Mike Cugno reports live following Day 2 of Dolphins joint practice with Lions

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CBS4 anchor and reporter, Mike Cugno, is live from Detroit following a more positive practice from the Dolphins

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00:00Oh, practice today was better for the Dolphins?

00:02Everybody was, you know, wailing and gnashing yesterday

00:05that that was going to be what the season looked like

00:08and seems like it may have looked better today.

00:11Yeah, so I wasn't there yesterday.

00:13I got in last night, but everyone I talked to today,

00:16whether it's players or just reporters around,

00:18everyone said that it looked much better.

00:20And then today, I mean, just watching the practice,

00:22it just looked like the normal practice.

00:24You know, the Lions have big play wide receivers.

00:26Those guys did what you'd expect to do,

00:29like Jameson Williams.

00:30He caught a deep ball on Miami today,

00:32but Miami without, you know, Tyree Kill

00:35still made some plays offensively,

00:38but there was a lot of energy.

00:40It just looked a little bit more competitive.

00:43I think you could still see the Lions,

00:45maybe the better team still,

00:47but they're also, I think, a little bit more healthy now.

00:50You know, Jalen Phillips isn't out there.

00:51Tyree Kill isn't out there.

00:53Zach Seeler wasn't doing much today.

00:55So if you're a Dolphins fan,

00:57I think today definitely probably calms your nerves

01:00a little bit about this team.

01:02Hey, you mentioned Cunho, Tyree Kill.

01:04And last year, he was obviously banged up.

01:06And look, to his credit,

01:07he tried to play through it last year,

01:09up until the last game where he flat out quit on the team.

01:12But is any part of you a little worried?

01:15And I get it, it's training camp.

01:17Like, he doesn't need to be out there right now.

01:19But is any part of you a little worried

01:20that the Dolphins are going to have to try

01:23to win games this season without Tyree Kill at all

01:26throughout the season?

01:28Like, any part of you concerned that at this point,

01:29his body just can't hold up for a 17-game season?

01:33I'm not worried yet.

01:35Mike McDaniel mentioned it in his press conference

01:36with us this morning,

01:38that they don't want to put him out there

01:40because they don't want to risk anything long-term.

01:42But if you still look at the amount of time

01:44between today and the start of the season,

01:47there's still, man, it's virtually a month still, right?

01:51Because you got the next two weeks,

01:53you have that bye week in between the preseason,

01:55the regular season,

01:55and then obviously another seven days

01:57before the season starts.

01:58So I'm not worried about it yet.

02:01And he keeps, and McDaniel keeps telling us

02:04that like, if you let Tyree go practice,

02:07he'd go practice, right?

02:08And so that, to me, that, you know,

02:12probably calms some of the worry there a little bit.

02:14I'm not worried about it yet.

02:17Doesn't mean it can't turn into something,

02:20but as of now, I'm not worried.

02:23I read something earlier in the show.

02:24Omar Kelly had tweeted out

02:26that it feels like Dolphins fans

02:28are rooting against this team

02:31more than he can recall.

02:33And I kind of have the same feeling.

02:35Omar's tweet, the beginning of it was,

02:37I've covered the Dolphins for 18 years,

02:39not even in the tank for two a season

02:41have I seen this fan base actively rooting

02:44against their team like this year.

02:45And I do get that kind of feel.

02:48You know, I almost felt like a lot of Dolphins fans

02:50were reveling in a terrible practice yesterday

02:54because they want to do the,

02:55see, I told you so,

02:56and they want to be rid of Greer and McDaniel.

02:59And I don't know, it seems weird to me.

03:02And I maintain, I say this, you know,

03:05I feel like a broken record,

03:06but I think people are sleeping

03:07on just how talented this team is.

03:10Let me say this.

03:11And I should have mentioned this off the top

03:13when you asked about today's practice.

03:14You go back to the Bears practice a week ago

03:17and they had,

03:18they had like five turnovers in that practice.

03:21And then the first team goes out there

03:22and marches down the field

03:24in the first series, 15 plays.

03:27You know, they don't punch it in,

03:29but they were making a concerted effort

03:30of trying to run the ball there.

03:31They weren't throwing, like it wasn't like you can,

03:34you can make, make for reasons

03:37why they didn't score on that possession.

03:39So some of that also,

03:42I think you take with a grain of salt,

03:43but what I think it is with Dolphin fans

03:45is that it feels like it just,

03:48it feels like purgatory, right?

03:50Cause you're like in that seven to 10 win range

03:53for such a long time.

03:54And even when you sneak into the playoffs,

03:56you lose in the first round.

03:57And so that's why I think Dolphin fans are,

03:59it's just more frustration last year.

04:02I thought last year was,

04:03last season was maybe the most constipated

04:07it ever felt just because of Tua

04:09in and out of the lineup

04:09and they still won eight games, right?

04:12So I think that's the frustration.

04:14It's like be one or be the other.

04:16And the middle ground is maybe the worst place to be.

04:20But do you think this year, Mike,

04:22they have the opportunity,

04:24in other words,

04:26what they're banking on

04:27is that everything is going to break their way

04:29this season, right?

04:30Like last year,

04:31obviously things did not break the Dolphins way.

04:34In 2023, as great as they were,

04:37they had a three game lead in the division

04:39with five weeks left to go

04:40and they weren't able to do it.

04:41Well, they would probably argue,

04:43and I think it's fair,

04:44injuries didn't break their way.

04:46And last year,

04:48kind of the same thing with Tua

04:49and with other position players as well.

04:51Are they basically banking on the fact

04:52that this year,

04:53things are going to break their way

04:55and, you know,

04:57potentially be a little bit luckier

04:59when it comes to injuries,

05:00even though it hasn't started off great?

05:02Well, you can't,

05:03yeah, you can't,

05:04you can't bank on the brakes

05:06going your way

05:07because that's rolling a big dice.

05:09But what I think you do look at

05:12is you hope you're doing enough

05:13to combat those injuries

05:17if and when they happen.

05:18And so I'll look at the front seven.

05:20And I, like today,

05:22one of the best plays I think I saw

05:24was Zeke Biggers

05:26and Jordan Phillips

05:27just completely maul

05:28the right side of the Lions line.

05:31And then Willie Gage Jr.

05:32comes in for a tackle

05:33on the right back.

05:34Like, so I look at that

05:36and I go,

05:37okay, there's,

05:38there's some young depth here.

05:40And, and you're like,

05:41okay, like God forbid

05:42there's a big injury.

05:44You hope there's depth

05:45behind some of these

05:46marquee positions.

05:47So I look at the front seven

05:48and I think, okay,

05:49they're, they're,

05:49they're pretty deep.

05:50The linebacker core

05:51is pretty deep.

05:52Obviously corners are a little thin.

05:53Wide receiver

05:54after your top two guys

05:55is probably a little thin.

05:56Although I think Malik Washington

05:57is making big strides

05:59and I love his game.

06:02I think he's going to be

06:03really good in this offense

06:04for the next few years.

06:05That, that to me

06:07is where it's at.

06:08If someone on the offensive line

06:09goes down,

06:10how big is the drop off?

06:11You can't count on the brakes

06:12going your way.

06:13You have to,

06:14you have to fight that

06:15and you fight that

06:17in the NFL with depth.

06:18And so that's where you think

06:19you got to look,

06:21I think at each position

06:22and group and just hope

06:23you have the depth

06:23to sustain that.

06:24Cause it's the NFL

06:25people are going to get hurt,

06:26but on the top,

06:27at the top end,

06:28at the top end talent level

06:30for this team,

06:31I think me and Hawk

06:32are the only ones

06:33who are saying,

06:34I think this team

06:35is better than what,

06:36than what a lot of people

06:37are saying.

06:38Yeah.

06:39It's a weird vibe to me

06:40that I'm getting

06:41because if you do look

06:42at the roster,

06:43there's talent on this roster.

06:45I don't know what goes on

06:46with,

06:46with Tua.

06:47I don't know why

06:48the narrative on Tua,

06:49I get it.

06:50Cause he's,

06:50he's got a propensity

06:51for injury,

06:52but two seasons ago,

06:54he didn't miss a single game,

06:55which is so rare

06:56for a starting quarterback

06:57in the NFL.

06:59Um,

06:59but we had asked

07:00several people

07:01this week

07:03and last,

07:04I can't remember

07:05who brought it up,

07:06but it was,

07:06would you take

07:07Mike Vrabel

07:08and Drake May

07:09or Mike McDaniel

07:11and Tua

07:11and Tua man,

07:13everyone says

07:14Vrabel

07:14and Drake May.

07:16And I'm like,

07:17I don't get that

07:18because Tua to me

07:19when he's zinging,

07:20man,

07:21he is as good

07:22and accurate

07:23as you see out there.

07:25You haven't seen

07:25anything from Drake May yet.

07:27And I understand

07:28Mike Vrabel

07:28is a better head coach.

07:29Although I will tell you this.

07:30I don't know

07:31if you saw Ben Volan

07:31tweet out.

07:32I retweeted it,

07:33Mike.

07:34Um,

07:34to me,

07:35this is the worst answer

07:36that any head coach

07:37has ever given

07:37in the history of sport.

07:39Mike Vrabel

07:40said today,

07:40the only birthday cake

07:43he would eat

07:44is carrot cake.

07:45Oh,

07:48Vrabel.

07:48I love that guy.

07:51What?

07:51A little carrot cake

07:53and a black coffee.

07:55We're,

07:56we're having

07:56time of our lives.

07:58I don't mind

07:59carrot cake.

08:00Cuno,

08:01I don't mind

08:01carrot cake.

08:02Not for a birthday.

08:05Oh,

08:05a birthday.

08:06Yeah.

08:07Like carrot cake.

08:08Cause,

08:08cause carrot cake

08:09is like,

08:10that's a classy dessert.

08:12I I'm sitting

08:13with the brain

08:14having a cup of coffee.

08:16I'm not doing

08:17a birthday party

08:18that ends

08:19in a carrot cake.

08:20There's no celebration

08:21that revolves around

08:23a cake with carrots

08:24in it.

08:25It's not your birthday.

08:27It's his birthday.

08:28Right?

08:29It shows me

08:29that he doesn't know

08:30what he's doing.

08:33Vrabel doesn't know

08:34what he's doing.

08:34He's got like 10,

08:3510 catches

08:36as a,

08:36as like a linebacker

08:37in the NFL

08:38and they're all touchdowns.

08:39I think he was lucky

08:42on everything

08:42because the guy's

08:43choosing carrot cake

08:44as a birthday cake.

08:45Again,

08:45carrot cake

08:46has its time

08:47and its place,

08:47but it ain't a birthday.

08:50Carrot cake

08:50is for all seasons.

08:51If you ask me,

08:53I disagree.

08:55Cookie cake

08:55is by the way,

08:56the correct answer

08:57for birthdays.

08:58Cookie cake

08:58is not a cookie.

08:59It's not a cake.

09:00It's a cookie.

09:00It's a giant cookie.

09:01You're just sharing

09:01a cookie with friends.

09:03It literally has

09:04taken the title.

09:05It literally says cake.

09:07Yeah.

09:07This is on you though,

09:10Hawk,

09:10for hoping Cunha

09:12would agree with you

09:13on carrot cake.

09:14Like if there was

09:15anybody who was going

09:16to agree with Mike Rabel

09:17on carrot cake,

09:18it was going to be Mike Cunha.

09:19I like carrot cake.

09:20I happen to love

09:21a cream cheese frosting,

09:22so I like carrot cake,

09:23but not for a birthday celebration.

09:25You don't put a candle

09:26in a carrot cake.

09:27A carrot cake

09:28So you don't do

09:29the cream cheese frosting

09:30unless you're feeling

09:31a little feisty, right?

09:32It's that cheat day

09:33type of thing.

09:33To be quite honest,

09:34the only good thing

09:35about carrot cake

09:36is the cream cheese frosting.

09:38Nobody loves

09:39that crappy cake

09:40with the carrot.

09:40No.

09:42Oh, God.

09:43I'm here to die

09:45in the hell

09:46that all baked goods

09:47like my zucchini muffins

09:48should have some sort

09:49of vegetable in them.

09:50Oh, for the love of God.

09:52I mean, honestly,

09:53just the worst.

09:54We're going to let you

09:55go on that note

09:55because I can't take it.

09:56Why not?

09:58A little squash

09:59chocolate chip cookie.

10:00Can we make that happen?

10:02See, if you're going

10:02to say that a cookie cake

10:04isn't an actual cake,

10:06it's just a cookie,

10:08I'm going to tell you

10:09that anything with squash

10:11is not a cookie, period.

10:14You can call it

10:14whatever you want.

10:15If it's got squash in it,

10:17it's not a cookie.

10:19I mean,

10:20we can agree to disagree,

10:22but a cookie cake

10:23is just a giant cookie.

10:24You just got lazy

10:25and didn't want to pull

10:26out the cookie cutter.

10:27Someone did that

10:28and thought,

10:29yeah, I'm inventing

10:30something incredible.

10:32No, no.

10:32Because a cookie,

10:33it's like, no,

10:34a cookie cake

10:35is like 18 inches around

10:37and it's got frosting on it

10:38and it spells out

10:40happy birthday.

10:41But if I put frosting on it,

10:43it's a birthday celebration.

10:44So if I buy a cookie,

10:46if I buy a giant cookie

10:47from Mrs. Field,

10:49you know,

10:49like one of those

10:49that fit in the palm of your hand,

10:50like a big cookie

10:51and I put frosting on it,

10:52it's a cake?

10:54No.

10:54Is a cupcake

10:55a birthday cake?

10:57Well, I don't know.

10:58I mean,

10:58it's a cookie.

11:00To Cugno's point,

11:01like a cookie cake

11:03is just a cookie.

11:05Like I know what cake is.

11:07I know what cake is.

11:08You look at a carrot cake,

11:09you can tell

11:10that's a slice of cake.

11:11But a cookie cake

11:13is just a giant cookie.

11:14It's just the same ingredients.

11:16Again,

11:16I'll give you the,

11:17I'll give you

11:18the cupcake example though.

11:20So the cupcake

11:21is a birthday cake?

11:22It's a cupcake.

11:24The cup,

11:24the cup is the,

11:25is the unit

11:26in which it's measured

11:27because it's cup size.

11:28You only calling

11:29a cookie cake

11:30a cake

11:30because you have

11:31to attack it

11:31with a knife

11:32because of how big it is.

11:33That's the only reason.

11:34Well,

11:35I mean,

11:35Solana's saying

11:36that it fits

11:36in the palm of your hand

11:38and it's a cake.

11:39I'm just saying

11:40if,

11:40because you made the point

11:41that if you put frosting

11:43on it,

11:44it's gotta be a cake.

11:45And I'm saying

11:46that's,

11:47that's just not true

11:48because you can buy anything

11:49and put frosting on it.

11:50It doesn't make it

11:51a cake.

11:52And by the way,

11:52anybody who eats

11:53a piece of cookie cake

11:54with a fork and knife,

11:55they're just,

11:56they're just pretending

11:57to be classy.

11:58Like eat it,

11:58it's how it's,

11:59it's meant to be eaten.

12:00But at Publix,

12:01you can buy a slice

12:02of cookie cake.

12:03Like you can get

12:04just a slice

12:05of cookie cake.

12:06You would never

12:06go somewhere,

12:07but you would never

12:08go somewhere

12:09and buy a slice

12:10of cookie.

12:11That's ridiculous.

12:12You would only buy

12:13a slice of cookie cake.

12:14Is ice cream cake

12:16a cake

12:16or is it ice cream?

12:17It's terrible,

12:18whatever it is.

12:20It's just ice cream

12:21formed into a brick.

12:22That's all it is.

12:23No,

12:23that's ridiculous.

12:23I'm with you on that.

12:24It melts and then

12:26it melts and it's gone.

12:28That's it.

12:28Oh,

12:28let's put some crunchies

12:29in it.

12:30Now all the kids

12:31will love it.

12:32Oh,

12:32okay.

12:33Now you're 45 years old.

12:34I just pull up ice cream cake.

12:36Okay.

12:36Well,

12:36you're an idiot.

12:37I mean,

12:38I'm speaking,

12:38you know,

12:39metaphorically,

12:39not to you.

12:40Exactly.

12:41Mike Cugno,

12:41watch him Saturday

12:42on CBS4,

12:44prowling the sidelines.

12:46Goldie and Kim Bocamper

12:48on the call

12:49and Cugno

12:50on the sidelines.

12:51Excellent broadcast.

12:52You did a great job

12:53preseason game one.

12:54Looking forward to game two.

12:57All right.

12:57Love you guys.

12:58Love you too.

12:59There you go.

12:59Mike Cugno.

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