WEBVTT - Drive Time - Offensive Line Training Camp Preview, Flores Availability 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:07.320 Practice, Rolphs factor growing textower. What a win for this 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:13.280 Miami Dolphin teams. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome 0:00:13.400 --> 0:00:16.720 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:22.040 official podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:25.440 How's it going? Everybody Happy Tuesday? I am your host, 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.080 Travis Wingfield, and I am here to bring you your 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:31.960 daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:36.120 we continue our roster preview series with the offensive line. 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:38.520 We're gonna break this thing up into two parts because 0:00:38.560 --> 0:00:41.599 we have fifteen guys along the offensive line. We'll get 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:44.479 into seven of the fifteen guys of that group. The 0:00:44.560 --> 0:00:47.440 same mindset remains here with plenty of change upfront to 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.640 be physical and versatile. Will detail all of that, Plus 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.280 we'll hear from Coach Flores on his Monday media availability 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.520 as well as update you on all the latest around 0:00:57.600 --> 0:00:59.920 Dolphins camp. All of that and more on this two 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:04.160 day August the fourth edition of the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:07.440 --> 0:01:10.039 And before we dive into the offensive line preview and 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:13.440 Coach flores media availability from Monday, a couple of notes 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:17.120 on the Miami Dolphins roster as our third player has 0:01:17.120 --> 0:01:21.000 come off the COVID nineteen slash reserve list, and linebacker 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:24.240 Jerome Baker he was removed from that list. Running Back 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:27.119 Malcolm Perry has been added to the COVID nineteen Slash 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:30.080 reserve list, and the Dolphins add another defensive back to 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:33.960 the roster by way of Picasto Nelson Jr. What a name. 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:38.560 Nelson spent the nineteen season on the Indianapolis Colts practice squad. 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.759 He originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent 0:01:41.959 --> 0:01:45.440 out of college with Jacksonville on May the tenth, nineteen. 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:50.080 He played fifty games at Southern Miss between ten and seventeen. 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.360 He recorded two hundred two tackles there, one d twenty 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:56.960 of those solo, fifteen passes, defense, five picks, and he 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:00.520 forced one fumble. As a senior in eighteen, he earned 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:04.760 honorable mention All Conference USA. So Picasso Nelson Jr. In 0:02:04.840 --> 0:02:07.360 the building, as are the Dolphins in their strength and 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.160 conditioning program. We had tons of content up on the 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:13.040 website up on socials taking a look at these guys 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.959 doing their conditioning drills, getting some stretching and getting out 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.000 on the football field. And I don't know about you, 0:02:18.080 --> 0:02:21.560 but for me, lifelong Dolphins fan, it feels incredible to 0:02:21.600 --> 0:02:24.880 see those guys back in their jerseys, their awkward colored jerseys, 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:27.800 their white colored jerseys. And for the three quarterbacks, of course, 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.799 the red jersey, the stop signed jersey. Do not hit 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.160 me with those guys in the red jersey. So we're 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:35.800 back on the football field getting after it. And among 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:39.240 that group of Miami Dolphins, fifteen of those guys play 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:42.080 along the offensive line. We're gonna cut this thing into 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:46.440 two parts as we continue our roster training camp preview. 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.080 As we swing by the offensive line room, we have 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.760 gone over each part of the offense so far, quarterbacks, 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.760 running backs, receivers, and tight ends. And we finish it 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:58.160 up up front in the trenches along that offensive line. 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:00.680 And once again we are going in order of jersey 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:03.000 number as we spend it forward here to last year's 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:06.960 undrafted rookie that started ten games. Check that started seven 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.639 games for the Miami Dolphins. He played in seven games, 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.839 and Shock Calhoun as he enters your number two here 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.440 in Miami. He wears number sixty two out of Mississippi State, 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.000 Gonna be twenty four years old. On opening day, he 0:03:19.040 --> 0:03:21.880 played four hundred and seventy one snaps last year on offense, 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.240 thirty four on special teams, and he was in the 0:03:24.280 --> 0:03:27.040 lineup for one hundred and thirty nine run blocking snaps 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.880 and three hundred and thirty two pass blocking snaps on 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:33.120 which he only surrendered five quarterback hits. Throughout the course 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:36.640 of the year. Coach Flora's applauded Calhoun, among a few 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.240 other U d f as in last year's crop, for 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.400 the desire to improve and develop on a daily basis. 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.520 He had this to say about Calhoun and the other 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:46.720 U d f as as part of the question from 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.640 the media availability. He says, Calhoun and I would really 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.080 say of all the undrafted kids, those guys are doing 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:54.560 a really good job. They're all working hard. They're all 0:03:54.680 --> 0:03:56.720 very eager to learn and to do extra on the 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.720 practice field and in the meetings. They stay late there 0:03:59.720 --> 0:04:03.080 in early they're out there lifting. End quote. And you'll 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.080 hear more of that later in this podcast. For the 0:04:05.120 --> 0:04:07.920 desire for these guys to have a certain criteria, a 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:11.160 certain mindset to be a Miami Dolphin. So Flora speaks 0:04:11.200 --> 0:04:13.760 that way about Shaq Calhoun as he does the players 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.520 he wants to bring in to this Miami Dolphins program. 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.080 And up next a player that was added last year 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:21.400 as well, but this one through the draft and third 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.320 round draft pick in twenty nineteen. Michael Dieter played his 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:26.680 first season last year with the Dolphins enters number two. 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:30.599 Of course, this season in he wears number sixty three 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:33.279 out of Wisconsin. Gonna be twenty four years old on 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.320 opening Day. And this guy is playing multiple positions going 0:04:36.320 --> 0:04:38.839 back to college and in the pros. He made fifty 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.880 three consecutive starts in college, didn't miss a single one 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:45.560 along that Badger's offensive line. Played sixteen games at center 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.720 in college, thirteen at left tackle, and twenty four at 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:51.479 left guard, the same position he played last year with 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.719 Miami for fifteen games. In his rookie season. He played 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.800 nine hundred and nine offensive snaps, getting a lot of 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.320 experience last year up front on that line, and he 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:03.640 played sixty one more snaps on special teams, so up 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.919 over one thousand snaps last year. For Jesse Davis and 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:10.200 Badger's football and offensive lineman, well they go together, like 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:15.000 pardon this horrible analogy, like Wisconsin and cheese. Technique and 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:18.520 power are traits. The most of those eleven Badger offensive 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:21.320 lineman who have been drafted over the last decade all 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.159 feature and if you listen to Duke Mayweather talk about 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:27.200 offensive line play, he's one of the elite trainers of 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.960 offensive line, one of the foremost opinions on offensive lineman. 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.680 He had this to say about Wisconsin lineman last year, 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.000 as he always has a crop of guys come and 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.120 work out with him and train with him in the 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:41.560 run up to the draft. Quote. Wisconsin has traditionally done 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.000 a great job of recruiting talent from the high school 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:46.680 ranks that not only have the physical traits we all 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:50.480 get enamored with, such as height, length, weight, power, explosion, 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.640 and athleticism, but they find the players that usually have 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:57.280 a very good base of fundamentals and technique and quote, 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.760 and Dolphins general manager Chris Career he at those comments 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.800 after Miami selected Deeter last April with the seventy pick 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.960 in that twenty nineteen draft quote, just his consistency and toughness, 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.560 Greer says of his desirable traits, It's typical Wisconsin. You 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:14.719 kind of watch it, you kind of know what you're getting. 0:06:14.880 --> 0:06:17.320 It's kind of the meat and potatoes, not the flash. 0:06:17.520 --> 0:06:20.279 So that's what you appreciate. This guy started fifty three 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.320 consecutive games in that conference, which speaks for itself. He's 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:26.360 an easy player to evaluate and a great kid as well, 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.400 and Deeter improved on the stretch last year. His numbers 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:32.039 proved that he didn't allow a sack after the Week 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:34.839 eleven game against the Buffalo Bills and finished the season 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:38.000 with his best Pro Football Focus run blocking grade in 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.960 the Week seventeen victory over the New England Patriots. Up 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:44.800 next on our rundown here is jersey number sixty five, 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.479 Danny Isadora, who has three years in the NFL, entering 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:52.080 his second with the Miami Dolphins. He's a hometown product, 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:54.720 went to the University of Miami, gonna be twenty six 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:57.479 years old on opening day, and again returned back to 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:00.880 hard Rock Stadium after playing his college ball there with 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:04.159 the Hurricanes, and he played three games with the Dolphins 0:07:04.240 --> 0:07:07.160 last year after coming over in a September trade from 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.320 the Minnesota Vikings, but he only played one twenty seven 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:13.120 snaps and those three games because his season was cut 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.400 short with an injury. But he did say the best 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.880 for last in that third game against the Dallas Cowboys 0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.800 with an eight three point six PFF pass blocking grade 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.720 in that Dallas game, a clean sheet and pass protection 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:27.600 zero sacks, zero hits, and zero quarterback pressures for Isa Dora. 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:29.960 Coming back to Miami this year, trying to carve out 0:07:30.000 --> 0:07:33.800 a spot on the offensive line. Up next rookie Solomon Kinley, 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.200 the fourth round draft pick this year out of Georgia. 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:39.720 He's number sixty six, three years old. You can't miss him, 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:43.240 six ft four, three hundred thirty nine pounds. He is 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.080 a wrecking ball. Guys bounce off of him in his 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:48.640 Georgia tape down there in the sec He has that 0:07:48.760 --> 0:07:52.480 sheer density, which just by virtue of the size, creates 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:55.120 longer routes to the quarterback for his opponents in the 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.840 passing game and leads to some almost comical pancake blocks 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.600 on that college tape. NFL draft analyst Lanczerline noted Kiley's 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:06.119 ability to both win with power and finesse. He said 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.640 this quote, nasty guard who lives in scrap mode, looking 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:13.000 for fights inside a relatively small phone booth. Kindley has 0:08:13.040 --> 0:08:15.720 the frame of a powerful guard. He's a maller with 0:08:15.880 --> 0:08:18.520 enough finesse to get some reach blocks and cut off blocks. 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.520 The size and toughness are great end quote, and he 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:23.920 played mostly on the right side early in his career, 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:27.000 but he did move to left guard, where he started 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:30.080 each of the last two seasons. Kiley played two thousand 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:33.840 five snaps in his collegiate career and allowed just four snacked, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:38.680 sacks and fourteen hurries on nine one pass blocking reps. Now, 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:41.360 I'm not one for guarantees, but I can guarantee that 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:44.480 Kinley had more than four snacks in his college career 0:08:44.520 --> 0:08:48.120 down there at Georgia. And Flora's appreciates that physical aspect 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.480 of the game right. He talks about playing with a fullback, 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:52.880 playing behind guys that can run the football and really 0:08:52.920 --> 0:08:55.360 move guys off the line of scrimmage. That's what he 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:58.160 sees when he watches Kindley play. This quote from back 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.760 in April when the Dolphins drafted him. Well, I always 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:03.560 say that's the one thing that stands out. Flora says. 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:06.120 He's a physical kid. He plays the game physically and 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:09.000 looks like he enjoys the game. When you watch him play, 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.600 you get the feeling that he enjoys the physical aspect 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:15.040 of the game. And quote and staying on the interior 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:18.520 offensive line up next on our offensive line training camp preview, 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:21.520 Part one. We will get to part two on tomorrow's podcast, 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:25.680 talking about new Dolphins center slash interior lineman Ted Carriss 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.760 played four years, all with the New England Patriots, entering 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:31.600 his first here in Miami, coming on a one year contract. 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.280 Sixty seven is the jersey number he went to Illinois 0:09:34.360 --> 0:09:36.920 for his college. He's gonna be twenty seven years old 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:39.360 on opening day and he played three years as a 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:42.600 swing interior lineman, the backup lineman on the interior there 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:45.400 for the Patriots, before being called upon as the starting 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:49.480 center last year en Patriots, where he started fifteen games, 0:09:49.600 --> 0:09:53.680 play of the Patriots offensive snaps and continued an impressive 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:57.160 run of mostly a mistake free football. I love cool stats. 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.360 How's this for a cool stat? Over the last six 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:02.400 years of ariss football career four as a pro two 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:06.240 in college, he's committed only eight penalties over that eight 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:09.520 five game span, and that includes forty five starts, So 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:13.040 very mistake free football. Type of guy can communicate the offense, 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:15.040 to the quarterback, to the rest of the line, all 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:17.600 that good stuff. His best football came down the stretch 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.240 last year for the Patriots. He was Pro Football focuses 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:23.800 number two overall graded center. Over the final six games 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:26.520 of the season. On the year, he allowed just fourteen 0:10:26.600 --> 0:10:29.920 quarterback pressures. That was six among all centers that played 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.800 at least five hundred snaps in pass protection, and only 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:36.000 three of those pressures resulted in hits on the quarterback, 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:39.280 giving Carrots an impressive point o five quarterback hit a 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:42.080 loud rate. He keeps your quarterback clean on the interior 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:45.360 offensive line. And of course, a former Patriot will reunite 0:10:45.400 --> 0:10:48.600 now in Miami with head coach Brian Flores. They spent 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.120 three years there together as members of the a f 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.800 C East rival of the Miami Dolphins, and the head 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.360 coach of the Patriots, Bill Belichick, had some really good 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.720 praise of the Dolphins new man in the middle, saying 0:10:58.920 --> 0:11:01.640 Ted's been a dependable player for US for four years. 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.520 He's played guard for US. This year with David Andrews 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:06.560 who was out for the entire season last year. With 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.080 David Andrews situation, Ted's had the opportunity to play more 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:12.800 and he stepped in and played consistently like he really 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:16.000 always has for US. Ted's a smart player, He's strong, 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.160 he could anchor the middle of the pocket, and his 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:21.080 communication with his teammates on the offensive line, which is 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:24.200 critical for the center position to handle blocking schemes and 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:28.000 protections and so forth, has been good and quote and 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:31.320 speaking of crazy stats, are next player here on this list, 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:34.320 number sixty eight, the rookie Robert Hunt. He has one 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:36.520 of my favorite stats that was given out throughout the 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:40.160 course of draft weekend out of Louisiana Lafayette. He's gonna 0:11:40.200 --> 0:11:42.800 be twenty four years old on opening Day. This was 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:46.079 a stat given by Trey Wingo on the ESPN broadcast, 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.440 which he got from the Louisiana Lafayette coaching staff down 0:11:49.440 --> 0:11:52.840 there and that Rageing Cajuns program. They said that over 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.520 the course of the last season, Hunt allowed only two 0:11:55.559 --> 0:11:59.240 quarterback pressures and did not miss a single run blocking assignment. 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:01.480 Of course, they're the ones they're gonna track that thing 0:12:01.520 --> 0:12:04.040 and they know the call of the offensive line. Because 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:06.840 for fans, even the most knowledgeable a fan who can 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.160 read back stats and everything and give you all the 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.760 knowledge of the game. From a fans perspective, we really 0:12:11.800 --> 0:12:14.840 don't know the true responsibility of each player on any 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:17.160 given play. So who else would you trust besides the 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.400 coaching staff, and they say that his stat sheet was 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.880 pretty clean at Louisiana Lafayette, and his tape really checks 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.520 out too, because it is full of dominant play where 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:27.640 he controls the point of attack against the run and 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:30.880 locks out in pass protection. He's played both guard and tackle. 0:12:31.080 --> 0:12:33.520 You'll hear Brian Flores later in this podcast talk about 0:12:33.559 --> 0:12:36.240 that versatility and how important it is. And according to 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:40.120 Pro Football Focus, raging Cajun runs behind Robert Hunt in 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:44.280 twenty nineteen resulted in a six success rate and four 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.560 point one yards before contact. Now, most of the times 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.079 you're gonna get one to three yards four point one 0:12:50.160 --> 0:12:53.520 yards before the back is even touched running behind Robert Hunt. 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:57.760 That of course led all twenty two interior line prospects charted. 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.440 They charted him as an interior line prospect, as some 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:02.920 have considered him an insider outside guy, but he will 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:06.200 have a chance to play on the offensive line insider outside. Again, 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:09.640 that versatility is valuable here, but he led the nation 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:12.720 in that four point one yards before contact stat And 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.280 according to Chris Greer, the Dolphins took Hunt off the 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:17.720 board in that second round in front of some other 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:19.719 teams that were hoping to land the six ft five 0:13:19.960 --> 0:13:23.800 three pound lineman. Greer had this to say. He's a tough, 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:26.760 physical player. He plays with an attitude, He's got good 0:13:26.760 --> 0:13:29.960 football intelligence. It's important to him. A lot of those 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:33.120 criteria and qualities the coaching staff is looking for. This 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.480 kid has them, so we're very excited. After we took him, 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:39.240 Brian and I got multiple text from people on other 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:42.160 teams saying that was their guy. So we were happy 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.000 to get him and think he'll be a good fit. 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.760 We are looking forward to having him to work and 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.640 get on the field and compete for a job, Greer 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:52.560 said there after the Dolphins drafted him back in April. 0:13:52.679 --> 0:13:54.679 Let's go ahead and finish up part one here with 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:58.920 offensive tackle Julian Davenport three seasons in the NFL, entering 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:02.520 number two with the Miami Dolphins, number seventy out of Bucknell, 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:05.160 still just twenty five years old on opening Day. He 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.200 came over last year in that trade towards the end 0:14:07.240 --> 0:14:10.080 up training camp and entered the lineup right away as 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.560 a left tackle, but got hurt in that game and 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:14.520 missed a big chunk of the season, but he did 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.960 come back in the Week eleven game against Buffalo, and 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.400 he finished out the season over the final four games 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:22.320 with positive Pro Football Focus grades in the past blocking 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.680 department with just one sack, two QB hits, and seven 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:29.440 pressures allowed. So incremental improvement there for Davenport as the 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.400 year went along, and Flora's talked about that improvement and 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:35.760 areas where Davenport can improve his game. He said, quote, 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.800 We've harped on him about just consistency with this technique. 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:41.600 The kids athletic, but he's got to play with good footwork, 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.440 hand placement, tight hands, a low base in the run game. 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:46.600 He's starting to do those things a little bit more 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:49.640 consistently and quote. So check out the written piece up 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.280 on Miami Dolphins dot Com the offensive line training camp preview. Again, 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.320 we have all this content for you guys up on 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:57.920 the website taking a look at the offensive players we're 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:01.400 gonna transition in two days now to the defensive side 0:15:01.400 --> 0:15:03.400 of the football. Tomorrow is going to be the offensive 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:05.880 line Part two. We'll get a look in that piece 0:15:05.920 --> 0:15:08.840 at guys like rookie Austin Jackson, the eighteenth pick in 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.360 this year's draft, and Jesse Davis, as well as the 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:14.600 rest of the offensive lineman let's go ahead now and 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:18.040 pivot over to the media availability of head coach Brian 0:15:18.080 --> 0:15:21.160 Flores from Monday. He spoke with South Florida reporters for 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.040 about fifteen minutes, answered some really good questions and gave 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.320 us some good insight into what the Dolphins are doing 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:30.200 this week and beyond here in training camp. And I 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.960 thought the first question was a great leadoff question to 0:15:33.000 --> 0:15:35.680 the media availability because every year you'll see teams talk 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:38.520 about their motto or their slogan, the kind of top 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.400 priority for that season. That was the first question put 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:44.640 to Brian Floores about this year season. What is your 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.160 motto or slogan or theme for the year? As well 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:50.360 as is everybody there and reported to camp. Here's Flores's 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.800 answer on both those two questions. Well, to your first question, 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:57.640 every one here, UM, as far as a model or theme, 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:02.040 I think you know, safetyes is probably the first word 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:05.120 that comes to mind. O. You know, just trying to 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:09.200 make this place is as safe as possible, UM, you know, 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:12.040 on the field, off the field. Up next a question 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.400 posed to coach Flora's about the shape of the players 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.960 reporting to camp as we get ready for this strength 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.400 and conditioning program and the ramp up up to actual 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:23.160 training camp practices that begin on auguste. Here's coach Flora's 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.240 talking about the state and the condition of his team 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.360 without the benefit of O T A S and a 0:16:27.360 --> 0:16:30.240 normal off season. Well, you know, the first week it's been, 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:35.320 it's been good. You know, the information period um, you 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:37.560 know that the league, in the in the p A 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.640 agreed to. And I think it kind of shows how 0:16:40.680 --> 0:16:44.200 importantly offseason is. It's from a rep standpoint on the field, 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.160 but also from a strength and condition extampoint. I think 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:50.680 guys are okay shape, I've got a long way to go, 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:55.560 but they're working. They're working pretty diligently, and you know, 0:16:55.600 --> 0:16:58.360 I've seen already have some improvement for the first week, 0:16:58.720 --> 0:17:01.320 and I'm sure that they'll continue to proved. But you know, 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:05.040 the off seasons, you know, obviously very important, and I 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.320 think the players they understand that too, you know, which 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.639 is why they asked for this. And when we do 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.240 these media availabilities, I always try to find the key 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:14.000 story of the thing we really want to point out 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.600 in that story up on Miami Dolphins dot com. And 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:18.760 the thing I found most interesting was the attention to 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:21.560 detail and how Brian Flores and his staff are always 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:24.280 going to have contingencies and plans in place in the 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.720 event that something does come up they have to address 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:29.439 and how they will handle any potential coaches going on 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:31.800 the COVID list and having to replace those coaches for 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:35.280 practices games. And here's Coach Floras on any contingency plans 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:38.639 regarding that. Yeah, we we talked about this in the spring. 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:43.399 Everyone's gotta backup? Was that two backups. It's something we 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:47.280 talked about. We've gotta we're taking this the same coach 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.080 will take with the players that you know, I go 0:17:49.200 --> 0:17:53.000 down the line, coach will down doing this and so 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:55.920 on and so forth. So it's something we talked about. 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:57.359 But it's not just you know, in the coaches and 0:17:57.600 --> 0:18:02.440 coaching the players staffs. It's try addition to coach, trainer, 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:06.800 head equipment guy on christianness. You got that point where 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:10.720 everyone especially time with you, and so we talked about 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:13.360 the buzzwords Coach Flora's loves to use and the kind 0:18:13.359 --> 0:18:16.359 of pillars he's building this program around the criteria of 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:19.320 being a Miami Dolphin. We've talked about the attention to detail, 0:18:19.359 --> 0:18:21.399 the quizzes he'll give players throughout the course of the 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:23.879 week and meetings and practices in the film room and 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:25.800 so forth. Well, the other thing we talked about a 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.679 lot on this podcast on the website with anything regarding 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:32.199 Miami Dolphins football is versatility, right, And so coach Floores 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:35.160 was posed the question about the approach of adding players 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:37.240 up front to the front seven and what each of 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:39.760 those players might fill, which role each of those players 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.400 might feel rather, and how Flora's feels about where guys 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:45.320 like Emmanuel Ogbas, Shack Lawson and the like might fit 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:47.600 into the defense. Well, Flora's had this to say about 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:51.159 everybody on his roster, including those guys in the front seven. 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.160 Who you want to bring in? Good players, guys who 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:57.720 you know fit the criteria. We're looking forward, tough, smart, talented, 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:01.760 able to communicate, and I think we we feel good 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:04.919 about the guys required. But at the same time, um, 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.679 it takes time for a defensive line of Gael. So 0:19:08.720 --> 0:19:10.200 we need to hit the practice field. We need to 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:17.080 get you together meetings and talk through yeah, cause communication scheme, 0:19:19.000 --> 0:19:23.440 where guys fit the best, what specific roles is best 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:27.240 for each individual players. So that's what that's what training 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:29.400 camps about. So we had a long way to go. 0:19:30.560 --> 0:19:33.320 There was a makeover to a degree, but we got 0:19:33.359 --> 0:19:35.560 a long way to go and up next, coach was 0:19:35.600 --> 0:19:38.160 asked about the plan for quarterback Josh Rosen, but again 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:41.080 that gave him a chance to really emphasize the importance 0:19:41.080 --> 0:19:44.119 of every single player taking each day, taking each rep, 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:47.560 each meeting, each practice, each walkthrough with a certain sense 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:50.240 of urgency and the opportunity to get better and to 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:53.199 earn yourself reps come game day, and how everyone right 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:56.359 now is under the evaluation process heading in to training 0:19:56.400 --> 0:19:59.640 camp and the season. You know, the vision for Josh's 0:19:59.840 --> 0:20:03.520 is is the same vision for every player you come in. 0:20:04.080 --> 0:20:08.879 That's it's a new offense, there's a you know, new teammates, 0:20:10.240 --> 0:20:12.639 used to learn the playbook, get to know your teammates, 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:16.040 work hard in practice, try to improve every day, take 0:20:16.080 --> 0:20:18.600 advantage of your opportunity to take advantage of your reps, 0:20:20.760 --> 0:20:24.399 and let your play on the field. Um, you know, 0:20:24.680 --> 0:20:28.119 what you do on the field will at the end 0:20:28.119 --> 0:20:32.119 of the day that that'll that'll uh will know if 0:20:32.119 --> 0:20:34.280 you'll earn your excuse me, you'll earn your your reps 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:36.160 on the field based on how you play in practice. 0:20:38.000 --> 0:20:41.000