WEBVTT - Dolphins Raiders Rewind - Deep Diving the Tape, Stats and Coaching Staff Commentary 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:05.360 To us byres touch style by waddle stuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boyd tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:16.000 --> 0:00:20.280 What is up? Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:24.280 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:28.480 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host, 0:00:28.600 --> 0:00:32.919 Travis Wingfield And on today's show, it's the rewatch omissions. 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:36.280 Back to the Lab take Review podcast. You know how 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:38.800 we do it here the last one of the preseason, 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:40.879 not gonna do it for next week's game. Will go 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:45.000 over anything we missed from the game recap slash Takeaways pod, 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:48.000 will sprinkle in some PF data, and we'll hear from 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:51.159 head coach Mike McDaniel and the assistance on a very 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:54.560 very busy episode here of the podcast from the Baptist 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.720 Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:07.560 the Drivetime Podcast. So it's funny because watching the game 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:13.080 live in the stadium compared to on television in the 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:15.440 in the station, the radio station for the postgame show 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.000 with Seth and o J. They both have their different 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:20.520 advantages and then of course there's watching the game in 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:24.759 a room by myself, which for me is full of pausing, rewinding, 0:01:25.000 --> 0:01:28.440 pausing rewinding. And when I'm there live, I noticed that 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.000 I don't get as many offensive line notes, but I 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:34.640 do get a better feel for looks, concepts, coverages, that 0:01:34.760 --> 0:01:37.240 sort of thing. So it's an interesting dichotomy on these 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.720 rewatches to measure the things that I missed. If you 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.679 have not done so yet, check out the most recent episode. 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:45.319 And the idea is that these two pods give you 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:48.440 a full scope of things you know when we do 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:52.800 this review in season. I've always liked the idea of 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:56.520 the emotional reaction podcast post game and then the fine 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.160 tooth comb review the day after after having some time 0:01:59.200 --> 0:02:01.640 to dig us the game, both from a film standpoint, 0:02:01.680 --> 0:02:06.000 but also from you know, the emotions cooling down after 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:07.680 the game. I just think it covers the game in 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:09.880 a comprehensive fashion. You don't get a lot of places. 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:14.320 So what that said, here are my rewatch notes for 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:17.760 the Dolphins lost against the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.360 night in Week two of the preseason. Chase Edmonds his 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:23.519 big play in the passing game is where I start, 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:26.280 and it's just nice by everyone involved. You have the 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.920 line that squeezes and shuts down the rush game of 0:02:28.960 --> 0:02:31.880 the opposing defensive front. The Raiders run a little twist 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:35.000 up front. I liked Ikenberg getting extra wreck work on 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.119 that play where he goes out and gets the ribs 0:02:37.160 --> 0:02:42.120 of the man rushing on um left tackle Larnel Coleman. 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:44.280 We'll talk to coach Matt apple Bomb about that here 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.480 in just a moment. And then for twa to attack 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:48.600 the line of scrimmage with his eyes up and keep 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.600 your your eyes on your options down the field. He's 0:02:51.680 --> 0:02:53.440 the top of his drop and you've got nothing but 0:02:53.639 --> 0:02:56.560 Raider Jersey's covering up the guys in aqua. I can't 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.680 even see the number on the field side or the 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.520 boundary corner who's driving on that route to tell you 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:04.720 who it is. Edmunds and Surefield are both bracketed and 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:07.840 Ghasicki's beginning to uncover on a little whip route back 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:10.320 to the inside, but to us season opening on the 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:12.799 backside and heads for that space. I like the way 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.600 he attacked that open space aggressively and that gave Chase 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:19.800 just enough time to outrun the linebacker. The location of 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.520 the ball out in front helps Edmunds transition from pass 0:03:22.560 --> 0:03:27.760 catcher to runner running back and then his ability Edmunds 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:30.919 to stay active through the penalty that legal contact flag 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:34.440 that came out and turn it up with explosiveness and suddenness. 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:36.480 We saw the same thing we've been seeing all camp 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.280 with him, how quick and explosive he is. And how 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.560 about Chase by the way, just a different feel with 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:43.520 the ball in his hands and it I mean he 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:45.960 was running hard. He really didn't get squared up as 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:48.360 a ball carrier after that opening play, which there was 0:03:48.360 --> 0:03:50.080 a big wine back lane. If we could just get 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:54.440 that first forced defender off that edge blocked. But his speed, suddenness, 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.280 it just gives the offense another one of these guys 0:03:57.320 --> 0:04:00.480 who forces defenders to make these snap decisions, which is 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:03.440 the best way to create airs and poor decisions on 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.240 the defensive side. Right. I am a huge, huge Chase 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.760 Edmunds fan man. He is. He's fun to watch. I 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:12.480 thought the Raiders did a good job of consistently blitzing 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:15.760 the weak side edges of this Dolphins offense on those 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.520 fakes and boots, different run action and play action they 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.719 had off of that, they were able to either stop 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.840 the quarterback from getting wide. We're forcing them to bubble 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:25.919 and go the long way around. We did see a 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:29.040 four team percent reduction and play action calls. That's gotta 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:30.839 have something to do with it there. It's nice to 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.119 get work against that and good to see it on tapes. 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.600 You can kind of have your you know, counter to that. 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:37.880 Look once the games start to count. Here on the 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:41.239 first one that two had to ground at Gaski's feet, 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.200 you see Surefield behind the defense all alone on a 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:47.240 deep crosser, and if TWA could have gotten outside that 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:49.760 forced defender man, they had a chance for a huge game. 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:51.479 Something to look at when you go back to the 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:53.480 tape as a coach and put together your plans for 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.400 for regular season games. All of that said, I become 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:59.560 more and more encouraged the more I see these guys 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:02.720 work with how clean the pockets have been for them. 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.400 I think it's a combination of challenging or changing rather 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:08.920 the launch point, playing you know, a solid play action 0:05:08.960 --> 0:05:11.560 game into that, and then just good old fashioned execution 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:14.800 doesn't hurt either. Frankly, who cares how it gets done. 0:05:14.920 --> 0:05:17.680 It's getting done, and if they can sustain that, when 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:20.600 Cheetah and Penguin are in the lineup. That's gonna pair 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:23.320 awfully nicely, isn't it? A good example? That's the sixteen 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:26.240 yard throw to Trent Sherfield. The run action stretched the 0:05:26.320 --> 0:05:29.440 second level of the defense but also puts the solid 0:05:29.480 --> 0:05:32.120 wall in front of Tah so he can go through 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.400 his looks and his reads and progressions. And I just 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:36.799 love the way he moved his feet with his eyes. 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.040 The eyes and feet hardwired together. That helps you stay 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:43.279 in a threatening position while you get through your checks mentally. 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.359 And then he gets right back to that backside and 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.840 puts the ball on Sherefield on time. As he comes 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:50.479 out of that break, the ball is right there. And 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:52.640 you could see Trent get upset with himself after the 0:05:52.680 --> 0:05:55.800 play because his first step after catching the football you 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:58.400 see his foot slide out. I think he probably believes 0:05:58.440 --> 0:06:00.680 that the space that he had, he could have made 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.000 a move to make a man miss and get some 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:06.200 more yards there. Durham Smith had a really nice pole 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.280 slash lead block into the gap on that three yard 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.080 Edmonds run, and then the ensuing four yard run you 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:16.039 get a pancake block from Rob Hunt as Liam leads 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:18.960 on a pole and squares up his stack backer, So 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.520 some good work all around there, and then like that 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:25.280 first down completion to Edmunds, the more I look at it, 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.960 that little flare where to gets it out quickly that 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:31.080 I just love that play so much. Trent sherfield on 0:06:31.120 --> 0:06:33.000 that play back to him real quick. He runs a 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:36.200 really really good route to clear that boundary corner. And 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:39.119 the only threat to Chase is an outside linebacker whose 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.760 first step is upfield to bluff a rush, and that's 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:44.760 as good as coming on the blitz because with the 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.840 release and Chase his speed, the only chance he has 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.440 to get over there for that sideline pursuit is to 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:52.960 sell all the way out on it. And then that 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:55.800 move back inside for a guy with Chase's shift nous. 0:06:56.160 --> 0:06:58.160 I mean, it's really just child's play for him at 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:00.279 that point. You're not gonna make that tackle very often 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:03.479 if you're that backer in that situation, So good operation. 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:06.080 There's only no defense for that. It just protects you 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.520 in the instance that if you're hot, you put the 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:12.280 ball early into an advantageous situation. And we saw that 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.600 there from tah. He also had that nice check down 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:17.000 to Mike Gasicki getting through multiple reads. We talked about that. 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:19.960 We retweeted it from both I think it was Dan 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:23.800 Orlovski and Brian Baldinger. So go check out at Wingfield 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.559 NFL to find those clips of those guys breaking that down. 0:07:26.840 --> 0:07:28.240 And the last thing here, and it's sort of a 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:31.800 continuation of something we've been on is Tah's eyes, and 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.280 I thought they were really good in this game. You know, 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.560 Orlovsky broke that play down where you see him getting 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:40.680 off reads and anticipation of the defensive rotation. That linebacker 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.160 recoils back into the hook and takes away that route. 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:46.720 The flat corner falls into the deep third, which then 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.800 opens the flat to Mike Gasicki on that check down. 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.400 I just think my biggest takeaway from this brief brief 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.920 showing as much as you can get from eight preseason 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:58.280 snaps to hammer the point home, finding that check down 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:01.920 fast and preventing that le defensive pursuit. It's such a 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:05.120 hidden and tangible, but all the best quarterbacks do it well. 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.520 I enjoyed seeing the tight end get some run in 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:11.640 that fullback position slash alignment. Durham Hunter, Sethan Carter was 0:08:11.680 --> 0:08:13.800 back there. You know. Alec Ingles had a really good 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.000 camp so far. With him not out there, you get 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:19.360 some valuable work for those guys formerly called the muscle club, 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.280 the fullbacks and tight ends position room on the safety 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.160 Teddy bridge Wire took where coach took all the blame 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:27.280 for a bad play call there. I think two things 0:08:27.280 --> 0:08:30.440 were true there. There wasn't really a route anywhere near 0:08:30.480 --> 0:08:32.840 where Teddy rolled to, but he did have a lot 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:34.520 of time to get rid of that pass. That's a 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:35.920 play that you're happy to just get out of the 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:38.080 way there. In the preseason, put in the trash and 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:41.640 forget about River Cracraft. Couple of times we saw him 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:43.800 communicating things to guy's pre snap, and that kind of 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.040 speaks to his mental aptitude and just where he is 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.120 in this offense. I like the way he found soft 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.320 spots in the zone and then caught the football and 0:08:50.360 --> 0:08:53.280 turned up immediately into a runner. That's why he converged 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:56.440 so many first downs for your Washington State Cougars, Go Coos. 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:58.960 Then that big gainer on the corner route was a 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.400 really nice catch, and he's sold that route to the 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:03.880 post before taking it back to the corner with a 0:09:03.960 --> 0:09:06.880 really good head fake to put a dB one step 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:09.640 in the wrong direction. That's all you need in this league. 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.160 I thought Robert Jones up front looked good. He was 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.720 snatching guys in pass pro and they would mirror their 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:17.079 movement while maintaining the grip up front. The kind of 0:09:17.200 --> 0:09:19.280 night you want to see from someone like him operating 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:22.040 late into the game with clean rep after clean rep. 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:25.040 He really moved his man on that Savant Akhmed run, 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.480 which was really good burst and cut from Savon for 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.480 twelve yards. I thought Rob Jones and Michael Dieter in 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:33.520 that kind of second string offensive line had pretty consistent 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:35.960 pass pro all night long. And I thought Adam Panky 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:38.000 came into the game at left guard later and had 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:41.120 some really good work too. Always found some work held 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.840 his own in pass pro and he's a guy who 0:09:42.880 --> 0:09:45.440 can play all five spots as well. What a ball 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.280 from Teddy, by the way, on that Braylon Sanders fade 0:09:48.360 --> 0:09:50.960 right into the bucket that one and his throw on 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:53.720 the move where he wheeled out of trouble. That ball 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:55.720 and the fade into the end zone that the defensive 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.120 back broke up on Braylon Sanders were both absolute dimes. 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:01.280 You had moments from all three quarterbacks in this game 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.440 that just has to have you feeling good about that 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.679 room as a whole. Back to the tight end position, 0:10:05.760 --> 0:10:07.800 Hunter Long had a really good run after the catch 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.040 on a quick stick from Teddy where he drops the 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.440 shoulder and runs through a tackle to finish that run 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:14.959 and get extra yards for a first down. I thought 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:16.760 he had some good work as a blocker to the 0:10:16.840 --> 0:10:19.319 very next snap he washes down the edge for a 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:22.040 nice cut back from Savan. On the very next series, 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:24.440 Miles starts with I think a four yard rush and 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:26.680 Hunter motions to the play side and goes and gets 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.160 the force offender and blocks him up. Good work from 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:30.520 him might have been the best tight end tape on 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:33.199 the on the field tonight or that night. And man 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.560 on that shot to Eric Azukama across the body, you 0:10:36.600 --> 0:10:40.480 know Azukama waste not a moment to break his route 0:10:40.480 --> 0:10:42.719 and come back to the quarterback. What an impressive night 0:10:42.760 --> 0:10:45.800 he had. He is just so impressive from a mental 0:10:45.840 --> 0:10:48.360 standpoint of physical standpoint. Let's go ahead and go deeper 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:50.400 into his game. He talked a little bit about Wes 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.840 Welker emphasizing getting your shoulders past your man and that's 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:55.959 the best way to win routes and on that first 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:58.360 deep ball, you see him come out of that original 0:10:59.679 --> 0:11:02.360 really east off the line and he dips those shoulders 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:04.360 and gets him past his man, then takes off and 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:07.520 it just happens so quickly. Take your coaching and ball 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:09.560 out as a result. You'd love to see that. And 0:11:09.600 --> 0:11:12.080 then the catch obviously down the field, the contestant catch 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:15.080 absolutely absurd. Those two on the final drive between he 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:18.760 and Skyler Thompson, outstanding throws, insane body control, just a 0:11:18.880 --> 0:11:21.960 really really impressive couple of plays from the two rooks. 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.400 And I do want to mention Skyler Thompson again. He's 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:26.600 not an omission from the podcast last night because we 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.000 talked about that, but man, he was feeling it the 0:11:29.040 --> 0:11:31.880 field and the instincts are pretty dang nice for a 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:36.160 rookie quarterback. And then his touchdown past his a Quandree White, 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:38.880 so he had that touchdown catch obviously, but he had 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.400 one carrier for four yards and I thought was super 0:11:41.440 --> 0:11:44.440 impressive where he cut backside then right at the line, 0:11:44.480 --> 0:11:47.000 made one more little jump cut and a spin that 0:11:47.120 --> 0:11:50.000 made a man miss and propelled him forward beyond the 0:11:50.000 --> 0:11:52.000 line of scrimmage for a nice positive game. When he 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.800 was contacted into the backfield. So good work from the offense, 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:56.720 go ahead and turn the page of the defense. I 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:59.760 thought Van Gekle and Steeler consistently whipped their guys and 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:04.040 pretty much access full goblin mode. Wilkins and Phillips also 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:07.640 won their matchups with regularity. I thought Phillips pass rush 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.480 on the near Nick Needham interception there was play three 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:12.840 of the game. Man he runs the arc and then 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.400 he's able to stop, put his foot in the ground, 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.880 and then get back the other direction and retrace back 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.559 towards the quarterback, and he gets his hand on Stidham's 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.320 arm to force an errand throw which popped into the air. 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:27.280 His athletic ability at that size, that combination, it never 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.800 ceases to amaze me. Did the exact same thing on 0:12:29.920 --> 0:12:32.960 Zach Seeler sack, which, by the way, my god, Seiler 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.880 is so strong. Back to Gink real quick. He had 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.280 a rush where he looped inside from the foretech where 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:40.400 your head up over the tackle and then come across 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.720 the center position, and he puts a pick on the 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:45.480 center and moves him over a solid gap with that strike, 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:47.319 and then he comes off the hit, closes in the 0:12:47.400 --> 0:12:50.800 quarterback and finishes with a big hit on him. Now, 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:53.880 great play by stid him to complete that pass. But 0:12:54.000 --> 0:12:56.559 man Ginkle did a little bit of everything in this game. 0:12:56.600 --> 0:12:58.440 And the very next play he lines up off the 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.400 weak side sea gap and cuts that down for a 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:03.120 tackle for loss, just like Rashad Jones used to do 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:04.800 for so long here right, it was cool to see that. 0:13:04.960 --> 0:13:07.400 I thought Elijah Campbell was good again. He was in 0:13:07.520 --> 0:13:10.600 coverage on the aforementioned fourth down, but his recovery speed 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:12.760 to make a play on the football was so nice. 0:13:12.800 --> 0:13:15.400 The guy is just the guy that he was covering. 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:17.400 Just made a really nice catch on that play, that 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:19.320 near pick that he had down on the red zone. 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:21.040 You see him put a foot in the ground on 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.400 the little whip route the tight end runs and he 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:25.400 ran it better than the receiver or the tight end. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:29.000 Just really explosive and his change of direction of movement skills. 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.400 Big fan of his game. On the play where Needham 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:33.959 got hurt back to him real quick, his effort, chase 0:13:34.040 --> 0:13:35.840 and tackle and then the hit he made were all 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:38.720 so so very good. That play was defended so well. 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:40.800 But the downside of third and short as they get 0:13:40.840 --> 0:13:44.480 one yard and they converted. Keion crossing wasn't coverage on 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.080 a deep shot incomplete with good hands, a good jam, 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:50.079 good start stop on the double move to get right 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:53.000 back into phase when the receiver turns it on, he 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.840 hemmed him into the sideline with no real room to operate. 0:13:56.120 --> 0:13:58.160 Done that a couple of times so far this preseason. 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:01.360 I thought Kator Cahoo's insta inks really showed on that 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:03.520 pass breakup he had where he's running with his man, 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:05.800 passes him off to the next man in the zone, 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:09.400 and then immediately works to get depth into that hook 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.280 zone and puts himself in position to get his hands 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.360 on a football man. His ability to match impress without 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:18.160 putting a hand on the guy is pretty impressive. Quick 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.720 twitch and a fast processor. With the athletic ability he's got, 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:24.280 that's an intriguing combination if he can do that kind 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.760 of stuff consistently. There was a play where his man 0:14:26.840 --> 0:14:29.240 went in motion and took a jet sweep and who 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.800 ran all the way around and made the play on 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.040 the other side of the formation. Super super impressive. That 0:14:35.120 --> 0:14:38.680 porter Gustin cross shop was absolutely sick. Little heavy step 0:14:38.760 --> 0:14:41.240 timed up with that inside hand swatting down the right 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.200 arm of the right tackle, turned that corner and wham sack. 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.320 He's had a nice preseason so far. Duke Riley was 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:50.520 not just fast, he fit the run super well. Good pursuit, 0:14:50.600 --> 0:14:53.120 no false steps in there and getting to the gap 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:55.920 quickly and finishing that stuff off. That's why I got here. 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.960 On the offense. On the defensive fun rewatch they always are. 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.960 Let's come back and do some media, some Pro football focus. 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:05.080 That's all that fun stuff that's next on the Drivetime Podcast, 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:07.880 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:15:15.200 --> 0:15:17.840 It's a Monday here on the Drivetime Podcast. I want 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.760 to go ahead and cover some PFF numbers before we 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:23.680 hear from head coach Mike McDaniel, and the time to 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:26.720 throw numbers for the quarterbacks really stood out to me. 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.880 Two point eight five, two point seven six, two point 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:32.920 eight eight, that is outstanding. We talked about the clean pockets. 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:35.120 There's your proof right there by the numbers with an 0:15:35.160 --> 0:15:37.560 average depth of target around eight yards for all three 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:40.200 quarterbacks too. By the way, Skylar was three for three 0:15:40.240 --> 0:15:42.680 on passes over twenty yards with eighty one yards in 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:44.640 the game. Doesn't hurt when you' getting the big splash 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:47.000 plays down the field from the receivers, and interesting that 0:15:47.000 --> 0:15:50.200 the Raiders only blitz two oh once, Teddy four times 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:53.360 and Skyler zero times again preseason. Not a lot of 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:55.280 creativity there in terms of your scheme. We'll hear from 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.200 Josh Boyer on that in just a moment. But how 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:00.480 about five point seven yards per route run from Eric 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:04.080 Zukama on twenty routes and outrageous number he caught two 0:16:04.160 --> 0:16:07.480 of three contested passes and small sample size obviously, but 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:11.560 league leaders each year typically around fortent in that category. 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.360 As a team, we caught four of seven. Craycraft and 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.200 Preston both were one of one in that category as well. 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.480 Zukama had a four yards after the catch average eight 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.160 point five yards after the catch for Chase Edmonds. I 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:26.400 mentioned the Quandrea whites one kerry. He was contacted three 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.080 yards behind the line to give him seven yards after 0:16:29.120 --> 0:16:33.000 initial contact. Savon and Miles with both larger workloads, average 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:36.360 three yards after contact. PFF had zero pressures allowed for 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:39.880 Connor Williams, Robert Hunt, Liam Eichenberg gots On four teen 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:43.160 pass rush reps or pass blocking reps. Adam Pankey also 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:46.120 had zero. Austin Jackson had one Rob Jones had one 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.920 Jackson the fourteen reps and Panky and Jones played a 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.560 whole bunch. Van ginkle Man, he and Seiler went full 0:16:51.560 --> 0:16:53.920 Goblin mode. Like I mentioned, four pressures for kink on 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:58.000 thirteen pass rush reps, two for Seiler on eight. Gustin, 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:00.960 Stilly and Jenkins had two pressures of each. A peach 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:02.800 kind of move into the country. Eat a lot of 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:06.200 peaches a piece for those guys. And then Hodge Phillips, 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:10.000 Carney Jr. Wilcomes and Wilkins and Aguavin had one apiece. Cahoo, 0:17:10.040 --> 0:17:12.720 Good and Fedlum led the way with three run stops each. 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:16.120 Channing Tendall, Porter, Gustin and Ben Stilly and Sam Ego 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.879 van All had to those are tackles within two yards 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.359 of the line of scrimmage. And then kat Caho also 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:24.800 had just four yards receiving allowed on twenty seven coverage snaps. 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.119 What a night for him. That's that's all on the 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:30.040 PFF numbers. Let's go ahead and do Mike McDaniels press 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.359 conference from Sunday, starting with the question about Jalen Waddle 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:37.600 and Tehron Armstead their availability coming into this season. Just 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:40.320 now three weeks away. Talking about those two players, here's 0:17:40.320 --> 0:17:45.200 coach Mike McDaniel. UM, both of them are doing real well. UM. 0:17:45.280 --> 0:17:49.960 The with with Armstead, that's that that's a guy that's 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.199 done it in the league at a high level, and 0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:55.480 we're trying to make sure that he's UM ready to 0:17:55.520 --> 0:18:01.520 go week one. UM and he's you know, we evaluate 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:04.080 that on a day day basis. He's been practicing, but 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.080 we're trying not to overload him. UM. He you know, 0:18:07.160 --> 0:18:11.160 he he has invested UM a good amount this offseason, 0:18:11.800 --> 0:18:14.760 more typically than he usually does. So we're just trying 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:17.920 to be smart with that. UM. And I don't have 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.840 I don't have any concerns for a week one at all, UM. 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:24.800 And the plan is is to to that you guys 0:18:24.840 --> 0:18:28.359 will see him a little bit UM this week for sure. 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:35.280 With Wattle that that's just an exercise of uh what 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:41.960 would you call it, um, A really restraint because you 0:18:42.000 --> 0:18:44.359 know it would be one thing I think I'd probably 0:18:44.400 --> 0:18:51.640 be less cautious had he not come back from UM. 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.000 You know, his out of any player on the team, 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.560 his jump in the scheme from O t As to 0:18:57.640 --> 0:19:04.200 training camp was the highest. He he was UM doing 0:19:04.240 --> 0:19:08.119 well but kind of swimming in the playbook. UM, and 0:19:08.240 --> 0:19:10.719 you know, I was very interested to see, you know, 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.280 a second year guy with his first offseason, how he's 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.080 gonna come back for training camp, and UM he was. 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:20.119 Uh he exceeded my expectations. And you guys know I 0:19:20.119 --> 0:19:24.159 have high expectations for him. So when UM, you know, 0:19:24.480 --> 0:19:26.920 we we noticed something that was a little tight and 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:32.480 just you know, we really really wanted to be UM preventative. 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:37.880 We've been extra cautious with him because just just knowing 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:41.040 where he's at in his game, um, within the offense 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:44.120 and how well he was doing so uh this week, 0:19:44.160 --> 0:19:47.280