WEBVTT - Dolphins Bears Week 9 Preview 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:05.160 You were listening to the Miami Dolphins podcast Network. This 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:08.200 is Drive Time with Travis wheat Field. Back to throw 0:00:08.360 --> 0:00:15.880 to a looking at wine olfan touchtop, clerk kill, un believable, 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.120 just blue fire for a second time. Don't know where 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:21.840 he was going right away. Want to hit that man. 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:23.919 I want to help you soon. Looked up on his 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:28.280 bay Wattle, waddle to a shotgut back to throw, looking 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:33.480 steps up fires, touchtop again, it's waddle. It's six touchdown. 0:00:33.600 --> 0:00:38.960 Pass out of this thing. Drive Time with Travis Winfield begins. 0:00:39.479 --> 0:00:45.280 Now let me check your pulse if what is up? 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:49.080 Dolph fans and welcome to the Drivetime podcast, part of 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:54.120 the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:54.160 --> 0:00:57.040 How's it going to everybody? I am your host, Travis Winkfield. 0:00:57.120 --> 0:01:00.639 On today's show, it is a preview Thursday day. As 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:03.160 we turned the page to Week nine of the two 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.600 NFL season, we're breaking down all things Dolphins and Bears 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.680 with a look at the matchups position by position, key 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.480 stats and tape study. What's at stake this week, the 0:01:12.480 --> 0:01:15.120 three keys to victory, and we'll also hear from quarterback 0:01:15.160 --> 0:01:18.160 to what tongle by Loa from his Wednesday press conference. 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.800 All of that and more from the Baptist Health Studios 0:01:20.880 --> 0:01:25.240 inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:32.480 Time Podcast, A trip to the Midwest the Monsters of 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:36.559 the Midway. First game in Chicago since a pretty resounding 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:40.800 victory back in and if I recall correctly, Mike Wallace 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.520 had a couple of touchdowns in that game. Ryan Tannehill 0:01:43.560 --> 0:01:45.920 had a long run on a designed zone read on 0:01:46.040 --> 0:01:49.480 fourth and short. Was that also the game where Tannehill 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.440 got shoved and face planted into the grass and if 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:54.520 you screenshot at it at the right time, he looked 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.680 like the actual Dolphins logo. I think it was also 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:00.000 played a crazy game back in ten with a dolphin 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:03.560 is one at the buzzer on a Jason Sanders field goal. 0:02:03.600 --> 0:02:06.800 I believe that was for the Bears. Wins have been 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.919 hard to come by since that ten season. They had 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.040 that team that year who won twelve games and looked 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.560 like a real threat, but the double joint kept them 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.240 out of the divisional round that season, and that's where 0:02:17.280 --> 0:02:20.640 we'll pick it up. Since then, they have pivoted to 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:23.840 a new head coach, GM Combo. After that twelve win 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:29.280 NFC North title winning season. It's been eight Nate, eight Nate, 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:33.600 and six and eleven enter Matt Eberflus, who operates one 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.160 of the most creative defenses in the NFL and has 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.320 consistently produced results with the Colts and then now with 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:42.360 the Chicago Bears. The GM is Ryan Pulls, a former 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:45.200 player who has been busy putting his fingerprints all over 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.600 the roster and most recently with the acquisition of Chase 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.440 Claypool of the Steelers or formerly of the Steelers, who 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.160 is just the latest of a busy remake in the 0:02:54.200 --> 0:02:58.160 wide receiver room. This regime inherited the very talented Darnell Mooney, 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:01.760 but then went to work adding receivers like Chase Claypool, 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:06.040 Byron Pringle and to kill Harry Vellis Jones Jr. Equanimius st. Brown. 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:09.280 They also brought in Ryan Griffin to pair with Cole Comet, 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:12.400 and drafted David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert the last couple 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:15.919 of years, so they have their young nucleus assembled around 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:21.240 one first round graft pick and uber talented quarterback with rare, 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:24.440 rare running ability, a player they also traded up for 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:28.040 in Justin Fields. Now just because it's been a bunch 0:03:28.040 --> 0:03:31.440 of moves doesn't mean it's been, you know, all that effective. 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:36.040 That wide receiver corps kind of reminds me of twelve 0:03:36.120 --> 0:03:38.800 Dolphins on hard knocks when Jeff Ireland said we've got 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:40.839 a bunch of fours and fives and six is though 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:42.440 I do feel the Bears have a bunch of threes 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:45.400 and fours and Mooney is a dynamite number two. But 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:48.200 you get the idea. And we've seen a little bit 0:03:48.200 --> 0:03:50.480 of a jump here from Justin Fields in the last 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.640 couple of weeks. I think the offense is catering more 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.560 and more to his skill set, particularly in these last 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:57.760 few weeks. He has a lot to handle when he 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:00.680 goes off script or keeps it on designed runs. He's 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:04.280 adding in the in more explosive downfield passing elements, and 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.280 we'll break his game down here in the preview, but 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.320 he was far and away my QB two in that 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:13.080 class behind Trevor Lawrence. It's not a great class so far, 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.800 but I'm a big believer in what Justin Fields offers, 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:17.120 and I still think that there's a path for I'm 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.480 gonna be the best quarterback out of that draft. Right now, 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:21.320 I might take him over all of the other quarterbacks. 0:04:21.320 --> 0:04:24.080 So far in that twenty one class. They've invested the 0:04:24.120 --> 0:04:26.880 Bears a little bit into the offensive line, most notably 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:29.480 a second round pick on Tevin Jenkins, who's looked better 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:31.880 since kicking inside the guard from that right tackle to 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:34.440 right guard position. But they've really had to shuffle up 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:36.839 front with some injuries. It's good to see the roster 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.680 overhaul on offense to pair with a defense that has been, 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.839 you know, pretty good for a long time, regardless of 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:45.200 the personnel. They did lose stalwart Achem Hicks this offseason. 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.800 They just traded Robert Quinn and Roe Kuwan Smith, so 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:50.560 three really big losses and they've had a tough time 0:04:50.560 --> 0:04:53.320 replacing those guys. It is a big front, guys like Alcoin, 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:57.039 Mohammed Mike Pennell, armand Watts, Justin Jones, Angelo Blackson, and 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:00.560 Trevis Gibson. It's not all that dissimilar of what eber 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.640 Flus had an Indianapolis, the big defensive line to free 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:07.120 up their athletic linebackers. Even in a post ro Quan 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:10.719 Smith world, they had Grover Stewart, DeForrest Buckner, Quitty pay 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.400 gap control with good rush integrity to help keep your 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.320 linebackers clean. They went heavy in the secondary of this draft, 0:05:16.360 --> 0:05:18.039 and a lot of folks said, hey, go get your 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:20.720 quarterbacks some help, but they went with Kyler Gordon and 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.400 Jakwan Brisker. More on them here in just a minute. 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:25.880 They do give the Bears, in my opinion, the strength 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:28.480 of their roster and that secondary as they pair with 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.120 Eddie Jackson and Jalen Johnson, it's a team that can 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.240 burn you with the full complement of the running game. 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:36.080 That's really you know, the secondary is probably the strength 0:05:36.120 --> 0:05:37.960 of the team, but the backs with the quarterback in 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.680 the running game is how they operate. Uh offensive coordinator 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:44.520 Luke Getsy, who worked under Matt Lafleur in Green Bay, 0:05:44.560 --> 0:05:47.000 off that Shanahan Tree, so stuff we've seen here before. 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.880 To power backs and a quarterback who's up there with 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:53.560 Lamar Jackson and Jalen Hurts and the athletic quarterback department, 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:56.880 and a defense that generates takeaways under a great defensive 0:05:56.920 --> 0:06:01.000 minded coach and Matt Eberflus. His defensive coordinator is Alan Williams. 0:06:01.040 --> 0:06:02.720 Let's go ahead and dive into how they do it all. 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.960 Dolphins offense Bears defense. Starting off here with the offense 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:09.520 and quarterback of the Dolphins versus safety and structure of 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:13.080 the Bears defense. So it's a region react defense. They 0:06:13.120 --> 0:06:15.279 like to control the point and play read and react 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:18.039 on the back end, get disruption up front, and play 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:20.800 top down football where they flow from the second and 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:23.560 third level, using safeties and linebackers to clean things up 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:25.280 and make all kinds of tackles. More on that here 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.440 in just a second. It's why I think that this 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:32.600 misdirection I Candy false keys offense could potentially give them issues. 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:34.520 If we draw up a great game plan, you have 0:06:34.640 --> 0:06:38.720 athletes at key spots like look at what he had 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.280 there in Indianapolis, and three critical areas that the three 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.160 three of the most important positions in this defense from 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.320 what I've you know, researched and found, is the three tech. 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:49.920 The defensive tackle. They had to Forest Buckner there, your 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.599 weak side linebacker Shack Leonard was the guy there, and 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:54.680 your nickel which was Kenny Moore. All three of those 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:56.680 guys were Pro bowlers. They put a lot on their 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:58.560 plates and they executed a high level. So what are 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:02.560 the analogs there or this Bears defense? Well, it was 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:05.200 a Chem Hicks and Roquan Smith and then Kyler Gordon, 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.640 who's still there in a good player. But for the Bears, 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:11.720 you know, Nicholas Morrow is the will. Justin Jones plays 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.360 that three technique, and then rookie Kyler Gordon, one of 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.640 the best athletes I've ever seen that slot nickel spot. 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:19.200 But he is a rookie and teams have gone after him. Accordingly, 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.720 You'll see a lot of zone on this defense, lots 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:24.280 of eyes back on the quarterback. They want to generate 0:07:24.280 --> 0:07:26.880 takeaways again, they did that. Indeed, they're doing it here 0:07:26.920 --> 0:07:29.560 in Chicago with thirteen takeaways, is tied for the sixth 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.000 most in the NFL right now. And it's not just picks. 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.680 They punched the ball out just like they always have 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:37.320 done going back to the Peanut Tillman days. In fact, 0:07:37.400 --> 0:07:40.320 of their seven forced fumbles, six of them have come 0:07:40.360 --> 0:07:43.240 from defensive backs. Two hands on the ball after the 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.560 catch is paramount, and if you can read the breadcrumbs 0:07:46.600 --> 0:07:49.080 at this point you can probably predict this. Their blitz 0:07:49.120 --> 0:07:51.800 rate is fourteen point two percent. That is the lowest 0:07:52.120 --> 0:07:54.440 in the National Football League. So four man rushes for 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.600 to all day long on Sunday, so it's less than 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.120 every one of every six snaps where they do the 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.280 extra pass rusher. I would imagine they probably back off 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.200 of that against the Dolphins, because as quarterback is slaying 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:07.640 the blitz was also slaying the non blitz also slaying 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:10.360 man coverage and zone coverage, and your mom's, your uncle's, 0:08:10.360 --> 0:08:12.240 your bob's, your uncle's ants and stuff like that. He's 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.080 pretty much beating everybody right now. But they do generate 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:17.880 pressure thirty second blitz rate and the nineteenth highest pressure 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.760 rate at twenty two point three percent. They haven't converted 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:23.760 those into many sacks, just thirteen, but again, pressure is 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.080 about so much more than sacks, and they'll get those 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.160 takeaways by disrupting the posing passing game. As a result, 0:08:29.240 --> 0:08:31.680 I do want to be abundantly clear that most of 0:08:31.680 --> 0:08:34.920 that pressure came from Robert Quinn's speed off the edge, 0:08:34.920 --> 0:08:38.120 giving heavy footed left tackles issues. That element is of 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:40.360 course gone. Speaking of two of stats versus the Blitz 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:44.880 and versus coverage against the Blitz, seven sixty completion nice, 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.720 eight point four yards per pass, two touchdowns, no picks. 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.040 That's a one oh eight point to pass a rating 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:54.240 on fifty three dropbacks against the non blitzing coverage looks 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:57.360 se nine point two yards per past, ten teddies and 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.920 three interceptions. It's a one fourteen point three ascerating on 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.560 a hundred forty seven drop back. So pick your poison. 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:06.120 It will be important for us to win those one 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.520 on one rush matchups, and for too of a play 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:11.640 like he has been in terms of the speed and 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:14.160 processing and decisions that he has put out there so far, 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.760 putting the ball into soft spots where you're basically throwing 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:18.679 to a spot before your guy gets there with that 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:22.199 pristine accuracy anticipation. It's akin to the Ravens game where 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:25.280 I mentioned how tips and overthrows typically go back the 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:27.640 other way, and we saw that with Marcus Williams getting 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:31.040 that one tip ball on Tyreekill that turn into an interception. 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:33.120 You have to be sharp there because this defense will 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:35.760 keep their eyes in the quarterbacks and clean up mistakes, 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:37.640 but it does offer some openings as well. So it's 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:41.160 given take for a defense how they align. Of the 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:44.080 time they're in the thirty four three of the time 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:45.600 they're in the forty three, So it is a three 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:48.640 four defense and base Nickel is s they do have 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:52.400 two snaps and dime and two short yardage heavy personnel snaps. 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:54.920 So it's two groupings, your three, four and your nickel. 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:59.200 So does Miami want to go heavier? Do they want 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.920 to go spread and open it up and force the 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:04.240 Bears to get more defensive backs on the field. It's 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:07.400 a lot of off coverage where they basically slot. They 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:10.760 exchange their slot linebacker for rundowns and passed downs. Off 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.600 coverage three to one ratio of off versus press. So 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.040 for every four snaps they play, three is gonna be 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.199 off coverage, one's gonna be pressed. Lots of zone, some man, 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:21.680 but plenty of hybrids on both with zone on one side, 0:10:21.679 --> 0:10:23.240 man on the other side of the field. So it's 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.240 a lot to kind of decipher, as Matt Eberflus is 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:28.040 getting his fingerprints on this defense the way Mike McDaniel's 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:31.200 getting his fingerprints on the Miami offense. In the Dallas game, 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:33.280 when the Cowboys would get to their three by one sets, 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.000 they would often isolate a one on one matchup to 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:38.400 the boundary the short side of the field your ex 0:10:38.520 --> 0:10:41.040 receiver and Dallas trust of that receiver to win that 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:43.800 matchup and they did time and time again in that game, 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:46.040 and you can see the function of their defense based 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:49.760 on how the next gen charts of the opposing quarterbacks look. 0:10:50.200 --> 0:10:53.760 It's almost exclusively passes between the numbers inside the ten 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.520 yard bucks. For the teams going against the Chicago Bears, 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:58.520 the zone turn, put their butt to the sideline eyes 0:10:58.520 --> 0:11:01.480 and the quarterback and funnel you inside. The good news 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:03.600 for us is that too has been like he has 0:11:03.640 --> 0:11:05.880 been every single other element of the game, but he's 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:08.600 been seeing those intermediate windows over the middle of the 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:11.520 field and reacting before the defense can. You're gonna get 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:14.120 light boxes, you're going to get inside access, and you'll 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.640 run into some shoddy tackling in the back end. This 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:20.360 feels like a run game, swings screens, quick pops, and 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:23.240 a big yard after catch game. From my perspective, I 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:25.640 think this is the week we see Raheem rip off 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:27.320 a big run, and I would venture to guess we 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:30.480 challenge our season high in YAK yardage. Those are kind 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.480 of two areas I'm looking at. Really, the entire defense 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:36.520 funnels through the safety play. They are getting Jaquan Brisker. 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:38.520 He's had an up and down rookie season, but you 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:41.600 can see the potential there. Sixty completion going after him 0:11:41.640 --> 0:11:43.960 with a hundred twenty two yards on two hundred and 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:47.079 fifty four coverage snaps, a touchdown, a pick, four QB 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.720 pressures on just third teen pass rush snaps. He is 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.440 has a very quick burst and get off from the 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.000 last scrimmage just thirteen pass rush snaps though, and he 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:56.920 has twelve run stops too, so he can certain against 0:11:56.920 --> 0:12:00.000 the running game. Eddie Jackson, it's one of my favorite 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.640 players in the entire league. Fifty completion with just fifty 0:12:02.720 --> 0:12:05.960 nine yards allowed on two d and fifty nine coverage snaps, 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:09.640 two touchdowns allowed, but four picks and seven run stops. 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:11.360 He is as good as it gets. Keep your eye 0:12:11.400 --> 0:12:13.240 on number four back there. He is the glue to 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:16.120 that defense. They are uber athletic and can mask all 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:18.720 kinds of potential mistakes with their speed. Now that said, 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:23.480 Brisker and the backers sounds like a band will over 0:12:23.559 --> 0:12:26.320 pursue the running game. Briskers run fitting versus Dallas was 0:12:26.400 --> 0:12:29.080 not good. He also got caught and coverage several times. 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:31.480 Like Dallas could I d their man coverage and would 0:12:31.480 --> 0:12:33.480 go after Brisker when they got the matchups they want. 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:36.079 They scored a touchdown on Brisker with Ceedee Lamb in 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.120 the game on Sunday. I think the I candidate we 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:40.440 can give the rookie will cause all kinds of problems. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.880 Whereas Jackson, I just probably stay away from him. He's 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.560 a bad, bad dude. They rotate and feel really well 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.480 to replace their blitz is uh. The defensive backplay has 0:12:48.520 --> 0:12:51.319 been solid. Brisker plays fast, Eddie Jackson has that range. 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.600 I think we can force their corners out of man 0:12:53.600 --> 0:12:56.319 coverage though where they want to play. And as for 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.199 their priest nap alignment, it's been fairly evenly split between 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.760 single high and two fifty three percent of the time. 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:04.720 They're in single high there and two high and they 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:07.600 have sixteen snaps in zero coverage to dial up that 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:09.520 pressure look. And they have one snap and a three 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.040 high look that of course as the one of the 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.480 two dime package calls they've made. So yeah, not a 0:13:15.480 --> 0:13:18.280 ton of variety. So hopefully the Dolphins had a great 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.480 game plan ready to attack what they do best at 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:22.920 the receiver and tight end versus cornerback match up. Here, 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:26.120 Dallas went after Kyler Gordon when he was in on 0:13:26.160 --> 0:13:28.040 those one on one looks and they went after Kindall 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:30.880 Vildoor as well. They completed four or four on him 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.200 for just thirty nine yards, but they were critical downs, 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:35.720 all first downs, and it was clear they were isolating 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:37.840 that matchup in that game. You know, we love the 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:40.880 relative athletics scorecard here on the podcast. Kendall villed Door 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:42.800 is a four or four four guy, but he also 0:13:42.840 --> 0:13:46.800 measured the forty four percentile and short shuttlet in three 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:49.320 cone and forty seven and ten splits and not a 0:13:49.320 --> 0:13:52.600 lot of burst in his game for Johnson four five 0:13:52.720 --> 0:13:54.880 forty not a lot of long speed there. He was 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:57.920 seventy seven percent talent short shuttle, but fifty first on 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:01.640 three cone and fifty five and ten split again short range. 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:03.120 So I think it's a quick game for the Miami 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.440 Dolphins here, not a lot of change of direction skill. 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.800 Then Kyler Gordon was elite just the four or five 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:11.719 speed vertically, but ninety plus percentile and all the quickness measurements. 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:13.640 So we get our when we get our race cars 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:16.400 on the perimeter tenants seventeen. I think you can win 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.200 quickly and get into run after catch positions, and then 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:21.360 against Gordon maybe see if you can hit some of 0:14:21.360 --> 0:14:23.280 those slot fades. I think we can see a lot 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:25.200 of stacks and bunches to create some of those free 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:28.080 releases and also force the Bears to think. You know, 0:14:28.680 --> 0:14:32.040 thinking against speed can be costly, like if if they're 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:34.400 not processing fastly, it's gonna be costly form in the end. 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.840 The three top cornerbacks in terms of snaps play in 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:40.360 their stats. Gordon to fifty nine snaps four ninety six 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:43.440 yards allowed. You want to be around one per coverage snap. 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:45.120 That is not a good number for him, but it's 0:14:45.160 --> 0:14:47.520 again rookies. It's tough to play a corner well in 0:14:47.560 --> 0:14:51.520 this league. It was a rookie, especially especially in the slot. 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.400 Kindle willed or two forty six snaps to thirty two. 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:56.760 It's a little bit better. Pretty good, actually, I should say. 0:14:56.840 --> 0:14:59.200 And then Jalen Johnson one d and fifty six coverage 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:01.520 snaps and one hund in twenty yards allowed. Teams are 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:04.400 going after the rookie, pretty obvious. Bildor and Johnson are 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:08.360 bigger corners, longer corners that play with physicality. I shouldn't 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:11.400 say bigger, they just play more with more physicality. And 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:14.320 Gordon is that superb athlete with with really good change 0:15:14.320 --> 0:15:17.000 of direction and you get in place primarily inside. But 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.160 the crazy part about that is that Gordon's the biggest 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.240 body of the group, So like, how does that how 0:15:22.280 --> 0:15:24.760 do you figure if you include Jalen Jones their fourth 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.880 highest snaptaker cornerback, Gordon is the only one who tops 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.920 six ft and two hundred pounds. He's right at those benchmarks. 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:33.240 The other guys are five ten, five eleven between one 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.640 and one. They don't run that fast, so it's like 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:40.440 you have fast guys that are also small, Like I 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:42.120 just I don't really see where the matchup is there 0:15:42.160 --> 0:15:45.200 for him in terms of positivity. They'll play off coverage 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:46.800 eyes and the quarterback and they'll come up and tackle. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:48.880 They're really good tacklers, so it could be interesting to 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:51.880 see if they counter to the off coverage in the 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.680 screen game. And then from there, it's a lot of 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.000 good on good in terms of what can tenants seventeen 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:59.160 do with the ball in their hands. On top of 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:01.400 the perimeter block we get from the entire room, most 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:04.080 notably Trent Scherfield, who has a couple of great blocks 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.520 every single week, we continue to see Tyreek and Jalen 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.440 pushed the top of the defense off, removed the roof 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.320 of the defense, and we see a lot of separation, 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:12.720 and we've seen some good mix of getting the football 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:14.880 to the rest of the eligibles, you know, Mike River 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.760 Trent the backs. It's an interesting matchup, and then the 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:21.080 Bears funnel everything inside and that's where Miami has been 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.880 so so dangerous. So I like that matchup quite a lot. 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.160 As the tight end position. We're seeing Mike get more 0:16:27.200 --> 0:16:29.440 involved in some key moments in the passing game and 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:31.960 cashing in with some touchdowns. That sort of plays into 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:35.280 their funnel funnel in top down defense. You know, Dalton 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:37.480 Schultz had six for seventy four last week, and a 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.640 lot of that was quick passing game off free releases 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:41.800 and finding soft spots in the zone. That's where Mike 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:43.800 has picked up most of his production this season. You 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:45.520 go back to Week four, a lot of the same 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:47.280 for earth Smith of the Vikings. He had four for 0:16:47.280 --> 0:16:49.080 forty two in that game, doing a lot of that 0:16:49.160 --> 0:16:51.400 working into the flats off split flow action, which of 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.520 course is what Miami does. We move inside to the 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:58.160 offensive line versus defensive line, and boy, they sure felt 0:16:58.160 --> 0:17:01.000 the absence of Robert Quinn. Last week, the Cowboys ran 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:03.920 right at that spot over and over again, and that 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:06.760 was very effective. Dallas ran for two hundred yards last week. 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:08.840 One oh two of that came running off left end. 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.480 The next biggest gap of production for them was off 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.480 right guard for thirty four yards east. You can tell 0:17:14.520 --> 0:17:16.640 they knew where to attack really in the run game 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:19.280 in the passing game, were effective in both. They'll rotate 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:22.159 the Bears arm On Watts, Justin Jones, and Angela Blackson. 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:25.080 Inside they all have between ten and thirteen run stops 0:17:25.280 --> 0:17:28.920 and their pressure numbers there of those three three for Watts, 0:17:29.119 --> 0:17:32.639 ten for Jones, and three for blacks In. So not 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.359 a lot of disruption inside. Justin Jones has been disruptive. 0:17:35.960 --> 0:17:37.600 But this is a team that gets their pressures off 0:17:37.640 --> 0:17:40.080 the edge primarily. And off the edge, they called upon 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:41.960 Trevis Gibson to take on a lot of the workload 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:45.120 left behind by Robert Quinn, and he's a similar build 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:46.920 in terms of the length and power he plays with. 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:48.600 He's not going to fire up the field and bend 0:17:48.640 --> 0:17:50.680 the edge of the same quickness and an urgency that 0:17:50.760 --> 0:17:53.160 Quinn did. I mean, who can but he's a smart 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.879 player who can play off contact and keep eyes on 0:17:55.920 --> 0:17:58.600 the quarterback and running back. Again, the Cowboys just ran 0:17:58.800 --> 0:18:01.359 right at that. The Bears are general, are incredibly soft 0:18:01.400 --> 0:18:03.440 off the edges in the running game. And I think 0:18:03.440 --> 0:18:06.240 Miami can really hit that outside zone, quick passing game, 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.480 jet sweeps, screen game, and really control the ball in 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:10.800 this game and get whatever they want in the small 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.840 chunks the five to fifteen yard range. Maybe maybe we'll 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:15.119 I mean, I don't know. I'm not gonna doubt this 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.480 team's ability to go you know, vertical, but maybe it's 0:18:17.560 --> 0:18:20.640 less like vertical passing and more ball control. This week, 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.639 the Bears also kept getting ro Quan Smith sucked up 0:18:23.640 --> 0:18:25.719 into the wash. But I think it's a function of 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:28.000 their system to play that read and react defense. That's 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:32.119 why I think a play action heavy team that uses 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:34.520 you know, you know, counter looks and fake polls and 0:18:34.560 --> 0:18:37.200 stuff that sells the play action like Kellen Moore does 0:18:37.200 --> 0:18:39.720 in Dallas, I think can give them fits. In fact, 0:18:40.080 --> 0:18:42.440 that read and react style puts a lot of emphasis 0:18:42.480 --> 0:18:44.600 on their backers to get it right, and that's why 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:47.240 play action passing has absolutely killed them. Thirty one of 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:50.119 forty are opposing teams over the last four games on 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:53.399 play action passing for three sixty three, three tugs and 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:55.760