WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins OTA June 8 Practice Recap 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:04.720 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.120 --> 0:00:07.600 This is Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:07.680 --> 0:00:10.879 Back to throw to a looking clips about a wide 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:13.240 open touchdown. 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:17.400 Trick call uncrelievable. It's just blue by it for a 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:20.320 second time. Don knew where he was going right away. 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:21.880 I want to hit that man. 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:23.040 I want to help you. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:24.279 Someone will keep on his man. 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:27.640 Away Wattle, Wadle to a shotgun. 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:28.760 Back to throw, looking at them. 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:33.560 Up myers touchdown. It's Waddle his sixth touchdown. 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:34.839 Parados tea. 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:39.000 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:41.320 Now let me check your pulse if you're not. 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:48.000 What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.200 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:53.559 your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:53.560 --> 0:00:54.720 How's it going? Everybody? 0:00:54.760 --> 0:00:57.680 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:57.800 --> 0:00:58.960 Mini Camp. 0:00:58.800 --> 0:00:59.520 Is a wrap. 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:03.200 The off season program is a wrap our last practice 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.840 until late July and training camp gets underway. We're gonna 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.640 hear from head coach Mike McDaniel from Tyreek Hill. We'll 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:11.959 hear from some of the assistant coaches as well, and 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:14.080 of course get you the practice notes from a busy 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:17.759 Thursday here at the Baptist Health Training Complex. That's where 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:18.360 we come from. 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:22.640 This is, as you know, the Drive Time podcast. 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:24.640 Maya Gafi. 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.920 Gonna do it a little bit different today than the 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:31.120 previous two shows, but I want to make clear that's 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.839 my planned format for training camp when we ascend back 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:37.440 on the Baptist Health Training Complex here once more in July. 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.800 It was just a little bit hectic today because we 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.679 had some weather that forced us off the field right 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:45.240 at the end of practice, and then getting the assistant 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.800 coaches for their availabilities was kind of scattered as well, 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:51.760 so I just didn't have really the notes and colentary 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:54.320 to go along, or I should say that paired together 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:56.480 very well. So we're gonna go back to the old 0:01:56.480 --> 0:02:00.000 style here of notes, media and space it out that way. 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:03.800 So I do apologize because I think the storytelling stylistic 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.480 approach I've taken, at least in my opinion, has been 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:08.800 better than what we're gonna do here today. But like 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:10.799 I said, I didn't have the opportunity to ask the 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:12.519 questions in the way that I would. 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:14.600 Do to build it out that way. So here we are. 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:18.840 But first, gosh, the defense got after it on Thursday. 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.760 Five interceptions that I'm calling it four because one of 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:26.520 them came when Jalen Wattle got on top of X 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.520 quickly on a release off line of scrimmage and had 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:31.280 a chance to go get a throw from two of 0:02:31.320 --> 0:02:33.680 It was under pressure and he just basically caught the 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:35.560 snap and flicked it out there for it a little 0:02:35.760 --> 0:02:38.320 like wheel takeoff type of route at the line of scrimmage. 0:02:38.400 --> 0:02:40.560 But Vern McKinley made a nice play getting over the 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:42.360 top of it and making the play on the football. 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.600 But Wattle was brought to the ground because X interfere 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:49.200 with him pretty significantly easily a flag on that play. 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.280 But let's go through the other four actual picks we 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:55.800 saw today in practice. The first was during seven on seven, 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.280 which is very rare. You don't get interceptions in those drills. 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:03.440 Almost ever was covering Waddle and it was kind of 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.240 the same as the other play that resulted in a pick, 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:08.280 only this one was more legal, or I should say 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:11.520 legal in general. He just jammed him, disrupted him, got 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.079 him off the route, got him off his timing to 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.280 a put the ball at the landmark. I thought was 0:03:15.280 --> 0:03:16.760 a good throw in terms of where it was supposed 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:18.400 to be when it was supposed to be there, and 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.239 X just got on top of the route and ran 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:24.200 the route for Jalen. Doesn't happen for seventeen very often, 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:26.680 but it happened here for number twenty five. It kind 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:28.280 of reminded me of the pick in the Niners game 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:30.680 when Jeff Wilson slipped down to the ground and the 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:32.760 ball just wound up right in the lap of the 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:33.679 Niners defender. 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:35.640 Those are going to happen sometimes. 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:38.560 As a quarterback, there's absolutely nothing you can do about 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.200 it because your job, if you want to play the 0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:42.440 position the right way is to play on time, and 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:44.839 that means you know, trusting your guys to be where 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:46.520 they're supposed to be, and if they're not, you can 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:49.400 pay this way. And so in this instance, it comes 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:51.760 back to bite two, but luckily it's during seven on 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.160 seven during a practice, and it was a great play 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:55.880 by X, which I think is the is the big 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.880 takeaway here because he has been outstanding all camp long. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.040 I think he looks healthy, coming back from the two 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.960 growins that he was trying to battle through last year 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:07.240 and obviously slowed his game a little bit, and he 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:09.800 talked about that. I think he looks reinvigorated by the 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.680 system change. He was asked to cover, you know, the 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.720 entirety of Orchard Park last winter in that playoff game. 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:17.640 I think he's the kind of guy who rises to 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.320 a challenge and going and getting a guy like Jalen Rams, 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:23.200 he just gives him another superstar at the position to 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:23.920 compete with. 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:25.680 And that's like, hey, you want to bring him in here? 0:04:25.720 --> 0:04:27.080 Is he better than me? I'm going to try to 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.920 prove that he's not. You know, iron sharpens iron. Right, 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.440 there we go again using that phrase that's overused, but 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:35.920 I think it tracks here in this situation. His feel 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:39.040 his physicality paired with how he's getting out when he's 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.839 challenged vertically, like he's getting that depth quickly or I 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:44.200 should say quicker than he was last year when it 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:46.719 wasn't right. And he's been around the football with some 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:50.039 interceptions and a forced fumble in practice as well. Might 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:53.800 be one of my top takeaways from the entire offseason program. 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:55.920 In fact, let's make that a segment here in just 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:57.280 a minute. Just go ahead and add to the show 0:04:57.320 --> 0:04:59.800 as we go along here. The rest were in team 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.080 portions of practice eleven on eleven one from Justin Bethel 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:05.960 who peeled off and you know, made a great play 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:07.760 from it. What looked like a robber role to me, 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:09.920 which is, you know, something you see from safety is 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.160 more typically than a cornerback, but kind of camped out 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:14.719 in the middle of the field and Skyler Thompson didn't 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:16.560 id him through the ball to an area where he 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.279 was camped out and he jumped it. Made the play 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.600 really head he play diagnosing the route concept, getting to 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:24.800 the position before the quarterback, could you know, execute his role, 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:26.680 got to beat that guy to make picks. That's what 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:30.040 Justin Bethel did on this play. Bryce Thompson capitalized on 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:32.800 two overthrows from quarterback Mike White, who had a rough 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:36.240 day today and a week that I thought wasn't you know, 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.840 comparatively to the last couple of practices nearly as good. 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:39.400 I thought. 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:41.960 He struggled throughout this week and it's kind of been 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:43.839 that way for the non two quarterbacks, up and down, 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.880 some inconsistency, that's typically what you get at the quarterback 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.200 two and three positions and so forth. But they were 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.640 just high of the target and Bryce Thompson was camped 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:53.599 out and you know, in a shell position back behind 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.240 those throws and just scooped him up off the turf 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:59.160 making tough catches. That's three picks this week for Bryce Thompson, 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:03.000 the former CFL player of the Seattle Sea Dragon. See so, 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:06.839 on balance, probably the toughest day for quarterbacks collectively. But 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:08.719 I don't think that should take away from the fact 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:10.840 that they were good and the other practices we saw 0:06:10.960 --> 0:06:13.160 on balance, and that's you know, not even to say 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:15.440 they weren't good today. You know, I did test when 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:17.600 and this is kind of how it goes if a 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:19.760 guy throws a pick, or if a guy throws a 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:21.719 long touchdown, he had a good practice or a bad 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.280 practice based on that one throw from a lot of 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:26.360 the reports you'll see out there. I did test doing that, 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.240 like take the entire practice into account for how you 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:31.760 evaluate this stuff. And there were some good throws in 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:36.039 there from all the quarterbacks, but you know, predominantly Tool 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:37.560 was the one that had a bunch of them, and 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.840 a bunch of those throws from Towa were ones that 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:43.359 got out as soon as he got the football. He 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.359 peppered Wattle on a handful of throws, you know, the 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.599 quick hitters, the glance, the now, the just the immediate throws, 0:06:49.600 --> 0:06:52.200 and I say all the time, give me the VR 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:55.640 Alternative Reality headset that shows me what would have happened 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.840 in live football, because I think that he might still 0:06:59.839 --> 0:07:01.880 be running on some of these shots that to have 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:03.880 put right between the one and the seven on the 0:07:03.880 --> 0:07:06.000 old jersey. There he caught one where I thought he 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.120 had the angle on Javon Holland to go the distance. 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:10.920 Now Holland tagged off with the way Watald got skinny 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:15.160 as he accelerated past what Holland. I should say, I 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.680 want to see that matchup one on one because we 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:19.960 have a great tackler and a great tackle breaker. Just 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.080 good on good there. But you know, good football is 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:24.640 always good for the home team here. One of my 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:27.560 favorite two of reps was very akin to a rep 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:31.800 we saw in practice on Wednesday. He had alec ingold 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:33.960 out to the flat and that's where he wanted to 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.160 go with it, but there was a free runner right 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:37.920 in his face. So you have to take care of 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:39.720 that guy because he could tip it up in the air, 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:41.640 he could put a big hit on you. He's just 0:07:41.760 --> 0:07:43.800 in the way of where you're trying to go. And 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.480 so what Tua does is he gets again, his helmet 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:49.320 and hips and shoulders aligned down the field to the 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:51.760 middle and separates the hands. I even a pump fig 0:07:51.800 --> 0:07:54.520 just quick separation, and that's what the edge is kind 0:07:54.560 --> 0:07:56.800 of reading. You know, if this hands separate, the ball's 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.320 coming out gets him to leave his feet and then 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:01.920 just slips at a round the side of the defender's hip, 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:06.360 you know, throwing it around the airborne defender to alec ingold. 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.800 And it's that ball handling that I continue to be 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:12.040 so impressed by and as such an underrated aspect of 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:15.040 the position and one of those areas that Tua really 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.080 excels with that I feel like we mentioned here in 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.840 the podcast, with various aspects of his game that doesn't 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.120 get enough credit, enough love. Moving on to the backfield, 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.040 thought Devon A Chain had some really nice runs. Man, 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.120 he is decisive at the point of attech, he sees it, 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:32.360 he goes that backside vision shows up every single day. 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.800 I thought Lester Cotton had some really good work today. 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.000 A couple of times you saw him get push and 0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:39.800 then as the play goes by him, you know, he 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.120 holds the hand up to celebrate, and that's the universal 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.720 sign of an offensive lineman. Saying, we just hit a 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:47.199 big run. So typically you celebrate those when you're the 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.800 one that springs them. I thought Liam Eichenberg, who was 0:08:49.800 --> 0:08:52.640 in the Orange Jersey today, had some really good work, 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.680 particularly one rep where there was a rush game thrown 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:57.840 at him and he slid and picked up the original 0:08:57.880 --> 0:08:59.560 slant and then came back and picked up the looper. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:01.839 It's just, you know, the type of stuff that we need. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.280 I don't know a guy like Liam Mikenberg. James Tunstall, 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.640 the rookie from Cincinnati, had one of my favorite reps 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.360 as he got depth, dropped the anchor strike, the punch, 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:12.320 redirected inside, and held off a rush in a position 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:15.160 where the quarterback needed to maximize the time because it 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.400 was a slow developing play down the field, and he 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.120 afforded all that time for a throw from Mike White 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.400 to hit chosen on a big gainer on the defensive side. 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.280 Christian Wilkins absolute menace once again. That's what he does, 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:28.560 just play after play. 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:29.880 This guy is causing issues. 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:31.880 I thought rayk One had one of his best days 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.920 of practices I've ever seen. He was playing inspired and 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:37.480 actually got into a bit of a tiffole tiff tiffle 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:39.600 Is that a word? My making up boards with Leam 0:09:39.600 --> 0:09:42.840 Mikenberg on a couple of plays that he continued throughout practice, 0:09:43.160 --> 0:09:44.880 but he caused a lot of issues on the interior. 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:47.600 Josiah Bronson flashed again and again that's the spot that 0:09:47.880 --> 0:09:51.080 we've talked about, right, you know, I keep here seeing 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:53.240 stuff about the running back position which I don't get, 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.480 but we'll see the offensive tackle position, tight end, that 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:58.640 backup nose tackle spot, Like who's it going to be? 0:09:58.720 --> 0:09:59.920 Is it going to be one of the guys on 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:01.520 Is it going to be someone that we have to 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.199 go find to fulfill that John Jenkins role? And I 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.000 thought Josiah Bronson put himself in position to you know, 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:09.880 I guess meg a case to give himself more work 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.880 at training camp, which is where you can carve out 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:15.440 that role and get yourself some regular time come the season. 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.680 But he had I think a sack or would be 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.680 sack on Skylar Thompson at one point, I had Anthony Montalvo, 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:24.079 the other defensive tackle, the rookie from UCF with the 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:27.320 run stuff. Mitchell Agude had another pressure which he's kind 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:28.840 of the rookie that stand out the most of me. 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:31.440 So far, at least among the undrafted guys. I thought 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:34.360 Cameron Good capped off a nice week of work. 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:34.880 Work a week. 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.280 I mentioned the DBS a little bit, but Bryce Thompson 0:10:38.280 --> 0:10:41.040 getting the two picks, exaving Howard doing exaving Howard things. 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.599 Javon Holland had a couple of plays every day, you 0:10:43.640 --> 0:10:45.160 know where he's lined up for what would be a 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.520 big shot in a game setting. But you can't do 0:10:47.640 --> 0:10:50.559 not here I mentioned Bethel. Yeah, I guess I covered 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:52.120 this already, So why don't we go ahead and do 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:55.040 my top five takeaways from OTA's It was five total 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.319 practices out of you know, I don't know how many 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.360 the team actually ran, but the fid that we got 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:03.240 to see. Number one was taking the football away last year, 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:06.720 just fourteen takeaways, worst starting field position on average. I 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:10.719 think that's one clearly tangible path for improvement. And the 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.800 way this defense has played in these camps, I really 0:11:13.800 --> 0:11:16.880 think they're going to generate a lot of opportunities for takeaways, 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.000 and I think they have the playmakers to go make them. 0:11:19.160 --> 0:11:21.760 You know, like Xavin Howard, who's been an interception machine 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.200 his whole career, had just a couple last year, not 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:25.400 the usual amount we're. 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:25.920 Used to seeing. 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:28.960 But you know, facing this quarterback who does a good 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.240 job of protecting the football, not gonna get a lot 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.559 of chances there, but they've done a good job finding 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:35.880 a few. But also I think where you might get 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.080 some more takeaways and negative plays that really turn into 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:41.680 splash plays for the defense is all those coverage sacks 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:44.440 and coverage you know, confusing the quarterback we've talked about. 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:46.240 You do that in game days headings. 0:11:47.040 --> 0:11:49.000 The pass rush gets their chance to actually tee off 0:11:49.000 --> 0:11:51.520 from the quarterback. That's how you jar balls free, much 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:54.120 like the Jdan Phillips pass rush on Josh Allen last year. 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:56.199 So Number one, I think this defense is going to 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.880 increase takeaways, maybe even one hundred percent, Like they're going 0:11:59.920 --> 0:12:01.960 to get a lot more takeaways than they had last year. 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.880 Number two, speaking of that quarterback adding to his game, 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:08.040 this is kind of a reiteration of what we talked 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.559 about in the podcast previously. I'm not going to repeat 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:13.160 the entire episode that was essentially a two year conversation 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:15.440 around his game and the evolution of his game to 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:17.760 this point in the commentary. To back that up from 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:19.960 coach and Tow himself but I just love the way 0:12:20.240 --> 0:12:23.040 that he's seeing it, getting it out taking What's there? 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:27.280 More on that from Ronaldo Hill here in just a moment. 0:12:27.559 --> 0:12:30.280 Number three set and forget guys. The guys we've grown 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:33.800 accustomed to making plays were added again this camp. Waddle, Wilkins, 0:12:33.840 --> 0:12:36.720 Holland the guys that we've seen make a million plays, 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.560 just doing it time and time again. Guys that do 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:42.000 it to win games. And that's how you do win games, right, 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.160 You have a bunch of really good players that make 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:47.360 a bunch of really big plays, stepping up consistently. It 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:49.520 takes talent to win in this league, and there's no 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.320 shortage of that here. Plenty of other guys to list, 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.560 but those were the ones that I thought, really, you know, 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:59.359 saw their opportunities or rather were put out there consistently 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:01.720 to make plays, and they did. Because some guys didn't 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:03.080 give as much work as the other guys did, Like 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:04.880 you know, Jelen Phillips made his plays, but he didn't 0:13:04.880 --> 0:13:07.160 gives much work. And you know, Bradley Chubb was not 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:09.199 out there very often, Tyreek Hill not at all. 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:09.839 Stuff like that. 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:14.199 Number four, earning your opportunities. This list is certainly longer 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:16.400 than what I'll give you. But coach, you know, always 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:19.080 talks about guys earning a chance, an opportunity to carve 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:21.720 out a role for themselves and loves the process of 0:13:21.760 --> 0:13:26.840 taking each day by day, each and every day to 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:30.280 determine who deserves those those chances and not really pigeonholing 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.200 yourself and saying like this guy is this role you 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:33.439 know here in the month of June. 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:34.640 No, let it play out. 0:13:34.840 --> 0:13:37.760 And he talks about managing each player's workload case by case, 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.520 and again like we know Tyreek Hill, we know what 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:42.920 his role is, right, He's the number one receiver. He's 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.160 he's the biggest playmaker in the NFL. But for a 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.319 rookie looking to make a name, or a second year 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:50.040 guy like an Eric Azukama, he's one that I put 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:51.480 in there. They run after the catch he had the 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:53.720 other day. I didn't know he had jets like that. 0:13:53.720 --> 0:13:56.920 That was impressive. I think Chosen has been really good. 0:13:57.000 --> 0:14:00.640 Bethel Johnson's been fantastic. I think Deshaun Elliet it's been good. 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.800 I liked Mitchell Lagude and Garrett Nelson from the UDFA 0:14:03.880 --> 0:14:06.560 class mentioned Josiah Bronson Gott in the notes A lot. 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.040 I thought Liam Eichenberg had some of his best practices 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.720 we've seen so far as a pro. Rob Jones and 0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:14.280 Lester Cotton got into the notes as well. So some 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.640 chances for those guys to grow and improve and build 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:20.320 a pump they did here in springball. Come summertime and 0:14:20.440 --> 0:14:22.360 number five, I actually have a five A and a 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:25.320 five B. So much versatility. I was so impressed by 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:28.000 the secondary and the more I watch, the more I 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:31.160 think you have so much interchangeability and options for what 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.440 you do in terms of groupings and alignments in that 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:36.800 back end. The play that Bethel Johnson I keep saying, 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:40.000 Bethel Johnson, the play that Justin Bethel made today was 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:42.440 a good example of that. Have I been saying, Bethel Johnson? 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:46.080 I do that all the time. Justin Bethel put guys 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.480 in positions to suit their skill sets, opposed to just 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.880 saying like you're a corner, go play corner, like you're 0:14:52.000 --> 0:14:54.680 defensive back, or maybe even you're just a defensive player. 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:58.000 Go you know, show this cloud coverage from this cover 0:14:58.040 --> 0:14:59.800 three look and then peel off and go rob the 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:01.680 back crosser, Like that's. 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.960 Not really a cornerback role, but you can do it. 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:06.360 Because you have these guys that are you know, quick 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:08.440 twitch and have eyes in the quarterback and have a 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.920 good feel for spacing and route concepts. I think that's 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.840 true all over the secondary and kind of all over 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:17.120 the roster as well. And then the five B part 0:15:17.200 --> 0:15:19.280 is we'll see on the offensive line. It's tough to 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:21.720 get a gauge out here. I don't think it's been great. 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:26.400 But without Tehran, without Connor Williams, your two best offensive linemen, 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:28.880 it would make sense that they would struggle against our 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:31.160 front that is this good and has most of the 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.720 guys there. But I just think that matchup point as 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.080 you would expect in terms of the pass protection and 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:39.400 offensive line in general versus a tough front. All right, 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.320 let's go ahead and get to some audio. Next, that's 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.440 the end of the practice notes. We're gonna talk all 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:46.280 head coach Mike McDaniel next. He was long but as 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.720 good as ever today, which is saying something. And then 0:15:49.720 --> 0:15:54.200 we'll talk to Vic Fangio, Ronaldo Hill, Tyreek Hill, Ronald 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:59.320 Frank Smith. I think that's it, yeah, Hill, Hill, Smith, Fangio, 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:01.520 and McDaniel. Well, all that coming your way next here 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:04.200 Drift Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:04.840 by automation. 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:08.600 Let's go ahead and. 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:11.160 Pick it back up here with head coach Mike McDaniel, 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.720 who addressed the media for the third straight day. We 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.000 should be so lucky to get that much coach commentary 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.960 like we did here in the month of June. The 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.880 first question for coach, what did you take away from 0:16:21.920 --> 0:16:24.200 the spring program? What's your evaluation of what you got 0:16:24.200 --> 0:16:26.640 accomplished here during the spring program? 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:27.200 Here's coach. 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:33.400 That's a That's a good one, because I'm to be honest, 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:38.160 I'm I'm very very happy with as happy as I 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:41.120 could be. I think with where we're at right now. 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.040 You know, talk to the team at length. We have 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:50.600 a lot of good players that have ambitions to be great. 0:16:51.920 --> 0:16:56.160 A lot of people have high expectations for this team, 0:16:56.840 --> 0:16:59.760 and so what does that mean. That means, you know, 0:17:00.080 --> 0:17:04.320 in my opinion, and I think as I've observed our 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:09.800 shared team's opinion, is that means we need to put 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.000 our best foot forward and go to work each and 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:19.120 every day. So I'm super super pumped about where we're 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:26.480 at in Phase three with with one practice really left, 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:32.760 and that that's awesome. Now, what does that mean again, 0:17:33.800 --> 0:17:39.119 it means check that box. Oh yeah, by the way, nothing, 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:44.119 because you know, the players have to understand that this 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:48.399 is a stepping stone. You know, now in front of us, 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:53.480 we have an extended period of time off where you 0:17:53.520 --> 0:17:56.280 know they're gonna have to count on each other to 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:59.679 stay in shape and being in training camp shape. So 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.439 you have to show up to training camp in shape 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:04.399 to have it, and you have to diligently go about 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:09.640 training camp and step by step by step. That's where 0:18:09.680 --> 0:18:13.280 our focus has been this offseason. Because of that, I've 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:16.359