Lots was made on social media about Tyreek Hill working by Philadelphia Eagles star cornerback Darius Slay on the primary play of their joint follow Wednesday. Too a lot? Philadelphia receiver AJ Brown thought so with some cause.
This got here on a drill the place quarterbacks threw to receivers working one-on-one in opposition to cornerbacks. No traces. No safeties. No one else on the sector in any respect. Quarterbacks and receivers usually win that matchup – irrespective of the matchup.
Throw in Hill, possibly the hardest one-on-one battle within the NFL, and it’s a mismatch. His pace received. He doesn’t want social media to go loopy over his play to verify his expertise. But as Brown tweeted in response to the passion over Hill’s win in opposition to Slay: “Now show us cooking y’all corners.”
He then posted video of a pair performs in the identical drill the place he competed in opposition to … Dolphins star cornerback Xavien Howard:
What to make of this? Nothing in any respect. It’s a follow the place cornerbacks are at a drawback. Hill’s pace is noticeable. He made a number of down-the-field catches within the 11-on-11 scrimmage in opposition to the Eagles protection on Wednesday.
You search for context in follow. The traces going up in opposition to one another in a scrimmage imply one thing. The one-on-one drills of cornerback in opposition to receiver? Not a lot past exercise.
The added context is Hill beat Slay on the very first play on the sector in entrance of the place followers and media sat. So it bought greater play. It additionally fed into the Camp Happy narrative across the Dolphins, the place the passion shortly turns into overenthusiasm.
Remember the giddiness when Tua Tagovailoa accomplished a deep go to Hill in a June exercise? The context there’s Hill beat cornerback Noah Igbinoghene in one-on-one protection. Hill can’t be coated by anybody like that, and Igbinoghene is crushed by each quarterback-receiver mixture.
2. The cancellation of the second day of a joint follow between Philadelphia and the Dolphins because of non-COVID sickness on the Dolphins was nice with lots of people on each side. The skirmish that broke out within the follow had some on edge. The melee between Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday on the second day of their follow defined why. The Eagles gamers already had been upset as a result of they performed a recreation Sunday in Cleveland, flew dwelling, and needed to fly to Miami on Tuesday for the exercises. Many had been nice the second day was cancelled.
3. The NFL can’t penalize Rams defensive sort out Aaron Donald for his dumb helmet-swinging within the struggle in opposition to the Bengals. There’s no NFL refs. No self-discipline being wielded like in a recreation. Who is aware of what led as much as the struggle? It’s a nasty search for Donald and for the league. But this isn’t the kind of factor the NFL can droop or nice gamers for. Its as much as the crew to do it, if they need (which they received’t to Donald).
4. The Dolphins will need to have a plan to get a greater back-up sort out. Best guesses usually come from the background of the teaching workers. Mike McDaniel is aware of San Francisco and offensive coordinator Frank Smith was the offensive line coach of the Los Angeles Rams.
5. If Bill Belichick in a UFC belt doesn’t make you smile, you’re having a nasty day.
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