WEBVTT - All 22 Review From Dolphins Win Over Patriots 0:00:01.000 --> 0:00:16.079 Exact field touchdown, Miami Run. What is up, Dolphans And 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:19.760 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:24.880 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:24.880 --> 0:00:28.560 each and every day. How's it going everybody? It is Tuesday. 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:31.680 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I'm here to 0:00:31.720 --> 0:00:35.519 bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:37.960 on today's show, we've got a busy one for you. 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:41.000 We're gonna jump into the numbers, the all twenty two review, 0:00:41.080 --> 0:00:43.919 as well as get to the Dolphins coaching staff on 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.960 their media availability, as well as here from some of 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.919 the players following Sunday's victory over the Patriots, and take 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:52.600 a look ahead to the Raiders on Saturday night in 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.920 Las Vegas. All of that and more on this Tuesday, December, 0:00:55.920 --> 0:01:02.840 the twenty two edition of the Drivetime Podcast. The Last 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:05.759 Time is brought to you by Auto Nation. Hey Dolphins fans, 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:09.000 the New year starts now at Auto Nation. Let's skip 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:12.800 the rest of and get to big New Year's savings 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:16.920 on your favorite Auto Nation Chevy's, Fords, Toyotas, Hondas, and 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:20.319 a whole lot more shops safely at the Auto Nation store. 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:23.679 Near you or Auto nation dot com and save now 0:01:24.120 --> 0:01:26.720 and real quick before we get into the first item 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:29.360 on the agenda today talking about Dolphins numbers from the 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:32.240 win on Sunday. The Pro Bowl teams were announced on 0:01:32.280 --> 0:01:35.600 Monday night, and cornerback xaviing Howard is heading to his 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:39.320 second Pro Bowl in his career in the National Football League. 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:42.600 His nine interceptions lead the NFL. We know that he's 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.600 got seventeen passes defense that's tied for second best in 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:49.200 the NFL. He's responsible for ten takeaways with his fumble 0:01:49.240 --> 0:01:52.200 forced in the game on Sunday over the Patriots. He's 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:55.320 one more interception away from tying the franchise record with 0:01:55.400 --> 0:01:58.880 Dick Westmoreland, who had ten back in nineteen sixty seven. 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:01.480 And that earns how are at a starting spot on 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.080 the one Pro Bowl squad. The game will not be 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.480 played this season, but he does are in the starter 0:02:06.560 --> 0:02:10.400 designation for his performance in Let's go ahead and jump 0:02:10.480 --> 0:02:12.840 right into the Dolphins numbers from this win on Sunday, 0:02:13.040 --> 0:02:15.960 some individual and team rankings. We start with the Dolphins 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.840 team rankings following the Week fifteen slate of action. The 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:22.400 Dolphins offense ranks sixteen and points at twenty five point 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:25.000 one points per game. There twenty six and total offense 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.160 twenty two on the ground and twenty four through the 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:30.440 air with two hundred twenty one point four yards and 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:33.200 passing in one hundred and six point three yards rushing 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.760 per game. Defensively, pretty damn good. Points eight teen point 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:39.600 four per game that's first in the National Football League. 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.040 Three hundred and fifty eight point one yards per game 0:02:42.080 --> 0:02:45.679 is eighteenth. In total defense, the one twenty rushing yards 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.040 allowed per game is nineteen. The two hundred and thirty 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.080 eight point one passing yards per game is eighteen thirty 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.720 seven sacks that's tied for tenth in the NFL. Third 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:57.720 down defense thirty two point five percent conversion that's best 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:00.360 in the National Football League. And since Pittsburgh did not 0:03:00.360 --> 0:03:02.600 get to take away on Monday night, Miami moves out 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:05.440 of that tie. Their twenty six takeaways are first in 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:08.000 the National Football League. So the first scoring defense, first 0:03:08.040 --> 0:03:11.160 ranked third down defense, and the number one overall takeaways 0:03:11.400 --> 0:03:13.320 in the National Football League. What a year for your 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:16.760 Dolphins defense. So the defense continues to rank highly across 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:20.400 multiple important categories. As far as defensive rankings in the NFL, 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.320 Dolphins offense gets pushed up a little bit, especially with 0:03:23.400 --> 0:03:25.639 the effort on the ground game, and the two hundred 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:27.919 fifty yards by the Dolphins ground game was the most 0:03:28.080 --> 0:03:30.399 since the two hundred sixty one yards back in Week 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:34.679 sixteen at Buffalo. In running back savan An was the 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.120 first Dolphins running back to the clips one hundred yards 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:40.520 since eighteen season. His one d twenty two yards were 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.720 the most by an undrafted rookie and franchise history, and 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.000 the two hundred fifty rushing yards in the game were 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:49.200 twenty second most of the Dolphins in their entire franchise history. 0:03:49.440 --> 0:03:51.880 The win gives the Dolphins nine this season. That makes 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.080 the thirty first winning season for the franchise in its history. 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:57.880 They've won eight of their past ten, nine of their 0:03:57.920 --> 0:04:00.600 past twelve, and it's twenty five and f teen over 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.040 the last forty games at hard Rock Stadium since the 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:07.160 canopy was added back in the renovations. Dolphins defense kept 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:08.920 New England out of the end zone in the win. 0:04:09.240 --> 0:04:11.880 It was the third time this season in opposing offense 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:14.600 failed to find pay dirt against the Dolphins defense. Only 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:17.400 New Orleans and Miami have had three games without a 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:20.040 touchdown allowed this season. We take a look at the 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.680 Dolphins offensive snap counts for this game. Quarterback to a 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.799 tongue of Byloa, as well as offensive lineman Ted Carriss, 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:30.279 Jesse Davis, Austin Jackson, and Robert Hunt played all seventy 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:33.440 three snaps in the game. At running back, Savon Ahmed 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.720 had forty four snaps. That was six, Matt Brita had 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:40.119 nineteen snaps, and Patrick Larry played eight. Mc Hollins played 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.120 seventy of the snap or seventy snap rather at receiver 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.600 of the total, with Lynn Bowden playing sixty six snaps, 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:51.160 Isaiah Ford fifty four, Malcolm Perry ten at tight end, 0:04:51.200 --> 0:04:53.760 Adam Shaheen had forty three, and Derham Smith forty two, 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:56.800 both guys giving you combined eighty five reps there, with 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:59.479 Chris Myrick playing three and a round. With the offensive 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.360 line here Alluman Kinley he played fifty snaps in the game, 0:05:02.520 --> 0:05:06.280 Michael Dear twenty three, Julian Davenport three snaps, and Christian 0:05:06.279 --> 0:05:09.560 Wilkins gives you three snaps on offense, and I talked 0:05:09.560 --> 0:05:11.520 about one of the key storylines I was keeping an 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:14.440 eye on as the Dolphins ability to handle the blitz 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.120 looks or the coverage looks the Patriots would throw at 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.520 the young quarterback and two a tonga Byloa in this 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:22.920 game was six for six on plays where the Patriots 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:24.920 sent an extra rusher that's a fifth or maybe even 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.920 a six man pressure package for fifty six yards with 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.400 six first downs. He was sacked once, and he also 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:33.320 picked up the scrambled touchdown on the eighth edition or 0:05:33.360 --> 0:05:36.320 the eighth rendition of that Patriots blitz, so very good 0:05:36.400 --> 0:05:38.920 numbers against the Blitz. Running Back zavan Achmed had the 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:40.920 longest run of the year for the Dolphins at thirty 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.200 one yards. His one and twenty two yards with the 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.120 most buy Dolphins back this year. He also forced four 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:48.680 miss tackles that was also a season high. He also 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.680 had two point five seven yards after initial contact. Matt 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:54.120 Breeda lead the Dolphins in that category with three point 0:05:54.200 --> 0:05:57.520 four two yards after initial contact, and the team's six 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:00.160 carries of ten or more yards was a seas and 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:02.880 high this year. Tight End Durham Smith caught all five 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:05.880 of his targets for forty receiving yards. He produced four 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.400 first downs and picked up twenty six yards after the catch. 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:11.880 Adam Shheen also added fifteen receiving yards to the total. 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:13.960 And these guys got the job done blocking off the 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:16.600 edge of Dolphins ran for seventy five yards on eight 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:20.480 rouns off either outside edge, according to Pro Football Focus 0:06:20.760 --> 0:06:23.040 and Tools, under pressure on just eight of his thirty 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:26.000 one dropbacks. Only three of those pressures resulted in hits 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.720 on the rookie quarterback as Jesse Davis, Michael Dieter, and 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:32.560 Ted Carris all pitched pass protection clean sheets. That's no sacks, 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:35.840 no hits, and no hurries allowed. On the defensive side. 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:39.359 Snap counts wise, ray Kwon Davis leads interior defensive linemen 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.120 with thirty nine snaps. Christian Wilkins plays twenty nine, and 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.760 so too do Zach Seler. Benito Jones gets out there 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.400 for three reps in the game. Emmanuel Ogball played thirty 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.920 three snaps shack loss in thirty At linebacker, Kyle van Noyd, 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:54.320 Jerome Baker, and he Landed Roberts all played significant workloads. 0:06:54.520 --> 0:06:57.040 Van Noien Baker never left the field, playing all fifty 0:06:57.080 --> 0:06:59.720 five snaps each. A Landing Roberts had forty six in 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.120 the game game and Andrew van Ginkl had his workload 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:05.320 as well, at twenty four snaps. In the secondary, Xaviing 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:08.120 Howard and Byron Jones both didn't leave the field fifty 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.920 five snaps for them, as well as safety Eric Rowe. 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.040 Nick Needum played thirty two snaps, Jamal Perry played to 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:18.280 Brandon Jones played thirty two, and Bobby McCain played thirty one. 0:07:18.640 --> 0:07:21.480 In the victory, Emmanuel Ogba and Shack Lawson and ray 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:24.200 Kuan Davis all tied for the team lead with three 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:27.840 quarterback pressures apiece. One of ogbas pressures was his sack, 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:30.760 his ninth of the season that's ninth most in the NFL. 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.960 His twenty one QB hits tenth most, and his fifty 0:07:34.040 --> 0:07:37.240 nine total quarterback pressures are tied for fourth most in 0:07:37.280 --> 0:07:39.600 the National Football Like. He also had two run stops 0:07:39.640 --> 0:07:42.840 in the game. Linebackers Jerome Baker and Landon Roberts both 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:45.920 had four run stops apiece. Roberts had a team high 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:49.320 nine tackles, while Baker picked up eight. Baker also added 0:07:49.360 --> 0:07:52.160 to his career high sack total with his sixth sack 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:55.280 of the season. The defense as a whole scored twenty 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:58.200 tackles within two yards of the line we talked about. 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.800 Baker and Roberts, Kyle Van Annoy, Brandon Jones, and Zach 0:08:01.880 --> 0:08:04.560 Seiler all added to a piece as far as run 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.960 stops for the Dolphins defense, and Seeler picked up his 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:09.560 another sack on the season, three and a half for 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.800 him this year. Safety Eric Row allowed just eleven yards 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:15.480 receiving on two targets to go along with two run 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:18.480 stops himself, and Brandon Jones allowed just twelve yards and 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:21.360 coverage with six total tackles and a forced fumble in 0:08:21.440 --> 0:08:23.880 the game. We finish up with the Pro Bowler cornerback 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:27.160 Xavien Howard. He produced another takeaway courtesy of his first 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:30.760 forced fumble. Say that three times fast of the season. 0:08:31.000 --> 0:08:33.080 He also held the Patriots passing game to just thirty 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.199 five yards on the day, while Byron Jones on the 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:37.680 other side of the field allowed just twenty three passing 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:39.800 yards from the Patriots in the game. So a good 0:08:39.840 --> 0:08:42.079 work all around there from the Dolphins defense. If you 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:43.640 want to read the rest of this piece up on 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.400 Miami Dolphins dot com, it is called inside the Numbers 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.840 Dolphins twenty two Patriots twelve. We do it every single 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:52.320 Monday up on the website as well as covered here 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.240 on the Tuesday podcast. As we do on Tuesday also 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.000 we break down the all twenty two review. Let's go 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.480 ahead and jump in now with the defensive side of 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:03.080 the football first, and I kind of want to change 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:04.839 up to the format of this a little bit and 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.719 start by talking about a couple of plays and the 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:11.960 the overall takeaway and the overall contributions from those individual plays, 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.520 and then get to some individual notes afterwards, kind of 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:16.240 make this a little more concise for you guys. So 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.920 on the opening drive of the game, this one goes 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:21.960 for the Kyle Van Noy appreciation files. There's an option 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.160 play on the second snap of the game where he 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.079 absorbs the block from an offset fullback who comes to 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:29.160 the second level to make a block on him. He 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:32.520 keeps the outside arm free and it turns Sony Michelle 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:35.640 back inside. And on this same play, Christian Wilkins. The 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:39.679 athletic ability is absolutely oozing on this play, I mean, damn, 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:41.960 he just he gets the outside shade from the right 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:45.040 guard and works all the way outside, forces Cam to 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.839 pitch the football and then closes on the running back 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:51.120 who cuts back inside. Because of k V N's presence 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.559 off that edge, speaking of kV and appreciation. On the 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:57.720 very next play, he sees a screen flow back inside 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:00.520 and pursues it for a tackle for loss. Then later 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.360 on in this game you see the smarts and we 0:10:03.480 --> 0:10:07.640 talk about the past breakup play and some people might 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.679 have said that was a possible interception from exaviing Howard 0:10:10.760 --> 0:10:12.880 on the backside, but it's really just a great play. 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:16.400 He sees play pass and immediately gains depth and puts 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.880 himself in position to make a play on the football 0:10:18.960 --> 0:10:22.520 fifteen yards down the field. That's superb work from an 0:10:22.520 --> 0:10:25.520 outside linebacker because he can't possibly know that X has 0:10:25.600 --> 0:10:29.120 that route undercut for a possible interception, and looking at it, 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.360 he had some green grass in front of him, exaving 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:33.839 Howard doing exaving Howard things. But I guess sometimes you're 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:36.520 just too good on defense, as the Dolphins were in 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.000 this case. We talked about the screen game and the 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:41.480 second drive of the game, third and nine. As soon 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:44.600 as the left tackle works around Jerome Baker off the edge, 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.360 Bake drops right back into the passing lane and is 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:49.719 camped right in front of the receiver trying to get 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:52.520 to the tunnel inside for that screen and Brian Flores 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:54.640 talked about this leading up to the to the game. 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.480 The Patriots leading the NFL on screen yardage. It was 0:10:57.520 --> 0:11:01.280 a point of emphasis emphasis they execute. Did absolute chef's 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.800 kiss on that one? And who else but Emmanuel Ogba 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:06.280 there on the pressure more on him in just one minute? 0:11:06.440 --> 0:11:08.160 And how about the play before the play? We talked 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:09.960 about this on the podcast all the time, the play 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:12.720 that sets up a bigger play. Second and two plus 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.720 twenties six, middle of the second quarter for the Patriots 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.680 Dolphins gonna tackle for lost from Eric Row and Emmanuel Ogba. 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.640 Roe flies in off the edge and beats the kickout 0:11:21.679 --> 0:11:24.160 block and just throws his body in there onto the 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:26.800 back and Ogba meets him there after, winning with a 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.680 quick rip move inside. He made a few plays inside 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:32.360 in this game. So many of these plays feature multiple 0:11:32.440 --> 0:11:35.319 guys winning to create big plays, big outcomes for the 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:38.400 team because of individual efforts and individual victories. Kind of 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.360 stacking up on one single play. It just makes it 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.360 makes that energy feel more palpable because so many guys 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:45.960 are like, all right, I'm up next, I'm the one 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.000 to make the play next. It's it's been a whole 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:50.199 team effort all year long, and it makes it so 0:11:50.320 --> 0:11:52.480 much fun to watch in my and from my perspective 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:54.280 from where I sit, I think that's way more fun 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:56.559 than having lareen't. You guys constantly make the big plays 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:58.760 for you. But that's been the case with the Dolphins defense. 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:01.600 One more note here a general play just Byron Jones 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:04.280 and the physical play between he and Xavian Howard on 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:07.240 the very next play after the the AGA second and 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:10.080 two aug Bon Row tackle for loss, you get an 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.679 uncatchable ball on I throw the head and towards Byron 0:12:12.760 --> 0:12:15.520 Jones because he's right in Nick kill Harry's hip pocket 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:17.360 as he was throughout the course of this game. So 0:12:17.440 --> 0:12:19.520 the play before the play gets the Dolphins defense off 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.400 the field forces a field goal. And speaking of Howard 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:24.400 and Jones, the very first play of the game, the 0:12:24.480 --> 0:12:27.679 Patriots condensed everything in tight to the formation and X 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:30.599 and Byron get jams inside the numbers on receivers on 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:33.120 those inside releases and then too both of them almost 0:12:33.160 --> 0:12:36.120 three seconds to clear that five yard legal contact window. 0:12:36.360 --> 0:12:39.400 It's so impressive the physical press man coverage. It's hard 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:41.840 to gain yards in the passing game when that's happening 0:12:41.920 --> 0:12:44.360 as it was consistently, and that was just the case 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.079 in this game, which means there's not a lot to 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.840 cover because it was so consistently jam alter the release 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:51.839 right on top of the receiver at the top of 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.240 the route. The one chunk game they got Exavian forces 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:57.280 of fumble on it anyways, not the one Chunk game, 0:12:57.360 --> 0:12:59.559 but at that point of the game, so really the 0:12:59.640 --> 0:13:02.760 only asking success came from crossers and check downs where 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.599 either guys were out leveraged on those condensed formations, or 0:13:05.640 --> 0:13:08.360 when Newton broke contain and found outlets to his backs 0:13:08.400 --> 0:13:10.120 and tight ends and that sort of thing. And if 0:13:10.160 --> 0:13:12.040 that's all you're giving up, well that's how you hold 0:13:12.120 --> 0:13:15.520 someone to twelve points. A few of the individual notes 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:18.360 here Ray Kwon Davis. I just continued to be impressed 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.160 by how big and how strong he is with the 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.920 hands and his ability to slip off both in past 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:25.679 protection and run blocking. His ability to slip off the 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:28.640 blocks with double swipes, her arm over or just sheer 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:30.240 power where he kind of chucks the guy out of 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.360 the club. It's consistent with him at this point. He's 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:35.559 getting plenty of reps because of that. Christian Wilkins holds 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.520 double teams and disengages at the point consistently every week 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:41.439 as well. And we saw that same lateral agility on 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:43.880 that option play on a later play where he comes 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:46.040 across the block and gets off of it and throws 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:47.960 himself in front of the back and creates a possible 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:50.240 big game because there's a huge gap at that point 0:13:50.320 --> 0:13:52.360 where he comes off the block and makes a stop. 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:54.160 I thought he played with his hair on fire at 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:56.600 the start of this game, and it carried some momentum 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:58.320 into the rest of the game for the Dolphins defense. 0:13:58.600 --> 0:14:01.439 Zack Seeler same thing as Shan Wilkins with holding double teams, 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:04.480 but he's also got this building athletic ability to rush 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:06.320 from there and kind of slip off some of these 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.480 double team blocks at times as a pass rusher and 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:10.800 in the running game. And these guys they just kind 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.240 of all mirror each other in terms of ridiculous size, 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:17.840 athletic ability, position flexibility. All three of those defensive tackles, 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:20.480 although they play end as well, can play multiple spots. 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:23.040 When we talk about the current contract status of these guys, 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:27.000 Seeler just sign extension through three. Christian Wilkins and Ray 0:14:27.080 --> 0:14:29.680 Kwon Davis early in their rookie deals. I like that. 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.320 And Zach Seeler sacked that was something man. He just 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:34.600 threw a double punch into the chest plate of the tackle, 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:37.680 worked himself upfield into a position to get past the 0:14:37.760 --> 0:14:40.640 upfield shoulder of that tackle, and just tosses him aside 0:14:40.680 --> 0:14:43.520 to close for a sack. Man. He's impressed him. Speaking 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:46.800 of sacks, Emmanuel Agba, he splits a very tight split 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.600 between the right tackle and right guard and just overpowers 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:51.520 the right guard en route to the quarterback a big 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.760 sack to get a turnover to end the game. Really 0:14:53.800 --> 0:14:56.120 there essentially at the end. And then he also has 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.440 a couple of plays where again he just super strong 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:00.800 at the point of attack, stack and shed, and you 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:03.440 so frequently see him keep his frame clean from blockers 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:05.880 because of those long arms and those heavy hands. Just 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:08.440 these guys up front and lost in that group as well, 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:11.680 continue to play so consistent, so reliable that when you 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:13.680 know you're gonna get that performance weekend and week out 0:15:13.920 --> 0:15:16.280 from so many guys. And he landed Roberts at the 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:18.560 second level of defense. I just want to mention the 0:15:18.640 --> 0:15:20.840 hustle he plays with. There are a few things you 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:22.920 can appreciate more as a fan and as someone who 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.200 observes the game as someone that hustles as hard as 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:28.040 he does. There's a tackle on a sixteen yard run 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:31.560 early when Eric Roe forces Michelle Sony Michelle to make 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:33.760 a move and it gives e Rob just a half 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.360 a beat he needs to chase the play down from behind. 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.400 Then later we saw the fumble recovery. It's the same thing, 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.320 only the target this time was the football, not a player, 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.360 and he picked it up for the fumble recovery. And 0:15:44.400 --> 0:15:46.760 I also want to say it was around Week three 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:48.880 or so where he just came to life and he's 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:51.680 been on that tear pretty much ever since. The instincts 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.280 to shoot gaps and make the big plays, but also 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:58.200 paying playing patiently and scraping off blocks behind his guys 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:01.000 up front and really fitting his gaps. Just another piece 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:04.520 added this offseason that's playing some damn good football. Andrew 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:07.640 Van Ginkle off the edge at linebacker on the illegal 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.280 contact play on Jerome Baker a five yard penalty. He 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:12.640 has a wicked pass rush move where he loops inside 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:14.640 and gets a free run on Cam and puts a 0:16:14.680 --> 0:16:17.280 good lick on the Patriots quarterback. Speaking of Baker, I 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:19.960 thought he had another fantastic game. He closes down a 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:22.120 backside cross or where he gets depth and reads the 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.240 play underneath it, recognizes the flow and just closes and 0:16:25.280 --> 0:16:27.360 meets the receiver right after the football is caught, so 0:16:27.520 --> 0:16:30.200 no upfield momentum. He knocks him backwards for just a 0:16:30.280 --> 0:16:32.920 three yard game Byron Jones and man coverage on the 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:35.000 other side, he gets picked off a little rub route 0:16:35.000 --> 0:16:37.400 the Patriots run, So great job by Baker to get 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.760 that depth, see it and limited to a short game, 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:41.360 and I thought it was one of his best games 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.640 in terms of setting the edge, but not just coming 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:45.560 and setting the edge, but coming off the blocks and 0:16:45.640 --> 0:16:47.640 making stops as well. He really had a hell of 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:50.200 a game, taking a beating on blocks and just in general. 0:16:50.240 --> 0:16:52.120 I thought he was really good in this game. Brandon 0:16:52.200 --> 0:16:54.000 Jones feels like I mentioned this every week with the 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.640 Dolphins rookie safety. I just love how fast he goes 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.880 from seeing it to reacting to it. Something Geral Alexandra 0:16:59.920 --> 0:17:02.480 to aalked about a few weeks ago at his media availability, 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:04.639 and the play he makes on the fourth fumble was 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:07.959 just awesome. Cam Newton tries to throw a jab step inside, 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.680 but Jones just stays on his line, on his path 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:13.359 and keeps that pursuit angle, so he wins there. But 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:15.640 then he goes above and beyond and punches it out. 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:18.320 Just an awesome, awesome play. And finally want to throw 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:21.080 some appreciation Eric rose Way what he did in this 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.800 game with Bobby McCain playing about half as much as 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:26.199 he usually does and Brandon Jones kind of making up 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:27.960 for the rest of those snaps from Bobby, and he 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.280 was Brandon was playing up in the box a lot 0:17:30.359 --> 0:17:32.520 more so, Roe was playing that deep portion of the 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:35.320 field where Bobby usually patrols so well. But they didn't 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.399 give up a single deep pass over his head, so 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:39.600 he was really good in that area. Plus, the man 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:42.639 coverage on Dalton Kean on a third down incompletion to 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.919 preserve a lead in the fourth quarter was textbook coverage. 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:48.919 So Dolphin's defense continue to just get it done weekend 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:50.800 and week out. They were very good in this game 0:17:50.880 --> 0:17:53.600 once again. As for the offensive side of the football's 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.440 go ahead and turn this thing over to that side 0:17:55.480 --> 0:17:57.800 for the all twenty two review here on the Tuesday 0:17:57.920 --> 0:18:00.879 Drivetime podcast, and we start with the few mentions of 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:03.000 a few plays like we did on the defensive side 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:04.719 of the ball to start off. And the first thing 0:18:04.760 --> 0:18:06.600 I want to talk about is the double teams, because 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:08.960 they start off this game with the Solomon Kinley and 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.480 Austin Jackson double team paving the way for a five 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.560 yard run as they wipe out the backside edge together 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.200 with the solid three or four yards of movement, really 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:19.640 kind of pushing that sled and tandem as it were 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:22.080 up the field. And I thought Akama did such a 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.680 good job to press those double teams in this game 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:27.800 and influence the second level player behind those blocks trying 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.440 to scrape around and make a tackle. Both he and 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:32.760 Matt Breeda did well, I thought, to press those gaps 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:36.120 and press those plays and create some indecision for those 0:18:36.160 --> 0:18:39.159 second level defenders and linebackers. And the running backs did 0:18:39.160 --> 0:18:41.159 a good job of making them, I guess, make a 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:43.960 split decision and getting extra yards through arm tackles and 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:45.960 putting their head down and getting extra yards that way. 0:18:46.359 --> 0:18:48.560