WEBVTT - OTA Week 2 Coverage, Thursday's Practice with Notes and Audio from Coach McDaniel and Tua Tagovailoa 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us fires touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy tight froll tip window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:20.280 What is up Dolphins And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:24.280 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:28.600 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:31.640 Travis Wingfield And on today's show, we are back at 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:35.440 it for another day of Miami Dolphins football. And what 0:00:35.520 --> 0:00:38.200 a fun one it was. The long ball was out 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:41.640 in full force. We had another new orange jersey wearer. 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.560 Is that a word? We have some dominant performances to 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:46.960 get to. We'll hear from coach McDaniel and to a 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.080 tungue of bloa. Two excellent press conferences. All of that 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:51.800 in the heck of a bunch more from the Baptist 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.000 Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is 0:00:56.960 --> 0:01:04.919 the Drivetime Podcast. Miamis practice on June the second, Thursday 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:07.760 was our second straight day on the field and got 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:09.920 a chance to see who won the orange jersey from 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:12.760 the previous day, which was Javon Holland. We'll get to 0:01:12.800 --> 0:01:14.920 that here in just one second, but I want to 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.520 give you guys the image of how I got to 0:01:17.560 --> 0:01:20.440 watch practice on this particular day. One of these things 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:23.399 is not like the other. Across the top row of 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:26.240 the bleachers at the Baptist Health Training Complex, Joe Rose, 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:29.559 you all know Joe Rose legend down here, Mike west Off, 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:33.040 an NFL coaching legend, and another South Florida legend, O 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:36.960 j McDuffie, and then me. So I'm just chilling. They're 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:39.920 getting notes and tips from true experts of the craft 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:45.319 while taking in a very spirited, exciting practice literally my 0:01:45.400 --> 0:01:48.240 happy Gilmore happy place. And we have lots of notes 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:50.240 to get to and some pressers. Let's go ahead and 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.520 kick it off here first with the practice notes. Then 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:54.720 we'll hear from quarterback to a toungo Byloa and head 0:01:54.720 --> 0:01:59.880 coach Mike McDaniel. And we started yesterday on the d 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:02.720 offensive side of the football, so today let's go with 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.320 the offense. And I'll provide further context here at the 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:08.400 quarterback position in the next segments, since we heard from 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:12.200 two of today, but strictly from my notes. I noted 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.840 early in practice that I thought TOA was really seeing 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:17.880 it well. The ball was coming out quickly, on time 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:19.800 and on target, and I think that was kind of 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:22.560 the theme of the day. As we'll hear from coach McDaniels, 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.120 he explains it really well and I think as well 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:29.280 as anybody in the world possibly could. During his Thursday 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.359 media availability. The three things that I saw from two 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.880 of that I liked on Thursday was the anticipation to 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.120 get the football out to the spot and get it 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:39.760 out quickly. And we saw that play out on the 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.160 two long passes, a fifty five yard touchdown and a 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:45.760 sixty nine yard touchdown. Both of those Tyreek Hill, I 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.640 think they were touchdowns to us said at the end 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:49.920 of practice that they might not have. The second sixty 0:02:50.000 --> 0:02:51.880 nine yard one might not have been, but they scored 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.280 two plays later, so he was happy with it. But 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.280 both the Tyreek Hill and just man, how quickly he 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.120 gets on top of the defense, it's it's jarring, and frankly, 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:03.680 I think that jives with to a strength of anticipation 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.560 and getting the ball up and out early. Again. Coach 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.680 will discuss that here in just a minute, and you think, well, 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:10.640 that seems like a great idea to have that skill 0:03:10.680 --> 0:03:12.440 set with the quarterback to go out and get a 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.919 guy like Tyreek Hill who can get there early. As 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:17.679 coach talks about one hitch timing to get the ball 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.400 out quickly and to be able to put the ball 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:21.920 fifty sixty yards downfield, and Tyreek is already there because 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.280 of that great speed. I also thought for two of 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:26.720 the ball placement was on the money, and too will 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.520 discuss this as well, how he was not pleased with 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:32.200 his ball placement on Wednesday, but I think he really 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:36.480 bounced back in that department on Thursday on air. Early 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.960 in practice, the ball was just I mean, it looked 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.839 like you would place it was. The ball was where 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:43.760 you would place it if you went up to the 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:45.920 receivers and handed it off. Something we talked about with 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.920 two was Bama tape right like fifty yard handoffs over 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:52.360 and over again. And finally there was one play where 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.880 Jerome Baker came clean on a rush and to a 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:56.840 through the back leg out. What I mean by that 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:58.960 is the back leg kind of whips out to put 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.640 himself in position to escape and to move, because when 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:03.480 you're on the balls at your feet and you're kind 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:05.680 of surveying things, you're not as ready to move. So 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:07.720 get that back leg out and get yourself from a 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:09.720 position to get off the spot, and he did just that, 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:12.120 got off the spot and escaped the rush, and he 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:15.400 rolled and found Jalen Waddle on the move into a 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.840 tight window and just really really good example of all 0:04:18.839 --> 0:04:20.640 the skills that I think that he he offers in 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.440 spades in that regard. He also had another play later 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.719 where he managed a muddy pocket and stepped up into 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:29.960 the clearing into the avenue within that you know, crowded 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.320 pocket and delivered a strike for a first down. So 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:35.800 good anticipation, light feet, and accuracy. Those are a few 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:37.479 of the hallmarks I think in his game and to 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:39.360 see him have all of those working for him on 0:04:39.400 --> 0:04:42.520 this day here in early June, that was pretty awesome. 0:04:42.560 --> 0:04:44.240 And then Tyreek, we talked about him a little bit, 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:47.360 but man, the release package, the ability to quickly threaten 0:04:47.400 --> 0:04:49.640 the safety and and kind of widened the defense and 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:51.800 just change the way they have to play things. We 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.360 saw it all day on Thursday. He also caught two 0:04:54.440 --> 0:04:57.320 balls one handed on quick hitters, including a touchdown that 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.599 eventually he dunked over the goal post separation. In the shallow, 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:04.080 intermediate deep portions of the field. It really doesn't matter. 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.160 At running back, Chase Edmonds had a very nice catch 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:09.320 where the ball was up a little bit and he 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:11.440 had to elevate to go get it. He reaches up, 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.440 pulls it down, then comes back to the grass and 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.840 just looks like he didn't lose any speed. Just ridiculous 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:21.719 athletic ability, balance, acceleration, all that stuff. I thought John Lovett, 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:23.960 the fullback, had some nice blocks in the Running Game 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.520 on Thursday, And speaking of the running game, up front, 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.080 Connor Williams was getting some really good push of his 0:05:29.120 --> 0:05:31.560 own in the Running Game. Some pin and seal work 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.840 from him was really nice. Created some gaps in the 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.440 Running game that way. And same for Liam Eichenberg, who 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.040 I've noted a few days of practice now getting that 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.000 good push in the Running game, coming off the ball 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.080 and hitting his blocks. And then finally, I thought Kelln Diash, 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:46.159 the U d F A from Arizona State, has some 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.240 of the same Curious to get a better look at 0:05:48.360 --> 0:05:51.120 him as we go along here Finally the tight end 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.479 room Mike get Sick. He made his typical nice stabs 0:05:53.520 --> 0:05:55.880 that he makes, just a reliable target and plus his 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.440 coach talked about yesterday, he really works his butt off 0:05:58.440 --> 0:05:59.800 in the run game as a blocker. I thought we 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:03.080 saw some of that as well on Thursday. Onto the 0:06:03.120 --> 0:06:06.800 defensive side of the football, and you know, the offense 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:08.800 got things going late, but I thought the defense had 0:06:08.800 --> 0:06:12.000 it going early. And it starts up front with number 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.800 nine number Christian Wilkins and Zach Seler. Both of these 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:19.640 guys like I could note them on just about any 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:23.640 series that they're playing in, and just about every day 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:27.240 there it's pressure against the passing game, stack and shed 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:30.880 against the running game, penetration against the running game as well. 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.679 In fact, one play, Christian Wilkins blew through the line 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.360 and the play had to get blown dead almost immediately 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.479 because he was back there ready to greet the running 0:06:38.520 --> 0:06:41.279 back at the same time as the handoff. And O. J. McDuffie, 0:06:41.279 --> 0:06:44.679 who I watched practice with, just says man Wilkins is special. 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:46.880 I'm like, yeah, I agree, and we know what he 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.040 does in those departments, but I continue to also be 0:06:49.080 --> 0:06:52.800 so impressed with his just effort and willingness to play 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:55.200 with his hair on fire. He was chasing a play 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:57.640 one way and the ball winds up coming back out 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.720 the other way and just gets on his horse and 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:02.160 chain pass it down until the whistle blows at that effort. 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:05.880 It's contagious and it shows up every single day. And 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:09.000 then Zach Seeler, just immovable for much of the day, 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.800 consistently gets the job done by whether he has to 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:14.240 plant himself there and help take on blocks or go 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:16.920 get the football, whatever he needs to do, he typically 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.480 does it and does it well. I thought Benito Jones 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.040 had his second nice day of practice in a well, 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.119 a few play in a row, a few plays against 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.120 the run where I noticed him coming out of the 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:27.920 middle of the stack and after getting penetration early on, 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:30.920 or at the very least, not allowing any knock back 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.320 from the offensive line, which you know you want to 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.040 that's kind of the neutral zone. You want to knock 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:36.920 them back, they want to knock you back. Go get 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:39.840 it done, and Benito Jones was getting done today. The linebackers, 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.200 I thought, also had some really good work. Jalen Phillips 0:07:42.480 --> 0:07:44.400 had a would be sack early on. You know, it's 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:46.400 tough to gauge sacks because they don't actually finish the 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:47.840 play that you're not gonna get guys hurt and go 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.760 tackle people out there. Andrew Van Ginkl was all over 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:53.640 the field playing his side, pursuing the backside like there 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.840 was a player where they it was ran away from 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.360 him and there was a strong edge set. I think 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:00.560 it was Zach Seeler. I'd have to check on that, 0:08:00.640 --> 0:08:04.679 but wouldn't surprise me. And he basically strung the play 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:06.600 out and so that Van Geiko could run from the 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.680 backside and get over there to make the play to 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.360 get the whistle blow behind the line of scrimmage. So 0:08:11.720 --> 0:08:14.600 straight up, going backwards, going forward. Andrew Van Ginkle looks 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:17.200 like he's in mid season form. Jerome Baker had some 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.400 pressures Darius Hodge for the second day in a row, 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:21.640 had they would be sack. I had a note about 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:24.120 Cameron Good with some nice pass rush moves and one 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.720 in particular where he got Teddy Bridgewater off the spot. 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.920 DeAndre Johnson the U d F A from Miami, the 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.800 you got in the notes with a nice run stuff. 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.200 And then Sam Ego Van and Duke Riley were both 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.760 in there a couple of times, playing fast and aggressive, 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:39.840 and they made their fair share of plays, and they 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.520 celebrated a lot together like you see a play get made, 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:44.160 and they would tap each other up and come over 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:46.240 to the sideline find each other. They seem like they're 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.760 getting along pretty well. And then finally the rookie. I 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:52.160 thought Channing Tendall was very smooth on this particular practice, 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:55.360 Like you know, if a young guy is gonna struggle, 0:08:55.400 --> 0:08:57.720 you would expect like false steps, wasted movements, but I 0:08:57.720 --> 0:08:59.520 didn't see that stuff. Like he seems to really be 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.320 flowing downhill and just knowing where he's supposed to go, 0:09:02.360 --> 0:09:04.840 and that speed obviously shows up on a down by 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.480 down basis. In the defensive backfield, I think second straight 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.360 day with the defensive backfield might have might have kind 0:09:11.360 --> 0:09:14.280 of won the positional unit of the day. Javon Holland 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.040 was in the orange jersey, and frankly he might be 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:20.040 in it again for the next practice. Him and Brandon Jones. 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:22.600 You know, I'm gonna keep referring to Juice here because 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.640 he made a note during practice about how dialed in 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.480 those two guys are. And you see it in the 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.560 individual drill portion of practice, like they lead their position 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.240 group and the first guys up to get up there 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.960 and go do their reps, and you see their typewriter feet, 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:39.080 their quick reaction skills, they secure the football and catch 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.200 it and put it away, the way they communicate with 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.720 each other, how they move and react to the offense, 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:46.920 how they fly around in team period pre and post snapped. 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:51.480 Their interchangeability we know about and you know individual team period. 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:55.080 It just they appear to be dialed in in all aspects. 0:09:55.080 --> 0:09:57.320 And that's in line with what we've heard from them, 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.120 you know, from the coaching staff, from their teammates and 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.120 guys that have been around them last couple of years. 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:04.920 Just the ultimate consummate pros. And now that they're in 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.040 year two and year three, I'm excited to see them 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.720 go and take it another level. Javon's playlist, I heard 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.840 some Drake. I think there was some r Kelly in there, 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.040 some Tears for Fears. It was a pretty good mix, 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.520 A nice mix of new school, old school and everything 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:19.280 in between. If there was some Kanye at one point, 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.280 maybe some Little Wayne, A good mix from Javon Hallen. 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.360 I like the playlist. Um So, the offense did a 0:10:24.400 --> 0:10:26.560 lot of that damage later on in practice, but early 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.000 it was the defense with a lot of wins, and honestly, 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:31.079 I thought it was you know, more coverage sacks than 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:35.240 UH protection breakdowns. I mean, you get your fair share 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.520 of everything out there a practice, but the quarterbacks had 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:39.880 some times and guys were just covered up down field 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:41.080 a lot. I think a lot of that has to 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.679 do with, you know, the dbs getting it done. And 0:10:43.920 --> 0:10:45.560 one thing that's cool to see is how the offense 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:48.000 and coach McDaniel mentioned this the other day in practice 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.400 about the different combinations they want to roll through in 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.320 terms of, you know, certain guys playing with with other 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.360 guys on the offensive side of the football and vice versa, 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.040 and so that you get like a variety of matchups 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:01.360 that makes, you know, intriguing to keep an eye on, 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.880 but also just obviously benefits. You know, the more looks 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:05.400 you get, the more the more you can kind of 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:10.319 learn your football team. But between Holland Jones, needhum Ignogamy, 0:11:10.400 --> 0:11:14.720 Trill Williams, Ronan McKinley, Elijah Hamilton's D'Angelo Ross and Quincy Wilson, 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.320 all those guys got in the notes today. And Quincy 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:19.439 Wilson had a really nice breakup where he drove on 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:22.120 a pass to River Craigcraft and batted that thing up 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.240 into the air. And here comes Trull Williams for the 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.920 interception for Ron McKinley had his hands on a ball 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:30.120 on a diving attempt on a pass that was intended 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.160 for I think it was Cedric Wilson, and he dove 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:33.920 for that thing and couldn't quite squeeze it in. But 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:36.840 and Javon Holland reacted big time when he saw that, like, 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:38.720 I want my boy to get that one. He didn't 0:11:38.800 --> 0:11:40.680 quite pull it in. But all those guys made plays 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:43.120 and found their way into the notes. And finally I 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.319 tweeted about this. But Mike Westoff, we know who Mike 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.880 Westoff is, right. He was a longtime special teams coordinator 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.679 here thirty two years in the NFL. And more Stead 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.200 was was punting, and we talked about him on the 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:56.760 Wednesday podcast about the way he was pinning the ball 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.160 inside the five yard line from right around midfield or 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:02.920 so they had him. He was punting while both fields 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:05.880 were being used, from one sideline to the other sideline, 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:07.760 and so like a fifty three and a half yard 0:12:07.760 --> 0:12:10.280 punt right he was putting the thing right on the 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.439 other sideline like every damn time. It was so impressive. 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:15.839 And Mike Westoff said, in my thirty two years in 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.040 the National Football League. I never saw a better punter 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:19.960 than Tom Moore Stead. I was like, that's pretty high 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:22.560 praise coach. He also said he's a great holder. And 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:25.600 speaking of field goals, Jason Sanders, for the first time 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:27.520 that we got a chance to watch him kick live, 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:30.440 was seven for seven going from p a T range 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.480 back to fifty three yards and Mike was a big 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:36.800 fan of his technique to He said, there's there's you know, 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:41.720 there's no excessive movement, short steps. He's got a short stride. 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:43.520 He compared to a golf swing where he says, you 0:12:43.520 --> 0:12:44.880 don't want to see a lot of movement in there, 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.200 and that's what he saw with Jason Sanders. He was 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:49.960 very impressed and also mentioned again that Morstead was a 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.600 tremendous holder and of course Blake Ferguson putting those snaps 0:12:52.640 --> 0:12:54.760 on the money to get those things down. So another 0:12:54.760 --> 0:12:56.680 fun day of practice. We have one more next week 0:12:56.720 --> 0:13:00.000 to cover. We're gonna go a little more media coverage 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:01.880 as far as the things we have not gotten to 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:03.880 the last two days because a lot of players talked 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:05.520 and I couldn't get it on the podcast. But I 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:06.959 want to cover that and some more of your mail 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.880 bad questions as well on the Monday edition of Drive Time. 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:11.600 But for now, let's go ahead and take our first 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.000 break and get to the media. Just to today because 0:13:14.040 --> 0:13:16.959 they're long Mike McDaniel and quarterback to a Tongue by Loa. 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.600 Next here on the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:13:19.800 --> 0:13:25.640 brought to you by Auto Nation. Segment number two here 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.480 of the Thursday edition of the Drivetime Podcast, your host 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:32.439 Travis Wingfield covering another day of the off season program 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.280 of O T A s out here in the month 0:13:34.400 --> 0:13:37.080 of June, getting closer and closer to the start of 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.640 training camp. But in the meantime, we heard from QB 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.360 one two a Toungo by Loa on this Thursday, and 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.080 he addressed the two practices here back to back in 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:48.440 a bit of a I suppose a bounce back day, 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.160 and he discussed how he assessed his performance over those 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:54.240 two days and just how critical and how hard on 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:58.240 himself he can be of himself. Well, yesterday's practice wasn't 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.840 up to the standard that I know offense can compete 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:05.200 at UH and it obviously starts with me in particularly 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:09.240 there there was some ball placement deals that I didn't 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:13.000 particularly like yesterday. I think yesterday was a lot better. 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:16.559 There's still some things that you know, weren't up to 0:14:16.640 --> 0:14:18.920 part to our standard, but I think it was a 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:22.040 lot better from an offensive standpoint, So they're from the 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.280 horse's mouth. I mean, we talked about the ball placement 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.080 and just how good it looked on Thursday and really 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.720 something that has stood out through to his college in 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:31.600 pro career as a strength of his and you've heard 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.560 coach McDaniel and players talk about the accuracy. Was nice 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:37.080 to see him get that calibrated back in here. Hear 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:39.480 him talk about how much he felt he improved in 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.600 that area and how it wasn't up to his standard 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.400 on Wednesday. How about how hard he isn't on himself 0:14:44.600 --> 0:14:46.600 and just where he got that from to be critical 0:14:46.640 --> 0:14:50.240 of his own game. I'm pretty hard on myself every time. Um, 0:14:50.240 --> 0:14:53.600 whether it's throwing a ball where it needs to be 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:57.200 or pre snap operation. You know, guys aren't set guys 0:14:57.200 --> 0:15:00.080 on where they're supposed to be because in order with 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.080 the offense to function, we all got to be on 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.280 the same page. And in order for us to execute 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:05.920 at a high level, you know, we gotta do things 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:09.680 at a high level. So, Um, I gotta be hard 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:13.320 on myself. Um, you know, Mike's Mike's a little different, 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.400 you know, Mike. Mike is Mike is always trying to 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:19.040 encourage you and trying to you know, keep you, keep 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:23.640 you going. So for me, it's it's a little backwards 0:15:23.640 --> 0:15:26.040 where I'm I'm used to myself, you know, getting hard 0:15:26.040 --> 0:15:28.000 on myself and the coach getting hard on me too, 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.480 Whereas I'm getting hard on myself and you know, he's 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:34.120 trying to tell me, Hey, you know it's gonna be okay. 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.840 Like you know, we're only in May, We're only in June. 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:40.960 You know, there's a lot more time to grow. But 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.800 and of course the follow up to that is how 0:15:44.120 --> 0:15:46.000 has it been for you to have a coach like 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:48.640 that that you're playing for. It's been cool, It's been different. 0:15:48.680 --> 0:15:50.360 Like I said, I've never been around a coach like 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:56.080 this who's just extremely positive. Um. Growing up, you know, 0:15:56.160 --> 0:15:59.240 my dad's always been hard on me. Uh, my high 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.680 school coach has been hard on me. Coach Saban has 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:04.320 been hard on me. Um, and all the coaches that 0:16:04.360 --> 0:16:06.320 I've had prior, you know, they've all been hard on me. 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:12.080 So he's hard, but he takes another alleyway if if 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:16.480 you will on kind of teaching and helping. And we 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:19.400 saw the two long balls to Tyreek Hill. Here's two 0:16:19.400 --> 0:16:21.960 are talking about the timing with Tyreek Hill, and if 0:16:21.960 --> 0:16:24.480 there's a play outside of the long balls, it's stuck 0:16:24.480 --> 0:16:26.840 out in terms of how it shows off their timing 0:16:26.880 --> 0:16:29.920 together and how far along it's come. You know, it's 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.680 it's pretty cool having a guy like Tyreek, but you 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:36.040 have other guys that are you know, extremely talented, very 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.640 fast as well. You know, that kind of help out 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:42.920 with with Tyreek being open. You have Wattle, you have Um, 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:45.560 you know, GASICKI. So everyone has to cover every part 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.080 of the field, and I mean it, you know, it 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.360 should be a lot easier to to get these guys 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:54.280 the ball, although you know, playing against our defense, it's 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:56.440 still get stuff. We'll talk to two it here in 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.680 just a minute about playing against that tough defense. But 0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:00.160 there's a few questions where I want to go head 0:17:00.160 --> 0:17:02.560 and skip over and just cover real quick. Talking a 0:17:02.600 --> 0:17:04.639 little bit about how coach has encouraged him to come 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:06.199 out of his shell and how he feels like he 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.680 has shown glimpses of coming out of his shell here 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:12.840 and there, talked about his playlist about some Hawaiian music, 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:15.959 some Aili Brothers, some Return of the mac Uh, some 0:17:16.280 --> 0:17:19.679 Casey and the Sunshine Band, some country music, some Shaggy 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:22.919 on his playlist. Also talked a little bit about having 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.239 coaches or people in his past who were hard on 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.760 him or the encouraging aspect of those coaching Are the 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:31.680 coaching approaches I should say, and which he thinks, he responds, 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:33.640 But are two great question I thought, and a really 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:36.840 good answer here from QB. One two a tongue of volta. Well, 0:17:36.880 --> 0:17:40.159 I think I've been playing football for so long to 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:43.760 where the standard has been set for me at such 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.879 a young age with the way my dad, um, you know, 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.600 it's kind of coached me. And then even at the 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.120 college setting, you know, I was more afraid of what 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.800 my dad would have to tell me after the game 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:58.359 than uh coach Saban. And it still is a little 0:17:58.440 --> 0:18:02.800 like that, uh you know, in the NFL. But for 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:04.919 for me, it's just I haven't embedded in my in 0:18:05.000 --> 0:18:08.160 my mind that regardless of how another coach feels about 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:10.840 the way I I practice or or I play, you know, 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:14.120 I know what what I'm capable of doing. And two 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:17.359 was also asked about playing in different offenses, I mean Alabama. 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:19.000 Every year there was a new o C he worked 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:21.000 with and now heading into his third year in his 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:22.920 third o C here at the Miami Dolphins, he was 0:18:23.000 --> 0:18:26.600 asked about going up or I should say rather about 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.920 the playbook and learning the third offensive system as many seasons, 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:31.720 and he talked a little bit about the study habits 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.240