Speaker 1: Bold touchdown, Miami run. What is up? Dolphins? And welcome
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Speaker 1: I am your host, Travis Wingfield and as always I
Speaker 1: am here to bring you your daily dose of Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins football. And on today's show, strap in because we
Speaker 1: have a busy show for you. On this Thursday, we're
Speaker 1: previewing a real Miami Dolphins football game. The matchups within
Speaker 1: each unit, stats facts, film study, keys to the game,
Speaker 1: everything you want to know for Week one one, Dolphins
Speaker 1: at Patriots, a four kickoff up in Foxboro this Sunday,
Speaker 1: September twelve. We're also going to hear from Coach Flores
Speaker 1: to a Tonguo by Loa mac hollins, and much much
Speaker 1: more on this game day preview edition of the Drivetime
Speaker 1: Podcast from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health
Speaker 1: Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast. Real quick off
Speaker 1: the top here some news and notes. Bobby Heart, the
Speaker 1: former Cincinnati Bengals and most recently, Buffalo Bill's offensive tackle
Speaker 1: was added to the Miami Dolphins practice squad. As Adam
Speaker 1: Panky was added to the practice squad injured list. As
Speaker 1: far as some practice attendance and notes, on this Wednesday,
Speaker 1: Liam Eichenberg was out there at practice. Coach Flores was
Speaker 1: specifically asked about he and Greg Little, who also was
Speaker 1: out there on Wednesday's practice, and he was also asked
Speaker 1: if anybody unexpected would not be out there for practice
Speaker 1: on this Wednesday, and he said no. And I'm starting
Speaker 1: to record this podcast before the injury report comes out,
Speaker 1: so I'll be sure to add it in at the
Speaker 1: end for you guys, stick around to the very end,
Speaker 1: we'll get you the first official injury report for the season.
Speaker 1: Some other news, We have some captains and as I'm
Speaker 1: sure you've seen it by now, Mac Hollins receiver on offense,
Speaker 1: Jesse Davis offensive tackle, one of the offensive captains on defense,
Speaker 1: Jason mccordy, and a Landon Roberts and on special teams
Speaker 1: Clayton Federalum. Are your five captains and mac Hollins kind
Speaker 1: of detailed the election process of the captains, saying they
Speaker 1: put names of guys who wanted to be considered for
Speaker 1: the role of captain into a hat and then players
Speaker 1: voted among that group. Of players now the player not
Speaker 1: listed on there that was a point on Twitter on
Speaker 1: social media was to a tongue of Voloha Dolphins quarterback
Speaker 1: and I want to go now to captain Mac. Can
Speaker 1: we call him that? Captain Max? Sounds pretty good. Mac
Speaker 1: Collins was asked about the leadership of his second year
Speaker 1: quarterback into a tongue of Valoa. Loved his answer. Here
Speaker 1: you go, here's Mac. Um. It's great, especially from last
Speaker 1: year to this year. Um, And I know the question
Speaker 1: of probably Tom, that's just how the just because of
Speaker 1: your quarterback and descart to this doesn't mean you have
Speaker 1: to be the captain and you have to this. It
Speaker 1: was an excellent exceptional leader, Um. And the transformation he's
Speaker 1: made from last year to this year is incredible. Um.
Speaker 1: And I think you you've all seen that in his
Speaker 1: like how commed he feels in the podcat now first
Speaker 1: of last year you put a clip side by side.
Speaker 1: The changes he's made are really like night and debt
Speaker 1: and that goes to leadership. It doesn't. It's not like
Speaker 1: his arm just matical he gotten times better. Wednesday's confidence
Speaker 1: in his ability to lead and feel comfortable in the
Speaker 1: hot love hearing that from Mac. I love hearing him
Speaker 1: talk about the side by side clip because it reminds
Speaker 1: me of the action we saw and that Falcons game.
Speaker 1: The rip took Mike get Sicky down the seam. There
Speaker 1: was a similar looking past concept in the Raider game
Speaker 1: last year where To didn't rip that ball the same
Speaker 1: way he did this year. So seeing that demonstratible growth
Speaker 1: definitely an encouraging sign going forward and right before now
Speaker 1: as we pivot into the schematics and the personnel and
Speaker 1: all the fun stuff for the Patriots for this Week
Speaker 1: one match up, I want to go to this point
Speaker 1: that Coach made that I think bears repeating with regards
Speaker 1: to a question about Jalen Phillips and the depth chart.
Speaker 1: We talked about the depth chart on yesterday's podcast, the
Speaker 1: first official regular season depth chart for your Miami Dolphins,
Speaker 1: and Coach was asked specifically about Jalen Phillips's position on
Speaker 1: the depth chart. Let's go to Coach. I mean there's
Speaker 1: just there's I wouldn't look too deep into the depth chart.
Speaker 1: I mean, Jalen's worked worked really hard. Um, we've had
Speaker 1: so many different groupings you can only put one group
Speaker 1: on the depth chart. So I want to say it's
Speaker 1: the base group. Actually, I think it's the Nickel group.
Speaker 1: So um, a lot of groupings. We've got Nickel, We've
Speaker 1: got Time, we've got bass, we've got nine d b
Speaker 1: s in the game. I mean, we got a lot
Speaker 1: of different groupings. So um yeah. Look, he's worked hard.
Speaker 1: I think we'll find a way to get him some snaps.
Speaker 1: But we're gonna play the guys we feel give us
Speaker 1: the best chance to have success. Let's see that nine
Speaker 1: defensive backpackage their coach was talking about. I believe him.
Speaker 1: They will run out as many variety or variations of
Speaker 1: this defense they possibly can. That's been one of the
Speaker 1: calling cards for Brian Flores, and I'm glad to hear
Speaker 1: him kind of speak on the depth chart there and
Speaker 1: just kind of tell us what to expect with regards
Speaker 1: to that. And that brings us to the New England Patriots.
Speaker 1: Let's get into the scouting now in week one a
Speaker 1: little bit more difficult without recent data to go off of,
Speaker 1: so we go back to the season, but just keep
Speaker 1: this in the back of your mind with a bit
Speaker 1: of grain of salt, that there was no Matthew Judean,
Speaker 1: there was no Dante Hi Tower, there was no Kyle
Speaker 1: van Noy. They reloaded in that area. So you can
Speaker 1: probably expect with their ability to do more, to do
Speaker 1: more because last year their blitz rate was just twenty
Speaker 1: four point four percent, and that was twenty three in
Speaker 1: the National Football League. But how much of that was
Speaker 1: because of the personnel, Well, we can't know that, but
Speaker 1: we can know the blitz rates from previous years, and
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen the Patriots blitzed at a thirty seven point
Speaker 1: one percent clip, up percent more than this past year
Speaker 1: and also sixth place in the entire National Football League.
Speaker 1: What about thirty point nine percent a bit a bit
Speaker 1: of a dip from twenty nine team, but still the
Speaker 1: eighth most frequent blitzing team in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: And coach Flores touched on this on Thursday, and good
Speaker 1: on the reporter who I didn't recognize who it was
Speaker 1: for sniping My question doesn't happen often him And he
Speaker 1: asked about week one prep compared to and you heard
Speaker 1: this on the podcast yesterday talking to Josh Boyer and
Speaker 1: some of the assistant coaches comparing week one prep to
Speaker 1: even just week two prep when there's at least one
Speaker 1: game film on a team to go off of, and
Speaker 1: my intentions were to ask the same question, but I
Speaker 1: was gonna go more specifically about what we just talked
Speaker 1: about there with the Patriots and the new parts, you know,
Speaker 1: to go in line with that topic about how maybe
Speaker 1: personnel dictated the calls a little bit more last year.
Speaker 1: But here was coach's answer regarding preparing for a team
Speaker 1: that is has some new pieces and in week one,
Speaker 1: when is kind of a mystery for that team, here's
Speaker 1: coach Floors, I'm prepping in week number one. You know,
Speaker 1: week one there's m I mean's when you have the
Speaker 1: least amount of information. So uh yeah, I mean I
Speaker 1: think a lot of it is predicting, forecasting UM, based
Speaker 1: off of the preseason, based on UM, what players have
Speaker 1: done in the past, what coaches have done in the past.
Speaker 1: But yeah, no coaches change. You know, we all go
Speaker 1: through different concepts, different throwing themes throughout the off season, offensively, defensively,
Speaker 1: in the kicking game, UM, implement a few new things UM.
Speaker 1: So I think at the end of the day, you know,
Speaker 1: game one is about fundamentals, techniques, communication, UM, tackling well UM,
Speaker 1: which is obviously part of a fundamental you know, throwing,
Speaker 1: catching the ball, you know, playing penalty free. I think
Speaker 1: those things, you know, no matter what week those are,
Speaker 1: those are things that are kind of standard operating procedures
Speaker 1: you have to have. But Week one, from a you know,
Speaker 1: scouting plays scheme, adtic concept standpoint, uh yeah, you have
Speaker 1: the least amount of information. But then you really kind
Speaker 1: of rely on your rules, believe in your rules, follow
Speaker 1: your rules, um and your fundamentals. I think if you
Speaker 1: do that really in any game, probably probably your best bet.
Speaker 1: So more from yesterday's concept of expect the unexpected. But
Speaker 1: I mean even then with this Patriots team, man, it's tough.
Speaker 1: Like last year, the Week one game was you know,
Speaker 1: quarterback power, quarterback lead over and over and over, and
Speaker 1: we barely saw our fifth defensive back in that game.
Speaker 1: Then week number two they go to Seattle and they
Speaker 1: had Cam Newton air in that thing out and put
Speaker 1: up a ton of points against the Seahawks defense, who
Speaker 1: of course would wind up rewriting some of the records
Speaker 1: for most yards and points allowed throughout whatever week that
Speaker 1: current week was. And it kind of began in that
Speaker 1: week to game against the Patriots. So they are definitely
Speaker 1: adaptable even on a week to week basis. But I
Speaker 1: want to go ahead and get now into the personnel groupings.
Speaker 1: But again this is a little more guesswork than it
Speaker 1: is solidified. Shoot, even coach as much right there as
Speaker 1: we just heard. So last year, and this comes from
Speaker 1: sharp football stats, eleven personnel. That's one back, one tight end,
Speaker 1: three receivers. That was ran fifty three percent of the time. Now,
Speaker 1: the biggest disparity I assume you'll see is twelve personnel.
Speaker 1: They ran just two percent last year. But they went
Speaker 1: out and signed John who Smith and Hunter Henry, two
Speaker 1: of really probably the top ten or fifteen tight ends
Speaker 1: in the National Football League when both are healthy. Percent
Speaker 1: twenty one personnel. Rather last year which is two backs,
Speaker 1: one tight end, two receivers equals thirty seven percent, they
Speaker 1: ran twenty personnel, two backs, no tight ends with a
Speaker 1: five percent clip. And then they're twenty two packages, ten
Speaker 1: package and zero zero package all one percent or less,
Speaker 1: so primarily eleven percent last year. And they were sixty
Speaker 1: one percent pass out of that package last year, so
Speaker 1: uh six to four ratio there. But the past success
Speaker 1: rate from sharp football was just with fifty one percent
Speaker 1: success rate on rundowns, and what success rate means is
Speaker 1: basically how many yards you game relative to the down
Speaker 1: and distance that you're facing. So if you cut your
Speaker 1: yardage in half on first down or second down, that's
Speaker 1: a successful play. If you convert on third down, that's
Speaker 1: a successful play. Otherwise it's not. So that's kind of
Speaker 1: where that thinking goes. But in that twenty one personnel package,
Speaker 1: that rate was flipped to sixty one percent run. So
Speaker 1: obviously two backs equals more run. But the passing success
Speaker 1: rate out of that package was just now from their
Speaker 1: twelve personnel package, and I mean all the tight ends
Speaker 1: and quarterbacks are essentially gone, are different players now. But
Speaker 1: on those just twenty two plays, they ran from twelve
Speaker 1: personnel only a thirty eight percent success rate on passing downs,
Speaker 1: and they're in kind of tells the in lies the
Speaker 1: nature of their off season. I think as far as
Speaker 1: we got to get better at doing the counter to
Speaker 1: what that package looks like. So in twelve personnel typically
Speaker 1: a little bit more of a run heavy package, or
Speaker 1: like we talked about, with two backs, you're typically gonna
Speaker 1: run the football more, but you have to be able
Speaker 1: to counter with successful passing rates on those downs and
Speaker 1: on those packages, and they just didn't have that last year.
Speaker 1: And if you want to challenge this Dolphins defense, to me,
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to successfully pass the ball out of
Speaker 1: those packages. And I think that challenge is exponentially harder
Speaker 1: with the additions we talked about with Johnny Smith, Hunter,
Speaker 1: Henry obviously, Matt Jones, and a healthier offensive line, and
Speaker 1: then also Kendrick Born Nelson Aghlaar outside with Jacoby Myers
Speaker 1: seemingly making his way towards the top of the depth
Speaker 1: chart there throughout training camp this August. So I look
Speaker 1: at the twelve personnel package and I go back to
Speaker 1: maybe it's one of those two years when the Patriots
Speaker 1: utilized twelve personnel as their primary package on offense, and
Speaker 1: only a handful of teams have done that over the
Speaker 1: last decade plus or so. And I know this because
Speaker 1: in prepping for the draft, in the possibility of Kyle
Speaker 1: Pitts being one of the top players on the board
Speaker 1: having the third pick, you go over all those top
Speaker 1: guys and I was curious to see how many clubs
Speaker 1: had ever operated out of a you know, quote unquote
Speaker 1: based package of two tight ends and I think it
Speaker 1: was the Eagles a couple of years ago with Zach
Speaker 1: Ertz and Dallas Goddard, and the forty Niners have done
Speaker 1: some of it too, with two tight ends or two
Speaker 1: back sets in general. Obviously with Kyle us Check they're
Speaker 1: one of the best fullbacks in the game, But the
Speaker 1: makeup of the roster that could be the case this
Speaker 1: year and we get our first crack of seeing it
Speaker 1: against us the Miami Dolphins with that two tight end
Speaker 1: package up in Foxborough. But just some things I jotted
Speaker 1: down before we get into the matchups here now. In
Speaker 1: the past, from what I've seen, they've wanted to go
Speaker 1: play action and stress your second level and really really
Speaker 1: stress those rules and those keys and those fundamentals of
Speaker 1: that second level. So getting them into long down and
Speaker 1: distances I think could generate some big plays with its,
Speaker 1: whether it's pressures and sacks or hands on footballs and
Speaker 1: tips and scoops and picks and that kind of thing.
Speaker 1: Big key to this game. We're gonna come back and
Speaker 1: at a few times on this podcast. All he's got
Speaker 1: to be privy to the screen game and the trick
Speaker 1: play game and the double pass game. We've seen this
Speaker 1: Patriots team break that stuff out for years and years
Speaker 1: and years under a phenomenal play caller and Josh McDaniels.
Speaker 1: Just kind of keep your head about yourself that way.
Speaker 1: And then to a on offense, it's gonna have to
Speaker 1: be precise. It's gonna have to make good decisions and
Speaker 1: not miss as they will play coverage and drop seven
Speaker 1: guys or drop eight guys against you and force the
Speaker 1: quarterback to make those tight window throws and those anticipation throws. Now,
Speaker 1: they might be apprehensive to blitz him. I don't know,
Speaker 1: but just going off of two a blitz numbers, we're
Speaker 1: gonna get to those here in just a second. That
Speaker 1: might make me think that maybe they play more coverage.
Speaker 1: But we're just guessing here. But the mention the return
Speaker 1: of high Tower and van Noy and Judean and Winovic
Speaker 1: and Josh you Ch who kind of you know, those
Speaker 1: last two guys were not returning, But it was a
Speaker 1: unique year for those guys. Having all five of those
Speaker 1: guys in your pass rush chamber so speak, that is
Speaker 1: a tall, tall order for this Dolphins line up front
Speaker 1: and the young quarterback. As far as the Dolphins offensively,
Speaker 1: I mean we'll get into this little bit more, but
Speaker 1: the domination of speed and size I think could help
Speaker 1: as far as trying to remove the top of the defense,
Speaker 1: but also taking advantage of the space created inside two
Speaker 1: guys like DeVante Parker might get sick E mac Hollins
Speaker 1: and possibly those vacated curl zones you know, ten twenty
Speaker 1: yards down the field. You have to win the vertical
Speaker 1: and intermediate levels of the game against this defense. And
Speaker 1: if they go man, I mean, that's a prominent offense
Speaker 1: for this prominent defensive package called for a Bill Belichick defense.
Speaker 1: Maybe some jet motion action create some false steps and
Speaker 1: possibly some rub opportunities with all that speed. So having
Speaker 1: the versatility on offense I think is a good way
Speaker 1: to match and pair up against the Patriots versatility they
Speaker 1: have on defense and then defensively for the Patriots. Few
Speaker 1: teams run as many dB heavy packages as the Pats,
Speaker 1: But it'll just depend on their game plan what they
Speaker 1: want to take away. They are a team that could
Speaker 1: stay in dime all game, or they could play from
Speaker 1: their baseball game. Probably gonna be a little bit of both.
Speaker 1: It just all depends. It's tough to peg what this
Speaker 1: team wants to do on a given week, especially in
Speaker 1: week number one. So the matchups were looking at here,
Speaker 1: We're gonna go down this thing position by position and
Speaker 1: start off here with the Patriots quarterback against the Dolphins safety.
Speaker 1: And that's just kind of how the matchups work. You'll
Speaker 1: know more as we go along here as I explained
Speaker 1: this thing. So Mac Jones in college his blitz, his
Speaker 1: success rate against blitzing improved his complete ship percentage one
Speaker 1: point six percent. His yards per attempt were up point
Speaker 1: six yards at eleven point five yards per clip. This
Speaker 1: is college stats, by the way. And twenty three touchdowns
Speaker 1: and three picks when not blitz compared to eighteen touchdowns
Speaker 1: in one pick win blitz. So he had great numbers
Speaker 1: last year and even better against the blitz. So keep
Speaker 1: that in mind. As a play action passer, seventy five
Speaker 1: point nine percent completion that was uh two percent less
Speaker 1: than his non play action passing. But he did have
Speaker 1: a twelve point seven yards per attempt compared to nine
Speaker 1: point seven yards per a tempt when no play action,
Speaker 1: and he threw for nineteen touchdowns with two picks with
Speaker 1: play action and twenty two touchdowns and two picks with
Speaker 1: no play action. But my key for Mac Jones you
Speaker 1: gotta heat him up, and that's that's the key to
Speaker 1: the game. He used clean pockets to get his mechanics
Speaker 1: cranked up and kind of wind up and drive the football.
Speaker 1: I think if you put trash down around his feet
Speaker 1: and as the case with any young quarterback, to force
Speaker 1: him to move and slide and throw without setting his
Speaker 1: feet from different platforms. I don't think he compares to
Speaker 1: these guys all our heart in the comprehensive sense, but
Speaker 1: there are similarities there from a mobility standpoint with Jimmy
Speaker 1: Garoppolo or Jared Goff with Joe Flacco. And we know
Speaker 1: how the Dolphins were able to scheme up pressure on
Speaker 1: those quarterbacks a year ago. Now it's a new year,
Speaker 1: but a lot of the same pieces. And you always
Speaker 1: want to put pressure on a quarterback, especially young quarterback,
Speaker 1: and especially a quarterback that isn't going to burn you
Speaker 1: with the forty yard run, so to speak. But the
Speaker 1: Dolphins blitz rate last year to kind of continue the
Speaker 1: point was forty eight percent and that was second in
Speaker 1: the NFL behind Baltimore who ran forty four point one
Speaker 1: percent blitzing. And I kind of shoehorned safeties into this group,
Speaker 1: like I mentioned at the top, but I do think
Speaker 1: it's fitting because you know, when you identify one of
Speaker 1: the two keys a quarterback has to I D pre snap,
Speaker 1: it's front and cut ridge and the safety is often
Speaker 1: the key to the coverage. Tell where is he at?
Speaker 1: Where is he taking my eyes? Where is he taking
Speaker 1: my read? So Eric Rowe one of the more experienced
Speaker 1: players on this roster and safety's for sure, does a
Speaker 1: little bit of everything, but he's so good at matching
Speaker 1: up on tight ends. And even with the Pats having
Speaker 1: two of in my opinion, they're best skill players at
Speaker 1: the tight end position in Smith and Henry, you have
Speaker 1: to imagine Row draws one of the two frequently, and
Speaker 1: of course his role does kind of change up on game,
Speaker 1: but he plays a lot of different roles for this defense.
Speaker 1: And we'll get into that tell of the tape on
Speaker 1: the receiver slash tight end versus DB's portion. But going
Speaker 1: onto the Dolphins safety's further, Javon Hollands instincts are really
Speaker 1: something that stands out to me and this matchup, and
Speaker 1: with rookies, you know, typically the game it's a little
Speaker 1: bit fast, and Javan is obviously rookie too, And if
Speaker 1: that means being two tenths of a second slower with
Speaker 1: decisions and throws, I think that's where Javon Holland was
Speaker 1: able to get his hands on so many football's in college,
Speaker 1: but also here in practice over the course of training camp.
Speaker 1: And I've referenced this play by Javan against Stanford in
Speaker 1: the Pac twelve championship game several times now a few
Speaker 1: years ago, where he falls off of his man in
Speaker 1: coverage and picks up a route from the back side
Speaker 1: of the formation. It's that kind of stuff. I think
Speaker 1: Javon could get himself a shot to put his hands
Speaker 1: on the football, and we know how good he is
Speaker 1: at finishing place. That's something I'm gonna keep an eye
Speaker 1: on on this game. Where is number eight at on
Speaker 1: defense And can't he bait the rookie quarterback, the rookie safety,
Speaker 1: bait the rookie quarterback into some mistakes or some slower
Speaker 1: throws that give him the chance to make the break
Speaker 1: and make the play on the football. And really the
Speaker 1: same is true here with Jason mccordy, and that he
Speaker 1: has seen everything you can see on a football field,
Speaker 1: and he was consistently in good position all training camp long.
Speaker 1: And then Brandon Jones I think relates a little bit
Speaker 1: closer to Eric Rowe, but his instincts, as you know,
Speaker 1: also stand out to me too. I'll be curious to
Speaker 1: see how those matchups play out, but that again is
Speaker 1: for another segment, the grand takeaway. Here you gotta heat
Speaker 1: up mac Jones and how do you do that? You
Speaker 1: have to get by the offensive line, right, which takes
Speaker 1: us to our next actual up Patriots O line versus
Speaker 1: Dolphins defensive line. And this is arguably the best unit
Speaker 1: in this game, the Patriots offensive line, and it just
Speaker 1: so happens to go up against another one of the
Speaker 1: best units in this contest in the Dolphins defensive line.
Speaker 1: And to me, this is where this game is one
Speaker 1: and lost. As cliche as it is, you have to
Speaker 1: win the game in the trenches, right Like, Yeah, it's cliche,
Speaker 1: but it's also cliche for a reason, and in this game,
Speaker 1: I think it's the key to the game. You simply
Speaker 1: cannot let them lean on you. And it starts with
Speaker 1: those guards because once they start leaning, that opens up
Speaker 1: play action. Then you get multifaceted, and then things can
Speaker 1: just be really difficult to defend because you have to
Speaker 1: go left, right, behind, and forward as far as the
Speaker 1: defender goes, the more you can limit their options and
Speaker 1: make them play left handed, that's the key. The Patriots
Speaker 1: want to keep the whole playbook open. But these guards, man,
Speaker 1: they're both so good. Michael and Whenu and Shack Mason
Speaker 1: are two of the best in the game for my money,
Speaker 1: And David Andrews has been one of the best centers
Speaker 1: in the league. He just has had some health problems
Speaker 1: the last couple of years. But it's not like they're
Speaker 1: lacking at tackle either. They have two damn good ones
Speaker 1: out there, and Isaiah went and Trent Round probably one
Speaker 1: of the best offensive lines in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: And one of the things that stands out about that
Speaker 1: unit is their sheer size. But we've noted all camp
Speaker 1: long how that matchup kind of coinsides in a way
Speaker 1: with what the Dolphins can do right. And I would
Speaker 1: say that about anyone, because I think this front for
Speaker 1: the Dolphins can get to literally anything they want. And
Speaker 1: perhaps in this one you want to look at some
Speaker 1: more that bare front where you line up bodies over
Speaker 1: the guard center and guard to help free up your
Speaker 1: linebackers and keep those guys clean with the work of
Speaker 1: a Zach Seeler, Ray Kwon Davis, A Christian Wilkins, and
Speaker 1: Adam Butler, John Jenkins and the versatility all five of
Speaker 1: those guys offered. And back to the Patriots offensive line.
Speaker 1: Here the pressure numbers for those guys from twenty are
Speaker 1: as follows. Isaiah Wins six team pressures on three hundred
Speaker 1: and thirties seven past blocking snaps. That's one every twenty
Speaker 1: one point one pass blocking snaps. Pretty legit outside, but
Speaker 1: you're gonna see how the disparity between pressures off the
Speaker 1: outside compared to the inside compare here on one new
Speaker 1: four team pressures on four eight six pass blocking reps.
Speaker 1: That's one free thirty four point seven. What a hell
Speaker 1: of rookie year he had last year. David Andrews twelve
Speaker 1: pressures on three hundred and seventy pass blocking snaps every
Speaker 1: thirty point eight reps. Jack Mason twenty two on four
Speaker 1: hundred that's one every eight team point two reps. That's
Speaker 1: not been his game over the years. He's been much
Speaker 1: better than that stat here from Pro Football Focus, and
Speaker 1: then Trent Brown seven pressures on one hundred and sixty
Speaker 1: two reps. He also missed a big chunk of the year.
Speaker 1: That's one every twenty three point run one reps. Very
Speaker 1: close to Isaiah Wins number there. But again that's on
Speaker 1: top of being the fourth ranked rushing offensive year ago.
Speaker 1: And this to me is the key of the game. Again,
Speaker 1: you have to find a way to win on early
Speaker 1: downs and prevent them from getting into third and five
Speaker 1: or shorter, any third and long plays right into the
Speaker 1: hands of the Dolphins defense and what they do well,
Speaker 1: and the converse is true of that and the Patriots
Speaker 1: offense on third and short. I think the most crucial
Speaker 1: element of this game is those early down success with
Speaker 1: the Dolphins defense and Patriots offense. And the thing about
Speaker 1: this line is that, well they can do it all.
Speaker 1: And it saw me if you heard this before, pinpole
Speaker 1: gap scheme, wide zone power. They'll mix in some wham
Speaker 1: traps when they're at it like it's all on the table.
Speaker 1: So the work this Dolphins team does daily to play
Speaker 1: with their eyes and really be disciplined with where their
Speaker 1: eyes take them. I think that will be the key
Speaker 1: going into this game. We mentioned Trent Brown, he was
Speaker 1: with the Raiders last year. Now, he was charged with
Speaker 1: two pressures in that Week six team game, and those
Speaker 1: both came courtesy of Emmanuel Ogba. That's a matchup I'm
Speaker 1: looking at in this game is big on big, length
Speaker 1: on length, good on good o versus Trent Brown. That
Speaker 1: could be a fun one on one matchup if we
Speaker 1: get to that point. Keep an eye on that off
Speaker 1: the Patriots right side of their offensive line. Now other
Speaker 1: matchups in this area. They kept Cam Newton clean in
Speaker 1: that second game relatively speaking, uh in Week fifteen, with
Speaker 1: nine total pressures on thirty five dropbacks, but just two
Speaker 1: of those were QB hits and four of those pressures
Speaker 1: came right down the middle of the center. So I'm
Speaker 1: curious to see how Adam Butler does against David Andrews,
Speaker 1: if his quickness can put Andrews on skates and kind
Speaker 1: of free up those a gaps a little bit. And
Speaker 1: not to mention, this is a player who's practice against
Speaker 1: Andrews for the last four years now, but obviously those
Speaker 1: same advantages apply to Andrew's up against Butler. These guys
Speaker 1: know each other very well, both being longtime Patriots. Also,
Speaker 1: keep an eye on heavy personnel only the only The
Speaker 1: Ravens last year ran more six and seven offensive line
Speaker 1: groupings than the Patriots last year. They love to beef
Speaker 1: up and run the football accordingly. And we talked about
Speaker 1: the tight ends a little bit. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: jump to our next unit here. The skill players of
Speaker 1: the Patriots versus the Dolphins defensive backs and Nelson Aguilar
Speaker 1: and Kendrick Born were the big additions this offseason, and
Speaker 1: we saw both those guys last year with the Niners
Speaker 1: and the Raiders respectively. And Aguilar had a big night
Speaker 1: in that Week six team win over the Raiders. He
Speaker 1: had five catches on six targets for a buck fifty
Speaker 1: five and a touchdown. Now, obviously the big eighty five
Speaker 1: yarder was what really spiked those stats, but Xavien Howard
Speaker 1: was the one who forced a loan in completion he
Speaker 1: had a Agilar had three catches matched up on Byron
Speaker 1: Jones and then one on both Van Noy and Roberts. Now,
Speaker 1: Nelson has inside outside flexibility, so he could see a
Speaker 1: variety of players in terms of coverage. He's a shifty
Speaker 1: guy that can create quick separation, and he's a good
Speaker 1: downfield threat. It seems like he's really solved that drop
Speaker 1: problem he had early in his career and turned into
Speaker 1: a very nice player. So do not sleep on Nelson Aguilar.
Speaker 1: You don't want to get caught peaking at the run
Speaker 1: or those two tight ends and then you slip in
Speaker 1: Nelson Aguilar behind that. Whatever it might be, you have
Speaker 1: to keep your eyes on all areas of the field.
Speaker 1: I think both Miami and New England did well to
Speaker 1: address their ability to attack all three levels this offseason.
Speaker 1: We saw Kendrick Born in Week five last year. He
Speaker 1: saw four targets in that game and caught just two
Speaker 1: for thirty. That includes a touchdown late in that game,
Speaker 1: but PF charged that one to Eric Rowe, who was
Speaker 1: in coverage on Born for just one snap. Needham got
Speaker 1: him for two targets and no completions allowed, while Wilkins
Speaker 1: was the closest defender on a leven yard catch in
Speaker 1: that game. But if you look at the athletic profile
Speaker 1: of those matchups, that's more of a guy that worked
Speaker 1: inside in San Francisco, more in line or nasty splits
Speaker 1: in tight to the formation. It'll be interesting to see
Speaker 1: how the Patch deploy him and if they want to
Speaker 1: get him outside with some work on Xaviing Howard or
Speaker 1: Byron Jones, or if Nick Needham gets out there, whatever
Speaker 1: the case may be. Deployment. I mean, I'm just gonna
Speaker 1: be watching all day alignment, assignment, deployment, all that fun stuff.
Speaker 1: And then Jacobe Myers, he caught seven of ten targets
Speaker 1: in the game last December. He's a technician, a smooth
Speaker 1: route runner man. He is. He is so crisp in
Speaker 1: and out of his breaks. He's gonna put chat, He's
Speaker 1: gonna put stress on your defensive backs. He even caught
Speaker 1: three out of four on xaviing Howard, though ex did
Speaker 1: punch one of those out for a forced fumble and
Speaker 1: a takeaway. But you see the length of those catches,
Speaker 1: a lot of nickel and diming, something the Patriots have
Speaker 1: always done so well. Ten targets produces a hundred eleven yards.
Speaker 1: I mean, that doesn't kill you in the moment, but
Speaker 1: you do that ten times in a game, that can
Speaker 1: catch up to you. But if it's a lot of
Speaker 1: twelve personnel, I like Miami's chances of really getting some
Speaker 1: good results with x and Byron outside covering up whichever
Speaker 1: two receivers they run out there in that personnel package,
Speaker 1: and that's where we move inside to the tight end position.
Speaker 1: Because we saw Hunter Henry last year with the Chargers. Now,
Speaker 1: he caught four or five targets in that game, but
Speaker 1: for just thirty yards. Now he did scoreless the touchdown
Speaker 1: I think it was kicking off the second half when
Speaker 1: Miami had a nice ten point lead, but just one
Speaker 1: catch for four yards. Going up against Eric Row a
Speaker 1: lot in that game, and Row gave him problems kind
Speaker 1: of getting that hand on the back plate there and
Speaker 1: and controlling the routes and running the routs for him.
Speaker 1: And two of the four catches in that game came
Speaker 1: against Eland and Roberts. Dolphin's been a linebacker for just
Speaker 1: nineteen yards for Hunter Henry. So they've seen him, they've
Speaker 1: matched up, and they've really contained him very well in
Speaker 1: the past. Now, John H. Smith is the piece that
Speaker 1: really intrigues me in the sense that I think he's
Speaker 1: a guy you really have to spotlight for his multifaceted talents.
Speaker 1: With the Titans, he was in the slot thirty percent
Speaker 1: of the time, in line of the time, and then
Speaker 1: out wide thirteen percent of the time, with some variations
Speaker 1: in the backfield otherwise going across the formation. But man,
Speaker 1: he can make plays in the run game. He was
Speaker 1: a big part of selling off some of the edges
Speaker 1: and those kind of slower stretch runs to Derrick Henry,
Speaker 1: some of the power schemes they ran there with the Titans,
Speaker 1: but also his ability to make plays after the catch.
Speaker 1: Coach talked about tackling in this game. If John Smith
Speaker 1: makes a catch, bring the whole damn party to the
Speaker 1: football because he is one of the best run after
Speaker 1: catch tight ends I've ever seen, so controlling him is
Speaker 1: going to be a key to this game in my opinion. Finally,
Speaker 1: on the Patriots offense, Patriots running backs versus Dolphins linebackers,
Speaker 1: and Ramandre Stevenson has a thumb injury that popped up
Speaker 1: on on Wednesday. I saw the report, but it says
Speaker 1: they're saying they're hopeful he can go. He's an absolute hammer.
Speaker 1: The rookie out of Oklahoma. He and Damien Harris I
Speaker 1: think pair of very well. Behind that offensive line. They're
Speaker 1: capable of really taking over a game this Patriots run
Speaker 1: game with their physicality, and Harris is a patient runner
Speaker 1: who can get behind those pads and really explode when
Speaker 1: he makes that decision to hit it and go for Stevenson.
Speaker 1: Even as a rookie, he's shown a lot in that
Speaker 1: area and they're both capable on all three downs, just
Speaker 1: like James White and really j J. Taylor are for
Speaker 1: that matter, a very deep running back room. And the
Speaker 1: thing with these backs is the same theme to be
Speaker 1: prepared for all of it. But that's where alland and
Speaker 1: Roberts comes in. We've seen him deliver some of those
Speaker 1: big hits. I like his ability to take on blockers.
Speaker 1: If someone gets into that second level on the catching
Speaker 1: climb and really match up against those big backs inside.
Speaker 1: I think Roberts is gonna be key because the Patriots
Speaker 1: ability to go big and run the football. You can
Speaker 1: see a good snap count from E. Rob and hopefully
Speaker 1: he brings the lunch pill and does what he does
Speaker 1: best and knocks those guys around. But Jerome Baker is
Speaker 1: just as important. Of course. Now if j J. Taylor
Speaker 1: or James White are in the game, that's a matchup
Speaker 1: I think Jerome is really equipped for and they're really
Speaker 1: going to be that. You know it's really gonna be
Speaker 1: this game is is who can create an exploit matchups
Speaker 1: The best because both teams have so many opportunities to
Speaker 1: do so. Now, how about the other side of the football.
Speaker 1: We start here with the quarterbacks, to a tongue about
Speaker 1: Lowa versus the Patriots safety and first to us at
Speaker 1: a couple of things that I found very intriguing at
Speaker 1: his Wednesday media And wouldn't you know it, I was
Speaker 1: sniped again twice in one day. Who saw it coming.
Speaker 1: I'm not complaining. I'm glad it got asked. I'm just surprised. Now. First,
Speaker 1: he was asked about getting the ball out of his
Speaker 1: hands quickly into the hands of his playmakers. Here's to
Speaker 1: I mean, they're tough defense. Um. You know, I think
Speaker 1: you look at the resume of coach Belichick. I mean
Speaker 1: really really good defenses. Um. And you know this is
Speaker 1: like no other week. You know, we we take all
Speaker 1: these games serious. And you know, for me, I think
Speaker 1: it's really just getting the ball out quick, um, and
Speaker 1: letting our playmakers make place for us. But the one
Speaker 1: that I really wanted to ask, and this was one
Speaker 1: of those like deja vu moments, But the deja vu
Speaker 1: came to me thinking ahead, so it wasn't actually deja vu,
Speaker 1: but I was thinking about Bill Belichick, Brian Flores and
Speaker 1: Nick Saban, and these three coaches who really cut their
Speaker 1: teeth on the defensive side of the football and have
Speaker 1: obviously risen to the peak of the coaching profession and
Speaker 1: doing so, that's a lot of knowledge on defensive football.
Speaker 1: And obviously Too has been around Saban daily for you know,
Speaker 1: three years there in Obama and now Brian Flores for
Speaker 1: two years. And I had asked coach about how a
Speaker 1: defensive play caller would coach to UH and say, you know,
Speaker 1: here's how I would attack you and how you can
Speaker 1: take advantage of those vulnerabilities of that particular attack plan.
Speaker 1: And just as I'm thinking about this to myself in
Speaker 1: my own head, someone asked to a question and he
Speaker 1: has this answer. Well, you know, for me, um, I'm
Speaker 1: just focused on what we can do, um, you know,
Speaker 1: And I try to put myself in a situation where
Speaker 1: I'm Bill Belichick. You know, if I was Bill Belichick,
Speaker 1: what would I want to do to stop myself? You know?
Speaker 1: And that's kind of how I I try to go
Speaker 1: about that. I would love to see what that conversation
Speaker 1: within too us head looks like. But of course we'll
Speaker 1: have to find out with the results on Sunday. So
Speaker 1: to in the safeties. I mean, first, we talked about
Speaker 1: the Patriots frequency to blitz in the past, and we've
Speaker 1: detailed to us ability to beat the blitz on this
Speaker 1: podcast many many times, and he said himself, you know,
Speaker 1: get it out quick, just like for mac Jones and
Speaker 1: the Patriots offense, winning those early downs and those layups
Speaker 1: on getting the football out quick to create more advantageous
Speaker 1: third downs is going to be the key. And against
Speaker 1: the Blitz last season to a complete passes that's up
Speaker 1: one from his non blitz reps, six point five yards
Speaker 1: per attempt, that's up point four yards per attempt from
Speaker 1: the non blitz and then seven touchdowns to one I
Speaker 1: n T compared to four touchdowns and four picks when
Speaker 1: he was not blitzed. So against the Patriots specifically last
Speaker 1: year against the Blitz six for six fifty six yards
Speaker 1: when they blitzed him, no touchdowns, no picks. Now, in
Speaker 1: that secondary, Devin mccorty is a guy you just have
Speaker 1: to account for the same things I said about Javon
Speaker 1: Holland and our McCarty here Jason mccordy apply. Then there's
Speaker 1: Kyle dugger who has instincts burst range man. He's a
Speaker 1: good player. They're so deep with that safety's position. Adrian
Speaker 1: Phillips another guy. It's very possible he winds up somewhere
Speaker 1: that you don't expect him to be, whether it's coming
Speaker 1: down for a rush or robbing the middle of the field,
Speaker 1: or showing pressure and falling off into the hook zone.
Speaker 1: You'll recall he had a pick in the open last
Speaker 1: year doing just that kind of hiding himself in the
Speaker 1: defense and being where you know, I fits didn't expecting
Speaker 1: to be on that throw late in the second quarter.
Speaker 1: I believe it was. And one thing I've been impressed with,
Speaker 1: you know two in his ability is to show the
Speaker 1: defense one thing and then go somewhere else, and the
Speaker 1: quarterback dictates the action in this sense, so staying hyper
Speaker 1: focused and getting through his pre snap checklist and operating
Speaker 1: post snap with that same efficiency and attention to detail,
Speaker 1: that would be the best way to create those big
Speaker 1: passing lanes, and I think to a can do it now. Lastly,
Speaker 1: I shared a video from practice on Wednesday with two
Speaker 1: of throwing routes on Eric Jachem Grant and you see
Speaker 1: this deep ball just falling right into the accelebrating hands
Speaker 1: of Jachem. And we've talked about that at length on
Speaker 1: this podcast. And who remembers ten game or three and
Speaker 1: oh go into the Patriots House, big game and it
Speaker 1: wasn't pretty. They played coverage all day in that game,
Speaker 1: and it just they just couldn't hit the anticipatory throws
Speaker 1: to the difficult parts of the field. That's what they
Speaker 1: want to do. Make you put the ball in the
Speaker 1: most challenging spots. That would be a key. You have
Speaker 1: to play well to be to Belichick coach defense, and
Speaker 1: I think anticipation will be paramount. How about the matchups
Speaker 1: on the outside. All those safeties I mentioned are exceptional tacklers,
Speaker 1: and the same as true at corner. You just don't
Speaker 1: play dB or really any position for Belichick if you
Speaker 1: can't tackle. But the corners on the outside, this is
Speaker 1: an interesting matchup and it starts with the obvious No
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year in Stefan Gilmore back from
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, but one of the games very best will
Speaker 1: not be out there now. They have another one of
Speaker 1: the game's very best in J. C. Jackson, who allowed
Speaker 1: just fifty four points having completions last year and five
Speaker 1: touchdowns compared to nine interceptions. He is so, so, so
Speaker 1: very good. We were four for six going after him
Speaker 1: in that Week fifteen game with just thirty four yards
Speaker 1: and a pick. He's got long speed to counter what
Speaker 1: Miami's offense has, so I'll be curious to see how
Speaker 1: they deploy him. Does he draw a waddle when he
Speaker 1: flexes out? Does he go match up with Jackie when
Speaker 1: he's out there, maybe Albert Wilson, or do they have
Speaker 1: him stick to whoever they perceived to be our number
Speaker 1: two passing option and double the number one option. Again,
Speaker 1: there are so many tools in the toolbag with this matchup,
Speaker 1: but Jackson is a heavy player with great transition skills
Speaker 1: both latterly and vertically, so I would be weary of
Speaker 1: throwing to him on those anticipation balls because he can
Speaker 1: make you pay with the game breaking ball hawking skills.
Speaker 1: But now where Gilmore's absence could and I capitalized could
Speaker 1: be felt is the other perimeter corner position. Jonathan Jones
Speaker 1: is a very good slot corner, but Stefan Gilmore out.
Speaker 1: You know, Jason mccordy was in that role last year
Speaker 1: for them. Now he's here obviously, So they get Jalen
Speaker 1: Mills the Philadelphia corner and last year was his best
Speaker 1: season in Philly, allowing a passer rating of just nine
Speaker 1: point oh and in his career it's ninety five point six.
Speaker 1: But he's a six ft one receiver one pounds with
Speaker 1: four six speed. Maybe that's how they attack Miami's bigger
Speaker 1: options like a Davante Parker of mac Hollins, maybe even
Speaker 1: Mike Kaski. We'll find out and finding soft spots in
Speaker 1: zone with anticipation throws, and then I think maybe try
Speaker 1: to win some of the one on one matchups with
Speaker 1: some of the size in the middle of the field.
Speaker 1: I think our big guys match up really well that way,
Speaker 1: because the Patriots defensive backfield, for all of its strengths,
Speaker 1: there's not a ton of size back there, and you've
Speaker 1: got to have answers against man coverage too. Does that
Speaker 1: look like some mesh with some of the speed we
Speaker 1: have to create natural rubs. The point is plenty of
Speaker 1: options are out there for both teams in this game.
Speaker 1: Now up front, this is an area where you're gonna
Speaker 1: get tested. Patriots offensive line verse or rather Dolphins offensive
Speaker 1: line versus the Patriots d line slash edge rushers. Their
Speaker 1: front is experienced, versatile, and very very good. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: line is young and communication will be paramount. Good technique,
Speaker 1: good fundamentals, even more so because those guys they're coached
Speaker 1: well and they can deconstruct poor technique, I think with
Speaker 1: relative ease. So find out where the hell fifty four is.
Speaker 1: Because Dante hi Tower opted out last year and I
Speaker 1: thought he was the biggest loss for the Patriots of
Speaker 1: their entire season. He's been the top three off ball
Speaker 1: linebacker and QB pressures each of his last three seasons.
Speaker 1: He did play from seventeen through nineteen for through Pro
Speaker 1: Football Focus. But he can come down and play Sam's
Speaker 1: at the edge in the run game. Help with him
Speaker 1: with chips and back stepping up in protection. You've gotta
Speaker 1: keep your eyes on number fifty four, But you also
Speaker 1: have to get Matt Judean blocked because he's explosive and fantastic.
Speaker 1: Lateral agility helps him execute those games and twists and
Speaker 1: stunts and looper moves and his secondary moves played so
Speaker 1: well that you have to go through the whistle otherwise
Speaker 1: he can take over a game and you can't let
Speaker 1: that happen. His pressures the last two seasons forty six
Speaker 1: last year after missing some games on three D and
Speaker 1: thirty seven pass rush reps, and in twenty nineteen he
Speaker 1: had sixty three total pressures. Man, he's a beast, and
Speaker 1: the size of him and high tower is what really
Speaker 1: stands out in the neighborhood of you know, two hundred
Speaker 1: and sixty pounds. That's a tough askubist Dolphins offensive line
Speaker 1: keeping on both those guys fifty four and number nine,
Speaker 1: it will be very important for two to get those
Speaker 1: guys located and correctly get his protection in the right spots.
Speaker 1: But the hits keep coming, and it's more big guys
Speaker 1: because Lawrence Guy six team pressures twenty eight run stops
Speaker 1: a year ago, Dietrich Wise thirty pressures, nineteen run stops.
Speaker 1: He these guys are big, long dudes that can control
Speaker 1: the point they you know, it's not all that different
Speaker 1: from the guys we have here on the front line
Speaker 1: that can play long, can play with their eyes and
Speaker 1: can really use power and quickness and speed. And then
Speaker 1: you obviously know about Devon Godsha, He's a space eater
Speaker 1: and a good run defender. The matchups are tough to differentiate.
Speaker 1: You know who's gonna go up against who with how
Speaker 1: multiple they are. But to me, it's really about getting
Speaker 1: high Tower and Judeon located and understand that what they're
Speaker 1: doing might take you to the key of the play
Speaker 1: because they want they'll want to scheme up chances for
Speaker 1: those guys. Two of their very best Dolphins running backs
Speaker 1: versus Patriots linebackers here to close this thing out before specialists.
Speaker 1: And one good way to get those edge and off
Speaker 1: ball linebackers that provide so much rush threat a little
Speaker 1: off of their keys is to get backs involved in
Speaker 1: the passing game. We saw Miles Gaskin have some success
Speaker 1: this preseason and sort of have a breakthrough performance in
Speaker 1: his opener last year in the first half of that
Speaker 1: Patriots game, making some plays on the perimeter. I think
Speaker 1: using both he and savan Akhmed in the passing game
Speaker 1: could go a long way to keeping those guys honest
Speaker 1: and maybe get them moving sidelines to sideline, up post,
Speaker 1: a vertical and downhill, especially when you start to incorporate
Speaker 1: some of the priest nap motion and things that keep
Speaker 1: those guys eyes busy. Priest snap on special teams. Dolphins
Speaker 1: were six last year. Obviously, have the All Pro kicker
Speaker 1: and Jason Sanders, a very good long snapper, and Blake
Speaker 1: Ferguson and newcomer Michael Pollardi. The Patriots on football outsiders
Speaker 1: were seventh and special teams a year ago, and they
Speaker 1: bring back one of the league's best punters and Jake Bailey,
Speaker 1: and they have a rookie kicker and Quinn Nordon who
Speaker 1: was undrafted out of Michigan this past season. So there's
Speaker 1: your nutshell takeaway. The three keys I have for this game.
Speaker 1: Will cover this on the Miami Dolphins dot com website
Speaker 1: later as well in the week. But number one, test
Speaker 1: the rookie quarterback, throw the kitchen scene, kinda mix it up,
Speaker 1: mix up your coverage, mix up your fronts, mix up
Speaker 1: your blitz. Is all that fun stuff. Spread the wealth
Speaker 1: without Stefan Gilmour in that secondary, use the depth you
Speaker 1: have to test their depth they have in that secondary,
Speaker 1: and then keeping guys in because their pass rush is tough,
Speaker 1: maybe you keep extra parts in to kind of counteract
Speaker 1: their rush prowess and rely on a couple of receivers
Speaker 1: you do have as far as getting the ball in
Speaker 1: their hands quickly and making plays. But keeping two upright
Speaker 1: and safe is the most sure fire way to win
Speaker 1: this football game. I have The Dolphins will win if
Speaker 1: they win on early downs and get into third and
Speaker 1: long on defense, and the Patriots will win if well,
Speaker 1: if they succeed on early downs offensively, but for the
Speaker 1: sake of the variety of this segment, if they get
Speaker 1: pressure without sending extra rushers, if the Patriots get home
Speaker 1: with three or four rushers, it's gonna be a tough,
Speaker 1: tough task to win that football game. And we have
Speaker 1: our first injury report of the season. Liam Eichenberg and
Speaker 1: Preston Williams were listed as limited participants on Wednesday's practice.
Speaker 1: Savan Akhmed, Clayton Fedulum, Davante Parker, e Landon Roberts, and
Speaker 1: Albert Wilson were all full participants. For the Patriots. Three
Speaker 1: players were limited wide receiver Nelson Aguilar, tackle Yannika Juice,
Speaker 1: and safety Jalen Mills. Alright, we got picks now, baby.
Speaker 1: We're gonna pick all the games on the NFL schedule
Speaker 1: this year, and it starts tonight. The season starts tonight, guys,
Speaker 1: Bucks and Cowboys, give me the bucks. They have too
Speaker 1: much offensive firepower for a remade Dallas defense. Home team
Speaker 1: raising its banner almost never loses those games. I like
Speaker 1: the Bucks comfortably in the opener, and we'll pick the
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