Speaker 1: Exact field touchdown, Miami Run. What is up, Dolphans And
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Speaker 1: I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to
Speaker 1: bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And
Speaker 1: on today's show, we've got a busy one for you.
Speaker 1: We're gonna jump into the numbers, the all twenty two review,
Speaker 1: as well as get to the Dolphins coaching staff on
Speaker 1: their media availability, as well as here from some of
Speaker 1: the players following Sunday's victory over the Patriots, and take
Speaker 1: a look ahead to the Raiders on Saturday night in
Speaker 1: Las Vegas. All of that and more on this Tuesday, December,
Speaker 1: the twenty two edition of the Drivetime Podcast. The Last
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Speaker 1: and real quick before we get into the first item
Speaker 1: on the agenda today talking about Dolphins numbers from the
Speaker 1: win on Sunday. The Pro Bowl teams were announced on
Speaker 1: Monday night, and cornerback xaviing Howard is heading to his
Speaker 1: second Pro Bowl in his career in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: His nine interceptions lead the NFL. We know that he's
Speaker 1: got seventeen passes defense that's tied for second best in
Speaker 1: the NFL. He's responsible for ten takeaways with his fumble
Speaker 1: forced in the game on Sunday over the Patriots. He's
Speaker 1: one more interception away from tying the franchise record with
Speaker 1: Dick Westmoreland, who had ten back in nineteen sixty seven.
Speaker 1: And that earns how are at a starting spot on
Speaker 1: the one Pro Bowl squad. The game will not be
Speaker 1: played this season, but he does are in the starter
Speaker 1: designation for his performance in Let's go ahead and jump
Speaker 1: right into the Dolphins numbers from this win on Sunday,
Speaker 1: some individual and team rankings. We start with the Dolphins
Speaker 1: team rankings following the Week fifteen slate of action. The
Speaker 1: Dolphins offense ranks sixteen and points at twenty five point
Speaker 1: one points per game. There twenty six and total offense
Speaker 1: twenty two on the ground and twenty four through the
Speaker 1: air with two hundred twenty one point four yards and
Speaker 1: passing in one hundred and six point three yards rushing
Speaker 1: per game. Defensively, pretty damn good. Points eight teen point
Speaker 1: four per game that's first in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: Three hundred and fifty eight point one yards per game
Speaker 1: is eighteenth. In total defense, the one twenty rushing yards
Speaker 1: allowed per game is nineteen. The two hundred and thirty
Speaker 1: eight point one passing yards per game is eighteen thirty
Speaker 1: seven sacks that's tied for tenth in the NFL. Third
Speaker 1: down defense thirty two point five percent conversion that's best
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. And since Pittsburgh did not
Speaker 1: get to take away on Monday night, Miami moves out
Speaker 1: of that tie. Their twenty six takeaways are first in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. So the first scoring defense, first
Speaker 1: ranked third down defense, and the number one overall takeaways
Speaker 1: in the National Football League. What a year for your
Speaker 1: Dolphins defense. So the defense continues to rank highly across
Speaker 1: multiple important categories. As far as defensive rankings in the NFL,
Speaker 1: Dolphins offense gets pushed up a little bit, especially with
Speaker 1: the effort on the ground game, and the two hundred
Speaker 1: fifty yards by the Dolphins ground game was the most
Speaker 1: since the two hundred sixty one yards back in Week
Speaker 1: sixteen at Buffalo. In running back savan An was the
Speaker 1: first Dolphins running back to the clips one hundred yards
Speaker 1: since eighteen season. His one d twenty two yards were
Speaker 1: the most by an undrafted rookie and franchise history, and
Speaker 1: the two hundred fifty rushing yards in the game were
Speaker 1: twenty second most of the Dolphins in their entire franchise history.
Speaker 1: The win gives the Dolphins nine this season. That makes
Speaker 1: the thirty first winning season for the franchise in its history.
Speaker 1: They've won eight of their past ten, nine of their
Speaker 1: past twelve, and it's twenty five and f teen over
Speaker 1: the last forty games at hard Rock Stadium since the
Speaker 1: canopy was added back in the renovations. Dolphins defense kept
Speaker 1: New England out of the end zone in the win.
Speaker 1: It was the third time this season in opposing offense
Speaker 1: failed to find pay dirt against the Dolphins defense. Only
Speaker 1: New Orleans and Miami have had three games without a
Speaker 1: touchdown allowed this season. We take a look at the
Speaker 1: Dolphins offensive snap counts for this game. Quarterback to a
Speaker 1: tongue of Byloa, as well as offensive lineman Ted Carriss,
Speaker 1: Jesse Davis, Austin Jackson, and Robert Hunt played all seventy
Speaker 1: three snaps in the game. At running back, Savon Ahmed
Speaker 1: had forty four snaps. That was six, Matt Brita had
Speaker 1: nineteen snaps, and Patrick Larry played eight. Mc Hollins played
Speaker 1: seventy of the snap or seventy snap rather at receiver
Speaker 1: of the total, with Lynn Bowden playing sixty six snaps,
Speaker 1: Isaiah Ford fifty four, Malcolm Perry ten at tight end,
Speaker 1: Adam Shaheen had forty three, and Derham Smith forty two,
Speaker 1: both guys giving you combined eighty five reps there, with
Speaker 1: Chris Myrick playing three and a round. With the offensive
Speaker 1: line here Alluman Kinley he played fifty snaps in the game,
Speaker 1: Michael Dear twenty three, Julian Davenport three snaps, and Christian
Speaker 1: Wilkins gives you three snaps on offense, and I talked
Speaker 1: about one of the key storylines I was keeping an
Speaker 1: eye on as the Dolphins ability to handle the blitz
Speaker 1: looks or the coverage looks the Patriots would throw at
Speaker 1: the young quarterback and two a tonga Byloa in this
Speaker 1: game was six for six on plays where the Patriots
Speaker 1: sent an extra rusher that's a fifth or maybe even
Speaker 1: a six man pressure package for fifty six yards with
Speaker 1: six first downs. He was sacked once, and he also
Speaker 1: picked up the scrambled touchdown on the eighth edition or
Speaker 1: the eighth rendition of that Patriots blitz, so very good
Speaker 1: numbers against the Blitz. Running Back zavan Achmed had the
Speaker 1: longest run of the year for the Dolphins at thirty
Speaker 1: one yards. His one and twenty two yards with the
Speaker 1: most buy Dolphins back this year. He also forced four
Speaker 1: miss tackles that was also a season high. He also
Speaker 1: had two point five seven yards after initial contact. Matt
Speaker 1: Breeda lead the Dolphins in that category with three point
Speaker 1: four two yards after initial contact, and the team's six
Speaker 1: carries of ten or more yards was a seas and
Speaker 1: high this year. Tight End Durham Smith caught all five
Speaker 1: of his targets for forty receiving yards. He produced four
Speaker 1: first downs and picked up twenty six yards after the catch.
Speaker 1: Adam Shheen also added fifteen receiving yards to the total.
Speaker 1: And these guys got the job done blocking off the
Speaker 1: edge of Dolphins ran for seventy five yards on eight
Speaker 1: rouns off either outside edge, according to Pro Football Focus
Speaker 1: and Tools, under pressure on just eight of his thirty
Speaker 1: one dropbacks. Only three of those pressures resulted in hits
Speaker 1: on the rookie quarterback as Jesse Davis, Michael Dieter, and
Speaker 1: Ted Carris all pitched pass protection clean sheets. That's no sacks,
Speaker 1: no hits, and no hurries allowed. On the defensive side.
Speaker 1: Snap counts wise, ray Kwon Davis leads interior defensive linemen
Speaker 1: with thirty nine snaps. Christian Wilkins plays twenty nine, and
Speaker 1: so too do Zach Seler. Benito Jones gets out there
Speaker 1: for three reps in the game. Emmanuel Ogball played thirty
Speaker 1: three snaps shack loss in thirty At linebacker, Kyle van Noyd,
Speaker 1: Jerome Baker, and he Landed Roberts all played significant workloads.
Speaker 1: Van Noien Baker never left the field, playing all fifty
Speaker 1: five snaps each. A Landing Roberts had forty six in
Speaker 1: the game game and Andrew van Ginkl had his workload
Speaker 1: as well, at twenty four snaps. In the secondary, Xaviing
Speaker 1: Howard and Byron Jones both didn't leave the field fifty
Speaker 1: five snaps for them, as well as safety Eric Rowe.
Speaker 1: Nick Needum played thirty two snaps, Jamal Perry played to
Speaker 1: Brandon Jones played thirty two, and Bobby McCain played thirty one.
Speaker 1: In the victory, Emmanuel Ogba and Shack Lawson and ray
Speaker 1: Kuan Davis all tied for the team lead with three
Speaker 1: quarterback pressures apiece. One of ogbas pressures was his sack,
Speaker 1: his ninth of the season that's ninth most in the NFL.
Speaker 1: His twenty one QB hits tenth most, and his fifty
Speaker 1: nine total quarterback pressures are tied for fourth most in
Speaker 1: the National Football Like. He also had two run stops
Speaker 1: in the game. Linebackers Jerome Baker and Landon Roberts both
Speaker 1: had four run stops apiece. Roberts had a team high
Speaker 1: nine tackles, while Baker picked up eight. Baker also added
Speaker 1: to his career high sack total with his sixth sack
Speaker 1: of the season. The defense as a whole scored twenty
Speaker 1: tackles within two yards of the line we talked about.
Speaker 1: Baker and Roberts, Kyle Van Annoy, Brandon Jones, and Zach
Speaker 1: Seiler all added to a piece as far as run
Speaker 1: stops for the Dolphins defense, and Seeler picked up his
Speaker 1: another sack on the season, three and a half for
Speaker 1: him this year. Safety Eric Row allowed just eleven yards
Speaker 1: receiving on two targets to go along with two run
Speaker 1: stops himself, and Brandon Jones allowed just twelve yards and
Speaker 1: coverage with six total tackles and a forced fumble in
Speaker 1: the game. We finish up with the Pro Bowler cornerback
Speaker 1: Xavien Howard. He produced another takeaway courtesy of his first
Speaker 1: forced fumble. Say that three times fast of the season.
Speaker 1: He also held the Patriots passing game to just thirty
Speaker 1: five yards on the day, while Byron Jones on the
Speaker 1: other side of the field allowed just twenty three passing
Speaker 1: yards from the Patriots in the game. So a good
Speaker 1: work all around there from the Dolphins defense. If you
Speaker 1: want to read the rest of this piece up on
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins dot com, it is called inside the Numbers
Speaker 1: Dolphins twenty two Patriots twelve. We do it every single
Speaker 1: Monday up on the website as well as covered here
Speaker 1: on the Tuesday podcast. As we do on Tuesday also
Speaker 1: we break down the all twenty two review. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and jump in now with the defensive side of
Speaker 1: the football first, and I kind of want to change
Speaker 1: up to the format of this a little bit and
Speaker 1: start by talking about a couple of plays and the
Speaker 1: the overall takeaway and the overall contributions from those individual plays,
Speaker 1: and then get to some individual notes afterwards, kind of
Speaker 1: make this a little more concise for you guys. So
Speaker 1: on the opening drive of the game, this one goes
Speaker 1: for the Kyle Van Noy appreciation files. There's an option
Speaker 1: play on the second snap of the game where he
Speaker 1: absorbs the block from an offset fullback who comes to
Speaker 1: the second level to make a block on him. He
Speaker 1: keeps the outside arm free and it turns Sony Michelle
Speaker 1: back inside. And on this same play, Christian Wilkins. The
Speaker 1: athletic ability is absolutely oozing on this play, I mean, damn,
Speaker 1: he just he gets the outside shade from the right
Speaker 1: guard and works all the way outside, forces Cam to
Speaker 1: pitch the football and then closes on the running back
Speaker 1: who cuts back inside. Because of k V N's presence
Speaker 1: off that edge, speaking of kV and appreciation. On the
Speaker 1: very next play, he sees a screen flow back inside
Speaker 1: and pursues it for a tackle for loss. Then later
Speaker 1: on in this game you see the smarts and we
Speaker 1: talk about the past breakup play and some people might
Speaker 1: have said that was a possible interception from exaviing Howard
Speaker 1: on the backside, but it's really just a great play.
Speaker 1: He sees play pass and immediately gains depth and puts
Speaker 1: himself in position to make a play on the football
Speaker 1: fifteen yards down the field. That's superb work from an
Speaker 1: outside linebacker because he can't possibly know that X has
Speaker 1: that route undercut for a possible interception, and looking at it,
Speaker 1: he had some green grass in front of him, exaving
Speaker 1: Howard doing exaving Howard things. But I guess sometimes you're
Speaker 1: just too good on defense, as the Dolphins were in
Speaker 1: this case. We talked about the screen game and the
Speaker 1: second drive of the game, third and nine. As soon
Speaker 1: as the left tackle works around Jerome Baker off the edge,
Speaker 1: Bake drops right back into the passing lane and is
Speaker 1: camped right in front of the receiver trying to get
Speaker 1: to the tunnel inside for that screen and Brian Flores
Speaker 1: talked about this leading up to the to the game.
Speaker 1: The Patriots leading the NFL on screen yardage. It was
Speaker 1: a point of emphasis emphasis they execute. Did absolute chef's
Speaker 1: kiss on that one? And who else but Emmanuel Ogba
Speaker 1: there on the pressure more on him in just one minute?
Speaker 1: And how about the play before the play? We talked
Speaker 1: about this on the podcast all the time, the play
Speaker 1: that sets up a bigger play. Second and two plus
Speaker 1: twenties six, middle of the second quarter for the Patriots
Speaker 1: Dolphins gonna tackle for lost from Eric Row and Emmanuel Ogba.
Speaker 1: Roe flies in off the edge and beats the kickout
Speaker 1: block and just throws his body in there onto the
Speaker 1: back and Ogba meets him there after, winning with a
Speaker 1: quick rip move inside. He made a few plays inside
Speaker 1: in this game. So many of these plays feature multiple
Speaker 1: guys winning to create big plays, big outcomes for the
Speaker 1: team because of individual efforts and individual victories. Kind of
Speaker 1: stacking up on one single play. It just makes it
Speaker 1: makes that energy feel more palpable because so many guys
Speaker 1: are like, all right, I'm up next, I'm the one
Speaker 1: to make the play next. It's it's been a whole
Speaker 1: team effort all year long, and it makes it so
Speaker 1: much fun to watch in my and from my perspective
Speaker 1: from where I sit, I think that's way more fun
Speaker 1: than having lareen't. You guys constantly make the big plays
Speaker 1: for you. But that's been the case with the Dolphins defense.
Speaker 1: One more note here a general play just Byron Jones
Speaker 1: and the physical play between he and Xavian Howard on
Speaker 1: the very next play after the the AGA second and
Speaker 1: two aug Bon Row tackle for loss, you get an
Speaker 1: uncatchable ball on I throw the head and towards Byron
Speaker 1: Jones because he's right in Nick kill Harry's hip pocket
Speaker 1: as he was throughout the course of this game. So
Speaker 1: the play before the play gets the Dolphins defense off
Speaker 1: the field forces a field goal. And speaking of Howard
Speaker 1: and Jones, the very first play of the game, the
Speaker 1: Patriots condensed everything in tight to the formation and X
Speaker 1: and Byron get jams inside the numbers on receivers on
Speaker 1: those inside releases and then too both of them almost
Speaker 1: three seconds to clear that five yard legal contact window.
Speaker 1: It's so impressive the physical press man coverage. It's hard
Speaker 1: to gain yards in the passing game when that's happening
Speaker 1: as it was consistently, and that was just the case
Speaker 1: in this game, which means there's not a lot to
Speaker 1: cover because it was so consistently jam alter the release
Speaker 1: right on top of the receiver at the top of
Speaker 1: the route. The one chunk game they got Exavian forces
Speaker 1: of fumble on it anyways, not the one Chunk game,
Speaker 1: but at that point of the game, so really the
Speaker 1: only asking success came from crossers and check downs where
Speaker 1: either guys were out leveraged on those condensed formations, or
Speaker 1: when Newton broke contain and found outlets to his backs
Speaker 1: and tight ends and that sort of thing. And if
Speaker 1: that's all you're giving up, well that's how you hold
Speaker 1: someone to twelve points. A few of the individual notes
Speaker 1: here Ray Kwon Davis. I just continued to be impressed
Speaker 1: by how big and how strong he is with the
Speaker 1: hands and his ability to slip off both in past
Speaker 1: protection and run blocking. His ability to slip off the
Speaker 1: blocks with double swipes, her arm over or just sheer
Speaker 1: power where he kind of chucks the guy out of
Speaker 1: the club. It's consistent with him at this point. He's
Speaker 1: getting plenty of reps because of that. Christian Wilkins holds
Speaker 1: double teams and disengages at the point consistently every week
Speaker 1: as well. And we saw that same lateral agility on
Speaker 1: that option play on a later play where he comes
Speaker 1: across the block and gets off of it and throws
Speaker 1: himself in front of the back and creates a possible
Speaker 1: big game because there's a huge gap at that point
Speaker 1: where he comes off the block and makes a stop.
Speaker 1: I thought he played with his hair on fire at
Speaker 1: the start of this game, and it carried some momentum
Speaker 1: into the rest of the game for the Dolphins defense.
Speaker 1: Zack Seeler same thing as Shan Wilkins with holding double teams,
Speaker 1: but he's also got this building athletic ability to rush
Speaker 1: from there and kind of slip off some of these
Speaker 1: double team blocks at times as a pass rusher and
Speaker 1: in the running game. And these guys they just kind
Speaker 1: of all mirror each other in terms of ridiculous size,
Speaker 1: athletic ability, position flexibility. All three of those defensive tackles,
Speaker 1: although they play end as well, can play multiple spots.
Speaker 1: When we talk about the current contract status of these guys,
Speaker 1: Seeler just sign extension through three. Christian Wilkins and Ray
Speaker 1: Kwon Davis early in their rookie deals. I like that.
Speaker 1: And Zach Seeler sacked that was something man. He just
Speaker 1: threw a double punch into the chest plate of the tackle,
Speaker 1: worked himself upfield into a position to get past the
Speaker 1: upfield shoulder of that tackle, and just tosses him aside
Speaker 1: to close for a sack. Man. He's impressed him. Speaking
Speaker 1: of sacks, Emmanuel Agba, he splits a very tight split
Speaker 1: between the right tackle and right guard and just overpowers
Speaker 1: the right guard en route to the quarterback a big
Speaker 1: sack to get a turnover to end the game. Really
Speaker 1: there essentially at the end. And then he also has
Speaker 1: a couple of plays where again he just super strong
Speaker 1: at the point of attack, stack and shed, and you
Speaker 1: so frequently see him keep his frame clean from blockers
Speaker 1: because of those long arms and those heavy hands. Just
Speaker 1: these guys up front and lost in that group as well,
Speaker 1: continue to play so consistent, so reliable that when you
Speaker 1: know you're gonna get that performance weekend and week out
Speaker 1: from so many guys. And he landed Roberts at the
Speaker 1: second level of defense. I just want to mention the
Speaker 1: hustle he plays with. There are a few things you
Speaker 1: can appreciate more as a fan and as someone who
Speaker 1: observes the game as someone that hustles as hard as
Speaker 1: he does. There's a tackle on a sixteen yard run
Speaker 1: early when Eric Roe forces Michelle Sony Michelle to make
Speaker 1: a move and it gives e Rob just a half
Speaker 1: a beat he needs to chase the play down from behind.
Speaker 1: Then later we saw the fumble recovery. It's the same thing,
Speaker 1: only the target this time was the football, not a player,
Speaker 1: and he picked it up for the fumble recovery. And
Speaker 1: I also want to say it was around Week three
Speaker 1: or so where he just came to life and he's
Speaker 1: been on that tear pretty much ever since. The instincts
Speaker 1: to shoot gaps and make the big plays, but also
Speaker 1: paying playing patiently and scraping off blocks behind his guys
Speaker 1: up front and really fitting his gaps. Just another piece
Speaker 1: added this offseason that's playing some damn good football. Andrew
Speaker 1: Van Ginkle off the edge at linebacker on the illegal
Speaker 1: contact play on Jerome Baker a five yard penalty. He
Speaker 1: has a wicked pass rush move where he loops inside
Speaker 1: and gets a free run on Cam and puts a
Speaker 1: good lick on the Patriots quarterback. Speaking of Baker, I
Speaker 1: thought he had another fantastic game. He closes down a
Speaker 1: backside cross or where he gets depth and reads the
Speaker 1: play underneath it, recognizes the flow and just closes and
Speaker 1: meets the receiver right after the football is caught, so
Speaker 1: no upfield momentum. He knocks him backwards for just a
Speaker 1: three yard game Byron Jones and man coverage on the
Speaker 1: other side, he gets picked off a little rub route
Speaker 1: the Patriots run, So great job by Baker to get
Speaker 1: that depth, see it and limited to a short game,
Speaker 1: and I thought it was one of his best games
Speaker 1: in terms of setting the edge, but not just coming
Speaker 1: and setting the edge, but coming off the blocks and
Speaker 1: making stops as well. He really had a hell of
Speaker 1: a game, taking a beating on blocks and just in general.
Speaker 1: I thought he was really good in this game. Brandon
Speaker 1: Jones feels like I mentioned this every week with the
Speaker 1: Dolphins rookie safety. I just love how fast he goes
Speaker 1: from seeing it to reacting to it. Something Geral Alexandra
Speaker 1: to aalked about a few weeks ago at his media availability,
Speaker 1: and the play he makes on the fourth fumble was
Speaker 1: just awesome. Cam Newton tries to throw a jab step inside,
Speaker 1: but Jones just stays on his line, on his path
Speaker 1: and keeps that pursuit angle, so he wins there. But
Speaker 1: then he goes above and beyond and punches it out.
Speaker 1: Just an awesome, awesome play. And finally want to throw
Speaker 1: some appreciation Eric rose Way what he did in this
Speaker 1: game with Bobby McCain playing about half as much as
Speaker 1: he usually does and Brandon Jones kind of making up
Speaker 1: for the rest of those snaps from Bobby, and he
Speaker 1: was Brandon was playing up in the box a lot
Speaker 1: more so, Roe was playing that deep portion of the
Speaker 1: field where Bobby usually patrols so well. But they didn't
Speaker 1: give up a single deep pass over his head, so
Speaker 1: he was really good in that area. Plus, the man
Speaker 1: coverage on Dalton Kean on a third down incompletion to
Speaker 1: preserve a lead in the fourth quarter was textbook coverage.
Speaker 1: So Dolphin's defense continue to just get it done weekend
Speaker 1: and week out. They were very good in this game
Speaker 1: once again. As for the offensive side of the football's
Speaker 1: go ahead and turn this thing over to that side
Speaker 1: for the all twenty two review here on the Tuesday
Speaker 1: Drivetime podcast, and we start with the few mentions of
Speaker 1: a few plays like we did on the defensive side
Speaker 1: of the ball to start off. And the first thing
Speaker 1: I want to talk about is the double teams, because
Speaker 1: they start off this game with the Solomon Kinley and
Speaker 1: Austin Jackson double team paving the way for a five
Speaker 1: yard run as they wipe out the backside edge together
Speaker 1: with the solid three or four yards of movement, really
Speaker 1: kind of pushing that sled and tandem as it were
Speaker 1: up the field. And I thought Akama did such a
Speaker 1: good job to press those double teams in this game
Speaker 1: and influence the second level player behind those blocks trying
Speaker 1: to scrape around and make a tackle. Both he and
Speaker 1: Matt Breeda did well, I thought, to press those gaps
Speaker 1: and press those plays and create some indecision for those
Speaker 1: second level defenders and linebackers. And the running backs did
Speaker 1: a good job of making them, I guess, make a
Speaker 1: split decision and getting extra yards through arm tackles and
Speaker 1: putting their head down and getting extra yards that way.
Speaker 1: And the double team theme kind of continued. They get
Speaker 1: themselves a ten yard run right before the interception in
Speaker 1: the end zone with double teams from Austin and Solomon again,
Speaker 1: and then Davis and Carress both blocking out the sun.
Speaker 1: You get a little bit of a jet sweep action
Speaker 1: on that play and it moves linebackers inside outside for
Speaker 1: a big gap on the interior of the offensive line,
Speaker 1: and they hit it for a nice ten yard run.
Speaker 1: Then the quarterbacks sneak in that first half to Malcolm
Speaker 1: Perry where he motions across and then comes back inside.
Speaker 1: There's an open lane right there in that a gap
Speaker 1: for them to exploit. He sees it takes the snap
Speaker 1: ducks in there for a nice first down. Love those calls,
Speaker 1: love the plays, love the execution. Then we go to
Speaker 1: the second half, and that's where things really got fun
Speaker 1: for just constant execution, a five yard run out of
Speaker 1: the gate. Ted Carriss talked about this on Monday, getting
Speaker 1: a hat on a hat. There was five guys blocked
Speaker 1: up on this play, five on five or I should
Speaker 1: say five one on ones. I love seeing that. I
Speaker 1: love seeing the guys execute all their blocks and create
Speaker 1: space that way. And Flow talked about the great game
Speaker 1: plan here from Shan Gailey, and there was so much
Speaker 1: different run action with different polars and fakes and jet
Speaker 1: sweet motion and the game plan had a lot of
Speaker 1: different looks to match the many fronts of the Patriots,
Speaker 1: and they just kept the Patriots a step off guard
Speaker 1: throughout the course of this game, all the way right
Speaker 1: up to the end with the Russian game, and really
Speaker 1: put themselves in position to out leverage a lot of
Speaker 1: the defenders on a lot of those big run. The
Speaker 1: next play after a seven yard game where you see
Speaker 1: multiple guys pulling in a fake sweep going across the
Speaker 1: formation and a fake reverse option off of that, just
Speaker 1: continuously keeping defenders second guessing where the ball might be going,
Speaker 1: and then off that a play right after that a
Speaker 1: little zone read to scheme up to it for an
Speaker 1: easy five yard run. So a good plan there from Chan,
Speaker 1: I thought. In the running game, then they work in
Speaker 1: the passing concepts off that with the flats from the
Speaker 1: tight ends, the pot pass to Lynn Bowden, some stuff
Speaker 1: getting two out on the edge, throwing on the run,
Speaker 1: throwing on the move. A really fun sequence of plays
Speaker 1: and a good flow I thought all game from Chan.
Speaker 1: On the thirty one yard rush, the longest run of
Speaker 1: the year for the Dolphins, Robert Hunt, who had a
Speaker 1: terrific game in this one, I thought, gets great push
Speaker 1: on both. Chase Winovich pops him immediately and kind of
Speaker 1: knocks him back, and then Devin mccordy comes over and
Speaker 1: tries to get involved, and he knocks him back as
Speaker 1: well and kind of takes out two defenders off the
Speaker 1: edge and pretty much wipes out the defensive edge as
Speaker 1: a whole. And because Jesse, Ted, Austin, and Solomon all
Speaker 1: stay on their blocks, ACMD is able to outrace the pursuit. There.
Speaker 1: Just a great, great team football play. Akmed's little jump
Speaker 1: cut to get the edge quickly should also be noted.
Speaker 1: He's got some fancy feet in that regard. Speaking of
Speaker 1: pressing holes and creating gaps that way. I thought Matt
Speaker 1: Brida ran inspired all game. I thought he was physical inside,
Speaker 1: showed a nice burst off the edge on the outside,
Speaker 1: quick active feat at the point of attack his fourteen
Speaker 1: yard run to the outside. He did this big time
Speaker 1: where he presses the gap inside then gets a second
Speaker 1: gear to win the corner, win the edge in that
Speaker 1: foot race with the furthest outside defender there from the
Speaker 1: Patriots and back to some of the first or I
Speaker 1: guess second half action there for the Dolphins in the
Speaker 1: running game. That third and eight first down run from
Speaker 1: Patrick Lard where he picks up twelve yards, moves the chains,
Speaker 1: and keeps the Dolphins going for a touchdown drive. They
Speaker 1: would finish off with a touchdown run there from tah
Speaker 1: Brian Floores addressed this in his Monday media and he
Speaker 1: talked about the Patriots showing seven or eight defensive back
Speaker 1: formations in different fronts, and in this case it was
Speaker 1: seven defensive backs with just five guys in the box.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins, again, like Ted Carriss mentioned in his Monday media,
Speaker 1: get a hat on a hat, get a nice double
Speaker 1: team from Robin Jesse Harris hits a great reach block
Speaker 1: and Deeter plays pole side and hits a big second
Speaker 1: level block. Welcome back Michael Deer, by the way, I
Speaker 1: thought he stayed on blocks really well at the course
Speaker 1: of the game. Very intrigued by his tape and this one.
Speaker 1: And then on that run, Patrick Lard finishes it with
Speaker 1: a nice cut right at the back of Robert Hunt,
Speaker 1: who has his man turned inside out downfield for a
Speaker 1: nice twelve yard game and a big Dolphins first down.
Speaker 1: And how about the hook and ladder. I'll put that
Speaker 1: in there as well, because what can you say Duriel Harris,
Speaker 1: Tony Nathan going flashback there here on drive time back
Speaker 1: to Savon Akhmed, I thought that his touchdown run was
Speaker 1: just a great example of the kind of player he's
Speaker 1: been in his short time here so far. Just a
Speaker 1: great second effort where he keeps his feed active and
Speaker 1: continues to try to turn up field and find holes.
Speaker 1: They push the pile a couple of times in this game.
Speaker 1: On this play it's stacked up, he works off the
Speaker 1: outside of a block and gets himself across the goal
Speaker 1: line for an end for the touchdown. I thought both
Speaker 1: he and Brita again do such a good job of
Speaker 1: keeping their feet active at that initial contact. So it
Speaker 1: really works in Tanna with how this offensive line can
Speaker 1: move bodies. They get extra yards by falling forward behind
Speaker 1: that big offensive line. How about two not many notes here,
Speaker 1: The Dolphins didn't have to throw the ball a whole
Speaker 1: lot in this game. There was a play early on
Speaker 1: where he rolls to the right with immediate pressure in
Speaker 1: the end zone and the Patriots looked like they might
Speaker 1: have a chance to get him at the goal line
Speaker 1: or if worse, in the end zone for a safety
Speaker 1: and he gets the ball out from an awkward platform
Speaker 1: going against his body in such an instant. It's so
Speaker 1: beneficial to have that quick trigger to mitigate that quick
Speaker 1: pressure at times. I love the way he throws to
Speaker 1: soft spots against leverage when he sees a linebacker, for instance,
Speaker 1: with his back turned to the football. J T. O. Sullivan,
Speaker 1: who does the YouTube stuff, the what's that called Patreon
Speaker 1: subscription stuff on YouTube where he breaks down the quarterbacks
Speaker 1: former NFL quarterback in his own right. He shows it
Speaker 1: against the Cardinals with a linebacker chasing Mike Gisiki across
Speaker 1: the formation. Something similar here on a little cruel route,
Speaker 1: a pivot route from Durham Smith where he throws it
Speaker 1: off the outside of the leverage where only Smith can
Speaker 1: get to it. Love those small details in his game.
Speaker 1: There's a third down on six where you see that
Speaker 1: quick trigger again where he just gets immediate pressure from
Speaker 1: a five man blitz and he mines Lynn Bowden on
Speaker 1: a crosser. His feet are not set because he's sliding
Speaker 1: away from the pressure, but yet the ball is still
Speaker 1: on time, on target. His ability to operate a mid
Speaker 1: chaos is so much fun to watch. Again. The Dolphins,
Speaker 1: I thought executed a plan that they had so well
Speaker 1: that too. Didn't have to throw one football beyond twenty
Speaker 1: yards in this game, according to Pro Football Focus, and
Speaker 1: he executed in the short game. He beat the blitz,
Speaker 1: got the offense and too good calls or stayed in
Speaker 1: those good calls on some of the running plays. Just
Speaker 1: a nice game where I thought he understood what was
Speaker 1: asked of him and executed it well. The scramble on
Speaker 1: the first touchdown run, man, that was pretty ridiculous. I
Speaker 1: tweeted out the Brian Balding your clip where he broke
Speaker 1: it down on the all two and you see him
Speaker 1: start to set the linebacker up well before he arrives,
Speaker 1: and once he's into his face, a little side step
Speaker 1: to the side for a touchdown run. So a good
Speaker 1: game from the rookie there again off of back to
Speaker 1: back Rookie of the Week performances. And then there was
Speaker 1: the offensive line. These guys were fantastic throughout. Ted carriss
Speaker 1: I continue to be so impressed by his ability to
Speaker 1: catch and climb at the second level and get those
Speaker 1: downfield blocks. He hits that chip and just gets squared
Speaker 1: up right away on those off ball linebackers to influence
Speaker 1: to make the running backs decision easier to make a
Speaker 1: cut off of his butt. You see a butt, you cut.
Speaker 1: He was so integral on a lot of the games
Speaker 1: the Patriots ran where they kind of rush away from
Speaker 1: the a gaps and kind of trying to make Ted
Speaker 1: irrelevant just standing in the middle of the football field.
Speaker 1: But he would go find work and put a hit
Speaker 1: on somebody that threw off their rush path. I thought
Speaker 1: he played awesome in this game. I thought Solomon Kindley
Speaker 1: played awesome in this one as well, displacing guys consistently,
Speaker 1: such drive and such force. We mentioned the double teams
Speaker 1: off the top. Here he reaches a tackle on a
Speaker 1: pot pass where he has to get the outside shoulder
Speaker 1: and shows you the combination there of the power and
Speaker 1: athletic ability and the footwork there from Solomon Kindley. Hopefully
Speaker 1: he comes back here soon. He left the game in
Speaker 1: the fourth, third or fourth quarter with an injury, staying
Speaker 1: on that offensive line. Robert Hunt, I thought he had
Speaker 1: such a good game in terms of recognition of the
Speaker 1: many games that Patriots throw at you. With the t
Speaker 1: e stunts out there. He was quick to come off
Speaker 1: guys that backed out of simulated pressure and then went
Speaker 1: and found war work. Thought he had a great game
Speaker 1: in that regard. Really throughout the course of the game.
Speaker 1: He was the highest graded run blocker on PF for Miami.
Speaker 1: He allowed just one quarterback pressure, had several big wins
Speaker 1: on Chase Winovitch. I thought throughout the game, who's a
Speaker 1: good pass russure over there for the Patriots. On the
Speaker 1: thirty one yard Savan Akhmed run, he gets pushed on
Speaker 1: both Winovich and mccordy. Just great work off the edge
Speaker 1: to wipe that thing out to get initial block on
Speaker 1: winovitch and then a second block on mccordy. Maybe his
Speaker 1: best game as a pro. And then Jesse I thought
Speaker 1: he did really good to turn and seal and create
Speaker 1: some nice gaps in the second half of the game.
Speaker 1: He was a big dependable pass protector throughout the course
Speaker 1: of the game as well, one on one slides passing
Speaker 1: things off. I just thought the entire offensive line played
Speaker 1: really well in this entire game, and some of the
Speaker 1: tight ends. Adam Shaheen the run after the catch that
Speaker 1: he had was pretty absurd. He broke multiple tackles on
Speaker 1: that play. Both he and Durham Smith I thought just
Speaker 1: kicked as in the run blocking game, seventy five yards
Speaker 1: off eight carries off either edge, right end, or left
Speaker 1: end according to PFF, and there was plenty of dig
Speaker 1: out blocks, polls different things to spring runners for big
Speaker 1: gains into the second level. Shaheen hits a huge block
Speaker 1: on a Matt Breed a twenty four yard rush. It
Speaker 1: allows him to cut up and take off from there.
Speaker 1: And on that same play, Robert Hunt also got to
Speaker 1: the second level and sealed a big block down on
Speaker 1: linebacker two. So just consistent, multiple guys winning reps. Hat
Speaker 1: on a hat. But speaking of blocking, I mentioned you
Speaker 1: can't have a great Russian game without getting some production
Speaker 1: there from your tight ends. Pretty much true of the
Speaker 1: receivers as well. I thought they did an excellent job
Speaker 1: getting out on the edge. There were so many players
Speaker 1: where Miami ran wide, and those guys held up their
Speaker 1: blocks and created cutback opportunities for the running backs as well.
Speaker 1: And then Lynn Bowden, I just want to go ahead
Speaker 1: and make a mention. The all twenty two angle on
Speaker 1: his reverse was completely absurd. He cut it against the
Speaker 1: grain so many times. Man, he is an electric player
Speaker 1: on the fake punt. That wasn't the last note here.
Speaker 1: Brian Floorers mentioned this in his Monday media that if
Speaker 1: a player has an ineligible number, like a fifty one,
Speaker 1: for instance from Camu gruge Hill, he has to report.
Speaker 1: So even though he was in the back fields kind
Speaker 1: of an h back position there on the punt team,
Speaker 1: if you're not in the tens, twenties, thirties, forties or eighties,
Speaker 1: you have to report as eligible on that place. So
Speaker 1: that was Flora's explanation of the fake punt getting called back.
Speaker 1: So that's your all twenty two review. Let's go. Hadn't
Speaker 1: spend this thing forward to the media availability from Tuesday afternoon.
Speaker 1: As chan Gailey was up first, he was asked about
Speaker 1: Dolphins receiver Lynn Bowden and the evidence that he played
Speaker 1: tag as a youth. You know, I say that you
Speaker 1: can watch kids, uh that come through today, which one's
Speaker 1: played tag growing up and which ones didn't play tag
Speaker 1: growing up. You know, if you played tag, then you
Speaker 1: know how to make a guy miss. And he played
Speaker 1: a lot of tag. I guess because he can make
Speaker 1: a guy miss and he's got a knack. Um. I've
Speaker 1: had a couple of guys like that in my career
Speaker 1: that that can make a guy miss and and see
Speaker 1: the field and see the next guy, and uh, there's
Speaker 1: there's a few of those out there. And and he's
Speaker 1: got that little knack to be able to sidestep, juke,
Speaker 1: whatever term you want to use. But he's pretty good
Speaker 1: at avoiding that head on collision at full speed tackle.
Speaker 1: He sees things very well and could control his body.
Speaker 1: His development has been has been uh, you know, I
Speaker 1: think not as quick as he wanted. But he had
Speaker 1: a lot to learn. He had a lot of to
Speaker 1: learn in our offense. He got here late, and then
Speaker 1: he was learning what to do and and where to
Speaker 1: we're to line up, and how to run the routes
Speaker 1: and where we wanted him. And he's really really to
Speaker 1: me come on really well. In the last three or
Speaker 1: four weeks. He started to find where he is and
Speaker 1: in the offense and and make contributions. And when he
Speaker 1: makes contributions, then that gives us more confidence to continue
Speaker 1: to use him. And it's a two way street there.
Speaker 1: And how about another Brookie on this Dolphins offense who
Speaker 1: rushed for a hundred and twenty two yards in the
Speaker 1: game on Sunday, Savan Akhmed. Here's coach Gayley on what
Speaker 1: makes Akhmed so shifty and slippery and a good running
Speaker 1: back that can produce big games for you like you
Speaker 1: did on Sunday. Now he's he's another one that everybody
Speaker 1: looks at speed. You know, oh he's got great speed,
Speaker 1: but he's got some awareness about about blocks. I think, uh,
Speaker 1: Eric does it. Stotzefield does a great job of explaining
Speaker 1: principles of running. You know who you're looking at, where
Speaker 1: you think the crease will be, When do you know?
Speaker 1: When do you take the crease or when do you
Speaker 1: look for the next crease. I think Eric does a
Speaker 1: super job with teaching running backs about the theory of
Speaker 1: defense and defenders and how they see things. And these
Speaker 1: guys are starting to learn those little things that are
Speaker 1: going to make the difference in being a UM an
Speaker 1: average back or or are a good back and maybe
Speaker 1: eventually a great back. Before it told so, I hadn't
Speaker 1: finished up with Chain here, who was asked about the
Speaker 1: production from the tight ends and receivers blocking both off
Speaker 1: the edge and downfield on the running game. Here's Gaily, Well,
Speaker 1: you seldom have a long run without those guys block.
Speaker 1: Unless you know somebody follows down you, you seldom have
Speaker 1: one of those and that's something that we've been working
Speaker 1: on and trying to get better at each week, is
Speaker 1: how we can control those guys in the secondary, how
Speaker 1: can we affect them and get them blocked. And they're
Speaker 1: getting better every week. It wasn't just yesterday. I thought.
Speaker 1: They've been getting better each week doing that, and so
Speaker 1: we gotta we gotta continue that. Let's go over to
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball and something that Jerome
Speaker 1: Baker said on his Monday media availability talking about staying
Speaker 1: more discipline within the structure of the scheme and not
Speaker 1: seeking out the splash plays all the time. Coach Josh
Speaker 1: Boyer was asked about that. Dolphins defensive coordinator was asked
Speaker 1: about that. Here's his response about how it takes all
Speaker 1: eleven guys doing their job to create those big plays
Speaker 1: on defense. Well, yeah, I mean there's so I mean,
Speaker 1: there's eleven guys out there on the field and they
Speaker 1: all have to be working as a unit. Um. You know,
Speaker 1: if we have one guy that breaks down, you know,
Speaker 1: on every play, you know, then a lot of times,
Speaker 1: you know, those are gonna be you know, big plays
Speaker 1: against us. Um, you know, it doesn't it doesn't hurt
Speaker 1: you every time, but the majority of time it really does.
Speaker 1: And I think you know, a lot of guys and
Speaker 1: we've talked about this before, you know, the splash plays,
Speaker 1: this splash stats, you know, sacks, interceptions, UM, you know,
Speaker 1: tackle for loss. You know, sometimes if you go try
Speaker 1: to make those plays and it's not within the structure
Speaker 1: of you know, what we're trying to do defensively, what
Speaker 1: happens is as you open up uh, creases and lanes
Speaker 1: um for either quarterbacks to throw and step up in
Speaker 1: or for running backs to find it and take off.
Speaker 1: So again, it's really a team thing and um, you know,
Speaker 1: and you know, and a lot of times that you
Speaker 1: see guys make plays, you know, there's usually somebody else
Speaker 1: involved in it. You know. We've had a number of
Speaker 1: interceptions this year where there's there's been good pressure. We've
Speaker 1: had a number of sacks this year where there's been
Speaker 1: good coverage, UM. And then we've had some really good
Speaker 1: individual place too. I'm not saying that, but I think
Speaker 1: it all kind of goes hand in hand. And I
Speaker 1: think that's uh, you know, and again, we we've got
Speaker 1: a good group of guys that they care about each other,
Speaker 1: they play for each other, and you know, and they're
Speaker 1: all genuinely happy when when somebody else has success, and
Speaker 1: you know, eventually their time will come. And because they
Speaker 1: have success, somebody else probably set that up too. So
Speaker 1: I think that's probably a little bit what he was
Speaker 1: talking about. Coach also talked about the value and the
Speaker 1: pro bowled odd for cornerback of Xavian Howard, what he's
Speaker 1: meant to this defense. Here's Coach on Xavien Howard. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean, first of all, he's gifts gifted athletically. I mean,
Speaker 1: he has a really good skill set. He's strong, Um,
Speaker 1: you know, he's able to diagnose plays, he's got a
Speaker 1: good feel. Um, he doesn't really panic when the ball
Speaker 1: is in the air. Um, you know. And I would
Speaker 1: say the thing that pleases me most about Xavien is,
Speaker 1: you know, he's really a selfless player and he's done
Speaker 1: really well in the run game and he's really made
Speaker 1: some big plays for us. And you know, he's just
Speaker 1: a guy that you can count on consistent, consistently weekend
Speaker 1: and week out. So um, you know, and you know,
Speaker 1: he just he has a he has a nose for
Speaker 1: the football, and um, he's done a really good job
Speaker 1: for us. And and he continues to work hard. He
Speaker 1: you know, he comes in and puts it in a
Speaker 1: good week's work every every week, and he's striving to
Speaker 1: get better. So you know, all good things to say
Speaker 1: about him, and you know, hopefully, you know he'll come
Speaker 1: in here this week, you work harder to get better.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and stay on the topic here and
Speaker 1: finish up with coaches. Media availability with Dolphins defensive backs
Speaker 1: coach Joe Alexander, who also talked about xabing Howard my BEI,
Speaker 1: Dolphins Pro Bowl cornerback. I was happy for X. I
Speaker 1: know that he had a significant injury last year and
Speaker 1: it's something that he really battled through to get himself
Speaker 1: back healthy and get him back to playing at a
Speaker 1: high level. I mean anytime anybody goes through that kind
Speaker 1: of anniversary. And I know in my playing career, not
Speaker 1: that I was any type of player that X is,
Speaker 1: but um just a mental things that you go through
Speaker 1: when you go through injury and the rehabilitation and getting
Speaker 1: your body to function the way you wanted to and
Speaker 1: in the frustrating days that come with that process. For
Speaker 1: him to be able to go through that and and
Speaker 1: reap the benefit of this hard work and the way
Speaker 1: that he's played this season. Uh, I mean, you can't
Speaker 1: be happy for a guy like that who's battled through
Speaker 1: that kind of adversity. Let's go ahead and keep this
Speaker 1: thing rolling with some layers here and here from Dolphins
Speaker 1: tight end Durham Smith, who talked about Adam Shahe's nomination
Speaker 1: for the Angry Runs segment on Good Morning Football for
Speaker 1: his run after the catch on Sunday. Here's Durham talking
Speaker 1: about how angry runs have been a goal for this
Speaker 1: team in that tight end room all year long, you know,
Speaker 1: talking about the angry runs thing. That's something that we've
Speaker 1: talked about all season, trying to get on that. You know,
Speaker 1: George godzy Um has has talked to us about that segment, um,
Speaker 1: you know, since training camp. So finally we got somebody
Speaker 1: on it, which is exciting. Um. But yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: we you know, we're out there trying to do that
Speaker 1: every week, and uh, obviously we had a few opportunities
Speaker 1: this week and and tried to make the most of them.
Speaker 1: And we finish up here with Dolphins cornerback and Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl xaviing Howard, who was asked about his ability to
Speaker 1: find the football to attack the football, but not just
Speaker 1: when the ball is in the air and in accepting
Speaker 1: the passes, but playing that way the entirety of the
Speaker 1: football game finished, you know, finishing strong and um you know,
Speaker 1: not just giving up plays or even even you give
Speaker 1: up plays, um when you finish our just attack the ball,
Speaker 1: you know, trying to make something happy for the team.
Speaker 1: All right, So there you have it. Plenty of player
Speaker 1: press conference availability here on this Tuesday edition of the
Speaker 1: Drive Time podcast. We had Bobby McCain, Durham Smith, and
Speaker 1: Xaviing Howard. Also had all the defensive assistance and coordinators available,
Speaker 1: so go check out Miami Dolphins dot com to get
Speaker 1: your access to all those videos. Will be back tomorrow
Speaker 1: to preview the Dolphins and Raiders. On Saturday. We're gonna
Speaker 1: have a Kyle van Noi feature coming your way. On Thursday.
Speaker 1: The Flashback podcast already published talking to Jay Fiedler about
Speaker 1: the OH one Raiders game. Very powerful stuff there in
Speaker 1: that podcast from Jay. As for today's time, that is
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