WEBVTT - Dolphins Bengals Preseason Week 3 Recap 0:00:01.840 --> 0:00:15.920 Looking cutsdown Miami Quarters was drawn? What is up? Dolphans 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:19.360 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:24.640 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:24.840 --> 0:00:28.280 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:31.000 coming to you late on a Sunday night here to 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.479 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:34.479 --> 0:00:38.360 on today's show, that's a rap on the exhibition season. 0:00:38.400 --> 0:00:41.200 No more preseason games. As the Dolphins got their final 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:45.800 work of the exhibition season in in a victory over 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.920 the Cincinnati Bengals in dramatic fashion, the preseason is a rap. 0:00:50.120 --> 0:00:52.680 We have a game to break down, five takeaways, a 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:56.480 new acquisition, what's to come on the podcast plus a 0:00:56.600 --> 0:00:59.360 bonus from the postgame show on five sixt w q 0:00:59.480 --> 0:01:02.600 A M with myself, Seth Levin and O J. McDuffie 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:06.800 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:07.080 --> 0:01:14.280 This is the Drive Time Podcast, so kicking things off here, 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.560 thirty five players did not participate in the game on 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:21.160 Sunday against the Bengals. Forty five guys dressed. But among 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:24.440 those that did and did not, I thought Preston Williams 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:27.320 and Nick Needham playing were two of the more interesting ones, 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:30.240 giving Pressing a chance to get his first game action 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:33.240 since last November. Was a great lookout there see number 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.800 eighteen doing his thing, getting vertical on one particular route 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:39.280 that almost was a completion, the ball just a little 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:41.760 bit wide of his reach. So good to see the 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:44.600 glitch out there, the unicorn doing his thing. Nick Needham 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:46.679 played a lot of snaps in this game, and I 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:48.760 thought he showed out very well as he has done 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:52.120 all camp long, all preseason long. So good to see 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:54.480 him put a cap on the preseason here. And then 0:01:54.600 --> 0:01:56.960 Jalen Phillips as well, another one of these guys. When 0:01:56.960 --> 0:01:58.600 we cover this in the post game show a little 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:00.680 bit how it seems like they're was a bit of 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:02.960 a mark for players to hit in terms of, you know, 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:04.680 like coach said, the only way to get better at 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.240 playing football is to play football. And we saw so 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.680 many of the Dolphins ones or starters or prominent players, 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.919 whatever you want to call them, get plenty of reps 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.440 in this preseason. We talked about Austin Jackson, Solomon Kinley, 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:18.840 Robert Hunt, some of the big guys up front, Michael 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.919 Dieter hitting upwards of seventy eight snaps in those first 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:25.280 two preseason games. So Jalen Phillips gets his second preseason 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:28.600 appearance on Sunday in Cincinnati and got plenty of run. 0:02:28.760 --> 0:02:30.920 Will come back to him in the takeaway segment. And 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.399 then Sam eg Van following up the big, big game 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:37.000 last Saturday and against Atlanta rather and having another big 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:40.400 game on Sunday against the Bengals, And I like how 0:02:40.440 --> 0:02:42.720 coach gave those guys, you know, the guys that were 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.200 out there pretty much from opening gun to the final whistle. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.600 He gave them credit for playing as many snaps as 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:51.399 they did. What a testament to their conditioning and their commitment. 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:54.000 And there's the fire they showed to play and compete 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.480 in this game. The Bengals began this game with their 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.920 first team offense, someones, some twos in the defense at 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.760 out Miami did really well to kind of show their 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.200 stuff in those portions of the game, but also to 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:06.959 compete at the end of the game. And that takes 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.880 us into our first takeaway here the Dolphins ability to 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:14.160 sustain drives. Once again, we saw a seven nearly seven 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.560 and a half minute drive that covered seventy four yards 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:21.040 and third team plays lad by read senet And I 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:22.600 don't know if you want to call that a function 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:25.840 of the offense, but also just having that function of 0:03:25.840 --> 0:03:28.600 the offense built in with the weapons that can take 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:32.200 those down and distance shrinkers, the layup type of throws 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.840 the get me into second and four where Twa or 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:38.520 Read or Jacoby catches the snap turns throws that thing 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.600 out to an easy or not an easy completion, but 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.880 a high percentage completion to get yourself ahead of the chains, 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:45.960 and then building in some longer shots from that, but 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.520 also converting first downs, because as this team has done 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:52.880 all preseason, you convert first downs, you stay on the field. 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:55.400 You give that defense rest, and you give this defense 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:57.640 some rest. I like their chances to not only make 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.440 some big plays, but to get consistent stops when they 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.320 are fresh and rested, not to mention with the depth 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:06.400 they have on that defense really at all three levels. 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.520 So Miami's ability to both and this goes back to 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.560 the complementary style of football, right, the more ways you 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.960 can win. You can smother a team on defense, you 0:04:15.000 --> 0:04:16.440 can kick a bunch of field goals and the good 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:18.479 points on the board. That way, you can shorten the 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:21.720 game offensively with those long sustained drives, or you can 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.000 be explosive and go up over the top. You can 0:04:24.040 --> 0:04:25.839 score a bunch of points on a day, or the 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.320 defense maybe doesn't have it. And this to me just 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.039 shows you more functions, more ways to win when it 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:34.080 comes to just the offense in general, because I think 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:36.880 they can both again sustain the drives, hit the layups, 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:39.400 stay ahead of the chains, but also have the explosive 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.880 you know, five play a d r drive with the 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.240 big gainer in the middle of that drive with a 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:47.840 Will full or Davante Parker or Jalen Waddle, a Miles Gascon, 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:50.640 savan Achmeda might get sicky, you know the drill and 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:52.760 you get the names there on this club and they 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:55.440 can make big, exciting plays to go along with the 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:58.279 ability to sustain those drives, hit those layups, and create 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:01.200 shorter down and distances. I liked in the same first 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:06.360 takeaway here how Miami competed against players that you know 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.200 are a higher string on the roster than what the 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.839 Dolphins players are. You know, read Sinet's offense out there 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:15.200 doing what they did against this Bengals defense. Or the 0:05:15.240 --> 0:05:18.080 opening series for the Bengals going backwards with Joe Burrows 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.760 big you know pronounced return to the field after his 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:23.480 knee injury last season, which you know, three plays, two 0:05:23.520 --> 0:05:25.600 handoffs in a screen throw. It seemed like it was 0:05:25.600 --> 0:05:27.760 maybe more about optics than anything else as far as 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:29.719 playing him in that game. But it was nice to 0:05:29.720 --> 0:05:31.560 shut that drive down and for Nick need Hum to 0:05:31.560 --> 0:05:33.560 get in there and make a big play on Jamaar 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:36.000 Chase on that one pass he did throw. So the 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.680 Dolphins third string, if you want to call it that, 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:42.120 I hate those phrases. The Dolphins read sin senate lead 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:44.720 team taking it to the Bengals and Joe Burrow and 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:47.320 that offense they had out there. The takeaway number two 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.080 for this was the playing time of some of these guys. 0:05:49.120 --> 0:05:51.679 We talked about this already, but Nick need Um doing 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.640 his work to shut down one pass to Jamaar Chase, 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.080 getting a hand on the football and causing a drop 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.359 by playing it tight there, but just playing so much so, 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:02.960 so many reps. All the snaps that Nick had in 0:06:03.000 --> 0:06:06.080 this game I thought were indicative of how deep this 0:06:06.160 --> 0:06:08.960 Dolphins secondary is, but also just the work and the 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:10.800 grind that he puts out there because Nick might be 0:06:10.839 --> 0:06:12.839 able to say, like I've earned the right to be 0:06:12.920 --> 0:06:15.720 on that sideline with eating the sunflower seeds and put 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:17.200 my ball cap on, but he didn't. He's not going 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:19.240 to complain about it. He looks at the opportunity to 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:20.880 go out there and play and make plays for his 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:23.440 team is an opportunity and that's what you need in 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:25.840 this league to continue to get your chances and to 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:27.560 to run with them. I thought Nick did a great 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.479 job of playing and playing well in this game. And O. 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.760 J McDuffie on the post game show talked about this, 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:35.920 how he was always itching to get out there. He 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:38.200 says his two favorite days or Sunday and pay Day, 0:06:38.360 --> 0:06:40.320 and he said anytime there's a football game going on, 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:42.200 he wanted to get out there. And I think that's 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:45.480 kind of indicative of this Dolphins culture and that and 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.479 Coach talked about this in his press conference postgame, talking 0:06:48.520 --> 0:06:51.560 about Jared Oaks as a player that really kind of 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:56.240 compiles all the things they want in a Miami Dolphin. Toughness, physical, 0:06:56.600 --> 0:06:59.520 smart football player, and guys who love the game. It's 0:06:59.560 --> 0:07:01.640 important to them. And I think we saw that with 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:03.600 not just Nick need him, but a lot of players 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:06.560 on this roster, especially on the Dolphins, guys that were 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:08.800 not playing, the thirty five players that were not in 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.680 the lineup tonight on the sideline cheering their guys on. 0:07:11.920 --> 0:07:14.360 There was one play that ran into the sideline and 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.680 it was the Dts. We always talked about Seeler, Wilkins, 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:21.360 Davis and Butler, and someone ran strung a play out 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:23.080 to the side and it didn't didn't gain more than 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:25.400 a yard or two. And those guys were fired up 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:28.360 for their teammates. And it's awesome to see those guys 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.840 support each other, whether it's the ones and the threes 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:32.760 or the threes and the ones. And you know, this 0:07:32.840 --> 0:07:34.840 goes back to something else. Reid sen It said after 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.040 the game, how Jacoby Brissette could have just said, hey, getaway, kid, 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:39.440 I don't need to help you. You're not part of 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.520 my job. But he didn't do that. He was very 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:44.480 helpful all off season long, answering questions, being in his 0:07:44.560 --> 0:07:47.440 ear and teaching along the young kid along. So I 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:52.320 think that's just a great culturally structure. Is that a phrase, 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.280 the term, I don't know, you get it. The structure 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:57.480 of the culture here too have the same like minded 0:07:57.480 --> 0:07:59.840 type of players that get along and strive for the 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:03.200 same goal. That's gonna not only create bonds and friendships, 0:08:03.280 --> 0:08:04.960 it's gonna make these guys want to play for each 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.160 other even more. We heard it with last year's team, 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:09.280 and it sounds like this year's team is kind of 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.480 getting into that same frame of mind, that same mold. 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.920 Here early on in late August, also in the playing 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:18.520 time mentioned here, Kirk Merritt I thought, all camp long, 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.920 all preseason long, played his way onto somebody's roster, and 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:24.000 coach Flor has talked about this post game, They're gonna 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:25.720 have tough decisions to make it a couple of spots, 0:08:25.720 --> 0:08:27.960 and he said that running back was one, receiver was 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:29.960 one of those positions, and really throughout the course of 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:32.160 the roster. And I tend to agree with him because 0:08:32.200 --> 0:08:35.240 there are, you know, maybe sixty sixty five guys you 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.680 see on this roster that that belong in this league 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.520 that can play on this league right now, and then 0:08:39.520 --> 0:08:41.480 another handful of guys that maybe can develop more and 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.480 get to that point as well. But I just thought 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.360 that Kirk Merritt and the way he performed to go 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.480 from this position where you look at the roster before 0:08:49.559 --> 0:08:52.240 training camp, there's like, there's no way in your mind 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:53.760 that kirk Merritt is going to be one of the 0:08:53.800 --> 0:08:55.840 top five or six guys that you keep in the room. 0:08:56.040 --> 0:08:59.200 If you do keep five or six receivers at that position, 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:02.840 just base upon the accomplished resumes you had with a 0:09:02.920 --> 0:09:06.240 Will Fuller, with a DeVante Parker, with a number six 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.080 draft pick this year in Jalen Waddle, with Albert Wilson, 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:10.959 who produced big time for this team in the past 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.280 and for the Chiefs prior to that, With Preston Williams 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:16.040 who has production, with Mac Hollins, who has both production 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:20.319 offensively and on special teams. There are just too Jachem 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.080 Grant as well, and that and that mentioned there. He's 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.640 been a good pro for receiver and for punt returning. 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:29.839 But for kirk Merritt to see the roster as it 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:31.680 sat in front of him and to work his butt 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:33.800 off and to produce and continue to make plays and 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.679 earn promotions up the roster from the third string to 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.400 the second string to getting work with two and the ones, 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:42.280 it just as a reminder that every single summer, every 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:44.760 single training camp, you're gonna have these surprises you just 0:09:44.800 --> 0:09:47.160 did not expect to happen. And I think Kirk Merrits 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:49.800 a great example of that, And I think that sets 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.640 a great precedent on your roster that don't worry about 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:54.960 what the paper says. Things can happen. Guys can move 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:56.800 their way up and you can earn your spot on 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.440 this roster if you take care of the things within 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.840 your control and take care of your business. And I 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.920 thought Kirk Mary did that all summer long. Three catches, 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:08.920 seventy one yards and a touchdown takeaway number three. I mean, 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.319 this probably should have number one, but we're gonna put 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.320 it here at number three. Read Senate, what a game 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:16.240 he had. The three three passing yards were the most 0:10:16.320 --> 0:10:19.280 in a preseason game by any quarterback since at least. 0:10:20.520 --> 0:10:22.920 That's a great stat fact there from Brett Brett eys 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:24.960 in here in our PR department. He does a great 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.360 job research in these stats for us, going through game 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.480 books and pulling up all this data for us that 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.560 we used constantly on the podcast and otherwise. So thank 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.000 you for that, Brett, and for read Senate, what a 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:38.319 game he had, playing under pressure with poise, throwing the 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:41.200 ball down the field, going off script, the arm, strength 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.280 over the middle. I remember texting or texting tweeting out 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.120 during the Chicago game when he was coming onto the 0:10:47.160 --> 0:10:50.040 field after Jacobe had finished up his first half of play, 0:10:50.280 --> 0:10:52.000 and I tweeted out, so, you guys are gonna enjoy 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.199 watching Reads in a play because I have watched him 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:56.719 out here at camp every day making plays, whether it's 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.160 with his arm or going off script and scrambling and 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:01.880 making things happy. And and you know, O J McDuffie 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:03.480 had a great story for us on the post game 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:05.720 show talking about how he said, when you went to 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.760 San Diego, you paid them to go to school and 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.720 to play football, like it's a learning institution where you 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.080 pretty much have to take out your student loans. And 0:11:14.080 --> 0:11:16.720 he says he still is paying off student loans. And 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:18.360 there was a fun segment there on the post game 0:11:18.360 --> 0:11:20.520 show where he talked about giving him the game ball, 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:22.559 and then we heard from Read on the postgame press 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.599 conference who got a game ball And we had a 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.319 fun joke with that as well. So Reads in it. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.200 What a great moment for him to get out there 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.280 and play extensively, play the entire game, take some hits, 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:34.000 keep getting up and keep going downfield, and of course, 0:11:34.040 --> 0:11:36.480 that game winning passed to Chris Myrick for thirty four 0:11:36.559 --> 0:11:39.520 yards to beat the Bengals in Cincinnati. We'll hear more 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:42.360 about that here in just one second takeaway number four. 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:46.040 Jalen Phillips and playing backwards, you know, talking about going 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:48.679 into coverage, getting down into that curl zone, into that 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:52.520 hook zone, and playing some of those positions that are 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:56.600 not necessarily the primary function of an edge player, but 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.840 certainly something they have to do in this defense. And 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:00.880 we saw that with Jalen Philip, we saw it with 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:03.400 Andrew Van Ginkl at times. We've even seen the defensive 0:12:03.440 --> 0:12:06.240 interior drop back into coverage with the Christian Wilkins or 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:10.240 his acts either whatever it might be. Everybody has multiple roles. 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:11.920 I can do multiple things, and that's what makes this 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:16.200 defense really tick is the versatility, and the that versatility 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.720 that creates confusion for the opposing offense and the opposing 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:22.440 quarterback because you can't pigeonhole any one player into any 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.520 one particular job or anyone particular rep. And so what 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:28.360 I wanted to talk about here with Phillips was one 0:12:28.400 --> 0:12:30.320 of the two things that you really saw on his 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.760 college tape that stood out that you think that most 0:12:32.800 --> 0:12:35.600 likely projects to the next level, and being the eighteenth 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:37.200 pick in the draft, you would assume that was a 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.439 Dolphin's thought too, like, yeah, he probably projects as a 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.000 good pass rusher and good run defender, but to be 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.240 a complete player, why don't we go ahead and work 0:12:44.280 --> 0:12:46.760 on this third element of his game in the playing 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:48.800 past coverage, So we saw some of that as well, 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:51.120 but you also saw plenty of the pressure work too. 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.280 There was one rep where, again going back to the 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.520 postgame show, I went over to Seth and showed him 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:59.079 here's what I thought why I thought this play was fantastic, 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:00.839 and I tweeted it out as well. There was a 0:13:01.200 --> 0:13:04.800 play where the Bengals showed run action away from Jalen Phillips, 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:06.840 and the tight end on the play side of that 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:10.280 run action came across the formation. And that's typically a 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:13.760 split zone look. So anytime you go outside zone, there's 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:15.440 a counter to that where you bring a tight end 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.640 across the formation. It's called split zone. It just works 0:13:18.679 --> 0:13:21.200 off of a that type of a look, and it's 0:13:21.240 --> 0:13:23.840 basically a complimentary type of play calling in your running game, 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:26.320 and you bring that tight end across the formation and 0:13:26.360 --> 0:13:29.880 he digs out the backside defensive end or the outside 0:13:29.880 --> 0:13:31.839 linebackeror whatever you want to call it, in the role 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.200 that Jalen Phillips is playing on this play and so 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:37.840 on this Phillips has a clear shot coming at him. 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:39.600 He can put the contact on the tight end, he 0:13:39.600 --> 0:13:41.760 can absorb the contact, but he sees a tight end 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:45.120 cutting across the formation, and he peels off last minute, 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.800 right before the contact arrives. And to me, what I 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:49.599 saw on the game coverage, now I can't know this 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:51.760 for sure, was that he had his eyes in the 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.280 right place on the quarterback, on the mesh point, on 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.640 the football, on the running back where whoever the ball 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:58.240 is gonna go to. He was going to be in 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:01.000 position to make a lay and closed down on that. 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:05.160 And so in the quarterback extends the handoff, doesn't make 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.640 the handoff, just fakes it and pulls it back in 0:14:07.920 --> 0:14:10.880 To see Jalen close and the explosion on that first 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.200 step when he said Okay, no more tight end, it's 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.720 time to go after the quarterback. That closing speed was 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:17.679 on display, and I thought it was a thing of 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:19.840 beauty and that could be a big, big key to 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:22.600 this Dolphins defense taking yet another step forward in what 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:26.000 Jalen Phillips, but also Andrew Van Ginkle, Emmanuel Ogba, and 0:14:26.040 --> 0:14:28.560 some of the other edge guys can do in this defense. 0:14:28.600 --> 0:14:31.160 But back to Phillips, there was another rep where the 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.920 Dolphins with some of those big defensive tackles, they love 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:36.520 to run and set picks and create space and just 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.840 have a team mindset pass rush. I thought Jalen showed 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.680 off the lateral agility where he sets up field and 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:45.440 then crosses back over the inside and loops and scrapes 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:48.120 off the defensive tackles butt and gets in the middle 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:50.760 of the pass rush for the into the quarterback's face. 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:52.520 And I thought he showed you some of the lateral 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.040 agility on that play as well. So I thought Jalen 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.760 Phillips showed really well on this game, his most extensive 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.000 work of the preseason, and he had some good produce 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.680 in this game. Takeaway number five. I liked some of 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.080 the offensive line play that I saw in this game, 0:15:05.120 --> 0:15:08.720 particularly Greg Little and der Ball get as Netto on 0:15:08.760 --> 0:15:11.040 the left side of that offensive line. Also want to 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:12.400 go ahead and give a shout out on one of 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.080 the screenplays, Robert Jones got out in space and we 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.400 watched it about five times in the w q A 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:21.160 M booth. Watching Robert Jones get in space and just 0:15:21.280 --> 0:15:23.560 throw a defensive back out of the club. Now you 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.360 might say, of course he's gonna do that because the 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.920 size difference, But to get that guy in open space 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:29.640 to catch him, to block him, to throw him out, 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:32.360 that was impressive work from Robert Jones. But back to 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:36.160 Greg Little and derv All, there was some double teams 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.880 where they were blowing dudes off the football, similar to 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.440 what we saw last week with Robert Hunt and Liam 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:44.120 Eichnerberg off the right side. I thought Greg Little had 0:15:44.160 --> 0:15:47.200 a fantastic game, getting quick to his landmarks. His past 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:50.040 sets were sharp. He was able to redirect an anchor 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.480 and showed that good work and pass protection, but also 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:54.720 get pushed in the run game. And then Derve ball 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:57.680 Kiras Nedo Man just blowing guys off the ball consistently 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.280 standing guys up. You see some of their helmet stand 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.120 straight up when he hits some and he gets good 0:16:02.200 --> 0:16:04.680 push and good drive. And there was one rep where 0:16:04.960 --> 0:16:07.520 Seth Levitt on the postgame show gave Dervall one of 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:09.320 his his only game ball. We went down to three 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:11.640 game balls this week. He gave der Ball a game ball, 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.160 and there was a play we watched where Seth was 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:18.280 enamored because Dervall had one arm straight out and was 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:21.160 past blocking somebody with his head his right arm out 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.920 and his head looking left looking for more work, like 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.200 I got this one hand, don't worry about it, and 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:27.880 he did. He had it stud he had a stone 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.440 wall blocked off and was looking for additional work. We 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:33.400 continue to see strides from Dervall here and your number three, 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:36.240 and he still has that roster the practice squad roster 0:16:36.320 --> 0:16:38.640 exemption too, So if he doesn't make the club, he 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:41.480 saw us a chance to stay stick around and work 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.280 on the practice squad and get even more valuable experience. 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.640 So those are the five takeaways. Let's go ahead and 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:48.720 talk about some individuals here that we're gonna get into 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.960 the new acquisition, and then play some sound from the 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:54.040 w q A M Show. But I thought Jared Oakes 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:56.440 and what he does in short yardage down around the 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.120 goal line, the ability to change the angle last minute 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.280 with the power and the burst that he has to 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:05.240 fall forward. I think it's a great combination for short yardage. 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:08.200 And again coach was very complimentary of Jared After the game, 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.600 I talked about kirk Merritt, the shiftiness to shake at 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.200 the top of the route to create separation, and then 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.359 the power to run through a couple of tackles and 0:17:16.440 --> 0:17:18.680 almost get that touchdown which would have been touched on 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:20.879 number two for him. By the way, Jared did have 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:23.399 two touchdowns as well as sixty one rushing yards in 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:26.080 this game, but kirk Merritt three for seventy one touchdown 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:29.600 almost made it three for seventy two and two touchdowns 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:32.160 by running through some tackles. But that combination of both 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:35.400 those things has shown very well this preseason. Malcolm Perry 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:37.680 made a bunch of tough catches in traffic and hung 0:17:37.680 --> 0:17:39.479 onto the football. I wanted to give him some love 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:41.400 for that. He had a great week of practice this week, 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:43.440 I thought, and then carried it over into the game. 0:17:43.640 --> 0:17:45.560 How do you not put Chris Myrick in here for 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:48.159 his game winning touchdown catch in the corner of the 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:49.919 end zone. What a hell of a catch that was. 0:17:50.160 --> 0:17:53.040 To high point that thing, keep it corralled into your chest, 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:55.960 survived the contact of the ground of the defender, and 0:17:56.000 --> 0:17:57.960 get that knee down in the orange part of the 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.320 end zone for six at the same position, tight end 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:03.440 Hunter Long. There was the drop late in the game, 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:05.720 but I thought all things told, he showed some things 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:08.000 that really showed some maturity for a young player at 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:10.679 that position. Tight end is so difficult to come in 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:13.320