WEBVTT - Miami's Masterful Special Teams with Mack Holllins, DeAndre Washington Breakdown, Tua Talks 0:00:03.480 --> 0:00:15.680 Now Miami. What is up, Dolphans and welcome to the 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:20.439 Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins Official podcast network, 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:24.279 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, each and every day. 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.760 How is it going everybody? It is Wednesday. I am 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:30.760 your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to bring you 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:34.440 your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.839 Wednesday means the guys are back at practice, and that 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:40.800 means we've got media from coach and some players as well. 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:43.479 Plus will dive into the tape on DeAndrea Washington to 0:00:43.560 --> 0:00:47.040 trade details there and the details of the Isaiah Ford trade. 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:49.760 And we're gonna spend some time talking about the Dolphins 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.919 special teams you know today with Mac Hollins. All of 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:56.040 that and more on this Wednesday, November the fourth edition 0:00:56.160 --> 0:01:03.160 of the Drivetime Podcast. 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He was a 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:39.320 seventh round draft pick number two thirty seven overall in 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:42.080 that two thousand seventeen draft class. And Isaiah Ford. Let's 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:44.000 go ahead and hear what coach Flora's had to say 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:47.240 on Wednesday morning about Isaiah Ford. Look, I have a 0:01:47.240 --> 0:01:50.000 lot of respect and admiration for Ford at the Keys. 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:54.240 You know, a kid who worked extremely hard, made a 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:58.120 lot of place for us. His work ethic and team oriented, 0:01:58.320 --> 0:02:01.480 put the team first, just great attitude and he was 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.640 just really enjoyed working with him. But you know, at 0:02:04.640 --> 0:02:06.040 the end of the day before, like you know, the 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.240 best thing for for us was to make make that 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:13.400 particular trade. So Isaiah Ford traded here in his fourth 0:02:13.400 --> 0:02:16.079 season the Dolphins, like Coach Flora says, that trade was 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.480 in the best interests of the Dolphins, as is going 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.400 to be the case with any trade they make or 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:23.440 any roster move they make throughout the course of time. 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.200 Really and the other trade they made on Tuesday was 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.880 the trade for DeAndre Washington. The Dolphins pick up the 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:31.680 former Kansas City Chiefs running back for a swap of 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.800 conditional draft picks. And I always start, too, I like 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.400 to start with the workout metrics of a player when 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:38.720 I want to go back and kind of look at 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:40.640 what I what I thought of them previously, or what 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:42.079 I do think of them now as far as their 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:44.160 on field production, because I think that gives you a 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:46.959 good clue into what type of player you're dealing with 0:02:47.080 --> 0:02:50.720 from a movement from appliability explosive standpoint. And you look 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.200 at Washington's combine metrics back when he was draft eligible, 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.480 a four or for nine forty yard dash, a thirty 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.920 four and a half inch vertical, nine oh eight on 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.519 the broad jump, a four two shuttle, and a seven 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.280 oh three three cone time. All of those, except for 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:07.760 the broad jump measurement, measure out in the elite category 0:03:07.919 --> 0:03:11.040 on the r A S the Relative Athletics Scorecard, which 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:15.000 measures a collective score of every combine workout dating back 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:19.040 to by Kent Lee Platt, and he scored a seven 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.920 point six to Washington did out of ten, and that 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:25.160 ranks to one out of one thousand, two hundred and 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.200 eighteen running backs that Mr. Platt has scored, so he's 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:31.080 up there in the upper echelon. Then you pair that 0:03:31.200 --> 0:03:33.639 with the offensity came from. He played in that wide 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:36.520 open throw the football seven hundred and thirty three times 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:39.240 per game there at Texas Tech along with jakeem Grant. 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:42.240 He caught the football a lot. He had one hundred 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:45.560 and twenty four catches for one thousand ninety one yards. 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:47.680 And you see that in a variety of ways, whether 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:49.880 it's the Texas route, which can be called Texas or 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:52.760 angle or arrow, where you basically widen the linebacker from 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:55.040 the backfield and cross face. It's a it's a to 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:56.560 the right and then back to the left, or to 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:58.200 the left and back to the right. You want to 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:02.480 cross that linebacker's face. Routes, wheel routes, the whole running 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.840 back route, tree, gamut. He ran it nice rhyme, nice rhyme. 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.120 And you jump to his NFL career and he's caught 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:11.320 eighty three of his targets for an average of five 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.760 point seven four yards per target. I pulled up his 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.640 reception real from last season in Oakland, where he caught 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.440 thirty six out of forty one passes there and gained 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:22.320 two hundred and ninety two yards on those receptions, So 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.520 that's a nice bump from his career yards per target 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.839 up to seven point one two and early you noticed 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:30.000 he's often used to stay in and chip and then 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.520 release out into the route, so he's in that third 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:34.679 down mold where you can keep him in and trust 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:36.599 him to pick up the additional pressure or get that 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:38.880 chip on a defensive end, like you see with some 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.240 of the monsters the Raiders face in that division, like 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:44.200 a Joey Bosa for instance. When watching him up against 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:47.200 the Chargers and in his career, Pro Football Focus has 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.240 him in pass protection for seventy four snaps. He's allowed 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.000 one hit and one hurry. That's it, no sex, just 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.719 two pressures allowed. He's also shifty enough to make a 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:57.839 man miss in space. They'd get him the ball on 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.400 those screens and swings out on the edge where he 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:02.920 gets squared up with one defender in space, and he 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.560 does have some wiggle out there. Pro Football Focus had 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:08.320 him last year with seventeen four Smiths tackles on one 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:11.440 and eight carries and two hundred and ninety one of 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.080 his three hundred and eighty seven rushing yards came after 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.960 initial contact. That's good for a two point six nine 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:20.039 average yards after contact that would lead this Dolphins team 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:23.359 currently and just a smidge under his career average of 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:26.840 two point seven two yards after initial contact. And you 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:29.120 see that a lot in the passing game as well. 0:05:29.160 --> 0:05:31.440 Again back to the swings and screens where he gets 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.680 out on the perimeter and makes that first guy miss. 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.240 He also has played three hundred and eighty one special 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.919 teams reps in his career, to which is obviously something 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:41.120 you want from a back. It's on the roster to 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:43.960 give you add a depth, as coach Flora says, here 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:46.400 was part of the purpose of the trade. Here's coach 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:50.400 on Gaskin in the running back room after the Washington trade. Okay, Miles, 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.960 and Miles is thinged up a little bit. Um. We'll 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.080 see he's a tough kid, he's a competitive kid, and 0:05:57.160 --> 0:06:00.960 we'll see where this goes here. So, what like, I 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.320 want to add some depth there at the running back position. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:06.719 So DeAndre is a good player, an opportunity to get 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:09.839 one and try to take advantage of it. Up next, 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.039 we'll kind of hear a bit of a fun, lighthearted 0:06:12.040 --> 0:06:14.920 moment here from coach Flora's but also serious as well, 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.880 as he was asked about the past receiving prowess of 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:20.440 defensive tackle Christian Wilkins. It's gonna be a hard no, 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:27.880 hard no on the you know, pass catching opportunities. Hard 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.520 hard no. I mean, we've got other guys we would 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:34.719 like to rather see what the balls Christian. He's yes, 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:38.720 he's got some athleticism as a defensive tackle and we'll 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.919 try to use him a variety of ways, you know, 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:47.320 stunts games in the past rush. But he does a 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.000 good job, really really in all areas. And he's he's 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.160 he's somebody who's improved, i would say from year one 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:54.520 of year two, and it's important to him. And he's 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.440 got leadership and energy and he's been he's been fun 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:01.159 to coach. But I don't really the pass catching future 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:05.120 form On the topic of past catching futures for Christian Wilkins, 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:07.680 who did catch a touchdown past last year, obviously had 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.119 the snap but fullback this past Sunday where he helped 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.280 clear a lane four Miles gaskin touchdown run You here 0:07:13.280 --> 0:07:15.760 Coach Flora's talk about the athletic ability and how it 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:19.080 creates opportunities for him and stunts and games upfront kind 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:21.440 of twisting and working down the last grimmage to help 0:07:21.440 --> 0:07:24.520 create opportunities for other guys in the game. Christian Wilkins 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:26.240 been a very good player here for two years here 0:07:26.240 --> 0:07:29.880 with the Dolphins. Speaking of past catchers and speed on offense, 0:07:30.040 --> 0:07:33.040 Coach Flores was asked how speed can affect a defense 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:34.440 and how important it is to have it on the 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:37.720 offense with guys like Antonio Callaway friends is coming back 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:40.760 off the suspension list, or a Malcolm Perry Lynn bowed 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.120 and getting more active playing time as they have in 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.000 recent weeks here for the Dolphins. Here's Coach Flora's on 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.480 speed on the offense. Speeds hard to deal with defensively 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.320 and in the kicking game. So anytime you can add 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:56.760 you know that element, you know forces defenses to deal with. 0:07:56.800 --> 0:07:59.200 That worse thing that can happen is you know you 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.880 allow that speed it um you know, create a big 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:07.240 play defensively. Obviously offensively you want to create big plays. 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:09.720 You could use that type of speed to your advantage. 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:13.680 So we've got some guys um who can run. But 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:18.040 again there's a lot more that goes into no planing 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:22.720 receiver position than just speed. Um, you know, blocking route 0:08:22.840 --> 0:08:28.560 route running, catching football and then getting open. There's a 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.920 lot of fast defensive backs as well. So up next, 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:35.080 coach was asked about the defensive structure or the exotic 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:38.400 blitz looks of Vance Joseph and the Arizona Cardinals. They'll 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:40.599 come to find out on the preview podcast tomorrow. This 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:44.000 Cardinals defense blitzes at one of the highest frequencies in 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.520 the NFL. We're gonna talk about how you can mitigate 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:49.000 that and work around that. Here's Coach Flora's on the 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:52.600 blitzing game of the Cardinals defense. Yeah, I mean Vance 0:08:52.640 --> 0:08:55.319 does a does a very nice job over there. Um, 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:57.360 Cliff doesn't. I mean, they got they got good coaches 0:08:57.360 --> 0:08:59.560 over there, and they do a good job really offensively, 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:02.120 defensive leading in a kicking game. It's a good team. 0:09:02.320 --> 0:09:04.200 And just kind of watching the film and watching what 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.640 they do defensively. Yeah, there there's a lot of looks. 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.960 So and I'm sure I'm sure he's over there cooking 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:12.560 something up that we haven't already seen on film as well. 0:09:12.600 --> 0:09:15.240 So I think, you know, at the end of the day, 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.720 with the exotics. It's about following your rules, um and 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:23.040 playing good with good technique and fundamentals because oftentimes, well 0:09:23.840 --> 0:09:26.160 it looks like it's a game plan to game plan 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:29.520 Russia game planned scheme. And he does a good job 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:32.600 from that standpoint, a really a really nice job. Create 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:34.880 some confusion. We're gonna have to do a good job, 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:40.600 like I said, following our rules, reading our keys. Really 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.360 they do that in really all three phases, offense, defense, 0:09:43.400 --> 0:09:46.040 and special teams. So go ahead and finish up with 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:48.480 Coach Flora is here on a Wednesday morning, with a 0:09:48.480 --> 0:09:51.960 good segue into our next segment. Talking about special teams. 0:09:52.160 --> 0:09:55.720 Coach was asked about jakeem Grant, the electric return ability 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:57.079 of Jachem and what it means to be able to 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.520 flip the field on special teams with his return unit, 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.880 not just with Jachim but the guys that contribute, the 0:10:01.880 --> 0:10:04.080 other ten guys on the field as well. We talk 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:06.960 about field position, you know, really on a weekly basis, 0:10:06.960 --> 0:10:10.240 how important import and that is. Um. I think Jakim 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:15.599 has donna really Uh. He's worked extremely hard just um 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.600 really in all areas of his game as a receiver, 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:21.400 as a returner, and you can kind of see some 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:25.200 of that starting to manifest itself on the field. Look, 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:29.800 we all know he's an explosive player. UM, but I'm 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.960 I'm proud of the ways of working kind of seeing 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:34.800 some of that. But we need to continue and I 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:38.280 think he knows that he's in here continuing to work. 0:10:38.320 --> 0:10:41.280 And you know, watching the film on the punters and 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:43.320 the kickers and their walk offs and you know, any 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.719 kind of tell he can he can get um so 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:47.079 you can get a better read on the ball give 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:51.760 and put himself in position to to get himself going UM. 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:55.360 And then I think our team, especially in the kicking unit, 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:57.600 you know, let's call it the return units, that they 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:03.920 understand that UM block. If we you know, finish, if 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:07.319 we finish our blocks and we got a chance to 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:13.640 creet Big Blaze, that's always good. So he's he's done 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.439 a he's done a nice job. I'm happy he won 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:19.560 that award. I know his focus is on Arizona. That award, 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:22.320 of course, being Special Teams Player of the Week going 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:26.480 to Dolphins receiver slash return man Jachem Grant. So congratulations 0:11:26.520 --> 0:11:29.760 Jachim for winning that award. And on the topic of 0:11:29.800 --> 0:11:32.640 special teams that's going to be our Wednesday feature here 0:11:32.960 --> 0:11:35.280 on the Drive Time Podcast, as well as an article 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:38.080 up on Miami Dolphins dot com taking a look at 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.439 the impact of this Dolphins special team's unit has had 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.600 under Coach Flora's and on this team this season. And 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:46.400 you start here by this quote the coach said a 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:49.920 while back, quote, I started in the kicking game. That's 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:52.520 where I got my coaching break. I know and understand 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:55.959 how important those guys in those possessions are, whether it's kicker, punter, 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:59.840 long snapper, returners, ball security and things of that nature. 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.400 And you'd be hard pressed to go a week or 0:12:02.400 --> 0:12:04.880 so without hearing Coach Flora's speak about the importance of 0:12:04.880 --> 0:12:07.719 the kicking game. And it really shows. Nobody in the 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.319 NFL right now has more punt return yards than Jachem 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:13.240 Grants two and twenty seven. Jason Sanders is the only 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:16.280 kicker with ten made field goals who hasn't missed one. 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:19.560 He's fifteen of fifteen. Also has not missed a point 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.480 after try and Matt Hawk is ninth in punting average 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:25.360 net punting average at forty two point three yards and 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:29.080 fourth with fifteen punts down inside the twenty yard line. 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.640 Last month, Jason Sanders took home a f C Special 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.000 Teams Player of the Month. Jachem Grant wins it this 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:37.320 week after breaking a franchise record eighty eight yard punt 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.840 return and resetting his own record with his fifth return touchdown. 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.400 In the story history of these Miami Dolphins, and you 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.800 think back to how some of these players were acquired, 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:49.640 guys that were brought here to really help not just 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:52.360 on offense and defense, but to round out the special 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:54.760 teams units. A guy like Clayton Federlum signed in the 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.360 off season, a guy like Camu grug Hill who plays 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.880 some reps on defense but has been crucial as Danny 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.480 Austin will tell us on special teams as well. A 0:13:02.480 --> 0:13:04.960 guy like Blake Ferguson drafted in the sixth round to 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:08.000 be a long snapper. The operation has been crisp this year, 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:11.280 no bad snaps or or failed exchanges between he and 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:13.760 Matt Hawk as a punter and as a holder. We 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:18.040 saw Mac Hollins acquired in season last year, and we 0:13:18.160 --> 0:13:20.920 heard Danny Crossman talk about his strength as a gunner, 0:13:21.160 --> 0:13:24.160 crediting both he and Jamal Perry as really being guys 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:26.480 that kind of at the table as those gunners, saying 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.040 that you cannot have a good special teams unit without 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:31.360 having your gunners down the field. If your gunners are 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:34.040 not downfield disrupting things, at minimum, you're going to have 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.959 a hard time, Coach says, So plenty of factors going 0:13:37.000 --> 0:13:39.480 into why the special teams unit right now is playing 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.760 so well, and the Dolphins on Football Outsiders d v 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.240 o A a metric we've talked about a couple of 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.160 times over the last couple of weeks. It's defensive adjusted 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:50.760 value over metric. Essentially, what they're trying to do with 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.880 that metric is removed outside factors in d v o 0:13:54.000 --> 0:13:56.880 A and using their percentage points, the Dolphins are a 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:59.600 ten point five percent d v o A on special teams. 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:03.199 That trails only Baltimore, who's at twelve point three percent. 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:06.680 Third place is Seattle at six point one percent, So 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:10.320 Miami is four point four points higher than third place 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:13.439 and almost double them. In fact, the Dolphins are double 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.440 the fifth highest ranked special teams unit in the NFL, 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:19.080 the New Orleans Saints at four point seven percent. So 0:14:19.320 --> 0:14:21.400 not only is Miami a top of the class with 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:23.760 Baltimore up there, they're well ahead of the rest of 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.520 the group in terms of special teams d v o A, 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:29.840 and we mentioned mac hollands work as a gunner on 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:32.240 the punt team and being one of those core special 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:34.840 teamers along with so many other players on this roster 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.120 that have helped contribute in that third phase of the game. 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:39.680 On Tuesday, I had a chance to ask Coach Grazzard 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.680 about mac Hollins and the impact he has as a 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.600 worker in the receiver room but also on special teams. Yeah, 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:48.200 he works incredibly hard in terms of being in the 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:50.280 meeting room. He's also really good for some of these 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:54.200 younger guys because he's been around and he really he 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.480 grinds for everything that he gets, and and that came 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:58.680 through special teams, even from the time that he was 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:01.640 at Carolina. So to see that and show that you 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.240 can carve out a roll and get you on the 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:07.560 field and make plays on special teams and come in 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:09.640 and do things we asked me to do on offense 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:12.280 as well, I think it's a great example for everybody 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:13.800 really to see in the room. And he just brings 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.960 juice every day. It's a great personality and great teammate. 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:20.400 Speaking of that juice, I saw Mac do a back 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:24.120 hand spring like misty twist spin move after the team 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.680 got done stretching on practice on Wednesday. So talking about 0:15:26.680 --> 0:15:29.640 bringing that juice. You also heard coach reference his time 0:15:29.680 --> 0:15:32.320 at North Carolina and he was a fourth round draft 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.440 pick of the Eagles out of U n C. And 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:38.280 I recall back to that draft year when Daniel Jeremiah 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.720 of The Around of the Move, the Sticks podcast and 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.680 NFL Network and NFL Media said that he doesn't think 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.240 that there's a better gunner, a better punt coverage guy, 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:49.320 a day one core special teamer in this draft than 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.280 Mac Hollins. And I think you're kind of seeing that 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:54.000 here with Hollands in Miami. And with that, why don't 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:55.720 we go ahead and hear from the man himself as 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:59.040 we welcome in Mac Collins to the Drivetime Podcast. And 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:01.360 I am thrilled to be going now by Dolphins wide 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:04.920 receiver slash gunner, slash special team's core component. I mean, 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:06.960 I don't know how many jobs this guy has he 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.880 is Mac Hollins, Mac, welcome into the Drift Time Podcast. 0:16:10.840 --> 0:16:12.880 Thank you, trys to really appreciate you having me. I 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:15.560 saw you at practice as I do some form and 0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:17.000 I'm going to butcher the name of this. But like 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:19.840 a backhands, a backhand spring, or like a misty flip? 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:24.240 Is there a gymnastics background there for you? Oh no, 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.680 it's just a little round off I'll do. I'll do 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:29.600 it right after you stretch. It kind of gets me, um, 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:31.720 I don't know. It reminds me to be a kid, 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:34.040 to have fun with with what I'm doing. So I 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:37.440 do a little round off right after stretching to whatever 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:41.120 drill we're going into, and then I, uh, start the day. 0:16:41.320 --> 0:16:44.040 That's awesome. So you do it every day? Then, yeah, 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:46.200 right after stretch. Yeah, I didn't even notice it. That's 0:16:46.280 --> 0:16:48.200 I guess a bad job on my part there do 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:50.240 not notice it? But I did notice it today. And 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:52.560 you know, out there at practice it was windy and 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:54.760 and not not the best South Florida weather, but you 0:16:54.760 --> 0:16:57.320 guys still got after and worked hard. I'm curious to 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:59.080 ask you, Mac, because I think a lot of folks 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.920 and myself and fluded. Maybe you don't really know how 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:05.480 the week goes for a player who plays both an 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.320 offensive or defensive position but also has such a significant 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:10.879 role on special teams. What does that week look like 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:15.120 for you? Trying to prepare for both elements of the game. Um, 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:17.600 I mean, it's just it just adds an element of 0:17:18.240 --> 0:17:21.440 you know, being able to manage your time and manage 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:23.639 what what you're studying and what you're looking at. You know, 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.639 if you look at offensive or defensive starter, you know, 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.120 main guy, they're going to study the defense or offensive 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:32.520 opponent really well. Whereas for me, I have to study 0:17:33.080 --> 0:17:36.040 special teams really well, but then also offense defense for 0:17:36.119 --> 0:17:38.560 any opportunity that I get in in that component of 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:40.879 the game. So it's a it's a it's just about 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:44.159 time management and knowing how to how to make the 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:46.399 best decision that's going to make the team and yourself 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.880 the most successful on game day. I have to imagine 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:50.800 you learned quite a bit of that from your time 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.520 back in college. And you know, I fancy myself an 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:56.760 amateur draft guy, and I followed Daniel Jeremiah on the 0:17:56.840 --> 0:17:59.800 NFL network, and I never forgot when you were coming 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:01.879 out North Carolina, he said, this guy might be the 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:05.080 best gunner slash special teamer in the entire draft. So 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:07.199 it's something you've kind of always taken pride in, right, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.240 Oh yeah, I mean especially this is how I you 0:18:10.359 --> 0:18:12.280 really made it in college because I walked on in 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:15.640 North Carolina especially is how I got really to make 0:18:15.640 --> 0:18:18.359 the team and then my role developed as a receiver. 0:18:18.480 --> 0:18:21.879 But yes, special teams has always been my my roots. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:24.840 Can you tell us more about that with walking on 0:18:24.920 --> 0:18:26.840 it and see and how you wound up there? I mean, 0:18:27.119 --> 0:18:29.400 I know it's a bit of a basketball school. I've 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:31.600 heard you play basketball next door. Did you have hoop dreams? Like? 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:35.520 How did you get in that spot? Uh? So, I 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:37.399 coming out of high school, was on a visit to 0:18:37.480 --> 0:18:40.040 North Carolina with my older brother who was applying there 0:18:40.119 --> 0:18:43.199 and other schools. He went ended up going to Stanford. 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:45.480 But I was there and went to the football facility 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.480 and was talking and ended up meeting guy named Marcus 0:18:48.520 --> 0:18:52.200 Barry who suggested going to for Kenyan Military Academy, which 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:54.040 is a prep school's coming out of high school. So 0:18:54.040 --> 0:18:56.200 I end up going to the prep school. Still didn't 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:58.440 get an offer from anywhere, but I ended up emailing 0:18:58.720 --> 0:19:02.320 like a hunter coaches of schools that I you know, 0:19:02.800 --> 0:19:05.960 I would like to play at whatever and macollins, this 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.119 is my highlight tape, this and that from high school, 0:19:08.160 --> 0:19:11.159 this and that from Kenyon. I just want to chance 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:14.280 and ended up getting a whole bunch of people hitting 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:18.680 me back for UM, it's just like opportunities to walk on, 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:21.399 And then North Carolina was one of them, so walked on, 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:23.760 actually walked on as a defensive back because that's where 0:19:23.760 --> 0:19:25.800 the spot was. I got into the school and they 0:19:26.040 --> 0:19:27.399 had a spot at defensive back, So I was a 0:19:27.440 --> 0:19:31.200 defensive back at the start, and then transition transitioned over 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:35.720 the receiver because of a bunch of injuries, and guys 0:19:35.760 --> 0:19:38.760 had seen me play basketball and they knew I was athletic, 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.400 so they're like, why not just try Mac at receiver 0:19:41.640 --> 0:19:44.000 and I guess the rest of the system. That's awesome. 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:46.399 Do you ever talk to know what I banogay about that? 0:19:46.440 --> 0:19:49.280 Because he started off as a receiver Auburn and made 0:19:49.280 --> 0:19:51.120