WEBVTT - 10 Takeaways from 10 Camp Practices at 10 Position Groups 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us buyers touch style by Waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy, tight fro, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:19.160 What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:23.439 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.480 --> 0:00:27.960 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:31.280 Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, we're taking a look 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:35.120 at camp so far with ten takeaways from ten days 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.640 and ten position groups with more of a macro view 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:42.120 opposed the daily micro view each day at practice. Plus 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:46.000 we'll talk about Warren Sharp's Dolphins chapter of his two 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:48.840 season preview. And I want to tell you a great 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:51.320 about a great story I should say, written on Mike 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:54.520 McDaniel on the Athletic by Damn Pompeii. All of that 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:57.440 and much more from somewhere in South Florida. This is 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:06.200 the Drivetime Podcast. So I got to thinking the last 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:09.560 podcast came out on Sunday afternoon, and the next time 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:13.319 you'll hear from me is probably Wednesday evening after the 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:16.319 first joint first of two joint practices with the Tampa 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:20.720 Bay Buccaneers, and on the Twitter Spaces show on Wednesday night, 0:01:21.160 --> 0:01:23.760 so I thought we need to get another podcast in here. 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:27.080 So no practice to recap today, but I thought ten 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.679 was a nice round number to look at things so 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.959 far and just take sort of a thirty thousand foot 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.840 view of each position group now that we've seen them together. 0:01:36.160 --> 0:01:39.240 We've heard the pressors a significant portion of the roster. 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.600 We've heard the assistant coaches as well as coach McDaniel 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:45.120 give their updates, So what better time to do that 0:01:45.160 --> 0:01:47.560 starting with the quarterbacks here. And I've just really enjoyed 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:51.880 watching the arc of a practice. Our first takeaway from 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:55.120 the standpoint of working on a task in an individual 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.160 drill and then the application of carrying it over into 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:01.960 a team period and just how many team periods they 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:05.080 have in practice, like practicing football. It's a good idea, 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.000 you know. With to a in particular, I've been really 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:12.040 impressed by his ability to throw from awkward different platforms. 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:13.880 To me, it looks smooth and sharp, and I think 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:16.240 it's a credit to the work that he's putting in 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:18.760 and the influence of coach Bevil. I think his timing 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.679 looks really really sharp. We heard Cedric Wilson mentioned the 0:02:22.720 --> 0:02:27.280 chemistry clicking quickly for those guys, his field looks like 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:29.800 that of a third year quarterback playing with confidence. The 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:32.320 deep shot to Tyreek on Sunday, I thought was a 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:36.520 good example where you see Emmanuel Ada going up against 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:40.000 Austin Jackson kind of on an island off the one 0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.320 side of the offensive line, and you see two a 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:44.400 hit the top of his drop and pause for just 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:48.279 a beat as something of a two way go develops 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.040 where Austin Jackson's in good shape, but to one needs 0:02:51.040 --> 0:02:53.839 to collect the information on if the slide is going 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:56.720 to be up or out. And what I mean by 0:02:56.720 --> 0:03:00.000 that is Agba has yet to declare his move or 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.760 his track. If he goes inside to a can slide 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:06.160 backwards out behind himself right, if he goes around the 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.880 arc then to a can step up. So you see 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:11.560 that little hitch that's just ever so subtle, but he 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:14.240 quickly gets back to balance and throws that dime we 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.840 talked about in practice. It's been high level from what 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:19.400 I can tell. And finally, I think the long ball 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.320 stuff that was, you know, always misguided in my mind. 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:24.600 I mean, we can put to bed with what you've seen. 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.640 Just come watch practice it's there for you if you 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:30.040 want to see it. But that's not the part about 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:31.880 the armed talent to me that stands out the most. 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:34.440 It's the zip to thread the needle between a trio 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:38.880 of defenders on that waddle touchdown from I think it 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:42.080 was Saturday's practice. Regarding the rest of the room, I 0:03:42.160 --> 0:03:44.120 like how it has a little bit of everything. You 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.400 have the young starter with the upside that comes with 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.280 being the fifth pick of the draft. You have a 0:03:48.280 --> 0:03:51.840 steady veteran presence there, and Teddy Bridgewater chances are like, 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:53.720 he's not going to surprise you, right, you know what 0:03:53.800 --> 0:03:56.520 he's capable of, and on top of that, he's a 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.440 terrific teammate. And then finally the late round rookie and 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:02.720 Skyler Compson who has tools to develop the combination in 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.640 this offense of vertical and horizontal stretch. You go back 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:07.880 and watch the Niners tape from a season ago, and 0:04:07.920 --> 0:04:09.800 some of the principles that you might see with with 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:13.040 those stretches, with the use of play action, the changing 0:04:13.040 --> 0:04:15.360 of the throwing platforms, you know, to a looking good 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:17.799 on the move. I think all of this lends itself 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:20.560 to what could be a quarterback friendly offense, and man, 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.120 when you've got a clean operation for this quarterback and 0:04:23.160 --> 0:04:25.159 you want to talk about a guy that will maximize 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:28.320 the play around him in that instance, to me, that 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:33.039 guy is too. I remember the easy or nay, the 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.480 lazy criticism of him coming out was that he played 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.159 in the loaded offense there Alabama. But what I saw 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.839 was a conductor of one of these sweetest symphonies we've 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.000 ever seen in college football, directing that offense to record 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.760 breaking performances by keeping all those mouths fed and happy. 0:04:48.800 --> 0:04:52.840 I mean Henry Ruggs, Jalen Waddle, DeVante Smith, Jerry Judy. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.000 Remember Nick Saban said he had never been around a 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.440 guy like to a That's gotta count for something in 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:01.120 my book at the running back position, the burst and 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.760 the home run hitting ability. And also this will be 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.640 a theme. The veteran presence, I think allows you to 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:11.320 be flexible to install any run game plan run game 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.480 game plan that you want on a given week. That's 0:05:14.520 --> 0:05:18.680 just there's just a lot or not a lot, I 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:22.320 should say, in terms of what Chase Edmunds, Raheem Moster, Sony, 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:25.440 Michelle Miles Gaskin, what these guys have seen in their 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.720 their career. There isn't a lot that's going to fool 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:29.599 them out there at this stage of their careers. And 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:32.320 not to mention this camp, you know alec Ingold has 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:33.880 had with all the dirty work he does in the 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:36.320 running game and pass protection and even when he's out 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:39.400 in the pattern as a receiver, I just don't think 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:43.760 you're gonna see, you know, arm tackles, shoestring tackles, trip 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.279 guys up with daylight the way it happened a season ago. 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:48.040 You might have an equal number of you know, short 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:50.680 runs or stuffed runs. We hope not. But I think 0:05:50.720 --> 0:05:53.799 the big difference this year from you know, the additions 0:05:53.800 --> 0:05:56.200 in that backfield that you're gonna see is those eight 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:58.720 to ten yard runs that can become fifty to seventy 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:00.960 yard runs. And you know, if you don't love that, 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.960 that's like what how you would describe Barry Sanders career, right, 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.800 It's not about hitting consistent eight yard runs, but when 0:06:06.800 --> 0:06:09.080 you can pop the big one and get your explosives 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:10.960 in the running game too, and build the passing game 0:06:11.000 --> 0:06:13.040 off that I'd love to see it. It's got to 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:18.680 ship a coffee real quick. At wide receiver, we're gonna 0:06:18.680 --> 0:06:21.240 talk about this article from The Athletic later on, but 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:24.480 there's a quote from coaching there about how you don't 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:28.640 have to have speed, but it's very desirable to have 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.680 the speed. And while coach, you've got arguably two of 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.360 the fastest receivers doing it. I think the impact this 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.560 could have to open up other elements with which we 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:40.000 struggled last year, the intermediate passing game, the running game. 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.400 You have to be hyper aware of that speed, and 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:46.920 that can force more off coverage. It causes indecisiveness when 0:06:46.960 --> 0:06:50.279 you know, have stacks or bunches or condensed formations. It 0:06:50.320 --> 0:06:52.680 can force a two high shell and get that extra 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.440 hat out of the box in the running game. All 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.719 very basic stuff right then the ripple effect for the 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:00.400 rest of the group. With Cedric Wilson Eric Zoma, they've 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:03.479 both shown a real proclivity for winning deep and stacking 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:07.000 defensive backs and making contestant catches. They both have shown 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.240 they can run with it after the catch. The spacing 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:13.000 they can create and matchup identification in this receiver's room, 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:16.200 I think is pretty apparent because you know you're gonna 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.400 see how the defense wants to react to where those 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:20.800 two speed guys go, and then based off of that, 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.400 you can kind of identify your matchups across the rest 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.840 of the offense. Whether it's a receiver, a tight end, 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:29.360 a running back, it just doesn't really matter. Then I 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.800 think your screen game should be exponentially better on top 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:34.560 of the flow of the running game. I mean, you 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:36.640 might wind up with some looks where it's one on 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.400 one to Cedric Wilson or Eric Azukama with you know, 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.880 snap and throw a now route and if that corner 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.880 can't make a tackle, it's an explosive play because the 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:46.600 help is funneled to the other side with you know, 0:07:46.720 --> 0:07:49.880 seventeen and ten and finally the route concepts that maximize 0:07:49.880 --> 0:07:52.000 the speed. A lot of the time, the viability of 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:55.000 the play comes down to can you run with Tyreek 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.720 or Jalen for yards across the football field? The answer 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:01.440 is almost always no. The tight end position group, we 0:08:01.560 --> 0:08:05.400 played coach McDaniels audio on the tight end position the 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.480 other day, and how commendable the job the guys are 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.640 doing is with regards to the sort of relearning of 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:15.000 the position. They want the staff the way they want this. 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:18.200 The staff wants that position to play the position for 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.840 lack of a better term, and coach has mentioned playing fast. 0:08:21.040 --> 0:08:23.200 That's only gonna benefit a guy like Mike Asiki who 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:25.400 can really open it up and get down the field 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:27.280 on the offensive line. I think you have to be 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:30.000 pleased with the growth and development so far from this group, 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.320 and I think that really starts with the approach of, 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.439 you know, like the tight ends playing fast. Go back 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:38.840 to one of the summer previews series podcast The Offensive Line, 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:42.480 we detailed the relative athletics scores of this offensive line 0:08:42.480 --> 0:08:44.840 with to Ron Armstead one of the best aris scores 0:08:44.920 --> 0:08:47.520 ever and still holds the record for forty time by 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:51.319 an offensive lineman. Austin Jackson in the nine percentile, Robert 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:54.199 Hunt right up there, like Connor Williams up there as well. 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:57.480 Liam Eichenberg knocking on that door. I think we've seen 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.040 that impact both in the way they've created space and 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:01.880 also how it's helped them start to realize some of 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:04.800 that potential in Pass Pro two. I've been really really 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.280 impressed US camp by Liam Eichenberg. I thought Big Rob 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:10.600 was excellent last year. I think Williams's intelligence and sides 0:09:10.640 --> 0:09:13.200 going to help out a young offensive line, and Austin 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.480 has some really damn good work too so far. And 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:17.720 then obviously we know about to run Armstead how he 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:20.240 can help the entire offensive line because you can slide 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:23.240 protection and squeeze a different portion of the pass rush 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:25.840 and let him handle some guys one on one, especially 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.160 if it's their best pass rusher. We'll go ahead and 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:29.880 take our first break right here and come back on 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.679 the other side and do the defense that's next here 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.960 on the Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:43.520 to you by Auto Nation. If you've been listening to 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:47.439 the practice recaps so far, as we spin forward to 0:09:47.480 --> 0:09:50.679 the defensive line portion of our ten Days, Ten Takeaways, 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:54.360 Ten Position Groups podcast here on the Draftime Podcast, we'll 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.480 be with you tomorrow in Tampa Bay to cover that 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.760 first of two joint practices with Miami and Tampa Bay. 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:02.680 But if you've been listening to the practice recap pods, 0:10:02.720 --> 0:10:05.400 you've heard all about Christian Wilkinsack Seiler and Rae Kwon 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:08.080 Davis and the gang up front. John Jenkins has had 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.400 a strong camp as well, and his veteran presence is 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.199 just another you know, each one of these groups has 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.520 one of those guys that almost has like a mayor 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:18.640 type of presence you know, Tea stead Tyreek, Chase Edmonds, 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:22.199 John Jenkins, e rob At linebacker, Javon in the secondary 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:25.160 for a young guy, I think it speaks to the 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:28.559 balance of the roster and the team's approached this offseason 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.840 to really pair that young talent with proven resumes who 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:35.040 can moonlight their role in terms of their mentorship, like, 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.440 have more than just an on field tangible impact. And 0:10:38.480 --> 0:10:41.000 this will be a theme. You know, the absurd flexibility 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.240 in terms of guys that can play the one shade 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:46.560 you know, off either shoulder of the center all the 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:48.800 way out to a five technique. You know, playing up 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:51.480 against the tackle. You have the athletic ability of dropping 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.800 the hook zone. I mean see Christian Wilkins pick against 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:56.640 the ramsback inw You have power to play head up 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.400 for your bare fronts, your odd fronts or even fronts, 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.320 and you know, to hold things up for all that 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.280 speed you have in the second level and that third 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:05.760 level you have the ability to penetrate and play upfill 0:11:05.840 --> 0:11:08.200 with your hair on fire. Like that's the theme, right 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.080 any type of offensive attack that you see. I think 0:11:11.120 --> 0:11:14.199 this defense is equipped to evolved to the best version 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:16.520 of itself to handle whatever attack is thrown at them. 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:19.480 And it starts up here on the defensive line. I mean, 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:21.680 you know, throw aug Bat into that mix to talking 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:23.680 about a guy that can play, you know, down off 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:26.240 the edge, a true d M position four or three 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.520 point stands, four point stands and get some one on 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:31.199 one pass rush wins. It's it's across the board. And 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:33.000 then you get to the linebacker group where you know 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.920 the majority of our edge guys exist, and that's there's 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:39.120 just so much variety in this position that's also littered 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:43.040 with insane depth. Jalen Phillips, Andrew Van Ginkel, and Melvin 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.280 Ingram have all had their successes in this league and 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:48.840 so far in this camp, and they do it along 0:11:48.880 --> 0:11:51.719 that same theme with different variables, different body types and 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.920 approaches to the game. And to me, that says two things. 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.800 You can be really matchup based once again, because we've 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.439 seen Melvin play literally all over the d fense as 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.200 recently as last year with Pittsburgh in Kansas City. We've 0:12:03.200 --> 0:12:06.240 seen Phillips played wide, condensed, inside, and really fine tune 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:08.520 all three phases of his game. We've seen hand in 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.160 the dirt, stand up, coverage, rush, run game from Van 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:15.000 Ginkle and you know he's more of a thinner build, 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:18.480 but speed guy that can really shorten the corner opposed 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.320 those other guys play with a little more heavy hands 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:22.520 and through players. And then on top of that, it's 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:25.400 it's just again this crazy, crazy depth. You can play 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.600 all those guys, you know, all these snaps and keep 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.360 them fresh as well. Like it's that group is only 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.600 gonna help itself out the further we get down the 0:12:33.600 --> 0:12:35.840 line here, I think, and that's on top of you know, 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:37.440 that's the top of the iceberg. I should say it's 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.079 the tip of the iceberg because Brandon Scarlett's run defense 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:42.040 is a staple of his game. He's had a good 0:12:42.080 --> 0:12:44.680 camp doing that. Jerome Baker does so much to add 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.160 to the team speed and really helps this defense stay. 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.880 You know, evolved to a heavy defensive backpackage last year 0:12:51.840 --> 0:12:55.320 dime packages for this Dolphins defense at six defensive backs 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:57.200 that was most in the NFL. And a player like 0:12:57.280 --> 0:13:00.000 Jerome Baker allows you to do that. That stat's per 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.720 Sports Info Solutions. By the way, a land and Roberts 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:05.079 has been you know, forwarding short yardage attempts since I 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:06.920 can remember, So when you want to go heavy, bring 0:13:06.920 --> 0:13:10.320 an extra offensive lineman bringing twelve personnel. Thirteen personnel, you 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.439 have that guy to come in there. Knockheads Duke Riley 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:15.120 and Sam edg Von play so fast and can give 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:18.360 you variety on both teams and sub packages. It's the 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.880 depth and variety here, it's the main takeaway from that group. 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.600 You also have getting the flexibility to play even fronts, 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:26.280 odd fronts. You can win with and without pressure. In 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:28.520 terms of your past rush because of guys like Melvin 0:13:28.600 --> 0:13:33.719 Jalen uh A manual outside Christian and Zach inside and all. 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:36.280 That flexibility just allows you to stay creative with your 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.720 Russian game plans. You can manufacture pressures because the offense 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:43.680 can't simply identify who's coming and who's dropping. Then you 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.160 plug in a guy like Channing Tindall, who you can 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:49.040 already see out there every day in practice, showcasing talents 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.000 that frankly garner a higher draft pick than the end 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.120 of the third round. From my money, he didn't have 0:13:54.200 --> 0:13:56.800 the snaps or volume of tape I suppose to justify it, 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:58.880 but man, the talent sure as hell does. And the 0:13:58.920 --> 0:14:00.880 beauty of this linebacker room is you don't have to 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:02.679 be in a hurry with a guy like that. He 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:06.320 can even just do game plan specific stuff where it's 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.360 you know, a handful of snaps in a game on 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:11.480 defense in certain packages and get ramped up and continue 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:14.200 to contribute on special teams. To really curious to see 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.640 how his his workload evolves as the year goes along. 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:19.920 But you just it's crazy the depth that you have 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:21.640 there when you're talking about Tindall is a guy that 0:14:21.680 --> 0:14:23.280 can do that and kind of, you know, be a 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:26.720 slow burn if you so choose. At cornerback, Xavian Howard 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:28.880 and Byron Jones have been such a dynamic duo that 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:33.280 really serves as the lynchpin for this style of versatile, aggressive, 0:14:33.360 --> 0:14:35.920 pressure based defense with the solid man coverage in the 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.120 back end and their ability to play really whatever coverage 0:14:39.160 --> 0:14:41.720 you want them to. But the key to it all 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:43.800 is how they disrupt timing in the passing game with 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.800 their physical style style, and they can do that because 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:50.280 of the recovery ability to play that style. But then inside, 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.040 Nick Needham has been like a revelation kicking aside right. 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:55.760 He's also played some post safety when when Javon Holland 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:59.280 was down last year, the versatility, he shows no bonogamy, 0:14:59.400 --> 0:15:02.239 certainly fits that bill from a makeup and physicality standpoint, 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.480 And I think Trull Williams, him and Higbo both have 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.320 been so good in this camp and inclined to trust 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.640 what this staff has on the resume. Between Josh Boyer's 0:15:10.720 --> 0:15:14.760 history of developing corners and then Sam Madison, that's still 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:17.320 really cool to say. And also Patrick start Tam working 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:18.960 with the defensive backs as well, even though it's been 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.680 more safety focused for Pat, uh doesn't hurt to have 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:24.840 that experience, not to mention the experience of Stephen Gregory 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.320 is the Dolphins safety's coach in that room who's been 0:15:27.360 --> 0:15:29.680 here for a couple of years now gets the promotion 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:33.040 to the safety's job. And all these guys have experienced 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.360 either playing success in the league or within this system 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.400 with coach Boyer at the helm. So it's it's really 0:15:38.400 --> 0:15:41.200 excited to have that much talent in that group, with 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:44.160 all those good coaches on this Dolphins coaches staff here 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.240 under Josh Boyer on the defensive side, in that defensive backfield, 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:51.000 and up and down the entire roster. Really and just 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.520 consider the impact that that's gonna have on all the 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:57.520 young guys in this Dolphins defensive backfield as well, thinking 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:01.480 about guys like that Come Nation of Bigbo and trill 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.520 And and Keion Crossing too. Has that a really good 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.680 camp and the way all those guys tackle and play 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.160 physical up around the line, I think it's pretty important 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:10.280 for your ability to stay flexible with the roster in 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.160 the future and could potentially help you transition down the 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.080 road if you want to go that route. But for today, 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:17.920 the depth is just it's just good. It is, it 0:16:18.080 --> 0:16:20.840 is what it is. Then it's safety. We saw Javon Holland, 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:23.240 Brandon Jones and Eric Row all three play a lot 0:16:23.360 --> 0:16:25.960 last year. All three of those guys versatile players who 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.440 have covered the slot a ton in Collagen in the pros. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.680 And you see that ability to match up when they 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:34.560 get called upon. You know, I think Holland maybe the 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:37.520 most uh adept at doing that and Eric broken play 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:40.560 outside too. Then the interchangeability of Javan and Brandon, I mean, 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:42.960 we know we know about their pressure numbers this season ago, 0:16:43.320 --> 0:16:45.800 and those are the guys that honestly play faster with 0:16:45.880 --> 0:16:47.880 every ounce of experience they get. We see it in 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:50.920 training camp. Javan has been everywhere Brandon is playing as 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.200 fast as I've seen him. And then of course with Eero, 0:16:53.320 --> 0:16:55.640 it's nice to have a guy that you know can 0:16:55.800 --> 0:16:58.040 man up on a tight end and insert himself in 0:16:58.080 --> 0:16:59.920 the running game who can also cover down the field. 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.920 It's a rare showcase of skills there. Sheldrick RedWine his 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:05.680 special team's ability as well in that group, uh part 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.240 of that mix. And then the specialist I mean talk 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:10.840 about Jason Sanders, who's always money in training camp. Thomas 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.240 Morestead works his butt off every day in practice. It's 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.560 fun to watch him condition out there. I think I 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:19.040 saw one snap out of you know, hundreds that wasn't 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.280 on the money from Blake this camp. And then with 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.560 the coverage and return units, I mean, this team has 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:26.560 I don't know ten guys that have been core special 0:17:26.600 --> 0:17:29.840 teamers as recently as last year with this team or another. 0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:35.160 Between smythe Sherfield, Riley, EG Von Campbell, Federalum eg Bnogny 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.000 red Wine, I mean, don't overlook that aspect of it either. 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.560 So yeah, I've just been so impressed this camp. I'm 0:17:40.600 --> 0:17:42.880 excited to see how they evolve from here. A good 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:44.840 test in Tampa Bay this week and a chance to 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:47.439 just put more on tape to correct and grow and 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:50.000 get better and learn from We've got a month until 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:52.200 the Patriots and I like to track this team is on, 0:17:52.520 --> 0:17:54.360 and just real quick before we get to our last 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:57.840 break here and start talking about Warren sharpwo Dolphins preview 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.359 in the final segment, if you haven't seen the article 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:04.399 on the Athletic by Don Dan Pompeii, I highly recommend it. 0:18:04.440 --> 0:18:06.640 I want to read this lead then I'll just leave 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:10.000 it to you guys. But it's titled Dolphins Coach Mike 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.560 McDaniel Particular Present, putting it all out there and just 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:15.760 read the first couple of allignes here for you guys. 0:18:15.960 --> 0:18:17.560 A cloud of smoke hung in the air and a 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:22.239 dimly lit cigar lounge in Houstons assistant John Embree and 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:26.120 Mike McDaniel took a break from preseason work with the Texans. Embrey, 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:29.080 at that point an NFL assistant for a decade, since 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:32.159 McDaniel was feeling down, so he offered some encouragement. He 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:34.880 told the young coach he was really smart, creative too, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:37.800 He listened well and had an incredible memory. He was 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.880 naturally honest and self fa sing didn't take himself too 0:18:41.920 --> 0:18:44.800 seriously and didn't care what anybody else thought about him. 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:48.720 He embraced, embraced risk, and then after a puff, Embry 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:52.960 told McDonald, McDaniel McDonald, you have the qualities to not 0:18:53.040 --> 0:18:55.080 only be a head coach in the National Football League, 0:18:55.119 --> 0:18:57.760 but to be a successful one end quote. Four years later, 0:18:57.800 --> 0:19:00.080 the smoke comes from the orange blossom water. Pour it 0:19:00.160 --> 0:19:03.080 over dry ice on a plate of Australian wagu beef. 0:19:03.080 --> 0:19:06.600 The shimmering Atlantic ocean reflects off the lenses of McDaniel 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:10.120 designer glasses. He is a head coach as Embri envisioned 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:13.720 he would be. That's great writing, man. Go check it out. 0:19:13.720 --> 0:19:18.280 The athletic Damn POMPEII Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel particular present 0:19:18.640 --> 0:19:20.880 putting it all out there. I really really enjoyed reading 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:22.560 that piece, So go check it out. Let's take our 0:19:22.640 --> 0:19:24.600 last break and come back here and visit the Warren Sharp. 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:28.160