WEBVTT - Dolphins Cardinals Week 9 Preview 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:15.520 Exact down field touchdown, Miami Run. What is up, Dolphans, 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:19.079 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:24.160 Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:28.200 each and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Thursday. 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.160 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.599 very happily with a new microphone in hand. Hopefully those 0:00:34.640 --> 0:00:37.440 audio issues I had on Wednesday's podcast are behind me 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:40.080 and I'm here to bring you your daily dose of 0:00:40.120 --> 0:00:43.240 Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, we're gonna get 0:00:43.280 --> 0:00:46.760 into the nitty gritty details behind this Dolphins and Cardinals game, 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.480 a big matchup coming up on Sunday between two young quarterbacks, 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:54.200 too elusive quarterbacks to well coached teams and two teams 0:00:54.240 --> 0:00:56.560 that I think are trending in the upward direction right 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.040 now in the National Football League. We'll talk about that. 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:01.080 We're gonna hear from coach Flora's, We're gonna hear from 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:03.960 some players. All of that and much much more here 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:07.160 on this Thursday, November the fifth edition of the Drive 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:12.679 Time Podcast, and Drive Time is brought to you by 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:16.280 Auto Nation. Auto Nation, where Dolphins fans drive pink and 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:19.399 helped raise over twenty million dollars for cancer treatment and 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:23.040 research and where every vehicle sold and service is sanitized 0:01:23.319 --> 0:01:26.920 keep driving safe. At autoonation dot com, we had Brian 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:30.119 Flora's speak to the media on Thursday morning. Game Days 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:33.240 Getting Closer. Week nine in the NFL kicks off tonight 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:36.240 in San Francisco with the Packers, and I don't know 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:39.160 about you folks out there, but Thursday always is the 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:41.759 kind of coming out party for the week. Like we've 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:43.440 put the work in for the most part throughout the 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.399 course of the week, and now we have sports look 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.720 forward to on the weekend. Man Tuesday and Wednesday without 0:01:48.760 --> 0:01:51.800 sports on really besides some action, didn't really have much 0:01:51.840 --> 0:01:54.320 to do. So we're back here talking sports, talking football, 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:57.080 talking Miami Dolphins. Let's go ahead and start on this 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:01.160 podcast as we do on Thursday with Dolphins and Cardinals injuries. 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:05.240 First up for your Miami Dolphins, Miles Gaskin, the running back, 0:02:05.320 --> 0:02:09.000 was placed on injury reserve on Thursday. As far as 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:12.440 the Thursday participation, running back Matt Brida did not practice. 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:15.240 He missed his second straight day with the hamstring injury, 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.840 and cornerback Jamal Perry was listed as limited with a 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.960 foot injury. On Thursday. Miami had several other players on 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.280 the injury report, but all of them were full participants, 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.320 including running back Patrick Laird, who was upgraded from limited 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:31.480 Wednesday to full participant on Thursday for the Arizona Cardinals. 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.200 The Thursday update can be found on top News on 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.320 Miami Dolphins dot com, but asked for Wednesday, they had 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:40.200 four players who did not practice running back Kenyan Drake, 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.760 receiver DeAndre Hopkins, but that was not injury related, as 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:47.240 well as cornerback Drake Kirkpatrick and defensive tackle Jordan Phillips. 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:50.360 They had three players Larry Fitzgerald, Jordan Hicks, and Zeke 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.880 Turner who were limited in practice on Wednesday. For Fitzgerald, 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.720 that too was not injury related. Let's go ahead and 0:02:57.760 --> 0:03:00.960 kick off. Brian Flores is Thursday Morning d Availability with 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:05.040 a question about Dolphins tackle Dolphins rookie number eighteen pick 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:07.760 in the draft this past April, Austin Jackson, who was 0:03:07.800 --> 0:03:10.760 back on the practice field on Wednesday and he can't 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:14.000 is eligible to come off the injured reserve. Here's Coach 0:03:14.040 --> 0:03:16.959 Floors on an update on Austin Jackson. Oh yeah, I 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:18.440 mean you know he was he was down for a 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.040 few weeks, so um, you know, were designated him for 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:24.760 a return. Was out of practice yesterday. I went through 0:03:24.800 --> 0:03:28.200 a couple of drills. You know, obviously, like like any 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:30.959 player when you're when you're out for some weeks, there's 0:03:30.960 --> 0:03:33.960 a little bit of RUSS. So just trying to knock 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.080 some of that off. So a couple of drills here 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:39.480 near um and you know, we'll just take a day 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:42.600 to day and see see see where it goes. But 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:45.840 it's good. It's good to get him out there. One 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:49.200 of the benefits of having this remade offensive line here 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.160 in Miami is the Dolphins have been able to put 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.920 Jesse Davis at left tackle, Robert Hunt at right tackle 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.640 and have been able to perform at a level commensurate 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.640 with winning football. And in the past this offensive line 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:03.880 of you know, players have gone down. Remember the offensive 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.400 line when if Brandon Albert went down here, Mike Pouncey 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:08.680 went down, all of a sudden, you had this myriad 0:04:08.720 --> 0:04:11.600 of issues because the players coming in behind them maybe 0:04:11.800 --> 0:04:14.120 cost you some value on the offensive line. But the 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:16.960 Dolphins have these six offensive lineman and then you go 0:04:17.040 --> 0:04:20.000 Michael Dieter behind him, Julian Davenport as well on the 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.640 roster guys that can step in fill in next man 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:25.640 up mentality. I was talking to John Conjemmi at Wednesday's 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:28.719 practice saying, man, when Jackson comes back, that might be 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.400 a problem, but that's a great problem to have, having 0:04:31.440 --> 0:04:34.080 too many guys to get onto the lineup only five 0:04:34.120 --> 0:04:37.719 can play, but having six seven, eight good offensive lineman. Man, 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:40.359 that's that's a fun problem to have. I'll just go 0:04:40.360 --> 0:04:42.640 ahead and leave it that. Next up for Coach Flores. 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:46.159 Another injury topic here regarding the Dolphin's running back position, 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:49.719 Miles Gaskin, Matt Brita, here's Coach Flores. Yeah, well, you know, 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:51.400 just so you guys know, Miles will go on. I 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:55.040 r Todays will go on. I r um. Yeah, we 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:58.320 got we got got some some guys banged up. Jordan Howard. 0:04:58.880 --> 0:05:00.560 I think you know this guy's though, he's all, he's 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.880 always practice hard, he's always look I think he's a 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.200 good runner as all. We brought him here so you'll 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:10.240 get an opportunity. And I'm medaling opportunity as well. And 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:13.360 Patrick Lair and like our death of that position, so 0:05:14.080 --> 0:05:17.440 those guys will get an opportunity in um go to 0:05:17.440 --> 0:05:20.400 practice well and hopefully a form wall on the game. 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.119 So we talked about this construction of the Dolphins running 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.160 back room. I talked about DeAndre Washington's receiving skill set. 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:31.000 On the podcast yesterday you heard coach talk about Jordan Howard. There. 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:33.960 Another conversation I had with John Conjemmie at practice was 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:37.359 talking about the goal line production of Jordan Howard, his 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.080 short yard production early in the season. Dolphins going to 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:42.440 him in those spots. You heard Coach Flores talk about 0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.920 his opportunity solving Akhmed. The running back out of Washington 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.599 is a he caught so many passes down there and 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:50.640 got out on the edge of defenses. Has a little 0:05:50.640 --> 0:05:52.800 bit of wiggle in his game as well. Patrick Laird, 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:54.559 you know about his game as far as a pass 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.760 catcher and contributions in the running game as well. So 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.520 the Dolphins once again calling on some depth. Next man up, 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.800 no excuse uly when it comes to players injured. That's 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:03.920 going to be the mindset and the and the mentality 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:05.880 of US football team, and they're gonna be testing that 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:09.120 area running back on Sunday, Next man up in the backfield. 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:11.719 You didn't hear a coach mentioned Matt Breta in that 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:13.679 segment here, so he was asked to follow up about 0:06:13.680 --> 0:06:16.320 Matt Brita. Here's coach talking about the Dolphins running back 0:06:16.760 --> 0:06:19.720 with doesn't mean it really doesn't. I just didn't mention him. 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:22.320 He's still got a chance and hamstrings are tough, So 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.000 we'll see how this goes throughout the week. We like 0:06:26.160 --> 0:06:29.360 the depth at that position. We'll see how it goes. 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:32.080 You like the depth in the backfield at the running 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.880 back position. Up next, coach was asked to flip it 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:36.600 over to the defensive side of the ball. He was 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:39.320 asked about some of the cover zero looks no safety 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:41.480 help you send the rush. You play tight man coverage 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.560 or zone coverage on the back end with your with 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:46.599 your stout defensive backfield you have here in Miami. Coach 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.080 was asked about the Cover zero package. Here's his response 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:52.880 to that package and how the Dolphins executed. I think 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:56.040 Josh has done a good job as far as game 0:06:56.080 --> 0:07:00.919 planning and trying to put guys in positions. Has some success. 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.279 And you know we ran we ran some zero blitzes 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.720 a year ago and I think everybody has them, So 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:12.960 I don't think we're doing anything that's different than you know, 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:15.560 a lot of other teams. I think it's about execution. 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:19.880 It's about preparations, about getting comfortable doing things in practice, 0:07:20.240 --> 0:07:24.400 whether it's a zero blitz or you know, eight people 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:29.720 in coverage. Anyway, slice, you gotta execute. Um, that's a 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:33.760 week to week think so again, I was last week. Really, 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:36.040 you know, we got a tough test this week against 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.400 the Cardinals. So and up next, coach was asked about 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:43.960 Preston Williams and trying to maybe nurture confidence and referring 0:07:43.960 --> 0:07:46.440 to a couple of drop balls on Sunday. Coach Flores 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:49.280 talks about how that's part of executing. And I'll just 0:07:49.280 --> 0:07:50.800 go ahead and leave it to coach. Here's coach on 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:54.240 Preston Williams. You want to be encouraging, but at the 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:57.360 same time, um, you you have the left players know 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:01.120 it's important that day that the extra that's part of the 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:06.120 the execution. Throwing, catching, blocking, defeating blocks, tackling, breaking tackles. 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:08.680 I mean, that's all part of the execution. So the 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:13.520 things we work on a daily basis, m it's important execute. 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:16.040 When we don't, you know, it doesn't work out. You know, 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:21.200 he's disappointed. We're disappointed. Um, look at Preston, I can. 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:23.280 Ye'll let him all I want. He's probably gonna be 0:08:23.360 --> 0:08:27.160 more upset than I than I am. So UM, I 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.240 think part of part part of it for him is 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:31.640 you know, helping him move forward and move on to 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:33.720 the next play, because we need to do that. Also, 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:38.360 m h. Every player is a little bit different. So UM, 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:45.040 you know, I think we we just continue to work on, um, 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.600 you know, catching the football and route running and route 0:08:47.600 --> 0:08:52.079 technique and you know all those things. Um and and 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:55.320 uh move on from the from from any you know, 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:59.640 let's call it negative negative place. And we heard Jerome 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:02.960 Baker here on yesterday's podcast and press conference talk about 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.080 some of the self policing nature of this Dolphins football team. 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.360 I asked him about if they gave Eric Rowe a 0:09:08.360 --> 0:09:10.760 hard time for not squeezing that pick six, and he 0:09:10.840 --> 0:09:12.560 took it a step further to say, like, that's what's 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:15.120 great about this team. We hold each other accountable. We 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.040 want more, we can believe, we believe we can make 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.480 every play out there when it comes our way. And 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.640 so you hear coach Flores talk about that there with 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.079 Preston Williams and just kind of that you know, I 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:25.760 can yell at him all I want, but he's the 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:27.360 one that's going to be more upset than anybody else 0:09:27.360 --> 0:09:29.200 that he maybe didn't make the catches that he felt 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.960 he should have made. So self policing, self motivator, self starters. 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:34.760 That's the kind of people that Brian Floors and Chris 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:36.800 we are brought to this Dolphins team over the course 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:39.200 of the off season. So we'll go ahead and finish up. 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.040 Coach Floors a press conference here with a remark about 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.079 another player the Dolphins brought in this offseason, rookie quarterback 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.760 to a tongue of Yloa. Coach addressed some I don't 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:51.600 know what to call him, rumors reports out there that 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.160 the Dolphins might be auditioning to it for a ten 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.480 game season here going into next year's off season and 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.160 next year's draft. Here's Coach Flora's on how he feels 0:09:59.160 --> 0:10:02.720 about that and putting a those rumors are those whispers 0:10:02.760 --> 0:10:05.480 to rest? Well, I mean now that you mentioned, you know, 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:07.760 the quarterback, Look, there's a couple of things out there. 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:12.720 Um let's call it a source close to Dolphins thinking 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.880 saying that you know, we were auditioning you know too, 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:22.400 And I'm just gonna tell you about my thinking. We 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:26.360 brought to her here because we believe in them, same 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:31.439 as all the other draft picks. M h. We believe 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:33.839 in developing players. And I think you guys have heard 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.679 me talk about it. Improvement of players on a daily basis. 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.400 That would be the opposite of giving somebody any ten 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:46.880 game audition. So I guess that's that's my thinking on that, 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:50.199 just so everybody's clear. I mean, for me, it's about, 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:54.960 you know, the town level of the quarterback, leadership, things 0:10:54.960 --> 0:10:58.120 of that nature. So there's a lot, there's the intangibles. 0:10:58.160 --> 0:11:01.079 There's a lot more to play in that position, you know, 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:05.000 high weight, speed, so as as well as every other position. 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:07.880 It's a fallow up to a question that originally started 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.840 off by asking coach about the untraditional makeup or the 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.520 build or the prototype of the quarterbacks. On Sunday, Kyler 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:16.600 Murray to a tongue of by loo both at six 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:19.439 ft or under compared to the traditional six four two 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:23.319 pound quarterback. As Adam Beasley of the Miami Held asked about. 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.880 That's Coach floors this thought on his quarterback and rumors 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:29.520 out there with that quote unquote Dolphins thinking or a 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.280 source close to Dolphins thinking, here's coach Floor's finishing up 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:36.080 on that thought. Yes, very uncomfortable what comes out of 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:39.839 these ten games. I think since I've been here and 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.040 I think everybody's heard me talk about the development of 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:48.760 players improvement on a daily basis. So I just don't 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:53.160 see how someone close to Dolphins thinking I could see that, 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:55.880 could say that this would be a ten game audition. 0:11:56.080 --> 0:11:59.800 That's just yeah, I'm not sure who who were that? 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:03.240 Are who that where that came from. So and that's 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:04.760 kind of the thing you point to here at the 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.880 end of this presser is that coach Flores will be 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.720 consistent in that message. He always has been. He always says, 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:13.080 we're trying to work better, work to get better every 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.800 single day, consistency, developing that level of consistency, improving on 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:18.880 the things that we need to improve on, building on 0:12:18.920 --> 0:12:21.440 the things we've had success with. I mean, you might 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:23.520 find it boring at times, but that's the message. That's 0:12:23.520 --> 0:12:26.000 the consistent message of the coach of the football team. 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:29.440 It reverberates throughout the walls here at the facility and Davy, 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.360 So it's it's nice to see coach just kind of say, look, 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:34.599 this is my thought, and what other thought do we 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:37.319 need besides Brian Flooress thought when it comes to this team, 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.120 this quarterback, and and really everything that happens here with 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.880 the Miami Dolphins on the football field. He also will 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.800 point back to Chris Career, Brandon Shore, the folks upstairs 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:48.040 when it comes to personnel stuff as well. So there's 0:12:48.040 --> 0:12:50.240 a balance, there's a mix, there's a message, and it's 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.200 all consistent here with your Miami Dolphins. With that, let's 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.800 go ahead and jump ahead to the Week nine preview 0:12:55.840 --> 0:13:01.040 Dolphins at Cardinals Sunday, November eight. Kickoff not my favorite 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.280 kickoff time, but hey, we're gonna do it anyways. State 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.320 Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It's supposed to be sixties, 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:08.880 six degrees and partly cloudy, but they have a retractable roof. 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:10.840 Will they close it, will they keep it open? I 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.560 don't know, but either way for Dolphins and Cardinals, it's 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.480 year two for both Brian Flores and Cliff Kingsbury. And 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.400 as we do on the preview piece here on Miami 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:21.280 Dolphins dot Com as well is on the Drivetime podcast, 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:24.079 I like to look at the similarities and the building 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:27.000 processes and where teams are with regards to where they 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.920 are in their own building process compared to the Miami Dolphins, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:31.880 because I think we know right now the track the 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.880 Dolphins are on. A young team, still building, still growing, 0:13:34.920 --> 0:13:38.720 still maturing, still finding ways to to learn new ways 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:40.840 to win football games. And they've shown you the last 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.319 three games that they have learned how to jump out 0:13:43.320 --> 0:13:45.800 to big leads and preserve those leads and close out 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:48.800 football games. With the Cardinals last year, some up and 0:13:48.880 --> 0:13:52.520 down moments, some some moments of brilliance from Kyler Murray. 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:55.680 The defense needed some reinforcements, and they've got that, and 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:57.720 they've got Vance Joseph. They're calling a hell of a 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.040 game plan for that Cardinals defense. I look at both 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.520 these teams on a similar trajectory in terms of where 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:05.600 they're going. I think I might have talked about it 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:08.200 on Twitter last year saying that my hot take was 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:10.240 the Cardinals would be in contention for the playoffs at 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:12.160 the end of the year. They were not. They finished 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:14.840 six and ten. But you see where that line of 0:14:14.880 --> 0:14:17.160 thinking comes from because of the young quarterback, the innovative 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:19.240 head coach that puts them in position to do that, 0:14:19.440 --> 0:14:21.880 and as a as a byproduct of that, their offense 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.240 average just twenty nine points per game right now, that's 0:14:24.240 --> 0:14:26.400 tied for eighth most in the league. And that's where 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:29.800 this matchup in this You know, Cliff Kingsbury Texas Tech 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:33.600 A a big time college offensive jugger, not down there 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:37.720 in the Big twelve. Brian Flores defensive background, special teams background, 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:40.320 find details all the things we've covered on this podcast 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:43.280 so many times before. And you see that that Matt, 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.960 that clash, that matchup of offense versus defense kind of 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:49.520 come to a head here. Dolphins league low eight team points, 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.040 six points per game allowed, Cardinals twenty nine points per 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.200 game on offense, tied for eighth best in the league. 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:56.800 Both teams have the young quarterbacks we talked about Kyler 0:14:56.880 --> 0:15:00.560 Murray number one overall draft pick in two tongue by Low, 0:15:00.680 --> 0:15:03.560 the fifth pick in the draft this past year. And 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:06.880 the spacing of these offenses I think tells you about 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:11.440 not only the direction of the modern NFL game, but 0:15:11.480 --> 0:15:14.320 where these two quarterback strengths lie. They both can see 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.400 the field, they both can rip it, they both have 0:15:16.440 --> 0:15:19.160 really good accuracy, good arm strength in that short intermediate 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:22.480 area and pop that thing out quick. Cliff Kingsbury runs 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:24.800 a ton of ten personnel. We'll talk about that here 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.360 in one second. That helps designs and spacing out wide 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:30.280 as well. But Miami has the widest width at thirty 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:33.120 point one yards of average spacing, the Cardinals the sixth 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.720 widest at twenty seven point one yards. And with the 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:38.560 Dolphins defense playing lights out since the Week five game 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:43.040 in San Francisco, the Dolphins are top three and points allowed, sacks, takeaways, 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.440 third down conversion rate allowed. Despite playing only three games 0:15:46.440 --> 0:15:49.040 in that four week period. They have eight takeaways with 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:50.920 the Steelers, which is tied for the most, but the 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.360 Steelers have four games, so it tells you kind of 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:56.280 where this Dolphins defense is trending. But slowing down Murray 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.280 and this Cardinals offense will not be easy, especially with 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.960 the home side coming off the bye week. We have 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:04.680 the injury report up on Miami Dolphins dot com. On 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.400 the game preview. There you'll find out we listed Miles 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:10.040 Gascon on injured reserve and the rest of the injury 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.480 report up on Miami Dolphins dot Com. As we went 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:15.800 over in the open of this podcast, the matchup highlights 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:17.360 in this game. Had a bit of a tough time 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:19.720 picking out three of them. I wanted to be I 0:16:19.760 --> 0:16:21.840 wanted to be really concise about it. And the first 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:24.480 thing I thought about was the spacing versus the blitz 0:16:24.520 --> 0:16:27.640 because we saw the touchdown pass last week, the lowest 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.520 or the shortest window in terms of a touchdown pass 0:16:30.560 --> 0:16:32.840 in the NFL this season. Point to eight yards of 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:36.320 separation between Devonte Parker and the Rams defensive back who 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:39.320 interfered with him on Tongue by lowest touchdown pass. That 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:41.680 was against the blitz. That was against a free rusher, 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:45.360 six rushers, five guys in protection. That was what I 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.280 saw too A do in college at Alabama all the time, 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:50.800 identified that free rusher, throw the football in behind the 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:52.680 blitz and beat them at their own game. And then 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:55.080 you let those receivers they had an Alabama turn and 0:16:55.160 --> 0:16:57.840 run with the football and make big explosive plays. You 0:16:57.920 --> 0:17:00.280 beat them pre snap with the mind, you dice where 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:02.280 the defense lines up, you throw the football where the 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.359 vacancies are. That's what Tongue Byaloa strength was in college. 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.600 That's what he did on that touchdown pass to Davante Parker. 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.200 We saw the quick flip. The quick release that also 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:13.159 helps you deal with the free rusher helps you deal 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:15.480 with the blitz as well, so the Cardinals will turn 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.520 the heat up. They have the fourth highest blitz rate 0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.199 this year in the NFL with fans Joseph per Pro 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:25.439 Football Reference. And speaking of draft crushes I had in 0:17:25.520 --> 0:17:27.800 terms of Kyler Murray and two A tongue Baloa. Another 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:29.720 one in a while back was Hassan Reddeck out of 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:33.440 Temple who played some defensive ent played some some linebacker 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:36.000 outside there as well. They tried to convert Hassan Redi 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:38.040 to an off ball linebacker the first couple of years 0:17:38.080 --> 0:17:40.199 of his career and it didn't really go well. So 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:42.600 they put him back down on the edge as a rusher, 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.200 and when you know it, he's having a revival this year. 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:48.600 Twenty quarterback pressures leads the team there for the Cardinals. 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:51.520 He primarily lines up off the offenses right side, so 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:53.840 Robert hunt off the right tackle spot over there as 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:57.520 a left outside linebacker. He's played Reddick two hundred nine 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:00.320 snaps this year on passing downs, and one hundred forty 0:18:00.359 --> 0:18:02.479 seven of those come as a pass rusher, so one 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.920 D forties seven pass rushing reps. Where is that sixty 0:18:06.000 --> 0:18:09.000 two back in coverage? That's my big takeaway from the 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:12.080 matchup Number one here, the Dolphins spacing and quick passing 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:14.840 game against that Cardinals blitz. Number two on the other 0:18:14.880 --> 0:18:17.760 side contained the quarterback run as well as the past. 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.040 We heard Josh Bowyer say this guy is special, the 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:22.600 total package. He really has it all. But the Dolphins 0:18:22.640 --> 0:18:26.919 defense has been swarming quarterbacks early and often in recent weeks. 0:18:27.200 --> 0:18:30.439 In the first halves of the last three games, Jimmy Garoppolo, 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:33.440 Joe Flacco Jared Goff have combined to turn the football 0:18:33.480 --> 0:18:37.280 over against this Dolphins defense seven times. That's ninety minutes 0:18:37.320 --> 0:18:40.000 of football seven turnovers. You're gonna take that. We also 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.600 talked about how the Dolphins could have had more takeaways 0:18:42.760 --> 0:18:44.639 from the Rams in that game if they would have 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:48.280 squeezed a couple of interceptions. But Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray, 0:18:48.440 --> 0:18:50.600 he played a different style of football than those guys. 0:18:50.760 --> 0:18:53.200 He has more rushing yards and those three guys combined. 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.800 In fact, his four hundred and thirties seven rushing yards 0:18:56.040 --> 0:18:59.360 leads all NFL quarterbacks. Lamar Jackson the second with four 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:02.119 hundred and of him, but he's fourteen and rushing yards 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:05.360 regardless of what position, quarterback or running back, so top 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:08.719 fifteen rusher in the NFL. The Dolphins have speed of 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:11.320 their own in the second level, however, to help match 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:14.040 Murray's quickness and maybe stay and pace and keep him 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:16.320 hemmed in and and prevent some of those big scramble 0:19:16.400 --> 0:19:18.920 runs that he loves to do and design runs as well. 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:21.840 Commu grug Hill four four or five forty speed. That 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:24.760 guy can fly, he can cook. Jerome Baker four five 0:19:24.880 --> 0:19:28.119 three forty speed, Andrew Van Ginkle four five nine e 0:19:28.240 --> 0:19:30.520 Land and Roberts four six. Oh, those are your four 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:33.320 fastest linebackers in terms of forty yard dash time. Of course, 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:36.200 on field football movements are different, but that's the best 0:19:36.200 --> 0:19:38.359 metric we have for that. So Dolphins trying to find 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:41.240 a way to create some confusion for Murray when he 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:43.720 tries to get outside on the scramble, on the extended 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:46.480 plays and also on design runs. But he also has 0:19:46.480 --> 0:19:48.760 a hotwartzer over right arm. He's twelfth in the NFL 0:19:48.840 --> 0:19:51.679 and deep passing per Pro Football Focus, four hundred and 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:54.320 seventeen yards on passes that travel more than twenty yards 0:19:54.359 --> 0:19:56.640 in the air. His one hundred and twenty seven point 0:19:56.680 --> 0:20:00.760 seven passer rating on such throws his fourth among quarterbacks 0:20:00.800 --> 0:20:02.600 with at least ten deep throws. So the deep passing 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:05.000 and running, that's a deadly combination. We see it with 0:20:05.080 --> 0:20:07.760