WEBVTT - Drive Time - Dolphins Patriots Week 1 Recap 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:07.920 Factors. Fatric Parker touchdown. What a win for this Miami 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:12.680 Dolphin team. Wow, what's up, Dolphans? And welcome to the 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:17.279 Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:21.239 covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. I am 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:24.720 your host, Travis Wingfield on this Sunday Recap night here 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:28.080 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:30.160 And on today's show, we are going to recap the 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:33.680 eleven defeat in New England. We'll get the quotes, will 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:35.839 get the stats, and all the analysis here on the 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.599 Drivetime Podcast. All of that and more on this Sunday, 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:47.760 September edition of the Drivetime Podcasts. Let's go ahead, start 0:00:47.840 --> 0:00:50.680 right off the top here with Brian Flores postgame press 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:54.320 conference that happened immediately after the game ended up in Foxborough. 0:00:54.600 --> 0:00:56.960 Let's go ahead and start here first with coach Flores 0:00:57.120 --> 0:01:00.840 postgame media availability. He talked first about Fitzpatrick and the 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:04.360 performance of his starting quarterback. I had some spurts stairway. 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:08.560 You know, we're moving the ball, but obviously with turnovers, um, 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:10.280 you know those are those are huge. I mean, let's 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:14.119 we talked about that. Um, you know, a lot as 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:16.160 a team. That's stuff to win when you turn the 0:01:16.160 --> 0:01:18.600 ball over. Um, but I did think he you know, 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:21.560 he had some put some drives together. Um. You know, 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:24.520 we've only finished the one, but just too many turnovers 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.280 at the end of the day. Up next, coach was 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.639 asked to talk about the run defense and Cam Newton 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:31.600 and that Patriots offense that had over two yards rushing 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:34.240 on the day. We got to do a better job. 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:37.320 We're on defense. Obviously the quarterback was an issue. Yeah, 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.679 we gotta do a better job. Up next, coach was 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.160 asked about the availability and the usage of Miles Gaskin, 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:45.600 who leaved the Dolphins running backs in both rushing and 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:48.560 receiving yards. Here's coach on the second year running back 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.240 Miles of practice. Well, you know there's a rotation there 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:53.720 to running back with Howard Matt. You know, later got 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:55.840 a few few snatch as well, and he had a 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.440 couple of good runs, some some good plays in the 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:01.400 passing him as well, So we left him in that. 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:04.440 Coach was next asked about the performance of his linebacker 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:07.160 Jerome Baker, talking about how this is a team game. 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.200 It's not about just one guy. Yeah, I mean, it's 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:11.160 a team game. It's not one guy. It's not just 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.240 Jerome or Fits. You know, we we we've got to 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:16.359 do a better job as a as a unit, as 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.200 a team, offensively, defensively in the kicking game. We didn't 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.679 do enough to win today. Um, and we've got to 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.560 do a better job. So we'll go back and learn 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.959 from the tape, meet on this tomorrow and then close 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:29.280 the book on this one and move on to the 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:32.239 next opponent. And here is coach on the performance or 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:35.200 the assessment rather of his offensive line with two starting 0:02:35.280 --> 0:02:38.600 rookies and four news starters from last season. Yeah, I thought, 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.840 you know, from a PROTECTU standpoint, we were okay. Um. 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:43.400 You know, we had the one sack late in the game, 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:45.920 but you know, other than that, look like we were 0:02:45.919 --> 0:02:48.880 able to protect. We have time in the pocket. Um, 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:53.680 it's a good rush, good secondary. Um. But you know 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:56.160 again you know that that that part of it. It's 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:58.079 a team game. So you can play well in one 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:01.799 phase and um, you know, not playing anywhere and enough 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:05.840 phases and not enough, not good enough. And some of 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:08.680 coach's impressions on the performance of rookie safety out of 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:12.320 Texas Dolphins third round draft choice back in April Brandon Jones. 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:14.360 I thought he had an up and down game without 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:19.919 reviewing the film. Um again, he's practiced well. We uh 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:21.720 stuck him in there and though he made a couple 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:24.200 of good tackles in the open field, did a good 0:03:24.240 --> 0:03:26.800 job in a kicking game from what I saw. But 0:03:26.960 --> 0:03:28.800 you know, we'll go back learn from the tape. Again, 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.160 he's a rookie, you know, this is his first NFL game. 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.760 So up next we'll hear from coach on the assessment 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:36.400 of the Dolphins run defense and how Cam Newton and 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.800 that Patriots run offense was able to have so much 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:42.400 success in eleven victory for the Patriots. I mean, it 0:03:42.520 --> 0:03:45.120 was based on a lot of things. You know, bad technique, 0:03:45.200 --> 0:03:47.520 you know, bad tackling. We got to clean up a 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.040 lot of things in the run game. Um, which obviously 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.720 that will be a focus this week. Next we heard 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:56.000 from coach here from Coach rather on receiver Davante Parker, 0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:57.720 who left the game in the second half with a 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:01.119 hamstring injury. He's he's in there. We'll take a look 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.160 at him over the course of the week. I don't 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:07.320 have a status update right now, but obviously he didn't return, 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:10.240 so we'll see what that looks like, uh, you know 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.440 tomorrow in the coming days. Up next, Coach was asked 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.080 about the final drive, if you considered kicking a field 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:17.840 goal there instead of going for the touchdown at the 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:20.400 end tilling by two scores late in the game. Here's 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.720 Coach on that final possession. Um, yeah, we were obviously 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.440 trying to score a touchdown. Um, if we didn't pick 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.040 up the last one, we're got to kick the field goal. 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:31.520 You know. Unfortunately the balls picked off, you know, whether 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:33.400 they made the call, didn't make the call. I mean, 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:35.800 not much we can do. We just gotta live with, 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:38.080 you know, the calls that are made or made on 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.320 the field. And we'll go ahead and finish up here 0:04:40.320 --> 0:04:42.360 with coach on a couple of notes and thoughts from 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:44.560 Coach about what he thinks could have been better on 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.680 the game on Sunday. Well, I thought, you know, overall, 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.120 the tackling could have been better, The conditioning could have 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:52.960 been better, obviously without We're not gonna make excuses on 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:54.840 whether we had preseason games. Didn't they didn't have any 0:04:54.839 --> 0:04:58.520 preseason games all either, But um, all things we can 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:01.880 improve on, we can improve. The tackling proved, the run defense, 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:05.560 you can improve the conditioning. UM, work on those things 0:05:05.600 --> 0:05:08.560 over the course of the weekend. Um, we got a 0:05:08.560 --> 0:05:12.760 tough opponent next weekend. UM, you know to it. And 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.120 so there was coach Flora's You guys can find all 0:05:15.160 --> 0:05:18.080 the media availabilities up on Miami Dolphins dot com as 0:05:18.080 --> 0:05:20.800 well as on the YouTube channel. We had Bobby McCain, 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:25.040 Christian Wilkins, Jerome Baker, Ryan Fitzpatrick, and Coach Flores at 0:05:25.040 --> 0:05:28.560 the media availability postgame. Some status from this game. The Dolphins, 0:05:28.600 --> 0:05:31.120 of course lose twenty one to eleven at the New 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:33.960 England Patriots. The Patriots had twenty eight first downs to 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:36.599 Miami seventeen, and third and fourth down was kind of 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.200 where the game was shifted as far as the stats go. 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.040 The Patriots converted six out of eleven. They were five 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:44.160 for ten on third downs and one for one of 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:47.000 course on that crucial fourth down on the really the 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:48.840 drive that kind of put the game on ice there 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.799 in the fourth quarter. Miami did not have as much success. 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.720 They were two for ten on third downs. The Dolphins 0:05:54.760 --> 0:05:57.040 had two hundred sixty nine total yards to the New 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.800 England three hundred and fifty seven total yards in the 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:02.040 ass in game, Miami did have more with one eight 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.920 two to New England's won forty, but the rushing yards 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.760 where the story of the day. The Patriots, behind Cam Newton, 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:11.200 had two hundred and seventeen rushing yards to Miami's eighty seven. 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.800 The Patriots grants sixty three plays to Miami's fifty eight. 0:06:14.839 --> 0:06:16.800 That of course changed a lot there towards the end 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:18.720 of the game, with the Dolphins in that hurry up, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.560 urgent mode getting plenty of plays and passes off late 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.760 in the game, the Patriots completed fifteen of nineteen passes, 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:27.640 so very measured in their approach and being very efficient 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.920 on offense. The Dolphins had three turnovers, the Patriots had 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.680 just the one. Miami picked up two sacks on Newton, 0:06:33.839 --> 0:06:37.120 the Dolphins surrender just one sack to Ryan Fitzpatrick. Penalties 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:40.040 Dolphins had four for thirty five yards, the Patriots had 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.040 three for forty seven. And time of possession. Patriots take 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:46.000 that battle thirty four minutes and fifty three seconds to 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:49.880 Miami's twenty five minutes and seven seconds of possession. Now 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:51.839 my five takeaways for the game, Let's go ahead and 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:54.800 start right there with number one. It's that Cam Newton 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:57.360 is still Cam Newton. The run defense. You heard coach 0:06:57.400 --> 0:07:00.000 talk about it has to get better. Jerome Baker said 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.719 that exact quote in his postgame press conference, that Cam 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.680 is still Cam, former league MVP, we know all too 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.440 well about that. Nobody on this team took him lightly, 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.440 and coach talked about the importance of conditioning and rotation 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:14.000 this week. You heard it postgame there as well, and 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:16.480 it did feel like the team adjusted well early on 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.080 to the running game. You heard Tony Romo during the 0:07:19.120 --> 0:07:22.520 broadcast talk a lot about defensive looks and simply said, 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:24.400 you're just not gonna run it on us with this 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:28.040 particular look, talking about instances where the Dolphins brought down 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:31.320 a player into every gap and overloaded gaps, sometimes as 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.160 many as ten guys on the line of scrimmage, sometimes 0:07:34.200 --> 0:07:36.880 as many as all eleven in that cover zero look, 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:39.640 putting tons of players down on the line in hopes 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.480 of stopping that run game and really forcing the Patriots 0:07:42.600 --> 0:07:44.880 to beat them with the passing game. But it was 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.560 just tons of stuff based around the quarterback. Flora said 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:49.920 the Dolphins didn't play well enough against the run to 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:52.200 win the game. You heard him in the media availability 0:07:52.280 --> 0:07:55.240 and that obviously started with the quarterback. They just had 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:57.840 so much stuff that was based around that quarterback run 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:00.080 and stuff that can be a challenge to defend, and 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:01.560 if you haven't seen it, and if you don't have 0:08:01.600 --> 0:08:03.480 it on tape, it's kind of like Tony Romo was 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.280 talking about pretty much throughout the course of that broadcast. 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.160 But they ran the ball pretty successfully, starting with quarterback 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:11.720 lead with power. They had a nice conversion on a 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:14.120 draw play where Cam kind of takes the shotgun, snap 0:08:14.320 --> 0:08:17.080 steps back, evaluates the defense, and then takes off right 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:19.280 up the middle. If you get a too high structure, 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:22.040 too safeties deep off the football, good chance the quarterback 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.480 wants to see that and take advantage of the running game. 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:26.840 Tony Romo talks about that a lot in the broadcast. 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.320 There was one particular instance where the Dolphins did have 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.000 two high safeties and Cam took off on a draw 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:34.560 for a first down. The Dolphins did adjust to it 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.600 pretty well in that second quarter. After that first touchdown, 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.600 they had fourteen carries for seventy nine yards on the 0:08:40.640 --> 0:08:43.000 first two drives the Patriots did. Then the next two 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.880 drives just six carries for twenty two yards and two 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:48.440 drives that did not result in points that way, but 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.880 then they came back and added some more wrinkles, some 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.480 jet sweep action with some misdirection the RPO that really 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.960 helped hold the linebackers in and kind of create more 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.839 problems that way. And that fake sweep that one to 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.160 action going left. Then Cam takes it back the right 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:05.040 the other way for his second touchdown of the day 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:07.320 right around the pylon. That play that was reviewed for 0:09:07.360 --> 0:09:10.280 the touchdown and held up eventually there at the end 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.120 by the Patriots. That Captain eight played drive where they 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:16.360 threw the ball the first three times for thirty seven yards, 0:09:16.520 --> 0:09:18.920 and that was purely in the gun again going off 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.360 of what Romo said, do you fake handoff the r 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:23.480 p O, you ride it out, you read it out, 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.760 you see what the linebackers do. You pull that thing 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:27.319 out and you pop it right over the middle. It's 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.360 really tough to defend an offense when you have guys 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:32.360 going that well as the Patriots did. Just so much 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.760 to think about defensively for the Dolphins, because you have 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:36.839 to play that thing going forward, you have to think 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.400 about sideways and all that jet sweep action. You have 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:41.319 to worry about going backwards on the r p O. 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.040 If they pulled out and pop it in behind you, 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:46.559 that's a tough task. As Flores, Wilkins, McCain, and Jerome 0:09:46.640 --> 0:09:49.040 Baker all said. It just wasn't good enough on this 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.760 day for the Dolphins. Then on the crucial drive mid 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:55.120 fourth quarter, they break out this option toss play where 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.000 Cam takes it out to the side and has an 0:09:57.040 --> 0:10:00.640 option pitch to Sony Michelle, which he does just layers 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.160 and layers and layers on top of each other, which 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.359 resulted in two hundred and seventeen rushing yards for the Patriots. 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:08.760 First game out that type of offense. Again, Gonna be 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.040 tough to find out all those wrinkles. Now they have 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.600 it on tape, and hopefully the next time around, as 0:10:13.600 --> 0:10:16.000 some of the Dolphins players they're said post game, they'll 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.280 be more prepared for it. Defensively, takeaway number two. The 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:22.920 Patriots defensive backfield is still really, really, really good. Stefon 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.200 Gilmore's interception was a hell of a play in tight coverage, 0:10:26.280 --> 0:10:28.000 and that was the case all day long for Ryan 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:31.200 Fitzpatrick and those Dolphins passing offense. We saw it last year. 0:10:31.320 --> 0:10:34.680 Plenty of contestant catches Davante Parker and Mike Kisiki going 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:36.959 up over players, and that was the case in this 0:10:37.000 --> 0:10:40.040 game as well. Dolphins won some, Patriots one some, but 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:43.000 even on the catches, you see these Patriots defenders just 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.440 draped all over the Dolphins receivers. Davante made some nice 0:10:46.440 --> 0:10:49.720 plays on those contestant catches and that one sliding catch 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:51.920 with the ball was a little bit behind him was 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:55.000 just such a good concentration and effort play, really showing 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.520 the ability to catch the football away from his frame, 0:10:57.559 --> 0:10:59.559 away from his body. That of course, with what made 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.440 him such an elite receiver last year attacking the football 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:05.560 down the field. I thought Gasick's rebound type of play 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.000 on that touchdown drive where he kind of snagged it 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.640 and positioned it away from his body to prevent the 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:13.280 defensive back was a really nice look there from Gisicky. 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:15.280 He kind of got cranking their late towards the end 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:17.640 of the game, Parker goes out and it's always tough 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.240 to lose a player again who finished fifth and receiving 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:23.280 last year, fourth and touchdowns across the NFL. You even 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.719 saw fits get aggressive and go to him when the 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:28.840 Pats were putting Gilmore on Preston Williams because Gilmore, the 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:30.760 defensive player of the Year last year, was kind of 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.520 bouncing back and forth, and Preston did get involved late 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:36.000 in the game on that lone touchdown drive, getting on 0:11:36.040 --> 0:11:38.520 top of Gilmore on a crucial fourth and two play. 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.040 The Dolphins just had to have he gets on top 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:44.520 forces defensive past interference. But when you play this Patriots team, 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:46.160 that's just gonna be the case. You're gonna have to 0:11:46.200 --> 0:11:49.320 make plays in tight contested areas. We heard Fitzpatrick talked 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.239 about it in the pregame last week during his media availability. 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.480 It just didn't happen enough on this day for the 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.120 Dolphins offense to have enough success. One field goal, one 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.800 touchdown drive, eleven points. Gonna be tough to win games 0:11:59.800 --> 0:12:02.439 going that way. So that's takeaway number two, and it 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:04.440 kind of ties well. And to take away number three, 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:07.240 I thought the offensive line and pass protection held up very, 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.800 very well in this game. There were some looks early on. 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:12.120 We talked about the variety of formations and we'll get 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.400 into that here in just a moment. That the Dolphins 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:16.840 can run with all those different guys, with Jachem Grant 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.959 and his speed, Isaiah Ford in his short area reliability, 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:23.400 Davonte Parker and Preston Williams the downfield attacking ability, Matt 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.559 Breed's ability to flex out wide, Miles Gaskin's dual ability, 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.560 Jordan Howard's powerful physical running. They've got so many different 0:12:29.559 --> 0:12:31.719 guys that can do different things, and they did a 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.079 good job of really kind of rotating those packages. Is 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.160 in rotating the players, in getting everybody plenty of snaps. 0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:38.800 And there was a couple of plays where they had 0:12:38.880 --> 0:12:41.679 play action where Eric Flowers kind of peeled off, kind 0:12:41.720 --> 0:12:44.400 of shows you that simulated pulling guard look that you'll 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.559 see sometimes, and that was actually what the Patriots did 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.720 on the big Jerome Baker sack, was they tried to 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:51.040 pull a guard and he won right in that B gap. 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:53.480 The Dolphins were doing that with Eric Flowers, and I 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:55.680 love the way he would kind of search and hunt 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:58.240 for someone to block the free rusher who comes free 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.520 because of that play action look. I thought he did 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.280 really well in that regard for the most part, good 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:07.280 communication upfront, no really stunts or twist or unblocked rushers 0:13:07.320 --> 0:13:10.360 coming in because of poor communication and not passing guys off. 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:13.240 They did well in that regard thought. Austin Jackson looked 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.839 very good past blocking his first career game as a pro. 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:18.840 Robert Hunt got plenty of work as the sixth offensive 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.720 lineman to help them slam the ball in down around 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:23.960 the goal line on the lone touchdown drive, and it 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.400 was good to see the offense offense really kind of 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:29.480 assert their will on that possession. They basically said, we're 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:31.360 gonna run this thing over and over again until you 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.520 stop us. And the first two plays the Patriots were 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:35.880 up to the task, but play number three, Jordan Howard 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:39.000 the sledgehammer finally plunges in across the goal line for 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:43.280 the touchdown. So good resiliency there. Ryan Fitzpatrick said after 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.800 the game that he barely got touched. He mentioned the 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.360 mood and the mentality of the two rookies and both 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:50.880 Jackson and Kinley and said he felt they were definitely 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.800 ready for prime time, which is a great sign going forward. 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.600 You want to develop these young offensive lineman and create 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.160 a nice wall there a long term, but it's definitely 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:02.560 not easy to at that. Patriots and Belichick rushed scheme blocked, 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:04.760 and the Dolphins for the most part on Sunday, they 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.080 were up to the task takeaway number four, staying on 0:14:07.120 --> 0:14:09.920 the offensive side of the ball. Miles Gaskins strong training 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.960 camp translating looks like here. Early on he changes the 0:14:13.000 --> 0:14:15.120 angle and gets kind of skinny in that gap and 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.720 sees the hole and hits it hard. And most of all, 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.320 I love the way he finished his runs on Sunday. 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.920 And although there wasn't just simply a lot of room 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.120 to get going just three point to two yards per 0:14:25.120 --> 0:14:27.840 carry for the Dolphins on offense, I was impressed with 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.640 the way all the running backs finished off their runs. 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.600 Ultimate confidence in Jordan Howard. Like we talked about on 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.840 that third down and goal from the one yard line, 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:37.960 I thought Matt Brita pushed the pile a couple of 0:14:38.000 --> 0:14:40.520 times on that late drive at the first half when 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:42.840 Miami got their field goal. And that's certainly the case 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:44.840 here with the push you get from the big offensive 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:48.640 lineman upfront, Solomon Kinley, Ted Carress, Eric Flowers, Austin Jackson 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.120 and Jesse Davis getting some nice push there on some 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:53.800 of those runs number five. And this goes back to 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:57.240 what coach Flora said, some conditioning and the mystery that's 0:14:57.280 --> 0:14:59.680 going to make for an interesting first month of football, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.840 especially against the team again with limited tape like we 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.960 have on this Patriots offense. Romo talked about it in 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.360 the open with Fitzpatrick and Chan Gaily having a history together, 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:11.800 kind of some old library the Patriots could go off 0:15:11.840 --> 0:15:13.720 of to look at the tape and say, maybe they 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:15.640 might do this, they might do that, But he said, 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.800 the Patriots and Josh McDaniels with Cam Newton, there is 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:20.960 no history there, So how do you really prepare for 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.080 that and study for all the wrinkles they might want 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.360 to throw you. I talked about the adjustments and that 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:28.280 was great to see, but Romo once again referenced all 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:30.520 the new stuff they were rolling out over and over again, 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:34.440 just continuously piling on new things. You've got players going forward, sideways, 0:15:34.440 --> 0:15:37.200 and backwards. Just tough to defend. A lot to ask, 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:40.960 especially when you consider rotation, trying to keep guys fresh. 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:43.160 We saw line changes about the course of the game. 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:46.560 Linebackers going in, linebackers coming out, defensive, lineman in and out. 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.800 Just plenty of guys played, plenty of snaps. And I 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.000 go back to something Josh Bowyer said a week or 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:53.200 two ago that they expect to be playing their best 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:56.000 football in December, So it'll be interesting to see how 0:15:56.000 --> 0:15:58.440 they perform when they've got some tape, they've got some 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.240 corrections to make, and can really self scout themselves and 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.000 find out who they are, because right now everybody across 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:06.480 the National Football League has to find out who they are, 0:16:06.680 --> 0:16:09.360 what they do well, where teams might want to attack them. 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:11.520 And I think we'll feel pretty good about where Flores 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.680 gets this team going and the coaching staff gets this 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.120 team going, because we saw last year that coach Flores 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.120 is capable of doing just that. It's another test next 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.200 week with a big quarterback who had a big day 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.160 today in the opener, and Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills, 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:26.320 and on that note, around the a f C East 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.480 real quick. The Bills did blow out the Jets in 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:31.520 the opener. It wound up a twenty seven team final, 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.400 but it was with like three minutes to go and 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.520 the Bills on the one yard line. They kicked a 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:39.000 field goal. The Jets drove down late for a touchdown 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:40.480 to kind of make it a closer game than the 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.080 scoreboard would tell you, to make it a ten point game. 0:16:43.280 --> 0:16:45.840 But the Bills looked really, really good in that opener 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:48.760 tough test next week. Some big plays that I thought 0:16:48.840 --> 0:16:51.680 really helped swing momentum for Miami in this game. The 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.600 near muff punt recover to open the game up. The 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.240 Dolphins almost got a break there on that opening drive. 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:59.400 I didn't see who it was. Initially it might have 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.200 been Brandon Owns, but not quite certain, but a great 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.600 job of running the blocker right into the return man. 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:06.679 I no Cavon Fraser was down there too, so a 0:17:06.680 --> 0:17:08.520 good job by those guys to kind of cause some 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.560 confusion and get downfield and cover that punt. The Bobby 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.480 McCain pass breakup on Julian Edelman where he catches the 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:16.560 ball in front of him and then McCain swings the 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:19.080 hand around the backside and punches that thing out. That 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:21.439 then led to the Jerome Baker sack. So instead of 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:24.080 first down and plus territory, all of a sudden, it's 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:27.160 third and nineteen. Two big plays a fourth that drive there. 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.960 Miles Gaston had a conversion on a third and short play. 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:32.400 The offense went trips to the field side of the formation. 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:34.800 All those guys kind of flooded out to the other side, 0:17:34.920 --> 0:17:37.880 and Myles Gascon just snuck in behind, Fitzpatrick found him 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:39.920 for a nice chunk gain to keep a drive going 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.160 in that first half, and that was crucial, I thought, 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.800 because it really kept the Patriots rushing offense that was 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:47.400 having so much success off the field for at least 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.760 another three plays. Jamal Perry had a huge tackle on 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.840 a third and six a draw Dolphins go dime defense 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:57.119 six defensive backs. Cam Newton catches it, tuck, tucks it 0:17:57.320 --> 0:17:59.119 and tries to run for the first down and he 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.080 meets Jamal pair he head up and that's not a 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:04.159 matchup where Perry has the advantage. He's probably giving fifty 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:06.760 pounds in that matchup to Cam Newton, but he did 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:08.679 will to kind of bow up and make that stop 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:11.360 on a big third down. Miles Gaston had another big 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:13.560 play in the first half, the very first play I 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.920