WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins OTA June 6 Practice Recap 0:00:01.639 --> 0:00:04.760 You are listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.600 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.440 Back to throw to a looking clips. 0:00:09.840 --> 0:00:17.040 A dount a wide Dolphin touchdown, Tyrequel, uncrelievable, just blue. 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:19.400 Fire for a second time. Don't know where he was 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:20.320 going right away. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:21.880 I want to hit that man. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:23.079 I want to help you. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:24.520 Someone step on your man wagon. 0:00:24.800 --> 0:00:28.320 Wattle, Wadle to a shot gut back to throw looking 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:28.760 at them. 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:33.960 Up myers touchdown right, It's Waddle his six touchdown, Parado. 0:00:34.159 --> 0:00:34.920 I'm this king. 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.960 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.320 Now you check your pulse if you're not. 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:45.760 What is up? 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:46.600 Dolphins? 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:49.680 And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:54.680 Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:57.720 How's it going, everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.240 And on today's show, we've got more football practice to dissect. 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:02.360 The Dolphins were back. 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:04.680 On the field for the final week of many camps 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.120 and we'll break it all down right here with practice notes. 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:11.080 Mike McDaniel's press conference. We'll hear from Jalen Ramsey, Xavien Howard, 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:14.680 and Jalen Phillips from the Baptist Health studios inside the 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:16.240 Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.840 This is the Drive Time podcast. 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:23.640 I want to start this podcast today was something we've 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:27.520 covered on previous OTA Practice reports that continues to be 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:31.240 a theme, at least from my takeaways, mostly because we 0:01:31.360 --> 0:01:35.600 got a great synopsis of how that coverage works, how 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:38.960 this defensive system and the man calling it, Coach Vic Fangio, 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.920 benefits that defensive side of the ball and the pursuit 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.720 of keeping points off the scoreboard, but also how the 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:48.120 offense can take from what the d gives them on 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:50.560 a daily basis with looks in practice and just the 0:01:50.680 --> 0:01:51.960 overall reps they go through. 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:54.120 Let's go ahead and go to coach Mike McDaniel to. 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.040 Hear more on just that an unintended consequence. 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.400 It's something that you know as a football coach, but 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:03.360 you it's not steadfast to the forefront of your thought 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:08.400 process when you're making decisions like that, Okay, who what 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:09.680 defense do you want to run? 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:11.160 Who do you want in charge of it? 0:02:12.680 --> 0:02:15.320 Your mind goes straight to what the best defense we 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:17.760 can have and want the best defensive coordinator we can have. 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:23.200 You know, I think that has been accomplished A subset 0:02:23.680 --> 0:02:30.560 unintended consequence is that you know, the the the technique 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:36.560 with which they perform their assignments really takes advantage of 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:43.480 poor technique offensively, meaning that they the the way they 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:48.360 pattern match and the way they they they really play 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:52.600 with vision as a as a receiver, it's the best 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:54.600 training you could get. As the tight end, it's the 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:57.400 best training you can get. All these route runners are 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.919 getting this elite training because they're getting made pay. 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.760 When their techniques. 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:09.000 Off if they're not vertical enough on their stem. Traditionally, 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:12.080 from a coach's perspective, I have to say, yeah, this worked, 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:18.200 However in game situation it probably won't, and that you're 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:19.720 kind of selling to them. Then you have to grab 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:23.120 a game clip and whatever. It is so much more 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:29.639 efficient and better for the offensive coaches when something that 0:03:29.760 --> 0:03:33.480 we've emphasized doesn't get done and the defense makes you pay, well, 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.480 you know, we're pushing that envelope on both sides of 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:40.480 the ball. Now where and and my ultimate desire I 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.080 don't want I want a good team. I don't want 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.880 to go out there today and have the defense dominate 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:50.000 the offense or vice versa. I want guys trading punches, handling, diversity, 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:54.480 what we're starting to see is there'll be eleven guys 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:58.200 out there. One offensive player will be off and the 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:03.760 play will not work at all, or one defensive player 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:07.040 will be off and it will be a big play. 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:10.560 That's what for me as a head coach, that's how 0:04:10.600 --> 0:04:13.800 I go to practice. I don't I want punches traded 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:16.640 left and right. That that's the game that we play 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.159 and that's how you get better at it. And that's 0:04:20.160 --> 0:04:23.360 what I'm starting to see. Unintended consequence of vic in 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:27.760 a system is the system is so sound and true 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:31.560 and coached. The defensive coaching staff has done a phenomenal 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:37.600 job giving answers to the test through technique to the 0:04:37.680 --> 0:04:41.120 players that both sides of the ball are benefiting. 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:41.440 For sure. 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.320 Had to cut around an interruption there mid media session 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.040 as a phone went off, So I apologize for that. 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:48.520 Hope it's sound that I'll write to you guys. 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.400 But to expand on that, and first of all, how 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:53.360 great was that the idea that the looks that you're 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:57.320 getting afford you opportunities to make corrections right then and there, 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.640 opposed to potentially having to rep it, go in, watch it, 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:05.200 cut it, then communicate it, then change for practice the 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:05.880 following day. 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:07.960 I just have to imagine that's. 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:10.960 Like a coach's dream, but to expand, and this takes 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:14.240 us into the quarterback discussion for the day June the sixth, 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:16.800 here out at Dolphins camp. I thought it was largely 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.920 an uneventful day for the quarterbacks, and allow me to 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.840 tell you how that can be a good thing. First off, though, 0:05:23.120 --> 0:05:25.960 I thought Skyler had one of his best throws I've 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.320 seen as a member of the Miami Dolphins between two 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:31.920 defenders in that turkey hole portion over the top, underneath 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.000 one defender along the sideline, where he layered it with 0:05:35.200 --> 0:05:37.880 touch over the one defender, but enough zip to get 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:41.440 it underneath the other defender before they could drive and 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.760 make a play on the football. And it was located 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.080 outside enough for Freddy Swain to make a catch and 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:47.920 get the feet and bounds. And that was after a 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:51.200 pretty rough stretch of late timing throws and inaccurate ball, 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:53.760 so to bounce back I thought was impressive to see there. 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.960 Also thought Tua had some really nice in rhythm rips 0:05:57.000 --> 0:06:01.040 in this practice. He threatened a few passes prices in 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.000 traffic that popular receiver's jersey right between the two numbers 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:07.560 on those jerseys, one to Waddle and one to Smythe 0:06:07.640 --> 0:06:10.880 both went for twenty plus yards, possibly a breakaway touchdown 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.000 to Wattle. When you talk about what he can do 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:14.920 with the football in space, he had one man to 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:18.160 beat in space to make a potential long touchdown happen there. 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:22.000 But Tua just continues to look as advertised in all 0:06:22.120 --> 0:06:24.800 assets or aspects of the position. But really those catch 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.640 rock throw reps that he's really perfected, going back to 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.119 his time at college in Alabama, I thought he showed 0:06:30.160 --> 0:06:33.479 the ability to sense that exterior pressure and push up 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:35.960 in the pocket. I think he showed you a fearless 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.719 presence under that heat of a damn good pass rush 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.720 this Dolphins defense has. And it's not live, but you 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:44.760 can extrapolate what he's done in games and understand that 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.760 those reps carry over live or not. It's cool to 0:06:47.800 --> 0:06:50.760 watch them go through install on air and then implement 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.480 the team or the plays in the team portion of practice. 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:58.320 I also love watching practices with my guy OJ McDuffie. 0:06:58.360 --> 0:06:59.880 Shout out to Juice and Seth making out the pre 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:03.040 today because he always provides that player's perspective and he 0:07:03.120 --> 0:07:06.080 loves telling me when he thinks that the defense was 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.920 privy to the play because just as the offense is 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.360 getting ready to rep the on air work and team, 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:13.800 the defense is too. And there's a couple of plays 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:16.640 where like defenders converge before the play happened, and he's like. 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:18.480 That's that's bs man, they know the play. 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:21.120 So I love Juics' perspective there, And that's where it 0:07:21.200 --> 0:07:23.040 ties back to the comment that we kicked off the 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.160 show from Coach because the first red zone period was 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.000 great coverage on all the reps, like two, I had 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:32.600 four reps, and we saw him go through each read fast. 0:07:32.800 --> 0:07:35.640 On each of those plays, every single throw, you'd see 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:37.840 him start to one side of the field and the 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:39.680 ball eventually made it to the opposite side of the 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:41.600 field as you see his helmet go one, two, three, four, 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.160 get across the field, make a full field read. And 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:45.560 I think that's part of the theme we've sort of 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:49.040 established here on the podcast this offseason, how the second 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.680 year in this system can make things a little more 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:55.200 second nature, which obviously makes you play faster and ultimately 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:56.280 more productive. 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:58.400 But I thought, again he was accurate. 0:07:58.560 --> 0:07:59.960 I think he continues to do a really good job 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:02.680 in the practices i've seen of getting the football to 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:06.200 the backs and tight ends again fast to maximize their 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.240 chances of making a play after the catch. He didn't 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:11.320 turn the ball over. He hasn't yet in the three 0:08:11.400 --> 0:08:13.600 practices we've seen so far from the media. I think 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:15.720 there's a level of command that he's showing that should 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.720 inspire a lot of confidence for where he is and 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.559 that match is obviously the performance in terms of getting 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:24.480 through those reads. I just thought the defense was incredibly 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:27.600 tough today. Those first red zone reps saw them really 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:31.120 plastering on the outside and then communicating and driving and 0:08:31.240 --> 0:08:34.320 passing off super well in this man match pattern match 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:36.160 type of skime that you hear coach talk about there 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.079 the coach Fangio runs in terms of the fundamentals and 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:43.400 that matching. For the first year in a new system, 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.640 they seem to really be connecting on all their rules 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:48.559 and the structure of the defense. If this guy goes 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:50.520 this way, you have that way, I have to do this, 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.400 and vice versa. Like they are on top of the 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.000 stuff early on. It looks like to me we'll find 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:56.480 out more to go along, But I think it can 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:59.560 be easy to lose those routes in the curl flat 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:03.359 or the zones. Those tight end, running back, linebacker responsibilities 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.000 that are you know, in today's game, a little bit 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:07.839 of a mismatch because of the athletes you have on 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.319 offense versus you know, guys that are put in there 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.680 more to defend the run. It can be a mismatch. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:14.880 But they were capping those potential throws to backs and 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.839 tight ends very quickly, driving on those plays and not 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:22.520 displacing coverage enough where it was causing you know, vulnerabilities elsewhere. 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.400 It looks very impressive. It's just June, but I'm so 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:27.720 impressed by the way this defense has come along already. 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.120 Let's go back to Mike McDonel now for a follow 0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.800 up to the Fangio question where he talked a little 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:36.200 bit about facing a zone defense and how those challenges 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.520 can you know, help the offense even more so. 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:43.480 The teams that are capable of playing good zone defense 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:50.520 make you earn everything, and really they really force teams 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:56.439 to execute and execute across the board. Whereas you know, 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:02.800 even great Man demand coverage team one guy steps on 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:07.880 the side of his foot right where where it's. 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:13.319 Where. In in zone defense, you you really have to 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:14.280 get your depth. 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:17.000 The quarterback has to be precise with his footwork so 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:19.920 that his time and is right, his eyes, his progression, 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:24.439 the distribution has to be correct. That makes it harder 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:30.160 to be a good zone defense, uh on the front end, 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:34.080 because there's a lot of people working together. But if 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:37.520 you invest time into it, you invest time and and 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:40.719 it is a slower build. It is more of a 0:10:40.840 --> 0:10:46.040 process zone defense. But the I think the rewards you 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:50.559 reap you know when it's sound are are huge because 0:10:50.760 --> 0:10:53.680 it really put puts pressure on offenses to execute. 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.199 What do you say we spend this thing over to 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:58.439 the defensive side now and here from a guy that 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:01.520 we haven't really played much or any audio of all. No, 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.000 we played his introduction press conference on the podcast, but 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:06.040 Jalen Ramsey was out there today and met with the 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:08.400 media after practice. Let's go ahead and hear from him 0:11:08.440 --> 0:11:10.080 on how playing and this defense in the pass can 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.960 benefit him here already in twenty twenty three with your 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:14.439 Miami Dolphins. 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.280 I mean, I know the defense, so that's how it helps. 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:20.360 I mean it's the same I've been running the same 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:25.160 defense for three years now, my past three years in 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.400 LA So now it's the same defense. It's just a 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:32.040 little bit different terminology, but same type of stuff. And 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:34.480 there's different ways to play this defense. So Vic has 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:38.480 his own way of putting his own like flavor in it, 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:46.400 and I guess kind of catering it to certain people 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:50.240 who will stand out in the defense and who can 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:51.680 stand out in any defense really. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.440 And then conversely, wanted to ask Jalen the same question 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:57.880 I asked coach about how the offense challenges and ultimately 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:00.520 improves the defense just from seeing them every single day 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:01.040 in practice. 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:03.680 Yeah, it's just. 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:08.640 Good players going against other good players and really competing 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.800 and challenging us to you know, bring the best out 0:12:11.840 --> 0:12:15.640 of each other. Obviously, you know, you got the receivers, 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.520 you got the running bad you got everybody over there 0:12:18.559 --> 0:12:20.880 who you need to challenge us. 0:12:20.960 --> 0:12:22.319 And we feel it the same way. 0:12:22.840 --> 0:12:25.240 You're gonna hear a lot from Jalen Phillips on this podcast. 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.240 Let's first go ahead and go to him about how 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:29.880 this offense makes you lock in on your job more 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.319 on the defensive side of the ball, particularly off that 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:33.040 edge position. 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:35.480 I mean, this offense is so multiple different things they do, 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:38.680 so they're always testing your eyes, making sure that you're disciplined. 0:12:38.720 --> 0:12:40.280 I think that's one of the hardest things as an 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:42.400 edge rusher, really as a football player in general, but 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.079 specifically on the edge. When you have an offense that 0:12:45.160 --> 0:12:47.960 has so many different motions and so many different different 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:50.160 possible players out of the same looks, it really just 0:12:50.320 --> 0:12:51.400 you know, kind of makes you hone in. 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.720 So it's awesome having on a daily basis. 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:56.079 Is frustrating at times, for sure, because there might be 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:58.000 a couple of practices where they get my edge a 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:00.000 couple of times and have these crazy players. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:01.720 So it's definitely a good experience. 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:04.559 Oh yeah, and I almost forgot Tua was in the 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:06.959 Orange Jersey. And what's funny is the first song was 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.080 a Michael Jackson tune, and myself and Daniel O. Yafusi 0:13:10.120 --> 0:13:12.040 of the Miami Herald, we're trying to figure out whose 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.160 playlist that might be. He picked Christian Wilkins and really 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.319 sold me on the fact that it would be Christian Wilkins. 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:20.000 But then when that Island Music popped on the second track, 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.600 we had a feeling, and sure enough one came running 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:24.079 out in the Orange Jersey. 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:25.640 Really good mix, really good tracks. 0:13:25.480 --> 0:13:27.559 Some crowd pleasers and some deep cuts, one of my 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:30.599 favorite playlifts so far in twenty twenty three. Let's go 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.600 ahead and get back into the practice notes, but that's 0:13:32.640 --> 0:13:35.440 next on the Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:41.079 brought to you by Auto Nation. We are going to 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.880 get back into the media availabilities here in the next segment. 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:45.959 Let's go ahead and rip through the practice notes here 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:49.400 and filter in some media avails as well. We covered 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:51.400 the quarterbacks, we'll come back to the offense. Let's go 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:54.040 ahead and talk some defense, which we don't usually do 0:13:54.240 --> 0:13:58.840 first here on the podcast. My lifelong football study has 0:13:58.840 --> 0:14:02.000 always began with offense, and I guess my defensive knowledge 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.800 is kind of a counter to that. But we got 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:06.360 to get some love to the defensive guys because I 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.360 thought they played really well today. And I'm going to 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:10.800 start with a deep cut on that portion as well 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:14.120 with the rookies and udfas here because there was tons 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:17.079 of good from that group. And it starts with Mitchell Agude, 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:21.160 who was consistently in the backfield both as a rusher 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:24.239 and run defender. I thought he bent the corner extremely 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.680 well and played through contact in a way that you 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.440 absolutely have to at this level. And you see guys 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:32.040 at the college level, you know, win with their peer speed, 0:14:32.120 --> 0:14:34.360 win with like a spin move inside. But the ability 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:36.680 to play through that contact and adjust and that second 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.840 move is what makes you an NFL pass rusher in 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.080 my opinion, and he clearly knows how to do that, 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:44.600 how to play off leverage of a tackle that he rushes, 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.280 and how to make that secondary move to free himself 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.240 up the field. Let's go ahead and go back to 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:51.920 my guy, Jalen Phillips, who was asked about a gooday 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:52.760 after practice. 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.800 Crazy similarities here in their career paths. 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:58.520 I mean, you know this on table what you've been saying. Man, 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:02.200 he's a bother. He is super twitchy, super athletic. You know, 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:03.800 me and miss Go we have a little bit of 0:15:03.880 --> 0:15:06.560 history now because obviously he went to UCLA and then 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:10.040 transferred out to Miami. While he was being recruited to Miami, 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:11.680 I kind of talked to him and told him about 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:13.720 my journey and kind of the blueprint that that I 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.560 kind of found, and he really kind of like felt 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.400 that locked in with it. So when he got to 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:20.000 the Dolphins, I was like, man, this is not a 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.520 prophecy here at this point. So it's been really cool. 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.040 It just kind of being a mentor to him and 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:26.520 seeing him work. But we got a great young group, 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:29.040 and Garrett Nelson's don't really well. 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:32.560 Too, so s good Eric planes, construction, all the stuff 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:34.720 going on there in the background. I'm also glad he 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.400 mentioned Garrett Nelson because Nelson made a play early on 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:39.560 and I told Seth and Juice that guy right there 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:41.960 is college tape is that of a maniac in the 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.200 best way possible. He plays with his hair on fire, 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.800 full effort, full just production out of wanting it more 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:49.600 than you. And he did that all day today. 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:50.360 He was very good. 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:54.240 I thought Zeke Vanderbert sorry, Vandenberg was the other one 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.760 who flashed consistently, primarily in run support. You'd often see 0:15:57.800 --> 0:15:59.760 a play get made or him, you know, come in 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:01.680 and tag off in fifty seven is right there in 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.160 the mix, you know, talking about how he's down right here. 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:06.400 I touched him down after a one yard loss. But 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.040 it's tough to gauge that stuff. But typically guys reactions 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.600 tell you what happened on the play. So those were 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:16.040 a trio of rookies, Nelson, Agude and Vandenberg. I was 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:19.520 also really impressed by what I saw from Malik Reid 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.360 his tape under Vic Fangio and Denver with some very 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.480 very good stuff that we got a chance to see 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.680 a glimpse of that today. He's so good with his 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:28.600 hands and it puts him in position to hold that 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:32.400 point against the run but also disengage as a pass rusher. 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:34.000 But I didn't know he had the speed that I 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.520 saw today. He was quick off the football and quick 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:38.680 to the edge, which you get tested in this defense 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:41.240 a lot when it comes to speed off the edge. 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.120 In that same position group, I thought Andrew Van Ginkel 0:16:44.240 --> 0:16:47.280 was really damn good too, and he's playing multiple roles 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:50.040 you know, on that defense that I think suit his 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.680 game well. I've always been impressed by a guy who, 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.840 you know, by traditional standards, is undersized compared to his 0:16:55.960 --> 0:16:58.480 position mates and how he plays the run. But that's 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.120 where he killed it today, just fitting up and tagging 0:17:01.200 --> 0:17:04.720 off pretty regularly, you know, flowing behind blockers, which hasn't 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:06.680 been where he's played in the past, but I think 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:08.760 he can do it. I think the run defense really 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:10.800 showed their stuff, and you can't mention that part of 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:14.040 the game without Christian Wilkins. Like I wrote, I wrote, dude, 0:17:14.560 --> 0:17:17.119 he's such a freaking good player. Like I guess that 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.040 conveys my thoughts. Let's go ahead and hear Jalen Phillips 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:21.280 on his teammate. 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:21.560 Here real quick. 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:23.920 Yeah, I mean Christian is the same guy every single day. 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.560 He's gonna come with energy, yelling all the time and 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.320 just enjoying life. And I think it shows on the 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.119 field is the passion that he plays with and the 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:34.240 energy that he has is super contagious. And so I 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.960 think he's a great leader for this team, brings guys 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:39.040 up with him and man, you see him on the field, 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.960 that dude is different. Just break down the state he's different, 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:43.600 like Christian is a botherer man. 0:17:43.960 --> 0:17:46.879 One thing that's nice about Christian again, amidst all the 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.720 chaos and the trenches and look again, it can be 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:54.080 impossible sometimes to break down what happened on one live 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:56.879 rep from typically bad angles of the play. But when 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:59.400 I watch you know, tape or even games live, I'm 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:01.840 usually seeing the play three or four times before offering 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:04.159 up an opinion on it. But Christian comes out of 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:06.520 the mess wagging his finger a lot when he makes 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:08.320 a play, and he does it a lot so it's 0:18:08.400 --> 0:18:10.960 helpful and I trust him because he knows what making 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:11.680 a play looks like. 0:18:12.080 --> 0:18:12.240 You know. 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:14.040 Again going back to Juice and Seth, he was like, 0:18:14.119 --> 0:18:15.800 sometimes you know, guys think they got a tackle, but 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:18.080 they didn't. And I'm like, well, Christian's argument could be 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:20.879 last year I got one hundred of these and the 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:22.480 William Mays Hayes one. 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:23.520 Hundred batting gloves that he bought. 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:25.879 Kind of a reference off that, but in all seriousness, 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:29.080 just getting off blocks rushing the quarterback. There was one 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.080 rep where he ran a pass rush clean off the 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:34.520 off one of the edges of the offensive line straight 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:36.600 away for a would be sack, and the ball comes 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:39.040 out and he turns around and pursues it twenty yards 0:18:39.080 --> 0:18:41.399 down the field. I just think he's the model player 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:44.720 for how the game should be played. And like Phillips said, yeah, 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:48.119 we've talked about the tape and it's different. It's a 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:50.440 different type of animal. After that pass rush, when I 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:53.440 mentioned working around Austin Jackson, he got double on the 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:55.280 next play between he and Rob Hunt, and I thought 0:18:55.359 --> 0:18:58.119 Jackson and Hunt really hit that double really well together. 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:00.639 But it just speaks to Christian's impact, like this is 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:02.720 a guy that can line up. And by the way, 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.080 I saw the tweet from like one of the beat 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.520