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Speaker 1: of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, it's Preview
Speaker 1: Thursday and the start of another week in the National
Speaker 1: Football leagu We're gonna preview the matchup between the Dolphins
Speaker 1: and the defending world champion Buccaneers. Will go position by position,
Speaker 1: give you the tape study, breakdown the key stats and tendencies.
Speaker 1: I'll give you my three key to the game, tell
Speaker 1: you how the Dolphins win. And the most in depth
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Speaker 1: the Buccaneers are up next, the defending world champions, a
Speaker 1: team that has just loaded up on name talent and
Speaker 1: a coaching staff that has found the mix to develop
Speaker 1: that team chemistry quickly enough to make them champions in
Speaker 1: year number one under a new quarterback in Tom Brady
Speaker 1: under center, and it took them some time last year
Speaker 1: to get things cranking. Remember, they were swept by the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints, including a thirty eight to three loss
Speaker 1: in Week nine, part of a streak where they dropped
Speaker 1: three out of four games heading into their week thirteam
Speaker 1: by week, But then it all changed for that club.
Speaker 1: They picked up four straight wins to close it out
Speaker 1: at eleven and five. Then it was three tight playoff
Speaker 1: games before one of the more dominant Super Bowl performances
Speaker 1: in recent memory to claim their second Lombardi Trophy there
Speaker 1: in franchise history. And what was their story all off
Speaker 1: season long? It was about how they brought literally and
Speaker 1: not just saying like everyone literally every one back. They
Speaker 1: have stars at every position between Brady, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin,
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown looks like Pittsburgh a B again, Gronk, Ryan Jensen,
Speaker 1: Tristan Works, Ali Marpett, Alex Cappa, as well as Donovan
Speaker 1: Smith upfront, Shack Barrett, Jason, Pierre Paul and Donmackin, Sue Vitave,
Speaker 1: Devon White, Lavonte, David Antoine Winfield. Now Gronk is banged
Speaker 1: up and same at the cornerback position with Carlton Davis
Speaker 1: and Sean Murphy bunting. But every group has dudes on
Speaker 1: this football team, and arians found his conduit offensively to
Speaker 1: the players in Byron Leftwich. And they've also got Todd
Speaker 1: Bowls on that defense. Just a loaded roster and a
Speaker 1: loaded coaching staff who are going to be prepared for
Speaker 1: this Miami Dolphins team comes Sunday, and why don't we start,
Speaker 1: as we do every preview pod, with the opposing quarterback.
Speaker 1: He's a good one. First, the Miami safeties and so
Speaker 1: you know about Tom Brady, twenty years in the league
Speaker 1: at a very high level, seven Super Bowl championships, insanely
Speaker 1: polished pocket management and mobility. This guy prepares as well
Speaker 1: as anybody ever has. And the frustrating thing about Tom
Speaker 1: is that you can put together a good pass rush
Speaker 1: and it's not like the Kyler's and the Lamars of
Speaker 1: the world. But he's going to find the one vacancy
Speaker 1: in that mess around him when there is pressure where
Speaker 1: he can get to his spot and get his mechanics
Speaker 1: right to drive the football. And that's another thing. It's
Speaker 1: not just driving the football. He has the compliment of
Speaker 1: a fastball a touch pass. Anytime he has to alter
Speaker 1: his throw for the route and the coverage, he's got
Speaker 1: no problem doing it. So you can choose to play
Speaker 1: zone against this guy, but he's probably gonna pick you
Speaker 1: apart you play a man. He's gonna find the matchup
Speaker 1: he likes. It's up to you to win that matchup,
Speaker 1: and then if you lighten the box to help out
Speaker 1: in coverage, he'll just get to the right run check
Speaker 1: and find a way to beat you, like you know
Speaker 1: the drill. This guy is as tough as they come,
Speaker 1: and the only way teams have ever really had success
Speaker 1: against him in his entire career, and it's few and
Speaker 1: far between, is really collapsing those step up lanes and
Speaker 1: consistently winning one on one pass rush matchups that push
Speaker 1: him off the spot while simultaneously filling the gaps that
Speaker 1: he wants to get to. And the safety matchup on
Speaker 1: Tom to me is more about Miami just trying to
Speaker 1: match up and win to execute, because you can mix
Speaker 1: it up for sure, and I'm sure Flores and Bowyer
Speaker 1: will mix it up plenty here, But if you think
Speaker 1: you're going to confuse him for sixty minutes, well I've
Speaker 1: got a bridge for sale for you or something like that,
Speaker 1: And Flores said as much in his Wednesday media that
Speaker 1: if you think you can confuse Tom Brady for entire
Speaker 1: sixty minutes, like you've got another thing coming. So that
Speaker 1: brings us to the safety matchups. We'll go ahead and
Speaker 1: just parlay that into our next segment here with the
Speaker 1: cornerbacks and receivers. But first, real quick, some numbers on
Speaker 1: Brady versus the blitz for thirty nine this season with
Speaker 1: eight point six yards per past three touchdowns and a pick,
Speaker 1: but also when he's not blitzed, seven point nine yards
Speaker 1: per past seven touchdowns and two picks. So damn if
Speaker 1: you do, damn if you don't right well to finish
Speaker 1: that point when under pressure, and the blitz numbers really
Speaker 1: indicate that they're getting pressure with four on this guy
Speaker 1: and really any quarterback. I mean, that's that's how this
Speaker 1: lead works. Seven and coverage with pressure is tough to
Speaker 1: be right, that's the way to go for Tom Brady
Speaker 1: nineteen for forty when he's under pressure with five point
Speaker 1: six yards per pass, but the touchdown interception ratio is
Speaker 1: still very good at three to zero, and just looking
Speaker 1: at his splits there are two segments of the field
Speaker 1: where Tom is not currently killing it, and I'm not
Speaker 1: entirely sure what to make of that. Maybe you guys
Speaker 1: can help me out with what this means. But twenty
Speaker 1: plus yards outside right of the numbers, which that's the
Speaker 1: strong side for a right handed quarterback. I think he's
Speaker 1: three for fourteen, but with a hundred and three yards
Speaker 1: on those three completions with a touchdown and a pick,
Speaker 1: and then the intermediate the ten to nineteen yard range
Speaker 1: to the left, so like almost the opposite throw three
Speaker 1: of nine for sixty one yards, no touchdowns or picks.
Speaker 1: So are those levels you want to try to force
Speaker 1: him into, like the smash concept on the right side
Speaker 1: of the field, or some you know, some crossers to
Speaker 1: the left side of the field, whatever the case may be,
Speaker 1: do you want to force him into those areas? Are
Speaker 1: those just kind of flukey things? I'm not really sure
Speaker 1: what to make of that, but those are the numbers
Speaker 1: I found on Pro Football Focus. Now, down the middle,
Speaker 1: and this is confirmed by tape over the years. At
Speaker 1: any level down the middle, he's very good, completing fifty
Speaker 1: seven for seventy six for six d sixty six yards.
Speaker 1: Interesting number there eight point seven six yards per attempt.
Speaker 1: So I think that the middle of the fields an
Speaker 1: area that you have to pay attention to, and that's
Speaker 1: particularly where the safety's come into play, right, And I'm glad,
Speaker 1: We're just I'm just glad we're not playing this guy
Speaker 1: twice a year anymore. So onto the next position group
Speaker 1: receivers and tight ends versus the Miami DBS. Now, Gronk
Speaker 1: has not been ruled out this week. He missed last
Speaker 1: week in Foxboro, and if he's in there, that makes
Speaker 1: a big difference for the Bucks offense, both in the
Speaker 1: run game in the passing game. Few are better blockers
Speaker 1: in the run game off the edge, and he's still
Speaker 1: an absolute threat in the passing game to boot and
Speaker 1: you will likely need to win that matchup with one
Speaker 1: man a lot because of all the other weapons that
Speaker 1: they feature. Like to me, that's Eric Rowe's best ability.
Speaker 1: And we heard him talk about his frustration with the
Speaker 1: matchup on Moli Cox last Sunday on that touchdown in
Speaker 1: the Colts game. I would rust Ero for a bounce
Speaker 1: back here, and I think that's your best bet on Gronkowski.
Speaker 1: So if you want to double someone in this offense.
Speaker 1: Who would that be. I'm not sure there is a
Speaker 1: good option for this Dolphins defense against or any defense
Speaker 1: rather against that Bucks offense. So now Byron Jones was
Speaker 1: out there at practice on Wednesday, and if he's not
Speaker 1: okay to go, then we'll have you know, Xavian Howard,
Speaker 1: Nick Needham, just justin Coleman and Noah eg Boogamy is
Speaker 1: some of your options about there. But I think you'd
Speaker 1: also consider some of your safety options and their ability
Speaker 1: to come down and match up as well. Like, for instance, McCarthy, Jones,
Speaker 1: and Holland have all played matchup football at one point
Speaker 1: or another in their careers in terms of matching up
Speaker 1: on receivers, and perhaps Holland is your post safety and
Speaker 1: some of those man free looks where you press guys
Speaker 1: to the line try to disrupt the timing of the
Speaker 1: quick game. Because nine seven of a hundred and seventy
Speaker 1: throws have come within ten yards of the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: So there's a chance for Miami to really prove their
Speaker 1: strength in that area, to play that tight man coverage
Speaker 1: on the perimeter as well as inside on the receivers.
Speaker 1: Mike Evans twelve TI gets last week, They're gonna throw
Speaker 1: him the football. I think that at Xavien Howard matches
Speaker 1: up well with him physically as far as the stature,
Speaker 1: because Mike is so good and contested catches if they
Speaker 1: want to go there. You know, Evans does average three
Speaker 1: point two yards of separation, up from two point eight
Speaker 1: last season, so it's not like he's not capable of separating.
Speaker 1: But he has such a reputation around the league for
Speaker 1: a contested catch fiend that he is because he's been
Speaker 1: top five in that category just about every single year
Speaker 1: of his career. And the reason I'm curious about a
Speaker 1: possible at max up with X is that I think
Speaker 1: the Dolphins are gonna have to get takeaways in this
Speaker 1: game to come out victorious, and they will. They will
Speaker 1: throw the ball to Mike Evans regardless. They pumped the
Speaker 1: ball to him twelve targets last week. They throw to
Speaker 1: him all season long, and I want X to get
Speaker 1: some chances at making plays on the football. He has
Speaker 1: two off of Brady so far in his career in
Speaker 1: terms of interceptions. Good time here to get a third.
Speaker 1: What about Antonio Brown and eleven targets last week? They
Speaker 1: know who they like to throw the football too. They
Speaker 1: don't shy away from it. Byron Jones can he go?
Speaker 1: If he does. I like the way he matches up
Speaker 1: athletically with Antonio Brown on who is really one of
Speaker 1: the best route runners of all time. And I think
Speaker 1: we're seeing that kind of come back into the frame
Speaker 1: here with Antonio Brown after the end of his Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: time and then the Oakland era and then the Patriots
Speaker 1: and then leaving there and coming back down to Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: I think he's really put it all back together for himself.
Speaker 1: So if Byron can't go, though, is that no way?
Speaker 1: Bean Agaeny? Is that Elijah Campbell? Is it? Maybe Nick Needum,
Speaker 1: maybe it's Xavian Howard. Options are there, but I would
Speaker 1: love to see Byron Jones get that matchup if he
Speaker 1: can go in this game, and then Chris Godwin, I
Speaker 1: think this might be a good spot for Nick need
Speaker 1: Um to rise to the challenge. Who's had a good
Speaker 1: start to the season and a good start to his
Speaker 1: career so far. We talked about him matching up with
Speaker 1: some of the best slots in the league last year,
Speaker 1: from Cooper Cup to Tyler Boyd to Jamison Crowder and
Speaker 1: how good of a job he did on those guys.
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin plays primarily in the slots, maybe that's his
Speaker 1: matchup inside, and then Justin Coleman, maybe he plays inside
Speaker 1: that nickel as well, especially if Byron's down. I would
Speaker 1: imagine that Nick Needum could get an elevated snap count
Speaker 1: and play perimeter, and then Coleman comes in the nickel
Speaker 1: situations perhaps and plays that nickel spot. But that's been
Speaker 1: his bread and butter inside and I think he'll match
Speaker 1: up based upon who goes inside slash outside. Like last week,
Speaker 1: Chris Godwin was in the slot for sixty five percent
Speaker 1: of the snaps, then Cameron Bait was second at slot snaps,
Speaker 1: played with fifteen percent of his work coming inside. So
Speaker 1: they will run twelve personnel and utilize both Rob Gronkowski
Speaker 1: and O. J. Howard in line. Both those guys play
Speaker 1: in line roughly like seventy five percent of the time,
Speaker 1: so they're gonna keep those guys in tight to the
Speaker 1: formation to help with the run and passing game. With
Speaker 1: Brad as essentially a souped up slot receiver to operate
Speaker 1: from the same eleven and twelve personnel packages without having
Speaker 1: to make a substitution. That's something you look to get
Speaker 1: with your tight end position. Is that flexibility inside outside.
Speaker 1: We talked about with Hunter Long and what he can
Speaker 1: do as far as having that versatility when he develops
Speaker 1: here full time, hopefully, I think you have that with
Speaker 1: Cameron brad as well as those other Buccaneers tight ends.
Speaker 1: And in fact, to that point, eleven personnel they run
Speaker 1: at sixty seven percent of the time and they have
Speaker 1: a sixty five percent success rate on running plays. There's
Speaker 1: your tight end flexibility at work. Then when they go
Speaker 1: twelve personnel with two tight ends in the field, they
Speaker 1: have a fifty nine percent pass rate success us wise.
Speaker 1: So they find a good They do a good job
Speaker 1: of getting up those personnel packages that draw a specific
Speaker 1: type of defense, and then they run counter to what
Speaker 1: that defense can defend at its best. And here in
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay, thirteen personnel six percent of the time and
Speaker 1: ten personnel, which is one tight end, no one back,
Speaker 1: no tight ends rather and four receivers. They run that
Speaker 1: four percent of the time, so a nice mix, but
Speaker 1: primarily two thirds of the time eleven personnel, and that's
Speaker 1: this is the gold standard matchup for me in this game.
Speaker 1: Those guys versus our guys. But one of the keys
Speaker 1: is going to be how Miami applies pressure to make
Speaker 1: that matchup really more difficult on those guys. And that's
Speaker 1: gonna be a massive challenge against this Bucks team as
Speaker 1: we get into our next matchup here with the Buccaneers
Speaker 1: offensive line versus the Dolphins defensive line. And I listen
Speaker 1: those three names off the top, actually listen is all
Speaker 1: five of them. I change my script there on myself,
Speaker 1: but all five of the offensive linemen are damn good.
Speaker 1: Like pressures allowed and pass blocking snaps are these numbers
Speaker 1: right here, Like they've all played all two two pass
Speaker 1: blocking snaps, but pressures allowed. Donovan Smith left tackle eleven,
Speaker 1: I'll emr Pett left guard eight, Ryan Jensen center seven,
Speaker 1: Alex Kappa the right guard seven, and then Tristan Warps
Speaker 1: at right tackle has allowed just five pressures on two
Speaker 1: pass blocking snaps. That's one every fifth, less than fifty thirty.
Speaker 1: I don't know math, but it's not it's good. It's
Speaker 1: very very good. So they're tough, especially that second year
Speaker 1: right tackle who was named to Pro Football Focuses All
Speaker 1: Pro first Team, which coincides with plenty of pundits that
Speaker 1: I read and talked to and and you know, talk
Speaker 1: football with all the time, believing he could have been
Speaker 1: a first team a p All Pro last season. He
Speaker 1: was that good as a rookie. Now, nobody has surrendered
Speaker 1: multiple sacks on their offensive line this season. In fact,
Speaker 1: only one sack has been charged to either tackle. That
Speaker 1: was Donovid Smith back in Week two against the Falcons.
Speaker 1: So getting those guys is both tough, surely through the matchup,
Speaker 1: but also by the fact that Brady is just so
Speaker 1: hard to get from those angles off the tackle. Because
Speaker 1: the other four sacks this Bucks team has surrendered this
Speaker 1: year and just six and four games is very very
Speaker 1: good obviously, are attributed to a center, a guard, tight end,
Speaker 1: and running back. So mugging up those backers and finding
Speaker 1: a way to get home through those games and slants
Speaker 1: and stunts and twists and creating rush lanes inside might
Speaker 1: be the best route forward here. And that's assuming that
Speaker 1: you can stump Brady with regards to getting the protection
Speaker 1: call sorted out, which is a whole another animal on
Speaker 1: his own right. But from a talent standpoint, Ryan Jensen
Speaker 1: to me is as good as they come. I was
Speaker 1: very intrigued by his free agency a few years back.
Speaker 1: I think it was like seventeen or eighteen when he
Speaker 1: signed with the Bucks, leaving Baltimore. Such a good player, uh,
Speaker 1: and both not just the talent but the technical refinement
Speaker 1: that he plays with. Like I saw this clip. He
Speaker 1: does a lot of work on the offensive Line Masterminds
Speaker 1: with Duke Mayweather or is it many Manu Weather. I
Speaker 1: forget the way you pronounce his last name. Duke Mayweather
Speaker 1: the offensive line guru. He does the offensive Line Masterminds
Speaker 1: camp every summer and he comes in there and talks
Speaker 1: about things that he sees and does. And there was
Speaker 1: a clip of him talking about how to accentuate to
Speaker 1: the referee like that you're being held where you spin
Speaker 1: out of this move and then it kind of forces
Speaker 1: the defensive lineman to reach out too far over his
Speaker 1: skis and fall forward. And I saw that in the
Speaker 1: in the Bucks Patriots game on Sunday, Like it's really
Speaker 1: high level thinking stuff. And then also his will and
Speaker 1: the way he frustrates guys with just kind of how
Speaker 1: he plays. He's kind of that kid that gets under
Speaker 1: your skin on the playground type of player, tough, tough, matchup,
Speaker 1: and he plays so hard. It would be nice to
Speaker 1: see ray Kwon Davis get back to battle with him. Otherwise,
Speaker 1: I think Adam Butler's speed and get off is a
Speaker 1: trait to look forward there too in that potential matchup.
Speaker 1: Then the two guards, it's not a whole lot different
Speaker 1: finding a way to get their protection out of sorts,
Speaker 1: but not committing those extra rushers too frequently. That's kind
Speaker 1: of a balance and challenge you have there. You need
Speaker 1: to see Christian Wilkins continue to win his one on
Speaker 1: ones inside this week. That's big time. And then, just
Speaker 1: because I feel like it's worth mentioning, I'm also super
Speaker 1: intrigued by this og ball and worst matchup. Good on
Speaker 1: good og Balls off to another strong start this season,
Speaker 1: and if he can get Christian Tristian worths Man, that
Speaker 1: would be an impressive win on his belt so far
Speaker 1: this season. Then real quick, just because I think he's
Speaker 1: heating up right now. Jalen phil Ups versus Donovan Smith
Speaker 1: is a key matchup to watch. He needs to go
Speaker 1: out there and beat Smith consistently, in addition to getting
Speaker 1: those wins inside to force Tom Brady off the top
Speaker 1: of his drop from the blind side and create more
Speaker 1: pressure inside tough, tough asks. I know, but that's what's
Speaker 1: gonna be asked up to be defending world champion in
Speaker 1: their own building. Moving onto the Tampa Bay running backs
Speaker 1: versus the Miami linebackers. We mentioned the running back sack
Speaker 1: aloud that was charged to Ronald Jones, And look, this
Speaker 1: Bucks team can go run heavy, they can go past heavy,
Speaker 1: they can balance it. But one thing you have to
Speaker 1: keep an eye on for sure is Rojoe out of
Speaker 1: the backfield and he can exploit the one on one
Speaker 1: matchups he might get, and he has the speed to
Speaker 1: burn and taking the distance. I'll never forget watching him
Speaker 1: go eighty five yards down the field for a touchdown
Speaker 1: at Martin Stadium, go Coog's back. When w SU took
Speaker 1: out number five ranked USC back in the day. That
Speaker 1: was a fun time. But now, if there's one thing
Speaker 1: you might look at here with the Bucks splits, Leonard
Speaker 1: Fournette has forty four carries and Roe Joe has twenty one.
Speaker 1: It's four point two yards per carry for four net
Speaker 1: three point seven for Roe Joe. And maybe this is
Speaker 1: a bit of a stretch, but maybe there's a bit
Speaker 1: of a tendency there with regards to run past election
Speaker 1: based upon the running back in the game. Because four
Speaker 1: net he's going to challenge your ability to tackle. He
Speaker 1: has seven four Smiths tackles on the season, so one
Speaker 1: about every six or so carries, And we talked about
Speaker 1: Miami needing to tackle better this week. You gotta bring
Speaker 1: bodies to the party. You gotta wrap up, you gotta
Speaker 1: execute your fundamentals that will be tested this week with
Speaker 1: four net and the key here in this one because
Speaker 1: it's a lot of gap scheme runs downhill and you
Speaker 1: better buckle up and stop it. If you don't, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a long day for you. So as far
Speaker 1: as your linebacker usage, we've talked about this unit kind
Speaker 1: of being one that fluctuates and in accordance with the
Speaker 1: defensive backfield as well, because someone comes on, somebody has
Speaker 1: to go off, and that fluctuates to match what the
Speaker 1: opponent wants to do. Right, So we know this is
Speaker 1: a primary eleven personnel team and they run more with
Speaker 1: four NET and pass more with Jones. So how will
Speaker 1: the Dolphins deploy their linebackers? That's a question I have
Speaker 1: going into this game or just a just a general
Speaker 1: observation or storyline there. I like to have Roberts in
Speaker 1: there on fort net because he's the physical tone center
Speaker 1: of the defense for me and a damn good tackler.
Speaker 1: But if they do that, they can also try to
Speaker 1: get favorable matchups in the passing game. So it's just
Speaker 1: very tough to decide how you want to play this.
Speaker 1: As always your own. Baker plays most of the snap
Speaker 1: so I'm sure he'll have his matchups and hands full
Speaker 1: for himself as well in that regard on the other
Speaker 1: side of the football, the Dolphin's offense and particularly the
Speaker 1: quarterback versus the Tampa Bay safeties, I just want to
Speaker 1: put this note in the real quick I found it
Speaker 1: interesting Miami leads lead with thirty three percent of their
Speaker 1: place coming out of twelve personnel packages one running back
Speaker 1: too tight ends. I thought this was maybe more because
Speaker 1: of the quarterback switch going from two to Jacoby after
Speaker 1: he got injured back in Week two, but with two
Speaker 1: of it was thirty seven and thirty one percent now
Speaker 1: with Jacoby, so actually that number is brought down by
Speaker 1: Jacoby's work. I just thought it was interesting a bit
Speaker 1: of info there regarding twelve personnel packages and we'll see
Speaker 1: if they want to continue that or mix it up.
Speaker 1: But Flow did say in his Wednesday pressor that they
Speaker 1: have some depth in the receiver room with regards to
Speaker 1: Will Fuller going on injury reserve. Some breaking news there
Speaker 1: on the podcast. Not really breaking but I wasn't gonna
Speaker 1: get to it just yet, but talking about the depth
Speaker 1: in the receiver room and wanting to get the other
Speaker 1: guys some opportunities. So we're gonna find out on Sunday
Speaker 1: who that means increased time for and who Jacoby is
Speaker 1: throwing two in this game. As for Jacoby, I'm gonna
Speaker 1: go back to coach on this, and he said we've
Speaker 1: got to be better across the board and referred to
Speaker 1: two things as far as missed opportunities with guys being
Speaker 1: open and guys making cuts, and reference to the passing
Speaker 1: game and the running game. And if you're gonna beat
Speaker 1: this Tampa Bay team, you cannot be leaving yards on
Speaker 1: the field, and that regard in any regard defensively jumping
Speaker 1: off side or you know, return yards. You don't get
Speaker 1: her muffing punts backo, like, whatever the case may be.
Speaker 1: If you leave yards and opportunities in the field. You're
Speaker 1: gonna have a really tough time beating them. It's like
Speaker 1: given the New York Yankees five outs in an inning,
Speaker 1: right like, you can't do it. And today's a bad
Speaker 1: day to talk about the Yankees. Maybe the Dodgers. The
Speaker 1: Giants are pretty good too. You get what I'm trying
Speaker 1: to say, guys. But San Diego Van talked about it
Speaker 1: as well his Wednesday press conference, saying that they've been
Speaker 1: beating themselves too much this season and it has to
Speaker 1: stop here against Tampa Bay. Missing on first and ten
Speaker 1: is gonna put you behind the chains right second in
Speaker 1: ten is not a good place to be. Missing on
Speaker 1: second and six put you in the worst spot in football,
Speaker 1: which is third and long. And that's how drives are
Speaker 1: stalling out. And the offense is averaging twenty five minutes
Speaker 1: of time possession this year this season so far, and
Speaker 1: the Dolphins defense is on the field for too long
Speaker 1: as a result, and as when the Buck's safety is
Speaker 1: to kind of finish this matchup, Antoine Winfield Jr. You
Speaker 1: gotta find that guy. He floats all over the defense.
Speaker 1: He'll match up hill, camp and zone, and he'll play
Speaker 1: the high post. He'll play the robber. He's gonna be
Speaker 1: around the football and if you make mistakes with off
Speaker 1: target throws or drops or batted passes up into the air,
Speaker 1: he'll make you pay. He did it on Sunday night
Speaker 1: against the Patriots, and alongside him has been a committee
Speaker 1: of guys. Jordan's. Whitehead was a guy out of pit
Speaker 1: that I was a fan of. He's an instinctive player
Speaker 1: with some good range back there just a good football player,
Speaker 1: good little player. Also has a way of finding the football.
Speaker 1: In terms of playmaking skills. He's played just about over
Speaker 1: half the snaps, and so has Mike Edwards in that
Speaker 1: same boat, so they played three safeties quite significantly. But
Speaker 1: Bruce Arians did say on Wednesday that if Antoine cannot go,
Speaker 1: he'll start Whitehead and Edwards in that defensive secondary. But
Speaker 1: our next matchup is one where things get a bit
Speaker 1: ambiguous in terms of who we preview here, or maybe
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of ambiguity as we head into
Speaker 1: our next position groups the Miami receivers and tight ends
Speaker 1: versus the Bucks cornerbacks. And the reason I say there's
Speaker 1: maybe not the ambiguity is that Bruce Arians was fourth
Speaker 1: right on Wednesday saying that he does not see either
Speaker 1: Carlton Davis nor Sean Murphy bunting a pair of very
Speaker 1: good young cornerbacks returning for a while, and that would
Speaker 1: insinuate that more than just this week. And Jamal Dean
Speaker 1: was back at practice on Wednesday, an Arian said they'll
Speaker 1: see how he progresses. Sounds like he has a chance
Speaker 1: to play, and it also mentioned Antoine Winfield there as well.
Speaker 1: So at cornerback they've got Jamal Dean if he does
Speaker 1: in fact play, former Cole and Jet Pierre to Sere
Speaker 1: Ross Cockrell and of course Richard Sherman who was signed
Speaker 1: last week to go along with d Delaney. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: have to get it going here. It's like last year
Speaker 1: in that San Francisco game they were down so many
Speaker 1: cornerbacks in the passing game kind of took off. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins have to get going. They got to get those
Speaker 1: schemed up completions and the playmakers have got to make
Speaker 1: plays after that. The Bucks have twenty nine miss tackles
Speaker 1: this season, according to Pro Football Reference. That's the ninth
Speaker 1: most in the National Football League. So hitting those quick
Speaker 1: hitters and letting the Wattles of the world make things
Speaker 1: happen after the catch. Again, we talked about being second
Speaker 1: in the NFL and YAK percentage in the season so far,
Speaker 1: behind Ron del Moore. You need that this week, but
Speaker 1: I'm also sure that will be a point of emphasis
Speaker 1: for the Bucks as well, to tackle better. Because they're
Speaker 1: a well coached team. I'm sure that will be a
Speaker 1: focus for them in practice this week. I think you
Speaker 1: could conceivably see an approach that test the depth of
Speaker 1: that defensive back unit with all the injuries they have,
Speaker 1: because not only do you bring your third, fourth, fifth
Speaker 1: cornerback and elevate them, that means you have your practice
Speaker 1: squad guys or you know, guys that are coming up
Speaker 1: to fill those roles into those third, fourth, fifth roles
Speaker 1: from the six, seventh, and eight positions. So test that depth,
Speaker 1: and Flora's talked about getting some of the guys opportunities.
Speaker 1: And what's interesting about the Bucks is they certainly have
Speaker 1: a type at the position with Carlton Davis six one
Speaker 1: two oh five, Murphy Bunting six six one two oh six,
Speaker 1: those are the primary guys. And we know suerm is
Speaker 1: a long corner at six ft three one eight five,
Speaker 1: a little bit leaner, but definitely longer Ross Cockrell six
Speaker 1: Pierre to Sere Delaney five eleven two hundred, Like, they're
Speaker 1: all on that two d pound range and right around
Speaker 1: six ft. And I was going through that list thinking,
Speaker 1: there's no way they have six quarterbacks who are six
Speaker 1: ft two hundred pounds, but they kind of do. I
Speaker 1: thought we'd see some shorter guys and maybe go after
Speaker 1: them with Parker and Gisicky and Williams, but nope, They're
Speaker 1: all a big group. So do you challenge that size
Speaker 1: and the lack of experience of that size up against
Speaker 1: our size guys, or do you try to play outside
Speaker 1: of those guys that play above the rim and take
Speaker 1: advantage of what I guess could be a perceived weakness
Speaker 1: in terms of the shift, noess and all that fun stuff.
Speaker 1: It'll be interesting to see how Miami attacks that defensive
Speaker 1: back room and how those guys play. Because just because
Speaker 1: they're new guys are up does not mean they won't
Speaker 1: play well. Like like like that's a I think that's a
Speaker 1: common misconception in the National Football League and football like.
Speaker 1: Just because guys are down does not mean that position
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, is weak. It could be weaker
Speaker 1: than it could be, but they can still play well
Speaker 1: and that's what they get paid to do. So next
Speaker 1: band up for the Buccaneers and defensive secondary, and maybe
Speaker 1: Preston Williams sees some work this week. We saw what
Speaker 1: Davante and Mike did last week, you know, talking about
Speaker 1: playing above the rim and as we mentioned earlier, playing
Speaker 1: making plays after the catch. If you can consistently exploit
Speaker 1: the matchup like like you should be able to get
Speaker 1: one that you like on a play by play basis
Speaker 1: because of this lineup. Now, let's go see if they
Speaker 1: can go out there and execute. It's gonna be a
Speaker 1: big part of this game and a big storyline on Sunday. Now,
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman play of their snaps on Sunday, so he
Speaker 1: hit the ground running in terms of playing time and
Speaker 1: ross cockrolls. Thirty five snaps occurred after Davis went down
Speaker 1: in that game, with Pierre Decira drawing a good number
Speaker 1: of slot snaps in the slot. But they're gonna show
Speaker 1: that Cover three and some Cover two and give you
Speaker 1: zone term or the defensive back bails out. Like Richard
Speaker 1: Sherman has been playing off coverage and key the quarterback
Speaker 1: for his entire career, right, That's why he's so good
Speaker 1: at locating the football and being instinctive to drive and
Speaker 1: get interceptions and make big plays and games and you
Speaker 1: know the Sherman tip and the big m C Championship
Speaker 1: game a few years ago. He's one of the most intelligent,
Speaker 1: heavy type of cornerbacks. But he will play off and
Speaker 1: you have opportunity needs to hit that stuff underneath, the
Speaker 1: stuff that we didn't get to last week, the five
Speaker 1: or six yards slants, the hitches, the curls. You gotta
Speaker 1: hit those when they're presented in order to get the
Speaker 1: deep stuff opened up and keep the defense for the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins off the field as you sustain in those
Speaker 1: drives and hit explosive plays. But for all that to work,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to win another very difficult matchup the
Speaker 1: Dolphins offensive line versus the Bucks defensive line. And why
Speaker 1: don't we actually sink this up for our last two
Speaker 1: position groups here on the side of the ball, with
Speaker 1: the running backs versus linebackers as well, and the Bucks
Speaker 1: blitz more than anybody in football number one forty one
Speaker 1: point one percent per Pro Football Reference, And why wouldn't
Speaker 1: you You've got a guy like Devon White. I mean,
Speaker 1: Todd Bowls will always be aggressive regardless of his personnel.
Speaker 1: But when you've got a player of Whites caliber, let's
Speaker 1: just go ahead and talk about his game real quick.
Speaker 1: He has ten pressures this year on forty pass rush snaps,
Speaker 1: but he'll also flip and play coverage for a good
Speaker 1: chunk seven hundred coverage snaps last year. He just doesn't
Speaker 1: leave the field. He plays every down and a hundred
Speaker 1: and seventy two coverage snaps this year. But where he's
Speaker 1: been a bit uncharacteristic so far as with miss tackle
Speaker 1: ProFootball Reference has him with six this season, but I
Speaker 1: have to imagine that won't be the case for very
Speaker 1: much longer, because he's the kind of player who will
Speaker 1: find a way to get that corrected. It's just the
Speaker 1: kind of player that that he is. He's a tough player, athletic,
Speaker 1: can play downhill, can flip backwards into coverage. He has
Speaker 1: quickness around blockers in both the past game in the
Speaker 1: running game. He's just really really tough, and so too
Speaker 1: is a player in that same position group plays right
Speaker 1: alongside Devin White and probably one of the most complimentary
Speaker 1: players combinations at any position group in the entire National
Speaker 1: Football League. Lavonte David's a Hall of Fame player in
Speaker 1: in my book like he just he doesn't just come
Speaker 1: on the rush as much as as Devin White does,
Speaker 1: but they play in tandem so well together. He's got
Speaker 1: just one mistackle the season eleven run stops. He's one
Speaker 1: of the smartest players to ever do it. You have
Speaker 1: you have two I D fifty four and forty five
Speaker 1: every single play. It'll be a key for the Miami
Speaker 1: Backs to a get them keyed to blitzing situations and
Speaker 1: be make them miss in the hole in the running game.
Speaker 1: Sometimes the back has to win that one on one
Speaker 1: matchup at the point in the hole. And that's what
Speaker 1: I'm looking for here. Regarding past protection, real quick, Malcolm
Speaker 1: Brown gets a nice feather in his cap for his
Speaker 1: work last week four teen pass blocking snaps, one hurry allowed.
Speaker 1: Very good work by Malcolm Brown. And if you think
Speaker 1: it gets better upfront for this Bucks team as far
Speaker 1: as softening up, Nope, they're very good there too. Vita Vella,
Speaker 1: he's the second best defensive tackle in the league from
Speaker 1: where I sit. If you single block himlock so strong,
Speaker 1: such incredible grip, strength, quickness, balance, He can snatch and
Speaker 1: toss dudes with relative ease. He's been an absolute force
Speaker 1: this season, and even when he's not making plays, he's
Speaker 1: creating chances for those linebackers, for his teammates. He's almost
Speaker 1: three and fifty pounds, but he moves like a deer.
Speaker 1: I always go back to the one series he had
Speaker 1: in the Apple Cupeen and no we're talking about some
Speaker 1: Google football again here against the Huskies. He had three
Speaker 1: straight snaps where he'd walked his man into the quarterback
Speaker 1: and got a sack out of it, a pressure and
Speaker 1: another quarterback hit way to throw the football away. So
Speaker 1: he can take over series and games on his own
Speaker 1: and alongside him. You talk about David and White matching
Speaker 1: up well together and Dominican Sue. You guys know about
Speaker 1: him strength peer peer upper body strength that can just
Speaker 1: toss guys aside. It allows. I think the play of
Speaker 1: Vea and Sue makes a very good combination of White
Speaker 1: and David like even better. And Sue can still do
Speaker 1: to a high level. He's such see so sound technically
Speaker 1: and he plays at that edge like he's still a
Speaker 1: very very good player, and that's a big ask for
Speaker 1: the guys up front this week. You need Rob Hunt
Speaker 1: to counter that power with his own size and power.
Speaker 1: He has that right, let's go ahead and counter with that. Rob.
Speaker 1: You need Greg Manns to be able to anchor up
Speaker 1: against some of that pass rush. You need Jesse Davis
Speaker 1: to do the same, And most importantly, you have to
Speaker 1: get everything communicated because they're gonna bring a lot and
Speaker 1: operate with those games and blitz is they'll green dog
Speaker 1: devon White half of damn time. They are a lot
Speaker 1: to prepare for. Then on the edge, I mean, those
Speaker 1: matchups don't get any easier because Shaq Barrett is near
Speaker 1: the sack leaderboard or top of the sack leaderboard over
Speaker 1: the last three years. He has seven team pressures already
Speaker 1: this season to lead Tampa Bay. And he can get
Speaker 1: wide and go speed. He can convert that speed to power.
Speaker 1: He can cross face and win inside with you, and
Speaker 1: he'll just hell out working to the quarterback as well
Speaker 1: and get clean up sexs. He is so very tough,
Speaker 1: and so too is Jason Pierre Paul, who's one of
Speaker 1: the longest, heaviest handed dudes in all of the National
Speaker 1: Football League, and he has missed a couple of games
Speaker 1: this year, and that has opened up an opportunity for
Speaker 1: Joe try On shaw Yinka Shayenka Joe try On from
Speaker 1: you dub nine pressures on eight eight pass rush reps.
Speaker 1: He's fantastic. He's been really good so far the season,
Speaker 1: and the Miami tackles have their work cut out for them.
Speaker 1: They're gonna have to all be or both rather be
Speaker 1: at their athletic best to win those matchups. But they've
Speaker 1: got depth to because inside William Goldston, Steve McClendon, Rocky Nunez,
Speaker 1: Noche roaches, where does it end? It doesn't. They're so
Speaker 1: good on special teams. To finish this thing up here,
Speaker 1: we gotta get back to our roots. Last year, Miami
Speaker 1: was a top five special teams unit all year long
Speaker 1: according to Football Outsiders d b o A metric. This
Speaker 1: year we're in the bottom ten. And Flow was right
Speaker 1: about how you can't just pick up last year's results
Speaker 1: and translate them over to this season. But man, a
Speaker 1: lot of those guys are the ones who brought us
Speaker 1: to that ranking last season, like a Clayton Federalum and
Speaker 1: mac Hollins, Ram smithe Adam Shaheen Jason Sanders, Blake Ferguson,
Speaker 1: so many the same guys are there that produced. Hopefully
Speaker 1: they can get things turned around that way for the
Speaker 1: special teams, and I think I think it's there, And
Speaker 1: one way you might do it is by giving chances
Speaker 1: to the one of the most dangerous returnment and all
Speaker 1: of college football season ago Jalen Waddle average nineteen point
Speaker 1: three yards per pumpt return with two touchdowns at Alabama.
Speaker 1: And that's thirty eight punt returns too, so it's not
Speaker 1: a small sample size. And although the kick returns a
Speaker 1: lost art, actually Miami has just two out of twenty two.
Speaker 1: I believe the number is this year. But he also
Speaker 1: had a twenty three point eight yard kick return average
Speaker 1: with a touchdown in college. The Buccaneers special teams ranks
Speaker 1: ninth in d v O A, so tough matchups all
Speaker 1: across the board. My three keys to this game applied
Speaker 1: pressure with the four man pass rush, like if you've
Speaker 1: ever played Tom Brady or the Patriots of old, the
Speaker 1: Bucks of New that's going to be in the keys
Speaker 1: every single time. Number Two. Efficiency in the short passing game,
Speaker 1: you have to stay on schedule. You have to limit
Speaker 1: the possessions of the Buccaneers on offense, and that is
Speaker 1: a good way to do that. Number three, make a
Speaker 1: play in the third phase, get a turnover, get a
Speaker 1: big return, make all your kicks, get some big punch
Speaker 1: that flipped the field. It's gonna be very important to
Speaker 1: win that part of the game to get a w
Speaker 1: from the Buccaneers in this one. I have the Dolphins
Speaker 1: winning if they can consistently apply pressure with three or
Speaker 1: four man rushes and consistently collapse the interior of the
Speaker 1: pocket and match up those wins with your wins off
Speaker 1: the edge. I think the Bucks win if they win
Speaker 1: the matchups between the past catchers and the Dolphins dbs.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins have to be strong in that area to
Speaker 1: get this offense slowed down and give their own offense
Speaker 1: a chance to win the game. Some news here for
Speaker 1: you guys to end the podcast. Will Fuller will in
Speaker 1: fact go on injury reserve. Brian Flora's announced that on
Speaker 1: the Wednesday press conference, we have an injury report for
Speaker 1: you here. Ray Kwon Davis was back on the practice field.
Speaker 1: He's still on the injury reserve list for now, but
Speaker 1: he was back out there working on Wednesday. Miami had
Speaker 1: Byron Jones not participate with a quadra step and achilles injury.
Speaker 1: Davante Parker and Adam Shoheim were limited. Xavien Howard and
Speaker 1: Brandon Jones were on the list, but we're full participants
Speaker 1: on Wednesday. For the Buccaneers, Carlton Davis, Rob Gronkowski, defensive
Speaker 1: lineman Patrick O'Connor, and safety Antoine Winfield all did not
Speaker 1: practice on Wednesday. Giovanni Bernard, Jamiale, Dean Jason, Pierre Paul,
Speaker 1: we're all limited practice participants in Antonio Brown and Chris
Speaker 1: god When we're on the report as full participants in
Speaker 1: that practice. We've got picks coming up for you guys
Speaker 1: on tomorrow's podcast. Let's pick the Thursday night football game here,
Speaker 1: real quick. A tough week last week. I think it
Speaker 1: was nine and seven. Not my best week after a
Speaker 1: couple of twelve and four weeks, and we're getting into
Speaker 1: the portion of the TNF schedule where I start to
Speaker 1: really like the matchups. Rams at Seahawks. What a big game,
Speaker 1: but primetime in that building. I've watched way too many
Speaker 1: games at Central Link Field now Looman Field to know
Speaker 1: that I'm not picking against Seattle in that building when
Speaker 1: the sky is dark. It's a short week. I'm taking
Speaker 1: rust in the Seahawks, and that's a hard pick because
Speaker 1: I truly believe the Rams could win every game the
Speaker 1: rest of the way. But not tonight, my friends. I'll
Speaker 1: take the Seahawks over the Rams on Thursday Night football
Speaker 1: should be a really good one. I hope you guys
Speaker 1: enjoy it. I hope you enjoyed the Week five slate
Speaker 1: as well. Hope we're gonna have a podcast tomorrow with
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