WEBVTT - OTA Week 1 Coverage - Mike McDaniel Audio, Practice Report and Players Talk Offseason Program 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.520 To us fires touch style waddle stuck into the end 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:09.639 zone of Miami Boy, tight all, tight window. They had 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:11.760 to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:19.080 What is up, Dolphins and welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:23.080 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.600 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host, 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:30.600 Travis Wingfield, and on today's show, if you can't hear 0:00:30.600 --> 0:00:32.840 it in my voice, you better check your pulse. We've 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:36.440 got Miami Dolphins football talk about and I am stoked 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:40.120 it is May, but we have practice from organized team activities. 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:42.920 We've also got audio from head coach Mike McDaniel a 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.760 handful of players, and my favorite thing to do on 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.520 this podcast a practice report for all of you. Again, 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:51.080 if you can't tell my voice, I am very very 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.120 fired up, and me check that pulse. Yeah that's going. 0:00:53.479 --> 0:00:55.720 Let's get going from the Baptist Health Studios inside the 0:00:55.720 --> 0:01:00.400 Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime pod cast. 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.720 That is another Miami Dolphins first down. We saw plenty 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:09.920 of those on the field on Wednesday. Before we get 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.080 to that, let's go ahead and start with coach McDaniels Wednesday, 0:01:13.120 --> 0:01:16.039 May the seventeenth media availability, and he kicked it off 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:19.319 by walking in and saying, almost surprised about how many 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:22.080 of us were in the media room for this press conference, 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:25.280 for this first a day of media access to O 0:01:25.400 --> 0:01:28.400 T A. S. And he said, you know, your priorities 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:30.320 might be a little bit out of whack considering the 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.639 fact that there are two playoff games tonight the Florida 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:34.679 Panthers and Miami Heat in the second round of the 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:38.080 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs and the Eastern Conference Finals for 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.760 the Miami Heat. Talking about those two games, and so 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:44.560 you love hearing him already aware of the other sports 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:46.839 in the region and how well those teams are doing, 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:49.000 like knowing to that off the top, You love to 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:52.280 hear that. And speaking of local ties, Sony Michelle now 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:55.880 Miami Dolphins. Here's coach McDaniel on what intrigued Miami to 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.560 the dolphins new running back and Sony Michelle, Um, Sony 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:03.320 the the you haven't you have an opportunity in the 0:02:03.360 --> 0:02:08.320 off season to add a player of his caliber, of 0:02:08.400 --> 0:02:12.840 his pedigree, just him as a human being and um 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:16.920 a multiple Super Bowl winner. Um that we jumped at 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:19.800 the opportunity and you know his interests that our interests 0:02:19.840 --> 0:02:24.680 and UM, you know, competition for the for the Miami Dolphins, 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:28.760 UM is is only a good thing. And I think, 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:33.200 UM one thing that's unique about that particular room is 0:02:33.240 --> 0:02:36.760 no one shies away from competition, and everybody in there's 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:42.800 UM excited UH for the offense, for the opportunities, and 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.839 wants to be UH, wants the best man to win, 0:02:47.440 --> 0:02:50.160 UM and aren't backing away from that. We'll have a 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:52.280 chance to get to know Sony Michelle on the next 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:55.080 edition of the Drivetime podcast. He'll be joining me here 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.840 on Drivetime, so you don't want to miss that great 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:00.280 signing as well. Obviously I did that competition that running 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:02.160 back room, not just in that running back room, but 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:05.160 across the entire football team. Here in that competition is 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:06.640 something he talks about there or something they're not going 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.200 to shy away from. And I love this next answer 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.280 here about he was asked, what's something you want to 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.040 establish here in your first O t A with the 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.440 Miami Dolphins. They talked about the process of the off season, 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:18.200 and it's a length the answer toming go ahead and 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:20.080 just let coach do the talking for you right here. 0:03:20.240 --> 0:03:23.079 I think we've we've begun that process. You know, there's 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:26.480 three phases in the NFL off season UM. Phase one 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:32.240 is meeting room exclusive UH and and guys UM, you know, 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:36.440 and we're currently in phase three, where we're actually able 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:39.560 to practice for the second time. And Phase two you 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.840 getta you get to do some UH drill work and 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:45.560 coach them on the field, not in team settings. But 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:51.080 UM and all three phases are are really cool to me, 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.240 UM for the specific reason that you get to coach 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:59.200 and not prepare for an opponent. So the the you know, 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:03.280 we're learning toerent language UM on one side of the ball, 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.520 and we're refining a language on the other side of 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:12.280 the ball. But UH, realistically, you want guys committed to 0:04:13.360 --> 0:04:17.760 UM getting better and you want to really establish UM 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:20.200 how you're gonna go about business. You know, we we 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:22.359 had a bunch of time to prepare for you know, 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:26.520 we had to we had to UM voluntary mini camps 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:30.360 and now we're UH UM this afternoon, you guys will 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:33.760 see our second O t a UM. And what was 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:37.919 important to me is UM. You don't skip steps in 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:41.440 this business. So if we want UM, if we want 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.800 to make strides and and progress as an organization, as 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:48.240 a football team, we have to position ourselves so that 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:52.400 when we come back for training camp, UM, that we're 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:57.400 able to practice and operate at a high caliber level 0:04:57.440 --> 0:05:02.560 that fits you know, our goals and UM, there's no 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:06.200 easy way to do that. You just don't wish things 0:05:07.080 --> 0:05:10.240 to happen. You take matters into your hands in the 0:05:10.279 --> 0:05:14.560 game of football. And guys, I am very proud of 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:18.840 the way they've approached everything. UM. From that standpoint, just 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.800 the details of the process along the way really stand 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:24.320 out when listening to coach McDaniel speak watching this Miami 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:27.000 Dolphins team practice, Like, for instance, there's a there was 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:30.479 a a drill and individuals where every single position group 0:05:30.520 --> 0:05:33.000 goes through their drills and it was the handoff and 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:35.080 then after the handoff, the quarterback would catch a ball 0:05:35.080 --> 0:05:37.680 from an assistant coach and then finish the rep and 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:39.680 throw the football. And I was talking to John Conjemmy 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:41.600 about it. You know, you guys don't know who John 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.400 Conjemmi is, and he was saying, yeah, it gives you 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.279 an extra rep. You're just doubling your reps that way. 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:47.200 And so that's a cool way to kind of give 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:49.440 yourself as much work in the a little time as 0:05:49.440 --> 0:05:51.680 you possibly can get out of it and just maximize 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.359 your opportunity. You heard coach talk about that learning a 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:57.040 language on one side of the football, refining a language 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:58.640 on the other side of the ball. They're going to 0:05:58.720 --> 0:06:01.120 be detailed in the processing, get things down and and 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.440 build towards this thing and not skip steps. You heard 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:05.120 him talk about that. I thought it was a really 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.200 cool answer. He also then talked a little bit about 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.120 Lynn Bowden was that was the subject of the question, 0:06:10.160 --> 0:06:12.000 But he was asked about how attracted he or he 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.440 rather he talked about how he was attracted to players 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:18.520 who had multiple position experience, and specifically the quarterback position 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:20.320 because of the way they see the game. I thought 0:06:20.360 --> 0:06:22.760 that was an interesting perspective there, and just in terms 0:06:22.760 --> 0:06:26.320 of maximizing your knowledge base, maximizing the guys on the 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.800 field that can communicate that knowledge base. And he's talked 0:06:28.839 --> 0:06:30.839 about what makes him Iami Dolphin for a long time 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.800 now in the course of this process, since being hired, 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:36.360 and it sounds like intelligence is really high up on 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:40.560 that list. He was also then asked about the difficult 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:43.160 the position that's the most difficult to his offense, within 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.960 and he just gives it, gives a really good long answer. Here, 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:50.720 let's go to coach. The most drastic disparity from you know, 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:55.560 whatever you'd call quote traditional. You enter it when you're 0:06:55.600 --> 0:07:00.360 coaching players. You were very aware of their past coaching. 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:03.360 You make yourself aware of that so that you can 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:07.080 best articulate, Hey, this is like this or this is 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:11.760 not like this. The biggest disparity from a traditional standpoint 0:07:11.840 --> 0:07:15.840 is the offensive line, without a doubt, UM that and 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:20.800 and it and it is a full scale commitment to 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:26.640 UM certain principles and ownership of fundamentals that we ask 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.240 them to do in a major in UH and that. 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:33.040 So as far as the off season program is concerned, 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:38.480 it's it's almost built for our offensive alignment in terms 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:40.840 of how to approach things, because you need about two 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:44.480 weeks of you know, an hour and half or hour 0:07:44.640 --> 0:07:47.520 forty five minute meetings, which is what Phase one allows 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:52.400 you to digest. Hey, we're asking you to UM, run 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.400 off the ball, We're asking you to have these landmarks. 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:59.560 We're asking you not to hesitate UM. And then phase 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.440 two you and kind of drill it um that I 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:08.880 think in terms of UH, you know, Johnny don't know 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:11.120 his name coming on the team and then all of 0:08:11.160 --> 0:08:14.360 a sudden being thrown into the mix. I think that 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:18.880 it's the hardest position, UM, because we are so committed 0:08:19.080 --> 0:08:24.320 UM to to our fundamentals and technique and UM you know, 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:29.000 offensive alignement are like uh oh or like officials. I 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.680 would say, we're like, you're not talking about them and 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:36.079 that's a good thing. And they have scars from when 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:39.400 they are talked about. So to get them to just 0:08:39.559 --> 0:08:42.679 let go and let all that stuff, UM, let the 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:46.160 past be the past and move forward. Is is the 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:49.160 most deliberate and intentional thing that as a coaching staff 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.320 we have to do. UM. One of the reasons that 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.960 kind of shaped my whole vision for UM hiring a 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:58.760 coaching staff, I wanted to make sure that the guys 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:01.400 that were touching those players ars, we would be able 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:05.480 to see the results of the of the scheme and 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:10.440 people really UM dive in and invest, understand where they're 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:12.880 coming from, some of the stuff that they have in 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.080 their past and let that go and move forward. UM. 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:20.400 And I feel very very comfortable and confident and happy 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:24.160 with what UM. You know, start with Matt Applebaum and 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.439 UM and and and Lamb has been doing an outstanding 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:31.560 job understanding everything that we're trying to do. UM, Mike 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:35.400 person and then uh Frank Smith obviously the offensive coordinator. 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:39.200 So UM, that position is probably I'm not sure if 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.200 if you're do you have any interest in the offensive 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:47.520 line position? UM, am I boring you? UM, but that 0:09:47.800 --> 0:09:53.160 it's it's exciting too because you, UM, you get to 0:09:53.200 --> 0:10:00.240 see guys at that position. UM. I feel like we're 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:05.240 kind of it's liberating to a degree because they're Uh, 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:09.840 listen the guys that UM if I were to tell 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:13.800 you that, UM on this team and this is my 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:17.640 seventh team, UM been in a lot of different places, 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:22.440 but this is the uh as athletic and capable of 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:27.040 any group that might you might be like, huh are 0:10:27.120 --> 0:10:31.760 you great? Um? But they they really are, and they're 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:36.720 hungry and committed, and it's been really really UM rewarding 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:40.640 to watch them works, see the benefits. And then more 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.960 than that, UM, you know what's gonna happen with your 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:47.600 first adversity because this just in offensive linemen have adversity. 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:51.800 They live in adversity, UM, and they how are they 0:10:51.840 --> 0:10:55.440 going to respond to a run play where they're short 0:10:55.480 --> 0:11:00.079 on their aiming? Point and Christian makes you pay in 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:06.920 the backfield or um uh sailor whoever um And and 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:10.600 that's the fun part of this part of the year 0:11:11.080 --> 0:11:15.160 is you get to uh focus on them and not 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:19.400 not an opponent. I just love that, especially apart talking 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.200 about the athletic ability and the capability of these guys 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:25.000 on the offensive line, consistent with the message we've heard 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.000 from Mike McDaniel, from Chris Career, from Frank Smith, from 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:30.800 Matt Apple, mom John Embrey, the assistant head coach, as 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.240 well this offensive staff and the belief of the players 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.200 they have on the offensive line to get him coached up, 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:37.839 to get them playing, and to get this offense really humming. There. 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.400 So importance of the offensive line not lost on this 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.440 coaching staff, not lost on Coach McDaniel. And I can't 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:45.480 wait to watch those guys get out there against somebody else. 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.280 Long way away from that, but I can't wait for that. 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.280 But before we do that, go ahead and keep covering 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.560 O T A S. Here. Next, coach was asked about 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:53.720 what he's seen so far from the rookies and new 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:55.960 d f A S. And again, coach goes beyond the 0:11:56.000 --> 0:11:58.240 question and gives you a more insightful answer here talking 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.719 about the process of building us group up and everybody 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.760 in the organization being involved in acquiring them, and also 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:08.000 the value of U d F as overall as a group. 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:15.360 I feel I feel that our all all the parties 0:12:15.360 --> 0:12:20.240 involved and acquiring them. You know, I hold undrafted UH 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:24.880 free agents with high esteem, like they aren't just like throwings. UM. 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:28.080 They're important to me. We've had UM a multitude of 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:33.960 success over the years. Having UM undrafted free agents really 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.559 impact your team. And what I will say is as 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:40.320 a group UM we have it's a testament to the 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:43.760 organization's scouting department and Chris career and the collection of 0:12:43.800 --> 0:12:46.760 people because we have the right types of people. This 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:51.720 is overwhelming. You have to understand that rookies, UM people 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:53.360 don't really view it this way. But I was just 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:57.360 talking to the guys yesterday, is they are coming in 0:12:57.520 --> 0:13:01.760 trying to make a living at something amongst people that 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:07.000 have been doing it professionally for years. So and then 0:13:07.040 --> 0:13:10.120 you're doing that in a language that you're like, what 0:13:10.679 --> 0:13:13.559 you know, you just got introduced to stuff, so you're 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:16.680 tripled behind the eight ball. You get to find out 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:20.680 fast if if guys are tough, minded enough, and I 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:24.280 will say they are made of the right stuff. Um, 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:28.400 so far having one weekend with him and then uh, 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:30.440 this is being the second O t A. We're gonna 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:32.920 hear from one U d f A turned starter last 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:34.880 year with Nick Needham here at the cornerback position, and 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:36.600 another U d f A who made a big play 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:38.960 in practice today that's coming up here in just a second. 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:42.240 Coach also told us about joint practices this preseason with 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.760 the Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay on 0:13:45.800 --> 0:13:48.840 the road the first week of the preseason Philadelphia week 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.400 three towards the end of August there with the Raiders 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.960 sandwich between that. So some good work against other teams 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.480 coming your way this offseason, and you know we love 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.959 those training camp joint practices. Up next, I asked coach about, 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:02.319 how does this dream job of yours you've talked about, 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:04.640 you've been working towards us for twenty years. How does 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.880 this compare in reality to the expectation you had for 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.480 the job here? How has your experience live up to 0:14:10.520 --> 0:14:15.559 the expectation of your dream job surpassed it? Now? It's um, 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:21.160 you know, it's just it's just really fun, UM to 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:24.840 express a lot of the things that you you didn't 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:28.160 know if you ever have the opportunity to do UM. 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:34.480 And I feel uh and I'm surrounded um with so 0:14:34.600 --> 0:14:40.880 many people that uh, that are supporting and helped driving 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:44.720 the force that UM. It really, it truly feels like 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:49.560 a team that um, we're working together for a common goal, 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:54.280 which that is what football is all about. Two last 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:55.960 things I want to touch on here before we get 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.480 to the Wednesday May set a practice report here live 0:14:59.800 --> 0:15:02.280 for the Baptist Health Studios. Well I'm live now, but 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.960 the podcast is alive. You guys get it. But Coach 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:09.080 talked about, you know, particular veterans who are not participating 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.040 in this time of year. And he talked about, you know, 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.120 there are certain guys that have earned the ability to 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.320 stand off to the side, but not just that the 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:20.040 science backs the fact that maybe that's best served they're 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:22.080 not out there. I thought that was really cool talking 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.320 about the use of science. He also talked about the 0:15:24.400 --> 0:15:27.080 use of GPS or I guess mile prior tracking, I 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:29.880 should say, because he was asked about, you know, the 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:31.720 topic we all love to hear about, right, the guys 0:15:31.760 --> 0:15:33.920 that want to race in a foot race, whether it's 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.920 Tyreek Kill Jalen Waddle where heem moster. The list goes 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:38.640 on and on of guys on this team who are 0:15:38.680 --> 0:15:41.920 absolute burners and speed merchants, and he talked about, well, 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:43.600 I'm not gonna stop them, but I'm not gonna make 0:15:43.640 --> 0:15:45.280 them do it, so it's pretty much up to them. 0:15:45.520 --> 0:15:48.480 And then he also mentioned that I'm more curious about 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:51.280 who can run the route the right way, who can 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.800 cover a go ball, and talking about how that speed 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:57.600 is tracked by their the mile prior tracking they do have, 0:15:57.880 --> 0:15:59.240 and he did mention we have a few guys out 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.520 here run in twenty twenty one miles per hour, which 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:03.280 I'm sure you guys can guess who they are. So 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.440 great stuff there from Coach. You can find the entirety 0:16:05.480 --> 0:16:07.440 of that up on the team YouTube channel. Let's go 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:09.440 ahead and pause for our first break and come back 0:16:09.680 --> 0:16:13.040 with our first practice report of the Mike McDaniel era, 0:16:13.080 --> 0:16:16.720 our first practice report of can you tell them fired 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.160 up yet? Let's go ahead and do that. Next Draftime podcast, 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:22.480 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.640 Back here on this Wednesday edition of the Drivetime podcast 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.400 covering the first day of O t a S as 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:34.600 far as our coverage goes here on the Drive Time podcast, 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:35.800 and I want to go ahead and just start off 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:38.040 here talking about one of my favorite things to observe 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:40.240 every single time we're out there on the practice field. 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.040 Energy and in particular this time around the coaching energy 0:16:44.200 --> 0:16:47.480 as the effort you see guys put in on game 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:51.600 day right like you'll see it. You'll see screens retraced, 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.600 or defensive lineman chasing down plays on the opposite side 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.400 of the field, getting back into the second level and 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:59.600 retracing that way, and just getting all the effort maximized 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.840 out of and every guy you possibly can, and those 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:06.800 are things that they take only are accomplished through effort 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:10.280 and will. Right, there's no skill to really help you 0:17:10.440 --> 0:17:13.520 on hustle, but you can train those things and that's 0:17:13.520 --> 0:17:16.600 what we so frequently see out here with these guys, 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.520 and in particular I'm talking about defensive line coach Austin Clark. 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.800 And I always tell Christian when I see him, like, dude, 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:23.879 your tape, the way you retrace those screens, it's my 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.280 favorite thing to watch on Sundays. And he's always really 0:17:26.280 --> 0:17:29.200 appreciative of that, but you see it on the practice field. 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.359 They work on those things. They're not just showing up 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:34.400 and expecting to hustle on game day. It happens out 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:37.480 here on the practice field. First, uh, special teams portion. 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:39.320 The thing I really put down on my notes here 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.639 was the Trent sherfield and key on crossing to me 0:17:41.680 --> 0:17:43.960 stood out and that should be no surprise, as both 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:46.000 those guys are really lauded for their fight and their 0:17:46.040 --> 0:17:48.040 effort and their work in the third phase of the game. 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:50.879 Both guys have been productive in that area of their career. 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:52.680 Now we get to some team notes here, just kind 0:17:52.680 --> 0:17:54.680 of go through my list of notes that I jowned 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:57.320 down here and give me some comprehensive thoughts. Towards the end, 0:17:57.480 --> 0:17:59.720 Jalen Philip showed up on back to back plays. And 0:17:59.800 --> 0:18:01.800 one cool thing about Phillips we'll hear from Nick need 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:03.760 Um on this in a second. He was wearing an 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.280 orange jersey out there and he was going through every 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:08.560 drill and everything. I thought, that's usually you know, maybe 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:10.359 that's a medical shirt. I'm not really sure what that is. Like. 0:18:10.400 --> 0:18:13.399 You know the quarterbacks where the red shirts too, you know, 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:15.120 keep your hands off, keep your hands off. This guy 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:17.520 in practice, but it's not what it was. The orange 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:20.040 jersey was for the practice player of the day the 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.320 previous day, and so Phillips won that and he got 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:24.119 to wear it. And we later found out from Nick 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.160 Needum that means you gotta choose the music as well 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:28.520 as where that jersey. So it's a big deal now 0:18:28.840 --> 0:18:31.320 on practice to see who's wearing the orange jersey. And 0:18:31.359 --> 0:18:33.159 sure enough, the guy in the orange jersey jail and 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:36.160 Phillips blows up two plays within his first couple of opportunities. 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:37.959 One was a running play where he has a very 0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:40.520 nice stack in shed, gets off of his block and 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:42.080 cuts down and run play right at the lion of 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.919 scrimmage and comes up with a little fist pump celebration. 0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:46.680 Always easy to tell who makes the play when you 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:49.760 see who celebrates afterwards. He then wins with a would 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:51.960 be sack that of course does not go as a 0:18:52.000 --> 0:18:54.240 sack because you're not gonna hit your quarterback. But back 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:56.080 to back big plays there for Phillips and a couple 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:58.800 of reps. We had a couple of nice really runs 0:18:58.840 --> 0:19:01.560 throughout the course of this practice. Savon Akman had a 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:04.880 big rip through the offensive line, with a big hole 0:19:04.960 --> 0:19:08.359 created by Solomon Kinley and Michael Dieter untouched into that 0:19:08.400 --> 0:19:10.639 second level and from his from there, you know what 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.520 his speed can do. I thought, it's a quandarie right, White, 0:19:13.560 --> 0:19:16.200 I should say, had some nice looking runs finding those 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:19.159 those cut lanes, those cut back lanes, and his ability 0:19:19.200 --> 0:19:21.720 to get square to the line of scrimmage quickly after 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:24.080 pressing and finding out where his gap is. Then you 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:26.200 get square and you hit that thing quickly. I saw 0:19:26.240 --> 0:19:28.480 that on tape at South Carolina, saw it in this 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:30.160 practice out here the first time I got a chance 0:19:30.200 --> 0:19:32.159 to watch him play, and that was kind of the 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:35.000 entire running back room throughout most of the there was 0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:37.760 a very short team period, but through most of that practice, 0:19:37.760 --> 0:19:40.640 seeing the running backs find those find those lanes, find 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:42.680 those cutbacks, and you hit it and you go see 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:44.280 it and go and hit with speed. That's gonna be 0:19:44.320 --> 0:19:46.760 a big factor as far as creating a big explosive place, 0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:49.800 and we saw that with Savan Akhmed's a quandary right 0:19:49.840 --> 0:19:51.800 Miles Gaston had a nice rip as well, So the 0:19:51.880 --> 0:19:55.479 running game got some things cranking after some early reps 0:19:55.560 --> 0:19:58.280 from the interior defensive line where they were just doing 0:19:58.320 --> 0:20:00.760 what they wanted to do. So I Zach Seeler had 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:02.760 a play where he got in there immediately and blew 0:20:02.840 --> 0:20:05.280 things up. He blew up a screenplay with a wicked 0:20:05.359 --> 0:20:07.480 arm over move that he put on an offensive lineman 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:09.920 and he's at the quarterback before the fake even occurred, 0:20:09.960 --> 0:20:12.280 like a potential, you know, in a game day situation 0:20:12.320 --> 0:20:14.600 could have been a real big game changing play if 0:20:14.640 --> 0:20:16.240 he can put the hit on the quarterback before the 0:20:16.240 --> 0:20:18.200 ball gets to the running back. And he was doing 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:20.400 that for the course of the day. Christian Wilkins found 0:20:20.520 --> 0:20:23.399 found his way into the backfield and ran clean at 0:20:23.400 --> 0:20:26.399 the quarterback and he finished the celebration about thirty yards 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:28.880 down the field doing the arms swing and all kinds 0:20:28.880 --> 0:20:30.800 of fun stuff. He was high step and having a 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:34.120 good time with it. And on defense also, I thought 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:36.399 Noah Ibnagny really showed some of his stuff. Had a 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:39.320 really nice pass breakup working against Jalen Waddle on one 0:20:39.359 --> 0:20:41.719 particular rep that kind of showed what he can do 0:20:41.760 --> 0:20:44.080 the physicality of his game and kind of learning into 0:20:44.160 --> 0:20:46.200 year three now and processing all those things and making 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:48.199 his whole game to come together. We'll talk to him 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:51.119 in just one second. About that, but him on the 0:20:51.200 --> 0:20:53.479 on the edges. Nick Needon was out there and competing 0:20:53.520 --> 0:20:55.920 all day, Javon holland Brandon Jones, all these guys I 0:20:55.920 --> 0:20:58.120 thought kind of stood out as guys that move fast 0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:00.400