WEBVTT - Breaking Down Emmanuel Ogbah's Game, the Dolphins Pass Rush, and Offensive Line Play with Brandon Thorn 0:00:01.520 --> 0:00:06.360 Fires touch stop by Waddles knocked into the end zone 0:00:06.360 --> 0:00:10.239 of Miami Boy type pro tike window. They had to 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:14.920 get that touchdown on that play. They give it. What 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:19.120 is up, Dolph Fans and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast 0:00:19.440 --> 0:00:22.880 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:27.440 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:30.280 Travis Wingfield and as always, I am here to bring 0:00:30.320 --> 0:00:34.360 you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. On today's show, 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.560 it's preview time. We're taking a look at Sunday's matchup 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:39.720 with the New York Giants, a chance to make it 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.000 five straight victories for the second time in as many years. 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:45.919 Will break it down position by position, tell you how 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:49.120 Miami can secure that fifth straight dub give you the 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.120 three keys of the game, and a whole lot more 0:00:51.520 --> 0:00:55.440 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:55.520 --> 0:01:03.160 This is the Drivetime Podcasts Miami. Yeah, it's preview day 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.319 and is it just me or has this week been 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.520 kind of a fun one. I've watched last week's game 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:10.720 several times, but now I'm on to the Giants. We 0:01:10.840 --> 0:01:12.680 got another chance to make it a fun week. With 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:14.800 the Giants coming to town, and we'll have to wait 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:17.080 to find out which quarterback is gonna be under center 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:20.760 for Big Blue. As Joe Judge addressed the next train 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.520 suffered by Daniel Jones in the game Sunday, and he 0:01:23.640 --> 0:01:26.119 was limited in practice on Wednesday and will be all 0:01:26.319 --> 0:01:28.480 throughout the course of this week. But he would not 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:31.600 rule Jones out as previous reports had said they were 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:33.520 going to do. So we'll see who plays on Sunday. 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:36.440 Their backup as Mike Glennon, and they just signed Jake 0:01:36.520 --> 0:01:39.200 from from the Buffalo practice squad, so we should find 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.640 out sometime this weekend, either the Friday practice report, maybe 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:46.000 it's a game time decision. We shall see. But before 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:48.480 we get into the quarterback versus the Miami safety's matchup, 0:01:48.720 --> 0:01:52.480 how did the Giants get to their current position. They 0:01:52.520 --> 0:01:57.000 brought Dave Gentleman in as GM as they searched for 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.760 a return to the winning ways of really the early 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:03.320 and before that, with that ferocious defense, the four man 0:02:03.400 --> 0:02:06.800 pass rush they could provide Plexico Burris Eli manning all 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:09.640 those star players they had back in those Super Bowl years. 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:12.400 They did make the postseason back in twenty sixteen, but 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:16.440 then dropped to five wins in seventeen, opting to bring 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:20.359 Gentleman in from Carolina, and that was also it the 0:02:20.440 --> 0:02:22.240 end of the road for Ben mcado, a two year 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.480 stint there with the Giants, and Gelman was joined by 0:02:24.520 --> 0:02:26.959 Pat Shermer for a year, but he lasted just that 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.160 one season before the Giants went after special teams coaching 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.400 whiz and something of a disciplinarian up there in New 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:36.040 England and Joe Judge to fill that big chair. Gelman 0:02:36.160 --> 0:02:39.600 was clear from day one about his initiative. He wanted 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:41.920 to build a team that runs the ball and stops 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:45.200 the run, and they drafted like it first four picks, 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.800 say Kwon Barkley with the number two pick in that draft, 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:50.120 and that was bandied about a lot in the pre 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:53.160 draft process, because you might recall that teen draft class 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:57.840 at the quarterback position produced five first rounders, and two 0:02:57.880 --> 0:02:59.799 and a half of them have been very successful. So 0:03:00.160 --> 0:03:01.880 we'll find out on Baker Mayfield, the other two not 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:05.280 as much, with Rosen and Sam Donald going into backup 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:07.720 gigs at the stage's of their career. Donald has been 0:03:07.760 --> 0:03:09.480 injured and lost the job that way. But you get 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:10.880 what I'm saying here, is that's kind of the general 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.880 point there. But in that draft class sake Quombarkie number 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:17.240 two with only Mayfield off the board, Will Hernandez, Lorenzo 0:03:17.320 --> 0:03:20.600 Carter a linebacker, and b J Hill so running back, 0:03:20.680 --> 0:03:23.840 O line linebacker, d tackle En. They do get their 0:03:23.880 --> 0:03:26.480 quarterback this time around Daniel Jones, who Dave Gentleman said 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.160 was in full blue love going through the draft process 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:31.960 of evaluating this quarterback from Duke. He takes him at 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:34.840 number six overall. Then in the first round Dexter Lawrence 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:38.080 the defensive tackle and a cornerback in DeAndre Baker. And 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:39.880 then back to the front seven with Oshane him and 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:43.120 Az another cornerback, slash safety and Julian Love. Then back 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:46.680 to linebacker Ryan Connolly. They finished off receiver, corner tackle, 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.240 defensive tackle. They've draft the same three or four positions 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:53.400 pretty much every single year. Andrew Thomas kicked off draft 0:03:53.520 --> 0:03:55.560 number four. The first tackle taken off the board in 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:59.400 that loaded tackle class, Xavier McKinney back at safety in 0:03:59.480 --> 0:04:02.360 the second round, then back to the offensive line Matt Pert, 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:08.680 darn A Holmes a cornerback, then this guard, linebacker, linebacker, linebacker, cornerback, linebacker, 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:13.280 then one Darius Tony the receiver, as these Oglari the 0:04:13.320 --> 0:04:16.560 outside backer slash defensive events slash really damn good player 0:04:16.600 --> 0:04:21.200 out of Georgia. Then cornerback, linebacker, running back, cornerback, so 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:24.800 you get it. A lot of resources spent on the trenches, 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:28.080 plenty of cornerbacks in that mix, which is truly a 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.520 position of strength for them in defensive backfield in general 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:33.000 when they are healthy right now a little bit banged up. 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.880 And we also go along into as they enter this 0:04:37.400 --> 0:04:40.200 four and seven, or this game rather at four and seven, 0:04:40.560 --> 0:04:43.400 and like Miami, they've been bitten by the injury buggets 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.960 some of those skill positions on offense because when they 0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:48.960 have them, as Brian Flores stated on Wednesday, it's name 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:50.640 after name in that line up. But they've not been 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:54.120 healthy all year long since that eleven win sixteen season 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:57.720 for the Giants, three wins, five wins, four wins, and 0:04:57.880 --> 0:05:00.360 six wins. So they are in position right now with 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.520 a strong December to match or even surpass that high 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:07.000 watermark of these last five years. But with six games 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:08.400 to go, they're gonna have to get some w Let's 0:05:08.400 --> 0:05:10.480 go ahead and get to this game here in Miami 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:13.120 and start as we do weekly with the Giants quarterbacks 0:05:13.240 --> 0:05:16.040 versus the Dolphins safeties, and since there is a fair 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.799 amount of uncertainty about who it will be under center, 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:21.360 and Flora said they are preparing as if Danny Dimes 0:05:21.400 --> 0:05:24.000 will be up, we'll spend some time on both quarterbacks 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:26.320 in this segment, but I think it's more about us, 0:05:26.800 --> 0:05:30.080 and so we talk about these safeties like Javon Holland, 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:33.280 Brandon Jones, Eric Rowe, and of course Jones missed the 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:34.840 game last week, but as we talked about in the 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:37.760 pods earlier this week, I thought you really saw the 0:05:37.960 --> 0:05:40.960 versatility of that room on display because of the absence 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:43.760 of Brandon Jones. Has Holland and Roe have their roles 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:47.720 adapted to fill that void? And that versatility constantly reminds 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:49.640 me of the question I had for two of back 0:05:49.720 --> 0:05:52.400 in Week two about the Buffalo bill safeties and their 0:05:52.400 --> 0:05:55.520 interchangeable nature and how to us said, it was tough 0:05:55.920 --> 0:05:59.200 to decipher what the defense is because they can line 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.640 up in one place and then wind up something somewhere 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:04.200 completely different after the snap, and I think the same 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.800 thing here applies with Miami, and the key there is 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:10.919 to continue to force take away opportunities, which is obviously 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.039 a complete team effort. But the Giants quarterbacks have thrown 0:06:14.040 --> 0:06:16.520 a collective nine picks this year and taking twenty three 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:19.719 sacks and fumbled the football eight times. That's seventeen potential 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:22.640 turn over opportunities and twenty three sacks, working out to 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:25.599 one point five five potential t o s per game 0:06:25.839 --> 0:06:28.440 and two point one sacks per game. Now, Miami over 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.640 these last four weeks are averaging two point seven five 0:06:31.720 --> 0:06:34.760 takeaways and four sacks per game. So you have to 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:36.680 think that the Dolphins are kind of gearing up hoping 0:06:36.680 --> 0:06:39.080 they get the same kind of production in this contest. 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:40.840 And we'll see if those averages play out in the 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:43.120 game on Sunday. But how do you create that chaos? 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:45.120 How do you get to those numbers? Well, to the 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.799 numbers again. Mike Glennon is three for nine with twenty 0:06:47.880 --> 0:06:49.880 nine yards this year in a touchdown pass and a 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:53.000 pick against the Blitz, where Daniel Jones a much greater 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:56.960 sample size is sixty averaging six and a half yards 0:06:57.000 --> 0:06:59.680 per pass one touchdown. That all sounds good, right, But 0:07:00.120 --> 0:07:02.480 or picks and that's been something of a formula to 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:06.040 kind of force the issues, and not to mention fifteen 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:09.200 of the twenty two sacks on Jones come when sending 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.800 that extra rusher and with them the way Miami can 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.640 cover on the back end. Perhaps that's the formula, but 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:19.000 also when kept clean, Jones has eight touchdowns and five picks, 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:22.480 and five of the total picks are in that ten 0:07:22.560 --> 0:07:24.400 plus yard range. So when he throws the ball deep 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:26.680 down the field or if there's an extra rusher coming 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.840 at him, or even kept clean, there's opportunities for interceptions there, 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.640 and at least as far as what he's been so 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.000 far in the season, you can always improve and get better. 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:35.760 You can play a better game too, So I think 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:37.840 about what we saw with Javon and the interception and 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:39.880 kind of trying to put him in conflict, but he 0:07:40.000 --> 0:07:42.160 just kept his eyes on the quarterback's eyes and drove 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:44.520 on the football and made a big time play. So 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.640 I'm not so sure it's not quite as obvious with 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:49.960 regards to sending the extra rushers or playing coverage and 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:52.400 let the thing come to you. Opposing teams have blitz 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:56.000 Jones of the time, which is more than twelve percent 0:07:56.120 --> 0:07:59.840 fewer than Miami's season average of thirty eight point four percent, 0:08:00.160 --> 0:08:03.560 which is just point eight percent below the Bucks for 0:08:03.640 --> 0:08:06.680 the highest rate in the NFL. So again, this dichotomy 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:10.800 exists between what the Giants do well or what kind 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.440 of makes them vulnerable, and what the Dolphins do well. 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:15.920 And that's something Brian Flores has talked about, finding the 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.840 balance between going after their weaknesses and doing what you're 0:08:18.880 --> 0:08:22.040 doing best. But what the Dolphins do best is unrelenting 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.640 pressure over the last month or so. So again, very 0:08:24.720 --> 0:08:28.240 interesting dichotomy to me. But our next position group gives 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.760 you something of an indicator for how the best attack 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:35.120 like the Giants receivers and tight ends versus the Miami cornerbacks. Look, 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.360 Darius Tony is a separation creating machine. He moves in 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:44.240 ways that many guys cannot And I mean we talked 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.800 about Jalen Waddles impact, Tony has not been quite on 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.240 that level, but he's been very impactful for that Giant's 0:08:50.280 --> 0:08:51.920 offense and that was kind of his game coming out 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:54.800 of Florida. A slippery guy who runs these routes that 0:08:54.800 --> 0:08:56.520 will put you in the blender. He's tough to cover, 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:59.520 and this group really is kind of when healthy that 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:01.400 bass get ball line up We've talked about on the 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:04.920 podcast for years, going back to Lockdown Dolphins Days, and 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.640 they've got unique skill sets across that group, and that 0:09:07.800 --> 0:09:10.760 Kenny Golladay is that big, go get the football type 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.480 of guy, contested catch guy. He's actually competed with Devantae 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.400 Parker in that realm for a few years now, previously 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.600 with the Lions, now with the Giants, and next gen 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:20.959 separation stats has him at two point oh which is 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:24.599 the fourth fewest among qualifying past catchers. Stirling Shepherd is 0:09:24.679 --> 0:09:27.720 a sure handed, primarily slot guy with an average separation 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.760 of two point seven yards. Darius Slayton up to three 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:33.600 point oh and then cold Darius Tony at three point four, 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.839 and then tight end Evan Ingram leads the crew at 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:38.599 three point eight. Now, some of that has to do 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.360 with the routes these guys run. Some of the quick 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:44.160 hitters can be more separation because you're just if they're 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:46.520 playing off coverage, you catch the ball with an automatic 0:09:46.559 --> 0:09:49.680 built in three or four yards of separation. How about 0:09:49.720 --> 0:09:51.240 the yak yard? And this is where I really look 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.040 at this Giants offense as a possibility from Miami to 0:09:54.679 --> 0:09:58.440 rally up tackle and have some success their yak above expected. 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:02.679 So when you catch the football, data from decades of 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.920 football gives you an idea of what they're expected to 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.800 do with that football based upon previous data and big 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:10.800 seth Wils tell me that that has nothing to do 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:13.679 with any given player on any given game. But I digress, 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:16.839 I love you bro. All jokes aside, but yak above 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:20.679 expected Darius Tony is plus one point eight, then a 0:10:20.840 --> 0:10:23.880 drop off negative point oh two for Goladay, negative point 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.720 oh three for bull Shepherd and Ingram, and negative point 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:30.240 oh four for Slaton. And we talked about how Miami's 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:32.960 tackling has come along, especially in the secondary and really 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:35.920 beginning in that Baltimore game with those guys just tackling 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.120 everything on the perimeter up to a season best last 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:42.640 week just two miss tackles. So what does this all say, Well, 0:10:42.840 --> 0:10:45.559 it looks like a recipe for being conscious of the 0:10:45.679 --> 0:10:48.679 deep ball, forcing them to play underneath and rallying up 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:51.240 and tackling, because if they're not gonna make the big 0:10:51.280 --> 0:10:54.280 play after the catch, then it would serve you to 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:56.480 kind of playoff and force them to do that and 0:10:56.520 --> 0:10:58.880 be consistent in that way. Then you really clamp down 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:00.959 and win against him in the red zone on the 0:11:01.000 --> 0:11:03.079 occasions they get there. We'll talk about that here in 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.640 just one second. We'll see how Miami wants to play it, because, 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.640 as is the case every week, the Dolphins flexibility gives 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.000 them options. So how do you match up? First? Who 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:15.880 was available last week? No Shepherd, no Tony, No Kyle Rudolph. 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:18.960 That gave John Ross eleven reps. It gave Pharaoh Cooper 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:23.000 thirty five snaps. But Sae Kwon Barkley did play despite 0:11:23.080 --> 0:11:25.920 his questionable designation, and he played eight seven percent of 0:11:25.960 --> 0:11:28.040 their snaps. We'll talk about that as well in a 0:11:28.160 --> 0:11:30.720 later segment, but they're usedage. As far as inside outside 0:11:30.800 --> 0:11:33.720 is also interesting. Cooper eighty eight point two percent inside, 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:37.240 he's a slot receiver. Shepherd that's also a slot receiver. 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:41.079 Evan Ingram much like Mike get sick sixty in the slot, 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.319 and then can Darius Tony in the slot. But he 0:11:43.360 --> 0:11:45.400 can play satellite, he can play that kind of offset 0:11:45.559 --> 0:11:47.360 h back, he can play in your backfield. He does 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:49.640 it all. Then there's a massive drop off. The next 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:52.080 is Kyle Rudolph at thirty seven percent in the slot. 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:55.319 In line, he's more of your kind of Drham Smith, 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:59.840 Satellite Ross, Golla Day, and Slayton are all outside eighty 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.319 percent of the time or more. And while we talk 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:05.719 about versatility, well, you typically wind up with Jones and 0:12:05.920 --> 0:12:08.920 X on the outside right. So Kenny Golladay's game physicality, 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:11.360 the downfield contestant catch us. He wants to beat you 0:12:11.760 --> 0:12:14.160 with with basically being able to win at the top 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.640 of the route, and that's where X really excels among 0:12:16.720 --> 0:12:19.240 other areas obviously, So I kind of like that matchup 0:12:19.280 --> 0:12:20.640 there as far as trying to pick which way you 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.040 want to go. And of course the Dolphins don't typically travel, 0:12:23.080 --> 0:12:24.760 so you'll get different matchups, but that might be an 0:12:24.800 --> 0:12:27.439 idea that you look at in terms of where to go, 0:12:27.600 --> 0:12:29.400 where not to go when they do line up in 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.000 that particular position. And Slayton has a bit of an 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:35.439 expanded route tree compared to Gola Day, a little more elusive. Laterally, 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:37.640 that to me matches up with Byron Jones, who is 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:41.079 an athletic phenomen broking breaking records at the combine you 0:12:41.160 --> 0:12:44.040 know several years ago. John Ross he's a deep target, 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:45.600 That's that's what he does. He runs down the field. 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:47.640 We'll see how much he plays if the Giants get 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:49.600 other guys back this week, but you want to account 0:12:49.640 --> 0:12:52.000 for that speed regardless if he's out there. That's the 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.800 thing about four three four two speed, Like it doesn't 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.000 matter what the guy's production is, you have to account 0:12:57.040 --> 0:12:59.640 for it. Some slot options, I mean Nick need Um, 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:01.959 justin Coleman. The safeties have all played in those roles 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:05.040 and they've played well. So Cooper it's just five ft 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.199 eleven but over two pounds, so he kind of has 0:13:07.280 --> 0:13:09.640 that thick lower half and maybe you want to play 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:12.200 more physical against him as well. Kind of an option 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:14.080 they're thinking about how to match up on him. Evan 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:17.360 Ingram is always also rather size, but he's also very 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:20.959 athletic and can move. So is that Jerome Baker is 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.320 that Eric Row? I tend to lead more towards an 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:24.959 Eric Row type and tied end. Maybe you get some 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:26.959 chips off the line and help that way as well. 0:13:27.440 --> 0:13:29.520 Darius Tony is the tricky one because again he moves 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:31.599 so well, so you need to be able to match that. 0:13:31.760 --> 0:13:34.160 Maybe you bracket, plus you don't want to let him 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:36.040 catch the ball in space and get free. Everybody else 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:37.880 is not as much of a threat to go big 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.000 run after the catch, but he certainly is. And then 0:13:40.040 --> 0:13:42.439 Shepherd's the most polished route runner of the bunch, So 0:13:42.480 --> 0:13:44.520 you probably want to get a cornerback that can again 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.480 move and and not take the cheese on fakes and 0:13:47.520 --> 0:13:49.680 sluggos and double moves and that type of thing. Now, 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:51.679 we talked about those matchups a lot last week, but 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:54.800 the next position really kind of took center stage as 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:58.280 Miami heat up the Panther's passing game and really didn't 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:01.160 make the outside stuff all that event with good coverage 0:14:01.160 --> 0:14:03.520 as well. So can they replicate that success. Let's go 0:14:03.559 --> 0:14:05.920 ahead and move on now to the Giants offensive line 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.480 verse Dolphins defensive line. And here are the players they 0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:11.600 started against Philly and their pressure numbers. This is out 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:13.719 a four hundred and seventy four pass balking snaps. You 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.000 get an idea of how much time there guys have 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:20.640 missed up front. Andrew Thomas ten pressures on two snaps. 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:23.440 It's a two set to hit one sack. A huge 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:25.880 jump from year one for him. Matt Scurrow, we know 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:29.720 who he is. Eight teen pressures, two snaps, five hits, 0:14:29.800 --> 0:14:33.200 one sack. He's played well. Billy Price sixteen pressures on 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.120 four hundred and twenty nine snaps, four hits and one sack. 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.000 Will Hernandez the right sides where things kind of get 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:43.000 dicey here Will Hernandez twenty five pressures allowed on four 0:14:43.080 --> 0:14:45.840 hundred and seventy four pass walking snaps. Well, I guess 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:47.480 that's pretty good compared to the averages of the left 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:50.120 side three hits and four sacks. And then they sold 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:53.600 our thirty pressures allowed, four hundred and fifty snaps, six hits, 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.440 six yeah, six hits and four sacks. Almost got that 0:14:56.520 --> 0:14:57.920 mixed up. I wrote some of these backwards. I don't 0:14:57.920 --> 0:15:00.720 know why do that. But Andrew Thomas has three pressures 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:04.040 allowed since returning after missing four weeks, and that was 0:15:04.080 --> 0:15:06.240 against Tampa Bay and Philly. That's a good defensive line 0:15:06.280 --> 0:15:08.240 play right there. He's really turned to the corner and 0:15:08.280 --> 0:15:11.280 becoming that franchise left tackle you expect to get when 0:15:11.360 --> 0:15:13.680 using the fourth overall pick on the player. He hasn't 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:15.760 surrendered more than two pressures in the game this entire 0:15:15.840 --> 0:15:18.880 season for Matt Skura, not a lot of pressure early 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:23.240 on from him, but the last two weeks eight pressures 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.520 and a lot of that within Dominican Sue Fletcher Cox 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:28.440 and Javon Hargrave. They overwhelmed him at times and past protection. 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:30.920 Something to keep an eye on. Billy Price. He's kind 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:32.680 of settled in with his new team here after coming 0:15:32.760 --> 0:15:35.080 over from the Bengals in the off season, a former 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:38.840 first round pick. Five pressures in the opener against Washington. 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:41.960 That's different, different season almost at this point against all 0:15:42.000 --> 0:15:44.880 those big interior defensive lineman they have, like John Allen 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:47.680 and never more than two pressures since, including just two 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.720 against the Bucks and their stout interior front even without 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:53.840 Vida Veia, Will Hernandez kind of similar to Matt Scura. 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.560 Strong start, some tough matchups lately. Tampa Bay had six 0:15:57.600 --> 0:16:00.520 pressures against him, Philly had two, case He had four, 0:16:00.640 --> 0:16:03.320 Carolina had three, and a game with the Raiders Sandwich 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:05.520 in between. He allowed just one pressure in that game. 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:08.160 But you see a lot of the same things power 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.240 Derek Brown and Carolina, Chris Jones and Casey Sue and 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:14.360 Tampa Bay, Cox and Hardgrave in Philadelphia and then out 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:17.760 Wide Soldier. He's kind of also found his rhythm the 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:19.800 last couple of weeks. PF did not like his game 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.000 against Las Vegas three weeks ago, just three pressures allowed, however, 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.280 in the last two games, but Shaq Barrett did get 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.960 him for a sack versus the Bucks. So the common 0:16:28.080 --> 0:16:31.480 theme is that teams with a lot of power and 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.280 bull rushing experts, so to speak, have given the Giants 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:37.040 more problems than the fleet of foot guy the one 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:40.440 gap penetrator types. And that's well. The former is what 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:44.040 the Dolphins do so well, both inside and outside. I 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.960 don't have to break down the power of Ogba, of Phillips, 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:51.080 of Wilkins, of Davis of Seiler, as we've seen several 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.640 rush moves from each of those guys produce some production 0:16:55.080 --> 0:16:57.160 in these recent weeks. I'll be curious to see how 0:16:57.240 --> 0:17:00.280 Miami wants to go, how often they want to go 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.560 to their grush games they have upfront. The Giants just 0:17:02.640 --> 0:17:04.760 haven't had a ton of continuity up front because of 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.160 those injuries. I mean, Matt pert has missed a bunch 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.800 of games, Nick Gates and Shane Lemieux, those three guys 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:12.119 were supposed to be starters going into the season, and 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:14.399 the last two guys have been out on i R 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:16.680 for some time and Matt Perch missing some games and 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:19.359 not playing either. So tough tough call there for the 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:22.160 Giants in terms of getting that continuity. Can Miami dive 0:17:22.280 --> 0:17:25.480 deep into their game operation with the twist slants and 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:27.880 stunts and the loopers and the green dogs and the delays, 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:30.200 so many options there? Will they go to it? We'll 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.840 see at the other position here on offense, Dolphins linebackers 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.919 versus Giants running backs. And y'all know about se Kwon Barkley. 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.520 He's as talented as they come, but he's played just 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.200 two D nineties seven snaps this season, fifty two of 0:17:42.240 --> 0:17:46.480 those last week, and perhaps his most effective game last game, 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:48.800 even though it's just three point one yards per carry 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.360 and a half yard departure from his three point six 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:54.440 season average, but he averaged three point six two yards 0:17:54.480 --> 0:17:57.240 after initial contact. And one of the craziest status is 0:17:57.280 --> 0:17:59.399 that PF didn't credit him with the forced miss tackle. 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:01.360 In fact, he hasn't had one of those in Week 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:04.280 four against New Orleans. He's only carried the ball twenty 0:18:04.320 --> 0:18:05.879 one time since that time, But you still get the 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:08.160 point like that's usually what his game is, especially behind 0:18:08.200 --> 0:18:12.119 an offensive line that hasn't played consistently. Just five runs 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:14.239 of ten plus yards all year for him, and never 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:16.280 more than one in the single game, so no real 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:19.880 explosive element of this running game. Davante Booker has nine 0:18:19.920 --> 0:18:23.520 of them, but that's fourteen in twelve games. It's not 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:25.879 very many. And that's such an important element of what 0:18:26.000 --> 0:18:28.640 Miami does to set themselves up for success on defense. 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:31.880 Get into third and long, send that pressure, bad things 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:34.719 happen for the offense. So obviously this is more than 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:37.399 just about the linebackers and running backs. But Christian Wilkins 0:18:37.440 --> 0:18:39.480 had a quote on Wednesday about how he can have 0:18:39.600 --> 0:18:41.200 the game of his life and the run to game 0:18:41.440 --> 0:18:43.600 and not make a tackle. And I think we've seen 0:18:43.640 --> 0:18:45.840 that play out in recent weeks with how Jerome baker 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:48.080 A laying, the Roberts and even Duke Riley have played 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:50.320 in their all their roles, all really kind of hitting 0:18:50.359 --> 0:18:53.119 their stride here in the month of November going into December. 0:18:53.359 --> 0:18:55.520 So their speed is gonna be tested, their physicality will 0:18:55.520 --> 0:18:57.560 be tested. They'll have to have an answer for sake 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:00.199 Qua when he flexes out two small sample size that year, 0:19:00.240 --> 0:19:02.280 but he's been either in the slot or out wide, 0:19:02.440 --> 0:19:04.800 and they can bind twenty five snaps. It's just less 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:08.440