OTA Week 2 Coverage, Thursday's Practice with Notes and Audio from Coach McDaniel and Tua Tagovailoa

in full force. We had another new orange jersey wearer. Is that a word? We have some dominant performances to get to. We'll hear from coach McDaniel and to a tungue of bloa. Two excellent press conferences. All of that in the heck of a bunch more from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast. Miamis practice on June the second, Thursday was our second straight day on the field and got a chance to see who won the orange jersey from

the previous day, which was Javon Holland. We'll get to that here in just one second, but I want to give you guys the image of how I got to watch practice on this particular day. One of these things is not like the other. Across the top row of the bleachers at the Baptist Health Training Complex, Joe Rose, you all know Joe Rose legend down here, Mike west Off, an NFL coaching legend, and another South Florida legend, O

j McDuffie, and then me. So I'm just chilling. They're getting notes and tips from true experts of the craft while taking in a very spirited, exciting practice literally my happy Gilmore happy place. And we have lots of notes to get to and some pressers. Let's go ahead and kick it off here first with the practice notes. Then we'll hear from quarterback to a toungo Byloa and head coach Mike McDaniel. And we started yesterday on the d offensive side of the football, so today let's go with

the offense. And I'll provide further context here at the quarterback position in the next segments, since we heard from two of today, but strictly from my notes. I noted early in practice that I thought TOA was really seeing it well. The ball was coming out quickly, on time and on target, and I think that was kind of the theme of the day. As we'll hear from coach McDaniels, he explains it really well and I think as well as anybody in the world possibly could. During his Thursday

media availability. The three things that I saw from two of that I liked on Thursday was the anticipation to get the football out to the spot and get it out quickly. And we saw that play out on the two long passes, a fifty five yard touchdown and a sixty nine yard touchdown. Both of those Tyreek Hill, I think they were touchdowns to us said at the end of practice that they might not have. The second sixty nine yard one might not have been, but they scored

two plays later, so he was happy with it. But both the Tyreek Hill and just man, how quickly he gets on top of the defense, it's it's jarring, and frankly, I think that jives with to a strength of anticipation and getting the ball up and out early. Again. Coach will discuss that here in just a minute, and you think, well, that seems like a great idea to have that skill set with the quarterback to go out and get a

guy like Tyreek Hill who can get there early. As coach talks about one hitch timing to get the ball out quickly and to be able to put the ball fifty sixty yards downfield, and Tyreek is already there because of that great speed. I also thought for two of the ball placement was on the money, and too will discuss this as well, how he was not pleased with his ball placement on Wednesday, but I think he really

bounced back in that department on Thursday on air. Early in practice, the ball was just I mean, it looked like you would place it was. The ball was where you would place it if you went up to the receivers and handed it off. Something we talked about with two was Bama tape right like fifty yard handoffs over and over again. And finally there was one play where Jerome Baker came clean on a rush and to a

through the back leg out. What I mean by that is the back leg kind of whips out to put himself in position to escape and to move, because when you're on the balls at your feet and you're kind

of surveying things, you're not as ready to move. So get that back leg out and get yourself from a position to get off the spot, and he did just that, got off the spot and escaped the rush, and he rolled and found Jalen Waddle on the move into a tight window and just really really good example of all the skills that I think that he he offers in

spades in that regard. He also had another play later where he managed a muddy pocket and stepped up into the clearing into the avenue within that you know, crowded pocket and delivered a strike for a first down. So good anticipation, light feet, and accuracy. Those are a few of the hallmarks I think in his game and to see him have all of those working for him on this day here in early June, that was pretty awesome.

And then Tyreek, we talked about him a little bit, but man, the release package, the ability to quickly threaten the safety and and kind of widened the defense and just change the way they have to play things. We saw it all day on Thursday. He also caught two balls one handed on quick hitters, including a touchdown that eventually he dunked over the goal post separation. In the shallow, intermediate deep portions of the field. It really doesn't matter.

At running back, Chase Edmonds had a very nice catch where the ball was up a little bit and he had to elevate to go get it. He reaches up, pulls it down, then comes back to the grass and just looks like he didn't lose any speed. Just ridiculous athletic ability, balance, acceleration, all that stuff. I thought John Lovett, the fullback, had some nice blocks in the Running Game on Thursday, And speaking of the running game, up front, Connor Williams was getting some really good push of his

own in the Running Game. Some pin and seal work from him was really nice. Created some gaps in the Running game that way. And same for Liam Eichenberg, who I've noted a few days of practice now getting that good push in the Running game, coming off the ball and hitting his blocks. And then finally, I thought Kelln Diash, the U d F A from Arizona State, has some of the same Curious to get a better look at him as we go along here Finally the tight end

room Mike get Sick. He made his typical nice stabs that he makes, just a reliable target and plus his coach talked about yesterday, he really works his butt off in the run game as a blocker. I thought we saw some of that as well on Thursday. Onto the defensive side of the football, and you know, the offense got things going late, but I thought the defense had it going early. And it starts up front with number

nine number Christian Wilkins and Zach Seler. Both of these guys like I could note them on just about any series that they're playing in, and just about every day there it's pressure against the passing game, stack and shed against the running game, penetration against the running game as well. In fact, one play, Christian Wilkins blew through the line and the play had to get blown dead almost immediately because he was back there ready to greet the running

back at the same time as the handoff. And O. J. McDuffie, who I watched practice with, just says man Wilkins is special. I'm like, yeah, I agree, and we know what he does in those departments, but I continue to also be so impressed with his just effort and willingness to play with his hair on fire. He was chasing a play one way and the ball winds up coming back out the other way and just gets on his horse and chain pass it down until the whistle blows at that effort.

It's contagious and it shows up every single day. And then Zach Seeler, just immovable for much of the day, consistently gets the job done by whether he has to plant himself there and help take on blocks or go get the football, whatever he needs to do, he typically

does it and does it well. I thought Benito Jones had his second nice day of practice in a well, a few play in a row, a few plays against the run where I noticed him coming out of the middle of the stack and after getting penetration early on, or at the very least, not allowing any knock back from the offensive line, which you know you want to that's kind of the neutral zone. You want to knock them back, they want to knock you back. Go get

it done, and Benito Jones was getting done today. The linebackers, I thought, also had some really good work. Jalen Phillips had a would be sack early on. You know, it's tough to gauge sacks because they don't actually finish the play that you're not gonna get guys hurt and go tackle people out there. Andrew Van Ginkl was all over the field playing his side, pursuing the backside like there was a player where they it was ran away from him and there was a strong edge set. I think

it was Zach Seeler. I'd have to check on that, but wouldn't surprise me. And he basically strung the play out and so that Van Geiko could run from the backside and get over there to make the play to get the whistle blow behind the line of scrimmage. So straight up, going backwards, going forward. Andrew Van Ginkle looks like he's in mid season form. Jerome Baker had some pressures Darius Hodge for the second day in a row,

had they would be sack. I had a note about Cameron Good with some nice pass rush moves and one in particular where he got Teddy Bridgewater off the spot. DeAndre Johnson the U d F A from Miami, the you got in the notes with a nice run stuff. And then Sam Ego Van and Duke Riley were both in there a couple of times, playing fast and aggressive, and they made their fair share of plays, and they celebrated a lot together like you see a play get made, and they would tap each other up and come over

to the sideline find each other. They seem like they're getting along pretty well. And then finally the rookie. I thought Channing Tendall was very smooth on this particular practice, Like you know, if a young guy is gonna struggle, you would expect like false steps, wasted movements, but I didn't see that stuff. Like he seems to really be flowing downhill and just knowing where he's supposed to go, and that speed obviously shows up on a down by

down basis. In the defensive backfield, I think second straight day with the defensive backfield might have might have kind of won the positional unit of the day. Javon Holland was in the orange jersey, and frankly he might be in it again for the next practice. Him and Brandon Jones. You know, I'm gonna keep referring to Juice here because he made a note during practice about how dialed in

those two guys are. And you see it in the individual drill portion of practice, like they lead their position group and the first guys up to get up there and go do their reps, and you see their typewriter feet, their quick reaction skills, they secure the football and catch it and put it away, the way they communicate with each other, how they move and react to the offense, how they fly around in team period pre and post snapped.

Their interchangeability we know about and you know individual team period. It just they appear to be dialed in in all aspects. And that's in line with what we've heard from them, you know, from the coaching staff, from their teammates and guys that have been around them last couple of years. Just the ultimate consummate pros. And now that they're in year two and year three, I'm excited to see them go and take it another level. Javon's playlist, I heard

some Drake. I think there was some r Kelly in there, some Tears for Fears. It was a pretty good mix, A nice mix of new school, old school and everything in between. If there was some Kanye at one point, maybe some Little Wayne, A good mix from Javon Hallen. I like the playlist. Um So, the offense did a lot of that damage later on in practice, but early it was the defense with a lot of wins, and honestly, I thought it was you know, more coverage sacks than

UH protection breakdowns. I mean, you get your fair share of everything out there a practice, but the quarterbacks had some times and guys were just covered up down field a lot. I think a lot of that has to

do with, you know, the dbs getting it done. And one thing that's cool to see is how the offense and coach McDaniel mentioned this the other day in practice about the different combinations they want to roll through in terms of, you know, certain guys playing with with other guys on the offensive side of the football and vice versa, and so that you get like a variety of matchups that makes, you know, intriguing to keep an eye on,

but also just obviously benefits. You know, the more looks you get, the more the more you can kind of learn your football team. But between Holland Jones, needhum Ignogamy, Trill Williams, Ronan McKinley, Elijah Hamilton's D'Angelo Ross and Quincy Wilson, all those guys got in the notes today. And Quincy Wilson had a really nice breakup where he drove on a pass to River Craigcraft and batted that thing up

into the air. And here comes Trull Williams for the interception for Ron McKinley had his hands on a ball on a diving attempt on a pass that was intended for I think it was Cedric Wilson, and he dove for that thing and couldn't quite squeeze it in. But and Javon Holland reacted big time when he saw that, like, I want my boy to get that one. He didn't quite pull it in. But all those guys made plays and found their way into the notes. And finally I

tweeted about this. But Mike Westoff, we know who Mike Westoff is, right. He was a longtime special teams coordinator here thirty two years in the NFL. And more Stead was was punting, and we talked about him on the Wednesday podcast about the way he was pinning the ball inside the five yard line from right around midfield or

so they had him. He was punting while both fields were being used, from one sideline to the other sideline, and so like a fifty three and a half yard punt right he was putting the thing right on the other sideline like every damn time. It was so impressive. And Mike Westoff said, in my thirty two years in the National Football League. I never saw a better punter than Tom Moore Stead. I was like, that's pretty high

praise coach. He also said he's a great holder. And speaking of field goals, Jason Sanders, for the first time that we got a chance to watch him kick live, was seven for seven going from p a T range back to fifty three yards and Mike was a big fan of his technique to He said, there's there's you know, there's no excessive movement, short steps. He's got a short stride. He compared to a golf swing where he says, you don't want to see a lot of movement in there,

and that's what he saw with Jason Sanders. He was very impressed and also mentioned again that Morstead was a tremendous holder and of course Blake Ferguson putting those snaps on the money to get those things down. So another fun day of practice. We have one more next week to cover. We're gonna go a little more media coverage as far as the things we have not gotten to the last two days because a lot of players talked

and I couldn't get it on the podcast. But I want to cover that and some more of your mail bad questions as well on the Monday edition of Drive Time. But for now, let's go ahead and take our first break and get to the media. Just to today because they're long Mike McDaniel and quarterback to a Tongue by Loa. Next here on the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,

brought to you by Auto Nation. Segment number two here of the Thursday edition of the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield covering another day of the off season program of O T A s out here in the month of June, getting closer and closer to the start of

training camp. But in the meantime, we heard from QB one two a Toungo by Loa on this Thursday, and he addressed the two practices here back to back in a bit of a I suppose a bounce back day, and he discussed how he assessed his performance over those two days and just how critical and how hard on

himself he can be of himself. Well, yesterday's practice wasn't up to the standard that I know offense can compete at UH and it obviously starts with me in particularly there there was some ball placement deals that I didn't particularly like yesterday. I think yesterday was a lot better. There's still some things that you know, weren't up to part to our standard, but I think it was a lot better from an offensive standpoint, So they're from the

horse's mouth. I mean, we talked about the ball placement and just how good it looked on Thursday and really something that has stood out through to his college in pro career as a strength of his and you've heard coach McDaniel and players talk about the accuracy. Was nice to see him get that calibrated back in here. Hear him talk about how much he felt he improved in that area and how it wasn't up to his standard

on Wednesday. How about how hard he isn't on himself and just where he got that from to be critical of his own game. I'm pretty hard on myself every time. Um, whether it's throwing a ball where it needs to be or pre snap operation. You know, guys aren't set guys on where they're supposed to be because in order with the offense to function, we all got to be on the same page. And in order for us to execute at a high level, you know, we gotta do things at a high level. So, Um, I gotta be hard

on myself. Um, you know, Mike's Mike's a little different, you know, Mike. Mike is Mike is always trying to encourage you and trying to you know, keep you, keep you going. So for me, it's it's a little backwards where I'm I'm used to myself, you know, getting hard on myself and the coach getting hard on me too, Whereas I'm getting hard on myself and you know, he's trying to tell me, Hey, you know it's gonna be okay. Like you know, we're only in May, We're only in June.

You know, there's a lot more time to grow. But and of course the follow up to that is how has it been for you to have a coach like that that you're playing for. It's been cool, It's been different. Like I said, I've never been around a coach like this who's just extremely positive. Um. Growing up, you know, my dad's always been hard on me. Uh, my high school coach has been hard on me. Coach Saban has

been hard on me. Um, and all the coaches that I've had prior, you know, they've all been hard on me. So he's hard, but he takes another alleyway if if you will on kind of teaching and helping. And we saw the two long balls to Tyreek Hill. Here's two are talking about the timing with Tyreek Hill, and if there's a play outside of the long balls, it's stuck out in terms of how it shows off their timing

together and how far along it's come. You know, it's it's pretty cool having a guy like Tyreek, but you have other guys that are you know, extremely talented, very fast as well. You know, that kind of help out with with Tyreek being open. You have Wattle, you have Um, you know, GASICKI. So everyone has to cover every part of the field, and I mean it, you know, it should be a lot easier to to get these guys the ball, although you know, playing against our defense, it's

still get stuff. We'll talk to two it here in just a minute about playing against that tough defense. But there's a few questions where I want to go head

and skip over and just cover real quick. Talking a little bit about how coach has encouraged him to come out of his shell and how he feels like he has shown glimpses of coming out of his shell here and there, talked about his playlist about some Hawaiian music, some Aili Brothers, some Return of the mac Uh, some Casey and the Sunshine Band, some country music, some Shaggy

on his playlist. Also talked a little bit about having coaches or people in his past who were hard on him or the encouraging aspect of those coaching Are the coaching approaches I should say, and which he thinks, he responds, But are two great question I thought, and a really good answer here from QB. One two a tongue of volta. Well, I think I've been playing football for so long to where the standard has been set for me at such a young age with the way my dad, um, you know,

it's kind of coached me. And then even at the college setting, you know, I was more afraid of what my dad would have to tell me after the game than uh coach Saban. And it still is a little like that, uh you know, in the NFL. But for for me, it's just I haven't embedded in my in my mind that regardless of how another coach feels about the way I I practice or or I play, you know, I know what what I'm capable of doing. And two was also asked about playing in different offenses, I mean Alabama.

Every year there was a new o C he worked with and now heading into his third year in his third o C here at the Miami Dolphins, he was asked about going up or I should say rather about the playbook and learning the third offensive system as many seasons, and he talked a little bit about the study habits are things that he has kind of worked on to get himself ready for those particular offenses in particular seasons. He talks a little bit here about how he goes

through his process. Really cool stuff here from QB one. Yeah, I would say, uh, the study habits. I got a whiteboard at home that I just right right down all the formations. I write down all the motions, and I have my brother or family member or someone that's have my house, you know, kind of tell me the formation, tell me the motions, and then, uh, I guess what I'll also do is I invite the guys over to my house and we we walked through plays, we walked

through formations, and we barbecue. Uh food. Yeah, the snacks don't work with him. I love the white board in the house. Same thing for me as a kid keeping track of NFL and MLB standings and also nowadays covering the Miami Dolphins with my white board. So you and me too, are you and me speaking of me? And to a? Here is my question for two about the defense that he talked about earlier and how going up against this defense can help improve his game. It's really good.

It's tough because they know what to expect a lot of the times with what we're running, whether it's a play pass, a run play uh gap scheme, run plays, um, you know, down the field passing. So you know, third down has been tough for us against them just because of the variations of zero that our defense has and runs. But you know that's what you want, you want to challenge, all right, There you go. You can see the entire interview or media availability with two A Tongue by Loa

up on the Miami Dolphins YouTube channel. We have daily content for you guys there, so check that out and subscribe once you are. They're gonna take our last break and come back here on the other side with head coach Mike McDaniel. Back here on the Thursday edition of the Drive Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield wrapping up another day of June practices here of mini camp on

June the twod this Thursday. Let's go ahead and turn now to head coach Mike McDaniel's media availability, and he started off being asked by the jacket he was wearing, the zip up hoodie type jacket he had, and he talked about the reason he does that is so he can help keep in tune with what the players are going through, because well, he's not the one running around out there and trying to get an idea for just

how hot it is. Otherwise you could lose sight of that and maybe due too many reps, cause some soft tissue issues, all that crazy stuff or nonsense, as he put it. So interesting perspective there from coach. Now, he was asked, and I love these questions because you know, we're all passionate about football, right like we we love this game, we love being fans of this team. That's why you're listening to this podcast here on the Miami

Dolphins podcast Network. We all feel that way. But there's a different level of that with when it comes to your profession. And I love when coach talks about like his love for the game and getting to this position and a professional dream, as you'll hear him describe it here in just one second. How much do you enjoy walking out on that field, the reporter asked, You've got a nice little hop on there when you get out those doors, don't you. You talk about a professional dream,

you know. I think one of the things that um is a competitive advantage just in life is perspective. So you know, for I made a lot longer walk to to go watch Denver Bronco's training camp and wrote on the inside of helmets. So yeah, it's enjoyable. Um. The responsibility is real and great. UM. So I have to be deliberate in reminding myself that because you can get swallowed up and um all the things that you have

to do. UM. But yeah, it's a lot of fun, especially and it's a credit to the to the organization, the coaches, the players. It's a fun place to go to work. Absolutely love that common about a longer walk to go to Denver Bronchis training camp and wrote on the inside of helmets, you know, for fun. And now this is his job and it's a shorter walk to the practice field. Next, he was asked about his perspective on Two, a tuggle by Lowa, and his performance the

last couple of days here at Dolphins practice. He's practicing. I'm I'm really excited about the reps that Two is getting in this offense. I'm excited about where he's at. UM today was like I talked to him, I talked to the team, and I talked to him today specifically specifically about UM. You know, I've just been waiting for those moments where you have a slight obstacle and Two is very very critical on his ball play smitten. He's a very accurate quarterback. As a result, yesterday he had

some throws that he he demands better of himself. But like I told everybody else that today was the first day I got to really evaluate to it, because that's that is professional quarterback in the National Football League. You're gonna have things that you don't execute to perfection. You're gonna have people UM talking about how you're not performing, and guess what, no one cares. It's about leading UM.

And he had a ton of energy and I was very very happy with his effort today because it was UM one of the million reps you need at that position to handle um, you know, the scrutiny, the pressure, all that stuff, and I think his teammates have really noticed a difference, UM in him. He's opening up, he's kind of coming to his own in that regard, and

he had he he's been unbelievably coachable. He's let his guard down, UM, and we've been able to keep his confidence high, which it should be right now for sure, UM, while correcting him and getting this game better, which is the ultimate goal for everyone. I mean, you guys know my favorite part there obviously, right. The discussion about the playing the position of quarterback in the NFL is about how you respond because it's not always going to go well.

And I just loved that we go back to last year with you know, not just the numbers in the data we have from uh C. K Parrott on Twitter has a great couple of charts that he posted about too, was completion percentage, touchdown passes per attempt, first downs per attempt, and NFL passer rating one on nine point seven and the fourth quarter was among the tops going back to and so too was the first down percentage at thirty

nine point six three percent. His eight point five percent touchdown right was also tops, and his seventy six point three fourth completion percentage was also tops in fourth quarter among all quarterbacks. Since that time, we saw the Jets game the interception come right back with a touchdown drive after that, pretty good stuff. Saw more that today. Coach also discussed there a little bit to a kind of

coming out of a shell and being less guarded. He was asked about is that something that he noticed or something he was told initially when he got here. Here's coach mcdowelly talking about to their relationship and just how to acts around his teammates. It's projection from It's what I've been told from a lot of people. And then I've noticed since he's been in the building a difference from then and now, since since we first got here

and since April four started. Um, you know, there's I've noticed that directly, and then people a lot of people have spoken it that we're seeing a different side of him. Um, and he's kind of coming into his own as a young man in terms of his personality, and um, you know it's it's again, I can't state it enough. Um, I don't think people give give that position. It's due for how hard it is. You know. UM, Yeah, there's

a out of acclaim. You get a lot, you get a lot of free dinners when you go out to eat and things like that. But everyone has an opinion, and you're in charge of delivering the responsibility and executing from the snap the football to every player on on the offense, UM, and and doing it with you know, defenses these days are so multiple and they present so

many problems. And oh, by the way, you're doing all this and if you are indecisive, you are going to have your helmet hit off your shoulders because you know it's a physical part too. So UM, that's why, that's why I'm so pumped. I know all he's UM gained all of the new players on our offense, UM new to the Miami dolphinsive organization. They're new to to it like me. I know he's gained their respect. UM that you can feel it. UM. Players know when they're around

good players. And and it's been very cool to watch UM him and the rest of the rest of the team really UM grow together because we've gotten a lot closer UM in these six o t a too mini camp um and to voluntary mini camps. UM that it feels like light years ago when we first started next, I thought Barry Jackson had a really cool question about the process of play design and creativity and how most plays in the NFL have been seen before, but trying

to find something new that hasn't been done before. And he also followed up asking you give a right place down on a napkin, Coach McDonald talks about his iPhone notes app, which that's where I live myself. Let's go ahead and just here from coach right here on that great question from Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Because of my specific background and the court coaches that was fortunate enough to be around. UM, the being created, creative and innovative UM is something that I think is part

of the job. That it's it's natural for my brain to look at things that way. UM to the point that I actually you don't have to be mindful of pulling back that I don't get bored. UM. You know something that my my previous boss always gave me a hard time with because I'd always be trying to do the next and they haven't mastered that yet. So I've been UM. When you're trying to install a new system,

UM to a group of guys you want. The bottom line is you could have the coolest plays ever existed, but if the players don't execute them, your plays are not cool. UM. So systematically been trying to really UM push forward. UH. Having a core basis, make sure all that stuff is uh, you know, you have a working basis from what which you can grow UM. And outside of that, I'm not really looking to innovate UM any time until you're getting through your core portion of the

training camp. UM. But it it doesn't ever leave. You're always my um ipet or my iPhone note app is my go to and so I get swept my eyes the so my so right down. UM whatever play I'm referring to. And if it's that abstract and there's no word for it, UM, I usually just put some symbols and uh that that that's my note taking maybe one or two in the morning, UM in bed when my wife is being annoyed that my my screen is too bright.

And he was asked about the symbols or potential emojis he uses in those instances, and he talked a little bit about the old school symbols underscores, front slashes, backslashes, trying to create a triangle with a front slash and a backslash. To me, it's just all funny. I love

hearing the stuff from Coach. Next, I asked Coach about the competition between he and the play callers on the field are single callers, I should say, the guys that communicate the call from Josh Boyer, which Coach clarified for me. Here's Coach talking about the competition between he and the defensive no callers. Well, this isn't it. There's no player coaches, so they are they are um passing along the play called, but Josh is still calling it. Uh. But yeah, that's

a that's a fun part of the process. You try to approach it in a way that you can allow your players to play UM and and while challenge them to a degree. Um, it's impossible not to go through the process of what what you're expecting? UM, So it's always interesting to guess and check with no stakes and be like hmm, yeah, I totally thought this was coming. Here's why. UM. It can be a very valuable process.

UM if you approach it that way. I think, UM, Josh and I work very well together, and we talked through that stuff. So you can kind of um see how people view things from the other side of the coin. Um and and it's fun to see how the players respond because every other place you see in practice when it's not um, when all the players aren't off the field, you know, guys have the night to prepare. They're they're

sitting there and looking at what it is. Um. There, there's no preparation because up until that period, you know, I don't know what I'm gonna call neither this Josh, you know, but that that's a fun that's a fun process. Um that just like everything else in football, you're almost I don't know, I don't get that excited when stuff works, because then I'm like, Okay, there's gonna be a humbling experience coming here soon, which is the nature of our business.

Let's go ahead and finish up here. When coach was asked about the confidence that he has into to accurately deliver the deep balls, like we saw on this practice a pair of them to Tyreek Hill. Here's coach, So you're saying, there was a good deep ball today. Were

you pretty confident that it would be completed? There's a couple Um, yeah, I'm here's the thing about uh quarterback that I always think it's funny, um that like you can only design plays that you can the quarterback has time to throw and generally within the time of the play. From a historical perspective, you can't get a receiver down the field past I don't sixty yards when in what

we call one hitch timing. So it's about you have to have a prerecord arm strength to be able to throw it sixty in my opinion, and then if you're not gonna be able to anticipate and you have to see something happened before you do it, you probably need to throw seventy because you have to wait to see it and then the receiver gets down further hopefully have the protection um the way the way we've always operated since two thousand and five when I got got in

the league. If a quarterback can see the defense um and as accurate, then you just see if he can throw it sixty yards, I think he he might have had a fifty five yard or today. But Um, that's why you hear no cause for concern at all from the players because they know that too. Like he's he's plenty fast, and the great thing is he sees the field. Um, he has he's he's not throwing the ball eighty five yards.

But UM, I don't see the practical application of an eighty five yard thrower unless you have the best offensive line in the history of football and the defense is poor to um poor to uh add on rushers when you're max protecting. Yeah, the one hitch timing discussion, they're talking about how to get the ball downfield and how

you know. I think what makes the highlight clips a lot of the time is you know, guys breaking the pockets, scrambling around, flinging the thing, you know, fifty sixty yards downfield, and those big plays are what get on the Twitter or social media clips on the NFL highlight shows. But more often than not, it's a it's a snap, it's a drop, it's a quick step up in a fired downfield, and every see her winning the route pretty early on to get that ball vertical. Really cool to here coaches

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