WEBVTT - Perspective From New York, Assistant Coaches Soundbites and Your Twitter Questions 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:05.400 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. This is 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:08.559 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. Back to throw to a 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:16.520 looking gips the wind, open touchdop, clerk kill, unbelievable, waddle, 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:22.119 waddle to a shotgun back, Let's throw looking up fires 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:28.159 It's waddle, It's six touchdown past day. Drive Time with 0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:32.479 Travis Wingfield begins. Now let me check your pulse if 0:00:32.600 --> 0:00:38.240 none of what is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:42.160 Drivetime podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast Network covering 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:46.680 your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:49.640 am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, it 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.839 is a football Friday, maybe the last one of the year. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:55.560 We'll see We'll hear from Jersey and the perspective on 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.320 the New York Jets. Will answer your questions via the 0:00:58.360 --> 0:01:02.120 Twitter mailbag, and here from Dolphins assistant coaching staff, and 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.200 a heck of a lot more from the Baptist Health 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:07.959 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the drive. 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.319 Go ahead and get to my guest today. You know him. 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.280 He's been on the podcast several times before, Antoine Staley 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:20.000 and joining me now is a calumnist for the New 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.880 York Daily News. We somehow seem to wind up in 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.679 the same regions of the country, but at different times. 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:28.600 He's worked in Eugene covering the Organ Ducks, and you 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.639 all likely recall him from his time down here covering 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:35.000 the Miami Dolphins. Antoine Staley Antoine, second time on the 0:01:35.000 --> 0:01:37.680 pod this season, now working on the Jets beat. How 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:40.160 are you, my friend? I'm good. How are you doing? 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:42.000 I'm doing good? Man, Like I told you before we 0:01:42.040 --> 0:01:43.720 got in the air. Well, I'll have a better answer 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:46.800 for you right around four thirty on Sunday afternoon. Um, 0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:48.960 but I know you'll be down here before then. It's 0:01:49.200 --> 0:01:51.000 a place that you love to come visit when you're 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.080 when you're not working here, but you are working with 0:01:53.120 --> 0:01:55.960 a little bit of you know, leisure time this weekend. 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:57.680 So what's on the agenda? Man? Like, I know you've 0:01:57.680 --> 0:01:59.360 got usual spots you want to hit up. What are 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:03.040 you going to when you get in town this weekend? Uh? Well, 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:04.680 I mean I've had a good two weeks. I was 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:07.920 actually your deck of the woods like in the home 0:02:07.920 --> 0:02:10.280 Seattle last week, so that was a lot of and 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:14.360 uh probably do so like so Cubans, like get a 0:02:14.360 --> 0:02:18.079 Cuban sandwich somewhere, probably hit downtown Fort Lautadale a little bit, 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.600 and then just kind of relax and you know, get 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.320 some beech stuff too, like some waves. So yeah, I'm 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.760 definitely looking forward to there. There is a cold front 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:28.800 coming in this weekend, but as you know, cold fronts 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:31.440 in South Florida usually mean right around sixties seven you degree, 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:34.080 so you could get to the beach. But I am curious, Antoine, 0:02:34.120 --> 0:02:35.840 you can't say that without me asking the follow up, 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:40.079 what was your favorite part about visiting Seattle. I mean, 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.680 I love the city, like I'm this might like my 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.440 third time being there. I mean obviously a lot of 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:47.560 people go to Pike Place and you know, kind of 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:50.600 the tourist stuff there. I I just personally just like 0:02:50.720 --> 0:02:52.960 this food. I think it's all a bit foodie. So 0:02:53.080 --> 0:02:55.680 I think not only just fish, but you know, other 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.840 food that you can try. And Seattle and I love 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.520 the downtown area I think is really you know, not 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:03.840 just the tourist stuff, but also some of the stuff 0:03:03.840 --> 0:03:06.320 that locals get into as well. So yeah, I think 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.760 it's one of my favorite cities in the country. And 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:10.880 so I always love the business when I do get 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:12.959 when I am able to go. Oh man, you're buttering 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:14.960 me up. Yeah, the Seattle region. I would put their 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:19.920 Japanese up against anywhere else in the country. Yaki they 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:21.639 have who boy, there's there's a place called I love 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:23.720 Tarayaki that I when I go there, I try to 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:24.919 make sure I get it at least a couple of 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.520 times every single time I do. But enough about where 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:30.280 we come from and our food and all that fun stuff. 0:03:30.280 --> 0:03:31.880 It's a fun conversation. But we have a big game 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:33.679 coming up on Sunday, at least for you know, I 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:35.320 would say probably a big game for both teams. I'm 0:03:35.320 --> 0:03:36.920 sure the Jets want to get a victory here and 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:38.640 that's where we kind of start. And I think people 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:40.680 probably circle this game at least, you know, back when 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.520 eight and three and seven and four were the two 0:03:42.560 --> 0:03:45.360 records of these teams as a potential play in game 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:48.320 or at the very least having playoff implications for both sides. 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:50.440 That's not the case. But I did want to ask you, 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:52.040 I think you even asked the question at your press 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.680 conference with Robert Sala. What is the Jets mindset coming 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:58.720 into this one? Well, I mean I asked them, did 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.960 what they are okay? Playing spoiler and then he said yeah, 0:04:03.000 --> 0:04:04.680 I mean in the back of her mind, if I'd 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:07.400 asked other players to like, yeah, they understand what the 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:10.240 situation is. To understand the Dolphins have a still I 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.880 have an opportunity to get into the postseason. And you know, 0:04:13.000 --> 0:04:16.120 they you know, Misery Lights Company. So you know, if 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.279 they they're not in the playoffs, then you know why, 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:20.719 you know, should they get into the playoffs. And you know, 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.400 it's been a you know, down month for both teams. 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.119 Both teams have lost five straight games, and both teams 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.520 were also in the playoff position. To the Dolphins, still 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.839 are the Jets obviously got eliminated with Seattle, but yeah, 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:33.719 I think their mindset just get a win and just 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:36.640 in the season on a positive note, try to end 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:39.040 this five game losing street. And they're going in there 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.159 with going to the off season with some type of 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:44.120 confidence there as opposed to, you know, just lose it 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:47.000 straight as I mean, that's hard to you know, fathom 0:04:47.040 --> 0:04:48.839 and come back from. And then you have to answer 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.680 all these questions that they all season. So one of 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:53.920 these teams are gonna lose sit straight going into the year. 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:56.719 Who that is, Well, we'll find out on Sunday, but yeah, 0:04:56.760 --> 0:05:01.360 it's definitely unshotted territories for both teams. Is actually considering 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.880 how to year is going forth? Yeah, tell a coach that, 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:05.720 you know, coach McDaniel can join with the pool in 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:07.320 a couple of weeks. You don't gotta be the right away. 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:08.760 We got we got some time here before and get 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:11.080 to the fool side and get the vacations going here 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:12.760 and get the golf game and all that stuff going, 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:14.640 and you know, you know, you talk about the losing 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.400 streaks here, Antoine, I'm not sure two teams in the 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:23.080 NFL have experienced more just general angst about the quarterback position, 0:05:23.080 --> 0:05:25.960 but for very different reasons obviously, But bottom line, playing 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.400 three or in the Jets case when Chris Traveler came 0:05:28.400 --> 0:05:31.039 into the game a couple weeks ago, four quarterbacks is 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.000 obviously less than ideal. Mike White seems to be the 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.240 one that has emerged a little bit from that group, 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:37.800 and I'd be curious to hear if you agree with that. 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.159 But what I also want to know, Antoine, is what 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.120 was White doing well before the injury and then what 0:05:43.160 --> 0:05:45.720 did you think of his performance on Sunday in Seattle. 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:47.760 As to me, he continues to prove to be one 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:49.280 of the toughest guys in the lead. Because that ribbon 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:52.480 jury against the Bills, that was no joke. Man. Yeah, 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:54.680 I think before the ribb injury, I think what he 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:56.680 was doing, he was a stound decision maker. He was 0:05:57.080 --> 0:06:00.640 throwing the ball just where anticipation. I think something that 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:03.000 I thought he did a really good job off you 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:07.440 look at it games against Minnesota or Chicago or Buffalo. 0:06:07.520 --> 0:06:09.480 I thought he did a good job hitting his receivers 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:12.120 in stride and just finding the open man. And that's 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.960 something that the Jets to struggle with at times, whether 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.320 Joe Flacco started or a year when Zack Wilson was hurt, 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.120 and then obviously when Zach was there, Zack Castle ups 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:23.480 and downs there he had obviously started, you know, the 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.919 last game against the Dolphins. But I thought Mike White 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.320 did a great job to starticipate the receivers and was 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:30.560 able to hit the open man and just the command 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:32.839 of the offense. I felt like Mike White had a 0:06:32.920 --> 0:06:35.640 better you know, grasped of it than uh the other 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:38.039 quarterbacks too. And the last week was you know, you 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:40.480 could tell he was still bothered by the rib injury. 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.400 He was good enough where he was cleared, but that 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.680 doesn't necessarily mean he's a hundred percent of healthy. And 0:06:45.680 --> 0:06:47.880 I definitely think you saw that where you know, he 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:50.120 was missing some of those open receivers and did not 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.719 look like the same guy that he was prior to 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.800 the Buffalo game when he you know, took a lot 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.479 of many shots in that game swistly, you know, the 0:06:58.520 --> 0:07:01.720 one other thing a lot of people resident with the 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:04.360 mat Mulatto hits ended up putting him out the game 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.680 before we end up coming back in there. So we'll 0:07:06.720 --> 0:07:08.760 see if hey're able to get him some type of 0:07:08.800 --> 0:07:11.560 better appretation this week. But he clearly wasn't the same 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:13.760 quarterback that he was prior to the in That's why 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:15.640 you commend us toughness so much. We just heard from 0:07:15.640 --> 0:07:18.600 Dolphins running backs coach Eric Studisville about alec Ingold playing 0:07:18.600 --> 0:07:21.000 with the cast and six days after he got pins 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:22.960 putting us thumb, he came to coach and said, you're 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.320 not playing this game without me. I just I think 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.080 it's so cool that you have guys in the league 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:29.000 that that play that way and have that approach in 0:07:29.000 --> 0:07:31.920 that style, and obviously Mike White's one of them. And 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:34.320 you know, Antoina know you're well versed in the world 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.680 of social media. I've seen you go through some some 0:07:36.720 --> 0:07:39.200 battles and some some arguments on there is a lot 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.880 of people have and and the individual factions of you know, 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.640 team fan bases, and you're you're well versed in Dolphins 0:07:44.680 --> 0:07:47.720 Twitter and and perusing Jets Twitter as well. To me, 0:07:47.840 --> 0:07:50.440 I've seen the most angst about the quarterback position and 0:07:50.480 --> 0:07:53.080 the offensive line in my week kind of review here, 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.160 and I think that's got more to do with the 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:58.560 injuries and anything. How would you assess the Jets offensive 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:01.280 line from a health standpoint? From production standpoint? You kind 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.640 of allude to it. They're talking about better protection this week. 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:05.640 What's been going on the offensive line? You know, the 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:08.480 last couple of weeks over this losing streak, I mean 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:11.000 just the all year has been like eleven different lineups 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:13.480 City office line and it's hard to it's hard to 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.560 win that way in the league where you're having so 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:18.880 much transition between the officer a line. Dwayne Brown was 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:21.360 hurt earlier this year, he came back, you know, he's 0:08:21.360 --> 0:08:23.880 been dealing with the shoulder injury. All year, George Fan 0:08:24.080 --> 0:08:27.560 was injured stuff for the knee injury. He's you know, playing, 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:29.840 but necessarily he's not healthy. And I think you can 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.800 definitely tell that to the loves of hair Tucker, who 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.520 I felt like, what's their best officive linement. He ended 0:08:35.559 --> 0:08:38.440 up getting to try to tour and Tricksel's ended up 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:40.439 being out for the season. So I just think it's 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:43.240 the lack of continuity with this offensive line. It always 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:47.160 seems like somebody is hurt, like it's something particular time 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.920 every single week, you know, whether it be at the 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.280 guard position or the tackle. Uh cottomic Govern is probably 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:56.600 the only consistent player that's been there like all year 0:08:56.679 --> 0:08:59.480 long for the Jets. Outside of that, everything is really 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:03.439 changed around him. So I just think it's uh the 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.520 fact that they just had a ton of injuries and 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:07.440 just hadn't been able to get on track and and 0:09:07.440 --> 0:09:10.120 it's hard and you know, and you notice too, like 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:12.680 just playing you know, on the offense, you need chemistry. 0:09:12.800 --> 0:09:15.360 Everybody needs to know like does everybody's tend to season, 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:17.440 you know what they do well and what they don't do. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:19.000 And then when you don't have that, when you're not 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:22.360 playing together regularly, uh, and have a bunch of injuries 0:09:22.360 --> 0:09:23.880 and a lot of people coming in and out. It's 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:27.240 kind of hard to you know, get that going, especially 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.240 so late the season. So I think that's probably their 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:31.679 biggest issue and probably one of the reasons why, you know, 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.440 the lack of potention that's been a problem, especially in 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.600 this offense. You know, both these offenses come off the 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.800 Shannonhantry with that wide zone principle, so that's very important 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.520 to have that chemistry and continuity up front. Just real quick, 0:09:42.559 --> 0:09:45.520 antoine for my own curiosity here, and this is aside 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.240 from the game this week. Do you think Elija Vera 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.000 Tucker long term is a guard or a tackle for 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:53.160 the Jets. I would put him at right tackle like 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:55.520 of person, and you know, we'll see how they, you know, 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.079 deal it with left tackle. But I think he's the tackle. 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:00.280 I mean, I think you already played well to be 0:10:00.320 --> 0:10:04.000 a tackle, um and plus you want that premium money 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:08.280 if you so, yeah, I think, you know, I think 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.200 it's easier to find a guard and then it is 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:14.680 a tackle. You you have your outside guys and then 0:10:14.880 --> 0:10:17.120 you fill in the rest of the middle. So I 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.199 think it would be got to serve for them to 0:10:19.240 --> 0:10:20.960 put him at tackle and then just kind of go 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:23.160 find some guards in the all season and Joe, I'm 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.319 sure Joe Douglas would say, hey, I found a tackle 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:28.200 in the draft, because you know, picking a guard in 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:30.640 the mid part of the first round sometimes it doesn't 0:10:30.640 --> 0:10:32.440 happen that often, but when all of a sudden you 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:34.760 get a you know, a franchise level tackle in that 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:36.400 part of the draft, it's like, Wow, how do they 0:10:36.400 --> 0:10:38.199 find that guy that late? So it's a it's definitely 0:10:38.240 --> 0:10:40.520 a big difference in those two positions, but he's good 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:41.640 at either one of them, and he's a He's a 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:44.280 crazy talented player. I was just curious because, you know, 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:46.680 a player of that caliber, I'm curious to here his 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:49.720 long term prognosis with our biggest rival here and on 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:51.200 the other side of the football. You know, this is 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.439 a top flight defense, Antoine, You've covered it all year long, 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.760 and I find it intriguing that they had fifteen takeaways 0:10:57.160 --> 0:10:59.360 through the first eleven games of the season, but only 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:03.320 one since. What's changed there in your estimation? Well, I 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:06.920 think one thing is they're not throwing the souls. Gardner too, 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:09.600 I think I think he would have more than two 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.640 interceptions if that was the case. But you know, teams 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:15.080 are decided. I remember, you know, the Lions and they 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:18.600 didn't throw him at all, like whatsoever. So I think 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.679 teams are giving him that respect, like, you know, he's 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.000 one of the already one of the best corners in football. 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:25.840 Let's just not throw his way. And then there are 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.320 other guys on the Jet defense that they feel like 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.120 they're able to exploit their whether it be their second 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:34.160 they whether safety positions are also you know Michael Carter, 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.000 I mean, Michael Carter is a nice Nickels cornerback, but 0:11:37.360 --> 0:11:39.600 you know, nearly not on the same level as uh 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:42.360 Souf Grner. Dj Rees played really well too, like I 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:45.280 think he's played at a near Pro Bowl level as well. 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:47.800 But you know, you'd rather challenge him than the challenge 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.560 somebody that sits foot three and you know, two hundred 0:11:50.679 --> 0:11:53.560 ten panels and his lanky and you know, such a 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.520 great cover corner as a rookie and sous Gardner. So 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.720 I think that's part of it. I think another part 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:00.720 of it that they just happen to able to, you know, 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:04.000 get on fumbles. They've had opportunities to get turnovers, but 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:06.840 they haven't been able to just secure the ball. So 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.760 I think that's think those are probably two reasons why 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:11.480 they haven't been able to create those turning and then 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:14.240 I think that's why the defense has kind of struggled 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:15.839 a little bit as well. They've kind of slipped a 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.920 little bit. I think they're still a top ten defense, 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:21.880 but nearly they hadn't played as well as they should have. 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:23.160 And I think you kind of saw that with the 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.320 Seattle game last week where they end up giving up 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:29.920 an yards Russian especially to play at the beginning of 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.080 the game, which I feel like really was a turning 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.200 point they really like set the tone for the whole 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.320 game against Seattle. Yeah, I'm with you. I think this 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:38.400 game comes down to you know, turnover is ultimately from 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:40.640 Miami and the Jets this week. So you know, normally 0:12:40.679 --> 0:12:43.200 on the defensive side of the entire podcast, I would 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:45.480 go position by position and ask you about the pressing 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:48.000 stories each each spot, but I feel like, you know, 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.679 myself and my my audience here on the podcast were 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:52.800 joined by Antoine's Daily of the New York Daily News, 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:56.040 uh there as well versed on the Jets as anybody 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:58.200 besides the Dolphins, like we know this team, right, and 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:00.360 so I want to take it in this direction. Actually, 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:02.840 it's kind of twofold. Let's start with this up front 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:04.640 and then one on the back end as well. Starting 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:07.360 up front with the stars like Quinnin is an absolute star, 0:13:07.480 --> 0:13:11.000 John Franklin, Meer, you know, Carl Lawson, Sheldon Rankin, Franklin's, 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.320 Quincy Williams, c J. Mosley. It's a really good front seven. 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:16.480 Now again, you mentioned it there in the end talking 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:19.400 about the Seahawks going for a buck. So my question is, 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:22.840 despite this loaded group, when teams have had success against 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:24.679 the Jets up front, whether it's pass pro or running 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.439 the game, running the ball, how do they do it? Well? 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:29.199 I think all you kind of saw it with Seattle 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:32.360 Ast where they're kind of like a run zone, run scheme. 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.160 And you know, Kenna Walker is really good too, so 0:13:35.240 --> 0:13:38.280 I think that kind of well, uh, but you know, 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:41.000 having running bad snake and also take advantage in the 0:13:41.000 --> 0:13:43.040 passing game, but also to run a game and just 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:46.000 the scheme. I think they've had a lot of sussists 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.160 too as well. And also I think in the passing 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:51.280 game the Jets have had trouble covering tight ends. So 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.280 you could see again this could be a game where 0:13:53.360 --> 0:13:56.679 they could feature Mike Getsecki very well, especially if they 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:58.640 are able to get the ball to him. Uh some 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.240 of the Jets, don't, you know, sex Skyler Thompson or 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:04.000 whoever's back there a quarterback Mike Lennon. But yeah, I 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:06.840 think they've had trouble covering tight ends and backs out 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.120 the bad field, and I think that's been a bit 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.760 of achilles heel too, as receivers you know, can be 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:15.160 hit or missed, especially considering the Jet secondary top two 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.640 corners have been really good this year. Although I mean 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.720 the Dolphins have two top light ride receivers as well, 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:23.360 so it's always gonna make for a good matchup two 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.000 as well. So yeah, I definitely think, you know, those 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.400 have been really good achilles heel. With the Jets defense, 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:32.360 they're the uh the slot cornerback position, but also the 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.360 safeties as well and been attacked as well. That's exactly 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.200 why this is such an intriguing game for you because, 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:39.920 like you said it, I put my previous podcast on Thursday, 0:14:39.960 --> 0:14:42.960 Like you know, the the places besides Sauce Gardner and 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.760 d J. Reid have obviously had more success than going 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:48.160 after them, but at the same time, that's probably who 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:49.840 Hill and Watt to go up against. So like, do 0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:51.560 you choose to go away from your best players, to 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.560 go away from the It's it's fascinating. We'll see what 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:56.880 happens on Sunday, and I take real quick to not 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.160 that well. I think you might see the Dolphins moved 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:02.880 like a typical move move either, like they're usually set 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.280 in their spots too, so you might see, you know, 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.000 thought it out there. I wouldn't be surprised that today. 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:10.720 Or where to move those guys around, maybe in the slide, 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:12.760 just to get them going and get them some you know, 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:14.880 receptions early in the game and get some rhythm to 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:17.240 the offense and maybe see if the Jets do want 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:19.280 to kick somebody inside, you know, if Tyreeker or Jalen 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:20.800 catches a few passes in a row, like, hey, we've 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:22.920 gotta make a stop here, so maybe you force the 0:15:23.000 --> 0:15:24.480 Jets out of what they do best. That's why it's 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:26.720 still fascinating. Man. It's a good matchup and and hopefully 0:15:26.720 --> 0:15:28.560 these teams are matched up this way for years to come. 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.000 And it's it's for more, you know, uh, for big 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:32.560 stakes in the A f c has been looking forward 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:34.720 to that for a long time here, So Antoni finish 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.120 up with this question with everybody here on the Friday Podcast. 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.360 The Jets will win if and then it's your Flora take, 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:43.480 sir well. I think they just have to get pressure 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.440 on the quarterback. That's first and foremost. If they can 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:48.200 get pressed and consistently. Quinn Williams has been playing at 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:51.040 an all pro level all year, especially inside the vents 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.240 of tackle. If he can get going and the way 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:55.880 that he can and it forced turnover is kind of 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:57.880 like what we alluded to there, I think there will 0:15:57.920 --> 0:15:59.360 be in good shape to win. And then they got 0:15:59.360 --> 0:16:01.120 to run the ball. I think, you know, I know, 0:16:01.240 --> 0:16:04.400 Mike White is still you know, not there, but they 0:16:04.440 --> 0:16:06.160 have to be able to run the ball. This team 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.560 drives on running the football everything you know, we saw 0:16:08.640 --> 0:16:10.680 with the first matchup against the Dolphins too. If they're 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:12.880 able to run the football, then I think there were 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:16.280 chances that then we're gonna increase exponentially. But if they're 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:17.920 not able to run the football and you got Mike 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.680 White throwing the ball forty times a game, then I 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:22.160 think it's gonna be tougher than to pull out the 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.280 victory the New York Daily News. He's at Antoine's Daily 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:28.120 on Twitter. Antoine, thank you against so much, my friend, 0:16:28.120 --> 0:16:30.080 and enjoy your time at the Elbow Room this weekend 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.320 if you find your way down there on A one A. 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:34.240 But also let's let's meet up in the press box 0:16:34.280 --> 0:16:37.280 on Sunday. Sound good, yeah, man, anytime, man. I enjoy 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:39.560 doing it. And there he goes. Let's go ahead and 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.400 take our first break right here and come back on 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:43.920 the other side and get to the Dolphins assistant coaches 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:48.200 media from Thursday. That's next Drivetime podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:54.880 brought to you by Auto Nation. Let's go ahead and 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:58.720 kick off assistant coaches media from Thursday ahead of the 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:01.320 week eighteen matchup against the New York Jets, and we 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.960 start with Dolphins defensive coordinator Josh Boyer, who was asked, 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:08.480 where did you think the Dolphins the defense Dolphins defense 0:17:08.760 --> 0:17:11.080 could have been better or where did you expect it 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.200 to be better this season coming into the year. Here's 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.439 coach getting off the fill and third downs. But here 0:17:15.480 --> 0:17:17.880 he is talking about that more extensively from a week 0:17:17.920 --> 0:17:20.600 the week thing. Usually when we we don't have success, 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:22.880 the first place, you start is usually on third down 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.280 because the third down is like it gives you an 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:26.879 opportunity to get off field, get the ball back to 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.280 the offense and then, um, you know a lot of 0:17:29.320 --> 0:17:31.000 times in the red area we're getting them to third 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:35.120 down and those those become four point plays. So if 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.000 you get off the field, you know, statistically you're given 0:17:38.320 --> 0:17:41.520 the three points on the field goal that's over make 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.440