WEBVTT - Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 5 Recap 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:16.000 Down Down, Miami Partners, One at Run, What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:16.120 --> 0:00:19.400 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:24.880 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:28.320 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:30.960 and as always, each and every day, I am here 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.440 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.599 And on today's show, it's another beautiful day in Miami 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:41.639 Gardens as we are recapping practice number five from Dolphins 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:45.479 training camp. One another strong showing from the offense and 0:00:45.520 --> 0:00:47.600 the quarterbacks. We take a focus on some of the 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:50.440 lesser known players showing out here at camp so far, 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.200 A big day from another handful of receivers. Your questions 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:56.800 on Twitter, the coaching staffs work on the practice field. 0:00:56.920 --> 0:00:59.200 We'll hear from coach Flora's and Eric row Onto, a 0:00:59.280 --> 0:01:02.200 tongue of by Low and a variety of other topics, 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:06.080 and much much more from the Baptist Health studios inside 0:01:06.080 --> 0:01:09.959 the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time post. 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:16.480 A couple of roster moves since we last spoke, as 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:20.440 Mike Gisicki, Adam Shaheen, and Sethan Carter were placed on 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:23.920 the COVID nineteen slash reserve list and coach George Godzy 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.680 was not out there at practice on Monday for medical 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:29.760 reasons estated by head coach Brian Flores at his Monday 0:01:29.760 --> 0:01:32.960 morning press conference, and coach spoke about this in his 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:36.600 Monday morning press or that it's the same as last 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:40.080 season with regards to contingencies and plans in place. They 0:01:40.120 --> 0:01:43.320 have plans in place and then plans in place of 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:46.880 those plans in case somebody is out, and knowing coach, 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:49.760 that shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. He's prepared for 0:01:49.840 --> 0:01:52.920 every detail imaginable. But the note that I thought stood 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.120 out was one where he said, we've been dealing with 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.240 this for eighteen months and it's not over. And he's right, 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:01.560 and if anyone is going to remain vigilant, it's him 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.080 and the staff. That was his message all last year, 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:07.160 remaining vigilant. And you can't just get tired of it 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:09.840 and stop doing the stuff you do to prevent to 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:14.079 to do the preventative measures to help reduce possible COVID 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.680 outbreaks and contractions. So Dolphins on top of that, tight 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:21.000 ends sal Canela and Calif Jackson were signed and on 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.959 the practice field on Monday. Also back on the field 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.840 was wide receiver Davante Parker, who went through some of 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.120 the drills and I thought looked pretty good out there. 0:02:29.160 --> 0:02:31.320 I was keeping a close eye on him during the 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:33.600 on air throws to kick off practice and kind of 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.440 the individual portion of practice, and it looked like the 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:38.440 same old DeVante to me. He kind of sinks those 0:02:38.520 --> 0:02:40.280 hips at the top of the route and drives that 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.760 ninety degree angle and the ball meets him right off 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:45.080 that break from tah and he's catching the football with 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:47.720 his hands. It can be easy to let the ball 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:49.360 kind of get into your body and that's when you 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:51.400 can really get beat up by the football. But he 0:02:51.440 --> 0:02:53.720 wasn't doing that, so I thought he looked good out there. 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.640 His best play of the day came in goal line 0:02:56.639 --> 0:03:00.160 work where he's totally covered along the end line and 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.560 two of throws, one high and away from the defender, 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.080 and Davante goes up and snatches it and comes down 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:08.000 in bounds for the touchdown. You know, a fifty fifty 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.160 type of ball, with fifty being a catch and the 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.600 other fifty and this instance being an incomplete pass because 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:14.639 he put it. We're only his receiver had a chance 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.680 to get it. But we also know what Davante, this 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.799 is basically a proposition, and this one turned out to 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:23.200 be zero because he caught it. Savan Akhmed left practice 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.400 after getting nicked up. I'll get you guys an update 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.760 on him as soon as coach gives us one. And 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:29.640 here we'll go a position by a position again, but 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:33.720 first I want to cover a full bullet points a 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.400 few bullet points of notes I have here. First, the 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:38.920 energy at the started practice was a blast again with 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.280 the fans back for the second day, and once again 0:03:41.400 --> 0:03:43.800 Christian Wilkins was the first one out. He gets a 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.760 greeting of a big applause and then shakeem. Griffin again 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:50.320 comes bouncing over, and I use that term very specifically 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.440 bouncing because he is on a gallop for a full 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:57.280 fifty sixty seventy yards and then he gets down in 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.480 the stretching portion of practice and he's doing some dance 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.280 moves that I'm not sure I could replicate if you 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.280 gave me a year of practice. He was really getting 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:06.560 after it and he just brings that energy, like Coach 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:08.760 mentioned last week, Within thirty seconds of meeting this guy, 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:10.920 you can feel the energy, I think it's more like 0:04:11.000 --> 0:04:13.600 three seconds. As far as the on field work, I 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:17.159 knowed something about Charlie Fry during quarterbacks throwing two receivers 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:19.680 and how he's out there. And mind you, there are 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.839 quality control coaches, interns and what have you that do 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:24.960 a lot of behind the scenes work that nobody really 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:29.200 sees that makes these practices work as efficiently as they do. 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:33.719 And during this particular drill, Charlie Fry is running underneath 0:04:33.760 --> 0:04:36.320 the receivers. And we've talked about this. Right when you 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:39.159 throw the football in between the second and third level 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.960 and first levels defensive line, second level linebackers, third level, 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.560 the safeties in the back end, a good deal of 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.000 spin is required to get the ball over that hump 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.760 where it climbs over the second level and descends under 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:54.039 the third level. So coach Fry is one of the 0:04:54.040 --> 0:04:58.240 coaches kind of simulating that second level defender underneath the 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.919 receiver to give the quarterbacks a snap shot of where 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.400 it might be and how to let them throw over 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:06.839 it in the instance of dealing with disrupting passing lanes 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:09.200 as far as the defense is concerns. So I tweeted 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.360 that out. Then I started to look across the practice 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.640 field to see what the other coaches are doing, and 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.719 it's not exclusive to Fry. In fact, they all do it. 0:05:16.760 --> 0:05:18.640 And I've seen this before, so I wanted to get 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.719 on the podcast here. But Austin Clark, for instance, he 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:25.000 is as animated as they come, working the sleds and 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.440 the tackling dummies. He's giving pass rush instruction constantly, and 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.920 you can see him really working physically to help show 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.760 the guys what he's talking about. Coach Campanelli the linebackers 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.400 coaches running around bringing energy to that group, along with 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:40.160 Robbie Leonard the outside linebackers coach g a Jaral Alexander 0:05:40.400 --> 0:05:42.560 is doing full on back pedals, opening up the hips 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.200 and driving like he's still in his playing days. And frankly, 0:05:45.600 --> 0:05:47.960 if you've seen him do do the stuff out there, 0:05:48.000 --> 0:05:50.599 I'm not convinced he couldn't still play football. Coach Lemil 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.920 John Pierre is down the trenches working on hand placement, footwork, 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.400 combo blocks. He also is very fiery and passionate. Coach 0:05:57.400 --> 0:06:00.200 Grazzar with the receivers, he's involved working with those eyes 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.359 on catching passes in traffic. It's just unanimous across the board, 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:05.880 and I love to watch it. It matches the energy 0:06:06.120 --> 0:06:09.240 the players have. So the philosophy of having guys that 0:06:09.320 --> 0:06:11.479 love football not just on the team, the coaching staff 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.320 and otherwise, it's spread across the board. So on the 0:06:14.360 --> 0:06:18.040 topic of coaches, I wanted to ask Brian Flores about 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:22.160 this before practice, about the collaboration of not just offensive 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:25.240 coaches serving as you know floaters, talking about the guys 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.320 that kind of float between different position groups. You know, 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:29.960 the varsity versus j v reference if you play both 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:33.839 those back in your in your heyday, but across the 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:36.799 crossing over from defense to offense and offense to defense. 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.240 And coach spends a lot of time with the quarterbacks 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.520 during individual drills. And I'm not going to ask him 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.320 about exactly what those conversations are because well, I know better. 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:46.480 That's for them to know and for us to learn 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.640 on game day on Sunday, I suppose, But I did 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.039 want to ask him about those collaborations and if when 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:54.800 he's working with the quarterbacks, is that something where he 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.240 is giving his perspective for how he would attack a 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:00.960 certain player as a for instance, to offensive play caller 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.960 here's coach, Yes, there is there is crossover. I think 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.160 if you understand if you're an offensive player and understand 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:11.560 how the defense is trying to attack you or um, 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.200 you know, prevent you from doing from what you want 0:07:14.240 --> 0:07:17.320 to do. Then if you understand that, then that gives 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.480 you an advantage. And the same thing vice versa. If 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:24.000 you're a defensive player coach and you understand what the offense, 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:28.040 how they're trying to attack you. Um, there's there's some 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.760 things you can anticipate, there's some things you can, um, 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:34.679 you know, coach your players up on that will hopefully 0:07:34.680 --> 0:07:40.160 help them, um either not allow the defense to win 0:07:40.440 --> 0:07:43.600 or not allow the offense to win. So UM, I 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:45.640 think it's all encompassing. You know. I talked to our 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.160 coaching staff and say, hey, if you're a defensive coach 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.200 and you can give an offensive player a coaching point, 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:53.800 do it. Same thing. If you're an offensive coach, you 0:07:53.880 --> 0:07:57.520 give a defensive one of our defensive players a coaching point, 0:07:57.560 --> 0:08:00.440 give it to him. I mean, we're a team. Obviously, 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:03.120 we're competing against each other out here, um, on the 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:06.520 practice field, and you know, no offense wants to beat defense, 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:08.360 and defense wants to beat the offense. And you know, 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.240 when we're in the kicking game, part return unit wants 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:14.920 to beat the you know, the punt team. But you know, 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:16.120 at the end of the day, we're a team and 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:18.520 if there's a way something we can do to to 0:08:18.640 --> 0:08:22.280 help a player on the other side of the ball, um, 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.760 and we should do that. And we have. And it's 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:33.520 I've seen players talk to each other offensive line, defensive line, receivers, dbs, uh, dbs, 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:37.240 safety's quarterback, just you know, some of those conversations. I 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.800 think that's where you get a lot of um, you 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.560 can make a lot of improvement individually, just understanding the 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:44.520 other side of the ball. And coach was asked a 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:48.360 follow up about that two questions later. Here he is again, Oh, yeah, 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:54.160 that's constant dialogue among the coaching staff that way. And yeah, 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:56.880 we've said a few things up that like that, to 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:01.480 create dialogue, to create conversation. UM, I think it only helps, 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:05.880 you know, offensive coaches to learn or to hear the 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:09.720 defensive kind of mindset, thought process the same thing, or 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:13.360 defensive coaches to to hear the offensive thought process. You know, 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:15.360 I've I've coached on both, you know, all three sides 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:19.280 of the ball. So I kinda u it helped me. 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.080 I would say that, Um, I can't you speak for 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:25.480 anyone else, but it definitely helped me to understand h 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:29.640 how offenses wanted to attack defense defenses and then conversely, 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:33.800 how defenses want to attack offenses, and um, you know, 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:38.679 in the kicking game, how to attack a field goal, 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:41.800 a field goal protection, or how to attack a pump protection. 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.160 And then coach was followed up with that question asked 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:47.920 if there's a formal or informal type of meeting or 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:49.960 situation where they go through that, and he said, with 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:51.840 a smile, let's go ahead and call that informal. So 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.120 really good stuff there from coach talking about kind of 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.800 his process, how he leads, how he delegates, and how 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.000 he really trains the coaches you know on his staff 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.400 to be or to take on more and to maybe 0:10:01.400 --> 0:10:03.880 take that next step in their career. And one quick 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.800 aside right here, I heard Josh Boyer celebrating a play 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.280 in the three on three goal line work. It's just 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:12.360 a tough, tough task for the defense, but because they 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:14.599 are working with so much space, which always favors the 0:10:14.640 --> 0:10:17.160 offense obviously, but they got some wins. And on one 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.840 play where the ball never came out because the coverage 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.280 was so tight, which is so rare. A trio of 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.720 Jaitlyn ask you, Nate Holly and Calvin Munson were in 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:27.920 on the coverage and we could hear Boyer from the 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:30.040 stands saying, or he's in the field where in the 0:10:30.040 --> 0:10:32.960 stands saying that's the idea, that's the idea. Again. Just 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.840 love the fire the staff has and the passion they bring. 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.160 Let's dive into the practice play by play here and 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.920 go position by possession, starting with the quarterbacks. And stop 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:43.160 me if you've heard this before, but another really good 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:46.200 strong showing from to What's Onno byla. I had him 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.200 with six touchdowns and no picks today and those were 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:50.559 all red zone drill So the touchdown number maybe a 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:54.000 bit inflated, but good to have efficiency in that department. 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:57.760 In fact, he hasn't had a team period interception since 0:10:57.800 --> 0:10:59.400 the first day of practice, so we're going on four 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.600 days in a row now without a pick in eleven 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.520 and eleven. We might recall he set records last year 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.160 for not throwing a pick in the first x amount 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:08.640 of throws as an NFL career, and up until that 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:10.920 Kansas City game, his first pick and game number five 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:14.959 for him and the efficiency of the offense in this 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.440 regard is no fault of a bunch of short throws 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:21.199 offensively because they've been aggressive and attacking. And on that note, 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:22.559 why don't we go ahead and hear from one of 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.959 the Dolphins defensive backs who had a note onto a 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:27.720 Tonguo by Loa had this to say after practice, as 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.960 far as the passing offense goes, and to us growth 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.640 in your number two, Oh yeah, no, he letting it 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:34.800 fly this year, for sure. I mean he was last year. 0:11:34.840 --> 0:11:36.840 But you can see like he just looks a little 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.320 more comfortable back there and me making some tough throws 0:11:39.400 --> 0:11:41.800 putting it in the hole, um, leading receivers. You know 0:11:41.800 --> 0:11:43.280 what I'm saying. I don't when he threw the rob 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.560 yesterday on a little out and up and throw it 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.720 in a nice little pocket right there. So that was nice, Yes, sir, 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:49.600 I love hearing that right there from Edom because I 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.840 talked about on the podcast and he explained about throwing 0:11:51.840 --> 0:11:54.000 into a pocket. It was the out and up where 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:55.960 it was an out route that he kind of threw 0:11:56.040 --> 0:11:58.600 before Robert Foster was out of the break to go 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.760 up on the sideline. And he threw it to a 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.040 spot and Foster got to that spot as the ball 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.360 came down and landed in his lap. So good stuff. 0:12:05.360 --> 0:12:08.160 They're good audio from Nick need Hum. And you know 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.880 the ball playsment with ta is what really continues to 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.640 show up for me as a you know, amateur scout 0:12:13.679 --> 0:12:15.960 up there in the stands. That and the quick trigger 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.439 the ball is coming out fast. He's had plays where 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:21.199 the defense gives him a key that makes him decide 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:24.360 to make that throw immediately after the snap, like one 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:26.720 shot for instance, up the seam to Mac Hollands today 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.600 where he's given a free access or free release after 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.400 the first level as that defender across from him rushes 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.800 in to a stands up, pops it out there and 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.280 Mac has a catch ten yards up the seam with 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:40.840 a full steam ahead attacking the third level with the 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.240 football in his hands. That's hard to stop and can 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.360 really force a defense to reconsider their pressure package when 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:48.760 the quarterback can get it up and down so to speak, 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:51.760 in that arena. Coach was also asked about Tungo by 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:53.959 Loa this morning at his presser, and he said he's 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.679 very happy with where to is so far, and of 0:12:56.679 --> 0:12:58.760 course there's a long way to go. But I thought 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.120 his comments about what to has drilled and work on 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:05.240 was really good. Let's go to coach talking about his 0:13:05.320 --> 0:13:09.680 young quarterback toa has. I think he's gotten off to 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.240 a good start, still a long way to go, still 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:18.240 very early. UM, good community offense. You know his techniques 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:22.240 and his you know his QB mechanics fundamentals. UM, trying 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.280 to work those every day and get them where they 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.760 need to be. So that is footwork, is timing, you 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.239 know that all kind of plays into um, his accuracy 0:13:31.240 --> 0:13:36.640 as a pastor, but also uh, ball handling with the 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:38.640 backs and things of that nature. So I think he's 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:41.200 off to a solid start. You know, it's still still 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:46.760 very early. We haven't that's still so early. We got 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:48.920 a long way to go, um, and we just need 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.400 to strin continue to string good days together. That's always 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.880 my message to the team. You know, one meeting, one 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:58.040 walk through, one pack, one practice won't play at a time. 0:13:58.040 --> 0:14:02.640 And UM, he's taken out approach and seeing small improvements 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:04.719 on a daily basis and hopefully that continues. And it's 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:09.160 not just to Jacoby, it's read and uh, you know 0:14:09.160 --> 0:14:11.480 a lot of players offensively defensively in the kicking game. 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:14.040 So that was kind of the scouting report, right, the 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.120 ball placement, the mechanics, the footwork, all that fun stuff 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.400 we talked about at least, you know, when I produced 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:21.480 my own scouting report, that's what it was. Incredibly light 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:24.000 on his feet, the black jack dealer with the release, 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:27.320 the just getting that thing out there. The ball placement, 0:14:27.320 --> 0:14:28.880 which has been on point this week. Some of the 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:30.440 highlights from two of today. I had him on a 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:33.360 great touch throw to the back pylon to Jachem Grant 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.600 where he got it up over that underneath defender like 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.080 we talked about with Charlie Fry and descending right into 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.720 the lap of Jachem Grant in the corner for a touchdown. 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:42.880 He completed his first two passes in the seven on 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.560 seven red zone drill, both touchdowns to Wilson and Gaskin. 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.560 The third was incomplete, but the officials threw a flag 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:51.560 that there was new officials there today for the first 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.000 time they threw a flag in the secondary. And then 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:55.680 too it comes back on a later drill and rips 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:57.480 one down the seam to mac Hollins. And again this 0:14:57.480 --> 0:14:59.560 is what I talked about, where the ball finds him 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:01.840 right as he turns his head in the soft spot 0:15:01.920 --> 0:15:04.760 of the coverage. So spatial awareness, the accuracy, knowing what 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:06.600 the defense is going to do and how to react 0:15:06.640 --> 0:15:09.000 to that. He had a pair of completions early on 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.560 in the team period to Waddle and Wilson on short 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:13.400 throws where they both had a chance to make a 0:15:13.440 --> 0:15:15.640 move in space. I want to see those simulations live. 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:18.200 We'll see that soon enough here in preseason games and 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:20.720 in real games come September. He also had a rip 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:22.880 to Jalan Waddle across the middle of the field where 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:24.720 he catches the thing and stride the ball and the 0:15:24.720 --> 0:15:27.200 receiver intersect at the same time, and he was one 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:29.720 slip tackle away from the safety from going eighty yards 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:32.200 for a touchdown. Just really good precision like we saw 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.800 with those guys back at Alabama. He had a deep 0:15:34.840 --> 0:15:37.520 out from the far hash to Albert Wilson and the 0:15:37.520 --> 0:15:39.840 ball gets there before the defensive back can dry because 0:15:39.880 --> 0:15:43.120 of both the zip and the anticipation. Another really strong 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:45.280 day here for the Miami quarterback. To A had a 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.480 shallow crosser to Waddle on red zone work also where 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:50.200 he kind of laid it out there and gave it 0:15:50.640 --> 0:15:52.560 put plenty of air under it, so Waller could run 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.280 underneath it and get up field for a nice touchdown 0:15:55.280 --> 0:15:56.760 scoring play. On that one, I put a note in 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.280 the Michael Dieter had a great pass block on ray 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.280 Kuan Davis. More on that here. In just a minute, 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:03.760 Mac Hollins ran a dig halfway into the end zone 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:05.880 from about the ten yard line. A dig's usually a 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:08.280 twelve or fifteen yard in cut route, and two or 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:10.600 two have fired this ball before he came out of 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:12.280 the break, and it's right there on his face when 0:16:12.280 --> 0:16:14.240 he cuts in, he celebrates with a dance and then 0:16:14.280 --> 0:16:16.280 dunks the ball over the goal post. He came back 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.080 later with a quick slant to mac collins for a 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:20.720 nice game and then through a nice touch slash zip 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.160 that second level throw over the hump into the third 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.400 level to mcollins once again for a chunk of yards. 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:28.840 And really, you know too, and the first team offense. 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:32.400 I've just shown progression each day through these first five practices. 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:34.960 Zero picks in the last four days during team periods, 0:16:35.120 --> 0:16:38.080 explosive plays, sharp on the tight windows and the timing 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.640 and the rhythm. It grows every single day. It's been 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:42.440 a lot of fun to watch and seeing, you know, 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:45.120 tweets from the Beat guys that Omar Armando, Berry Jackson, 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:48.840 Joe Shatt, etcetera, all saying how sharp this offense has looked. Well, 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.240 it's a great start and a great opportunity to build 0:16:51.280 --> 0:16:53.560 on those bricks that are being laid. I'm gonna go 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.520 ahead and say running back notes more for tomorrow and 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:57.880 the pads go on, but I will say Miles Gascon 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.200 continues to look really smooth as a pass catcher, and 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.280 I think Malcolm Brown moves well for a guy that's 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.480 built like an absolute house. I've been itching to see 0:17:04.560 --> 0:17:05.920 him get some goal line and work. We'll get that 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.320 later on this week, hopefully. Carl Tucker had a nice 0:17:08.320 --> 0:17:10.520 catch on a pass from Reid Sinnet and seven on 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.920 seven red zone drills for a touchdown. I talked about 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:14.800 him being a natural pass catcher last week. I thought 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.040 that was evident on this play. But he did later 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.359 come back in practice and juggle one that got tipped 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.360 up and picked off by Trill Williams. And we'll cover 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.000 the other two to quarterbacks. Start the rest of the 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:27.080 position groups here. Like with the receivers, Albert Wilson once 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:29.520 again gets into the notes, and you continue to have 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.760 these standout practices, not just with the deep balls, but 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:34.440 you know, in fact, I think the part that I've 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:38.000 most enjoyed watching these guys work with is, aside from 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:40.399 the fun stuff down the field, is guys like Albert 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:44.320 and Jalen Waddle winning in ways that traditionally speed receivers 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:46.840 are perceived to not be able to do. It's not 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:50.600 just speed or possession guys, it's multifaceted guys. These guys 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:52.600 can catch the football and traffic, catch it away from 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:55.119 their frames and their toughest hell through contact, and the 0:17:55.160 --> 0:17:59.359 concentration just hasn't lapsed so far in these five practices. 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:02.160 Wilson a diving touchdown catch for the second straight day. 0:18:02.160 --> 0:18:04.120 In the goal line. Work in that kind of three 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:06.360 on three drill, and it's a post up type route, 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:08.639 a hookup route where you set that thing down on 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:10.680 the goal line. The quarterback wants to get it out 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:13.359 before you've shown him your numbers because there are two defenders, 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.040 one on either side of you. And this one throw 0:18:16.040 --> 0:18:18.600 from Jacoby was a bit wide and he lays out 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.640 makes a tough catch, especially when you consider the velocity 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:25.800 on that short area throw. Then Jalen waddle Man, he's 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.240 been a tough cover for everybody out here. When he's wide, 0:18:29.440 --> 0:18:32.040 he stretches the defense from that alignment. When he's inside, 0:18:32.080 --> 0:18:34.560 he's deadly because the three way go whether it's deep, 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:36.919 in or out. And my perspective tells me that he's 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.280 using his speed and the defense is knowledge of his 0:18:39.359 --> 0:18:42.080 speed to really exploit areas of conflict. And what I 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:44.320 mean by that is when he's in there and has 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:46.560 the threat to run straight to the goal post and 0:18:46.600 --> 0:18:48.679 take off and get beat deep, you have to respect that. 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:50.960 And if you do, he can cross your face and 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:52.639 get to the other side of the formation on the 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:55.000 over route, and then it's just a foot race and well, 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:57.040