WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins Eagles Week 7 Preview

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<v Speaker 1>Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. Now let me check

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<v Speaker 1>your pulse if you're not far of what is up? Dolphins?

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<v Speaker 2>And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast, Miami Dolphins podcast network,

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<v Speaker 2>your team, your Miami Dolphins.

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<v Speaker 1>How's it going? I am your host, Travis Wingfield.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you can't tell by the expedited intro on

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<v Speaker 2>today's show, I'm fired the hell up?

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<v Speaker 1>Turn the page.

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<v Speaker 2>Wednesday brings about a game that's been looming in the

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<v Speaker 2>back of your mind for a few weeks. We go

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<v Speaker 2>up to Philadelphia for a primetime test with the defending

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<v Speaker 2>NFC champions. We're gonna break it all down, beginning with

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<v Speaker 2>some background on the Philadelphia Eagles. The key storylines the

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<v Speaker 2>tail of the tape on either side of the ball.

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<v Speaker 2>I watched five Eagles games to get ready for this one.

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<v Speaker 2>I am very very excited. Plus the three keys of

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<v Speaker 2>victory and my prediction from the Baptist Health Studios inside

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<v Speaker 2>the Baptist Health Training Complex.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the Draft Time Podcast Maggie Daffy.

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<v Speaker 2>On to Philly, the best primetime matchup of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, it's the first time two teams at five

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<v Speaker 2>and one or better have met on Sunday Night football

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<v Speaker 2>since twenty fifteen, and the storylines they are rich. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>get into those in a moment. Chili Night in Philly, Chili, Philly.

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<v Speaker 2>Temperatures around forty degrees sixty one during the day with

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<v Speaker 2>clear skies and wins around ten miles per hour. Sounds

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<v Speaker 2>like a beautiful night for football. And the weather down

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<v Speaker 2>here is actually cooperating. It's been a beautiful seventy five

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<v Speaker 2>degrees with a slight breeze. All the rhymes are coming

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<v Speaker 2>in on time today and that's supposed to continue throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the week. We get a low of fifty eight degrees tonight.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm excited about that. Let's get to know these Philadelphia Eagles.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a videographer here a couple of years ago

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<v Speaker 2>who grew up in the Philly area. Miss you, Trey.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope you're doing well up there again, sir. I'll never

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<v Speaker 2>forget sitting with him sometimes while he was watching highlights

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<v Speaker 2>on Mondays of the Eagles games because he was shooting

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins games and couldn't watch his hometown Eagles, and just

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<v Speaker 2>talking some shop with him. And I'll never forget. There

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<v Speaker 2>was a game against the Giants in twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 2>right before they had kind of started their run to

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<v Speaker 2>make the playoffs that season, and before eventually getting bounced

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<v Speaker 2>by Braiding the Bucks and a lop sided a playoff

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<v Speaker 2>game over in Tampa Bay. But they were building to

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<v Speaker 2>the team they have now that season, and it started

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<v Speaker 2>with the immersions of quarterback Jalen Hurts, a star second

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<v Speaker 2>round draft pick in twenty twenty the same class as

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<v Speaker 2>to Hurts is one of four bona fide franchise quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 2>from that class, in one of two to.

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<v Speaker 1>Reach the big game. And man, he is tough, tough

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<v Speaker 1>to defend.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll talk about that more in a moment, but the

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<v Speaker 2>identity of the football team is built around Jalen Hurts.

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<v Speaker 2>Tough physical, grind you to a pulp in the running game,

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<v Speaker 2>outwork you hell. The fact that he's a powerlifter allows

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<v Speaker 2>them to run the most unstoppable short yards play in

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<v Speaker 2>the history of the game in the Brotherly Shove, which

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<v Speaker 2>that's the name I go with. The toush push is

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<v Speaker 2>not cool, but they started building the wall in front

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<v Speaker 2>of Hurts long before he got there. We won't see

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<v Speaker 2>Lane Johnson this week. I don't think there's a chance

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<v Speaker 2>he could play, but I doubt it's been one of

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<v Speaker 2>the best right tackles in football for a decade now.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, he was on the board when Miami selected

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<v Speaker 2>Dion Jordan. Cover your ears, Dolphins fans, Jordan Mylotta might

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<v Speaker 2>be the best left tackle in football. If not, he's

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<v Speaker 2>one of them. And they pair that with the best

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<v Speaker 2>center of this generation and Taylor Swift's boyfriend's brother. Just kidding,

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<v Speaker 2>he's Jason Kelsey. The Kelsers are more important this podcast

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<v Speaker 2>than Taylor Swift. Fight me about it. He's heading to

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<v Speaker 2>camp when he's all said and done here and the

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<v Speaker 2>other two guards spots have seen some changeover with the

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<v Speaker 2>retirement of Brandon Brooks, one of my all time favorite players,

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<v Speaker 2>and free agent departure Isaac Somalu. And that group was

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<v Speaker 2>really formed back in the Carson Wentz era. It helped

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<v Speaker 2>them get to the Super Bowl in twenty seventeen, a

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<v Speaker 2>year where Wentz was pacing for MVP, got injured, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know the rest. He's now throwing footballs and Colt's

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<v Speaker 2>helmets and Commanders jerseys and Eagles shorts. They came back

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<v Speaker 2>with Wentz in twenty eighteen, and that was probably one

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<v Speaker 2>of his best years.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was twenty ninth nine, maybe I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>They won a playoff game that year, won the division

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<v Speaker 2>again in twenty nineteen and lost in the playoffs. In fact,

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<v Speaker 2>that was the year I'm thinking of. He was really

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<v Speaker 2>good and carried a very very banged up team that

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<v Speaker 2>year into the postseason and played well in a loss

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<v Speaker 2>to the Seahawks.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was.

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<v Speaker 2>But then they had their proverbial reset year in twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty thirteen wins, nine wins, nine wins, four eleven and one.

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<v Speaker 2>And then Hurts gets the job in twenty twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>and they go nine to eight with that loss in

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<v Speaker 2>Tampa Bay. And then last year they rattle off eight

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<v Speaker 2>consecutive wins to start the season. They finished four and

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen or sorry, four and thirteen, fourteen and three, and

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<v Speaker 2>they cruised to two lops that had playoff wins before

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<v Speaker 2>losing by a field goal in the Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 1>That's gotta hurt so bad.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't know that as Dolphins fans of the generation,

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<v Speaker 2>but I feel like that has to hurt really, really

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<v Speaker 2>bad to lose the Super Bowl by.

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<v Speaker 1>Three points, mam.

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<v Speaker 2>But back to their roster building, they supplemented the beastly

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<v Speaker 2>offensive line, just like we did by drafting one of

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<v Speaker 2>the game's best wide receivers in the same class and

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<v Speaker 2>trading for another one of the game's best wide receivers

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<v Speaker 2>Smith and aj Brown. Dallas Goddard was drafted the same

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<v Speaker 2>year as Mike Gisicki and Durham Smythe and we should

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<v Speaker 2>have taken Goddard in the second round over Kasiki, but

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<v Speaker 2>I digress. But then on defense, a good mix of

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<v Speaker 2>vets and youngsters. They essentially exported those dominant Georgia defenses.

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<v Speaker 2>Jordan Davis, Jalen Carter, that might be the best defensive

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<v Speaker 2>tackle in football, That might be the best defensive tackle

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<v Speaker 2>combination of football, Nikobe Dean, Nolan Smith, Keeley Ringo. It

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<v Speaker 2>just keeps going. Fletcher Cox is not from Georgia, but

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<v Speaker 2>he's still a good player. And then he Brandon Graham

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<v Speaker 2>have been there for you know, since the mosfit transistor

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<v Speaker 2>was invented. Where you see the impact of building wall

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<v Speaker 2>to wall elite rosters, and the downside of that is

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<v Speaker 2>on the defense. We mentioned the loss of Somalu, but

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<v Speaker 2>they also lost Javon Hargrave, Chauncey Gardner, Johnson, TJ. Edwards,

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<v Speaker 2>Marcus EPs Kaizer. Why all those guys either start or

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<v Speaker 2>our key parts of sub packages wherever they are now.

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<v Speaker 2>And the Eagles are also on top of that dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with a ton of attrition in that secondary. More on

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<v Speaker 2>that in a moment. All things told, they haven't been

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<v Speaker 2>as dominant as they were last year. They just haven't

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<v Speaker 2>been five and one, so who the hell cares? But

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<v Speaker 2>they've played a ton of close games. And I'm told

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<v Speaker 2>that if you play bad teams, you can't have a

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<v Speaker 2>success against those teams because it doesn't matter how much

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<v Speaker 2>beat them by. But the Eagles have skirted by some

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<v Speaker 2>not so good football teams. Close win against the Patriots,

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<v Speaker 2>close win against the Commanders in overtime, infact, and loss

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<v Speaker 2>of the freaking Jets. The Jets aren't a good team.

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<v Speaker 2>They held in the red zone against the Patriots to

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<v Speaker 2>hang on by five points in that Week one game,

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<v Speaker 2>staved off a comeback against the Vikings in Week two

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<v Speaker 2>thirty four to twenty eight, they pulled away from the

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<v Speaker 2>Bucks in the second half of a twenty five to

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<v Speaker 2>eleven victory. And then the Commanders, when we talked about

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<v Speaker 2>a twenty three to fourteen win over the Rams twenty

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<v Speaker 2>three points on the Rams defense, and then lost of

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<v Speaker 2>the Jets on Sunday with four giveaways and just fourteen points.

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<v Speaker 2>So the most this season for them was the four

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<v Speaker 2>and the most they've had in a game started by

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<v Speaker 2>Jalen Hurts since their first loss last year on Monday

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<v Speaker 2>Night against Washington when they turned the ball over four times.

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<v Speaker 2>So turn them over four times, probably gonna beat them.

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<v Speaker 2>This is a good, one man, good, good football game.

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<v Speaker 2>I was just out at practice on Wednesday and the

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<v Speaker 2>media cant agencies about four times the size as it

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<v Speaker 2>usually is.

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<v Speaker 1>Big football game.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go ahead and check out some of the storylines here,

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<v Speaker 2>and it starts at the quarterback position. Two of the

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<v Speaker 2>Hurts not on the field at the same time, but

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<v Speaker 2>still fun to get excited about. Right the twenty seventeen

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<v Speaker 2>Natty Tua coming off the bench and rescuing a thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>point deficit to beat Georgia, and then the twenty eighteen

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<v Speaker 2>summer quarterback battle there I distinctly remember this fun story

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<v Speaker 2>that you guys that have been with me for the

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<v Speaker 2>entire lockdown Dolphins days will know this. But I had

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<v Speaker 2>a buddy who was a ga at Bama, and he

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<v Speaker 2>came on the podcast to tell us about MIKEA. Fitzpatrick

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<v Speaker 2>way drafted him, and then later about Tua Tongua Bai Looa,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was adamant about the professionalism that both those

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<v Speaker 2>guys showed that entire summer, and he said, look, everybody

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<v Speaker 2>in the program knew who the better quarterback was. It

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<v Speaker 2>was Tula right like clearly at that stage of their careers.

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<v Speaker 2>But Tua never complained about having to go win the

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<v Speaker 2>job every single day. And then Hurts was a total

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<v Speaker 2>pro in the way that he handled it. And I

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<v Speaker 2>imagine if you're listening to this podcast, was probably your

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<v Speaker 2>favorite quarterback in the NFL, Hurts should be your second

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<v Speaker 2>because as a prospect, there were some things he had

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<v Speaker 2>to find tune as a passer and he's just one

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<v Speaker 2>of the most maniacal workers you've ever seen in the sport,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's improved in all the areas he had to

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<v Speaker 2>to make himself into one of the best five or

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<v Speaker 2>six quarterbacks in the NFL. So that's fun to watch

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<v Speaker 2>they duel for the first time ever and then bragging

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<v Speaker 2>rights for the best wide receiver duo in football?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it Reek and Waddle or is it Brown and Davonte.

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<v Speaker 2>I have my pick, but I bet you the Eagles

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<v Speaker 2>fans would take their guys. How about the atmosphere. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been a year of bucking conventional thought for the Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 2>hasn't it. Well, Miami can really assert themselves into the

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<v Speaker 2>conversations that we ought to be having opposed to the

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<v Speaker 2>questioning of validity. A win in this one means that

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<v Speaker 2>Joey Jets can't tweet any more about the Dolphins. His

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<v Speaker 2>forty four tweets a day on average against the Dolphins

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna have to go down a little bit. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the entire idea of trying to dismiss opponents based

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<v Speaker 2>upon the record, when the truth is every game, every

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<v Speaker 2>entity when you play that team is a different version

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<v Speaker 2>of that team than they are comprehensively. Like, for instance,

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<v Speaker 2>the Chargers had everybody right, Corey Lindsley played in that game,

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<v Speaker 2>or Shan Slay or Derwin James, all the guys that

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<v Speaker 2>have gotten hurt, not that they all have Austin Eckler,

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<v Speaker 2>all the guys that got hurt for the Chargers were

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<v Speaker 2>in that game. So you beat a really good version

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<v Speaker 2>of that Chargers team in a quarterback that everyone says

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<v Speaker 2>is top three but can't win games late. I digress,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think it's bad practice. And winning this game, though,

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<v Speaker 2>would shove all that nonsense aside. So let's just do

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<v Speaker 2>it anyways. Cool temperatures, a raucous road environment, a national

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<v Speaker 2>television spotlight, one of the league's best teams and best rosters.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a win, and there's nothing they can say about

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<v Speaker 2>you if you do that, But more importantly, the chance

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<v Speaker 2>to prove to yourself that you can win in that environment. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>I legitimately believe if you can win this one, it

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<v Speaker 2>proves that you can win anytime, any place, and against anybody.

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<v Speaker 2>Next story line, top line quarterback who forces you to

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<v Speaker 2>defend two plays. That's what Vic Fangio always says when

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<v Speaker 2>he's asked about a Josh Allen or a Jalen Hurts.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen the Dolphins put it to struggling offenses but

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<v Speaker 2>get completely railroaded against top level quarterbacks and top level offenses.

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<v Speaker 2>What would be better than having a big defensive game

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<v Speaker 2>against an explosive offense like this to really solidify Miami's

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<v Speaker 2>position heading into the second half of the season. I

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<v Speaker 2>think we all expect the offense to keep on rolling,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, especially against lesser teams, but score you know,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five to thirty five points against these top level teams.

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<v Speaker 2>But if the defense can turn that dial up and

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<v Speaker 2>make a good quarterback look Pedestrian.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh buddy, O buddy.

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<v Speaker 2>Next story line, something has to give on explosives. When

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<v Speaker 2>Miami has the football, we have the most explosive plays

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<v Speaker 2>and Philly allows the fourth fewest.

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<v Speaker 1>Which one will hold true in this game? Again?

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<v Speaker 2>I have my pick, you might have yours Sean Deci,

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<v Speaker 2>another defensive coordinator who cut his teeth under Vic Fangio.

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<v Speaker 2>They play a ton of too high and still allow

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<v Speaker 2>just sixty five rushing yards per game and three point

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<v Speaker 2>six yards per Carrie. Can we run them out of that?

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<v Speaker 2>And then, finally, my last storyline here, Vic Fangio's turn

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<v Speaker 2>to play the Ronaldo Hill.

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<v Speaker 1>From Week one role? Do you track that?

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<v Speaker 2>Remember when coach Daniel specifically brought up Ronaldo Hill when

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<v Speaker 2>somebody asked him prior to that Week one game. Does

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<v Speaker 2>having Vic Fangio on staff help you with game planning

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<v Speaker 2>against Brandon Staley who learned under Fangio and he was

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<v Speaker 2>like Ronaldo Hill. Well, Fangio was with the Eagles last

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<v Speaker 2>year dissecting opposing off or defenses rather for their offense,

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<v Speaker 2>so I have to think he has some knowledge of

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<v Speaker 2>that Eagles offense and maybe he could help a little bit. Gosh,

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<v Speaker 2>I am fired up. Let's go ahead and take our

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<v Speaker 2>first break and come back and I'll tell you why.

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<v Speaker 2>Because I have done the lab work, I have put

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<v Speaker 2>it all on paper. It's time to tell you why

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<v Speaker 2>I think is gonna happen in this game. We'll do

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<v Speaker 2>Dolphins offense first, Eagles defense. Next Draft Time podcast to

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<v Speaker 2>your host, Travis Wingfield, brought to you back AutoNation. Here

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<v Speaker 2>we go, Here we go, Dolphins offense versus Eagles defense

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<v Speaker 2>and quarterback to a tongue, Bailoa is going to see

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<v Speaker 2>a strange mix in the defensive backfield. I think come

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday night, because the Eagles are extremely banged up in

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<v Speaker 2>the secondary. The three players that I presume will get

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<v Speaker 2>the most run at that group are Terrell Edmonds, has

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<v Speaker 2>played sixty four percent of the snaps, a practice squad player,

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<v Speaker 2>and Makai Gardner, who came up last week and played

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<v Speaker 2>six percent of the overall snaps on the season. He's

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<v Speaker 2>a cornerback who switched to safety four that game. And

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<v Speaker 2>then Sydney Brown is a rookie who looks promising but

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<v Speaker 2>has missed most of the year and played just four

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<v Speaker 2>percent of his team's overall snaps this season. The receivers

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<v Speaker 2>versus corners, you guys know the matchup here. Hill Waddle,

0:12:33.960 --> 0:12:38.640
<v Speaker 2>Claypool Wilson, Darius Slays played eighty three percent of their snaps.

0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:42.520
<v Speaker 2>James Bradberry's played eighty three as well, Josh Job fifty five,

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<v Speaker 2>and then Mario Goodrich is a inside corner who kind

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<v Speaker 2>of finds his role in that position in the nickel,

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<v Speaker 2>but they also use safeties in the nickel, and they

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<v Speaker 2>just have been really banged up in that spot in fact,

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<v Speaker 2>So just to kind of go over the secondary injuries here,

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<v Speaker 2>Justin Evans is not going to play. Red Blankenship is

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<v Speaker 2>probably not going to play. He's one of the top

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<v Speaker 2>guys in that backfield as well. They lost both safeties

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<v Speaker 2>from last year in free agency in Chauncey Gardner Johnson

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<v Speaker 2>and Marcus Epps. Sydney Brown's been out all year, and

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<v Speaker 2>then again Makai Gardner was the safety there. Their starting

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<v Speaker 2>slot Ofvonte Maddox is down. They lost backup corners Eli

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<v Speaker 2>Rix and Bradley Roby from that Jets game with injuries,

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<v Speaker 2>so we're talking about potentially like cornerback seven seeing the

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<v Speaker 2>field at least three quarters of the time in their

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<v Speaker 2>primary base nickel package and for scorekeeping, two safeties for sure,

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<v Speaker 2>potentially a third and their top three primary slot guys.

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<v Speaker 2>That is tough sledding against an offense that is the

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<v Speaker 2>best of all time through six games, so Dolphins have

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<v Speaker 2>to take advantage of those matchups. I think we see

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<v Speaker 2>more of Hill and Waddle inside and not just exclusively

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<v Speaker 2>guys like Barrios. And there's never exclusive positions on this team,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think you'll see more Hill and Waddle inside

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<v Speaker 2>than you generally would. And then on the offensive line

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<v Speaker 2>versus defensive line, they go Fletcher Cox sixty one percent

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<v Speaker 2>of the snaps, and he's a great player, don't get

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<v Speaker 2>me wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>But the two guys that.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to see even more are Jordan Davis

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<v Speaker 2>and Jelen Carter, and they've played forty four and forty

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<v Speaker 2>seven percent of the Eagle snaps, respectively, So when they're

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<v Speaker 2>out of the game, that might be a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>make some hey in the running game. Contavious Street fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>percent on the interior as well, and then off the edge,

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<v Speaker 2>Josh Sweat seventy one percent. He is a really good player.

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<v Speaker 2>Hassan Reddick seventy percent, probably even better than Sweat, and

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<v Speaker 2>then Graham thirty one and Derek Barnett twenty two percent

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<v Speaker 2>of those snaps. So we know, no, Tron Armstead, Kendall

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<v Speaker 2>Lamb didn't practice on Wednesday, but he's gonna be fine.

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<v Speaker 2>Connor Williams didn't practice on Wednesday, but I think he'll play.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, that's the biggest swing hinge portion of this

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<v Speaker 2>game for me is Williams versus eichenbergers center, and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk about the match up here in a second. But

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<v Speaker 2>running backs most turtn Auchman you know about them against

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<v Speaker 2>linebackers like Zach Cunningham, who's played eighty three percent of

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<v Speaker 2>their snap and he's more indicative of the fact that

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<v Speaker 2>Nakobe Dean's been injured. But the Eagles linebacker position has

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<v Speaker 2>been the bane of their existence the last few years.

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<v Speaker 2>So you go out and get a guy that is

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<v Speaker 2>probably past his prime a little bit. Nicholas Morrow seventy

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<v Speaker 2>percent of the snaps and then Nacobe Dean should be

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<v Speaker 2>ramped up to go this week. He's played twenty one

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<v Speaker 2>percent of the snaps after landing on ir and he

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<v Speaker 2>was basically a Jalen Phillips last game in terms of

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<v Speaker 2>he got a pitch count of snaps at the middle

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<v Speaker 2>linebacker position. They didn't have Jalen Carter or Darius Slate

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<v Speaker 2>last week. I imagine both those guys will return, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm curious if Nolan Smith gets some more burn because

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<v Speaker 2>Derek Barnett and Brandon Graham just don't really.

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<v Speaker 1>Have the juice they used to off the edge.

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<v Speaker 2>Defensively, they almost are not quite Buffalo level, but eighty

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<v Speaker 2>one percent nickel. They rarely get out of that package

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<v Speaker 2>and they only run one base. There's no hybrid here.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're gonna get a lot of even fronts forty

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<v Speaker 2>three defense twelve percent of the time, and they'll sprinkle

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<v Speaker 2>in some dime two percent as well. I wonder, though,

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<v Speaker 2>I wonder if we see a change up given some

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<v Speaker 2>of the personnel issues they're having with their injuries. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the strength of their defense is in the depth

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<v Speaker 2>they have up front. Would they maybe usher out some

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<v Speaker 2>new fronts to get more gaps accounted for and maybe

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<v Speaker 2>see some of that, you know, six to one type

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<v Speaker 2>of look that we seen the Dolphins run with Vic

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<v Speaker 2>Fangio since Sean Desai is off of the Vic Fangio tree.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's the problem with this Dolphins offense because if

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<v Speaker 2>you do that, you risk giving minimal help to ten

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<v Speaker 2>and seventeen and man. The few times teams have gone

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<v Speaker 2>man up against Tyreek without safety help, Well, that was

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<v Speaker 2>the coverage that you had on a thirty five yard

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<v Speaker 2>touchdown pass. The coverage you had on a sixty nine

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<v Speaker 2>yard touchdown pass nice and a forty one yard touchdown

0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:50.480
<v Speaker 2>pass against the Chargers, Giants, and Panthers, respectively. Now, as

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<v Speaker 2>for the Eagles corners, I think Slays a heck of

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<v Speaker 2>a player and a good ballhawk, and you gotta be

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<v Speaker 2>weary of him trying to jump routes and make plays

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<v Speaker 2>in the football. I think if we can not turn

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<v Speaker 2>the ball over, this game will push forty points. That's

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<v Speaker 2>always kind of the way it goes. But I think

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<v Speaker 2>that James Bradberry is still a really good player. He's

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<v Speaker 2>at that kind of cornerback cliff if you will, at

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<v Speaker 2>thirty where guys tend to see their physical traits deteriorate

0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:15.520
<v Speaker 2>and then have to make more plays based upon their

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<v Speaker 2>you know, mental aptitude. But he's a six to one,

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<v Speaker 2>two hundred and nine pound corner. And I saw Sean

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<v Speaker 2>decide say that, yeah, speed can hurt you, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can hurt speed with physicality. Okay, but you got to

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<v Speaker 2>get hands on guys. And the way the Dolphins have

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<v Speaker 2>operated in motion, I wonder if the plan is to

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<v Speaker 2>try to press and bump and run and disrupt timing.

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<v Speaker 2>Because if that's the case, if they want to play

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<v Speaker 2>it that way, I bet you Coach McDaniel has something

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<v Speaker 2>for them with his motions and his wrinkles. And I

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<v Speaker 2>just know that there's different variations off of the offense

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<v Speaker 2>we've had so far, and I cannot wait. I think

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<v Speaker 2>this game and then Casey in a couple weeks, which

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<v Speaker 2>to me is the most important game of the entire year.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you could see a little bit of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>some of the back pages in terms of what this

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<v Speaker 2>offense can really really do. But Bradbury does not move

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<v Speaker 2>like high Reek and Jalen du So those are interesting

0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.399
<v Speaker 2>matchups there if you get them. If you can kick

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<v Speaker 2>them inside even better, but they should have Sleigh and

0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:11.160
<v Speaker 2>Bradbury available, but again several guys out on the interior

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<v Speaker 2>that I mentioned earlier in the podcast. I just I

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<v Speaker 2>wonder what they're going to do to mask some of those,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, depth issues, because right now you're looking at

0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:23.679
<v Speaker 2>practice squad guys playing significant snaps for this ego secondary.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a rough matchup. Man.

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<v Speaker 2>They've played just ten snaps of zero coverage this year,

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<v Speaker 2>and just two of three high they play. They start

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<v Speaker 2>off in single high thirty two percent, and wrote or

0:18:34.000 --> 0:18:36.960
<v Speaker 2>start with too high coverage sixty four percent, which tells

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<v Speaker 2>you run the ball right. But it's funny because if

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<v Speaker 2>you look at their post snap alignments, it's completely flipped

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<v Speaker 2>sixty four single high and thirty two too high.

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<v Speaker 1>So what is it against the Jets.

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<v Speaker 2>I wasn't sure if this was because they are just

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<v Speaker 2>playing an offense that has no explosive passing element to

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<v Speaker 2>it whatsoever and the worst starting quarterback in the NFL.

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<v Speaker 2>But it looks like they play a little bit more

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<v Speaker 2>of that man free coverage because the thing with all

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<v Speaker 2>those injuries, you know, if Miami can keep Tua protected,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just such a tough offense, to try to incorporate

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<v Speaker 2>new pieces and develop chemistry on the fly to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to counteract all the movement, all the eye candy,

0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:18.439
<v Speaker 2>all the ball handling, all the process deliver attributes with

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<v Speaker 2>which the Tua shines. I think we're gonna get in

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<v Speaker 2>this game a signature to a tongue of by low.

0:19:25.440 --> 0:19:27.120
<v Speaker 2>A game, a three hundred plus yard day, a three

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<v Speaker 2>touchdown type of day that completely silences the few remaining

0:19:32.359 --> 0:19:34.640
<v Speaker 2>Barry Cunninghams of the world, the guys that can only

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<v Speaker 2>count to potato, if you know what I mean. Big

0:19:36.640 --> 0:19:38.960
<v Speaker 2>chance for Tua to have a game that really gets

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<v Speaker 2>people talking here, and I think he's up to the challenge.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think the answer here is ball distribution. When

0:19:44.960 --> 0:19:47.879
<v Speaker 2>they play their you know, their their quarters or their

0:19:47.920 --> 0:19:50.240
<v Speaker 2>coverage shells, they tend to put back the roof on

0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:52.520
<v Speaker 2>the top of the defense. And then when they get aggressive,

0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:54.880
<v Speaker 2>you dial up your game breakers and you get your

0:19:54.880 --> 0:19:58.560
<v Speaker 2>explosives that way, stay on schedule, and then deliver once

0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:01.359
<v Speaker 2>you lull them to sleep. All of that said, I

0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:04.040
<v Speaker 2>think you start this matchup with where the Jets had

0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:07.000
<v Speaker 2>some success run on the football off the perimeter, and

0:20:07.040 --> 0:20:10.160
<v Speaker 2>nobody has more success with that than Miami. The Jets

0:20:10.200 --> 0:20:13.960
<v Speaker 2>hit an eighteen yard fly sweep against the Eagles defense.

0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:16.840
<v Speaker 2>They also totaled forty two total yards on just four

0:20:16.880 --> 0:20:19.480
<v Speaker 2>carries off either end. Hey run the ball off the

0:20:19.600 --> 0:20:22.840
<v Speaker 2>edge more gay. The Dolphins lead the league in rushing

0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:24.960
<v Speaker 2>off the edge three hundred and eighty five yards on

0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:28.000
<v Speaker 2>just fifty nine attempts and four touchdowns. That's an average

0:20:28.000 --> 0:20:29.960
<v Speaker 2>of six point five yards per pot. But then again,

0:20:30.600 --> 0:20:32.920
<v Speaker 2>we also average six point five rushing as a team

0:20:32.960 --> 0:20:35.560
<v Speaker 2>in general. Oh and we have eleven touchdowns running the

0:20:35.600 --> 0:20:38.199
<v Speaker 2>ball between tackles. So it's pretty much just good no

0:20:38.240 --> 0:20:41.000
<v Speaker 2>matter what you do. But then from there that creates

0:20:41.160 --> 0:20:43.879
<v Speaker 2>so much counter action and screen game, and I just

0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:46.399
<v Speaker 2>want to see these young, you know, untested corners or

0:20:46.680 --> 0:20:49.120
<v Speaker 2>you know, safeties come down try to make tackles because

0:20:49.119 --> 0:20:51.720
<v Speaker 2>if you can block up Sleigh and Bradbury and get

0:20:51.720 --> 0:20:54.280
<v Speaker 2>on the perimeter and force those guys to tackle Waddle

0:20:54.320 --> 0:20:57.080
<v Speaker 2>and Hill and most are good luck man. And then

0:20:57.119 --> 0:20:59.399
<v Speaker 2>off of that the play action game, where Miami is

0:20:59.400 --> 0:21:01.240
<v Speaker 2>one of the most the offense is there too, I

0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:05.520
<v Speaker 2>mean across the board, right, but Nakoby Dean working back

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<v Speaker 2>into the flow of things, is good for them.

0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:07.800
<v Speaker 1>Hopefully.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope there's some rust and you can maybe scramble

0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:13.199
<v Speaker 2>his thoughts a little bit, because like, go back to

0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:16.440
<v Speaker 2>that first game against Kenneth Murray, poor Kenneth Murray in

0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:18.560
<v Speaker 2>that game, and he was in hell. If you can

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<v Speaker 2>get Nikobe Dean's head spinning a little bit, that's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>really make this offense click and put the numbers up

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<v Speaker 2>that we were used to seeing and probably win the

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<v Speaker 2>football game.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>The biggest key to this Eagles defense and where I

0:21:29.600 --> 0:21:32.280
<v Speaker 2>think they can plant their flag against some of the

0:21:32.280 --> 0:21:34.760
<v Speaker 2>matchups that I just talked about, that favor Miami so

0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:38.000
<v Speaker 2>dramatically is in that front. And it's good on good

0:21:38.040 --> 0:21:41.320
<v Speaker 2>because Miami's been fantastic in that department as well. And

0:21:41.480 --> 0:21:43.919
<v Speaker 2>you know, Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis are a modern

0:21:44.000 --> 0:21:47.120
<v Speaker 2>version of the Williams Wall. You younger folks, The Minnesota

0:21:47.200 --> 0:21:49.440
<v Speaker 2>Vikings used to have two defensive tackles, Pat and Kevin

0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:52.840
<v Speaker 2>Williams that were literally immovable, and they would play like

0:21:52.920 --> 0:21:54.760
<v Speaker 2>eighty five percent of their snaps and just rush the

0:21:54.760 --> 0:21:56.639
<v Speaker 2>passer and you'd run for like two yards in a

0:21:56.680 --> 0:21:59.240
<v Speaker 2>game against them the entire game. But these guys, they're

0:21:59.240 --> 0:22:01.920
<v Speaker 2>so freaking good. Carter didn't play last week, but big

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<v Speaker 2>number ninety Jordan Davis was the guy that popped off

0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:06.359
<v Speaker 2>the tape to me more than anybody else, he just

0:22:06.440 --> 0:22:09.840
<v Speaker 2>consistently walked their center back into Zach Wilson, and Carter

0:22:09.960 --> 0:22:12.160
<v Speaker 2>has been even better than that. So I think where

0:22:12.200 --> 0:22:15.880
<v Speaker 2>Miami has been superb is the connectivity inside. You know, Williams,

0:22:16.000 --> 0:22:19.639
<v Speaker 2>Hunt and Win are all top grade, top three at

0:22:19.680 --> 0:22:23.359
<v Speaker 2>their positions in past block efficiency, not right guard, left guard,

0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:26.680
<v Speaker 2>all the guards. It's two and three for Hunt and Win,

0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:29.359
<v Speaker 2>and then Williams's number three among centers. So if they

0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:31.240
<v Speaker 2>can do that, if they can get those big fellows

0:22:31.280 --> 0:22:34.200
<v Speaker 2>moving with outside runs, tire the legs out a little bit,

0:22:34.240 --> 0:22:36.000
<v Speaker 2>maybe we keep them at bay, you know, keep the

0:22:36.080 --> 0:22:40.240
<v Speaker 2>edge rushers thinking about what might becoming. Look, if Connor

0:22:40.280 --> 0:22:42.320
<v Speaker 2>Williams plays, I'm picking a win. It's gonna tell you

0:22:42.320 --> 0:22:44.480
<v Speaker 2>that right now. If he doesn't, I'm probably gonna flip it.

0:22:44.680 --> 0:22:46.919
<v Speaker 2>Just just want you guys to know that. Josh Sweat

0:22:46.960 --> 0:22:49.359
<v Speaker 2>and Hassan Reddick again game wreckers off the edge. I

0:22:49.400 --> 0:22:52.120
<v Speaker 2>think Sweat has looked the toughest this year in terms

0:22:52.119 --> 0:22:54.119
<v Speaker 2>of his pop and get off and the counter moves

0:22:54.119 --> 0:22:57.080
<v Speaker 2>that he offers. He's just a pass rushers pass rusher.

0:22:57.080 --> 0:22:59.560
<v Speaker 2>He's got a variety of swipes and hand combat moves

0:22:59.560 --> 0:23:02.440
<v Speaker 2>that helped to get him free. The interesting part about

0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:06.439
<v Speaker 2>this is that Kendall Lamb specializes in that department. It

0:23:06.480 --> 0:23:08.560
<v Speaker 2>feels like we said this a few times regarding this

0:23:08.640 --> 0:23:10.879
<v Speaker 2>matchup right, just good on good and the things that

0:23:10.920 --> 0:23:13.679
<v Speaker 2>you do well, they do well. What a treat for

0:23:13.760 --> 0:23:15.960
<v Speaker 2>the neutral fan to get to watch this game. I

0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:18.919
<v Speaker 2>wonder again if we might see more Nolan Smith. He

0:23:19.080 --> 0:23:21.159
<v Speaker 2>was a first round draft pick. He's got all the

0:23:21.280 --> 0:23:23.520
<v Speaker 2>length and bendability and pass rush you could ever want

0:23:23.520 --> 0:23:26.600
<v Speaker 2>in a prospect. But Brandon Graham out reps him, but

0:23:26.720 --> 0:23:28.720
<v Speaker 2>just hasn't done much this year. And here by the

0:23:28.800 --> 0:23:31.240
<v Speaker 2>numbers you can see it pressures this year. Sweat twenty seven,

0:23:31.320 --> 0:23:35.240
<v Speaker 2>Runnick twenty four, Carter twenty three. Huge drop off. Milton Williams,

0:23:35.280 --> 0:23:37.360
<v Speaker 2>guy we didn't talk about in the interior who left

0:23:37.400 --> 0:23:39.560
<v Speaker 2>the Jets game and came back and looks pretty good too.

0:23:39.840 --> 0:23:42.840
<v Speaker 2>He has twelve, Fletcher Cox has twelve, and then Graham

0:23:42.880 --> 0:23:43.720
<v Speaker 2>has just nine.

0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:45.520
<v Speaker 1>So you kind of see those.

0:23:45.320 --> 0:23:47.680
<v Speaker 2>Top three guys are really where the pressure comes from

0:23:47.680 --> 0:23:50.840
<v Speaker 2>from this defense. Good challenges all around for our guys

0:23:50.920 --> 0:23:53.200
<v Speaker 2>up front. I am curious to see if we can get,

0:23:53.320 --> 0:23:55.399
<v Speaker 2>you know, continue to get our guys out in space

0:23:55.440 --> 0:23:57.880
<v Speaker 2>against an athletic group of defensive backs in the running game.

0:23:58.600 --> 0:24:01.639
<v Speaker 2>I like Miami's offense to post some good points in

0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:03.480
<v Speaker 2>this game. We'll tell you how much on the next side,

0:24:03.480 --> 0:24:05.160
<v Speaker 2>and we'll also tell you how much the Eagles offense

0:24:05.240 --> 0:24:07.520
<v Speaker 2>might score in this game. As we break down Jalen

0:24:07.600 --> 0:24:10.040
<v Speaker 2>Hurts and the Eagles offense. First, the Miami Dolphins defense.

0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:13.520
<v Speaker 2>That's next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought

0:24:13.560 --> 0:24:19.359
<v Speaker 2>to you by Auto Nation. When the Dolphins defense is

0:24:19.400 --> 0:24:20.920
<v Speaker 2>back on the field, which, by the way, real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of news and notes here. Jalen Ramsey practice

0:24:22.960 --> 0:24:26.439
<v Speaker 2>on Wednesday. He looks good, man, he looks good. He

0:24:26.480 --> 0:24:28.960
<v Speaker 2>looks good. Also, Raheem most Aret one player of the

0:24:29.000 --> 0:24:33.760
<v Speaker 2>Month for the AFC on offense, So congratulations to Raheem.

0:24:33.800 --> 0:24:35.800
<v Speaker 2>And I think we're gonna see Ramsey back here pretty

0:24:35.840 --> 0:24:38.440
<v Speaker 2>dang soon. He was ruled out for the Philly game already,

0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:40.600
<v Speaker 2>but his practice window has opened. We are going to

0:24:40.640 --> 0:24:43.359
<v Speaker 2>see number five very soon. For your Miami Dolphins defense.

0:24:43.400 --> 0:24:45.960
<v Speaker 2>Not this week, but we will see Javon Holland and

0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:48.639
<v Speaker 2>Deshaun Elliott go up against Jalen Hurts, and I continue

0:24:48.680 --> 0:24:50.800
<v Speaker 2>to think the connectivity those two guys have shown and

0:24:50.880 --> 0:24:54.040
<v Speaker 2>grown and improved with will only continue to make life

0:24:54.040 --> 0:24:56.720
<v Speaker 2>tough on Jalen Hurts, who passing the football this year

0:24:56.960 --> 0:24:58.880
<v Speaker 2>been a little bit wonky, a little bit sideways.

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<v Speaker 1>More on that in a moment.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll see who can deal with Davante Smith and AJ Brown,

0:25:02.800 --> 0:25:05.400
<v Speaker 2>who both played ninety five percent plus of the snaps.

0:25:06.280 --> 0:25:09.719
<v Speaker 2>I feel similarly about Connor Williams as I do xaviing

0:25:09.760 --> 0:25:12.160
<v Speaker 2>Howard's availability, that could really flip how I feel about

0:25:12.160 --> 0:25:14.560
<v Speaker 2>this game because x is here to guard a guy

0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:17.280
<v Speaker 2>like AJ Brown. He might not win the matchup, but

0:25:17.359 --> 0:25:19.760
<v Speaker 2>he has to be able to go compete with that guy,

0:25:20.040 --> 0:25:22.320
<v Speaker 2>match his physicality and hopefully he can do that. And

0:25:22.320 --> 0:25:24.399
<v Speaker 2>then do we see maybe some more Cam Smith because

0:25:24.480 --> 0:25:26.480
<v Speaker 2>I just am not loving the other options outside of

0:25:26.480 --> 0:25:28.760
<v Speaker 2>what we have with him with X and Cator Kohu.

0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:32.520
<v Speaker 2>And then on the slot they run Alumadi Aza Kias

0:25:32.680 --> 0:25:34.960
<v Speaker 2>is a pretty underrated player forty eight percent of the snaps.

0:25:35.160 --> 0:25:37.240
<v Speaker 2>Quez Walkin's twenty six, but I think he's gonna miss

0:25:37.280 --> 0:25:39.000
<v Speaker 2>the game. And then Dallas Godder is really the third

0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:41.720
<v Speaker 2>option in the passing game. He's played ninety two percent

0:25:41.760 --> 0:25:44.080
<v Speaker 2>of their snap So Smith, Brown and Goddter and then

0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:46.840
<v Speaker 2>DeAndre Swift is really the main package, and they'll they'll

0:25:46.920 --> 0:25:50.320
<v Speaker 2>kind of substitute in the fifth eligible across the board

0:25:50.320 --> 0:25:52.560
<v Speaker 2>from the rest of the guys they have. They've had

0:25:52.560 --> 0:25:56.200
<v Speaker 2>an interesting interior three. Landon Dickerson is a former center

0:25:56.200 --> 0:25:58.520
<v Speaker 2>playing left guard, and then Jason Kelsey and the new

0:25:58.600 --> 0:26:01.440
<v Speaker 2>right guard. Suwa Opa is the one that I don't

0:26:01.560 --> 0:26:03.360
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't know if that's a guy

0:26:03.359 --> 0:26:05.800
<v Speaker 2>that can really handle Christian Wilkins on that side of

0:26:05.840 --> 0:26:08.400
<v Speaker 2>the football. Obviously they go up against Wilkins. See Lard

0:26:08.440 --> 0:26:10.880
<v Speaker 2>Davis and some DeShawn hand action in there, and then

0:26:11.000 --> 0:26:14.280
<v Speaker 2>Jordan Mylotta and Jack Driscoll will be the tackle combination.

0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:16.320
<v Speaker 2>I just don't think Lane Johnson can do it this week,

0:26:16.560 --> 0:26:19.840
<v Speaker 2>So big matchup for Phillips off that side, as well

0:26:19.840 --> 0:26:21.520
<v Speaker 2>as Van Ginkel. If he gets as much run as

0:26:21.520 --> 0:26:22.800
<v Speaker 2>he usually does, I think we'll see a lot more

0:26:22.960 --> 0:26:24.639
<v Speaker 2>JP this week. I kind of feel like this was

0:26:24.640 --> 0:26:26.119
<v Speaker 2>the game they were targeting all along for him to

0:26:26.119 --> 0:26:28.359
<v Speaker 2>come back, and then Chubb on my lot, that's probably

0:26:28.359 --> 0:26:30.760
<v Speaker 2>a favorite Eagles, But if he can get some production there,

0:26:30.960 --> 0:26:32.720
<v Speaker 2>that would be a big, big bonus. And he's probably

0:26:32.720 --> 0:26:34.600
<v Speaker 2>gonna see lots of one on ones too, So you're

0:26:34.680 --> 0:26:38.000
<v Speaker 2>up Beachubb again. Lane Johnson high ankle spring Jack Driscoll

0:26:38.000 --> 0:26:40.560
<v Speaker 2>replaced him and surrendered eight quarterback pressures in the game

0:26:40.560 --> 0:26:42.760
<v Speaker 2>on Sunday. I do think it's pretty common for an

0:26:42.760 --> 0:26:45.719
<v Speaker 2>offensive lineman coming off the bench to struggle more so

0:26:45.800 --> 0:26:47.840
<v Speaker 2>than starting Just a different story when you get the

0:26:47.840 --> 0:26:50.359
<v Speaker 2>whole week of reps and start the game again. Watkins

0:26:50.440 --> 0:26:53.400
<v Speaker 2>left with injury their left guard. They're normal left guard,

0:26:53.480 --> 0:26:55.800
<v Speaker 2>Jergen Cox is down, so that's where Dickerson fills in.

0:26:56.320 --> 0:26:58.880
<v Speaker 2>He was a replacement for Isaac Somalu, a key free

0:26:58.920 --> 0:27:02.520
<v Speaker 2>agent loss this March's almost like the guys they lost

0:27:02.520 --> 0:27:04.960
<v Speaker 2>in free agency that maybe they're trying to find, you know,

0:27:05.000 --> 0:27:07.360
<v Speaker 2>replacements and trying to find the rhythm in those spots.

0:27:07.680 --> 0:27:09.359
<v Speaker 2>Those guys are like now injured and they're on the

0:27:09.359 --> 0:27:10.840
<v Speaker 2>third option at that spot, so that could be a

0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:13.280
<v Speaker 2>key to watch for in this game. They signed Julio Jones,

0:27:13.280 --> 0:27:16.080
<v Speaker 2>by doubt, you'll see him on Sunday. Their personnel eleven

0:27:16.240 --> 0:27:19.800
<v Speaker 2>is seventy three percent of the time. Zakias and Watkins

0:27:20.200 --> 0:27:22.520
<v Speaker 2>snap counts add up to seventy three, so that makes

0:27:22.520 --> 0:27:25.840
<v Speaker 2>perfect sense. They operate from twelve personnel twenty percent of

0:27:25.880 --> 0:27:28.600
<v Speaker 2>the time. Jack Stole plays about twenty one percent of

0:27:28.640 --> 0:27:30.520
<v Speaker 2>the snap, so there you go. He's the second tight end.

0:27:30.720 --> 0:27:33.720
<v Speaker 2>They play thirteen personnel five percent, and they do not

0:27:33.760 --> 0:27:36.520
<v Speaker 2>have a fullback on their roster, but twenty one personnel

0:27:36.520 --> 0:27:39.000
<v Speaker 2>with two backs is two percent of the time. Fast

0:27:39.080 --> 0:27:42.119
<v Speaker 2>twenty one right, they'll go two two half backs, I

0:27:42.119 --> 0:27:45.240
<v Speaker 2>should say, alongside Hurts at times. And it all starts

0:27:45.359 --> 0:27:47.960
<v Speaker 2>in the ground game with DeAndre Swift, Jalen Hurts in

0:27:47.960 --> 0:27:50.480
<v Speaker 2>the design running game, and of course Hurts on scrambles.

0:27:50.600 --> 0:27:54.080
<v Speaker 2>That was all he did against the Jets. Escape, Escape, Escape,

0:27:54.080 --> 0:27:58.359
<v Speaker 2>and Create. They've not been as coordinated in structure this year,

0:27:58.520 --> 0:28:00.800
<v Speaker 2>but I think that's to be expected a new play

0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:03.919
<v Speaker 2>caller and offensive coordinator. They ran just thirty five percent

0:28:04.000 --> 0:28:07.440
<v Speaker 2>of the time in that eleven package eleven personnel package,

0:28:07.520 --> 0:28:09.400
<v Speaker 2>but they run it fifty four percent of the time

0:28:09.440 --> 0:28:10.879
<v Speaker 2>and twelve so when you get two ten ends in

0:28:10.880 --> 0:28:12.960
<v Speaker 2>the field, you might want to bring a safety down

0:28:13.160 --> 0:28:15.160
<v Speaker 2>stay in that base package. But then from there they

0:28:15.200 --> 0:28:17.040
<v Speaker 2>know that and they're going to get their vertical shots

0:28:17.080 --> 0:28:19.480
<v Speaker 2>to those two stud wide receivers. They're like us man,

0:28:19.520 --> 0:28:20.680
<v Speaker 2>there are a lot to deal with. You have to

0:28:20.680 --> 0:28:23.280
<v Speaker 2>play a really good game to stop them defensively. First

0:28:23.280 --> 0:28:25.240
<v Speaker 2>player I think about when I think about how to

0:28:25.280 --> 0:28:28.719
<v Speaker 2>slow Philly is David Long. To me, this is the

0:28:28.760 --> 0:28:31.439
<v Speaker 2>game that you get David Long for. He's come on

0:28:31.480 --> 0:28:34.240
<v Speaker 2>as of late in an offense that can be run

0:28:34.280 --> 0:28:37.200
<v Speaker 2>but also hit you with verticals against your base package,

0:28:37.200 --> 0:28:38.880
<v Speaker 2>an offense that runs so much RPO.

0:28:39.280 --> 0:28:40.760
<v Speaker 1>You need a skill set.

0:28:40.520 --> 0:28:43.040
<v Speaker 2>Like Long, and you need him to be seeing things

0:28:43.040 --> 0:28:45.280
<v Speaker 2>in the way that allows him to anticipate and feel

0:28:45.320 --> 0:28:47.520
<v Speaker 2>and just be in the right position. Because without the

0:28:47.600 --> 0:28:50.480
<v Speaker 2>running game, you know, design scrambles and without swift, if

0:28:50.520 --> 0:28:52.520
<v Speaker 2>you cut that down, it's like cutting the head off

0:28:52.520 --> 0:28:55.200
<v Speaker 2>the snake here for the Eagles, suddenly they can't get

0:28:55.200 --> 0:28:57.960
<v Speaker 2>to those vertical shots. The efficiency buggaboos we're going to

0:28:58.000 --> 0:28:59.840
<v Speaker 2>tell you about here in a moment. They've they bogged

0:28:59.840 --> 0:29:02.840
<v Speaker 2>down drives like multiple drives at a time, like you

0:29:02.880 --> 0:29:04.560
<v Speaker 2>saw against the Jets on Sunday, and here's a good

0:29:04.560 --> 0:29:07.080
<v Speaker 2>example of that. They ran for eighty yards against the Jets,

0:29:07.080 --> 0:29:10.040
<v Speaker 2>their lowest total in over a calendar year, and they

0:29:10.040 --> 0:29:12.480
<v Speaker 2>scored their lowest point total in that long fourteen points.

0:29:12.680 --> 0:29:15.280
<v Speaker 2>Week one was the only other time they didn't rush

0:29:15.320 --> 0:29:17.680
<v Speaker 2>for over one hundred yards this season ninety seven against

0:29:17.680 --> 0:29:20.600
<v Speaker 2>New England, and they only scored eighteen points offensively. So

0:29:20.920 --> 0:29:22.640
<v Speaker 2>it kind of seems like the key here is to

0:29:22.680 --> 0:29:24.760
<v Speaker 2>hold them under one hundred rushing yards and you can.

0:29:24.680 --> 0:29:25.880
<v Speaker 1>Keep them below twenty points.

0:29:25.960 --> 0:29:28.640
<v Speaker 2>Now, I think the game script calls for something differently

0:29:28.640 --> 0:29:31.520
<v Speaker 2>because the Dolphins offense is not the Jets and Patriots offense.

0:29:31.760 --> 0:29:32.920
<v Speaker 1>But you get what I'm going with this.

0:29:33.280 --> 0:29:35.240
<v Speaker 2>Every other game they had, they had two games over

0:29:35.240 --> 0:29:36.840
<v Speaker 2>two hundred yards and a couple of games over one

0:29:36.880 --> 0:29:39.160
<v Speaker 2>hundred yards, and they scored in those games. But to

0:29:39.200 --> 0:29:42.680
<v Speaker 2>that verticals point, they went after the commander's frequent quarters

0:29:42.720 --> 0:29:44.880
<v Speaker 2>calls and Jack del Rio's defense is at yikes, but

0:29:45.120 --> 0:29:49.120
<v Speaker 2>they went after those quarters looks with relentless verticals posts corners.

0:29:49.400 --> 0:29:52.400
<v Speaker 2>Seems from the two position they tried to hit explosives

0:29:52.400 --> 0:29:54.680
<v Speaker 2>to Brown and Smith pretty much every time they got

0:29:54.720 --> 0:29:56.840
<v Speaker 2>that look. So while I think the run game is

0:29:56.880 --> 0:29:59.480
<v Speaker 2>first and foremost, I think the player who is first

0:29:59.520 --> 0:30:03.040
<v Speaker 2>and foremost individually is aj Brown. What a problem this

0:30:03.080 --> 0:30:06.120
<v Speaker 2>guy is, My god. He wins on every type of route.

0:30:06.200 --> 0:30:08.280
<v Speaker 2>His run after the catch is elite, and he takes

0:30:08.320 --> 0:30:10.640
<v Speaker 2>over most games like Tyreek Hill does not to the

0:30:10.640 --> 0:30:12.560
<v Speaker 2>same level, but you get it. I just hope we

0:30:12.640 --> 0:30:15.080
<v Speaker 2>get a healthy X because that's who he typically matches

0:30:15.160 --> 0:30:17.560
<v Speaker 2>up best with. Not that he's gonna win that matchup,

0:30:17.600 --> 0:30:20.400
<v Speaker 2>but he can use his physicality to help offset some

0:30:20.480 --> 0:30:22.600
<v Speaker 2>of Browns in that department. And then I think Cater

0:30:22.720 --> 0:30:25.480
<v Speaker 2>has the quicks to keep pace with Devonte Smith. I

0:30:25.480 --> 0:30:28.200
<v Speaker 2>don't like a cornerback over a good receiver almost any time,

0:30:28.280 --> 0:30:30.160
<v Speaker 2>but you're going to give attention somewhere.

0:30:30.160 --> 0:30:31.120
<v Speaker 1>It's probably that one.

0:30:31.120 --> 0:30:33.400
<v Speaker 2>If that's the way the matchups play out, probably vary

0:30:33.440 --> 0:30:36.240
<v Speaker 2>between those two guys, But then you force someone else

0:30:36.280 --> 0:30:38.160
<v Speaker 2>to beat you, right and for the Eagles, that has

0:30:38.200 --> 0:30:41.280
<v Speaker 2>been Dallas Goddard, So find a matchup for him.

0:30:41.280 --> 0:30:43.320
<v Speaker 1>I that's Javon Hollin's job in this game. And then

0:30:43.400 --> 0:30:44.040
<v Speaker 1>keep an eye on.

0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:46.440
<v Speaker 2>Alimede as a key as he just a crafty route runner,

0:30:46.560 --> 0:30:48.800
<v Speaker 2>But Miami has to win those one on ones to

0:30:48.840 --> 0:30:51.400
<v Speaker 2>be competitive on defense, where they haven't been quite as

0:30:51.400 --> 0:30:52.840
<v Speaker 2>sharp as last year. And it's funny to say this

0:30:52.840 --> 0:30:55.160
<v Speaker 2>because they're still the number two offense in football. They've

0:30:55.200 --> 0:30:57.760
<v Speaker 2>not been as efficient in the short passing game, just

0:30:57.800 --> 0:31:00.480
<v Speaker 2>fifty one percent completion in the intermediate part of the

0:31:00.480 --> 0:31:03.040
<v Speaker 2>field and a success rate of only thirty four percent.

0:31:03.240 --> 0:31:05.760
<v Speaker 2>There's lots of sloppy play in there, like breakdowns and

0:31:05.840 --> 0:31:08.680
<v Speaker 2>pass pro minimal effort on the top of some routes,

0:31:08.880 --> 0:31:12.600
<v Speaker 2>some bad quarterback mechanics, bailing on clean pockets, just different

0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:14.800
<v Speaker 2>things that lead to a passing success rate of forty

0:31:14.840 --> 0:31:17.440
<v Speaker 2>four percent, which is only twenty first in the National

0:31:17.520 --> 0:31:20.040
<v Speaker 2>Football League. But it is a sixty one point six

0:31:20.120 --> 0:31:22.959
<v Speaker 2>percent success rate for Swift on the ground and sixty

0:31:23.000 --> 0:31:25.680
<v Speaker 2>one point nine percent for Hurts as a runner. So

0:31:26.040 --> 0:31:30.160
<v Speaker 2>you pair running wins with their sloppy passing attack at times,

0:31:30.600 --> 0:31:32.840
<v Speaker 2>you can bog them down. What's interesting about this, though,

0:31:32.840 --> 0:31:35.360
<v Speaker 2>is that Hurts it seems like one of those passing

0:31:35.360 --> 0:31:37.520
<v Speaker 2>game issues. And again they're still productive as hell, but

0:31:37.800 --> 0:31:41.360
<v Speaker 2>when it gets disjointed him, it starts with one's footwork

0:31:41.680 --> 0:31:44.240
<v Speaker 2>like he's not hitching in rhythm. He's not striving towards

0:31:44.240 --> 0:31:46.720
<v Speaker 2>his target, and the timing of those drops is not

0:31:46.840 --> 0:31:47.960
<v Speaker 2>timing up with the routes.

0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:48.880
<v Speaker 1>It's just a hair off.

0:31:49.040 --> 0:31:51.880
<v Speaker 2>And again, this could all be calibrated by this week,

0:31:51.920 --> 0:31:53.000
<v Speaker 2>but it hasn't been so far.

0:31:53.560 --> 0:31:55.960
<v Speaker 1>But when when Hurts his footwork is right, gosh, he.

0:31:56.000 --> 0:31:57.680
<v Speaker 2>Is deadly on balance. For me, He's a top five

0:31:57.760 --> 0:32:00.440
<v Speaker 2>quarterback in the league. A great test for the Dolphins defense.

0:32:00.640 --> 0:32:03.200
<v Speaker 2>The line play is fantastic, but Sunday was their worst

0:32:03.200 --> 0:32:05.480
<v Speaker 2>performance by the numbers, and I don't think that's any

0:32:05.480 --> 0:32:08.880
<v Speaker 2>coincidence with Lane Johnson exiting the game. The Jets flushed

0:32:08.920 --> 0:32:12.640
<v Speaker 2>hearts all game long, and Johnson's replacement, Jack driscoll his

0:32:12.760 --> 0:32:15.720
<v Speaker 2>eight pressures in the game allowed were the most by

0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:18.560
<v Speaker 2>an Eagle in a game since twenty twenty. And again,

0:32:18.760 --> 0:32:20.680
<v Speaker 2>off the bench is different than starting. But I think

0:32:20.680 --> 0:32:23.160
<v Speaker 2>with an offense like this, especially one that just had

0:32:23.160 --> 0:32:25.960
<v Speaker 2>a four giveaway game and just happened in a fluky manner.

0:32:26.200 --> 0:32:28.600
<v Speaker 2>I mean, one was a catch that got stripped and

0:32:29.080 --> 0:32:30.800
<v Speaker 2>deflected back the other way and landed right in the

0:32:30.840 --> 0:32:31.880
<v Speaker 2>lap of Quinn Williams.

0:32:31.920 --> 0:32:32.720
<v Speaker 1>It's a pure fluke.

0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:34.560
<v Speaker 2>Then another one where his arm got hit and the

0:32:34.560 --> 0:32:36.880
<v Speaker 2>ball turned into an infield fly. I don't think you

0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:38.880
<v Speaker 2>can bank on that kind of luck. If you get it, great,

0:32:39.160 --> 0:32:41.120
<v Speaker 2>but I think with the hope of an offense like

0:32:41.160 --> 0:32:43.280
<v Speaker 2>this is to contain it. Just contained a big plays,

0:32:43.480 --> 0:32:46.840
<v Speaker 2>get enough rundown wins, stream them together hopefully, and then

0:32:46.880 --> 0:32:48.760
<v Speaker 2>you can hope to get some wins on third downs

0:32:48.800 --> 0:32:50.840
<v Speaker 2>there as well. So it's also important to note for

0:32:50.880 --> 0:32:53.240
<v Speaker 2>the guys in coverage when he scrambles, they have to

0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:55.880
<v Speaker 2>get under their man and plaster because on tape this

0:32:55.960 --> 0:32:59.040
<v Speaker 2>is so consistent. They come straight back down the stem.

0:32:59.240 --> 0:33:02.160
<v Speaker 2>When he scrambled off to the sideline, regardless of the coverage,

0:33:02.160 --> 0:33:04.240
<v Speaker 2>they always come right back to him. He put a

0:33:04.240 --> 0:33:06.240
<v Speaker 2>couple in harm's way against the Jets, but he also

0:33:06.280 --> 0:33:09.240
<v Speaker 2>completed some insane throws in that category, including one where

0:33:09.240 --> 0:33:12.480
<v Speaker 2>he's literally stiff arming a three hundred pounds defensive tackle

0:33:12.800 --> 0:33:13.760
<v Speaker 2>while throwing the football.

0:33:13.840 --> 0:33:16.160
<v Speaker 1>This guy's an alien man. How do we impact the

0:33:16.160 --> 0:33:17.160
<v Speaker 1>game in the past? Rush?

0:33:17.320 --> 0:33:19.560
<v Speaker 2>I love Wilkins and Sealer as much as anybody, but

0:33:19.680 --> 0:33:21.920
<v Speaker 2>I just this interior three is so good, and it

0:33:22.040 --> 0:33:24.560
<v Speaker 2>starts with an elite center. It's so hard to get

0:33:24.600 --> 0:33:26.760
<v Speaker 2>interior pressure against a team with an elite center because

0:33:26.760 --> 0:33:29.280
<v Speaker 2>of all the help that he provides, like on the

0:33:29.360 --> 0:33:31.440
<v Speaker 2>right guard I mentioned, like he helps him so much,

0:33:31.720 --> 0:33:33.760
<v Speaker 2>and the matchups I think favor Miami more on the

0:33:33.880 --> 0:33:36.840
<v Speaker 2>edge because I don't imagine Lane Johnson plays six days

0:33:36.840 --> 0:33:39.680
<v Speaker 2>after a high ankle sprain, so pressures, hits and sacks

0:33:39.720 --> 0:33:43.440
<v Speaker 2>allowed my lotta sixteen one in one, Dickerson twelve three

0:33:43.440 --> 0:33:47.440
<v Speaker 2>and one, Kelsey three to one and zero. Jeez, Opeta

0:33:47.720 --> 0:33:49.600
<v Speaker 2>or Opum sorry, eight one and one.

0:33:49.920 --> 0:33:51.640
<v Speaker 1>It's Opeto? What the hell am I talking about?

0:33:51.800 --> 0:33:53.520
<v Speaker 2>And he's only played one hundred and thirty one snaps

0:33:53.520 --> 0:33:55.960
<v Speaker 2>because he's not the original right guard. And then Driscoll

0:33:56.040 --> 0:33:58.160
<v Speaker 2>eight two and one, but just forty three snaps on

0:33:58.200 --> 0:33:59.440
<v Speaker 2>Sunday to allow eight pressures.

0:34:00.800 --> 0:34:01.280
<v Speaker 1>There you go.

0:34:01.520 --> 0:34:03.440
<v Speaker 2>I have some keys I want to talk about. First,

0:34:03.440 --> 0:34:06.720
<v Speaker 2>what's at stake from a standing standpoint, honestly, not all

0:34:06.760 --> 0:34:08.759
<v Speaker 2>that much. It's an NFC team, and in fact, our

0:34:08.840 --> 0:34:11.480
<v Speaker 2>playoff odds decreased by a point last week even though

0:34:11.480 --> 0:34:14.080
<v Speaker 2>we won the game. According to Summer Sports on their

0:34:14.080 --> 0:34:17.240
<v Speaker 2>probability scale of playoffs, that's a direct result of playing

0:34:17.239 --> 0:34:21.200
<v Speaker 2>an NFC team, typically or Technically speaking, Miami could drop

0:34:21.239 --> 0:34:24.200
<v Speaker 2>this one and then rattle off wins in the next

0:34:24.200 --> 0:34:26.920
<v Speaker 2>seven games, which I think they will personally, and have

0:34:26.960 --> 0:34:29.520
<v Speaker 2>the number one seed in their control heading into the

0:34:29.560 --> 0:34:33.400
<v Speaker 2>final three games versus Dallas, Baltimore and Buffalo. That's another

0:34:33.560 --> 0:34:36.160
<v Speaker 2>universal way, but I feel like it's important in the

0:34:36.200 --> 0:34:37.320
<v Speaker 2>description of what's.

0:34:37.120 --> 0:34:37.839
<v Speaker 1>Truly at stake.

0:34:37.880 --> 0:34:41.960
<v Speaker 2>Now that said, I do think this is a human

0:34:42.000 --> 0:34:45.640
<v Speaker 2>game with humans involved and human emotions attached to go

0:34:45.680 --> 0:34:48.440
<v Speaker 2>on the road in that environment against that team on

0:34:48.560 --> 0:34:51.239
<v Speaker 2>this stage to win this game. I think this is

0:34:51.280 --> 0:34:54.080
<v Speaker 2>a confident team already, but if they get this win,

0:34:55.640 --> 0:34:58.239
<v Speaker 2>I think that will just affirm the confidence, and who knows,

0:34:58.280 --> 0:35:00.200
<v Speaker 2>maybe it would be a springboard to them play playing

0:35:00.680 --> 0:35:03.160
<v Speaker 2>into an even higher level than before, and maybe they

0:35:03.200 --> 0:35:05.080
<v Speaker 2>go to sixteen and one as a result of that.

0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:07.359
<v Speaker 2>So it's a big game, but it isn't a big game,

0:35:07.400 --> 0:35:09.319
<v Speaker 2>if that makes sense. The keys to me contain the

0:35:09.320 --> 0:35:12.440
<v Speaker 2>Philly Run game forty four percent success passing rate. If

0:35:12.480 --> 0:35:16.080
<v Speaker 2>you can play at that number while executing our second key,

0:35:16.200 --> 0:35:17.840
<v Speaker 2>which we'll get to in a minute, and the ability

0:35:17.840 --> 0:35:20.360
<v Speaker 2>to stream together run down wins, that could limit this offense.

0:35:20.560 --> 0:35:22.400
<v Speaker 2>That's how other teams have gotten done against them in

0:35:22.480 --> 0:35:24.960
<v Speaker 2>terms of you know, limiting points. Eighteen points against the Patriots,

0:35:25.440 --> 0:35:27.440
<v Speaker 2>twenty against the Jets last week, or fourteen against the

0:35:27.480 --> 0:35:31.720
<v Speaker 2>Jets last week. Key number two, excuse me, prevent aj

0:35:31.840 --> 0:35:35.240
<v Speaker 2>Brown and DeVante Smith from getting vertical. They're completing forty

0:35:35.280 --> 0:35:37.760
<v Speaker 2>percent of their throws twenty plus yards down the field,

0:35:37.880 --> 0:35:39.960
<v Speaker 2>but when they get them, they go for big yards

0:35:40.280 --> 0:35:43.360
<v Speaker 2>eleven completions for four to forty five and four touchdowns

0:35:43.400 --> 0:35:46.239
<v Speaker 2>on such throws. As we mentioned forty four percent passing rate.

0:35:46.320 --> 0:35:49.799
<v Speaker 2>Success comes from a relatively inefficient intermediate passing game. If

0:35:49.840 --> 0:35:53.360
<v Speaker 2>you can force their deep shots into a high incompletion percentage,

0:35:53.400 --> 0:35:55.600
<v Speaker 2>maybe pick one off, then you can get some stops

0:35:55.760 --> 0:35:58.600
<v Speaker 2>and the key number three feed the Cheetah and the Penguin.

0:35:58.800 --> 0:36:00.640
<v Speaker 2>It's a key every single week. But they are so

0:36:00.760 --> 0:36:02.960
<v Speaker 2>banged up. Let's take advantage of that. Let's see Cheetah

0:36:03.000 --> 0:36:04.960
<v Speaker 2>go for buck fifty. Let's see penguin goal for a

0:36:05.000 --> 0:36:07.440
<v Speaker 2>buck fifty, and go get us a big whim on

0:36:07.600 --> 0:36:10.759
<v Speaker 2>Sunday night football. Areas of concern. I'm concerned about the

0:36:10.800 --> 0:36:13.480
<v Speaker 2>run defense versus that quarterback and DeAndre Swift. They're just

0:36:13.600 --> 0:36:15.719
<v Speaker 2>very good and would have me concern regardless of who's

0:36:15.719 --> 0:36:18.480
<v Speaker 2>on defense. I'm concerned about Brown and Smith, especially if

0:36:18.600 --> 0:36:21.040
<v Speaker 2>xaviing Howard cannot go in the game, and I'm concerned

0:36:21.080 --> 0:36:24.319
<v Speaker 2>about Carter and Davis, especially if Connor Williams cannot go.

0:36:24.640 --> 0:36:28.800
<v Speaker 2>Areas to exploit Jack Driscoll have to win that matchup consistently.

0:36:28.800 --> 0:36:30.879
<v Speaker 2>They're gonna help on him, but you have to find

0:36:30.920 --> 0:36:32.440
<v Speaker 2>a way to make him pay when he's one on

0:36:32.440 --> 0:36:35.319
<v Speaker 2>one and then capitalize on some of the erratic nature

0:36:35.320 --> 0:36:37.560
<v Speaker 2>of the offense. If Hurtz puts the ball in Harm's way,

0:36:37.760 --> 0:36:39.959
<v Speaker 2>if he throws a bad pass that cost them a down,

0:36:40.480 --> 0:36:42.839
<v Speaker 2>don't let him get back into the down distance, get

0:36:42.840 --> 0:36:45.759
<v Speaker 2>off the field if that happens, and then their secondary

0:36:45.800 --> 0:36:49.080
<v Speaker 2>injuries and the matchups there exploit them. The prediction I'm

0:36:49.080 --> 0:36:51.880
<v Speaker 2>taking the Miami Dolphins. I feel great about the offense,

0:36:52.160 --> 0:36:55.440
<v Speaker 2>not the defense against that offense. If it's not Connor,

0:36:55.480 --> 0:36:57.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna flip it to thirty four to thirty one Eagles.

0:36:58.120 --> 0:37:01.440
<v Speaker 2>But with Connor, I'm going thirty eight Dolphins and the

0:37:01.480 --> 0:37:02.240
<v Speaker 2>game not being.

0:37:02.120 --> 0:37:03.400
<v Speaker 1>As close as a score indicate.

0:37:03.600 --> 0:37:06.120
<v Speaker 2>I think Miami comes out like we saw Buffalo come

0:37:06.160 --> 0:37:08.480
<v Speaker 2>out against US in Week four. I think they're motivated.

0:37:08.480 --> 0:37:10.200
<v Speaker 2>I think they're gonna play it hard and fast and

0:37:10.280 --> 0:37:12.560
<v Speaker 2>do it early. I think that they're gonna score early

0:37:12.600 --> 0:37:16.080
<v Speaker 2>and often and play comprimary football and show the world

0:37:16.200 --> 0:37:18.480
<v Speaker 2>what we are. That we are, what I have been

0:37:18.520 --> 0:37:21.160
<v Speaker 2>telling you guys this whole year, what I think this

0:37:21.160 --> 0:37:23.800
<v Speaker 2>football team is. And they were last year, but injuries

0:37:23.840 --> 0:37:26.480
<v Speaker 2>gotten the way of that. So thirty eight twenty eight Dolphins,

0:37:26.480 --> 0:37:28.080
<v Speaker 2>That's what I'm saying. Let's go ahead and get out

0:37:28.120 --> 0:37:30.879
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0:37:30.960 --> 0:37:33.400
<v Speaker 2>Duffy tomorrow. A big week of guests here on the

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