WEBVTT - Drive Time: Dolphins 2025 Schedule Matchup Previews 0:00:08.520 --> 0:00:11.680 Buckle up for some breakdowns. What is up, Dolph fans, 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:14.760 and welcome to the Draft Time Podcast. I am your host, 0:00:14.800 --> 0:00:19.239 Travis Wingfield. On today's show, yesterday's schedule breakdown was kind 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:22.400 of the appetizer to the main course, which is today. 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:27.480 This is basically a Thursday in season game preview show 0:00:28.160 --> 0:00:32.360 seventeen times over condensed into one episode from the Baptist 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:34.919 Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:38.239 This is the Draft Time Podcast. 0:00:40.680 --> 0:00:43.599 First, please start off by pulling out the world's tiniest 0:00:43.680 --> 0:00:46.280 violin while I'll tell you that I had half the 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.640 schedule done with before my word doc just up and 0:00:49.760 --> 0:00:52.400 vanished like the podcast Tara Grinstead style. 0:00:53.000 --> 0:00:54.880 So I hope the rehearsal run. 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.120 Just means my show is going to be even better 0:00:57.160 --> 0:00:59.720 because I had to rewrite about half of my copy 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:04.240 notes and facts and observations and x's and oh's breakdowns 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.280 for this episode for you guys. So two times is 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.640 a charm apparently, And I'm not going to read off 0:01:09.640 --> 0:01:12.080 the schedule again. It is Thursday morning. You've heard the 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:14.200 schedule by now go check it out if you have 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:16.800 not seen it. We're gonna get into the entire schedule 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:20.240 and break it down starting right now. And the Colts 0:01:20.280 --> 0:01:21.720 one of the teams that I was hoping to catch 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:25.000 early on for a few reasons, number one being the 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:27.640 lack of defensive continuity they come into the season with. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:29.200 But this is also one of the few teams on 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:31.760 the schedule who we don't really know who the opening 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:35.600 day quarterback is going to be. And I'm a Colts 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:39.400 fan and they start this season with Daniel Jones, I'd 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.679 be kind of irate because I just don't get drafting 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:46.600 Anthony Richardson at that position and then giving him the 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:49.600 runway you gave him and settling for a quarterback that 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.160 just proved for what six years, he wasn't the answer 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:55.200 in New York. I wouldn't understand that if that happens. 0:01:55.360 --> 0:01:57.360 I still think Richardson should have gotten more reps last 0:01:57.400 --> 0:01:59.520 year to close out the season or to not get benched, 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.600 I should say during the season. But I think that 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.240 the best way you can rectify that is to get 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.520 him a full season's worth of work this time around, 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:10.040 provided he can stay healthy. And those two quarterbacks I 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:15.919 mean talk about being diametrically opposed. Richardson has really struggled 0:02:15.919 --> 0:02:18.360 with his processing and accuracy, but still has some pretty 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:20.920 crazy flashes of brilliance. And he's had games when he 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.520 puts it all together, especially when he can, you know, 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:25.600 get down to the red zone and use the added 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:27.480 threat of the running game with his legs and what 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:30.040 he offers in that aspect of it. Whether it's him 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:32.920 or Jones, you know, Shane Steichen's going to construct a 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.919 solid plan of attack that challenges your rules. And they've 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:40.000 built a pretty interesting group of eligibles between Downs and 0:02:40.080 --> 0:02:44.960 Alec Pierce and Michael Pittman and Ashton Doolan and a 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:48.400 Donnie Mitchell and Tyler Warren did I get that name wrong? 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:51.040 And they're all different players, and while there's probably not 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.239 a clear cut number one among that group, they're pretty 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:56.800 deep and diverse. And that's after a pretty strong running 0:02:56.840 --> 0:02:58.800 game with one of the best running backs in the league, 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:01.520 or at least it won. They've got to now replace 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:05.920 stalwarts Ryan Kelly and Will Fries. But and that's another 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:07.200 part that I like about this is they're going to 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:09.880 have a brand new battery combination a new guard as 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:13.119 well to deal with Zach Steeler and Kenneth Grant, who, 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:16.520 by the way, early returns on KG. We like what 0:03:16.560 --> 0:03:19.600 we see so far, but there is a likely competition 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:21.120 to find out who's going to be that center and 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.680 right guard, and that's a pretty sizable shift from their core. 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:26.000 You know, if you can stifle their run game with 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:28.440 a quarterback who doesn't see the fill particularly well and 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:30.680 eats a lot of sacks, you know, either quarterback for 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:32.519 that matter, that could be a good combo for the 0:03:32.560 --> 0:03:35.400 Dolphins in this opening game. I really like their front 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:40.000 with with Layatu Latu, DeForest Buckner, Grover Stewart, Quitty, pay 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:44.119 sandsim Ebu, kom Taekwon Lewis, the rookie j T. Tomolalu 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:47.320 got that wrong. It's a deep group with Zayire Franklin, 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.720 a Pro Bowl linebacker behind them. But cornerback depth has 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:54.080 kind of been the bugaboo for them for a while, 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:56.360 and a lot of teams have that as a potential 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.280 hole on their roster right now. If cornerback's a tough 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.640 position to fill out, and especially with all the you know, 0:04:01.720 --> 0:04:04.160 all the big time athletes go to receiver in college 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.680 these days, so cornerbacks are tougher to find. But they 0:04:06.720 --> 0:04:10.880 did bring in Travarius Ward, the former Niners cornerback who's 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:12.320 on the wrong side of thirty, so they're gonna have 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:14.680 to find the fountain of youth there. But with Juju, 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.120 Brents Blossoming, and Kenny Moore, there's a pretty good one 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.920 through three. But that's one newcomer. They're gonna have a 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:23.119 new safety alongside new safety Cameron bind him as well, 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.279 so I think that that's gonna be a tough adjustment 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:26.760 for them to get those guys ready to rock and 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.440 roll from day one with a new DC. No less, 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:31.800 I think one of the biggest additions that any team 0:04:31.839 --> 0:04:34.359 made this offseason. We talked about this on the Wednesday 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:38.120 podcast was lou Anarumo, their defensive coordinator. But I think 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:41.440 that he'll get that back seven coordinated and have plenty 0:04:41.480 --> 0:04:43.479 of rush options at some point. Will it happen in 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.039 Week one? I ventured a guest no, but could be 0:04:46.120 --> 0:04:49.240 wrong on that. I think it's they'll have all their 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:52.320 rush options that he can feature with a pretty an 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:55.560 improved back seven, assuming they can get you know, up 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.200 to speed in time. So not the biggest test in 0:04:58.240 --> 0:05:00.680 Week one on the schedule, but not the game either, 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.520 so kind of a good spot to land there. Week 0:05:02.600 --> 0:05:05.440 number two against the Patriots the one o'clock kickoff. The 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.520 Patriots went through a dip. There's almost like a necessity 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:10.720 after the run they had right for twenty years of 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:14.440 just brilliance and championships and banners, and the season starts 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.200 on Divisional round weekend. But they appear to be on 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.720 the correct side of climbing out of that. And Mike 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:22.080 Rabel was a great hire for them, if nothing else 0:05:22.760 --> 0:05:26.159 then employing a defensive system that has provided some issues 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:28.760 for the Dolphins when he was with the Titans. Of course, 0:05:28.800 --> 0:05:30.919 twenty twenty one game that was against an offense that 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:34.000 lacked imagination, so I don't put too much stock into that, 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.320 but they clamped us pretty good in that game. But 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:40.000 more recently and more applicable, the twenty twenty three game, 0:05:40.000 --> 0:05:41.599 the Monday Night game that was really kind of the 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:44.960 downturn of things that season, but they kind of got 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:46.680 the most of the Dolphins in that game. But also 0:05:46.760 --> 0:05:49.760 last year's Monday Night game with Tyler Huntley at quarterback 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:53.120 completely stomped us out in that one. So I think 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:56.160 Rabel does a good job of making offenses play left 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.880 handed and kind of spam the middle of the field. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.159 Find out where the back side of your reads going 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:03.480 to be and maybe make that week side corner or 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:05.800 weak side linebacker kind of fit into the run game more, 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.480 maybe abandon his post as a pass player a pass 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.479 game player. And it's going to be important for the 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.320 Dolphins and Tua McDaniel to be to identify that stuff 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.400 and get themselves a win. And what I think is 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:18.440 a pretty big early season test for Miami and the Patriots, 0:06:18.440 --> 0:06:20.960 both teams. If either team comes out of this game 0:06:21.320 --> 0:06:22.880 with a win, they're going to feel good about their 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.359 season going into week number three. So I think we 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:29.839 have to find a way to attack that approach defensively, 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.400 because they want to let you have that completion if 0:06:32.440 --> 0:06:34.400 you're willing to take it and then rally up and tackle. 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:35.960 And if they give that to John hus Smith, or 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:38.080 if they give that to Devon a Chan, or they 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.560 give that to even Pharaoh Brown, like, okay, we'll bet, 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:43.120 We'll try to see if you guys can tackle them. 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.800 We've previously picked apart the Patriots defense, and there's a 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.719 reason Tua is unbeaten against them because he just had 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.000 the answers to that test. He would identify stuff motion 0:06:53.200 --> 0:06:55.760 pickoff man coverage, anticipate and put the ball on the 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:57.719 money throughout the course of those games and put some 0:06:57.760 --> 0:07:00.520 gaudy stats up. But there's been a philosophic shift for 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:05.000 this defense. Where previously it was like light boxes, invite 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.320 the run. We'll be happy to have you guys run 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.440 for two hundred yards if you just don't throw the 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.080 ball against us. But Rabels Titans teams and this is 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:14.120 kind of an old school thing for him, was like, 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:15.920 you will not run the ball at all. And that's 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:19.000 why we drafted Demandre Sweat to play inside last year, 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:21.480 even though Rabel's gone. But this will be yet another 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:25.840 example of running out a bit of newly focused offense 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:29.760 with bigger bodies versus you know, inside versus a team 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:33.160 that has paired Milton Williams with Christian Barmore and paired 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:36.560 July Tavia with Robert Splaine. And this is not the inside, 0:07:36.560 --> 0:07:39.200 but getting Carlton Davis to go with Christian Gonzalez, with 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.680 Marcus Epps teaming up with Kyle Dugger on the back end, 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:43.600 they got a lot better than the teeth of their defense. 0:07:43.800 --> 0:07:45.720 And I imagine that Rabel's going to have a kind 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:48.240 of run first mentality there. But the big question for 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:50.800 the Patriots in terms of their defense, it looks vastly 0:07:50.840 --> 0:07:54.000 improved from a personnel standpoint, is where is the pass 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:55.720 rush going to come from? Because they did sign Harold 0:07:55.760 --> 0:07:58.520 Landry off of an injury, and he was struggling before 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.160 he got hurt, So I don't know if that's the 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:03.600 kind of jewel that you're looking for there. But man, 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:06.080 I think this defense is poised to be pretty damn good, 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:08.000 and most of that comes from the structure and the 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.960 coaching of it and present some new challenges to the 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:13.360 Miami Dolphins. And this is a good early season test 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:15.760 to see how far we've come in our ability to 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:17.800 adapt and adjust our scheme to what the league has 0:08:17.840 --> 0:08:20.040 done to kind of take things away from us. And 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.040 I'm happy this game is in Week two because I 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:24.960 think you can kind of introduce some potential breakdowns or 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:27.560 miscommunications with how they want to be interchangeable from those 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.040 safeties which I think they're going for with you know 0:08:30.160 --> 0:08:32.439 what the Bills had for Poyer and Hide for so long, 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.440 but that and the matchup of Wreak and Waddle on 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.880 gunzale Sin and Davis is about as good as the 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.080 Sauce and Reid battles over the year against the Jets. 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.000 So there's a bunch of good on good in this game. 0:08:42.040 --> 0:08:43.640 But the big question will be for the Patriots on 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.600 offense the second year growth of Drake May, who folks 0:08:46.600 --> 0:08:48.480 have kind of already like planted the flag that he's 0:08:48.480 --> 0:08:49.520 a franchise quarterback. 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:50.440 I see it. 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:51.840 I can see where they're going with that, but I 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:53.600 tend to want to give those guys more time. I 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.800 think the second year of rookie quarterback, of a newly 0:08:57.200 --> 0:08:59.520 highly drafted quarterback, people tend to think like that's going 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.240 to be some revelation year. 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:03.120 It doesn't always go that way, but he did. 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.920 Far exceed expectations last year, especially to me with how 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:06.800 he saw the field. 0:09:07.120 --> 0:09:08.560 I think he looks really good. 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:10.400 I love how they've built it around him, even if 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.840 it's not ready to mature just yet, maybe a year 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.400 or two away. With Kyle Williams and Trevion Henderson will Campbell, 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:17.400 I think he's gonna be just fine. 0:09:17.520 --> 0:09:17.880 Tackle. 0:09:18.200 --> 0:09:21.200 I thought that if Henderson, if it wasn't for Ashton Genty, 0:09:21.480 --> 0:09:23.560 that Henderson would would have been running back one this 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:26.920 year and most years for me. But with Stefan Diggs 0:09:26.920 --> 0:09:30.320 and some good tight ends. Beyond that, it's still very thin. 0:09:31.240 --> 0:09:32.840 Like if they lose one of those guys to injuries, 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.480 all of a sudden, you're talking about playing Javon Baker 0:09:35.559 --> 0:09:37.760 or Jalen Polk who had really rough rookie years, or 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:41.040 Matt Collins, like that was the big acquisition outside of 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.480 Stefon Diggs. And since our secondary is kind of the 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:45.440 question mark, I think you can win that matchup that 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:48.200 matters here and get them where you're stronger elsewhere. They've 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.439 made some progress on an offensive line that has been 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:53.480 really bad the last couple of years. Morgan Moses provides 0:09:53.520 --> 0:09:55.560 some stability if he can stay healthy, because if he 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.280 just he's been healthy, but he's aging, and that allows 0:09:58.360 --> 0:10:00.559 him to keep Michael on Win who inside. I liked 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:03.640 the Garrett Bradbury signing. They were kind of kind of 0:10:03.640 --> 0:10:06.000 weak at center for years because David Andrews had so 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:09.280 many injuries and health issues but nothing he can control there. 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:11.800 But Garrett Bradbury brings some stability if they want to 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:13.800 play him at center or play a cold strange at 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.640 guard or center who also has his own injury history. 0:10:16.880 --> 0:10:20.040 Josh McDaniels is back, and that's perhaps the most fascinating 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.680 point to me. I thought we did a terrific job 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.839 in both matchups last year, but the game down here 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.199 because it was Drake May. You know, we're jumping hot 0:10:29.320 --> 0:10:31.720 routes and getting after their banged up offensive line, but 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.360 then May would have some creative play type of reps 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:38.000 off structure, but outside of that, we really suffocated that offense. 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.120 So this year, he'll have more answers and a more 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:41.760 experienced play caller, So I think this will be a 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:45.200 tough matchup provided we can generate some of those same pressures, 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.440 get his head swimming a little bit, and hopefully keep 0:10:47.480 --> 0:10:49.360 their point total down because I think that this will 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:51.240 be probably one of those, you know, twenty four to 0:10:51.360 --> 0:10:53.839 seventeen type of games like they tend to be against 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.040 these Patriots, at least the Patriots of old before we 0:10:56.120 --> 0:10:58.320 kind of stomped him out the last couple of years. 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.559 And then Week three on the road Buffalo Thursday Night Football, 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:05.360 my obligatory divisional matchup commentary that is often about execution 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:08.160 when it comes down to this level of familiarity. We 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:11.320 are now on year four of Mike McDaniel versus Well 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:15.160 mc Sean McDermott. I had mcdee versus mcdee second straight year, 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:18.080 if weaver versus Joe Brady, But it starts with McDermott 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:20.360 and that defense against our offense. Right we've seen this 0:11:20.400 --> 0:11:22.120 offense have a ton of success in the run game 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:26.559 against Buffalo, and when we run the ball versus when 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.400 we don't is usually the difference between the game staying 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:31.920 close and coming down to the wire versus it getting 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:33.200 away from us, where we have to kind of go 0:11:33.280 --> 0:11:35.680 for these fourth downs and turn it over on downs 0:11:35.679 --> 0:11:37.760 and give Josh Allen short fields and before you know it, 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.680 it's a twenty one point difference. But when we run 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:43.320 the ball and control the clock and keep Allen off 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:46.040 the field, it gives us this offensive balance for efficiency. 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:48.680 That Week nine game last year was the second highest 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:52.760 EPA per play allowed by a Bill's defense since McDermott 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.720 arrived back in twenty seventeen. So you almost couldn't have 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.440 played it better offensively. Of course, we lose a damn 0:11:58.440 --> 0:12:01.040 game on a sixty yard field goal after egregious fifteen 0:12:01.120 --> 0:12:04.280 yard penalty on Jordan Poyer. Not an ingregious call, it 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.240 was a great call, but an egregious penalty, and that 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.200 game up there in twenty twenty two came down to 0:12:08.200 --> 0:12:10.199 the end as well. We went over two hundred yards 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:11.960 on the ground on that one. The game we won 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:14.720 that season here in Miami was not as good on 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:16.440 the ground, but we had the run game going the 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.440 twenty twenty three finale, we were rolling on the ground 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:19.839 in the first half of the game before kind of 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:22.160 getting away from it. So they're going to play that 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:25.360 nickel base defense led by Tarren Johnson, the best slot 0:12:25.360 --> 0:12:27.760 cornerback in football. And we've been over this, right, but 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:31.840 I'm so fascinated to see what our offense looks like 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.760 in general, but mostly against Buffalo because to me, this 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.040 is a defense that you have to have your ability 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:39.440 to pivot and adapt against that we haven't seen for 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:41.880 the last couple of years. If my inclination is right, 0:12:42.160 --> 0:12:45.840 and we see more power football, more under center, more balance, 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.680 more of a true bell cow back option, then I 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:51.200 think Buffalo is the team that we stand to upgrade 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:55.440 our most the most against with that change in approach. 0:12:55.840 --> 0:12:58.440 They're built to beat us as previously constructed. So do 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:00.480 we have a change up to the fastball now and 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.280 McDermott is so damn good at coaching up a secondary 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.719 to play to its rules and spam the middle of 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:09.040 the field and create defensive vulnerabilities that are tough areas 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.280 to attack and to access. And we have to find 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.400 a way to access those areas. But they want to 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.760 squeeze us and limit our big play offense and try 0:13:15.760 --> 0:13:17.680 to you know, compeun mistakes which in front of that 0:13:17.720 --> 0:13:20.160 crowd can happen with false starts and holding calls and whatnot. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.800 Now offensively for them, yeah, it starts with Josh Allen, right, 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.960 I mean, the guy has been a pain against US forever. 0:13:26.440 --> 0:13:28.080 You know, you can get a series or a quarter 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:30.640 sometimes even in an entire half where he's not feeling it, 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:32.760 but it's pretty rare that you hold him down for 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:33.480 sixty minutes. 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:35.360 So you need to score to beat them. 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.400 But I really felt that Anthony Weaver's playing against them 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.160 last year with bracket rushing, the sim pressures, look the 0:13:41.200 --> 0:13:43.680 occasional bits that does come and hopefully get home. I 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:47.760 think it did well enough to limit him enough last season. 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.720 In fact, Allen had the lowest season cumulative passer rating 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.400 in the two games against US since his rookie year 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.520 back in twenty eighteen. He also had a lower cumulative 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.960 passer rating against US last year than he did the 0:14:00.120 --> 0:14:03.000 other fifteen opponents. So I think it's the Anthony Weaver 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:07.040 effect that you effectively got the worst Josh Allen performance 0:14:07.040 --> 0:14:09.600 against you in his entire career, even though it's still 0:14:09.640 --> 0:14:12.800 pretty good. I think this defense, our defense has better 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:16.320 athletes this year to contend with Josh Allen as a runner. 0:14:16.360 --> 0:14:18.640 And then the part that made Buffalo really tough last 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.720 year their emphasis in the running game because of not 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:25.000 just the defensive tackle additions, but the type of defensive 0:14:25.000 --> 0:14:27.520 tackle additions. I think we're better equipped to defend the 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:30.320 run from those lighter boxes because of a player like 0:14:31.640 --> 0:14:34.840 Kenneth Grant. I almost haid Kevin Grant and the linebacker overhaul, 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:37.280 and their question remains at the receiver position right, and 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:39.520 ours is the defensive backfield. So it's kind of an 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:42.440 interesting offset there. They keep adding the same type of guys, 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:46.240 you know, Elijah Moore. I like Curtis Samuel, but he 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:50.600 hasn't produced in a long time. Keon Coleman, I thought 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:53.360 the way they draft has been interesting to me. I 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:55.400 wasn't a fan of key On Coleman's game. I don't 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.160 care for Landon Jackson or Dion Walker's game, who at 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:00.000 three hundred and forty pounds got pushed around a whole 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.320 bunch in the SEC. And they're gonna have to have 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:05.520 Maxwell Harriston hit otherwise they're gonna be playing like Dane 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:09.560 Jackson and I don't even know who's beyond that in depth, 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.120 some younger rookies too, because they're gonna have to find 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.600 you know, Maxwell Harrison as a starter. Otherwise is gonna 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:17.440 be going deep into an area that's not very deep. 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:20.240 They had such good health on the offensive line. Their 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:23.000 lowest offensive line snaptaker last year was nine hundred and 0:15:23.080 --> 0:15:25.840 fifty one freaking snaps over eighty five percent, and that's 0:15:25.880 --> 0:15:27.840 coming off a season where they had all five guys 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.520 not miss a snap on the offensive line. Those guys 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:34.000 Cook and Allen, that's the calling card. With a more 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:37.640 balanced run game nature and then well coached defense, hopefully 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:40.000 we can find a game plan that works. You get 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.320 a sharp two of performance, you run the football, maybe 0:15:42.400 --> 0:15:45.120 Josh Allen's a couple of mistakes wind up in your hands, 0:15:45.160 --> 0:15:47.880 and you get a defensive a big defensive takeaway and 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.240 you score would be a massive, massive early season to win. 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:52.920 Always a tough matchup against these dudes. It's gonna be 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.560 a long podcast. We're gonna keep rolling here before we 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:57.320 get to the breakers too. One more game they will 0:15:57.360 --> 0:16:00.280 take our first break week four against the Jets. It's 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.800 nice to get some new blood in the division, just 0:16:02.800 --> 0:16:05.160 because I feel like I've kind of done the same 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:08.080 preview show the last few years here on the Jets 0:16:08.120 --> 0:16:10.720 and Bills and sort of the Patriots. Even with the 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.280 coaching change last year, it was still a Belichick protege, 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:16.280 so it's similar. And I say this in the Jets 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:19.800 matchup portion because even though it's new, I'm not sure 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:23.600 how different it'll be. I'm talking about style core philosophy. 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:27.640 Aaron Glenn oversaw the most aggressive defense in the NFL, 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.040 and they earned that honor in spite of having the 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:33.480 most injuries on defense in the entire league. But they 0:16:33.520 --> 0:16:36.600 weren't going up there with a sacrifice bunt mentality. They 0:16:36.600 --> 0:16:38.280 were trying to hit the ball over the fence and 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:40.800 put up a crooked number on you and force the issue. 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.760 The most man coverage in the league, second highest blitz 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:45.960 ray and of course it's a Dan Campbell philosophy. But 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:49.400 Dan Campbell sought out Aaron Glenn because he didn't share 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.600 those philosophies. No, of course Aaron Glenn felt the same 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.240 way and he thrived in that environment. Aaron Glenn did 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:57.200 and with Sauce and Michael Carter. No more DJ Reid 0:16:57.200 --> 0:17:00.400 who went to You guessed it the Lions that was 0:17:00.440 --> 0:17:02.800 built over the course of four years to play one gap, 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.840 hair on fire, get downhill defense. I would be pretty 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:10.200 shocked if that changes. What did change was the aforementioned personnel. 0:17:10.200 --> 0:17:13.199 With DJ Reid gone, it'll likely be Brandon Stevens, who 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.639 had a really really rough twenty twenty four year at 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:18.760 the Ravens or rookie Isaiah Thomas, who is a third 0:17:18.840 --> 0:17:20.880 round draft pick out of Florida State who didn't run 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:23.040 very well at the combine. It's pretty similar in the 0:17:23.080 --> 0:17:26.080 front though. The Williams Bros. With Quinn and Quincy, Jamie 0:17:26.080 --> 0:17:29.199 and Sherwood replaced CJ. Moseley last year very effectively. He 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.480 steps into the starting role with a new contract. They 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:34.040 need young players to step up to provide them with 0:17:34.040 --> 0:17:36.600 a pass rush off the edge because I think, like 0:17:36.640 --> 0:17:38.560 I think, this matchup is Taylor made for us to 0:17:39.160 --> 0:17:40.720 really get after them, And it would be nice to 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:42.600 be at least two and one coming into this game 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.040 and then get like a lopsided victory over your rival 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:47.720 on Monday night to kind of dispell the you know, 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:51.320 the whole the nationally televised game idea. And I think 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:53.359 this matchup sets up well for you to do that, 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:56.040 because if you want a Blitz to always be my guest, 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:58.000 I think that's where he's best. And I think our 0:17:58.040 --> 0:18:01.320 pass protection is vastly to what they offer as a 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:03.840 pass rush on paper right now. And then if you 0:18:03.880 --> 0:18:06.959 want to play press man without a quality four man 0:18:07.040 --> 0:18:09.159 pass rush, which they just don't have the guns for 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:12.560 that right now, on us on me, Tobias Harris over me, 0:18:13.000 --> 0:18:15.720 Sorry for a Jimmy Butler dropped there, but you want 0:18:15.720 --> 0:18:18.200 to play one gap downhill against an outside zone team. 0:18:18.240 --> 0:18:20.280 To me, this scheme is where we go back to 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:22.800 our old ways and we face Buffalo. You see the 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.439 pivot vision, but this game, I think you can attack 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:27.520 them with what you already have built in and you 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.040 can you can put some points up on these guys. 0:18:29.160 --> 0:18:31.439 The bigger changes for them are on the outside, you know, 0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:32.840 on the other side of the ball. I should say 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.080 Justin Fields bring some of the best legs in the 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:39.560 league at the quarterback position, and Glenn brought Tanner Engstrand 0:18:39.560 --> 0:18:42.360 from Detroit with him. He was the pass game coordinator there. 0:18:42.560 --> 0:18:44.600 I think you're asking for a pretty you know, pretty 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:47.280 challenging start or year for the offense with a quarterback 0:18:47.280 --> 0:18:48.840 that doesn't see the field. It's been a knock on 0:18:48.920 --> 0:18:51.200 him for his whole career, a first time play caller 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.800 whose experience is very limited, and a skill group that 0:18:53.840 --> 0:18:56.800 beyond Garrett Wilson to me, is pretty below average. The 0:18:56.880 --> 0:18:59.119 offensive line, though, is where the investment is on the 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:00.720 side of the ball, and it's it's very good. I 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:03.479 think it's the best offensive line they've had since the 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.720 AFC Title Game teams with the brickishaff Ferguson and Nick Mangold. 0:19:06.920 --> 0:19:09.919 I think Josh Myers is their first reserve off the 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:12.879 bench and he starter quality. So to have Fashanu who 0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.040 is awesome and Membu at tackle, I think both those 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:17.080 guys are going to be studs. With Simpson who was 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:19.760 excellent last year, Vera Tucker who's very good when he plays. 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:21.800 He's been injured a lot and then Joel Tipman a 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:24.320 very good center. There's not a weak link in there. 0:19:24.359 --> 0:19:26.560 I imagine they'll hope to recreate what the Lions had 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:29.359 with Montgomery and Gibbs, with Bresee Hall and Braylan Allen, 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:32.080 but you're kind of lacking in the skill department there, 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:34.160 and try to utilize some of the zone read stuff 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:36.560 and get Fields as a dangerous runner to go with 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:38.880 a good defense. I imagine that's the vision that Aaron 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:41.600 Glenn has. Well, it happened this year. We'll see, but Fields, 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:44.440 he's the only runner that concerns me. I think that 0:19:44.480 --> 0:19:47.679 Breeze Hall's pretty much a replacement level. But then Garrett 0:19:47.680 --> 0:19:49.520 Wilson's also the only skill player that I think can 0:19:49.560 --> 0:19:52.320 truly hurt you. But I think Weaver can kind of 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:55.639 take those two aspects and handle them and put the 0:19:55.680 --> 0:19:57.719 rest of the offense in a locker. To me, this 0:19:57.800 --> 0:20:00.680 is the the on paper, the easy matchup of the 0:20:01.119 --> 0:20:03.520 year so far. To me, it was Brown Saints and 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:05.920 Jets twice, not because the Jets are necessarily gonna be 0:20:05.960 --> 0:20:07.520 really bad, but I think the way we match up 0:20:07.520 --> 0:20:10.480 against them really really benefits the Miami Dolphins. All Right, 0:20:10.600 --> 0:20:12.720 we are what twenty minutes in first break in the 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.320 podcast right there, come back on the other side and 0:20:15.359 --> 0:20:18.240 get some more opponent breakdowns. Draft Time Podcasts brought to you. 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:18.920 By Auto Nation. 0:20:22.320 --> 0:20:25.879 I only just now realized after doing schedule stuff the 0:20:26.000 --> 0:20:29.480 entire week that our first four games are against. 0:20:29.280 --> 0:20:30.440 The old AFC East. 0:20:30.640 --> 0:20:33.040 Like I knew the Bills, Jets, Patriots obviously, but week 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:35.240 one against the Colts, We're all playing old AFC East 0:20:35.280 --> 0:20:37.640 teams to kick it off, and then in week five 0:20:37.720 --> 0:20:40.440 we go across the conference of the Carolina Panthers, and 0:20:40.480 --> 0:20:43.720 they're gonna have a lot of positive buzz and expectations 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:45.560 going into this year, which is a lot more than 0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:47.960 you thought. After they benched Brice Young last year, it 0:20:48.000 --> 0:20:49.200 kind of fe like they're gonna have to go through 0:20:49.320 --> 0:20:50.360 another like quick. 0:20:50.160 --> 0:20:52.800 Hard reset, especially at the quarterback position. 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:55.920 But he responded nicely and finished out the year with 0:20:55.960 --> 0:20:58.159 a competitive team, a nice change from early when they 0:20:58.160 --> 0:21:00.760 were just getting destroyed every week and had an offense 0:21:00.800 --> 0:21:04.200 that couldn't really compete. With Bryce on that rookie deal, 0:21:04.200 --> 0:21:07.000 They've been aggressive the last two years and they've reshaped 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.080 his confidence with an aggressive mindset that utilizes vertical concepts 0:21:10.320 --> 0:21:13.399 that requires elite communication and challenges in your deep and 0:21:13.440 --> 0:21:16.439 intermediate seams with that great Dave Canalis system. But a 0:21:16.440 --> 0:21:18.600 big reason why I want to see the Fins attack 0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:21.600 the back seven with players like ify, like Willie Gay, 0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:25.040 guys that can impact multiple levels of the defense, was 0:21:25.080 --> 0:21:28.520 to take on this new age offensive concepts that want 0:21:28.520 --> 0:21:31.160 to stretch you vertically and replace you in the intermediate 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:33.359 with the football. And that's what Canalis has done with 0:21:34.720 --> 0:21:39.240 Baker Mayfield two years ago. And now I'm getting text 0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:42.720 from somebody, and now with friggin Bryce friggin Young. 0:21:42.840 --> 0:21:43.040 You know. 0:21:43.359 --> 0:21:46.320 But see, here's the thing with resources is you have 0:21:46.359 --> 0:21:48.680 to spend them correctly. And here we are going into 0:21:48.680 --> 0:21:51.240 the third year of Bryce Young and it's Chuba Hubbard, 0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:55.440 Rico Daddle in the backfield, Ted McMillan, Adam Thielen, Xavier 0:21:55.480 --> 0:21:58.240 like Get and Tommy Tremble and Jade Sanders. I mean, 0:21:59.119 --> 0:22:01.960 is that any better than like the twenty eighth best 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:06.240 group of eligibles? You know, they went hard after the 0:22:06.240 --> 0:22:08.720 offensive line a year ago and Rob Hunt and Damian Lewis, 0:22:08.720 --> 0:22:10.600 which a little fighted in the middle of the offensive line, 0:22:10.720 --> 0:22:13.040 Cade Myers at center. They clearly wanted to go big 0:22:13.080 --> 0:22:15.960 across the interior and kind of protect a five foot 0:22:16.040 --> 0:22:18.760 nine quarterback. But we also have the gun to compete 0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:20.840 with that with Zach Seeler and now Kenneth Grant, who 0:22:20.840 --> 0:22:23.000 I think can give anybody issues with what I've seen 0:22:23.040 --> 0:22:25.800 from him against this quarterback. I just overload the a 0:22:25.960 --> 0:22:28.920 gaps and pressure and interior with with Brooks and Gay 0:22:28.960 --> 0:22:32.080 and Doddson running off Stealer and KG and just folding 0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:34.680 him or making him flee out the pocket and make 0:22:34.720 --> 0:22:37.560 poor decisions out there. I really like their defense from 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:41.480 a structure and personnel standpoint. It's a Fangio offshoot with 0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:44.920 zero everro plenty of variations of cover two and four 0:22:44.960 --> 0:22:46.359 and six where they can get to those looks with 0:22:46.400 --> 0:22:48.920 pre snap presentations and disguises. J C. 0:22:49.160 --> 0:22:50.680 Horn is the star of the show. 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:53.160 Back there got a big time contract and we'll see 0:22:53.160 --> 0:22:55.919 if the former Koug Go Koog's Shaw Smith Wade can 0:22:55.960 --> 0:22:58.000 capture one of the other two jobs up for grabs. 0:22:58.240 --> 0:22:59.879 But that's kind of where they're thin. Bigs. 0:23:00.400 --> 0:23:03.439 Cornerbacks and secondaries are a bit thin these days. But 0:23:03.480 --> 0:23:05.479 the safety is they got I like quite a bit. 0:23:05.560 --> 0:23:08.480 Trayvon merrig Nick Scott will compete with lath and Ransom, 0:23:08.480 --> 0:23:10.040 I imagine for the other starting job, but I think the 0:23:10.080 --> 0:23:12.440 rookie will win that position. That's a really smart to 0:23:12.520 --> 0:23:14.280 good group back there on the back end. Now, even 0:23:14.320 --> 0:23:16.920 with stability on the coaching staff, that's a whole bunch 0:23:16.920 --> 0:23:19.880 of change, and I think our refocused approach could help 0:23:19.960 --> 0:23:22.680 us kind of set them up to tenancy break. Maybe 0:23:22.680 --> 0:23:23.840 you come out of the gates a little bit early 0:23:23.880 --> 0:23:25.639 and they're like expecting one thing and you hit them 0:23:25.680 --> 0:23:28.080 with something else and before you look, it's fourteen to nothing, 0:23:28.400 --> 0:23:31.639 And just be deeper into our menu and we can 0:23:31.720 --> 0:23:34.280 win the game early with our weapons versus a pretty 0:23:34.280 --> 0:23:36.800 new secondary struggle to find their footing, and with our 0:23:36.840 --> 0:23:38.920 guns as a pass rush up front to reck shop 0:23:38.960 --> 0:23:41.480 against a five foot nine quarterback. In week six, we'll 0:23:41.480 --> 0:23:45.560 face the Chargers, and so much has changed since we 0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:48.639 saw them in that twenty twenty three opener. Down to 0:23:48.720 --> 0:23:51.960 the total philosophical shift from Staley to Harbaugh. No one 0:23:52.040 --> 0:23:54.720 popularized going for it on fourth down more than Staley 0:23:54.720 --> 0:23:57.640 as a rookie, right while Harbaugh subscribes to the notion 0:23:57.680 --> 0:23:59.320 that any drive that ends in a kick is a 0:23:59.320 --> 0:24:01.680 good one. Hey Seth and OJ eat your heart out, 0:24:01.680 --> 0:24:05.080 but I hate that philosophy. Ball control early two thousands, 0:24:05.160 --> 0:24:07.280 keep it close to the fourth quarter, try to win 0:24:07.320 --> 0:24:10.280 the game there Dave Wanstead's style. I imagine this game 0:24:10.320 --> 0:24:12.880 will come down to that again, and I'd much rather 0:24:13.080 --> 0:24:17.080 our guy than their guy in that spot, who constantly 0:24:17.119 --> 0:24:22.520 takes game clinching sacks, who throws picks to close out games, 0:24:22.640 --> 0:24:25.040 or just flat out fails four downs and out, much 0:24:25.200 --> 0:24:27.399 like when Tua went down the field and put a 0:24:27.400 --> 0:24:30.680 game winning touchdown on the board and then Herbert took 0:24:30.680 --> 0:24:33.320 two sacks on his encore opportunity and the game came 0:24:33.359 --> 0:24:35.520 to an end. And while that was their m last 0:24:35.600 --> 0:24:38.639 year to keep the game close, and quite frankly with 0:24:38.640 --> 0:24:41.480 how the league has changed quick aside, like I forget 0:24:41.480 --> 0:24:43.720 who set up, but I fully subscribe to the idea 0:24:43.800 --> 0:24:45.960 that more games are lost than one in the NFL, 0:24:46.320 --> 0:24:48.840 and in this new era where the bridge like middling 0:24:48.920 --> 0:24:51.240 quarterback has kind of viewed as taboo and teams rather 0:24:51.320 --> 0:24:54.080 trot out like a Spencer Ratler than a Derek Carr, 0:24:54.119 --> 0:24:56.760 for instance, as long as you can play mistake free, 0:24:57.400 --> 0:24:59.040 there's a lot of wins to be had out there. 0:24:59.640 --> 0:25:01.440 Where you I don't have to be spectacular, just don't 0:25:01.480 --> 0:25:03.600 make mistakes like the Chargers and Falcons game last was 0:25:03.640 --> 0:25:05.679 a great example of that, you know, watching for our 0:25:05.680 --> 0:25:07.639 playoff hopes, and the Falcons had chances to win that 0:25:07.680 --> 0:25:10.000 game five freaking times, and they turned it over five 0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:11.760 times and the Chargers still won by four points. In 0:25:11.760 --> 0:25:13.920 that game, the Chargers just kept going three and out 0:25:13.920 --> 0:25:16.000 and keeping the Falcons in the game, but the Falcons 0:25:16.000 --> 0:25:18.200 lost it rather than the Chargers winning it. So if 0:25:18.200 --> 0:25:20.280 you do that, you can win eleven games and then 0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:22.439 get embarrassed in the playoffs by a quality team. But 0:25:22.520 --> 0:25:24.760 back to the point, they are even more that style 0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:27.280 of that team. Now, Nage Harris was the start, and 0:25:27.320 --> 0:25:29.119 you guys heard me in the Freesing podcast, I didn't 0:25:29.119 --> 0:25:31.320 see the vision for that player there. But then they 0:25:31.400 --> 0:25:34.000 draft Omary and Hampton, and I like Hampton, He's fine. 0:25:34.119 --> 0:25:37.399 Harris's I think, is already long in the tooth, and 0:25:38.160 --> 0:25:41.480 to me, going Hampton over Matthew Golden, that kind of 0:25:41.520 --> 0:25:44.440 solidified who they want to be, right, especially coming back 0:25:44.440 --> 0:25:46.680 with Trey Harris. In the next round, they brought back 0:25:46.720 --> 0:25:49.000 Mike Williams, and this is probably a Herbert thing because 0:25:49.000 --> 0:25:51.600 it's always been that way pre dating Harbaugh. They get 0:25:51.640 --> 0:25:55.480 these tall, contested catch guys opposed to Lad McConkey. Who, Hey, look, 0:25:55.520 --> 0:25:57.399 you got a quick twitch guy and he's a freaking 0:25:57.440 --> 0:25:59.320 already one of the best players in the game. So 0:25:59.400 --> 0:26:01.920 all of that tell me this that you need size 0:26:02.080 --> 0:26:04.840 across the board, really, but especially in the secondary. And 0:26:04.960 --> 0:26:06.879 haven't we been talking about that in the podcast as 0:26:06.920 --> 0:26:09.120 a theme now even the udfas they targeted and BJ 0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:12.240 Adams right, they are big, long, lanky press corners. We 0:26:12.240 --> 0:26:14.720 heard about Rasul Douglas as a possible fit here and 0:26:15.080 --> 0:26:17.920 getting Iffy and Ardie Burns and BJ Adams like length 0:26:18.040 --> 0:26:21.159 man coverage. The vision it's you can handle guys like 0:26:21.200 --> 0:26:23.639 this when you have that style of football player. This 0:26:23.720 --> 0:26:26.920 is another good example of how you need a multifaceted 0:26:26.920 --> 0:26:28.640 team in this league. You probably stay in a base 0:26:28.680 --> 0:26:30.399 defense in this game because they're going to be a 0:26:30.400 --> 0:26:32.199 lot of two back and two tight end sets and 0:26:32.760 --> 0:26:34.800 run the ball and second down to nine. They're going 0:26:34.880 --> 0:26:36.800 to try to win the one on one contested options 0:26:36.840 --> 0:26:38.679 on the outside and the vertical routes. This is one 0:26:38.680 --> 0:26:41.960 of those quarterbacks that we talked about Stafford perty Stroud, 0:26:42.040 --> 0:26:45.520 Gino Smith, you know when when there's mobility, but you 0:26:46.080 --> 0:26:48.439 can collapse a pocket on him and fool him with 0:26:48.520 --> 0:26:51.560 presentation and get sacks that way and game changing plays 0:26:51.600 --> 0:26:54.159 that way. That's all the makings of a fun matchup. 0:26:54.200 --> 0:26:55.919 To me, I really can't wait for this game, and 0:26:56.119 --> 0:26:58.119 I want to. I really want to beat them by 0:26:58.160 --> 0:27:00.680 quite a lot, and that defense, to me, is still 0:27:00.760 --> 0:27:02.800 kind of a work in progress. I love dayon Henley 0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:05.840 Go Koog's, but there's no real edge rush presence outside 0:27:05.880 --> 0:27:08.960 of Tapolut. I can't say his name. It's the Polynesian 0:27:09.000 --> 0:27:11.199 dude that had a great year last year. He's a 0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:13.760 good player. Khalil Mack, I think is on the back 0:27:13.840 --> 0:27:15.879 end of things. But the secondary is the same as 0:27:15.880 --> 0:27:18.879 the receivers. They're longer and slower players. I think that's 0:27:18.920 --> 0:27:22.560 a terrible matchup against Tyreek and Gilen Waddle and League 0:27:22.640 --> 0:27:24.760 Washington and all the guys we have done here. I 0:27:24.760 --> 0:27:27.359 think we can compete with their physicality on defense and 0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:30.440 then hopefully shred them offensively and get things we want 0:27:30.480 --> 0:27:33.560 done that way. Week seven at the Cleveland Browns, one 0:27:33.600 --> 0:27:35.600 of the few teams on our schedule where I truly 0:27:35.640 --> 0:27:37.520 have no idea who the hell of quarterback's going to be. 0:27:37.800 --> 0:27:40.520 I guess Flacco, but they traded a fifth for Pickett, 0:27:40.560 --> 0:27:42.760 spent a third on Gabriel, a fifth on Sanders, and 0:27:42.800 --> 0:27:46.200 Watson still there despite retelling his achilles probably not playing 0:27:46.200 --> 0:27:48.040 this year. I don't think we have to do a 0:27:48.040 --> 0:27:50.159 lot beyond this. If there's any of those guys starting, 0:27:50.200 --> 0:27:52.520 you have to dominate this game. The theme across all 0:27:52.520 --> 0:27:54.880 these quarterbacks is there really isn't a fleet of foot 0:27:54.920 --> 0:27:57.120 player in their group, and the way that we can 0:27:57.160 --> 0:28:00.000 create game plans that force those quarterbacks deep into their progression, 0:28:00.560 --> 0:28:02.639 changing the launching point with all the rushes and the 0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:06.400 sim pressure looks. I mean, even again, Stafford Stroud, Gino 0:28:06.440 --> 0:28:08.920 Purdy to some degree, some of the best quarterbacks in 0:28:08.960 --> 0:28:12.159 the league who are elite, who are not elite runners. 0:28:12.520 --> 0:28:14.080 We kind of got after those guys, and I would 0:28:14.080 --> 0:28:16.399 say Rogers was the one quarterback of that protype that 0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:19.399 really gave us fits last year, but he's also so 0:28:19.600 --> 0:28:22.520 known for his processing. The offensive line is healthy for 0:28:22.560 --> 0:28:24.240 the first time in a while for the Browns, but 0:28:24.280 --> 0:28:26.199 I think you could say that we're close to the 0:28:26.320 --> 0:28:29.199 end of the line on that group, right it's been 0:28:29.200 --> 0:28:31.600 together for like five plus years now, and I say 0:28:31.600 --> 0:28:34.159 that because they're all beyond thirty, and they fought a 0:28:34.160 --> 0:28:40.360 lot of injuries lately with Ethan Posik, Wyatt Teller, Joel Botonio, 0:28:40.440 --> 0:28:44.800 and Jack Conklin. Only Buttonio last year didn't miss multiple games. 0:28:45.120 --> 0:28:48.560 Everybody else has missed multiple games each of the last 0:28:48.600 --> 0:28:51.440 three seasons. And that's without talking about the young guys 0:28:51.440 --> 0:28:53.840 in Jedrick Wills and Dewan Jones, who both have been 0:28:53.880 --> 0:28:56.360 on IR the last two years also, So it's a 0:28:56.360 --> 0:28:59.200 tough group to project. I'm really curious to see what 0:28:59.240 --> 0:29:02.240 it looks like schemat because Stefanski is off the same 0:29:02.320 --> 0:29:05.160 tree as McDaniel, right, but he adjusted his entire system 0:29:05.200 --> 0:29:07.680 for Watson and now it's back to Flacco, who had 0:29:07.720 --> 0:29:09.360 that great run at the end of twenty twenty three 0:29:09.440 --> 0:29:11.360 in this offense. So I'm curious to see what that 0:29:11.400 --> 0:29:14.720 looks like. But defensively, they're pretty loaded. I mean, I love, 0:29:15.240 --> 0:29:18.160 you know, Mason Graham and Carson Schweeshinger are good fits there. 0:29:18.400 --> 0:29:21.800 They did already announce that j Oka Jeremiah Wusu Koramoa 0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:24.600 is going to miss the entire season. I just hate injuries. 0:29:24.600 --> 0:29:27.640 Turn them off Madden Game please. But Sweeshinger, as you 0:29:27.680 --> 0:29:30.600 all know, is a plug and play guy for me. Garrett, 0:29:30.640 --> 0:29:32.640 Denzel Ward, they have some nice parts there. For that 0:29:32.680 --> 0:29:35.080 Jim Schwartz defense who blitz at the tenth highest rate 0:29:35.160 --> 0:29:37.400 last year, I imagine he wants to reduce that a 0:29:37.480 --> 0:29:39.520 little bit. So we have to be on our p's 0:29:39.560 --> 0:29:42.280 and ques. With the timing rhythm nature of the passing 0:29:42.320 --> 0:29:44.920 offense against a drop seven, they can create pressure upfront 0:29:44.920 --> 0:29:48.080 with Mason Graham, with Miles Garrett and company upfront. They 0:29:48.160 --> 0:29:50.000 passed on the second pick of the draft and I'm 0:29:50.000 --> 0:29:51.480 glad we don't have to face Travis Hunter now this 0:29:51.600 --> 0:29:54.040 year and really loaded up on future capital. So it's 0:29:54.120 --> 0:29:56.400 possible that this team is a threat a year or 0:29:56.440 --> 0:29:58.920 two down the road. But if they come into this 0:29:59.000 --> 0:30:01.320 game zero to five or one and six, whatever it 0:30:01.400 --> 0:30:03.960 might be, my math is off there, Like you could 0:30:04.000 --> 0:30:06.160 see a team that's already like on to twenty twenty six. 0:30:06.200 --> 0:30:08.200 What time to get to this game? We gate the 0:30:08.240 --> 0:30:10.720 Falcons the match up here. I'm really excited to see 0:30:10.720 --> 0:30:12.840 what Michael Pennix looks like this year, and I'd feel 0:30:12.840 --> 0:30:15.320 pretty pretty good about it. If I'm a Falcons fan, 0:30:15.760 --> 0:30:17.680 he kind of has to be right. They traded next 0:30:17.760 --> 0:30:19.680 year's one to get back up the twenty six for 0:30:19.760 --> 0:30:22.560 James Pierce. So for that trade to have good value, 0:30:22.600 --> 0:30:24.720 you have to the Falcons basically have to go to 0:30:24.800 --> 0:30:28.240 the what divisional round of the playoffs to pick later 0:30:28.280 --> 0:30:30.240 than twenty six and even then, Like it's not exactly 0:30:30.280 --> 0:30:32.720 how it works, but man, you could that could be 0:30:32.800 --> 0:30:34.280 like a top fifteen pick. They gave it to get 0:30:34.320 --> 0:30:36.600 James Pierce. Kind of weird for a team that's young 0:30:36.640 --> 0:30:38.720 but needs to win now with a GM head coach 0:30:38.800 --> 0:30:41.800 combination that hasn't really had the success they need to 0:30:41.960 --> 0:30:44.440 keep things going there. They've been looking for a pass 0:30:44.520 --> 0:30:47.160 rush for what seems like two decades now, and they 0:30:47.160 --> 0:30:49.360 do double dip. It'll be up to Raheem Morris and 0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:52.880 Jeff Olbrick to create a scheme around the athletic rush 0:30:52.920 --> 0:30:55.600 ability of Jalen Walker and James Pierce. But the first 0:30:55.640 --> 0:30:58.400 mission is to find where Walker fits exactly. I mean, 0:30:58.400 --> 0:30:59.880 I'm sure they know and have a plan for that, 0:31:00.040 --> 0:31:02.320 but that was part of the pre draft conversation. Where 0:31:02.360 --> 0:31:04.400 does he play and how fast can he get up 0:31:04.440 --> 0:31:06.400 to speed? I think that we have the guns and 0:31:06.400 --> 0:31:08.320 the tackles to handle guys that are trying to figure 0:31:08.400 --> 0:31:10.960 things out, because I think that Austin Jackson is a 0:31:11.000 --> 0:31:13.600 technical monster, and I think Patrick Paul's going to be 0:31:13.640 --> 0:31:15.200 just fine, as you guys have heard on the podcast 0:31:15.240 --> 0:31:17.200 many many times. And I think this was a good 0:31:17.280 --> 0:31:20.360 landing spot because this whole defense for those two players, 0:31:20.360 --> 0:31:23.320 I should say, because this whole defense is built on speed, 0:31:23.720 --> 0:31:26.280 lean muscle mass, and quick twitch movement to contend with 0:31:26.320 --> 0:31:29.160 today's speed. I mean those guys, you know, Leonard Floyd 0:31:29.200 --> 0:31:31.960 also is an edge Troy Anderson, Caden Ellis. It kind 0:31:31.960 --> 0:31:34.240 of reminds me of those Colts defenses of the Tony 0:31:34.320 --> 0:31:37.479 Dungee years with Gary Brackett and Dwight Freeney and Robert Morris. 0:31:37.800 --> 0:31:41.240 Like finesse is the wrong word, but it's more sacrificing 0:31:41.320 --> 0:31:44.240 size for speed. And that's where some added beef and 0:31:44.280 --> 0:31:46.400 a deeper run game menu comes into play for the 0:31:46.400 --> 0:31:48.400 Miami Dolphins. Right. I feel like we're at this critical 0:31:48.440 --> 0:31:52.760 intersection of NFL football where some teams are still in 0:31:52.840 --> 0:31:55.360 the speed range mode and other teams have begun to 0:31:55.360 --> 0:31:58.760 pivot more towards bigger, physical at the cost of speed. 0:31:59.160 --> 0:32:01.520 So if you can find kind of the happy medium 0:32:01.520 --> 0:32:03.840 there and be both, like we've talked about with the 0:32:03.920 --> 0:32:08.720 Jonah Saba Naya edition the James Daniel addition, then you're 0:32:08.720 --> 0:32:10.520 equipped to deal with the changes of opponents on a 0:32:10.560 --> 0:32:12.360 week by week basis, maybe you can get the best 0:32:12.400 --> 0:32:15.360 of both worlds. But back to their offense, Man, you 0:32:15.440 --> 0:32:18.280 have to impact this offense by limiting the run game 0:32:18.320 --> 0:32:20.160 and getting after the quarterback. Penex is not a big 0:32:20.200 --> 0:32:22.560 time mover and he can sometimes get a little bit 0:32:22.600 --> 0:32:24.600 bogged down in the middle of the field, and b 0:32:24.720 --> 0:32:26.600 John Robinson could be the best damn back in the 0:32:26.640 --> 0:32:28.240 game for my money in football. 0:32:28.240 --> 0:32:29.400 So easier head than done. 0:32:29.400 --> 0:32:32.240 But man, with London and Pitts and Mooney and Bijehon 0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:35.480 and Tyler Algier, Penex is a pretty good cast around him. 0:32:35.560 --> 0:32:38.320 It's the second year under offensive cording to Zach Robinson, 0:32:38.360 --> 0:32:41.880 who comes from that Rams tree, so identifying matchups, being 0:32:41.920 --> 0:32:44.520 on the same page from jump picking up motions and 0:32:44.560 --> 0:32:47.640 shifts and bumps and maintaining gap control. I think what 0:32:47.760 --> 0:32:50.360 we've done up front and the verstail linebacker room we've 0:32:50.360 --> 0:32:53.040 had we've built here gives us our best chance to 0:32:53.080 --> 0:32:55.200 match up with these dudes and go get a big 0:32:55.320 --> 0:32:57.120 w All right, should we take a break? Greade there, 0:32:57.200 --> 0:32:59.120 Let's do one more team here, So the Ravens in 0:32:59.160 --> 0:33:03.840 Week number nine. Since missing at least one game for 0:33:04.160 --> 0:33:06.480 the first five years of his career four in twenty 0:33:06.520 --> 0:33:09.400 twenty one, four and twenty twenty two, Laura Jackson has 0:33:09.440 --> 0:33:11.720 played every game each of the last two years, except 0:33:11.760 --> 0:33:13.840 for resting in Week eighteen when they had nothing to 0:33:13.840 --> 0:33:16.200 play for back in twenty twenty three. I lead off 0:33:16.240 --> 0:33:18.959 with this because well, that's where it starts, right. They 0:33:19.000 --> 0:33:22.360 added Derek Henry and that was just a perfect, perfect 0:33:22.360 --> 0:33:26.560 compliment to one another. And I think if you could 0:33:26.640 --> 0:33:29.280 ask for more of the Rayvens offense, it would be 0:33:29.280 --> 0:33:31.640 in the passing game. But Lamar has has become so 0:33:31.760 --> 0:33:35.520 advanced in both his decision making and the way he 0:33:35.680 --> 0:33:38.520 processes from a running standpoint, and the way his legs are. 0:33:38.600 --> 0:33:42.720 At this stage of his career, you can't really stop him. 0:33:42.760 --> 0:33:44.680 You can contain him a little bit, I guess, because 0:33:44.680 --> 0:33:46.640 he can tear you apart on schedule, but also reduce 0:33:46.720 --> 0:33:49.000 the mistakes that he might make because he's not seeing it, 0:33:49.200 --> 0:33:50.719 because he knows that he has a legs to get 0:33:50.800 --> 0:33:53.400 himself out of the trouble. He just presents so many challenges. 0:33:53.400 --> 0:33:56.280 He's an MVP candidate every single year. And with Henry 0:33:56.360 --> 0:33:57.760 you kind of have to pick one or the other, 0:33:57.920 --> 0:34:03.440 especially after this offense line, which underwent an overhaul last year, 0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:06.560 really gelled about mid season and with Todd Monkin marrying 0:34:06.640 --> 0:34:08.799 all of that together into this perfect scheme that can 0:34:08.840 --> 0:34:11.200 stretch you, that can dominate the point of attack, that 0:34:11.280 --> 0:34:14.560 can play explosive or grind it out. This isn't like 0:34:14.600 --> 0:34:17.120 a top offense, and I think you try to limit 0:34:17.200 --> 0:34:20.319 Lamar Jackson first and just deal with the repercussions of that. 0:34:20.400 --> 0:34:22.080 Maybe try to take care of the run game through 0:34:22.120 --> 0:34:25.000 your own offense having success. But for sure a game 0:34:25.080 --> 0:34:26.960 you have to have probably thirty points to win, right, 0:34:27.239 --> 0:34:30.319 especially with them getting brent Zay Flowers back, who missed 0:34:30.320 --> 0:34:32.200 the playoffs last year and was a big reason why 0:34:32.239 --> 0:34:35.399 that they lost the Buffalo game. On the other side, well, hey, 0:34:35.560 --> 0:34:38.319 we practice against this scheme every single day, right. Zach 0:34:38.480 --> 0:34:40.880 Orr is in year two of that DC roll up 0:34:40.880 --> 0:34:43.319 there just as Weave is here for us. But where 0:34:43.360 --> 0:34:45.319 I think the Ravens can carry over their end of 0:34:45.360 --> 0:34:48.839 seasons success compared to early in the year. When they 0:34:48.960 --> 0:34:52.440 really struggled last year was by drafting Malachi Starks. They 0:34:52.520 --> 0:34:55.719 leaned on Kyle Hamilton when he replaced Marcus Williams as 0:34:55.760 --> 0:34:58.279 the free safety back there, but it really reduced his 0:34:58.360 --> 0:35:00.920 ability to be the kind of problem solver across the defense. 0:35:00.920 --> 0:35:02.920 He had to play more in the post to make 0:35:02.920 --> 0:35:05.640 sure things were tidy up top. I think Starks allows 0:35:05.680 --> 0:35:08.120 Hamilton to move back into that role, and I wrote 0:35:08.120 --> 0:35:10.759 our Darius Washington is a huge, big nickel safety, but 0:35:10.800 --> 0:35:12.879 he just tore his achilles, so they have a huge 0:35:12.920 --> 0:35:14.719 gap there at safety, which imagine they're going to go 0:35:14.760 --> 0:35:17.360 after someone on the market now that Washington's down. But 0:35:17.760 --> 0:35:20.200 they also got another cornerback in chidoh Woose who I 0:35:20.239 --> 0:35:22.439 think is good enough to give them some life there. 0:35:22.680 --> 0:35:25.440 And Marlon Humphrey and Jalen armor Davis who really elevated 0:35:25.440 --> 0:35:28.440 his game last year. They did lose Michael Pierce to retirement. 0:35:28.640 --> 0:35:30.960 And if you recall that twenty twenty three game, we 0:35:31.040 --> 0:35:33.319 ran the ball really well, including early in the game 0:35:33.400 --> 0:35:35.600 with the screen game as well. That's a good way 0:35:35.600 --> 0:35:38.759 to remove, you know, Nom Deimatawik from things so to me, 0:35:39.280 --> 0:35:40.880 you have to get the ball on the edge and 0:35:40.920 --> 0:35:43.840 get him. Travis Jones, Broderick Washington, all these big bodies. 0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:47.200 You gotta wear those guys down. They have waves of rushers. 0:35:47.239 --> 0:35:50.080 It's all tied together by roquand Smith. I think it's 0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:52.480 the toughest game we have all year, even at home 0:35:52.560 --> 0:35:55.279 on a short week. But this is to me, this 0:35:55.320 --> 0:35:57.319 is probably the Super Bowl team I'll pick again I 0:35:57.320 --> 0:35:59.360 did last year. I'll probably pick him again. I just 0:35:59.400 --> 0:36:01.400 think the Ravens are a very very good team. All right, 0:36:01.480 --> 0:36:03.279 let's go ahead and take our last break right there. 0:36:03.360 --> 0:36:05.640 We have three more repeat games. We'll skip over those 0:36:05.840 --> 0:36:08.880 and get to you guys, the Commander's breakdown. The Saints, 0:36:09.320 --> 0:36:13.080 the Steelers, the Bengals, the Bucks. That's all next Draft 0:36:13.120 --> 0:36:15.759 Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by 0:36:15.800 --> 0:36:22.479 Auto Nation, and we're off to Spain for a Commander's breakdown. Here. 0:36:22.560 --> 0:36:25.840 I am so so fascinated to see what the Commanders 0:36:25.880 --> 0:36:28.040 look like this season. A terrific run to the NFC 0:36:28.160 --> 0:36:30.560 Championship game a year ago. A rookie quarterback who was 0:36:30.600 --> 0:36:32.760 better than Stroud in twenty twenty two, better than Herbert 0:36:32.760 --> 0:36:35.000 in twenty twenty. I mean he has a chance to 0:36:35.080 --> 0:36:38.560 be something really, really special, and that was evident last 0:36:38.640 --> 0:36:41.640 year after one period of joint practices down here. Like 0:36:41.800 --> 0:36:45.640 any team in that spot, they went aggressive this offseason 0:36:46.040 --> 0:36:48.520 and one offseason after. It was sort of an afterthought 0:36:48.520 --> 0:36:51.200 in terms of guys like Eckler and Bobby Wagner and 0:36:51.280 --> 0:36:54.319 Dorence Armstrong, like it wasn't sexy, but those guys were 0:36:54.320 --> 0:36:57.399 all critical parts of a title team, right, a title 0:36:57.440 --> 0:36:59.800 game team, I should say, I love them getting Tunzel 0:37:00.160 --> 0:37:03.240 and Josh Connery to solidify the outside with a pretty 0:37:03.280 --> 0:37:05.640 good interior already in place. They add Michael Gallup and 0:37:05.680 --> 0:37:09.600 Deebo Samuel to Terry McLaurin zach Ertz still there right. 0:37:10.320 --> 0:37:11.480 What a loaded group that is. 0:37:11.719 --> 0:37:14.000 And the way Daniels can spread the ball around and 0:37:14.080 --> 0:37:15.640 see it and get it out quickly. This is an 0:37:15.640 --> 0:37:17.480 offense you kind of have to take your lumps against 0:37:17.520 --> 0:37:21.719 because the horizontal spacing paired with how Daniel sees it 0:37:21.880 --> 0:37:24.880 and can get it wide like on the perimeter with 0:37:24.920 --> 0:37:27.279 easy gas, but can also hurt you with the run. 0:37:27.600 --> 0:37:30.200 He can just really stress so many areas of your defense. 0:37:30.239 --> 0:37:32.239 It's a lot. We've said this about a few of 0:37:32.280 --> 0:37:34.560 the teams on here, but you have to pick your 0:37:34.560 --> 0:37:36.960 poison with these quarterbacks that have both the running feature 0:37:37.000 --> 0:37:40.640 and the big time processing on defense dan Quinn structure 0:37:40.680 --> 0:37:42.759 of the zone heavy defense. They want to confuse your 0:37:42.800 --> 0:37:46.560 protection with alignment and rush games and this uber athletic front. 0:37:46.840 --> 0:37:49.640 It's imperative for us and by week eleven, you hope 0:37:49.640 --> 0:37:52.480 you're at this level for us to be super well 0:37:52.480 --> 0:37:55.000 communicated and for Tua to be able to get to 0:37:54.960 --> 0:37:58.200 the lane scrimmage and really decipher what he's seeing. Frankie 0:37:58.239 --> 0:38:00.680 Luvu go Koogs is a big for them, kind of 0:38:00.719 --> 0:38:03.600 their their chest piece in the middle, but he's like 0:38:03.640 --> 0:38:05.400 the wild card that changes the way they can get 0:38:05.400 --> 0:38:07.560 to their pressure looks and back out. And when you 0:38:07.600 --> 0:38:09.440 do all of that, the run game is where you 0:38:09.480 --> 0:38:11.719 can find success and get them out of their all 0:38:11.760 --> 0:38:13.960 their window dressing. And that's where I think you have 0:38:14.000 --> 0:38:16.520 to attack this game with the Dolphins heavy heavy inside 0:38:16.560 --> 0:38:19.040 run game and try to force those guys to bring 0:38:19.040 --> 0:38:21.239 players down into the box and not play from light 0:38:21.239 --> 0:38:24.040 boxes and not allow them to get into their their 0:38:24.080 --> 0:38:27.320 deep pass rush menu. So look at this one, perhaps 0:38:27.400 --> 0:38:29.720 loading up a heavy inside run game to limit Daniel's 0:38:29.719 --> 0:38:32.799 possession and effectively reduce what makes their scheme go best 0:38:32.880 --> 0:38:35.440 of both worlds by week in week twelve and then 0:38:35.480 --> 0:38:38.600 the Saints in week thirteen. The Derek Carr news broke 0:38:38.680 --> 0:38:41.799 last weekend, and now it's Tyler Shook, Jake Hayner and 0:38:41.840 --> 0:38:44.800 Spencer Rattler. They were zero and six last year under Ratler. 0:38:45.000 --> 0:38:47.479 Kellen Moore takes over now with Doug nust Meyer, who's 0:38:47.520 --> 0:38:50.800 the father of Garrett nuss Meyer Lsu who could be 0:38:50.840 --> 0:38:54.280 a first round pick next year. That's the OC think rhythm, quick, 0:38:54.280 --> 0:38:56.360 set up, ball out, and man, they have some weapons 0:38:56.400 --> 0:38:58.680 a lave. I wish Love could stay healthy because he 0:38:58.719 --> 0:39:02.000 is so damn good. Hid Shaheed's fun. I love Brandon Cooks, 0:39:02.000 --> 0:39:05.200 Foster Moreau, Taysom Hill, Jawan Johnson, and then with Alvin 0:39:05.239 --> 0:39:08.440 Kamara and the offensive line that on paper has the parts. 0:39:08.480 --> 0:39:10.640 I mean, they've had to kind of reinvest in a 0:39:10.640 --> 0:39:13.560 position group they missed on. They missed on Trevor Penning, 0:39:13.600 --> 0:39:16.120 he has not worked out. Ryan Ramcheck is probably going 0:39:16.160 --> 0:39:17.359 to call it a career. He's going to be out 0:39:17.360 --> 0:39:20.359 for the year already. And Kelvin Banks their first round 0:39:20.360 --> 0:39:22.440 pick slots in there so you've kind of had to 0:39:22.520 --> 0:39:26.520 replace mistakes with high draft capital. It's a good way 0:39:26.520 --> 0:39:29.080 to lose, you know, areas of your football team. They 0:39:29.120 --> 0:39:31.319 took t Lasi Fuaga last year in the first round, 0:39:31.360 --> 0:39:33.960 so like to three tackles in four years with a 0:39:33.960 --> 0:39:37.680 solid interior and Caesar Luiz and Eric McCoy and competition 0:39:37.719 --> 0:39:39.480 for the other spot. I think this figures to be 0:39:39.560 --> 0:39:42.920 a run heavy attack with a young, inexperienced quarterback. I 0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:45.640 don't know, guys, I'm trying my best here. This is 0:39:45.680 --> 0:39:47.400 the worst quarterback room a team has gone to a 0:39:47.440 --> 0:39:50.279 season with in a very long time. Brand Stalely's back 0:39:50.360 --> 0:39:51.920 is the DC. I think that he could go back 0:39:51.920 --> 0:39:54.520 to shining with what he does best at creating pre 0:39:54.560 --> 0:39:57.120 snapped diskuise that finds a way to generate pressure through 0:39:57.160 --> 0:40:00.000 fire zones paired with sim pressures and the same defense 0:40:00.239 --> 0:40:03.080 presentation that rotates differently. And he's got some pretty good 0:40:03.120 --> 0:40:07.440 parts for it with with Chase Young, Cameron, Jordan, Carl Granderson, 0:40:07.480 --> 0:40:09.600 a nice one through three on the outside, and then 0:40:09.600 --> 0:40:14.480 with Kaylen Sander, Kaylen Saunders, Devon Godshaw, Nathan Sheppard and 0:40:14.680 --> 0:40:17.440 some more guys inside, it's a very deep defensive line 0:40:17.520 --> 0:40:19.759 to Mario Davis still there at middle linebacker. It's a 0:40:19.760 --> 0:40:22.840 pretty good secondary. I think though, this is a defense 0:40:22.880 --> 0:40:25.080 it's going to like play well for a couple of games, 0:40:25.120 --> 0:40:27.160 and then when the offense just continues to put him 0:40:27.160 --> 0:40:29.239 out there, they're gonna wear down quickly. And I think 0:40:29.280 --> 0:40:31.640 this could be a nice little soft landing spot for 0:40:31.680 --> 0:40:34.520 the Dolphins coming off of that bye week after the 0:40:34.520 --> 0:40:37.319 Madrid trip. We already covered the Jets the Week fourteen game. 0:40:37.360 --> 0:40:39.440 Let's go ahead and jump ahead to the Pittsburgh Steelers 0:40:39.440 --> 0:40:42.680 in Week fifteen. Here eight to fifteen kickoff one night football. 0:40:42.840 --> 0:40:46.000 This is by far the toughest one to ride out 0:40:46.000 --> 0:40:48.360 because will Aaron Rodgers be there or will he not? 0:40:48.480 --> 0:40:51.520 I mean that drastically flips the entire equation right, and 0:40:51.520 --> 0:40:53.359 I'm not even sure the best way to cover it, Like, 0:40:54.040 --> 0:40:56.640 I think I'll assume that he will be there, because 0:40:56.680 --> 0:40:59.120 if not, it's Will Howard and a Scalar Thompson and 0:40:59.160 --> 0:41:02.239 Mason Rudolph. Cannot imagine they're going to go into the 0:41:02.280 --> 0:41:04.680 season with that, and the Rogers of it all is 0:41:04.680 --> 0:41:09.759 so friggid impossible, because on one hand, he was outstanding, marvelous, 0:41:09.760 --> 0:41:12.080 in the games against US, but he also had other 0:41:12.080 --> 0:41:13.879 games where he was like looked like it was over 0:41:14.000 --> 0:41:16.719 for him. And we also mentioned the many problems that 0:41:16.760 --> 0:41:18.319 he created for the Jets and kind of left the 0:41:18.320 --> 0:41:20.720 mess there. And I would believe that he'd be humbled 0:41:20.719 --> 0:41:22.439 by the experience, but I also have a hard time 0:41:22.480 --> 0:41:25.680 that he would be so those things exist. I do 0:41:25.719 --> 0:41:29.000 think Rogers in Pittsburgh has a better chance of success 0:41:29.000 --> 0:41:31.080 than it did with the Jets, where this is a 0:41:31.200 --> 0:41:33.840 veteran team with one of the most established coaches in 0:41:33.880 --> 0:41:35.000 the entire modern era. 0:41:35.440 --> 0:41:36.480 And if you swap. 0:41:36.200 --> 0:41:39.240 Metcalf or Pickings, you know, Metcalf is a perfect Rogers receiver. 0:41:39.640 --> 0:41:42.160 A loaded tight end group with Dartnell, Washington and Pat 0:41:42.200 --> 0:41:45.440 Fryermuth some smart receivers behind a really good offensive line. 0:41:45.560 --> 0:41:49.560 It seems like it has some potential, especially with Arthur Smith. 0:41:49.719 --> 0:41:51.759 You know, call on the offense there. It makes me 0:41:51.840 --> 0:41:54.280 think back to what Smith and Tannehill had in Tennessee 0:41:54.280 --> 0:41:56.720 it when he was under center there, you know, twelve personnel, 0:41:56.800 --> 0:41:58.960 play action game. Try to get some of that the 0:41:59.040 --> 0:42:01.240 deep drops and throw the football deep down the field 0:42:01.239 --> 0:42:03.640 to aj Brown. I think you could incorporate that here. 0:42:03.640 --> 0:42:06.759 With an even better quarterback, and that Tannehill had like 0:42:06.800 --> 0:42:08.160 a one to ten pass ray in that year, So 0:42:08.200 --> 0:42:09.920 to say that better than that is pretty impressive. But 0:42:10.239 --> 0:42:12.600 I think Rogers could be that in the system. Defensively, 0:42:12.640 --> 0:42:15.320 they've aged, but they still play to the name power. 0:42:15.680 --> 0:42:17.919 Watt and Hayward upfront are awesome, but they've been injured 0:42:17.960 --> 0:42:20.000 a heck of a lot, and typically when you played 0:42:20.040 --> 0:42:22.359 older team like this, that's usually beneficial to get them 0:42:22.400 --> 0:42:24.719 later on. So Week fifteen, maybe some of those guys 0:42:24.760 --> 0:42:26.799 will be down for the game. But you know, I 0:42:26.800 --> 0:42:29.440 think Minka Fitzpatrick has has kind of fallen off last 0:42:29.480 --> 0:42:31.359 couple of years. Patrick Queen was not the same without 0:42:31.400 --> 0:42:35.240 Rokuwan Smith in Baltimore High Smith, Keanu Benton, Nate Herbig, 0:42:35.280 --> 0:42:37.880 Malie Harrison, Brandon Eckles, Beanie Bishop had a breakout year 0:42:37.920 --> 0:42:40.680 last year. Joey Porter Junior is a really good cornerback. 0:42:40.719 --> 0:42:42.239 There's a lot to like on that side of the ball, 0:42:42.360 --> 0:42:45.520 and I think their continuity, veteran experience and the direction 0:42:45.600 --> 0:42:49.160 of Terrell Austin will have them playing on their best 0:42:49.400 --> 0:42:52.400 preparation standpoint. So it'll be a tough matchup, especially again 0:42:52.400 --> 0:42:57.720 in that Monday night environment, But how can they flood 0:42:57.840 --> 0:43:00.520 zones behind a pass rush that can really give you 0:43:00.560 --> 0:43:02.319 fits without bringing extra guys is kind of the key 0:43:02.400 --> 0:43:05.200 in this game. Interesting matchup in that I want it 0:43:05.400 --> 0:43:08.799 early for the weather aspect, but I wanted it later 0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:11.640 for the attrition and potential blow up factor of Rogers there. 0:43:11.640 --> 0:43:14.520 So we'll see what happens. Who knows who the Steelers 0:43:14.520 --> 0:43:16.840 are going to be this year by week fifteen. Week sixteen, 0:43:16.880 --> 0:43:19.960 the Bengals change on defense. Offense is running it back 0:43:20.000 --> 0:43:22.359 after a down year on the whole where they missed 0:43:22.360 --> 0:43:25.520 the playoffs despite some historic offense. I think you look 0:43:25.520 --> 0:43:28.160 at the slight downturn in the middle of Burrows prime 0:43:28.560 --> 0:43:30.760 as a result of some misses in the draft. They 0:43:30.920 --> 0:43:33.440 never really replaced Jesse Bates and Von Bell from a 0:43:33.480 --> 0:43:35.759 couple of years ago. They tried it with Dax Hill 0:43:35.800 --> 0:43:38.400 and Nick Scott. They're both gone and that was a 0:43:38.880 --> 0:43:41.560 or no. Well, Dax Hill's still there, but he's changed positions, 0:43:41.680 --> 0:43:43.719 and that was a defense that was highly complex and 0:43:43.760 --> 0:43:47.080 best operated by veteran communications. You know, I think you 0:43:47.200 --> 0:43:49.719 lost lou An Arumo, a brilliant mind because of the 0:43:49.719 --> 0:43:52.960 misgivings of your personnel decisions. It's like when an umpire 0:43:53.040 --> 0:43:55.000 makes a bad call and then rings the player for 0:43:55.120 --> 0:43:58.000 arguing doubling down on a bad decision, and then you 0:43:58.040 --> 0:44:00.759 look at Trey Hendricksim a fifteen sets per year guy 0:44:01.160 --> 0:44:03.400 not getting his come up, and you got, you know, 0:44:03.440 --> 0:44:06.400 Shamar Stewart holding up there. Interesting year for the Bengals. 0:44:06.440 --> 0:44:08.080 What might happen with some of those guys? Does does 0:44:08.120 --> 0:44:10.120 Hendrickson play? Did he come back at the stage just 0:44:10.120 --> 0:44:12.840 missing camp cause a soft tissue injury? Like these are 0:44:12.880 --> 0:44:14.800 all questions you have to answer before Christmas when this 0:44:14.880 --> 0:44:19.080 game happens. It's one of the more interestingly constructed football 0:44:19.080 --> 0:44:22.040 teams there is. The offense is ready to roll. They're 0:44:22.040 --> 0:44:23.840 gonna score thirty points per game. It's gonna be a 0:44:23.840 --> 0:44:27.320 tough matchup for our defense. Burrows process his short area burst, 0:44:27.560 --> 0:44:30.279 the way he anticipates not just coverage downfield but the 0:44:30.360 --> 0:44:33.600 rush simultaneously, for how he can exploit it as a runner. 0:44:34.120 --> 0:44:36.560 It's what makes him so special, especially when you have 0:44:36.680 --> 0:44:39.560 freaking Jamar Chase and t Higgins where you pretty much 0:44:39.600 --> 0:44:41.480 have to rule out man coverage. You can't really take 0:44:41.520 --> 0:44:44.239 one of those guys man up. It's like us to 0:44:44.280 --> 0:44:46.600 pick your poison attack. If you ask a Bengals fan, 0:44:46.920 --> 0:44:49.240 the investment on the offensive line is where they should 0:44:49.239 --> 0:44:51.400 go next, and they have recently with Amarius BIMs, who 0:44:51.440 --> 0:44:53.920 looks the part as a rookie. They signed Orlando Brown, 0:44:53.920 --> 0:44:57.080 who's really struggled for a couple of years now. Always 0:44:57.120 --> 0:44:59.600 be aware of the tackle that hits the market. Usually 0:44:59.600 --> 0:45:02.000 there's a reas for that, and they also drafted Dylan 0:45:02.040 --> 0:45:04.640 Fairchild on day two. Ted Carriss has been the anchor 0:45:04.680 --> 0:45:06.600 inside for a while. Cody Ford's kind of like a 0:45:06.600 --> 0:45:08.640 swing starter guy, but he'll probably start for them this year. 0:45:08.920 --> 0:45:10.880 And the biggest thing is that Burrow can cover up 0:45:10.920 --> 0:45:12.520 so much on that front for them. 0:45:12.560 --> 0:45:14.640 But you have to score to beat this team, you know. 0:45:14.680 --> 0:45:17.640 Al Golden as introduction press conference talked about an expense 0:45:17.800 --> 0:45:21.279 expansive menu, putting a lot on his players, and I 0:45:21.320 --> 0:45:23.160 was hoping we'd see them early because of that. But 0:45:23.239 --> 0:45:25.759 also this has the makings of like we had to 0:45:25.840 --> 0:45:27.960 simplify the defense, and maybe that'll happen down the stretch. 0:45:28.000 --> 0:45:30.400 But they did bring over Gino Stone to help communicate 0:45:30.440 --> 0:45:32.200 that defense as the glue piece in the back end. 0:45:32.320 --> 0:45:34.440 If the physical skills are still there for him. They 0:45:34.480 --> 0:45:37.120 lost Mike Hilton, who was a big experience piece for them. 0:45:37.360 --> 0:45:40.120 Cam Taylor Britt is kind of the only solidified corner. 0:45:40.160 --> 0:45:42.400 It's going to be rookies otherwise probably there. So I 0:45:42.440 --> 0:45:44.719 expect the Bengals are going to be much improved a 0:45:44.760 --> 0:45:47.640 year ago, and they match up offensively well with us 0:45:47.719 --> 0:45:49.640 in that quarterback matches up well with anybody, and I 0:45:49.640 --> 0:45:51.439 would say that the same as true for our offense. First, 0:45:51.440 --> 0:45:53.879 the Bengals defense could be a shootout here in South 0:45:53.880 --> 0:45:57.879 Florida in Week sixteen. Our last team to preview here 0:45:58.080 --> 0:46:00.800 Week seventeen, home for the Buccaneers, one of the most 0:46:00.880 --> 0:46:04.200 dangerous offenses in the NFL got even more explosive. I 0:46:04.239 --> 0:46:07.560 love their idea of adding strength to strength. Ika Agbuka 0:46:07.680 --> 0:46:09.400 is going to be a stud and they got Mike Evans, 0:46:09.480 --> 0:46:11.560 Chris Godwin, and Jayalen McMillan from a year ago. It's 0:46:11.560 --> 0:46:15.320 pretty nasty. Bucky Irvin's really good, Kate Auten koe Keief 0:46:15.400 --> 0:46:17.400 paym Durham is a nice tight end room, and the 0:46:17.440 --> 0:46:20.120 offensive line might be the best part of their entire offense. 0:46:20.160 --> 0:46:22.480 Tristan Wurfs is the best left tackle in football. I 0:46:22.600 --> 0:46:25.319 like Cody Mack and Graham Barton. Ben Brettison's kind of 0:46:25.320 --> 0:46:27.160 the next guy in line to start on the interior. 0:46:27.440 --> 0:46:29.440 Luke Adecki's a good right tackle. I was always a 0:46:29.480 --> 0:46:32.719 big Baker Mayfield fan. And while there are the occasional 0:46:33.600 --> 0:46:36.080 lapses and judgment and reads and kind of some mistake 0:46:36.120 --> 0:46:39.240 prone football, I just think he's wired like a winner, 0:46:39.440 --> 0:46:41.120 and he finds a way to make plays, and the 0:46:41.120 --> 0:46:43.600 more reps and experience he gets, he just gets better. 0:46:43.920 --> 0:46:46.120 He's too alike in that way, And there's a reason 0:46:46.160 --> 0:46:48.000 I was so high on both those guys coming out. 0:46:48.080 --> 0:46:51.440 Exceptional footwork, hardwired to the eyes to rip through progressions 0:46:51.440 --> 0:46:54.080 and take it all in. The information that's not even 0:46:54.320 --> 0:46:56.240 presented in front of you. Just kind of like, Okay, 0:46:56.280 --> 0:46:57.879 the front side of the puzzle is that, that means 0:46:57.960 --> 0:46:59.759 the backside of the puzzle is that if you have 0:46:59.800 --> 0:47:03.040 one one question about the offense, it's replacing Dave Canalis 0:47:03.040 --> 0:47:05.000 who went to the Panthers a year ago, right, But 0:47:05.000 --> 0:47:07.000 then Liam Cohen who went to the Jaguars this year. 0:47:07.239 --> 0:47:10.239 Familiar face, Josh Grizzard, What up, coach, It's great to 0:47:10.239 --> 0:47:12.080 see your name on here. He gets the call to 0:47:12.120 --> 0:47:14.640 the OC position. He was our old quality control, then 0:47:14.680 --> 0:47:17.640 receivers coach, and then left to Tampa Bay when Flora's left. 0:47:18.280 --> 0:47:20.359 I was hoping we draw drew them early because of that. 0:47:20.440 --> 0:47:23.000 But they get here as late as possible so they 0:47:23.000 --> 0:47:25.920 can score. But with all those resources on offense, and 0:47:25.960 --> 0:47:27.520 the only real change on that side of the ball 0:47:27.560 --> 0:47:29.920 was a pair of Day two cornerbacks in Benjamin Morrison 0:47:30.280 --> 0:47:33.920 and Brent Jacob Parrish. And you guys know, I love Parish. 0:47:34.040 --> 0:47:36.240 I didn't think Morrison was as good as a prospect, 0:47:36.280 --> 0:47:38.480 but they've got to replace Carlton Davis. Where I think 0:47:38.560 --> 0:47:41.080 is where Morrison probably figures in, but they wind up 0:47:41.120 --> 0:47:44.640 starting him and Perish. Possibly that could be two rookies 0:47:44.680 --> 0:47:48.120 in your secondary in a league that's dominated by wide receivers. 0:47:48.320 --> 0:47:50.680 You know, Zion McCollum, I suppose could kind of factor 0:47:50.680 --> 0:47:53.239 into that. I think the safety position could help them 0:47:53.680 --> 0:47:56.160 stabilize some stuff there with Antoine Winfield in the back end. 0:47:57.680 --> 0:47:59.680 But every team has areas of strength and areas where 0:47:59.680 --> 0:48:00.839 you have some unknown for them. 0:48:00.880 --> 0:48:01.560 It's right here too. 0:48:01.680 --> 0:48:03.040 They feel like this is the fourth or fiftheen we 0:48:03.080 --> 0:48:05.440 talked about where cornerback is not very deep. They added 0:48:05.480 --> 0:48:07.239 to the pass rush banking on a bounce back from 0:48:07.280 --> 0:48:09.920 Hassan Reddick. We'll see what happens there, but it's mostly 0:48:09.960 --> 0:48:12.879 an inside presence with Vida Veya, who just destroys run 0:48:12.880 --> 0:48:16.520 games for his entire life. Elijah Cantie greg games their 0:48:16.560 --> 0:48:19.480 deep at defensive tackle. With Veya, you just have to 0:48:19.520 --> 0:48:22.360 avoid him. Try to run the ball wide your outside 0:48:22.400 --> 0:48:24.720 zone game, but he can wreck shop in that as well. 0:48:25.480 --> 0:48:27.760 They'll offset some of the outside game with their blitzes 0:48:27.800 --> 0:48:30.160 and try to overload the edges. Bowls loves to bring 0:48:30.160 --> 0:48:32.160 a pass rush, so it's fun to chess match with 0:48:32.200 --> 0:48:36.160 Tua and Antoine Winfield versus Levante David. I just like 0:48:36.239 --> 0:48:38.000 them to have more of a freak type, like a 0:48:38.000 --> 0:48:40.560 Derwin James type, to make that defense tie together. I 0:48:40.560 --> 0:48:42.840 think they're super complex in their scheme, but if you 0:48:42.880 --> 0:48:44.440 blitz too much too, it can get after you. So 0:48:44.440 --> 0:48:46.680 I'm curious to see how that plays out. What is 0:48:46.719 --> 0:48:48.480 it five months down the road from the seven months 0:48:48.480 --> 0:48:50.360 down the road from now very high and the Buccaneers 0:48:50.400 --> 0:48:52.360 think this is a tough matchup. They should be a 0:48:52.360 --> 0:48:54.279 good team this year, and then the Patriots finish it 0:48:54.360 --> 0:48:56.920 up and that's it. So you're probably wondering, Travis, what 0:48:56.920 --> 0:48:58.520 do you think it's gonna be. So, if I had 0:48:58.560 --> 0:49:00.879 to go through it and pick individual games right now, 0:49:02.320 --> 0:49:04.680 I'll go win the first two over the Colston Patriots. 0:49:04.680 --> 0:49:06.520 I think we match up good in both of those games. 0:49:06.760 --> 0:49:09.320 Catch the Patriots early enough here at home home opener. 0:49:09.719 --> 0:49:11.719 The teams from the Northeast don't usually travel down here 0:49:11.719 --> 0:49:13.520 in September very well. Two and the start of the year. 0:49:13.719 --> 0:49:15.760 I can't pick us to win in Buffalo until it happens. 0:49:15.760 --> 0:49:17.480 I think we'll beat the Jets on Monday for a 0:49:17.480 --> 0:49:19.959 three and one start, go to the Panthers, win that game, 0:49:20.760 --> 0:49:22.440 have the Chargers here and win that game. So you're 0:49:22.440 --> 0:49:24.440 off to a five and one start here for Travis. 0:49:24.440 --> 0:49:26.279 And hey, you said the same thing last year. Well, 0:49:26.360 --> 0:49:27.920 two of got hurt. If two gets hurt, I'll change 0:49:27.960 --> 0:49:30.759 it again. I think they'll beat the Browns. I'll go 0:49:30.760 --> 0:49:33.000 ahead and pick a loss at the Falcons, just to 0:49:33.040 --> 0:49:34.680 kind of throw one off there. I think that Penex 0:49:34.719 --> 0:49:37.000 will be really good. That'll be a fun offense, tough 0:49:37.000 --> 0:49:38.680 to stop. Maybe it's like a late game, like a 0:49:38.880 --> 0:49:41.480 last second field goal. So we go to six and two. There, 0:49:41.840 --> 0:49:44.239 I will say we drop one to the Ravens, drop 0:49:44.280 --> 0:49:46.239 one to the Bills at home to fall to six 0:49:46.320 --> 0:49:48.719 and four. Also, we bounce back in Madrid, get a 0:49:48.719 --> 0:49:50.640 big win before the bye to go to seven and four. 0:49:51.360 --> 0:49:53.880 Come back off the bye, beat the Saints, get to 0:49:53.920 --> 0:49:56.399 eight and four, win at the Jets on the road 0:49:56.440 --> 0:49:59.160 once again, get to nine and four, go into Pittsburgh. 0:49:59.239 --> 0:50:00.879 People thinking like the this is where the collapse begins, 0:50:00.920 --> 0:50:03.000 and you say, nope, no, sir, win that one. 0:50:03.080 --> 0:50:03.719 Ten and four. 0:50:04.120 --> 0:50:06.600 Lose to the Bengals in primetime, with another fun game 0:50:06.640 --> 0:50:08.880 back and forth, make it ten and five, and then 0:50:08.920 --> 0:50:11.000 I'll say we beat the Buccaneers to get to eleven 0:50:11.040 --> 0:50:13.920 and five and then drop the finale at the Patriots 0:50:14.200 --> 0:50:16.720 to make it eleven and six. That's my season prediction 0:50:16.760 --> 0:50:19.080 for the Miami Dolphins. We'll see what it holds up 0:50:19.080 --> 0:50:21.239 to when we get here in training camp, but that's 0:50:21.239 --> 0:50:22.839 what we're going right now. Eleven and six, and I'll 0:50:22.840 --> 0:50:25.000 say I won't do playoffs just yet, but there you go. 0:50:25.040 --> 0:50:27.800 That's the record prediction. In the meantime, you will please 0:50:27.840 --> 0:50:29.799 be sure. We're gonna have a podcast on Monday, which 0:50:29.840 --> 0:50:32.000 is more of a mixed bag of just random things 0:50:32.040 --> 0:50:34.080 here and there, so check back for that. We'll have 0:50:34.120 --> 0:50:36.879 OTA recaps for you guys when those practices begin. We're 0:50:36.880 --> 0:50:38.880 gonna have some of the players from media Day on 0:50:38.920 --> 0:50:41.239 the show. We'll preview the entire league this summer. 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