WEBVTT - Drive Time - Dolphins Seahawks Preview 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:07.240 Practice. Are Dolphins pafford growing touchdown? What a win for 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:12.680 this Miami Dolphin team? Wow? What is up? Dolphans? And 0:00:12.840 --> 0:00:16.440 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:21.239 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:25.160 each and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Thursday. 0:00:25.320 --> 0:00:28.320 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:31.200 to bring you your daily dose of Dolphins football. And 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:33.519 on today's show, we're gonna start off with audio from 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:36.440 coach Flores. Take a deep dive into this game. The 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:40.040 preview looking at Sunday's opponent in the Seattle Seahawks, will 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:43.440 detail their film, their personnel usage, their systems, the best 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:46.159 matchups to highlight. We'll get to the injury report for 0:00:46.200 --> 0:00:49.360 both teams. And here from some of your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:52.000 All of that and more on this Thursday, October the 0:00:52.040 --> 0:00:58.800 first edition of the Drivetime Podcast. Dolphins Support from Drop 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.880 Home comes from Auto Nation. There are so many reasons 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.240 to drive pink, but for Auto Nation, there's only one 0:01:05.440 --> 0:01:08.520 to finish the fight against cancer. In fact, Auto Nation 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.600 has helped raise over twenty five million dollars to drive 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:14.679 out Cancer. To join the fight, visit the Auto Nation 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:18.480 store near you or drive Pink dot com. And speaking 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:21.000 of the fact that it is October, I mean, is 0:01:21.040 --> 0:01:23.160 there a better time of year than this for sports fans. 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:25.240 We've got the NBA Finals, which you know, that game 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.040 didn't go the way we had hoped it did. The 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:29.360 Lakers look a pretty good opponent for the Heat in 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:31.880 the NBA Finals. Your Miami Marlins have a one game 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.840 lead in the NL wild Card Series. There, We've got 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.920 football on tap, the Jets and Broncos playing tonight on 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.640 Thursday Night Football, and the South Park Pandemic special. There's 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:45.600 so much good television, so much good available entertainment for 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:47.680 us right now during this month. My favorite time of 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:49.560 the year, and it happens to be my birthday month 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.760 as well, and my favorite holiday in Halloween. So October, 0:01:53.000 --> 0:01:55.440 here's to you, October the one. And with that, we 0:01:55.520 --> 0:01:59.120 have our first October opponent coming up in the Seattle Seahawks. 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:02.560 And we have the report from Wednesday for the Seattle 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:05.840 Seahawks and Thursdays for the Miami Dolphins. The Seahawks post 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.160 there's later in the evening because they are a West 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:12.240 Coast team. For the Seahawks, this list is too extensive 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:14.359 to cover each and every one of them. There are 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:16.679 twenty five players listed on this list. I'm going to 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.600 tell you who did not practice on Wednesday. Safety Jamal 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:21.800 Adams was a d MP with a growing they had. 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.560 Jordan Brooks, the rookie linebacker, did not practice with the knee. 0:02:24.680 --> 0:02:27.320 Dwayne Brown also didn't practice because of a knee injury. 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:30.880 Cornerback Quentin Dunbar same story there knee injury, did not practice. 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:33.880 Defensive tackle Poona Ford had a growing injury. He did 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.440 not practice, and the story was the same for defense 0:02:36.480 --> 0:02:39.080 Eve and Benson Mewia. So plenty of players on that 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:42.840 Seahawks list. As for the Dolphins Thursday injury report, we 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:46.280 have three upgrades from the Wednesday status. Is safety Clayton 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.040 federaland was now a full participant with the pectoral injury. 0:02:49.280 --> 0:02:51.320 He looking to get back for his first game of 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:54.760 his Miami Dolphins career. Cavon Frasier was again limited as 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.799 he was on Wednesday. Cornerback Xavien Howard went from limited 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:01.400 to full on Thursday's practice, and Byron Jones went from 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:05.120 d NP on Wednesday too limited on Thursday, where safety 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:07.920 Brandon Jones once again a full participant in practice at 0:03:08.000 --> 0:03:10.399 quarterback to a talk about Lola did not practice. Let's 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:13.160 go ahead and get to coach flores Is Thursday morning 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.000 media availability. He spoke with reporters for about fifteen minutes, 0:03:16.040 --> 0:03:19.520 as he does each morning here on Wednesday through Friday practices. 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:22.160 Here is Coach Flora's talking first about the work of 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.600 Christian Wilkins and what he has done to put himself 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.160 in position to make plays and earn himself a lot 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:31.040 of respect among this coaching staff works really hard really 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.720 on a daily basis, um, in all areas in the 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:40.200 weight room, conditioning, obviously football. UM. So he's he's definitely 0:03:40.200 --> 0:03:44.000 improved really from the day got here through his rookie 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:48.120 year and he's continuing to improve. So UM, I'm really 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:51.520 happy with with with that improvement. UM. I think he 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.360 just needs to continue to um do the things that 0:03:54.400 --> 0:03:59.240 he's been doing. Uh, he's getting more comfortable obviously, you 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:02.280 know this being his I can you're in the league, um, 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.360 having played, having a full season under his belt. So 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:09.520 he's he's a he's much more comfortable, UM, you know 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:11.800 with the system and how we want to do things. 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:15.800 And I think he understands or what type of players 0:04:15.840 --> 0:04:18.839 he's going to see on a weekly basis, So um, 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.440 hopefully continues to get better improved. I know he works 0:04:21.440 --> 0:04:25.360 in a way that UM uh he should that gives 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:29.640 him an opportunity to improve, and UM yeah, we're happy 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.640 with him. I think that comment there about Christian's work 0:04:32.680 --> 0:04:35.240 ethic and work habits, and if he continues to do 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.480 what he's been doing, then he'll be just fine, as 0:04:37.520 --> 0:04:39.400 coach Flores says, And he has been just fine, been 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.880 one of the most productive players on that defensive line 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.600 through three games, had a really strong rookie season as well, 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.719 leading all Ricky defensive tackles in tackles, and he also 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.120 had the most pressures for an interior defensive lineman per 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:53.640 Pro Football Focus since the Steen season. So Christian Wilkins 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:56.279 producing at the level you expect for a first round 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:58.200 draft pick. And I think we will look back on 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.279 Christian Wilkins one day as you know, the first pick 0:05:00.320 --> 0:05:02.719 obviously of the Brian Flora's regime. But he was a 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:04.919 guy that you know, I recovered him with Locked on 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.840 Dolphins that first year and going into his deep dive 0:05:07.880 --> 0:05:10.159 of his background learning about the kind of person he was, 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:12.800 the work ethic, the character that he displayed. You just 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.880 love hearing that type of story workout in this league, 0:05:15.960 --> 0:05:18.720 and good things happen to good people because Christian definitely 0:05:18.720 --> 0:05:21.159 puts the work in and and puts himself in position, 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:23.200 like Coach said, to to get in the right shape, 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.040 to be prepared in the classroom to take it out 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.359 onto the football field. And I think we've seen that 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.840 bare fruit so far for Christian Wilkins through the first 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:33.000 nineteen games of his professional football career, and then of 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:35.000 course obviously now that I'm here with the Dolphins talking 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:38.320 to Christian on interviews and in player media availabilities. Just 0:05:38.400 --> 0:05:41.159 the bubbly personality, you can't go wrong with Christian Wilkins. 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.360 This guy, he just really he fits the mold of 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:46.080 a Miami Dolphin, a professional football player, a guy who 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:48.080 it's important to him and I just love watching this 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.080 guy play. So Coach Flora's talking there about Christian Wilkins 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:53.880 as for a player who was drafted here before Brian 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.760 Flora's under Chris career, but has earned his way onto 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:59.040 the football field for over a thousand snaps last year 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.760 and on track to do that here again in so 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:04.520 far through three games if you can't tell, I'm writing 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:06.360 a story on Jerome Baker that will be out there 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.520 today as well. But here's coach Flores's talking about Jerome 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:11.839 Baker and what makes him so valuable and why he 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:14.240 never leaves the football field or rarely leaves the field 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:16.600 for just five snaps this year out of one and 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:20.120 eighty two on that Dolphins defense. Uh, you know, Jerome's 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:25.640 very athletic, tough, physical, he's a smart player. So there's 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.239 really he can help us in a lot of different 0:06:28.240 --> 0:06:32.040 ways from a passwor standpoint, from a coverage standpoint. Just 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:34.640 you know, he's got you know, let's call it every 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:39.920 down ability. So um, you know, we feel good when 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:43.280 he's out on the field. He communicates well, UM, tackles well. 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:47.200 It gives us a guy who's um athletic and you 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.400 can can and can make some play so and that 0:06:50.480 --> 0:06:52.000 those are guys who I don't want on the field. 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.120 So if you can, you can help us and a 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.640 variety of ways. And he can do that, like I 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:01.880 just said, from a that's called blitz standpoint, a coverage standpoint, 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:06.360 uh run game standpoint. Then obviously he's got a lot 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:10.800 of uh ability and he helps our team, so we'll 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.160 leave up there. Yep. The more you can do, that's 0:07:13.160 --> 0:07:15.520 been one of the themes under this coaching staff, under 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:17.760 this regime, as guys that can play multiple roles and 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.760 do multiple things on defense also helps you disguised, thanks too, 0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:22.640 because if you don't know which linebacker is coming on 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.520 the blitz, who's gonna drop in coverage, who is liable 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:27.640 to be kind of the free runner, the force defender 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:30.240 in the running game, just helps you stay more versatile, 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.320 more complex for the offense to prepare for you. And 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:35.280 we'll go ahead and make it short and sweet there 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:39.920 on the Brian Flores Thursday morning, October the first media availability. 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.200 Let's go ahead and getting nowt into the game preview. 0:07:42.200 --> 0:07:45.120 The Dolphins will host the Seattle Seahawks Miami one and 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.720 two Seattle three and O. As you know by now 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:51.240 Sunday at one o'clock Eastern at hard Rock Stadium. Temperatures 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.800 call for eighty five degrees, fifty chance of rain, fifteen 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:58.880 wins and eight humidity. Who knows what it's gonna look like. 0:07:58.920 --> 0:08:01.240 It changes every single day out here. It was supposed 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:02.920 to be Chili today, or at least compared to South 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:05.240 Florida standards. I just went to the bathroom outside to 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.840 the across the way to the restroom, and it was 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.400 scorching hot out there. So you never know. But the 0:08:11.440 --> 0:08:14.240 interesting part of this matchup is that you know someone 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:16.720 that has made the Seattle to Miami flights several times 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.200 in my life. Now it's a five hour flight from 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.400 the west coming east, a six hour flight from the 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.920 east going west because of headwinds and tail winds. I 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:26.200 wasn't aware of that, but I learned that recently. But 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:29.880 maybe that's why the Dolphins and Seahawks always have. These 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.360 matchups come down right to the very end. In fact, 0:08:32.480 --> 0:08:34.760 the last five matchups going all the way back two 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:38.400 decades back to two thousand for these cross conference and 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:40.719 cross country foes that used to be in the same 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:44.160 conference but not anymore since two thousand to realignment. But 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.200 in those five contests, the home team has claimed victory 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.480 and each of them and in all five of those games, 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:53.560 the final drive decided who was victorious on that particular day, 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:55.960 whether it was the offense scoring points late or the 0:08:56.000 --> 0:08:59.160 defense bowing up in triumph. The last two contests went 0:08:59.200 --> 0:09:01.679 to the offense is getting the final touchdown or field 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:04.160 goal in sixteen. I was there in person for that 0:09:04.240 --> 0:09:06.800 game up at Century Link Field for the season opener. 0:09:07.000 --> 0:09:09.440 Thought the Dolphins had that game the Ryan Tannehill touchdown 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:12.120 run and then Russell Wilson did what he almost always does, 0:09:12.160 --> 0:09:14.360 it seems like, in the fourth quarter and drove back 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.120 down for the game winner to Doug Baldwin in that game, 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.360 the one prior to that. We'll talk about that game, 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.320 Sprinkler game in Miami, both Russell Wilson and Ryan Tannehill's 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.800 rookie year. We're gonna talk about that game on tomorrow's 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:29.360 Flashback podcast with Anthony Fasano, so do not miss that. 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:31.560 But in that game, Dan Carpenter put one through the 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:34.080 uprights at the end of regulation to give the Dolphins 0:09:34.240 --> 0:09:36.720 a win in that game. But back to the President, 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:38.480 the Dolphins are coming off a mini by week here 0:09:38.640 --> 0:09:41.240 played on last Thursday. Gonna have that ten day rest period, 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:43.640 and that gives you a three day rest window between 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:46.000 that time and when Seattle was preparing to get ready 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.600 for that Dallas game. And of course in that Dallas game, 0:09:48.840 --> 0:09:52.040 this Seahawks defense has allowed a league high one thousand, 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.559 four dred and nine two yards. This season, they were 0:09:54.600 --> 0:09:57.120 on the field for eighty snaps in that game on Sunday. 0:09:57.280 --> 0:09:59.640 I think that's pretty significant when you consider the long travel, 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.480 the playing for that long, getting yourself rested back and 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.760 your body back into playing shape. It's a long recovery process. 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:08.480 Eighty snaps is a lot. Typically it's sixty to sixty 0:10:08.520 --> 0:10:11.040 five for most teams in a given game. And while 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:14.400 the trends of that whole West Coast team coming east 0:10:14.559 --> 0:10:17.920 typically favor the home team going up against those Pacific 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:21.160 time zone teams, the Seahawks are in pervious to that entirely. 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:24.360 Since two thousand fifteen, Seattle is nine and one in 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:27.000 games that kick off at one o'clock Eastern, and five 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:31.920 of those victories came and trips last year to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Atlanta, Philadelphia, 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:34.679 and Carolina, so they are well versed. This team with 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.320 not much turnover from previous year. From the previous season 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.520 to playing on the East Coast in that early time slot, 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:42.680 and three of those games the Seahawks had to overcome 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:46.319 halftime deficits. So starting fast is important, and that was 0:10:46.360 --> 0:10:48.839 one of the statue look out on these West Coast 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:50.880 to East coast trips is that the West Coast team 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:54.240 typically start slow, but generally speaking, the better team finds 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:55.960 a way to win in the end most of the 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:58.240 time in those games and in the NFL in general. 0:10:58.400 --> 0:10:59.959 But it's gonna be important, I think for the Dolphin 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:01.760 in this game to start fast and kind of help 0:11:01.840 --> 0:11:04.560 keep Russell Wilson on the sideline and also kind of 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.600 keep the gap the foot on the gas pedal, because 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.040 Wilson has twenty nine career game winning drives and fourth 0:11:10.080 --> 0:11:13.199 quarter comebacks over his eight year career, now into the 0:11:13.280 --> 0:11:15.520 ninth year, with three games under his belt in that 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:18.440 ninth season. But of course, the hard Rock Stadium challenge 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:20.640 is more than just long travel from the visitors. They 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:22.640 have to wear the blue jerseys. Dolphins are gonna be 0:11:22.640 --> 0:11:25.040 in the home whites Seattle and their home blues on 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:28.320 that sideline, the visitors sideline that has direct sunlight, so 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:31.120 interesting contests there. That's your set up to the game. 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:33.280 As far as the Seahawks personnel, look, it goes back 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:36.280 to the quarterback, right, Russell Wilson. You've heard Brian Fluores 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.400 talk about him one of the best players in the game, 0:11:38.480 --> 0:11:41.839 if not the premier player in the National Football League. 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:44.079 And his numbers back that up. The tape backs that 0:11:44.280 --> 0:11:46.640 up pretty much every way you splice it. You can 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:48.640 just look at Russell Wilson's one of the best quarterbacks, 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.160 not just right now, but really of all time. Aaron 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:53.640 Rodgers has the all time best passer rating at one 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:56.760 oh two point seven. Russell Wilson's point four points behind 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.360 that at one oh two point three. He protects the 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:03.000 football one point eight percent career interception rate. That's really 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.440 good for a career. He piles up yards on the 0:12:05.440 --> 0:12:08.560 ground thirty one point two rushing yards per game over 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:10.880 a nine year career. To do the math there over 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:13.800 the course of what was it, sixteen games every every 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:16.400 season and nine years, hasn't missed a game at five 0:12:16.400 --> 0:12:18.760 point six yards per clip there on the rush, and 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.240 he has a penchant for explosive plays as well. He 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.000 is number two behind Jared Goff in passer rating on 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:27.079 throws twenty plus yards down the field at one forty 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.480 nine point three. Remember, the perfect passer rating is one 0:12:30.559 --> 0:12:32.960 fifty eight point three. Goff has five throws and has 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.680 hit all of them. Russell Wilson's eight for twelve throwing 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:38.079 in the football twenty or more yards down the field. 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:40.800 Just absurd. It's absolutely absurd. But for the majority of 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:43.720 his career he has operated in a balanced offense that 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:46.240 has a really big emphasis on the run game. I'm 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:49.360 sure you're familiar by now with the term let Russ cook, 0:12:49.400 --> 0:12:51.679 and they have been letting him cook this year. Last year, 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:53.959 the Seattle Seahawks running backs carried the ball three d 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:56.480 and ninety six times. That's an average of twenty four 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:58.760 point eight per game. This year, they run the ball 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.520 sixty one times. That down to twenty point three rushes 0:13:01.559 --> 0:13:04.319 per game, so four and a half less rushes per 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:06.920 game this year for the Seahawks, and Chris Carson has 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.400 been the guy that has accounted for most of those rushes. 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:13.120 He has of the running backs carries this season, but 0:13:13.240 --> 0:13:15.160 his task for the game on Sunday is unknown. He 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:18.440 suffered a mile od niece brain and Sunday's win over Dallas, 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:20.560 we'll see if he's out there. If he's not, that 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:23.400 leaves Carlos Hyde, who has sixteen carries for fifty seven 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:25.920 yards this year, and Travis Homer, who has eight carries 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:28.760 for thirty nine yards. Formerly of the University of Miami, 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.480 as the Seahawks top backs. Now, the offensive line in 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:33.720 front of Wilson has really improved, and that's been an 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:37.280 area of emphasis for them. They've gone after big mauling dudes. 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:40.880 Brought in Mike you Potti from the Arizona Cardinals. Previously, 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:43.640 they brought in Dwayne browner figures back in that trade 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:45.680 with the Houston Texans, so they found a way to 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.000 get that line beefed up. They signed Brandon Shill this 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:50.760 year at right tackle. He's another really big body out 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:53.000 there on the outside to replace George Fant who went 0:13:53.040 --> 0:13:55.400 to the Jets, and Phant two was a massive, massive 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.640 human beings, so kind of a type cast there along 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.439 the offensive line. They have the seventh highest rated run 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:03.720 blocking unit per Pro Football Focus. Last season, they were 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:07.080 twenty in that department and run blocking Grade BOOKGND tackles. 0:14:07.080 --> 0:14:09.920 We talked about him, Dwayne Brown, and Brandon Shell. Those guys, 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:13.160 along with Ethan Postage, have not missed a snap Postage 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:15.280 the center out of l s U. There, Shell has 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:18.040 the most pressures allowed with eight, and rookie Damian Lewis, 0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.840 another l s U product, has the second most with seven. 0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.800 Both Lewis, though the guard and fellow guard Mike you 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.480 potty suffered nice brains last week and did not return 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:28.280 to that game, so we'll check on the status of 0:14:28.320 --> 0:14:31.320 those guards as the week goes along. Defensively, they could 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.760 also be without star safety Jamal Adams, who had a 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:36.560 groin injury last week and did not return. He has 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.160 been an absolute you know you look at this trade 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.920 feast or famine. He has been feast all day long 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:45.360 for the Seattle Seahawks, getting pressure on the quarterback stopping runs. 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.120 He has the second most run stops on the team, 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:50.360 behind Bobby Wagner and his replacement Delano Hill. Last week. 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.440 He has allowed and average of better than twelve yards 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.200 per past target over his last two years with fourteen 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:57.960 games and four starts. There so interesting looking there at 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.760 the Dolphins and Seahawks matchup, injuries and what the Seahawks 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:03.280 offer on a personnel standpoint. We just don't know exactly 0:15:03.360 --> 0:15:05.160 what it is right now because so many players are 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:07.600 on that injury report with their status maybe up in 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.240 the air. We'll find out more as the week goes along. 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:12.760 As far as my top three matchups, as we do 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:15.720 every week here on the Drivetime podcast as well up 0:15:15.720 --> 0:15:18.240 on Miami Dolphins dot Com. And the Seahawks Dolphins week 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.560 for a preview, and real quick before we get into that, 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:22.920 this podcast is brought to you by Auto Nation, where 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:26.280 Dolphins fans drive pink and helped raise over twenty five 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:29.440 million dollars for cancer treatment and research. But back to 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:32.200 the matchup highlights. Here, I'm looking first at the Dolphins 0:15:32.240 --> 0:15:35.200 pass catchers against the Seahawks back seven, we talked about 0:15:35.240 --> 0:15:38.320 the defensive yards allowed of the Seahawks through three games. 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.120 They really have two primary fixtures and then a mix 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.520 of platoon players in that secondary. As far as snap 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:47.480 counts are concerned. Right now, Shaquille Griffin there their best cornerback, 0:15:47.640 --> 0:15:50.240 has been on the field for nine of the defensive 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.920 snaps and he typically stays to one side of the field. 0:15:53.160 --> 0:15:56.400 The Seahawks defense under Pete Carroll has been so consistent 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.200 and so good for so long, and they operate pretty 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:01.040 much in the same sy some You might recall the 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.440 famous Legion of Boom around that cover three. You've got 0:16:03.560 --> 0:16:06.720 Richard Sherman on one side, Brandon Browner or Byron Maxwell 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:08.440 whoever was on the other side of the field with 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:10.480 Earl Thomas kind of playing that deep center field and 0:16:10.560 --> 0:16:13.640 Brandon Browner or not Brandon Browner, uh Cam Chancellor down 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.040 in the box making things happen that way. That was 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.600 kind of the Jamal Adams piece right there. With that 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:22.400 with the Cam Chancellor role on that defense, kind of 0:16:22.400 --> 0:16:24.520 playing in the box, playing all over the field, being 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.520 instinctive and being the enforcer of that defense. Pretty much 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:29.120 the same thing here. But now we'll see if Jamal 0:16:29.160 --> 0:16:31.640 Adams can't play in this game. He was one of 0:16:31.680 --> 0:16:34.360 the other two primary fixtures with more than of the 0:16:34.400 --> 0:16:38.360 Seahawks defensive snaps. But in this last week, Shaquille Griffin, 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:41.120 playing on that left side of the Seahawks defense, saw 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:44.520 Marii Cooper and Michael Gallup. He forced one in completion 0:16:44.560 --> 0:16:47.040 against each, but both guys caught two and three balls 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.200 respectively for a total of nineties six yards that per 0:16:50.200 --> 0:16:53.360 Pro Football Focus. On the other side, you've got Trey Flowers, 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.480 a long, tall, physical corner who was targeted ten times 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:58.320 in the passing games so far this year for one 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.760 hundred and twenty nine yards. So I think it'll be 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:02.800 interesting to see how the see how the Dolphins want 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.760 to line up against that Seahawks defensive backfield to typically 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.040 stay to their one side of coverage, and all three 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.719 of the Seahawks games this year have been absolute shootouts, 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:12.800 and if that's the path this game takes, it's going 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.560 to be important, as Fitzpatrick talked about on Wednesday, to 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.280 just be relentless and attack and finished drives in the 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:20.919 end zone. You cannot settle for field goals against teams 0:17:20.920 --> 0:17:24.199 like Kansas City, like the Baltimore Ravens, and especially not 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:27.280 against the Seattle Seahawks offense with Russell Wilson on the 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.679 other side, and that kind of aggressive mentality could make 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.840 for an interesting fight between how the Seahawks want to 0:17:32.840 --> 0:17:36.000 defend Davante Parker, Preston Williams, Mike get Sicky as they 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:39.800 afford Jachem Grant this Dolphin's deeper slew of pass catchers 0:17:40.000 --> 0:17:42.000 on that side of the ball and the Sundays win 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:45.560 over Dallas. Cedric Wilson had a really big day, including 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.720 a forty yard touchdown that was matched up against kJ Wright, 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.840 their linebacker, and Dallas went after right. In that game. 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:54.639 He was targeted ten times for seventy nine yards and 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:57.840 the touchdown. Of course, the one to Cedric Wilson. Three 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.560 of those ten targets came up against wide against wide 0:18:00.560 --> 0:18:03.760 receivers of the Cowboys all completions for fifty four yards. 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:05.959 So if they want to put kJ right on a receiver, 0:18:06.240 --> 0:18:08.199 that might be a matchup. You look for for the 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:10.639 seat for the Miami Dolphins offense going up against that 0:18:10.760 --> 0:18:14.320 Seahawks defense and that predominant Cover three look on the 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:16.359 back end the second matchup, flip it over to the 0:18:16.400 --> 0:18:20.080 other side, Dolphins secondary up against DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett. 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:22.359 Those guys don't leave the field. They both can flat 0:18:22.400 --> 0:18:25.800 out scoop. Mattcalf ran a four three three forty. Locket 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:28.280 ran a four four forty back in their days of 0:18:28.320 --> 0:18:30.480 college or or post college days, I should say, and 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:33.320 it's evident by their deep prowess. Metcalf is the NFL 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:35.480 leader in yards per catch at twenty four point eight 0:18:35.760 --> 0:18:38.159 with a minimum ten targets. He also has the most 0:18:38.240 --> 0:18:40.720 yards on deep throws over twenty or more yards. He 0:18:40.760 --> 0:18:43.000 has two hundred and twenty yards on such throws through 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:46.320 just three games. Last season. For instance, Tyler Lockett finished 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:49.240 eleventh in that category with three hundred and seventy nine 0:18:49.280 --> 0:18:51.800 receiving yards on deep throws. You take a quick glance 0:18:51.800 --> 0:18:55.440 at the NFL next Gen Stats route charting. Metcalfs are 0:18:55.440 --> 0:18:58.600 both mostly gonna run vertical routes over routes kind of 0:18:58.600 --> 0:19:00.439 the same routes Buffalo tried to hit my Miami with 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:03.160