Speaker 1: To us fires touch style by waddle knocked into the
Speaker 1: end zone of Miami Boy tight broke window. They had
Speaker 1: to get that touchdown on that play. They get it.
Speaker 1: What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast,
Speaker 1: part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team,
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield And on today's show, it's Thursday. That means
Speaker 1: Week two is here with an excellent matchup tonight in
Speaker 1: Kansas City. But we're only picking that game. We are
Speaker 1: previewing all things Dolphins and Ravens this Sunday at one
Speaker 1: o'clock in Baltimore with sunny skies and eighty five degree
Speaker 1: weather on tap. We'll go position by position after introducing
Speaker 1: you to the Baltimore Ravens, will measure what's at stake
Speaker 1: and give you the three keys to the game from
Speaker 1: the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.
Speaker 1: This is the Drive Time Puts. It's game preview time,
Speaker 1: as we do each Thursday, we start with an introduction
Speaker 1: to the opposition, the Baltimore Ravens, a team that has
Speaker 1: long been well a thorn in the side of the
Speaker 1: good guys here until last year anyway, But still Miami
Speaker 1: has not won a game in Baltimore since seven and
Speaker 1: in fact, that's the only victory for the aquand Orange
Speaker 1: against the Purple People Eaters, Wrong City, wrong team. I
Speaker 1: know that was the Vikings back in the seventies, but
Speaker 1: I digress. It would be nice to buck that trend
Speaker 1: this Sunday, wouldn't it? Get the two O heading into
Speaker 1: the Buffalo game. The Ravens have been one of the
Speaker 1: steadiest organizations in the league really going back to their inception.
Speaker 1: Every organization will go through some valleys, even the best ones,
Speaker 1: but under John Harbaugh they were able to pull out
Speaker 1: of one of those valleys at the end of the
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco era as they were kind of transitioning mid
Speaker 1: season back in to the offense and team that they
Speaker 1: became that they are today, I should say, and what happened,
Speaker 1: you might ask, Well, that quarterback arrived Lamar Jackson. He
Speaker 1: would go on to win the MVP the following year
Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, and then followed that up with another
Speaker 1: crazy good year in Then last year was his highest
Speaker 1: interception rate of his career and the second lowest touchdown
Speaker 1: rate since that rookie season or I guess the rookie
Speaker 1: season was the lowest. That last year was the second lowest.
Speaker 1: But even with that, he was still seven and five
Speaker 1: as the starter last year and was kind of the
Speaker 1: final piece of glue holding that team together when they
Speaker 1: were just like I can't remember a team that had
Speaker 1: worse injury look than the twenty one Ravens. And the
Speaker 1: reason Lamar is such a big part of this prelude
Speaker 1: is that they are a team that has done a
Speaker 1: great job of assembling an offense and a team for
Speaker 1: that matter, around their star quarterback. A lot of what
Speaker 1: they do operates off the running game. We heard coach
Speaker 1: McDaniel say that he has learned a lot of about
Speaker 1: designing run game by watching this Ravens team, and the
Speaker 1: roster construction really adheres to what they do well. We
Speaker 1: know that wide receivers are super expensive, right, but since
Speaker 1: this offense operates out of more two back and two
Speaker 1: tight sets than just about any in the league, they
Speaker 1: are able to allocate resources throughout the rest of the
Speaker 1: roster and kind of skimp at that position. Their top
Speaker 1: two guys, Rashad Bateman and Devin DuVernay are both on
Speaker 1: rookie deals, won a first rounder, won a third round
Speaker 1: draft pick. They just know who they are. They build
Speaker 1: through the trench trenches. They draft well seemingly every year.
Speaker 1: I mean, how often do you see a draft go
Speaker 1: by and they got what a Ravens pick? That was? Well,
Speaker 1: it happened again this year too. They get ball hawks
Speaker 1: on the back end with a deep, deep cornerback room.
Speaker 1: They find pass rush and dial up pressure, and they
Speaker 1: run the ball extremely well and hit teams of play
Speaker 1: action off of that. They are aggressive. They are one
Speaker 1: of the most engaged teams when it comes to the
Speaker 1: analytics and fourth down models. They are always sharp on
Speaker 1: special teams and have the greatest kicker of all time.
Speaker 1: They're a tough out, a model of consistency, and one
Speaker 1: of those teams you kind of aspire to emulate in
Speaker 1: terms of their consistent success. And with that, let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and dive into the matchups, starting with the Dolphins
Speaker 1: on offense and the Ravens on defense, and the quarterback
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins and the safeties of the Baltimore Ravens
Speaker 1: to a tongue of by lower the Ravens had three
Speaker 1: safeties playing at least forty two snaps in their season
Speaker 1: open opening victory over the Jets. Marcus Williams, a newcomer
Speaker 1: from New Orleans, and Chuck Clark both did not leave
Speaker 1: the field eighty four snaps for both of those guys.
Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton's, their first first round draft pick, was the
Speaker 1: other one, with forty two. They were in dime personnel,
Speaker 1: which is six defensive backs on forty six point eight
Speaker 1: percent of their snaps. That's by far the most in
Speaker 1: the NFL so far, and in nickel defense with five
Speaker 1: defensive backs thirty six point seven percent of the time. Look,
Speaker 1: I'm not a mathematician, as you well, no, but carry
Speaker 1: the one that's eighty three point five percent. I obviously
Speaker 1: did that beforehand, and just sixteen point five percent in
Speaker 1: a base look right three four alignment. And that was
Speaker 1: with the Jets running twenty seven point three percent of
Speaker 1: their plays from packages with at least three receivers. So
Speaker 1: what that tells you is there is a bit of
Speaker 1: a not matching personnel type of philosophy in that game
Speaker 1: plan last week. Will it happened this week? We'll find out.
Speaker 1: And the reason I tell you this is because Chuck
Speaker 1: Clark has plenty of linebacker to his game. Kyle Hamilton's
Speaker 1: can do a little bit of everything, at least he
Speaker 1: did at college. We'll find out more about him as
Speaker 1: a pro. And then Marcus Williams is one of the
Speaker 1: best post safeties in the National Football League. The Jets
Speaker 1: tried just one pass beyond twenty yards in that Week
Speaker 1: one game, and it was a completion in a game
Speaker 1: of just twenty four yards, So you know almost nothing
Speaker 1: you know beyond the safeties in the passing game. A
Speaker 1: lot of that has to do with the structure of
Speaker 1: this Ravens defense. Baltimore was in too high for sixty
Speaker 1: percent of the game, single high thirty six percent of
Speaker 1: the game, and they dialed up two zero looks. You know,
Speaker 1: no safeties up top, so you'll see rotation. You'll see
Speaker 1: them attempt to confuse to with bringing that extra hat
Speaker 1: down on the box by wheeling out and rotating into
Speaker 1: some of their cover three, Cover six type of looks
Speaker 1: as well, and also get that extra hat in the
Speaker 1: box from those nickel packages, because traditionally, if a defense
Speaker 1: is in nickel and you have even eleven personnel or
Speaker 1: especially twelve personnel, that's a good opportunity to run the football.
Speaker 1: It's not far off from what the Pats do and
Speaker 1: really what the Bills do next week as well. So
Speaker 1: he's getting a look at three of the best safety
Speaker 1: rooms in terms of letting those guys be so integral
Speaker 1: to the rotation post snap, with the pre snap disguise,
Speaker 1: with those safety rooms that are three deep for both
Speaker 1: of those For all three of those clubs, I should say,
Speaker 1: especially Buffalo with Foyer and Hide. As for the matchup
Speaker 1: here though, being timely, being efficient, and again just taking
Speaker 1: what's there. It's not sexy, but it definitely is effective.
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco was able to pick up a hundred and
Speaker 1: thirty seven yards on passes under ten yards. He was
Speaker 1: twenty two for seven and a hundred seven yards on
Speaker 1: those intermediate throws in the ten to nineteen yard range.
Speaker 1: He was seven for fifteen on those throws against Baltimore.
Speaker 1: We'll see if they blitz a lot. Just seventeen on
Speaker 1: Flacco last week out of sixty two drop backs. My goodness,
Speaker 1: but I don't think the keys have really changed all
Speaker 1: that much for Tah. Get into good run looks if
Speaker 1: you got it, take advantage of your box count, take
Speaker 1: with the defense gives you and find that check down
Speaker 1: when it's there, be efficient to open up opportunities and
Speaker 1: take those shots when you got them. A lot of
Speaker 1: the Ravens pressure comes from the perimeter, and I think
Speaker 1: that's where Toa is best at navigating the pocket. When
Speaker 1: it's that interior pressure and you kind of have to
Speaker 1: quickly sidestep. I think having that longer runway for two
Speaker 1: it to kind of wheel out of there or step
Speaker 1: up and out that way, making place. He's be good
Speaker 1: at making guys miss and extending from that position. So
Speaker 1: hopefully the Dolphins can find a way to block up
Speaker 1: the raven strength and that edge rush will get to
Speaker 1: more of that here in just a moment. Now. As
Speaker 1: far as the perimeter skill set or the perimeter matchups,
Speaker 1: I should say Dolphins receivers and tight ends versus the
Speaker 1: Ravens corners. More on the Ravens defense. The structure again
Speaker 1: was minimal personnel matching. You'd see dime defense, which again
Speaker 1: six defensive backs, which limits you to five in the
Speaker 1: front between your d line on linebackers verse plenty of
Speaker 1: two back or even two tight sets against this Jets offense,
Speaker 1: and especially on third and long. They will go dime
Speaker 1: on third and long, regardless of your personnel, because you'd
Speaker 1: likely remove the option to run the football, you know,
Speaker 1: anything longer than third and five, except for you know
Speaker 1: a few exceptions, but the two high or three high
Speaker 1: looks where Chuck Clark would buzz, which means basically come
Speaker 1: down and take the crosser or try to find a
Speaker 1: stick route over the middle, get to that coral flat area,
Speaker 1: and then they would rotate into that too high and
Speaker 1: robbed that crossing route. You know how much this offense
Speaker 1: goes to the crossing route. So you saw it last
Speaker 1: week the Patriots, that kind of backside cornerback falling out.
Speaker 1: This Ravens defense will use that safety, that big nickel
Speaker 1: to come in there and buzz those crossing routes. And
Speaker 1: when they didn't rotate and they rushed Chuck Clark, there
Speaker 1: were some vacancies in the middle of the field, which
Speaker 1: is an area that we know to a shines at.
Speaker 1: So there are a defense that will make you pay
Speaker 1: for tips and overthrows. If you go watch a video
Speaker 1: that I retweeted today of dan Orlosky breaking down the
Speaker 1: uh the forty two yard touchdown past the waddle last Sunday,
Speaker 1: he talks about them playing eleven funnel, which is a
Speaker 1: nickel personnel, and they're gonna play outside leverage to kind
Speaker 1: of funnel things inside to the help. That's what this
Speaker 1: Ravens defense does a whole bunch. They play that outside
Speaker 1: leverage and they want to force you inside because they
Speaker 1: love what Marcus Williams and Kyle Hamilton's can do. And
Speaker 1: especially if you get those tips and overthrows, they are
Speaker 1: exceptional at pouncing on those to get takeaways, and they
Speaker 1: kind of marriage up with that pass rush upfront to
Speaker 1: create some takeaways at least when they're healthy. Last year
Speaker 1: was kind of an off year for them because so
Speaker 1: many guys were hurt, but they got back to it
Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Joe Flacco Jets. Both those guys
Speaker 1: are exceptional ball hawks, and we have to be sharp
Speaker 1: with these balls and not give them those takeaways in
Speaker 1: short fields. Now, No, Kyle Fuller, he's out for the season.
Speaker 1: We'll see about Marcus Peters. He practiced on Wednesday. We'll
Speaker 1: find out about today and tomorrow as far as his availability.
Speaker 1: But even still, Marlon Humphrey is out there and he's
Speaker 1: one of the best in the entire game. They are
Speaker 1: just absolutely loaded at cornerback when they're fully healthy. Then
Speaker 1: you go into the depth and Brandon Stevens could be
Speaker 1: a potential fill an option and he played very admirably
Speaker 1: in that season. Opener targeted eight times for just three
Speaker 1: catches and twenty seven yards. That's a great number for him.
Speaker 1: He did get hit with a t d which was
Speaker 1: like twenty five of those yards, but it was an
Speaker 1: absolutely perfect throw over the top when Devin Duverney stacked
Speaker 1: him for like a twenty something yard touchdown past. I
Speaker 1: didn't see the exact yard on that watching the game,
Speaker 1: but it was in range, and you guys know, I
Speaker 1: like to look at the tell of the tape. In
Speaker 1: terms of styles, we know Tyreek and Jalen are quick, fast,
Speaker 1: and all the superlatives that you to describe speed well.
Speaker 1: Brandon Stevens was a nine two RAS Guy Relative Athletics
Speaker 1: scorecard out of ten among cornerbacks, but the areas he
Speaker 1: didn't grade in the elite green area was the three
Speaker 1: cone six nine. Nine is slightly above average. Ten split
Speaker 1: of one six two is well below average among cornerbacks
Speaker 1: that have worked out since the late eighties. In Indianapolis,
Speaker 1: and the shuttle time of four to nine is slightly
Speaker 1: below average, so it could be a quick game match
Speaker 1: up there for the Dolphins if he does draw either
Speaker 1: of those two jitterbug receivers. Marlon Humphrey is a nine
Speaker 1: four RAS guy with an elite three cone number. Actually,
Speaker 1: all of his metrics were elite when he tested, and
Speaker 1: that's how he plays. One of the very best. He's
Speaker 1: He's a dang good cornerback and if you're without Marcus Peters,
Speaker 1: you could see Humphrey kind of getting an Xavian Howard treatment,
Speaker 1: like we're not gonna go towards that guy when there's
Speaker 1: other options out there. Again, Marcus Peters is questionable last
Speaker 1: week and did not play. He practiced on Wednesday. You
Speaker 1: could get him back, but his shiftiness metrics didn't well either,
Speaker 1: And so coming off that injury, you know, significantly below
Speaker 1: average seven point oh eight three cone time than an
Speaker 1: average shuttle and below average ten yards split. And again
Speaker 1: that's coming off the a c L that kept him
Speaker 1: out on Sunday. Really curious to see if he plays
Speaker 1: and what he looks like. If he plays. He is
Speaker 1: a ball hawk to the nth degree, but he you
Speaker 1: know that shiftiness against these guys, you can see how
Speaker 1: that could be exploited potentially, Maybe we'll see The Jets
Speaker 1: tight ends didn't get much of anything, just four for
Speaker 1: fourteen receptions and yardage, all of that to Tyler Conklin
Speaker 1: on seven targets, so just two yards per target. That's
Speaker 1: about as efficient as you can defend it for a defense.
Speaker 1: They did get Humphrey and Stevens on Conklin a couple
Speaker 1: of times, but it's largely the safety and linebacker positions.
Speaker 1: So Mike Asiki durham smythe the entire tight end room here.
Speaker 1: Could you draw a potential linebackers who will talk about
Speaker 1: a second really like to kind of go downhill in
Speaker 1: this defense. The Jets also kept a lot of max
Speaker 1: protect slash tight ends in and past protection because that
Speaker 1: Ravens three or front that often looks like a five
Speaker 1: man rush with two stand up backers and requires some
Speaker 1: help off those edges. You know, tight ends have to
Speaker 1: be a big part of that, and your backs and
Speaker 1: more on those guys off the edges. Right now, this
Speaker 1: is such an interesting matchup because on one side, one
Speaker 1: of the more athletic offensive lines and football and we'll
Speaker 1: see about Torn Armstead and Austin Jackson's availability. Uh, they
Speaker 1: did not practice on Wednesday. On the other one of
Speaker 1: the bigger, slash, stronger defensive lines in the NFL styles
Speaker 1: make fights and I cannot wait to see how this
Speaker 1: one plays out. Justin Mattabuki was a second round draftic
Speaker 1: a couple of years back. He had a monster game
Speaker 1: on Sunday. He's a seiler type and that he's huge, athletic,
Speaker 1: explosive and can play multiple spots. He could be a
Speaker 1: big key in the run game in terms of getting
Speaker 1: around his edge. And then he and Justin Houston were
Speaker 1: the guys that popped last week. Houston had a couple
Speaker 1: of sacks in the game where he took advantage of
Speaker 1: getting his one on one opportunities. Also had six pressures
Speaker 1: on forty four pass rush reps. Him versus Tahrn Armstead,
Speaker 1: if toront can play in the game, is a premier
Speaker 1: type of matchup and one that I think benefits Miami
Speaker 1: for the fact that Houston almost always rushes that side
Speaker 1: and frankly, I'm taking tease head against anybody in the league,
Speaker 1: and when you can get him one on one and
Speaker 1: he slides some help the other way to Odafe Oway.
Speaker 1: That could be a big benefit for the Dolphins offensive line.
Speaker 1: Speaking of o Way, another one of these big explosive
Speaker 1: length the ends with a good pass rush. Arsenal he
Speaker 1: had fifty pass rush reps and five pressures, so a
Speaker 1: big part of their pass rush game plan. We'll see
Speaker 1: who goes at right tackle from Miami. Greg Little is
Speaker 1: an interesting matchup because of his length thirty five and
Speaker 1: a half inch arms against always length, but always super athletic,
Speaker 1: and that's not little game. Jackson does have that shared
Speaker 1: athletic ability, so that could be a cool style fight
Speaker 1: there as well. And then inside Michael Pierce is a
Speaker 1: problem and another one of these styles make fights type
Speaker 1: of matchups because we saw Connor Williams just one with
Speaker 1: athletic ability getting out in space time and time again
Speaker 1: on Sunday, but he also anchored. Really dang, will I
Speaker 1: think you know that work against Rae Kwon Davis the
Speaker 1: summer had to have been invaluable for him. But Pierce
Speaker 1: is something of an endick six ft three d and
Speaker 1: fifty five pounds. He controls the run game as well
Speaker 1: as any nose in football. So if they can roll
Speaker 1: him out of there. That's impressive, or maybe just kind
Speaker 1: of try to seal him. I don't know. It's it's
Speaker 1: a tough ask in the middle of the offensive line.
Speaker 1: And I was curious to look at this since we
Speaker 1: have some data points this big Ravens front against the
Speaker 1: similar wide zone stretch speed run games of the Rams, Browns,
Speaker 1: forty Niners, Jets, Packers, all those Shanahan McVeigh type of
Speaker 1: tree coaches. Jets had eighty three yards on seventeen rushes Sunday.
Speaker 1: So your most recent example against this actual Ravens team,
Speaker 1: that's four point eight eight yards per carry. Rams last
Speaker 1: year had seventy three on twenty carries. That's only three
Speaker 1: point six five. The Browns had forty seventeen that's two
Speaker 1: point three five. And the Packers had ninety six yards
Speaker 1: on twenty five carries last year as well as three
Speaker 1: point eight four yards. Remember how I said sometimes hypothesis
Speaker 1: don't work out. Well, there you go. I thought I
Speaker 1: was gonna be a big point there and it didn't
Speaker 1: quite happen here. But now we know. And to be fair,
Speaker 1: the Ravens were so banged up in the second Dary
Speaker 1: last year that opposing offenses went more through the air,
Speaker 1: like the Rams through for three, d Browns for two
Speaker 1: two and Packers to fifty. The Browns did run last
Speaker 1: year for one and one thirty three in those games
Speaker 1: against the Baltimore Ravens. So I think that the power
Speaker 1: and physicality is gonna be a big challenge up front
Speaker 1: from Miami. You might be able to get the best
Speaker 1: of them if you have some success early in the
Speaker 1: running game and keep getting wide on that bigger front.
Speaker 1: Could be a big game for most and Edmund Speed.
Speaker 1: They did lose Travis Jones to an injury in camp.
Speaker 1: He was out week one. We'll see about this week,
Speaker 1: but either way, they got after the Jets upfront. Pumped
Speaker 1: for the opportunity here of Eikenberg, Williams, and Hunt and
Speaker 1: to get their real first look at a dominant, dominant
Speaker 1: UH interior defensive line, running backs and linebackers. We end
Speaker 1: here with guys that carry the football and based on
Speaker 1: last week and their pedigree, helped provide that last line
Speaker 1: of defense and pass protection, and Chase was awesome in
Speaker 1: that department last week. He'll need to be here as well.
Speaker 1: Patrick Queen made some place for them last week. He's
Speaker 1: fast as hell, but he loves loves to fly downhill
Speaker 1: and thump, So a good play action game could be
Speaker 1: important here. Joe Flacco through nine times on play action
Speaker 1: completed eight of them for ninety seven yards. Good solid
Speaker 1: run fakes and believable run concepts, which we know that
Speaker 1: both the Florida McDaniel came from that same school of doing.
Speaker 1: That can create some open windows, especially against that too
Speaker 1: high defense with outside leverage, that funnel style of defense.
Speaker 1: I mentioned the pass rushers. I like the idea of
Speaker 1: running wide at Justin Houston, trying to keep him from
Speaker 1: just going up field all game, and also staying away
Speaker 1: from Michael Pierce and Calais Campbell. Stretched them out, get
Speaker 1: them big boys rolling a little bit early, hopefully wear
Speaker 1: them down. This defense played eighty four snaps last week,
Speaker 1: so it could be a test they're conditioning for a
Speaker 1: second straight week. And then also I wanted to just
Speaker 1: mention the use of receivers and end of rounds like
Speaker 1: we saw it last week to give Patrick Queen and
Speaker 1: those linebackers even more eye candy, uh and also the
Speaker 1: backs in the passing game. That's gonna be very important
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins. This one, I think, all right, so
Speaker 1: go ahead and take our first break. That's your offensive.
Speaker 1: Look as far as the Dolphins, it's the Ravens defense
Speaker 1: will do the other side. On the other side of
Speaker 1: the podcast, that's Next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: brought to you by Auto Nation. We are previewing Dolphins
Speaker 1: and Ravens Week two. A pair of one and oh
Speaker 1: teams meet for the second straight year, and this time
Speaker 1: it's in Baltimore for a game that's going to produce
Speaker 1: a two and O team that's feeling really good about
Speaker 1: themselves heading into Week three. How can the Dolphins make
Speaker 1: sure that's them. Well, let's go ahead and look at
Speaker 1: this Baltimore offense and find out the quarterback and safety matchup.
Speaker 1: I mentioned the dip in production last year and the
Speaker 1: injury for Lamar Jackson, but I want to make it
Speaker 1: abundantly clear that I do not care about that, because
Speaker 1: even as the Ravens offense took a moment to get
Speaker 1: going last week, turn on that tape and you'll see
Speaker 1: Number eight making explosive plays. There was a scrambled play
Speaker 1: to start the third quarter where he leapt over one tackle,
Speaker 1: out ran another, and got to the sticks was absurd.
Speaker 1: That was right after he had a dime for about
Speaker 1: twenty five yards or so to Devon Duverney in the
Speaker 1: first half for a touchdown that I mentioned earlier, and
Speaker 1: then he later got Rashan Bateman alone downfield for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: So even if you play efficiently against him and this offense,
Speaker 1: and that's what we talked about so much, like, don't
Speaker 1: focus on the twenty five yard and the seventeen yard run,
Speaker 1: focus on the other eight teen runs team had for
Speaker 1: three or less yards. But against this team they can
Speaker 1: hit that few explosives. They just give you enough points
Speaker 1: to win games. There's gonna be a lot made of
Speaker 1: the matchup last season. This week, Javon Holland and Brandon
Speaker 1: Jones set the record and the next Gen stats era
Speaker 1: for blitzes by safeties. Will that happen again? Your guest
Speaker 1: is as good as mine, But I do know this.
Speaker 1: Lamar was on point when the Jets couldn't get pressure
Speaker 1: and he was allowed to survey back there. That's when
Speaker 1: the Ray Wins offense really got going. Because the Jets
Speaker 1: played really well in the first half, second half not
Speaker 1: so much. But the best way to slow this quarterback
Speaker 1: down is to get immediate pressure but also have a
Speaker 1: secondary rush to cut off escape valves. It's a lot,
Speaker 1: I know that it is, and that's why this guy
Speaker 1: won an m v P because he's very damn good
Speaker 1: at this game. Also in that tape, the Jets in
Speaker 1: the first half forced Lamar to hit some tight windows.
Speaker 1: There was a couple of quick throws, one RPO, a
Speaker 1: slant to Isaiah Likely that was way off, then a
Speaker 1: speed out that was also way off. He's not really
Speaker 1: your traditional rhythm passer. Especially if you force him to
Speaker 1: throw outside. You can get some quarterback misses in those
Speaker 1: areas that keep them off schedule. And what does that do?
Speaker 1: Puts us in those third long situations. And you love
Speaker 1: the Dolphins and third long it's anybody because of how
Speaker 1: they get after the quarterback so creatively and play that
Speaker 1: takeaway style defense. But you know, quarterbacks across the league
Speaker 1: have flaws, and you know, a guy like Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 1: he's so good at doing everything else so well to
Speaker 1: cover up those few things. If you can force him
Speaker 1: into those things, that's great. But that's the kind of
Speaker 1: the challenge you have to do as a play caller
Speaker 1: and defensive designer, the scheme designer. I should say the
Speaker 1: Jets also dared Lamar to go deep a few times
Speaker 1: and it paid off. At first, it looked like the
Speaker 1: Ravens receivers and Lamar were just a ad bit off
Speaker 1: early on, and that's how you wind up with five
Speaker 1: in completions on passes over twenty air yards. But you
Speaker 1: know what happened. He did complete three of them, three
Speaker 1: for eight and they all went for touchdowns. So that
Speaker 1: takes us to this point, right. Don't celebrate your high
Speaker 1: efficiency too early, because it only takes a couple for
Speaker 1: them to get in the twenties and thirties on the scoreboard,
Speaker 1: and against that defense that is tough to overcome. We
Speaker 1: saw Javan and Brandon rotate pre and post rush fall off.
Speaker 1: All that diskuis. That's all Josh Bowyer's ability to dial
Speaker 1: up a complex, complex game plan and those guys ability
Speaker 1: to execute it. It's a big matchup to watch this week.
Speaker 1: I'm so pumped to see what game two looks like
Speaker 1: for those guys. Javon the pick Brandon Jones a massive
Speaker 1: game one. Such a productive young safety tandem already here
Speaker 1: in years two and three, respectively, To round it out,
Speaker 1: Lamar was two of seven under pressure in the opener
Speaker 1: for thirty four yards and a touchdown, compared to fifteen
Speaker 1: for twenty three for one seventy nine and two touchdowns
Speaker 1: and a pick when he was kept clean. The Jets
Speaker 1: only blitzed him five times, and he was two of
Speaker 1: four with twenty eight yards and that scramble I mentioned.
Speaker 1: Both sacks were on four man rushes, so I'm kind
Speaker 1: of glad they didn't blitz Lamar a lot, so he
Speaker 1: didn't have that version of tape to kind of you know,
Speaker 1: get that muscle memory. If we light him up for
Speaker 1: the pressures this week, it will be the first time
Speaker 1: he sees it this season. How about his weapons, receivers
Speaker 1: and tight ends versus corners. This is the one time
Speaker 1: this year we'll start with the tight ends over receivers.
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews is a pro bowler, and Isaiah likely is
Speaker 1: likely to be a productive player in this league. Hey uh,
Speaker 1: Mark Andrews five for fifty two in the game and
Speaker 1: likely didn't catch any of his four targets. It's not
Speaker 1: likely that will happen again. I'm gonna keep going with
Speaker 1: that bit. I'll be here all week tip your servers
Speaker 1: and your bartenders. But he went off in the preseason,
Speaker 1: and you watch those targets and it looked like they
Speaker 1: were just a little bit off on the timing of it.
Speaker 1: He was open, but they couldn't get completed on a
Speaker 1: couple of occasions where he was open. Those guys are
Speaker 1: so crucial because this offense will run so many two
Speaker 1: tight and two back sets. For instance, on Sunday, twelve personnel,
Speaker 1: fourteen reps. That's one back, two tight ends, two receivers,
Speaker 1: twenty one personnel. It's two backs, one tight end, two receivers,
Speaker 1: nineteen snaps. And then how about two personnel, two backs,
Speaker 1: two tight ends, only one wide receiver twelve snaps out
Speaker 1: of that formation. Maybe it's easier to put it this way.
Speaker 1: They ran five plays that weren't from those sets, and
Speaker 1: also thirteen personnel, three tight ends. They ran that three times,
Speaker 1: So again, another fascinating match up here because of Miami's
Speaker 1: dime usage in the past. They only ran dime four
Speaker 1: times against the Patriots, and the Patriots run a lot
Speaker 1: of heavier personnel too, so that's some personnel matching there.
Speaker 1: So for the Ravens, can they pass from those run looks.
Speaker 1: If they don't have more success on the ground than
Speaker 1: they did in week one, then that would give Miami
Speaker 1: a chance to get back into their bag, be aggressive
Speaker 1: and send some pressure. Coach also mentioned on Wednesday that
Speaker 1: Eric Rowe was chomping at the bit to play last Sunday.
Speaker 1: We'll see about him this week. Brandon Jones had great
Speaker 1: stuff and coverage against John why Smith. No less, Javon
Speaker 1: is always a force back there and the linebackers did
Speaker 1: some damn good work too. That Duke Riley Tampa tow
Speaker 1: Cat blitz rotation play where he got the pass break
Speaker 1: up that was beautiful round in the pipe by him.
Speaker 1: He bypasses the three who hooks up and then keeps
Speaker 1: going twenty plus yards down field to the two and
Speaker 1: matching him stride for stride. It's another example of how
Speaker 1: multiple this defense can be and how important speed is.
Speaker 1: Will come back to that in just a second. As
Speaker 1: for the ray Wins wide receiver usage, Rashad Bateman led
Speaker 1: receivers with thirty seven snaps. They played fifties six totals.
Speaker 1: The team Duvernet played twenty nine and DeMarcus Robinson. That's
Speaker 1: a ton of speed among that group. And they want
Speaker 1: to get vertical. Like we mentioned, I mean eight deep
Speaker 1: pass attempts from receivers group that played the least snaps
Speaker 1: in the league on Sunday. It just tells you their
Speaker 1: thought process with that position group and where they believe
Speaker 1: they can make the biggest impact. The average separation numbers
Speaker 1: only three guys qualified. Bateman average four yards of separation.
Speaker 1: He was eleventh this weekend and the National Football League,
Speaker 1: but I will say he was like all alone on
Speaker 1: a touchdown catch deep down the field that probably had
Speaker 1: a big part of that. Mark Andrews two point eight
Speaker 1: yards average reception was thirty four in the NFL, and
Speaker 1: Devon Duvernet was two point four yards at fifty eight.
Speaker 1: So again, this is kind of why I talked about
Speaker 1: like if Byron Jones is down for a couple of games,
Speaker 1: these are the two opponents where they don't run as
Speaker 1: many three four receiver sets to where you can actually
Speaker 1: maybe survive it a little bit. I guess obviously that
Speaker 1: changes against Buffalo and Cincinnati, but these two games, these
Speaker 1: these teams, you know, as far as the receiver usage,
Speaker 1: it's the best time to have a bad situation. I
Speaker 1: guess I should say so if they try to get
Speaker 1: it in the short intermediate, I like it. I think
Speaker 1: a lot of it comes down to what we saw
Speaker 1: last year. Can they hit the deep ball. They nearly
Speaker 1: got one to Samuel Watkins on that first series, but
Speaker 1: never did it again, and a lot of those deep
Speaker 1: shots in the Jets game. We're not close. So if
Speaker 1: we can get consistent in completions handle the run game,
Speaker 1: I think it'll be a repeat of last year. If not,
Speaker 1: it won't be. So there you go. Offensive line, defensive line.
Speaker 1: Few teams had this to build of the ravens on
Speaker 1: that line up front for the longest time, and recently
Speaker 1: they've had to overcome and they successfully have done so.
Speaker 1: Some attrition at the position that rhymes. Ronnie Stanley didn't
Speaker 1: play last week. We'll see if he's available this week.
Speaker 1: His replacement, Jawan James, went down again. I feel terrible
Speaker 1: for James. He's played two games since he left Miami.
Speaker 1: UH the numbers for their offensive line on Sunday. That
Speaker 1: third string left tackle Patrick McCarry allowed two pressures and
Speaker 1: one half of football. Ben Powers left guard two pressures.
Speaker 1: Tyler Linderbaum, the rookie center out of Iowa, allowed two
Speaker 1: pressures in his debut, and then the right side Kevin
Speaker 1: Zeitler and Morgan Moses one pressure allowed a piece still solid.
Speaker 1: Linder Bomb made his NFL debut and man he had
Speaker 1: a tall order with the Jets big deep defensive line.
Speaker 1: The Jets came out with their hair on fire, Quentin Williams,
Speaker 1: John Franklin Myers and then Quinn's Brow in the second level,
Speaker 1: the linebacker Quincy Williams flying downhill behind them. They committed
Speaker 1: a ton of bodies to the run and it worked
Speaker 1: for them. I'm curious to see how the Ravens adjust,
Speaker 1: because you know they will. Miami's defensive time is deeper
Speaker 1: and even better, in my opinion than the game Green group.
Speaker 1: It's really good and I can't wait to see how
Speaker 1: Bowyer deploys them this week. That right side of Zeitler
Speaker 1: and Moses is rock solid. But one thing I like
Speaker 1: about this run game as far as defending it, is
Speaker 1: you can kind of follow the guards to the football.
Speaker 1: There are plenty of two polling guards or garden tackle
Speaker 1: like trap type of runs, and if you can control
Speaker 1: the point at those positions where the ball is coming
Speaker 1: to you the way Christian and Zach can you should
Speaker 1: be able to control things and potentially wreck the game,
Speaker 1: especially on that left side with the guys with the
Speaker 1: weapons the Dolphins have over there with some inexperience, and
Speaker 1: you know, a new guy like Patrick McCarry if Ronnie
Speaker 1: Stanley can't go, interesting matchup. They're really interesting to see
Speaker 1: what happens, who goes, and how it plays out, because
Speaker 1: football man, anything can happen. It took the entire Ravens
Speaker 1: offense to have to get going last week, which is
Speaker 1: to be expected for week one for most teams across
Speaker 1: the league. They were at one point two yards per carry,
Speaker 1: an average negative half yards behind the line before contact
Speaker 1: getting hit behind the line. Now they finished with sixty
Speaker 1: three yards and twenty one rushes. That's three yards per carry,
Speaker 1: which shows a nice second half improvement. And you absolutely
Speaker 1: have to include Lamar Jackson as a factor in that
Speaker 1: run game. They kind of have backed it down from
Speaker 1: him running a little bit in terms of designed runs
Speaker 1: because you just can't lose that guy, and I kind
Speaker 1: of hope it stays that way because if he does,
Speaker 1: that's how he can be so dangerous. But he had
Speaker 1: just six rushes for seventeen yards in the opener, and
Speaker 1: like ten of those were on that scramble I talked about.
Speaker 1: Kenyan Drake led the way with thirty one yards on
Speaker 1: eleven rush attempts. Dobbins his availabilities of question mark. If
Speaker 1: he plays, he scares me even if he's limited. Mike
Speaker 1: Davis also had two carries for eleven yards and Justice
Speaker 1: Hill had two for four in the game. I mentioned
Speaker 1: this in the receivers tight end versus cornerback position. Miami
Speaker 1: speeded linebacker is such an important element in this game.
Speaker 1: It showed up last year. They have to find a
Speaker 1: way to replicate that success because this stuff doesn't just
Speaker 1: carry over automatically. We saw Jerome Baker play off the
Speaker 1: edge for the first time in this game last year
Speaker 1: and seventy three snaps. Duke Riley had six snaps. We
Speaker 1: also Sell Van ginkle for sixty seven and Jalen Phillips
Speaker 1: for forty one. I mentioned those guys because they're the
Speaker 1: fastest guys in this linebacker group and we'll see about
Speaker 1: Van Gigkl's availability. But speed on the fields the key
Speaker 1: anytime you face Lamar Jackson and then special teams. The
Speaker 1: Ravens have the best kicker ever once they crossed midfield.
Speaker 1: They're in range. That's always a big part of playing
Speaker 1: this team, so it kind of figure out how you're
Speaker 1: gonna going to defend that. Jason Sanders has great range
Speaker 1: and accuracy of his own, the most accurate kicker here
Speaker 1: in team history, so it's a good kicker matchup. We
Speaker 1: saw Thomas Morris with a big game on Sunday, four points,
Speaker 1: averaging forty five point eight with three of those inside
Speaker 1: the twenty yard line, and that fifty eight yard or
Speaker 1: with almost no return was such an impressive punt. Jordan's
Speaker 1: stout for Baltimore kicked six times, averaging forty eight point
Speaker 1: five per kick, with three inside the twenty of his own.
Speaker 1: Devon Duvernas there electrifying punt returner. He has Olympian speed.
Speaker 1: It do not let him get open in the open field.
Speaker 1: He had two for seventeen yards last week. Football Outsiders
Speaker 1: has the Dolphins at ninth and Special Teams d v
Speaker 1: o A in Week one and the Ravens at thirteen.
Speaker 1: So there you go. Oh that was one take. By
Speaker 1: the way, I love these preview pods. We'll finish up
Speaker 1: on the other side with what's at stake and the
Speaker 1: three keys. That's next Drivetime podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: brought to you by Auto Nation. We've been through the matchups.
Speaker 1: Let's do our last two bits on this game with
Speaker 1: what's at steak and akin to last week, not much
Speaker 1: to put in this category. I'll repeat that this is
Speaker 1: more of a post Halloween, maybe even Thanksgiving segment, but
Speaker 1: I do think there's at least a little bit we
Speaker 1: can say about every game. What's at stake is a
Speaker 1: chance to pick up a big road win against a
Speaker 1: team that figures to be in the mix in the
Speaker 1: a f C. It could potentially be a tiebreaker down
Speaker 1: the road. You never know, especially a team is probably
Speaker 1: gave me the playoffs like Baltimore, a chance to get
Speaker 1: out of the gates two and oh for the first
Speaker 1: time since eighteen season, and a chance to keep the
Speaker 1: momentum rolling into Week three when we turn home for
Speaker 1: another divisional game. And finally, since I think it's pretty
Speaker 1: clear how much I respect this team, getting a win
Speaker 1: against them will certainly garner a lot of respect among
Speaker 1: the media, although that means absolutely nothing. It's always fun
Speaker 1: to have a week full of praise for your favorite
Speaker 1: football team. How about the three keys. Let's get to
Speaker 1: this and we'll get out of here. Efficiency on play
Speaker 1: action passing. You have to find the way to keep
Speaker 1: those linebackers flowing forward and throwing the football right behind him.
Speaker 1: That obviously happens through a good running game as well.
Speaker 1: Number two, I cannot see the ray wins defensive line
Speaker 1: wreck this game and the Dolphins win the game. So
Speaker 1: find a way to control those guys, whether it's keeping
Speaker 1: maximum guys in the running game outside keeping them off balance.
Speaker 1: You have to find a way to control Calais Campbell, Madabuki, uh,
Speaker 1: Michael Pierce, Justin Houston, Odafe, Oh way. It's a tough,
Speaker 1: tough group up front, and the number three always have
Speaker 1: eyes on number eight. And this Gray wins run game.
Speaker 1: That's where it all starts. It's the engine that drives
Speaker 1: the offense like a Landon Roberts said Thursday Night Football,
Speaker 1: Tonight might be the best game of the year on
Speaker 1: the TNF calendar. Chiefs over Chargers is my pick. Will
Speaker 1: do the rest of the week two picks on tomorrow's show.
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