WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 10 Recap 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:15.520 Looking down Miami wa spokes one at run. What is up, 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.840 Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:25.400 the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:28.280 How's it going to everybody? I am your host, Travis 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.400 Winfield and as always I am here to bring you 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:35.240 your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:39.280 we're into double digits and with the tenth practice comes 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.120 some exciting news. Will cover the contract restructure of xaviing 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:46.640 Howard here from coach and x himself, as well as 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:49.360 some other players. You got to hear what John Jenkins said. 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.760 Today we'll cover the top performers, the matchup of the day, 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.680 and as always, go unit by unit and breakdown yet 0:00:56.720 --> 0:01:00.760 another practice from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:08.759 Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast. Little 0:01:08.800 --> 0:01:13.639 moment upon arrival this morning to b HTC. The video 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.360 team is gathering for their daily duties as they do 0:01:16.600 --> 0:01:19.640 every day, and I come into the podcast studio, which 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.760 is adjacent to the video room, and there's a quiet 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:26.440 buzz before somebody says, that's a great way to start 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:28.319 the day, and they broke the news to me, the 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:32.280 Xavier Howard and the Miami Dolphins agreed to a restructured contract. 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:34.560 So that certainly gave me a pep to my step 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.639 heading out to practice, and sure enough, a few moments 0:01:37.720 --> 0:01:41.680 later it was confirmed by Brian Flores. Let's start the 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.880 podcast by going to coach talking about the restructure of 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:48.400 Exavian Howard's contract. Well, we're excited and we look. I've 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:51.680 been up here multiple times saying we've been making progress. Uh, 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:54.360 we have, Barry. Barry was asking me a question that 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.000 the question about progress. We're making progress, and then you 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:04.840 guys probably felt like, uh, um, we were where I wasn't, 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.000 you know, giving you all the information, which I wasn't, 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.040 but we were working on it and I'm not gonna 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:12.160 give you guys the details. But I're excited to um, 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:16.120 I've gotten this done, um, and we are. I'm just 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:21.840 looking forward to continually improving with Xum and really his 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:25.119 teammates on a day to day basis. And uh, I'll 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.440 just try to just build and get better offensively, defensively 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.359 in the kicking game. And x did play a fair 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:33.760 amount in practice today returning from the ankle injury. I 0:02:33.760 --> 0:02:36.360 had a couple of notes on him. First, a pair 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:39.560 of coverage reps. The first one was a rep down 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:42.120 around the goal line, something like the five ish to 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.560 eight ish yard line in that range. It was on 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:46.640 the opposite side of the fields. I couldn't quite see, 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:49.480 but going into the end zone and the receiver runs 0:02:49.560 --> 0:02:52.640 across the end line back under the goal posts, and 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:54.720 the offense was having a lot of success with this 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.680 throughout the course of practice. And X takes a rep 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.720 on mac Collins and pins him to the line and 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:04.840 the throw goes by without really even the possibility or 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:07.720 ability for Hollands to make a play on the football 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.519 because of very rock solid coverage. Good to see that 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.360 out there again from number twenty five. Then on a 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:16.080 slant in the same area of the field, the ball 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.600 gets into Isaiah Ford, into the belly or the bread 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.639 basket rather, but X reaches in and strips that thing 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.639 out for the completion. And we note his ball skills 0:03:24.680 --> 0:03:27.320 all the time, obviously ten picks and a forced fumble 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.799 last year. He's all about the football. I saw him 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:32.760 try to punch one out on Mac Collins on the 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.560 very first rep of the team period, and he connected 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.360 on the football, but Mac hung onto it. Then again 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:41.360 on another play he connects on the ball with Myles Gascon, 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:43.280 but he's not going to cough that thing up. Just 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:45.760 great to see X out there getting some work, and 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.760 after practice he met with the media. Now X is 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:50.560 a man of few words, as he was with us 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:52.520 post practice today, but I want to go ahead and 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:54.800 play the audio for you. I asked X a question 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:58.240 about how this team, how this defense and his teammates 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:01.120 helped maximize his skill set and empower him to be 0:04:01.160 --> 0:04:04.320 the player we've come to know. Here's x um. I 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:06.640 think we speaking out of each other. We've we've chaped 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:08.360 each other. You know, we're gonna be there for you guys, 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:11.000 no matter what. So you know you know they did 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:14.000 they think we all did it together. And Coach spoke 0:04:14.040 --> 0:04:16.560 about the return of X at his morning press, reminding 0:04:16.640 --> 0:04:19.000 us that he kept saying things were going in the 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:21.720 right direction as you heard, and we've reached the conclusion. 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:24.200 All right, let's go ahead and get to the housekeeping. Today. 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:26.560 It was great to see Andrew Van Ginkle back on 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:29.880 the football field, dressed in full pads and working. Davante 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:31.640 Parker was out there again today, but this time in 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:35.920 the non contact Red Jersey, no Will Fuller, no Jalen Phillips, 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:40.080 and no Albert Wilson. Wilson's absence was for undisclosed reasons. 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.520 And before we turn to the practice notes here, I 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:45.120 want to go back to the audio here of John Jenkins, 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.920 Miami's defensive tackle, and his media after practicing day because 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.599 he was a treat to talk to. He was asked 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.760 in his post practice media about why he chose to 0:04:54.800 --> 0:04:58.039 come back to Miami after a stint with the Bears. 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:04.200 In there after his stint with Miami, here's John Jenkins. 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:08.359 And when I got the call from him after I 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.960 got released from the Giants, I heard it in his voice, 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.119 you know. And I've been with some great defense throughout 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.640 my years, you know, and to hear a tone of 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:18.839 voice like close flow during that time, you know, and 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.000 even now, it makes me want to just you know, 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.599 do everything and anything possible to complete my job and 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:26.720 do my job at the best of my ability. I mean, 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.200 how good is that? So I had to follow up 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.479 with John to ask him, since you know, you were 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.120 here for flows first year, not year two, but now 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.760 you're back for year three and with coach always talking 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.280 about the growth of players in the development. Let's go 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:43.680 ahead and turn tables here, turn the tables and asked 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:46.480 him how has coach grown in his third year from 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.040 what you saw in your number one? Yeah, I mean 0:05:49.600 --> 0:05:52.280 he believe in us, you know, he he allowed us, 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.520 He allowed us to be players. He allowed uh the 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.640 leaders to step up in and he allowed the groups 0:05:57.640 --> 0:05:59.840 to form and identity. So I know, you gotta head. 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:01.840 Is that a lot of players to be players in Hey? 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:07.120 That's so again, fun practice on Sunday, really good weekend 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:10.240 of work in general. Really And I took down two 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:15.160 notes from the Indies slash Fundy period individual fundamental periods. 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.200 First two or through a corner route to Jalen Waddle 0:06:18.600 --> 0:06:20.840 and it's on air, so I mean, take it for 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.919 what you want, But man, he just explodes off the 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:25.760 top of the stem. Your stem is going to be 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:27.799 the part of the route where you're going vertical towards 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:29.680 the end line and then you make your move and 0:06:29.839 --> 0:06:32.479 out up or back whatever it might be. And the 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:34.760 way he accelerates to the corner, I just it looks 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:36.839 like a very tough cover. And you can see the 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:40.279 chemistry there with tow a developing and building on these 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:42.120 types of throws is he really seems to have the 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.599 calibration down to gauge for the speed and where the 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:47.840 target is going to be with regards to where the 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.760 football has to be and where it has to to 0:06:49.880 --> 0:06:52.800 send for Wattle to run under it after he's created 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.800 maximum separation, not turning back for the football or too 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:58.400 far out in front. That calibration looks pretty good to 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:00.760 me early on and to contin knew this point on, 0:07:00.800 --> 0:07:04.359 Wattle just another really good day of making tough catches. 0:07:04.680 --> 0:07:06.240 You know, the slant in the end zone where the 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.880 quarterback will throw it low so it's either a catch 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:11.520 or an incompletion. He got his arms under one of 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.880 those today. He caught one on a little hookup or 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:16.280 a curl route between a couple of defenders and hangs 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.680 onto that thing for dear life. He caught another one 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:20.920 of those quick rips up the scene that we've kind 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.120 of seen become a trend in practice between he and 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.800 tow Ah. He caught one work in the perimeter, catching 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:28.480 it out in front of off of his frame, using 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:30.520 the hands to make that catch. And later in the 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.280 team period the pressure arrived quickly and to a got 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:36.480 it out quickly and Waddle had to win quickly, and 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.280 he did for the completion. He's been a treat to 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.080 watch through the first ten days in practice, and I 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:43.160 cannot wait to watch him go up against someone else 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:46.040 in a different jersey, whether it's practice against the Bears 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.680 next week or the game's coming up here in the preseason, 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:53.520 coach was also asked about the gate the limp of 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.800 Jalen Waddle, and he said he would attribute that to 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:58.080 camp sore nous, as guys are kind of dealing with 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.280 getting through these first ten days practice and just generally 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.760 the soreness and fatigue that happens this time of year 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.800 at training camp. My other note in this pre practice 0:08:06.840 --> 0:08:10.240 period watching the individual drills was getting a good look 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:13.080 at Austin Jackson, but also his live reps later on 0:08:13.160 --> 0:08:16.320 in practice. You can see the natural movement ability when 0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:20.760 maybe we talked about Austin Jackson's ability to just athletically 0:08:20.960 --> 0:08:24.760 move and slide in the natural smooth feet, the light feet, 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.040 and they'll overall natural skills that he comes with. The 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.280 knee bend, for instance, he can you know you hear 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:32.120 the terms knee bender and wastebender if you're a waste 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:34.400 spender not good, but if you can be flexible with 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.319 the knees, it allows you to sink into the contact 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.160 and absorb it and use the ground as kind of 0:08:39.200 --> 0:08:42.000 your friend or your help. There he plays load to 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:44.800 the ground. He's dropping that anchor, which again is part 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.280 of the knee bend and past protection with the ability 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.400 to not get his feet stuck in the ground so 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:52.440 he can anchor and readjust and reposition. He's also getting 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:55.240 under his man frequently in the run game and creating 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:57.600 push that way, I mean, from my eyes, he's shown 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:01.480 very very good signs of increm donal growth throughout camp 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.920 so far through ten days. And that takes us back 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.680 into the notes, starting with the quarterbacks again like we 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.600 do every day, and we covered some of the work 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.920 with Wattle, both and indies and the team periods. The 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.800 Dolphins offense was having a great day in those three 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.920 on three drills down around the goal line and into 0:09:17.000 --> 0:09:19.520 seven on seven also later in practice. I have no 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.880 idea how many total touchdowns there were today, but there 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:23.760 were a lot of them, and again lots of red 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.160 zone and goal line works. That's to be expected. But 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:29.000 the fans also got treated to a ton of reps 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:32.480 from tah and the quote unquote ones today at practice, 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:35.000 so to A opened up that period, the three on 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:38.360 three period with three of four scores on the four reps. 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.199 The incomplete was damn good coverage and the flat from 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.720 the ever quick and ever speed Jerome Baker who raced 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:46.360 out there to the flat to disrupt a passing window 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.360 on a pass to the back, and one of twos 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.040 throws was a nice lobb to the corner and another 0:09:51.040 --> 0:09:53.000 one was a quick fastball in between a pair of 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:55.440 defenders to Boat and he had a nice throw to 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.120 the corner later on a pass to Kirk Merritt who 0:09:58.120 --> 0:09:59.600 went up and pulled that down. So you see a 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:02.040 nice of them on two on a couple of those throws, 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.080 but also the ability for him to mix up the 0:10:05.200 --> 0:10:07.000 arsenal of pitches that he has the law of the 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.080 quick pass, whatever it might be, he can go to 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:12.240 different pitches in his bag. And then Jacoby Brissette comes 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.760 in and completes all three of his reps to Foster 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.480 Carter and I did not get a number on the third, 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.839 that's my bad. But it wasn't just offense. I mean 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.439 there was a no throw because of coverage at one 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:26.680 point from LeBlanc, mccordy and Ellis on the rep and 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.520 speaking of mccordy, he continues to have a really strong camp. 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:33.280 He was in the territory of a lot of incomplete passes. 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.320 Today he's just smooth in the entire operation. For as 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:39.880 much as we harp on fundamentals and technique down here, 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:42.840 he's a great example for the young guys to follow, 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:44.760 and I'm sure that's the case in the film room. 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.080 Just watch the way thirty does things. He does it 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:49.840 the right way. Nick need Hum and Eric Rowe, speaking 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.440 of coverage, had a great bracket on jakeem Ground for 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:56.320 Jachem Grant for an incomplete pass from Jacoby Brissette, and 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.880 we hear plenty more from Row throughout the course of 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.000 the day. And Jamal Harry got his seemingly daily pass 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:04.280 break up on that flat route to the front pylon. 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.079 It looked to me like he had a chance to 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.080 pick it off, but the angle that we showed on 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.400 social shows you that he had to reach out there 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:12.520 with one hand to tip it away for the PBu. 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.640 And finally Malcolm Brown caught the last pass of the 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.800 drill just short of the goal line from Brissette and 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:22.440 Calvin Munson showed you the physicality he offers to drive 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:24.079 on that play and keep him out of the end zone. 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.440 Munson has gotten some reps on defense and special teams 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:29.320 in his time here in Miami. He plays physical brand 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.520 of football. Let's finish up with the quarterbacks, and I 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.360 really want to talk about running backs today. A lot 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:37.040 too was sharp all practice long with the variation of 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.600 throws I mentioned, but one thing I noted in my 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:43.320 tweeting at practice was how quickly he gets the ball 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.720 to the backs and receivers on the short throws, like, 0:11:45.800 --> 0:11:47.800 for instance, if you throw to the flat, he gets 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.440 it out quickly, and you might see that route open 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.200 up as a quarterback and tell yourself, okay, I've got 0:11:53.280 --> 0:11:56.360 that in my back pocket. Let's take another peek downfield 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.480 and see what we have down there. Then by the 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:02.600 time you come back, you've limited the options of that 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.720 short pass. You've limited his options because you put him 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.480 in a box. But when you see a guy getting 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:11.160 to a spot with a favorable matchup, and really they're 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:14.480 all gonna be favorable matchups when you're in space, because 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:17.280 tackling is hard enough, but doing it in space on 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:19.959 all the athletes NFL has to offer these days. It's 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:22.440 just really difficult. But he just flips that thing out there. 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.760 And I tweeted at O J mcduffee to get some 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.640 confirmation and he said absolutely. I mean, why not use 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.040 O J McDuffie a dolphin's legend when you have him 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:33.000 in your back pocket? There? Late throws lead to headaches, 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.240 he said. And so he gets this route out to 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:38.000 Miles Gascon for instance, and think of it this way. 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.000 Miles catches it on the move at the numbers, which 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.640 you know, give you a solid fifteen yards or so 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:46.480 to the sideline. Now the defender has to account for 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.840 him to accelerate to the perimeter. He has to worry 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.880 about him dropping the shoulder and getting vertical, He has 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.280 to worry about the cutback, and he also has to 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.920 worry about Miles pressing his toes and going straight at 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.520 him and then forcing him onto his heels and making 0:13:00.520 --> 0:13:03.120 a move in any of those three directions. So he 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.920 has to break down his you know, come to come 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:10.040 to balance and come to control, break it down and 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.600 then be able to match miles acceleration as well, which 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:14.360 is just not easy to do. So give your guys 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:16.920 the options. I'll never forget watching hard knocks with the 0:13:16.920 --> 0:13:19.719 Bengals and Chad Johnson was complaining about the exact same thing. 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.640 Get me the football early. He kept screaming to his 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:25.000 young quarterback Andy Dalton on this little route where they 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.800 would motion him across the formation and have him run 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.840 parallel to the line. Otherwise the defender can get out 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.079 to the perimeter, funnel that thing back in and then 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.400 come up and help from the edge closing and as 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:37.480 he sets the edge and helps off the edge as 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:39.480 well as kind of putting that thing back to the 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.360 teeth of the defense. I hope that all made sense, 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.800 and a quick aside here, real quick. I like coaches 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.199 message in the pressure this morning, referring to the one 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:48.600 thing players can do to help themselves is to know 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:50.800 where the help is and know how to use that help. 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.400 Very important stuff on a football field. I thought Jacoby 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.640 Brissette was decisive and accurate today, especially in the two 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.320 minute period. He had a really nice completion to Heathan 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:02.760 Carter on a corner route where he stepped up and 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:05.839 got away from some exterior pressure, reset his mechanics and 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.319 delivered a strike right and stride in the two minute 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.719 period to get himself get that offensive drive going to 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.760 uh in the day. Generally was accurate. Once again, he 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:16.599 threw from different angles, but he had the two I 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.240 N T s in the two minute period. One was 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:21.520 a clear miscommunication as he threw the ball to a 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.560 spot where I think he was probably expecting Shaheen to 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:26.440 set the route down and he carried it up the 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.600 seam instead and it goes right into the lap of 0:14:28.720 --> 0:14:31.080 Eric row Ta goes up to Shaheen to talk to 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:32.640 him after that, and he gave him a pat on 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:35.240 the helmet, which again speaks to the leadership in command 0:14:35.360 --> 0:14:39.080 that mac Hollins talked about we covered on the podcast yesterday. 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:41.400 And then the second one, well, we're gonna cover that 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.040 here in just a minute. I want to finish up 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:45.600 with this note on the quarterbacks. I like the way 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:49.840 this receiver room has balance of size and speed, built 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:52.720 like a basketball lineup, and how the quarterbacks are really 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:56.080 developing a sense of how each player operates at their 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:59.520 best at their peak, like which routes and which throws 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:02.600 are are suited for each guy. I think seeing the 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:06.080 evolution of each practice gives you kind of a linear 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.000 trajectory that is going in the right direction. For how 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:12.640 that chemistry has developed between mac Hollins versus a Jalen 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:16.160 Waddle with two with Jacoby Brisette with Read Senet, and 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:18.280 just the different skill sets those guys have and how 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.120 they've matched up. Let's go ahead and get to the 0:15:20.160 --> 0:15:22.240 running backs now, and the play of the day was 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.440 a run by Savon Akhmed. From myimony, his first run 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:27.000 set the tone for what kind of day he was 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.160 going to have. In my opinion, he runs up the 0:15:29.200 --> 0:15:31.280 middle and sees it, you know, kind of bunch up, 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.680 kind of clog up. Then he bounces it outside and 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.040 wins the corner with a foot race, and rather than 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.120 just taking the thing right out of balance for five 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:41.280 or six yards, he sticks his foot in the ground 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:44.280 and runs through contact upfield for an extra few yards 0:15:44.280 --> 0:15:46.720 to gain about eight or nine on that play. Then 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.320 a few runs later was the run of the day 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:51.640 and maybe the play of the day. He's got the jets, 0:15:51.680 --> 0:15:53.960 I wrote on Twitter. Takes a toss, gets to the 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:57.480 perimeter and turns it on and Javarus Davis came from 0:15:57.520 --> 0:15:59.200 the other side of the play, the other side of 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:03.200 the formation to possibly stop him at about the twenty 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.800 yard line, but I think it was probably gonna be 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.040 a seventy five or eighty yard touchdown, and I didn't 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.000 see where it started twenty five or twenty yard line. 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.240 There was good blocks on the outside by Merit and 0:16:12.440 --> 0:16:15.760 Hunter Long, adding explosive plays like that in the run 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:19.200 game to what this receiver group has shown you throughout camp. 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.000 If you can get both those things cranking, men, that's 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:23.960 gonna be a fun show to watch. But Savon on 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:27.680 that particular run the juice to press outside, which forces 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:30.440 the kind of the overflow of the linebackers and second 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:32.560 level defenders to come over the top. Then he can 0:16:32.600 --> 0:16:34.640 bang that thing back up inside and use the speed 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:38.000 to accelerate and leave everybody in the dust at that point. 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.480 So I wanted to ask Myles Gaskon after practice, since 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.280 he's so close to Savon, their best buddies. I asked 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:48.000 Savan to evaluate where Savan is from now compared to 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:49.480 where he was when he got here right at the 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:54.000 end of camp last season. Just confidence, um, I think, 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:55.800 I mean with me being with him at U dub 0:16:55.920 --> 0:16:57.680 is kind of the same jump from his freshman year 0:16:57.720 --> 0:17:00.240 to sophomore year, and con said the same thing the league. 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.120 Rookie year to the second year. You make that jump 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:04.520 so confident, making a lot of making a lot of 0:17:04.520 --> 0:17:06.520 good cuts, asking a lot of good questions in the room. 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:09.679 Um definitely putting in or having a good input on 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:11.400 what other guys are doing, or hey, did you see 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:13.000 it over here? I saw it like this and this 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:14.280 out in the third So I just kind of seeing 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.119 him grow into it. So NFL running back is always exciting. 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:20.040 But I mean that's I mean, that's what we're gonna 0:17:20.040 --> 0:17:21.560 happen regardless. I got a lot of fathing that do. 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.960 And Miles in his own right is having a damn 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:28.000 good camp as well, and particularly in the passing game. Man, 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:30.000 he is making a lot of people miss in space 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.760 and frequently, and he's got such steady hands, whether it's 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.680 running the flat or the flare, which is a tough 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:38.040 angle to catch the football running away from the quarterback 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.960 with your kind of back parallel to the line of scrimmage. 0:17:41.280 --> 0:17:42.760 You have to turn your hands over and make that 0:17:42.800 --> 0:17:46.120 play while also being blind to the pursuit behind you. 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.359 He catches wheel routes down the field, angles over the middle. 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.440 He can really do it all. And that extra Pep 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.200 and his step. I think that's noticeable, especially when he 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:56.680 puts the foot in the ground takes off. He also 0:17:56.720 --> 0:17:58.960 talked about leadership today, as you heard him mention the 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.760 jump from SAVANMD from freshman year to sophomore year at 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:04.040 U dub We heard my always talk about this in 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:07.040 an earlier podcast that his last press availability, but here 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:09.680 he is talking about his leadership and being a conduit 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.120 from the coaching staff to the players on the football 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:15.880 field very important. Uh. I've been here for three years. 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:18.119 I've been with Flow for all of them. Um, so 0:18:18.320 --> 0:18:20.360 I've been able to see what he wants to see 0:18:20.359 --> 0:18:22.280 out of his players, how he wants to see this 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.080 organization ran as a team, and being able to relay 0:18:25.119 --> 0:18:27.560 that message to to the other players as like a 0:18:27.600 --> 0:18:30.119 player that's been there myself, especially to the young guys. 0:18:30.560 --> 0:18:32.399 And uh, I mean, I feel like that's my role 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.200 at this point. And I thought the run game as 0:18:35.240 --> 0:18:38.359 a whole really had one of their best days. Malcolm 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:40.760 Brown had a really nice jump cut to stretch the 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:44.000 defense and then get vertical. Jared Oakes looks the part 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:46.280 in the short yardage and goal line game. There was 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.640 a couple of times this camp. It's looked like he's 0:18:48.680 --> 0:18:50.600