WEBVTT - Drive Time - Dolphins Bills Week 2 Recap 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:09.360 Fractors, fatric touchdown. What a win for this Miami Dolphin team. Wow, 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:13.960 what's up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:18.120 part of the Miami Dolphins official podcast network, covering your 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.120 Miami Dolphins each and every day. It is Sunday Night, 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:25.920 a recap podcast. Here. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.280 and I am here to bring you your daily dose 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:31.600 of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, the Dolphins 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:34.960 rally butt fall to Buffalo for the fourth consecutive game 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:38.080 going back two years now three years. Actually, Miami moves 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.520 to Owen too. After another monster game from Josh Allen 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:44.839 and the compliment of Buffalo's receivers. We're gonna recap the 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:48.360 game with the individual performances for your Miami Dolphins, my 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:52.320 five takeaways, and we're gonna hear from Dolphins multimedia host 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:54.920 the co host of the Audible podcast, John Kim, Jemmy 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:56.760 He and I had a chance to watch the game 0:00:56.840 --> 0:00:58.840 side by side. Just from good notes there from the 0:00:58.840 --> 0:01:01.440 two of us, all of that more on this Sunday, 0:01:01.480 --> 0:01:08.080 September the twentieth edition of the Drive Time Podcasts. Just 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:09.679 go ahead and kick it off with the stats from 0:01:09.680 --> 0:01:12.480 the game first, as we do on these Sunday recap pods, 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:15.160 and when you looked at the statboard after the first half, 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:17.840 things were tilted pretty heavily towards the Buffalo Bills. But 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:20.600 the Dolphins came out and really responded in that second half, 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:24.000 especially after that lightning delay, when they got things going 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:26.720 with Ryan Fitzpatrick in the passing game and the offense 0:01:26.800 --> 0:01:29.840 spread the football around to several different targets. The Dolphins 0:01:29.920 --> 0:01:32.560 had four hundred and eight yards to Buffaloes five thirty one. 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:35.760 Miami rushed the ball for ninety nine to Buffaloes one eleven. 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.479 The passing went for twenty three oh nine in favor 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:42.600 of Buffalo. Dolphins converted five of thirteen third and fourth 0:01:42.640 --> 0:01:46.640 down conversions where Buffalo was five of ten. No turnovers 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:48.560 in the game for the Dolphins, they of course had 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:51.240 the one on the fumble that Noah Ignogay picked up. 0:01:51.400 --> 0:01:54.559 Miami had one sack compared to Buffaloes three. The Dolphins 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:57.080 commit just three penalties for twenty yards in the game 0:01:57.240 --> 0:01:59.960 compared to Buffalo six for fifty five, and the Dolphin 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.680 is out possessed Buffalo but thirty one minutes and five 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.720 seconds compared to twenty eight minutes and fifty five seconds. 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:07.480 But the first part of this game we really want 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.080 to talk about is the first takeaway for me, and 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:13.200 that's Byron Jones exiting after the very first series of 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:15.640 the game. He was covering one of those buffalo crossing 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:18.160 routes they ran them all game long. He trailed it 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.800 behind it and something happened where he came up limping, 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.200 went to the sideline, went over with the trainers, and 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:26.040 wound up walking off into the locker room. Was questionable 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:27.720 to return, and we would find out later in the 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:30.560 day that he would not return to that game. You're 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.760 gonna hear John Conjemmy and I talk about this on 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.920 the other side of the podcast here, and really the 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.480 Dolphins ability to match up with that deep receiving crew. 0:02:38.639 --> 0:02:41.440 We talked about it all week long here on Drive Time. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:44.000 And they have John Brown, who's one of the fastest 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:47.280 receivers in the National Football Leagues Stefon Dix. He had 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:50.480 the most vertical receiving yards last year on balls of 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.200 twenty yards or more down the football field. How would 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:56.480 Miami match up their strong press cover corners that can 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:59.960 play man, that can play zone with those impressive receivers. Well, 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:03.040 we heard Exaviing Howard talking about the game plan post 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.640 game and how it was the plan to have Byron 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.359 Jones on Diggs and then also some no agnology there, 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.680 and you look at how they match up athletically with 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.640 Stefon Diggs, who is very sudden, very quick in and 0:03:13.639 --> 0:03:15.920 out of breaks, and he can certainly make guys miss 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:18.960 in a very short area of space and also get vertical. 0:03:19.120 --> 0:03:21.919 So those matchups made sense, Exaving Howard on the more 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:25.440 smallest John Brown trying to overmatch him with the physicality. 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:27.480 They talked about that a little bit post game, and 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:30.440 immediately after Byron Jones goes out, they get the three 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:32.080 and out. But then the Bills just start to go 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:35.120 to work on those long developing crossing routes, the over 0:03:35.240 --> 0:03:37.160 routes where you try to get a guy in close 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:39.960 to the formation that you then run him upfield and 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.520 attack that inside leverage and just cross all the way 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:44.760 over the other side of the field. In fact, I 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:47.160 don't yet have the audio available for this yet, but 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:50.119 we did have a quote from Bobby McCain, Dolphins safety 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:52.600 after the game talking about how difficult it can be 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.040 on cornerbacks when you're dealing with those deep crossing routes. 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.800 He said this quote, it's tough on dbs. It's tough 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:00.520 on corners for sure, trying to play, trying to keep 0:04:00.600 --> 0:04:04.040 that leverage. All crossers do that overs and crossers. So 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.440 crossers can typically be the drag route short or the 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:08.600 deep crosser where you kind of attack the safety and 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.240 go deeper down the field. Buffalo ran that plenty of times, 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.720 he said. All crossers, overs and crossers, they just beat 0:04:14.760 --> 0:04:17.200 your leverage and they just run away from your leverage. 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.640 We made some corrections and we will look. You live 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:21.520 and you learn. You play and you learn. That's what 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:23.200 we have to do quickly. We've got to get this 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:25.839 thing turned around quickly. So he talks about the Bill's 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.000 ability to use that speed to run away from the 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:31.039 Dolphins man coverage. They're up in those press looks, and 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:33.880 we talked about it all off season long with Byron Jones. 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:37.000 That his athletic profile. It's one of many traits of 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.960 Byron Jones that stands out in that toolbox, that bag 0:04:40.000 --> 0:04:42.760 of tricks that he has the world record long jump 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:45.120 or broad jump and the ability to run and turn 0:04:45.160 --> 0:04:47.719 and work in short spaces. Dolphins could have used his 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:49.560 play on the field today, but of course he leaves 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:52.040 the game. Next man up mentality, the Dolphins had to 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.560 go ahead and respond with some more cornerbacks in that game. 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:56.960 You know what, A monogamy was up next for the challenge, 0:04:57.080 --> 0:04:58.919 and he too. We didn't have the audio here for 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.120 his postgame press con friends, but he talked about how 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.479 much he learned, not just about the Bills receivers, but 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:06.400 about himself today his second game of his professional career, 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:09.279 and remember he is the youngest player in the entire 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:12.279 national football Let's go ahead and hear from coach Flora's 0:05:12.480 --> 0:05:15.360 on the Buffalo receivers and the Dolphins struggles covering those 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.760 guys for the course of the sixty minutes. Yeah, we 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:23.040 struggled to cover him. Uh, they got good receivers um, 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.680 you know we we struggled to cover them. You know, 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:32.360 they got open um. You know they had time to 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:35.960 have time to throw it. You get pressure on the quarterback. 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:37.720 So I don't want to put it all on the 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.719 coverage guys. I mean it's it's it's a team game. 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:44.080 So but it starts with me and we gotta do 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:48.719 a better job of um, you know, putting them in 0:05:48.720 --> 0:05:52.720 positions to to to cover the matters. So um, you 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:55.400 know we struggled there for sure. So Byron Jones going out, 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.920 the first takeaway he is a big part of this defense. 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.520 The second takeaway is the two young players I think 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:02.480 are really showing their merit in this game. And we're 0:06:02.520 --> 0:06:05.279 gonna talk more later on about this and some more 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.920 young players that John Conjemmy noticed, but I point out 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:11.239 obviously Mike Gasicky And this was a game going into 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:13.800 we talked about it on the preview podcast. How if 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:17.400 those linebackers Tremaine Edmonds and Matt Mulano, two really really 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:20.000 good players, if they're gonna be down, that might be 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:22.520 an opportunity to get tight ends and running backs involved 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:24.520 in the passing game. And well, you know what, Mike 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.320 Kaski goes off for eight catches a hundred and twenty 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:29.840 seven yards, He caught a touchdown in the game, and 0:06:29.880 --> 0:06:31.920 really anyway you splice that, he was finding a way 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.720 to get his hands on the football. We talked about 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:38.279 the contested catchability of guys like him and Preston Williams 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.520 and DeVante Parker, and last week Gasicki had a big 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:45.120 time contested catch on the Dolphin's touchdown drive where he 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.240 really caught the thing with his hand stretched all the 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.720 way out with the body using a kind of backboard 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.720 blockout situation on the defensive back and he catches that 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:55.240 thing away from his body with big, strong hands. That 0:06:55.360 --> 0:06:57.400 was his first catch of the game in this week 0:06:57.400 --> 0:06:59.839 to game against Buffalo, and then he comes back and 0:06:59.880 --> 0:07:03.359 just starts creating separation, getting vertical, going up over guys 0:07:03.360 --> 0:07:06.000 and making plays after the catch. A big time game 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.599 for the Dolphins third year tight end, who's really showing 0:07:08.640 --> 0:07:11.200 his worth at that tight end position. And let's go 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.080 ahead and hear from Mike's quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick on the 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.240 emergence of the Dolphins tight end and Mike A sicky. 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.520 I think a lot of it for him has been confidence. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:24.640 Has been going out there um and working hard in 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:27.880 practice and seeing results in the games. And I think everybody, 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:30.480 I think all you guys saw that, you know, the 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.680 half of the last half of last year with how 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:38.000 much better and more confident he was playing UM. But 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:41.240 this year he's taken another step. And you know, he 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:44.600 came out of the that first game and I thought, 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:46.840 you know, to get him some more targets and every 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:49.320 every week is different, every matchup. He was a man 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:51.920 is its own and he does a good job of 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.320 finding the spots and working hard and practice to figure 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:58.720 those things out. So his his confidence continues to rise, 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:01.160 and I think we'll just tait to see him get better. 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.920 So there's Fitzpatrick on his young tight end. The other 0:08:03.960 --> 0:08:05.640 player on this list for me here is another young 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.640 player on the defensive line. Christian Wilkins. I thought had 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.400 another big game on the inside playing the run. He 0:08:11.480 --> 0:08:13.760 does so well to keep his eyes up and on 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.040 the backfield on the running back of the quarterback to 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:18.360 kind of key and read that way because he's able 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.840 to hold the point because of pure power, whether he's 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.040 locking somebody out with a straight arm or using the 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:25.360 power on the lower half in that base to keep 0:08:25.360 --> 0:08:27.200 guys at bay. And he reads his way to the 0:08:27.200 --> 0:08:29.440 football and makes plays that way. So I was very 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.280 impressed with both those guys. Miles Gaston again, I'll let 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.120 John con Jemmy talk about him and his final takeaways 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.880 at the end of the episode. My takeaway number three 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:40.640 was the inability to corral Josh Allen was just a 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:42.960 killer because there was pressure on so many of these 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:45.439 plays where he's able to extend and make plays Beyond 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:47.960 the last two touchdowns. They had him dead to rights, 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.360 it seemed, and he just shook free and made plays 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:53.040 and threw the ball down the field. The big legs, 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.720 the big arm, he can really push the football vertically 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:58.120 and if you can't get him down on that initial surge, 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.360 that initial rush. We've seen this for three years now 0:09:00.400 --> 0:09:02.520 with this guy, whether it was Cam Wake and Robert 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:05.199 Quinn or now with Kyle van Noy, Emmanuel Ogba and 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.440 Shack Lawson. If you don't get him to the ground, 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.200 he can then extend plays and beyond that, that's where 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.400 he's the most dangerous. I think we saw that in 0:09:12.440 --> 0:09:15.000 this game as Alan goes up over four hundred yards 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:18.040 for four touchdowns on the Dolphins defense. The fourth takeaway 0:09:18.120 --> 0:09:20.720 was the dolphins inability to capitalize on some of the 0:09:20.760 --> 0:09:23.840 critical moments in this game. And before I talk about them, 0:09:23.880 --> 0:09:26.120 let's go ahead and hear from coach Brian Flores on 0:09:26.160 --> 0:09:28.400 how the Dolphins did not take advantage of their opportunities 0:09:28.520 --> 0:09:30.760 enough to win the game. Win the game. We had 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:32.520 a chance there in the fourth quarter, you know, we 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:36.960 made a couple of plays, I took a lead, but 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.920 you know, just offensively, defensively, we just couldn't. We couldn't 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:43.559 finish the game. So you know, you gotta finish in 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:44.760 this league. If you want to win the game, you 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:47.520 finish the game off. So I think we played well 0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:50.120 in the third quarter, but nothing's more important to finishing 0:09:50.160 --> 0:09:51.880 the fourth quarter. We didn't do a good enough job there. 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:56.320 We had opportunities, we didn't take advantage, and thankfully we 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.240 had a quick turnaround. We'll be out there Thursday night 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:03.160 to so get back to it and try to play better. 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:05.439 And on that same note, let's go ahead and hear 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:08.360 from quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick on those same mistakes in the 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:12.679 critical areas. I mean we played, we played better, but 0:10:13.080 --> 0:10:15.439 you know in the key situations, you know, not being 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:17.559 able to punch it in and especially on that fourth 0:10:17.559 --> 0:10:20.800 and one, um, you know, for a coach to have 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:23.200 faith in us to leave us out there, we've got 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:26.160 to convert on that. But there's plenty of stuff early 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.959 where we just we stalled a little bit. We weren't 0:10:28.960 --> 0:10:32.439 converting third downs. So we got into a better rhythm 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.240 in the second half, and I think some of that 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.800 was some of the adjustments that we made, and some 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:40.320 of it is just comfort level with the guys that 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:43.079 we're playing with right now. But I think we've got 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.400 to continue to find ways to run the football and 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.679 rely on the backs because there'll be a big part 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:51.000 of this offense as we get going. And uh, you know, 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:54.240 we just showing up in those critical moments and we 0:10:54.360 --> 0:10:56.040 missed out on a few of them today. And you're 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:58.320 gonna hear John con Jemmy talk about this later on 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:01.040 on this podcast about how buffal a team that you know, 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.120 many folks predicted would win the a f C East, 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.840 a very talented team from top to bottom. We covered 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.680 on the preview podcast all summer long as well on 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.360 the No the Enemy series. These guys have a good defense, 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:13.680 they have good receivers, they've got good backs, and obviously 0:11:13.760 --> 0:11:16.840 their quarterback is getting the job done as well. And 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:18.960 for the Dolphins to be in position where three or 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:21.280 four plays can go your way to get the W 0:11:21.559 --> 0:11:23.800 that speaks of the Dolphins growth as well. So you 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:25.960 look at a few of those plays the Golden Ghost 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.320 series that Ryan Fitzpatrick talked about, at four plays from 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.160 into the five yard line, you'd love to capitalize on that. 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.960 Van Noy got his hands on an interception. Xaviing Howard 0:11:34.000 --> 0:11:36.920 got his hands on a possible interception. Eric Rowe was 0:11:37.000 --> 0:11:38.920 right there neck and neck with Stefon Diggs on a 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:41.560 big reception that could have been an interception as well. 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:44.920 You also have DeVante Parker comes back and puts a 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:47.560 block on I think it was Jordan Poyer that got 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.600 flagged for an illegal block in the back. It was 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:52.040 real close on that one, but Myles Gascon had bent 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.240 around the edge there and got in the edge and 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.360 put the Dolphins in position for a first and goal 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:58.880 inside the five yard line. They would later settle for 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:02.160 a field goal at the inclusion of that drive. So 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:04.560 some critical areas Dolphins could have just made a few 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:07.760 plays and just really tight rope situations that could have 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:10.240 turned this game the other direction and maybe even into 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:12.680 a w The fifth takeaway from me in this game 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:16.400 was Ryan Fitzpatrick's ability to continuously navigate when he gets 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:19.440 pressure or gets compromise pockets or has to extend and 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:22.720 make plays off script, off structure. We saw all year 0:12:22.800 --> 0:12:25.920 last year. This guy continues to make plays with his legs, 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:29.320 with his arms, with his eyes moving the defense making plays, 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:31.280 and I just really love the way he contended to 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:33.920 battle in this game after you heard him talk about it. 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.000 Not his best performance in Week one, but he bounces back, 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:40.120 he battles, plays well, throws for over three couple of 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:42.840 touchdowns in the game for Fitzpatrick, got the offense moving, 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.760 had some long drives in that second half as well, 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:47.400 and the play at the end of the first half, 0:12:47.440 --> 0:12:50.200 I thought that was just exceptional. I thought that set 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:53.240 a tone for the rest of the Dolphins game offensively, 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.840 and they pretty much are ready to go into the 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.800 locker room with twenty five seconds or twenty nine seconds 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:01.360 rather at their own twenty five yard line, one time 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:04.439 out left. The first down play goes in complete Miles Gaskin, 0:13:04.520 --> 0:13:07.240 who by the way his balance and and low center 0:13:07.240 --> 0:13:09.040 of gravity has been fun to watch, the way he 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.920 bounces off tackles, but he rips off a fourteen yard run. 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:14.440 Dolphins hurry up, call time out. They get to the 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:17.000 line and then Ryan Fitzpatrick has one play to make, 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:19.160 and he makes that play where pressure gets in the 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:22.080 pocket breaks down, he steps up and throws the football 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:24.920 with an awkward arm angle with pressure in his face 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.960 and Mike Gasicky has not yet cleared the defender. As 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:31.000 he's crossing in behind the defender. Fitzpatrick throws it early, 0:13:31.040 --> 0:13:34.080 anticipates it, throws it out to a spot Gasicki runs under. 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.560 It's twenty seven yards. It puts the Dolphins in position 0:13:36.600 --> 0:13:39.400 to spike the ball, kill the clock, get Jason Sanders 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.640 up there for a fifty two yard field goal attempt, 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:44.840 and of course he drills that thing. So Ryan Fitzpatrick's moxie. 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:46.920 He is who we think he is. We love watching 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:49.000 this guy play, love watching this guy compete, and he 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:51.160 brought it in this game again, just not for a 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:53.280 couple of plays of Dolphins could have executed, could have 0:13:53.280 --> 0:13:54.880 gotten out of here with a w with a strong 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:58.600 performance from their quarterbacks. The five takeaways Byron Jones very 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.320 important to that secondary couple of young players, and Christian 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:03.960 Wilkins and Mike Kasiki stepping a big here early on 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.440 in their careers. Getting Josh Allen to the ground would 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:08.679 be a key. Next time we see these guys up 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:12.359 in Buffalo. Capitalizing on those critical moments, and Ryan Fitzpatrick 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.480 continues to play well for this Dolphins football team. Let's 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:18.000 do a few individual notes here. We haven't touched on 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:21.120 just yet. And we talked about Miles Gaskins seven rushes 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:23.800 for forty six yards that's six point six yards per carry, 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:26.280 had a fourteen yard rip, had the one run brought 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:28.920 back as well. He also caught six passes for thirty 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:30.720 six yards, so he is showing his worth both in 0:14:30.760 --> 0:14:33.440 the passing game and the running game. Matt Brina had 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:35.920 seven for thirty seven that's five point three yards per 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:38.720 rush as well. I thought he showed that speed and explosiveness. 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:41.040 A couple of good looking performances there from the Dolphins 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.280 running backs. At receiver Isaiah Ford caught seven passes for 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:47.520 seventy six yards. And the trust, the relationship, the toughness 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:50.080 there with Ryan Fitzpatrick. Runs a lot of those hook 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:52.560 up routes you run between the linebacker and the nickel backer, 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.680 linebacker and a safety. You hook up, you set up, 0:14:55.760 --> 0:14:58.080 the quarterback puts the ball right on the numbers, Fords 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.360 their catches, it turns up field. The one catch he 0:15:00.400 --> 0:15:02.360 had where he was short of the sticks and had 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:04.800 to fight through a tackle and extend over and lunge 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:06.680 over the first down marker. That was one of my 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:09.680 favorite plays of the entire day. Big day for Isaiah Ford. 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:13.040 Tough dude working down there on that Dolphins offense. Davante 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.680 Parker caught five for fifty three and a touchdown. So 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.280 good to see him back and healthy off that hamstring 0:15:18.520 --> 0:15:21.040 as well. So some big performances there in the Dolphins 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:23.920 passing game tight end. We talked about Mike Asiki obviously 0:15:24.200 --> 0:15:26.120 up front on the offensive line. You're gonna hear John 0:15:26.160 --> 0:15:28.160 kN Jemmy mentioned this here in just a short while. 0:15:28.400 --> 0:15:31.000 Didn't really hear Austin Jackson's name. Didn't really hear Solomon 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.760 Kindley's name. The two rookies. That's always a good sign. 0:15:34.000 --> 0:15:37.080 Along the offensive line. We talked about Christian Wilkins upfront. 0:15:37.280 --> 0:15:40.040 Davon got Chaw had himself some run stops in this game. 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.640 You see big fifty six peeling off the pile when 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:44.560 they stacked that thing up at the line in the 0:15:44.560 --> 0:15:46.760 backfield or just a couple of yards beyond the line 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:49.600 of scrimmage. Consistently involved in the running game that way, 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.680 and hopefully these guys can continue to build on these 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:54.880 performances and put together back to back and consistent performances 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:57.800 here going forward. And so you've heard my takes, my 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.720 breakdowns here on the Drive Time podcast. Let's go ahead 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.120 now and welcome in the co host of the audible 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:07.120 podcast here on the Miami Dolphins podcast network, John con Jemmy. John. 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.120 How you doing tonight, Man, Oh, I'm doing great. Man. 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:14.000 Disappointing about the loss, but I thought I thought the 0:16:14.040 --> 0:16:16.800 team fought back for four quarters and just came up 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:18.800 a little bit short. Yeah, when you took off to 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.960 go do TV and your post game stuff at the 0:16:21.040 --> 0:16:22.320 end of the third quarter there it looked like we 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.360 were marching maybe had a chance to talk about a win. 0:16:24.800 --> 0:16:26.960 I was kind of struggling back and forth with my 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:29.800 written article up on Miami Dolphins dot com because I 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:32.080 didn't know how to how to word the thing because 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.160 it started off so poorly. Then it got better than 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.440 it kind of went back and forth, and we eventually 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.600 end up with a thirty one Buffalo Bills victory over 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:41.640 the Miami Dolphins, falling to oh and two. You can 0:16:41.680 --> 0:16:44.960 find my postgame recap article up on the website, as 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:47.640 well as John's three takeaways from the game, and we'll 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:49.400 go ahead and get right into that there. John, your 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:52.240 first takeaway from this game, Week two Dolphins and Bills 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:56.000 was what well. I think it was in the Miami 0:16:56.040 --> 0:17:00.240 Dolphins defense just allowing too many explosive plays. I've thought 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.440 they did the same thing in Week one against New England, 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.159 but it was more evident through the passing game and 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:09.400 through the right arm of Josh Allen. Just too many 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:13.720 explosive plays. I counted quickly going through my notes, eighteen 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:17.199 plays of of ten yards or more. And that was 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:20.520 being generous because I'm sure there was probably fourteen or 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:24.760 fifteen of of fifteen yards or more. So I think 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:28.560 that that was the biggest thing today that really hurt us. 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:31.520 In the passing game. It wasn't the ten yard or 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.879 the nine yard or the eight yard run, the screen pass. 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.639 It was the It was the shots down field in 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.080 the run after catch opportunities by the Buffalo Bills. I 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.160 don't think the Dolphins came up with much consistent edge 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.080 pressure around Josh Allen. I thought there was way too 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:49.680 much space in the secondary for those receivers to rome 0:17:49.720 --> 0:17:52.399 and for Allan to be more accurate. I don't think 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:55.680 the Dolphins really forced him uh to throw the football 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:57.720 with a lot of accuracy. There were a few throws 0:17:57.720 --> 0:18:00.359 that were terrific, but all in all it was it 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.800 was a pitch and catch afternoon for Alan. So I 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:06.560 think that was the biggest thing for me. No, not 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:09.280 enough from maybe Agba or Lawson or Van Noyd or 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:11.720 somebody just to kind of turn the tide. And maybe 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:15.359 that that interception, uh looked like it would be interception 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:17.879 down by the goal line when the Dolphins had a 0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:19.920 chance to to get in for points, and then Van 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.439 Noyd got his hands on the football. That might have 0:18:22.440 --> 0:18:25.200 been a turning point, but the Dolphins ended up scoring 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:28.720 anyway on on the next drive. So um, I just 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:32.120 thought there was too many explosive plays. I know, for 0:18:32.119 --> 0:18:35.080 for Brian Flores is liking and for most Dolphins fings. 0:18:35.200 --> 0:18:36.960 I was talking to a buddy of mine that hosts 0:18:36.960 --> 0:18:40.280