WEBVTT - Dolphins Patriots Preview 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:15.440 Field, touchdown, Miami Water Run. What is up? Dolphins? And 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:18.960 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:19.000 --> 0:00:23.680 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:23.760 --> 0:00:27.440 each and every day. How's it going, everybody? It is Wednesday. 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:30.680 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:34.239 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:36.879 And on today's show, it's preview Day. We'll take a 0:00:36.880 --> 0:00:39.560 look at the matchups, the stats, the personnel, the scheme 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:42.960 and all you need to know before kickoff on Sunday. 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:45.680 We'll take a look at some of the similarities between 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:48.639 these two foes. And here from Coach Flores on defending 0:00:48.680 --> 0:00:52.159 fullbacks Exaving Howard and steffon Gilmour, a pair of the 0:00:52.280 --> 0:00:55.080 NFL's best cornerbacks, and wrap this thing up with some 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:58.600 player media availability. All of that and more on this Wednesday, 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:06.760 December sixte edition of the Drive Time Podcasts a Dolphins fans, 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:10.160 The New Year starts now at Auto Nation. Let's skip 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:13.160 the rest of and get two big New Year's savings 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:17.440 on your favorite Auto Nation Chevy's, Fords, Toyotas, Hondas, and 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:20.360 a whole lot more shops safely at the Auto Nation 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:23.680 store near you or Auto Nation dot com and save 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:27.040 now today, I want to take a good look at 0:01:27.080 --> 0:01:30.320 this Patriots team, in this Dolphins Patriots game in general, 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:33.520 and talk about some of the similarities and the key 0:01:33.560 --> 0:01:36.560 to beating a familiar opponent that you've played twice a 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:39.920 year and you're so comfortable or not comfortable but familiar with. 0:01:40.200 --> 0:01:42.680 But first, some of the similarities. Both the Dolphins and 0:01:42.720 --> 0:01:45.600 Patriots are number one and number two in terms of 0:01:45.680 --> 0:01:49.240 man coverage deployment, calling it at the highest rates in 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:52.320 the National Football League. That comes from Pro Football Focus. 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:55.640 They both operate and cover one similarly high. That's the 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:58.000 single high safety patrolling the middle of the field with 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:01.480 man coverage across the board. Now that's not all these 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:04.200 two teams are, as we saw Sunday. A few teams 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:06.559 can mix it up like the Dolphins do, like Brian 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:09.280 Flores and Josh Bowyer do. But in a league of 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:13.240 expanding multiplicity, every team has certain things that they do 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:15.800 more so than other things and kind of their I 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:18.560 guess identity or their principles, And you can see it 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:21.560 with this team based upon how they're constructed. Both of 0:02:21.560 --> 0:02:23.400 these teams. I want to first start here with the 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:26.040 video I put in Top News earlier this week with 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:29.600 Dan Orlovsky of ESPN talking about the Dolphins defense, how 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:34.119 it's not really replicatable unless is that a word replicatable 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:37.720 unless you make the roster building commitment in the offseason 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.800 the way the Dolphins did going out and signing Byron 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:44.239 Jones to pair with xaviing Howard. The top three safeties 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.160 on the roster all have cover experience, with McCann row 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:51.079 being former NFL cornerbacks and Brandon Jones having more slot 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.480 reps last year at Texas than anywhere else on the 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:57.919 football field, signing multiple defender and I'm using air quotes 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.040 there as he likes to be called. And Kyle of 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:01.720 van Ney because he doesn't really have a position, he 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.639 places all over the defense to help mix up your 0:03:04.639 --> 0:03:08.040 fronts and your blitz packages and the two sturdy, powerful 0:03:08.160 --> 0:03:10.920 ends off either side and loss in an og ba. 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:14.760 But it does start with those cornerbacks. As Orlowsky said 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:18.320 here on kJ Z on ESPN, Miami's got two corners 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:22.560 that are incredibly physical. You know, Howard and Jones are physical, long, 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:27.160 violent corners. Three interceptions box score, I get it. Two 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.000 of them are on tips. Okay, one of them is 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.680 a ridiculous play by Ben Ginkle to get down on 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.440 the ground tip the ball up, and the other one 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.160 is a ball off tailbacks hands. It's a little high 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.440 and hot, but so you know that you've got to 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.400 take into context. And then that Howard interception, the one 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.840 hander is a great play. I don't think that there's 0:03:43.880 --> 0:03:46.040 a lot that teams are going to take that my 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.920 that Miami did that you can kind of replicate. You 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:51.920 gotta have the corners to do it. They don't. You 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.000 gotta have the exotic pressures that that Miami does, and 0:03:55.080 --> 0:03:57.680 a lot of teams don't. And so and then he 0:03:57.720 --> 0:03:59.960 begins to go on talking about the Chiefs from their 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.880 perspective in that game. But what he said is something 0:04:02.880 --> 0:04:05.680 the Patriots have done for as long as I can remember. 0:04:05.800 --> 0:04:08.960 They've almost always had top shelf cornerback play, even when 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:10.960 you go back to when they had Troy Brown out 0:04:10.960 --> 0:04:13.880 there playing legitimate cornerback positions back in their early Super 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.680 Bowl days, and when the league started tilt towards nicol 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.440 as the base defense with the introduction of more eleven 0:04:19.480 --> 0:04:22.240 personnel in the NFL, one running back, one tight end, 0:04:22.279 --> 0:04:25.240 three wide receivers. When that became the norm in the NFL, 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:27.360 the Patriots have always found a way to get three 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.120 deep at that position, and they are right now with 0:04:30.160 --> 0:04:33.080 Stefon Gilmore, j C. Jackson, and really it's four deep 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:36.360 because Jason mccordy has played five hundred and thirty snaps 0:04:36.360 --> 0:04:39.520 and Jonathan Jones has played five hundred sixty four snaps. 0:04:39.520 --> 0:04:41.680 So four cornerbacks that can go out there and lock 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.880 guys down one on one individual matchups and they give 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.120 you strength and those matchups across the board. We've seen 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:50.919 them say goodbye over the years to Richard Seymour, William 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:54.240 mc ginnis, most recently Trey Flowers as they round out 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.799 that front seven with versatile players through the draft, guys 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.880 like Chase Winovitch for instance, and put a strong emphasis 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.359 into that secondary, like signing Gilmore to that big contract 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:07.039 a few years back. And so that's where we go 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:11.440 between exaviing Howard and Stefan Gilmore, and Brian Flores has 0:05:11.440 --> 0:05:13.640 coached both these guys. So he was asked as Wednesday 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:17.080 press conference about some similarities between these two very very 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:21.080 high level cornerbacks. You know, they're both very competitive, obviously, 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:26.359 very talented, both have very good ball skills. Both both 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:31.359 excellent players, so yeah, and they're both team first. Guys 0:05:31.680 --> 0:05:33.240 will be the first to tell you that it's not 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:39.720 about um. You know, they're no personal situation, but more 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:44.000 about the team. So both both excellent players. So Exaviing 0:05:44.120 --> 0:05:47.599 leads the NFL and both interceptions and passes defense. We 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:51.600 know the nine interceptions seventeen pass defense for Exaving Howard, 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.159 and the passer rating against him is second best in 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:58.800 the NFL among qualifying cornerbacks per Pro Football Focus. Last year, 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.200 for the first time in a debt, gade a cornerback 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:04.400 and Steffon Gilmore one Defensive Player of the Year award, 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.480 and he did it with six interceptions and twenty passes defense. 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.320 So a few less interceptions and Exavian on track to 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:13.839 get that many past breakups now Gilmore allowed just forty 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:17.880 completion rate. X is at forty nine point three this season, 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:20.800 and the yardage allowed us pretty similar with X on 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:22.919 pace to surrender just a little bit more than what 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:25.800 Gilmore gave up last year. Another similarity between these two 0:06:25.800 --> 0:06:28.120 teams is the use of a fullback. We know Chandler 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.640 Cox on the roster. He's played something this year, and 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.800 Yakob Johnson for the Patriots has the second most snaps 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:36.240 played among fullbacks. And we'll jump into this here in 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.640 the preview in just one second, but I want to 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.040 first go ahead and let coach talk about the difficulties 0:06:41.040 --> 0:06:44.000 of facing a fullback and is it more challenging in 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.520 since not as many teams operate with the fullback. Here's 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:51.320 coach on that it can't be challenging. I mean, they 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.520 had a fullback then when they had a gap they 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:57.720 had they basically had a gap. So defensively, it's something 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:59.600 that you know, we've seen and we have a fullback 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:03.440 as well as so we've seen the you know, those 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.320 types of plays. But they do a good job in 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:10.600 a run game, they really do, and they've been able to, 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.600 uh pick up chunks of yardage and I want to 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:17.160 say they're top five in league in the Russian UM, 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:19.040 so they've done a good job from that standpoint. The 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:22.000 full back too, a big part of that. So, UM, 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:23.440 you know, we're gonna have our work cut out for 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:27.720 us UM as far as getting that defended. H those 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:30.320 are things will be preparing for it all week, UM 0:07:30.360 --> 0:07:31.880 as well as the rest of the things they do. 0:07:32.000 --> 0:07:34.080 I mean, this isn't just a running football team. You 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:36.040 got play action and got dropped back. They got you know, 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:40.560 they leave the league screen yardage. Uh. And then you 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.640 know they played well defensively in the kiding game also, 0:07:42.720 --> 0:07:47.560 so they talked tough test. I did not know that 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.000 about the screen yards. They're good, good factory. They're from 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:52.640 coach about defending a screen pass, as the Patriots again 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:55.160 have done for so so long. They've done that so 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.040 well in the screen game. And so with that, let's 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.040 go ahead and jump into the Miami Dolphins verse New 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.440 England Patriots Week fifteen preview. If you guys want to 0:08:03.480 --> 0:08:06.120 see the written element of this up on Miami Dolphins 0:08:06.160 --> 0:08:08.360 dot com, we have it there with some more fact 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.480 toys and notes and nuggets on this game. And you know, 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:15.680 I was always I'm always looking for a good way 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.440 to begin a serious story. I think the lead is 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.640 obviously what kind of hooks the reader? And I was 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:24.120 I try to avoid cliches, but in this game, I 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:25.960 think you have to go back to you have to 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:28.200 throw out the record books when these two teams get together, 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:30.760 especially when it comes to playing in this building at 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:34.120 hard Rock Stadium, in December. The Dolphins have five victories 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:37.800 since two thousand third team against the Patriots in hard 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.400 Rock Stadium, and that's a five and two record, with 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:42.880 four of those wins coming in the final month of 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.280 the calendar. Of course, this game will take place on Sunday, 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:49.120 December twenty one o'clock Eastern hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida. 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:52.920 Seventy eight degrees, sixty six percent humidity, seven mile priur 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:56.720 wins Dolphins eight and five, Patriots six and seven, and 0:08:56.760 --> 0:08:59.960 with that record, a Dolphins victory would continue that particular 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.080 trend in December, but the wind would buck another. Beating 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:06.240 the Patriots on Sunday would secure a superior record for 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:09.000 Miami to that of the rival from the North for 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:12.280 the first time since two thousand and two. Standing in 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:14.480 the way of that accomplishment is one of the league's 0:09:14.480 --> 0:09:17.800 most well coached teams that rarely beats itself and has 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.200 a pensiont for capitalizing on the mistakes of their opponent. 0:09:21.280 --> 0:09:24.160 And we jump right into the matchup highlights here. Number one, 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:26.320 you have to stop the row with this football team. 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.560 You heard coach Flores talk about it. They are more 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.480 than just the running game but that's where it starts 0:09:30.480 --> 0:09:32.800 with this team, and the Week one meeting between Miami 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:34.960 and New England probably feels like an eternity to go 0:09:35.120 --> 0:09:38.000 for me. It does on a football timeline. It kind 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.560 of was Week one versus Week fifteen. It's it's different 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:43.920 eras basically, I mean, the Patriots ran the ball for 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.960 two and seventeen yards on forty two rushing attempts. That's 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.400 five point one seven yards per carry and giving the 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.400 NFL their first real glimpse of what Josh McDaniels would 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.320 do with this new quarterback and Cam Newton going from 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.439 Tom Brady for so many years two decades there in 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:02.200 New England to Cam Newton a big contrast and style, 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:05.280 and Newton's one and thirteen carries this year our third 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.960 most among all NFL quarterbacks. You can probably guess who 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:10.600 else Kyler Murray and Lamar Jackson one and two in 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:13.199 that category. But since the Week one game, the Dolphins 0:10:13.200 --> 0:10:17.000 defense has tightened up significantly against the run, allowing nearly 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:20.240 half of that season opening total at one twelve point 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.000 two rushing yards allowed per game on average, and the 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.360 Dolphins defensive tackle play has a lot to do with 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.880 the production of the run defense. Ray Kwon Davis and 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.520 Zack Seiler are tied for fifth with Davis and first 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:35.520 respectively there for Zach Seiler among interior defensive lineman in 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:38.640 run stops since Week nine per Pro Football Focus. That 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:40.240 kind of reminds me of one of those stats from 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:43.240 Major League You know, Almani is batting to thirty eight 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.080 in the month of September with left handers on the 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:48.439 mound and the Moon and Sagittarius. But it does contribute 0:10:48.480 --> 0:10:51.120 back to how those guys have elevated their level of 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:54.200 play to go along with Christian Wilkins, who missed two 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:57.240 games over that period, but he's ranked seventh for the 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:01.440 entire season in that category. Withal was within two yards 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:03.839 of the line of scrimmage, So those three guys up front. 0:11:03.880 --> 0:11:05.719 I talked about it on Twitter and Top News the 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:07.640 other day, or no, it was inside the Numbers where 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:10.559 I talked about how all three of these guys are 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:14.480 under contract for the foreseeable future, with Davis obviously in 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:17.320 his rookie season, Christian Wilkins in year two of that 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:20.240 rookie contract, and Zack Seeler just got an extension through 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.560 three season. But I think these three guys have contributed 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:26.400 big time to the improvements in the run defense, and 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:29.439 both Wilkins, who is fifth, and Davis, who is ninth, 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.640 they both ranked top ten and ESPNS run stop win 0:11:32.800 --> 0:11:35.679 rate up on ESPN, So good stats there for you, 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.400 and only the forty Niners we talked about this utilize 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.200 a fullback more than the Patriots. The Niners rushed for 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:43.960 one and twenty eight yards in that Week five loss 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.600 to the Dolphins, but thirty seven of those yards came 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.120 on one where he most dirt run. So Miami did 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:50.680 pretty good throughout the course of the rest of the 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:54.440 game to put the Niners in long yard situations and 0:11:54.640 --> 0:11:57.520 that led to what several takeaways in that game as 0:11:57.520 --> 0:12:00.400 the Dolphins thwarted that two back offense with Kyles Check 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:03.840 and Raheem Mostard and and Jeff Wilson and all the 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:06.440 backs they have there in San Francisco to create those 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.800 third long opportunities, and on third and seven or longer, 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:13.920 New England is converting only clip compared to fifty seven 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:17.200 percent conversions on third and six or shorter, So getting 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.080 that run game stopped forcing third longs will be a 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:22.800 big key in this game. Up next, special teams and 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.720 ball security. We've we've heard coach Flora's talk about the 0:12:25.760 --> 0:12:29.720 kicking game relentlessly, and we know who else has a big, 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.160 big affinity for special teams up there in New England 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:35.360 with Bill Belichick. Both the Patriots and Dolphins, as a result, 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:38.160 have top three special teams units according to pro To 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.320 Football Outsiders d v o A metric. The Patriots scored 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.640 on a punt return and a blocked field goal return 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:45.880 and their forty five to zip shut out of the 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.840 Chargers back in week third team. But the Patriots have 0:12:49.080 --> 0:12:52.160 a history of putting clamps on a rookie quarterback. And 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:56.040 here's where the ball security comes in. The over Belichick's 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:58.960 career with the Patriots, first year signal callers are just 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.199 five and twenty against the Patriots over those twenty one seasons. 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:05.360 Fortunately from Miami. All five of those victories came away 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:09.679 from Gillette Stadium, where Belichick is unbeaten against rookie quarterbacks. 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:12.360 He did put together a great road game scheme the 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.920 other day or the other week that stumped Chargers rookie 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:17.400 quarterback Justin Herbert to the tune of his season low 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.440 forty three point seven passer rating in that game. The 0:13:20.480 --> 0:13:23.360 Patriots have a plus seven turnover margin and their six 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:26.480 victories this year, and in the seven losses that number 0:13:26.520 --> 0:13:29.000 dips to negative six. So I mean the name of 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.160 the game's takeaways, right, So a big key in this 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:33.960 game protecting the football and winning on special teams and 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:37.120 finally number three, taking what the defense gives you to 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:39.520 a tongue. Valoa took ownership for some of the mistakes 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.640 that he felt he made in the game on Sunday, 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.080 just talking about how he didn't do enough to take 0:13:44.080 --> 0:13:46.680 with the defense gave him early on in the football game. 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:48.640 And so I kind of wanted to look at the 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:52.160 passes thrown under ten yards through the air. And this season, 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:56.680 Tongue Vloa is seventy six nine with six seventeen passing yards, 0:13:56.720 --> 0:14:00.240 six touchdowns and no interceptions on those throws ten yards 0:14:00.320 --> 0:14:03.680 and in he's also forty two of seventy four against 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.680 the Blitz with four hundred and thirteen yards, six touchdowns, 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.600 one interception, and a ninety four point O passer rating 0:14:09.800 --> 0:14:13.200 against the Blitz per PFF. And the Patriots normally a 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:14.959 team that likes to ratch it up the pressure, but 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:18.720 this year they're blot of the ninth lowest clip of 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:21.440 the time they bring an extra pass rusher. They play 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:24.600 six defensive backs at the fifth highest rate in the league. 0:14:24.760 --> 0:14:28.840 They use dime or dime personnel of the time, and 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:32.480 nobody uses more seven defensive backs packages in the NFL 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:36.000 ont eight up next in that category. The Giants use 0:14:36.080 --> 0:14:40.120 seven dbs fifty one times this season. So the Patriots 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.280 almost three times as much as the second place team 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:44.520 with seven defensive backs on the field. So you're gonna 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:48.240 get a lot of opportunities where they're gonna not They're 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:50.280 gonna play coverage. They're gonna have seven guys back in 0:14:50.360 --> 0:14:53.240 coverage and and force two to find soft spots and 0:14:53.280 --> 0:14:56.280 find openings. And they can mix that man zone hybrid 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.520 look and just do so much to confuse young quarterback 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:01.600 and get pressure through their schemes, through their their stunts, 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.760 their games up front. It's gonna be a tough, tough 0:15:03.840 --> 0:15:05.840 challenge for a young quarterback and I'm excited to see 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.640 how to can handle it on Sunday. As far as 0:15:08.640 --> 0:15:11.080 their scheme, the Patriots, they are twenty six and scoring 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:14.880 offense and total offense fifth and rushing and twenty nine 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.680 and passing And this is Josh McDaniels sixteenth season with 0:15:17.720 --> 0:15:20.120 the Patriots, and he's in year number nine of his 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:23.480 second stint with the team as the offensive coordinator. And 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:25.520 you know, a few teams have been able to match 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:29.800 the flexibility and adaptability of this Patriots offense under McDaniel's tenure. 0:15:30.080 --> 0:15:33.080 And this season, no team has more rushing attempts than 0:15:33.120 --> 0:15:35.320 the Patriots four and twenty seven. So they love to 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.560 run the football. They also lead the league in snaps 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:40.320 out of twenty one personnel. We talked about this Yakob Johnson, 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.720 two running backs, one tight end and two receivers. Who 0:15:43.840 --> 0:15:46.520 and Johnson has those three and fourteen snaps play that 0:15:46.600 --> 0:15:49.200 second to Kyle, you check up there in San Francisco. 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.240 Defensively in New England ranks seventh and scoring tent and 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:55.680 total defense twenty three and rushing defense and eighth in 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:58.280 passing defense. They can get after on the back end 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:00.560 of the secondary and they can move bodies off the 0:16:00.560 --> 0:16:02.880 line of scrimmage with that offensive line, two of their 0:16:02.920 --> 0:16:06.680 staples on this team. And despite blitzing just of the 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.840 time on defense, there twenty seven point for pressure rate 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.000 is third best in the NFL. Per Pro Football Reference, 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:14.520 this matchup is gonna be fun to watch. It's a 0:16:14.520 --> 0:16:17.400 good a good clash of styles between the Patriots and 0:16:17.440 --> 0:16:20.440 the Dolphins, and we also are getting close to an 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:22.560 even point here in terms of the season series. The 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:25.200 Dolphins lead the all time series against the Patriots fifty 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:28.400 six to fifty four that includes the playoffs, but Miami 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:31.680 are thirty eight eighteen all time at home against New 0:16:31.720 --> 0:16:34.400 England and Tongue Baowa through his first interception of the 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.960 season last week, that broke a streak of a hundred 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.360 and fifty two consecutive passes without a pick. It was 0:16:39.400 --> 0:16:41.800 the third longest streak in Dolphins history. Not a bad 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:45.000 start to his career, but after the interception, he bounced back. 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:47.800 He completed nineteen of thirty one passes for two hundred 0:16:47.800 --> 0:16:51.400 and four yards and a touchdown. After his first career interception, 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.520 we talked about xaving Howard allow. Let's go ahead and 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:55.360 finish up with a note here on him. His next 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:57.400 pick will be his tent that would tie a franchise 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:01.160 record that has stood since nineteen sixties. Evan with cornerback 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:04.600 Dick Westmoreland. The Dolphins entered Week fifteen for the league, 0:17:04.600 --> 0:17:07.080 are tied for the league lead with twenty five takeaways 0:17:07.080 --> 0:17:09.120 on the season, and they have the best third down 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:12.760 defense at thirty three point one percent conversion. Man, going 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:14.640 through this preview, going through and looking at the Patriots 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:17.360 and comparing these two sides, it got me so much 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.480 more pumped for Sunday. Now, I feel like we're over 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:22.440 the hump. Its Wednesday, onto the Patriots. I can't wait 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.000 for this game. Let's go ahead and kick off player 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.199 media availability with Dolphins center Ted Carriss, who first was 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:32.160 asked about the fourth quarter offensive production the Dolphins had 0:17:32.160 --> 0:17:34.480 in the game against the Chiefs and some of the 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:36.639 cast of characters who stepped in in place of the 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:40.119 injured Davante Parker and Joachine Grant and Mike get Sicky, 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:42.720 with Lynn Bowe and Malcolm Perry and Mac Hollins and 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.320 Adam Shaheen and those guys stepping up and making plays 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:47.560 to get seven team points on the board in that 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:50.399 fourth quarter, as well as the leadership and ability for 0:17:50.480 --> 0:17:53.080 two of tow to help himself in that regard to 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:55.720 make that push in the fourth quarter. Here's Dolphins captain 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.320 and center Ted Carriss on that fourth quarter performance and 0:17:58.359 --> 0:18:01.359 the Dolphins next man up mentality they have, Oh, we 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:03.160 made it a game at the end. I think that, 0:18:03.200 --> 0:18:06.320 you know, it was a tough, hard, fog game. Obviously 0:18:06.320 --> 0:18:08.399 didn't do not to win, especially in the third quarter, 0:18:08.440 --> 0:18:11.360 but to a really you know, show some great leadership, 0:18:11.400 --> 0:18:13.120 a lot of grid. I think the whole offense did. 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.000 I think our whole team did, you know, coming back 0:18:15.000 --> 0:18:17.680 and making it a game at the end. Obviously there's 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:20.000 a bunch of players that I wish I could have 0:18:20.040 --> 0:18:21.760 back personally, and I'm sure a lot of guys feel 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:24.160 the same way. But um, you know, we're working hard, 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:26.560 and you know now we're onto you know, New England 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:29.040 here and getting ready to roll in in the biggest 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:32.320 game of the year. And no need for any introductory 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:35.320 analysis on this. Next question for Ted Carriss because he 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:37.320 was asked about something we opened the podcast with and 0:18:37.359 --> 0:18:40.320 the similarities between these two defenses and how that might 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:42.800 help or maybe you know, be a challenge for the 0:18:42.800 --> 0:18:46.720 Dolphin's offense this Sunday against the Patriots. It's pretty similar. Obviously, 0:18:46.720 --> 0:18:49.040 there's gonna be some nuances. Um, you know, a lot 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:51.520 of the structure may be the same, but they have 0:18:51.640 --> 0:18:53.320 really a lot of really good players. So do we 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:56.560 I think that you know, um, we're both matched up 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:58.520 pretty well against each other, and we're you know, kind 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:02.159 of in the in the same family of defenses at least. Um, 0:19:02.240 --> 0:19:04.800 and we've had some preparation, but it's all gonna come 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:06.880 down to, you know, in game adjustments and how we've 0:19:06.960 --> 0:19:09.080 prepared throughout the week and then when we get on 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:12.119 the sideline after you know, after drive, whether we score 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.719 or not, making adjustments to see what, you know, what 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:17.080 they've declared they're gonna do in the game. So, um, 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:18.600 that's where we're focused. I think it's gonna be a 0:19:18.680 --> 0:19:21.000 great game and we're ready to roll. Let's go ahead 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:23.400 and finish up here with Ted for my question for 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:27.919 him regarding Belichick's record against rookie quarterbacks and how that 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:29.840 can be a challenge for to in this game, and 0:19:29.880 --> 0:19:32.120 how Ted has a role this week to help get 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.760 to and the offense prepared. Here's Ted on his role 0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:38.200 going up against this Patriots defense and Sunday on Sunday 0:19:38.280 --> 0:19:41.359 at hard Rock Stadium. Yeah, my main job, you know, 0:19:41.359 --> 0:19:44.639 mostly every week is identifying the fronts and helping him, um, 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:47.520 you know, identify the mic point obviously, as an old line. 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:49.119 You know, we're gonna have to do our part in 0:19:49.160 --> 0:19:52.480