WEBVTT - Dolphins Panthers Week 12 Recap 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:06.720 That's just your are looking down, flux down, Miami Quaker. 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:19.599 What is up? Dolphans And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:23.640 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:27.840 your Miami Dolphins. How is it going? Everybody? I don't 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:30.319 even have to answer that question ask that question either. 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:32.519 I am your host, Travis Winfeld, and I am here 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:36.240 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:36.240 --> 0:00:39.240 And on today's show, it's the fourth straight time you'll 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:46.040 hear this win win, win, win, win win. That's right, 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:49.640 four straight victories for your Miami Dolphins, and it might 0:00:49.680 --> 0:00:52.440 have been the most impressive of the entire bunch. We'll 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:54.920 talk about these draft classes of the last couple of years, 0:00:55.120 --> 0:00:59.120 two U to Waddle, the defensive performance on the five Takeaways, 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:03.160 special teams, everything from this complimentary victory by the Miami Dolphins. 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.119 Will talk about the game by the numbers, and we'll 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:07.440 play a segment as we do weekly from the post 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.440 game show on five sixty with yours truly, Seth Levitt 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:14.200 and O. J. McDuffie from the Baptist Health Studios inside 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:18.200 the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:24.720 Let's go ahead, and soak this one in for a day. 0:01:24.760 --> 0:01:28.800 What do you say, Dolphins? A comprehensive, complementary team victory, 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:32.520 scoring on teams, sacks and hits and takeaways, and third 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:35.960 down defense on that side of the football, explosive plays 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:39.640 and balance on offense. The Dolphins had it all working 0:01:39.680 --> 0:01:43.039 on Sunday in a thirty three ten victory over the 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:46.080 visiting Carolina Panthers. And I want to go through these 0:01:46.080 --> 0:01:47.919 stats real quick because I think it kind of paints 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:50.440 a picture for how this game went. The Dolphins had 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:53.120 twenty two first downs, the Panthers had ten, and three 0:01:53.200 --> 0:01:55.280 of those were on that final drive, So we're two 0:01:55.320 --> 0:01:58.320 of their third down conversions they go for for fourteen 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.520 in the game. Miami goes six for fourteen, the Panthers 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:04.120 two for three on fourth down, Miami two for two 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:06.320 on the money down there the fourth down. Three hundred 0:02:06.360 --> 0:02:10.760 and fifteen total yards from Miami one for Carolina. The 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.440 Dolphins have two hundred and four passing games to Caroline's 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.720 one thirty four. Miami rushes for a buck eleven to 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.320 Carolina sixty four seventy two plays to fifty four in 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.040 this game, and the Dolphins turned it over once on 0:02:23.080 --> 0:02:26.040 the fumble, the Panthers turned it over three times. Miami 0:02:26.080 --> 0:02:28.480 also picked up five sacks Carolina had just two in 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:31.800 the game, and for penalties Miami five for thirty five, 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:36.320 Carolina seven for sixty one. Time of possession thirty seven 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:40.520 minutes thirty four seconds to twenty two minutes, twenty two seconds. 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:45.240 Complete football for your Miami Dolphins. But even then, and 0:02:45.320 --> 0:02:47.959 To have mentioned this in his postgame presser, that there 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.240 are still plays that you can go out there and 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:52.920 correct and play better, because think about the sack on 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.400 the opening drive to knock the Dolphins from field goal 0:02:55.520 --> 0:02:58.679 range into a punting situation. They later block a punt 0:02:58.680 --> 0:03:01.160 and score on that one, So all things worked out there. 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.240 But the failed snap at the end of the first 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:05.560 half likely a six point swing there is you're well 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:08.440 within Jason Sanders range for a mid range field goal, 0:03:08.720 --> 0:03:11.440 the player reverses, the field reverses rather, and all of 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.920 a sudden, the Panthers are in field goal range for 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.400 a mid range kick. You miss an extra point that 0:03:16.440 --> 0:03:20.480 hadn't happened in sixty a t tries of Jason Sanders. 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:22.440 That was the best mark in the NFL at the time. 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:25.120 Now he did make two field goals and those were big, 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.600 so were his other three extra points. And then the 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:31.919 weirdest drive line I've ever seen in my life. Ten plays, 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.920 nineteen yards, six minutes and thirty four seconds of game clock, 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.960 and there was three penalties on that drive that basically 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.160 caused Miami to bog down despite the fact that they 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:44.720 were still having success offensively. I mean, there were even 0:03:44.760 --> 0:03:47.640 more chances to make this a more lopsided game than 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:50.280 it was. But we are not going to dwell on that. No, no, no, 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.680 We're gonna get to our five takeaways here because it's 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:55.160 a fun podcast. If you cannot hear it in my voice, 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.160 I'm a little bit fired up. And if you haven't 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.720 heard the post game show on five sixty w q 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.160 A M yet with myself, Seth and o J, go 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.000 check that out. We had a bunch of fun on 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:06.320 that show, one of our best to date, and the 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:09.000 Dolphins made it easier because doing a show after a 0:04:09.040 --> 0:04:11.000 game like that, you're gonna have some fun, and we're 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:13.040 gonna have some fun here starting with our first of 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:17.760 five takeaways. First half, dominance sets up this team the 0:04:17.800 --> 0:04:20.360 way they want to play with the lead, and this 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:22.160 goes back to the offense in general and kind of 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.760 the offensive structure. So it's not a long enough takeaway 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:27.400 for you. Like we mentioned, you're a mid range field 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.200 goal away from going up seven at half and instead 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:34.000 it's but then after that Miami goes touchdown field goal, 0:04:34.040 --> 0:04:36.920 field goal, and the defense doesn't allow an inch in 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:41.000 that second half. Just a dominating performance on all three phases. 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.880 It allows Miami to play more hair on fire with 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:45.960 the pass rush and play that coverage to pair well 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.000 with it on the back end because the offense is 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:51.680 having success, the special teams is having success, and it 0:04:51.680 --> 0:04:54.839 allows the defense to play really the brand of football 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:56.839 they want to play, with the aggressiveness and going and 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:59.880 attacking and getting the quarterback and playing that tight coverage 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:03.560 and boy did they so. Also the takeaway refers to 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.240 the offensive game plan here, which I thought was fantastic, 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.760 But just a dominating performance on all three phases. Will 0:05:09.839 --> 0:05:11.440 keep it to the offense and this one because we'll 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.640 talk about defense and teams later on and specifically this 0:05:14.720 --> 0:05:17.200 offensive game plan in the structure. We'll talk about that 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.400 also more on the All Pod tomorrow for you guys 0:05:20.400 --> 0:05:22.880 here on drive time because I gotta watch the tape 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:25.480 to see just how comprehensive it really was. I can't 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:27.960 wait to do it. But first, early on in this game, 0:05:28.160 --> 0:05:31.640 the quick game the first four plays was a running 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.200 play and three quick throws from Tah that gave the 0:05:34.200 --> 0:05:37.160 pass rush no opportunity to make their big plays. You 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:39.880 negate those pass rushers, and that's something I talked about 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.560 all off season with how you could construct an offense 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:46.200 around this quarterback because of the release, because of the footwork, 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:48.080 because of the ability to get the football out quickly. 0:05:48.480 --> 0:05:50.880 Then it kind of pairs up well with the strength 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.679 of TWA's game, and that in itself can help negate 0:05:53.720 --> 0:05:55.839 the pass rush plans. We saw that in terms of 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:57.680 how the play calls went early in the game, and 0:05:57.720 --> 0:05:59.440 it was that way all game long. I mean that 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:03.160 little flat route to Durham Smith coming under the formation 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:06.159 in motion or kind of pulling off like a split 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.440 zone block, and they just dumped the ball off to him. 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:10.480 I mean, that play worked over and over and over 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.960 again and seth Levitt during the game next to me 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:14.240 at one point, I think it was like a one 0:06:14.320 --> 0:06:16.719 or two yard game to Smythe on that play because 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:18.839 they ran it several times. In the game, he said, 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:20.159 I think that's a case of going back to the 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.279 well one too many times, and then a few plays 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:24.200 later they go right back to it. And Smyth has 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:25.719 a big chunk game set up like a second and 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:28.000 short on first down, so that worked out for them 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:30.000 pretty well. He has five catches for three or two 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:32.239 yards in this game, actually had the second most catches 0:06:32.520 --> 0:06:36.200 among Dolphins receivers, tied with Albert Wilson. We're seeing all 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:39.640 kinds of motion return, motion, stacks, bunches, things that can 0:06:39.680 --> 0:06:42.240 give to a pre snap indicators, and then once the 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:45.160 ball is snapped, there are wrinkles on top of wrinkles 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:47.880 that are continuing to play sequence and develop as the 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:51.000 year goes along. How about this as well from the backfield, 0:06:51.600 --> 0:06:53.280 and this will lead to another point here as well. 0:06:53.640 --> 0:06:56.600 In the rushing category, Miles gaskin two rushing touchdowns in 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.600 the game, Philip Lindsay rushes forty two yards and his 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.479 Dolph debut. They carried the ball respectively between Miles and 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:05.960 Lindsay sixteen and twelve times. But it wasn't done right there. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.440 How about a fake quarterback sneak little option flip to 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:13.040 Savon Akhmed for sixteen yards on fourth and inches. I 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:16.880 love that call. Fantastic call to take advantage of the 0:07:16.880 --> 0:07:19.400 aggressiveness of the Panthers defense and get the ball out 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:22.160 on the edge, which they did consistently throughout the course 0:07:22.240 --> 0:07:25.760 of this game. Attack those hair on fire pass rushers 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:27.880 with the running game. It works that way. How about 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:31.040 durham smythe motioning and for a pair of quarterback sneak 0:07:31.040 --> 0:07:33.800 snaps they were both successful. That's awesome. And then two 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:35.680 runs for a big first down late in the games. 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:39.760 You have rushing contributions, passing game contributions from the entire roster, 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.640 up and down the quarterback, running back, and receiver position, 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:44.920 tight end, offensive line, whatever the case was. There was 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.880 plenty of guys involved in this performance. So the whole 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:51.240 damn party was contributing in the running game there And 0:07:51.280 --> 0:07:54.240 to that point, Brian Flores talked about this post game, 0:07:54.280 --> 0:07:56.880 how Philip Lindsay got here on Wednesday night after being 0:07:56.880 --> 0:07:59.559 claimed off waivers by the Houston or from the Houston 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:02.080 Texans other and he's in the game plan for twelve 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:04.680 carries and we'll get his snap count tomorrow, but that 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:07.720 speaks to his preparation and I gotta tell you between 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:11.760 fresh legs and the juice he has on those wide runs. Guys, 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:15.200 I just talked about this that pairs beautifully with Miami's 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:18.000 complex horizontal game and all that shifting in motion and 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:20.400 crossing and mesh and all the high load they can run. 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:23.000 And we talked about some of these busts and coverage 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:25.320 you've seen really just about one per week that Miami 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.760 has taken advantage of over the last month or so, 0:08:28.040 --> 0:08:30.560 and how you can dictate and set the temple or 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.480 set the course for those coverage busts. That's a product 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.600 of the operation. And then when you add Lindsay, like 0:08:36.600 --> 0:08:38.719 when he was rushing for one thousand yards and back 0:08:38.760 --> 0:08:40.960 to back seasons going to a Pro Bowl in Denver 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:42.720 his first two years in the league, it was a 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.160 lot of wide zone, stretch zone stuff, and it's a 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:48.360 phenomenal compliment to what you do well. And I want 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.520 to talk about past protection as well, because that's an 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.960 area where Philip Lindsay was exceptional in this game. I thought, 0:08:54.559 --> 0:08:56.960 and how about this quote which was posted by the 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.760 ESPN Beat writer Marcel My Good good buddy over there 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:02.000 e SPN. He had this or he posted this I 0:09:02.000 --> 0:09:05.640 should say about Philip Lindsay's quote on past protection, and 0:09:05.679 --> 0:09:07.560 he said that doesn't take talent. All it takes is 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:10.720 a termination and effort and being of the dog mentality 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.160 to say, I'm not gonna let my quarterback get hit. Honestly, 0:09:13.480 --> 0:09:15.680 that's what it's all about in my head. How I 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:17.960 process things, and I'm a little bit crazy, but how 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:20.680 I process things is how I'm protecting this man his 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:23.120 health and everything about him. With an he would go 0:09:23.120 --> 0:09:25.280 on talking about how important it is to protect the 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:27.840 quarterback and how that's a big part of the position 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.000 and really the game for his for what he does. 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:32.240 And I love that and he showed it in this game. 0:09:32.320 --> 0:09:34.559 So he comes in and makes a big contribution early. 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:38.880 Then you are continuing to see more creativity. How about 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:41.360 two in the gun with Lindsay dotting him in the 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:45.360 pistol and then wait for it, Preston Williams in a 0:09:45.440 --> 0:09:48.120 single wing. Look. I mean, we're seeing all kinds of 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:50.880 innovative stuff from this game plan. And I thought that 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.680 that they called it positively brilliantly on Sunday Aggressive dictate 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:56.720 the terms get the ball out of to his hands, 0:09:56.960 --> 0:09:59.200 take away their strengths, by going against what they do 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:03.160 well and just getting guys to slow up Burns and Reddick, 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.720 those two pass rushers. They did get one sack, but 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:10.320 guess what that combo of pass rushers which had I 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:12.880 think someone tweeted this week that if they were a 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:16.319 team by themselves, Burns and Reddick, they would bring thirty 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:18.880 in the National Football League in sacks. They're that good. 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:21.560 They were averaging one point five eight sacks per game 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:24.040 coming in and they get just one. And I know 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:26.760 Burns had at least one tackle for loss. I'll have 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:28.800 to circle back on that. He had a big sack 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:30.800 that changed the drive, that basically took a field goal 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.160 chance off the board, and their presence was felt because 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.560 that's what they do. But they didn't wreck the game. 0:10:35.600 --> 0:10:38.040 That's what you have to plan for against the opposition's 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.680 best players. And by the way, Christian McCaffrey ten carries 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:42.920 for thirt or five yards also didn't wreck the game. 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:45.400 That's for the next point. But just a good job 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:48.200 of game planning against the strength of the opposition, both 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.480 offensively in defense, a great job all around by the offense. 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:53.959 The Dolphins are the third team this year to score 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:57.440 thirty points against the number six ranks scoring defense and 0:10:57.440 --> 0:11:00.960 the Carolina Panthers only doc and that x blosive Dallas 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:03.800 offense have done it and Arizona and I would say 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:05.560 it was Kylie Murray, but it was actually Cult McCoy. 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:07.679 But he's playing well for the Cardinals too. So those 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.000 are the teams with Miami that I've scored thirty points against. 0:11:11.040 --> 0:11:14.080 This Panthers defense. You know who else did an awesome 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:18.679 job in this game? Takeaway number two dominant defense baby. 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:21.400 Oh and let's takeaways. Oh and the sacks and QB hits. 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:25.000 The Panthers had seventy two yards on their first seven plays, 0:11:25.559 --> 0:11:27.800 and I mean it was sixty four on one play. 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:29.880 That's an average of ten point three yards per play. 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:33.720 After that, a hundred and twenty six player yards on 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:37.800 forty seven plays, that is two point six eight yards 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:40.840 per play. That'll do. That will do. And you have 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:43.960 Xavien Howard and Javon Holland. And if you recall, I 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:47.200 think it was last week, Xavian basically said, our mentality 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:48.720 is of the balls in the air. I'm gonna get 0:11:48.760 --> 0:11:50.840 it or that guy is gonna get it. High praise 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.920 from your veteran all pro cornerback for your rookie safety 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:57.160 who is now the first safety since twenty our first 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:00.000 defender rather to have two interceptions in a season since 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.960 Nick need him to the back in nineteen. I love 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.760 that comment. Tho both those guys get picks. It's vintage 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.120 Xavian Howard running a route where he basically runs the 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:11.079 route for the receiver where he disrupts him at the 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:13.679 lion scrimmage, disrupts him at the top of the stem, 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:15.960 and then gets in the catchpoint and basically is the 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:19.360 receiver at that point undercutting an incut in breaking route 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:22.000 and he makes the pick for another big play by 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:25.120 Xavian Howard. Javon Holland on his pick, You've got trips 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.319 to the field and he's in a split high safety 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.199 look where Cam Newton has three options to that portion 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:32.240 of the field. They run a post and a corner, 0:12:32.440 --> 0:12:34.840 trying to put Holland in conflict. He's not having that. 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:36.560 He drives in the corner route and makes the big 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.800 play for a pick. Awesome looking rookie for these Miami Dolphins. 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:42.760 So X and Holland doing their thing. They're also heating 0:12:42.840 --> 0:12:45.240 up the Dolphins defense in the pass rush game which 0:12:45.280 --> 0:12:48.319 actually Nick Needham's interception comes off at Andrew Van ginkle 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:51.080 pressure and tipped pass, and Van Ginko had an awesome 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:53.480 game as well. I don't have QB hits yet for you, 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:55.560 but i'll have it tomorrow. I know it was a lot. 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:59.000 Cam Newton from ESPN here twenty three point eight percent 0:12:59.080 --> 0:13:02.760 completion rate in the game was the lowest ever by 0:13:02.760 --> 0:13:06.559 a former National Football League m v P fantastic. Jalen 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.560 Phillips three sacks. What a great game for the rookie 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:13.240 a land and Roberts I thought was tremendous. In this game, 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.680 Christian Wilkins gets a sack, and there's so much that 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:18.079 he does for other guys to actually on one of 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.680 the Phillips sacks, Wilkins set him up and on a 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.200 sack where Phillips had an opportunity for his fourth of 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:26.320 the game and fell off the quarterback. Christian Wilkins cleans 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:29.319 it up because he took on two blockers and cleaned 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:32.960 out a lean Elaine rather for Jalen Phillips to run through. 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:35.000 So he kind of got paid off there for his hard, 0:13:35.000 --> 0:13:36.680 dirty work. But he does so much that you don't 0:13:36.720 --> 0:13:39.960 see if you're just box score scouting, He's a fantastic player. 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:43.079 Emmanuel Ogbad gets a sack, makes it seven straight games 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.360 as well with a line of scrimmage, batted pass a 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.240 past defense. He leads all defensive lineman in the National 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:51.760 Football League in that category. Talked about Roberts though he 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.480 was fantastic. I thought him and Jerome Baker had a 0:13:54.480 --> 0:13:57.680 fantastic game. Van Ginkel was exceptional off the edge his 0:13:57.760 --> 0:13:59.959 sack or his pressure that he had on Cam new 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:01.840 And where he hit him on the blindside and kind 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:04.160 of jarred that ball free for a a fluttering pass there. 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.439 He has an excellent pass rush move where he dips 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:09.240 under the punch of the Panthers left tackle. He didn't 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.280 even get touched on that thing. He played tremendous in 0:14:11.280 --> 0:14:14.000 this game. I thought Zack Seeler continued his dominance in 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:16.400 the run and well as well in the pass brush 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.760 game as he applied some pressure there too. I thought 0:14:18.840 --> 0:14:21.800 ray Kwon Davis was tremendous. I think I'm missing something here, 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:25.320 but this Dolphins defense. Eric Rowe some great tackling in 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.800 this game and a more elevated snap count in the 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:30.480 replace of the injured Brandon Jones, and on that topic, 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.560 I mean Javon Holland, you know, kind of quarterback in 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.440 the defense from that back end, one of those signal 0:14:35.440 --> 0:14:38.280 caller positions. With a bit of a change in the lineup. 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.920 With no Brandon Jones in this game, he's back there 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:44.640 communicating things. I didn't see any breakdowns or any coverage bust. 0:14:44.640 --> 0:14:47.120 They were pretty sharp in that regard all game long. 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:48.800 So for him to be able to do that, to 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:50.640 play up on the line of scrimmage, to wheel out 0:14:50.680 --> 0:14:52.200 and get back to the middle of the field, to 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.000 cover out in a slot, whatever the case may be, 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:57.320 he was on it today. And this Dolphins defensive flexibility, 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.120 I thought you saw that too because Eric Rowe a 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.760 few times lined up in slot coverage, which Brandon Jones 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:05.360 has done, but he stops right in. Next man up. 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.480 They get the job done. This Dolphins defense right now 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:13.000 is tracking better over the last four games then they 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:15.400 did last season when they were a top was a 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.920 six or seven scoring defense, when they were the best 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:20.480 third down defense and best takeaway defense in the National 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:24.480 Football League sample size. Absolutely, but that's what you want 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.320 to see, third downs, takeaways, points. They're not allowing anything 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:30.200 right now. And hopefully they keep that rolling because if 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:31.960 they do that, they're gonna have a chance to win 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:34.880 every single game they play. They're heating up as they 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:37.280 do in this month. Brian Flores post Halloween and his 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:41.400 career here, sixteen and six, he's ten and three in November. 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:44.520 Let's look at Carolina's drive chart here, real quick, blocked 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:47.040 punt which, by the way, it was justin Coleman's fourth 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.760 career touchdown. Great staff there too, interception returns, a fumble return, 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:53.920 and now a blocked punt return. And let's actually we'll 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:55.320 go ahead and say that, give me a second, I'm 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:57.160 a little bit hot right now, guys. We'll come back 0:15:57.200 --> 0:16:00.240 to that blocked punt touchdown. That was the Panthers only 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:04.520 really good drive of the game. Interception, interception, punt, punt, punt, 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:07.480 field goal after a fumble return took them down into 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:10.080 field goal range. They run one play, it's a successful 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:14.360 field goal, punt punt interception downs. So let's take out 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:20.440 that field goal real quick after the touchdown. Interception, interception, punt, punt, punt, 0:16:20.440 --> 0:16:27.400 punt punt interception downs. That will work. Takeaway number three, walla, walla, walla, wattle, Wattle, 0:16:27.440 --> 0:16:30.920 Wattle and twa. These two guys man against the top 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:34.160 ranked passing defense in the National Football League. Jailean Wattle 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:36.480 goes over one hundred yards and the first half. He's 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:39.560 the first ever Dolphins receiver, or rather the first Dolphins 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:41.480 receiver to go over a hundred yards in the first 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:43.720 half of a game since Joachim Grant did it on 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:47.320 Christmas Eve seen up in Kansas City. He's also on 0:16:47.360 --> 0:16:50.480 pace to break both reception and receiving rookie records by 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:53.160 a Miami Dolphins rookie. His twenty five yard catch to 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:56.400 kick things off, I thought that was fantastic, where you 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.560 get that big play to kind of start the game, 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:01.960 set the tone and really make the Panthers aware of 0:17:02.000 --> 0:17:04.800 his speed, his explosiveness and where they want to go 0:17:04.840 --> 0:17:07.560 with the football. Ten targets, nine catches, a hundred and 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.720 thirty seven yards in this game and they touchdown. Also, 0:17:10.840 --> 0:17:14.080 the play before that, or before thee of the Brian 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:16.720 bird Strip sack he was he was opened down field, 0:17:16.720 --> 0:17:18.359 but two wouldn't have time to get down there to him, 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.159 so he had a chance for even more yardage. We 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.480 talked about it all the time, but he continues to 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:25.640 make plays down the field. The touchdown cats was so 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:28.520 impressive for a speed guy to go in between two defenders, 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:31.040 ball right between those defenders. He goes up and to 0:17:31.280 --> 0:17:34.080 a trusts him because he makes that catch and he 0:17:34.119 --> 0:17:36.600 does the stick route. I mean, to run a stick 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.159 route against zone coverage in those areas and to know 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:42.520 you're gonna get hit and secure that football. Fantastic work. 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:45.199 And the accuracy of that throw, the accuracy of the 0:17:45.240 --> 0:17:48.040 third and six play where they gain eleven yards and 0:17:48.080 --> 0:17:52.159 convert their I mean, waddle got fouled multiple times on 0:17:52.200 --> 0:17:55.920 that route. He's held at the line, he gets held 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:57.840 again at the top of the route. He still breaks 0:17:57.880 --> 0:17:59.680 it off and still makes a contested catch as the 0:17:59.720 --> 0:18:02.600 balls on the outside shoulder away from danger from Tah. 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:05.760 That connection is really coming along here. And Brian Flores 0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:07.440 and two A Tongue of Baloo both talked about the 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:10.199 way this kid prepares, how he's in early, how he 0:18:10.240 --> 0:18:13.159 sets himself up for the production that he has by 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.440 the way he prepares and gets himself ready to play 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:18.000 all positions on the offense. He's really doing it this 0:18:18.080 --> 0:18:21.040 rookie season. He's having a fantastic rookie year and he 0:18:21.080 --> 0:18:24.280 also came to his postgame media wearing sunglasses. So that's 0:18:24.280 --> 0:18:26.600 about where it looks for him right now. He's bawling, 0:18:27.240 --> 0:18:29.600 So was the guy that throwse accurate passes? How about 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:31.920 the first sixteen career starts for two a tongue of 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:33.359 blog and now in the books, you want to hear 0:18:33.400 --> 0:18:36.520 those numbers. I do three hundred and fifty one completions 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:38.920 on five hundred and twenty four attempts. That's sixty seven 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:43.000 percent completion for the layman, two thirds three thousand, five 0:18:43.080 --> 0:18:45.720 hundred and fifteen yards. That's about six point eight yards 0:18:45.720 --> 0:18:49.920 per pass, twenty one touchdowns, eleven picks, a nine point 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:52.000 five passer rating, and why don't we go ahead and 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:55.159 sprinkle in six rushing touchdowns to go along with that? 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:58.399 And a nine and seven record as a starter. Hopefully 0:18:58.400 --> 0:19:00.320 he can continue to build that win lost red, But 0:19:00.880 --> 0:19:02.880 that's a pretty good start for the first sixteen games 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:04.919 with a player's career. He looks the part. He has 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:07.760 surpassed a one hundred passer rating and four of his 0:19:07.840 --> 0:19:11.240 last five appearances his first half passer rating in this game, 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:13.919 when you know it got lopsided there towards the end, 0:19:13.920 --> 0:19:15.720