WEBVTT - Dolphins Bears Preseason Week 1 Recap 0:00:01.400 --> 0:00:18.079 That's just all looking down Miami drawn. What is up, 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:22.720 Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:28.440 the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:28.480 --> 0:00:32.240 How's it going, everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:32.360 --> 0:00:34.920 and I'm here to bring you a game day recap, 0:00:35.159 --> 0:00:38.920 your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.199 that's right, we made it. We are covering a Miami 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:45.839 Dolphins football game. Will break down all things from the 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:50.879 dolphins thirteen preseason defeat at the hands of the Chicago Bears. 0:00:51.000 --> 0:00:53.720 I'll tell you about a very special uber ride, the 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:56.640 stats from the game, my five takeaways from the game, 0:00:56.880 --> 0:01:00.440 a position by position spotlight, will hand out some game balls, 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.240 the drive of the day, and a bunch more here 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:09.880 on this edition of the Drive Time Podcast. Well, it 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.640 isn't quite a victory Monday podcast, but honestly, I just 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:16.000 watched the tape and it kind of feels like one. 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:18.760 The boys played some good football, got a lot of 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:21.400 stuff on tape to give them an opportunity to make 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:24.119 corrections and get better. And you have to feel good 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:27.480 about the first half production and can make an understandable 0:01:27.480 --> 0:01:30.560 explanation for why the second half went kind of in 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:34.120 the other direction, with a highly talented first round rookie 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:36.680 quarterback getting so many reps for the Chicago Bears and 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.319 he looked great, and then followed by a Super Bowl 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:41.520 m v P coming off the bench to run with 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:44.199 the threes after the fact, before we get to the game. 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:48.200 How about a Saturday morning that you'll never forget. And 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.920 I'm still a little bit star struck from I was 0:01:50.960 --> 0:01:53.919 on an Uber ride from the hotel to Soldier Field 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:57.000 with Jason Taylor, who of course called the preseason game 0:01:57.200 --> 0:02:00.480 from CBS wfo R he and Steve gold Stein. What 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:03.560 a fantastic job those guys did. I've done. I've been 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:07.480 listening to, or watching rather Dolphins preseason games on the 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.560 game Pass stream or previous streams before that for over 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.160 a decade now and probably even longer than that, and 0:02:13.200 --> 0:02:15.400 I haven't heard a broadcast that good. Just finished up 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:17.440 watching the game before jumping on the podcast here to 0:02:17.480 --> 0:02:21.040 record they did a fantastic job. But talking football the 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:24.359 entire Uber ride over there with Jason Taylor talking about 0:02:24.400 --> 0:02:26.280 what I saw a training camp that was a lot 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.120 of fun to do. He was asking me some questions. 0:02:28.400 --> 0:02:31.720 Really really pleasure, really my pleasure, really kind of a 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.200 surreal moment to get a talk to Jason Taylor about 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:36.480 this Miami Dolphins football team. And then to kind of 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:39.240 finish that point, we got dropped off right in front 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.520 of one of the gates to enter and at one 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.600 point on that walk, my credential fell off of my 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:48.040 belt and I had about a one hundred second panic 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.000 thinking that's that's how you're getting into the stadium. Man, 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.600 If you don't have that, you're not getting in. And JT, 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.480 like the true class professional, he is, waited for me 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.040 to run back flag it down. I found it it 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:02.480 back on. We get back up there and everything was 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:04.240 good from there, but a bit of a panic at 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:06.960 the end of a fantastic morning. And then of course 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.720 the postgame show after the game. If you guys did 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.400 not catch the announcement or the show itself, I cannot 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:16.480 recommend it enough. It's myself driving the show. SETH Levitt 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:19.200 and O J McDuffie, the Dolphins legend from the Fish 0:03:19.200 --> 0:03:22.400 Tank podcast on the air for two hours after the game, 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:26.480 talking all things Miami Dolphins football with a little bit 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:28.720 of a touch of mirth in there as well. I 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:31.520 had a great ball joke for Seth that he gave 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:33.799 me some crap about. We laughed about it afterwards. Good 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:36.640 time with those guys talking Dolphins football. I think fans 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.280 of both Drive Time and the Fish Tank will love 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.720 that show. It's on five six w q AM right 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:46.680 after your Miami Dolphins games on Sundays in the regular season, 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:49.200 Saturdays in the preseason, whenever the heck we're playing, We're 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.680 gonna be on the air after those games. We'll talk 0:03:51.720 --> 0:03:53.640 about the football game now, But first I want to 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.560 get into the stats from the game, as we do 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.880 every single recap podcast here on Drive Time, and we 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:02.000 look at some of the key numbers here fifteen first 0:04:02.000 --> 0:04:04.600 downs from Miami to twelve for Chicago. But the third 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:07.520 down number six for fifteen from Miami and one for 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:10.560 two on fourth downs. That gives us, by my elite 0:04:10.640 --> 0:04:15.480 mathematic calculation, seven for seventeen on third and fourth downs, 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:17.720 while the Bears were three for eleven on third down 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.040 and one for one on fourth down, so four for twelve, 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:23.599 last year's league leading defense on third down. Right back 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.080 at it again, under their total from last year at 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:29.159 thirty three on third and fourth downs, the total yards 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:31.839 three d and thirty nine for Chicago, three twenty six 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:35.480 from Miami. Miami outpassed Chicago to oh eight to one 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.080 sixty eight. The Bears got the Dolphins and rushing with 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:42.000 one seventy one to one eighteen, and Miami ran twelve 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.560 more plays sixty three to fifty one plays in the 0:04:44.600 --> 0:04:47.719 game and had the t op time of possession advantage 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.760 thirty three thirty nine to twenty one. But in the 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:53.680 first half, Miami had the football for nearly twenty two 0:04:53.680 --> 0:04:56.159 minutes of the first thirty minutes. And one of my 0:04:56.240 --> 0:04:58.880 favorite stats carry over from the first two years of 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:02.679 the Brian Flores program, m here four penalties thirty eight yards. 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.400 That's a great number to be at. That's how you 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:06.200 wind up in the top five each of his two 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.479 years here and the Bears had nine penalties for fifty 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.440 five yards. And we're gonna jump right into the takeaways here. 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:14.880 We have five of them for you here on the podcast. 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.599 Number One, you gotta finish drives. You gotta finish every 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.880 element of the game when it comes to the National 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:23.080 Football League and really any other sport you look at, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.640 whether it's at the rim and basketball, whether it's in 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.080 the ninth inning and baseball, or on the goal line 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:32.240 and football, And if the Dolphins could have managed to 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.599 put the ball across the goal line after getting second 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:36.720 and goal from the one yard line and then two 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.480 failed running plays, if they punched that ball in and 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:41.839 go up seven zip early, you come back with a 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:43.560 field goal later and make a ten zip and then 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:48.360 eventually you're up zo. That game could have gone really 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:50.960 in the Dolphins direction early on and set the set 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.440 the tempo, dictated the pace of the game, and really 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.800 put the narrative out there that Miami came into Chicago 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.719 and like the numbers and the production you saw on TV, 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:01.040 on the tape that you off, you would have seen 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.479 the results of that match, and then you have the 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:06.080 narrative complete that way for people to say, yeah, the 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.960 Dolphins came out to Chicago and really handled their business, 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:11.120 because I thought they did throughout the course of the game. 0:06:11.160 --> 0:06:13.640 And really, you're gonna make some mistakes, obviously, as coach 0:06:13.640 --> 0:06:15.599 Flores has told us, there's no such thing as a 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.200 perfect game. But you're just so close to finishing off 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.960 these drives, finishing up the short yardage runs. It was 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:23.160 a bit of a bugaboo last year. Hopefully this is 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:25.120 out an opportunity to put it on tape here in 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:27.640 the early part of the preseason and get those things 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.000 corrected going forward. But you gotta finish those drives. That 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:32.080 was my first takeaway. And we're gonna go ahead and 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:35.040 go to Brian Flores now for his postgame press conference 0:06:35.200 --> 0:06:37.799 and hear what he thought about the game and ultimately 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:41.239 Miami's inability to finish some of those drives down around 0:06:41.240 --> 0:06:43.680 the goal line. Well, I mean, we're evaluating the entire game. 0:06:43.800 --> 0:06:49.080 So but I thought we did some good things executing 0:06:49.160 --> 0:06:54.120 some instances, didn't executing some some other instances. Um, I thought, 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.880 you know, played well defensively, got off the field, play 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:59.839 well in the kicking game apart return unit, got some 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:05.680 um positive plays there with Kiman and Jail. Offensively, we 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:09.080 actually moved the ball and we just didn't didn't finish drives. So, 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.520 you know, we don't finish the drives. We can't point 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:16.720 it in from the one turn it over in that 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:21.720 area of the field. Yeah, I come back to bite 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:23.920 job and it did come back to buy the Dolphins 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:25.920 at the end result of that game, and you know, 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.520 thinking about not having the preseason last year. We all 0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:31.160 know the Dolphins started last year at one and three 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:33.480 and then finished the season out nine and three. To 0:07:33.560 --> 0:07:35.840 close that thing, you hope that maybe some of those 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.280 issues like in the Buffalo game last year, the Seattle game, 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:41.160 hopefully get those things ironed out right now and then 0:07:41.200 --> 0:07:43.320 go into the season for that opening with the Patriots 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.240 and start from square one, ready to take on those challenges, 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:49.200 ready to overcome some of those obstacles that the team 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.679 dealt with last year and now in this game, because 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:53.960 if they can find a way to convert some of 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.240 those red zone and inside the five yard line, drives 0:07:57.240 --> 0:07:59.800 into seven instead of three or even in this instance 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:02.679 to where they got zero on the turnover. Like coach mentioned, 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.040 that's how you go from ten and six, playing tight 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:08.840 games and and really taking more ws and getting further 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:10.960 along in your progress than that. So I thought that 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.320 was a big point of emphasis. I had a note 0:08:13.320 --> 0:08:15.000 on here with two in the passing game. I just 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:16.560 want to touch on this real quick, and this is 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.480 kind of coinciding with my first takeaway. We're gonna come 0:08:19.480 --> 0:08:21.600 back and talk about two of here in a minute. 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:26.040 But how about the second possession of the game, This 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.960 narrative about taking check downs and throwing the football short, 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:31.000 whatever you want to call it, to go up top 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.760 for fifty yards to your tight end to Mike get sicky. 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:35.960 I thought that was just a great play. A great throw, 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.240 great job by the offensive line to get that thing 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:40.880 blocked up, great run after the catch, a great little 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.520 subtle move by Mike get Sicki at the top of 0:08:43.559 --> 0:08:45.200 that route to give just a little bit of a 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.679 nudge for that separation for the ball to float and 0:08:47.720 --> 0:08:50.400 there perfectly, and then taking off and breaking tackles and 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:52.600 getting all the way down inside the ten yard line 0:08:52.760 --> 0:08:56.120 to about the seven. But again, gotta finish that drive. 0:08:56.400 --> 0:09:00.880 As coach mentioned, takeaway number two, first defense, and let's 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:03.840 talk about this real quick. On the offense, no Will Fuller, 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:07.200 no DeVante Parker, no Albert Wilson. Those are your one, two, 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:09.760 three receivers on the depth chart starting off for this 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.920 Miami Dolphins football team. So without those guys for two 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.320 to have the game, he did even more impressive. Again, 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:17.640 we'll come back to that. But the second takeaway is 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:21.560 your first team defense, and we use that phrasing lightly 0:09:21.840 --> 0:09:24.560 talking about missing guys, no exhabing Howard in this game, 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:28.440 no Byron Jones, no Emmanuel Ogba, no Jalen Phillips, and 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:31.920 they allow on the first four possessions of the game 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:35.680 thirty five yards, zero first downs, two point nine two 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:39.520 yards per play, and big Bonogay. Christian Wilkins, Eric Row, 0:09:39.559 --> 0:09:41.920 and Nick Needum all had pass breakups in this portion. 0:09:42.200 --> 0:09:44.520 They finish out the first half, not allowing a first 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:48.280 down until twenty seven seconds to play in that first half. 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.840 In the second quarter, on that final field goal drive 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.600 led by Justin Fields, they allowed just three point eight 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:56.640 yards per play and five straight three and outs to 0:09:56.760 --> 0:09:59.120 kick off their preseason talk about starting off where you 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:02.600 finished last year Number one third down defense didn't get 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:05.280 the takeaway today, But when you're playing like that, not 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.760 even necessary because that was a great defensive effort. Again 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:09.840 without a lot of the guys at the top of 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.360 that depth chart. The third takeaway today. Special teams remain 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:17.400 special too. To return men that I mean, that's a 0:10:17.400 --> 0:10:20.199 lot of electricity back through with Jalen Waddle and Jachem 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:23.040 Grant on their first three punt returns, you go twenty 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:26.640 three yards, twenty yards, and fifty four yards. At seventy 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.160 seven yards and punt returns and we lost five yards 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.000 on the fourth return and then after that. I don't 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:32.440 have the numbers in front of me here for you, 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:34.760 but just talking about the way the Dolphins came out 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.760 and really one the areas of the game we've come 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:41.240 accustomed to with Brian Flores defense, special teams, the penalty 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:44.400 yards of the hidden yards battle so important to find 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:47.800 victories in those margins because those thin margins in this 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.240 league and special teams is a big one that seems 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:53.240 to be overlooked every single year by the entire football 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.080 cognist centi and I'm part to blame for that too. 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:57.640 I do it a lot as well, but I don't 0:10:57.640 --> 0:10:59.800 want to do it anymore because it's so important to 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:03.520 the success and outcomes of football games, especially this football team, 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:06.400 and they demonstrate it every single time they step on 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.880 the field. So the seventy seven yards of return yardage 0:11:09.000 --> 0:11:12.680 from Waddle and Jachim Grant, who just both look electric, 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.280 as imaginable, like as electric as you get in this 0:11:15.360 --> 0:11:17.880 league on this planet when it comes to football players. 0:11:18.400 --> 0:11:20.920 And then you have two kickoffs back to back pinned 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.720 down inside the twenty yard line. That's great work by 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:26.280 Jason Sanders. And the coverage crew and Danny Crossman to 0:11:26.320 --> 0:11:28.600 dialogues up to get the team short of the twenty 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.440 five yard line. Again hid in yardage six seven yards 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.880 here or there. It makes a big difference. And then 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.559 you also come out with Michael Pollardi a fifty five 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:38.520 yard punt to kick things off with only a forty 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:40.960 three yard net. Also had the great punt that center 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.960 the Bears return man backwards, muffs it into the end zone, 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.400 recovers that thing at the one yard line. So great 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:49.760 work there by the punt team, the kickoff team. Jason 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:51.760 Sanders of course does not miss field goals. He's two 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.000 for two today with an extra point as well, and 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.599 Blake Ferguson didn't miss any snaps. Got to mention the 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.840 special teams. They continue to provide those thin margins for 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:03.240 the Miami Dolphins. Takeaway number four and this is something 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:07.599 that basically was a carryover from the first couple of 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:10.280 days of preseason action. We saw games on Thursday and 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:13.160 Friday night before Miami and Chicago kicked off the action 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:17.520 on Saturday. Don't take the backup quarterback position for granted, 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:20.640 there's some teams out there that just don't have an 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.280 experienced player at that position, and once the starting quarterback 0:12:24.360 --> 0:12:26.600 comes out, and we know how often injuries happen in 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.200 this league, whether it's for the entire season or for 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.360 a month, or even for a game. If you need 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:33.199 a quarterback to come off the bench in a pinch, 0:12:33.760 --> 0:12:35.720 it sure is nice to have one that has played 0:12:35.720 --> 0:12:38.120 well in one football games in this league. And I 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.480 thought that's what Jacobe Pricette did today. He showed that 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.640 he can not only come in and get you into 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.560 the right calls, get you into the right protections, the 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.360 right looks, the right run plays, and even mitigate some 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.199 of the pressure that we saw from the Bears front 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:55.960 against this Dolphins substituted but not completely substituted offensive line. 0:12:55.960 --> 0:12:59.240 Austin Jackson, Solomon Kinley, and Robert Hunt stayed out there 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:00.840 for the majority of the first half, if not the 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:04.320 entire half, I'm not mistaken. Now, Michael Dieter came out 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:07.600 for Mats Scura and Jesse Davis gave way to Adam Panky, 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.840 the old veteran getting some time off there in that 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:13.520 first half. But Jacoby Brissette, when that offensive line pairing 0:13:13.520 --> 0:13:15.640 we just talked about, kind of allowed a little bit 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.560 of pressure in that game. He did a good job 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.640 to mitigate the pressure, get off of his spot, makes 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:22.120 some scrambled plays. He had one nice scramble that came 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.880 back when I holding call unfortunately, but also just through 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:27.360 the football well kept the team ahead of the chains 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:30.080 and produced points on some of his drives, including a 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:33.320 great throw and catch to savan Akman. We'll talk about 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:35.880 Savon here in just one second because he is one 0:13:35.880 --> 0:13:38.360 of my takeaways as well. Not in my takeaway top five, 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:41.480 but he's in there because explosive plays are the name 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:43.200 of the game, and he certainly provides you with some 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.120 of that takeaway four. B had to shoehorn this in 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.959 here because I really have like twelve takeaways, but I 0:13:48.960 --> 0:13:52.400 gotta get done a five justin Fields, I would start 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.520 him for the Bears if it was my decision. He 0:13:54.640 --> 0:13:56.679 really had his way once the defense started to kind 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:58.319 of pull some guys out of the game. And it's 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:00.280 good to get a tape to me. Even though I 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.640 put this on Twitter and people said, well, it's the backups, 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:04.360 Yeah it is, but it's still the tape that Dolphins 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.559 are gonna watch and dissect and work on and get 0:14:06.600 --> 0:14:09.040 a feel for how to defend a quarterback of this caliber, 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:12.160 which isn't the norm in the NFL by any stretch, 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.240 but it's becoming more and more prevalent. These guys that 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:16.280 can get off the spot and make plays with their 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.040 legs and then bite by way of the plays with 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.400 their legs, they become more dangerous through the area because 0:14:21.440 --> 0:14:23.040 you have to account for both and you don't want 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:25.600 to get caught camping back in the defensive backfield. You 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.000 have to pursue and then that of course opens things 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.640 up downfield. But what a great opportunity to get a 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.200 game and two practices on tape against the quarterback that 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:36.320 can do these types of things. I mean, he was 0:14:36.360 --> 0:14:38.520 doing that at practice, getting out on the edge and 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.640 throwing the football against scattered defensive looks because of the 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:43.920 fact that he was threatening on the edge with the legs. 0:14:44.120 --> 0:14:45.640 To get that on tape, to get a chance to 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:47.240 look at it, break it down, give this team a 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.800 full month before they go into the regular season where 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:52.160 you're gonna see a Cam Newton and Josh Allen and 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:55.120 back to back weeks. To me, that's invaluable, just like 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:57.040 it is to see a pass rush like a Chicago 0:14:57.080 --> 0:14:59.280 Bears team. That's only gonna get you better going up 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.720 against those guys two days of practice and one day 0:15:01.760 --> 0:15:04.520 in a game. My fifth takeaways the offensive line because 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:09.360 I found the narrative out there and interesting or intriguing 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.680 maybe I don't know the term for, but they looked 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:14.400 really good. I thought early on as far as the 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:16.640 past protection goes, I talked about the Mike ga sicky 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:18.920 throw from two, a tongue by lower. He had all 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:21.480 day to sit back there and survey that Adam Shiheen 0:15:21.520 --> 0:15:24.640 throw was pretty similar as well. The interception to close 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:26.440 out to was day. I thought he had plenty of 0:15:26.480 --> 0:15:28.800 time to pass on that one. I didn't get the 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.720 surge you want in the running game, But as far 0:15:30.760 --> 0:15:33.800 as creating enough of a pocket for two to make plays, 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:36.200 that's really what all you have to do for this 0:15:36.320 --> 0:15:38.080 offense to have a chance to be really explosive and 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:40.320 really fun to watch. And things did get a little 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.320 bit compromised. Like I mentioned, when you go from what 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:45.320 Brissette had in front of him compared to what to 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.960 I had, he just I thought Brissette was under more pressure. 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.000 I thought Michael Dieter had a really good day up 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.400 front in terms of helping out with past protection. There 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:55.120 was a great rep where he had to go double 0:15:55.160 --> 0:15:57.720 a Keen Hicks with Robert Hunt because you got to 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:00.280 take care of that guy. And then Khalil mackill looped 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.360 in as the looper on a stunt and Deeter once 0:16:03.400 --> 0:16:06.600 he kind of helped Hunt get into square position up 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:08.760 on a cheam Hicks. He comes off that block and 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.320 follows Khalil Mack and just make sure he doesn't get 0:16:11.360 --> 0:16:14.640 to our quarterback. That's gonna be a critical critical element 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.560 for this team this year that center position. Communicating all 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:19.800 the games and helping keep your quarterback clean and healthy 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:22.360 is so key. And I think for Michael to have 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:25.640 a whole year of experience playing fifteen games and then 0:16:25.720 --> 0:16:28.720 last year stepping back and you know, he went through 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:31.440 the full season, didn't get injured, but his his physical 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:33.840 body kind of got a rest because he didn't play 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:35.720 nearly as much. He only played a few snaps on 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:38.120 offense and some special teams reps here and there. But 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:41.600 he had a whole year too kind of sharpen the 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:43.080 mental side of the game. I think that's gonna be 0:16:43.160 --> 0:16:45.720 very crucial for him at that center position. And I 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:48.360 thought he did really well today. Now there was some 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:50.480 talk about the goal line runs that didn't work out 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:52.680 where he was on the ground. He was cut blocking. 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:54.320 That's what happens when you cut block, you go to 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.160 the ground. That's the idea of a cut block. So 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:59.040 just keep that in mind. But the offensive line, that's 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.280 the kind of takeaway, but a sub takeaway of the 0:17:01.320 --> 0:17:05.879 takeaways that the production they got with two in the game. 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:08.560 I think that's a little bit about what you like 0:17:08.600 --> 0:17:11.200 about who is game that he does elevate the performance 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.639 of those around him, especially when it comes to the 0:17:13.720 --> 0:17:16.080 quick passing game, and you get that ball out quick 0:17:16.080 --> 0:17:18.040 and you pretty much take away the entire factor of 0:17:18.080 --> 0:17:20.720 the offensive line. When you catch rock throw, there's no 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.880 pass rush that can account for that type of passing game, 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.200 and you just can't get home. You're not gonna unless 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.240 they literally turn into parking cones and you can run 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:30.600 right by them. But this offensive line is not that 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:34.240 So it's more than good enough to handle the catch 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.160 rock throw type of passes. But also with that mind 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:39.560 and some of the motion and misdirection and zone read 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:41.359 and stuff you can do, and we saw some of 0:17:41.400 --> 0:17:44.440 that today. The RPO action as well, that's gonna put 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:46.960 just a half of the false step on the defense 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:49.120 or a half of a delay in terms of how 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.640 they key and trigger and flow. That's gonna make all 0:17:51.640 --> 0:17:53.600 the difference in the world. And I think we saw 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:56.119 that how to have made his offensive line better based 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.520 upon the way he handles the game and the approach. 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.200 So that's our fifth takeaway, and that leads right into 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.320 kind of takeaway number six, But we'll just go ahead 0:18:03.320 --> 0:18:06.320 and call the position by a position breakdown. I thought 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:09.399 two looked really, really, really good in this game. The 0:18:09.440 --> 0:18:11.880 ball came out quick, he was off the back foot 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:13.480 on the top of the drop, and he was stepping 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:17.119 up and delivering the football, throwing with tremendous accuracy, and 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:19.640 he attacked deep when he had the time, converted third 0:18:19.680 --> 0:18:23.480 downs of six, eight and nine yards. How I mean, 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:25.159 how long have you been waiting for that as a 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.160 Dolphins fan to consistently know that even when you don't 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:30.480 win first and second down, you still have the ability 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:32.560 to win on the third down. Keep the offense going, 0:18:32.720 --> 0:18:36.119 keep this really good defense fresh. It just all works together, 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:39.320 all compliments, and to convert three third and longs. I 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.080 thought that was such a big part of the game 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:44.080 that I haven't seen talked about a lot, but I'm 0:18:44.119 --> 0:18:46.359 gonna talk about it here on the podcast. Because the 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:49.960