Speaker 1: To us fires touch style by Waddle snuck into the
Speaker 1: end zone of Miami Boy tight pro tight window. They
Speaker 1: had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it.
Speaker 1: What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast,
Speaker 1: part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team,
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield And on today show, an old friend of
Speaker 1: ours is back. That's right. When win win, win, win, win, win,
Speaker 1: win up saying that Mommy, when win win win, when
Speaker 1: we win, we play win And that's what happened. A
Speaker 1: Dolphins opening day victory twenty seven over division rival in
Speaker 1: New England to kick off this season. We'll give you
Speaker 1: the takeaways. On this episode. We'll hear from head coach
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel on his first career victory here at hard
Speaker 1: Rock Stadium with the Miami Dolphins. And we'll play the
Speaker 1: opening segment from the podcast, the postgame show rather with
Speaker 1: me Seth and O J. Plenty to get to here
Speaker 1: on this week one recapetition from the Baptist Health Studios
Speaker 1: inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive
Speaker 1: Times So a Dolphins opening day victory and we'll start
Speaker 1: here as we do every single Sunday night slash Monday morning,
Speaker 1: depending on what you're listening to us, with some stats,
Speaker 1: and then we'll also hear from coach on being asked
Speaker 1: how he felt about starting off his career in the
Speaker 1: wind call Umn. First, the numbers from this game largely
Speaker 1: even despite the fact that I thought the game kind
Speaker 1: of tilted towards Miami, really after that Brandon Jones strip
Speaker 1: sack Melvin Ingram touchdown here with a Dolphins debut from
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram back in his home home state of Florida,
Speaker 1: with the Dolphins kind of had the advantage tilted their way,
Speaker 1: but the numbers didn't really dictated that way. Eighteen first
Speaker 1: downs to seventeen. The Dolphins win that battle six of
Speaker 1: fourteen on third downs, where in Miami the Patriots were
Speaker 1: four of nine. Dolphins had a very very crucial fourth
Speaker 1: down conversion. The Patriots o for one on their lone attempt.
Speaker 1: Miami out gained New England three oh seven to to
Speaker 1: seventy one. That was to forty two to one through
Speaker 1: the air, and then on the ground, New England had
Speaker 1: seventy eight, Miami had sixty five. We talked about the
Speaker 1: play count. Miami ran five more plays than the New Patriots,
Speaker 1: fifty nine to fifty four. And then you had the
Speaker 1: three turnovers for the Patriots none for the Dolphins. Miami
Speaker 1: took three sacks, had two of their own penalties. Miami
Speaker 1: had four for twenty New England three for fifteen, and
Speaker 1: the Dolphins had the better t op time of possession
Speaker 1: thirty two thirty to twenty seven twenty. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and here from coach Mike McDaniel, who got a gatorade
Speaker 1: bath from who else besides Christian Wilkins and the boys
Speaker 1: after the game, despite the fact he didn't want it,
Speaker 1: but here he was talking about why he didn't want it.
Speaker 1: It's about the team, not one individual. It was a
Speaker 1: very very cool moment um against um my wishes. They
Speaker 1: just they just showered me in gatorade, made it about me,
Speaker 1: which I know for a fact it's not UM, but
Speaker 1: they they you know, the teams celebrating together and just
Speaker 1: being happy, UM for the direction that we're going in. UM,
Speaker 1: that's why you get into team sports. UM. I can
Speaker 1: also tell uh it was It was a good, good
Speaker 1: excitement and celebration because it wasn't like a satisfied celebration.
Speaker 1: They were happy that we got it done. UM. I
Speaker 1: think a lot of guys, UM, I feel like we,
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphints fan base and the organization deserved to win. UM.
Speaker 1: But there was a lot of frustration, UM, including me
Speaker 1: on things that you know in the game that we
Speaker 1: we really left out there. So UM, that was that
Speaker 1: was pretty cool. UM when the clock hit zero. UM,
Speaker 1: you know, I only have a couple of reps, So
Speaker 1: I was most concerned with UM finding coach Belichick and
Speaker 1: not UM, you know, expeditions They're going over there to
Speaker 1: to UM shake his hand, and then UM trying to
Speaker 1: figure out really what I want to say to the guys. UM.
Speaker 1: It it's more of okay, what's the next step in
Speaker 1: the in the job than anything else. It's uh, you know,
Speaker 1: maybe UM with with friends and family. I'll take you know,
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes to appreciate it. But UM, that's not why
Speaker 1: I'm here is the basque or UM cheer. I'm here
Speaker 1: to help lead a team of people. UM. And we
Speaker 1: got you know, game two next week on the road
Speaker 1: against UM, A play against the team that's very hard
Speaker 1: to play. UM at so that'll that will be our concern. UM.
Speaker 1: Other than that, UM, it's I'm very happy for the
Speaker 1: team overall because they've put in the work. Um. It
Speaker 1: wasn't Um, it's really since April, even before that, the
Speaker 1: whole organization has really worked in one direction and and
Speaker 1: you'd like to see they get rewarded. So how about
Speaker 1: our five takeaways from this Dolphins to seven victory here
Speaker 1: on opening Day over the Patriots. My number one takeaway
Speaker 1: is the guy that I gave a game ball two
Speaker 1: on the post game show. It's Dolphins defensive coordinator Josh Boyer.
Speaker 1: I mean, you talk about devising splash plays by putting
Speaker 1: guys in situations to get free runs on the quarterback
Speaker 1: or to hover back in center field and make a
Speaker 1: play on a pass. On a third long situation, we
Speaker 1: saw Javon Holland nearly had a chance for his second
Speaker 1: interception of the day, but Duke Riley played too good
Speaker 1: on that play for Javon to get his second pick.
Speaker 1: Because he runs the number three in the formation, your
Speaker 1: closest receiver into the formation to either particular side of
Speaker 1: the field. He runs him down the seam thirty yards
Speaker 1: and the ball hits Duke in the back because he
Speaker 1: is in that good position on the coverage and Javon
Speaker 1: comes over and you can kind of see he was
Speaker 1: frustrated after the fact because he thought he had a
Speaker 1: chance to cross, you know, undercut that route and make
Speaker 1: a play for his second pick of the season, second
Speaker 1: pick here on opening day. But that's just what Josh
Speaker 1: Bowyer had done all day long. I mean, two seventy
Speaker 1: one yards, you allow seven points, you get three takeaways,
Speaker 1: two sacks, less than on third down, and when you
Speaker 1: include fourth down four for ten for the Patriots. He
Speaker 1: just drew it up in ways that I thought confused
Speaker 1: the Patriots protection alignment, confused their quarterback, you know, outdueled
Speaker 1: the play calling on the other side. I thought Josh
Speaker 1: Bowyer was fantastic in this game, and there was two
Speaker 1: plays that I thought really indicated just his ability to
Speaker 1: show things and mix it up and disguise. And just
Speaker 1: week one already picking up where he left off with
Speaker 1: a great performance last year calling that defense for the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins. Josh Bowyer and the way this defense plays,
Speaker 1: the style that they play, with the talent they have, man,
Speaker 1: it's a it's really really a nice marriage and the
Speaker 1: two plays I'm talking about the brandon Own strip sack,
Speaker 1: you had a stunt from Melvin Ingram where he looped
Speaker 1: around the rush of Zack Seiler. And those are two very,
Speaker 1: very powerful and pactful guys. And that's why I was
Speaker 1: so pumped up about the Melvin Ingram acquisition this offseason
Speaker 1: because of the way he can play in those and
Speaker 1: occupy blockers, but also the lateral agility to hey, maybe
Speaker 1: he's gonna pick this play, Maybe the next play is
Speaker 1: gonna work around the loop and stunt and get after
Speaker 1: the quarterback. And on this particular play, he looped around
Speaker 1: Zack Seeler, who is just one of the best to me,
Speaker 1: one of the best defensive tackles in the league, and
Speaker 1: I think underrated doesn't begin to describe his game. But
Speaker 1: he loops around Zack Seeler, who commands attention from the
Speaker 1: Patriots rightfully so. And then you see the left tackle
Speaker 1: of the Patriots eyes and feet kind of get sucked inside.
Speaker 1: He squeezes because when you slant inside the offensive line,
Speaker 1: you want to squeeze that thing because again A and
Speaker 1: B gap pressure, you've got to take care of the
Speaker 1: interior first. And what that does is frees up a
Speaker 1: C gap runner. I should say, a week side off
Speaker 1: the edge run from Brandon Jone to pair with good
Speaker 1: coverage across the rest of the field. And I'll be
Speaker 1: able to give you more breakdowns on that on the
Speaker 1: All twenty two podcast. But you create that free run
Speaker 1: and Brandon Jones, this is what he does. He led
Speaker 1: all safeties last year in QB sacks him and Javon
Speaker 1: Halla number one, number two and QB pressures among all safeties.
Speaker 1: And he does it again, and he shows up in
Speaker 1: a big time spot. He gets the football out again,
Speaker 1: by the way, which is something he did last year
Speaker 1: against the Jets and Joe Flacco in that game at
Speaker 1: the meadow Lands. And then later in the game there's
Speaker 1: a third and long and Boyer shows the same pressure
Speaker 1: and they back out and they play eight man coverage
Speaker 1: and a three man pass rush. And I thought there
Speaker 1: was multiple elements to this that were just so so
Speaker 1: evident of how well coached this Dolphins defense and this
Speaker 1: Dolphins football team is. Is that you had a situation
Speaker 1: where the Patriots were in six man pass pro against
Speaker 1: a three man rush, which means windows is gonna be
Speaker 1: tight downfield. You're not gonna have a lot of chances
Speaker 1: to throw the ball into a look like that. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, your pass rush has a difficult
Speaker 1: time to get after the quarterback because they have two
Speaker 1: guys for everyone. You can send us a rusher. But
Speaker 1: what I like about this Dolphins defense is they don't
Speaker 1: run by the quarterback, fly by and wind up in
Speaker 1: the worst spot on the football field behind the quarterback.
Speaker 1: And Emmanuel Ogba, who was terrific today by the way,
Speaker 1: got a sack, was involved in the running game. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, always involved in terms of impacting the passing
Speaker 1: lanes for the quarterback. He comes off of his blocker,
Speaker 1: you know it, redirects his rush move and comes back
Speaker 1: over the top and cuts down mac Jones, almost said
Speaker 1: Zack Wilson mac Jones, who tries to scramble and pick
Speaker 1: up yards after he realizes there's nothing for me here
Speaker 1: in coverage because they have eight against our let's see
Speaker 1: six plus one are four in the route, And so
Speaker 1: og back keeps his eyes in the quarterback and peels
Speaker 1: back and makes that play before he can get by
Speaker 1: that first line of defenders, which even you know, it
Speaker 1: doesn't matter how fast the quarterback is a lot of
Speaker 1: times if they get past that first line, you could
Speaker 1: become in some trouble. So the call there to show
Speaker 1: something that they were expecting. A pressure look, get the
Speaker 1: ball out hot. You drop coverage forces the quarterback to
Speaker 1: hold the ball than the discipline of your d line
Speaker 1: to have good eyes and stay in shape that or
Speaker 1: to stay in position to be in good shape to
Speaker 1: make a play on the quarterbacks. I thought Josh Boyer that,
Speaker 1: I mean, the results speak for themselves in terms of
Speaker 1: what he was able to bring with this defensive performance today,
Speaker 1: but just the way he was mixing coverages and mixing
Speaker 1: rushes and disguising man, it was all so very good.
Speaker 1: The way they clamped down in the red zone. I mean,
Speaker 1: you had one drive that was extended by penalty and
Speaker 1: then we lose a man in coverage to the flat
Speaker 1: for the touchdown. But what a game he called man pressure, pressure,
Speaker 1: pressure all around. And let's go ahead and hear from
Speaker 1: coach McDaniel on something that I thought was really cool
Speaker 1: to hear him talk about with addressing the team and saying,
Speaker 1: you know, this is the defenses team until proven, otherwise
Speaker 1: you're gonna hear coach with down talked about that right
Speaker 1: here because this defense once again they played lights out.
Speaker 1: Yeah no, this is UM. I told the team UM
Speaker 1: last night. UM. You know, I thought it was important
Speaker 1: that you guys were introduced to uh the offensive players
Speaker 1: in the offense. UM, but this is still the defensive
Speaker 1: team until proven otherwise. And that and they they valued
Speaker 1: that that was important to them when they heard that, UH,
Speaker 1: and they wanted to prove me right, and they sure did.
Speaker 1: You know, there's there's a you know, defense is funny
Speaker 1: where you can you you have so many guys that
Speaker 1: are competitive and have high standards and then you're giving
Speaker 1: up some yards and you're you're driving down the field. Well, UM,
Speaker 1: it's a classic example of UH, the other team has
Speaker 1: to score, so don't panic and then UM, wait for
Speaker 1: your opportunity and seize it. So it was a that
Speaker 1: was a huge momentum turner UM the pick with a
Speaker 1: with x P bu um and then Javan coming in
Speaker 1: and making a play on that that you know, who
Speaker 1: knows what the game looks like without that one, So
Speaker 1: that those are a ton of examples that will be
Speaker 1: able to learn from. UM. But I thought it was
Speaker 1: good that the you know, the defense deserved UM to
Speaker 1: get some uh that they put in the work they've
Speaker 1: they've you know, it is the stage now where they've
Speaker 1: being able to play together for a while. UM, and
Speaker 1: so they they that means a lot to them. They
Speaker 1: they want to UM. You know, they have a standard
Speaker 1: that they want to employ that everybody knows when a
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins game occurs that, UM, you're gonna have to
Speaker 1: deal with this defense. And you know we got UM
Speaker 1: we're plus three in the turnover margin, which UM that
Speaker 1: that's probably the biggest indicator that you'll ever have. UM.
Speaker 1: I think that's factual, actually, uh, you know or something. UM. Anyway,
Speaker 1: you guys can check that and and uh uh but
Speaker 1: that that was the real story of the game, was
Speaker 1: being able to protect the ball and UM in the game.
Speaker 1: Plus three, let's go ahead and take our first break
Speaker 1: right here. We'll come I can get to the other
Speaker 1: four takeaways. You've heard one so far. Josh Boyer absolutely
Speaker 1: in his bag. We'll do that next here on the
Speaker 1: Drift Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you
Speaker 1: by Auto Nation. Takeaway number two, as the Dolphins are
Speaker 1: victorious on opening day over their rival New England, Patriots.
Speaker 1: The first takeaway Josh Boyer absolutely dialing up a great
Speaker 1: game plan here against the Patriots offense. Takeaway number two
Speaker 1: comes from this play the coach is gonna talk about
Speaker 1: right now. The decision to go for it on fourth
Speaker 1: and eight and score not just a first down, but
Speaker 1: score a touchdown from forty two yards, the longest touchdown
Speaker 1: of Jalen Waddle's career. Let's go ahead, and here from
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel on the decision to go for it on
Speaker 1: fourth and eight in plus territory. UM, it was a
Speaker 1: cool moment for really our whole UM team. But you know,
Speaker 1: the mechanics of uh, the mechanics of working with the
Speaker 1: game management guys UM and talking through the different scenarios,
Speaker 1: we were just at the fringe of UM, you know
Speaker 1: Jason's UM range and yeah you can, you can push
Speaker 1: the envelope, but you know, the flip side is your
Speaker 1: first uh you miss it and your first down away
Speaker 1: from giving up points. So then it then it became, UM,
Speaker 1: all right, it does kind of make sense to to
Speaker 1: go ahead and go for it. Have a couple of
Speaker 1: thoughts in mind, UM, and then uh there you know,
Speaker 1: in communication with the offensive staff, UM, there there was
Speaker 1: I think it was John Embury. UM, you know, kind
Speaker 1: of tip the scales because I had a couple up. UM.
Speaker 1: But then then from that point on it's all players,
Speaker 1: you know, so we we decided to do it. UM.
Speaker 1: Had had a couple of thoughts in mind. You know,
Speaker 1: you try to prepare yourself, so it's not the first
Speaker 1: time you've thought about that scenario, UM, and that that
Speaker 1: does come up an end a half. So I had
Speaker 1: a couple of bots, and but then once the place started,
Speaker 1: I think UM Cedric motioned down and uh. They we
Speaker 1: had anticipated a certain type of leverage in the man
Speaker 1: and man coverage, UM, and we got it, and we
Speaker 1: got the protection and then two ripped a strike. Part
Speaker 1: of the reason that UM, you know you you hear
Speaker 1: so much praise from Tyrek and Waddle about two U
Speaker 1: is because UM he throws that catchable ball that UM
Speaker 1: you can get yards after catch and then he waddle. Uh.
Speaker 1: You know that's something that we've emphasized a ton UM.
Speaker 1: And you want to talk about deliberate practice, UM coming
Speaker 1: to life in the biggest moment, UM is you know,
Speaker 1: catching that in break and then having a mindset UM
Speaker 1: not being not being surprised that he's catching it now
Speaker 1: he was. He only scores because he immediately transitioned um
Speaker 1: to take it to the house. So it was it
Speaker 1: was glad to have I was glad to have him
Speaker 1: back and told you guys, I was very confident he
Speaker 1: back Um. But that was a cool moment for all
Speaker 1: of us and um, you know, just I wish we
Speaker 1: could have continued that momentum in the second half, but
Speaker 1: beggars can't be true choosers, and from my perspective, it
Speaker 1: just speaks to what McDaniel has done in terms of
Speaker 1: we always hear the phrase a team takes on the
Speaker 1: personality of their coach, and what is coach if not
Speaker 1: incredibly smart and intelligent, very optimistic and supportive in those
Speaker 1: ways in his intelligence and in his optimism. And I
Speaker 1: think you see that reflecting the football team. Like I was,
Speaker 1: you know, always getting nervous for games, which is so
Speaker 1: funny because I'm not. I haven't buckled Chinz traps since
Speaker 1: the eighth grade, and I get nervous still for some reason.
Speaker 1: I think it's just because I want to see this
Speaker 1: team win so bad. But there was a video we
Speaker 1: put out on our social that the team's account at
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins of Jalen and Javon like dancing in the
Speaker 1: in the tunnel before the game, and that kind of
Speaker 1: helped ease the nerves for me a little bit. And
Speaker 1: it just kind of shows you that these guys and
Speaker 1: coach McDaniel saying after the fact that he had never
Speaker 1: felt more calm or you know, kind of in control
Speaker 1: of his environment as far as being on a sideline,
Speaker 1: and you kind of feel that reverberate throughout the rest
Speaker 1: of the team. And then the confidence they play with
Speaker 1: because of the aggressiveness, not just to say, hey, this
Speaker 1: is a situation where it's good for us to go
Speaker 1: for it, maybe because of this, this and this, and
Speaker 1: I'll talk about that here in one second, but the
Speaker 1: expectation to go execute. I mean, they're gonna go out
Speaker 1: on their own terms and they're gonna be aggressive with it,
Speaker 1: which seems to be kind of the model of some
Speaker 1: of the more successful teams and offenses in the last
Speaker 1: couple of years. And that's kind of what coach McDaniel
Speaker 1: has the thought for here. It looks like is because
Speaker 1: they line up to go for it, and you know,
Speaker 1: Seth and I up in the press box. My whole
Speaker 1: thing was like, I'm thinking about Jason Sanders range at
Speaker 1: this point, like can he hit a sixty yard field
Speaker 1: goal right here? Can you take that kick with the
Speaker 1: potential that he might miss? And then you get the
Speaker 1: spot of the ball where the hold happened. So and
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, the Patriots have the ball midfield,
Speaker 1: but there's twenty four seconds. We'll probably lose five or
Speaker 1: six seconds with the field goal. They don't have any
Speaker 1: time outs, so they're gonna have to get a ball
Speaker 1: over the sideline or over the middle. Like I'm thinking
Speaker 1: about all these situations where the outcomes of a decision
Speaker 1: to kick the ball. Never thought they would come back
Speaker 1: from the break and line up and go for it,
Speaker 1: and they did, and they hit it, and I thought
Speaker 1: it was to his best throw of the day. A
Speaker 1: trio of Patriots defenders. Kyle Dugger. You heard his name
Speaker 1: in the podcast, and he made an impact in this
Speaker 1: game as well today. But you heard him. We talked
Speaker 1: about him because you have two I D twenty three.
Speaker 1: Here he comes flying downhill and if you miss a
Speaker 1: tackle on Jalen Waddle or Tyreek Hill for that instance,
Speaker 1: this is what can happen, you catch it, you get
Speaker 1: out the gate forty two yards, it's a touchdown. It's
Speaker 1: a game changing play. I mean to go from ten
Speaker 1: up to seven, teen up at halftime getting the football back.
Speaker 1: What a demoralizing play that must have been for the
Speaker 1: Patriots to see that happen and take that into the
Speaker 1: locker room and by the same token, an absolute lifting
Speaker 1: thing to this Dolphins team. So I thought the decision
Speaker 1: to go for it there the execution of the team
Speaker 1: to affirm coaches belief in them I just thought that
Speaker 1: was so indicative of what this football team can be
Speaker 1: when they believe in themselves. The personality of the head
Speaker 1: coach being so supportive and encouraging and optimistic to rub
Speaker 1: off on his club. That's the coaches that understand the
Speaker 1: culture and play into the culture and play to the
Speaker 1: locker room. And you know, I talked to some buddies
Speaker 1: about l s U the other day and at Orgeron
Speaker 1: and Brian Kelly and like the culture fits and stuff like,
Speaker 1: I just seems like this roster really gels well with
Speaker 1: coach McDaniel and what he brings the table. So I
Speaker 1: thought that was a big part and take away number two.
Speaker 1: Take Away number three. We're going back to the defense,
Speaker 1: and not just the coaching staff this time, but the players,
Speaker 1: because the defensive backfield in general, that's what they do. Man.
Speaker 1: First of all, I saw a few targets don Xavi
Speaker 1: and Howard. I don't recall any catches. I'll be able
Speaker 1: to give you the actual stats from Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: tomorrow on that and the film as well. But the
Speaker 1: first time they tried him, what happened. He pins the
Speaker 1: receiver to the sideline, gives the quarterback no window to
Speaker 1: throw to. Ball comes up, and it's at that point
Speaker 1: you talk about balls for receivers. This thing might be
Speaker 1: more you know, sixt X, because all he does is
Speaker 1: gets his hand on it and flings it up into
Speaker 1: the air. And there is his buddy, Javon Holland, you
Speaker 1: know he went to the Pro Bowl with him last year,
Speaker 1: is on a as a visitor with with X right
Speaker 1: there to pick it off and take it back thirty
Speaker 1: three yards for a big, big run after the catch,
Speaker 1: and then X didn't really see much action after that.
Speaker 1: He was it's what he does. He locks guys down.
Speaker 1: You don't hear from until he makes a big play
Speaker 1: and then you don't go back to him again. And
Speaker 1: speaking of javan, the patriots most success came early in
Speaker 1: this game on the ground, in the running game, and
Speaker 1: I thought there was a few situations where some holes
Speaker 1: opened up, and Javon's ability to not just make the play,
Speaker 1: but to come from depth and make hits on guys.
Speaker 1: You know, eight twelve yards, which isn't a good play
Speaker 1: for the defense on balance, but when you take a
Speaker 1: potential twenty yard game, maybe all the way to sixty yards,
Speaker 1: and you can nip that in the bud at eight
Speaker 1: yards or twelve yards. I'm not saying those players we're
Speaker 1: gonna get out the gate, but Javon was making sure
Speaker 1: they weren't with his play in this game. Him and
Speaker 1: X were fantastic to get the pick. Javon almost had
Speaker 1: a second pick, but as you'll hear, no we're not.
Speaker 1: We're gonna do a different segment. But on the postgame show,
Speaker 1: we gave the Player of the Game award to Brandon
Speaker 1: Jones because eleven total tackles, sack, fumble forced, and a
Speaker 1: pass breakup and some more good coverage as well, and
Speaker 1: some plays against the running game, Like I'm most impressed
Speaker 1: by his ability and willingness to go stick his face
Speaker 1: into the fan and be part of the running game.
Speaker 1: And you talk about, you know, Eric Rowe was not
Speaker 1: active for this game, so all of a sudden, he's
Speaker 1: covering tight ends, he's fitting the run, he's rushing the
Speaker 1: quarterback like he had more roles to fulfill because one
Speaker 1: of your top defenders wasn't available for you. And he
Speaker 1: took it to another level. Man, he's him and Javon Holland.
Speaker 1: The numbers don't lie. They're two of the best blitzing
Speaker 1: safeties in the National Football League. He got it done.
Speaker 1: Javon Holland got it done. Xavian Howard got done. Keion
Speaker 1: Crossing was solid also down to ball late there towards
Speaker 1: the end of the game. And uh, let's see, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna talk about this here more. Well, let's talk about now,
Speaker 1: Uh you know, Josh Boyer being the first takeaway and
Speaker 1: his history of finding gems undrafted late round draft picks.
Speaker 1: I mean, there was several snaps today where you saw
Speaker 1: Elijah Campbell and Kator co who out there, And you
Speaker 1: talk about McDaniel earlier this week saying we didn't sign
Speaker 1: the veteran defensive back, like you guys keep asking me
Speaker 1: about because we have confidence in these young guys. Well,
Speaker 1: they proved you're right in this first game they have
Speaker 1: you can gotta keep going. But kator Cohu man that
Speaker 1: force FuMB but what a stick that was the PBu
Speaker 1: on the on the third down kind of hell marry
Speaker 1: attempt on third and long. This dude was all over
Speaker 1: the place. He was on special teams making place. He
Speaker 1: was big time in camp, big time in the preseason,
Speaker 1: and he showed up big in this game as well.
Speaker 1: Mentioned Keian Crossing. Elijah Campbell got the call for some
Speaker 1: of those dime or half dollar packages on third and
Speaker 1: very long, defensive backfield man as advertised, and that's bleeds
Speaker 1: right into our fourth takeaway, the next man up situations.
Speaker 1: You talk about Byron Jones not being available, having lost
Speaker 1: Trull Williams back in training camp, and you just find
Speaker 1: a way to plug these guys in and get production,
Speaker 1: not just production, but big, big plays from kator Cohu
Speaker 1: Elijah Campbell out there as well. I mentioned Keian Crossing like,
Speaker 1: and that's on top of x Javan Brandon Jones like,
Speaker 1: play after play after play being made by all these
Speaker 1: guys and the depth of this football team showing up.
Speaker 1: But the whole point of the segment was how about
Speaker 1: the offensive line shuffle that had to happen today. Liam
Speaker 1: Eichenberg played left tackle for a couple of snaps, Robert
Speaker 1: Hunt played right tackle for a couple of snaps. Robert Jones,
Speaker 1: you know, typically we talked about this on the Thursday
Speaker 1: or Friday podcast. Ideally your five offensive lineman play every
Speaker 1: single snap. That did not come close to happening today
Speaker 1: Robert Jones played both guard positions. Greg Little had to
Speaker 1: come off the bench and play multiple spots as well.
Speaker 1: So this offensive line, we talked about the cross training
Speaker 1: and how the front five guys not by designed by
Speaker 1: coach McDaniel, but because they earned it went pretty much
Speaker 1: wire to wire from O t a s to opening
Speaker 1: days and starting a five offensive lineman. Well, now, the
Speaker 1: first time up, you get tested in your depth and
Speaker 1: your ability to cross train and play multiple spots, and
Speaker 1: it worked. So that was really cool to see just
Speaker 1: some of these things that some things you cannot possibly
Speaker 1: know about a first time head coach of you know,
Speaker 1: first time kind of regime here with his coaching staff
Speaker 1: getting put in place and they come out and they
Speaker 1: execute in those ways and they handle this adversity. I
Speaker 1: know coach is very excited about the way they did that,
Speaker 1: even though he was, you know, talking about opportunities to make,
Speaker 1: you know, more plays and play better. But you know,
Speaker 1: he has to be happy with their ability to overcome
Speaker 1: that adversity, which for him, as he always says, are opportunities.
Speaker 1: Those are takeaways one through four. We're gonna finish up
Speaker 1: with the fifth takeaway and I have some extra thoughts
Speaker 1: as well. Then we'll close it out and do the
Speaker 1: postgame show segment with me, Seth and o J. That's
Speaker 1: next here on the Drift Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: brought to you by Auto Nation. Four takeaways in the bag,
Speaker 1: next man up, situation, defensive backfield does its thing, the
Speaker 1: waddle touchdown, and the identity it helps establish. And Josh
Speaker 1: Boyer was in his bag. Those are are four takeaways
Speaker 1: so far. The fifth takeaway it's not quite as spicy,
Speaker 1: but just guys that do what you expect of them
Speaker 1: because they have been that way for so long. I'm
Speaker 1: talking about Zach Seeler. I tweeted about it last week.
Speaker 1: Third after the Eagles game. Third and third or fourth
Speaker 1: and short? Who do want out the besides ninety two
Speaker 1: made another big play down third and short. Christian Wilkins
Speaker 1: is a absolute beast. He played like it. I can't
Speaker 1: wait to watch him on tape. Manuel Ogba had the sack,
Speaker 1: played the run very well. I thought ray Kuan Davis
Speaker 1: had himself a good game working down the line on
Speaker 1: a couple of occasions making plays. How about the running backs,
Speaker 1: Chase Edmonds and Raheem Moster. This isn't a couple of
Speaker 1: parts of my notes here, but I'll say it right here.
Speaker 1: I thought they outperformed their box scores in a big way.
Speaker 1: It's why you don't scout the freaking box score. The
Speaker 1: receptions that Chase had four for forty, we'll talk about
Speaker 1: two here in a second, so I'll pair that with
Speaker 1: him later. And then Raheem most of that sixteen yard
Speaker 1: reception he gets from to on that role and then
Speaker 1: throwback where he breaks two tackles right around the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage and picks up sixteen very important yards there.
Speaker 1: How about Thomas Morstead two snaps today he had to
Speaker 1: field off the ground, one on a on a field
Speaker 1: goal Sanders first field goal and then the punt late
Speaker 1: in the game, and he scooped scooped him off the
Speaker 1: turf and made plays on both of them, including the punt,
Speaker 1: which I didn't know this today, learned a new rule.
Speaker 1: I didn't know that if the punter had to take
Speaker 1: a snap off the ground that there was no roughing
Speaker 1: after that. So he got clabbered on that rush getting
Speaker 1: in there and he hits a forty one yard sky
Speaker 1: rocket that gets downed inside the ten yard line. Morriston
Speaker 1: was excellent in this game. Also had a was a
Speaker 1: fifty eight yard that had like one yard return with
Speaker 1: kater co who down there is again making plays on
Speaker 1: special teams. Speaking of teams, Jason Sanders two for two
Speaker 1: including forty nine yards and then again the fact that
Speaker 1: you're thinking about a potential field goal from sixty yards
Speaker 1: out of half before the half like that tells you
Speaker 1: about his abilities. So so many guys just showed up
Speaker 1: and did what you expected to do, which is played
Speaker 1: good football, and that's how you get these dubs. So
Speaker 1: those are the five aakeaways. I'm sure I had some omissions,
Speaker 1: but we'll have some more on the Tuesday film rewatch
Speaker 1: and we'll turn the page and get ahead to Baltimore. Here,
Speaker 1: but a couple more notes before we get out of here.
Speaker 1: The energy at the stadium, man was palpable. We talked,
Speaker 1: you know, we gave a game ball with Jason Jenkins
Speaker 1: after the fact. I I know he's watching somewhere. I
Speaker 1: would have loved to have seen Jason get a chance
Speaker 1: to see this today because that was absolutely electric. You
Speaker 1: guys brought the noise, You brought the juice. There was
Speaker 1: a false start to take it from third and seven
Speaker 1: to third and twelve at some point in the game.
Speaker 1: With our pressure packages, that is such an advantage. So
Speaker 1: tips tip of the cap to the Dolphins fans out
Speaker 1: there are bringing the noise. You know at Ghost of
Speaker 1: Adam Gaze was tweeting like crazy about you know how
Speaker 1: loud it was and how he could feel the building shaking.
Speaker 1: O J and the post game he was in the
Speaker 1: alumni sweet me and Seth in the press box. We
Speaker 1: don't get to hear it as well. You can still
Speaker 1: hear it, but Juice is like, oh yeah, guys, it was.
Speaker 1: It was rocking out there, so that was cool to see.
Speaker 1: I mentioned the running backs box scores. Hey, I'll talk
Speaker 1: about our quarterback. Now you just think I was gonna
Speaker 1: not talk about two was game. I love the ball
Speaker 1: to Jalen Waddle. I mean he broke it down postgame.
Speaker 1: Single high coverage. Fit that thing in there. That is
Speaker 1: what the accuracy of TWA does. It puts guys like
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle in position to take an eight yard reception
Speaker 1: and to take it forty two yards for a touchdown.
Speaker 1: That placement was perfect between a trio of defenders. He
Speaker 1: also had a third down completion of Chase Edmonds where
Speaker 1: the blitz came right off that side. Chase checked in
Speaker 1: right behind him and to replaced the blitz of the
Speaker 1: football for a first down. He showed some of the
Speaker 1: mobility to wheel out of pressure at times to get
Speaker 1: outside that outside rusher. He faced more pressure than I
Speaker 1: thought he would in this game. And on that third
Speaker 1: down in the red zone, you know the one hitch
Speaker 1: pressure arise, That's when the ball is gonna come out
Speaker 1: just a little bit too loose with it to drop
Speaker 1: the ball for his one fumble on the day. Luckily
Speaker 1: Connor Williams got it back. Um some misses here and there,
Speaker 1: but look like he's been the quarterback and all of
Speaker 1: our four straight wins against the Patriots. No quarterback has
Speaker 1: ever done that against a Belichick coach team. For thirty three,
Speaker 1: two and seventy yards and the touchdown longest of his career,
Speaker 1: by the way, for an eight point to average like
Speaker 1: the eight point two was. He didn't average that last year,
Speaker 1: and the one oh four point four passer rating. My
Speaker 1: biggest takeaway from two and this team was that this
Speaker 1: team has multiple ways to win too. Will tell you,
Speaker 1: McDaniel will tell you wasn't the sharpest game, but that
Speaker 1: might be the sixth takeaway here that this team has
Speaker 1: multiple ways to win football games and you'll see them
Speaker 1: use them throughout the course of the year. I think
Speaker 1: in general, I thought it was funny we heard coach
Speaker 1: say it's a satisfied but kind of a hungry feeling
Speaker 1: as a team feels like, you know, they could have
Speaker 1: done more in this game, and I think you had
Speaker 1: chances to put that thing away earlier than you did,
Speaker 1: even you know, driving late there with a chance to
Speaker 1: make it a twenty point gap. You know we missed
Speaker 1: the throw to Trent Sherfield there by the way Sherfield
Speaker 1: his work in the screen game and what Waddle and
Speaker 1: Tyreek bring to the screen game man things that don't
Speaker 1: show up in the box score. And I'm certain Trent
Speaker 1: Sherfield will show will show him some love on the
Speaker 1: All twenty two episode, but just some to clean some
Speaker 1: things up, like some coaching points to address, corrections to
Speaker 1: make and I have faith that they will. You're supposed
Speaker 1: to get better. Week one is always crazy. Just survived it.
Speaker 1: You got a victor. Always nice to get better and
Speaker 1: stack some dubs. We have the All twenty two review
Speaker 1: podcast coming your way next and I'll be on Tuesday.
Speaker 1: Stay tuned after the credits from this show the Postgame Show.
Speaker 1: Here uh to hear the Postgame Show on five sixty
Speaker 1: and nine Kiss Country with Me, Seth and Juice. That's
Speaker 1: coming your way next. But I'm gonna go ahead and
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Speaker 1: Bang the website, check the photos for video gallery, all
Speaker 1: that fun stuff. Until next time. Fends up, Caroline, Daddy,
Speaker 1: he's coming home. Say what is up? Dolphans And welcome
Speaker 1: to the fifth quarter post game show on the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins Radio Network. I've got Seth Levitt, I've got O J.
Speaker 1: Juice McDuffie. The fish tank is here. I am Travis Wingfield.
Speaker 1: Drive Time is here. The Dolphins are here, and they
Speaker 1: are one and oh after a dominant victory over the
Speaker 1: New England Patriots and Juice that is four straight against
Speaker 1: the boys from Boston. Yeah, man, it's um, it's always
Speaker 1: nice to beat these guys. Man, And um it's it's
Speaker 1: funny because you know what happened just getting here. I mean,
Speaker 1: these guys came in early to try to get acclimated
Speaker 1: to this weather, and uh, it's tough. It's a tough field.
Speaker 1: Tough field for everybody, those that actually play here all
Speaker 1: the time, those that come in on visits and um,
Speaker 1: but no matter what Travis. Getting to win within the
Speaker 1: division on opening day. You can't go to and oh
Speaker 1: without going one and oh you know what I mean,
Speaker 1: we call it one and a half and oh, sure
Speaker 1: we can do that. We can do that, man. So
Speaker 1: it's like it's perfect, man that we go out here
Speaker 1: and get this win that we're supposed to and we've
Speaker 1: been doing this over and over again. Now our our
Speaker 1: biggest problems being week two. But we're gonna figure it out. Man.
Speaker 1: We've got something going right here. Man. It's been special
Speaker 1: and just a fun day to come out here and
Speaker 1: see the team play and pretty much all three phases.
Speaker 1: Silent football, solid footballs when I'm gonna go with, and
Speaker 1: plenty of room to grow and improve upon, because we're
Speaker 1: gonna talk about that as we go along here. And
Speaker 1: I'm glad you guys mentioned Seth kind of the drop in.
Speaker 1: They were talking about the you know, one and a
Speaker 1: half worth game worth of a victory here because it's
Speaker 1: a divisional opponent. And that's what Mike McDaniel said last week, right,
Speaker 1: he said, it's like the three point contest in the NBA,
Speaker 1: where divisional games are that colored ball at the end
Speaker 1: of the rack points. I mean, he's he always does that, right,
Speaker 1: That's that's what he does. That's kind of coach. His
Speaker 1: answer was great, that's a Draft time podcast. Awesome, it's
Speaker 1: an A at the end, not a G. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: always get that wrong with my own show. That's why
Speaker 1: postgame show here on the on the post game Show.
Speaker 1: But you know, I mean that was kind of one
Speaker 1: of the big takeaways, say, two guys, was coaches aggressiveness
Speaker 1: and that play to end the first half, the touchdown
Speaker 1: past to Jalen Waddle. I thought it was too U
Speaker 1: was best ball the day. I thought it was the
Speaker 1: best call of the day. I thought, I mean, obviously
Speaker 1: was the most impactful play of the day. But juice
Speaker 1: and Seth. That was the those two words combined there.
Speaker 1: Seth it puts the dolphin. I see that. But seventeen
Speaker 1: zip going into the break that almost felt like the
Speaker 1: kind of deflating moment there for the Patriots in that game.
Speaker 1: Well yeah, I mean the Patriots didn't they I don't
Speaker 1: want to say they invented it, but they certainly made
Speaker 1: a living off of it for two decades and getting
Speaker 1: that score at the end to kind of break and
Speaker 1: then you're getting the ball to start the half, and
Speaker 1: it would be nice if we had gone down and scored,
Speaker 1: But we just kept texting each other saying, where is Waddle?
Speaker 1: How do we get Wattle involved? They get Wattle involved it. Oh,
Speaker 1: there he goes, he's dancing in the end zone. So
Speaker 1: that was huge. We talked about the stat where people
Speaker 1: say to it doesn't have enough thirty plus yard touchdown passes. Well,
Speaker 1: that was a forty two yard or so. Add that
Speaker 1: one the record books, and you guys hit it. You
Speaker 1: hit the nail on the head. They want to know.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a there's room to grow. They left
Speaker 1: me on the bone there, But you start the season.
Speaker 1: You can only play one game today and they won
Speaker 1: the game and they wanted by two scores. And to me,
Speaker 1: if you didn't even play your best ball and you
Speaker 1: beat a division opponent by two scores, and really I
Speaker 1: think that they were the better team all day today.
Speaker 1: I can live with that. And there's a room to grow.
Speaker 1: It could have been a lot more lops in it,
Speaker 1: but Juice, I was curious to get your perspective on
Speaker 1: that play because I mean, watching the guys come off
Speaker 1: the field to the tunnel after that touchdown to Jalen Waddle,
Speaker 1: there was a different level of energy, so I was
Speaker 1: curious to get your perspective. On a fourth and eight call,
Speaker 1: the head coach says, hey, I trust you guys, go
Speaker 1: out and get him. Man, what does I do for
Speaker 1: the players? Well, I think he was more importantly, he
Speaker 1: was trusting his defense just in case it didn't work,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? I think that was the key.
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna tell you, man, that play in itself
Speaker 1: was so spectacling. I'm sitting there with a bunch of guys. Look,
Speaker 1: I always talk about where I'm at for the game,
Speaker 1: always in the game with the bus alumni, just because
Speaker 1: we can't in there. I can get you in there
Speaker 1: every once in a while, man, but just not every game.
Speaker 1: You know what I Man, I got a couple of tickets,
Speaker 1: you know, well hanging the press. But I'm sitting there
Speaker 1: and I've got a j do A behind me, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. I'm sitting there next to Jeff Cross,
Speaker 1: you know, And I also you know, Anthony Harris and
Speaker 1: those guys are like in my you know, my vicinity,
Speaker 1: and super Duper is back there saying, you know, basically,
Speaker 1: punnet pun It punt. It is that yelling the punt,
Speaker 1: was looking at the punt. You know, we're playing well
Speaker 1: on defense, and me too, I thought that, I thought
Speaker 1: for a fact that we're just trying to draw them off,
Speaker 1: maybe get a couple of extra yards and then being
Speaker 1: more four down territory. The fact that we snapped it
Speaker 1: after the break was super impressive, man. And not only that,
Speaker 1: for a long touchdown to our man water we finally
Speaker 1: got involved in the game. That was that was this,
Speaker 1: That was special, man. That I'm not used to seeing that.
Speaker 1: I don't think any of us are used to seeing that.
Speaker 1: And that was just outstanding. Uh. The coaches and you know,
Speaker 1: I mean, think about it, not many coaches do that,
Speaker 1: and a lot of guys are saying, you know, I
Speaker 1: hate to say it, we'd beholding were putting that right.
Speaker 1: But but we talked about that in the press box.
Speaker 1: We're like, okay, where are they going to spot it?
Speaker 1: Was there a man down? Okay, if he took the set,
Speaker 1: you know, and and do you punt it? Kick a
Speaker 1: field goal? And if there was all that conversation and
Speaker 1: then they line up and then I'm like, they're gonna
Speaker 1: run this thing, right, see And they lined up before
Speaker 1: for the breakin. They're just giving them yeah, and then
Speaker 1: they came back out with the offense and I'm like, okay,
Speaker 1: there was and it was a little bread and butter
Speaker 1: was a little slant at juland Waddle. I mean, we've
Speaker 1: seen to have that to Waddle for years now, going
Speaker 1: back to the days of Alabama. To finish just twenty
Speaker 1: three for thirty seventy yards, a touchdown pass, a one
Speaker 1: oh four point four rating, I think we all agree
Speaker 1: and we'll talk about this later that it wasn't even
Speaker 1: his best showing and you wind up a number and
Speaker 1: to me, that speaks a little bit to the offensive system,
Speaker 1: which you know, you go back over the years with
Speaker 1: coach McDaniel. It's one game here. I'm not gonna get
Speaker 1: too over the top with it, but every quarterback this
Speaker 1: guy has coached has posted really solid numbers. And if
Speaker 1: you don't play your best, you can still have a
Speaker 1: day like that, and that seems to be what happened
Speaker 1: here with with to a tongue of VLOA. And then
Speaker 1: you have Tyreek Hill with eight for ninety four juice.
Speaker 1: I know we're gonna talk about him a little bit,
Speaker 1: but Man, the impact that he had in this game.
Speaker 1: I thought that he was kind of the engine behind
Speaker 1: the offense that really you know, longer drives and it
Speaker 1: kind of goes against what you think with with Tyreek
Speaker 1: Hill in the vertical stretch element of his game, but man,
Speaker 1: he was a big part of that short game getting
Speaker 1: things going today. Yeah, we're just getting to learn Tyreek,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, And every other team's gonna
Speaker 1: learn him as well. You know, it took a while. Again,
Speaker 1: we talked about it, getting Jayleen involved, Jalen Waddle, but
Speaker 1: Tyreek is it's such a difference maker in the games
Speaker 1: and such an attention grabber everybody wants to you know,
Speaker 1: you you have to pay attention to what he's doing.
Speaker 1: And so at the beginning you can tell it's a
Speaker 1: conservat effort to get him involved. I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: even know. I haven't looked at the final stats, but
Speaker 1: at one point, you know, I hate I hate name
Speaker 1: dropping all the time, but DUP's like, how many targets?
Speaker 1: How mean? Yeah, Dupe was Dupe was like how many
Speaker 1: targets that it was day? How many targets is that?
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh right, he's at twelve targets right now.
Speaker 1: He's like, damn, I never got twelve targets on the
Speaker 1: other side. But one thing that Duke did say though,
Speaker 1: he said, look, Tyreek is a combination of me and
Speaker 1: Clayton together. You know what I mean, My speed, Clayon's
Speaker 1: ability to run Ralph from get in and out of breaks.
Speaker 1: I was like, man, that's a hell of a compliment, bro,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So he's a guy that's
Speaker 1: gonna for sure command and demand a lot of attention
Speaker 1: and all the other guys get going. Look Jalen Waddle,
Speaker 1: you know he's been hurt most of the camp and
Speaker 1: then he got his opportunities late. And what do he do?
Speaker 1: He signed like hell But Tyreek, Man, Tyreek is doing
Speaker 1: that thing uh to to draw a lot of attention.
Speaker 1: And of course you're gonna get him targed. You get
Speaker 1: him involved early, get him going early. One thing I
Speaker 1: knew when I played was get me involved early and
Speaker 1: I'll handle the rest later in the game. If you
Speaker 1: don't get me involved so late, I'm gonna piste off
Speaker 1: in the game, you know what I mean. The wide
Speaker 1: receiver pred exactly right, exactly right, get the ball to
Speaker 1: hands and get them going, how cool. So we think
Speaker 1: we're pretty cool sitting in the press box. Oh, we
Speaker 1: were in the press box and we were talking to
Speaker 1: I mean, that's O J McDuffie and Mark Duper talking
Speaker 1: about what's going on in the field.