Dolphins Training Camp 2021 Day 14 Recap

and so too are the Atlanta Falcons. We'll have you covered on all the position by position notes, the top performers, the matchup, matchup, matchup of the day, and we'll have plenty of media to get to with Jillen Waddle to a Tongue of Volo, Jalen Phillips, Brian Flores and some more, plus cut Down Day, a trade and a breakdown of Greg Little, Dolphins new offensive tackle, will talk running back rotation, breakdown the co offensive coordinator positions, and some pocket presents

talk all of that with Coach Flores and much much more from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast and it is of course the day after cuts and we have some roster moves to make you privy to first off receiver Alan Hearns had a wrist injury he'll miss significant time. Coach Flores said in his Tuesday presser that Hearns will end up going on i R at some point, and that point was yesterday and more on that here in

just one moment. Unfortunate, as coach said, for sure. Coach also said Tuesday is one of the tougher days you work through as a coach because it has cut down day, and this year there are three of those cut down days. This one that occurred on Tuesday takes us down to eighty five players. The next one will take us down

to eight players. That's next Tuesday. Then finally the big cut day where we go from eight down to fifty three August thirty one, another Tuesday, and that, of course a couple of days after that Bengals game, the preseason finale. So as far as yesterday's cuts go, tackled Jonathan Hubbard, a U d f A and practice squad guy last year, he was released from the Dolphins. Jerome Johnson, a U d f A this year out of Indiana, a defensive tackle, was also cut. Offensive guard Tyler Mars, who was signed

earlier this month has been released. Offensive tackle to moun Paris, who was also signed to the roster recently has been released. And then Alan Hearns added to the injured reserve. And

then there was an acquisition a player coming in. The Dolphins acquired Greg Little, the former second round draft pick of the Carolina Panthers out of Old Miss. He spent two years with the Panthers after being selected with the thirty seventh overall selection back in so I did a little bit of a write up or a work up on Greg Little after the news dropped. He's six ft five ten pounds. He's played fourteen games in the NFL, six starts over his two seasons. And you go back

to his combine. His best measurement at the combine was the broad jump nine ft one inch, showing some explosiveness in that lower half, and you see that on the film. Here. We'll talk about that in just one second. He was a top five high school recruit regardless of position, coming out of high school in sen and winding up at Old Miss. And he's got two years left on that rookie contract which you signed after you get drafted, a

four year deal with the Panthers. And as you know, with rookie deals, the team that drafts the rookie winds up paying the majority of that contract because of the initial signing bonus. So the Dolphins have him on a two year deal still or two years left on that

rookie deal with pretty affordable figures there. And this guy with Pro Football Focus numbers before we talk about some of his tape here, two thirty two pass blocking snaps, nineteen pressures allowed as three sacks, two hits, and fourteen hurries. And I'm wanna talk about his run blocking grade from Pro Football Focus. He had forty six run blocking reps

and a sixty six point to grade. But I want to make it abundantly clear that I don't know that most teams agree with the Pro Football Focus grades, because how can you possibly understand an offensive lineman's job when you don't know the assignment? And that's kind of true across the entire formation, but it's out there for you. Also has played three and fifty eight total reps. I think he just needs more reps and more time to

get some experience under his belt. When you watch him when he lost reps, his feet go quiet upon contact so like if you look at a pass rush, he makes the initial punch and then his feet just stopped, and then that allows the pass rusher to keep working around him. And he sometimes has a tendency to kind of get overset in that lunge and get out over the skis when he sees an initial pass rush coming in. So those are two things I think he can work

on because he's got a ton of natural strength. He can lean on guys just hasn't quite put it all together in terms of the polish and the development. But again that's why you take a flyer on a guy like this with the seventh round trade the Dolphins gave to the Panthers to get him down here to Miami. But he gets good push in short yardage and can really wall off backside runs. So I think when you look at potential heavy personnel packages, he might be a

good fit in that area. But he's pretty good in space as well. There's a screen pass in the Arizona Cardinals game. I put it up on Twitter where he gets out into space and knocks the defensive back on his butt. So that was a good looking rep. And again, like I mentioned, a seventh round draft pick. I mean, sometimes you wind up with a guy that doesn't work out for you. Sometimes you get Adam Shaheen who earns

a contract extension within that same year. But again when he loses, it's because of the feet stop and the hand placement and technique. Will see if he can get better with three and fifty eight total reps in his toolbag, maybe expand upon that get him more work. He was out there working today in the practice. All right, We've got plenty more to catch up on here, including Brian Flores is Tuesday Media. Let's go through this first. Here

two quick answers. I want to cover without the audio because I want to get through him quickly and so we can get some more practice notes for you guys from the joint practices with the Atlanta Falcons. But I do want to play some audio for you guys on a particular clip. But first, Coach was asked about the co ocs and he actually went pretty in depth and conveyed that Charlie I is the voice inside to his

helmet that he hears. And he said the upshot to that is that they communicate every day and spend so much time together that in that case those kinds of those guys can kind of have their own language, their own conversations about different plays. And coach said, for instance, hey, remember we talked about like this, or remember we saw this in practice. That's the different relationship or way of

speaking that is that it is with the coordinator. And coach said, he knows because he's been in a position as a position coach and a coordinator. But the idea behind giving Charlie the play call is that one or two things they've talked about in their room specific to the quarterbacks. That just makes sense to coach and he thinks it's pretty reasonable. That's why we do it that way, he says. He says, I know, you guys asked about

play calling. Look, obviously you guys haven't been up in the coaches booth, But this is kind of what happens. Somebody is watching the front side of the play, somebody's watching the back side of the play. Someone's watching the coverage, the rotation, somebody's watching the fronts. So there is a lot of dialogue. At the end of the day. What happens is somebody gives Charlie the call and Charlie says, hey, to a wristband thirty three. It's not six people talking

to Uh. You might think that, but that's not what happens. Maybe that's too much information. Gives some laughter there, but that's what it is. It's wristband thirty seven. That's the information that the quarterbacks get on the headset. The coaches are saying, hey, backside and is doing this. We might want to call that wristband thirty eight. That's kind of how that goes. I was told to explain that, and

then he laughs out loud to himself. So I thought that was a really good detailed answer there from coach as far as how the process goes. I think the most telling thing about that dialogue there from coach is did you notice how many people are watching the different things the defense is doing? So when you talk about watching one rep live one time and trying to give detailed notes on that very very difficult to get done

by yourself. I do my best at practice, try to focus on one or two guys in every single rep and give you that type of note and then obviously the result as well. But if you're not watching the tape and going back over and over and over again, I mean it takes me a couple of hours to watch the All twenty two. How much are you really going to retain from that one time you watch the game.

It's a very insightful answer there, Coach. I also love the joking nature of it, but I also love the explanation because that's the kind of insight that I'm personally interested in, Like how does the process work? Not just what's the challenges of having two offensive coordinators or whatever the question might be. That was great stuff there from Brian Flores. How about some insight into the running back position. In the running back room, he said this quote, we

all we like all the backs. They all bring something a little bit different. Malcolm is a little bit bigger, has more what you might consider a power back. Miles kind of a change of pace, good quickness, can get out of the backfield, and the passing game. Savan has got good speed and can get out of the backfield. A lot of different qualities there. I thought they all

played well in the preseason game. But just trying to come back today, have a good practice, have a good week of practice against Atlanta, and just trying to continue and improve on a daily basis. So talking about the running backs there. Maybe sounds like you fancy folks might not love this room because of how complimentary they all towards each other. It might take each other's carries and

snaps and all that fun stuff away. But again, savan Akhmed bringing the juice the last couple of days and in that game that was fun to see as well. So we'll keep it on that going forward. Want to finish her with this audio from coach who was talking about to his ability to manage the pocket and the mobility within the pocket from that game on Saturday. I thought his answer here was great. Let's go ahead and

go to Brian Flores. And I think that's part of quarterback in um stepping up in the pocket, sliding in the pocket, um, you know, to give yourself better throwing lanes. I think it does a nice job of that. Um. I think he's got a good feel for that, and I mean I think he's, uh, he's aware of that,

you know. And we've got good rushers in this league, so you're gonna have to step up and slide and um, you know, find you know, create kind of I would say, create some throwing lanes, which is able to do, and um, you know, we just need to keep repeing it and keep getting repetitions on it. Some of that is understanding the protection and where there will be some step up lanes and seeing the front and seeing how the front distributed, and you know, if there's three guys over there, then

my step up lanes probably over here. And if there's you know, I mean, I think there's that that comes with repetition um down a distance, you know, So there's a lot that goes into that, and I think he's he's he's definitely improving in that area. So you hear some more very insightful stuff there from coach Flora's. I could listen to him talk about that type of thing all day every day. That's why I wanted to bring

it on the podcast here. And I know where what ten dents into the show now and haven't got to practice, but I thought this stuff was very valuable to hear about.

And I want to go back to one more kind of evaluation here from Brian Baldinger of the NFL Network because he broke this thing down with the All twenty two in a way that i'd like to do sometimes like to do don't have the access to the alt twenty two now obviously with game Pass not producing the preseason stuff, but I want to go ahead and play some of the sound for you guys, and they breakdown that Brian Baldinger did and kind of go through my

thoughts on it as well, because coach talked about the recognition of what he sees the situation, the possible lanes you might have to step up and get through. Let's just go ahead and play a minute long clip here from Iran Baldinger, who talks about one thing that I've talked about a lot, and that coincides with what makes to UH able to get away from that pressure and able to expect the process of getting the football away under pressure. Coach Floress talked about the recognition and the

smarts of the position. Brian Baldinger talks about the footwork to it just does something sometimes that not many people can do. The guy's got great feet. I mean, let's play action pass right here. All right, He's going to get pressure from both the right end and the left hand. All right, Watch his feet now, he doesn't look at anybody here. His eyes are up like that move subtle now, eyes up. Here's the big best part I was always in a position to throw, like after that, after this,

just chaos right in front of him. Shuffle, slide, set feet, make throw. That guy is good in the pocket. Man, he's talented. I had to play that for you guys, because how long have I been talking about that with Toa's game, back to the lockdown Dolphins days and scouting him at Alabama. Excuse me, and I want to finish with the two attack on this point before we go to tour for some audio that he gave us post

practice on Wednesday. But just breaking down those eight completions in a row, you saw the full compliment of what it takes to really win at the quarterback position in this league, in my opinion, Like the far hash throw to mac hall Ands, the zip, the drive to get that thing out there before the dB can make a play on it, make a drive on it. Good stuff there from the arm strength and the quick set up.

Speaking of the quick set up and delivery coming off the fake off of an RPO, look where you have to get the feet from going to the possible handoff location to back into a throwing position. Like Brian Baldinger talked about, there always in a position to threat the defense.

He does that with the quickness and the footwork. He saw that in the game on Saturday, the gorgeous touch passed over the top of the underneath defender on the big plate of Mike Gasicki managing a compromised pocket and the trash at his feet on the brown dump off like Baldi just talked about. There then a stick throw on third and six, the conversion to Mike gisicky with the zip, the accuracy, the placement off the frame of the receiver to play off the leverage of the defensive back.

Impressive showing upon multiple rewatches of that preseason tape. But again going back to Brian Baldinger's breakdown their fantastic stuff. He does that every single week and talks about to a lot. He's a big fan. And then my audio here got some more notes before practice notes. I promised

they are coming, the dragons are coming. And then I had a chance talked to after practice, and he mentioned the falcon's ability to disguise coverages, which Dean ps has been doing that for about a billion years now, and so I asked him how much does it help to see different teams, different schemes, different looks, different players. How does that help compared to what you went through last year where it was just a ramp up process and

then seeing them Amy Dolphins defense every single day. Let's go to to Ah. Yeah, well, I think it's really good for um, you know, not just young quarterbacks, but young rookie players to also you know, get this opportunity UM to see you know, different looks. Um. You know how guys can go from a four down to a

three down dropping out and what to expect within the coverages. Um. I mean there's just a lot of things, you know, for us, that's what we've seen, and you know, we're gonna go into the film room, uh later on today and uh we'll try to get those things corrected. Every once in a while, I'll ask a question to to and he gets into the nitty gritty, the xs and os, and that's when I light up because I know we're gonna get something good. You hear him talking about it

right there. It reminds me of the first podcast I did with two on his draft night, breaking down the long past in the L s U game in twenty nineteen, going up the sideline on the dummy call and getting Derek stingly caught out for a long touchdown and then also the touchdown in the National Championship the game winner to Davante Smith where he broke those things down. Told me about the recall on both those plays. Love here and to a talk. Some exits and notes. Let's get

back to the notes here. Some practice notes. Liam Eikenberg back on the field practicing today, working with the first team as well. Jalen Phillips also was back on the field getting plenty of working. Cornerback Noah Igbanogeny, who was banged up a little bit in the Chicago game, was back out there at practice today, albeit in a red

non contact jersey. And then no DeVante Parker, no Will Fuller, no Albert Wilson, although yesterday coach did say those guys are getting closer to getting back, so hopefully we have good news on them in the near future. Isaiah Ford also miss practice. Sethan Carter, who was injured in the game on Saturday, did not practice on Wednesday, nor did

Vince Bagel, Brandon Jones, or Javarus Davis, the second year cornerback. Also, Sam egg Van added to the reserve slash COVID nineteen list on Wednesday, so he was not out there either, but the Dolphins and the Atlanta Falcons were. And we're gonna go ahead and take this right into our practice notes here on the Drivetime podcast for Wednesday's practice Back with the Pads, day number fourteen and a spoiler for

later in the podcast. To start off here, Michael Dieter is going to be involved in the matchup of the day, and the reason I wanted to put him at the start was because there was a period during the individual fundamental period where was one of those beautiful synchronized moments where the stuff that I was watching in the individual and funding periods carried over to the teamwork, Like, for instance, when you watch Michael Dieter go through these drills, and

notably the double team where you catch the first level climbed the second level, you can see the technical proficiency there, which again goes back to his tape at Wisconsin his first year here at the Dolphins. Last year had a chance to kind of sit back and watch the game

from the sideline and really take those mental reps. I think that technical proficiency in the middle of the offensive line is going to go a long way for this Dolphins front and it happens really with whoever he works with, whether it's Robert Hunt usually him, Solomon Kinley, Liam Eichenberg, whoever it might be, they kill it in this area. And especially, like I mentioned with Robert Hunt, they were getting it done big time in that department on When's day.

Let's go back to the format of going position by position here and we'll start with the quarterbacks. And I really thought this was one of Jacoby Brissette's best days, if not the best of camp. I thought his best throw was a quick pop right behind the second level and in underneath the safety and that third level with perfect zip and location on the catch, rock throw the football, kind of like the Adam Sheheen interception on the game

on Saturday from two of the Shaheen. He also threw with good timing on a number of other throws, including some good work in the red zone period. He had an absolute strike Durham Smith coming across the formation, which was later punched out into force fumble by the Falcons defense. It went out of bounds of no recovery, but a

great throw there from Brissette. And he also finished off his two minute drive with a touchdown strike to Robert Foster, who you're going to hear more about here in just one moment, but then two of QB one, he made some of those wild throws that seemed to get in the show every single day here on Drivetime. Subscribe rate review the podcast force if you can, and he didn't

turn the football over. Those were great sons. But I just thought from a crispness standpoint, from a location standpoint, you know how, I would best refer to it like you know how, or maybe you don't know this if you're not a baseball fan, which is seemingly more and more of the case these days. But in baseball, a starting pitcher will make thirty starts in a season if he's healthy, and they say, ten of those starts you have your best stuff, your best curveball, your best bastball.

Ten of them you have your okay stuff, and on ten of those starts you just don't have it. But the best pictures would get would be able to gut out those ten starts, but they don't have their stuff and get through the days where the breaking ball lost a couple of inches or the fastball loses a couple of m p h s on the velocity. So back with to a. I've just grown so accustomed to every pass or most every past being right where it needs

to be. But there were just a few more than usual off target shots today, more in completions, more ball on the ground than we're used to seeing. Now, that said, it did give his guys some chances at some crazy catches and they made them. Holy moly, waddle and get that you both had ridiculous catches onto of passes. And that right there kind of tells you the story, doesn't it Like a bad throw of his is still completed. That's a pretty good neighborhood to live in. And actually,

why do you want to hear from me? Let's just go ahead and play the audio from twas post practice presser say that five times fast on Wednesday and some of the challenges the Falcons defense and their calls presented the Dolphins off. Yeah, I think, uh, you know, their DC does a great job and their defense overall, they do a great job disguising looks. Um. I mean, they have a lot of good players on their on their on their team. They did a great job communicating what

they want to do and what they want to accomplish. Um. You know, I think today, uh, you know, for us offensively, we've got to be you know a lot better operationally. Um, just you know, getting on the ball quicker, seeing what the defense is giving us, and playing you know, and if you look at their two minute drive, I think you know that they did a really good job from

an operational standpoint. So that's something that we can also look get um and continue to learn and grow, not just on our side of the ball, but you know, both sides of the ball. He also talked a little bit about how in these practices, the defensive coordinators or defensive you know, the entire operation will be a little more a little more willing to throw the kitchen sink at you, whereas in the preseason game they might pull

back and not show all their stuff. So good stuff there from Tah talking about this, but you heard him talk about just being better in general. After the initial first team period of the practice today, the entire offense huddled up together. Now what the context of that huddle was no clue, but it just wasn't the team's sharpest period, So it was good to see them get together and improve after that. Now that that's out of the way, there was plenty fun to be had by the fans

and attendance here at Baptist Health Training Complex. With regards to QB one, he dropped an absolute dime to Savon Akhmed for a forty yard touchdown pass up the sideline and a wheel route, just like when we saw against the Bears in the game on Saturday. This was the seven on seven drill, so not your team period, but he got way behind the defense and didn't break stride

on that catch. I thought his best throw of the day for TWAH was another one and seven on seven where Adam Shaheen has an over route and gets over the top defender and has one over the top of that as well, so underneath and over the top defender coming across the field and to just throws a laser and you could actually hear the football strike the chess play of Sheen and just stick there as he cradles that thing and goes into the end zone for an

eighteen yard touchdown. Beautiful throw from quarterback. One Sen caught three touchdowns in six plays in the team period from two us, so that connection continues to shine in practice and my overall takeaways that to a today, he just wasn't the story of the practice, and he so often has been in terms of strong performances. But you know what, that just gives us a better chance to get to the other guys really quickly. I loved watching Matt Ryan practice.

He's so good. We talked about throwing the ball to a spot with to a Matt Ryan has been doing that for a long time, and all day he was throwing two spots and often under some pressure before the receiver even makes his break, and the ball was right there when the receiver gets out of that break, gets out of the top of the route. It's a real crisp,

fun operation to watch. And I've been seeing that in the Dolphins practices the last couple of weeks too, So a good kind of footstep to follow there for this Dolphins offense. The running backs I think I mentioned earlier, but Man savan Akmed can play. He had a long touchdown catching seven on seven. He squirts through these small creases in the run game and then just takes off. I noted one play where a big gap opened up off the left side and it was Savon and a

linebacker meeting in the hole. A classic football drill and football moment right like linebacker comes into the gap, running back is their best man wins. And when Savon gets into situations like this, his ability to make a subtle move and create a poor angle for the tackler or forces a hit that's not squared up onto his thigh pads or in the mid section whenever it might be, helps him bounce off that tackle easier. And I think the same is true of Miles Gascon in that same respect.

Guys very rarely square these two backs up with a good shot. I thought his work Miles today in the one on one route running period of seven on seven or both one on ones and seven on seven doing some of the stuff out of the back field was a lot of fun to watch. He had this one rep where a linebacker is just waiting for him because he has to close this this distance between the two

of them, close that space. He gets face to face after closing the space, nice rhyme, and puts on a little move and broke that thing off right in front of the linebacker. Never had a chance to stay and try.

He is sudden as all hell. Jared Oakes, I just wrote in the notes total load like his physicality pops in practice every single day, and I think we saw that in the way he finished that run against the Bears last weekend, where he stayed on his feet after the tackle attempt didn't get him to the ground and he got up to go for more. Of course, the play was overturned, but that finish still shows up on tape. At receiver I mentioned Robert Foster thought he had the

best day of the receivers. Caught a ton of passes, some touchdowns, and the air quotes game winner in that final two minute period from Jacobe Brissette, He's got some shake at the top of the route the time to win the route. He that's that's where it is, the top of the route, and he gets free on those and create some separations. So good work there from the former Obama Crimson Tide receiver. Jachem Grant continues to make people miss, whether it's with the football in his hands

as a route runner or in the return game. Now, in the kicking game, you can't really project results because they pull up upon potential collisions. They don't make the tackles because it's such a good chance to get hurt and practice so they don't do it that way. But I thought one return by Jachim had the chance to go the distance. And you see where they respect the speed to the outside so much, and Jachim knows that and presses it outside, then sticks that foot in the

ground and jams it right back up the gut. And I thought he was going to go through one of those creases today for a long touchdown. Quick aside here at Jason sanders Man, he was kicking off these like pooch kicks and he puts it like five or six seconds of hang time on some of those strategic kicks. He could really sky that thing. In one instance he put it in no man's land, and I think Miami would have recovered it if it were a live drill.

But again, you're not diving on piles out here at practice. Back to the white outs, I want to finish with Jalen waddle Man, the separation, the route running it continues to produce results. You probably saw the video on social on Twitter. I think it was who am I kidding? I don't do anything else. It was Twitter of him creating plenty of space and one on one reps. It was the same as last week in Chicago. He just they had a hard time covering him and the one

on one periods. He caught a ball and team where it was a similar type of play where it's kind of stationary and the ball comes flying in and it's high in a way. He lunges out full extension, and it reminded me of Chad Johnson and the way he used to do that where his body was parallel to the ground, lunges out, makes one hell of a catch off the body, and it seems like he does that like once a day, if not twice or three times

a day. And I want to play some audio from Wattle here from myke Q and A had about three questions in a row for him. My first one was about what's the biggest takeaway you've had in terms of what you've grown in or what you've learned the most so far through training camp, which is not knowledge of the game, UM, definitely, just going out there and just UM knowing, identifying um things, picking up on things. UM.

So definitely. I think it's a good insight to his mentality or the approach he has of the game, his mindset. I think it's a very good one. So I asked Jalen after that question about how it feels to compete against somebody else, And of course he talked about how great it is to get out there and have that

competition with somebody else. Always a good time. But I also followed up after he mentioned that about how do you react when you hear the fans doing the O and the awe when you make a move, you make a big play or a diving catch, Because, like I said, it happens pretty much every day. I talked about the mindset of Jalen Waddle. How about this answer for do you react? Do you get fired up when you hear that? In the stands to be the hang I really don't

be hearing it. I'd be so concentrated it and was because I really don't even be hearing it. So if he doesn't even hear it, just focus on the game. That's what you want to hear. At the tight end position, Adam Shaheen had some big time production in today's practice. He's been really strong all camp long. Mike get sick,

he continues to make plays. He caught a couple of one handed passes today, including one where he's running parallel to the line of scrimmage with the right arm closest back to the quarterback, so left arm upfield, right arm downfield, I get that backwards either way. The ball goes up high and he reached up with the arm closest to the quarterback and backhamp palms that thing allah the famous

Odell Beckham catch man. His mits are ridiculous and he's looking more and more in mid season fom with his production and the ability to get open and of course the strong hands along the offensive line. We're gonna get two deets here, Michael Dieter and just a bit. I thought Robert Hunt had a really good solid day. He continues to really keep that initial surge off the quarterback in the passing game and get some good drive in the run game as well. He and Jesse Davis created

some room in the running game. Also, huge congrats to Jesse and the davis Is on welcoming in the new baby into the world on Tuesday. Congrats Jesse and family. Speaking of creating room, I thought Liam Eikenberg did his fair share of that today and his first day back in terms of padded practices. Some good work there and some nice gaps off of his whole either side to the left or to the right. All things told, I thought the interior of the offensive line was pretty good.

In practice, there was a drill where the Falcons defensive line was practicing games, you know, stunts, twist slants, and the Dolphins D line was doing the same on the other side of the field, and the old line had to communicate it and pick it up. And I didn't see a single instance where a player like came free on a rush. In fact, the four or five reps I saw basically ended the same way before they even got started, because Miami really handled their business upfront during

that period. And I mentioned they were doing the same thing on the other side of the field with our defense and the Falcons offense. And I saw Jalen Phillips giving some folks some real problems with his rush moves, so I wanted to ask him about that, but also ask him Solomon Kinley said last week that the old line verse D line is kind of a defensive line drill,

so I asked him is that true? And also asked him what should we look for as evaluators, as fans, as writers, whatever it might be when you're going through those drills here. I mean, I guess to answer your first question. It's just depends on who you're going against. You know, sometimes the defense is gonna come out and talk. Sometimes the offense is. I don't think it favors the D line by any means, If anything, favors the online because they know when the ball is about to be snapped.

But um, you know to look for in those Honestly, it's just being able to master different parts of your arsenal, honestly, So like when I'm coming into a one on one, you know, I have a plan and I'm working, you know, a certain move and working different colendars based on what he does. So it's really cool to be able to take the one on one drills and you know, apply that to the game when we're playing eleven on eleven.

That's what you're looking for, right, Take what you learn in those periods and apply it to the team period, which is the simulation of a game. And to continue on the D line, just like the Jason Sanders evergreen stuff, who by the way, didn't miss today in case you actually needed to hear that, because it's the case almost every day. But the defensive line has been so impressive all camp. I couldn't see exact specifics from my vantage point in the run game period, but I saw a

ton of falcons runs go absolutely nowhere. Now, to be fair, the same was kind of happening on our side with the offense. But this is a run heavy period, so you don't You just really want to drill the fundamentals and the technique that stuff more so than focusing on the results of the play because without the passing games easier tee off on the running game. But Ray Kwon Davis.

I saw him blow up one play and I saw the he basically did what I talked about last week where he threw the blocker into the back and he was in the backfield a lot. Today. I also saw Zack Steeler at his favorite campground, well maybe his second favorite campground behind Clay Goalie, but he often has a tent and proverbial camp fire going on in the opposing backfield. That was the case again today. Christian Wilkins was producing again and pushing guy's buttons. That whole killing them with

kindness smack talk. He does is only going to be more effective when he's winning rep after rep, as he has been all training camp long. Adam Butler was in the backfield a lot. I thought John Jenkins had a good day, and Benito Jones also made his fair share of good plays. In the running game off the edge, we talked about Phillips. Emmanuel Ogba shut down a two

minute period. Atlanta kicked a field goal at the end of it, but og Ba had two pass rushes that I think would have been a bit different if Ryan was wearing a black jersey instead of a red one he's been getting after in these joint practices. Agba has against both Chicago and Atlanta. Andrew van Ginkl had himself a hell of a day. I had him with a batted pass and three different occasions where he's had a very strong edge, came off the block and was the

first on the scene on the hit. And we see them repped this over and over and over again and indies and funds where you drive into the tackling sled, you lift those sled up and lock out your arms, elbows locked out, chopped the feet, get your eyes around the man to the side, and then a rabbit, a a fake offensive player will approach the whole You come off the pad and make the stop. And Van Ginkl

did that three different times in the team period. Jerome Bakers moving back to the linebackers is the only backer I've seen in three years of doing this camp coverage stuff who consistently wins the one on one pass coverage reps against backs and tight ends. And I've seen you know, Kiko Alonso for instance, going back to a couple of years ago didn't always go well for him, but Jerome Baker it usually does. It's absolutely absurd. Duke Riley should be mentioned and the one on one stuff as well.

His speed just shows up every single day and the team period, he had a completely locked down route on a quick hitter. I'm so intrigued by his game, both in coverage and the speed. And a lot of those unsuccessful run plays came courtesy of b Mack but Nargick McKinney scraping off the work of that stout d line. Just a real nice combo there from Miami and finally into the defensive backfield. I thought Eric Rowe was fantastic today. You guys will probably see a video of it. I

think maybe not. We'll see on the route in the corner of the end zone during the two minute period the final period of practice where he completely shut down a throw and a route to Kyle Pitts, staying right and stride with him. Pitts had some wins and the one on ones, but he was pretty quiet in the team period, and Roe continues to be a fantastic stick

cover guy. I thought his run defense was also strong and practice is a portfolio would be strong too, quite strong in fact, and one on once he had carried this jam on a route for I saw three seconds, like within the five yard window of three seconds. If you do that, you're not gonna get the football. There's not enough time for the quarterback to wait for that, and the past wasn't even close to a completion. His intended target didn't even get the hands up. That's how

good it was. Exaviing Howard had a nice p BU and team period. You probably saw the clip where Calvin Ridley got on top one on one man. Calvin Ridley is good. That was the first time this camp I've seen X give up a big play, so kudos to

Calvin Ridley. Thought Byron Jones was really good too. He forced a non throw in one on one period, which almost never happens, and was rock solid in the team period as well, and you know, well, go back to Eric Rowe, he said there were some communication errors today, especially in that final two minute period. They sprung someone free on the second team for a touchdown off the arm of A. J. Mccaren and I think some of the intermediate completions might be a result of that. The

Falcons had some success in that area. Both Row and to Us said they need to make some actions, just like last week in Chicago. And then I thought Miami really got after on Day two with some really good play and then kind of carried that domination over into the first half of the game where they control the stats in the scorebook in the first half of that game. So that's what you want to see tomorrow. On the practice field. Back to today, Nick Needham was stellar as well.

He had to pick off Felipe A Frank's and seven on seven and another PBu in the team period. Just solid coverage throughout the day. Justin Coleman too. He had one rep where he was so sticky in coverage. Matt Ryan tries it but the ball falls incomplete because the receiver can't get off the press and the jam. Coleman gets up pretty fired after going for pretty fired up after going to the ground. He's been really good this training camp. Crave on the Blanc also snagged a pick

on a diving catch on a tipped ball. All right, let's finish up here with a few more things like the matchup, matchup, Matchup, matchup, matchup of the day. Grady Jarrett on Michael Dieter and Jared had some wins early on in practice, but he was neutralized as the day went along, and Michael Dieter, I thought, was killing it with the games and picking up the different looks and

communicating stuff up front. I continue to think that his power shows improvement as he absorbs bull rushes and anchors before that rusher can then get into the lap of the quarterback up the middle of the pocket. Both guys had some wins, but if you get any ws against Grady Jarrett, that's a good day, I thought. Michael Dieter

did just that. Top performers real quick, Andrew van Ginkl, Michael Dieter, Nick need Him, Jerome Baker, Justin Coleman, Jason mccordy was capping off all kinds of routes on deep stuff today and just forcing non throws and taking care of the deep part of the field. Jalen Waddle, Adam Shaheen, Emmanuel Ogba, Ray Kwon Davis, Robert Foster, and Jason Sanders. Two more things before I get out of here today. I loved episode one of Hard Knocks, but I felt

the complete opposite about episode two last night. Give me some more of the under the radar guys, the U d f a S guys trying to make the team who for them it's life or death with each rep like the whole Zekiel Elliott giggling and eating sunflower season the sideline, How the hell is that good drama? I don't want to see that. Show me some of the old stuff, the old school Hard Knocks man. That's why we watched the show. And finally, I want to wish

my beautiful wife a happy first day of school. The kids were back in school today and though she returned to work last week, this was the first day with kids in the classrooms. I just wanted to say, I've been thinking about you all day, sweetheart, and I cannot wait to get home and hear all about it. And on that note, I have a new sign off here. Tell me what you think, Caroline Daddy's Coming Home. You guys all, please be sure to subscribe to the podcast

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