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Dolphans And 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:50.760 welcome to the Drivetime podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:55.680 podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:58.960 going everybody? I am your host, Travis Winkfield. And on 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:02.240 today's show, it is preview day Dolphins and Vikings and 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:06.000 our first cross conference game of the season. We'll take 0:01:06.000 --> 0:01:08.320 a look at the matchups in the game, the key stats, 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.480 the film, a heck of a lot more, tell you 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.840 what's at stake, and tell you the three keys to 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.720 victory for your Miami Dolphins. From the Baptist Health Studios 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:22.240 inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast. 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:30.440 It is our first intra inter conference game. That verbiage 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:33.800 always confuses me. It's the first matchup for the Dolphins 0:01:33.840 --> 0:01:36.440 against an NFC team this season, and that of course 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.640 means we have not seen them in four years, haven't 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:44.080 seen them down here in eight years. That trip to Minnesota, 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:45.720 i'm sure, is one that all of us would like 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:48.200 to forget coming off the Miami miracle game and that 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:52.720 blowout in Minneapolis game was pretty fun though the walk 0:01:52.720 --> 0:01:56.320 off safety of Terence for Day was pretty cool, although 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.440 the events are transpired after that not so cool, But 0:02:00.000 --> 0:02:03.520 were Minnesota. A lot has changed since then, same quarterback, 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:05.880 but a new head coach who has a connection to 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.120 that tree that Kirk Cousins saw his career originate with 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.160 back in d C. Of course, I'm talking about Sean 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.560 McVeigh and Kevin O'Connell working under him with the Rams 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:19.960 and bringing similar concepts and philosophies to the Minnesota Vikings. 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.360 Will get into what that means on the football field 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:26.000 in the preview section, and it's a pretty stark contract offensively, 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.880 but even more so defensively. Mike Zimmer is a great 0:02:29.880 --> 0:02:32.000 football coach. From you know, for a long time he 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.760 was at least but as this league has a way 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:40.560 of doing, sometimes is situations will fizzle and changes needed, 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:43.400 and it was Minnesota's secondary there for the longest time 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:47.560 just struggled to get production out of so many newcombers. 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:49.600 But it wasn't for a lack of trying. As we 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:51.320 look at how this team was built to where they 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:54.320 currently are, it was a real concerted effort to build 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.600 that portion of the roster over the last several years, 0:02:57.600 --> 0:03:01.040 and that began with first round pick Mike Hughes, though 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.520 it does go back further to McKenzie, Alexander and Trey 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:07.840 Wayne's but for the more relevant timeline, he was in 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:12.799 the late Jeff glad rest in Peace, Cam Danceler also 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.040 in he's currently with the club, and then their first 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:19.280 two picks this year were also in the defensive backfield, 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:22.679 Lewis Scene from Georgia and Andrew Booth Jr. Out of Clemson. 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.880 They've also added Patrick Peterson as a veteran to the mix, 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:29.600 and longtime star safety Harrison Smith is still playing at 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.200 a high level for them. The other areas of focus 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:34.720 have been the offensive line at Ingram a second round 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.720 pick this year, Christian Derris saw first round pick last year, 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.640 Ezra Cleveland in the second round back in twenty and 0:03:40.640 --> 0:03:43.560 Garrett Bradberry, their center, was a first round pick in 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:46.720 twenty nineteen, the same year they drafted Herb Smith to 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:49.640 give them what was then the deadliest twelve personnel package 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:53.520 in the NFL, with Smith and Kyle Rudolph so secondary 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:56.400 and offensive line to complement their stars at receiver and 0:03:56.480 --> 0:03:59.320 running back with Justin Jefferson and Dalvin Cook and a 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:04.200 team that went the NFC Title game back that made 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.760 the big move for the quarterback a year after they 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.280 played three different guys at the quarterback position. Sam Bradford 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:13.400 was the original starter on that team. Teddy Bridgewater got 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.240 some action late in that season after that really rough 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:18.440 injury he had to come back from there at the Vikings, 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.800 and then case Keenum ultimately was the player on the 0:04:21.800 --> 0:04:24.920 field when they went to the NFC Title Game. None 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:28.400 of them returned for eighteen as Kirk Cousins gets the 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:31.880 big deal that was it three years, ninety million fully guaranteed, 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:34.440 and they've just been on the cusp of getting over 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:38.160 that hump really since his signing and currently four and 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:41.080 one atop the NFC North It's beginning to feel like 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.840 maybe maybe this is the year that it happens for them. 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:48.080 They've built a super strong roster under questiado fo Mensa 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.480 picking up where Rick Spielman left off, and Kevin O'Connell 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:53.800 looks like the real deal, and a defensive switch going 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:57.920 from Zimmerman to new defensive coordinator and Dontel who has 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:01.400 been in the NFL since and most recently running that 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:04.560 patented cover too with the Broncos under Vic Fangio as 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.480 their DC there up in Denver. So that's the Vikings, 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.440 a division leader coming to town for a one o'clock kickoff. 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.760 I was pretty intrigued by the weather this week in Minnesota. 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:15.720 As we know, it's never easy to come down here 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:18.200 and play in this temperature. Dolphins are winners of their 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:20.520 last eight at home and fifteen in the last twenty 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.720 one here at hard Rock Stadium, and I saw that 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:27.240 on Tuesday it was up to eighty one degrees in Minneapolis. 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.600 Then Wednesday dropped down to like fifty. Crazy weather out 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:32.240 there in the Midwest. It's supposed to be a nice 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:34.400 cool day here on Sunday. I think mid seventies after 0:05:34.440 --> 0:05:36.720 the low eighties, so maybe less of a factive this 0:05:36.800 --> 0:05:39.000 time around, but for the fans a little more cozy 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.200 in the stands. Go ahead and pick this up with 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.120 the Dolphins offense versus the Vikings defense and the quarterback 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:47.200 versus safety position. We heard from head coach Mike McDaniel 0:05:47.240 --> 0:05:49.880 the plan right now is to start Skylar Thompson at 0:05:49.920 --> 0:05:53.440 quarterback and if Teddy Bridgewater clears concussion protocol, he will 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.799 be the backup for the game. To a tongue of vloa, 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:59.039 also working back through the concussion protocol. He started his 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:02.240 throwing process first time back on the practice field on Wednesday, 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:04.400 but McDaniel said he will not play in the game 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.240 on Sunday, and so we've heard that it will be 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:10.279 Skyler Thompson with his first career start after taking over 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.880 on the second offensive play of the game on Sunday, 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.359 and as we covered in the film review show, the 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.360 Jets only blitzed him three times in that game. It 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:21.240 was primarily quarters coverage, which is four deep and the 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:24.599 best way to minimize all deep passing with plenty of 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:26.920 three and four man rushes, and that gives you then 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:29.520 a four or five man shell in the hook zones, 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:34.040 so you have to really anticipate to beat coverage. That's 0:06:34.040 --> 0:06:35.960 how you do it in this league. It's why it's 0:06:36.320 --> 0:06:38.000 you know, pick your poison against some of the top 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:40.360 quarterbacks that can process pre snap and get the ball 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:43.840 out there to their hot immediately. But the Vikings are 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:45.880 gonna play a similar style. They do not blitz very 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.560 often at all, the six lowest blitz rate in the 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:52.480 NFL at nineteen point one percent, which is the sixth lowest, 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.680 like I just said, but their pressure rate is twenty 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:57.680 four at nineteen point seven, so a slight bump. But 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:00.120 they're basically getting what you know, reaping what they so 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:03.520 in terms of their pressure conversion out of blisses. So 0:07:03.560 --> 0:07:06.400 it's a new system for them, and really it's an 0:07:06.440 --> 0:07:09.760 offshoot of those old Fangio principles with quarter quarter half. 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:12.880 What that means is one deep defender covers a deep quarter, 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:15.720 another one defends another deep quarter, and that leaves you 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:17.760 with a half. So you have a third deep defender 0:07:18.120 --> 0:07:20.720 that covers that portion of the field. So that's how 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.040 you take away deep balls, right and looking at the tape, 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:25.200 they're not doing whole a whole lot more than that 0:07:25.480 --> 0:07:27.480 it's kind of a get to your landmark and just 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.760 assess from there, like a very old school principles, so 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:34.200 a bit different from the continuity and really the communication 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:36.480 we saw the Jets play with last week to effectively 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.600 execute those spot drops and those zone looks, but the 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:41.920 Vikings have had issues with it so far this year. 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:46.160 Justin fields through for two five yards and touchdown on 0:07:46.240 --> 0:07:49.480 that defense last December. That's the second highest total of 0:07:49.560 --> 0:07:52.400 his career so far. He threw for two oh eight 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.160 in the game on Sunday, which is the third highest 0:07:55.200 --> 0:07:59.400 total and was seventy yards higher then his average per 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.320 game this season, and it was his first passer rating 0:08:02.760 --> 0:08:04.800 over a hundred. In fact, it was one eight teen 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.920 point seven. His next best passer rating in a single 0:08:07.920 --> 0:08:10.520 game is ninety six point six. That was the Vikings 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:14.200 game last year. His next best rating was one point nine. 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.480 He has three career games out of seven team with 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:19.520 a rating over ninety, two of them against Minnesota one 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:23.000 this year. One was last week. Much to my surprise, 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.040 Harrison Smith, going back to the Vikings defense here is 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.360 never in the box. That's usually where he makes his money. 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:30.920 He has a vacation home, maybe even his primary residence 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:33.160 down there in the box through the rest of his career, 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:36.160 spending time up around the line of scrimmage. His veteran 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.760 presence on that back end as clearly important. As they 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.240 work through getting this new system installed and trying to 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.240 get it running like a well oiled machine's taking them 0:08:43.240 --> 0:08:46.920 some time. Hasn't quite clicked yet, as Cameron Binnum hasn't 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.560 left the field as the other safety, playing all three 0:08:49.640 --> 0:08:53.319 hundred twenty two defensive snaps for this Vikings team, two 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.559 hundred sixty four of those in the post, as Harrison Smith, 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.480 the other primary safety, has played two hundred and thirty 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:02.439 three total snaps, with one fifty eight of those outside 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.679 the box. So you have safeties that don't come down 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.120 and fit the run or support the run all that often. 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.240 They do eventually, but not all the time. They don't 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.679 bring their backers on any pass rush, but every fifth 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.160 snap and they'll start in those two high looks and 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:17.640 they'll stay there and rotate corners and to cover three 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:19.839 and quarters looks and whatever it might be to get 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.600 themselves with a three or four man shield against the 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.120 top part of the field. When a team does that, 0:09:25.200 --> 0:09:28.880 you must, must, must be able to run the football. 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.640 The Jets did it last week. The Dolphins found some 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:32.480 footing there and it kept him in the game while 0:09:32.480 --> 0:09:34.160 the offense kind of struggle to put together the rest 0:09:34.160 --> 0:09:37.040 of the game from a passing standpoint. And Skylar Thompson 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:39.160 met with the media on Wednesday, and he's a fun 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.000 interview man. He's he really seems to get it for 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.600 a rookie. He talked about some areas he can improve 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:45.680 and that he saw from the tape, and he mentioned 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.880 that his footwork and timing and the eyes and the 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:52.040 feet being married up together again the Tuesday All twenty 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.480 two review, right, let's we talked about getting that part 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.880 portion of his game on cue, trusting his feet, trusting 0:09:57.920 --> 0:09:59.600 his eyes, and he says, you can kind of tell 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:01.640 when you're timing is not right when you hitch up 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:03.560 a couple too many times. What do we see on 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.640 tape but too many hitches. So hopefully Skyler can get 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.679 that improved and and better for his second game. Here 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:11.000 is first start with the Miami Dolphins. I am most 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.640 interested to see how the game looks from Miami's perspective. 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.880 Knowing that Skylar Thompson to start in the game, I 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:19.040 can't imagine it's easy to pivot like that after your 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:23.160 first play. You know, you just you your game plan 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:25.760 can't possibly be executed the same way with a different player. 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.120 You just it just there's no way. And so for 0:10:29.840 --> 0:10:32.200 on play number two to kind of take out a 0:10:32.280 --> 0:10:34.280 chunk of your playbook. And you know, I'm sure Teddy 0:10:34.360 --> 0:10:36.080 was comfortable with a few of these things that Skyler 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.520 prefers to do something differently. That's tough for a coach, 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:40.400 tough for a team to deal with that. And another 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:42.800 point that I thought was super interesting was the fact 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.840 that Teddy going out early, Skyler doesn't have a second 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.559 quarterback there to bounce ideas off of and ask, you know, hey, 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:50.320 what do you see in here? What would you have 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.400 done right here? And he should have that this week 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.800 opposed to just coaches around him like a player. Is 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.280 always a good thing to have around you in that instance, 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:00.040 And of course he talked about Tyreek Hill and and 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:02.120 Wattle as well. You can listen to the entire press 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.040 conference up on the team YouTube channel. It's always what 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:07.520 important to have your weapons operating at full capacity. It 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.480 sounds like Miami might have that. As we transition to 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.240 receivers and tight ends versus the corners. Uh, sounds like 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.480 we're trending in the right direction for Tyreek Hills. Adam 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:19.400 Schefter tweeted on Wednesday that he expects to play on Sunday, 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:22.079 and of course Mike McDaniel confirmed that he'll he'll give 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:23.800 it his best effort to go and we expect him 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:26.280 to go out there on Sunday. We know that Wattle, 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:29.120 what him and Wattle do to hold the attention of 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.040 the opposing defense, and who better than them to keep 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.040 those safeties in that space, back them off, open up 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.680 that space in the running game. And frankly, I think 0:11:37.679 --> 0:11:39.720 this is a great matchup at the spot for Miami 0:11:39.800 --> 0:11:41.559 well because I think that both these guys are top 0:11:41.559 --> 0:11:45.960 five receivers obviously, but both for the reasons we mentioned 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:47.959 above in terms of this defense trying to get their 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:51.080 sea legs under them in a new system, because any 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.440 hesitation against these guys and you could pay the ultimate price, 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:56.679 but also in terms of the styles of their primary 0:11:56.720 --> 0:12:00.000 perimeter corners as well as their slot guy. Really versus 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:03.840 our top two guys. Look, Patrick Peterson is going to 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.640 the Hall of Fame, but he is coming up on 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:10.559 age thirty three doesn't run the way he used to write. 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:12.800 Patrick Peterson has been targeted twenty two times, but there's 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.200 eleven completions allowed for a buck forty four This year, 0:12:15.440 --> 0:12:19.040 Cameron Danceler has thirty one targets twenty three completions for 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:22.560 two sixty eight. And then Shandon Sullivan has been targeted 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:26.480 twenty one times, eighteen catches two and thirty four yards, 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.160 and like we talked about in the open, it's been 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.280 a rough go for this group. PFF has the opponent 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:34.160 completing seventy of their passes for eight point eight yards average. 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.720 That's not good. They don't play a lot of press 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:39.160 on a zone out there. So if Skyler can find 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:42.160 the matchups he likes, find the soft spot and played decisively, 0:12:42.600 --> 0:12:45.000 hopefully put the ball in the hands of those two 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:46.760 guys and maybe they can open it up a little 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:50.480 bit more with the run after the catch. So Peterson 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:52.920 once clock to four three, that's that's just not it's 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:55.800 just not sustainable. To age thirty three, Cameron Danceler was 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:59.640 a three oh six ras guy Relative Athletics scorecard with 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:01.800 obvious the five is your average. He was a four 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:04.960 six four forty guy Jandon Solivan is a four six 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:08.559 forty guy and a four three shuttle guy. The takeaway 0:13:08.600 --> 0:13:11.040 here is the biggest matchup we've had all season in 0:13:11.120 --> 0:13:14.040 terms of mismatch at the receiver versus defensive backs position. 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:18.319 It's this one. Hopefully we can take advantage which we 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.400 had our quarterback man. Then, of course, the rest of 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:22.160 the guys that make up such a key part of 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.920 the offense with Mike Kisicky Durham Smith of running back, 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:28.240 Cedric Wilson, Trent Sherfield, River Craik Craft, the Vikings have 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.120 just they just don't mix it up all that often. 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.960 So if that's the case, it allows you to really 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.960 dictate your matchups, which I always have confidence that coach 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.400 can formulate a plan around his young quarterback and maximize 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.800 those strengths. I think that if you give coach McDaniel 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.199 what he expects to get on Sunday and give a 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.200 full week to prepare for it, I like his odds 0:13:46.200 --> 0:13:48.800 against that against really any coach opposed to happen to 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:51.080 change your plan on the second snap of the game. 0:13:51.320 --> 0:13:53.959 Moving on to the offensive line versus the defensive line, 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.600 this is where the Vikings defense really sets the tone 0:13:56.679 --> 0:14:01.400 up front and in particular with the Neil Hunter. Everywhere goes, 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:03.480 you better find him. He can play anywhere on the 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:05.520 defensive line. They don't use him on the nose, but 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.800 he's an absolute problem as an edge rusher, a guy 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.959 who condense his inside for their NASCAR packages and just 0:14:11.080 --> 0:14:14.360 a flat out game record. I mean he can win immediately, 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.800 which obviously leads to some blown up run plays or 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:19.640 potential you know, mesh point issues, the quick sacks, the 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.760 force fumbles, the splash plays when the quarterback speed up 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:25.520 his process and makes a bad decision. Daniel Hunter can 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.400 wreck a game. Don't let it happen. If you can, 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:29.440 if you can do anything to stop it, then do that. 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:31.880 And they will use their two edges, both he and 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.480 the Darius Smith and two point stances, which I think 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:38.240 gives the offensive line an opportunity to work underneath the 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:41.160 pad level and seal off those edges, and of course 0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:43.240 running the ball wide. It's such a big strength of 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:45.280 this offense when they're going the right way, and if 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.440 they can make that happen, also obviously impacts your play 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.960 action boot game too. If they're not going to support 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.240 the box, you have to be able to run the football, 0:14:53.480 --> 0:14:55.240 then maybe they'll adjust and we can open it up 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.960 as we go along. But running at those two guys 0:14:58.000 --> 0:14:59.640 I think is a great way to keep their pass 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:03.280 rush at Bay. All of that said, Daniel Hunter isn't 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:05.280 even the top guy in pressures. It's a Darius Smith 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:08.000 who has eighteen this year. DJ Wantam has twelve of 0:15:08.040 --> 0:15:10.640 his own, and Dalvin Tomlinson has twelve of his own. 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:13.320 Hunter is fourth on the team with ten, and then 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:16.200 Harrison Phillips are big nose tackle has six, but Hunter 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.120 leads all defensive line with twelve run stops, so he's 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:22.280 just a complete player. Tomlinson and Smith both have eleven 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.040 apiece and then Harrison Phillips also has a six spot there. 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:28.080 They are deep and good upfront in the trenches. Their 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.120 edges are big, kind of akin to the Ravens, you know, 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:33.680 like we talked about in that podcast, and not unlike 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:36.120 us with a two hundred and seventy three pounds Smith 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.920 two sixty three pound Hunter, So they're capable of impacting 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:41.960 your edge in the run game, which can force backs 0:15:41.960 --> 0:15:44.840 to bubble. And we've seen the most success in our 0:15:44.840 --> 0:15:47.680 own run game when we can get Raheem or chase 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:51.200 on that full speed track without having to throttle down. 0:15:51.240 --> 0:15:53.760 So finding a way to get knocked back on those 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.680 guys could be so key for Tehran and Greg Little 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:59.320 or Brandon Shell, whoever it might be. If Tahron can't 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.920 go off the edge is to minimize that pushback off 0:16:01.960 --> 0:16:04.240 those edge can be so key to give a clear 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:05.880 path for where heem moster to do what he did 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:09.080 on Sunday and run wild. They can condense both Hunter 0:16:09.120 --> 0:16:12.320 and Smith inside to bring on their NASCAR package with 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:15.080 multiple edges where DJ one Um comes in and you 0:16:15.240 --> 0:16:17.240 kick those two edges inside and then you have four 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.800 defensive ends. All of a sudden, He's two d sixty 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:22.120 pounds of his own right. But that just keeps them 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.200 so deadly in their rush game packages. They run so 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:28.720 many twists. So communication up front is integral in terms 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.440 of Connor Williams getting things, you know, passed out across 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:33.880 the offensive line a strong suit for this group so 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:35.600 far in the way that Williams has helped kind of 0:16:35.880 --> 0:16:38.520 balance the interior of the old line, but getting those 0:16:38.560 --> 0:16:41.920 calls communicated, getting the protection slides bright, picking up the games. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:43.880 It's a lot of size, a lot of strength and 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:46.160 power to deal with off the edge, and it's not 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:48.880 all that different when you go inside because Dalvin Tomlins 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.680 him is a former state champ wrestler who just wins. 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.400 He's from Bama to the Senior Bowl to the giants 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:57.000 of the Vikings. Like, he refuses to lose that low 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:00.840 man battle, low man wins battle. So I'm pumped to 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:02.960 watch him go against our guys because I think that 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:05.760 between Connor and Rob Hunt, that's something that they excel 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:07.800 with moving the guys off the football. He goes three 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:11.000 pounds where Phillips is three oh seven, so they're deep 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.360 in a good mix of styles and abilities. We'll see 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.080 about to Ron's availability, he draws yet another mark he 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:18.399 match up if he goes out there with Daniel Hunter, 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:22.000 then really just you know about a note about Rob 0:17:22.040 --> 0:17:24.200 Hunt playing so well, We're getting a lot of yards 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:26.480 running behind the big right guard here. So it's getting 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:29.080 to the point now where it's not so much about 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.040 matchup for me, just to note say, like this guy 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:33.399 is getting the job done every single week. Hopefully it 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:35.440 keeps rolling here. Such a key in this game to 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:38.760 somehow some way get more from the other two spots 0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:40.639 on the offensive line. There have been so many plays 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:42.879 where just one inch away off left guard right tackle 0:17:43.160 --> 0:17:46.320 from springing that big play down your top two quarterbacks 0:17:46.320 --> 0:17:48.240 this week, we gotta have that, gotta be more consistent. 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.879 They're absolutely have to have it. Especially helping out with 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.640 Smith off that right side is a big, big key 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:55.359 for me. Let's go ahead and take our first break 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:56.879 right here and come back into the running backs and 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:59.520 linebackers and then spend this thing over to the Dolphins 0:17:59.560 --> 0:18:03.480 defense versus the Vikings offense. That's next on the Drivetime Podcast, 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:06.119 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:17.040 back here on a Thursday preview show, almost said Wednesday, 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:19.479 taping it here on a Wednesday, taking a look at 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:22.640 Miami's Week six matchup against the Minnesota Vikings. We pick 0:18:22.680 --> 0:18:25.159 it back up with the Dolphins running backs versus the 0:18:25.240 --> 0:18:28.439 Vikings linebackers and their linebackers fit the run in behind 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:31.920 that big defensive line as well as anybody. With Jordan Hicks, 0:18:32.000 --> 0:18:35.720 you know, raking up racking up nineteen run stops already 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.000 and Eric Hendricks with eight of his own. Kendricks is 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.080 more of the coverage guy and speed guy where Hicks 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.159 tends to get downhill. It's kind of like Jerome and 0:18:44.200 --> 0:18:46.480 the Landing here. I mean they both do both, but 0:18:46.520 --> 0:18:48.600 you see the difference in the way they specialize in it. 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:51.280 Kendricks has been making place for a long long time, 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:53.879 one of my favorite linebacker prospects ever, coming out of 0:18:53.960 --> 0:18:56.320 U c. L A. You know, almost a decade ago. Now, 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.000 allowing just ten of six teen passes complete, which is 0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:01.240 so good for a lineback. Or his speed is a 0:19:01.280 --> 0:19:03.440 potential offset to the speed that we have on those 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:05.679 wide runs. So trying to give him that I candy 0:19:05.720 --> 0:19:07.879 we talked about on the Tuesday podcast in terms of 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:10.600 pulling guard here. You know, a wall off block here, 0:19:10.800 --> 0:19:13.000 a scoot block. They're just different things. To give them 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.000 different things to look at. Could be a good way 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:16.920 to get some false steps created there in the running game. 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:19.000 And like I said before, there's just not a huge 0:19:19.119 --> 0:19:21.920