WEBVTT - Drive Time - Training Camp Day 9 Recap 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:07.360 Practice are alps Packard touchdown? What a win for this 0:00:07.440 --> 0:00:13.520 Miami Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:17.400 to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:22.319 official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, each 0:00:22.600 --> 0:00:26.000 and every day. How's it going, Everybody? Happy Friday? I 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:29.040 am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here to 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:32.320 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.720 on today show, you know it feels good to be 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.120 back on the football field. Two more hours of Dolphins 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:40.879 practice coming your way as we hear from Coach Flores 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:43.680 and of course all of the news and notes from 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:46.080 the practice field. All of that and more on this 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:54.440 training camp August edition of the Drive Time Podcastphins. So 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:57.360 we get some big news on Thursday evening, the Dolphins 0:00:57.400 --> 0:01:01.440 announced the cornerback xaviing Howard has been removed or activated 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.720 rather from both the COVID nineteen slash reserve list as 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.800 well as the physically unable to perform list. And I 0:01:07.840 --> 0:01:10.600 went back on Thursday night and watched a couple of 0:01:10.640 --> 0:01:14.039 my own breakdown clips, little self promotion there, and man, 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.960 you sort of forget how good he was, how dominant 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:21.040 Xavian Howard can be at his best, that powerful inside 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:24.240 hand jam, disrupting receivers at the line of scrimmage, at 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:26.720 the top of the stem of the route at the catchpoint, 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:30.480 running routes for receivers, and those ridiculous ball skills that 0:01:30.560 --> 0:01:32.800 brought back seven picks. Just a couple of years ago, 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.920 in his last full season, which was even a full season, 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.600 he played thirteen games and brought down seven picks to 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:42.920 lead the NFL. And just a reminder that last year, 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:46.520 at this time he was the story of training camp. 0:01:46.560 --> 0:01:49.920 I seriously think he picked off more passes than completions 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:53.120 allowed on targets in his direction, getting him into this 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:57.000 secondary that honestly, I already felt good about watching it 0:01:57.080 --> 0:02:00.280 on that practice field without Exavian Howard out there. Now 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.600 you get a pro bowler back on the team. Let's 0:02:02.840 --> 0:02:06.320 go man. So x is back. Some more roster changes. 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:09.760 Avery Moss is also back. The Dolphins resigned Moss after 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:13.000 releasing him last month, so both Moss and Trent Harris, 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.760 who were released on the same day, boomerang back and 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:18.440 are back on the Dolphins roster. The Dolphins also say 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:22.400 goodbye to undrafted free agent rookie from South Carolina. Don L. Stanley, 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.240 He's been waved and they make room for Xavien in 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:29.480 the DB's room by also waving Picasso Nelson Jr. The cornerback. 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:32.720 Other roster news. Busy day today. On this Friday, Caitlin 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:36.120 Blage was traded to the New York Jets in Division. 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:38.920 He joins back up with Adam Gaze in New York 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:42.440 for a conditional seventh round draft pick. Alright, some more 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:44.920 housekeeping to be done here, just real quick before we 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.280 get to coach floress Media as the official wellness provider 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:52.160 and sports medicine provider of the Miami Dolphins. Baptist Health 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.280 is ready and committed to continue caring for you safely. 0:02:55.639 --> 0:02:58.959 This pandemic has reminded us the crisis doesn't build character, 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:02.200 it reveals character. It's also taught us that our health 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.160 is truly what matters most. We have the power to 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:07.520 protect each other by wearing a mask. So who do 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:10.800 you wear a mask for? Mask up South Florida, Keep caring, 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.560 live healthy, stay strong, and learn more at Baptist Health 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:18.560 dot net. Slash coronavirus and we kick off Brian flores 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.519 Is Friday morning media availability with a question not about football, 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.480 but importantly about the climate of the world right now, 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:29.119 the Jacob Blake situation. How he addressed the team over 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:32.640 the situation and how they're pursuing change right now above anything. 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.160 Here's coach, Well, you know we we we talked about 0:03:35.200 --> 0:03:38.760 this the other day. I addressed that the Jacob Blake 0:03:38.880 --> 0:03:41.000 situation with you guys and talk to you about you know, 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:45.000 up setting it was how frustrating, Um it is when 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:47.960 these situations occurred time at the time, at the time, 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:51.600 how we need more unity. Um, So we spoke as 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:53.880 a team. Look, we understand there's a lot of things. 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:57.040 They're not where they need to be right now. It 0:03:57.120 --> 0:03:59.760 pains us. So we decided to practice. We all know 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:02.440 understand that things aren't where they need to be right now. 0:04:02.680 --> 0:04:05.360 And um, we're gonna meet later today and just talk 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.720 about some things we can you know, uh, put in 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.560 the action so that we can you know, try to 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:15.760 create some you know, make a difference, to create some change. So, um, 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:19.520 but we're going to practice. I mean this is you 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:21.320 guys know this. I've lived this, you know, I grew 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:23.320 up in this era. I've had guns pointed at me 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.279 by police officers. This is not something I take lightly, 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:30.000 This team takes lightly. I've had multiple conversations. They've spoken 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.400 to you, Cavan, talk to you about his situation. There's 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.960 other other experiences that guys on our team have had 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.840 that you know, are unfortunate and we need change. And 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:42.039 that's that's where I'm at on on that, on on 0:04:42.120 --> 0:04:46.200 this situation. Up next, coach addresses the activation and availability 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:50.159 of cornerback Xavian Howard. Yeah, access, you know, ready to 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.080 you know, get out on the Field's progressing with obviously 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.239 you know the COVID of the knee. Uh so, um, 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:57.680 you feel like he felt like he was ready to 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.960 get out there and participate in practice. And again he's 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:02.640 got He's got a long way to go as far 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:07.159 as from a conditioning standpoint. Drill worked, uh, you know, 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:10.599 communication with his teammates, so you know, this is the 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.800 first step. Up next, coach was asked about bringing back 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:16.800 Avery Moss, who followed Trent Harris who made the return 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:19.560 trip back to Miami. As we discussed earlier in the show, 0:05:19.760 --> 0:05:22.200 there's been some shakeups at the edge position so far 0:05:22.200 --> 0:05:25.120 in training camp. We lost Spence Bagle earlier obviously Curtis 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.080 we were no longer here the Dolphins go back and 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:29.960 get Trent Harris and Avery Moss. Here's coach talking about 0:05:30.040 --> 0:05:33.039 familiarity with those players and if that helps make the 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:35.720 decision easier to bring them back into the building after 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:40.000 they had been released last month. No, not necessarily. Um, 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.560 I think need was played played a big part in that. 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.600 I had a couple of guys banged up. And yeah, 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:48.760 we know Trent, we know Avery, um, but we we 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.680 all we also worked out a few other players. Uh 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:53.880 So again, we're always going to try to bring in 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.360 guys who we think. It helped this team from a 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.400 practice standpoint and from a playing standpoint, it does hurt. 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:02.720 I'll tell you that, you know, Uh, it doesn't hurt 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.039 at all. That we know the player, we know what 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:07.160 type of people they are, we know and how important 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:09.720 the game is. It doesn't hurt them at all. But 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.560 we're always going to try to bring in players who 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:14.800 we think can help us. One of my favorite things 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:17.719 about coaches that while he has the intense demeanor around 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.240 the building here and he's pretty much always serious and 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:22.920 always on point, there is a joking side to coach 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:24.760 and you're gonna hear it right here. The other day, 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:27.760 soft A Dean and him how a comical exchange, I 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:30.080 suppose about the bald head and taking the bit to 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.520 the bald head. Well soft fit came back with a 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:36.600 question to coach about coach Gerald Alexander in the defensive 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:39.800 backs room. Here is coach's initial response about keeping that 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.440 fresh baldhead, but then talking of course, more about the 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:46.039 quality of coach he believes he has in Gerald Alexander. Well, 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.039 it keeps a fresh bald head softed. So I know 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:50.800 you like him, but yeah, g A is a good, 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:54.839 good young coach obviously played in the league. Smart uh, 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.360 Energetic for sure. I think he does a great job 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:01.039 of communication. He's a good teacher, good young cod uh. 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:02.960 And you know, I'm excited to work with him. You know, 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:06.440 I've had a lot of conversations. You know, he's coaching 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.240 the secondary, so we have a lot of you know, 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.080 safety was the first position I coached, so we have 0:07:11.120 --> 0:07:14.480 a lot of conversations about about that group and somebody adjustments, 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.800 some of the improvements they need to make. So but 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.360 you know, my conversations are with g A and then 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:22.760 all the other coaches that we gotta good young staff 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:26.560 with camp A Nounston and I being Uh, you know, 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:31.440 Charles Burns is coming along, so the same thing offensively 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:34.200 and in they taking the game. So m I'm excited 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.760 about all those guys, and I'll try to keep my 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.120 head shaved like he does. And you do so. I 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.720 mean as a writer, that's story structure, one on one 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.640 right there. You start with a lead and you come 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:45.679 back to at the very end of your story. Coach 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:48.440 nails it right there, talking about g A, his energy level, 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:51.080 his coaching ability, but also getting his jokes about the 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:55.320 clean shave, bald head of himself, Softa Dean and Gerald Alexander. 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:57.800 We finish up here with a question about the secondary, 0:07:57.880 --> 0:08:00.360 the two safeties Eric Row and Bobby mc cane by 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:03.560 Kyle Crabs, the host of the Lockdown Dolphins podcast. Here 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:06.280 is Coach talking about the value of those safeties having 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:10.240 cornerback experience. Uh. Yeah, I mean it's it's it's important. 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:13.320 So you know, when guys have played multiple positions, and 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:17.560 they especially at the safety position, to be able to 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:19.240 relive some of their corner days and some of the 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:21.920 issues they may have had um at that position and 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:25.280 then communicate it and understand it from that perspective. I 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.200 think that that goes a long way. Um, it's one 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:30.960 thing to try to put yourself in those shoes, it's 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:32.800 another thing to have actually been in them. But the 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:34.880 flip side of that is not a lot of corners 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:36.960 have gone down in the box and played had to 0:08:36.960 --> 0:08:39.760 fit the run game either. So there's there's a learning 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:42.800 curve and a learning process for UM guys who move 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:46.319 from corner safety or safety the linebacker or linebacker D 0:08:46.440 --> 0:08:48.600 Line's always a little bit of a learning curve. I 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.920 think both guys accepted the challenge to to to to 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.880 to move positions. UM. I think it helps the communication 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:58.080 to have been UH and those other spots going from 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.720 corner safety, But there's some challenges as well. You know, 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.760 I would say fit in Iran and dealing with UH. 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:05.319 You know run fits is a little bit different for 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:09.040 both guys. Obviously Roll more than Bobby, But at the 0:09:09.120 --> 0:09:11.600 end of the day, I think both guys are working 0:09:11.600 --> 0:09:14.560 to improve that we're going to get better and please 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.960 go guys. So there's coach some powerful stuff and that 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:21.600 powerful stuff continued onto the practice field on Friday. As 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:23.800 one thing you'll learn quickly in the NFL is that 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:28.240 everything is regimented and scheduled very carefully. We're out here 0:09:28.240 --> 0:09:30.680 for practice at ten oh six on the dot, and 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:34.040 that stuff starts right on the nose every single day, 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.480 and normally the team, after doing some special teams work 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:40.560 or doing some individual stuff getting their technique down, will 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:44.440 break for stretching. But they gathered everyone together before the 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:48.000 stretching portion of practice when practice officially begins, and had 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.600 some players step forward to talk. We obviously don't know 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.120 the content of that conversation, but we did here Coach 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:56.560 Flora's talk in his media availability on Friday morning that 0:09:56.600 --> 0:09:59.080 he would address the team later today and allow some 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.440 of the players to expres us themselves to their teammates 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:03.719 and just kind of have an open forum. And so 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:07.199 we saw Coach Flora's start the conversation off. Then Bobby 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.480 McCain got in there, Jesse Davis, jakeem Grant, Byron Jones, 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:14.640 Ryan Fitzpatrick, Brandon Bryant, Cavan Fraser, Mary and Hobby Gerald, 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:18.719 Alexander Devon god Shaw, Ted Carriss, Ray Kawadacmillan, and then 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.760 Coach Flora's closed out before practice officially began right around 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.520 ten twenty six or so, twenty minutes after the team 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:28.080 gathered for that discussion, So powerful stuff there from coach. 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:30.559 You heard him earlier this morning talk about his experience 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:34.360 with social injustice. Is very very forward thinking team here 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.319 with the Miami Dolphins, and important stuff to get out 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.760 there and talk about and give these guys, these players 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.720 a platform. So that was some of the pre practice stuff. 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.640 We then got into stretching. Here are some notes. Patrick 0:10:44.760 --> 0:10:47.120 Lair was back on the field, but in a red jersey, 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.040 so he is back and working. Receivers. Davante Parker and 0:10:50.080 --> 0:10:52.880 Kirk Merritt were not on the field however, missing practice 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:56.440 on Friday. Exhabing Howard back out there working on individual drills, 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.120 doing some stuff with Byron Jones working on the press 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.360 and footwork. We talked a lot about how the hands 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.560 and the feet and the eyes all go together, and 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:06.079 Coach mentioned this. Brian Flores did that he has to 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.720 get some drill work done, some conditioning work done. Still 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.600 has a long way to go. We didn't see X 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:12.280 in the team period of practice, but he was out 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:14.839 there getting some work and moving around, and I did 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.640 want to keep a focus in an emphasis on watching 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.440 how how X moved on the practice field, and it 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:22.560 just looked really good to me. He was firing out 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:25.440 of his back pedal, he was cutting laterally. You wouldn't 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.480 even know he was coming off a knee surgery, knee injury, 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.000 or being on the pup with that knee issue he 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:33.360 had coming into camp. They did some shuttle work and 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:35.520 the individual drills. I thought he looked like one of 0:11:35.520 --> 0:11:38.000 the smoothest guys out there and being totally honest, and 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:40.719 obviously we have to monitor the conditioning, but he was 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:42.880 out there running sprints earlier this week as well, so 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.560 he's probably not. You know, it's not a situation where 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.440 he's starting from square one, as coach said, we have 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.400 a long way to go. With the fact that he's 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:52.520 out there with a start date for working out and 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:55.880 getting back involved in practice in August is super encouraging 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:58.840 on that front. And to make a quick pivot here 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.360 on the topic of versation, I want to take a 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:03.679 quick note about a mystery man on the field. I 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:05.840 can probably do some research and find out who he is, 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:09.400 but he's a big dude, solidly built. On the coaching staff. 0:12:09.559 --> 0:12:12.120 He throws balls to the receivers and the individual drills 0:12:12.120 --> 0:12:14.880 and catches passes from the quarterbacks. He's like a full 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.480 workout out there every single day, running around. But the 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.560 thing that makes me want to mention him is the 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:23.440 impressive effort he shows every day to flash the gams. Man. 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.280 Those aren't thigh high shorts we're talking out there. Those 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:28.320 things are getting up close to hip high, and he's 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:31.160 out there flaunting it every day. And he also throws 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:33.960 a very impressive ball, if we're being honest. So a 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:35.959 note to that coach, I'm gonna find out who he is. 0:12:36.240 --> 0:12:38.880 Then we go into the team period. Both offense and 0:12:38.920 --> 0:12:44.040 defense find their respective sidelines more game like situations and simulations. 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:47.160 They're having penalty flags thrown, keeping track of the clock 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.640 down in distance. They go to their opposite sidelines and 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:53.280 communicate things into the quarterback, and accordingly, it's offense backed 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.360 up to its own two yard line and working on 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:57.640 getting out of the end zone out of the shadow 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.200 of your own goal post. The first snap is a 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.560 hard count and got someone to jump on the offense 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:05.440 to false start, which is pretty common. Obviously, you've got 0:13:05.440 --> 0:13:07.720 nothing to lose down there when you're backed up inside 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.080 your own two or one yard line, and obviously you 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.480 can get hit with a half the distance to the goal, 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:14.920 but that's gonna cost you what at most one yard 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:16.760 if you're on the two yard line, even less the 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.160 further year backed up. So a pretty common idea there 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:20.720 to try to throw the hard count, try to get 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:22.920 the defense to give you a free five yards and 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:25.160 get you off the goal line. This time at backfires, 0:13:25.160 --> 0:13:28.080 but again it's pretty much no risk, high reward there. 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:30.280 The first play came from Brandon Jones, and I would 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.080 go on to make or he would go on. Rather 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:34.280 I didn't make any plays on Friday. He would go 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.640 on to make several plays on this day. He is 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:39.640 active as hell. Man. He draws the back in coverage 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.760 and angles down on that thing for a really good 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.320 stop after two or three yards on a pass out 0:13:44.320 --> 0:13:47.640 to the flats. He also almost got himself an interception 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.280 on a play down around the goal line when Isaiah 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.120 Ford crossed face on the cornerback and Jones read it 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.480 and read the quarterback's eyes over to the football. A 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:58.120 bit of a collision there with he Isaiah Ford and 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:02.040 Noah Ignogamy the cornerback in coverage, but everybody was just fine. 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:04.400 But Brandon Jones looks really good out there so far. 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.160 But the offense would strike back quickly with the best 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.880 throw of the day from Ryan Fitzpatrick, who drops an 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.240 absolute dime that goes for thirty six thirty seven yards 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.480 up the sideline to Preston Williams. It reminded me of 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.200 last camp all over again, Preston getting vertical on on 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.760 cornerbacks and Fits finding him down the field or Josh 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.200 Rosen finding him down the field. It was a tight 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.960 window because he was going up against Byron Jones, who 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.520 continues I talked about this all the time, continues to 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.520 be in great position and the ball was just perfectly 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:35.520 located right over the shoulder. It kind of reminded me 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:38.240 of that pass in the Buffalo game last year at Buffalo, 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:41.360 when Fits found Preston up the sideline for a big game. 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.880 I said to myself, Oh wow, what the throw that 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.800 was when it happened, so big time play there, And 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.280 speaking of that, Jones would get his revenge later on 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:52.520 in practice. But again, to go back to this point, 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.480 I'm not even sure I would call it revenge because 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:58.480 he's in perfect position on that throw. You just got 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.920 two studs making plays down the field and a stud 0:15:01.000 --> 0:15:04.080 quarterback dropping in the dime. The old saying goes right, 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.520 there's no defending a perfect pass. Well, that was a 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.560 perfect pass from Fitzpatrick. So good on, good on good. 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:11.600 You love seeing that. Those are the kind of players 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.280 that come back with all positives and training camp because 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.480 usually you have one player wins the rep, one player 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:18.160 loses the rep. But these are the ones you want 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:21.200 to see everybody wins. It's just good football all the 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.360 way around. Now, as for the revenge itself, he drew 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:27.680 Preston later down in the red zone and got isolated 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.000 in a one on one position and did so well 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:33.680 to stay composed, because that's that's a really tough spot 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:35.840 to be in one on one with not really any 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:39.200 help inside or outside against a receiver like Preston Williams. 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:41.680 So he gets himself in that position, and really a 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:44.640 Preston can break either direction inside outside, he can go 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.400 over the top. He has that size, the movement ability, 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:49.360 the ability to sink his hips and get in and 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.400 out of those breaks, and the overall skill that he 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:53.720 flashes down there, and one on one, it's sure as 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.000 health frees up the rest of your defense to get creative, 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:58.360 as Byron Jones can drive on that pass and break 0:15:58.360 --> 0:16:00.760 it up in the end zone for a huge and completion. 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.640 As Sam Madison used to say, courtesy of the Fish 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:06.680 Tank podcast ten on ten, ten on ten, you put 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:08.720 ten guys in there, you have the cornerback, lock up 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.160 receiver and call it good. From there, it creates way 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:14.000 more creativity for your defense. Little fish Tank reference for 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.520 you guys there. Check them out on the Miami Dolphins 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.680 podcast network. From there, the defense kind of took things over. 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.320 Shack Lawson had a number of big plays as he 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.800 continued to disrupt a lot of the action, both as 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.840 a pass rusher and as a run defender. Even on 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.600 the big pass from Fitzpatrick to Preston Williams, he was 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:32.520 back in the backfield and it looks like maybe he 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:34.360 could have finished it off, but the ball might have 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:36.920 come out before he got there. I leaned towards it 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.560 being a good completed pass, but he was close getting 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.840 pressure on the quarterback. I did have him with two 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:44.640 for sure sacks on the day and possibly that third, 0:16:44.760 --> 0:16:46.400 but I'm gonna go ahead and call it too because 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:48.840 I do think Fitzpatrick got the ball out before he 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.960 got home for that sack. Two other common things that 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:55.440 themes this week that continued on Friday was the work 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:58.480 against the run from both Jerome Baker and Eric Rowe, 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.600 a linebacker and a safety. Baker has done so well 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:03.680 I've talked about it all week, to get down in 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.320 the muck, work through the trash. Normally, you want to 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.439 keep that guy clean and have him making plays on 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:10.680 ball carriers and not have to get off blocks, which 0:17:10.680 --> 0:17:13.199 he does that exceptionally well. We know he can do that. 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.919 He's got the speed, the tackling, the shirt tackling, and 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.080 just the overall physicality to make that happen. But even 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.440 working down in the trash and getting off those blocks, 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:23.680 he was doing that all day again on Friday, to 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:25.919 put some hits on the ball carrier, to really square 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:27.960 those guys up and make a good sound hit to 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:30.920 stop their progress. Very impressed with Jerome Baker that way. 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:33.520 The story is the same with Eric Rowe, a face 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:35.760 in the fan type of guy. He's not afraid to 0:17:35.760 --> 0:17:37.719 go down there and put a lick on somebody. He 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:39.760 even did it in the passing game on a short 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.480 completion to Mike Gasicki out in the flat on a 0:17:42.560 --> 0:17:44.760 past that was located a little bit off the back 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:46.879 of Mike Kaski's body, so he had to kind of 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:49.680 make a contorting spinning catch and Row was right there 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:52.080 to square him up. The safeties on this team in 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:54.439 general have been so active. We talked about Roe and 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:58.320 Brandon Jones, but also Bobby McCain and Cavon Frasier. Different 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:01.320 roles and different players, but they've all been involved. Talking 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:03.840 about Clayton Federlum out there as well, plenty of these 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:06.119 guys getting involved in the action. I think you feel 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.720 really good about that position and the depth there as well. 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:11.200 And speaking of facing the fan here real quick, Nick 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:14.440 need Um at cornerback also in that DB's room, had 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:16.760 a really nice run stop working down in the muck 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.240 where he popped the back, squared him up, popped him 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:21.200 in the in the chess plate, then gave a pretty 0:18:21.200 --> 0:18:23.440 pronounced clap showing that he was very proud of himself 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:25.600 for that play. He's had a very good camp so 0:18:25.680 --> 0:18:28.160 far in Nick need Um, back to the depth talking 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:30.960 about safeties in fact, I think you just feel good 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.760 about the depth at all three levels on this football team. 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:35.840 On this defense right now, I should say you've got 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:39.280 good front lines, solid quality depth behind those guys and 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:41.560 you see that depth filter in in the first team, 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.200 second team, third team guys playing good football out there. 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:45.960 Just look at the depth up front. I mean, we 0:18:46.000 --> 0:18:49.359 talked about ray Kwon Davis just moving guys against their will. 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:51.880 That was in my notes today. Even when the offensive 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:54.040 line wants to move him off the spot, he just 0:18:54.119 --> 0:18:56.399 kind of stands it up, or he works down the 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:58.800 line to get himself into the backfield, causing more and 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.800 more penetration, forcing the offensive line to try to anchor 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:04.160 and re anchor and re anchor again because he keeps 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:06.960