Loads was made on social media about Tyreek Hill working by Philadelphia Eagles star cornerback Darius Slay on the primary play of their joint observe Wednesday. An excessive amount of? Philadelphia receiver A.J. Brown thought so with some motive.
This got here on a drill the place quarterbacks threw to receivers working one-on-one in opposition to cornerbacks. No strains. No safeties. Nobody else on the sphere in any respect. Quarterbacks and receivers sometimes win that matchup — irrespective of the matchup.
Throw in Hill, perhaps the hardest one-on-one battle within the NFL, and it’s a mismatch. His velocity received. He doesn’t want social media to go loopy over his play to verify his expertise. However as Brown tweeted in response to the passion over Hill’s win in opposition to Slay: “Now present 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 observe the place cornerbacks are at a drawback. Hill’s velocity 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 observe. The strains 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 a very good exercise.
The added context is Hill beat Slay on the very first play on the sphere in entrance of the place followers and media sat. So it bought greater play. It additionally fed into the Camp Pleased narrative across the Dolphins, the place the passion shortly turns into overenthusiasm.
Keep in mind the giddiness when Tua Tagovailoa accomplished a deep go to Hill in a June exercise? The context there may be 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 observe between Philadelphia and the Dolphins because of non-COVID sickness on the Dolphins was high quality with lots of people on either side. The skirmish that broke out within the observe had some on edge. The melee between Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday on the second day of their observe defined why. The Eagles gamers already had been upset as a result of they performed a recreation Sunday in Cleveland, flew house, and needed to fly to Miami on Tuesday for the exercises. Many had been high quality the second day was cancelled.
3. The NFL can’t penalize Rams defensive sort out Aaron Donald for his dumb helmet-swinging within the combat 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 combat? It’s a nasty search for Donald and for the league. However this isn’t the kind of factor the NFL can droop or high quality gamers for. It’s as much as the crew to do it, if they need (which they received’t to Donald).
4. The Dolphins should have a plan to get a greater back-up sort out. Greatest guesses typically 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 Invoice Belichick in a UFC belt doesn’t make you smile, you’re having a nasty day.
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