WEBVTT - Drive Time - Tape Tuesday with Advanced Metrics 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:09.320 Factors Patrick touchdown. What a win for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow? 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:14.840 What is up? Dolphans? And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, 0:00:14.960 --> 0:00:19.200 part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:23.520 Miami Dolphins each and every day. How's it going everybody? 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:27.440 It is Tuesday. I am Travis Wingfield and the emotion 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:30.240 has worn off a little bit from the season opening 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:32.960 loss in New England. As we are back and we 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:36.000 are here to bring you your daily dose of Miami 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:38.920 Dolphins football. And on today's show, a few more notes 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:42.280 on that Dolphins Patriots open and before we officially turned 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:45.120 the page to Buffalo, we're gonna hear from Coach Flora's 0:00:45.320 --> 0:00:48.040 his Monday press conference, a couple of sound bites from 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:51.560 rookie safety Brandon Jones. The Dolphins coordinators will talk today 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.240 on this Tuesday, and we're gonna go inside the numbers 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:57.560 with all the snap counts, personnel usage, some all twenty 0:00:57.560 --> 0:01:00.800 two notes from late Monday night, and much much more 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.480 as we begin to turn the page to the Buffalo Bills. 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:06.759 All of that and more on this Tuesday, September fifte 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:14.039 edition of the Drivetime Podcast. We heard from Coach Flora's 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.720 on Monday afternoon. Let's go ahead and first start by 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:20.319 playing his press conference from Monday afternoon, some final notes 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:23.000 from coach on the week one loss up in New England. 0:01:23.440 --> 0:01:25.920 Coach was first asked about some things the Dolphins have 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:29.080 to work on, including creating more explosive plays on the 0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:31.000 offensive side of the football. There's a lot of things 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.680 we gotta work on. Exposed to plays part of that. 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:37.960 So we'll look at different schemes, personnel, We'll look at 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:40.960 everything and try to do what he feels best for 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:44.200 the team from exupposed to play at standpoint, but also 0:01:44.319 --> 0:01:47.039 just an overall offensive team. And up next was kind 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:50.000 of an accountability checker here for coach Flora's as he 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.200 takes accountability for the loss on Sunday, talking about how 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.520 this team just has to be better across the board. 0:01:56.040 --> 0:01:57.800 You know, I mean, as a team, we've got to 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:02.320 be better across the board offense, defense, special teams. I mean, 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:04.480 there were some opportunities that you know, we didn't take 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:08.960 advantage of after watching the film. That includes the quarterback position, 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.839 but it includes all the positions. Um, we need better 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:14.120 play from everybody. We need better coaching. That starts with me. 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.760 So you know, there's there's a little a little bit 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:20.720 to go around at every every position. Um, every position, 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:23.519 every position, coach, we all have to be better. And 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.760 of course with two d and seventeen yards on the 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.239 ground from the Patriots, coach was asked about how the 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.880 Dolphins can get better working off the edge and improving 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.640 that run defense that they showed in Week one. There 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:36.359 were there are obviously a lot of issues so setting 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.359 the edge, you know, those quarterback read plays, who's got 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:44.359 the quarterback who? You know, there's just some miscommunication on that. Um, 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.799 we had a couple of calls there where it was 0:02:46.840 --> 0:02:49.680 just a miscommunication. We try to get fixed on the sideline. 0:02:50.200 --> 0:02:52.839 Gotta fix one guy's gout at once, somebody does else 0:02:52.880 --> 0:02:55.160 doesn't have it, you know, change the grouping. I mean, 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.079 there's a there was a plethora of things we gotta 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:00.239 get fixed. And um, we'll work on that all week 0:03:00.440 --> 0:03:04.000 and again that that falls on me and uh, we'll 0:03:04.000 --> 0:03:06.360 get that. We'll get that corrected. We're looking forward to 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.200 another opportunity to go out and compete next week and 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:11.400 we are going to come back later in this podcast 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.760 and revisit coaches kind of initial thoughts going into Week 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:16.480 two as you heard him talk about the need for 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.320 improvement heading into the Buffalo Bill's game. Let's go ahead 0:03:19.320 --> 0:03:21.680 and finish here with his press conference with my question 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:24.519 for coach to evaluate the past protection on the offensive 0:03:24.560 --> 0:03:28.120 line in Week one. But the protection was was was solid. 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:30.880 We had we had a room to step up and 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.760 time to throw it. That was good. Obviously, you know 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:36.200 we can always improve in that area as well. We 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.360 were gonna need that. We're gonna need, you know, similar 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.640 protection this week against a really really uh good front, 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.440 good defense. So go to those young guys. Got off 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.360 to a solid start. But I mean it's about consistency 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.120 in this league. We really need more consistency across the 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:56.880 board on this team, offensively, defensively, end in the kicking game, 0:03:57.080 --> 0:03:58.840 but I did think they got off to the start. 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:01.360 And let's go ahead and pivot now to a piece 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:03.920 we're gonna do every Monday post game, and it'll be 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.320 Friday post game after the Jacksonville Week three Thursday night 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:10.000 football game there in Jacksonville. We'll have to do that 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:12.760 on Friday, But for the meantime, we're gonna do these 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:16.880 things on Monday morning following the Dolphins Sunday games. Taking 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:20.240 a look at team stats, individual performances, snap counts, and 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.040 personnel usage, all that fun stuff. We did a weekly 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:25.240 back at Locked on Dolphins. Gonna go ahead and continue 0:04:25.240 --> 0:04:28.479 that tradition here with the Miami Dolphins, and take into 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.159 account that these were recorded before the Monday night game. 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.560 According to Pro Football Reference, Pro Football Focus, next Gen 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:38.159 NFL Stats, plenty of good stuff. First off, the Dolphins 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.680 game was the shortest on Sunday, two hours and forty 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:44.040 five minutes. Everybody loves a quick game, and just to 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:45.720 kind of go off the top here, you always have 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:49.240 to recall or think about sample size sixty snaps, give 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:51.080 or take either side of the football. A lot of 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.560 volatility in these stats as we go on here in 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:56.400 the NFL season, even a sixteen game sample size can 0:04:56.400 --> 0:04:59.400 be too small sometimes, so take that into account here 0:04:59.480 --> 0:05:02.200 when hearing the stats. Won sixteenth of the season. Now 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:04.839 in the books, Dolphins are ranked twenty five on offense 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:08.159 and thirteen on defense, both those in total yardage and 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:10.760 those rankings bear out in the scoring category as well, 0:05:10.920 --> 0:05:13.120 as the Dolphins allowed the twelve fewest points in the 0:05:13.200 --> 0:05:16.839 NFL Week one and have the seven rank scoring offense. Again, 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.240 this out of twenty eight teams without Monday Night in Pittsburgh, 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:23.680 the Giants, Tennessee and Denver. The Dolphins eighty seven yards 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:26.040 on the ground ranked twenty one, and the two hundred 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:29.320 and seventeen rushing yards allowed was in the NFL. The 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:32.360 Dolphins passing offense ranks twenty four, but the past defense 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.720 allowed the fewest yards in the NFL. On Sunday, Miami 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.280 allowed a fifty percent conversion rate on third down that 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.400 was twenty one in the NFL. The offense converted thirty 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:43.680 six point four percent of the time on third down, 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:47.560 ranking nineteenth. In the crucial red zone, the red area 0:05:47.720 --> 0:05:50.159 the biggest portion of the field of Dolphins were one 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.840 for two on offense, giving them the seventeenth ranked red 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:56.440 zone offense and also tied for seventeenth on defense, allowing 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.599 three touchdowns on four red zone trips and seventy of 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:02.240 the time. The Dolphins ran majority of their offense through 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.520 eleven personnel packages. That's one running back, one tight end, 0:06:05.720 --> 0:06:08.880 three receivers. They played thirty six snaps in that package, 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.560 and then from there it was really a veritable use 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:14.920 of different packages. They called on twelve personnel and twenty 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:18.159 personnel six times each. That's gonna be one back, two 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.680 tight ends, two receivers, and then twenty personnel is two backs, 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:25.280 no tight ends, three receivers, so plenty of rotation that way. 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:27.960 They also had five snaps out of twenty one personnel 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.560 two backs and one tight end, and four snaps came 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.640 out twenty two personnel where you go heavy to running backs, 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:35.520 two tight ends try and jam it down the other 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.320 team's throat. They ran four of those snaps, two with 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.560 five offensive lineman and two of them with six offensive 0:06:41.600 --> 0:06:43.880 linemen as well, so plenty of beef on the field 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:47.359 for those plays. The Dolphins ranked fourth last year and 0:06:47.400 --> 0:06:51.640 penalties committed both yardage and penalties assessed on Sunday. That 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:55.320 continued with the fifth fewest penalty yardage and overall penalties 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:59.240 against the Dolphins snap counts offensively, the offensive line and 0:06:59.320 --> 0:07:03.000 Ryan Fitzpacked all went the distance sixty two snaps for Fitzpatrick, 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:07.520 Austin Jackson, Eric Flowers, Ted Carris, Solomon Kinley, and Jesse Davis. 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:10.600 Robert Hunt got two snaps as the extra offensive lineman 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:14.040 at running back. Miles Gascon led the way thirty nine snaps. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.760 That was sixty of the workload. Matt Brida had fourteen snaps, 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:21.040 Jordan Howard had nine, Patrick Laird had four, and Chandler Cox, 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:24.360 the fullback, played eighteen percent of the snaps with eleven reps. 0:07:24.400 --> 0:07:28.200 On Sunday, at receiver, Davante Parker only played twenty three 0:07:28.200 --> 0:07:30.720 snaps that was thirty seven percent because he did leave 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.480 the game at halftime. Preston Williams led the way with 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:37.480 fifty six reps, Isaiah Ford forty six, jakeem Grant thirty nine, 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:40.560 and matc Collins had three. On the day, Mike Gasicki 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.160 was the most snap getting tight end in the game. 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.480 Does that sentence make sense, Probably not, but he played 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:49.640 forty five snaps seventy of the time, Durham Smith had thirteen, 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:53.520 and Adam Sheheen had twelve. Some advanced metrics on these guys. 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:56.600 Fitzpatrick was sixteen of twenty four for one hundred and 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:59.760 sixty six yards with no pressure, kept cleaning the pocket, 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:03.680 and he also had eight point five percent passes completed 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:08.040 above expected completion rate. That takes into account for separation downfield. 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:10.800 We know by now this Patriots defensive backfield is as 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.520 sticky as they come. Those guys were in tight coverage 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.400 all day on the Dolphins big tall targets making for 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.680 some tight windows, but Fitzpatrick completed eight point five percent 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:23.480 passes above the expected completion rate according to next gim. 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:26.240 He also averaged two point five seven seconds to pass 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.640 from drop backs this game. The offensive line allowed only 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.080 two hits on the quarterback one sack and one hit, 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.119 and just five total pressures on the thirty eight dropbacks. 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.880 Really good performance there statistically from PF On the Dolphins 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:42.040 offensive line, Austin Jackson pitched himself a clean sheet and 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:45.280 pass protection. No pressures, no hurries, no sacks, no hits, 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.160 none of that stuff. In his rookie debut, fellow rookie 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:51.520 Solomon Kinley allowed just one pressure and that was merely 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.160 a hurry from the Patriots pass rush. We're actually gonna 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.440 have Solomon Kinley on tomorrow's podcast for the Wednesday feature, 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.960 so check that out. He also had the second best 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:03.360 run blocking grade from Pro Football Focus. He was behind 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.560 only Ted Carriss along the offensive line, and carrass allowed 0:09:06.600 --> 0:09:09.480 just one hurry of his own as well. Running Back 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:12.760 Myles Gaskin had forty yards and some passing game contributions 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.360 as well. Thirty two of his forty yards came after 0:09:15.400 --> 0:09:18.120 initial contact. That gave him an average of three point 0:09:18.160 --> 0:09:21.439 five six yards after contact on Sunday. After last year, 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.960 he led the Dolphins among backs that finished the season 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.960 on Miami with three point to eight yards after contact, 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.080 So now he's right down the middle at three point 0:09:29.160 --> 0:09:31.240 three three in his career, he led the team in 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:34.240 that category on Sunday and rushing yards as well ten 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.440 plus runs. He had one of those, and he tied 0:09:36.480 --> 0:09:38.959 for the team lead and rushing first downs with two 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:42.240 with Ryan Fitzpatrick and Matt Brita. And Matt Brita also 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.680 tied with Gasking for the team lead in average yards 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:47.680 per carry at four point four, and Mike Gasicki was 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.840 the team's best run blocking graded tight end our player 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.439 rather on PFF with an eight eight point two and 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:56.520 run blocking on defense. The snap counts up front for 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:58.959 the defensive tackles a solid rotation in there, with the 0:09:59.040 --> 0:10:01.959 Von gard Shop playing forty four and Christian Wilkins playing 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:05.760 forty three snaps. That's seventy and six respectively. Ray Kuan 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.719 Davis got twenty seven reps. That's Zack Seeler played four 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:13.320 snaps on Sunday, Shack Lawson Emmanuel Ogball played sixty and 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:17.200 fifty five snaps, respectively, a heavy workload for two defensive 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.679 events on that Dolphins defensive lyne good to see those 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:22.920 guys getting plenty of reps. At linebacker, Jerome Baker led 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:24.920 the way for the Dolphins crew there on the second 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:28.600 level sixty one snaps nine seven percent. On Sunday. Kyle 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:31.120 van Noy had forty one snaps. Eland and Roberts had 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:34.400 forty making up sixty five and sixty percent of the 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.920 Dolphins total snaps. On defense, Commu gruge Hill played eighteen 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:40.920 snaps and Andrew van Ginkl had eight. In the secondary, 0:10:40.960 --> 0:10:44.080 Byron Jones played all but one snap sixty two snaps 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:47.160 on the day. Noah Ignogamy was second among the cornerbacks 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:50.319 with thirty seven snaps. Jamal Perry played thirty one snaps. 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.880 That was for your kind of brometer there on half 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.760 the snaps of the game. Xavien Howard got twenty seven 0:10:56.760 --> 0:11:01.319 snaps playing of the total reps, Bbby McCain had fifty eight, 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.679 Eric Row had fifty four, and Brandon Jones had thirty 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:06.840 four snaps. We're gonna hear from Brandon here in just 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:09.760 one second, but Christian Wilkins took the honor for highest 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:13.679 graded Dolphins defender on Pro Football Focus. The thirteenth pick 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:17.080 in the draft of the NFL Draft, kicked off his 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.959 second season with six tackles, two of those for a loss, 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.320 and two run stops as well. Obviously, he had a 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:25.239 sack and two batted passes at the line of scrimmage. 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.160 Kyle van Noy was the only player with multiple quarterback 0:11:28.200 --> 0:11:30.960 pressures per PFF. He had two hurries on the day 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.520 and earned the third highest grade from the Dolphins defense 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:36.480 with five tackles and no misses on the day. Bobby 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:38.560 McCain we talked about him in the snap counts. He 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.040 was the second highest graded player. He broke up the 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.560 loan pass targeted in his area for coverage on the 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:46.560 p BU up against Julian Edelman. Really good job putting 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:49.600 his hands on the football and separating it from Julian Edelman. 0:11:49.760 --> 0:11:52.240 He also made four tackles and did not miss any 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.760 on the day. Jerome Baker led the way with sixteen 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:58.199 tackles and didn't miss any in his own right per PFF. 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:00.600 He also had the sack and a forced humble Now 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.760 Rookie safety Brandon Jones made ten combined tackles in the 0:12:03.800 --> 0:12:07.160 game with zero failed attempts. Only four other NFL players 0:12:07.160 --> 0:12:09.840 have had double digit tackle numbers in their first NFL 0:12:09.880 --> 0:12:13.319 game since Team xaviing Howard's one of those guys. Seattle 0:12:13.360 --> 0:12:17.480 cornerback Shaquille Griffin, San Francisco linebacker Fred Warner, and Pittsburgh 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.560 linebacker Devin bush All did that on the day. The 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.000 Dolphins only missed two tackles in the game, leading to 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:25.760 Pro Football Focus is highest grade and tackling at eight 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:28.240 seven point seven, Let's go ahead and hear from Brandon 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:30.600 Jones on how he was able to prepare himself to 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:33.960 play fast and play instinctive. Like Bobby McCain said on 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.119 Sunday after the game, here's Brandon Jones on his preparation 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:40.640 for game day preparation. Um, and what I do and 0:12:40.760 --> 0:12:43.240 just the type of guy I am. You know, I'm 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:45.600 a firm believer in the relentless effort and that's one 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.200 of our pillars too in the program. And you know, 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:51.240 just doing whatever I can to to get to the ball, 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:55.599 you know, Um, you know, going through through college with 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:58.520 coach Herman, uh you know the plays, the play is 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:01.079 not dead until the to the Wilson blown. So that's 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.160 just kind of my mindset and how how I'm wired 0:13:03.240 --> 0:13:05.160 to to just go, go, go, and so I hear 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:08.640 whistle and really just trust, you know, trust my techniques 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:10.440 and you know, all the stuff that I've been able 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:13.400 to accomplish up to this point. And like I said, 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.280 just being able to read your keys and you know, 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:17.800 see see what you need to see and not see 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.199 too much. I think um I did a really good 0:13:20.280 --> 0:13:22.800 job with that and just realizing if this happens, what's 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.719 what's what's next to come. So I think that's the 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.839 biggest reason why I was able to play um at 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.040 the speed I was yesterday. Really helps kind of exemplify 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:33.640 the priority the Dolphins have for players down here in 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.320 the way the foot the game of football rather is 0:13:36.360 --> 0:13:39.000 important to them in their preparation, their study habits and 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.800 getting themselves ready for game day all week long, taking 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:45.280 every single day approach the same and just being consistent. 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:48.440 As coach Flora's talks about continuing back on the numbers here, 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:51.600 Davon Godchaw picked up three more tackles on Sunday, giving 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.320 him one hundred and sixty six in his career since 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.240 he entered the NFL in seventeen, a fifth round draft 0:13:57.240 --> 0:13:59.960 pick for the Dolphins, he is fourth among all defensive 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.800 tackles and fourteenth among all defensive linemen in tackles over 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:06.960 that span. With the one hundred and sixty six and specialists, 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.920 Jason Sanders may his only field goal attempt on Sunday 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:13.160 from forty six yards. That improves his franchise best eighty 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:16.319 two point four percent field goal percentage. He's forty two 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.560 fifty one in his career. And let's go ahead and 0:14:19.560 --> 0:14:22.040 put a bow on these metrics and these numbers by 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:26.200 talking about Patriots yardage gained against different packages. That's kind 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:27.360 of one of the things you look at when you 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.920 self scout, try to find out how teams are attacking 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:31.800 you in each package. And we have a look here 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:35.320 at the rushing yardage gained per Dolphins defensive deployment. We 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:38.160 talked about all offseason how frequent the Dolphins can call 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.400 on the nickel and dime packages five and six defensive 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:44.480 back looks. The Patriots carried the ball eighteen times against 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.200 those nickel and dime packages for one hundred and twenty 0:14:47.240 --> 0:14:50.040 six yards. That's an average of seven yards per carry 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:53.040 against the Dolphins nickel and dime packages. And that can 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.960 be difficult against a quarterback like Cam Newton because you 0:14:56.000 --> 0:14:58.560 saw how often they ran that kind of quarterback lead 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.760 where you get an extra body in the game because 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:02.920 the quarterbacks carrying the football, he doesn't have to turn 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:04.680 around and hand it off and take himself out of 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.440 the play. So you can be in eleven personnel with 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:10.120 three receivers, one tight end, one back and get that 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:12.760 back flexed out, get the Dolphins defense in the nickel 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:15.320 or dime package, and then have the quarterback run against 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.360 a lighter defense against more defensive backs opposed to a 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.000 heavier linebacker who's more suited to come up and play 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.360 the run. A difficult task there for the Dolphins on 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.720 opening day as you look at the way the Patriots 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:29.240 attacked their more base defense with more linebackers and defensive 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:31.840 lineman on the field as the Patriots rushed the ball 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:35.200 twenty one times and those instances, so still four point 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:38.360 six yards per carry in those instances, but almost two 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.840 and a half yards difference compared to base defense and 0:15:40.960 --> 0:15:43.320 nickel and dime defense. So again a good job by 0:15:43.360 --> 0:15:46.920 the Patriots offense. Kudos to Josh McDaniels and that offensive call, 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:49.360 our coaching staff and the play calling. They really had 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:52.280 themselves the hell of a game on Sunday, and it 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:54.760 is Tuesday, which means we have the all twenty two 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.520 out available for us late on Monday night. Was able 0:15:57.560 --> 0:15:59.800 to get a look at that and take some breakdowns 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:01.600 with some things I liked on the table. Let's go 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:04.840 ahead and start on that Dolphin's offensive line. You noticed 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.960 Solomon Kindley's movement. We talked to him in training camp. 0:16:08.000 --> 0:16:10.280 I forget when it was about kind of how nimble 0:16:10.320 --> 0:16:13.400 he is at that size at nearly three forty pounds 0:16:13.480 --> 0:16:16.240 or over three forty pounds, how impressive he can kind 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:18.360 of keep his feet under him, stay on balance and 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:20.680 really get push and movement in the running game, but 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.800 also just have that sheer density and pass protection that 0:16:23.920 --> 0:16:26.160 checked out well on tape in this game, I thought. 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:29.239 I thought Austin Jackson's kick slide and ability to readirect 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:31.560 as pass rushers tried to go upfield and then work 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.760 back underneath was really impressive. He also showed a very 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:38.080 sturdy anchor again to allow a clean sheet and pass protection. 0:16:38.240 --> 0:16:41.440 We talked about Brandon Jones instincts, his ability to make 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:43.960 plays and fly around and kind of key things. You 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.000 see that priest nap with all the movement he does, 0:16:46.080 --> 0:16:50.280 running around, chasing guy's emotion. Very active player and Brandon Jones. 0:16:50.520 --> 0:16:53.400 I noted Bobby McCain's communication because we know he's the 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.000 one back they're communicating the defense for the play calls 0:16:56.240 --> 0:16:58.160 or for the second area, I should say. And there 0:16:58.200 --> 0:17:00.360 wasn't a whole lot of passing to talk about, but 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.960 I would say there probably weren't any busts. We have 0:17:03.000 --> 0:17:05.760 to ask coach Flora's on that. But the Patriots completions 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.320 were pretty much catch rock and throw. Cam would get 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:10.359 the snap, get it out quickly and take what the 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.920 defense gave them. So no big plays in the passing game. 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.479 Good job communicating on the back end from the Dolphins 0:17:15.560 --> 0:17:18.960 captain and Bobby McCain. Christian Wilkins talked about how trimmed 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:21.480 down he is this season coming into your number two. 0:17:21.640 --> 0:17:24.600 You heard him talk on the Sunday Night Recap podcast 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:26.840 about how he really worked hard to get himself in 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.360 position to make plays this year, and you can see 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.520 the way he looks just look slimmer and trimmer, and 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.280 he's got those active hands, that quick first step that 0:17:34.320 --> 0:17:36.160 helped him get in the backfield a few times there 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:39.719 against that Patriots offense. Miles Gaskins balanced. The way he 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.800 keeps his feet under his hips under his shoulders allows 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:45.440 him to absorb that contact and then not be really 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:49.360 ultra affected by the contact. And from there it's about acceleration. 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.720 And obviously we know about the vision that really helped 0:17:51.760 --> 0:17:55.439 him produce four straight seasons of yards rushing in college. 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:57.880 So a few notes there on the Dolphins all twenty two. 0:17:58.320 --> 0:18:01.320 Definitely some positive to look at with the offensive line 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:04.080 and past protection Miles Gaskin, some of the guys playing 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:06.720 up front, like Christian Wilkins had some nice games, Jerome 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.240 Baker all over the football field, and the communication of 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.640 the back end. I think when this team faces more 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:14.639 pass oriented teams, you can see more production on that 0:18:14.720 --> 0:18:17.320 defense from these dbs because those guys get after it 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.080 and play some good football. Week one in the books, 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.120 not the best start, but hey, there's broom to grow, 0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:24.679 room to correct, and as Josh Boyer and Brian Flores 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:26.879 have said so many times, this team will play better 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:28.800 football at the end of the season than it did 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:31.040 in the beginning. Let's go ahead and hear from coach 0:18:31.040 --> 0:18:33.520 Flores here one more time, and here his first take 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:36.639 on the Buffalo Bills heading into week number two before 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:39.640 we conclude this podcast with the assistant coaches. Here's Coach 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:42.679 Flores on the Buffalo Bills. Yeah, I mean I watched 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:47.000 it this morning. Um. Obviously Josh Allen's big, strong, fast 0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:52.440 and he had something succeedge Russian yesterday. Um. Some similar 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:57.400 some similarities of what we saw yesterday. Obviously, we're trying 0:18:57.440 --> 0:18:59.199 to get a lot of that fixed now. I'm an 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:02.200 edge setting stamp point from a tackling standpoint, just from 0:19:01.600 --> 0:19:05.800 a thematically hopefully well, we'll work on that over the 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:08.679 course of the week, just from a technique, fundamentals and 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:12.919 practice standpoint, and then hopefully it helps us on Sunday 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:16.199 next week. So that was Coach Flores on Monday and 0:19:16.240 --> 0:19:18.600 his press availability. He will not speak to the media 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:20.960 today on this Tuesday, but we did hear from the 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:25.120 Dolphins coordinators and Chan Gaily, Josh Boyer, and Danny Croftsman, 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:28.520 as well as the Dolphins offensive possession coaches. Let's go 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:31.480 ahead and get things started. Right here with Dolphins defensive 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:33.960 coordinator Josh Boyer, who first was asked about some of 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:37.280 the issues the team had on Sunday defensively. Well, there 0:19:37.320 --> 0:19:39.639 there was a number of issues. I would say, some 0:19:39.760 --> 0:19:46.320 of it was just individual technique, um, you know, getting 0:19:46.640 --> 0:19:50.560 all eleven guys on the same page. Um. And then 0:19:50.680 --> 0:19:54.159 I would say, you know, some of it was you know, 0:19:54.800 --> 0:19:59.600 just overall in general, like we were in some different 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.520 things on different things, and they they you know, it 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.920