WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins Bills Week 4 Preview 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:03.880 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:04.400 --> 0:00:06.320 Now let me check your pulse if you're not for 0:00:08.760 --> 0:00:10.280 what is up? Dolphins? 0:00:10.360 --> 0:00:13.159 And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:18.160 Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:18.160 --> 0:00:19.320 How's it going everybody? 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:22.320 I am your host, Travis Wingfield And on today's show, 0:00:22.560 --> 0:00:23.759 I'm fired up for this one. 0:00:23.840 --> 0:00:25.400 I got really into the Weeds. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.960 So it's going to be a dense Dolphins Bills matchup 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:31.280 preview as we shift our focus to a team we 0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:34.400 know all too well in those rival Buffalo Bills. We'll 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:37.760 preview the big matchup for AFC E supremacy at the 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:40.200 quarter point of the season. Tell you why this game 0:00:40.240 --> 0:00:43.760 is so crucial, Key matchups, key numbers, big storylines, much 0:00:43.840 --> 0:00:46.920 much more. From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:00:47.000 --> 0:00:51.720 Health Training Complex. This is the Draft Time Podcast. Maggie gaff. 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:55.000 I would like to give Coach. 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:59.160 The opening line here he was asked about motivation for 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:02.400 this game? Was last next year's disappointing ending to these guys, 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:05.120 two losses up there in their building inside of one month? 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.319 Was that motivation for this game? Here's Coach went back 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:09.280 to the check your pulse. 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:15.399 Well, you know, I think division opponents and like you know, 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:21.200 you have what what what's been really uh, I don't know, 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:27.800 probably under talked about, is an opponent of this caliber 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:34.720 coming off and I mean nine sack, five turnover day. 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.640 If you need to be motivated for a game like this, 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:46.000 check your pulse or maybe consider a career adjustment. So 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:51.720 in terms of revent, I mean, I don't think when 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:53.880 you when you're playing an a quality opponent in your 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:59.640 division like that, there's always going to be you know, 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.760 it's the Bills. It's a Bills game, is the way 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:07.240 you know, it feels to us, And they have earned 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:13.760 the right to be the division champion for several years 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:16.640 and they continue to play at a high level. So 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:23.680 you know, I think it's a very very difficult challenge 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.120 that I think our players are pumped for because you 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:31.280 sign up to to play the best and I think 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:31.880 they fit that. 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:34.040 And it is Buffalo Bills week. 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:36.520 We get two of these, or got two of these 0:02:36.600 --> 0:02:39.000 last year in their building and both games were right 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:41.160 there for us. So when you look at what these 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.799 two teams did this offseason, it was about did Miami 0:02:43.919 --> 0:02:46.200 do enough to close the gap. Did Buffalo do it 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.440 enough to take that jump to the next step, And 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.360 we had our squad at about as full strength as 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.000 you can ask in that December game, I know we 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.200 had a lot of attrition on the offensive line in 0:02:55.240 --> 0:02:58.080 the defensive backfield, but two, it wasn't there right, not 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.600 the same story in January and played in that game. 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:03.800 There's no doubt Miami runs away with that contest. But still, 0:03:04.080 --> 0:03:06.560 even if there was a four game gap by the 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:09.480 end of the season thirteen compared to nine wins, I 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:12.720 think the context shows you these teams were much closer 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.480 than that last year, as the results were similar in 0:03:15.520 --> 0:03:18.040 the end, even if the route to get to those 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:21.160 final scores up in Buffalo, you know, three point losses 0:03:21.400 --> 0:03:24.560 were not similar. One was all takeaways and defensive scores 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.440 and the other one was offense going up another field. 0:03:27.480 --> 0:03:29.880 So it was competitive right down to the very end 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.200 in both those games. And one of the reasons I 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.280 feel confident picking the Dolphins to win this division this 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.240 year was that Buffalo just didn't do a lot to 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:42.320 improve their roster from an offseason acquisition standpoint, while Miami 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:44.520 did a ton. Evident by what you've seen on the 0:03:44.560 --> 0:03:47.280 offensive line, with five good players opposed to three. The 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:50.200 backfield's a lot better, the receivers are better, the defense 0:03:50.280 --> 0:03:53.120 is better, even if it's not actually good yet. Just 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:54.800 wait for a few weeks and number five comes back. 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:58.760 The Bills big ads Connor McGovern, Trent Sherfield, Damian Harris, 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:01.520 Taylor Rapp one of those guys as a starter. On 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:05.200 the other side, they didn't lose a whole lot. The 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:08.120 only real notable was Tremaine Edmonds. But they just didn't 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.080 add to last year's recipe. And I guess they were 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.480 a thirteen win team, so they have that to fall 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.880 back on. But I read, I read too frequently, as 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:20.520 I give you that shpiel this summer, the Buffalo's window 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.960 was closing, and that's just nonsense, Like, don't think that, please, 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:26.080 because you're gonna be disappointed if you think that they're 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.120 one of the five best teams in the NFL right now. 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.560 I think I would put them just outside the top 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:33.960 four with Kate, with us KC, Dallas and Philly and 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.560 McDaniel made the point an oppresser a while back that 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.719 I found interesting. He talked about the advantages of having 0:04:41.400 --> 0:04:43.640 a really good division you play in and sure enough, 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.360 each of the last two years, these Super Bowl representatives 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.919 from each conference came from divisions that had two and 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.400 three teams, with the Eagles with the Giants and Cowboys 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:55.120 last year in Kansas City, last year with Los Angeles 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:57.840 making the playoffs, and then twenty twenty one, the Steelers 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:00.240 joined the Bengals in the playoffs and the four nine 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.600 Ers and Cardinals were in there along with the Rams 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.320 back that year. And I know, it seems like we've 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.679 been in a division with a twelve game winner every 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.400 single year since two thousand and three, because well we 0:05:10.480 --> 0:05:13.320 have except for a year or two, with one of 0:05:13.320 --> 0:05:16.240 those being where Brady you know, tours ACL in the 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.800 first quarter of the first game. So while winning a 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.160 division where second place is under five hundred sounds like 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:25.400 a little bit less stressful of a season, I think 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:28.400 it's these types of battles that prepare you to be 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:32.040 successful once you get to that point. Now it's still September, 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:34.039 so chill on all that talk, right, And I have 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:36.200 to do a better job of reminding myself as well, 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:38.080 because you never know what can happen in this league. 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.400 But I bring it back up because these are tests 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:42.360 that I think the team will look back on and 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:45.080 be thankful they were part of. I mean, we get 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.840 to go to Buffalo, to Philly and some version of 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:50.360 a road game with Kansas City Eldos in Germany, and 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:53.359 finish the year with three teams that I expect to 0:05:53.360 --> 0:05:56.160 be in the postseason with Dallas, Baltimore and Buffalo if 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:57.280 we make the playoffs. 0:05:58.120 --> 0:05:59.600 When we make the playoffs, when we. 0:05:59.560 --> 0:06:01.799 Get there, we're going to have played six or seven 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.839 games against teams that I personally believe will not just 0:06:04.960 --> 0:06:07.839 be in the tournament come January, but be factors and 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:10.400 actual contenders to make the run all the way. So 0:06:10.440 --> 0:06:13.520 you'll have massive games along the way. And that got 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.240 sideways a little bit, but I think it tracks with 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:17.680 the intro here because you've heard me do this so 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:19.560 many times now with the Buffalo Bills, you don't have 0:06:19.600 --> 0:06:22.599 to have me repeat the spiel. In twenty seven team 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:25.160 they built one of the game's best secondaries in one 0:06:25.200 --> 0:06:29.120 fell swoop by signing Poyer and Hide and drafting Tredavius White. 0:06:29.240 --> 0:06:31.800 The next year, they land their quarterback. They continue to 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.359 draft pretty well and that had become the foundation of 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:38.960 their team, but recently quietly their draft classes have not 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:42.599 produced a ton of hits, and that's why I say 0:06:42.600 --> 0:06:44.840 I don't think this team has gotten much better from 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.280 what they were in twenty twenty one, and the dolphins 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:51.520 continuous trajectory bodes well for closing that gap. It has 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:56.200 left them relatively thin Buffalo on the offensive line. I 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:57.760 think it's better than it was last year because of 0:06:57.800 --> 0:07:01.400 some incumbents improving. But they're also like super thinn at 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:03.800 wide receiver once you get beyond Stefan Diggs and the 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.760 second level of their defense. I mean, aside from the 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.120 three guys I mentioned, got to be concerned about what. 0:07:09.080 --> 0:07:09.880 You might have back there. 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.240 I have two rabbit hats we're gonna don in that 0:07:12.320 --> 0:07:14.560 defensive back seven. We'll stay tuned for more of that 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:16.800 here later on. But they're a great example of something 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.680 I believe, you don't have to win a championship to 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:21.640 be a successful team. And you might come at me 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:23.000 and say that's a loser mentality. 0:07:23.200 --> 0:07:23.560 Whatever. 0:07:23.600 --> 0:07:26.760 Man, They've won thirteen, eleven and thirteen games the last 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:29.680 three years. They've won four playoff games over those three years, 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.280 and yes, it sets up for a crushing end of 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:34.360 the season. But if I told you right now that 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:37.440 Miami would average more than twelve wins per year over 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.120 the next three seasons and win four playoff games. I'm 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.600 pretty sure ninety nine percent of you would sign up 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.240 for that right now. Maybe you wouldn't take it with 0:07:45.280 --> 0:07:47.200 the caveat that we lose a Super Bowl or whatever 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:49.360 or don't get one at all, but I think you 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:51.680 would take that if you didn't know the end result 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:53.000 of those playoff trips. 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.000 So the Buffalo Bills have made some changes. 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:58.040 Leslie Frazier is out at DC, which means Sean McDermott 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:00.360 has taken back over the play calling. I think it's 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.360 worked pretty well so far. You're going to learn a 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:05.480 theme throughout this podcast. The Buffalo's defense looks great, but 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:08.600 they've played Sam Howell, They've played Jimmy Garoppolo, who looks 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.560 like not the same Groppolo we saw on Kyle Shanahan's offense, 0:08:11.800 --> 0:08:16.640 and they also played Zach Wilson. So yeah, you know, 0:08:16.680 --> 0:08:18.440 we'll talk about that more in the next matchup in 0:08:18.440 --> 0:08:21.280 personnel deployment section. But this is a defense that has 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:24.120 put the absolute clamps on those first three opponents. 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:25.760 What are those teams going to be this year? 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:27.480 We'll see, but I think it's safe to say they 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:31.040 have not seen an attack quite to Miami's standard. When 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:33.600 they protect the football on offense, they are as dangerous 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:36.600 as anybody. We've seen Josh Allen struggle when teams play 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:38.920 those high shells and force him to be patient. If 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:40.800 it doesn't click right away, he can start to get 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.760 really out in front of the skis and attack situations 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.800 that just are not, you know, profitable for the offense. 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:50.120 Now that said, I thought he was at his best 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:52.280 in twenty twenty one doing that, and I thought that 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.840 last year they felt the impact of Brian Dable exiting 0:08:56.160 --> 0:08:58.080 to take the head coaching job with the Giants. And 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.600 we'll see if Ken Dorsey can you know, put together 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:03.440 a more consistent offense and year number two together. But 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.360 I think this game, I think it should be a 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:08.760 tight game. I think there's routes to victory for both teams. 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:11.000 I think there's things the Buffalo can do to attack 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.839 potential vulnerabilities of Miami, and I just think we're looking 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:17.040 at one of the game's best of the season on 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:18.920 the schedule so far. In fact, I think it is 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.280 the best matchup we've seen through four weeks in terms 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.839 of rivalry, talent, and importance in the standings. And again, 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.480 I know this won't be received super well, but this 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:29.920 game is more important for them than it is for us. 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:33.000 And I say that thinking like it's pretty important for 0:09:33.080 --> 0:09:35.160 us too. But if they win, we'll have the same 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.400 record and a chance to get them back here at 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:39.160 home in Week eighteen. And if the Dolphins are as 0:09:39.200 --> 0:09:41.280 good as we all think they are, that game will 0:09:41.320 --> 0:09:44.200 be at least for some divisional implications, right, they'll have 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:46.480 that attached to it if they're as good as we 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:47.040 think they are. 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:47.880 Now, if the. 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:51.800 Dolphins win, then yeah, it does shift the landscape quite drastically. 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:53.480 And that's why I think it's more important for Buffalo, 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:56.360 because a loss to them kind of derails them more 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:58.480 than a loss to US would, not saying it ends 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:01.160 their season, but a two game lead with that future 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.000 home date in Week eighteen, two divisional losses on the 0:10:04.040 --> 0:10:06.480 books for Buffalo and what would amount to a two 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:09.240 and a half game deficit against US just four games in, 0:10:09.640 --> 0:10:13.000 when their final six games are like Dallas, Cincinnati, KSE 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.720 US and like Baltimore. I forget exactly who it is, 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.960 but they have a murderer's row down the stretch. So 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.200 if you can get this one, you're basically putting yourself 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.760 in position to be either ahead or with any striking 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:25.800 distance when you get to that stretch of the late 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:28.680 part of the season, and that would be massive for 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:31.600 us obviously. But then also that's why it's important for them, 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:33.920 because they cannot afford to go into that hole. We 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.360 can afford the results of a loss, although I do 0:10:36.480 --> 0:10:38.640 not want to, because if you win this game, things 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:39.720 get very, very fun. 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:41.960 It's supposed to be a beautiful day in Buffalo. 0:10:42.120 --> 0:10:44.000 I didn't know this existed, but apparently they do this 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.240 time around right around seventy degrees sunshine. And before we 0:10:47.280 --> 0:10:50.199 talk about the storylines, I asked Mike McDaniel, what are 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:52.360 some lessons you can take from those two games last 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:55.160 winter up in Buffalo and apply to this year. 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:59.800 Here's coach, you use them for knowing what the experience 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:03.960 be like. On the surface level, what you do know 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:09.959 is that they're gonna play very hard and together, and 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:13.040 they're not going to give anything away, so you have 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:18.440 to earn them. It is a different team, so you 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:20.120 have to take that with a grain of salt. But 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:24.360 I think you know that. Being so it was the 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.520 last game that we played in twenty twenty two, which 0:11:27.559 --> 0:11:32.760 I think technically was twenty three, and you know, it 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:38.720 was a hard fought loss down the stretch of the season, 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:43.199 and those things they do live with you in terms 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:48.199 of what that felt like, and so to me, it 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:54.480 really represents the idea of what we have to kind 0:11:54.520 --> 0:11:57.200 of the p's and the cues that we have to 0:11:57.200 --> 0:12:02.240 be on to have of a result that's different than 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:05.720 the one last year, which well, I know, one thing 0:12:07.400 --> 0:12:14.079 to even to even conceive that you have to it's 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:17.120 gonna have to be earned. And that's a cool thing 0:12:17.160 --> 0:12:19.800 about what they do is they make you earn every inch. 0:12:20.800 --> 0:12:23.360 So it will take a group effort for sixty minutes, 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:25.199 there's no doubt in that. 0:12:26.160 --> 0:12:28.720 Before we take that first break and break down Dolphins 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:32.720 offense versus Buffalo defense. Some storylines here that three games 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:35.319 and twenty twenty two were all decided by three points 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.440 or a fewer. Of course, the Dolphins win twenty one 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:40.600 to nineteen. Down here when Josh Allen skipped a pretty 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:44.240 easy fastball to the turf. Week number fifteen, Dolphins lose 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.800 thirty two to twenty nine, despite having the football up 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.080 by a touchdown in the fourth quarter and scoring range 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:52.800 Ah that one hurt the wild card round loss thirty 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:55.160 four to thirty one. Buffalo wins that after Miami had 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:56.839 the ball at midfield with a round two minutes to 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.480 go and could not convert, although they misspoted the football 0:12:59.480 --> 0:13:03.000 and third down and really boned us there. Previous Bills 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:06.040 dominance in the series also a big storyline. Prior to 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.160 last year, the Bills had beaten the Dolphins, break the 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.480 breaks off the Dolphins. They swept him in twenty twenty 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:14.240 one with a point differential of plus fifty, and that 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:16.080 was the biggest reason I thought we had to, you know, 0:13:16.320 --> 0:13:20.040 go get someone like Mike because Buffalo ran rough shot 0:13:20.120 --> 0:13:22.000 over us every year in the previous regime. Prior to 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:24.400 twenty twenty two, Buffalo had won seven straight with an 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:27.280 average margin of nineteen point three points. I think that 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:30.640 dominance is long gone. We'll see about Josh Allen's That's 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:32.439 a big test for this defense here a Vic Fangio 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:35.680 potential masterclass Fangio versus Allen. How can he match up 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.920 against an elite quarterback like this? Because Allen has ran 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:41.480 for a billion yards, He's thrown for a billion touchdowns. 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:45.480 He's posted dubs on us and he versus Christian Wilkins. 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:47.719 He's gotten the better of that in terms of the 0:13:47.760 --> 0:13:50.080 team's success, but I do think that Christian's ability to 0:13:50.120 --> 0:13:52.319 get into his head's always fun to watch. He drew 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.440 a penalty on Allen last year in the home game 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.319 and should have had another one in the playoff game 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:59.040 when Josh Allen went to full you know, B mode 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:01.560 when he freeked doubt on Wilkins and got knocked over 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:02.959 because he tried to block him and then tried to 0:14:02.960 --> 0:14:04.800 throw a punch or whatever, not a punch, but trying 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:06.600 to get into his face, and then walked away when 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:08.439 he realized he wasn't getting the better of that. The 0:14:08.520 --> 0:14:11.319 number one offense first, the number two defense again. The 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:13.840 Bills moved from Fraser to McDermott taking over play calling, 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:16.600 but the second year of play calling Harry McDaniel's offense 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:19.120 has been a huge boon, the way they've added wrinkles 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:21.600 off of their different packages and looks and dressed things up. 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:23.920 I cannot wait to watch them attack this defense this 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.760 time around, because I think in both the games last year, 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:29.040 and you know, having a third string quarterback didn't really 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.880 let this manifest, but the first game with Tua, they 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:33.920 had the Bills defense and some hell there, and of 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:36.200 course the elements kind of came into play late there. 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.800 But I think Miami's ability to take that tape and 0:14:38.880 --> 0:14:41.480 expand upon it, with their quarterback playing better than any 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:43.840 quarterback in the NFL right now, could be a big 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:46.200 benefit for this team. Scoring another thirty forty points in 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.200 this one, and then again the importance of the game 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.960 if we win. You know you heard the the ramifications 0:14:51.960 --> 0:14:54.760 two game lead, the head to head tiebreaker divisional loss 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:56.800 for the Bills will be number two. Miami would have 0:14:56.840 --> 0:15:00.080 two road divisional wins and four wins in the conference. Like, 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:03.040 you're putting a pretty good stranglehold on the tie breaking 0:15:03.040 --> 0:15:05.720 scenarios if you go get this one, especially with that 0:15:05.800 --> 0:15:07.480 loss of the Jets is so big, man, because we 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.160 have two games against the Jets coming up in November 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.360 and December. And do you really think that Trevor Simeon 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:16.120 or Zach Wilson or Tim Boyle can match points to 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:19.000 this offense. I don't, so I put those and then 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:21.360 a Patriots game at home, Like I kind of think Miami, 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:25.600 I have a pretty good feeling. Miami's going to if 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:27.960 they win this game, go into the final Buffalo game 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:29.880 five and zero the division. So if they lose at 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:31.960 four and one and then you would still if you 0:15:32.080 --> 0:15:35.160 just win one against Buffalo, that Jets loss is your tiebreaker. 0:15:35.200 --> 0:15:36.560 So Miami essentially gets. 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.600 A game advantage in the division race because of that 0:15:38.640 --> 0:15:40.040 potential tie breaking scenario. 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:43.160 So massive. No trophy's gonna be handed out this week. 0:15:43.200 --> 0:15:46.040 No seasons will be ended either, but it's still a 0:15:46.160 --> 0:15:49.160 huge game with huge playoff implications. Let's go ahead and 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.160 take our first break and comeback on the other side 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:52.480 and break this matchup down. 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:54.080 I have a lot of notes in this one. 0:15:54.080 --> 0:15:56.800 I spent forty eight hours really kind of watching film 0:15:56.800 --> 0:15:59.480 and comparing this one. That's next Draft Time podcast, your 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:01.720 host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by AutoNation. 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:05.360 You guys know the. 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:08.760 Scene in Moneyball when Brad Pitt asked Jonah Hill about 0:16:08.800 --> 0:16:10.920 the rite ups he asked him to do, and he 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.120 asked him for like eight ride ups, and Jonah Hill said, 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:15.240 I did forty seven, and then he goes, I lied, 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:16.080 I did fifty three. 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.000 I don't know why I lied. Just now that's me 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:19.520 right now, I watched every Bills game. 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.520 I went back through PFF data from last year from 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:26.120 this year and was just really into this matchup because 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:28.000 I want to win it, and it's fun covering a 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:33.720 team that's this damn good. 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:34.600 Precious field trip. That's a little Chris Farley on Billy 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:35.360 Madison for you. 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:37.800 On a deep cut, Let's talk about Dolphins offense versus 0:16:37.800 --> 0:16:40.760 the Buffalo Bills defense. You know by now the Dolphins lineup, 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:44.120 how the Bills match up with that, our quarterback safety matchup, 0:16:44.160 --> 0:16:46.840 you know the drill. Poyer and Hyde have both played 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.840 eighty eight percent plus of the snaps, and they've introduced 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:53.280 a new third safety formerly of the Rams and Washington Huskies, 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:56.280 Taylor Rapp has played twenty three percent of their snaps. 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:58.360 I think you might see more of him this week 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:02.360 because of the pensity. We might see of three safety packages, 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.440 maybe some dime defense. I mean, the Bills never get 0:17:05.440 --> 0:17:06.919 out of their Nichols, so we'll find out about that. 0:17:06.960 --> 0:17:08.680 But those are the three guys they use the most. 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:11.200 Christian Benford as their top corner right now one hundred 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:14.479 percent of the snaps, White Tradevius has played ninety one 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:16.360 and then nobody else over eight. So if you get 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:19.080 one injury here, you're introducing a player who just. 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:20.399 Has not played at all this season. 0:17:20.640 --> 0:17:22.399 Something to keep an eye on, as Dolphins tend to 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:24.800 have a way of making cornerback skill a little bit 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:28.399 tight in the hamstring area. Not advocating that, I'm just 0:17:28.400 --> 0:17:29.840 saying like it's something to the keeping eye because the 0:17:29.840 --> 0:17:32.399 depth there is thin. And the slot Barrio Smyth and 0:17:32.480 --> 0:17:35.760 Julian Hill, who had a great debut last week, up 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:38.840 against Taron Johnson who's played seventy eight percent of the snaps. 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.040 He might be their best player on defense. He's awesome, 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:43.840 but I also think that his presence makes them play 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:45.679 a defense that I just doesn't make a lot of 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:48.120 sense to me. We'll talk more about that. On the interior, 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.800 Williams win and Hunt up against Oliver who played sixty 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:54.080 five percent of the snaps this year, Daikwan Jones fifty. 0:17:54.320 --> 0:17:56.680 You guys remember Jordan Phillips thirty four percent this year. 0:17:56.720 --> 0:18:00.240 Then Tim Settle thirty one percent. Off the edge will 0:18:00.240 --> 0:18:03.679 get more Armstead and Austin Jackson with Gregory Russeau has 0:18:03.680 --> 0:18:05.680 played sixty percent of the snaps. We got the right 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:07.919 cane there, Shaq loss and you guys know him. He 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.520 and Leonard Floyd have both played forty seven percent of 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:13.399 their snaps, and then aj Epinesa forty one and then 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:17.520 that linebacker. Both Milano and Terrel Bernard have played ninety 0:18:17.520 --> 0:18:20.119 one percent of Buffalo snaps. So they have varied mixtures 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:22.720 of edge interior players that you can see there. Like 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.480 all those percentage that gave you, guys, it's pretty varied. 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:29.040 Milano and Bernard play the exact same number of reps, 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.240 and the dbs are essentially always the same. Again, Rap 0:18:32.320 --> 0:18:34.960 is the only defensive back that comes into the game 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:37.479 aside from those top five guys I mentioned, and then 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:39.520 you have eight guys up front who play a lot 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.679 because are a lot of numbers there for several guys. Stylistically, 0:18:43.359 --> 0:18:47.280 it's mostly like power and strength type of players compared 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:49.520 to like speed guys. That's Oliver his game, although he's 0:18:49.520 --> 0:18:50.120 got really good. 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:51.960