WEBVTT - Day 13 Dolphins Camp - Touchdowns, Interceptions, Situational Football and Practicing to Play 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us buyers touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.639 end zone of Miami tight froll, tight window. They had 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:11.760 to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:14.520 --> 0:00:18.960 What is up? Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:19.280 --> 0:00:23.040 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:27.520 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:30.760 Travis Wingfield And on today's show, we're back on the 0:00:30.800 --> 0:00:33.640 practice field, back here at the Baptist Health Training Complex, 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.400 back in the stands with a chance to get a 0:00:36.400 --> 0:00:39.360 better view at the entire practice field. Level is great, 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.640 but the eye and the sky is undefeated. We'll hear 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:46.040 from head coach Mike McDaniel, will get post practice player 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:49.640 media availability and my favorite part of of course, the 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:52.320 practice notes. Will also fill you on some roster moves 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:55.400 and the PF numbers we omitted on the Monday show 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:59.160 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:08.399 This is d quick update on the PF numbers that 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:11.560 we did not get to on the Monday episode. The 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.840 passing offense through Skylar Thompson seven point four yards per 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.800 passed down the field with with air depth, I should say, 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.840 two point seven nine seconds time to throw. It's a 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:23.440 very good number, uh a lot higher than we saw 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:27.399 last season, seventy six point nine percent adjusted accuracy. He 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.040 was three for three on passes twenty plus yards down 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.720 the field, with eighty four yards and a touchdown. Pass 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:35.080 Some of those open plays schemed up down field for him, 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.760 but this note right here, he was kept clean on 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:40.880 twenty dropbacks and completed eighteen of those passes for a 0:01:40.959 --> 0:01:43.640 hundred and ninety seven yards nine point nine yards per 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:47.920 pass and the touchdown. Compared to fourteen dropbacks where he's 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.200 under pressure, he goes eight for four team, but I 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.320 really want to point out that he had twenty dropbacks 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.800 clean and fourteen under pressure, a good ratio. Here. In 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.080 week one of the preseason, some receiver numbers Lynn Bowden 0:01:59.160 --> 0:02:02.400 average third teen point seven five yards per route ran. 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.880 That is an absurd number. Anything over two is pretty good. 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.560 Cedric Wilson four point eight three, Trent Sherfield three point 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:13.000 six seven, and Tanner Conner three point five seven. I 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.560 should say anything over two for a whole season, for 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:20.440 requisite workload is really good. These individual games, you can 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:22.720 have these kind of blurs off the radar but I 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:25.200 thought it was worth pointing out because of that. Solomon 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.840 Kinley had a clean sheet no pressures allowed on twenty 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:30.720 three pass protection reps, and Adam Panky had just one 0:02:30.800 --> 0:02:34.079 hurry allowed on pass pro reps. Before we get to 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:37.200 coaches press conference, some roster moves. The Dolphins have waived 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:41.440 Cole Bandward, Davante Deadman, and Jordan Williams. They've also wave 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.480 slash injured, released Tino Ellis and Adam Shaheen. Or I 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:46.840 should say to the I R for Shaheen. There. That's it. 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:49.200 That's the rash and news. That's the PF numbers. Let's 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:51.760 go ahead and go right back to our practice edition 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.360 of the Draft Time Podcast, Day thirteen out here in 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.360 South Florida in Miami Gardens. Let's go ahead and pick 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.120 it up with coach and Mike McDaniel's media availability, and 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:03.280 he first touched on an update on Byron Jones talking 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.600 about how the process remains the same. They're very hopeful. 0:03:06.880 --> 0:03:09.440 The entire time, we've all known that things have to 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.359 hit on all cylinders without having setbacks for that to 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:15.200 be the case, and nothing has changed in that regard. 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:18.280 He also touched on what Byron has to do in 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:20.440 order to get himself ready to play. And he was 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.760 very transparent about the fact that if this is a 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.440 guy with maybe one accrued season or you know, eight 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.600 ten games played, you might want to get them more 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.840 football time in terms of seeing live reps. And while 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.160 he won't throw Byron Jones onto the field week one 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:35.800 without having any football reps, he does say that the 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:39.200 experience and resume of Byron Jones certainly affords him the 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.920 opportunity to get out there faster because you can trust 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:44.040 a guy that has played that well and knows the 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:46.080 game that well and has seen so many reps in 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:49.920 his career. The Dolphins picked up cornerback Mackenzie Alexander, a 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:52.200 former second round draft picks had a very nice career 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:55.880 both inside, outside and on special teams. Coach was asked 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:59.040 about McKenzie Alexander, and that is where we'll pick up 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:03.440 this press conference about new Dolphins cornerback Mackenzie Alexander. Initially, 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:07.200 you know what a guy has played, um there. There 0:04:07.320 --> 0:04:11.600 is a portion of the process, especially um with a 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:15.480 player like that, where you want them to earn um 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:20.279 their ability within your exact scheme, you know, So the 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:25.320 versatility of inside and outside. UM, I think is is 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:29.760 is nice for us. UM. Everybody knows uh where where 0:04:29.760 --> 0:04:34.600 he's had his production from. But I try not to say, uh, 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:38.600 you know everybody. Every defensive scheme has their specific techniques 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:45.080 sometimes like for instance, UM, we we just played a 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:48.520 team Tampa Bay where if you watch one of ones, 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:53.680 UM whatever their man demand coverage, they don't necessarily reroute 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:57.760 UM as much as our our guys do. So the 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.520 reason why I say that is, UM, I'm not I'll 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:07.159 never be con committed to Okay, this guy is only this, 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.919 always leaving the options open fully knowing UM that he 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.640 has UH experience, And we watched the tape two, but 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:20.640 we would rather especially with that with that particular player, UM, 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:24.360 let him earn his keep. And I wouldn't want to say, hey, 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:28.000 you can't do something. UM. We were just going for 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:32.800 the best player inside or outside UH available and let 0:05:32.800 --> 0:05:36.560 the chips fall with that in his hands. Are you 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:41.120 guys fans of the HBO Mike Judge vehicle Silicon Valley, 0:05:41.720 --> 0:05:46.960 when Danish and Gilfoyle are upset about the way Richard 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.920 has handled a certain element of the business and they 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:52.039 have nothing but great things to say about Richard, but 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.120 they want to complain about this one thing, and they 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:56.400 come up with a shorthand to say, Richard is great, 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:58.279 But you know, I need to come up with a 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:04.200 shorthand for Mike McDaniels perfect answers and press conferences, because 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.599 I just want to keep going back to that. And 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.039 when you get a question about whether or not Mackenzie 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.720 Alexander's gonna play inside or outside, and he winds up 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.760 giving you this tidbit about within a certain ski and 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:17.840 the skills that he can offer at one position might 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.520 not be what it was for another team in another spot, 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:28.040 and you just get these very in depth, unique glances 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:29.960 at the way his brain works, in the way this 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.919 sport kind of you know, is so difficult to describe, 0:06:35.320 --> 0:06:38.359 can be really boiled down to something so simple because 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.280 of the way he communicates and articulates it. Like that's 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.800 why those eight thousand video cut ups are such a 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.360 big story, right. He's found a way to streamline processes 0:06:47.720 --> 0:06:51.000 and communicate something within his own mind that is so 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:53.640 complex and it comes out on the other end like 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:56.400 well packaged. It just blows my mind. So we need 0:06:56.400 --> 0:07:00.159 a Rigby shorthand for coach McDaniel's press conferences are my 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:03.039 favorite thing I've ever covered. And next he was asked 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:05.320 about did you feel like there was a need for 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:09.000 an inside guy? Talking about a potential guy behind Nick 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:11.480 need Um who has a stranglehold on that slot position. 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:14.440 Here's coach talking about the need of the cornerback position 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:17.360 and what they were looking for, not inside or outside, 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:19.760 but a competitive defensive back. Really, I felt like there 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:23.880 was just a need for UM, a competitive NFL UM 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:28.720 defensive back. You know, I I'm not particularly worried about 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:35.200 inside or outside. We we like Nick need UM's UM versatility. UM. Luckily, 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:40.920 we we have a group of UM athletic, UH diverse 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:44.720 UM players on the back end that can really that 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:49.160 versatility is a huge strength UM. So to me, the 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:54.080 only way, you know, we were afforded an opportunity. It's 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:57.800 hard to get competition that has a chance to make 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:01.240 the team in the middle of camp. So when you 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:05.160 when you have a good player out there that you 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.760 work out that you has already been on your radar 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:12.840 before you had any injuries. UM. I I wasn't really 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:16.640 concerned with Hey, we're light on inside players or were 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.240 light on outside. I wanted someone that would legitimately have 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.000 a chance to compete for a roster spot, which I 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.720 think he does. So yeah, there you go, Mackenzie Alexander 0:08:25.760 --> 0:08:27.480 added to the roster. And he's got a bunch of 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:30.080 pelts in the wall in terms of NFL experienced success 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:33.199 and a good resume on defensive or in the defensive 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:36.439 backfield and on special teams. Next, coach was asked about 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.680 Noah igbonogamy and something that he's been impressed by and 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.280 something he feels that Noah can work on. Here's coach 0:08:42.320 --> 0:08:44.400 a bit of a continuation from what he talked about 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.520 at a Sunday press conference with Noah seeing it, trusting 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:52.040 it and playing not not playing not to get beat. Um. 0:08:52.080 --> 0:08:58.160 I've been impressed by his his internal fortitude. Okay, this 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:02.280 is It's not lost on me at all. Um, the 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:05.680 pressures that come um in the National Football League, especially 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.400 when you're an athlete of his skill set. So he's 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:12.960 he's done an outstanding job. You have to have a 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:16.679 short memory at the cornerback positions. He's really had some 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:22.720 maturation growth um this year. Uh from you know the 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:25.400 stories that have that I heard coming in where he's 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:29.880 he's moving on to the next play and UM competing 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.400 and not letting himself get down on himself where he 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:37.280 needs to UM improve. I would say it's kind of 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:40.280 what I was alluding to UM when I talked to 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:43.840 him during the game, is I don't want him to 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:48.360 ever lose his aggressiveness and and feel like he's playing 0:09:48.800 --> 0:09:53.120 not to get beat. I want him to tow always compete, 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:57.480 have no memory UM in that regard, and just be 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:01.719 kind of cutthroat with with the game of football to 0:10:02.000 --> 0:10:06.319 just trust all this training and so in times that 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:09.640 that I think he's being a hair passive, I'll jump 0:10:09.679 --> 0:10:11.520 on that and be like, Hey, that's not you. This 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.160 is this is not where where you're at in your development, 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.880 which I think he agreed UM, which is again why 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:21.560 he's he's taking some steps forward as a professional. And 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.080 as we'll get to in the notes here today, I 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.360 know Egnogamy a big day of practice here for the 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:29.480 Miami Dolphins on this Tuesday. Next, coach was asked about 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:34.040 is this week set up to put two in position 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:36.960 to start the game on Saturday against the Raiders. Here's 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:41.920 coach McDaniel with another fantastic quip. This week, UM is 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:47.319 set up to to not know what I'm gonna do. No, 0:10:49.320 --> 0:10:52.600 it is and I know you. I get where you're 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:55.760 coming from. You're just trying to trying to get an idea. Um, 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:59.560 And so I'm sensitive to that fact. But I and 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:02.800 whether I mean it is not coach speak at all. 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:06.240 It is direct, like I really truly believe in the 0:11:06.280 --> 0:11:11.120 process and and taking in all pieces of information to 0:11:11.240 --> 0:11:14.000 do what's best for the team. Um. I what I 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:17.160 do expect is I expect there to be some players 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:20.079 that didn't play in the in this last game to 0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:23.880 play this this game coming forward. UM, when I see 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:27.400 exactly where we're at. Um. And it doesn't necessarily mean 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.920 if he has a good week of practice then I'm good. Um, 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.240 it's more of where the whole offense is at, what 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:37.280 he needs on the field, but also other players that 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:41.440 have to play, and does that necessitate him playing, you know, 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:45.640 like it is such a to do it the right way. 0:11:45.640 --> 0:11:50.760 In my opinion, there's so many compounding variables that I 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:54.520 would hesitate to say yes he is or no he's not, 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:58.199 because I haven't made totally that decision. So that you 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.240 have another fun Coach mcdowe annual press conference. You want 0:12:01.240 --> 0:12:03.400 to find the entire thing. Check out the team YouTube 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:07.199 channel Miami Dolphins YouTube coming up next here. That's right, 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.800 it's practice notes time. We'll go ahead and take a 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:12.880 short break and come back with the practice notes for Tuesday, 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:17.079 August sixteenth, here on the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:25.480 brought to you by Auto Nation. It's a Tuesday. We 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.840 are back in Miami Gardens for Dolphins practice. A nice 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.520 week in Tampa Bay, but it's always good to be home. 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:36.280 A field view, field level view is always nice, but 0:12:36.480 --> 0:12:38.439 nothing beats the eagle eye and the sky has it 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.079 got a chance to return back to the top of 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:42.880 the grandstands here at the Baptist Health Training Complex to 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:46.760 watch Dolphins practice on this Tuesday. We're just three weeks 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.840 away from Patriots Week. It's coming up fast. We have 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.080 two more games, a bunch more practices in between then 0:12:52.120 --> 0:12:55.880 and now. And we had Day thirteen, which was a 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:57.600 little back and forth and I would say not the 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.360 best practice the team had this training camps so far. 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:02.520 On balance, but I want to go ahead and do 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.080 this thing a little bit differently because I don't feel 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:08.320 like going through this position by position is going to 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:10.920 cover this practice the way that I want to and 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:13.480 I want to start with some observations from just hanging 0:13:13.480 --> 0:13:17.360 out and watching the pre practice stuff. First, Trent sheffields 0:13:17.360 --> 0:13:19.360 in the Orange jersey today and what a huge day 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.640 he had in the Orange might have been the best 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:24.480 performance by somebody who was wearing the orange jersey so 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.080 far in training camp. My first note was that it 0:13:27.160 --> 0:13:30.840 was hot, like miserably hot today, microwave hot. And maybe 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:33.920 it was just the kind of weak in Tampa with weather, 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:37.200 but I was somewhat blown away by the fact that 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.400 Central Florida, again at least the three days that I 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:42.720 was there, did not have anywhere near the mugginess and 0:13:42.760 --> 0:13:47.520 the humidity and just the overall this is terrible summer 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.120 heat of South Florida. I'll defer to the long time 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:54.480 South Floridians out there, but we came back home when 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.240 it was hot. Today they drilled indies and fundies for 0:13:57.280 --> 0:14:00.000 a long time, like forty five minutes of just getting 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:02.800 things put back together from an individual and fundamental standpoint, 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:06.760 real emphasis on positional work, technique and some good hard coaching. 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.960 I always enjoy those periods just to see the interactions, 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:13.480 coaching points, effort, those sort of things. And I thought 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:15.480 it was really cool to see the Dolphins defensive line 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.520 of working on a drill where you hit the tackling 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.720 sled and then you get your hands up and coach 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:22.200 with throw the ball behind your ear hole and you 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:24.200 actual try to get your hands up and swat that 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:27.840 thing down once your rush has been stymied, especially when 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:31.800 on the first playoff team Christian Wilkins, who during the 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.920 individual portion was getting Coach Clark absolutely fired up by 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:40.120 rejecting passes left and right. And there was a evolution 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:44.000 for Coach Clark out there today with Emmanuel Ogba doing 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.080 a one on one drill by himself where he had 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.760 to bend the edge, chopped the arms of the tackling 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.960 dummy to get to the quarterback, and Coach was fired 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:53.960 up by a rep just like fist pumping the way 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.720 you and I would if to have found Tyreek for 0:14:56.720 --> 0:14:58.880 seventy five yards in the first play of the season. 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:01.640 Same exactly energy level I feel like. And then he 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:06.880 carried that over into Christian Wilkins batting down passes and individuals, 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:11.000 and it was kind of that Vince McMahon McMahon, Vince 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:16.920 McMahon evolution of well what's over. They're interesting too. Oh, 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.640 that's that looks pretty good to like absolutely on fire 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.280 to falling over backwards in the chair. And when he 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.960 fell over backwards in the chair was when Christian Wilkins 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:27.840 swatted the first passive practice in the team period right 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:29.800 back into the quarterback's face. It was cool to see 0:15:29.800 --> 0:15:32.080 them apply something they learned in that period of practice 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:35.240 and took it over to the team portion of practice. Remember, 0:15:35.280 --> 0:15:38.520 last year the Dolphins had passes defense that was most 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.360 in the National Football League. The defensive line also had 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:44.320 more than any other defensive line, and Emmanuel Ogba had 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:47.680 more than any other defensive line player with twelve last year. 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.080 So it's an emphasis. They work on it, they do 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:52.120 a good job of it. And then in that team period, 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:55.440 right after the bad it passes, we got a huge 0:15:55.640 --> 0:15:58.320 run from quarterback one. He got out wide, stretched the 0:15:58.440 --> 0:16:00.400 legs and I'm not sure if he would a score 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:03.640 from forty five yards out, but he might have. It 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:05.600 kind of reminded me of that run he had against 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.080 l s U as a sophomore when both teams were 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:11.880 unbeaten and he chased by Devin White rumbled in for 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:14.880 the Crimson touchdown. It was a really impressive run from two. 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.520 A tongue Byla showed some of those wheels today. Then 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:19.880 the Dolphins opened up some space for Chase Edmonds and 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.080 it's copy and paste. At this point he presses it, 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:25.440 things converge and with one foot in the ground, one cut, 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:28.880 He's accelerating off that cut and into the second level 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.640 in an absolute flash. A little bit tougher to see 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:33.800 the offensive line today on the far field, but that 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:37.680 hole was opened up by Liam Eichenberg and Connor Williams 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:39.960 with a really nice seal by Rob Hunt on the 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:46.120 backside as well. Then excuse me that we're back to 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:49.720 back to a rips that had me excited and in fact, 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:51.760 my good buddy soft At Dan you guys know who 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:53.840 he is. We were sitting by each other today where 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:56.280 he was laughing and saying, the season's got to start now, 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.600 dog the way to us playing, I want to see 0:16:58.640 --> 0:17:01.640 it today, And I'm like, yeah, I I can't remember 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:03.560 being this excited for the season at this point of 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:05.600 training camp. Usually I'm still pretty fired up by the 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:07.840 practices by the preseason games to come. You guys know, 0:17:07.920 --> 0:17:10.720 I love preseason football. But man, we're like three and 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.119 a half weeks away from the Patriots. I can't wait. 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:16.080 But anyway, they ran these two passes that to me 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:19.040 showed the processing ability of QB one two A Tungo 0:17:19.080 --> 0:17:22.000 by loa first catch the snap and fire one quickly 0:17:22.000 --> 0:17:24.199 to tyreek. One of those glanced routes. Just catch it, 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:26.199 get it out between the one and the zero, and 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.560 there he goes. It's not live, so you never know, 0:17:28.680 --> 0:17:30.320 but I think he had a pretty big game after 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:33.159 the catch. Then a similar route where that first window 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.520 is taken away so to a pumps and kind of 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:39.280 double clutches, and you see that hook defender take that 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:42.000 cheese and slide to the side and that opens up 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:44.280 the second window. Or two week and then lady that 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:46.920 thing in the river craik Craft and he continues right 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:49.400 into that window, catches up for a big chunk game 0:17:49.480 --> 0:17:52.879 and some rack as well. Then Gus Porter Gustin and 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.719 Darius Hodge made back to back plays on Chase Edmonds 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.840 and Sony Michelle runs with really strong edges to set 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:01.680 and finishes coming off those blocks. Both of those guys 0:18:01.680 --> 0:18:03.960 have really made a good case for making this football team. 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:07.280 A few plays later, Channing Tendall came clean against the run. 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:10.000 At least once in practice we see him flash this 0:18:10.160 --> 0:18:13.600 pier speed and suddenness. Did it again today later in 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.199 the practice, you wind up getting these three incompletions in 0:18:16.240 --> 0:18:20.479 the end zone around one Trent shuretfield touchdown pass from 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.800 tah an absolute rip between a trio of defenders. And 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:25.359 I wrote my notes like that was kind of a 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:28.400 weird sequence because in the three incompletions there was two 0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:32.440 throwaways and you had good pockets, but it was better coverage. 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:34.360 And I can't sit here and tell you this guy 0:18:34.400 --> 0:18:36.120 had the hook, this guy had the flat, this guy 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:38.680 had the post. I don't know. I can't process twenty 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:41.320 two guys at once. I wish I could, But I 0:18:41.359 --> 0:18:43.120 did have a chance to kind of keep my eyes 0:18:43.119 --> 0:18:45.240 in the end zone. And I noticed on the three 0:18:45.240 --> 0:18:48.320 plays that went in complete, Javon Holland, Xavian Howard and 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:52.480 Keion Crossing each had one on one matchups and situations 0:18:52.520 --> 0:18:55.080 where those receivers made a move at some point where 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:56.879 they had to break down a change direction and they 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.960 stayed plastered to those guys on those reps. You know, 0:19:00.640 --> 0:19:03.119 like we cover offense, it seems like in these practices, 0:19:03.119 --> 0:19:05.000 but the defense gets paid. To man, it's a pretty 0:19:05.040 --> 0:19:07.919 damn good defense, and they showed their stuff today. So 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:10.840 incomes Teddy Bridgewater and he's got a touchdown to Lyndbode 0:19:10.880 --> 0:19:13.359 the traffic and he tries to fit another one in 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.560 a Noah Igbanogamy undercuts this route and takes it back 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:19.680 one yards the other way for a touchdown and fires 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:22.080 that thing into the practice kicking net behind the field 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:24.680 goal post, and here comes Darius Hodge and ray Kuan 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.400 Davis to celebrate with him. A very nice play there 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:29.680 for the Dolphins third year cornerback. Then we get a 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:32.280 couple of Mike Gatsick. He catches one for a touchdown 0:19:32.480 --> 0:19:34.440 where he put on a really nice move the top 0:19:34.480 --> 0:19:36.680 of his route to clear himself to that front pylon 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:39.200 in the corner of the end zone at a Braylon 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:46.320 Sanders touchdown, and then later in the practice session to 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:50.280 have found Cedric Wilson up the sideline with an absolutely 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:52.560 perfect dot and Cedric took off with a nice move 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:55.800 back inside and potentially a massive gain. We had instances 0:19:55.840 --> 0:19:58.160 in this practice of guys open, but also some nice 0:19:58.200 --> 0:20:01.880 traffic needled throws by the quarterback on the next play 0:20:01.960 --> 0:20:04.160 to a drives one right down the middle of Tyreek 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:06.240 and there's a defender over the top of him and 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:08.280 one right on his back, and he just sells this 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:11.000 throw into a pocket where only Tyreek can get it. 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.040 He goes to the ground, scoops it up and makes 0:20:13.080 --> 0:20:15.880 that play like saying, scooping it up makes it sound 0:20:15.920 --> 0:20:17.440 like it was a low throw, but it was intentional 0:20:17.480 --> 0:20:20.800 to set him down. Uh. Really good throw. Between that coverage, 0:20:21.040 --> 0:20:24.040 Jerome Baker and Land and Roberts had some interesting work today. Baker, 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:27.520 you know, his multifaceted role which really helps this Dolphins 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:30.320 defense day multiple against the quarterback like Lamar Jackson, like 0:20:30.359 --> 0:20:32.480 we saw last year, he had some good work in 0:20:32.560 --> 0:20:34.960 tandem with a Land and Roberts to stop some running downs. 0:20:35.119 --> 0:20:37.679 And John Jenkins continues to get some work done just 0:20:37.800 --> 0:20:40.520 knocking guys back holding the point of attack there against 0:20:40.520 --> 0:20:42.680 the running game. We also got a pair of chunk 0:20:42.840 --> 0:20:45.960 gains that featured key blocks from both Trent Sherfield and 0:20:46.080 --> 0:20:48.800 Mohammed Sanu. I just love how those guys, you know, 0:20:48.880 --> 0:20:51.119 on top of their work is pass catchers, and to me, 0:20:51.160 --> 0:20:54.400 they both look very very good out here as pass catchers. 0:20:54.800 --> 0:20:59.120 Find ways to find advantages in the fine margins, blocking 0:20:59.240 --> 0:21:02.480 special team, giving your full effort on clear out routes, 0:21:02.520 --> 0:21:05.040 that type of thing, it shows up. And this is 0:21:05.119 --> 0:21:11.120 where the interception barrage really began. Good situational football opportunities. 0:21:11.119 --> 0:21:12.960 Trying to throw the ball into the end zone late, 0:21:14.359 --> 0:21:16.760 so you're gonna get like nine green jerseys in the 0:21:16.840 --> 0:21:19.040 end zone. Remember the situation is always on the score, 0:21:19.080 --> 0:21:20.760 But when you come to practice so you can see 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:22.960 what they're working on, it's right there for you. I 0:21:23.000 --> 0:21:24.680 guess I was the only one looking at that today, 0:21:24.720 --> 0:21:27.080 but it's right there. You can see the situation they're 0:21:27.080 --> 0:21:29.760 working on. And with the coverage to you can also 0:21:29.800 --> 0:21:32.680