WEBVTT - Dolphins Win Fourth Straight, Recapping 34-31 over the Cardinals 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:16.200 Touchdown, Miami run's this thing on What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:19.720 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:25.799 Miami Dolphins Official podcast network. And I'm whoa covering your 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:29.600 Miami Dolphins, your team, each and every day. How the 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.640 hell is it going everybody? It is Sunday night slash 0:00:32.720 --> 0:00:36.080 Monday morning, depending on when you download this podcast. I 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:39.320 am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to bring 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:42.599 you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on 0:00:42.640 --> 0:00:45.600 today's show, it may be a tropical storm out there 0:00:45.840 --> 0:00:48.800 outside here in South Florida, but nothing is going to 0:00:48.920 --> 0:00:52.760 rain on our parade. Today. It is a victory Monday 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:58.120 edition of Drive Time as the Dolphins win, Win, Win, Win. 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:03.760 The Dolphins win in Arizona thirty four to thirty one, 0:01:04.080 --> 0:01:07.800 fourth quarter medal from the offense and from that rookie quarterback, 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:10.920 the defense making enough big place to win, and the 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:13.959 special teams once again on top of it. We're gonna 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.520 do the five Takeaways, some stats, some game notes, some 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:21.160 individual performances, and we're gonna hear from John, Kim, Jemmy 0:01:21.640 --> 0:01:24.200 all of that and more on this Monday, November the 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:35.520 ninth edition of the Drivetime podcasts. That is another Miami 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:38.839 Dolphins win four in a row. And support for drive 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:41.959 time comes from Auto Nation. And there are so many 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.920 reasons to drive pink, but for Auto Nation, there's only 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:48.000 one to finish the fight against cancer. In fact, Auto 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.560 Nation has helped raise over twenty five million dollars to 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:53.600 Drive out Cancer. To join the fight, visit the Auto 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:58.480 Nation store near you or drive pink dot com. Win win, win, 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:01.760 win win is because that's four wins in a row 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:06.120 for your Miami Dolphins. One over the Arizona Cardinals, a 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.960 back and forth, a fair offensive, fireworks throughout, big plays 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:13.800 on defense, takeaways, special teams. I can't think of another 0:02:13.960 --> 0:02:17.000 better team win than this one for your Miami Dolphins. 0:02:17.040 --> 0:02:20.120 They continue to do it on all three phases. Last week, 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.359 maybe the defense and special teams carried the water a 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:24.720 little bit more. Today, you get more out of the offense. 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.000 Special teams are still there for you in the defense 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.880 makes big plays time and time again in this game 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.400 throughout the course of the season. Let's go ahead and 0:02:32.400 --> 0:02:34.560 just jump right into this first with the stats as 0:02:34.600 --> 0:02:37.079 the story up on Miami Dolphins dot com will tell you, 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:39.200 and if you're not familiar by now we have two 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.320 stories every Sunday night, the Player Spotlight this week taking 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:44.560 a look at two a tongue Byloa and that ninety 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.920 three yard drive in the fourth quarter to put the 0:02:46.960 --> 0:02:49.639 Dolphins back to even the first time that he had 0:02:49.680 --> 0:02:52.600 ever trailed any team in his NFL career through two games, 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:55.079 and the first time the Dolphins had trailed since going 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:58.200 back to Week four against the Seattle Seahawks. Check out 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.040 that Spotlight article and also check out the Dolphins finish 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:04.720 in Arizona beat Cardinals thirty thirty one, and in this 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:07.440 piece you'll find the stats from this game. The Dolphins 0:03:07.480 --> 0:03:10.480 post three hundred and twelve offensive yards. The Cardinals had 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:13.600 four forty two in the game, Miami ninety one rushing, 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.040 Arizona one hundred and seventy eight. A lot of that 0:03:16.080 --> 0:03:18.960 from that darn quarterback Kyler Murray. My goodness, he's good. 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:21.600 We'll get to him here in just one second, passing 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:25.680 yards to one from Miami to sixty four from the Cardinals. 0:03:25.760 --> 0:03:28.120 The Dolphins were four out of eight on third downs. 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:30.480 The Cardinals were five out of twelve and two for 0:03:30.680 --> 0:03:33.200 three on fourth downs. That third one a big one, 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:36.280 wasn't it. The Dolphins got themselves a takeaway and did 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:39.080 not turn the ball over themselves. They also had one sack, 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.840 the Cardinals had three. In the game, both teams committed 0:03:41.880 --> 0:03:45.000 seven penalties. Miami got flagged for seventy five yards, the 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:48.320 Cardinals for seventy one and time of possession much closer 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:51.040 this week. Arizona had it for thirty one minutes three seconds, 0:03:51.160 --> 0:03:53.400 the Dolphins had it for twenty eight minutes and fifty 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:55.640 seven seconds. How about some key notes from this game 0:03:55.680 --> 0:03:57.600 that come out of a post game before we jump 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:00.240 into the five takeaways. It's now the fourth win in row. 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:03.400 That's the first time Miami has four consecutive wins since 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:06.720 seen the last time this team played in the postseason. 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.120 They won six games in a row that season, and 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.480 the five and three record is the best start through 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.360 the first eight games of a season for the franchise since. 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:17.479 The Dolphins have now won five of its past six, 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:20.279 ten of its last seventeen, and they have scored twenty 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:24.039 one plus points in seven consecutive games, the longest such 0:04:24.160 --> 0:04:26.280 streak since the Dolphins did it eight times in a 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:28.600 row and the final two games of two thousand one, 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:31.560 combined with the first six games of two thousand two. 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:34.200 It's the longest single season streaks since a seven game 0:04:34.240 --> 0:04:37.719 streak in nineteen eight seven, which includes three games played 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:41.520 with replacement players that year. So Kiana reeves, Gene Hackman, 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:44.480 and Jon Favreau out there for the replacement players. The 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:46.719 Dolphins four game win streak is tied for the second 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.960 longest active mark as I record this podcast with Kansas 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:52.520 City and New Orleans. Now, the Saints are currently up 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.960 on Sunday Night Football as I record this podcast, so 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:58.200 we'll see how long that stands by the Dolphins and 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.440 the upper echelon there for winning streaks, but the Dolphins, Chiefs, 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.960 and Saints have the winning streaks behind Pittsburgh, who has 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:06.560 an eight game winning streak, So at worst, the Dolphins 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.800 tied for the third longest winning streak right now in 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.960 the NFL with Kansas City if the Saints score holds. 0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.680 The Dolphins took a seventeen halftime lead in this game. 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.080 It was the fourth consecutive game this year the Dolphins 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.719 had at least twenty one points at halftime, and the 0:05:20.720 --> 0:05:22.719 team had the lead in each of those games. It 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.240 marks just the second time the Dolphins have scored twenty 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:28.440 one plus points in the first half of four consecutive games. 0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:31.520 Miami also did this in the third through sixth games 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:34.479 of the nineteen seventy seven season. All kinds of marks 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:37.920 being set here for this Dolphins offense. So a big 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:41.240 wint thirty one. Let's go ahead and break right into 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:43.440 the takeaways from this game. I start off with takeaway 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:46.400 number one, that rookie quarterback to a tongue baloa. He 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.240 was feeling it. We're gonna go ahead and hear from him. 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.839 Coach Flora's and Ted Harris, and we'll start with the 0:05:50.839 --> 0:05:53.400 head coach of your Miami Dolphins, Brian Flores, on his 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:56.360 rookie quarterback to a tonga by Lowa's performance in this game. 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:59.880 He made a lot of plays for us, a lot 0:05:59.880 --> 0:06:02.480 of big place for us, especially down the stretch. We 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:06.360 needed it. You know. It was kind of a back 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.800 and forth game. They made play as we made plays 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.159 on the stage wasn't too big from tonight. Um he 0:06:14.200 --> 0:06:16.479 played well, but we had a lot of guys played well. 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:21.000 Offensive line, you know, backs, uh, you know, tight ends, 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:23.680 everyone could tribute. A lot of guys contribute. It was 0:06:23.720 --> 0:06:25.920 a team victory who made plays really, you know, all 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:28.359 three sides of the ball. And that's how that's what 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.520 you need to to win a game like that against 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.599 an opponent like that. And we'll go ahead and seamlessly 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:36.839 transition into a Tongue Baloa talking about his performance and 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.360 the performance of the offense. I do apologize the first 0:06:39.360 --> 0:06:41.279 part of this audio a little bit loud, trying to 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:44.800 adjust levels on that. Here's Tongue Valoa. I. I think 0:06:44.839 --> 0:06:47.200 it was it was a good, you know win first off. 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:49.159 But I think the biggest thing throughout the game was 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:52.640 you know, taking what the defense gave us, um, you know, 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.480 and and just taking into a play at a time 0:06:54.560 --> 0:06:57.240 and snap at a time. UM. I was very fortunate, 0:06:57.600 --> 0:07:01.480 um you know before that play ran, you know and 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:04.320 got out of that, you know, the the pressure situation 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:08.200 on third down, um, you know. But I think it's 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:10.080 just taking it a play at a time and you 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:12.880 know the place that we've been given by our offensive coordinator, 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.480 by chan um he he helped us, you know, get 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:19.960 into situations where we could be successful offensively. And last 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.680 week you probably recall to having a kind of candid 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:25.760 moment on the sideline with captain and center Ted Carriss, 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:28.960 who approached to h who maybe didn't feel his best 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:32.280 individually after that performance, although always stoked to get the 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:35.440 Dolphins win. And they captured a moment during the NFL 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:39.559 Turning Points series on on NBC Sports, showing the moment 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:42.240 when Carris approached to H and kind of picked him 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:43.760 up there a little bit, and they talked about throughout 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:45.920 the course of this week to us said that Ted 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:47.920 came over and just picked him up being a good teammate. 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:51.160 Here's Ted on the I asked him about that moment 0:07:51.200 --> 0:07:52.960 and kind of how this team was able to apply 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:55.840 that same mentality to getting themselves in the frame of 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:57.840 mind to go out there and beat a good Cardinals 0:07:57.840 --> 0:08:01.520 team on the Sunday. Here's Ted Carris on the rock quarterback. Yeah, 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:03.560 I don't think anyone on offense felt like they played 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:05.600 their best last week. And you know that's what when 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.000 you know, there was a candid moment that got captured 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.920 and up being being pretty cool. But um, you know 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:12.880 he came in and work and worked, you know, as hard. 0:08:12.960 --> 0:08:15.120 It's just like everyone did to improve and and to 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:16.920 not you know, put up a repeat performance like that, 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:18.760 and it's very important to him and we all know that, 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:21.040 and it's important to us, and uh, you know, we 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:22.480 have a we have a great group of guys. It's 0:08:22.480 --> 0:08:23.760 a lot of fun to come to work every day 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.800 with them. And how about that game, man, Not just 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:31.560 the statistics we've heard about from to eight passing yards, 0:08:31.720 --> 0:08:34.720 two passing touchdowns. He also rushed for thirty five yards, 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:36.440 and if you take away a couple of kneel downs 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:37.720 there at the end of the game, he had four 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.800 carries or rather five carries for thirty six rushing yards. 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:42.719 So taking a little bit off the stats, they're off 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:44.199 the top of the kneel downs, But I think any 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.839 quarterback any day will take that. His passer rating was 0:08:46.920 --> 0:08:49.680 one two point three on the day. And I'm gonna 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:51.439 kind of roll down this thing right here with you guys. 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:53.600 The first opening shot where he rolls out to Mike 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:56.080 a SICKI love the way he gets those hips cleared 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:58.080 and kind of flips that thing through with a good 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.440 amount of velocity and touch on that path as we 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:02.520 saw that time and time again coming out of college 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.600 and now with the Miami Dolphins. A designed run in 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.320 this game, a couple of them, and he takes a slide. 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.400 It takes a good left footed slide in there, going 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:13.840 feet first into second base as it were, keeping himself healthy, 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:16.920 keeping himself protected. That's always great to see. They come 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:19.480 back with a deep shot to Preston Williams and he's 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.920 taking that inside release on those cornerbacks. That's one of 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.160 the things that Preston does so well. We'll talk about 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:26.520 him here in just one second. Gets that inside release 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.360 and then kind of puts that big body in front 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:30.199 of heat and the defensive back and is able to 0:09:30.240 --> 0:09:32.440 kind of box out as they work down the field. 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.080 And I thought that was a really good adjustment from Ta. 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:37.280 They tried it deep on the first time, the first 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.280 possession of the game, they tried going deep to Preston, 0:09:39.520 --> 0:09:42.160 couldn't connect. The ball kind of went over Preston's had 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:44.240 a little bit. He had to make an adjustment, and 0:09:44.280 --> 0:09:46.640 the second time he had the same inside release and 0:09:46.679 --> 0:09:49.040 the football this time was right on the money, right 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.160 and stride for him to keep that defensive back on 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.000 his back and catch the football and run right through it. 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.720 We sell the football coming out early, and not just 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.360 on those deep shot plays, but in general throughout the 0:09:59.400 --> 0:10:02.120 course of the game. The touchdown to Preston Williams, the 0:10:02.160 --> 0:10:04.600 broadcast crew talked about this, and I thought they did 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.320 a good job breaking this down, seeing how the coverage 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:09.080 kind of fell off and chased at sicky to the 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:11.040 corner of the end zone because it was third and 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.640 seven and there was I think three or four yards 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:16.600 between the first down marker and the end zone. So 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.920 the Cardinals defense, you know, take away the end zone first, 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.680 then play up afterwards, they followed asiki to the corner. 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.079 Preston sets that thing down a couple of yards short 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.280 of the first down marker, but because two is so 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.080 quick and on time, and the rhythm of the passing 0:10:29.160 --> 0:10:31.760 game is so quick and on time, Preston can catch 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.040 that thing tucket, get up field and not just get 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.360 the first down, but launch across the end zone line 0:10:36.360 --> 0:10:39.280 there for the touchdown. He did a great job, I thought, 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:41.040 when there was pressure on him throughout the course of 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.440 the game, where he attacks the line of scrimmage after 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.400 getting pressure off either tackle, gets forward through the pocket, 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:48.880 attacks the line and doesn't look to run, keeps his 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:50.960 eyes down field and flips that thing out to the 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.920 right for Davante Parker for sixteen yards. That's that's a 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.720 really good looking shot there. Of how he can manage pressure, 0:10:56.840 --> 0:10:59.120 get out of pressure, and throw that football all over 0:10:59.160 --> 0:11:02.080 the field because he keeps his eyes upfield and keeps 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:05.360 targets available at all times. Then the play backed up 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.720 on their own goal line, third down and nine to 0:11:07.840 --> 0:11:10.800 rip that thing to DeVante Parker under pressure, a tight 0:11:10.840 --> 0:11:14.120 window coverage kind of hovering around Parker on that play. 0:11:14.240 --> 0:11:16.000 If that ball is late at all, you've got a 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.120 chance for an interception there, You've got a chance for 0:11:18.200 --> 0:11:20.679 six points. The other direction. Your best case if you're 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:23.240 late is a pass breakup, and then Matt Hawk has 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:24.840 to punch out of his own end zone, which he 0:11:24.880 --> 0:11:26.880 can do, but I'm saying that's not an ideal spot 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:29.520 to be. That's the best case scenario. If that ball 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.400 is late, it's not, it's on time. It converts. Then 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:35.040 a couple of plays later they get another third down 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.679 conversion because to of scrambles and makes a play with 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.800 his legs. And it reminds me of a play back 0:11:39.840 --> 0:11:42.520 against Old Miss last year for Alabama where a free 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:45.120 rusher comes off the outside to what does this thing? 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:47.520 And he's so twitchy as a player back there where 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:49.559 he separates his hands from the football and takes the 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:51.679 left hand and kind of ball fakes. It's a very 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.160 Russell Wilson type thing we've seen him do over the 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.880 course of his ten year his brilliant tenure career there 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.840 in Seattle. You kind of get the ball defender chasing 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:02.080 the football and it kind of breaks them down and 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.280 then two goes off from the other direction. He did 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:07.520 exactly that on this third down and fourth conversion, breaking pressure, 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:09.920 breaking the pocket, getting down filled with the run and 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.640 converting with his legs, the quick twitch, the ball fake, 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.920 steps around the free rusher. Man, that's fun, fun, fun, 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.800 fun stuff to watch. And then the fourth quarter drive. Man, 0:12:18.880 --> 0:12:22.200 what a freaking drive on the Drive Time podcast here 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.400 five for five fifty three yards and the touchdown pass 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.920 twenty three yards rushing on that drive, including that third 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.800 and four conversion and the throw to DeVante Parker, the 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.040 dime in the back of the end zone to mac 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.080 Hollins who makes a great catch, the first reception of 0:12:37.120 --> 0:12:39.480 his Dolphins career, and of course, his first touchdown with 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.440 the Miami Dolphins. So to a big time performance in 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.480 game number two on the road to steal a win 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.120 there late in the fourth quarter with some big time moments, 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.640 big time play when it mattered the most takeaway number two, Well, 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:54.440 the zero blitz creates another defensive score for your Miami Dolphins. 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:57.440 And speaking of that zero look and the defensive score 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.880 once again, Emmanuel ogbas seventh sack of the season, another 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.320 force fumble, this time winds up in the hands of 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:06.280 Shack Lawson for a big Dolphins touchdown. A big block 0:13:06.320 --> 0:13:09.199 from Brandon Jones as he helps free up Lawson for 0:13:09.360 --> 0:13:11.760 that touchdown run. Let's go ahead, and here from Emmanuel 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.920 Ogball right now, who was asked postgame, are you just 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:17.240 gonna turn in one of these sack fumbles every single 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:19.720 week here for the Miami Dolphins. I thought his response 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.720 was fantastic. I mean, that's what it takes to win games, 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:26.160 and I'm down to do it. In other words, hell yeah, 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:27.880 I'll do it. As long as we're winning football games, 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.000 I don't care. And that's what the Dolphins did tonight. 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:32.520 And I thought they were so good mixing coverage. You 0:13:32.520 --> 0:13:34.559 look at the very first play of the game, Kyler 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:36.880 had a bunch of time back there because not because 0:13:36.880 --> 0:13:39.480 there wasn't a good pass rush or anything, because Miami 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.400 only rushed three players and went with eight guys in coverage. 0:13:42.520 --> 0:13:44.679 Then they come back to plenty of zero looks end 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:46.680 up burned him a couple of times. The long touchdown 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:49.720 past there to Christian Kirk Byron Jones spoke about that 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:52.360 how he just said, that guy's fast. That's that's all 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.280 there was too on that play. But he did talk 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.920 about the interception as well that turned into a touchdown. 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:58.880 He had his hands on the football and the ball 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.719 wind up on the hands the receiver. He talked about that, 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:03.760 and that's kind of some of the fire you play 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:05.680 with on that zero look if you have a quarterback 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:08.240 like Kyler Murray who can get the football of that quickly. 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:10.640 But it also caused plenty of problems to like the 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:15.120 sack fumble, the touchdown, the missed opportunity to Andy Isabella 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:16.720 in the back of the end zone because he was 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.200 open back there, but the rush got back so fast 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:21.160 he had to throw that football over the top of 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:23.240 the end line and he couldn't bring it down. So 0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:26.240 there's so many elements of this game defensively, different guys 0:14:26.280 --> 0:14:28.440 coming into the lineup. Bobby McCaine goes down for a 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.680 little bit, returns to the lineup, and they just find 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.040 ways to put these guys in position to make plays, 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.720 regardless of who it is, regardless of which level of 0:14:35.760 --> 0:14:38.920 the defense it comes from. There's so much defensive creativity, 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.080 so many good calls, and to do this, to have 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.640 a performance where you're down so many coaches in the 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.840 game because of a few players that are a few 0:14:45.840 --> 0:14:47.960 coaches rather that did not coach in this game. To 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.480 come up with the plan, to get the calls, to 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.400 get the guys in the right spot, to not really 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:54.160 have any pre snap formational penalties on the defense. Really 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:56.520 good work by this Miami defense once again, and I 0:14:56.560 --> 0:14:58.520 thought the way they altered their plan a little bit. 0:14:58.680 --> 0:15:02.520 We saw Xavian Howard on new Copkins. DeAndre Hopkins in 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:04.560 the first half didn't have a target for the first 0:15:04.600 --> 0:15:06.800 time in the first half of a game in his 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.200 entire career. And then he came back and there was 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:12.360 some moments between both x and DeAndre Hopkins. The Dolphins 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:14.640 wind up switching he and Byron Jones to kind of 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:17.320 have Jones go over and shadow Hopkins in that game. 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:20.800 So just an adaptive mindset, good mix of coverage and 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:22.800 calls on the defensive side. You love to see you 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.240 here from Brian Flores and this defense is playing really 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.080 good football. Lighten things up and four straight wins as 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.200 a result. Takeaway number three kind of the same story. 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:34.440 On offense, we saw plenty of different looks from the offense. 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.320 They can open up in that twelve personnel, two tight 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.160 ends both Kisiki and smythe to one side of the formation. 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:42.520 That's gonna give you an unbalanced look. They run the 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:45.040 football out of that, they go pistol. They come back 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.760 with spread or empty looks. They can motion a guy 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.160 into the backfield and go to the pistol, go to 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:52.200 the fly sweep look. They can go to the run 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.400 pass option and to a kept a run on a 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:56.640 run pass option and slid down for a first down 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:58.840 and a nice slide into second base. You'd love to 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:00.960 see that, But you just have to love the mix 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:03.560 that inside screen to the tight end to dirm Smith 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:07.200 early in the game on the Dolphins first offensive touchdown possession, 0:16:07.480 --> 0:16:10.040 opening things up and taking shots. The big play to 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:12.600 Preston Williams I thought, really seemed to loosen things up 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:15.280 for the Dolphins offense to get them going on top 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:17.880 of the quarterback runs. I mean, you're gonna hear too 0:16:17.920 --> 0:16:19.520 a talk about this a little bit right here, will 0:16:19.520 --> 0:16:21.560 play some sound from him. This team was a little 0:16:21.560 --> 0:16:25.120 bit undermanned. Lost Preston Williams in the game, lost Dirham 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.040 Smith in the game, was without Matt Brita, where without 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:32.440 Miles Gaskin, Lyndon Boden wasn't available on the reserve slash 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.360 COVID nineteen list. So the Dolphins find ways to get 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:37.880 guys involved, to find out what makes them tick, what 0:16:37.960 --> 0:16:41.280 makes them most productive in the game, both offensively and defensively. 0:16:41.440 --> 0:16:44.480 We're talking about the offensive side here. Although Emmanuel Ogba 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:46.840 did say the trust that he has in the coaching 0:16:46.840 --> 0:16:49.240 staff and the trust they have in him, and the 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:52.400 insistence on putting guys in positions where they're going to 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:54.840 be successful and give them a chance to make plays. 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:56.880 I know it sounds so simple in theory, but it 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.600 doesn't always happen. And we actually had Emmanuel Ogba in 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.200 his pre conference say that he's been repeating this thing 0:17:02.280 --> 0:17:04.440 over and over again, coaches putting him in a great 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:05.960 position to make plays and to go out there and 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:08.600 play winning football. But I wanted to ask to Uh 0:17:08.680 --> 0:17:11.639 about this team's resolve and the ability to overcome some 0:17:11.760 --> 0:17:15.080 of the adversity they faced from personnel standpoint, not having 0:17:15.119 --> 0:17:17.680 those guys I listed available to them on offense. Here's 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.920 to talking about his teammates ability and resolve to overcome 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:24.120 the shortcomings. Will play my question. First, hey to congrats 0:17:24.119 --> 0:17:27.040 on the win. Earlier coach Flora spoke about the resolve 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:29.120 of you guys with the coaching staff having so many 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:31.320 guys down, I wanted to ask you to speak about 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:33.879 the resolve of your teammates being down so many running 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.879 backs and receivers. Davante Parker caught all six of his 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:40.159 passes after Preston Williams left the game injured. If you 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:42.000 could just speak about the resolve of your teammates in 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:47.280 this game, My goodness. Yeah. I think we persevered offensively. 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:49.760 I think defensively as well. We had some guys banged 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:52.040 up UM, you know, in the first half a little. 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.560 Then they were able to come back. But you know, 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.399 we we persevered as an offense. We we knew we 0:17:57.400 --> 0:17:59.640 didn't have a lot of the guys you know out 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.080 there at you know, we kind of called certain plays 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:04.720 for UM, but we made it work and I think 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:08.199 that was that was the beauty of everyone UM coming together, 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:11.960 you know, with Matt catching the touchdown, um, you know, 0:18:12.000 --> 0:18:14.200 and then just just the completions that we were able 0:18:14.240 --> 0:18:17.200 to get to our tight ends, um, you know, Davonte 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.960 Jachim and then even you know, some some plays dumping 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.240 it down to the running back. So, like I said, 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:25.359 it was one of those things where that's what the 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.440 defense gave us and that's what we're going to take. 0:18:28.040 --> 0:18:30.240 And so the ability to adapt and adjust to your 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:32.639 offense and really mixed things up on offense is our 0:18:32.640 --> 0:18:35.320