WEBVTT - Dolphins Patriots Week 1 Preview 0:00:01.800 --> 0:00:16.800 Bold touchdown, Miami run. What is up? Dolphins? And welcome 0:00:17.160 --> 0:00:21.280 to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:26.400 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? 0:00:26.720 --> 0:00:29.880 I am your host, Travis Wingfield and as always I 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:32.919 am here to bring you your daily dose of Miami 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:36.400 Dolphins football. And on today's show, strap in because we 0:00:36.520 --> 0:00:39.840 have a busy show for you. On this Thursday, we're 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:44.720 previewing a real Miami Dolphins football game. The matchups within 0:00:44.840 --> 0:00:48.880 each unit, stats facts, film study, keys to the game, 0:00:49.040 --> 0:00:52.680 everything you want to know for Week one one, Dolphins 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:57.400 at Patriots, a four kickoff up in Foxboro this Sunday, 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:00.440 September twelve. We're also going to hear from Coach Flores 0:01:00.640 --> 0:01:03.760 to a Tonguo by Loa mac hollins, and much much 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.960 more on this game day preview edition of the Drivetime 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.520 Podcast from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health 0:01:10.560 --> 0:01:17.680 Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast. Real quick off 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:20.679 the top here some news and notes. Bobby Heart, the 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.840 former Cincinnati Bengals and most recently, Buffalo Bill's offensive tackle 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:28.360 was added to the Miami Dolphins practice squad. As Adam 0:01:28.440 --> 0:01:32.080 Panky was added to the practice squad injured list. As 0:01:32.080 --> 0:01:35.119 far as some practice attendance and notes, on this Wednesday, 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:39.000 Liam Eichenberg was out there at practice. Coach Flores was 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.959 specifically asked about he and Greg Little, who also was 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:45.000 out there on Wednesday's practice, and he was also asked 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:49.440 if anybody unexpected would not be out there for practice 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:53.280 on this Wednesday, and he said no. And I'm starting 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:55.840 to record this podcast before the injury report comes out, 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:57.520 so I'll be sure to add it in at the 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:59.520 end for you guys, stick around to the very end, 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:03.920 we'll get you the first official injury report for the season. 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.240 Some other news, We have some captains and as I'm 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:09.280 sure you've seen it by now, Mac Hollins receiver on offense, 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:12.880 Jesse Davis offensive tackle, one of the offensive captains on defense, 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:16.280 Jason mccordy, and a Landon Roberts and on special teams 0:02:16.320 --> 0:02:20.040 Clayton Federalum. Are your five captains and mac Hollins kind 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:25.560 of detailed the election process of the captains, saying they 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:28.000 put names of guys who wanted to be considered for 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:30.840 the role of captain into a hat and then players 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.760 voted among that group. Of players now the player not 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.560 listed on there that was a point on Twitter on 0:02:37.639 --> 0:02:40.600 social media was to a tongue of Voloha Dolphins quarterback 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.560 and I want to go now to captain Mac. Can 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.120 we call him that? Captain Max? Sounds pretty good. Mac 0:02:46.120 --> 0:02:49.760 Collins was asked about the leadership of his second year 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.799 quarterback into a tongue of Valoa. Loved his answer. Here 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:56.120 you go, here's Mac. Um. It's great, especially from last 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.800 year to this year. Um, And I know the question 0:02:58.840 --> 0:03:02.720 of probably Tom, that's just how the just because of 0:03:02.720 --> 0:03:04.960 your quarterback and descart to this doesn't mean you have 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:06.440 to be the captain and you have to this. It 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:11.240 was an excellent exceptional leader, Um. And the transformation he's 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.560 made from last year to this year is incredible. Um. 0:03:13.600 --> 0:03:15.240 And I think you you've all seen that in his 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:17.440 like how commed he feels in the podcat now first 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:19.120 of last year you put a clip side by side. 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:23.600 The changes he's made are really like night and debt 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.400 and that goes to leadership. It doesn't. It's not like 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:30.400 his arm just matical he gotten times better. Wednesday's confidence 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:32.120 in his ability to lead and feel comfortable in the 0:03:32.160 --> 0:03:34.640 hot love hearing that from Mac. I love hearing him 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.000 talk about the side by side clip because it reminds 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.839 me of the action we saw and that Falcons game. 0:03:39.920 --> 0:03:42.320 The rip took Mike get Sicky down the seam. There 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.800 was a similar looking past concept in the Raider game 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.400 last year where To didn't rip that ball the same 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.640 way he did this year. So seeing that demonstratible growth 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:54.240 definitely an encouraging sign going forward and right before now 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:57.560 as we pivot into the schematics and the personnel and 0:03:57.600 --> 0:03:59.400 all the fun stuff for the Patriots for this Week 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:01.600 one match up, I want to go to this point 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.640 that Coach made that I think bears repeating with regards 0:04:04.640 --> 0:04:07.720 to a question about Jalen Phillips and the depth chart. 0:04:07.760 --> 0:04:10.320 We talked about the depth chart on yesterday's podcast, the 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:13.720 first official regular season depth chart for your Miami Dolphins, 0:04:14.280 --> 0:04:18.120 and Coach was asked specifically about Jalen Phillips's position on 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:21.760 the depth chart. Let's go to Coach. I mean there's 0:04:21.839 --> 0:04:24.080 just there's I wouldn't look too deep into the depth chart. 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:27.480 I mean, Jalen's worked worked really hard. Um, we've had 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.880 so many different groupings you can only put one group 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:33.640 on the depth chart. So I want to say it's 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.480 the base group. Actually, I think it's the Nickel group. 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:41.320 So um, a lot of groupings. We've got Nickel, We've 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:48.200 got Time, we've got bass, we've got nine d b 0:04:48.360 --> 0:04:49.720 s in the game. I mean, we got a lot 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:53.800 of different groupings. So um yeah. Look, he's worked hard. 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:55.679 I think we'll find a way to get him some snaps. 0:04:56.440 --> 0:04:58.760 But we're gonna play the guys we feel give us 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.160 the best chance to have success. Let's see that nine 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:04.200 defensive backpackage their coach was talking about. I believe him. 0:05:04.360 --> 0:05:07.279 They will run out as many variety or variations of 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.080 this defense they possibly can. That's been one of the 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:11.440 calling cards for Brian Flores, and I'm glad to hear 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:13.520 him kind of speak on the depth chart there and 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:16.040 just kind of tell us what to expect with regards 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:19.360 to that. And that brings us to the New England Patriots. 0:05:19.440 --> 0:05:22.640 Let's get into the scouting now in week one a 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:26.400 little bit more difficult without recent data to go off of, 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.880 so we go back to the season, but just keep 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:31.920 this in the back of your mind with a bit 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.760 of grain of salt, that there was no Matthew Judean, 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:37.320 there was no Dante Hi Tower, there was no Kyle 0:05:37.400 --> 0:05:40.520 van Noy. They reloaded in that area. So you can 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:44.880 probably expect with their ability to do more, to do 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.800 more because last year their blitz rate was just twenty 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:50.359 four point four percent, and that was twenty three in 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.120 the National Football League. But how much of that was 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:56.320 because of the personnel, Well, we can't know that, but 0:05:56.440 --> 0:05:59.599 we can know the blitz rates from previous years, and 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:02.560 twenty nineteen the Patriots blitzed at a thirty seven point 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:06.240 one percent clip, up percent more than this past year 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.640 and also sixth place in the entire National Football League. 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:13.600 What about thirty point nine percent a bit a bit 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.640 of a dip from twenty nine team, but still the 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:19.120 eighth most frequent blitzing team in the National Football League. 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.640 And coach Flores touched on this on Thursday, and good 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:25.000 on the reporter who I didn't recognize who it was 0:06:25.360 --> 0:06:28.279 for sniping My question doesn't happen often him And he 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:31.480 asked about week one prep compared to and you heard 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:33.560 this on the podcast yesterday talking to Josh Boyer and 0:06:33.560 --> 0:06:36.960 some of the assistant coaches comparing week one prep to 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:40.080 even just week two prep when there's at least one 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.719 game film on a team to go off of, and 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.200 my intentions were to ask the same question, but I 0:06:45.240 --> 0:06:47.920 was gonna go more specifically about what we just talked 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.400 about there with the Patriots and the new parts, you know, 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:54.920 to go in line with that topic about how maybe 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.360 personnel dictated the calls a little bit more last year. 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:00.960 But here was coach's answer regarding preparing for a team 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:03.840 that is has some new pieces and in week one, 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:05.760 when is kind of a mystery for that team, here's 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.160 coach Floors, I'm prepping in week number one. You know, 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:12.160 week one there's m I mean's when you have the 0:07:12.240 --> 0:07:16.160 least amount of information. So uh yeah, I mean I 0:07:16.240 --> 0:07:21.119 think a lot of it is predicting, forecasting UM, based 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:24.240 off of the preseason, based on UM, what players have 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.200 done in the past, what coaches have done in the past. 0:07:26.760 --> 0:07:32.600 But yeah, no coaches change. You know, we all go 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:37.080 through different concepts, different throwing themes throughout the off season, offensively, defensively, 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:43.120 in the kicking game, UM, implement a few new things UM. 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:44.960 So I think at the end of the day, you know, 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:53.640 game one is about fundamentals, techniques, communication, UM, tackling well UM, 0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:56.480 which is obviously part of a fundamental you know, throwing, 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:59.720 catching the ball, you know, playing penalty free. I think 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:02.120 those things, you know, no matter what week those are, 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.320 those are things that are kind of standard operating procedures 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.880 you have to have. But Week one, from a you know, 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:12.200 scouting plays scheme, adtic concept standpoint, uh yeah, you have 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.480 the least amount of information. But then you really kind 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:18.000 of rely on your rules, believe in your rules, follow 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:21.800 your rules, um and your fundamentals. I think if you 0:08:21.880 --> 0:08:28.160 do that really in any game, probably probably your best bet. 0:08:28.240 --> 0:08:32.800 So more from yesterday's concept of expect the unexpected. But 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:35.720 I mean even then with this Patriots team, man, it's tough. 0:08:35.880 --> 0:08:38.600 Like last year, the Week one game was you know, 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.120 quarterback power, quarterback lead over and over and over, and 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.600 we barely saw our fifth defensive back in that game. 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:47.839 Then week number two they go to Seattle and they 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:49.719 had Cam Newton air in that thing out and put 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.200 up a ton of points against the Seahawks defense, who 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:55.160 of course would wind up rewriting some of the records 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:58.120 for most yards and points allowed throughout whatever week that 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.640 current week was. And it kind of began in that 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:03.200 week to game against the Patriots. So they are definitely 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:05.719 adaptable even on a week to week basis. But I 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:09.200 want to go ahead and get now into the personnel groupings. 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:11.240 But again this is a little more guesswork than it 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:14.200 is solidified. Shoot, even coach as much right there as 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.360 we just heard. So last year, and this comes from 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:20.400 sharp football stats, eleven personnel. That's one back, one tight end, 0:09:20.440 --> 0:09:23.559 three receivers. That was ran fifty three percent of the time. Now, 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.920 the biggest disparity I assume you'll see is twelve personnel. 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:29.120 They ran just two percent last year. But they went 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:31.960 out and signed John who Smith and Hunter Henry, two 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.240 of really probably the top ten or fifteen tight ends 0:09:34.440 --> 0:09:37.600 in the National Football League when both are healthy. Percent 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.320 twenty one personnel. Rather last year which is two backs, 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:44.000 one tight end, two receivers equals thirty seven percent, they 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:47.000 ran twenty personnel, two backs, no tight ends with a 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:50.480 five percent clip. And then they're twenty two packages, ten 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:53.800 package and zero zero package all one percent or less, 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:57.400 so primarily eleven percent last year. And they were sixty 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.960 one percent pass out of that package last year, so 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:03.079 uh six to four ratio there. But the past success 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:07.120 rate from sharp football was just with fifty one percent 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:10.240 success rate on rundowns, and what success rate means is 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.600 basically how many yards you game relative to the down 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.600 and distance that you're facing. So if you cut your 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.319 yardage in half on first down or second down, that's 0:10:18.320 --> 0:10:21.160 a successful play. If you convert on third down, that's 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.760 a successful play. Otherwise it's not. So that's kind of 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:26.920 where that thinking goes. But in that twenty one personnel package, 0:10:27.280 --> 0:10:30.320 that rate was flipped to sixty one percent run. So 0:10:30.320 --> 0:10:33.680 obviously two backs equals more run. But the passing success 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:37.679 rate out of that package was just now from their 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.520 twelve personnel package, and I mean all the tight ends 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.320 and quarterbacks are essentially gone, are different players now. But 0:10:43.440 --> 0:10:46.200 on those just twenty two plays, they ran from twelve 0:10:46.200 --> 0:10:50.160 personnel only a thirty eight percent success rate on passing downs, 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:54.600 and they're in kind of tells the in lies the 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:57.280 nature of their off season. I think as far as 0:10:57.280 --> 0:11:00.760 we got to get better at doing the counter to 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:03.840 what that package looks like. So in twelve personnel typically 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:05.640 a little bit more of a run heavy package, or 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.240 like we talked about, with two backs, you're typically gonna 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:10.360 run the football more, but you have to be able 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.120 to counter with successful passing rates on those downs and 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.800 on those packages, and they just didn't have that last year. 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:18.400 And if you want to challenge this Dolphins defense, to me, 0:11:18.520 --> 0:11:21.280 you're gonna have to successfully pass the ball out of 0:11:21.320 --> 0:11:24.880 those packages. And I think that challenge is exponentially harder 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.840 with the additions we talked about with Johnny Smith, Hunter, 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.440 Henry obviously, Matt Jones, and a healthier offensive line, and 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:35.600 then also Kendrick Born Nelson Aghlaar outside with Jacoby Myers 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.720 seemingly making his way towards the top of the depth 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.720 chart there throughout training camp this August. So I look 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:42.560 at the twelve personnel package and I go back to 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.920 maybe it's one of those two years when the Patriots 0:11:47.000 --> 0:11:51.000 utilized twelve personnel as their primary package on offense, and 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.079 only a handful of teams have done that over the 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:56.360 last decade plus or so. And I know this because 0:11:56.440 --> 0:11:59.200 in prepping for the draft, in the possibility of Kyle 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:00.959 Pitts being one of the top players on the board 0:12:00.960 --> 0:12:03.080 having the third pick, you go over all those top 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.439 guys and I was curious to see how many clubs 0:12:05.480 --> 0:12:08.160 had ever operated out of a you know, quote unquote 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.960 based package of two tight ends and I think it 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:12.760 was the Eagles a couple of years ago with Zach 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.560 Ertz and Dallas Goddard, and the forty Niners have done 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.880 some of it too, with two tight ends or two 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.680 back sets in general. Obviously with Kyle us Check they're 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.560 one of the best fullbacks in the game, But the 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.199 makeup of the roster that could be the case this 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:27.880 year and we get our first crack of seeing it 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:30.520 against us the Miami Dolphins with that two tight end 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:33.600 package up in Foxborough. But just some things I jotted 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:35.800 down before we get into the matchups here now. In 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:38.200 the past, from what I've seen, they've wanted to go 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.560 play action and stress your second level and really really 0:12:41.600 --> 0:12:44.480 stress those rules and those keys and those fundamentals of 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.079 that second level. So getting them into long down and 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:50.760 distances I think could generate some big plays with its, 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.840 whether it's pressures and sacks or hands on footballs and 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:55.880 tips and scoops and picks and that kind of thing. 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:57.880 Big key to this game. We're gonna come back and 0:12:57.920 --> 0:13:00.400 at a few times on this podcast. All he's got 0:13:00.400 --> 0:13:03.839 to be privy to the screen game and the trick 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:05.880 play game and the double pass game. We've seen this 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:08.120 Patriots team break that stuff out for years and years 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:11.480 and years under a phenomenal play caller and Josh McDaniels. 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:13.280 Just kind of keep your head about yourself that way. 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:15.959 And then to a on offense, it's gonna have to 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.520 be precise. It's gonna have to make good decisions and 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.920 not miss as they will play coverage and drop seven 0:13:21.920 --> 0:13:24.199 guys or drop eight guys against you and force the 0:13:24.280 --> 0:13:28.079 quarterback to make those tight window throws and those anticipation throws. Now, 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.600 they might be apprehensive to blitz him. I don't know, 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.760 but just going off of two a blitz numbers, we're 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:34.600 gonna get to those here in just a second. That 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:36.920 might make me think that maybe they play more coverage. 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.720 But we're just guessing here. But the mention the return 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:42.280 of high Tower and van Noy and Judean and Winovic 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:44.439 and Josh you Ch who kind of you know, those 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:46.640 last two guys were not returning, But it was a 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.280 unique year for those guys. Having all five of those 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:51.960 guys in your pass rush chamber so speak, that is 0:13:52.000 --> 0:13:55.200 a tall, tall order for this Dolphins line up front 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.920 and the young quarterback. As far as the Dolphins offensively, 0:13:57.960 --> 0:13:59.440 I mean we'll get into this little bit more, but 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:02.040 the domination of speed and size I think could help 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.360 as far as trying to remove the top of the defense, 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:07.360 but also taking advantage of the space created inside two 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.240 guys like DeVante Parker might get sick E mac Hollins 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:13.160 and possibly those vacated curl zones you know, ten twenty 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.320 yards down the field. You have to win the vertical 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:18.560 and intermediate levels of the game against this defense. And 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:21.240 if they go man, I mean, that's a prominent offense 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:25.280 for this prominent defensive package called for a Bill Belichick defense. 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:28.440 Maybe some jet motion action create some false steps and 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.800 possibly some rub opportunities with all that speed. So having 0:14:31.840 --> 0:14:33.920 the versatility on offense I think is a good way 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:36.840 to match and pair up against the Patriots versatility they 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.760 have on defense and then defensively for the Patriots. Few 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:43.320 teams run as many dB heavy packages as the Pats, 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:45.760 But it'll just depend on their game plan what they 0:14:45.760 --> 0:14:47.280 want to take away. They are a team that could 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.720 stay in dime all game, or they could play from 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:52.000 their baseball game. Probably gonna be a little bit of both. 0:14:52.200 --> 0:14:54.280 It just all depends. It's tough to peg what this 0:14:54.320 --> 0:14:57.160 team wants to do on a given week, especially in 0:14:57.240 --> 0:15:00.080 week number one. So the matchups were looking at here, 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.200 We're gonna go down this thing position by position and 0:15:02.240 --> 0:15:05.280 start off here with the Patriots quarterback against the Dolphins safety. 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:07.400 And that's just kind of how the matchups work. You'll 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:09.680 know more as we go along here as I explained 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:14.320 this thing. So Mac Jones in college his blitz, his 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:18.120 success rate against blitzing improved his complete ship percentage one 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:21.080 point six percent. His yards per attempt were up point 0:15:21.120 --> 0:15:23.640 six yards at eleven point five yards per clip. This 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.880 is college stats, by the way. And twenty three touchdowns 0:15:26.880 --> 0:15:29.480 and three picks when not blitz compared to eighteen touchdowns 0:15:29.520 --> 0:15:31.840 in one pick win blitz. So he had great numbers 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:34.200 last year and even better against the blitz. So keep 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.720 that in mind. As a play action passer, seventy five 0:15:36.760 --> 0:15:40.520 point nine percent completion that was uh two percent less 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:42.920 than his non play action passing. But he did have 0:15:42.960 --> 0:15:45.440 a twelve point seven yards per attempt compared to nine 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.680 point seven yards per a tempt when no play action, 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.800 and he threw for nineteen touchdowns with two picks with 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.800 play action and twenty two touchdowns and two picks with 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:56.680 no play action. But my key for Mac Jones you 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:58.240 gotta heat him up, and that's that's the key to 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:00.680 the game. He used clean pockets to get his mechanics 0:16:00.680 --> 0:16:03.160 cranked up and kind of wind up and drive the football. 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.360 I think if you put trash down around his feet 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:07.520 and as the case with any young quarterback, to force 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:10.360 him to move and slide and throw without setting his 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.360 feet from different platforms. I don't think he compares to 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:17.320 these guys all our heart in the comprehensive sense, but 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.800 there are similarities there from a mobility standpoint with Jimmy 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:23.640 Garoppolo or Jared Goff with Joe Flacco. And we know 0:16:23.680 --> 0:16:25.520 how the Dolphins were able to scheme up pressure on 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.280 those quarterbacks a year ago. Now it's a new year, 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.360 but a lot of the same pieces. And you always 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:32.960 want to put pressure on a quarterback, especially young quarterback, 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.760 and especially a quarterback that isn't going to burn you 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:38.680 with the forty yard run, so to speak. But the 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:40.840 Dolphins blitz rate last year to kind of continue the 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:43.880 point was forty eight percent and that was second in 0:16:43.920 --> 0:16:47.240 the NFL behind Baltimore who ran forty four point one 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:51.520 percent blitzing. And I kind of shoehorned safeties into this group, 0:16:52.000 --> 0:16:53.520 like I mentioned at the top, but I do think 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:56.520 it's fitting because you know, when you identify one of 0:16:56.560 --> 0:16:59.000 the two keys a quarterback has to I D pre snap, 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.560 it's front and cut ridge and the safety is often 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:03.360 the key to the coverage. Tell where is he at? 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:05.160 Where is he taking my eyes? Where is he taking 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:08.440 my read? So Eric Rowe one of the more experienced 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.040 players on this roster and safety's for sure, does a 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.160 little bit of everything, but he's so good at matching 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.600 up on tight ends. And even with the Pats having 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:19.320 two of in my opinion, they're best skill players at 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:21.639 the tight end position in Smith and Henry, you have 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.240 to imagine Row draws one of the two frequently, and 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:27.400 of course his role does kind of change up on game, 0:17:27.400 --> 0:17:29.400 but he plays a lot of different roles for this defense. 0:17:29.640 --> 0:17:31.280 And we'll get into that tell of the tape on 0:17:31.320 --> 0:17:34.640 the receiver slash tight end versus DB's portion. But going 0:17:34.680 --> 0:17:39.160 onto the Dolphins safety's further, Javon Hollands instincts are really 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.199 something that stands out to me and this matchup, and 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:45.440 with rookies, you know, typically the game it's a little 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:48.560 bit fast, and Javan is obviously rookie too, And if 0:17:48.560 --> 0:17:51.760 that means being two tenths of a second slower with 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:55.920 decisions and throws, I think that's where Javon Holland was 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:58.840 able to get his hands on so many football's in college, 0:17:58.880 --> 0:18:01.359 but also here in practice over the course of training camp. 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:03.960 And I've referenced this play by Javan against Stanford in 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:07.439 the Pac twelve championship game several times now a few 0:18:07.520 --> 0:18:10.159 years ago, where he falls off of his man in 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:12.160 coverage and picks up a route from the back side 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:14.560 of the formation. It's that kind of stuff. I think 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:17.240 Javon could get himself a shot to put his hands 0:18:17.240 --> 0:18:19.200 on the football, and we know how good he is 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:20.919 at finishing place. That's something I'm gonna keep an eye 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.199 on on this game. Where is number eight at on 0:18:23.320 --> 0:18:26.520 defense And can't he bait the rookie quarterback, the rookie safety, 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.560 bait the rookie quarterback into some mistakes or some slower 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:31.680 throws that give him the chance to make the break 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:33.560 and make the play on the football. And really the 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.560 same is true here with Jason mccordy, and that he 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:38.560 has seen everything you can see on a football field, 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.680 and he was consistently in good position all training camp long. 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:43.760 And then Brandon Jones I think relates a little bit 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:46.520 closer to Eric Rowe, but his instincts, as you know, 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.000 also stand out to me too. I'll be curious to 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.600 see how those matchups play out, but that again is 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:54.920 for another segment, the grand takeaway. Here you gotta heat 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:56.800 up mac Jones and how do you do that? You 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:59.280 have to get by the offensive line, right, which takes 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:01.639 us to our next actual up Patriots O line versus 0:19:01.640 --> 0:19:04.880 Dolphins defensive line. And this is arguably the best unit 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:07.480 in this game, the Patriots offensive line, and it just 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:09.480 so happens to go up against another one of the 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:12.320 best units in this contest in the Dolphins defensive line. 0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.560 And to me, this is where this game is one 0:19:14.560 --> 0:19:16.439 and lost. As cliche as it is, you have to 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:19.640 win the game in the trenches, right Like, Yeah, it's cliche, 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:21.920 but it's also cliche for a reason, and in this game, 0:19:22.040 --> 0:19:24.280 I think it's the key to the game. You simply 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:26.919 cannot let them lean on you. And it starts with 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.600 those guards because once they start leaning, that opens up 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:32.560 play action. Then you get multifaceted, and then things can 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.560 just be really difficult to defend because you have to 0:19:34.600 --> 0:19:37.040 go left, right, behind, and forward as far as the 0:19:37.080 --> 0:19:39.800 defender goes, the more you can limit their options and 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.160 make them play left handed, that's the key. The Patriots 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:44.800 want to keep the whole playbook open. But these guards, man, 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:48.160 they're both so good. Michael and Whenu and Shack Mason 0:19:48.200 --> 0:19:49.760 are two of the best in the game for my money, 0:19:49.920 --> 0:19:51.800 And David Andrews has been one of the best centers 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:53.560 in the league. He just has had some health problems 0:19:53.560 --> 0:19:55.880