WEBVTT - Dolphins Defense Dominant in 28-17 Win Over Rams 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:14.280 Touchdown Miami. What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the 0:00:14.360 --> 0:00:19.279 Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:23.319 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, each and every day. 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:27.080 How's it going, everybody? It is late Sunday night. I 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:30.000 am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here to 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:33.400 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:33.440 --> 0:00:36.360 on today's show, you already know what time it is. 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:40.960 It is victory Monday. It is three straight win, win, 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:44.839 win win for your Miami Dolphins. We are over five hundred. 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.440 We have the number one scoring defense in the National 0:00:47.479 --> 0:00:50.519 Football League at eighteen point five points per game. We're 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.440 gonna detail all of that in this Sunday Night slash 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:57.280 Monday recap edition of the Drive Time podcast. The dolphins 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.840 seventeen win over the Los Angeles Rams, game notes, stats, 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:05.360 my five takeaways, individual notes, and as always John con 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:07.880 Jemmy here all of that and more on this Sunday, 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:15.399 November the first recap edition of the Drivetime podcasts. Drive 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:18.200 Time was brought to you by Auto Nation, where Dolphins 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:21.160 fans can sell their vehicle for cash now visit auto 0:01:21.280 --> 0:01:24.680 nation dot com. And before we really get into recapping, 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:28.280 this Miami Dolphins. I want to go ahead and start wars. 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:30.800 Some pregame notes. We saw that Malcolm Perry was up 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.080 and in action. Thought it was really cool to see 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.880 him get his first playing time, his first reception as 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.080 an NFL player. We saw plenty of the pistol, plenty 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:41.760 of the spread out concepts, plenty of that R p 0:01:41.880 --> 0:01:44.280 O action there with two a tongue of bloa. Some 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:46.160 different looks on offense. We're gonna get to more of 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:49.040 that here. In the takeaways portion. We saw the defense 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:52.160 varying their pressure looks, playing that hook zone with different 0:01:52.160 --> 0:01:54.440 guys up front. Man, what a game plan from this 0:01:54.520 --> 0:01:57.600 Dolphins defensive staff and the Dolphins coaching staff in general 0:01:57.640 --> 0:01:59.840 as they get their third consecutive win to move to 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.920 four and three on the season. Buffalo did beat New 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:05.200 England late in that game, so the Dolphins are still 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:06.720 a game and a half out of the a f 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.400 C East. The Colts also won, so we are still 0:02:09.440 --> 0:02:11.799 one game back of them chasing for that seventh spot 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.079 in the a f C playoff picture as well. So 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.400 Miami moving on up in terms of their win total, 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:18.680 trying to pursue those teams ahead of them with the 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:21.400 schedule coming up, Hopefully we can keep stacking some wins 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:23.240 and get on top of those teams here in the 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:25.400 near future. Let's go ahead and talk about the game 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.800 notes in this one. Some interesting factoys for you out there, 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.360 as the Dolphins have now won three games in a 0:02:31.440 --> 0:02:34.440 row for the first time since team The Dolphins have 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.720 won four of their past five and nine of the 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:40.200 last sixteen games. Today was the first time since November 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.400 feet two thousand nine. Saw on the anniversary eleven years 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:46.200 ago that the Dolphins scored a touchdown on offense, defense, 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:48.640 and special teams in the same game, all three of 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:51.120 those happening in the first half of this game, and 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.600 according to that graphic on Fox I tweeted out, the 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:55.520 Dolphins were the first team since the Colts in two 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.360 thousand four to lead by eight team plus points at 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.799 halftime and three consecutive games. Miami's got their fifth win 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.320 in their past eight home games. They are now twelve 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:07.200 and three all time against the Rams and have twenty 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.440 two wins in their past thirty six games at hard 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:13.799 Rock Stadium since the final renovations there In At hard 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.400 Rock Stadium, Jachem grants eighty eight yard punt return touchdown 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:21.119 was the longest return in Miami Dolphins history. He now 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:24.400 has his fifth career touchdown return, a Dolphins record that 0:03:24.440 --> 0:03:27.360 he extended. He also broke O J McDuffie's mark of 0:03:27.400 --> 0:03:30.120 two thousand, one hundred and three kickoff return yards. Jakeem 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:33.040 surpassed that to climb into sixth all time in Dolphins 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:35.400 kickoff return yard So plenty of good stuff there from 0:03:35.480 --> 0:03:38.520 Jachem Grant. Eric Rowe had four pass breakups today, that 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:40.600 was the most in a single game this year in 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:43.320 the National Football League, and Jerome Baker hit his two 0:03:43.400 --> 0:03:45.680 hundred and fiftieth tackle in the game. He is the 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:49.080 first Dolphins player since Channing Crowder between two thousand five 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:51.560 and two thousand seven to have two hundred and fifty 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:54.320 tackles through his first three years as a pro. So 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:56.360 good on all those guys. Plenty more to come here. 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.880 Let's go ahead and jump into the stats for the 0:03:58.960 --> 0:04:01.400 day for your Miami Dolphins. We know the box score 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:03.880 wasn't super pretty. Dolphins had a bunch of big plays 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.120 on special teams in defense that kept the Dolphins defense 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.560 and Rams offense on the field. So as a result, 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:12.839 Miami one forty five to yards to the Rams four 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:16.039 seventy one. Miami had fifty five rushing yards, the Rams 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.240 had one thirty one. Miami had ninety passing yards, the 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:22.719 Rams three forty. But again, takeaways four first half takeaways 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.400 for the Miami Dolphins, two in total for the Rams, 0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:27.800 a couple of fumbles they recovered there from the Dolphins. 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.200 The Dolphins were three of twelve on third down, the 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:32.800 Rams were seven out of seventeen. The Dolphins had the 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.039 number one third down defense coming into the day and 0:04:35.080 --> 0:04:37.120 really put the clamps on the Rams offense for those 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:39.120 first three quarters. A couple of drives there at the 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:40.919 end they piled up some yards and a couple of 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.400 third down conversions to kind of help that number out. 0:04:43.600 --> 0:04:46.080 Miami had two sacks, the Rams had one. The Dolphins 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:48.719 had the football for twenty three minutes thirty one seconds, 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.360 the Rams for thirty six minutes and twenty nine seconds. 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.599 And penalties five against Miami for forty five yards and 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.800 three against the Rams for thirty yards. And again you 0:04:57.880 --> 0:04:59.920 go back to the four drives that I think basic 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.120 leave we're taken off the board for the Miami Dolphins 0:05:02.200 --> 0:05:05.240 offense in terms of even having a chance to produce yardage. 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:07.400 We had a fumble on the second play of the drive, 0:05:07.480 --> 0:05:09.440 the opening drive of the game for the Dolphins, a 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.479 fumble turnover, that drive goes by the wayside. You have 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:14.440 Miles Gaston on the first play of a drive, he 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.240 fumbles the football. That drive goes away as well. And 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.359 then you get back on the defensive side with the 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:21.640 strip sack from Emmanuel og Ball and that really started 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:24.279 the entire avalanche of points there for the Dolphins in 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.560 that second quarter. But you score on that play, so 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.680 that's an offensive drive by the wayside once again. Then 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.359 you get another defensive stop on the following drive and 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:34.719 Jachem Grant takes a eighty eight yards to the house, 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:37.240 so the offense doesn't get a chance to see the field. 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:40.000 So take that into consideration, take the context into these 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:42.840 stats as far as the offense goes. Obviously they have 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.200 to play better to have mentioned it. Brian Floor has 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:47.000 mentioned it, but he did also mentions a team win 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.000 a team game. It's never one guy, it's all eleven 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:51.960 guys on the field at once. But giving you some 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:54.040 context for why the offense maybe he didn't play up 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:56.280 to the standard of the expectation in the words of 0:05:56.320 --> 0:05:58.880 two a toungo Byloa. Maybe some context behind that can 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:01.000 help you with that, but all still remember that there 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.160 is room to grow and room to improve this year 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:05.400 for this offense, for this team in every phase, in 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:07.920 every area of the game. With that, let's go ahead 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:11.000 and jump into our five takeaways here on the Drivetime Podcast, 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.880 the recap edition of the Drivetime Podcast brought to you 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:16.960 by Auto Nation, and we start here with takeaway number 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:21.159 one from the Dolphins seen victory over the Los Angeles 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:24.720 Rams at hard Rock Stadium once again, the third straight win. 0:06:25.080 --> 0:06:29.320 And the first takeaway was the defensive plan and the 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:31.880 calls and the way the game just played out defensively 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.200 from how the Dolphins planned to heat up Jared Goffin 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.479 executed it on the field on Sunday, going with those 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.320 zero rush looks and cover zero just means you're not 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:42.479 gonna put a safety back there. You're gonna go man 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:45.040 up across the board and put pressure on the quarterback 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:48.440 and run that thing straight up Mono Imano. And they 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:51.200 got pressure on the interior throughout the course of this 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:53.680 game and pressure off the edge, and that mirrored up 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:55.640 with those zero looks in the back end, or if 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:57.280 they were in man, or if they were in zone, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.680 whatever it was, they found a way to play complimentary 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.760 football on defense, and the calls just jelled well together 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.680 with the game's up front, with the overload pressures, whatever 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:08.159 it might have been. Everything was clicking for that defense 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:11.200 in this game called a great game, Emmanuel og Boss said, 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.040 Josh Boyer was to earn the credit for that for 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.240 calling that great game. They showed so much pressure in 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:19.760 every single gap throughout the course of the game, with 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:22.960 different guys backing out. Defensive line would fall out, blind 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.440 backer would fallout, Safeties would go up there and fall 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.400 out or rush the quarterback. And that's disrupting all the 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:30.840 crosses in the middle of the field that the Rams 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.360 tried to run in this game, or that they do 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:34.680 try to run in general, throwing the football over the 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.960 middle in that short underneath area because you're not sure 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.520 who to account for to throw the football in that spot. 0:07:40.520 --> 0:07:43.280 That's why you wind up with Christian Wilkins getting a 0:07:43.360 --> 0:07:45.760 pass thrown right into his chest and he squeezes that 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.080 thing and holds on for the first pick of his career. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.960 All the twisting and stunting up front to get those 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:53.720 interior pressure looks, so that when Jared Goff hit the 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:56.120 top of his drop, he had to think otherwise. And 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:58.160 by the time he did think otherwise, he had a 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:00.520 big old paw in his face with that contain rush 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.400 throwing bodies back into the quarterback, messing up the area 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.200 where he wants to kind of step and drive into 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.000 those throws. He's a big, tall pocket passer, and you 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:12.000 crowd that area and make it uncomfortable, you're gonna wind 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:15.240 up with several failed plays and incomplete passes and turnovers 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:17.960 and sacks and plays that do not progress for the offense. 0:08:18.120 --> 0:08:21.360 And despite the high passing total, you had enough negative 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.320 plays that it didn't matter at all by the time 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:24.960 the end of the game came around. And the way 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.280 the Dolphins just consistently went after him and made him 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:30.000 uncomfortable on and even when they try to go play 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.439 action and bootleg him on the backside, they had nick 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:35.000 need him or another person there to greet him right 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.760 in his face and force him to set up and throw, 0:08:36.840 --> 0:08:39.040 because he's not gonna beat you with the speed or 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:40.920 the quickness and and try to juke you and get 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.160 around you that way he wants to throw the football 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.200 a more traditional pocket passing quarterback, and he just wasn't 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.480 able to do it for the most part. And when 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.800 you go with that zero pressure look and get all 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.520 those bodies up front, like McCain and Row for instance, 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.920 it creates multiple free runs at the quarterback because if 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.079 you can confuse them by a half second on the defense, 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:01.400 you've won. You're gonna get that free run from Jerome 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.960 Baker up the middle, or Bobby McCain off the edge, 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:06.360 or Emmanuel og Ball coming into three as a three 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:09.439 technique between the guard and tackle out there. They were 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.000 going cover zero with a one point lead in the 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.240 first half and just unrelenting, knowing exactly how to attack 0:09:15.280 --> 0:09:17.319 that quarterback in that offense, and they did it. They 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.320 made him uncomfortable throughout the game. I want to go 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:21.960 ahead and play Brian Flores take on this on the 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:24.840 on the ability to make golf uncomfortable. Here's a coach 0:09:24.880 --> 0:09:26.319 for about a minute and a half, and at the 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.120 end of it, he tells you about the Rams forcing 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.160 them to do some things that maybe they didn't want 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:33.280 to do in this game. You know, I think every 0:09:33.320 --> 0:09:36.320 week we we you know, Josh and our defensive staff, 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:40.319 they did a really good job this week, uh coming 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:42.640 up with you know, different things that we think will 0:09:42.640 --> 0:09:46.400 give them some problems. Uh, look at in a week's time, 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.280 there's only so much we can give the players. Um. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:53.480 Of what we gave them, they executed, and we were 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:57.360 able to put some pressure on the quarterback. And you know, 0:09:57.360 --> 0:09:59.240 I'm just looking at the stats here. You know, they 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:02.280 didn't on the ball retty effectively and you know, you 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:03.920 know we did give up some passing yards, but I 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:05.719 thought we were able to you know, put pressure on 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:09.679 the quarterback and uh, overall we played well. We kept 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.080 the points down and got off the field and third 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:16.640 down um quite a bit. So well, yeah, you know, 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:20.040 different looks trying to put pressure, trying to apply pressure. 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.480 Sometimes it's not necessarily to sack total but I think 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.040 you can, you know, you can watch a game and see, 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:30.240 um that a quarterback it feels, you know, it feels us. 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:32.720 I think that's essentially what you're looking for. I'm not 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:35.559 sure how many sexs we had today, but UM, you 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:37.440 know I know that we you know, we we applied 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:40.600 some pressure, um and forced them to do some other 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:43.280 things offensively. Maybe they didn't want to do not just 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.320 you know, keep it back and keep it tight end 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.360 and things of that nature. So keeping the back and 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:49.480 the tight end in. One thing I noticed, and I 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:51.560 pointed out to John con gem Me throughout the course 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:53.400 of the game, and we'll hear from him here in 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:55.719 just one second, was look at that running back they're 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:57.720 bringing up to the line of scrimmage and having him 0:10:57.760 --> 0:10:59.280 just kind of pick out the A or B gap 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.960 rusher that kind is in there to really help golf 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:05.160 have that center central area of the pocket to operate in. 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:08.160 They they change the way the Rams attacked them offensively 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:10.319 and manage made a big difference. And I think that's 0:11:10.320 --> 0:11:14.000 why these stats always always always require context, because you're 0:11:14.000 --> 0:11:15.920 gonna look at the box score and see over four 0:11:16.000 --> 0:11:18.480 hundred yards of offense for the Rams. And that's why, 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.080 to me, the best defense is concerned themselves with the 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:24.280 one stat that truly matters. Points, eighteen point five points 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.240 per game, number one in the National Football League right now. 0:11:27.520 --> 0:11:30.920 The Dolphins adjusted to the Rams, adjustments to them in 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.679 a way that I thought helped preserve that lead. Because 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:35.880 the Rams down by eight team points, how many of 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.199 those quick outs did they take to Cooper Cup and 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:40.560 too Robert Woods and the Dolphins kind of playing off 0:11:40.600 --> 0:11:42.600 just saying take those five yards because we have an 0:11:42.640 --> 0:11:45.120 eight team point lead. You're giving yourself only two or 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:48.280 three more possessions with needing three possessions to score, and 0:11:48.320 --> 0:11:50.960 to stop us on those three possessions like that really 0:11:51.000 --> 0:11:53.160 helps the Dolphins chances of winning that game if you 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.440 want to shorten the game by taking those underneath things. 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:56.880 So that was kind of what they had to do 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:58.959 to get the ball out of Goff's hands quickly because 0:11:58.960 --> 0:12:01.839 of all the pressure apply buy Miami and the good 0:12:01.840 --> 0:12:04.360 blanket coverage there on the back end, and it was 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:06.720 it was fun to watch this team operate in unison 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:08.920 on defense today with all the all the looks and 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:12.280 all the different packages and the depth at each position. 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:15.640 The guys that came in waves because this thing was swarming. 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.040 It was dominant. It's what we've been talking about really, 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:20.400 you know, on drive time and going back to my 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.120 time with lockdown Dolphins for a couple of years now, 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.439 with how this defense wants to be with that rush 0:12:25.520 --> 0:12:28.520 contained big guys, big strong guys that can reset the 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:30.840 line and force the quarterback to have to get off 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:33.760 that original spot and force the interior pressure don't run 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:36.559 around the quarterback, push the pressure into the quarter right 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.079 into the quarterback's lap. Then you get great man coverage 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.760 on the back end from pretty much every defensive backs 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.520 we know. This roster has three safeties who are playing 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:48.080 the most right now, Bobby McCain, Eric Rowe, and Brandon Jones. 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.840 They've all got cornerback experience. So the Dolphins identified what 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:54.080 they wanted on defense, and I think through seven games 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:56.160 the proof is in the pudding with the numbers right there. 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.200 They know what they wanted, they went out and got it, 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:00.920 and right now, at this moment, it's reducing. Got to 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.400 continue to build on that and stack on that. And 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.240 let's go ahead and play my question and answer from 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:08.839 Eric Row here in the postgame press conference. I want 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:10.920 to put that question because it provides better context for 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:12.640 kind of how I tried to ask him this question 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:15.840 about the confidence level the Dolphins getting playing that cover zero. 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.920 Here's Eric Row on the confidence level of covers. Confidence 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:21.400 level it gives you when the coach consistently goes back 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:23.280 to that cover zero look and trust you guys kind 0:13:23.280 --> 0:13:25.079 of match up on the back end and not having 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:28.839 any that help over the top. Oh Man it's it's 0:13:28.880 --> 0:13:30.920 just a mindset. Yeah. I mean we've been working on 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:34.280 it since training camp. I mean it started out rough, 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.080 but you know everyone sees, you know, the results that 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:40.600 it puts. You know, the line, the coordinated the quarterback. 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.040 You know, puts pressure on all of them and it 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:46.080 kind of results. I mean, you know, quick passes, tip balls, 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:49.400 I mean we were getting turnovers or sacks and obviously 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:51.720 when they were off the field. So every time we 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:53.400 call it, but we have, you know, all of us 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.880 have high confidence. It was just fun to see the 0:13:55.880 --> 0:13:58.320 confidence level in them up twenty one nothing running that 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.000 zero look and having it be so active still at 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.319 that stage in the game. So I just go back 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.840 to a few recent performances here from this defense, and 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.520 I think they've proven they can really handle certain types 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.760 of quarterbacks and really put the clamps on them. I 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.280 mean it's been Jared Goff last week, Joe Flacco the 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.760 week prior to that. They really got after Jimmy Garoppolo 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:17.839 in the previous game to that. I'm curious to see 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:19.920 how they continue to attack those style of quarterbacks. But 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:22.440 also next week Miami has a big challenge and the 0:14:22.440 --> 0:14:25.120 way Kyler Murray plays that guy is so quick to 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:26.840 be able to get off of his spot. So it'll 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:28.840 be interesting to see how the Dolphins can defend him 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:31.680 and that Cardinals offense. But for now, this Dolphins defense 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:35.000 really playing well. Takeaway number two. That first one was 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.840 a long one. New offensive looks in general. We saw 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.360 the opening of the game Malcolm Perry and Jachem Grant 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:42.600 and the opening opening play of the game, the opening 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.040 package of the game. We're on the field together and 0:14:45.080 --> 0:14:47.000 you have the fake fly sweep there with Grant coming 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:49.280 across the formation. You're doing some of the R P 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:51.120 O game as well as to kind of keys and 0:14:51.160 --> 0:14:54.760 reads that linebacker and that edge defender to decide if 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.480 he wants to keep it to to keep the ball 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:58.600 in the belly of Gascon or Breta, or pull that 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:00.440 thing out and rip it and throw it the quick 0:15:00.520 --> 0:15:02.400 hitch and flip the flick of the risk that he 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:05.040 has back there. Saw that get utilized in this game 0:15:05.400 --> 0:15:08.000 and kind of utilizing some of the strengths of two 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.600 we saw in college there at Alabama coming out that 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.520 the quick feed, the quick set up, the ability to 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.680 actively throw the football. I thought we saw plenty of 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.040 that as well. But just this new style of offense 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.760 and kind of the same vision as far as the 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.080 defense goes, with Eric Rohod talking about how, yeah, the 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.080 first couple of games we didn't get the results we wanted. 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:26.320 But now as kind of time develops and we have 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:28.040 time to work on it and build on that, you 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:30.880 see it grow and accumulate and have success halfway through 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:33.200 the season. Now just about one more game until the 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.960 halfway point. You have to kind of consider that offensively 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:38.840 as well, that a new quarterback. Sure there are probably 0:15:38.880 --> 0:15:40.720 gonna be similar system things as well, but you do 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:43.320 have different strengths you build on with those quarterbacks and 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:45.880 kind of developed that chemistry. So with to a tongue 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.640 of volo and the game give that that new style, 0:15:48.720 --> 0:15:51.200 that new version of the offense with with his direction 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:53.480 time to kind of develop. I think we saw the 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:55.440 beginning stages of that in this game, and I think 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:57.640 we'll continue to see more of that going forward. Obviously 0:15:57.880 --> 0:15:59.880 as he plays quarterback. Let's go ahead and get to 0:15:59.880 --> 0:16:02.560 a quote here from tah As. The first question posed 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:04.120 to him was, how do you feel like you're performing 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:07.120 in this game tonight? Well, you know, I don't think 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:09.160 I played to the standard of what this offense is 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:13.160 capable of. Um, you know they were there were certain 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.960 plays where you know, I could have stepped up and 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:21.760 made the right throw, made the right decision. But I've 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:23.640 heard heard it many times from the guys in the 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:26.880 locker room. Um, you know, it's it's good that we 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:31.440 still came out with the wind. Um And aside from that, no, 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:35.160 thank god we got a good defense. I think that's 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:36.880 just the perfect quote right there. Thank God we've got 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:40.000 a good defense, complete team. Complimentary football win for your 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:42.120 Miami Dolphins. A couple of things I liked about too 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.360 is game was on the touchdown pass. We saw the 0:16:44.440 --> 0:16:46.840 Rams really bring the heat and really send the house 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.040 as far as blitzers come after him, and he hung 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:50.640 in there and threw that ball off the kind of 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:52.840 awkward platform because of the quick setup you have to 0:16:52.880 --> 0:16:55.160 have with that much pressure, you just you can't block 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.120 seven eight guys because you're not gonna have that many 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.680 guys into blocks. You're gonna get pressure. So his ability 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:01.680 to kind of adapt the arm angle and get the 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:04.160 feet right to make the throw accurate. Again, we saw 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:05.840 that plenty of times when he was at Bama. To 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:07.440 see it in the pros here to be able to 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.000 rip that ball accurately to Davante Parker, who made one 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:12.479 hell of a catch. That was great to see, and 0:17:12.520 --> 0:17:14.960 that really leads into my next point. And I said 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.120 this to John kN Jimmy during the middle of the game. 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:19.480 I said, watch the way he has this this zip 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:22.040 when he throws the football on those those plays where 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.280 he's latterly with the lion scrimmage moving to his left 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:26.240 and kind of has to tork his hips and really 0:17:26.480 --> 0:17:28.000 flick that thing out there. He has We know he 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:30.800 has the large hands. He measured large hands, I guess 0:17:30.880 --> 0:17:33.600 that metric at the scouting combine. So to grip it 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:36.119 and to drive that thing on those tough throws on 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:38.120 the move, I thought that was cool to see. Talked 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:39.760 about the quick feet in the r P O game. 0:17:39.960 --> 0:17:41.959 I thought the deep shot to Mike Gasicki was an 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.159 absolute dime, but the defender made a hell of a 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:46.200 player to break that thing up, so that was looking good. 0:17:46.400 --> 0:17:50.240 The Jachim Grant comebackground before the touchdown pass to Parker 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:52.000