1: of all the quarterbacks Josh Roseen, Ryan Fitzpatrick and to
Speaker 1: a tongue abolous so far in training camp, I think
Speaker 1: all three guys are really competing. Um. You know, it's
Speaker 1: a new offense, so the terminology, new cadences. But I
Speaker 1: think they're all kind of picking it up quickly making
Speaker 1: good decisions for the most part. I think that's something
Speaker 1: that we've kind of harped on, is constantly making good decisions,
Speaker 1: smart decisions, whether it's throwing the ball downfield or checking
Speaker 1: the ball down, UM, picking up picking up the you know,
Speaker 1: the artist for a first down. Um. You know, when
Speaker 1: we get into our two minute situations, getting as completions
Speaker 1: getting us in the field goal range rather than you know,
Speaker 1: going for the big throw. Um. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: you know, we don't be a check down team the
Speaker 1: entire season either, So there's a lot that goes into it.
Speaker 1: I think you know, from uh communication from a you know,
Speaker 1: getting guys you know, lined up in and out of
Speaker 1: the huddle. Leadership standpoint, I think all three guys are
Speaker 1: We're coming along fairly well, and hopefully, hopefully we just
Speaker 1: continue on that trajectory. And then coach would go on
Speaker 1: to answer some more questions about injuries and the off
Speaker 1: season program and kind of dealing with some of them,
Speaker 1: maybe soft tissue issues that come up this time of year,
Speaker 1: and the importance of these players getting their bodies ready
Speaker 1: for training camp for O t A s in a
Speaker 1: normal off season, and how important coach Flora's does believe
Speaker 1: the off season is for these athletes to finally tune
Speaker 1: their bodies, to finally tune their machines and get themselves
Speaker 1: ready for the rigors of training camp and of course
Speaker 1: for the regular season in September. Here's coach just kind
Speaker 1: of talking about injuries and how important it is and
Speaker 1: how much they harped on keeping these guys bodies in
Speaker 1: shape throughout the course of the spring in the summer.
Speaker 1: I think it just kind of speaks down important you know,
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, the off season is important
Speaker 1: for these guys, um those O T A s, those reps,
Speaker 1: those you know, the conditioning of the body. It's important. UM.
Speaker 1: But you know, I think our guys, you know, they
Speaker 1: understood that going in and something we harped on during
Speaker 1: the virtual all season, we talked to him about it.
Speaker 1: I think they were, um, uh diligent as far as
Speaker 1: trying to work, trying to work out, getting trying to
Speaker 1: stay in condition, and trying to lift weights and do
Speaker 1: all the things necessary to play in a UH or
Speaker 1: to compete in a training camp and NFL training camp.
Speaker 1: But injuries happened in this sleepue, you know, and they
Speaker 1: happened to every team in every training camp, you know,
Speaker 1: for every team during the season. Um, nothing's more important
Speaker 1: in the health of the team. I think every coach
Speaker 1: in this entire league, you know, or really period, you know,
Speaker 1: whether it's NFL, college, high school, peewee, the health of
Speaker 1: the team is is critical. Um. But injuries happen. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, you don't want them to happen, or we
Speaker 1: try to do everything to uh limit limit them from happening,
Speaker 1: from hydrating to stretching to you know, getting into the
Speaker 1: training room for preventative exercises and things of that nature. Um,
Speaker 1: but they happen, and UM it's unfortunate. You know, I
Speaker 1: hate to see that, you know, with Biago or any player,
Speaker 1: and you know, you see it around the league, and
Speaker 1: I hate to see it, you know, for for any player.
Speaker 1: And you know, uh, I feel for all those players
Speaker 1: who I know how how important game is to them
Speaker 1: and how much they put into it. So you know,
Speaker 1: to see them, you know, get an injury early in
Speaker 1: preseason training camp is it's it's unfortunate. Um, But you know,
Speaker 1: I think the guys in this league, each one of them,
Speaker 1: you know, Bigo, I know for sure, Um, he's gonna
Speaker 1: work extremely hard to come back stronger than ever. Um,
Speaker 1: however long it takes for him to get back, And
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's the same with all the other guys
Speaker 1: across league. And speaking of the depth on the roster,
Speaker 1: coach was asked about the receiver room and how he
Speaker 1: feels about the depth of that wide receiver room. After
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks here of O T A S
Speaker 1: and lead up into training camp, and of course through
Speaker 1: the first two days of Dolphins camp, I've been pleased
Speaker 1: with that group. You know, obviously working through some you know,
Speaker 1: like we talked about with Preston earlier, working through some uh,
Speaker 1: some guys who were kind of we're trying to manage,
Speaker 1: but you know, from Davante to Jakim to uh, you
Speaker 1: know some even some of our younger players, you know,
Speaker 1: Matt Cole and you know Ricardo Lewis, we got him back,
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, I think these guys are all uh,
Speaker 1: they're working hard. Um. You know, I think Grizz has
Speaker 1: done a good job as far as you know, working
Speaker 1: the techniques, the fundamentals, get him up to speed on
Speaker 1: what we're trying to do offensively. I like I like
Speaker 1: the group, Um, you know, I think they understand the
Speaker 1: importance of blocking in the run game and getting open
Speaker 1: and catching a football consistently. Um. We just need to
Speaker 1: continue to keep working on those things. And we had
Speaker 1: the two opt outs, and again, you know, we were
Speaker 1: very supportive of both Albert and Hell but then we
Speaker 1: brought Chester on and we brought Ricardo on. And I
Speaker 1: think those guys have done stiled so far, but we
Speaker 1: still got a long way to go. Still still still
Speaker 1: somewhat early. Um. And for those new guys, especially young
Speaker 1: guys getting used to the speed of the NFL, you know,
Speaker 1: getting used to you know, Malcolm Kirk Merritt, Malcolm Perry,
Speaker 1: Kirt Merritt. You know Matt cole get used to speak
Speaker 1: and used to the physicality of the corners in this league. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, that takes a little getting used to. And
Speaker 1: I think they're all working through that. Uh. But I
Speaker 1: like the group. You know, it's a tough group. And
Speaker 1: to finish it up, Coach was asked about another group
Speaker 1: and the depth at the edge position to kind of
Speaker 1: replace Fence Biagle and what he has there and guys
Speaker 1: like Andrew Van Giegel and the other players coming off
Speaker 1: the edge on the defense in that front seven. Well,
Speaker 1: I think, uh, you know, start with Ginkl. I think
Speaker 1: you know, he's had a good off season. Um, really
Speaker 1: works hard, you know, strengths up. Um. I think that
Speaker 1: you know, the the first second year, you know leap,
Speaker 1: as some would call it, it's an important one and
Speaker 1: I think he's kind of taking that seriously and you know,
Speaker 1: made a lot of improvements and you can kind of
Speaker 1: see it in this game right now. Um. You know
Speaker 1: whether or not that that translate, you know, into on
Speaker 1: field production, you know, that remains to be seen. Um,
Speaker 1: but I'm I'm happy with where he is. UM. I
Speaker 1: know you mentioned Kamu and Roberts. I think you know,
Speaker 1: both guys have have come in. Uh. I had some
Speaker 1: familiarity with the defense already. UM, but you know the
Speaker 1: little tweaks that that are different from when they were
Speaker 1: last in it. Um, I think they picked up on
Speaker 1: those quickly. Um. You know, there's leadership from both guys.
Speaker 1: You know, filling giggle shoe obviously give on the Beagle
Speaker 1: shoes will be a collective effort, uh, you know, from
Speaker 1: the linebacker group, from the end group. You know, in
Speaker 1: the kicking game. You know Big you know, he played
Speaker 1: a lot of roles for US a year ago. Um,
Speaker 1: in the kicking game as well, So a lot of
Speaker 1: roles to feel so again you know Roberts Vannoy Cammu
Speaker 1: Uh you know, get go Weaver will have a shot
Speaker 1: you know in there. Um, So well, uh, we'll see
Speaker 1: how this goes. When a guy goes down, there's a
Speaker 1: little bit of you know we call depth chart madness
Speaker 1: that that happens, um and UM, you know we're kind
Speaker 1: of dealing with that. Uh, you know on a day
Speaker 1: to day basis, Um, you know, with injuries and with
Speaker 1: things like the Bagle situation where you know, the staff,
Speaker 1: we go back and we say, hey, you know, we
Speaker 1: thought it was gonna be this, and now we've gotta
Speaker 1: we gotta switch and BB. But I think our staff
Speaker 1: they've done a good job adapting. Being flexible. That's what
Speaker 1: you know, basically is all about. So um, if you're
Speaker 1: not that, then you're gonna struggle. And so there you
Speaker 1: heard Coach Flora's the Dolphins definitely brought the intensity to
Speaker 1: practice on Wednesday. As we start the practice notes today
Speaker 1: by telling you there really wasn't a whole lot to
Speaker 1: note from the pre practice session. I typically give notes
Speaker 1: on who's out there, who's doing what, but I don't
Speaker 1: think it's a good podcasting just to sit here and
Speaker 1: tell you the same story over and over again every ay.
Speaker 1: So we'll jump into the thing I first noticed with
Speaker 1: special teams, and we saw this last year and we've
Speaker 1: heard coach reference a thousand times the importance in the
Speaker 1: kicking game. It doesn't really matter if you're expected to
Speaker 1: play a bunch of snaps on offense or on defense.
Speaker 1: The special teams units will have the best guys out
Speaker 1: there for the job. We saw plenty of very talented
Speaker 1: players involved in that. And we go back to last year,
Speaker 1: for instance with Jerome Baker who played a thousand snaps
Speaker 1: on defense and two hundred more on special teams. So
Speaker 1: just keep that in mind as we go forward. Perfect
Speaker 1: attendance today except for the obvious ones we heard coach
Speaker 1: talk about Beagle on the podcast earlier, exaving Howard still
Speaker 1: is not working. So we kicked it off with the
Speaker 1: individual drills again, ball security for the skill guys, chase
Speaker 1: and strip with the exact same drill as well as
Speaker 1: the scoops scoop up drill. But I also saw a
Speaker 1: couple of new added ones I didn't recognize previously. A
Speaker 1: station where they worked on breaking up passes at the
Speaker 1: catch point a short throw and the defensive back or
Speaker 1: defender closes down and tries to separate the football from
Speaker 1: the hands of the past catcher. You see that a
Speaker 1: lot on Sundays. It's a very big point of emphasis
Speaker 1: to play the ball. Dolphins working hard on that. Another
Speaker 1: one was the defenders starting off in a shade off
Speaker 1: either shoulder of the tackling sled of the dummy sled.
Speaker 1: Then they would shuffle to square up and explode through it,
Speaker 1: really refining that form tackling a very important aspect. Heading
Speaker 1: into a strange season without much of an offseason, tackling
Speaker 1: is going to be key. I tried to get a
Speaker 1: better look at the guys on the front seven on
Speaker 1: the far side of the field, and they were working
Speaker 1: on the sled as well, doing a kind of double
Speaker 1: jack where they would pop it up twice and then
Speaker 1: close down and wrap up the tackling dummy there and
Speaker 1: using their eyes and hands and reading to get off
Speaker 1: the blocks. That's something Coach Hobby has really emphasized in
Speaker 1: his time here. We always get the receivers right in
Speaker 1: front of us for their individual drills, and I'm always
Speaker 1: kind of enamored with how those guys move, like how
Speaker 1: fluid and how smooth it is. And one thing I
Speaker 1: noticed on Wednesday, as they were doing drill with four
Speaker 1: cones spaced a few yards apart each in a zig
Speaker 1: zag type of formation, the receivers had to corner around
Speaker 1: each one of them then catch the football at the end.
Speaker 1: And we had Navy offensive staff with coach Niamatu and
Speaker 1: Ivan Jasper on the podcast a whild back Ashley Ingram
Speaker 1: as well, and they talked about Malcolm Perry and how
Speaker 1: smooth of a runner he was, and you really saw
Speaker 1: that in this drill, the way he can cut on
Speaker 1: a dime and get in and out of breaks. He
Speaker 1: is so dang quick man. Then I got a peek
Speaker 1: at the quarterbacks throwing to the tight ends, and since
Speaker 1: we haven't talked a whole lot about the tight ends
Speaker 1: on this podcast, I wanted to get a better feel
Speaker 1: for how those guys move and how they play. And
Speaker 1: the thing I just really noticed was how big those
Speaker 1: guys are. Like Gasicki is long and tall, but Shaheen,
Speaker 1: smythe Myrick, and the newcomer, I think it's white ling.
Speaker 1: These guys are massive dudes. Really helps give you that
Speaker 1: balance in twelve personnel we saw last year with Kassicki
Speaker 1: and Smithe plenty of times the two tight ends sets
Speaker 1: the Dolphins rancent of the time last year according to
Speaker 1: Sharp Football Analysis. I got a quick peek at the
Speaker 1: offensive line. Nothing special, but ma'am, they've focus on imposing
Speaker 1: their will every single day. They are all such large dudes,
Speaker 1: and they worked on finishing blocks and really driving through
Speaker 1: these blocks and just staying active that way and pushing
Speaker 1: those sleds, the tackling dummies and the sleds around. We
Speaker 1: can go a full ton on this offensive line, probably
Speaker 1: with a full two thousand pounds with the guys we
Speaker 1: have up there, but they really work on that drive
Speaker 1: blocking and staying connected and finishing those blocks. And on
Speaker 1: that note, something I jotted down early in team drills.
Speaker 1: I love, love, just love this nugget. After the play
Speaker 1: is over, the defense all hustles to the football, staying active,
Speaker 1: being around the football. We heard Road talk about the
Speaker 1: emphasis on takeaways on the podcast yesterday. Getting around the
Speaker 1: ball is the best way to seize those opportunities. In
Speaker 1: the Dolphins work on that every single play. You watch
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks a little bit here. I love the way
Speaker 1: Fits throws with intention on all of his passes, even
Speaker 1: on air. He's throwing the football to settle guys down
Speaker 1: or to speed him up to a specific spot. There
Speaker 1: was one particular throw where he had a steam shot
Speaker 1: and he threw it with anticipation, threw it early on
Speaker 1: the back shoulder and set his guy down in that
Speaker 1: spot to kind of help him work on that to
Speaker 1: a is very deliberate in his eye placement. You can
Speaker 1: really see his head snap from down the middle when
Speaker 1: he comes off the app to when he's time to
Speaker 1: throw the football to his target, he snaps over to
Speaker 1: that read and kind of keeps the defense guessing that way.
Speaker 1: And Josh just has a big arm. Man. He was
Speaker 1: ripping some shots out there, and he continues to grow
Speaker 1: and look more and more comfortable as a Miami Dolphin
Speaker 1: in this offense, in the system. This quarterback room just
Speaker 1: has so much freaking talent. I'm very excited about that.
Speaker 1: Okay team period up next, and it was chippy, man.
Speaker 1: There was some barking, lots of communication going on, and
Speaker 1: plenty plenty of hitting and pads popping. I got to
Speaker 1: sit about eight feet away from John con Jemmy as
Speaker 1: we both took in the practice in social distancing fashion,
Speaker 1: and we were talking about a Land and Roberts and
Speaker 1: we both agreed that when a fight and Neviti breaks
Speaker 1: out here in training camp, it happens every year every
Speaker 1: training camp around the NFL, when a fight breaks out,
Speaker 1: it's going to be number forty four Because on the
Speaker 1: first three plays here is what e Land and Roberts did. First,
Speaker 1: he closes down on an inside run and just puts
Speaker 1: a shoulder on Matt Brita, knocking him to the ground
Speaker 1: and it really looked like he wasn't even trying that hard.
Speaker 1: He's just so thick and strong that he has all
Speaker 1: that power behind those pads. The next play is a
Speaker 1: screen pass. He sniffs it out again on Matt Brita,
Speaker 1: closes down and pops him and puts him on the
Speaker 1: ground again. He was bringing the lumber, but also the noise.
Speaker 1: He was being very vocal. He even chewed out a
Speaker 1: young player after a pass got completed. He was just
Speaker 1: set in the tone all day long, doing it both
Speaker 1: with his hitting and his chirping as well. And I
Speaker 1: joked with John about the difference from this year's practices
Speaker 1: to last year's training camp, and we both agreed that
Speaker 1: it was different in the tone and in the pace
Speaker 1: of things as well. Jesse Davis had a great seal
Speaker 1: block off the edge on Van Noy for a really
Speaker 1: good outside run for Matt Brita. That is a tall
Speaker 1: order to get outside of Kyle Van Noy and get
Speaker 1: him sealed up and get that edge for your running back,
Speaker 1: and Davis got it done on that rep. Jamal Perry
Speaker 1: has been super active, running across the formation, chasing guy's emotion.
Speaker 1: He is active out there and he knows him both
Speaker 1: in the run game and the passing game, and being
Speaker 1: very physical up at the line. Davante made some big plays.
Speaker 1: He caught a curl right in front of Noah Ignogamy
Speaker 1: and lowered his shoulder and ran through a tackle. Igbo
Speaker 1: didn't much like that, and it was getting even more
Speaker 1: chip at that point. More on d v P here.
Speaker 1: In just one minute, we went back to the run
Speaker 1: game and Jordan Howard had this sort of delayed stutter
Speaker 1: step where he hesitated at the point. And I go
Speaker 1: back to this Brett Coleman YouTube video all the time,
Speaker 1: but man, you just see that vision and that patience
Speaker 1: from Jordan Howard, the way he reads and sets up
Speaker 1: his blocks. I think it's a really nice fit behind
Speaker 1: this massive offensive line. I tell you what, man, it
Speaker 1: goes together like lamb and tuna. Fishman. Curtis Weaver had
Speaker 1: a sack on the day. He got around the edge
Speaker 1: on Julian Davenport and used the swipe to get himself
Speaker 1: clean for a would be sack. We saw plenty of
Speaker 1: that at Boise State. We haven't talked much about Nick
Speaker 1: need On a whole lot, but I think that might
Speaker 1: be a good thing. He was excellent today on a
Speaker 1: tackle against mac Hollands out in space, got into the
Speaker 1: ground and he just looked smooth up there, being really
Speaker 1: smooth and his his back pedal and his technique and
Speaker 1: getting guys covered up and not getting targeted a whole
Speaker 1: lot because of that. We go back to the ground
Speaker 1: game with Flowers and Jackson off the left side. They
Speaker 1: create this huge run for a big, big Jordan's huge
Speaker 1: lane rather for a big Jordan Howard run. He was
Speaker 1: off to the races. Ray Kwon Davis then had a
Speaker 1: good rep where he showed off his length and kind
Speaker 1: of simulating the sledge drill and the team drill. He
Speaker 1: stood his man up and disengaged from that block en
Speaker 1: route to a tackle for loss, and then he let
Speaker 1: the offensive lineman know about it. Preston catches a comeback
Speaker 1: on the next play again on Igbo and slipped the tackle.
Speaker 1: Igbo's reps today, I think we're a really good example
Speaker 1: of how slim the margin for error is in this league.
Speaker 1: He was so close so many times, like we talked
Speaker 1: about with Byron Jones on Monday's practice, But as he'll
Speaker 1: tell you later on in the podcast, he was a
Speaker 1: little bit frustrated today because Preston and Parker making plays.
Speaker 1: There's the guys make plays in the league. Of course
Speaker 1: they're gonna get plays and practice as well. Speaking of
Speaker 1: big plays, we got another one here. Mike gets sick.
Speaker 1: He gets vertical after getting flex out wide up against
Speaker 1: Clayton Federalum, the Dolphins safety. He took a nine route
Speaker 1: deep and went above the rim to pull that thing down.
Speaker 1: He might have pushed off a tad, but hey, I
Speaker 1: didn't see a flag out there. There are no reps
Speaker 1: out there too. What checks into the game. And then
Speaker 1: he found Ricardo Lewis for a first down on a
Speaker 1: third and short like a third and five. There was
Speaker 1: pressure pretty quick on that play and to let it
Speaker 1: fly on the outside high in a way away from
Speaker 1: the defensive back and he picks up the first down
Speaker 1: there with Ricardo Lewis. He also ripped a steam shot
Speaker 1: to Kirk Merritt for twenty yards or so down the field,
Speaker 1: nice anticipation and laid it out there for Merritt who
Speaker 1: went and got the football. It might have been twenty five,
Speaker 1: but either way, it was a nice anticipation shot. As
Speaker 1: Kirk showed the quarterback his numbers after he could the
Speaker 1: linebacker and the football was there right on time for
Speaker 1: a big gainer. So we talked about the chippy nature
Speaker 1: of practice. And I love this next drill because coach
Speaker 1: had the team break into three groups and do some
Speaker 1: live hitting and tackling. They would line up five yards
Speaker 1: five yards apart from one another. The offensive player with
Speaker 1: the football, defense without the whistle would go and it
Speaker 1: was one on one and there were some awesome collisions
Speaker 1: out there. Man. I love football and that's what's all about.
Speaker 1: And the team was loving it too. When the drill
Speaker 1: wrapped up, the players let out this collective grown because
Speaker 1: they were having a great time with it. In that drill,
Speaker 1: I saw Gary Jennings truck somebody. There was a real
Speaker 1: emphasis on bringing that energy today and they certainly did.
Speaker 1: Robert Hunt checks in and did some damn good work.
Speaker 1: He was moving guys off the ball and he had
Speaker 1: a pass rush win on Emmanuel Ogball, which again has
Speaker 1: been pretty rare so far. Emmanuel looks terrific out there
Speaker 1: through three days. Defense is definitely multiple and exotic, but
Speaker 1: we know about that, we know about Brian Flores. There's
Speaker 1: lots of jobs and roles to be had on this defense.
Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford might be the team's leading receiver right now
Speaker 1: in terms of production in the team period, besides Davante Parker.
Speaker 1: He just continues to uncover and make plays. He caught
Speaker 1: a bunch more balls on Wednesday. I jotted down again
Speaker 1: that hunt again, moving guys. He gets so much push
Speaker 1: and that jives with what his tape was at college there.
Speaker 1: It's great to see him doing it here at the
Speaker 1: NFL level. Cavon Frasier made a big play that was
Speaker 1: very Rashad Jones esque, his bread and butter for so long.
Speaker 1: The strong side of the formation fires into that sea
Speaker 1: gap that's between the tackle and the tight end to
Speaker 1: the strong side of the formation and flattens the edge
Speaker 1: for a tackle for loss. He is a burly guy man.
Speaker 1: He's big, he's built, and he can really move to
Speaker 1: I think that's a very underrated signing on the Dolphins
Speaker 1: defense and special team unit. Of got back to back
Speaker 1: tackles for lost from Zach Seeler. He's been showing up
Speaker 1: in an impressive way so far in camp. He even
Speaker 1: flexed after one of those plays, so you know he's
Speaker 1: feeling it. The same idea there with him and ray
Speaker 1: Kwon Davis that length and strength to engage and then
Speaker 1: disengagement blocks and make plays like we saw last year
Speaker 1: down the stretch with Steeler Chandler. Cox has been getting
Speaker 1: a lot of action out there, but it's kind of
Speaker 1: hard to see. His role from my vantage point is
Speaker 1: just to be perfectly honest, but he has been active
Speaker 1: and involved. I had Hunt again with another great block,
Speaker 1: but this time it was a combo block between he
Speaker 1: and Solomon Kinley, catching a double team then climbing up
Speaker 1: to the second level. There's just so much beef on
Speaker 1: that block. It makes a lot of fun to watch.
Speaker 1: Christian Wilkins had what should have been a big play alert.
Speaker 1: He won with an arm over inside and got into
Speaker 1: the back field quickly and tipped the pass up into
Speaker 1: the air. It should have been picked off, but it
Speaker 1: was dropped. Preston Williams does get a big play alert
Speaker 1: on the board with a mossing of a defensive back.
Speaker 1: This was the play you're gonna hear Noah not gonna
Speaker 1: talk about again later in the media availability on the podcast.
Speaker 1: He slammed his fist into the turf after this play
Speaker 1: was made. It was a corner route and Fits gave
Speaker 1: his guy a chance and Preston just went up there
Speaker 1: and made one hell of a catch. I love seeing
Speaker 1: this wide receiver on defensive back competition. It's been tremendous
Speaker 1: through three days of camp. And that was it for
Speaker 1: the team drill. The Dolphins broke it down from there
Speaker 1: to a walkthrough with a fire drill for the field
Speaker 1: goal team. To conclude things on that topic, I don't
Speaker 1: think i've seen Jason Sanders miss a field goal yet.
Speaker 1: If he did, I didn't see it, but he's been
Speaker 1: pretty money and too. I got ray Kwon Davis to
Speaker 1: jump on a hard count on a fourth and short
Speaker 1: in this walkthrough drill they were doing after practice, and
Speaker 1: the offense was very pleased with that fact, getting the
Speaker 1: first down there in a cheap way. And from what
Speaker 1: I've seen, Blake Ferguson has been money on his snaps
Speaker 1: hawk the holder hasn't even had to raise or drop
Speaker 1: his hands. Always a good sign there. And to conclude this,
Speaker 1: I really had a great chat with John con Jemmy again.
Speaker 1: He made a great point to me about how the
Speaker 1: real test comes in a week or two into camp
Speaker 1: when guys on defense start to get start to get
Speaker 1: a feel for the routes on the offense, and the
Speaker 1: offense gets a feel for how the defense disguises their
Speaker 1: coverages and whatnot. We also talked about not getting too
Speaker 1: excited one way or the other about how these practices unfold.
Speaker 1: Conjemmy played four years as a starter at pit and
Speaker 1: nine years in the CFL, so I'm gonna listen to
Speaker 1: what he has to say, and he said, these are
Speaker 1: all about putting guys in uncomfortable positions so that it's
Speaker 1: easier to respond when that time does come. And also
Speaker 1: that it's all very situational. We don't know the play
Speaker 1: calls or the scripts of the practice, so we don't
Speaker 1: know what it is like third and twelve and the
Speaker 1: end of the half, and you have to take a
Speaker 1: shot and try to fit the context into what's actually
Speaker 1: happening on the football field. Context is king and really
Speaker 1: I cannot wait to work more with John Conjemmy in
Speaker 1: the future. He is a great resource. So that's a rap.
Speaker 1: We'll get into our player media availability and let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and start here first with new Dolphins defensive end
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Ogba, as he first discussed his versatility and playing
Speaker 1: multiple roles on this multiple Dolphins defense. Uh, I would say,
Speaker 1: it's all about technique, you know. So um, you know
Speaker 1: we have a good coach in Austin to help me out,
Speaker 1: you know, play technique right. In Courch Hobby two is
Speaker 1: also helping me out play technique right, just to give
Speaker 1: me you stead of see let the game even though
Speaker 1: you don't have any preseason games, but we have good
Speaker 1: practice work out there. You heard him mentioned Coach Clark that,
Speaker 1: of course his Dolphins outside linebackers coach Austin Clark up
Speaker 1: next a question I had for a manual about his
Speaker 1: length and hands and how it benefits him in this defense. Hey, Manuel,
Speaker 1: how's it going? Man? I just wanted to talk about
Speaker 1: something that I noticed when I watch you play that
Speaker 1: really stands out, and that's your length and the way
Speaker 1: you use your heavy hands. I was curious if you
Speaker 1: could tell us how you think those traits are really
Speaker 1: emphasized in this defensive scheme. As a d lineman, hands
Speaker 1: of everything. And also my length helps out a lot.
Speaker 1: So if I feel like if I could get my
Speaker 1: hands on the offensive lineman, i've defeated him. So I
Speaker 1: just do my best to get my hands on them
Speaker 1: as fast as I can. Up next, Emmanuel talks about
Speaker 1: his goals and how he wants to help this team
Speaker 1: win games. Well, yeah, I'm just ready to my party,
Speaker 1: you know, healthy team where I don't really like to
Speaker 1: set big goals. I just did it do my party
Speaker 1: or just help the team win games. Really if that
Speaker 1: second QB hitting the QB, you know, tackle for loss, tackling,
Speaker 1: just doing my partner. That's why I'm here. And it
Speaker 1: was very short and sweet there with Emmanuel. But up
Speaker 1: next we got to hear from Dolphins rookie cornerback, the
Speaker 1: thirtieth pick in the draft, No what e Manogamy, And
Speaker 1: up first, he was asked about the same takeaway board
Speaker 1: the Eric Raill mentioned on the podcast on his media
Speaker 1: availability on Tuesday, and how he's working to get to
Speaker 1: the top of that board here in this Dolphins defensive backfield.
Speaker 1: As so it's a very good way to inspire. I
Speaker 1: inspire all of us, and so it's to get better
Speaker 1: to push ourselves in practice, especially the points that someone
Speaker 1: whatever is, awards that come out of it, gifts, come
Speaker 1: out of it. Um. It just pushes all of us
Speaker 1: and makes us all makes of the competition, and we
Speaker 1: all look, competition here just makes us better, UM to
Speaker 1: pick whatever is the pigs, pop us running to the ball,
Speaker 1: stuff like that, and so I feel like it just
Speaker 1: makes all of us do what we need to do
Speaker 1: in practice. And next, he was asked about having no
Speaker 1: preseason games here in his rookie season and talked about
Speaker 1: how that's kind of a good chance for rookies to
Speaker 1: make their mistakes in those games and how they won't
Speaker 1: have that opportunity this season. Yeah, I'm sure I would
Speaker 1: have been good or having a preseason. I feel like
Speaker 1: every rookie UM in the past that that's that's what
Speaker 1: that's some of the games over there, Um, they make
Speaker 1: most of their mistakes that and so UM now it's
Speaker 1: just practiced for me, and that's just how it is,
Speaker 1: is the reality. And I have to adjust. I have to,
Speaker 1: um have to be able just to just to make
Speaker 1: it and just um what's the word, Just just to
Speaker 1: be able to to get better every single day. That's
Speaker 1: really what it is. UM, preseason, no preseason, no matter what. UM,
Speaker 1: I have to do my job out there, do my
Speaker 1: job out there on the field, and I make mistakes
Speaker 1: on the field every every single day, and so I'm
Speaker 1: just getting better than that, UM, and I'm putting the
Speaker 1: mistakes down. And up next was me, he know, how's
Speaker 1: it going? Man? I wanted to ask you about, UM,
Speaker 1: A lot of the talented receivers that you saw in
Speaker 1: the SEC the last couple of years and now you're
Speaker 1: getting plenty of looks against Parker and Williams out there.
Speaker 1: How has seeing all those big time talented receivers really
Speaker 1: helped accelerate your learning curve as a cornerback since you
Speaker 1: just started playing the Possession two years ago. I read
Speaker 1: in first, and that's how I learned, um, UM going
Speaker 1: against receivers like that, UM knowing getting the feel of
Speaker 1: how how receivers like that? Or President and the Van
Speaker 1: Said and the Kame and all those guys, they're they're
Speaker 1: ali tid of receivers as well. And so me being
Speaker 1: used to be going against receivers every single week in
Speaker 1: the SEC and stuff like that, I really feel like
Speaker 1: gaming the Bandons coming into NFL a little bit. UM.
Speaker 1: It's still an adjustment, is still something I'm still working
Speaker 1: on because it's the game. The speed of the game
Speaker 1: is different, UM, just just offenses or more UM. Um
Speaker 1: 's smarter and stuff like that. And so this is
Speaker 1: something I gotta get used to, and I'm doing that
Speaker 1: every single day. I mean, Noah went up against multiple
Speaker 1: first round draft picks there from Alabama, l s U
Speaker 1: even as on teammates there at Auburn. So that was
Speaker 1: a good answer, a good question there, I thought to
Speaker 1: ask him. Up next, we're gonna go ahead and hear
Speaker 1: from him about the play where he did slam the
Speaker 1: turf with his fist. After that Preston Williams catch and
Speaker 1: his fiery competitive nature and how he hates to lose. Oh, no,
Speaker 1: that's not I'm not out of care. Um. I'm a
Speaker 1: fiery guy. I'm gonna like to win a lot, to
Speaker 1: win a lot. I'm a competitor at heart. Um, that's
Speaker 1: just what I've been since I was a kid. And
Speaker 1: so um then catching the ball on me, this is
Speaker 1: I don't like that, um, no matter who it is against.
Speaker 1: And so um, you know, so you're just a little reaction.
Speaker 1: And so up next, Noah evaluates how he thinks he's
Speaker 1: done against Preston Williams, Davante Parker, and this Dolphins receiver
Speaker 1: corps so far through three days of training, camp. I
Speaker 1: feel like I've been doing pretty good. Of course I
Speaker 1: would like to do better. Of course I don't want
Speaker 1: them to catch any balls on me at all. This
Speaker 1: is the type of dude I am. But it's gonna happen. Um,
Speaker 1: I'm just um a few practices in in the league
Speaker 1: and so it's gonna happen. Is getting used to it.
Speaker 1: But um, eventually we'll get that. We'll get to a
Speaker 1: point where where I'm sending them down a little bit,
Speaker 1: and so we'll get to that eventually. And on the
Speaker 1: topic of guys that work their butts off, up next,
Speaker 1: we had why receiver Isaiah Ford, who was first asked
Speaker 1: about his work ethic being on the practice field every
Speaker 1: day after practice, getting extra working with the quarterbacks on
Speaker 1: the jugs machine, and where he learned that work ethic
Speaker 1: and had it instilled from him at an early age. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think that's something that was kind of instilled in
Speaker 1: me when I was younger. You know, I'm just going
Speaker 1: to watch my parents, um work extremely hard, working multiple jobs,
Speaker 1: my mom and my father. So I think it's out
Speaker 1: at a young age and just kind of carry throughout
Speaker 1: my entire playing career where whatever sport that was, you know,
Speaker 1: you want to success, you and I have to put
Speaker 1: in work, um, and put in extra work at times too.
Speaker 1: So I think that's just kind of where where he started. Next,
Speaker 1: Isaiah was asked about what makes this season different for
Speaker 1: him and how he prepared himself in the off season
Speaker 1: to get ready for the season. This this off season,
Speaker 1: I worked extremely hard on just preparing my body mentally
Speaker 1: and physically. Yeah, I am actually two one pounds now
Speaker 1: and that was a big goal of mine for for
Speaker 1: a while. UM, so me and uh A Nutrition has
Speaker 1: been working extremely hard on that. And then this off season,
Speaker 1: I've worked extremely hard on you no focus on the
Speaker 1: little details and little muscles, stability and balance and court
Speaker 1: and all those things kind of strengthen everything around a
Speaker 1: major muscle group and so and next here is Isaiah
Speaker 1: talking about his daily approach and how he works to
Speaker 1: get better when it gets in season, like right now
Speaker 1: during training camp. I just take it one day at
Speaker 1: a time. UM, you know, throughout this entire process, through
Speaker 1: my that's going to my fourth year. UM, I've learned
Speaker 1: that you can only control what you can control, you know,
Speaker 1: And it sounds cliche, but the truth. So, um, whether
Speaker 1: that's me being intentional and getting to meetings early or
Speaker 1: staying after with doing work or studying extra you know,
Speaker 1: or whatever whatever I have to do. Whatever that's saying,
Speaker 1: I can control that I can I can actually physically
Speaker 1: do and take control of. I try to do those
Speaker 1: things and let the ships forward it. And for perhaps
Speaker 1: the first and maybe last time I asked a player
Speaker 1: about something that didn't have to do with football, here's
Speaker 1: my question to Isaiah Ford. Hey, Isaiah, how's it going.
Speaker 1: Good to see you again? Man Um. I wanted to
Speaker 1: steer the conversation here away from football for just one
Speaker 1: second because the last time we talked was about your foundation.
Speaker 1: I just wanted you to update me on how things
Speaker 1: are going with to be the Change Foundation. Yeah. No,
Speaker 1: so things are going really well. Um. We got a
Speaker 1: big donation uh right after Um we had the conversation
Speaker 1: last time. I don't want to see who it was,
Speaker 1: but it's somebody that was really uh near and did
Speaker 1: in my heart and now so I was actually happy
Speaker 1: about that. But the foundation is going well. We're still
Speaker 1: raising money for to go fund me and if we're
Speaker 1: raised enough money, we might even even be able to
Speaker 1: do to scholarships, which would be pretty cool too. So.
Speaker 1: Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has praised Isaiah Ford for his knowledge
Speaker 1: of the offense and his studious habits for the game.
Speaker 1: Here is Forward talking about that relationship and and Fitzpatrick's
Speaker 1: claiming that he knows the offense super super well. Unique
Speaker 1: thing about coach Gaily is that he allows us freedom
Speaker 1: within the within the routes that we um are running
Speaker 1: um and and as a as a whild that's something
Speaker 1: that you really want to hear, you know, to be
Speaker 1: be able to be creative and have that freedom to
Speaker 1: kind of paint your own picture when you run Rouson
Speaker 1: and not just have to go straight minds. But in
Speaker 1: terms of the offense, is just like any of the offense,
Speaker 1: you know, you're gonna have to actually put in time
Speaker 1: to learn to playbook and implemented things. And I think
Speaker 1: the more that we can do collectively as a group
Speaker 1: to kind of learn full conceptually instead of just one position,
Speaker 1: think the better would be in terms of everyone being
Speaker 1: able to move around and things like that. And we'll
Speaker 1: go ahead and finish up here with a question. Post
Speaker 1: was about how last year's late season surged and Lacey's
Speaker 1: in success for him helped in his development heading into
Speaker 1: this year, his fourth season as a Miami Dolphin, I
Speaker 1: think it's helped a ton um and even being able
Speaker 1: to take those mental reps um from the guys that
Speaker 1: I've learned from in the past, whether it's been um
Speaker 1: Kenny or Danny down the road to Albert and then
Speaker 1: having when he came on, just kind of watching film
Speaker 1: with those guys and getting able to being able to
Speaker 1: pick their brains and things like that, and then getting
Speaker 1: in the quarterbacks room and watching film with Josh and
Speaker 1: uh if Fits, you know last year and just seeing
Speaker 1: what they're seeing and understanding the little nuances to help
Speaker 1: you see coverages and defense is better to get a
Speaker 1: better feel of where to be at, you know, in
Speaker 1: the time and everything like that. So I think, um,
Speaker 1: let's play the extremely role not only building my confidence
Speaker 1: but helping me go out there and play, because now
Speaker 1: I'm not thinking so much of the is going up
Speaker 1: in playing fast and so there he goes Dolphins wide
Speaker 1: receiver isaaih Afford. We heard from him, We heard from
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Ogba, we heard from Noah Eggnogamy and coach Flora's
Speaker 1: and got you all the practice notes and details from
Speaker 1: this Wednesday, three days down. Tomorrow is a player day off.
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