Speaker 1: Down Down, Miami Partners, One at Run, What is up? Dolphins?
Speaker 1: And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the
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Speaker 1: How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: and as always, each and every day, I am here
Speaker 1: to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football.
Speaker 1: And on today's show, it's another beautiful day in Miami
Speaker 1: Gardens as we are recapping practice number five from Dolphins
Speaker 1: training camp. One another strong showing from the offense and
Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. We take a focus on some of the
Speaker 1: lesser known players showing out here at camp so far,
Speaker 1: A big day from another handful of receivers. Your questions
Speaker 1: on Twitter, the coaching staffs work on the practice field.
Speaker 1: We'll hear from coach Flora's and Eric row Onto, a
Speaker 1: tongue of by Low and a variety of other topics,
Speaker 1: and much much more from the Baptist Health studios inside
Speaker 1: the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time post.
Speaker 1: A couple of roster moves since we last spoke, as
Speaker 1: Mike Gisicki, Adam Shaheen, and Sethan Carter were placed on
Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen slash reserve list and coach George Godzy
Speaker 1: was not out there at practice on Monday for medical
Speaker 1: reasons estated by head coach Brian Flores at his Monday
Speaker 1: morning press conference, and coach spoke about this in his
Speaker 1: Monday morning press or that it's the same as last
Speaker 1: season with regards to contingencies and plans in place. They
Speaker 1: have plans in place and then plans in place of
Speaker 1: those plans in case somebody is out, and knowing coach,
Speaker 1: that shouldn't be a surprise to anybody. He's prepared for
Speaker 1: every detail imaginable. But the note that I thought stood
Speaker 1: out was one where he said, we've been dealing with
Speaker 1: this for eighteen months and it's not over. And he's right,
Speaker 1: and if anyone is going to remain vigilant, it's him
Speaker 1: and the staff. That was his message all last year,
Speaker 1: remaining vigilant. And you can't just get tired of it
Speaker 1: and stop doing the stuff you do to prevent to
Speaker 1: to do the preventative measures to help reduce possible COVID
Speaker 1: outbreaks and contractions. So Dolphins on top of that, tight
Speaker 1: ends sal Canela and Calif Jackson were signed and on
Speaker 1: the practice field on Monday. Also back on the field
Speaker 1: was wide receiver Davante Parker, who went through some of
Speaker 1: the drills and I thought looked pretty good out there.
Speaker 1: I was keeping a close eye on him during the
Speaker 1: on air throws to kick off practice and kind of
Speaker 1: the individual portion of practice, and it looked like the
Speaker 1: same old DeVante to me. He kind of sinks those
Speaker 1: hips at the top of the route and drives that
Speaker 1: ninety degree angle and the ball meets him right off
Speaker 1: that break from tah and he's catching the football with
Speaker 1: his hands. It can be easy to let the ball
Speaker 1: kind of get into your body and that's when you
Speaker 1: can really get beat up by the football. But he
Speaker 1: wasn't doing that, so I thought he looked good out there.
Speaker 1: His best play of the day came in goal line
Speaker 1: work where he's totally covered along the end line and
Speaker 1: two of throws, one high and away from the defender,
Speaker 1: and Davante goes up and snatches it and comes down
Speaker 1: in bounds for the touchdown. You know, a fifty fifty
Speaker 1: type of ball, with fifty being a catch and the
Speaker 1: other fifty and this instance being an incomplete pass because
Speaker 1: he put it. We're only his receiver had a chance
Speaker 1: to get it. But we also know what Davante, this
Speaker 1: is basically a proposition, and this one turned out to
Speaker 1: be zero because he caught it. Savan Akhmed left practice
Speaker 1: after getting nicked up. I'll get you guys an update
Speaker 1: on him as soon as coach gives us one. And
Speaker 1: here we'll go a position by a position again, but
Speaker 1: first I want to cover a full bullet points a
Speaker 1: few bullet points of notes I have here. First, the
Speaker 1: energy at the started practice was a blast again with
Speaker 1: the fans back for the second day, and once again
Speaker 1: Christian Wilkins was the first one out. He gets a
Speaker 1: greeting of a big applause and then shakeem. Griffin again
Speaker 1: comes bouncing over, and I use that term very specifically
Speaker 1: bouncing because he is on a gallop for a full
Speaker 1: fifty sixty seventy yards and then he gets down in
Speaker 1: the stretching portion of practice and he's doing some dance
Speaker 1: moves that I'm not sure I could replicate if you
Speaker 1: gave me a year of practice. He was really getting
Speaker 1: after it and he just brings that energy, like Coach
Speaker 1: mentioned last week, Within thirty seconds of meeting this guy,
Speaker 1: you can feel the energy, I think it's more like
Speaker 1: three seconds. As far as the on field work, I
Speaker 1: knowed something about Charlie Fry during quarterbacks throwing two receivers
Speaker 1: and how he's out there. And mind you, there are
Speaker 1: quality control coaches, interns and what have you that do
Speaker 1: a lot of behind the scenes work that nobody really
Speaker 1: sees that makes these practices work as efficiently as they do.
Speaker 1: And during this particular drill, Charlie Fry is running underneath
Speaker 1: the receivers. And we've talked about this. Right when you
Speaker 1: throw the football in between the second and third level
Speaker 1: and first levels defensive line, second level linebackers, third level,
Speaker 1: the safeties in the back end, a good deal of
Speaker 1: spin is required to get the ball over that hump
Speaker 1: where it climbs over the second level and descends under
Speaker 1: the third level. So coach Fry is one of the
Speaker 1: coaches kind of simulating that second level defender underneath the
Speaker 1: receiver to give the quarterbacks a snap shot of where
Speaker 1: it might be and how to let them throw over
Speaker 1: it in the instance of dealing with disrupting passing lanes
Speaker 1: as far as the defense is concerns. So I tweeted
Speaker 1: that out. Then I started to look across the practice
Speaker 1: field to see what the other coaches are doing, and
Speaker 1: it's not exclusive to Fry. In fact, they all do it.
Speaker 1: And I've seen this before, so I wanted to get
Speaker 1: on the podcast here. But Austin Clark, for instance, he
Speaker 1: is as animated as they come, working the sleds and
Speaker 1: the tackling dummies. He's giving pass rush instruction constantly, and
Speaker 1: you can see him really working physically to help show
Speaker 1: the guys what he's talking about. Coach Campanelli the linebackers
Speaker 1: coaches running around bringing energy to that group, along with
Speaker 1: Robbie Leonard the outside linebackers coach g a Jaral Alexander
Speaker 1: is doing full on back pedals, opening up the hips
Speaker 1: and driving like he's still in his playing days. And frankly,
Speaker 1: if you've seen him do do the stuff out there,
Speaker 1: I'm not convinced he couldn't still play football. Coach Lemil
Speaker 1: John Pierre is down the trenches working on hand placement, footwork,
Speaker 1: combo blocks. He also is very fiery and passionate. Coach
Speaker 1: Grazzar with the receivers, he's involved working with those eyes
Speaker 1: on catching passes in traffic. It's just unanimous across the board,
Speaker 1: and I love to watch it. It matches the energy
Speaker 1: the players have. So the philosophy of having guys that
Speaker 1: love football not just on the team, the coaching staff
Speaker 1: and otherwise, it's spread across the board. So on the
Speaker 1: topic of coaches, I wanted to ask Brian Flores about
Speaker 1: this before practice, about the collaboration of not just offensive
Speaker 1: coaches serving as you know floaters, talking about the guys
Speaker 1: that kind of float between different position groups. You know,
Speaker 1: the varsity versus j v reference if you play both
Speaker 1: those back in your in your heyday, but across the
Speaker 1: crossing over from defense to offense and offense to defense.
Speaker 1: And coach spends a lot of time with the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: during individual drills. And I'm not going to ask him
Speaker 1: about exactly what those conversations are because well, I know better.
Speaker 1: That's for them to know and for us to learn
Speaker 1: on game day on Sunday, I suppose, But I did
Speaker 1: want to ask him about those collaborations and if when
Speaker 1: he's working with the quarterbacks, is that something where he
Speaker 1: is giving his perspective for how he would attack a
Speaker 1: certain player as a for instance, to offensive play caller
Speaker 1: here's coach, Yes, there is there is crossover. I think
Speaker 1: if you understand if you're an offensive player and understand
Speaker 1: how the defense is trying to attack you or um,
Speaker 1: you know, prevent you from doing from what you want
Speaker 1: to do. Then if you understand that, then that gives
Speaker 1: you an advantage. And the same thing vice versa. If
Speaker 1: you're a defensive player coach and you understand what the offense,
Speaker 1: how they're trying to attack you. Um, there's there's some
Speaker 1: things you can anticipate, there's some things you can, um,
Speaker 1: you know, coach your players up on that will hopefully
Speaker 1: help them, um either not allow the defense to win
Speaker 1: or not allow the offense to win. So UM, I
Speaker 1: think it's all encompassing. You know. I talked to our
Speaker 1: coaching staff and say, hey, if you're a defensive coach
Speaker 1: and you can give an offensive player a coaching point,
Speaker 1: do it. Same thing. If you're an offensive coach, you
Speaker 1: give a defensive one of our defensive players a coaching point,
Speaker 1: give it to him. I mean, we're a team. Obviously,
Speaker 1: we're competing against each other out here, um, on the
Speaker 1: practice field, and you know, no offense wants to beat defense,
Speaker 1: and defense wants to beat the offense. And you know,
Speaker 1: when we're in the kicking game, part return unit wants
Speaker 1: to beat the you know, the punt team. But you know,
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, we're a team and
Speaker 1: if there's a way something we can do to to
Speaker 1: help a player on the other side of the ball, um,
Speaker 1: and we should do that. And we have. And it's
Speaker 1: I've seen players talk to each other offensive line, defensive line, receivers, dbs, uh, dbs,
Speaker 1: safety's quarterback, just you know, some of those conversations. I
Speaker 1: think that's where you get a lot of um, you
Speaker 1: can make a lot of improvement individually, just understanding the
Speaker 1: other side of the ball. And coach was asked a
Speaker 1: follow up about that two questions later. Here he is again, Oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's constant dialogue among the coaching staff that way. And yeah,
Speaker 1: we've said a few things up that like that, to
Speaker 1: create dialogue, to create conversation. UM, I think it only helps,
Speaker 1: you know, offensive coaches to learn or to hear the
Speaker 1: defensive kind of mindset, thought process the same thing, or
Speaker 1: defensive coaches to to hear the offensive thought process. You know,
Speaker 1: I've I've coached on both, you know, all three sides
Speaker 1: of the ball. So I kinda u it helped me.
Speaker 1: I would say that, Um, I can't you speak for
Speaker 1: anyone else, but it definitely helped me to understand h
Speaker 1: how offenses wanted to attack defense defenses and then conversely,
Speaker 1: how defenses want to attack offenses, and um, you know,
Speaker 1: in the kicking game, how to attack a field goal,
Speaker 1: a field goal protection, or how to attack a pump protection.
Speaker 1: And then coach was followed up with that question asked
Speaker 1: if there's a formal or informal type of meeting or
Speaker 1: situation where they go through that, and he said, with
Speaker 1: a smile, let's go ahead and call that informal. So
Speaker 1: really good stuff there from coach talking about kind of
Speaker 1: his process, how he leads, how he delegates, and how
Speaker 1: he really trains the coaches you know on his staff
Speaker 1: to be or to take on more and to maybe
Speaker 1: take that next step in their career. And one quick
Speaker 1: aside right here, I heard Josh Boyer celebrating a play
Speaker 1: in the three on three goal line work. It's just
Speaker 1: a tough, tough task for the defense, but because they
Speaker 1: are working with so much space, which always favors the
Speaker 1: offense obviously, but they got some wins. And on one
Speaker 1: play where the ball never came out because the coverage
Speaker 1: was so tight, which is so rare. A trio of
Speaker 1: Jaitlyn ask you, Nate Holly and Calvin Munson were in
Speaker 1: on the coverage and we could hear Boyer from the
Speaker 1: stands saying, or he's in the field where in the
Speaker 1: stands saying that's the idea, that's the idea. Again. Just
Speaker 1: love the fire the staff has and the passion they bring.
Speaker 1: Let's dive into the practice play by play here and
Speaker 1: go position by possession, starting with the quarterbacks. And stop
Speaker 1: me if you've heard this before, but another really good
Speaker 1: strong showing from to What's Onno byla. I had him
Speaker 1: with six touchdowns and no picks today and those were
Speaker 1: all red zone drill So the touchdown number maybe a
Speaker 1: bit inflated, but good to have efficiency in that department.
Speaker 1: In fact, he hasn't had a team period interception since
Speaker 1: the first day of practice, so we're going on four
Speaker 1: days in a row now without a pick in eleven
Speaker 1: and eleven. We might recall he set records last year
Speaker 1: for not throwing a pick in the first x amount
Speaker 1: of throws as an NFL career, and up until that
Speaker 1: Kansas City game, his first pick and game number five
Speaker 1: for him and the efficiency of the offense in this
Speaker 1: regard is no fault of a bunch of short throws
Speaker 1: offensively because they've been aggressive and attacking. And on that note,
Speaker 1: why don't we go ahead and hear from one of
Speaker 1: the Dolphins defensive backs who had a note onto a
Speaker 1: Tonguo by Loa had this to say after practice, as
Speaker 1: far as the passing offense goes, and to us growth
Speaker 1: in your number two, Oh yeah, no, he letting it
Speaker 1: fly this year, for sure. I mean he was last year.
Speaker 1: But you can see like he just looks a little
Speaker 1: more comfortable back there and me making some tough throws
Speaker 1: putting it in the hole, um, leading receivers. You know
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. I don't when he threw the rob
Speaker 1: yesterday on a little out and up and throw it
Speaker 1: in a nice little pocket right there. So that was nice, Yes, sir,
Speaker 1: I love hearing that right there from Edom because I
Speaker 1: talked about on the podcast and he explained about throwing
Speaker 1: into a pocket. It was the out and up where
Speaker 1: it was an out route that he kind of threw
Speaker 1: before Robert Foster was out of the break to go
Speaker 1: up on the sideline. And he threw it to a
Speaker 1: spot and Foster got to that spot as the ball
Speaker 1: came down and landed in his lap. So good stuff.
Speaker 1: They're good audio from Nick need Hum. And you know
Speaker 1: the ball playsment with ta is what really continues to
Speaker 1: show up for me as a you know, amateur scout
Speaker 1: up there in the stands. That and the quick trigger
Speaker 1: the ball is coming out fast. He's had plays where
Speaker 1: the defense gives him a key that makes him decide
Speaker 1: to make that throw immediately after the snap, like one
Speaker 1: shot for instance, up the seam to Mac Hollands today
Speaker 1: where he's given a free access or free release after
Speaker 1: the first level as that defender across from him rushes
Speaker 1: in to a stands up, pops it out there and
Speaker 1: Mac has a catch ten yards up the seam with
Speaker 1: a full steam ahead attacking the third level with the
Speaker 1: football in his hands. That's hard to stop and can
Speaker 1: really force a defense to reconsider their pressure package when
Speaker 1: the quarterback can get it up and down so to speak,
Speaker 1: in that arena. Coach was also asked about Tungo by
Speaker 1: Loa this morning at his presser, and he said he's
Speaker 1: very happy with where to is so far, and of
Speaker 1: course there's a long way to go. But I thought
Speaker 1: his comments about what to has drilled and work on
Speaker 1: was really good. Let's go to coach talking about his
Speaker 1: young quarterback toa has. I think he's gotten off to
Speaker 1: a good start, still a long way to go, still
Speaker 1: very early. UM, good community offense. You know his techniques
Speaker 1: and his you know his QB mechanics fundamentals. UM, trying
Speaker 1: to work those every day and get them where they
Speaker 1: need to be. So that is footwork, is timing, you
Speaker 1: know that all kind of plays into um, his accuracy
Speaker 1: as a pastor, but also uh, ball handling with the
Speaker 1: backs and things of that nature. So I think he's
Speaker 1: off to a solid start. You know, it's still still
Speaker 1: very early. We haven't that's still so early. We got
Speaker 1: a long way to go, um, and we just need
Speaker 1: to strin continue to string good days together. That's always
Speaker 1: my message to the team. You know, one meeting, one
Speaker 1: walk through, one pack, one practice won't play at a time.
Speaker 1: And UM, he's taken out approach and seeing small improvements
Speaker 1: on a daily basis and hopefully that continues. And it's
Speaker 1: not just to Jacoby, it's read and uh, you know
Speaker 1: a lot of players offensively defensively in the kicking game.
Speaker 1: So that was kind of the scouting report, right, the
Speaker 1: ball placement, the mechanics, the footwork, all that fun stuff
Speaker 1: we talked about at least, you know, when I produced
Speaker 1: my own scouting report, that's what it was. Incredibly light
Speaker 1: on his feet, the black jack dealer with the release,
Speaker 1: the just getting that thing out there. The ball placement,
Speaker 1: which has been on point this week. Some of the
Speaker 1: highlights from two of today. I had him on a
Speaker 1: great touch throw to the back pylon to Jachem Grant
Speaker 1: where he got it up over that underneath defender like
Speaker 1: we talked about with Charlie Fry and descending right into
Speaker 1: the lap of Jachem Grant in the corner for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: He completed his first two passes in the seven on
Speaker 1: seven red zone drill, both touchdowns to Wilson and Gaskin.
Speaker 1: The third was incomplete, but the officials threw a flag
Speaker 1: that there was new officials there today for the first
Speaker 1: time they threw a flag in the secondary. And then
Speaker 1: too it comes back on a later drill and rips
Speaker 1: one down the seam to mac Hollins. And again this
Speaker 1: is what I talked about, where the ball finds him
Speaker 1: right as he turns his head in the soft spot
Speaker 1: of the coverage. So spatial awareness, the accuracy, knowing what
Speaker 1: the defense is going to do and how to react
Speaker 1: to that. He had a pair of completions early on
Speaker 1: in the team period to Waddle and Wilson on short
Speaker 1: throws where they both had a chance to make a
Speaker 1: move in space. I want to see those simulations live.
Speaker 1: We'll see that soon enough here in preseason games and
Speaker 1: in real games come September. He also had a rip
Speaker 1: to Jalan Waddle across the middle of the field where
Speaker 1: he catches the thing and stride the ball and the
Speaker 1: receiver intersect at the same time, and he was one
Speaker 1: slip tackle away from the safety from going eighty yards
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. Just really good precision like we saw
Speaker 1: with those guys back at Alabama. He had a deep
Speaker 1: out from the far hash to Albert Wilson and the
Speaker 1: ball gets there before the defensive back can dry because
Speaker 1: of both the zip and the anticipation. Another really strong
Speaker 1: day here for the Miami quarterback. To A had a
Speaker 1: shallow crosser to Waddle on red zone work also where
Speaker 1: he kind of laid it out there and gave it
Speaker 1: put plenty of air under it, so Waller could run
Speaker 1: underneath it and get up field for a nice touchdown
Speaker 1: scoring play. On that one, I put a note in
Speaker 1: the Michael Dieter had a great pass block on ray
Speaker 1: Kuan Davis. More on that here. In just a minute,
Speaker 1: Mac Hollins ran a dig halfway into the end zone
Speaker 1: from about the ten yard line. A dig's usually a
Speaker 1: twelve or fifteen yard in cut route, and two or
Speaker 1: two have fired this ball before he came out of
Speaker 1: the break, and it's right there on his face when
Speaker 1: he cuts in, he celebrates with a dance and then
Speaker 1: dunks the ball over the goal post. He came back
Speaker 1: later with a quick slant to mac collins for a
Speaker 1: nice game and then through a nice touch slash zip
Speaker 1: that second level throw over the hump into the third
Speaker 1: level to mcollins once again for a chunk of yards.
Speaker 1: And really, you know too, and the first team offense.
Speaker 1: I've just shown progression each day through these first five practices.
Speaker 1: Zero picks in the last four days during team periods,
Speaker 1: explosive plays, sharp on the tight windows and the timing
Speaker 1: and the rhythm. It grows every single day. It's been
Speaker 1: a lot of fun to watch and seeing, you know,
Speaker 1: tweets from the Beat guys that Omar Armando, Berry Jackson,
Speaker 1: Joe Shatt, etcetera, all saying how sharp this offense has looked. Well,
Speaker 1: it's a great start and a great opportunity to build
Speaker 1: on those bricks that are being laid. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: ahead and say running back notes more for tomorrow and
Speaker 1: the pads go on, but I will say Miles Gascon
Speaker 1: continues to look really smooth as a pass catcher, and
Speaker 1: I think Malcolm Brown moves well for a guy that's
Speaker 1: built like an absolute house. I've been itching to see
Speaker 1: him get some goal line and work. We'll get that
Speaker 1: later on this week, hopefully. Carl Tucker had a nice
Speaker 1: catch on a pass from Reid Sinnet and seven on
Speaker 1: seven red zone drills for a touchdown. I talked about
Speaker 1: him being a natural pass catcher last week. I thought
Speaker 1: that was evident on this play. But he did later
Speaker 1: come back in practice and juggle one that got tipped
Speaker 1: up and picked off by Trill Williams. And we'll cover
Speaker 1: the other two to quarterbacks. Start the rest of the
Speaker 1: position groups here. Like with the receivers, Albert Wilson once
Speaker 1: again gets into the notes, and you continue to have
Speaker 1: these standout practices, not just with the deep balls, but
Speaker 1: you know, in fact, I think the part that I've
Speaker 1: most enjoyed watching these guys work with is, aside from
Speaker 1: the fun stuff down the field, is guys like Albert
Speaker 1: and Jalen Waddle winning in ways that traditionally speed receivers
Speaker 1: are perceived to not be able to do. It's not
Speaker 1: just speed or possession guys, it's multifaceted guys. These guys
Speaker 1: can catch the football and traffic, catch it away from
Speaker 1: their frames and their toughest hell through contact, and the
Speaker 1: concentration just hasn't lapsed so far in these five practices.
Speaker 1: Wilson a diving touchdown catch for the second straight day.
Speaker 1: In the goal line. Work in that kind of three
Speaker 1: on three drill, and it's a post up type route,
Speaker 1: a hookup route where you set that thing down on
Speaker 1: the goal line. The quarterback wants to get it out
Speaker 1: before you've shown him your numbers because there are two defenders,
Speaker 1: one on either side of you. And this one throw
Speaker 1: from Jacoby was a bit wide and he lays out
Speaker 1: makes a tough catch, especially when you consider the velocity
Speaker 1: on that short area throw. Then Jalen waddle Man, he's
Speaker 1: been a tough cover for everybody out here. When he's wide,
Speaker 1: he stretches the defense from that alignment. When he's inside,
Speaker 1: he's deadly because the three way go whether it's deep,
Speaker 1: in or out. And my perspective tells me that he's
Speaker 1: using his speed and the defense is knowledge of his
Speaker 1: speed to really exploit areas of conflict. And what I
Speaker 1: mean by that is when he's in there and has
Speaker 1: the threat to run straight to the goal post and
Speaker 1: take off and get beat deep, you have to respect that.
Speaker 1: And if you do, he can cross your face and
Speaker 1: get to the other side of the formation on the
Speaker 1: over route, and then it's just a foot race and well,
Speaker 1: good luck on that guy ran a four to eight
Speaker 1: once upon time. And if you cheat, he can snap
Speaker 1: that thing back to the outside, which he has done.
Speaker 1: And that's one area where you've really seen the contested
Speaker 1: catch and concentration on every imaginable type of catch because
Speaker 1: he kind of works his way back into more traffic
Speaker 1: and he gets his hands under the ball overhanded, catches,
Speaker 1: catching it over his head, hanging on when your frame
Speaker 1: hits the ground. It's just been fun to watch him
Speaker 1: kind of develop here as a pro his first few
Speaker 1: days of training camp practice. And so with that ability,
Speaker 1: plus the vertical speed ability, you can ideally force the
Speaker 1: defense to defend every single blade of grass out there,
Speaker 1: which for the fifteenth or sixteenth or time this year,
Speaker 1: creates chances for the backs, creates chances for DeVante Parker,
Speaker 1: Mike get Sicky mac Hollins, etcetera, etcetera. On this roster,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford had himself a hell of a day. I
Speaker 1: thought he both created separation on a variety of routes.
Speaker 1: Wasn't always targeted, but that's beyond his control. But he
Speaker 1: got open on a really nice whip route, a rip
Speaker 1: routs where you basically stick your foot in the ground
Speaker 1: like I think Wes Welker, You run over the middle
Speaker 1: of stick your foot in the ground, and whip that
Speaker 1: thing back to the outside. He made two contested catches,
Speaker 1: including one on a comeback, which is a route that
Speaker 1: is designed for the ball to go outside because you
Speaker 1: go up the stem and you come back to the sideline,
Speaker 1: you don't curl back inside. That's a curl. A comeback
Speaker 1: is outside, and the ball was thrown back inside where
Speaker 1: it would be for a curl and that gives the
Speaker 1: dB a chance to get to it. But Isaiah comes
Speaker 1: back inside and not just protects his quarterback with the PBu,
Speaker 1: he makes the tough catch. Get another catch later on
Speaker 1: where he worked the sideline all of Chris Chambers with
Speaker 1: a toe tap from yester year or two. So a
Speaker 1: big day Frisaiah Ford. Malcolm Perry had a good day too.
Speaker 1: I thought his uh he first got in the notes
Speaker 1: during an open field tackling drill. I wrote he's got
Speaker 1: the shakes and he put one tackler on skates in
Speaker 1: short space. That's a lot of rhymes right there on
Speaker 1: that one drill. And we saw that in his route
Speaker 1: running a bit too today. Not only did he use
Speaker 1: that wiggle to kind of create some space, but to
Speaker 1: make some plays after the catch. And also Lynn Boden
Speaker 1: gets in the notes too. He had a couple of
Speaker 1: nice catches down the middle of the football field. Speaking
Speaker 1: of working in the middle of field at tight end,
Speaker 1: I wanted to get a good look at Hunter Long
Speaker 1: today and he did not disappoint. He caught a really
Speaker 1: nice timing throw on a corner route from two oh
Speaker 1: just after catching one in traffic earlier in the period,
Speaker 1: I'll so noted his work as a blocker off the edge.
Speaker 1: You can tell this guy played in both power running
Speaker 1: offenses and spread offenses in college. He showed that versatility.
Speaker 1: I thought on Monday Kirk Merritt had a handful of catches,
Speaker 1: been the case for him all camp long, and Robert
Speaker 1: Foster stabbed a really nice scene throw from Jacoby Brisett
Speaker 1: and the team red zone portion. I love that one
Speaker 1: because the entire offense went down there to celebrate with him.
Speaker 1: And then also here comes two of from the sidelines,
Speaker 1: all out Christian Wilkins to celebrate with his teammates. We
Speaker 1: mentioned Mac Collins a lot in the QB portion, but
Speaker 1: I want to go ahead and put his name in
Speaker 1: here because he had an awesome practice on Monday as well.
Speaker 1: Along the offensive line, I thought derv All Kiras Netto
Speaker 1: had a good day today. He sure is tough to
Speaker 1: get around in past protection with that wide base and
Speaker 1: a powerful punch he offers. I mentioned Michael Dieter earlier
Speaker 1: in the podcast, thought he had a good day as well.
Speaker 1: Tom and Paris had some good pass block reps. Jermaine
Speaker 1: and Luminoire also had some good reps out there as well. Again,
Speaker 1: we're gonna focus more on the offensive line tomorrow when
Speaker 1: the Pads come on defensively, Christian Wilkins in the backfield
Speaker 1: again for what might have been a hit on Tungle
Speaker 1: by Loa. This was, you know, been the case for
Speaker 1: throughout camp. He's it's ever agree with the foreman rotation
Speaker 1: of Wilkins, Steeler, Butler, and Davis. They all make plays
Speaker 1: every single day. And there was a good clip of
Speaker 1: Adam Butler flushing to a in the team period down
Speaker 1: on red zone forcing him outside of the pocket. That
Speaker 1: interior pressure has been Adam Butler's game through four years
Speaker 1: of his NFL career. And on that Butler play, Van
Speaker 1: Ginkel's pursuit didn't allow Tah to attack the lion scrimmage.
Speaker 1: He was out in front of him, forcing him to
Speaker 1: continue to retreat, which is a very difficult position to
Speaker 1: throw the football from. He wants to attack the line
Speaker 1: scrimmage as he surveys the back of the end zone,
Speaker 1: but he had to throw it away because Van Gekl
Speaker 1: was right there. And he's won both as a rusher
Speaker 1: and showing the mental aptitude to redirect and retrace when
Speaker 1: the pocket moves or the aiming point of where the
Speaker 1: quarterback is moves. He's a very heavy player that way,
Speaker 1: and he's really been productive in camp so far. Thought.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel A had another good day with a couple of
Speaker 1: pressures and the best rep I thought he had was
Speaker 1: on a goal line run where he read the mesh
Speaker 1: point and chose correctly to get right in front of
Speaker 1: Miles Gaskin on a run from the two yard line
Speaker 1: for a possible collision that we could have seen in
Speaker 1: a real ackling drill. And then Schachem Griffin had a
Speaker 1: couple more pressures today. His speed is something that has
Speaker 1: to be accounted for off the edge and every single snap.
Speaker 1: That's how he's winning in there with those speed rushes.
Speaker 1: I thought Sam eg Von speed and coverage showed will
Speaker 1: today and on that topic, Jerome Baker had much of
Speaker 1: the same, just like Saturday, where it really shows up
Speaker 1: in the coverage area of his skill set down on
Speaker 1: the red zone periods. And it's not just the speed,
Speaker 1: it's the smarts that he has. Like on one play
Speaker 1: he carries a man to help and then passes him
Speaker 1: off to the help and then comes down and closes
Speaker 1: on another receiver to force incompletion. You can disrupt two
Speaker 1: passing or two passing options in the in the pattern
Speaker 1: the pass options with five eligible receivers, so great work
Speaker 1: there from Baker. Duke Riley had himself a really good day,
Speaker 1: most notably a one on one matchup with Patrick Laird
Speaker 1: as they both flex out wide and I say out loud, yep,
Speaker 1: that's where the balls going, that's your matchup, and Brissette
Speaker 1: takes a snap right away, throws the fade into the
Speaker 1: corner and Duke stays stride for stride to get his
Speaker 1: hand in there for an incompletion. In the defensive backfield,
Speaker 1: I start here with Javon Holland, who another strong day
Speaker 1: of practice, including some nice coverage reps on tight ends.
Speaker 1: He had a great rap working against Chris Myrick where
Speaker 1: he stayed patient at the top, engage at the top
Speaker 1: of the route with physicality, and then got underneath his
Speaker 1: man to kind of play to the help play to
Speaker 1: the end line, play to where your defense is played
Speaker 1: to the teeth of the defense. He understands that stuff
Speaker 1: and got under him on the corner route, forced him
Speaker 1: into the perimeter of the field and he drives in
Speaker 1: the football and makes a play for an incomplete pass,
Speaker 1: and head coach Brian Flores was asked about what Holland
Speaker 1: has put on tape so far through the first five
Speaker 1: days of practice. Here's coach Flora's before practice, so I
Speaker 1: guess it was only four days, but you get it.
Speaker 1: I think he's doing some good things. Obviously, it's still
Speaker 1: very early in training camp. I haven't put the pads on,
Speaker 1: but you know, up to this point, just from a alignment, assignment,
Speaker 1: responsibility standpoint, he's moving in the right direction. Um, smart kid,
Speaker 1: He's hard working. Football is important to him. He's trying
Speaker 1: to take in as much as he can. He's really, um,
Speaker 1: I would say, trying to be a sponge with these
Speaker 1: you know, veteran players. You mentioned Jason, but also Roe
Speaker 1: Byron X. So um, he's he's doing a good job
Speaker 1: from that standpoint at that same position. Coach was also
Speaker 1: asked about his familiarity with Jason mccordy, saying he had
Speaker 1: one year with Jason in New England, but he was
Speaker 1: more familiar with his brother Devn of course, but did
Speaker 1: respect what Jason brings as a leader, and you know,
Speaker 1: Jason doesn't really get the ball production in practice because
Speaker 1: he's away from the snap, but he's back there directing things.
Speaker 1: And what I like is to watch him move with
Speaker 1: the route pairings as they could sort of declare themselves
Speaker 1: a very knowledgeable player on that back end. And he
Speaker 1: did get his ball production in the goal line and
Speaker 1: red zone work today. He had a nice pass breakup
Speaker 1: on Albert Wilson as to a roll and try to
Speaker 1: get it to Wilson. Mccordy was there for the past breakup.
Speaker 1: I also had him with good coverage on a lofted
Speaker 1: corner route to Durham Smith where he gets a PBu
Speaker 1: and a slightly under thrown ball from two a toungle
Speaker 1: by Looa. I thought Jitaln asked, you had a really
Speaker 1: nice practice today out of Georgia Tech. The undrafted rookie
Speaker 1: playing the football, two pass breakups, tight coverage, good snapping
Speaker 1: the hips, and a real competitor. In fact, there's a
Speaker 1: lot of dbs on this team that I don't think
Speaker 1: get much press that they deserve. I think they played
Speaker 1: well this last week. Tino Ellis, Javarus Davis, two Rail
Speaker 1: Bonds and Truie Williams have all had been in the
Speaker 1: notes a few times for me and Trull had a
Speaker 1: couple of places today where he was in the area
Speaker 1: to help create takeaway, so good stuff they're speaking to takeaways.
Speaker 1: Jamal Perry had that great pick and practice on Saturday.
Speaker 1: He had a very similar look this week or today,
Speaker 1: I should say, driving on an out route. Just didn't
Speaker 1: catch this one, but he was right there to drive
Speaker 1: on the ball and break it up off the arm
Speaker 1: of Jacobe Bursette for the PBu Nate Holly I put
Speaker 1: a note in here that he's often down to the
Speaker 1: trash to Greek ball carriers at the line and run defense.
Speaker 1: And Clayton Federlin had a great pick on a tipped
Speaker 1: ball as he went to the ground, caught the deflection,
Speaker 1: went down, got back up and ran it back. You
Speaker 1: can find that video on the Miami Dolphins Twitter timeline.
Speaker 1: And then Eric Rohman, he's often so often this guy
Speaker 1: is teaching tape. He was in phase and coverage all day.
Speaker 1: Doesn't get himself locked out of reps where he's easily stacked.
Speaker 1: Like if you get in one position on the receiver,
Speaker 1: they can find a way to stack you and get
Speaker 1: them on their back. So you can't get around them,
Speaker 1: and he's down there on the run game getting his
Speaker 1: face in the fan. I just love watching him play
Speaker 1: so much. The only guy I saw get a catch
Speaker 1: on him was Hunter Long. And speaking of Hunter Long,
Speaker 1: Eric was asked after practice about the depth of US
Speaker 1: receiving corps making all these plays in practice, and here
Speaker 1: he is. You know, we got more speed, we got
Speaker 1: more pieces, and then even when Devonte and Pressing come back,
Speaker 1: you know it would be even deeper. So I'm excited
Speaker 1: to see it happen, you know, to uh, I think
Speaker 1: he's making that jump. I mean, I see you today.
Speaker 1: He's getting better from the first day. So you know,
Speaker 1: now opposing offenses, I mean, defenses can't just double one
Speaker 1: guy and be like, okay, everybody else can be covered
Speaker 1: because now he got you know, water would speed Albert DeVante,
Speaker 1: you know Pressing, I mean, you know, Mike g I
Speaker 1: mean being pickle, you want and you heard er talk
Speaker 1: about two are taking that year to jump and the
Speaker 1: hope that he can do that. And of course the
Speaker 1: reporter followed up with a great question about to asking
Speaker 1: what's different the confidence, the ball placement, the accuracy, what
Speaker 1: is it? Here's Eero. He's always had accuracy. That was
Speaker 1: never a problem. He's always had accuracy, always had the zip,
Speaker 1: he always had power. I just you know, I just
Speaker 1: believe it's that year to jump. Uh. You know, everybody
Speaker 1: you know needs to make from their rookie year. And
Speaker 1: then obviously the you know, the type of offense could
Speaker 1: last year. I even noticed his playbook was condensed to
Speaker 1: like slants and bubbles. You know, it really wouldn't him
Speaker 1: show his arm. And now seeing in training camp, you
Speaker 1: know he's got a lot more deep routes. He's got
Speaker 1: a lot more you know, they give him allowing him
Speaker 1: the opportunity to throw it deep. You know, that's what
Speaker 1: we need. He also talked a little about Javan Hollow
Speaker 1: at the end of that presser, saying that he's a
Speaker 1: guy that is very smart and sting Divon loves to
Speaker 1: play football, and he also said Javan brings snacks when
Speaker 1: they asked him to bring snacks to the d B room,
Speaker 1: So why to get up close to your reveterans there
Speaker 1: and do what they say, young man. Good job with
Speaker 1: that Special Teams last note here before we get to
Speaker 1: some final last note, Michael Pollardy was crushing the football
Speaker 1: today evergreen, because he's been doing it every day so far.
Speaker 1: I got the timer out at one point and it
Speaker 1: was consistently four six to four nine seconds of hang
Speaker 1: time with footballs traveling fifty yards from the lion of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: not from where he kicked it from the lion of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: so fifty yard kicks with hang time. His best one
Speaker 1: of camp was today, a sixty four yard punt that
Speaker 1: hit the ground at the ten yard line and rolled
Speaker 1: inside to be down at the one inch line, and
Speaker 1: Jason Sanders once again to not miss a kick. I
Speaker 1: don't think he has yet all camp. I asked the
Speaker 1: beat guys that have been around for a lot longer
Speaker 1: than I have if this was commonplace and practice, and
Speaker 1: they said, no, not at all. He's a very uncommon
Speaker 1: kicker that way. Last note on practice, before our last
Speaker 1: last note, there was a loose ball drill where guys
Speaker 1: were working on covering the oddly shaped bouncing balls it's
Speaker 1: called around the practice field, and there was just an
Speaker 1: urgency in this drill that would seem like a good
Speaker 1: opportunity to take a breather right, take up drill off,
Speaker 1: But that's not how it goes around here. Every drill
Speaker 1: has a purpose and the players take on that approach
Speaker 1: of their head coach. And before we get to our
Speaker 1: final segment here, pads are on tomorrow. I can't wait
Speaker 1: for that. And on that topic, let's get to our
Speaker 1: last audio clip of this podcast with coach talking about
Speaker 1: what he looks for tomorrow when the pads come on.
Speaker 1: Good fundamentals, a good technique, good pad level, um again,
Speaker 1: good communication. I think our overall communication leads to good
Speaker 1: communication leads to a good hopefully good execution. And U,
Speaker 1: I mean that's really it. I mean I think I
Speaker 1: think you know, pads no pads, um, those are the
Speaker 1: things I'm looking for. You know, good huddle, good communication,
Speaker 1: get a line, know your assignment, know your responsibility. Once
Speaker 1: the pass come on, I mean then we get to
Speaker 1: see the techniques fundamentals we we work on on a
Speaker 1: day to day basis. Um, you know, in action in pads, um,
Speaker 1: we want those in actions and out of pads too.
Speaker 1: So um, it's just a more it's just more protection
Speaker 1: for the players can be a little bit more aggressive.
Speaker 1: And h yeah, I mean it's it's real football, so
Speaker 1: we're looking forward to it. So there's pads on practice tomorrow,
Speaker 1: and before we close up this podcast, a couple more
Speaker 1: segments here, including the matchup Matchup. Matchup of the day.
Speaker 1: It was Michael Dieter versus Ray Kwon Davis, and I
Speaker 1: liked watching Deeter for the ability to anchor against such
Speaker 1: a big football player and also reworking the hands on
Speaker 1: some of the counter moves, keeping his feet active and
Speaker 1: under him in those particular instances. And Coach talked about
Speaker 1: that pad level and that previous sound clip, and that's
Speaker 1: something I've been appreciating so far with Deeter's game through
Speaker 1: five practices, and we'll definitely keep a close eye on
Speaker 1: that as the pads do come on at Tuesday's practice. Now,
Speaker 1: the guy across from him, ray Kwon Davis, has had
Speaker 1: one of the best camps out here, So when Michael
Speaker 1: scores a win or two against him, that gets my attention.
Speaker 1: Even still, most of the time, ray Kwan's power is
Speaker 1: just overwhelming, and we saw that in a few matchups
Speaker 1: out there today. He can really put pressure on guys
Speaker 1: with both the length and the power, and sometimes because
Speaker 1: of that and the threat of that power and that
Speaker 1: initial push and unlocks the ability for him to knife
Speaker 1: through a gap, a gap with a quick first step.
Speaker 1: Our top performers today on the list. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and go through this real quick to a tongue by Loa.
Speaker 1: The accuracy, the ball placement just continues to really pop
Speaker 1: off the charts. Isaiahfford competitive tough catches and traffic. Jason
Speaker 1: McCarty kind of a traffic cop back there getting his
Speaker 1: hands on footballs and p bus. Andrew Van Ginkle continues
Speaker 1: to disrupt plays in a multitude of ways. Javon Holland
Speaker 1: the coverage day was airtight on Dolphin's tight ends and
Speaker 1: otherwise he was everywhere. Hunter Long though, had a good
Speaker 1: day and a couple of catches in the team period,
Speaker 1: including a long one on a corner route from tongue
Speaker 1: by Loa. I put Robert Jones in here because I
Speaker 1: thought he just physically looks the part. He's a big,
Speaker 1: big dude, big strong calfs ankles and the backside you
Speaker 1: really helped anchor and pass pro Curious to get a
Speaker 1: better look at him as pads go on as well.
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle is in there because of the urgency that
Speaker 1: he creates the offense and the speed and the conflict
Speaker 1: he creates on defense, just shows up every single day.
Speaker 1: Malcolm Perry shook some guys in space and made some
Speaker 1: plays that way as well. Mac Hollins is in here
Speaker 1: because of his constant receptions and big plays and celebrations
Speaker 1: at practice. Duke Riley had some good coverage and some
Speaker 1: good run defense and the run installed period early on.
Speaker 1: Michael Dieter isn't there for the reasons we just mentioned.
Speaker 1: Jaitlyn ask you big plays on the football getting some
Speaker 1: production that way as well. So two a toungo by
Speaker 1: Loah Isaiah for Jason mccordy, Andrew Van Ginkl, Javon Holland,
Speaker 1: Hunter Long, Robert Jones, Jalen Waddle, Malcolm Perry, Duke Riley, mccollins,
Speaker 1: Michael Dieter, and Jaitlyn ask you. Let's finish up with
Speaker 1: two more questions here from the Twitter timeline. I put
Speaker 1: the question out, you guys respond, We answer it here
Speaker 1: on on the podcast for you guys, and if you
Speaker 1: didn't get your question answered, we'll get back to more
Speaker 1: of those later as the week goes along, and if
Speaker 1: I can't get to many of them, we'll go ahead
Speaker 1: and just answer them on the Twitter threat itself later
Speaker 1: in the week, so keep an eye there. This first
Speaker 1: one from Jason Sarney, And if you ever have questions
Speaker 1: on how to be a fan, by the way, consult
Speaker 1: Mr Sarney. Dude is a great, great fan and a
Speaker 1: pretty damn good writer too. I think he writes for
Speaker 1: Finns Maniacs. These days. He's at Jason Underscore Sarny and
Speaker 1: he asked a two parter. I'll bend the rules here
Speaker 1: for you, Jason, because normally it's one question for asker,
Speaker 1: but we'll go ahead and go with it. Which rookie
Speaker 1: is looking the most pro ready. I'm going with Jalen
Speaker 1: Waddle just because I think the things you knew about
Speaker 1: him as a prospect are evident with the long speed
Speaker 1: and the quickness and the stuff that gets you on
Speaker 1: the highlight reels. But he's a crafty route runner. I
Speaker 1: think he really knows how to use that speed in
Speaker 1: the defender's knowledge of that speed to put them in
Speaker 1: conflict and create separation on a variety of routes, not
Speaker 1: just one to three or four routes, it's all routes.
Speaker 1: And also the way he's caught the ball in traffic
Speaker 1: has been really impressive. It's been a treat to watch
Speaker 1: him work through five days. Let's go ahead and hope
Speaker 1: that it keeps rolling. Second question here from Jason, which
Speaker 1: but which veteran has arrived at camp looking the most improved?
Speaker 1: And I'm not sure I love the phrasing of that
Speaker 1: question as far as I want to give you an
Speaker 1: answer here, Jason, but I think that Wilkins looks a
Speaker 1: step faster. I think Van Ginkl does too, and Miles
Speaker 1: Gaskin all third year players that I think have taken
Speaker 1: a step from where they were at this time last year.
Speaker 1: Speaking of great fans, go ahead and finish up this
Speaker 1: podcast Great Fans, Writers and podcasters with Kevin Dern at
Speaker 1: Kevin m d for Kevin, how you doing? Man Hope
Speaker 1: the Family as well on Twitter, he asks in terms
Speaker 1: of dB receiver matchups, which dB has done the best
Speaker 1: at matching wattle speed and acceleration out of the break
Speaker 1: so far? And I think Wattle has done a great
Speaker 1: job of consistently creating separation for the first five days.
Speaker 1: He's been drawing plenty of different matchups with Justin Coleman,
Speaker 1: Nick need Um, No Monogamy, and plenty of others as well.
Speaker 1: I like the way Coleman has worked against him with
Speaker 1: the aggressive nature of his game, But I think Igbo
Speaker 1: has the athletic and movement skills that have shown best
Speaker 1: in the area. In that area, Nick Needham talked about
Speaker 1: justin Coleman's physicality and the way he plays the game
Speaker 1: aggressively in his post game or post practice presser, so
Speaker 1: that stands out. But with Igbo's athletic skill set and
Speaker 1: the traits that he has. I've pointed to this a
Speaker 1: million times. The clip in college against Florida where he pivots,
Speaker 1: opens the hips and drives all in one fluid motion.
Speaker 1: It doesn't look real. I think most of you probably
Speaker 1: seen that out there on my timeline, but you see
Speaker 1: that throughout the course of practice. The athletic ability so
Speaker 1: great question though. Wattle speed is evident at all times.
Speaker 1: And with that, that's gonna be my time. If you
Speaker 1: pose a question, I'll open those back up again later Again.
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