WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 4 Recap 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:17.200 Fail touchdown, Miami Run? What is up? Dolphans And welcome 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:20.600 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:25.520 podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:29.080 going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:32.440 am here to bring you your daily dose of Miami 0:00:32.520 --> 0:00:36.240 Dolphins football. And on today's show, day four of training camp, 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:39.080 taking us into our first day off before we come 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:41.680 right back at it on Monday. We had a very 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.959 eventful practice with lots of competition, a nice mix of 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:48.440 offensive and defensive wins, some more aerial displays in the 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:51.280 passing game, some fun battles up in the trenches, and 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:54.480 a whole lot more. We're gonna get top Performers, matchup 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.320 of the day and all my practice notes and the 0:00:57.320 --> 0:01:00.000 best part of all that in front of the awesome 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:03.760 Dolphins fan base from Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:11.360 Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast. You know. 0:01:11.560 --> 0:01:15.039 Last year, I thought the thirteen thousand fans give or take, 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:17.560 that were permitted to hard Rock Stadium did a great 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.120 job of bringing the noise that you would expect from 0:01:20.160 --> 0:01:24.400 the larger crowd. The sixty seventy fan crowds in the 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.440 National Football League, and obviously as the year when along 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:30.720 more teams did have limited capacity fans, and I felt, 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:33.559 I really felt that change personally, even watching on TV. 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:36.720 You know, football is about atmosphere and in college more 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:38.600 so than the pros. But the pageantry of it all, 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.840 the whole show is is kind of what makes football 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.679 so great to me. So without fans, there was a 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.080 decent little chunk of the game that I was that 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:48.960 I was missing, the game that I loved, that was missing, 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:52.520 and today was euphoric for that reason. The fans back 0:01:52.560 --> 0:01:55.560 here at a Dolphins practice, I saw so many jerseys, 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.800 smiling faces, Aquan Orange, people decked out in their full 0:01:58.880 --> 0:02:02.120 game day garb, and the chance in the stands, the cheers. 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:04.440 When Christian Wilkins came out, he was greeted to a 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:07.360 Freddie Mercury sized ovation and he was giving it right 0:02:07.360 --> 0:02:10.760 back to the fans, loving all that energy and reciprocating it. Like, 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:13.880 I hope I don't sound emotional on the podcast, because 0:02:14.200 --> 0:02:16.919 that really struck a chord with me in the biggest way. 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:19.280 Like it's just a game, right, nah. The ones that 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.960 know football is way more than just a game, man, 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:25.880 and if Wilkins greeting was Freddie Mercury, the two was 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:28.840 Elvis Presley oh Man to the Dolphins fans love to 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:31.800 see their quarterback for the first time ever in a practice. 0:02:31.800 --> 0:02:34.280 Remember last year, he didn't get a half fans there 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.919 all season for his training camp practices. So to what 0:02:37.080 --> 0:02:39.920 comes out, grabs the microphone and addresses the fans and 0:02:39.960 --> 0:02:43.000 he was getting them pumped up, and personally, my favorite 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.560 part was that he reminded everybody to stay hydrated at 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:48.120 the South Florida heat is no joke. It is really 0:02:48.160 --> 0:02:50.400 really hot out there, and if you haven't seen it, 0:02:50.800 --> 0:02:53.040 check the media tab on my Twitter timeline. I got 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:54.800 a pretty good video of it. I'm sure our social 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:56.440 team will have a better one too, but you can 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.880 check that out now. To close this part out, the 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.359 part that I did not catch on camera was the 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.480 fans reaction after to put the mic down a to 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.760 uh to a chant broke out. I got the camera 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:09.720 back up, but just missed the end of that chant. 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.600 It spread across the entire facility and they brought that 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:16.320 energy all day long. Seriously, Dolphins fans, those of you 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:19.040 that were out there, you guys were fantastic and we 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:22.040 can all agree that to is pretty hot topic, right. 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:24.800 He's the guy that gets on talk shows and whatnot. 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:28.120 Maybe it seems like those segments can be critical at times, 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:30.360 but I want to make this abundantly clear from my 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:35.400 experience today here on the Dolphins practice field. Dolphins fans 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.800 love this kid, and why wouldn't you A true leader, 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:40.760 a face of the franchise quality in terms of the 0:03:40.760 --> 0:03:42.840 way he came out there and just the way he spoke, 0:03:42.880 --> 0:03:44.600 the way he speaks the media, the way he is 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:47.360 respectful to everybody he comes across, and the way he 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.040 spun the football today, well that was pretty damn good too. 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.080 Let's go ahead and start here with my Brian Flores 0:03:52.240 --> 0:03:55.920 media from before practice on Saturday afternoon, the Dolphins at 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:58.080 the field at three thirty. We heard from coach before 0:03:58.080 --> 0:03:59.800 that I want to play you a clip before you 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:04.119 is from that from coaches media, but just some highlights 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.160 here first without the audio. Before we get to the 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.520 one clip I want to play, he talked about Jonathan 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.160 led Better, and I thought that was a cool moment 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:13.200 because Ledbetter obviously missed all but one game in twenty 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:16.120 nineteen his rookie season, and he might recalled that Ravens game, 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:18.240 he had five pressures in a sack. According to Pro 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:20.320 Football Focus, he had a really good game to debut, 0:04:20.560 --> 0:04:22.080 and he hasn't been on the field since he left. 0:04:22.120 --> 0:04:24.720 He missed last year with an injury, also an injury 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:27.760 sustained during training in the off season, and he was asked. 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.320 Coach was asked about led Better in that media and 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.680 he said that led Better has mentioned to coach several 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:34.919 times how great it is to be back, and so 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:37.640 I loved hearing that because I don't want to see 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:39.760 the game of football taken away from anybody that loves it, 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:41.320 and so it's cool to see him get a chance 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.159 to get back on the field and playing. Speaking of 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.640 guys that were down last year, Vince Beagel, coach also 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:47.719 spoke about how Beagle has been getting ramped up with 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.920 more work each day so far through training camp, and 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:52.920 I thought he had his best day today as well. 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:54.760 We'll talk more about that here in just one second. 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.400 Coach also mentioned the depth of the defensive line, saying 0:04:57.400 --> 0:04:59.520 he's got guys that can play three technique and end. 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.760 He meant. Seiler and Wilkins talked about ray Kwon Davis's 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.000 ability to play pretty much anywhere on the defensive line. 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:07.920 Adam Butler and that same mentioned as well talked about 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:09.480 some of the edge guys that can play inside, like 0:05:09.480 --> 0:05:12.720 an Emmanuel Ogba, and we saw that at practice and 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.200 we continue to see it each day here down in 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.320 Miami Gardens. Also, he talked about the benefit of joint 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.200 practices and the Dolphins preseason plan. I want to go 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.359 ahead and read these quotes for you guys. The first 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.960 part coach says, the joint practice is kind of I 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:27.800 don't want to say replaced, but I think that's a 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:29.960 good opportunity for us to get in a very competitive 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:34.000 environment against another team. I think the intensity of those 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:37.200 practices will be as game like as you can without 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.680 getting into full on tackling and playing in the game. 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.599 We just felt as a staff that it was best 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:43.520 to just work on our stuff, go through our normal 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.719 practice routine, and go to Chicago, have Atlanta come here 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:49.600 and kind of use those he's talking about, uh, not 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.200 using the word replaced, but taking out the scrimmage, because 0:05:52.200 --> 0:05:53.800 he was asked if the Dolphins will have a scrimmage 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:55.800 this year. The answer to that is no, He said, 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.280 I don't want to call them scrimmages withouts. Four significant 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:00.760 practices right there that I think will get a lot 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.000 of good work in. As far as the preseason games, 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.200 he said, we had several conversations on this. Game reps 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:09.159 are important, very important. We don't have a final answer 0:06:09.200 --> 0:06:11.120 on how we're going to approach the games. We have 0:06:11.120 --> 0:06:13.039 a pretty good idea of what we're gonna do, but 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:16.280 that obviously could change. But game reps are important. I 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.200 see guys getting into the game and playing. How much 0:06:19.400 --> 0:06:21.919 that's a discussion, how much or how little that's a 0:06:21.920 --> 0:06:24.360 discussion we'll have. I'll probably have more answers on how 0:06:24.400 --> 0:06:27.040 we're gonna handle that a week from today. So very interesting. 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:29.839 They're heading into, you know what about two weeks away 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:33.280 now from the Chicago preseason opener up there in Chicago. 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.280 We'll have practices for you covered here on drivetime up 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.880 in Chicago from the practice facility up there in Chicago. 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:40.640 So looking forward to that. But I thought that was 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:43.000 an interesting take from coach as far as how you 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:46.359 might adapt to having those joint practices with two different teams, 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:48.560 but also how you adapt to having just three games 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.560 in the past compared to four where you had the typical. 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.159 First game, the starters played like a series. The second 0:06:54.160 --> 0:06:56.320 game they play a quarter maybe a half. The third 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.760 game they go beyond the halftime mark into the third quarter, 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:00.480 and in the fourth game they don't play at all. Now, 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:02.800 of course that has changed in recent years, but that's 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:04.520 how it was for a long time, Like the script 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:06.480 was the same. So it'll be interesting to see how 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:09.080 coach Flora's the Miami Dolphins and other teams across the 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.960 National Football League kind of change up their approach with 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.560 just three preseason games, and the last one I did 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:16.120 want to play for you guys here because he was 0:07:16.160 --> 0:07:20.600 asked about which traits he looks for at the center position, 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.080 and I thought his answer was a really insightful one 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.680 with regards to how important that spot is and what 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.840 it takes to be a good one. There here's coach 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.440 talking about the importance of that center position and the 0:07:30.480 --> 0:07:33.000 traits he looks for. Well, you know, the center position 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.600 to me is a signal caller position. Um. That person 0:07:36.800 --> 0:07:41.600 is uh making calls, and those calls affect people, you know, 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:46.520 obviously the offensive linement around them, but also the backs, quarterback, etcetera. Um, 0:07:46.560 --> 0:07:51.680 it's a leadership position. Um. And obviously you know from 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.880 a play standpoint, UM, you know there's a lot of 0:07:55.800 --> 0:07:59.320 communication and um, you're involved with a lot of other 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:02.320 players on nation blocks and you know, passing off guys 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.360 in protection things of that nature. So um, there's a 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.920 lot that goes into a position. UM. I think you know, 0:08:07.960 --> 0:08:10.640 there's a nice little competition there with Deater and Skura 0:08:11.200 --> 0:08:14.920 and camp so uh, I think they're all really doing 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:19.160 a good job, working hard. UM, good communication, understand what 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:22.520 we're doing schematically, can get us in the right protection, 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:24.560 understand where we need to go as far as my 0:08:24.680 --> 0:08:29.840 point in the run game. UM, but we don't have 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.680 pads on, so it's it's still very early. UM. I 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:37.520 think we'll have more information um and a better evaluation 0:08:37.559 --> 0:08:41.240 this time next this time next week, Uh, still getting 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.320 my my days. I'm only you know, one day at 0:08:43.320 --> 0:08:45.640 a time, So this time next week will have a 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:48.840 little bit better evaluation. Um. But even then we'll still 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:51.040 have preseason games to get to our obviously the joint 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:54.800 practices against Chicago. UM, but yeah, it's a good competition. 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:58.839 Those guys are are doing a nice job. Uh. But 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:02.280 you know, I think we we try to the volume 0:09:02.280 --> 0:09:04.559 will increase, you know, yesterday we did some third down. 0:09:04.559 --> 0:09:07.840 We'll do some more third down um today, you know, 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:11.280 we'll get in a two minute we'll get into um, 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.000 you know, go line and things of that nature. Sure 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.440 yardage and that's when we really need, uh, you know, 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.080 in those critical moments. You know that that position, that player, 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.680 that communication, it goes a long way to having execution, 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:25.959 good execution offensively. One of the things we try to 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:28.520 do on this podcast is educated about football, and anytime 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:30.360 coach is gonna go in depth like that, we're gonna 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.439 play on the podcast because there's no one better to 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:35.200 learn from in this organization than Brian Floores when it 0:09:35.240 --> 0:09:37.959 comes to the football. So very interesting take there. He 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:40.040 talked about combination blocks. It's going to be a theme 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:42.400 on this podcast, So keep that kind of a footnote 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:44.679 for you here as we headed forward into the podcast. 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:46.480 We'll get to some more audio later in the pod. 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.440 Let's go ahead and get to the training camp notes. 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.720 That's what you're all here for. We covered the players, entrances, 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:54.720 the buzz, the atmosphere just so so good to be 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:56.600 a part of. And I should also note that Shakheim 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.800 Griffin got an Eddie van Halen entrancetance around the rock 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.199 and role theme right here of his own and they 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:04.000 were loving him, and he was loving it too, and 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.040 they would love him even more later on. We'll get 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.040 to that here in just a second on the podcast. 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:11.040 Let's go in order of position group today. Yesterday was 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.400 more of a period by period order. I think this 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:15.160 weighs a little bit better. And we'll start there with 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.520 the quarterbacks. And I thought this was the best day 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.000 from the quarterbacks in general, all three guys. Two. It 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.319 was sharp. Jacoby showed a real command attack in the 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:24.559 middle of the football field, throwing off leverage, and I 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.120 would guess his stat line was pretty solid too, if 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:28.960 you're into that sort of thing for practice. I am not, 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:31.600 and read Senet had a really good camp, has had 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.480 a good camp, I should say. I don't think today 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:35.600 was the best of the four days, but I think 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:37.199 that he's been sharp and today was a good one 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.400 for him as well. Let's go ahead and start with 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.840 QB one. The first drill was being run from inside 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.280 the five yard line with three pass catchers to one 0:10:45.280 --> 0:10:48.079 side of the field versus three defenders. So obviously that's 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.320 gonna favor the offense anytime you get to these drills 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.880 that erase one side of the field that gives the 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.400 offense so much more room to work with, and it 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:57.280 can be really tough on the defense. And it started 0:10:57.280 --> 0:10:59.920 off that way to us. First throw was a bull 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:02.400 it on a little hook up where Albert Wilson found 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.880 space between two defenders and showed to his numbers and 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:07.680 the ball was right there when he turned and a 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.120 bit off frame, so Wilson laid out and caught it 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:12.880 going to the ground. An excellent effort and catch there 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.400 from Albert Wilson. The next one was picked off, but 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.559 it was after the play had concluded. It was good coverage, 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.400 so it kind of shuts the play down. And there 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:22.599 was really good coverage in this area. Again for a 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.319 drill that does no favors for the defensive side of 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.200 the football. And when plays fizzle out like that, the 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:30.199 quarterback is still gonna throw the football because there's no 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:31.839 reason to not get the work in right, like even 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.000 if there's a coverage sack or a sack, still throw 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.520 it and get yourself a rep that way. And this 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:38.440 was tipped and went up in the air, and we 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:40.800 know what happens when that happens. Trail Bonds pulls it 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:42.880 down in our steps. Then too, I had what it 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:44.840 was probably his worst play of the day. And that 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.120 was about as far as the town side goes, because 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.160 it got really good from there. But I want to 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:52.560 give you guys the full compliment here, and this honestly 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:54.600 goes more in favor of Jamal Perry, who just made 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:56.599 a great play on the football. He saw to a 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:58.679 line up and throw to the far pyleon and he 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.400 just jumped it, picked it and had gone for a 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.920 hundred yards back the other way. We've we've had to 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:04.719 have seen the foot race there. I think it was 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.240 Albert Wilson. I'm not sure on that would have been 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.280 an interesting foot race if they finished the play out 0:12:09.320 --> 0:12:11.640 they did not put a great play by Jamal Perry. 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:14.040 The very next throw to a jams one right into 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.920 Waddle similar to the first touchdown pass to Albert Wilson, 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:20.760 and Waddle continues to show this excellent concentration on passes 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:24.360 in traffic, scoring touchdowns, catching the ball, shot underneath intermediate, 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:26.400 doing a little bit of everything, and back to the 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:29.640 quarterback here. Arm strength is something that everybody wants to 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.920 know about, right he You know how far can you 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:34.160 throw a football? Which how much zip can you put 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:37.360 on the football? Whatever it might be? And two was 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.679 flatted out driving the ball today. And it started, honestly 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.120 in those goal line throws. But in seven on seven, 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.600 the first play, he rips a comeback from the far hash. 0:12:44.840 --> 0:12:47.120 So we're talking twenty five or so yards, so the 0:12:47.120 --> 0:12:50.600 perimeter fifteen yards on the route. I don't really know 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.000 the first thing about math, but that works out to 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.000 something like thirty yards or so. I think it's not 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:59.120 plus fifth team. There's some equation there, but you know what, 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:01.120 it's an NFL throw. How about it. We'll call it 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.760 an NFL throw and just leave it at that. Later 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:07.600 another anticipation rip where there's good coverage from Justin Coleman 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:10.120 driving down the stem, and Robert Foster is a great 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.600 job of going down and protecting the football and making 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:14.760 the catch on the first comeback the first route, I 0:13:14.760 --> 0:13:17.600 should say of seven on seven. And one area that 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.840 continues to impress me with to his game is what 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:23.360 looks like the mental side of things and knowing where 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:26.400 his options are. I heard to his trainer this offseason, 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.360 and I forget what show it was. I want to say, 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.560 Pat McAfee, but that does not feel right. But either way, 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.640 his trainer was on a particular podcast and they were 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:37.319 talking about how to a has xs and o s 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:39.599 written all over his house, certain plays written up on 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:42.400 the wall. Called it like football hiero glyphics, he said, 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:44.960 And that tangible impact is what you see on this 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.600 practice field. We saw a day one on a touchdown 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:50.000 to Adam Shaheen. I broke that down on Wednesday's podcast. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:51.440 Go back and check it out if you have not 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:52.800 heard it, or if you want to hear it again. 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.200 We talked about it and check downs earlier in practices 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.120 this week too. How he squared up to the goal 0:13:57.160 --> 0:13:58.880 post in the middle of the field, and when he 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:00.560 makes a decision that he's not going to go there, 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:03.000 it's a quick flip of the hips, feet and shoulders. 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.760 Everything gets outside to square up to your new target 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:07.600 where he knows he's already going to be on that 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:09.960 release valve and the ball is gonna get there quickly. 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.000 And every single pass catcher of all time wants the 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:15.640 football early, as early as you can get it to them. 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.640 And this this extra even if it's a half second, 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.720 makes a big difference to create yards after the catch. 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.360 I saw that a couple of times in today's practice. 0:14:24.600 --> 0:14:27.280 But we also see the same thing where he's progressing 0:14:27.280 --> 0:14:29.960 through targets to the deep and intermediate portions of the field, 0:14:30.200 --> 0:14:32.680 like this one ball and seven on seven where Wattle 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.360 is running aroute to the middle of the field and 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.680 to is facing us in the stands to the to 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.800 the left side of the formation, and you see it again, 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.960 hips feet, shoulders, helmet, they snap to another target and 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:46.640 then flip to the other side of the field to 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.120 come back and work that backside where he then finds 0:14:49.160 --> 0:14:51.320 Wattle crossing into the middle of the field for a 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:55.040 chunk of yards. Furthermore, Daniel Jeremiah once called too of 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:58.400 the greatest rpo quarterback in college football history, and a 0:14:58.440 --> 0:14:59.960 big part of that is the ability to go for 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.440 um the ball in the belly of the back, make 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.720 that read that takes that tells you where I gotta 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:06.400 pull this thing out now and flip it out behind 0:15:06.400 --> 0:15:08.640 to the receiver. And this all happened so quick, right, 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:10.520 And we saw that today when I throw to Durham 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.280 smythe and once again get it to me early so 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.360 I can have it and before the defense gets out there, 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:17.400 I can make some yards before they hit me. And 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:20.760 sure enough Durham doesn't even have someone within arm's reach 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.160 of him until he's already past the sticks ten plus 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.680 yards down the field. So the quickness and the ability 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:27.920 to get that release and get the football out quickly 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:30.640 after pulling it out of the backs belly, it's hard 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:33.600 to say, is a big trait for Tua. I also 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.720 saw him sidestepping some rushes, but you know where his 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:39.560 eyes always stay down the field. He does this, he 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:42.640 climbs a tax lion scrimmage and launches an absolute strike 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:46.000 to waddle again about twenty yards down the field, really 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.160 feeling it at this point. And he did this two 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.400 more times. And it might be where some of the 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.400 would be sack tweets you saw came from. I'll go 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:56.080 ahead and clarify this for myself. If I don't tweet 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.280 would be sack on the play, then I didn't think 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:00.360 it was. And so go back over my timeline and 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:01.960 you can catch up on those and kind of decide 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.160 for yourself as far as what I saw through my eyes, 0:16:04.480 --> 0:16:06.160 and there was three or four of these are so 0:16:06.440 --> 0:16:08.440 one where he puts a deep ball over Eric rose 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.960 head in coverage on Adam Shaheen, who hauls it in 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.120 for about twenty five yards or so. He got one 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:16.280 to Hollands across the field, akin to the Cardinals game 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:18.400 last year. He breaks the pocket, looks backside, has a 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:21.480 receiver open, fires it out there, big chunk game, and 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.320 the crowd is loving this all day, by the way, 0:16:24.400 --> 0:16:25.920 and then we get to eleven on eleven and the 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.280 throw of the day the playoff camp for me, well, 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:30.640 I don't know. Some of those deep balls were picture perfect. 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:32.600 To this one is where I think the touch and 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:35.280 placement of to a really show up. Albert Wilson had 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:38.120 Byron Jones playing inside leverage, so he's on the outside shoulder, 0:16:38.280 --> 0:16:41.440 kind of asking you to go inside. The help is inside, 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:45.040 and he gets into Byron and snaps off a dig route, 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:48.200 which is typically a fifteen seventeen twenty yard incut down 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:50.760 the field, and Byron's in great shape, he's right there, 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:53.400 but to us softly lays this thing out right out 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.000 in front right when Albert comes out of his break, 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:59.040 and by the time the ball and Albert intersect, Byron 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.640 Jones is fully ended and his hand is right where 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.760 it looks like it needs to be for a pass breakup, 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.159 but the ball is just like six inches beyond that. 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.720 It's perfect placement. Albert snatches it, the safety can't come 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:11.880 down because of that kind of close quarters and make 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:14.600 a play and soon enough burt Is gone off to 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:17.040 the races, throws his hand up and runs that thing 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.240 all the way for seventy three yards and a touchdown. 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:23.280 Chef's kiss. What a day, What a first week. I 0:17:23.320 --> 0:17:25.000 can't wait to get back here on Monday and watch 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:27.399 him work and try to build on these first four days. 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.439 I thought it was Jacoby Brissette's best day too. He 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:33.119 had a really nice anticipation throw in the three on 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:35.119 three goal line work to Waller where he throws it 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.159 out to the pylon before Jalen plants the foot in 0:17:37.200 --> 0:17:39.200 the ground and gets out there on the speed out. 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:41.800 Just great report. They're on the touchdown pass from Brissette 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:44.560 to Waddle. He had another nice one on a comeback 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.080 in seven on seven drills to mac Hollins. And I 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:50.560 think this is where Jacoby's real value or on field value, 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:52.600 because he's gonna tell you about his willingness to be 0:17:52.640 --> 0:17:55.200 a great teammate. And there are also a testimonials from 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.360 guys all over the league to talk about how good 0:17:57.359 --> 0:18:00.240 of a TEAMMATEE Jacoby Brissette is. But obviously I really 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:01.960