WEBVTT - Week 4 Recap - 5 Takeaways from Dolphins 27-15 Loss in Cincinnati 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:05.160 You were listening to the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network. This 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:08.399 is Drive Time with Travis Wheatfield. Back to throw to 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:15.840 a looking gips the delta winde Olphen cutchtop cleric cow unbelievable. 0:00:16.200 --> 0:00:19.120 Just flew by for a second time to know where 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:21.800 he was going right away ahead of that the man 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:24.160 I want to help you soon up on his band 0:00:24.160 --> 0:00:28.320 away Wattle, waddle to a shotgun, back to throw, looking 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:33.480 steps up fires, totop again, It's waddle, It's six touchdown 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:39.680 pass this day. Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. Now 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:43.800 let me check your pulse if not far of what 0:00:44.080 --> 0:00:47.639 is up? Dolphins And welcome to the Drive Time podcast, 0:00:47.760 --> 0:00:51.440 part of Miami Dolphins podcast Network, covering your team, your 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:55.080 Miami Dolphins. How's it going, everybody? I am your host 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:58.040 Travis were building on today's show the Dolphins fall in 0:00:58.200 --> 0:01:02.240 Cincinnati to fifth team on the Thursday night primetime game. 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.080 Here in week number four, we'll get the five takeaways, 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:07.760 including some updates on QB one two, a tongue of 0:01:07.800 --> 0:01:10.959 byloa where this game fell by the wayside, and we'll 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:13.920 do the play before the play teaching tape moment, give 0:01:14.000 --> 0:01:16.400 you some stats and hear from head coach Mike McDaniel, 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:18.000 all of that in a heck of a lot more 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:21.959 from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:29.280 This is the Drive Time podcast. I want to get 0:01:29.319 --> 0:01:31.280 to the takeaways here pretty quickly, but we'll go ahead 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:33.560 and breeze through the stats from the game here real quick. 0:01:33.600 --> 0:01:36.760 Dolphins lose twenty seven to fifteen, the first loss of 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.559 the season four the Miami Dolphins, despite having more first 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:43.320 downs sixteen than the Bengals. Third down was a key 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.560 area in this game. Miami too for ten, Cincinnati eight 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:49.880 for fifteen. Both teams o for one on fourth down. 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.320 Miami had three seventy eight to Cincinnati's three seventy one 0:01:53.400 --> 0:01:56.400 total yards. Pretty even in passing, pretty even in rushing 0:01:56.760 --> 0:01:59.480 sixty plays to sixty three plays, Pretty even across the 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.840 board that third down metric and then this metric right here. 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.680 Two turnovers from Miami the two picks and none for 0:02:05.760 --> 0:02:08.160 the Bengals. Kind of the difference in the game. Because 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:11.160 time of possession also very even. Both teams had six 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:15.799 penalties forty yards on Miami seventy four yards on the Bengals, 0:02:16.080 --> 0:02:18.960 and one sack for each team. So those are your stats. 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:21.519 I want to go ahead and jump right in, excuse me, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.560 very early here on Friday morning into the five takeaways 0:02:25.880 --> 0:02:28.240 and number one, where do you start besides the impact 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.679 of losing your quarterback, your leader to a tongue of 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:34.880 vy lower. We saw the sideline, the entire Dolphins sideline 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:37.480 come out onto the field after a very scary moment 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:40.320 there with two down on the field, the stretcher comes out. 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:42.680 He would leave in an ambulance to the hospital nearby 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:46.760 there nearby the stadium. But the Dolphins contingency and the 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:49.959 support and the impact you saw, I think was was 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:52.600 very telling about how this team and this organization views 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.000 that quarterback and that young man, and how we're all 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:58.359 obviously pulling for two h for a quick recovery. We 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.760 saw a coach McDaniel walking off with him for a 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:02.880 few steps when they had the stretcher moving towards the 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:05.160 tunnel on the field, and he was kind of with 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:07.280 two of their in that moment, patting him on the 0:03:07.360 --> 0:03:10.280 chest and kind of, you know, giving him some encouraging words. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.040 And he also mentioned in his postgame press conference, which 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.200 we have some sound bites for you guys. Uh in 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.679 that arena that too, was asking about where coach was 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:21.160 when he was down on the field, And I think 0:03:21.240 --> 0:03:23.480 that says a lot about the relationship those two guys 0:03:23.560 --> 0:03:26.960 have developed, and like it kind of warms my heart, 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:28.480 but at the same time kind of breaks my heart 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.520 because you know, watching that game in the green room, 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:34.480 it's not about us right at all, obviously, but for me, 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.760 Seth and o J, like the mood was gone. It 0:03:36.840 --> 0:03:39.480 didn't really you know, football was kind of an afterthought 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.440 at that point, thinking about you know, that young man 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.560 and the injury he suffered. So that was tough for 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:46.520 us to overcome. You can't imagine how tough it was 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:49.320 for the team to overcome. And that's what Tyreek killed 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.280 Jalen Waddle. Jalen Phillips mentioned it. Phillips had a great 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.760 quote after the game saying, our entire job is compartmentalizing things, 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:57.400 so we try to go out and do our best 0:03:57.480 --> 0:04:00.320 to do that. After the injury. Tyreek Hill had mentioned 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:03.240 uh in his some interviews after the game that people 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:05.880 were asking about Tah throughout the course of the second half, 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.680 which obviously you can't just turn your mind off and 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.240 your empathy for your brother, for your teammate, so that 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.880 obviously was on the forefront of their minds, and Jalen 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.520 Waddle also alluded to it several times about how much 0:04:16.560 --> 0:04:18.960 he was sneaking about his brother out there who went 0:04:19.040 --> 0:04:20.960 down in the game with the injury. But the good 0:04:21.000 --> 0:04:25.160 news again, Mike McDaniel confirmed afterwards on his postgame press 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.239 conference that Toa was in fact discharge from the hospital 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.240 and traveled home with the team. That's obviously great news. 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.679 Let's go ahead and hear from coach on the impact 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.360 of losing the quarterback, losing the character like to a 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:39.320 tongue by Loa to an injury like that. For me, 0:04:39.920 --> 0:04:43.400 uh yeah, I think a lot of people struggles. I 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:50.359 know me personally, UM, that's you know, if I didn't 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.160 have a job to do for the organization and the 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:59.600 rest of the players, UM, and I didn't have that that, UM, 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:05.000 I don't know, obligation in in my mind, yeah, I 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:11.000 would have tapped it. It's not something that um is 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:17.480 comfortable for anybody, and um it was. It was not 0:05:18.920 --> 0:05:22.120 a situation that you want for any of your players 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:26.760 or or your team in general. Some scary stuff. I'm 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.640 just glad that that it worked out and man, he 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:31.839 was making some real nice throws in that first half 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.560 before the injury. So to looking forward to you getting back, man, 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.600 get well soon. Thinking about your number one, let's go 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.200 ahead and move to our second takeaway from the game, 0:05:40.279 --> 0:05:43.599 which is the defense to me is looking awfully familiar 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:45.680 from the ones we've come to know and love here 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.440 the last couple of years for your Miami Dolphins. And 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:51.560 you obviously can't remove plays from the equation. But after 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:54.000 that opening drive the Bengals had going down the field, 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.159 what was the third trade game of Dolphins alloted opening 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:58.480 drive touchdown, So there's something to work on for the defense. 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:01.840 But the next nine team plays game just sixties six yards. 0:06:01.920 --> 0:06:03.840 Then you had the touchdown drive. You had the big 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:06.400 pass to Tee Higgins for the touchdown on a third 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.159 down play. That was a crucial, crucial moment in this game. 0:06:09.520 --> 0:06:11.840 So those plays happened. But I think outside of that, 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:13.800 you had a lot of good stuff, and you put 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.960 a lot of heat on a good quarterback, and you 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.320 held a good receiving corps. You know, says a couple 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.760 of big plays. You know, Boyd got his touchdown or 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.120 his big play. Late Higgins got his big play, but 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.520 outside of those, I thought Miami one rep after rep, 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.480 and I think that maybe the overall title of the 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:34.200 takeaways that the versatility of this defense at all three 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:37.240 levels and the multiplicity of it and the ability to 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.760 execute multiple looks in a game, a week to week 0:06:39.839 --> 0:06:42.480 game plan is very evident, and I think we'll take 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:44.680 this team or has the potential, I should say, to 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:48.560 take this team a long way because they basically have 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:51.360 shown you they can play a plan for whatever quarterback, 0:06:51.440 --> 0:06:54.760 whatever offense they face. And sure, Lamar Jackson went crazy. 0:06:54.839 --> 0:06:56.760 He's done that three times this season already. You know 0:06:56.880 --> 0:06:58.360 he's off to an m v P type of start. 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:00.640 Josh Allen made plenty of play in the game against 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:03.799 the Buffalo Bills, and then in this game against Dolphins, 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.160 had there, in my opinion, a great defensive performance in 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:08.400 that game, and then in this game for large large 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:11.400 chunks of the game, holding the Bengals offense back after 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:13.920 you know, an offense that went crazy last year all 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:16.120 the way to the super Bowl. But the versatility of 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.440 it is the big takeaway here. And we know about 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:22.000 the cover zero looks, the blitz is, the Sky's packages, 0:07:22.080 --> 0:07:23.800 the five oh front, all the stuff they do to 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.360 get simulated pressure, to bring it to back out, to 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:29.320 confuse the quarterback, to change the snap pre snap to 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:32.160 post snap. The man coverage, we know about all of that. 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:34.840 We know about Javon Hollins ability to race out of 0:07:34.840 --> 0:07:37.360 the line scrimmage and get back into Cover three, Cover one, 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:39.360 like whatever the case. Maybe we know about that, but 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.800 you don't often see a lot of two man looks, 0:07:41.840 --> 0:07:44.040 and that's I think what you saw plenty of in 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.880 this game tonight. And the man coverage underneath was so 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.080 so good throughout the course of this game with X, 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.080 with Needum, with Kator Cohu, and it really helps to have, 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:55.800 you know, I think the two safeties back their drive 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.720 the potential of that package. And just remember it's not 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:01.080 Cover two necessarily. You mean you can run that, but 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:02.920 it was a lot of to man where you have 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.960 two high safeties and you're playing man coverage underneath, different 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:08.640 than Cover two where you have zone underneath. So on top. 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:10.960 This is a variation of zone and man. So I 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:12.680 thought there was good looks and that even the big 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:15.160 place to Tee Higgins where it looks like X maybe 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.040 took like a look back for the ball and he 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:18.960 was pointing to his eyes like maybe he couldn't see 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:20.840 the football in the air, but he was right there 0:08:21.000 --> 0:08:22.840 in in phase to make a play on that ball. 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:24.920 Higgins winds up making the play and it goes very 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.520 long touchdown for the Bengals. But outside of that man, 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:31.080 they were they were all over these corners. The coverage 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:33.800 was marrying up with the pass rush very very solidly. 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:36.280 And I just think, you know, X had the injury late, 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.240 I had to leave the game and and didn't come back. 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.920 You know, we'll see about Byron Jones availability going forward. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:43.480 Seems like we've covered uncovered a pretty damn good player 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:45.959 in kater Cohu. Nick Needum continues to play at a 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.040 high level. Feel pretty good about the depth at that 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.360 position here with ten days off and getting ready for 0:08:50.400 --> 0:08:53.199 week number five and going forward with that secondary and 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.840 all they can do. I mean, you know, Brett Coleman, 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.720 the great YouTuber the film room who does the bootleg 0:08:59.760 --> 0:09:02.320 pod gas and tons of other content for multiple UH 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:05.000 teams and sources and things of that nature. But he 0:09:05.120 --> 0:09:08.360 had a good threat about Cover two and how it's 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:10.520 forcing teams to play different than they want to. All 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:12.839 these easy chunks that teams used to get because of 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:15.040 you know, one higher or man coverage or man free, 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:17.320 whatever the case may be. And now they're getting taken 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.319 away because you have those two high safeties and you 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.840 have to play a more you know, patient style of football, 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:25.120 and that can increase the likelihood of mistakes. This Dolphins 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.040 defense showed you they can play a really good too 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.480 high safety look in this game, and I thought it 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:32.000 was very effective for the majority of the game. Again, 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:35.000 outside of a few plays. It allows them with those 0:09:35.040 --> 0:09:37.240 safeties and to really rotate the way they want to 0:09:37.360 --> 0:09:39.880 and disguise that coverage. They pressed so well up in 0:09:39.920 --> 0:09:42.280 the line of scrimmage in this game. They filled gaps 0:09:42.320 --> 0:09:44.520 really well against the blitz and and run fits. I mean, 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:46.319 what was the Bengals rushing on that and they go 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.120 ahead and pull that number up real quick. I think 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:50.040 they might have had a couple of decent pops. But 0:09:50.120 --> 0:09:53.600 Joe mix sixty one. That's two point five yards per carry. 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:55.640 Joe Burrow had five for six. Some r G p 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.640 Right had one for nothing. So the Bengals rushing average 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:01.560 tonight right around two yards per carry. It's pretty good 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:05.000 defense there from the Miami Dolphins. We even had that 0:10:05.120 --> 0:10:07.280 one uh again, the one that X beat. You had 0:10:07.280 --> 0:10:10.040 the two safeties that were on one side of the field, 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:12.160 taking away Jamaar Chase and you get your best best 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:14.640 corner um you know, nex Avian Howard and that one 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:16.959 on one matchup, Like that's a new look. So just 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.400 Josh Boyer having all kinds of things that he's going 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.800 back to, very confident in this defense to keep this 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:24.480 thing rolling. I think we saw really this this defense 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:26.520 the last couple of weeks take a step, you know, 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.400 in the direction we expect him too, as far as 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.719 the talent and coaching they have with what we think 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.000 they can possibly be. That's a great sign to see. 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:35.520 And getting a chance to watch Javon Hall and do 0:10:35.720 --> 0:10:38.520 his thing live on the All twenty two was was 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:40.559 so cool. We always see we watched the tape every week, 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.240 but on Prime Vision you get a chance to actually 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.640 watch tape live in the game and just seeing him, 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.559 like the play on an outside run the middle of 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:50.120 the third quarter, the rotation I mentioned earlier, He's in 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:51.640 the wrong side of the field as far as where 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:53.679 the run goes. He comes all the way over from 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.600 depth and cuts that thing down for six or seven yards. 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:58.679 Just such an important player in this defense for not 0:10:58.840 --> 0:11:01.440 just capping deep rouse but cutting down some of those 0:11:01.920 --> 0:11:05.120 running play wins the offense has and taking them from 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.040 long long gains and making them just medium games is 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:10.200 a big part of his game. How about Eric Rose 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:12.160 played down in the box talking about the safeties. He 0:11:12.280 --> 0:11:14.520 was all over the place making plays against the run, 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.440 sticking his face and they're again screen passes and things 0:11:16.480 --> 0:11:18.640 of that nature. Nick need Him had a great rep 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:20.680 on t Higgins on a deep ball where he pinned 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:22.840 him to the sideline despite the fact that he had 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:24.360 motion to deal with and to come all the way 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:27.599 across the formation. That was an impressive play. Kator Co 0:11:27.679 --> 0:11:30.000 who had an awesome pass breakup in this game. So 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:33.000 the secondary I think just continues to really show you 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:34.920 what they can do. And then upfront, I mean the 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:37.920 short yard defense. Every game at this point they make 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.839 something happen, including another fourth down stop to get the 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:42.920 ball back to the offense. And what a team stop 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:46.160 that was. Jerome Baker a solid edge, Zach Seeler beats 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:49.080 a block, Eric Rowe pulls or just you know, fires 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:51.760 and goes right downhill and gets in there into the backfield. 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:54.720 You get Javon Holland and Nick need him finishing off 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:56.760 that player on Joe Burrow scramble to set up a 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.600 fourth down play. Just continue to make big plays. Well, 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:01.480 we'll go ahead and break down that goal line stand 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:04.000 here in just a minute for a later segment. And then, 0:12:04.520 --> 0:12:07.319 you know, the offense at one point in this game, 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.320 after the defense kind of kept rising to the occasion 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.720 getting the football back and and held on three plays 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:14.800 from the three yard line and in had a fourth 0:12:14.840 --> 0:12:17.000 down stop by Eric Rowe in the second quarter, the 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.160 offense and the second half kind of hit a speed 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:20.640 bump a little bit. With two three and outs to 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:22.880 start the half. You get the sixty four yard pass 0:12:22.960 --> 0:12:25.280 to Tyreek Hill down the middle of the field to 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:27.439 put you in the intoe the five yard line, and 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.360 then you go three and out from there and don't score. 0:12:29.400 --> 0:12:31.360 After getting the ball at the five, you wind up 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.319 getting to the two and don't score from second and 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.199 goal from the two or third and goal from the 0:12:35.240 --> 0:12:37.560 to another three and out and then the interception there. 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:39.240 So it just kind of became too much, I think 0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.160 for the defense at the end of the game. But 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.240 I'm so encouraged what we saw the last four days 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:46.800 by this Miami Dolphins defense. That's takeaway number two. We'll 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:48.400 go ahead and take our first break right here and 0:12:48.480 --> 0:12:51.600 come back and do takeaways three through five. That's next 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.760 on the Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought 0:12:54.800 --> 0:13:03.360 to you by Auto Nation. Take Away number three here 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:07.280 on a Dolphins fifteen Bengals twenty seven Week four loss 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:09.719 at the hands of the Cincinnati Bengals, we're taking a 0:13:09.720 --> 0:13:11.640 look at the five takeaways from the game here on 0:13:11.679 --> 0:13:14.360 the Drivetime podcast, and take away number three is just 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:16.920 too many mistakes to beat a good football team. Let's 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.040 go ahead and start here with head coach Mike McDaniel, 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.160 who I thought had a phenomenal answer about the mistakes 0:13:22.240 --> 0:13:25.520 made that eventually cost Miami this football game. UM. When 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:31.280 you lose games too very good teams, UM, you know, 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:34.160 you can always point to that. You know, we we 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:38.080 lost the turnover battle, and we're kicking field goals as 0:13:38.120 --> 0:13:42.920 opposed to trying to score touchdowns. UM. As on top 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:46.480 of that, we had some third downs we um, including 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:52.440 the third and one I think in the fourth quarter third. UM. Yeah, yeah, 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:57.040 there's situational football that UM we had been executing. We 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:00.319 did not UM. Today and that, and you you don't 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:04.520 get freebees or you don't get passes, and games against 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:07.679 good teams, you know, so um that the point of 0:14:07.800 --> 0:14:15.679 that is um only. It only means anything if you 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.559 can learn from it, if you can get better from it. 0:14:18.559 --> 0:14:20.440 And that's what I'm gonna be challenging the guys to do, 0:14:21.560 --> 0:14:26.600 because that's that's what will happen in UH in games 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:30.680 against good opponents. If you don't don't take advantages of 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.880 those opportunities, they win those situations and you lose, You'll 0:14:33.920 --> 0:14:36.480 lose the game. I mean, that's most games in the 0:14:36.560 --> 0:14:38.680 National Football League right It comes down to how many 0:14:38.720 --> 0:14:40.680 players can you make in the critical moments? And for 0:14:40.880 --> 0:14:43.760 tonight last night, I should say for the Miami Dolphins 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:45.720 just wasn't their night. The last few weeks, it was 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:48.080 their time. So that's kind of how you measure a team, 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:50.240 was their ability to perform in those moments. Wasn't there 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.760 night on Thursday night? And we saw, you know, to 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:55.880 relitigate it, you know, blocked field goal. That's obviously three 0:14:55.920 --> 0:14:57.840 points that you could have possibly had you missed an 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:00.880 extra point, there's potentially four points. We dang near blocked 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:02.320 a point of our own, but it looked like we 0:15:02.480 --> 0:15:05.200 just missed it on a fly by attempt as Elijah 0:15:05.280 --> 0:15:07.480 Campbell came through and dang near got that ball off 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.680 the foot of Kevin Huber, but it just misses. Good 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:12.280 job to not run into the punter on that On 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.000 that plot though, we've seen plenty of good out of 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.080 the special teams, but the punt block or whatever you 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:19.320 wanna call it last week, the kick return and week 0:15:19.440 --> 0:15:22.000 number two and the ones we just mentioned, you know, 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:24.440 that's like coach said, there are fine margins that can 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:27.680 cost you football games. Luckily, special teams made some plays 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:30.520 in response last week with the block field goal of 0:15:30.560 --> 0:15:33.200 their own, and Thomas Morris has a great free kick 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:35.320 and coverage on that last kickoff of that game or 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.280 or free kick i should say after the safety and 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:39.720 overcome that stuff for the win was not the case 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:42.720 last night. Also dropped a touchdown pass on third down 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:44.480 in the corner of the end zone. That's a four 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:46.840 point difference right there, and then again couldn't score from 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.160 first and goal from the five yard line, and then 0:15:49.200 --> 0:15:51.160 second and goal from the two and third and goal 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:54.280 from the two after that. So mistakes against a good 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:57.280 football team tough to overcome. Takeaway Number four is the 0:15:57.400 --> 0:15:59.960 offensive line and run game. I think the offensive line 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:01.960 played really well, but I think the run game kind 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.240 of found some magic and some mojo in this game. 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.800 You know, after Raheem Mostart popped that run on the 0:16:06.840 --> 0:16:10.680 eventual Bridgewater interception possession which went for let's go ahead 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:12.840 and find the ards on that, I was thinking to myself, 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:14.760 I'm gonna have a segment here talking about how this 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:18.160 Dolphins fat team found another way to win a football game, 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:19.880 because I expected him to run the ball down the 0:16:19.920 --> 0:16:22.600 field and go get that touchdown and close that on defense. 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:24.880 Obviously that was not the case, but I mean on 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.840 that particular drive, you start that thing off with the 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:30.480 twenty five yard ripped from Raheem Moster. Some of those 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.040 inside toss plays they run, man, he just gets gliding 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.600 downhill and once he does that, he's tough to stop 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:37.280 and give him the head of steam. And the way 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:39.880 this offensive line opened some lanes for him. I mean 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:41.720 the rushing in this game from Miami. We we gave 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:43.520 you the numbers earlier, but it was on a lot 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.120 less carries where he most at fifteen for sixty nine. 0:16:46.520 --> 0:16:48.800 Uh Teddy had the eleven yard scramble, chased just five 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.520 for six and Tyreek one for minus minus one, but 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:53.600 four point six yards for Raheem Mostert and kind of 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:55.600 got him cranking a little bit in this game. I 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:57.560 think that could be another big factor for this team 0:16:57.600 --> 0:17:00.280 in this offense, to just add another l meant of 0:17:00.560 --> 0:17:02.280 something they can go to when they need it, like 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:04.760 you saw in this game. And then on the offensive line, 0:17:04.800 --> 0:17:07.720 the past protection continues to be just so dang good. 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.320 I mean, whether it's the scheme creating pockets the play 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:14.080 action looks, or just flat out executing sliding protection one 0:17:14.080 --> 0:17:16.560 way or the other, hitting double teams, using backs and 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:19.200 tight ends. I mean, they've had so much time for 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:21.320 these deep shots to develop or taking. We saw plenty 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.840 of them in this game on Thursday, and a huge 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:25.399 part of that and a huge credit goes to the 0:17:25.480 --> 0:17:28.800 offensive line for the job they have done. Connor Williams 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:32.480 is phenomenal. He is through four games. I have really 0:17:32.600 --> 0:17:35.320 enjoying watching him play. We have, you know, we talked 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.240 about it every Tuesday on the All twenty two review, 0:17:37.280 --> 0:17:39.440 but having the twenty two tonight, the space that he 0:17:39.560 --> 0:17:41.680 covers to get off the way he turns out guys 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:44.400 out of their gaps. He is playing such good football 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:46.920 right now, and so is to Ron Armstead. Man. I know, 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.560 like the it's an entire collection on the offensive line. 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:51.800 The group as a whole is getting the job done. 0:17:52.119 --> 0:17:54.840 But those two guys, those two newcomers, those two veterans, man, 0:17:54.920 --> 0:17:57.600 what an impact they've had and how good they are, 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:00.040 and just the technician aspect of it there get it 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.439 off the smart of the positions. Really good stuff there 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:05.159 from Toront and Connor Williams. And we'll go ahead and 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:07.320 give some credit and some love to Greg Little, Rob 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.600 Hunt and Leam, Mike and Burke for what I thought 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.159 was another good job by the offensive line. Really has 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:13.760 been that way for a few weeks now. To start 0:18:13.760 --> 0:18:17.720 the season off takeaway number five, just something that I noticed, 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:19.600 and Coach actually addressed it after the game, and that's 0:18:19.640 --> 0:18:20.959 why I kind of wanted to bring it up here. 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:23.000 We'll go ahead and start with Coach to kick off 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:26.200 this fifth takeaway. But it was the operational issues that 0:18:26.320 --> 0:18:29.040 have kind of plagued the Dolphins offense a couple of 0:18:29.119 --> 0:18:31.680 times here the last couple of weeks, spending time outs 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.280 early in the half, so that the end of the half, 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:36.320