WEBVTT - Effeciency and the Complementary Game, Defensive Progress and Mike McDaniel and Tua Tagovailoa Wednesday Press Conferences 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:05.400 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. This is 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:09.040 Drive Time with Travis Wheatfield. Back to throw to a looking, 0:00:09.400 --> 0:00:16.239 what's the falca wine olfan touchtop cleric cow unbelievable, just 0:00:16.440 --> 0:00:19.200 flew byre for a second time. Don't know where he 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:22.639 was going right away? The hit that man. I want 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:25.880 to help you soon up on his way, Wattle waddle 0:00:26.160 --> 0:00:29.400 to a shotgun, back to throw, looking, that's up fires 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:36.160 touchtop again, it's waddle. It's six touchdown past day. Drive 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:40.640 Time with Travis Winfield begins. Now let me check your 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:46.400 pulse if not far of what is up? Dolphans And 0:00:46.720 --> 0:00:49.720 welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:55.120 Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:58.360 it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.240 on today's show, it is a Wednesday. That means we 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.920 get to hear from coach and quarterback. And since that 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:05.840 quarterback is back, I'm gonna take a look at some 0:01:05.880 --> 0:01:09.040 of my favorite plays this year from QB one. And 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:11.200 since it's Wednesday, that also means we're looking at five 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:14.000 big picture things that I think. Plus we'll hear from 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.600 some of the seventy two team, as well as Mike McDaniel. 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:18.840 Plenty more to come your way here from the Baptist 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:21.840 Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is 0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:30.920 the Drive Time Podcast. So I ended last Wednesday's podcast 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:34.520 talking about Mariners and Astros and how that series really 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.920 brought on a whirlwind of emotions, and I would say 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.520 of that was tied to thinking about Jason Mr. Jenkins. 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:44.600 And a week later, Jason's Astros are headed back to 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:48.800 their sixth consecutive American League Championship series. But man, I 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:52.200 just can't help but think about the conversations that he 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:54.200 and I would have had after each one of those 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:58.200 nail biding, tense tight games the entire series that resulted 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.920 in a serious sweep for the Houston Astros, And it's 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:04.360 funny to think, you know, how important we as fans 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:06.600 think the outcomes of these games are. But if I 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:10.639 learned anything from that series, it's that a lot of 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:14.000 things transcend the scoreboard and the entire series. All I 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:17.200 could think about was the true value in sports, and 0:02:17.320 --> 0:02:20.840 that is the communities it creates. That's what Jason was 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:25.040 all about, right, bringing people together. And what better avenue 0:02:25.520 --> 0:02:27.799 than sports than to do that. I know we didn't 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:29.320 talk about that in the lead, but I just wanted 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:31.760 to put a bow on that from the podcast last week. 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:33.960 But Jason, I'm telling you right now, we'll be back 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:37.000 next year. We're gonna get y'all in three. I also 0:02:37.040 --> 0:02:38.880 wanted to make that comment because there was a great 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.799 story on the Miami Herald today on on Tuesday, I 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:44.359 should say about two a tongue of Bloa and his 0:02:44.480 --> 0:02:47.280 impact and what he means to the Miami Dolphins record. 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:49.959 Barry Jackson wrote that piece where he talked to Duke 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:53.600 Riley and Eric Rowe about Towa's involvement in the locker room, 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:56.639 talking to not just the offensive players, defensive players as well, 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.720 talking trash on the practice field, inviting guys over to 0:02:59.840 --> 0:03:02.720 his house to hang out after practice. Really good stuff, 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.320 Barry Jackson, Miami Herald. Go check it out. It just 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.880 reminded me about the connections and no kind of relating 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:12.919 back to, you know, my relationship with Jason, about what 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.520 sports is all about and the camaraderie in the community 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:17.600 and the brotherhood not just for the players, but for 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.840 the people that follow the sport, people that cover the sport, 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:21.720 It's the most important thing to me, and so I 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:23.560 just wanted to put a bow on that. And also 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:25.959 we'll go ahead and turn the page here now and 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.520 get into Dolphins talk on this Miami Dolphins podcast network 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:31.200 kind of. We're about three minutes into the show right 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:33.720 now and we haven't talked Dolphins football yet. We're gonna 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.280 go ahead and do that right now. With five things 0:03:36.360 --> 0:03:39.680 that I think, and we start with number one, and 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:41.960 to me, it's that the defense looks to be hitting 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:45.160 their stride. Ten three and ounce last week is to 0:03:45.280 --> 0:03:47.920 me a better sign than if we had generated a 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:51.240 whole bunch of takeaways. Don't get me wrong, Takeaways change 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:54.320 the complexion of the game, have the biggest impact on 0:03:54.440 --> 0:04:00.280 the scoreboard. But takeaways are not as easily forecast able 0:04:00.560 --> 0:04:04.040 or repeatable. At times, they can be a little bit random. 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:07.040 But to stym me an offense with the firepower that 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:10.240 the Vikings have on ten of their fourteen drives not 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:14.200 even allow first down that is I mean again, takeaways 0:04:14.240 --> 0:04:16.160 the the ultimate for a defense, but a three and 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.640 out is got to be right there. I mean, you 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:21.680 can flip the field, you can control time of possession, 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.120 you can maximize the amount of possessions your offense gets 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:26.920 by doing that. It's a really big deal. And so 0:04:27.120 --> 0:04:29.799 to sty me them on ten of their fourteen drives 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:31.960 fifteen if you include kneel downs. We don't do that 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.800 around here. We add context to our drives, pat and look, 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:38.680 year to year carry over is hardly relevant, right, But 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:41.240 I do think there's some moticum of relevance here given 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:44.160 two things. Number One, the scheme for this defense is 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.640 relatively similar, at least the nuts and bolts of it. 0:04:46.880 --> 0:04:49.440 You adapt, you change, you add wrinkles each year, but 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.880 it's the same guy with the same principles calling this stuff, 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:56.440 right Josh Boyer. And Two, the personnel is largely unchanged. 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:58.720 I mean, aside from injuries mounting in certain spots, the 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:02.320 cornerback position most no doably, largely the same rotation up front, 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:05.520 largely the same linebacking crew, and aside from Byron Jones 0:05:05.560 --> 0:05:09.080 being down, it's like the exact same secondary against Sam's 0:05:09.120 --> 0:05:13.159 injuries Javon Holland, Brandon Jones, Eric Rowe, Xavian Howard, Byron 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.280 Jones out, Nick Needam out. Those guys are or were 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:19.120 going into the season. You know your top six guys 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.160 in terms of the depth chart in the secondary, and 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.800 so with that mine you look back at and it 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:27.479 was Week five when the defense really found its stride 0:05:27.480 --> 0:05:30.160 in a blowout win over the forty nine. Last year, 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:32.160 I think we saw the defense get it's footing in 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:34.920 a loss the Week eight game at the Buffalo Bills, 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.400 when they had kept Josh Allen and the Bills out 0:05:37.480 --> 0:05:40.240 of the end zone for nearly three quarters. Their first 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.360 score came with three forty nine on the clock in 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.400 quarter number three, and then from there we saw them 0:05:45.440 --> 0:05:48.200 hold Houston to nine points, Baltimore ten points, the Jets 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.839 to seventeen, Panthers ten Giants nine, Jets twenty four, although 0:05:51.839 --> 0:05:54.360 when those was a pick six, and Saints to three points. 0:05:54.640 --> 0:05:57.520 A dominant run, allowing just eleven point seven points per 0:05:57.600 --> 0:06:01.159 game and winning all seven of those games. That coming 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:03.240 off an eight game stretch where it was twenty nine 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:06.880 point one points per game. A big shift mid season 0:06:06.960 --> 0:06:08.880 just happened, right, snap your fingers and there it goes. 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.520 It was a twenty four points per game allowed start 0:06:12.839 --> 0:06:14.880 through a one in three record that the first four games. 0:06:15.000 --> 0:06:17.600 Then it was fourteen and a half points per game 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.520 over another eight game stretch that produced seven victories. And 0:06:21.600 --> 0:06:24.120 I mentioned this on the Sunday Recap pod, but the 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.200 style of quarterback play to meet is notable here as 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:28.080 we try to look for reasons why this is the case, right, 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.240 Why are the Dolphins going through four or five game 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:32.120 stretches to start a season where it's not as good 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.200 and then all of a sudden it clicks and they 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:37.760 get hot. Now they have had success against some mobile quarterbacks. 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:39.560 I don't want to make it sound like they're just 0:06:39.880 --> 0:06:42.880 lost against those guys. We saw them hold the Allen 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.000 Lead Bills to just nineteen points. We saw them completely 0:06:46.040 --> 0:06:48.599 stymy the most athletic quarterback the league has ever seen 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:51.160 in Lamar Jackson last year for ten points in a 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:54.800 horrible game for that Ravens offense. But the numbers against 0:06:54.880 --> 0:06:59.360 quarterbacks who don't scramble hardly ever or have designed runs 0:06:59.400 --> 0:07:02.320 called for them at her the proof has been in 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:05.640 the putting there that stretched back in. Here's the quarterbacks 0:07:05.680 --> 0:07:10.440 that started with Jimmy Garoppolo, Joe Flacco, Jared Goff, thirty 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:13.239 four points allowed in three games, eight takeaways. Then Kyler 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:15.560 Murray shows up and it's thirty one points for the 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.880 Cardinals offense still a Dolphins victory to a big game. 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:22.680 Then you go back to Herbert, who he's certainly athletic, 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:24.720 but he doesn't run a whole lot. He can't scramble, 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:29.200 Drew Lock, Sam Donald, Brandon Allen, and it's back to seventeen, 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:34.239 twenty three and seven points one. That stretch of seven 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.800 wins straight is another collection of quarterbacks who had fewer 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.640 than ten scrambles and design runs the entire season. That's 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:41.920 kind of my my threshold here, have you scrambled and 0:07:41.960 --> 0:07:44.600 had design runs ten or more times or less, because 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:47.960 that kind of tells you what type of quarterback you are. Well, 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.280 that wasn't the start of the stretch, as it was 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.040 with Tyrod Taylor Lamar Jackson, who obviously are two of 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:56.680 the most athletic quarterbacks ever to play this game. But 0:07:56.760 --> 0:08:00.200 then it was Joe Flacco, a combination of a most 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:03.800 athletic running quarterback, Cam Newton with p J. Walker coming 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:07.880 in who's also a pocket quarterback, Mike Glennan, Zack Wilson, 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:10.560 and Ian Book And only two of those guys had 0:08:10.680 --> 0:08:13.680 more than ten scrambles and design runs on the entire year. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:17.040 So what I'm ultimately getting at, that's what the schedule 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:23.160 now produces up through the bye week. We'll see if 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.840 it's Kenny Picket or Mr Rbiski on Sunday, Jared Goff 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.600 Justin Fields is super athletic, So that's like I guessaid, 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:35.280 uh detour from this course. Kobe Brissette, Davis Mills, Jimmy Garoppolo, 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:39.040 and then Justin Herbert in week fourteen before Josh Allen, 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.840 Aaron Rodgers, Mac Jones, Zack Wilson to finish out the schedule. 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:47.199 So now they have to go execute. They have to 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.199 put in the work to repeat those performances that they've 0:08:49.240 --> 0:08:51.559 put up in the past couple of years. But that's 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:54.160 the point of this big picture item. I think. I think, 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.400 I think the defense showed us signs against Kirk Cousins 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.040 and the Vikings offense of what they can be and 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:01.880 I'm really excited to see if thing keep that rolling. 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.400 And all of that is to say that even against 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.679 the athletic mobile quarterbacks, I mean, going back to last 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.800 year we mentioned it, Tyrod Taylor, Lamar Jackson did a 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.120 good job against those guys. Lamar had his revenge game 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.600 this year by in a lot of ways, Josh Allen 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:17.400 it's been three straight games where he hasn't been at 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:21.680 his typical dominant performances. So get the athletic quarterback thing 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:23.719 kind of sorted out here, and then also handle the 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.640 quarterbacks that don't have the same type of mobility, design runs, 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.880 scramble type of plays in their statistics. It's a good 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.760 omen going forward against either style of quarterback. I'm excited 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:37.160 about this Dolphins defense. Number two, Christian Wilkins, Zack Seeler, 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:40.000 Jalen Phillips pushing up leaderboards. This could have been on 0:09:40.080 --> 0:09:42.040 topic number one, but I wanted to separate then because 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.120 I want to give these guys their own limelight here. 0:09:46.280 --> 0:09:48.880 Christian Wilkins right now is second and run stop win 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:53.520 rate of the snaps he wins against the run. He's 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:56.760 fourth and past pass wash win weight pass rush win 0:09:56.920 --> 0:10:00.680 rate at eighteen percent among defensive tackles. Second and fourth 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:05.160 Pro Bowl season for Christian Wilkins. Jalen Phillips is eighth 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:09.400 among defensive ends outside linebackers, edge defenders with thirty three 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.560 percent pressure rate. Sorry sorry sorry, run stop win RPE. 0:10:12.760 --> 0:10:15.840 He's also leading the team and pressures with eighteen They're 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:17.920 picking up more and more here He's now twenty eight 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:19.839 in the NFL at the edge position, which I know 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:22.280 sounds like it's not a very high mark, but there 0:10:22.320 --> 0:10:24.319 are like a hundred and seventy eight of these players 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.120 in the league, so he's in the top twenty or 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:30.680 I should say, the top eight percentile of pass rushures 0:10:30.720 --> 0:10:34.480 off the edge. Zach Seeler is ten and run stop 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:36.640 win rate at forty three percent. And just to kind 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.800 of finish off her posterity here on the offensive line, 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:42.120 ESPN measures OH line win rates as well, Connor Williams 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:45.480 is fourth and run block win rate among centers at 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:47.440 seventies six percent. So I just wanted to go ahead 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.600 and shorten that or shoehorn that in here. I should 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.360 say I believe to Ron Armstead fell just out of 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.880 the threshold because he's not on the graphic, but he 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:59.360 is at in pass block win rate, which would be fourth, 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.719 but he's not in that current graphic. Thing I think 0:11:02.840 --> 0:11:05.360 number three, Tyreek is that dude, man, I don't think 0:11:05.400 --> 0:11:07.080 I really need to try to argue this point all 0:11:07.120 --> 0:11:09.199 that hard. I think most of you probably agree. The 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.559 attention that he commands, the way he forces coverage to 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:13.760 play so far off we'll talk about this in our 0:11:13.840 --> 0:11:16.320 next takeaway about how the skill group can challenge whatever 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.920 defensive system you throw at us, and Tyreek is a 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.319 huge part of that. Also, when you can throw a 0:11:21.480 --> 0:11:23.959 fourth down and five and a play, you have to 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:27.839 have to a guy who's being double covered because he 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:31.439 can generate five yards of separation against bracket coverage. I 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.120 just don't think you can quantify that value. It's immeasurable. 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:36.080 I also want to say Jalen Waddle too, for all 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.199 intents and purposes, is that dude too? Because I'm just 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.400 really enjoying watching these two guys together do what they do. 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.640 And I'll say it here in this next takeaway. I 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:46.079 really think we're just beginning to scratch the surface with 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.040 these two guys. Might be takeaway number five, but we'll 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:51.079 get there eventually. Because thing I think number four is 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:56.600 that efficiency meets expanded possessions equals complementary football. Let's repeat 0:11:56.640 --> 0:12:02.400 that again. Efficiency meets expanded possessions equals complementary football. So 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:04.280 if you look at the Dolphins offense the first three 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:07.160 weeks of the season versus the last three weeks, what's 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:09.960 the difference weeks one through three? Second and offensive ep 0:12:10.080 --> 0:12:13.959 A with thirty two. That's points expected points added. And 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:16.440 the way you define that stat is this statistic used 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.760 to try to define how many points a player or 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.520 play is worth to a team. Every play is considered 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:25.000 with context and my meaning down a distance and field 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:27.920 position are used to evaluate the amount of e p 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.559 A compared to the actual result of the play. If 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.040 that sounds like a lot, I just ask for some 0:12:33.200 --> 0:12:36.280 trust in it. In the same way that, for whatever reason, 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.320 analytics seems to be a bad word, a cuss word 0:12:39.679 --> 0:12:42.360 in football. Like now, all analytics is is just giving 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:47.240 you additional information to help inform your decision making. It's evidence, 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:50.079 it's not analytics. Remember the resistance that baseball had to 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:52.679 say metrics for a long long time. Well, now football 0:12:52.720 --> 0:12:54.920 they made a movie about it. Oh, these money ball 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:57.319 thing is gonna work worked out pretty well. Football is 0:12:57.320 --> 0:12:58.800 in that same phase right now. But the fact of 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.400 the matter is this, there's no model that can perfectly 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.400 predict everything. No one's trying to say that. We're just 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.719 trying to maximize the resources we have to get the 0:13:06.760 --> 0:13:09.959 most accurate model we possibly can. And just like in baseball, 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:12.559 when OPS took over as the primary stat because no, 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:15.839 stack correlates more with winning in baseball than ops and 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:18.920 ops allowed. It's on base plus slugging measures your total 0:13:19.000 --> 0:13:22.559 bases earned overplate appearances and at bats. Just like that. 0:13:22.760 --> 0:13:25.800 E p A is a very good indicator of success. 0:13:26.120 --> 0:13:28.560 So that's my diet tribe on EPA and advanced metrics. 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:31.679 So Miami weeks one through three, second e p A 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.240 at thirty two and one of the arguments I recall 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.640 seeing was that while they're only scoring thirteen points on 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:38.840 offense because the Patriots, they only scored twenty points against 0:13:38.880 --> 0:13:41.400 the Bills. That's why I love advanced metrics because it 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:45.520 provides what oh context, Travis loves context, so you can 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:48.760 look at volume and make your assumptions, but that doesn't 0:13:48.840 --> 0:13:53.480 measure efficiency. Another sport crossover reference here in basketball, who 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.280 makes a bigger impact on a game? A player who 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:59.439 shoots ten threes and makes three of them or a 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:02.199 player who shoots two three's and makes both of them. 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.160 Nine points is more than six. Yeah, but player B 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:08.560 used two possessions to get us six points, where player 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.600 A used up ten of our possessions we're gonna get 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:14.559 to get us nine points. One of those is one 0:14:14.800 --> 0:14:17.160 less than one point per possession compared to three points 0:14:17.200 --> 0:14:19.680 per possession. You're probably asking, Travis, where the hell are 0:14:19.720 --> 0:14:23.040 you going here? Dog, big dog? Trust me, this has 0:14:23.080 --> 0:14:24.960 all been worked out, so we'll stay with me. So 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:27.920 that thirty two e p A in weeks one through 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.880 three was paired with two point eight one points per drive. 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:36.120 For the longest time, two points per drive was always 0:14:36.280 --> 0:14:38.560 a target point. I haven't seen the numbers this year, 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.240 but it's probably down given scoring being like a ten 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:44.200 year low. Right now, those two point eight one points 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:47.040 per game per drive, I should say, per drive, we're 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:49.760 first in the NFL. The last three weeks we were 0:14:49.800 --> 0:14:52.360 twenty eight and offensive EPA and twenty nine points per 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:55.920 drive at one point three. These stats, to me prove 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.600 the complementary nature of the Dolphins operation during the win 0:14:59.680 --> 0:15:03.600 street compared to the opposite of that during the losing streak. 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.000 And we arrive at the conclusion of all this, I 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.160 think the offense is close to getting back to that efficiency, 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.720 especially if you get some guys back. As we wait 0:15:11.760 --> 0:15:13.920 to see the status of players like toront Armstead, Austin 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:16.640 Jackson obviously to Ah preparing as though he's going to 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.240 start the game on Sunday Night. A return of offensive 0:15:19.280 --> 0:15:22.000 efficiency paired with the direction I think the defense is 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.800 going in. That's thing number four that I think that 0:15:24.920 --> 0:15:27.520 we can get back to offensive efficiency and as a result, 0:15:27.640 --> 0:15:29.960 see the entire team get back to the complementary style 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:32.800 of football that we love to see that produced three 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.680 straight wins over three good teams. But just in case 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.800 it's not abundantly clear, everyone has to do their part right. 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:41.080 The entire fifty three special teams gotta step it up. 0:15:41.120 --> 0:15:43.520 Defense has to keep it rolling and be even better 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.560 with the takeaways and splash play. So it's a total 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:48.280 team effort. But I think that offensive efficiency can help 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.840 out the other sides as much as anything else. Number five. 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:54.320 This is five things I think, and the last thing 0:15:54.880 --> 0:15:56.960 is that the offense is really close to clicking on 0:15:56.960 --> 0:15:58.640 all cylinders. I mentioned this on the L twenty two 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:00.720 podcast how I was a fan of the structure and 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:05.640 spacing of the offense time and time again against those vikings. Honestly, 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.160 with the way that they showed they can attack gaps 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.160 and zones and the daring nature of playing man coverage 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.840 against the speed this offense has like tried. If you 0:16:13.920 --> 0:16:16.320 want at your own peril. I just think the offense 0:16:16.400 --> 0:16:18.640 is equipped to be able to attack any look you 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.880 give it. Now, executing is never guaranteed, but just in 0:16:22.040 --> 0:16:24.000 terms of how I think this offense is designed to 0:16:24.040 --> 0:16:27.760 be flexible and really go after potential vulnerabilities. I think 0:16:27.800 --> 0:16:30.000 that's getting better and better each week. I think the 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.080 run game has a lot of moments the last few weeks. 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:34.720 I think the passing game is obviously productive, but I 0:16:34.760 --> 0:16:37.000 think we're really on the cusp in a lot of areas, 0:16:37.240 --> 0:16:39.800 and I fully believe in the personnel and staff to 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:41.920 execute and to get us to that point we want 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.600 to go to. Injuries clearly have been a bugaboo, but 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:46.320 you can look at any team across the league and 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:48.160 say that, Like look at the Charges on Monday Night football. 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:50.320 They were down to their third string center and had 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:53.240 three rookies from left tackle, left guard to center position. 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:55.040 That's a tough, tough way to make a living. So 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:56.600 there you go. Those are the five things I think 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.120 on this Wednesday, heading into week number seven. We'll go 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:00.720 ahead and take a break here and come back on 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:02.720 the other side. And here from some of the nineteen 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.960 seventy two alumni, as well as looking at some top 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:09.200 passes this year from our offense. That's next Drivetime podcast, 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.880 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:22.280 We'll go ahead and get to some of the media 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.800 here from Let's see who was it. We are honoring 0:17:24.840 --> 0:17:27.960 the nineteen seventy two team the fiftieth anniversary on Sunday 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:32.800 night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. We had Larry Sonka, Larry Little, 0:17:33.400 --> 0:17:38.840 Paul Warfield, and Bob Greasy were available to the media 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:40.640 on Tuesday. But I want to look back here first, 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:45.120 excuse me at five of my favorite plays this year 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:50.280 and revisit those films and break it down. My five 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.280 favorite passes of the year. Number five, stick nod to 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.000 Jalen against the Ravens at second down and third team 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:59.480 down seven nothing ball on the minus three yard line, 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:03.680 only one personnel, empty formation with a four man front 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:06.080 and off coverage from the defense. We pick up the 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.200 foe man rush well to a works to the boundary 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.200 the short side of the field, comes back to the 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:13.960 field the wide side and does a little shoulder roll 0:18:14.960 --> 0:18:17.120 to waddle on a stick route. A stick routes where 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:18.159 you put your foot in the ground and show the 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.800 quarterback in numbers quick throw seven eight yards wherever the 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:23.800 case maybe stick route, stick nod as if you fake 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:26.720 the stick and go back upfield. The stick gets Patrick 0:18:26.800 --> 0:18:30.080 Queen the linebacker to take one step up and Marcus Williams, 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.840 the boundary side safety, has rolled to the boundary because 0:18:33.960 --> 0:18:37.119 he's keying to his initial head movements, which takes him 0:18:37.160 --> 0:18:39.320 to the back side of the formation. It gives him 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:43.159 three steps of width from Marcus Williams to where Wattle 0:18:43.320 --> 0:18:46.080 is because of that, so he's literally moving two people 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:49.399 to create space from his pre snap read to his 0:18:49.440 --> 0:18:52.560 post nap application and puts the football in a literal 0:18:52.720 --> 0:18:56.639 perfect position over the linebacker on waddles back shoulder away 0:18:57.000 --> 0:18:59.760 from where the safety is key whole accuracy throwing the 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:01.359 ball from the middle of the end zone to the 0:19:01.359 --> 0:19:04.560 twenty yard line twenty yard keyhole shot. It gives Wattle 0:19:04.640 --> 0:19:06.680 room and of course he picks up forty two yards 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.240 after the catch for a gain of fifty nine yards, 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:13.240 dealing Waddle dime number four. Waddle again touched down versus 0:19:13.320 --> 0:19:15.439 the Patriots. We talked about some of the fine details 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:17.960 that can take this offense to another level. What better 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.200 example than this one. Wattle on the top of a 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:24.040 stack where have a receiver's stack behind him, wins inside 0:19:24.119 --> 0:19:28.480 access against inside leverage with a post safety and backside 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:32.080 hook defender potentially impacting his slant from the other side 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.520 of the formation too. Takes the snap and looks at 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.520 the backside to hold that hookbacker, which creates the smallest 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:40.040 of windows for Wattle. He then whips back to the 0:19:40.119 --> 0:19:42.400 front side and he throws the ball before he even 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:45.880 sees it. Why because the backside read gave him front 0:19:45.920 --> 0:19:48.240 side information. That's been the biggest thing for me with 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:50.760 two of this year is how quickly he's picking up 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:53.680 stuff that should be blind to him based upon the 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:56.440 information he has on what's in front of him. And 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:58.560 then the ball is perfect and Waddle takes care of 0:19:58.600 --> 0:20:01.080 the rest. The nicest part of it all. Two accomplished 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:03.960 all of that on one hitch. Timing the fast processing 0:20:04.040 --> 0:20:06.879 is not just the difference between completing it and getting 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:09.560 a first down, but creating the chance after the catch. 0:20:09.880 --> 0:20:13.119