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Dolphins? 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:48.680 And welcome to the Drivetime podcasting part of the Miami 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:53.720 Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:53.720 --> 0:00:56.960 it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, And 0:00:57.040 --> 0:00:59.480 on today's show, we are back for our first Wednesday 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:01.760 show in a few weeks. Back to the five days 0:01:02.200 --> 0:01:04.680 a week type of schedule. It's time to get caught 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:06.959 up on the five things I think as we look 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:09.720 at five big picture thoughts here heading into the home 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:13.200 stretch of the season, just three games to go plus playoffs. 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:15.759 Hopefully we'll also hear from some players and some really 0:01:15.840 --> 0:01:19.000 good Monday Media availabilities in to Ron Armstead, Christian Wilkins, 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:22.320 and Javon holland all of that and more from the 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.360 Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:34.160 is we dive right in here off the top with 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:37.440 five big picture observations, and I think we start right 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:41.720 here on this Wednesday, December twenty one, offensive Line and 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.240 Run game. I don't know what the title or the 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.480 takeaway is here other than the fact that it was 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:49.760 really good and I think it could keep getting better. 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:51.440 And then we talked about it on Tuesday. But man, 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:53.640 the number of reps we had in that game where 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.880 it was hat on a hat across the board, the 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:59.840 number of reps where we successfully climbed to the second level, 0:01:59.880 --> 0:02:02.280 the number of reps we had guys seal off gaps 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:04.360 that are not easily sealed off, and by that I 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:06.440 mean you have to hit a reach, you have to 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:08.359 throw that big butt into the gap that you're not 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.920 in previously and wall off defender all while keeping him 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:15.440 at bay. Happened over and over and over again, and 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.480 in fact, just out of curiosity, I wanted to look 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.840 something up as I wrote the script, and I was 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:24.079 able to quickly confirm a hypothesis. I thought, maybe, hey, 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:28.080 maybe Matt Mulano and Tremaine Edmonds arguably the second best 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:31.800 off ball linebacker duo in the National Football League because 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:35.800 San Francisco has that top spot notched. Matt Milano had 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.560 his lowest PF grade against the run of the season, 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:40.160 and it's hardly a knock on him. I mean, that's 0:02:40.200 --> 0:02:43.359 a guy that's potentially a defensive Player of the Year Canaida. 0:02:43.400 --> 0:02:45.799 He's having a great year and a great player with 0:02:45.840 --> 0:02:48.359 a career year. Tremaine Edmunds not the lowest, but the 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:50.880 third lowest of the year for him, again, another really 0:02:50.960 --> 0:02:53.160 damn good player who we did a good job on. 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:57.799 And look, we don't take PF grades here all that. Seriously, 0:02:57.919 --> 0:02:59.880 I love their data and their stats with the grades 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:02.799 they had to as the second lowest graded player on 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:07.480 the Dolphins offense in the game on Saturday, what and 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.920 you know, Mike McDaniel mentioned the grade on Jerome Baker 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:11.600 and how that's one of the ones that matched up 0:03:11.600 --> 0:03:13.440 with the grades of the Dolphins staff had. But I 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:15.480 think when you compare PFFS grades, so there are other 0:03:15.560 --> 0:03:18.040 grades that should be a baseline you can measure right 0:03:18.400 --> 0:03:20.519 either way. I guess what I'm trying to say is 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.760 I'm not using those as the end all be all, 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:25.560 but it does jive with what you saw on tape 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.280 and how Miami was able to get a couple of 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:30.079 bad players to have are good players rather to have 0:03:30.200 --> 0:03:33.359 bad games. But you don't need that to know the 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:36.400 line played really well, right six pressures allowed seven point 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.440 five yards per rush and two of those pressures came 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:40.760 from a tight end position, So really good game in 0:03:40.800 --> 0:03:44.160 the game on Saturday. And individually, the three guys that 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:47.040 have been stalwarts in terms of availability and snaps played 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.640 have all been so good. All three have been in 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.800 the top twelve in ESPNS categories run block win rate 0:03:53.840 --> 0:03:57.240 for Cornor Williams and Rob Hunt and pass rush or 0:03:57.280 --> 0:04:00.640 pass block win rate for Toron Armstead for the higher season. 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:03.440 They've been durable to Ron has battled through some injuries 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.880 and just produced at a high level despite that. We'll 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:07.880 hear from toront On that here in just a moment. 0:04:08.160 --> 0:04:10.800 But Toron's pass block efficiency this year is ninety eight 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:14.720 point one, and among tackles with four hundred pass blocking snaps, 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:18.160 that efficiency is fifth, only behind Tristan Worth's who's nine 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.800 point five. That's a crazy number for the best right 0:04:21.880 --> 0:04:25.159 tackle on the National Football League. Larry mutunseil second, Juwan 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.880 Taylor is third, and Jack Conklin is fourth, and then 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.320 Big Tea Stead checks in at fifth. Rob Hunt at 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.760 point two at his right guard position is thirteen among 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:37.520 all guards. So we're talking about uh sixty four players 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.080 here for these guys right fifth and thirteenth is pretty good. 0:04:40.279 --> 0:04:43.479 Out of four hundred pass block snaps minimum. PFF also 0:04:43.640 --> 0:04:46.360 charts Miami with twenty nine runs for one eight six 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.040 behind right guard this year, and nobody else has played 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:51.480 a staff at right guard besides Rob Hunt, so that's 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.719 his statistics. Six point four yards per carry. Connor Williams 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:58.120 is third amongst centers at nine point oh one of 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:01.800 three centers in fact with the past block efficiency of 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.560 ninety nine or better. The other two guys, Corey Linsley 0:05:04.640 --> 0:05:06.440 from the Chargers is number one, he just got a 0:05:06.560 --> 0:05:09.840 huge free agent contract this two off seasons ago, and 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:12.920 Jason Kelsey of the Eagles, who is probably the best 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:15.440 center in the National Football League. Those three guys are 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:17.839 the best in my opinion. Now, the other two spots 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.960 have seen changes, but Shell and Jones have settled in 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:23.799 pretty nicely. Since his first start the year against the Bears, 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.120 Rob Jones has ten pressures allowed on two d and 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:28.640 twenty eight pass blocking snaps. It's not the numbers of 0:05:28.680 --> 0:05:30.840 those other three guys, but that's more than good enough. 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.000 When we talked about this offseason, an offensive line doesn't 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.720 have to have five superstars. You just can't have tomato 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:39.640 cans and multiple spots. I don't think Miami does right now. 0:05:39.880 --> 0:05:42.920 And brianon Shell at right tackle sixteen pressures on three 0:05:43.000 --> 0:05:45.680 hundred and seventeen pass block snaps. That's also over nine 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:48.960 pass block efficiency and both have seen an uptick in 0:05:49.040 --> 0:05:51.599 rushing yardage into their gaps when they're in the game 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:55.040 compared to their their counterparts are contemporaries on the team. 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.800 And that's also a tribute to the backs in terms 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.040 of the rushing production, who I thought had their best 0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.600 game of the year collectively. You know Raheem pulling through 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.279 arm tackles and getting so many yards after contact. In fact, 0:06:06.360 --> 0:06:09.080 it was the most total yards after contact for a 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:13.679 Miami back since j ag Im per Pff big runs, 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.440 touchdowns and first downs. All three of those numbers from 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:20.599 efficiency standpoint have increased this year compared to previous seasons 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:22.880 at the running back position. If we can get that 0:06:22.960 --> 0:06:25.080 type of balance, man, I am excited to see where 0:06:25.120 --> 0:06:27.400 this offense can go over the final three games of 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:29.840 the season, which brings us to thing I think number two, 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:32.960 the money down, third down and if the running game 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:34.880 is hitting a stride, and I think it's been something 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:36.960 of a positive climb all year. You know, there were 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:38.560 some moments where I didn't get going with the San 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.440 Francisco game, didn't run it much versus Houston, but we 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.840 start we saw it start to kind of hit a 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:47.760 little bit back in the Bengals and Jets games, provided 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:50.000 you know, some good balance over the winning street that 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.240 we had hit that loll and then had its best 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.600 performance of the year on Saturday night in Buffalo. And 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:58.960 the reason I start with that prelude, the great Daniel 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.560 oh Yafusi of the My Andy Harold shared some great 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:04.480 stats on Tuesday on his timeline at Daniel O Yafusi 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.320 about Miami's third down offense and it got me thinking 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.720 about the money down in general. Let's go ahead and 0:07:09.800 --> 0:07:12.920 start with the stats. So Miami are twenty one of 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:15.640 forty nine on third and short this year that's three 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:19.240 yards and shorter, that's forty two point nine percent. That's 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:24.040 thirty second last in the NFL. However, on third and medium, 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.160 which is four to six yards to gain, they're the 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:29.800 best in football fifty eight point six percent. They convert 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:34.520 si better with more yards to go on that situation. 0:07:35.040 --> 0:07:37.600 They're seventeen for twenty nine in those situations. On third 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:40.360 and long seven plus yards, which again which is where 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:44.360 we great quarterbacks, third and long, two minute fourth quarter, 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.200 those are the most important elements for any quarterback in college. 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.160 When when Scout's watched their tapes, best in football again, 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.600 twenty six point eight percent twenty three out of eighty 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.200 four on third and long for this Dolphins offense. And 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.640 that kind of speaks to some of the earlier Wednesday 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.280 shows we did this season, or we talked about signs 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.920 of growth and improvement in various aspects like the running game, 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.960 the point total matching, the offensive production we're getting in 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:08.960 terms of yardage and conversions and all that stuff with 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:11.240 a certain degree of belief and what the coaches and 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.240 players are capable of on top of the typical production 0:08:14.560 --> 0:08:17.440 of an offense that moves the ball so well, like Miami, 0:08:17.520 --> 0:08:19.560 whose second in yards per play at six point two. 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:23.160 And the thought I have here is that the more 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:27.240 the sample size increases, more plays in those situations, the 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:29.640 better that figure is going to get. Now, that's not 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:33.520 a guarantee. I mean, it is only forty nine snaps 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:36.520 out of however money we played this year, seven hundred 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:37.959 whatever it is at this point nine, I don't know 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:40.080 something like that, but you get the idea. It's it's 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:43.120 a fraction of your total snaps, and so that gives 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:46.120 you sample size variants, and once it increases, I believe 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.440 that figure gets better. Even though it's not a guarantee. 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:50.839 You can't just show up and it happens. Um. But 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.040 that's some of the meat that's on the bone that 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.559 gives me confidence this team will work on and improve 0:08:55.679 --> 0:08:58.439 upon and just get even better. It's why during the 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.439 winning streak, I would see like my bar berber or 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.280 my neighbor who's a big Dolphins fan, and they'd be like, man, 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:05.440 you you were kind of right about this this offense 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:06.920 in this passing game, and I'm like, it's just gonna 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.080 keep getting better. And that's kind of one of the things, 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:13.040 like they're so efficient and so productive that if you 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.559 do that over a long enough period of time, the 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:18.079 rest of the important stats will eventually catch up or 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:19.560 even out. And maybe maybe they did a little bit, 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:20.839 you know, back to Earth a little bit after the 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:23.079 five game winning streak. After that was a kind of 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:26.559 raised bar from the prior production when the offense was 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.920 clicking but not put enough points on the board. I 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.160 think that kind of explains it, right, Like there's a 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:33.480 baseline that you can expect, and when you produce at 0:09:33.520 --> 0:09:36.040 that high level, you'll get variants, but over a long 0:09:36.160 --> 0:09:41.360 enough timeline, eventually you'll be near that baseline expectation on 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.920 a snap by snap basis for the important categories that 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:47.160 can kind of fall by the wayside with a smaller 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:50.760 variance and sample size. And if they do get that 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:54.360 number higher the forty two point nine percent third and 0:09:54.400 --> 0:10:00.839 short conversion rate, well, you can sustain more drives, you 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:07.000 can score more points. But doesn't it always seem like 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.760 those things happen in plus territory, Like I'm thinking back 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:12.280 to the game where we scored thirty plus all the 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.160 games this year, and the only stops I really remember 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:16.800 is like one or two punts in the Detroit and 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.880 Chicago and Cleveland games and then a fourth down failure 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.680 either approaching the red zone or in the high red zone, 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.280 or you know, we get us help in a short 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:27.880 field goal situation and miss that. So that's something I 0:10:28.000 --> 0:10:29.880 hope we get to see over the final three weeks 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.760 and beyond, because I believe it can be done. You 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:34.760 gotta go get it done. I think Miami can make 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.000 a big stride in that department, even over just three 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.720 games and into the postseason. And to drive this point 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:42.439 home and to do what we did back before the 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:45.640 Lions game, excuse me and the outburst of points the 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.400 following four games of thirty one, thirty five, thirty nine, 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:51.200 and thirty points. Let's go back to that. We looked 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:54.040 at other teams who ranked in the top five annually 0:10:54.120 --> 0:10:57.719 in yards per play going back to remember that and 0:10:57.800 --> 0:10:59.880 how the Dolphins were the outlier in terms of the 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:03.319 point scored. They had the lowest points per game of 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:05.839 a team that averaged or a team that was in 0:11:05.880 --> 0:11:08.319 the top five and yards per play going back to 0:11:08.800 --> 0:11:11.520 eight team, Well, that sample size increased and the points 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.360 total matched. The ability of the Dolphins to move the 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.760 ball well, the other teams in the top five this 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:19.720 season and yards per play and their third and short 0:11:19.760 --> 0:11:21.880 conversion rates. And I added Detroit here to give us 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.600 five teams because they're six. Miami you know his second. 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:27.360 So uh, let's pull another team into the top five. 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.400 Kansas City is number one, and yards per play by 0:11:30.400 --> 0:11:32.840 actually a lot by by three tenths of a yard 0:11:33.120 --> 0:11:36.480 six point five. On short yardage third downs, they are 0:11:36.520 --> 0:11:41.840 twenty for fifty two, that's fifty solve better than Miami. 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:45.000 Buffalo is third in yards per play, just six point 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:47.920 one behind Miami six point two. They are thirty nine 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.280 for sixty on short yardage this year on third down 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:56.720 that's sixty. Philly is forty fifty eight, that's sixtent. They're 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.360 a little bit different in the running game because they 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:00.520 never fail on sneaks and j and hurts as a 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:04.120 freaking that way. Seattle is thirty of forty seven, that's six, 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:09.160 and Detroit's thirty forty nine, that's sixty one. So here's 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.520 your top six teams and yards per play and their 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:19.520 third and short conversion rate this year. Kansas City, Miami percent, 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:24.720 Buffalo sixty five, Philly sixty nine, Seattle sixty four, Detroit 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.240 sixty one. Do you see what I'm saying. You know, 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:30.080 I'm not saying we're gonna close that gap to all 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:32.679 those teams, you know, sans Kansas City, who's ten percent 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:36.959 back from you know, Buffalo and Seattle and Philly. But 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.760 what if we can just get to KCS level. That's 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:43.439 a twelve percent increase, which essentially means one more conversion 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:46.360 per game, and maybe that's three more points per game. 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.319 Maybe that's seven more points on a drive that extends 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:51.880 and gets into the end zone backwards. Math was never 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.560 my good suits in sales, but I think it tracks 0:12:54.640 --> 0:12:57.400 here in the podcast industry. Now. I wanted to give 0:12:57.400 --> 0:12:59.880 a bunch of data on defensive stats about third down, 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.679 but I don't have a silver lining here because it's 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:05.720 just been a struggle. Field position has suffered as a result, 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:08.439 you know, minimal turnovers twenty nine in the NFL. In 0:13:08.520 --> 0:13:11.920 that department on third down defense, it's another thing that 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.120 holds the offense back because you don't get the ball back, 0:13:14.200 --> 0:13:16.679 you can't go score points. So I do think the 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.440 quarterback and the opponent in these last three games could 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:22.200 see that stat give you an up swing it's been 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.400 a quarterbacks. I mean this, this Dolphin schedule has been 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:29.160 a murderers row of quarterbacks. Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen twice, 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:32.600 Joe Burrow, Jared Goffs having a career year, Brock Purdy 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:35.599 had a great game against US somehow, Herbert had his 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.160 best game of the year against US justin fields. I mean, 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:40.079 it's been a lot of good quarterbacks. Kirk Cousins is 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:43.040 no slouch, yeah, but I mean I think that the 0:13:43.200 --> 0:13:45.240 final three opponents you could get a swinging back variance 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:46.959 in the other direction. We'll see what Aaron Rodgers does 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:49.679 on Sunday, and maybe a fourth re opponent in the 0:13:49.679 --> 0:13:52.080 wild card round, depending on how things go, which, by 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.640 the way, you should be pulling for Miami to get 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:56.840 all three wins to go to eleven and six, obviously, 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.959 and for a Baltimore and Chargers loss on their fine 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:03.640 three games. Baltimore has Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and since so one 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.880 game that they could lose there. I think conceivably maybe 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:07.959 the Pittsburgh game if Lamars not back, and then the 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:11.040 Chargers have the Colts, Rams and Broncos not great there, 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.040 although Herbert against Broncos defenses has not been good in 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:16.280 the past. We'll see if that continues, and if that happens, 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:18.959 Miami gets either Tennessee or Jacksonville and round one, which 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:21.440 then tells you maybe you're not on that same track 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:24.120 with the quarterbacks, although Trevor Lawrence is pretty good, so 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:25.680 we'll see about that. But to put a bowl on 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:28.640 that thought after that, it's nothing about great quarterbacks in 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:31.480 the divisional round and beyond probably wild card round from Miami. 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.080 So it needs to be corrected by then if we 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.840 want to be a memorable team this season. Hopefully it 0:14:36.960 --> 0:14:40.880 does more on the pass rush in segment number two, 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:42.720 Let's go ahead and take our first break right there 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.080 and come back to things three through five. That's next 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.160 on the Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought 0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:57.720 to you by Auto Nation. Back here on a Wednesday 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:01.120 edition of the Draft Time Podcast. Thing things one through 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.120 two are finished, Let's go ahead and get two things 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.760 three through five and number three is that too. Has 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.800 hit some milestones this season. Number one, he's leading the 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:11.720 vote getting or he led won the vote the fan 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.440 vote for Pro Bowl among all players, all positions of 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:17.160 both conferences. I think it's been a season full of 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:20.440 really high level quarterback play. I would say if I 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:24.880 had to categorize the quarterback tapes for Tongue of Vola 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:31.440 this season, they would go as follows. Elite tapes Ravens, Lions, Bears, Browns, 0:15:31.600 --> 0:15:33.720 and Bills Part two in Buffalo. That was a great 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.560 tape in that game. Some of the best quarterback Dolphins 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:38.600 tapes I've seen ever, and that goes all the way 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:41.000 back to two thousand eight when Chad Pennington was the quarterback. 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.760 I also think the first Bills game and Bengals games 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:46.760 were really good, like not elite, but really high level 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:50.080 quarterback play. I thought Houston and Pittsburgh were also good games. 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.960 And then I have three bad tapes the opener against 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:58.120 the Patriots, the game in San Francisco, and the game 0:15:58.160 --> 0:15:59.840 against the Charges I thought were bad tapes for the 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:01.800 order back. But other than that pretty good. And five 0:16:01.840 --> 0:16:04.360 of those elite, two more of those really really good. 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.560 So yeah, I mean, it's like, you know, to two 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:08.520 out of every three games the quarterback players he's playing 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:10.520 at a super high level, and one of every four 0:16:10.600 --> 0:16:12.880 games he has a not so good game. UM, a 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:15.560 quick update on his numbers because they've been so good 0:16:15.640 --> 0:16:18.640 on balance, this season. Uh to go with the fact 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.040 that I prefer that method of how many good tapes 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.120 and bad tapes do you have, because to me, that's 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:26.000 more reflective of how your quarterback performed over the course 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.760 of the season. But the numbers on balance, those also 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:31.320 match up with what we're saying here. He's over three 0:16:31.360 --> 0:16:34.240 thousand yards passing, He's got twenty four touchdown passes fifteen 0:16:34.320 --> 0:16:36.280 his career now, by the way, and boy, I would 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.400 love to see him hit four thousand and thirty. That 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:41.560 would be a cool landmark, especially with just fifteen games 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.200 played this season, and really fourteen and like a quarter 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.040 he needs two touchdowns per game, which is currently his average, 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.520 and two hundred and fifty four yards per game to 0:16:50.600 --> 0:16:53.560 hit four thousand, which he's averaging to sixty point eight, 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:55.880 so on track to make both of those happen if 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:58.880 he plays at his pace the final three games of 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:01.520 the season. Through of teen weeks two, is first in 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:04.320 passer rating one oh seven point eight. Geno Smith is 0:17:04.359 --> 0:17:06.399 next at one oh five point three, and Pat Mahomes 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.200 is next at one oh five. He's first in touchdown 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.560 percentage six point four y p a eight point six 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:16.480 adjusted yards per attempt nine point three and yet net 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:19.760 yards per drop back, which includes sex seven point eight 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:22.040 five yards every time two A drops back to pass, 0:17:22.080 --> 0:17:24.200 it's first in the National Football League. He's second in 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.200 total QBR seventy one point eight. Mahomes is way out 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:29.760 in front seventy nine point eight, Josh Allen one tenth 0:17:29.800 --> 0:17:32.320 of a point behind two and third at seventy one 0:17:32.400 --> 0:17:34.959 point seven. Two is second, and e p a per 0:17:35.080 --> 0:17:37.719 drop back at point to eight. Mahomes is first at 0:17:38.119 --> 0:17:40.680 point three oh and Alan's third at point to three. 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.879 So two is closer to Mahomes for first than Allen 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.640 is to two oh for second. He's seventh in yards 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:49.119 per game at two sixty nine point eight, he's seventh, 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.920 and sack percentage at four point eight percent, and he's 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:55.760 fourth in completion percentage over expected at two point one percent. 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:58.960 I just think that at age four, the high level 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.119 player that he's shown in first year in the system, 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.200 I feel pretty good about him continuing to grow and 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:07.679 prove and learn lessons. As Mike mcdaland talked about on Monday. 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:10.520 We covered that in the Tuesday podcast. What a fun year, 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:12.960 best season by Dolphins quarterback and quite some time and 0:18:13.040 --> 0:18:15.359 I cannot wait to see what he does over the 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:19.680 final three and beyond takeaway or big picture item Number 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.240 four here is we talked about two in the Pro Bowl. 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:24.840 Two was the top vote getter among all players, better 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:28.080 than three hundred and six thousand votes. Alec Ingold won 0:18:28.200 --> 0:18:31.800 the fullback vote two hundred thousand for him. Tyreek was 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:34.240 the top wide receiver vote get her a number two 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:37.960 overall with two hundred ninety three thousand votes. We did 0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:40.000 a career day me and a couple of people here 0:18:40.040 --> 0:18:43.800 on staff at my wife's elementary school last week, and 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:47.480 I my presentation started off by saying, who's a football fan, 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:49.240 who's a Dolphins fan? Who's your favorite player? And that 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.399 would go around and ask kids their favorite players, and 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:55.280 everyone said Tyreek. Every single kid said Tyreek. A couple 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:57.399 of them said Waddle too. And there was one kid 0:18:57.480 --> 0:18:59.360 that told me Javon Holland and Kyra co who which 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:02.080 thought was awesome, but they all said Tyreek over to 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:06.120 of which that's crazy. Toronto the top offensive tackle vote 0:19:06.160 --> 0:19:09.800 getter just a smidge under one thousand votes, So great job, 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.680 Dolphins fans. Miami is gonna have their best Pro Bowl 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:15.880 representation in a long long time this year. Number five 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:18.880 thing I think is the past rush numbers, which saw 0:19:19.080 --> 0:19:22.080 a big jump really from the moment that Nick Chubb 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:26.359 Bradley Chubb trade happened. Whoops, uh well, not entirely because 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:28.880 the Bears game was not so great, but that's such 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:31.199 a unique quarterback and a game plan that doesn't feature 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:33.960 the same volume of passes or even the same style 0:19:34.000 --> 0:19:36.720 of passing game. When that quarterback him hit the top 0:19:36.800 --> 0:19:39.000 of his drop, take off and score from sixty yards? 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:40.919 Did you guys see his run against the Eagles, by 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.560 the way, the one that got called back. Nike needs 0:19:43.600 --> 0:19:46.480