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And welcome to 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:51.800 the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:57.080 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.760 I am your host, Travis Winkfield, And on today's show, 0:01:00.160 --> 0:01:03.080 it's Game Day. Preview Day. Will break down all the 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.960 matchups position by position, tell you the current state of 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.320 the Bengals, give you some key stats, ask the question 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:12.880 what's at stake this week, and finish up with our 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.400 three keys to victory as well as our Week four 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:20.039 picks from somewhere in South Florida sheltering from Hurricane Ian. 0:01:20.600 --> 0:01:29.920 This is the Drivetime Podcast I hope everybody out there 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.959 is staying as safe as you possibly can away from 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.040 Hurricane Ian, which is picking up speed at a category 0:01:36.120 --> 0:01:40.320 four here on a Wednesday afternoon. Everybody on Southwest Florida 0:01:40.360 --> 0:01:42.800 in the Tampa area, we're thinking about you. Hope you 0:01:42.840 --> 0:01:45.200 stay safe and hope you find shelter, because it's pretty 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.680 scary out there right now. We had a tornado come 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:50.280 by the house only a few miles from our house. 0:01:50.360 --> 0:01:52.880 Last night. We saw some pretty severe winds and rains. 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:56.840 I saw the publics on Sheridan and Pembroke Pines had 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.920 broken glass and fallen trees and debris in the parking lots, 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.720 getting pretty close to home. The outer bands of the 0:02:02.800 --> 0:02:05.640 hurricane are definitely affecting us here in South Florida. But 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:09.360 our thoughts and are really our entire minds are with 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.160 with the people of Southwest Florida because it's looking pretty 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:14.880 scary over there. Tough to transition off of that. We're 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:17.160 gonna do it here and talk about a football game 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.160 on Thursday night, And it seems like just yesterday we 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.520 were getting ready for Week three. As we turn the 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:26.200 page and we're onto Cincinnati, and how about those Bengals. 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.480 I don't think any two teams are an exact reflection 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.640 of one another. But as we look at the Bengals 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:35.400 and their arrival at this current point in time, it's 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:37.960 really not that far off from the Dolphins, and really 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.760 you can kind of balance the two together and say, like, 0:02:41.040 --> 0:02:42.880 is this how you build a team? Is that how 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.840 you build a team? And obviously last year Cincinnati went 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.760 on that magic carpet right through the playoffs and kind 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:51.400 of in a lot of ways put the debate to bed. 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.920 But that's why in this league, you know the quarterback position, 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:58.600 but teams as well. You never want to get two 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:02.160 in Trenchant in one view because of one season. Because 0:03:02.160 --> 0:03:04.880 in the game of football, sample sizes, you know, with 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:07.560 one game a week, it's not that large and things 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.440 can change quickly. I mean, I was a big Jalen 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:11.760 Waddle fan for a long time, and you know, he's 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.000 looking pretty good right now compared to the other options 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:15.400 in that draft class. And it's a it's a good 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:17.600 draft class, don't get me wrong. All four guys at 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.040 the skill spots, Davante Smith, Kyle Pitch, Jamaar Chase and 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:23.960 Jalen Waddle are all freaking studs. But man, you know 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:26.280 that's why you give things time because the first round 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:29.920 draft pick and Waddle, that's pretty damn good. But both 0:03:29.960 --> 0:03:33.160 these teams picked top five in they both took their 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.000 quarterbacks of the future. The returns on that looking pretty 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:38.520 damn good for both teams right now. Both teams brought 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.320 in some free agents to help balance out those draft classes. 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:43.880 You know, we had Waddle and Chase and these went 0:03:43.960 --> 0:03:47.280 the same years. But like Jesse Bates, Javon Holland, you 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:50.520 go to free agency. We had Tehran Armstead, they had 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:53.880 Lyle Collins, they signed Trey Hendrickson. We sign Emmanuel Ogba. 0:03:54.200 --> 0:03:57.360 There's lots of these positional examples of Miami and the 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.120 Bengals using free agency or the draft to address the 0:04:00.160 --> 0:04:03.680 same positions, and it's you can compare them because the 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:06.440 teams were kind of constructed at the same rate and 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:10.240 same pace for a similar uh team cycle. As the 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.839 Draft Network guys would tell us in our our preseason 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:15.560 or our pre draft podcast we do here. It's just 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:17.800 really interesting that way. Lots of examples like that, and 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.080 the Bengals rode that defense last year that had I 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:23.039 think seven of their eleven starters were free agent signings 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.599 within the previous two years, and they rode that to 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.400 a playoff run that took them within just a couple 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.680 of plays of winning a frigging championship. They turned people over, 0:04:31.960 --> 0:04:34.360 they ran the ball well, they had timely plays by 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:37.240 their quarterback when they needed them over that run, and 0:04:37.279 --> 0:04:39.560 they also made every damn field goal in the playoffs 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:42.160 to win those tight games that they always found themselves in. 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:44.640 All three of them came down to the buzzer two 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:47.760 of those overtime victories, and then the Super Bowl was 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:50.640 not quite a buzzer beater. But at the very end, 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:54.360 there young quarterbacks on rookie deal's young first time head coaches, 0:04:54.400 --> 0:04:56.760 there's this year five ours is in his rookie season, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:05:00.280 offenses littered with playmakers across the board. Can started to 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.800 focus on the offensive lines this offseason, Defenses that put 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.760 pressure on quarterbacks and take the football away again. Lots 0:05:06.800 --> 0:05:09.440 of symmetry here, fun matchup. Let's go ahead and dive 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.479 right and starting with Dolphins offense first, Bengals defense, and 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.680 we start as we do every week here on the 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:18.120 preview podcast on Drive Time. Go ahead and subscribe, rate 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:20.039 and review the podcast. By the way, we're climbing up 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.279 those boards and that helps us more than you can know. 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:26.840 Quarterback and safety position again, pretty distinct match up here 0:05:26.880 --> 0:05:28.960 in terms of you know what you're gonna get provided 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.080 everybody is healthy. The injury reports for both teams are long, 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:35.040 but we'll see about Thursday night. Jesse Bates and Von 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:37.400 Bell are the starters, and they don't leave the field, 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:40.640 and they almost never bring a third safety onto the field. 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.000 No other safety how to snap in their game on 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:46.520 Sunday against the Jets, and they split their looks between 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:49.720 single high and two high. It's nearly even at so 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:51.599 you'll get the middle of the field open, middle of 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:54.279 the field closed on just about every other play, and 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:58.560 they're in nickel of the time with five defensive backs 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.560 and dime percent of the time once to be five snaps. 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.960 That's a very high rate for dime defense. In the 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.599 modern NFL. The remainder is three or fewer dbs, which 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:10.560 is basically short yardage and goal line situations when you 0:06:10.640 --> 0:06:12.360 bring on all the big guys. So what I'm telling 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:14.159 you is that there's not a lot of variation on 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.440 this Bengals defense, and there's not a lot of variation 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.159 of the Bengals offense. We'll get to that here in 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.560 just a minute. Bates and Bell, though, are tremendous players. 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.000 Jesse Bates is when my all time draft hits. He 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:26.840 is a center fielder back there who is almost exclusively 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.919 in the post. His career splits of his snaps played 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:33.080 in that post, in the single high or not. Yeah, 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.240 the middle of the field safety, i should say, and 0:06:35.240 --> 0:06:38.640 then scattered snaps across the box, slot, wide, corner, and 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:40.479 down the line of scrimmage. And that should be no 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.919 surprise because he's among the best middle of the field 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.880 safeties and football. He was a great outfielder on the 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.680 Wake Forest baseball team, and you could see the way 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:54.080 he anticipated and compartmentalized route combinations, the way he tracks 0:06:54.080 --> 0:06:57.400 the football, and the way he anticipates the way everything 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.279 will play out in front of him. It's why he 0:06:59.360 --> 0:07:02.640 has eleven your picks and thirty six passes defense, and 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:04.719 when they go too high, it will be Von Bell 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.640 back there with him. Otherwise he's creeping up on the 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:12.880 line of scrimmage. Box player in the slot eight percent 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:18.400 on the defensive line, so of his snaps he's up 0:07:18.840 --> 0:07:21.560 in the vicinity of the box and the rest of 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.480 those are basically two high looks with the occasional snap 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:28.200 out wide at cornerback. This defense mixes really cover three 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:31.280 and man with some man free with single high safety 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:34.760 up there, which they also play with really big cushions 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.120 on the perimeter, and I anticipate this will be the 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.200 look with all the speed the Dolphins can throw at them. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:43.280 We've seen ten and seventeen, just press those cushion coverages 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:45.480 that off coverage with plenty of speed, and then you 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:49.320 throttle down to create tons of space in those you know, 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.520 intermediate portions of the field where to what has been 0:07:51.560 --> 0:07:54.400 so successful throwing the football this season. It's why I 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.560 think you could get ten catches from both of these 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.640 guys in this game. Like it might not be the 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.320 biggest blowest as we've come accustomed to, but I think 0:08:02.320 --> 0:08:05.240 you could have ten catches from both Tyreek and Jalen 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.440 and then if you break one, then maybe you get 0:08:07.480 --> 0:08:10.480 your gaudy you know, receiving yard of production on the day. 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:13.200 But the offense, I think in this game, because of 0:08:13.200 --> 0:08:16.520 this matchup, can really sustain drives here, which would be 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.240 nice because that would be a very big benefit to 0:08:19.280 --> 0:08:22.400 this defense. That's just four days removed from a nineties 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:25.239 snap game on Sunday. As far as our defensive personnel, 0:08:25.240 --> 0:08:28.120 they played zero coverage on just four snaps this season, 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:31.200 and again nearly a fifty split between single high and 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:35.520 two high safeties on that defense. Um they have they 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:38.360 blitz on twenty eight percent of their snaps. That's the 0:08:38.400 --> 0:08:40.400 tenth lowest rate in the NFL, so one of very 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:43.760 five snaps, and their pressure rate coincides almost exactly with 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:46.040 that twenty two point three percent. That's right in the 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:47.959 middle of the pack as well. And the reason I'm 0:08:47.960 --> 0:08:50.600 going this route is to get to to AH. So 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.920 I guess the you know, quarterback verse safety versus defensive 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.240 structure portion of the podcast. Two is currently hitting sixty 0:08:57.920 --> 0:09:01.680 of his passes on ball intended over twenty air yards. 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:05.040 I've been doing that little like kind of conceded you know, 0:09:05.160 --> 0:09:09.320 like pretentious laugh on the podcast a lot lately because 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:11.880 kind of earned it, right, Like talked about this for 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:13.839 a while now, and it's coming to fruition for a 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.079 few weeks here. Hopefully it keeps going. That's tops in 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:19.920 the NFL twenty plus air yard throws. But the Bengals 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.880 play a style that keeps things in front. They actually 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:25.040 rank six and average cushion allowed on the perimeter, so 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.520 their cornerbacks will stay patient. There was a great clip 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:31.240 of Josh Boyer on inside the NFL against the Bills 0:09:31.880 --> 0:09:33.880 where he was saying, you know, they're dinking and duncan. 0:09:34.000 --> 0:09:36.200 That's okay, that's not how they wanted to play. I 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:37.640 thought it was a cool sound bite to have and 0:09:37.720 --> 0:09:40.400 kind of tells you about the Dolphins defensive plan and performance, which, 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:42.840 by the way, was great if if you look at 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:44.760 the box score and get upset about that performance, like 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:47.400 just watch the damn game. Man. So I don't know 0:09:47.400 --> 0:09:50.440 what else I gotta tell you, but that same idea 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:52.560 here kind of applies. The Dolphins have to stay patient 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:54.520 and just make sure they're not throwing the ball into 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:56.880 those downfield windows that the Bengals are gonna try to 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:58.920 funnel you into by staying patient and forcing you to 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:01.520 be methodical. And again, if you can do that, I 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:03.240 like the way that pairs up with a defense that 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:06.240 could potentially be a little bit tired after that game 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:09.600 on Sunday to a is completing sixty of his passes 0:10:09.720 --> 0:10:12.800 versus the Blitz seven point six yards per pass, but 0:10:12.880 --> 0:10:16.800 he's seventy three point six percent completion with nine eight 0:10:17.240 --> 0:10:20.480 point uh nine point eight yards per pass when they're 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.840 not blitzing. Incredibly efficient in that department for Tuah. I 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:25.960 think the patient factor here is a big one. But 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:28.240 they also do mix in plenty of man coverage, so 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:32.040 keying that man coverage and finding your opportunities and I 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.440 think that's been one of Twoa's biggest assets this season 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.160 so far. And Ryan Fitzpatrick talked about this on his 0:10:37.200 --> 0:10:40.400 Tuesday conference call with local Miami media, saying that he's 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.600 been so impressed with how Tuah is seeing the field 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:46.080 right now, so deciphering the coverage, is being aware of 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:48.600 disguise and just what he's been doing. Like if he 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:51.440 keeps this going, we're gonna be just fine. Really, since 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:54.240 that Baltimore game sands the two picks, I think he's 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:57.600 been so dang sharp in that area. He was on Sunday, 0:10:57.760 --> 0:10:59.840 and if he is again tomorrow night, we're gonna get 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:02.559 to or No, if he plays that way again and 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.360 with the man coverage, you know, if you see Tyreek 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.280 on a certain cornerback and he wants that ball, I 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.440 want to go after Tyreek because of the confidence that 0:11:09.480 --> 0:11:11.720 he displays, and I think that that type of stuff, 0:11:11.720 --> 0:11:13.920 the chip on his shoulder brings out the best version 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:17.840 of the Cheetah. Cheetah hungry, Cheetah gonna eat. We'll get 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.920 some more carry over in these other positions kind of finding. 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:23.480 That's gonna be the case on these preview podcasts because 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:25.719 we're always tweaking and improving the show, right, and so 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:29.040 it's not just saying exclusive to that position group. There 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:31.840 is carry over like I talked about there with Cheetah 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:35.480 as the Dolphins receivers and tight ends versus the Cincinnati corners, 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:38.040 and of course Two's weapons have been a massive asset 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:39.880 to him this season as well, in addition to the 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.640 way he sees the field and processes and throws with 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:46.200 in my opinion, top five anticipation in the National Football League. 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.000 Big surprise, right, I mean, we've been talking about it 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:50.400 for four freaking years here about what this kid can 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:53.520 do the way he sees the field. But Penguin and 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.440 Cheetah second and third in receiving yards right now, they 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.640 draw a really really good Bengal secondary Cheetah Woosey a 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:02.200 Is was one of my favorite players coming out. I 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:07.240 want to sayeen second round pick. He blossomed mid run 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:10.280 with the Cowboys and now he's a damn good corner 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:12.000 here for the Bengals. He broke out last year and 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:13.800 he's taking it to another level this year so far 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:18.240 through three games. He played one of their snaps on Sunday, 0:12:18.360 --> 0:12:23.040 So did Eli Apple and Mike Hilton played of their snaps. 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:26.240 So yeah, they're almost always in either nickel or more 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:29.800 defensive backs like a dime package. So that begs the question, 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:31.360 do you try to get them out of that with 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:34.120 mixing your personnel or do you just stick to what 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.080 you do best. I mean, coach mixes personnel as well 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.600 as anybody in football, but he was once asked about, 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:43.840 you know, running more in terms of balancing the offense 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:45.920 and how you know, wouldn't be very smart to just 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:49.960 neglect Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle, which makes perfect sense 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:52.760 to me. They're both top five receivers. Now the difference 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.920 Mike can do that while mixing personnel. He's already done 0:12:55.920 --> 0:12:59.880 it before we broke down that personnel empty set the stick. 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:02.800 Odd passed the Galen Waddle for fifty nine yards against 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:05.640 the Baltimore ravens Man. I think that package could cost 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:09.560 some matchup issues here. Why because their linebackers are more 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.880 modern game cover and speed types who allow them to 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:15.760 play those deep shells because of their athletic ability and 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:20.520 range to extend the hook zone beyond ten yards. But 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:23.600 you slam alec ingoled in there a lot, and you 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.560 either have some success and just keep doing it, or 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:30.800 it influences them and they step up and you utilize 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.800 that flow against them. Right offense is so tough to 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:37.160 plan for, man and why is this in the receiver portion? 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:40.440 You might ask? Well about defensive structure? Excuse me? Morety 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:43.360 mixed with the player types on either side, with the 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:45.440 over routes and slants that we can run, plus that 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:48.599 freaking stick nod to jitland Waddle. I think that relationship 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.200 bodes well for this Dolphin's passing game. Their fourth corner 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:54.120 is Trey Flowers, not to be confused with our Trey Flowers. 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:57.800 He played the snaps on Sunday. There's your dime packages, 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:00.280 so they don't really bring the safeties on us. About 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:02.960 four corners and too defensive or two safeties in their 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.840 six defensive back looks. Some stats on them. I talked 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:09.640 about teams are eleven for twenty seven throwing at him 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.920 this year. That's that's unbelievable. That's the best completion percentage 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:15.880 allowed in football for a cornerback. He's fluid, strong, he'll 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.160 challenge you your entire way up the route. So if 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.160 he gets physical impresses, maybe you can get that release 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:21.760 and get on top of him. But a hundred and 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.040 thirty six coverage snaps this year, a hundred and two 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:27.680 yards allowed of superb staff for him, that's great. Great 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:31.600 numbers for Cheeto Woozy Eli Apple, hundred and thirty three 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.600 coverage snaps, one hundred yards allowed, that's also really dang good. 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:37.560 And Mike Hilton one seventeen and a hundred yards. Like 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:40.120 these three corners, man, they're really good. It's a good secondary. 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:42.600 They mix up man and zone really well, and you 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:44.640 can tell they've been playing together for a long time. 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:46.600 In fact, there was a great clip with Lou and 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:49.280 Rumo you might remember that name. He had this really 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:51.640 good diet tribe and a press conference a couple of 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:55.240 weeks ago about the critical aspect of communication in your 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.960 defensive backfield and he compared it to a shortstop in 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.640 second base duo on a double play and how it 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:04.120 really requires some time together to get that stuff down. 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.120 And this is a team that is so deep in 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.600 that area and really across the board. After they attacked 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.760 the offensive line in free agency or so, they thought 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.600 of drafting Daxton Hill and cam Taylor Britt in rounds 0:15:15.600 --> 0:15:17.520 one and two of safety in a corner from Michigan 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:21.200 and Nebraska, respectively. The two of those guys have combined 0:15:21.240 --> 0:15:23.680 for thirteen snapps on defense. And that's not an indictment 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.000 at all of those players. It's a testament to the 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.480 level of play they've gotten from the guys that are playing. 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:30.920 And the numbers are right there. Opposing quarterbacks have an 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:33.800 eighty two point eight passer rating against this Bengals defense. 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:37.080 You carry the one there that's thirty five points lower 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.800 than two was one seventeen point eight rating good on 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:42.920 good Man and as far as their r a s 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:45.600 the relative athletics score cards, a wooz A nine five 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:47.960 has elite times across the board. He was a great 0:15:48.000 --> 0:15:51.400 workout warrior in addition to good tape. In college, Eli 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:54.640 Apple has an eight nine score, but a seventh second 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.320 three cone is a little below average. Four point five 0:15:57.360 --> 0:15:59.920 out of ten and on terms of the zero to 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:02.680 ten scorecard, and he also checks in with just above 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:05.200 average times and ten split and shuttle. We tracked those 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:07.440 because of how quick these receivers are from Miami. And 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.240 then Mike Hilton wasn't very good to three nine out 0:16:10.240 --> 0:16:12.400 of ten. That's that's very below average. We don't know 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:16.240 math like me, but the rare bad r A s 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:19.680 with decent quickness times like he struggled in the other measurements, 0:16:19.680 --> 0:16:21.880 but his he was average and three cones shuttle and 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:25.520 tense splits. So interesting mix there. And I've really kind 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:27.480 of harp on this mixture of zone and man. That's 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:29.560 really every defense and it doesn't you know it. Look, 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:31.480 it doesn't take a bunch of research to know how 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.480 tough it can be to defend hill and waddle against 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:37.120 man coverage. But I've been so impressed by the synchronicity 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:40.240 of those guys with ta on. Some of those digs 0:16:40.280 --> 0:16:43.960 and in breakers were to anticipates, but settles them down 0:16:44.000 --> 0:16:46.560 with a throw location a post to running them into 0:16:46.600 --> 0:16:50.239 a hit, and then too for throttling down their route appropriately. 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.560 It's a fascinating matchup man. And one more thing I'm 0:16:52.600 --> 0:16:55.280 looking for this week or just soon in general, is 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:57.800 the number three option to emerge. It hasn't really happened yet. 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.000 There's been a nice compliment of other guys like Surefield, 0:17:00.120 --> 0:17:02.640 Craig Craft, Big Mike and the backs getting involved. But 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:04.879 it would be so beneficial for this offense if a 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:06.760 third guy stepped up and just had like an eight 0:17:06.840 --> 0:17:08.960 for eighty game where you have to kind of pay attention. 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:10.840 Let's go ahead and take our first break. We'll come 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:13.600 back and do the offense and defensive lines, running backs 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:15.400 and linebackers, and then pick it up on the other 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:19.119 side of the football with Dolphins defense versus the Bengals offense. 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.400 That's next on the Drivetime podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:17:22.520 --> 0:17:32.040 brought to you by Auto Nation. It's a Wednesday afternoon. 0:17:32.119 --> 0:17:35.399 It's rainy, windy, blustery on the outer bands of a 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.959 hurricane blowing up the southwest coast of Florida. Hope all 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:42.200 of our friends and Tampa and Naples and the surrounding 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:45.479 areas are all staying safe. It's pretty scary over there. 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:48.200 So I'm thinking about you guys right now, talking to 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:50.280 you about some football, hopefully distracting you. If you have 0:17:50.400 --> 0:17:53.240 lost power if you don't have access to entertainment. Hopefully 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:54.680 we can do that for you here for thirty or 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:57.439 forty minutes on the Drivetime podcast. We'll go ahead and 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.399 pick it back up here with the offensive line of 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:03.040 the Dolphin versus the defensive line of the Cincinnati Bengals. 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:05.679 And it was announced that DJ Reader's gonna miss sometime, 0:18:05.760 --> 0:18:08.040 so he left the game on Sunday against the Jets 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:10.920 after just eighteen snaps. He's I think he might be 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.200 their best player, so that's a big loss for the Bengals. 0:18:13.240 --> 0:18:15.200 He is kind of the straw that stirs a drink 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.160 and sets their defense up for what they want to do. 0:18:17.400 --> 0:18:19.119 I'll talk about that more here in just a minute. 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:21.080 B J. Hill is the same way. What a player, 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:25.200 he is a sixty percent snap guy. Josh Tupo plays 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.800 almost exclusively on the nose, a massive, massive people mover 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.800 and block eater. He was number two and snaps on Sunday, 0:18:31.800 --> 0:18:34.440 and then Zachary Carter also got a thirty percent workload, 0:18:34.720 --> 0:18:37.280 essentially filling in for some of the work missed by 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:39.720 um by DJ Readers. So they'll have to find a 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:42.439 fourth guy for that rotation. But Hill and Reader. You know, 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:45.000 I compared him here in my notes to Tim Bowen's 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:50.360 and Larry Chester because that massive size on the interior 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:53.119 defensive line helped Zach Thomas stay clean. Right Like, if 0:18:53.119 --> 0:18:56.280 there's one thing Zach you know, wasn't the best at 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:59.080 was if he was a beat slow beating a block 0:18:59.160 --> 0:19:00.840 on his way to the ball carrier. But he was 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:04.480 so instinctual, and playing behind those two defensive tackles really 0:19:04.840 --> 0:19:07.800 emphasized those instincts and allowed him to make the plays 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:10.280 that his brain took him to as or that his 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:12.240 brain led him to get to that point to the 0:19:12.240 --> 0:19:14.119 play and then to physically make the play once he 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:17.160 got there. A little bit an undersized but fast hell 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.320 fastest Hell linebacker that benefited from those guys to eat 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:23.800 up blocks, to just maximize that instinctual nature of his game. 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:26.760 And DJ Reader was also the penetrator of the group. 0:19:26.760 --> 0:19:29.080 He led the defensive tackles on this team with eight 0:19:29.160 --> 0:19:32.080 QB pressures. B J Hills right behind him with seven, 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:34.800 and that's it for pressures from defensive tackles. So to 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:37.080 get b J. Hill block, there's a good opportunity here 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.239 for two to have lots of time as far as 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:42.119 the interior portion of his pocket. Interesting to see how 0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:45.600