WEBVTT - Drive Time: First Half Review Part 2 - Defense 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:05.480 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins podcast Network. This is 0:00:05.559 --> 0:00:07.640 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:10.760 Back to throw to a looking clips about. 0:00:10.320 --> 0:00:15.920 A wide Dolphin touchdown time Riquel uncrelievable? 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:19.200 Just blue fire for a second time. Don't know where 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:22.239 he was going right away? Want to hit that there, man, 0:00:22.360 --> 0:00:23.079 I'm wanna help you. 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:26.279 Someone will stup on your man wagon Wattle, Wattle to 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:29.000 a shot toutch back to throw looking at them's up 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:30.160 fires touchdown. 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:34.000 It's Waddle his sixth touchdown, Parado. 0:00:34.440 --> 0:00:39.040 This team Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:41.559 Now we check your pulse if enough for. 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:44.200 What is up? 0:00:44.240 --> 0:00:47.560 Dolphins? And welcome to the Draft Time Podcast, part of 0:00:47.600 --> 0:00:52.440 the Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:55.320 How's it going to everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:57.920 And on today's show, it's part two of the mid 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.279 season review. We'll take a look at the defense, we'll 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.920 hear from head coach Mike McDaniel, and get you ready 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.399 for the second half of the season. From the Baptist 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:08.320 Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:11.360 This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:11.440 --> 0:01:16.000 Hey got a little bit of news and notes for 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.080 you guys before we dive into the second part of 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:21.960 our two part mid season Miami Dolphins twenty twenty three review. 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:24.160 Did the offense on Wednesday? 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:25.360 Had J. T. O. 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:28.040 Sullivan on the podcast on Friday, go back and check 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:29.880 those out if you took the bye week off. 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:31.520 We'll go ahead and do defense today. 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.040 But first I want to go ahead and just start 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:35.840 here and kind of have a wrap around look at 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:39.240 the NFL in week number ten, which if you're keeping 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:42.040 score at home, we'll get to Buffalo and Denver tonight. 0:01:42.160 --> 0:01:45.360 This podcast will be out before that game happens. So 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:49.480 a perfect weekend beckons here for Miami. I mean, you 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:52.040 could not have asked for any more. Baltimore losing a 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:53.880 game that I thought they were going to cruise to 0:01:53.960 --> 0:01:56.800 victory in against say Cleveland team that quite frankly, I 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:58.280 think is playing well above. 0:01:58.000 --> 0:01:58.960 Its weight right now. 0:01:59.240 --> 0:02:03.240 You get a Cincinnati lost to a Houston team that 0:02:04.400 --> 0:02:07.240 you know, Houston to me could potentially win the division. 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:09.120 I think they're a better team than Jacksonville right now. 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:12.760 And that same Jacksonville team lost to the San Francisco 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:15.440 forty hours at home, thirty four to three, three points 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.480 at home after I was told all, you know, last 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:19.240 couple of weeks that was the true team that was 0:02:19.280 --> 0:02:21.720 not fraudulent. As much as I hate that word, but 0:02:22.360 --> 0:02:24.480 can you imagine the Dolphins scoring three points at home. 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:26.400 This year in a game? What the discourse would be 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:26.840 about that? 0:02:27.080 --> 0:02:30.000 But either way, the AFC North like just kind of 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:31.920 looking at the landscape of the AFC like, to me, 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:35.200 there's five teams that could make real, considerable noise in 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:38.800 the AFC playoffs. They are Us, they are since they 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.359 are Baltimore, they are Kansas City, and I'm gonna put 0:02:41.360 --> 0:02:42.160 Buffalo in there. 0:02:42.200 --> 0:02:43.720 Even though I think there's an. 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:47.040 Outside shot Buffalo MISSUS the playoffs, I don't think they will. 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:49.320 I think they're gonna get right back on track against 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:51.840 the Jets next week. But I think those are the 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:55.840 five teams that could really push their way through, you know, 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:59.079 any circumstances they might see come the postseason, which could 0:02:59.160 --> 0:03:02.240 make for a crazy, you know, potential home and away 0:03:02.320 --> 0:03:04.800 scenario for whoever might get to that point of the season. 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:06.800 And what I mean by that is, you know, I 0:03:06.800 --> 0:03:09.400 think this race for the two seed just opened wide 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:11.880 back up again. The Chiefs, to me, even with a 0:03:11.919 --> 0:03:13.800 tough schedule, I think they're gonna find their way to 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.160 that one seed. And I think now all of a sudden, 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:19.160 the week seventeen game in Baltimore, to me, for my money, 0:03:19.440 --> 0:03:22.600 could be for potentially the number two seed in the conference. 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.640 And that's so critical because one you're gonna play the 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.680 seventh seed at home on wild card weekend. And I 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.600 think that this year, because of this parody we have 0:03:31.639 --> 0:03:34.960 in the AFC and because of all these crazy results 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.160 you're getting, I think you're gonna wind up seeing a 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:41.600 team that probably doesn't belong in that position in that position. 0:03:41.680 --> 0:03:44.240 Think about last year, right the Dolphins squeaked by the 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:47.160 Jets with Skyler Thompson and made the playoffs, and they, 0:03:47.200 --> 0:03:49.200 to me were the team that deserved that seven seed, 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.400 despite the fact that at the time maybe they weren't 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:53.960 playing their best football. But a Pittsburgh team that had 0:03:54.000 --> 0:03:57.760 beaten all kinds of you know, also rans to squeak 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.200 into a nine to eight record like they would have 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:01.920 been that seventh seed, and they probably would have gone 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:05.360 to Buffalo and gotten absolutely just trounced in that game. 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.360 Every year, that seven seed seems to be a team 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:11.240 that winds up getting in over a team that's better, right, Like, 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:13.160 that's kind of the beauty of the NFL. And so 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:16.719 I look at this weekend and the way the AFC 0:04:16.800 --> 0:04:19.719 has played out, I could very easily see a situation 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.640 where not the Jets, because I have a three in 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:22.920 the Jets. 0:04:22.920 --> 0:04:27.200 We'll get to here in a second. A team like the. 0:04:26.240 --> 0:04:29.440 Steelers, for instance, who they are not. They're six and 0:04:29.440 --> 0:04:31.719 three and they have not outgained their opponent in a 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:34.440 single game. That is wild, a wild stat It means 0:04:34.440 --> 0:04:35.960 they're not a very good team. Let just be honest 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:37.880 about that. But they are six and three. If they 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.160 get in over the Chargers, who would you rather have 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:43.200 come here in the seven versus two game come January? 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:45.479 The Chargers of the Steelers. That's why I think that 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:47.600 getting that two seed is going to be very important, 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:49.280 on top of the fact that you then get the 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:52.159 divisional round game in your house, regardless of what happens 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:54.520 across the other games. And if you get to that point, 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.120 let's say you play the three seed, who in this 0:04:57.200 --> 0:04:59.880 scenario to me, comes down to the winner of Baldo 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:03.240 More Cincinnati in the AFC North in that divisional round, 0:05:03.560 --> 0:05:05.760 and let's say the winner the loser of that divisional 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.159 race becomes the five seed, and let's say they beat 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.800 the AFC South champions So now you would have Miami 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.680 hosting let's say Baltimore, and you would have Kansas City 0:05:14.680 --> 0:05:18.400 hosting Cincinnati. You beat Baltimore, and then all of a sudden, 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:21.440 you are a Bengals road victory and arrowhead which has 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.560 happened multiple times in the past away from hosting the 0:05:24.560 --> 0:05:26.279 Bengals here in the AFC Championship games. 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:26.840 That makes sense. 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:30.000 I think that's why this weekend was so pivotal for Miami. 0:05:30.200 --> 0:05:31.880 I think it's so pivotal for Miami to win the 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.520 next five games and put themselves at eleven to three 0:05:34.720 --> 0:05:36.840 in position to go get two of the final three 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:40.080 and potentially get that second seed in the AFC playoffs, 0:05:40.120 --> 0:05:43.600 and then from there all the top s turvy potential outcomes. 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:46.600 Who knows what it looks like, but I like Miami's chances, 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.080 and especially with the way the results went this weekend 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.440 in the NFL. And my other two points I want 0:05:51.480 --> 0:05:53.240 to make on that real quick I texted this to 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:54.880 my buddy Kyle Krabs locked on Dolphins. 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:55.640 I know you guys know this. 0:05:56.400 --> 0:05:59.960 When you have a defensive team that plays top five 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:02.560 defense for an entire season, but the offense cannot get 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.720 out of its own way. And we've seen this before, right, 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.440 Dolphins fans know this all too well that there is 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.440 typically a trend that occurs where the defense begins to 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.520 kind of the threads on the rope begin to snap 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:16.039 a little bit. And I told Kyle, if the Jets 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.520 lose this game to the Raiders on Sunday Night Football, 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.719 I think there's a very real possibility that defense begins 0:06:21.720 --> 0:06:22.400 to unravel. 0:06:22.560 --> 0:06:23.840 And we'll see what happens next week. 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:25.400 I think, all of a sudden, we are Jets fans 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.480 against the Bills in that next week's game with Buffalo, 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:31.359 I believe hosting the Jets the same week that we 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.960 host the Raiders. But if they lose that game and 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:35.599 they fall to four and six and they are on 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.800 this current pace of scoring basically one touchdown per game 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:41.440 going back to last year with Zach Wilson, I think 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.080 all of a sudden, the defense begins to get a 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:44.720 little bit more tired, begins to get a little bit 0:06:44.720 --> 0:06:47.280 more complacent about that performance because I know we're four 0:06:47.279 --> 0:06:49.520 and six, we're playing you know, Tyreek. To score a 0:06:49.520 --> 0:06:51.400 touchdown against us. We're not going to be able to 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:52.279 match out the rest of the game. 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:54.200 Like it's over. It's over for us, So I think 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:55.720 it was critical from that standpoint. 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:58.839 I think the results of the AFC standings on Sunday 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:00.640 were critical. And the last this point I want to 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:02.600 make is we all got a chance to watch, you know, 0:07:02.880 --> 0:07:05.800 ten hours of commercial free football. Right, you guys saw 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:07.560 the rest of the league. Where do you stack the 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:09.600 Dolphins up against most those teams. I know we haven't 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:11.160 won the big game. I know we've come up short 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.440 against the biggest competitors on the schedule, But just watch 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:16.800 the games, use your eyes, use common sense. What do 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.400 those games tell you? It told me that Miami's one 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:21.280 of the best teams NFL. And it's not even like 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:25.360 a conversation. So that's my How far are we were here? 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:28.000 About eight minute dia tribe that I wasn't planning on doing, 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:29.760 but that's that's where I'm at right now. Let's go 0:07:29.760 --> 0:07:32.280 ahead and get you the injury updates that McDaniel provided 0:07:32.360 --> 0:07:32.640 for us. 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:33.600 On Monday. Devon A. 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:37.040 Chan had his twenty one day window opened for activation 0:07:37.160 --> 0:07:39.320 back from ir. I suspect you will see him in 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.360 the game on Sunday against the Raiders. We will not 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.520 see Robert Hunt on the practice field on Monday. He 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:47.440 was getting some additional work in off of the side, 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:48.840 but I don't know that we'll see him for the 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:50.720 game on Sunday. To me, if he has to set 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:52.680 that game out and rest up for the Jets and 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.240 Quinn Williams inside, so be it. That works for me 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:57.640 because also the Washington Commanders come up after that and 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.880 they have Deron Payne and John and Allen, and the 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:03.320 Titans have Jeffrey Simmons and then the Jets have Quinn 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:06.440 Williams again. So the Raiders game, I can understand if 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:07.680 he doesn't play that one and comes back in a 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.680 couple of weeks. He said that both Rob Hunt and 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:11.840 Rob Jones are week to week. We should see River 0:08:11.880 --> 0:08:14.840 Craidcraft back this week as well. And for the Jalen 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.640 Wonnnell folks out there, they're interested in how he's doing. 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:19.920 I saw him catch a pass in practice and jump 0:08:19.960 --> 0:08:22.640 over like a six foot tall, like five foot withth 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:25.360 gator rade structure thing that was out there holding. I 0:08:25.400 --> 0:08:27.680 don't know all the drinks, I guess, but he jumped 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.320 over that thing like effortlessly, so he looks pretty good 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.360 to go for me. All right, defensive review time here 0:08:33.360 --> 0:08:34.760 on the podcast. Before we get to that, let's go 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.160 ahead and hear from coach McDaniel, who was asked about 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:40.240 the self scouting process this weekend and what this team 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.520 can learn from a week off and a week away 0:08:42.520 --> 0:08:43.040 from the game. 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:48.440 Here's Coach McDaniel, less about x's and no's like from 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:52.000 my seat from where I'm at with this team, I 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:56.200 am very very happy about our pre bye week season. 0:08:58.240 --> 0:08:59.040 And why is that? 0:08:59.280 --> 0:09:05.400 Because we invested enough to the point that we've we've 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:08.880 been able to, you know, win six out of nine games, 0:09:09.280 --> 0:09:14.240 that's the plus. But in the losses, we got something 0:09:14.320 --> 0:09:19.280 out of it each time, and that's because guys haven't 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:23.160 ran from you know, guys really wanted to win each 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:28.880 one of those games and we didn't, but in the 0:09:28.960 --> 0:09:34.200 process they've we're a different team because of it, because 0:09:34.200 --> 0:09:40.800 we've really held our held each other accountable and and 0:09:41.240 --> 0:09:45.720 haven't ran from any of our failures. So the bye week, 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:49.640 I just wanted us to pick up where we left 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:53.920 off and not lose sight of the journey that we're 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:57.960 in right in the middle of. But all those hours 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:04.640 of direct focus of full and other commitment to you know, 0:10:04.679 --> 0:10:08.559 the things that you that everyone's cheered for on Sundays. 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:11.000 Those are things that. 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:20.000 We've earned through deliberate and deliberate practice and complete immersion 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.800 into our individual work day. So the bye week allows 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:27.360 you to get back to family. It is the biggest 0:10:27.480 --> 0:10:31.520 gap that you have with your team, Like we see 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:35.760 each other every day besides the player day off for 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:36.920 like six months straight. 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:39.040 There's a little break in that. 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:41.680 What I wanted, what was important to me is that 0:10:41.720 --> 0:10:45.520 we get back to exactly. We take advantage of the rest, 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:49.680 but we build upon everything that we've really built in 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:53.640 the first nine games, which has been unbelievable for this 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:55.920 team for the journey. 0:10:55.960 --> 0:10:57.120 I know in front of us. 0:10:58.600 --> 0:11:03.280 And the six it's not as easy as the successes 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:07.280 are positive and the negatives are negative. Like we we've 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:15.040 got really good on on time training, real life training. 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:19.839 This team has on the things that can that are 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:23.280 going to hit us in the face moving forward, So 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.439 that us getting back to work. 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:31.240 Us being fresh and us. 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:37.880 Remembering the start the first quarter or the first half 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:42.079 of the process, being attached to that and doing right 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:45.520 by all that work each and every day starting with 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:49.679 today is what I prioritize and not the x's and 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:54.120 no sense stuff will work into the meetings as the 0:11:54.120 --> 0:11:57.839 week progresses, with Wednesday starting. 0:11:57.480 --> 0:11:59.880 It very interesting stuff there from coaches. Go ahead and 0:11:59.880 --> 0:12:01.920 take our first break right here and comeback on the 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:02.440 other side. 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:03.000 We'll pick it up. 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.520 We'll talk about this Dolphins defense on the other side 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.040 of the break. Your host, Travis Wingfield Draft Time Podcast 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:14.160 brought to you by Auto Nation, Segment two on a Monday, 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.200 we were gonna have a podcast for you guys tomorrow. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.280 My guest was not able to record with me, so 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:20.160 we just took the day off. 0:12:20.200 --> 0:12:21.319 That sound good. We have a. 0:12:23.200 --> 0:12:25.600 Eight week stretch here to finish out the regular season, 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.040 and then of course we'll have three or maybe four 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.120 weeks of playoffootball for you guys after that as well. 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:31.360 So we're gonna go ahead and just pick it up 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.319 here on the stretch run. Let's go ahead and start 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:37.839 off defensive rankings. Ahead of the week eleven game, the 0:12:37.880 --> 0:12:40.439 Dolphins are allowing three hundred and twenty two yards per game. 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.760 That is twelfth in the National Football League. 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:44.600 I think it's pretty cool that the last three games 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.080 they've played the Chiefs the Patriots and the Eagles, and 0:12:47.160 --> 0:12:49.679 our third over those last three games, allowing just two 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:53.319 hundred and eighty yards per game to those three offenses. Obviously, 0:12:53.320 --> 0:12:55.920 one of those offenses atrocious. Two of those are very 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.800 very good. Twenty five points per game allows twenty fifth. 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:01.199 That has to come down and will come down. Rushing 0:13:01.280 --> 0:13:03.719 yards per game one ozh six point two is thirteenth. 0:13:03.880 --> 0:13:06.160 The three point nine yards per rush is twelfth best 0:13:06.200 --> 0:13:09.360 in the NFL, so the rushing defense is slightly above average. 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:11.959 Passing defense two hundred and sixteen yards per game is 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:15.520 twelve yards per play five point one. That's tied for eighteenth. 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:17.720 That has to come down. That will come down. This 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:19.240 is a number where I think Miami's gonna make a 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:22.319 big swing. Nine takeaways is tied for twenty fourth. They 0:13:22.320 --> 0:13:24.080 have to get that number way up. Those are Rooki numbers. 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:25.520 You got to pump those numbers way up, and I 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.760 think they will because Jalen Ramsey coming back changes the 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.480 entire structure of the defensive coverage. I think our pass 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:33.600 rush is really coming on, especially marrying up with the coverage, 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:37.120 which means more forced passes, more forced fumbles and the like. 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:40.720 They've allowed scores on thirty five point seven percent of 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:41.160 the drives. 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.240 That's eighteenth best in the NFL. 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.280 So on the wrong half of the middle of the pack, 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:49.200 twenty nine sacks are tied for fifth, their ninety three 0:13:49.200 --> 0:13:51.480 pressures are tied for fourth, or sixty eight QB hits 0:13:51.520 --> 0:13:54.040 are tied for third, So fifth, fourth, third. In terms 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:58.520 of quarterback harassment, I suppose sixty seven point seven percent 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.360 touchdown rate in the red zone thirtieth. That has to 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:04.600 get infinitely better. And if we get those in games 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:08.600 against Philly, against Buffalo, against KC, those games take on 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.360 a different complexion. So getting red zone stops have not 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:13.480 been good for Miami. If it can turn around, it 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:15.160 can lead to a big spark and a big turnaround 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.440 for this Dolphins defense. Let's go ahead and take a 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:19.360 look at each part of this roster here, starting with 0:14:19.360 --> 0:14:22.520 the interior defensive line. I think it was fair to 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:26.200 be a little concerned early on a new system, a 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.480 new approach, and guys had to get used to playing 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:30.280 with a man down in a lot of those looks. 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:32.320 In terms of having one less man in the middle, 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:36.720 with these lighter boxes, fewer zero techniques and one techniques 0:14:36.720 --> 0:14:38.760 in the game, which puts way more pressure on your 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:42.120 three and four techniques. Think about zero technique is head 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:44.240 up over the center, right your nose tackle. Your three 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:46.600 technique goes out over the outside shoulder of either guard 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:49.680 when you have no one covering up the center. All 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:51.480 of a sudden, that center can help on the three 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:53.680 technique and give you easy doubles, or you can climb 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:55.440 up to the second level and get your linebacker and 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:56.280 wash that guy off. 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:57.720 So just I think you've seen it. 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.880 Kind of gel in recent games here the Dolphins, I 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:04.240 think Sealer and Wilkins have raised their play, which changes 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.800 the entire structure of the scheme and how it operates. 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:10.240 Their ability to take on double teams has somehow gotten 0:15:10.560 --> 0:15:13.520 better in the scheme, But then they also still make 0:15:13.560 --> 0:15:15.760 their plays when they're given a chance to go one 0:15:15.800 --> 0:15:18.600 on one or to one gap penetrate. So the tackles 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:20.440 might be down a bit for those guys in the 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:23.360 stats category, but man, I think they're both having their 0:15:23.400 --> 0:15:26.760 best years. And with Raykwan, I thought the KC game 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.120 was one of his best as a Dolphin, and I 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.120 like him over the nose and that base defense to 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.480 beat a center one on one, not many other roles. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:35.120 I think he fits in here, but that's one that's 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.480 gonna give you fifteen to twenty snaps a game of 0:15:37.560 --> 0:15:39.760 value if he can do that well. Coming into the season, 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:41.320 we didn't know the depth what was gonna look like, 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:43.200 and I think we still don't know. You know, Vic 0:15:43.240 --> 0:15:45.560 Fangio told us as much back in August. Deshan Han 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:47.720 played five snaps in that last game. We'll see about 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.480 the depth individually. Wilkins. You know, I wish I could 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:51.920 give you guys more of a nuanced take here, but 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:53.720 it's more of the same for this guy. The way 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:56.440 he reads, you know, and puts the physical skills to 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.080 use to make those reads, like to make the mind 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:01.080 really accentuate his game. 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:03.120 It's just fun to watch. 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:05.760 Like he rides the wave outside and makes those plays 0:16:05.800 --> 0:16:09.040 outside the numbers. He retraces screens, he can stack up 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:11.680 against bigger guards. He is rushing the passer with a 0:16:11.720 --> 0:16:14.800 variety of moves and speed over both a tackle and guard. 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.480 Just a great player man. Twenty eight pressures, four and 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:20.120 a half sacks, twelve QB hits, five tackles for lost, 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:24.360 eighteen stops. Wilkins betting on himself paying off big again 0:16:24.920 --> 0:16:27.840 with his production. Zach Seeler again, it's a broken record. 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.120 Nobody on this team takes on double teams the way 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:33.760 Zach Sealer does. It's vital to this defensive front. He's 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:37.160 just a ferocious run defender who beats you with brute strength. 0:16:37.440 --> 0:16:40.120 Has the similar read react skills that Christian Wilkins does, 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:42.280 and I don't think he's quite as slippery, but his 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.240 ability to get momentum going one way and using the 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.560 grip strength and the leverage advantage, it's just so damn impressive, 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.640 Like these two guys are so instrumental to what we do. 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:54.440 Twenty eight pressures for him, one QB hit, two TfL's, 0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:56.880 twenty one stops and four sacks for him, So those 0:16:56.880 --> 0:16:59.320 guys both getting their sack production. Their pass rush production 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:03.000 for both Christian and Sealer has been fantastic. For Rakwan, 0:17:03.640 --> 0:17:05.600 you know, I was hoping he'd take more of a 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:07.320 step this year as a three down player, but it's 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:09.679 pretty clear what he is at the stage fifteen snaps 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.320 over the nose. But you need him because Christian and 0:17:12.400 --> 0:17:15.240 Zach have played four hundred and sixty snaps and Rayqwan's 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:17.359 the next in rotation at two hundred and seventy eight, 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.720 so we need him for those snaps like it's if 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:22.560 he goes down, you're in trouble. But I like his 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.000 work in that zero technique role against the Chiefs. Thought 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:26.840 he gave Creed Humphrey all he could handle with that 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:30.680 length that he offers. Ten pressures for him, a half 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:32.879 sack this year, one QB hit, two TFLs, and a 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:34.920 couple of run stops in there as well. We've seen 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:39.159 variety of players play those depth reps, right Brandon Peelee, 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.240 who back on the practice squad, which is where I 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:42.920 thought that was always going to go for him. He's 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:44.760 played twenty nine snaps. I just never saw it with 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:46.840 his game. Deshan hann has played one hundred and he's 0:17:46.880 --> 0:17:48.280 been the next guy. But I think that he's shown 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:50.880 you the most pass rush in those roles. Five pressures 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:52.280 for him. I think that he's gonna be the guy 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:54.080 that ends up giving you the most in the second 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.240 half of the stretch of those next guys. And it 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.280 wouldn't surprise me if at some point he actually took 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:00.399 over Rayquan Davis's role. I'm not going to be on it, 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:02.240 but I could see that we're gonna do something fun 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.159 here called where Travis got it right, Where Travis got 0:18:04.240 --> 0:18:06.119 it wrong. Where I got it right was that ninety 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:09.240 four and ninety two are both absolute monsters. But that's 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.639 not a surprise or even close to a bold take. Also, 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.280 I told you that the UDFA wasn't gonna make a 0:18:14.280 --> 0:18:15.880