WEBVTT - Dolphins Saints Week 16 Recap 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:06.120 Two fires touch Dolin Waddles knocked into the end zone 0:00:06.120 --> 0:00:10.320 of Miami tight broke window. They had to get that 0:00:10.440 --> 0:00:15.840 touchdown on that play. They give it. What is up? 0:00:15.920 --> 0:00:19.759 Dolphins and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast, part of 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:25.560 the Miami Dolphins Podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.560 --> 0:00:29.400 How's it going, everybody, It's a victory Tuesday. I am 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:31.800 your host, Travis Wingfield, and I was always I am 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.680 here to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:38.199 On today's show, I think you know what time it is. 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:43.319 That's a seventh seventh straight win win win, win, win win. 0:00:45.600 --> 0:00:48.199 We only play that song on victory Monday's or in 0:00:48.200 --> 0:00:52.040 this case, a victory Tuesday earlier this year at victory Friday. 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:55.040 But you get the idea. The Dolphins takedown the Saints 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:57.880 twenty three and we have heard that song seven straight 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:01.760 weeks with a dominant defensive performance. As the Dolphins move 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:04.000 into the seventh position in the a f C with 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:06.440 two weeks left to play in the regular season, we'll 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:09.319 get to the takeaways the individual performances, will play a 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:11.840 segment from the post game show with myself and the 0:01:11.840 --> 0:01:14.080 guys from the Fish Tank Seth and o J will 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:16.759 have some postgame audio from coach Flores into a tongue 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:20.480 of Valoa as well from somewhere in South Florida in 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:24.960 the early morning hours. This is the Drive Time podcast. 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:30.839 I want to go ahead and open up this podcast 0:01:30.840 --> 0:01:33.840 starting off with Brian Flores message when he was asked 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.199 postgame about how this team was able to stick together 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.120 and put themselves in the position they find themselves here 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:43.440 on this early Tuesday morning. I think this team is 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:48.040 stuck together really the entire year. Mm and I think 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:49.880 you know, obviously we doubled a lot of versay earli 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:55.840 in the year. Um and I think, you know, revealed 0:01:55.880 --> 0:01:59.960 a lot of real, real a lot, I would say, 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:04.320 reveal the character of the guys in our locker room. Um, 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:08.400 you know, revealed you know that you know, some people 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:11.520 with you and some people are on the fence. Um 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:14.080 and Uh. I think our guys just kept fighting, they 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:18.800 kept sticking together, and UM, you know, I think that's 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.400 the support each other. When they work hard, they give 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:26.160 great effort. And when you do those things, UM, you 0:02:26.200 --> 0:02:28.160 put yourself in position to get the results you're looking forward. 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:31.240 I wanted to start the podcast with that audio because 0:02:31.280 --> 0:02:36.359 I think it's instructive and also something you really want 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:38.120 to hear if you're a fan of the Miami Dolphins, 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:41.640 because that is by no accident of the construction of 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:43.919 this football team and the things that have been prioritized 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:46.280 by the Miami Dolphins for three years and that have 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:49.200 consistently been preached by that guy you just heard, the 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.080 head coach of these Miami Dolphins, that has Miami with 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:54.880 their eighth win of the season after a ten win 0:02:54.919 --> 0:02:58.120 season last year, eight wins through sixteen weeks this season 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.640 hasn't in position that they're in right now to go 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.320 out to Tennessee and play a meaningful football game on Sunday, 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:05.480 and the most important game on the schedule coming up 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:08.120 is the next game with those Titans. But back to 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.360 the point there, to be able to weather the storm 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:11.919 of a one and seven start, to be able to 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:14.359 put together a seven game win streak within that same 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:17.280 within that same time frame or same season, I should say, 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:19.000 which is the first team to ever do that in 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:22.040 the history of the National Football League. Like coach Flores says, 0:03:22.120 --> 0:03:24.920 it does say a lot about this team and what 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:27.200 else this team told us again on Monday night is 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:31.320 our first takeaway of the postgame podcast. Here the defense 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:33.600 does the damn thing once again. The Saints go over 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:37.120 twelve on third downs in this game, and they net 0:03:37.160 --> 0:03:40.200 five yards total on those third downs. Now, they were 0:03:40.280 --> 0:03:42.920 in the negative before Alvin Kamara rips off a nineteen 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:45.839 yard run on third and twenty, but they'll still count 0:03:45.920 --> 0:03:47.320 just the same, so they do wind up with the 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:49.880 five yards on those third down plays a hundred and 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:53.000 sixty four total yards for the Saints offense. The Dolphins 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:55.440 registered eight sacks. That was the first time they had 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.880 done that since two thousand and two or two thousand twelve. 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:01.160 Rather excuse me, they have now BacT to back games 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.840 in which they have recorded five plus sacks and five 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:07.240 straight games with at least three sacks recorded, and over 0:04:07.280 --> 0:04:11.200 the previous seven games, Miami has forty three sacks over 0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.720 that winning streak, so over six sacks per game during 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:16.240 the during this winning streak for the Miami Dolphins defense. 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:20.000 Within this game, they Emmanuel ab picks up two sacks, 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.440 Jerome Baker one and a half. Brandon Jones puts himself 0:04:23.480 --> 0:04:26.039 atop the list of all defensive backs in terms of 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.120 sacks in this league with his fifth of the season, 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:30.760 Xavian Howard gets his first sack of the season, Zach 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:33.600 Seler has a sack, Christian Wilkins and ray Kuan Davis 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:37.360 both record a half sack each. And we'll have the 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:40.360 updated season numbers for both the individuals and the team 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.040 on the podcast tomorrow, taking a deeper dive into this 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.919 victory for the Miami Dolphins. But for now, I do 0:04:45.960 --> 0:04:47.800 want to go to head coach Brian Flores, who has 0:04:47.839 --> 0:04:50.880 asked post game about this defensive performance and the approach 0:04:50.880 --> 0:04:54.719 against Ian book credit to Josh the defensive staff. But 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:59.080 we have a nice game plan, um, you know, mixing coverages, uh, 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:02.960 mixing the for did a good job stopping a round run, 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:08.280 which was a big emphasis. Um. But the guys just played. 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:10.480 They played hard, they played fast, they gave great effort. 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.040 I knew it was gonna be a sixteen of game. 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:14.760 We knew it wasn't gonna be easy. It was a 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.119 physical Saints team. Uh. You know, Seawan had him ready, 0:05:18.200 --> 0:05:20.560 had some some made some adjustments in the game that 0:05:21.279 --> 0:05:23.840 then we had to make some adjustments. So though they 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:26.080 had a good plan, um, you know, we we we 0:05:26.120 --> 0:05:27.960 just made a few more players than they did and 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.320 you heard him say he liked the way Josh, which 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:33.359 is Dolphins defensive cordinator Josh Boyer, the way he was 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:36.479 mixing the coverage with the rush. And I really thought 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:40.480 that was the case all night as well, because multiple 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:42.920 times I noted in Miami doing something a little bit 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:44.960 different than the previous time on third down to get 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:48.919 stops and changing the picture post snap against the rookie quarterback. 0:05:48.960 --> 0:05:51.039 Like early in the game, Byron Jones comes off the 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.920 edge for a cat blitzer, a cornerback blitz, and he 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.680 applies pressure on Book who asked to flee the pocket, 0:05:56.920 --> 0:05:59.480 and winds up in trouble doing that. Later in the game, 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:03.560 they get eight man coverage look with and the umbrella 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:06.640 of linebackers like Andrew Van Gigel and Jerome Baker for instance, 0:06:06.760 --> 0:06:09.640 nixaviing Howard who also was part of that underneath shell, 0:06:09.720 --> 0:06:11.760 with the safety help over the top, and the Dolphins 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.880 playing that ape man coverage, they had eyes on the quarterback, 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.760 and Book, after surveying the field and seeing nothing there 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:21.159 against that ape man coverage, decides to flee. But because 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:22.960 of that point, with all the eyes and the quarterback, 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.159 they're able to just string him all the way out 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:26.600 of bounds, and I think that was the play where 0:06:26.720 --> 0:06:29.240 xaviing Howard got the sack. And then later you have 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:33.320 Alvin Kamara. He he he flexes out into a position 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:35.640 where we kind of talked about this with me, Seth 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:37.760 and o J right before this play happened, about how, 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:40.680 notice how Alvin Kamara has just the one reception tonight. 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.000 That's a great job by this Dolphins defense to keep 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:45.800 him kind of off the books in that regard. And 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.800 as we're saying this, I said, notice how we know 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.400 what Jalen Waddle can do for an offense and against 0:06:51.400 --> 0:06:53.360 the defense, and how they have not yet been able 0:06:53.400 --> 0:06:57.240 to neutralize his production. We were very excited about that thought. 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:00.440 And then outcomes Alvin Kamara into a position of where 0:07:00.440 --> 0:07:02.719 you can really kind of create a matchup for a 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.200 guy where he's into a it's a nasty split, which 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.120 means you're in close to the formation, in close to 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:09.880 the two tackles on either side. And they also put 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:12.400 him on a stack, which means he's behind another player 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.720 aligned in that position, which typically creates a free release 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:18.040 because you can't go press a guy through another guy. 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:21.560 So Camara gets aligned into this position and Jones has 0:07:21.600 --> 0:07:24.320 outside technique is the wide corner. I'm thinking, is he 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.360 gonna take the top man off the stack? What's gonna 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.000 happen here? Because Van Ginkle is also over there, but 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:33.480 neither of them has capped Alvin Camara or anyone either 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.640 of the two receivers on that stack, and I was 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:37.280 wondering how that was gonna look, so I kept an 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:40.040 eye on it, and they just they turned the point 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.560 man on the stack free into the second level and 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.960 the safety closed down. That had to get closed from 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:47.800 depth right there, but they bracketed Alvin Camara in a 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.160 way that kind of kept him inside because when he 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.520 has that free release and from that position close to 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:54.560 the quarterback, he kind of has a two way go 0:07:54.680 --> 0:07:56.760 where he can either hit that kind of juke, move 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.360 speed out and kind of leave the cornerback leaning inside, 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:01.680 or cross space over the middle of the Texas route, 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.520 the little angle route where you go outside back inside, 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:07.280 and that's a tough matchup to handle. But you throw 0:08:07.320 --> 0:08:09.800 that bracket on him and that creates a third and 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.840 short or that wasn't the third and short rather, and 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.120 it forces the Saints to punt right there. So I 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:15.960 love the way they were able to mix the coverage 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:18.280 with the rush there and change the picture for the 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.400 rookie quarterback. And in the first half of this game, 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:22.920 I do not have the next gen status of the 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:27.680 second half. Miami blitz book of his dropbacks, which was 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:29.840 the most in one half for any team this season. 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.800 So they wanted pressure, they got pressure, and it was 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.679 effective all night long. To the tune of eight sacks. 0:08:36.120 --> 0:08:38.120 I wanted to make a quick note of Nick Needham 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:40.400 and Van Ginkle on the pick six that really set 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:42.360 the tone for the course of this game. The Saints 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:44.880 get that stop, the Dolphins defense comes out on the 0:08:44.880 --> 0:08:46.760 third play of the game, gets an interception that goes 0:08:46.800 --> 0:08:49.160 back for a touchdown, and from there it's just kind 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.560 of changes the dynamic of the game in terms of 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:53.320 how it was played, and I thought it let Miami 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.760 get into their offensive plan sooner. It let the Dolphins 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.480 defense settle into that game, and it it made INDUCED 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:00.280 made this point that when a rookie makes it play 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:02.600 like that early in the game, he might now kind 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:04.480 of having the back of his mind. While I can't 0:09:04.520 --> 0:09:07.600 let that happen again, so there's a possibility of second guessing. 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:09.760 I won't say that he was, but it's something to 0:09:09.760 --> 0:09:11.679 think about, and that's why you set the tone early 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.160 is certainly an important element, and that's what the Dolphins 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.600 did in this game. On that play, Nick need Um, 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:18.680 I thought he was driving on the play before the 0:09:18.720 --> 0:09:20.400 ball even came out, so he was gonna be in 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.080 good shape regardless of the tip or not. And I 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:26.040 thought Van Geinkel to recognize on a third and two 0:09:26.320 --> 0:09:28.480 when books back foot hits the top of his drop 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:31.160 and you see the hands start to separate off the football, 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.600 he's got his eyes on the quarterback. And we've talked 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.240 about this for years how important it is at the 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:38.680 rush positions to keep your eyes on the quarterback and 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:42.480 have gap integrity within this defense. I thought Van Ginkle 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:44.319 showed that with eyes in the quarterback and then to 0:09:44.400 --> 0:09:47.080 create distance between he and the man in front of 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.640 him too. That helps you then get your hands up 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:51.840 and get yourself clean so you can't elevate and try 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.120 to swap the football down. And he gets a piece 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.120 of the ball and it goes into that pick for 0:09:56.240 --> 0:09:57.920 Nick need Um in a huge play to get them 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:01.760 going seven nothing off the top. They're just fantastic work 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:03.920 by the defense and before we get to our next 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:07.199 takeaway here I talked about blitzing Ian book and getting 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:11.200 effective pressure that way. Six of the dolphins eight sacks 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:13.840 came with four or fewer rushers in this game per 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:17.079 next Gen, and in fact, Miami's eleven percent sack rate 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:21.320 without blitzing is the best in the NFL since Week nine, 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:24.480 since the winning streak began. That's insane. I mean, think 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:28.080 about the guys with a ton of pressure production on 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:31.120 the season, like it's a variety of things, but they 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:34.840 can all really flash rush ability with you know, a 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:37.680 consistent winning type of move that they have shown to 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:40.640 be effective time and time again. Like Zach Seeler his 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.840 snatch and pull up from that defensive end position. It's 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.400 getting guys every single week. Emmanuel Ogba the cross chop 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.800 to get off that edge and then corner around the outside. 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.680 It's getting home every single week. We've seen Jalen Phillips 0:10:52.720 --> 0:10:56.480 convert speed to power frequently. We've seen Jerome Baker get 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.280 those skinny angles up the A gap and really put 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:02.120 immediate pressure when he times up those blitz is right 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.160 on the opposing quarterback. We've seen games work where there's 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:08.439 different pick stunts we saw Brandon Jones set a pick 0:11:08.480 --> 0:11:11.440 stunt tonight. We've seen Christian Wilkins do that all season long. 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:13.760 In addition to his own ability all of a sudden 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.880 where he's now becoming a just he was always a 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:19.480 really good run defender in the past. Rush production has 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:21.520 slowly just come along as well, but it's kicking up 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:23.320 to another gear even this year. And then you have 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:25.120 Adam Butler, the quick, good off and the way he 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:28.400 can get by the imposing interior defensive offensive line. I 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:31.520 should say, Andrew van Ginkol, I mean that little shoulder 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:33.679 dip and run around the corner. He's found the way 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:35.600 to get pressure on the posing quarterbacks. So those are 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:37.760 all guys that had pass rush production in this game, 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:40.600 and you factor that with the ability to blitz the quarterback. 0:11:41.040 --> 0:11:43.840 That's how you wind up playing three games over a 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:47.679 seven game stretch with only with zero touchdowns allowed, and 0:11:47.720 --> 0:11:51.880 the total touchdowns in those seven games six. It's pretty good. 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:57.160 Takeaway number two. The offensive game plan should come as 0:11:57.200 --> 0:11:59.160 no surprise in this game. In fact, to a tongue 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.480 of Valoa, let's go ahead and let him kick off 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:03.680 this segment, or let's takeaway I should say that the 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.319 offensive game plan should have been no surprise to Dolphins 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.719 fans out there. Well, we we always stress playing complementary football. 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:13.320 Uh so, the defense giving the offense the ball back 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:17.720 in offense capitalizing on those turnovers, and then also in 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.160 the kicking game, you know, whether it's a punt being 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.600 able to back their team up and putting our defense 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:25.360 in a good situation and vice versa with our our 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:29.240 kick return and our punt return game. So it's you know, 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:33.040 it's it's definitely something that gives us life. Whether it's 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.640 the offense scoring on the first drive or scoring in general, 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:40.040 or the defense getting a big third down stop or 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:44.240 getting a turnover and scoring, it's definitely something that gives 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:47.760 I would say this team life very clearly stayed there 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:49.680 by two a tongue of blow that when you've generated 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.160 game plan for the Miami Dolphins, it's going to be 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:55.360 about winning the football game. It's not gonna be three 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:59.480 singular elements offense, defense, and special teams. It's a general 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:02.280 plan about winning the football game. And that might be 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.600 how it is in every single organization, but we know 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:07.240 for sure that it is here with the Miami Dolphins 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.720 and the complimentary game plan. I mean, we told you 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:11.679 about the Saints numbers on offense, and it's kind of 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:13.839 one of those situations where if you just if you 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.960 don't really lose the game offensively with that type of 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:20.400 defensive performance, then you won't lose the game, if that 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:24.000 makes sense. And so I actually would probably give some 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:26.880 love here to my co host on the post game 0:13:26.920 --> 0:13:29.559 show on five sixt w q A M to Seth 0:13:29.640 --> 0:13:32.040 Levitt and the analytics debate that he and I seemingly 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:35.480 have every single week, whether it's on the podcast or 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.640 on the post game show, or on the lunch Bunch 0:13:37.679 --> 0:13:40.640 on Friday afternoons and Instagram Live, whatever the case may be, 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.000 we always go back and forth on that, and it 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.439 kind of hurt my soul throughout the course of this game. 0:13:46.480 --> 0:13:49.480 You guys know, I'm I love the aggressive mindset of 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:51.840 of being aggressive on fourth down. The Dolphins have been 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.160 that this season many of times and going for fourth downs, 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:58.959 and even as I watched this game unfold and typically 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:01.599 always fourth and short, go go, go, go go, my 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.600 my my mantra there during the games watching the games. 0:14:04.800 --> 0:14:07.880 But in this game, you know, kick it away, let 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.040 the defense do their thing, because they were so red 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:12.199 hot and you kind of feel the flow of the game. 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.199 So in this particular instance, if maybe the numbers tell 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:18.360 me I should go here, I think the game plan 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.320 to play that complimentary style where you really just trust 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:25.400 a defense is playing so well is a very smart play. 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:27.680 And it might not be the sexy play or the 0:14:27.720 --> 0:14:31.440 attractive play, but you always have to appreciate the right 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:33.560 play when you make it, especially when it's not the 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.880 sexy play. And I think that's what Miami came up 0:14:35.880 --> 0:14:38.160 with here and put together a football game where they 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:40.440 just were in control from the outset because of that 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:43.240 style and because of that approach, I mean we saw 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:46.000 a third and twelve running play that's that's a field 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.320 position play all the way. Kind of some quick game 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.040 on the short yardage as well. And now I did 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.480 like the shot play at to Jalen Waddle in that 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:55.200 situation towards the end of the half there where you 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.720 have a second and kind of medium is long and 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.280 you've got only thirty seconds or so one I'm out. 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:03.120 I think it was that moment and you're right around 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.240 the thirty or so yard line, the ball was just 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.320 a bit wide and that very tight spot and the 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.800 kind of to look that the Saints defense was in 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:14.520 and that pylon shot. Uh, you know, there's no real 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.320 need to throw the ball. They're also in those last 0:15:16.320 --> 0:15:18.360 couple of drives. So to run the ball thirty times 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.280 for eighty six yards compared to just twenty eight dropbacks 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.040 to have a heavier run to pass balance, I think 0:15:24.080 --> 0:15:26.080 that's that's exactly how you want to play this game 0:15:26.120 --> 0:15:28.040 coming in and for Miami to be able to get 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:30.400 to that and execute and achieve it, I think there's 0:15:30.720 --> 0:15:32.880 there's a tip of the hat to be made in 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:36.120 that situation, and just real quick to finish up this takeaway. 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.000 I thought the combination of Duke and Lindsay was was 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.840 nice to see both of those guys got thirteen carries. 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:45.040 I liked what Philip Lindsay showed in the Wildcat. There's 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:48.040 the overall decisiveness they've shown behind the line and they're 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.800 limited work this year. I've really enjoyed seeing that. Let's 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:52.880 get to take away number three, but real quick first 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:58.800 these words. So takeaway number three is going right back 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.680 to the rookie class and it's a one singular word. 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:05.760 It's just waddle. I think that Jalen Waddle's production this 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:07.800 year and what he means to the offense. We've kind 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:11.080 of seen it down the stretch here. It's been so 0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.200 so impressive and just really quick on him in this game, 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.280 ESPN showed the graphic late on the telecast that he 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:20.240 tied Jerry Rice for the most catches by a rookie 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.360 on a Monday night football game with his ten receptions tonight, 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:26.760 just under one yards for him another touchdown, he goes 0:16:26.800 --> 0:16:29.480 in for his fifth receiving touchdown, his sixth total touchdown 0:16:29.720 --> 0:16:32.320 as a pro. He became the Miami Dolphins all time 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:35.600 rookie receiving guardage record holder tonight in that game or 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:38.720 last night, I should say, and he's now within striking distance. 0:16:38.760 --> 0:16:41.360 Just five more to go from an Kwan Bulden for 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:44.280 tying the record for all time receptions by a rookie 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.280 in a season. And if they try to say, hey, 0:16:46.320 --> 0:16:49.160 he didn't seventeen games, No he didn't. He missed a game. 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:50.600 So if he plays the next two games and he 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.280 gets the record, that'll happen in sixteen games for him. 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:56.080 So good on Jalen Waddle. And just to further the 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.120 point beyond the stats in the box score, here and 0:16:58.120 --> 0:17:01.360 what your eyes tell you, he just doesn't disappear from 0:17:01.400 --> 0:17:03.560 the game. I mean O J. McDuffie and I were 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.760 talking about this during the during the broadcasting. Man, what 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:08.800 a fun time we had watching that game tonight with him. 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:11.879 Seth and Jason Sarni of fins Maniacs came over for 0:17:11.920 --> 0:17:13.560 the game and hung out with us in the in 0:17:13.600 --> 0:17:17.560 the Verizon I think it was Talent Lounge at the 0:17:17.600 --> 0:17:20.119 five sixties studio there. I was awesome to have that 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:21.880 little moment and hang out with him, and I hope 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:24.720 you guys saw the promotion for the postgame show. Sarni 0:17:24.800 --> 0:17:27.000 got involved on that, but I was talking to O 0:17:27.160 --> 0:17:30.800 J about how Waddle just doesn't seem to have these 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.359 games where it's like two catches for twenty one yards, 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:35.480 like he's always part of the game plan, always finding 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:38.000 a way to factor into the equation. And Juice said 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:40.199 that he thinks the reason that he's able to do 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.560 that is because they do a great job of finding 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:44.520 ways to make sure they move him around so he 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.680 can't get taken away by an opposing defensive game plan. 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:51.840 So that's highly valuable when your top guy is not 0:17:52.040 --> 0:17:54.399 I wouldn't say impervious to being shut down. But so 0:17:54.440 --> 0:17:56.720 far in his rookie season, he's shown you that he 0:17:56.760 --> 0:18:00.440 does not go away in games ever. Really, he also 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:04.360 catches everything. He's tough as hell and can maintain possession 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:06.560 through contact, whether it's the ground, whether it's a hit, 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.040 you know, whatever the case may be, he finds a 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:11.560 way to hang onto that football opens up so much 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.720 creativity for the offense, and again, really don't think we've 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:18.040 seen what he's truly capable of in the vertical game. 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.960 So getting him and not just getting him, but acquiring 0:18:22.000 --> 0:18:25.080 an additional first round draft pick to go along with 0:18:25.160 --> 0:18:28.239 Jalen Waddle, you just can't do it any better than that. 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:31.720 Takeaway number four. The offense had a rough night, and 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.760 it started up front against a very strong States front 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:39.000 with Cameron Jordan, with Marcus Davenport, with David Anya Mata, 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:43.879 with Marcus or Marshawn Lattimore in that defensive backfield. I 0:18:43.960 --> 0:18:45.560 just wanted to make a quick note about some of 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:48.240 the mistakes that got on my radar in that first 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:51.120 half that I thought killed some drives that otherwise had 0:18:51.119 --> 0:18:53.720 some promise to them, and it was either penalties or 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:56.639 sacks early on. So on the first the field goal drive, 0:18:56.920 --> 0:18:59.200 the Dolphins first field goal scoring drive of the game. 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:02.040 There's a sack on third and four. That one just 0:19:03.240 --> 0:19:05.720 the it happened so quickly that it was you hope 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:08.320 they can confer on that short yards throw the third 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:11.000 and two call, there's a holding call that negated a 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:14.200 first down on that play. It was a Eikenberg holding call, 0:19:14.240 --> 0:19:16.000