WEBVTT - Dolphins Saints Week 16 Preview 0:00:00.240 --> 0:00:05.680 Tour Fires touch stop by Waddles knocked into the end 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:10.840 zone of Miami window. They had to get that touchdown 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:16.239 on that play, they get it. What is up, Dolphins? 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:19.680 And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:25.080 Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:28.240 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Winkfield, 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:30.600 and as always I am here to bring you your 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:34.360 daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, 0:00:34.560 --> 0:00:37.159 we're taking a look at the next team on the schedule, 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:39.800 and that next team is the New Orleans Saints in 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.879 primetime on Monday Night Football, the seven and seven Dolphins 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:47.040 the seven and seven Saints will go a position by 0:00:47.120 --> 0:00:51.360 position breakdown the matchups, the keys, the tendencies, tell you 0:00:51.400 --> 0:00:54.280 each team's best route to victory, and a whole lot 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:58.040 more from somewhere up in the Pacific Northwest. This is 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:05.039 the Drive Time Podcast. Off the top of the show, 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:06.800 here we gotta go ahead and tell you about coach 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:10.360 flores Is. Wednesday, media he announced the Javon Holland has 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.560 still not cleared the protocols to return from the COVID 0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.240 nineteen less will keep an eye on that going forward 0:01:16.480 --> 0:01:19.560 certainly a big aspect of this game and of this 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.440 team with Javon Hollands availabilities. We'll keep you guys posted 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:25.000 on that. Let's go ahead and kick off this portion 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:27.920 of the show as we do every single Thursday, and 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:31.080 a welcome to the New Orleans Saints. A seven and 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:34.000 seven team coming off their biggest win of the season 0:01:34.000 --> 0:01:36.400 in a game that they seem to have figured out 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:38.800 the Buccaneers and in the regular season anyway. So they 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:41.399 got that victory, they blank the Bucks, and you can 0:01:41.400 --> 0:01:45.199 talk about Chris Godwin, Antonio Brown, and Leonard Fournette missing 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:48.400 the majority of that game, but that would be disingenuous 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.360 of the Saints defense and what they are capable of 0:01:50.400 --> 0:01:52.880 because they can rush the quarterback, they cover it well. 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.280 They have a traffic cop at the second level that 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.840 just does not make mistakes, a ball hawk on the 0:01:57.840 --> 0:02:00.880 back end that can completely change the way a team plays, 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.200 both from a schematic standpoint as well as handling the 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:06.000 emotional battle in terms of the trash talk with Chauncey 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:08.679 Gardner Johnson the very best in the game, zero cap 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:12.320 in that department. But this is a departure of who 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:16.160 the Saints normally are right. You might believe that because 0:02:16.200 --> 0:02:19.040 of how great Drew Brees was for so long, but 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.120 he had a pretty damn good defense for the last 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:23.640 four years there with that team, and in general, just 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:27.840 a loaded roster, and that didn't change overnight. It started, however, 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:33.160 back in how about this for a draft class. Marshawn Lattimore, 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:39.040 Ryan Ramcheck, Marcus Williams, Alvin Kamara, Alex Anzeloni, Trey Hendrickson, 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:43.280 al Quedin Mohammed. Those two first rounders are Royal pros. 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.240 So are the first and third third round picks of 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.880 that group. Marcus Williams, the second round pick, has been 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:51.840 a starter since he got there. Anzeloni has gone but 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:53.480 he used to made a ton of plays in the league, 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:55.520 and Muhammad has gone to have a really good career 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.480 right now with the Indianapolis Colts, and then Hendrickson has 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:00.760 gone to But yeah, fifteen and a half sex a 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.680 season ago. That set them up for a long time. 0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:06.520 It's one of the greatest draft classes in NFL history. 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:09.600 Quite frankly, it made them contenders pretty much every year 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:13.520 after that, playoff runs, playoff wins. Some disappointment to not 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:17.600 finish with Lombardi trophies, but all but about three or 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.240 four franchises I think would gladly change places with the 0:03:20.280 --> 0:03:23.360 Saints over the last half decade and really, quite frankly 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.400 the last decade and a half with Sean Payton and 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.000 what the New Orleans Saints have done under his watch. 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.320 They did a good job of following the offense through 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:33.880 the super talented back. They have their an album Kamara 0:03:34.160 --> 0:03:37.000 and typically paired him with a solid robin to the Batman. 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:39.440 And one area that has taken a hit is kind 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.800 of the skill spots, and that will happen when you 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.440 lose one of the game's premier receivers for back to 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.320 back seasons. So they're a loaded roster. They're down to 0:03:47.320 --> 0:03:49.680 their starting quarterback or down to their backup quarterback, I 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:51.880 should say from the beginning of the season with Jamis 0:03:51.880 --> 0:03:54.880 Winston and Taysom Hill steps in and that run game 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.960 provides a solid compliment to what that defense can do. 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.320 They're also loaded on the coaching staff. Sean Payton the 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:05.360 second longest tenured head coach behind Belichick, Pete Carmichael, Dennis Allen, 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.520 Darren Rizzy. That's a that's a murderers row of coaches 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.480 right there, they're gonna be ready. Let's go ahead and 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:13.640 start at the quarterback position, and just real quick before 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.040 we do that, a quick news update here before I 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:19.159 published the podcast. Recorded this on Wednesday. It sounds like 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:21.680 it's gonna be Ian Book, the rookie quarterback, the fourth 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.640 round draft pick of the New Orleans Saints to start 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:28.359 for them on Monday night, his career debut for the Saints, 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.679 and he was with the Dolphins at the Senior bullback 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:33.440 and mobile back in February. He's a good leader, a 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:35.560 guy that can command the huddle and really kind of 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.640 run an offense that way. Has a bunch of mobile skills, 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:41.120 skills to a skill set, can throw the football in 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.120 timing and rhythm as well too, So the Dolphins will 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:46.360 have to maintain their rush integrity, their gap integrity when 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:48.839 they rushed this quarterback because he's mobile, fleet of foot 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:50.720 and can break the pocket that way too. So let's 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:52.839 get back to the podcast. It was recorded before the 0:04:52.839 --> 0:04:54.560 news came out, so just keep that in mind. But 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:58.279 there's still some prevalent details within this podcast. Enjoy with 0:04:58.440 --> 0:05:02.160 the Saints quarterbacks and doll and safeties, and look, we 0:05:02.240 --> 0:05:05.680 know what we're getting in terms of this player, right, 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:08.200 he's a load in the running game. He gives you 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:10.280 an extra body to contend with, an extra hat in 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:12.880 the running game, because the quarterbacks factory into the running 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:15.000 game all of a sudden. And he threw the ball 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:17.560 forty one times against Dallas and his first start, and 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:20.800 since then it's been twenty seven throws. And that's where 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.679 they want to play when he's in the lineup, evident 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:26.080 by not just the season, but previous starts to their 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:29.920 one and two and Taysom Hill lead offenses with thirty 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.400 or more pass attempts and four and oh when it's 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.200 less than thirty. And normally I hate those stats because 0:05:35.240 --> 0:05:37.120 obviously you're on the football more when you're winning the 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.760 game late and whind the clock down. But I think 0:05:39.800 --> 0:05:42.400 that's instructive for how the Saints want to play this 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:44.840 and so in regards to slowing him down, I think 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.440 it starts with the running game, and the key here 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:49.400 is to not let him build up steam. Do you 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.839 guys are playing Mario Kart as a kid, Remember Bowser 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:56.400 and Donkey Kong, how they were horrible slow starters, but 0:05:56.480 --> 0:05:58.800 once they got truck and they were the fastest car 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:00.680 on the track. That's kind of what I see in 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:02.560 Tasom Hill. Not that he's slow to start, but once 0:06:02.600 --> 0:06:05.120 he gets going forward, he is a load and tough 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:08.160 to bring down. And we talked about forcing, you know, 0:06:08.400 --> 0:06:12.120 jet sweeps and outside runs to bubble backs to change 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:15.000 direction before they get to the gap they want because 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:17.680 they hit it right away. That obviously creates more yards 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:21.719 and more quick decision making required of your defense. It's 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:24.200 the same thing here, a man per gap, and we 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:27.000 need a lot of Ray Kwon Davia stacking things up 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:30.280 and Christian stack peak and come off into the correct gap. 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:33.039 We need a land In Roberts to hit those keys 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:35.520 like he has wanted to do, and to keep cleaning 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:37.680 up on those running plays like he does. So I'm 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:40.159 not sure this matchup as much of a Tasom versus 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.719 the safeties as much as it is in the box 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.360 type of game. A bit of a throwback here for 0:06:45.400 --> 0:06:48.840 the Miami Dolphins. Now, however, it's not like the Saints 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:52.560 offense is incapable of throwing the football, and one area 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:55.960 they have not really had any success in is an 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:59.080 area where Miami has typically been pretty stout, and that's 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.400 limiting the big play. Tast him on twenty plus yard 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.080 throws this year is three for thirteen for a hundred 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:07.599 yards and three interceptions. On the intermediate throws ten to 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:11.240 nineteen yards, five for fourteen for a hundred yards, a 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:13.520 touchdown in a pick. I think it tells a bit 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.000 of a story there. Obviously they play I have a 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.440 ten yard box. Most teams do, but this team really does. 0:07:18.760 --> 0:07:20.680 And when you watch him on tape, a lot of 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:23.760 those big plays are plays where it's either a bust 0:07:24.000 --> 0:07:26.640 or a created bust based upon their route concept. So 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:29.160 you get Tasso getting out of trouble, getting out on 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:31.560 the move, and we saw Zach Wilson bounce off some 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.679 sacks in the game last week. Hill will challenge Miami 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.000 in the exact same way. You have to tackle. You 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:39.120 have to bring him down. Do not give them second 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:42.720 and third opportunities to extend plays. And I'm curious about 0:07:42.760 --> 0:07:44.920 the Dolphins game plan going back to Week ten against 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:48.480 the Baltimore Ravens and Lamar Jackson. They had that one 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.840 shot to go up top to Sammy Watkins early in 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:53.760 the game was unsuccessful and we're really never able to 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:57.080 get vertical again after that. They also could never really 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.360 get to the perimeter in that game with the speedouts 0:07:59.400 --> 0:08:01.240 we saw Joe Lack will have success. Those are the 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.760 two areas against zero that you can kind of attack, 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.040 the the outside perimeter and the deep shot over the top. 0:08:06.240 --> 0:08:07.880 You have to be precise, you have to be quick, 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:09.560 and you cannot make mistakes because that can lead the 0:08:09.560 --> 0:08:13.600 turnovers if you're not. But we know that game for 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:16.560 the Dolphins set all kinds of marks in terms of blitz. 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.160 Is utilizing the safeties in the past rush game or 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:21.320 factor in the running game with Javon Holland and Brandon 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:24.560 Jones against the Ravens back in Week ten. So for 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:27.800 Holland and Jones, provided Holland plays, the key will be 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.559 giving Hill different looks in terms of where the rush 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.680 is coming from, but also taking on the responsibility of 0:08:33.720 --> 0:08:36.040 a gap in the running game because you have to 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:38.520 be aware of both. Regardless of where the snap goes 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:42.200 wildcat to the quarterback, lead, power draw like whatever it is, 0:08:42.360 --> 0:08:45.000 you have to be aware of both elements of the game. 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.640 That's a pretty big matchup in this game. How twenty 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:51.040 nine and eight, Jones and Holland worked to slow Downhill 0:08:51.559 --> 0:08:54.160 some more tastome Hill numbers against pressure ten for thirty 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.760 one for eighty five yards. That's two point seven yards 0:08:56.800 --> 0:08:59.560 per pass and an interception. That's forty five dropbacks with 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:02.800 six acts and seven scramble. So force him to stay 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.160 in and throw the football. It's kind of like what 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:06.840 you want to do with Josh Allen. Don't let him 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:09.320 get outside the pocket, force him inside and force him 0:09:09.360 --> 0:09:12.760 to throw. Now, Alan's an m VP candidate, different story. 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:16.320 Kept clean forty four for sixty six with five hundred 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.160 and sixty four yards. That's eight point five yards per pass, 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:22.800 but two touchdowns and four picks. When he's blitzed fourteen 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.400 nine for two hundred yards, that's six point nine yards 0:09:26.400 --> 0:09:29.120 per passing, a pick, no touchdowns. When he's not blitzed 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.160 four forty nine, that's six point six yards per pass, 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:37.839 two touchdowns, and four interceptions. So almost identical to when 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:39.679 he's kept clean. Right, when you don't blitz him, you 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.200 keep him clean. But that's seventy seven drop backs with 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.760 three sacks and six scrambles too. So again, regardless of 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:46.840 whether or not you blitz or get home, he's gonna 0:09:46.840 --> 0:09:49.640 find ways to escape and make plays outside the pocket. 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.280 If you can cut that down, you can really limit 0:09:52.840 --> 0:09:56.200 the Saints offense. Then we go out wide to the 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:58.640 perimeter and the Saints receivers and tight ends versus the 0:09:58.640 --> 0:10:02.040 Dolphins cornerbacks. We mentioned this off the top. I think 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.240 every team has that one position where they're just aren't 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.720 a ton of resources poured into it, like the Dolphins 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.160 running backs for instance, seventh round draft picks and undrafted 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:12.800 free agents for the most part in that room. And 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.240 for the Saints it's the wide outs and the tight ends. 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:17.600 And again they were expecting to have Michael Thomas back, 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:20.360 so that is a big factor there. He doesn't return. 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:23.440 That's a second round pick, all Pro player who's not there, 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.199 So that caveat has to be said. But that said, 0:10:26.360 --> 0:10:29.960 they still cultivate some fines. Marquez Callaway and undrafted free 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.680 agent is their target. Leader Camara is next. He would 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:34.440 be tops on a per game basis, but he missed 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.199 four games. Then Deonte Harris, who was suspended for three 0:10:37.240 --> 0:10:39.360 games and will not play, is also a U d 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:41.880 f A. Thence Tray kwant Smith, who was drafted in 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:45.760 the third round. Back in Adam Troutman tight end another 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.160 Day two pick. The tight end rounds out the top 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:51.120 five before a significant dropping targets to mark Ingram and 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:55.520 Tie Montgomery. So stylistically, what are these guys present, Well, 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.160 they're only in three receiver sets about half the time, 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:00.480 so Miami has to make a decision how they want 0:11:00.480 --> 0:11:03.360 to match the many looks the Saints deploy. More on 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.560 that in just one moment, but we've seen Miami roll 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.400 with just about everything in terms of dB usage this year. 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.480 We've seen them go three corners the entire game, three 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.600 safeties almost the entire game, and just about everything in between, 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:19.080 with six and seven defensive backs getting significant reps on 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:22.600 this Dolphins defense. Here with the Saints propensity to run 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:24.920 the football, and not even to mention what you can 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.920 do on the outside with Xabian and Byron Jones, who 0:11:27.960 --> 0:11:30.199 are just playing as good as any corner tannem and 0:11:30.200 --> 0:11:32.920 the entire National Football League, do you just put them 0:11:32.920 --> 0:11:35.000 out there and say, go do your thing. I might 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.320 do that. One of the interesting things to look at here. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.880 The Saints offense obviously changed when Hill enter the lineup, 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.400 but you can see, you can really see it in 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.840 the average depth of target. Before Hill got to the 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:50.560 lineup CALLI was over fifteen yards per target. Our fifteen 0:11:50.600 --> 0:11:53.120 yards average depth of target. I should say that number 0:11:53.160 --> 0:11:55.120 has been around ten yards since then. Same with Trake 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.000 wants Smith a few yard dip from twelve down to nine. 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.240 So what I'm getting at here is that Miami's zero 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.520 look I think could be an effective package. Just trust 0:12:04.720 --> 0:12:06.920 X and Byron to hold up on their own and 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:09.599 you can really influence the way the Saints factor of 0:12:09.640 --> 0:12:12.720 the running game. Now inside they use three different tight 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.959 ends with trout men back off I R and he 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:16.880 again factors into the running games. So you want to 0:12:16.880 --> 0:12:19.520 match that. But again is a big nickel if it 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.640 is a straight base three four or four three look 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:25.080 with different variations in terms of your odd even fronts. 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:27.400 Do we see a landing Roberts all game long with 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.040 a healthy dose of Wilkins and Seiler and Davis upfront. 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:32.679 I'm so intrigued by what Floraz and Boyer dial up 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.800 in this game. Back to the tight ends. Nick Vanette, 0:12:34.880 --> 0:12:37.719 same deal. He's strong off the edge and factors into 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.040 the quick game a little bit, but he's really more 0:12:40.080 --> 0:12:43.880 of a run game addition at this point, twelve targets 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.199 in five games played this year, and then Juwan James 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:49.000 is more of their move tight end, your f tight end. 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:52.520 They'll utilize him inline, nasty split slot, even out wide 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:54.840 some but some some bits here and there. This is 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:57.040 a lunch pail type of game, big boy game at 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.800 every level, and it should be fun. Speaking of lunch pail, 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:01.800 let's get to the real meat and potatoes. The Saints 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:05.360 offensive line versus the Dolphins defensive line. And this is 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.000 such a solid group even with a pair of all 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.760 pro tackles potentially on the shelf. I mean, they beat 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:14.120 the defending champions without Ryan ram Check in Toron. O'mstead 0:13:14.360 --> 0:13:17.080 will monitor that this entire week, but if either one 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:19.400 of them returns, it's a huge get for them. Again, 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:24.000 they're all pros, but even still they're still solid. James 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.760 Hurst kicks out to tackle, while Calvin Throckmorton's the all 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:30.280 time greatest offensive line name of all time who was 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.680 part of that Beastie offensive line that Organ has kicked 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:35.280 inside the garden played pretty well inside. And then Jordan's 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:38.480 Mills started last week in place of ram Check. We 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.480 remember him. We had him back in camp in twenty 0:13:40.600 --> 0:13:42.400 nineteen and he played for the Buffalo Bills against cam 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:44.679 Wake twice a year for a long time that went 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:47.120 to Wake most of the time. James Hurst twenty five 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:50.560 pressures allowed, five sacks five a combination of five hits 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:54.240 and sacks. Caesar Use twenty six pressures, seven of those 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:58.280 have been sacks and hits. Eric McCoy just seven pressures 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:00.400 all year long. Two of those are hits, no sax. 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.520 Throck Morton has the highest pressure number allowed twenty seven, 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.840 but just six of those are hits and sacks, while 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:08.640 Mills has four pressures no hits or sacks in two 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:11.520 games played, and seventy eight pass blocking snap. So Mills 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.800 again played tackle and buffalo for a long time, and 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:16.320 he matched up with Cameron Wake all the time. And 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:19.280 the key just about every time that Wake got him 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:22.360 was an upfield move and then you get that momentum 0:14:22.360 --> 0:14:25.280 sliding too far into the backfield, use the upper body 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.440 strength to swipe and discard him. And I think we 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.440 can see more of that this week, hopefully with a 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:32.160 guy like Emmanuel Ogba who has similar traits that way. 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:34.240 McCoy is tough man. He's the key to it all. 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.000 He gets so much push, he gets out in space, 0:14:37.120 --> 0:14:39.720 doesn't really give way on the rush, and he communicates 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:41.840 it all, he's a big, big part of what they 0:14:41.880 --> 0:14:44.160 do and a big challenge for our guys in the 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.280 middle in this game. It's gonna be vital for Miami 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.320 to do something they've done really well all year and 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:52.400 prevent movement and stack things up. This Saint's offensive line 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.320 three ten, three six, three oh nine, three oh five. 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:57.480 It's more of a move line than a power like, 0:14:57.520 --> 0:14:59.520 blow you off the ball type of line. So it 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:01.680 kind of goes back to what I said about Miami's 0:15:01.720 --> 0:15:05.119 real stout run defenders this season, and Seiler and Wilkins 0:15:05.320 --> 0:15:06.880 really need them to play their best ball in this 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:09.160 game and help Miami get this big victory. And also 0:15:09.240 --> 0:15:11.640 ray Kuan Davis just played that role of the tree 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:14.560 stump that would also go a very long way before 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:19.200 the next possession. Group a quick break. All right, let's 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.200 come back and talk about the Saints running backs versus 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:25.480 the Dolphins linebackers. And Alvin Kamara, for my money, is 0:15:25.480 --> 0:15:28.160 the best running back in the national football Like Jonathan Taylor, 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:31.320 really challenging that threshold, but what he does in every 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.640 aspect of the game, he can beat you by himself. 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.920 He's electric as a runner, he's a dangerous route runner. 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.720 He's excellent in the red zone. He'll change the angle 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.200 on you last minute. You have to locate number forty 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:44.960 one every single play there two and oh since he 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.200 came back from the I R and on add eighty 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:50.080 four attempts, he has four hundred and eighty yards after contact. 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.280 That's an average of two point six one per rush. 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:55.720 He has thirty five four Smith tackles this season, thirteen 0:15:55.760 --> 0:15:59.800 ten plus yard runs. Tackle, tackle, tackle, he and hill. 0:16:00.240 --> 0:16:01.920 You have to get them to the ground. If you 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.480 can do it, I like our chances, but if you can't, 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.000 not as much. We need to see the second half 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.320 tackling for the full sixty minutes we saw last week, 0:16:09.400 --> 0:16:11.360 right like tackle like you did in the first half 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:14.520 last week. They're gonna beat you playing simple. So with Kimara, 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:16.720 it's a big week for Jerome Baker to write the 0:16:16.720 --> 0:16:19.520 whole group for sure, and what a Landon Roberts does 0:16:19.560 --> 0:16:22.280 b gap to b gap is certainly important, but matching 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:24.760 up with Camara when he flexes out covering him on 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.560 routes out of the backfield, the former might be more 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:29.560 of a matchup where the ladder could be more of 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:34.080 Baker's responsibility. Either way, he needs to access that speed 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:36.360 and do everything he can to keep pace with Kimara. 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.680 He has eleven forced miss tackles since returning, and that's 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.600 what just eleven attempts in the win over the Bucks 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:44.320 thirty eight and total, so getting him below the average 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.880 of a forced mis tackle every third or so carry 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:50.560 something to keep an eye on there. Mark Ingram actually 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.160 played just seven snaps, fewer than Alvin Camaro last week, 0:16:53.360 --> 0:16:55.240 and he's gonna get every yard that's blocked for him. 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:58.320 He's a professional runner, He's a nifty pass receiver, especially 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:00.920 in the screen game, and that pair so well with 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:04.080 the fact that he's a tremendous pass protector. No pressures 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:07.439 allowed this season between Houston and New Orleans, so some 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:09.399 of those sacks last week where you had Baker and 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.040 Seiler running through the Jets running back, not gonna be 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.280 as easy this week. For the Saints offense, we talked 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.199 about this earlier. Eleven personnel is forty eight percent of 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.560 the time, the average is six. Twelve personnel is twenty 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:22.639 percent in the average just twenty one percent, so right 0:17:22.680 --> 0:17:24.440 around the gaverage there. But this is one of the 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:27.320 most diverse teams in the league. In terms of grouping standpoint, 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:30.720 and most teams have those packages they sprinkle in for 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:33.240 a player two here and there from the other packages. 0:17:33.520 --> 0:17:36.440 But the Saints run both twenty one personnel two backs 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:39.440 or two backs in one tight end, and ten personnel 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.359 that's four receivers. Both of those are eight percent of 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:46.760 the time. Talk about dichotomy in terms of their personnel usage. 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.119 Then they've got four more packages that they use at 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:52.480 least four percent of the time this year, twenty two 0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:55.160 which is two backs, two tight ends, twenty personnel which 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.840 is two backs now tight ends. It's lots of heavy stuff. 0:17:57.880 --> 0:17:59.960 It's only going to increase as they get more snap 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:03.920 under Taysom Hill and removed from the Jamis Winson offense. 0:18:04.280 --> 0:18:06.480 It's a lunch pail game again when you play these guys. 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:08.280 We talked about how nice it was to run the 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.520 ball well on Sunday when they knew Duke was gonna 0:18:10.560 --> 0:18:13.040 get the football. That's what the Saints do. They don't 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:15.280 care if you know it's coming. They believe they can 0:18:15.280 --> 0:18:18.080 out execute you, and then Sean Payton will attach some 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:21.000 wrinkles and get the same place from different looks. Look, 0:18:21.040 --> 0:18:23.520 it's a challenge. Almost happy. We have the extra day 0:18:23.520 --> 0:18:25.320 to prepare for this offense because they are a lot 0:18:25.720 --> 0:18:27.760 to get ready for. On the other side, I think 0:18:27.760 --> 0:18:29.320 Miami's offense is a lot to get ready for in 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:30.840 terms of the R p O game and the different 0:18:30.880 --> 0:18:32.879 looks they throw at you, in the conflict they create, 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:36.000 and all those looks the Dolphins quarterback versus the Saints 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:37.840 safety's But first, real quick, just kind of a nice 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:40.480 little primer here, a nice test for two. In the 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.680 passing offense, the Saints defense is stingy six and points 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:46.720 allowed just twenty point four points per game. They have 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:49.600 nineteen takeaways. That's the same number as US, but they 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:51.679 really do it in bunches. They have three games this 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.880 year with three takeaways and three more with two takeaways, 0:18:54.880 --> 0:18:58.760