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Dolphins And welcome to 0:00:45.720 --> 0:00:49.240 the Drivetime podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast Network 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:53.760 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going? Everybody? 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.680 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and on today's show 0:00:56.720 --> 0:01:00.520 will plug into Mike McDaniel's Wednesday media availability and hear 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:03.560 all the pertinent information heading into this week seventeen critical 0:01:03.640 --> 0:01:06.040 game in Foxborough. And we'll also get to the five 0:01:06.120 --> 0:01:09.720 things I think heading in to week number seventeen from 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:12.880 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:20.160 This is the Drive Time, so we heard from head 0:01:20.200 --> 0:01:23.039 coach Mike McDaniel, just moments ago. And of course we'll 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.160 talk a lot about quarterback to a tongue of voloa. 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.520 He was first asked as to in the building will 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.200 he be ruled out for Sunday. Here's head coach Mike 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:33.800 McDaniel in regards to to it's very UM. I've been 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:41.080 advised by UM medical professionals that it's critical that that 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:48.080 uh to a worries only about um the day that 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:53.320 he's currently in and nothing else. Um. He he is 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:58.200 in the building, UM, but beyond that, UM, it's uh, 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.960 as medical profession will tell you UM. And he added 0:02:03.720 --> 0:02:10.600 UH pressure and he added UM sort of h anything 0:02:10.680 --> 0:02:15.960 beyond that day does not behoove UM the process at all. 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:19.680 So I'll take that very serious and and UM worry 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:24.880 about his um health forced and foremost and take the 0:02:24.960 --> 0:02:31.120 advice of UH the medical professionals. Coach did confirm Forest 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.440 that too, did in fact suffer a concussion in the 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:36.200 game against the Packers. He next was asked will Teddy 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.280 Bridgewater to be the starter for the game on Sunday. 0:02:38.480 --> 0:02:40.640 A couple of times pressing coach of this question. Here's 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:44.160 his answer about Sunday starter. UM, you know, the the 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:47.080 the whole idea of taking day to day is kind 0:02:47.120 --> 0:02:49.880 of rough on coaches who have to plan for you know, 0:02:49.960 --> 0:02:54.359 a bunch of people. So, UM, the the approach that 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:58.280 I'm unequivocally taken UM today. You know, I was on 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:00.519 the phone, I met with him yesterday. I met with 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:05.799 Teddy yesterday. I was UM, you know, exchanging ideas and 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:08.120 and talking through some stuff all the way until like 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:12.359 ten fifteen last night. UM there was his bedtime, UM, 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.880 and so UM moving forward today and you know the 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:21.120 whole team's approaches. UH, Teddy Bridgewater is the starter. UM. 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:24.639 This is why you know we uh, I thought it 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:30.160 so vital to to go um uh after him in 0:03:30.240 --> 0:03:33.760 free agency. This is why he's done such a diligent 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:37.120 job during the course of the season, UM with his 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:41.280 own uh injuries and and such, to be prepared for 0:03:41.360 --> 0:03:45.200 this opportunity. And I know the team's UM very excited, 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:49.040 feel very fortunate to have him and UM him to 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:53.040 get his opportunity that he's totally prepared for. Coach next 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:54.880 was asked if he can see if four see a 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:57.240 scenario where he would add an extra layer of caution 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.400 once to clear the concussion protocol. Here's which on that 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:07.560 you know again, I think for me to speak totally 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:11.400 outside the lines of you know stuff that's for medical 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:15.040 professionals and to himself, I think that's in the layer 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:20.400 of pressure either way. UM, I don't pretend to know, 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:26.159 um what that feels like. Uh too adhere to somebody 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.880 else's expectations in some way, shape or form. I'm just 0:04:28.960 --> 0:04:31.400 worried about his health on a day to day basis, 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:37.240 and that we'll take that step, whatever step that is next, 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:41.120 whenever that next step is. But beyond that, I would 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:46.720 feel responsible to go go even think about if or 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:51.640 what or whatever that's that's a that's taking a lot 0:04:51.720 --> 0:04:55.760 of non expertise in my own hands. This next response 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.600 is my favorite response from coach in this press conference, 0:04:58.640 --> 0:05:00.760 maybe since he got here, because I feel the same 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.760 way he felt in the beginning about the way the 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.160 question was posed. Do you need to hear there's no 0:05:05.360 --> 0:05:12.040 long term risk before you put him back out there again? Yeah? UM, 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:15.880 this is a human being that I'm very very much 0:05:16.560 --> 0:05:23.080 like all all players. UM. I I'll do what the 0:05:23.760 --> 0:05:27.160 um the medical experts advised me to do, and I'm 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:31.120 quite certain they're not going to advise me UM in 0:05:31.200 --> 0:05:34.280 the wrong direction. What it has to do with his 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:39.040 his health and in regards to that, but that's again 0:05:39.200 --> 0:05:44.159 something that I'm not even going to I'm not I'm 0:05:44.240 --> 0:05:50.520 not gonna go and direct conflict with what the doctors 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:54.120 have told me to do, which is just to worry 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.800 about one day at a time and not project any 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:03.640 sort of absolute to you know, have him get get 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:08.680 information second hand of whatever thing that this is just 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.840 a day at to time process that his health is 0:06:12.400 --> 0:06:16.520 the first, foremost and only priority. Next, coach is asked, 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.479 were you able to pinpoint when the cussion? Concussion occurred 0:06:19.960 --> 0:06:25.160 the day after the game some Monday, there was some 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:32.520 you know, upon reviewing the film, we we had some questions. UM, 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:37.840 kind of feel like, you know, we had an idea, 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:42.599 um that there's hey, did something happen to this portion 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:49.040 of the game. Question him. Um, once we got really uh, 0:06:49.839 --> 0:06:52.800 you know, we continue to question him, and once we 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.720 got some information back, we're like, you need to go 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:58.800 see the see the doctor, so to say, with that 0:06:59.080 --> 0:07:04.440 absolute certain t um the you know that it was 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:09.279 this that or otherwise. It was just there was some things, 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:17.400 um that caused us to really proud and um, as 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:20.480 a result, we felt like he needed to see UM 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:24.840 medical professionals. Yeah, I think those uh that fourth quarter 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:27.960 performance makes a lot more sense now. Next, coach was 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:30.520 asked what caused you to prod after that tape review 0:07:30.560 --> 0:07:32.240 with two or before two? I got here? I should 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:34.840 say Coach did later clarify that it was on the tape, 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.200 not with two. A reviewing to his game tape was 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:39.720 when he realized there were some inconsistencies there. What caused 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.440 you to prod? Here's Coach on that this specifically had 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:46.240 to do with consistencies of things that I studied daily, 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:54.440 that UM on tape UM, which which UM provokes some 0:07:55.840 --> 0:08:02.040 uh you know, direct questioning UM with a high degree 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.680 of concern. If the earlier one wasn't my favorite answer 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:07.960 from Coach McDaniel, this one was what's it like for 0:08:08.040 --> 0:08:10.680 you personally someone you're so close with to see him 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:24.080 go through this terrible Yeah? I wanted to leave that 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:27.040 pregnant pause and there for you guys, because we never 0:08:27.160 --> 0:08:29.240 heard coach give a one word answer before. I think 0:08:29.480 --> 0:08:32.120 people expected him to give you more, but that's what 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.800 else do you need? Next, he was asked about Teddy Bridgewater. 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:38.959 Here's Coach on Teddy and moving forward, the you know 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:42.839 the the season, as the journey has gone for the 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:47.160 team has given us some definitely UM moments of adversity 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:51.000 and turmoil. One of the you know, our our whole 0:08:51.040 --> 0:08:56.360 team was very excited UM for Teddy. The Jets weak 0:08:57.240 --> 0:09:02.599 and you know, first play the game, we all know 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:10.360 what happened. So I think with regard to UM, in 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:16.840 professional football at the quarterback position, UM, you know, there's 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:19.680 two ways you can go with it as a starter 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.720 for UM a game when you have the entire week 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:28.199 to prepare. UH. One way, the pressure gets to you 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:34.480 and UM, you know sometimes it makes you worse. UM. 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:41.040 That's not Teddy. Teddy UH thrives on on those moments 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.920 and and really was UM. You know, I don't think 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:50.360 we've I know the team is seen exactly you know 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:54.800 what what he was prepared to do that particular game 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:59.000 when when given the entire week to to UM prep 0:09:59.679 --> 0:10:04.120 And I think that it is a UM big deal 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:09.800 for UH. You know guys that that enjoy the moment, 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:14.920 enjoy the camaraderie, enjoy the leadership, enjoy everything about UM 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:22.480 being a starting UM quarterback. And and he's UM. I'm 0:10:22.800 --> 0:10:26.720 happy for him to get the opportunity to fully prepare 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:31.719 um uh for for a game that the team, the 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.960 team needs, that needs him for. So UM, we're very 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:38.000 fortunate to have him and excited for his opportunity. Let's 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:39.920 finish up here. When coach was asked, how does the 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.040 team stay focused when something like this was going on? 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.960 Obviously one of your brothers is down in an injury 0:10:45.040 --> 0:10:47.439 that is nothing to be you know, scoffed at or 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:50.760 even you know, as as coaches mentioned, just advising to 0:10:50.880 --> 0:10:53.040 listen to the medical professionals. How the team stay focused 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.240 with an injury that you know is not your run 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:59.000 of the mill typical injury. It's hard to you're talking 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:02.360 about the opinions of you know, and it's higher locker 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:05.400 room is a lot of people. I think overall, UM, 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:12.599 there's so much investment within this this season. We've you 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:17.760 know that they chose to have the ambition, UM, the drive, 0:11:18.480 --> 0:11:22.559 and they they it was because of them all their 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:26.400 collective work that we were able to um be in 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:31.160 a fortunate situation of uh, you know, having seven wins 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:36.239 at the bye. UM it's there's way too much investment 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:40.280 for UH. And then you know, going through a month 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:45.160 of December where you know, the only silver lining is there. 0:11:45.320 --> 0:11:48.800 There was no no short change of investment by that 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:53.800 the whole team. UM. And if if you're going to 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:58.599 lose for straight you wanted to be in uh in 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.319 in those type of terms that you're going all in 0:12:02.679 --> 0:12:06.840 and then UM trying to learn from each and every game, 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:12.720 UM without blinking. Much much easier said than done. UM. 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:18.719 So one of the reasons, UM, you know that it 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:22.319 it's so difficult as the the emotional investment. I think 0:12:22.440 --> 0:12:29.280 these guys um because of that, UM have a team 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:34.360 that's playing against them. Uh. Everything that we've set out 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:37.160 to do is right in front of us. And I 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:39.480 can tell you one thing, the New England Patriots don't 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.959 care about our feelings. They're very aware about that. So 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:49.360 UM they I see a very focused and determined group 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:55.760 that recognizes the opportunity within the adversity. Well, there you go, 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.199 different press conference that we're used to. I think for 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:05.680 Dolphins fans, how do you how do you? Seasons tend 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:10.160 to always invent new ways to to head in this direction. 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:12.960 But there's a couple of games left, so hopefully Miami 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:17.480 can put this behind them and move forward and find 0:13:17.520 --> 0:13:20.240 a way to find a victory on Sunday, because the 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:22.160 lead doesn't stop. The games don't stop. You still play 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:23.760 the games, even though you know, we feel terrible for 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:25.840 for the guy. And as you heard head coach Mike 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.200 mcdealosy there, if you want to watch this press conference 0:13:28.240 --> 0:13:30.319 this entirety, go ahead and check out the team YouTube channel. 0:13:30.440 --> 0:13:32.080 Let's go ahead and take our first break and come 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:33.599 back on the other side, And wanna get to the 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.160 five things I think heading into week seventeen. That's next 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:39.160 Drive Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:13:39.240 --> 0:13:50.079 by Auto Nation, segment number two here on a Wednesday 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.400 edition of the Drive Time Podcast. So we're gonna kick 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:55.400 this thing off here with the five things that I think. 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:58.400 I just thought McDaniels press conference on this day was 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:00.200 more important to put in the front of the show. 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:02.240 So there you have it. But the first thing I 0:14:02.280 --> 0:14:03.959 want to talk about is the value of two a 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:07.760 tongue of Byloa and Teddy for the hometown. There was 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:09.760 this whole debate last week, and it was a dumb one, 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:13.040 as football debates on social media tend to be. That 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:15.480 the drop off from Jalen Hurts to Gardner Minshew was 0:14:15.520 --> 0:14:19.040 minuscule and I'm a huge menshoe guy, obviously go Coog's baby, 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:22.080 but I'm also not dumb, well not when it comes 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:24.400 to football. I think most other stuff, sure, like math 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.800 nine times five is flaven d five. But the value 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:31.480 that hurts adds in a loaded offense isn't really tangible, 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:33.560 or is it? Because the Eagles did score thirty four 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:35.840 points and I lost the Cowboys, and that will empower 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.160 the take that hurts. His weapons are carrying him great 0:14:38.200 --> 0:14:41.480 offensive line, blah blah blah blah. If you can't see 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:42.920 it for yourself on the tape, and I don't know 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:45.600 what to tell you. I guess I'm just exhausted by 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:48.840 the discourse. I think I'm just exhausted by social media. 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:51.000 I saw the other night someone tweeted that they had 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.360 just wanted to go back to enjoying the sport, opposed 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:56.080 to argue with strangers about Tua and Justin Herbert on Twitter. 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:58.760 That's kind of how I feel. Did anyone else avoid 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.520 social media all weeks so far? I just couldn't do it. 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:04.080 But I do find coming here on the podcast, where 0:15:04.960 --> 0:15:06.600 you know, I guess it's just myself. So an echo 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:09.280 chamber is a little cathartic by having, you know, a 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.800 more in my opinion, level headed discussion that's not based 0:15:12.880 --> 0:15:16.440 on firing everybody and replacing everybody after one performance you 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:19.280 didn't like, or for performances for that matter. And I 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.680 guess I get the type of fandom at a certain age. 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:23.440 I was that way as a teen in my early 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:27.360 twenties as well. Now, well, I think that having a 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:30.320 mortgage and daycare bills makes your perspective a little more realistic. 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.680 I don't know, maybe that's just me, but anyway, what 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:36.120 I came here to say was this, three passes have 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.400 turned some people's opinion on the quarterback, and man, I 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:42.560 just can't like I'm laughing while writing this. What I 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:46.280 think is really funny is it's the same like faction 0:15:46.360 --> 0:15:49.120 of people, right, the people that gobble up social media 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.440 engagement for hanging on the kid like cool, you are 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.480 literally re enacting the plot of Children of the Corn. 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:58.040 Hope that's fulfilling and not to mention, like, what is 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:00.920 it for for a non assume created account? What do 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:04.920 you Twitter likes get you? I get from Cowherd's perspective 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:07.240 because it generates buzz around his show and it will 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:09.840 make his producers happy he has an agenda, and that's 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:15.000 totally fine. Otherwise why but again, in any way, it's 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:16.920 my go to phrase here. All of those takes are 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.320 from the same company, right, the people that were convinced 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:21.720 and tried to convince you that to A could not 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:23.760 play in this league, that he was going to look 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:26.560 like what Zach Wilson looked like this season. That is 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.200 what you built up to it to be the entire summer, 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:32.040 the next Tim Tebow in terms of his NFL production 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.320 and longevity. But then he went on a run where 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.080 he played some of the best football in the entire 0:16:37.200 --> 0:16:39.920 NFL this year, regardless of position, and guess what, he's 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:42.600 still the league's top rated passer. So you can pound 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.080 your chest and say that one quarter of football or 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:48.360 a bad month justifies your take, but we all know 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:52.400 it's not. He's already outperformed what you said his limitations were, 0:16:52.840 --> 0:16:55.960 so with all sincerity, like, get all the way the 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:58.160 f out of here with that noise. I'm tired of it. 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:01.400 He's still a highly highly guild pastor who sees things 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:04.639 others don't. He still has tremendous accuracy. Go back and 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:07.480 watch the long Waddle touchdown again. Go watch the third 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.480 and fourteen conversion to Sherfield. Those things just happened three 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:15.000 days ago. He's still again the league leader in passer rating. 0:17:15.320 --> 0:17:17.000 You wanted a list of quarterbacks who have led the 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.240 NFL in passer rating going back to two thousand one, 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:24.040 last twenty years, Rogers, Rogers, Tannehill, and I don't want 0:17:24.040 --> 0:17:26.080 to hear about Tannehill not being a good quarterback. He's 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:28.240 been a very good quarterback for the Tennessee Titans. That's it. 0:17:28.560 --> 0:17:33.119 End of story. Breeze, Alex Smith, Matt Ryan, Russell Wilson, 0:17:33.200 --> 0:17:38.680 Tony Romo. Here's our one outlier, the only outlier. Nick Foles, Rogers, Rogers, 0:17:38.720 --> 0:17:44.119 Brady Brees, Rivers, Brady Manning, Manning, Manning, mc near, Pennington Warner. Also, 0:17:44.320 --> 0:17:47.320 if to maintains the league leading passer rating at age, 0:17:48.760 --> 0:17:50.800 he'll be the youngest quarterback to lead the NFL in 0:17:50.840 --> 0:17:53.960 passer rating. Do I need to tell you who? That 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:57.520 was the same guy that lost five games in a 0:17:57.560 --> 0:17:59.920 ru and real quick to put a bow on the 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:01.960 US when the Eagles went from Hurts to Minshew. The 0:18:02.040 --> 0:18:04.480 line changed by four points. When the Jets announced that 0:18:04.520 --> 0:18:07.400 Mike White was returning. The line against the Seahawks changed 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.040 by four points. And that's not as much of a 0:18:09.080 --> 0:18:11.399 White Mike White thing as it is a Zach Wilson 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:14.359 literally cannot do it at this level thing. Guess how 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:18.120 much it's changed since the news about to entering concussion 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:22.400 protocol for Dolphins and pads. Five points. So I think 0:18:22.600 --> 0:18:24.879 that should tell you all you need to know. And frankly, 0:18:24.960 --> 0:18:26.920 I thought we learned that back in weeks four through six. 0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:29.720 What life without two? It looked like maybe that didn't happen, 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:31.400 and I just dreamt it. I don't know, Don't get 0:18:31.400 --> 0:18:34.959 me wrong. I'm just I'm as angry at the Dolphins 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:36.920 as you are. And we'll get to that later and 0:18:37.000 --> 0:18:39.760 a later thing, I think. But man, this victual is 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.080 pointed at the wrong dude. He's a great player who's 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.239 played great this year, and I'm just tired of it. Now. 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:46.800 We have to go win a football game, regardless of 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:49.679 who plays quarterback on Sunday. Stop the bleeding. Man. We're 0:18:49.720 --> 0:18:52.000 gonna finish this with a message to the fans who 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:54.480 were just absolutely grieving this team right now, you know, 0:18:54.560 --> 0:18:57.080 ahead of a huge game. But man, go gonna win 0:18:57.200 --> 0:18:59.359 and we can start to heal and maybe even end 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:01.880 the season with the positive note. And how cool would 0:19:01.920 --> 0:19:04.320 it be for Teddy if it is Teddy on Sunday 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:06.920 for his one win as a Dolphins quarterback to be 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:09.680 the one that propels his hometown team back into the playoffs. 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:15.040 I'm here for that thing. Number two running game Europe. Look, 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:17.320 as long as we have Tyreek and Jalen, I'm always 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:20.479 for throwing the football. I think excusing those guys from 0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:22.600 the game plan entirely is a terrible idea. Just look 0:19:22.600 --> 0:19:24.000 at how they can change a game in a blink, 0:19:24.040 --> 0:19:26.879 for instance. And now both are well on track. Tyrek 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:30.080 has already done it. To surpass Mark Clayton's total waddle 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:32.520 needs just one d and twenty nine yards and two games. 0:19:32.760 --> 0:19:35.040 That's sixty four and a half yards per game, and 0:19:35.119 --> 0:19:37.200 he's averaging eighty four per game heading into the week. 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.160 So as long as he's just close to his average production, 0:19:40.680 --> 0:19:43.920 he'll approach fourteen hundred yards now. And we'll do this 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:45.920 more in depth tomorrow on the Preview podcast. But the 0:19:45.960 --> 0:19:48.080 Dolphins and Patriots have played the same game the last 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:50.960 five times out. Average NFL games feature ten and a 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:53.480 half possessions per game ten to eleven in that range. 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:55.720 Sometimes you get a lot more, sometimes you get a 0:19:55.760 --> 0:19:58.960 handful less. And if we're talking Dolphins and Patriots this decade, 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:02.920 you always get a handful less. Total possessions by game, 0:20:03.240 --> 0:20:05.240 removing kneel down possessions at the end of the game 0:20:06.080 --> 0:20:13.479 Opener sixteen possessions, rematch sixteen possessions, Opener sixteen possessions one 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:18.440 in Miami seventeen possessions two, Opener fifteen possessions, and that 0:20:18.520 --> 0:20:22.199 includes a to play fumble touchdown drive. So literally sixteen 0:20:22.240 --> 0:20:25.359 possessions per game, eight possessions per team, two and a 0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:27.720 half less than the average, and that means we've gotta 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:29.600 be efficient, got to score in the red zone, and 0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:31.919 you gotta win the turnover battle, and we gotta run 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.200 the football. And those last five games because the Patriots, 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:36.600 these are the rushing totals eighty seven yards back in 0:20:36.640 --> 0:20:39.520 two thousand twenty season opener. That was a loss, just 0:20:39.600 --> 0:20:41.840 three point two yards per carry. Not a good rushing day. 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:45.320 Game two hundred and fifty yards six yards per carry. 0:20:45.680 --> 0:20:49.359 Obviously a win one the first game seventy four yards 0:20:49.560 --> 0:20:51.760 three point two yards per average. They won that game, 0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:54.840 but it basically was saved by a miracle defensive stop 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:56.480 and a forced fumble at the end of the game. 0:20:56.880 --> 0:20:59.400 The rematch that year a hundred and ninety five yards 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:01.800 for the Dolphins the ground, averaging four point five a rip, 0:21:01.880 --> 0:21:04.640 and that's a victory. Earlier this year just three point 0:21:04.680 --> 0:21:06.760 six yards per rush, but seventy eight on the ground 0:21:07.119 --> 0:21:10.359 in a victory. When your quarterback is not part of 0:21:10.359 --> 0:21:13.160 the equation, which he might not be in this one 0:21:13.400 --> 0:21:15.359 is going to be more important. So that's why you 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:18.760 got a round the football number three. Playing coverage over blitzing. 0:21:18.840 --> 0:21:22.040 I think we might be discovering a pretty effective defensive approach. 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:24.760 At minimum. It's another way to really keep your variety, 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:28.240 keep offenses guessing and constantly changing looks. That's what you 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:29.800 have to do at this level, right The quarterbacks are 0:21:29.840 --> 0:21:31.480 just too good to run the same thing over and 0:21:31.560 --> 0:21:35.480 over again. But there's one area that has really yielded 0:21:35.520 --> 0:21:39.080 some nice results recently, particularly on Sunday. It's obviously a 0:21:39.119 --> 0:21:41.040 team effort, but it's also a nice knowledge of some 0:21:41.119 --> 0:21:43.960 of the guys up front that are constantly creating pressures 0:21:44.400 --> 0:21:48.040 from this situation that's rushing for or fewer against the Packers. 0:21:48.440 --> 0:21:50.480 Rogers had a passer rating over a hundred and eleven 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:54.680 against blitzes, but against non blitzes for fewer rushers seven 0:21:54.800 --> 0:21:57.560 for fift team with fifty eight yards three point nine 0:21:57.640 --> 0:21:59.800 yards per pass and a pick, that's a twenty nine 0:21:59.800 --> 0:22:01.760 point three passer rating. Is also a sack in there 0:22:01.800 --> 0:22:04.119 by the way, and the interception came on a pressure 0:22:04.119 --> 0:22:07.280 from a non blitz situation. In total, four man rushes 0:22:07.359 --> 0:22:10.760 produced pressure seven times, and on those seven Rogers didn't 0:22:10.760 --> 0:22:13.520 complete a pass and he did have a scrambled first down, 0:22:13.560 --> 0:22:15.680 but he was over three with the pick. Now, Mac 0:22:15.760 --> 0:22:19.840 Jones will not be mistaken for you know, Josh Allen 0:22:19.960 --> 0:22:22.919 or Aaron Rodgers from a mobility standpoint, But I think 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:25.920 his very best trade is his pocket management, stepping around 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:28.639 pressure and finding a new lane to operate from and 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:31.680 delivering the ball accurately. So a good mix helps, for sure. 0:22:31.760 --> 0:22:33.959 But when Mac was when Matt has a quick answer, 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:36.480 that's when he's as best. And we're getting into the 0:22:36.640 --> 0:22:38.840 preview here a little bit. All dial it back. In fact, 0:22:38.880 --> 0:22:40.440 we'll go ahead and just use that for a teaser 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:42.480 for the three the Thursday show. But to put a 0:22:42.560 --> 0:22:44.840 bow on it, I think we really need both on Sunday, 0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:47.480 our best blitz package and our best effort on non 0:22:47.560 --> 0:22:49.960 blitz is we might need the defense to go on 0:22:50.000 --> 0:22:51.800 the road and win us a game. Here. This Pat's 0:22:51.840 --> 0:22:54.000 offense has not been good this year. That quarterback has 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:56.520 not played well. Please guys step it up for us. 0:22:56.600 --> 0:22:58.560 We need you. Let's go ahead and take break number 0:22:58.600 --> 0:23:00.600 two and come back on the other side and finish 0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:03.160 up real quickly with things I think number four and five. 0:23:03.240 --> 0:23:06.040 That's next Draftime podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to 0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:15.800 you by Auto Nation. Wednesday, the weird bridge between Christmas 0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:18.400 and New Year's Day is here. We're talking all things 0:23:18.480 --> 0:23:21.760 Miami Dolphins. Five Big picture items number four. Here are 0:23:21.800 --> 0:23:23.760 the scenarios, and I keep thinking a lot about this. 0:23:24.160 --> 0:23:25.920 The different ways for us to still make it in. 0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:28.840 Currently the favorite for the seven seed given our one 0:23:28.920 --> 0:23:31.320 game advantage and then playing the two teams that could 0:23:31.359 --> 0:23:33.280