WEBVTT - Drive Time - Dolphins 49ers All 22 Review 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:06.960 Factors are all fits Fafrid Parford touchdown. What a win 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:12.680 for this Miami Dolphin team. What is up, Dolph fans? 0:00:12.800 --> 0:00:16.319 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:21.440 Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:21.480 --> 0:00:25.079 each and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Tuesday. 0:00:25.200 --> 0:00:28.280 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.560 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.400 And on today's show, it's Coordinator Day, as we're gonna 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:37.839 hear from Chan Gaily, Josh Boyer, Danny Croftsman and the 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:42.159 Miami defensive assistance after that swarming performance on Sunday in 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:44.720 San Francisco. Will also get you caught up on Miami 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.320 standing by the numbers and we'll take an in depth 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:50.760 dive into the all twenty two from that game. All 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:54.600 of that and more on this Tuesday, October edition of 0:00:54.960 --> 0:01:01.920 the Drivetime Podcastiphins and support for dur Time comes from AutoNation. 0:01:02.160 --> 0:01:04.399 There are so many reasons to drive pink, but for 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:08.160 Auto Nation, there's only one to finish the fight against cancer. 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:11.240 In fact, Auto Nation has helped raise over twenty five 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:14.479 million dollars to drive out cancer to join the fight now, 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:17.360 visit the Auto Nation store near you or drive Pink 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:19.880 dot com. We have plenty to come on today's show. 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.240 Let's go ahead and jump right now into the rankings 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:26.240 for your Miami Dolphins after that seventeen victory over the 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:29.280 San Francisco forty Niners, and we have the piece up 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.760 on Miami Dolphins dot com, the inside the numbers, taking 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:34.440 a look at snap counts, PFF grades and statistics and 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:37.160 advanced metrics and the rankings there. We're gonna go ahead 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.039 and account for the Monday night game last night and 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.600 what a game it was between the Saints and Chargers, 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.440 into overtime back and forth affair. We've got two really 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:47.319 good primetime games this week with Seattle and Minnesota Prior 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:49.240 to that, all of that the cherry on top of 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.280 a big Dolphins victory, and with that victory, the Dolphins 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.600 twenty seven point two points per game now ranked tied 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:57.480 for twelve in the National Football League. As far as 0:01:57.520 --> 0:02:01.000 total offense, with total yards, Dolphins ranked twenty with three 0:02:01.040 --> 0:02:04.040 hundred sixty four point eight yards per game. The passing 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:07.480 game ranks sixteen with two hundred sixty point six yards 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:09.399 per game. And you go ahead and factor in two 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.079 games where Miami basically had, you know, not much going 0:02:12.080 --> 0:02:14.040 in the passing game, the opener in New England and 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.840 the Jacksonville game. Just because it was so efficient, so 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:20.080 quick that Fitzpatrick didn't put up big, gaudy yardage numbers. 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:21.840 It really tells you how good he was throwing the 0:02:21.840 --> 0:02:24.280 ball down the field vertically and stacking up yards in 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.360 the other three contest. The rushing offense for the Miami 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.240 Dolphins averages one hundred and four point two yards per 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:33.000 game that is twenty one in the National Football League, 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:36.239 and on third down, the Dolphins offense is fourteenth, converting 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.760 forty four point three percent of their third down attempts. 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:42.320 On the other side of the football, the Dolphins defense 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.240 ranks ninth in the NFL, allowing just twenty two point 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:48.840 six points per game. In Miami's total defense ranks seventeen 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:51.640 in the NFL, allowing three hundred and seventy nine points 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:54.520 six yards per game, and the passing defense ranks twenty 0:02:54.600 --> 0:02:57.320 one with two hundred and fifty three point six yards 0:02:57.320 --> 0:03:00.640 per game. The rushing defense is twenty in the NFL, 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.600 with one and twenty six yards allowed per game. The 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.480 sacks for the Miami Dolphins so far this season, We've 0:03:06.520 --> 0:03:09.160 got fourteen of those and that has tied for seventh 0:03:09.320 --> 0:03:12.040 in the National Football League. And the takeaways for the Dolphins, 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.480 they've got eight of them and that's tied for six 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:17.239 in the NFL. And speaking of sacks, one stat we 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:19.880 glossed over there on the offensive side, the Dolphins offense 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.320 has allowed just eight sacks on the season. That has 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.200 tied for tenth in the National Football League. The snap counts. 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:28.400 In this game, we had Ryan Fitzpatrick and the offensive 0:03:28.440 --> 0:03:31.919 line go the distance with sixty seven snaps. Of the snaps, 0:03:32.040 --> 0:03:34.720 Adam Pankey also played eighteen snaps on the O line 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.760 and Julian Davenport played two. In the game. At running back, 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:40.480 Myles Gascon had forty six, Matt Brita had twenty one, 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.440 Patrick Laird played ten snaps, and Chandler Cox had twenty 0:03:43.440 --> 0:03:46.800 three snaps in the game. Wide receivers Davante Parker fifty three, 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:51.840 Preston Williams forty, Isaiah Ford four, Jakeem Grant fourteen, Maccollins 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.640 and Lynn Bowen both had ten each. Adam Shaheen played 0:03:54.640 --> 0:03:58.400 thirty eight snaps and Mike Gasicki had thirty in the game. Defensively, 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:01.960 Zach Seiler led all Dolphins offensive lineman with forty four snaps. 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:05.520 Christian Wilkins played thirty seven, Devon god Show six, Ray 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:09.400 Kwon Davis eleven At defensive end, Manuel Ogbad played forty three, 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.080 and Tyshon Render played eight. In the game. At linebacker, 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:15.200 Jerome Baker played sixty three snaps, Kyle van Noy played 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:18.120 fifty six snaps, Andrew van Giegel had forty six, a 0:04:18.200 --> 0:04:21.080 season high for him. Commu gruga Hill played thirty seven 0:04:21.120 --> 0:04:23.719 and Landon Roberts played thirty in the game, and Sam 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:25.800 mcguavan got on the field for eight snaps as well. 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:29.240 In the secondary, Byron Jones played fifty six, Xavien Howard 0:04:29.279 --> 0:04:33.039 fifty four, Nick Needham thirty three, Jamal Perry thirteen, Noah 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:35.479 Igny ten snaps in the game for the rookie and 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:39.120 at safety, Bobby McCain played fifty six, Eric Row fifty five, 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:42.080 Cavon Fraser and Brandon Jones both played nine snaps each 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:46.039 in the dolphins seventeen win, and Ryan Fitzpatrick's eighty four 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:48.920 point eight total QBR is fifth best in the National 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.000 Football league, and it really didn't matter what the forty 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.240 defense did against him because he was efficient under pressure 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:56.440 without pressure throwing to the deep part of the field 0:04:56.680 --> 0:05:00.000 five for six for one ninety nine yards and two touchdown. 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:02.600 On throws over twenty yards, he was seventeen of nine 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.400 team for two hundred eighty nine yards and two touchdowns 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:09.000 without pressure. Under pressure five of nine with sixty one 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.560 yards and a touchdown, So all those stats through Pro 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.799 Football Focus. He was dominant throughout the game. Myles Gastony 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:16.760 had the first twenty yard run of the season, a 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:19.360 twenty one yard gallop from Miami. We'll talk about that 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.360 in the film session of this podcast. He had three 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.800 point six yards per carry, but Matt Brita led the 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.960 way with two point five six average yards after initial 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.360 contact per PFF. Mike Kasiki caught five of his six 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.960 targets and all of those came against a different defender. 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.760 He got work against two safeties, two linebackers, and a 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.880 quarterback there for the forty Niners, and his fifteen point 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:42.760 six yards per reception is second among all NFL tight 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:45.800 ends so far in the NFL. Preston Williams is six 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:48.360 in the NFL in yards per catch at nineteen point 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:51.719 five minimum ten receptions. He caught four or five targets 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:53.960 for one hundred and six yards. That's good for twenty 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:55.960 one point two yards per target in the game. And 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:58.440 DeVante Parker had just three targets, but he put up 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:00.520 fifty yards on those targets with a touch down. He 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.040 has an average of sixteen point seven yards per target 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.520 in the game. And the Dolphins offensive line allowed just 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:08.440 seven pressures on Fitzpatrick and he was hit only three 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:11.719 times in the entire game. Some defensive stats on the 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:15.000 other side of the football. Xaviing Howard earned PFF's highest 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.719 grade on defense. He was targeted four times in coverage, 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.360 did not allow a catch, had an interception, and broke 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:23.760 up another. His counterpart, Byron Jones, targeted three times for 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.160 just one catch in twenty yards in the game. In total, 0:06:26.240 --> 0:06:29.720 seven targets for twenty yards on the Dolphins two starting cornerbacks, 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:32.400 an average of two point eight six yards per target. 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:34.800 Jerome Baker was all over the field and all over 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.560 the stat sheet as well. He made eight tackles, four 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.599 of those for run stops within two yards of the 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.479 line of scrimmage. He had two quarterback pressures including a sack, 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:45.760 and allowed just nineteen receiving yards on five targets. And 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.960 Andrew Van Giegel also at linebacker two pressures, a sack, 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.280 six tackles, five of those for run stops, a forced fumble, 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.400 and Commu Gruga Hill had two quarterback pressures on nine 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:59.200 pass brush reps as well, and then Zach Seeler, Emmanuel Ogball, 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.880 you Land and Rob Bert's all had three pressures each 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.080 for Miami that led the way, and they also all 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:06.919 picked up a sack on the Niners quarterbacks and safety 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:09.920 Eric Row continues his masterful work in coverage. He allowed 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.440 just two receptions on six targets in this game for 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.560 thirty one yards, including just one for twelve yards going 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.440 up against George Kittle, and that included two pass breakups. 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.239 And Bobby McCain, fellow safety back there, did not allow 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.040 a completion and intercepted a pass in addition to three 0:07:24.120 --> 0:07:26.440 tackles with no misses in the game. Plenty of good 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:30.120 performances for your Miami Dolphins. Throughout the course of this contest, 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:32.800 we talked about Xaviing Howard and Byron Jones playing together 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:36.040 as well. Xavian Howard has fifteen interceptions in his last 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:38.400 twenty seven games, and he has a pick every eight 0:07:38.400 --> 0:07:41.559 point six targets over that stretch. A true ball hawk 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:44.000 and a true playmaker there for the Dolphins in the 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:47.800 defensive backfield at cornerback. And stats and the numbers are fun, 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.160 but the film is more fun. And we're gonna go 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:52.720 now into the Dolphins all twenty two notes here in 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:56.520 the Week five win over San Francisco seventeen, and we 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.040 start on the offensive side of the football, and with 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:01.320 Chan Gailey, He's gonna go down my notes here. I 0:08:01.360 --> 0:08:03.560 take these notes in order of the plays as I 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:06.960 watched them in chronological order, and then frame them together 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.840 with each person I talked about. So Chan Galley up first, 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:12.600 the offensive play calling. We heard Brian Flores on his 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:16.640 Monday press conference talk about Chan's brilliant offensive mind. How 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:19.360 even though coach Flora's does have some input, he largely 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:22.160 leaves the offense up to Chan, who has many, many 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.640 years of experience, and he's showing it here in this 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:27.160 season so far. From the Miami Dolphins. Up first, the 0:08:27.240 --> 0:08:29.280 very first play of the game, you're gonna get Chandler 0:08:29.320 --> 0:08:31.760 Cox motion from one side of the formation to the other, 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.960 and that moves the safety from the hash mark nearest 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:37.719 Preston Williams to the opposite hash mark, and all of 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.480 a sudden, Preston has that one on one matchup and 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:43.600 he won it rather significantly with a very nice catch there. 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.040 On the back end of that play. Later in the drive, 0:08:46.080 --> 0:08:48.760 Adam Shaheen scores a touchdown, does a nice little hop 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:51.439 step into the defensive end to kind of show a 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:53.679 fake little chip on him, and then leaks out into 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.360 the flat and that hop step forces the linebacker to 0:08:56.400 --> 0:08:58.839 take one step forward, and that was all he needed 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.679 to get to the flat and give Ryan Fitzpatrick that window, 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.960 who of course found him. What a drive that was 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:05.800 to start the game off. We come back to the 0:09:05.800 --> 0:09:08.240 Gaskin touchdown run, and there was just so many good 0:09:08.240 --> 0:09:11.079 plays on this particular play. This is just about execution. 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.720 Here you get Jesse Davis down blocking the tackle and 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:16.319 wipes him out. Davin Pour off the edge, the heavy 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:19.360 package drives a man into the end zone. Eric Flowers 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:23.040 comes outside and flattens the furthest outside player, the force defender, 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:26.160 Chandler Cox, squares up his lead block in the main gap. 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.680 There you have seven offensive line with a heavy package 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:31.840 there too, offensive lineman extra in that package with a 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:34.280 tight end and Adam Shaheen and then Chandler Cox and 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.120 Miles Gascon no receivers in that formation. We're just gonna 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:39.000 run the football and you're not gonna do a damn 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:40.959 thing about it. On that play a tone that I 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.120 touchdown run there for the Dolphins on the Jakeem Grant 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:47.040 end around play, the action on the fake handoff to 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.920 Gaskin just didn't hold the backside. That was good discipline 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.760 there by the fort defense. Sometimes that just happens. And 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.920 then the Preston Williams touchdown. You get Davontae Parker vertical 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:57.840 on the other side of the field, and the Niners 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.120 have those split safeties again, so you can attack that 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:01.720 turkey hole off the side. You can go down the 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:04.000 middle of the football field. You'll always hear Tony Rome 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.920 will talk about that in CBS against Cover two, attack 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.520 the middle of the field. Davante gets deep in vertical 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.360 and that holds the safety just enough for Fitzpatrick to 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:14.520 fit it in there between those two safeties while he 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.240 gets crushed. An awesome play call against too high and 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:20.280 an awesome execution there from the quarterback and the receivers 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.720 on that place. Speaking of Fitzpatrick on the first play 0:10:22.720 --> 0:10:25.160 of the game, an absolute dime. The ball just falls 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.720 right there on the perimeter, up those hash marks along 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:29.840 the side, right to where Preston Williams can get it 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:33.160 and the cornerback cannot. Later on that first drive, I 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.360 noted his throw to Isaiah Ford with Ghasiki taking a 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.720 double team right over the middle, and then Ford breaks 0:10:38.760 --> 0:10:41.200 in behind him for a kind of two window tier 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.080 throw there, and and Fitzpatrick does a really good job 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:47.320 of anticipating that backside of that route opening up under 0:10:47.320 --> 0:10:50.480 the barrel, gets popped and throws a strike to Isaiah Ford. 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:52.720 Then there's a play where he's roughed by Fred Warner 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.520 and it's unblocked right up the middle, a free rusher 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:57.680 up the middle, and he still completes it on third 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.160 and three to Jachem Grant for six yards in a 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:02.800 first down. He's just he's playing really well when he 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:04.640 sees it out there that well, When he's seeing it 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:06.720 that well and just lets it fly. Man, he is 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:08.760 tough to stop. And we saw that with the near 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:11.679 perfect passer reading in this game. For Fitzpatrick and then 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:14.480 the third and twenty to play the touchdown to Devonte Parker, 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:17.559 just perfect location with the end line kind of threatening, 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:19.360 how deep and how much you can put air under 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.800 that football. He throws it on perfect trajectory, perfect accurate, 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:26.200 right accuracy, right for that backpile on myle My he 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.400 was red hot in this game. We'll talk more about 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:30.480 him on some of these plays to the other guys. 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.240 And then with Myles Gaskin. You know, Brian Flores talked 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.840 about his past protection getting better this season and the 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:39.160 deep shot to Preston that goes incomplete. In this game, 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.360 the Niners are gonna stack a pass rush there over 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.000 Jesse Davis, and Gaskin just kind of sings in behind 0:11:44.080 --> 0:11:47.240 Jesse Davis and then when Davis engages the first man up, 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.240 the looper comes around and Gaskin works to find him. 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.320 I thought that was really nicely done there, and pass 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.920 pro from the Dolphins running back. He picks up fifteen 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:57.600 yards on that third and six team play right before 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.840 the Clayton Federalum fake punt, and it was really just 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:02.520 a brilliant run. He presses the thing upfield like you 0:12:02.520 --> 0:12:04.960 would behind the offensive line. Only now you're in the 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.280 secondary because you caught the little angle route behind the linebackers. 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.640 He presses it up and then swings it outside and 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.120 just beats the Niners defense at the corner and damn 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:15.480 near gets the first down. Then on the twenty one 0:12:15.520 --> 0:12:17.800 yard run, he had just one of the honestly one 0:12:17.800 --> 0:12:20.679 of the prettiest plays in Dolphins football I've ever seen. 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.160 And it might sound like hyperbole, but when you get 0:12:23.160 --> 0:12:25.440 that money good executed blocks, it's hard to not get 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.040 excited him. You get Eric Flowers who works his man 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.240 inside one gap and then seals it off. Solomon Kindley 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.679 pulls over and takes out the edge and seals that 0:12:33.720 --> 0:12:36.240 thing off. And then Chandler Cox leads it right up there, 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:39.400 perfectly squared up block on the safety trying to fill, 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:41.960 and Miles Gaskin just follows it for twenty one yards, 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.720 the Dolphin's biggest running play of the season so far. 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:47.880 Matt Brita. You really saw his speed on the screen 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.760 pass that went for thirty one yards. Jimmy Ward basically 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:52.840 broke down and had him squared up, and he just 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.400 scooted right by him with that speed, And there were 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.440 some awesome downfield blocks by both Chandler Cox and Ted 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.640 Harris on that play as well. He has a twelve 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:03.160 yard run in the fourth quarter where he finds himself 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.280 one on one in the gap with Fred Warner and 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.880 just drops the shoulder and bounces off the tackle. That's 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:10.040 one of the best linebackers in football, So Matt breed 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.600 Um more than just a speed guy lowering the shoulder there. 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.160 And on that play, by the way, Solomon Kinley and 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:17.920 Robert Hunt had another double team a theme we'll talk 0:13:17.960 --> 0:13:20.679 about in this podcast, and Kimley carries that thing. He's 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:22.680 kind of the off arm guy that has the one 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.679 arm latched searching for extra work while Robert Hunt has 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:29.000 him just locked up and driving him. Kiley catches that 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.880 block and climbs the second level and wipes outle linebacker 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.200 to those guys were fun to watch in this game. 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.000 More on them in just one second. Preston Williams the 0:13:37.040 --> 0:13:40.280 first play, the touchdown, the defensive passenger ference. He just 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.120 continuously got on top of guys vertically and caught the 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.360 football when it was there and forced the flag on 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:47.640 the other and the catch on the post route for 0:13:47.679 --> 0:13:50.199 the touchdown from Fitzpatrick. Two That was a really nice 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:53.240 looking catch going to the ground there for Preston Williams. 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:55.720 Isaiah Ford, I thought his catch. We talked about the 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:58.960 anticipation of Fitzpatrick throwing in behind the double team on 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:01.560 Mike Getsicki. The catch that Ford made on that play 0:14:01.760 --> 0:14:03.600 was even more impressive than I thought it was on 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:06.240 the broadcast because that ball is down around his shoelaces 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:08.480 and he has to go dig it out. Fitzpatrick was 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.200 affected a little bit on the throw, so it comes 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:11.839 up just a little bit short. But when you have 0:14:11.880 --> 0:14:14.560 a guy like Isaiah four that can consistently catch those footballs, 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:17.240 you're gonna trust that guy on third down. Fitzpatrick did 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:20.160 Fitzpatrick does, and it moved the chains for the Miami 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:23.320 Dolphins offense. Jachem Grant caught one pass in the game, 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.160 but I want to talk about one that he didn't 0:14:25.200 --> 0:14:27.680 quite get. It was the first play of the second drive, 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:30.480 and he has the cornerback is off about five or 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:33.280 six yards on him, and he drives that thing downfield 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.160 and breaks it back down the stem with a solid 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.800 three or four yards of separation. So even with that 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.120 off coverage, he's forcing guys to think about that deep 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.080 speed get some separation there. They couldn't get the completion 0:14:43.120 --> 0:14:44.200 on the play, but I thought it was a good 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.560 route there from Jachem Grant Davanta Parker. I almost forgot 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:49.720 about that twenty eight yard player where he made a 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:53.200 very signature Davanta Parker catch, just because of how much 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.560 happened in this game. So going back and watching it, 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.440 what a play by Davanta Parker. Fits always talks about 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:00.760 giving this guys chances. He did on the first play 0:15:00.800 --> 0:15:03.080 to Preston Williams, and this play is just manned a 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.480 man across the board, all the cornerbacks are up on 0:15:05.520 --> 0:15:07.840 the line, there's one safety in the middle of the field, 0:15:08.000 --> 0:15:09.960 and Parker just makes a play. And that's where Fitz 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:13.000 was going the entire time. He's so deadly. Parker is 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:15.800 when he can get on top and stack the defensive back, 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.280 and stacking means you just get behind the defensive back 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.960 and try to line him up square with your back 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:23.880 is between him and the end zone. And DeVante does 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.680 that so well, and they either have to play through 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.040 him or try to find a way to get a 0:15:28.040 --> 0:15:30.240 pass break up, and both of those are pretty much 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:33.360 losing propositions for the defender because Davante is so good 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:35.800 at coming back through the defender and making the catch 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.680 and or drawing the DP. I call there, Mike GASICKI 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.080 lots of notes on him here. I really have impressed, 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.760 been impressed this season with his releases and how much 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.520 fun they are to watch him get off the line, 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:47.440 and something you can really tell that he's worked on 0:15:47.480 --> 0:15:49.800 from year one up through now. And the completion to 0:15:49.880 --> 0:15:53.560 Jachim Grant with the roughing call from Fred Warner, he 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:56.360 gets a chip and impacts the rush, then releases into 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:59.160 the flat. Later he catches a twelve yard pass where 0:15:59.160 --> 0:16:02.320 he comes across the formation and motion and continues at 0:16:02.360 --> 0:16:04.280 the snap to go to the flat. And then once 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.280 the linebacker commits downhill to close down that flat route, 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.080 Kausiki just cuts back across his face right into the 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.960 seam and Fitzpatrick finds him with a perfectly thrown ball. 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:14.800 His route running has just been a lot of fun 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:16.920 to watch this year. And then right on Q I 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:19.320 right here that he comes right back with a little 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:21.360 stab to the inside to the post and then right 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.440 back to the corner on the seventy yard play and 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.520 Fitzpatrick just puts that thing right on the money, and 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.359 on that play, I tweeted about it on Monday nights. 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.400 The entire Dolphins sideline. The guys that are standing up, 0:16:32.560 --> 0:16:35.520 there's there's guys standing the offensive players, defensive guys are 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.400 sitting on the bench waiting for their turn to come 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:39.400 back on the field. The guys that are standing all 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.520 run down with him. The guys that are on the 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:43.880 field all run down after him, and I see several 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:45.840 arms go up into the air to celebrate the play. 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:49.240 Everyone loves watching their teammates succeed on this team, and 0:16:49.280 --> 0:16:51.640 that kind of personality and that kind of engagement can 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:54.360 be infectious. It's fun to watch as a fan, for sure. 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:56.400 And then there's more work here on a third down 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.760 on three to start the second half, where he releases, 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.280 squares up the defense of back and breaks off the 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:04.240 stem and Fitzpatrick finds him for the first down. And 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:06.680 this is on Jaquiski Tart, not a linebacker but a 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.400 safety and a damn good one. And Gaziki just shows 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.320 you the patients and the wiggle at the top of 0:17:11.320 --> 0:17:13.720 the stem there for a nice route and conversion on 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:17.119 third and three and moving inside to the offensive line, 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:20.560 I had ted Carriss with relentless effort to get outside 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:22.600 and move the gap on the six yard gas can 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:25.320 run before the touchdown the play that sets up the touchdown. There, 0:17:25.359 --> 0:17:27.760 to Adam Shaheen, he just kept working and kept working 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.120 to get himself outside of a reach block and get 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:33.000 himself onto a latch himself onto the defender and really 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.920 creates space there for Miles gaskhim. Then the second play 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:37.560 of the third quarter, he has to reach a three 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:40.400 technique and does it beautifully, gets himself out there. He's 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:42.199 so quick out of his stant it allows him to 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:44.480 execute those tough blocks where you have to really get 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:46.720 to a spot before the defensive line can get off 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:49.600 the snap. Solomon Kinley was just pushing guys in this 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:52.560 game all game long. I highly recommend going and checking 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:55.760 out Baldi's breakdowns on this offensive line performance. He talks 0:17:55.800 --> 0:17:58.199 about Solomon Kinley, Robert Hunt and the rest of the 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:01.439 guys and his power and pad level combination is just 0:18:01.520 --> 0:18:04.280 flat out awesome. Guys can't They just can't get him 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:06.040 to give ground because he's so low to the ground 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:08.000 and so stout, and then he's got the footwork as 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:10.040 well to kind of work to get himself into better 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.480 position to maintain that leverage. The first player the third quarter, 0:18:13.720 --> 0:18:16.680 no exaggeration, drives this guy five yards off the football. 0:18:16.920 --> 0:18:19.240 Gaskin has a two yard run later in that quarter, 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:22.199 and it's before the Preston Williams touchdown where he latches 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.359 on his guy and drives him. And by the end 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:26.840 of the play they have flipped sides completely where it 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:29.480 looks like Kindley's on defense and the forty nine defensive 0:18:29.520 --> 0:18:31.920 lineman is on offense because he just keeps working and 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:34.280 keeps grinding to get the right position on his man. 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:37.159 He and Eric Flowers had a massive double team to 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:40.440 start the fourth quarter. My goodness, I wrote down, hip 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:42.639 to hip, shoulder to shoulder. Looked like they were on 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:45.720 a blocking sled moving that guy, Eric Flowers, same as 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:48.560 Solomon Kidley. The doubles with these guys are so impressive, 0:18:48.600 --> 0:18:50.800 the push they get in the running game. And Flowers 0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:53.560 just looks so imposing out there. He gets those massive 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.119 myths on you and can almost just move guys with 0:18:56.160 --> 0:18:58.639 his arms because he's so strong in the upper body 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:01.520 and just has that length. Robert Hunt his first start 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:03.720 of his career, and you wouldn't know it from the 0:19:03.720 --> 0:19:05.880 first series because the very first rep of the game, 0:19:05.920 --> 0:19:08.720 on that deep shot to Preston Williams, he puts Eric 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:12.800 Armstead on the ground. That's a Pro Bowl level defensive lineman. 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.159 Baldi talks about it, and that breakdown calls a two 0:19:15.240 --> 0:19:18.040 point takedown. Two plays later, he gets into a pass 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.040 set again against Eric Armstead and draws out his punch 0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:22.800 by kind of throwing a dummy punch of his own, 0:19:22.960 --> 0:19:25.080 but keeps working to get into his pass set, and 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:28.000 then once Armstead's arm comes in, he slaps that thing 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:30.960 down and wins the rap right away. Just really impressive work. 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:33.359 On the fourth drive of the game, I spotted at 0:19:33.440 --> 0:19:36.320 least the second slide where Robert Hunt was on an 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.560 island by himself and he holds up and Fitzpatrick takes 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:41.600 off for a seventeen yard run. So what a debut 0:19:41.840 --> 0:19:46.080 from the rookie right tackle Jesse Davis on Gaskin's screen. 0:19:46.200 --> 0:19:48.520 On the second touchdown drive, the first and goal from 0:19:48.520 --> 0:19:50.760 the seven, he gets downfield on that play and he 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:54.080 races Dre Greenlaw, the San Francisco linebacker. Another really good 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:57.560 player there. All this Dolphins offensive lineman had plays in 0:19:57.600 --> 0:19:59.520 this game. It was fun to watch on tape. And 0:19:59.560 --> 0:20:02.040 the final note, I guess we'll call it offensively even 0:20:02.040 --> 0:20:04.680 though with special teams, was on the federal Um fake. 0:20:04.880 --> 0:20:06.760 He did such a good job to pick his hole 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:09.480 and get in there because he was contacted behind the 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:11.440 line of scrimmage, but the hit because he was able 0:20:11.480 --> 0:20:13.520 to kind of shift there at the last moment, propelled 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:15.800 him forward just enough for a first down to move 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:18.000 the chain. So a great job there by Clayton Federalum 0:20:18.040 --> 0:20:21.159 as a safety playing running back on punt team onto 0:20:21.160 --> 0:20:24.760 the defensive side of the football for this Dolphins seen 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:27.679 win over the San Francisco forty nine. And it's a 0:20:27.680 --> 0:20:30.000 good time to remind you that this edition of the 0:20:30.080 --> 0:20:33.040 Drive Time podcast is brought to you by Auto Nation, 0:20:33.320 --> 0:20:36.480 where Dolphins fans drive pink and helped raise over twenty 0:20:36.760 --> 0:20:40.600 million dollars for cancer treatment and research. And we start 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:43.000 on the defensive side, like we did on offense, talking 0:20:43.040 --> 0:20:45.360 about some of the calls and the game plan here 0:20:45.400 --> 0:20:47.800 for Josh Boyer and this Dolphins defense. And we saw 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:49.879 plenty of looks in this game, talked about it on 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:53.320 the podcast on Sunday night slash Monday morning. But go 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:56.240 ahead and confirm that here on the film study portion 0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:58.959 of the Tuesday podcast, plenty of bear looks where you're 0:20:58.960 --> 0:21:01.480 gonna go head up over the center and both guards 0:21:01.760 --> 0:21:04.080 and then a couple of stacked linebackers behind that, and 0:21:04.080 --> 0:21:06.440 stacked means you're gonna line up directly behind one of 0:21:06.480 --> 0:21:09.560 those defensive lineman. Helped keep those guys clean. Saw plenty 0:21:09.640 --> 0:21:11.439 of that throughout the course of the game. On the 0:21:11.480 --> 0:21:13.520 second play of the game, you get that look both 0:21:13.600 --> 0:21:16.480 Kyle Van Noy and Andrew Van Ginkl off either edge, 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:18.280 and my goodness, Van Ginkle made a heck of a 0:21:18.320 --> 0:21:20.000 play on that one. We'll go ahead and talk plenty 0:21:20.080 --> 0:21:21.840 more about him here in just one second. Then the 0:21:21.960 --> 0:21:24.640 very next play you get too down linemen, four linebackers 0:21:24.800 --> 0:21:27.720 and your five defensive backs, with Ogba and Seiler the 0:21:27.760 --> 0:21:30.240 down lineman, and then Gruge, Hill and Baker in the 0:21:30.280 --> 0:21:33.560 a gaps with Van Ginkl and Van Noy off either edge. 0:21:33.760 --> 0:21:35.800 Just so much variety in this game. You really saw 0:21:36.000 --> 0:21:38.960 the Dolphins versatility and depth in this game. We heard 0:21:39.040 --> 0:21:42.480 John Conjemmi on the recap podcast talk about that versatility 0:21:42.520 --> 0:21:45.320 and athletic ability on the defensive side of the football. 0:21:45.480 --> 0:21:48.040 He definitely was right about that with this All twenty 0:21:48.040 --> 0:21:50.640 two review. Those guys were getting after it all game long. 0:21:50.840 --> 0:21:52.880 The very next drive, you get that bare front again 0:21:53.080 --> 0:21:56.600 with Robert stacked behind Seiler and Baker behind Wilkins, and 0:21:56.640 --> 0:21:58.879 they cross dog it where one linebacker cuts in in 0:21:58.920 --> 0:22:01.320 front of the other one and second linebacker cuts around 0:22:01.359 --> 0:22:03.760 the other side and loops off that rush as well, 0:22:04.040 --> 0:22:06.080 and that that cross dog action gets a little bit 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:08.639 of confusion from the Niners in the blocking scheme and 0:22:08.760 --> 0:22:11.760 Roberts comes clean without anybody picking him up. I just 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:15.440 love the rush plan by condensing everything inside and blitzing 0:22:15.480 --> 0:22:18.520 those stacked linebackers because you knew the quarterback was coming 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:21.160 off the injury report with an ankle, so heat him 0:22:21.200 --> 0:22:23.720 up inside and force him to take the decision to 0:22:23.800 --> 0:22:27.080 move outside and flee the pocket sideways for a quarterback 0:22:27.119 --> 0:22:29.960 that coming into the game was on the report with 0:22:30.000 --> 0:22:31.760 the ankle injury there. So just a good game plan 0:22:31.800 --> 0:22:34.520 I thought from the Dolphins and Josh Boyer and Brian 0:22:34.560 --> 0:22:37.320 Flores on the route on the land and Robert sack 0:22:37.400 --> 0:22:40.160 late in the first quarter, just an awesome scheme, pressure 0:22:40.200 --> 0:22:43.119 and sack on that play. Dolphins bring seven to the party. 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:45.760 Both Van Noy and Wilkins kind of fan out to 0:22:45.840 --> 0:22:48.640 widen the offensive line to create those rush lanes inside 0:22:48.840 --> 0:22:51.600 for Roberts and for Baker, and Van Noy attacks the 0:22:51.640 --> 0:22:54.440 running back and Baker attacks the tight end to kind 0:22:54.440 --> 0:22:57.360 of force Garoppolo to come off those checkdowns because they're 0:22:57.400 --> 0:22:59.440 kind of getting engaged early and you plan on getting 0:22:59.440 --> 0:23:01.640 pressure quick gale, so go ahead and take away those 0:23:01.680 --> 0:23:04.440 quick checkdowns, and then Roberts just runs through a blocker 0:23:04.680 --> 0:23:06.800 and gets the sack. The coverage on the back end 0:23:06.840 --> 0:23:10.200 was absolutely stellar. Xavian Howard ran his man right into 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:12.879 help where Bobby McCain capped it off and Jones was 0:23:12.920 --> 0:23:15.800 in tight coverage on his lonesome as well. Total team 0:23:15.800 --> 0:23:18.360 win on that Robert sack. I just love how they 0:23:18.359 --> 0:23:21.960 called this game that way for sixty minutes, with aggressive mindset, 0:23:22.040 --> 0:23:24.520 Go attack, go get the football. The nine er second 0:23:24.520 --> 0:23:26.919 to last drive in that fourth quarter, it's fourth and 0:23:26.960 --> 0:23:29.440 two and they ligne up with six guys on the line. 0:23:29.600 --> 0:23:32.280 They bluff to who pull out of the blitz package 0:23:32.280 --> 0:23:34.480 and into the hook zone, and they bring four rushers 0:23:34.480 --> 0:23:37.440 after the quarterback and once again, Jerome Baker, another linebacker, 0:23:37.720 --> 0:23:40.440 runs free on the quarterback to cause an errand throw 0:23:40.480 --> 0:23:44.320 there and in completion Eric Row individually, Oh man, what 0:23:44.400 --> 0:23:46.520 more can you say about this guy? The first third 0:23:46.520 --> 0:23:49.240 down stop of the game, he turns George Kittle free, 0:23:49.320 --> 0:23:51.840 kind of passes him off to Jerome Baker who picks 0:23:51.840 --> 0:23:53.840 it up. Then he closes down on an out route 0:23:53.840 --> 0:23:56.080 from Jerick McKinnon out of the backfield and he's in 0:23:56.119 --> 0:23:58.920 perfect position. In fact, if that throws a little more inside, 0:23:58.960 --> 0:24:01.000 he might have had his second pick six in his 0:24:01.119 --> 0:24:03.840 last six games. And we always look for tackles behind 0:24:03.880 --> 0:24:06.399 the line or for short gains, right the big plays 0:24:06.400 --> 0:24:09.080 that impact the chains in the down on distance. But 0:24:09.200 --> 0:24:11.800 sometimes it's a seven yard game that's impressive because what 0:24:11.920 --> 0:24:13.960 it could have been. And there was a play where 0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:16.200 he got where heem mostered down in the wide open 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:19.240 field on the drive for just a seven yard game. 0:24:19.320 --> 0:24:21.760 So some of those safety tackles sometimes, even though they're 0:24:21.800 --> 0:24:23.880 big gains and you don't think about it during the game, 0:24:24.040 --> 0:24:26.320 they are really important to kind of that last line 0:24:26.320 --> 0:24:28.760 defense to get that guy down in the open field. 0:24:28.960 --> 0:24:31.440 And he's he's doing it in coverage too. He picks 0:24:31.520 --> 0:24:34.280 up a backside crosser with Kendrick Bourne, who's matched up 0:24:34.359 --> 0:24:36.560 underneath on Nick need Hum, and you can kind of 0:24:36.600 --> 0:24:39.120 see Row honoring the fact the fact that Born could 0:24:39.119 --> 0:24:41.680 go to the post, he could cross face and get 0:24:41.720 --> 0:24:44.639 that over route. And Born does cross face, and he 0:24:44.680 --> 0:24:48.040 closes down on the route horizontally and closes and smacks 0:24:48.080 --> 0:24:50.200 him for a pass break up. Just what a stud 0:24:50.320 --> 0:24:51.960 is what I wrote on the notes right here. Then 0:24:52.000 --> 0:24:54.640 the very next drive, he's fifteen yards off the ball 0:24:54.840 --> 0:24:56.960 and they turn kittle to him with kind of a 0:24:56.960 --> 0:24:59.400 two way go action, and he makes the right decision, 0:24:59.400 --> 0:25:02.320 closes down on it again and gets another pass breakup. 0:25:02.400 --> 0:25:05.800 I mean, just an incredible production and performance from Eric 0:25:05.880 --> 0:25:09.320 Row so far. Byron Jones. Cameron Wake once talked about 0:25:09.359 --> 0:25:12.480 plays that get made before the big play. Right in 0:25:12.520 --> 0:25:15.600 the Miami Miracle Game teen, he talked about that with 0:25:15.680 --> 0:25:18.520 a sack on the play before, or some a couple 0:25:18.520 --> 0:25:21.760 of tackles short on the Patriots previous drive that allow 0:25:21.840 --> 0:25:23.480 them to get the field goal team out there to 0:25:23.600 --> 0:25:26.160 kept to keep Miami within a one score game. Well 0:25:26.200 --> 0:25:29.040 Byron Jones, made an open field tackle right before the 0:25:29.080 --> 0:25:32.119 sticks on the play before we got that fourth and 0:25:32.160 --> 0:25:35.479 one stop on defense, and on that play also Christian 0:25:35.520 --> 0:25:39.399 Wilkins was retracing the play with exceptional effort. I always 0:25:39.440 --> 0:25:41.080 get that out of ninety four. You'd love to see 0:25:41.119 --> 0:25:43.080 it from your first round DRAFTIC A couple of years 0:25:43.119 --> 0:25:46.040 ago later, for Byron Jones, a two hand jam delays 0:25:46.040 --> 0:25:48.399 an outside release and it makes the takeoff route for 0:25:48.440 --> 0:25:50.439 the receiver take far too long. It has to be 0:25:50.440 --> 0:25:52.359 an instant win on that route, and otherwise you're not 0:25:52.359 --> 0:25:54.480 gonna get the quarterback to look that way, and you're 0:25:54.480 --> 0:25:56.800 just not gonna take that shot with a sub four 0:25:56.840 --> 0:25:59.400 or four corner running in perfect phase with the receiver. 0:25:59.640 --> 0:26:01.520 They do test him later on on a deep shot 0:26:01.560 --> 0:26:04.160 to Brandon Ayuk, and they stacked the receivers this time, 0:26:04.320 --> 0:26:06.960 and really good communication by Jones and Nick need Um. 0:26:07.040 --> 0:26:09.240 Need Um takes the point and presses that guy and 0:26:09.320 --> 0:26:11.920 Jones just sits back in mirrors and once again runs 0:26:11.960 --> 0:26:14.360 the route right in the hip pocket of the receiver 0:26:14.800 --> 0:26:17.680 Xavian Howard. Now he gets called on for his turn 0:26:17.840 --> 0:26:19.919 to take a man without help. There was kind of 0:26:19.920 --> 0:26:22.000 that back and forth in this game. McCain did a 0:26:22.000 --> 0:26:24.960 great job capping everything with his help coverage back there, 0:26:25.160 --> 0:26:27.240 and you see Jones on this particular play, run his 0:26:27.280 --> 0:26:30.359 man right into McCain into the help and Xavian Howard 0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:32.600 runs all the way across the field with Deebo Samuel 0:26:32.800 --> 0:26:35.200 for a pass breakup on an over route. Really good 0:26:35.200 --> 0:26:37.800 coverage there. And then the third and fourteen after Van 0:26:37.880 --> 0:26:41.600 Ginkl strip sack, it's another over route and x runs 0:26:41.760 --> 0:26:43.639 right with it, right in the hip pocket, right in 0:26:43.680 --> 0:26:46.080 the back pocket there, and Jones is right in phase 0:26:46.119 --> 0:26:48.320 on the takeoff route. These two guys just played really 0:26:48.320 --> 0:26:51.159 well together, knew their role, knew their coverages, and just 0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:53.320 shut the Niners passing game down throughout the course of 0:26:53.359 --> 0:26:56.119 the game. Talked about Bobby McCain. The first note I 0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:58.400 had it was an open field tackle on a first 0:26:58.440 --> 0:27:00.800 down run on the Niners touchdown Dres the first one 0:27:00.800 --> 0:27:03.119 of the game, had plenty of open space to operate 0:27:03.119 --> 0:27:05.040 in and he got the running the running back down 0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:07.200 on that play. Then later in the game, a deep 0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:10.080 shot to Brandon Ayuk with George Kittle trying to cross face, 0:27:10.200 --> 0:27:11.439 and that's one of those things you want to put 0:27:11.440 --> 0:27:13.520 the safety and conflict by having two routes kind of 0:27:13.520 --> 0:27:15.560 go towards him and see if he takes the cheese 0:27:15.560 --> 0:27:17.400 on one. Then you throw the ball to the other guy, 0:27:17.640 --> 0:27:20.040 but Bobby keeps his death and drives on the shot 0:27:20.080 --> 0:27:22.280 to Ayuk and gets over the top before the ball. 0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:24.840 Does really good coverage from Bobby and then does something 0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:27.280 similar a couple of plays later to stay in position 0:27:27.320 --> 0:27:29.720 to drive both on a deep post and a crossing route, 0:27:29.840 --> 0:27:33.119 and the relationship and communication between he Xaviing Howard and 0:27:33.160 --> 0:27:35.600 Byron Jones just really good on that play, really good 0:27:35.640 --> 0:27:38.040 throughout the course of the game. Talked a little bit 0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:40.920 about Christian Wilkins on a retrace and the effort which 0:27:40.960 --> 0:27:44.119 again is always consistent and relentless with that guy. But 0:27:44.359 --> 0:27:46.480 on the fourth down stop he does so well to 0:27:46.520 --> 0:27:48.719 get into his gap and then toss his man aside 0:27:48.720 --> 0:27:51.199 to get himself in position to stack that thing up 0:27:51.240 --> 0:27:53.720 and get that fourth down stop. He also had another 0:27:53.800 --> 0:27:55.760 hustle play in the third quarter on a run to 0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:57.800 the outside where the edge guys are out there to 0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:00.240 set it to force him back inside, and will Kins 0:28:00.280 --> 0:28:02.440 is pursuing his ass off to get the tackle out there, 0:28:02.600 --> 0:28:04.960 and he makes it happen. Nick need him here in 0:28:05.000 --> 0:28:07.440 the notes. A third and seven p BU late in 0:28:07.480 --> 0:28:10.040 the in the first quarter on Kendrick Born does a 0:28:10.040 --> 0:28:11.920 really good job on a pivot route by Born. I'm 0:28:11.920 --> 0:28:14.760 staying in there and not getting the hands on the 0:28:14.840 --> 0:28:16.919 receiver because that's a tough route to cover. Could go 0:28:17.000 --> 0:28:19.840 either direction, doesn't turn him, doesn't get grabby, and forces 0:28:19.880 --> 0:28:22.280 an incompletion and and a punt for the forty nine. 0:28:22.600 --> 0:28:25.399 Emmanuel ogbab back down to the defensive line on the 0:28:25.480 --> 0:28:28.479 fourth down play, he completely resets line of scrimmage and 0:28:28.520 --> 0:28:30.760 forces the running back to change direction. If you have 0:28:30.880 --> 0:28:32.640 to change direction on that fourth down with all those 0:28:32.640 --> 0:28:34.960 guys in the box, bad things are probably gonna happen. 0:28:35.080 --> 0:28:37.320 And that was plenty enough for Roberts and god Shot 0:28:37.320 --> 0:28:39.360 to come in and clean that thing up. He also 0:28:39.400 --> 0:28:41.840 got himself a pass breakup in the second quarter, rushing 0:28:41.880 --> 0:28:44.680 from a three technique position just off the outside shoulder 0:28:44.720 --> 0:28:46.959 of the guard, and he just pushes that guard right 0:28:47.000 --> 0:28:49.200 back into the backfield and gets those big mits up 0:28:49.200 --> 0:28:50.880 for the p bu and then he puts a bow 0:28:50.960 --> 0:28:53.320 on the game with a swipe to get the force fumble. 0:28:53.520 --> 0:28:55.680 He rushed inside from that three tech spot a lot 0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:58.800 in this game, but he finishes off outside off the 0:28:58.920 --> 0:29:01.560 edge with a really ice rush and sack and strip 0:29:01.760 --> 0:29:04.320 the length on display there as well. Ray Kwon Davis 0:29:04.360 --> 0:29:05.960 thought he had got got a great look at his 0:29:06.040 --> 0:29:08.080 length on a first and ten run late in the 0:29:08.120 --> 0:29:10.520 first quarter where the center tries to reach him. He 0:29:10.640 --> 0:29:12.640 stabs it and stacks it up and then does the 0:29:12.760 --> 0:29:15.400 arm over to win back inside. And that was where 0:29:15.440 --> 0:29:17.560 the running back was aiming off the mesh point and 0:29:17.600 --> 0:29:19.800 it forces a play for Devon god Show, who comes 0:29:19.800 --> 0:29:22.320 off of his block and makes the tackle. We talked about. 0:29:22.360 --> 0:29:25.000 Andrew Van Ginkle got several notes here for him. On 0:29:25.040 --> 0:29:27.600 the early play in the game, Kittle fakes a chip 0:29:27.640 --> 0:29:30.080 on him, he swats the hand away and then goes 0:29:30.120 --> 0:29:32.480 to work on the pulling guards from the backside and 0:29:32.520 --> 0:29:35.560 just wins that, beats that block and wins around the outside, 0:29:35.720 --> 0:29:38.080 and man, that's the play. Strength. These guys talked about. 0:29:38.240 --> 0:29:41.960 Anthony camp and Nellie, Austin Clark, Mary and Hobby, Brian Flores, 0:29:42.040 --> 0:29:44.240 Josh Boyer all talked about him in the weight room 0:29:44.400 --> 0:29:47.240 getting strength added to his game this offseason, and we 0:29:47.280 --> 0:29:49.000 really saw that in effect in this game. He had 0:29:49.080 --> 0:29:51.680 himself a hell of a football game. Later on, he 0:29:51.720 --> 0:29:53.600 matches up on George Kittle the middle of the second 0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:56.520 quarter and Van Gigle straight up stacks him, sheds him, 0:29:56.640 --> 0:29:58.080 and throws him off to the side and makes a 0:29:58.120 --> 0:30:00.520 tackle for a four yard game. You just don't draw 0:30:00.560 --> 0:30:03.880 a tougher tight end blocking assignment than George Kittle, and 0:30:03.920 --> 0:30:05.560 he goes out there one on one and gets the 0:30:05.640 --> 0:30:08.320 job done. Very next play, gets another tight end. It's 0:30:08.360 --> 0:30:10.080 not George Kittle this time, but he wins with the 0:30:10.120 --> 0:30:13.240 pass rush a gorgeous play. Immediately gets on the upfield 0:30:13.320 --> 0:30:15.800 shoulder and you can see the acceleration when he sees 0:30:15.800 --> 0:30:18.120 the back of a quarterback and knows it's coming. He 0:30:18.200 --> 0:30:20.360 accelerates and gets the big hit for the forced fumble. 0:30:20.600 --> 0:30:22.880 And then on a retrace play that I tweeted during 0:30:22.920 --> 0:30:25.760 the game where he, Christian Wilkins, and Zack Seiler all 0:30:25.800 --> 0:30:28.240 retraced the play and come back. The entire defensive line 0:30:28.280 --> 0:30:30.960 peels back and Van Giegel gets out there and outflanks 0:30:30.960 --> 0:30:33.600 the running back and gets it drawn out, strung out 0:30:33.720 --> 0:30:35.600 and takes all the way to the sideline for a 0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:38.880 no game. What a game he had. On Sunday. Other 0:30:38.920 --> 0:30:41.560 linebacker play, a Landing Roberts I thought had his best 0:30:41.560 --> 0:30:43.880 game as a Miami Dolphin. There was a play early 0:30:43.920 --> 0:30:46.360 on that where he impacted a throw from Jimmy Garoppolo 0:30:46.440 --> 0:30:48.640 where he scraped right off the pick from Zach Seeler 0:30:48.880 --> 0:30:52.200 for a free run on Garoppolo. Good job condensing that angle. 0:30:52.240 --> 0:30:54.280 I'm taking a short route to the quarterback. And he 0:30:54.320 --> 0:30:56.440 was so aggressive and in control in this game. He 0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:58.719 did really will to seek out contact and just go 0:30:58.760 --> 0:31:01.880 approach it and get it and clogged things up consistently throughout. 0:31:02.040 --> 0:31:05.000 I thought Zack Seeler played well. He plays so freaking hard. 0:31:05.040 --> 0:31:07.160 The pursuit on that sack to get Garoppolo to the 0:31:07.160 --> 0:31:09.960 ground I thought was impressive for Zach Seler. He led 0:31:10.000 --> 0:31:12.320 the Dolphins and snaps in this game, as we talked 0:31:12.320 --> 0:31:14.600 about in the first segment, or defensive lineman and snaps. 0:31:14.640 --> 0:31:17.160 I should say in this game, Jerome Baker on the 0:31:17.160 --> 0:31:19.840 Bobby McCain pick, he just runs step for step with 0:31:19.960 --> 0:31:22.880 Jerick McKinnon down the field. Is in perfect position if 0:31:22.920 --> 0:31:24.320 he has to get his head around for that ball, 0:31:24.360 --> 0:31:27.000 but luckily McCain was there for the pick. Huge defeated 0:31:27.000 --> 0:31:29.880 block when stacking and working back underneath for a stop. 0:31:29.880 --> 0:31:31.240 In the second half of this game, I think it 0:31:31.280 --> 0:31:33.320 was late third quarter or he stacks it up and 0:31:33.360 --> 0:31:35.760 works back underneath for a tackle. Good job to get 0:31:35.800 --> 0:31:38.320 off a block there, and then awesome closing speed on 0:31:38.400 --> 0:31:41.200 his sack. On the play, Dolphins go with eight down 0:31:41.400 --> 0:31:43.200 or not eight down, but eight players on the line 0:31:43.200 --> 0:31:46.600 of scrimmage. Four linebackers Wilkins and og bought the down lineman. 0:31:46.800 --> 0:31:49.280 Both Rowan McCain up in there as well, but they 0:31:49.320 --> 0:31:51.920 only bring four and it allows Jerome Baker to come 0:31:51.920 --> 0:31:54.520 clean as they slide to pick up Christian Wilkins who 0:31:54.520 --> 0:31:57.080 falls back into coverage, and they schemed up that sack 0:31:57.200 --> 0:32:00.320 using your linebackers. Great burst. Just an awesome call and 0:32:00.440 --> 0:32:02.920 execution there from the Dolphins defense. And then Kyle van 0:32:03.000 --> 0:32:05.320 Noy on the third and one play he makes a 0:32:05.360 --> 0:32:08.440 TfL where he just arm over Trent Williams and throws 0:32:08.480 --> 0:32:10.200 him to the ground and meets the ball carrier in 0:32:10.240 --> 0:32:13.040 the backfield for the TfL. Also thought he created a 0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:15.560 couple opportunities for pass rushers where he's kind of the 0:32:15.560 --> 0:32:17.440 guy that goes in there and gets that contact and 0:32:17.480 --> 0:32:19.880 sets that pick so guys can loop and scrape off 0:32:19.880 --> 0:32:22.080 of them, and does so much to confuse the rush 0:32:22.240 --> 0:32:24.680 of the blitz pick up the pass protection on these 0:32:24.760 --> 0:32:27.680 rush schemes. With all those backers walked up into different gaps, 0:32:27.760 --> 0:32:30.000 you never know who's coming, who's peeling back, and Van 0:32:30.080 --> 0:32:33.080 Noy's very aggressive and assertive and getting that contact and 0:32:33.080 --> 0:32:35.360 forcing those linemen to really kind of shoot their hands 0:32:35.480 --> 0:32:37.880 and allow linebackers to run around them when they scrape 0:32:37.920 --> 0:32:40.040 off the other part of the play. So really good 0:32:40.040 --> 0:32:41.560 work from all these guys. I just thought it was 0:32:41.600 --> 0:32:44.400 such an impressive game plan and impressive execution, and that's 0:32:44.440 --> 0:32:48.120 what happens. That's how you get seventeen three phases winning football. 0:32:48.280 --> 0:32:51.320 We saw it on Sunday for your Miami Dolphins. Let's 0:32:51.320 --> 0:32:53.800 go ahead and spend things forward now to the coordinators 0:32:53.840 --> 0:32:56.720 and defensive assistance for your Miami Dolphins. They spoke to 0:32:56.760 --> 0:32:59.560 the media on Tuesday. First we start with chan Gailey, 0:32:59.760 --> 0:33:02.480 who talked about the things that Ryan Fitzpatrick does that 0:33:02.560 --> 0:33:05.120 makes him able to perform on Sunday and put up 0:33:05.120 --> 0:33:07.640 such gaudy stats like we've seen in several games this 0:33:07.720 --> 0:33:12.000 year so far. He does things with um with this 0:33:12.160 --> 0:33:17.800 offense that we have um that are truly amazing to me. 0:33:18.000 --> 0:33:22.080 He really does he sees things. You know, he will 0:33:22.120 --> 0:33:25.720 call a route and he'll change one guy. Uh, and 0:33:25.920 --> 0:33:28.840 because he sees something and he'll change one little route, 0:33:29.040 --> 0:33:31.800 one little wrinkle to it and and be able to 0:33:31.840 --> 0:33:35.160 take advantage of the defense. Um, he saw that the 0:33:35.160 --> 0:33:37.440 other day. He saw the defensive end stand so he 0:33:37.520 --> 0:33:40.200 knew the coverage, so he changed one route and we 0:33:40.280 --> 0:33:44.880 get a touchdown. It's little things like that that he's 0:33:44.920 --> 0:33:48.800 just amazing with. He knows what the defense is doing 0:33:48.880 --> 0:33:52.920 and how to beat him, and that he's a special guy, 0:33:53.240 --> 0:33:56.160 very special guy in that respect. And how about one 0:33:56.160 --> 0:33:59.520 of Fitzpatrick's top targets on Sunday one and six yards 0:33:59.520 --> 0:34:02.960 at career for Preston Williams. Here's coach Gailey on Preston 0:34:02.960 --> 0:34:05.800 getting things going and the win over San Francisco. You 0:34:05.840 --> 0:34:09.160 know it was just a matter of time in my opinion. 0:34:10.280 --> 0:34:13.799 He Um, he's been practicing well, he's been working on 0:34:13.880 --> 0:34:17.040 his on his routes. He's been doing some good things 0:34:17.080 --> 0:34:22.879 that just when you got several good players, everybody didn't 0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:24.799 get the ball. This is one of those times where 0:34:24.800 --> 0:34:27.319 he got the ball and he took advantage of it 0:34:27.360 --> 0:34:32.240 and made plays. Um. And to me, that does nothing 0:34:32.280 --> 0:34:36.520 but help our football team. Now they gotta worry about him. 0:34:36.640 --> 0:34:40.080 They gotta worry about DP. On the other side, Jachim 0:34:40.520 --> 0:34:44.040 got Mike. They've got a lot of things to think about. 0:34:44.719 --> 0:34:47.600 And UM, I was glad we were able to get 0:34:47.680 --> 0:34:52.719 him more involved. UM and now it just creates more 0:34:53.200 --> 0:34:58.200 um open opportunities for everybody now that now that he's 0:34:58.920 --> 0:35:02.200 back on track. Use that term, because he won at 0:35:02.200 --> 0:35:06.040 all track. It just hadn't happened for in yet. Let's 0:35:06.080 --> 0:35:09.480 go ahead and talk to Dolphins special teams coordinator Danny Crossman, 0:35:09.719 --> 0:35:12.600 who first was asked about a Football Outsiders ranking that 0:35:12.640 --> 0:35:15.680 has the Dolphins special teams number two in the entire 0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:18.400 National Football League. He was asked, are you happy with 0:35:18.520 --> 0:35:21.080 the performance and what's led to the number two ranking 0:35:21.120 --> 0:35:23.960 in that particular category in that particular metric for the 0:35:24.000 --> 0:35:27.240 Dolphins special teams unit. I don't know if I'm ever happy, 0:35:28.160 --> 0:35:31.160 But I think the biggest thing is I think our 0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:34.319 group is getting better every week. Um. And I think 0:35:34.320 --> 0:35:37.680 we're getting better, you know, in each phase, even though 0:35:37.760 --> 0:35:39.880 some of the plays that you'd like to have aren't 0:35:39.920 --> 0:35:43.080 necessarily showing up. But I think we're doing a better 0:35:43.160 --> 0:35:45.480 job blocking in the return game, even though we're not 0:35:45.520 --> 0:35:48.319 getting a lot of opportunities. I think our landmarks even 0:35:48.360 --> 0:35:50.720 though we're not getting opportunities, I think we're getting betting 0:35:50.719 --> 0:35:54.439 on better on understanding that um. But like we always say, 0:35:54.600 --> 0:35:57.399 you know, if you're to be good in the kicking game, 0:35:57.520 --> 0:36:01.040 your specialists have to perform well. Uh And I think 0:36:01.120 --> 0:36:02.640 when you when you look at the punter and the 0:36:02.719 --> 0:36:05.080 kicker of the snapper. Again, we haven't gotten a lot 0:36:05.080 --> 0:36:08.799 of opportunities in the true return game with with those specialists. 0:36:08.800 --> 0:36:12.000 But if you're specialists are performing well, you have a 0:36:12.080 --> 0:36:14.800 chance of being pretty good. And I think our specials 0:36:14.800 --> 0:36:17.440 start performing at a high level right now. Hey, coach, 0:36:17.520 --> 0:36:19.480 I want to go back something that coach Flora has 0:36:19.480 --> 0:36:21.320 talked about with Jason Sanders called him one of the 0:36:21.400 --> 0:36:24.280 most diligent workers of his craft he's ever been around. 0:36:24.480 --> 0:36:26.200 I just wanted to maybe get a follow up from 0:36:26.239 --> 0:36:28.600 you as a person's been around him every single day 0:36:28.800 --> 0:36:31.520 that's really helped lead him to now a franchise record 0:36:31.520 --> 0:36:34.080 for consecutive makes to start the season. He's got fourteen 0:36:34.080 --> 0:36:35.960 in a row. What have you seen from Jason Sanders? 0:36:37.120 --> 0:36:40.480 Well and again, and I think flows exactly right. I 0:36:40.960 --> 0:36:43.520 think you know what people don't realize is you know, 0:36:44.360 --> 0:36:48.360 the time that that Jason spends along with Matt, like 0:36:48.920 --> 0:36:51.680 the time he spends before we even ever get onto 0:36:51.719 --> 0:36:54.480 the field, both you know, from a mental and a 0:36:54.520 --> 0:36:57.520 physical standpoint, and making sure what we go onto the 0:36:57.560 --> 0:37:00.399 field that you know he's ready to performing a high level. 0:37:00.440 --> 0:37:04.360 Any performs and and executes and practice you know, we 0:37:04.440 --> 0:37:07.040 call him mini games. So you know every time your 0:37:07.080 --> 0:37:10.279 your opportunities come up, whether it be at uh you know, 0:37:10.320 --> 0:37:12.719 in practice end or a game. As a specialist, there's 0:37:12.800 --> 0:37:17.600 not a lot of outside influences um as there are 0:37:17.760 --> 0:37:20.200 with some other positions. So if you can get that 0:37:20.320 --> 0:37:23.239 mindset and that that framework both physically and mentally on 0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:26.160 the practice field, you feel good about having good carry 0:37:26.200 --> 0:37:29.080 over into the game. And there is your Dolphins special 0:37:29.080 --> 0:37:31.680 teams coordinator. Let's go ahead and move onto the defensive 0:37:31.719 --> 0:37:34.479 side of the ball. What a game this Dolphins defense had. 0:37:34.600 --> 0:37:38.360 Here's Josh Boyer and my question for coach regarding Dolphins 0:37:38.400 --> 0:37:41.200 safety Eric Rowe. Hey, coach, I wanted to ask you 0:37:41.239 --> 0:37:44.319 about Eric Rowe, a guy you've been around since when 0:37:44.360 --> 0:37:46.120 he got to New England and you really saw him 0:37:46.160 --> 0:37:48.680 fight through you know, injuries in those early days. I 0:37:48.760 --> 0:37:50.520 just was curious what does it mean to you to 0:37:50.520 --> 0:37:53.200 see him really thriving here and can you turn that 0:37:53.239 --> 0:37:55.560 into something of a coaching point with how maybe the 0:37:55.560 --> 0:37:59.839 rest of the guys deal with an overcome adversity. Well, 0:38:00.239 --> 0:38:02.399 you know, I think the good thing is for Eric 0:38:02.440 --> 0:38:04.920 that you know, he's a mentally tough kid. He's a 0:38:04.960 --> 0:38:08.880 hard worker. UM, he's constantly striving to improve, which is 0:38:08.880 --> 0:38:11.480 what we're ask him to do, and I think he's 0:38:11.480 --> 0:38:14.560 seeing uh, you know, some results of that. Um. You know, 0:38:14.640 --> 0:38:17.360 like everybody, there's there's things that he's got that he 0:38:17.400 --> 0:38:20.960 can continue to work on. UM. As far as you know, 0:38:21.680 --> 0:38:24.840 using as an example and stuff, I think each individual's 0:38:24.960 --> 0:38:29.960 case is a case by case uh study if you will. Um, 0:38:30.000 --> 0:38:32.879 you know, I think things, you know, sometimes things can 0:38:32.880 --> 0:38:34.400 start off good for a guy, then they have to 0:38:34.440 --> 0:38:37.000 deal with a little bit of adversity and then they 0:38:37.040 --> 0:38:40.520 can come back. Sometimes guys you know, just need a chance. 0:38:40.680 --> 0:38:42.840 And then there's other times that you know, it doesn't 0:38:42.880 --> 0:38:45.040 start off so good and guys you know, work their 0:38:45.080 --> 0:38:49.360 way to that. I think it's different, uh, individual to individual. 0:38:49.520 --> 0:38:52.960 But again, you know, Eric is a hard worker. UM, 0:38:53.080 --> 0:38:55.800 he's been able to you know, handle the ups and downs. 0:38:55.800 --> 0:38:58.160 He's a he's a good professional, and he puts in 0:38:58.200 --> 0:39:00.360 a good day's work, and you know we're going to 0:39:00.400 --> 0:39:02.920 continue to asking to do that. And we talked about 0:39:02.920 --> 0:39:05.080 in the All twenty two review how many times the 0:39:05.080 --> 0:39:07.880 Dolphins had different guys walked up on the line and 0:39:07.920 --> 0:39:10.560 would send certain rushers, would pull certain guys back. Just 0:39:10.600 --> 0:39:13.239 a lot of confusion, Brian Baldinger talked about in his 0:39:13.320 --> 0:39:16.760 breakdown of the game on Baldy's Breakdowns. Here's Josh Boyer 0:39:16.840 --> 0:39:19.400 talking about the structure of the defense and how that works, 0:39:19.520 --> 0:39:21.960 but how sometimes it's up to the players to make 0:39:22.000 --> 0:39:24.760 their side adjustments and to play fast within the structure 0:39:24.920 --> 0:39:27.120 based upon the things they're seeing on the field on 0:39:27.160 --> 0:39:30.600 game day. Well, I mean ultimately, like again, I mean 0:39:30.719 --> 0:39:32.920 there's no coaches out there in between the white lines 0:39:32.960 --> 0:39:37.120 on Sunday, So I mean it's it's the players making decisions. UM. 0:39:37.600 --> 0:39:40.439 You try to build it in um so that those 0:39:40.480 --> 0:39:46.799 guys have flexibility within calls to change things, to see things, UM, 0:39:46.880 --> 0:39:48.600 so they can go out there and play fast at 0:39:48.600 --> 0:39:52.799 a high level. UM So, UM, you know, there there's 0:39:52.840 --> 0:39:56.200 a structure scheme that we put out there. Uh. And 0:39:56.239 --> 0:39:58.799 then you know within certain things or certain things that 0:39:58.800 --> 0:40:03.040 they seed. You guys can have the ability to adapt 0:40:03.400 --> 0:40:06.560 um based on certain parameters, which you know, I think 0:40:06.960 --> 0:40:10.160 our communications and proven as a group, UM, we still 0:40:10.200 --> 0:40:12.279 got a long way to go. We're working hard at that. 0:40:12.360 --> 0:40:14.759 We're working hard on that in the meetings and at 0:40:14.800 --> 0:40:18.600 practice and you know, hopefully it carries over to Sunday 0:40:18.680 --> 0:40:21.279 and it's you know, it's a hard thing to get 0:40:21.480 --> 0:40:23.400 you know, eleven guys all on the same page, and 0:40:23.800 --> 0:40:26.400 that's what we're working to do, UM and then you 0:40:26.440 --> 0:40:28.879 can have a variety of different guys out there from 0:40:28.880 --> 0:40:31.560 time to time. So really, again it's a credit to 0:40:31.600 --> 0:40:34.360 the players putting in the time, the effort and energy, 0:40:34.800 --> 0:40:37.160 uh to get it right. And another thing we talked 0:40:37.160 --> 0:40:39.239 about in the All twenty two was that fourth and 0:40:39.320 --> 0:40:42.799 one stop. Here's coach Mary and Hobby, Dolphins defensive line 0:40:42.840 --> 0:40:45.160 coach on how that can help swing the momentum of 0:40:45.160 --> 0:40:48.759 a game and how Christian Wilkins and Emmanuel getting that 0:40:48.880 --> 0:40:52.160 knocked back was so crucial on that particular play man. 0:40:52.360 --> 0:40:54.480 It was a really big play fourth and one. I 0:40:54.480 --> 0:40:57.719 think it had already crossed pretty much mid field. It's 0:40:57.719 --> 0:40:59.440 a big turning point in the game. Man, it was 0:40:59.480 --> 0:41:01.759 pretty good knocked back that you can see both of 0:41:01.760 --> 0:41:04.319 those guys really came up the ball, knocked him in 0:41:04.320 --> 0:41:07.680 the backfield and made a heck of a play. Next, 0:41:07.719 --> 0:41:10.719 coach was asked about working with Dolphins defensive tackle to 0:41:10.840 --> 0:41:13.360 Von Godcha, I'll tell you what, working with him is 0:41:13.360 --> 0:41:16.439 a treat man. I think every coach wants to um 0:41:16.600 --> 0:41:19.160 work with with someone who really loves to play football. 0:41:19.719 --> 0:41:24.600 You know, he's very conscientious about practice, He's very conscientious 0:41:24.640 --> 0:41:27.400 about his play and one thing he man, he's a 0:41:27.440 --> 0:41:31.200 great leader. You know, his leadership in the room is 0:41:31.200 --> 0:41:33.920 is second to none. And um, you know, always count 0:41:33.960 --> 0:41:36.920 on him, um as a leader, always so counting me 0:41:36.960 --> 0:41:40.920 in first. It's big time. He's really progressed and I 0:41:40.960 --> 0:41:44.040 really enjoyed coaching. And another guy that really popped on 0:41:44.080 --> 0:41:47.040 the tape on Sunday was Andrew Van Giggle. Here's Dolphins 0:41:47.120 --> 0:41:50.680 linebackers coach Anthony Campanelli on what Andrew Van Gigle did 0:41:50.719 --> 0:41:53.160 this offseason and the work he's put in taking himself 0:41:53.239 --> 0:41:56.400 in position to make plays on Sundays. I just you know, 0:41:56.440 --> 0:42:00.160 I had said something in regard today Gigle maybe two 0:42:00.200 --> 0:42:04.560 weeks ago. Um, he's a tireless worker. So I think 0:42:04.600 --> 0:42:07.680 a lot of times at this level people think of 0:42:07.719 --> 0:42:12.600 professional football, Hey the guy has you know, you're obviously 0:42:12.760 --> 0:42:15.920 an elite player to get to this level. Um, but 0:42:16.000 --> 0:42:19.520 I don't think if people I don't think sometimes people 0:42:20.600 --> 0:42:24.120 understand that at this level guys still improved. And uh, 0:42:24.160 --> 0:42:26.440 you know a lot of the best players in football, 0:42:26.719 --> 0:42:29.840 they improve every day. And he's done that in a 0:42:29.880 --> 0:42:31.880 myriad of different ways. So I think he's done a 0:42:31.920 --> 0:42:35.080 really good job improving his game in the run game, uh, 0:42:35.160 --> 0:42:37.600 and as a pass rusher. And he's another guy who 0:42:37.600 --> 0:42:40.840 has a very multiple skill set and allows us to 0:42:40.880 --> 0:42:43.000 do a bunch of different things when he's in the game. 0:42:43.280 --> 0:42:46.759 And Dolphins linebackers were responsible for several sacks in that game. 0:42:46.840 --> 0:42:50.239 Van Gegel, Baker Roberts all got themselves a sack in 0:42:50.280 --> 0:42:52.680 the game, so did Commu grug Hill, but that came 0:42:52.680 --> 0:42:55.719 off the board because of a penalty in the defensive backfield. 0:42:55.840 --> 0:42:59.080 Here's coach Austin Clark, outside linebackers coach on how the 0:42:59.080 --> 0:43:01.319 Dolphins are getting more sacks in their past rushed the 0:43:01.360 --> 0:43:04.120 last couple of weeks. Uh, first, I would say it's 0:43:04.120 --> 0:43:06.920 early man, So all those numbers, all that stuff. We're 0:43:06.960 --> 0:43:09.880 you know, we're focused on the Jets, but um, you know, 0:43:09.960 --> 0:43:15.239 I think the players preparation effort, focus on execution, on 0:43:15.280 --> 0:43:18.000 what the plan is each week is the biggest thing. 0:43:18.160 --> 0:43:21.160 You know, I think, Um, all the guys, it's kind 0:43:21.160 --> 0:43:23.640 of been a group effort and a group contribution from 0:43:23.680 --> 0:43:26.640 all the players. It's not just one single guy rushing 0:43:26.680 --> 0:43:30.239 the passer. You know. Um, they're all winning their matchups, 0:43:30.280 --> 0:43:33.600 they're all executing the scheme properly, and they're all bought in. 0:43:33.680 --> 0:43:36.239 And uh, that's something we're really excited about. And we'll 0:43:36.280 --> 0:43:38.720 finish up on the back end here with Dolphins defensive 0:43:38.719 --> 0:43:42.120 backs coach Gerald Alexander, he was first asked about Xavier 0:43:42.160 --> 0:43:45.040 Howard and his playmaking skill set. Well, the first thing, 0:43:45.400 --> 0:43:47.319 you know, to kind of get it as elementary as 0:43:47.320 --> 0:43:50.080 I can put it, he does his job. Um, you know, 0:43:50.120 --> 0:43:53.560 he's aligning the right places. You know, he does what's 0:43:53.560 --> 0:43:57.960 necessary for the play call. The communication to him allows 0:43:58.040 --> 0:44:02.320 him to understand his responsibility is whether it be man 0:44:02.440 --> 0:44:05.400 or zone. And then you know, especially when we're in 0:44:05.560 --> 0:44:09.880 zone defense, which was the call when he got his 0:44:09.960 --> 0:44:12.279 interception the other day. You know, a lot of it 0:44:12.320 --> 0:44:15.359 really came from the defensive line, you know, in their 0:44:15.400 --> 0:44:18.640 ability to affect the quarterback and and force a high throw. 0:44:19.239 --> 0:44:21.880 And that's why you know Russian coverage really go together. 0:44:22.000 --> 0:44:24.080 But more specifically the X and he's a guy that 0:44:24.200 --> 0:44:26.520 has no good ball skills from the balls in the 0:44:26.560 --> 0:44:28.960 air and there's a lot of guys a lot of corners. Um. 0:44:29.000 --> 0:44:30.839 I mean, I can look at my playing career, there's 0:44:30.880 --> 0:44:33.239 so many layups that I've dropped that were right in 0:44:33.280 --> 0:44:35.560 my hands. And so a guy like him who has 0:44:35.600 --> 0:44:39.080 the ball skills to really um defend in the zone 0:44:39.120 --> 0:44:41.440 defense and catch those balls or even in the man 0:44:41.560 --> 0:44:44.279 to man kind of defending a nine route and going 0:44:44.320 --> 0:44:45.960 up there and catch the ball is highest point. He 0:44:46.000 --> 0:44:48.359 does a really good job hiss attacking the football once 0:44:48.400 --> 0:44:51.080 he's in phase. From one player with a great game 0:44:51.120 --> 0:44:54.200 on Sunday to another. And Dolphins safety Eric row I 0:44:54.280 --> 0:44:56.960 asked g A what he's seen from last year when 0:44:57.000 --> 0:44:59.080 he was a coaching intern here in camp to this 0:44:59.160 --> 0:45:01.560 year as the defensive back room, the coach of the 0:45:01.560 --> 0:45:03.920 defensive back room, what he's seen from Eric Rowe in 0:45:03.960 --> 0:45:06.960 that growth going from corner to safety and getting production 0:45:07.000 --> 0:45:09.799 on the field. Here's g a. We're just the feel 0:45:09.880 --> 0:45:12.840 of the position. I think safety is such a different 0:45:13.560 --> 0:45:17.359 position than corner one from obviously the communication standpoint, which 0:45:17.600 --> 0:45:19.160 he's gotten a hell of a lot better. You know, 0:45:19.360 --> 0:45:22.120 Eric naturally is a quiet guy, and when he's on 0:45:22.160 --> 0:45:24.600 the field he has to be very verbal and be 0:45:24.800 --> 0:45:28.120 be loud and be confident to give the communication to everybody. 0:45:28.160 --> 0:45:30.640 So you you get you get some some feel up. 0:45:30.640 --> 0:45:33.759 He's starting to get better, uh in that role as 0:45:33.760 --> 0:45:36.480 a communicator, and also in the run game, you know 0:45:36.480 --> 0:45:39.320 where he's got to have recognition of, you know, crack 0:45:39.400 --> 0:45:42.160 splits if he's a down safety and and and being 0:45:42.160 --> 0:45:44.399 able to fit in on the run game and seen 0:45:44.520 --> 0:45:47.560 pulling guards and so you know, when you're coming from 0:45:47.560 --> 0:45:51.160 the corner position, you don't necessarily you're not exposed to that. 0:45:51.239 --> 0:45:54.120 And so it's just different nuances within the safety position. 0:45:54.239 --> 0:45:58.600 We're different keys and different movement and things like that. Um, 0:45:58.600 --> 0:46:00.960 he's now continued to expose was himself on the week 0:46:01.000 --> 0:46:03.399 to week through practice. He's got to help a lot 0:46:03.480 --> 0:46:05.879 better since I was a little intern here just trying 0:46:05.880 --> 0:46:08.920 to get information. And there you have a very lengthy 0:46:08.960 --> 0:46:11.920 Tuesday edition here of the Drivetime Podcast. But hey, that's 0:46:11.960 --> 0:46:13.920 what you get when you get a blowout win. Plenty 0:46:13.920 --> 0:46:15.720 of information and I guess we want to talk about 0:46:15.760 --> 0:46:18.480 here with the all twenty two, the stat updates, and 0:46:18.520 --> 0:46:20.160 of course the coach is telling us what they thought 0:46:20.200 --> 0:46:22.680 about the game on Sunday and then going forward next 0:46:22.719 --> 0:46:24.880 week to the Jets, which we will pivot full stop 0:46:24.920 --> 0:46:27.319 here to the Jets on tomorrow's podcast, while here from 0:46:27.360 --> 0:46:29.680 coach and some players and get back into the Wednesday 0:46:29.680 --> 0:46:32.640 feature with Eric Rowe, Dolphins safety on this podcast. So 0:46:32.680 --> 0:46:35.520 plenty to come here on the Drivetime Podcast. 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