Training Camp Preview 2021 Offensive Line

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Let's go ahead and get into the offensive line now, and as we have done on these podcasts, kind of talking about the general makeup or some of the interesting theories or ideas or thoughts about what this offensive line is or what it might look like, or some of the key principles of the room, or shared traits of

the players. And one of those shared traits goes back to last season and we talked about it on the podcast a lot with Austin Jackson, Robert Hunt, Solomon Kinley, Eric Flowers as the free agent acquisition that he was, and the size of each of those players. Now, Big Rob Hunt was listed in the three thirties originally, but he might have cut some weight or maybe the U l L team would listen to him a little bit

heavier than he was. He checked in under three thirty in the three range on the team official website last season. That's where he is again this year. But you also look at Solomon Kinley over three d and thirty five pounds. Austin Jackson comes in at three three. Eric Flowers was in that range when he was signed last year, and that theme kind of continued this season with the addition of a d. J. Fluker, a plus three thirty pound guy.

Same deal with Jermaine Iluminoire. So these guys packed in that size, that density, that strength, the a bill just by by that sheer size to make it more difficult for pass rushers to get around because you decrease the size of those gaps and you make the wall in front of t a tongue by loa significantly larger just based on the pier size of those guys. Plus all three of Matt Skura, Michael Dieter, and Cameron tom can

occupy space and play big inside as well. Part of that is their sheer density and size, but also they have the feet to kind of be able to shuffle back and forth between either guard to protect those a gaps and prevent the quickest route to the quarterback from becoming detrimental in the past protection game. And Brian Flores talks about this a lot or he has this offseason

about the passing league. We played his soundclip for you guys in the podcast on the Receiver edition the Receiver Preview edition here of Draft Time brought to you by Automation, where he talked about the direction of the league and going after all these defensive backs and going after the receivers and the draft to pair with their young quarterback who they brought in last season, and how that jives

with the direction of the modern game. I mean, if you're gonna beat a Patrick Mahomes led Chiefs team, or a Josh Allen led Buffalo Bill's team, or a Tom Brady led Tampa Bay team, you're probably gonna have to score in the thirties on on most instances. Now, last year, Miami held Tampa Bay or rather sorry, Kansas City to thirty points in the game, and they held Buffalo to thirty one in the first contest. The second contest was a different story. But this defense can compete at that level.

But you round out the offense to compete with their firepower. Man, you put this defense with an explosive offense, all of a sudden, you're cooking with gas. And so the idea I'm having here with these guys as you go over the status and we'll talk about it here in a minute, but to a man, their past protection numbers hold up, and especially on the interior, you'll notice the pressure numbers on the interior are going to be lower than what you have either tackle position. And it makes sense, right

there's more room to work with. You have a two way go where you can get outside of the guy and kind of work up field. But you also have your better pass rushers in the league, typically on the outside except for a few guys like Aaron Donald and

the like. So you're gonna see more pressure number from the tackle position, but in general on that interior when you do have that, for lack of a better term, thickness upfront, man, it makes it tough to collapse the pocket from the interior because one with that size and that base, you're gonna have a hard time bull rushing and putting those guys in their back. So when you have three of them, that kind of condense the space

between one another. You have to go through them, and that's a tough, tough ask, especially in an offense under two of last year that consistently got the football out of his hands one of the quickest rates in the National Football League per NFL next Gen Stats. And so where to a really shines in the passing game, really shines in terms of what these receivers and pass catchers and quarterback can do is play off that RPO game.

Hit those quick hitters, accentuate too short area accuracy to help those receivers like a Will full or a Jalen Waddle DeVante Parker catch the football, get into open space and make place after they have the ball in their hand ends and I think the offensive line with that size really kind of capitalizes on that idea. Another thing about this room that I like is, you know, last year we saw rookies play two thousand, three hundred fourteen snaps.

I have the stating here we'll get to in just one second, but Jackson, Kinley and Hunt played a lot of snaps last year, more than any other rookie offensive line group in the National Football League, And of course Miami had the most rookie snaps in the NFL in general. And while you had Eric Flowers and Jesse Davis and Ted Carriss playing a lot of reps on the offensive line too, you had Julian Davenport who got reps also

and those guys who have since departed. But what Miami did was bring in some more veteran experience, more guys that have not just versatility at multiple positions, but guys that have played thousands of reps in the National Football League. And so with that, ideally you think with the experience one they can rub off on your young players and kind of teach them how to work like a pro,

how to pick up certain things, certain site adjustments. You put them on the field next to a young player, maybe it helps that inside post of a young tackle on the outside, for instance, with that experience next to him. But also just balancing the roster is always a good practice. And this Dolphins team, you've got seven young guys that were added to the roster within the last couple of years, and then the other eight guys in the roster on the offensive line combined for a whole bunch of snaps.

I like that balance of you put Flucker Illumino or Scura up front with those young players, with a Liam Eichenberg, with the undrafted Brookies, like a Robert Jones. You make a good compliment of age and experience and youth all in that room. And it also creates a fun, diverse work environment within the classroom setting of the offensive line.

So that's the construction of the roster. We've talked to Eikenberg and Jackson and Hunt and Kimdley and some of the other cast members upfront on the offensive line, as well as our offseason media with Lemiel John Pierre, and they talked about their three principles and each of those pressers, and we kind of continued that theme of asking the players after lem talked about being detailed, disciplined, and nasty. And I look at some of the acquisitions this offseason,

like Matt Skura, for instance, almost never gets flagged. He has like four flags over the last three seasons from Pro Football Focus. Also the nasty element of it. Boy, you watch all of the three rookies from last year, Jackson, Kinley and Hunt, but especially Solomon Kinley punishing jumpers. If you want to get your hands up and try to swap the football down at the line. We're gonna put you on your back and make sure you don't want

to do it again. You might try it, but you're not gonna want to because it's gonna hurt you get put on your back. There's plenty of great clips from Brandon Thorne, who does fantastic work charting and grading and and evaluating offensive line play. He's a big Solomon Kindley fan because of the way Solomon plays through the whistle and because he puts those jumpers on their back and again that short rhythm passing game that goes a long way in that type of offense. And then also Robert

Hunt's college tape. I mean, I tweeted out a clip that I have shared back when he was drafted, just to kind of remind folks about what he looked like on tape in college and why he was the thirty nine pick and the draft despite playing the Sun Belt, which is a you know, ah, not Power five or Group of five conference in college football, lower level competition

usually tougher to get drafted higher. But Robert Hunt's tape was so good that he wound up going thirty nine in that draft, and you saw that kind of bear out late in the season. With that, you know that promise of a young player showing upward trajectory like a ray Kwon Davis last year, for instance, like a Robert Hunt. You show that trajectory, you feel pretty good about that player going into year two. But his tape in college and in the pros full of those three things, detailed, discipline,

and very nasty. So those are the ideas of the offensive line. The personnel changes. The Dolphins add Matt Skura and d J. Fluker Bowl from Baltimore, Jermaine Illuminoire from New England, Liam Eichenberg and Larnel Coleman are draft picks, and then Robert Jones, an undrafted free agent out of Middle Tennessee State. And then you have Cameron tom who spent the last four years of his career, all four

years of his career with the New Orleans Saints. The coaching staff we mentioned Lemill John Pierre another one of these guys on Brian floores his staff, whether it's Jaw Bowyer or Charles Burke's or Josh Grizzard, and if I'm freating a name, forgive me for that. But another one of these guys that has been promoted from an assistant positional coach to getting their own room under head coach Brian Flores. Development does not stop with the personnel on

the roster. It's all throughout the organization. And lem had a six year playing career with the Seahawks before he then swapped out his helmet for the headset to coach again with Seattle, and that was with Tom Cable, and then he followed Tom Cable to Oakland where he served as offensive line assistant for a couple of years before taking that same title with Miami last year under Steve Marshall.

And now here he is in position and the players have talked about the value of having an ex player in the room to kind of teach him about some of those finer tricks of the trade. And John Pierre has that experience, he's been in the league recently to know how kind of pass rushers work in the modern game.

So having him in their corner in that room to help them with their experience, with what they see, with their checks, with their development, all that stuff could prove very, very valuable for Lemuel, John Pierre his group At a glance here we talked about this at the top I mean they have reshaped the offensive line arguably more than any other position group under the three years here of or I guess two and a half years under Brian Flores and Chris Career, the three picks inside the top

one hundred and eleven with Austin Jackson eighteen, Robert Hunt thirty nine, and Kinley won eleven and that Triumvirent combined for two thousand, three hundred and fourteen snaps, and all of those guys have a chance to earn a starting role. But I think the competition this year is going to be even stiffer and camp because of all the additions

made up front on the offensive line. Also joining those those second year players as rookies Leam Eikenberg the forty second pick in the draft, Larnel Coleman the two dred and thirty first pick in the draft, and then Robert Jones and Jonathan Hubbard were signed as U d F A one, respectively. That gives Miami seven first or second year players on the offensive line at an average age of twenty two point nine. You gotta love that upside there.

And then the veteran group of incumbents, Jesse Davis Michael Dieter, Adam Panky, and Dervall cires Netto to go along with the new acquisitions and veterans Germaine, illuminoires, DJ Fluker, Matt Skura, and Cameron tom That collection of players has combined for two hundred and thirty one starts in their career. So plenty of experienced, plenty of youth, plenty of upside, and plenty of versatility and flexibility on the offensive line. And we start here in order of jersey number, taking a

look at each of these players. Matt Skura is up first. We've talked about him a lot this offseason because we wrote a piece on him, We did a podcast on him, had him on the podcast, a very fun interview. If you haven't heard that, go back and check out the Drivetime archives to listen to those free agent interviews with the players that signed here in Miami Hill were number

sixty two. He's got five years experience of the National Football League out of Duke, twenty eight years old on opening day, and I go back to a quote from Greg Roman, who was an O C for the Ravens there when Matt Scurro was their center. After Ryan Jensen left for the Buccaneers, and he talked about his intelligence and his communication and how it really helped the ball to more offensive line kind of have seamless communication with checks and protection slides and all that fun stuff up front.

And of course, being a duke guy, you know, he's a pretty smart guy too. So he's played one thousand, eight hundred and twenty four reps in his four years in past protection and allowed just five sacks and nine QB hits. He's pretty solid in that area. We talked about this on the tape that I watched back in March, that there's some really impressive work against guys like the Steelers and Cameron Hayward and stefond to it upfront, getting outside and hitting a block to steal off t J. Watt.

I mean, we're talking about some of the best defenders in the league, and he goes toe to toe with those guys. And then we talked about the discipline up top. Just eleven penalties over three thousand, three hundred and seventy four career reps. That's one every three hundred and six snaps in his career. Up next, another interior offensive line,

although he's played tackle as well. Michael Dieter, number sixty three, has two years of NFL experience out of Wisconsin, and he's gonna be twenty five years old opening Day, and he has a phenomenal record that I don't think it's enough credit in the college football landscape. Fifty four consecutive starts he started from his first game to his last

game at Wisconsin, never missed one in between. That's a record at at you dub there and the other you dub and that's a place that turns out professional offensive lineman and basically every season. And then he rolled that right into playing fifteen games as a rookie and got himself almost a thousand reps nine ninety six worth of experience played garden center going back to his time as a collegian. Played some tackle as well, twenty three snaps last year as a kind of a interior backup off

the bench. But head coach Brian Flores talked about him this offseason and talked about his place on the team, and I thought he had an interesting quote talking about Michael Dieter about how quote, I think when you get into year two or year three, there's a sense of urgency, which he Michael Dieter has and you can see that to earn a bigger role on the team, He's definitely worked towards that, but he knows there will be a

competition there and the best man will win. So I'm curious to get a look at Michael Dieter this training camp, see him kind of come back in year three and see if he can seize a job upfront. Another guy he's gonna be competing with upfront is Cameron tom number sixty four, four seasons in the NFL out of Southern

miss twenty six years old on opening Day. He was a U d f A with the Saints back in seventeen, and he's had an interesting career where he kind of goes to the practice squad, gets called up for a

handful of games, goes back to the practice squad. He missed eighteen or the majority of it on i R. He's six ft four, three hundred pounds, has just a hundred eighty one reps of professional experience, but he's allowed just four pressures on those reps and no QB hits in the seventies six pass blocking reps, so no sacks are hits allowed. On a small sample size, he played

both guard positions and center with the Saints. Robert Jones, number sixty five, another rookie upfront, middle Tennessee State, twenty two years old on opening Day. He's six ft four three twenty two pounds, And if you listen to the Emery Hunt podcast where he broke down the undrafted free agent class of the Miami Dolphins, this was the guy he pointed to as his favorite out of that group, saying that he has a chance to develop and be

a starter in this term, in this league. Long term, I should a but of course he has to kind of earn his way up there and stack up good days on top of good days before we get to that point. But it's cool to hear a respected analyst like Emery Hunt talked about his upside and what he was at college and earning his way to the Senior Bowl, because this is a guy that didn't start playing football

until his junior season of high school. He was a basketball player and didn't make his varsity team, and they said, hey, why don't you go try football? And what a great idea that was because he winds up becoming one of the top tackles and Juco and junior college, gets flipped inside to guard at Middle Tennessee State, and then here he is a year in his final year of college, he gets an invite to the Reese's Senior Bowl and winds up on an NFL roster for training camp, number

sixty six on the roster of Solomon Killy. You guys know him. He's a fun, fun fan favorite who has a lot of great things to talk about on his press conferences, as podcasts and otherwise. One year experience out of Georgia, twenty four years old on opening day, a fourth round pick last year, he opened up training camp with the first team and held that spot through Week twelve last season. Now, injuries cost him some time late in the year, but three hundred thirty five pound absolute

people mover can blow people up. In the blocking game, was charged with just seventeen pressures allowed on four D forty eight pass blocking reps. That stat and all these pressure stats courtesy at Pro Football Focus. He played both guard positions and developed a reputation as that nasty finisher who plays through the whistle, which I don't think you can pay an offensive lineman a higher compliment than that, and in eleven of the fifteen games Kiley played, he

allowed one or fewer QB pressures. You might recall the inside the Numbers piece we published on was it Mondays or Tuesdays? Last year? I forget breaking down all the stats from every single game. There was so many instances where Kiley was pitching clean sheets or allowing just one pressure. So that's the you go, eleven out of the fifteen

games he played in one or fewer pressures allowed. Also in that rookie class with Solomon Kinley, Robert Hunt number sixty eight, the one year experience out of Louisiana Lafayette twenty five years old on opening day and especially last season when there was no off season to kind of work through the O T A s and get the you know, the cond ning and the mental side of the game down with your team on field. I mean they had the zoom sessions in the classroom sessions about

just working with a team on the field. I think it was expected that maybe there would be less rookie production, or at least rookies might run into that proverbial rookie wall towards the end of the season. But Robert Hunt saved his best for last, and perhaps it was because he came into the lineup late, but either way, he

played pretty well in his rookie year. From week eleven on he was PFS number six overall ranked tackle and run blocking, and he was just behind Tehran Armstead of the Saints, who's been an All Pro tackle in this league. His four team pressures allowed Robert Hunts were good for a consequent nineties seven point three pass blocking efficiency metric, which also checked in just a tenth of a point

below to Ron Armstead. So that's great company to keep there for Robert hunt down the stretch of the season. And he was also Miami's highest graded run blocker last year on PF and had a cumulative pb E pass blocking efficiency rates of nineties six point nine. Up next on our list, number sixty nine derv All Kiras netto two seasons experienced so far, all on the Dolphins practice squad. He arrives via Brazil and the International Pathway Program International

Player Pathway Program. My apologies. He'll be twenty nine years old come opening day, and you guys know who he is, the former judo champion the standing backflip. I mean at his size to be able to do what he does it's it's freaky to watch quite frankly athletic, powerful, and it's been refining his game the last couple of years on the Dolphins practice squad. I'm excited to get a

chance to watch him plays without camp. Last year, you didn't get a great look at him because you know, on practice squad and not getting a chance to see him in games or preseason. I'll be curious to get a look at him really for the first time in earnest since nine in August of that season. So we'll get a good look at d q N. Jonathan Hubbard

up next, number seventy one. Last year was his first out of Northwestern State, twenty four years old come opening day, six ft five pound offensive lineman, and he's packed on eighteen pounds from the combine where he measured at two. So get in the NFL weight training program, getting some more muscle on his body. PF charted only a hundred and fifty six of his pass blocking reps at Northwestern State, and I have to imagine that's because they just didn't

have the tape available for a Northwestern State. But he posted a goose egg and the sacks allowed column there on those reps, so no sacks in college. As far as what PF charted. He was on the practice squad from Miami last year. We'll get a better look at him this training camp as well. From a couple of inexperienced players on the practice squad to a guy that's played in the NFL for four years now. Jermaine Illuminoire

seventy two is his jersey number. Four years of professional experience out of Texas, A and m He's twenty six years old come opening Day, and he was born in England on a town called Chalk Farm. And I found the interesting on his Wikipedia page of all places that he took interest in American football when he saw the inaugural London game between Miami and the New York Giants back in two thousand seven. You might recall that was a very boring, tough, tough game to watch in the

pouring rain. They had the grass cut like a soccer pitch, so guys were sliding all over the place like the The most memorable play from that game for me was when Eli Manning beat Jason Taylor to the corner because Dat slipped and fell on the wet grass like slow. Eli Manning of all people, gets to the corner for that Giants team but would not win the Super Bowl that year, and Miami goes one and fifteen. But that

was his first exposure to American football. He came to the States at age fourteen, and he has played for some absolute football institutions, starting with Texas A and M and the Aggies, then going to the Ravens and the Patriots two of the more accomplished franchises over the last couple of decades. Three forty five pound dude, he's huge, fits right in with the offensive line, just sheer density they have up front. He started eleven career games. He's

appeared in thirty nine. He's played seven hundred and ninety snaps in his career, just about a little bit less than a full season, with only twenty two pressures allowed on three pass blocking reps. We go to from one of the older offensive line on the roster to one of the younger ones and Austin Jackson seventy three is his jersey number. Last year was the first year of his career. USC product twenty two years old on opening day, he was the third youngest player in the National Football League.

Last season and you saw him flash the ability that made him the eighteenth pick in the draft because you watched him work out and you said, this kid with the athletic ability. And we all know the story by now about him having to miss an entire offseason because of the bone marrow transplant with his sister to help save her life. It's an incredible story. We've written about it, we've talked about it. I'm sure you guys know about

it if you don't google it. Jordan Reed of The Draft Network wrote a great piece on Austin Jackson when he was back at usc and going through the off season basically not being able to work out because he

was stuck to his bed recovering from that surgery. But even still at the combine, he got himself into great enough shape to run a five oh seven forty yard dash with a thirty one in vert and a nine seven and broad jump, and his cumulative r a s scorecard from math Bomb Kent Lee Platt on Twitter he scored a nine four seven out of ten, which was near the top tier of offensive tackles of all time,

and you can confirm that with the tape. As far as his explosiveness, his first quick step the kickslide to get out of the stance and get into position to kind of mirror the pass rusher. But then he also has the athletic ability and the hip flexibility and the smooth feet to redirect and stay on balance against all these high level pass rushers. You're gonna see off that left tackle side in the National Football Like, very excited

for year two of Austin Jackson. Going back to another rookie offensive lineman that can play a couple of spots as well. Liam Eichenberg, the second round draft pick. He's gonna war number seventy four for your Miami Dolphins out of Notre Dame twenty three years old. We talked about Michael Dieter being one of these guys that has his name etched on the record books at one of the most prestigious offensive line schools there is in this country.

Same deal here with Liam Eichenberg, I mean, arguably the most NFL ready lineman per various scouting outlets, whether it's the Draft Network or NFL dot Com, Daniel Jeremiah, Dane Brewer at the Athletic, all these guys talked about his ability to step in right away and play, and that's because he was an absolute stalwart on an offensive line that had so many NFL principles and notre Game started thirty eighth straight games for the Irish and the last time he was charged with a sack by PFF was

his freshman season. So he has a streak that spans thirty three games, one thousand, two hundred eighty three career pass blocking reps. He has allowed just four QB hits and thirty two total pressure. That's good for one hit every three hundred and twenty point eight snaps. He gets his quarterback hit one quarter of season, like one every four games, and he also allows one hurry every forty point one snaps. Your quarterbacks under pressure with Leam Eikenberg

pretty much once per game. That's a phenomenal mark. And the rookie also tested percentile with his thirty three bench

press reps. The eighty second percent tile in his shuttle at four point five eight seconds and the seventy eight percentile in the three cone at seven point five three seconds, So you paired that kind of nasty ruggedness and there's a I mean, you guys noticed by now there's a great photo of him during a game last year where he got socked in the face and his eyes swelled up and he played with one eye shut and finished the game, coming out a half time to finish that game.

But you pair that toughness and that physicality and the fundamentally technically sound play of Liam Eichenberg with those metrics that showcase a bit of a change of direction skill set that pairs up nicely for a good, solid player in this league. We'll see if he can put together and develop and really become a trusted piece of the offensive line up next from a rookie to the most experienced player on the line. DJ Fluker number seventy six, eight years NFL experience out of out of Obama. He'll

be thirty years old on opening Day. And again, versatility and dependability and size seemed to be the real hallmarks of what these players are on this Miami offensive line. Check check check for d J. Fluker three hundred and fifty pounds on the official team site. He's played almost double the amount of football. The second most experienced player in this room has Jesse Davis, who's played over three

thousand snaps. Flukers played sixty seven hundred snaps in his career, and he played tackle exclusively last year for the Ravens, and he surrendered just five quarterback hits on two hundred and nine pass blocking reps the two years prior in Seattle. He played one thousand, six forty five snaps those two years combine, and all but one of those snaps came at right guard. So he can play. I mean he can and has played a lot of football at both

tackle and guard, left and right side. So very flexible, very experienced, and apparently in great shape too. Up next, Jesse Davis, number seventy seven, has been that way since six years NFL experience. Isn't that crazy to think about? Davis has been here for six years now out of Idaho, twenty nine years old, and the captain of the line last year. He defines that lunch pale mentality. He shows up, does his job, doesn't say a word, just a real

quiet leader of people. And he talked about this last offseason about reading books on leadership and kind of taking that role more seriously. I think we saw that play out as the season went along last year. It just you just have to love Jesse Davis's approach to the game and the only trade. That might be more valuable than his versatility, because he's played all for four of the five positions on this Dolphins offensive line, and he crossed trained last year at center and talked about that

in media. But perhaps more valuable than that is the fact that the guy is always available. Three thousand six snaps in four years, that's essentially four full season's worth of snaps played from Jesse Davis, and he's just always been available, always been starting and playing on the offensive line. Even in a couple of games last year where he didn't start, he winds up getting into the lineup and finishing out those games because of injuries or shuffling or otherwise.

So Davis solid, solid player. In twenty he was charged with just one sack allowed while playing significant time at three positions. A PFF had him at one d eighty six reps at left tackle, five hundred nine hey my former area code at right guard, and three hundred fifty four at right tackle. Two more players left here. Adam

Panky number seventy eight. He got himself a contract this offseason after his original one expired at the end of He's got four years experience out of West Virginia he'll be twenty seven years old opening Day, and he appeared in six games over the last two years here with Miami and got that resigned contract I mentioned earlier, and most of his work came as an extra offensive lineman heavy package where you bring six or seven offensive lineman

onto the field thirty three run blocking snap to just eight and pass protection. But I talked about this at camp last year. I thought he had a really solid, strong training camp. Will take a look at him again this August once more. But he played one snap at left tackle and one at right guard. The rest were as the extra man on the end of the line of scrimmage. And we finished up with rookie Larnel Coleman.

And every time I talked about Larnell, I can't help but think about Draft DAO and the flores Men announced that draft pick Brian Floors with his two boys, Max and Miles. That was really cool to see number seventy nine out of you. Mass a rookie twenty three years

old opening day. A two sports star in high school, he eventually hung up the sneakers to pursue football full time and get rid of the hardwood pursuit that he had but he talked about how basketball helped teach him the finer points of offensive line basics, because offensive line you want to stay between your man and the quarterback, and in basketball, on defense, you stay in front of

your man and the basket. He said this quote, I think defensive basketball is the same thing as playing offensive line, or at least playing tackle. I feel like a lot of the athleticism is definitely going to translate to the field, and it has been. I think, as you can see on my film end quote, this guy is massive, thirty five and a half inch arms, eighty four and seven eight inch wingspan, already one of the largest in the

National Football League. He also ran a five point one forty yard dash and leapt a hundred and thirteen inches on the broad jumps. So there's the athletic ability we talked about there. He was tabbed with just one sack aloud and three total quarterback pressures on one pass blocking reps last year in you masses shortened season because of

the pandemic. So there's your offensive line preview. Again. All these pieces written up on Miami Dolphins dot com and go back and check those out and listen to all the episodes as well getting you ready for training camp. And the fun part about the pieces on md dot com Miami Dolphins dot Com are that we have the player card listens, so there's some information on the players

as well as the stats and stuff. So you can kind of track along at training camp MP with your roster and fall along and say, hey, number is made to play. That's d J Fluke. I know that because of the article on Miami Dolphins dot Com. A couple of more notes here. I talked about this on Twitter, like I like to do. Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant. My goodness, what a place that is. Had a fantastic blue cheese and onion straw burger. They're one of the

best I've ever had. Great great stuff. Also, one of my things I've been keeping on eye on every single day going to hard Rock Stadium is the construction of the F one track. Men. I can't wait for that race down here. Let's get to the football season first, but next year after football, I cannot wait to watch F one down here in Miami. It's coming along nicely.

It's really cool to see it every single day. I just want to keep you guys updated on the f one and the Dolphins and the experience of being at hard Rock Stadium and Dolphins Camp every single day as we work towards the season. All right, that's gonna be my time on this edition of Drive Time. You all please be sure to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, tuned in, stitch, your Google Play, wherever you here your podcast from. Go ahead and leave us a rating, leave

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