Speaker 1: Keep booking down Down, Miami, les drawn. What is up,
Speaker 1: Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield
Speaker 1: and as always I am here to bring you your
Speaker 1: daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show
Speaker 1: from the Windy City, we're covering the day that was
Speaker 1: in Chicago at Hollis Hall as the Dolphins matched up
Speaker 1: with the Chicago Bears for a spirited joint practice. Will
Speaker 1: cover the top performers, position by position, details a new
Speaker 1: type of matchup of the day. We'll talk about the
Speaker 1: Dolphins defensive dominance, answer some of your questions, and send
Speaker 1: out a massive thank you to the greatest fan base
Speaker 1: in all of sports. All of that and more on
Speaker 1: this edition of the Drive Time Podcast. Where else could
Speaker 1: we start besides the hashtag that was trending on Dolphins
Speaker 1: Twitter Wednesday morning? The practice started off on Wednesday as
Speaker 1: an open to the public session, which means live tweeting
Speaker 1: is permitted, and we were out there for all of
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes before the lightning alarm went off on the
Speaker 1: practice field, and they had to clear out the field, players, fans, media, everybody,
Speaker 1: and so it was off to the indoor facility where
Speaker 1: the media stuff is all set up, so the field
Speaker 1: is not immediately available for use. And once it became
Speaker 1: clear the bad weather would last for a little while,
Speaker 1: a little over an hour, a bunch of staffers from
Speaker 1: both clubs worked at a rapid impressive pace to clear
Speaker 1: things up, and the Bears got half the field and
Speaker 1: we got the rest of the field, and there was
Speaker 1: a little bit of eleven on eleven in this period,
Speaker 1: and then it was right back outside. But the change
Speaker 1: meant the practice was now close, so no live tweeting.
Speaker 1: So with my laptop of my phone, I'm taking all
Speaker 1: the notes i can. I got down as much as
Speaker 1: I could to bring you guys a great show here
Speaker 1: on the podcast in lieu of the live tweeting that
Speaker 1: I know you all love so much, but I'm glad
Speaker 1: to have you here with me. On drag time at
Speaker 1: the final special teams period, I take a little bit
Speaker 1: of a break and checked Twitter to see all these
Speaker 1: photo shops. Someone found some horrible art video projects still
Speaker 1: up on YouTube that I did in college a few
Speaker 1: years ago. And use that to talk about this hashtag.
Speaker 1: And on top of that, the free wingfield hashtag was
Speaker 1: trending to the point that when I typed in the
Speaker 1: hashtag and free wingfield and Twitter, the only other topic
Speaker 1: ahead of it, or just free rather, the only other
Speaker 1: topic ahead of that was hashtag free Brittany. Just remarkable.
Speaker 1: You guys sure know how to make a guy feel special,
Speaker 1: And I just want to say what an honor and
Speaker 1: privilege it is to be counted on by so many
Speaker 1: to get the word out and talk about this team
Speaker 1: and share my excitement for what Chris Greer, Brian flo
Speaker 1: Reas and everybody involved. I mean, it's hundreds and hundreds
Speaker 1: of people what they're involved here and putting together with
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. The only thing that makes it better
Speaker 1: is what you guys did. So thank you truly from
Speaker 1: the bottom of my heart. And stay hilarious because some
Speaker 1: of the stuff that you guys had sent to me
Speaker 1: or just put on Twitter in general had me laughing
Speaker 1: out loud at the top of the bleachers like a
Speaker 1: total psychopath. So keep that energy coming on Thursday at
Speaker 1: Thursday's practice to finish set in the scene here kind
Speaker 1: of a cool spot out in the forest in Illinois.
Speaker 1: Out here, they've got four practice fields at Hollis Hall
Speaker 1: and we're on three and four, which is a bit
Speaker 1: of a walk away from the actual facility located back
Speaker 1: on the back part of the property. And right behind that,
Speaker 1: right behind the field is a very foresty area with
Speaker 1: an open field beyond the trees, and there's a railroad
Speaker 1: system back in there too. And I mentioned this on Twitter.
Speaker 1: I'm just a sucker for, you know, intimate type of
Speaker 1: romantic settings, and I found this to be one of those.
Speaker 1: It was. It was a really cool looking spot, really
Speaker 1: cool looking practice field, a deaf and it change from
Speaker 1: South Florida. And on top of that, there was a
Speaker 1: bit of a chill in the air ahead of the storm,
Speaker 1: which was a very very nice break to get away
Speaker 1: from the oven that is South Florida in August. And
Speaker 1: I'm sure the players appreciated that a little bit too.
Speaker 1: But man, it speaks to the challenge of playing somewhere
Speaker 1: up north all summer for training camp in preseason, before
Speaker 1: coming down to South Florida for a game in September October,
Speaker 1: and quite frankly, the entire calendar, it's human up here. Too,
Speaker 1: but nothing compares to that South Florida's sweat box. As
Speaker 1: for the practice itself, before we went inside, and this
Speaker 1: is funny to me because I joked with coach Lemuel
Speaker 1: John Pierre about how they work so far from where
Speaker 1: we sit at Baptist Health Training Center in Miami Gardens,
Speaker 1: and I was dying to get an up close look
Speaker 1: at the offensive line, and today I got that chance.
Speaker 1: I started off in the bleachers right behind the end
Speaker 1: zone where they were working, so I got to hear
Speaker 1: the pop of the pads and the instruction of the
Speaker 1: coaches and just everything that went along with that unit
Speaker 1: and with that period the practice, I want to go
Speaker 1: ahead and get to the notes here and talk about
Speaker 1: the offensive line first, because I felt like I got
Speaker 1: a really good look at this group, not for the
Speaker 1: first time, but the first really close up focused practice
Speaker 1: I had on the offensive line. First. Rob Hunt's strike
Speaker 1: and punches they're not just felt, they're heard. My God,
Speaker 1: he is powerful. Austin Jackson too. I heard both of
Speaker 1: those guys the most in that period. I noted that
Speaker 1: it like the way that Liam Eichenberg works everything in tandem,
Speaker 1: you know, step and punch time together, He's patient with
Speaker 1: that punch, and it allows him to incorporate the lower
Speaker 1: half and get the full force of those strikes because
Speaker 1: of the way he's technically wired up. I just wrote
Speaker 1: that he's technically sound, which really corroborates with what a
Speaker 1: lot of draft knicks had on him pre draft out
Speaker 1: of Notre Dame. Now, derv All Kiras Netto's work over
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, I thought showed up in
Speaker 1: this period more so than any other time that I saw.
Speaker 1: And they were coming off the snap in into bags
Speaker 1: held by other offensive lineman who were seeming late in
Speaker 1: the role of defensive lineman, and the force of derv
Speaker 1: All looked the most powerful of the group. And when
Speaker 1: I saw his feet really perfectly under his shoulders, not
Speaker 1: widening the base, not getting too narrow, just on balance,
Speaker 1: I thought, Man, what a great combination for that guy.
Speaker 1: I'm so excited to watch him play in a preseason
Speaker 1: game and get a look at how all that work
Speaker 1: of practice, squad training, camp o t s, everything he's
Speaker 1: done for the last three years kind of come to
Speaker 1: fruition in an actual game day setting. I wanted to
Speaker 1: get a good look at Michael Dieter, and I thought
Speaker 1: you could just see the added strength and his ability
Speaker 1: to anchor against those big bull rushes in the inside.
Speaker 1: For instance, there was a rep where he drew Dervall
Speaker 1: as the lineman, playing that role of the defensive lineman,
Speaker 1: and you need to understand that there was no throttle
Speaker 1: down with Dervall, so he gave Mike everything he's got
Speaker 1: in that particular rep. And plus on top of that,
Speaker 1: he used to be a defensive lineman. But Mike sinks
Speaker 1: into his pass set and absorbs the rush without giving
Speaker 1: a whole lot of ground. That's a very valuable thing
Speaker 1: to have right in front of your quarterback in this
Speaker 1: particular offense with TWA and the quick passing game. And
Speaker 1: the last note here from this period before we get
Speaker 1: into something on the one on ones and team periods.
Speaker 1: There was a ton today as you can imagine of
Speaker 1: team and one on one periods. But in this portion,
Speaker 1: just watching Rob Hunt in space, he comes in controlled,
Speaker 1: doesn't sacrifice the power, and I think you see that
Speaker 1: translate to the tape you see on Sundays. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and get to the winners of the
Speaker 1: one on one period both between the offensive line and
Speaker 1: the defensive line, and it starts where the last portion
Speaker 1: ended with Rob Hunt his first rep. He gave absolutely
Speaker 1: positive ground to the pass rusher and the contact arrives
Speaker 1: and everything just frozen time right there. He got dapped
Speaker 1: up by his coaches after this rep, just completely stone
Speaker 1: wall on the guy just hit the man, get out
Speaker 1: of there because you lost the rep. And there's always
Speaker 1: a good chance to see the reaction from both teams
Speaker 1: in these reps, in the joint practices, like who's getting
Speaker 1: dapped up, who's getting coached up, And in this instance
Speaker 1: it was Dolphins one, Bears zero. But the Bears really
Speaker 1: came back strong in that period. Man, they have some
Speaker 1: dudes up front, a chem Hicks. That guy's a problem,
Speaker 1: but you knew that. I thought this was a good
Speaker 1: opportunity to see a new set of moves, you know,
Speaker 1: from different pass rushers that can bring different things. Power
Speaker 1: arm over guys were empering, emptying the clips, so to speak,
Speaker 1: in that pass rush game, and I wanted to get
Speaker 1: a good look at that rep after the rap. Remember
Speaker 1: on the podcast last year, we always highlighted the play
Speaker 1: before the big play, the play that made the game
Speaker 1: changing moment. Possible because it's never just one guy or
Speaker 1: one big play. You have to make plays to set
Speaker 1: up the big play. Why I wanted to get a
Speaker 1: look at how guys would respond after losing a rep,
Speaker 1: and there were some good and it starts there with
Speaker 1: Solomon Kinley, who I thought basically took this segment and
Speaker 1: made it his own. There were back to back reps
Speaker 1: in this period that did not go his way, but
Speaker 1: he didn't let that ruin his day. He got some
Speaker 1: coaching from coach Lemil John Pierre got back in there
Speaker 1: and finished the period with two really strong reps. Then
Speaker 1: he came into the team period and I thought had
Speaker 1: some really good work there too, especially in the two
Speaker 1: minute period at the end of practice when to a
Speaker 1: completed back to back passes for nice chunk gains to
Speaker 1: put Jason Sanders in position for the quote un quote
Speaker 1: win at the end of that period. I really wanted
Speaker 1: to make a note of that because to me, that's football,
Speaker 1: and that's especially practice. How do you respond when things
Speaker 1: don't go your way Because in the sport, we know
Speaker 1: it's never going to go your way all the time,
Speaker 1: and the same was true of Cameron tom back to
Speaker 1: back reps one after another. One didn't go his way,
Speaker 1: and the next he just dug those spikes in the
Speaker 1: ground through the punch and stone walled Balala Nichols who
Speaker 1: play so low to the ground with such power and
Speaker 1: can really get under those pads and Cameron Tom responded
Speaker 1: big in that way. And this is not in the
Speaker 1: same idea of responding, but just rather a lot of
Speaker 1: good work from Austin Jackson and spoiler alert here he's
Speaker 1: gonna be in top performers. I thought he did some
Speaker 1: damn good things out there. One thing that really caught
Speaker 1: my eye was the work he had against Robert Quinn.
Speaker 1: We all know Robert Quinn quite literally one of the
Speaker 1: best burst off the edge in the last decade. Like
Speaker 1: it's Cameron wake esque off the edge, and against a
Speaker 1: Russia like that, it can be easy to panic and
Speaker 1: to overset. And when I talk about overset, it's where
Speaker 1: you rush up for to wall off the speed rush
Speaker 1: and that opens up a big gap between you and
Speaker 1: in this instance the left guard and the player. The
Speaker 1: pass rusher can then just redirect work back inside and
Speaker 1: get that easy access to the quarterback likes it's easier
Speaker 1: to get to the quarterback when the tackle oversets than
Speaker 1: it is to run around the guy because it's an
Speaker 1: obviously quicker path of the quarterback. So it's big problems
Speaker 1: when you react to the speed rush in a way
Speaker 1: that is overreactionary. And he just didn't do that at
Speaker 1: all today. And it wasn't one rep or two reps,
Speaker 1: it was actually three reps up against Robert Quinn where
Speaker 1: he got this three straight against and he was perfectly
Speaker 1: happy to kick slide, get into that set and work
Speaker 1: the inside shoulder and put himself in position to either
Speaker 1: run him around the arc around the back side of
Speaker 1: the quarterback, which is the worst place to be in football,
Speaker 1: or mirror when he tries to cross face, and nothing
Speaker 1: Quinn was throwing at him in this drill was helping
Speaker 1: him get to the quarterback. And Quinn had some success
Speaker 1: in other parts of the day as well, so it's
Speaker 1: not just like he was losing to everybody. Just good
Speaker 1: work by Austin Jackson. And my last note here on Austin.
Speaker 1: I noticed a lot of times that Quinn or otherwise
Speaker 1: they would try to draw that punch out early where
Speaker 1: you want the offensive linemen to show the hands, because
Speaker 1: once he pulls those hands up. That's how pass rushers
Speaker 1: go to work, because they start to grab and pull
Speaker 1: and grip and and do things to get you off
Speaker 1: balance against your momentum. I'm going in the wrong direction,
Speaker 1: and Austin just stayed patient in the air in that
Speaker 1: area and wouldn't throw the hands. If he can showcase
Speaker 1: that skill set consistently with his athletic profile, change of direction,
Speaker 1: skill set and ability to create push off the line, man,
Speaker 1: I'll feel damn good about that left tackle position and
Speaker 1: finishing up here on the offensive line. I thought Jonathan
Speaker 1: Hubbard had a really good day and he's had a
Speaker 1: quietly strong camp in his own right. The same is
Speaker 1: true of Adam Panky. He had some reps in the
Speaker 1: one on ones and again in the team period where
Speaker 1: I just thought he was winning and getting pushed and
Speaker 1: doing good and pass pro. Where should we go next?
Speaker 1: How about the quarterbacks? Everybody loves quarterbacks right Well, first,
Speaker 1: I want to make it clear that you just cannot
Speaker 1: take it all out there, take it all in out there.
Speaker 1: So my apologies to read Sennetta. I did not see
Speaker 1: a lot of his reps, and as you can imagine,
Speaker 1: I mostly watched our defense when Jacobe Brisette was in
Speaker 1: the game as well, so when I did get a
Speaker 1: look at him, though, he made some nice throws in
Speaker 1: the team periods, especially late in practice. Now, as for
Speaker 1: Tua and the passing offense in general, two quick things here.
Speaker 1: They got the ball out wide a lot, and I'm
Speaker 1: not sure if it was my design or based on
Speaker 1: what they saw by the but I counted at least
Speaker 1: three or four times where two against the ball outside
Speaker 1: the numbers to a man who was pretty open and
Speaker 1: had space to run. He found Wattle twice on these,
Speaker 1: Shaheen once and Miles Gaston another time. And we're talking
Speaker 1: gains of twenty plus yards each time. And that part
Speaker 1: kind of crosses over into the second part, which was
Speaker 1: the way he worked with and mitigated pressure. And just
Speaker 1: back to that first point real quick, like, maybe it
Speaker 1: doesn't look pretty as far as what you know reporters
Speaker 1: and writers want to see, but if you're gaining yards,
Speaker 1: what difference does it make? I mean that was consistent
Speaker 1: on that play. They were finding chunks of yards in
Speaker 1: that area. But you know, back to mitigating pressure. I
Speaker 1: asked to after practice, if playing against another defense besides
Speaker 1: your own, albeit free of live contact and live rushes
Speaker 1: in the quarterback the red jersey, you know, everyone stops,
Speaker 1: but if it was different since guys on the other side,
Speaker 1: maybe they're a little bit hungry to get that extra
Speaker 1: inch closer to the quarterback, and of seeing a different
Speaker 1: color flash was beneficial to working through those simulated pressures
Speaker 1: and just real quick. Both teams on this day did
Speaker 1: a really good job of taking care of each other,
Speaker 1: and Coach Flores talked about the agreement between they and
Speaker 1: the Bear staff. You know, no cut blocks, no fighting,
Speaker 1: things of that nature. So I'm sure if both staffs
Speaker 1: were pleased with that and the fact that I never
Speaker 1: saw any quarterbacks on the ground. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: go to two and now to break it down, I
Speaker 1: think this defense is really good upfront, Um, you know
Speaker 1: there when you're hitting your back foot on your throws,
Speaker 1: you know they're they're right there. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: kind of in your face area. Um, you know. But
Speaker 1: that forces us to, you know, as quarterbacks, to kind
Speaker 1: of move the way we need to um. And it
Speaker 1: simulates game like um kind of pocket presents for us.
Speaker 1: And so you know, I thought it was really good today.
Speaker 1: We'll take a look at the film. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: we'll try to correct a lot of the things that
Speaker 1: we didn't do well today, and I will come out
Speaker 1: tomorrow and you know, hopefully it's a it's a better one.
Speaker 1: You gotta love it when you have an idea of
Speaker 1: how you want to cover a certain event on the
Speaker 1: practice field at a game, whatever it might be, and
Speaker 1: your question to the player, of the coach, or whoever
Speaker 1: it might be, and their answer coincides with how you
Speaker 1: wanted to approach it to it did a great job.
Speaker 1: They're talking about the pocket presence and how they dealt
Speaker 1: with that pressure. So he talked about how he thought
Speaker 1: it was a good opportunity to work on dealing with
Speaker 1: that stuff. And I thought that was where he really shined,
Speaker 1: because there was a couple of instances where he stepped
Speaker 1: up through the muck and cleared that initial rush, the
Speaker 1: initial wave and got past it. And a lot of
Speaker 1: a lot of good quarterbacks in today's league do that.
Speaker 1: And on one instance he had a bunch of green
Speaker 1: grass in front of him for a nice run. And
Speaker 1: then on three other occasions he presses the line and
Speaker 1: fires strikes to the intermediate portions of the field for
Speaker 1: completions like today. It wasn't sit back in the pocket
Speaker 1: and scan the field and go deep like that wasn't
Speaker 1: the game today. Today, it was get away from pressure,
Speaker 1: throw quick, get the ball out of your hand, and
Speaker 1: make it work with what you have. And he did
Speaker 1: that a lot, I thought. And there was another one
Speaker 1: where he got to the line and worked down the
Speaker 1: line not so as to not cross over and lose
Speaker 1: the ability to throw the football once you get past
Speaker 1: the line and the illegal forward pass, and he completed
Speaker 1: that one for a decent chunk too. So that's the
Speaker 1: kind of stuff that I think you can really take
Speaker 1: that can really take his game to another level, because
Speaker 1: we know he can play from the pocket and win
Speaker 1: that way. But to get off the spot and make
Speaker 1: plays off script, man, that's gonna go a long way
Speaker 1: for this guy for this offense. But again, that Bears
Speaker 1: front is ferocious. I thought Khalil Mack and Jesse Davis
Speaker 1: had some good battles during the team periods, trading some
Speaker 1: wins back and forth. Good to see Jesse Davis hold
Speaker 1: his own against one of the very best in the
Speaker 1: game at times. Out there another area where two was strong.
Speaker 1: Before we get to the rest here, and this was
Speaker 1: in the seven on seven period. He threw some strikes
Speaker 1: to receivers working the end line of the end zone, low,
Speaker 1: hit in the football, high and away from danger. Later
Speaker 1: we saw some of the manipulation with the body position,
Speaker 1: the way he can move the defense with not just
Speaker 1: the eyes but the position of the feet and hips
Speaker 1: to sell a player on a particular route, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go in this direction and then once you move off
Speaker 1: that spot, I'm gonna throw to the vacating spot. Saw
Speaker 1: that in spades and a seven on seven drill, and
Speaker 1: that has really been pretty consistent for two or throughout
Speaker 1: the course of this training camp and really going back
Speaker 1: to his college days. We saw a bunch of it
Speaker 1: last year in the rookie season as well. I think
Speaker 1: it's going to serve him very well, the ability to
Speaker 1: move guys off of a spot with not just the
Speaker 1: eyes but the body position as well. So some high
Speaker 1: level stuff there from your second year quarterback. And one
Speaker 1: play I think too it would like to have back.
Speaker 1: He gets away from pressure and as he goes to throw,
Speaker 1: the ball slipped out of his hand and the bears
Speaker 1: fallen and he looked upset by it. But I thought,
Speaker 1: but he would bounce back. I should say, very next
Speaker 1: play rips one across the field to Jalen Waddle to
Speaker 1: really show off the arm strength and the zip, and man,
Speaker 1: he was humming that thing across the field today. I
Speaker 1: thought particular play was a really good example of two
Speaker 1: of his arm strength and what he offers in that department.
Speaker 1: So that, paired with the bounce off the top of
Speaker 1: the spot of the drop like he mentioned, and the
Speaker 1: drive on the passes are two things that I think
Speaker 1: have really stood out to me so far in this
Speaker 1: training camp for two A tongue by loa. Oh you
Speaker 1: know what, we didn't do housekeeping. Let's knock this out
Speaker 1: real quick. Jalen Phillips is back on the practice field.
Speaker 1: Davante Parker, Albert Wilson, and Will Fuller are here but
Speaker 1: will not practice this week, and coach says tight end
Speaker 1: hunter long remains day today. The only real other thing
Speaker 1: to mention here is that coach said guys will play
Speaker 1: on Saturday. He did specify who that is, but he
Speaker 1: said they'll have an idea on game day. Had to
Speaker 1: have not finalized yet how much each guy will play,
Speaker 1: but he did clarify your quarterback to a tongue by
Speaker 1: Lola will in fact play in the game on Saturday
Speaker 1: at one o'clock NFL Network. Okay, back to it. The
Speaker 1: receiver's Jalen Waddle continues to make tough catch after tough
Speaker 1: catch after tough catch, and that's something that Josh Grizzar,
Speaker 1: Dolphins receivers coach touched on in his media earlier this week,
Speaker 1: how he thinks the speed of Wattle, while readily apparent
Speaker 1: and very much in the mind of defenders that go
Speaker 1: up against him college pro or otherwise, Yes, that speed
Speaker 1: is definitely there, But the fact that he's a nuanced
Speaker 1: route runner that's I think very overlooked. He really knows
Speaker 1: how to play leverage, how to chase blind spots, and
Speaker 1: what that means is wherever the cornerback's eyes can't be
Speaker 1: on his own back, if you can get in that spot,
Speaker 1: you can control the rep control the route. I've seen
Speaker 1: Davante Adams, Keenan, Alan Stefawn Digs guys just go to
Speaker 1: work on blind spots and they create separation huge that
Speaker 1: way because they know how to set them up and
Speaker 1: then get off that spot, and the dB has no
Speaker 1: idea where he's gone. So there's one rep where I
Speaker 1: saw him just go to work wattle on the blind
Speaker 1: spot of a dB, and he basically never saw a
Speaker 1: wattle at any point of the rep. He just got
Speaker 1: on that backside, turned him in, dB, turns back that
Speaker 1: way to run after it, and he turns it back out,
Speaker 1: creates space that way. And to the point of the speed,
Speaker 1: he caught one of those balls outside that I talked
Speaker 1: about where there was nobody around him, and he got
Speaker 1: as much as he could, just go as fast as
Speaker 1: he could up the side line, up the perimeter, stuck
Speaker 1: his foot in the ground, and when the safety pursuit arrived,
Speaker 1: I'm about sure he would have cut that thing, or
Speaker 1: he did cut the thing back, but I'm about sure
Speaker 1: that he would have taken that the next yards or
Speaker 1: so he needed for a sixty five yard touchdown. He
Speaker 1: is fun to watch. He's explosive, he's the fastest guy
Speaker 1: out there. He's not limping. And Robert Foster had a
Speaker 1: nice day, including a spectacular one handed catch from Jacobe
Speaker 1: Brissette on a back shoulder ball where he got his
Speaker 1: left arm pinned in by the dB and used his
Speaker 1: right arm while going up in the air and went
Speaker 1: back to his back and he never really even got
Speaker 1: the second hand on it, just corralled it and pinned
Speaker 1: it up against his right side. He also got deep
Speaker 1: earlier in practice behind the defense and the ball was
Speaker 1: overthrown just slightly by Jacoby Brissette. But he is getting
Speaker 1: open making some plays. Good to see him get back
Speaker 1: in the stat call because he hasn't caught as many
Speaker 1: balls last few practices, but today he had a nice
Speaker 1: number of receptions so too in mac Hollins, especially from
Speaker 1: two a tongue of by loa red zone touchdown type
Speaker 1: of throws, uh short stuff. In the intermediate passing game,
Speaker 1: He's been catching a lot of things in the middle
Speaker 1: of the football field from your quarterback and Jachem Grant
Speaker 1: was the recipient of one of those two a climb
Speaker 1: and fires, and he also was the recipient on a
Speaker 1: pass over the middle on a pass where he created
Speaker 1: a ton of separation in the two minute period where
Speaker 1: he put the defensive back on his heels and just
Speaker 1: snapped that thing off and got some preparation for the reception.
Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford continued his strong camp and made a couple
Speaker 1: of plays in the team period, including a nice game
Speaker 1: on a pass from Jacobe Brissette, and it was tough
Speaker 1: sledding to transition here to the running backs in the
Speaker 1: run game during the team period, and that was true
Speaker 1: for both sides. But Miles Gascon continues to make plays
Speaker 1: in the passing game, including a nice job by Towah
Speaker 1: to let a play develop hanging under Durest and then
Speaker 1: get the football out to a spot wide where Miles
Speaker 1: runs under it. And it's one of those long catching
Speaker 1: runs we've seen from Miles all camp long. He is
Speaker 1: so natural at transitioning from receiver to runner where his
Speaker 1: back is to the defense, your hands are turned over
Speaker 1: to catch the football outside, then to tuck that thing away,
Speaker 1: put it away, eyes go upfield, and let's go baby.
Speaker 1: He does that so smoothly. And I noted later in
Speaker 1: practice he had a really nice run where he tried
Speaker 1: to change direction like three or four times. Just jump
Speaker 1: cut left, jump cut right, jam that thing back up
Speaker 1: in there. But I never saw him get touched. A
Speaker 1: crafty runner who's tough as hell. He got popped on
Speaker 1: one play, but popped right back up and got back
Speaker 1: to the huddle. He's I love watching Myles gas Can
Speaker 1: play football. There was an outside run that showed Sevan
Speaker 1: Akhmed speed off where he just turned on those jets
Speaker 1: again and won the edge. Malcolm Brown had some nice
Speaker 1: physical runs too, but none better than the biggest play
Speaker 1: of the day from the running game standpoint, where Austin
Speaker 1: Jackson got excellent surge up the middle, kind of pulling
Speaker 1: off the formation, getting a block in the middle, and
Speaker 1: then Michael Dieter climbed to the second level and opened
Speaker 1: up a huge lane and that was the big run
Speaker 1: of the day from Miami. He was into the second
Speaker 1: dary untouched. And sorry to sound like a broken record here,
Speaker 1: but I really want to see a game to get
Speaker 1: a better field for the running backs. It's so hard
Speaker 1: to get a field for backs and practice. In my opinion,
Speaker 1: Adam he caught a bunch of balls today, including one
Speaker 1: of two is best throwers of the day where he
Speaker 1: where the defender was right in front of Shaheen, but
Speaker 1: he had his back turn, so that's where you know
Speaker 1: you can throw the spots and two throws it low
Speaker 1: and away. Shaheen goes down and makes the catch before
Speaker 1: he gets out of bounds on the end line. Awesome throw,
Speaker 1: awesome catch. Sethan Carter and Jacoby Brissette are developing a
Speaker 1: nice little rhythm. They had a couple of hookups today,
Speaker 1: including one between a trio of Bears defenders. So that's
Speaker 1: the offense. But what if I told you I saved
Speaker 1: the best for last, because this defense came to play
Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Let's go and order and start up front,
Speaker 1: and it starts with the Emmanuel Ogba. I mentioned this
Speaker 1: in the Monday podcast. The Bears were without Tevin Jenkins,
Speaker 1: the rookies second round pick who I thought was the
Speaker 1: top sixteen pick. Frankly and Jermaine Affetti, and Ogba made
Speaker 1: sure their absences were felt in this practice. He was
Speaker 1: in the backfield all day long. In fact, the first
Speaker 1: two plays of the two minute period were sacks by Ogba.
Speaker 1: Game over, right there. That's that's it. Two sacks, You're done,
Speaker 1: no time outs, third and forever, game over. And he
Speaker 1: was using that length, the grip, strength, and the ability
Speaker 1: to cross face to give the tackles all sorts of problems.
Speaker 1: It's good to see him deconstructing pass blocks just like
Speaker 1: he did last year all season long, but also the
Speaker 1: ability to play in the running game and set shut
Speaker 1: a strong edge, play inside, do multiple things. Big day
Speaker 1: for Emmanuel Ogba, and I would say the second most
Speaker 1: frequent visitor of the offensive backfield was Shakim Griffin. They
Speaker 1: didn't have an answer for him. He was dominant in
Speaker 1: the one on one periods and then when he got
Speaker 1: free in the team period, I said out loud to
Speaker 1: myself for his second sack of team period, this fan
Speaker 1: guy again. He bought out today. He was everywhere. It
Speaker 1: was great to see Jalen Phillips back out there. He
Speaker 1: had a nice rep in the run game where he
Speaker 1: was the unblocked man on the end of the formation,
Speaker 1: but he quickly erased that space and got right up
Speaker 1: into the mesh point of the quarterback in the running
Speaker 1: back and used that I discipline to stay with the
Speaker 1: back and shut him down for a short run so
Speaker 1: I'll get a better look at him pass rushing tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Didn't see a whole lot today, but the running game
Speaker 1: he was stout. The interior defensive line picked up they
Speaker 1: left off in Miami. Man Adam Butler wanted everyone to
Speaker 1: know how much he was killing it in the one
Speaker 1: on once. He was visibly area please, kind of pumping
Speaker 1: himself up and and tapping up his teammates and coaches.
Speaker 1: Just a great effort by him, and justifiably so for
Speaker 1: the celebrations. He was dominant. They were in there a lot,
Speaker 1: and that includes Christian Wilkins, Zack Steeler, some linebacker work
Speaker 1: when they would go five on five with Bernardrick McKinney
Speaker 1: getting some pressure up the shoot as well. Christian Wilkins,
Speaker 1: to me, continues to show the stuff that he has
Speaker 1: not just with quickness and the pass rush, with the
Speaker 1: stack and shed mode I've talked about a lot on
Speaker 1: this podcast where he gets hands on guys, works down
Speaker 1: the line and then can get He can wait until
Speaker 1: he needs to get off the block and makes that
Speaker 1: decision at the right time. He did that a few
Speaker 1: more times in this practice, and Zach Seler Man he
Speaker 1: was rejecting passes, pushing the pocket, getting around the corner.
Speaker 1: And then Ray Kwon Davis boy, he is strong. He
Speaker 1: showed both the power and the ability to use his
Speaker 1: wingspan to put guys in peril. He had one rush
Speaker 1: move where he rushed the outside shoulder of his man,
Speaker 1: got the left arm on the left shoulder pad and
Speaker 1: you know what's coming right now, hip toss hip time
Speaker 1: just chucked him out the club to get the pressure
Speaker 1: on the quarterback. Oh, by the way, here quick aside,
Speaker 1: justin Fields pretty good but probably probably good. That's it
Speaker 1: he can play, and that's your bearest coverage for the podcast.
Speaker 1: Justin Fields like what I see from him. But back
Speaker 1: to our guys, the linebackers. I mentioned Bernardrick McKinney, by
Speaker 1: the way, that was Curb your enthusiasm and Detroitters with
Speaker 1: Tim Robinson. If you're not familiar, checked that show out.
Speaker 1: I thought bernardicc McKinney was really good rushing today, and
Speaker 1: I thought Jerome Baker did really well to string out
Speaker 1: some runs and some screens. He didn't have the splash
Speaker 1: plays and wasn't even necessarily involved in a ton of tackles,
Speaker 1: but gap sound speed to the football assignment sound. He
Speaker 1: looked really good to me in this practice. And Duke
Speaker 1: Riley's speed continues to show up. I think he's having
Speaker 1: himself a whale of a camp. I knew his speed
Speaker 1: was there, but just to see it against someone else
Speaker 1: was awesome. He got out wide on a screen pass
Speaker 1: and ran that thing down. And Nick Needham did really
Speaker 1: good on this play to show a good understanding of
Speaker 1: spatial awareness where the help is how to give or
Speaker 1: rather play to your help, as coach mentioned as one
Speaker 1: of the traits he's looking for from players, and Nick
Speaker 1: as he so often does, play such smart football, and
Speaker 1: on this one too, and allow Duke to get in
Speaker 1: there and make the stop right at the line. All right,
Speaker 1: I've been waiting all day to talk to you guys
Speaker 1: about the secondary because it was fun my first note here,
Speaker 1: and why don't we get to it now? It was
Speaker 1: the matchup of the matchup of the bookdrop of the
Speaker 1: day Byron Jones on Darnell Mooney. Now, no Allen Robinson today,
Speaker 1: but Byron saw Mooney a lot, and I'm so impressed
Speaker 1: first by Mooney's route running. He's crafty as hell, especially
Speaker 1: for a second year player out of two lane, no less.
Speaker 1: But Byron Jones is having zero of it today. I
Speaker 1: was watching him isolated a few times and the ball
Speaker 1: didn't even go in that direction, So you're not gonna
Speaker 1: see a lot of flash and pomp and circumstance in
Speaker 1: terms of the statistics. But he was in great position
Speaker 1: all day long, press off man zone. He had it
Speaker 1: all working today and I just thought he made it
Speaker 1: a really tough, really tough day for the second year receiver,
Speaker 1: kind of getting a lesson and hey, this is a
Speaker 1: guy that's shut down a lot of number one receiver
Speaker 1: is in his career and this terrific rookie season. Came
Speaker 1: out today and learned about Byron Jones a skill set,
Speaker 1: his ability to get hands on him at the lion
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, get into the back pedal, flip the hips, drive,
Speaker 1: pin him to the sideline on takeoff routes. I thought
Speaker 1: this was one of the best practices that Byron's had
Speaker 1: as a Miami Dolphin. Personally, on the other side, you
Speaker 1: know who's over there, You know that man Xavian Howard.
Speaker 1: He also was having none of it. In fact, on
Speaker 1: one play that actually would have been a sack by
Speaker 1: Zach Seeler, but the play extended and Dalton tried to
Speaker 1: test Xavian wrong move al wappo, he skies up and
Speaker 1: pulls that thing down for the pick like he did
Speaker 1: all year last year. I honestly do not remember seeing
Speaker 1: x or Byron allow a catch in practice. I'm sure
Speaker 1: it happened once or twice, but I didn't see it.
Speaker 1: You know, you can't watch every rap again, I'm watching
Speaker 1: two fields at the same time, but I didn't see it.
Speaker 1: They were dynamite today. You know who else was dynamite
Speaker 1: and has been for a week plus now. Javon Holland. Guys,
Speaker 1: that pick it was a thing of beauty. Why don't
Speaker 1: we go ahead before you break it down here from
Speaker 1: Javon Holland on the interception. Yeah, so I was just
Speaker 1: you know, going throughout my keys on that play, um
Speaker 1: basically reading the quarterback in the middle of the field,
Speaker 1: and then um, as I was breaking to the post,
Speaker 1: I read his eyes and you know, he let the
Speaker 1: ball go and I happen to be there, um right
Speaker 1: where you know, we planned on me being there. So
Speaker 1: you know, I've worked in my favorite that So you
Speaker 1: hear him talking about reading keys and reading the eyes
Speaker 1: of the quarterback. Man. He jumped in front of that
Speaker 1: thing all out of Rashad Jones against the Titans back
Speaker 1: in for that pick six he had in that blowout game.
Speaker 1: But this was a little bit deeper down the field
Speaker 1: obviously in that twelve fift twenty yard Ranger show or so,
Speaker 1: and he just drove on this thing before the ball
Speaker 1: even came out. Elevates, pulls it down, and then like
Speaker 1: a running back, he's off to the races up the
Speaker 1: sideline for the touchdown pick six. I was so impressed
Speaker 1: with him today. And then a few plays later he
Speaker 1: comes from depth on a short throw to the back
Speaker 1: in the flat and closes down on that thing before
Speaker 1: it could go anywhere. Just a good mix of his
Speaker 1: skill set, ball skills, tracking instincts, drive the acceleration off
Speaker 1: of a spot. All that stuff on display today. And
Speaker 1: then this was something I've been wanting to ask him
Speaker 1: for a couple of practices now, and since he mentioned
Speaker 1: reading the quarterback's eyes, I wanted to ask him how
Speaker 1: much time he spends on the other side of the
Speaker 1: ball trying to pick the brains of the quarterbacks. Since
Speaker 1: he talked about reading the eyes of the quarterback on
Speaker 1: this play, I thought his answer was great. So why
Speaker 1: don't we go ahead and go back to Javan I
Speaker 1: kind of you know, I actually do go and pick
Speaker 1: their brain a little bit, especially Jacobe. He's been in
Speaker 1: the league, so I try to ask him, you know,
Speaker 1: what he's looking for when you know, when we're trying
Speaker 1: to show this guys things like that. Same with Tour
Speaker 1: you know, Tour gives me great inside. He's a great dude.
Speaker 1: All of them are great read to, uh so that
Speaker 1: you know, they give me insight on what they're looking
Speaker 1: for their keys, and so I can try to play
Speaker 1: to my advantage and you know, trying to confuse him
Speaker 1: before they play. And a fun little story. I saw
Speaker 1: Javon after practice and kind of kept my distance from
Speaker 1: him because I'm not supposed to be up close. But
Speaker 1: I just said, hey, Javon, you know, a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago, you had to pick six against the Coups
Speaker 1: that basically decided the game against us, and I just
Speaker 1: want you to know that broke my heart. And he
Speaker 1: like dropped his head laughing and was like, I'm sorry, man,
Speaker 1: and apologize for it. What a guy said. You don't
Speaker 1: got to apologize, But I just want you to know
Speaker 1: you broke some Kogs fans heart that day, and he's
Speaker 1: probably gonna break some more hearts in the future. He
Speaker 1: eat a hell of a day on Sunday, all right.
Speaker 1: I think X Byron and Javon Holland I'll get a
Speaker 1: game ball a practice ball for me today as it were.
Speaker 1: But Jamal Perry's in that group too, He also snatched
Speaker 1: an I n T. He's strung out a screenplay to
Speaker 1: the perimeter. He had a pass breakup that was batted
Speaker 1: up into the air and nearly picked off by Jerome Baker,
Speaker 1: and he made play after play after play. Big day
Speaker 1: for Jamal Perry, and he's had a good camp so far.
Speaker 1: I think he's really earned himself a shot to make
Speaker 1: this team and contribute for this Dolphins club. No Agnogeny
Speaker 1: had some really competitive reps and forced two incompletions. I
Speaker 1: saw he also jumped a route that forced Justin Fields
Speaker 1: to pull that thing down like he wanted to throw it,
Speaker 1: and because he was a very pronounced pump fake, because
Speaker 1: he just at the last second decided I can't throw
Speaker 1: that ball there. That's tight coverage. He also had a
Speaker 1: pressure maybe even a sack on the day. So good
Speaker 1: day for no Agnogony against the Bears and then Javarrus Davis.
Speaker 1: He's been in the notes a lot. He had himself
Speaker 1: a pass breakup on a slant. He was in great
Speaker 1: position on a deep throw up the sideline that the
Speaker 1: receiver caught, but he shoved them out of bounds and
Speaker 1: the officials ruled it out of bounds incomplete. So big
Speaker 1: day for Javarros Davis. He's made plays just about every
Speaker 1: day for a week or so now. And then finally
Speaker 1: I had two notes on Justin Coleman's making plays. He's
Speaker 1: both aggressive and instinctive. He was really good on his
Speaker 1: screenplay to get into the passing window and he elevated
Speaker 1: and then I think it was it was Andy Dalton
Speaker 1: had to throw it over him and lofted over him,
Speaker 1: and because of that the cavalry arrived and got that
Speaker 1: played down for a short gain rather than having a
Speaker 1: one on one opportunity in space because of a quicker
Speaker 1: pass would have given him more time. But Coleman said, no,
Speaker 1: sir alright, top performers today, you probably have a good
Speaker 1: idea where we're going here, But Jamal Perry is at
Speaker 1: the top of this list. Just play after play after play.
Speaker 1: Xavien Howard gets back on the interception list. He was
Speaker 1: also locked down in coverage Byron Jones mentioned he had
Speaker 1: a great practice just locking things down, really still doing
Speaker 1: a good job staying in the hip pocket and erasing
Speaker 1: a man from the entire game. Zach or practice. Zack
Speaker 1: Seeler is on there. He had constant pressure up the
Speaker 1: tier year rejected a pass and was stuffing up the
Speaker 1: run game winning the one on one matchups. Emmanuel Agba
Speaker 1: had a huge day to day with sacks and pressures
Speaker 1: and run game edge set condensing inside and making plays
Speaker 1: down there. Duke Riley's speed showed up again in this practice.
Speaker 1: Austin Jackson was really good and the one on one
Speaker 1: periods also thought he was good in the team periods
Speaker 1: that patients off the edge, the athletic ability to redirect
Speaker 1: work inside, all that fun stuff. Javon Holland at his
Speaker 1: three picks in the last four practices at a forced
Speaker 1: recovered fumble in there four takeaways and four practices and
Speaker 1: one touchdown and again the play where he came from depth.
Speaker 1: He's just consistently putting the offense in a bind as
Speaker 1: far as what he does too to be in the
Speaker 1: right position to disrupt passing lanes. You get a few
Speaker 1: of those picks, you're gonna start being in the back
Speaker 1: of the quarterback's mind and that's going to impact the
Speaker 1: offense even further. Javarus Davis is also in there, just
Speaker 1: competes his ass off plays the football well, has the
Speaker 1: good speed and has just been really close and coverage
Speaker 1: a lot this training camp. Jalen Waddle created so much
Speaker 1: space in this practice as he has to hunt pretty
Speaker 1: much every single practice but continues to make the tough
Speaker 1: catches going to the ground in traffic. Whatever you want,
Speaker 1: he's doing it right now. Rob Hunt, I thought was
Speaker 1: really impressive in the team period. Now. He had a
Speaker 1: Chem Hicks a few times, who was a tough, tough matchup,
Speaker 1: one of the best defensive tackles, and he got his wins.
Speaker 1: But so tuted Robert Hunt, and he was pushing some
Speaker 1: bodies around in the running game as well as providing
Speaker 1: good pass protection. Chachim Griffin was in the backfield all
Speaker 1: day long. He had a big time practice to a
Speaker 1: tongue of Voloa. I thought the seven on seven he
Speaker 1: just absolutely crushed it through some nice anticipatory balls, mitigated pressure,
Speaker 1: and moved the defense with his eyes nicely. Ray Kwon
Speaker 1: Davis the hip toss alone gets you in here, but
Speaker 1: he was also dominant otherwise. And Adam Butler and Christian
Speaker 1: Wilkins too. Just these defensive tackles every day. It seems
Speaker 1: to put all four of these guys in here. Once again.
Speaker 1: They were all very very stout. We have one question
Speaker 1: today and this one comes from Apple Podcast. Again, you
Speaker 1: put a question on Apple Podcast, we'll answer it for
Speaker 1: you here on the Drivetime podcast. This one from Nick Belinda.
Speaker 1: He asks, your podcast is great and I look forward
Speaker 1: to it every day. Thank you each and every day.
Speaker 1: One thing is I rarely hear negatives about the team.
Speaker 1: What unit are you most concerned about? Well, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: say I would have like concerns per se, not that
Speaker 1: my concerns would matter anyway. But I think every position
Speaker 1: group on every team has an element of the unknown.
Speaker 1: We we we can't forecast anything in this business right
Speaker 1: question marks and that's why they play the game. And
Speaker 1: there's a reason coach always says he's focused on today
Speaker 1: because the moment you get into projecting is when you
Speaker 1: get out over your skis and you lose focus on
Speaker 1: the here and now now. Obviously, this is an important
Speaker 1: method to follow for a coaching staff and for a player,
Speaker 1: but for a fan, a podcaster, or someone that has
Speaker 1: nothing to do with the outcome on the on field product,
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter for those guys. So when I think
Speaker 1: about some questions you might have for this Dolphins team.
Speaker 1: How quickly does a young offensive line gel and kind
Speaker 1: of come together? How does it shake out with the
Speaker 1: starting lineup? Is it going to be a combination you
Speaker 1: feel is superior to what Option two or maybe even
Speaker 1: Option three looks like. And then newcomers and new places
Speaker 1: you just you can't you can't project that like you
Speaker 1: can with you know, previous players or guys that have
Speaker 1: proven resumes in your system. So newcomers in the role
Speaker 1: of like a Bobby McCain for instance, as the eyes
Speaker 1: of the defense in the back, well, Jason mccordy and
Speaker 1: Javon Holland took up that role and take it to
Speaker 1: new heights. How does the committee of backshakeout? Is Miles
Speaker 1: going to be the focal point? I'm not sure about that?
Speaker 1: And of course does to a tongue of voloa make
Speaker 1: that year to jump that we all hope he will.
Speaker 1: Those would be so my questions heading into the season.
Speaker 1: But like I said, every position group has questions. That's
Speaker 1: why the coaches are here and are paid to get
Speaker 1: each group better every day and hopefully in December those
Speaker 1: question marks have definitive answers. But you start a new
Speaker 1: campaign from step one and nothing from last year matter,
Speaker 1: So how do they replicate the things they had success
Speaker 1: with third down defense, takeaways, protecting the football, and offense?
Speaker 1: And how do they improve the things that didn't pan
Speaker 1: out the way you had hope last year? Running game,
Speaker 1: vertical passing game, everything about the week's seventeen game. That's
Speaker 1: my response to that question. But truthfully, and if you've
Speaker 1: been following me along enough on this journey, I've always
Speaker 1: been very bullish on this particular program with Brian Flores.
Speaker 1: I think the front office has done a great job
Speaker 1: of taking the resources they have and maximizing those resources
Speaker 1: that are all kids to them and getting more than
Speaker 1: market value for what they have. And I'm a big
Speaker 1: believer in the consistency day in day out of coach
Speaker 1: Flora's and the culture he's established and will continue to
Speaker 1: establish here in Miami. I think players relate to him
Speaker 1: and his staff, they respect him and his staff, and
Speaker 1: I think those two things together will always have me
Speaker 1: optimistic about this team and the things they can accomplish.
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