WEBVTT - Dolphins at Raiders Week 3 Preview 0:00:01.880 --> 0:00:16.040 Bold cutdown Miami quarter run. What is up, Dolphans And 0:00:16.160 --> 0:00:19.959 welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:25.400 podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.960 going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield and as always, 0:00:29.240 --> 0:00:31.640 I am here to bring you your daily dose of 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:34.800 Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we're gonna take 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.720 a deep dive in to the Las Vegas Raiders and 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:40.720 the Week three matchup for your Miami Dolphins. We're gonna 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:44.839 go position by position, talk about opportunities, challenges, tell you 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.680 how both Miami and Las Vegas can win this game 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:52.600 from tendencies, personnel usage, advanced metrics, matchups on the tape, 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:55.400 as well as the three keys to victory for Miami. 0:00:56.120 --> 0:01:01.160 The most comprehensive Dolphins weekly preview matchup show starts now 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.920 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:11.399 This is the Drive Time Podcast when the big news 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:14.120 of the day on Wednesday comes from the opening of 0:01:14.160 --> 0:01:17.600 the Brian Flores press conference on Wednesday morning, when he 0:01:17.600 --> 0:01:20.320 stepped to the podium and revealed the twa tongue by 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.040 Looa has fractured ribs and will be out for the 0:01:23.200 --> 0:01:26.280 game on Sunday. Jacoby Brissette will start in his place 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:30.040 at quarterback under center for the Miami Dolphins. But the 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.080 show doesn't stop. We are still heading out to Las 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:34.680 Vegas for the weekend and we'll meet the Red Hot Raiders, 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.080 who have a pair of wins in games that they 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:40.319 entered as dogs, going in a pair of victories over 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.600 a pair of prominent a f C North Juggernauts who 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:46.640 have been contenders basically every year for the last two decades. 0:01:47.120 --> 0:01:49.600 And that's not been uncommon for this Raiders team under 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:52.800 John Gruden. Last year they started off to and oh, 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.960 including a big win in the week to matchup over 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.280 the New Orleans Saints, and that team went as far 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:02.040 as the Divisional round in the postseason. In twenty nineteen, 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:04.600 the Raiders went into their bye week at three and 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.559 two and that included a loss to the Juggernaut Chiefs. 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:10.320 So a fast starting team, a team that has began 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.239 the last couple of seasons four and two in the 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:16.160 month of December. Now, this is the fourth year of 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:20.000 Gruden on that ten year contract he inked back in eighteen, 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.639 and they've spent a lot of time adding pieces to 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:27.000 the offense, and it's worked. The offense has had really 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.560 no issues moving the ball and scoring points Undergrouden, and 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:35.400 I remember scouting this team back in and more most 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:38.800 notably the quarterback position when Derek Carr was talked about 0:02:39.080 --> 0:02:41.840 an m v P discussions, when I did my breakdowns 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.480 on third and ten dot com rest in peace pouring 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.440 out for the website, I remember battling with Raiders fans 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:51.120 because I had argued that team had one thing that 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:55.079 really made it dominant offensively, a line that got consistent 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.520 push in the ground game and could thwart pretty much 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:00.040 any pass rush that came at them with just a 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:03.000 bowler after pro bowler upfront and then from their car 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:07.160 would assess these three or four vertical route concepts that 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:09.640 he had and ripped one of them to Amari Cooper, 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:14.600 to Michael Crabtree to Seth Roberts or check that thing 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:18.040 down to a Jalen Richard or DeAndrea Washington or even 0:03:18.120 --> 0:03:21.760 sometimes Latavius Murray in that backfield, and those guys would 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:25.000 take advantage of the vacated space from the vertical concepts 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.680 and the strong pass protection like it worked very very 0:03:27.720 --> 0:03:32.600 well for team. So I wasn't a big Car believer 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:34.920 then or coming out of the draft. And that's kind 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.040 of been Derek Carr's whole career, right. He's he's just 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.880 not respected in the way he should be as far 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.560 as his production compared to the level of respect he 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:46.560 gets now for me. For me, I think that his 0:03:46.680 --> 0:03:49.240 game has grown as much as anybody, and I'm very, 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:54.200 very willing to allow new information to reshape my opinion, 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:56.280 and Car has done that for me. And let's go 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:59.120 ahead and make that the prelude into the Raiders quarterback 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.760 versus the Dolphins safeties. But real quick, let's finish the 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:04.760 prelude because we left it open there. The defense for 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:07.800 the Raiders has been their bugaboo under Gruden over the 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.120 last few years as Car has developed into an absolute 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:13.000 stud and that offense continues to click on all cylinders 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:14.760 to beat the Chiefs last year in a shoot up, 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:16.080 and it tells you kind of how far along they 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.040 are offensively. And so this year Gruden and Mayock, the 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.559 GM formerly of NFL Network, went after the defense hard 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.920 in the draft class and free agency, particularly at that 0:04:26.040 --> 0:04:29.600 safety position. In April's draft with Treyvon Morrig, Tyree Gillipse 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:33.640 Callispie and Divine Diablo, probably the greatest name in football history. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:37.520 Though Diablo is more of a sub package linebacker type 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.400 at this stage of his career. But I really really 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.320 liked the games of Merrig and Gollizpie at safety and 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:45.640 think Diablo has a chance to really develop into that 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:50.200 kind of position. Changes you're possible money backer, sub package linebacker, 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.680 a little bit of you know, multifaceted linebacker. They're cann 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.719 play multiple roles, but so far only marrig is playing 0:04:56.760 --> 0:05:00.600 on defense exclusively, where Gillizpie and de Alblow have been 0:05:00.640 --> 0:05:03.359 special teams nearly exclusively. But the point is that they 0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.600 really put their eggs in the defensive basket this offseason, 0:05:06.960 --> 0:05:09.520 so we'll see how quickly they can acclimate those new parts. 0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.080 But as they do that, to start off two and oh, 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:14.880 you have to imagine the Raiders are flying high and 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.719 their fans have to be thrilled with those two victories. 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.760 So they come into a home game undefeated off a 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:24.080 couple of big wins, and the Dolphins starting quarterback is down, 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.120 so they have to be thinking, this is a great 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:27.760 chance for us to get to three and oh, but 0:05:27.839 --> 0:05:30.960 not so fast. Let's talk about the Raiders quarterbacks versus 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:34.120 the Dolphins. Safety is here and Derek Carr, you know, 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.760 going back to him, he's processing right now as well 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.960 as anybody in the league. He's executing full field reads 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:42.640 and he has an absolute comfort in Jon Gruden system, 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:46.080 something that I think comes with four years together. And 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:49.800 as a neutral observer, I love the way and this 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:52.559 goes back sixteen again that they're and that's a different 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:56.000 coaching staff, but their vertical game is really shaping up. 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:58.560 They can get to four vertes from any set, which 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:00.920 is difficult to define end and like if you go 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:04.040 third team personnel, and they can do that with Derek Carrier, 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.200 Foster Moreau and then obviously Darren Waller, who will talk 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.400 extensively about here on this podcast. But to get to 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.840 that set and to go four verts, it's tough to 0:06:11.920 --> 0:06:15.160 contend with because you can run the football against if 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:18.400 the defense wants to adjust by going more coverage heavy, 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.200 or you can throw it against linebacker heavy packages and 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:23.520 get your one on one matchups that way. And especially 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:26.280 with the way Derek Carr is currently attacking leverage, Like 0:06:26.320 --> 0:06:28.800 there was a throw in the Pittsburgh game where he 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.880 locates the post safety and single high and throws off 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.400 the leverage of the man coverage in the slot. Like 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:36.720 there's no separation when you look across the board, and 0:06:36.760 --> 0:06:38.280 that's kind of one of the challenges you deal with 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.280 when you go into these tight end heavy sets to 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:43.120 throw the ball from. It's like, you're not going to 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:46.480 really create explosive separation because that's just something that's how 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:49.119 the nature of that position, by how they run routes. 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.080 But even when there is no separation, he just puts 0:06:52.160 --> 0:06:53.960 the ball away from the coverage. They get off their 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.360 man and they can make the catch and it goes 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.680 right into the direction of somebody else's route. But once again, 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.480 because as he's reading leverage, like and when you hear leverage, 0:07:03.320 --> 0:07:06.440 it's all about how is that defender going to move 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.560 based upon their current position. So I talk a lot 0:07:08.600 --> 0:07:12.000 about terms in this podcast. Right, leverage just means if 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:14.600 my butt is to the sideline and I have a 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:17.520 step going towards the middle of the field, You're reading 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.000 that leverage as the outside is going to become available 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.440 because I'm vacating that spot. It's all about anticipatory thinking 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:28.080 in this game and leverage, whether it's blocking coverage pre 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:31.160 snap look from a defender. Leverage will tell you everything 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.200 you need to know. Once you learn how to read leverage, 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:35.600 that's when your game can take off from a mental standpoint, 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.400 if you have the physical skills to match. Like, I 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.400 can read leverage, but I have a pop gun arm, 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.120 so I can't play quarterback. And I wait a hundred 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:44.760 and sixty pounds, so I would get murdered if I 0:07:44.840 --> 0:07:48.400 played behind an NFL offensive line anyway, that's beside the point. 0:07:48.640 --> 0:07:52.280 So reading leverage, he just knows that, Okay, that defender 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:53.800 has his back to me. He's not going to peel 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:56.160 off that coverage. If he does, that's an ed read 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.600 level play. We're gonna risk that he's not gonna make 0:07:58.640 --> 0:08:01.000 an ed read level play because only really read ever 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.080 did that. And then the intended target gets his eyes 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.600 back to the quarterback. And then because he can react 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:09.280 to that past that way, he can come off that 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.080 coverage and get away from the leverage of the defender 0:08:12.120 --> 0:08:14.560 and make a nice catch and contested traffic or slightly 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:18.680 behind him away from that defender. So Car is adept 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:21.440 at getting the football out in the face of pressure, 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:23.520 like he can do that fade away where they kind 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:25.040 of get to their back foot and just buy as 0:08:25.120 --> 0:08:27.480 much time as they can and loft the ball with 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.280 a lot of air under it on the deep pass 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.560 and plenty of anticipation to throw to a spot. One 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:34.440 of the things we were very high on this podcast 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:36.680 with two a tongue by low of this training camp, 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:39.720 and man, he's been accurate throwing the football down the field. 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.000 And that's gonna be a big matchup in this game 0:08:42.000 --> 0:08:44.000 because Miami does so well to defend the deep ball 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:46.880 and not allow explosive plays. Through two games so far, 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.520 both opposing offenses do not have the explosive play. There 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:52.559 was the big one to Emmanuel Sanders and then of 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:54.679 course the big one on one to Stavon Diggs late 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:57.880 in that game, but that was a ball at best. 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:01.560 But in general, this Dolphins defense does not give up 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.839 the deep stuff. So that's an interesting matchup here because 0:09:03.880 --> 0:09:07.040 on balls twenty plush yards, Derek Carr's seven for twelve 0:09:07.280 --> 0:09:10.040 with two hundred thirty four yards, no picks and a 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:13.320 couple of touchdowns, so really really good deep ball production 0:09:13.360 --> 0:09:17.640 there from Derek Carr. Then on intermediate balls in that 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:21.480 ten to nineteen yard range. He's eight for nine for 0:09:21.640 --> 0:09:24.280 one hundred and fifty one yards throwing the ball between 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.240 the numbers, so squarely in the middle of the field 0:09:26.480 --> 0:09:29.920 with ten to nineteen yards of depth. He's been on fire. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.680 And think about Darren Waller in that position. In total, 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:35.400 he's ten for twenty with a hundred and seventy yards, 0:09:35.440 --> 0:09:37.920 a touchdown, and no picks throwing intermediate. In fact, his 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:40.440 only interception on the season came on a short throw 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:42.679 over the middle. You probably all remember it in that 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:45.840 Baltimore game. It deflected off a face mask and into 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:48.200 the air for up for grabs and the Ravens picked 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:51.199 that thing off. Against pressure, Car is thirteen of twenty 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.559 six for two hundred and fifty two passing yards, two touchdowns, 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:57.280 and a pick. That's nine point seven yards per attempt. 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:02.360 He's handling murky pockets of very very well. When blitzed 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:08.080 fourteen four yards and two touchdowns, that's twelve yards per attempt. 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:11.440 He's been fantastic, and I think Miami's man coverage could 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:13.920 really serve the defense well this week, as car will 0:10:14.000 --> 0:10:16.720 certainly want to locate the safeties and what they're doing 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:18.920 to try to find his matchup and find out how 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:21.160 he can get the ball to Darren Waller or possibly 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.760 over the top to Henry Ruggs, and more times than not, 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.360 the matchup he wants is going to be Darren Waller. 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.880 His twenty six targets are most in the National Football 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:32.640 League tight ends, receivers, or backs, or otherwise more than 0:10:32.679 --> 0:10:35.800 anybody else for Darren Waller. Let's go ahead and meld 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:38.880 this segment into the Dolphins defensive backs versus the Raiders 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:44.599 skill players, and what they've been doing is utilizing the 0:10:44.600 --> 0:10:47.360 speed of Henry Ruggs to force the defense into protecting 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:49.720 the deep part of the field and then really attacking 0:10:49.800 --> 0:10:53.280 those potentially vacated areas by going after a Darren Waller 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:56.720 or a hunter Renfro, whatever the case may be. But really, 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.600 regardless of coverage on Waller, they want to get him 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.520 the ball. Gonna throw him the football over and over 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.120 and over again. So if you're on wall or even 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.000 if you're doubled or bracketed or zone or whatever the case, 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.080 maybe car is gonna go after him. Thirteen targets per 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:12.280 game for the first two weeks, and this is where 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.520 last week's usage in Miami's depth at the position I 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.600 think you know pairs well with these the Week sixteen 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.120 game a year ago. It fascinates me actually because we 0:11:21.240 --> 0:11:24.679 saw mccordy in Holland play more than fifty snaps in 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:27.640 that game. On Sunday, we saw Eric Rose snap count 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:29.440 really dropped the most it has since he's been here, 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:31.839 down to twenty six snaps, and then Brandon Jones was 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:34.840 also in the twenty snap range. I'll be really curious 0:11:34.880 --> 0:11:37.160 to see the plan for Waller. But the best way 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:39.360 to really get after Car is well the same way 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:42.120 you get after pretty much all quarterbacks. You disguise your 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.080 coverage pre snap and force that extra half second delay 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.760 on Car on those anticipation throws. I think that's where 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:52.079 you can really get him because we saw the sacks 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.560 last year from Andrew van Ginkel. I think he had 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.559 two sacks in that game, and there was some trepidation 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.719 from Car as the pocket began to crumble, and that 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.120 needs to be replicated in this game. So those guys 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:06.559 is versatility at safety. If it can just cause confusion 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:10.640 or a beat of hesitancy from Derek Carr, just a 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:14.520 very very little beat could really pay or play rather 0:12:14.600 --> 0:12:17.679 in Miami's favor. Now moving to the receivers. I mean 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:20.720 Waller is truly deserving of his own segment. The guy's 0:12:20.760 --> 0:12:23.000 a freak. John Gruden called him the best player he's 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:26.400 ever coached, and remember Jon Gruden has coached Warren SAPs 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:32.240 very high praise. Henry Ruggs though, speed guy, vertical skill set, crossers. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:34.160 You get that deep over route without a pass rush, 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.480 he can kill you there. He can take screen passes 0:12:36.520 --> 0:12:38.800 and turn those into big plays. But as far as 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.600 playing man coverage on Henry Ruggs, always want to keep 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.160 your eye on the deep portion of the field, which 0:12:44.200 --> 0:12:45.959 is something Miami does so very well. But if you 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.240 go man coverage, you probably want to roll help over 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:49.960 there because he can take the top off the defense. 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:55.000 He's as fast as anybody doing it. Hunter Renfroze skill set, quicks, 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:58.520 reliable hands, toughness, first guy and last guy out type 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.920 of player. Now we saw XAVI being Howard travel with 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.760 digs last week. We've also seen this defense play one 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.360 guy to a side with regards to X you go here, 0:13:06.480 --> 0:13:09.120 Byron you go there. So I'm not sure this offense 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:12.640 requires a travel. We will see because Waller is that 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:14.800 primary target and the guy you focus on, But I 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.480 don't imagine that would be a Byron Jones or Xaviing 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:20.000 Howard asked, maybe it is, we'll find out. I'm not 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:22.880 sure how the Dolphins want to defend that, but if 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:26.840 you bracket Waller, who can contend best with Rugs's speed, 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.280 I happen to think that's Byron Jones because he has 0:13:29.400 --> 0:13:31.720 the ability to transition and get up field and get 0:13:31.800 --> 0:13:34.000 vertical and defend those deep balls. He's been very good 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:37.040 through two games. Justin Coleman, I think is my matchup 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:41.120 on Hunter Renfro, because you know he played that week 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.679 to game compared to what Nick Needham did in week one. 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.319 It was basically a flop or a swap for those 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:49.760 two guys. I think Coleman's physicality is a good match 0:13:49.840 --> 0:13:53.400 for renfro skill set. Let's let's really focus on disrupting 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:55.880 him with physicality and getting hands on him. I like 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:58.079 Justin Coleman's ability to do that. So where does that 0:13:58.160 --> 0:14:00.839 leave xaviing Howard in this whole thing. I'm just not 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:03.640 really sure. I mean, you obviously can put him on 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:05.760 anybody and feel good about it. Maybe it is Waller. 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:07.959 I'm not sure what it is, but I like the 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:09.959 way Jones matches up with Rugs. I like the way 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:13.240 Renfro matches up or Coleman ratches up rather with Renfro, 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:15.400 And we'll see where X goes. Maybe X does go 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:17.280 on Rugs. I'm not really sure how that works. But 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:21.800 in the Ravens game, the Raiders had very little success 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.120 against their man coverage looks, but went to work on 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.480 their zone coverage. Something to keep in mind there, because 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:30.640 Miami played about man coverage last week and about the 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.960 prior week. But Derek Carr is an athlete. He's just 0:14:34.080 --> 0:14:36.080 not quite the runner that Josh Allen is, so playing 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:40.120 man coverage is even more viable in this situation if 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.400 you want to bracket both Waller and Ruggs, who again, 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.200 those are the two guys. If you can take them out, 0:14:45.200 --> 0:14:46.840 you're gonna win this game in my opinion, because those 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:48.760 are the two guys that really make this offense click. 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.000 And that means no blitzing if you want to do that, 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.080 because if you're gonna bracket two receivers, you're gonna have 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:55.400 to have six defensive backs at least on the field 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.440 to be able to cover up all five options and 0:14:57.560 --> 0:15:00.640 double those guys, which bleeds into our next possession group 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.880 into the trenches. The Las Vegas offensive line versus the 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:08.040 Miami front and the offensive line changes where the cause 0:15:08.240 --> 0:15:12.200 of much consternation among pundents with this Raiders team this offseason. 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:15.640 Myself included. I thought Rodney Hudson wasn't all proc. Trent 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.440 Brown's a Pro Bowl lel tackle, thought Gabe Jackson is 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:20.760 bordering on Pro Bowl level. All three of them are gone. 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.560 Denzel Good and Richie Incongnito both are on i R. 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:26.840 So a lot of change up front for this Raiders team. 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:29.120 And here are the pressures by starter as far as 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:31.200 the guys who played in the Pittsburgh game. Colton Miller 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:34.120 for me, by far the best player of the bunch. 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:37.720 Four pressures, no hits allowed. Jermaine illuminoire he was hearing 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:40.000 with us in camp. One pressure that was a hit. 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:44.640 Andre James three pressures, one hit allowed. John Simpsons seven pressures, 0:15:44.720 --> 0:15:49.080 one hit allowed. Alex Leatherwood seven pressures, one hit, but 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:52.000 three of the team's four sacks have been charged to 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:57.080 Leatherwood allowed so far for the Raiders. However, he exited 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.960 the Steelers game and John Gruden said he'd be question 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.400 Noble to play, but they also signed Jackson Barton off 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:06.200 the Giants practice squads and maybe some tea leaves there 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:07.920 as far as who might play in that game. But 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.320 in Leatherwood's place on Sunday was Brandon Parker. And he's 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:14.640 another one of these big, lumbering guys that his profile 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:16.360 didn't come out as far as a guy that can 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.920 really really show movement skills. He was more of a 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:21.840 power player, and that is where the primary matchup in 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:25.720 this game exists. For me. Emmanuel Ogba has been not 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:28.040 just one of the dolphins best defenders so far, one 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:29.920 of the best players in the team through the first 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.440 two weeks, and that goes back to last season as well. 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:36.360 But pressures run stops sack production. He needs to win 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:38.680 his one on one matchups when he gets them in 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:40.640 this game, and I like his ability to do that 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.400 because both Leatherwood and Parker, whoever it might be out there, 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.920 are young players, and Aga can really show them a 0:16:46.960 --> 0:16:49.400 thing or two about heavy hands, momentum, and the arsenal 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.480 of pass rush moves that he has developed over the 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:55.120 course of two years here in Miami. Now that I 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.600 think bodes well from Miami on the other side of 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.840 the football, Andrew Van Ginkl had his best game against 0:17:00.880 --> 0:17:02.880 Colt Miller a year ago, and that would go a 0:17:02.960 --> 0:17:05.160 long way if both those guys can win those matchups 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:07.640 to really swinging this thing back in the Dolphin's favor. 0:17:07.680 --> 0:17:10.880 In fact, this is where I really like Miami's entire matchup. 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:14.880 Their depth and ability to neutralize an offensive line that's 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:17.159 been effective so far, but I think has some some 0:17:17.280 --> 0:17:21.280 possible cause for concerning the future with all the moving parts. 0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:24.119 Maybe the move is to dial up pressure. And if 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:25.879 you can get pressure in a way that comes as 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:28.199 a surprise to Derek Carr, that's gonna go a long 0:17:28.280 --> 0:17:30.480 way towards slowing this offense that's off to a really 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:34.399 hot start so far. But also Car had that ankle 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:36.840 injury that I don't know if it's an injury because 0:17:36.840 --> 0:17:40.040 he's a full participant in Wednesday's Raiders practice, but if 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:42.520 it just slows him a little bit, the extra pressure 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:44.840 could go a long long way. And I also think 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:47.760 that Jerome Baker's ability to get skinny and provide pressure 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.399 inside could really come into play big time here. And 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:52.920 this is the continue to talk about how this matchup 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.280 to me, I think if Miami can really exploit it, 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:56.639 they can have a good chance to come out here 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.280 with a victory because this is a bigger offensive line 0:18:00.160 --> 0:18:03.080 that's more prone to winning with gap control and size 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.720 and strength and getting pushed. But then the other side 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:08.320 to that is trying to slow their run game down. 0:18:08.600 --> 0:18:10.879 So it's a fascinating matchup in that regard, and that 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.920 brings us to our finals. Raiders offense first, Dolfin's defensive 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:16.959 matchup here, and again this is where that size might 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:21.160 kind of take away from the Raiders advantage because Josh 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:24.960 Jacobs John Gruden called him very, very questionable in his 0:18:25.040 --> 0:18:27.840 Monday press conference, and Kenyan Drake would get the start 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.160 in the event that he can't go. And I wrote 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.520 Brandon Jacobs here in my notes on accident, but I 0:18:32.600 --> 0:18:34.959 had to correct it because their play styles are so similar. 0:18:35.400 --> 0:18:37.960 But Drake, we know about him quick back, wants to 0:18:38.000 --> 0:18:39.920 search for the home run. He's patient to do that. 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:42.159 He can hit the home run, but he also can 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:44.359 give you some TFLs in that way as well. He 0:18:44.480 --> 0:18:46.960 also can contribute in the passing game. One thing I 0:18:47.040 --> 0:18:49.080 might like is the approach the Bills took last week 0:18:49.160 --> 0:18:51.959 too against US to blitz their running back and put 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:55.520 him in peril, make Kenyan Drake make pass protection decisions, 0:18:55.600 --> 0:18:58.760 make him make tough decisions in the backfield. This running 0:18:58.800 --> 0:19:04.240 game right now averages point one yards before contact. So 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:07.080 if you can blitz that running game and shut that 0:19:07.119 --> 0:19:09.720 thing down, that's gonna go a long way. Because minimizing 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.280 Drake with some tackles for loss and some run stops 0:19:12.440 --> 0:19:14.520 and putting him in conflict in the past rush plan, 0:19:14.840 --> 0:19:16.960 that's gonna go a long way towards keeping the scoreboard 0:19:17.000 --> 0:19:20.080 operator in Las Vegas board when the Raiders are on 0:19:20.200 --> 0:19:21.480 the field. And I think that's actually one of the 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:24.880 other key matchups is and what makes Baker a key 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:27.719 player in this game his matchup on Kenyan Drake. Now, 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:30.640 if Jacobs does go, then a land in Robert's role 0:19:30.680 --> 0:19:33.399 becomes much more significant. Maybe the Raiders stay away from 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.840 those bigger you know, those bigger packages in terms of 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:39.000 extra tight ends and backs and adapt more to Drake's strengths. 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:41.959 We will see about that. But again, regardless of who 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:45.720 goes point one yards before contact per rush through two games, 0:19:46.040 --> 0:19:49.760 I like Christian Wilkins, Zack Seieler, and Adam Butler's opportunity 0:19:49.840 --> 0:19:52.359