WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins Texans Week 15 Preview 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.920 To remove Dallan Deep speedless, peace, do hell Peas. From 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:10.360 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.640 This is Drivetime with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:27.760 He's got my havnds in the playoffs. 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:32.600 What is up Dolphins? And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:36.160 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.479 just previewing the biggest game of the entire season. 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:40.400 No big deal. 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.120 We'll take a look at the critical matchups and everything 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:45.800 you need to know ahead of Dolphins and Texans on Sunday. 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:49.360 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.120 This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:53.440 Maggie Duff. 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.720 Week fifteen at the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium, one 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:03.000 o'clock kickoff ONBS Gonna be played indoors. They keep the 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:06.440 roof closed this time of year at NRG. I was 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:08.919 interested in this. I went and looked it up. TUA 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.080 is five and one all time in domes and one 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.760 and one and retractable roof stadiums. 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.959 Can you can't? Can you know these games? Can you 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:18.720 name these games? 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:21.240 I had to cheat, but only because I didn't know 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:25.800 what Las Vegass roof was comprised of retractable or an 0:01:25.840 --> 0:01:27.880 actual roof. It is the latter. It's a dome that 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:30.240 does not open up. But I went backward and man, 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:34.040 we play we play so few games indoors. Are you 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:37.240 guys like aware of this? Our division, the entire AFC 0:01:37.319 --> 0:01:40.959 North being outdoor stadiums, you have two retractable roofs in 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.920 the South and two indoor facilities in the West. But 0:01:44.000 --> 0:01:47.400 in the NFC you've got seven indoor or retractable, so 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.800 it's a four to seven split. So I guess that 0:01:49.880 --> 0:01:51.800 pretty much tracks as to why we don't play that 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:55.080 many games indoors. Anyway, the games we have played indoors 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.240 under Tua was the Rams earlier this year, the Chargers 0:01:58.320 --> 0:01:59.960 last year. So so far has been a nice play 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.680 for us to play the Lions back in twenty twenty two, 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.280 which was right before they began this run as the 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.120 best team in football. As far as the record goes 0:02:07.120 --> 0:02:09.520 over the last two and a half seasons, the Saints 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:11.919 in twenty one that Ian book game that was ugly, 0:02:12.240 --> 0:02:14.639 and the Raiders back in twenty twenty which Tua got 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.680 benched for Ryan Fitzpatrick in and the lone loss is 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.720 the game in twenty twenty two at the Chargers retractable 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:23.880 roof games twenty twenty against the Cardinals to hiss rookie season, 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.600 the famous Cardinals game, and this one's harder. It was 0:02:26.639 --> 0:02:29.760 the loss in Frankfurt last year. Technically that is a 0:02:29.800 --> 0:02:34.119 retractable roof in Germany over there, so interesting facts there. 0:02:34.160 --> 0:02:36.560 I think this bodes well for the Dolphins offense ability 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.119 to hit their explosive plays and play sharp and play 0:02:39.160 --> 0:02:42.360 their best game because footing will be good on artificial turf. 0:02:42.560 --> 0:02:44.520 Let's go ahead, meet the team, this gun try to 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:46.600 stop this Dolphins offense and team in general. 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:48.000 In the Houston Texans. 0:02:48.000 --> 0:02:51.160 We have not played the Houston since twenty twenty two, 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:54.359 and we haven't been in Houston since twenty eighteen? 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:56.360 Can you believe that? And who boy? 0:02:56.400 --> 0:02:59.359 They are the prime example of how quickly things can 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:02.560 change in this league. You might remember just two years ago, hell, 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:05.000 even this time last year, before they got hot, they 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.480 were still kind of this upstart, young team that was 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.519 kind of fun to watch under Demico Ryans three years 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.720 three head coaches, starting back in twenty twenty when they 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.280 dismissed Bill O'Brien and somehow finished with four wins despite 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:21.120 having good version of Deshaun Watson back then, which helped 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:22.919 us get the third pick in the draft and would 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.239 turn into another number one pick and Jelen Waddle pretty 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:28.560 good there. Then they go David Coley for a year, 0:03:28.560 --> 0:03:31.040 who was a sacrificial lamb who won four games for 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:33.520 a team that was supposed to win zero games, and 0:03:33.560 --> 0:03:35.880 they still fired him. They had a couple of years 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:40.560 there after they depleted their draft cupboards where they signed 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.119 like thirty free agents and like twenty five of those 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.600 deals were one year contracts. It was one of the 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:50.400 weirder teams in terms of construction that was hurting for talent, 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.760 but wasn't a young team at the exact same time 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:56.640 that I can ever remember. Very strange dichotomy. They had 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.600 like a team chaplain who was like making personnel decisions. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:01.560 I guess Jesus take the wheel. 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:01.880 You know. 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:05.200 That continues into the Lovey Smith year where he goes 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.160 three thirteen and one, and you might remember his big 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.920 middle finger to the entire organization where everybody knew he 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.480 was getting fired, and he winds up pulling out a 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.560 victory from the jaws of defeat in Week eighteen that 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.840 gave the Panthers the first pick, and actually Lovey did 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:22.720 them a favor, although I think that the Panthers were 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:23.840 the only team in the league that was going to 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:26.120 take Bryce Young theer one overall, but it wound up 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.080 getting in the better quarterback in the class that year 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:31.640 with CJ. Stroud, And that is where things end or change, 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.599 I should say, when you get one of the best 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.040 rookie quarterback performances this league has ever seen. So they 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:40.599 bring in Damiko Ryans, who this offseason rounds out his 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.159 defense to fit what he's looking for. So in the 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:44.880 matter of three years, they go from one of the 0:04:44.960 --> 0:04:47.880 most talent poor franchises to a team that has a 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:51.920 star quarterback Stefan Diggs, although he's down, Nico Collins, Tank 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.880 Dell Dalton Schultz, Joe Mixon, Laramie Tunsel. I'm not gonna 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.320 put Tye Howard in there. He's a decent player. Daniel Hunter, 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:02.919 will Anderson, Deniko Loxrey, Derek Stingley, Jalen Peatrie, Jimmy Ward. 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.760 They are a very talented football team, a popular dark 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.560 horse Super Bowl pick this offseason, and they come out 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:10.520 of the gates on fire. With this five and one 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:12.919 start and kind of validate what everyone said about this 0:05:12.960 --> 0:05:17.559 football team, but have really really struggled in the seven 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.279 games since then, three and four. They have losses to 0:05:20.360 --> 0:05:23.080 the Jets and Titans. In there, those wins are against 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:26.440 the Jags and the Cowboys, and I'm forgetting one more. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.520 They beat Jacksonville twenty three to twenty before their bye week, 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:31.720 and quite frankly, I think the bye week came at 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:33.719 the perfect time for them. But we'll see if it 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:35.800 helps them get things corrected or if they come out 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:38.039 of the bi week a little bit rusty. We've seen 0:05:38.040 --> 0:05:39.680 that happen to this Dolphins team a couple of times, 0:05:39.720 --> 0:05:42.760 so hopefully that's the case for Houston this week. Hopefully 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:45.320 we force them into that and just you know, make 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.680 them go back to the drawing board. And man, they 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:49.960 have to be locked in on this game because if 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:51.920 they don't win this one, they go to Kansas City 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.080 next week on a Saturday for a short week game. 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.880 Then they have an even shorter week playing on Christmas. 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:58.040 Just what is that? 0:05:58.160 --> 0:06:00.360 Four days later, So they have a six day week 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:02.599 and then a four day week and it's against the 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:06.320 Ravens on Christmas. It is entirely conceivable that if we 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:08.800 can go in there and get this win, they could 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.360 be looking at falling to eight and eight heading into 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:13.400 their finale against the Titans. And if the Colts can 0:06:13.480 --> 0:06:16.880 beat Denver, Tennessee and the Giants, the Texans would have 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.599 to win that game against the Titans and get help 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:22.040 for the Jags to beat the Colts on the season 0:06:22.080 --> 0:06:24.840 finale to win the division. So to say, this is 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:27.320 a big game for both teams, it's a must win 0:06:27.400 --> 0:06:28.039 for both teams. 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.159 I think if Houston loses this game, I. 0:06:31.760 --> 0:06:33.640 Don't really trust the Colts, but I think there's a 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:35.680 I'm not going to predict it, but there's a real 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.120 possibility they lose the division if they do not beat 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:40.520 the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:42.360 You also know about the similarities. 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:44.960 Bobby Slowack was a coach on or with McDaniel and 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.560 San Francisco as well as in Washington. Similar offensive systems. 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:51.000 Of course, to MeeGo Ryans brings a defense that Mike 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:54.159 knows all too well from their time together in San Francisco. 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:58.280 Matt Burke is the defensive coordinator. Connections are a plenty. 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:03.520 Let's break down this massive, massive, massive, game in the AFC. 0:07:03.720 --> 0:07:06.080 The Texans offense their schemes. So if you thought we 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.640 threw the ball to the middle of the field a lot, 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.400 just wait until you watch this Texans attack. Forty eight 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.600 percent of their throws go between the numbers. Well, actually 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:17.360 it's the exact same number as us, but our numbers, 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:19.760 I think are a little bit skewed to account for 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:21.920 the frequency of the screen game we run this year, 0:07:21.960 --> 0:07:25.000 which has replaced our poor running game. But the Texans 0:07:25.040 --> 0:07:27.760 numbers to the intermedia and deep portion are much higher 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:29.880 than ours. And that's kind of what I'm getting at here. 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.840 They start things with outside zone. You know that here 0:07:33.080 --> 0:07:35.440 they haven't really employed a curveball to that it's a 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:37.840 three to one zone to man split. Ours is a 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:39.760 little bit less than two to one. And they run 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.680 the ball off tackle or wider on forty five percent 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:45.320 of their runs, and they just quite frankly, can't really 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.480 do it this year. I mean, you couldn't be more 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:50.200 familiar with this Texans scheme. They want to fire off 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.320 the football, create indecision with your eyes and your pre 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:56.280 snap motion and activity. But I think that teams have 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.000 been able to kind of stop this because they don't 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.760 respect their run game, especially with the one on one 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:05.000 struggles they've had inside. And I mean what I just 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:07.000 told you is kind of true of the Dolphins as well, 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.240 which I think should create even more appreciation for the 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:12.720 way two was playing right now. That's down the road 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:15.240 in this podcast though. They're not playing connected up front, 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:17.360 and it produces a lot of runs for nothing or 0:08:17.440 --> 0:08:19.920 losses for that matter. You can backdoor them, you can 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.440 get them off their spot, you can impact their ability 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.800 to catch and climb with big, powerful players, which what 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.680 does Miami have inside but exactly that, and then off 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.360 that they want to run play pass, they want to 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:33.640 hit inbreakers against your displaced middle of the field defenders. 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.079 Based upon that play action game, I think a lot 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.880 of the time, timing and rhythm being thrown off has 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.520 really been the monkey wrench for this offense, if you will, 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:45.280 for them. Because of Stroud's nine interceptions, seven of them 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.280 have come in the middle of the field, and if 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.319 we can just get one or two of those this week, 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:51.880 I think we're gonna win this football game. Personnel groupings, 0:08:51.920 --> 0:08:54.840 they run eleven personnel sixty two percent of the time, 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.720 twelve personnel thirty four percent of the time, which is 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:00.200 the third highest rate in the National Football League, and 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:01.959 they will go to three tight end sets here and 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:03.320 there three percent of the time. 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.840 How do you attack it? How do I say this correctly? 0:09:05.880 --> 0:09:09.920 Like all summer, you know, the concern among our fan 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:12.680 base was the offensive line. And I saw one of 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:14.760 the trolls on Twitter that hates everything that we do 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:16.480 say like, oh, all you have to do is give 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.840 to a two top ten receivers, a top ten running back, 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:21.199 and a top five offensive line, Like really, dude, now 0:09:21.240 --> 0:09:24.800 the offensive line's top five. Cool man, But if you think, 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:26.760 I think, if you look at the Texans season and 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:30.760 how that's transpired, what has happened there was the fear 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.640 that all the Dolphins fans have they had the Texans 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:36.640 have not been able to run the football and they 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.240 cannot protect CJ. Stroud, and that offense has regressed in 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:42.160 a major way, despite I think Stroud playing pretty much 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.200 the same level of football that he did last year. 0:09:44.440 --> 0:09:46.959 I think the way to attack this version of this 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:50.560 offshoot of the Shanahan system is to do everything you 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:54.000 can to disrupt the edges. Do not let those tackles 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.439 get out in space, don't let the tight ends win. 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:58.839 You have to win those matchups frequently, and I think 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.560 you could sacrifice a a little bit inside in order 0:10:01.640 --> 0:10:05.160 to accomplish that. Like we've seen Ramsey, we've seen Holland, 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:06.959 and even if you want to call on more base 0:10:07.040 --> 0:10:09.839 for you know, Anthony Walker or Tyrell Dodson could be 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.360 a big spot for those guys. I think you have 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:13.200 to find a way to really set the temple on 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.600 the edge and then also be able to flood the 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:18.439 intermediate middle part of the field and trust that Seiler 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:22.079 and Campbell can win a bunch of inside rushes or 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:25.360 run game reps in terms of playing double teams, beating 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.640 one on one matchups and making the tackles on those plays, 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.920 so that Brooks and Walker can really focus on their 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:35.440 width and depth against both run and against coverage. And 0:10:35.480 --> 0:10:38.679 that means you absolutely need a big game from Emmanuel Ogba. 0:10:38.960 --> 0:10:41.880 Hopefully Bradley Chubb can can go. I would love to 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:43.920 have tyas Bowser for this game, but we do not, 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:45.559 so Chop, you're gonna have to step up the run 0:10:45.600 --> 0:10:48.520 defense as well. Of course, when Campbell kicks outside, maybe 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.800 you get Mo Kamara, Maybe you'll get Cameron goodback here. Shoot, 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:54.760 maybe even move Seiler and Campbell both into some more 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:56.640 five tech roles to achieve that. 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:58.319 So you know what it looks like. 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:00.400 Let's go ahead and talk about the big three verse 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:02.720 the Texans offense. You have to shut down the run 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:05.400 and you have to do it from light boxes, because 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:08.480 I want to be more concerned about Nico Collins and 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:12.000 Tank Dell and John Metchi. Speaking of playing with light boxes, 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:15.160 did you know that we are the number one team 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.320 stopping the run in the NFL from light boxes? That 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:20.640 means less than seven to man box counts, So five 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.440 defensive backs out of the equation six or fewer men 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:25.760 in the box. Nobody gives up fewer rushing yards on 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:28.240 those looks per play then we do. And that is 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.120 very much to me. A Zach Sealer, A Jordan Brooks, 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.880 and a Kalais Campbell's stat Did you know that CJ. 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:37.000 Stroud has five hundred and four dropbacks this year and 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:39.439 one hundred and four of those have come on third 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:43.280 or fourth down and long, which is seven plus yards. Spoiler, 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:46.200 we'll have another key attached to this, but this is 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.280 the result you strive for with your run game. If 0:11:49.280 --> 0:11:53.000 you can make ten of Stroud's forty ish dropbacks in 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:55.199 this game, or eight of the thirty five, whatever you 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.360 want to call it. If you can make them in 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:00.640 these situations, I love our chances to make some stops 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:04.480 and even more importantly, create some splash plays. Man, we 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:06.319 need to get back to taking the football away. It 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:07.920 feels like the last couple of years we have not 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:11.000 gotten anything by way of takeaways. We need more of that. 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.880 Please let's continue that in our second portion. But back 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.120 to the main thing here. And as we said in 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.559 our how do you attack it category, I think about bigger, 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.560 heavier edges like Ogball, Kamara, Seeler, Campbell. 0:12:22.720 --> 0:12:23.760 You look at their deployment. 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.480 They want to involve their tight ends as attachments in 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:28.840 the outside running game, and I just think if we 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:32.000 can prevent them from stretching it out there, it creates 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:35.079 a world of issues for their offense. And Joe Mixon 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:37.600 is not like a super elusive shifty back who can 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.880 find those cutback lanes. He kind of wants to get 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:41.679 his head of steam rolling and make quick decisions from 0:12:41.679 --> 0:12:43.920 there where he can sort of, you know, make one 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:46.599 cut and go, And I think that reduces the effectiveness 0:12:46.600 --> 0:12:48.920 of their play pass game as well. It cuts off 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:52.200 their bootleg opportunities, which CJ. Stroud is very adept at doing, 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:54.760 and it makes the jobs of Brooks and Walker and 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.640 the safeties much much easier. If you can stop Joe 0:12:57.720 --> 0:12:59.880 Mixon's feet on those stretch plays, I think you can 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:03.240 to shed blocks and give them serious issues and stack 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.360 up a lot of TFLs and runs for no gains. 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:07.640 But Itto Jones is playing, in my opinion, the best 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:10.520 football of his career. Deshan hand gives you a handful 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:13.080 of really good reps every single week in the rotational role, 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.880 and perhaps their gradual growth allows you to be more 0:13:15.920 --> 0:13:19.319 flexible with both Campbell and Stealer. And this probably changes 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.480 if we get Bradley Chubb back as well as Cam Good, 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:23.839 and hopefully that would mean you could reduce some of 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:27.800 those snap counts outside for those guys and get Neil Farrell, 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.040 for instance, back to playing zero snaps, but especially chub Man. 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:32.360 What a great week it would be to get the 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.080 best edgesetter on the entire football team back in this 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:37.160 game against the Houston Texans. Not to mention next week 0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.000 against the Niners, because it's gonna be the exact same thing, 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:41.200 and against the Browns in two weeks as well, so 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:43.400 hey beatchup. Good three games to come back for here, 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:48.040 Big Doug. All these stats go together for the Texans. 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:50.599 They have the most negative runs in football and a 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:52.920 run game that has a success rate ranking thirty first 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.880 the National Football League, which leads to Stroud being the 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:59.240 most pressured quarterback in the NFL. Let's cover that Texas 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:02.280 offensive line. Our second big thing, Number two, is to 0:14:02.400 --> 0:14:06.440 create and punish third and long situations. Opposing defenses have 0:14:06.480 --> 0:14:09.280 blitzed the Texans fewer times this year than what they 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:12.920 did last year, and already have more hurries and unblocked 0:14:12.920 --> 0:14:15.600 pressures than they did a season ago, and there are 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:17.959 four games left to go. I think there's been a 0:14:18.000 --> 0:14:20.800 few issues here. They haven't run it well and that 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.840 always makes life tough on a passing game. They aren't 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:26.680 scheming up those room service throws for Stroud, and he's 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.680 had to really parse through some slow developing route concepts, 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.760 and their spacing hasn't been very good. And speaking of 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:34.760 life coming at you fast in the NFL, go look 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.200 at the commentary among Texans fans on Bobby Slowick, and 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.480 I will I don't like listening to fan commentary on 0:14:41.520 --> 0:14:44.320 offensive coordinators and play calls, because if you can't draw 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:46.360 a run fit, then you probably shouldn't be talking about 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:50.040 play calls, right, But the discourse has changed. Last year, 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.320 he was a head coaching candidate. This year folks want 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:55.920 him fired. And all of those things combined are a 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:59.320 terrible combination with the third issue, which is their pass protection. 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:03.320 Per ESPN Pass block data, the Texans have a blown 0:15:03.400 --> 0:15:06.920 block or a loud pressure on thirty percent of their dropbacks. 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.640 It's the most in the NFL. The Patriots are second 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:12.360 from last and they're at twenty five percent. And we 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.000 saw how Miami did against that offensive line. If you 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:18.400 can replicate that pass rush in this game, you're gonna 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:21.200 run away with this game and reset some serious narratives 0:15:21.200 --> 0:15:24.640 about the Dolphins. On Sunday, I think about where those 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:27.600 struggles come from. We've seen Chop really spearhead the pass 0:15:27.720 --> 0:15:30.280 rush these last five or six weeks. We will run 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:34.000 sim pressures off the overload side and invite these doubles 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.080 and slides for isolation on Chop, like he's having that 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:39.560 big of an impact as a rookie, but in this game, 0:15:39.680 --> 0:15:41.680 he's gonna get Titus Howard for most of the game, 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:45.040 and that's Houston's I mean, I guess it's their second 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:46.280 best pass protector, but. 0:15:47.160 --> 0:15:48.320 They've only got one good one. 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:50.960 Larrymy Tunzel is kind of unbeatable, but he's the only 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:52.960 guy that can do it out there, and he will 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.120 draw some flags here there, So hopefully tuns Wi comits 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.800 a couple of penalties against us and gives us that win, 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.120 but he's gonna beat most guys that he faces. I 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:02.520 would honestly just throw Augby out there and kind of like, hey, 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:04.840 go occupy Touns. I'll make sure he's got you to 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:08.560 deal with. Now with Howard on Chop, I pulled up 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.240 his tape and he does some a really good job 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:13.360 of shortening the runway the way I talk about Tron 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:16.520 Armstead on speed rushers, but he also like really exposes 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.480 his inside gate. And Chopp has shown the ability to 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:22.520 win with speed, to convert that speed to power, and 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:26.040 to crash inside, especially on pass rush games. I think 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.080 you can get a little creative here. If you guys 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:30.680 saw the Chop breakdown on HQ or on YouTube wherever 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:33.440 the hell exists in our content, or rather, I think 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:35.160 I think it comes out tonight. Actually I showed a 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:37.680 lot of the plays where they overload the offenses left, 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:39.760 you know, the side that he's not on, and let 0:16:39.880 --> 0:16:42.520 Chop go one on one off the offenses right, and 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:46.400 then they squeezed, you know, every rusher besides Chop and 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:48.720 he gets himself a one on one situation with a 0:16:48.760 --> 0:16:50.640 two way go where he has that B gap and 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:52.520 the C gap to work with as a pass rusher. 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:55.680 And there's often a very large lane in that B gap, 0:16:55.760 --> 0:16:58.520 especially with how they have to contend with Chop speed 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:01.000 around the edge, because he can he can stretch that 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:04.000 edge and then angle back and be effective opposed to 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:06.160 some rushers who just go past the quarterback and can't 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:10.280 angle back, and that makes that tackle set deeper, and 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.120 it creates a bigger B gap for someone like Zach Seeler, 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.400 who I would say is the best slanter among defensive 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:18.800 tackles in the NFL, with how he could cross face 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:21.919 from like a one technique position, cross face into that 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.399 guard and then he kind of hooks them there and 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:27.200 just plays right through them with his engagement of power 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.880 and just you basically walk them back into the quarterback. Now, 0:17:30.640 --> 0:17:33.920 this does open up some vulnerabilities to the quarterback run 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:36.320 if you do that. But guess what, that ain't CJ. 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:38.800 Stroud's game. I think we have the athletes to come 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:41.200 from depth to stomp it out, whether it's Jordan Brooks 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.199 or Javon Holland, so kind of some keys within the 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:46.399 keys create one on ones. For Zach Seeler as a 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:49.280 pass rusher, chop really helps you do this, and you're 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:51.600 sim pressure like simp pressure the crap out of him. 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:54.159 With defensive linemans falling back into the hook zone. That 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:56.439 has caused a lot of confusion on their mesh and 0:17:56.480 --> 0:17:59.600 crossing concepts to get their man beater looks and just 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.840 around out the offensive line here with their pass block efficiencies. 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.280 Tunsel is elite ninety eight point five. I think they'll 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:09.360 go with Juice Scruggs, who has a ninety seven point three, 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:11.159 and Kenyan Green could be the guy back in that 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:13.479 position is he's active for his twenty one day window, 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:16.199 but he has a ninety one point seven pbe so 0:18:16.320 --> 0:18:18.240 beat the crap out of the left guard whoever it is. 0:18:18.520 --> 0:18:21.040 Jarrett Patterson ninety eight point five, but he's not a 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.879 really good pass protector inside shack Mason's long in the 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:26.200 tooth ninety six point one at right guards a very 0:18:26.240 --> 0:18:29.000 low number, and then Titus Howard ninety six point five. 0:18:29.320 --> 0:18:31.679 We have to win this part of the matchup. Chopp 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.479 has to take Titus Howard to school, and Zach Seler 0:18:34.520 --> 0:18:37.400