WEBVTT - Drive Time: July 30 Dolphins Camp Report 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:04.960 Two on the move, going deep Speedways past hell peaced 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:10.400 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:14.720 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.440 Heasy my ad hands in the playoffs. 0:00:26.760 --> 0:00:30.160 What is up, Dolph Fans and welcome to the Draft 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:33.280 Time Podcast. I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:35.960 today's show, Day six on the field is in the 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:39.080 books as we head into break number two, no practice 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:41.559 on Wednesday, and so with that, I want to make 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:45.080 this show a three fold show, a three segment show. 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:48.040 We'll do it across the three segments. Here today's practice notes. 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:50.239 I want to talk about this year's draft class and 0:00:50.240 --> 0:00:52.800 I want to give you eight big picture thoughts I 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:56.000 have from six practices, and as always, we will support 0:00:56.000 --> 0:00:59.040 that with audio from the guys. Plenty of clips that 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:01.520 cho from today from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:02.920 Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:03.480 This is. 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:10.959 The Draft Time parts. We're going to do additional practice 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:13.959 notes in the extra points form for segment number three, 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:16.319 but I'm also going to funnel today's events into these 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:19.880 bits and get you the larger picture thoughts with the 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:23.600 practice notes infused on this Tuesday and the first thing 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:26.400 I want to discuss is the way this draft class 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:29.920 has looked six days into camp, and not to extrapolate 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:34.480 entirely from just those six days, because I believe that's foolish. 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:36.920 The more camps you come to, the more you know 0:01:37.400 --> 0:01:40.280 where to not get out over your skis, Because like 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:43.280 I was the leader of the Eric Azuokama about to 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.200 be that dude bandwagon back in year one, and he 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.040 didn't play an offensive stap un to the last game 0:01:48.040 --> 0:01:49.440 of the year between you and I, I don't think 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.360 he's caught to pass since day one of practice. So 0:01:51.960 --> 0:01:55.560 there's always lessons to be learned in doing this, and 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:56.840 one of those lessons is you're not going to be 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:58.160 right all the time. But I want to give you 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:02.800 a wide berth here of takes and takeaways to hopefully 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.800 hit a good percentage of those. But I also think 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.280 it's worth acknowledging what you see early because I remember 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.800 seeing some various NFL content through the years where they 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:13.560 would be micd up or they'd have like behind the 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:18.239 scenes type of content, and in some of those pieces 0:02:18.240 --> 0:02:21.680 of content, you'll see teams talk openly about it right away, 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:23.880 like yeah, this kid is going to be a big 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.480 part of our plans. I remember the first season of 0:02:26.480 --> 0:02:28.440 All or Nothing, and gosh, that was so good. That 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:31.280 was before the oversaturation of content. I think where now 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:33.280 it's like I've seen too much and I just we 0:02:33.320 --> 0:02:35.639 have too many options for content. But that first year 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:37.440 and it came out like in June, right when football 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:40.960 shuts down, and the Cardinals like knew right away what 0:02:41.080 --> 0:02:44.480 they had in David Johnson, and they were like, we're 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.560 gonna go kind of slowly ease him into this and 0:02:46.600 --> 0:02:49.520 we're going to have him be a bell cow come Thanksgiving. 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:52.520 And then he was their guy, like the offensive you know, 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.639 the guy that the offense went through by the time 0:02:54.680 --> 0:02:57.440 the playoffs got there. And I say all of that 0:02:57.520 --> 0:02:59.920 to tell you guys that I'm watching this draft class. 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.639 Just make plays every single day. And another tip of 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:04.600 the cap here to Kyle Krabs because we were talking 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:06.200 about it. He said, Hey, Travis, I think this draft 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:07.000 class is. 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:07.800 Like really good. 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:10.000 And I was like, you know what, Kyle, it is 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.359 because all these guys keep making the notes every day. 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:14.720 Let's go ahead and make a segment talking about this 0:03:14.840 --> 0:03:17.600 year's draft class. And it begins in the first round. 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.560 And I don't think that you can point to five 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:23.799 guys collectively cumulatively over six days that have had a 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:27.000 better training camp than Chop Robinson. The speed and get 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:30.440 off is very real, and he's really just showing the 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:33.720 fastball rate now too, right because as he goes along 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:36.720 and we talked to Kendall Lamb about this earlier in 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:40.000 the week, he'll develop his breaking pitches. But he's using 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:43.120 the explosiveness and I've really noticed great hands and the 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.840 ability to keep guys out of his chest to chop 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:49.440 no pun intended their hands away, and to use the 0:03:49.600 --> 0:03:52.680 lineman's body to gain leverage. You know, he's played the run, 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:56.520 he's provided pressure, he's been absolutely stiller, and today he's 0:03:56.560 --> 0:03:58.880 split this double team. I've seen him beat guys one 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:02.680 on one pretty consistently, but today Lamb like fanned out 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:04.760 and Ingold step up into the big gap to help 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.520 on him, and he went right through both of them 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.400 and got to the quarterback, Like, come on, dude, this 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:11.360 is a guy that's been playing NFL football for six 0:04:11.440 --> 0:04:16.320 days and that's a decade plus vet who he got 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:18.240 who's played at a super high level, and the best 0:04:18.279 --> 0:04:21.159 fullback in the league who was otherwise popping everybody that 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.520 came into sight today, and later in that period they 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:26.240 throw this quick screen behind Chop and he retraces his 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:30.600 rush path and flags it down. It's been fantastic from 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.440 my vantage point. In fact, the only guy that I 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.039 think is consistently won against Chop has been second round 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:39.280 draft pick Patrick Paul. I think he's showing great growth 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.400 already and how he's seeing things getting to his landmarks 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:46.279 and his assignments. Nothing in particular rely today outside of 0:04:46.320 --> 0:04:47.640 the fact that I think there was a little bit 0:04:47.640 --> 0:04:50.400 more like in game type of pass protection calls in 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:53.000 terms of the play action and rolling pockets and you know, 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:55.440 pulling guards that peeled back and hit their pass protection. 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.400 Like I saw him executing that at what I thought 0:04:58.400 --> 0:05:00.320 was a high level, and it was just an another 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:02.480 solid day for a guy that's been very solid all 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:04.880 camp long. In the second round. In the third round, 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.960 Jalen Wright continues to flash his quickness, his speed to 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:10.400 the perimeter, those jump cuts I've talked about, you know, 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:12.960 I saw him getting some pass pro work in today 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:16.359 on Tuesday where he was stepping up and sticking guys, 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:18.880 you know, getting behind the pads and really playing up 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:21.200 through his base into his upper body to make that 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.120 strike and to make those guys feel that punch. Impressive 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.120 looking prospect man, a guy that I think has a 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:29.040 nice long career ahead of him, hopefully all for the 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.719 Miami Dolphins. Mohammed Kamara has made a lot of plays 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:35.440 and been an impact rusher all camp long. There's this 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:38.800 whole concept of speed and get off and throwing off 0:05:38.800 --> 0:05:41.840 the protection plan because of how it resets immediately when 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.120 you have you know, two or three guys that have 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:48.039 one point six ten splits getting off the snap and 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.040 like Chop had a pressure today where he was in 0:05:50.080 --> 0:05:52.040 the backfield like one point five to three seconds in 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:55.240 the Stopwatch. And the way he's been able to bend 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:58.400 through contact and shorten that corner because he can maintain 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:02.120 his speed and balance with that ankle flextion, the ankle 0:06:02.160 --> 0:06:05.120 strength right where he dips and bends the arc. What 0:06:05.200 --> 0:06:08.920 an impressive athlete. And I just love love his mental makeup. 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:11.920 I asked him last Tuesday, the day before we started practice. 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:13.800 I was like, Mo, you're ready to go, man, what's up? 0:06:14.000 --> 0:06:16.279 And He's like, I can't wait to put my bleeping 0:06:16.400 --> 0:06:18.760 hat on someone. And I'm like, yep, that tracks of 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:20.480 the podcast we had back in the summer when he 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:24.040 was the most high energy guy that kind of matched. 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.800 You know, my energy here on the podcast doesn't happened 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:28.599 very often, but Moe brought a lot more than I 0:06:28.640 --> 0:06:31.400 can even bring you guys here on Drive Time in 0:06:31.440 --> 0:06:34.200 the sixth round, Malik Washington has been feasting in the 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:36.840 short to intermedia areas and the way he snaps off 0:06:36.839 --> 0:06:39.800 his routes and sinks those hips into the routes, it's 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:43.520 gonna make him an immediate available option and a trustworthy option. 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.000 I think right away for two a tongue of by 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.080 low and he's playing very fast, which tells me that 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:51.480 he's as advertised in terms of how he prepares and 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:55.400 how he fits in this offense, with his strengths being 0:06:55.839 --> 0:06:58.960 aligned with how this offense ticks and goes, and that's 0:06:58.960 --> 0:07:01.360 only going to increase when we get beyond six days 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:03.839 of training camp. I think there's a clear role for 0:07:03.920 --> 0:07:05.520 him in this offense if he stayed on top of 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:07.920 his stuff and continues to progress the way he has. 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.840 He did, however, and I want to just you know, 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:12.480 throw a little bit of cold water here on the fire, 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:14.520 because you look at his tape and everyone's like, oh mol, 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:16.600 he can do everything from college, right, But there was 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:18.000 a reason he went in the sixth round. I think 0:07:18.040 --> 0:07:20.680 that reason is the lack of vertical skill set when 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:22.800 it translates to the next level. He could do it Virginia, 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:24.280 but I don't think it's going to be his game 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:27.080 here because there was a vertical route in one on 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.440 ones where he stacked need him but just could not 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.200 pull away from him and it ended up in a 0:07:32.200 --> 0:07:34.280 big collision as Needham played through the football made a 0:07:34.280 --> 0:07:35.160 great play himself. 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:36.680 But you know he feasts in. 0:07:36.640 --> 0:07:39.840 The shorts, short areas, the screen game, the take a 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.480 carry game, take advantage of all that space they just 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:45.000 created from overplay on the deep passes and the deep 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:48.040 routes from waddle in Tyreek, and just focus on that 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:50.640 part of the football field. I thought Patrick McMorris had 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.960 some really good reps in coverage and one on ones 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.640 today versus the backs and tight ends, and has always 0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:57.800 shown his salt in some of the special teams and 0:07:57.800 --> 0:07:59.720 how he gets after those kickoffs going down the field. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.680 Taj Washington unfortunately out for the year, but there are 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:05.400 some undrafted guys who I think have had better camps 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:07.559 than some of the guys that got drafted who also 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.080 have a great shot here too. And it starts with 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:14.440 Grayson Murphy, who I would say, like Chop and Kamara 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:18.080 have been great, but Grayson has if at all, I'll 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:19.920 put Chop at the top, but Grayson's right there with 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.480 Moe in my opinion in terms of performance, I saw him. 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.200 I've seen him long arm and hold the edge, shed 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.000 a block and go make a tackle. I've seen him 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.800 convert his move inside to fit the B gap. I've 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:34.000 seen him bend the corner with that same bendability and 0:08:34.040 --> 0:08:36.520 ankle strength inflection I talked about from Mo Camara. Just 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:39.520 these guys that are so well established and built from 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:43.359 a just like a big bone, men like a composition 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:47.040 right like they're just so strong. And today I saw 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:49.440 him fall back into the hook zone and coverage and 0:08:49.480 --> 0:08:52.000 follow Mike White's eyes to a near pick and he 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:53.719 dropped it. And he was very upset with himself that 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:55.640 he dropped it. But you got a sense of the 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.640 feel for the route concepts in the route depth and 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:01.400 just the football IQ displays. In my opinion, he is 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:04.640 making this football team. Leonard of Pain the UDFA from Colorado, 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:08.000 who won every time he won with peer speed at 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.720 Colorado had an absolute screamer of a speed rush today 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.520 where he got into the backfield immediately and Storm Duck 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:17.280 made another PBu today. That's three splash plays in two days. 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:20.000 By my account, I am fired up for this class. 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:21.640 I think it has a chance to be pretty special. 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.480 And with all the vet talent you know, eight players 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:27.720 in the top one hundred NFL player voting, gosh, that 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:31.720 bodes well for not just twenty twenty four, but first 0:09:31.760 --> 0:09:33.880 sustained long term success if it turned out to be 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:36.800 the case with this rookie draft class. All Right, speaking 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:39.200 of vets and big picture takeaways, we're gonna go ahead 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.600 and take our first break quickly here and come right 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:43.760 back and talk about eight things that I think I 0:09:43.800 --> 0:09:46.000 think from the first six days of training camp. That's 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.240 after the break Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:54.920 brought to you by Auto Nation, Segment two on this Tuesday, 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:57.760 July the thirty from the Baptist Health Training Complex, and 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:01.000 again a similar disclaimer to the first segment, I'm not 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.640 signing this in pen. In fact, I thought about my 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.240 high school basketball coach writing this out. He used to 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:08.199 use that term a lot with us with the lineup. 0:10:08.360 --> 0:10:10.400 He'd tell us, like, these three seniors are in the 0:10:10.400 --> 0:10:12.559 lineup in penn and right now you're in pencil. I 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.319 think it's like a motivation tactic. These are all in pencil, 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.199 but they aren't just there off of the first six days. 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:21.400 It's the first six days of camp combined with OTAs 0:10:21.440 --> 0:10:23.480 and then the film study, going back to the additions 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:25.760 in March and April and so on and so on. 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.000 So up first, the first thing that I think from 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.320 camp so far and the off season program and all 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.880 that fun stuff is that Jordan Poyer is the real deal. 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:36.320 And I wrote this first because the pick that he 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.520 had on Tua in practice today was a rep that 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.040 I've just seen too many damn times with Poe, going 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.360 back to twenty seventeen, picking off Ryan Tannehill, picking off 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.960 Jay Cutler, picking off Ryan Fitzpatrick, picking off Josh Rosen, 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:50.800 Like who has he not picked off the Dolphins quarterback 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.040 where he's kind of him and Micah Hyde, you know, 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:57.120 disguising and operating from different roles, from different positions and 0:10:57.160 --> 0:11:00.760 different looks, where he's keying and reading and mumping footballs 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:04.000 in that deep hook zone from that backside robber roll, 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:06.120 and that's exactly what he did right here. He got 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.280 under a two to a throw to Braxton Barrios and 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.640 took it up the sideline for a nice return. And 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.880 just like his presence, the way he talks, there's some 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:17.800 ish to him, right and I use that as a 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.400 PC level word here. He didn't mince his words when 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:22.920 he got here, and I felt like on day one 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:24.679 he went out there and kind of made it a 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:27.360 point to set the tone with his physicality, as if 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:29.320 to make a point of we will not be that 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:32.440 same Dolphins team who the last two years kind of 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.200 crumbled a little bit when things got tough down the stretch. 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.360 And again there was so many injuries. So I hate 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.600 to put it on the makeup of the team, but 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.280 I think that anytime you can kind of lift that 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.880 aspect of your team and get tougher and get more 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.319 mentally tough, that's a good thing. And I think that's 0:11:47.320 --> 0:11:49.640 what Jordan Poyer brings. And I think we've seen a 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:51.920 few of the additions who will see to that, like 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:54.960 Kaleis Campbell, and You're not gonna be a SOF football 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.800 team on Kalias Campbell's watch Jordan Brooks, I mean, talk 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.520 about some ish to a guy John hus Smith. I 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:03.200 just love what we have cooking with this current makeup 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:05.160 of our team, in addition to what they had previously, 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.080 with all the talent and captain level presences that we have. 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.680 And so Poyer has his presence being felt in production, 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.760 but he's also had this big impact on his teammates. 0:12:14.800 --> 0:12:16.360 And I want to play some sound here from Elijah 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.600 Campbell on a second. But first I want to go 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.040 ahead and get to Elijah Campbell because he is number 0:12:21.040 --> 0:12:24.160 two on this list that I don't think Elijah Campbell 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.760 is going anywhere in terms of how much involvement he's 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:30.400 had on the defense, A guy that was largely a 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.560 special team contributor since twenty twenty one when he tore 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:36.280 his ACL mid season that year at the game at 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.640 the Jets, And that was after he had this crazy 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:44.200 trip through football where he was a UDFA to the Browns, 0:12:44.320 --> 0:12:47.360 got cut from that team, went through the AAF, that 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.520 defunct football league, through the XFL, and then got an 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.319 opportunity with the Jets and was not medically clear to 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.240 play because of a heart condition. And then he winds 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.440 up here at the Dolphins, and he's been here since 0:12:57.440 --> 0:12:59.880 twenty twenty one, but now it looks like he's right 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.480 to take that next step and be a contributor as 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.800 a safety in this defense. He was in the Orange 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.240 Jersey today, which I didn't have that prediction. I had 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.360 it earlier in the week, but almost feels like a 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:12.800 cumulative type of award to him. He was flying all 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.400 over the field and making more plays in this practice. 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:19.640 He seems to really be settling into that role on defense. 0:13:19.720 --> 0:13:23.079 And Kyle made this nice comparison today that I thought 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:25.520 was apt, saying that he reminds him a little bit 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.480 of Geno Stone for the Ravens last year as this 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:31.640 kind of sub package or big nickel safety for the 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.960 Ravens defense under Mike McDonald and Anthony Weaver, and Geno 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:38.520 Stone was a critical part of the variety of multi 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:41.400 safety packages the Ravens did run a year ago. There's 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:44.800 really really sound fundamentals as a tackler, which is why 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:46.800 he's so good on special teams. And then also the 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:50.480 understanding of coverage responsibility, because I saw the last couple 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:53.600 of days, really these deep balls they're not open. They're 0:13:53.640 --> 0:13:55.760 just not open against these safeties who are so connected 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:58.520 and communicating and staying on top with the roof on 0:13:58.559 --> 0:14:01.160 top of the defense to keep all these speed threats 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:05.000 and vertical threats in line. And scrolling around my timeline, 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.040 I saw a tweet from a Bengals reporter that talked 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:10.800 about Zach Taylor, Bengals head coach, discussing having that same 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:13.920 guy Gino Stone and Von Bell, both free agents they 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.160 brought back to Cincinnati this year. And you might recall 0:14:16.240 --> 0:14:19.040 they had Bell two years ago with Jesse Bates, who 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:20.640 for my money is the best safey in the National 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.560 Football League, and the last year both those guys left 0:14:23.600 --> 0:14:28.680 to go to the Panthers and Falcons, respectively, and they 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:32.400 had two young safeties step in in Dax Hill. I 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.480 think it was Yeah, I think it was Dax Hill 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:38.280 and a newcomer and Nick Scott, who was a kind 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:40.560 of also ran for the Rams and it didn't work out. 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.440 They regressed big time. And Taylor said this year, when 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.760 you have veteran safeties who have played a ton of football, 0:14:46.040 --> 0:14:49.360 everything shifts forward. And I'm thinking about Poe who's been 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:53.200 around for a decade, for Javon Holland who's played upwards 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.880 of three thousand snaps, Elijah who's been a pro since 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:58.440 twenty eighteen, and Marcus May who broke in back in 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:01.320 twenty sixteen. There are so much veteran experience back there 0:15:01.320 --> 0:15:03.560 that it makes sense that Miami for the last three years, 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:06.040 I would say, has hit their fewest amount of deep 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:08.280 balls in practices. Let's go ahead and throw out real 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:11.040 quick to Elijah Campbell who talked about this safety group 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:12.800 and all the experience in that room. 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:16.480 Paul Marcus May, I forgot to mention him great experience too. 0:15:17.400 --> 0:15:19.400 They've been great. I mean they've just been offering a 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:24.000 lot of knowledge. I mean just today there's a went 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:25.880 to the sideline and Marcus May was telling me just 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:29.120 certain ways that I could hold shells and stuff like that. 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:31.640 So I think just their experience anytime you can have 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:35.040 experience out there, especially someone like Poe oh Man. Poe Man, 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.880 he's got a lot of knowledge in the game, so 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:39.960 he's helped me tremendously. 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:41.920 So the third thing that I think is the exact 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:45.240 same copy and paste, but with Quentin Bell, I mean, 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.440 you keep checking in each day to be like, is 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:49.440 this the day Quentin Bell slows down? And the answer 0:15:49.480 --> 0:15:52.240 is always No, He's been awesome all camp long. I 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:54.840 talked about his edge setting, using that long arm to 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.680 keep the outside free to disengage or force the beck 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.800 to bend back his track inside. And Daniel was asked 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.280 about him this morning and gave an even more fired 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.920 up answer than what I've been doing watching Quentin Bell 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:06.480 and practice. 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.640 Can you tell us fired up that he brought up 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:16.160 q He's uh, he's uh. You you You learn so 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:21.960 much about players based upon how other players react. And 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:26.040 when he gets an edge of a lineman and and 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:32.280 uh is is creating a hurry pressure or sack or 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:39.760 he's long arming while set in the edge, people lose 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:44.880 their minds. And I think that's because here's a guy 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:48.840 that comes to work every day with with no excuses, 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:55.000 doesn't doesn't tally how many opportunities he gets. He makes 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.320 the most of the ones that he does get. And 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:00.600 because of that, when you have that type of mind mindset, 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.440 you get more and more opportunities. So at a cool 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:07.480 spot in his career in his development, you know, working 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:13.320 with Ryan Crow, and I'm excited about the football that 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:14.280 he is in store form. 0:17:14.400 --> 0:17:16.480 And remember my interview with Quintin on I believe it 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.119 was last Thursday. You heard it and you felt his 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.000 likability from the workmen like mentality, and I love how 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.040 coach got so pumped to talk about it. He was 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.199 fist pumping at the podium. I feel like Mike is 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:30.520 genuinely more capable than most at this level, at his 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:32.760 position as a head coach to be able to relate 0:17:32.800 --> 0:17:35.560 to someone who's made that tough climb to an opportunity 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:39.200 because Mike himself was an underdog for so long, right, 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:42.120 so very cool to see and just to expand this bit. 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:44.840 If Quinton is here to stay, and if Chop and 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:47.440 Mow and Grace and Murphy are what they've shown this week, 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:49.680 what's one of the big storylines we heard about all 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:51.960 spring and summer, like when do two and fifteen get back? 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:54.000 And rightfully so, I think they're the best edge combination 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:56.600 of the NFL, which has a defense that has the 0:17:56.600 --> 0:18:00.000 best cornerback combination of the NFL. Well, perhaps this length 0:18:00.320 --> 0:18:03.200 the runway just to tad when you have young, hungry 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:08.240 guys like this absolutely seizing this opportunity. Number four is 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:13.639 the defensive line remake, and it's just been a different 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.440 guy every day, Like first off, I saw Zach today sprint, 0:18:16.520 --> 0:18:19.879 not run, but sprint through the sideline pursuing Tyreek on 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:22.560 a quick out. I just feel like eight figure players 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:24.359 who finished near the top of the leader board in 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:27.080 a few of the categories at their position, they don't 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.480 do that in period one of a July thirty practice 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:31.720 like sometimes they do. But a guy like Zach who's 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.920 never stopped working, like the UDFA he was who got 0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:36.080 cut by his first team, it shows up every day 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:39.040 in practice. Khalais Campbell was awesome. More on his battle 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:41.159 with Liam Eichenberg later on, But the rest of the 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:43.240 room is kind of my point here. I've seen Neville 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:46.040 Gallimore stack wins with quickness. I've seen Tart do that. 0:18:46.240 --> 0:18:48.960 I've seen Benito Jones do that and inflict his size 0:18:48.960 --> 0:18:52.000 on dudes. I've seen Jonathan Harris hold his gap in assignment. 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.600 It's just a good looking room that has so much 0:18:54.640 --> 0:18:57.560 more depth than it has in the past. Thing Number 0:18:57.600 --> 0:18:59.560 five that I take away from camp so far is 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.200 two and Wattle are the best they've ever been, and 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:05.200 Wattle is catching everything. They were doing a half speed 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.600