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Speaker 1: it going? Everybody? I am your host, Travis Winfield. And
Speaker 1: on today's show, we continue our too look back and
Speaker 1: our off season primer, taking a look today at the
Speaker 1: running back position. Plus we'll look at the top ten
Speaker 1: runs from the Miami Dolphins season. All of that in
Speaker 1: a heck of a lot more from the Baptist Health
Speaker 1: Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the
Speaker 1: Drive Time, Happy Wednesday, everybody, Ahead of pre Championship Round
Speaker 1: or I guess the championship round. It is pre Championship week.
Speaker 1: I hope it's going smoothly for you. Just one more
Speaker 1: Sunday full of football, then of course the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: But it always feels like Conference Championship Weekend is the
Speaker 1: last real football weekend of the year. I can't wait
Speaker 1: for this one. We'll pick the games on the Friday Show.
Speaker 1: And can we please keep Championship Weekend at the site
Speaker 1: of the top seed remaining in each conference? Police? That
Speaker 1: would be great. Mostly, you know, I enjoyed the weekend's
Speaker 1: post Dolphins elimination more these days because Caroline keeps me
Speaker 1: busy and now cams part of the picture as well.
Speaker 1: My two beautiful kids, and we've been riding scooters going
Speaker 1: to the park. We've been working on our whiffleball game
Speaker 1: and Whiffle Blast is coming up this week and Team
Speaker 1: McDuffie is looking to repeat their championship from last season.
Speaker 1: The great news. Last year it was wendy as hell
Speaker 1: and about thirty eight degrees or something like that, But
Speaker 1: this year we get tremendous baseball weather, low seventies, no rain,
Speaker 1: minimal wind all day Saturday in Parkland at Pine Trails Park.
Speaker 1: If you're looking to come out, I know JT makes
Speaker 1: an appearance out there. It's his foundation. O J is
Speaker 1: out there obviously, I think some other former Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: as well. Plus come watch some really fun whiffle ball
Speaker 1: and you know, trying to top my three bombs I
Speaker 1: hit last year and the game winning triple in the
Speaker 1: semifinals of the Whiffle Blast tournament. Before we get started today,
Speaker 1: I meant to include this on the Monday Pod and
Speaker 1: forgot so here it is. That's the beautiful part about
Speaker 1: the off season, as I can always just push segments
Speaker 1: down the line, which I do quite frequently. I've mentioned
Speaker 1: his work here on the podcast a lot, but ESPNS
Speaker 1: Seth Walder did a one hundred man m v P
Speaker 1: ballot based upon ESPN analytics and his own perceived player value.
Speaker 1: Based on those analytics, he mentioned pass rush win rate
Speaker 1: for you know a guy like Jalen Phillips, or for
Speaker 1: you know Tyreeke and to H or for Tyreek and Waddle,
Speaker 1: you know, yards over expected for to a UM, his
Speaker 1: e p A per drop back. Things that most most
Speaker 1: football heads would tell you are the top statistics for
Speaker 1: quantifying what happens on the field. Of course, as we
Speaker 1: know as drive time fans, you can never fully quantify
Speaker 1: a game like this by the numbers, but it does
Speaker 1: corroborate the tape that you see, and that's why I
Speaker 1: like to use these numbers that do corroborate what I
Speaker 1: see from eighteen Miami Dolphins games on tape this year
Speaker 1: for Seth Walder. For the Dolphins, five players made the list,
Speaker 1: which in and of itself is a good reminder of
Speaker 1: how far this roster has come, because we used to
Speaker 1: be like, can we get Cam Wake on the top
Speaker 1: one players list? Maybe like five, and that was your
Speaker 1: best bet you were going to get. You know, I
Speaker 1: guess Jarvis Landry a couple of times in there, but
Speaker 1: not no one that's ever a premier player at their position, right.
Speaker 1: We always wanted to get one or two. You see
Speaker 1: xaviing Howard in there a lot, but that was about it.
Speaker 1: Now different than the NFL Network list, but the math
Speaker 1: is the same, and it says that every team would
Speaker 1: average three players, right thirty two times three. Not a
Speaker 1: math scientist here, um mathematician. I just said math scientists
Speaker 1: and keep it in the podcast would be so I
Speaker 1: guess four teams would have four players, but the Dolphins
Speaker 1: are above that mean because they have five. Especially when
Speaker 1: you think about the fact that you could argue for
Speaker 1: another two or three players on this list. For me,
Speaker 1: that would be Robert Hunt and to Hron Armstead and
Speaker 1: Javon Holland I think would all potentially crack my list.
Speaker 1: But either way, here you go your your top Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins m v P s. On the SETH Walter ballot.
Speaker 1: Hyreek Hill was first for the Dolphins at number six
Speaker 1: overall to a tongue Bylow was the next Miami Dolphin.
Speaker 1: He was twelve in the m v P voting. Now
Speaker 1: let's go back to August, when you know, I hate
Speaker 1: using general perception to make a point, but because I
Speaker 1: never was concerned about this personally, but a lot of
Speaker 1: folks didn't know if to have had the goods right,
Speaker 1: he always did. He just hadn't been in a situation
Speaker 1: where he could show it. And the health is obviously concerned,
Speaker 1: but he's always had the goods. So back in August,
Speaker 1: when people wondered if he did, if I had given
Speaker 1: you a time machine, and again the four and a
Speaker 1: half games missed the playoff game missed all that aside.
Speaker 1: If I told you too it was going to be
Speaker 1: twelve and someone's m v P ballot, what would you say,
Speaker 1: pretty good? We should keep that guy around. He was
Speaker 1: twelve here, Jillan Waddle number forty. That's also great for
Speaker 1: the second year receiver who, like I said at the
Speaker 1: beginning of the year's top five ten receiving the NFL.
Speaker 1: He showed that this year. And if you think one
Speaker 1: playoff game changes that, shut up, Just shut up. Christian
Speaker 1: Wilkins eighty one, Jillen Phillips eighty nine. So five players
Speaker 1: on the top one hundred list. None of those guys
Speaker 1: running backs, though, and that's the position group we're talking
Speaker 1: about today on the podcast. Let's go ahead and do
Speaker 1: part two of our year end review and stopped by
Speaker 1: the running backs room, coached by Eric Studisville, who is
Speaker 1: also assistant head coach here with the Miami Dolphins team accomplishments.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins improved their yards per carry over the last
Speaker 1: two seasons by a decent margin. They weren't below four
Speaker 1: yards per carry coming into the season each of the
Speaker 1: last two years. This season, four point three yards per
Speaker 1: carry the running backs or rather all ball carriers, I
Speaker 1: should say, rushed for sixteen hundred eighty six yards. That's
Speaker 1: just under a hundred yards per game. That's got to
Speaker 1: go up next year. Yards from scrimmage by only running
Speaker 1: backs in full backs is eighteen eighteen. That's pretty good.
Speaker 1: That's a big improvement off years past, and total touchdowns
Speaker 1: among running backs and fullbacks was ten. Now the group
Speaker 1: as a whole, we saw a major shift from the
Speaker 1: running back room we saw in one. We made it
Speaker 1: a point on the podcast multiple times one about how
Speaker 1: the running back room was constructed of seventh round picks
Speaker 1: and undrafted free agents. And that was the case again
Speaker 1: because Jeff Wilson and Raheem most It were undrafted, and
Speaker 1: so was savan akhbed Miles Gascon was the seventh round pick,
Speaker 1: but you put more investment because they are free agent
Speaker 1: additions and guys that had proven more than that value
Speaker 1: as NFL pros. So where he most It was the
Speaker 1: primary ball carrier. Jeff Wilson, that mid season acquisition came
Speaker 1: in to basically replace Chase Edmund's role after he was
Speaker 1: dealt to Denver in the Bradley Chubb role. I still
Speaker 1: wish I could have seen more of Chase Edmonds. I
Speaker 1: think he had a lot more meat on the bone.
Speaker 1: Those drops were obviously a killer, but still a big
Speaker 1: fan of his game. But from there he really replaced
Speaker 1: Chase's reps. So it's pretty much a clear one to punch.
Speaker 1: That utilized the fullback as much as any team in football,
Speaker 1: and I think it made their offense as creative as
Speaker 1: it possibly could have been. And I think we saw
Speaker 1: that kind of reduced in the last two games when
Speaker 1: Alec had the cast on his hand, because you can't
Speaker 1: block as well with just one hand. It's not it's
Speaker 1: not playing. You know, any defensive position you can club
Speaker 1: up and be okay, you're gonna lose some but blocking
Speaker 1: guys and using your hands like that's such an important
Speaker 1: thing for a fullback. For him to get any snaps
Speaker 1: in those two games, such a testament to the kind
Speaker 1: of person and player he is. Love Alec Ingold and
Speaker 1: then savan Akmed got a lot of run in the
Speaker 1: passing game, and he and Miles Gascon were kind of
Speaker 1: the call ups when either Raheem or Jeff was was
Speaker 1: out for a week before Miles got hurt at the
Speaker 1: end of the year. Pretty unique circumstance here that all
Speaker 1: four running backs are free agents heading into the new league.
Speaker 1: Gear should be very interesting to see how Chris and
Speaker 1: coach want to attack this position. It's such an important
Speaker 1: position in this offense. And on the Monday podcast, we
Speaker 1: talked about how all four teams on Divisional Round Weekend
Speaker 1: that one really control the game with their running. I'm
Speaker 1: a huge proponent of pass to score and then run
Speaker 1: the ball to win in terms of past first set
Speaker 1: up the run and then just milk that clock. And
Speaker 1: we saw all four victors in the Divisional Round Weekend
Speaker 1: with the ability to run the ball when the other
Speaker 1: team knew it was coming to shorten the game. And
Speaker 1: I talked about with the buff Little Bills, right, if
Speaker 1: you want to make Josh Allen continue to press more
Speaker 1: and get more of those negative, you know, impact splash plays,
Speaker 1: run the ball, shorten the game and make it close
Speaker 1: late in the fourth quarter, and you can potentially have
Speaker 1: that happen for yourself. As far as what they have
Speaker 1: and how they attack it this offseason, That's why I'm
Speaker 1: so intrigued by it, because you have to love what
Speaker 1: you saw from Raheem most when he was rolling in
Speaker 1: healthy I thought his ability to shed tacklers and and
Speaker 1: find lanes was really impressive to me. He was clearly
Speaker 1: the top back on the Dolphins this year, but by
Speaker 1: a pretty good margin. I think he's probably your top
Speaker 1: priority in terms of who you bring back. He's gonna
Speaker 1: be a big part of our top ten runs lists
Speaker 1: with many memorable carriers where he's dragging defenders. In fact,
Speaker 1: the top tur our plays where he drags defenders alongside him,
Speaker 1: and also showcasing that speed, which is a huge must
Speaker 1: have for me in this system, great system, fit team leader.
Speaker 1: I think he gives you that level of continuity going
Speaker 1: forward over a thousand yards from scrimmage. First Dolphins back
Speaker 1: to do that since Kenyan Drake did it. That was
Speaker 1: kind of a theme of the room, the speed right
Speaker 1: Savons can scoot, and frankly, I didn't know Jeff Wilson
Speaker 1: had that zero to sixty year in his bag that
Speaker 1: he does. He hits lion scrimmage with as much urgency
Speaker 1: as anybody, uh in this running back room. And then
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens beyond that with Miles and and
Speaker 1: you know, alec Ingold's obviously back here at the fullback
Speaker 1: as well, but UH, to finish that point on Ingle
Speaker 1: that I want to bring it back to here talking
Speaker 1: about him opening at the playbook. You know, any big
Speaker 1: run typically featured Alec Ingle out leading the way. And
Speaker 1: the two highest snap totals he played this year versus
Speaker 1: Cleveland and Buffalo at Buffalo were Miami's two biggest rushing
Speaker 1: days this season. So he's a big part of this
Speaker 1: room in general. Let's go ahead and give you the
Speaker 1: individual stats and scouting reports. Miles Gaskin going in order
Speaker 1: of George number here. He played thirty nine snaps this year,
Speaker 1: carried the ball just ten times for twenty six yards,
Speaker 1: had fifty four yards from scrimmage, did not score touchdown.
Speaker 1: He forced fifty three mistackles this season and average three
Speaker 1: point four yards after contact. I thought his first two
Speaker 1: years as a pro were really good. I thought one
Speaker 1: was a bit of a regression, and then this year
Speaker 1: I just didn't see much of the field. UH, and
Speaker 1: then got injured late in the season. We'll see what
Speaker 1: happens with him, UH in this offseason. Jeff Wilson number
Speaker 1: twenty three, played two hundred ninety seven snaps with ninety
Speaker 1: four rush attempts. That was good for three hundred ninety
Speaker 1: two yards on the ground. He had four eight six
Speaker 1: total He did score four times, had sixteen miss tackles forced,
Speaker 1: and average just two point to nine yards after contact
Speaker 1: per carry. Excuse me, but I thought that his physicality
Speaker 1: and what he brought in terms of, you know, powering
Speaker 1: through guys and sitting at certain tone and temple for
Speaker 1: this offense was very critical. The running backs got to
Speaker 1: catch the football better. Man. There was some drops from
Speaker 1: him raheem Chase Edmonds earlier in the year. Catch the
Speaker 1: damp ball at the running back position. Man. That's a
Speaker 1: big part of this offense as well. We have to
Speaker 1: be better at that three um. But yeah, Jeff Wilson
Speaker 1: really curiously where they go with him in this offseason.
Speaker 1: Twenty six of on akmed seventy snaps seventeen Russia attempts
Speaker 1: for sixty four yards, just seventy two yards from scrimmage
Speaker 1: one touchdown against Buffalo. He forced two as tackles an
Speaker 1: average two point four one yards per rush attempt. For Savan,
Speaker 1: it's all about pass pro because he's such a good
Speaker 1: pass catching running back. Those wheels, those flats, those those
Speaker 1: little swing rounds. He can catch it and get going. Man.
Speaker 1: He loves to operate out on the perimeter, but to
Speaker 1: be able to run that role, you have to pass
Speaker 1: protect better. So that's a big key for him, you
Speaker 1: know this offseason. If he can come back, be better
Speaker 1: and pass pro give us those special team snaps um
Speaker 1: and then contribute the passing game. I love him as
Speaker 1: a third or fourth back on your roster. Number thirty
Speaker 1: alec Ingold played four hundred and twenty seven snaps, only
Speaker 1: carried it six times for eight yards. You'd love to
Speaker 1: see that had the two total touchdowns and had one
Speaker 1: hundred and thirteen yards from scrimmage. Catching the football a
Speaker 1: little bit and there's more on the bone there for
Speaker 1: him to write, like the drop against the Patriots on
Speaker 1: Opening Day. He can do a lot of stuff where
Speaker 1: he splits out, flexes out and makes plays and he'll
Speaker 1: catch that ball most of the time. And then number
Speaker 1: thirty one where he most dirt. Five hundred and fifty
Speaker 1: one snaps, a hundred eight one rush attempts for eight
Speaker 1: one thousand, ninety three yards from scrimmage, five total touchdowns.
Speaker 1: He forced a team high thirty nine miss tackles an
Speaker 1: average three point five two yards after contact. To me,
Speaker 1: he's a no brainer. We'll see again what happens this offseason.
Speaker 1: But he is such a good fit, such a great leader,
Speaker 1: the speed division, the explosiveness, the big plays, the pass
Speaker 1: pro he does it all. I love Raheem Moster. But again,
Speaker 1: every back in this room, besides alec Ingold, there's a
Speaker 1: fullback obviously, will be a free agent this offseason. I
Speaker 1: cannot wait to see what happens with the Miami Dolphin.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and take our first break right here
Speaker 1: and come back on the other side, and we will
Speaker 1: talk about the potential markets for this running back position.
Speaker 1: Will also do top ten runs of two season all
Speaker 1: of that's next Drift Time Podcast, your host, Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: brought to you by Auto Nation. We have the incumbents
Speaker 1: done in this primer edition of the Drift Time Podcast.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and take a look now at free
Speaker 1: agency and what that might produce at the running back position,
Speaker 1: projecting who's out there on the market right now. Of course,
Speaker 1: these markets always dry up by the time we get
Speaker 1: to March in the new league year. But this will
Speaker 1: be more in depth because or than the edge position,
Speaker 1: I should say, because well, each one of our guys
Speaker 1: is a free agent, and forecasting what happens here is
Speaker 1: tough because you have Raheem, who I again proved his
Speaker 1: value to me as a player and captain. We use
Speaker 1: a draft resource on Jeff Wilson. You guys know I'm
Speaker 1: a huge Savan Akhmed fan. If he can get that
Speaker 1: pass pro up. My best guest is, if you don't
Speaker 1: run it back, you try to retain Savan, bring back
Speaker 1: one one of the other two, and go out on
Speaker 1: the open market for the two of the one to
Speaker 1: punch behind Raheem, like, for instance, a running back room
Speaker 1: of Raheem Moster, Alexander Madison, and Savan Akhmed. That sounds
Speaker 1: good to me as long as you can make more
Speaker 1: improvements on the offensive line. And that's the prelude to
Speaker 1: my top option, which is the Vikings running back set
Speaker 1: to hit free agency, and unless they deal Dalvin Cook,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure I see in the budget to go
Speaker 1: back after Alexander Madison. You know what will he get
Speaker 1: is in terms of the open market. Uh, here's what
Speaker 1: I like about Madison a limited wear and tear. When
Speaker 1: you're the backup to Dalvin Cook, you don't carry the
Speaker 1: ball a whole lot be limited exposure to suppress that
Speaker 1: market against same idea there. See, he's played in a
Speaker 1: wide zone offense there under Kevin O'Connell for a season.
Speaker 1: D far more physical than any back we have and
Speaker 1: e I think he pairs really well with Raheem Moster,
Speaker 1: who again, like I mentioned, would prefer to come back.
Speaker 1: Spot Rack has Madison's market value at two point two million,
Speaker 1: exact same as Raheem Mosters. That would be in the
Speaker 1: cheap end to me good value though, And maybe you
Speaker 1: do bring back, you know, Jeff Wilson. If you can
Speaker 1: get all three of those guys at that rate, may
Speaker 1: that's not too bad either. So I don't know. Well,
Speaker 1: there are options here, you know, at the position that
Speaker 1: doesn't really require big money. Now, if you do want
Speaker 1: to put a premium investment there, those players are potentially
Speaker 1: out there as well. Again, all that with the caveat
Speaker 1: these guys could sign back to their teams any day now.
Speaker 1: Sae Kwon Barkley is the gem of the class, but
Speaker 1: he said he wants to play his whole career in
Speaker 1: New York. I also am pretty against giving players, you know,
Speaker 1: at that position million dollars a year, which is his
Speaker 1: market value twelve point three by spot Rack, especially when
Speaker 1: they have that injury history. The projections that they do
Speaker 1: this are based upon on similar production with players at
Speaker 1: that position and what their contracts were. So his comps
Speaker 1: were Joe Mix and Alvin Kamara, Dalvin Cook, and Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's pretty top of the league. And that's
Speaker 1: also where Josh Jacobs obviously lands to the rushing champ
Speaker 1: this year, and Tony Pollard's also part of that group
Speaker 1: even with the broken leg. I still think Tony Pollard's
Speaker 1: a phenomenal free agent option this year, but he's gonna
Speaker 1: cost you a bunch of money, So I think it's
Speaker 1: nine point nine million. Was uh the market value on
Speaker 1: spot rack for posterity for Alexander Madison. It was Niheim Hines,
Speaker 1: Justin Jackson, de Ernest Johnson. And you're saying to me,
Speaker 1: Geez Travis on a great list of peers there, But
Speaker 1: I really think Madison's best balls ahead of him. I
Speaker 1: was a huge fan of his game at Boise State two.
Speaker 1: He's the kind of runner that juices up the crowd,
Speaker 1: the offensive line, can convert short yardage. He's a career
Speaker 1: two point eight nine yards after contact on average player,
Speaker 1: and the one thing he doesn't have is the lightning speed,
Speaker 1: which of course is a priority here. But again there's
Speaker 1: reasons why you're getting players like this at their cost.
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, Kareem Hunt, Miles Sanders to me are all
Speaker 1: kind of part of that mix. Sanders is super intrigued man.
Speaker 1: He is a good three down player, splitting the difference
Speaker 1: there with him between Barkley and Jacobs compared to Madison.
Speaker 1: He's a seven point to projected market value. That's your
Speaker 1: that's your speed. Number one back who plays of the
Speaker 1: passing of the downs, passing downs earlier downs, does it all.
Speaker 1: If you sign him, you probably don't have a lot
Speaker 1: in the budget for anything besides it rookie or you know,
Speaker 1: bringing back a player like a savant Akhmed. Like I said,
Speaker 1: tons of directions you can go here. Jeric mckinnons really
Speaker 1: interesting to me. Rashad Penny, I think is fascinating. I
Speaker 1: was a fan of what I saw from Jim Michael
Speaker 1: Hasty and Jacksonville. I love Justice Hill from Baltimore. He's
Speaker 1: a really good fit if you want to kind of
Speaker 1: replace that two or three running back role with pure speed,
Speaker 1: special team's ability. This is probably the easiest position to
Speaker 1: me to upgrade this offseason based upon the information we
Speaker 1: have here. Again, it could change, could dry up, but
Speaker 1: the draft is also pretty rich. If I had to
Speaker 1: give you two choices for each tier of back in
Speaker 1: free agency, there top guys would be Tony Pollard from Dallas,
Speaker 1: but honestly, I don't love this route at all. I
Speaker 1: would include Sae Kwon Barkley and there for the sake
Speaker 1: of two names. The medium investment that doesn't treat me.
Speaker 1: Miles Sanders and then Jamal Williams is the other because
Speaker 1: of his ability to score touchdowns a convert short yardage,
Speaker 1: which to me is the biggest need on the offense
Speaker 1: this offseason. But there's no way Detroit lets that man leave.
Speaker 1: He is such a big part of what they do
Speaker 1: in Detroit. And in the minimal investment is Alexander Madison
Speaker 1: and potentially Ronald Jones, the former USC trojan, former Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay buccaneer, former Kansas City chief. Uh yeah, there's a
Speaker 1: reason why you're getting guys to that cost. But Madison
Speaker 1: to me is the biggest boom a potential reward there
Speaker 1: for the low end cost signings in the draft class
Speaker 1: this year. You know, back when we had the two
Speaker 1: first round picks, I would say, you're very much in
Speaker 1: play for it. Is a luxury pick for any team
Speaker 1: that can do it. At the running back position in
Speaker 1: the first round. Be John Robinson from Texas is a
Speaker 1: top five player in this class from my money. Obviously
Speaker 1: we know the value of that position gets suppressed every
Speaker 1: single year. But he'll go in the first round. Now.
Speaker 1: If Alabama's Jamir Gibbs is there in the second round,
Speaker 1: I would personally sprint that card to the podium. He's
Speaker 1: a special, special player who I think would fit perfectly here,
Speaker 1: and that's probably the only round two option for me.
Speaker 1: I love Devon a Chain from Texas A and M
Speaker 1: and his blazing speed. Not a big back, but he
Speaker 1: is super fast. Maybe a third or fourth round type
Speaker 1: of guy. Tank biggs By from Auburn is well fittingly
Speaker 1: a tank. I'm not far enough into the tape to
Speaker 1: go deep into day three of the draft. I think
Speaker 1: a Chain Bigsby, and then a guy like Zach charbon
Speaker 1: At from U c L, a three down player who
Speaker 1: really excelled in the passing game. Even at six ft
Speaker 1: one to twenty he's an impressive players. So there's some
Speaker 1: names there man to look at here. It's a great
Speaker 1: year to need backs. I cannot wait to see what
Speaker 1: they do, who comes back, who they target on the
Speaker 1: open market? Do they go that way in the draft?
Speaker 1: Easily the most options of all the team needs this offseason.
Speaker 1: If you're asking me what you are because you're my podcast.
Speaker 1: Before we get to the top ten runs, I've been
Speaker 1: watching some TV, have you guys been? Football is over
Speaker 1: as far as the Dolphins go, So I'm watching some TV.
Speaker 1: Let's be honest. I usually watch TV every night at
Speaker 1: least four in two shows, um, the three that I've
Speaker 1: want to recommend here, I think one you probably all
Speaker 1: I've already at least heard of. But the Last of
Speaker 1: Us or Last of Us on HBO's based on the
Speaker 1: video game is really intriguing through two episodes so far.
Speaker 1: It's kind of a Walking Dead type premise, but hopefully
Speaker 1: it doesn't get as dry as Walking Dead. I didn't
Speaker 1: play the video games personally, so I don't really know
Speaker 1: what's coming ahead, which I prefer it that way, so
Speaker 1: don't spoil it for me. On Twitter Fleischmann Is in
Speaker 1: Trouble is a Hulu Netflix or sorry, Hulu f X
Speaker 1: show with Jesse Eisenberg. That was really really good. It
Speaker 1: was it was based upon a novel, a death and
Speaker 1: from a novel, so the writing is fantastic and just
Speaker 1: really well acted and really really interesting for you middle
Speaker 1: aged dad's out there, I think and what possibly could
Speaker 1: become if your life doesn't go the way you think
Speaker 1: it could could go. And then also a stand up
Speaker 1: special on Netflix. I'm a huge fan of Andrew Santino.
Speaker 1: He is the co star on the show Dave on
Speaker 1: net on FX. I keep calling FX Netflix, but he
Speaker 1: has a new Netflix hour. His podcast, by the way,
Speaker 1: Whiskey Ginger is also phenomenal. His Netflix Our Cheeseburger is
Speaker 1: very very good. So that's my recommendations. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and take a break right here and come back on
Speaker 1: the other side and do the top ten runs from two.
Speaker 1: That's next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought
Speaker 1: to you by Auto Nation. We're celebrating the top ten
Speaker 1: plays in various position groups, various forms of the Dolphins season,
Speaker 1: and we pick it up here with the top ten runs.
Speaker 1: You can find these video elements up on the team
Speaker 1: YouTube channel. Why don't we go ahead and start with
Speaker 1: run number ten when Jeff Wilson lowers the boom versus
Speaker 1: the Browns. Still another first down, and this is Wilson's training.
Speaker 1: Look at the whole five inside the thirty inside that's
Speaker 1: twenty five yard line. Another Miami first down. To see
Speaker 1: the cutback and that burst right through the whole. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we're gonna go TV copies on this one. So the
Speaker 1: opening drive verse Cleveland, after the Browns went down for
Speaker 1: a touchdown, Miami needs an answer. After he converts a
Speaker 1: fourth and one from the minus side of the field,
Speaker 1: Jeff Wilson gets a first down carry on the plus
Speaker 1: side of the field and it's twenty personnel. That's two backs,
Speaker 1: no tight ends, ingold motions from the strength of a
Speaker 1: two by two set to reset the strength to the
Speaker 1: opposite side of the formation. This is part of that
Speaker 1: creative stuff I was talking about in the running backs
Speaker 1: portion that leads Wilson into the B gap off the
Speaker 1: left side. You get a double from Rob Jones and
Speaker 1: Connor Williams that spills out the one technique. Armstead climbs
Speaker 1: up to the second level and wipes out a linebacker,
Speaker 1: and then Rob Hunt pulls to that side and wipes
Speaker 1: out the other and Ingolds pre snap motion provides a
Speaker 1: lead that seals the edge from the guy that Armstead
Speaker 1: passes over when he climbs, and it's all Jeff Wilson
Speaker 1: and the wide outs. He hits a big hole on
Speaker 1: a sprint, Cedric Wilson gets a pancake downfield, jeal And
Speaker 1: Wattle squares up a block, and then Wilson's one on
Speaker 1: one with Denzel Ward of the Browns, lowers his shoulder
Speaker 1: and runs through a tackle to set the early tone.
Speaker 1: Miami would score three plays later to tie the game
Speaker 1: at seven. All more from this game. In a moment
Speaker 1: number nine, we go to Detroit and the quarterback uses
Speaker 1: the legs to extend a drive on third and long,
Speaker 1: perfects wide open to run and he will do that.
Speaker 1: Talk to the races at a first down pick up
Speaker 1: eighteen yards for Tongue Valoa. You know we were talking
Speaker 1: to tow about the injuries and all that. He said,
Speaker 1: I have such a passion for the sport. He said,
Speaker 1: I can't think of a sport that I'd rather play
Speaker 1: that's more competitive. It's all about team, and I want
Speaker 1: to do what's best for the team, So yes, I
Speaker 1: want to keep myself healthy. But when I'm running trying
Speaker 1: to gain those extra yards, I'm gonna go for it
Speaker 1: at that time to goring for it in a big,
Speaker 1: big way. He does go for it in a big,
Speaker 1: big way. And few things fire up a team like
Speaker 1: their quarterbacks scrambling for a big game on day or
Speaker 1: The Dolphins third down offense was stellar eight for twelve
Speaker 1: total and perfect in the first half, despite averaging more
Speaker 1: than ten yards to go for third down to a
Speaker 1: now moves the chains with his legs. Line stayed primarily
Speaker 1: in man coverage in this game all day, Tyreeke and
Speaker 1: Jalen made the pay listen to what I say. You
Speaker 1: just may But now the Lions finally get it covered up.
Speaker 1: But then the b gap to two was right opens up.
Speaker 1: As you heard the broadcaster say, what open. It's four Lions,
Speaker 1: three fifty to play in the third quarter. You're either
Speaker 1: punting or going for a long fourth and down here
Speaker 1: if you don't convert to what keeps the eyes up,
Speaker 1: takes off for eighteen yards, gets down to safety and
Speaker 1: eventually throws the touchdown at the end of the drive
Speaker 1: to Mike Gasicki. Big props to alec Ingold for a
Speaker 1: big block downfield on a Lion's dB play number eight.
Speaker 1: It's not too hot out here for a penguin. Jalen
Speaker 1: Waddle nearly finds pay dirt in the playoffs on an
Speaker 1: end around in frigid Buffalo. Council now tosses a Waddle
Speaker 1: has his hands on a football for the first time,
Speaker 1: and he's gonna take it to the end zone. No,
Speaker 1: they're not gonna get it to him. He's gotta have
Speaker 1: him down inside the one, which will be first and
Speaker 1: gold to go. What a play called great design, My
Speaker 1: personal favorite part of the running game. The Dolphins offense
Speaker 1: in generals all the eye candy they can give to
Speaker 1: a defense. On this play, the right side of the
Speaker 1: offensive line and pulls to the left of the snap
Speaker 1: to sell the run action to Jeff Wilson, who gives
Speaker 1: you a counter step in the backfield behind that double
Speaker 1: poll action, which we call a trap in the football world.
Speaker 1: Durham Smith helps to seal the action by motioning and
Speaker 1: tight to the formation at the snap, but peeling back
Speaker 1: out to return motion right after the snap. Waddle comes
Speaker 1: from the right and catches that end a round flip
Speaker 1: from Skylar Thompson gets big blocks from Hunter Long and
Speaker 1: Corn Williams and lunges for the end zone. Now they
Speaker 1: ruled him down at the one yard line, and one
Speaker 1: snap later, Jeff Wilson took it in to bring Miami
Speaker 1: to within three points in the fourth quarter, ten minutes
Speaker 1: to play in the a f C Wild Card Round.
Speaker 1: But give Jalen his touchdown. He was in number seven.
Speaker 1: Speaking of a guy that did get in the first
Speaker 1: career rushing touchdown in the in the career of fullback
Speaker 1: Alec Ingold, punctuated by an impressive spike on the end
Speaker 1: zone in Detroit, and the step down results pay a
Speaker 1: touch stout and for Alec and Gold, that's the first
Speaker 1: Russian touchdown of his career. And some more trickeration as
Speaker 1: Ingold goes in motion and Toua is looking around all
Speaker 1: the eligibles, putting his hands to the helmet communicating what
Speaker 1: looks like an audible a check. But then Ingold sneaks
Speaker 1: in right under Connor Williams takes the snap and follows
Speaker 1: the surge from his center and he gets stone walled
Speaker 1: originally but stays on his feet and finds a lane
Speaker 1: to reach it across the goal line. Then it's an
Speaker 1: epic spike off the Honolulu Blue end zone there at
Speaker 1: Ford Field, play number six, Tyreek Hill catches a lateral
Speaker 1: and outruns all of the Patriots to the pylon toss it.
Speaker 1: Tyreek Hill works along the sideline and he's in for
Speaker 1: the touchdown. Tyreek Hill showing off its agility and then
Speaker 1: his gymnastic skills as he flips into the end zone
Speaker 1: after that rushing touchdown on a past that he caught.
Speaker 1: Two things made this play Tyreek's unrivaled speed and perhaps
Speaker 1: the best blocker of the year at receiver from Trent
Speaker 1: Sherfield for the best block of the year from Trent,
Speaker 1: and who was the best blocker in the room all year.
Speaker 1: That's a lengthy catalog for him. Seven seven tie up
Speaker 1: in Foxboro Big Game, Teddy Bridgeward takes the snap and
Speaker 1: swings a backwards lateral to Tyreek and a golden ghost situation.
Speaker 1: Tyreek takes the ball around the outside Sherefield makes a
Speaker 1: block on two Patriots defenders to spring Tyreek, who shows
Speaker 1: the awareness to put the ball in his inside hand
Speaker 1: and extend it out over the pylon six points, then
Speaker 1: back flips number five. We stay in the division, we
Speaker 1: stay on the road at Savon Akhmed shakes it and
Speaker 1: makes it into the end zone at high Mark Stadium.
Speaker 1: The lines that gets the carry oxmen with the top
Speaker 1: back for the touchdown. Savon hot bed what his furst
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown of the year. B y o, B. Let's
Speaker 1: not bring your own booze to the Buffalo Bill Stadium.
Speaker 1: That's be your own blocker man. You gotta break some tackles,
Speaker 1: keep those knees high, keep those legs turning, and it
Speaker 1: gets a pay dirt. Mark Sanchez is great, by the way.
Speaker 1: I love his play by play calls. Get him on
Speaker 1: more Dolphins games next year, please. The Dolphins took the
Speaker 1: ball late in the second quarter, trailing fourteen to six.
Speaker 1: Ten plays later, on first and ten from the plus eleven,
Speaker 1: they go back to their two bad personnel with Savan
Speaker 1: Akhmed dotting the eye behind alec Ingold Tyreek goes and
Speaker 1: priest snap motion from the strong to the weak side.
Speaker 1: You get zone flow from the offensive line and it's
Speaker 1: just a hat on a hat across the board. Good
Speaker 1: vision and good finish from Savan Akhmed. You get a
Speaker 1: kick out and seal from Brandon Show, a climb from
Speaker 1: Robert Hunt wipe out a linebacker. Connor Williams turns and
Speaker 1: pins his man, and then Tehron and Rob Jones on
Speaker 1: the same side. On the back side, Akmed makes a
Speaker 1: great cut behind the Rob Jones block and then powers
Speaker 1: through a tackle at the goal line and in for
Speaker 1: six and a touchdown. Number four, Jeff Wilson finds the
Speaker 1: end zone with day light in a route over the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns. Listen, breaks to the outside, got blocking in
Speaker 1: front of it. Touchdown. Have we even seen these Miami
Speaker 1: running backs get touched the hole today? Not very often.
Speaker 1: Earlier in the game, Wilson showed you the power, and
Speaker 1: here he shows you the speed to put it away
Speaker 1: from Miami. As was the case all year long, You've
Speaker 1: got great blocks down the field from your receivers. Trent
Speaker 1: Sherfield probably makes the key block of the play by
Speaker 1: cracking the endman and sealing him to open out the
Speaker 1: outside lane for Wilson. He then just follows Tyreek Hill,
Speaker 1: who provides an escort into the end zone to give
Speaker 1: Miami thirty nine to Cleveland seventeen, almost a forty Burger
Speaker 1: missed the p A T and Tehron Arms had showed
Speaker 1: off more of his prowess here. He completely washes down
Speaker 1: the left side of the line to create that big
Speaker 1: lane along with Trent Sherfield and play number three. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins ran for a buck ninety five on that day,
Speaker 1: so we're gonna stay in against the Cleveland Browns this
Speaker 1: time a long touchdown run from Raheem Moaster. Gotta get
Speaker 1: in his face and get him to do something he
Speaker 1: doesn't want to be Monsters went running room to the
Speaker 1: ten the five touchdown. I mean, these holes that the
Speaker 1: Dolphins are opening up to date for these running backs
Speaker 1: are as as they've been all season. So I talked
Speaker 1: about wanting Raheem back this year, and the top three
Speaker 1: plays are all Raheem Mostert. That one a little more
Speaker 1: conventional looking run as Durham Smithe leaves the strength of
Speaker 1: the formation to go and split flow and from there
Speaker 1: you just get textbook fundamentals across the board. Rob Hunt
Speaker 1: and Connor Williams seal a double team on a reach
Speaker 1: block that's a tough ask, then allows Rob Jones to
Speaker 1: climb up and attach the linebacker at the second level
Speaker 1: to Ron Armstead kicks out and there's Trent Sherfield again
Speaker 1: down the field, wiping out a defensive back. And that's
Speaker 1: Raheem's vision and speed to run the safety right into
Speaker 1: the congestion that's created by Trent Scherfield and then beat
Speaker 1: him to the pylon for a twenty four yard touchdown.
Speaker 1: Scamper and then everybody goes surfing. One of my favorite
Speaker 1: celebrations in the NFL where he most starts surfing celebration.
Speaker 1: The top two plays this year from the running backs,
Speaker 1: Wheheem mostart Angry runs number one against the Jets to
Speaker 1: help propel Miami into the postseason. Back to the grounds
Speaker 1: keeps four he moster Angry running the first down and
Speaker 1: again to fifte Jordan Whitehead is a physical safety and
Speaker 1: there he goes backwards about four yards. You just love
Speaker 1: to hear that some runs stand out above the others.
Speaker 1: This is one of them where he most are agreed
Speaker 1: by two Jets. Right at the point of attack, he
Speaker 1: drops the shoulder, powers through one, and steps out of
Speaker 1: the arm tackle of the other before finally getting brought
Speaker 1: down after a chunk of yards and a first down.
Speaker 1: In a game where Miami neated every single yard they
Speaker 1: could get in a game that was six to six
Speaker 1: through the first nine fifty nine minutes and forty seconds
Speaker 1: of play. Where he Moster helps propel you into the
Speaker 1: postseason with angry run number one. Angry run number two
Speaker 1: occurred earlier in the season up in Buffalo. Back to
Speaker 1: Raheem Mostert for a huge game against the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: First down, it's Master with a carry again, shifting tackles
Speaker 1: monster he does that. He's got speed and muster, still
Speaker 1: on his feet, dragging inside the ten flat down. At
Speaker 1: the end of the run, Terren Johnson grabbing at anything
Speaker 1: to try to bring Mostart down. Wow, yards FLEs on him.
Speaker 1: Go ahead, kid, it's an easy run up the right,
Speaker 1: just to salt play. You know. Kenyan Drake had some
Speaker 1: fun runs here in Miami, but that was probably the
Speaker 1: best run I've seen by the Miami Dolphins back since
Speaker 1: ja Agi in out doing the previous run both in
Speaker 1: yardage and miss tackles forced once again, great blocks along
Speaker 1: the line, notably Connor Williams leading the charge and Robert
Speaker 1: Hunt getting another pancake in what was a Pro Bowl
Speaker 1: year for him put him in the game but then
Speaker 1: as for he most speed and determination, drops the shoulder
Speaker 1: again through one tackle, gets through another arm, tackle again
Speaker 1: before back to back stiff arms thwart two more Bills.
Speaker 1: Then it's another twenty yards before the next Bill's defender,
Speaker 1: and too, Ron Johnson comes in and gets contact. But
Speaker 1: then Raheem goes back to the stiff arm and carries
Speaker 1: Johnson for twenty more yards and the only way he
Speaker 1: gets pulled down by the horse caller sixty eight yards,
Speaker 1: half the distance foul. There. The Dolphins ran for one
Speaker 1: and two scores in this game. In this game, Miami
Speaker 1: had a one hundred yard receiver and rusher. That was
Speaker 1: the first time since eighteen that happened, and most of
Speaker 1: it was the first Dolphins since at least to rush
Speaker 1: for a hundred yards in the opening quarter. Of course,
Speaker 1: that sixty eight yard gallop was part of that stat
Speaker 1: as well. So you go Top ten runs find the
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Speaker 1: the Top ten takeaways and the defensive back Year in review.
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