WEBVTT - Week 1 Film Room, Dolphins Pats - Tape, Contextualized Stats, Snap Counts, McDaniel Commentary 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us fires touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.639 end zone of Miami board tight tight window. They had 0:00:09.680 --> 0:00:11.760 to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:19.360 What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:23.520 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:27.600 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:32.839 Travis Wingfield And on today's show year that's my favorite 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:36.239 day of the week, All twenty to Tuesday, we'll go 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:38.720 to the film room and break down the twenty seven 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.199 victory over New England. Plus will provide context of the 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:45.839 numbers and advanced metrics will scan the social we'll get 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:48.560 snap counts, and we'll hear from head coach Mike McDaniel. 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:52.479 Busy episode from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:00:52.560 --> 0:01:01.040 Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast mimiphics, so 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:03.800 it's kind of funny. I'm I'm pretty busy in game, 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:07.319 firing off tweets, putting together a radio show, outline my 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:12.240 podcast takeaways, and organizing thoughts in general. As part of 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:15.959 the duties of the job. And the reason I'm telling 0:01:15.959 --> 0:01:18.240 you this and that I have three different avenues and 0:01:18.280 --> 0:01:22.119 platforms of coverage that I do on Sundays is because 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:24.880 I went to bed on Sunday night upset with myself 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.919 because I don't think I mentioned Tyreek Hill or Jalen 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:31.400 Waddle in the Sunday Recap podcast. I talked about them 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:37.000 a lot on radio and on Twitter and seemingly everywhere else, 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:40.160 but somehow they didn't get notes on the podcast. That's bad. 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.480 That's on me, and I'm gonna make up for today. 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.000 I want to just go ahead and get ahead of that, 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:47.200 and we'll start here with the offense of all twenty 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:50.919 two review, talking about the impact of these two receivers 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:53.160 and some stats that I have for you in the 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:57.640 Pro Football Focus slacks slash Next Gen review here later 0:01:57.680 --> 0:01:59.600 on in the podcast. Let's go ahead and start with 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.200 the film and the snap counts. I should say as 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:05.120 the Dolphins had four offensive players go wire to wire, 0:02:05.400 --> 0:02:08.520 Liam Eichenberg, Robert Hunt, Connor Williams and two a tongue 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:11.840 of vloa all played all sixty snaps to Ron Armstead 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.640 missed two snaps, he played fifty eight. Greg Little played 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:18.200 forty five snaps. That was seventy of the workload. Austin 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:22.520 Jackson fourteen and Rob Jones three snaps At receiver, Waddle 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:26.080 and Hill played forty apiece, Cedric played twenty eight, Surefield 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:30.040 thirty one, River Craigcraft ten. At running back, Chase Edmonds 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.000 had thirty eight, Raheem had twenty five, and alec Ingold 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.720 had twenty two snaps. And then among tight ends Durham's 0:02:35.720 --> 0:02:39.840 My thirty eight, Mike Kisikiwi Hunter Long twelve and Sethan 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:44.359 Carter one, So a really balanced effort. Their offensive line 0:02:44.400 --> 0:02:45.760 had to go deep into the bench for some of 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:47.960 that stuff because of the injuries. That's why you gotta 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:49.359 build a team full of depth, and they found a 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:51.880 way to get this job done despite those injuries accruing 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.520 at that spot. As far as the offensive tape and 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.840 just some general takeaways, I sure do love this offense. Man. 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:00.760 There are so much action where you kind of sell 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.000 the run and you get the defense to believe it. 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.560 You have to write where you have pulling guards to 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:09.440 simulate that run action, keeping those eyes of those linebackers guessing, 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.480 giving them all sorts of eye candy to follow around. 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.000 Just a really fun structured offense that makes things look 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:18.640 the same and then build wrinkles off of them and 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:22.440 just forces guys to be on their keys and be 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:24.880 sharp with their eyes on top of the speed they 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:28.200 have to defend. It could be it could be a 0:03:28.280 --> 0:03:31.080 deadly combination going forward. And I felt like they really 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:34.160 stole some yards in this game under as far as 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:36.760 with design and the usage of getting the ball in 0:03:36.800 --> 0:03:39.440 the hands of their playmakers. Some extensions of the running game. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:44.040 Three wide receiver rush attempts produced twenty yards eight for Jalen, 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:47.280 eight for Cedric, six for Tyreek in eighteen yards screen 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:50.000 pass a now route, stand up. Throw that thing out 0:03:50.040 --> 0:03:51.960 there against the Patriots dime defense, and you get a 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.360 good block from Trent Surefield off the edge to pick 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:56.720 up eighteen yards. A lot of it looks the same. 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:59.440 You get that orbit motion, that receiver running back behind 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:01.600 the quarterback. I can running back, you can go weak 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.240 or strong. You can pull your split flow action with 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.440 a tight end. You can pull a guard. It's just 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:09.000 a lot to prepare for. And I'm watching this tape 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:12.040 from like a Ravens perspective, for instance, and just keep thinking, 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:14.320 we're gonna have some long nights this week because we 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.440 have so much to get ready for. There was a 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:22.200 play action passed to Durham Smythe where the personnel is surefield, Craycraft, Smythe, 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:26.120 Wilson and Edmonds a great grouping to run from right, 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.680 so they get jet motion. After shifting Smythe from a 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:32.880 wider split and tight to the formation, you get the 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.960 flow off of play action and to a steps up 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.880 out of some pressure where the chase can then get 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.760 in there and pick up that last blitz aer inside 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.760 and then Smythe gets behind the second level because the 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:47.960 linebackers have their eyes on the running game. It's just 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:50.640 a lot of that instances where you use the flow 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.080 of the defense against them and kind of it's kind 0:04:53.080 --> 0:04:54.839 of like what we talked about with offensive line versus 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:56.440 defensive line. A lot of it is trying to get 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.640 a guy leading one way and then snap back the 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:02.120 other way. Similar steps here on the offense, the Patriots 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:04.240 played tons of Cover three in this game. That's where 0:05:04.279 --> 0:05:07.160 you have one defender covering a deep third portion of 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.279 the field, so left, middle, and right, and they really 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.400 focused on those crossers and over routes with the curl 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.600 flat guy getting depth from that backside, which is your 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.760 guy that covers you know, flat routes or the potential 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.160 five ten yard hook zone and then you get more 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.480 depth for those yard overs. Good work by the Patriots 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.240 to get that taken care of, because that style lends 0:05:27.279 --> 0:05:31.040 itself to a lot more underneath throws. But Miami still 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.280 found a way to push the ball and produce one 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:35.880 of the highest average yards per past play this weekend 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:39.320 across the National Football League. So the design, the structure 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:41.760 of it, I think has so much room to to 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.200 grow from here and go from here. You had about 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:46.680 a half of football that was really feeling out each 0:05:46.720 --> 0:05:49.600 other offensively and defensively, and then you saw some more 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.440 of that kind of takeoff late in that second quarter. 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.680 As far as the individuals go, we'll start with two 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:55.719 a tongue of by lower here in his all twenty two. 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:57.720 And there was I think four or five plays where 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.000 I wrote down like that's something you want to probably 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.520 get back in terms of a negative or a potential 0:06:02.800 --> 0:06:05.800 you know, turnover worthy play, er disaster play. But the 0:06:05.839 --> 0:06:08.160 rest of it was also solid. The first play of 0:06:08.200 --> 0:06:10.320 the game brings up plenty of talking points and it 0:06:10.360 --> 0:06:13.800 seemed bad or at least weird, and I was convinced 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:16.919 that to a thought, Tyreek was gonna settle into the 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:19.679 hooks zone there, but the football gets tipped by Matt Judon. 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:21.800 He gets I think his thumb. You see him reach 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:24.200 around and you see the ball nose dive after it 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:26.000 goes by him, and it makes me think that he 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.360 got that thumb on it. And the reason that Tyreek 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:32.479 was running wide open downfield was that to actually pumps 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:35.760 his shoulders to ingold over in the flat and that 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:40.120 not only pulled the cover three cornerback up, he winds 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:42.440 up slipping and falling because he tries to get back 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:45.320 to depth and he can't stay on his feet. So 0:06:45.640 --> 0:06:47.960 I thought that was really sharp by two all game 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.719 to move defenders. More on that here in just a second. 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:53.479 I thought his involvement in the running game. You know, 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.400 there's something you're not gonna hear a lot of breakdowns 0:06:55.400 --> 0:06:58.240 from in terms of outside of coaches talking right, but 0:06:58.320 --> 0:07:01.120 he checked into favorable run counts and he executes his 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:03.440 fake so well. Had that one good hard count that 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.040 got the Patriots off sides for an automatic first down 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.719 on fourth down. And you know, speaking of the running game, 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:11.920 the big negatives and losses, and this probably goes back 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:13.720 in the offensive category, but it's here in my notes 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.720 was the safety or the rat and the hole pulling 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.320 the trigger and getting down past the blocks and coming 0:07:19.320 --> 0:07:22.800 in clean. You had both Kyle Kyle Dugger and Adrian Phillips, 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:24.680 both very good in that regard, kind of like Brandon 0:07:24.760 --> 0:07:28.400 Jones and Javon Holland. Back to Tuh, I liked the 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.680 decision to go to Ingled on the wheel. He had 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:33.480 Tyreek deep with the mailbox up saying hey, I'm open 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.240 right here. But I don't know if he had time 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:37.160 with the pressure in his face to make that throw, 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:41.720 because you had Ingled with a step on Jawan Bentley, 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:44.280 and that's a speed matchup that favors you based upon 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:46.440 the way those guys ran back at their combines, right, 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.280 But it looked like Ingle drifted a little bit and 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:51.280 couldn't quite get to the football. It's a tough bang 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.640 bang play, but I liked the decision overall. Later there 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:57.000 was a third and seven conversion to Chase Edmonds that 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.720 was so nice. You see Waddle remove that flat corner. 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:02.680 It's that brotherhood route we talk about where you have 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:05.080 to run your routes a certain way to sell the 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.920 concept of the passing game and it gets the flat 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.320 corner to go deep and Edmonds goes right to that 0:08:10.400 --> 0:08:15.280 vacated spot and to interrupts his drop because he sees 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:17.760 an unblocked man coming up the A gap, which is, 0:08:17.800 --> 0:08:20.040 by the way, the quickest route to the quarterback. So 0:08:20.160 --> 0:08:22.560 to be a free a gap runner on third and 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.920 seven with the completion and a first down, that is big, big, 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.760 big time stuff. He gets it done. There plenty of 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.680 examples of ta using his eyes and body position to 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.559 move that defense mentioned the opening play. They hit a 0:08:34.640 --> 0:08:36.880 slant on the last drive of the first half to 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:40.280 Tyreek where he clears that curl flat defender by looking 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.360 out to the flat and you see him take the 0:08:42.440 --> 0:08:44.920 cheese and take steps that direction, and all that does 0:08:44.960 --> 0:08:47.040 is clear up that little hook zone for Tyreek to 0:08:47.080 --> 0:08:50.120 run that slant route into the throw of the Patriots dropped. 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:51.840 The pick was the one moment where I was like, 0:08:52.720 --> 0:08:55.160 don't do that, man, Like eat the set, get rid 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.440 of it, do something else. They did so well to 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:00.200 keep getting depth on that backside for those crossers, and 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:02.360 I think that there was some split second decisions where 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.679 two I wanted to throw it but thought better of it. 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:08.200 Except for in this instance some indecision caused a near pick. 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.480 So we'll talk about his games some more on the stats. 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:13.560 But I thought, on balance, it was a good game, 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:15.600 but there's more to be had there for TWA and 0:09:15.640 --> 0:09:18.760 I believe he'll get that running back Chase Edmonds man, 0:09:18.800 --> 0:09:21.480 he just doesn't get squared up and it allows him 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.000 to maximize his yardage. And his work in the passing 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:27.000 game was absolutely awesome. What a weapon this guy is. 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.120 The balance on that catch on the final drive was 0:09:30.160 --> 0:09:33.520 so stupid good. I just love, love, love his game. 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.920 That Texas route in the fourth quarter where they tried 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:37.880 to chip him and he winds up kind of duck 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.520 in that shoulder, then folds it back inside back to 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.160 the quarterback. Such an asset in the passing game. And 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.319 by the way, his past protection was fantastic. He told 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.640 me when I first met him on the podcast, I'm 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.760 gonna die in that pocket with you to A And 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:53.280 he was out there getting it done in pass pro 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:56.000 all day where he most had some nice rips as well, 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.520 especially those last couple of runs on that last drive, 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:00.280 and of course the big play in the passing game 0:10:00.520 --> 0:10:03.600 at receiver Tyreek Man, he opens up so much and 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:05.599 you see the complete nature of his game, right, you 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:07.679 need two yards in that first drive, third and two 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:09.800 get him in a one on one look with motion, 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.240 rips off the speed out the football's right there to 0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.240 move the chains. They went back to that later in 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:15.760 the game, and I'm gonna talk about this here in 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:17.640 a second, the same route to the other side of 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:19.480 the field and they couldn't connect on it. We'll come 0:10:19.559 --> 0:10:22.080 right back to that. There was the play down the 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:25.200 field where Tyreek was open and threw the mailbox up 0:10:25.200 --> 0:10:27.760 what it required like a legendary throw, like sixty yards 0:10:27.760 --> 0:10:29.600 off his back foot with pressure in his face. But 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.680 it shows you again that this guy can get vertical 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:34.640 on looks that don't allow vertical type of you know routes. 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:38.520 Uh that motion to the comeback on the comeback route 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.520 where he got twenty three yards and like five yards separation, 0:10:41.840 --> 0:10:44.079 he motions from the other side of the field, comes 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:46.840 over and it keeps the cornerback moving but also gives 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.160 him like a ten yard cushion with the free release 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.079 and a running start from Tyreek, and you just see 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:56.720 off the snap the respect that his speed commands. As 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.720 Jonathan Jones like gets vertical right away and that allows 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.040 Tie to actually turn them around, not once, put twice 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.280 and come back to the football. And right when he's 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:05.800 out of that break, there's the ball from two us. 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.600 So good stuff there, and his ability to just erase 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:12.400 angles and the games that plays with your eyes on tape. 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.000 I can only imagine how the defense feels when they 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.080 have to get him taken care of. In the screen game, 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.400 they threw him a flat early in a screen late 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.040 where he had no possible angle, but he just takes 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:25.600 that acceleration step and he wins the angle. I'm not 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:27.720 sure what the thought was on his twenty six yard 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:30.000 reception in terms of the past, but what a play 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.400 that was. Just stole the ball. That's why Tyreek is 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.720 elite and for my money, the best receiver in football. 0:11:34.920 --> 0:11:37.480 It's not just speed, it's not selling his routes in 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:39.960 a way that creates more space than even his jitterbug 0:11:40.000 --> 0:11:43.240 skills allow for. It's making contest and catches. It's the 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.679 entire compliment of his game. Just absolutely unreal. I did 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.160 think there was two balls he'd want back the final 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:51.720 drive of the first half. Two puts the ball right 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.840 into a pocket between a trio of Patriots defenders after 0:11:54.880 --> 0:11:56.920 he did what I talked about where he moves the 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:59.800 coverage with his eyes and body position and Tyreek goes 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:01.960 up one handed. But I thought if he just ran 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:04.000 through it, he could have made that catch. Then there's 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:07.040 the dig on that fourth quarter play where he's going 0:12:07.080 --> 0:12:09.720 to the ground. He usually catches that, but you know, 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.280 he said after the game that he he thought he 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:12.959 could have caught that, and also that he drifted a 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.880 little bit on that third down miss at the start 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:18.240 of the fourth quarter where he kind of runs his 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:20.480 out route and drifts backwards into the defense a little bit. 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:22.520 I thought that gave Jonathan Jones a chance to make 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.920 a play on it because he was successful earlier on 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.480 Tyreek was couldn't make the play here, So that one 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.720 a couple of drop passes, But those were three plays 0:12:30.760 --> 0:12:33.200 out of forty for Tyreek that were so good and 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:34.800 the one route that he didn't really run with a 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.400 typical crispness man. The acceleration this guy has we saw 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.520 on the screen and by the way, on that screen, 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:43.040 the block by Trent Sherfield ten out of ten. He 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.560 also made a catch on the sideline that was so tough. 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:47.960 You need a lot of guys like Trent Sherfield, such 0:12:48.000 --> 0:12:51.560 a perfect receiver to round out this room. Jalen Waddle, 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.080 there were instances where he was open, but for whatever reason, 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:55.920 we just couldn't get him the ball. Like a little 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:58.720 bit slower developing routes where the ball is out before 0:12:58.720 --> 0:13:00.559 he gets out of his break and the text maybe 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.040 isn't there. And then he started getting the ball and 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:05.400 the first catch coming right before the two minute warning 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:07.880 in that first half, and he just went to work 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:11.400 after that. It's a slot fade potential conversion route where 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:13.320 you bring it to a comeback, and what a route 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:16.240 it was to keep the dB upfield, get those those 0:13:16.360 --> 0:13:18.920 hips flipped upfield, you hammer down, come back to the 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.920 quarterback and keep that dB on your back. Because it's 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.520 a far hash throw, you have to keep him pinned 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.600 back there so we can't jump it. And you earn 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:29.440 the trust of your quarterback by doing that really good 0:13:29.440 --> 0:13:32.000 stuff there. And it continues to speak to the route 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.360 running ability of both Tyreek and Jalen as these guys 0:13:35.360 --> 0:13:39.160 that are build as speed receivers, no, they are complete, 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:41.880 complete receivers, and we saw that on Sunday. Let's go 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.440 ahead and break down his touchdown. You get Jalen. He's 0:13:44.480 --> 0:13:46.640 the two to the field, which means he's the second 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:50.240 furthest out receiver. Cedric is the one the furthest out receiver, 0:13:50.520 --> 0:13:52.960 and he motions to bunch where you put those guys together, 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:56.640 and it creates communication errors for the Patriots and favorable 0:13:56.720 --> 0:14:00.640 leverage for Wattle inside who flies off the football going 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.920 from what was pressed. But now because of the bunch, 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:05.960 they're soft and they're off and he just takes off 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:08.680 and you press the toes of that soft coverage before 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:11.240 you attack that inside shoulder. You see the d the 0:14:11.320 --> 0:14:14.160 dB kind of opens his inside gate, which gives him 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:17.720 that inside leverage. It creates this little pocket between those 0:14:17.760 --> 0:14:20.920 Patriots defenders and the ball is out right on time, 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:24.720 right on money, and to also once again sold to 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:27.480 the flat to create that space and with the ball 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.920 not forcing Jalen to break stride one iota, that's where 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.760 the world class speed shows up. That's where the accuracy 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.440 I mean did not look like Alabama. I heard for 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.400 years that he couldn't make those throws in the pros. 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:40.920 They just did for forty two yards and touchdown and 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:42.880 pretty much the play that put the game away. So 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.240 one false step by the safety coming downhill and he's gone. 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:49.320 On that play, By the way Greg Little, Rob Hunt 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:52.320 and Liam Eichenberg all Stone walled their rushers to give 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.840 to a perfectly clean pocket. I had one note on 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:57.200 Cedric Wilson, the way he comes back to the football 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.240 on the play right before the waddle touchdown, the play 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:02.680 before the play right high level stuff. Come back to 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.080 the quarterback and you earn that trust from your quarterback. 0:15:05.080 --> 0:15:08.280 I thought all three of those guys, said, uh, Tyreek 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.200 and Jalen, but also you know Shurefield, all really showed 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:12.840 that trust with their quarterback to come back to the 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:15.480 ball and make place for him on the offensive line. 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:18.240 To Ron, Armstead is so stink and good. He was 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.000 lights out the way he shortens the runway and varies 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:24.400 his pass sets, just kept that edge clean all afternoon. 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:27.240 On the sack right before the big play. To Jalen, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:31.400 Tehron recognizes his guy peeling back in coverage, so he 0:15:31.440 --> 0:15:33.880 comes all the way across the formation and dang near 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.440 saves the day to get that backside block. But he 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.640 just couldn't quite get there because it happened so fast. 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:40.760 But he just does so much things that impress you 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:42.920 then go watch the last play of the game before 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.520 the victory formation, he drives his man a gap and 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.800 pancakes him. What a Dolphins debut, My goodness. I thought 0:15:48.880 --> 0:15:51.520 Connor Williams debut was excellent. He did some really good 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.680 stuff in space and doesn't lose sight of those dbs 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.440 as you'll often see when the big offensive line gets 0:15:57.440 --> 0:15:59.960 out in space. He just squares him up and takes 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.200 two guys to the ground on the perimeter on a 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:05.640 Tyreek screen and a Jalen Waddle end around. He is awesome, man, 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:07.960 He really is a big factor on those types of plays, 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.000 and he was also sturdy as hell and passed pro 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.680 with a strong anchor. The only real negative I had 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:14.560 was the first snap of the game, but man, he 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:18.480 and Tehran were as advertised. Let's go back upwards here 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:20.840 towards Liam Eichenberg. I thought he had some really good 0:16:20.840 --> 0:16:24.080 eyes and processing on that Tyreek comeback where he didn't 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.760 chase the slant across his face and kept his feet 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.040 moving and got back into position to pick up the 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:31.400 other twist from the stunt game up front. And then 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.720 he comes back the next snap and hits the reach 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:37.080 block to move to von gard shaw gap. I thought, fundamentally, 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:38.520 there's a lots of like there with his game, the 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:41.040 hand placement, his feet were never in a hurry. He 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.320 stayed patient to try to turn guys out of their gaps. 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:45.240 I did think he fell off some blocks though, So 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:47.080 there's some improvements across the board to make for this 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:49.800 offensive line. Big Rob Hunt the first big run of 0:16:49.800 --> 0:16:51.640 the day, he gets the second level and man, he 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.120 blocked out the sun. This dude's gonna have some highlight 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:56.760 reel second level blocks this year. Had one here. He 0:16:56.800 --> 0:16:59.240 gets a pancake later on that drive, a run that 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.640 took us into the ad zone, fired off low and 0:17:01.720 --> 0:17:04.720 planted ninety three for New England. Now the next play 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:06.760 nine one got him with a double swipe on the 0:17:06.800 --> 0:17:10.199 sack fumble on that first drive and absolutely wicked move. Uh. 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:11.800 He got a little bit over a skis a couple 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:13.320 of times, but that's the that's how it works. You're 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.359 gonna lose some snaps. Check out him on alec Ingold's 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:18.880 first down run. He fires off the ball before anybody 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:21.200 else and blows the one tech two or three yards 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.840 off the football. Thought Austin Jackson had some good work 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:26.359 in his minimal time, including one nice run block. Greg 0:17:26.359 --> 0:17:28.280 Little had some moments as well, but those are your 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:31.480 offensive line notes and total. There were obviously some wins 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.200 by the Patriots, a couple of times where guys could 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:36.240 have held their blocks longer, and some confusion at times 0:17:36.480 --> 0:17:38.399 with that tough scheme. But I thought it was a 0:17:38.480 --> 0:17:41.880 damn good start for this Newish line learning a new system. 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:44.120 And that tight end Hunter Long had a nice pop 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:46.520 on a first down run in the third quarter, coming 0:17:46.560 --> 0:17:49.359 over on split flow action where he sealed the backside. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:51.320 I thought he and Derham Smith had a couple of 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:53.600 nice blocks like that in the running game. Smith had 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.960 a great pick up on that split action on a 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:58.639 play action pass in the fourth quarter, the completion to 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:01.440 waddle where he makes out the legs of that free 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.000 runner and gave to a clean pocket to throw the 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:06.760 football from between that trio of defenders. Another one of 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:08.440 two is nice or throws of the day. And then 0:18:08.480 --> 0:18:10.920 Smith had some really good blocks. A lead block I 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.000 should say on Raheem most or it's big run in 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:16.720 that fourth quarter. That's your offense, good showing lots of creativity. 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.119 I think plenty of meat on the bone and how 0:18:19.160 --> 0:18:21.119 about that Miami defense will do that next here on 0:18:21.160 --> 0:18:24.280 the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:18:24.320 --> 0:18:33.120 by Auto Nation. It's a Tuesday here on the Drivetime Podcast, 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:34.919 and that means we're going a little bit long today. 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.359