WEBVTT - Drive Time - Training Camp Day 8 Recap 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:07.240 Practice are alps Paford part touchdown. What a win for 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:12.600 this Miami Dolphin team? Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:16.280 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:21.239 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.759 each and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Wednesday. 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:27.920 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:31.160 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:31.160 --> 0:00:33.559 And on today's show, we are on top of the 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:35.960 hump hump day of the week and hump day of 0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.640 training camp. Seven practices down, seven more to go, and 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:42.520 we've got you covered on number eight. Today we're gonna 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.280 hear from coach here in just one second, Nick Needham, 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:49.080 Cavon Fraser, and Durham Smith plus all the news and 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:51.879 notes from the day on the field. All of that 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:56.120 and more on this Wednesday, Training Camp August edition of 0:00:56.360 --> 0:01:01.200 the Drivetime Podcast Miami Dolphins. And it kind of goes 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.760 this way. When you have a podcast that publishes every 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:06.199 single day, it seems like you hit the published button, 0:01:06.360 --> 0:01:08.520 you come back five minutes later and there is more 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:10.840 news to come out. The news last night after the 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:14.080 podcast published was that Curtis Weaver, Dolphins fifth round draft 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:17.240 pick from this last April, was in fact claimed by 0:01:17.280 --> 0:01:21.280 the Cleveland Browns after being waves slash injured on Monday. 0:01:21.319 --> 0:01:23.880 On Tuesday, the Browns put the claim in, so Curtis 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:26.520 Weaver goes north up to Cleveland. We're gonna go ahead 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:28.600 and get to coaches media here in just one second, 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:32.160 but first, as the official wellness provider and sports medicine 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:35.360 provider of the Miami Dolphins, Baptist Health is ready and 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:39.320 committed to continue caring for you safely. This pandemic has 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:43.160 reminded us the crisis doesn't build character, it reveals character. 0:01:43.480 --> 0:01:46.000 It has also taught us that our health is truly 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.800 what matters most. We have the power to protect each 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.120 other by wearing a mask. So who do you wear 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:55.200 a mask for? Mask up South Florida, Keep caring, live healthy, 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:58.440 stay strong, and learn more at Baptist Health dot net. 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:02.680 Slash coronavirus. Tomorrow, on YouTube and on social media, We're 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.920 gonna have the second Drive Time Training Camp Special. It 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.120 is a video show recapping all the day's events out 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:12.799 here in Davy on the Dolphins training camp practice field. 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:15.680 Hopefully the weather will be a little bit more cooperative 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:17.680 this time around. Last week we had to go in 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:20.480 the studio. Hopefully this time we can get outside, shoot 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:22.600 that thing outside, give you guys plenty of good b roll, 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:25.760 some interviews. We're gonna have Isaiah Ford on the interview 0:02:25.960 --> 0:02:28.680 for that particular episode, so do not forget to check 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:30.840 that episode out. Also go back and check out the 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.440 first episode from last Thursday to get you caught up 0:02:33.440 --> 0:02:36.160 on all the latest and greatest here from Miami Dolphins 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:38.919 training camp. And on that note, let's go ahead and 0:02:39.000 --> 0:02:42.480 turn to Wednesday, Brian Flores's media availability. Let's go ahead 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.079 and kick it off here. Having officials on the football 0:02:45.120 --> 0:02:47.919 field for the first time on Tuesday's practice and how 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:49.639 beneficial it is to have more of a game like 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:52.600 atmosphere on the practice field. Yeah, I thought it was 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:54.920 great to have the officials out there and get more 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:58.120 of a live or a real look at game atmosphere. 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.840 Would would would be like as you would imagine in 0:03:00.880 --> 0:03:04.919 the training camp setting. There's a lot of chatter about 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:07.280 that would have been a foul, this would have been holding, 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:09.959 or this would have been passing inference or it was 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.440 good to get him out there. We tried, you know, 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:14.360 and I tried to talk to the players about not 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:16.560 worrying about the official moving on to the next play. 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.200 So it was nice to let them call it, let 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.240 them handle it, and whether you agree disagree, you know, 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:25.440 we just have to move on. There were also just 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:26.960 some things that we could have done better. We had 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:30.320 a couple of delayed games yesterday. Um. You know, there's 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:34.000 a potential a close to old men in a huddle, um, 0:03:34.080 --> 0:03:36.640 and those are those are penalties. We can take care 0:03:36.680 --> 0:03:39.240 of ourselves as as long as we're paying attention to 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.200 detail and we're you know, as a coaching staff and 0:03:42.200 --> 0:03:44.040 as players where we're on top of things. So it 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.280 was it's it's always great to have the officials and 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.120 you know, to have a game like atmospheres, you know, 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.200 if it really felt like football watching Hard Knocks on 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.000 Tuesday night and they talked about going to a live drill. 0:03:56.320 --> 0:03:59.960 Live just means tackling is game situation. You can take 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.240 guys to the ground, tackle and pretty much just play 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.800 football all the way. That's obviously not what most teams 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:06.960 do in training camp. For for the most part, it's 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:08.840 gonna be more hold guys up, don't take them to 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.320 the ground, protect yourself. So I asked coach how he 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.120 evaluates the running backs without having live periods and how 0:04:14.120 --> 0:04:15.960 he feels the running back room is doing so far 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.880 here in training camp. Good More and coach Um, I'm 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.160 curious about your evaluation of the running game and the 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:24.479 running backs in particular. How do you evaluate backs in 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.560 a situation where maybe the tackling isn't necessarily live and 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:29.640 how would you evaluate your running back room so far 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:31.760 through seven days of camp if there's a lot of 0:04:31.760 --> 0:04:36.240 competition in that room, Um, with Jordan's, with Brita, with Gasking, 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.839 with a large layer. You know, each had their own 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.880 unique skill set. It's been a physical camp. You know, 0:04:43.040 --> 0:04:45.080 obviously we're not taking them to the ground, but there 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:49.520 is contact defensively on offensive defensive line, so get a 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:53.000 pretty good feel for who's getting yards what what. You know, 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.840 who would break what tackle. But you know, at the 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.960 running back position, it's are they making the right cut? 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.719 And I think each guy's UH had some good moments, 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:04.919 had some not so good moments. We're all kind of 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:08.360 getting better after each rep. UM. The blocking from a 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.760 protection standpoint has been good, UH for the most part, 0:05:12.279 --> 0:05:14.360 as at least as far as knowing who to who 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.240 to block and where to go. You know, in the 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:18.760 past game. You know they're you know, I think they're 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:20.120 doing a good job in the pass game as well. 0:05:20.160 --> 0:05:24.120 So a good group out of competition, and we just 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:28.360 stood that, you know, uh, seven training camp or I 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:30.159 don't know what day it is, seven or eight training 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:34.359 camp had a days left in Uh, they'll keep competing. 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:38.320 On the topic of competing, no matchup, in my opinion, 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:41.279 has been more competitive than Devonte Parker and Byron Jones, 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:44.400 or Preston Williams on Byron Jones. Pretty much any receiver 0:05:44.520 --> 0:05:46.840 going up against Byron Jones has been a great battle 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:49.880 all training camp long. Here is coach talking about Byron 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.760 Jones getting acclimated here to the South Florida heat and 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:56.000 improving every single day and just an overall evaluation of 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:59.599 Miami's new cornerback and Byron Jones. I think it's I 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.920 think he's done a good job. But you know, as 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:04.880 you you put it, I mean he's he's getting acclimated. Um. 0:06:04.920 --> 0:06:07.160 I think you know, the heat down here for a 0:06:07.160 --> 0:06:10.560 lot of players is um it's something you gotta get 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:12.400 acclimated to. I know when I when I and I 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.640 showed up here something I had to get accommitted to 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:18.600 as well. Practice has been competitive between you know, he DeVante, 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:24.680 Preston King, Um really that receiver dB UM competition that's 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:27.400 that's going on on there has been has been good 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:31.240 and uh, you know, Byron is a good player. UM. 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:34.719 I think he's improving every day. He'll continue to improve. 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.560 So he puts the work in UM. He's very diligent. 0:06:37.839 --> 0:06:41.080 Obviously the new system, he's still still learning UM some 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.800 of the nuances you know within the system. But I 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:46.880 think he's progressing well. And those guys that Byron Jones 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.320 goes up against every day and practice the wide receivers. 0:06:49.480 --> 0:06:51.680 Here's coach talking about the wide receiver room and in 0:06:51.720 --> 0:06:55.440 particular the slot position. You know, as far as you 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:57.479 know slot, we've had a few guys working in there. 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:00.320 We've had somebody outside receivers working there as well. Kamat 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:02.040 has been there a little bit, President be there, a 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:06.480 little bit uh cheme like you mentioned I said four. 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:08.200 I think he's done a good job in there. You 0:07:08.279 --> 0:07:11.000 know Chim as well. But I think there's a lot 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:13.200 of a lot of a lot of competition that at 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:16.680 that position. We're going to bring the you know, let's 0:07:16.680 --> 0:07:18.600 call it five or six seven best guys that we 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.240 feel it and help us win, and we'll be productive 0:07:21.320 --> 0:07:23.600 and block, do things in the kicking game, and do 0:07:23.720 --> 0:07:25.800 things in the slot. And I think that that whole 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:28.720 group's done well. Jachem's part of that, and you mentioned 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:31.480 specifically he's part of that as well. I think they're 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:34.560 all working on all compete. So and so then we 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.480 dive into the practice notes by letting you know that 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.480 it was a pretty light day on Wednesday, nothing really 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:44.040 to report on a team period session standpoint, and we 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:46.800 did have some guys returned to practice and some good 0:07:47.000 --> 0:07:49.000 one on one actions. We can go ahead and detail 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.000 that on the podcast. Let's go ahead and do that 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.200 right now. First, Jachem Grant was back out there. Preston 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.680 Williams was also back on the field after his day 0:07:56.760 --> 0:07:59.960 off on Tuesday. Kyle Van Noy's out there working again 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.120 for the second straight day after leaving Monday's practice with 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.840 an undisclosed injury. I saw Mike get SICKI out there 0:08:05.840 --> 0:08:08.440 getting more work on Wednesday after on Tuesday, he kind 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.480 of sat out some of the later portions of practice, 0:08:10.480 --> 0:08:12.600 but he was back out there working on Wednesday as well. 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.960 Caitlin Blage did leave practice with a trainer on Wednesday, 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.520 and I saw Jesse Davis on the exercise bike at 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.000 the end of practice. A couple of notes. I saw 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:24.440 here during the initial individual period and Ray Kuan Davis, 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:27.160 some of the defensive linemen were working on some pad 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:30.240 drills and some footwork and hand placement, kind of synchronizing 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:32.440 those two things together. You want to be aligne with 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.840 your hand and your feet because it all works in 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:37.400 one unison together. And he was doing this against a 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:40.520 coach working on the hand placement, and it just I 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.640 wrote down it didn't look fun for the coach. He 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:45.160 was getting thrown back there by big Rake Juan Davis 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:47.480 as pretty much anybody in the universe would have that 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:49.440 happened to them as well. I took a note about 0:08:49.440 --> 0:08:52.400 a Byron Jones catch on the individual drills where he 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:55.200 went up one handed and palmed it. Honestly looked to 0:08:55.240 --> 0:08:58.760 me like jump man Jordans. My goodness, that guy's athletic 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:01.679 traits are unbelieving. A bowl. Solomon Kinley back to the 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:04.360 ra Kwon Davis thing. He had a block on Robert 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:07.240 Hunt holding a bag in the individual portions and he 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.360 knocked him back pretty noticeably, and Robert Hunt ways three 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.000 and thirty pounds. Then he did the exact same thing 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.320 to shout Calhoun, and Calhoun had to gather himself as 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.280 he fell backwards over the block. So Solomon Kinley showing 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:22.480 off the power in those individual drills. Then we had 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.480 some one on ones. Let's go ahead and just ripped 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:26.360 through those here and we'll get to the interviews from 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.840 Durham Smith, Cavon Fraser, and Nick need Him. I was 0:09:29.840 --> 0:09:32.400 watching the defensive line versus offensive line to first, and 0:09:32.440 --> 0:09:34.680 Devon Gotcha had himself a good day out there again, 0:09:34.880 --> 0:09:37.520 throwing some pass rush at the Dolphins offensive line. I 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:39.800 saw the first rep he had he won inside but 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.640 also forced a hold. Again we have officials out there 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.240 on the offensive lineman across from him. And then Ted 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.880 Carress had a really good rep against Christian Wilkins who 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:50.320 tried to throw power at him and Ted Carress his 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:53.440 past protection really is something you note from last season 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:55.720 and coming into camp so far this year, he's really 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:58.920 holding up on the interior as a pass blocker. And 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:01.320 last year, over the final six games of the season 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:05.280 for the Patriots, he was PFF's second grade past blocking 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:08.480 center in the NFL, So big step forward there for 0:10:08.559 --> 0:10:11.520 Ted Carriss. On the interior of this Dolphins offensive line, 0:10:11.679 --> 0:10:14.920 and speaking of good looking past protectors, Eric Flowers has 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:17.040 some really really good work. There was a rep where 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:19.800 he went up against Zack Seeler, who continues to get 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:23.040 wins and just have absolute awesome pass rush moves. He 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.680 had a good rep against Shaq Calhoun where he went 0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.280 arm over and kind of caused an OOO out of 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.520 the rest of the team standing there watching off to 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.800 the side. But back to Eric Flowers. He went up 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:36.000 against Zack Seeler and Steeler with those active long arms, 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.839 very heavy hands. We saw that last year. He throws 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.600 a punch that forces Flowers to have to reposition his 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.040 hands and get himself back in in good shape to 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.240 try to win the rep. And he did just that 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.520 and locked it down, dropped the anchor. Really really sturdy 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:52.600 guy there again on the interior of that Dolphins offensive line. 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:54.719 I took a look at Shack lost in for a 0:10:54.840 --> 0:10:57.040 nice win as a pass rush off the right side 0:10:57.080 --> 0:11:00.000 of the defensive line, left side of the Dolphins offensive line, 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.560 and he really One thing I noticed about his game 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.760 is he can really lean into the to the past 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:07.520 blocker and kind of use his balance and leverage to 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:10.360 reposition that blocker, which of course throws off the entire 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.200 past protection idea of the offensive line. But he has 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:16.280 really good balance as he plays through that leverage. Emmanuel 0:11:16.280 --> 0:11:18.560 Augba out there just doing what he does. He is 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:21.679 just too long, it seems for most of the offensive 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.680 lineman he goes up against. He is constantly getting pressure 0:11:24.840 --> 0:11:27.200 in the backfield. I had Adam Panky with a really 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:30.040 good anchor against Rae Kwon Davis. I had Von Godcha 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.480 this time going up against Ted Carriss, and that was 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:34.920 kind of a premier battle here because both those guys 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.680 have been doing so well in these drills, and Godshaw 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.200 got inside for a nice pass rush win. Again again, 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:42.440 Devon had a very nice drill in the one on 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.920 one pass rushing drills. Jason Strowbridge gets himself a nice rep. 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.160 And he's a guy that played all across the North 0:11:48.160 --> 0:11:51.160 Carolina defensive line last year in college, and you kind 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.120 of see some of the inside outside ability that the 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:56.560 coach Flores has talked about, not just in positions he plays, 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.320 but the ability to kind of set a move up 0:11:58.400 --> 0:12:00.920 with an outside stab and then he jabs back across 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:02.560 the face of the blocker in front of him, and 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.800 he can win that way both with power and some quickness. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:06.880 I think the fifth round pick out of you UNC 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.840 has had a very nice camp so far. Keaton Sutherland, 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:11.400 a guy we don't talk about a whole lot. I 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:13.840 saw him get a very nice pass rush rep win 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:17.200 on Bonito Jones just really widened his stance and dropped 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:19.400 that anchor and held the point there real quick. And 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.520 then I finished up here by mentioning a great rep 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.400 by Jonathan Hubbard on Andrew Van Ginkl. He did a 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:26.760 good job getting depth and then working back inside his 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.600 Van Ginkle tried to cross face on that pass rush movie. 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:31.600 That's one of Van Ginkle's go to move, so good 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.680 work there from Jonathan Hubbard. I finally wrapped it up 0:12:34.679 --> 0:12:36.520 here by saying ray Kwon Davis gets a nice pass 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.000 rush win before the team went into some stunts and 0:12:39.040 --> 0:12:41.480 picks and games up front, and I noticed a nice 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.720 chemistry brewing there between Christian Wilkins and Shack Lawson, which 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.320 is funny because they went to Clemson, but not at 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:49.839 the same time. Obviously, some real nice chemistry there to 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:51.840 work together and find a way to come off those 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.720 blocks and get to the quarterback. I had Julian Davenport 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:57.160 and Danny Isidora with a great stunt pick up on 0:12:57.200 --> 0:12:59.480 a particular pass rush. Didn't see who they were going 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.400 up again. And then I had Robert Hunt with a 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:03.959 very good rap against Emmanuel og Ball. So a good 0:13:04.000 --> 0:13:05.920 win there for the rookie going up against who has 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.719 been probably the most impressive pass rusher so far at 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:11.080 Dolphins camp. And then I took another note of ray 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.520 Kuan Davis showing some nice wiggle to come off a 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:15.280 block and kind of loop around and get to the 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:18.800 backfield that way. So power and athletic agility. Ray Kuan 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.000 Davis looks the part. Took a look over at the 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.520 receivers and tight ends going up against the defensive backs. 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:25.400 I had it two back to back reps of Adam 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:28.440 Shaheen on Cavon Frasier. He got clean on the first 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.040 one and got open and made a big catch. The 0:13:30.080 --> 0:13:32.240 second one he pushed off pretty badly and Frasier was 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:33.880 just looking at him like, hey, come on, dude, you 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:36.000 can't do that, And the reft did for the flag 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:37.720 there in the middle of the field, so some fun 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.160 banter back and forth. I wrote down the Isaiah four 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:43.160 just looks so silky smooth as a receiver or route 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:46.280 runner rather, and he catches the football so consistently in traffic. 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.679 You have to have that reliability in this league to 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.440 play on those tough third downs. We saw four convert 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.800 a bunch of third downs late in the year last season. 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:55.400 I just like the way that all of his routes 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:57.439 look the exact same, whether it's a take off or 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:00.760 a comeback or working inside outside. He just consistent and 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.200 everything he does. We're gonna talk to Isaiah Ford on 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:06.160 tomorrow's edition of the Drive Time podcast. I wrote down, 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:08.480 Preston Williams is a beast. I mean that's not news 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.520 to you guys, but he ran a really interesting hook 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:12.520 up route with an inside release and he got the 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:15.679 defensive back to fall down. That was just really pure, 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:18.880 smooth route running from Preston Williams. I had Durham Smith 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.640 getting vertical on Jerome Baker, and Derha has been doing 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:24.240 that a lot lately in practice, getting vertical down the 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.720 football field, kind of showing some of the athletic traits 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:28.520 that he does feature. We haven't seen a whole lot 0:14:28.520 --> 0:14:30.440 of him because he does do a lot of blocking 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:32.880 as he did at Notre Dame. But this training camp 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.200 he's getting down the field a lot in the passing game. 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:38.440 Then another safety on tight end matchup, Eric Rowe had 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.400 airtight coverage on Chris Myrick who went up and almost 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.240 pulled down a one handed catch, but Row was able 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:45.440 to poke that thing out. Really good battle there between 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:47.640 those two guys. I wrote down that Matt Brida is 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.280 just tough on the linebackers because he's so freaking quick, 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.600 keeps those hips parallel to line of scrimmage and can 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.000 really get off that choice route going inside or outside 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.880 very smoothly. He's a dynamic pass receiving threat out of 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.920 the backfield. Noah Ignagny had some good reps in this drill. 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:03.800 He can hit the brakes on takeoff routes and drive 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:05.600 back down the stem on like a comeback or a 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:07.800 hitch or a curl, something where the receiver wants to 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:10.000 sell that takeoff to go deep and then come back 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:12.600 to the quarterback. He can transition out of that position 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:14.680 so well. I put a great clip of him playing 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:18.320 against Florida last year up against Kyle Pitts, presumably tight 0:15:18.400 --> 0:15:20.600 end number one coming into next year's draft, and there's 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:22.520 a great rap where he really transitions out of a 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.600 back pedal and smoothly drives that thing upfield. Just a 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:28.760 pure athlete there for Noahgnogamy. I also wrote that he 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.680 undercut a route and trail technique. He just looks so 0:15:31.720 --> 0:15:34.480 good in playing close combat with those receivers and tight 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:37.640 ends out there. Very athletic, very strong. I also went 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.640 back to Chris Myrick, who got a nice route with 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.800 a stack and shake off off the top of the 0:15:41.880 --> 0:15:44.600 route for a catch on Jeremiah Denson. And then Caylen 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:46.960 Balogh made a nice little move on an angle route 0:15:46.960 --> 0:15:49.160 going up against Jerome Baker for a catch. But again 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.440 Kylen Blosh did leave the practice, so we'll see and 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:54.160 get an update on his status later on this week. 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:56.720 I had Chester Rogers with a nice catch on ta Hayes, 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:59.720 and then Chris Myrick a catch working on Clayton Federlin. 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.000 Both those were in tight coverage with the receivers able 0:16:02.040 --> 0:16:04.400 to squeeze the football there. Then they ended the practice 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:07.120 with a bunch of conditioning, getting these dudes spent up 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.080 before the players day off on Thursday tomorrow, and on 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:13.040 that note, we will have the Drivetime Training Camp Special 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:16.080 Episode number two tomorrow for you guys both on YouTube 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.720 Miami Dolphins dot com. We'll have the interview with Isaiah 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.280 Ford on the podcast and on the video show. We 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:24.120 also will hear from the defensive assistance and continue to 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.880 bring you coverage from Dolphins training camp each and every 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:28.840 day here on the podcast. Let's go ahead and turn 0:16:28.840 --> 0:16:30.680 this thing over now to the players that met with 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:33.760 the media on Wednesday after practice, and we start with 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.720 cornerback Nick need Um on what change for him between 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:39.040 year one and year two now in a second training 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:42.840 camp with the Miami Dolphins. Um Dice is, uh, just 0:16:42.960 --> 0:16:44.800 I think for me coming into my second year, just 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:47.480 the game kind of slowing down a lot, not a lot, 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.960 but a little bit for me, Um, And just in 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:53.440 training camp, we've had the same guys out here, all competitive, 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:55.360 all will in the work, all trying to get their hardest. 0:16:55.480 --> 0:16:57.720 So it's just been a real competitive camp this year 0:16:57.840 --> 0:17:01.520 for sure. Up next, my question for hey, Nick, coach 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:04.040 talked a little bit last year about recognizing some talent 0:17:04.119 --> 0:17:06.959 and you pretty early on during camp, but mentioned some 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:08.720 things you had to work on to get off the 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.879 practice squad. Then you get called up and have that 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:13.800 immediate impact right away. I'm curious, what are some of 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:15.760 those things that you worked on and is there anything 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:19.720 in particular this off season you worked on the same way. Um, 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.040 well this this off season last at the same things. UM, 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:25.880 just getting in shape. Um. Last year, I came into 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:27.880 camp at two or five like um, like I said 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:30.800 last year, UM, and just I wasn't able to run 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:34.200 at my full potential and finished like a whole practice 0:17:34.560 --> 0:17:39.360 through that heat. So um, definitely this this comes this offseason. 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:42.000 I just came out right now. I was more focused 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:43.639 on that and do want to let that happen again. 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:46.080 So UM, I came in and had like one of 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:50.119 my best overall body composition, So I was good, uh 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.440 body weight and body fat. So I was That was 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:55.000 what I was focused on, just eating right and really 0:17:55.240 --> 0:17:58.679 taking it more professionally. And up next, Nick was asked 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.480 to evaluate the game of rook cornerback Dolphins first round 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.880 draft pick number thirty overall out of Auburn Know what, Benogeny. 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:07.040 Here's what Nick had to say about his competition and 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.280 position made there In Nick Banogeny. No, it's been cool. 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:13.160 It's crazy that he's only twenty years old. Um, dudes 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:17.160 physically physically gifted for sure, two or five from four 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:19.400 or three. So I'm still I'm in Augam was well, 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.480 I'm like damn, Like that's crazy. Um. But now he's 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:24.879 a great player of physical always willing to learn, and 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:27.159 a great teammate to have for sure. And on that 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.400