WEBVTT - Drive Time: Panthers Perspective with Mike Kaye 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:04.760 You are listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. 0:00:05.160 --> 0:00:08.280 This is Drive Time with Travis Wingfield. Back to throw 0:00:08.400 --> 0:00:15.960 to a looking whips about a wide Dolphin touchdown? Tyrequel uncrelievable, 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:19.200 just blue fire for a second time. Don't know where 0:00:19.200 --> 0:00:20.360 he was going right away? 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:23.079 Want to hit that though, Man, I'm gonna help you. 0:00:23.160 --> 0:00:26.520 Someone stump on your man wagon Wattle Wattle to a 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:29.080 shot Gutch back to throw looking at them's. 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:34.960 Up fires touchdown. It's Waddle his six touchdown pass. This thing. 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:39.080 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:41.559 Now let me check your pulse if enough for. 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:45.000 What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.920 And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, part of the 0:00:47.960 --> 0:00:52.760 Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. 0:00:52.800 --> 0:00:55.640 How's it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield. 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:57.840 And on today's show, we welcome in a member of 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:01.320 the Carolada Panthers beat Mike Kay from the Charlotte Observer 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.440 joins us to break down this matchup on Sunday. Plus 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.120 we'll hear from the assistant coaches. We'll also pick the 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.680 week six games. Man, it goes by faster every single year. 0:01:10.959 --> 0:01:14.480 From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:14.560 --> 0:01:19.120 This is the Draft Time Podcast. Maye Geffe. 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.039 Really quickly want to apologize for the audio on yesterday show. 0:01:24.200 --> 0:01:26.840 I'm quite sick about it. I did one thousand tests 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:29.840 on the sure mic with the Zoom recorder and found 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:31.840 out only after the fact because I didn't test with 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:35.600 earbuds in. I listened back to it on my desktop, 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.720 on my laptop, on my phone. All sounded good, but 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.720 apparently stereo mode comes in one ear and not the other, 0:01:41.920 --> 0:01:44.479 and you have to plug in multiple mics to accomplish 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:45.679 that with the Zoom recorder. 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:47.320 I don't know. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.640 I thought it sounded great, but obviously it did not, 0:01:49.680 --> 0:01:51.360 so I apologize for that. Let's go ahead and get 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:53.520 to my guest today. Mike k from the Charlotte Observer, 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:56.160 joining us now on the Draft Time podcast. Is a 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.760 member of the Charlotte Observer, a beat writer for the 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:02.320 Carolina Panthers. He's my kay and according to his Twitter bio, 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.800 he's fond of fullbacks and the Foo Fighters and Mike, 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:07.880 I start that way to tell you that I hope 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:10.320 you one day get a chance to meet alec Ingold, 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.880 because he's one of the best human beings on this 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:16.320 entire planet. And also I have to ask you what 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.840 is the greatest song all time by the Food. 0:02:21.120 --> 0:02:22.960 Well, I should tell you that I have talked to 0:02:23.000 --> 0:02:26.440 Alec a couple of times, but back when I covered 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:29.280 the entire league before I got this job, I did 0:02:29.280 --> 0:02:32.840 a whole takeout on Fullbacks and he was one of 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.840 the lead voices. So it's cool to watch him do 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:41.480 what he does in Miami. Everybody. The classic answer for 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.120 your second question is ever long. But to me, The 0:02:44.160 --> 0:02:47.680 Pretender holds a very important spot in my life because 0:02:48.440 --> 0:02:51.200 the song came out my freshman year of college. I 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.080 got to see them for the first time in person 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:57.000 in college right as they were touring with the Echo 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:02.079 Silence Patients and Grace tour pretty special, So that song's 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:03.600 always been very important to me. 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:06.680 That was also my pick, But for the same reason 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:10.560 you listed The Pretender. My hero just instantly transports me 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:12.880 back to my high school days, like John mock Style 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:14.200 from Varsity Blues. 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:15.160 So I mean that band. 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.600 Man, I don't know how many old heads we have 0:03:17.800 --> 0:03:20.200 as we I think now are officially Mike on the 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:22.800 podcast here, but the Foo Fighters, man, that's the classic 0:03:22.880 --> 0:03:23.520 band right there. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:27.240 Yeah, amen, And you know you're Washington State. I know 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:31.560 you're a big Washington State guy. I made sure to 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:35.320 go out to the sub Pop Museum when I was 0:03:35.360 --> 0:03:38.720 out there when the Panthers played the Seahawks last year 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:43.960 because Subpop put out the first Nirvana album, which doesn't 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:47.520 feature Dave Grohld, but just kind of a cool interconnecting thing. 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:49.520 That's awesome, man, that's good to hear. Yeah. 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:51.480 Seeah, that was a fun time in the Pacific Northwest. 0:03:51.480 --> 0:03:54.800 Obviously holds holds tight to my heart, near and dear. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:56.839 There so really good stuff. Let's go ahead and break 0:03:56.920 --> 0:03:59.280 right into this Dolphins and Panthers matchup coming up on 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.880 Sunday here at hard Rock Stadium, and Mike you probably 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:05.600 can assume this. I always start these interviews with the 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:09.000 opposing beat writers at the quarterback position, and I want 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:11.840 to start just with your general assessment of Bryce Young, 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.080 his growth five year or five games, I should say, 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:16.919 into the NFL career, what have you seen so far 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.839 from the rookie number one overall pick Well. 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.960 I think he has shown his elusiveness for the most 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.680 part in the pocket. I think that's been the most 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.520 impressive thing about him. When we talk about Bryce Young. 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:30.200 We talk about his processing ability. I think he's doing 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.240 that well, but it's hard to process and then be 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.640 efficient when guys aren't really getting open. We really if 0:04:36.680 --> 0:04:39.400 you watch tape, Adam Fieln's the only guy that's consistently 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.279 getting open. He plays mostly out of the slot. They're 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:46.680 working with rookie Jonathan Mingo on the outside. He missed 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:51.320 one game with a concussion, but he's been extremely inconsistent. 0:04:51.440 --> 0:04:53.800 DJ Sharks dealt with his own injury stuff and been 0:04:53.839 --> 0:04:58.760 pretty inconsistent. The running game is absolutely just a letdown. 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.960 Miles Sanders is gotten off to a good start. He's 0:05:01.960 --> 0:05:04.479 also now dealing with a shoulder injury. But what I 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:08.760 think is impressive about Bryce Young is that while he 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:13.720 is not taking shots down field, he's performing better than 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:15.680 I think he did on college shape in the short 0:05:15.720 --> 0:05:19.080 to intermediate game from an accuracy standpoint. Like to me, 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.840 when he was a prospect, his ability to make off 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:27.960 schedule throws downfield was his like superpower. Here they've got 0:05:28.040 --> 0:05:30.320 him kind of refining the short to intermediate route and 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:32.680 he's not really taking the shots that you'd liked him 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:35.479 to see, But I think he has improved that area 0:05:35.480 --> 0:05:36.039 of his game. 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.320 Yeah, that can be an area that's tough to kind 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:40.679 of translate over right away because of just the speed 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.200 of the game and how fast things happen, and obviously 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.520 trying to get an offense, you know, down pat early on. Like, 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.520 I think that a few rookie quarterbacks over the last 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:52.200 couple of decades have kind of, I don't want to say, 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:54.800 spoiled our minds in terms of how these guys progress 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:57.200 and learn and grow. But it's supposed to be a process. 0:05:57.200 --> 0:05:59.760 Like rookie quarterbacks are not supposed to perform at a 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.360 high level. When they do, it's it's always very surprising. 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.800 And I saw Mike that there's you know, one of 0:06:04.839 --> 0:06:08.040 the stories around the Panthers this week is the simplification 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.080 of the offense, or at least in the way they 0:06:10.080 --> 0:06:11.599 communicate the calls into the huddle. 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:13.000 Can you give us an update on that. 0:06:13.760 --> 0:06:16.359 Yeah, So a couple of weeks ago they started using 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:20.040 basically a cheat sheet if you want to call it 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.560 for a risk band. So like this is just an example. 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:25.080 I'm you know, let's. 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:29.880 Say they have like a a dagger concept and that's 0:06:30.480 --> 0:06:34.320 that's number thirty one. Frank Wright can say, run play 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.920 thirty one or run play blue or whatever they call it, 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:41.279 as opposed to him delegating you know, every single motion 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:45.200 and route for each receiver and the blocking scheme, right, 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:50.040 so you're simplifying the amount of information given to you 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.160 so you can just kind of paint by numbers each play. 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:56.840 And I think that that's actually a relatively mature approach 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:02.520 to limiting mistakes, limiting communication issues, limiting pre snap penalties, 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.720 which have been an absolute killer for this team. And 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.239 I think that you know, you want to avoid delay 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:10.400 a game as much as you can, and the Panthers 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:14.840 have really struggled with operational football, and I think limiting 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:16.600 the amount of language is really. 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:17.040 Good for them. 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:19.240 Yeah, something the Dolphins kind of went through last year 0:07:19.240 --> 0:07:22.280 in McDaniel's first year here calling plays the pre snap operation. 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:24.560 They were one of the most penalized pre snap teams. 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:26.160 This year, they've cleaned up a big time and I 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:28.239 see the Panthers are currently number one in the league 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:30.840 in terms of pre snap infractions. And like I said, 0:07:30.840 --> 0:07:32.240 like these are things that you have to just kind of, 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:34.280 you know, grow with and learn with the rookie quarterback, 0:07:34.360 --> 0:07:37.520 especially when they're so talented like Bryce Young, is And 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:39.960 you know another thing that sometimes these teams that are 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.280 kind of in rebuild modes have to accept is trying 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.040 to you know, find pieces along the way. And for Bryce, 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.000 like he's been under a lot of pressure this year 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:49.920 so far, I just wanted to get your assessment of 0:07:49.960 --> 0:07:52.280 the offensive line we expect to see in terms of 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.720 the personnel on Sundays. I know there's some injuries up front. 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:56.600 What have you made so far this offensive line of 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:57.480 the Carolina Panthers. 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.000 I mean, it's been extremely disappointing to last year, but 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:04.000 it's a completely different offense. They're playing a lot more 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:10.080 zone blocking concepts they are not. This is what's interesting 0:08:10.160 --> 0:08:12.200 is is there's a lot of power personnel. If you 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.400 were just looking at them camp like on tape, on 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:20.480 previous work, on their measurements, all that stuff. Bradley Boseman 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.840 had an incredible run the second half of last season 0:08:23.840 --> 0:08:28.000 because they ran the ball so effectively. Austin Corbett, who's 0:08:28.000 --> 0:08:31.160 on pup and probably isn't returning until after the bye, 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.319 was the best player on offense last year. He's been 0:08:34.360 --> 0:08:38.640 gone for five games, he'll probably miss this sixth one. 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:41.800 And then you've had a rookie guard Chandler Zavala moving 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:45.240 from right guard to left guard, playing well at right 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:49.040 guard in week one, but struggling mightily over the last 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:51.240 few weeks. He also suffered a neck injury. I don't 0:08:51.280 --> 0:08:55.040 expect him to play. Chances are it'll either be Kade May's, 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:59.559 last year's sixth round pick, or Justin McCrae, a journeyman 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:04.959 backup guard slash center who's on the practice squad IKEI 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.440 Kwani was kind of taking a step back from pass 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:12.679 protection standpoint. He's the former first round pick. I think 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.280 he'll be fine long term. It's just been a problem. 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.400 Taylor Mowten's probably their most consistent offensive line men right 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:21.480 now at right tackle, but he even had his struggles 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:22.760 last week against Detroit. 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:25.800 Just real quick, Mike, is Zavala gonna be He's okay? 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:26.040 Right? 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.080 Like I saw. The injury was pretty serious when it happened. 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:32.160 Yeah, we didn't see him on the practice field on Wednesday, 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:36.160 But every indication we've gotten is that he is okay 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:41.080 from a from a at least, you know, from the 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:44.640 worst scenario, you know, I mean, listen, with a neck injury. 0:09:44.720 --> 0:09:47.040 He hasn't practiced, We haven't seen him, so it's kind 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:48.960 of hard to get like that update. But he was 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:51.880 moving all of his extremities. He flew home with the 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:57.480 team from Detroit like they were able to avoid like 0:09:57.559 --> 0:10:00.640 disaster there. But we don't really have an like an 0:10:00.720 --> 0:10:02.000 actual update on them. 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.199 I don't know if it's like getting older, being a parent, 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:06.400 or being around the guys so much as I am now, 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:09.520 but like seeing those injuries like every single year, it's 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:11.920 harder on me to witness that. And I was just 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:14.320 a scary scene there. You never want to see that. 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:16.360 So glad to hear he's doing better. Let's go ahead 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:18.280 and flip over the defensive side of the football now. 0:10:18.480 --> 0:10:20.880 My guest today Mike k from the Charlotte Observer, a 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:24.040 Carolina Panthers beat rider, and on the defensive side, My 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:27.560 first question is what happened in the run game department 0:10:27.559 --> 0:10:29.440 on the defensive side against the Lions, because all the 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:31.240 lines kind of went off in that game and had 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:33.480 a big offensive output, but mostly on the ground. What 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:35.439 happened to the Panthers' run defense last week? 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:38.000 I mean, and the same thing that's kind of happened 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:43.040 every week. This team is giving up huge yardage on 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.920 the ground, they give up nearly five yards per carry, 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:51.520 and while they have the second best red zone or sorry, 0:10:51.559 --> 0:10:56.080 third down defense in the league, teams are like avoiding 0:10:56.320 --> 0:10:59.480 the money down because they're picking up huge chunks of 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:03.560 yardage on first and second down on the ground. Of 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:08.720 their twenty one explosive runs runs of ten yards or more, 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:12.040 twenty of them have come on either first or second down, 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:16.360 which really plays into the Dolphins strength. And Reike noted 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.440 yesterday when I asked him about it, and he said, look, 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:25.439 the Dolphins have the fewest third down opportunities in the 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.320 league because they're doing so well on first and second down. 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:32.280 And the issue for the Panthers defense if you watch 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:35.680 the Lions game, is they're just struggling to tackle and 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:39.800 get to their spots and it is becoming a chronic 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.559 problem for this team, something that they're gonna have to 0:11:42.600 --> 0:11:46.640 really fix because frankly, the Dolphins are very good on 0:11:46.720 --> 0:11:49.679 the ground, but they also have dates against Jonathan Taylor 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:53.960 after the bye, Derrick Henry, those type of players, and 0:11:54.000 --> 0:11:57.080 it's just like they're not able to get the ball 0:11:57.120 --> 0:12:01.560 back for the offense because the opposing offense is just 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:03.240 running over them. 0:12:03.679 --> 0:12:06.800 It's I mean it's it's funny how much it's the 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:09.080 league has become such a passing league, but at the 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:10.360 same time, I feel like there's a little bit of 0:12:10.360 --> 0:12:12.360 a zig where other teams are zagging in terms of 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:14.520 success in the running game. The Dolphins have certainly found 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:16.679 that good mix and balance of both, and of course, 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:17.760 without Devon a Chan this. 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:18.920 Week, that'll be a little more difficult. 0:12:18.960 --> 0:12:21.880 But Raheem Moster is currently rolling Savon akh medback in 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:24.800 Rolling two, and then Chris Brooks and Jeff Wilson just 0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:26.480 had his twenty one day window opened as well. So 0:12:26.480 --> 0:12:28.840 the Dolphins running back room is pretty deep right now, 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:31.760 despite the fact that the sensational rookie is going to 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:32.160 be down. 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:33.280 And I wanted to. 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.720 Ask you a couple more questions here, Mike, about the 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:39.360 Panthers defense and mainly the system, because I know zero 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.679 Everro's name was a hot candidate for a lot of 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:45.480 DC jobs across the National Football League. Just kind of 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:47.199 wanted to get your bird's eye view of how that 0:12:47.240 --> 0:12:49.679 system is taking hold and the fingerprints that he's put 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:50.840 on this Carolina defense. 0:12:51.480 --> 0:12:55.520 Well, he likes using shells. He's a zone coverage kind 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.280 of guy, and they frankly, they needed to be a 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:00.800 zone heavy team with the injuries they've in the secondary 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:04.280 EI there without J. C. Horn, who's on IR, Xavier 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:06.320 Woods is probably gonna miss this game with the hamstring 0:13:06.360 --> 0:13:10.240 injury of his own. Dante Jackson's back at practice, but 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.520 he missed the game against the Lions. 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:12.880 CJ. 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:18.640 Henderson is wildly inconsistent. They had a rookie starting last week, 0:13:18.800 --> 0:13:24.680 Deshaun Jamison, who was underrafted out of Texas and was 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:28.839 claimed off waivers following the final cuts. Like the second, 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:34.520 the cornerback group is not particularly solid right now, and 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:38.280 so you know, playing more zone coverage has allowed them 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:41.520 to kind of make up for some lack of talent. 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.480 I think Von Bell, after a really rough week one, 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.760 has played extremely well. Sam Franklin, who's kind of known 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:49.520 as a special teams days, It's done kind of a 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:54.440 nice job taking over for Zavier Woods. I think for them, 0:13:54.920 --> 0:13:56.920 they've done a really good job of mitigating the big 0:13:56.960 --> 0:14:01.600 play downfield from a passing standpoint, and it's forcing teams 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:05.040 to rethink the way they attack this team, because if 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:07.520 you're only picking up six point seven yards per pass 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.440 and you're picking up five yards per run and you 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:14.080 don't have to risk your quarterback getting hit. Plus you 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.280 know that the Panthers aren't putting up a lot of points. 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:19.560 What call are you gonna make. You're gonna probably hand 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:23.840 the ball off, right, And so the Panthers are getting 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:27.880 run off. Like the run to pass ratio against the 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:32.920 Panthers is the heaviest run versus an opponent in the league. 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.600 They're getting run on forty eight point whatever percent of 0:14:36.640 --> 0:14:40.560 the time, while fifty one percent is going towards the 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:44.040 pass because they're seeing this disadvantage, and so you could 0:14:44.040 --> 0:14:46.760 say some of that factors into the low passing yards. 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:49.360 They're only allowing one hundred and eighty five passing yards 0:14:49.360 --> 0:14:52.680 per game. But I think they've actually done a really 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.080 nice job mitigating what's going on on the back end. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.320 That makes it really interesting because for this Dolphins team, 0:14:58.320 --> 0:14:59.920 and you know, fans will tell you lastly, they want 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.560 run the ball more, and they have run the ball 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:04.320 a little bit more this year, but really it's just 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.640 about the efficiency and having a game script that allows 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:08.800 them to Because as much as I love seeing the 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:10.880 Dolphins pile up three hundred and fifty yards on the 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:12.680 ground and like they did a couple weeks so against Denver, 0:15:13.040 --> 0:15:14.600 like I also don't want to take the ball out 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.640 of Tyreek Hill and Gillen Wattle's hands. So it's an 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.080 interesting dynamic there in terms of how you attack a 0:15:19.120 --> 0:15:22.160 defense with this Dolphins weaponry they have on what has been, 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:24.240 you know, a historic offense for the first five games. 0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:25.920 A couple of names here real quick, and then I'll 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:27.920 ask you the Panthers can win this game if questioned, 0:15:27.960 --> 0:15:30.200 Mike is you mentioned it off the top of that 0:15:30.280 --> 0:15:33.520 last answer with Von Bell? Gosh, I've always loved his 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:35.680 game so so much. There's a few guys on this 0:15:35.760 --> 0:15:37.880 defense so I think are really damn good football players. 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:39.240 Just want to get your take so far on how 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:43.080 Brian Burns, how Derek Brown, and how Von Bell have performed. 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:44.600 And also my guy you mentioned this off the top 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.520 as well, Frankie Luvu go kooks. 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.360 So let's start with Burns. Burns got off to an 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.120 impressive start against Atlanta. He had two sacks and of 0:15:53.120 --> 0:15:57.080 course fumble. He's kind of ebbed and flowed since then. 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:59.040 He got a sacked in this last game. I think 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:01.400 he's played well as an outside linebacker. I think it 0:16:01.480 --> 0:16:04.160 fits him more this is more of a hybrid front, 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:07.160 and I think it's served Derek Brown very very well. 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:09.760 I think him rushing from that four I five technique 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:14.600 position has really brought out his pass rushing motor. Frankie 0:16:14.640 --> 0:16:17.440 Lubu has done an incredible job as a blitzer. I 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:19.720 think he is so unique and that he is not 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.040 a natural pass rusher, but he's such a good blitzer 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:27.000 from the inside, he's playing inside linebacker. They're moving him 0:16:27.080 --> 0:16:28.880 kind of around a little bit, but for the most part, 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:32.200 he's attacking from the inside, you know, double a gap 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:34.480 sort of stuff. If he can get there. 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:36.320 They're trying to be creative with him. 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:40.840 And then I think from from the standpoint of von Bell, 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:45.360 I think he's an expert communicator. He's not really a ballhawk, 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:47.680 but I think he's like the one guy who's kind 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:49.920 of had to take on the role of being a communicator. 0:16:49.960 --> 0:16:54.480 With Check Thompson being out, he's made up for some 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:55.640 injuries on the back end. 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:57.520 Yeah, it's Shack. 0:16:57.600 --> 0:16:59.680 Thompson is also a guy that I've always had had 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.240 a of a soft spot for. I mean, I'm Washington 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.400 State Cougar, but I will give a husky some pop 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:04.800 props and. 0:17:04.760 --> 0:17:06.640 They're a good football player there, Mike. 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.040 The Panthers will win this game if and then you 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:10.680 can fill in the blank however you see fit. 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:14.640 If they can stop the run, I mean, like, if 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:17.480 they can really limit the run, I think they have 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:19.560 a shot, but I don't think it's a good shot. 0:17:19.840 --> 0:17:23.960 And I just like this Dolphins team is just a juggernaut. 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.880 I don't know if the Panthers can put up enough 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:31.840 points to even like come up with like a reasonable 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:38.760 expectation for this game, because like the Dolphins defense isn't 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.480 poor either. I mean there's there's players everywhere on that 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:45.159 on that on that group, and I think, you know, 0:17:45.520 --> 0:17:47.440 it's not just the offense. I know the offense gets 0:17:47.440 --> 0:17:49.920 all the buzz, but I just like struggle to see 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:53.320 how guys are gonna get open regularly. Hayden Hurst has 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:56.920 been a disappointment, Miles Sanders has struggled with injuries, Jonathan 0:17:56.960 --> 0:17:59.719 Mingo is still kind of learning. Terrace Marshall didn't even 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:03.720 see the field last week. Is a healthy guy in 0:18:03.760 --> 0:18:08.000 a jersey. It's just it's tough, and Bryce Young is 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:12.359 really taking his lumps as a rookie. And I don't 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:14.480 know if this is the team to get off the 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:16.520 winless you know streak. 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:17.280 Yeah. 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:18.720 I mean we've been waiting a long time to hear 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.360 someone talk about us like that, so it's, uh, it's 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:23.160 just it's nice to hear Mike. But at the same time, 0:18:23.200 --> 0:18:25.840 you know, they play the games on Sunday for a reason, 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:27.880 so we'll see Panthers and Dolphins out there. 0:18:28.000 --> 0:18:30.119 You're gonna be in town, Mike, I'm not. 0:18:30.600 --> 0:18:33.520 We just had our kid about a week and a 0:18:33.560 --> 0:18:36.360 half ago, or second son a week and a half ago, 0:18:36.440 --> 0:18:37.920 so I will not be down there, which is a 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:40.960 bummer because I went to high school in Coral Springs 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:47.639 and so it's a bummer my. You know, my parents 0:18:47.640 --> 0:18:49.920 are up here and then they're gonna go back to Boca. 0:18:50.200 --> 0:18:53.760 So yeah, it's a bummer because everybody's down like a 0:18:53.760 --> 0:18:55.920 lot of families down there. But I'm sure it'll be 0:18:55.960 --> 0:18:56.480 a great game. 0:18:56.680 --> 0:18:59.400 Well, hey man, congrats on the new the newborn, and 0:18:59.600 --> 0:19:02.119 try gets sleep when you can and tell the folks 0:19:02.119 --> 0:19:03.680 where they can find your work out my friend. 0:19:04.320 --> 0:19:07.879 Yeah, you can follow me on Twitter at Mike underscore 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:12.040 e underscore. Ka Ye. It's the worst Twitter Twitter handle 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:16.600 in the history, but it's mine and I love it. 0:19:17.480 --> 0:19:19.359 You can also read my work on the Charlotte Observer 0:19:19.480 --> 0:19:23.480 dot com. Also make sure to check out my partner 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:27.600 Alex Zitlow on Twitter as well. It's a ZiT Low, 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:32.160 I believe five. And then Scott Feller or columnist who's phenomenal, 0:19:32.320 --> 0:19:35.280 so uh, Scott will be down there. He'll be covering 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:37.520 the game from the Panthers perspective, so make sure you 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:38.360 give him a follow up. 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:40.480 You could have been really creative like me and gone 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:43.240 last name NFL. So good on you for not doing 0:19:43.320 --> 0:19:45.639 that seven years ago and being stuck with it forever. 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:47.880 So Mike, appreciate your time today. Man, Like I said, 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:50.480 get some rest and we'll talk to you soon. Thanks, 0:19:50.880 --> 0:19:52.800 and away he goes really fun in of your there, 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:55.040