WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 14 Recap 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:15.800 Looking Down, Cut Down, Miami un What is Up? Dolphins? 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.279 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:24.919 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.160 --> 0:00:28.639 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:28.760 --> 0:00:31.600 and as always, I am here each and every day 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:35.440 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:38.479 And on today's show, we are back on the practice field, 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.479 and so too are the Atlanta Falcons. We'll have you 0:00:41.520 --> 0:00:45.280 covered on all the position by position notes, the top performers, 0:00:45.280 --> 0:00:48.159 the matchup, matchup, matchup of the day, and we'll have 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.440 plenty of media to get to with Jillen Waddle to 0:00:50.600 --> 0:00:54.000 a Tongue of Volo, Jalen Phillips, Brian Flores and some more, 0:00:54.080 --> 0:00:57.280 plus cut Down Day, a trade and a breakdown of 0:00:57.280 --> 0:01:01.320 Greg Little, Dolphins new offensive tackle, will talk running back rotation, 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:05.399 breakdown the co offensive coordinator positions, and some pocket presents 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:08.160 talk all of that with Coach Flores and much much 0:01:08.200 --> 0:01:11.640 more from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:18.560 Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast and it 0:01:18.720 --> 0:01:20.960 is of course the day after cuts and we have 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:24.000 some roster moves to make you privy to first off 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:28.160 receiver Alan Hearns had a wrist injury he'll miss significant time. 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:31.080 Coach Flores said in his Tuesday presser that Hearns will 0:01:31.160 --> 0:01:33.520 end up going on i R at some point, and 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.440 that point was yesterday and more on that here in 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.920 just one moment. Unfortunate, as coach said, for sure. Coach 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.920 also said Tuesday is one of the tougher days you 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.280 work through as a coach because it has cut down day, 0:01:45.560 --> 0:01:48.680 and this year there are three of those cut down days. 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:50.760 This one that occurred on Tuesday takes us down to 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:53.240 eighty five players. The next one will take us down 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:57.880 to eight players. That's next Tuesday. Then finally the big 0:01:57.880 --> 0:02:00.560 cut day where we go from eight down to fifty 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:04.160 three August thirty one, another Tuesday, and that, of course 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:07.760 a couple of days after that Bengals game, the preseason finale. 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.320 So as far as yesterday's cuts go, tackled Jonathan Hubbard, 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:14.760 a U d f A and practice squad guy last year, 0:02:14.760 --> 0:02:17.799 he was released from the Dolphins. Jerome Johnson, a U 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:20.760 d f A this year out of Indiana, a defensive tackle, 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:23.840 was also cut. Offensive guard Tyler Mars, who was signed 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:27.440 earlier this month has been released. Offensive tackle to moun Paris, 0:02:27.440 --> 0:02:30.400 who was also signed to the roster recently has been released. 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:33.680 And then Alan Hearns added to the injured reserve. And 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:37.359 then there was an acquisition a player coming in. The 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:40.760 Dolphins acquired Greg Little, the former second round draft pick 0:02:40.840 --> 0:02:43.760 of the Carolina Panthers out of Old Miss. He spent 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.560 two years with the Panthers after being selected with the 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:50.639 thirty seventh overall selection back in so I did a 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:52.200 little bit of a write up or a work up 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.959 on Greg Little after the news dropped. He's six ft 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:58.400 five ten pounds. He's played fourteen games in the NFL, 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:01.480 six starts over his two seasons. And you go back 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.880 to his combine. His best measurement at the combine was 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.919 the broad jump nine ft one inch, showing some explosiveness 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.120 in that lower half, and you see that on the film. Here. 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.800 We'll talk about that in just one second. He was 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.079 a top five high school recruit regardless of position, coming 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.960 out of high school in sen and winding up at 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.560 Old Miss. And he's got two years left on that 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.520 rookie contract which you signed after you get drafted, a 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:26.560 four year deal with the Panthers. And as you know, 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:29.800 with rookie deals, the team that drafts the rookie winds 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.400 up paying the majority of that contract because of the 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.840 initial signing bonus. So the Dolphins have him on a 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:37.040 two year deal still or two years left on that 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.400 rookie deal with pretty affordable figures there. And this guy 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:43.560 with Pro Football Focus numbers before we talk about some 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.760 of his tape here, two thirty two pass blocking snaps, 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:50.840 nineteen pressures allowed as three sacks, two hits, and fourteen hurries. 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:54.360 And I'm wanna talk about his run blocking grade from 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.160 Pro Football Focus. He had forty six run blocking reps 0:03:57.280 --> 0:03:59.400 and a sixty six point to grade. But I want 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:02.560 to make it abundantly clear that I don't know that 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.680 most teams agree with the Pro Football Focus grades, because 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.080 how can you possibly understand an offensive lineman's job when 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:10.800 you don't know the assignment? And that's kind of true 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:13.480 across the entire formation, but it's out there for you. 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.479 Also has played three and fifty eight total reps. I 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:18.200 think he just needs more reps and more time to 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:20.800 get some experience under his belt. When you watch him 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.720 when he lost reps, his feet go quiet upon contact 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:26.280 so like if you look at a pass rush, he 0:04:26.480 --> 0:04:28.520 makes the initial punch and then his feet just stopped, 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.800 and then that allows the pass rusher to keep working 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.760 around him. And he sometimes has a tendency to kind 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.200 of get overset in that lunge and get out over 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:39.200 the skis when he sees an initial pass rush coming in. 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:40.800 So those are two things I think he can work 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:43.960 on because he's got a ton of natural strength. He 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.320 can lean on guys just hasn't quite put it all 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:48.400 together in terms of the polish and the development. But 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:50.080 again that's why you take a flyer on a guy 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.760 like this with the seventh round trade the Dolphins gave 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:54.719 to the Panthers to get him down here to Miami. 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:56.960 But he gets good push in short yardage and can 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:59.719 really wall off backside runs. So I think when you 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.240 look at potential heavy personnel packages, he might be a 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.200 good fit in that area. But he's pretty good in 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:07.440 space as well. There's a screen pass in the Arizona 0:05:07.440 --> 0:05:09.640 Cardinals game. I put it up on Twitter where he 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:11.640 gets out into space and knocks the defensive back on 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:14.080 his butt. So that was a good looking rep. And again, 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:15.960 like I mentioned, a seventh round draft pick. I mean, 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:18.520 sometimes you wind up with a guy that doesn't work 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:20.960 out for you. Sometimes you get Adam Shaheen who earns 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:24.200 a contract extension within that same year. But again when 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.320 he loses, it's because of the feet stop and the 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:28.520 hand placement and technique. Will see if he can get 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.480 better with three and fifty eight total reps in his toolbag, 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:33.960 maybe expand upon that get him more work. He was 0:05:33.960 --> 0:05:36.560 out there working today in the practice. All right, We've 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:38.560 got plenty more to catch up on here, including Brian 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:42.279 Flores is Tuesday Media. Let's go through this first. Here 0:05:42.720 --> 0:05:44.960 two quick answers. I want to cover without the audio 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:46.680 because I want to get through him quickly and so 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:48.360 we can get some more practice notes for you guys 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.080 from the joint practices with the Atlanta Falcons. But I 0:05:51.080 --> 0:05:53.080 do want to play some audio for you guys on 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.880 a particular clip. But first, Coach was asked about the 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:58.760 co ocs and he actually went pretty in depth and 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.640 conveyed that Charlie I is the voice inside to his 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:04.240 helmet that he hears. And he said the upshot to 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.599 that is that they communicate every day and spend so 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:09.600 much time together that in that case those kinds of 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:11.560 those guys can kind of have their own language, their 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:15.680 own conversations about different plays. And coach said, for instance, hey, 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.800 remember we talked about like this, or remember we saw 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.680 this in practice. That's the different relationship or way of 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.560 speaking that is that it is with the coordinator. And 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:26.600 coach said, he knows because he's been in a position 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:29.120 as a position coach and a coordinator. But the idea 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.840 behind giving Charlie the play call is that one or 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.520 two things they've talked about in their room specific to 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.120 the quarterbacks. That just makes sense to coach and he 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.600 thinks it's pretty reasonable. That's why we do it that way, 0:06:39.640 --> 0:06:41.720 he says. He says, I know, you guys asked about 0:06:41.760 --> 0:06:44.200 play calling. Look, obviously you guys haven't been up in 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.000 the coaches booth, But this is kind of what happens. 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:48.560 Somebody is watching the front side of the play, somebody's 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.320 watching the back side of the play. Someone's watching the coverage, 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.320 the rotation, somebody's watching the fronts. So there is a 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:56.719 lot of dialogue. At the end of the day. What 0:06:56.880 --> 0:07:00.000 happens is somebody gives Charlie the call and Charlie says, hey, 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.880 to a wristband thirty three. It's not six people talking 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:05.239 to Uh. You might think that, but that's not what happens. 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:08.120 Maybe that's too much information. Gives some laughter there, but 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:10.840 that's what it is. It's wristband thirty seven. That's the 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.520 information that the quarterbacks get on the headset. The coaches 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.320 are saying, hey, backside and is doing this. We might 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.480 want to call that wristband thirty eight. That's kind of 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:20.720 how that goes. I was told to explain that, and 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:22.920 then he laughs out loud to himself. So I thought 0:07:22.920 --> 0:07:24.960 that was a really good detailed answer there from coach 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.960 as far as how the process goes. I think the 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:31.480 most telling thing about that dialogue there from coach is 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:33.440 did you notice how many people are watching the different 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.840 things the defense is doing? So when you talk about 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:38.520 watching one rep live one time and trying to give 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:42.000 detailed notes on that very very difficult to get done 0:07:42.000 --> 0:07:44.200 by yourself. I do my best at practice, try to 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:46.040 focus on one or two guys in every single rep 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:47.880 and give you that type of note and then obviously 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:49.920 the result as well. But if you're not watching the 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:51.840 tape and going back over and over and over again, 0:07:51.880 --> 0:07:53.400 I mean it takes me a couple of hours to 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:55.680 watch the All twenty two. How much are you really 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.080 going to retain from that one time you watch the game. 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.240 It's a very insightful answer there, Coach. I also love 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:02.840 the joking nature of it, but I also love the 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.720 explanation because that's the kind of insight that I'm personally 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.800 interested in, Like how does the process work? Not just 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:10.360 what's the challenges of having two offensive coordinators or whatever 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.840 the question might be. That was great stuff there from 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.760 Brian Flores. How about some insight into the running back position. 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:17.880 In the running back room, he said this quote, we 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.000 all we like all the backs. They all bring something 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:22.320 a little bit different. Malcolm is a little bit bigger, 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:24.960 has more what you might consider a power back. Miles 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:26.920 kind of a change of pace, good quickness, can get 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.600 out of the backfield, and the passing game. Savan has 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:31.920 got good speed and can get out of the backfield. 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:34.120 A lot of different qualities there. I thought they all 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.640 played well in the preseason game. But just trying to 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.439 come back today, have a good practice, have a good 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:41.040 week of practice against Atlanta, and just trying to continue 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:44.040 and improve on a daily basis. So talking about the 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.679 running backs there. Maybe sounds like you fancy folks might 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.360 not love this room because of how complimentary they all 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.640 towards each other. It might take each other's carries and 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.920 snaps and all that fun stuff away. But again, savan 0:08:54.040 --> 0:08:55.839 Akhmed bringing the juice the last couple of days and 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:57.920 in that game that was fun to see as well. 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:00.240 So we'll keep it on that going forward. Want to 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:02.080 finish her with this audio from coach who was talking 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:04.920 about to his ability to manage the pocket and the 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:07.959 mobility within the pocket from that game on Saturday. I 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:09.800 thought his answer here was great. Let's go ahead and 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.160 go to Brian Flores. And I think that's part of 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:15.319 quarterback in um stepping up in the pocket, sliding in 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:20.760 the pocket, um, you know, to give yourself better throwing lanes. 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.280 I think it does a nice job of that. Um. 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:27.640 I think he's got a good feel for that, and 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:31.800 I mean I think he's, uh, he's aware of that, 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:35.160 you know. And we've got good rushers in this league, 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:38.360 so you're gonna have to step up and slide and um, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:43.160 you know, find you know, create kind of I would say, 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.680 create some throwing lanes, which is able to do, and um, 0:09:46.720 --> 0:09:48.160 you know, we just need to keep repeing it and 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.960 keep getting repetitions on it. Some of that is understanding 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.960 the protection and where there will be some step up 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:58.240 lanes and seeing the front and seeing how the front distributed, 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.440 and you know, if there's three guys over there, then 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:02.760 my step up lanes probably over here. And if there's 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:04.480 you know, I mean, I think there's that that comes 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:10.840 with repetition um down a distance, you know, So there's 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:12.280 a lot that goes into that, and I think he's 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:14.920 he's he's definitely improving in that area. So you hear 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.719 some more very insightful stuff there from coach Flora's. I 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:19.520 could listen to him talk about that type of thing 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.000 all day every day. That's why I wanted to bring 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:24.160 it on the podcast here. And I know where what 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:26.480 ten dents into the show now and haven't got to practice, 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:28.720 but I thought this stuff was very valuable to hear about. 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:30.360 And I want to go back to one more kind 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:33.720 of evaluation here from Brian Baldinger of the NFL Network 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.360 because he broke this thing down with the All twenty 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.120 two in a way that i'd like to do sometimes 0:10:39.200 --> 0:10:40.600 like to do don't have the access to the alt 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:43.560 twenty two now obviously with game Pass not producing the 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:45.720 preseason stuff, but I want to go ahead and play 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.360 some of the sound for you guys, and they breakdown 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.800 that Brian Baldinger did and kind of go through my 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:51.880 thoughts on it as well, because coach talked about the 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.839 recognition of what he sees the situation, the possible lanes 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:58.120 you might have to step up and get through. Let's 0:10:58.120 --> 0:10:59.720 just go ahead and play a minute long clip here 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:03.800 from Iran Baldinger, who talks about one thing that I've 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.600 talked about a lot, and that coincides with what makes 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:08.840 to UH able to get away from that pressure and 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:11.560 able to expect the process of getting the football away 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:14.440 under pressure. Coach Floress talked about the recognition and the 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:17.400 smarts of the position. Brian Baldinger talks about the footwork 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:21.560 to it just does something sometimes that not many people 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:25.000 can do. The guy's got great feet. I mean, let's 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.640 play action pass right here. All right, He's going to 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:31.040 get pressure from both the right end and the left hand. 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:36.840 All right, Watch his feet now, he doesn't look at 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:45.360 anybody here. His eyes are up like that move subtle now, 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:51.960 eyes up. Here's the big best part I was always 0:11:52.000 --> 0:11:56.760 in a position to throw, like after that, after this, 0:11:57.920 --> 0:12:04.840 just chaos right in front of him. Shuffle, slide, set feet, 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:08.600 make throw. That guy is good in the pocket. Man, 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:13.560 he's talented. I had to play that for you guys, 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:15.440 because how long have I been talking about that with 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:18.600 Toa's game, back to the lockdown Dolphins days and scouting 0:12:18.679 --> 0:12:22.360 him at Alabama. Excuse me, and I want to finish 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.160 with the two attack on this point before we go 0:12:24.240 --> 0:12:26.440 to tour for some audio that he gave us post 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.800 practice on Wednesday. But just breaking down those eight completions 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.280 in a row, you saw the full compliment of what 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:34.720 it takes to really win at the quarterback position in 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.040 this league, in my opinion, Like the far hash throw 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.280 to mac hall Ands, the zip, the drive to get 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:40.959 that thing out there before the dB can make a 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:43.000 play on it, make a drive on it. Good stuff 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:44.800 there from the arm strength and the quick set up. 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.360 Speaking of the quick set up and delivery coming off 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:49.240 the fake off of an RPO, look where you have 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.640 to get the feet from going to the possible handoff 0:12:51.679 --> 0:12:54.800 location to back into a throwing position. Like Brian Baldinger 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.679 talked about, there always in a position to threat the defense. 0:12:57.880 --> 0:13:00.079 He does that with the quickness and the footwork. He 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.960 saw that in the game on Saturday, the gorgeous touch 0:13:03.000 --> 0:13:05.680 passed over the top of the underneath defender on the 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:08.599 big plate of Mike Gasicki managing a compromised pocket and 0:13:08.640 --> 0:13:10.640 the trash at his feet on the brown dump off 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:13.040 like Baldi just talked about. There then a stick throw 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.520 on third and six, the conversion to Mike gisicky with 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.959 the zip, the accuracy, the placement off the frame of 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.680 the receiver to play off the leverage of the defensive back. 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:25.360 Impressive showing upon multiple rewatches of that preseason tape. But 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:29.240 again going back to Brian Baldinger's breakdown their fantastic stuff. 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:31.280 He does that every single week and talks about to 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:33.920 a lot. He's a big fan. And then my audio 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.280 here got some more notes before practice notes. I promised 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:39.280 they are coming, the dragons are coming. And then I 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:41.800 had a chance talked to after practice, and he mentioned 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:45.520 the falcon's ability to disguise coverages, which Dean ps has 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:47.680 been doing that for about a billion years now, and 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:51.080 so I asked him how much does it help to 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:55.160 see different teams, different schemes, different looks, different players. How 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:57.160 does that help compared to what you went through last 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.360 year where it was just a ramp up process and 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:02.040 then seeing them Amy Dolphins defense every single day. Let's 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.000 go to to Ah. Yeah, well, I think it's really 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:07.720 good for um, you know, not just young quarterbacks, but 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:11.239 young rookie players to also you know, get this opportunity 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:15.320 UM to see you know, different looks. Um. You know 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:17.640 how guys can go from a four down to a 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:22.200 three down dropping out and what to expect within the coverages. Um. 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:23.800 I mean there's just a lot of things, you know, 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.520 for us, that's what we've seen, and you know, we're 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.840 gonna go into the film room, uh later on today 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.280 and uh we'll try to get those things corrected. Every 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:32.840 once in a while, I'll ask a question to to 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.400 and he gets into the nitty gritty, the xs and os, 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:37.160 and that's when I light up because I know we're 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.000 gonna get something good. You hear him talking about it 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.360 right there. It reminds me of the first podcast I 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.040 did with two on his draft night, breaking down the 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.080 long past in the L s U game in twenty nineteen, 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.480 going up the sideline on the dummy call and getting 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.920 Derek stingly caught out for a long touchdown and then 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:55.480 also the touchdown in the National Championship the game winner 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:57.960 to Davante Smith where he broke those things down. Told 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.440 me about the recall on both those plays. Love here 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:02.480 and to a talk. Some exits and notes. Let's get 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.400 back to the notes here. Some practice notes. Liam Eikenberg 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:08.080 back on the field practicing today, working with the first 0:15:08.080 --> 0:15:10.440 team as well. Jalen Phillips also was back on the 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:14.320 field getting plenty of working. Cornerback Noah Igbanogeny, who was 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.680 banged up a little bit in the Chicago game, was 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:19.160 back out there at practice today, albeit in a red 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.880 non contact jersey. And then no DeVante Parker, no Will Fuller, 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.960 no Albert Wilson, although yesterday coach did say those guys 0:15:25.960 --> 0:15:28.080 are getting closer to getting back, so hopefully we have 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.640 good news on them in the near future. Isaiah Ford 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.240 also miss practice. Sethan Carter, who was injured in the 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.080 game on Saturday, did not practice on Wednesday, nor did 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:41.000 Vince Bagel, Brandon Jones, or Javarus Davis, the second year cornerback. Also, 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:44.280 Sam egg Van added to the reserve slash COVID nineteen 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:46.920 list on Wednesday, so he was not out there either, 0:15:47.560 --> 0:15:49.720 but the Dolphins and the Atlanta Falcons were. And we're 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:51.960 gonna go ahead and take this right into our practice 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:55.480 notes here on the Drivetime podcast for Wednesday's practice Back 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:59.440 with the Pads, day number fourteen and a spoiler for 0:15:59.560 --> 0:16:02.400 later in the podcast. To start off here, Michael Dieter 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:04.640 is going to be involved in the matchup of the day, 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:06.400 and the reason I wanted to put him at the 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:11.000 start was because there was a period during the individual 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:15.080 fundamental period where was one of those beautiful synchronized moments 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.800 where the stuff that I was watching in the individual 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.240 and funding periods carried over to the teamwork, Like, for instance, 0:16:21.680 --> 0:16:24.400 when you watch Michael Dieter go through these drills, and 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.840 notably the double team where you catch the first level 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.400 climbed the second level, you can see the technical proficiency there, 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:33.360 which again goes back to his tape at Wisconsin his 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:35.040 first year here at the Dolphins. Last year had a 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:37.400 chance to kind of sit back and watch the game 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.920 from the sideline and really take those mental reps. I 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:43.280 think that technical proficiency in the middle of the offensive 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:44.680 line is going to go a long way for this 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.760 Dolphins front and it happens really with whoever he works with, 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:52.000 whether it's Robert Hunt usually him, Solomon Kinley, Liam Eichenberg, 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:54.480 whoever it might be, they kill it in this area. 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:56.840 And especially, like I mentioned with Robert Hunt, they were 0:16:56.880 --> 0:17:00.880 getting it done big time in that department on When's day. 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.760 Let's go back to the format of going position by 0:17:03.800 --> 0:17:06.520 position here and we'll start with the quarterbacks. And I 0:17:06.560 --> 0:17:09.880 really thought this was one of Jacoby Brissette's best days, 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:12.040 if not the best of camp. I thought his best 0:17:12.040 --> 0:17:14.480 throw was a quick pop right behind the second level 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:17.359 and in underneath the safety and that third level with 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:20.680 perfect zip and location on the catch, rock throw the football, 0:17:20.760 --> 0:17:23.320 kind of like the Adam Sheheen interception on the game 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.120 on Saturday from two of the Shaheen. He also threw 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.560 with good timing on a number of other throws, including 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:30.520 some good work in the red zone period. He had 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:34.200 an absolute strike Durham Smith coming across the formation, which 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:37.040 was later punched out into force fumble by the Falcons defense. 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:39.320 It went out of bounds of no recovery, but a 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.960 great throw there from Brissette. And he also finished off 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.840 his two minute drive with a touchdown strike to Robert Foster, 0:17:45.080 --> 0:17:46.600 who you're going to hear more about here in just 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.920 one moment, but then two of QB one, he made 0:17:49.960 --> 0:17:52.520 some of those wild throws that seemed to get in 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.760 the show every single day here on Drivetime. Subscribe rate 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.240 review the podcast force if you can, and he didn't 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:00.639 turn the football over. Those were great sons. But I 0:18:00.720 --> 0:18:04.240 just thought from a crispness standpoint, from a location standpoint, 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.119 you know how, I would best refer to it like 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:09.040 you know how, or maybe you don't know this if 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:11.480 you're not a baseball fan, which is seemingly more and 0:18:11.520 --> 0:18:14.159 more of the case these days. But in baseball, a 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:16.879 starting pitcher will make thirty starts in a season if 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:18.679 he's healthy, and they say, ten of those starts you 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.240 have your best stuff, your best curveball, your best bastball. 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:23.840 Ten of them you have your okay stuff, and on 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:25.919 ten of those starts you just don't have it. But 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:28.040 the best pictures would get would be able to gut 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.879 out those ten starts, but they don't have their stuff 0:18:30.920 --> 0:18:33.200 and get through the days where the breaking ball lost 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:35.520 a couple of inches or the fastball loses a couple 0:18:35.560 --> 0:18:38.280 of m p h s on the velocity. So back 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:42.359 with to a. I've just grown so accustomed to every 0:18:42.400 --> 0:18:44.920 pass or most every past being right where it needs 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.760 to be. But there were just a few more than 0:18:47.880 --> 0:18:51.480 usual off target shots today, more in completions, more ball 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:54.080 on the ground than we're used to seeing. Now, that said, 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:56.879 it did give his guys some chances at some crazy 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.880 catches and they made them. Holy moly, waddle and get 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:03.600